Objective:To determine whether pericontusional tissue exhibits neurochemical responsiveness to changes in cerebral perfusion pressure as measured by microdialysis lactate/pyruvate ratio. Design:Prospective monitoring with retrospective data analysis. Setting:Single-center academic neurologic intensive care unit. Patients:Twenty-one patients with severe traumatic brain injury (Glasgow Coma Scale score 3–8). Interventions:None. Measurements and Main Results:Cerebral microdialysis was performed for the initial 7 days after traumatic brain injury. Thirteen patients had microdialysis probes in normal tissue and eight had two probes, one of which was located in pericontusional tissue. Retrospective analysis was performed to determine if microdialysis levels in pericontusional tissue demonstrates higher levels of lactate/pyruvate ratio than normal tissue and if lactate/pyruvate ratio increased with reductions in cerebral perfusion pressure. Univariate analysis revealed higher values for glutamate and lactate/pyruvate ratio in pericontusional tissue compared with normal tissue. However, based on the mixed-effects model analysis, the percent time of elevated lactate/pyruvate ratio was significantly higher in pericontusional tissue (40 ± 59% vs. 17 ± 37%, p < .05), and the mean lactate/pyruvate ratio values showed only a trend relationship (62 ± 134 vs. 34 ± 78, p < .06). When examined by cerebral perfusion pressure threshold, cerebral perfusion pressure <60 mm Hg was not associated with higher lactate/pyruvate ratio values in normal or pericontusional tissue. In addition, no single cerebral perfusion pressure threshold was associated with a significant reduction in lactate/pyruvate ratio in either pericontusional or normal tissue (p < .08). Conclusions:Sustained increases in lactate/pyruvate ratio occurred more frequently in pericontusional tissue compared with normal brain tissue. The lactate/pyruvate ratio was not related to cerebral perfusion pressure, nor was the percent time-burden of elevated lactate/pyruvate ratio related to any particular sustained cerebral perfusion pressure threshold. Lactate/pyruvate ratio values appear to be elevated despite cerebral perfusion pressure values customarily considered to be adequate.


Spot your colleagues in a video capturing the Surrey-wide crisis response, and the Community Recycling Centres (CRC) expand their offer from 1 June.


Purpose
To identify etiologies and developmental comorbidity in children with congenital or very early blindness.

Methods
Children with congenital or early blindness in Sweden during a 20 year period were identified through registers. Major causes for the blindness and developmental disturbance were collected from patient records.

Results
Four causes of blindness amounted to 65% of all etiologies: retinopathy of prematurity, optic nerve hypoplasia, Leber congenital amaurosis, and optic nerve atrophy, in falling order of frequency. Nearly three out of four children had at least one additional impairment besides blindness; the most common being intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder. More than half of the population had more than one additional impairment.

Conclusions
Blindness in itself entails considerable implications for a child's development and learning. When blindness is combined with other developmental disorders, there is a significant need for support and adaptation. It is important to understand the developmental effects of both the blindness and other coexisting disabilities in order to correctly interpret the behavior and needs of the children.


As a new cultural form,visual culture shows more and more powerful vitality in the information age.The complex and far-reaching relation between culture and education inevitably leads to a close connection between visual culture and education.How to foster students' visual literacy thus becomes a great challenge facing instructors.This paper investigates and analyses the current situation of visual culture in some colleges.Problems are discussed,and strategies are also presented to improve the visual literacy education.


Steady-state probabilities of Markov Processes are computed by enumerating subgraphs of the transition diagram of the process. The presence of cutpoints in the transition diagram allows for decomposition of the problem into smaller components. Examples from queueing theory are presented. Matrix representations for these structures are also discussed.


In an effort to sustain and revitalize the dying craft of wire-bending, I present the development of three novel approaches: Digital Crafting, Computational Crafting, and Crafting Fabrication. Computation and digital technology were integrated with traditional wire-bending principles to design and fabricate artifacts. In this work, I present three artifacts resulting from these novel approaches, and analyze how these methods may be used in design education and practice. Our findings benefit the practice because it offers opportunities for teaching computational and traditional skills to older and younger generations through wire-bending.


An increasing number of studies based on the notion/concept of allegory on the work of Guimaraes Rosa has been published recently, and some of them have had great repercussion and visibility in the academy for its seriousness and the originality in the analysis of its object; Our analysis contemplates three of these studies that consider the work of Guimaraes Rosa, mainly Grande Sertao: veredas, as a historical, political and social allegory of Brazil: the studies of Heloisa Starling, Willi Bolle and Luiz Roncari, which recently, especially the last two, published inspired texts in this direction; These authors try to reinterpret Grande sertao: veredas based on the notion of allegory, particularly Walter Benjamin's, establishing a parallel between Rosa's novel and the studies of historians and sociologists such as Oliveira Vianna, Caio Prado Jr;, Sergio Buarque de Holanda, Raimundo Faoro and Gilberto Freyre; The three analyses draw on essays of Antonio Candido and Walnice Nogueira Galvao which, for the peculiar way of interpreting the relationship between reality and fi ctional literature, these studies present consequences that are worthy of discussion;


This paper presents the design redundant Binary multiplier for 32*32bit number multiplication. Modern computer system is a dedicated and very high speed unique multiplier. Therefore, this paper presents the design a Redundant Binary multiplier. The proposed system generates M, N and interconnected blocks. By extending bit of the operands and generating an additional product the proposed system multiplier is obtained. Multiplication operation is performed by the Proposed system is efficient with the less area and it reduces delay i.e., speed is increased.


Photovoltaic technology and unmanned aerial vehicles are both alluring areas with a lot of potential to explore. Consequently, they have an ability to adapt and progress when faced with new challenges, hence their wide range of applications. An auspicious combination between the two is born from the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles' (UAVs) inability to to overcome some of its problems, namely the autonomy one. This article springs from the need to vanquish the problem, finding a more permanent solution. Its aim consists in the installation of solar photovoltaic panels in the structure of a UAV, with the objective of studying being its influence on the vehicle's time of flight. To accomplish this, a theoretical study will be made, encompassing all the potential variables together with its influence. In order to verify the credibility of these claims, a prototype, based on the original aerial vehicle structure form and material, is constructed, using a finite element tool. Later, the prototype is used to evaluate possible harsh circumambient air to structure interactions, modeled by the fluid motion describer Navier–Stokes equations. For a smooth approach involving lighter computational power, a RANS model is used to asses the equations. Based on its results the chosen solar technology credibility is evaluated. A simulation of solar cells will also be carried out, accepting as input previously studied parameters which will modify its performance. Bearing in mind the produced results, it is concluded that the solar panels can only significantly augment the time of flight in very specific conditions.


The 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline derived push-pull enaminones and nitroenamine have been investigated in aza-annulation reactions with various 1,3-biselectrophiles leading to the synthesis of novel functionalized benzo[a]quinolizin-4-ones and pyrimido[6,1-a]isoquinoline derivatives.


The current campaign of opposition to critical scholarship in the realm of religion involves, not merely the question of establishing the truth, but also the question of religious loyalty. Critical scholarship must face this issue. The need and the value of loyalty to the institutions of Christianity on the part of scholars is urged. There is real danger of a scientific provincialism in theological scholarship.


Urticaria is a common skin mucocutaneous allergic disease in dermatology.The etiology is very complex. With environmental and food allergens increasing,the relationship between allergens and urticaria is gradually taken seriously. Allergen-positive is generally considered as an important risk factor. The incidence of food allergy is so high and with great harm,we should be on the alert.


Let denote a field and let denote a vector space over with finite positive dimension. We consider an ordered pair of linear transformations : and : which satisfy both (i), (ii) below.(i) There exists a basis for with respect to which the matrix representing is irreducible tridiagonal and the matrix representing is diagonal.(ii) There exists a basis for with respect to which the matrix representing is diagonal and the matrix representing is irreducible tridiagonal.We call such a pair a on . We introduce two canonical forms for Leonard pairs. We call these the and the . In the - canonical form the Leonard pair is represented by an irreducible tridiagonal matrix and a diagonal matrix, subject to a certain normalization. In the - canonical form the Leonard pair is represented by a lower bidiagonal matrix and an upper bidiagonal matrix, subject to a certain normalization. We describe the two canonical forms in detail. As an application we obtain the following results. Given square matrices over K, with tridiagonal and diagonal, we display a necessary and su cient condition for to represent a Leonard pair. Given square matrices over K, with lower bidiagonal and upper bidiagonal, we display a necessary and su cient condition for to represent a Leonard pair. We briefly discuss how Leonard pairs correspond to the -Racah polynomials and some related polynomials in the Askey scheme. We present some open problems concerning Leonard pairs.


Abstract:In this article, I present a five-part critique of the main aspects of the second edition of Music Matters by David Elliott and Marissa Silverman. This edition further develops their praxial philosophy, comprising topics on the nature and value of music education from a normative perspective, which in turn is developed to suit all musical education contexts. My analysis is organized in five main arguments concerning, first, an absence of historicity; second, the adoption of universalist premises; third, the inconsistency between the concepts of personhood and musical value; fourth, the adoption of a normative philosophy; and fifth, the relation between synthesis and content in the chapters. I argue that the book is constructed from a universalistic perspective and that its premises have epistemological inconsistencies. I offer a critical analysis of this extensive work for the purpose of engaging in a dialogue about themes which are relevant to the further development of philosophical thought in music education.


Wood and wooden glued products are widely used as building structures in various construction industries that operate within a wide range of atmospheric factors and require stability and durability. Therefore, the goal was to conduct experimental studies to determine the stability of the adhesive bond of a window element made of wood under the influence of temperature and moisture static fluctuations. In this regard, a comprehensive approach was applied to experimentally establish the effectiveness of the glued wood layer by investigating the resistance of the adhesive layer to destruction when changing temperature and humidity fields within a wide range. According to the experimental values of the adhesive layer boundary after exposure to temperature and humidity fields such as glued wood, it was established that the best result of the tensile strength (0.29 N/mm2) was obtained for polyurethane adhesive. For rubber glue and PVA, the tensile strength was 0.17 N/mm2, which provides adhesion quite well due to its properties. This is due to the fact that the adhesive composition must have sufficient elasticity to allow the wood to expand and dry out under the influence of temperature. In turn, the glued layer based on bustilate and liquid glass, has the tensile strength set at a preasure of 0.07 N/mm2 and 0.12 N/mm2 accordingly. A decrease in the adhesive capacity for bustilate is due to the fact that at a low-temperature level, it loses its properties. The liquid glass-based adhesive has an alkaline environment and interacts with the components of wood resin acids, reducing adhesion. The results obtained allow selecting effective adhesives for the production of composite materials from wood, depending on the operating conditions, and provide for the properties of glued wood

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We consider the superhedging price of an exotic option under nondominated model uncertainty in discrete time in which the option buyer chooses some action from an (uncountable) action space at each time step. By introducing an enlarged space we reformulate the superhedging problem for such an exotic option as a problem for a European option, which enables us to prove the pricing-hedging duality. Next, we present a duality result that, when the option buyers action is observed by the seller up to $l$ periods later, the superhedging price equals the model-based price where the option buyer has the power to look into the future for $l$ periods.


The Reserve Bank has stepped up its efforts in recent years to enhance the penetration of the formal financial sector and promote financial inclusion with a view to improving the well-being of our society. In this regards, the Reserve Bank has been undertaking special initiatives for extending the outreach of banking facilities in states and union territories. Against this backdrop, a brief outline of the economic and financial structure of the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ANI) as well as highlights of various financial inclusion initiatives taken by the Reserve Bank is given. Some issues that need policy attention are given. [Speech delivered at Andaman Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Port Blair]. URL:[http://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/Speeches/PDFs/AFEDS221211FL.pdf].


In the production of drinking water from groundwater, iron removal in filters may interfere with nitrification. Microbial nitrification might decline because of irreversible accumulation of iron deposits in pores and on filter material. This paper shows the successful application of two experimental techniques applied at a full-scale water treatment plant in the Netherlands to maintain sustainable nitrification. Filter performances were evaluated by measurements of ammonium in the filter effluent, accumulation of deposits and their removal during backwash, development of the mainly inorganic filter coating and media expansion curves. The application of dual-media drinking water trickling filters, in combination with filter backwash with media expansion, minimizes the irreversible accumulation of iron deposits in the filter. Subsurface aeration results in a lower iron content of the filter coating.


Objective To find out the clinical value of serum level of nitrogen terminal brain natriuretic peptide(NT-BNP) in the diagnosis of old non-typical heart failure patients and its advantages compared with the ultrasonic cardiograph(UCG).Methods Sixty patients received both NT-BNP test and echocardiography examination.A statistical analysis was used to analyze the relationship between these items. Results The serum levels of NT-BNP were significantly different between chronic heart failure(CHF) group and non-CHF group(t=13.19,P0.001).NT-BNP had higher sensitivity than left ventricle ejection fraction(LVEF) when NT-BNP450 ng/L(u=4.22,P0.01). Conclusion NT-BNP is a quantitative index in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of CHF.Compared with UCG,NT-BNP showed higher sensitivity and negative predictive value in the diagnosis of CHF.


Computational thinking (CT) is a problem solving approach that is becoming prominent in educational settings. To help ease students into the world of programming, visual programming tools such as Scratch are used. Researchers are also developing various tools in an attempt to assess students' proficiency in thought processes that make up CT. However, current existing tools mainly utilize students' final code products when evaluating their demonstration of CT, losing their opportunity to understand students' actual learning and programming procedures. This work presents a logging methodology that records programming actions of students in the Scratch block coding environment to enable an in-depth analysis of students' programming process. With this logging methodology, we conducted a case study with introductory programmers to study how the logs of students' programming processes can provide insight into how they practice CT during programming.


: With the global warming issue throughout the world, drought and water requirement have become one of the most important problems today. It is the fact that plant materials and grass areas with high water requirements in landscape design applications result in excessive use of water. In this context, the aim of this study is to determine the suitability of trees, Parks and Gardens Directorate in terms of xeriscapes and to offer suggestions for plants suitable for xeriscapes. The main material of the study is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Park, Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu Park, Necmettin Erbakan Park located in the city center of Çankırı, as well as plant material used in these parks by Çankırı Municipality Parks and Gardens Directorate until 2021. The results of the study have shown that the plants used in the city parks in Çankırı consist of plant species with medium water demand. The study was concluded with suggestions for the use of naturally grown species in the city of Çankırı, according to the xeric landscape approach, in urban parks.


In order to determine the main causes of forest formations degradation in San Andres Valley, it research has been carried out. For this study, interviews were carried out with people, the application of surveys, field expeditions, discussion groups and the three popular councils in the study area were taken into account, San Andres, Rafael Ferro and Caiguanabo, where the vegetation formations that exist in the area, are located. In this study was able to demonstrate that the main cause of ecosystem degradation is the lack of an environmental culture of the inhabitants of the area.


In this paper, we present a method to detect sound events in domestic environments using small weakly labeled data, large unlabeled data, and strongly labeled synthetic data as proposed in the Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE) 2019 challenge task 4. To solve the problem, we use convolutional recurrent neural network (CRNN), as it stacks convolutional neural networks (CNN) and bi-directional gated recurrent unit (Bi-GRU). Moreover, we propose various methods such as data augmentation, event activity detection, multi-median filtering, mean-teacher student model, and the ensemble of neural networks to improve performance. By combining the proposed method, sound event detection performance can be enhanced, compared with the baseline algorithm. As a result, performance evaluation shows that the proposed method provides detection results of 40.89% for event-based metrics and 66.17% for segmentbased metrics.


To evaluate the efficacy of the curcumin‐coating stent (CCS) on the inhibition of restenosis in a rabbit iliac artery stent model.


The relationship between level of debt and the company's performance remains an important unsolved issue in the field of financing. It is very important to know how China's listed companies manage their capital towards business growth. This paper investigates the impact of the capital structure on corporate performance of a sample of 711 listed companies on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in China in 2014. The results indicates that there is a positive relation between financial leverage and corporate performance as well as there is a positive impact that the mixture of long-term debt and short-term debt (using total debt). This would help decision maker in the companies to finance firms operation in the both periods. On the other hand, the short term debt has a negative relation and impact on corporate performance compared to the changing in firm size which cannot change in the profitability of firms.


Objective To discuss the clinical significance of indocaynine green (ICG) videography in the surgical treatment of spinal hemangioblastoma (SH).Method Nine patients with SH underwent posterior midline approach to remove the tumors.By taking the ICG videoangiography,the boundary of the tumors,the feeding arteries and the draining veins were observed,and then the feeding arteries,the tumors and the draining veins were resected sequentially.Results The tumors were located in the cervical cord in six cases and thoracic cord in three.Three of the nine cases were diagnosed as yon Hippel-Lindau's syndrome.With the assistance of intraoperative 1CG videoangiography,the feeding arteries were confirmed quantitatively in all the nine cases,two of which were fed by multiple arteries accompanying with clear boundary of the tumors and the draining veins.Total tumor resection was achieved in eight cases and subtotal removal in one.McCormick grade was compared between pre-operation and post-operation.No additional neurological deficit was found.Conclusions The ICG Videography was a real-time and dynamic technique,which could accurately identify the feeding arteries,the boundary of the tumors and the draining veins.This angiography could improve the safety and effects of such operation.

Key words:
Hemangioblastoma ;  Spinal cord ;  Indocaynine green ;  Angiography


Publisher Rights Statement: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Davison, A. (2018), David Neumeyer (with contributions by James Buhler), Meaning and Interpretation of Music in Cinema. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2015. xv + 319 pp. ISBN 9780253016515. £29.99 (pb).. Music Analysis, 37: 133-138, which has been published in final form at 10.1111/musa.12111. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.


The invention relates to a medicament preparation for treating gynecological disease and a preparation method and application thereof, wherein the medicament preparation for treating the gynecological disease is prepared into pills, capsules and the like through processing seven traditional Chinese medicines including cassia twig, tuckahoe, tree peony bark, red paeonia, peach kernel, angelica and spatholobus stem. The medicament preparation is a pure traditional Chinese medicine preparation, has the functions of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and eliminating abdominal mass, is used for treating originally suffered abdominal mass or amenorrhea due to blood stasis of women, menstrual bellyache and postpartum lochiorrhagia, has good effect on treating the symptoms of hysteromyoma (particularly small intramural hysteromyoma), chronic pelvic inflammatory enclosed mass, endometrial irregular shedding functional bleeding, ovarian cyst, dysmenorrheal, endometrial abnormal taste and the like, avoids the side effect of long-term taken antibiotics, can not cause dual infection, has good security and no remarkable toxic or side effect, can be taken for a long time and makes up the defects of chronic aseprtic inflammation, adhesive enclosed mass antibiotics inefficacy and the like.


Introduction Rivaroxaban, a factor Xa inhibitor used as a direct oral anticoagulant, is beneficial over warfarin in terms of food–drug interactions and the need for therapeutic monitoring in patients with acute venous thromboembolism (VTE), including deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Because there is little data regarding VTE treatment in Japan, a real-world survey of Japanese patients being treated with rivaroxaban for VTE is needed. Methods and analysis The Japanese Registry of Rivaroxaban Effectiveness & Safety for the Prevention of Recurrence in Patients with Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism has been established to investigate the clinical outcomes of rivaroxaban for the initial treatment and prevention of symptomatic recurrent VTE in Japanese patients with acute symptomatic/asymptomatic VTE. 150 institutions in Japan will enrol patients in the study; the target enrolment is 1000. All patients will be followed up two times a year for at least 18 months and up to 3 years after their enrolment. The primary outcome is symptomatic recurrent VTE occurring during the study period. The principal safety outcome is clinically relevant bleeding (ie, major bleeding or clinically relevant non-major bleeding) occurring during treatment. A clinical events committee will adjudicate all outcomes. Ethics and dissemination The study protocol has been approved by the Nihon University Itabashi Hospital, Clinical Research Ethics Committee and all local institutional ethics committees of the participating hospitals. Findings of the study will be presented in scientific sessions and will be published in peer-reviewed journals. Trial registration number NCT03091621,UMIN000025072; Pre-results.


Total IgA quantification is part of celiac disease screening panels because antibody serology can be confounded by low IgA levels. In order to identify the optimal screening panel for individuals with decreased IgA, we compared celiac disease-related autoantibody levels with clinical findings in these patients. In our hospital, 4,328 patients were screened for celiac disease in one year. Sixteen (4%) …


................................................................................................................I ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................ III DECLARATION......................................................................................................... IV TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................ V LIST OF FIGURES ..................................................................................................... XI LIST OF TABLES .......................................................................................................XII CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................ 1 1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 Research Focus, Limitations and Targets .................................................................................... 2 1.2 Research Context ....................................................................................................................... 4 1.3 Research Justification ................................................................................................................ 5 1.3.1 Better Methods for Encouraging Social Change Are Vital........................................................ 5 1.3.2 Advertisements Are Everywhere ............................................................................................. 6 1.3.3 Design is Under Researched..................................................................................................... 7 1.4 Research Aim ............................................................................................................................. 8 1.5 Research Questions ................................................................................................................... 9 1.6 Overview of Method ................................................................................................................ 11 1.7 Thesis Outline .......................................................................................................................... 12 1.8 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................... 14 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW ...................................................................... 15 2.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 16 2.1 Understanding Social Change Advertising ................................................................................ 16 2.1.1 Non-Commercial versus Commercial Advertising .................................................................. 17 2.1.2 Digital Social Change Advertising Challenges ......................................................................... 18 2.1.3 Overcoming the Challenges ................................................................................................... 19 2.1.4 Social Change Theories and Models ...................................................................................... 20 2.2 Visual Communications and Digital Social Change Advertising ................................................. 23 2.2.1 The Current State of Visual Communication .......................................................................... 23 2.2.2 Understanding Visual Communication: Signs and Semiotics ................................................. 24 2.2.3 The Benefits of Visual Communication .................................................................................. 25 2.3 Designing Social Network Advertising for Social Change .......................................................... 26 2.3.1 Colour ..................................................................................................................................... 27 2.3.2 Imagery .................................................................................................................................. 27 2.3.3 Letters and Type .................................................................................................................... 30 vi 2.3.4 Layout and Composition ........................................................................................................ 31 2.4 Digital Advertising and Creativity ............................................................................................. 33 2.4.1 Defining Creativity.................................................................................................................. 33 2.4.3 The Benefits of Creativity ....................................................................................................... 35 2.5 Advertising Appeals ................................................................................................................. 36 2.5.1 Emotional ............................................................................................................................... 37 2.5.2 Rational .................................................................................................................................. 38 2.5.3 Combinations ......................................................................................................................... 38 2.5.4 Appeal Moderators ................................................................................................................ 38 2.6 Persuasion and Attitude........................................................................................................... 39 2.6.1 Influencing Attitude ............................................................................................................... 40 2.6.2 Attitude and Social Networking Sites ..................................................................................... 41 2.6.3 The Tricomponent Attitude Model ........................................................................................ 41 2.6.4 Elaboration Likelihood Model ................................................................................................ 42 2.6.5 Subliminal Persuasion ............................................................................................................ 43 2.7 Attention ................................................................................................................................. 45 2.7.1 Design Attention Risks ........................................................................................................... 46 2.7.2 Social Networking Site Attention Risks .................................................................................. 46 2.8 Exposure and Repetition .......................................................................................................... 48 2.8.1 Wear-In and Wear-Out .......................................................................................................... 49 2.9 Understanding the Audience ................................................................................................... 50 2.9.1 Gen X ...................................................................................................................................... 51 2.9.2 Gen Y ...................................................................................................................................... 51 2.9.3 Gen Z ...................................................................................................................................... 52 2.10 Relevance............................................................................................................................... 53 2.10.1 Personal Relevance .............................................................................................................. 53 2.10.2 Self-Congruity and Self-Efficacy ........................................................................................... 53 2.10.3 Relevance Concerns ............................................................................................................. 54 2.11 Social Network Advertising .................................................................................................... 55 2.11.1 Social Networking for Social Action ..................................................................................... 55 2.11.2 Advantages of Social Networking Sites ................................................................................ 58 2.11.3 Disadvantages of Social Networking Sites ........................................................................... 60 2.11.4 Social Networking Site Selection .......................................................................................... 61 2.12 Measuring Campaign Effects .................................................................................................. 63 2.12.1 Hierarchy-Of-Effects Models ................................................................................................ 63 2.12.2 Mixing Measures .................................................................................................................. 65 2.12.3 Getting Feedback ................................................................................................................. 65 2.12.4 Online Measures .................................................................................................................. 66 2.12.5 Measuring Behaviour ........................................................................................................... 66 2.12.6 Measuring Memory ............................................................................................................. 67 vii 2.13 Conclusi


The project aims to continue the development of the Matrix Reordering Analyser (MRA) by enhancing internal processes of experiment execution and the integration with R Software, in which several seriation algorithms already available on its libraries could be used as matrix reordering algorithms by the MRA.


Sodium fusidate ointment (SFO) has been widely used as antibacterial agent to treat a number of bacterial skin infections especially caused by Staphylococcus aureus. This study is mainly focusing on the efficacy of three different commercial brands of SFO 2% w/w available in the Kingdom. The brands were designated as brand A, brand B and brand C. The antibacterial spectrum of three different brands of SFO was determined against Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes. The antibacterial sensitivity test is performed by agar well diffusion technique. The comparative study showed no significant difference between brands screened against the tested organisms. However, all the brands showed predominant activity against Staphylococcus aureus when compared to Streptococcus pyogenes.


With the rapid development of economy, many lakes in Wuhan have been polluted to different degrees and suffer from eutrophication. The main objective of this study was to conduct the monthly trophic state assessments of waters in Wuhan from March 2019 to June 2020 using 111 Sentinel-2 images. The Forel-Ule index (FUI) and empirical Gaussian process regression (GPR) were, respectively, applied to obtain monthly area percentage (AP) of waters with each trophic state. Both FUI-derived and empirical GPR-retrieved results showed that majority of water bodies (>90%) in Wuhan were in mesotrophic and eutrophic states. The GPR-retrieved results based on FUI-derived water types were more reliable than the retrieval without classification, which reduced RMSE of trophic-level index (TLI) from 9.2 to 5.8, and MAPE from 14% to 9% (N = 213). Severe eutrophication occurred in the summer and early autumn (June–October). Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis indicated that temperature and wind speed were the two most important meteorological factors influencing eutrophication variability: the temperature accounted for 63% and 55% dynamic eutrophication from FUIderived and GPR-retrieved results, respectively; the wind speed explained 44% and 52% variability of FUI-derived and GPR-retrieved results. ARTICLE HISTORY Received 17 January 2021 Revised 28 June 2021 Accepted 21 July 2021


We revisit the mechanism of primordial magnetogenesis during inflation by taking into account the dynamics of the stochastic noises of the electromagnetic perturbations. We obtain the associated Langevin and Fokker-Planck equations for the electromagnetic fields and solve them analytically. It is shown that while the backreactions of the electric field energy density may spoil inflation too early, but there are regions of parameter space where the usual decaying behavior of the magnetic fields are replaced by a mean-reverting process of stochastic dynamics. As a result, the magnetic fields settle down into an equilibrium state with the amplitude significantly larger than what is obtained in the absence of the stochastic noises. We show that magnetic fields with present time amplitude $\sim 10^{-13}$ Gauss and coherent length ${\rm Mpc}$ can be generated while the backreactions of the electric field perturbations are under control.


The invention discloses a method for detecting ureaplasma urealyticum and tiny urealyticum, which belongs to the technical field of detection of microporous plates. The method for detecting ureaplasma urealyticum and tiny urealyticum has the characteristics that clinical samples processed by thermal denaturation after PCR (polymerase chain reaction) amplification are respectively added to micro holes of a DNA-BINDING96 hole determination plate equipped coated with Uu and Up specific probes, and positive control holes are arranged, to which Uu and Up serotype standard strains processed by thermal denaturation after PCR amplification are added; after thermostat hybridization, the plate is cleaned and is patted to be dry; streptavidin-horseradish peroxidase conjugates are added to each hole, the plate is cleaned, and the streptavidin-horseradish peroxidase conjugates are dried in air; then, chromogenic substrates A and B are added to each hole, and color development is performed in a shady place after the mixture becomes homogeneous; finally, a stop solution is added, and the result is determined according to color change. The method for detecting ureaplasma urealyticum and tiny urealyticum not only solves the problem of false positive result caused by determining a positive result according to color change of a liquid medium, but also can accurately identify Uu and Up, thereby improving the detection sensitivity. Moreover, high-flux detection is realized, and the method for detecting ureaplasma urealyticum and tiny urealyticum can be widely used for clinical screening.


Abstract : The revolution of 1989 in Eastern Europe fundamentally changed the political, economic and military landscape of Europe and the world. The security framework which provided peace and security in Europe since the end of World War II appears to be collapsing. Europe is free falling toward the 21st century without a clear image of the security structure for the future. This paper examines the current security framework for Europe, including the historical context upon which it was built. The author then forecasts a vision of the initial decades of the 21st Century in Europe, and examines U.S. national security interests in that period. Based upon this vision of the future, the paper critically examines national security policies and strategies. The author recommends new policies to replace containment, deterrence and flexible response as well as a new security framework for Europe in the 21st century. (jg)


With the recent popularity of self-tracking, individuals are increasingly using and interacting with their personal health data. Fertility is a health issue in which people often track and interact with diverse health-related data potentially associated with their fertility cycles. Fertility tracking is often impacted by different social factors and taboos, and it has been progressively assisted by consumer health technologies. My dissertation research combines multiple studies focusing on understanding the data practices, the influence of technology, and the consequences of using fertility-related personal data and technology in self-tracking for fertility. Based on my findings, I plan to explore how design and technology can be used to reinforce positive experiences, avoid negative emotional burden, and support holistic tracking for fertility.


ASSEMBLAGES OF OXIDE MINERALS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE FOR THE GENESIS OF ROCKS OF THE SUWAŁKI MASSIF (NE POLAND)

Summary

Three assemblages of oxide parageneses were distinguished in rocks of the Suwalki Massif: (1) magnetite with many outside phases, with ilvospinel, lenses of Mg-Fe spinels, secondary ilmenite lamellae and ilmenite with individual magnetite and Mg-Fe spinel lamellae as well as pleonaste characteristic of ores and ore norites; (2) magnetite with indyvidual ilmenite lamellae and Mg-Fe spinel lenses, and ilmenite without outside phases characteristic of monzonites, diorites, gabbro-norites and norites; (3) magnetite with individual ilmenite lamellae and ilmenite with individual magnetite and Fe-Mg spinel lamellae and many hematite lenses, characteristic of diorites and anorthosites as well as ore schlieren in anorthosites. These assemblages depend on temperature and oxygen pressure in magma and rocks. Modified geological thermometer of K.J. Spencer and D.H. Lindsley from 1981 indicates that the first assemblage was formed in temperature of minimum 720°C and in the lowest oxygen temperature, and the subsequent assemblages in the higher oxygen pressure and lower temperature. The history of alterations of oxide parageneses indicates the magmatic origin of the rocks studied.


Reducing variations of fabrication processes is a primary focus for improvement in etching process. One powerful tool employed towards this goal is Advanced Process Control (APC). APC adjusts recipes to compensate for measured variations. Systemic variations that were acceptable previously can become problematic as node sizes get smaller and structures become more complex. Dry etch can be a major source of variations and will be the focus of this research. Different APC methods have been developed to adjust recipes. However it is challenging to determine an optimal recipe to achieve multiple critical dimensions. In this article, an optimization method is proposed to generate optimal recipes for multiple input and multiple output (MIMO) systems. Models are constructed by applying Gaussian Process Regression and the optimal recipe is predicted using the proposed optimization method. Experimental data in dry etch process were collected and processed for model construction and recipe prediction. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method in exploring optimal recipes for MIMO systems.


The curved-swept custom tailoring techniques and its engineering application of it in counter-rotating draught fan design is introduced.The design results show that the efficiency and surge margin of draught fans increase obviously,while the thickness and weight of blade decreases greatly.It verified practicality and validity of the curved-swept custom tailoring techniques based on the design system of high pressure compressor in draught fan design.


In this paper I explore the nature of self-interest, and the notion that culture in its interactions with self-interest has been instrumental in bringing about the present financial crisis. In particular, I pursue a discussion in the paper that interrogates the question: what is the role of culture in such crises, and the role of government in imposing morality on the markets? This paper argues that government through its institutions has a critical role to play in maintaining vigilance and the telling of the right story to prevent such crises in the future. In particular policymakers should pay attention to research that emphasizes the persistent role of animal spirits in leading us to repeated crashes and should craft institutions that do not assume that individuals are rational economic agents whose pursuit of unmitigated self-interest will lead to the greater good.


This paper analyzes the problems existed in China's contesting sports and the faced opportunities in the process of overall construction of all-round well-being society by using the method of literatures and materials,logic analysis method and so on,and based on this,summaries the strategic task of China 's contesting sports development in this stage. Results show that currently,the system for management,training,contest and security befitting present market-oriented economy has not been formed in China's contesting sports and that the final goal of a strong sports country can be attained by taking the strategic opportunity for overall constructing all-round wellbeing society,by further exploring the cultivation model of the "combination of cultural education and sports training",by consolidating the promotion of the hypostatized reform of sports programs,by accelerating the development rate for sports industry and by raising the international discourse right of the contesting sports.


In the last five years the mobile device market has been monopolized by Android, however the desktops market is still away from its reach despite of the efforts of multiple multinational development teams such as Android X86. This is produced mainly by the huge difference between the Android's information architecture and the traditional desktop


Urban vegetable farming remains a potential public health threat in many underdeveloped countries where wastewater is predominantly used. This paper assesses health risks associated with the use of contaminated water for vegetable farming from an objective and farmers' subjective lenses. Samples of water and vegetables taken from vegetable farming communities in Kumasi were tested for microbial contamination using the most probable number (MPN) method. Besides, health risk perceptions of farmers were assessed using thematic analytical framework. Results show high contamination levels of total coliform, Escherichia coli and Enterococci aerogenes bacteria in both water and vegetable samples, far above the World Health Organisation standards and the benchmark set by the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Food. While objective laboratory results show that both the irrigation water and the vegetables produced pose public health risks, farmers generally assessed these as safe. Strict supervision, enforcement of relevant by-laws and continuous public education by metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies are key in ensuring healthy vegetable production for the consuming public.


The main goal of college English education is to cultivate the students' language ability of listening, speaking, reading and writing, and to promote the formation of individualized learning and autonomous ability of college students. At present, the new curriculum reform in our country has put forward a new educational requirement to college English teaching, which requires the innovation of college English teaching idea, and under the background of the development of new media, it proposes to use new media equipment to carry out teaching activities. However, college English education in our country is influenced by examination-oriented education mode, and the traditional education method is still used, which is not good for college students to improve their comprehensive quality of English. In view of this development situation, the Ministry of Education of China Based on the development of new media, a multimodal discourse analysis approach to college English education is proposed to enhance the level of College English teaching.


In order to accurately answer the question above, there is a need to offer a conceptual framework and critical analysis of some keywords, such as culture, tradition, heritage, folklore and memory, as they support and complement one another. Therefore, I will try to provide answers not only to the prior question, but also to the following ones: In what way(s) does oral heritage form a part of culture? What is meant by culture? How reliable can oral heritage be? Is oral heritage a valid means of conveying culture and, thus, a collective representation of identity? Are heritage and tradition the same?


1- Institute of Biotechnology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Fars, Islamic Republic of Iran 2- Pharmaceutical Research Center, Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy Shiraz, Fars, Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran *Corresponding Author: Niazi Ali , email@example.com Abstracts In order to determine effective concentrations of four antibiotics imipenem, meropenem, ceftazidime, ceftriaxone to eliminate three strains of Agrobacterium tumefaciens LBA4404, AGL0 and C58 in comparison with commonly used cefotaxime and also phytotoxicity of these antibiotics, study was done.Result shown that meropenem had the highest antibacterial activities against all three strains of A.tumefaciens. Due to the high activity of meropenem and imipenem in Agrobacterium suppression (MIC less than 10 mg L


Using the finite element software ANSYS,many groups of open shear-wall are calculated and analyzed,and based on this,the conclusion is obtained that the internal force of wall limb should be calculated as one dimensional press-bending member,and the internal force of beam loads should be added to the limb in "effective width".Simultaneously,the size conditions that the limb could be reinforced as press-bending member and the approximate calculation method of "effective width" are put forward.


The architecture and implementation of a distributed data-storage service is presented. Requirements for this design were deterruined from our research on computer and communications systems to support groups of users collaborating to solve complex problems such as the design of large software systems. The data model supported by the system is much richer than that of conventional file systems and is capable of directly supporting hypertext applications such as (interactive) navigational browsers. Some important issues addressed in this design include scale, performance, concurrency semantics, access protection, location independence, and replication (for fault-tolerance). We show that even with the richer functions supported, a high level of performance and scalability can be achieved. The key to this result is our application of design principles (e.g., distribution of computationally-intensive work, caching, minimal client-server interaction) found in some conventional distributed file systems. The design also avoids the necessity for more complex mechanisms such as distributed transaction processing.


The fire resistance of the construction materials is traditionally measured by the fire resistance test method in accordance with the international standards, i.e. ISO 834-1, BS476-20, and ASTM E119, etc. In fire resistance door test, a full-scale test door is fitted into a standardized furnace for testing and then the test report is issued to ensure how long the door can resist the fire. Test report relates only to what has been tested. To verify the fire resistance performance, changes to a construction or components on the original tested system require either another fire test or an assessment method. Traditionally, the assessment method is depending on the tested reports and the accessor's experience. In a scientific point of view, an accurate heat transfer model can help the door designer and accessor to evaluate the fire resistance performance if any changes on the original tested door. Therefore, this study is to apply the CFD method to analyze the heat transfer through a fire door tested under a standardized time-temperature curve. A single leaf wooden door was tested in this study. During the 1-hour test, the temperatures inside the furnace and six measured points on the unexposed surface were recorded with the thermocouples. The commercial CFD software, COMSOL Multiphysics®, was used to develop a three-dimensional heat transfer model of the fire door under the fire resistance test. In results, it showed that the curve trends of the simulated unexposed temperature of the six measured points generally agreed with the experimental data. For the door leaf, the maximum temperature error between the experimental data and the simulated data was within ± 20%. For the door frame, the maximum temperature error between the experimental data and the simulated data was within ± 30%. The larger difference on the frame was calculated because the practical smoke passing through the door gap between the leaf and frame, due to the door sealant failure, was not simulated in this model.


Basing on the accounting basic equation and expanded equations reformed in 1993, the paper synthesizes the primary viewpoints about accounting equations system reconstruction, including the negation viewpoint on accounting expanded equations, the expansion viewpoint on accounting basic equation, the accounting equations system reconstruction viewpoint under private capital economy and reconstruction basing on behavioral accounting model etc. Through synthesis and comment of above viewpoints, this article constructs an accounting equations system including static accounting equation and dynamic accounting equations, thatpsilas ldquofinancial assets + knowledge assets = Creditorpsilas claim+financial capital ownerpsilas equity + Intellectual capital ownerpsilas equity", ldquo(Net) Income = Revenue - Expense" and ldquofinancial assets + Knowledge assets = creditorpsilas claim + Financial capital ownerpsilas equity + Intellectual capital ownerpsilas equity + profit or loss ". The equations system forms the core theory of double entry bookkeeping which is suitable to the contemporary economy.


Faster and cheaper transportation of the war supplies to the frontlines is essential for winning a war. This paper proposes a method to select the optimal location of the strategic military base, e.g., the Quartermaster Corps, that minimally connects three frontlines using the optimization technique. The results are also compared to the Steiner Tree theoty.Keywords : Optimization(최적화), Minimal Path(최단 경로), Strategic Military Base(전략기지), Steiner Tree


A combination of Alamouti's space time block coded scheme with two transmitter and variable number of receive antennas and minimum variance distortionless response beamforming algorithm with variable number of antenna array elements is used. The combined model is used to study the relative advantages of using varying number of antennas and number of elements in antenna array to combat the effect of noise and cochannel interference in an uplink environment. The uplink multiuser environment is assumed to consist of a primary user, whose signal is of interest, while other users are considered as interfering sources whose directions relative to the base station are generated randomly. Simulation results suggest that in high noise and fading environment the diversity achieved by using large number of antennas combats BER more efficiently than beamforming. On the other hand in low fading environment beamforming plays an important role in reducing BER by minimizing the effect of interference from other cochannel users.


As the interest in Mobile Ad Hoc networks is constantly growing for tactical, disaster-response situation, academic research and civilian contexts, some new protocol must be implemented to let those network scale. Cognitive networking may solve the problem thanks to its network-wide performances goal. The goal of this project is to develop a working testbed that will be exploited in the study and the analysis of cognitive networking mechanism and algorithms. This tool is developed in Android


A novel approach is presented for fabricating the thermo-responsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) hydrogels (TPHs) using starch-based nanospheres with derivable allyl groups as nanoscale crosslinkers. The obtained hydrogels possess an extremely high mechanical strength and a remarkably rapid shrinking time, which is much shorter than the time it will take for a conventional hydrogel (CH). Moreover, the effects of the crosslink density on the swelling, deswelling, and mechanical properties are also systematically studied. The results show that TPHs can sustain strength two hundred times more than the CH, and the characteristic time of deswelling is almost eight times shorter than that of CH. These excellent properties of the TPH gels can be attributed to their special microstructure and the even distribution of the starch-based nanospheres in the hydrogel network.


This article explores trends and statistics specific to the mental health status of children from both the Canadian and the global contexts to inform a conversation on the environmental conditions and experiences that impact the mental health of young children. The research described here focused on the intersection between mental health and early child education (ECE), along with the educational and professional development experiences of early childhood educators, in an attempt to identify mitigating factors that can ensure social-emotional development in children. The article argues that while ECE can help the social-emotional development of young children, there needs to be a focus on ensuring quality of experience with explicit social-emotional learning outcomes, delivered by highly educated professionals. It concludes with a call to focus on the mental health of young children, early child educators, and the critical importance of healthy relationships in the lives of these children.


Selective catalytic reduction material comprising including spherical particles aggregates of crystals of the molecular sieve is described. The catalyst is an effective crystalline material to catalyze the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides in the presence of a reducing agent at a temperature of 200 ° C. to 600 ° C.. How selective reduction of nitrogen oxides and the exhaust gas treatment system is also described.


Using data on Korean firms we investigate size and ownership structure as determinants of technological exploitation and exploration. Building upon prior research on size and innovation we study how ownership structure and size jointly effect innovation. We utilize a measure for innovation using IPC (International Patent classification) codes to specifically study changes in strategy of technological exploration versus exploitation by firms. Our empirical findings show that size positively and significantly impacts both technological exploration and exploitation separately. Additionally, increasing firm size leads to higher technological exploration than exploitation. Foreign institutional ownership positively moderates the relationship between firm size and technological exploration while domestic institutional ownership positively moderates the effect of firm size on technological exploitation.


Abstract SYNOPSIS A brief summary of what is known bearing directly on this subject concerning wind and waves is given. Hurricanes are in all instances preceded by storm tides. The water commences rising on the coast in front of the cyclonic area, one to two days before the storm in experienced. The wind velocities and directions in different parts of the hurricane, as deduced theoretically, do not meet the requirements in this study to explain the rises in tides. Composite charts showing the actual wind directions and velocities determined from stations in the different parts of the cyclonic area are submitted. In the right-hand rear quadrant the winds blow with much greater velocity and persist in the same direction longer than in any other part of the hurricane. At stations in this quadrant the wind has been found to blow for 24 hours or longer with a direction in line with the advance of the hurricane, with an average velocity of 60 miles per hour, and for 13 hours at 70 to 85 miles per hour. In other...


Lot streaming is the process of splitting a production lot into sublots, and then processing the sublots on different machines in an overlapping manner. In this paper, we study the use of lot streaming for processing a lot in a two-machine flow shop when a sublot-attached setup time is incurred before the processing of each sublot. The objective is to determine number of sublots and sublot sizes and minimize makespan. We also consider the case when the effect of learning is observed in processing times, sublot-attached setup times, or, both. We present closed-form expressions for optimal sublot sizes and efficient search schemes to determine optimal number of sublots.


It is shown that the voltage step-up converters supplying DC motors can be operated at a unity power factor when supplied from single-phase rectifiers. If the duty ratio of the main switching device in the step-up converter is continuously adjusted, it is possible to maintain the line current almost sinusoidal and in phase with the input voltage. This remarkable property can be obtained from a certain minimum critical current up to values in excess of the rated armature current. >


Insulin‐like growth factor‐I (IGF‐I) signaling may promote ovarian tumor development by exerting mitotic, antiapoptotic and proangiogenic effects. During pregnancy, maternal production of IGF‐I is regulated by placental growth hormone (GH). Parity is an established protective factor for ovarian cancer, however, no prior study has evaluated placental GH and IGF‐I in pregnancy and epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Prior prospective studies on the association between IGF‐I and EOC in nonpregnant populations were inconclusive and did not address associations in subtypes of EOC. Among members of the Finnish Maternity Cohort and the Northern Sweden Maternity Cohort, we identified 1,045 EOC cases, diagnosed after recruitment (1975–2008) and before March 2011 and 2,658 individually matched controls. Placental GH and IGF‐I were measured in serum from the last pregnancy before EOC diagnosis or selection as control. We used conditional logistic regression to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for tertiles and a doubling of hormone concentrations. Higher IGF‐I was associated with a nonsignificant decrease in risk for invasive [ORT3 vs. T1: 0.79 (0.62–1.02); ptrend = 0.07] and endometrioid tumors [ORT3 vs. T1: 0.55 (0.28–1.07); ptrend = 0.07]. The protective association between higher IGF‐I levels and risk of invasive EOC was stronger in analyses limited to women aged <55 years at diagnosis [ORT3 vs. T1: 0.74 (0.57–0.96); ptrend = 0.03]. Our study provides the first data on placental GH and IGF‐I in pregnancy and EOC risk overall and by subtype. Our data suggest higher IGF‐I levels in pregnancy may be associated with lower risk of invasive and endometrioid EOC.


The experimentally observed negative Poisson's ratios in the silicate α-cristobalite are explained through a two-dimensional 'rotation of rigid units' model involving 'rotating rectangles' hence providing a new insight into the way nature can achieve this unusual property.


This paper explores the implications of the rapid internationalization of a small cadre of retail transnational corporations over the last 15 years for supply network structures in a range of economies in Eastern Europe and East Asia. Five sets of ongoing restructuring dynamics are identified: the centralization of procurement, logistical upgrading, supply network shortening and new intermediaries, the imposition of quasi-formal contracts, and the development of private standards. It is suggested that these processes are leading to an ongoing 'shakeout' of the supply base that is favouring relatively large, well-capitalized suppliers. Copyright 2005, Oxford University Press.


Half-wave yoke combined the advantages of both alternative current yoke and direct current yoke.Cross half-wave yoke could realize all-round inspection and could be adjusted continuously,which was high in sensitivity, low in energy and small in size.The lifting power of halfwave yoke was not simply related to magnetic field strength B_m,so it could not show the capability of the yoke to magnetize the piece tested and magnetic particle testing sensitivity.


The Roy–Shafai generalization of the Ludwig-3 polarization pattern definition is well-suited to the representation of the far electromagnetic field of a flanged aperture, either a perfect electric conductor (PEC)-flanged aperture with an impressed electric field as was shown by Roy and Shafai or a perfect magnetic conductor (PMC)-flanged aperture with an impressed magnetic field which can be similarly derived. We show that the Roy–Shafai generalization of the Ludwig-3 polarization definition is in fact equivalent to the transformed Ludwig-2 definition. The Ludwig-3 polarization is that of a Huygens source, while the Ludwig-2 polarization definition corresponds to either an electric or, with transformation, a magnetic dipole. That the Roy-Shafai polarization definition is equivalent to a transformed Ludwig-2 definition is reasonable as the rectangular PEC-flanged aperture with an impressed electric field behaves as a magnetic dipole in the low frequency limit and, subject to some restrictions, maintains the same polarization pattern for all frequency assuming the aperture field remains uniform. Likewise, the rectangular PMC-flanged aperture with an impressed magnetic field behaves like an electric dipole in the low-frequency limit and maintains the same polarization pattern for all frequency again, assuming that the aperture field remains uniform and, thus, exhibits a Ludwig-2 polarization pattern.


IN the the way; far pilgrimage of life, deal gently with thy brother in the way; Look not too darkly on his wide diverging path; That he forsakes the true and hurries toward the false, Be slow to charge. And for thyself, Claim not too surely that thy path alone is right. Mayhap the realm of truth is greater than we know, Nearer to us than ever we have dreamed ; And even now, perchance, from his high citadel, Peering afar, the King of Truth doth see, Within the outer precincts of his land, Toiling in faith by long converging paths, Two slow-oncoming pilgrims in the quest of Truth.


We present a theoretical study of the ballistic magnetoresistance in Ni contacts using first-principles, atomistic, electronic structure calculations. In particular we investigate the role of defects in the contact region with the aim of explaining the recently observed spectacular magnetoresistance ratio. Our results predict that the possible presence of spin-polarized oxygen in the contact region could explain conductance changes by an order of magnitude. Electronic transport essentially occurs through spin-polarized oxygen p states, and this mechanism gives a much higher magnetoresistance than that obtained assuming clean atomically sharp domain walls alone.


Water and N are considered the most limiting factors for the growth and yield during the grain filling stage, particularly in the arid, semi-arid zones. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of N applications (0, 140, 280 and 420 kg ha -1 ) and water regimes (I 1 = 100%, I 2 = 80% and I 3 = 60% of field capacity) on nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), water utilization efficiency (WU t E) and related parameters and grain yield and its components of Zea mays L. (cv maize hybrid Giza 10). The highest N application resulted in a significant increase in grain yield and its components, accumulated N in grains and shoots. However, it significantly decreased apparent N fertiliser recovery (ANR) and N utilisation efficiency when all water regimes were applied. N application of 280 kg ha -1 was the optimal in our study for such environmental conditions. Yield and its components were increased with increasing soil field capacity from 60 to 100%. There was a significant effect of the interaction between irrigation and N treatments on N efficiencies, growth and consequently on yields. The results showed that the yield of maize can be increased through the reasonable N application (i.e., declining the gap between the recommended N levels and the estimated levels) and suitable irrigation regime (I 2 ). Also, the optimal management of N practices is highly recommended to avoid the loss of the N when there is a deficiency or excessiveness in water supplied to the soil.


Quality of a machined surface is affected by the cutting process variables such as, the depth of the cut, feed rate, part dimensions and tool wear. It is also affected by the vibration of the machine tool structure. In this work, an optimal control strategy is utilised for isolating the cutter from the vibration of the machine-tool in both the radial and feed directions. A random model with Gaussian distribution for the cutting process is constructed. The mean and variance of the distribution are proportional to depth of cut, feed rate and diameter of the workpiece. A reduced order Kalman estimator is used to estimate the states of the random process. Simulation results show that the proposed control strategy has managed to significantly reduce the dynamic displacement and acceleration of cutter with minimal force and calculation efforts even in the presence of significant randomness in the process and measurement noise.


Here I told you the degree of being an Indian feeling of pandit deen dayal upadyay with a story of his life. Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, General Secretary, Bharatiya Jana Sangh, made a scathing attack on advocates of English in the course of a press conference he addressed. The BJS leader was particularly critical of Sri K.M. Munshi's speech in this regard at the National Integration Conference.


Electronic commerce is spread wide across the business sector. It is used as a powerful marketing tool. However, there have been a few discussions about the e-commerce strategies, particularly at the outset in the design phase. Therefore, this paper presents strategies and factors which have to be considered at the beginning of developing an e-commerce system. This study synthesized previous works and suggested strategies responding to the User Experience design (UX design). The UX design was recommended to be a great tool to achieve success in system design. It was proposed that culture characteristics, online community of practice and content marketing strategy have to be planned with keeping UX design in mind to gain competitive advantages for e-commerce system. Furthermore, it is recommended that social media should be used as a channel to attract more customers.


Unsaturated alcohol compositions are obtained by reducing a metathesis- derived hydrocarby unsaturated ester. Also disclosed is a process for preparing an unsaturated alcohol composition, where a metathesis derived hydrocarby! carbonyl compound is reacted in the presence of a silane compound, an organic solvent, and a catalyst system prepared from a metallic complex and a reducing agent. This mixture is then hydrolyzed with a metallic base, and then mixed with organic solvent. The resultant mixture is then separated, washed, dried, and/or purified to produce the unsaturated alcohol composition. The unsaturated alcohol derivatives are useful in many end-use applications, including, for example, lubricants, functional fluids, fuels, functional additives for such lubricants, functional fluids and fuels, plasticizers, asphalt additives, friction reducing agents, plastics, and adhesives.


In this paper,we derive the local estimates of a singular solution near its singular set Z of the Gaussian curvature equation △u(x)+K(x)e^u(x)=0 in Ω\Z, in the case that K(x) may be zero on Z,where Ω(∪→)R^2 is a bounded open domain,and Z is a set of finite points.


Analysis of the brain as a physical system, that has the capacity of generating a display of every day observed experiences and contains some knowledge of the physical reality which stimulates those experiences, suggests the brain executes a self-measurement process described by quantum theory. Assuming physical reality is a universe of interacting self-measurement loops, we present a model of space as a field of cells executing such self-measurement activities. Empty space is the observable associated with the measurement of this field when the mass and charge density defining the material aspect of the cells satisfy the least action principle. Content is the observable associated with the measurement of the quantum wave function ψ interpreted as mass-charge displacements. The illusion of space and its content incorporated into cognitive biological systems is evidence of self-measurement activity that can be associated with quantum operations.


A new species of Euwandesia (Hydryphantidae: Ankelothyasinae) is described from river sands in New Zealand. It is a member of the interstitial fauna.


This Thesis describes the most important parameters related to the frecuency and time selective behavior. Also, in this work, a V2V measurement system is described and how it is used in a real environment. Particularly, an extensive measurement campaign was carried out in urban and suburban areas of Valencia city and based on this the first values of path loss exponent and the standard deviation of shadowing are reported. Also, the Doppler power density (PDS) due to the time-selective behavior is examined. Autor: David Balaguer Maestre, email: firstname.lastname@example.com Director 1: Lorenzo Rubio Arjona, email: email@example.com Director 2: Vicent Miquel Rodrigo Peñarrocha, email: firstname.lastname@example.com Fecha de entrega: 13-07-12 Caracterización experimental en banda estrecha del canal vehicular V2V 3


The first step in ensuring patient compliance is to ensure that the patient understands how to use their medication. The aim of the study was to determine if patients understanding of medication use can be improved by using pictograms. A simple randomized control test was set up whereby 50 patients were selected to participate, of which 25 people were included in the test group to receive medication labels based on pictograms as well as the usual counselling and 25 people were included in the control group and received the usual labelling of their medication and counselling. Questionnaires were used to determine the patient's demographic information and health literacy on the day of inclusion into the study, while another questionnaire was completed 3 to 7 days later to determine patient understanding of how to use their medication and if they used their medication correctly. At a 95% confidence interval and p<0.05 there is a relationship between improved understanding and the use of pictograms. Pictograms improve patient's understanding of how to use their medication, which in turn lead to an improvement in adherence.


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Objective To study the combined effect of celccoxib and gemcitabine(GEM)on subcutaneously implanted Lewis lung carcinoma(LLC)of C57BL/6 mice.Methods Tumor models were established by hypodermical injection of LLC cell line.Fourty mice were divided randomly into control group(group A),GEM group(group B),celecoxib group(group C)and GEM/celecoxib group(group D)with 10 mice each.Groups of C and D were given the diet with celecoxib 1mg/g on the next day after implantation throughout the experiment and groups of A and B with normal food.Groups of B and D were given GEM 100mg/kg(0.2ml)intraperitoneal injection weekly when the tumors reached 0.2cm in long diameter(about on the 7th day after implantation),and equal volume of saline was given to groups of A and C.All mice were sacrificed 4 weeks later.During the experiment,life quality of mice was observed.Tumor growth was calculated by measuring the long/short diameters and tumor growth curve was delineated.Tumors were weighed and the inhibition rates(IR)were obtained.Results Compared with group A,the tumor growth was significantly inhibited in groups of B,C and D.The IRs of groups of B,C and D were 54.18%,49.52% and 88.59%,respectively.The weight of tumor in group D was significantly reduced in comparison with groups of A,B and C.The weight of tumor-removed mice in group B was slightly decreased in comparison with groups of A,C and D.Conclusion Celecoxib and GEM can significantly inhibit the growth of implanted LLC.Combined use of celecoxib with GEM has a synergistic antitumor effect and the quality of life may be improved.


A smart, integrated temperature and light controlling and monitoring system has been implemented with the use of open standard technology, commercial and household items which actively monitor the environmental conditions. A main target for this system is to have it designed and implemented as cost efficient as possible. The system allows for a user to input the desired conditions regarding the surrounding atmospheres temperature and lighting requirements. This paper incorporates design and development of temperature & light monitoring and controlling system. The project consists of two modules. One is the parameter monitoring and the other one is the parameter controlling. Monitoring and controlling physical parameters like temperature and light are of outmost importance. A temperature sensor LM35 will be used for the purpose of measuring temperature and a LDR will be used for measuring light intensity. A microcontroller then compares the environmental conditions against the user's input requirements, and actuators change the settings until the desired conditions have been obtained. The controller is responsible for sensing from ADC, detection and polling of the peripherals status. A display unit will show the values of parameters like Temperature and Light. This will be helpful for the person to know the values, for this purpose use various sensors will be used, which will be connected to ADC. The device can be used for various purposes like weather forecast, industrial monitoring and green house monitoring etc.


255 While the results of the numerous censuses have traditionally been published and recorded in the statistical database of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) now all interested parties active in the area of politics, administration, commerce, research, societies and institutions, and all citizens have been able to obtain comprehensive data on a novel medium, the CD Statistik. This is a CD-ROM which contains data and information from the official statistical records of North Rhine-Westphalia. 1. Preliminary remarks The need for reliable information on population and economy, culture and soci ety has considerably grown in the past decades. Official statistics has held a promi nent position among the suppliers of information for a long time now. More thim 200 primary and secondary statistical surveys are carried out using comprehensive question schemes on federal and federal state legal authority. The national census of 25 May 1987 with its various possibilities for evaluating contents and regions led to the production of substantial quantities of data which the user of official statistical data can hardly cope with in an efficient working system if he relies on traditional methods. As the user has been benefitting from advanced technologies in the analysis and interpretation of data, whereby a clear break away from the mainframe and a trend towards decentralized EDP utilization with the aid of PCs . or workstations can be observed, it became necessary for official statistics to react to these changes and to find new methods of distributing its data. The technologi cal developments with the CD-ROM have provided a new, efficient medium for distributing comprehensive databases just in time: The enormous memory capacity of 660 MB, the exceptional data security, linkage with the' PC and excellent retrieval facilities provided by the software industry have allowed the CD-ROM to become an innovative medium in distributing data and information (Schwerhoff and Schiiler, 1988; Pricking, 1989; Menssen, 1990). . , The Administrative Office for Data Processing and Statistics in North Rhine


Objective To explore the changes of cellular immune function in the persons infected by Cryptosporidium parvum . Methods The system of biotin-streptavidin (BSA) was used to detect T cell subsets and membrane interleukin-2 receptor (mIL-2R) in peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) of the persons infected by C. parvum . Results The positive rates of CD3 + ,CD4 + ,CD8 + and CD4 + /CD8 + in the persons in whose stools C. parvum oocysts were found were (54.77±7.33)%,(38.17±7.52)%,(30.64±5.87)% and 1.28±0.72 respectively,and the level of mIL-2R in induction period was (32.15±2.42)%. It could be concluded that the positive rates of CD3 + ,CD4 + ,CD8 + and CD4 + /CD8 + in the persons in whose stools C. parvum oocysts were found were significantly different from those with no C. parvum oocysts were found ( P 0.05~0.01). The level of mIL-2R in induction period was significantly different from which in resting period ( P 0.05~0.01). Conclusion In the persons infected by C. parvum ,cellular immunity participates in resisting the parasite,and T cell subsets and mIL-2R play an important role.


To the Editor: I appreciate the observation noted in the case report by Peracha-Riyaz et al1 on "First described case of anterior and posterior segment crystals in phacolytic glaucoma." Over the past 10 years, I have operated upon 65 patients with phacolytic glaucoma, and, in 6 of the patients, I have observed similar refractile iridescent opacities in the anterior chamber (AC) and in the vitreous cavity, as reported by Peracha-Riyaz et al.1 These crystalline opacities get washed away and are aspirated during thorough cleaning of the cortical matter from the AC, but they persist in the vitreous cavity, without causing any visual disability in the long term. I would like to share an interesting observation in 6/65 patients with phacolytic glaucoma, whom I have operated upon. There was presence of liquified cortical matter, sticking to the posterior surface of the intact posterior capsule (PC) in the anterior vitreous cavity, which was noted after the nucleus delivery. This was more often seen in the patients with pseudohypopyon (secondary to liquified cortical matter in the AC). During the postoperative period, the cortical matter behind the PC can be managed with topical steroids and will get absorbed gradually. A 65-year-old female patient, who underwent small incision cataract surgery for phacolytic glaucoma in the left eye, showed liquified cortical matter behind an intact PC (Fig. 1, arrow), with clear area superiorly. This was noted intraoperatively, and these opacities gradually cleared over a period of 12 weeks after the surgery (Fig. 2), with conservative management with topical steroids and antibiotics. The patient had good visual recovery of 20/30 and intraocular pressure of 14mmHg at the last follow up visit. Thomas et al2 have reported vitreous opacities in 5 patients with phacolytic glaucoma, which were noted intraoperatively and which resolved within 12 weeks after cataract surgery, without any surgical intervention. In


In present paper,boron-doped diamond was synthesized by static pressure method using Fe-Ni-C-B system catalyst. The catalyst was made of iron-base alloy added boron powder and the boron weighs 0.2%. The boron-doped diamonds were compared with ordinary diamonds on the morphology,crystal structure,resistance-temperature characteristic curve and oxidative stability. Experiments prove that the boron-doped diamonds are semiconductor materials,whose ionization energy is 0.368eV;and initial oxidation temperature of boron-doped diamonds is 185 degrees celsius,which is higher than that of ordinary diamond.


Objective To evaluate the effect of high-dose epinephrine given during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on cerebral oxygenation.Methods Eighty-three male Wistar rats (200-280 g) were randomly divided into 3 groups: groupⅠcontrol (C, n = 25); groupⅡstandard-dose epinephrine (S, n = 31) and groupⅢhigh-dose epinephrine (H, n = 27). The animals were anesthetized with intraperitoneal 10% chloral hydrate 350 mg·kg-1 and tracheotomized and mechanically ventilated afterⅣvecuronium. PaCO2 was maintained at 35-45 mm Hg. Bilateral femoral arteries and right internal jugular vein were cannulated for BP and HR monitoring and blood sampling. Left common carotid artery was exposed for continuous blood flow monitoring. Cardiac arrest was induced by asphyxia in groupⅡandⅢwhile control group was subjected to no asphyxia. CPR was started at 10 min of cardiac arrest and epinephrine 20μg·100 g-1 or 2μg·100 g-1 was given via femoral artery. Blood samples were taken from femoral artery and jugular vein at 30, 60 and 120 min after restoration of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) for blood gas analysis. C(a-jv)O2 and CEO2 were calculated.Results There was no significant difference in the success rate of CPR between groupⅡ(S) and groupⅢ(H). The interval between the beginning of CPR to ROSC was significantly shorter in groupⅢ(H) than in groupⅡ(S) (P 0.05). The blood flow through the carotid artery in group S and H was significantly increased at 5 min after ROSC as compared to the baseline values then was significantly decreased starting from 15 min after ROSC. CEO2 and C(a-jv)O2 were significantly increased after ROSC as compared to the baseline values in group H and S but were significantly lower in group H than in group S. Conclusion High-dose epinephrine administered during CPR decreases cerebral extraction of oxygen as compared to the standard-dose.


Energy is the key driver and frequently assume their role play as a catalyst for the sustainable development. Universally the per capita consumption of energy is frequently utilized as a guage for the economic and sustainable development of any country. Sustainable Energy plays a critical part being an imperative segment for the social values, energy poverty eradication and economic development, The huge inadequacy of power because of substantial dependence on imported fuels has turned into a noteworthy obstacle to economic and sustainable growth of any developing country in general and to particular in Pakistan. This situation makes an expansion in nearby fuel costs and cutoff points possibilities in the foundation of new industries. The ongoing gap between the demand and supply of power in Pakistan is around 7000-8000 MW with a consistent increment of 6-8% per annum. Consequently, hence to overcome this situation, sustainable power sources are intensely required to conquer the current issue Pakistan is blessed with enormous sustainable power source assets, for example, wind, sunlight based, hydro, and bio-mass. These resources have the tendency to be major contributors of future energy creation framework, climate change minimization, energy decarboniztion, energy independency, sustainable growth and development of the country. This research narrates the alternative energy resources like renewables, to inrease energy efficiencies and related possibilities for full-scale advancement which can be viable for sustainable development. Keywords— Climate change, Energy Poverty, Social Values, Energy Decarbonization.


This article aims to evaluate the eating habits and nutritional status of students who eat at the university restaurant (UR) of a public university in the south of Brazil, with the intention that, through a continuous process of nutritional surveillance, promotion of health strategies can be focused on the main needs of this population. A cross-sectional study evaluated 290 university students, through anthropometry with BMI and Waist Circumference, electrical bioimpedance to estimate body fat percentage and eating habits questionnaire. The sample was divided in three groups of consumption frequency in the UR, 31.7 % being daily consumers, 40.3% frequent consumers and 27.9% being casual consumers. Men corresponded to 57.6% of sampling and the mean age was 23.8 ± 5.64. It was found that 37.6% of the participants had inadequate fat percentage. It was observed sedentary lifestyle and traditionally Brazilian eating habits composed of characteristics recommended by the Ministry of Health, possibly influenced by their access to the UR.


The automotive industry is continuously striving for reduced development cost, time to market and high quality on their products to remain market leader. This is achieved by constantly developing their simulation methods in order to attain more accurate simulation results and include more aspects of the complexity when developing a vehicle such as durability, vehicle dynamics and comfort.

This thesis was conducted at Scanias calculation department for buses with the aim of developing a method for comfort evaluation in the bus structure. There is an ambition to be able to predict the comfort of the structure with high accuracy at an early stage of the development process. This would make it possible to shorten the development time and cost by reducing the number of physical prototypes needed to verify the comfort in the final vehicle.

A literature study was initially carried out and previous knowledge at Scania regarding comfort was taken into consideration. Vehicle comfort is a complex phenomenon and thus the aim and delimitations were set to limit the complexity of the simulation model. To further delimit the study only road and powertrain induced vibrations were taken into consideration. Relevant load cases and simulation methods in both the finite element study and the multi-body simulation part was discussed and specified.

Data from previous tests conducted on a coach with weakening and stiffening modifications on its load carrying structure is analyzed to choose what frames that should be further investigated. Three different frames are chosen: stiff, weak and reference. This is to limit the processed data and to determine if the overall trends can be seen in the calculations and simulations.

The calculations performed on the finite element model, such as dynamic stiffness and transfer functions, show good correlation and tendencies when comparing to the behaviour of the vehicle in the tests.

Multi-body simulations show a more complex relationship to the measurements but some tendencies seen in the tests could also be seen in road simulator and virtual proving ground simulations. The simulation procedures for the road simulator, virtual proving ground and idle are needed to be further investigated to understand how the assumptions affects the simulation results. This is discussed and presented as future work together with limitations and possible sources of error.


The development of agro-tourism one of the effective ways to build a new socialist countryside,and to solve some problems,such as the low income of farmers,the migration of surplus labor force in the countryside.Hengyang City is located in the Middle of Hunan province,mainly dominated by agriculture and farmers problems.Therefore,the authors use SWOT analysis to analyze agricultural tourism development in Hengyang City,in dading its strengths,weaknesses,opportunities,threats,and specific development measures.There fore it can offer some feasible suggestions to local governments.


In this study, a performance predictive model for hydrogen production was developed for the commercialization of the integrated solid refuse fuel (SRF) and solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) system. A SRF system was developed, and reliability was verified in the steam conditions for the SOEC application. Systems optimization according to parametric analysis was conducted in the predictive model based on the experiments. When the steam temperature varies between 973 and 1,373 K, hydrogen production increases by 14% to 64 tons per year at 1,373 K; meanwhile, when the steam pressure varies between 0.1 and 0.7 MPa, the performance deteriorates significantly. Under optimal conditions (temperature: 1,373 K; pressure: 0.3 MPa; mass flow rate 200 kg/h), the amount of steam that can be produced by the integrated SRF–SOEC system is 1,752 tons per year, which can yield 87.6 tons of hydrogen per year. When SRF was used as a heat source, compared with the use of LNG, a total annual cost saving of approximately 2.6% was realized. The break-even point can be reduced by approximately 5 months, which reflects economic efficiency.


B339 Figure 2 Abstract B339 Figure 3B339 Figure 3 Conclusions A SWOT-Delphy quality-oriented design methodology in a PAPMP allows to obtain higher rates of reduction in pain control and improves patient quality perception. B340 THE COMBINATION OF ULTRASOUND-GUIDED RECTUS SHEATH BLOCK WITH RIGHT SUBCOSTAL TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK IN LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY P Papadopoulos*, D Variadis, I Logothetis, E Dermitzaki, A Kotsa, E Gyftonikolou-Kaselimi. General Hospital of Chalkida, Chalkida, Greece 10.1136/rapm-2022-ESRA.414 Background and Aims We aimed to retrospectively study the efficacy of ultrasound guided rectus sheath block (RSB) in combination with right subcostal transversus abdominis plane block (TAP) for laparoscopic cholecystectomy as an effective intra and postoperative analgesic method. Methods We studied 20 patient files, operated for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. All patients meeting the criteria were operated under general anesthesia using propofol, fentanyl and rocuronium. Following anesthesia induction, a bilateral RSB using 15 ml ropivacaine 0.375% on each side and a right subcostal TAP block using 20 ml ropivacaine 0.375% were performed. Intraoperative fentanyl dose was 2 mcg/kg for all patients. We evaluated all recorded numerical rating scores (NRS) charted, immediately postoperatively and 6 and 24 hours later. In addition, complaints of nausea, vomiting and constipation were recorded. Results Intraoperative arterial blood pressure and cardiac rhythm trends, suggested stable hemodynamics and reflected effective analgesia in all cases. Median NRS scores immediately postoperatively were up to 1.5 and up to 3 in all following recording instances with no additional analgesics required, besides paracetamol that was administered every 8 hours. Nausea and vomiting was absent for all these patients and only 4 patients reported constipation over 3 days. Conclusions Ultrasound guided combination of RSB with right subcostal TAP block is an effective and safe intra and postoperative analgesic method. B341 PERIOPERATIVE INTRAVENOUS LIDOCAINE IN HIP SURGERY M Gallego Mula*, E Pereda González, P Seguí Barber, C Delgado Navarro, C Saiz Ruiz, J De Andrés Ibáñez. Complejo Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain; Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain 10.1136/rapm-2022-ESRA.415 Background and Aims Hip pathology surgery, is a major health problem due to the aging of the population, mortality, and secondary functional dependency. Patients experience moderate to severe pain after a hip surgery. Achieving optimal postoperative analgesia allows initiation of rehabilitation early. Intravenous opioid analgesia is effective for rest pain but inadequate for dynamic analgesia with side effects. There is a growing interest in the use of non-opioid adjuvant analgesics. A drug with great potential is lidocaine. Our objective is to evaluate the role of perioperative intravenous lidocaine in the reduction of pain and improvement of postoperative results in hip