Purpose: To evaluate the differences of cortical activation patterns in young and elderly healthy subjects for object and spatial visual processing using a face- and location-matching task. Materials and Methods: We performed a face- and a location-matching task in 15 young (mean age: 28 ± 9 years) and 19 elderly (mean age: 71 ± 6 years) subjects. Each experiment consisted of 7 blocks alternating between activation and control condition. For face matching, the subjects had to indicate whether two displayed faces were identical or different. For location matching, the subjects had to press a button whenever two objects had an identical position. For control condition, we used a perception task with abstract images. Functional imaging was performed on a 1.5-tesla scanner using an EPI sequence. Results: In the face-matching task, the young subjects showed bilateral (right > left) activation in the occipito-temporal pathway (occipital gyrus, inferior and middle temporal gyrus). Predominantly right hemispheric activations were found in the fusiform gyrus, the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (inferior and middle frontal gyrus) and the superior parietal gyrus. In the elderly subjects, the activated areas in the right fronto-lateral cortex increased. An additional activated area could be found in the medial frontal gyrus (right > left). In the location-matching task, young subjects presented increased bilateral (right > left) activation in the superior parietal lobe and precuneus compared with face matching. The activations in the occipito-temporal pathway, in the right fronto-lateral cortex and the fusiform gyrus were similar to the activations found in the face-matching task. In the elderly subjects, we detected similar activation patterns compared to the young subjects with additional activations in the medial frontal gyrus. Conclusion: Activation patterns for object-based and spatial visual processing were established in the young and elderly healthy subjects. Differences between the elderly and young subjects could be evaluated, especially by using a face-matching task.


The description of "death" in Harry Potter is analyzed from four aspects.It is considered that the novel depicts not only the amazing magical world,but the profound and poetic interpretation of the philosophy of death.


Cable modal parameters (natural frequencies and damping ratios) that represent the cable inherent dynamic characteristics play an important role in the construction, vibration control, condition assessment, and long-term health monitoring of cable-supported structures. The existing options to identify cable modal parameters through vibration measurements are somewhat limited. For this purpose, a cable dynamic stiffness based method is presented to effectively identify the cable modal parameters. In the first part of this two-part paper, the cable dynamic stiffness is analytically discussed for a viscously damped, uniform, inclined sagging cable supported at the lower end and subjected to a harmonically varying arbitrary angle displacement excitation in an arbitrary angle at the upper end when the cable is assumed to have a parabolic profile at its position of static equilibrium. Special attention is paid to the physical meaning and significance of every part of the frequency-dependent closed-form cable dynamic stiffness. Comprehensive numerical analyses have been carried out and a simplified cable dynamic stiffness is proposed for the purpose of identifying the cable modal parameters with a good accuracy over a wide range of frequencies.


Indie music was a kind of music that influence in Indonesian music development, where was indie music not engagement contract with owner of record, so that Indie musicians independent to expression their music art. The problems which had been around a Indie musicians now is still at the phase to promote their product, especially when searching, content which too wide and never guided, so that still haven't focus on Indie's music world. Until today, there is still no media that help Indie musicians to give or promote their product specially. In this research were created a website for Indie musician specially with applying framework Laravel and technology in website design that is using SVG. The system was developed using prototyping methods which there are two times evaluation process. Testing result show that create website can help Indie musician to promote their product with employing searching system using maps which will be felt more very friendly and can give new nuances in built searching system more accurate.


Observational studies showed that among fledgling Yellow-eyed Juncos (Junco phaeonotus) rates of scanning for predators, pecking rates, and feeding rates increased dramatically with age and converged on adult rates as the young reached independence. Juveniles adjusted their vigilance level in response to their social situation, maintaining higher vigilance in flocks of juveniles than when foraging with their parents. Independent juveniles spent a larger proportion of their time foraging, thus spent more time exposed to predators, and had lower survivorship than adults. Independent juveniles appeared to have difficulty in acquiring sufficient food when foraging time was limited by severe weather. Young juncos foraging in juvenile flocks spent less time on vigilance and pecked more often than juveniles foraging alone. Social foraging by juveniles increased the probability of surviving after parental care was terminated.


The USDA, AMS, Cotton Program has offered module/trailer (module) averaging on a voluntary basis since 1991. When analyzing the historical results of module averaging for gins across the country, the Cotton Program has concluded that the reproducibility of quality measurements is significantly higher for cotton bales assigned the module average versus the bales' individual readings. This increase in reproducibility indicates less variability in the fiber measurements and more stable classification results. The 2003 crop data continued to support the historical trends. Module Averaging is advantageous to all users of the Cotton Program classification data. The number of gins participating in module averaging in 2003 rose 14% over 2002 to 210 gins, representing 3,808,979 bales (through December 26, 2003). Analysis of the classification results for these bales show that overall, module averaging proved more advantageous monetarily over individual bale values when using the government loan program as the basis for analysis. In 2002, the Cotton Program implemented a new policy of assigning the module average to all module middle-bale outliers without requiring a review classification (with some exceptions). The Cotton Program implemented this policy after historical data and studies proved that middle-bale outliers, when retested, consistently tend to approach the module average within acceptable testing parameters. This policy excludes the module's first and last bales because they show to be true outliers a higher percentage of the time due to possible overlapping of modules having different fiber properties. This policy also excluded any outliers from a module when they accounted for more than 20% of the total number of bales in the module. These exclusions were implemented to detect rare exceptions to the norm. The Cotton Program also tightened outlier identification tolerances in 2003. Included in this paper are 2003 module averaging statistics, outlier statistics, and comparisons to previous crop years.


T he book Kathmandu Dilemma: Resetting India-Nepal Ties by Ranjit Rae, a former Indian Ambassador to Nepal (September 2013 to February 2017), is timely, given that bilateral relations have been marred by numerous controversies in the recent past. Nepal has sent two diplomatic notes—September 2021 and November 2019—to India in the last few years. Accusations in Nepal of India meddling in its internal affairs during the 2021 constitutional crisis, have further vitiated the atmosphere. The India-Nepal relationship has been in perpetual controversy since the formation of the Gorkha Empire in 1768 by Prithvi Narayan Shah, who advised his subjects to have limited interactions with the southerners. The Nepalese perception of India has been driven by the need of rulers in Nepal to manage their political insecurities. These perceptions were gradually validated by negligence from the Indian side to respect the sensitivities in the relationship. Over the last 70 years, the policymakers and academia in both countries have been trying to understand whether the perceptions added complexity in the relationship or the contentious issues shaped perceptions. Ambassador Rae is eminently qualified to traverse through the landscape of the relationship given his vast experience when the Himalayan country was at the peak of its political turmoil. A large portion of the book—except two chapters that deal with boundaries and treaties—is based on the author's experiences in Nepal while handling complex bilateral issues. Therefore, at the outset, the author has clarified that the book is based on experiences and assessments of someone who has had a ringside view of some of the major developments in Nepal over the last decade. The book is well-structured with ten chapters. Primarily, it deals with three issues —perceptions of each other, unaddressed contentious issues, and growing Chinese footprints in Nepal. It starts with one of the unresolved questions in bilateral relations—why don't the Nepalese like India or Indians? The book examines growing Chinese influence in Nepal and offers some recommendations as the way forward, to make the Indo-Nepal relationship beneficial to both countries. The author should be commended for providing details about emotional outbursts and illogical arguments of certain sections of Nepalese media, civil society and political class towards India. Even India's humanitarian assistance during the 2015 Strategic Analysis, 2022 Vol. 46, No. 3, 342–344, https://doi.org/10.1080/09700161.2022.2081433


The term Child Labour is used for employment of children below 14 years of age in India, which is considered illegal by law and custom. The stipulated age varies from country to country and government to government. Child labour is a world phenomenon which is considered exploitative and inhuman by many international organizations.


The article reviews an art exhibition featuring the installations of artist Sebastien de Ganay at the Hausler Contemporary gallery in Zurich, Switzerland.


Significance Statement Studies discusses CKD disparities by age, race and ethnicity, and socioeconomics. However, despite well-documented disparities in CKD risk factors in LGBT+ adults, limited literature addresses CKD prevalence in this population. This analysis uses Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (2014–2019) data to compare self-reported kidney disease prevalence in LGBT+ older adults (older than 50 years) with their heterosexual peers. Our findings indicate that LGBT+ older adults have higher rates of self-reported kidney disease and a higher incidence of CKD risks including smoking, activity limitations, adverse health outcomes, and limited access to health care, housing, and employment. These results support increasing access to screening for CKD risk factors, providing culturally responsive health care, and addressing societal drivers of vulnerability in older LGBT+ adults. Background Existing research documents disparities in CKD by age, race and ethnicity, and access to health care. However, research on CKD in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT+) older adults, despite their higher rates of diabetes, heart disease, smoking, and alcohol use, is limited. Methods Pooled data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (2014–2019) for 22,114 LGBT+ adults and 748,963 heterosexuals aged 50 and older were used to estimate the prevalence of self-reported kidney disease. Logistic regressions were used to compare older adults by sexual orientation. Results Older LGBT+ men (adjusted odds ratio=1.3; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.09–1.54) were more likely than their heterosexual counterparts to report kidney disease, after controlling for sociodemographic factors, health behaviors, access to health care, and self-reported coronary heart disease, HIV, and diabetes; LGBT+ men and women also reported higher incidences of known risk factors for CKD. For example, both LGBT+ men (odds ratio [OR]=1.39; [95% CI], 1.26–1.54) and LGBT+ women (OR=1.39; [95% CI], 1.25–1.55) were more likely to be smokers and have a higher incidence of activity limitations, adverse health outcomes, and limited access to health care, housing, and employment. Conclusion These results support increasing access to screenings for CKD risk factors, providing preventative education and culturally responsive and affirming care, and addressing other societal drivers of vulnerability in older LGBT+ adults. The findings also support the value of interventions that address the interaction between CKD risk factors and the social marginalization that older LGBT+ adults experience.


Abstract We investigate the relationship between economic development and the growth of the state by testing Wagner's Law. We begin with a general test, and find it does not hold in all cases: it breaks down at higher levels of development and in more recent time periods. This suggests that Wagner's law has specific scope conditions, beyond which states do not continue to grow as economies grow. We use a series of models to explore the temporal scope of Wagner's law and the point at which state growth may hit a ceiling. We conclude limits on the growth of the state are set by limits on the capacity of states to increase taxation. States can avoid this problem temporarily by running budget deficits, but eventually accumulated debt forces them to cut expenditures. Spending is tied to tax revenue like a rubber band, it can stretch only so far before being pulled back.


Privacy in social computing systems has become a major concern. End-users of such systems find it increasingly hard to understand complex privacy settings. As software evolves over time, this might introduce bugs that breach users' privacy. Further, there might be system-wide policy changes that could change users' settings to be more or less private than before. We present a novel technique that can be used by end-users for detecting changes in privacy, i.e., regression testing for privacy. Using a social approach for detecting privacy bugs, we present two prototype tools. Our evaluation shows the feasibility and utility of our approach for detecting privacy bugs. We highlight two interesting case studies on the bugs that were discovered using our tools. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first technique that leverages regression testing for detecting privacy bugs from an end-user perspective.


A passive exoskeleton was designed with the goal of reducing metabolic cost of human walking by augmenting moments around the hip joint. A novel approach, using leaf springs parallel to the human leg, was proposed. A kinematic model including man-machine interface compliance was optimized and results showed a maximal reduction of metabolic cost of 60%. A prototype was built and included a pelvic part, vertically fixing the leaf springs, and a thigh part, accommodating four degrees of freedom. The performance of the prototype was experimentally evaluated in treadmill trials. Muscle activity, metabolic energy and whole-body kinematics and kinetics were measured during normal walking, walking with the exoskeleton with and without springs. Walking with the active exoskeleton resulted in a negligible small increase in metabolic energy expenditure compared to the exoskeleton without springs.


In the age of globalization and information, the core competitiveness among countries comes from the rising need of leadership talents, especially for young leaders. Within colleges in the United States, Leadership curriculum has been well developed, and leadership course standards as well as several theoretical models have been established. In contrast, there are no formal leadership development models in Chinese colleges. The value cultivation mechanism of Chinese college students has a lack of effectiveness. The values and principles of a leader are the key factors that determine their visions and goals. Values are the core of leadership. It is necessary to build formal leadership courses, especially the value-based leadership curriculum, in current Chinese universities and colleges. Based on Chinese values, philosophy, main national conditions and current leadership theories, a four-stage leadership development model was proposed and applied to several Chinese universities in Shanghai for several years. Specifically, this paper is based on a qualitative study that was conducted on six leadership courses in a Shanghai university of China. The two data sources included text analysis of 247 student learning summaries and focus group interviews of 34 selected outstanding student leaders. Based on the text analysis and focus group interviews, it is found that the value -based leadership development model has high student satisfaction and can help students to build positive values especially socialist core values in Chinese society. The model was approved to be more systematic and emphasizes students' subjectivity and internal psychological development trends which is from leadership psychology, leadership thinking, leadership concept to leadership behavior. It is argued that this model would help to explore value-based leadership with Chinese characteristics and can become a new way to apply value education in Chinese Colleges and Universities. Future research will focus on more empirical studies in other areas of China.


This paper demonstrates a methodology for systematic calibration of models in process simulators and its impact on improvement of accuracy and predictive capability of a TCAD system. A software tool for calibration with numerical optimization has been developed and used to calibrate a transient enhanced diffusion (TED) model under low-dose implantation conditions. Using the calibrated model, predictive simulations were performed prior to SIMS measurements. The systematic calibration and its validation through independent experiments showed significantly improved accuracy and predictive capability of process and device simulation system.


After centuries of wonder, human being finally realized the decisive possibility of going to the moon a little more than 50 years ago, and in 1969 this became a reality, no longer a dream. The human body, however, is designed to live under 1 g as on Earth. Thus, it is important to understand what happens in the human body under microgravity in order to make rapid progress in space development. One of the most serious problems produced by microgravity is a fluid shift from lower to upper body. This cephalad fluid shift may change the hemodynamics in the brain. In this review, effects of actual or simulated microgravity on cerebral blood flow, intracranial pressure, formation of brain edema, and orthostatic intolerance will be discussed. These studies provide us lots of information not only to maintain the health of astronauts but also to treat senile persons who, on rare occasions, sit or stand up.


Abstract Securing meaningful employment following incarceration has proven to be difficult for all individuals but disproportionately affects individuals with disabilities. Despite this knowledge, less research is focused on examining how various aspects of functioning impact specific behaviors related to career development. Utilizing a survey of 61 individuals, all of whom self-reported as having disabilities and prior criminal justice involvement, the current study investigated the relationship between individual functioning and career development variables. Results from this study can better inform reentry and rehabilitation professionals on how to provide support to individuals with disabilities and criminal backgrounds in gaining meaningful employment upon release.


Nowadays, embedded network products are widely used in various fields. However, when these products are used, the transmission of network data couldn't be guaranteed with a higher security. To address this issue, this paper designed an embedded network security interface. Network interface is studied based on S3C6410 processor and DM9000 Ethernet controller, the hardware circuit of network card interface is designed and developed with conciseness and stability. On the side of software design, an improved algorithm of chaotic encryption based on logistic mapping is proposed. According to binary sequences generated from improved algorithm to encrypt network packets. Besides, The DM9000 platform device driver is designed with the purpose of NIC to work properly. Finally, through to the whole system experimental debugging, this has confirmed the validity and security of system.


White organic light emitting diodes (WOLEDs) are emerging as potential light emitting technology and have found many applications from back light for liquid crystal displays to next generation displays and solid-state lighting. We report here the fabrication of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), which emit white light via multilayer color approach. These WOLEDs incorporated the materials emitting two complementary colors greenish-blue and reddish-orange to make white. The amount of light emitted from each layer was chosen in such a way that the mixture of the two emitted lights gave white light. The amount of light emitted from each layer was controlled by taking optimum thickness of each layer and incorporating a thin hole blocking layer of BCP in between the emissive layers. For greenish-blue light, we used a phosphorescent dopant FIrPic whereas for reddish-orange light we used the phosphorescent dopant Ir(btp) 2 (acac) and both of these dopants were doped in the host CBP. We studied the effect of operating voltage on the color of the emitted light of these WOLEDs and found that the color of the emitted light was almost independent of operating voltage. The WOLEDs emitted 1600 cd/m 2 at 15 V with Commission Internationale de I'Eclairage (CIE) coordinates (0.25, 0.32). We also studied the current density vs voltage ( J-V ) and voltage vs luminescence ( V-L ) characteristics of these devices and calculated their efficiency which was found to be 0.35 cd/A. We also prepared some WOLEDs based numeric displays just of the demonstration purpose.


Visual testing is a software testing technique that checks the visual aspects of a Graphical User Interface (GUI). It helps identify visual defects that other GUI testing techniques, such as functional and performance tests, may not detect. While functional testing verifies the correct behavior of applications, it is not effective in catching visual issues. This paper introduces an AI-driven visual tester, a novel approach to visual testing that enhances the detection of visual defects in application interfaces. The tester can effectively test any platform, using screenshots as input. The process begins with object detection in the screenshots, employing two methods: traditional image processing and deep learning. The detected objects are then transformed into a tree data structure for efficient analysis. Object matching is utilized to correlate objects between the reference and updated images. Finally, change analysis and classification are performed to identify and categorize changes in each object, such as translation, scaling, color change, or object removal.


In spite of the barriers that stand in front of women's education, their higher education opportunities have increased with the improvement of female higher education provision but the opportunities are still not able to provide the level of education needed to meet the demand of women or to provide equality of access across the country. Thereby, this paper will review the literature on women's higher education in Saudi Arabia considering several different aspects including history, pedagogy, teaching methods and barriers.


The paper discusses selected essays by Marian Smoluchowski (1872–1917), a 19th-century Polish physicist. Smoluchowski's scientifi c output was outstanding (he was a pioneer of stochastic physics); apart from science, however, he was a passionate mountaineer. Smoluchowski enjoyed travelling, one of the places he visited being Scotland. He described it in his essays, e.g. "Wycieczki górskie w Szkocji" (1896), which will be discussed here. Smoluchowski's visions and impressions of Scotland are also placed against the backdrop of selected other 19th-century Polish travellers who visited and wrote about Scotland.


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The enzymatic oxidative coupling of five technical lignins from different sources and with different molecular properties, with glucosamine and the tripeptide glycil-tyrosyl-glycine was studied in acetone/water mixture, using laccase as catalyst. The modified lignin was isolated and the product was characterized by means of size exclusion chromatography, FT-IR and 31P-NMR, in order to evidence the main lignin modifications after laccase coupling reactions. An important increase of the molecular weight and significant structural modifications were observed for the product obtained after the coupling reactions of Organosolv Hardwood Lignin and Alkali pretreated Wheat straw Lignin with glucosamine and glycil-tyrosyl-glycine, demonstrating the achievement of the modification reactions.


The cardiac anthropomorphic ultrasound phantom has been improved by the addition of two new features. An aorta with a bifurcation has been molded into the torso via a "lost wax" procedure. B-scan images of contrast medium and color-flaw Doppler images show flow patterns typical of peripheral vessels in Doppler phantoms. In addition, three coronary arteries have been attached to the externd surface of the ventricle. Contrast injection of aerated water in the coronary arteries are easily visualized in real-time Bscan images.


The utility model provides a novel LED light source module packaging structure, which belongs to the field of processing lighting equipment, and comprises a metal substrate, a circuit board, reflection cups and LED chips. The novel LED light source module packaging structure is characterized in that the circuit board is embedded into the metal substrate and exposed on the outer surface of the metal substrate, reflection cups are fixed to the circuit board and the metal substrate, at least one LED chip is mounted in each reflection cup and adhered onto the metal substrate at the bottom of the corresponding reflection cup, a glue and fluorescent powder mixed layer is coated on the upper surface of each LED chip, and the LED chips are connected onto the circuit board by leads.


The Menonita movement has been characterized by its mobility and resilience. This study investigates the causes that explain the above, with support of literature on the subject and primary sources. It concludes that this minority has been able to preserve its character in relation to its confession, ideology and modus vivendi.


We first report the synthesis of supraparticles with a mean diameter of 130 nm consisting in a compact self-assembly of colloidal CdSe/CdS/ZnS nanocrystals encapsulated in a silica shell. This provides a system with robust optical properties such as a high quantum efficiency, a stable and Poissonian emission at room temperature. Additionally, enhancement of the photoluminescence decay rate through Förster resonance energy transfer is observed.


Toehold switches have the potential to become the new point of care diagnostic tool for viral and bacterial infectious diseases but also to detect inflammation or cancer RNA biomarkers. These de-novo-designed-riboregulators are based on synthetic biology and RNA-based regulatory systems enabling the control of translation and transcription in response of the related RNA. Programmability, manipulability, high orthogonality, and large dynamic range benefit to toehold switch sensors beside its compatibility with living and cell free systems. Combined with amplification techniques, such as NASBA or modified RT-LAMP, toehold switch systems effectively compete with the gold standard detection method, PCR, by its low-cost, rapidity and simplicity to program and use. In this review, we will present the design principles and the main amplification methods that are usually combined with the toehold switch. Moreover, we will give an overview of this de-novo designed riboregulators' applications in the field of diagnosis and RNA detection.


The invention discloses a mixing device for gas-liquid two-phase annular flow jet flow and main flow gas. The mixing device comprises a main flow pipeline and an annular flow jet flow pipe communicated with the side wall of the main flow pipeline. A gas-liquid mixer is arranged on the upper reaches of the annular flow jet flow pipe in the circumferential direction. Inlets of the gas-liquid mixer are communicated with honeycomb-shaped holes formed in the side wall of the annular flow jet flow pipe. When the mixing device is used, a liquid working medium enters the gas-liquid mixer and then enters the annular flow jet flow pipe through the honeycomb-shaped holes. Gas-liquid two-phase annular flow is formed after the liquid working medium is mixed with a gas working medium in the annular flow jet flow pipe, and a liquid film is formed on the inner wall of the annular flow jet flow pipe. After the gas-liquid two-phase annular flow jet flow and the main flow gas in the main flow pipeline are mixed, atomization is completed to form an atomized droplet cluster. According to the mixing device, in the jet flow mixing process, the interaction between the gas-liquid two-phase annular flow jet flow and the main flow gas is used; a good atomization effect can be achieved through the gas-liquid two-phase annular flow jet flow, and accordingly good mixing between the gas-liquid two-phase annular flow jet flow and the main flow gas is achieved.


CaNb2O6 single crystals with an orthorhombic columbite structure are grown via an optical floating zone (OFZ) method. The as-grown crystals are colorless and free of low-angle grain boundaries and inclusions. They are transparent (up to 62%) in the visible to the infrared region (400–1000 nm) and have a low absorption coefficient (α = 1.56). The bandgap is determined as a direct transition and Eg = 4.28 eV. The wavelength-dependent refractive index and extinction coefficient of the CaNb2O6 crystals are derived from the obtained T and α spectra. Their photoluminescence spectra exhibit a strong and broad emission band centered at 465 nm.


The circular economy can pave the way to achieve ambitious sustainability goals. A major perpetrator of resource and material waste is the building sector. A lot of research results already provide innovative technologies and solutions for circular construction. However, what many of the circular economy initiatives in the construction sector have in common, is a certain malaise in moving from pilot projects with high individual engagement to actions on a larger scale. Prefabricated timber construction is one of the most promising key technologies towards a more resource efficient Europe. Despite this potential, downcycling or an early thermic utilization is common practice. Valuable resources are wasted and already captured CO2 is released. The research project circularWOOD aims to provide a better understanding for potentials and barriers in a first step. This paper outlines first findings. Prefabrication and element design facilitate circular construction approaches. The context in which stakeholder implement circular construction approaches is widened. A wide range of economic and ecological aspects is supplemented with cultural, political, and regulatory conditions. Under the premise of reuse with a minimum of necessary adaptation structural aspects are evaluated. The results show a current concentration on new construction with easy-to-implement design approaches. Further efforts towards strategies for the reuse of existing construction and experiences to facilitate the diffusion within the timber construction sector are required.


ABSTRACT Yeasts are eukaryotic microorganisms whose cytochrome P-450 monooxygenase systems may be amenable to genetic engineering for the hydroxylation and detoxication of polychlorinated aromatic ...


Theatre history is suffused by an immanent sense of loss. for it is forever haunted by the spectral presence of past performance as the liveness of theatre can never be recuperated or represented, but remains absent and ineffable, beyond the positivist purview of its written wor(l)d. Nevertheless, for theatre historians, reviews and criticism are never merely material ephemera that recall the lost evanescence of live performance, but vital artefacts that assist their imperfect efforts to empirically and imaginatively reconstruct the theatrical past. Certainly, my own research on the Ulster Literary Theatre (ULT), a much-neglected dramatic movement. is largely dependent on such traces of the theatrical event, especially as many of the ULT's texts were never published. Indeed, fifty years ago, a historian researching the same subject reflected that all that remained of some plays was "a fugitive line in the memory of the players" (see Kennedy). Often, reviews are the only historical residue that remains of ...


ABSTRACT. This paper deals with the analysis of physically possible constructions of a viscous incompressible fluid model. Physical principles that allow to create the only possible construction of this model were found. The new model does not use new constants that characterize properties of the fluid and coincides with the Stokes model only in the plane case. Within the framework of this model, new equations for fluid motion were obtained. The new equations coincide with Navier-Stokes system in the plane case, but do not coincide in the three-dimensional one. The model makes it possible to see why the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations cannot physically adequately describe fluids motion, and obliquely confirms the finite time for the existence of its regular solutions.


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The magnetic properties of dispersions of magnetic silica microspheres have been investigated by measuring the magnetization curves and the complex magnetic susceptibility as a function of frequency and field amplitude. The silica spheres appear to have a net permanent magnetic dipole moment, even in zero field, which is increased significantly after a temporary exposure of the silica colloids to a saturating magnetic field. The magnetic properties of the microparticles in zero field are discussed in terms of the number and the orientations of the embedded nanoparticle dipoles along an easy axis of magnetization in the absence of an external field.


We investigate the effect of carrier dynamics on the temperature dependence of photoluminescence spectra from InAs/GaAs quantum dot heterostructures with different dot size uniformity. Intersublevel relaxation lifetimes and carrier transferring mechanisms are simulated using a model based on carrier relaxing and thermal emitting of each discrete energy level in the quantum dot system. Calculated relaxation lifetimes are decreasing with temperature and have larger values for samples with lower size uniformity. In the quantitative discussion of carrier dynamics, the influence of thermal redistribution on carrier relaxing process of quantum dot system is demonstrated by our model.


The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for filling the containers. Methods powder (4) having a filling container (8) open end comprises an outlet hopper (2) receiving the powdery material is positioned above the open end of the container (8), the mechanical perturbation of the hopper, such that the powder (4) is transferred from the hopper to the container, the container and mechanical perturbations, wherein at least a predetermined amount of said mechanical perturbation step, to ensure that the container is sufficiently powder to a predetermined density filling.


This paper discusses the association processes of various types of dye molecules (methylene blue and eosin) introduced into a matrix of porous silicate glass with various pore sizes. The degree of association and the angle between the monomeric molecules in dimers of the dyes adsorbed in porous glass are determined from an analysis of the absorption spectra. It is shown that there are inhomogeneities in the distribution of complex dye molecules in a porous glass matrix that cause high efficiency of the association processes.


PHA 2020; 10(2): 64–69 © 2020 The Union AFFILIATIONS 1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Gaborone, Botswana 2 Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana 3 School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 4 Division of Global HIV/ AIDS and Tuberculosis, CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA 5 Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana 6 Department of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Gaborone, Botswana 7 National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Gaborone, Botswana 8 Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA


Teaching abstract concepts in agricultural economics is challenging for instructors and often a problem for students. .4n experiential learning tool used to teach economic and business principles through an experimental fed cattle market reduces this abstraction. Observations on student learning and instructor teaching experiences are discussed. Experiential learning tools offer a strong complement to agricultural marketing, price theory, and agribusiness management courses. They offer an inductive learning alternative to traditional deductive coursework. Experiential learning tools also teach interpersonal communication and conflict resolution skills. These are topics which are not found in most Colleges of Agriculture curricula.


Simple Summary Histotripsy is a non-invasive focused ultrasound therapy, in development, for treating osteosarcoma (OS). Small pilot studies describing ex vivo and in vivo histotripsy ablation of OS have demonstrated the feasibility and safety of the technique. The current study builds on the initial pilot studies to expand the characterization of the in vivo histotripsy ablation of OS. Ten canine patients with spontaneously occurring primary bone tumors received a single histotripsy treatment within their tumor before surgical removal of the mass via limb amputation one day after histotripsy. The results of this study echoed the finding that histotripsy ablation of OS is achievable while showing (1) more extensive tissue destruction relative to past in vivo ablations due to the increased treatment dose and (2) distinguishable changes in the radiographic characteristics of the tumor post-treatment. Abstract Osteosarcoma (OS) is a malignant bone tumor treated by limb amputation or limb salvage surgeries and chemotherapy. Histotripsy is a non-thermal, non-invasive focused ultrasound therapy using controlled acoustic cavitation to mechanically disintegrate tissue. Recent ex vivo and in vivo pilot studies have demonstrated the ability of histotripsy for ablating OS but were limited in scope. This study expands on these initial findings to more fully characterize the effects of histotripsy for bone tumors, particularly in tumors with different compositions. A prototype 500 kHz histotripsy system was used to treat ten dogs with suspected OS at an intermediate treatment dose of 1000 pulses per location. One day after histotripsy, treated tumors were resected via limb amputation, and radiologic and histopathologic analyses were conducted to determine the effects of histotripsy for each patient. The results of this study demonstrated that histotripsy ablation is safe and feasible in canine patients with spontaneous OS, while offering new insights into the characteristics of the achieved ablation zone. More extensive tissue destruction was observed after histotripsy compared to that in previous reports, and radiographic changes in tumor size and contrast uptake following histotripsy were reported for the first time. Overall, this study significantly expands our understanding of histotripsy bone tumor ablation and informs future studies for this application.


A modification of the apparatus employed in measuring the Young's modulus of elastomers at low temperatures is described. The changes made in the apparatus permit the use of a simplified technique which can be adapted to routine testing procedure. The effects of various softeners on the low temperature bending moduli and the brittle point temperatures of stocks based on four butadiene‐acrylonitrile (B/A) type copolymers are given. It is shown that the softeners tested have the same relative effects in all four types and that a wide variation in low temperature properties is imparted to the stocks by the different softeners. Bending modulus curves and brittle point temperatures are given for typical test stocks based on Thiokol FA, and ``mass'' and ``emulsion'' polymerized polybutadiene. It is shown that continued exposure to low temperature affects the Young's modulus of some but not all typical vulcanizates. Data are presented showing this effect on an uncured Hevea gum stock held at 0°C. Certain softeners have been found to induce time effects in one of the B/A type stocks, which exhibits no crystallization, and hence no progressive stiffening in the absence of the given softeners. A method for measuring and evaluating creep under dead load at low temperatures is presented. Accompanying data indicate that in the case of those stocks tested, the creep constant defined reaches a maximum at a definite temperature which is a characteristic of the given stock.


To analyze the genome constitutions of four tetraploid species,i.e.Pseudoroegneria gracillima,P.kosaninii,Roegneria alashanica and R.magnicaespes,eight different genome-specific RAPD primers were selected for PCR amplification reaction. The results indicated that these four tetraploid species had the St or slightly modified St genome but lacked the E,H,I,P,W and Ns genomes. It was concluded that P.gracillima and P.kosaninii contained at least one St or slightly modified St genome,while the other genome needed to be further studied if it was Y genome. According to genome-specific RAPD markers and the studies on cytogenetics,R.alashanica and R.magnicaespes were both auto-or allo-tetraploid species with StStStSt or St 1St 1St 2St 2 genomes. Therefore, it may suggest that R.alashanica and R.magnicaespes may be the species of Pseudoroegneria in China based on the morphology,cytogenetics,molecular marker and karyotypes. This study will also provide DNA molecular data for classification of Pseudoroegneria in China.


In this paper, two new kernel adaptive algorithms are proposed. An approximation is used in order to derive the pseudo kernel affine projection algorithm and the pseudo kernel proportionate affine projection algorithm, respectively. The computational efficiency and performance of the proposed algorithms is verified for a nonlinear system identification application.


Single crystal diamond has been used as a substrate to support single layer graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition methods. It is possible to chemically functionalise the diamond surface, and in the present case H-, F-, O-, and N-group have been purposefully added prior to graphene deposition. The electronic properties of the resultant heterostructures vary strongly; a p-type layer with good mobility and a band gap of ∼0.7 eV is created when H-terminated diamond layers are used, whilst a layer with more metallic-like character (high carrier density and low carrier mobility) arises when N(O)-terminations are introduced. Since it is relatively easy to pattern these functional groups on the diamond surface, this suggests that this approach may offer an exciting route to 2D device structures on single layer graphene sheets.


The Frequency Agile Solar Radiotelescope (FASR) has been strongly endorsed as a top community priority by both Astronomy&Astrophysics Decadal Surveys and Solar&Space Physics Decadal Surveys in the past two decades. Although it was developed to a high state of readiness in previous years (it went through a CATE analysis and was declared ``doable now"), the NSF has not had the funding mechanisms in place to fund this mid-scale program. Now it does, and the community must seize this opportunity to modernize the FASR design and build the instrument in this decade. The concept and its science potential have been abundantly proven by the pathfinding Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array (EOVSA), which has demonstrated a small subset of FASR's key capabilities such as dynamically measuring the evolving magnetic field in eruptive flares, the temporal and spatial evolution of the electron energy distribution in flares, and the extensive coupling among dynamic components (flare, flux rope, current sheet). The FASR concept, which is orders of magnitude more powerful than EOVSA, is low-risk and extremely high reward, exploiting a fundamentally new research domain in solar and space weather physics. Utilizing dynamic broadband imaging spectropolarimetry at radio wavelengths, with its unique sensitivity to coronal magnetic fields and to both thermal plasma and nonthermal electrons from large flares to extremely weak transients, the ground-based FASR will make synoptic measurements of the coronal magnetic field and map emissions from the chromosphere to the middle corona in 3D. With its high spatial, spectral, and temporal resolution, as well as its superior imaging fidelity and dynamic range, FASR will be a highly complementary and synergistic component of solar and heliospheric capabilities needed for the next generation of solar science.


Oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction mediated neuronal apoptosis is reported to play a major role in the pathology of Parkinson's disease. Walnuts are able to offer protection to neurodegenerative disease models and rich in natural antioxidants. In the present study, we investigated the protective effects of walnut extract against 1‐methyl‐4‐phenylpyridinium (MPP+) induced neurotoxicity in SH‐SY‐5Y cell lines.


In the mid-1940s in New York I saw all of Jerome Robbins' work many times. But although we had several mutual friends (especially the duopianists Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale), we only met twice. Of these meetings, he later claimed to have no memory. Then, in May of 1949 I sailed for Paris, for what turned out to be a nine-year stay. On October 2, 1951, we were reintroduced in the Boeuf sur le Toit, a Right Bank gay bar. Drunkish, we left together and remained together for the next three weeks. I was living at the H6tel des Grands Augustins, Jerry at the Hotel du Quai Voltaire, a few blocks upstream. I had always been attracted to Jerry's swarthy Jewishness, while he (I think) was drawn to my pseudo-naive Waspness. On October 23, my twentyeighth birthday, Jerry flew back to America and our fling was over. We corresponded for a season. This season is recorded in my memoir, Knowing When to Stop, so it need not be detailed here. As for the three letters, if I release them now, it is because they reveal their author as perhaps more human than is sometimes perceived. I had not realized fifty years ago-and Jerry did not discuss it-that he was lingering in Paris to avoid the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings. He did eventually "name names," which, while freeing him to pursue his career, made him some enemies. He grew more private, maybe


The Tamil language is full of sweetness and brilliance. The Tamil language has innumerable literary avenues. Novels transcribe and display biographical cues. 'Ilaiyuthirkaalam' is written with the problems of the elderly as the plot. Author Neela Padmanabhan has written the novel 'Ilaiyuthirkaalam' with an understanding and absorption of the problems of the elderly. The Ilaiyuthikaalam novel depicts the burden of the elderly who have dedicated themselves to the cause of the relationship. The novel Ilaiyuthikaalam highlights that old age, which is described as "Second Childhood", is not a state of happiness but a state of misery. The problems faced by the elderly in old age homes and the environment in which they live explain the problems of the elderly. Ilaiyuthikaalam novel addresses the problems of the elderly in the century when old age homes are overflowing. Ilaiyuthikaalam novel brings out the problems faced by the body and mind as one gets older. From this novel, it can be seen that elderly people who need to be cared for like children are suffering from a lack of care.


Objective To compare the absorption characteristics of HMME by a human umbilical vein endothelial cell line ECV 304 versus a human keratinocyte cell line HaCaT.Methods Exponentially growing ECV304 and HaCaT cells were incubated with various concentrations (50,100,150,200 and 250 mg/L) of HMME for 16 h or HMME of 150 mg/L for various durations (15 min,30 min,1 h,3 h,8 h,12 h and 24 h).The quantity of HMME absorbed by the cells were determined by laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM).Results The fluorescence intensity was 74.00,125.57,135.24,141.99 and 132.09 for ECV304 cells,93.88,102.45,112.59,108.23 and 104.70 for HaCaT cells,after incubation with HMME of 50,100,150,200 and 250 mg/L,respectively.After treated with HMME of 150 mg/L for 15 min,30 min,1 h,3 h,8 h,12 h and 24 h,ECV304 cells showed a fluorescence intensity of 95.07,103.97,105.96,108.99,112.93,115.36 and 122.91,respectively,and HaCaT cells displayed a fluorescence intensity of 104.25,106.60,108.72,113.75,117.66,114.90 and 118.14,respectively.Conculsions Within a defined range of concentration and duration,the absorption of HMME by both ECV304 and HaCaT cells is,to some extent,concentration- and time-dependent.

Key words:
Endothelial cells;  Keratinocytes;  Hematoporphyrin photoradiation


The analytical probation is based on both data from three year's taxonomical teaching of mathematics and theory of educational statistics,in which samples' average mean,variance and ratio were analyzed at ranks of F、Z 0.05 on remarkable level.Then it came to the conclusion: taxonomical teaching is superior to traditional class teaching.


Mathematical and computer models of the asynchronous electric drive of an electric vehicle with a detailed mechanical part, taking into account the mechanical differential, are constructed to study dynamic processes while reducing the coefficient of friction of one or two wheels with a road surface. Computer simulation of dynamic processes in the electric drive during a collision, as well as pulling away on the road surface with a reduced coefficient of friction, was carried out. The analysis of the obtained time diagrams was carried out. The analysis showed the adequacy of transient processes and their accordance to physical laws. As a result of the analysis, standard changes in the values were defined that allow us to identify the decrease in the coefficient of friction, which in the future will minimize slippage in hazardous areas by means of a controlled electric drive.


In this paper, we demonstrate the super-resolution photoinduction-inhibited nanolithography (SPIN) technique enabled ultra-high capacity optical recording for big data storage. Article not available.


Under the guiding of the scientific developing view,the innovation of student affairs in universities should be a healthy,harmonious,sustainable system which is in accordance with education law and talent growing law.The entry-point of innovation is the innovation of work idea,mode and method.The key point is using the system to stimulate the work vigor and give fuller play to the role of student affairs.


e can't deny the fact that medical students never forget their experiences in Anatomy dissection classes, the peculiar smell of formalin that sticks to your apron and first encounter with the cadaver remains in your memory for ever. I still remember the day entering the dissection room for the first time. I was excited but an unknown fear was there because I never saw a dead body before. It is obvious that a medical student experiences various levels of emotional and psychological reaction in the dissection room. The most frequent reactions being the recurring visual images of cadavers then palpitation and fear of infection which they cope up with rationalization with significantly higher level of these symptoms in female.


Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) is considered as a promising downlink Multiple Access (MA) scheme for future radio access. In this paper two power allocation strategies for NOMA are proposed. The first strategy is based on channel state information experienced by NOMA users. The other strategy is based on pre-defined QoS per NOMA user. In this paper we develop mathematical models for the proposed strategies. Also we clarify the potential gains of NOMA using proposed power allocation strategies over Orthogonal Multiple Access (OMA). Simulation results showed that NOMA performance using the proposed strategies achieves superior performance compared to that for OMA.


An edge detection algorithm that is based on local, nonparametric estimation of the image density is presented. The degree of bimodality within an image window and hence edge strength is inferred by the sampled density value. The method is applicable to vector valued images.


Context. Potential signatures of proto-planets embedded in their natal protoplanetary disk are radial gaps or cavities in the continuum emission in the IR-mm wavelength range. Hitherto, models have relied on the combination of mm continuum observations and NIR-scattered light images to put constraints on the properties of embedded planets. ALMA observations are now probing spatially resolved rotational line emission of CO and other chemical species. These observations can provide complementary information on the mechanism carving the gaps in dust and additional constraints on the purported planet mass. Aims. We investigate whether the combination of ALMA continuum and CO line observations can constrain the presence and mass of planets embedded in protoplanetary disks. Methods. We post-process azimuthally averaged 2D hydrodynamical simulations of planet-disk models, where the dust densities and grain size distributions are computed with a dust evolution code that considers radial drift, fragmentation and growth. The simulations explore different planet masses (1 MJ ≤ Mp ≤ 15 MJ) and turbulent parameters (10−4 ≤ α ≤ 10−3). The outputs are then post-processed with the thermo-chemical code DALI, accounting for the radially and vertically varying dust properties as in Facchini et al. (2017). We obtain the gas and dust temperature structures, chemical abundances, and synthetic emission maps of both thermal continuum and CO rotational lines. This is the first study combining hydrodynamical simulations, dust evolution, full radiative transfer and chemistry to predict gas emission of disks hosting massive planets. Results. All radial intensity profiles of 12CO, 13CO and C18O, show a gap at the planet location. The ratio between the location of the gap as seen in CO and the peak in the mm continuum at the pressure maximum outside the orbit of the planet shows a clear dependence on planet mass, and is independent of disk viscosity for the parameters explored in this paper. Due to the low dust density in the gaps, the dust and gas components can become thermally decoupled, with the gas being colder than the dust. The gaps seen in CO are due to a combination of gas temperature dropping at the location of the planet, and of the underlying surface density profile. Both effects need to be taken into account and disentangled when inferring gas surface densities from observed CO intensity profiles; otherwise, the gas surface density drop at the planet location can easily be over-estimated. CO line ratios across the gap will be able to quantify the gas temperature drop in the gaps in observed systems. Finally, in none of the models is a CO cavity observed, only CO gaps, indicating that one single massive planet is not able to explain the CO cavities observed in transition disks, at least without additional physical or chemical mechanisms.


Within the nonrelativistic quantum chromodynamics framework, we make a comprehensive study on the exclusive production of excited charmonium and bottomonium in $e^+e^-\to \gamma^*/Z^0 \to|(Q\bar{Q})[n]\rangle +\gamma$ ($Q=c$ or $b$ quarks) at future $Z$ factory, where the $[n]$ represents the color-singlet $n^1S_0,~n^3S_1,~n^1P_0$ and $n^3P_J$ ($n=1,2,3,4; J=0,1,2$) Fock states. The"improved trace technology"is adopted to derive the analytic expressions at the amplitude level, which is useful for calculating the complicated $nP$-wave channels. Total cross sections, differential distributions, and uncertainties are discussed in system. According to our study, production rates of heavy quarkonia of high excited Fock states are considerable at future $Z$ factory. The cross sections of charmonium for $2S$, $3S$, $4S$, $1P$, $2P$, $3P$ and $4P$-wave states are about $53.5\%$, $30.4\%$, $23.7\%$, $13.7\%$, $6.8\%$, $9.2\%$, and $9.2\%$ of that of the $1S$ state, respectively. And cross sections of bottomonium for $2S$, $3S$, $4S$, $1P$, $2P$, $3P$ and $4P$-wave states are about $39.3\%$, $12.3\%$, $14.3\%$, $7.1\%$, $3.1\%$, $2.7\%$, and $3.1\%$ of that of the $1S$ state, respectively. The main uncertainties come from the radial wave functions at the origin and their derivatives at the origin under different potential models. Then, such super $Z$ factory should be a good platform to study the properties of the high excited charmonium and bottomonium states.


The relevance of this research is caused by the fact that the transition to new standards of mathematical education raised a new problem ‐ the development of a methodological system of teaching in "the cultural and historic environment". This problem is connected with training of pre-service mathematics teachers that would meet the modern requirements. The aim of the research is to point out the basic principles and components of cultural and historical methods of teaching mathematics, as well as to develop the technologies that would provide for the corresponding teaching environment. The leading method of investigation of this problem is the methodology of modeling the process of learning mathematics. It allows considering the problem as a product of a targeted and organized process for the formation of special, cultural and historical, teaching environment. This article represents developed by the authors a model of methodological system of the teaching mathematics cultural-historical environment forming. Its structural-functional model has a target, methodological, informative, productive, subject-culture bridge, technological components. The materials of the article are of practical value to actual teachers of mathematics, before which the problem of learning in cultural-historical environment is appeared. It also targets those professionals who train future mathematics teachers in accordance with the new standards. © 2016 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy.org.uk


Our field of research is focused on cetacean observations in order to propose some answers about the diversity, abundance and distribution of this marine biodiversity. Hence, we are leading since 2008 an inventory of cetaceans in Guadeloupe, in the French West Indies, which includes the AGOA Marine mammals French Sanctuary (www.agoa.fr), concerned by cetacean conservation priorities. To complete our scientific purposes we assessed a concept of a passive acoustic permanent observatory. Thus, the use of a fixed buoy as a support for a hydrophone has led to the creation of a customized prototype: GUALIBA I. This system merges the high technology of an autonomous acoustic system with a powerful FAD revised with a new design . The Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) are widely used in pelagic fisheries. The intensifying use of these semi-submersible artificial floating objects in the Caribbean Sea is due to their heavy contribution to fishing activities in coastal areas. In the archipelago of Guadeloupe, their mutualisation through the deployment of a fleet of moored FADs, monitored and maintained since January 2008, aims to ensure reliable and sustainable long term fishing devices. Funded on triptych collaborative skills (Biology - Fisheries - Technologies), our results highlight here the formalization of a new technological answer and preliminary recordings results. The choice of implementation considered priority our cetacean biodiversity first results, environmental features (currents, distance from the coast) and technological constraints (power autonomy, large storage needs data recovery). The system has been deployed at 22km from the Leeward coast of Guadeloupe the 25 November 2010 on a moored FAD at ± 1450 meters of depth. The perspective of this work could be the creation of a synchronized network of FADs as instruments for cetaceans monitoring.


Data access technology develops from connection model to disconnection model in the database system.It is necessary to be resolved that how to do the concurrency control,keep data consistency and enhance running efficient under the disconnection model in the application development.But little research work has been done.The advantage of the disconnection model provides requirement and possibility.In anatomy of ADO.NET,we present a timestamp validation-based two-phase locking multiversion protocol.The protocol resolves concurrenct-access anomalies under the disconnection data access model,ensures data consistency and improve performance and concurrency degree.Finally,we design and realize the test system,compare it with other related protocols and analyze the results.The experiments show that the protocol performs well as expected.


Microelectronics packaging technology has evolved from through-hole and bulk configurations to surface-mount and small-profile configurations. Surface mount devices, such as flip chip packages, chip scale packages, and ball grid arrays, use solder bump interconnections between them and substrates/printed wiring boards. Solder bumps, which are hidden between the device and the substrate/board, are difficult to inspect. A solder bump inspection system was developed using laser ultrasound and interferometric techniques. This system has been successfully applied to detect solder joint/bump defects, including missing, misaligned, open, and cracked solder joints/bumps in flip chips, chip scale packages, and multilayer ceramic capacitors. This system uses a pulsed Nd:YAG laser to induce ultrasound in the electronic packages in the thermoelastic regime; it then measures the transient out-of-plane displacement response on the package surface using the interferometric technique. This paper presents a local temporal coherence (LTC) analysis of laser ultrasound signals and compares it to previous signal-processing methods, including error ratio and correlation coefficient methods. The results showed that LTC analysis increased measurement accuracy and sensitivity for inspecting solder bump defects in electronic packages. Laser ultrasound inspection results are also compared with X-ray and C-mode scanning acoustic microscopy results. In particular, this paper discusses defect detection for 6.35 × 6.35 × 0.6 mm 3 flip chips and flip chips ("SiMAF;" Siemens AG) with lead-free solder bumps.


Through inoculating Amorpha fruiticosa with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and without, the seedlings' growth indexes, dynamic characteristics of plant endogenous hormone levels, soluble sugar contents in roots and in leaves respectively, and physiological characteristics of seedlings utilizing nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P), were systematically studied. The results showed that both the two tested AM fungi strains, Glomus mosseaeand Glomus intraradices, could colonize the A. fruiticosa roots forming mycorrhizal complexes, and G. mosseae found to be the best AM fungus for A. fruiticosa had a better colonization compatibility than G. intraradices on A. fruiticosa roots with colonization percentage up to 88.5% that of the highest. On the one hand, inoculation with AM fungi could obviously elevate seedling heights, root collar diameter and dry biomass which were 1.94, 1.56 and 1.68 times that of control seedlings when A. fruiticosa seedlings inoculated with G. mosseae at the last stage of seedling growth (110 days). On the other hand, the soluble sugar contents in roots and leaves of seedlings inoculated with AM fungi were significantly higher than control treatments, having a positive correlation with colonization percentage. In addition, AM fungi dramatically increased the contents of auxin (IAA), gibberellin (GA) and zeatin (ZR) in roots, but had little impact on abscisic acid (ABA). Furthermore, AM fungi inoculation not only improved per seedling total N, P contents, but also significantly increased the soluble N, P concentration of rhizosphere soil.

 Key words: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Amorpha fruiticosa, soluble sugar, endogenous hormone, N, P element.


The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the breed of the oocyte donor cow and bull (Holstein versus Gyr) on in vitro production (IVP) parameters of bovine embryos comparing the mean number of recovered oocytes and oocytes suitable for culture, the rate of suitable oocytes, and cleavage and blastocyst rates. Data from 1,000 follicular aspiration sessions (OPU), including 500 in donor cows of the Holstein breed and 500 of the Gyr breed, were collected. The results were analyzed by the unpaired Student t-test and chi-square test, adopting a level of significance of 5%. The mean number and standard deviation of recovered oocytes and oocytes suitable for culture were 15.1±13.0 and 8.7±7.6 for the Holstein breed and 15.5±11.9 and 9.1±7.9 for the Gyr breed. The rates of suitable oocytes were 57.7% and 58.5% for Holstein and Gyr breeds, respectively. A significant difference between breeds was observed for the number of oocytes suitable for culture (P 0.05). Similarly, the breed of the oocyte donor cow and bull influenced cleavage and blastocyst rates (P G2, G1>G3, G1>G4, G2=G3, G2>G4, and G3>G4. The blastocyst rates were 28.1, 33.3, 26.8 and 31.0%, respectively, with G1>G2, G1=G3, G1<G4, G2<G3, G2=G4, and G3<G4. It can be concluded that the breed of the donor cow and bull influenced IVP parameters, with a larger number of oocytes suitable for culture in the Gyr breed.


The invention provides a method and a device used for digital reading. The method comprises the following steps: a terminal analyzes a logo of a downloaded electronic publication; the terminal downloads a resource list corresponding to the terminal from the provider of the electronic publication, wherein the resource list comprises a set of the logos of all electronic publications which are permitted to be read by the terminal; and the terminal obtains a permission for judging whether the electronic publications can be opened or not according to a judgment result which shows whether the analyzed logo is within the list or not. The invention also provides a device used for the digital reading and aims to that the electronic publication fully and reasonably utilizes the asset of mobile equipment including ipad and android, the copyright protectiveness of the electronic publication is improved, and meanwhile, the electronic publication which is bought by a user in single time can be guaranteed to be used among multiple pieces of equipment of the user.


Objective:To observe the effect of carbenoxolone on neointimal hyperplasia after rat carotid balloon injury.Methods: Rat aortic SMCs(RASMCs) were cultured by explanted rat aortic wall tissue and identified with cell immunofluorescence staining for SMα-actin.The expression of Cx43 in RASMCs which were treated with carbenoxolone at a concentration of 50 μmol/L for 24 h was detected with western blot.The model of vascular injury was established with rat carotid balloon injury.And animals were administrated with intraperitoneal injections of carbenoxolone [3 mg/(kg·d)] in the carbenoxolone group or with saline(2 mL/d) in the control group for 2 weeks after carotid balloon injury.After 2 weeks,HE staining and DAPI-Evens blue double staining were applied to evaluate the neointimal formation of targeted vessels.And cell immunofluorescence staining was used to detect protein Cx43 expression on targeted vessels.Results: RASCMCs were cultured successfully with positive immunofluorescence staining for SM α-actin.In this experiment,we found that carbenoxolone couldn't induce the expression of Cx43 protein in RASMCs(0.85±0.06 vs 0.83±0.03,n=3,P0.05).Two weeks after carotid balloon injury,carbenoxolone could significantly reduce the neointimal formation and the stenosis of blood vessel lumen.When nuclei number of neointima was used to evaluate the neointimal formation,result suggested that nuclei number of neointima in carbenoxolone group was significantly lower than that in the control group(89±28.40 vs 236±15.04,n=5,P0.01).The expression of Cx43 protein in neointima was abundant.Conclusions: Gap junctions play a key role in neointimal hyperplasia,and carbenoxolone,a special blocker of gap junction,can inhibit neointimal hyperplasia after rat carotid balloon injury.


The role of oxaliplatin in early-stage rectal cancer may still be unclear, according to the differing disease-free survival results from two studies presented at the 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting.


In a previous report1it was shown that prior to September, 1917, there had been twenty-two recorded outbreaks of botulism in the United States, in which eighty-one persons were poisoned and fifty-five died. In this collection of cases one important outbreak had been overlooked. In January, 1912, Dr. A. R. McCracken2of Seattle reported a series of six cases of poisoning by home-canned asparagus, in which three of the patients died. In all, therefore, there have been at least twenty-three recorded outbreaks of botulism in this country, of which nineteen occurred in the Pacific Coast States. The mortality of these recorded cases was 66.6 per cent. In addition to the outbreaks in which human beings were affected there were also at least six instances in which domestic fowl were poisoned and showed symptoms which were identical with those produced experimentally by feeding with the toxin of Bacillus botulinus. ETIOLOGIC FACTORS


The investigation purpose. N1-(2,3,4-trimethoxybenzyl)-N2-{2-[(2,3,4-trimethoxybenzyl)amino]ethyl}-1,2-ethanediamine (ALM-802 compounds) cardioprotective effect has been studied in rat models of subendocardial ischemia caused by isoproterenol and dobutamine. Material and methods. Acute subendocardial myocardial ischemia in anesthetized rats (urethane 1300 mg/kg, i.p.) was caused by infusion of isoproterenol (20 µg/kg/min i.v.) or dobutamine (80 µg/kg/min i.v.). Results. It was shown that in anesthetized rats, isoproterenol and dobutamine caused almost the same ST-segment depression in the II standard ECG lead. The compound ALM-802 (2 mg/kg i.v.), administered 2 minutes before the infusion start of isoproterenol or dobutamine, equally prevented the occurrence of ischemic changes on the ECG. Conclusion. The non-selective beta-adrenomimetic isoproterenol and the selective β1-adrenomimetic dobutamine cause subendocardial ischemia of the same intensity in anesthetized rats. The compound ALM-802 has a pronounced anti-ischemic effect on both models.


High-fat dairy foods are calorically dense, which may prevent anorexia and malnutrition that are often seen in frail persons. We determined the association of dairy food intake [milk, yogurt, cheese, total dairy (milk + yogurt + cheese), low-fat, and high-fat dairy, serv/wk] with frailty and frailty progression in older adults from the Framingham Offspring study.

 This prospective cohort study included non-frail participants at index exam (1998–01) with food frequency questionnaires (FFQ) and ≤2 follow-up frailty assessments (2005–08, 2011–14). Average dairy food intakes were calculated from index and prior FFQs (1998–01 and 1995–98). Fried's frailty phenotype was used: presence of ≥3 criteria of unintentional weight loss, exhaustion, slow gait speed, low physical activity, and low grip strength. Frailty progression was defined as an increased number of frailty criteria over follow-up. Repeated
 measures logistic regression estimated odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for frailty and frailty progression (separate models) adjusting for age, sex, energy intake (residual analysis), current smoking, multivitamin use, and self-reported health status.

 Mean baseline age was 60y ± 9 (range 33–86 y) and 45% were female. Mean dairy food intakes [serv/wk] were: 5.7 ± 5 (milk), 1.1 ± 1.9 (yogurt), 2.8 ± 3.0 (cheese), 9.6 ± 6.9 (total dairy), 6.2 ± 6.0 (low-fat dairy), and 4.5 ± 4.3 (high-fat dairy). Of the 2550 non-frail individuals at baseline, 8.8% (2005–08) and 13.5% (2011–14) became frail over time. Frailty progression was seen in 34% (2005–08) and 40% (2011–14) of the participants. In age and sex adjusted models, high-fat dairy foods were associated with 2% increased odds of frailty (95%CI: 1.00–1.04, P = 0.01). This association did not change after further adjustment (OR: 1.02, 95%CI: 0.99–1.05, P = 0.07). Other dairy foods were not associated with frailty (P range: 0.23–0.78) or with frailty progression (P range: 0.32–0.86).

 In this study of healthy older adults, most dairy food intake was not associated with frailty or frailty progression after considering important covariables. The observed trend for slightly increased odds of frailty with high-fat dairy intake should be re-examined in other studies with frailty assessed over time.

 Boston Pepper Center OAIC, NHLBI & Dairy Management Inc.


This paper summarizes the current situations of the assortment and forming complete sets for the valve hydraulic controllers. The modularization design plan adopted by our company is introduced. For the usual forming complete sets function of valves, the common property components are built into the basic function ones, and the specific function configurations are built into the different function modules. Moreover, the functional expandability, component selection, the component and module combination modes are discussed in this paper.


Building topic models in federated digital collections presents numerous challenges due to metadata inconsistencies. The quality of topical metadata is difficult to ascertain and is interspersed with often irrelevant administrative metadata. In this study, we propose a way to improve topic modeling in large collections by identifying documents that convey only weak topical information. These documents are ignored when training topic models. Their topical associations are instead inferred model training. A method is outlined for identifying weakly topical documents by defining runs of similar documents in a collection. In preliminary evaluation using a corpus from the Institute of Museum and Library Services Digital Collections and Content aggregation, results show an increase in coherence among words in topics. In showing this, we demonstrate that it may be beneficial to induce topic models using less, higher-quality data.


Fund-raising for colleges and universities is a critical problem that remains to be settled.Due to the limited support of financial funds and loans of commercial banks,colleges and universities need to broaden the channels of fund-raising.This paper argues that China Development Bank,a policy bank with loans which are quasi-financial capital,should grant developing financial loans to colleges and universities.Specifically,China Development Bank can grant loans to the infrastructural construction,participate in the grant loan so as to transfer the risks of commercial banks,and provide syndicated loans with commercial banks so as to ensure necessary funds for higher education.


A photoelectric atlas of the intense lines of the hydrogen molecular spectrum between 1025 and 1650A is presented in the report. The accuracy of identification is + or - 0.05A between 1100 and 1650A and + or - 0.10A between 1025 and 1100A.


This dissertation, part of an interest by three undergrad students of The Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogota, Colombia, whose objective is to inquire, from a qualitative approach, the use and appropriation that educators give to digital technology, especially in regards to websites, in the pedagogical approach in their classrooms. Therefore, six educational institutions are defined as research contexts: one, in Bogota (Gimnasio Campestre Los Arrayanes; another, in Huila (Ateneo Autonomo SAS); four in New Jersey, United States of America (Weehawken High School, West New York Board of Education, Theodore Roosevelt School, North Bergen High School). This leads to a recognition that surrounds the Spanish language classes and the pedagogical place that ICTs have in these schools. Recently there is an ongoing conversation about living in a globalized world where technology mediates a large percentage of the activities of human beings, among them being education. Here, five categories of research are established: pedagogy, teaching practices in the school, digital technologies and web pages, curriculum, and public policies. Therefore, and in short, it is used to solve the case study as a research technique whose process allows us to identify, contrast and analyze our object of study.


IJSER © 2019 http://www.ijser.org Abstract: The ongoing revolution of Internet, together With the growing robotics in many activities of everyday life. Internet of things has taken over all the heavy loads from human to itself. Internet of Things (IOT)is basically a connection of many devices to interconnect themselves. Proposes a method for controlling a robotic arm using an open source web application. It is controlled by using mobile application and for continuous monitoring and observing by the user we use IP web cam application. And servomotor analysis are inbuilt in this project. In this method we use embedded C language for coding and debugging in arduino by using ISP programmer. Arduino-IDE tool. And for controlling we use L293D driver IC. Finding this robot is a reprogrammable, multifunctional manipulator designed to move or pick and place the materials, Parts and tools. These robots are not only used for lifting purpose but also for polishing, sealing, Machine handling and minor surgeries also.


Nowadays, proteomics research is almost always made by lysing cells to release protein first and then to analyze the protein solution in many ways, the lytic product of red blood cells is also called hemolysate, the main components of which are hemoglobin A 1 , A 2 , A 3 and carbonic anhydrase (CA), etc. In our laboratory, intact (unlysed) living red blood cells are used for direct electrophoresis so as to observe the released hemoglobin (Hb). Thus an electophoresis release experiment has been established with starch-agarose mixed gel. Electrophoresis release can be classified as initial release and re-release. In the former, the electropheresis is completed by switching on once when the release of Hb can be seen. In the latter, the electrophoresis is switched off and then switched on, when Hb release can be seen again. In our laboratory, HbA 2 phenomenon was observed in the initial release experiment and HbA 2 and HbA 1 interaction was seen in Hb cross eletrophoresis. In a two-way diagonal electrophoresis of the initial release type, HbA 2 and HbA 1 were found to exist in binding in the red blood cells. SDS-PAGE and mass spectrometry were conducted for the released products in the HbA 2 phenomenon of the electrophoresis and it was found that Prx-2 (peroxiredoxin-2) may be involved in the formation of HbA 2 phenomenon. In the re-release experiment, it was found that Hb mostly had "multi-band re-release phenomenon". Based on this research, we designed a series of relevant experiments such as isotonic re-release, hypotonic re-release, full re-release from isolonic to hypotonic, two-way diagonal electrophoresis of re-release type, as well as comparative study of re-release of two kinds of red blood cells (red blood cells in whole blood and those isolated from it) and the influence of plasma elements on the re-release of Hb in the red blood cells. These methods have provided certain bases for research into the existence states of in vivo intracellular proteins and opened up new approaches and new fields of research.


Advances in network visualization technologies have the potential to humanistic inquiry devoted to better understanding the circulation of power and influence within cultural systems. While new technologies have made generating high-quality and even dynamic network visualizations relatively easy, key challenges remain for humanities researchers. Creative, historiographic, biographical, and similar artifacts are usually not easily transformed into the kinds of data structures necessary for network visualization. The Transparency to Visibility (T2V) Project was initiated to develop new methods and toolkits that can support humanistic researchers who need to transform unstructured textual datasets into data structures that support useful and informative network visualization. The T2V team used bioethics accountability statements to pilot and evaluate different methods for transforming and visualizing relational networks based on data in unstructured text. The resulting machine-learning-enhanced natural language processing (NLP) and metadata-assisted approaches offer promising potential pathways for contemporary digital humanities and future toolkit development.


Water electrolysis will be used to produce renewable hydrogen for energy storage and Power-to-X applications in the future renewable-energy-based energy systems. Therefore, the energy efficiency of hydrogen production will probably become a major issue. In this study, the effect of practical supply power converters on the specific energy consumption of megawatt (MW)-scale alkaline electrolyzers is studied and compared with an ideal dc power supply. The current quality and the stack specific energy consumption are studied in the case of traditional thyristor rectifiers and a transistor-based converter. The stack specific energy consumption is analyzed based on the simulated current waveforms and the electrical equivalent circuit of the electrolyzer stack. It is found that the transistor-based converter offers up to 14% lower electrolyzer stack specific energy consumption than the 6-pulse thyristor rectifier and up to 9.2% lower electrolyzer stack specific energy consumption than the 12-pulse thyristor rectifier as the current varies between 5000 and 1000 A. The simulated change in the stack specific energy consumption of the MW-scale alkaline water electrolyzer outweighs the losses occurring in the rectifiers. Further, selection of the ac voltage level may have a more adverse effect on the stack specific energy consumption with the thyristor rectifier topologies compared with the transistor-based topologies.


A newborn babies are difficult to identify through the face. In order to prevent the cases of swapped babies, an approach on using the soles part of baby's feet is believed to be a solution to distinguish one baby from another. By using the ANN technology, it will help the recognition process of baby's foot image of the stamp, which will result in the identification of newly born babies. The image of the stamp foot will be in a *.jpg extension, in which it is first filtered using the highpass filtering to sharpen up the image details. Then it is followed by Canny edge detection to mark some parts of the image detail. The result of the edge detection process will be in the form of a binary image. That binary image holds matrix value which later used in the training and testing process of SOM Kohonen Method. The trained images will consist of the 10 initial baby's foot stamp image along with the 20 noise version images. The result of the identification process is based on the result of training. In the testing section, it is found that a trained image has the accuracy of 90% in identifying babie's feet while the original image has only 66.7% of recognition level.


Abstract Two experiments were conducted comparing the ability of young and old hens to maintain egg shell calcification when stressed with inadequate dietary calcium. In Experiment 1, 90 young hens and 90 old hens were divided into three equal groups and fed a diet containing 3.00%, 1.75%, or 1.00% calcium. Egg weight, specific gravity, and shell weight were determined on all eggs laid during the 4-day experiment. Feed consumption and serum calcium were determined by treatment. Experiment 2 was conducted similar to Experiment 1, except eggs were collected for 5 days. Samples of feces and bone were obtained on the fifth day and analyzed for minerals. The results of both experiments demonstrated that the old hens were able to maintain egg specific gravity, egg shell weight, egg weight, egg production, and serum calcium as well or better than young hens when both were stressed for short periods with diets that contained inadequate dietary calcium. Feed consumption was not significantly reduced by dietary calcium deficiency during this brief experimental period. Percent calcium, sodium, magnesium, and manganese in the feces were significantly reduced in hens (young and old) when fed diets containing 1.75 or 1.00% calcium. Tibia weight and ash were significantly reduced in young and old hens by decreasing the dietary calcium. It was concluded that the decline in shell quality with hen age is not due to a decline in the hen's ability to absorb calcium or utilize skeletal calcium.


Paraquat (PQ) is a widely used herbicide that is severely toxic to humans and animals. Pulmonary fibrosis is a disorder that can result from PQ poisoning. Fluorofenidone (AKF-PD) is a novel small molecule pyridone drug with a widespread and clear anti-organ fibrosis effect; however, its mechanism of action on PQ poisoning-induced pulmonary fibrosis is not clear. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the protective effect and underlying mechanism of AKF-PD on PQ poisoning-induced pulmonary fibrosis. Human alveolar epithelial cells (HPAEpiC) and Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with AKF-PD in the presence or absence of PQ. Hematoxylin-eosin and Masson staining were used to observe the morphological changes in lung tissue. Cell Counting Kit-8 and lactate dehydrogenase assays were used to evaluate the viability of HPAEpiC cells. ELISA was used to detect inflammatory factors and the collagen content. Finally, the effects of AKF-PD on pulmonary fibrosis, as well as the underlying mechanisms, were evaluated via western blotting, reverse transcription-quantitative PCR and immunofluorescence analysis. AKF-PD effectively alleviated PQ-induced pulmonary fibrosis and reduced the expression of oxidative stress and inflammatory factors. Moreover, AKF-PD treatment effectively inhibited the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway and upregulated autophagy. Overall, these findings suggested that AKF-PD can alleviate PQ-induced inflammation and pulmonary fibrosis by inhibiting the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway and by upregulating autophagy.


Right to self-determination has in the last hundred years been developed through a string of international legal acts and a string of different contexts of international relations. This fact has influenced its contemporary normative content which is not stripped of political dimension. The author identifies in the article four criteria which are the key to full enjoyment of contemporary right of self-determination. These are: permanent and heavy breaches of rights of the people who requests self-determination from the state authorities, weak central government in the territory where this people lives, creation of people's own authorities who can effectively control this territory, support of great powers. Author analyzes the case of self-determination of peoples in Vojvodina to incorporate themselves into Kingdom of Serbia through the prism of these criteria and concludes that from the point of view of contemporary international law this incorporation would be perfectly legal.


To allow for the expansion of The Federal Shipbuilding Company and also for the delivery of an adequate water supply to the City of Bayonne, N. J., through a substantially built system, a contract to lay two lines of 30-inch land pipe about 3300 feet long and two lines of 30-inch flexible joint subaqueous pipe about 1800 feet long, was entered into to replace unsafe lines which had been in service running through the Federal Shipbuilding Company's property and crossing the Hackensack River with two 18-inch flexible joint lines. Some of the work is in Kearney and some in Jersey City and parallels the Lincoln Highway. The submarine work was particularly interesting and finished in good time by The Snare & Triest Company, contractors, under the direction of M. R. Sherrerd, Consulting Engineer. Class D pipe with a modified Ward or Metropolitan type joint was used, figure 1. The spigot end of the pipe is ball-shaped, machined to a true surface and limited to within -^ inch of the prescribed diameter with a slight rise to the barrel of the pipe at the inner end to act as a bumper in case of an accidental deflecting of the pipe to a greater angle than the 10 degrees allowed in the specifications. The bell end is a socket with a ring machined to the same shape as the ball 6 inches in from the face of the bell and about f inch wide, straight on the inner side and sloping on the outer. Two grooves were cast in for the lead. A steel tire was shrunk on the bell end to give greater strength. It was thought best to use this type of joint as, after calking, the lead remains in the socket end and the ball moves in it and requires less care in lining up the pipe before making each joint and also makes it much easier to calk up all leaky joints.


The task of the experiment reported here is to examine decision making in ultimatum games with symmetric and asymmetric information. In the asymmetric information condition, subjects (n = 134) were given an opportunity to deceive their playing partner. I found that participants indeed deceived their partners, specifically: While subjects were given on average 108.06 (probabilistic) CZK (Czech Koruna) to divide among themselves and their partner, in the asymmetric condition they reported to their partner that they were given 59.05 CZK only. Subsequently, they allocated only 30.19 CZK to their partner in the asymmetric information ultimatum game, whereas in the symmetric information game, where deception was not possible, they allocated 48.65 CZK. The larger the surplus to be divided, the more deception was present. Women deceived significantly more than men and allocated less money to their partner in the asymmetric information ultimatum game (the effect size of gender was small, though).


This paper describes a first demonstration setup for transparent transmission of two analog signals using Mode Group Diversity Multiplexing (MGDM). MGDM is an optical multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technique for short-reach multimode fibre networks, exploiting the separation of signals in different subsets of modes. In this demonstrator two base band analog signals are transmitted together with out-of-band pilot tones. The focus of this paper will be on signal processing: measurements of the pilot tones are used at the receiver to estimate the transmission matrix; the inverse of this matrix is then used to demultiplex the received signals. A number of experimental results are given for the performance of the experimental setup.


The current investigation involves the green synthesis of copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) from an aqueous plant extract of Moringa oleifera Lam by two methods: (I) time-based approach and (II) heat treatment of aqueous solution. Prepared CuNPs were characterised via Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and transmission EM. The study also reveals the potential bioactivity of the prepared CuNPs. In vitro anti-microbial efficiency of CuNPs was estimated against bacterial and fungal strains by the agar well diffusion method. Anti-oxidant capacity of CuNPs was determined using ferric reducing ability of plasma (FRAP), lipid peroxidation (LPO) and peroxidase assays, while the antiplatelet potential was determined by measuring two haemostatic parameters (PT & APTT assay). The minimum inhibitory concentration was observed at 60 µg/ml against Streptomyces griseus and Aspergillus niger when NPs were prepared by method II. CuNPs prepared by the method I showed higher FRAP and LPO activities, while increased POX activity was found in CuNPs prepared by method II. CuNPs prepared using method I also showed better anti-oxidant and antiplatelet potential. It was observed that M. oleifera-derived CuNPs exhibits strong anti-microbial, anti-oxidant and APTT potential. This indicates potential utilization of green synthesized NPs for various industrial and therapeutic strategies.


Objective: There are a few reports and books that look upon the Damp Leg Gi as the beriberi and the polyneuritis. In this case, the patient who is suspected the DVT(Deep Vein Thrombosis), is treated by oriental medicine on the view of Damp Leg Gi, because of the clinical symptom. Methods: The patient was hospitalized Dept. of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Dong-Shin University from 18th, Oct. 2003 to 25th. Oct. 2003, and treated with Acupuncture therapy, Herbal medication, Depletion and cupping therapy and Oriental physical therapy. To evaluate the pain and edema of leg, Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) and the measurement of leg circumstance are used. Results: 1. The circumstance of the affected leg is decreased from 2.5Cm to 1±0.5Cm. 2. VAS was decreased from 9-10 to 1-2. Conclusions: In this case, the patient who is suspected the DVT(Deep Vein Thrombosis) treated by oriental medicine without a surgical operation or west medication on the view of Damp Leg Gi.


The complete coating system and related performance indicators of the high speed train outside windshield rubber were introduced.The coating process and process control points were established according to the characteristic of the rubber windshield coating.


FIELD: the invention refers to a mode of measuring of a level of the filling in a reactor in continuous modes of polymerization. SUBSTANCE: the mode consists in measuring of corresponding boundary of division of phases in a reactor with the aid of ionizing radiation. At least one measuring arrangement is used. It has a source of radiation which emits ionizing radiation and a detector. The measuring arrangement is supplied to the boundary of division of the phases in the gas phase reactor and install it inside the gas phase reactor with possibility of displacement. At that the level of filling of the gas phase reactor is measured by way of determination of the boundary of division of phases by means of measuring reverse scattering of radioactive radiation. EFFECT: the level of filling the gas phase reactor is measured. 9 cl


Preschools are nowadays a big part of almost every childhood in Swedish society and the relationships that are built there are important for the child and the child's future integration in the worl ...


Since presented in 1962, Petri Net is generally focused by academy and industry. In this paper, the application of stochastic Petri net on system availability analysis is mainly discussed. With the beginning of the basic concepts and models of Petri net, stochastic Petri net (SPN), general stochastic Petri net (GSPN) and stochastic reward model (SRN) are illustrated. The application of stochastic Petri net on system availability analysis and analysis of stochastic Petri net model is discussed with the example of standby systems. In the end, the advantages of using stochasticPetri net to model a practical system are discussed comparing to other modeling methods.


The invention provides a power battery pack assembly which comprises a fixed supporting piece used for being transversely connected to two longitudinal beams of a vehicle body. The fixed supporting piece is fixedly provided with a power battery pack. The power battery pack assembly further comprises a vertical beam fixed to the fixed supporting piece and fixedly connected to the side wall or the top face of the power battery pack. Meanwhile, the invention further provides an automobile with the power battery pack assembly. The power battery pack assembly enables the power battery pack to be firmly fixed to the vehicle body, can effectively prevent the power battery pack from being squeezed and is safer.


Abstract Induction refers to the start of anesthesia when the patient is rendered unconscious. The intravenous induction agents allow the patient to experience a pleasant loss of consciousness while also rapidly achieving surgical levels of anesthesia. An ideal induction agent must have a rapid onset and offset of action, and must be easy to administer and without significant side effects. Currently, the commonest used agents include sodium pentothal, propofol, ketamine, and etomidate. Unfortunately, none of these agents possess the characteristics of an ideal induction agent. In this article, we will discuss the merits of propofol as an ideal induction agent for cardiac surgery and how it scores over etomidate for the same purpose.