Caesalpinia bonduc (Lin.) Roxb. widely distributed hroughout the coastal region of India and used ethnically by the tribal people of India for c ontrolling blood sugar. So present study was undertaken to rectify the traditional claim of the Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb. seeds in treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Wistar Alb ino male rats and in future to use the extract in development of polyherbal formulations for treatmen t of diabetes. This study also includes biochemical examination of blood serum along with h istopathological studies of pancreas, kidney and liver in diabetic control, extract treat d and standard drug glibenclamide treated rats. Powder microscopy and preliminary phytochemic al screening also done. Effect of hydroalcoholic extracts of Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb. seeds on fasting blood glucose level in normal, glucose loaded and alloxan induced hypergly cemic rats were evaluated and compared with that of reference drug, glibenclamide. The blo od glucose was measured using one touch glucometer (Bayer), while histology of pancreas, ki dney and liver was investigated after staining with heamatoxylineosin dye in normal, diabetic co ntr l, extract treated and standard drug glibenclamide treated rats. The extract at all test ed doses (250mg and 500mg /kg of b.w.) significantly (p<0.05) lowered fasting blood glucos e level in the treated rats compared with the diabetic but untreated rats (test control). The pan creas, kidney and liver histology indicates significant recovery with the extract administratio n. The efficacy of the extract in reducing blood glucose level, improving body weight and rejuvenati ng he damaged pancreas of alloxan induced diabetic rats favorably compared with that of refer ence drug, glibenclamide. Morphological and anatomical studies of the seed will enable to ident ify the crude drug. Preliminary phytochemical screening of hydro-alcoholic extract of seeds showe d presence of flavonoids, triterpenoids and steroids.


Background: Balance impairment and falls are a major problem and common in patients with stroke. Physiological Profile Assessment (PPA) was developed to identify physiological impairments underlying balance disorders and risk of falls in elderly people. The PPA has been used in patients with stroke but not as common as Berg Balance Scale (BBS).Objectives: To determine the relationship between PPA scores and BBS scores in patients with stroke.Materials and methods: Thirty patients with stroke (22 males, 8 females; mean age 61.07±12.34 years; mean post-stroke time 32.5±31.6 months) voluntarily participated in the study. The PPA and BBS were administered to all participants. Spearman correlation coefficient was used to determine the relationship between the PPA and BBS scores. The significance level was set at p<0.05.Results: Participants had mean PPA score of 2.88±1.56 points and mean BBS score of 42.80±12.38 points. Spearman correlation coefficient analysis revealed that the PPA scores had moderately negative correlation with the BBS scores (r = -0.475, p=0.008).Conclusion: Significant correlation between PPA and BBS scores could be due to the activities tested in the BBS require integration of physiological factors assessed in the PPA. As PPA provides information on physiological impairments underlying risk of falls, it is beneficial for planning interventions that are specific to patient's problems. However, studies on psychometric property of PPA in patients with stroke are needed.


Objective: To research significance and alteration of oxygen utilization coefficient (O2UC) in emergency patients undergoing cardiopulmonary resuscitations(CPR). Methods: (1)71 critical stressed patients were subdivided into different groups (Group A, 26 emergency patients undergoing CPR; Group B, 45 critically ill patients without CPR ) and 30 normal subject group (Group C) were selected for comparism. (2)Gas analysis of arterial blood and central venous blood and calculation of O2UC were carried out in group A and group B on admission and 1,2,3,5,7,10 days after admission, and which was carried out only in group C. Result; (3) On admission and 1 day after admission, O2UC in group A and group B were significantly higher than in group C(P 0.01), and O2UC in group A were obviously higher than that of group B (P 0.01). (2)From beginning with 3 days after admission, O2UC in group A and groups B were lower than that in group C(P 0.05), and O2UC in group A were obviously lower than those in group B(P 0.05). From 5 days after admission, O2UC in group B were then improve and were not significantly different from that in group C (P 0.05), but O2UC in group A remained at a lower level (compared with group C, P 0.01). Conclusious: O2UC in emergency patients undergoing CPR was frequently higher in early stage, but were frequently obviously lower in middle and later period, and this predicts more severe disease, wore prognosis.


In this paper, we argue that "abiding in the Highest Good" is a basic interpretive dimension of Great Learning by Zhu Zi (l130-l200). For Zhu Zi, "the Highest Good" is different than general "Good". "Good" is the result of childhood education. It means for people to be good in a general sense. And, the way of learning to be Great (adult education) intends that people "abiding in the Highest Good", to be sages. Socalled "abiding in the Highest Good" means to push man's original clear character to perfection, and to let people's mind not be infected by any excessive personal desire. The expression of "abiding in the Highest Good" also means to observe and experience every thing very precisely, not be influenced by changes of things and to keep our mind calm, but also means to arrange things very properly from different sides. Meanwhile, to achieve "abiding in the Highest Good", people are requested to resort to every conceivable means, and step by step to arrive at "abiding in the Highest Good". In this effort, systematically increasing progressively, the most important thing is investigation of things and extention of knowledge, this is the most important guarantee for "abiding in the Highest Good". This is why Zhu Zi thinks much of investigating things when he explains the Great Learning. Therefore, the purpose of investigation of things is not for erudition, but for "abiding in the Highest Good" in the field of practice; there may be some deviations if people understand Zhu Zi's "investigation of things" only from the standpoint of intellectualism.


The invention relates to the field of white light emitting diodes, and discloses a preparation method of a novel Mn doped high color purity red fluoride light emitting material suitable for blue light excitation, wherein the chemical composition is K3Zr1-xF7:xMn , x is the mole percent coefficient of the corresponding doped Mn ions relative to Zr ions, and x is more than 0 and is less than or equal to 0.10. According to the present invention, the red light emitting material mainly emits 627 nm red light under blue light excitation, the light emitting efficiency is high, and the color purity is good; the novel Mn doped high color purity red fluoride light emitting material is prepared by using the ion-exchange method; and the synthesis process of the preparation method is simple, and the preparation method is suitable for industrial large-scale production.


Theorem 2. (1) The module MA is plane <=> every cyclic submodule of the module Μ is contained in a certain plane submodule of M, and MB Π MC = M{B Π C) for any finitely generated left ideals B, C of the ring A; (2) all submodules of Μ A are plane •» all cyclic submodules of Μ are plane, and Ν Β Π JVC = N(B Π C) for every finitely generated submodule Ν of the module Μ and any finitely generated left ideals B, C of the ring A; (3) all submodules of plane (right or left) modules over A are plane Ο all finitely generated right ideals of A are plane ·» MB Π MC = M(B Π C) for any finitely generated right ideal Μ and for any finitely generated left ideals B, C of the ring A, and for any elements τη, η £ A such that mn = 0 there are elements a,b (Ξ A such that a + b = 1, ma = 0, bn — 0.


Lenvatinib has been used as an oral multityrosine kinase inhibitor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) since 2018, being first used in Japan and then worldwide. As long‐term survival is almost equivalent in patients treated with sorafenib and lenvatinib, drug selection depends on the differences in adverse events. Nevertheless, lenvatinib is preferred over sorafenib due to its higher tumor regression and tumor necrosis effects, as evaluated by the original and modified Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST and mRECIST), respectively. Based on the results of a phase 3, multinational, randomized, non‐inferiority trial to compare the efficacy and safety of lenvatinib and sorafenib in first‐line therapy for patients with unresectable HCC REFLECT trial, the overall response rate was higher for lenvatinib than for sorafenib (41% vs. 12% for mRECIST criteria and 19% vs. 7% for RECIST 1.1, respectively). It has been reported that a higher response rate can provide more chances of liver resection in patients that have undergone conversion chemotherapy for initially unresectable colorectal liver metastases. Subsequently, similar phenomena can be observed in patients with initially unresectable HCC undergoing targeted therapy. Thereafter, the efficacy and safety of lenvatinib were investigated for patients with advanced HCC beyond the inclusion criteria of the REFLECT trial. In one study, all patients had a tumor with a main portal vein tumor thrombus (Vp4) or with >50% liver occupation. Patients having a tumor with Vp4 had a response rate of 20.0%, whereas those having a tumor with >50% liver occupation had a response rate of 29.3% according to the mRECIST criteria. Another study confirmed that the response rates were not significantly different as per the mRECIST criteria based on the Child–Pugh classification (grade A: 56.0% vs. grade B: 45.8%) or percentage of liver occupation of HCC (<50%: 56.3% vs. ≥50%: 33.3%). Lenvatinib showed an excellent tumor necrosis effect inside and outside the REFLECT criteria. Several case reports have been published about patients with HCC undergoing conversion hepatectomy after multidisciplinary treatment including lenvatinib. We have already published a review paper that summarized seven patients treated with conversion surgery after lenvatinib therapy. All patients achieved a partial response according to the mRECIST criteria, whereas five of seven patients (71.4%) achieved a partial response according to the RECIST criteria. Good tumor response was identified to be essential for conversion surgery. Conversion surgery can result in excellent long‐ term prognosis after downstaging of initially unresectable HCC by transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE). However in such patients, partial response is mandatory, but complete response is not always required according to the mRECIST criteria. One of our patients treated with multidisciplinary treatment including lenvatinib is still alive without any recurrence 34 months after the initial therapy and 2 years after the conversion hepatectomy. Atezolizumab plus bevacizumab has now become the first‐line chemotherapeutic drug for unresectable HCC, but its impact on conversion surgery is still unknown. We deeply congratulate Dr Endo and his colleagues for publishing an article in this issue of Hepatology Research that highlighted two patients with HCC undergoing conversion hepatectomy after sequential therapy with lenvatinib and TACE. These two patients achieved a complete response according to the mRECIST criteria after multidisciplinary treatment, but a small area of viable HCC cells remained in one patient. Consequently, conversion hepatectomy should be additionally performed after achieving a radiological complete response if the liver function and systemic condition are acceptable. In a previous study, a greater number of patients maintained or showed improvement in their liver functional reserves after treatment with lenvatinib than with sorafenib (79% vs. 61%). Case 1 in the study by Endo et al. showed that the indocyanine green retention rate at 15 min improved from 25% to 10%, and laparoscopic liver left hepatectomy was completed. Novel lenvatinib–TACE sequential therapy rather than TACE monotherapy has been proposed for patients with HCC classified as Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer B with a high tumor burden. Endo et al. summarized the reasons for the excellent synergistic effects of


Welcome to the International Scientific Conference of Communications, Information, Electronic and Energy Systems – CIEES 2020. The goal of the CIEES 2020 conference is to provide an international forum for researchers, academics, people in industry, and students to address recent research results and to present and discuss their ideas, theories, technologies, systems, tools, applications, work in progress and experiences on all theoretical and practical issues arising in telecommunications, electronics, signal processing and applications, information technologies and energy. CIEES 2020 is scheduled to be held on 26 – 29 November, 2020 in Borovets, Bulgaria. The year of 2020 has been unprecedented with the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting our life. Due to the recent coronavirus outbreak, the Organizing Committee and the CIEES 2020 Program Committee, saw that it would not have been possible to hold CIEES 2020 in November in person, we decided to turn CIEES 2020 in a virtual format – online conference on the same period. The health and safety of the participants involved in CIEES 2020 is our priority. We all know that the value of CIEES is not only in listening to the papers, but in the networking, the face-to-face interactions, the exchange of ideas, also the gathering in the social events. Many things are changing and our perceptions are different these days. It may happen that we have to rethink the way we are used to organize the conferences. CIEES 2020 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE and CIEES 2020 INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE are available in this pdf.


T H E allocation of priorities is a universal activity, indulged in alike by nations, by institutions and by individuals-most commonly in regard to money or time, because there is never enough of either. A nation may choose between men on the moon or medical services for the masses; an institution between a new chapel or a new kitchen; the subtleties of allocating personal time are all too familiar, such as the excruciating choice, which British professors have to make at this time of year-whether to spend the winter months in their departments or on a lecture tour in the Caribbean. Priorities are not always allocated on a purely rational basis. The logical steps in deciding priorities should consist of identifying the alternatives, considering the feasibility and cost of each, and, most difficult of all, making some prediction of the consequences of each, both in the short-term and in the long-term, and how these would fit in with previously agreed goals and policies. But a rational approach is by no means always the dominant factor in influencing the allocation of priorities. Priorities are sometimes determined by the line of least resistance, reflecting inertia and rigidity; or by a tendency to allow temporary arrangements to become permanent because of the vested interests they have created; or political factors may operate, so that what is acceptable in the short run is preferred to what would be best in the long run; or the decision may be based more on a protest against the past rather than an appropriate response to the future-much thinking about mental hospitals over the last decade reflects our rejection of, and guilt about, the way in which these institutions were run in the past-or the choice may be governed by what social psychologists would term 'threat


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report the factors that influence Vietnamese students' choice of university in a little researched context where the effects of globalization and education reform are changing higher education. Design/methodology/approach – A quantitative survey was completed by 1,124 current or recently completed university students in Vietnam. Marketing approaches are drawn upon to inform the exploration and understanding of student choice and decision making. Findings – The factor analysed data showed the nine key factors influencing student decisions, in order of significance, as facilities and services, programme, price, offline information, opinions, online information, ways of communication, programme additions, and advertising. There are significant correlations in the Vietnamese context between the factors of price and facilities, and services and programme, and differences between genders and types of students in choosing a university. Research limitations/implications –...


In this paper, an incremental formulation of pressure based method for fluid-rigid body interaction using intermediate variable is presented. The present method is based on the method proposed by Matsumoto and Kawahara in previous studies. In their method, the pressure Poisson equation equivalent to the incompressibility constraint is derived by using the intermediate fluid velocity and the approximation of enough small error between the intermediate fluid velocity and the fluid velocity. In the present method, all terms appear in the coupled equation system are evaluated in the same time instant, and unknown variables are solved incrementally by iterative solution procedure in each time step so as to satisfy the coupled equation system defined in the time instant. The present formulation is required when structural nonlinearity such as large deformation should be considered. The present method is applied for the free vibration of a rigid circular cylinder in a quiescent fluid to verify its performance.


According to the classical result of J. P. Serre ((S)) any two points on a closed Riemannian manifold can be connected by infinitely many geodesics. The length of a shortest of them trivially does not exceed the diameterd of the manifold. But how long are the shortest remaining geodesics? In this paper we prove that any two points on a closed n-dimensional Riemannian manifold can be connected by two distinct geodesics of length � 2qd � 2nd, where q is the smallest value of i such that the i th homotopy group of the manifold is non- trivial.


The HSC/MPP-like cell line EML has the capacity for multilineage (erythroid, myeloid, lymphoid) differentiation in vitro, and is functionally heterogeneous. Phenotypically, EML cell line consists of Sca-1+ c-kit+ Flk− CD34+ cells (80%) and Sca-1+ c-kit+ Flk− CD34− cells (20%), and resembles Lin− c-kit+ Sca-1+ Flk2− BM cells, which are also heterogeneous for CD34 expression. Functional analysis has revealed that purified CD34+ EML cells reproducibly contain the majority of progenitors capable of mutilineage differentiation in response to cytokines, whereas CD34− EML cells differentiated poorly or not at all. Since the CD34+ EML cell population can be divided into CD34low, CD34medium and CD34high subpopulations we investigated the correlation between the progenitor content and the level of CD34 expression. The CD34low, CD34med and CD34high EML cells were purified by FACS sorting, and their multilineage differentiation analyzed by CFC assays. Multiple CFC experiments have reproducibly shown that the progenitor frequency declines with a decrease in the level of CD34 expression on EML cells, with CD34high cells producing the highest and the CD34low cells producing the lowest number of colonies. These findings indicate that CD34+ EML cell population is functionally heterogeneous, and that the overall multilineage differentiation of EML cells strongly correlates with the CD34 expression levels. Since the majority of LTR-HSC reside within LKS Flk2− CD34− BM cells, and LKS Flk2− CD34+ BM cells are highly enriched for STR-HSC and MPPs, we tested whether CD34− EML cells are more primitive and give rise to CD34+ cells. The CD34− and CD34+ EML cells were purified (>99% pure) by sorting, cultured separately for 7 days, and cell aliquots from these cultures analyzed daily for CD34 expression. Four separate experiments have revealed that both CD34− and CD34+ EML cells can generate each other, suggesting that although the CD34− EML cells could be more primitive, a subpopulation of CD34+ cells retains the capacity to give rise to CD34− cells. Previous studies have shown that mouse LTR-HSC can alternate between CD34− "inactive" and CD34+ "activated" state, and that the heterogeneous population of LKS CD34+ BM cells contains activated LTR-HSC, STR-HSC and MPPs. Thus, we investigated how the level of CD34 expression correlates with the capacity of CD34+ EML cells to give rise to CD34− cells. Purified CD34low, CD34med and CD34high EML cells were cultured for 5 days, and the cells from each culture analyzed for CD34 expression. Remarkably, three separate experiments have revealed that CD34low EML cells have the highest capacity to give rise to CD34− EML cells, whereas CD34med and CD34high EML cells had very little capacity to generate CD34− EML cells. These findings suggest a model in which (a) CD34− EML cells are more primitive cells in an "inactive" (differentiate inhibited) state that generate CD34+ EML cells, and (b) the population of CD34+ EML cells is heterogeneous and consists of CD34med/high cells that can readily differentiate into multiple lineages, and CD34low cells that are in "activated" state and can revert back to the CD34− state. Cumulatively, these results support the notion that the maintenance and differentiation of EML cells is linked with the varying levels of CD34 expression. Therefore, EML cell line could represent a powerful in vitro model to study the linear differentiation of CD34− cells into CD34+ cells, and the mechanisms of reversible CD34 expression and activation of primitive hematopoietic cells.


Total of 120 samples were collected from different body sites and lesions for patients from bothsexes. There were 78 isolates (65%) Staphylococcus aureus from them 37 isolates were Methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Each isolate was exposed to diode laser 632nmwavelength with 300µM of methylene blue (MB) at 458.6 watt/cm2for 15 minutes, bothphenotypic and genotypic changes in virulence factors and the antibiotic-resistance wereevaluated before and after irradiation with laser light. It was observed that the effect of sub-lethaldose on the antibiotic sensitivity was isolate-dependent. In general, results showed large variationsin the susceptibility of antibiotic. Exposure to diode laser increased resistance to Vancomycin, incontrast increased sensitivity to Methicillin, Ciprofloxacin, and Norfloxacin. Also Results showeddecreases the activity of β-haemolysin, with 33 (90.3%) isolates of S. aureus in comparison to thecontrol as shown in blood agar method and haemolytic titration assay, but there was no effect onthermonuclease enzyme after irradiation. Detection of three genes represented in MRSA isolatesby a confirmatory test was carried out using PCR technique. The results of the PCR amplificationof mecA gene noted that it was present in 27(72.2%) S.aureus isolates and 14(83.3%) isolatesshowed reduction in β-toxin production after exposure to laser light, with no altered or deficiencyin thermonuclease gene (nuc).


The article deals with the experience of training specialists in Polish philology at the Russian Language and Literature Department of Pomor State University (Arkhangelsk, Russia) in close cooperation with professors from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (Poland) between 1996 and 2014. The universities had developed a joint syllabus approved by their councils: they offer a specialized coordinated dual-degree program in Russian and Polish philology and award a diploma from Pomor State University and a bachelor's degree from Adam Mickiewicz University. The author examines the difficulties in the course of development and implementation of this project set up with due regard for the educational standards in Russia and Poland.


The National Aeronautical Establishment has installed a turbulence instrumentation package and memory recorder on a USAF RB-57F weather reconnaissance aircraft at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. The object of the project, named "Coldscan", is to record turbulence encounters and temperature changes on routine weather patrol and training flights at altitudes above 50,000 feet. A description of the instrumentation system and its operation is presented along with example data from two of the first project flights. These initial results are most significant for the magnitudes of the temperature gradients encountered near 60.000 feet.


Current safety standards are based on maximum stiffness measures over a grid on the frontal surface of a vehicle. The safety of vulnerable road users (VRU) is also influenced by the overall shape of the impacting vehicle. "Initial conditions" (IC) from the dominant crash scenarios are used for computer-aided engineering (CAE) simulations in Industrial practice to tweak designs. The IC's to design for are decided based on cluster analysis from reconstructions of crash data. Currently, CAE methods to predict the outcomes (final resting state of interacting elements) of a crash deterministically, given the initial conditions are available. But there are no established methods to do the inverse process, that is ascertain the conditions at the initiation of the crash given the fina l static state of the interacting elements. Recorded data being the final resting state of the interacting elements, the inverse problem is of significance, and is usually tackled by heuristics and iterations augmenting physical laws. While reconstructions of specific cases require detailed observation and experienced personnel, it is hypothesized that estimating a distribution of the pre-impact measures in crashes is more robust with respect to a distribution of the post impact observation than that of individual crashes. Individual cases from crash reconstruction, approximated to a Gaussian "normal" probability density function, were assumed for the probability of occurrence of individual cases. Crash physics was captured using a multibody simulation in MADYMO solver. An inverse Monte Carlo (MC) simulation with MADYMO solver as the system under study was modelled in "FME" module in statistical software "R". A set of post-crash data on head hit location [O1] was generated using forward MC simulation. The variable parameters were four different vehicle profiles, relative position of 50M along vehicle lateral axis [I2] and the relative orientation of with respect to vehicle. The pedestrian represented using one 50th percentile male [50M] pedestrian model was not varied. Starting with the distribution of "O1" and an "I2" distribution perturbed by up to 20% in mean value as input, an I2 was computed using inverse MC. The "I2" distribution from inverse MC showed less than 10% deviation from the original v3 data set mean with randomized values of untracked variables. During the inverse MC process, the quality of "fit" to a desired O1 distribution was tracked using the sum of root mean square of differences between normalized density coefficients and a "relaxation parameter" computed as squared logarithmic probability to a normal distribution. The stabilization of the tracking parameter indicated a robust solution.


Because of their safety, environmental friendliness, and simple operation, light-driven films are widely used in the fields of environment, biomedicine, and micromechanics. For light-driven films, moving the film on the liquid surface via the Marangoni effect is a convenient, mainstream approach. The efficient photothermal conversion can generate thermal Marangoni flow rapidly, and the superhydrophobicity can reduce the drag when the light-driven film moves on the liquid surface. In this work, a new strategy for preparing the composite film with excellent photothermal and superhydrophobic properties is proposed. The fSiO2/MG-WPU(fluoroalkylsilanes-SiO2/MXene@gold-waterborne polyurethane) film was obtained by simple spraying. The localized surface plasmon resonance effect improved the light absorption of MG(MXene@gold) hybrid, which is beneficial to the photothermal conversion. The absorption of the fSiO2/MA-WPU film reached 84% in the wavelength band from 300 to 1400 nm. The prepared MXene composite films show superhydrophobic property. The contact angle and sliding angle of the composite film reached to 154° and 2.3°, respectively. The film has good photothermal conversion ability, and its temperature reached 121 °C within 300 s (808 nm laser, 0.5 W/cm2). Combining high photothermal conversion and superhydrophobicity, the fSiO2/MG-WPU composite film achieved excellent performance for light driving. When irradiating with a laser power of 2 W/cm2, the film linearly advanced 12.8 cm in 12 s. Furthermore, the film completed the actions such as clockwise rotation and counterclockwise rotation. The multifunctional fSiO2/MG-WPU composite film provides a new platform for remote control devices, light-driven micro-robots, reagent micro-transporters, etc.


A combined mutually connected neural network model for high-order association is proposed. It contains a plural functional modules, each of which is mutually connected to a neural network with hidden units in order to improve the recall performance. The model comprises three different type of blocks, i.e., sub-net, intensive-net and intensive sub-net. Each module works dynamically in cooperation with other functional modules. The higher-order association between three pieces of two-dimensional character dot patterns and corresponding three-character word patterns are demonstrated by the model.<<ETX>>


Name of the headquarters of district/tehsils, their rural-urban, status and distance from district headquarters, 2001, Name of the headquarters of district/C.D block their rural-urban status and distance from district headquarters, Population of the district at each census from 1901 to 2001, Area, number of village/town and population in district and C.D Blocks, 2001, C.D Block wise number of Villages and rural population, Population of Urban Agglomerations (including constituent units)/Town, Village with population of 5,000 and above at C.D Block level as per 2001 census and amenities available, Statutory towns with population less than 5000 as per 2001 census and amenities available, Houseless and Institutional population of C.D Block rural and urban, 2001.


With this volume B. adds another magnificent beast to a stable already inhabited by six other handsome animals of a similar species: omnibus commentaries-cum-translationscum-introductions, that of the present volume being tantamount to a slim but formidable (partly previously published) independent volume of 143 pages. The more recently each specimen was born, the more robust they become in weight and character. Excluding the earlier commentary and translation of the Troades (1994), at 250 pages, each Oxford volume is bigger than the last: both published in 2011, B.'s Oedipus and Octavia are around 430 pages (commentary 266, 207, respectively), the Medea of 2014 is 481 (commentary 295), the Thyestes of 2017 is 561 (commentary 362), and the volume under review is 600 (commentary 400). The introduction contains all the now-expected features, many reprinted verbatim from previous volumes, with sometimes only slight modifications which, though they leave experienced readers unsure where to pay attention, are useful syntheses of B.'s comprehensive work, from which any graduate student or scholar new to Senecan tragedy will derive all that they need to understand its sophistication. A good example of this mix of redundancy, novelty and utility is the overview of Seneca's On anger (pp. lvii–lxiv). Extremely useful, as it was in the previous volumes, it breaks the treatise down into 34 propositions (pp. lvii–lxiv) and then offers a brief application to the Agamemnon (p. lxiv). As it does in the other editions, the metre of the English translation faithfully signals changes in the Latin in a line-by-line rendering: Latin iambic trimeters appear in something resembling blank verse or iambic pentameters (p. cxliv: 'there is no real alternative'); choral odes have a rolling rhythm, which recalls the anapests that often dominate them (I underline the places where the rhythm rolls in this example: 'Not só in Eúxine's depths / Do túrbulent bíllows swell / Near snówy póles', ll. 66–8; see further pp. 250–1, 350). One practical feature, present in B.'s other editions, but so useful it is worth highlighting, are the bilingual lemmata (e.g. p. 211, on ll. 208–12: 'quamuis . . . armasset / Though . . . armed', explaining a concessive construction). As with the other Oxford volumes, the edition includes a dense eight pages of 'Selective Critical Apparatus', analyses of metre for every ode (albeit too compressed for easy use: contrast D. Christenson's 2020, 144–6 eusynoptic presentation in Plautus' near-equivalents).


The present paper attempts to present Islamic environmental teachings as a guiding source for environmental ethics. After briefly discussing current Muslim practices in relation to the environment, the paper focuses on the way Bangladeshi Muslims deal with the environment. It also correlates Islamic environmental teachings with current Bangladeshi practices and attitudes towards environmental sustainability. The study thus makes a new contribution to the debate about environmental problems in Bangladesh.
Key Words: Bangladesh, Environmental Ethics, Islam, Muslim Practices, Sustainable Development


One residential building with masonry structure in soft soil area in Shanghai has lots of cracks.After examination and verification,it is determined that reinforcement measures shall be adopted for the foundation.After general analysis and consideration of practical condition that many people are living the building,anchor static pressure pile reinforcement and earth-digging measure are adopted.Settlement observation verifies that favorable reinforcement effect has been realized.


Recently, the ability of the computer i s not only used in calculation, but also the ability to store and provide information that eventually formed a system called database. Database as data storage and processing center has a very important role in getting information. Information retrieval in database system is currently one that uses XML. In our study, we focus on defining queries using the operations of relational algebra allowing to be evaluated in web-based database using document XML. This work aims for describing and implementing a tool that transforms a relational algebra expression into a stylesheet language for XML; XSLT and also the expression of XPath. Study result showed that the expression of relational algebra operations can be applied to XML documents. As it is known that a XML document is a document with a different data model semi-sructural on the application of relational algebra generally applied to the data with the relational model that involves a data in the form of a relation.


Cardiorespiratory endurance is a determining factor in the assessment of the state of health of a person. Objective: To determine the reference values for cardiorespiratory endurance in Beninese adults. Methods: Prospective trans-versal study, with a descriptive and analytical aim. It was carried out on healthy adult subjects (18 to 50 years old), of Cotonou and Abomey cities, from October 2017 to May 2018, without clinically identifiable orthopedic, cardiorespiratory, osteoarticular or neuromotor impairment. These subjects performed three different cardio-respiratory endurance tests: The six-minute walk test (WT6), cycloergometer test (CT) and the step test (ST). Data processing and analysis were done using SPSS version 22 software. A linear regression model was used to establish the prediction equation of maximal oxygen uptake (VO 2 max) with the WT6 data. The significance level chosen was 5%. Results: Subjects average age was 30.0 ± 9.8 years. It was especially men (54.20%), students (42.13%), with a normal corpulence (69.91%). At WT6, they walked 365 m to 798 m (557.1 ± 93.6 m) with extreme heart rates (EHR) of 67 to 189 (136.7 ± 19.0) beats per minute. At ST, the extreme powers developed were 2.7 watts/kg and 11.8 watts/kg (6.4 ± 1.8 watts/kg), with EHR of 99 to 204 (168.4 ± 15.4) beats per minute. The predictor equation of VO 2 max by WT6 was function of the subject's weight, age and sex (R = 0.73). Conclusion-Discussion: These normative values of cardio-respiratory endurance of Beninese subjects seem to be specific to them. An extension of the present study to a larger sample nevertheless seems desirable.


We construct an explicit solution of the Seiberg-Witten map for a linear gauge field on the non-commutative plane. We observe that this solution as well as the solution for a constant curvature diverge when the non-commutativity parameter θ reaches certain event horizon in the θ-space. This implies that an ordinary Yang-Mills theory can be continuously deformed by the Seiberg-Witten map into a non-commutative theory only within one connected component of the θ-space.


Especially over the past 30 years, state library agencies have played a major role in the planning and development of cooperative and networking activities among public libraries and between public libraries and other types of libraries. These activities have been carried out in a great variety of ways, with each state reacting to its own demographic, governmental, and library realities. The federal Library Services and Construction Act has been a major constructive force enabling state library agencies to be effective leaders in cooperative and networking activities. State library agencies and public libraries working together can continue to extend library services by taking leadership in networking activities.


Summary In rats, severe but partial ligation of the aorta between the renal arteries induces striking changes in the left, ischemic renal cortex: simple atrophy of the outer cortex, and atrophy with hyperplasia and poly-ploidy of the inner cortical tubular cells. In the ischemic renal cortex, there is a significant increase not only of renin activity but also of β-glucuronidase, of cathepsin D and, to a much lesser degree, of acid phosphatase. The results of isopycnic centrifugation indicate that these enhanced hydrolytic enzyme activities are localized in renal cortical tubular cell lysosomes. Since these changes occur even with minimal atrophy of the kidney, they must accompany all cases of hypertension of renal origin. Supported in part by the Kidney Foundation of Canada, the Medical Research Council of Canada (Grant MT-1973), the Quebec Heart Foundation, the Jean-Louis Lévesque Foundation, and the Fonds de I'Université de Montréal (CAFIR).


Abstract This paper uses cash flow statements to study leveraged buyouts between 1980 and 2006 of large publicly traded U.S. firms by private equity funds. Presenting the origin, ownership and use of cash in these transactions, I show that once they are controlled by private equity funds, these firms exhibit a significant decline in investment and growth. I also use cash flow statements to evaluate the free cash flow proxies frequently used in the literature and show that the gains in free cash flows are due to a significant reduction in investment post-LBO and not operating improvements. The leveraged capital structure forces a change in investment philosophy, which is reflected in lagged declines in growth rates.


The purpose of this study is to detect brainwave and physiological signals from MR images by applying Fourier transform and Shannon's sampling theorem. Ten datasets were obtained from 10 subjects using the gradient echo - echo planar imaging (GE-EPI) sequence with a 3.0 T Phillips scanner. 1500 images on an axial plane consisting of the eyeballs were acquired for each subject. MATLAB was used for the image processing. The 1500 time frame signals were being Fourier transformed to produce the frequency spectral. Then, a bandpass filter was applied to filter out the unwanted signals in order to detect the brainwaves and physiological signals. Our study showed that the axonal magnetic field was $6.64\pm 0.27\ \text{pT}$ for delta waves, $6.58\pm 2.28\ \text{pT}$ for theta waves, $8.33\pm 1.53\ \text{nT}$ for the respiration signal, and $9.01\pm 4.16\ \text{nT}$ for the heartbeat signal. The brainwaves were found in the occipital and temporal lobes. The heartbeat was concentrated around the circle of Willis while the respiration signal around the subarachnoid space and superior sagittal sinus.


Imaging time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) can provide sub-micron resolution images of cells, tissues, and other biomedically relevant samples with chemical and molecular specificity. Applications include spatially identifying chemical changes as a function of an applied stress (delivered drug or biomaterials) or as a result of disease and tracking the spatial distribution of metabolites and lipids in tissue. Similarly, TOF-SIMS images of biomaterials (e.g., polymer scaffolds) can give insight to the biological response to biomaterials and determine distribution of surface modification of three-dimensional scaffold structures.


Eltrombopag is a second‐line treatment in primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). However, its role in secondary ITP is unknown. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of eltrombopag in secondary ITP in daily clinical practice. Eighty‐seven secondary ITP patients (46 with ITP secondary to autoimmune syndromes, 23 with ITP secondary to a neoplastic disease subtype: lymphoproliferative disorders [LPDs] and 18 with ITP secondary to viral infections) who had been treated with eltrombopag were retrospectively evaluated. Forty‐four patients (38%) had a platelet response, including 40 (35%) with complete responses. Median time to platelet response was 15 days (95% confidence interval, 7–28 days), and was longer in the LPD‐ITP group. Platelet response rate was significantly lower in the LPD‐ITP than in other groups. However, having achieved response, there were no significant differences between the durable response of the groups. Forty‐three patients (49·4%) experienced adverse events (mainly grade 1–2), the commonest being hepatobiliary laboratory abnormalities. There were 10 deaths in this case series, all of which were related to pre‐existing medical conditions. In routine clinical practice, eltrombopag is effective and well‐tolerated in unselected patients with ITP secondary to both immune and infectious disorders. However, the response rate in LPD‐ITP is low.


In this paper we introduce the notion of the theta series ΘL of a lattice L, a useful and powerful tool in Lattice theory, especially in the case when the underlying lattice is assumed to be even and unimodular. Recall that a lattice L is even if for all vectors x ∈ L, the norm 〈x, x〉 = ‖x‖ is an even integer, and the lattice L of rank n is unimodular if its fundamental domain has volume vol(R/L) = 1, or equivalently, if L = L∗. In section 2 we define the theta series of a lattice L and provide an example for the lattice L = A2. We introduce the modular group and modular forms in section 3, and then prove that when L is an even unimodular lattice, ΘL assumes the structure of a modular form. Results relating to Eisenstein series and the classification of modular forms are detailed in 4, and finally, we illustrate the power of theta series by proving the uniqueness of E8 as a unimodular lattice of rank 8 in section 5.


An activity‐guided fractionation of Virola sebifera Aubl. methylene chloride‐soluble fraction provided novel 3,5‐dihydro‐2‐(1′‐oxo‐3′‐hexadecenyl)‐2‐cyclohexen‐1‐one (3), two known lignans (1, 2) and dehydro hexadecanoyl resorcinol (4). Isolation and purification were conducted with the application of column chromatography and structures were assigned by spetral analysis (1D and 2D NMR, HREIMS). Compounds 1–4 were evaluated for cytotoxic activities against human tumour cell lines UACC62 (melanoma), MCF‐7 (breast), NCI 460 (lung, non‐small cells), OVCAR03 (ovarian), PC‐03 (prostate), HT‐29 (colon), 786‐0 (renal) and NCI‐ADR (breast expressing phenotype multiple drugs resistance) in vitro. The new polyketide (3) showed selectivity against human OVCAR03 and NCI‐ADR cell lines, ranging from 2 to 4 µg/mL. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


This study examines teacher feedback within the context of students'motor learning process in gymnastic units, with particular foeus on the question of what constitutes appropriate corrective feedback between teacher and students, who are failing in a given task. The study analyzes the contents and outcome of teacher feedback in the motor learning process (with focus on the challenge-level of the task, the point of failure as well as content of feedback for solving the students'problem), and shows that motor skills of students changed according to feedback content and the students'perception of the feedback situation.The study is based on case studies of two gymnastic units (a total of 15 classes), and participants included two elementary school teachers and 63 students from elementary school (sixth grade). Through the case studies various types of data were gathered: verbal interaction between teacherand students was recorded via a microphone attached to the teacher, while nonverbal interaction between teacher and students was recorded with a video camera. In addition, student participants filled out questionnaires concerning teacher feedback received in each class.Our results indicate that when a student attempts tasks at a moderately challenging level but fails, then appropriate and specific feedback from the teacher to solve the problem in most cases causes improvement in the student's motor skills. Feedback of this charactar was generally perceived by students to be "useful advice", which was also the case among students who failed to improve their motor skills despite having received feedback. Our findings indicate the importance of appropriate and specific feedback when seeking ways of helping students to improve motor skills.


There are a great demand of sea buckthorn for tified dairy products as they can serve as an ideal vehicle for carrying deficiency of vitamins and minerals fulfill the nutritional needs but there is need to generate information on the effect of fortification of sea buckthorn on the physical,sensory properties of these products. In the present study, the sea buckthorn enriched yogurt was prepar ed after fortification of pasteurized yogurt mix with 5,10 mg fruit of sea buckthorn/140 ml of yogurt, this level selec te from a preliminary study of sensory evaluation. Adition by the sea buckthorn in yogurt caused a consistent curd, creamy, no bubbles of gas of yogurt was higher th an control yogurt on 7th and 14th day of storage. These sensor y characteristics, physically-chemically obtained s how that yogurt fortified with sea buckthorn retains all its natural qualities, in addition there is a noticeable impr ovement in color with a pleasant taste characteristic of sea buckthorn, s our and refreshing.


The increasing awareness of resource depletion has led to a growing interest in adapting a more efficient use of resources within multiple sectors to support a more sustainable development. One sector that uses large amounts of resources, with the high use of consumables, is the healthcare sector.

The purpose of this study is to perform a life cycle assessment of three possible alternatives of central venous catheter insertion kits to determine which one that has the lowest environmental impact and is to be recommended for use at the hospital in Helsingborg. In addition, this study investigated how the healthcare can reduce their resource use and which instruments that affect the use of single-use and reusable products, and the possible barriers and opportunities for these products, within this sector.

The results of this study show that the resource use can be decreased by using reusable products when suitable, adapting the content of custom packs, and implementing strategies to reduce the amount of waste produced. The life cycle assessment indicates that a transition to using central venous catheter insertion kits containing several reusable products can reduce the environmental impact for all of the investigated categories except water depletion. This transition can for example reduce the resource use by fifty percent. The alternatives containing reusable products also had a lower total cost of ownership, when compared to the central venous catheter insertion kit containing only single-use products.

In conclusion, the recommendation for the intensive care unit at the hospital in Helsingborg is to use the first alternative for central venous catheter insertion kit, which contains four reusable products, to reduce their environmental impact as well as their purchasing costs.


 While the TCFD framework recommends disclosure of some information that may not be material for some firms, it may be material to diversified investors at the portfolio level; it could also shed light on corporate externalities that contribute to climate change. Therefore, requiring such disclosures may be justified in order to protect investors and promote market efficiency and stability, as this Article explains.


Objective: The purpose is to find the landmarks which are characteristic in expressing the character of craniomaxillary bone, then try to mapping the curve and surface of craniomaxillary bone by technique and algorithm of Computer Graphics. Methods: Three-dimensional CT data were obtained from a dry skull, 76 characteristic landmarks were filtered and picked out from CT data. The curve and surface of craniomaxillary structure were mapped using B-spline technique. Results: The visual image of craniomaxillary curve and surface were satisfied. It can decribe the craniomaxillary bone three-dimensionally and qualitatively. Conclusion: It is feasible to mapping the craniomaxillary bone through characteristic landmarks. It supports the further research that craniomaxillary bone can be reconstructed by characteristic landmarks which derived from cephalometric films.


Deep Learning as a field has been successfully used to solve a plethora of complex problems, the likes of which we could not have imagined a few decades back. But as many benefits as it brings, there are still ways in which it can be used to bring harm to our society. Deep fakes have been proven to be one such problem, and now more than ever, when any individual can create a fake image or video simply using an application on the smartphone, there need to be some countermeasures, with which we can detect if the image or video is a fake or real and dispose of the problem threatening the trustworthiness of online information. Although the Deep fakes created by neural networks, may seem to be as real as a real image or video, it still leaves behind spatial and temporal traces or signatures after moderation, these signatures while being invisible to a human eye can be detected with the help of a neural network trained to specialize in Deep fake detection. In this paper, we analyze several such states of the art neural networks (MesoNet, ResNet-50, VGG-19, and Xception Net) and compare them against each other, to find an optimal solution for various scenarios like real-time deep fake detection to be deployed in online social media platforms where the classification should be made as fast as possible or for a small news agency where the classification need not be in real-time but requires utmost accuracy.


This article aims to describe and explain how the philosophy of fi ra wali ( in English: my sag o  my life)  shapes  the identity of Sentani people. The  objective  is to explain th is notion (fi ra wali)  features as the cultural identity of the Sentani people  which constructed in everyday engagement (daily interactions) of the Sentani  communities .  Data for the study was  obtain ed through  e thnographic research and phenomenology techniques  including  participant observation, interviews and literature study. Identity is usually constructed institutionally based on juridical and normative agreements collectively . T his article reveals that identity can be constructed narratively, in daily interactions in society. Everyday angagement (daily life) gives birth to authentic experiences that are sacred in social relations, both in physical space and spiritual space of the Sentani people. Identity  shaped from cosmic-cultural reality that exists in cosmology, is able to integrate society in sui generis (clans), in order to face modernization, which has caused social changes in Sentani society.  T his article concludes that the fi ra wali as a cultural identity  has important  contribution  to  deal with multicultural contexts.


The effects of truncating a periodic structure of thin wire elements is examined. The structure is assumed to be infinite in extent along a single axis, enabling the analysis to be simplified via Floquet's currents on the infinite axis for plane wave incidence. The analysis of an infinite linear array of elements is thereby reduced to that of a single element. Scattered fields are presented for several truncated planar geometries and are compared to three approximate solutions that use unperturbed two-dimensionally infinite Floquet currents, diffraction from a strip, and a physical optics solution for a strip, respectively. >


The random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) assay has recently provided a marker system that may be useful for indirect selection and pyramiding of monogenic pest resistance traits in crop species. Our objective was to investigate the efficiency of marker-assisted selection with RAPD markers linked in coupling and in repulsion with a single resistance allele. Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) near-isogenic lines differing for the recessive bean common mosaic virus (BCMV) resistance allele bc-3 were screened to identify linked RAPD markers [...]


All scientists who have interested themselves in the range of subjects comprised under the headings of the title of this book are aware of the extremely interesting and valuable work which has been done of recent years by the team of research workers on the staff of the Bell Telephone Laboratories. This work has hitherto only been accessible in the original papers published by individual members of the staff. The book under review, containing, as it does, a synthesis, and critical survey, of the whole body of this work, cannot fail to appeal to a wide circle of readers, including physicists, physiologists, musicians, and technical workers in the electrical reproduction of sound. The fact that the theoretical bases of sound-production and sound-perception are still amongst the most controversial of scientific problems is no doubt due to the wide range of scientific vision that is necessary for their full consideration. Helmholtz, for example, owes his pre-eminence in these departments of science to the fact that he was at the same time a great physicist, a great physiologist, and a profound philosophical thinker. In this respect he has had few followers. Elsewhere, the physicists and physiologists seem always to have been at variance in the interpretation of the experimental observations which have been brought to bear on the various problems. Harvey Fletcher's book contains an immense amount of new observational data made possible by the application of the refined electrical methods which have been developed by telephony and radio-telephony. It appears, at first sight, that these data are too novel and revolutionary to be embodied in any of the present theories of hearing or speech production. The same difficulty is evidently felt by the author, who, though accepting the Helmholtz theory of hearing as the main basis of his theoretical deductions, falls back on the " central analysis" theory to explain some of the facts of hearing. It seems unlikely that the author's theoretical explanations will be accepted without question and even the data on which they are based require confirmation, as the deductions drawn from them are so startling as to appear paradoxical. The observers seem to have no doubts whatever as to the reliability and accuracy of their methods, but those who are not expert electricians are compelled to take the methods on trust, as they are not competent to detect any fallacies which may be inherent in them, which may have escaped the notice of the experts.


Abstract : Wavelength independent Raman (sRs) and Brillouin (sBs) scattering processes in singlemode fibers have been exhaustively investigated for optical amplification - key to channel selection and switching in optical communication. The low gain and high pump threshold of sRs and the high gain, low pump threshold, but extremely narrowband sBs prevented further consideration of these processes for possible optical device fabrication for communication. Fiber rings have been employed to attempt to further lower the sBs threshold for optical switching with some success. However, such a device suffers from excessively long switching time of over 52 ns. Much work remains to improve the performance of fiber ring devices. Dependence of sBs gain and shift on the elastic properties of the fiber material and geometry, and its close correlation with the forward spontaneous but resonant Brillouin scattering, coined GAWBS, via numerous models and experimental verification, point to the possibility of employing both processes for sensing fiber and ambient parameters, such as fiber chemical composition, fiber core and diameter variations, fiber strain, fiber and ambient temperature, etc. The forward and backward sensing capability may render such a sensor fault tolerant. The noise level sensing of GAWBS using electronic heterodyne technique imparts robustness to such a device. Work is ongoing in the practical implementation of the device for structural health monitoring via bonding and embedding.


1. The sixth salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila virilis have been studied with a recording microphotometer.2. In the graphs recorded by this instrument the chromatic bands and achromatic interspaces are shown as crests and troughs respectively of a wavy curve and the relative staining capacity of the bands is designated by the altitude of the crests.3. In the sixth salivary chromosome of the Kyoto strain at least eighteen chromosome bands are distinguishable. The same chromosome of the New Orleans strain has a weaker staining capacity. The staining capacities of the chromosomes of these two strains have been estimated quantitatively.4. A composite chromosome derived from the crossing-over between the Kyoto and New Orleans chromosomes has been studied with the same method.


Received forpublication 16January 1974 Theeffect oflocal immunization withStreptococcus mutans on dentalcaries inconventional andgnotobiotic ratswas studied. Injection oftheseanimals with S.mutansstrain 6715incorporated intocomplete Freundadjuvant consistently resulted inthepresence ofantibody insaliva directed tothisorganism. This antibody was primarily oftheimmunoglobulin A class as demonstrated by specific antiglobulin augmentation andgelfiltration ofantibody activity. Serum antibody was alsopresent. Fiveexperiments havebeencompleted inconventional ratsandtwoingnotobiotic animals. Theimmunized group ofanimals alwayshadlower mean caries scoresthancomparably sham-immunized or nonimmunized control groups.Thenumbers oflesions were also always lower in theimmunized animals, suggesting a possible interference withtheformation of new lesions inimmunized animals. Thereductions indental caries andlesions were greater on smoothsurfaces thanon occlusal surfaces, whichmightbe explained as interference withadherence phenomenademonstrated by S. mutans.Itisproposed thatsalivary immunoglobulin Aantibody may beviewed as an ecological determinant in theoralcavityby affecting oral microorganisms andpossibly their by-products.


This year has been a great one for major league baseball. In the game of personal finances, however, it's been a bust. Why are so many Americans swinging for the fences, but whiffing instead?


ABSTRACT Austerity politics in Britain are edging towards compressed learning and teaching identities, driven by competition for resources and normative standards. Policy changes since 2010 have impacted particularly on the arts, and have had an adverse effect on cultural diversity across society. This situation has international resonance for those encountering protectionist reactions to globalisation. Practitioners in creative fields face dilemmas of agency, as they seek to maintain the presence of their roles, and ability to make choices. This paper focuses on how practitioners in post-compulsory art and design and gallery education challenge hegemonic constructions of the self through practice. It reflects on Herne's research of relational differences between teachers and gallery educators, raising points for connective interventions as boundary work. A comparative lens draws upon theories of agency to support critically engaged practice. Empirical data is investigated through Sartre's concept of free will, and Foucauldian negotiations of autonomy.


The present invention provides a CPU and logical encryption and its data synchronization method Combination Smart Card. The method, CPU command processing module logic encrypted storage to control the area to visit the control module, the logic reads the data from the encrypted storage areas and transferred to the data format conversion module, the data format conversion module data to the CPU controlled storage area and delivered; CPU command processing module is followed by controlling the CPU controlled storage area, the data format conversion through the module sends the CPU card data into the logical encryption storage area to visit the control module, and the logic encryption storage area to visit the control module encrypts the CPU card data logic Add writing to the storage area. Smart cards, data synchronization, and data consistency


Objective To observed the effects of curcumin on apoptosis induced by lipid peroxidation after spinal cord ischemia.Methods Spinal cord ischemia model of New Zealand white rabbits were established,and then divided into ischemic control group,curcumin dose group and the sham-operation group randomly.Apply neurological score to evaluate the spinal cord ischemic rabbit hindlimb function.Apply thiobarbituric acid,xanthine oxidase,nitrate reductase method,RT-PCR and flow cytometry to detect the concentration of malondialdehyde(MDA),superoxide dismutase(SOD),nitric oxide(NO),the expression levels of caspase 3and apoptosis rate.Results Compared to ischemic control group,curcumin can reduce the concentration of MDA,NO and Caspase-3expression levels,increase SOD activity,reduce the rate of apoptosis,the difference was statistically significant.The neurological score results show that curcumin treatment group scores were significantly higher than the ischemic control group.Conclusion This study showed that curcumin has a protective effect on spinal cord ischemic injury,which may be related to its inhibition of lipid peroxidation,thereby reducing the ischemic cell apoptosis.


Four aphid species (Aphis fabae cirsiiacanthoidis Scop., Brachycaudus cardui (L.), Capitophorus carduinus Walker and Uroleucon cirsii (L.)) feed on the creeping thistle Cirsium arvense. They utilize different parts of their host plant and at different times. A wide niche is typical of C. carduinus and U. cirsii, whereas A. f. cirsiiacanthoidis and B. cardui, show narrower but overlapping niches. Morphological features such as stylet length and body size as well as colony size and density are associated with the choice of feeding site. C. carduinus, the smallest species with the shortest stylets was able to use leaf veins and lamina, while the other species mainly used the stem and peduncles. Within this group, A. f. cirsiiacanthoidis and B. cardui are restricted to the upper part of the stem because of their short stylets, but adult U. cirsii, the species with the longest stylets, can also feed at the base of the stem.


A study was conducted to analyze the hatchability performance of Japanese quail breeder hatching eggs at Poultry Research Station, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Chennai – 51. A total of 33792 Japanese quail breeder hatching eggs with 6 settings were divided in to four equal groups of each 8448 eggs as T1, T2, T3 (Treatment group) and T4 (Control group). The treatment groups hatching eggs viz, T1,T2 and T3 were exposed to PEMF at 1 Hz frequency with 1500 nT intensity for 18, 12 and 6 hours respectively at 18°C and 80 per cent relative humidity. The control eggs were stored at the same temperature and humidity but kept unexposed to the PEMF. After bringing into room temperature for one hour, the eggs were incubated under optimum temperature and humidity in setter and hatcher. The total and fertile hatchability performance showed highly significant (P≤ 0.01) difference between treatment and control groups. There were significant differences (P≤0.05) observed for mean per cent embryonic mortality, mean per cent dead in germ and dead in shell between treatment and control group. Mean per cent fertility did not show any significant difference between treatments and control group. This study concluded that PEMF exposure could be a useful tool to improve the hatching performance of Japanese quail.


The profuse popularity of video conferencing has led to a simultaneous rise in the opportunity for the participants to multitask. Productive multitasking, such as taking notes, browsing for relevant information, etc., can help promote the cognitive attentiveness of participants. However, existing approaches of tagging inattentive participants solely based on their visual concentration on the meeting app fail to work in such instances. This paper proposes EmotiConf -- a novel real-time framework to monitor participants' attentiveness and a non-real-time framework for visual multitask detection without explicitly relying on their visual concentration. EmotiConf utilizes an unconventional observation where the emotional states of attentive participants, captured through their facial expressions, correlate and also correspond to the vocal expression of the speaker and the intent of the speech. Accordingly, EmotiConf develops a software wrapper to tag the inattentive participants while also characterizing visual multitasking instances performed by them. A thorough evaluation of EmotiConf confirms its usability with a high score of >80.


The SCOAP/RELAP5/MOD3 computer code is designed to describe the overall reactor coolant system (RCS) thermal-hydraulic response, core damage progression, and fission product release and transport during severe accidents. The code is being developed at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) under the primary sponsorship of the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Code development activities are currently focused on three main areas - (a) code usability, (b) early phase melt progression model improvements, and (c) advanced reactor thermal-hydraulic model extensions. This paper describes the first two activities. A companion paper describes the advanced reactor model improvements being performed under RELAP5/MOD3 funding.


The Mott transition, a metal-insulator transition due to strong electronic interaction, is observed in many materials without an accompanying change of system symmetry. An important open question in Mott's proposal is the role of long-range screening, whose drastic change across the quantum phase transition may self-consistently make the transition more abrupt, toward a first-order one. Here we investigate this effect in a model system of hydrogen atoms in a cubic lattice, using charge self-consistent dynamical mean-field theory that incorporates approximately the long-range interaction within the density functional treatment. We found that the system is well within the charge-transfer regime and that the charge-transfer gap intimately related to the Mott transition closes smoothly instead. This indicates that within this approximation, the long-range screening does not play an essential role in this prototypical example. We explain this finding by demonstrating analytically that the obtained insulating phase in this typical case is driven by short-range physics of large energy scale, and the transition is controlled by the charge-transfer gap closing, both insensitive to long-range screening.


The utilization states and problems of water resources i n Jizhou City are discussed in this paper,and several countermeasures are put fo rward to solve the problems such as saving water technologies,using slightly sal t water and intensifying field management.


One of the most significant books of interpretation that warrants thorough study is "Revealing Secrets and Breaking the Curtains." This is because Imam al-Safadi's approach is distinguished by his acceptance of reason and transmission as two fundamental guides in religion. Despite his belief that the Torah and the Bible have been distorted, he delves into them, underscoring the urgency of studying his approach. The research aims to elucidate al-Safadi's methodology in introducing the concept of intrusion in his interpretation through "Uncovering Secrets and Breaking the Curtains." Furthermore, it seeks to highlight the key advantages and disadvantages of dealing with intrusion in interpretation. The study employs both an inductive analytical method and a deductive approach, leading to several noteworthy findings. Imam Safadi's interpretation holds a prominent position among the most important works of interpretation. It is characterized by an abundance of scholarly material, encompassing a vast array of benefits consolidated within one book. Notably, Imam al-Safadi demonstrates keen interest in the Israelites, referring to them extensively, and incorporates numerous texts from the Torah and the Gospels. However, there is a relative scarcity of narrations from the Prophet, as well as from the Salaf, including the Companions and the Followers. It is strongly recommended that students and researchers pay attention to the importance of this topic. They should embark on preparatory research that examines the chapters and verses of the Noble Qur'an. By conducting rigorous investigations and actively disseminating their findings among Muslims, the society can benefit and advance. Emphasizing the significance of Imam al-Safadi's interpretation is crucial due to its wealth of substantial benefits and its scholarly distinction.


ABSTRACT This study investigates effects of sintering temperatures on the hydration activity of the municipal solid waste incineration(MSWI) fly ash. MSWI fly ashes are rich in heavy metals, salts and toxic organic compounds. Therefore, in order to materialize it as cement materials, we should research the behavior of toxic materials at high temperature and the hydration activity of the MSWI fly ash sintered at high temperature. So, first of all, MSWI fly ashes were sintered at 800°C, 1000°C, 1100°C, 1200°C, 1300°C, and 1400°C for an hour respectively. As a result of the first stage, MSWI fly ashes sintered at 1200°C and 1300°C contain cement components, C2S(2CaO-SiO2) and C3S(3CaO-SiO2) respectively. Moreover, the amount of heavy metals in MSWI fly ashes decreases as sintering temperature is raised. Secondly, the hydration activity of the MSWI fly ash sintered at various temperatures was measured. As a result of the second stage, MSWI fly ashes sintered at 1200°C and 1300°C have the great hydration activity. Finally, MSWI fly ashes sintered at 1300°C are the most suitable choice that could be recycled as cement materials.


PURPOSE: A composition for forming a PDP electrode is provided to ensure the low increase rate of yellowness after plasticizing and to secure low ITO constant resistance and stable discharge characteristic. CONSTITUTION: A composition for forming an electrode comprises (a) conductive materials, (b) organic binders, (c) glass frit, (d) black pigment and (e) solvent, wherein the conductive material comprises Ni, Ag and ITO and is included in the amount of 0.5~10 weight%. The organic binder is one selected from the group consisting of an acrylic resin, styrene resin, novolac resin, polyester resin, water-soluble cellulose-based resin, polyvinylalcohol resin, epoxy resin, melamine resin, and polyvinyl butyral resin.


The effect of applied thermal history on the rheological properties in a molten state and the electric properties in a solid state is evaluated using mechanically blended samples composed of polycarbonate and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs). It is found that MWNTs orient perpendicular to the applied compression direction owing to the squeeze flow at compression molding, which is prominent for the sample compressed at low temperature. The orientation of MWNTs reduces the interparticle contacts between MWNTs and thus decreases the electrical conductivity. Post-processing annealing procedure at high temperature, however, leads to random orientation due to Brownian motion and then improves the electrical conductivity. The transition from an electrical insulator to a conductor by the redistribution process, which is called dynamic percolation, is well detected by the rheological measurements. POLYM. COMPOS., 32:97-102, 2011. © 2010 Society of Plastics Engineers.


The traffic conflict technique is a new evaluating method based on non-accident statistics in the traffic safety field.This paper applies this technique to the consideration of the whole traffic condition at urban intersections,and the ratio between the number of traffic conflicts and the traffic volume in typical periods is chosen as the index.The mixed fuzzy clustering method is used to evaluate the safety condition of 8 intersections on the Zhenda road in Zhenjiang City.The conclusion accords with the fact,which proves that the presented method is feasible.


The influence of choice of constitutive relation on the prediction of crack-opening stress for fatigue cracks using the finite-element method is investigated and compared with experimental results. Two different experimentally obtained stress–strain relations for IN718 at 550 °C were used for fitting material parameters to the linear kinematic and the Bodner–Partom viscoplastic constitutive models. In addition, one reference material description and one Bodner–Partom with parameters fitted to both types of experiment was used, i.e., in total six constitutive descriptions. Experimental values for crack-opening stress were found by the potential drop method for the two load cases analyzed. Two different load cases, load control and displacement control, have been examined. It turns out that the correlation between experimental and analytical crack-opening stress vary significantly with material description, opening criteria in the simulation and load case. The investigation shows that care must be taken when choosing material description and opening criteria for crack propagation simulations.


Objective To study the indication,surgical technique and clinical results of the uncemented hip arthroplasty for unstable intertrochanteric fractures in elderly patients.Methods Twenty-three elderly patients with unstable interthochanteric fractures were treated with uncemented hip arthroplasty,including 6 males and 17 females with an average age of 77.6 years (range,73-95 years).According to the Evans-Jensen classification,there were 2 cases of type ⅡA,9 of type ⅡB,and 12 of type Ⅲ.Osteoporosis was classified according to the Singh index,there were 2 cases of Ⅳ,8 of Ⅲ,12 of Ⅱ and 1 of Ⅰ.Results All patients were followed up with an average of 31 months (range,12-64 months).The average Harris score improved from 33.1 1±6.58 points preoperatively to 87.12±5.05 points at the time of the last follow-up.Radiologically,there were 16 cases of fixation by bone ingrowth; nonunion of lesser trochante fracture was noted in 3 cases; proximal displacement of greater trochante was found in one patient.Intraoperative proximal femoral fracture was encountered in two cases; deep venous thrombosis was found in three cases and one case died of pulmonary embolism.One case who experienced acute left ventricular failure recovered by medical treatment.There was no aseptic loosening,peri-prosthetic infections,dislocation or ectopic ossification.Conclusion The short-term results of uncemented hip arthroplasty in elderly patients with unstable intertrochanteric fractures were satisfactory.

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Aged; Hip fractures; Arthroplasty,replacement,hip


4 South M, Morley CJ, Hughes G. Expiratory muscle activity in premature babies. Earls Humn Dev 1987. (In press.) 5 Greenough A. Morley CJ. Davis JA. Interaction of spontaneous respiration with artificial ventilation in preterm babies. Pediatrics 1983 103:769-73. 6 South M, Morley CJ. Spontaneous mechanical ventilation of the neonate. Arch Dis Child 1986;61:1190-5. 7 Rcynolds EOR. Ventilator therapy. In: Thibeault DW, Gregory GA. eds. Neonatal pultnonary care. Menlo Park: AddisonWesley, 1979:217-36.


Abstract The subject of this article is the finite element method (FEM) simulation of the multi-layered rectangular composite beam subjected to three-point bending test. The study is focused on the composite beams made of glass or carbon fibre-reinforced laminates (glass fibre-reinforced polymer [GFRP] and carbon fibre-reinforced polymer [CFRP]) for which different laminate stacking were addressed. Three beam geometries with various length-to-thickness ratios included short beam shear (SBS) test, provided the beam is short relative to its thickness, which maximised the induced shear stresses. Simulation included the application of Tsai–Hill, Hoffman, Tsai–Wu, Hashin and Puck failure criteria to perform the composite beam failure analysis wherein the matrix and fibre failure were considered separately. Numerical failure studies also aimed to verify the beam failure modes and the participation of stress tensor elements in material failure.


ABB Components wants to develop a bushing that is based on a new technologycalled SMART. The purpose of the new bushing is to reduce the cost ofmaterials, warehousing and freight costs. The new technology will change theelectric field image surrounding the bushing and the electrical field inside thecapacitor body, which has to be re-examined. Two proposals for capacitorbodies was designed and their electric field image analyzed according to thedesign criterias set by ABB Components. The field image for the two proposalswere subsequently compared with the field image of an existing model, GOB750's to see if the field image would be radically altered.The simulations indicate that although the field images for the bushings basedon the new technology looks different compared to the convetional bushing, theelectric field image is for the most part below the limits set by ABB Components.For some of the tests the field strengths are even lower than its predecessor.However, there are some simulations that have field strenghts that are above thelimits which makes it difficult to say if the bushing will pass the voltage levels itwill be exposed to during its lifetime. The critical simulations can only be verifiedby building a prototype and testing it.


The development of great industry lead to the occurrence of all kinds of occupational poisoning event,in addition to the increasingly serious casualties,the social public security will also be affected.Emergency plancompilation stressed in the the importance and relevance of emergency preparedness. Occupational hazard accidents identification,classification and grading disposal,and the ability of handling crisis for public safety influence were the important content that should be focused on in emergency work.Emergency response stressed in the training of first witnesses processing ability that should be focused on in emergency work,on-site real-time monitoring,the accident report and the early warning of evolution,and the ability to effectively deal with crisis disposal of emergency resources.


AIM: To study the tombstoning of ST segment elevation at the early or hyper-acute stage of the old people′s acute myocardial infarction(AMI) and its prognostic significance. METHODS:65 cases of AMI with tombstoning of ST segment elevation in ECG(48 in the old tombstoning group and 17 in the non-old tombstoning group)were analysed for various parameters. RESULTS: ST segment amplitudes elevat,Ptfv 1,peak values of serum CK, QTc prolonged ST segmended of opposite descended in the old people group( P0.05, P0.01). Most of the old people group suffered anterior wall AMI complicated with pump failure,infarct extension, angina ,walignant arrtythmia, and AMI expansion. CONSLUSION:First week death rate was significantly higher in the old patients. Tombstoning of ST segment elevation in the old AMI patients AMI is an independent parameter indicating short-term prognosis.


The micromixing efficiency inside the stirred tank reactor in various ultrasonic fields was investigated on the basis of a unique parallel reaction system with zinc acetate,sodium hydroxide and ester chloroacetate when the reactant concentration was higher.The results show that the micromixing can be enhanced via improving stir speed N and ultrasonic surging,and there exists a critical stir speed Nc at various ultrasonic powers.At NNc,the effect of the stir speed on the micromixing may be ignored;at NNc,the micromixing efficiency gets better and better with the increase of the stir speed.According to the experimental result,the relation between the micromixing time and the average power consumption rate was correlated in this system.Compared with the relation given by the engulfment model,the efficiency of micromixing is lower at higher reactant concentration.


In the first part of this article the paradigm was defined as the contrast of the narradigm. Historical period of the paradigm is divided into lengths which are called the phases of the paradigm: heuristical, magical, philosophical, scientific and the phase of astroregulation. In the first part of the article we described the heuristical and magical phases of the paradigm.In the final part of the article we continue to discuss the role of magic in the genesis of natural sciences. The author deals with pre-history psychology, in particular, its occulted and demonical inclination. The definitions of philosophical, scientific and astroregulation phases are given. In conclusion the author supposes the possibility of the enlargement of the family of "digms" through the medium of the narradigm, videodigm and audiodigm.


A lithium niobate (LiNbO3) epitaxial film has been grown by magnetron RF sputtering. It was grown on a sapphire substrate with a predeposited and annealed LiNbO3 buffer layer. The effects of a buffer layer on growth-film properties were studied by physical analysis, including X-ray diffraction, reflection high-energy electron diffraction and scanning electron microscopy.


To compare scores on the 36‐item WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 tool (WHODAS‐36) for postpartum women across a continuum of morbidity and to validate the 12‐item version (WHODAS‐12).


Symmetrical long-chain secondary alcohols in the solid state show very high dielectric loss at audio and radio frequencies. This can be explained by the presence of chains of hydroxyl groups linked by hydrogen bonding and capable of reversing their direction. Further evidence of hydrogen bonding is provided by a study of the melting points of the secondary alcohols and related compounds. The amount of dielectric loss depends markedly on the manner of formation of the solid, being smallest for samples formed by recrystallization from solvents at low temperatures and largest for specimens obtained by slow cooling from the melt. The alcohols of molecular chain-lengths of 13, 15,17, and 19 carbon atoms show a considerable decrease of absorption on storing at room temperature. For alcohols of between 23 and 43 carbon atoms the loss is rather smaller with a peak at higher frequencies, but remains more constant in time. These results are interpreted in terms of competing influences of van der Waals forces and hydrogen bonds during crystal formation ; the former, which lead to a structure unsuitable for the formation of hydrogen-bond chains, are predominant at low temperatures, but become more rapidly neutralized by thermal motion, especially for the shorter molecules. The high temperature modification of the lower homologues is unstable at room temperature, and a molecular diffusion process causes the bond chains to break. Dilute systems of secondary alcohols with hydrocarbons or paraffin wax of similar molecular chain-length show very small dielectric loss suggesting a solid solution in which bond chains cannot be formed ; if the paraffin molecules are appreciably longer, the absorption is large and decreases on storing, presumably owing to the presence of a pure alcohol phase. I.


Technology of High Velocity Arc Spray(HVAS) reasonable selection is an important decisive role in the property of coating.Through metallographic structure analysis of coating microshtructure,surface topography of coating and substrate,porosity and distribution of oxide preparaed by different technology of HVAS,the set of evaluated indexes was founded,whose weights are decided by comparative analysis;The model for the assessment was founded by fuzzy comprehensive evaluation,based on which the effect of technology on property of coating.The result shows that the approach can trade off the indexes quatitative via combining the binary comparative analysis with FCA,which provides a reasonable basis for technology of HVAS selection.


In the current data-driven world, the significance of machine learning as a mechanism for making predictions is vital. This research dives into how supervised learning techniques can be used to predict whether a banking crisis will occur in areas of Africa, which can be generalized to determining the status of financial stability in all areas around the world. By applying different machine learning mechanisms, along with tuning the hyperparameters, the optimal machine learning technique was found to be a neural network with two hidden layers, both hidden layers having the ReLU activation function. These results demonstrate that through widespread implementation of this neural network, governmental and financial organizations can develop significant trends and predict when a state is in economic peril, allowing for sufficient financial, social, or other aid to be administered before situations deteriorate.


Dr. Warfield describes the intent of this text as. "To inform the non-pain specialist of the most useful approaches to the diagnosis to painful conditions, the rational use of analgesics. and 1hc availability of other treatment options for the management of pain." Using 47 contributors in a variety of disciplines-nearly half of whom were anesthesiologists-the editor achieves her stated goal. In the multidisciplinary approach to pain management tradition. the other contributors are from other medical specialities. physical therapy, psychology, occupational therapy, pharmacy. and podiatry. The book is divided into four pans: Understanding Pain. Pain by Anatomic Location, Common Painful Syndromes. and Pain Management. Each pan is composed of brief chapters addressing a circumscribed topic. This approach is well-suited to the goal of lhe book. except perhaps for pan I (Understanding Pain). where the reader is left wanting more infonnation after reading brief chapters on complicated topics, such as pathophysiology of pain, endogenous opiates, and psychologic faaors. I finished those chapters with the feeling that they needed more thorough treatment, which perhaps can be achieved only in a comprehensive textbook. The Pain Measurement chapter misrepresented the visual analog scale by placing subdivisions on the line. Subdivisions promote anificial grouping of pain estimates around the subdividing lines. and are not used in the traditional visual analog scale. Also. lhc visual analog scale is pictured as shoner than the customary IO centimeters. and the customary length is not mentioned in the text. This chapter is othenvise excellent in explaining the array of pain measurement roots. The chapter on thennography does not blend into the Understanding Pain section, but seems to be there merely because it does not fit anywhere else. Pain by Anatomic Location is panicularly useful. It provides a discussion of pain in a specific location, written by authors with an in-depth knowledge of the subjea. It contributes to the stated goal of the book. and provides a useful checklist of possible pain etiologies for the pain specialist. The chapter on low back pain was one of the best in I.his section. and it had a better selected reading list than the other chapters. In the section on Common Painful Syndromes, case repons are used effectively to enrich the information provided. This is especially true in the chapter on cancer pain. in which case repons illustrate the diverse options available


The invention discloses a preparation method of an environment-friendly fuel additive. The preparation method comprises the following steps: adding 4-23 parts by weight of n-butanol, 2-10 parts by weight of triethanolamine, 6-17 parts by weight of dioctyl phthalate, 48-62 parts by weight of dimethyl carbonate and 15-28 parts by weight of polyisobutylene amine into a reaction kettle, and stirring uniformly to obtain a mixture 1; raising the temperature in the reaction kettle to 40-55 DEG C, adding 2-15 parts of methyl tert-butyl ether and 3-9 parts of copper nitrate into the mixture 1, carrying out ultrasonic treatment, cooling, adding 2-16 parts of dihydroxy methyl-butyric acid and 5-19 parts of hydroxypropyl methacrylate, stirring uniformly, keeping the temperature, and cooling to room temperature to obtain a mixture 2; and settling the mixture 2, filtering, and filling. Under the actions of the component, the fuel additive achieves the effects of reducing the pollutant discharge amount and enhancing the fuel saving rate, and thus, has favorable market application prospects.


NC Med J September/October 2005, Volume 66, Number 5 'd like to heartily applaud the article, "Tyranny of the Diagnosis Code," by Virgil Slee, Debora Slee, and HJ Schmidt, which offers us a wealth of insight and historical perspective on medical coding. I welcome this thoughtful essay especially because it comes to us just as the United States healthcare system is embarking on what I call the Era of Medical Measurement, and the authors remind us of just how much is at stake for physicians and medical practices in the choices that are made about information management and components of health information technology systems. Let me digress slightly. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has publicly gone on record as being supportive of plans to improve the quality of healthcare through the collection, storage, analysis, and reporting of clinical quality and efficiency measures. In a recent letter to leaders of Congress, for example, we stated: "We believe that the medical profession has a professional and ethical responsibility to engage in activities to continuously improve the quality of care provided to patients. The Institute of Medicine's landmark report, Crossing the Quality Chasm, documented significant gaps in healthcare quality and issued a challenge to the profession to work collaboratively to improve quality, safety and access. Our organizations accept this challenge..." The AAFP was joined in this letter by the three other major primary care specialty organizations, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American College of Physicians (ACP), and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). Together, these physician membership organizations represent over 250,000 doctors in practice in the United States, and their members' work accounts for over 60% of all ambulatory care and outpatient visits in the United States each year. This unanimity of opinion from the primary care medical specialty societies on the issue of quality is but one of many indications and signals that lead me to believe we are fast approaching a national consensus that the time has come to implement a uniform, all-payer quality and performance measurement program for the multiple purposes of achieving quality improvements, supporting value-based purchasing (also known as pay-for-performance), and enhancing public accountability. While not wishing to minimize the large-scale nature and complexity of such a program, I have observed growing optimism from the public, federal and state governments, physicians and their organizations, private sector health plans, the business community, and many others about the potential to accomplish this aim in the near term. There appears to be a new willingness of the parties to engage collaboratively in a new frontier for healthcare in which measurement of performance plays a central role and also a new confidence in the capability of the standards, methods, and technologies now available, or nearly within our grasp, which are so necessary to the accomplishment of such a complex effort. One powerful example of this trend is the recent consensus reached by the Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance (AQA) on standardizing ambulatory care quality and performance measures. The AQA is a multi-stakeholder group representing physicians, health plans, employers, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), patient advocacy organizations, and many others. The AAFP was one of AQA's initial conveners, along with the American College of Physicians (ACP), America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). In June of 2005, within six months of being formed, the AQA reached consensus on a national "starter set" of 26 evidence-based clinical performance measures for the ambulatory care setting. The starter set of 26 measures is intended to provide clinicians, consumers, and purchasers with a single set of quality indicators that may be utilized for quality improvement, public reporting, and pay-for-performance programs. It is comprised of prevention measures for cancer screening and vaccinations; measures for chronic conditions, including coronary artery disease, heart failure, diabetes, asthma, depression, and prenatal care; and two efficiency measures that address overuse and misuse. Uniformity with respect to the performance measures employed by Medicare, Medicaid, and the many private health insurance plans across the country is an essential foundation for making meaningful comparisons of physician performance across geographical regions and across different payer groups in any area and a prerequisite for standardized use of physicianComments and a Response to "The Tyranny of the Diagnosis Code" by Slee and Colleagues


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Keywords:

1,n-ADEQUATE;
inverted 1JCC 1,n-ADEQUATE;
dual optimization;
structure elucidation;
long-range correlation;
cryogenic NMR probes;
small volume probes


The extension of the time dependence of Kepler's equation into the quantum regime is achieved by generalizing the wave function by the help of which the authors recently derived the classical Kepler orbits as mean values of position and velocity observables. In the wave function, time dependence, at first, is hidden in a scalar curve parameter w. Two additional parameters are introduced into the wave function and fixed in such a way that the mean energy and mean angular momentum are constant with respect to w to first order beyond the classical limit. The time dependence w = w(t) will be inferred from the property that the mean value of the velocity equals the time derivative of the mean position vector, which amounts to a three-dimensional differential equation for the scalar function w. The fulfillment of energy and angular momentum conservation guarantees the consistency of the three equations. The eccentricity parameter e is well defined in the quantum regime by the conservation of mean energy, and the intervals 0 ≤ e < 1 and e > 1 still separate the regions of negative and positive mean energy, respectively. On the other hand, since the mean orbits generally are not anymore closed, concepts of cone sections like ellipse or semi-axis are not strictly justified in the quantum regime. Subject Classification: 03.65.Sq; 02.70.Wz; 31.15.-p


Our contribution presents free guitar samples, their score, and documentation. While the original idea is to provide ecologically valid testing material for virtual auditory environments (VAEs), the use of the guitar samples is not restricted to this application and also permits various other, free, academic and non-academic applications. In particular, the endeavor is part of a project of the German Acoustical Society (DEGA) and its TC on Virtual Acoustics that was launched in spring 2016. The project includes establishing suitable models of an extensible database of audio material. It considers public domain licenses, thinkable compensation of and contracts with musicians, and establishing best practice models for free, quotable, technically and musically welldocumented, public domain audio content. More information about that project can be found in [1].


Uttarakhand has witnessed one of the worst forest fires in the recent times. As expected, majority of fire incidents are reported from the pine forests. Till 30 April 2016, around 20,000 hectare of the forest was engulfed by the fire and 10 people lost their lives. In fact entire system looked helpless in front of the towering inferno in the Uttarakhand jungle. The fire was unprecedented as it virtually swept the entire Uttarakhand and part of Himachal. The disaster mitigation machinery and the forest department should discuss ways and means and evolve methodologies for preventing such incidences of fire in future.