A new iron V[sub 2]O[sub 5] bronze, Fe[sub 0.12]V[sub 2]O[sub 5], has been prepared via a sol-gel process. This compound exhibits an orthorhombic structure which closely resembles that of the parent oxide V[sub 2]O[sub 5]. A preliminary investigation of its electrochemical properties as rechargeable cathodic material for Li batteries is performed. The results are discussed in relation with the electrochemical behavior known for V[sub 2]O[sub 5]. Three reversible insertion steps appear in the potential range 3.8 to 2 V vs Li/Li[sup +]. They correspond to a high faradaic yield of 2.5 F. per mole of bronze mainly due to the unusually wide Li concentration range involved in the third process located near 2.3 V ([Delta]X = 1.5). The presence of ferric ions in the orthorhombic host lattice is seen to induce interesting features especially in terms of cycle life (potential range: 3.8 to 2 V; C/4 discharge-charge rate) with a specific capacity of about 200 Ah/kg after 40 cycles.


This research was carried out in January 2021 in the Intertidal Zone of Sambungo Village, Silaut District, Pesisir Selatan Regency, West Sumatra Province. The purpose of this study was to determine the size variation of the bivalve, the distribution pattern of the bivalve, the effect of the type of sediment fraction on the size, and the distribution of the bivalve in the intertidal zone. The method used in this research is a survey method which is carried out by direct observation and sampling in the field. Bivalve samples obtained were identified at the Marine Biology Laboratory and Sediment Fraction Analysis was carried out at the Chemical Analysis Laboratory, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine, Universitas Riau. Based on the results of the study, the highest number of bivalves was at station 1 as many as 11 individuals. The distribution pattern of macrozoobenthos in the intertidal zone of Sambungo Village ranges from 3.86 to 5.07 with the highest morisita index value being at station 1. The highest percentage of sediment fraction is 96.53% in the lower zone and the highest organic matter content is at station 1 of the lower zone. with a total percentage of 6.65%. Based on the criteria for the morisita index at station 1, station 2, and station 3 with an Id>1 value, it can be concluded that the distribution of Bivalvia in the intertidal zone in Sambungo Village is clustered


The ability of excimer laser irradiation to anneal and to crystallize amorphous films of the p-type perovskite SrFeyCo1−yO2.5+x (y=0.5) has been investigated. The films were prepared by the pulsed laser deposition technique on Si and sapphire substrates held at room temperature or 240 °C. Both film deposition and film annealing were carried out using a KrF excimer laser (λ=248 nm). Films of SrFe0.5Co0.5O2.5+x deposited at room temperature on sapphire substrates have been crystallized with 160 laser pulses at 50 mJ/cm2, while irradiation of a film deposited at room temperature on a Si substrate has resulted in its crystallization following 40 pulses at 100 mJ/cm2. Films deposited at 240 °C have been crystallized with 480 and 320 pulses at 50 and 60 mJ/cm2, respectively. The application of the excimer laser annealing technique permits the modification of film crystallinity after deposition, and because this can be achieved with a high degree of control of irradiation energy, this facilitates the integration...


The work presented in this thesis is primarily concerned with the optimisation of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photoemission around 13.5 nm, from laser produced tin (Sn) plasmas. EUV lithography has been identified as the leading next generation technology to take over from the current optical lithography systems, due to its potential of printing smaller feature sizes on integrated circuits. Many of the problems hindering the implementation of EUV lithography for high volume manufacturing have been overcome during the past 20 years of development. However, the lack of source power is a major concern for realising EUV lithography and remains a major roadblock that must be overcome. Therefore in order to optimise and improve the EUV emission from Sn laser plasma sources, many parameters contributing to the make-up of an EUV source are investigated. Chapter 3 presents the results of varying several different experimental parameters on the EUV emission from Sn laser plasmas. Several of the laser parameters including the energy, gas mixture, focusing lens position and angle of incidence are changed, while their effect on the EUV emission is studied. Double laser pulse experiments are also carried out by creating plasma targets for the main laser pulse to interact with. The resulting emission is compared to that of a single laser pulse on solid Sn. Chapter 4 investigates tailoring the CO2 laser pulse duration to improve the efficiency of an EUV source set-up. In doing so a new technique for shortening the time duration of the pulse is described. The direct effects of shortening the CO2 laser pulse duration on the EUV emission from Sn are then studied and shown to improve the efficiency of the source. In Chapter 5 a new plasma target type is studied and compared to the previous dual laser experiments. Laser produced colliding plasma jet targets form a new plasma layer, with densities that can be optimised for re-heating with the main CO2 laser pulse. Chapter 6 will present some experiments carried out on laser produced gadolinium plasmas, with its photoemission around 6.7 nm seen as a potential beyond EUV source. Three different laser pulse durations and a range of laser intensities are utilised in experiments to try to optimise the in-band emission, while also observing the effect on ion emission from the plasma. Finally, the experiments presented in thesis and their results are summarised in Chapter 7, along with presenting possible future work.


We prove NP-completeness of deciding whether a given loop of colored right isosceles triangles, hinged together at edges, can be folded into a specified rectangular three-color pattern. By contrast, the same problem becomes polynomially solvable with one color or when the target shape is a tree-shaped polyomino. key words: GeoLoop, hinged dissection, Ivan's Hinge, NP-hardness, paper folding


Curing plays a chief function in the improving the strength of concrete. The function of a self-curing agent is to save the water and to reduce the water evaporation from the concrete, and hence they increase the water retention capacity of concrete compared to the conventionally cured concrete. Prosopisjuliflora root powder is used as admixtures for self-curing concrete in this study. Prosopisjuliflora (SeemaiKaruvelam in Tamil) grows tremendously and spreads due to its mechanism to overcome adverse conditions of like drought and salt. With deep penetrating roots, it can draw water from deeper layers. Their root has high water holding capacity, so powder made from it can be used as admixture for self-curing concrete. This project involves the experimental investigation of self-curing of concrete by using Prosopisjuliflora root powder. Tests on fresh concrete and hardened concrete were conducted. From the results, we have concluded that adding prosopisjuliflora root powder as a self-curing agent in the concrete mix at various percentages, the addition of 0.75% of prosopisjuliflora root powder by the weight of cement attains the 28 days compressive strength of a conventional M25 grade concrete in 7 days.


Clinical negligence claims represent a huge cost to the NHS, and medical defence unions argue that costs will continue to rise if nothing is done. Abi Rimmer reports


In this paper, we introduce the definitions of periodic point, transitivity, sensitivity and Devaney chaos of multiple mappings from a set-valued perspective. We study the relation between multiple mappings and its continuous self-maps and show that multiple mappings and its continuous self-maps do not imply each other in terms of periodic point or transitivity. While the sufficient condition for multiple mappings to have periodic points, to be transitive and sensitive is provided separately. And we show that transitivity plus dense periodic point set implies sensitivity. Also, a sufficient condition for multiple mappings to be Devaney chaotic is given.


Shale gas is an unconventional energy that use and explore methane gas contained in the shale that has a certain maturity, which is the reservoir as well as source rock. Amount of shale gas reserves amounted to 574 TCF Indonesia, the number is higher than the reserve amount CBM (Coal Bed Methane) and natural gas amounted to only 453.3 TCF and 334.5 TCF (BP Migas). Then in fact Indonesia has very large potential of shale gas and it is potential to become one of the main energies that can increase the rate of Indonesian economy. Therefore, the Indonesian government with the company which active in energy began to research and develop the potential of shale gas in Indonesia intensively, with hopes Indonesia will achieve the dream to become self-sufficiency country of energy with the addition of shale gas production. Behind a very large positive potential, in fact shale gas exploitation could make negative impacts which is very dangerous for human life. One of the causes that can lead to negative impacts are using of hydraulic fracturing method. Hydraulic fracturing is a method that pumping high-pressure liquid chemicals into wells to create fractures in the rock and allow gas to break free, and escape from pores of the rock (indoenergi.com, 2013). The negative impacts of shale gas exploitation including: underground water contamination by methane gas, leaking of drilling pipe that causing groundwater aquifer contamination by chemical drilling fluid, the occurrance of low magnitude earthquacke, huge water requirement for the use of hydraulic fracturing, and other impacts. The purpose of this paper is to provide advices for the government and related parties that concern in exploitation of shale gas in Indonesia to consider about the threats of environmental degradation that mentioned above.


Cinda Klickna, trustee of the State of Illinois Teachers' Retirement System (TRS), was preparing to vote in June 2019 on a proposed $75 million investment in a new fund being raised by First Light Capital (FLC), a midsized buyout firm. Illinois had been under financial pressure for some time, and TRS, the state's largest public pension, was seriously underfunded. In 2012, TRS's board began a plan to strategically increase its allocations to private equity (PE). By 2018, the target allocation to PE had reached 15%, well above the 10% average of other public pensions. The increase in PE was undertaken in an attempt to close the funding gap necessitated by insufficient state funding and the generally low-interest-rate environment. The strategy had not gone unnoticed, and many now openly questioned the higher risk and costs of these investments. In the face of this greater scrutiny, Klickna believed it was important that the pension's PE investments earn a satisfactory return, by looking to invest in funds that had upper-quartile returns and public market equivalents (PMEs) greater than one.This case is appropriate for courses that cover PE investments, such as those typically covering topics on venture capital or PE, or courses on asset management that include alternative assets. It introduces students to some of the commonly used PE performance metrics and the challenges associated with measuring performance for an illiquid asset class. Students are introduced to the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) and their purposes and limitations in evaluating performance. Students are asked to calculate the gross and net since-inception internal rate of return (SI-IRR), DPI, RVPI, TVPI, and PME for the same pending investment in FLC Fund IV and compare how performance is assessed across these metrics. The case also discusses the push for greater disclosure in the PE industry as it grows in its influence and public investors seek to know more about its performance.

Excerpt

UVA-F-1952

Jul. 6, 2020

Illinois Teachers' Retirement System, 2019: Private Equity Performance

Cinda Klickna, former president of the Illinois Education Association, the state's largest teachers' union, and trustee of the State of Illinois Teachers' Retirement System (TRS), had grown frustrated with discussions about the "new reality" regarding teachers' pension benefits. Over the past decade, the benefits promised to public-sector employees and teachers had come under increased scrutiny as states struggled to meet their fiscal obligations. Illinois had been under financial pressure for some time, and TRS was seriously underfunded. In 2012, the board began a plan to strategically increase its allocations to private equity (PE). By 2018, the target allocation to PE had reached 15%, well above the 10% average of other public pensions. The increase in PE was undertaken in an attempt to close the funding gap necessitated by insufficient state funding and the generally low interest rate environment. The strategy had not gone unnoticed: many now openly questioned the higher risk and costs of these investments. In the face of this greater scrutiny, it was imperative that the fund's PE investments earned a satisfactory return. As a member of the board, Klickna voted on all new investments, and at an upcoming meeting in June 2019, the board was scheduled to vote on whether to invest $ 75million in a new fund being raised by First Light Capital. Klickna believed her role on the board was to advocate for the benefits promised to teachers. In preparing for the upcoming meeting, she would review her understanding of performance assessment in PE and examine the materials for the proposed investment.

. . .


ACCIDENTS TO the hand and fingers account for a high proportion of industrial injuries. Rank and Wakefield quote the figures of the National Health Insurance Act, 1949, which shows that there were approximately 737,500 injury benefits for accidents and prescribed diseases, acquired during employment, of which 21 1,280 were paid to persons with hand injuries. These facts show the demand for an efficient hand service throughout the country, particularly in industrial areas. Treatment, however, does not end in hospital and it is necessary to have a close liaison between the Industrial Medical Service and the Hand Service so that patients returning to work can be kept under observation by the Industrial Medical Officer Crush Injuries These injuries may be open or closed. In the open injuries, gross destruction may be present, with compound fractures, traumatic amputations and skin loss. The closed type is associated with oedema and may require decompression. A crush injury is caused by pressure between two opposing surfaces and in industry the power press is commonly the causative factor. Perhaps the most destructive method of injuring the hand is by the hot laundry press, where full thickness skin loss burns are added to the crushing effects of the press.


Objective: The purpose of this study is to assess the quality of pediatric services in public and private hospitals in Qatar. Methods: The objectives were achieved using a modified SERVQUAL scale. Data from 179 participants who visit public/private hospitals in Qatar were analyzed to find the gaps between expectations and perceptions. Results: The findings revealed that customers' expectations exceeded their perceptions, meaning that they were dissatisfied with the level of healthcare services rendered by public and private healthcare settings. The results indicated that there was a negative quality gap on each service quality scale dimension. Responsiveness and empathy variables had their highest service gaps score in public hospitals; reliability and assurance received their highest negative scores in private hospitals. Conclusions: The managers in these hospitals should work towards improving the quality of their services particularly the responsiveness and empathy dimensions.


(51) Int. Cl. A24B5/00 (2006.01) (52) U.S. Cl. ......................................... 131/108; 131/311 (57) ABSTRACT The invention relates to a method of producing cut tobacco material, whereby a tobacco initial material is heated and placed under pressure and once heated and placed under pressure, the material is fed through a shearing gap and expanded and defibrated. It further relates to a device for producing cut tobacco material with a pressure chamber, which has a tobacco material inlet at the low-pressure end and a tobacco material outlet at the pressure end and a conveyor system for conveying the tobacco material from the inlet to the outlet, and the tobacco material outlet has a gap through which the material passes and expands, and the gap has walls which can be moved towards one another. It further relates to a Smoking article containing such a cut, defibrated tobacco material product and the use of a plug screw feeder-extruder with a shearing gap outlet for defibrating tobacco material.


Wind power is subject to intensive research in the development of using more renewable energy. With a growing number of countries aiming at reducing carbon dioxide emissions, increasing investments are being made in wind turbines and wind farms. An intriguing option is to build large wind farms at sea. There are many challenges with building large offshore wind farms. This Master's thesis addresses the challenge of the wind turbines interacting with each other within the farm. Observations and measurement data indicate that wind turbines standing in rows behind other turbines experience a lower mean wind speed and a higher level of turbulence. With the wind turbines controlled individually, this means that upwind turbines will produce more power than downwind turbines, and downwind turbines will be subject to a higher degree of fatigue than the upwind turbines, as a result of the higher level of turbulence. The starting point of the thesis is the proposition that controlling the wind turbines in the farm as a team, taking the interaction with the other turbines into account, forms an optimization problem of finding power references to each turbine, such that total power output of the farm is maximized and the total fatigue is minimized. The ambition is to present a way of formulating the optimization problem and finding the optimal power references, in order to investigate if this proposition is plausible. A model for the added turbulence induced by turbines upwind from other turbines is presented, along with a model for the wind deficit. These models are then used to formulate the optimization problem, which is solved using a gradient descent algorithm. Our results indicate that there is a potential benefit in controlling wind turbines in a farm with respect to the other turbines. By including the wind deficit and added wake turbulence in determining the power references, we have found that the total power output could be increased while at the same time reducing the total amount of turbulence experienced by the turbines. (Less)


A plurality of cells mat having a semiconductor memory device in accordance with the present invention, each of the plurality of cells; In response to a power drive signal terminal and ground terminal a driving signal, a plurality of sense amplifier array having a sense amplifier for sensing said cell; And in response to the refresh signal sense amplifier activation control means for controlling the timing at which the sense amp array is activated; includes. Refresh signal, the refresh timing control, the sense amplifier array


Nitric oxide metabolites: the cause of dysregulation of myelin protein genes in multiple sclerosis lesions? Actively demyelinating multiple sclerosis lesions are histologically characterized by four different patterns. In lesions pattern III a dysregulation of myelin proteins associated with oligodendroglial cell death is found. The oligodendroglial cell line OLN-93 shows an increased PLP m-RNA expression after incubation with the nitric oxide donor SNAP or peroxynitrite comparable to changed myelin protein expression observed in pattern III lesions. In order to gain better insight in the pathogenesis of lesion pattern III I examined whether this PLP mRNA elevation is a specific reaction of OLN-93 cells or whether this changed myelin gene expression pattern can be found as well in other oligodendroglial cell lines like CG-4 or in primary mixed glial culture cells after incubation with cell death inducing agents. Using MTT-tests, Nucleosome ELISA and TUNEL staining it was shown that SNAP, peroxynitrite and staurosporine induce cell death in OLN-93, CG-4 and primary mixed glial cultures. After incubation and RNA extraction quantitative Real Time PCR was performed to examine the expression rate of the myelin protein genes PLP, CNP, MAG and MBP. In OLN-93 cells the increased PLPmRNA expression occurs independently of the cell death inductor in contrast to CG-4 cells or primary mixed glial cultures where no upregulation of PLPmRNA was observed. Concerning the other examined myelin proteins the results show either no difference or a decreased expression rate after incubation with the cell death inducing agents. The increased PLP-mRNA expression in OLN-93 appears to be a cell type-specific reaction. Thus, we have no evidence that oligodendroglial cell damage and death due to nitric oxide or peroxynitrite is the underlying cause for the observed dysregulation of myelin gene expression in pattern III lesions.


Eleven different commercial enzymes were used in this study, the MEAP (mixed enzymes for animal proteolysis) exhibited high nitrogen recovery, high degree of hydrolysis, and low bitter taste. In addition, at any DH, MEAP hydrolysates showed weakly bitter value. Response surface methodology (RSM) was used to optimize the hydrolysis conditions and the model equations were proposed. NR= + 93.73 - 4.29X1 + 3.68X2 +1.61X3 + 0.21X1X2 + 0.85X1X3 - 0.60X2X3 - 6.06 X12 - 1.6X22 + 0.054X32; DH= + 18.53 - 2.56X1 + 2.36X2 + 1.29X3 + 0.43X1X2 - 1.87X1X3 + 0.84X2X3 - 3.22 X12 - 0.44X22 - 0.52X32, where X1, X2 and X3 are the coded variables for temperature, E/S and pH, respectively. NR and DH at optimum conditions (temperature 55°C, E/S 1.5 percent, pH 7.5) were 95.76 percent and 20.19 percent, respectively. SSPH had high solubility over a wide pH range. One percent and 10 percent SSPH showed the low viscosity and good fluidity. Compared with FAO/WHO suggested patterns for preschool child, the essential amino acid scores of SSPH were greater than 95, which exhibited high nutritional value.


The most effective way for both a narrative subject and readers to get absorbed in a narrative is interpellation a powerful "character"....


The stability of multilayered coatings is important in long term use and thus accurate predictions of the effects of exposure at temperature are extremely important. In this paper the prediction and validation of a multilayered Thermal Barrier Coating with a bond coating based on the MCrAlY system is presented. The coating was a three layered bond coat consisting of a NiCrAlY layer with an aluminised outer region onto which a NiCr with 2%Si had been deposited. Onto this an yttria partially stabilised zirconia topcoat was applied. The coating system was exposed to 800°C for times up to 3000 hours. The specimens were sectioned and Scanning Electron Micrographs obtained. Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy, EDS, was used to provide compositional data on each of the layers in the starting condition and also to produce elemental profiles through the sections with increasing time at temperature. The oxidation kinetics was determined from oxide growth measurements over time.


The present invention discloses a high-performance film-forming cationic grafted starch, the slurry from the raw material corn starch, 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, povidone by dry persulfate method mixed etherified obtained by grafting reactions wherein the mass content of the raw materials is 80 to 95% of corn starch, 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl trimethyl ammonium chloride 1 to 10%, povidone 1-6 %, 0.1 to 12% persulfate. This high film-forming cationic starch grafted high-performance environment-friendly, has good anti-aging properties, stable slurry viscosity, cotton and polyester have a strong adhesion to fatigue, the slurry film is good, easy to desizing, the slurry is easy to handle waste water, readily biodegradable, environmental pollution in the production process is zero emissions.


This article describes a simple model obtained from a commercial Stirling engine and used for heating a caravan. The Stirling engine has been tested in the lab under different electrical load conditions, and the operating points obtained are presented. As an application of the model, a series of transient simulations was performed using TRNSYS. During these simulations, the caravan is traveling throughout the day and is stationary at night. Therefore, during the night-time hours, the heating system is turned on by means of the Stirling engine. The study was performed for each month of the year in different European cities. The different heating demand profiles for different cities induce variation in the electricity production, as it has been assumed that electricity is only generated when the thermal demand requires the operation of the Stirling system. As a result, a comparison of the expected power generation in different European cities is presented.


Fiber-metal laminated (FMLs) composites; among of a generation of the hybrid composites are always attractive for researchers and manufacturers, particularly in the aerospace industry, due to high strength-to-weight ratio. This study aims to investigate effect of different kinds of glass-aluminium fabrics on their low-velocity impact resistance and tensile strength. The prepared composite fabrics were laminated using an epoxy resin. The results indicate that the structure and orientation of fabric has a significant influence on low- velocity impact resistance and tensile strength of aluminium-glass fabric hybrid composites.


Three-point bending system with one end simple support and the other end fix support has been proposed to analyze the transformation plasticity (TP) behavior and obtain transformation plasticity coefficient. In this investigation two types of materials SCM440 steel and S45C steel have been studied. The specimens were heated to austenite temperature and the temperature kept constant for several minutes, then cooling and loading processes were performed. Austenite to martensite phase transformation with forced cooling for SCM440 steel and austenite to pearlite phase transformation with natural cooling for S45C steel due to bending stresses have been occurred. The deflections of specimen were measured during loading process. By obtaining the maximum deflection due to transformation plasticity, the transformation plasticity coefficient was determined.


Currently, because of how quickly technology is developing, designing sophisticated applications is proving to be very difficult and is leading to issues with throughput, power consumption, chip area, and speed. Reliability and performance become another difficult task when technology production processes progressively scale down to minimise chip dia size. Network on Chip (NoC) is a frequent option in the creation of complicated applications to meet all these challenges in the most recent technological growth. In this study, hybrid approaches NoC are created to optimise the area, throughput, and power consumption. Due to the complexity of using a larger number of routers and the 8×8 dimensions of the NoC in this research project, power consumption is significantly higher with a lower packet delivery ratio. The data transmission between multiple devices in networks with the least amount of latency, memory usage, and power consumption is crucial. Buffered and buffer-less NoC are created utilising Dynamically Reconfigurable NoC (DR-NoC) and the Flexible Direction Order Routing (FDOR) scheme in order to adhere to these restrictions. The FDOR with Transition-Based Power Reduction Encoding (FDOR-TBPRE) Algorithm is presented in order to reduce static power. It can be easily skipped when there are no data or empty buffers, which reduces the dynamic power but leaves static power owing to more transitions in the incoming data. By minimising the amount of transitions in the incoming packets, FDOR-TBPRE is able to deliver higher performance in order to increase energy efficiency, eliminate input buffers, and resolve contention issues. On an 8×8 NoC, the FDOR-performance TBPRE's is verified in terms of power usage, latency, and PDR.


ABSTRACT The authors investigated the results of the Europe-wide initiative NanoToTouch, which aims to create innovative environments in science museums to encourage public understanding of nanotechnology and nanotechnological research. The concepts of civic scientific literacy and expert–layperson communication formed the theoretical framework of the study. Two kinds of communication formats, which varied in the degree to which presentations were individualized for visitors, were established and investigated in five museums and science centers in four countries. The findings from 522 visitors indicate (a) a positive response from visitors regarding both formats with some differences between them; (b) an increase in visitors' self-perceived level of knowledge, which was considerably higher for nanotechnological content than for nanotechnological research; and (c) a predominance of situational aspects, compared to personal variables, influencing visitors' learning. Results are discussed in terms of an effective implementation of these communication formats in museums.


Dr. Amna Batool Head Deptt of Urdu, Govt Post Graduate College for Women, Sargodha. Dr .Saira Irshad Lecturer, Deptt of Urdu 'Govt Sadiq College Women University Bahawalpur. Syed Azwar Abbas Lecturer, Deptt of Urdu, Hazara University, Mansehra. The Culture of Lahore in Urdu Novel: A Research Study There is major difference of culture in urban and rural life of Punjab During analysis, it reveals that this difference in culture exists in past and present. Most of the novel writers focused only Lahore in their novels and other urban areas were symoblized through the major city. Historical importance of gates, bazars buildings, roads and gardens of Lahore city apparently seen in biage analysis of urban culture.


The traditional and non-traditional lipid have been recognized to be involved in various atherosclerotic disease process. Several studies showed that, there is relation with renal function and dyslipidemia. Early detection of these modifiable risk factors and initiation of treatment may prevent or retard the progression of renal disease. Aim of this study was to evaluate the association of the traditional and non-traditional lipid abnormalities with renal function.

 This cross sectional study was carried out in a rural area of Bangladesh. Renal function was evaluated by estimation of enzymatic creatinine, eGFR (CKD-EPI) and spot ACR. Total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), LDL and HDL was measured as traditional lipids and Apo-A1, APO-B, Lipo (a) as non-traditional lipids. Traditional dyslipidemia (TDLP) and non-traditional dyslipidemia (nTDLP) means abnormality in any of their components. Other tests include urine microscopy, Hb%, FBS, HbA1c, serum albumin and uric acid as additional risk marker.

 Total 201 patients were included for analysis. The mean age was 41± 13 years and male/female ratio 48:52. Around 48% were overweight. Among these 20% were hypertensive, 14% diabetic, nephropathy in13% and rest 53% had no known chronic disease. The mean value of creatinine was 0.8±0.2 mg%; eGFR was 94±23 ml/min/1.73m2, ACR was 9.70 (median), TG 182±104 mg/dl, TC 96 ±47 mg/dl; LDL 121 ± 39 mg/dl and HDL 38±6. The value of Apo-Al was 1.3 g/l (0.2-13.9), Apo-B 1.04 g/l (0.2-2.6) and Lipoprotein (a) was 17.3mg/dl (1.1-81.8). Mean value of FBS was 6.2 ±2.3 mmol/l, HbA1c 6.1 ±1.5%, Hb% 13.5 ± 1.6 g% and albumin was 4.8 ±0.5 mg%. When measured the TDLP was present in 81% and normal traditional lipids present in 19%. Similarly as a whole 50% had nTDLP and non-traditional lipids were normal in other half. Around 16% were free from both TDLP and nTDLP. The eGFR was lower in – TG >150 group than in < 150 (90 ± 24 vs. 98 ± 21 mg%, p<0.02); TC >200 than <200 (91 ± 23 vs. 100 ± 22 mg%, p<0.001); LDL >100 and < 100 (91± 23 vs. 100 ± 22 mg%, p<0.015) but no difference for components of nTDLP. The ACR was higher (> 30 mg/g) in 76% vs 24% (p<0.001) when TG is > 150 and < 150 mg%; 60% vs. 40% (p<0.05) when TC is > 200 and < 200mg%; and 81% vs. 19% (p<0.04) when LDL > 100 and < 100mg%. No such difference for renal functional parameters for non-traditional lipid components. In this study, eGFR had significant negative correlation with TC (r = -0.34 & p<0.001), TG (r = -0.24 & p<0.001), LDL (r = -0.25 & p<0.001) and only ACR had positive correlation with TG (r = 0.17 & p = 0.012). The nTDL wasn't associated with altered eGFR or ACR.

 In this study it was observed that traditional lipid components were altered in 81% whereas non-traditional lipids were altered in 50% rural subjects. Only the traditional dyslipidemia was associated with lower eGFR and higher ACR.


In recent years, extreme rainfall events with short delays and heavy rainfall have often occurred due to severe climate change. In 2015, Typhoon Soudelor caused a short-delayed heavy rainfall event in Nanshih River, which caused damage to a section of the Lansheng Bridge discharge station. The section was relocated upstream to rebuild the discharge station in 2019. However, the new discharge station cannot measure high flow due to the bridge structure. The flow observation range of Lansheng Bridge is therefore limited to normal flow, making it impossible to accurately estimate the flow during high-water stages. The purpose of this study is to use the past flow data of Nanshih River to estimate the flow rate under different return periods using frequency analysis. We used a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) to map the river's topography, and used the 3D hydraulic calculations of the FLOW-3D model to estimate the water stage and discharge of the Lansheng Bridge. We then verified the accuracy of the model with the measured flow and water stage, and finally used the water stage and discharge data obtained from numerical simulation to construct the stage–discharge rating curve of the Lansheng Bridge. In addition to preventing flood disasters, this study approach can provide reliable data for use in water conservation. It may also be utilized to overcome the problem of measuring and estimating high flow during typhoon floods.


Crop diseases can significantly impact crop yield and overall productivity, posing challenges for farmers in increasing output and market prices. Early detection of these diseases is crucial for preventing further spread and reducing their impact. To overcome this, researchers have utilized image processing technology, including deep learning techniques such as convolutional neural networks (CNNs), to detect crop diseases. In this critical survey, we provide a comprehensive review of recent studies and developments in the use of CNNs for identifying leaf diseases in agricultural plants. We discuss the benefits and drawbacks of different deep learning techniques and image processing methods for disease diagnosis and management in agriculture. Our research highlights the potential of CNNs and deep learning to significantly advance the field of agricultural research and development. We also analyze the factors affecting the outcomes of each technique, including the accuracy, precision. Our study emphasizes the need for further research and development to optimize the use of CNNs in agricultural applications, particularly for improving disease management and crop productivity.


Background Breast cancer (BC), especially metastatic BC, is one of the most lethal diseases in women. CA 125 and CA 15-3 are commonly used indicators for diagnosis and prognosis of BC. Some serological indicators, such as lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and C-reactive protein (CRP), can also be used to assess the prognosis and progression in BC. Methods Univariate Cox regression analysis and LASSO regression analysis were performed to identify prognostic factors and build prognostic models. We distributed the patients into 2 groups based on the median risk score, analyzed prognosis by Kaplan–Meier curve, and screened independent prognostic factors by multivariate Cox regression analysis. Result We identified 4 indicators-LDH, CRP, CA 15-3, and CA 125—related to the prognosis in BC and established a prognostic model. The high LDH group showed worse overall survival (OS) than low LDH group (P = .017; hazard ratio (HR), 1.528; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.055-2.215). The high CRP group showed worse OS than low CRP group (P = .004; HR, 1.666; 95% CI, 1.143-2.429). The high CA153 group showed worse OS than low CA 15-3 group (P=.011; HR, 1.563; 95% CI, 1.075-2.274). The high CA 125 group showed worse OS than low CA 125 group (P = .021; HR, 1.499; 95% CI, 1.031-2.181). The area under the curve for risk score was .824, Ki-67 was .628, age was .511, and grade was .545. Risk score was found to be an independent prognostic factor using multivariate Cox regression analysis. Conclusion We successfully established an optimization model by combining 4 prognosis-related indicators to assess the prognosis in patients with metastatic BC.


Catalytic partial oxidation of methane (CPOM) at high-temperature, millisecond contact times (T > 900 °C, τ = 1−50 ms) is a technologically interesting reaction pathway for the production of synthesis gas or hydrogen. While many studies on CPOM over noble metal catalysts have been published in the past 10 years, much debate persists as to whether or not synthesis gas is produced via indirect or direct pathways. Here, we report results from a study into the reaction mechanism of CPOM over Pt catalysts. Catalyst contact times were varied, and product concentrations were correlated with in situ temperature profiles measured throughout the catalyst bed. The results give convincing evidence that the reaction proceeds in two stages:  initial direct oxidation to CO and H2O at τ < 2 ms, followed by steam reforming of methane. Water gas shift plays only a minor role in all experimental conditions. H2 is produced predominantly via indirect oxidation, while CO is produced predominantly via direct oxidation. The resu...


Calixtinus Codex is an illuminated manuscript from the mid-twelfth century that is kept in the Chapter Archive of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. It consists of five books and two appendices, with a total of 225 parchment sheets written on both sides. The first is of a liturgical nature, it contains sermons, hymns, prayers and other texts for the celebration of the festival of St James the Greater. The second is a collection of twenty miracles wrought by the Apostle. The third contains the story of the translation of the remains of St James. The fourth book contains the story of Turpin, Archbishop of Reims, accompanying Charlemagne in the reconquest of northern Spain. The fifth is the oldest guide for pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela; it describes the way, people, local customs, churches and works of art. And most of all describes the Santiago Cathedral and the city of Santiago as the pilgrim could see in the twelfth century. A final double Appendix includes other liturgical texts, hymns and musical pieces dedicated to St James the Greater. Although sometimes referred to as Liber Sancti Calixtino – Codex Iacobi , the two concepts are not identical. The Liber Sancti Iacobi represents the contents of the book, a collection of texts related to St James the Greater, which several manuscripts, the most notable of which is the Codex Calixtinus kept in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.


In this paper,the actual production and application of selfmade OCX control is described.In the long-term using pro cess,a more optimized way is founded to achieve the same effect.The optimization method is a combination of controls and code control at so far.


Nowadays, aluminum and its alloys found their application in any type design structures, many's the time being an alternative for a ferrous alloys due to their technological properties like low density, ductility, high strength and good corrosion resistance. Among different fabrication processes the machining stage has a significant importance considering fabrication costs and processing time. Therefore, optimization of the process parameters that affect machining stages such as, tool wear, alloy machinability, machining effort and cutting speed becomes an area of constant development and study. To the most important factors having impact on machining properties belong: initial condition of machined material, which depends on a method and conditions of material preparation. In the paper are presented initial tests of machining properties of the EN AB-AlSi9Mg silumin subjected to heat treatment. Machinability measurements of the investigated alloy were performed with use of reboring method with constant force of feed. It enabled determination of an effect of heat treatment on machining properties of the investigated alloy. A further investigation shall be connected with determination of optimal parameters of solutionizing and ageing treatments in aspects of improvement of both mechanical properties and its machinability.


ABSTRACTIntroduction: One of type 2 diabetes mellitus oral manifestations is xerostomia. Xerostomia can cause various problems, such as difficulty of eating, chewing and swallowing, so that it can affect the quality of life. The aim of this research is to analyze the effect of xerostomia on the quality of life of controlled and uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Methods: This analytical observational cross-sectional study involving 92 subjects from type 2 diabetes mellitus patients aged 21 to 50 years (Patients of controlled and uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus 46 subjects each). Xerostomia data was collected by Summated Xerostomia Inventory-Dutch Version questionnaire, while the quality of life data was collected by Xerostomia-related Quality of Life Scale (XeQoLs) questionnaire. All research data were analyzed descriptively and bivariate analysis with Chi-Square test. Results: The results showed that the quality of life of controlled and uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus patients was equally low (50% in controlled type 2 DM patients and 64.9% in uncontrolled type 2 DM patients). This result showed that there is no difference between each subject groups. This also can be seen from the results of statistical tests that p = 0.193 (p>0.05), which means that there is no significant difference between the quality of life of controlled and uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Conclusion: There was no effect between xerostomia of controlled and uncontrolled type 2 DM patients with their quality of life.Keywords: type 2 diabetes mellitus, xerostomia-related to quality of life, xerostomia


In recent years,youngsters health stage has presented clearly decline.Amony the many reasons,the heavily study pressure made partly students can not pledge one day one hour physical education training.And then,the timited space equipments is also one of the important factors.So,the concerned department should throw into more PE equipments,and pay close attention to middle school students physical health.


Traditional segmentation method can only partition an image in a single granularity space, with segmentation accuracy limited to the single granularity space. This paper proposes a multi-granularity synthesis segmentation method for high spatial resolution remote sensing images based on a quotient space model. Firstly, we divide the whole image area into multiple granules (regions), each region is consisted of ground objects that have similar optimal segmentation scale, and then select and synthesize the sub-optimal segmentations of each region to get the final segmentation result. To validate this method, the land cover category map is used to guide the scale synthesis of multi-scale image segmentations for Quickbird image land use classification. Firstly, the image is coarsely divided into multiple regions, each region belongs to a certain land cover category. Then multi-scale segmentation results are generated by the Mumford-Shah function based region merging method. For each land cover category, the optimal segmentation scale is selected by the supervised segmentation accuracy assessment method. Finally, the optimal scales of segmentation results are synthesized under the guide of land cover category. Experiments show that the multi-granularity synthesis segmentation can produce more accurate segmentation than that of a single granularity space and benefit the classification.


With the accumulation of various arbitrage and other anomalies appear arbitrage investments in the financial markets,making the model and the actual departure from the traditional paradigm of rational analysis of financial theory limbo,behavioral finance theory quietly rising. Describes the generation of behavioral finance,behavioral finance research investment costs faced by arbitrageurs,limit the effects and risks,and finally discusses the revelation under behavioral finance perspective on investment arbitrage.


Abstract The interplanetary magnetic field may cause large amplitude changes in the orbital inclinations of charged dust particles. In order to study this effect in the case of dust grains moving in 1:1 mean motion resonance with planet Jupiter, a simplified semi-analytical model is developed to reduce the full dynamics of the system to the terms containing the information of the secular evolution dominated by the Lorentz force. It was found that while the planet causes variations in all orbital elements, the influence of the magnetic field most heavily impacts the long-term evolution of the inclination and the longitude of the ascending node. The simplified secular-resonant model recreates the oscillations in these parameters very well in comparison to the full solution, despite neglecting the influence of the magnetic field on the other orbital parameters.


Access control vulnerabilities, which cause privilege escalations, are among the most dangerous vulnerabilities in web applications. Unfortunately, due to the difficulty in designing and implementing perfect access checks, web applications often fall victim to access control attacks. In contrast to traditional injection flaws, access control vulnerabilities are application-specific, rendering it challenging to obtain precise specifications for static and runtime enforcement. On one hand, writing specifications manually is tedious and time-consuming, which leads to non-existent, incomplete or erroneous specifications. On the other hand, automatic probabilistic-based specification inference is imprecise and computationally expensive in general.

This paper describes the first static analysis that automatically detects access control vulnerabilities in web applications. The core of the analysis is a technique that statically infers and enforces implicit access control assumptions. Our insight is that source code implicitly documents intended accesses of each role and any successful forced browsing to a privileged page is likely a vulnerability. Based on this observation, our static analysis constructs sitemaps for different roles in a web application, compares per-role sitemaps to find privileged pages, and checks whether forced browsing is successful for each privileged page. We implemented our analysis and evaluated our tool on several real-world web applications. The evaluation results show that our tool is scalable and detects both known and new access control vulnerabilities with few false positives.


In this study, a facile and efficient separation of abundant proteins from bovine blood using core-shell structure nanoparticles with a magnetic core and an immobilized metal affinity ligand iminodiacetic acid (IDA) chelating Ni(ii) is presented. Firstly, Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) were synthesized through a solvothermal method and then were conveniently surface-modified with 3-(methacryloyloxy) propyltrimethoxylsilane as anchor molecules to donate vinyl groups. Next a high density poly(4-vinylbenzylchloride) (PVBC) shell was synthesized on the surface of silica-coated Fe3O4 MNPs via distillation-precipitation polymerization. After the PVBC shell reacted with iminodiacetic acid (IDA) in alkaline aqueous solution, the magnetite was charged with Ni2+ to form Ni(ii)-IDA functionalized hybrid Fe3O4@PVBC@IDA-Ni MNPs. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and a vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) were employed to evaluate the size, morphology and magnetic property of the resulting magnetic nanospheres. The high saturation magnetization (48.1 emu g-1) provides the materials with the convenience of magnetic separation under an external magnetic field and they can be subsequently reused. The core-shell Fe3O4@PVBC@IDA-Ni MNPs exhibit excellent performance in the separation of protein bovine hemoglobin (BHb), and the binding capacity is as high as 1988 mg g-1. In addition, the Fe3O4@PVBC@IDA-Ni MNPs can be used in selective removal of abundant protein Hb in the bovine blood samples. This opens a novel route for its future application in removing abundant protein in proteomic analysis.


Abstract : Design criteria and analysis procedures are presented such that a design system can be implemented to minimize the occurrence of major structural failures due to the presence of undetected damage. The design criteria define a flaw growth durability requirement and crack growth structural integrity requirements for three classes of inspectability of the structure; noninspectable, NDI in-service inspectable, and walk-around inspectable. Currently available crack growth and residual strength methods of analysis are presented which can be used to predict the remaining life and strength of damaged structure. To illustrate the use of the criteria and methods of analysis, a design study was conducted of the lower wing surface of a fighter/ attack aircraft. The results of this study indicate that the structure could meet the design criteria with little or no weight penalty using 7075-T76 aluminum and annealed Ti-6Al-4V, and provided adequate inspection techniques and inspection frequencies are applied throughout the life of the aircraft.


Abstract : The purpose of the study project was to identify significant evaluation factors which should be considered when planning and conducting an Air Force aircraft qualitative maintainability test and evaluation program at a test site. It was concluded that the most important aspect regarding evaluation factors to consider when planning and conducting a qualitative maintainability test and evaluation is to identify the factors early and plan the evaluation program effectively using them as guides. Once the program is planned, evaluation managers must insure that evaluation personnel are fully aware of the factors to be evaluated and can relate their findings and evaluation results to the qualitative maintainability of the aircraft weapon system in the operational environment. The report of the study project results are intended to serve as an aid and a source of information for personnel responsible for planning and conducting qualitative maintainability test and evaluation programs at test sites.


Objective To investigate urine culture results and drug sensitivity status in 2013,in order to provide the reference for clinical diagnosis and treatment.Methods The bacteria and fungus identification and antimicrobial susceptibility were assayed by automatic bacteria culture device VIVEK 2Compact from bio Mrieux company.ResultsIn 1 233urine samples,421strains of pathogenic bacteria were detected,the positive rate was 34.1%,the bacteria accounted for 79.8%(336/421),fungi accounted for 20.2%(85/421).Escherichia coli for urine infection was the most common bacteria which accounted for 35.9%(151/421),gram negative bacteria showed very high resistance to cephalosporins,but very sensitive to imipenem and meropenem,gram positive bacteria with Enterococcus,mainly for Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis,both sensitive to vancomycin and tigecycline,Enterococcus faecium to penicillin,erythromycin and quinolone resistance rates were very high,but resistance rate of Enterococcus faecalis to penicillin and tetracycline were very high,Fungal infection could not be ignored,too.Conclusion Many kinds of pathogenic bacteria separation of urine culture were involved,drug resistance rate was high,the monitoring based on urine culture should be strengthened.According to the result of drug sensitivity test,antibacterial drugs should be in rational use,avoiding drug resistant strains.


What does it mean to feel time, to sense its passing along the sinews and nerves of the body as much as the synapses of the mind? And how do books, as material arrangements of print and paper, mediate such temporal experiences? Chronometres: Devotional Literature, Duration, and Victorian Reading is a study of the time-inflected reading practices of religious literature, the single largest market for print in Victorian Britain. It examines poetic cycles by John Keble, Alfred Tennyson, Christina Rossetti, and Frances Ridley Havergal; family prayer manuals, Sunday-reading books and periodicals; and devotional gift books and daily textbooks. Designed for diurnal and weekly reading, chronometrical literature tuned its readers' attentions to the idea of Eternity and the everlasting peace of spiritual transcendence, but only in so far as it parcelled out reading into discrete increments that resembled the new industrial time-scales of factories and railway schedules. Chronometres thus takes up print culture, affect theory, and the religious turn in literary studies in order to explore the intersections between devotional practice and the condition of modernity. It argues that what defines Victorian devotional literature is the experience of its time signatures, those structures of feeling associated with its reading durations. For many Victorians, reading devotionally increasingly meant reading in regular portions and often according to the calendar and workday in contrast to the liturgical year. Keeping pace with the temporal measures of modernity, devotion became a routinized practice: a way of synchronizing the interior life of spirit with the exigencies of clock time. This kind of devotional observance coincided with the publication, between 1827 and 1890, of a diverse array of largely Protestant books and print that shared formal and material relationships to temporality. By dispensing devotion as daily or weekly doses of reading, chronometrical literature imagined and arranged time in relation to time's materiality. But in so doing, it also left open temporal spaces that could be filled by readers, some of whom marked temporality through their own practices like annotation and scrapbooking, which publishers were then quick to emulate. Chronometrical literature likewise produced a host of embodied cognitions that could include moments of absorption but, equally, ones of boredom and mental drift. Such texts therefore did not necessarily discipline Victorian readers according to the demands of the clock or even of religious doctrine. For their regular yet malleable temporal arrangements also meant that readers might discover their own agencies and affects through encounters with print, such that devotional readers themselves came to participate in a reciprocal process of both reading and writing in time. Chronometres considers how the deliverances afforded through time-scaled reading are persistently materialized in the body, both that of the book and of the reader. Recognizing that literature and devotion are not timeless abstractions, it asks how the materiality of books, conceived as horological relationships through reading, might bring about the felt experience of time. Even as Victorian devotion invites us to tarry over the page, it also prompts the question: what if it is "Eternity" that keeps time with the clock?


This paper focused on the Early Customer Engagement (ECE/ECAT) activity that should be utilized for every new product that Xerox develops. ECE is the practice of allowing a few of Xerox more "friendly" accounts to test a product before it launched to the general public. Although the ECE practice has been in utilized for some time, a standardized process and corresponding documentation did not exist. Because of this, there has been ECE Tests that have received unfavorable grades from participants even though the actual Xerox product was satisfactory. The use of this documentation will allow Xerox to streamline the activity needed to run a successful ECE Test. It is only fair to state that previous employees working in this area contributed to some of the information in this paper. The review of these earlier pieces of literature was essential in the creation of this


The Midwestern agricultural landscape is a tapestry shaped by natural and artificial forces. From above, patterns of use mani¬fest through grids, infrastructural lines, and irrigation circles, superimposed with other natural or manmade features. These patterns can be seen as expressions of our cultural values: layered compositions of regulation, agricultural production, and environmental conditions. Aerial imagery captures the complex interaction of natural and human logics by taking these patterns, formed without compositional intention, and presents them as cultural artifacts. This paper seeks to probe these accidental compositions as objects of reflection through the investigation of the production of aerial imagery, the adoption of landscape patterns in both art and architecture, and the exploration of these superimpositional techniques. Of particular interest are art and architectural practices that explore the tense relationship between man and environment through a reinterpretation of the captured landscape. Works by artist Andrea Zittel, photographer David Thomas Smith, and visual effects artist Aydin Buyuktas are considered as case studies that provide a critical context for the author's public art installation, 3_6_._9_°,_ _-_8_9_._6_°. This project reinterprets the forms and patterns of the Midwestern agricultural land¬scape as a field of play. This installation, comprised of portions of discarded carpet, is inhabitable as drawing, surface, and representation of the landscape of Southeast Missouri. Here, the aerial landscape is a composition of values, and, applied to a vertical surface presents those values in a new light.


The fact that real dissipative (entropy producing) processes may be detected by non–comoving observers (tilted), in systems that appear to be isentropic for comoving observers, in general relativity, is explained in terms of the information theory, in analogy with the explanation of the Maxwell's demon paradox.


In recent years, head and neck cancer has become one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. 92–95% of all oral malignancies are oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC). Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common malignancy affecting the oral cavity which is usually associated with habit of smoking and smokeless tobacco. It occurs more frequently in males, usually in the 5th–6th decade of life. We report an unusual case of OSCCs composed predominantly of clear cells in an edentulous elderly female with no habitual history and the diagnosis was based on the clinical and histopathological examination.


Boundary integral equations (IEs) are an accurate and versatile tool in the electromagnetic scattering by a smooth cylinder, especially when combined with analytical preconditioning. An original approach to the E-wave scattering by PEC polygons has been developed to study a triangular prism, in which the boundary of the scatterer was conformally mapped on a circular cylinder, and a log-singular IE was treated by a simple moment method. We combine this idea with the method of analytical regularization (MAR) and study the scattering by triangular dielectric cylinders. Applications of this analysis are expected in the design of microwave and optoelectronic prism sensors and couplers.


This paper examines the growth rates in 116 economies from 1965 to 1985. It finds that the lowest quintile had an average growth rate of real gross domestic product (CiDP) per capita of -1.3 percent, wbereas the highest quintile averrnged 4.8 percent. We isolate five influences that discriminate reasonably well between slow and fast growers: a conditional convergence effect, whereby a country grows faster if it begins with lower real GDP per capita in relation to its initial level of human capital in the forms of educational attainmentand healtb; a positive effect on growtb from a high ratio of investment to GDP (although this effect is weaker than that reported in some previous studies); a negative effect from excessively large government; a negative effect from governmentinduced distortions of markets; and a negative effect from political instability. Overall, the fitted growth rates for eighty-five economies for 1965-85 had a correlation of 0.8 with the actual values. We also find that female educational attainment has a pronounced negative effect on fertility, whereas female and male attainment are eacb positively related to life expectancy and negatively related to infant mortality.


1. The total reducing power in various tissues of Lilium anthers, especially of the sporogenous tissue (the sporogenous and the pollen mother cells), was determined by means of the indicator method during the development of the sporogenous tissue.2. The reducing power of the sporogenous and tapetal tissues increases from premeiosis to meiosis remarkably, while in other tissues no such remarkable increase is seen.3. The redox-potentials of N. V. E. Grubler were determined by using Michaelis' vessel with the changes of its colours.


This paper provides an overview of an important global distribution business model that is emerging and is becoming the distribution method of major high-value and high-tech global supply chains. The natures of global supply chain for global direct distribution business model, the emergence of the model, industry cases, and a GDD conceptual framework will be discussed.


INTRODUCTION
 Cardiac tumors represent a challenging diagnosis, since the heart is an unusual site of metastasis from any malignancy.Metastatic tumors usually arise from lung, breast, renal cancer, melanomas, and lymphomas but cardiac metastization from bladder urothelial carcinoma is an extremely rare event. Here, we report the case of an 82-year-old man in whom right ventricular extension of cardiac metastization was diagnosed after a pulmonary thromboembolism.
 CASE REPORT DESCRIPTION
 An 82-year-old male was admitted to our hospital with a history of cough with streaky hemoptysis, fever and anorexia for 2 weeks, and breathlessness on exertion for 2 day. He had a history of bladder urothelial carcinoma 3 months ago, with extensive areas of epidermoid differentiation, treated only surgically with cystectomy. On physical examination, he was afebrile with a blood pressure of 135/70, tachycardic at 115beats/min, and his respiratory rate was 26breaths/min. The room air oxygen saturation was 90%, and arterial blood gas analysis revealed hypoxemia with an elevated alveolo-arterial oxygen gradient. The blood test revealed a normocytic normochromic anemia and an elevated levels of D-dimer. The echocardiogram revealed a pediculated and mobile mass attached to the apex of the right ventricle. A CT pulmonary angiography was performed and found an acute and bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism, being the patient immediately hypocoagulated. It was also performed a cardiac MRI (with and without contrast) that showed a large mass in the RV. It was arising from the RV free wall and was occupying almost half of the RV (mid and apical cavity). It had irregular edges with intermediate enhancement on T1 images and is hyperintense on T2 stir images. There was some evidence of contrast uptake on T1 weighted contrast images. It did not seem to have a significant fatty component on T1 weighted images with fat saturation. The cardiac MRI features were consistent with tumorous involvement of the RV. As part of the work for primary cancer, a colonoscopy was performed which also showed the presence of metastases in the proximal sigmoid colon from the bladder urothelial carcinoma. During hospitalization, the echocardiogram was repeated, showing an increase in the mass previously described, extending to the trunk of the pulmonary artery. Soon after, our patient died suddenly after an episode of sudden dyspnea and hemodynamic instability.

 We experienced a very uncommon case of a metastatic cardiac tumor from urothelial carcinoma. To the best of our knowledge, only a small number of cases were reported and the reason for the rarity of cardiac metastasis from urothelial carcinoma is unclear. Although the echocardiography has become the gold standard for the diagnosis of intracardiac masses, cardiac MRI plays an important role in the evaluation of cardiac masses of non-neoplastic and neoplastic origin, allowing a comprehensive characterization of such lesions.
 Abstract P1308 Figure. pediculated and mobile mass (20x56mm) at


BackgroundTuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health concern, and a leading cause of ill-health and death globally. More so, People living with HIV have been shown to carry an increased risk of developing TB with an estimated one-third of deaths in this population. The World Health Organization recommends systematic and routine screening of PLHIV for TB on every clinic visit and further testing using sputum for those with a positive TB screen test. Not all PLHIV with a positive TB screen test in Ghana are further tested for TB using sputum and the factors for this are not well understood. This study assessed factors associated with sputum ordering for TB diagnosis in PLHIV who were screened positive for TB in three hospitals providing HIV care and treatment services in the Greater Accra region of Ghana.MethodsMixed method study performed at three purposively selected hospitals providing HIV care and treatment services in the Greater Accra region. The study involved a cross sectional review of patients' charts and in-depth interviews with health workers involved in the care and treatment of PLHIV. Quantitative data was analyzed using STATA version 15. Chi square test was used for bivariate analysis. Logistic regression was used for multivariate analysis. P≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Inductive thematic analysis was used to determine emerging themes from the interviews. The major themes were represented with representative quotations.ResultsFour hundred (400) patient charts were reviewed of which 67.7% were female with median age of 39 (IQR 31-49). TB screening was recorded in 78% (95% CI 73.6, 82.0) of the patients of whom ninety-two (92) patients had a positive TB screen test. Only 53 (57.6%) who had a positive screen test had sputum ordered for further TB testing. In the multivariate analysis, patient general appearance described as abnormal (OR=3.05, p=0.036), having more than one TB symptom (OR=3.42, p=0.028) and presence of an alternative presumptive diagnosis (OR=0.34, p=0.023) were associated with having a sputum test ordered. High patient numbers, inability to produce sputum, unwillingness of the not so sick patients to provide sputum and the costs associated with chest X-ray were perceived as the challenges to further testing for TB.ConclusionTB screening in PLHIV is still lower than recommended and almost half of PLHIV with a positive TB screen test did not have a sputum test documented. Sputum testing was likely to be done in patients with an abnormal general appearance and more than one TB symptom and unlikely in those with an alternative presumptive diagnosis. High workload, costs of TB tests, lack of training for health workers and inability to produce sputum by patients were the barriers to sputum testing highlighted by the health workers.


In this Investigation, the CuO nanoparticles (NPs) were treated by vitamin B1 as a biomolecule modifier. The CuO NPs were used as an appropriate filler for fabrication of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) nanocomposites (NCs). Then, NCs with various ratios (3, 5, and 7wt%) of modified CuO were fabricated under ultrasonic irradiation and their properties were compared with pure PVA. Several techniques were used for characterization of NCs. Field emission scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy analysis indicated that NPs have proper compatibility with the PVA matrix. Thermal gravimetric analysis results confirmed that NCs displayed higher thermal stability than neat PVA. Also, the addition of the NPs into the PVA matrix improved the optical and mechanical behaviors. Finally, the contact angle measurements verified that the hydrophilicity decreased for different ratios of modified NPs loaded in the polymer matrix. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The gods of the Mesopotamian house appear to have been Gula, Istar, Isum, and the Pleiades, as well as toilet demon 'Sulak, the gate-guarding Kusarikku, and the divine protectors of other, lesser, parts of the house.


Objective: To compare the clinical efficacy of minimally invasive unilateral pedicle screw fixation plus single cage with the classic bilateral fixation for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation.Methods: Forty-three cases with single-level lumbar disc herniation were randomly divided into 2 groups: Group 1(n=18) with minimally invasive unilateral pedicle screw fixation plus single cage,and Group 2(n=25) with classic bilateral instrumentation.The demographic(sex,age and segment).pre-and post-operative data(operation time,blood loss,hospital day,average cost,VAS and JOA scores)of two groups were compared.Results: Compared with the patients treated by minimally invasive unilateral fixation,the operation time of patients treated by classic bilateral fixation was significantly shortened(P0.05),intra-operative blood loss was evidently decreased(P0.05) and average hospital cost was markedly reduced(P0.05).No significant difference was found in the hospital stay,duration of follow-up,fusion rate,incidence rate of complications and VAS as well as JOSA scores at the last follw-up visit between two groups.Conclusion: The minimally invasive unilateral pedicle screw fixation plus single cage was characterized by simpler operation,lower blood loss,shorter operation time and little interference to the spine,which was a better method for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation.


With the development of economy, translators are facing increasingly higher demands and requirements in the society. However, the status quo of translational English teaching in college as an important way to cultivate English translators is still unsatisfactory. The monotonous and obsolete English teaching model severely limits the development of students' thinking, leads to insufficient innovation in the comprehension of English translation and makes it difficult for students to master English translation skills. In this study, interactive reading theory was used as the teaching method and Chinese learners' English corpus and self-built corpus were used as the teaching basis to design the corresponding teaching process according to the process and stages of meme reproduction. The results show that compared with traditional teaching, the English translation teaching model based on interactive reading theory can help students master English translation skills according to the rules of English-centered memory, thereby stimulating their interest in English translation and improving their English translation level.


Heterogeneous electrorheological (ER) fluids are usually composed of fine polar solid particles dispersed in an inert liquid of low electric permittivity and low viscosity. The application of an external electric field on ER fluids results in rapid change of its rheological properties. Apparent viscosity increases dramatically and the fluid is transformed into a viscoelastic solid. Such reversible and very fast response is a subject of great interest because of many possible applications in medical, aerospace and automotive industries. The specific increase in viscosity of ER fluid originates from formation of quasi-stable particle chains, which join the electrodes. Relative stability of these structures determines the yield stress of an ER system. This parameter is the most important feature of any ER fluid designed for practical applications. The yield stress is controlled by electric field strength, which also influences the electric polarisation processes taking place in the ER suspension. Polarisation processes, generally attributed to movement or shift of charge carriers and corresponding electrostatic interactions, are greatly affected by material properties of the solid phase like: presence of dopants, functional groups, structure of particulate interior and solid/liquid interface. There are three basic theoretical descriptions of ER systems: polarisation model based on electric permittivity mismatch between solid and liquid phase [1], conduction model being the consequence of conductivity differences between particles and carrier fluid [2] and dielectric loss model, which comprises both of them [3]. The purpose of this work is to find some correlations between material properties of an ER fluid components and parameters of the ER effect. Careful analysis of rheological and electric properties of two kinds of fluids based on different materials (conductive polymers: polyphenylene, polythiophene and pyrolysed polyacrylonitrile and solid electrolytes based on polyacrylonitrile complexes with inorganic salts) in DC field was performed. The unique feature of conductive polymers is their high bulk polarisability in electric field, arising from presence of conjugated system of double bonds, which is sometimes enhanced by surface polarisability due to presence of polar functional groups. Results obtained for conjugated polymers based fluids were compared with fluids containing solid phases of ionic conductivity.


Backround. Diabetes is an important public health problem, one of four priority noncommunicable diseases targeted for action by world leaders. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors affecting diabetes control in patients with type 2 diabetes in the rural areas of northern Iran. Methods. This study was conducted following a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study design based on the data of 308 patients with type 2 diabetes in the rural areas of Golestan province. The samples were selected through two-stage stratified random sampling. Data were collected using a questionnaire (completed by the interviewer) and by measuring the blood glucose, blood pressure, and lipid profile of patients and also using data from patients' records. Data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics and SPSS version 19. Results. The mean age of patients was 57 ± 15 years and 220 patients (71%) were female. Fifty-five percent of patients had a family history of diabetes and 69% had comorbidity. The mean vegetable intake in patients was 3 days a week with 1.5 servings per day and only 20% had exercise at least three times a week. The proportion of patients with adequately controlled glycated hemoglobin (HBA1c), blood pressure (BP), triglyceride (TG), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) were 27, 91, 31, 41 and 55.5%, respectively. There was also a significant relationship between the controlled blood glucose with increasing age, absence of comorbidity, the number of nutrition counseling, and lowering blood triglycerides. Conclusion. The results of this study showed poor blood glucose control in the studied geography. Therefore, considering these data, it seems necessary to review the national plan for the prevention and control of diabetes.


Purpose – To examine leadership style (transactional versus transformational), knowledge level, and team cohesiveness as antecedents of team performance.Design/methodology/approach – The study was conducted among students studying for an MBA. The 252 participant students were involved in a computerized business simulation course which required forming teams of about six members. Each team represented the management of one firm that competed with the other groups.Findings – Transformational leadership was associated with a higher level of team cohesiveness, as compared to transactional leadership. Both knowledge level and team cohesiveness predict team performance, particularly among men.Research limitations/implications – The student sample may not necessarily represent responses from workers in an actual organization. From a measurement perspective, the reliability of the one item scale of leadership could not be ascertained.Practical implications – For improving team performance, a manager should enhanc...


The intrinsic properties of electrons are fundamental for the progress of science. The relationship between electron mass and its electric charge and spin is poorly explored. Thus, through the Relativistic Quantum Theory, we have investigated the equivalence between mc² and qc², where m and q are, respectively, the mass and the electric charge of the electron. We demonstrated that ∆E = mc² ≡ Aqc², where A (A = 5.68562964 × 10−12KgC−1) is the proportionality constant obtained through the ratio of the spin g-factor and the gyromagnetic ratio for a free electron. The alignment of the spin magnetic dipole moment with the magnetic field ceases the electron precession movement. Therefore, the kinetic energy, associated with the precession, is dissipated with an intensity equal to mc². This result is promising for the production of clean and sustainable energy, besides new technological applications.


Polymer modification by using highly energetic radiations such as gamma rays and the electron beam is a relatively well-established area of research and development. These radiations have been utilized for upgrading the performance of polymeric materials by introducing various architectural modifications and functionalities in themacromolecular chains, desired for particular applications such as in designing and developing biomedical materials, pharmaceutical products, textiles and others. Among various conventional physical and chemical methods, radiation-induced modification of polymers has been more advantageous, due to the ability for rapid generation of radicals in a trunk polymer via irradiation without any chemical reagents. The treatments have commonly led to the improvement and/or optimization of various properties such as surface and bulk mechanical properties, electrical and thermal performance, adhesion and processability of the materials. Gamma radiation has been found to be widely applicable in modifying the structure and properties of polymers, and can be used to tailor the performance of either bulk materials or surfaces. The current special issue, comprising five overview articles, has attempted to assemble from leading experts in the field, the recent research developments and applications in gamma-irradiated polymeric materials. Zhai et al. have presented in detail the results of gamma radiation-modified plastics based on cut-resistant textiles and particularly provided the foundational references on the topic. They have pointed out the importance of the application and modification of high-performance fibers and coating materials in cut-resistant textiles. The thermal OPEN ACCESS


The paper aims to investigate the extent to which school leaders adopt transformational leadership behaviors at times of crisis. The emphasis on restructuring in the educational policy environment in recent decades has led to an increased interest in transformational leadership in education, resulting in a large number of studies. In order to investigate the adoption of transformational leadership behaviors/practices at times of crisis, qualitative research was conducted with 30 primary school teachers in Greece. The schools were selected based on the extent to which they had been affected by the financial crisis. Greece has faced major challenges in the last ten years, including the financial crisis and the influx of immigrants. These changes have had a profound effect on the Greek educational system. In this context, the paper examines the extent to which school leaders in Greece adopt transformational leadership practices in order to deal with the impact of the crisis on their school unit. The findings of the research are used to draw conclusions and implications regarding educational policy as well as future research on the topic.


Further experimental results are presented on the phenomenon of magnetoelastic buckling of superconducting magnets. A 46‐kA five‐coil superconducting partial torus is described. Experiments show that the three 20.3‐cm‐diam flexible coils in the torus become elastically unstable at a critical value of the current. The model is also used to measure torques on the toroidal magnets produced by pulsed poloidal field coils. These tests are designed to check out numerical analyses of buckling and vibration in full‐scale magnetic fusion reactors.


The following is an edited version of a conversation between Jane Gleeson-White and Geoff Harcourt about Jane's book, Double Entry. This conversation was part of UNSWriting and presented at Io Myers Studio by the Creative Practice and Research Unit in the School of the Arts and Media, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UNSW. UNSWriting brings together writers, academics, and students of writing to facilitate the flow of ideas in and around the city, the country and internationally. The conversation was broadcast by the ABC as part of their Big Ideas program. Emeritus Geoffrey Harcourt is Visiting Professorial Fellow in the Australian School of Business, UNSW, Emeritus Reader in the History of Economic Theory, Cambridge University, Emeritus Fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge, and a leading post-Keynesian scholar.


"State of mind" is an important disputed element in criminal trials when defendants seek to prove affirmatively that they did not have the "guilty" state of mind required by the charged crime. One type of exculpatory evidence they offer is hearsay statements, made by the defendants themselves, expressing their own then-existing state of mind. Such statements, if relevant to prove the defendant's mental state at the time of the alleged crime, are putatively admissible under Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) 803(3). As this Article will demonstrate, however, courts are consistently re-interpreting FRE 803(3) to exclude defendants' own exculpatory state of mind statements that are "post-crime," made any time after the charged crime was committed. This Article critiques the practice of excluding defendants' postcrime state of mind hearsay. It does so by applying the basic principles of narrative theory, a theory of jury decision-making which is explored in this Symposium. Part II describes how state of mind hearsay, including the allegedly "untrustworthy" statements made by criminal defendants, is admissible under the categorical definition of FRE 803(3). Parts III and IV present the basic principles of narrative theory. These principles demonstrate that defendants' state of mind hearsay can have high probative value and can be important for defendants in constructing a plausible alternative to the prosecution's narrative of guilt and guiltiness. Part V critiques the "timeliness test" that courts have added into FRE 803(3) and presents the results of case law research which shows how this test can exclude virtually all criminal defendants' post-crime state of mind hearsay. Part VI uses specific cases to illustrate how exclusion of such hearsay statements


Predation by two carabid species, Bembidion lampros (Herbst.) and Pterostichus cupreus L., on the cereal aphid, Rhopalsiphum padi L., was described using a discrete event simulation model. The results were incorporated into an aphid population growth model. The aphid model was run using actual temperatures, R. padi emigration rates, field densities and distributions from three years with distinctly different aphid population levels. Predation was incorporated at different time periods. Predation during the arrival of emigrants and establishment of aphid populations had approximately the same effect as predation over the entire aphid period, whereas predation during the 20 days prior to peak had very little effect on resulting peak populations. We conclude that a) yearly levels of R. padi infestation are mainly determined by the volume and intensity of emigrants; b) peak levels are sensitive to changes in predator density; and c) in some cases an outbreak of R. padi may be prevented by the action of spring active polyphagous predators alone.


Dysmenorrhea is a menstrual pain in the lower abdomen radiating to the waist and thighs, sometimes accompanied by nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, headache and emotional instability. This is because the substance prostaglandin. Prostaglandin is made by the inner lining of the uterus. Menstruation occurs before these substances increases and so menstruation occurs, decreases prostaglandin levels. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between age of menarche and old of menstrual with the incidence of primary dysmenorrhea in adolescent girls at SMK State 4 Surakarta. This study is observational analytic cross sectional. The population in this study was student of class X and XI as many as 714 students. Selection of the sample with proportional random sampling 148 students. Statistical test using Chi Square test. The results showed that there was no relationship between the age of menarche with the incidence of primary dysmenorrhea in adolescent girls at SMK Negeri 4 Surakarta (p=0,049), there was no relationship between the old of menstrual with the incidence of primary dysmenorrhea in adolescent girls at SMK Negeri 4 Surakarta (p = 0.783).


The author discusses his findings in a personal survey of construction area work zones in northern Virginia. He cites the Virginia Department of Transportation, its contractors, land developers, and the regional utility companies (in particular, C&P Telephone Company) as creating and operating some of the most dangerous work zones that he has ever seen. Documenting his findings with photographs, he shows that the hazards created are generally so obvious and blatant as to suggest that these organizations simply do not care about the safety of the public or their workers. He also records his experience in trying to have the hazards corrected.


Book Collector, 57, 1 (Spring 2008) Articles on the sixtieth anniversary of the Folio Society, including: A. Bennett, 'Pictures at an Exhibition'; S. Bradbury, 'Words as Well as Music'; N. Street, 'The Designer as Impresario'; G. Beare, 'Artists as Illustrators'; B. Forbes, 'My Tutankhamen Moment'; M. M. Foot, 'A Patron of Bookbinding'. Also: D. Knott, 'An Edition Binding by George Portbury of Exeter for A New Treatise on Tillage Land, 1796'.


Weber–Christian disease (WCD) is an idiopathic systemic nodular panniculitis which is clinically characterized by painful subcutaneous nodules, fever and polyarthralgia [1]. Systemic WCD often involves visceral organs, such as the liver, spleen, visceral adipose tissue and bone marrow [1]. Granulomatous mastitis (GM) is an uncommon inflammatory disease of the breast [2]. Here, we describe a rare case of WCD associated with GM. A 35-year-old woman presented with a 4-week history of fever, polyarthralgia and painful nodules of the right breast, trunk and extremities. Two weeks before admission, she had visited another hospital and undergone aspiration biopsy cytology and antibiotic therapy. The results of two Pap test cytodiagnoses were benign (class I and II, respectively). Her symptoms continued in spite of antibiotic therapy, and she was admitted to our hospital. Temperature on admission was 37.4 C, and she complained of polyarthralgia/polyarthritis and painful nodules on her trunk, right breast and extremities. The nodule on her right breast was the largest (5.6 9 4.6 cm). Regarding laboratory data, the white blood cell count was 9300/mm, with 82.3% neutrophils. Red blood cell count was 424 9 10/mm and hemoglobin was 11.9 g/dl. Platelet count was 36.7 9 10/mm. CRP was 5.6 mg/dl and ESR was 102 mm/h. Four blood cultures were all negative. Electrolytes, proteinogram, renal function and liver enzymes were all within normal ranges. Complements were all elevated. ANA, RF, PR3-ANCA and MPO-ANCA were all negative. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and lysozyme were 8.9 U/l (\21.4) and 7.8 lg/ml (\10.2), respectively. Tuberculin reaction and QuantiFERON-TB2G examinations were negative. All tumor markers were within normal ranges. Ultrasonography of cutaneous and breast nodules showed hyperechoic and hypoechoic lesions, respectively, in the subcutaneous fatty layer. Positron emission tomography/computed tomography with F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F FDG-PET/CT) revealed significantly elevated F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake (SUV max 11.2) in the right breast, lower back and lower extremities (Fig. 1a–h). The core needle biopsy specimen of the right breast nodule demonstrated GM with microabscesses and panniculitis including neutrophilic, lymphocytic and histiocytic infiltration (Fig. 2a, b), while the skin biopsy specimen of a cutaneous nodule revealed mostly lobular panniculitis with fat degeneration, infiltration of foamy histiocytes, and multinucleated giant cell formation, which formed a granuloma without vasculitis (Fig. 2c, d). Based on these findings, we diagnosed WCD associated with GM, and began the administration of methylprednisolone by single daily intravenous injection at 500 mg daily for 3 days, followed by single daily oral administration of prednisolone (PSL) at 40 mg. Her clinical manifestations, including fever, polyarthralgia and painful nodules, were improved within 1 month; nearly all laboratory data, including CRP (0.1 mg/dl) and ESR (10 mm/h), as well as the findings of imaging tests, including ultrasonography and 18F FDG-PET/CT (Fig. 1i–p), which were performed after Y. Taniguchi (&) T. Kagawa A. Ishibashi T. Horino Y. Terada Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nephrology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


Objective:To compare different intravenous injection location to reduce propofol injection pain effect.Method:We selected 200 ASAⅠ-Ⅱ patients who had artificial miscarriage surgical operation voluntarily,They were randomly allocated into four groups:GroupⅠpatients were injected propofol in dorsal metacarpal vein.GroupⅡpatients were injected propofol in Elbow vein.Group Ⅲpatients were injected 20mg 2% lidocaine in dorsal metacarpal vein before propofol.Group Ⅳpatients were injected 20mg 2% lidocaine in Elbow vein before propofol.Using a four-point scale evaluate the effect on the prevention of pain on the propofol injection.Result:The injection pain of group I was not different from group Ⅳ.The injection pain of group Ⅱ was not different from group Ⅲ.The injection pain of group Ⅱwas significent lower than group Ⅳ.Conclusion:The injection pain of elbow intravenous injection of propofol without Intravenous injection of lidocaine in advance was lightest.


made of Gruber's recent method of suction of pus by means of the exhausting speculum and tamponing with iodoform wool. A chapter on the intra-cranial complications of ear disease, in the treatment of which our British surgeons have been of late so active, is interpolated (chap. XIV. A), and contains a very satisfactory and condensed account of the subject, large contributions being evidently levied on Mr. Barker, whose Hunterian lectures did so much to diffuse the knowledge of these dire complications. The bibliographical list appended to this chapter is invaluable. The pilocarpin treatment of nerve-deafness is discussed (pp. 580-582), and the very sensible suggestion is made that it should be carried out by the ordinary medical attendant at the patient's house, so as to avoid the chill arising from damp underclothing. Additions are made in connection with the subject of excision of ossicles and of deaf-mutism. Altogether this edition is well " up to date," and deserves a rapid sale. Dundas Grant.


The choice of the automatic administrative system of the University Library in the digital environment should meet some essential requirements and systematic function, such as characteristic, function, searching, etc. Thus, a proper library system can be established.


The universal benefits of variable pay plans trumpeted by North American compensation experts have been well publicized in the United Kingdom and Europe, helping to stimulate extensive growth in their application. But how effective are these schemes in a different cultural environment? Critics describe them as a dangerous and demotivating, if initially seductive, import. This article documents growth in the incidence of plans and demonstrates that, as in North America, they have the potential to reinforce achievement of business goals and results and enhance employee motivation and engagement. The plans, however, need to be tailored to the characteristics and culture of each country and organization, and three universally essential requirements need to be fulfilled. First, plans need to be introduced as part of a total rewards strategy aligned with the organization's goals. Second, the plans must fit with the structural features and dynamics of the organization. Finally, plans have to be developed and operated in conjunction with a comprehensive employee involvement and communications approach.


It is possible to stably construction at sea with a large marine floating structure relates to a more economical and buoyancy body for a reliable offshore floating structure and a manufacturing method thereof, the buoyancy body for the marine floating structure is a cast-in-place concrete consolidated on the upper surface has a ballast function connecting protrusion integrally formed segments hypothesis buoyancy body assembly formed by assembling hypothesis buoyant body; And the assembly hypothesis buoyancy body provided on the upper surface of the casting to be cast-in-place concrete consolidated is embedded Drilled formed base plate; includes.


In the present invention, when having the central pixel is generated by interpolation of the red component, the mixing is performed by using the pixel having the red component of the oblique direction along the central pixel. When the central pixel is generated by interpolation with a green component, using located above the center of the pixel, down, left and right pixels of the green component to perform mixing. When the central pixel is generated by interpolation having a blue component, mixing processing is not performed. While performing pixel interpolation and the image size reduction.


Abstract Complex spin-coupled multiplets in EPR and NMR spectra have been deconvolved in an iterative manner using quantified maximum entropy (MaxEnt) as a pattern-recognition tool. This approach leads both to the identification of the coupling multiplicity and to a measurement of the values of the coupling constants. The technique has been applied to simulated electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of free radicals in isotropic solution and leads to the establishment of the size and multiplicity of the coupling constants present in a complex spectrum, together with their nuclear-spin values. This is achieved through the use of a series of progressively more complex peak-profile models. The method therefore provides a successive simplification of complex spectra by removing several couplings of a given multiplicity (e.g., doublets or triplets) at each stage of the deconvolution. Deconvolution of a complex spectrum, ultimately to a single line, yields a significant improvement in signal–noise, and this could be useful in situations such as EPR imaging. The approach has been shown to be applicable at typical experimental signal–noise levels. It has also been applied to the analysis of experimental NMR data exemplified by interpretation of the highly coupled 19 F NMR multiplets in perfluoro-6H-hex-1-ene, leads to complete interpreta- tion of the resonances from the olefinic fluorines, and also demonstrates the detection of effects caused by magnetic nonequivalence.


The present invention relates to an on-off line complex commerce system and, more specifically, to a complex commerce system for performing mediation by a more progressive method through an application or an internet capable of providing seller and product information and position information. When an off line seller uploads product information through the internet or the application as to an individual product, the off line seller is given with a separate product recognition code issued from a network market server and tags the code to a corresponding product in an off line shop. And a purchaser stores a corresponding product as an interested product through a process of recognizing a product code containing the product information and the position information through the application. Then, the purchaser can grasp the information and the position of the corresponding product easily through plural information stored like this, and the application provides information helpful to pleasant and reasonable purchase of a consumer such as a purchase movement line and price summation in case the purchaser moves for off line shopping. Also, the purchaser can make an on line order and can pay the order using the internet or the application through the code information stored as an interested product list in case of off line shopping, and then can receive the product. [Reference numerals] (AA) Network market server; (BB) Internet or application; (CC) Purchaser (using through terminal); (DD) Seller (using through terminal)