Hampton, VA 23666 ABSTRACT This paper describes a systematic numerical investigation of the sound transmission loss through a multilayer system consisting of a bagged gas and lightweight panel. The goal of the study is to better understand the effect of the gas on transmission loss and determine whether a gas with a slow speed of sound is beneficial for noise control applications. As part of the study, the density and speed of sound of the gas are varied independently to assess the impact of each on transmission loss. Results show that near grazing incidence the plane wave transmission loss through the multilayer system is more sensitive to the speed of sound than the density of the gas. In addition, it was found that a slow wave speed in the bagged gas provides more low-frequency transmission loss benefit than a fast wave speed. At low angles of incidence, close to the plate normal, the benefit is due to the reduction of the characteristic impedance of the gas. At high angles of incidence, the benefit is attributed to the fact that the incident waves at the air/gas interface are bent towards the surface normal. Since transmission loss is angle dependent, refraction in the slow gas layer results in a significant improvement in the transmission loss at high angles of incidence.


Achieving complete remission (CR) is the main goal in AML treatment and a prerequisite for successful autologous stem cell transplantation (ACT).


Endpoint devices form a core part of the architecture of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Aspects of endpoint device security also extend to related technology paradigms, such as cyberphysical systems (CPSs), edge computing, and fog computing. In this sphere, there have been several initiatives to define and promote safer and more secure IIoT networks, with the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) and OpenFog Consortium having developed security framework specifications detailing the techniques and technologies to secure industrial endpoints.


The edaphic caracterization of the habitats of Castanea sativa MilI. in Extremadura (Spain) is realised. Thirty sites were studied to obtain the edaphic parameters and the values to define the optimal and marginal soil for this species in Extremadura. KW.: Castanea sativa, Extremadura (Spain), pedology, optimal and marginal habitats.


In India, the growth of road traffic in the post-Independence era has been quite unprecedented, both in terms of goods and passenger traffic. The vehicular traffic has increased manifolds from 0.3 million to 45 million during the period 1951-2001. But unfortunately, the growth in the road network has not been commensurate with the huge growth in vehicular population, which has increased from 0.4 million km to just 3.3 million km, during the same period. Thus, there is a need of developing a scientific approach towards determining the maintenance and rehabilitation requirements of pavements. The development and practice of an efficient Pavement Management System (PMS) would provide objective information and useful analysis to ensure consistent and cost-effective decisions related to preservation of the highway network. The objective of this research work is to describe the development of a Pavement Management System (PMS) for an identified National Highway (NH) network in India. This PMS has been necessitated to assist the engineers responsible for maintaining the NH network, as well as the authorities responsible for allocating funds, in making consistent and cost effective decisions, related to maintenance management of the NH network. The internationally recognized Highway Development and Management System (HDM-4), has been customized and used to predict future economic, and technical outcome of possible investment decisions concerning maintenance management of the NH network. The pavement deterioration models incorporated in HDM-4 have been calibrated and adapted to local conditions. An unconstrained works programme has been prepared for an analysis period of 10 years and the total budget requirements for maintaining the NH network at a pre-defined maintenance serviceability level have been determined. An optimized and prioritized works programme has also been prepared to maintain the NH network within the available budget. The effects of reducing budget levels, and deferring maintenance works on the condition of the highway network will also be taken into consideration. From the various given alternatives of M & R strategies, the optimum M & R strategy will be chosen based on the life cycle cost, maintenance and budget constraints.


The scalar diffraction theory of read-out signal in optical disc is described, and numerical results are given. The strength of this signal depends on the shape of bump(pit) and on the amplitude variations of incident beam.


Soil moisture–atmosphere feedbacks play an important role in the regional climate over many regions worldwide, not only for the mean climate but also for extreme events. Several studies have shown that the extent and severity of droughts and heat waves can be significantly impacted by dry or wet soil moisture conditions. To date, the impact of soil moisture on heavy rainfall events has been less frequently investigated. Thus, we consider the role of soil moisture in the formation of heavy rainfall using the Oder flood event in July 1997 as an example. Here, we used the regional climate model CCLM as an uncoupled standalone model and the coupled COSTRICE system, where CCLM is coupled with an ocean and a sea ice model over the Baltic and North Sea regions. The results from climate simulations over Europe show that the coupled model can capture the second phase (18–20 July) of heavy rainfall that led to the Oder flood, while the uncoupled model does not. Sensitivity experiments demonstrate that the better performance of the coupled model can be attributed to the simulated soil moisture conditions in July 1997 in Central Europe, which were wetter for the coupled model than for the uncoupled model. This finding indicates that the soil moisture preceding the event significantly impacted the generation of heavy rainfall in this second phase. The better simulation in the coupled model also implies the added value that the atmosphere–ocean coupling has on the simulation of this specific extreme event. As none of the model versions captured the first phase (4–8 July), despite the differences in soil moisture, it can be concluded that the importance of soil moisture for the generation of heavy rainfall events strongly depends on the event and the general circulation pattern associated with it.


THE ELECTORAL DEFEAT of the Austrian Socialists on March 6,1966, which ended the era of the Grand Coalition and replaced it with a more flexible system of power and control, is unspectacular in purely quantitative terms compared to the later shifts in the political landscape or to election results in other countries. The loss of just over 30,000 votes and of 2 seats in a 165-seat Parliament looks like just another everyday event in politics, especially as a whole range of causes can clearly be seen to have led to this defeat for the Socialists. The Austrian People's party (OVP) had renewed itself politically (though the process had been a painful one), and its 1966 election campaign broke new ground in Austria by its strong focus on personalities; for the first time, the personal image of the most prominent candidates played a major role. The SPO, by contrast, had plunged itself into several conflicts, both internal and external. These included the "Fussach affair" (concerning the naming of a ship on Lake Constance), in which the SPO was seen as the party of Viennese centralism trying to ignore the wishes of other Lander; the battle over the ownership of the newspaper Die Kronenzeitung, which was really the problem of the socialist sections in the trade unions; the "Olah crisis", and finally the SPO's only very halfhearted rejection in 1966 of the Communist party's recommendation to its supporters to vote Socialist, as the


To the student 1. Coincidences 2. Surprises 3. Fact and fancy 4. Research 5. Smoking 6. Habits 7. House and home 8. Flats 9. Work 10. Strike 11. Men and women 12. Just women 13. Youth 14. Age 15. Advertising 16. Television 17. Holidays 18. Transport 19. Students 20. People Appendix.


Field evaluations were conducted to investigate the resistance of cry1Ac + SCK transgenic rice and its filial generation to the rice leaf roller Cnaphalocrocis medinalis. The results indicated that two transgenic rice lines of MSA and MSB inserted with the combination of cry1Ac and SCK were highly resistant against the rice leaf roller, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis, and the progenies from crosses between cry1Ac and SCK transgenic rice and conventional rice varieties, 21S/MSB and II-32A/MSB showed high resistance to leaf roller C. medinalis. The number, percentage of rolled leaves and leaf-rolled plants as well as plants with C. medinalis of MSA, MSB, 21S/MSB and II-32A/MSB were remarkably lower than those of their conventional control rice varieties, respectively.


Abstract : The purpose of the Symposium was to provide an assessment of the status of Computational Fluid Dynamics in aerodynamic design and analysis, with an emphasis on emerging applications of advanced computational techniques to complex configurations. Sessions were devoted specifically to grid generation, methods for inviscid flows, calculations of viscous inviscid interactions, and methods for solving the Navier Strokes equations.


The information system based on dominance relations is a kind of widely used information systems in real life.The formal context based on dominance relations was discussed.Three kinds of poset,objects poset,attributes poset and object-attributes poset were established,and the partial order in the posets was discussed.Then,the definition and building method of concept lattice based on dominance relations was proposed.These conclusions further enrich the concept lattice theory,and provide a new way of thinking for rules extraction for the information system based on dominance relations.


OBJECTIVE
To examine the effect of microscopic tumor at the margins on local recurrence after breast-conserving surgery for invasive carcinoma.

DESIGN
Retrospective review of patients treated with surgical resection followed by radiation therapy.

SETTING
A university-based radiation department and a community-based cancer referral center.

PATIENTS
A consecutive series of 272 women treated between 1982 and 1990.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE
Local recurrence according to the histopathologic status of excised margins and the total dose of radiation.

RESULTS
During a mean follow-up period of 48 months, the overall rate of local recurrence was 6.3%. Local recurrence was more frequent (P = .0001) in patients with histologically positive margins (18.2%) than in those with unknown margins (7.1%) or negative margins (3.7%). In the 44 patients with positive margins, the local recurrence rate was 8.3% after radiation doses of 66 Gy or more compared with 21.9% following lower doses.

CONCLUSIONS
Microscopic involvement of resection margins increases the risk of local recurrence following breast-conserving surgery for invasive carcinoma. Therefore, every effort should be made to achieve negative margins intraoperatively.


Pressing bending for heating the glass (G) sheet station 12 includes a lower wheel comprising a bed (36), the lower wheel bed has a lower support stand 38 and the drive mechanism releasable connection (46) to (48) wheel have the assembly 40, the drive mechanism 48 is provided with a continuous drive member 112 of the lower supporter to provide a rotary driving of each wheel of the wheel assembly (44). Relatively vertically between the actuator 62, top 90 and bottom 88 using the vertical operator, the lower press ring of the lower mounting 50, 52 and an upper pressing mold 58 of the upper mount (56) It provides a workout. The upper pressing mold is a vacuum (66) comprises a shaping surface 60 and a lower press having a curved shape Jean 54 for pressing the glass sheet, as opposed to the molding surface of the upper pressing mold ring is provided. Wheel bed can have the curved shape binary or flat shape. Connected to and detached from the wheel assembly facilitates the transition to the next task from one production run.


One of the symbols and symptoms that identify Islamic civilization is the Islamic Urbanization as a place for dwelling and activity. Urban areas and structures by manifestation of custom values should identify society's civilization. And help them to achieve their purposes and ambitions. an Iranian Muslim architect 's belief has always been a priority for all of his works And to create his works all functional rules are under consideration of his belief principles. One of these belief principles is subjectivism and privacy life. As from the long past we see tendency to covering in Iranian civilization and tradition and one of the beliefs of Iranian is importance of privacy and indoor life. Subjectivism meaning is related to man placement in Islamic thought. Islam has always wanted mankind to recognize its essence and its identity as a god created. Because in this case man can recognize it's high values and it's prominent place in this world. That's why the Quran introduces human mind as a special cognition resource and express that who has known its god, has known itself. So Islam wants people to pay attention to their indoor and behave without any trace of Self-glorification also prevent people including man and woman of showing themselves by a pretense. As we mentioned, most of the time Iranian's believes and cultures influence on their architecture. So we see manifestation of subjectivism in Iran traditional architecture elegantly that it has impressed significantly on space organization and also on planning different functions on sites. Subjectivism as a feature that presents in buildings such as houses, mosques, schools and public bathrooms, generates from philosophy social principles of this country. For example in these houses we have indoor and outdoor yards. Indoor yards separate private life from the public one. This organization has been possible by arraying rooms around the yard and also separating men living space from women living space. With respect to these principles we can see private, semiprivate, public and semipublic realms. We can infer that in Iranian architectural culture essence and man indoor has the actual value and the outer shell is protecting this reality. In this article our research method is Qualitative. And By studying Islamic texts and documents related to the study conducted by the Iranian market and urban spaces, we are going to express individual and social points of subjectivism. And it's manifestation in Iranian bazaars. So in the first step we study Islamic texts and investigate documents related to this topic and specify the research principles and processes. Then we try to analysis the factors that lead Iran traditional bazaars to subjectivism and study Journal of Reasearch in Islamic Architecture / No.8 / autumn 2015 * email@example.com ** email@example.com *** firstname.lastname@example.com 46 Received: 09/09/2014 Accepted: 18/02/ 2015


Gene therapy is a relatively new method in medicine with large therapeutic potential. Until now, most clinical trials in gene therapy have focused on the treatment of cancer. Human papillomavirus type 16 E7 (HPV16E7) plays an important role in maintaining the malignant phenotype of cervical cancer cells. Hence, HPV16E7 becomes the suitable target for gene therapy in treating cervical cancer. In this research, we focus on inactivating HPV16E7 in CaSki cells and examine carcinogenicity of the cells. Lentivirus-mediated RNAi was used to down-regulate the expression of HPV16E7. RT-PCR and western blot were performed to detect the expression of HPV16E7. MTT, colony formation in vitro, tumor formation in vivo and apoptosis assay were used to detect the cell proliferation and apoptosis after down-regulation of HPV16E7. Flow cytometry was performed to analyze the changes in cell cycle in response to the down-regulation of HPV16E7. The delivery of lentivirus vector resulted in the decreased expression of HPV16E7 in the level of mRNA and protein. In addition, we found decreased proliferation and increased apoptotic rate in transfected CaSki cells. Furthermore, transfected CaSki cells were arrested in G0/G1 phase. In conclusion, HPV16E7 boosts proliferation of CaSki cells and contributes to tumorigenicity. Hence, HPV16E7 may be a pivotal gene target for therapeutic strategy in treatment of cervical cancer.


Isohumulones derived from hops are the major bitter compounds in beer. It was recently reported that isohumulones activated peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) a and g in vitro and modulated glucose and lipid metabolism in vivo. In this study, we examined the effects of isomerized hop extract (IHE) primarily containing isohumulones in C57BL/6N male mice and found that such treatment increased their liver weight and reduced their plasma triglyceride and free fatty acid levels. Microarray analysis and quantitative real time PCR (QPCR) showed that IHE dose-dependently upregulated the expression of a battery of hepatic genes that are involved in microsomal N-oxidation and peroxisomal and mitochondrial h-oxidation. These effects were common in both genders and very similar to those found with the PPARa agonist, fenofibrate (FF). Moreover, these effects were not found in PPARa-deficient mice. Thus, our results strongly suggest that IHE intake upregulates the expression of key genes that are involved in hepatic fatty acid oxidation, and that it ameliorates the blood lipid profile by activating PPARa. D 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


In practice, understanding the spatial relationships between the surfaces of an object, can significantly improve the performance of object recognition systems. In this paper we propose a novel framework to recognize objects in pictures taken from arbitrary viewpoints. The idea is to maintain the frontal views of the major faces of objects in a global flatmap. Then an unfolding warping technique is used to change the pose of the query object in the test view so that all visible surfaces of the object can be observed from a frontal viewpoint, improving the handling of serious occlusions and large viewpoint changes. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach through analysis of recognition trials of complex objects with comparison to popular methods.


. The article discusses the issue of modern solutions in the field of city logistics in public transport. The aim of the article is to present innovative logistic solutions supporting the transport system of urbanized urban areas. In the article conducted a review of Polish and foreign scientific literature. Verification and evaluation of practical implementations in the field of urban logistics have been made to improve the functioning of transport systems in cities. The article proposes innovative methods of managing public transport supported by intelligent transport systems.


From the mid-1990s forward, an array of states already exposed to the mixed blessings of financial globalization have been buffeted by a new threat to their economic security, viz. "twin" financial crises: comprising bank sector insolvency and balance of payments problems. Under the permissive condition of high capital mobility and rapid reversals of short-term investment inflows—touched off by sizable oscillations in investor confidence and punctured asset market bubbles—have afflicted an array of states with contagion. This arguably novel phenomenon has been correlated with numerous factors and the focus of a robust debate as to its precise cause; somewhat less in contention are its consequences. Although few states are wholly immune to contagion, be its effect direct or more circuitous, emerging financial market states (EFMs) have proved the most vulnerable. The 1997-99 East Asian financial crisis was a marquee exhibit of this phenomenon, whose contagion spread as far away as Russia and Argentina and stretched out its time frame until 2002. The socalled East Asian Five (Malaysia, Thailand, Korea, the Philippines, and Indonesia) bore the brunt of its effects, including sharply declining currencies, asset prices, and stock markets, as well as spiking unemployment, recession, and serious economic contraction inter alia—even riots on the island of Java. From the perspective of the middle and lower classes in particular, the hardship


We present a representation of documents as directed, weighted graphs, modeling the range of influence of terms within the document as well as contextually determined semantic relatedness among terms. We then show the usefulness of this kind of representation in topic segmentation. Our boundary detection algorithm uses this graph to determine topical coherence and potential topic shifts, and does not require labeled data or training of parameters. We show that this method yields improved results on both concatenated pseudo-documents and on closed-captions for television programs.


We study the two-dimensional interleaving for volume holographic data storage systems suffering from both random and systematic errors and propose cyclic shifting as a general interleaving technique for volume holographic memory that can accommodate some range of systematic errors. This technique is simple, and can reduce the complexity of error-correcting code with minimal cost.


Air traffic congestion is a headache for both airport and airline operators worldwide. Capacity expansion is often advocated as the remedy towards it. A third runway at Heathrow, for example, has triggered longstanding debates for decades. Economic development boosters and business leaders have long been clamoring that the lack of capacity at Britain's major airports causes them problems. Heathrow's expansion will greatly stimulate the local economy and strengthen London's hub status. Campaigners against the expansion argue that the increased pollution would substantially jeopardize the environment in both the local communities and the London area as a whole. Clearly airports create negative externalities, so it would be interesting and worthwhile to know whether the positive externalities they create are sufficiently large to offset the hazards.


Level of Type II Diabetic Patients Undergoing Oral Surgery. J Saidu Med Coll Swat 2021;11(4):181-4.DOI:https://doi.org/10.52206/jsmc.2021.11.4.674 ABSTRACT Background: The rate of type II diabetic patients is increasing and results in oral manifestations. The oral surgery needs extraordinary measures in these patients. Objective: To assess the effect of anesthetic agent with 1:100,000 epinephrine and without epinephrine in the blood glucose level of diabetic patients. Material and Methods: This was a randomized study of 60 patients having type 2 diabetes mellitus who were undergoing tooth extraction. The study was double blind. 30-70years aged patients were selected. Blood glucose level was monitored 15 minutes before giving local anesthesia and after 20 minutes of the injection. ANOVA was used for comparison between groups. Results: No significant difference was seen in glycemic level using local anesthesia with 1:100,000 epinephrine (p=0.345). There was slight decrease noted in the blood glucose level of both groups. Conclusion: The use of 2% local anesthesia with 1:100,000epinephrine didn't cause hyperglycemia in diabetic patients.


We present experiments on automatic language identification in the broadcast news domain. Because of the inherent diversity of news broadcasts, speech is extracted from the raw audio data by means of phone-level decoding using broad classes of phonemes. Training and testing was performed on recordings of German, English, Spanish and French news shows from a variety of European TV channels. Each language is characterized by a Gaussian mixture model solely created from corresponding acoustic features. The overall average error rate on speech segments is 16.32%. The current system disregards (almost) any kind of linguistic information; however, it is therefore easily extensible to new languages.


The production potential of the excited neutrinos at the FCC-based electron-hadron colliders, namely the ERL60$\otimes$FCC with $\sqrt{s}=3.46$ TeV, the ILC$\otimes$FCC with $\sqrt{s}=10$ TeV, and the PWFA-LC$\otimes$FCC with $\sqrt{s}=31.6$ TeV, has been analyzed. The branching ratios of the excited neutrinos have been calculated for the different decay channels and shown that the dominant channel is $\nu^{\star}\rightarrow eW^{+}$. We have calculated the production cross sections with the process of $ep\rightarrow\nu^{\star}q\rightarrow eW^{+}q$ and the decay widths of the excited neutrinos with the process of $\nu^{\star}\rightarrow eW^{+}$. The signals and corresponding backgrounds are studied in detail to obtain accessible mass limits. It is shown that the discovery limits obtained on the mass of the excited neutrino are $2452$ GeV for $L_{int}=100$ $fb^{-1}$, $5635$ GeV for $L_{int}=10$ $fb^{-1}$ ($6460$ GeV for $L_{int}=100$ $fb^{-1}$), and $10200$ GeV for $L_{int}=1$ $fb^{-1}$ ($13960$ GeV for $L_{int}=10$ $fb^{-1}$), for the center-of-mass energies of $3.46$, $10$, and $31.6$ TeV, respectively.


This paper develops an analytical approach to estimate family labor supply and consumption decisions appropriate for developing countries. The approach allows for an arbitrary number of family members, each of whom may or may not engage in multiple activities. The authors identify the marginal returns to work in self-employment without directly observing the marginal returns or estimating the enterprise's production function. The key feature of the approach is to work with underlying structural marginal return and marginal rate of substitution functions together with first order Kuhn-Tucker conditions. This model is used to analyze family consumption and labor supply decisions of rural landholding households in Peru. The authors estimate coefficients of the marginal rate of substitution of family consumption for individual family member's leisure and marginal returns to two activities - wage work and self-employed agriculture. Using the estimated coefficients of the structural model together with the budget constraint, they simulate the effects of increasing returns to wage work and self-employed agriculture on family consumption and hours of work in the two activities. Estimating the structural parameters of the marginal rate of substitution allows the authors to convert leisure to consumption units and to calculate the compensating and equivalent variation of the changes in returns.


This work aimed at the study of the elimination of the meclofenamic acid, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug of the family of fenamics acids, aquatic environment. This molecule has a band (strip) of absorption between 200 nm and 315 nm with maximum peaks of absorption in 215 nm and 275 nm. Thus, the study of the direct photolysis of the meclofenamic acid was realized under the monochromatic (λ=253.7 nm) and polychromatic (λ > 285 nm) exposure of lamps. The follow-up of the kinetics of degradation was realized with a high-pressure liquid chromatograph. This study showed a faster and more important degradation of the molecule under the monochromatic lamp (kapp = 4.857 .10-3) than under the polychromatic lamp (Kapp = 0.084 .10-3) which feigns the sun rays. The degradation of the meclofenamic acid engendered the formation of by-products. Six of them were highlighted by a couple chromatograph in gas phase and spectrophotometer of mass. In most of the cases, these photoproducts preserved a structure close to the meclofenamic acid.


The coastal wetland is easily invaded by alien species due to locating in the land and sea transitional area. As a potential driving regeneration force, the soil seed bank is vital to the community restoration and species diversity protection. To reveal the long term S. alterniflora invasion impact on the soil seed banks and regenerated communities, we investigated the seed banks under the different vegetation types (S. alterniflora, Phragmites australis, Scirpus mariquete, ruderal and unvegetated site) and soil depths (0-5cm and 5-10cm) in the coastal salt marsh wetland, Chongming island, eastern China. The results showed that the soil seed bank richness and species density under different vegetation types were higher than the aboveground vegetation, and those of 0-5cm seed banks were higher than 5-10cm, except for the unvegetated site. The species richness and S. alterniflora seed proportion in the seed banks under S. alterniflora communities (S.AS) were lower and larger respectively than those of other sites. The species composition between S.AS and the aboveground communities showed high similarity with aggregation phylogenetic structures in two soil depths. The seed bank variations at 0-5 cm and 5-10 cm depths were interpreted 3.03% and 2.25% by the aboveground communities, while 4.92% and 5.55% were interpreted by the soil microbial biomass. The SEM model explained 98.1% and 91.8% of the seed banks richness at the 0-5cm depth and 5-10cm depth, respectively, and explained 98.8% and 46.1% of the seed banks species density at the 0-5cm depth and 5-10cm depth, respectively. The aboveground vegetation biomass and abundance directly affected the 0-5cm seed banks richness and species density, while its height and biomass only affected the 5-10cm seed banks species density. The 0-10cm soil depth microbial biomass indirectly affected the 0-5cm seed banks richness and species density, while affected the 5-10cm seed banks richness. Soil physical and chemical properties only indirectly affected the 0-5cm seed banks species density. The results provided a reference for the ecological evaluation of the impacts of S. alterniflora invasion into the coastal salt marsh wetland of eastern China, and guidance for the protection and restoration of the native plant communities.


The t i t le of th is special sect ion oI Behavioral Disorders is a play on the t i t le of a col lect ion of themajorpapersolFrt tzRedl,WhenWeDeal wi thChi ldren (1966) Redl p ioneerednew approaches in therapeut ic work wi th chi ldren and youth. He argued forcef ul ly that therapy was not something that occurred only dur ing the br iet per iods a chi ld pat ient spent wi th a psychotherapist ( i .e . l icensed psychiatr ist . psychologist , or psychiatr ic social worker) . Therapy went on at every moment of the chi ld 's day. This meant that chi ld care workers. teachers. nurses. cooKS. parents or hoLrse parents. indeed everyone with wlom the chr ld Interacted. must be prepared to support and or confront the chi ld to faci l r tate neal thy g rowrn. Educators who work wi th t roubled chi ldren and youth today may not f u l ly appreciate the radical nature of Redls proposal . Al low untrained nonprofessionals to mess with the del icate psyches of chi ldren who have already been traumatized by insensi t ive parents and teachers? Outrageous! The answer, Redl said. was to provide al l those who rnteracted with the chi ld wi th a therapeut ic method. which he named the Li fe Space" or "Cr is is" interview The debate st imulated by Redls proposal was harsh and angry Together, he and his associates explo red the possibi l i t ies of the Li fe Space lnterview at p laces l ike Pioneer House and the Michigan Fresh Air Camp dur ing the 1950s and 1960s. An edrted col lect ion of papers reviewing act iv i t iesof that per iod has been publ ished bythe Minnesota Counci l for Chi ldren with Behavioral Disordersand the Minnesota Educatorsof Emotional ly Disturbed/ Behavioral ly Disordered (Braaten. Wood, & Wrobel , 1989) During the 1960s, a new debate developed about the relat ive ef f icacy of psychodynamic or psychoeducat ional intervent ions l ike the Li fe Space Interview and the behavioral intervent ions then being introduced. Those who adopted the behavior ist perspect ive cr i t ic ized al l intervent ions that sought to change behavior through changing thoughts and feel ings as less ef fect ive than those focusing direct ly on changing behavior through manipulat ion of cont ingent environmental events. The rel iance of those using the Li fe Space Interview on cl in ical h istor ies and case studies based on "sof t 'data to demonstrate t reatment ef fect iveness was strong ly at tac ked by behavior ists. Th is arg u ment cont in ues to the present day, as the papers in th is special sect ion demonstrate. However, the debate has moved to a di f ferent level . Both authors, Ralph Gardner of Ohio State Universi ty and Nicholas Long of the American Universi ty, have worked direct ly wi th troubled chi ldren They are both concerned about demonstrat ing program effect iveness. And, they recognize the importance of ta lk ing wi th chi ldren. Their d isagreement rs about the when. the how, and the ef fect iveness of the Li fe Space Interview The Edi tor hopes that th is sect ion wi l l s t im ulate f resh th in k ing about th ose key issues. why. how. and when we talk with chi ldren


The active species in Type II photooxygenation reactions is molecular oxygen in its first excited singlet state, as already postulated by Kautsky et al. 1 This has been unambiguously proven by the elegant experiments performed by Foote et al., in which reactions of photochemically generated singlet molecular oxygen were compared with the corresponding reactions of the active oxygen formed in the hypochlorite/ hydrogen peroxide system. 2 The results from these allylic oxidations with singlet molecular oxygen ( 1 O 2 ) are clearly different from those of autoxidative (triplet oxygen) pathways. 3 Several reaction modes of 1 O 2 with unsaturated organic molecules are known ([4 + 2]and [2 + 2]-cycloaddition, ene and silyl-enereaction, physical quenching) and have been summarized in excellent reviews. 4 For the allylic activation of CC double bonds in the presence of allylic hydrogen atoms, the ene-reaction is the most prominent path. G.O. Schenck first described the reaction in a patient in 1943, and hence it is known as the Schenck reaction. 5 In the course of this reaction, 1 O 2 attacks one center of a CC double bond with abstraction of an allylic hydrogen atom or an allylic silyl group (bound to oxygen) and simultaneous allylic shift of the double bond. As the result of this reaction, allylic hydroperoxides or O-silylated α -hydroperoxy carbonyl compounds are formed.


The theory of peaceful rise is very valuable to the development of international law.It's the continuity of the peaceful thinking in international law,the amelioration of the traditional ecology of international law,the new practical way of the international-community-orientation in international law and the new theoretical support of international law for all-round sustainable development of China and even all the world.We should create the domestic and international legal environment for the peaceful rise of China.


The potential of an agro industrial waste Citrus limetta peels (CLP) for biosorption of Ni(II) ions from aqueous solution was explored in batch system in terms of equilibrium, kinetics and thermodynamics. The peels were characterized by FTIR spectroscopy, TGA analysis, and SEM. The effect of process parameters such as initial pH, metal ion concentration, biosorbent dosage and contact time on metal ion sorption was examined. The optimum values for pH and biosorbent dose for Ni(II) sorption were 6 and 2 g/L, with time for equilibrium adsorption 45 min. Application of the experimental data to several kinetic models and adsorption isotherms showed that the adsorption process follows a pseudo second order and Langmuir isotherm. The maximum adsorption capacity was found to be 27.78 mg/g. Elution efficiency was determined with different concentrations of HCl. Effect of various competing ions on sorption was also evaluated. The study was extended to metal sorption from synthetic wastewater. Results indicate that the CLP can be an effective and environmentally friendly adsorbent to detoxify Ni(II)‐polluted wastewater. The high nickel adsorption capacity of CLP suggests its utility on industrial scale. © 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 36: 864–872, 2017


The lifetime risk of inflammatory autoimmune rheumatologic disease is substantial—1 in 12 for women and 1 in 20 for men, and the lifetime risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)—1 in 28 for women and 1 in 59 for men—is higher than previously thought.


Derivatives of thiazolidinones exhibit various activity like diuretic, antiparasitical, tuberculostatic, organoleptic, antileukaemic and antibiotic activity [1,2]. Thiazolidinone derivatives also exhibit analogues as potent anti-HIV agents [3-6]. Heterocycles compounds which have sulfur nucleus possess medical properties [7]. 4-Thiazolidinones provide antimicrobial properties as a part of some different biological activities [8], antifungal [9], antiviral [10], antituberculostatic [11], anti-HIV [12], cardioprotective [13], anticancer [14], anticonvulsant [15], anti-inflammatory [16] and analgesic properties [17]. The compounds which possess quinoid molecules considered very important compound in organic chemistry. The Patai's series the chemistry of functional groups [18] in two volumes contains physical, chemical properties and synthesis of quinones compounds. The reactivity of quinones compounds depends upon the substituents present in rings of quinones and heterocyclic quinones [19]. In addition compounds containing heteroaromatic rings regularly are playing important role as supports of bioactive substances. It is known that the pyridone and its derivatives are among the most popular N-heteroaromatic compounds Integrated into the structures of many pharmaceutical compounds and their structural units occur in several molecules showing diverse biological activities [20-25]. Recently, a series of pyridine derivatives were reported to possess antioxidant, anticancer and angiotensin-I-converting enzyme (ACE-I) inhibitory activity [26-28]. Synthesis of Thiazolidinone Related to Pyrroloquinoline Dicarbonitrile


Abstract : Three low density phosphate ester fluid candidates, MLO-70-32, MLO- 70-62 and MLO-71-37, were characterized as to their physical and chemical properties. MLO-71-37 which exhibited the most acceptable characteristics was further evaluated for its reactions in simulated functional and system environments. MLO-71-37 was found to possess the most satisfactory overall properties and exhibited potential operational capability over a temperature range of -65 to 275 F. All three candidate fluids displayed a sensitivity to elastrometric materials with specific manufacturer and compound designations required for satisfactory performance.


Abstract The current study examines the life history characteristics of Procambarus suttkusi, a species of special concern in the Choctawhatchee watershed, Southeast Alabama, USA. The reproductive biology (reproductive status, size at sexual maturity, egg size and count, and sex ratios), molt patterns, growth, habitat associations, and population density were documented at least monthly from the East Fork of the Choctawhatchee River. Form I males were found from May until mid-September. Because young-of-the-year (rostral cephalothorax lengths ranging from 5 to 10 mm) were first observed at the end of May and ovigerous females were collected in June and July, it was estimated that ovigerous females can be found from April through July. Fecundity ranged from 141 to 228 eggs. Size at sexual maturity was 30.5 and 20 mm for males and females, respectively. Monthly length-frequency diagrams suggested that P. suttkusi may mature its first year and has an estimated life span of at least 36 months. The population density for the East Fork population was estimated at 0.25 individuals/m2.


The International Workshop on Global Software Development was held in Portland (Oregon, USA) on May 9 2003, as part of the International Conference on Software Engineering 2003. A multicultural group of twenty-five people contributed to a successful workshop that debated the continued challenges of software development in global teams. The workshop consisted of an invited talk, sixteen short presentations, and fruitful discussions. We present an overview of the workshop motivation and then focus on the workshop's technical program. The workshop web site, including papers and slides, can be found at <http://gsd2003.cs.uvic.ca>.


Background: Tumorectomy for invasive breast cancer (BC) is followed by local recurrence in 30% of patients who do not receive radiotherapy. In the United States 88% of tumorectomy patients receive radiation therapy. Many Caribbean nations lack radiation facilities and access to existing facilities is limited. Methods: The charts of the 95 breast clinic patients treated in Caribbean nations for primary BC between 1980 and 2008 were reviewed. The nation of origin, original treatments, reported physician recommendations, and status at presentation to our clinic were recorded. Results: Mastectomies (MCT) had been performed on 51 patients and tumorectomies (TCT) on 39. The ratio of TCT to MCT from 1980 to 1991 was 0.19, and then rose to 0.94, with a slight increase since. Only 6 of the 33 (18%) TCT patients had received radiation therapy. Patient accounts of why they had not been irradiated were available for 20 of 33: 12 denied referral for radiation, 4 refused it, and 4 had not been able to obtain it in their nation or region. At presentation to our clinic, 22 of the 51 MCT patients (43%) and 23 of the 33 TCT patients (70%) had locally recurrent BC. Conclusions: TCT entails significant risk of local relapse in nations without, or with insufficient radiotherapy facilities for their populations.


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TV. Rapp, Ph.D., Loyola University School of Dentistry, Chicago, Ill. 2. THE EFFECT OF WATER SOLUBLE CHLOROPHYLL "A" ON CERTAIN ENZYmIC ACTIVITIES OF HUMIANT SALIVA. B. F. Gurney, M.S., and G. W. Rapp, Ph.D., Loyola University School of Dentistry, Chicago, Ill. 3. THE EFFECT OF WATER SOLUBLE CHLOROPHYLL "A" ON\MOUTH ODORS. G. W. Rapp, Ph.D., and Albert A. Olen, B.S., Loyola University School of Dentistry, Chicago, Ill. 4. THE EFFECT OF SODIUM COPPER CHLOROPHYLLIN ON EXPERIMENTAL CARIES AND ON IN VITRO ACID PRODUCTION IN INCUBATED SALIVA-CARBOHYDRATE MIXTURES. William G. Shafer and John TV. Hein, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, N. Y. 5. THE EFFECT OF A SINGLE EXPOSURE TO X-RAY IRRADIATION ON THE GROWTH RATE OF DENTIN OF THE RAT INCISOR. llI. Weinreb, I. Schour, HI. Jledak, and W. A. Klauber, Jr., Schools of Dentistry and Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, Ill. This study is based on the investigation of 22 albino rats, ranging in weight at the beginning of the experiment from 150 to 200 grams. Fourteen animals were exposed to a single irradiation of 4000 r upon the area of the upper rat incisor, the remainder of the body being protected. Eight animals served as control. The x-ray machine was standardized at 100 kv., 5 Ma., t.s.d. (target-skin distance) of 121/2 cm., no filter, and H.V.L. of 1 mm. Al (aluminum). The size of the field in all doses was a circle with diameter of 2.5 cm. The output was 320 r per minute. The experimental animals were given intraperitoneal injections of Alizarin red sodium salt one week prior to the date of irradiation, immediately following exposure, and at weekly intervals thereafter. They were sacrificed at various intervals after irradiation, ranging from 1 to 21 days. The upper incisors were embedded in plastic medium and ground sections were prepared. The weekly growth of dentin in width was measured between successive alizarin lines. The weekly growth of dentin in length was measured between the points of emergence of the alizarin lines at the dentino-enamel junction. The growth of dentin in length was stopped abruptly following irradiation. The growth of dentin in width continued undisturbed. Eruption slowed down and eventually stopped, but the decline was much more gradual. The length of the clinical crown decreased continuously by attrition until the crown was almost worn to the gingival margin. 6. THE EFFECT OF X-RAY IRRADIATION ON THE ERUPTION OF THE UPPER INCISOR OF THE ALBINO RAT. H. Miedak, I. Schour, and W. A. Klauber, Jr., Schools of Dentistry and Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, Ill. The effects of a single exposure to x-ray on the eruption of the upper incisor was studied in 80 white rats weighing 180 to 200 grams. Eight were irradiated with 500 r; 8 with 1000 r; 8 with 2000 r; 8 with 2500 r; 12 with 3000 r; and 28 with 4000 r units. Eight animals were used as control. The animals were observed up to 20 weeks. The animals were anesthetized with Nembutal. Only the area of the upper incisors was exposed to irradiation. The x-ray machine was standardized at 100 kV., 5 Ma., t.s.d. of 121/2 cm., no filter, and HAT.L. of 1 mm. Al. The size of the field in all doses was a circle with diameter of 2.5 cm. The output was 320 r per minute. The rate of eruption was determined by notching the uppetincisor at the gingival margin. The eruption rate of the upper incisor of 634 HAMILTON B. G. ROBINSON J. D. Res. December, 1 949J the normal controls was 2.0 to 2.6 mm. per week. The animals receiving 500 and 1000 r showed a similar curve. The animals receiving 2000 r showed a dip in the eruption rate for the first 6 to 7 weeks and from then on a normal curve. Groups receiving 3000 r and 4000 r showed within three weeks a drop in the rate of eruption to between 0.2 to 0.4 mm. per week. The rate remained between 0.0 and 0.4 mm. until the end of the period of observation. Histologic studies will be made to trace the mechanism of the striking retardation and cessation of eruption. 7. THE P-M-A INDEX OF GINGIVITIS. Maury Massler and Isaac Schour, School of Dentistry, University of Illinois, Chicago, Ill. The P-M-A method of quantitatively assessing gingival disease is based upon the examination of each individual gingival unit in the mouth (the capillary [P], marginal [M], and attached [A] gingiva mesial to any given tooth).This method offers many advantages over previous subjective clinical methods and has been applied during the past two years to a total of approximately 10,000 persons ranging in age from 2 to 60 years. Gingivitis and recession were assessed separately. The gingivitis attack rate was characterized by two phases. The first consisted of a very rapid rise from a null point (0.0 per cent affected) at 5 years to a peak at 11 to 13 years (80 per cent affected). A sharp decrease to a young adult level occurred at about 16 years of age (60 per cent affected). There was no apparent increase in gingivitis between 16 and 25 years. The second phase began at approximately 25 years of age. It increased very slowly in contrast to the first phase and followed a simple cumulative pattern. During the second phase, two distinct rates of attacks could be distinguished: A higher incidence of gingivitis in a group of factory workers (80 per cent affected), and a lower one in a group of office workers (65 per cent affected). The ten anterior gingival units (upper and lower anterior segments) bear the brunt of the majority of attacks of gingivitis. This fact suggested that the P-M-A examination might be restricted to the anterior segments, just as D.M.F. surveys are often restricted to the examination of the first permanent molars alone. 8. BACTERIAL ANTAGONISMS AND DENTAL CARIES. Charles A. Scrivener, D.D.S., Hugh 1. Myers, Ph.D., Norman A. Moore, D.D.S., Ben W. Warner, D.D.S., M.S.D., The University of Kansas City, School of Dentistry, Kansas City, Mo. In an earlier publication Schantz and Scrivener reported that the rate of dissolution of tooth fragments in sa


Seneca Valley virus (NTX‐010) is a non‐recombinant, replication competent RNA virus that is undergoing phase 1 clinical trials in adults for tumors with neuroendocrine characteristics. Here we have evaluated the antitumor activity of NTX‐010 administered systemically.


This research mainly synthesizes a new epoxy/SiO2/ZnSb2O6 nanocomposite materials which can form a thermal resistant, highly transparent and anti-electrostatic thin film. Firstly, the Glycidoxypropyl-trimethoxysilane (GPS) is taken as a coupling agent to perform organic modification on the surface of colloid silica nano-particle and investigated bonding condition with FT-IR spectrum. After that, the pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) is used as crosslinking agent to synthesize the epoxy/SiO2 nano-composite thin film and added with a different portion of colloid ZnSb2O6 to obtain the epoxy/SiO2/ZnSb2O6 nano anti-electrostatic optical thin film. The thermal stability, transparency, surface resistance, and morphology structure are investigated. According to the results of TGA, the thermal decomposition temperatures (Td) of epoxy/SiO2 nano-composites that synthesized with GPS/colloid silica solution at a weight ratio of 1:1.1 are between 388~396℃. The hardness of these composites has reached 8-9H and the light transparencies are greater than 95%. Besides, the Td of epoxy/SiO2/ZnSb2O6 anti-electrostatic nano-composite is between 345~375℃, the light transparencies are greater than 80% when the content of ZnSb2O6 is below 20%, and the surface resistance is approximately 10^6~10^9Ω/cm^2, which reaches anti-electrostatic standards. According to the morphology structure which is estimated by FE-SEM, the optic thin films are evenly distributed with inorganic particles and the average particle size of the composite is approximately under 100 nm. The connection to optical element, packaging, and anti-electrostatic protection of these epoxy/SiO2/ZnSb2O6 optical thin films are estimated.


We are concerned with an initial boundary value problem for the compressible magnetohydrodynamic equations with viscosity depending on the density. It is show that for the initial density away from vacuum, the strong solution to the problem exists globally if the gradient of velocity satisfies $\|\nabla\mathbf{u}\|_{L^{2}(0,T;L^\infty)}<\infty$. Our method relies upon the delicate energy estimates and elliptic estimates.


ObjectivesThis study evaluated the impact of different frequencies of urine drug screening in an outpatient treatment program in terms of reducing the use of drugs or alcohol, supporting the patient's treatment goals, deterring the use of drugs or alcohol, and gathering more reliable information than self-reports. MethodsThis study involved 229 patients who were in treatment at the Calgary Health Region's Addiction Centre. Patients' weekly self-reports of drug/alcohol use were compared with their urine screens. Half the participants had all their urines tested, whereas the other half only had half their urine samples tested on a random biweekly schedule. All participants provided their opinions on the importance of drug testing compared with other possible motivating factors in assisting them in their recovery process. ResultsAdults were more likely to believe that urine testing is an important factor in their treatment than adolescents. Adolescents reported a lower likelihood to honestly report use during their treatment and were less likely to have any intrinsic motivation to stop using drugs or alcohol. Reducing the number of drug screens tested from weekly to a random biweekly schedule did not impact the deterrence value of the screens and had no impact on the amount of use during treatment. More frequent testing modestly increased the detection of unreported drug use in the patients. ConclusionsUrine drug screens may play an especially important role in the treatment of adolescents. Clinical programs can balance cost effectiveness with clinical benefits to treatment by collecting frequent (eg, weekly) urine drug screens, but only testing a randomly selected half.


Sedymentacja glacimarginalna na obszarze Obnizenia Otmuchowskiego (SW Polska) i wynikające z niej implikacje paleogeograficzne

This paper focuses on the problem of depositional environments and the development of glaciomarginal zone in the Otmuchow Depression, SW Poland, during the Odranian (Drenthe) glaciation. The research was conducted at the Wojcice site, which is situated on the southern border of a hill train, the so-called Otmuchow- Nysa Hills, rising on the northern side of the Nysa Klodzka River valley. The sediments under study were deposited in the distal zone of glaciomarginal fans prograding into a bay of a large lake formed in the dammed valley of the Nysa Klodzka River. Sedimentation was characterised by frequent oscillations of water level in the lake, which caused fan dissection and lateral migration of depositional subenvironments. These phenomena are recorded by abundant erosion surfaces and vertical succession of alternating lithofacies associations of the deposits, which are typical of different parts of the distal fans. Sedimentological analysis has also enabled palaeogeographical reconstruction of the glaciomarginal zone. It is found that the ice-sheet lobe advanced into the Nysa Klodzka River valley from the NE.


It is easy to see the problems too much power in the hands of the Executive Branch caused in the days of Guantanamo, wiretaps, Massachusetts v. EPA, and destroyed torture videos. Without checks and balances in place, the power of any branch will expand until stopped. This is the very problem the first European immigrants to these shores were trying to escape, and the reason our governmental structure is tripartite. This Note will explore the circumstances that coincidentally aligned to give the Executive too much power over administrative agencies. Finally, it will determine whether the situation will eventually right itself, or if not, and whether anything can be done to redress the power imbalance. The strengths of presidential control of administrative agencies, seen in the Clinton era, helped the President resolve the impasse that faced him when he attempted to further his domestic policies while faced with a hostile Congress. However, in the Bush II administration with the same party controlling the executive and legislative branches, presidential control over agency policies showed that without legislative or judicial constraints, that control may exceed the bounds of the separation of powers that balances our system of government. The struggle for authority over agencies between Congress and the President started with the rise of the administrative state during the New Deal era. More recently, Presidents Nixon through Clinton laid the foundation for enabling presidential authority to guide regulatory activity by administrative agencies which was solidified by the Bush II Presidency. The means by which these Presidents brought control over agency regulation more firmly into the grasp of the Executive Office may not be problematic by itself. However, when that control is coupled with deferential judicial review, congressional acquiescence, and the passage of


This paper proposes a digital control system applied to a power factor correction boost converter rated to a wide range of output power, operating in mixed conduction mode with fixed switching frequency. The control system is composed of an input current controller and an output voltage controller. The current controller comprises two predictive model-based control laws (one for the continuous conduction mode and another for the discontinuous conduction mode) and an operation mode selection algorithm, which is responsible for detecting the operation mode and selecting the appropriate control law. The output voltage is regulated using a proportional-integral voltage controller. Simulation and experimental results applying a low cost microcontroller are shown to ensure the operation of the proposed control system.


The cloud model allows many enterprises able to outsource computing resources at an affordable price without having to commit the expense upfront. Although the cloud providers are responsible for the security of the cloud, there are still many security concerns due to inherently complex model the cloud providers operate on (e.g.,multi-tenancy). In addition, the enterprises whose services have migrated into the cloud have a preference for their own cybersecurity situation awareness capability on top of the security mechanisms provided by the cloud providers. In this way, the enterprises can monitor the performance of the security offerings of the cloud and have a choice to decide and select potential response strategies more appropriate to the enterprise in the presence of the attack where the defense provided by the cloud doesn't work for them. However, some response strategies, such as Moving Target Defense (MTD) techniques shown to be effective to secure cloud, cannot be deployed by the enterprise themselves. In this paper, we propose a framework that enables better collaboration between enterprises and cloud providers. Our proposed framework, which offers more in-depth security analysis based on the set of most advanced security metrics, allows the security experts of the enterprise to obtain better situational awareness in the cloud. With better and more effective situation awareness of cloud security, our framework can support better decision-making and further allows to deploy more appropriate threat responses to protect the outsourced resources. We also propose a secure protocol which can facilitate more secure communication between the enterprises and cloud provider. Using our proposed secure protocol, which is based on authentication and key exchange mechanism, the enterprises can send a secure request to the cloud provider to perform a selected defensive strategy.


A vector field, which is generated by using the potential function method, yields globally stable tracking of geometrical patterns such as line and circle. For instance, a guidance of UAVs to an observation circle around a target is determined by building a vector field that has a stable limit cycle centered on the target position. This paper presents a design of guidance law for a formation flight of multiple fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) through use of a potential function that basically consists of steering and repulsive functions. The guidance law is obtained by considering a vector field as velocity field. Optimal control theory is applied to design of a flight control system for small UAVs. Theoretical results are illustrated using numerical simulation to verify the validity of the proposed flight control system. Developed UAVs are used to demonstrate the ability to perform line and circular formation flight using the control system.


We have cross‐checked the conventional theory of the spatial autocorrelation method and the consequence of seismic interferometry: the retrieval of the elastodynamic Green's function. Their mutual consistency is almost complete. The basic formulas of the conventional spatial autocorrelation theory can be derived by an alternative approach based on the retrieval of the elastodynamic Green's function. The only discrepancy is found with the average of the complex coherence function over azimuth in a wavefield dependent on azimuth. It is hypothesized, in discussion, that this discrepancy is due to the way of representing the wavefield in the background theory of seismic interferometry that can produce only wavefields moderately dependent on azimuth and that the mentioned consequence of seismic interferometry can also only make sense in a wavefield moderately dependent on azimuth.


The anus retained operation can not only ensure the radical treatment of cancer,but also retain the defecation function of the patient.This paper reviews the theory and method of operation and combined modality therapy of the anus retained operation for low rectal cancer. China J Cancer Prev Treat,2003,10(3):322-324


Ablation thresholds, etch rates, and quality of ablated structures often differ dramatically if a conventional, UV-Vis-IR laser delivers radiation energy onto a material surface in a short (nanosecond) or ultra-short (picosecond/femtosecond) pulses. Various short-wavelength (λ < 100 nm) lasers emitting pulses with durations ranging from ~ 10 fs to ~ 1 ns have recently been put into a routine operation. This makes possible to investigate how the ablation characteristics depends on the pulse duration in the XUV spectral region. 1.2-ns pulses of 46.9-nm radiation delivered from a capillary-discharge Ne-like Ar laser, focused by a spherical Sc/Si multilayer-coated mirror were used for an ablation of organic polymers and silicon. Various materials were irradiated with an ellipsoidal-mirror-focused XUV radiation (λ = 86 nm, τ = 30-100 fs) generated by the free-electron laser (FEL) operated at the TESLA Test Facility (TTF1 FEL) in Hamburg. The beam of the Ne-like Zn XUV laser (λ = 21.2 nm, τ < 100 ps) driven by the Prague Asterix Laser System (PALS) was also successfully focused by a spherical Si/Mo multilayer-coated mirror to ablate various materials. Based on the results of the experiment the etch rates for three different pulse durations are compared using the XUV-ABLATOR code to compensate for the wavelength difference. Comparing the values of etch rates calculated for short pulses with the measured ones for ultrashort pulses we may study the influence of pulse duration on the XUV ablation efficiency.


Burning is a process of burning biomass, leading to production of water, air pollutants and greenhouse gases. So, locating and spatializing these outbreaks is extremely important for their understanding and their consequences on the environment and human health. For this, it was necessary the use of NOAA 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18, GOES 8 and 12, AQUA-01, TERRA-01 and MMODIS-01 satellites, provided by CPTEC-INPE, between 2004 and 2009. In parallel, annual emissions of CO, NO2, CH4 and N2O were carried out from annual production of sugarcane. In relation to air pollutants emissions, Sao Miguel and Coruripe were the largest emitters of pollutants (CO, NO2) and greenhouse gases in Alagoas (CH4, N2O). Therefore, in regions producing sugarcane, have been the highest incidence of fire focuses and consequently higher emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases.


Objective This study sought to evaluate platelet volume indices (mean platelet volume [MPV], platelet distribution width [PDW], and platelet large cell ratio [P-LCR]) in varicocele patients, and compare it with platelet volume parameters in healthy controls. Methods This cross-sectional study involved 2 groups: group 1 included 51 varicocele subjects and group 2 consisted of 50 healthy control subjects of similar ages. Peripheral venous blood samples were collected with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid-K2 anticoagulant between 8:30 AM and 10 AM following an overnight fast. Platelet volume parameters (MPV, PDW, and P-LCR) were measured in both groups within 2 hours of sampling. Results The mean PDW, MPV, and P-LCR were 13.9±2.5%, 10.1±1.3 fL, and 27.3±7.8% in varicocele patients, respectively, and were 12.6±2.4%, 9.3±1.1 fL, and 21.9±6.4% in the control group, respectively. The mean PDW, MPV, and P-LCR were significantly higher in the varicocele group than the control group. Conclusion The results of the present study suggest that vascular components may play an important role in the pathophysiology of varicocele; therefore, there is a great need for prospective studies to confirm this relationship.


Tensors – or high-dimensional arrays – are ubiquitous in science and provide the foundation for numerous numerical algorithms in scientific computing, machine learning, signal processing, and other fields. With their high demands in memory and computational time, tensor computations constitute the bottleneck of many such algorithms. This has led to the development of sparse and low-rank tensor decompositions (Kolda and Bader 2009). One such decomposition, which was first developed under the name "matrix product state" (MPS) in the study of entanglement in quantum physics (Fannes, Nachtergaele, and Werner 1992), is the matrix product or tensor train (TT) representation (Schollwöck 2011; Oseledets 2011).


Over-actuated systems often make it possible to achieve specific performances by switching between different subsets of actuators. However, when the system parameters are unknown, transferring authority to different subsets of actuators is challenging due to stability and performance efficiency concerns. This paper presents an efficient algorithm to tackle the so-called"learn and control while switching between different actuating modes"problem in the Linear Quadratic (LQ) setting. Our proposed strategy is constructed upon Optimism in the Face of Uncertainty (OFU) based algorithm equipped with a projection toolbox to keep the algorithm efficient, regret-wise. Along the way, we derive an optimum duration for the warm-up phase, thanks to the existence of a stabilizing neighborhood. The stability of the switched system is also guaranteed by designing a minimum average dwell time. The proposed strategy is proved to have a regret bound of $\mathcal{\bar{O}}\big(\sqrt{T}\big)+\mathcal{O}\big(ns\sqrt{T}\big)$ in horizon $T$ with $(ns)$ number of switches, provably outperforming naively applying the basic OFU algorithm.


A Research Project Submitted to School of Business in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Master of Business Administration Degree in Finance, Kenyatta University, February, 2019


Background: The American Academy of Pediatrics limits gadget use for children
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intensity. The child becomes less stimulated and becomes less communicating.
There is an increasing number of speech and language developmental delays from
2014-2016 in Kapasan Surabaya. This study aims to determine the relationship
between the intensity of gadget use to speech and language developmental delays
in children aged 24-60 months in Kapasan, Tambaksari, Surabaya City. Methods:
This study was an observational analytic research with cross-sectional approach.
The sample are 106 respondents who were selected by total sampling based on
inclusion criteria. The independent variable was the intensity of gadget use, while
the dependent variable was a speech and language developmental delays. To
analyze the result, the data collected was tested with Spearman test. Results: The
results showed that nearly half (44.3%) children use gadget with high intensity,
nearly half (42.5%) with moderate intensity, and minority (13.2%) with low
intensity. Nearly half (35.8%) children with speech and language developmental
delays. Spearman test were resulted p value of 0,005 (p<0.05) which means that
there was relationship between the intensity of gadget use with speech and
language developmental delays. Conclusion: There was relationship between the
intensity of gadget used with speech and language developmental delays. The role
of preschoolers' teachers were important to give an education to parents about
intensity of gadget use.


Roman Imperial Constitutions preserved in Greek inscriptions and papyri (letters, edicts, subscripts, etc.) are indispensable sources for the history of the Roman Empire. Since the publication of Oliver's Constitutions, a considerable number of new documents has come to light, and the need for a complete index to the whole corpus is clearly apparent. This book provides a research tool for scholars interested in Greek epigraphy and papyrology, law and institutions, administrations and provincial diplomacy; it also illustrates the language variety of Greek used by the imperial chancellery. Words are given as they originally occur in documents, quoted in context and arranged according to formulas, common and distinctive expressions, or meaning. The book is supplemented by separate indices of personal names, peoples and places, emperors' names and titles.


This research aims to determine the optimal dose of chitosan that is appropriate to be given to commercial feed in increasing the immune system of sangkuriang catfish fry. The research was carried out in April – June 2021 at the Aquaculture Laboratory and Biotechnology Laboratory, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Padjadjaran University. This research used an experimental method of Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with five treatments and three replications. The treatment used was the addition of chitosan to feed with doses of 0 g (A), 2.5 g (B), 5 g (C), 7.5 g (D), and 10 g (E). Maintenance of test fish for 14 days. Experimental fish were infected by Aeromonas hydrophila bacteria with a density of 108 CFU/ml with 10 ml immersion method. Parameters observed included white blood cells, leukocyte differential, clinical symptoms, survival and water quality. Data on white blood cell count, and survival were analyzed by ANOVA, if there was a significant difference, Duncan's test was performed. Leukocyte differential data, clinical symptoms and water quality were analyzed descriptively. The results showed that the addition of chitosan at a dose of 10 g was effective for improving the immune system performance of catfish fry. During 14 days of chitosan administration, the white blood cell count increased by 41.60% from the value of 13.96 × 104 cells/mm3 to 23.90 × 104 cells/mm3. The 10 g chitosan treatment was an effective dose to stimulate differential leukocytes in catfish to improve the immune system, it was also marked by the fastest clinical symptom recovery period and the highest survival rate after the challenge test, which was 96.6%.


Material characterization and recognition can be accomplished with the help of hyperspectral remote sensing techniques. In recent years, the practical implementation of online classification using hyperspectral imagery has been gaining attention, especially in the remote sensing community, due to its ability to enable a plethora of novel applications. In the coming years, there will be considerable demand for still image inspection and moving image monitoring applications, particularly in the aerospace and industrial automation fields. They require cost-effective, low-power usage and portable image analysis systems with high-performance computing framework abilities. Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are a suitable solution that can accommodate the above-listed requirements. But, designing and developing the FPGA-based hardware design is known to be a complex process. This paper presents a low-complexity FPGA design approach that performs the one-class support vector machine (OCSVM) classification using ultra-high resolution hyperspectral imagery.


Introduction A previous human study suggested that intervertebral disc allograft transplantation in the cervical spine can relieve neurological symptoms and restore segmental kinematics. We have demonstrated that lumbar intervertebral disc transplantation could restore the global and segmental mobility after 12 months using a goat model. However, the healing process of the bone-bone interface and the subsequent remodeling of the bony endplate of the disc allograft are still unknown. This study examines this issue in a large animal model. Materials and Methods A total of 20 male goats between 6 and 9 months weighing between 17.5 and 25 kg were used in this study. Five goats served as disc allograft donors, and 15 goats as allograft recipients. Disc allograft transplantation without internal fixation was performed at lumbar L4/L5 using the retropsoas approach as previously described. Radiological healing was assessed with lateral radiographs of the lumbar spine at 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months posttransplantation. Five goats were sacrificed at 1.5, 6, and 12 months postoperatively, respectively. The transplanted segments together with the adjacent levels were then harvested en bloc and fixed in 10% formalin. Micro-CT scanning and three-dimensional reconstructions were conducted. Three volumes of interests (VOIs) were placed at the anterior, center, and posterior of the osteotomy sites; two VOIs were selected at the center of adjacent vertebral bodies near the epiphyseal line. Mean of the values at the three positions of osteotomy sites was calculated and compared with that of two adjacent vertebral VOIs as normal control to evaluate bone formation according to the following parameters: bone volume over total volume (BV/TV, %), bone surface density (BS/TV, 1/mm), trabecular thickness (Tb.Th, mm), trabecular number (Tb.N, 1/mm), trabecular separation (Tb.Sp, mm), trabecular pattern factor (Tb.Pf, 1/mm), structure model index (SMI), degree of anisotropy (DA), and connectivity density (Conn.Dn, 1/mm3). Sequentially, the sample was mid-sagittally cut. One half was decalcified for histological staining to morphologically observe new bone formation and bone remodeling; the other without decalcification was used for SEM and line-scan EDX analysis for assessing distribution profile of calcium (Ca) and phosphate (P) as well as the ratio of Ca/P at the newly formed bone of healing sites. Results Radiographically, increased radio-opacity was seen at the host-graft interface at 1 month postoperative, and bony union was seen after 3 months. Micro-CT images demonstrated more new bone formation with plate-like and well-connected architecture at the osteotomy sites at 1.5 months postoperative. These sites had higher BV/TV, BS/TV, Tb.N, and Conn.Dn, and had lower Tb.Pf and SMI than the mean of the control (p < 0.05). As the bone remodeling proceeds, the number (Tb.N), internal connection (Tb.Pf), and the structure (SMI, rod-like) of trabecular bone at the healing sites became similar with those of the control and remained unchanged until the final follow-up (p > 0.05). But the means of BV/TV, BS/TV, Tb.Th, and Conn.Dn were significantly greater than those of the control, while lower Tb.Sp at the healing site (p < 0.05). After 12 months, there was no difference between the healing site and the control in all 3D indices except the average of Conn.Dn (p < 0.01) and DA (p < 0.05). Despite the architecture of the remodeled trabecular bone was a little different than those from the control after 6 months, the profiles of Ca and P distribution as well as the ratio of Ca/P were comparable without significant difference. Histologically, resorption of the redundant vertebral bones and extensive new bone formation were noted in the healing site at 1.5 months; the subchondral bone and bony endplate of the disc allograft were still well preserved. In the form of creeping substitution, the subchondral bone was gradually replaced by dense and mature trabecular bone at 6 months postoperative. After continuous remodeling, the bony architecture became similar with that of the trabecular bone in the controls after 12 months. Conclusion Healing and remodeling of the host-graft bony interface was basically completed at 6 months posttransplantation. The bony structure of the disc allograft was replaced by newly formed trabecular bone through creeping substitution. Disclosure of Interest None declared Reference Ruan D, He Q, Ding Y, Hou L, Li J, Luk KD. Intervertebral disc transplantation in the treatment of degenerative spine disease: a preliminary study. Lancet 2007;369(9566):993–999


The rate of undiagnosed diabetes mellitus is high in men even though the overall risk is not particularly high. Perhaps it's because men do not like to talk about health issues.


Elon Musk settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission, but he - and the industry - are not in the clear yet as DC looks for a whipping boy.


(57) [summary] The present invention, the contrast agent in fluorescence diagnosis and transillumination diagnosis in the range of near-infrared light, as a new staining agents and agents containing them, the water having a specific photophysical and drug chemistry sex staining agents and relates to a method for the biological molecule addition adult in vivo using a near-infrared (NIR light) under the use of (in vivo) diagnosis.


Laser oscillators and amplifiers based on rare-earth-doped fibers are able to generate ultra-short laser pulses in the femtosecond regime. The typical limitations of fiber-based ultra-fast systems, e.g. in pulse energy caused by nonlinear effects, can be overcome with appropriate laser designs. Then, a high spatial precision as well as a high temporal precision can be achieved in order to support nano-structuring, time-resolved spectroscopy, or frequency metrology.


In this paper, we estimate the economic value of a public project for a recreation site by hypothetical travel cost method and examine statistically whether the benefit from a public project is positive. We choose the public project for the recreation site in the south of Sakai city as a study case. And we propose random effect negative binomial regression model in order to take into account the correlation between a real and a hypothetical demand curve. As a result of statistical test, random effect model is preferred to the model assumed independency between two demand curves. And we apply bootstrap method to construct the distribution of consumer surplus improved from the public project and then examine positive benefit from the public project.


A critical review of the publication of a selection of Axel Oxentierna's letters ("Brev 1636-1654"), as well as a brief review of Gunnar Wetterberg, "Axel Oxenstierna. Makten och klokskapen".


The invention discloses a voltage detection circuit, a circuit board provided with the voltage detection circuit, heating equipment and an electric heating product. The voltage detection circuit comprises a power supply, wherein the input end of the power supply is connected with a voltage detection circuit of the power supply, and the output end of the power supply is connected with a voltage detection signal input terminal AD-V of a control chip; the input end of the power supply is connected with a zero-cross detection circuit of the power supply, and the output end of the power supply is connected with a zero-cross signal detection terminal ZERO of the control chip. According to the voltage detection circuit provided by the invention, the circuit design is simplified, the detection of sine-wave voltage is realized through software control by combining zero-cross detection with voltage detection, the detection of real-time waveform detection can be realized, but only equivalent voltage can be detected in the prior art; moreover, the voltage detection circuit also has the characteristic of simple circuit.


this paper presents a comparative study between Proportional-Integral-Differential (PID) tuning methods which they are commonly used in industrial application. Modified Ziegler-Nichols, Chien-Hrones-Reswick (CHR), Tyreus–Luyben, Damped Oscillation tuning methods have been chosen for this purpose. The parameters of these methods have been demonstrated. A permanent magnet direct current (PMDC) motor has been introduced as speed control target. The parameters of the PMDC have been calculated practically. Atmega328 microcontroller and IBT-2 driver that control the speed of the selected PMDC using pulse width modulation (PWM) have been adopted as a practical control circuit. For simulation the mathematical models of all PID tuning methods by using Matlab Simulink. All the results show that the Modified Ziegler-Nichols is the most suitable tuning method for targeted system, since this tuning method provides more dynamic response to load disturbance with acceptable overshoot. Keyword: Modified Ziegler-Nichols, Chien-Hrones-Reswick (CHR), Tyreus–Luyben, Damped Oscillation, PID Controller


Abstract: The higher energy efficiency for ship and the lower pollution for global environment are re-quired strictly. However the performance of marine diesel engine is gradually deteriorated with time. And also the operation condition is varied with sea conditions. Hence the optimization for operating con-dition of marine engines is needed for energy saving and environment kindly. In this paper, it was attempted to investigate the influence of aging for marine diesel engine. The dete-rioration of engine performance is assessed by the calculation results of the simulation program for two-stroke marine diesel engine developed by author which was reported before. And three parameters for deterioration of engine performance were considered such as lower efficiency of turbocharger by fouling, increase of blow-by gas due to wear of cylinder liner and getting worse of combustion by poor injection. By the results, it was shown that the influence of engine performance by aging was relatively not so small - 10.4 bar low in Pmax and 3.2% decrease in Pmi.


In related research we have proposed a market architecture for multi-agent contracting and we have implemented prototypes of both the market architecture and the agents in a system called MAGNET. A customer agent in MAGNET solicits bids for the execution of multi-step plans, in which tasks have precedence and time constraints, by posting a Request for Quotes to the market. The Request for Quotes needs to include for each task its precedence constraints and a time window. In this paper, we study the problem of optimizing the time windows in the Requests for Quotes. Our approach is to use the Expected Utility Theory to reduce the likelihood of receiving unattractive bids, while maximizing the number of bids that are likely to be included in the winning bundle. We describe the model, illustrate its operation and properties, and discuss what assumptions are required for its successful integration into MAGNET or other multi-agent contracting systems.


ABSTRACT This article focuses on the conditional density of a scalar response variable given a random variable taking values in a semimetric space. The local linear estimators of the conditional density and its derivative are considered. It is assumed that the observations form a stationary α-mixing sequence. Under some regularity conditions, the joint asymptotic normality of the estimators of the conditional density and its derivative is established. The result confirms the prospect in Rachdi et al. (2014) and can be applied in time-series analysis to make predictions and build confidence intervals. The finite-sample behavior of the estimator is investigated by simulations as well.


© 2016 International Committee of the SCMT conferences. All rights reserved. Reactive magnesia (MgO) has received attention as a cement binder due to the lower calcination temperatures used during its production and its ability to absorb and store CO2 permanently. While a majority of the MgO is produced from the calcination of magnesium carbonate, an alternative route involves its extraction from reject brine, a concentrated by-product obtained from treating brackish water or seawater in desalination plants. Brine is preferred for the recovery of MgO due to its local global abundance and its high Mg2+ content. The proposed process involves the synthesis of Mg(OH)2 from waste brine collected from a desalination plant via the addition of different amounts of aqueous ammonia (NH3H2O). The results include the determination of an optimum amount of NH3H2Ofor a high reaction rate, leading to the synthesis of a high amount of pure Mg(OH)2. The obtained Mg(OH)2 was then calcined to produce MgO at different temperatures (500-700°C) and durations (2-48 hours). The morphologies of the synthesized Mg(OH)2 plates and MgO particles produced under a range of conditions were investigated in detail, indicating the feasibility of MgO production from waste brine and highlighting the factors influencing the properties of the final product.


The influence of the surface slope on the temperature profile in the upper part of a cold ice sheet can be described by a function which is independent of the geothermal heat and the heat of friction. This function is calculated for the two-dimensional and the axisymmetric cases. In the two-dimensional case its simplest form is proportional to the horizontal velocity and to the height above bedrock reduced by a constant; another form of this function is approximately proportional to the square of velocity and height.


Seismic data, being non-stationary in nature, have varying frequency content in time. Time-frequency decomposition of a seismic signal aims to characterize the time-dependent frequency response of subsurface rocks and reservoirs. There are a variety of spectral decomposition methods; these include the Short Time Fourier Transform (STFT), Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT) and Matching Pursuit Decomposition (MPD). In STFT, time-frequency resolution is fixed over the entire time-frequency space by preselecting a window length. Therefore, resolution in seismic data analysis becomes dependent on a user specified window length. The CWT dilates and compresses wavelets to provide a time-scale spectrum instead of a time-frequency spectrum. Converting a scalogram into a time-frequency spectrum using the center frequency of a scale gives an erroneous attenuation in the spectrum. Decomposition (MPD) do not involve windowing of the seismic data and thus have the best combination of temporal and spectral resolution as compared to STFT and the continuous wavelet transform (CWT). Castagna et al, 2003, used matching-pursuit decomposition for instantaneous spectral analysis to detect low-frequency shadows beneath hydrocarbon reservoirs. In this paper we analyze performance of matching pursuit method in mapping channel sediments at one of the south-west oil- field in Iran.


Food loss may results in significant water availability loss. A new innovative packaging system (MicVac) for ready meals can make it possible to preserve ready meal at maximum 45 days in chilled storage by applying vaccum-sealed package. Water footprint and other whole impacts relevant to ready meals made in conventional way and MicVac were assessed and compared. The results showed predominance of ready meal by MicVac system in both water footprint and full impact assessment mainly due to saving food ingredient input related to unsold meal loss. It could be quantitatively verified that the effects of the increase in power consumption for microwave cooking and chilled storage in MicVac system were relatively smaller compared to the advantage of saving food loss in the perspectives of both water and other relevant environmental issues.


Abstract : Under the DARPA RADIUS program, the University of Massachusetts (UMass) developed techniques to automatically populate a site model with 3-D building models extracted from multiple, overlapping images. The Automated Site Construction, Extension, Detection and Refinement (ASCENDER) system incorporates several key ideas. First, 3-D reconstruction is based on geometric features that remain stable under a wide range of viewing and lighting conditions. Second, rigorous photogrammetric camera models are used to describe the relationship between pixels in an image and 3-D locations in the scene, so that diverse sensor characteristics and viewpoints can be effectively exploited. Third, information is fused across multiple images for increased accuracy and reliability. Finally, known geometric constraints are applied whenever possible to increase the efficiency and reliability of the reconstruction process. Ascender was the primary deliverable of the UMass RADIUS effort and was delivered in mid-April 1995 to Lockheed-Martin for integration into the RADIUS Testbed System. At the same time, an informal transfer was made to the National Exploitation Laboratory (NEL) for familiarization and additional testing. This report presents an overview of the system, results of an evaluation on an unclassified data set of Fort Hood, TX, and suggestions for future extensions to the system.


This paper describes problems associated with the remediation of solid metallurgical wastes generated during primary manufacture of major metals (iron, copper, aluminum, zinc and lead). It focuses on three types of solid wastes: slags, dusts and sludges.

It has been shown that solid waste remediation technologies, such as stabilization or solidification, incineration, and hydro-chemical metal recovery, have been applied in the industry and new technologies such as plasma- and vitrification-processing of solid wastes are under development. On the whole, however, solid residue remediation remains relatively uncommon. In addition, currently applied technologies are unable to solve the complex problems of metallurgical solid wastes (e.g., simultaneous destruction of toxins and extraction of multiple metals).

A new thermal process applicable to direct ironmaking that would achieve significant utilization of zinc residues has been proposed. It has been suggested that the high-temperature treatment of wastes in which metallurgical furnaces are used as remediation reactors holds great potential as an alternative disposal method.


An integrated oxide removal and processing system (10) includes a process module (30) that may intentionally add at least one film layer to a single semiconductor wafer (32). The integrated oxide removal and processing system (10) also includes a transfer chamber module (20) used to align the semiconductor wafer (32) for the process module (30). The transfer chamber module (20) may expose the semiconductor wafer (32) to a vaporous solution that is inert with respect to the semiconductor wafer (32) and operable to remove an oxide layer (110) therefrom. More specifically, the semiconductor wafer (32) includes silicon. In a further embodiment, the vaporous solution includes HF. In yet a further embodiment, the vaporous solution includes 0.049% to 49% HF.


Solar array is widely used in many areas, so more research is focusing on it. However, because of the weather problem, the research can not be carried out at any time. So, the design of solar array simulator is necessary. Based on the mathematical model of solar cell, a circuit which can generate the I-V curves of the real solar cell by using analog devices was designed in this paper. The experiment results show the I-V curves can well meet the characteristics of solar cell. The shunt switching unit was designed to maintain the stability of DC bus and test the performance of DC bus of the solar array simulator.


To solve the problem that the MSL system can not efficiently remove TN from polluted river water because of inadequate denitrification therein,the system was modified by using solid carbon from non-water-soluble,biodegradable PBS and optimizing its spatial structure.To determine nitrogen-removal effect of the modified MSL system,an experiment was carried out to compare the modified one with an old one using sawdust carbon,showing that granular PBS carbon is much better in denitrification effect,thus raising the TN removal rate up to 64.3%,20.6 perentage point higher than the one using sawdust carbon,and the optimization of the spatial structure of the system uplifted TN removel efficiency from 43.7% to 71.7%,Moreover,the system worked more smoothly and free of clogging.However,the modification did not have any obvious effect on removal of organic matter,phosphorous and ammonia nitrogen.


The principal objective of this study was to evaluate the quality characteristics of pound and sponge cakes prepared with Cucurbita maxima Duchesne (C. Maxima Duch.) puree, via physical and sensory examinations. The cakes were formulated by repalcing the egg with C. maxima Duch. puree at concentrations of 0, 10, 20 and 30%. C. maxima Duch. puree contained 87.91% water, 0.58% ash, 1.68% protein, 0.55% lipid, 1.02% fiber, and 8.26% carbohydrate. The physicochemical properties of the pound and sponge cakes evidenced similar patterns. The specific gravities of the pound and sponge cakes increased with increasing substitution levels, whereas the specific volumes were reduced. The hardness values of the pound and sponge cakes containing the C. maxima Duch. puree were higher than those of the controls. Substituting C. maxima Duch. puree for egg resulted in reduced lightness and increased redness in the cakes. Pound and sponge cakes with C. maxima Duch. puree evidenced higher moisture contents than the controls over 5 days of storage. Overall acceptances in sensory evaluation scored higher in the 20% substituted pound and sponge cakes.


Patients with transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the urinary bladder metastatic to regional lymph nodes (LN) typically have a poor prognosis. However, some patients are cured by radical cystectomy alone. The goal of this study was to identify predictors of survival in this cohort.


Frequency domain techniques has been increasingly used for near-infrared spectroscopy and theoretical analysis of frequency domain measurement becomes important. Recently a new Monte Carlo algorithm to directly predicts the modulation and phase for frequency domain measurement was proposed. In order to apply this algorithm to heterogeneous scattering medium, a statistically accurate procedure for the photon passing the boundary of different medium is necessary. In this study, frequency domain Monte Carlo algorithm for heterogeneous medium including non scattering clear region is investigated. The modulation and phase shift predicted by frequency domain Monte Carlo is compared with the Fourier transformation of TPSF predicted by time domain Monte Carlo algorithm.


The purpose of this research is to investigate internet service quality in the KRI and to explore its effect on customer approval. The idea of this research came into existence from the fact that internet is quite new to the KRI customers, but it is also a sector which shows great development in the region and tends to get more common as time passes. The research at hand evaluates the relationship of Internet service provider's (ISP) quality aspects with the Trust, perception of value, and commitment. The collected data was obtained through an online survey aimed at academic scholars in the KRI mostly. The sample consisted of 444 individuals. The study focuses on the customer's usage of different ISPs and their overall perceived value, trust, and commitment to the ISP. An ISP's service quality is affected by these four factors: (1) network quality, (2) customer service, (3) information quality and (4) security and privacy. It can be noticed from the results that most factors affect the perceived Value, Trust, and Commitment. However, only security and privacy have a considerable positive impact on Trust. When it comes to Customer Value, only Network Quality has a significant positive impact, and Information Quality is the only factor which is directly correlated to Customer Commitment.


Practicing pediatricians face many obstacles when trying to immunize their patients: vaccine shortages, late distribution of seasonal vaccines, and increased parental refusal due in large part to celebrities who contend vaccines cause autism despite scientific evidence to the contrary.

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