We introduce a class of optimal control problems with periodic data. A state variable that we call the age of the system represents the negative impact of the operations on the system qualities over time: other things being equal, older systems have higher operating costs. Many industrial problems relate to this class. If we envision to perform an optimization over a large number of periods, there is a tradeoff between minimizing repeatedly the one-period criterion in a short sighted way and taking into account the impact of the decision on the aging speed (which modifies the minimal one period criterion). In general, because the aging process is slow, short term optimization strategies-such as one period sliding horizon strategies-either neglect it or use rule-of-thumb penalization terms in the criterion, which leads to suboptimal solutions. On the other hand, for most applications it is unrealistic to envision a brute-force numerical resolution by dynamic programming of the long term problem because of the computation burden. We introduce a two-scale method to reduce this computation burden. The method relies on Lagrangian duality and some monotony properties. We expose the theoretical foundations of the method and discuss some practical aspects: approximation errors, asymptotic estimation, computation burden, possible extensions, etc. Since our initial motivation was the difficulty to take long term battery aging in Energy Management Systems into account, we implement the method on a toy long term microgrid energy management problem.


The purpose of the present study was to develop and evaluate microemulsion based gel for the delivery of fluconazole (FLZ). The solubility of FLZ in oils and surfactants was evaluated to identify the components of the microemulsion. Microemulsion base was prepared by using iso propyl myristate as oil phase, tween 80 as surfactant and propylene glycol as co-surfactant. Microemulsion existence region was determined by using the pseudo-ternary phase diagrams for different formulations.


Gingipains (HRgpA, RgpB and Kgp) are cysteine proteinases and virulence factors of Porphyromonas gingivalis, the major causative bacterium of periodontal disease. To study synergistic effects of gingipains and signalling via Toll‐like receptors (TLRs) and NOD1/2, we investigated effects of a gingipain on the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines from monocytic THP‐1 cells in the presence of pathogen‐associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). Gingipains stimulated interleukin (IL)‐8's secretion from THP‐1 cells, which was completely inhibited by proteinase inhibitors of gingipain and increased in the presence of PAMPs. Synergistic effects of gingipains and PAMPs were also seen in the secretion of IL‐6 and MCP‐1 and reduced to about 50% the secretion of IL‐8 from THP‐1 cells treated with siRNA targeting either protease‐activated receptor (PAR)‐1, ‐2 or ‐3. PAR agonist peptides mimicked the synergistic effects of gingipains with PAMPs. These results indicate that gingipains stimulate the secretion of cytokines from monocytic cells through the activation of PARs with synergistic effects by PAMPs. This is the first report of synergism of signalling via PARs, and TLRs or NOD1/2. The host defence system against P. gingivalis may be triggered through the activation of PARs by gingipains and augmented by PAMPs from this pathogen via TLRs or NOD1/2.


The progress of agriculture is precondition for overall development of Indian economy. It pays meaningfully to the export incomes and affects the performance of other divisions of the economy through forward and backward links. The current paper investigates block and regional level disparity in agriculture development in Kongu Uplands on several of agricultural variables. It uses UNDP methodology to standardize various indicators for agricultural achievement in the study area. A composite index has been constructed at the block level and also regional level. The relative variations and changes in ranks of various blocks have been calculated. The agricultural development in the Kongu Upland is moderate with index value of 0.503. The outcomes inspired more determined effort on the side of the policy-makers is wanted if the development policy has to be made truly inclusive. Keywords Agricultural development, Kongu uplands, UNDP, composite index, policy makers


A survey measuring religiosity, father-child relationships, and social adaptation/adjustment was administered to a stratified random sample of Iran-Iraq War veteran offspring (N = 240) and Iranian civilian offspring (N = 240) in Tehran. This study sought to evaluate secondary trauma, as measured by social adjustment, in veterans' offspring and determine the degree that father-child relationship and religiosity contribute to social adjustment. The study found significant positive relationships between quality of father-offspring relationship, religiosity, and social adaptation. A hypothesis predicting lower social adaptation among veterans' offspring was not supported. The authors argue that cultural conditions in Iran reduce secondary trauma.


Computational models for the control of horizontal vergence, based on a distributed representation of disparity, are proposed and analyzed. The models directly extract the linear servos from the post-processed response of a population of disparity tuned complex cells, without explicit calculation of the disparity map. The disparity-vergence curves have been either designed on the basis of a desired behavior, or learned by examples. Training and evaluation of the networks are discussed. The resulting vergence controls yield to stable fixation and has small response time to a wide range of disparities.


J.Adams: Introduction: Genetics and demography and historical information M.Livi-Bacci: Macro versus micro E. Thompson: From history to genes: from genes to history E.E. Castilla & J. Adams: Migration and genetic structure in an isolated population in Argentina: Aicuna P.W. Leslie: Demographic behavior, mating patterns and the distribution of inbreeding A. Piazza: Migration and genetic differentiation in Italy D. Lam & P.E. Smouse: Heterogenous frailty analysis in demography and genetics J. Trussell & G. Rodriguez: Heterogeneity in demographic research J.M. Hoem: Limitations of a heterogeneity technique: selectivity issues in conjugal union disruption at parity zerio in contemporary Sweden J.W. Vaupel: Kindred lifetimes: frailty models in population genetics J.W. Wood & M. Weinstein: Heterogeneity in fecundability: the effect of fetal loss K.M. Weiss: Biology, homology and epidemiology P.E. Smouse & M.S. Teitelbaum: Genetics, demography and epidemiology W.J. Schull: Some lessons from genetic-epidemiology and a prognosis for future work L.L. Bean: The Utah population database: demographic and genetic convergence and divergence J. Ott: Genetic interpretation of disease clustering B. Singer: The interface between genetics, demography and epidemiology: examples and future directions A.I. Hermalin & A. J. Coale: Persistent issues in genetics and demography F.B. Christiansen: Genetic comparisons of life stages in natural populations of zoarces viviparus W.J. Ewens: The minimum viable population size as a genetic and a demographic concept R.A. Pollak: Two-sex population models and a classical stable population theory S.H. Preston: Sources of variation in vital rates.


Large government-owned corporations, holding companies and companies headquartered in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and administrative centers of federal districts play more and more critical part in the modern Russian economy. New job opportunities and high-paid jobs stimulate the movement of high-skilled employees from Russian regions to these centers. Workforce movement of that kind is a problem for donor regions and has negative social and economic consequences such as lack of qualified workforce on the labor market. This article is aimed to investigate migration preferences and intentions of young people in Omsk region, using the sociological methodology of measuring factors that affect migration attitudes. The main hypothesis of the study states that the most critical factors of migration intentions of young people are high salary, better career and educational opportunities available in other regions of the country. We used random quota sample that represents the percentage of young people in the general population of Omsk region proportionally. As a result of the study, the most common migration attitudes of young professionals are identified and described; factors affecting migration intentions are classified and described; conditions stimulating rise of migration intentions are identified.


Abstract Enigmatic and rarely collected, ambush bugs of the tribe Macrocephalini (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Phymatinae) encompass a diverse group of predatory bugs armed with subchelate raptorial forelegs, a greatly enlarged scutellum, and elongate head. Macrocephalini is the most specious of the four tribes of ambush bugs, consisting of 20 genera and 154 species. They are represented in the Caribbean by several remarkable taxa that bear foretarsi, a trait unassociated with macrocephalines found elsewhere in the world. I here describe a new genus and species of Macrocephalini, Capricephala chiaroscuro gen. et sp. nov., native to the island of Hispaniola and one that bears striking differences to other phymatines known from that region.


Abstract Cellulose derivatives are widely applied in the field of oil and gas exploration. However, this kind of natural polymers always shows poor temperature resistance due to their organic nature. To improve the temperature resistance of hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC), inorganic nano-SiO2 was introduced onto HEC polymer chains through the silylation coupling technique. And Fourier transform infrared spectrum (FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectrum (XPS), and thermogravimetic analysis (TGA) were used to analyze the nanocomposite. As a result, nano-SiO2 particle is chemically coupled onto hydroxyethyl cellulose molecule, and nano-SiO2/hydroxyethyl cellulose nanocomposite (RJ-HEC) shows excellent thermal stability comparing with HEC polymer. In experiment, thermal aging tests were utilized, and test results suggest that nano-SiO2/hydroxyethyl cellulose (RJ-HEC) nanocomposite can be utilized as thickening agent of water-based drilling fluid, which shows improved rheology stability at 210 °C and excellent salt (NaCl) tolerance.


The invention relates to a GPS-based anti-collision early warning system for switching operation, which comprises a plurality of locomotive terminals, a plurality of station terminals and at least one monitoring management center, wherein the at least one monitoring management center comprises a locomotive real-time dynamic database, a vehicle real-time dynamic database, a track database, a database maintenance unit, a data transmitting unit and a data receiving unit; each locomotive terminal comprises a GPS positioning unit, a locomotive position reporting unit, an analytical unit and a warning unit; and each station terminal comprises a plan execution reporting unit. The invention also provides a corresponding anti-collision early warning method. By the real-time positioning data of the GPS positioning unit on each locomotive terminal and the real-time data of execution conditions of a switching operation plan and a loading and unloading operation plan, which are reported by each station terminal, the invention dynamically updates a plurality of databases, thereby realizing anti-collision early warning for the switching operation.


In forthcoming years there will be a growing need for maintenance and repair of the existing infrastructure. During their operational service life infrastructure facilities have been exposed to a wide variety of environmental conditions eventually resulting in deterioration necessitating vast amounts of financial resources for rehabilitation. Corrosion of the embedded reinforcing steel, predominantly due to ingress of chlorides into the concrete cover, is commonly regarded as the major threat to long term durability of concrete structures, not only with respect to serviceability but on the long term also the structural load bearing capacity may be impaired. During the last decades numerous mathematical models to describe chloride ingress into concrete and onset of corrosion have been developed, ranging from basic to very complex taking all kinds of physical and chemical processes on the transport mechanism into account. For most of these models it is explicitly claimed that they are validated and/or calibrated, however it is not clear, at least not to the asset owner, how in this context the qualification validated or calibrated actually has to be understood. The most advanced models are available as a software package, however, often these models are that complicated that for practioners they will be considered a "black box". In addition, the input values used for the model parameters remain largely unknown or are considered stochastic variables characterised by a mean value and a standard deviation. In practice the statistical quantification of a model parameter is frequently referred to as being based on "expert opinion", which generally has to be understood that due to a lack of data on a specific parameter the quantification has been merely based on some wild guess rather than on sound engineering judgement (in other words, a statistical approach is chosen because of a lack of data, whereas a certain amount of data is required to do proper statistics). The consequence is that the result of these calculations demonstrates a significant variation. As an example, Figure 1 shows the effect of the ageing factor, n, on the predicted probability corrosion initiation (assuming the mathematical model and the values used for other model parameters are correct). Not only in publications by academics but also in practice by consultants a probabilistic approach is often advocated, however such an approach is mostly preferred as to conceal the lack of responsibility, liability, information and knowledge. Consequently, it is concluded that prediction of (residual) service life of concrete structures is a lucrative business, based on playing with numbers as to achieve the desired, and hopefully also a realistic, outcome. Some illustrative examples from practice will be presented and critically discussed to support this conclusion. Fig. 1. Predicted probabitity of initiation of reinforcement corrosion as a function of time, for different discrete values of the ageing factor n, and treating the critical chloride level as the only stochastic model parameter


hen asked to review an earlier draft of this article, our comments roughly equalled the manuscript text in length, since there seemed to be a remarkable number of misrepresentations of our French work, along with a variety of errors of other kinds. This is a cleaner version of the argument, although at least two key misinterpretations remain. In a sense this is not surprising, since correction at these two points would leave a very unpersuasive article. On the other hand, given that the extensive bodies of evidence within our volume Political Representation in France (henceforth, PRiF) that sharply contradict judgments by Fleury and Lewis-Beck (henceforth, F&L-B) have now been specifically pointed out to them, it is depressing that they continue to keep such evidence from the reader. Indeed, while they are certainly entitled to dispute this counterevidence, it is hard to have an intelligent discussion unless they are willing to reveal why they contest it. We hope that the general reader interested in these issues will at least consult our many relevant discussions in PRiF rather than count on the impressions of our positions left by this article.


CI-937 and CI-942, compounds which show potent anticancer activity, were synthesized with double labeled high specific activity carbon-14. The key intermdiate in the synthesis, 3,6-dichloro-[dicarbonyl-14C2]phthalic anhydride was made by treating 2-bromo-1,4-dichlorobenzene with n-butyllithium and 14CO2 to give 2,5-dichloro[carboxy-14C]benzoic acid, which was converted to its diethylamide. Ortho-directed lithiation followed by a second carboxylation produced the ortho acid-amide. Hydrolysis and dehydration generated the anhydride. Friedel-Crafts acylation of the anhydride with 1,4-benzenediol gave 1,4-dichloro-5,8-dihydroxy[9,10-14C2]-9,10-anthracenedione. Protection and hydrazination gave a chloroanthrapyrazole intermediate which was converted into [14C2]CI-937 or [14C2]CI-942 in two steps. The specific activities of the final compounds were 196 μCi/mg and 182 μCi/mg respectively.


The invention concerns an Internet server acting as secure paying agent, that is relaying all payment requests to bank card payment systems requiring card number input. The client is registered once on the server by supplying among others his bank card number and by installing a standard X509 certificate on his terminal, protected by a security code known only to him. When purchasing from his initialised PC, the payment request is relayed to the agent server which authenticates the client through his X509 certificate, causing the security code to be requested on the client terminal. The client using such a secure system, accepts not to challenge a purchase carried out by the agent. A request made from an anonymous PC (that is non-initialised), is blocked until a secure validation procedure is carried out. Three validating procedures are proposed: 1) validation from a WAP mobile telephone; 2) validation from a normal mobile telephone; 3) validation for a WAP mobile telephone with WIM module.


Trees are an integral part of many outdoor scenes and are rendered in a wide variety of computer applications like computer games, movies, simulations, architectural models, AR and VR. This has led to increasing demand for realistic, intuitive, lightweight and easy to produce computer-generated trees. The current approaches at 3D tree generation using a library of trees lack variations in structure and are repetitive. This paper presents an extended grammar-based automated solution for 3D tree generation that can model a wide range of species, both Western and Indian. For the foliage, we adopt a particle system approach that models the leaf, its size, orientation and changes. The proposed solution additionally allows control for individual trees, thus modelling the tree growth variations, changes in foliage across seasons, and leaf structure. This enables the generation of virtual forests with different tree compositions. In addition, a Blender add-on has been developed for use and will be released.


Mathematical modelling using regression for the biogas production process was a proven method used until now. Recently the artificial neural network modelling had been used to model the biogas production process to represent it in neural network model. However, the implementation of the artificial neural network modelling was limited to its problem and some of the proper implementation, for example testing and validation was not fully addressed. This paper used several data sets to compare the artificial neural network modelling results and comparing it with the previous mathematical modelling results. The results show that the artificial neural network modelling produced better results with higher accuracy and lower error when compared to the mathematical modelling. But some issues need to be addressed such as dataset size and over-training in producing good models to represent the biogas production process.


A new technique for using radioactive phosphorus in the diagnosis of cancer of the stomach is described. There is a close correlation between the maximum concentration of radioactivity and the histological demonstration of malignant changes.


The object in this research is Electronic Word of Mouth, Brand Awareness, Brand Image and Customer Satisfaction. This research aims find out the relationship and influence of variable Electronic word of mouth, brand awareness, and brand image in forming or creating Customer Satisfaction. From this research, four the hypothesis that test is done to 107 respondents who was chosen by judgement sampling technique is conducted sampling technique based on the characteristics set is minimal stayed previously at Legian Village Hotel. Tabulation of the data processed by the program AMOS v22. With the results of studies showing the cut of value and goodness of fit looks four criteria are met eight criteria used. Relative criteria are met including Chi-square (χ2 / df), Probability, TLI, and CFI and the marginal is GFI. Thus it was more than two criteria that qualify, then the model can already be said to be good. It is expected that this research can connect the implications theoretical and the implications for companies with the result that overall has been described in this chapter closing sub-section conclusion. Keywords: Electronic Word of Mouth, Brand Awareness, Brand Image, Customer Satisfaction.


J. Kim, M.L. Delioukina, W. Lee, P. Soriano, C. Prendergast, M. D'Apuzzo, S.S. Dadwal. Successful allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for acute myelogenous leukemia in a patient with hepatic echinococcal cyst managed by delayed hepatectomy.
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Vortex gyrotropic modes in ferromagnetic nanostructures can be described as flexure oscillations of the vortex core line with different number of nodes n along the dot thickness. By conducting broadband ferromagnetic resonance measurements in the absence of external magnetic field on Ni80Fe20 circular nanodots with radius R = 150 nm and thickness 50 ≤ L ≤ 100 nm, we established that above L = 70 nm the intensity of more complicated n = 1 vortex mode is unexpectedly higher than the one of n = 0 mode. The observed behavior is explained on the basis of the inhomogeneous vortex mode phase profiles extracted from micromagnetic simulations. The phase difference of vortex core gyrations at the top and bottom dot faces is essentially different from 0 and π. The difference is increasing with increase in the dot aspect ratio L/R for the 0th order mode, whereas an inverse relationship is observed for the 1st order mode. The analytical theory indicates that this phase difference has magnetostatic origin.


This paper presents the strategy adopted by the Instituto de Investiga��o Cient�fica Tropical (Tropical Research Institute), in Lisbon, to access and conserve the natural history collections under its care, specifically fluid-preserved zoological and botanical collections, through the creation and implementation of the interdisciplinary project "Promotion of Tropical Knowledge". We discuss key issues and planned interventions, taking into account the need to preserve the chemical structure and the morphology of the specimens in the best possible way. The article focuses on the importance of maintaining the integrity of the containers which house the specimens and the fluid composition and its appropriate levels, creating a protective microenvironment around the specimens. Reference is also made to the importance of computer processing of collections, allowing its availability to the scientific community and acting as a form of long term preservation, since this means of safeguarding information may last even longer than the specimens themselves.


Database royalties now account for 20-40% of the direct costs of online literature search. A recent study suggests that such royalties may roughly double in real terms by 1985. The other direct costs of online searching - computing and tele communication charges - are expected to continue falling in real terms. But, because of higher royalties, total search ing costs may drop less than many commentators have hoped. Conversely, there may be some easing in the rate of price increases of printed abstracts journals.


ABSTRACT A study of 1,093 adolescents from six different public high schools showed that the same theoretical model of control and social learning theories fit the data on alcohol use, heavy alcohol consumption, and use of marijuana. The same model did not explain the use of amphetamines, barbiturates, cocaine or opiates. This study also found that religiosity was a significant influence only on certain forms of drug use, whereas the feedback effect of drug use on religiosity was significant for all forms studied.


An autonomous unmanned aircraft requires the collision avoidance capability to automatically sense and avoid conflicts, that is, to meet safety and flexibility issues in an environment of increasing air traffic densities. In this paper, the problem of solving conflicts among unmanned aircraft agents, that are assumed to fly in same altitude and instances, is considered. This paper presents a new functional architecture for unmanned aircraft collision avoidance system with an approach utilized for deciding the collision criteria upon flight plan sharing, and cooperatively avoids potential conflict through multi-agent peer to peer aircraft negotiation and predefined maneuvering in heading and speed changes. The designed collision avoidance system will allow each aircraft to negotiate with each other to determine a safe and acceptable solution when potential conflict is detected.


This article elaborates on an architectural approach to urban design – to the idea of 'city as a building' in relation to user's perceptions and urban microclimate based on Dutch examples. A brief analysis of urban square design approaches in The Netherlands since WW II reveals a prominent tendency to use the metaphor 'city as a building'. The architectural, often minimalist design of plazas frequently features a 'void' spatial layout, hard materialization, cool, bright colours and furniture that has its origin in interior design. The problems arising from this approach with respect to human bioclimatic needs and perceptions as well as urban microclimate will be elucidated and practical solutions proposed. As a general conclusion, a different approach to urban design that conceives the 'city as landscape' is suggested.


Demonstrates a novel HBT-before-CMOS integration scheme to integrate SiGe:C HBTs with a 130 nm gate length CMOS frontend. This scheme entirely eliminates the impact of the HBT thermal steps on CMOS characteristics, opening the way for easy, modular integration of high-performance HBTs into highly scaled CMOS technologies. C doping of the SiGe layer prevents the degradation of HBT parameters by critical CMOS thermal steps. This is demonstrated for SiGe:C HBTs with f/sub T//f/sub max/ values of 80/90 GHz fabricated in the HBT-before-CMOS scheme and in a benchmark HBT-only process.


Heterotopic gastric mucosa has been identified in all levels of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. However, the finding of heterotopic gastric mucosa in the rectum is rare. We report a rare case of a 48-year old male with heterotopic fundic and pyloric-type gastric mucosa in the rectum incidentally found by sigmoidoscopy. A sessile polyp measuring 1.3 cm in diameter is surrounded by whitish discolored area measuring 3.0 cm in diameter. Histologic examination of the biopsy from the whitish discolored area demonstrated fragments of rectal mucosa with heterotopic fundic and pyloric-type gastric mucosa, whereas histologic examination of the biopsy from the rectal polyp showed fragments of heterotopic pyloric-type gastric mucosa with foveolar hyperplasia, which can explain the polypoid appearance. No intestinal metaplasia or Helicobacter pylori are identified. Our case is unique in that the lesion appeared as a polyp due to the foveolar hyperplasia.


Through the use of the synthetic strategy outlined in this article, the chiral 5-(R)-[(1R,2S,5R)-(-)-menthyloxy]-4-(R)-(heterocyclic base group)-2(5H)-furanones(5) containing one stereogenic center were obtained via the asymmetric Michael addition reaction of heterocyclic bases with the chiron 3. Adducts 5 were reduced to give the functionalized compounds with optical purity, 2-(R)-(heterocyclic base group)-1,4-butanediols(6) in good yields with e.e.≥98%. The chemical structure of compound 6 was readily confirmed by elemental analysis data and spectroscopic data. The proposed structures of optically active compounds 6 were consistent with the stereochemistry and the configurations of their molecules were further confirmed by its X-ray crystallography. These results provided a new synthetic strategy to the functionalized optically active butanediol derivatives. This aim of the present study would be to propose further groundwork for any future applications of the functionalized optically active butanediols to the synthesis of important chiral acyclic nucleoside analogues and organic ligands as well as chiral blockings for synthesizing some supramolecular system and chiral medicines.


In this work, the generalized photo-thermo-elastic model with variable thermal conductivity is presented to estimates the variations of temperature, the carrier density, the stress and the displacement in a semiconductor material. The effects of variable thermal conductivity under photo-thermal transport process is investigated by using the coupled model of thermoelastic and plasma wave. The surface of medium is loaded by uniform unit step temperature. Easily, the analytical solutions in the domain of Laplace are obtained. By using Laplace transforms with the eigenvalue scheme, the fields studied are obtained analytically and presented graphically.


The ability to deploy neural networks in real-world, safety-critical systems is severely limited by the presence of adversarial examples: slightly perturbed inputs that are misclassified by the network. In recent years, several techniques have been proposed for increasing robustness to adversarial examples --- and yet most of these have been quickly shown to be vulnerable to future attacks. For example, over half of the defenses proposed by papers accepted at ICLR 2018 have already been broken. We propose to address this difficulty through formal verification techniques. We show how to construct provably minimally distorted adversarial examples: given an arbitrary neural network and input sample, we can construct adversarial examples which we prove are of minimal distortion. Using this approach, we demonstrate that one of the recent ICLR defense proposals, adversarial retraining, provably succeeds at increasing the distortion required to construct adversarial examples by a factor of 4.2.


Summary. The incidence of bacteria on the surface of apple and cherry roots was compared over a period of 20 months with those in rhizosphere and root-free soils. Seasonal variation in total and in Gram negative bacterial populations in soils and on roots was essentially similar. The highest numbers occurred between November and March and the lowest in September. Little general stimulation of bacteria near roots was detected and, on occasion, negative values were recorded for rhizosphere effect. The results indicated that edaphic factors rather than root activity had the major influence on population levels. Fluorescent pseudomonads were low in number and this suggests either that fruit tree roots were unable to support large numbers of these bacteria or that colonization from the soil populations was irregular. However, in contrast to other bacteria, there was a marked stimulatory effect on fluorescent pseudomonads, particularly in apple rhizo-spheres where a maximum rhizosphere/soil ratio of 131 was recorded.


Julie Otsuka's novel  When the Emperor Was Divine (2002), which has reached a large international audience and is widely taught in American universities and colleges, is about a Japanese-American f ...


Background: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is the life-threatening chronic disease if left without appropriate clinical care and self-management. Diabetes places a burden on family life and daily routine that can be reduced by a proper disease management program. Extensive research studies are conducted for the estimation of pediatric quality of life (PedsQL) in the medical and psychosocial care of diabetic children. Objectives: To evaluate the quality of life of children 8 12 y/o with T1DM, to compare PedsQL perceived by their parents, to understand influence of gender and other factors on PedsQL and disease management. Methods: Children with T1DM were identified and recruited from the pediatric endocrinology department registries. We used the validated adapted pediatric quality of life inventory 3.0 diabetes module of the child (ages 8 12) and parent reports. Obtained scales were compared between children and parents as well as between the two genders. Results: A total of 132 T1DM children and their primary caregivers participated in the study. The mean age of the children was 6.82± 2.17 years. Girls had higher (17.82 ± 1.59) body mass index (BMI) than boys (17.1 ± 1.95; OR = 0.72; P value 0.021). Mean levels of HbA1C were different in genders: 9 ± 1.78 for girls and 7.93 ± 1.0 for boys (P < 0.001). Diet habits of diabetic children with uneducated primary caregiver have not been changed (P value 0.0138) and these children more often experienced hypoglycemia (P < 0.001). Regular exercising had positive effect on level of HbA1C (7.8 ± 0.82 versus 8.93 ± 1.73) (P value 0.003). In a comparison of PedsQL scores between boys and girls, we have found significant differences in 17 items and in 15 items between child and parent. Conclusions: In 8 12 y/o group of T1DM children, girls seem to be more sensitive towards pain and difficulties associated with the disease, boys experienced more difficulties related to treatment compliance and parents' involvement. Primary caregivers mostly underestimated the child's PedsQL.


This paper examines some of the letters and letter-books published during the Second World War to argue that they constitute an unusual, hitherto unconsidered, form of propaganda. This was not organised state propaganda, though of course letter were censored for security purposes. Rather, the sudden fashion for publishing patriotic letters in pamphlets, newspaper columns, published correspondences, anthologies and on radio programmes, exemplified a much more diffuse form of persuasion which resulted from the willing cooperation of the media and literati with the Allied governments. Well outside the direct policies of the Ministry of Information, editors, writers and publishers supported the government stance that the war was not only inevitable but just. The letters that they published took this as their central theme.


Abstract: the object of this article is to investigate the changes in the Protestantism associated with the New Pentecostalism, checking your correlation with the consumer culture. The aim is to understand the transformations of Protestants beliefs that make possible a Neopentecostal theodicy in the religious scenario, through exam of the possible correlations between such transformations and broad cultural processes linked to centrality of consumption in modern societies.

 A dinâmica religiosa dos fieis: Neopentecostalismo e relacoes de consumo

Resumo; O objetivo deste artigo e investigar as transformacoes no protestantismo associadas ao neopentecostalismo, verificando sua correspondencia a cultura de consumo. Pretende-se compreender as transformacoes das crencas protestantes que tornam possivel uma teodiceia neopentecostal no cenario religioso, por meio do exame de eventuais correlacoes entre tais transformacoes e processos culturais mais amplos vinculados a centralidade do consumo nas sociedades modernas.


The 3X + 1 problem (Collatz conjecture) has been proposed for many years, however no major breakthrough has been made so far. As we know, the Crandall conjecture is a well-known generalization of the 3X + 1 problem. It is worth noting that, both conjectures are infamous for their simplicity in stating but intractability in solving. In this paper, I aim to provide a clear explanation about the reason why these two problems are difficult to handle and have very different characteristics on convergence of the series via creatively applying the probability theory and global expectancy value E(n) of energy contraction index. The corresponding convergence analysis explicitly shows that a = 3 leads to a difficult problem, while a > 3 leads to a divergent series. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first work to point out the difference between these cases. The corresponding results not only propose a new angle to analyze the 3X + 1 problem, but also shed some light on the future research.


Obesity is a risk factor for cancer. We previously reported that consumption of a high‐fat diet enhances metastasis in mice (Yan, Clin Exp Metastasis 2010). The present study investigated the effects of restricted feeding of a high‐fat diet on spontaneous metastasis of Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) in male C57BL/6 mice. Three‐week‐old mice were fed a low‐fat or high‐fat diet (16% or 45% of energy from corn oil). When significant differences in body weight between the groups were observed, the high‐fat diet‐fed mice were randomly assigned to 2 groups and fed the high‐fat diet either ad lib or with 5% restriction (on the basis of average daily intake of the ad lib fed group). Five weeks after the initiation of restricted feeding, mice were subcutaneously injected with 2.5×105 LLC cells. The resulting primary tumor was removed surgically 10 days later, and the experiment was terminated after an additional 10 days. Compared to mice fed the high‐fat diet ad lib, restricted feeding significantly reduced caloric intake, body fat mass and body weight to levels similar to those of low‐fat diet‐fed mice. Consumption of the high‐fat diet significantly increased the number and size of lung metastases compared to the low‐fat diet; restricted feeding significantly reduced both to the levels of mice fed the low‐fat diet. Furthermore, compared to the high‐fat diet ad lib feeding, restricted feeding significantly reduced plasma concentrations of insulin, inflammatory cytokines (leptin, plasminogen activator inhibitor‐1 and monocyte chemotactic protein‐1) and angiogenic factors (vascular endothelial growth factor and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase‐1). These results demonstrated that restricted feeding of the high‐fat diet reduced metastasis. It suggests that this reduction may be associated with the mitigation of adiposity and down‐regulation of related inflammatory cytokines and angiogenic factors.


Numerical simulations and wind tunnel tests are both basic methods for aerodynamic research and application. They are the modeling and simulation of real world system. There are various uncertainties in the implementation process. In Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), the main sources of uncertainty are the model form, model parameters and numerical solution methods. In wind tunnel tests, there are many uncertainties sources, such as geometric model, test environment, test devices and instrumentation, test methods, data recording and processing, etc. This paper takes NACA0012 airfoil as an example. Bayesian model averaging method (BMA) and grid convergence study are used to analyse model form and numerical solution uncertainty in CFD. For the geometric configuration uncertainty in wind tunnel test, regression analysis and bootstrap method are used to carry out data fusion. Finally, model validation research is conducted.


Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) of p-nitrobenzoate adsorbed on obliquely evaporated Ag films is considered. The anisotropic behavior of SERS of such films is discussed in relation with electron microscopy and optical studies of the samples. Experiments are interpreted on the basis of electromagnetic calculations of interacting cylinders.


Globally, almost all of the water is salty, with only 2.5% being freshwater. Two-thirds of this freshwater is stored in glaciers and permanent snow cover, while one-third consists of groundwater, which is more or less accessible. In 1995, consumption of water reached 2300 cu. km, most of which went to agriculture, industries, and municipalities. The demand for freshwater has more than doubled since the start of the century and the yearly per capita potential availability of renewable freshwater has been declining steadily. At the same time, the proportion of available but polluted water continuously increases, particularly because of changes in the modes of industrial and agricultural production and increasing urbanization. In quantifying freshwater scarcity, the use of the ¿water stress index¿ (the ratio of water withdrawal to water availability) is a conservative estimation of water shortage. Almost all of the developing countries are experiencing scarcity of water resources, and importation of stocks, desalinization, and the use of nonrenewable water resources are deemed necessary. Population growth, economic development, and limitation on the financial and technical know-how further exacerbate this situation. With the existing serious water problems facing one-third of the population, it can be expected that the proportion would most probably double by 2025 if the trends continue.


Based on the analysis of the topographic features and existing poverty,advantages and potentials for development were pointed out.The strategy of cash forests,especially dry-fruit trees,was discussed in detail,illustrating the significance and feasibility.


Targeting the ordinary people, describing the sexuality, centering around a common family, and focusing with a wide angle on the whole society, all these formed the unique artistic vision of this novel different to all other classical novels. The unique artistic vision created a collision between the week points of humanity and life tragedy. The author of this novel entered the stage of philosophy thanks to its unique aesthetics and cultural value. Therefore, this novel has a real and special consciousness over the destined life and its permanent significance.


Since the beginning of postdoctoral system, the postdoctoral work in west area of China has been improved apparently. But there are still many problems. Among this problems, limited postdoctoral stations, insufficient enrollment, single means of funding, lack of financial support and communication are the top problems. At present, there are more chances as well as challenges for it. We must make full use of these chances, overcome all difficulties and make great effort to develop postdoctoral work by more practicable and creative measures. Five measures are suggested in the paper.


Complexity and simplicity depend each other, permeate each other, transit to each other by intermediaries, and can chang to each other under definite conditions.


Spread of drugs and organized crime have close relationship.Therefore the breeding and spread of many drug problems provide vast social development space for organized crime.Accordingly,the development of organized crime greatly enhances the energy of drug-related crimes,and increases the spread of drugs.The symbiosis pattern of drug-related crime and organized crime take organized drug-related crime as drive shaft,thus severely challenges human survival and development.


Methodological and ideological pluralism has been a defi ning feature of much organizational analysis for many years now—although resistance to it has always been present. The rise of 'evidence-based management' (EBM) is read as the latest form of resistance to pluralism— one that might prove particularly hard to refuse given the popularity of many other forms of evidence-based practices. So I explore the prospects for EBM within organization studies and some of its implications for those who value the continuation of pluralistic forms of analysis in organizational research.


Device for packaging products having a tank (1) with: a first base (10) having a first input (11) of product; a second base (20) having a first outlet (22) of product having a first diameter; a wall (30) between the first base (10) and second base (20) to define an interior (100) of the tank (1) between the first base (10), second base (20) and the wall (30 ); evacuation apparatus for the product to be evacuated from the tank (1) having: a first driving team consisting of a converging internally of the second base (20) to the first outlet (22); positioning equipment for positioning the tank (1) in a substantially vertical position to facilitate the evacuation of the product by gravity.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to reduce eddy current loss in a wire that is affected by an alternating field passing through it. This allows the efficiency of transformers to be upgraded and the quality factor in coils to be increased.Design/methodology/approach – The use of a magnetoplated wire (MPW) is proposed to reduce eddy current loss in a wire. An MPW is a copper wire (COW) whose circumference is plated with a magnetic thin film. In additional, the theoretical equation for eddy current loss in an MPW is derived for ease of analysis.Findings – The eddy current loss in an MPW is calculated as a function of the relative permeability and resistivity of its magnetic thin film to reduce the resistance due to the proximity effect of a coil. The eddy current loss in an MPW whose magnetic thin film has a relative permeability of 500 and a resistivity of 0.12 μΩm can be reduced to 4 percent that of COW at a frequency of 1 MHz.Originality/value – The use of MPW can be expected to upgrade the efficien...


The soil under study was selected, is known for its medicinal value. This driven us to explore the microflora associated with the soil. Since, fungus is known for the richest source of producing many bioactive molecules so; we confined our study on exploring the fungal diversity and metabolite producing fungus. The isolated fungal species were identified on morphologic, microscopic and molecular basis. Total of 15 fungal species were isolated and screened for antimicrobial activity. Out of 15 only three fungal species namely Acremonium, Penicillium and Aspergillus showed antimicrobial activity against various selected pathogens. Fungal diversity of Chambyal soil was compared and found similar with the mycology of Dead sea, known for treating skin disorders. This suggesting that the presence of these fungi and their secondary products might have played some role in the healing of the skin disorders.


Future planetary missions will rely on rovers that can autonomously explore and navigate in unstructured environments. An essential element is the ability to recognize places that were already visited or mapped. In this work, we leverage the ability of stereo cameras to provide both visual and depth information, guiding the search and validation of loop closures from a multi-modal perspective. We propose to augment submaps that are created by aggregating stereo point clouds, with visual keyframes. Point clouds matches are found by comparing CSHOT descriptors and validated by clustering, while visual matches are established by comparing keyframes using Bag-of-Words (BoW) and ORB descriptors. The relative transformations resulting from both keyframe and point cloud matches are then fused to provide pose constraints between submaps in our graph-based SLAM framework. Using the LRU rover, we performed several tests in both an indoor laboratory environment as well as a challenging planetary analog environment on Mount Etna, Italy, consisting of areas where either keyframes or point clouds alone failed to provide adequate matches demonstrating the benefit of the proposed multi-modal approach.


Molecular dynamics is used to simulate the film growth process of zinc oxide (ZnO) deposited on a ZnO substrate. In the work, the Buckingham-type interatomic potential is modelled to describe the interaction of Zn–O atoms. The effects of incident energy and substrate temperature on the layer coverage function, radial distribution function and residual stress are investigated. Results show that the crystal growth of the deposition film is a symmetric wurtzite lattice along the [0 0 0 1] direction due to charge transformation. Epitaxial-like growth only occurs at very low incident energies, while the intermixing process could start from an incident energy of 3 eV. The average stress of the Zn layer is a compressive stress that is close to zero. However, the average mean biaxial stress and the normal stress of the O layer are −4.49 GPa and −3.07 GPa, respectively. The simulation results are compared with experimental results available in the literature.


The invention relates to an infrasonic wave synthetic method and device based on the heterodyne frequency type and parametric acoustic array technology. The infrasonic wave synthetic method is characterized by comprising the following steps: firstly, four channels of sinusoidal signals are generated; the four channels of sinusoidal signals are two kinds of sinusoidal signals with the frequency difference being 20Hz; each channel of difference frequency sinusoidal signal is converted into sound waves; and finally, the four channels of converted sound waves with two different frequencies are subject to nonlinear superposition in the transmission process to generate sum frequency waves and differential frequency waves, and the sound waves, except for the differential frequency waves, with the other frequencies are smoothed to become infrasonic waves with the frequency being 20Hz. According to the infrasonic wave synthetic method and device based on the heterodyne frequency type and parametric acoustic array technology, the DDS technology is adopted, control is flexible, convenient and simple, and the frequency can be continuously adjustable; and through connection between the device and the STM32, the device has the good expandability, and the aim can be achieved under the condition that the cost is very low.


A music performance space constitutes the frame as well as the content of the listeners' experience. The acoustic environment forces continuous negotiations that differ according to a listener's role and position as conductor, performer or audience member. The aim of this research is to investigate the acoustics of a performative space, the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, following two complementary paths, both based on an interactive model. The first one offers an impulse-response experience: the user can virtually explore the opera hall by choosing between the binaural reproductions of 13 different listening positions whether off-site (using an audiovisual web app) or on-site, through bone conduction headphones.The second one is about the aural and visual perception of a rehearsal of the romance "Una furtiva lagrima" from Donizetti's opera L'elisir d'amore. Through the use of ambisonics recordings, 360 degrees videos and a virtual reality headset, the user can experience the performance from three different points of the theatre alternatively: on stage, in the orchestra pit and in the audience area. The three different perspectives can be switched instantaneously using a remote controller.


e18017Background: Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a deadly disease in which precision medicine needs to be incorporated. We aimed to implement next-generation sequencing (NGS) in d...


The first excited state of /sup 211/Bi is located at 410 keV and, in spite of the relatively simple structure of this nucleus relative to the /sup 208/Pb closed shell, this level is presently not understood theoretically. In order to increase the available information about this state, we report here on the /sup 208/Pb(..cap alpha..,p)/sup 211/Bi reaction, which can provide a measure of the proton particle strength to such levels. The yields from the /sup 206/Pb(..cap alpha..,p)/sup 209/Bi reaction are used as a strength calibration after distorted-wave Born approximation corrections. It is found that the 410 keV state contains 52% of the f/sub 7/2/ single-particle strength although it has been displaced downward by 500 keV from the unperturbed f/sub 7/2/ position in /sup 209/Bi.


In order to improve the hydraulic efficiency, modern automatic transmissions tend to apply electric oil pump in their hydraulic system. The electric oil pump can support the mechanical oil pump for cooling, lubrication, and maintaining the line pressure at low engine speeds. In addition, the start–stop function can be realized by means of the electric oil pump; thus, the fuel consumption can be further reduced. This article proposes a method of applying two-pump system (one electric oil pump and one mechanical oil pump) in automatic transmissions based on the forward driving simulation. A mathematical model for calculating the transmission power loss is developed. The power loss transfers to heat which requires oil flow for cooling and lubrication. A leakage model is developed to calculate the leakage of the hydraulic system. In order to satisfy the flow requirement, a flow-based control strategy for the electric oil pump is developed. Simulation results of different driving cycles show that there is a best combination of the size of electric oil pump and the size of mechanical oil pump with respect to the optimal energy conservation. Besides, the two-pump system can also satisfy the requirement of the start–stop function. This research is extremely valuable for the forward design of a two-pump system in automatic transmissions with respect to energy conservation and start–stop function.


Intraluminal formations of the heart are a heterogeneous group: from blood clots to malignant neoplasms. The nosology of these formations can only be determined by morphological research. Myxofibrosarcoma of the heart is a rare malignant tumor. According to modern concepts, myxofibrosarcoma belongs to the group of intimal sarcomas, subgroup of undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcomas. We describe two cases of myxofibrosarcoma of the heart: in one subject against the background of inflammatory myofibroblastic heart tumor; in another subject - with a history of breast cancer and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. An attempt was made to identify similar mutations in patients with these tumors according to the literature.


A review of the literature from 1957 to 2009 on studies of the interaction of penicillin and cephalosporin antibiotics with metal cations and studies of the structure and properties of the resulting complexes is presented.


The main purpose of this study was the evaluate of the effect of Aloe Vera gel and conjugated linoleic acid supplement on growth performance, blood metabolites and immunity parameters in Holstein calves. This study was carried out using 24 male and female Holstein bulls with mean age of 1-10 days and weighting 38±8 kg with 4 treatments and 6 replications in a completely randomized design with a factorial (2 × 2). The treatments consisted of: (1) basic diet consisting of starter and whole milk (control) (2) basal diet + 250 mg / kg body weight Aloe vera gel (3) base ration + 20 grams per kilogram dry matter consumed complementary conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). (4) Basal diet with 250 mg of Aloe vera gel + 20 g of CLA. During the experiment, the ration of the starter was free, and alfalfa was fed to the calves from the age of 20 days. The results of this experiment showed that the average daily gain of calves in the first month and the whole period was influenced by the experimental diet and increased compared to the control group (P < 0.05). The calves fed 20g CLA in the first month and the calves fed with 250 mg of Aloe Vera gel in the second month showed the highest weight. Also, calves fed CLA supplement significantly reduced the dry matter during the whole period (P < 0.05). The results of blood parameters showed there was no significant difference in the levels of cholesterol, triglyceride, proteinuria, urea and albumin in calves fed with experimental diets. However, experimental diets had a significant effect on glucose content (P < 0.05). The number of white blood cells as well as the monocyte ratio of calves fed with 20 grams of CLA supplements increased significantly in the first month (P < 0.05). But in the second month it had no effect. Based on obtained results, 20 grams of CLA supplement and 250 mg per kg bodyweight, the Aloe vera gel, is isolated on the ration of the calves, and is more effective on the tested parameters.


This article presents a reference design for the well-known ball-on-beam laboratory experiment, where a spherical ball without direct actuation is only balanced by the inclination of a supporting structure, such as beam, rail or tube. The design introduced here is completely open-source and utilizes only a handful of off-the-shelf components and 3D printing; resulting in an exceptionally low hardware cost. Moreover, the resulting apparatus fits on a standard expansion module format, known as a Shield, which is compatible with a range of microcontroller prototyping boards from the Arduino ecosystem. This affordable, small, reproducible and open design is thus intended to aid control systems or mechatronics education via hands-on student experiments or even conducting research on a budget. In addition to the hardware design with downloadable project files, we also present an application programming interface and the results of a demonstration example here.


One-hundred-and-one cases of clinically proved yaws have been examined radiologically. The correlation of the clinical findings with the X-ray appearances has been described. Effects of specific treatment upon the radiological picture have been demonstrated and the differential diagnosis has been discussed. Stress has been laid upon the possibility of an early diagnosis in these bones, which are most frequently attacked. This appears important in view of the high morbidity which yaws causes in African members of H.M. Forces.


The most recent flurry of bad news has Lauro F. Cavazos, the Secretary of Edu? cation, saying, "As a nation we should be appalled, appalled that we have placed our children in such jeopardy." Further, he reported that one-third of high school juniors cannot write an adequate job appli? cation and two-thirds cannot write a good letter. The percentage of 17-year-old stu? dents capable of "adept reading" is 46 per? cent for non-Hispanic whites and about half that for blacks and Latinos. There is an


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study investigated the relationship between moral judgment and the ethical responses of 496 graduate students to nine hypothetical marketing moral dilemmas. As hypothesized, participants higher in moral reasoning were more likely than those lower in moral insight to: a)believe an ethically questionable action is wrong, b) anticipate guilt if they considered doing the same thing, and c)say they would not do it. Implications of these findings for ethical organizational decision making and for business ethics education were discussed. This included the suggestion that business faculty emphasize both moral reasoning discussion and ethical dilemma resolution. It was concluded that if ethics training can increase moral corporate conduct, then that organization's global competitiveness would increase as well. Keywords: Marketing ethics, Moral judgement, Student attidues INTRODUCTION Browning's (2003) study of MBA students found that 82% of women and 72% of men thought it was "very important" that companies be run "according to its values and a strong code of ethics" (p. c3). If ethics education started at the undergraduate level these numbers could be higher by the start of the MBA. But the success of undergraduate ethics education may first require a better understanding of graduate student ethics to see if undergraduate ethics education is adequate. The present study seeks to do that by determining whether or not graduate students with greater moral reasoning ability also have more ethical attitudes about marketing. Ethics is essential to long term success in marketing specifically and in business management generally. In the short term we may "get away with it" but this won't last, nor should it. Thus, marketing ethics is worth studying as is moral judgment aptitude. Moral judgment, also known as moral thinking, reasoning, cognition and insight, may help us understand who those honest managers might be. A low score on moral cognition could be correlated with a lack of professional integrity. If there is an association between moral reasoning and moral attitudes, employees showing lapses in living up to the corporate code of ethics could benefit from moral education classes in order to improve their moral insight. The purpose of this investigation is to determine whether or not there is a relationship between moral judgments of graduate students and their responses to a series of hypothetical marketing moral dilemmas. There is evidence that individuals vary in both ethics and in moral thinking. Stockfisch (1999) found that half of U.S. workers had engaged in unethical and/or illegal behavior within the past year. So people do vary in ethics. As for moral reasoning variation, Trevino(1992) found two decades of research support for Kohlberg's (1969) theory of cognitive moral development: Level I, Preconventional Morality (Stages 1 and 2), Level II, Conventional Morality (Stages 3 and 4), and Level III, Postconventional morality (Stages 5 and 6). Stage 1: moral decisions are based on obedience to avoid punishement. Stage 2: ethical decisions are based on reciprocity. Stage 3: a good person helps significant others. Stage 4: the law must be obeyed to preserve the social order. Stage 5: the social contract allows the law to be changed. Stage 6: a person is guided by self-chosen principles of justice and equality. The good society is discussed by Nussbaum (2002). To Wimalsari( 2004), Kohlberg sees us having cognitive skills that are used to resolve moral dilemmas. This study investigates the relationship between moral judgment and the responses of graduate students to nine hypothetical marketing moral dilemmas. The present research looks at thoughts, feelings and action tendencies with respect to each one. Ethics is viewed here according to the tricomponent attitude model (Schiffman, Kanuk, and Wisenblitt 2010. It is hoped that the study will contribute to the ethics education of marketing students and the moral climate of organizations. …


Real estate development investment has a significant impact on economic development. Based on data from 17 prefecture-level cities and prefectures in Hubei Province from 2002 to 2018, the relationship between real estate development investment and economic growth is analyzed with the help of panel data models. The study found that there is a long-term equilibrium relationship between the two, and there are regional differences in the impact of real estate development investment on economic growth in Hubei Province. Among them, Wuhan has the largest impact and Shennongjia forest area has the smallest impact. The impact of real estate development investment on economic growth depends on the level of regional economic development.


You are just holding the first issue in 2008 of our journal Laser and Particle Beams in your hand. We can look back to a quite successful year 2007, where we have published 71 research articles and one review articles. This is practically the same amount of publications as in previous years and the topics ranged from inertial fusion to fundamental problems of beam interaction with matter including also pulse power, high energy density physics and warm dense matter. Especially the field of Warm Dense Matter seems to enjoy an increasing interest and has been addressed by several authors in our journal (Cao et al., 2007; Sasaki et al., 2006; Deutsch & Popoff, 2006). This journal will make an effort to cover the development of this interesting new field in great detail. The major part of publications submitted to Laser and Particle Beams addressed interaction phenomena of intense laser or particle beams with ionized matter (Laska et al., 2007; Földes, 2007; Gupta et al., 2007; Borghesi et al., 2007; Beilis, 2007), diagnostic methods (Faenov et al., 2007; Nardi et al., 2007), and the phenomenon of accelerated particle beams in intense laser fields (Flippo et al., 2007; Shij, 2007; Karmarkar, 2007; Nickles, 2007). In 2008, the XXX ECLIM conference will be held in September in Darmstadt. Laser and Particle Beams will offer to publish exciting scientific results that will be presented there, since the main topics of the conference e.g., Equation of State, Inertial Fusion Energy, Fast Ignition, Laser Acceleration, Laser and Ion Beam Interaction with Matter constitute the major part of the research fields covered by this journal. It is very encouraging to see the impact factor for Laser and Particle Beams rising steadily. This year we may expect the impact factor to rise again from 3.9 to about 4.4. Thus Laser and Particle Beams has the highest impact factor of all journals in the applied physics dealing with plasma physics issues. Among the Essential Science Indicators there is a section called highly cited papers. These are papers published within the last 10 year period which are significantly more often cited than the average. Here I find it worthwhile to mention that this prestigious category holds a number of publications from Laser and Particle Beams. The list contains highly cited papers in 2007(Gupta & Suk, 2007; Flippo et al., 2007), in 2006 (Yin et al., 2006; Lifschitz et al., 2006), in 2005 (Schaumann et al., 2005; Neumayer et al. 2005; Hora, 2005; Badziak et al., 2005; Roth et al., 2005; Hoffmann et al., 2005), and also one already from 2004 (Hora, 2004). We take this as an indication of the high quality of papers submitted and published in this journal. In the years to come, we want to offer our authors a new options. One of these innovations, I like to call the pioneer section. Since it may be very interesting for the younger generation of researchers to trace down the roots of our field, I want to offer authors the possibility to introduce us to the early development of our field. The paper by Winterberg (2008) is an example of this. Previously classified material is published and related to new ideas and the current development. At the XXIX ECLIM conference in Madrid there was a special pioneers section and this had drawn a lot of attention. Another novelty to Laser and particle Beams will be an invited experts review section where several expert authors will be invited to review the progress of their field of expertise and write a common paper where each author is responsible for his or her respective chapter. I hope that these new options will add to the quality and reputation of the journal.


The northern margin of the East Junggar terrane is highly prospective for Fe–Cu–Au mineralization. However, due to the lack of precise mineralization ages, intensive debates regarding ore genesis existed. In this study, pyrite and magnetite Re–Os isotopes are first used to determine the metallogenic ages and possible genetic links with magmatism at the Laoshankou deposit, the most important Fe–Cu–Au deposit in the region.


Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is a common otologic condition caused by damage to hair cells and spiral ganglion neurons that affects transmission pathways. Most of these cells cannot be regenerated, and there has been no breakthrough in regeneration techniques for inner ear cells. SNHL has a high incidence rate and can cause a variety of clinical symptoms, greatly impacting people's daily lives. With limited clinical treatments, the search for critical targets is urgent. Studies have shown that inflammation is prevalent in the pathogenesis of SNHL and plays a significant role in it. Inflammation is a normal body defense response, and a systemic anti‐inflammatory approach is undesirable. It is crucial for us to identify potential targets of inflammation in SNHL and take measures specifically targeting those targets with minimal systemic impact. This paper firstly describes the role of inflammation in various types of SNHL and then provides an overview of the interactions between inflammation and cochlear immunity, cochlear microcirculation, vascular spasm, and glutamate metabolism and finally comprehensively examines the feasibility of targets in these interactions. This paper is expected to facilitate the development of targeted anti‐inflammation for SNHL and provide strategies and approaches for treating clinical SNHL.


The paper addresses the problem of kinematic modeling and control design of a multifingered robot hand. The fingers are modeled as independent serial manipulators and the kinematic constraints are derived from empirical observations due to the complex structure of the mechanism. The pose control problem for the fingertips is solved by using the kinematic control approach, which ensures the asymptotic stability of the output tracking error. The kinematic control algorithm is extended to include the contact model and the hand Jacobian to allow for the positioning control of grasped objects. Experimental results obtained with a three-fingered robot hand illustrate the applicability of the proposed methodology.


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An inverse problem for a linear stochastic evolution equation is researched. The stochastic evolution equation contains a parameter with values in a Hilbert space. The solution of the evolution equation depends continuously on the parameter and is Frechet differentiable with respect to the parameter. An optimization method is provided to estimate the parameter. A sufficient condition to ensure the existence of an optimal parameter is presented, and a necessary condition that the optimal parameter, if it exists, should satisfy is also presented. Finally, two examples are given to show the applications of the above results.


The steady state formed by the diffusion of plasma particles in an inhomogeneous dusty plasma is investigated theoretically and compared with our previous experimental results [Nucl.Fusion Plasma Phys.20(2000)180 (in Chinese);Phys.Plasmas 8(2001)1459].The negatively charged dust grains with an average charge number of the order of 10^5 on a single grain enhance the plasma inhomogeneity by decreasing the diffusion velocity,and can cause significant depletion of electrons.The theoretical electron density profile is in good agreement with the experiment,and the theoretical profile of the electron-to-ion density ratio is in reasonable agreement with experimentally estimated data.


The present invention relates to the field of intelligent terminals, there is provided a method and apparatus for the page display. The page display method comprising: obtaining the page to be displayed, the web page comprising a plurality of sub-blocks; draw and display the page corresponding to the sub-block of the current screen; sub-blocks adjacent to the current screen rendering sub-blocks and drawn into buffer; read when the screen of the mobile sub-block in the buffer content rendered and displayed; and repeating the rear position change of the current screen to draw adjacent to the current screen and the sub-block into sub-blocks drawn and read the contents of the cache sub-block in the buffer rendered and displayed at the screen of the mobile. The present invention reduces consumption of resources and improve the efficiency of the web page displayed, improving the user experience results.


This paper proposes an algorithm based on LMIs to simultaneously design a switching control law and state-feedback gains that robustly stabilize a continuous-time switched linear system. The method is based on the computation of a stable convex combination of a polytope of matrices. First, the problem is reformulated as a relaxed LMI condition where the scalar parameters appear affinely. Differently from the majority of existing approaches, that resort to the use of gridding, a stable convex combination is determined through an iterative procedure. The algorithm is then extended to provide at the same time a switching strategy and the gains that stabilize the closed-loop system, also including the maximization of a bound to the decay rate. Numerical examples illustrate the results.


Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) is related to the stable operation of power equipment. The traditional partial discharge pattern recognition method relies on expert experience to carry out feature engineering design artificial features, which has strong subjectivity and large blindness. To address the problem, we introduce an encoding-decoding network to reconstruct the input data and then treat the encoded network output as a partial discharge signal feature. The adaptive feature mining ability of the Auto-Encoder Network is effectively utilized, and the traditional classifier is connected to realize the effective combination of the deep learning method and the traditional machine learning method. The results show that the features extracted based on this method have better recognition than artificial features, which can effectively improve the recognition accuracy of partial discharge.


There is obvious vertical zonation in the Laochang Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu deposit with mineralization model of five-storied plus one-ladder. It is a typical polygenetic compound deposit. The mineralization includes volcanic exhalation sedimentation in Early Carboniferous and the hydrothermal process related to concealed granite porphyry in Early Himalayan period. The main ore-controlling factors are volcanic mechanism, volcanic cycle, volcano and magma differentiation degree, and concealed granite porphyry. On the basis of detail study of geological feature and ore-controlling factors of the deposit, the paper has pointed out the prospecting targets.


ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT a perfect measure, an academic publication's impact or significance can probably best be judged by the number of times it is cited by subsequent articles in the field. Using this index of significance for articles published in the Journal of Finance (JOF) and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA) over the period 1967-1972, this article explores several aspects of the production and publication of 'significant' financial research. Key questions are the extent to which finance articles differ in their impact, how highly cited articles differ from articles which are rarely cited, and the extent to which a ranking of finance departments by citations differs from a ranking in terms of articles or pages published. Since the study is based on the proposition that an article's significance or quality can best be measured in terms of the number of times it is cited by other writers, the advantages and disadvantages of this measure are discussed in Part I before the significance and importance of financial research articles are explored in Part II and before questions concerning article importance and the author's institutional affiliation are considered in III. Characteristics of significant articles are examined in Part IV and the study's results are summarized in V.


This study was designed to evaluate the significance of tumor angiogenesis and angiogenic factors such as hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and c‐Met in determining the prognoses of 93 patients with endometrial carcinoma.


Presents a memorandum written by Lauchlin Currie in December 1940 to the President of the USA on the subject of expansion possibilities of the US monetary system.


The Muteh-Golpayegan metamorphic complex consist of different metamorphic rocks including pelitic, semi-pelitic, carbonate, quartz-feldspathic and basic metamorphosed rocks. The metapelitic rocks include chlorite schist, biotite schist, garnet schist, staurolite schist, kyanite schist, sillimanite schist and andalusite schist. The semi-pelitic rocks contain higher amounts of quartz and lower amounts of mica. Apart from the main minerals in the rocks, which are quartz, muscovite, biotite, chlorite, garnet, staurolite, sillimanite, kyanite and andalusite, some samples contain considerable amounts of tourmaline as minor mineral. Tourmaline was studied in one pelitic sample and one semi-pelitic sample with high quartz content. Tourmaline in both lithologies contain high amounts of Na+K relative to Ca in the X crystallographical site, indicating alkaline tourmalines for the studied samples. Low Ca contents points to low uvite content or limited Ca(Fe,Mg)(Na,Al)-1 substitution. The Al content is higher than 6 atoms per formula unit (6.519-6.968), making them Al-bearing tourmalines. Tourmaline in the pelitic samples is schorl, with igneous origin from detrital tourmalines in granitoids, while tourmaline in semi-pelitic sample is dravite with metamorphic origin, more likely formed during regional metamorphism in the Golpayegan area.


This paper puts forward a new theoretical framework of social organization, i.e. Organization Chain, which may be defined as a special multilateral relation of the individuals of social organizations. An organization chain can be built by two paths: being autonomously constructed by the individuals of social organization or being set up by some social forces. After being built, an organization chain may transform to three ends: becoming nominal, being integrated to a new organization, and being de-constructed.


We consider the problem of representing the spatial metabolic activity of sarcomas, an infrequent form of cancer affecting soft tissue, cartilage and bone. The typical treatment protocol for sarcoma tumors is surgical resection, generally preceded by chemotherapy in advanced cases. The median survival time for patients with sarcoma is about five years after surgery. Sarcoma patients are usually followed using Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanning with fluoro-deoxyglucose (FDG). Such imaging data are typically analysed in terms of maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) in the tumor region of interest (ROI) [4]. However, advanced spatial models for sarcoma tumors and novel quantitative descriptors of FDG-PET imaging data may enhance prognostic understanding and, ultimately, patient treatment. We previously proposed alternative measures of spatial heterogeneity of the FDG uptake pattern of sarcoma tumors [4, 8, 7]. This set of measures consisted in measuring the deviation of the uptake pattern from a simple ideal ellipsoidal form. Here we investigate a model that offers a refinement of this elliptical representation. Fitting this representation allows the derivation of novel tumor spatial features to further describe localized variations in the uptake pattern. In this model, the uptake intensity is analyzed from the central core to the boundary of the tumor. This approach yields model-derived measures of tumor core non-linearity, tumor phase of development and lack of fit of the uptake model. In particular, the phase of development measured at the tumor core is found to be significant in terms of prognosis.


5G New Radio (NR) is envisioned to support three broad categories of services: evolved mobile broadband (eMBB), ultra-reliable and low-latency communications (URLLC), and massive machine-type communications (mMTC). The URLLC services refer to future applications that require secure data communications from one end to another with ultra-high reliability and deadline-based low latency requirements. This type of quality-of-service is vastly different from that of traditional mobile broadband applications. In this paper, we discuss the systems design principles to enable the URLLC services in 5G. Theoretical queueing analysis and system-level simulations are provided to support these systems design choices, many of which have been considered as work items in the 3GPP Release 15 standards, which will be the first release for 5G NR.


Sensitivity analysis of practical problems can be performed systematically and very efficiently by using adjoint functions. In areas of interest to nuclear reactors, this efficiency has been amply demonstrated on several widely used codes for neutronics and/or thermal hydraulic calculations. Applications of the adjoint method of sensitivity analysis to models involving phase transitions, where non-differentiability occurs, do not seem to have been reported to date. The purpose of this paper is to report results from a successful adjoint sensitivity analysis of a space- and time-dependent system where phase transition occurs due to boiling. The specific model chosen for this analysis is a simplified but representative model of a BWR pump-trip-type accident. This model is of particular importance to BWR safety, since pump failure is one of the most limiting hypothetical accidents in BWR's. This model simulates an exponential flow decay of initially subcooled FREON-114 flowing through a heated channel and undergoing boiling transition.


This present project evaluates the method of electrochemical extraction of chloride ions for the rehabilitation of concrete structures with reinforcement corrosion problems. This methodology can be used to prevent the disadvantages of traditional repair strategies in the patch repair. As the corrosion reactions have an electrochemical character, the corrosion can be prevented or minimized using a method of rehabilitation with the same nature. In the experimental procedure, tests performed in laboratory with specimens of prismatic form with reduced dimensions had been carried through, molded with different water/cement ratio. The rebars with different covers had been used to conduct electrochemical measurements. The chloride penetration in the specimens was carried through in distinct ways: salt spray chamber and semi cycles of drying and partial immersion. Among others aspects, the influence of the concrete cover and the water/cement ratio has been evaluated in the efficiency of method by determining the initial and the final chloride content. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and the corrosion potential were used to monitor the electrochemical behavior reinforcement during the chloride extraction when the influence of the method in the porosity of the concrete was verified. In the conclusions it is noticed that not only the test results did verify that this method successfully extracted chloride ions but it was much more efficient than previously reported in the literature. In the series where chloride penetration comes through the salt spray chamber, on average, this method removed 78% of the content of initial chloride ions in the concrete, in the series where the chloride penetration was done by semi cycles of drying and partial immersion, 91% of removal efficiency was obtained.


It is difficult to understand the processing flow of complicated software such as operating systems (OSs). Thus, a mechanism that can collect and analyze behavioral information in order to comprehend the behavior of OS is necessary. Although several collection mechanisms have been developed, their OS structures were not designed to collect OS behavior. In this paper, we describe an OS structure that simplifies comprehension of OS behavior and the implementation of it on Tender OS. We also describe a mechanism for the visualization of OS behavior. Finally, we investigate the cost of introducing our proposed comprehension mechanism and the overhead and efficiency of the proposed mechanism.


Place matters! Everything happens somewhere. If we can understand more about the nature of "place" where things happen, and the impact on the people and assets on that location, we can plan better, manage risk better, and use our resources better. This paper provides an overall understanding of the land management paradigm and the importance of land governance in support of the global agenda. The paper emphasises the significant role of the cadastre in this regard. Sustainable land administration systems provide clear identification of the individual land parcels and land rights attached to these parcels. This information on the people to land relationship is crucial and plays a key role in managing a wide range of activities in society including adaptation to climate change and disaster risk management.


INTRODUCTION
Prevalence of depression, suicidal ideation and burnout are higher among physicians than in general population. Young physicians seem more concerned and the beginning of career seems to be a period of greater risks for hospital practitioners. While this may be the case, in France, few studies have specifically evaluated the quality of the working conditions of this population. The objective of this study is to identify stress factors related to the organization of work and to social relationships at work, as they are perceived by the young hospital physicians.

METHODS
A qualitative study through semi-structured interviews was conducted with hospital practitioners with less than 10 years of practice. Manual analysis of the interviews was carried out by three interviewers and supplemented by a computerized lexical analysis.

RESULTS
Eighteen physicians were interviewed. Five categories of psychosocial and organizational factors have been identified. Teamwork and communication are generally associated with positive feelings. The pace of work, professional status, organizational factors and material conditions are considered unsatisfactory. Young physicians, however, are satisfied with the content of their work, particularly because of scientific emulation and skills development.

CONCLUSION
The results of this study should help to better target prevention actions in order to improve the working conditions of young doctors. It seems a priority to reduce their workload or to regulate their working time, to offer greater stability to their work and to provide them with better material work conditions.


Summary Biological remains from a group of sediment samples, and hand-collected bone, all from deposits of 11th-13th century date, have been examined for their bioarchaeological potential. Plant and invertebrate remains from a series of cut fills indicated that most of the deposits contained at least a small component of human faecal material, whilst some appeared to consist very largely of faecal concretions. One layer was probably a backfill of surface material. Substantial numbers of very well preserved bones were recovered, representing a group with considerable interpretative value. Both the deposits and the more delicate remains within them showed evidence of what has been interpreted as recently-initiated oxidation. It is recommended that the biological remains are subjected to detailed study and that the deposits themselves are monitored both in situ and by means of further analysis to determine the cause and course of their decay.


Lego-Note is an open source, browser-based semantic application inspired by folksonomy. Different from the other keyword-based, flat tagging systems, Lego-Note is featured by enriched graphic tagging based on a RDF model. The paper presents the implementation details of Lego-Note. The demonstration and source code can be found at https://sourceforge.net/projects/dom-sensus.


This article explains the core logic of the theory of deterrence. It defines the three key terms, deterrence, coercion, and brute force, and relates each to the others. Common reasons for deterrence failure are cited, while conditions most permissive of success also are noted. Above all else, the essay insists that a successful strategy of deterrence requires the enemy to cooperate—he must choose to be deterred. It is probably far more difficult to succeed with a strategy of deterrence today than it was in the Cold War. For this reason it is necessary to marry the theory and attempted practice of deterrence to an understanding of the roles of coercion and, if need be, brute force.


The study of electrical conductivity in (Fe2+AlCr)O spinels and γ(FeAlCr)2O lacunar spinels obtained by oxidation shows that the conduction is largely determined by octahedral sites and that reduction in the Cr–Cr distance either by aluminum substitution or by aluminum and vacancies brings in "foreign" ions in the chromium sublattice and that the activation energy increases. The profile of the σ = ƒ(t) curves during oxidation of those p-type spinels is related to the simultaneous presence of Fe2+ and Fe3+ ions on tetrahedral sites, which favors a process of electron hopping.

L'etude de la conductivite electrique des spinelles (Fe2+AlCr) O et desspinelles lacunaires obtenus par oxydation γ(FeAl Cr)2O montre que la conduction est largement dominee par les sites octaedrizues et que la reduction de la distance Cr–Cr par substitution soit d'aluminium, soit d'aluminium et de lacunes introduit des ions "etrangers" dans le sous reseau du chrome et que l'energie d'activation augmente. L'evolution des courbes σ = ƒ(t) lors de l'oxydation de ces spinelles de type p est reliee a la presence simultanee d'ions Fe2+ et d'ions Fe3+ sur les sites tetraedriques lesquels favorisent un processus de "hopping" d'electrons.


Amidst reports of high levels of stress in South Africa, it remained difficult to quantify psychological stress in the absence of locally validated measures. This study explored the English version of the Stress Overload Scale (SOS) in a South African sample. The first aim was to replicate the basic psychometric analysis of the original English version used in American samples, as well as the Setswana version used in a South African rural community setting. The second aim was to investigate criterion validity to determine its appropriateness for use in South Africa. A total of 2136 employed South Africans with at least 9 years of schooling participated in this study. Participants completed a range of mental health and well-being measures, both clinical and dispositional. Responses were analysed to examine both scale characteristics and validity indices related to the SOS. Little sociodemographic influence (age, gender and first language) was found, with analyses supporting validity across most indices. Furthermore, good predictive ability for mental (ill-) health was observed. This study, for the most part, replicated previous validation findings of the SOS. Validity was further confirmed by correlating the scale with measures of clinical mental health and dispositional well-being. Given the positive support to its validity, when used amongst employed South Africans with at least 9 years of education, the scale holds promise for application in local health-related research, for triage in primary healthcare contexts and for measuring outcomes of mental health interventions in therapeutic settings.


The mechanism of the new additive was studied by using electrochemical measurements.The surface status of the cathode manganese was observed by SEM,and the crystallization of which was investigated by XRD.The results show that,the nonselenium additive could prominently enhance the cathode polarization.And it also can accelerate phase transformation rates from γ-Mn(body-centered tetragonal)to α-Mn(body-centered cubic).Considering all these effects of additive,the mechanism of it was suggested as"Selected Adsorption".


The Nd 3+ and Nb 5+ doped KTP(KTNNP) crystals with different dopant concentrations have been grown in high temperature solutions.The lattice parameter of the crystals have been determined by X ray diffractometer,and the concentrations of the dopants in the crystals have been measured systematically by ICP AES.The result of the experiments shows that the growth habit and the morphology of KTP crystal have changed greatly and the distribution coefficient of Nd 3+ has increased obviously after the doping of Nd 3+ and Nb 5+ in the crystal growth system,the latter incarnates the cooperation effect of Nb 5+ on Nd 3+ .Otherwise,the volume of the crystal unit cell increase slightly with no regularity after doping.


The MX Northern Abell Cluster Survey II is the final stage of a program designed to observe rich Abell clusters with m10 ≤ 17.0. We present 1542 new galaxy redshifts within 117 R ≥ 1 Abell cluster fields that have 16.9 ≤ m10 ≤ 17.0, 0h ≤ α ≤ 24h, -17° ≤ δ ≤ 90°, and |b| ≥ 30°. Of the 117 clusters observed for the MX Survey II, 105 new cluster redshifts were obtained with an average of eight cluster member galaxy redshifts. We update the m10-z estimator for Abell clusters and calculate the spatial number density of Abell clusters to be c = (8.25 ± 1.9) × 10-6 h3 Mpc-3 within z = 0.10. All R ≥ 1 Abell and ACO clusters with measured redshifts were combined to calculate the two-point spatial correlation function ξ(r) = (r/ro)γ for the largest complete sample of rich clusters to date. We find 18.6 ≤ ro ≤ 21.0 h-1 Mpc and -2.03 ≤ γ ≤ -1.95. The slope and correlation length are very robust and remain unaffected by the exclusion of compact and dense superclusters or by accounting for line-of-sight anisotropies, which are explained by the existence of three observationally confirmed and extended superclusters.


Abstract Globular clusters (GCs) display anomalous light-elements abundances (HeCNONaMgAl), resembling the yields of hot-hydrogen burning, but there is no consensus yet on the origin of these ubiquitous multiple populations. We present a model in which a super-massive star (SMS, ≳103 M⊙) forms via stellar collisions during GC formation and pollutes the intra-cluster medium. The growth of the SMS finds a balance with the wind mass loss rate, such that the SMS can produce a significant fraction of the total GC mass in processed material, thereby overcoming the so-called mass-budget problem that plagues other models. Because of continuous rejuvenation, the SMS acts as a 'conveyer-belt' of hot-hydrogen burning yields with (relatively) low He abundances, in agreement with empirical constraints. Additionally, the amount of processed material per unit of GC mass correlates with GC mass, addressing the specific mass budget problem. We discuss uncertainties and tests of this new self-enrichment scenario.


By field investigation and soil fertility index analysis, soil erosion characteristics of different profile morphological characteristics under continuous cultivation of corn formed under different tillage conditions in Songliao Plain were studied. The results showed that soil construction of "flat type" section is better than that of "wavy type" section. In "flat type" section. Physical fertility of soil is higher; The unreasonable farming system is an important reason that result in soil erosion, and the soil erosion is a main reason that result in soil quality's degradation. There are more differences of the soil anti-erosion in the different farming system: the average rate of "flat type" section is 2.88, and the average rate of "wavy type" section is 3.17.


With the development of radar systems, hand gesture recognition of radar sensors has become easier to operate, and the resolution has increased. Nowadays, radar gesture recognition frequency employs (multiple-input and multiple-output) MIMO radar as a sensor since it has a better spatial resolution. This article proposes a hand gesture recognition based on a MIMO radar sensor, which can differentiate five gestures: swipe left, swipe right, pat, push, and pull. After receiving the data from the radar sensor, we first apply a two-dimensional Fast-Fourier Transform (2D-FFT) for a time series of range-Doppler maps. Next, we detect the moving target range, velocity, and angle values through time. Finally, the classification and regression tree (CART) algorithm is applied to a collected dataset, with targets' time-variant characteristics as the parameters. The overall recognition rate of 94% is obtained from the proposed system using a decision-tree-based classifier. The experiment results show that this gesture-recognition system is promising in classifying multiple gestures.


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Fast and reliable methods for predicting and monitoring in-vivo bone strength are of major importance in clinical applications such as fracture fixation or endoprostheses for joint replacement. Furthermore, the development of implants calls for highly efficient and robust analysis tools which allow during a design loop to match the mechanical properties of implants with those of the individual bone in order to avoid adaptive remodelling with cortical thinning and increased porosity of the bone. The main objective of this paper is to describe a prototype of such an analysis tool. The newly developed Finite Cell Method ,which is a high order fictitious domain technique, is extended to be able to automatically derive and analyse a numerical model based on quantitative computed tomography angiography (QCT) scans. The method is validated on experimental data. It is shown that it provides reliable results and sufficient accuracy, delivers inherent error control and has significant advantages over traditional approaches, especially concerning the engineering effort to set up or modify a computational model.


The final version of section 165 of Dodd-Frank creates a fundamental change in how foreign banks do business in the US. Here's why

The final version of section 165 of the Dodd-Frank Act has been released by the Federal Reserve, fundamentally changing the nature of how foreign banks can operate in the US; The rule raises the required amount of assets a bank must have to qualify, but still adds some burden to hundreds of banks operating in the US; The reaction of foreign regulators has concerned US banks that other jurisdictions may now draft retaliatory regulations.