Single-subject and time-series designs have recently been advocated as a preferred method of examining clinical change in individual patients. Data from single-subject designs are frequently analyzed by means of graphic presentation and visual inspection. The presence of serial dependency or autocorrelation in data collected from a single individual can reduce the reliability and accuracy of visual inferences. Fifty-four data paths from single-subject research published in the occupational therapy literature were reviewed to determine the degree of serial dependency present in each data set. The results revealed that a large portion (41 %) of the data sets contained a significant degree of autocorrelation. The implications of a high degree of serial dependency in relation to data analysis and interpretation are discussed, and methods to reduce the effect of serial dependency are suggested.


The dynamic buckling response of a spring-mass, geometrically imperfect, dissipative model with 3 degrees of freedom simulating a relatively deep cylindrical shell panel under step loading is comprehensively analyzed. The main feature of the real continuous structure and its corresponding model is that, under the same loading statically applied, both exhibit snapping. Energy, topological, and geometric considerations allow us to establish qualitative and quantitative criteria leading to dynamic buckling loads of both dissipative and nondissipative models without integrating the highly nonlinear equations of motion. An a priori knowledge of the accuracy of these buckling estimates is successfully obtained by discussing the geometry of the channel in which the motion takes place before reaching the escape passage through a saddle (or its neighborhood) with very small negative total potential energy. A comparison of the numerical results obtained by the proposed method with those of Runge-Kutta-Verner scheme shows the reliability and efficiency of the proposed method. I UITE often in engineering practice the dynamic behavior of (actual) continuous structures is simulated by that of simple clels with a few degrees of freedom (DOF). This is achieved by using various matching criteria with the aid of which the response of the actual structure can be successfully approximated, quantitatively and qualitatively, through the dynamic analysis of its corresponding model.


Federated Learning (FL) is a collaborative machine learning approach allowing participants to jointly train a model without having to share their private, potentially sensitive local datasets with others. Despite its benefits, FL is vulnerable to backdoor attacks, in which an adversary injects manipulated model updates into the model aggregation process so that the resulting model will provide targeted false predictions for specific adversary-chosen inputs. Proposed defenses against backdoor attacks based on detecting and filtering out malicious model updates consider only very specific and limited attacker models, whereas defenses based on differential privacy-inspired noise injection significantly deteriorate the benign performance of the aggregated model. To address these deficiencies, we introduce FLAME, a defense framework that estimates the sufficient amount of noise to be injected to ensure the elimination of backdoors while maintaining the model performance. To minimize the required amount of noise, FLAME uses a model clustering and weight clipping approach. Our evaluation of FLAME on several datasets stemming from application areas including image classification, word prediction, and IoT intrusion detection demonstrates that FLAME removes backdoors effectively with a negligible impact on the benign performance of the models. Furthermore, following the considerable attention that our research has received after its presentation at USENIX SEC 2022, FLAME has become the subject of numerous investigations proposing diverse attack methodologies in an attempt to circumvent it. As a response to these endeavors, we provide a comprehensive analysis of these attempts. Our findings show that these papers (e.g., 3DFed [36]) have not fully comprehended nor correctly employed the fundamental principles underlying FLAME, i.e., our defense mechanism effectively repels these attempted attacks.


The growing popularity of omnidirectional vision technology has spawned numerous multi-camera designs that integrate various different camera types. This paper presents an omnidirectional vision system that combines a catadioptric camera, a fisheye camera and an active perspective camera. Aligning these cameras vertically provides a number of beneficial features, such as allowing simple peripherally-guided active vision, depth perception and a near spherical composite omnidirectional field of view. By having the active camera rotate around the outer perimeter, it can attain complete spherical access to the environment. The triangulation performance is evaluated experimentally using a target fixed to a long translation stage. Static positions of the target are estimated using a stereo pair that consists of one active perspective camera and one omnidirectional camera. Overall, the system provides sufficient accuracy to facilitate further surveillance research.


: Background: Stunting is a problem that occur in the world. Based on Riskesdas(Basic Health Research) Indonesia 2013 data, the incidence of stunting in Indonesia in children under five was 37.2% (18% very short and 19.2% short). This is a matter of concern because the impact of stunting can cause various physical and psychological disorders for the children. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to determine the factors that influence the occurrence of stunting, especially in children aged 2 to 12 years, in The area of Puskesmas Tuntungan Medan. Methodology: This research is an analytical descriptive with cross sectional approach done in Tuntungan Medan Health Center area. The sample size is 92 children selected by total sampling. The datas used are primary data of height, weight, education and parental awareness and sanitation status obtained from questionnaire. Results: The result of this study indicates that the prevalence of stunting children is 33.7% (31 children). From the bivariate analysis of breastfeeding variable and sanitation variable, the obtained p value was 0,002 and 0,019. From the multivariate analysis, the variable that influence the incidence of stunting the most is the duration of breastfeeding (exclusive breastfeeding) with p value 0,007. The largest OR value obtained was 4.781. Conclusion: It can be concluded that from all the variables that cause stunting, which are duration of breastfeeding, birth weight, sanitation, education and income of the elderly, the breastfeeding variable is the most significant variable


Most aftershocks occur in areas experiencing large co‐seismic stress changes, yet some occur long after the mainshock in remote lightly stressed regions. The triggering mechanism of these remote delayed aftershocks is not well understood. Here, we study aftershocks occurring in the Dead Sea (DS) area following the 2023 Mw7.8 and Mw7.6 Kahramanmaraş earthquakes. Most aftershocks cluster along previously quiescent structures off‐ the main DS fault strand. Visual inspection disclosed three aftershocks instantaneously triggered by the Mw7.6 in the northern DS basin, and match‐filtering revealed a delayed aftershock. Waveform similarity and temporal clustering suggest the northern DS aftershocks re‐rupture a stick‐slip patch loaded by surrounding creep. Velocity‐gradient seismograms show the Mw7.6 exerted larger transient stresses than the Mw7.8, which may explain triggering by the Mw7.6, but not by the Mw7.8. This account of instantaneously triggered repeaters underscores the role of interactions between aseismic and seismic slip in remote triggering.


This paper presents DyCorC, an extractor and cleaner of web forums contents. Its main points are that the process is entirely automatic, language-independent and adaptable to all kinds of forum architectures. The corpus is built accordingly to user queries using expressions or item keywords as in research engines, and then DyCorC minimizes the boilerplate for further feature-based opinion mining and sentiment analysis, gathering comments and scorings. Such noiseless corpora are usually hand made with the help of crawlers and scrapers, with specific containers devised for each type of forum, entailing lots of work and skills. Our aim is to cut down this preprocessing stage. Our algorithm is compared to state of the art models (Apache Nutch, BootCat, JusText), with a gold standard corpus we released. DyCorC offers a better quality of noiseless content extraction. Its algorithm is based on DOM trees with string distances, seven of which have been compared on the reference corpus, and feature-distance has been chosen as the best fit.


Intradialytic exercise is both safe and beneficial for patients; however, worldwide, despite evidence to support its efficacy, it is underutilized. A pilot project in a large inner city hemodialysis unit demonstrated the benefits of introducing a program to improve physical function among the participants.


Transplantation of alginate-encapsulated islets has the potential to treat patients suffering from type I diabetes, a condition characterized by an autoimmune attack against insulin-secreting beta cells. However, there are multiple challenges associated with this procedure, all of which must be adequately addressed prior to translation from trials in small animal and non-human primate models to human clinical trials. The lack of standardization of significant parameters of encapsulation device design and manufacture (i.e. purification protocols, surface-modification grafting techniques, alginate composition modifications) between labs is yet another obstacle that must be overcome before a clinically effective and applicable protocol for encapsulating islets can be implemented. The response of these microcapsules to long-term culture at physiological conditions has not been studied. In this study, alginate microcapsules were polymerized with either barium or calcium, to evaluate their morphological responses in order to choose an optimal gelling ion for future utilization in islet transplantation. We used two variation of alginates: high mannuronate (UPLVM) and high guluronate (UPLVG) alginate. Both barium and calcium crosslinked encapsulated islets successfully restore glucose control in diabetic athymic nude mice. Because the capsule size change overtime is significant, it's important to take this into account when choosing which alginate and which gelling ion will be used to make the capsules, to make sure that the end size is as intended to minimize hypoxic cores of the encapsulated islets, instead of just relying on capsule size immediately after polymerization. Our results showed that compared to the standard calcium ions, barium ions used for crosslinking alginate resulted in smaller size change of UPLVM capsules, thus maintaining the porosity and permeability. Correspondence to: Jonathan RT Lakey, PhD, MSM, Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, Director, Clinical Islet Program, University of California Irvine, 333 City Blvd West, Suite 1600, Orange, CA 92868, Tel: 949824-8022; Fax: 714-938-0324; E-mail: email@example.com


Introduction Adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is known to be challenging among adolescents living with HIV/AIDS, notwithstanding the life-saving importance of this therapy. Of the global total number of adolescents living with HIV in 2013, 83% reside in sub-Saharan Africa. The study aimed to identify facilitators of and barriers to antiretroviral treatment adherence among adolescents in Ghana. Methods A cross-sectional qualitative study using semi-structured interviews for data collection was carried out among adolescents (aged 12–19 years) at the adolescents HIV clinic at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Ghana. Predominantly open-ended questions relating to ART were used. Interviews were done until saturation. In total, 19 interviews were conducted. Analysis was done manually to maintain proximity with the text. Findings The main facilitators were support from health care providers, parental support, patient's knowledge of disease and self-motivation, patient's perceived positive outcomes, and dispensed formulation. The identified barriers were patient's forgetfulness to take medicines, perceived stigmatization due to disclosure, financial barriers, and adverse effects of ART. Support from health care workers was the most frequently mentioned facilitator, and patient's forgetfulness and perceived stigmatization after disclosure were the most frequently mentioned barriers. Self-motivation (knowledge induced) to adhere to treatment was a specific facilitator among older adolescents. Conclusion Continuous information provision in addition to unflinching support from health care workers and parents or guardians may improve adherence among adolescents. Also, interventions to reduce patient forgetfulness may be beneficial. A multi-sectorial approach would be needed to address adolescent disclosure of HIV/AIDS status.


The e-banking services have been analyzed by analyzing the services of Axis Bank. It is a private banks which offers many nancial products to the customers. It is understood from this study Axis Bank had always updated its self by adopting information technology for its banking services. The nancial performance of the organization had constantly increased with its e-banking initiatives. The results of this study are useful for professionals in banking sector.


The barbed absorbable suture is a novel type of monofilament suture that allows for tissue approximation without the need of surgical knots. The advantages of such a suture include reduced operating time, uniform distribution of tension, and improved wound healing. The use of barbed sutures has gained significant popularity in cosmetic surgery, particularly with thread lifting for the treatment of facial ptosis. It is becoming more widely used in dermatologic surgery for closure of large excisional defects. There have been cases of suture expulsion and migration with barbed suture when used for thread lifting on the face, but there is little information on the safety of barbed sutures in Mohs surgery. We report a case of long-distance migration of barbed suture several weeks after closure of a large Mohs surgical defect on the back.


For two atoms whose ionization potentials are considerably different, an exact asymptotic expression for the exchange interaction is derived. This interaction is connected with the energy level shift of an excited atom, colliding with a ground state atom. From the general expression for this quantity the results of Smirnov and Ovchinikova are obtained as special cases.


Drug-related illness (DRI) is a common problem in the elderly. Misuse of medications and inappropriate prescribing account for over half of all hospital admissions for DRI and both are potentially preventable. Physicians are the gatekeepers to prescription medication access and, in this role, they have the opportunity to prevent exposure to unnecessary and inappropriate medication and influence the use of medications by their elderly patients. Effective interventions to improve physician prescribing have been identified but they are costly to introduce, they require ongoing maintenance to maintain their effectiveness, they do not address the problems created by multiple prescribers or the challenges of keeping up-to-date on the growing number of new drugs that enter the market each year. Computer-based drug information networks and expert decision-making support systems are proposed as one means of providing (1) an accurate record for the prescribing physicians of drugs currently dispensed to their elderly patients, (2) a review of problems in existing and new prescriptions, and (3) an expert resource to select drug treatment. Canada is in an ideal situation to pioneer the development of these systems, but to do so, policies need to be put in place to address three problems. First, there is inadequate information available about the risks and benefits of drugs in the elderly because older sicker adults are often excluded in clinical trials of drug-effectiveness. Requirements for drug approval need to be amended so that sufficient evaluation of the risks and benefits of new drugs are carried out in the elderly. Second, computerization in the health care sector is central to the development of electronic decision-support systems in health care delivery. Future policy needs to be directed to the development of an effective infrastructure to facilitate the transition to an integrated computerized health sector. Third, the ethical and legal issues related to the access of prescription data through electronic networks need to be identified and clear guidelines for use of this new technology need to be developed. This paper will review the problem of drug-related illness in the elderly, its consequences in terms of avoidable morbidity, and the contribution of physician prescribing to its occurrence. This will be followed by a review of interventions that have proven to be effective in improving physician prescribing as well as the barriers to adopting research into practice. Solutions to overcome these problems will then be outlined and the changes in policy needed to facilitate change will be identified.


Since the evolution of the entertainment industry in the nineteen thirties, the recognition of the cultural value of motion-picture films and the increasing use of photographic film as an archival information-recording medium have stimulated interest in film permanence. Despite the fact that major problems were recognized early on, and that extensive knowledge of film stability has been gained during the past two decades, the preservation of moving images on photographic film is still a major concern today. The current challenge for the archival community, however, is not to further understand the film degradation process but rather to formulate practical preservation strategies for film collections.


The 2004 Florida Legislature passed Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 364 (CS/SB 364), which includes extensive provisions related to students with reading deficiencies and to student progression. A three-tiered academic support plan for kindergarten through third grade students has subsequently been created by the Florida Department of Education in response to this legisla tion. Tier One includes students who have never been retained but have identified reading deficits. Tier Two involves students who have been retained once and also have identified difficulties in reading. Tier Three includes students who have been retained two times in the third grade and also have diagnosed reading deficits.


The potential of wind energy of Ikeja was investigated using two-parameter Weibull distribution function. The result showed good agreement between the actual data and Weibull prediction. The wind turbulence of the study area was moderate (<0.25) based on the whole year assessment but higher during dry season compare to the raining season. The frequency distribution of the wind speed data indicates that about 90% distribution was within the speed range that is higher than the cut-in speed (3m/s) of most modern wind turbine.The scale parameter (c) and shape parameter (k) ranges between 3.84m/s ≥ c ≤ 5.89m/s and 3.65≥ k ≤4.39 respectively. Mean wind speed at 10m hub height ranges between 1.6m/s≥ v ≤9.7m/s with whole years average of 4.5m/s. Wind power density at 50m hub height ranges between 116.3W/m ≥ WPD ≤423.3W/m with whole years average of 257.9W/m 2 ,indicating that the wind energy potential is marginal(power class 2). Seasonally,wind energy potential was fair (power class 3) during raining season and marginal (power class 2) during the dry season. The wind energy potential is therefore sufficient for applications in electricity generation and water pumping.


This is volume 12, issue number 1763 of the New York Journal of Commerce, which makes up part of the chronology of the Texas Revolutionary Newspaper Collection.


Chlorobenzenes are a kind of organic contaminants which are difficult to be decomposed by normal methods.Decomposition of five organic compounds including chlorobenzene ,o-,m-,p-dichlorobenzene and trichlorobenzene with electron beam(current:1 mA,energy:1.5 MeV) were studied.Radiation doses of the electron beam were 35,70,105,140,210 kGy respectively.The results show that chlorobenzenes can be decomposed efficiently with electron beam.At the same dose,the decomposition rates of the chlorobenezenes are as follows:chlorobenzenedichlorobenzene1,2,4-trichlorobenzene.Doses needed for 50% degradation of o-,m-,p-dichlorobenzene and chlorobenzene are 38,35,46 and 206 kGy respectively.The mass concentration of chlorine ion increases during irradiation and pH of the irradiated solution is at the range of 2~3.


The yen is still in hard range limbo with strong spikes down and letting a trail of sharp candle trails (or shadows) from 119.267 as the firm support bellow and 119.928 where the price almost stops every time. On the top side 121.222 will brake any attemp


The research will be essential that the method for strengthening safety are safe installations in a hardware portion, a safe running ceremony of the vehicle employee (an engine driver ) and the estimate of the situation which is accurate. In railway car the window wiper which is auxiliary equipment for safe operation is changed the existing manual control method with automatic correspondence precipitation used raindrops censor which can assure the vision of driving. It can be easy to safe driving as might have expected the object. We carried out studies technical review investigation which can accomplish the best suited wiping speed in maintaining an introduction existing system in the manual control system applied the existing train and corresponding to precipitation. The observation fact in the studies can be possible to ensure safety operation. That is, Manual operation method (of the driver) to add the automatic speed adjust function can operate improved window wiper drive system when it rains and , as was expected, it is able to ensure the range of a good railroad driver's vision and to concentrate in working at rainfall.


Interactions between the legal profession and optometry can be fraught with pitfalls for the uninitiated optometrist. This paper outlines some of the pitfalls and ways of avoiding them, along with general advice on examination of the patient, preparation of a court report and appearances in court.


For non-destructive inspection of ferromagnetic pipes using magnetic flux leakage (MFL), a sensor consisting of two coils to measure the discrete Fourier sine and cosine coefficients of MFL is developed. The position of a crack in a pipe can be estimated from the squared sum and the ratio of the voltages induced in the two coils. Each coil has sixteen elemental coils with 78 permalloy cores which are placed along a circle with a radius of 6.3 mm and connected in series. The number of turns comprising an elemental coil at an angle ϕ is proportional to sinϕ in one coil and proportional to cosϕ in the other. It was experimentally shown that a circular crack 4 mm in diameter in a ferromagnetic pipe with diameter 21.6 mm was localized. The proposed structure is suitable for narrow pipe inspection where the sensitivity of our previous sensor composed of two coaxial crescent-shaped coils decreases.


The present invention discloses a draft of the ship detected calibration method comprising the steps of: installing a sensor in each of the upper and lower sides of the detection of the door; the use of sensors for water detection sensor to the surface of the reference distance H; use a sensor for underwater detection sensor a sensor to determine the distance between the bottom of the sensor to the bottom of whether the reference distance Y deviation greater;; to the bottom of the calibrated reference distance Y calculated draft depth. In the present invention, the surface of the sensor detection threshold for each take several measurements, the measured values are likely to peak measured on the surface of the waves, at a peak or median, take multiple measurements, remove the maximum and minimum values, and then take average method can reduce the impact of fluctuations in the water. The present invention is calculated by the compensation data, to overcome the impact of the detection threshold and shake the water fluctuation ranging sensor measurement accuracy brought achieve self-calibration purposes.


The invention discloses a polishing device for a sawtooth on a serrated wheel. The polishing device for the sawtooth on the serrated wheel comprises a rack, wherein the rack is provided with the serrated wheel; the rack is provided with a horizontal supporting plate capable of vertically swinging; the horizontal supporting plate is rotatably provided with a polishing wheel for polishing the sawtooth on the serrated wheel; the rack is provided with a vertical support frame capable of swinging front and back; the vertical support frame is provided with a lead screw; the sliding sleeve of the lead screw is provided with a push plate; and the end part of the push plate is pressed against the serrated wheel to push the serrated wheel to rotate. The polishing device for the sawtooth on the serrated wheel, which is disclosed by the invention, has an artful design structure, the polishing wheel can vertically swing so as to bring convenience for the rotation the serrated wheel, the serrated wheel is pushed by the push plate to rotate, so that the serrated wheel has a low revolving speed, thereby being convenient to regulate to aim at each sawtooth to polish. The whole process is in automated operation, the practical performance is good, and the working efficiency is improved.


In the development of plasma-facing components (PFC) for fusion reactors and high heat flux heat sinks (or components) for electronic applications, the components are usually subjected to a peripherally non-uniform heat flux. Even if the applied heat flux is uniform in the axial direction [which is unlikely], both intuition and recent investigations have clearly shown that both the local heat flux and the eventual critical heat flux (CHF) in this three-dimensional case will differ significantly from similar quantities found in the voluminous body of data for uniformly heated tubes and flow channels. Although this latter case has been used in the past as an estimate for the former case, more study has become necessary to examine the three-dimensional temperature and heat flux distributions and related CHF. Work thus far has shown that the non-uniform peripheral heat flux condition enhances CHF in some cases.
 In order to avoid the excess costs associated with using electron- or ion-beams to produce the non-uniform heat flux, a new facility was developed which will allow three-dimensional conjugate heat transfer measurements and two-dimensional local subcooled flow boiling heat flux and related critical heat flux measurements.
 The configurations under study consist of: (1) a non-uniformly heated cylindrical-like test section with a circular coolant channel bored through the center, and (2) a monoblock which is a square cross-section parallelepiped with a circular drilled flow channel through the center line along its length. The theoretical or idealization of the cylindrical-like test section would be a circular cylinder with half (−90 degrees to +90 degrees) of its outside boundary subjected to a uniform heat flux and the remaining half insulated. For the monoblock, a uniform heat flux is applied to one of the outside surfaces and the remaining surfaces are insulated. The outside diameter of the cylindrical-like test section is 30.0 mm and its length is 200.0 mm. The monoblock square has lengths 30.0 mm. The inside diameter of the flow channel for both types of test sections is 10.0 mm. Water is the coolant. The inlet water temperature can be set at any level in the range from 26.0 °C to 130.0 °C and the exit pressure can be set at any level in the range from 0.4 MPa to 4.0 MPa. Thermocouples are placed at forty-eight locations inside the solid cylindrical-like or monoblock test section. For each of four axial stations, three thermocouples are embedded at four circumferential locations (0, 45, 135, and 180 degrees, where 0 degrees corresponds to that portion of the axis of symmetry close to the heated surface) in the wall of the test section. Finally, the mass velocity can be set at any level in the range from 0.6 to 10.0 Mg/m2s.


A detailed analysis is performed to investigate the effects of mask contrast, mask-pattern size error and proximity gap on resolution and exposure dose margin for replicating 0.1-µm-region line-and-space (L&S) patterns using synchrotron radiation lithography. The analysis is performed by comparing Fresnel diffraction simulation and pattern replication experiments. When a conventional-contrast (7) mask is used, designing the pattern size of a Ta mask absorber to be slightly narrower than the specified value is a great advantage for faithful pattern replication of 0.1-µm L&S patterns. A large dose margin is obtained for proximity gaps of 15 µm or less. On the other hand, a low-contrast (2.5) mask has an advantage over the conventional mask in that it allows the use of a larger proximity gap for replicating 0.1-µm L&S patterns. A relatively large margin is obtained by limiting the Ta size error to the range of -0.05 µm to +0.03 µm for proximity gaps smaller than 25 µm, and ±0.02 µm for a 30-µm gap.


Environmentally responsible or "green" marketing refers to the satisfaction of consumer needs, wants and desires in conjuction with the preservation and conservation of the natural environment. Green Marketing manipulates the four elements of the marketing mix (product, price, promotion, distribution) to sell products and services offering superior environmental benefits in the form of reduced waste, increased energy efficiency, and decreased release of toxic emissions. This study is mainly to assess the attitude of business corporates towards the adoption of green marketing in their corporate strategy and the motivational factors behind it.


We have probed the superconducting proximity effect through long high-quality monocrystalline Ag nanowires, by realizing Josephson junctions of different lengths, with different superconducting materials. Thanks to the high number of junctions probed, both the contact resistance and electron diffusion constant could be determined, enabling a comparison of the measured critical current to theoretical expectation, over the entire regime from short to long diffusive junction. Although the length dependence of the critical current is as expected, the amplitude of the $R_{N}I_c$ product is smaller than predicted by theory. We also address the magnetic field dependence of the critical current. The quasi-gaussian decay of the critical current with field expected of a long narrow junction is observed for all superconducting contacts we used except for aluminum. We present the striking non-monotonous effect of field on the critical current of junctions with aluminum contacts, and analyze it in terms of improved quasiparticle thermalization by a magnetic field.


It will not come as a surprise to the reader that in my book Responsible Belief: A Theory in Ethics and Epistemology (Peels 2017), I defend an account of responsible belief. That the International Journal of Philosophical Studies would devote a symposium to the book, though, surely was a surprise for me. I am thrilled and honored by it. I have done my best to reply to each of the challenging ensuing essays. I will first sketch, though, what the discussion is all about, what distinguishes my approach to the topic from others in the field, and how it is relevant to other societal and philosophical issues.


The article presents the results of research on the behavior of vehicle drivers who, in the congested city road network (during the transport peak period), were unable to pass a traffic light-controlled intersection during one signaling cycle. They were therefore forced to wait in line at least once on the red signal before they could continue their journey. Empirical research was conducted at several intersections with traffic lights in Poland, in the cities of Bydgoszcz and Toruń. In addition, the database was supplemented with the results of surveys, which were decided to be conducted in the form of electronic form during the COVID-19 pandemic through dedicated surveys and social networking sites. The analysis of the results of field studies confirms that most drivers commit traffic offenses in the form of using mobile devices in their hands (over 60%) in the period after the start of transmitting the red signal and after stopping the vehicle. Interestingly, less than 40% of respondents admitted this offense in the survey.


Outside in the backyards I had just passed other youngsters engaged in their game 'State Trooper' in which half the number lined up locked arms, and proceeded to march singing 'We Shall Overcome,' then were set upon and beat down by the others wielding sticks and branches. In situations like these, one must observe the tragedy: that the misdeeds of our immature society are imprinted in the minds of innocent children." Carl Benkert, Freedom Songs: Selma, Alabama, 1965 We were marching down the road. Seriously. We were marching down a rural Alabama highway. Hundreds of us. Marching. [excerpt]


Aiming at the serious safety problem of which the tower foundation of transmission line is isolated, the paper puts forward a real-time monitoring method for the tower foundation. Firstly, a Cartesian coordinate system for skewing of the tower transmission is established and the skewing distance at the supporting point of the tower foundation is obtained effectively. Secondly, an algorithm to calculate the skewing distance of the tower foundation based on the coordinate system is put forward. With the algorithm, the relationship between skewing and time can be got. Finally, this paper presents experiment data and curve. The analysis indicates that the method presented in this paper has good performance for on-line monitoring of the tower skewing and has good accuracy.


This essay addresses the obligation of the regulatory authorities to report
suspected violations of the Swedish Environmental Code (miljobalken). The
main purpose of the essay is to examine the extent of the obligation to the
report breaches of the environmental penal law, and which factors might
influence this obligation, in order to clarify how the application of the
Swedish environmental criminal law can be made more consistent and
effective.
In the Swedish criminal law system, statistics show that breaches of the
environmental criminal law are significantly worse with regards the number
of convictions than the average Swedish crime. Most environmental crimes
can only be discovered through investigation; this renders the regulatory
authorities the actors with the main responsibility to report violations of the
regulations. Municipalities and the county administration office are the two
key actors in discovering and reporting these crimes. The obligation to
report suspected violations of the law is non-negotiable. There is no room
for an independent investigation for the regulatory authority.
A number of factors could affect whether or not a breach leads to criminal
proceedings. The elements that could affect if a suspected breach of the
environmental code could lead to prosecution can be divided into three
groups; the breach is not discovered, the breach is discovered but not
reported; and the breach is reported, but not prosecuted due to deficiencies
in the regulatory authorities organization. Some elements are also specific
for a certain crime; in order to illustrate this a brief description of the most
common environmental crimes are provided, alongside with the possible
sources of errors. Common to these crimes are that the elements of error
often occurs in considerations and assessments made by the regulatory
authorities. In addition to establishing possible elements of error, it is also
considered in the essay how the legislator could improve the efficiency of
the regulatory authorities and thereby increase the number of convictions. A
number of possible alterations and amendments of the environmental code
is also suggested, including amongst others amendments regarding
derogation of minor breaches from criminal responsibility, reinforcements
of the rules regarding notification and delegation of supervisory
responsibility.
In several reports and articles the need of improving the Swedish system of
regulatory activities are expressed. To reach the goals of the environmental
code, the legislation need to be improved regarding the obligation to report
suspected violations of the code.


Digital image enhancement and analysis have played, and will continue to play, an important role in scientific, industrial, and military applications. In addition to these applications, image enhancement and analysis are increasingly being used in consumer electronics. Internet Web users, for instance, rely on built-in image processing protocols such as JPEG and interpolation and in the process have become image processing users equipped with powerful yet inexpensive software such as Photoshop. Users not only retrieve digital images from the Web but are now able to acquire their own by use of digital cameras or through digitization services of standard 35 mm analog film. The end result is that consumers are beginning to use home computers to enhance and manipulate their own digital pictures. Image enhancement refers to processes seeking to improve the visual appearance of an image. As an example, image enhancement might be used to emphasize the edges within the image. This edge-enhanced image would be more visually pleasing to the naked eye, or perhaps could serve as an input to a machine that would detect the edges and perhaps make measurements of shape and size of the detected edges. Image enhancement is important because of its usefulness in virtually all image processing applications. Image enhancement tools are often classified into (a) point operations and (b) spatial operations. Point operations include contrast stretching, noise clipping, histogram modification, and pseudo-coloring. Point operations are, in general, simple nonlinear operations that are well known in the image processing literature and are covered elsewhere in this Guide. Spatial operations used in image processing today are, on the other hand, typically linear operations. The reason for this is that spatial linear operations are simple and easily implemented. Although linear image enhancement tools are often adequate in many applications, significant advantages in image enhancement can be attained if nonlinear techniques are applied [1]. Nonlinear methods effectively preserve 263


The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has instituted a broad pollution prevention research program through the Office of Research and Development to support continued environmental improvements throughout the nation. The Agency is also responding to the national concern in regards to the generation and disposal of medical wastes. Recently, EPA's Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory (RREL) produced the "Guide to Waste Minimization in Selected Hospital Waste Streams" (1) with the cooperation of the California Department of Health Services (hereafter referred to as the "California Study"). The California Study serves as a manual for conducting waste minimization assessments at surgical and general medical hospitals to reduce the generation of hazardous wastes from chemotherapy and antineoplastic chemicals, formaldehyde, photographic chemicals, radionuclides, solvents, mercury, anesthetic gases and other waste chemicals. In order to effectively implement its pollution prevention programs, the EPA is also investigating how the departments and agencies within the Federal community can help each other reduce their generation of wastes. As a part of these efforts, RREL provides staff and support to conduct waste minimization assessments under the Waste Reduction Evaluations and Assessments at Federal Sites (WREAFS) Program. Under the WREAFS program, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Cincinnati Fort Thomas Medical Center (DVA-Cin) offered to host an assessment of pollution prevention opportunities at their facility (2). With the California study having researched the generation of hazardous wastes in hospital settings, the DVA-Cin study investigated the use of disposables in patient care in order to identify research opportunities for future solid waste minimization. During the assessment it became clear that DVA-Cin, driven by its sensitivity to health care costs,. has in place some very effective waste minimization practices. Unlike most hospitals, DVA-Cin does not have access to private insurance and therefore cannot assign costs on a per bed basis. As a result , the generation of medical waste is well below the average level for a hospital of this size. This paper has been reviewed in accordance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's peer and administrative review policies and approved for presentation and publication. VETERANS AFFAIRS HOSPITAL AND HOSPITAL WASTE MINIMIZATION CASE STUDIES


Religious moral teaching has a deep relationship with environmental ethics. Cobb and Nasr attempt to bring religious moral foundation in the discourses of environmental issues. Cobb tries to address the ecological crisis in connection with Christian faith while Nasr attempts to deal the issue from Islamic understanding of nature. Now, a general question follows: Are their eco-theological thoughts complementary to the present formation of environmental ethics or not? This paper attempts to make a comparative analysis of their eco-theological views of the environment and their suggestions for ecological sustainability. In so doing, the paper aims to show why their eco-theological thoughts are important in environmental ethics and how their suggestions can motivate humans for protection of the natural environment.


The Zhandi Xinge (Zhandi New Songs Collection) published in the later stage of Cultural Revolution,all together five volumes from 1972 to 1976. To published the five songs collections was an important event of music life during the later stage of Cultural Revolution,which made the ideas of music creation thoughts and aesthestic historical transformation in a certain degree in China in the Cultural Revolution.


To better understand the graduate student viewpoint on quality of preparation provided by graduate programs in terms of the internship application process, the current study surveyed students enrolled in member programs of the Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology (CUDCP). Six hundred seventy-four students completed a questionnaire designed to assess perceptions regarding preparation for the internship application process, relative prioritization of individual application components, and faculty behaviors that contribute to student anxiety related to the application process. Results demonstrated that student subgroups based on internship status (i.e., those who have not yet applied, current applicants, and current interns) significantly differed on many issues related to internship preparation. The findings suggest that graduate programs are not placing enough emphasis on the conveying of internship-related information early in a student's training. Furthermore, the findings highlight training techniques and faculty behaviors that can be adopted by programs to increase preparedness and reduce anxiety among applicants.


Abstract : Recent state-level changes in drug policy have raised the prospect that similar changes in federal policy may one day follow. Any such changes will have profound effects on U.S. relations with its neighbors to the south. This thesis attempts to analyze the effects of U.S. drug policy on the overall character of U.S. relations with Latin America. U.S. policy and actions have created a pattern of relationships and side effects in Latin America that can help predict how a continuation, or a change, of current U.S. drug policy may alter U.S. relations with Latin America and influence social and political conditions within the major drug-producing countries of the region. This thesis also seeks to explore policy alternatives to curtail drug related crimes and health issues, which current prohibitive policies exacerbate, and outlines steps to help new policies reach actual implementation.


The article deals with the problem of patriotic education by means of local history and younger generation familiarization with tourism and travelling. It is characterized history of the memorable places formation in Voronezh region, and described the priorities for the tourism industry development according to the requirements of the time. The results of the study are necessary for the creation of the region development programs and determination of economic growth prospects.


Monocytes Hinder Vaccine-Elicited Frontline Memory T Cells in Lungs Lungand airway-resident memory CD8 T cells (TRMs) provide frontline defense against respiratory viral infections. Maintenance of a critical number of TRMs in the respiratory tract is vital for heterosubtypic immunity to influenza A virus. Lee et al. (e00530-21) demonstrate that loss of pulmonary monocytes enhances the development of lung TRMs following mucosal vaccination without compromising T-cell-dependent protective immunity to influenza. These findings have implications for the development of mucosal vaccine approaches that limit monocyte infiltration into the lung and promote robust development of T-cell immunity to respiratory viral pathogens, including influenza A virus and SARS-CoV-2.


This note summarises a study to evaluate the potential to measure the H!WW branching fraction at CLIC, 1.4 TeV centre-of-mass energy, with the CLIC_ILD detector, using the WW!qqln channel. We discuss the approach to reconstructing the final state and the methods used to separate signal events from backgrounds. The expected statistical precision on the production cross section times branching fraction, d(sHnn BR(H!WW )), is found to be 1.3% for an integrated luminosity of 1.5 ab 1 .


As the first Chinese civilian high-resolution remote-sensing satellite, Ziyuan 3 (ZY-3) is equipped with nadir, forward, and backward cameras for stereo mapping. In order to acquire high-resolution mapping accuracy, in-orbit sensor calibration is a particularly crucial procedure after the satellite is launched and orbiting. The key problem of in-orbit sensor calibration is analyzed based on the overall structural design and imaging geometric characteristics of ZY-3. In this paper, a rigorous imaging model of ZY-3 and an interior orientation model are established based on the satellite's designed configuration, charge-coupled device splicing, and imaging characteristics. A new trajectory model, which is called the exterior orientation model, is proposed, which establishes a systematic-error model for the sensors of ZY-3. In addition, the 609th track data are used to validate the new trajectory model, a piece point with a weight polynomial model, which is compared with other trajectory models. Furthermore, different ground control points are selected for the bundle block adjustment experiments with the systematic error and trajectory models of the proposed sensor. It is observed by experiment that the piece point with weight polynomial model has a higher orbit and attitude interpolation accuracy than the other models. For self-calibration with additional parameters, the model can reduce the correlation of the parameters, improve the solved accuracy of the parameters in the exterior and interior orientation models of the ZY-3 sensors, and ensure the correctness and stability of the calibration results.


The application of hurdle approach using high hydrostatic processing (HHP) with bioactive compounds (BACs) to preserve meat quality is promising due to safety, improved well-being, and easier acceptance by customers compared to the use of synthetic preservatives. This study was designed to investigate the influence of natural phenolic BAC carvacrol (CARV) at 500 and 1000 ppm combined with HHP(300 and 600MPa) on the quality attributes of chicken meat after being vacuum-sealed and kept at 4 ± 0.5 °C for 28 days. The HHP showed a significantly higher pH rate (P<0.05), increased L* and b* value, decreased a* values, and reduction in water holding capacity (WHC) compared to unpressurized control meat with/without CARV. Reduction in thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) indexes was perceived in meat supplemented with CARV, and low level of HHP (300 HHP) whereas significantly increased lipid oxidation was witnessed with HHP 600 MPa. At day 28, an increase in aerobic mesophilic counts (AMCs) was observed in all meat samples. However, reductions of about 0.6, 0.8, and 1.1 log in AMCs were seen in meat treated with 600HHP-No CARV, HHP300-CARV 500 ppm, and 600HHP-CARV 1000 ppm, respectively. Furthermore, despite the overlapping aroma pattern between meat containing CARV and control groups, the electronic nose was able to discriminate control from samples subjected to HHP. The current results demonstrate that the addition of CARV improved the conservation effects of HHP with less oxidative deterioration of fresh chicken meat during chilling storage.
Keywords: Bioactive compounds; High hydrostatic processing; Chicken meat; Lipid oxidation; Microbiological properties


In the article "Clinical and biochemical features of aromatic l-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency" by L. Brun et al. ( Neurology 2010;75:64–71), there was a dosage error in the article …


The main aims of this research are the design and implementation of a multilayered and interactive geomatic map of the cultural heritage of Tuscia, one of the richest and most complex cultural areas of Italy, thanks to the presence of different civilizations, from Etruscans and Romans to the Middle Age. Its cultural heritage is very rich, valuable and above all diversified because including tangible and intangible manufacts and artifacts, placed in a peculiar natural context. For this reason, the research finds to purpose a GIS (Geographic Information Systems) map able to match some of the geomatics options in the field of the cultural heritage with a double level database recording, defined according to the Midas standards. This  GIS map of Tuscia was designed to be useful for two different kinds of targets: informal users, like travelers and schools, but first of all entities, institutions, and organizations which protect, promote and manage that mentioned heritage.


Coal-fired thermal power plants that meet the huge energy demand of China largely contribute to carbon emissions, environmental pollution, and human health issues. To investigate the impact of coal-fired power plants on the environment in the most developed region of eastern China, samples of feed coal, limestone, slag, fly ash, and flue gas desulfurization (FGD) gypsum were collected from two coal-fired power plants in Hefei City, Anhui Province, China. The concentrations of trace elements in these samples were determined using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The results show that the feed coal was slightly rich in V, Cr, Se, In, Sb, Pb, and Ga compared to common Chinese coal. Most trace elements were concentrated in fly ash, especially in the fine particles. Only Sc, Cr, Rb, and Ba were enriched in slag. The smaller the particle size of the fly ash, the higher the fraction of volatile trace elements. The elemental concentrations of old fly ash, which was precipitated in the well of the flue gas pipeline, did not show noticeable differences from fresh fly ash. In addition, the short-time storage of fly ash did not influence the trace elements. To understand the possibility of recovering rare earth elements from coal combustion by-products, the outlook coefficients (Coutl) of coal combustion by-products for the Wanneng (WN) and Tianyuan (TY) power plants were calculated, and they were found to be promising for rare earth elements plus yttrium (REY) recovery. However, as per the evaluation diagram of cut-off grade and Coutl values, all feed coal and its by-products from these two coal-fired power plants are projected to be 'unpromising'. Therefore, the coal combustion by-products from the WN and TY coal-fired power plants were not candidates for REY recovery.


accessory cells Drosophila cells for sensilla formation 183 acid phosphatase Fenoxycarb, EcR B1 and cell death 173 acrobat ant Insects fauna and injuries on pig skin 125 Adelges Galling adelgid in central Japan 94 adult feeding preference Cassida vibex distribution in Hokkaido 271 Afghanistan Scythrididae from Irano–Turanian area 203 Africa Afrotropical Xylographus globipennis 326 alien insect Icerya aegyptiaca in the Ryukyus 49 anthophily Colocasiomyia in Sabah 262 Aphelinus Parasitoids of Aphis glycines 216 Aphidiinae Parasitoids of Aphis glycines 216 Apidae Microhabitats of insects 230 aquatic insect Oviposition and hatchability of Dytiscus 13 Araceae Colocasiomyia in Sabah 262 Araneae Diversity of predators in almond tree 347 avoidance of parasitization Effect of aestivation on parasitization 31


We study the problem of how long a journey within a black hole can last. Based on our observations we make two conjectures. First, for observers that have entered a black hole from an asymptotic region, we conjecture that the length of their journey within is bounded by a multiple of the future asymptotic ``size'' of the black hole, provided the spacetime is globally hyperbolic and satisfies the dominant-energy and non-negative-pressure conditions. Second, for spacetimes possessing ${\mathit{openR}}^{3}$ Cauchy surfaces (or an appropriate generalization thereof) and satisfying the dominant energy and non-negative-pressure conditions, we conjecture that the length of a journey anywhere within a black hole is again bounded, although here the bound requires a knowledge of the initial data for the gravitational field on a Cauchy surface. We prove these conjectures in the spherically symmetric case. We also prove that there is an upper bound on the lifetimes of observers lying ``deep within'' a black hole, provided the spacetime satisfies the timelike-convergence condition and possesses a maximal Cauchy surface. Further, we investigate whether one can increase the lifetime of an observer that has entered a black hole, e.g., by throwing additional matter into the hole. Lastly, in an appendix, we prove that the surface area A of the event horizon of a black hole in a spherically symmetric spacetime with an ADM mass ${\mathit{M}}_{\mathrm{ADM}}$ is always bounded by A\ensuremath{\le}16\ensuremath{\pi}${\mathit{M}}_{\mathrm{ADM}}^{2}$, provided that future null infinity is complete and the spacetime is globally hyperbolic and satisfies the dominant-energy condition.


This research aimed to irradiate with a pulsed Nd:YAG laser ,discs surfaces, and titanium implants grade IV, and according to the surface morphology changes evaluation, to set up proper parameters for the periimplantitis treatment . The intensity and other laser parameters varied for controlling the temperature and the end result on the laser surface. Ten discs and 10 implants were used. The discs with 10 mm diameter and 1,5 mm thickness, with the same ending polishing giving to the implants used in the dental clinic. A Nd;YAG pulsed laser equipment was used with a maximum power of 10 W and with a delivery system in a 300 μm fiber optic. The irradiation was made with a medium power of 3 W, repetition rate of 30 Hz and 100mJ of energy per pulse. Three types of pulse duration were used: short pulses of 350 μs, long pulses of 700 μs and extra long pulses of 1 ms . The samples were moved by using a system with two axes with micrometric precision. The movement, controlled by a CADCAM, described a straight line, and the parameters varied from speed, pulses overlap and the pulses duration. The discs irradiation were done downright to their surfaces, and in this case , with the variation of the distance between the fiber tip and the disc surface. For the implants, the irradiation occurred tangential to the tread simulating a clinical case. The irradiated surfaces were treated with an acid solution to reveal possible metallografic changes and evaluated by SEM and conventional optic microscopy. The results showed that the tangential irradiation did not cause tread fusion in any situation, but its efficacy is limited for the irradiation in the internal areas of the treads. The downright irradiation should be carefully controlled because may cause superficial fusion and overheating LISTA DE ABREVIATURAS, SIGLAS E SIMBOLOS As-Ga Arseneto de gálio GaAIAS Arseneto de gálio e alumínio He Hélio He-Ne hélio e neônio J/cm2 -joule por centímetro quadrado Er érbio LASER L(ight) A(mplification) by S(timulated) E(mission) of R(adiation): amplificação da luz por emissão estimulada de radiação MEV microscopio eletrônico de varredura Ar arrefecimento A área D dose ou fluência E energia F freqüência ou taxa de repetição I intensidade P: potência T tempo ∆T variação de temperatura Ga gálio Al alumínio As arsênio CO2 dióxido de carbono Nd neodímio O oxigênio Y ítrio YAG Y(ttríum) L(ithium) G(arnet) granada de itrio e alumínio AI2O3 óxido de alumínio Ti titânio TÍO2 óxido de titânio °C graus Celsius Cm centímetro cm2 centímetro ao quadrado g grama Kg quilograma MG miligrama Hz Hertz J Joule mJ mileJoule μm micrometro nm nanometro ms milisegundo V volt W Watt MmHg milímetro de mercurio


Using fly-ash as the main raw material,adding bauxite,kaolin and feldspar as sintering aids,fly-ash based propping agent was prepared.By the means of TG-DTA,XRD,SEM and other modern testing means,the structure and properties of the samples were characterized.The results show the propping agent with good sphericity,is mainly consist of O、Al、Si and other elements.The main crystal phase is mullite and quartz,there is a lot of 5-10 μm pores among the grains.The volume density,real density and acid solubility of propping agent for coal bed fracturing with particle size 0.5-0.8 mm are 0.998g/cm~3,2.559 g/cm~3 and 0.284%respectively.In 22 MPa,the broken rate and flow conductivity are 8.241%and 67.24 μm~2 ·cm respectively.


The present invention relates to the enzymatic treatment of a proteinaceous substrate with a first enzyme, such as sulfhydryl oxidase. The first enzyme removes enzyme inhibitors, such as free thiols present in the proteinaceous substrate. Removal of the inhibitory compounds in the substrate, it is possible to effective enzymatic action of a second enzyme such as a protein cross-linking of proteins present in the substrate by tyrosinase.


A method is presented for the exact and complete resolution of Hamiltonian systems only using the corresponding Hamilton-Jacobi equation (we show that it possible to get the ODE solution from the corresponding PDE).


An investigation was undertaken with a view to study the nature and magnitude of gene action for 10 quantitative traits among five crosses of brinjal through generation mean analysis. The study involved six generation viz., P 1 , P 2 , F 1 , F 2 , BC 1 and BC 2 of five crosses derived from six diversified parents. The results indicated that the magnitude and type of gene effects differed for the same trait in different cross combinations. Therefore, for the improvement of particular trait, segregating generations of individual crosses should be handled according to the gene action involved in its inheritance. Additive [d], dominance [h], additive x additive, dominance x dominance gene actions were equally important for primary branches per plant, fruit breadth, fruit weight, yield per plant and seeds per fruit in most of the crosses. The complimentary type of epistasis was detected for inheritance of days to first flowering and days to first fruit picking in BNDT x PPC, number of fruits per plant in PPC x BB 64, yield per plant in N-1007 x BB-64 and KASARALI x PPC, while duplicate type of epistasis was important for inheritance of remaining traits in all the crosses except in BNDT x PPC.


This article argues that higher scrutiny of claims of argumentative misconduct in prosecutors' closing arguments is warranted in the context of federal habeas review of state criminal trials. The current standard against which these claims are reviewed is unduly convoluted and subjective. Furthermore, habeas review is essential where state courts lack institutional competence to address the misconduct at issue, as the article demonstrates. The proposal is to realign the test for unduly inflammatory summations with the test applied to prejudicial pretrial publicity, as persuasion theory demonstrates that these phenomena have similar effects.


Recognizing the threat hazardous chemicals pose to groundwater, the Iowa Legislature in 1987 specified in its Groundwater Protection Act that money be allocated for Toxic Cleanup Days. The Des Moines Solid Waste Agency, with state grant funding, held its first annual Toxic Cleanup Day in September, 1989. The county effort involved two percent of the households, with a total of 2,500 vehicles stopping at two sites. After the event, the Agency considered a permanent facility, ran into obstacles, and instead planned a second one-day event in 1990. The staff assumed no growth in participation, and budgeted the actual costs of the 1989 effort ($250,000). The second step was a Request for Proposals, distributed to selected hazardous waste management contractors. After a review of the proposals, three companies were interviewed, and Chemical Waste Management was selected for the project. With the contractor in place, the actual planning for the event began. The step-by-step planning of the event that collected 190,000 pounds of hazardous waste is described.


Submitted for the MAR11 Meeting of The American Physical Society A Quantitative Characterization of Thermally Excited Ripples in Graphene DONALD PRIOUR, JR, University of Missouri, Kansas City — In the framework of an atomistic model, we calculate the amplitude and typical wavelength of undulations in graphene sheets with length scales similar to those encountered in experiment. As part of a quantitative treatment, bond bending and stiffness constants are fixed by appealing to phonon frequency dispersion curves measured experimentally and from ab initio electronic structure calculations. Equilibrium thermodynamic quantities, such as mean square atomic deviations and the average length scale (i.e. the typical "wavelength") of graphene ripples, are calculated in the context of statistical mechanical Monte Carlo simulations. Thermally induced rippling is examined for suspended graphene, as well as graphene in the presence of a substrate, where the attractive coupling of atomic species to the substrate layer is modeled with a Lennard-Jones potential. The contribution of quenched substrate disorder to undulations in the graphene sheet relative to the component of graphene ripples due purely to thermal fluctuations is studied by examining graphene sheets bound to substrates with various levels of intrinsic positional disorder. Donald Priour, Jr University of Missouri, Kansas City Date submitted: 19 Nov 2010 Electronic form version 1.4


In certain metallurgical applications of SEM, such as the observation of deformation effects, and the recovery and recrystallization processes in bulk specimens, it is of special interest to obtain information about local inhomogeneities of the dislocation densities in a sample. This can be obtained using TEM on thin foils. Previously information on distortion in cold-worked specimens was obtained by measuring the dependence of the deterioration of the resolution of the selected area channelling patterns (SACP) on the degree of deformation. This method, however, is not applicable to highly deformed materials.

Direct SEM imaging of the cell structure of the dislocation network has been achieved without resolving single dislocations by using a suitable arrangement of specimen and detector, such that only backscattered electrons (BSE) leaving the surface at a large angle to the normal contribute to the image signals. The signal-to-noise ratio was improved to the degree that it was possible 1) to image the cell structure of the dislocation network and 2) on heating the specimens, to record the growth of recrystallized regions with TV-frame frequency.

The imaging of the cell structure gives qualitative information about the degree of crystal deformation and the crystallographic direction of grain boundary motion during recrystallization.


Objectives: Rotator cuff (RC) tears are the most common upper extremity injury, with over two million Americans seeking medical attention annually. Secondary muscle degradation following RC tears, including atrophy and fatty infiltration (FI), are critical factors that directly determine the clinical outcome of patients with this injury In mouse studies, the importance of fibro/adipogenic (FAP) cells in the development of FI after RC tears has been shown, determining that these cells are the predominant cell line responsible for the development of FI. FAP cells have garnered considerable interest in mediating both positive and negative effects on muscle cells. In regenerative conditions, FAPs stimulate satellite cell (SC) growth and differentiation, but in degenerative states, these cells differentiate into fat and fibrotic tissue. Additionally, FAPs have the ability to express factors consistent with beige fat, which may have important regenerative potential. In this study, we harvested samples from supraspinatus muscle in patients undergoing RC repair to determine for 1) the presence of FAP cells; 2) the presence of satellite cells; and 3) the ability of FAPs to differentiate into fat and/or fibrotic tissue. We hypothesized that both FAPs and SC would increase, and FAPs would display considerable cell plasticity and have the ability to differentiate into beige fat, adipocytes, and fibroblasts. Methods: The study was approved by the institutional IRB. At the time of surgery, a 3mm × 3 mm Supraspinatus (SS) and Deltoid (DL) biopsy was collected during surgery from 20 different clinical cases (Average age was 65 years, with 15 men and 5 women). Half of the biopsy was used for histology and half for Flow cytometry. For the vitro analysis, FAPs were isolated from human specimens using BD Aria II with PI live and Dead staining, and further isolated using CD31-, CD45-, CD184-, CD29-. CD56-, CD34+, CD140a + markers. SCs were sorted with PI live and dead staining, and further isolated using CD31-, CD45-, CD184+, CD29-, CD56+, CD34-, CD140a + markers. FAPs were cultured in 24 wells cell culture plates in standard media (F10+20%FBS+1% Antibiotics), Fibrogenic media (10ng/ml TGFβ-1) and Adipogenic media (stempro kit) for 2 weeks. For the Amibegron treatment group, FAPs were cultured in adipogenic media for 2 weeks first and switch to Adipogenic media with 10uM Amibegron (Sigma). FAPs were fixed with 4% PFA and stained with collagen I for quantify fibrosis index and perilipin A for Adipogenic index. The Paired ANOVA was used for statistical comparisons between groups, with p<0.05. Data are presented as mean +/- standard deviation. Results: A total of 20 patients were included in the study with different tear sizes. While SC number did not increase when comparing tear sizes, FAP cell number increased with increasing tear sizes. Patients with RC tears all had significantly more FAPs (7.8+/-2% vs 1.3 +/- .4%, p<0.05) compared to patients with partial tears. When divided by tear size, patients with medium and large tears had more FAPs compared to partial and small tears, a difference that was statistically significant. Histological analysis demonstrated that muscle architecture was preserved, but those with full thickness tears had more fat and fibrosis, with increased FAPs (Stained Red, Figure 2). FAPs from patients with full thickness tears had increased ability to differentiate into adipocytes and fibroblasts compared to partial tears (Figure 3), and had increased expression of UCP-1 (P<0.05). FAPs that were isolated from full thickness tears demonstrated increased expression of several promyogenic factors including IGF-1 and follistatin. Conclusions: Patients with full thickness RC tears have increased FAPs compared to control muscle and partial tears. FAPs from full thickness tears increase with tear size and have more differentiation potential compared. This data confirms that these cells are likely the cellular source for FI in humans, but that they also may serve a regenerative potential as they show differentiation plasticity and expression markers consistent with a beige fat phenotype. The fact that FAPS are able to differentiate and express pro-myogenic factors such as IGF-1 and follistatin suggest that they may serve as an endogenous stem cell source for improving muscle quality after RC repair.


ABSTRACT Powder bed fusion laser beam, as one of the most promising forming technologies, offers unmatched benefits over traditional processing, particularly in the production of Ti–6Al–4V. The influence of laser line energy density (LLED) on the forming surface, phase composition, micro-hardness, tensile characteristics and wear resistance of Ti–6Al–4V alloy were explored to disclose the evolution of mechanical and tribological properties. According to the findings, the LLED causes 'depressions' and 'highlands' between nearby scanning tracks. The phase composition did not alter appreciably as LLED increased. Micro-hardness and tensile characteristics increased initially, then declined, and the value of maximum micro-hardness and ultimate tensile strength were 388.17 HV0.2 and 1197.5 MPa, respectively. Furthermore, when the LLED is 0.24 J mm–1, the wear resistance is optimal under the aviation lubricant medium, with an average friction coefficient of 0.1505 and volume wear rate of 6.95∗10−8 mm2∗N−1, and a wear mechanism of mild furrow wear and adhesion wear.


The article analyzes the existing approaches and methods to assess the economic security of the region. Certain features were identified during assessing the level of economic security of the region, namely: there are different approaches to the formation of a system of indicators for assessing the economic security of regions, their number, aggregation; the complexity of calculating indicators; availability of information; mathematical tools that are used to calculate indicators of economic security of regions. As a result of the analysis, a comprehensive approach to assessing the economic security of regions is proposed, which involves a sequence of certain stages: 1) grouping of the regions of Ukraine using cluster analysis methods according to the main socio-economic indicators to determine the state of their socio-economic development; 2) calculation of the integral indicator of the economic security of the region using a fuzzy-logical approach, which will allow comparing the state of the economic security of the region both with other regions of Ukraine and with regions of other countries of the world; 3) assessment of the level of threats that affect the economic security of the region using expert assessments for 7 groups of threats (industrial and technological nature; financial; organizational and legal; social and demographic; technogenic environmental; environmental pollution; information); 4) SWOT analysis for the study the strengths and weaknesses of the region, threats and opportunities, in order to further use the data obtained to develop a concept and strategy for the activities of regional authorities to improve the socio-economic situation of the region. 5) the use of an effective approach, which is based on the assessment of GRP per capita, as a generalized indicator of the economic security of the region, to assess the possibility of economic growth in the region.


According to the analysis of the program background of Fulong cement plant in Shanxi,the paper indicates the ideas for the landscape design of the plant and the grass land system,sums up the landscape design for the gardens in all areas of the plant and the ecological resuming design for the enclosure and protection slope,so as to explore the new model for the garden landscape design in industrial enterprises.


An original design of microstrip resonator for measuring the permittivity of liquid crystals in the decimeter and centimeter wavelengths is proposed. Temperature dependences of dielectric constants in ematic and isotropic phases for liquid crystals from alkyleyanobiphenyl series (5CB and 8CB) are presented. It is shown, that observable deviations of the permittivity values from the squares of optical refraction indices are due to intramolecular movements of flexible alkyl chains.


In this article, Sleeter reflects on her previous article, "An Invitation to Support Diverse Students through Teacher Education." She argues that her earlier recommendations are still valid, but changing conditions have lent them greater urgency. Research has made clear the positive impact of culturally relevant curriculum and pedagogy on students of color. Although White teachers still dominate the profession, White students are no longer in the majority. But schools are still highly racially segregated, with unequal access to resources, and school closures coupled with increased online education have only widened racial gaps. Because of these conditions, she argues that public education needs federal leadership.


This study aims to determine the importance of healthy lifestyle and advertising intrusiveness on repurchase intention of Lemonilo Instant Noodles. This study uses a quantitative method with a sample of 50 members of the Ikatan Cinta Community. Data analysis using Regression Analysis, classical assumption test, t test. The results of this research analysis state that each variable, namely healthy lifestyle and advertising intrusiveness, has a significant influence on repurchase intention. For marketers, this research is useful for improving marketing strategies by maintaining public trust in healthy products and improving the delivery of intrusive advertising. Further researchers can replace or add independent variables such as brand image, consumer perception, product quality or other variables or add dependent variables for example, consumer satisfaction, consumer loyalty or other variables and increase the number of respondents, question items covering a wider area.


In India, dengue fever is an emergent public health problem and the leading cause of hospitalization and death among children also. For sustainable
prevention and control of dengue community participation is essential. The aim of the study is to explore social, economic and cultural factors that
promote or discourage participation in these community activities to gain more participation from the community. Acensus survey was performed
in a government housing estate of Kolkata city with face-to-face interviews, focus group discussion and observation. I found that in educated
people also knowledge regarding prevention is very low. They had some half-knowledge or misconceptions which leads the worst condition. The
attitude was mostly negative. Practices were deadly. Government and non-governmental organisations should be immediately proactive to
motivate people for active community participation to prevent dengue.


The mean-field theory was adopted to calculate the high spin-2 transverse Ising model.Theoretical expressions for magnetic moment and free energy were deduced at finite temperature.Magnetization curves of the system at the limited temperature were obtained by the use of numerical calculation.The study emphases on examining the influence of crystal field D and transverse field Ω on magnetization curves of spin systems and free energy.Characteristics of four phase transitions were observed in the magnetization curves: first order-order phase transition,first order-disorder phase transition,second order-disorder phase transition and reentrant phenomenon.The results show that reentrant phenomenon appears only when transverse field is not equal to zero;first-order phase transition appears in the very narrow range of crystal field and transverse field;the scope of first order-order phase transition is narrower;second order-disorder phase transition occurs in the wide range of crystal field and transverse field.In general the temperature of the first-order phase transition is lower than that of the second-order phase transition.Crystal field is a factor to accelerate phase transitions,and transverse field is a factor to limit phase transitions.


This report presents the results of Run 263 performed at the Advanced Coal Liquefaction R D Facility in Wilsonville, Alabama. The run started on October 31, 1991 and continued until February 23, 1992. Tests were conducted by operating the reactors in the Close-Coupled Integrated Two-Stage Liquefaction mode and by processing Black Thunder Mine subbituminous coal from Wyodak-Anderson seam in Wyoming Powder River Basin. Half volume reactors were used for the entire run. In the first part of Run 263, a dispersed molybdenum catalyst was evaluated for its performance without a supported catalyst in the second stage. Molyvan L and Molyvan 822 (commercially available as friction reducing lubricants) were used as precursors for the dispersed molybdenum catalyst. The effect of the dispersed catalyst on eliminating the solids buildup was also evaluated. For the second part of the run, the hybrid catalyst system was tested with supported Criterion 324 1/1611 catalyst in the second stage at catalyst replacement rates of 2 and 3 lb/ton of MF coal. The molybdenum concentration was 100--200 ppm based on MF coal. Iron oxide was used as a slurry catalyst precursor at a rate of 1--2 wt % MF coal throughout the run with dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) as the sulfiding agent. The close-coupled reactor unit was on-stream for 2482 hours for an on-stream factor of 91.2% and the ROSE-SR[sup sm] unit was on-feed for 2126 hours for an on-stream factor of 96.4% for the entire run.


A Dissertation Submitted to the Postgraduate School USMAN DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY, SOKOTO, NIGERIA. In partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of masters Degree in Banking and finance (MBF).


The invention provides a process for producing dispersion powders by spray drying of aqueous polymer dispersions of polymers of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers selected from the group comprising vinyl esters, methacrylic acid esters, acrylic acid esters, olefins, dienes, vinyl aromatics and vinyl halides with a drying gas in a nozzle atomization dryer, characterized in that the aqueous polymer dispersion (feed), prior to its atomization, is preheated under pressure to a temperature of from 100 DEG C to 200 DEG C and is atomized at this temperature, where the pressure is adjusted such that the aqueous phase of the polymer dispersion does not boil at the selected temperature.


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OBJECTIVE
To describe the concept of "un-controlled wound repair" and review its current progress in basic research and clinical treatment.

METHODS
The literature review and comprehensive analysis methods were used in this study.

RESULTS
The results showed that the normal wound repair and "un-controlled" wound repair had made big progress in cellular, molecular and genetic levels in recent years and these progresses had enhanced the treatment progress in clinic.

CONCLUSION
All data indicate that the wound repair is made a big progress both in basic and clinic fields. New high techniques, such as clone, biochip and stem cell and their use will promote the deep study of "un-controlled" wound repair.


[Objective] The research aimed to study the effect of malachite green(MG) on mitosis of Vicia faba root tip cell.[Method] Different concentrations of malachite green were used to treat Vicia faba root tip cell for 12,24,36,48 and 72 h.The mitosis of Vicia faba root tip cell was observed by conventional chromosome compression technology,and the mitotic index(MI) of each treatment group was counted.[Result] As the treated time prolonged,MI presented the M-shaped variation trend,which illustrated that Vicia faba root tip had a adaptive process to MG.As the concentration of MG increased,MI gradually rose.When the concentration of MG was during 0.50-1.00 mg/L,MI was the maximum.When the concentration of MG further increased,MI decreased.It showed that MG was favorable for the plant growth in the certain concentration range.[Conclusion] The research could provide the basis for the reasonable utilization of MG and the reference for evaluating the environmental harm of MG.


This reported study is concentrating on the development of effective EAPs and the resultant enabling mechanisms employing their unique characteristics.


Article is devoted to one of the hottest topics today. Development of the Internet brings a lot of new in human relations. Every year the number of users of virtual space increases, there are also new opportunities in the specified sphere that, certainly, can't remain unaddressed the legislator. In article some changes in the legislation which are connected with legal regulation of the Internet relations are analyzed. Need of development of new provisions both on theoretical and at the practical level locates.


Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological disease of the central nerve system that affects young adults with a higher prevalence in women (ratio 3:2). The neuropathology of the disease is characterised by demyelination of the white matter in the brain and central cord. MS may involve degeneration of white matter throughout the nervous system, with a predilection for specific target zones that includes the corpus callosum. The pathologic process may lead to motor problems, but halve of the patients has cognitive problems associated with MS. In this thesis, we focus on the cognitive problems and the relation with neuropathological brain damage. One of the brain areas preferentially involved in MS, is the corpus callosum. This brain structure is the largest white matter tract connecting both hemispheres. Research in callosotomy patients, acallosal patients and callosal section patients indicates that robust callosal damage may lead to interhemispheric transfer dysfunctions. In the first part of this thesis callosal problems in MS are explored. Damage to the corpus callosum in this patient group is subtler than in callosotomy patients. Moreover, the callosal damage strongly varies from patient to patient. In this thesis the redundancy gain paradigm, a behavioural measure to investigate interhemispheric communication is used. In this task, flashes of light are presented to the left, right or bilateral (left and right simultaneously) visual hemifield while the subject fixates to the middle of the screen. As soon as the subject detects a flash, he presses the response button with the left or right hand (detection task). An effect that is typically observed in healthy subjects is that reaction times to bilateral stimuli are faster than to unilateral stimuli. This effect is referred to as the redundancy gain effect. Previous research shows that the redundancy gain effect is enlarged in patients with callosal problems (acallosal patients or patients with callosal section). The results in this thesis show, in analogy with the results in patients with robust callosal damage, an enlarged redundancy gain effect for MS patients. These results demonstrate the sensitiveness of the redundancy gain paradigm to investigate callosal problems in MS. To explore the effect of the amount of callosal brain damage on the redundancy gain effect, the callosal damage needs to be quantified. For this purpose diffusion tensor imaging was used. With this technique, water diffusion in the white matter can be investigated. Water in the brain spreads preferentially along the direction of the axonal fibers. Intact myelin sheets are effective barriers for the water. Demyelination, an important pathological aspect of MS, leads to decreased delineation of the tracts along which the water spreads. This results in changed diffusion derived measures. Fractional anisotropy is an important diffusion derived measure for inter- and intravoxel fiber coherence. Previous research shows that fractional anisotropy is decreased in MS patients compared to healthy controls. To calculate the fractional anisotropy, diffusion measures along three directions are defined, more specific along the principal direction, along the direction of minimal diffusion and along a third Alternative Neuropsychological and MRI Measures in MS 89 Summary direction that is orthogonal to the previous two. With this information, the longitudinal and transverse diffusivity can be calculated. Longitudinal diffusivity is the diffusion eigenvalue along the principal direction, whereas the transverse diffusivity is the mean of the eigenvalues along the other two directions. Recent research shows that demyelination and axonal loss, specific for MS pathology, is characterised by increased transverse diffusivity. Hence, transverse diffusivity is a unique marker for MS. The results of this thesis confirm this and show that transverse diffusivity is significantly more increased than longitudinal diffusivity in MS patients compared to healthy matched controls. Thirdly, a correlation between the behavioural results, the redundancy gain effect, and the brain imaging measures, the diffusion derived measures, was found: the larger the transverse diffusivity, or in other words, the MS related callosal damage, the larger the redundancy gain effect in MS patients. Moreover, neither longitudinal diffusivity, nor callosal lesion load as defined on conventional T2 images were additional factors in explaining this correlation. The results of the first part of this thesis show a) that the redundancy gain paradigm is a sensitive measure to investigate callosal brain damage in MS, b) that diffusion derived parameters are subtle measures to indicate MS related brain damage and c) that a significant correlation between callosal brain damage and the redundancy gain effect could be found in MS patients. In the second part of this thesis the focus was on the relation between cerebral brain damage as defined by diffusion derived measures and information processing speed in MS. Information processing speed is a cognitive measure tested by the Paced Serial Addition Test (PASAT) and the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT), two commonly used neuropsychological tests in MS. A significant correlation between the performance on the SDMT and transverse diffusivity in the whole brain was found in MS patients, indicating that demyelination and axonal damage, characteristic for MS pathology, are important factors for explaining the slowed information processing speed in MS. No correlation was found with the performance on the PASAT, which can be explained by the weaker psychometric qualities of the PASAT compared to the SDMT. First of all, the results of this thesis corroborate the heterogeneous pathological condition in MS. Research on callosal problems in MS can not be done without considering these individual differences. Based on our results, diffusion weighted imaging seems to offer a promising technique to determine cerebral damage in MS. Transverse diffusivity, considered to be a unique benchmark of white matter demyelination as seen in MS, is of special interest. Moreover, this diffusion derived measures correlate with cognitive (dys)function in MS, a correlation not consistently found for conventional imaging (lesion load on T2 of T1 images).


ABSTRACT Data from well-studied taxa are used together with explicit assumptions and estimates of the world fauna to estimate the number of insect species in Trinidad and Tobago. The median estimate of the world fauna is 4.8 million, while the median estimate of Trinidad and Tobago's share in the world fauna is 4.8%. Accordingly, it is estimated within broad confidence limits that Trinidad and Tobago harbour 230,400 species. The approach used allows for a refinement of this estimate as new or better data become available.


Summary form only given. The electrooptic lens (EOL) is an electrooptic phase modulator that provides quadratic spatial phase shift, therefore its focal length is controllable by changing the applied electric field. In principle, since the minimum focal length of EOL is reciprocal proportional to the modulation index, high modulation index is required for efficient lens effect. In this paper we propose the quasi-velocity-matched EOL with periodic domain inversion for ultrahigh-speed operation over 10 GHz.


Man-hours,bite rate,and household density were used to study the distribution,species,and changes in the population of the main malaria vector,Anopheles minimus,during different seasons from 1989 to 2008 in Ning'er County.As a result,a total of 15 969 Anopheles mosquitos were collected;these mosquitos belong to 13 species and 2 sub-genera.Of these mosquitos,7 518 were A.sinensis,accounting for 47.07% of the mosquitos collected,and 1 596 were A.minimus,accounting for 9.99% of the mosquitos collected.A.minimus density was 0.098 mosquitos collected per hour in living quarters and 3.37 mosquitos collected per hour in cowsheds.The indoor bite rate was 0.26 bites per person per night and the outdoor bite rate was 0.89 bites per person per night.The average household density of mosquitos in living quarters was 0.049 mosquitos per person per night and the density of mosquitos in cowsheds was 0.066 mosquitos per person per night.Anopheles species in Ning'er County are diverse.The dominant mosquito species is A.sinensis,but A.minimus is widely distributed in and densely populates Ning'er County.There were no marked changes in density between seasons.This suggests that attention should be directed to control of A.minimus in order to control malaria in Ning'er County.


By the statistics of the test index We make out the evaluation standard of the physical quality for excellent Football players of U-17(aged 17-18) in our Country and objectively provide the reference for teaching and training.


In early 1993, the Panel on Neutron Sources, a committee commissioned by the US Department of Energy and chaired by W. Kohn, following its meetings in late 1992, recommended that DOE laboratories develop competitive proposals for the design and construction of a pulsed spallation neutron source for neutron scattering research, based on a 1 MW proton beam. Argonne National Laboratory has begun a feasibility study of such an installation, the IPNS Upgrade, which would be built using existing structures and facilities at Argonne's Illinois site and would replace the existing Intense Pulsed Neutron Source (IPNS). Other DOE laboratories are developing similar plans. The overall effort will be coordinated by a central design group based at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. This report briefly describes the IPNS Upgrade.


The electrolysis inherent to the operation of the electrospray ionization (ESI) source used with mass spectrometry (MS) is a well-known attendant effect of generating unipolar spray droplets and may affect the analysis of the analyte of interest. Undesirable electrolysis of an analyte may be prevented by limiting the emitter electrode current and/or the mass transport characteristics of the system. However, these ways to avoid analyte electrolysis may not be applcable in all ESI-MS experiments. For example, in the case of specific nanospray systems (e.g. the wire-in-a-capillary bulk-loaded or chip-based tip-loaded nanospray configurations), the solution flow rate is fixed in the 50-500 nL/min range and the electrode surface to volume ratio is large presenting a very effcient analyte to electrode mass transport configuration. In these situations, control over the interfacial potential of the working electrode via homogeneous or traditional heterogeneous (sacrificial metal) redox buffering is a possible way to prevent analyte electrolysis. However, byproducts of these redox buffering approaches can appear in the mass spectra and/or they can chemically alter the analyte. For example, the main reason for using hydroquinone as a homogeneous redox buffer, in addition to its relatively low oxidation potential, is that neither the original compound nor itsmore » oxidation product benzoquinone can be detected directly by ESI-MS. However, benzoquinone can alter analytes with thiol functional groups by reacting with those groups via a 1,4-Michael addition.« less


High sensitivity to initial conditions is generally viewed as a drawback of tree search methods because it leads to erratic behavior to be mitigated somehow. In this paper we investigate the opposite viewpoint and consider this behavior as an opportunity to exploit. Our working hypothesis is that erraticism is in fact just a consequence of the exponential nature of tree search that acts as a chaotic amplifier, so it is largely unavoidable. We propose a bet-and-run approach to actually turn erraticism to one's advantage. The idea is to make a number of short sample runs with randomized initial conditions, to bet on the "most promising" run selected according to certain simple criteria, and to bring it to completion. Computational results on a large testbed of mixed integer linear programs from the literature are presented, showing the potential of this approach even when embedded in a proof-of-concept implementation.


Pharmacologic inhibition of sirtuin-1 (Sirt1) augments suppressive functions of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Treg) and prolongs murine cardiac allograft survival. We investigated if Sirt1 targeting produced longer allograft function and allograft-dependent survival in a MHC-mismatched renal transplant model. After transplantation of BALB/c kindey allografts into C57Bl/6 wild type or fl-Sirt1/CD4cre recipients, native kidneys were removed three days post-operatively. We followed the mice for survival, and allograft function by weekly serum electrolyte and renal function (BUN, creatinine), as well as hematocrit. We observed, that loss of Sirt1 in T cells led to prolonged median renal allograft-dependent survival from 14 days (IQR: 11-91.25) to 143 days (IQR: 27-147) in wild type controls vs. fl-Sirt1/CD4cre recipients (Mantel-Cox, p<0.0004). In addition, by comparing mice that survived until 13 weeks, loss of Sirt1 in the recipient's T cells led to improved renal allograft function, with 34.2 ±20 vs. 90.8 ±37.6 mg/dL BUN (p<0.001), and lower creatinine 0.33 ±0.14 vs. 0.61 ±0.3 mg/dL (p<0.001) in fl-Sirt1/CD4cre vs. wild type control mice, respectively. Long-term surviving fl-Sirt1/CD4cre renal transplant recipients (>100 days) became tolerant to antigen re-challenge with a BALB/c, but rejected third-party C3H cardiac allografts. In conclusion, deletion of Sirt1 in T cells is effective at prolonging allograft function and allograft-dependent survival.


Lecture filmed 7 March 2012, Uppsala Sweden. Part of the conference 'Remaking the city: Life and planning at the informal/formal interface'. Speaker: Professor Carole Rakodi, University of Birmingh ...


Peculiarities of synanthropic rodents (hosts of a number of natural focal infections) habitation in Eastern Siberia localities, character of there colonization of some districts of Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, numbers dynamics at different establishments, migratory activity level have been studied. Tactical methods of rodent's control at works of different types, baits options, doses and efficiency of the used raticides had been proposed. Tactics and methods of rodent's numbers control in underground manifold systems have been rationalized.


The integration of mobile bio-sensors and cellular phones opens a new horizon for healthcare service. Mobile u-health service, which usually incorporates mobile bio-sensor attached cellular phones, provides users real time healthcare services at the right time in the right manner. While the u-health services may look different from the service point of view, they often share many common features at various levels such as the service structure, unit service, and data levels. Thus, it is necessary to have a common platform on which various u-health services can be developed by effectively sharing and reusing the common features and services rather than developing the services independently from the scratch. In this paper, we propose a mobile u-health platform that provides core functions and facilities to develop mobile u-health services. Main elements of the platform include the u-health ontology and common data structures, and Business Process Management (BPM) based service integration framework. The platform provides commonly reusable features and functions in developing u-health services. According to the early evaluation, our platform turned out to have strength in terms of service flexibility, accessibility, evolvability, reusability, adaptability, interoperability and guideline provision for developing u-health services.