Fractured neck of femur is a common cause of morbidity, mortality and use of health care resources in the elderly. A higher mortality is seen with increasing age and in those with co-morbidity [1, 2]. Aortic stenosis is a major predictor of peri-operative cardiac events and is associated with upto a five-fold increased risk [3, 4]. Critical aortic stenosis is seen in >5% of those aged over 85 years of age [5]. We wish to present a case of a 94year-old lady who presented with a leftsided fractured neck of femur following a mechanical fall. She lived in a residential home, was mobile with a frame and was self-caring for activities of daily living. She suffered significant comorbidity including paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, ischaemic heart disease, hypertension, mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and partial seizures. Despite this she described no cardiorespiratory symptoms limiting her current level of functioning (including angina or syncope). Clinical examination elicited a loud, harsh ejection systolic murmur over the aortic area of the precordium radiating to the carotid arteries. Cardio-respiratory examination was otherwise normal. 12-lead ECG demonstrated sinus rhythm with evidence of left ventricular strain. Chest x-ray showed clear lung fields without cardiomegaly. A routine blood screen at admission was normal except for a normocytic anaemia (Hb 7.2 g.dl). Two units of blood were transfused within 24 h of admission. Surgery was planned for the next available trauma list 36 h following admission. This delay provided the opportunity to perform a trans-thoracic echocardiogram. This demonstrated severe aortic stenosis with a maximum gradient of 110 mm Hg. A valve area was not documented. There was no aortic regurgitation evident. Overall left ventricular systolic function was good. In view of the severity of her aortic stenosis she was discussed with a consultant cardiologist. Unexpectedly, the cardiologist decided that in view of the extremely high peri-operative cardiac risk associated with this degree of aortic stenosis he would attempt a balloon aortic valvuloplasty. The lady proceeded to undergo cardiac catheterisation via the right femoral artery and a successful balloon dilatation of her aortic valve that afternoon. Coronary arteries were found to be normal and her aortic gradient post-procedure was reduced to 50 mmHg. There was no significant resultant aortic regurgitation. She did not require formal anti-coagulation following the procedure. The following morning she underwent an uneventful dynamic hip screw under combined spinal-epidural. She remained stable for the first 24 h postoperatively on the High Dependency Unit and was discharged back to the trauma ward. On the third postoperative day she developed atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate and acute pulmonary oedema. She was treated with standard medical therapy of digoxin, nitrates and diuretics. Her condition improved over the following 48 h with her return to sinus rhythm and resolution of her pulmonary oedema. Troponin T was not raised during this episode. Over the following 3 weeks she proceeded to make a slow but continued recovery from her operation back to her previous level of functioning. She suffered no further cardio-respiratory sequelae. She was discharged back to her residential home on the 31st day of her admission. Aortic valvuloplasty is a method of reducing short-term mortality in the elderly population, although it is not without risk of serious morbidity and may not improve long-term survival [6, 7]. The successful balloon aortic valvuloplasty in this lady significantly reduced her peri-operative cardiac risk and we feel was a major factor in her surviving this hospital admission. With an ever increasing elderly population, anaesthetists are likely to face similar candidates for surgery more commonly in the future. When faced with similar circumstances, early discussion with a consultant cardiologist should take place. Age and proposed surgery should not be a bar to considering aggressive intervention even if this means transfer of the patient to the local cardiac centre. It has been proposed recently that balloon aortic valvuloplasty strategies should be revisited in light of improved knowledge and refined transcatheter device developments [8]. It may provide the means to reduce peri-operative morbidty and mortality in this extremely high risk group.


Modeling the phases of audio signals has received significantly less attention in comparison to the modeling of magnitudes. This paper proposes to use linear least squares and neural networks to predict phases from the neighboring points only in the phase spectrum. The simulation results show that there is a structure in the phase components which could be used in further analysis algorithms based on the phase spectrum.


MINI: Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most prevalent complaints among students. The vulnerability of medical students due to stress and numerous hours of studying and training makes them at risk of LBP. We are submitting an original article that identifies the medical students' LBP risk and good prognosis factors.

STUDY DESIGN
prospective study OBJECTIVE.: Determine risk factors and consider impact of low back pain for medical students SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA.: Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most prevalent complaints among students. The vulnerability of medical students due to stress and numerous hours of studying and training makes them at risk of LBP METHODS.: we submitted an online self-administered modified version of the Standardised Nordic Questionnaire to 1800 medical students from 2 to 6 year from December 2017 to March 2018.

RESULTS
A total of 1243/1800 (68.9%) students responded to our survey. Mean age was 23.3 ± 2.9 years ranging from 18 to 44 years. 835 (72.1%) students reported suffering from LBP. In multivariate analysis with logistic regression analysis model, the third year of medical studies [Odds ratio (OR): 0.558, CI 95% 0.387-0.805; p = 0.002] was identified as an independent prognostic factor of LBP. Moreover, exercising weekly [OR: 1.835, CI 95% 0.933-2.5; p = 0.01] and walking at least 30 minutes a day [OR: 1.458, CI 95% 1.129-1.876; p = 0.01] significantly improve LBP. LBP generate higher monthly consumption of an analgesic [OR: 32.8, CI 95% 4.271-252.2; p < 0.001]. Finally, LBP had a severe repercussion on student work [OR: 18.89, CI 95% 10.122-35.253; p < 0.0001], on the quality of sleep [OR: 12.162, CI 95% 6.917-21.386; p < 0.0001] and on their personal life [OR: 12.343, CI 95% 5.681-26.8; p < 0.0001].

CONCLUSIONS
Medical students reported high prevalence of LBP with severe consequences. Our educational perspective is to identify the risk factors of LBP, fight them, to improve the medical student' work and welfare.

LEVEL OF EVIDENCE
3.


The operation of power system is transforming from traditional dispatching mode to market, and coupled with the uncertainty of intermittent energy, day-ahead electric power and energy balance will be a multi-objective coordination problem of new energy consumption, contract execution, grid security and generation economy in market transition phase. Studying day-ahead power balance coordination optimization model under new conditions is important to promote the consumption of wind power and ensure the fair execution of transactions. This paper used confidence interval method to model the uncertainty of wind power, established objective function and constraints to ensure the execution of contracts, and considered grid security and generation economy to establish the multi-objective coordinated unit commitment model. The paper used a test system to study the effect of confidence intervals on unit portfolio reliability and contract completion rate, to verify the validity of confidence intervals and fairness of allocation of reductions among power plants, to study the effect of power flow constraints on contract execution and the interplay among wind energy consumption, grid congestion, and contract execution. Results show that power plants reduce contracts according to their reduction factors, it will inhibit contract execution when wind power is small scale and causes a positive power flow in the blocking line, , resulting in a 61.15% higher contract reduction than that without wind power; it will promote contract execution,when wind power causes reverse power flow in blocking line, leading to a 42.73% down in contract reduction compared to no wind power. It shows that the unit commitment model is effective in wind power consumption, contracts fairly execution , power grid security and the economy of power generation. Introduction Power industry in China is facing new circumstances as the rapidly development of new energy and the guidance and propelling of power direct-purchasing. Power dispatching is facing challenges from different aspects such as new energy consumption, execution of bilateral transactions, accomplishment of Sangong standard and the security of power grid. Conventional energy should provide adjustable condition for new energy consumption for the stochastic volatility of wind and solar generation. Bilateral transactions should be executed as far as possible by means of fixing certain generation power. The new energy consumption needs the coordination of thermal generation, so that the consumption may have impact on the execution of bilateral transaction to a certain degree. The constraints of transmission lines and cross section would make the interaction between new energy consumption and bilateral transaction execution more complicated. Two typical power markets throughout the world are PJM Electricity Market and British Electricity Market. In PJM, it is centralized bidding in day-ahead market and generation plants make step-wise offers. The clearing process consider plant offers only despite of the execution of bilateral transactions[1-3]. In Britain, power curve is submitted on both supply and user sides under bilateral transactions. The power curve needs to be executed and the balance of power system is implemented by a balancing mechanism[4]. There have been several achievements in study on bilateral transactions and wholesale competitive market[5-8] in China, among which achievements about quantitative analysis of 2nd International Conference on Automation, Mechanical Control and Computational Engineering (AMCCE 2017) Copyright © 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Advances in Engineering Research, volume 118


Abstract The International Review of Missions broke new ground as a periodical designed for mission executives and missionaries throughout the English-speaking world. It was intended to be a means of international exchange of ideas and information within the new discipline of "missionary science." This article assesses three aspects of its intended role during its first decade: its purpose to make the study of missions a scientific and experimental discipline, its limits related to Edinburgh 1910's focus on Protestant work "among non-Christian peoples," and its function of promoting a new ecumenical spirit among different missionaries and thinkers of different nations. The formation of the International Missionary Council (IMC) can be interpreted as a fruit of the IRM's intent to create an ecumenical missionary outlook that was genuinely international in character. The distinct purpose of the IRM The primary function of missionary periodicals in the 18th and 19th centuries was to inform and rally support for missions. Most were associated with particular mission agencies and formed an essential part of the fund-raising strategy of those agencies. They were journals produced to inspire and instruct those who provided funds for mission efforts. The International Review of Missions (IRM), (1) when it was first published in 1912, broke new ground in the English-speaking world as a periodical designed primarily for the benefit and edification of the mission professionals themselves. However, it was not the first journal to provide a geographically comprehensive and intellectually responsible analysis of missionary problems. That honour belongs to the Allgemeine Missionszeitschrifi, begun in 1874 by Gustav Warneck, the father of Protestant missiology. This was followed in 1891 by the Danish Nordisk Missions-Tidsskrift, and in 1911 by the Roman Catholic Zeitschrift fur Missionswissenschaft. Among English-speaking Protestants, however, there was no real equivalent to these early German and Danish ventures in the emerging discipline of missiology. Since 1968 the Chinese Recorder had provided a high-quality survey of the efforts of all Protestant agencies in China, and for India, The Harvest Field, associated with the English Wesleyan Methodists, had fulfilled a somewhat similar function. In the United States, A.T. Pierson's Missionary Review of the World, established in 1898, was the first Anglophone periodical that aimed to include all Protestant missions. However, it was closer to the traditional supporter-oriented missionary magazines than to the German concept of being an organ of "missionary science." It was this gap in the English-speaking Protestant religious market that the International Review of Missions was designed to fill. British and North American agencies together accounted for approximately 71 percent of all Protestant missionaries in 1910, (2) but no printed medium existed for their international exchange of serious reflection on the goals and methods of Christian mission. The immediate stimulus for this was the Edinburgh 1910 World Missionary Conference, which was intended to be "a Grand Council for the Advancement of Missionary Science." (3) The vision of J. H. Oldham, the conference secretary, was that the eight published volumes of reports, with their systematic analysis of the data painstakingly gathered by questionnaire from missionaries serving throughout the world, would lay the foundations for the construction of a mass of empirical knowledge that would form the basis for a "science of missions." (4) Any science, however, is a living body of knowledge whose organic evolution needed to be promoted and recorded by means of regular publication and global academic interchange. The report of Commission VI of the Edinburgh conference identified the need for a scholarly review devoted to such a purpose. (5) In a November 1910 letter written to John R. …


In mobile wireless systems, where there are strict power and bandwidth constrains it is desirable to adopt energy efficient constellations combined with powerful equalizer. However, this increased spectral efficiency of multilevel modulations comes at the expense of reduced power efficiency, which is undesirable in systems where power consumption is a constraint. Hence, minimization of the transmitted energy would enable a significant reduction in the total energy consumption of the wireless mobile devices. A simple and practical constellation optimization design would optimize the transmitted energy with a minimum increase in system complexity. The constellation decomposition in terms of a sum of BPSK (Bi-Phase Shift Keying) sub-constellations, relies on an analytical characterization of the mapping rule were the constellation symbols are written as a linear function of the transmitted bits. Moreover, large constellations in general and non-uniform constellations in particular are very sensitive to interference, namely the residual ISI (Inter-Symbol Interference) at the output of a practical equalizer that does not invert completely the channel effects. IB-DFE (Iterative Block DFE) is a promising iterative frequency domain equalization technique for SC-FDE schemes (Single-Carrier with Frequency Domain Equalization) that allows excellent performance. Therefore it is possible to use the decomposition of constellations on BPSK components to define a pragmatic method for designing IB-DFE receivers that can be employed with any constellation. In this thesis we consider SC-DFE schemes based on high order M -ary energy optimized constellations with IB-DFE receivers. It is proposed a method for designing the receiver that does not require a significant increase in system complexity and can be used for the computation of the receiver parameters for any constellation. This method is then employed to design iterative receivers, implemented in the frequency-domain, which can cope with higher sensitivity to ISI effects of the constellations resulting from the energy optimization process.


Introduction/Background The sporadic nature of liver transplantation has led to an educational imbalance for our residents. Some take part in several cases, others encounter fewer. To ensure key concepts are understood, we investigated if a simulated liver transplant experience could fill this gap. The use of simulation in medical education is growing and its utility in teaching residents anesthetic management for OLT has been described,1 showing improvements in medical knowledge, preparedness, confidence, anticipation and communication. We piloted a similar resident experience in our Clinical Simulation Center and evaluated the feasibility of maintaining such a project over a year. We sought feedback for quality improvement. We hope this will improve resident performance and that greater resident competency will result in improved patient outcomes. Methods We engaged one resident monthly over one year. The resident was given material for review a week beforehand. Upon arrival, they are oriented and the session begins. Our first activity simulates a preoperative evaluation and discussion (Figire 1). The resident is queried on the preoperative workup of a patient presenting for liver transplantation. They gather information about the patient to gain an understanding of their hepatic disease state and other comorbidities. Once complete, they describe the anesthetic, including lines, monitors and medications. The second portion moves into the simulated OR (Fig2). Using an HPS manikin and modifications on the HPS Müse software package, a simulated liver transplant begins (Fig3). The first half covers induction through the anhepatic phase and the second half covers reperfusion through the Conclusion. Challenges include responding to hemodynamic lability from causes including bleeding, hypovolemia, arrhythmias, electrolyte imbalances, embolisms and heart failure. Additionally, they interpret arterial blood gases, thromboelastograms (Fig4) and transesophageal echocardiogram images. Finally, postoperative management is discussed. After debriefing, a post-simulation quiz is taken to assess understanding of additional components of liver pathophysiology. A questionnaire is completed, eliciting feedback and suggestions for improvement. Results: Conclusion The Results show positive participant responses regarding the simulation setting, learning outcomes and instructional Methods and materials (Table1). Regarding the simulation setting, the participants found it to be enjoyable, not rushed and clearly explained, despite many arriving with some anxiety beforehand. The realism of the environment was rated highly, though this area has room for improvement. With regards to learning outcomes, participants felt that this was a challenging experience that made improvements in their clinical skills. Confidence levels were thought to be improved and most started that the experience would change their clinical practice in the months ahead. Concerning the instructional Methods and materials, the project was noted to be well organized, meeting stated goals and objectives and was free from bias The majority of participants stated that the experience did improve their understanding of liver pathophysiology. This method of using simulation to educate anesthesia residents in the core concepts of liver transplantation is novel to both simulation education and resident training in Anesthesiology. We have in this project laid the groundwork for an enduring and valuable adjunct to our current educational practice. Hopefully we can build upon the promising Results from this study in the future, evaluating if this educational tool can positively impact our quality of care delivered, as well as ultimately have a beneficial effect on patient outcomes. Reference 1. AggarwalS, et al. Simulation: a teaching tool for liver transplantation anesthesiology. ClinTransplant. 2012 Jul-Aug;26(4):564-70. Epub2011 Dec 23. Disclosures None.


-MANET is based of infrastructure less ad hoc network that usually has routable environment between nodes and potentially contains multiple hops. Nodes update their position of their immediate neighbors and make effective forwarding decisions. It overcomes the cost updates and provide good routing performance using MP rule(mobility prediction) and ODL rule(on demand learning ).It exposed with a problem of the load balance in its localized topology and it is solved by the Load Aware Routing Protocol(LARA) to reduce the load in topology. This is performed by reducing the traffic density of neighboring nodes and calculating the traffic intensity. Finally it selects the destination route where the traffic cost is minimum.


In this research,the spa gene was amplified by PCR from Staphylococcus aureus genome and cloned.Molecular biology technique was used to construct recombinant plasmid pET-spa-cpcB,and in this way we constructed a fusion protein consisting of SPA and CpcB.By reconstituting CpcB with phycobilin,the fluorescence can be detected by observing the fluorescence emission.Protein A has the property to selectively bind to immunoglobulins G(IgG) of many mammalian.The fusion protein could be applied to immunoassay as a new alternative reagent.The fluorescence activity of the fusion protein was tested by reconstitution in vivo and the immunocompetence was tested by immunoreaction.The results showed that the fusion protein retained the original activities of the two proteins.Then by using the bifunctional engineered fluorescence proteins as a second antibody,and detecting its fluorescence,it was indicated that SPA-CpcB-PEB can be used for fluoroimmunoassay.


Objective: To explore the effect of Radix Ranunculi Ternate Polysaccharide (RRTP) on immunological function in normal mice. Methods: The effects of high, medium and low dosage of RRTP were investigated in normal mice by detecting the macrophage percentage, phagocytosis index, formation of hemolysis and hemolytic plaque and lymphocyte transformation. Results: Compared with the physiological saline group, the low dosage RRTP and mushroom polysaccharide (MP) obviously increased the macrophage percentage and the increase was more dramatic in the high and medium dosage RRTP groups. The phagocytic index of abdominal cavity in normal mice was peritoneal macrophages was significantly enhanced by the high and medium dose of RRTP and MP and the enhancement was even more dramatic in the RRTP medium dose group. The formation of hemolysin in normal mice was obviously promoted in the RRTP medium dose and MP groups. The hemolytic plaque formation was also significantly promoted in the MP group and it was even more dramatic in the RRTP high dose and medium dose groups. Conclusion: RRTP enhances immune function of normal mice. KEYWORD: Radix Ranunculi Ternati Polysaccharide; Normal mice; Immunological function


Abstract A new method is introduced in this article to separate naphthenic acids from Beijiang highly acidic crude oil with a sodium hydroxide solution of ethanol. The sodium hydroxide solution of ethanol was used as the acid removal reagent by mixing with the crude oil and then allowing the two phases to separate, with the naphthenic acids being extracted from the crude oil. Data indicated that the optimal content of sodium hydroxide in crude oil was 3,000 μg/g and the optimal extraction time was 5 min with the reagent/oil ratio being 0.4:1 (wt/wt). The suitable reaction temperature could be room temperature. The total acid number of the crude oil was lowered from 3.92 to 0.31 mg KOH/g and the acid removal could reach up to 92.1%.


Honeynets originated as a security tool designed to be tracked, attacked and compromised by hypothetical intruders. They consist of network environments and sets of applications, and after being installed and configured with all of these components, the Honeynet is ready to be attacked with the purpose of maintaining a controlled environment for the study of the events that occurred. Through the analysis of these events, it is possible to understand the objectives, tactics and interests that the attackers have for the proposed environment. This paper describes the state of the art of Honeynets, referring to architectures, Honeynet types, tools used in Honeynets, Honeynet models and applications in the real world that are focused on capturing information.


Ultrasound imaging has been used widely for general medical diagnostics and in industry for the nondestructive detection and characterization of defects in critical engineering components. However, the lack of understanding of the fundamental wave propagation phenomena in teeth has largely precluded its application to dentistry. This paper describes how finite element (FEM) analysis can be used to study ultrasonic wave propagation in teeth. A three-layer tooth phantom based on the geometry of a human second molar is used to illustrate the validity of the tooth model. Results clearly indicate the finite element code's ability to predict and visualize ultrasonic wave propagation and interaction with dental anomalies, such as pulpitis, and that such results could be used to realize the design of appropriate transducers and equipment for dentistry applications.


When children whose parents had died of Ebola were chased from village to village in Liberia and Sierra Leone, there was, justifiably, a public outcry. Some 4000 of such children were affected by acute ostracisation, but these numbers are totally dwarfed by the quite unimaginable numbers of orphans who are now to be found in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Their totals, at a conservative estimate, exceed 50 million. In some countries (e.g. Ethiopia and Nigeria), orphans are approximately 20% of the total population! Paradoxically, the readiness of the extended family in Africa, despite itself being on the verge of meltdown in many countries, to absorb approximately 80% of these children into their homes has seemingly absolved those countries' governments of the responsibility of providing for these vulnerable children. Recommendations, made by UNICEF in 2002, when the numbers of orphans in SSA were just over 10 million, have largely gone unheeded. Statistics show clearly that in terms of medical care, nutrition and education, orphans are at a disadvantage, and yet the UNICEF report devotes only one page to their psychosocial disconnection. The needs of the children in this area are even more acute than those of the adults. It is the loss of self-esteem, purpose and value that primarily dislocates orphan children from their communities, and ultimately leads to their poor health, poor feeding and poor schooling. So, it is therefore apposite that Tropical Doctor is publishing an article describing an innovative programme that has proven extraordinarily successful for orphan children, especially in terms of bereavement counselling.


The growing number of wellness care facilities in India has raised concern over the service quality that is being provided to the tourists. This research targets to explore the dimensions of wellness tourism service quality based on customers' quality perception. Social media platforms such as Google reviews and hotel review blogs/websites were used to gather 400 public reviews. A Naïve Bayes machine learning Sentiment Analysis approach was used to identify critical areas to improve service delivery, customer relationship, and hospitality management in wellness resorts. Tangibility was identified as the most important dimension followed by empathy, assurance, reliability, and responsiveness. Assurance, empathy, and reliability have the most negative sentiments shared by tourists. Food quality, rooms and accommodation facilities, safety and security, attitude towards customer complaints, the behaviour of the staff, error-free services, and proper training are areas upon which Indian wellness resorts should focus. This study intends to identify additional constructs in future research and build robust models to actively rank the important factors for better customer engagement. Research findings may support managers and policymakers to identify areas of improvement to help them develop the wellness resorts in India. 1 Address correspondence to Dibya Nandan MISHRA, School of Management, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Rourkela, Odisha, INDIA. E-mail: email@example.com


The properties of a class of geodesic lenses which have potential uses in microwave antenna applications are described. The promising features of these lenses include multiple beam capability and versatility of flush-mounting to a wide variety of surfaces, e.g., flat surfaces on aerospace vehicles and conical surfaces in the nose sections of aircraft and missles. An inflatable lens structure is attractive as a satellite antenna. Because of the circular symmetry of these lenses, coverage over 360° about the symmetry axis is possible. The beam position can be controlled in the transverse dimension by radial feed position giving two-dimensional coverage from a fixed lens. Beam positioning has been demonstrated in two lens models. Furthermore, the TEM and the TEo1 waveguide modes can be employed to obtain two modes of orthogonal polarization.


Until recently, at least within the pharmaceutical industry, there has been a general movement away from natural products into rational drug design and development. However, it would appear that we are entering an era where the clinical potential of natural products is increasingly under the spotlight. The rise in popularity of alternative preparations may be indicative of a general move away from traditional treatment algorithms. It may also be evidence of a greater awareness of the adverse effects of many pharmacological agents or a widening desire among patients for greater personal control over their health status. Quality-of-life issues, e.g. the effects of drugs on the ability of the patient to carry out activities of daily living, and their influence on sexual function, are of great importance to patients and, consequently, should also be of concern to their physicians. Particularly important is the high degree of comorbid LUTS and sexual dysfunction that has recently become apparent. Conventional treatments for BPH, e.g. tamsulosin and finasteride, have been linked to a variety of negative effects, particularly relating to sexual function, which may seriously affect patients' quality of life. Issues of patient choice, which are likely to come to the fore as the general public becomes more informed about medicine in general and their own health in particular, may mean that perceived 'natural' options are preferable to synthetic alternatives. So what is the prospect with respect to phytotherapy for the urological patient, physician and healthcare provider? In recognition of the attention span of the reader, only the case history for BPH is described below.


Taste bud cell turnover rate was examined in oral epithelium of the precocial chick, which at hatching contains the adult complement of taste buds. Forty newly hatched chicks received single or double pulse injections of tritiated thymidine (specific activity was 6.7 Curies/ millimole; dosage was 0.5 micro Curies/g body weight, intraperitoneally). Anterior mandibular epithelium was processed for light microscopic autoradiography at 2 and 16 hours, as well as 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, and 20 days after the initial pulse. In a coded and randomized procedure, the section (7 μm) through the bud's center was selected for counting > 6 silver grains over round‐clear and gracile‐dense gemmal cell nuclei. The mean number of labelled cells/bud varied significantly (P ⩽ 0.01) during the first four posthatch days, yielding the fastest gemmal cell turnover rates (3.4–4.4 days) yet reported in vertebrates.


: Currently, too many architectural boundaries are crossed in chip design. Nobody has found out how to make a chip fit every need for the ideal consumer product. But I think we're getting there. A new type of chip can now adapt to any programming requirement by wiping its existing hardware design and creating new hardware that is ideal for running the required software. Reconfigurable processors is the term used to describe these semiconductors. These new chips can instantly rewire themselves to build the precise hardware required to execute a piece of software at the highest speed. The name of this new chip is CHAMELEON CHIP .


We have found that a beryllium (Be) atom on nanostructured materials with H2 molecules generates a Kubas-like dihydrogen complex [Lee, Huang, Duan, and Ihm, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 143120 (2010)]. Here, we investigate the feasibility of Be-decorated fullerenes for hydrogen storage using ab initio calculations. We find that the aggregation of Be atoms on pristine fullerenes is energetically preferred, resulting in the dissociation of the dihydrogen. In contrast, for boron (B)-doped fullerenes, Be atoms prefer to be individually attached to B sites of the fullerenes, and a maximum of one H2 molecule binds to each Be atom in a form of dihydrogen with a binding energy of ∼0.3 eV. Our results show that individual dispersed Be-decorated B-doped fullerenes can serve as a room-temperature hydrogen storage medium.


In this work, SBA-15-(DBU-X) was prepared by dipping 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) into the mesoporous channels of SBA-15 in an attempt to improve the CO2 adsorption. The synthesized SBA-15-(DBU-X) was characterized with scanning electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller adsorption analysis, and other methods. Then the CO2 adsorption/desorption properties were investigated using a self-designed fixed-bed adsorption system. The results indicated that DBU could be loaded on the SBA-15 mesoporous molecular sieves effectively and that SBA-15-(DBU-X) had good adsorption capacity toward CO2. SBA-15-(DBU-X) had good thermal stability at temperatures below 140 °C. At room temperature, with increasing loading of DBU and total flow rate of simulated flue gas, the adsorption of CO2 on SBA-15-(DBU-X) had an increasing trend followed by a decrease. When the volume fraction ratio of CO2 and H2O was 1:1 in the simulated flue gas, SBA-15-(DBU-X) had an optimum capacity of CO2 adso...


The present invention discloses a method for identification and synchronization methods and systems. Providing a first user time code (OTC) for the identification manager, if the OTC within the small access window, the user authentication is directly and allowed to access the system. If the OTC provided outside the small window but within the big window, the authentication manager saves the first OTC, a second OTC from the user requirements. If the new second OTC and the first OTC order, then the end user will be authenticated and allowed access to the system and the requested service.


Background Double-fold operation is one of the most common types of surgery in Korea and can be divided into two major surgical techniques, incisional and non-incisional methods. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, the author describes a new procedure to take advantage of both methods. Methods This procedure was performed in 127 consecutive patients (106 primary cases, 21 secondary cases) whose ages ranged from 19 to 65 years. First, a double-fold was made using the non-incisional method, and then excessive fat and redundant skin were removed using the incisional method. Fat was removed if necessary. For patients with blepharoptosis, before removing the redundant skin, this condition was corrected with the non-incisional Muller tucking ptosis method. Results Of the 127 patients, 122 patients were satisfied with the result. Edema and scarring were less than with the incisional method, and the postoperative result was easier to predict than with the secondary double-fold operation. Three cases had shallow eyelid lines, and one case had a complete loss of the fold. One secondary case patient had asymmetry that was corrected with revision. Conclusions Because satisfactory results can't be achieved easily with the double-fold operation, a challenge for plastic surgeons is choosing the best method for the doublefold operation, especially in secondary cases. This new method that uses a hybrid technique that combines the incisional and non-incisional methods may be an effective choice when performing the double-fold operation in both primary and secondary cases.


This study provides insight into the relationship between Latino males' perceptions of school as a feminine domain and the following non-cognitive outcomes: degree utility (the level to which Latino men perceive their degree to be worthwhile), locus of control (the degree to which Latino men believe they have personal control over their education), intrinsic interest (the degree to which Latino men are intrinsically motivated to pursue their collegiate goals), and self-efficacy (the degree to which Latino men believe that they can succeed). Findings from the hierarchical multiple regression revealed that degree utility, locus of control, and intrinsic interest were significant predictors of Latino males' perception of school as a feminine domain.


Graphite is, in principle, applicable as a high-power anode in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) given its high intralayer lithium diffusivity at room temperature. However, such cells are known to exhibit poor capacity retention and/or undergo irreversible side reactions including lithium plating when charged at current rates above ~2C (~740 mA g-1). To explore the inherent materials properties that limit graphite anodes in rapid-charge applications, a series of full-cells consisting of graphite as the anode and a standard Li[Ni0.8Mn0.1Co0.1]O2 (NMC811) cathode was investigated. Instead of a conventional cathode-limited cell design, an anode-limited approach was used in this work to ensure that the overall cell capacity is only determined by the graphite electrode of interest. The optimized N:P capacity ratio was determined as N/P = 0.67, enabling stable cycling across a wide range of charging rates (4-20C) without inhibition by the NMC811 cathode. The results show that unmodified, highly crystalline graphite can be an excellent anode for rapid-charge applications at up to 8C, even with a standard electrolyte and NMC811 cathode and in cells with 1.0 mAh cm-2 loadings. As a rule, capacity and specific energy are inversely proportional to crystallite size at high rates; performance can likely be improved by electrolyte/cathode tuning.


BACKGROUND
Tobacco smoke has compounds that are known as human carcinogens. With every breath of secondhand smoke we inhale thousands of chemicals. The Government of India in the interest of public health has enacted the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2003, which bans smoking in all the public places including hotels and restaurants. The purpose of this study was to observe and record air pollution in smoke free and smoke observed locations and thereby find out whether the owners/managers of hotels, restaurants, and bars comply with rules of COTPA.

OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the study were to measure and compare the level of particulate air pollution from secondhand smoke (PM2.5) in smoking and nonsmoking venues.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
The study was conducted from September 2009 to March 2010 in Karnataka, India following a nonrandom sample of 79 locations, which included restaurants, bars, cafes, hotels, and tea stalls in two districts. The concentration of PM2.5 was measured using a TSI SidePak AM510 Personal Aerosol Monitor.

RESULTS
In Karnataka out of the 79 hospitality locations, smoking was observed in 58% places and only 28% had displayed the required "No Smoking" signage. Places where indoor smoking was observed had high levels of air pollution with average 135 PM2.5, which were 3.1 times higher than the average 43 PM2.5 in smoke-free locations and 14 times higher than the World Health Organization (WHO) target air quality guideline for PM2.5. The average PM2.5 levels in different locations ranged from 11 to 417 μg/m(3) and was lower in the case of apparently compliant designated smoking area (DSR).

CONCLUSIONS
The patrons and the workers in the hospitality sector continue to be exposed to secondhand smoke despite the enactment of COTPA, which bans smoking in public places. This situation demands stringent measures for effective implementation of the Smoke Free Act and negative response to smoking among civil society.


BACKGROUND It is rare to find fish bones completely embedded in the wall of the esophagus with endoscopic findings similar to those of submucosal tumors. Most of the patients had the foreign body removed by thoracotomy or thoracoscopy in the past, which resulted in great trauma. CASE SUMMARY We report a 58-year-old woman who experienced dysphagia for 6 d after eating fish. Cervical computed tomography (CT) and endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) indicated a fish bone completely embedded in the wall of the esophagus with endoscopic findings similar to those of submucosal tumors. The results of CT reconstruction and EUS suggested that the fish bone was parallel to the longitudinal axis of the esophagus. We performed a longitudinal mucosal incision from the highest point of the uplift by using an Olympus dual knife to find the fish bone. Unfortunately, no fish bone was found, so we extended the incision and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) technique was used to detect and remove the fish bone entirety. CONCLUSION The extraction of fish bone via ESD immediately after the injection of methylene blue into the submucous membrane under EUS guidance to obtain accurate localization of the foreign body may be the best treatment for such patients.


I have taken my title from the lines of an old song 'Just Molly and Me' and changed the verse to 'Just baby and me, and Granny makes three, in my Blue Heaven'. In this way, I emphasise the grandmother as the 'third person', an important potential position that she has in the 'blue heaven' of the emotional life of the family. The grandmother is also involved in the oedipal movement from the two-person relationship, 'Molly and me' or 'baby and me', to the three-person triangle, 'and Granny makes three'. It is usual to focus on the Mother-Father-Infant triangle of classical Freudian theory. However, as we all experience in our clinical work, there are many other variants for the so-called oedipal triangle. The role of grandfather is important too but this would need another paper. Andrew Samuels points out that the nurturing-mothering function and the fathering function can be provided by either parent or a substitute, the importance lying in that both functions are adequately provided for the infant's development. I would add to this that the grandparenting function is also important, whoever provides it. I do not believe it is a biological necessity but it is a fact that the nurturing function is performed by the matriarchal line in most families. I shall limit myself in this paper to the grandmothering functions and their psychological significance to the mother and baby.


In this paper, we present our design of a smart wristband, iFit, which runs our customized operating system to monitor the wearer's daily activities. The smart wristband consists of a 3-axis gyroscope and a 3-axis accelerometer which records the user's motion data as six-axis time series data. We train a pattern model for different activities, such as walking, running and playing badminton. So iFit can automatically detect the types of ongoing sports and record a precise calorie consumption based on user's personal profile (e.g., weight and height).


A 76-year-old male with no past medical history presented with sudden onset of central chest pain. The ECG showed atrial fibrillation with marked anterior segment ST elevation (figure 1A). He was referred for primary PCI.

Figure 1
(A) ECG taken by the ambulance prior to PCI. (B) Angiogram showing LAD prior to thrombectomy. (C) Angiogram showing LAD post thrombectomy. (D) Thrombus taken from LAD post thrombectomy. (E) ECHO showing atrial myxoma in left atrium, (F) MRI showing atrial myxoma in left atrium.

Angiogram showed an occluded left …


VRP (vehicle routing problem) belongs to the problem of NP-hard. It makes the computation time becoming longer as the number of data increases. This statement is in accordance with previous research which solved the VRP for the rice distribution system in Bandung which consisted of 40 demand points in the form of traditional markets using the optimal method. The computational time required is 167 hours 52 minutes 38 seconds. Therefore, a heuristic method is needed to solve VRP with a more efficient computation time and an acceptable solution. The purpose of this paper is to complete the VRP by using an annealing simulation to design a rice distribution system in Bandung. Simulated annealing (SA) is a local search algorithm (meta-heuristic) that is able to get out of the local optimum. Its ease of implementation, the use of hill-climbing motions to avoid local optimal, and the convergent nature, have made SA a popular technique over the past two decades. After comparing the results to the ILP model, the computational experiments show what the SA algorithm developed in this paper is able to produce a relatively small gap in terms of total transportation cost, which is 1.26%. This paper has also succeeded in improving the previous paper by reducing the computation time to 19 seconds using the developed SA algorithm.


This paper describes a mechanical homogenization approach to the application of a multiscale formulation for a transient heat transfer problem. The presented formulation evaluates the effective macroscopic thermal properties of composite materials and, by scaling down to the microscale level, provides the microscopic heat flux field by solving elastic problems at the microscopic scale (unit cell). This novel method has the advantage of applying periodic boundary conditions and a uniform macroscopic temperature gradient over the unit cell, which is not easy and often not practical to achieve with heat transfer computation software. The proposed multiscale analysis is verified by various examples of composite materials, and its efficiency is demonstrated on a large-scale problem involving a solid rocket motor.


This study employed fatal crash data from the Federal Office of Road Safety 1998 Fatality File, serious crash data from the period 1989-90 for Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia and serious crash data for 1990-92 from the Northern Territory. Factors associated with the following groupings of crashes were identified: overturns in remote regions, collisions with objects in remote regions, overturns in non-remote rural regions and collisions with objects in non-remote rural regions


The current polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) growth mechanism contains reactions that can occur at any given kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC) step, depending on the structure of the molecule. Figures 1 and 2 illustrate example reaction pathways followed by the reactions implemented in the current PAH growth model. Tables 1 and 2 enumerate the reaction rates used for the constituent reactions of the pathways. Importantly, these reaction pathways are not an exhaustive list, but are meant to provide an idea of how PAHs may grow as a result of different reactions. Due to the mixing of these reactions, many more reaction pathways are possible. Figure 1a shows the growth of benzene to naphthalene via the hydrogen abstraction, acetylene addition (HACA) mechanism. The mechanism utilizes chemical rate constants derived from work by Kislov et al. [1]. The growth model also includes the addition reactions of the vinyl radical (C 2 H 3) and ethylene (C 2 H 4). These reactions are alternative addition reactions involving 2 carbons, which also lead to growth through the HACA mechanism shown in Figure 1. The growth model includes the ring closures depicted by R15 and R16, creating 5-and 6-membered rings at zig zag and armchair sites, respectively. The armchair and zig zag closure reactions utilize rates derived from Kislov et al. [1]. Figure 1b depicts 5-and 6-membered ring closures at bay sites, which utilize rates derived from Raj et al. [2] and Violi [3]. Figure 2 shows additional reaction pathways that have been translated into the PAH growth model which form several different moieties. These pathways include the 5-membered ring migration pathway proposed by Frenklach et al. [4], shown in Figure 2a; the addition of propargyl sequentially to form biphenyl, shown in Figure 2b; the formation of indene through addition of methyl radicals and acetylene, shown in Figure 2c; the formation of phenanthrene by reaction with the cyclopentadienyl radicals, shown in Figure 2c; the addition of benzene and phenyl radicals to PAHs and subsequent ring closures involving attached benzyl groups, shown in Figure 2d. All of the elementary steps of these reactions are expected to mix in simulations, exploring complex reaction pathways beyond those illustrated.


This invaluable work of reference lists all the major excavated sites and all the major finds, including hoards, which are important to the study of Irish archaeology. Ranging in time from the Mesolithic period to the end of the Medieval era, it provides students and excavators alike with an authoritative overview of their subject. Ireland is particularly rich in archaeological remains. Newgrange, in County Meath, is perhaps the most famous and best excavated passage tomb in Europe. The country abounds in material both from prehistoric and historical periods, not least in religious sites. In addition to entries on all these, Laurence Flanagan also deals with subjects as diverse as mining, ordnance, standing stones, earthworks and hammers.


Objective To evaluate the preventive effect of low-dose ketamine on propofol-indued pain in children.Methods One hundred and sixty patients presenting for selective surgery were randomly allocated into four groups,patients received 0.9% saline(Group S),ketamine 100 μg/kg(Group K100),200 μg/kg(Group K200)or 300 μg/kg(Group K300),all pretreatment drugs were made in 2 mL,followed by administration 2 mg/kg bolus of propofol.An anesthesiologist blinded to the study monitored each patient′s pain score at 2s intervals.Results The incidence and intensity of pain were the lowest in the Group K300.Conclusion Administration of 300 μg/kg ketamine immediately before propofol injection reduced propofol injection pain.


In this paper, a wideband, circularly polarized patch antenna is proposed that leverages the unidirectional resonant modes of a circular patch mounted on top of a grounded dielectric‐ferrite substrate. The proposed antenna is fed via the proximity coupling method and several parasitically coupled patches are placed on a dielectric superstrate to enhance the impedance bandwidth of the antenna. The resonant modes of the structure rotate only in the clockwise or counter clockwise directions. In the frequency range where the effective permeability of the ferrite layer is negative, the resonance frequencies of these modes differ significantly, which produces a large axial ratio (AR) bandwidth. For the proposed antenna, the numerical results show the 10 dB impedance bandwidth to be around 44% and the 3 dB axial ratio bandwidth to be higher than 64%.


The study area is situated on the northeast portion of the state of Roraima in the Surumu River region, between 3 58' 4 27' N and 60 13' 61 16' W and is composed mainly of savanna formations. A total of 95 individuals belonging to 6 species (Monodelphis brevicaudata (Didelphimorphia), Oligoryzomys sp, Sigmodon alstoni, Rhipidomys nitela, Proechimys cf guyannensis and Zygodontomys brevicauda (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) were captured through an effort of 9479 trap nights with trapping success being of 1%. Trap stations where animals were captured and part of the stations where capture did not occur were described considering both quantitative and qualitative habitat variables. The probability of all the species captured occuring together and of Zygodontomys brevicauda occuring separately was calculated for each capture station through Logistic Regression, using structural characteristics of each habitat. A vegetation map was designed using a LANDSAT-TM satellite image, where 14 classes of vegetation cover were identified. The association of capture probability with different habitat classes allowed a spatial view of the potencial distribution of the species in question, considering the habitat mosaic of the region. When grouped, these species showed restriction to the use of denser formations, such as Gallery Forests. Transition areas between arboreal formations and open savanna areas displayed high probability in occurrence of small mammals. Z. brevicauda, known to be characteristic to open formations showed, however, restrictions in occurrence throughout most of the extension of this type of formation. Patches of microhabitats (not acessed in this scale) within the classes of hebacious and arboreal savannas must play a crucial role in the viability of this population. Potencial distribution models for Z. brevicauda focused solely on border habitats among classes with higher potencial of occurrence.


Sir Terence Clark is a member of the Society and former Ambassador to Iraq and the Sultanate of Oman. The following article is based on his lecture to members of the Society on 4 October 2000.


ABSTRACTRSUD Caruban is the supporting elements of District Government Administration of Madiun in personal health services are required to provide excellent and complete service on people by continuing to improve service quality. So far in providing information about hospitalization patient, visitor needs to ask administration officer. This process can cause queue if visitor wants to get more than one information.This research aims to create an application of hospitalization patient room search in RSUD Caruban based on CodeIgniter Framework. The purpose of this system is providing better service for visitor to get information about hospitalization patient room search.Results of this final project is an application of hospitalization patient room search in RSUD which capable of managing patient data, registration of outpatient, hospitalization and can display information about hospitalization patient.Keywords: Hospitalization, CodeIgniter, Information Systems, Patient


Abstract : The report discusses the surface hardening of titanium alloys by use of an induction heating apparatus. Surface treatment of the test pieces included both caburizing and nitriding.


Livestock grazing is a dominant land use across North America and although the effects of grazing on birds have been studied in grassland, shrubland, and riparian habitats, studies of the effects in forests are rare. We investigated the effects of cattle grazing in forests on vegetation, the relationships between vegetation characteristics and the abundance of foraging and nesting guilds of birds, and the overall effects of grazing on the bird community in the Interior Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) biogeoclimatic zone of British Columbia. Cattle grazing was associated with reduction in ground vegetation height and grass cover, and increases in the number of shrubs and saplings. Bark insectivores, foliage insectivores, cavity nesters, and shrub/tree nesters all responded positively to sapling density. However, this translated into few overall effects of cattle grazing on birds, with only bark insectivores exhibiting greater abundance on grazed areas. Grazed areas also had fewer aerial insectivores but the mechanism driving this remains unclear. Current forest grazing practices at our study sites appear to have few negative effects on bird abundance and diversity, with the possible exception of aerial insectivores. Study of additional sites is required to assess if forest grazing exerts similar effects throughout the Interior Douglas-fir forest. Furthermore, study of the effects of forest grazing on productivity and survival of birds is needed.


The technology and reasonable parameters of manufacturing environmentally friendly polypropylene film of formate solutions based on polyamide (PP - 6 PP - 66/6) in a mixture of polyvinylpyrrolidone with the necessary physical and mechanical properties.


In this paper, we classify graphs with nonnegative Lin-LuYau-Ollivier Ricci curvature, maximum degree at most 3 and diameter at least 6.


Three separate changeover experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of the amount of rolled barley and time of access to silage on the voluntary intake, eating behaviour and production of dairy cows. In Experiment 1, twenty-four milking cows were used to compare the effect of 4 1 and 6 1 kg d−1 rolled barley on voluntary intake and milk production. In Experiment 2, fourteen cows were used in a comparison of the effect on voluntary intake and milk production of 5- and 22-h access to silage. Experiment 3 measured the effects on intake of silage of 2 and 4 kg d−1 rolled barley and of 5- and 22-h access to silage. In Experiment I, increasing the amount of barley eaten reduced intake of silage by 0–50 kg dry matter (DM) per kg barley DM but in Experiment 3 with 5-h access to silage there was no significant difference between the amounts of silage eaten with 2 and 4 kg d−1 barley. However, in Experiment 3 when allowed 22-h access to silage, the replacement rate was 0–53 kg DM silage per kg DM barley. Increasing access from 5 to 22 h increased silage intake by 37% in Experiment 1 and by 27% in Experiment 3. Milk yield was significantly increased by 4% when extra barley was given in Experiment 1 but there was no significant effect in Experiment 3. Increasing the time of access to silage led to an 11% increase in milk yield in Experiment 2 but there was no significant effect in Experiment 3. There was much variation between cows in the depression of silage intake per kg change in barley DM eaten with coefficients of variation of 131% and 109% in Experiments 1 and 3, respectively. When allowed access to silage for 22 h daily, on average, each cow spent 180 min eating silage in ten meals, although there was appreciable variation between cows in eating behaviour. The amount of barley did not affect the cows' rate of eating silage nor the duration of eating.


Objective To know about the students'wills on the reform in the practical teachings.Methods Sample survey and the relevant analysis were made by the grades of students.Results The main factors to influence students'attitude in learning were as the following order:personal interests,the way of teachings,the importance of the content in teachings,the students asking for more cases,information and topic contents as well as the additional practical teachings such as outdoor visits,situational simulation and community survey,with the low evaluation on social practice and internship.Conclusion Reform in practical teachings should be implemented to meet the various needs to develop pragmatic capacity for the students in different grades.


The stability constants of imidazole (HIm)– and alkylimidazoles–copper(II) acetate complexes were calculated from the potentiometric titration data with the aid of the SUPERQUAD computer program. The stability constants of ionic species of [CuALr]+ type (A : CH3COO, L : HIm a, 1-CH3·Im b, 2-CH3·HIm c, 4-CH3·HIm d, 2-C2H5·HIm e, 2-(CH3)2CH·HIm f, r=1, 2, 3, and 4) detected from the complexes were ascertained to be decreased in the order of b(1-substituted)≥d(4-substituted)>c(2-substituted) relating to the position of methyl group bonded to the imidazole ring, and c(2-CH3)>e(2-C2H5)>f(2-(CH3)2CH) relating to the kinds of alkyl group substituted on 2-position, respectively. The stability of these ionic species was discussed from the neutralization effect of the charge and the steric effect of alkyl group or acetate ion. The stability constants of the hydroxo species of [CuL2(OH)2] type indicated the extremely small values, and its order did not indicate a similar tendency with those of ionic species of [CuAL...


The operation Mfi Management fur Immobilien AG, which is the parent company of Mfi Arcaden, is one of Germany's leading management companies for the development and operation of downtown shopping…


Introduction: To date, the Philippines had tallied more than 3 million COVID-19 cases with 91.5% recovery rate and 1.72% mortality rate. Some patients who recovered from COVID-19 are left struggling with symptoms which persist through weeks, months and even a year.Objectives: To determine the clinical outcome after 1 year of COVID-19 recovered patients in terms of persistent symptoms, functional capacity, and survival status and their relationship with disease severity.Methods: This is a cross sectional-analytical study. Subjects include those who were discharged improved from April - August 2020 at Lung Center of the Philippines. Their clinical outcome after 1 year which include persistent symptoms, functional capacity and survival status were determined and analyzed.Results: A total of 100 subjects were included in this study. Forty three subjects (43.9%) had persistent symptoms. Fatigue (28, 28.6%), depression (13, 13.3%), and brain fog (11, 11.2%) were the most frequently reported symptoms. Ninety two (92.9%) patients had none to negligible functional capacity limitations. Ninety seven (97%) patients survived after 1 year. Persistent symptoms of fatigue and difficulty of breathing, as well as functional capacity differ across COVID-19 disease severities. Higher proportion of patients with persistent fatigue and difficulty of breathing were noted as the severity increases. Higher proportion of patients with functional scale 1-2 (no to negligible functional limitation) were noted in moderate severity group as compared to the severe and critical severity group.Conclusions: This one-year follow-up study of COVID-19 recovered patients revealed high proportion of survivors, very few with significant functional capacity limitations, and some with persistent symptoms. Favorable clinical outcomes after 1 year were evident in less severe disease. Care for patients with COVID-19 infection does not conclude at the time of hospital discharge, and interdisciplinary cooperation is needed for comprehensive care of these patients in the outpatient setting.


In this paper, a conversion platform based on UG CAM and HyperMILL is proposed combining the advantages of both. Complicated features can be programmed with 5-axis machining in HyperMILL, then transformed into tool path files that can be recognized and processed by UG CAM through the platform. Relevant tool information can also be obtained and output during the conversion process for unified management. A case study is presented to validate the proposed methodology and platform.


Structural members of a vehicle are designed to increase the energy absorption efficiency and thus to enhance the safety and reliability of a vehicle. The crashworthiness of each member needs to be done at the initial stage of vehicle design for good performance of the whole design process. As the dynamic behavior of structural members is different from the static one, the crashworthiness of vehicle structures has to be assessed by numerical impact analysis considering dynamic response related to the inertia and strain-rate hardening effects. Impact simulation is usually carried out with the elastic-plastic finite element analysis code such as PAMCRASH or LS-DYNA3D. However, it inevitably requires tremendous time and efforts to estimate the crashworthiness of structural members even with the explicit methods. Impact simulation with finite element limit analysis considering dynamic effects is an alternative to reduce the computing time and efforts dramatically for the crashworthiness assessment of structural members. The conventional limit analysis method seems seldom applied to real complicated structural problems probably because of the limitation of the method. However, a burst of development in limit theories and computer technology enables limit analysis applied to complicated structural problems. Especially, the limit analysis concept has extended to a class of work-hardening materials from its long conjecture of perfectly plastic materials. In this paper, the limit analysis concept is extended to consider the dynamic equilibrium condition considering the inertia and strain-rate effects instead of the static equilibrium. A dynamic formulation for the limit analysis has been derived for incremental analysis dealing with time integration, strain and stress evaluation, strain hardening, strain-rate hardening and thermal softening. The time dependent term in the governing equation is integrated with the WBZ-α method, which proposed by Wood, Bossak and Zienkiewicz. The dynamic material behavior is modeled by the Johnson-Cook relation in order to consider strain-rate hardening and thermal softening as well as strain hardening. Simulations have been carried out for impact analysis of structural members and numerical results are compared with elastic-plastic analysis results by ABAQUS/standard and LS-DYNA3D. Comparison demonstrates that the dynamic finite element limit analysis can predict the crashworthiness of structural members effectively with less computing time and effort than the commercial codes compared. The crashworthiness of the structure with the ratedependent constitutive model is also compared to the one with the quasi-static constitutive relation for demonstration.


Combined with the physical and chemical characteristics of raw water and the typical structure of two stage relief valve,the key technical problems existing in this type of valve when using raw water instead of mineral oil were analyzed.A novel water hydraulic piloted relief valve with two-stage throttle was designed.To solve its key technical problems,new structures were adopted in this relief valve,such as setting a fixed damper at the inlet and using a two-stage throttle in the main valve to reduce cavitation erosion,adding a assembled seal at the piston of the main valve to prevent leakage and wire drawing.The static characteristics of the novel relief valve were analyzed.The simulation model of the dynamic characteristics for the relief valve was established on AMESim,influence of some parameters on the dynamic characteristics of the relief valve was invesigated.


The article analyzed the influence factors on the surface cleanness of cold rolled strip. According to the condition of Cold Mill of Panzhihua Iron Steel Co.,some measures have been adopted to improve the surface cleanness of cold rolled strip, such as reducing the roughness of work roll,optimizing the emulsion system.


Though thermophotovoltaic (TPV) systems have been studied for many decades, the demonstrated conversion efficiencies have remained far lower than the theoretical maximum. Here, in this work, we investigate the reason for low efficiency, especially in TPV systems employing selective thermal emitters, and determine design pathways toward high efficiency. We model both the optical and optoelectronic components of the TPV system and study the influence of the emitter selectivity on the optimum bandgap of the photovoltaic cell, heat sink requirements, and maximum conversion efficiency for any given emitter temperature from 1000 to 2000 K. Our calculations suggest that thermal emitters with at least 20 dB suppression of sub-bandgap emission and an emission enhancement of 100× can push the overall efficiency to 70% of Carnot's limit. Furthermore, we show that such an extreme requirement on suppression is at the performance limits for resonant thermal emitters employing refractory plasmonic materials such as Mo, W, Ta, TiN, and carbon nanotubes.


Processing structures required in sensing are designed to convert real-world information into useful information, and there are various restrictions and performance goals depending on physical restrictions and the target applications. On the other hand, network technologies are mainly designed for data exchange in the information world, as is seen in packet communications, and do not go well with sensing structures from the viewpoints of real-time properties, spatial continuity, etc. This indicates the need for understanding the architectures and restrictions of sensor technologies and network technologies when aiming to fuse these technologies. This paper clarifies the differences between these processing structures, proposes some issues to be addressed in order to achieve real fusion of them, and presents future directions toward real fusion of sensor technologies and network technologies.


This work studied the effects of different nursing methods applied before and after insemination (AI) on productivity of does. 173 Pannon White and New Zealand White (NZW) rabbits were divided into four groups, according to parity, litter size and genotype. Control group (C) nursed freely from day 1 to 35 of lactation. In W2+3 group, freenursing does were separated by wire-mesh insertion from their litters on day 9 (from 9:00) and can nurse controlled (8:45 to 9:00) on day 10, 11, 12 and 13. AI was done within 15 min after controlled nursing on day 11 post partum. The does returned to the constant free nursing from 8:45 on day 14. The same timing of nursing and AI was adopted in N2+3 group but with carrying the nest-box each day into another room. In N2 group, the daily removal of the nest-box occurred on day 9 and 10, and immediately after AI on day 11, the does had free access to the nest again. With 42-day reproduction cycle, 485 AI's were performed. After recording the number of born alive, an intra–group egalisation to 8 pups per litter was done. Fertility improved (P=0.001) in W2+3 (59.3%), N2+3 (60.0%) and N2 (50.4%) groups compared to C group (33.3%). The number of born alive was higher (P=0.024) in N2+3 group (8.88), than in N2 (7.84) and C groups (7.24), while it was intermediate in W2+3 group (8.26). Controlled suckling increased (P=0.019) the 35 days' weaning weight (908 vs 945, 942, 937 g in C, W2+3, N2+3, N2, respectively) with no impact (P=0.155) on litter size (7.06, 6.69, 7.03, 6.83, respectively). The highest increase in productivity (weight of weaned and slaughter rabbits in group) was found in N2+3 group (by 73-86%), however, it also improved by 54-76% in W2+3 and by 44-51% in N2 groups compared to free nursing (C).


The Rumford Medal of the Royal Society had been awarded in 1896 to Philipp Lenard and Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen. Never before have two men shared this golden medal, which originated in a gift from Count Rumford in 1796 for the most important discovery in heat or light made during the preceding two years. The Royal Society wanted to testify its appreciation of their work in a common field, and it seems to be fitting at the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of X rays to remember the man whose work is less well known. Lenard started his experiments with cathode rays influenced by the lecture of William Crookes (1879) before the Royal Society on April 3, 1879, on "Contributions to Molecular Physics in High Vacua". Whereas Hittdorf and Crookes called attention to the events in the inner dark space surrounding the cathode, Lenard "glazed" the vacuum tube with an aluminium window and carried by this means the cathode rays outside the tube. H. Hertz (1892) discovered that flakes of metal are transparent to catho...


the purpose of this paper is to propose more scientific and general theory of agriculture tourism sustainable development. First, we employed theory deduction method to analyze the object and requirement of agriculture tourism sustainable development based on sustainable development theory, includes increasing agriculture benefits, improving agriculture environment, and developing healthy country culture. Second, we advanced agriculture tourism development should take enhancing productivity as the core, emphasize making use of local materials, and follow the lead of market. At last, we induced some developing suggestion based on existing problems of agriculture tourism, such as government should give strong support, the basic establishment need big improvement, the management must pay attention to meet above object and requirement, and it needs scientific plan to enhance characteristic for supporting sustainable development.


variations, of traditional cliches can yet produce such an effect of freshness. We must try to be clear what it is that makes the poems so incomparable as poetry. Is it the architecture, a skilful heaping together of old carved stones; or the carved stones themselves, or the traditional borrowed similes and stereotyped formulae, or the artificial epic language itself, so ' Wardour Street' and so incredibly beautiful ? And to understand the workings of an author's mind we might well read Professor Lowes' Road to Xanadu. And above all we must remember Wolf's warning: Tota quaestio nostra historica et critica est, non de optabili re sed de re facta. The Aristarchean recension; the pre-Aristarchean papyri and quotations; the recitation at the Panathenaea; these are facts to be studied. For times more remote we have practically no evidence, only the dim light of analogies and our own historical imagination.


=Abstract=In single atrial cells isolated from rabbit hearts the calcium current and (Caj-dependent transient outward current were recorded using the whole-cell clamp technique and the effect of stimulation frequency on these currents was investigated. Voltage dependent transient outward current, which contributes the initial, rapid repolarization phase of the action potential and is frequency-dependent, was also investigated. Increasing the stimulation frequency from O. 025 Hz to 1 Hz had no effect on the calcium current and (Caj-dependent transient outward current and greatly inhibited voltage-dependent transient outward current. The amplitude of voltage depen dent transient outward current increased as the membrane potential became depolarized, its steady-state inactivation spans the voltage range -70 mV to -10 mVand steady-state activation curve -30 mV to 30 mV. Within the range of the resting mem brane potential (at -70 mV), the voltage-dependent recovery time constant was 1. 3 s. The reversal potential was about -50 mV. Voltage-dependent transient outward current was inhibited by K-channel blockers and not inhibited by modulation of (Cali. From the above findings, it is concluded that due to the amplitude and voltage-dependent recov ery time constant which were the basic mechanisms for frequency-dependency, the voltage- dependent transient outward current contributes the initial, rapid repolarization phase and changed the action potential configuration according to stimulation fre quency in the rabbit atrium.


Abstract The feasibility of eradicating the bacterial ring rot disease of potato, caused by Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus, must be evaluated in terms of current knowledge pertaining to pathogen ecology and disease epidemiology, as well as in consideration of developments in laboratory methods for pathogen detection, seed certification regulations and plant health legislation. For our purposes here, eradication should be understood in a functional sense as describing the apparent elimination of the disease without really knowing whether or not the causal bacterium still lurks somewhere in the crop production system. The potential for such eradication depends on the causal bacterium's capacity (or incapacity) to persist in the environment and the means by which vertical and horizontal transmission among potato production units can be controlled. Strict application of certification regulations and early detection of infected potato lots are essential not only to maintaining control of the ring rot disease but also underlie progress toward its functional eradication. For an eradication programme to be successful it must include three fundamental elements, namely, early detection, sanitation and prevention. Ultimately, however, the feasibility of achieving success will depend on economic factors and the commitment of the entire potato industry.


Simple Summary The importance of gene variants in the prognosis of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDSs) has been repeatedly reported in recent years. Especially, TP53 mutations are independently associated with a higher risk category, resistance to conventional therapies, rapid transformation to leukemia, and a poor outcome. In the review, we discuss the features of monoallelic and biallelic TP53 mutations within MDS, the carcinogenic mechanisms, and the predictive value of TP53 variants in current standard treatments including hypomethylating agents, allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and lenalidomide, as well as the latest progress in TP53-targeted therapy strategies in MDS. Abstract Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDSs) are heterogeneous for their morphology, clinical characteristics, survival of patients, and evolution to acute myeloid leukemia. Different prognostic scoring systems including the International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS), the Revised IPSS, the WHO Typed Prognostic Scoring System, and the Lower-Risk Prognostic Scoring System have been introduced for categorizing the highly variable clinical outcomes. However, not considered by current MDS prognosis classification systems, gene variants have been identified for their contribution to the clinical heterogeneity of the disease and their impact on the prognosis. Notably, TP53 mutation is independently associated with a higher risk category, resistance to conventional therapies, rapid transformation to leukemia, and a poor outcome. Herein, we discuss the features of monoallelic and biallelic TP53 mutations within MDS, their corresponding carcinogenic mechanisms, their predictive value in current standard treatments including hypomethylating agents, allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and lenalidomide, together with the latest progress in TP53-targeted therapy strategies, especially MDS clinical trial data.


PROBLEMS OF WATER ECONOMY IN THE KIELCE PROVINCE

Summary
On account of the central position of the Kielce province, particular attention has recently been paid in this region to the problem of mineral raw materials and to their rational development. This is evidenced mainly by a lot of synthetic elaborations of the individual questions. Within the Kielce province, characterized by an agricultural-industrial nature, three regions of a high development degree have been distinguished. These regions concentrate various industrial objects that require much water and, on the other hand, produce a large amount of !industrial wastes. In consequence of this a net of sewage-treatment plants is installed.


Editorial Board Dr Nick Saville, Director, Research and Validation Group, Cambridge ESOL Dr Ardeshir Geranpayeh, Assistant Director, Research and Validation Group, Cambridge ESOL Dr Evelina Galaczi, Senior Research and Validation Manager, Research and Validation Group, Cambridge ESOL Dr Angeliki Salamoura, Principal Research and Validation Manager, Research and Validation Group, Cambridge ESOL Monica Poulter, Senior Assessment Manager, Assessment and Operations Group, Cambridge ESOL


The fi rst part of the paper (Hung. Geogr. Bull. No 2. 2010) was an att empt to evaluate the level of development of NUTS2 regions of the country on the basis of data for the leading 500 companies. The main results of the analysis showed close correlation between the geographical position and success (or failure) in business. The second part of the paper deals with economic effi ciency of top fi rms that are sett led into industrial parks of modestly developed and less favoured counties. Analyses were carried on using fi nancial and statistical indicators published by diff erent institutions and fi rms (e.g. Central Statistical Offi ce, Creditreform Ltd.) electronically or in printed version. The conclusion of the study is that the economic crisis burst in 2008 has aff ected adversely both the annual revenues and profi ts of the top fi rms sett led into industrial parks of the counties mentioned above.


The College Entrance Examination reform needs to better realize the transitions of the different levels of education.In fact,since its resumption,the College Entrance Examination,by the means of reform,has been improved greatly,particularly in its content,which witnessed the most changes.The content reform,aiming at testing the examinees' academic ability,integrated literacy and the potentiality in study,processes an in-depth study and overall optimization of the question-setting design and style of the test paper,for the purpose that the examination can serve the college admission,guide the basic education,and help to train a professional proposition team.


The distinctive feature of the modern fictional writing is its interior turning to communicate the flow of human psychological experience. This has been extensively called the stream of consciousness. The stream of consciousness narrative method has become an exhilarating arena of exploration to which criticism has stretched out in this era. It is appealing for it tenders the opportunities of investigating a work of literary art or the mind of the novelist from multitude points of view. This essay rightly talks of the surfacing and the journey of this ground-breaking method of narration from the writers Henry James to James Joyce. Keywords: stream of consciousness, interior monologue, flow of thoughts, modern narrative technique, psychological device, novel writing, henry james, james joyce


In Shajiang black soil(Sha-Aquic Cambosols) area of Xiping county,Zhumadian district of Henan Province,248 topsoil samples were collected according to 0.5 km ×0.5 km grid.Samples were evenly divided into two subgroups,one prediction group to build predict models and the other verification group to verify the predicted values.Three scenarios with different amount of samples abstracted from prediction group were used to conducting the prediction respectively by soil map and Kriging method for soil organic mater,total nitrogen,total phosphorus,slowly available potassium and available potassium.The results indicated that the prediction exactness of soil map was comparable to that of Kriging method for total phosphorus,total nitrogen,soil organic mater,those all were low variable within same soil species while were remark different among soil species.Kriging method was remarkably superior to soil map method for the prediction of soil property which showed a structural variation in space though high coefficient of variable within soil species.Smoothing effect of Kriging preiction was increased because of the decline in the density of samples,which induced the decrease of prediction precision.However those sample sites where prediction precision decreased often focused on the soil species with high coefficient of variation.It was concluded that it was useful to gauge the coefficient of variation of soil properties within same soil species in advance for further planning detailed soil investigation and selecting prediction method.


We identify the L dwarf 2MASS J20261584−2943124 as an unresolved spectral binary, based on low-resolution, near-infrared spectroscopy from IRTF/SpeX. The data reveal a peculiar absorption feature at 1.6 μm, previously noted in the spectra of other very low-mass spectral binaries, which likely arises from overlapping FeH and CH4 absorption bands in the blended light of an L dwarf/T dwarf pair. Spectral template matching analysis indicates component types of L0.5 and T6, with relative brightness ∆H = 4.2±0.6. Laser guide star adaptive optics imaging observations with Keck/NIRC2 fail to resolve the source, indicating a maximum separation at the observing epoch of 0. 25, or a projected separation Some of the data presented herein were obtained at the W.M. Keck Observatory, which is operated as a scientific partnership among the California Institute of Technology, the University of California, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Observatory was made possible by the generous financial support of the W.M. Keck Foundation. Also Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Building 37, Room 664B, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Visiting Astronomer at the Infrared Telescope Facility, which is operated by the University of Hawai'i under Cooperative Agreement NCC 5-538 with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Space Science, Planetary Astronomy Program.


On the st of January 2003 the new Code of Civil Procedure of Lithuania (CPC) came into force. Knowing that CPC was drafted during relatively short time, it seems not so surprising that some mistakes and shortcomings were not avoided. Those indeed were revealed when applying the mentioned complex instrument of procedural law in practice. Some provisions of the CPC have even already faced, and unfortunately not always successfully, the test of the conformity to the national Constitution. It seems that the best appraiser of the legal act is time, which fixates the empirical observations of legal practitioners and scholars. Today, after some time has already passed since the CPC came into force, it becomes possible to discuss the shortcomings of the CPC that were already noticed in practice, to propose possible ways of elimination of those shortcomings, as well as to predict some general tendencies of the future evaluation of the civil procedural law of Lithuania. While drafting and adopting the CPC, it was often underlined, that the drafters of the CPC had chosen the conception of social civil procedure, which is displayed by the aim to disclose the real circumstances of a legal dispute and to establish the material truth. Today it has to be acknowledged that while implementing the reform of civil procedure and aiming to prevent the procedural delays, which were quite common when applying the provisions of the former CPC, adopted in 1964, it was gone to one extreme to the other. In other words, the priority was given to the expeditiousness of court proceedings, but not to the adoption of the court decision which is materially correct. Meanwhile when analysing the recent jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania, one can reach the unambiguous conclusion, that the Constitutional Court supports the idea of active judge, need to protect the public interest and to establish the material truth in the case. Following the argumentation of the Constitutional Court, one can predict the future evaluation of civil procedural law of Lithuania. Generally speaking, the tendencies of further evaluation of civil procedural law can be described by several phrasings: more attention to the protection of public interest, less absolute written prohibitions in the laws and more space for the display of judicial discretion. Therefore civil procedural law is "doomed" to be dynamical, constantly evaluating and changing branch of law. New tasks, set for the judiciary by the society, will inevitably be interrelated with the further evaluation of judicial practice and legal regulation. It is a road that has no end.


ABSTRACT In this article, I take sixteenth-century mathematics as a test case for considering at its most general level what doing theory entails. Ideally, doing theory aims to change rather than merely describe reality, and in order to do so, it represents that reality differently. Such transformations, I argue, need special techniques of representation. In early modern mathematics, two techniques in particular enable new theoretical content: symbolic notation, and the real continuum. Together they create a language that can redescribe mathematical objects, for example, so that a single general formula can solve for all specific instances, and simple counting numbers can be reidentified in the real continuum as limits. I argue for the formative contribution of the imagination in such developments, that is, for an ability to reassemble givens of a problem in such a way as to solve it; and to concoct new objects or possibilities that do not exist in reality. In the sixteenth century, imaginary numbers (roots of negative values) most explicitly demonstrate the importance of speculating beyond what is real. As we consider what doing theory in the twenty-first century entails, it is worth remembering, in light of the article's analysis, how form or technique itself has agency, and the ability to transform theoretical content.


The fractal behaviour of electron scattering in solids is studied with electron trajectories simulated by Monte Carlo simulations. More precisely, the Hausdorff-Besicovitch dimension is determined for several electrons trajectories simulated in solids of different compositions. Then, a simple model to compute the fractal dimension of electron trajectories in solids is presented, a model which raises a question concerning the maximum value of the backscattering coefficient. Results of Monte Carlo simulations of electron trajectories in several elements with total randomness for the polar and azimuthal angles of scattering are presented as a tentative answer to this question. Finally, the multi fractal behaviour of the energy distribution of backscattered electrons is presented. ~ Words Fractal dimension, electron scattering, Monte Carlo simulations, multifractals, backscattering electrons. • Address for correspondence: Raynald Gauvin Departement de Genie Mecanique, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, JlK 2Rl Telephone number: (819) 821-7850 Fax number: (819) 821-7163


The article is devoted to the problems of increasingthe efficiencyand competitiveness of the Russian commercial banks in the post-crisis period. Development of optimal organizational structure of bank management allows to perform the assigned mission in a context of achievement of strategic targets. Typical modern models of organizational structures are considered, the comparative analysis is carried out, advantages of models, their lacks and preferable scopes of application are specified.


For any positive integer n, the famous F.Smarandache function S(n) is deflned as the smallest positive integer m such that n j m!. That is, S(n) = minfm : n j m!; n 2 Ng. The main purpose of this paper is using the elementary method to study the estimate problem of S (Fn), and give a sharper lower bound estimate for it, where Fn = 2 2 n + 1 is called the


The article is devoted to the actual issue – the implementation of mobile learning tools in the process of forming English language competence of future teachers and the creation of mobile learning content according to its main principles. The author analyzes modern views on mobile learning as a specific type of e-learning having its own advantages and disadvantages, studies the research works of foreign and Ukrainian scientists S. Semerikov, K. Buhaichuk, M. Kyslova, A. Stryuk, M. Stryuk, M. Bransford, J. Douglas, J. Traxler and others. The author has provided the own concept of mobile learning and formulated basic principles of creating mobile learning content as the article's goal. More than that, the author has determined the place of mobile learning in the system of future teachers training and outlined the perspectives of further use of mobile learning content in the form of mobile sites, blogs, applications and platforms to build the English language competence of future teachers during classroom and extra-curriculum activities. Leading research methods used: theoretical methods of scientific knowledge (analysis and synthesis, generalization and deduction), methods of empirical level (observations and descriptions). The basic principles of creating mobile learning content for the formation of future teachers language competence are described. The necessity of chunking the course material as the most effective way of mobile learning and memorizing techniques are pointed out. The set of basic rules to organize the mobile course content with the focus on micro learning, ultimate flexibility, learner-centered approach, facilitating the interest in the subject, organizing simple visuals are presented. More principles under the article's author attention are mobile mentoring and micro assessments which can provide more real-time, context-aware training opportunities for the formation of future teachers competence in English language. It is noted that the research is practical since it gives a detailed description of the basic principles of creating mobile learning content and its implementation in the process of future teachers training. It is important that the forms, methods and basic principles of mobile learning join Ukrainian students to the global process of education informatization and demonstrate further perspectives in the formation of their English language competence.


Jocelyn Rice Bishop Gorman High School Email: email@example.com Contact A few years ago, Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, NV insAtuted the GAELS period, a mid-day remediaAon and enrichment period. This period was designed to ensure that students who were in need of remediaAon were given the Ame they needed to re-learn any chapter material that they did not master in their first aoempt. Mastery learning is clearly a valuable learning tool, but as Ame went on, I began to ask myself if my colleagues or I had a clear idea of the best pracAces for conducAng remediaAon sessions. I oGen noAced that despite aoending remediaAon, students oGen failed to improve their scores and were pushed to move on regardless of having not mastered the material. Through informal interviews with colleagues, I realized that there was a need to determine which teaching strategies seemed to work best as remediaAon strategies. Therefore, I invesAgated four teaching strategies that appealed to mulAple learning styles, that were also not part of my regular classroom pracAces. This study invesAgated the effecAveness of flipped classroom, science journaling, table manipulAves, and concept mapping as remediaAon strategies. IntroducAon


An object of the present invention is to provide a badminton shuttle and set for badminton practice that can practice hitting the badminton shuttle even one person. SOLUTION: The shuttle 10 badminton struck by the racket, which has an elastic rebound upon collision with another member, it is possible flexibly deformed, and the porous material with the ball portion 20 of the material , together with the attached to the ball portion 20 comprises a, the blade portion 30 to provide a greater air resistance than the ball portion 20. .FIELD 1


The 2014 winner of the prestigious ACM Special Interest Group on Multimedia (SIGMM) award for Outstanding Technical Contributions to Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications is Prof. Dr. Klara Nahrstedt.


A continuous type dryer was designed for drying of foamed mango pulp at 0.30 kg/h w.b. over the 0.40-m2 surface area of the dryer belt. The pulp contained 10% egg albumen as a foaming agent and 0.5% methyl cellulose as a stabilizing agent. The dryer was operated with air heated to 60°C and one mm foam thickness. Batch studies using similar conditions demonstrated that the foamed mango pulp could be dried to 5.07 % w.b. in 40 min when the foam was spread to a mat density of 0.52 kg/m2 w.b. Similarly, non-foamed pulp could be dried to 6.03% w.b. in 100 min when the pulp was spread to a mat density of 1.01 kg/m2. When the dryer was operated in continuous mode at a residence time of 35 min and a mat density of 0.52 kg/m2 w.b., the foamed mango pulp dried rapidly compared to the batch conditions, giving a final moisture content of 5.02% w.b. Biochemical changes were less for foamed drying compared to non-foamed drying.


According to the field investigation,site sub-areas were classified by grade,site type groups by the continuity of the soil and site type by thickness of the soil at the limestone low mountains and hills in Xuzhou city.Thus,the area was divided into 3 site sub-areas,12 site type groups and 30 site types.The investigation results showed that the above mentioned site types could be remediated by proper application of artificial engineering and biological measures.Meanwhile,the investigation results also showed that Platycladus orientalis,Acer mono,Robinia pseudoacacia,Sapium sebiferum,Ligustrum lucidum,Cedrus deodara,Pistacia chinensis,Melia azedarach,Rhus typhina,Koelreuteria integrifolia,Ailanthus altissima,Diospyros kaki,Celtistet randra,Broussonetia papyrifera,Sabina chinensis were suitable afforestation species.The results provided the theoretical guidance for the work of vegetation restoration and for the construction of water and soil conservation projects.


I begin by briefly tracing the history of the split between environmental ethics and animal liberation, go on to sketch a theory of value that I think is implicit in animal liberation, and explain how this theory is consistent with strong environmental commitments. I conclude with some observations about problems that remain.