The evolution of cloud computing in healthcare has revolutionized how the computing is abstracted and utilized on remote third party infrastructure. Introducing the cloud services in the health sector not only facilitates the exchange of electronic medical records among the hospitals and clinics, but also enables the cloud to act as a medical record storage center. Moreover, shifting to the cloud environment relieves the healthcare organizations of the tedious tasks of infrastructure management and also minimizes development and maintenance costs. Because of probable disclosure of medical records stored and exchanged in the cloud, the patients' privacy concerns should essentially be considered when designing the security and privacy mechanisms. Security strength defines the success of any network service. This survey paper aims to discuss, analyze security challenges and available solutions in cloud computing. Various approaches have been used to preserve the security of the health information in the cloud environment.


Laser doping to form selective emitters offers an attractive method to increase the performance of silicon wafer based photovoltaics. However, the effect of processing conditions, such as laser power and travel speed, on molten zone geometry and the phosphorus dopant profile is not well understood. A mathematical model is developed to quantitatively investigate and understand how processing parameters impact the heat and mass transfer and fluid flow during laser doping using continuous wave lasers. Calculated molten zone dimensions and dopant concentration profiles are in good agreement with independent experimental data reported in the literature. The mechanisms for heat (conduction) and mass (convection) transport are examined, which lays the foundation for quantitatively understanding the effect of processing conditions on molten zone geometry and dopant concentration distribution. The validated model and insight into heat and mass transport mechanisms also provide the bases for developing process maps...


The electroformed Ni-Mn alloys hold good prospects for its specific performance. In this study,based on the analysis of the principle of electrodeposited nanocrystalline materials,Ni-Mn alloys were electroformed by using strong flushing electrolyte,direct current,high frequency pulse current,and the additives added to the electrolyte. Mn content,the surface morphology and the grain size of the layers were tested. The results show that the grain sizes of the alloys are down to the order of nanometer. The effect of Mn content,current density,the additives,etc.,on grain size and surface morphology of the alloy layer has been discussed.


Introduction: Heparin-based anticoagulation in children is challenging as they have a high prevalence of heparin resistance. Antithrombin, one of the main natural anticoagulant inhibitors that potentiate heparin anticoagulation activity, might be a critical component of heparin response and anticoagulation effectiveness. Objectives: Determine the impact of antithrombin levels on anticoagulation (heparin sensitivity and effectiveness) during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in children 6 months old vs. those <6 month old, p=0.009). Response to heparin, reflected by change in anti-Xa levels from baseline after the initial heparin bolus (a ...


As a result of globalization and intensive competition, knowledge and
knowledge management has become the main factor that determine the
market value of the enterprises or organizations. With its increasing
importance knowledge has become an important component in creating
competitive advantage and business capital has begun to be distinguished
as physical capital and intellectual capital. As a basic resource of
intellectual capital, organizations have to effectively and systematically
manage this knowledge in order to survive and create sustainable
competitive advantage in long term. In simple terms, knowledge
management refers to creation, adaptation, dissemination and usage of
required knowledge within organization and among organisations through
a well-planned process. Hence, knowledge management express a certain
process and this process consists of certain steps such as acquiring,
creating, documenting, disseminating, sharing and use of knowledge.
Especially in 1990s, with the increasing attention to knowledge
management (processes), it has become one of the most debated
management concepts and numerous studies conducted in the scope of
this emerging concept. Contrary to its popularity in business management
literature, it's seen that number of studies on knowledge management
(processes) in hospitality industry is very limited. Thus, knowledge
management is a relatively new concept for hospitality management
literature and much more detailed studies need to be conducted in order to understand the knowledge management and knowledge management
processes in hospitality industry.
In this context, this study aims to draw attention to knowledge
management in hotels by evaluating knowledge management processes in
thermal hotels. Within the scope of research the knowledge management
processes applied in thermal hotels has been determined through
conducting questionnaire surveys. Percentage and frequency tables are
used to present participants' demographic characteristics and learn
participants' views about knowledge management processes. Finally,
discriminant analysis determines differences between participants' views
based on their demographic characteristics.
Keywords: Knowledge, Management, Thermal Hotel, Afyonkarahisar,
Turkey


Background/method: Using conversation analytical methodology, this article presents a detailed analysis of how a person with dementia uses the affordances of a print newspaper to initiate, manage, and close topics in an interaction with a visiting researcher during leisure time in the common room of a dementia unit.
Results: The analyses show how a print newspaper is introduced and handled effortlessly by a person with dementia and used for communication purposes. The person with dementia recurrently contributes to the interaction by making observations about and assessments of the visual appearance of the newspaper, reading aloud from the newspaper, and commenting.
Discussion/conclusion: The study discusses how social interaction that is anchored in familiar objects such as a newspaper may help persons with dementia and their interactional partners find common conversational ground that does not rely on access to specific memories of the past, which may increase active participation by the person with dementia.


To evaluate a seismic response of bridge systems, it is important to adopt the most appropriate model for each component. In this study, the seismic response of a bridge with a C-bent and a single RC pier and a steel pier is evaluated. Whereas the single RC pier is modeled by the fiber model, the C-bent RC and the steel pier are modeled by the hybrid experimental models because any numerical models cannot take into account their strong nonlinear behavior. OpenSees and OpenFresco are used to conduct the international hybrid simulation. As the results of the international hybrid simulation between Kyoto Univ. and UC Berkeley, the nonlinear seismic response of the bridge system can be obtained and the distributed hybrid simulation is found to be a powerful tool for the evaluation of structural systems.


As shown by Médard, the capacity of fading channels with imperfect channel-state information can be lower-bounded by assuming a Gaussian channel input X with power P and by upper-bounding the conditional entropy h(X|Y, Ĥ) by the entropy of a Gaussian random variable with variance equal to the linear minimum mean-square error in estimating X from (Y, Ĥ). We demonstrate that, using a rate-splitting approach, this lower bound can be sharpened: by expressing the Gaussian input X as the sum of two independent Gaussian variables X1 and X2 and by applying Médard's lower bound first to bound the mutual information between X1 and Y while treating X2 as noise, and by applying it a second time to the mutual information between X2 and Y while assuming X1 to be known, we obtain a capacity lower bound that is strictly larger than Médard's lower bound. We then generalize this approach to an arbitrary number L of layers, where X is expressed as the sum of L independent Gaussian random variables of respective variances Pℓ, ℓ = 1, ... , L summing up to P. Among all such rate-splitting bounds, we determine the supremum over power allocations Pℓ and total number of layers L. This supremum is achieved for L →∞ and gives rise to an analytically expressible capacity lower bound. For Gaussian fading, this novel bound is shown to converge to the Gaussian-input mutual information as the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) grows, provided that the variance of the channel estimation error H - Ĥ tends to zero as the SNR tends to infinity.


In the context of the "Fauna Iberica Project" we analyzed: 1) the trustworthiness in the identification from pictures of aphids deposited in the "Banco Taxonomico Faunistico Digital de los Invertebrados Ibericos (B.T.F.D.I.I.)", 2) the utility of the faunistic information and the host plant-aphid relations; and 3) the possible slants in relation to the species photographed.
443 pictures of aphids realized for 53 photographers and deposited in the BT.F.D.I.I until April 2009 have been checked and the identification has been realized exclusively "online". 277 (the 62.5%) have been identified until species and 166 (the 37.5%) until genera o family. In total 65 species have been identified and 28 species increased its known distribution area in the Iberian Peninsula. Moreover, six new host-plant-aphid relations have been established. The mayor pictures are making to polyphagous and common species, to species that present loud colorations and/or great size and to species that induced malformations (galls or pseudogalls) in its hosts.


Natural gases are a mixture of hydrocarbons. Their composition determines the basic variables that need to be taken into account in the calculation of transport or gathering systems. In the daily operation of gas gathering and transport networks, the available composition measured by online systems is reduced. In the usual composition a pseudo-component called C6+ (or C7+) is used. If this component is defined from the complete chromatograph analysis of gas, the properties are established through a lumping procedure. Online chromatographic analysis is done on a small group of basic components, usually for heavy components by introducing a pseudo-component, in this paper called C6+. In this paper we will show how to determine the properties of the pseudo-component according to the measured density of the mixture and its dynamics through the network. Generally, transport networks operators are interested in operating them so as to maximize the benefit and reduce any penalties. For this they have SCADA systems, which provide information on transport parameters and gas quality at the monitored points. The overall picture of the network and its short and medium-term evolution is achieved with a powerful simulator. Managing the gas quality from the entry points to the exit points must be made dynamically by the simulator. In this paper we will present results obtained with the ADMODUNET simulator produced by NetGas R&D based on the company's agreement.


Depression is a psychiatric disease with dominant symptom, disorder of emotion and can affect people of all ages, including children and adolescents. The main feature of depression is the persistent and enduring sadness, the irritability and the absence of interest or satisfaction of any activity. Children and adolescents with depression are usually sad, and generally experiencing similarly the disease with older people. The untreated depression may result in a school failure, alcohol and substance abuse, and suicide. A decisive role for the management of depression in children and adolescents plays both family and school with the help and support of teachers.T he mental health of humans, particularly children, threatened by the disease of our century which is none other than depression, for this reason it is necessary for its cure the family cooperation with the school.


the UASB reactor was used to treat wastewater produced by the recycling food waste oil process.The effect of anaerobic on the removal rate of organic pollutants was analyzed.The results showed the CODCr removal rate of UASB remained 90% and ran steadily at the temperature of 37±2 ℃ with the organic loading of CODCr 9 kg/(m3·d).


Molecular dynamics simulations were performed in order to investigate the impact of temperature on molecular structure and mass transport properties in the vicinity of silica-water and/or iso-propyl alcohol (IPA) liquid film interfaces. Each of water and IPA liquid molecules form layered structures in the vicinity of the solid. Although temperature has an insignificant effect on the first layer from the solid, the layered structure at higher temperature decays farther away from the second layer comparing with that at lower temperature for both silica-water and silica-IPA systems. Moreover, interfusion of water and IPA molecules between silica substrates was simulated and molecular coverage on the substrates are analyzed for temperatures of 300 K and 350 K.Copyright © 2013 by ASME


The Japanese patent system is reviewed and summarized from pharmaceutical industrial point of view. Current systems and practice are introduced and current problems in pharma patent are discussed, and perspective for future patent system in the field of pharmaceutical industry is discussed and proposed.


Ultrasonics is used as an important nondestructive test tool in semiconductor reliability evaluation and failure analysis. Inspection of the die bottom to die attach adhesive interface for thin die has proven difficult as the reflected signals from the die top and bottom are superimposed. It is important that inspection of delamination of the bottom of the die can take place as it can greatly affect the thermal conductivity of thin semiconductor devices. In this study a transfer function technique is used to separate the reflected signal from the die bottom from the superimposed signal.


This project entitled Overall Labor Efficiency Study at Manufacturing Company was initiated when there was no effective work study being done yet in semiconductor company to determine the Overall Labor Efficiency (OLE) at the critical processes in the assembly line. The beneficial on the company chosen was the company is now able to focus on continuously improving the labor efficiency towards achieving their goal to be a world class lean manufacturing facility. Work study technique was utilized for this study since this method is a systemic examination to measure the current utilization and the optimum labor efficiency and man to machine ratio configuration in semiconductor assembly line. This study was conducted at Company XYZ. The result achieved from this study was used to propose the improvements in getting the optimum OLE. As a conclusion, an effective work study was implemented in the semiconductor assembly line to achieve optimum labor efficiency.


The 6d N = ( 2 , 0 ) theory has natural surface operator observables, which are akin in many ways to Wilson loops in gauge theories. We propose a definition of a 'locally BPS' surface operator and study its conformal anomalies, the analog of the conformal dimension of local operators. We study the abelian theory and the holographic dual of the large N theory refining previously used techniques. Introducing non-constant couplings to the scalar fields allows for an extra anomaly coefficient, which we find in both cases to be related to one of the geometrical anomaly coefficients, suggesting a general relation due to supersymmetry. We also comment on surfaces with conical singularities.


To study the propagation mechanism of the arrival time error and wave velocity error under sensor array is an urgent problem in microseismic (MS) source location. To solve it, based on the theory of source location, the elliptic governing equation of source location is established. Combining with the hyperbolic governing equation of source location, it is revealed that the arrival time error and wave velocity error make the source "jump" on the adjacent hyperbola and ellipse. Through the numerical simulation test, the seismogenic time error law under the influence of the arrival time error and the wave velocity error is revealed. It is concluded that the location error of the source inside 1.8 times the array radius is mainly caused by the arrival time error and the wave velocity error, while the location error of the source outside 1.8 times the array radius is mainly caused by the seismogenic time error. Finally, considering the seismogenic time error, the location error law of the source under the influence of the arrival time error and velocity error is studied. The research results improve the understanding of the propagation mechanism of the arrival time error and wave velocity error in MS source location.


Introduction
Atorvastatin is an appropriate first-line lipid-lowering drug. It is a HMG-Co. A (3-hydroxy 3-methylglutaryl coenzyme.A) reductase inhibitor which can efficiently and dose dependently lower both cholesterol and triglyceride levels in hyper-lipidemic patients and produce a significant larger reduction of cholesterol and triglycerides compared with equivalent doses of other statin drugs.
Objectives
Our objectives are to determine the safety, efficacy, rationale use of Atorvastatin in patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital and to provide information to health care providers and patients.
Methodology
It was a prospective observational study which was undertaken in medicine, ICU and casualty departments of 300 bedded multi- speciality tertiary care teaching hospital, SVS hospital, for a period of 6 months. A total of 210 prescriptions were included in the study and were followed for the drug use evaluation to study. This study criterion was the in-patients and out-patients of age greater than 18yrs of either gender who are prescribed with HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor Atorvastatin. Patient data relevant to the study was obtained from Patient case records, medication charts and lab reports. The study protocol and written informed consent form were approved by the ethical committee at the hospital.
Results
During the study period the following results were obtained. The drug was found to be more safe in males (97.24%) compared to females (93.85%). The drug was found to be more effective in females (98.46%) compared to males (96.55%).The drug was found to be rationally prescribed more in males (95.86%) compared to females (92.31%). In the lipid profile study, all the different parameters like serum cholesterol, High density lipoproteins (HDL) , Low density lipoproteins (LDL), Very Low density lipoproteins (VLDL) and triglycerides were found to be in the normal range in about 60-70% of males, where as lipid profile parameters of females were found to be in the normal range in about 20-30% females.
Conclusion
We conclude that the drug use was found to be safe, effective and it was rationally prescribed. Interventions for promoting more appropriate use of Atorvastatin should be implemented. Further studies from time to time are required in drug utilization pattern and standard treatment guidelines to be circulated among practicing physicians.


The usage of renewable energy sources (RES) to meet demand for electrical energy is acquiring attention as solution to the problem where lack of electrical energy occurs. Application of RES in electricity generation system is done in many configurations as compared to others in microgrid system. Various advantages from user as well as from electric utility provider are provided by implementation of microgrid system. Microgrid offers lots of advantages such as power quality is better, more environments friendly so development of microgrid is carried out in various countries. Microgrid development is related to microgrid architecture, control system, protection system and technology generation. In this paper various technological developments regarding microgrid system and case study for development in microgrid system with the use of grid tie inverter (GTI) is reviewed. Implementation of microgrid system is done using GTI, transfer of power occur from GTI to grid when GTI has excess power and when power shortage is there grid supplies power to GTI.


Objective To assess the role of apoptosis in the evaluation of the quality of spermatozoa in infertile oligozoospermic patients.
Patients and Methods Sperm samples from infertile oligozoospermic patients (n=32) and proven fertile men (n=20) were tested by conventional semen analysis, hypo-osmotic swelling (HOS) test and TUNEL (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase mediated dUTP [deoxy-uridine triphosphate] nick-end labeling) assay, which measures the occurrence of DNA strand breaks.
Results In the fertile men (control group), none of the sperms was positive for DNA strand breaks, while in the oligozoospermic patients 0.9 0.7% of the sperms were positive for DNA strand breaks. This result was statistically highly significant when compared to the control group (p
Conclusion Detection of DNA strand breaks is an important parameter in improving the evaluation of sperm quality and might play an important role as a predictor for fertilization success and in advanced fertilization treatments. Role de l'Apoptose dans l'Evaluation de la Qualite du Sperme chez des Hommes Infertiles Oligospermes
Objectif Determiner le role de l'apoptose dans l'evaluation de la qualite du spermatozoide chez des patients infertiles presentant une oligozoospermie. Patients et Methodes Des echantillons de sperme de sujets oligospermes (n=32) et de sujets fertiles (n=20) ont ete testes par methodes d'analyse conventionnelle de sperme, test de turgescence hypo-osmotiques (HOS) et TUNEL assai qui mesurent la survenue de cassures de chaines d'ADN.
Resultats Dans le groupe de sujets fertiles, aucun sperme n'etait positif pour les cassures de bandes d'ADN, tandis que chez les patients oligospermes, 0.9 0.7% des spermes etaient positifs pour les cassures de chaines d'ADN. Ce resultat etait hautement significatif compare au controle (p Conclusion La detection des cassures de chaines d'ADN est un important parametre dans l'amelioration de l'evaluation de la qualite du sperme et pourrait etre un facteur predictif de succes de fertilisation et dans les traitements avances de fertilisation
African Journal of Urology Vol.8(1) 2002: 6-12


Gold nanoclusters stabilized by a hydrophilic polymer, poly-(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) (Au:PVP), catalyzed the intramolecular addition of toluenesulfonamide to unactivated alkenes in EtOH under aerobic conditions.


Recently, remote healthcare systems have received increasing attention in the last decade, explaining the need for e-health care. This paper deals with the design of 5G Wireless communication systems and further it is implemented in telemedicine systems. As 5G deals with FBMC as a physical layer and this has been chosen because it has the higher spectral efficiency and better interference rejection as compared to that of other multicarrier techniques. Initially OFDM was the first choice in wireless communication but due to the use of cyclic prefix it has the high PAPR which is less suitable in 5G systems. The main motivation to jump into 5G technologies is that it has more connected devices and it the ability to allocate the underutilized spectrum to the secondary user verifying the certain policies. As these telemedicine systems is the most promising technologies in health care especially in remote places and 5G systems has higher data rate where the health specialist can receive the patient status at less time and act as per the condition. This paper details about the transmission of patient vital sign, image and video and analysis which are most essential components in future Telemedicine systems.


Global warming and intensive changes in land use /cover have posted unprecedented impacts on the watershed hydrology and thus the water security at the global scale. To quantitatively analyze the impacts of land use change and climate variability on the streamflow of Chaohe Watershed located in North China,we calibrated and validated a distributed hydrological model-SWAT by using the multi-site calibration procedure. The effects of land use changes and climate variability on the stream of the watershed were then explored by using scenario analysis approach. Two indices,the p-factor,r-factor as well as efficiency of objective function,were used to assess the calibration / uncertainty performance of the SWAT model at the hydrological stations of Dage,Daiying and Xiahui within the research watershed. Results showed that p-factors in the calibration and validation periods were 0. 70 and 0. 77,0. 87 and 0. 82,0. 92 and 0. 78 respectively for the three stations. The r-factors in the calibration and validation periods were 0. 63 and 0. 90,0. 97 and 0. 79,0. 88 and 0. 92 respectively for the three stations. The objective function of efficiency of SWAT was 0.66,suggesting that the model was capable for simulating runoff responses to changes of land use and climate variability in the watershed. Compared with the baseline period( 1981—1990),land use change caused an annual streamflow reduction of 4.1 mm whereas climate change gave rise to an annual streamflow reduction of 29.7mm in the period from 1991 to 2000. For the period of 2001—2009 land use change reduced runoff by 3.0 mm,whereas climate change decreased runoff for 14.3 mm. When the land use in 1999 was set as the reference,the annual streamflow would increase by 158.2% and 4.1% for the shrub land scenario and the grassland scenario,respectively. Contrarily,the farmland scenario and the woodland scenario could induce 41. 7% and 23. 7% annual streamflow reductions,respectively. The climate variability scenario analysis indicated that a 10% increase in annual precipitation could lead to 23.9% annual streamflow increase and a 12% increase in annual mean air temperature could lead to a 6% reduction in annual streamflow. We,therefore,concluded that the annual streamflow variation was more sensitive to precipitation than to temperature in the region. It is of critical importance to develop explicitly integrated"causeeffect"land use planning and strategies for adaptive land and water management at watershed scale under the global change.


Dust and fume emissions are a prominent issue in the ferroalloy industry and relevant to both indoor air quality, occupational exposure and outdoor air quality and other environmental effects. Exposure assessment with respect to respirable particles and "total dust" have been demanded from the authorities for years. Recently the focus has widened and exposure assessment focusing on ultrafine particles is in demand. In this study, ultrafine particles are studied in a ferrosilicon smelter. In order to understand the prevalence of ultrafine particles in the workplace environment, five different locations in the production hall were selected and the number concentration and the particle size distributions were investigated by use of stationary instruments. The worker attendance at each location was logged, so that the exposure at each location could be evaluated in accordance to attendance time. Number concentrations for the time periods where workers were present could be calculated. The locations selected were: tapping area, casting area, ladle transport corridor, control room and electrode-weld-on". The measurement equipment used was a Nanoscan SMPS from TSI, measuring the particle size range 10-420 nm. The dominating size in the tapping areas is 205.4 nm for both furnaces and one SAF has an additional peak is at 11.5-15.4 nm. In the ladle transport area, the dominating particle sizes are 15.4 nm, 27.4 nm and 154 nm. The casting area has a bimodal size distribution and the two peaks are at 15,4 nm and 154 nm. The electrode welding area is very different from the other areas investigated here. The concentrations are significantly higher and the dominating size is 205.4 nm, but with substantial increased contributions in the range 86-365 nm. This paper discusses the findings and explores possible explanations behind the particle size distributions with support in the literature. Different dust and fume sources present in a smelter are discussed.


The transient flow analyzing by the frequency domain method (FDM) is computationally much faster than the method of characteristic (MOC) in the time domain. FDM needs no discretization in time and space, but requires the linearization of governing equations and boundary conditions. Hence, the FDM is only valid for small perturbations in which the system's hydraulics is almost linear. In this study, the linearization errors of the FDM applied to a reservoir-pipe-valve system (RPV) are discussed and by using the Genetic Programming (GP), some correction coefficients are defined to reduce them. By applying the correction coefficient at the opening size of the valve, the first frequency of the frequency domain method is modified. Moreover, the responses at higher-order frequencies are evaluated by some new correction factors obtained by the GP. Solving an illustrative example shows that the error of the system can be significantly reduced by using the applied correction factors.


Quantiles for finite mixtures of normal distributions are computed. The difference between a linear combination of independent normal random variables and a linear combination of independent normal densities is emphasized.


In this paper , a ship ' s guidance system using a simple tracking control rule is introduced . The proposed system , when the appropriate waypoints and speeds on there are given , can guide exponential − 1y an actual ship ' s track to the given one . According to actual experiment , the results are follows 、 ( The tracking to the desired track could be done with good precision by control 正 ing a distance damping parameter of the exponential function . (2) can be easiiy applied not only te a berthing maneuvering but also to a large course altering with constant speed . ( 3 ) The automatic gain tuning method of the autQpilot using a relay control gives good results for course keeping contro1 . ( 4 ) The estimator for aprecise position using the Kalman Filtering technique for DGPS


The Surface Moisture Measurement System (SMMS) is designed to measure the moisture concentration near the surfaces of the wastes located in the Hanford Site tank farms. This document describes a calibration methodology to demonstrate that the Electromagnetic Induction (EMI) moisture probe meets relevant requirements in the `Design Requirements Document (DRD) for the Surface Moisture Measurement System.` The primary purpose of the experimental tests described in this methodology is to make possible interpretation of EMI in-tank surface probe data to estimate the surface moisture.


In this paper I analyse Siegel's revisionist conceptualization of the learning disability concept. Siegel has attempted to demonstrate that the construct of learning disabilities is flawed because of its long‐term linkage with the variable of intelligence. The discrepancy formulation is the particular focus of her criticism. She has denigrated the use of IQ tests in LD diagnosis and argued that intelligence and reading measure many of the same abilities and therefore any difference between these two functions is confounded; that IQ is not a valid measure of reading potential in children with LD and normal populations; and that logical analysis and empirical research demonstrate that the concept of intelligence is redundant in any conception of learning disabilities. I present arguments against each of these propositions and several other matters raised in her paper. I propose two basic approaches to learning disabilities and give expression to these in two theoretical models, a simple categorical model (d...


Blood transfusion is used in the treatment and prevention of acute and chronic complications of Sickle Cell Disease. Blood may be administered in the emergency situation as a simple top‐up transfusion or as an automated or manual exchange procedure. Elective transfusions may be offered as an one‐off procedure, often pre‐operatively or as a long‐term regime, usually for primary or secondary stroke prevention. The main complications of transfusion in this patient population are alloimmunization, hyperhaemolytic transfusion reactions and iron overload.


AT CERTAIN POINTS, the disciplines of history and archaeology converge; and some of the closest rapprochements have traditionally taken place in the field of Classics. I am concerned here with one quite specific form of close relationship that can exist only between certain kinds of historical and archaeo logical approach. These must be defined at the outset. The historian who bases his account fairly and squarely on the ancient sources will tend to construct a narrative account that deals in concepts similar to theirs: an account, that is, couched mainly in terms of political, constitu tional, and military events. To this view of history, archaeological work for the most part can make little or no contribution. But there is one large area of exception. The careful excavation of a site-particularly of a settlement-site-is likely to reveal episodes in the site's history: e.g., the construction, the exten sion, the rebuilding, or the destruction of some part or parts of a settlement; the deposition of a hoard; the reinforcement of a fortification or perhaps the failure to build one at all. Other kinds of site, though less obviously, can yield evidence for their own types of "episode": the appearance of a burial or burials in a cemetery in circumstances that invite speculation as to the occasion on which they took place or even as to the identity of the deceased, or a change in the nature or quantity of dedications at a sanctuary. To bring together this type of historical approach and this category of


This chapter examines the impact of public choice theory on government funding of peak welfare bodies and community advocacy groups. The defunding of community groups and associated marketisation of human service provision is identified as a means of marginalising disadvantaged groups, and is contrasted with the increasingly privileged access of corporate lobby groups. The conclusion drawn is that community groups will have to turn more and more to independent sources of funding in order to retain their public voice and influence.


Environment supervision in China and the problem existed in pilot engineering was reviewed with combination of working practice. Working target of environment supervision as well as close relationship between environment impact assessment and environment supervision was also proposed.


A simple, rapid and accurate procedure involving flame—and flameless—atomic absorption spectroscopy was devised for the extraction and assay of major and trace metal ions in developing embryos and endosperms of barley seeds. Both embryo (maximum dry weight 20 mg) and endosperm (maximum dry weight 300 mg) samples were decomposed by digestion with nitric acid to yield a clear solution from which all the elements were analysed. Potassium, magnesium, calcium, iron, manganese and copper were determined from the embryo digests. Similarly, potassium, magnesium, calcium and manganese were determined from the endosperm digests. The validity of the procedure was confirmed by high recoveries of added metal ions. The sensitivity of analysis was such that sample size was in the range 1–12 mg.


Several patients are no longer able to communicate effectively with the outside world. For instance, patients affected with stroke, spinal cord injury or a brain stem stroke where people require alternate method of communication and control. Their brains may offer them a way out. The EEG based brain computer interface (BCI) is the technique used to measure brain activity.  The goal of the current work is the development of an electroencephalogram (EEG) based BCI system. The overview of this work is that the user thought is extracted from his brain activity. Pre-processing is performed using filters and wavelet transforms to extract the features and classify them to their respective class.  The intention of this work is to enhance human interaction with computers, providing a communication channel between human brain and computer .


The aim of this study was to investigate the response of intradental A‐ and C‐fibers during tooth cutting by Er:YAG laser.


Large current account imbalances are perceived to be a macroeconomic risk. Consequently a reversal (especially of a deficit) is often regarded as good in itself, and is frequently pursued as a policy objective or as part of reform programme. This perception is surprising in light of the intertemporal approach to the balance of payments, where international borrowing and lending - and therefore current account imbalances - result from rational economic decisions with a time dimension. But the theory does not settle the matter. Hence, this paper investigates the actual experience of current account reversals in Africa, the region where current account imbalances have been the largest (relative to GDP) in recent decades. We identify periods of current account reversal (both deficits and surpluses) and identify the associated development in real GDP growth, the real effective exchange rate, inflation, investment and aid inflows, both prior to and following the reversal. These results are compared with a control group. The results do not suggest that these reversals have been associated with either disruptive business cycle episodes or other macroeconomic risks in the sample group.


Teen pregnancy prevention (TPP) interventions often have many program components, the individual parts or distinct features of the broader intervention. Program components can be the parts of an intervention's structure (for example, classroom lessons, weekly text messaging, and/or service learning), its content (for example, content that focuses on positive youth development, sexual risk avoidance, or condom/contraceptive use), or a combination of the two (for example, some classroom lessons could be categorized as "sexual risk avoidance lessons," others as "positive youth development lessons"). Program components are the individual ingredients that make up the whole intervention being implemented.


The survival time of transfused red cells antigenically distinct from the recipient's red cells was determined using an indirect enzyme linked antiglobulin test. These results were then compared to those determined by Cr-51 labeling. Three patients with hypoproliferative anemias and one patient (2 studies) with traumatic hemolytic anemia caused by a prosthetic heart valve were studied. Survival times were performed by transfusing a 5cc aliquot of Cr-51 labeled cells along with the remaining unit. One hour post transfusion, a blood sample was drawn and used as the 100% value. Subsequent samples drawn over a 2-3 week period were then compared to the initial sample to determine percent survival for both methods. The ELISA method for measuring red cell survival in antigenically distinct cells is in close agreement with the Cr-51 method. Although CR-51 labeling is the accepted method for red cell survival determination the ELISA method can be used when radioisotopes are unavailable or contraindicated or when the decision to estimate red cell survival is made after transfusion.


Radio‐frequency (rf) sputter etching rate calculation is difficult because ion fluxes at targets are not well known, and ion‐neutral collisions in rf sheaths result in a wide range of particle energies incident on rf targets. In addition, backscattering from the sputtering gas makes experimental etch rates hard to measure. In this article, we present measurements of (a) rf sputter etching and redeposition rates, (b) Ar+ion beamsputtering rates of Si and SiO2, and (c) ion fluxes and energy distributions for 13.56 MHz Ar discharges. A simple self‐consistent model of the rf sheath is used to derive the flux and energy distribution of neutral particles. This is combined with the ion flux to derive theoretical sputtering rates. Experimentally measured etch rates have been corrected for redeposition by comparing rates on planar sufaces with rates inside reentrant masks. Low‐density coatings due to redeposition were observed in regions protected from ion bombardment, inside the reentrant masks. Ar sputter etch rates of planar samples were suppressed by factors between 3 and 10 by this redeposition. Agreement between theoretical predictions and observed experimental results is good, inside the range of uncertainty in our theoretical calculations. An overall predictive accuracy within 25% is attained.


society of transplanted people. Almost everyone is from somewhere else. Thus building a movement is also about building communities and connections to the shantytowns of makeshift houses which surround every border town. Unfortunately Rebelion en el Greenfield is not yet available in English. It is a good read though, filled with rich descriptions of the workers' lives and consciousness. Although I wish Juarez had spent more time on the international strategy, this is a great case study of how workers in an emerging industry create a culture of struggle out of their own history and traditions. The Children of NAFTA is not only accessible to U.S. readers, but perhaps because it was written by a former union organizer and seasoned labor journalist, it addresses questions that are on the minds of activists. The stark photos jar us out of any romantic notions about the struggles and give us a sense of urgency. While I could quibble with some inaccuracies and oversimplifications, my only real criticism is the lack of a map to locate all the places Bacon visits. By the end, with the border viewed as that "pressure cooker waiting to blow," this book leaves us with no doubt that we are all children of NAFTA. It's a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the challenges of building global unionism.


The performance of a hybrid upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor(UASB)-membrane bioreactor(MBR)system for berberine wastewater treatment was investigated.The carbon source was a mixture of berberine hydrochloric and glucose.The berberine hydrochloric in the wastewater was removed through synergistic biodegradation with glucose as the primary energy source.For different berberine hydrochloric proportions from 7.5% to 25.0% share of all ρ(CODCr),HRT was 24 h,the influent ρ(CODCr),ρ(NH4 +-N)and ρ(berberine hydrochloric)were 1717-4393,91.8-158.7 and 64.4-276.8 mg /L,respectively;the overall removal efficiency of the system was 92.5%-95.9% for ρ(CODCr),67.0%-98.9% for ρ(NH4 +-N)and more than 99% for ρ(berberine hydrochloric).Most berberine hydrochloric was removed in UASB with the removal rate of 95.2%-98.9%.At organic load rates from 0.54 to 1.88 kg CODCr /(m3·d)and berberine hydrochloric load rates from 0.71 to 12.42 g /(m3·d),the MBR ensured the average effluent ρ(CODCr),ρ(berberine hydrochloric)and ρ(NH4 +-N)were lower than 50,1.0 and 2.0 mg /L,respectively.With the increase of influent ρ(berberine hydrochloric)to 3.45-12.42 mg /L,under microbe toxicity stress conditions from berberine hydrochloric,a morphology change of activate sludge from flocs to granules was observed in the MBR.


Yellow pigment with color value 1 040 U/mL was extracted by water at 85 ℃ from flower of Leucosceptrum canum(Smith) and toxicological research was carried out in the Center of Disease Control of Guangdong Province. NIH mouse(SPE grade) was given orally at dose of 2.15、4.64、10.0、21. 5 g/kg BW and it was found that the LD50 value of the pigment was more than 21. 5 g/kg BW, classified as non-toxic grade. No mutation effect for body cell and reproductive cell was observed at dose of 2.5 to 10.0 g/kg BW respectively by bone marrow microleues assay and sperm shape abnormality test. Ames test was negative.


This article uses Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group files to investigate the role of higher education in explaining the earnings gap between Hispanic workers and non-Hispanic White workers. Based on the decomposition method developed by Cotton, it was found that human capital takes precedence over labor market discrimination in explaining the earnings gap. A policy implication is that equal compensation of Hispanic workers as non-Hispanic White workers is as important as the improvement of educational attainment.


The genus Lychnis, a member of Caryophyllaceae, consists of about 30 species, which are distributed throughout the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere (Magnus et al., 2008). Among them, 6 species, L. fulgens, L. gracillima, L. kiusiana, L. miqueliana, L. sieboldii and L. wilfordii, are native to Japan. Most Lychnis spp.,including Japanese native ones, are cultivated as pot and garden plants for their beautiful flowers. However, all the species have few variations in horticultural traits, such as flower color, flower form and plant form. Previously we examined effect of in vitro spindle toxin treatment on chromosome doubling of a triploid genotype of L. senno in order to widen its variability in horticultural traits (Nonaka et al., 2011). Efficient chromosome doubling was achieved by treating nodal segments with 10 mg L oryzalin (ORY), and this method was successfully applied to diploid genotypes of L. fulgens and L. sieboldii (Nonaka et al., 2011). In the present study, we examined chromosome doubling of 3 Japanese native Lychnis spp., L. gracillima, L. kiusiana and L. miqueliana, by using the in vitro oryzalin treatment method developed by Nonaka et al. (2011). Chromosome doubling of plantlets derived from ORY-treated nodal segments was confirmed by both flow cytometry (FCM) analysis and chromosome observation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Plant materials and shoot culture L. gracillima (2n=2x=24), L. kiusiana (2n=2x=24) and L. miqueliana (2n=2x=24) were used in the present study. Potted plants were cultivated in the greenhouse without heating at the Faculty of Agriculture, Niigata University. Shoot cultures of 3 Lychnis spp. were established according to Nonaka et al. (2011). Briefly, nodal explants were prepared from vigorously growing stems of potted plants and placed on a shoot culture medium [Murashige and Skoog (1962) (MS) medium supplemented with 10 mg L benzyl adenine, 30 g L sucrose and 2 g L gellan gum, pH 5.7]. Axillary bud-derived shoots were subcultured every 2 months by transferring nodal segments to fresh medium of the same composition. Cultures were maintained at 25°C under continuous illumination with fluorescent light (35 μmol m s).


TWO FIELD STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED AS PART OF THE DRIVER BEHAVIOUR AND TRAFFIC SAFETY RESEARCH SECTION OF THE DRIVE PROGRAMME. BOTH STUDIES AIMED AT EVALUATING THE VISUAL ATTENTIONAL DEMAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF ROUTE NAVIGATION DEVICES. EACH STUDY WAS CONDUCTED USING MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, DRIVING SPECIALLY ADAPTED ROAD VEHICLES IN A REAL ROAD ENVIRONMENT. THE FIRST EXPERIMENT, CONDUCTED IN LOUGHBOROUGH, WAS DESIGNED IN ORDER TO EVALUATE THE VISUAL WORKLOAD ASSOCIATED WITH TWO MODES OF ROUTE INFORMATION PRESENTATION: PAPER MAP OR TEXT DISPLAY ON LCD SCREEN. TWENTY SUBJECTS WERE REQUIRED TO DRIVE THE EXPERIMENTAL VEHICLE ALONG TWO URBAN ROUTES IN LOW VOLUME TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. THE SECOND EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED IN BERLIN IN ORDER TO EVALUATE THE VISUAL WORKLOAD ASSOCIATED WITH TWO REAL IN-VEHICLE DISPLAYS, THE LISB AND TRAVELPILOT ROUTE GUIDANCE SYSTEMS. TWENTY- THREE SUBJECTS TOOK PART IN THE STUDY. THE VISUAL WORKLOAD ASSOCIATED WITH EACH EXPERIMENTAL SESSION WAS MEASURED IN TERMS OF GLANCE FREQUENCY AND GLANCE DURATION SPENT VIEWING THE NAVIGATION DISPLAY. THESE RESULTS WERE USED TO FORMULATE MATRICES OF VISUAL PERFORMANCE WHICH ASSESS THE "VISUAL COST" OF AN IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY. (A) FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF THE CONFERENCE SEE IRRD 858984.


A networked economy is an environment in which any company or individual in any economic system can contact with minimal cost with any other company or individual about teamwork, trade, exchange of ideas, or just for fun. The networked economy sets the vector along which socio-economic systems of micro, meso, macro levels will develop in the long term, which necessitates research and comprehensive analysis of digital transformation processes. The authors analyzed the essence of the network economy and its impact on the sphere of management, analyzed the current state of the Ukrainian system of public administration in the network economy's conditions and identified the main problematic tasks. Based on the analysis, the authors identified goals for the main areas of public administration and proposed a scheme for the organizational transformation of the public administration system in a networked economy. The authors also proposed a system of indices to assess the state of transformation of the public administration system in a networked economy and identify development trends.


This paper discusses the possible effects on future prospects in the labour market of those who suffer a plant closure. A multistate duration model is estimated on monthly event data comprising 172 individuals over ten years, with the occurrence of the plant closure among the regressors. An individual can escape to one of several destinations when exiting one of three origin states (unemployed, sick leave, outside the labour force).

Our prime concern has been transitions leading to a new job or to destination states outside the labour force (disability pension and at home, without any social security benefit). We find indications of severe negative long-term effects on employment from a plant closure: long durations in unemployment when searching for new jobs, higher incidence of leaving the labour force, longer periods of sick leave and higher incidence of disability pension. Thus, an adverse shock reducing employment may have negative long-term effects on the labour market through long spells of unemployment and a shrinking labour force. Our findings thus support the hypothesis of hysteresis dynamics in the labour market.


Porcelain laminate veneers were widely used in cosmetic dentistry after 20 years′ development. In this paper, biomechanical research achievements in porcelain laminate veneers design and operation were investigated and summarized in order to direct clinical work.


Reference Number ‐ 128 1 Investigating the Effects of Psychological Factors Measured in a 1 Semantic Scale on Commuting Mode Choice Behaviour 2 Ahmed O. OSMAN* Ph.D. Candidate Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto 35 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A4, Canada. Tel:(416) 978-5049, Fax:(416) 978-5054 email: email@example.com Alejandro TUDELA Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering, Universidad de Concepción P.O. Box 160-C, Concepción, Chile. Tel:(56 41) 220-3601, Fax:(56 41) 220-7089 email: firstname.lastname@example.com Khandker M. NURUL HABIB Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto 35 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A4, Canada. Tel:(416) 946-8027, Fax:(416) 978-5054 email: email@example.com Amer SHALABY Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto 35 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A4, Canada. Tel:(416) 978-5907, Fax:(416) 978-5054 email: firstname.lastname@example.com Word count: Abstract (191), Paper (4,041), + 4* Figures/tables (250)= 5,232 words Date of submission: March 4th, 2011 Paper submitted for consideration of presentation at the 12th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM 2011), July 5th – 8th, 2011, Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. Abstract: This paper investigates socio-psychometric data measured in a 3 semantic scale to explicitly capture attitudes, affective appraisal and habit 4 formation and their influences on commuting mode choice. The dataset was 5 collected in 2009-2010 in Edmonton, Alberta. In addition to common 6 socioeconomic, demographic and modal attributes, the survey gathered 7 psychological information regarding habitual behaviour, affective appraisal 8 and personal attitudes. Different psychometric tools are used to capture 9 psychological factors affecting mode choice. Habitual behaviour is measured 10 by using Verplanken's response-frequency questionnaire. Affective appraisal 11 is indirectly estimated using the Osgood's semantic differential scale. A five12 point Likert scale is used to measure attitude. The Structural Equation 13 Modelling (SEM) approach is used to investigate the effects of psychological 14 factors measured by means of semantic scales on mode choice behaviour. 15 SEM captures the latent nature of psychological factors and uses path 16 diagram to identify the directionality as well as intensity of the relationships. 17 The investigation reveals that passengers have positive emotions towards 18 their chosen mode. Further, evidence of the superiority of the car as a travel 19 alternative was established in terms of strong habit towards it, such that 20 passengers would use the car for almost every single trip. 21 This paper investigates socio-psychometric data measured in a 3 semantic scale to explicitly capture attitudes, affective appraisal and habit 4 formation and their influences on commuting mode choice. The dataset was 5 collected in 2009-2010 in Edmonton, Alberta. In addition to common 6 socioeconomic, demographic and modal attributes, the survey gathered 7 psychological information regarding habitual behaviour, affective appraisal 8 and personal attitudes. Different psychometric tools are used to capture 9 psychological factors affecting mode choice. Habitual behaviour is measured 10 by using Verplanken's response-frequency questionnaire. Affective appraisal 11 is indirectly estimated using the Osgood's semantic differential scale. A five12 point Likert scale is used to measure attitude. The Structural Equation 13 Modelling (SEM) approach is used to investigate the effects of psychological 14 factors measured by means of semantic scales on mode choice behaviour. 15 SEM captures the latent nature of psychological factors and uses path 16 diagram to identify the directionality as well as intensity of the relationships. 17 The investigation reveals that passengers have positive emotions towards 18 their chosen mode. Further, evidence of the superiority of the car as a travel 19 alternative was established in terms of strong habit towards it, such that 20 passengers would use the car for almost every single trip. 21


ABSTRACT Motivated by existence problems of the maximum number of spanning sets (MS) and the minimum number of Linearly independent sets (ML) which partition a generator in a finite dimensional vector space, we introduce a real time iterative algorithm with polynomial complexity. The algorithm starts with an arbitrary partition and improves it to obtain the final partition. In addition this algorithm gives the conclusion of the Rado–Horn theorem, and facilitates using of this theorem.


In this degree thesis, we present some of the theory of integer binary quadratic forms, namely the classification by discriminant, proper equivalence relation, the composition laws and their connection to the ideal class groups. We will also see how quadratic forms are intrinsically connected to some other areas of mathematics, such as the continued fraction of quadratic numbers, which encodes the transformations between neighbouring half-reduced forms in a cycle, or such as the group of units in a quadratic field, which relates to the study of automorphisms of primitive forms, which in turn represent the solutions of Pell's equation $x^2-Dy^2=\pm4$.


3033 Background: Alemtuzumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody against CD52 resulting in profound, prolonged T-cell depletion that may be associated with opportunistic infections and reactivation of latent viruses (e.g., CMV). BK virus is a polyomavirus that infects most humans during childhood and remains latent in the urinary tract. Reactivation of BK virus is an important cause of tubular nephropathy following renal transplantation and hemorrhagic cystitis after allogeneic stem cell transplant. Methods: A single institution pilot trial of alemtuzumab and Dose-Adjusted (D-A) Etoposide, Prednisone, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, and Cyclophosphamide (EPOCH) investigating efficacy and toxicity in chemotherapy naive aggressive T- and NK-cell lymphomas was undertaken. BK virus was detected in urine by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods to quantify genomic copies in pts with dysuria and hemorrhagic cystitis. Results: Four of 20 pts treated with alemtuzumab and DA-EPOCH developed five episodes of hemorrhagic...


This paper proposes a method for target vocabulary recognition based on multi-task learning with decomposed teacher sequences. The proposed method first decomposes teacher sequences into the target vocabulary and the non-target vocabulary sequences. Then, multi-task learning is performed by calculating losses for both the target vocabulary sequence and the non-target vocabulary sequence. By utilizing information from both target and non-target vocabulary, our proposed method provides more stable training and more accurate recognition of target vocabulary than single-task learning using only the target vocabulary. Experiments conducted on the Corpus of Spontaneous Japanese (CSJ) dataset, using numerals and katakana as target vocabulary, demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed method. The results show a maximum CER improvement rate of 27% for katakana and 34% for numerals in target vocabulary recognition, as well as an 84% reduction in insertion errors in non-target vocabulary utterances.


The streamwise oriented doublet, representing the farfield displacement effect of an airfoil, is obtained at Mach numbers less than unity by integration of CFD-generated velocities along a closed path inside the linear subsonic region. The doublet term is included in the farfield boundary condition of the CFD code and a technique to do so is described. The nonlinear contributions from the vicinity of the airfoil, which are indirectly accounted for by the procedure, do not qualitatively change the dependence of the doublet strength on lift, derived from exact conformal mapping solutions in incompressible flow. Assessment of wall interference on a lifting, supercritical airfoil, which takes into account the doublet effect near the wind tunnel walls, is also discussed.


In the paper a thermal method for diagnostics the state of the aircraft external contour in flight is proposed. Results of the computer simulation and wind tunnel experiment on the possibility of detecting the moment, place, extent and type of damage to the condition of the aircraft external contour in flight are presented and analyzed. On the basis of the research results and proposed structural solutions the theoretical possibility of the thermal method realization for diagnostics of the state of the aircraft external contour in flight was proved.


A comparative experiment of 7 potato warieties in Chenggu County was tested.The results showed that :the multiple characters of great white and Zhongshu 5 were better and they were worth extending in Chenggu area.Total yield and marketable yield of Favorite 15 were higher,the disease resistance of it was low,we must guard against diseases and insect pests in extension process of Favorate 15.Ensured early planting and harvesting as possible as late of Zimeigui.Fujin and Youjin were not recommended to develop in Chenggu. Zihuabai should be eliminated.


Photodynamic treatment of Kluyveromyces marxianus with chloroaluminum‐phthalocyanine resulted in loss of clonogenicity. Several parameters were studied to identify targets that could be related to loss of colony‐forming capacity. Inhibition of various plasma membrane‐bound processes was observed, such as substrate transport and plasma membrane ATPase activity. Moreover, K+ loss from the cells was observed. Photodynamic treatment also reduced the activity of various enzymes involved in energy metabolism, thereby decreasing the cellular ATP level. It will be discussed however that none of these processes is likely to be related directly to loss of clonogenicity. Treatment with phthalocyanine and light resulted in a strong inhibition of the incorporation of 14C‐phenylalanine in trichloracetic acid‐precipitable material. The induction of the β‐galactoside utilization system was also strongly inhibited. The latter two processes did not recover during incubation, subsequent to photodynamic treatment. It is concluded that photodynamically induced inhibition of protein synthesis is a critical factor contributing to the loss of clonogenicity.


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One of the key challenges faced by hypersonic flying is the complex thermal-mechanical-chemical coupling effect between thermal protection materials and non-equilibrium flow environment. Silicon carbide (SiC) has drawn much attention due to its superior physical and chemical characteristics, its performance under hyperthermal atomic oxygen (AO) impact, however, is still little known. This work investigates the effects of various SiC crystalline polytypes, surface temperature and crystal orientations on the SiC interface evolution by hyperthermal AO collisions via the Reactive Molecular Dynamics (RMD) method. The results showed that SiC surface erosion is highly dependent on the temperature and the presence of different interfacial structures. In the range of 500 - 2000 K, the proceeding of the passive oxidation advances the amorphous SiO2/SiC interface and the formation of SixOy phase weakens the surface catalytic characteristics and mechanical properties. The presence of defects, such as dangling bonds at the gas-solid interface, caused by different surface orientations affects the anti-erosion capabilities of SiC significantly, which may limit its further wide applications.


The prevalence of organic impairment, depressive illness and anxiety was assessed in 32 subjects (group A) within two weeks of admission to one of four local authority homes for the elderly in Fife, Scotland. This group was compared with an age and sex matched control group (group B) who continued to live at home. Both groups were reinterviewed six months later.


Base on the enhanced continuous tabu search(ECTS),this paper integrated the chaos into ECTS and formed an improved optimization method——chaos enhanced continuous tabu search(CECTS).Using a set of Benchmark functions tested CECTS.The results show that CECTS can improve the success rate of finding the global minimum and reduce the average number of objective function evaluations comparing with ECTS.The CECTS arithmetic is very fit for the wide definition region continuous optimization problems.


The present invention relates to an improved method for the prepaartion of amino hydroxy compounds. More specifically, it pertains to the catalytic liquid phase hydrogenation of mono and polyhydric nitro compounds in the Raney nickel and a lower aliphatic acid to produce the corresponding amino hydroxy derivatives. Prior methods for reducing nitro hydroxy Com pounds of the type contemplated by the present invention, have been concerned with the reduc tion of said nitro hydroxy compounds in the ab sence of any acidic substance whatsoever, or in the presence of carbon dioxide. Processes in volving the reduction of nitro hydroxy compounds in the absence of any acidic substance whatSOver, are highly uneconomical for the reason that as the reduction proceeds, the reaction medium be comes increasingly basic, thus tending to decom pose the nitro hydroxy compound into the nitro paraffin and aldehyde, from which said nitro hydroxy compound was produced. Under such conditions, highly complex materials are formed, which in addition to greatly diminishing the yield of the desired nitro hydroxy Compound, ren der the purification of the latter Substance ex tremely difficult. Procedures which employ carbon dioxide as a means of controlling the alkalinity of the reaction medium, have been found to be satisfactory for reductions which may be carried Out at relatively low temperatures. Nitro hydroxy compounds which require higher temperatures for reduction, however, cannot be satisfactorily converted into the corresponding amino derivative in yields which are commercially practicable, since at ele wated temperatures the carbonates of amino hy droxy compounds of the type contemplated by the present invention are relatively unstable, tending under such conditions to decompose into carbon dioxide and the free amino hydroxy Compound, which in turn results in bringing about the same undesirable alkaline conditions that are present when the reduction is carried out in the absence of any acidic material. I have now discovered that by effecting the hydrogenation of such nitro hydroxy compounds in the presence of Raney nickel and a lower ali phatic acid, greatly improved yields of the corre Sponding amino hydroxy compounds are obtain able. The lower aliphatic acid serves as a neu tralizing agent for the basic amino hydroxy com pound as it is formed, thus resulting in the pro duction of the lower aliphatic acid salt of the Said amino hydroxy compound. The resulting Solu tion never becomes sufficiently basic to interfere ()


Although Chiapas is recognized as home to some of the most interesting fishes in Mexico, there are still regions of the state that are poorly surveyed. Our objective was to document the fish species in La Venta River, as well as that of some of its largest tributaries and Netzahualc yotl Reservoir. To this aim, field collections were made during three consecutive years and preserved specimens from the ichthyological collection at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, San Crist bal, Chiapas were reviewed. We identified 42 species including new records for the state of Chiapas (3 species), the Grijalva River watershed (3 species), and Netzahualc yotl Reservoir (2 species). Species composition differed between the upper and lower portions of La Venta River, most likely due to historical factors, and the physical and chemical differences between the two areas. The species composition of the upper parts of La Venta River was distinctive within the watershed but similar to neighboring hydrologic systems, suggesting that this area was recently connected to other rivers. Our results revealed that the Grijalva River-Tuxtla Guti rrez watershed is species rich and may be important for describing the distribution patterns of several groups of fishes in Mexico.


The paper outlines the importance of engineering graphics skills in the background knowledge of engineering education. This topic becomes especially important at the age of rapid economic and technologic changes in the society. An approach will be discussed about what and how we teach to develop the present-day engineering graphics communication skills in Riga Technical University in the context of general infomedia literacy.


Digital Games for Empowerment and Inclusion have the potential to improve our society by preparing particular groups of people to meet social challenges in their everyday lives, and to do so in an enjoyable way through games. These games are developing rapidly to exploit new algorithms for computational intelligence supported by increasing availability of computing power to help analyze players' behavior, monitor their motivation and interest, and to adapt the progress of the games accordingly. The workshop on Intelligent Digital Games for Empowerment and Inclusion (IDGEI) explores the use of machine intelligence in serious digital games. In this context, we summarize the third international workshop on IDGEI held at the International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) 2015.


The application of hospital bonuses numeration system based on b/s mode in the process of account bonus are introduced.The system is simple,convenient,intuitionistic,The process of account bonus are predigested.The hospital bonuses numeration system based on b/s mode has great value in the course of bonus numeration and payment.


Key Points Question Was Medicaid expansion associated with increased spending on community benefits by tax-exempt hospitals? Findings In this cohort study of 2253 tax-exempt hospitals in the United States, Medicaid expansion was associated with 2% reported reductions in the provision of uncompensated care and 2% reported increases in the provision of unreimbursed Medicaid expenses. Meaning Tax-exempt hospitals in states that expanded Medicaid did not substantially change community benefit spending, given that decreases in uncompensated care were offset by increases in unreimbursed Medicaid expenses.


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Reorientational dynamics of 4H-l-benzopyrane-4-thione (BPT) in the S 2 state, in hydrocarbon solution, is studied from the anisotropy decay of fluorescence upconversion and pump-probe absorption transients with femtosecond time resolution. The anisotropy decay is found to be monoexponential in n-hexane, «-heptane, «-octane, «-decane, «-dodecane and cyclohexane. The dependence of the rotational time constant, r",-, on the solvent viscosity is approximated by a linear function with a slope of 2.6 ± 1 ps/cP indicating slip conditions. The decay of orientationai anisotropy is observed for the first time for a molecule in the S 2 state.


opposite because other studies were negative is improper. Philip Cole, emeritus professor of epidemiology at the University of Alabama, in Birmingham, Alabama, clearly stated that a causal hypothesis is difficult to prove or disprove by science and that potential risk factors for a disease are often "not proved" rather than "disproved." Rather, its credibility is repeatedly modified, up or down, as new evidence becomes available. Thus, at any time a causal hypothesis lies at a point on a spectrum of credibility. We think that none of the published studies, including ours, had proved or disproved a causal link between blood transfusion and the development of sporadic CJD but the association found in the Italian study would modify the credibility of the hypothesis and hopefully stimulate further studies. The key to success in epidemiologic research on risk factors in prion diseases is the establishment of an accurate database collecting prospective detailed medical history as the European CJD surveillance has been doing since 1993. Moreover, ongoing lookback studies in the United States, the United Kingdom, and recently in Italy will continue to collect data with the hope of giving a conclusive answer on whether blood transfusion poses a risk for sporadic CJD as it does in variant CJD. The traceability of blood in the European Union (Commission Directive 2005/61/EC) will facilitate the analysis of risk of blood transfusion in transmitting rare diseases with long incubation periods.


3056 Background: Bone metastasis is a common complication of HRBC and one for which only palliative treatment is available. We aim to inhibit the vicious cycle between tumor cells and the bone micr...


Mitochondrial dynamics such as fission, fusion and movement can reveal the physiological status of neurons and, most importantly, serve as diagnostic measures for several neurodegenerative diseases. Traditionally fluorescent probes have been used to track mitochondrial dynamics in neurons. However, neurons show low transfection efficiency, presenting challenges for the use of genetically-encoded fluorescent markers. Alternatively, synthetic fluorescent dyes are shown to hinder mitochondrial motility. In addition, all types of fluorescent probes are subject to photo-bleaching which precludes imaging for longer periods of time. To circumvent these issues, we propose a light-scattering based label-free technique called Optical Scatter Imaging (OSI) that is sensitive to changes in morphology. In this work, we employ a previously reported label-free parameter to probe the change in the size of organelles such as mitochondria as they undergo fusion or fission in neurons. In addition, we present a technique to track organelle motion using kymographs obtained from the label-free images and compare them with those obtained from fluorescent images. We demonstrate that the label-free kymograph can track organelles such as mitochondria even after the sample is photo-bleached.


This paper discussed the identification of theoretical research and practical application value that the influence of individual node in the social network node; Secondly, this paper proposes a influence of individual node arithmetic based on network community attribute, and carries on the simulation analysis in the real social network to compared with the influence of individual node that without network community attribute superposition.


The VFVC process was originally invented for the purpose of seawater desalination. The unique thermodynamic advantages of this process include: direct-contact heat exchange, very high heat transfer coefficients, low-energy consumption, and the elimination of metal heat exchangers. They can be applied for cooling and heating, yielding very high COP and eliminating CFCs, ammonia and other refrigerants. The paper presents this process for cooling and air conditioning. A very large vapour compressor (320 m3/sec) with a large compression ratio (8:1) has been economically developed and placed in operation. Four VFVC ecologically clean vacuum ice maker units, each with a capacity of 3 MWref, are supplying ice at the deepest gold mine in South Africa, for air conditioning at working sites about 4 kilometres below ground.


A depth enhancing method based on texture distribution characteristics comprises the steps of A1, inputting texture images of adjacent frames on the time domain and corresponding depth images collected by a low end depth transducer, wherein the number of frames is N, and the N is larger than or equal to 2; A2, extracting the boundaries of the texture images of all the frames, and dividing the depth images into non-boundary areas and boundary areas, wherein the non-boundary areas do not contain texture boundaries, and the boundary areas contain the texture boundaries; A3, aiming at the boundary areas of the depth images, selectively modifying the depth of pixels to carry out depth enhancing according to the distribution characteristics of the depth values of the pixels on the two sides of the texture boundaries in the boundary areas of all the adjacent frames on the time domain, and carrying out filtering noise reduction processing on the boundary area when the processing is judged to be necessary; A4, aiming at the non-boundary areas of the depth images, acquiring time-domain prediction blocks of current depth blocks through texture matching results of all the frames in the time domain, repairing the current depth blocks according to the pixel information of the prediction blocks, and carrying out filtering noise reduction processing. By the adoption of the depth enhancing method based on the texture distribution characteristics, the accuracy and the time-domain consistency of the depth images collected by the low end depth transducer can be improved remarkably.


This paper presents a chronology of Indian business cycle in the post-reform period. The period before reforms primarily saw monsoon cycles. We find three episodes of recession in the post-reform period: 1999Q4 to 2003Q1, 2007Q2 to 2009Q3, and 2011Q2 to 2012Q4. We find that the average duration of expansion is 12 quarters and the average duration of recession is 9 quarters. The diversity in duration of expansion is seen to be 0.34 while the diversity in duration of recession is 0.31. We find that the amplitude of recession is relatively more diverse at 0.45 while the diversity in amplitude of expansion is 0.38.


The article discusses new opportunities to improve the quality of medical care, including for older citizens, when organizing a system of remote dynamic monitoring using methods of preventive, predictive and personalized medicine, including during the epidemic and quarantine events. Objective: to study the benefits of using mobile medicine technologies (m-health) during the fight against coronavirus infection COVID-19. The research method is the analysis and meta-analysis of publications on this topic. The results of the study show the importance of using mobile medicine technologies (m-health) in the structure of medical care for patients at risk and the particular relevance of using these technologies in the development of organizational measures to prevent and control the epidemic, caused, inter alia, by unknown infectious agents.


10.1002/hlca.19900730309.abs In three steps, 2-deoxy-D-ribose has been converted into a phosphoramidite building block bearing a (t-Bu)Me2Si protecting group at the OH function of the anomeric centre of the furanose ring. This building block was subsequently incorporated into DNA oligomers of various base sequences using the standard phosphoramidite protocol for automated DNA synthesis. The resulting silyl-oligomers have been purified by HPLC and selectively desilylated to the corresponding free apurinic DNA sequences. The hexamer d (A-A-A-A-X-A) (X representing the apurinic site) which was prepared in this way was characterized by 1H- and 31P-NMR spectroscopy. The other sequences as well as their fragments, which formed upon treatment with alkali base, were analyzed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.


DNNs (Deep Neural Networks) have demonstrated great success in numerous applications such as image classification, speech recognition, video analysis, etc. However, DNNs are much more computation-intensive and memory-intensive than previous shallow models. Thus, it is challenging to deploy DNNs in both large-scale data centers and real-time embedded systems. Considering performance, flexibility, and energy efficiency, FPGA-based accelerator for DNNs is a promising solution. Unfortunately, conventional accelerator design flows make it difficult for FPGA developers to keep up with the fast pace of innovations in DNNs. To overcome this problem, we propose FP-DNN (Field Programmable DNN), an end-to-end framework that takes TensorFlow-described DNNs as input, and automatically generates the hardware implementations on FPGA boards with RTL-HLS hybrid templates. FP-DNN performs model inference of DNNs with our high-performance computation engine and carefully-designed communication optimization strategies. We implement CNNs, LSTM-RNNs, and Residual Nets with FPDNN, and experimental results show the great performance and flexibility provided by our proposed FP-DNN framework.


The high voltage AC motor common faults are analyzed,and emphatically introduces the shaft current causes and preventive measures,so that the high voltage AC motor fault quickly and effectively excluded.


Objectives: Diagonal ear lobe crease (ELC) has been introduced as a diagnostic physical sign for coronary artery disease (CAD) and the aim of this study was to evaluate the association between ELC and CAD in Iranians. Methodology: In a cross- sectional study, 106 consecutive patients, referred from cardiologists for angiography, were studied for presence of ELC and CAD in four academic hospitals in Tehran. ELC categorized based on Ishii classification and CAD defined as at least 50% narrowing in one of the three major epicardial vessels. Results: The average age in 70 men and 36 women was 50.14±14.11 years. Based on angiographic results, patients were divided in two groups. In 57 patients of CAD positive group, 34 patients had ELC and in 49 patients of CAD negative group only 13 patients had ELC. (P<0.05) After adjusting for age, ELC was a significant predictor of CAD (P<0.05). The severity of ELC (size and unilateral or bilateral) was significantly related to presence of CAD (P<0.05). The observed sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of ELC for diagnosis of CAD were in the following order: 59.6%, 73.5%, 72.3% and 61% Conclusions: In Iranians, the presence of ELC is associated with CAD.


Low-frequency waves, particle transport, and stabilization are studied in the r;econdary plasma of a hollow cathode arc discharge. Plasma is transported across and along an axial magnetic field. of B = 580 to 1160 gauss by diffusion in a partially ionized plasma, by mobility in the radial electric field, and by wave enhanced convection. The latter is often the dominant transport mechanism, and is certainly the least understood .. The resulting radial profile parameters are functions of the arc operating conditions, the transport mechanisms, and the boundary conditions. The ion density falls from "'1013 cm3 near the central 10 . -3 . arc column to "'10 cm near the wall of the 20 cm diameter diffusion chamber. The electron temperature falls from "'5 eV near the arc column to~O.3 eV near the wall. Neutral gas pressure is varied between Pt = 0.2 and 3.0 mtorr of argon or helium. The axial boundaries consist of five concentric end-ring electrodes at both ends of the system. IndEipendent biasing allows some control over the axial and radial boundary conditions. The inner two endrings are quartered, providing information on azimuthal symmetry and


The subject of Article 200.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, in accordance with the content of its disposition, is cash and (or) monetary instruments. According to Pt. 1, Art. 2 of the Agreement on moving cash and (or) monetary instruments by natural persons across the customs border of the Customs Union, cash is understood as money in banknotes and treasury notes, coins (with the exception of precious metal coins) which is in circulation and is a legal tender in the countries members of the customs union or foreign states (group of foreign states), including money withdrawn or being withdrawn from circulation, yet exchangeable for banknotes in circulation. In accordance with this Agreement monetary instruments are traveler's checks, bills, checks, as well as securities in a document form certifying the obligation of the issuer (the debtor) to pay the money without a specified person to whom such a payment is made. This concept is duplicated in Pt. 5 of the Notes to Art. 200.1 of the Criminal Code. Thus, the notion of monetary instruments includes certain types of working instruments: a traveler's check, bill of exchange, check (bank check), as well as securities in a document form certifying the obligation of the issuer (the debtor) to pay the money without a specified person to whom such a payment is made. Securities, unlike travelers' checks, bills of exchange, checks (bank checks), are formulated as a set of features by which they can be recognized as monetary instruments. Thus, to establish which working instruments can match these signs, one must understand the rules of civil law. In connection with the foregoing, in practice there may be some difficulties related to the interpretation and identification of monetary instruments as a subject of a crime under Art. 200.1 of the Criminal Code. According to the research, monetary instruments include traveler's checks, bills, checks (checks), bearer bonds, bank books and bearer savings (deposit) certificates to the bearer. At the same time, this definition needs broadening and including certificates and coupons that are issued to bearer securities.


In this paper we analyze the performance of concurrent redblack trees using two HTM implementations, Intel's Transactional Synchronization Extensions (TSX) on Haswell processors and IBM's Power8 HTM. We parallelize bottom-up and top-down red-black trees using coarse-grained transactions and evaluate their performance. Our experimental results show that HTM can outperform lock-based implementations with minimal programming effort. Furthermore, they reveal that scalability depends on limits imposed by the underlying hardware, indicating that a programmer needs to take them into account in order to utilize HTM efficiently.


greatly increased in proportion and quantity; nuclei were larger and more numerous. This was best seen in the skin, in the glandular organs, and in the coats of arteries. The connective tissue presented a strong resemblance to that of the umbilical cord, and suggested the idea of a retrograde degeneration. Its encroachment on tissues and organs was apparently the cause of death. Five other cases, all in women between thirty and fifty, all married, were compared. All had low temperature, nervous weakness, and lessened sensations; two, very advanced, had delusions. Those two had traces of albuminuria; the rest, less advanced, gave no indications of renal affection. The symptoms and appearances being altogether of the same character as those observed in previous cases, Dr. Ord maintained that they showed the disease under consideration to be a substantive disease, and that they justified the use of the term " myxcedema", as marking the cause of the symptoms and of the fatal termination. Dr. SANDERS (of Edinburgh) remarked that he had seen three or four of those cases in Scotland. They were well defined clinically, but he had no complete history to give, inasmuch as the patients had all disappeared before the slowly progressing disease had ended. In his opinion, the symptoms and pathology quite corresponded, and the prognosis, as a rule, was bad. One patient only had he seen to improve, but that was for a time, and the ultimate result he did not know. -Dr. GOODIIART suggested that the overgrowth of connective tissue which was supposed to compress the nerves might also, in cretinism, in the same way affect the brain. But between sporadic cretinism and this malady there seemed to be this essential difference-that the former was congenital; the latter occurred in middle life only. Would it not in the latter case be so that the brain, having already received many impressions, would retain much of its mental food? He was rather. inclined to suspect a kind of general mischief similar to slelirose ent plaques.-Dr. DUCK\\WORTH said that of course in his case there could be no pathological details, seeing the patient was yet alive. She was not easily managed, and had only been seen at intervals.-Dr. ORD said that in one of his cases he could give the history of the children. One seemed of unusual ability as a painter; others seemed muscular in a high degree; in none had any signs of the disease been seen, but then all were under the ordinary age for such symptoms to manifest themselves. True, the prognosis was bad, but in no case did it seem to prove fatal under six. or usually ten or twelve years. No treatment seemed to do good. Neither in the brain nor spinal cord was there anything which could strictly be called sclerosis, though the connective tissue round about the blood-vessels was increased. He still held that padding round the nerve-fibres, and the consequent interruption of communication with the periphery, was a primc factor in the disease. A Case o/ Enmy,enia Win which Portions of the Ribs were Excised.Dr. F. TAYLORread for himiiselfand Mr. H. G. HoWsE a paper on this case. The patient, a child aged 6, was admitted into the Evelina Hospital in January 1877, with a history of acute pleurisy eleven weeks previously. The left chest was shrunken, and dull on percussion posteriorly, with deficient breath-sounds, and some crepitation at the base in front. The temperature was at first nearly normal but, after a time, it fluctuated considerably, often rising in the evening to 1030 Fahr. As this continued, and the physical signs were confined to the base of the left chest, this was explored on April i6th, and pus was found. The chest was then incised, and about ten ounces of pus were discharged. TuLbes were inserted, and the chest washed out daily. On MIay 20th, a counteropening had to be made; but, by the end of June, very little real progress had been made, as the sinuses rapidly closed, and thus the pus secreted was retained. On July 2nd, Mr. Howse made a T-shaped incision throuigh the skin round the existing aperture, and, after separating the periosteum, removed with the bone-forceps portions of the seventh, eighth, and ninth ribs. Each portion was about an inch and a half long. The thickened pleura was then cut through from the sinus, and two drainage-tubes were inserted. The immediate improvement was decided; but the wound rapidly filled up, and in a short time the sinus was reduced to a channel no larger than it was previously to the operation. From this time, nothing further was done by operation. The pus continued to be secreted, and its retention w~as quickly followed by hectic symptoms. Albuminuria was discovered in September 1877, two months after the operation; anasarca developed later, and there was frequent diarrhcea; so that she sank from the internal complications in October I878. At the post mortem examination, the empyema was found to occupy chiefly the posterior part of the chest, reaching from base to apex. The lung was airless, except at the apex. There was no tubercle. The sixth, seventh, and eighth ribs were united by bony bridges. The liver, kidneys, and intestines were lardaceous, and there was recent acute peritonitis. The operation performed in this case permitted more falling in of the chest than would have otherwise taken place, but did not facilitate the drainage so much as was desired. This was due to the rapid development of granulations and bone which took place after the operation, the opening being quickly reduced to a narrow sinus. In another case, it would probably be advisahle to remove the periosteal tissue much more freely, even if it necessitated also the removal of the thickened pleura. The large opening thus obtained would also allow more complete exploration of the smaller cavities, apparently distinct from the main cavity, such as were found in this case at the time of the operation.-Dr. POWELL said he had now-a patient under his care where something of the kind must be done. Would not gouging away a portion of the rib, so allowing a kind of bed for the cannvla, be equally satisfactory?-Dr. F. TAYLOR said their object was to prevent closure of the opening, and, if possible, to aid in the falling in of the ribs. Gouging, he thought, might fail, as this plan had done. Hence they did not repeat the operation, on -account of the bad constitutional state.-Mr. HowsE thought gouging had little chance in such cases. The operation itself was easy enough.


Peanuts (Arachis hypogaea L.) can be attacked by many pathogens both in field and in deposits. Most of the time the peanuts are healthy, but during improper storage they can be contaminated with fungi. The myco-flora associated with the peanut seeds is formed mainly by fungi from the genera Aspergillus, Fusarium, Penicillium and Rhizopus. The mentioned fungi are very harmful for health because they are producing carcinogenic mycotoxins. Mainly the Aspergillus species can infect peanuts during the vegetation period, especially in the case very high humidity conditions in field. Thus, the infection can continue during the harvesting, transport and storage. Due to this fact, the problem of the accumulation of aflatoxins is very serious in the big peanut cultivating countries. Many researches show the presence of the aflatoxins in the sold peanuts. The approached topic in this research is actually and presents interests for the consumers in special. The identification if the myco toxigenous from peanuts from supermarket was realised on seeds that were originating from four countries (Romania, Brasil, U. S. A. and Egypt). The main objective of this laboratory study was to identify the myco toxigenous fungi, mainly those that grow on and from peanuts sold in supermarkets in Timisoara. During the sample collection there was considered the origin of the peanuts to comprise different parts of the world. The peanuts were bought from big supermarkets. The obtained results regarding the fungal contamination index of the peanuts seeds with fungi show the presence in myco flora of some myco toxigenous fungi harmful for health. Fusarium sp. is highlighted in all the samples by a quite great contamination rate comprised between 5.12% (the peanut crust samples from U. S. A.). The contamination of the seeds with the myco-toxigenous fungus Aspergillus flavus is obvious in the case of the peanuts from U. S. A. where was registered the greatest infection rate of 25.89% in seeds and 10.25% in crusts. The third fungus that was determined in quite great rates on the peanuts seeds was Penicillium sp. The greatest infection level was registered in the samples from China (24.56%) and U. S. A. (22.32%). Aside the three myco toxigenous fungi was grown in a great rate in some samples the fungus Rhizopus sp., that usually is present in the peanuts seeds. The greatest infection level of the infection was determined in the peanuts from Egypt (65.85%) and those from Romania (64.56%).


The absorption coefficients of chloroplast of leaf mustard were measured by a spectrophotometer. The leaves were collected from seven treatments with different lighting. The chlorophyll content was calculated following Arnon equation. LEDs for filling the light source can increase the conduction of plants. Compared with other treatments, Chlorophyll in the leaves got an higher concentration under the lamping of red LEDS to blue LEDS for 7:1 .


To address the decision making problems of arriving control in calling system,this paper starts from the four factors that have influenced the importance of calling customers.It builds a customer importance degree assessment set,and proposes a calling assessment method and related algorithm implementation based on fuzzy synthetic evaluation.It has solved the problem of treating calling customer by designing an intelligent calling decision making system according to this assessment method.At last,by analyzing the loss with non-intelligent system,this paper verifies the intelligent system's validity and feasibility.


The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Movento (with or without various adjuvants) against LA when applied as a pre-harvest spray to romaine lettuce. Small-plot, field studies were conducted at the University of Arizona, Yuma Agricultural Center in the spring 2008 growing season. Romaine 'Fresh Heart' was direct seeded into double row beds on 42 inch centers on 14 Dec 2007. Plots for each trial consisted of 2 beds by 45 ft long, with a 2 bed untreated buffer. Plots were arranged in a RCB design with 4 replications. Formulations and rates for each treatment are provided above and in the table. A single foliar spray was applied 7 days prior to harvest on 27 Mar with a CO 2 operated boom sprayer at 50 psi and 23 gpa. A broadcast application was delivered through 2 TX-12 ConeJet nozzles per bed. LA populations were assessed by estimating the number of live and dead apterous LA per romaine plant in whole plant, destructive samples. Prior to the application, LA population abundance within the experimental area was estimated from 50 randomly selected plants. At harvest (7 days following application), 10 plants were randomly selected from each plot and placed individually into large 5-gal tubs. Each plant was sampled by visually examining all plant foliage and recording the number of live and dead apterous LA present on plants. Data was collected and recorded from whole plants and hearts separately. Data were log transform (mean+1)


This article presents the simulation of critical faults of the anti-lock braking system (ABS) using a mathematical model of a vehicle room, which simulates the dynamics of a car during rough braking with abnormal system operation. For this, 5 scenarios were proposed: system with normal operation, fault in the hydraulic actuator, fault in the ECU, that is, deviation in the system, fault in the vehicle speed sensor and fault in the tire speed sensor. These proposed scenarios identify events and factors that degrade the operation of the system, in this case the ABS system increases the distance and the braking time that can cause the loss of control of the vehicle. Finally, an analysis and comparison of the scenarios is carried out


This research was conducted in order to improve students' Reading Comprehension on Narrative Texts through ETR method and to know the students' responses towards the learning reading comprehension through ETR method at SMA Swasta Palapa Medan. In conducting this research, the writer used Classroom Action Research (CAR). This research showed that teaching reading comprehension through ETR method at SMA Swasta Palapa Medan could improve their reading comprehension. The result of the test showed that the students' mean score in pre-test is 51.59 with 4 students (13,79%) of the students got score ≥70, in formative test the mean score is 68.69 with 15 students (51,72%) of the students got score ≥70, and in post-test the mean score is 77.66 with 21 students (72,41%) of the students got score ≥70. The writer concluded that ETR method could improve the eleventh grade students' reading comprehension on narrative texts of SMA Swasta Palapa Medan. On the other hand, the students' responses towards the method of the teaching sound good because above 80% of the students are interested, motivated and understand the lesson with the ETR method.