When using a molding compound which contains the following components: a) 100 parts by weight of polyamide and b) 0.005 to 10 parts by weight of a compound having at least two carbonate for coextrusion with a molding composition based on a high-melting polymer having a crystallite melting point T


The prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) increases with age, and may lead to complications and reduced quality of life. The aim of this study was to determine the characteristics, management, and prognosis of Chinese AF patients and whether there were differences according to age.


The ultrasonic dispersion method has been used to prepare flumetsulam nanoparticle,and SEM(scanning electron microscopy) is used to study the morphology of particle.It is confirmed that: the monodispersed flumetsulam monodisperse nanoparticles of 50nm~150nm flumetsulam can be prepared when PVP mass concentration is increased to 0.05mg.mL-1 with the ultrasonic power of 0.2kW.A recrystallization phenomenon has been observed due to no solid-liquid separation in the storage of the nanosuspension,and 3μm particles could be formed in 2 days.So the flu-metsulam nanoparticle should be stored in the form of dry powder.The ultrasonic method utilizes the difference of flumetsulam solubility in different solvent and is confirmed to be a simple,fast and applicable method for preparation of microparticles or nanoparticles of nonsoluble drug.


The subject of this paper is the problem of soil conservation in the winter rainfall area of the Cape with special reference to the work done by the Division of Soil Conservation and Extension in the Tygerberg conservation area. A brief descriptionption of the area covered by the paper is given showing the farming methods practised, the demands these have made on the soils and the devastation and erosion that have resulted.


We present a spectro-photometric analysis of 2880 cool white dwarfs within 100 pc of the Sun and cooler than Teff ∼ 10, 000 K, with grizy Pan-STARRS photometry and Gaia trigonometric parallaxes available. We also supplement our data sets with near-infrared JHK photometry, when available, which is shown to be essential for interpreting the coolest white dwarfs in our sample. We perform a detailed analysis of each individual object using state-of-the-art model atmospheres appropriate for each spectral type including DA, DC, DQ, DZ, He-rich DA, and the so-called IR-faint white dwarfs. We discuss the temperature and mass distributions of each subsample, as well as revisit the spectral evolution of cool white dwarfs. We find little evidence in our sample for the transformation of a significant fraction of DA stars into He-atmosphere white dwarfs through the process of convective mixing between Teff = 10, 000 K and ∼6500 K, although the situation changes drastically in the range Teff = 6500–5500 K where the fraction of He-atmosphere white dwarfs reaches ∼45%. However, we also provide strong evidence that at even cooler temperatures (Teff ≲ 5200 K), most DC white dwarfs have H atmospheres. We discuss a possible mechanism to account for this sudden transformation from He- to H-atmosphere white dwarfs involving the onset of crystallization and the occurrence of magnetism. Finally, we also argue that DQ, DZ, and DC white dwarfs may form a more homogeneous population than previously believed.


These experiments are based on the theory of fibrillation developed by Garrey and Mines on the suggestion of A. G. Mayer and recently elaborated by T. Lewis. The theory, although it illustrates best the condition known as flutter, is directly applicable also to the state of fibrillation. In the normal heart the stimulus for contraction arises at the sinus node and passes in a radial fashion to the rest of the muscle of the auricle. In flutter, and in fibrillation, there is apparently no fixed point at which the stimulus originates. It appears to be dislocated from the node but it is not yet known what activity goes on in this structure when the abnormal rhythm prevails. Instead of the usual arrangement, an excitation wave courses continuously through the muscle of the auricle, usually over a circular path about the openings of the great veins, as Lewis's experiments show. In order that a continuous circuit may be maintained it appears to be necessary (1) that the path shall have a sufficient length; (2) that the rate of passage shall be sufficiently slow, and (3) that when the stimulus returns to its starting point, the muscle is ready to receive it. It is clear, on this plan, that: (1) if the muscle mass involved is too small, a path long enough to permit the development of a circus becomes impossible; (2) if the rate of conduction is too fast, the stimulus returns to its starting point before the muscle at that point is ready for its reception; (3) if the refractory period of the muscle at the starting point is prolonged beyond the time consumed by the stimulus to make its circuit, the muscle cannot be reëUxcited.


The issue of faculty workload policies—what responsibilities count and how these are determined and administered, along with the use of workload data-is a controversial, complex, and much-debated topic. Faculty workload research spans many decades. Koos' original study focussed on using "tradition, sentiment, rules of thumb, temporizing, and compromise" (Koos, 1919, p. 5) when deciding workload responsibilities. Yuker's (1984) extensive review of the literature addressed: 1) which faculty activities should be considered as workload (definition); 2) types of data that are sometimes used in colleges' and universities' workload formulas; and 3) student/faculty ratios and a variety of related factors. Still other studies have reviewed the use of workload information. Among the uses found were collective bargaining, cost analysis, equity, grant proposals, legal and legislative matters, and public relations (Bleything, 1982; Doi, 1961; Eagleton, 1977; Fairchild, 1981; Hauck, 1969; Henle, 1967; Hill, 1969; Lorents, 1971; Romney, 1971; Stecklein, 1961, 1974). One of the continuing workload issues, according to Yuker (1984), is determining which faculty activities should be included in the definition Robert D. Morrow is a professor with Gf "workload." Yuker states that "a the Department of Curriculum and narrow definition of workload might Instruction, School of Education, refer to only a number of assigned University of the Pacific, Stockton, teaching hours or their equivalent in California. other activities" (p. 17). Most defini


Abstract We report two cases of acquired phonological dyslexia. JW and MRF read competently real words including not only nouns but parts of speech, function words, Irregular words and abstract words. JW was also able to read Inflected words and unfamiliar surnames at the same level of competence. MRF had difficulties reading these latter categories of words. Neither patient was able to read non-words accurately. Both patients were significantly affected by the familiarity of non-word letter combinations. We Interpret our findings within a dual-route model for reading and we consider that both patients' reading performance was carried out by the semantic route. We discuss some implications of this postulation.


Objective To observe the effects of intensive insulin analogues therapy on function of pancreatic β-cell,inflammatory cell factor in the sulfonylurea secondary failure(SFS) patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM).Methods The intensive treatment with insulin pump instead of oral glucose-lowering medications was performed in 50 T2DM cases with SFS.The intensive treatment lasted fo two weeks and fasting blood glucose(FBG),islet function and serum levels of TNF-α and IL-6 were examined before and after treatment.Results After intensive therapy,FBG,postprandial 2-h BG,insulin resistance index(HOMA-IR),TNF-α and IL-6 were lower,but insulin secretion index(HOMA-β) was higher,after treatment than those before(P0.05).Conclusion Insulin intensive therapy can reduce insulin resistance,improve beta cell function,decrease the levels of the inflammation factors in the T2DM patients with SFS.


With the rapid development of urban motor vehicle,the number of Beijing' s automobile ownership in recent years has been ranking first in the country. The sharp increase in motor vehicles not only greatly increased the traffic pressure of the city,and the emission of pollutants was one of the main sources of manufacturing haze weather. The paper carried out relevant research on Beijing' s motor vehicle emissions characteristics and current control policy,based on the analysis of vehicles development trend,putting forward some countermeasures.


The utility model discloses a portable LED caution light, which comprises a base, an upper cover, a PCB circuit board and a key-press, etc. A high brightness LED light is installed in the just middle of the PCB circuit board, a battery clamp is welded on the PCB circuit board, batteries inside the battery clamp supply power to the PCB circuit board, a control key-press is installed on the top surface of the base and on one side of the high brightness LED light, the control key-press is electrically connected with the PCB circuit board, a magnet is arranged at the bottom of the base, and a cover at the top of the base is provided with the upper cover. The light fitting is of a portable flashlight fitting supplied with power by batteries, four AA batteries drive a high brightness LED, the utility model can work under the three modes of persistent illumining, glittering and turning off under the control of the circuit board, and the base is provided with a magnet with high intensity, and the usage and the installation are convenient.


The farmers'investment structure has been one of the major factors conditioning peasant'incomes in the ethnic minority areas,and seriously impact on the agriculture,rural and the further development of minority regions.Through increasing infrastructure projects,improving population quality,expanding the channels of investment and so on,the peasant farmers investment structure was much more reasonable,and farmers have more income.


To test the potential value of McVay's (2000) Readiness for Online Learning questionnaire for research and practice, the instrument was administered to 107 undergraduate university students drawn from a range of courses in the United States and Australia. The questionnaire was subjected to a reliability analysis and a factor analysis. The instrument fared well in the reliability analysis, and yielded a two-factor structure that was readily interpretable in a framework of existing theory and research. Factors identified were "Comfort with e-learning" and "Self-management of learning." It is suggested that the instrument is useful for both research and practice, but would be enhanced through further work on 5 of the 13 items. Additionally, further work is required to establish predictive validity.


Southern Californias melodic hardcore band CAPSIZE have premiered a new music video for their track You Cant Come Home the Same. Check it out below ...


Garden beans planted at Kimberly, Idaho, May 27 for seed were sprayed Jul 28 to control mites and thrips. Materials were broadcast applied over the rows with a C02 pressurized backpack sprayer, Spraying Systems 8004 nozzles, 30 psi, and at 20 gal finished spray/acre. Plot size was 6 row? (11 ft) by 25 ft. All treatments were replicated 3 times in a randomized complete block design. Thrips and mites were sampled on Aug 2, 9, 16, or, 5, 12, and 19 days after application, respectively. On each sampling date 10 trifoliate leaves were picked from different plants in each plot and examined for mites and thrips.


Study Design A retrospective cohort study. Purpose To determine whether the 11-item modified frailty index (mFI) is associated with readmission rates, complication rates, revision rates, or differences in patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for patients undergoing posterior cervical decompression and fusion (PCDF). Overview of Literature mFI incorporates preexisting medical comorbidities and dependency status to determine physiological reserve. Based on previous literature, it may be used as a predictive tool for identifying postoperative clinical and surgical outcomes. Methods Patients undergoing elective PCDF at our urban academic medical center from 2014 to 2020 were included. Patients were categorized by mFI scores (0–0.08, 0.09–0.17, 0.18–0.26, and ≥0.27). Univariate statistics compared demographics, comorbidities, and clinical/surgical outcomes. Multiple linear regression analysis evaluated the magnitude of improvement in PROMs at 1 year. Results A total of 165 patients were included and grouped by mFI scores: 0 (n=36), 0.09 (n=62), 0.18 (n=42), and ≥0.27 (n=30). The severe frailty group (mFI ≥0.27) was significantly more likely to be diabetic (p<0.001) and have a greater Elixhauser comorbidity index (p=0.001). They also had worse baseline Physical Component Score-12 (PCS-12) (p=0.011) and modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association (mJOA) (p=0.012) scores and worse 1-year postoperative PCS-12 (p=0.008) and mJOA (p=0.001) scores. On regression analysis, an mFI score of 0.18 was an independent predictor of greater improvement in ΔVisual Analog Scale neck (β= −2.26, p=0.022) and ΔVAS arm (β= −1.76, p=0.042). Regardless of frailty status, patients had similar 90-day readmission rates (p=0.752), complication rates (p=0.223), and revision rates (p=0.814), but patients with severe frailty were more likely to have longer hospital length of stay (p=0.006) and require non-home discharge (p<0.001). Conclusions Similar improvements across most PROMs can be expected irrespective of the frailty status of patients undergoing PCDF. Complication rates, 90-day readmission rates, and revision rates are not significantly different when stratified by frailty status. However, patients with severe frailty are more likely to have longer hospital stays and require non-home discharge.


The reduction behavior of cobalt(II) in ammonium citrate and tartrate solutions containing 1-nitroso-2-naphthol was investigated by means of d.c, a.c, normal and differential pulse polarography (n. p. p. and d. p. p.). When cobalt(II) is added to the supporting electrolyte of citrate or tartrate in the presence of the nitrosonaphthol, the reduction potential of 1-nitroso-2-naphthol shifts to a more negative value, the well-defined a. c. and d. p. p. peaks appearing. The drop time-potential curve indicated that adsorption of nitrosonaphthol as well as its reduction product at the mercury surface occurs. The analytical potentiality of the use of nitrosonaphthol for the microdetermination of cobalt(II) is also described.


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Conflict of Interest: The editor in chief has reviewed the conflict of interest checklist provided by the author and has determined that none of the authors have any financial or any other kind of personal conflicts with this letter. Author Contributions: Study concept and design: FangYeh Chu. Acquisition of subjects and data: Fu-Hsiung Su. Analysis and interpretation of data: Wing-Keung Cheung. Preparation of manuscript: Hsiao-Ping Liang. Critical review and approval: All authors. Sponsor's Role: None.


In this paper, we consider the pedal curves of the mixed-type curves in the Lorentz–Minkowski plane R12. The pedal curve is always given by the pseudo-orthogonal projection of a fixed point on the tangent lines of the base curve. For a mixed-type curve, the pedal curve at lightlike points cannot always be defined. Herein, we investigate when the pedal curves of a mixed-type curve can be defined and define the pedal curves of the mixed-type curve using the lightcone frame. Then, we consider when the pedal curves of the mixed-type curve have singular points. We also investigate the relationship of the type of the points on the pedal curves and the type of the points on the base curve.


The expected proliferation of massive number of connected devices in the Internet of Things (IoT) context imposes several challenges and constraints to inter & intra IoT communication. Current mechanism has limited capability for handling a number of aspects associated with this exponential rise in connected devices, types and functions of IoT networks, and availability of heterogeneous modes of communications. Such aspects include network & device specific identity and session maintenance, context-aware and adaptive communication, security needs, reliability and criticality of communication, etc. To address some of these challenges, we present a novel approach for adaptive and context-aware inter-IoT communication across heterogeneous networks supporting IoT service requirements and mobility.


This paper attempts optimal task assignment at the enterprise-level by assigning complexity metrics to the programming tasks and predicting task completion times for each of these tasks based on a machine learning framework that factors in programmer attributes. The framework also considers real-time programmer state by using a simple EEG device to detect programmer mood. A final task assignment is made using a PDTS solver.


The spectral resolved imaging technique has a typical characteristic that it allows simultaneous recording of real-color RGB image representation and corresponding spectra. In this paper, we present a nonlinear spectral resolved imaging approach based on two-photon excited autofluorescence and second harmonic generation of biological tissues to elucidate microstructure and spectroscopic features of unstained rabbit arterial wall. Coupled to the image-guided spectral analysis method, we use a series of recorded nonlinear spectral resolved images excited by a broad range of laser wavelengths (730-910nm) to identify five components in unstained rabbit arterial wall including in NADH, elastin, flavin, porphyrin derivatives and collagen. Using the combination of a nonlinear spectral resolved imaging approach and two-channel synchronized detection, we obtained high contrast 2-D and 3-D images of collagen and elastic fiber in the arterial wall. Our results demonstrate that simultaneously linking a nonlinear spectral resolved imaging approach with the image-guided spectral analysis method and multi-channel synchronized detection technique is a very useful method because it can in tandem acquire the structural modifications of different tissue components and quantitatively record the change of corresponding emission signal. This method has the potential to provide more comprehensive diagnostic information for determining tissue pathology which associated with mechanical properties of aorta wall and pharmacodynamical studies of vessels.


The idea of generating high-value practical materials, such as activated carbons, from agricultural wastes as a raw material has been a quite important trend recently due to its positive contributions to the environment and resource savings from biomass. In this paper, activated carbons prepared from durian husk waste by the KOH chemical activation method are studied. We focus on the effects of stages of the activating temperature on their properties. The optimum conditions for activation were a KOH/char ratio of 1:2 at the first and second activation process at the temperatures of 400 and 800 °C, respectively. The characterization results of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area showed that the obtained activated carbons have a high surface area and small pore size. The adsorption/desorption isotherms of the obtained activated carbons showed type I and type II isotherms. The chemical structure of obtained activated carbons did not show any variation in the surface functional groups. A feasible method to produce the activated carbons with a high surface area and high adsorption capability from durian husk waste was eventually demonstrated.


Part 1 of this series discussed in detail how to accurately calculate the reactions induced by pressure transients that travel at acoustic velocity in either liquid or gas piping systems. Part 2 applies these methods to a variety of realistic examples to further illustrate their use and to demonstrate areas in which traditional or simplified methods may impart significant error.


This study explores the factors that motivate youth travel in Kenya using the 'Push' and 'Pull' theory. This questionnaire survey involved 132 respondents aged between 15 and 32 years drawn from visitors to Nairobi National Park, Kenya. The study found out that push factors are more important determinants of youth travel in Kenya than the pull factors. In addition, while pull factors were identified as being relatively less significant, the study found out that the scope of destination product offerage and delivery factors are considered as more significant pull factors for youth travel than the natural appeal of the destination.


Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) may lead to high traffic in network when nodes detect an event and become active to send the data to the sink. Therefore, traffic adaptive medium access control (MAC) protocol for WSNs, with a more strict collision avoidance technique, can help in resolving the issue of collision by allowing less number of sensor nodes to send the data on the shared wireless channel. Probabilistic polling is a receiver-initiated MAC protocol proposed for energy harvesting wireless sensor networks (EH-WSNs), with a channel access mechanism known as contention probability. In this mechanism the receiver sets a pre-condition for the nodes who want to relay their packets to the receiver. Node that satisfies the condition can send their data packets. In this paper, the performance of probabilistic polling protocol for battery powered wireless sensor networks (BP-WSNs) is studied instead of EH-WSNs. Also unslotted CSMA probabilistic polling (UCSMA probabilistic polling) protocol is proposed that uses the contention probability along with un-slotted CSMA/CA as channel access mechanism. The simulation results show that UCSMA probabilistic polling protocol can improve the network performance in term of high throughput and fairness.


Abstract The production of high quality turbine blades from nickel base superalloys poses a challenging problem for the aeroengine and power generation industries. The occurrence of defects in the final single crystal component has become more common with the increasing complexity of the components in the aerospace sector and the increasing size of the blades in industrial gas turbines. In parallel, alloy development has improved the operating capabilities of these parts, but these new generation alloys have encountered more casting difficulties. The defects that occur are normally identified by metallographic and X-ray diffraction techniques. These approaches are limited by the subjectivity of determining subtle changes in contrast and by the averaging over the relatively large sampling volumes of the X-ray beam. Electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) provides a direct approach for identifying the nature of the defects formed in these castings. This paper will present an EBSD driven assessment of problems encountered in directional solidification of nickel base superalloys: the formation of stray grains in seeded single crystals and the effect of alloy composition on the evolution of orientation. The origins of these defects will be considered with respect to classical grain growth theory.


FIELD: machine building. SUBSTANCE: hinged bearing (1) for ball-and-socket hinge consists of two spherical insertions (1a, 1b) of friction bearing. These insertions have sliding layer (5) containing sliding material and at least one stable by form bearing layer (7). Insertions (1a, 1b) of friction bearing additionally contain at least one flexible layer (9) arranged in insertion (1a, 1b) of the friction bearing with preliminary tension in a direction perpendicular to the direction of layer expansion. Additionally, the invention refers to the ball-and-socket hinge including ball-like head (2) of the hinge and spherical hinged bearing (1) and to preferable application of hinged bearing (1) according to the invention. EFFECT: self-lubricating hinged bearing of simple design and with improved characteristics for vibration damping wherein there is compensated operational wear of material of sliding layer at operation of hinged bearing. 18 cl, 2 dwg


Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) in chicken (Gallus gallus) is the most common and well-studied Avian coronavirus (ACoV) in avian species. The study aims to molecularly characterize ACoV isolate of selected bird species other than chicken obtained from the archived samples of field diagnostic cases in the Northern Zone Veterinary Laboratory (MVZU), Malaysia. Twelve archived virus isolates from 2013 to 2019 were amplified using selected primers on the 3' UTR gene and S1 gene for oligonucleotide sequencing. These sequences were then molecularly characterized and compared with common IBV strains in chicken to determine the genetic diversity of the virus among selected avian species. Subsequent analyses of the nucleotides amplified on 3' UTR conserved region of 12 selected ACoVs isolates originating from peacocks (Pavo cristatus), turkey (Meleagris), jungle fowl (Gallus gallus spadiceous), guinea fowl (Meleagris gallopavo domesticus), goose (Anser anser domesticus), love bird (Agapornis), macaw (Ara macao), and bird (species unidentified) are classified as belonging to the gammacoronavirus (Gamma-CoV) genus and have a high degree of homology. The S1 complete gene sequence analyses of guinea fowl and jungle fowl showed that both ACoV isolates are Gamma-CoV and under genotype I and GI-13 lineages. Both are identified as having a high similarity of 98% and 99%, respectively, with IBV vaccine strain 4/91 (AF093793). Due attention should be given to ACoVs strains, especially the IBV vaccine strains detected in other bird species, because there is a high probability that other bird species could be the source of pathogenic ACoV infection in general and IBV infection in chickens, as reported in other countries.

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This chapter covers the palliative care aspects of non-malignant neurological diseases, including multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, motor neurone disease, multiple system atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy, and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. MS is a disease characterized by inflammation and demyelination affecting the central nervous system and ultimately injury and gliosis. Parkinson's disease (PD) is the commonest neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease, with an estimated incidence of 2/1000. It affects just under 1% of people over the age of 65 years. PD is probably not one disease but several with common clinical features. Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by Parkinsonian features, plus autonomic dysfunction in the form of orthostatic hypotension, and/or urogenital dysfunction in the form of incontinence and incomplete bladder emptying. At times it can also include cerebellar symptoms. It is not hereditary, and affects adults usually in the fourth or fifth decade. Post-mortem studies of patients diagnosed with PD indicate that 10–25% had multiple system atrophy.


The chrono-cultural sequence of Cueva Bajondillo consists of 3 different phases: musterien, Upper Palaeolithic (aurignacian, gravettian and solutrean levels) and Neolithic. This paper deals with two aspects. First, the problem of the tufa of Torremolinos, which had given way to di- ffi culties in the interpretation of the stratigraphic series, is considered. The availability of new data allows us to solve these problems and to suggest a chronology (end of OIS 6 and OIS 5) for the lithoquimic genesis of the area where the Cueva is located. Second, the chronological and paleoenvironmental frame of the last stages of the mouterian technocomplexes and the fi rst Upper Palaeolithic industries in this site are analyzed and placed within the context of the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic transition in the Iberian Peninsula.


The concept of self discovery within a constructivist framework is difficult to explain given the central assumption of constructivism that self is a created construct rather than an entity to be discovered. Two problems are identified as impediments to constructivist accounts of the self discovery experience: first, their failure to adequately account for the embodied experience of self, and second, the difficulties inherent in using self as a noun to express a process.

It is proposed that if self is considered as a verb, as the action of a body-subject, the verbal contortionism of referring to self as a process in a language that places self as an entity may be overcome. The notion of self as verb places the individual firmly in the role of active embodied participant in the experience of self. The metaphor of "self'" as "dance" is explored to emphasize the materiality of the human animal that is argued to be central to the experience of self discovery.


Oncogenic RAS proteins are commonly expressed in human cancer. To be functional, RAS proteins must undergo post-translational modification and localize to the plasma membrane (PM). Therefore, compounds that prevent RAS PM targeting have potential as putative RAS inhibitors. Here we examined the mechanism of action of oxanthroquinone G01 (G01), a recently described inhibitor of KRAS PM localization. We show that G01 mislocalized HRAS and KRAS from the PM with similar potency and disrupted the spatial organization of RAS proteins remaining on the PM. G01 also inhibited recycling of epidermal growth factor receptor and transferrin receptor, but did not impair internalization of cholera toxin, indicating suppression of recycling endosome function. In searching for the mechanism of impaired endosomal recycling we observed that G01 also enhanced cellular sphingomyelin (SM) and ceramide levels and


objective To explore the effect on semiquantitive analysis for brain glucose metabolism with 2 or 3 dimensional PET scan respectively.Methods 36 normal persons were divided into two group,15 for 2D,21 for 3D.PET scans were done after 40 minutes of injection of FDG .The transaxial,the coronal,the saggital were gotten through computer reconstruction. The transaxial slice density was 0.5cm. The borders ofbilateral frontal lobes , bilateral parietal lobes , bilateral tempt lobes ,bilateral occipital lobes and bilateral cerebellum were drawn. According to ROI, weight and injection dose of FDG,mean SUVs in all above lobes were gotten. R(L/R)s from Mean SUVs in the left lobes via those in the right were caculated. R(C/CB)s from mean SUVs in different brain lobes via those different cerebellum lobes were also caculated. Results There was no significance between 2D and 3D about SUV ratios of R(L/R)s and R(C/CB)s . Conculsions The semiquantitive analysis for brain glucose metabolism could not be affected by PET scan methods. According to patients condition , 2D or 3D could be chosen to be used without affecting semiquantitive analysis.


Presents a new approach for a pronunciation network construction. The structure of a pronunciation network is determined as a result of the acoustical data decoding procedure that evaluates a list of the N most probable strings of pronunciation units (SPUs), such as phonemes. The importance of each of the decoded strings is characterized by a set of weight coefficients prescribed to phonemes or to some part of the phonemes. The optimality of the weight coefficients is defined in the framework of discriminative training, and the use of the minimum classification error (MCE) criterion allows us to maximize the discrimination between different pronunciation networks.


Chambrelent. Postpartum eclampsia is now seen primarily as the result of some kind of self-infection. The latest work, in particular the work of Bouchard, in France, has indeed shown that with this suffering, urine, often excreted in very small quantities, at the same time is devoid of most of its toxic properties.


The advantage of the lidar data is in fast acquisition and process time as well as in high accuracy and high point density. However lidar data itself is difficult to classify the earth surface because lidar data is in the form of irregularly distributed point clouds. In this study, we investigated land cover classification using both lidar data and optical image through a supervised classification method. Firstly, we generated 1m grid DSM and DEM image and then nDSM was produced by using DSM and DEM. In addition, we had made intensity image using the intensity value of lidar data. As for optical images, the red, blue, green band of CCD image are used. Moreover, a NDVI image using a red band of the CCD image and infrared band of IKONOS image is generated. The experimental results showed that land cover classification with lidar data and optical image together could reach to the accuracy of 74.0%. To improve classification accuracy, we further performed re-classification of shadow area and water body as well as forest and building area. The final classification accuracy was 81.8%.


The invention relates to a tire pressure detection device and belongs to the field of technical pressure monitoring. The device comprises a controller, an antenna and a plurality of tire pressure sensors; the tire pressure sensors are evenly and symmetrically tied on the inner surface of a rim by use of a binding band; a signal is transmitted to the antenna after data to be acquired are measured by the tire pressure sensors; the antenna is in wireless connection with the controller; the plurality of tire pressure sensors are arranged on the rim to monitor the pressure of each point of the tire in real time and the tire pressure sensors are improved so that the pressure measurement accuracy can be improved, and therefore, the problems of low measurement accuracy of the tire pressure sensors and the influence of the tangential force on the normal force in pressure in the prior art are solved; during pressure measurement, the mutual influence of three-dimensional force measurement is avoided, the measurement accuracy is improved, and each point of the tire is measured simultaneously so that the tire pressure hidden danger can be found immediately.


OBJECTIVE
To study the association of plasma von willebrand factor (vWF) and endothelin-1 (ET-1) levels in patients with pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH).

METHODS
Plasma vWF and ET-1 were studied by ELISA method and immunoradiological method respectively in 36 patients with PIH, 18 normal pregnant women and 19 normal non-pregnant women.

RESULTS
Circulation levels of vWF and ET-1 were increased with increasing severity of the PIH. In mild PIH patients, the levels of plasma vWF [(135.9 +/- 30.9)%, (P > 0.05)] weren't significantly higher than those in healthy pregnant women [(131.6 +/- 39.2)%, (P > 0.05)], but the levels of ET-1 [(63.7 +/- 4.8) pg/L] were significantly higher than those in healthy pregnant women [(47.1 +/- 4.7) pg/L, (P < 0.01)]. There were significant differences between groups of moderate-severe PIH [vWF (174.4 +/- 35.4)%, ET-1 (92.6 +/- 19.1) pg/L]. There was a positive correlation between the plasma vWF level and ET-1 level.

CONCLUSION
The results suggested that plasma vWF and ET-1 concentration could be used as indicators for the severity of PIH.


(57) ABSTRACT A microfluidic arrangement including a fluid channel config ured to receive a first fluid from a first inlet and a second fluid from a second inlet, and a mixer connected to the fluid chan nel, the mixer including a mixerchannel configured to receive a volume of the first fluid and a volume of the second fluid from the fluid channel, the mixer channel defining a mixer capacity, wherein the mixer is (i) configured to mix the Vol ume of the first fluid and the volume of the second fluid in order to provide a mixture of the first fluid and the second fluid when the combined volume of the first fluid and the second fluidis less than the mixer capacity, and (ii) further configured to mix the volume of the first fluid and the volume of the second fluid in order to provide a mixture of the first fluid and the second fluid when the combined volume of the first fluid and the second fluid is equal to the mixer capacity.


ABSTRACT Between 1933 and 1939, around 20,000 Jewish, 'non-Aryan' or politically active refugee women from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia entered Britain on domestic service permits. Their immigration, mostly organised by women in the British voluntary sector, served as a moral response to the humanitarian crisis caused by Fascism in Europe, and a practical response to the 'servant crisis' in Britain as working-class women increasingly rejected domestic labour. This paper considers the practical and emotional relationships around domestic service and argues that the acceptance of refugee women into the metropolitan British home was conditional on the tacit expectation they could fill the vacancy left by the working classes, becoming British through their labour.


In this paper, the reaction of meso-tetra (4 solvent .The porphyrin was found to be a highly sensitive and selective reagent for direct Spectrophotometric determination of these ions at µg level.The soret band of the complexes was found at 416 nm for Fe(III)( L.M -1 .cm -1 ) and 418 nm for Co(III) ( € = 1.3 x 10 L.M -1 . cm -1 ), respectively . The complexes formation are slow at room temperature, however , it can be accelerated by heating and completed within 30 min at 100C ◦ except Mn(III) need more than 4 hours refluxing.Four determination of standard solutions containing 0.388 µg/5ml, 0.0798 µg/5ml and 0.092 µg/5ml for Fe(III),Mn(III) and Co(III), gave a relative standard deviation of 0.002% and 0.01%. Beer ' s law is obeyed in the range of 0.01 0.0004 for the absorbance of 0.001 respectively. The molar ratio of complexes are 1:1,the effect of the interferences reported as well.The samples were taken from west of Iraq region and gave a satisfactory results.


The independent Institutes newly emerge in the development of higher education system,how to correctly understand the Independent Institutes and what is their future? Based on Several Suggestions,this paper focuses on "Independence" of the Independent Institutes from the perspective of the national policy,their own problems as well as the fair principle,and tries to offer some suggestions.


Unitized regenerative fuel cell (URFC) can operate both in energy generation (EG) and in hydrogen production (HP). Using URFC reduces the weight and size characteristics of the power plant compared to a stationary system with the independent fuel cell and the electrolyzer. However, its performance also reduces. In this work, we study URFC with an open cathode, which applied as the anode in HP. In this case, the air inflow to the FC cathode in EG, and oxygen outflow from the anode into the environment in HP. The investigation of the electrocatalysts composition for the bifunctional cathode is carried out. The advantages of using a mixture of Pt40/RGO (RGO – reduced graphene oxide) with Ir-black (3:1) for an open cathode of URFC are shown. The cathode composition presented above doubles the efficiency of URFC in comparison with URFC based on a mixture of Pt-black and Ir-black (2:1).


Community policing grid management is an innovative city management model based on the information technology. As a new social management paradigm in the context of new urban development, it responds to the new requirements of the times, meets the new challenges of the times, and adapts to the new opportunities of social development. In China, community policing grid management still remains in the beginning stage, and faces lots of difficulties in the road to development. In order to ultimately realize the goal of "grid-based police force and community-based policing", it's necessary to reasonably divide grid and allocate resource, improve the building capacity of information system and continuously improve the community supervision system and evaluation mechanism.


Though a global Chern–Simons (2k-1)-form is not gauge-invariant, this form seen as a Lagrangian of higher-dimensional gauge theory leads to the conservation law of a modified Noether current.


The relatively low rate of cardiovascular disease in Japan has prompted curiosity about the possible protective effects of green tea, which is consumed


In the past ten years, the research on vocal teaching has achieved fruitful results. By collecting and sorting out the articles in the core music journals, the author wrote this paper to illustrate what he has found. Namely, the research on vocal teaching focuses on the disciplinary system, mode, reform, theory, pedagogy, selected materials and works of vocal teaching. The psychology, philosophy and skills of vocal teaching are gained the same attention. Keywords—vocal teaching; core; music journals college


This research was conducted aiming to analyze whether there is influence of word of mouth on product purchasing decisions for Angkringan Cahsaiki Bekasi consumers. Where the independent variable, namely Word Of Mouth (X), affects the Purchase Decision (Y) as the dependent variable. The population in this study were Angkringan Cahsaiki Bekasi consumers with a sample of 140 respondents through the distribution of research questionnaires filled in by the respondents. Then the data obtained were analyzed using simple regression analysis. This analysis includes validity test, reliability test, simple regression analysis, t-test, and analysis of the coefficient of determination (R²). Based on statistical data analysis, the indicators in this study are valid and the variables are reliable. In the normality test normally distributed. Testing the hypothesis using the t-test shows that the word of mouth variable is proven to significantly influence the dependent variable in purchasing decisions. Purchasing decision variable can be explained by word of mouth, the rest is explained by variations of other independent variables that are not included in the researcher's simple linear regression model.


In this paper we present the process of creating a comprehensive morphological dictionary of compounds for Serbian. This dictionary should be compatible with existing large morphological dictionaries of simple words for Serbian. Due to the complexity of Serbian morphology, the production of a dictionary of compounds is not an easy task. In this paper we present a procedure that automatically produces lemmas for such a dictionary for a given list of compounds. In making decisions this procedure relies on data found in the e-dictionaries of simple words. We evaluate the procedure developed on several different sets of data.


This greatly enlarged edition includes many rewritten and updated entries as well as numerous new articles on composers and performers, details of casts at first performances, and much additional information on the development of opera in different countries. Comprehensive, compact, and inexpensive, this is an indispensable reference work for all opera enthusiasts.


The locus coeruleus (LC) influences many cognitive functions (e.g., arousal, attention, and perception) due to its broad noradrenergic projections throughout the brain. However, the computational mechanisms of LC's influence are complex and so constitute an area of active investigation. One promising approach would be to observe how LC engagement changes stimulus encoding in sensory cortex. As a preliminary step towards this goal, we combined a novel auditory oddball discrimination task with high-resolution fMRI (2mm3 isotropic voxels) and multivariate pattern analysis in humans. Even with modest trial counts (~24-70 trials per condition), sparse logistic regression classifiers could decode both auditory stimulus identity and behavioral choices above chance in auditory cortex, in single subjects and in each of six oddball stimulus levels. Further, stimulus decoders were highly specific to each oddball level, but choice decoders generalized across levels; there was also little overlap between stimulus and choice decoders. These findings suggest that our paradigm and computational analyses provide a promising approach for investigating LC influences on sensory neural representations in humans in the future.


In this paper we investigate how gasoline prices affect equilibrium prices and market shares for cars of different fuel efficiencies in both the new and used car markets. We find that, in general, when gasoline prices increase, prices fall and market shares decrease for fuel-inefficent cars, and the reverse for fuel-efficient cars. However, the relative magnitudes of these effects differ dramatically between the new and used car markets: in the new car market, the adjustment is primarily in market shares, while in the used car market, the adjustment is primarily in prices. We explore reasons for these differences between the markets.


Abstract Popularized by Charles Baudelaire and Walter Benjamin, the modern figure of the flâneur disrupts the pace of the city as he strolls the streets, making his way into the world through wandering and daydreaming. Assimilated to an available body to seduce, a woman walking alone does not have the same experience. However, in spite of constant interruptions in her outward and inward exploration, the flâneuse reinvents the act of walking through a form of solidarity that enables her to transcend the limits of her own body. Focusing on Violette Leduc who wrote on female sexuality in a daring way, I read the act of walking through the lens of feminist and queer theory. I argue that female flânerie is negotiated as a bodily quest with the aim of travelling with one's gaze to reestablish female agency and cross the limits imposed by society. I study four different acts of Leduc's flânerie in Paris and the French countryside, moments that are particularly interesting because the woman queers herself to enjoy the privilege of idly wandering, liberating herself from the constraints attached to her "open" anatomy. The cis-woman's "disidentification" happens through masquerade, daydream, and drag, until the narrator finds female solidarity in the act of traveling.


As regional interaction increases in an open economy, a region's green total factor productivity in agriculture must be considered alongside relationships with other regions. In this study, the slack-based model (SBM) global Malmquist–Luenberger (GML) index is used to measure the green total factor productivity of agriculture in each province of China, and the social network analysis (SNA) and vector autoregressive model (VAR) impulse response function (IRF) are used to examine the spatial network structure and regional interactivity. The research confirms that the absolute value and concentration of agricultural green total factor productivity are generally higher in the south than in the north of China, but the peak is lower in the south than in the north. The network density of agricultural green total factor productivity in China from 2008 to 2019 shows an increase, with the cut-off values of mean, 10, 50, and 100 treated as 4.97%, 2.57%, 3.30%, and 2.43%, respectively. From 2008 to 2019, the central potentials of network entry and network exit of green total factor productivity in China's agriculture show a "V"-shaped and inverted "V"-shaped evolution path, respectively, with the density of cohesive subgroups growing, which demonstrates that the spatial structure of green total factor productivity in Chinese agriculture has experienced an evolutionary path from polycentric to monocentric to polycentric conditions. The spatial interaction of different cohesive subgroups is intensifying and has a certain degree of self-stability. In terms of regional interaction, the siphon effect of the east on the green development of agriculture in the central and western regions is significant, but the trickle-down effect is not obvious, and the interaction between the central and western regions has a catalytic effect on the efficiency of the green economy of agriculture in both regions. It is recommended that targeted policies be introduced to support the flow of agricultural factors and industrial division of labour between the central and western regions and the south and north, taking into account the actual situation. The novelty of this paper is that it focuses on the green total factor productivity of Chinese agriculture and combines the innovative use of the social network analysis paradigm to analyse the green development of agriculture in a country from a spatial dynamic evolutionary perspective. A limitation of the research methodology in this paper is its poor applicability to closed economy analysis.


Abstract Common complications associated with steroid therapy are well documented. We report a rare and fatal complication, in which oesophageal erosion secondary to the use of steroids was associated with pneumopericardium.


Shooting activities are a major source for Pb and Sb contamination in many soils worldwide. In Switzerland, there are more than 2000 shooting ranges for the regular shooting practice of civilian militia and sports clubs. In 1994, for example, 400-500 tons of Pb were released into the environment as a result of shooting activities (BUWAL and EMD, 1997), in addition to 10-25 tons of Sb (Scheinost et al., 2006). Once bullets are deposited onto the soil, the surface of the metallic Pb core is slowly oxidized to Pb(II). Consequently, elevated concentrations of Pb in top and subsoils and in surface waters and plants are found at shooting ranges. Knowledge on the corrosion mechanism of Sb from the bullet is limited, and reports on Sb concentrations in soils are still scarce. At rifle and gun shooting ranges, which are very common in Switzerland, bullets are shot towards fixed targets located just in front of a berm that serves to prevent bullets from going further. Nevertheless, very high heavy metal concentrations can also be found behind the berm. These areas have often been neglected in terms of environmental impact, and they are commonly natural ecosystems (e.g. forests), thus possibly threatening the ecosystem health. Although Pb binds tightly to soil particles, some studies have shown that preferential flow can lead to Pb transport into the subsoil, bypassing the soil matrix (Bundt et al., 2000; Bundt et al., 2001; Camobreco et al., 1996). The overall objective of this research was to asses the potential risk of Pb and Sb leaching from highly polluted soils near shooting ranges into the subsoil and ground water, and to determine the factors influencing the mobility of Pb and Sb in the soil. For our study, we selected two forest soils with contrasting soil properties located 15 m and 6 m behind the berms of the shooting ranges of Losone and Zuchwil, respectively. The Losone soil was strongly acidic and very rich in soil organic matter; the Zuchwil soil exhibited slightly acidic to neutral pH values and a high content of Fe-(hydr)oxides. Our experiments and techniques used to study the mobility of Pb and Sb were: i) tracer irrigation experiments to investigate whether Pb and Sb are transported into the subsoil along preferential flow paths (PFP) ii) Xray absorption spectroscopy and sequential extractions to determine the most important species of Pb (and Sb), which has implications for their availability to organisms, iii) analysis of pore water collected from different soil depths a) using suction cups to monitor Pb and Sb concentrations flowing through the soil, and b) by centrifugation of moist soil samples after incubation to determine (quasi-)equilibrium concentrations, iv) water-saturated column leaching experiments to investigate the release of Pb and Sb from the highly polluted topsoil (0-5 cm).


Abstract The structural phase transitions in Pb2CoWO6 have been investigated by means of x-ray powder diffraction, dielectric constant and DSC measurements. The basic structure of the incommensurate phase (II) has been identified as monoclinic from the x-ray diffraction profile. The cubic-incommensurate phase transition at Tc1 ≅27°C on cooling is strongly first order, which is confirmed by dielectric thermal hysteresis. The incommensurate-orthorhombic phase transition at Tc2≅-35°C on cooling has been characterized by very weak dielectric constant anomaly and distinct heat capacity anomaly. DSC curves have revealed that the enthalpy change associated with Tc1 is twice as much as that associated with Tc2


Backgroud: Acetic acid and furfural are two major inhibitors during lignocellulosic ethanol production. In our previous study, we successfully constructed an engineered Zymomonas mobilis ZM532 strain tolerant these double inhibitors by genome shuffling, but the molecular mechanisms of tolerance to these inhibitors are still unknown. This study investigated the responses of ZM532 and wild-type ZM4 to acetic acid and furfural using genomics, transcriptomics and label free quantitative proteomics. Results: By Sanger sequencing technology we re-verified of previously identified 19 mutations in ZM532, but we found a total of 23 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the coding sequence (CDS; 4) and intergenic region (19) in ZM532. Six SNPs were novel in this study. We also identified a total of 1865 and 14 novel differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in ZM532 and wild-type ZM4. Among these, 352 DEGs were up-regulated; while and 393 were down-regulated in AF_ZM532 vs RM_532, respectively. However, 442 DEGs were up while 463 were down-regulated in AF_ZM4 vs RM_ZM4. Moreover, 2 up and 8 down-regulated genes were identified in AF_ZM532 vs AF_ZM4; while 7 up and 1 down-regulated genes were found in RM_ZM532 vs RM_ZM. We also identified 1,532 proteins among 107 up and 204 down-regulated proteins detected in ZM4_AF vs ZM4_RM, 123 up and 205 down regulated proteins were identified in ZM532_AF vs ZM532_RM, respectively. In addition, a total of 16 up and 5 down-regulated proteins were identified out of 1462 in ZM4_AF vs ZM532_AF, while 8 up and 5 down-regulated proteins were observed out of 1491 in ZM4_RM vs ZM532_RM. These proteins and genes are involved in amino acid biosynthesis, macromolecules repair, glycolysis, flagella assembly, ABC transporter, fermentation, and ATP synthesis pathways and stress response. These mentioned genes and proteins confirmed and help to unravel the acetic acid and furfural tolerance mechanism between ZM532 and wild-type ZM4. May be these proteins and genes play key roles in ZM532 regulation with strong expressions under acids stress conditions. Furthermore, we knocked-out and overexpressed two differentially expressed genes (DEGs), ZMO_RS02740 up-regulated and ZMO_RS06525 down-regulated to investigate their roles in acetic acid and furfural tolerance. Our knockout and complementary experiments revealed that up-regulated expression gene ZMO_RS02740 and the down-regulated expression gene ZMO_RS06525 play important roles in dealing with furfural and acetic acid stress. Conclusion: ZM532 can be used to substitute ZM4 as a biocatalyst for bioethanol under acetic acid and furfural condition, with a shorter fermentation time and higher productivity. Further studies may be required to clarify the relationship between the acid resistance and the genetic disparity of mutant strains.


ABSTRACT FEMORAL ACETABULAR IMPINGEMENT (FAI) IS A CONDITION WHEREBY INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCE PAIN AND IMPAIRMENTS AS A RESULT OF ABNORMAL CONTACT BETWEEN THE ACETABULUM AND PROXIMAL FEMUR. THIS IS OFTEN CAUSED BY AN ABNORMALLY SHAPED FEMORAL HEAD OR ACETABULAR RIM. BECAUSE OF THIS STRUCTURAL ABNORMALITY, CERTAIN LOWER EXTREMITY EXERCISES MAY PERPETUATE SYMPTOMS OF FAI AS A RESULT OF POSITIONING. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO THE STRUCTURAL PATHOLOGY AND PROVOCATING FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH FAI. PRACTICAL EXERCISE-BASED MODIFICATIONS SPECIFIC TO FAI ARE PRESENTED IN AN EFFORT TO MITIGATE THE IMPAIRMENT SEQUELA AND PROMOTE PAIN-FREE TRAINING.


Codensification of agroforestry residue with bio-oil can improve the pellet quality with reduced energy consumption and expand the utilization of bio-oil. This study comprehensively evaluates the effect of bio-oil addition on the storage, transportation, and combustion characteristics of the pellets. The results confirm that under a low pressure of 63.69 MPa bio-oils are more efficient in improving the pellet durability than selected solid additives due to the high viscosity which generated strong adhesion force during densification and enabled stronger particle interlocking of the feedstock. In addition, the hydrophobicity of the apple tree branches pyrolysis oil (APO) added pellets were enhanced, due to the introduction of hydrophobic groups and the improvements in the surface morphology. Besides, APO improved the energy density and fuel characteristics of the pellets via the change of chemical compositions. Above all, addition of the APO additive enhanced the quality of the fuel pellets. Moreover, by a...


(57) Abstract: the replacement and dispensing device of a pharmaceutical solution comprising a spike for replacement with a spike protruding toward the opposite direction (11, 12), connected to the liquid-tight to one of the spike portions (11, 12) while being configured to mount the adapter (20) comprising connection means between the liquid receiving means (22). The adapter (20) to form a flange (13) for limiting the interpolation inclusive spike of the spike unit replacement. This device is not only convenient as replacement means between the two containers, in a state of attaching the adapter (20) can also be used as a distribution means.


For over 15 years I have seen an ever increasing problem with a unique acute respiratory disease in weaned calves. The disease problem usually occurs as a sweeping outbreak with high mortality. For years we didn't differentiate it from other respiratory disease and treatment results were often discouraging. The University of Nebraska North Platte Station Veterinary Science Department worked with us on a number of outbreaks. Dr. Gene White was field research and extension veterinarian and Dr. Clair Hibbs was the pathologist at the North Platte Station Lab. The condition was diagnosed as Pulmonary Adenomatosis also referred to as Acute Bovine Pulmonary Emphysema, Atypical Intersitial Pneumonia, Acute Alveolar Emphysema and Edema, among others. We have noticed several common factors with the outbreaks. They are climatology, nutrition, some breed predilection, good quality calves, exposure to previously affected herds, and no recurrence of outbreaks. Most of the severe outbreaks occur in the colder early winter months. In my area many herds break right after the first severe cold spell. The involved herds are good quality calves on a high nutrition level. The feeds involved vary from corn silage to high energy pellets and grain with hay or alfalfa. As with most emphysema conditions there appears to be a breed predilection. The red breeds seem to be most susceptible, however we see the condition in all breeds. Weaning time or vaccination history do not seem to be factors. Exposure to a herd having a history of the disease problem has been quite common in my experience. The exposure has come from summer pasture fenceline contact or by herd additions. The additions have been cows or comingling of weaned calves. The disease does not tend to recur in a pen of calves once it has gone through them. We have had different groups or pens break at different times on a ranch however. Dr. Merwyn Frey of the Univ. Nebr. Vet. Science Dept. isolated the Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus (BRSV) from a number of outbreaks in my practice in 1978. Using acute and convalescent blood samples on these same calves we also saw a seroconversion for the BRSV. The symptoms we see in the typical winter outbreaks are: Early Symptoms:


An enantioselective membrane was prepared by introducing an amino acid condensate with glutaraldehyde into a polysulfone membrane matrix. The optical resolution of phenylalanine from aqueous racemate solutions was examined under the concentration and pressure gradients across the membrane respectively. The membrane was permeable with respect to D-phenylalanine in preference to L-phenylalanine, and the separation factor was 1.25 to 4.10.The solute fluxes were analyzed on the basis of a permeation model consisting of both diffusing flow and viscous flow.Using the solute fluxes of D- and L-amino acids, the separation factor could be successfully expressed by the solute permeability of amino acid and the volume flux.


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type="main"> We examined whether and how levels of environmental concern (EC) changed over time in the United Kingdom, from 1991 to 2008–2009, as well as how EC relates to socioeconomic characteristics across this same timeframe. Using item response theory models on the last three sweeps of the British National Child Development Study 1958, we evaluated a measure of EC. Then, using latent growth curve models (LGCMs) we estimated the pattern of change for EC across time. Finally, theoretically relevant sociodemographic characteristics were introduced as covariates into the LGCM. We found a small but significant downfall of the mean level of EC over time, with individual-level values displaying higher dispersion in 2008–2009 against the previous sweeps of data. We also found that political orientation has significant effects on the outcome and on its changes across time. Hypotheses regarding the influence of interest in politics and voting choices on EC are supported. The increasing variance of EC over time warrants further investigation.


This article describes the fruit and fresh vegetable 1sector in the European Union . A range of agricultural data from a number of Eurostat agricultural statistics ( farm structure survey , annual crop production statistics, agricultural prices, agricultural economics accounts) are used, in addition to trade statistics, to industrial production statistics and to data on daily consumption of fruit and vegetables to depict the various stages in the process of bringing fruit and vegetables from the field to the market.


OBJECTIVE: To report a case of propofol related infusion syndrome associated with low doses propofol administration in a young adult with head injury. CASE SUMMARY: A previously healthy 24-year-old male patient with severe traumatic head injury was admitted to a neurosurgery intensive care unit after craniotomy. He was given a continuous infusion (1.5-2.3 mg/kg/h) of propofol for sedation and intracranial pressure control. After infusion, bradycardia, metabolic acidosis, hyperkalemia, rhabdomyolysis, and acute renal failure developed. The patient died of refractory cardiac dysrhythmia after approximately 72 hours of propofol administration. DISCUSSION: The clinical features of propofol related infusion syndrome (PRIS) are characterized by severe metabolic acidosis, rhabdomyolysis, myoglobinuria, hyperkalemia, lipemia, renal failure, hepatomegaly, cardiac arrhythmias, and myocardial failure. The possible theories include abnormal mitochondrial gene mutations, inhibition of enzymes in the mitochondrial respiratory chain, impaired fatty acid oxidation. Associated risk factors included high doses and prolonged use, children, head injury or respiratory failure, combined glucocorticoids or catecholamines and carbohydrate intake. Based on the Naranjo adverse reaction probability scale criteria, propofol was the most probable cause of death in the patient (score of 5). CONCLUSION: Although PRIS developed in a sedative patient after a high-dose and prolonged infusion of propofol. Clinical should be aware of this syndrome in adults with prolonged infusion of low-dose propofol and combined catecholamines.


Based on the software of PLECS (piece-wise linear electronic circuit system), the simulation model for BOOST converter has been established, by using the critical sensitivity approach of tuning PI controller parameters, a double-loop control way for BOOST converter using SG has been proposed, the inner loop is for the current control while the outer one is for the voltage control. Moreover, the characteristics undergo the load change have been analyzed. The simulation results not only illustrate the validity of the modeling with PLECS and the critical sensitivity approach for tuning PI controller parameters, but also provide a new idea for the digital control of BOOST converter using FPGA.


The invention discloses a preparation method of a corn alcohol-soluble protein nanofiber membrane used for cell culture. The corn alcohol-soluble protein/polyvinyl alcohol nanofiber membrane is a cell culture carrier material, which comprises biodegradable natural polymer corn alcohol-soluble protein and polyvinyl alcohol as a biocompatible high polymer. The transverse dimension of a ribbon-like corn alcohol-soluble protein/polyvinyl alcohol nanofiber is 625 to 3,920 nanometers; and the nanofibers are stacked into the nanofiber membrane randomly. The corn alcohol-soluble protein/polyvinyl alcohol nanofiber membrane is made through electrostatic spinning process, the preparation method is simple and effective, preparation equipment is simple, the stability is high, and indexes such as the diameters of the nanofibers and the porosity of a membrane material and the like can be regulated through changes of the condition of the electrostatic spinning process. The experiment proves that compared with a common PC (polycarbonate) plate, the corn alcohol-soluble protein nanofiber membrane material contributes to proliferation of mouse embryonic stem cells, and the diameter of the stem cell clone cultured for 5 days reaches 100 micrometers. Moreover, the nanofiber membrane can be recycled after being steamed and pressed for 30 minutes at 120 DEG C.


Background: Major depression is associated with several alterations, including reduced neuronal plasticity and impaired synaptic function, which represent an important target of pharmacological intervention. Methods: In the present study, we have investigated the ability of the antipsychotic drug lurasidone to modulate behavioral and neuroplastic alterations in the chronic mild stress model of depression. Results: Rats that show reduced sucrose consumption after 2 weeks of chronic mild stress have reduced expression of the pool of Bdnf transcripts with the long 3′ untranslated region (3′-UTR) that may be targeted to the synaptic compartment, suggesting the contribution of the neurotrophin to the behavioral dysfunction produced by chronic mild stress. The downregulation of Bdnf expression persisted also after 7 weeks of chronic mild stress, whereas chronic lurasidone treatment improved anhedonia in chronic mild stress rats and restored Bdnf mRNA levels in the prefrontal cortex. Moreover, chronic lurasidone treatment was able to normalize chronic mild stress-induced defects of Psd95 and Gfap as well as changes in molecular regulators of protein translation at the synapse, including mTOR and eEF2. Conclusions: These results demonstrate that lurasidone shows antidepressant properties in the chronic mild stress model through the modulation of synaptic and neuroplastic proteins. Such changes may contribute to the amelioration of functional capacities, which are deteriorated in patients with major depression and stress-related disorders.


Satisfaction has frequently been suggested as a goal for recreation management, but empirical research has not supported the simple bivariate density-satisfaction model. Explanations for these findings have included displacement (those dissatisfied with crowding or resource impacts move to more remote sites) and product shift (users respond to increasing densities by changing their definitions of recreation experiences). This paper explores these hypotheses using data gathered on the Rogue River in 1977 and 1984 and the Illinois River in 1979. In a situation where use levels are increasing, it is predicted that 1) users are more likely to be displaced or change experience definitions than to become dissatisfied, 2) reasons for displacement will include social and environmental factors, 3) experience definitions will change toward higher density experiences, 4) encounter norms will change to higher levels, 5) perceived crowding will not change, and 6) satisfaction will remain high. These predictions were g...


Assessment of orbital dimensions is important for a good knowledge of the anatomical disposition of orbital structures and surgical management of orbital pathologies. Orbital dimensions of thirty (30) dry skulls of adult were measured by direct measurement technique with Vernier Caliper. The mean orbital height for the right and left sides were 31.9 ± 2.2 and 32.2 ± 1.8 mm while, their orbital breadth were 39.7 ± 2.2 and 38.8 ± 3.1 mm respectively. The mean orbital index was 81.65. The north population belongs to the Microseme category and this study will serve as a guide to surgical management of orbital pathologies as it relates to our environment.


Samples of atmospheric aerosols were collected at three sites in the metropolitan area of Mexico City and analyzed with particle-induced x-ray emission (PIXE). Stacked filter units of the Davis design were employed to obtain samples of PM 15 (particles with dimensions below 15 μm mean aerodynamic diameter) on polycarbonate filters, divided in two fractions. The study was conducted during the first half of 2002, exposing the filters every 2 days for 24 h, starting at 08:00 h. Analysis of variance of the measured elemental concentrations showed differences in the mean concentrations for several elements at the sampling sites. Cluster and absolute principal component analyses were applied to identify contributing sources, together with their relative contributions to the mass measured with PIXE. It was found that fugitive dusts are usually the main sources in both fractions from all sites.


Knowledge of interrelationships between grain yield and its contributing components will improve the efficiency of breeding programs through the use of appropriate selection indices. The objective of this study was to evaluate of interrelationships among grain yield and related characters in eleven corn hybrids. The hybrids were evaluated in randomized complete block design with four replications. Plant height, ear length, days to physiological maturity, kernel length, number of kernels per ear, cob percentage of ear, total number of kernels per ear and 100-grain weight correlated positively with grain yield. The highest correlation was shown by plant height and ear length (r= 0.65) and followed by 100-grain weight and number of kernels per row (r= 0.61). Path analysis was used to partition the genetic correlations between grain yield and related characters. Ear length, kernel length, 100-grain weight, total number of kernels per ear and cob percentage of ear showed positive direct effect on grain yield. The highest direct effect belonged to number of total kernels per ear the highest direct effect (0.59), followed by 100-grain weight (0.25). On the other hand, the highest indirect effect belonged to 100-grain weight and ear length via number of kernels per ear. The relatively high positive direct effect of 100-grain weight on grain yield was partially counterbalanced by its negative indirect effects via number of rows per ear and number of kernels per row.


The disruption of interface layer occurring in cement stones during corrosion was investigated using three-dimensional (3D) X-ray computed tomography (CT). This study was conducted using this characterization technique by continuously examining the air-void within a sample. Examination of the obtained CT images shows that air-void distribution of the interface layer of the cement stone exposed in humid H2S gas exhibits a clear difference from the distributions found in unexposed samples. To confirm this difference, a dense layer was found using scanning electron microscopy, which was in good agreement with the CT image analysis showing that the air-void of the dense layer was much smaller than that in the unexposed sample. The compositions of the interface layer were further investigated using several characterization techniques such as scanning electron microscopy (SEM), SEM-energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and X-ray diffraction (XRD).


The usage of clinical pathways to describe and organize the treatment of patients in inter-sectoral care has been established through the last decade. In particular, engaging the patient in the treatment process has become more important. Adequate tools and concepts are needed to improve the integration of patients into inter-sectorial care processes. Personalized dynamic pathways form patient-specific extensions for clinical pathways as a flexible instrument that goes beyond traditional application of pathways. They support customizing care for patient-specific requirements as well as adding patient interaction to the care process. This paper adapts the concept of personalized dynamic pathways and proposes a reference architecture for integrating personalized dynamic pathways into existing inter-organizational healthcare information systems.


A study of partial economic evaluation of costs description type for the increase of the average of hospital stay and its economic effect was carried out in "Saturnino Lora Torres" Teaching Clinical-Surgical Provincial Hospital from Santiago de Cuba during


Although property interests in South Africa are protected by the Constitution, the protection afforded them is not absolute : the property right sanctions deprivation and expropriation in accordance with its provisions. Environmental legislation frequently imposes restrictions on (inter alia) land owners in furtherance of the goal of environmental management; the majority of these provisions amount to deprivations. These infringements of property interests are not only legitimised by the property right, but are also endorsed by the environmental right, which obliges (and thereby empowers) the state to take legislative measures to protect the environment, with a view to promoting conservation and securing sustainable use of natural resources.


The new open-framework uranium silicates Na2(UO2)(Si4O10)·2.1H2O (USH-1) and RbNa(UO2)(Si2O6)·H2O (USH-3) have been synthesized by hydrothermal reactions at 230 °C. USH-1 has a framework structure formed from silicate single layers cross-linked by interlayer UO6 tetragonal bipyramids. The silicate layers consist of interconnected tetrahedral 4-rings and 8-ring voids. The 8-ring voids are lined up to form 1-dimensional channel systems in the framework. In contrast to the silicate layers of USH-1, individual 4-rings of silicate tetrahedra are found in USH-3 which are cross-linked by UO6 tetragonal bipyramids to form an open framework.


We present a method to classify fixed-duration windows of speech as expressing anger or not, which does not require speech recognition, utterance segmentation, or separating the utterances of different speakers and can, thus, be easily applied to real-world recordings. We also introduce the task of ranking a set of spoken dialogues by decreasing percentage of anger duration, as a step towards helping call center supervisors and analysts identify conversations requiring further action. Our work is among the very few attempts to detect emotions in spontaneous human-human dialogues recorded in call centers, as opposed to acted studio recordings or human-machine dialogues. We show that despite the non-perfect performance (approx. 70% accuracy) of the window-level classifier, its decisions help produce a ranking of entire conversations by decreasing percentage of anger duration that is clearly better than a random ranking, which represents the case where supervisors and analysts randomly select conversations to inspect.


Blow-through bag method was developed to estimate emission amount of the hazardous air pollutants on the fugitive emission sources. This method has modified the related US-EPA method to improve the detecting accuracy and sampling efficiency for the valves and flanges of the fugitive emission sources. This developed method shortens the sampling time above 48% and improves 60 times of detection limits in comparison with the related US-EPA method. Therefore this method should facilitate more rapid and precise estimation of fugitive emission amount. We figured out fugitive emission and total emission amount and examined its efficiency with this developed method from fugitive emission sources on site. This Blow-though bag method was significantly improved the problems about sampling time and detection limit. Accordingly, the method enabled us to calculate a precise air emission amount of hazardous air pollutants for the industrial fugitive emission sources.


Thyristor valve is a key device of HVDC transmission system,its aseismic performance can directly affect the seismic safety of a whole DC system,its aseismic behavior is an important factor when designing valves.Valves' structure adopted shock absorber design.Considering impact of rotating stiffness in hinged place,three-dimensional finite element models of ideal valves and improved ones were constructed.Two procedures were used to calculate the ideal model.Firstly,the dynamic characteristics of the two models were calculated.The influence factors on their dynamic characters were discussed subsequently.Secondly,the response of them were analyzed with the time history analysis method under horizontal and vertical excitations.The results indicated that the valves have good anti-shock capacity;under horizontal earthquake,the valves may occur oscillation phenomena with lower frequencies;the improved valve structure can improve displacement deformation of the valves' body.


This study has developed sensitive gold nanoslit biosensing and imaging with surface plasmon (SP) effect for real-time analysis of biomolecular interactions. The main advantages of the proposed system include: 1) a minimum disturbance from buffer solution; 2) requires only a compact detection system; and 3) provides a practical kinetic study of biomolecular interactions.


Although much is known about aging adults in nursing homes, little is known about the attitudes and cognitive skills of those who are psychologically, physically, and financially independent. This study compared 57 aging and 51 young men and women. The young groups attended colleges or participated in college audiences. The seniors, ages 64 to 95, lived independently in separate households and two retirement residences. Their responses to the Predictive Drawing and/or Drawing from Imagination tasks of the Silver Drawing Test of Cognition and Emotion were assessed on 5-point rating scales to assess emotional content, self-images, and cognitive skills. In addition, adult scores were compared with scores of children and adolescents. Three procedures were used to assess age and gender differences: individual responses, statistical analyses of mean scores, and top and bottom range scores. No significant age differences were found between independent seniors and young adults, but gender differences emerged to s...


The advisory list recently released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is generating controversy in the polity and reminds one of the no love relationships between the Commission and Politicians. Put differently, nothing agitates the average Nigerian politician more than when there is a threat to jeopardize his or her political aspirations, and nothing unites politicians in Nigeria more than when they identify a common enemy. This perhaps explain the united outrage that greeted a list of politicians released by the EFCC to political parties advising them not to field some particular individuals in April 2011 general elections. While releasing the list, the EFCC made it clear that it was simply advisory and that it had no such powers to stop any one from contesting the 2011general elections. Just as the Commission was about explaining itself out of the list, lawyers and other right activists slammed EFCC, positing that the Commission is fast descending into an epoch of lawlessness. This paper examines the threat and challenges political corruption poses to Nigeria as April election draws nearer. It explores the concept of political corruption, the causes and implications and suggests ways of checkmating political corruption in the polity. The paper concludes by hailing both INEC and the parties for distancing themselves from the list. This are equally in sharp contrast to what happened in the run up to the 2007 elections where the Ahmadu Ali led PDP supervised by Obasanjo wrote Iwu's INEC to bar some of its members from contesting the elections.


Depending on the growing average age and busy work life, muscle disorders are also increasing. Disturbing use life hurts the upper limb due to casing. Electromyography (EMG) muscle sensors are used to detect muscle diseases. To obtain more accurate results, the perception of the data received with the EMG sensors is required. This evaluation was compared with electromyography (EMG) muscle sensors used as a muscle measurement tool and those taken from the upper limb and KNN explanations and Random Forest examinations, which are the predictions of machine learning in this context and give more accurate results than other effects. Three EMG muscle sensors are attached to the upper limb of the user and taken from 0o, 45o and 90o angles with the microcontroller development board. It has been read and tested with the resulting machine-learning readings. The percentages of the accuracy of the highest accuracy KNN and Random Forest locations were chosen for their assumptions and use in use.


People spend most of their time indoors. The volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in indoor air represented by toluene inevitably affect people's health. Activated carbon can effectively reduce indoor VOCs pollution. The experiments in the previous studies were carried out at the concentration of tens or hundreds of ppm, which could not reflect the actual adsorption performance of activated carbon in the actual conditions. In this study, a method was proposed to predict breakthrough curve of toluene at ~1 ppm. The method was based on Wheeler-Jonas model, the equilibrium adsorption capacity was predicted by the Freundlich equation, and the adsorption rate constant was obtained by Yoon-Nelson equation. The predicted breakthrough curves were in good agreement with the experimental data in the range of 0.5~4.0 ppm. The adsorption rate constant was predicted using the relationship with inlet concentration of toluene. When the breakout fraction was 20-85%, the relative deviation was 5.54% and 4.08% at 0.5 and 1.0 ppm. This method can predict the adsorption performance and service life of activated carbon for toluene at ppb~ppm level.


【Objective】The purpose of the study was to seek one practical method to assess the importance of detected attributes in multivariable systems and to reduce the data dimensions.【Method】Based on introducing stepwise regression analysis and path analysis into principal component analysis(PCA) by an example.【Result】The stepwise regressions of detected indicators against principal components were powerful in variances choice,variances with significant influence on component were remained.The path analysis revealed the direct influence and indirect influence of detected indicators on the principal component,which showed the intereaction between the indicators.Based on the determination coefficient of indicators and percentages of principal component eigenvalues,the influences of indicators on research objective can be evaluated.According to the evaluation,indicators with essential influence on the research objective can be extracted and the numbers of detected indicators in the system can be reduced.【Conclusion】PCA combined with stepwise regressions and path analysis is an useful tool in multivariable systems,which can assess the variables and choose the most important viable in a complex data to reduce the data dimensions in practice.


. Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) experiments in the filled Ce 1 − x Yb x Fe 4 P 12 ( x (cid:46) 0 . 0023) skutterudite compounds of T h cubic symmetry ( Im 3) reveal the coexistence of two distinct Yb 3+ sites with large difference in their site occupation, hyperfine interaction and temperature dependence of the ESR parameters. These results suggest a scenario where the oversized (Fe 2 P 3 ) 4 -cages of the Ce 1 − x Yb x Fe 4 P 12 compounds are occupied with small number of on-center -Yb 3+ ions and a distribution of highly occupied off-center -Yb 3+ ions, rattling at ∼ 1 GHz and above ∼ 20 GHz, respectively.


Comprehension plays an important role in the study of mathematics,therefore the obstacles in mathematical understanding is worthy of consideration. If the students′ will of understanding, level of cognition, and reasonable mathematical cognitive structure are ignored, teachers will not be able to help in dealing with the hindrance. In teaching, teachers may set up proper and interesting situation, encourage interaction between students and teachers so that students can acquire the right mathematical idea and cope with the hindrance.


AbstractThe aim of the present investigation was to explore the performance of the acid-treated Lantana camara fruit biosorbent in binding hexavalent chromium from aqueous solutions. FTIR studies revealed the contribution of carbohydrates, glycosides, and flavonoids in the biosorbent. EDS analysis exhibited the occurrence of chromium ions after biosorption, whereas SEM image exposed the enhancement of porosity after acid treatment. The isotherm models such as Langmuir, Freundlich, Dubinin–Radushkevich, and Temkin models were studied to depict the mechanism of interaction of the biosorbent with the adsorbate. Besides isotherm models, kinetic studies like pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order, and intraparticle diffusion models were also performed to validate the controlling mechanism of biosorption. Langmuir model showed a better fit favoring monolayer adsorption and a high correlation value from the pseudo-second-order model suggests chemisorption. To understand whether the biosorption process releases ...


An incoherent approach to the physical mechanisms giving rise to the Mott transition and gain in III–V and II–VI semiconductor media is presented. Dynamical screening and one-particle Green's functions (GF) are handled within a full RPA scheme. The resulting one-particle GF serve as input for a T-matrix calculation in screened ladder approximation taking into account bound and scattering states on an equal footing. The T-matrix is used to improve the one-particle GF as well as the transverse polarization function.


The article points out that accurately determining the contents of suspended substances in water body has significance in the process of monitoring water and wastewater,and proposes the methods to increase the accuracy of suspended substances monitoring results through analyzing the factors of sample collection,sampling quantity,drying temperature and time,and weighting of suspended substances in water body.


A navigation device includes an image sensor, a processing unit, a main clock circuit and a sub clock circuit; wherein the clock frequency of the sub clock circuit is much lower than the clock frequency of the master clock. The image sensor obtaining a predetermined number of image frames during the burst. The image processing unit according to the calculated amount of displacement of the frame, the image sensor After obtaining the preset number of image frames to close the main circuit and the clock before the end of the period in accordance with the burst of the sub clock circuit restart the master clock circuit.


The purpose of this research as to describe the relations between the use of the newspaper as a source of learning in Civic Education chapter of democracy subject on the students motivation in class XI Senior High School 1 Geger Madiun, described the obstacles to overcome barriers to the use of the newspaper as a source of learning on Civic Education subject and solutions to overcome barriers to the use of the newspaper as a source of learning on Civic Education subject. This research approach is a quantitative approach to design studies using ex post facto (Research After Genesis). The technique of collecting data using questionnaires, interviews and documentation. The technique used to take a sample is random sampling. The sample in this research were 63 students. The analysis of the data used the product moment correlation. These results indicate there is a significant positive relations between the use of media and newspapers as a source of learning with students' motivation. The constraints in the use ofnews, that the newspaper use can only be done on a particular matter, the lack of newspaper availability in the school, andthe student have a low of newspaper. The solutions to overcome these barriers by means of surveillance and the use of paper media in learning, increase the number of newspapers provided and the teachers can create learning creative and fun so that students interested in reading the paper and increase the interest and motivation of the student on the Civic Education subject.


The experiment focused on the bioleaching and desulfurization of pyrite roasting residues by the bacteria for the recovery of Cu, Zn and the magnetic materials. First of all, the study systematically performed XRD, which provided scientific and technique basis for extraction of valuable metals. Subsequently, the effect of the pH, the temperature and the bacterial inoculum volume ratio on the bioleaching was investigated. The data revealed that the condition under the pH of 1.2, the temperature of 45°C and bacterial inoculum volume ratio of 10% had the most significant effect on the bioleaching and the recovery rates of Cu, Zn and SO42- reached up to 80%, 99% and 80%, respectively. Finally, multi-elements analysis before and after the bioleaching experiments was performed to further explore the ability of the NB bacteria to oxidize the Deerni pyrite roasting residues. The study demonstrated that the total Fe and sulfur contents of the bioleaching residues accounted for 68.47% and 0.28%, respectively. The content of Cu and Zn in the leaching residue were only 0.09% and 0.01%. The desulfurization effects are evident and bioleaching residues meet the requirements as magnetic materials in steel making industry.


On behalf of the ARGO-YBJ Collaboration Abstract. We report on the search for Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) in the energy range 1 100 GeV in coincidence with the prompt emission detected by satellites, using the Astro- physical Radiation Ground-based Observatory at YangBa- Jing (ARGO-YBJ). With its big active surface ( 6700 m 2 ) and large field of view ( 2 sr) the ARGO-YBJ air shower detector is particularly suitable to detect unpredictable and short duration events such as GRBs. The search has been performed using the single particle technique in time coinci- dence with satellite detections both for single events and for the piling up of all the GRBs in time and in phase. Between November 2004 and June 2010 115 GRBs, de- tected by different satellites (mainly Swift and Fermi), oc- curred within the field of view of ARGO-YBJ. For 94 of these we searched for a counterpart in the ARGO-YBJ data finding no statistically significant emission. Search methods and results are discussed.


The iron deficiency Anemia is one of the important complications in pathogenesis of Malaria. Oxidative stress plays an important role in the development of malarial anemia. The aim of present study to analyze the iron status in the patients of plasmodium Falciparum and plasmodium Vivax in the relation to free radical metabolism. The hematological parameters like hemoglobin, hematocrit, erythrocyte count and biochemical parameters like serum iron, total iron binding capacity, unsaturated iron binding capacity, transferrin saturation, lipid peroxidation, and ceruloplasmin are studied. Results were compared to age and sex matched control subject. Significant alternations in above result were noted in both groups of malaria patients. Hematological parameters were found lower in plasmodium Vivax and plasmodium Falciparum malaria patients but not significantly. The serum iron, total iron binding capacity, unsaturated iron binding capacity, transferrin saturation were decreased significantly (p


We introduce a theoretical framework for the new concept of three-dimensional (3D) twistronics by developing a generalized Bloch band theory for 3D layered systems with a constant twist angle $\theta$ between successive layers. Our theory employs a nonsymmorphic symmetry that enables a precise definition of an effective out-of-plane crystal momentum, and also captures the in-plane moire pattern formed between neighboring twisted layers. To demonstrate the novel topological physics that can be achieved through 3D twistronics, we present two examples. In the first example of chiral twisted graphite, Weyl nodes arise because of inversion-symmetry breaking, with $\theta$-tuned transitions between type-I and type-II Weyl fermions, as well as magic angles at which the in-plane velocity vanishes. In the second example of twisted Weyl semimetal, the twist in the lattice structure induces a chiral gauge field $\boldsymbol{\mathcal{A}}$ that has a vortex-antivortex lattice configuration. Line modes bound to the vortex cores of the $\boldsymbol{\mathcal{A}}$ field give rise to 3D Weyl physics in the moire scale. We also discuss possible experimental realizations of 3D twistronics.


Los bienes de los jesuitas: Disolucion e incautacion de la Compania de Jests durante la Segunda Republica. By Alfredo Verdoy. (Madrid: Editorial Trotta. 1995. Pp. 422.) This is the first detailed study of the Spanish Republic's 1932 dissolution of the Society of Jesus and the nationalization of its property. Father Verdoy, a Jesuit historian, has mined the Jesuit and government archives to produce a substantial work that succeeds in dispelling much of the myth and conjecture about the controversial events surrounding the Spanish Jesuits and their property in the years before the outbreak of the Civil War in 1936. The book is divided into two parts. The first part is an examination of the Spanish Jesuits in the years before the proclamation of the Republic in April, 1931,up to the decree dissolving the order in January,1932. The statistics are all there: at the beginning of 1931, there were 3001 Jesuits in eighty communities; they operated twenty-one colegios teaching 7,000 students along with 5,500 students at the Jesuit-run universities; they published some forty periodicals; and thousands of poor students were taught by Jesuit-sponsored groups. Despite the work they did with the poor, the Jesuits were hopelessly compromised by their identification with the monarchy and Primo de Rivera's dictatorship. They were victims of anticlerical violence even before April,1931: one of their residences in Gijon was burned in 1930, and their response was to enroll some of the Jesuit brothers in the local militia to get training to prevent further attacks, an action that was countermanded by Jesuit General Ledochowski in Rome. Once the Republic was proclaimed, there was more anticlerical incendiarism; the Jesuits knew that dissolution or expulsion was coming, and they began to scramble to sell their property or hide it. The Constitution of 1931, which became law in December of that year, called for the legal dissolution of the Jesuits and a prohibition on their teaching, along with the confiscation of their property, which was to be used for educational and charitable ends. The decree of dissolution was enacted in January,1932, and a special commission, the Patronato,was set up to handle the confiscation of all Jesuit property. Most of the Jesuits left their residences to stay with other religious or with friends, while seminarians were sent abroad to continue their studies. All of this activity, along with the arguments in the constitutional debates, the views of individual Jesuit provincials, and those of the anticlerical politicians and press are given full exposition in the first half of the book. …


Up to the present much work on meson theory has. been done by considering it as a field theory, and the equation of meson as a field equation. This situation has its origin in the fact that the meson was found originally as a field of the heavy particles. However, if we restrict ourselves to the problems of the interaction between the meson and the electromagnetic field, it seems more adequate to treat the meson equation in the form of a wave equation just like the cases of other charged particles(1), i.e. electron, positron and proton. Using the usual field equation for the meson as a wave equation, Laporte(2) has developed this stand point and calculated the elastic scattering of meson by a static electric field as a one body problem. The authors themselves, when they were engaging in the establishment of the vector meson theory, tried to write the meson equation in the form analogous to Dirac's electron equation. But before they could finish this task, certain circumstances prevented one of the authors