A new method for automatic analysis of non‐nutritive sucking in newborn infants is described, which uses a specially designed computer program that analyses an analogue signal obtained from a pressure transducer inside a pacifier. Validation is done with four independent methods: electromyogram, visual identification, control of the automatic treatment and comparison of inter‐observer results. A high degree of correspondence is shown. The system was applied to 58 healthy full‐term neonates. Infants less than 24 h old demonstrated a significantly different sucking pattern compared with the 3‐day‐old infant. The duration of their bursts was longer (3.7 vs 2.8 s), the frequency of their sucking was lower (1.7 vs 2.0 Hz) and the variability of their sucking pattern was greater. These results also testify to the validity of the method inasmuch as the values for the different sucking parameters are similar to corresponding values presented earlier.


During the last decades, the financial markets vola tility concept attracted the attention of the theorists and the experts in the field of finance, especially for the internationally diversified wallets. In this article, we used an asymmetric dyn amic conditional correlation (DCC-GARCH (1.1)) model following the approach of Engle (2002) , to test if the volatility of individual market or their relative volatility causes the chan ging in correlation. The study focuses on the seven developed (G7) countries over the period 01/0 1/20 0:31/12/2008. The results indicate that there is a significant effect of individual vo latilities and correlations between the US market and the other markets and that individual vo latility of these markets has an impact on the increase in correlations between the G7 countri es.


Food habits of Mustelus lunulatus and M. henlei (PISCES: TRIAKIDAE) colected in Parque Nacional Natural Gorgona, Colombian Pacific. From June 1988 to July 1992, non-continuous samples of two species of cartilaginous fish of the family Triakidae were taken in the National Natural Park Gorgona. Stomach contents of 139 individuals of Mustelus lunulatus and 51 individuals of M. henlei were analyzed. These species predate on crustaceans (93,06%), mainly Portunus iridiscens, Squilla panamensis and Hipoconcha panamensis, secondly on mollusks of the family Loliginidae (4,32%) and fishes (2,28%) in a smaller proportion; the remaining 0,34% corresponded to digested material. Nematodes and isopods were found in the stomach contents of these fishes, but we considered them as accidentals and were not included in the analysis.


Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is the most prevalent disease among all dementias, and is characterized by progressive deficits in cognitive function and activities of daily living.The aim of this study was compare effects of multimodal physical activity program in functional capacity, memory, and attention in elderly with and without AD.


Two polyoxometalate-based silver(I) compounds including a three-dimensional porous crystalline array and a double-helicate bisupporting cluster were achieved using metal-organic helicates and Keggin [PMo(12)O(40)](3-) as secondary building blocks.


Recent results are reviewed from sensitive x‐ray observations of globular clusters with ROSAT. It is clear that virtually all globulars contain a ''core source'' with soft x‐ray luminosity of ∼1032.5 erg/s, thus confirming the original Einstein Observatory discovery of such ''dim sources'' within globular clusters. High Resolution X‐ray images (HRI) with ROSAT show that these sources can be resolved into ≳3–5 sources with correspondingly reduced luminosities. High resolution optical images with HST in Hα vs. R are reviewed and show that emission line objects with uv excesses are found within the ≲6' positional uncertainties of the dim x‐ray sources in NGC 6397 and possibly also NGC 6752. The distinction between CVs and quiescent LMXBs is discussed, as well as additional constraints imposed by the dim sources in globulars. The overall results now becoming available from high resolution imaging with ROSAT (HSI) and HST argue that CVs have finally been discovered in globular clusters.


The Lady of the Camellias created by a French writer Alexandre Dumas,is understood as a love tragedy of woman,as well as the hidden religious theme represented in the redemption of others and self-atonement.It is necessary to know about the close relation between the western literature and religion.


A synthesis procedure is given for elliptic digital filters of order 2q, q=1, 2, 3…. The pulse transfer function is obtained in the form of biquadratic products in z−1. An example illustrates how this method is used to synthetise an elliptic digital filter.


Roll-to-roll (R2R) flexible electronics manufacturing techniques may eventually provide a solution for continuous production of high quality flexible electronics devices at a significant cost reduction. The goal of the Center of Advanced Microelectronic Manufacturing (CAMM) is to establish and demonstrate tooling, materials and processes for roll-to-roll (R2R) flexible electronics manufacturing capability [1]. In this work, the roll-to-roll (R2R) photolithography system and dependent materials and processes are used to establish baseline data for fabrication, registration and overlay of micron sized patterns on unsupported plastic in pieces and carried by a web. Enabling the use of unsupported plastic film is the first step in understanding the R2R process. Test verniers with up to 0.1 micron measurement precision were used to read the overlay offsets. Micro-sized features with one micron overlay accuracy have been achieved on photoresist coated free standing 5 mil thick Dupont Melinex® ST507 polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate. Rohm & Haas LC-100 photoresist was used in this work. Soda lime glass substrates (Telic) were also used to establish the tool and process fundamental limits.


It is established that men have higher blood pressures than women and that African Americans (AA) have an increased likelihood of developing hypertension and renal disease compared to their Caucasian (CN) counterparts. However, the mechanism(s) accounting for these differences remain to be established. In the present study, we assessed mean arterial pressures (MAP), as well as ACE and ACE2 that form and metabolize Angiotensin (Ang) II, the primary effector peptide of the renin angiotensin system (RAS), in urine from AA male (n=8), AA female (n=9) and CN female (n=4) adolescents at 14 years of age. MAP did not differ significantly between groups [AA males: 74±2 mmHg; AA females: 76±1mmHg; CN females: 73±1mmHg]. ACE activity was lower in AA females [0.7±0.2 fmol/min/g creatinine] than AA males [1.3±0.2 fmol/min/g creatinine; p<0.05], but did not differ from CN females [0.8±0.3 fmol/min/g creatinine]. Conversely, ACE2 activity was lower in AA females [0.9±0.2 fmol/min/g creatinine] compared to CN females [1.7±0.4 fmol/min/g creatinine; p<0.05] but not in AA males [1.0±0.3 fmol/min/g creatinine]. These findings suggest that sex and racial differences in urinary ACE and ACE2 activities are evident in young adults in the absence of changes in blood pressure. We speculate that lower ACE2 activity may contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease particularly in AA females. HD047584‐S3; HL‐56973; M01‐RR07122


A 720‐channel, 8‐bit source driver has been developed for high resolution and high refresh‐rate applications. A source synchronous point‐to‐point interface has been adopted. The timing relationship between the received clock and the received data is calibrated and configured in the timing controller (TCON). This simplifies the implementation of the source driver as the sensitive DLL or CDR circuits are not required in the source driver. The source driver is implemented in a 0.15μm 1.8V/16.5V high‐voltage process. The achieved data rate is 2.5Gbps. It is applicable to a 240Hz FHD panel or a 120Hz 4K2K panel.


A 3.3-3.8GHz 2W MMIC power amplifier using AlGaAs/InGaAs/GaAs PHEMT for wireless local-area network and multi-channel multipoint distribution service applications is demonstrated. This two-stage amplifier is designed to match fully a 50/spl Omega/ input and output impedance. With dual-bias configuration, the amplifier possesses a 30.4dB small-signal gain, and a 34dBm 1-dB gain compression power with 37.1% power-added efficiency. Moreover, high linearity with a 41.5dBm third-order intercept point at a frequency of 3.5GHz is obtained.


Background: To address the increasingly strident call for better, more informed shared decision-making about treatment decisions and goals of care in patients with end-stage heart failure (HF), we designed and implemented a supportive care intervention for hospitalized patients with a very poor prognosis.

Methods: All patients admitted to the advanced HF service at a single hospital over a 6-mo. period were screened for inclusion criteria (deemed non-candidacy for LVAD/transplantation and high likelihood for death or persistently poor quality of life at 6 months, based on the Allen risk score). Enrollees were given a written exercise, The Conversation Starter Kit, to complete with their healthcare proxy before an outpatient visit with a HF nurse practitioner (NP) trained in supportive care techniques. The intervention provided at this visit consisted of 5 domains: disease understanding, symptom control, legal matters, goals of care, and the role of the healthcare proxy. The KCCQ, PEACE Illness Acceptance Scale, Decisional Conflict Scale, and Kaldjian's Goals of Care were collected at enrollment and 1 month after the intervention, along with 6-month outcomes of readmission and death.

Results: Of 77 patients admitted to the service who were not candidates for advanced therapies, 16 met eligibility criteria. Nine declined participation and 7 of a planned 10 were enrolled; the pilot was terminated early due to low enrollment. Only 2 patients completed the intervention; reasons for not completing varied for the 5 remaining patients. (Table) Despite a pre-existing relationship between patients and NPs, rigorous facilitator training, and a comprehensive, evidence-based, outpatient intervention, significant barriers to implementation included patient reluctance/fear, uncertainty surrounding disease progression, time constraints of completing the intervention within a scheduled clinic visit, and lack of efficacy due to patients having too-advanced disease.

Conclusions: An intervention to engage very high-risk, advanced HF patients in shared decision-making about end-of-life care failed to be successfully and sustainably implemented. Future work should assess the feasibility and efficacy of designing an early and iterative intervention in a larger population of HF patients with less advanced disease.

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The utility model discloses a pinion-and-rack type adjustable rear protective device of a vehicle, which aims to solve the problems that the conventional pinion-and-rack type adjustable rear protective device of the vehicle is higher in cost, larger in weight, and not easy to popularize and apply. The pinion-and-rack type adjustable rear protective device of the vehicle comprises a one-shaft assembly, a two-shaft assembly, a three-shaft assembly, a four-shaft assembly, a left slideway assembly, a right slideway assembly and a vehicle frame rear lattice, wherein the three-shaft assembly is mounted in the middle of the vehicle frame rear lattice; the one-shaft assembly is mounted on the right side of the vehicle frame rear lattice; the four-shaft assembly is mounted on the left side of the three-shaft assembly; the two-shaft assembly is mounted between the one-shaft assembly and the three-shaft assembly; a one-shaft transmission gear of the one-shaft assembly is meshed with a two-shaft transmission gear of the two-shaft assembly; a two-shaft transmission gear of the two-shaft assembly is meshed with a second three-shaft transmission gear of the three-shaft assembly; a first three-shaft transmission gear of the three-shaft assembly is meshed with a four-shaft transmission gear of the four-shaft assembly; and the left slideway assembly and the right slideway assembly which are mounted on the left side surface and the right side surface of the vehicle frame rear lattice are in a meshed connection with the four-shaft assembly and the one-shaft assembly sequentially.


Emily Porter looks at research into the brain development of students in the middle years of their education which shows why they behave as they do and what the implications are for schools.


This paper elaborates a reflection on the possibility of promoting a culture of peace among the members of a school community that must deal with social conflicts such as drug dealing within the school premises, peer violence and extortion. The question that this paper aims to answer is: how to build a culture of peace in a school inserted in a community characterized by poverty and the daily presence of organized crime? Through a qualitative study it was possible to collect data documenting the intensity of direct violence carried out by criminal groups and the latent violence perceived by members of the school community. It is concluded that, in conditions in which personal integrity is at stake, perhaps the only thing that can be aspired to is to achieve negative peace, since the problems of poverty and organized crime have even exceeded local authorities.


~ two previous volumes in this series, . ed in 1968, presented a compre've review of Carbohydrate Metab(Vol. 1) and Clinical Aspects uding diabetes), Vol. 2. This third , on the other hand, contains a 'on of detailed reviews of topics in advances have been made in the ning years and is, therefore, much of a reference book and less of a k than its predecessors. Although may limit its appeal, the standard of idual contributions is consistently With the exception of a chapter on Phosphorylase Kinase Deficiency I ice, and four final general chapters on proteins,The Role of Carbohydrates , Ccl1ular Recognition and Adhesion, ,_Intestinal Oligoand Disaccharidases, ,.r.mphasis is on human physiology and ;Jophysiology. Although the overall balance of the text


Globally, night blindness affects 5.2 million preschool&age children and 9.8 million pregnant women, w hich corresponds to 0.9% and 7.8% of the population at risk of blindness respectively. According to WHO vitamin A deficiency is endemic in India based on the ocular manifestations of xerophthalmia or deficient serum (plasma) retinol concentrations (<0.35 µmol/l). WHO has updated these estimates and reported that vitamin A deficiency is of public health significance in and is likely to be a problem. Government of India has launched many Nutritional programmes for prevention and treatment of the malabsorption, deficiency disorders. But they cannot reach to the grass root levels where they are actually needed. Sometimes the health centre is too far as far as rural India is concerned. Lack of knowledge, poverty, illiteracy, early marriages, and big family size is some direct and indirect contributing factors. Vitamin A deficiency is actually very common and can be easily curable with simple measures. If not treated ay right time may lead to irreversible blindness. Ayurved is great science and considers every food article as medicine. Agasti (Sesbania grandiflora ) can be successfully used to treat night blindness in all age groups.


A Full-scale prototype of a new 201.25 MHz RF Final Power Amplifier (FPA) for Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) has been designed, fabricated, assembled and installed in the test facility. This prototype was successfully tested and met the physics and electronics design criteria. The team faced design and manufacturing challenges, having a goal to produce 2 MW peak power at 13% duty factor, at the elevation of over 2 km in Los Alamos. The mechanical design of the final power amplifier was built around a Thales TH628 Diacrode{sup R}, a state-of-art tetrode power tube. The main structure includes Input circuit, Output circuit, Grid decoupling circuit, Output coupler, Tuning pistons, and a cooling system. Many types of material were utilized to make this new RF amplifier. The fabrication processes of the key components were completed in the Prototype Fabrication Division shop at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The critical plating procedures were achieved by private industry. The FPA mass is nearly 600 kg and installed in a beam structural support stand. In this paper, we summarize the FPA design basis and fabrication, plating, and assembly process steps with necessary lifting and handling fixtures. In addition, to ensure the quality of themore » FPA support structure a finite element analysis with seismic design forces has also been carried out.« less


The relationship between temperature difference between canopy temperature at grouting stage and air temperature and yield was researched by a CB-0241 infrared thermometer.The results showed that the temperature difference between canopy temperature(Tc) and air temperature(Ta) had a trend of high-low-high-low in two densities.Moreover, for the high planting desity genotype maize,it showed a good correlation between Ta-Tc and the yield around 20 days and from 35 days to after silking maturity stage.


Objective To explore the best method to relieve thirst in patients after laparoscopic cholecystectomy through comparison. Methods 60 patients after undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy were randomized into Q-tip group and spraying group. In the Q-tip group, warm boiled water-absorbing Q-tips were applied to embrocate the lips of patients and in the spraying group warm boiled water was sprayed into the oral cavity of the patients once per hour or given when needed within 6 hours after operation so as to compare which method was more effective to relieve thirst. Results Operations were performed well in both groups and there was no postoperative complication. It was shown that warm boiled water spraying achieved better result in relieving thirst 6 hours after operation (P<0.05). Conclusions Warm boiled water spraying is more effective than warm boiled water-absorbing Q-tip unction to relieve thirst in patients after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.


The invention discloses a method for preparing polylactic acid by catalyzing solid acid composite lactate, comprising the following steps of: dehydrating lactic acid monomers with different optical activities used as raw materials by decompressing; and adding pre-active resin for reaction to obtain a lactic acid performed polymer with molecular weight of 2000-3000Da; then, adding lactate with different optical activities into the lactic acid performed polymer; decompressing, melting and polymerizing to obtain a low lactic acid polymer at the temperature of 120-180 DEG C through composite catalysis; decompressing the low lactic acid polymer at the temperature of 130-180 DEG C or carrying out solid-phase polymerizing in an inert atmosphere to obtain a product with 64 percent of a crystallinity degrees (Xc). The invention uses the composite catalysis of the solid acid and the lactate, not only increases catalyst efficiency and stereoselectivity, but also reduces the pollution of inorganic acid, wherein the reutilization of the solid acid greatly reduces cost. The obtained polylactic acid has weight-average molecular weight of 120000Da, a vitrification temperature value (Tg) of 60 DEGC and a melting temperature (Tm) of 180 DEG C. The product has optical activity purity (OP) of 94 percent and has he characteristics of high molecular weight, high-melting points, high thermal stability and high optical activity.


Background: Green organic solvents such as lactate esters have broad industrial applications and favorable envi‑ ronmental profiles. Thus, manufacturing and use of these biodegradable solvents from renewable feedstocks help benefit the environment. However, to date, the direct microbial biosynthesis of lactate esters from fermentable sugars has not yet been demonstrated. Results: In this study, we present a microbial conversion platform for direct biosynthesis of lactate esters from fermentable sugars. First, we designed a pyruvate‑to‑lactate ester module, consisting of a lactate dehydrogenase ( ldhA ) to convert pyruvate to lactate, a propionate CoA‑transferase ( pct ) to convert lactate to lactyl‑CoA, and an alcohol acyltransferase ( AAT ) to condense lactyl‑CoA and alcohol(s) to make lactate ester(s). By generating a library of five pyruvate‑to‑lactate ester modules with divergent AATs, we screened for the best module(s) capable of produc‑ ing a wide range of linear, branched, and aromatic lactate esters with an external alcohol supply. By co‑introducing a pyruvate‑to‑lactate ester module and an alcohol (i.e., ethanol, isobutanol) module into a modular Escherichia coli (chassis) cell, we demonstrated for the first time the microbial biosynthesis of ethyl and isobutyl lactate esters directly from glucose. In an attempt to enhance ethyl lactate production as a proof‑of‑study, we re‑modularized the pathway into (1) the upstream module to generate the ethanol and lactate precursors and (2) the downstream module to generate lactyl‑CoA and condense it with ethanol to produce the target ethyl lactate. By manipulating the metabolic fluxes of the upstream and downstream modules through plasmid copy numbers, promoters, ribosome binding sites, and environmental perturbation, we were able to probe and alleviate the metabolic bottlenecks by improving ethyl lactate production by 4.96‑fold. We found that AAT is the most rate‑limiting step in biosynthesis of lactate esters likely due to its low activity and specificity toward the non‑natural substrate lactyl‑CoA and alcohols. Conclusions: We have successfully established the biosynthesis pathway of lactate esters from fermentable sugars and demonstrated for the first time the direct fermentative production of lactate esters from glucose using an E. coli modular cell. This study defines a cornerstone for the microbial production of lactate esters as green solvents from renewable resources with novel industrial applications.


We report on the observation of self-healing after photodegradation in several different organic-dye-doped polymer random lasers. For each material the lasing intensity is found to fully recover after the damaging beam is blocked.


Teluk Awur Beach Jepara is one of the waters in Central Java that has a seagrass ecosystem. Seagrass role is the ability to support the life of another biota closely related to the fertility of the waters indicated by the content of chlorophyll-a, nitrate, and phosphate. The purpose of this study is to know the relationship between chlorophyll-a, nitrate, and phosphate to seagrass land cover as well as the variables which have major contributions. The method of study used is descriptive with four station sampling and  seagrass with a line transect of 50 m, and a 1x1 m² transect Quadrant divided into 16 sub plots measuring 25 x 25 cm² a spatial approach and multiple regression statistics. The results showed that there was a positive correlation between seagrass land cover to the concentration of chlorophyll-a and nitrate but less correlated phosphate. The highest chlorophyll-a concentrations of 0.381 mg/m 3 , seagrass land cover 40-60%, seagrass density 314 individual/m 2 , nitrate 1.141 mg/l and phosphate 0.54 mg/l. The lowest chlorophyll-a concentration ranges from 0.32-0.35 mg/m 3 , seagrass cover of 0-10%, seagrass density 3-12 individual/m 2 , nitrate 0.96 mg/l and phosphate 0, 21mg/L. This research shows that there is a strong link between seagrass land cover Concentrations of chlorophyll-a, nitrates and less influential to phosphates.


The rate of decline of fenitrothion residues was investigated in leaves and soil of vineyard over 2 months after treatment with two different kinds of commercial formulations: emulsifiable concentrate (EC) and microencapsulate (ME). Fenitrothion residues were determined with GC-NPD after acetone extraction of soil and leaves. The measured initial deposits in soil and leaves varied between 2.6 and 3.8 mg kg−1 and between 89 and 101 mg kg−1, respectively. Fenitrothion residues in soil dropped at 0.1–0.2 mg kg−1 after 60 days following application with EC formulation showing a more rapid decline than the ME. Fenitrothion residues in leaves from ME formulation treatment showed a longer persistence and lower decline rate than those from EC formulation. During the experimental period, fenitrothion remaining in leaves from ME application was 10 times more than from the EC one. Mathematically defined decline curves were established by determining optimal relationships between fenitrothion residues and time. The RF1st-order and RF1.5th-order equation achieved the best adjustment to the experimental data of fenitrothion dissipation on leaves for the ME and EC formulation, respectively, giving fenitrothion half-lives of about 2–3 days for ME and <1 day for EC formulation. In vineyard soil, the best adjustment to the experimental data for ME and EC formulation was achieved by the 1st-order and 1.5th-order equations, respectively, giving fenitrothion half-lives in soil of about 17–21 days for ME and 5 days for EC formulation.


ABSTRACT This article focuses on the genesis of liberal Catholicism in England from 1822 to roughly 1848, with particular reference to Cardinal Newman's Apologia Pro Vita Sua (1864). Newman's reflections reveal a side of liberalism hitherto given little consideration. As a Catholic priest, he endured, albeit disapprovingly, a sort of theological liberalism which sought to reform the Church of England. The discussion of his recollections unravels the ethical and political disposition of early liberals, which in some respects resembles later iterations of liberalism in politics. As a movement, liberal Catholicism did not retain authoritative primacy for very long in England or in any other of the European nations, though the effect of disorientation that it had on the Christian Church was considerable. A careful analysis of this brief chapter of liberalism is perhaps relevant to the study of its political orientation as a whole.


Keratoconjunctivitis sicca in patients with Sj(cid:1)gren's syndrome is typically associated with severe subjective symptoms and may lead to corneal complications and visual loss. Inflammation, hormonal factors and neuronal dysregulations are discussed as pathogenetic factors. Therapy includes safety goggles, humidi-fiers, correction of lid anomalies and refraction deficits, treat-ment of associated blepharitis and discontinuance of specific medications. Besides numerous artificial tears solutions and autologous serum, treatments became available with topical steroids, cyclosporin A and oral muscarinic agonists that target the basic disease mechanisms. Topical androgens and secretago-gues such as diquafosol tetrasodium and 15(S)-HETE are in clinical evaluation for the treatment of keratoconjunctivitis sicca.


In July 1997, Hong Kong was reunited with mainland China. This reunification has tremendous implications in the area of trade, investment and economic relations between the two countries. Hong Kong trades extensively with China, and its companies are invested heavily there. The purpose of this study is to explore Hong Kong consumers' perception of products coming from China and other major sourcing countries. Of the ten product attributes considered in this study, only one factor—reasonable price of Chinese products—was positively evaluated by the respondents. Study findings indicate that Hong Kong consumers maintain unfavourable perceptions and evaluations of Chinese products compared to their developed country counterparts.


Objective: To determine the frequency and pattern of dental carries in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Design: Crosssectional descriptive study. Patients and methods: Patients with history of type 2 diabetes mellitus for ≥ 02 years duration with ≥ 35 years ofage and of either gender with dental pain visit at medical and dental outpatient department (OPD) of Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad.The detail history was taken and the blood samples were taken for haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) to assess the glycemic status. The existenceof dental carries and its pattern was diagnosed through dental examination by consultant dentist had clinical experience ≥05 years. The datawas collected on pre-designed proforma, entered and analyzed in SPSS version 11.00. Results: A total of 137 type 2 diabetic patients wereselected for this study, out of these 82 were males and 55 females. The dental carries was found in 98 (71.5%) patients. Out of these ninetyeight, 53 (54.08%) were males and 45 (45.92%) were female. Upper molar teeth involvement was present in 46 patients and lower molarteeth were involved in 52 patients. Dentine carries was seen in 35 patients, enamel carries in 19, white spot carries in 20 patients, pulpitis in16 patients, and pulp capping in 8 patients. Involvement of individual teeth was also assessed, the upper molar involvement was present in32 patients, premolar involvement was present in 11, incisor involvement in 03 patients. The lower molars were involved in 28 patients,lower pre molar in 21 and lower incisors in 03 patients. Dental carries was present in 43 (43.9%) patients in patients whose duration ofdiabetes was between 5-10 years, whereas those patients having duration >10 years had 31.6% frequency of dental carries, whileregarding duration of <5 years only 24 (24.5%) patients had dental carries. Conclusions: The diabetic patients are more prone to acquiredental caries.


Objective To investigate the effects of psychic energizer for oral use therapy to TD with ADHD.Methods 69 cases finaldiagnosised TD with ADHD were selected at the minimal brain dysfunction special out-patiant clinic in our hospital from 2004. 1 to 2006.8. They got Ritalin, Italprid or/and doperidin and summarize the effects of therapy. Effects and safe of blood pressure and cardiac rhythm and liver function were followed up two months to be observed. Results The indexes number of study and hyperactivity in Conners scale had markedly evidence of reducing, movement Tic and sound Tic in YGTSS scale had markedly evidence of reducing, compare with pretherapy, P0.01. Conclusion stimulant can less improve the severity of TD. Low dose of stimulant and rule dose dopline acceptor blocker can greatly improve the severity of TD with ADHD.


Development of various image descriptors has greatly contributed to the advancement in image retrieval. Image descriptors can be made invariant to various image changes. In this paper, a new image descriptor is described and its application in image retrieval is evaluated. The descriptor uses the autoencoder concept to reduce the dimension of the feature vector measuing various properties of a keypoint. The new descriptor is found to have higher precision and recall rates when compared to the SIFT descriptor in image retrieval. Moreover, the descriptor is about three times faster than the SIFT descriptor, and by using the codebook concept, it can be made even faster.


Safety rest areas (RAs) provide travellers and drivers safe and convenient facilities to rest themselves before continuing with their journey. The establishment of rest areas on major roads may help to decrease number of accidents caused by drivers' fatigue, to ensure parking place for short breaks and long-term stop of cargo vehicles, to reduce the excess travel time and, of course, to improve the overall travel comfort. Well designed and customers friendly rest areas with improved secure parking opportunities is a necessity in all countries. This article analyzes types of roadside rest areas, rest area arrangement and recreation facilities infrastructure on Lithuanian roads. These basic rest area services must be open and available to all users. The recommended rest areas are socioeconomically feasible and environmentally friendly and safe.


Imaging Doppler radar deployed in an interferometric mode can be used to map the time-varying surface displacement field. Applying techniques common in cross-track SAR interferometry, the authors have used a newly constructed focused phased-array radar to measure backscattered power, Doppler velocity, and surface displacement simultaneously from extended areas of the sea surface. "Direct" imaging of surface displacement via interferometry avoids the need for a surface wave model (linear or otherwise) to retrieve wave heights. They report results of held comparison between radar and wave-wire measurements of surface displacement performed from a small pier. Images of a 20 m/spl times/20 m area resolved to 0.5 m spatial resolution and 0.25 s time resolution were produced. Radar-derived height statistics are well correlated with those obtained by direct measurement. The technique can be extended to larger areas by increasing the height of the radar.


Introduction In the course of reading papers for the workshop, it became clear that we do not all share the same terminology. This may appear to be a very minor concern, manageable (as stated by many) by each of us clearly defining our terminology, but on closer examination, it seems that it is not merely an issue of terminology, but a lack of agreement on what I will be referring to as the underlying primitives , the variables used for the analysis. Consequently, this discussion will be shaped by the need to agree on some finite number of primitives for the analysis of what I prefer to refer to (following Biber and Finegan, 1994) as "register," but which is discussed in Bell's chapter under the cover term "style." To the degree that terminology alone is at issue, careful definitions may permit inter-researcher communication ("I say [tomeitow]; you say [tomatow].") but to the degree that we do not share our theoretical analytical primitives, our work may not be comparable no matter how carefully we define our terms. It is not sufficient for us to each define carefully what we are looking at, if we do not reach an understanding that will permit us to all follow a research design that would make our work mutually intelligible. The present paper will attempt to evaluate the primitives advanced by Allan Bell, whose seminal paper (1984) launched the research focus that is being discussed here.


AIM AND OBJECTIVE
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the point prevalence and associated risk factors of medical device-related pressure injuries (MDRPI) in intensive care patients in Turkey.

BACKGROUND
MDRPI remain a clinical problem that has garnered the attention of healthcare professionals.

DESIGN
This study used a cross-sectional design and was conducted over a single day in all intensive care units.

METHOD
Data were collected through face-to-face interviews, observation, skin examination and detailed diagnosis of MDRPI development and influencing factors. Presence of pressure injuries on the skin in the areas where the patient's medical device was placed was defined. The study was reported according to the STROBE declaration.

RESULTS
MDRPI developed in 65 out of 200 patients included in the study (32.5%). The most frequent locations were on the face (71%). The MDRPIs were commonly associated with nasogastric tube (29.2%), endotracheal tube (18.5%) and CPAP mask (15.4%). A significant proportion of these injuries were mucosal (53.8%, n = 35). The majority of the skin pressure injuries were classified as Stage II (18.5%, n = 12). The risk increased 14 times in patients who were hospitalised for 9-16 days and 13 times in those who received mechanical ventilator support.

CONCLUSION
The study findings suggest that MDRPI developed in approximately one of three patients hospitalised in the intensive care unit, and the length of hospital stay and mechanical ventilator support were important determining risk factors. The high prevalence of MDRPI may indicate inadequate nursing care quality. Therefore, it is recommended that nurses be aware of risk factors and evaluate the suitability and safety of medical devices.

PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION
No patient or public contribution was involved in this study.


Winter is believed to be a critical period for marine salmon survival. In February 2006, a winter research cruise was conducted to examine the stock-specifi c distribution and biological status of salmon in the central Gulf of Alaska (GOA). By surface trawl, 519 chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) were caught at seven stations (48– 54oN, 145oW) where the surface seawater temperature ranged from 5.2oC (54oN) to 7.0oC (48oN). Ocean age-2 and -3 fi sh were dominant at all sampling stations, and young fi sh (ocean age-1) were distributed in the southern stations. The stock composition of chum salmon abundance (CPUE) estimated by microsatellite DNA analysis was 11% western Alaska/Alaska Peninsula, 11% Prince William Sound (PWS), 16% Southeast Alaska (SEAK), 6% northern British Columbia (BC), 17% southern BC, 2% Washington, 17.5% Russian, and 20% Japanese stocks. There was a latitudinal shift in the stock-specifi c distribution: North American stocks were dominant in northern waters, and Asian stocks were dominant in southern waters. All young fi sh (ocean age-1) were North American origin (mostly PWS, SEAK and southern BC), while the proportion of Asian (Japan and Russia) stocks increased with ocean age. The samples included 48 otolith-marked fi sh released from hatcheries in PWS (n = 7), SEAK (n = 37), BC (n = 1), and Japan (n = 1). A comparison of CPUEs estimated by genetic stock identifi cation and otolith mark recoveries suggested that the contribution of hatchery fi sh was variable among brood years (0– 51%, PWS stock; 19–87%, SEAK stock). Microsatellite and otolith mark analyses confi rmed that various stocks of North American and Asian chum salmon inhabit the central GOA during winter. Their winter distribution pattern is diff erent among regional stocks or age groups, maybe refl ecting stockor age-specifi c preferences for habitat water temperatures to maximize survival.


considering a) that the ionosphere causes significant propagation effects at frequencies up to at least 12 GHz; b) that effects may be particularly significant for non-geostationary-satellite orbit services below 3 GHz; c) that experimental data have been presented and/or modelling methods have been developed that allow the prediction of the ionospheric propagation parameters needed in planning satellite systems; d) that ionospheric effects may influence the design and performance of integrated services digital network (ISDN) and other radio systems involving spacecraft; e) that these data and methods have been found to be applicable, within the natural variability of propagation phenomena, for applications in satellite system planning,


One of the joys of a travelling physician is the great number of rounds, grand rounds, meetings, seminars, forums, and clinico-pathological and departmental conferences that go on in every medical centre. These are full of the enthusiasm of the New World, and may begin at 8 a.m., an hour when many doctors start their work. The discussions are generally excellent and the uninhibited exchange of knowledge stimulating and instructive, particularly if guided by a good chairman. Perhaps the Americans are more extraverted than we are, or their exhibitionism more developed, but they do not hesitate to talk. This conference habit, apart from the value of the hospital staff meeting at frequent intervals, seemed a sure way of keeping up to date on medical progress, and, perhaps, a pleasant substitute for much reading on one's own.


Through an analysis of research with youth in some of the most multicultural, and deprived, neighbourhoods of five Australian cities, this paper explores the local and spatial practices through which belonging and productive intercultural relations are negotiated. It provides an insight into the ordinary processes by which youth get along in multicultural neighbourhoods, and suggests that both conflict and distanciation must be part of the discussion about conviviality in order to properly capture the complexity of productive relationality in the lives of young people. By focusing on how practices and feelings of belonging are enacted and elicited in the spaces of everyday life, that is, by taking an 'everyday multiculturalism' approach, it suggests that it is necessary to situate complex questions about diversity and social cohesion in ordinary lived experience.


A new, simple and precise method using ion-pair high-performance liquid chromatography was developed for the determination of alkaloids in Corydalis Tuber and Anchusan-to dry extract, i.e., tetrahydrocolumbamine, glaucine, tetrahydropalmatine, corydaline, columbamine, coptisine, palmatine, berberine and dehydrocorydaline. Reversed-phase systems with an octadecylsilane chemically bonded silica gel column using a mixture of sodium dodecyl sulfate, 0.05M tartaric acid and acetonitrile (0.5 : 62 : 38) and a mixture of sodium dodecyl sulfate, Britton-Robinson buffer (pH 3.0) and acetonitrile (0.5 : 56 : 34) as the mobile phases were suitable for the separation of tertiary alkaloids and quaternary alkaloids, respectively, in Corydalis Tuber.


SUPPLIED new N-alkyl and N-acyl derivatives of A82846A, A82846B, A82846C and PA-42867-A. NEW glycopeptides DERIVATIVES ARE USEFUL FOR TREATMENT OF BACTERIAL INFECTIONS SUSCEPTIBLE, ESPECIALLY GRAMA INFECTIONS CAUSED POSITIVE MICROORGANISMS.


1) The break with the Soviet past has resulted in the state of disorientation and: unbelief-and' nostalgil ' 2)) Confidence'in others is! lower than self-confidence, it 3)depends on various group factors, which is connected with 4)its levelling in processes of social interaction, ceased only5)after intergroup isolation. Lowered confidence in others 6)distinguishes young peopled under 24 yearsand people 7)engaged in the private sector of economy. .""' 8)) While the main factors' of confidence in others (age, 9)sector of economy) belong to the horizontal differentiation' 10)of society, the main factors of selfconfidence (education,' 11)income) refe'r to its vertical' differentiation. In both cases 12)irnportance is kept' by the factor of occupational status 13)referring to'both kinds of social differentiation.' 4)' A conclusion 'is drawn1' about connection of self-confidence and confidence in others with society's structuralization and that tillit ' is completed 'the psychological factor preserves independent'meaning in the process of formation and differentiation of various social groups. 'Changes of the social structure 'are mediated by the psychological facton ''


An example is given which shows how a formal ambiguity in classical mechanics can lead to a difference in substance in quantum mechanics.


We demonstrate herein the divergent synthesis of six dyes containing our originally developed rigid and nonplanar donor with three different secondary electron donors (SEDs), namely thiophene, 4-methoxybenzene, and diphenylethene. Evaluation of the photophysical properties of the synthesized dyes revealed that the introduction of the SEDs resulted in an increased absorbance in the 350–450 nm region. The influence of the SEDs on the electrochemical and photovoltaic properties depended on their structure and position of attachment. The introduction of the thiophene SED to D4π4A2, which we previously reported to be our best dye, resulted in an increased Jsc. The dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) prepared by using dye 2b, which contains the thiophene SED, shows a higher power conversion efficiency (PCE; η = 4.62 ± 0.02 %) and a higher incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) in the region 300–600 nm than D4π4A2.


INTRODUCTION: Cardiac stem cells (CSC) mediate cardioprotection following ischemia. However, prior research has mainly focused on studying differentiation capacities of CSC. Little is known about i...


IN THIS SECTION: 1.) BRIEF 2.) COMPREHENSIVE BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chapter 1 Introducing Social Psychology and Symbolic Interactionism Chapter 2 Basic Concepts of Symbolic Interactionism Chapter 3 Identity, Social Settings and the Self Chapter 4 Defining Reality and Accounting for Behavior Chapter 5 Understanding and Constructing Social Order Chapter 6 Applications of the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chapter 1 Introducing Social Psychology and Symbolic Interactionism What is Social Psychology? What is Symbolic Interactionism? Other Theoretical Approaches Learning Theory Psychoanalytic Theory Exchange Theory Phenomenology and Ethnomethodology Social Cognition Social Constructionism Postmodernism Major Tenets of Symbolic Interactionism Chapter 2 Basic Concepts of Symbolic Interactionism Symbols The Nature of Symbols The Consequences of Symbols Objects What is an Object? Objects and Language Acts and Social Acts Phases of the Act Self and the Control of Behavior Self as Object Self as Process Roles and the Definition of Situations Situations Role Role Making and Role Taking Role Taking as a Generalized Skill The Place of Emotions Chapter 3 Identity, Social Settings and the Self Learning the Social World Stages of Socialization Everyday Experience, Self and Impression Management Performances as Cumulative Expectations Conning Consciousness and Individual Agency Identity: The Self as a Social Object How We Produce Situated Identities The Experience of Situated Identity Social and Personal Identity Social Identity Personal Identity Self-Image: Knowing the Self Self-Esteem The Self, Motive, and Motivation Identity and Motivation Self-Esteem and Motivation The Self and the Social Order Limitations on the Choice of Roles Limitations on the Choice of Others Limitations on the Choice of Stories The Self in Contemporary Society Chapter 4 Defining Reality and Accounting for Behavior Role-Making and Role-Taking in Routine Situations Reality Is Not Just There-We Define What Is Real The Cognitive Bases of Role Making and Role Taking Typification Cognitive Theories and Inferential Heuristics Causality Means and Ends Normative Standards Substantive Congruency Aligning Actions Disclaimers Accounts Emotions and Social Interaction Constraint and Social Interaction Chapter 5 Understanding and Constructing Social Order Social Order as Coordinated Activity Influence Creating Social Bonds Solving Problems and Trust The Negotiated Order Talking Explaining Disorder Social Problems Chapter 6 Applications of the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective Variations on Total Institutions


Globalization seems to be making nation-states increasingly irrelevant, yet their number has continued to grow. New nation-states emerged out of the ruins of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia; more still may come as Palestinians, Kurds, Chechens, and other peoples struggle tenaciously to establish their own. Through careful analysis White examines the origins, evolutions, and relationships of the world's nation-states to provide a better understanding of their interactions and conflicts.


We study wave transmission through a nonlinear random medium and predict a novel effect resulting from an interplay of nonlinearity and disorder. We reveal that nonlinearity leads to bistable and nonreciprocal transmission properties of the localized modes.


The RSA algorithm is a very important algorithm in Computer Science. Due to cumbersome calculations, it is difficult to demonstrate a non-trivial RSA example in the classroom. In this paper, the RS...


In the present scenario due to the fluctuating demand and need for the recent generation has made the designers and engineers plan the building have irregularity. The current study copes with the irregular building having the asymmetric plan as per code IS 1893:2002(Part1). If these buildings are constructed in the earthquake-vulnerable area then they should be designed to resist earthquake forces. Base isolation is the one of the most prominent and widely accepted passive control technique developed to prevent or minimize these forces by isolating the superstructure from the substructure. The Triple Friction Pendulum Bearing (TFPB) is picked as an isolator for the current study. TFPB has offered better seismic performance, lower bearing costs and lower construction cost and has adaptive behaviour. The response of a G+10 and G+20 base isolated and fixed base building are evaluated. For the analysis, symmetrical and different asymmetrical plan shapes like L, T,+, C are considered. Response Spectrum Analysis is carried out for the study by using the software SAP 2000 version 19 for two cases. The results show that in the base isolated building there is a grow in storey displacement, time period and greatly reduced the base shear, storey acceleration compared to base fixed structures.


Recently, improving the energy efficiency of high performance PC clusters has become important. In order to reduce the energy consumption of the microprocessor, many high performance microprocessors have a Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS) mechanism. This paper proposes a new DVFS method called the Code-Instrumented Runtime (CIRuntime) DVFS method, in which a combination of voltage and frequency, which is called a P-State, is managed in the instrumented code at runtime. The proposed CI-Runtime DVFS method achieves better energy saving than the Interrupt based Runtime DVFS method, since it selects the appropriate P-State in each defined region based on the characteristics of program execution. Moreover, the proposed CI-Runtime DVFS method is more useful than the Static DVFS method, since it does not acquire exhaustive profiles for each P-State. The method consists of two parts. In the first part of the proposed CI-Runtime DVFS method, the instrumented codes are inserted by defining regions that have almost the same characteristics. The instrumented code must be inserted at the appropriate point, because the performance of the application decreases greatly if the instrumented code is called too many times in a short period. A method for automatically defining regions is proposed in this paper. The second part of the proposed method is the energy adaptation algorithm which is used at runtime. Two types of DVFS control algorithms energy adaptation with estimated energy consumption and energy adaptation with only performance information, are compared. The proposed CIRuntime DVFS method was implemented on a power-scalable PC cluster. The results show that the proposed CI-Runtime with energy adaptation using estimated energy consumption could achieve an energy saving of 14.2% which is close to the optimal value, without obtaining exhaustive profiles for every available P-State setting.


A status report is presented for a program studying the characteristics of the blast waves and fragmentation caused by ruptured gas-filled pressure vessels. Experimental data trends have been derived from 14 burst pressure vessels. Attention is given to energy release in bursting, blast wave and fragmentation behavior, height of burst effects, fragment velocity vs vessel pressure, and comparative blast effects for spherical/composite vs cylindrical/steel pressure vessels.


Abstract Background  The role of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) in determining personality traits and neurobehavioral symptoms, collectively known as the interictal behavioral syndrome (also known as Geschwind syndrome or "Gastaut-Geschwind syndrome"), as well as the syndrome's association with the particular artistic expression of many epileptic litterateurs are well known in neurology and psychiatry. A deepening of emotionality along with a serious, highly ethical, and spiritual behavior have been described as positive personality changes among patients with chronic mesial-TLE. Objectives  Our narrative-based clinical hypothesis aims at contributing to the ongoing debate on the association between TLE and artistic expression, as well as the latter's supposed implication for epileptology in general and the neuropsychology of epilepsy in particular. Methods  Through an analysis of the biography, language, and literary work of Greek novelist Demosthenes Voutyras, we hypothesize that his mystical and dark writing style could be attributed to medial temporal interictal dynamics. Conclusions  We suggest that the psycholiterary profile of Voutyras is consistent with the idiosyncratic characteristics of the temporal lobe personality, while a non-dominant temporal lobe contribution has been proposed.


Bancroftian filariasis (BF) is a debilitating disease that has plagued Egypt since the time of the pharaohs. Egypt is the first large endemic country in the world to reach the five-year mark in its national campaign. Now that the mass treatments are completed, a follow-up epidemiological assessment will reveal whether this large-scale, pioneering campaign has been successful in finally eliminating the disease. Hence the aim of the present work was to detect the prevalence of bancoftian filariasis in Tema, El-Maragha, Akhmeem and Girga districts in Sohag Governorate, Upper Egypt. Finger prick thick blood films were randomly collected from 500 clinically suspected individuals representing different sexes and ages suffering from lower limb non-pitting edema and/or inguinal lymphadenitis from May 2015 to February 2017. Three patients (0.6%) were infected with microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti while one chronic case was detected with severe chronic elephantiasis that was amicrofilaraemic but was confirmed serologically. Results were discussed in regards of age, gender, occupation, locality and residence. It was concluded that bancroftian filariasis is still endemic in three districts (Tema, El- maragha and Girga). Although in sporadic few cases, the problem should be taken seriously as one microfilaramic patient could be a patent reservoir for spreading of the disease through infecting the prevailing Culex pipiense mosquito intermediate host.


Many view data storage on patterned magnetic media as one way of attaining storage densities in excess of 1 Tb/in/sup 2/ and thus overcoming the problems associated with recording at ultrahigh densities on conventional continuous media. In this paper we investigate, through the use of a replay simulation developed to take into account the three-dimensional nature of the patterned media, the effects that the shape-constrained media have on the bit-error-rate performance of the read channel in 1-Tb/in/sup 2/ perpendicular recording. In particular, we analyze how media configurations with varying island shape, size, and distribution affect the channel performance.


The final phase of the development program of 3000-hp turbine included an inservice field evaluation. El Paso Natural Gas Co. shared in this phase by installing one of the two prototype units in gas transmission service. This paper describes the unit and its application and reviews the first year's operation including inspections, tests and modifications.Copyright © 1971 by ASME


Abstract : This report describes a new technique for phasing a receiving antenna array. The method uses an acoustic analog of the antenna array to rebroadcast ultrasonic pressure waves in a transparent liquid medium (water). The contents of the medium are read out with a set of coherent optics. The readout mechanism contains a display which permits the bearing angle, radial velocity and time of occurrence of any target within the coverage region of the antenna array to be obtained. The system permits any number of these to be read out simultaneously, with no further adjustments or variation within the phasing mechanism. This report discusses the operation of the system, the limitations relevant to systems applications, the experimental verification of its basic principles, and a prognosis of the feasibility of extrapolating these techniques to large scale systems. (Author)


it is an effective path to investigate college student's psycho-health that implement college student psycho-hea-lth test.Through the analysis and filling of the testing results,it si convenient for us to grasp the roots of college student's psycho-barrier,and probe student's psychology,so that health education's countermeasure can be reached,and a college student psycho-health educational mode on a higher level can be achieved.


The Gen3 iLet (iLet) is a purpose-built, fully integrated, bionic pancreas (BP) platform that can operate in a bihormonal, insulin-only, or glucagon-only mode and can receive data from the Dexcom G5 or the Senseonics Eversense implanted CGM. We performed a random-order, cross-over, outpatient study comparing the insulin-only mode of the iLet to usual care (UC) for 7 days each as a bridge from past studies using the BP algorithm on an iPhone connected wirelessly to an insulin pump. The study enrolled adults with T1D who used either MDI (n=12) or CSII (n=22) for their UC. Participants enrolled at Massachusetts General Hospital (n=17) used the Eversense while those at Stanford (n=17) used the G5 as the input CGM signal for the iLet. There was no statistically significant difference between the iLet and UC in % time Disclosure R.Z. Jafri: None. C.A. Balliro: None. J. Sherwood: None. M. Hillard: None. L. Ekhlaspour: None. L. Hsu: None. R. Selagamsetty: Employee; Self; Beta Bionics. Other Relationship; Self; Boston University. J.R. Costik: Board Member; Self; Nightscout Foundation. Employee; Self; Beta Bionics. Employee; Spouse/Partner; Ortho Clinical Diagnostics. J. Sloane: None. B.A. Buckingham: Advisory Panel; Self; ConvaTec Inc., Novo Nordisk Inc., Profusa, Inc. Consultant; Self; Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. Research Support; Self; Beta Bionics, ConvaTec Inc., Dexcom, Inc., Insulet Corporation, Medtronic MiniMed, Inc., Tandem Diabetes Care. Other Relationship; Self; Insulet Corporation, Tandem Diabetes Care. F. El-Khatib: Employee; Self; Beta Bionics. Stock/Shareholder; Self; Beta Bionics. E. Damiano: Advisory Panel; Self; Novo Nordisk A/S. Board Member; Self; Beta Bionics. Employee; Self; Beta Bionics. Stock/Shareholder; Self; Beta Bionics. Stock/Shareholder; Spouse/Partner; Beta Bionics. Other Relationship; Self; Ascensia Diabetes Care, Senseonics. S.J. Russell: Advisory Panel; Self; Companion Medical, Unomedical a/s. Consultant; Self; Flexion Therapeutics. Research Support; Self; Beta Bionics, MITRE Corporation, Novo Nordisk A/S, Zealand Pharma A/S. Other Relationship; Self; ADOCIA, Ascensia Diabetes Care, Ascensia Diabetes Care, Lilly Diabetes, Roche Diabetes Care, Senseonics. Funding National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (UC4DK108612)


Refraction static correction and tomographic inversion static correction are commonly used in seismic data processing. It is often believed that the effect of tomographic inversion static correction is better than the effect of refraction static correction. But it is not true. This paper summarized the applicable conditions, advantages and disadvantages of these two methods. In low mountains areas, the effect of tomographic inversion static correction is better than the effect of refraction static correction. However, in loess tableland areas, the effect of refraction static correction is almost the same as the effect of tomographic inversion static correction. It can't reflect the advantages of tomographic inversion static correction. All of the above is proved from models and sections. So each technique must meet its applicable conditions to reflect its superiorities. Integrated application of static correction methods is effective to solve the complex surface statics problems.


The International Virtual Studio Project is a global collaborative project between undergraduate sculpture students from RMIT University School of Art, Melbourne, Australia and Chelsea School of Art, London, UK. The project involves the installation by students of actual work at twin sites in Melbourne and London and virtually on the Internet where a URL site frames and broadcasts real-time webcam activities as a unified outcome. This paper discusses the implications for students and institutions of the use of virtual technologies that imply a public audience. The project is described across two iterations in 2005 & 2006. A third iteration in 2007 involved an exchange of video works using the Youtube website. We examine how collaborative creative activity between spatially disparate student groups encourages learning through self-reflexivity and expands the notion of a global arts community. A pedagogical model is sketched based upon cognitive models of collaborative learning and film theory is used to suggest an active role for the public viewer in art education.


The transverse momentum dependent distributions (TMD) are an essential part of the factorization theorems in vector boson production. They are non-perturbative, double scale dependent functions that asymptotically match onto collinear parton distributions functions (PDF). Once TMD are expressed using PDF, one observes that they are sensitive to the choice and quality of PDF sets ( PDF bias ). A solution to this problem is found and discussed. Nevertheless the main source of error on vector boson spectra still comes from PDF uncertainty propagation.


What can a "Letter from America" offer to European constitutionalism? Europe's constitutional tradition continues to insist on the idea of undivided sovereignty. This poses – unsolvable – problems for an analysis of the political and constitutional dualism that characterizes the European Union. For a tradition that relies on the – unitary – concept of sovereignty, constitutional pluralism must be seen as a "novelty" or "aberration". The absence of an "Archimedean point" from which all legal authority can be explain is here – wrongly – hailed as a sui generis quality of the European Union. Why not see the normative ambivalence surrounding the supremacy principle in the European Union as part and parcel of Europe's federal nature? This (working) paper looks at four constitutional conflicts in the history of the United States – two before and two after the Civil War. Each historical episode invoked the "ultimate arbiter" question. While the crisis over the Alien and Sedition Acts elaborated on the theory that the State governments could "interpose", the "Principles of '98" were in conformity with the idea of divided sovereignty. Three decades later, the tariff crisis generated the idea of State sovereignty. As sovereigns, each State was said to be entitled to ultimately interpret the Constitution and to "nullify" federal laws that were viewed as unconstitutional. Conflict over the – sublimated – question of sovereignty would lead to the Civil War. However, as the second part of this contribution shows, American postbellum constitutionalism would not lead to the (European) idea of national sovereignty. American constitutionalism continues to subscribe to the idea of divided sovereignty, and thus: constitutional pluralism.


Introduction: Building on Bridges et al. [2003], we are currently studying the general geologic history and evolution of the Isidis basin based on topographic and imaging data obtained by orbiting spacecraft such as Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) and Mars Odyssey. This study complements our recently completed analyses on Syrtis Major to the west [Hiesinger and Head, 2003] and the transition between Syrtis Major and Isidis [Ivanov and Head, 2002]. The new data allow one to get a close view of the Isidis basin, its structure, stratigraphy, geologic history and its evolution. We are interested in a number of scientific questions, for example, what are the characteristics of the Isidis rim and what caused its present morphology? What is the role and fate of volatiles in the Isidis basin and what are the characteristics of the uppermost surface layer? Does the floor of the Isidis basin primarily consist of volcanic plains as indicated by wrinkle ridges and cone-like features, material deposited by a catastrophic collapse of the rim as proposed by Tanaka et al. [2000], or of sediments deposited in an ocean as suggested by Parker et al. [1989, 1993]? What is the stratigraphy of the deposits within the Isidis basin and what processes were responsible for its present appearance? Results: For our study we made use of the latest MOLA topography data with a spatial resolution of 128 pixel/deg. These data indicate that the basin floor is tilted towards the southwest. Southwestern parts are at about -3880 m elevation; northeastern parts of the floor are at about -3660 m elevation. This results in a slope of ~0.015 degree. A prominent rim of the Isidis basin is absent in several locations such as the passage to the northeast into Utopia/Elysium Planitia (Figure 1). A sharp, well-defined rim is also missing where Syrtis Major lavas flowed into the Isidis basin. However, the rim is well exposed along the southern edge of the basin as well as in the north of Isidis and Syrtis Major. The topography along the rim of Isidis is relatively smooth and only the Libya Montes exhibit a rough topography with high isolated peaks that are separated by deep valleys (Figure 2). Based on gravity and topography data Zuber et al. [2000] concluded that the basin is filled with sediments and/or lavas and that the crust underneath the basin is thin. In the geologic map of Greeley and Guest [1987] the southern rim consists of rough, hilly, fractured material (unit Nplh) of moderately high relief which they interpreted as ancient highland rocks and impact breccias that were formed during the period of heavy bombardment. The units that are exposed at the north rim (Nple, Npl2) are younger than the units of the south rim and are characterized by eolian dissection, collapse of ground ice, minor fluvial activity, and thin lava flows or sediments that partly bury underlying rocks [Greeley and Guest, 1987]. The obvious variations in elevation of the Isidis rim of almost 8000 m (Figure 2) can have several causes such as initial heterogeneities, erosion of parts of the rim, tectonic deformation or burial with Syrtis Major lavas [e.g., Wichmann and Schultz, 1988; Tanaka et al., 2002]. Despite the wide range of possible causes, the absence of the western Isidis rim has been used as an argument for the emplacement of thick (1-2.5 km) Syrtis Major lavas that covered the rim [e.g., Wichmann and Schultz, 1988].


Introduction Although many experimental studies have implicated the activation of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-&kgr;B) as a pivotal step in the pathobiology of acute pancreatitis, no clinical investigations have been reported. Aim To investigate the expression of NF-&kgr;B and its characteristics in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of patient with acute pancreatitis. Methodology Forty-five patients were prospectively enrolled. The expression of NF-&kgr;B in PBMCs was measured in the patients by electrophoretic mobility shift assay at admission and 14 days after the onset of acute pancreatitis. Twelve healthy individuals were also included as control subjects. Results At admission, the PBMCs from patients with acute pancreatitis showed higher levels of NF-&kgr;B activities than did those from control subjects. In vitro, the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) treatment of the PBMCs from the control subjects and patients with mild pancreatitis induced further activation of the NF-&kgr;B. The response was significantly reduced in patients with severe pancreatitis. Patients who had persistently high NF-&kgr;B activities, a reduced response of NF-&kgr;B to LPS, and a low p50p65:p50p50 ratio after LPS stimulation at 14 days developed serious systemic complications in the later clinical course. Conclusions An alteration of the characteristics of PBMCs occurs in the early phase of acute pancreatitis and may predispose patients to a higher risk of serious systemic complications.


In order to introduce a screening program for any disease, the disease should be important and the natural course understood, the diagnostics should be accurate and acceptable to population, the disease should be preventable or efficiently treatable and the cost per case economically balanced. National screening program for neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIT) has been considered in several countries, but not introduced anywhere. The main concern has been related to the lack of efficient tools for preventing bleeding complications in the foetus and newborn even if the pregnancies at risk are identified. Diagnostics: In the Norwegian NAIT screening study three different methods for HPA 1 typing were used. HPA genotyping was performed by sequence specific primer PCR. HPA 1a phenotyping was performed either by ELISA or by flow cytometry using an HPA 1a specific FITC labelled antibody. For large scale screening the last method is by far the cheapest. Prevention and Treatment: Bleeding may be a consequence of thrombocytopenia. In the Norwegian screening study, quantification of anti-HPA 1a antibody levels was performed repetitively in each pregnancy. A strong correlation between the maternal anti-HPA 1a antibody level and the severity of thrombocytopenia in the newborn was shown, and this information can be used to identify high risk pregnancies. In the study, elective Caesarean section was performed between weeks 36 and 38 of gestation. The reason for this was threefold: to limit the foetal exposure for anti-HPA 1a antibodies, to avoid a complicated delivery (forceps or vacuum extraction) of a severely thrombocytopenic child and to have compatible platelets available for transfusion immediately if the child had signs of bleeding or platelet count <35 x 10/L. The results from the Norwegian study show that there is a significant decrease inmorbidity andmortality due to NAIT in our study compared with a metanalysis of several smaller prospective studies. Cost: The results from the screening study have shown that in Norway, a national screening program is cost effective. A national screening program may be performed by HPA 1 typing of the sample sent for RhD typing, analysis for anti-HPA 1a antibodies in two additional blood samples and quantification of the antibodies when present. A small group of pregnancies will be identified as high risk and followed-up carefully. Moreover, in non-immunized HPA 1a negative women it is possible that injection of neutralizing anti-HPA 1a antibodies may avoid immunization post partum and after other episodes where foetal-maternal bleeding is suspected. The results of the Norwegian study including 100,000 pregnancies show that a national screening program for NAIT can meet the general criteria for screening programs and should be considered.


Abstract In this paper, global sensitivity analysis of a Multiple Objective Linear Programming problem is performed. The analysis takes the views from the utilities of management and control and is focused on the global perturbations on the weights, the cost coefficients, and the right-hand sides. Different coefficients are determined by different factors (parameters). Because it is different from the multi-parametric programming, we call it the inter-parametric tolerance analysis to emphasize the interactions of the parameters. Besides, a geometric approach is adopted to find the critical region. As regards the effective control and management, a bi-level criterion based on two respective factors stated below is proposed to determine comparatively the sensitive parameters: The first level is taken on the smaller relative tolerance-ratio; if they are equal, the second level of analysis is based on the larger unit-contribution to the objectives. This is done by the direct measurement as well as from the concept of the marginal rate of substitution. Theoretical development is incorporated with numerical illustrations.


We construct the singlet Hilbert space associated with addition of SU(3) generators. This corresponds to the solution of Gauss law in lattice QCD. The normalized basis states are explicitly constructed using Schwinger Bosons. Further, we compute the action of basic singlet operators on these basis states.


We study the effect of particle sizes on coal caving ratio and simulate the caving regularity of loose top-coal with different particle sizes using the PFC2D software and the mechanics of granular media.The result shows that there exists a critical value of the particle size of the top-coal.If this value is smaller than the critical one,the coal caving ratio is comparatively higher,otherwise,the coal caving ratio drops dramatically.The arch-forming of coal and gangue and their relative motion are main factors affecting the loss of caving coal.The criterion of the probability KL and KC of arch-forming and of the stability of boundary between top-coal and gangues is obtained.Reducing the size of particles,enlarging the size of the drawing coal window,improving the stability of the boundary between top-coal and gangues,and trying not to disturb the boundary are applicable methods to increase the coal caving ratio.


The invention discloses a flue gas sampling mixing method, a flue gas sampling mixing device and an on-line flue gas monitoring system. The method includes: collecting sample gas in a flue or chimney in a multichannel manner; extracting the collected multichannel sample gas according to the preset proportion to obtain the sample gas extracted according to the preset proportion and corresponding to each channel; and uniformly mixing the sample gas extracted according to the preset proportion to obtain mixed sample gas. Since a spiral type gas flow channel is arranged in a mixing bottle, fed collected sample gas can enter the mixing bottle along the spiral type gas flow channel. By the spirally designed gas flow channel, sample gas trend is extended, mixing time for the sample gas is prolonged, and the collected sample gas can be more sufficiently uniformly in the mixing bottle.


songs; the use of rounds as an early, easy approach to part singing; and the presentation of the major scale, among other things. Eriksen and Runkle are not as thorough in their treatment of part singing as the other writers, particularly Garretson. Although there is an appendix that lists sources for action songs, few appear in the book, unlike in the other two works. The authors warn against certain kinds of tone in children's singing but don't tell how to avoid poor tone or develop good tone. On the other hand, they show great concern, as do the other writers, for children's sensitivities and emphasize the importance of the teacher's attitude when children sing and when they are engaged in tone remedial activities. All three books would be quite satisfactory to use as texts. They all are written in simple, easily read language with a laudable lack of jargon. All use appropriate pictures and cover the material well. The book by Garretson would make a most useful supplementary text because of its organization and thoroughness.-Virginia D. Austin, Associate Professor of Music, State University College at Buffalo, New York


Purpose The aim was to compare between two techniques of diode laser transscleral cyclophotocoagulation in treatment of refractory glaucoma, that is, standard titratable (audible pops' technique) versus slow coagulation technique, regarding and efficacy. Patients and methods In this prospective randomized study, 40 patients with refractory glaucoma were divided into two study groups: group A underwent standard technique of diode laser transscleral cyclophotocoagulation (audible pops technique), and group B underwent slow coagulation technique of diode laser transscleral cyclophotocoagulation. Patients were followed up at 1 week, 1 month, 3 month, and 6 month duration postoperatively, and changes in visual acuity, intraocular pressure (IOP), as well as postoperative complications were documented. Results The mean IOP was reduced significantly from 46.3±8.9 to 18.9±5.45 mmHg in patient of group A and from 42.8±8.53 to 20.05±8.28 mmHg in patient of group B at the end of 6-month follow-up (P<0.0001). The mean number of postoperative antiglaucoma drugs needed to control IOP was also reduced significantly in both groups. No serious complications such as hypotony were reported in the two study groups. Conclusion Both techniques of diode transscleral cyclophotocoagulation were of near equal safety and efficacy in treatment of refractory glaucoma with different underlying etiologies. Both had good efficacy in IOP lowering, reduced number of antiglaucoma medications used by patients, and relieved pain, with near equal incidence of postoperative complications.


An estimate of the population of farms and rural areas in the United States in 1989 is presented. Retrospective data back to 1970 are included. (ANNOTATION)


Systems that permit single-channel coherent or incoherent accumulation of the results of adaptive matrix or vector processing are synthesized on the basis of simplified probability ratios; these systems are invariant to the signal Doppler phase.


A fuzzy logic, energy optimizing controller has been developed to improve the efficiency of motor/drive combinations which operate at varying load and speed conditions. The energy optimizer is complemented by a sensorless speed controller which maintains motor shaft revolutions per minute (RPM) to produce constant output power. Efficiency gains of from 1 to 20% are obtained from laboratory demonstration with commercial motors and drives. Motor shaft RPM is controlled to within 0.5%. The energy optimizing controller used for vector control adjustable speed drives is complemented by a torque pulsation control scheme to rapidly damp vibrations.


Sentiment Classification seeks to identify a piece of text according to its author's general feeling toward their subject, be it positive or negative. Traditional machine learning techniques have been applied to this problem with reasonable success, but they have been shown to work well only when there is a good match between the training and test data with respect to topic. This paper demonstrates that match with respect to domain and time is also important, and presents preliminary experiments with training data labeled with emoticons, which has the potential of being independent of domain, topic and time.


This article shows a short thought on Geography of conflicts in Brazil's countryside, between 2003 and 2006. It stresses the first period of Lula federal government. The figures come from the work of Comissao Pastoral da Terra – CPT. CPT, since 1985, collects data on rural violence in Brazil. From this, we have a very good dimension of significant measures in the realm of Brazilian agriculture, mainly those related to land reform. The reality of violence and conflicts in the Brazilian rural Areas shows the maintenance and reproduction of a agricultural pattern based in the concentration of land ownership, of wealthy and political power. Nevertheless, the data show the rural population struggle and resistance. Peasants, landless people, indigenous communities, rubber collectors and "quilombolas" are tanking in their hands the action in order to keep the land and the rights to live and work. The social movement presence in the Brazilian political scenery shows the land ownership reform in the context of new forms of Brazil's development.


Objective To study the clinical effect of minimally invasive removal of intracranial hematoma combined ganglioside in treatment of cerebral hemorrhage. Methods Eighty-eight patients with cerebral hemorrhage patients were randomly divided into control group and treatment group, 44 cases in each group, the control group was given minimally invasive surgery of intracranial hematoma, treatment group was given gangliosides and minimally invasive surgery of intracranial hematoma. Results The treatment effect of treatment group was better than the control group; The neural deficit score improved significantly than that of control group before and after the treatment; The cerebral hemorrhage disease control time and hospital stay time was shorter than the control group. Conclusion The clinical effect of minimally invasive removal of intracranial hematoma combined ganglioside in treatment of cerebral hemorrhage is significant.


The main goal of this paper consists in estimating the input parameters of an annual harvest function for the Chilean jack mackerel stock; particularly, the effects of biomass on catch. One of the main problems faced is that the biomass variable is possibly endogenous, which would bias the estimators if the problem remains unsolved. Our empirical strategy consists in estimating a per vessel harvest function using panel data, which allows us to control for vessels' unobserved heterogeneity, and episodes of 'El Nino' phenomenon as valid instrumental variable for biomass, which allows us to control for the potential biomass endogeneity. This strategy produces consistent estimates of the biomass coefficient. The results, using a panel of industrial vessels operating in the central-southern region of Chile during the period 1985-2002, show that the endogeneity of the biomass variable biases upwardly the magnitude of its coefficient in a Cobb-Douglas harvest function. In the case of our data, the endogeneity bias even changes the sign of the catch-to-biomass elasticity. A first contribution of the paper is to address the endogeneity of biomass in a harvest function, an issue often underestimated in the empirical literature. A second contribution is related to 'El Nino' effects on the Chilean jack mackerel stock. The results show that an oceanic 'El Nino' episode not only has negative contemporaneous effects on jack mackerel biomass but also negative biomass effects lasting for at least two additional years.


This research was conducted to determine the effect of varying concentrations of Zn(NO3)2·6H2O (zinc nitrate hexahydrate) on functional groups, particle size, and particle morphology of ZnO nanoparticles using the green synthesis method using Moringa leaves. The materials was used in this study were moringa leaf extract, Zn(NO3)2·6H2O with various concentrations of 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, and 0.8 M, and NaOH of 0.1 M. Based on the results of characterization using FTIR, it shows that the functional groups in the content of Moringa leaves play a role in the formation of ZnO nanoparticles. Meanwhile, the results of the XRD characterization showed a diffractogram difference with standard ZnO at concentrations of 0.6 M and 0.8 M Zn(NO3)2·6H2O with the appearance of the NaNO3 phase. SEM characterization results show that the morphology of ZnO nanoparticles using the green synthesis method is irregular in shape.


While some platforms remain one united community that includes all subcommunities, others bifurcate subcommunities into spin-off platforms. Such bifurcation breaks the community in the original platform and forces users to reallocate between the home platform and the spin-off platform. In this paper, we investigate the impact of bifurcation on platform outcomes. We exploit the introduction of spin-off platforms in an online platform incubator, where users can propose to start a new spin-off platform, to identify the effects of bifurcation using a DID approach. We find that the bifurcation decreases user contribution in the home subcommunity. However, the two bifurcation communities generate more total user contribution and attract more new users, compared to a single united community. Moreover, the existing users decrease their contribution in the home platform and focus on new knowledge creation to the spin-off platform. Our results also show that subcommunities with higher level of interconnectivity experience a lower level of decrease in user contribution in the home subcommunity. the spin-off platform. If the cosine similarity between titles of the two questions is greater than 0.7, the questions are identified as duplicated questions. In our baseline sample, only 108 questions (about 1.5%) are identified as duplicated questions and we dropped those duplicated questions. We will be further investigate in this issue and provide robustness results in the future. pre- and post-trend dummies. It shows that in the pre-period, there is no evidence of a statistically significant effect from affiliation with a treated tag before


We link the Brownian non-Gaussian diffusion of a polymer center of mass (CM) to a microscopic cause: the polymerization/depolymerization phenomenon occurring when the polymer is in contact with a monomer chemostat. The anomalous behavior is triggered by the polymer critical point, separating the dilute and the dense phase in the grand canonical ensemble. In the mean-field limit we establish contact with queuing theory and show that the kurtosis of the polymer CM diverges alike a response function when the system becomes critical, a result which holds for general polymer dynamics (Zimm, Rouse, reptation). Both the equilibrium and nonequilibrium behaviors are solved exactly as a reference study for novel stochastic modeling and experimental setup.


For autumn cutting of Sedum sarmentosum, the influences of bedsoil and cutting date were investigated. Among six kinds of bedsoils mixed upland soil, carbonized rice and sand, the mixture with upland soil and sand (1:1 and 2:1, v/v) showed excellent root and shoot growth. The mixtures with upland soil and carbonized rice were lower rooting than the mixture with upland soil and sand. In field condition, autumn cutting was conducted with 10×5 ㎝ space using the mixture with upland soil and sand (2:1, v/v) at intervals of 10 days from September 1 to October 10. Both root and shoot growth were significantly decreased by delayed date. In cutting from early to middle September, root and shoot growth, and number of rosette before wintering were desirable for shoot production next spring. The safety date to autumn cutting before wintering was on September 20 in field condition. If autumn cutting is late than September 20, the number of scion has increased 25 - 30% to secure a full rosette before wintering. The results could provide the beneficial information for cutting propagation of S. sarmentosum under field condition in autumn.


Lithium perchlorate in diethylether (LPDE) is found to catalyze imino-Diels-Alder reactions of N-aryl aldimines with 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran (DHP), indene, and cyclohexenone to afford the corresponding pyrano, indeno quinolines and phenanthridinone derivatives in high yields.


The drumbeat of bad news from the textile and apparel industry is relentless. Last fall, Burlington Industries filed for bankruptcy protection, and both VF Corporation and Guilford Mills announced large lay-offs. Now Guilford Mills is struggling to refinance its debt in order to avoid joining Burlington Industries in bankruptcy.


Despite literature showing the device advantages that GaN-on-Silicon brings versus traditional silicon MOSFET technology, the adoption rate of Gallium Nitride will still take time to ramp in many end equipments including but not limited to power electronics. Accelerating adoption will require reducing traditional barriers common to many new technologies: overcoming new design challenges, system cost, and device reliability. Several concepts will be introduced showing how GaN adoption barriers can be mitigated through leveraging testing and lessons learned from both silicon development and the power electronics industry for these three common new technology barriers.


This introductory chapter traces the origins and resilience of the idea of India as the world's largest democracy. Democracy was neither a gift of the Western world nor uniquely suited to Indian conditions. India was in fact a laboratory featuring a first-ever experiment in creating national unity, economic growth, religious toleration, and social equality out of a vast and polychromatic reality, a social order whose inherited power relations, rooted in the hereditary Hindu caste status, language hierarchies, and accumulated wealth, were to be transformed by the constitutionally guaranteed counter-power of public debate, multiparty competition, and periodic elections. Efforts to build an Indian democracy are said to have done more than transform the lives of its people. India fundamentally altered the nature of representative democracy itself. India's democratic credentials, however, face new scrutiny as a result of the executive excesses of a populist demagogue as governing institutions crumble. The chapter argues that India's democratic decline actually goes back further. It looks at the destructive effects of the long-standing neglect of the social foundations of India's democracy and considers the possible mutation of democracy into a strange new kind of government called despotism.


Background: Signal transduction through binding of CD40 on antigen‐presenting cells and CD40 ligand (CD154) on T cells appears to be crucial for mutual cellular activation. Antibodies aimed at blocking the CD40−CD154 costimulatory pathway dampen the severity of experimental colitis. To elucidate the microanatomical basis for signaling through this costimulatory pathway in human inflammatory bowel disease, we studied in situ the cellular distribution of these 2 molecules on lamina propria macrophages and T cells, respectively. Methods: Colonic specimens from 8 patients with ulcerative colitis and 8 with Crohn's disease, 8 small bowel specimens of Crohn's disease, and histologically normal control samples (6 from colon and 6 from small bowel) were included. Multicolor immunofluorescence in situ staining was performed to determine the percentage of subepithelial macrophages expressing CD40 and that of lamina propria T cells expressing CD154 while avoiding cells in lymphoid aggregates. Results: The proportion of subepithelial CD40highCD68+ macrophages was significantly increased in normal colon compared with normal small bowel and showed further elevation in both colon and small bowel afflicted with inflammatory bowel disease. In addition, on a per‐CD68+‐cell basis, CD40 expression was significantly increased in severely inflamed compared with moderately inflamed colonic specimens. Conversely, the proportion of CD154+ T cells was similar in colon and small bowel, and interestingly, it was significantly reduced in colonic inflammatory bowel disease. Conclusions: Our findings suggested that modulation of CD40 expression by subepithelial macrophages and CD154 by lamina propria T cells is inversely modulated in the human gut.


The invention belongs to the field of forging, and specifically discloses a large roller or gear forge piece forming device and a using method, wherein the device is suitable for the technological design and the manufacturing process for forming various modes of large roller or gear forge pieces. According to the invention, a 360-degree ring-shaped upper anvil, a 120-degree ring-shaped upper anvil and a lower anvil having an internal pillar, an outer ring-shaped wall and a raised U-shaped base structure are designed, dies corresponding to the part and methods for the cooperative use of various dies can be designed according to the drawing of the part by means of a dimensional design formula given in the invention. The large roller or gear forge piece forming device and the using method inthe invention are suitable for manufacturing large roller or gear forge pieces which have large diameter and are hardly manufactured by traditional die forging processes. By using the method for manufacturing large roller or gear forge pieces in the invention, the pressure required by forging can be greatly reduced, the external dimension of forge pieces can be well controlled, the machining allowance of roller or gear forge pieces is lowered, the utilization rate of material is increased, and the production cycle of products is shortened.


In this prospective study, the authors evaluated potential treatment toxicity and progression‐free survival in patients with low‐grade glioma who received treatment with proton radiation therapy.


Due to the large amount and complexity of data available in geosciences, machine learning nowadays plays an important role in en- vironmental data mining. In many real data cases, we face the need to design input space with the most relevant features. Because the main goal is to understand and find relationships between phenomena and features, feature selection is preferred to feature transformation or extraction. To deal with the high-dimensional space of environmental data, a wrapper method based on Extreme Learning Machine and global optimization al- gorithm (Simulated Annealing) is proposed. This paper investigates the whole methodology and shows promising results for environmental data feature selection and modelling.


This paper discusses the possibility of ingenious need without ingenious mind by Zhuangzi, based on Zhuangzi's philosophy: the ontology of qi.The method of ingenious needs by Zhuangzi focuses on the combination of mind with Tao, whose nature is a natural way of evolvement for the ontology of qi.It involves the perception of "mind" with Tao on different levels, from populace, solon, saint to immortal accordingly, and the final purpose is to combine ingenious needs with nature.Zhuangzi has created the technical approach of combining artificial work with nature-completing ingenious needs without ingenious mind.


YBaCuO-type oxides of the YSr2Cu2MO8-δ (M = Co, Fe) systems were previously studied as air electrodes for SOFCs1 and more recently have attracted great attention due to the electrocatalitic properties reported on YSr2Cu2FeO8-δ
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 The compound YSr2Cu2FeO7.56 is a p-type semiconductor, mixed valence Fe3+/Fe4+ and Cu2+/Cu3+ oxide, which exhibits an interesting electrochemical behavior associated to catalytic activity in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), being a potential air-electrode for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs)
 2. In this contribution we present a computational study of the YSr2Cu2FeO8-δ (0< δ <1) system. We have firstly evaluated the performance of the generalized gradient approximation (GGA), the strongly constrained and appropriately normed (SCAN), and their Hubbard U corrections, GGA+U and SCAN+U, to reproduce the crystal and electronic crystal structures of YSr2Cu2FeO8-δ with δ = 0, 0.5 and 1. . The results validate the SCAN functional for the reliable investigation of these compounds. Further, the position of the oxygen electronic 2p band center is discussed as descriptor for the catalytic activity of these oxides.

 J. E. H. Sansom, E. Kendrick, H. A. Rudge-Pickard, M. S. Islam, A. J. Wright and P. R. Slater, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2005, 15, 2321-2327.

 S. A. Lopez-Paz, R. Marin-Gamero, X. Martinez de Irujo-Labalde, J. Sanchez-Marcos, D. Perez-Coll, M. A. A. y. Franco and S. Garcia-Martin, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021, 9, 8554-8560.

 A. N. Keyun Li, K. Świerczek, A. Stępień, Y. Naumovich, J.Dąbrowa, M. Zajusz, K. Zheng, B. Dabrowski, Journal of Power Sources, 2022, 532, 231371.


Within the last years, global industries are hyping over Industry Revolution 4.0. Utilizing the computer science combining with the mechatronics, each industry strives to increase productivity and efficiency. Of those industries is the ammunition industry. Regarded as one of the strategic industry of a nation, the ammunition industry needs to quickly adapt to the technological advance, the beginning of a new era. The old-schooled method in production control is outdated and needs to be replaced. Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), one of the newest method for production control, has been developed for several years. The exact form of implementation is however yet fixed. It has to be specifically developed for each industry, i.e. the ammunition industry in this case. With the rapidly growing information technology and science, the ammunition industry is expected to be able to implement the best suited control system to increase and to optimize its production capacity.


To evaluate insulin prescribing practices in ambulatory care clinics at some hospitals in the Riyadh region, And Investigate some potential errors related to insulin prescriptions. A retrospective descriptive study that conducted over a period of 3 months at three different hospitals (MOH, military, and teaching) in Riyadh city. The aim is to collect prescriptions that include insulin as a prescribed medicine from the outpatient pharmacy. A data-collecting sheet designed to tabulate the Patient"s demographics and define prescriber/setting characteristics will be used to collect pertinent information. Several categories in the prescription will specifically be investigated: 1) completeness of the patient"s data that includes hospital name, patient name, MRN, date of birth, and diagnosis, and 2) insulin prescription content including writing illegibly, insulin name/type, non-standard nomenclature, dosage and direction, and an ambiguous medication order. A total of 1245 prescriptions were studied. The demographic of the patient observed in the prescription was 65.08% female and male 34.9%. For all prescription the prescriber was divided to tree categories; and the frequency was general practitioners 46.6%, specialist 47.3%, and consultants 6.1%. The hand writing clarity was 613 (49.2%) unclear prescription and 632 (50.8%) clear one. The study found that 59% of prescriptions without "unit" and 16% of prescriptions include the use of "U" and "IU" instead of "Units". The most used insulin regimen was premixed insulin 70/30 (56.1%) followed by combination of Regular with NPH insulin (32.1%). Also Metformin was the most oral hypoglycemic drug prescribed


In this article we present method of solving some additive problems with primes. The method may be employed to the Goldbach-Euler conjecture and the twin primes conjecture. The presented method also makes it possible to obtain some interesting results related to the densities of sequences. The method is based on the direct construction of the Eratosthenes-type double sieve and does not use empirical and heuristic reasoning.


Four cases of duodenal obstruction in the neonatal period caused by an annular constricting pancreatic ring are reported. These cases and the five others previously reported by different authors have been reviewed. Criteria were not found in this group of cases by which a definite preoperative diagnosis could be made. The etiology, embryology and treatment of this condition in infants have been discussed.