In the relatively new but fast-evolving field of nanomedicine and nanotransport systems, different nanoscale molecules are used to deliver therapeutic agents to precisely targeted sites or potentially function as diagnostic tools. In present review provides up-to-date accurate information on the latest advancements in nanomedicine and nanotechnology DDS through a complete review of nanomaterials discoveries. The potential and difficulties of using nanomedicine to deliver medications from synthetic or natural sources to their intended clinical purposes are also covered. Additionally, we have exclusive data on perspectives and trends in nanomedicine.


A new Euler model is proposed to predict fiber orientation distribution at
 high Reynolds number in a dilute planar contraction. The model mainly
 accounts for the evolution of mean velocity and turbulence-induced rotational
 diffusion coefficient along the contraction. It is shown that the new model,
 as the function of local turbulent dissipation rate, fiber length, and fluid
 viscosity, can reflect the subtle change of fiber orientation accurately.


The article is devoted to the problem of self-organisation in virtual space as a resource of individual and group subject on the example of different social groups in the context of coping behaviour and selfefficacy. It summarises several studies on this issue for 2014-2015. Special attention is paid to review the ongoing research of the participation of mothers in parental online communities. The conclusion about the necessity of this direction of research for the advisory practice is made.


The experience that I gained began in 2011, corresponding of the compulsory subject "Individual and Family Social Work" (TSIF) of the Degree of Social Work at the University of Girona. In this article I want to highlight the importance of improving the self-knowledge of students as an ability competition to acquire for the profession of Social Worker, I this I will describe the general content of the TSIF subject, as the pedagogical tools used are interwoven with the skills, contents and other activities to be performed in order to pass this subject.


The article deals with the features of word-coalescences in the book of Ivan Iov «Periodic system of words», which is considered to be the most prominent in the author's work. Ivan Iov belonged to the leading Ukrainian avant-garde poets to the 20th-21th centuries, leaving a significant trace both in syllabic tonic poetry and in experimental poetry (palindromes, graphic poems, acrostic, brachicolons, logogriphs, collage etc.). Ivan Iov was born in 1948 in the village of Kamianka, in the Apostolove District of the Dnipro region in a large family. He graduated from Kamianets-Podilskyi National Ivan Ohiienko University and then worked as a teacher and journalist.
In 1997, he published his most famous and significant collection, «The Periodic system of words», where he continued the traditions of Ivan Velychkovskyi and which became the subject of our research. Particular attention deserves to occasionalisms by the author. In the research book you can identify several groups of coalescences-words, created lexico-syntactical method, on the basis of sued and subordinate phrases, residual phrases (most often prepositions). Also a feature of the creation of neologisms in Ivan Iov is the use of the names and surnames of famous people – friends of the poet, for example, Valerii Basyrov – the editor of this book; Hryhorii Huseinov – writer, laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize; Mykola Zhulynskyi – Director of the Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature of NAS of Ukraine. In the «Periodic system of words», the coalescences-palindromes (both commonly used and occasional) are also widely represented, which is a decisive feature of the creative manner of Ivan Iov compared with other avant-garde poets. The top of word-formation skill can be considered the poem that gave the collection its name; in it Ivan Iov showed the inexhaustible possibilities of word formation, which in combination with the original author's style gave us a wonderful example of experimental literature.


Time-to-market is a critical issue for nowadays integrated circuits manufacturers. In this paper the Via-Configurable Transistor Array regular layout fabric (VCTA), which aims to minimize the time-to-market and its associated costs, is studied for a Delay-Locked Loop design (DLL). The comparison with a full custom design demonstrates that VCTA can be used without loss of functionality while accelerating the design time. Layout implementations, in 90nm CMOS process, as well as the delay, energy and jitter electrical simulations are provided.


Incidence of angular limb deformities (ALD) have been described in many species of livestock and companion animals. Young, rapidly growing animals are at an increased risk for developing ALD. Although work has been done to identify the casual genetic basis of ALD, bone deformities are likely influenced by the environment, making clear genetic answers challenging to discover. Rambouillet rams from Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota annual ram performance tests have been observed to develop limb abnormalities consistent with ALD. Historical incidence of ALD in test rams has ranged from 3 to 18%. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) was conducted with 342 ram-test animals, including 40 ALD-affected rams and 302 unaffected rams collected over three consecutive years. Significant markers were identified within the genes tetraspanin 18 (TSPAN18; p-value = 4.87e-07) and neuregulin 3 (NRG3; p-value = 8.06e-07). In mice, Tspan18 has been proposed as a regulator of endothelial cell Orai1/Ca2+ signaling. Orai1 has also been shown to mediate osteogenic differentiation via the bone morphogenic protein signaling pathway, which suggests the possibility for TSPAN18 involvement in differentiation of chondrocytes and osteocytes. The gene NRG3 is a member of the neuregulin family, which encodes ligands for epidermal growth factor receptors ERBB3 and ERBB4. The epidermal growth factor receptor system has described roles in the regulation of proliferation and differentiation of osteoblast, chondrocyte and osteoclast cells. Identifying genetic risk factors for ALD has the potential to improve animal welfare and animal production in at-risk breeds. This study proposes TSPAN18 and NRG3 as targets for further research towards identifying genetic risk factors for ALD in Rambouillet sheep of the NW United States.


I manufacturing method shaped stringers? T? with a different angle between the web 90 and foot. # stringer manufacturing method (1) shaped? T? with a different angle 90 between the core (2) and foot (3), so that shaped stringers? T? They have a stringer web and a stringer foot. The method comprises, after putting together two half-shaped stringers? L? hot formed to form a shaped stringer? T ?, place the shaped stringer? T? within an angular Invar alloy, leaving an egg between the stringer web and the angular Invar alloy. Subsequently, a heating device (7) is moved over the surface of the foot (3) of the stringer and a roller (8) slides on said surface of the foot (3) of the stringer to adapt the geometry of the stringer foot to the geometry of angle invar alloy. The shaped stringer? T? is co-bonding resulting on a cured surface with an adhesive line between the stringer and the cured and finally the stringer shaped surface? T? obtained cured.


We screened 51 species of trees and vines for isoprene emission by using a tower crane to gain access to the top of the canopy in a semideciduous forest in the Republic of Panama. Of the species screened, 15 emitted isoprene at rates greater than 0.8 nmol m−2 s−1. We measured the influence of light and temperature on emissions. The species‐dependent emission rates at 303 K and 1000 μmol m−2 s−1 of incident photosynthetically active radiation ranged from 9 to 43 nmol m−2 s−1 with coefficients of variation of about 20%. Isoprene emission showed a hyperbolic response to light intensity and an exponential response to temperature. We modified an existing algorithm developed for temperate plants to fit the temperature response of these tropical species. We suggest a new algorithm to fit the light response of isoprene emission. The new and modified algorithms are compared to the algorithms developed for temperate plants that are used in global models of isoprene emission. Both sets of algorithms also are compared to additional validation data collected in Panama and to published data on isoprene emission from a tropical dry forest in Puerto Rico. Our comparisons suggest that algorithms developed for temperate plants can significantly underestimate isoprene emissions from tropical forests at high‐light and high‐temperature levels.


antrum within the encircling lesions, elimination of anchor points of high frequency drivers, atrial debulking, and possibly ablation of ganglionated plexi within the targeted encircling lesions. As the role of PV antrum in AF is better understood, antral PV isolation has been widely performed as an effective ablation strategy to eliminate AF. It is within this context that we should evaluate the contribution by Arya et al. 7 in the current issue of the Journal. The authors report their experience in 674 consecutive patients, 85% of whom had paroxysmal AF, undergoing CPVA using a steerable sheath during 2005‐2007. An irrigated-tip ablation catheter was used with a maximum power of 25 W near the oesophagus and 40‐50 W elsewhere in the left atrium. The sole procedural endpoint was voltage attenuation along the circumferential lines around each set of PVs in patients with paroxysmal AF. Pulmonary vein isolation was not an endpoint of the procedure, but was achieved in 38% of patients. In a minority of patients with persistent AF, linear ablation along the roof and mitral isthmus was performed without confirmation of conduction block. Antiarrhythmic agents (flecainide or amiodarone) were used in 45% and 21% of patients for the first 3 and 6 months, respectively, and were discontinued after 6 months in all patients. Clinical outcome was based on symptoms or the presence of AF or AT on serial 7-day Holter recordings performed at 3, 6, and 12 months after the ablation procedure. The procedure and fluoroscopic times were approximately, 3 h, and 24 min, respectively. After a single-ablation procedure using a steerable sheath, 76% of patients were free from atrial arrhythmias during a 7-day monitoring period at 12 months. Approximately 50% of patients experienced early recurrence, which was due solely due to AT in about one-third of the patients. Early recurrence and a LA diameter .5 cm were associated with arrhythmia recurrence during follow-up. The clinical efficacy was similar among patients with paroxysmal or persistent AF. Six patients experienced pericardial tamponade, one of whom required surgery.


Owing to the rapid of the communication and multimedia technology, documents are distributed through the internet simpler than before, but at the same time, these Advantages can also be used by pirates. The concept of digital watermarking is associated with datahiding technique known Steganography. This mechanism of leading insertion should respect two conditions at least: mark must be indiscernible; the human eye should not differentiate between a not marked and marked image; the watermark should resist any voluntary or involuntary changes. Extraction should be also blind: to extract mark they don't need original picture. Many watermarking algorithms in the field DCT, wavelet and CDMA have been proposed seeking to optimize a compromise imperceptibility / robustness. Many recent techniques of watermarking are inspired by usual methods of coding and compression. The singular value decomposition (SVD) is one example. In this paper, we present the most recent method of SVD algorithm applied in color image; this blind method is based on embedding different data into the matrix of singular values. The results show that this method is robust against JPEG compression, color reduction (GIF) and the spreading of histogram.


&NA; New clinical and basic science data on the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which wear particles stimulate the host inflammatory response have provided deeper insight into the pathophysiology of periprosthetic bone loss. Interactions among wear particles, macrophages, osteoblasts, bone marrow‐derived mesenchymal stem cells, fibroblasts, endothelial cells, and T cells contribute to the production of pro‐inflammatory and proosteoclastogenic cytokines such as TNF‐&agr;, RANKL, M‐SCF, PGE2, IL‐1, IL‐6, and IL‐8. These cytokines not only promote osteoclastogenesis but interfere with osteogenesis led by osteoprogenitor cells. Recent studies indicate that genetic variations in TNF‐&agr;, IL‐1, and FRZB can result in subtle changes in gene function, giving rise to altered susceptibility or severity for periprosthetic inflammation and bone loss. Continuing research on the biologic effects and mechanisms of action of wear particles will provide a rational basis for the development of novel and effective ways of diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of periprosthetic inflammatory bone loss.


The types of wear mechanism at play in different applications are analysed, and the effects of fibers, fillers and lubricants on the wear performance of various polymers are discussed


The present invention relates to a method for preparing a modified polymer particle separator based polydopamine, characterized in that the preparation step, specific preparation steps of: a) using 10mmol / L solution soaking dopamine size of 10cm * 200cm 24h microporous membranes; At the same time, b) use of a suspension containing water, the polymer particles and aqueous binder dopamine pretreatment process microporous membrane, the ratio of the aqueous binder / water / polymer particles is 0.5g ~ 5g / 50g / 0.1g ~ 0.5g; c) to step b) to give a membrane vacuum drying, vacuum drying temperature was 70 ℃ ~ 85 ℃, i.e. particles based on polymers polydopamine modified membrane. After utilizing modified microporous membrane dopamine, can greatly improve the hydrophilicity of the separator, the binder will depend on the aqueous polymer particles closely adheres to the membrane surface; having good thermal stability prepared by the process separator , good mechanical strength and good liquid-absorbent / liquid-retaining capacity, cycle performance and safety of the lithium ion battery separator of the assembly has dramatically increased.


Three levels of interrelationship have been found in therapeutic groups. The first is the basic narcissistic-fusional level, which brings about the cohesion and closeness of group members. The second is marked, on the one hand, by the archaic form of ego-perfornance, projective identification, which leads to distancing and therefore has a regulating function, and, on the other hand, by higher forms of active egoperformance such as identification, projection, transference, differentiation from objects and so on. The third level is that off free decision. Level one processes, however, continue to operate beneath the other two levels.


This study aims to determine 1) whether reading ability has an effect on the ability to solve math story problems in grade V SD in Padang teaching 2019/2020; 2) whether there is an effect of student learning motivation on the ability to solve math story problems in grade V SD in Padang City, 2019/2020 teaching; and 3) whether there is an effect of reading ability and student learning motivation on the ability to solve math story problems in grade V SD in the city of Padang teaches 2019/2020. The results showed that the results showed that the effect of reading ability on the ability to solve math story problems was F 23.86> F 4.15. The influence of learning motivation on theme 6 sub-theme 1 learning 4 is F 68.27> F 4.15 and the influence of reading ability and student learning motivation on the ability to solve math story problems F 62.78> F 4.16. So it can be concluded that there is a significant influence between reading ability and student learning motivation on the ability to solve math story problems in 4th grade elementary school students in Padang City 2019/2020.


The impact of SiO2 content in ultrathin gate dielectrics on the magnitude of the effective work function (EWF) shift induced by nanoscale capping layers has been investigated experimentally and theoretically. The magnitude of the effective work function shift for four different capping layers (AlN, Al2O3, La2O3, and Gd2O3) is measured as a function of SiO2 content in the gate dielectric. A nearly linear increase of this shift with SiO2 content is observed for all capping layers. The origin of this dependence is explained using density functional theory simulations.


The signal position detecting apparatus using an array detector, which can reduce the error is provided. The disclosed signal position detecting device is a device that detects the position of the signal using a plurality of PMT (photomultiplier) and an array detector consisting of a plurality of resistors including a parasitic capacitor, a position on the first coordinate of a signal incoming to the array detector and intensity detecting unit for detecting the signal, being the first coordinates are the coordinates including the position error caused by the parasitic capacitor; Determination section for determining a plurality of homography matrices of the single homography matrix preset by the strength of the signal; The pixel boundary line on the first coordinate by the determined homography matrix on the first coordinate by using a boundary of the pixel on the second coordinate transformation to the boundary, and the conversion of the pixel on the second coordinate calculation unit for detecting a position on the second coordinate of the position signal with a corresponding said second coordinates being coordinates that does not contain the position error; and a.


In this paper, a resilient distributed control scheme against covert attacks for constrained multi-agent networked systems is developed. The idea consists in an adequate deployment of predictive arguments with a twofold aim: detection of malicious agent behaviors and control actions implementation to mitigate as much as possible undesirable knock-on effects.


Acute myocardial infarction is the leading cause of death. Streptokinase is the most commonly used thrombolytic agent. This study was conducted to compare in-hospital outcome of patients with acute myocardial infarction receiving streptokinase with those not receiving it. About 340 patients having acute MI were included in the study. Two groups were formed. Group 1 (SK Group) receiving streptokinase and Group 2(Non SK) not receiving streptokinase. For the patient condition assessment In-hospital mortality was the primary end while mechanical and electrical complications were the secondary end points. Among 340 patients, 255(75%) were males and 85(25%) females. Out of those 218 received streptokinase, while 122 did not receive the drug The mean age of group 1 was 53.1 ±10.3 years and group 2 age was 60.5 ± 16years. Mean time of arrival to the hospital after symptom onset was 10.4 ± 9.97 h. SK group patients reached in 5.9 ± 4.7 hours while group 2 in 19.4 ± 10.5 h. In-hospital mortality in group 1 and group 2 was 19(8.7%) and 25(20.5%) respectively, (p=0.002). Complication rate was significantly higher in non-streptokinase group. Patients of acute myocardial infarction receiving streptokinase have significantly lesser in hospital mortality and complications as compared to patients not receiving it.


One of the main interests in the Web Information Retrieval research area is the identification of the user interests and needs so the search engines and tools can help the users to improve their efficiency. Some research has been done on automatically identifying the goals of the queries the user submits, but it is usually based in semantic or syntactic characteristics. This paper proposes the analysis of queries from a behavioural point of view.


Groundwater resources in Jordan are under huge stresses. Accomplishing good water quality requires monitoring of water resources. Azraq spring considered the main source for drinking water of Fuhais City in Balqa governorate. The catchment area of the spring is less than 23 km2 and forms part of the side wadis feeding the groundwater basin in wadi Shuaib. This study aims to assess the vulnerability of groundwater to pollution that may result from agricultural activities and Fuhais wastewater treatment plant using GIS and DRASTIC model functions. Each symbol of the DRASTIC refers to one of the seven DRASTIC model parameters: Depth to water (D), Net recharge (R), Aquifer formation (A), Soil (S), Topography or slope (T), Impact of vadose zone (I) and Hydraulic conductivity (C). The final map of vulnerability showed 5 classes with different percent for each. These were: very low (5%), low (16%), moderate (11%), high (34%) and very high (34%). In terms of area, the high and very high vulnerability classes distributed over 7.75 Km2, while the low vulnerability distributed over 1.10 Km2. Implementation of DRASTIC model showed increasing the vulnerability of ground water to contamination in the western part of study area because of the vadose zone and due to soil properties in this part of the study area. As such, vulnerability to pollution increased from the upstream area, where the treatment plant is located to the downstream area following the direction of flow and according to permeability. Water depth, net-recharge and media of aquifer had neglected effect of vulnerability map because it had one value at overall study area for each one. DRASTIC parameters could be arranged according to its effect on vulnerability map as I > S > C > T > (D = R = A).


The constructions and the electric characteristics of a microsecond repetitive pulsed x-ray generator having a hot-cathode triode are described. This generator consisted of the following major components: a constant positive high-voltage power supply, an energystorage condensr of 97 nF, a DC power supply for the filament (hot cathode), and a gridvoltage controller. In the present work, the energy-stotage condenser was charged from 50 to 70 kV by the power supply, and the electric charges in the condenser were repetitively discharged to the triode by controling the grid voltage. The duration of pulsed x rays was controlled within a range of 1ms, and the maximum repetition rate had a value of about 30 kHz. The x-ray intensity increased according to increases in the charged voltage, the duration, and the filament temperature.


The invention discloses an all-degradable biological material and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method of the all-degradable biological material comprises the following steps: 1) smelting and forming; 2) shot blasting; and 3) coating. The material disclosed by the invention comprises a pure magnesium or magnesium alloy base and a functional film covered on the base surface with degradation protection and self-degradation characteristics; and the integral material has the characteristic of controllable all-degradable absorption, and satisfies the serious requirements for ideal characteristics of degradable biological materials. The invention provides a preferred scheme for solving the contradiction between biodegradable characteristic utilization and degradation rate control of the absorbable biological material, especially medical magnesium alloy; and the related material and technique are not only suitable for common medical appliance products, but also have competitive edges in manufacturing of high-end medical appliance products, such as implantation instruments, especially secondary-operation-free implantation substances.


found on the anterolateral wall. Th ey may be multiple (Kresowik et al. 2007; Wai et al. 2004) and vary in size from 1 to 7 cm in diameter (Eilber and Raz 2003). Although Mullerian cysts are usually small in size, they should be remembered in the diff erential diagnosis of large, protruding vaginal masses. Th e diff erentiation of vaginal cysts, whether Mullerian or mesonephric can only be made by histopathological examination. Mullerian cysts are lined predominantly by tall columnar mucinous epithelium, but in some cases, they may be lined by any epithelium of Mullerian origin. In contrast, mesonephric cysts are lined by low cuboidal, non-mucin secreting cells (Eilber and Raz 2003). Th e presence of malignancy must always be considered. Adenocarcinoma arising from a vaginal Mullerian cyst has been reported previously (Lee et al. 2005). An abscess can develop in a Mullerian cyst presenting with chronic pelvic pain and deep dyspareunia without features of infection (Ismail and Adams 2008). Vaginal wall cysts are usually discovered incidentally on physical examination. Patients whose cysts are discovered due to symptoms can have mild discomfort or a feeling of vaginal pressure or fullness and urinary symptoms such as incontinence. Vaginal cysts are most common during the third and fourth decades of life, and are rarely found in pre-pubertal females (Eilber and Raz 2003). In this case, a vaginal cyst was found in a virgin patient and was accompanied by cervical elongation. Women in Muslim countries are expected to avoid sex in order to protect their virginity until they are married and usually gynaecological examination of a virgin woman is stigmatised. Th is patient presented 2 years aft er the beginning of her symptoms. She avoided seeking medical guidance. A prolapsing vaginal mass is not expected in virgins and young patients. In our case, the mass protruding from the vagina appeared to be a cystocele. Magnetic resonance imaging may be considered during preoperative evaluation. Magnetic resonance imaging is useful in differential diagnosis of vaginal masses and ruling out vaginal prolapse (Cil et al. 2008; Wai et al. 2004), but in most cases, the appropriate diagnosis can be made on history and examination Prolapsing vaginal Mullerian cyst with cervical elongation mimicking cystocele


Stimuli-responsive materials provide an attractive platform to design and build distinguished soft robots that can dynamically change their shapes to adapt for a variety of functions. However, in the most...


In Reply .—Dr Gibson describes her findings that ipsilateral Pcjo 2 decreased in all patients (N=18) undergoing temporary carotid artery occlusion during elective carotid endarterectomy but that no correlation was found between Pcjo 2 and rCBF, as measured by xenon Xe 133 and 16-channel EEGs. Indeed, we would not expect Pcjo 2 to be a measure of flow or to be directly correlated to EEG or cerebral blood flow changes because Pcjo 2 measures tissue oxygen tension, using the conventional Clark polarographic oxygen electrode in a manner comparable with the blood gas analyzer's measurement of oxygen tension. We found that Pcjo 2 , like transcutaneous partial pressure, may reflect tissue oxygen tension and, therefore, track tissue perfusion; both of these measurements may be limited by flow, but that does not mean that they must be correlated with flow. For example, tissue oxygenation may decrease when normal or marginal flow decreases or


To qualities of establishment dynamic characteristic equation of the scraper conveyer,this article has carried on the correct analysis and the solution.For the next step use value operation,solving characteristic parameter of the dynamic characteristic equation has laid the foundation.


Abstract In recent years there has been a growing demand for electronically controlled suspensions in rail vehicles. Active car body tilting as well as active or semi-active suspension control have been implemented successfully by industry. This paper describes the development of a suspension control technology which integrates active tilting, active lateral positioning and semi-active damping of a rail vehicle's car body. The focus is on computer simulation as well as on hardware development.


B\'ezier splines are widely available in various systems with the curves and surface designs. In general, the B\'ezier spline can be specified with the B\'ezier curve segments and a B\'ezier curve segment can be fitted to any number of control points. The number of control points determines the degree of the B\'ezier polynomial. This paper presents a method which determines control points for B\'ezier curves approximating segments of obtained image outline(non-parametric curve) by using the properties of cubic B\'ezier curves. Proposed method is a technique to determine the control points that has generality and reduces the error of the B\'ezier curve approximation. Main advantage of proposed method is that it has higher accuracy and compression rate than previous methods. The cubic B\'ezier spline is obtained from cubic B\'ezier curve segments. To demonstrate the various performances of the proposed algorithm, experimental results are compared.


PROBLEM: The purpose of this study was to identify and characterize embryo‐associated immunosuppressor factor (EASF) secreted by chorio carcinoma cells with the help of EASF‐specific monoclonal antibody H5D12 (raised against EASF purified from embryo growth media of in vitro fertilized human ova).


Objective To observe the effect of self- care massage on community primary hypertension.Methods 82 patients with primary hypertension were randomly divided into two groups. Control group( n = 40) received conventional western medicine therapy. Treatment group( n = 42) received self- care massage on the basis of control group treatment. The course was eight weeks in two groups. Blood pressure effect and traditional Chinese medicine clinical symptoms effect were compared in two groups. The changes of blood pressure and quality of life score were observed before and after treatment. Results There was significant difference between two groups on the total effective rate of blood pressure and traditional Chinese medicine clinical symptoms( P 0. 05). The effect of blood pressure and traditional Chinese medicine clinical symptoms in treatment group was superior to that in control group( P 0.05). Blood pressure after treatment was decreased as compared with that before treatment in two groups( P 0. 01). The decrease in treatment group was more obvious( P 0. 01). The quality of life score after treatment in treatment group was increased in comparison with that before treatment in treatment group and after treatment in control group( P 0. 05,P 0. 01). Conclusion Self- care massage on community primary hypertension has significant effect.


The low permeability flow and the Bingham flow are two classical cases of fluid flow in porous media related to start-up pressure gradients, whose control equations are derived and initial conditions and boundary conditions are discussed. The control equations, initial conditions and boundary conditions are then transformed into dimensionless representation. The mathematical model of fluid flow in porous media related to start-up pressure gradients is established.The theoretical guidance is provided for the oil of start-up pressure gradients.It is also studied for the numerical solution by Meshless methods .


On the basis of the investigation on the important influence of the network information era age on enterprises' development,the paper points out that the network era gives rise to new-type banks.The paper also points out that in the network era,new financial businesses should be explored from following aspects such as expanding banking business with the support of data,improving customers' experience by means of channels,and changing management mode by taking the network as the platform.


This volume, a multiauthored compendium on oncology in children, meets a need fulfilled until the present only by review articles scattered in the radiological literature. The material (with an excellent preliminary overview by J. A. Wilbur) is divided into two sections, the first dealing with special radiological procedures in childhood and the second concerned with specific childhood tumors. The chapters on angiography, nuclear medicine, and echography are excellent. Unfortunately, and presumably due to publishing time factors, only passing reference to computerized tomography scanning is available. This is unfortunate since computerized tomography scanning is a necessity in evaluation of children for possible brain tumors. The heart of the book is the section on tumors. Particularly informative are the chapters by the editors on Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Also filling a vacuum are the well-organized chapters on liver tumors and rhabdomyosarcomas. The rapid and successful development of diagnosis and therapy in


Measurements of temperature dependence of the return current in high quality Nb/AlOx/Nb Josephson junctions are presented. From the experimental data, we obtain the effective resistance, i.e., the effective dissipation, for the retrapping process, according to the generalized resistively shunted junction model proposed by Chen, Fisher, and Leggett. We present a careful analysis, based on a comparison between the measured temperature dependencies of both the return and the quasiparticle tunneling current. We find that the junction subgap conductance, which includes the quasiparticle and the quasiparticle-pair interference terms, is responsible for the return process. The measurements have been performed on various samples, in a wide range of critical current densities from 50 to 2250 A/cm2, covering different damping regimes and spanning over the high and low temperature limits. Junctions with low critical current density show ideal dissipation which makes the return current scale with temperature accordin...


The purpose of this paper is to present some arguments related to the phenomenon of transsexuality. It presents data on prevalence, etiology, genital reconstructive surgery and marriage in this population. The review of literature shows a lack of reliable and accurate information and statistic about it.


One of the greatest challenges facing engineering technology educators is preparation for what graduates will face in the real world. Unlike the classroom, problems are not predefined, solutions do not come from answer books and personnel are not nearly as expert as the instructors that have prepared the students. This paper describes a course and its methodology that helps to better prepare students for the real challenges that they will face—most of which are not technological in nature. In the course, students are exposed to a deadline-based problem, given little formal guidance and chartered with the responsibility for solving a real problem. The results were encouraging and the students ranked the class activity as one of their best.


People express their opinion about many things like products, political parties, ideas using the facilities of social media. The analysis of these opinions is a gold mine for marketing experts and for humanities research as well. We introduce a system for opinion mining from the textual content of tweets and discuss the differences between tweet-level and target-oriented opinion mining.


Aaptamine, isolated from tropical marine sponges of the Demospongiae class, is the most prominent member of a growing family of natural products. Many aaptaminoids have been shown to have interesting biological activity. The efficient access to 5-methylaaptamine, an unnatural analogue of aaptamine, was achieved by using economic and naturally-occurring eugenol as the starting material. The synthesis involved the preparation of a 5-aminoeugenol derivative through successive nitration, O-methylation, and nitro group reduction reactions. An Elderfield–Johnson sequence was employed to synthesize the N-tosyl-5-allyl-7,8-dimethoxydihydro-1H-quinolin-4-one ring system. A catalytic double-bond isomerization followed by a carbonyl methoximation and 6-π electrocyclization of the 1-azatriene motif afforded the 2,3-dihydro-1H-benzo[de][1,6]naphthyridine tricyclic intermediate, which underwent a reductive desulfonylation and catalytic dehydrogenation to afford the target product.


Background In a subset of patients with cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) vascular inflammation is also present. Two pathologic subtypes have been described: one with perivascular inflammation (CAA-related inflammation or CAA-RI), and the second with a vasculitic transmural inflammatory infiltrate (Aβ-related angiitis or ABRA). Objectives To investigated the role of imaging in differentiating CAA with and without inflammation. Methods 54 patients had pathological evidence of CAA with or without inflammation at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) over 25 years. All available pathologic specimens were re-reviewed by one neuropathologist (CG). Neuroimaging findings (brain CT and/or MRI) at the time of diagnosis were available in all patients. All neuroradiologic findings were reviewed by a neuroradiologist (JM) who was blinded to the histologic diagnosis. Clinical data were also collected. Results The Table shows the radiologic findings at presentation of the 27 patients with CAA without inflammation, 22 with ABRA and 5 with CAA-RI. Strictly leptomeningeal disease and leptomeningeal process with infiltrative white matter were significantly more frequent radiological presentations in patients with ABRA and CAA-RI compared to those with CAA (10/27, 37% versus 1/27, 3.7%, p=0.005; and 11/27, 40.7% versus 1/27, 3.7%, p=0.002, respectively), while lobar hemorrhage was more frequent in patients with CAA (18/27, 66.7% versus 2/27, 7.4%, p<0.0001). Globally, leptomeningeal involvement at presentation was present in 77.8% (21/27) of patients with ABRA + CAA-RI and in only in 7.4% (2/27) of patients with CAA (p<0.0001). Findings CAA ABRA CAARI (n=27) (n=22) (n=5) Strictly leptomeningeal disease 1 8 2 Leptomeningeal process with infiltrative white matter 1 9 2 Infiltrative white matter process mimicking low grade glioma 4 4 0 Lobar hemorrhage 18 2 0 Multiple cortical infarcts 1 4 0 Multiple intraparenchymal hemorrhages of different ages 4 1 0 Multiple acute hemorrhages 0 0 1 Multiple old lobar infarcts 0 1 1 Mass 1 0 0 Focal SAH 1 0 0 Conclusions Leptomeningeal enhancement at MRI may enable differentiation between CAA with and without inflammation. Leptomeningeal enhancement associated with lobar infiltrative white matter T2 hyperintensity's also helps differentiate these entities from the more common infiltrating low-grade gliomas. Disclosure of Interest None declared


This paper examines the dimensionality of status measures related to net worth and occupation. The measures of status considered include: home equity, savings, real estate assets, business assets, earnings, and pension coverage. We consider the role of each in status evaluations and examine empirically whether the process of attainment of each is the same. We reject this hypothesis and present a final model that allows a different process of attainment for each measure. We find that, net of earnings, family formation measures have large effects on the different status measures consistent with different patterns of family needs. Finally, we discuss the implications of using wealth and consumption measures as measures of status.


Most of our knowledge of the universe has come from the study of spectral lines emitted by astronomical objects. The wavelengths of the lines identify unequivocally the elements that are present, their states of ionization and the velocities with which they are moving. Thus the shifts to lower energy of the spectral line wavelengths for distant galaxies—the redshifts—demonstrate that the universe is expanding (see the article by Ralph Alpher and Robert Herman on page 24). The intensities of spectral lines give us information on the densities, temperatures and abundances of the elements in the environment in which the lines are emitted or absorbed. However, to determine these physical quantities we also need to know atomic and molecular parameters such as transition probabilities and oscillator strengths, so it is no accident that much of laboratory spectroscopy has come to be known as laboratory astrophysics. Millions of spectral lines are useful as diagnostic probes, and the assembly of reliable tables o...


Summary Takahashi has conducted ultrasonic flaw detection experiments on the reflection of transverse waves by an inclined free‐surface step and has also performed corresponding calculations using the sound wave theory proposed by Werneyer. The same author has additionally conducted experiments on the reflection of transverse waves by a 1 mm high inclined free‐surface open slit and has found a large difference between the experimental and calculated values. To verify the effectiveness of elastic wave theory for quantification of defects, corresponding numerical experiments of the same reflection cases of transverse waves have been performed. The inclination angle of the transverse wave is 45°, and the inclination angles of the steps or cracks range between 0–50 ° at 10 ° intervals. The calculated results are found to agree with the experimental ones within a 2 ∼ 3 dB error. Visualisation of the reflection waves is accomplished with vector diagrams. The physical mechanisms of new reflection phenomena, such...


Free-space satellite communication has significantly lower photon loss than terrestrial communication via optical fibers. Satellite-based quantum key distribution (QKD) leverages this advantage and provides a promising direction in achieving long-distance inter-continental QKD. Satellite channels, however, can be highly dynamic due to various environmental factors and time-of-the-day effects, leading to heterogeneous noises over time. In this paper, we compare two key distillation techniques for satellite-based QKD. One is the traditional {\em non-blockwise} strategy that treats all the signals as a whole; the other is a {\em blockwise} strategy that divides the signals into individual blocks that have similar noise characteristics and processes them independently. Through extensive simulation in a wide range of settings, we show trends in optimal parameter choices and when one strategy provides better key generation rates than the other. Our results show that the blockwise strategy can lead to up to $5\%$ key rate improvement (leading to on average $1.9\times10^{7}$ more key bits per day) when considering two types of blocks, i.e., for nighttime and daytime, respectively. The blockwise strategy only requires changes in the classical post-processing stage of QKD and can be easily deployed in existing satellite systems.


exposed gate and source/drain prior to Ti deposition. Ti layer The electrical characteristics of n-MOSFETs with asymmetrical sourceidrain regions have been experimentally investigated using test devices fabricated by 0.35 ,um CMOS technology. A analytical model has been developed which describes the resistance between Ti-salicide and active regions, the source/drain series resistance depending on active size, and the contact resistance of Ti-salicide layer as well as the channel width and length correcting. Basic device parameters such as saturation drain-current and external resistance for asymmetric n-MOSFETs are qualitatively predicted by the salicide parasitic resistance in normal size device, and by the additional channel size modification in wider device, respectively.


Universal Access in Health Telematics.- 1 Universal Access.- 2 Trends in Health Telematics: Electronic Health Records in an Intelligent and Communicating Environment.- 3 Towards a Universal Access Code of Practice in Health Telematics.- Reference Scenarios.- 4 The HYGEIAnet Reference Scenario.- 5 The SPERIGEST Integrated System.- 6 The Barmerzige Schwestern Reference Scenario.- 7 The ClinicCoach Reference Scenario.- 8 WardInHand - Mobile Access to EPRs.- 9 Patients and EHRs Tele Home Monitoring Reference Scenario.- 10 MediBRIDGE / C-CARE: Remote Access to EPRs.- Design for All Methods and Their Application.- 11 The Universal Access Assessment Workshop (UA2W) Method.- 12 Applying the Unified User Interface Design Method in Health Telematics.- 13 Using Non-functional Requirements as Design Drivers for Universal Access.- 14 Screening Models and Growth Scenarios.- 15 W3C-WAI Content Accessibility Auditing.- 16 Usability Inspection of the WardInHand Prototype.- 17 Multimodal Interfaces - A Generic Design Approach.- 18 Role-Adapted Access to Medical Data: Experiences with Model-Based Development.- 19 MedicSCORE and the Evaluation of ClinicCoach.- 20 Standards Adherence and Compliance.- 21 Participatory Insight to Universal Access: Methods and Validation Exercises.- 22 IS4ALL Method Base: Choosing Micro-methods and Tailoring to Custom Practices.


On April 15, 1996, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) sat for the first time in East London, South Africa. It was not a court of law, although many of the terms used came from legal discourse. It was not a group therapy session, although many terms came from psychotherapeutic discourse. And it was not a religious ceremony, though many terms came from religious discourse. Exactly what it was, and is, is a matter of ideological contention. In this paper we analyse how the media represented and constructed a phenomenon which had never been seen in South Africa before, the Truth Commission. We discuss a range of metaphorical adaptions and intertextual borrowings which were used to construct the concept of the TRC. These observations are incorporated into a theoretical model based on prototype theory and metaphor theory.


In relation to the selection of the best treatment, confidence intervals or predictive intervals are constructed for multiple comparison with the best, or for comparing a treatment or the selected treatment with the best of the rest. The tightness of these statements are not clear, sometimes mis-specified. In this paper, the tightness of two simultaneous confidence intervals given by Hsu (1981, 1984) and the predictive interval given by Mengersen and Bofinger (1988) for the known and unknown variance cases will be studied.


(57) Abstract: 1) from about 5 to 99% by weight of the total composition of the outer aqueous phase containing water, external water phase is, the liquid crystal comprising a fatty alcohol, fatty acid, or mixtures thereof conditioning agents and, a quaternary ammonium compound, fatty alcohols, fatty acids, or at least one quaternary ammonium compound outer aqueous phase further include those containing an unsaturated hydrocarbon chain; 2) All from about 1 to 95% by weight of the composition, the first water / oil (W1 / O) emulsion containing a water-soluble useful agent; from about 0.5 to 95 wt% of 3) first emulsion, volatile silicone, or an oil phase comprising a volatile hydrocarbon compound; and (4) from about 0.1 to 20% by weight of the first emulsion, the surfactant phase comprising a surfactant of a silicon-based or non-silicone oil-soluble: including, rinse-off water / oil / water W1 / O / W2) multiple emulsion composition is described.


Fundamental knowledge of process parameters for the manufacturing of fibre reinforced composites is essential for design and engineering of high performance lightweight structures. This concerns oxide and non-oxide fibre reinforced ceramics (CMC) as well as reinforced polymers (e.g. CFRP). The manufacturing of a layered fibre reinforced composite structure is similar to a primary shaping process and demands an efficient and consistently process monitoring to ensure sufficient quality standards. Consequently, more detailed non-destructive investigations focusing the composite's microstructure combined with the acquired knowledge of critical manufacturing process parameters are necessary. Optically excited lock-in thermography is a qualified and proven inspection technique that provides valuable information of the composite material's microstructure. For more sophisticated signal interpretation, the lock-in thermography measurement results are compared with other non-destructive evaluation (NDE) techniques as reference.


This paper introduces an approach to support different phases of the Even Swaps process by Preference Programming, which is a framework for modeling incomplete information within multiattribute value theory. In the approach, the Even Swaps process is carried out as usual, but in parallel the preferences of the decision maker are modeled with a Preference Programming model, which is also updated with the information obtained from the even swaps. This provides us information to help (i) identify practically dominated alternatives, and (ii) find applicable candidates for the next even swap. The approach can be applied without compromising the original idea of ease of use. Our new Smart-Swaps web software is used to demonstrate the method in practice.


This paper presents the design of the access unit (AU) of the transceiver of a wireless RTLAN based on a controlled access protocol called TPCF (two phases collision free) and on spread spectrum transmission techniques. The AU implements the protocol instructions and a DSSS (direct sequence spread spectrum) co-decodifier. The baseband part is realized by a DSP (AD21010), a clock recovery circuit and an interface circuit that manages the transmission between DSP and host.


The article presents forced axial vibrations of the rotor with an automatic unloading machine in an oxidizer pump. A feature of the design is the use in the autoloading system of slotted throttles with mutually inverse throttling. Their conductivity is determined by a numerical experiment in the ANSYS CFX software package.


Peroxidase (PRX, E.C.188.8.131.52), Esterase (EST, E.C.22.214.171.124), Acid Phosphatase (ACP, E.C.188.8.131.52), �-Amylase (E.C.22.214.171.124) and Malate Dehydrogenase (MDH, EC 18.104.22.168) enzymes were studied through native activity gel electrophoresis in three in vitro developmental stages (non regenerating callus, regenerating callus and leaves of regenerated plantlets) of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) to look for up- or down regulation of specific isoforms by densitometry scanning to correlate with changing developmental stage. Certain isoforms of Peroxidase, Esterase and Acid Phosphatase, were found to be either upor down regulated in the course of dedifferentiation, while two other enzymes, viz. �-Amylase and Malate Dehydrogenase showed little alteration in activity in the three developmental stages under study.


The Dapingliang Cu deposit is located at the eastern part of the Kuruketage block in NW China. Igneous rocks are widely distributed in the district and skarn are formed at the contact zone between igneous rocks and the carbonates of Beiyixi Formation. The ore is distributed in the skarn. Zircon U‐Pb isotopic ages of the plagiogranite, which is related to the Cu deposit, indicate that the lower and upper intercept ages are 826 ± 23 Ma and 1886 ± 61 Ma, respectively. The lower intercept age corresponds to a weighted mean 206Pb/238U age of 826 ± 13 Ma, yielded by ten analysis points. The upper intercept age may represent the age of the source rock, from which the plagiogranite originated. Re‐Os isotopic analysis of six molybdenite samples from L7 orebody in the Dapingliang deposit shows an isochron age of 830 ± 26 Ma, which corresponds to the weighted mean model age of 829.4 ± 9.5 Ma. The concordant ages obtained by zircon U‐Pb dating and molybdenite Re‐Os dating are compatible with the skarn‐type mineralization at Dapingling and confirm that the deposit formed during the Tarim orogeny.


Hviid A, Stellfeld M, Wohlfahrt J, et al . Childhood vaccination and type 1 diabetes. N Engl J Med 2004;350:1398–404.

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a cohort study of children followed up from birth to a mean age of 6.4 years.

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Denmark.

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739 694 children born in Denmark from January 1990 to December 2000.

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vaccinations with any of 6 groups of vaccines including Haemophilus influenza type b; diphtheria, tetanus, and inactivated poliovirus; diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, and inactivated poliovirus; whole cell pertussis; measles, mumps, and rubella; and oral poliovirus (data from vaccination reports of the National Board …

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A novel single-layer reflectarray using square spirals is presented in this paper. The square spiral element employs four square spiral arms. By changing the length of the arm, a 450° phase variation range is realized. Besides, the element indicates stable responses for different incidence angles and the reflection phase curve is almost linear. Based on the good phase performance, a square reflectarray with side length of 99 mm is designed and simulated. The simulation results show good radiation performances and 1-dB gain bandwidth is about 31.3% at the center frequency of 15 GHz.


Looks at the increasing use of composites in aircraft manufacture and how this will affect UK workshops' capabilities when such structures need repair and/or overhaul. Believes there is opportunity here for in‐house maintenance providers, as the airlines seem slow at taking the required skills and facilities on board. Examines the successful operation of FLS Aerospace's composite shop. Puts forward the view that nowadays lack of a modern composite workshop compromises a maintenance company's ability to maintain large, modern commercial aircraft.


Five outbreaks of facial flushing accompanied by a feeling of warmth and pruritus were reported in people eating commercially prepared frozen ground beef or processed veal steaks. The outbreaks occurred during a seven-month period in Israel. In all instances niacin (nicotinic acid), a substance known to cause these signs and symptoms was measured in amounts ranging from 0.3 to 6.0 g/kg of raw beef. The chemical was illegally added by two producers in order to enhance color of the meat.


The present invention both the orientation birefringence and a photoelastic birefringence is very small, and high transparency, to provide a film comprising a non-birefringent Castle resin material capable of providing a molded article with low foreign substance defect, and a copper material. Resin (A) and polymer (B) containing, and orientation birefringence of -1.7 × 10


Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are approaching an operational stalemate. While sheer emphasis on energy efficiency and resilience aid network longevity, WSNs face many hindering design principals. Prominently, an application-oriented view that isolates WSNs from ubiquitous networks, and nodes with static hardware and functional goals. We present a novel paradigm in the design of WSNs. Our goal is to achieve a resilient architecture that decouples operational mandates from the nodes. We present wirelessly interfaced components, which introduce functionality physically decoupled from the sensing nodes; boosting resilience, dynamicity and resource utilization. This approach dissects the study of nodal capacity to its "connected" components. It also enables re-introducing only the components required to suffice for network operation. More importantly, critical resources in the network will be shared within their neighborhoods. Thus network lifetime will relate to functional cliques of dynamic nodes. We present our paradigms with insights into application and design novelty.


Neutral N-pyrazolyl radicals [3,5-R2pz]• as reactive intermediates were generated by one-electron oxidization of the corresponding 3,5-disubstituted pyrazolato anions [3,5-R2pz]- (R = tBu, Ph) with BiCl3 and trapped by the use of 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide as a spin trap, which was confirmed by electron paramagnetic resonance spectral analysis. With dimerization of the postulated pyrazolato low-valent BiII radical species, two novel paddlewheel pyrazolatodibismuthanes [L2(Bi-Bi)L2] [L = η1,η1-3,5-R2pz; R = tBu (5α, 5β, and 5γ), Ph (6)] were isolated and structurally characterized.


line 6: I would not call these two land cover sets different historical reconstructions. You just replaced your current day reference land cover with newer data. There are many other factors that affect the reconstruction, most notably the land use data and the assumptions used to apply land use to land cover.


A fundamental element of single-case methodology is the collection of repeated measures of behaviour or mood (typically daily or on several occasions per week) from which patterns and stability can be analysed using visual inspection. This data must also be collected in at least three phases: (i) baseline or pre-treatment; (ii) treatment; and (iii) posttreatment or follow up – with a minimum of 5 data points per phase. Effective treatment is demonstrated when there is stability of symptoms at baseline (ie minimal slope), followed by a reduction in symptom severity during treatment (ie level), and the maintenance of gains at follow up(Fig1).


&NA; Tipranavir (TPV) is the first of a new class of non‐peptidic protease inhibitors (NPPIs). It is a sulphonamide‐containing dihydropyrone, which is highly selective for the HIV protease enzyme and demonstrates potent in vitro activity against wild‐type HIV‐1 and HIV‐2. The IC90 for TPV was 0.1 &mgr;M against clinical HIV isolates. Since CYP3A is the major cytochrome P450 isoform for the phase I metabolism of TPV, its exposure is markedly enhanced in the presence of ritonavir (RTV). In one clinical study, using the new self emulsifying drug delivery system (SEDDS) formulation of TPV, plasma concentrations in excess of 20 &mgr;M were maintained for 12 hours, allowing for twice‐a‐day dosing following administration of TPV 300 mg/RTV(r) 200 mg twice a day. The 20 &mgr;M target represents 10‐fold the IC90 for multiple protease inhibitor (PI)resistant strains. Both in vitro data and pharmacokinetic results indicate that TPV will be active in vivo against PI‐resistant viruses, when given twice a day in combination with low dose RTV. Of 105 HIV viral isolates taken from patients who had been heavily pretreated with PI‐based regimens: 90% were fully susceptible to TPV; 8% exhibited intermediate resistance; and 2% were more than 10‐fold resistant. In patients who had failed at least two PI‐based regimens, only 12.2% of the HIV isolates exhibited four to 10‐fold reduced susceptibility to TPV after one year of treatment with a regimen containing the NPPI (Study BI1182.2). A reduction of approximately 1.5 log10 copies/mL in the plasma viral load (pVL) was observed in treatment‐naive patients after 15 days of monotherapy with TPV (300 or 1200 mg twice a day) co‐administered with RTV (200 mg twice a day) (TPV/r) in a doseranging study (Study BI1182.3). The safety and efficacy of TPV (500 or 1250 mg) plus ritonavir (100 mg twice a day) plus two new nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) was studied in patients failing their first PI‐containing regimen (Study BI1182.4). Similar decreases in pVLs (1.44‐1.79 log10 copies/mL) were observed after 16 weeks of treatment with either dose of TPV/r. Two doses of TPV/r plus efavirenz (EFV) and a new NRTI have been studied in non‐nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)‐naïve patients who had failed two or more PI‐containing regimens (BI1182.2). Between 50% and 78.9% of patients maintained a pVL <50 copies/mL for 48 weeks. Clinical studies have shown that TPV/r‐associated adverse events are generally gastrointestinal‐associated, transient and mild. A phase II study will define the optimal dose of TPV/r for highly treatment‐experienced patients. The safety and efficacy of this dose of TPV/r will be evaluated in two phase III studies that will enroll more than 1300 patients worldwide. Tipranavir's robust activity against PI‐resistant strains results from its molecular flexibility, which allows it to fit into the active pocket of the protease enzyme in viruses that have become resistant to other PIs.


The solid electrolytes NdGa1-xMgxO3-δ(x=0.05,0.086,0.10 and 0.15) with perovskite-structure are synthesized using glycine-nitrate process.The structures and properties of sintered samples are investigated.The results show that all the NdGa1-xMgxO3-δ samples prepared are cubic perovskite-structure at room temperature.Mg doping for Ga site in NdGaO3 dramatically increases the ionic conductivity of NdGaO3.The electrical conductivity is higher by three orders of magnitude than that of pure NdGaO3.The properties of samples sintered at 1 400 ℃ for 20 h are at various aspects superior to those sintered at 1 400 ℃ for 10 h.The sample NdGa0.914Mg0.086O2.957 presents the highest density,and the relative density achieves 99.4%.The electrical conductivity of sample NdGa0.914Mg0.086O2.957 attains 2.99×10-2 S·cm-1 at 800 ℃,which is higher than that of YSZ at the same temperature.


The principle of steer-by-wire system is in-troduced;we offer the fault-tolerant strategy of steer-by-wire system on wheel loader.The fault-tolerance steer-by-wire system on wheel loader uses hardware re-dundancy fault-tolerance technology,redundancy sen-sors,controllers ensure the fault-tolerance capability and reliability of the system.


In this study, a disulfiram-loaded lipid emulsion (DSF-LE) was prepared to improve its clinical application in cancer treatment. DSF-LEs were characterized with regard to their visual appearance, particle size distribution, pH values, and percentage drug degradation. However, it was found that DSF-LEs had poor chemical stability, which might have been affected by the pH values and lecithin used in our previous study. Buffer salts and CO2 were used respectively to control the pH, and a significant reduction in DSF degradation in the acceleration test was observed when CO2 was used as a protective gas. Investigations of naturally-extracted and synthetic lecithins showed that lecithin contained more phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), causing more degradation of DSF due to its higher peroxidation. As far as the degradation mechanism was concerned, it was speculated that free radicals generated during the peroxidation process of unsaturated acyl-groups of lecithin could react with DSF to produce unstable diethyldithiocarbamic acid (DDC), which readily broke down into CS2 and diethylamine. Diethylamine is an alkaline compound that can increase the pH of DSF-LEs, leading to the further degradation of DSF. Finally, an optimum DSF-LE was obtained with good stability after being accelerated at 60°C for 5 days and at 25°C for 3 months.

Practical applications: DSF is extremely unstable in gastric juice and blood, so the currently available oral formulation of DSF has limited its clinical application. Here we propose a DSF-LE to increase the therapeutic amount of drug reaching the cancer to improve its application in cancer treatment. In addition, some influences of formulation were investigated in detail. The investigation of pH control and properties of lecithins might have some guiding significances for industrial manufacture.

In this article, a stable intravenous disulfiram-loaded lipid emulsion was developed. The influences of pH values, oil, and lecithin on the stability of drug in emulsion were researched to obtain an optimum formulation. In the end, a probable interaction of DSF with lecithin was given according to a series of investigations of naturally-extracted and synthetic lecithins.


This paper analyzes the economic exposure to exchange rate and its determinants in the Spanish market, considering six currencies against the euro: the US dollar, the Chinese yuan, the Swiss franc, the pound sterling, the Norwegian krone and the Russian ruble. This is relevant because the exchange rate volatility can have a direct impact on the operations of the company in the short term and it can also impact on its value in a longer time horizon. The results obtained in this study confirm that the majority of companies have an export profile in its foreign exchange risk exposure, ie benefit from depreciation of the euro against other currencies, especially the British pound. By contrast, the net importers predominate when we study the euro against the Swiss franc. Also, its determinants differ between exporters and importers, although we found that the geographic diversification is a operational hedging in both cases.


The relations between configurations of a relativistic magnetron with diffraction output (MDO) and radiation patterns obtained by experimental investigations are presented in this paper. A fluorescent lamps array is used to snap microwave patterns radiated from an A6 type MDO. Experimental results are well in agreement with computer simulations. Conclusions obtained from experiments are that (1) when an MDO operates at 2π mode, with all cavities tapered onto the output port, the MDO can directly radiate TE01 mode. (2) TEn1 (n > 0, n is integer) modes can be radiated from a π mode operating MDO with 2n azimuthally symmetric cavities tapered onto the output port. (3) By inserting optimal transition sections into tapered cavities, a pure TE11 microwave can be obtained.


Consider the hyperbolic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (HNLS) over $\mathbb{R}^d$ $$ iu_t + u_{xx} - \Delta_{\textbf{y}} u + \lambda |u|^\sigma u=0. $$ We deduce the conservation laws associated with (HNLS) and observe the lack of information given by the conserved quantities. We build several classes of particular solutions, including \textit{spatial plane waves} and \textit{spatial standing waves}, which never lie in $H^1$. Motivated by this, we build suitable functional spaces that include both $H^1$ solutions and these particular classes, and prove local well-posedness on these spaces. Moreover, we prove a stability result for both spatial plane waves and spatial standing waves with respect to small $H^1$ perturbations.


The language of fiction literature, language of the classics of national literature, prominent prose writers is the primary source for studying literary language. This article examines the role of interlinear in literary translation and the translation equivalents of complex sentences in the Yakut and Russian languages on the example of the novel "Alampa" by Egor Petrovich Neimokhov in two volumes. The subject of this research is complex sentences in the Yakut and Russian languages. Special attention is given to finding equivalents in translation of complex sentences in the Yakut and Russian languages on  the syntactic level language, as well as to determination of the role of interlinear in fiction literature. Yakut linguistics has started to study the stylistics of Yakut language, while the lexical, morphological, and syntactic stylistics is in its inception stage. The works of researchers dedicated to the syntax of Yakut language cover the questions of syntactic transformations using the example of attributive constructions (Vasilieva, 2002) and syntactic transformations of one-member sentences (Atakova, 2007). There are no special works dedicated to the analysis of complex sentences in fiction texts in the Yakut-Russian translation. This raises the need for studying the equivalents of complex sentences in interlinear translation, and its role in literary translation. The following conclusions were made: 1) the content of complex sentences in the Russian language usually correspond to the such in the Yakut language, although they differ significantly in structure; 2) in both languages, the semantic meanings of complex sentences are expressed through various means that reflect the peculiarities of non-cognate languages, however, separate equivalents are determined among such constructions; 3) in interlinear and literary translation, complex sentences of the Yakut text are preserved in the Russian language for the most part. Thus, interlinear translation plays the role of intermediary translation and directly affects the translation result.


LOGFLOW is a distributed Prolog implementation running on transputer networks. The configuration of the network topology and the portation of the system to a new architecture is a very time-consuming procedure. This paper describes several new tools developed for shortening these tasks and providing a graphical environment for comfortable work. Some of them are general while others are especially designed for LOGFLOW. 1. The Execution of Prolog Applications in LOGFLOW Implementing Prolog on parallel and distributed computing environments is a challenging research area which is overviewed by [6]. Promising results are reported in [7][8]. LOGFLOW is a distributed Prolog system, too [1][3]. It executes Prolog programs on transputer networks. Running LOGFLOW on a certain multi-transputer machine requires the configuration of both the hardware and software systems. When porting the LOGFLOW onto a new architecture, the network-dependent data of the system should be changed. The system is downloaded by a network independent loader program which needs a network description. This file should be defined, too. Moreover, the user is allowed to make changes on the running system for a user program by defining some parameters of the system. The execution can be considered in three levels (see Fig. 1.). The lowest level is the hardware transputer network which is general and the network should be defined with several number pairs which form a program for the C004 configurator chip. The middle level is the logical architecture of the LOGFLOW system which is mapped onto this network. The elements of the architecture are the Processing Elements (PEs) which are assigned to the transputers of the lower level. The assignment is generally unambiguous but the logical network can be smaller than the physical one. The architecture is embedded into the LOGFLOW and the source code contains the 'config.h' include file which defines the network-dependent data. The downloading program uses a loader file (network information file, nif) to load the transputers with the appropriate code. The highest level is the topology where the actual Prolog application is running on. It can be the same topology as that in the middle level but the user is allowed to change some of its properties by writing a configuration file for the application. * The work described in this paper was produced in the framework of the project "Massively Parallel Inference Machine for Database Application" supported by the National Science Research Fund (OTKA) under the Grant Number T020658 and in the framework of the project "PAR-PROLOPPE" supported by TD&QM PHARE under the Grant Number H930502/1095. Figure 1. The three layers of the execution of a Prolog application in LOGFLOW 2. New Transputer Network Configuration Toolset Fig. 2. shows the four new tools. The Tr-C004 program performs the hardware configuration. The Tr-Loader generates the network information file which is used when a program is loaded onto a network. The Tr-Conf automatically generates the 'config.h' C-header file that is compiled into the LOGFLOW. The Gr-Conf is a graphical tool which enables the user to design a transputer network graphically, integrates the above tools and provides the same graphical environment for the configuration of the Prolog applications. The graphical environment makes the work of the planning convenient. It enables the user to use only a mouse and, for instance, not to do transformations between the numbering conventions or determine the appropriate outlink of a processor towards the root. The program starts with reading the information files of the transputer system and shows all of the working processors on the screen. The unconfigured network which has (hardware) links already! is shown at the start. The user can move the processors on the screen and place them in a grid. The creation of a connection costs only two mouse-clicks on the appropriate two processors. At the moving of a processor the program refreshes the screen and the connections are redrawn therefore, the user can immediately see the changes and correct the actions. Fig. 3. shows our 16-transputer-network and its configuration. 3. Configuration for the execution of a user program After the configuration procedure the user can start the LOGFLOW system on the network, download a Prolog program and execute it. Moreover, the user can change the default settings of the system, turn off some processors or define new preferred token sending directions among the transputers, influencing the performance of the system [2][4][5]. The LOGFLOW system logically forms a two-layered architecture. The first layer consists of 3DPAM machines which are responsible for fine-grained logical computing and distribution of work. The second layer consists of WAM machines which execute the coarsegrained computation. The PEs contain both engines by default. However, the user can define the mapping of the two executive layers of the LOGFLOW. This tool enables the composition of two-layered architectures as it can be seen in Fig. 4. Acknowledgement We owe special thanks to Jozsef Kovacs who has implemented the new configurator tools.


This fundamental study focuses on the influence of blowing agent on bubble growth during thermoplastic foam extrusion. The extruded molten mixture expands and cools simultaneously when exposed to ambient conditions. The bubble growth is influenced by the concentration-dependent blowing agent diffusion coefficient, transient cooling of the expanding foam, influence of blowing agent on polymer viscosity, and the escape of blowing agent from the surface of the foam. Previous models in the literature do not consider these significant influences. A model is presented accounting for those more subtle effects. In addition, a new experimental technique is described to collect experimental bubble growth data. Predictions of the new model reasonably agree with the experimental data.


This article contains information concerning of the analysis the possibility of defi ning refi nery qualities of the slag based of the thermo-physical and thermodynamical data. The isues presented deals not only with refi ning copper and melting stages, but also of the idea building an optimization program. In its assumption the program is supposed to check and search specifi c data very quickly on the particular types of slag. There are possible and purposeful the construction optimization programme engaging all of the physics chemical infl uence the slag in processes of melting metals alloys. The proposed results, ranges of areas on graphs of phase equilibria's, demonstrative on the optimum values, will be verifi ed in laboratory conditions and industrial. The initiation the new data the gathered base will be built in system of open base enabling.


The division of functions and resources between two layers of government, state and central, is an essential feature of federalism. Tax and other financial powers should be divided according to the responsibilities the constitution assigns to the respective governments. In this context, however, considerations of efficiency and economy have to be kept in view to ensure optimal utilization of resources. There is a feeling that economy and efficiency will be greater if the level of government providing these services bears the cost of producing them because a large divergence between the amount a government spends and the amount it raises is likely to result in the inefficient utilization of resources. But the layer of government that is most efficient and competent in raising resources or levying and collecting particular taxes may not be the most efficient agency to spend them. Moreover, if the federating units are left unfettered, independent taxation by them is likely to result in loss of economic efficiency. The optimal allocation of resources is likely to be further distorted because different tax rates and varying levels of benefits provided by various state governments give rise to undesirable mobility of factors of production in a federation. Income tax, corporation tax, and excise duty are examples of such taxes. If these are levied at different rates by various state governments, it would probably result not only in the misallocation of resources but also in a host of other difficulties. For example, difficulties are likely to arise over whether "origin" or "residence" should be the basis of taxing income, and whether the origin of production or the location of a firm's headquarters should be the basis for excise duty. Even if these problems could be overcome, taxpayers filing returns to various state governments would probably be inconvenienced and the cost of tax compliance would increase considerably. Taxes of this kind can be collected at a much lower cost by the central government.


Underground structure construction method of the present invention is the reinforcement and the concrete of reinforcement for the forming an opening in part corresponding to the outer wall of the inter-layer slab, to support the soil pressure in underground earth retaining walls (10) directly to the inter-layer slab of the basement structure outer wall easy, and the inter-layer flat, which is installed to form a slab, deck plates is technically characterized in that it can be dismantled for recycling.


The authors report the case of a female patient suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus who was referred to their attention with symptoms of acute abdomen due to gangrenous appendicitis following autoimmune vasculitis.


Mobile robots are increasingly being used in situations of high-risk for man such as demining, radioactive waste site reconnaissance and "search and rescue" tasks in damaged areas. They can be also of great value in the automated monitoring of chemical warehouses and industrial sites against hazardous fluid leakages, thus increasing the safety level for human operators. This paper describes recent and current research at the University of Lecce aiming at developing a mobile "sentry" with olfactory capability for hazardous site survey. An innovative smart transducer array of tin oxide chemical sensors, compliant with the standard interface IEEE 1451, is introduced and integrated on a differential drive mobile robot in order to provide the vehicle with olfactory sensing. A strategy for environment inspection is proposed comprising two stages. The first stage is a typical path learning operation during which the vehicle is remotely controlled by an operator through potential critical locations, while the vehicle records its course relying on its odometric position estimation system. The second stage is the real automated inspection process where the vehicle tracks the prerecorded trajectory using non-linear feedback control. Along its path, the mobile robot is able to build real time olfactory maps of the environment serving as a mobile electronic "watch". Detailed experimental results are described obtained with our mobile sentry operating in a laboratory environment. Keywords-Sentry robot, Odour source identification, Artificial olfaction, Standard Sensor interface, Smooth path planning, Non-linear feedback control. ‡‡ Corresponding author: Giulio Reina, Viale Japigia 182, Bari, 70125, Italy; phone: +39 080 5962708; fax: +39 080 5962777; e-mail: email@example.com.


Industrial Control Systems monitor, automate, and operate complex infrastructure and processes that integrate into critical industrial sectors that affect our daily lives. With the advent of networking and automation, these systems have moved from being dedicated and independent to centralized corporate infrastructure. While this has facilitated the monitoring and overall management using traditional detection methods, Web Application Firewalls or Intrusion Detection Systems has exposed the networks subjecting them to Behavior-based cybersecurity attacks. Such attacks alter the control flow and processes and have the malicious ability to alter the functioning of these systems altogether. This research focuses on the use of process analytics to detect attacks in the industrial control infrastructure systems and compares the effectiveness of signature-based detection methods. The proposed work presents a pattern recognition algorithm aptly named as "Capturing-the-Invisible (CTI)" to find the hidden process in industrial control device logs and detect Behavior-based attacks being performed in real-time.


Describes how Eurodollar, a car and van rental company, developed a measurement system to gauge customer needs and assess internal standards of service. Outlines the development of a series of service standards which covered the business, including a generic set for either the head office or branches and, more importantly, a set of local standards initiated by each internal department which focus specifically on issues affecting daily contact with customers. The system of internal measurement is reinforced with a powerful recognition programme, in the form of a regular roll of honour based on teams and their relevant status of gold, silver and bronze achievement.


Abstract : Thianthrene-2,7- and -2,8-dicarboxylic acids plus a synthetic intermediate, 4,4'-thiobis(3-chlorobenzoic acid), have been synthesized in good yields via nucleophilic aromatic substitution of Na2S on N,N-dimethyl-3,4- dichlorobenzamide. New aromatic polyamides having inherent viscosities of 1.29 to 2.39 dL/g were prepared by the direct polycondensation reaction of the dicarboxylic acids with 4,4'-oxydianiline and 1,4-phenylenediamine in N-methyl- 2-pyrrolidinone using triphenyl phosphite and pyridine. The fused-ring thianthrene-based polyamides were more soluble than analogous poly(thioether amide)s. Polymer films were cast from either DMF or DMAc/LiCl solutions and analyzed by FTIR and NMR. All prepared aramids displayed good thermal stability by DSC and TGA.


A new method for the production of submicron photopatterns is described. Good quality images are obtainable even under very low contrast illumination through the use of photobleachable materials in conjunction with standard photoresists. The method consists of applying a thin photobleachable layer to the photoresist surface prior to the conventional exposure step. The bleachable layer (contrast-enhancing layer or CEL) is subsequently removed and the resist developed in the ordinary way. Examples of vertical-walled submicron patterns fabricated using an Optimetrix 10:1 DSW system demonstrate that the CEL process compares well with other advanced photolithographic techniques.


This paper presents a compact broadband stepped bow-tie antenna for ambient RF energy harvesting (RFEH). The proposed antenna consists of stepped shapes for wide bandwidth, making it possible to investigate ambient RF energy in entire cellular bands. In addition, the antenna is composed of a bow-tie shape to achieve compactness for internet of things (IoT) sensors. We explain the design steps taken to achieve this wide bandwidth, analyzing the surface current distributions with respect to the number of stepped shapes through an EM simulation. In addition, we cut the broadband antenna in half and integrated it with the RFEH circuit for compactness, causing impedance matching to deteriorate. The novel modified bow-tie shaped half antenna improved impedance matching, which is analyzed with the surface current distribution. We found that the proposed antenna has a fractional bandwidth of 125% of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$S_{11} < -10$ </tex-math></inline-formula> dB, ranging from 0.85 GHz to 3.66 GHz with a compact dimension of 68 mm <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\times107$ </tex-math></inline-formula> mm (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.19\,\,\lambda _{0} \times 0.30\,\,\lambda _{0}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>). With the proposed antenna, we investigated ambient RF energy at several outdoor sites and chose the feasible frequency bands (0.9 GHz and 1.8 GHz). For the bands, the RFEH circuit was designed consisting of a rectifier and power management unit (PMU), and integrated into the proposed antenna. In one site, we experimented and verified the RFEH with the antenna. The broadband and compact antenna in this paper can contribute to implementing the RFEH prototype for the capability to be used as a power source for IoT sensors.


This study sought to determine whether the type of display that is most beneficial for performing supervisory tasks would change depending on the relationships between system components. Eight subjects detected and diagnosed failures for systems whose variables were related either by correlation or by causality. One of four dynamic displays represented the three system components: a set of bar graphs, a triangle, a pentagon, or a schematic face. Subjects supervising the correlational system diagnosed the system by choosing which component had become less correlated with the others. Subjects diagnosed the causal system by determining which way the causal structure relating the components had changed. For both the correlational and causal systems, and for both detection and diagnosis there was a cost to using object displays or a face display rather than bar graphs.


Deep Hα+[N ii] CCD images have been obtained in the area of the Pegasus Constellation. The resulting mosaic covers an extent of ∼ 7 • .5× 8 • .5 and filamentary and diffuse emission is discovered. Several long filaments (up to ∼1 •) are found within the field, while diffuse emission is present mainly in the central and northern areas. The filaments show variations in the intensity along their extent suggesting inhomogeneous interstellar clouds. Faint soft X–ray emission is also detected in the ROSAT All–Sky Survey. It is mainly concentrated in the central areas of our field and overlaps the optical emission. The low ionization images of [S ii] of selected areas mainly show faint diffuse emission, while in the medium ionization images of [O iii] diffuse and faint filamentary structures are present. Spectrophotometric observations have been performed on the brightest filaments and indicate emission from photoionized or shock–heated gas. The sulfur line ratios indicate electron densities below ∼600 cm −3 , while the absolute Hα emission lies in the range of 1.1 – 8.8 × 10 −17 erg s −1 cm −2 arcsec −2. The detected optical line emission could be part of a single or multiple supernova explosions.


Smartphones and Internet-based technologies have helped launch and enable new business models in transportation like Uber, Lyft, and car2go. But the future of transportation - what we call mobility - will go far beyond these developments. Intermodal routing is nothing new. It simply means you're using more than one mode of transportation car, bus, bike, walking, train, subway, plane, or anything else on a given route. Recent advancements enable intermodal routing to be realized on a large scale and in real time. Consider OpenTripPlanner, an open-source platform for journey planning that combines public transit, walking, cycling, and car travel. The project has attracted attention from developers and users and is supported by public agencies, startups, and consultancies. One idea is to design systems that utilize and aggregate the needs of millions of individual users, taking into account their specific context, to create personalized solutions, yet with the efficiency associated with mass-produced ones. This concept is known in other industries as mass customization or mass personalization. It is now possible to learn about a person's mobility preferences from data generated by his or her smartphone. The emerging ecosystem of mass-customized mobility will provide a template for similar changes in other industries in which previously separated systems are connected by a platform for smart services.


Hen egg white lysozyme (HEWL) adopts a molten globule-like state at high pH (~12.75) and is found to form amyloid fibrils at alkaline pH. Here, we report that Cu(II) inhibits self-association of HEWL at pH 12.75 both at 37 and 65 °C. A significant reduction in Thioflavin T fluorescence intensity, attenuation in β-sheet content and reduction in hydrophobic exposure were observed with increasing Cu(II) stoichiometry. Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy suggests a 4N type of coordination pattern around Cu(II) during fibrillation. Cu(II) is also capable of altering the cytotoxicity of the proteinaceous aggregates. Fibrillar species of diverse morphology were found in the absence of Cu(II) with the generation of amorphous aggregates in the presence of Cu(II), which are more toxic compared to the fibrils alone.


With distinguished advantages over radio frequency communication, visible light communication (VLC) has been considered as one of the potential and promising wireless communication technologies. However, the densely deployed light emitting diode (LED) lamps introduce severe inter channel interference (ICI), which drastically deteriorates the VLC network performance. In addition, the limited wireless access capabilities of heterogeneous LED lamps, as well as the different data transmission requirements of varied user equipments (UEs), will bring new challenges to the VLC network in real-life applications. To mitigate the ICI and improve the VLC network performance, the hypergraph theory is introduced in detail. Effective data links between one UE and all of its available LED access points (APs) are taken as a hyperedge to form an amorphous cell for each UE. Considering the UE satisfaction performance, as well as the spectrum efficiency and service fairness, the non-layered resource allocation (RA) algorithm based on carrier aggregation and the directly overlapped RA algorithm based on carrier aggregation and cooperative transmission are proposed. Numeric results show that the proposed RA algorithms outperform the classic Dsatur RA algorithm in terms of the UE satisfaction, spectrum efficiency and service fairness.


In this work a macro-assembler simulator is illustrated. It is portable on all the minicomputer with two magnetic tape units. A program written for the Hewlett Packard's 2100A is illustrated.


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Nowadays, transport disadvantage is outspread phenomenon. It can influence people's needs and opportunities. Young people are considered transport disadvantaged part of the society. Secondary school students are young people with a great need for mobility but still, their mobility is also limited. Their dependence on other people in the aspect of transportation and public transportation greatly influence their everyday lives. Important segment of young people's lives are extracurricular activities. The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of transport disadvantage on extracurricular activities of secondary school students of the City of Zagreb. Particular emphasis is on the difficulties in accessibility of extracurricular activities and how transport influences these activities. Research was conducted using quantitative and qualitative methods. The data were obtained through questionnaire survey of 826 secondary school students of secondary schools of the City of Zagreb. In order to deepen the research, interviews were performed through eight focus groups. Data analysis revealed that almost half of secondary school students involved in extracurricular activities expressed the attitude of having difficulties with accessibility of extracurricular activities and that over half of secondary school students involved in extracurricular activities responded that transport had impact on these activities. Significant correlations between the attitude of problem existence with accessibility of extracurricular activities and travel time needed to reach them, as well as between travel time to extracurricular activities and attitudes on the impact of transport on these activities were found. The existence of students not able to participate in extracurricular activities because of transportation was determined. All the results were supported by states collected through focus group Research.


This study aims to determine the potential contribution of boarding house taxes to local revenue in Mimika Regency, especially in Mimika Baru District. The analytical method used is descriptive. Data collection techniques in this study were observation and interviews with 34 boarding house owners with 10 rooms in Mimika Baru District. The instrument used in data analysis is the analysis of potential contributions with the aim of measuring each potential and contribution that can increase Regional Original Income. The results of the study show that the potential for boarding house taxes in the Mimika Baru District is quite large, namely IDR 407,386,800 per year with a very low contribution or 0.37%, but this potential does not yet cover all the boarding house taxpayers in each district. Mimika Regency. If all districts in Mimika Regency pay taxes, it can certainly make a big contribution to increasing the Regional Original Income


The Central Chernozem State Nature Biosphere Reserve (CCR) is situated in the Kursk region. It is practically the only reference area of the forest-steppe biome in the European part of Russia. The prior attention to scientific research in CCR has been given since its establishment in 1935. In 1978 CCR was included in the world network of UNESCO biosphere reserves that contributed to the intensification of scientific cooperation with Russian and foreign scientific organizations. The CCR has established long-term monitoring of various natural objects and ecosystem processes. In this paper, we show the main types of dynamics of natural processes using three examples illustrating the results of long-term monitoring: climate change over 73 years, dynamics of the English oak mortality over 30 years, and population dynamics of the greater mole-rat over 29 years. Based on the results of this analysis, the unsolved problems of interpreting environmental monitoring data and their use for forecasting in decision-making processes are formulated. The inclusion of monitoring data from nature reserves into scientific parlance remains an urgent and actual practical task for the staff of the state reserves and all interested specialists of the Russian Academy of Sciences.


In the present work the adequacy of the complete Breit interaction terms in describing the strong interaction can be tested through studying cc and bb spectra. Breit equation is solved using the complete Breit interaction form. The Breit equation can be transformed into three categories of differential equations according to the spectroscopic signature of the different states. The resonance masses of cc and bb states are calculated to order α. One can see a good agreement between our results and the corresponding experimental data in all considered states.


The present research has a quantitative type with a descriptive and correlational design, whose main purpose is to compare the early maladaptative pattems and depression developed in young patients who were hospitalized in a Health Institution of Lima. The sample used for the research consisted of 100 male patients whose ages were between 18 and 23 years and were interned in different hospitalization units. A Sociodemographic Record, the Scheme Questionnaire and the Depression Scale were used as materials. The results obtained that the only early maladaptive scheme that is related to depression is the 15 (perception of the environment in a pessimistic way) with 95% confidence. So we concluded that the not covered necessity in these people are spontaneity and play, because of infants learned to repress their feelings, impulses and choices, which is why they currently see life in a negative way.


Motion by SWINDON: That in view of the imminent threat to the traditions and freedom of the profession contained in the proposed National Health Service Bill this meeting proposes that a suitable covenant be drawn up by the Association and signed by ail medical men as a guarantee of unity. Motion by WESTMINSTER AND HOLBORN: That this meeting is of opinion that in the future National Health Service the extent of certification should be strictly defined and adhered to. that special payment should be made for this service, and that if certification is extended additional payment should be made. Motion by WESTMINSTER AND HOLBORN: That the Association set up an Advisory Committee to advise doctors on the sale and value of practices prior to the introduction of the State Medical Service, and the position of members of partnerships after this event. Motion by BouRNEMOum: That for the safeguarding of private practice, whether general or special, an essential is the preservation of independent private nursing institutions apart from the hospitals, and there should be no power vested in the Minister under a National Health Service Act to acquire such institutions without the consent of the owners, nor power to prevent the establishment of such institutions.


The paper introduces the conceptions of ubiquitous information and ubiquitous library,discusses the application of ubiquitous library theory in service,teaching,and researching in hospital libraries,clarifies the channels for perfecting ubiquitous library,including perfection of devices and service contents,improvement of information capability of librarians,etc.