Introduction: Anemia affects 1.62 billion of people worldwide. Its prevalence remains high in developing countries, estimated at 43% while it is swimming around 9% in developed countries. During pregnancy, anemia is a common health problem all over the world in both developing and developed countries. In this research, our aim has been determine the prevalence of anemia among pregnant women in Kisangani town and the most affected age group. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive, multicenter study was conducted in 5 medicals structures in Kisangani town from November 15, 2016 to November 14, 2017. We diagnosed 840 cases of anemia among 1102 selected pregnant women.
Results: The prevalence of anemia in pregnant women in Kisangani was 76.2%. Pregnant women of less than 20 years old were 84%.
Conclusion: Anemia during pregnancy remains a reality in obstetric practice among the population of youth pregnant in Kisangani town.


A practical downlink beamforming technique is proposed for an FDD system to mitigate the interference and enhance the SINR performance at the mobile user. Most of the closed loop beamforming techniques require a large number of feedback bits that make them impractical for standards such as LTE where only a limited number of feedback bits is available in the feedback channel. Therefore, a downlink beamforming scheme is introduced at the base station where the antenna elements are grouped into a collection of ports. We propose to apply codebook beamforming over the ports and perform beam steering at each port to further direct the transmitted energy and reduce the interference to the rest of the users. Simulation results reveal that, with significantly fewer number of feedback bits, our proposed technique outperforms diversity transmission scheme, especially in the low SNR regime, in a system with the same total number of antenna elements where a larger number of feedback bits is required.


End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is often treated with hemodialysis, which is facilitated by surgically creating an arteriovenous fistula (AVF). An AVF requires approximately six weeks of maturation, before it can be used for dialysis. Despite extensive preoperative vessel assessment, non-maturation occurs frequently. To be able to better predict if an AVF will mature, insight into the hemodynamics of the involved vessels is required. It is currently investigated whether a patient-specific one-dimensional wave propagation model can help to gain this insight by predicting the early postoperative blood flow through the AVF. Flow through the aorta (or cardiac output) is an input for this model which has to be measured to make the wave propagation model patient-specific. Another reason to measure cardiac output in ESRD and hemodialysis patients, is to monitor a patient's cardiac function after AVF creation, as cardiac failure is common in these patients. Non-invasive techniques to measure cardiac output are Doppler echocardiography and phase-contrast MRI (PC-MRI), of which the latter is the most accurate. Unfortunately, MRI techniques are expensive, time consuming and not always possible. Ultrasound dilution is a technique that combines ultrasound with the classic indicator dilution method, which can be performed during hemodialysis. Disadvantage of ultrasound dilution is that measurements are invasive and thus not suitable to measure cardiac output for the preoperative patient-specific wave propagation model. Because of the disadvantages of both techniques, this study aims at investigating the feasibility of Nexfin CO, for determining the wave propagation model input and for monitoring hemodialysis patients. Nexfin CO cardiac output measurements on both hands were compared to PCMRI for 10 healthy volunteers. Mean bias was was 17% and 18% for the right and left hand respectively. Precision was 36% for both hands. Simultaneous Nexfin CO and ultrasound dilution measurements were performed in 10 hemodialysis patients and revealed a bias of 17% and a precision of 45%. To obtain insight into the working of the Nexfin CO algorithm, it was compared to the patient-specific wave propagation model. This comparison revealed that the transfer from finger to brachial blood pressure is similar for both models, but transformation of brachial pressure to stroke volume differs. Furthermore, the Nexfin algorithm is very sensitive to small changes in the brachial pressure waveform. A sensitivity analysis of the effect of inaccuracy of several input parameters on the output of the wave propagation model showed that the inaccuracy in the cardiac output of the Nexfin CO has a smaller influence on the simulated pressure and flow than the inaccuracy of the arterial radii. The finger pressure waveforms obtained in the sensitivity study of the wave propagation model were also used as input for the Nexfin CO algorithm. Variations in the cardiac output assessed by the Nexfin CO algorithm were smaller than the variations applied in the wave propagation model. It can be concluded that Nexfin CO cardiac output measurements are less accurate and can thus not replace PC-MRI and ultrasound dilution cardiac output measurements. However, as an input of the wave propagation model, cardiac output measurements with Nexfin CO are sufficiently accurate, due to the large influence of inaccuracies in the arterial radii.


Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) have mainly failed to explicitly model long-range dependencies, primarily because of their intrinsic locality. To address this issue, Transformers have drawn increasing interest in exploiting long-range dependencies among input data. In this study, we aim to enjoy the merits of both local and global feature extractions in CNN and Transformer architectures. To this end, we go beyond the conventional Transformer frameworks and introduce a highly efficient Transformer architecture for early diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 patients using CT images. Unlike conventional data-hungry Transformers, our model relaxes the requirement of large-scale training data in vision Transformers and also outperforms the state-of-the-art studies. This flexibility empowers our Transformer architecture to be exploited in data-scarce domains. Moreover, we tailor our Transformer architecture in two ways to embody the principle of locality, which once belonged to CNNs. First, we minimally inject convolutional inductive bias into the early blocks of our Transformer architecture and eliminate standard image patching in the vanilla Transformers. Second, unlike typical patch integration in the standard Transformers, we benefit from a deformable convolution in our architecture to adaptively attend to a small set of key features corresponding to nearby patches. Extensive evaluations verify that our Transformer surpasses its counterparts, alleviates the computational complexity of Transformers, and deals with the lack of large-scale training dataset for COVID-19 diagnosis.


Treatment of patellar tendinopathy with sclerosing injections or ultrasound-guided arthroscopic shaving : a long term follow-up of ultrasound findings and clinical results


It is important that government, private sectors and the citizens are cybersecurity savvy. This is often a challenge as the size of the target group is large and the expertise is diverse. This is coupled with limited resources, in terms of time and funding, making is difficult to administer cybersecurity awareness campaigns to a large target group. With these challenges in mind, it is the aim of the current paper to propose a cybersecurity awareness campaign rollout strategy for large and diverse groups. The main components of the strategy include posters, face-to-face training, games and an eLearning experience. This rollout strategy can be considered as an innovative and sustainable solution of educating many Internet users. Not only will this strategy contribute to the safety and security of organisational system infrastructure, it will also elevate and develop individual self-defence skills of the users.


The triangle of Britain, the EU and Japan generates various dynamics which involve all three sides in greater regional co-operation in the security area (and others as well) than would be possible on a purely bilateral UK-Japan level. These dynamics help Europe to stay or even become a greater international actor and serve as a force multiplier of Britain's foreign and security policy towards the Asia-Pacific region. After introducing some of these dynamics, the article will illustrate enhanced UK/EU regional co-operation with the AsiaPacific region by focusing on the Korean Peninsula, notably the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) and regional organizations involving Europe like the Asia-Europe Summit Meeting (ASEM) and the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF).


What is the present attitude of the Christian theologian toward the study of anthropological origins in their bearing on the history of religion ? Even if it be circumspect rather than cordial, it is at any rate no longer actively hostile, as half a century ago it used to be. Thus the first attempt to found the Anthropological Society of Paris in 1846 was rendered futile by the church-supporting government of the day. Even when finally in 1859, the year of the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species, such a society was duly constituted, its illustrious founder Broca was formally bound over to keep the discussions within orthodox limits, a police agent actually attending the sittings so as to enforce this stipulation.' But the progress of time has brought about a welcome change of spirit. Today I find myself invited as an anthropologist to make a statement in a periodical devoted to theology concerning the anthropological view of religion. The assumption clearly is that it may be fruitfully combined with the theological view; else why be at pains to consider it here at all ? In short, sympathy is proffered in place of the old-world antipathy. The time is evidently ripe for trying to determine how, and to what extent, we anthropologists and theologians can help one another, while none the less remaining true to our several methods and aims.


Background: The current teaching methodology in medical education is mostly lecture. Many studies have mentioned that lectures alone are ineffective in bringing up student interaction and skills. Published literature reports that students are willing to accept innovative and interactive teaching methodologies. A study was conducted to compare the seminar vs. lectures in medical teaching and to describe perception of medical students about seminar and lecture. Methods : For comparison between seminar and lecture 88 participants from third MBBS students were randomly assigned for the Seminar and lecture methods including cross over technique by splitting the topic of leprosy into two parts. We conducted pre and post-tests after each session for both groups with the same questionnaire with total score of 36 for 36 questions. For opinion study we used a simple closed ended questionnaire on perception of on the two teaching methods. Data was analysed using SPSS software for computation of mean differences in the score and chi square proportions appropriately. Results : Least significant difference post hoc test indicates difference in the teaching methods. Mean score difference between pre and post-tests in both methods demonstrate that seminar is effective teaching method (p<0.05). Seminar evoked interest, provided more opportunities interact. In both methodologies schematic arrangement of the topic and improvement in communication skills was similar. Conclusions : Seminar was effective than didactic lecture interest and active participation as well as improves the ability to understand. To impart effective learning a combination of different teaching methods have to be used.


Multistability between several pulsing solutions in a model of laser with saturable absorber and optical feedback is studied. High sensitivity to small perturbations is discussed and emerges as an interpretation of experimentally-observed dynamics.


Feedback on "Electronic Junk" [] Peter Denning's essay on electronic junk mail (President's Letter, March issue, pp. 163-65) hits on many good points. Junk mail is junk mail, as it were, whether delivered by the friendly postman or by the equally friendly computer. Our office is about 95 percent automated. (I put out an edict the other day that I didn't ever want to see a handwritten communication of more than a line or two.) Both my secretary and administrative assistant have terminals on their desks and use the computers as everyday tools. There is no way in God's green earth that I would ever want to return to the "good old days." There are, however, some obvious things that one does in the exciting new world of electronics. Some Denning hit upon and others he seemed to overlook. One is that the role of a secretary is no less important today than it has ever been. It is just that she or he has much better tools to work with. I have a "public" log in account (as he suggested) where people can send me routine memos. Every morning my secretary looks this over and sorts through it in a matter of five or ten minutes. Junk mail gets the good old delete (CR) treatment. What I end up seeing are those things that in general I need to review. Second is setting good and reasonable policies. Any person can put a five-line memo directly on my desk by stating "personal attention Glenn Case." I will always respond to these even if it to just say, "forwarded to John Smith." Fancy Dan screening algorithms simply cannot compete with responsible people following reasonable policies. The computers are just tools and people are still people. And it still is easier to delete electronic junk than the kind that uses up trees. [] Peter Denning cogently describes one of the problems encountered in using computer-mediated communication systems as "electronic junk." Being imposed upon by messages that are (at least at the time received) perceived as unwanted and useless is one aspect of the problem of "information overload" encountered by heavy users of electronic mail and computerized conferencing systems. However, on the basis of my several years of observation of users of one of these systems (EIES, the Electronic Information Exchange System) I must disagree with Denning's basic premise on how best to …


The assurance of alimentary security in Romania requests the allowance of necessary funds for
the revitalizing of the agriculture, which that represents the main source of securing of the food needs of the
native population. As member of the European Union, Romania should draw the assigned funds to the
development of certain agricultural sectors, out of which the animal husbandry occupies a priority place. Within
this context, M.A.P.D.R. has promulgated the Minister's Order number 850/2006, for granting the financial
support to the farmers from the field of animal husbandry. The Order stipulates the allowance of some funds as
direct financial support, under the following terms:
– 0.3 lei/l for the milk delivered to authorized factories;
– 1.6 lei /Kg for the broiler chicken having production permit issued by the Sanitary Veterinary
Direction (D.S.V.) and which are slaughtered in slaughter houses authorized by D.S.V.;
– 100 lei/bovine, on condition that the farmer owns at least three adult bovines;
– 100 lei /pork carcass of E class, on condition that the farmer has a permit issued by D.S.V. and the
animals are slaughtered in slaughterhouses authorized by D.S.V.;
– 120 lei /pork carcass of U class, under the same condition as mentioned in the previous line.
In accordance with the provisions of the Minister's Order number 850/2006, the support granted to the
3348 applications approved in the year 2007 in the field of animal husbandry in Botosani district, was 8.79
thousand millions lei out of which:
· 52.7 % for milk, in accordance with the standards in force;
· 45.8 % for farms of broiler chicken breeding;
· 1.3 % for bee-keeping;
· 0.1 % for adult bovines;
· 0.12 % for classified pork carcasses.
Finally, the authors recommend some measures to stimulate the agricultural producers to apply for
structural funds.


In sequential circuits, the current output can depend on both past and current inputs. However, certain kinds of sequential circuits do not refer to all of the past inputs to generate the current output; but only to a subset of past inputs. This paper investigates which subset of past inputs a sequential circuit refers to, and proposes a new classification of sequential circuits based on this criterion. While the conventional classification of sequential circuits distinguishes between synchronous and asynchronous circuits, the new classification consolidates synchronous circuits and multiple clock domain circuits into the same category. This is consistent with the notion that "multiple clock domain circuits are analogous to synchronous circuits," and thus, the proposed classification appears valid from this perspective. It is expected that a method underlying our classification will allow a deeper understanding of sequential circuits.


A survey of the purpose andd working principles of the gas- chromatographic ionization detectors is presented. A beta detector is described that can be used equally well in laboratory as well as in on-line measurements. The characteristics of the detector can be varied easily by changing its working conditions, and it can be applied for special measurements, as for the detection of exceptionally small quantities of organic gases in inorganic ones, or for the detection of inorganic gases, or in capillary gas chromatography. (auth)


THE purpose of this note is to call attention to some additional evidence bearing upon the relations of the Inquisition in the early fourteenth century to the famous philosopher, astronomer, and medical authority, Peter of Abano, and the poet and astrologer, Cecco d'Ascoli evidence unnoted in the treatment of this point in my History of Magic and Experimental Science. Sante Ferrari I has noted an important passage embedded in the 48th Differentia of the Conciliator in which Peter writes: "And so it is evident that the Jacobites labored under a misapprehension, in persecuting me on the ground that I held that the intellectual soul was educed from the potency of matter, with fifty-four other errors ascribed to me, from whose hands by the grace of God and an apostolic mandate I have laudably escaped." 2 Ferrari seems justified in identifying these 'Jacobites' with the Dominicans who occupied the convent of St James in Paris, and they are apparently the same as the 'mischief-makers' to whom Peter refers


Taking Xingshi express was(Xiangfan to Wudang mountain,Hubei Province)as an example,the paper advances the determination criteria of geological hazard assessment for road construction.Following the comprehensive discussion,a definition on the risk of geological hazard is proposed.Combined with the engineering project,the present and forecasted assessment and risk classification for express\|way geological hazards are presented.Meantime,the quantitative index of invest ratio for hazard prevention engineering in road construction is put forward,finally the countermeasures for existing main problems are suggested.


A nano-Li3V2(PO4)3/C powder was successfully prepared by a thermal polymerization method. The particle sizes of the intermediate product powder and the final product Li3V2(PO4)3 are all less than 200 nm. The carbon is partially coated on the surface of Li3V2(PO4)3 particles and the rest exists between particles with a total carbon content of 4.6wt%. This nano-Li3V2(PO4)3/C sample shows a discharge capacity of 124 mAh/g without capacity fading after 100 cycles at 0.1 C in the voltage rang of 3.0–4.3 V. Excellent rate performance is also achieved with a capacity of 80 mAh/g at 20 C in 3.0–4.3 V and 100 mAh/g at 10 C in 3.0–4.8 V. This study suggests that the thermal polymerization method is suitable to synthesize nano-Li3V2(PO4)3/C materials.


The treatment of thoracoabdominal aneurysm (TAAA) has evolved over the last 2 decades to become safer. Improvements in the surgical technique have helped to greatly reduce death and complications at experienced centres. The development of totally endovascular repair with branched graft devices has provided a mechanical treatment option for patients who were previously deemed inoperable. Kato et al. [1] describe their experience in treating 54 consecutive patients with various stages of TAAA, 52 of who were deemed too high risk for standard open repair. It is a heterogeneous group including patients from each of Crawford's classifications. Most were treated with custom-branched endografts but some underwent hybrid debranching procedures and fewer had a standard stent graft that was positioned across the origin of the celiac artery (called Crawford type 1). Despite the high-risk population and an early experience with new technology, their results are good with a 6% mortality rate and 2 cases of late spinal cord injury. It is promising to see that the pioneering work of the late Roy Greenberg and many others has disseminated to clinical practices throughout the world [2–6]. During the evolution of our experience in Cleveland, we have learned many lessons about endovascular treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic disease from our own experience and others that have led to improved outcomes especially regarding the risk of spinal cord injury. Kato et al. have also applied these lessons to their protocol for spinal cord protection. In a comparison of 372 patients undergoing open repair with 352 patients having total endovascular repair with branched graft devices, we found that the overall length of aorta treated was the most important predictor of spinal cord injury; open versus endovascular approach was not [7]. Previous aortic surgery and Crawford type 2 coverage were also strong predictors of risk. When a greater length of coverage is expected, Kato et al. applied adjunctive measure to protect the cord. Spinal fluid drainage was used in 74% of their patients. In an analysis of open TAAA repairs, we found that the use of intrathecal papaverine was associated with a reduced occurrence of spinal cord injury [8]. We have been using this in patients during endovascular repairs as well, but do not have enough data yet to determine its importance in this population. In an analysis of 1251 patients undergoing endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms, we found that the compromise of more than one collateral vascular bed including the segmental arteries, left subclavian artery or internal iliac arteries was predictive of spinal cord injury [9]. Kato et al. used an aggressive strategy directed at revascularization of left subclavian and internal iliac artery beds, and have been careful to avoid sheath-induced malperfusion to the internal iliac arteries. We also subscribe to this practice, and are careful about the duration and position of access sheaths within the iliac system. In a series of several elegant animal studies, Randall Griepp et al. [10] have shown that a staged approach to repair allows for adaptation of collateral network vessels to provide adequate spinal cord perfusion. We have applied this staged approach to repair for patients at the highest risk for spinal cord injury, and have reduced the incidence of this devastating complication in the branched stent graft population. Kato et al. have also included a staged approach in their protocol. Despite the use of a modern protocol including several strategies directed at spinal cord protection, the authors still had 2 cases of spinal cord injury. Both were delayed in onset, and related to serious late complications associated with hypotension. This was a small series of only 54 patients. Although the authors described the extensive coverage of segmental arteries in most of these patients, only a small percentage had disease compromising internal iliac and/or subclavian vascular beds too. The loss of internal iliac artery perfusion combined with hypotension and embolism-induced ischaemia being associated with late paraplegia in 1 patient is instructive about the risk factors for spinal cord injury: it is a multifactorial problem. The authors maintained a mean arterial pressure of 80 mmHg or higher throughout the hospitalization, another important aspect of optimal perioperative care, but these patients are at risk throughout their lives. Unfortunately, patients with thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm and extensive dissection, like the patients in this series, usually do not come to surgery until they have developed late-stage disease. The mean age was only 74 years, but the mean aortic diameter was >6 cm. Despite a risk of perioperative death of only 6% and excellent protection of the spinal cord, 11/51 survivors died at a median follow-up of less than 2 years including several from sudden death and known aortic events. As our understanding of complex aortic disease continues to improve, so will our techniques to treat it safely, but we have a M. Kato et al. / European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 578


The purpose of this website study was to get feedback from recently admitted students to discover if the site was meeting their needs and expectations for information regarding the program and processes. Websites are often the first contact a student has with a university and, especially for those seeking a degree online, could potentially leave students with more questions than answers. After a thorough examination of the current website, an open-ended survey was created and distributed through SurveyMonkey in an attempt to gather information regarding the content and usability of the current site. Because of the responses, changes were made to the content and layout of the website including links to provide easy access to the application, tuition information, and academic calendar. Included in this paper is background information on websites and the department, as well as the purpose, results, list of improvements, and future planned phases. As a result of this study it was anticipated that issues would be brought to light and would lead the department to make effective changes that would improve the experiences of online students that rely on internet based resources for their information. James H. Lampley & Megan E. Owens Website Study: What Information are Prospective Graduate Students Seeking? 56 Journal of Academic Administration in Higher Education 57 Fall 2015 (Volume 11 Issue 2) is filled with inaccurate or disjointed information that is difficult to navigate (Shea, 2005; Shorr, 2014).


This study proposes a novel approach to identifying crack damage common to metallic structural elements under extreme cyclic loading. Using two piezoelectric pads surface mounted to a structural element, broadband signals can be used to locally excite the element using one pad and the corresponding system response measured with a second pad. An auto-regressive with exogenous input (ARX) system identification model is then fit to the collected system input-output response data. Complex roots (poles) of the ARX model's characteristic equation are sensitive to structural damage causing a change in their location on the complex plane. To quantitatively identify the migration of poles in the complex plane, bivariate normal density functions are fit to poles of the same response mode observed during repeated excitation of the element. Certain pole clusters are shown to be more sensitive to damage resulting in statistically significant changes in the fitted normal density function for that cluster. Using the mean of the normal density function, the migration of ARX model poles upon the complex plane are shown to also be well correlated to damage severity. To illustrate the efficacy of the method, a simple aluminum plate with a cut at its midsection is monitored using piezoelectric active sensors commanded by a wireless active sensing unit.


We explore error-correcting codes based on algebraic number fields using a particular code construction given by Guruswami in "Constructions of Codes from Number Fields" ([Guru]). After reviewing the necessary mathematical background, we analyze the rate and relative distance of the given code, and give an example of an asymptotically good code over an alphabet of size 31.


A caplillary gas chromatography method was established for the determination of higher alcohols in rice wines.The higher alcohols in rice wines were quantified by external standard method,with relative standard deviation ranging from 1.496% to 3.331%.The method was applied to evaluate the higher alcohols in rice wine samples,and the recovery rate ranged between 72.20% and 115.02%.The method was simple,precise and accurate.


This study rendered to contemplate how structural bio-mimicking of mollusk structure in reinforced polycarbonate based nano composite system alter the inter and intra facial attributes under high impact dynamic loading. The findings demonstrated that the mechanical ability of polycarbonate can be modified by the virtue of hierarchical natural design architecture.


Tibetan Buddhism became broadly spread in China towards the early 20th CE, and continued right up until the present day. That Ven. Fazun translated and introduced Great Lam-Rim (by Tsong Khapa Lobsang Drakpa, founder of the Gelupa tradition) into China, has played a significant part in this phenomenon. This essay is going to introduce the eight Instructions of Lam-Rim headed by Great Lam-Rim. There will be a brief on the translation, dissemination & teaching history, as well as analysis on some issue. Keywords: Lam-Rim, the Eight Instructions, translation & dissemination, teaching


The quantitative effect of sampling rates on the number of computations required to interpolate using B-spline functions of degree 2 is investigated. For this purpose, the interpolating process is classified into two stages: (i) construction of the transformation matrix An from a coefficients vector C to a sample-values vector Y; and (ii) calculation of C. As a result, it is found that in the case of unequal sampling of n data points, computations are performed OT (n) times in stage (i), while OT (n 3) computations are required in stage (ii). On the other hand, it is also found that in the case of equal sampling, stage (i) can be skipped, while it is necessary to perform OT (n 2) computations in stage (ii). It is therefore shown that, on the whole, it is necessary to perform OT (n 3) computations in the case of unequal sampling and OT (n 2) computations in the case of equal sampling. It is also shown that the number of storage locations required for interpolation is Os (n 2) for unequal sampling and Os (n...


Based on machine vision technology, this paper studies the detection and identification technology of surface defects of optical fiber communication cables. This paper uses mathematical geometry and linear interpolation method to convert cable cylinder into plane. Based on the gray-scale characteristics of the pinhole in the picture, gray threshold and gradient amplitude are used to improve the detection rate of the pinhole. Finally, the experimental results show that this algorithm can all-around detect the surface defects of optical cable, with the minimum detection area of 0.05mm2, the diameter detection accuracy of 0.1mm, and real-time alarm for defects. In the case of a lot of dust, ensure the correct detection of conventional defects on the surface of the cable, the correct detection rate of the pinhole reaches 70%, reducing the false alarm rate of dust and water stains.


As an electronic devices user, have to switch off or switch on that devices appropriate on requirement. So there is created switch to control all of them. When not close with that switches, this case will be a problem. Using Android smartphone and Arduino UNO microcontroller will be created a system to control switches from far distance. In this system, chosen Bluetooth or Internet technology to control switch. The final result of this study is to produce a system and application on Android smartphone to control switches from far distance, so used to control and monitoring switch easier.


Micro-characteristic of P.forrestii Schltr. is studied in this paper, the results provide basis for further exploitation and formulation of quality standard.


Highly flexible silica aerogels were synthesized using methyltriethoxysilane (MTES) and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) as co-precursors via a two-step acid–base sol–gel method followed by ambient pressure drying. The effects of volume ratio of PDMS to MTES (S) on the flexibility were investigated in detail. It was found that, with the increase of S from 5% to 8.75%, both Young's modulus and the density of obtained aerogels decrease from 0.136 to 0.030 MPa and 0.098 to 0.064 g cm−3, respectively. Aerogels produced at S of 8.75% show excellent compressional and recoverable properties with, their maximal recoverable compressive strain being 70%. The unrecovered strains calculated immediately and 12 h after compression to 60% strain twenty times are 10.9% and 3.1%, respectively. The excellent flexibility performance of silica aerogels derived from MTES–PDMS makes them a promising silica aerogel material for special applications.


We should not be troubled about motivating children for creative behavior. What we should be aware of are the psychological and physical restrictions that the environment places on children to inhibit their own natural curiosity and exploratory behavior. (Rothbart, 1972, p. 90)


The invention relates to a method for extracting umami substances from edible fungi. The method comprises steps as follows: firstly, the edible fungi are crushed and filtered by a sieve with 70 meshes; then water is added and homogeneous and ultrasonic treatment is performed; then protease and nuclease are sequentially used for enzymolysis; finally, umami extracts are obtained through freeze drying. According to the method, wall breakage and enzymolysis are performed sequentially, and the umami substances, namely, amino acid and nucleotide, in cells of the edible fungi are released as much as possible, so that the extraction rate of the umami substances is increased significantly. The edible fungi are taken as raw materials, the umami substances in the cells are developed deeply, and the extracts are natural ingredients, have the naturally strong umami of the edible fungi and can replace monosodium glutamate to be used as flavor enhancers.


In most bridge codes, the orthotrophic plate approximations are used in calculating the live load distribution factors. However there may have been serious drawbacks in modeling a bridge as a plate by transforming beams to plate elements. On the other hand, the grillage method uses beam elements to represent a slab in transverse direction, which requires several assumptions regrading the effective flange width for longitudinal elements. adequate modeling width of transverse beam elements, and the dispersion of loads applied to a slab. In the FEM analysis, many assumptions necessary in other methods can be eliminated. Therefore, the finite element method is used in this research to reduce the uncertainties involved in structural modeling procedures. Finally, parametric studies of live load distribution on girder bridges are performed. The parameters affecting load distribution factors include girder spacing, span length, bridge width. number of girders, and number of lanes.


The relationship between the changes of the global economy and individual working conditions formed the background of the first WORKS conference "The transformation of work in a global knowledge economy: towards a conceptual framework", held in Chania, Greece from 21st – 22nd September, 2006 and attended by around 50 European researchers. Experts from academia and trade unions from all over the world were invited to give insights into their field of research, contributing to one of the main topics of the conference: (i) globalisation and organisational restructuring, (ii) workers' organisation, the quality of working life and the gender dimension and (iii) global experiences and recommendations.


Abstract : The purpose of this study was to design, fabricate, and test a field- replaceable pocket which could be utilized in any position along the span such as a universal pocket which could be attached with ambient- temperature nitrile- phenolic adhesives at field level to reduce cost and eliminate shipping time to CONUS. The adhesive qualification testing consisted of shear and peel tests under climatic conditions, and proof and fatigue tests of universal pockets attached to spar specimens with the selected adhesive. The study showed that the pocket design was universally adaptable to any of 27 positions on the blade and was structurally and aerodynamically adequate. Nitrile-phenolic adhesives provided acceptable bond strength under simulated field conditions.


This article examines the range of applicability and performance of the Landau-Teller vibrational relaxation model and a simplified anharmonic model in expanding flows. The simplified relaxation model allows both non- Boltzmann population distributions and includes anharmonic transition rates and energy transfer. A coupled set of vibrational transition rate equations and quasi-one-dimensional fluid dynamic equations is solved. The calculations are compared with experimental results obtained in nozzles. The predictions of the detailed master equation solver are in excellent agreement with experimental results. Although the simplified anharmonic model requires significantly less computational time than the master equation solver, it gives good agreement with the detailed solver and with experimental test results. tionally efficient than a detailed master equation solver, while maintaining reasonable accuracy over a wide range of con- ditions. In the present study calculations are performed with the simplified anharmonic model and with the Landau-Teller model. These results are compared with experimental data and with results obtained by solving the vibrational master equation. The vibrational relaxation processes of N2 and CO in cool- ing flows are studied. For the detailed calculations, a coupled set of vibrational master equations and quasi-one-dimensional fluid dynamic equations is solved. Vibration-translation (V- T) transition rates are computed from a modified version of the Schwartz, Slawsky, and Herzfeld2 (SSH) theory, and vi- bration-vibration (V-V) exchange rates are computed by con- sidering both long-range and short-range intermolecular forces. The transition rates are validated with available experimental data and other theoretical models. The reader is referred to a prior study by Ruffin3 for a detailed description of the quasi- one-dimensional solver and the transition rates. The quasi- one-dimensional solver is used to predict the steady-state flow in nozzles and to conduct idealized studies of vibrational re- laxation under isothermal conditions. The present computational schemes are compared with ex- perimental data obtained in expanding nozzles. Relaxation predictions are compared with the most reliable experimental results, which use direct measurement techniques for popu- lation distributions and have very low levels of impurities in the test gas. Anharmonic and harmonic oscillator predictions are also compared in external flows around a blunt re-entry vehicle. The present study also seeks to address three questions related to the simplified anharmonic model: 1) How accurate is the model compared to master equation solutions and experimental data? 2) What is its range of applicability ? 3) Is the computational requirement prohibitive for use in multidimensional flow codes? The accuracy of the model for a wide range of conditions in isothermal relaxations is studied in the next section. The range of applicability is also discussed later in that section. In the subsequent section the model is compared to experimental data and master equation solutions in nonisothermal gasdynamic flows. Both of the next two sections include assessments of the model's computational requirements.


This paper discuses the application of Analog Joint Source Channel Coding (JSCC) to Non-Linear Channels, including underwater acoustic channels. Different from traditional digital communication systems, which utilize a source code followed by a channel code, Analog JSCC systems perform coding via a single mapping. We will focus on a particular class of analog codes called space filling curves. The underwater acoustic channel is typically non-linear with Inter-Symbol Interference (ISI). We will first study a simplified version assuming no ISI, developing a scheme to adapt space filling curves to this environment, and studying the theoretical limits. Then, we will extend the analysis to the end-to-end acoustic channel (including ISI), discussing the proposed system in this case. Finally, we will present simulation results of the proposed communication system for the simplified (no ISI) and end-to-end channels.


This paper develops an UPLC-MS/MS method to determine the concentration of picric acid in water.The study filters water samples through 0.22μm filter and directly determines the concentration of picric acid by ultra-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry.Under the optimum conditions,the detection limit of picric acid is 0.153μg/L,the linear range is 0.5~10.0μg/L and the correlation coefficient is 0.999 7.The paper also applies this method to determining the concentration of picric acid in surface water samples.Average recoveries at three spiking levels(0.5,4.0and 8.0μg/L)are in the range from 96.2%to 97%and RSD is in the range from 1.42%to 4.84%(n=6).The method has advantages of being simple,fast and environmental-friendly.


The coffee leaf contains flavonoid compounds that are known as an antiinflammation agent. The study aimed to determine antiinflammatory activity of arabica coffee's leaf extract (Coffea arabica L.) against edema on white rat soles of carrageenan-induced rats. The research began with the maceration extraction of coffee leaf in 70% ethanol. The inflammation test was held by measuring the formation of edema using a plethysmometer. The dosages of arabica coffee leaf extract used were 60 mg.kg-1, 120 mg.kg-1, and 180 mg.kg-1 rat weight of white Sprague Dawley rat (Rattus norvegicus). The data were analyzed by Kruskal Wallis and Mann Whitney non-parametric tests. Phytochemical screening showed that arabica coffee leaf extract contained flavonoid, saponin, alkaloid, tannin and triterpenoids compound. The arabica coffee leaf extract showed the best antiinflammatory activity at the dose of 180 mg.kg-1 rat weight with 71.66% inhibition percentage at the 5th hour, which was better than the positive control (66.91% edema inhibition at the same hour). This result determined that the leaf extract of arabica coffee had antiinflammatory activity. However, it is necessary to study the acute and chronic toxicity and formulates the arabica coffee leaf extract as a pharmacy product.


By establishing eco- environmental and socio- economic comprehensive evaluation indices and coupling mode,the desertification control ecosystem's coupling process in the Ningxia Hui was quantitatively evaluated. The results indicated the ecology- economic system in the Ningxia Hui had gone through the coupling processes of ecosystem system from economic initial consumption to economic coordination. The current agriculture- ecology- economic system in the Ningxia Hui is still in the situation of coupling,and would have positive results eventually.


This article deals with the genesis of clerical criticism of Cartesianism. Radical doubt and its theological interpretation have been analyzed on the basis of historical and biographical data. On the example of creative and epistolary heritage of Descartes has been proved the possibility of the existence of radical doubt in the religious consciousness.


These notes are based on the two lectures1 I gave in Stat 461, Applied Probability Models, as a substitute for Professor Cheng Ouyang. First, we cover the long-run behavior of Markov chains, in particular, the convergence to a stationary distribution. Second, an application to Markov chain Monte Carlo computation is given, namely, the construction and justification of the Metropolis–Hastings algorithm. Long-run behavior of Markov chains Recall, a Markov chain is a stochastic process, i.e., a sequence of random variables, with the property that the conditional distribution of Xn+1, given the past X1, . . . , Xn, depends only on the most recent state Xn. Therefore, the process {Xn : n ≥ 0}, on the finite state space {0, 1, . . . , N}, can be completely characterized by the pair (μ, P ), where μ = (μ0, μ1, . . . , μN) is the initial distribution, and P is the transition distribution in the form of a (N + 1)× (N + 1) matrix, with Pij denoting P(Xn = j | Xn−1 = i), for any n. Then P , the matrix power, with (i, j) entry P (n) ij denoting P(Xn = j | X0 = i), and the goal here is to study the limiting behavior of this quantity as n→∞. Question. What can be said about P (n) ij as n→∞? Limit exists, unique, etc? As a first step towards understanding the limit of the transition distributions, we have the following fact, a consequence of the celebrated Perron–Frobenius theorem, often discussed in courses on linear algebra: if P is "regular," then the limit πj = lim n→∞ P (n) ij exists and does not depend on i. 3 These lectures are based, in part, on Pinsky and Karlin's Introduction to Stochastic Modeling. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PerronFrobenius_theorem That the limit πj does not depend on the initial state i has some intuition. For example, in calculus, the limit of a sequence cannot, by definition, depend on where the sequence starts. Moreover, by the Markov property, the chain does not hold on to the past, so the initial state-independence is quite reasonable. On the other hand, the fact that there is no dependence on the starting point is a practically important property.


Integration of data and knowledge is one of the most important tasks in ensuring the interoperability of information systems at the structural and semantic level. The article examines the semantic approach to the problem of integration of multiple ontologies for interoperability and data and knowledge representation in intelligent information systems. A modification of the approach present itself building maps and establishing relationships in a single model of integration with taking into account coordination of multiple ontologies and conceptual levels of the model semantics. The article presents designed ontological model of integration both data and knowledge. The model allows us to analyze the semantic communication patterns and dependencies that arise between them. For evaluation the semantic proximity of objects of knowledge heterogeneous ontologies authors propose a method based on the harmonization of the attribute, the taxonomic, and the relational similarity measure.


A method for studying cells based on low-angle light scattering was applied to cell volume and cell signaling studies on Ehrlich ascite tumor cells (EATC). Changes in the volume of EATC were measured in hypotonic medium, as well as after activation with exogenous ATP, ionomycin and thimerosal. Increase of [Ca2


All the modern business industries are in the urge to find the ways and means to handle the digital data which are generated automatically for every business transaction. These transactional data are recorded in the temporal database as event logs along with a unique case and event ID for future reference. Every process will leave its foot prints in the event logs, the size of these logs has grown unimaginable huge and triggered many challenges for the researchers. Providing only hardware solutions for storage is not wise enough, instead extracting process models and enhancing it through machine learning techniques is the real challenge of the day. This paper has made an attempt to find the suitable notations for modeling the process and suggests various notations for process model which intern leads for process optimization.


We compare the unit credit and the unprojected individual level premium cost methods in a continuous time environment and show that the latter may produce unstable contribution rates in a dynamic environment. Specifically, assuming there are no unfunded liabilities, we prove that the unprojected individuallevel premium cost method may produce non-bounded contributions if benefits change too close to the normal retirement age.


This paper argues that the Alexandrian physicians Erasistratus of Iulis and Herophilus of Chalcedon adopted an Aristotelian analysis of the composition of organic bodies into three levels, namely elements, uniform and non-uniform parts. They asserted that it was not the task of the doctor to analyse the body at the level of elements, that the uniform parts, being perceptible, should be taken to be most basic in the context of medicine and that the inquiry into the elements be left to philosophers. The paper explores the possible motivations behind this restriction, and considers more generally its connections to the Peripatetic background.


Based on the past experience in slow positron beam, researchers at NSRL/USTC proposed a fast positron source for detection of material deep tiny flaws. Different from conventional positron sources used in positron annihilation techniques, the planned positron source will be a positron production linac, similar to positron injectors used in colliders. To compress the positron pulse, the bombarding electron beam comes from a short bunch photo-injector. A computer simulation was performed using EGS4 and PARMELA code. The bombarding electron bunch is 300pC, with an energy of 30MeV. Simulations results showed that it is reasonable to expect a beam of more than 10 positrons per pulse for future positron annihilation studies. Further work is to be done to achieve precise control of beam energy.


Objective
To analysis the change of hip joint in healthy infants by ultrasound, and establish the normal reference value of the developmental dysplasia of the hip(DDH).

Methods
A total of 8 000 healthy infants from 0 to 24 weeks were collected from the Multi-center study of 10 children′s medical centers. Among them, 3 855 infants(2 065 females and 1 790 males) with complete data and follow-up were included in this study. All subjects were divided into 6 groups (<4, 4~7, 8~11, 12~15, 16~19 and≥20 weeks group). α angle, femoral head length and width, femoral head coverage ratio by acetabulum (FHC) were measured in the coronal view on the neutral position; distance from pubis to femoral head (P-H) and distance from ischium to femoral head (I-H) were measured in the transverse view on neutral position; distance from femoral head topubis (H-P) was measured in the posterolateraltransverse view on the flexion position. The results of each group changes with age were analysised.

Results
①The α angle of healthy infants from 0 to 20 weeks were increased with age, the difference among the groups were statistically significant(P 0.05). ②The femoral head length and width of all age groups were increased with age, the difference among all the groups was statistically significant(all P 0.05). ④The P-H and I-H in all age groups showed no statistically significant (all P>0.05). ⑤The H-P of all age groups were increased with age, the difference between the groups were statistically significant(all P<0.05).

Conclusions
The development of hip joints have the certain regular developmental pattern in healthy infants less than 5 months of birth and are relatively constant after birth more than 5 months. The ultrasound normal reference value of the hip joints can be used for the early diagnosis of the DDH.

Clinical Trial Registry
ChiCTR-ODC-16008748

Key words:
Ultrasonography; Developmental dysplasia of the hip; Infant; Normal reference value


The Great Unconformity has been recognized for more than a century, but only recently have its origins become a subject of debate. Hypotheses suggest global Snowball Earth glaciations and tectonic processes associated with the supercontinent Rodinia as drivers of widespread kilometer-scale erosion in the late Neoproterozoic. We present new integrated zircon and apatite (U-Th)/He and fission-track thermochronology from Precambrian basement samples of the central Canadian Shield in northern Manitoba to test these ideas. Bayesian inverse modeling indicates that 150–200 °C of cooling (>3 km of exhumation) occurred simultaneously with Cryogenian glaciations at ca. 690–650 Ma within interior North America. This estimate for the timing of unroofing is more precise than previous appraisals and does not align with any known tectonic or magmatic events (i.e., large igneous province eruptions) potentially associated with the supercontinent cycle that occurred during the late Proterozoic along the Laurentian margins. Based on these results and interpretations, the timing and magnitude of exhumation is best explained by glacial erosion, and further establishes the importance of multiple thermochronometers for resolving detailed deeptime thermal histories.


The management of bone loss in revision total knee replacement remains a challenge regardless of an array of options available to the adult reconstructive surgeon. Bone loss occurs from stress shielding, osteolysis, chronic infection, design of the prosthesis, bone removed during implant extraction, and the mechanism of failure or technical error at the initial surgery. The aim of revision knee surgery is to relieve pain and improve function. This can be achieved by reconstructing a stable platform with transfer of load to the host bone. Methods of reconstruction include the use of bone cement, bone grafting, modular metal augmentation of prostheses, metaphyseal filling metal implants, trabecular metal cones, bulk allografts, and custom-made, tumor-type or hinged prostheses. Patterns of bone loss in a revision setting can be anatomically categorized, and management of these cases can be algorithmically approached depending on bone loss pattern. In this review, an anatomically based classification system of bone loss patterns is presented which can help guide orthopaedic surgeons in implant design selection, and the prosthetic augmentation and allograft options in the surgical management of these complex cases.


The Arctic Ocean is unique among the world's oceans due to its plate tectonic situation. The Eurasian Basin opened by seafloor spreading since the Early Eocene along the Arctic Mid - Ocean Ridge.


Combined oral contraceptives (COCs) are associated with a slight increase in the risk of cervical cancer but this diminishes with time after use ends, an international study has shown (Lancet 2007;370:1609–21).


The objective of this paper is to address the self-scheduling of a power producer in a pool-based energy market where a cost recovery mechanism is applicable. Under the cost recovery framework, generating units are guaranteed to receive payment at least equal to their actual operating cost, if committed. In the proposed model, the effect of cost recovery on the plant's revenues is included in the objective of the profit maximization problem of the producer, who is assumed to be a price-taker. The proposed method is developed as a mixed-integer linear program using GAMS/CPLEX and tested for the simple case of a small thermal producer owning a single unit, under the general cost recovery provisions of the Greek electricity market. The model constitutes the first step towards a stochastic programming approach for a price-maker producer.


Safety signs can alert the staff to dangerous situation of the workplace or the surrounding environment and guide people to take reasonable actions so as to avoid accidents and mitigate the consequences of accidents. But unreasonable and noncompliant problems exist in the safety signs at the mine entrances. So four kinds of prohibition signs and four kinds of instruction signs that meet the standard requirements at the mine entrances are determined and that one kind of prohibition signs, three kinds of warning signs and one kind of instruction signs can be placed at the mine entrances are explained. At last the two kinds of layout design of safety signs are got and make it sure that the safety signs should be set at the same side of the mine entrances which serve as a reference for practical application.


The metal beaker that was found in the house is a unique object. The shape arouses associations with late antique glasses. The beaker is covered with embossed gold bands with figure representations carried out in early Style I. The bands were probably produced around 500 AD. The body of the beaker might be contemporaneous or possibly also older, with the bands as a later addition. The beaker is connected to drinking vessels, usually horns or glasses decorated with similar bands. Various elements in the decoration of the bands also correspond closely to gold bracteates and relief brooches originating in South Scandinavia, first and foremost Zealand and Scania. It is thus probable that the beaker was manufactured in South Scandinavia, perhaps in a workshop in Uppakra. Style I is thought by several scholars to have been developed in South Scandinavia. With the discovery of the South Scandinavian central places during the last few decades, we now have the context where the style emerged.


We present a systematic analysis of the decay ¯ B → Xs + γ at the leading log within the framework of Supersymmetry without R-parity. We point out some new contributions in the form of bilinear-trilinear combination of R-parity violating (RPV) couplings that are enhanced by large tan β. We also improve by a few orders of magnitude, bounds on several combinations of RPV parameters.


In this paper we trying to discover the balance sheet ratios that enable us to predict which firms are better candidates for a high-growth path. Following the intuition behind the credit scoring model (i.e., Z-score model), we consider the idea that the balance sheet in the period preceding the high growth affects the balance sheet at the time of the exceptional growth. To this end, we used a quantile regression and a TOBIT analysis that discriminates, according to a defined threshold, among the financial data of two groups of firms (High growth and Non-High Growth firms) selected from a population of approximately 21,000 firms. The results of the analysis demonstrate the relevance of firm size, firm age, and, most importantly, internal cash flows (despite bank loans), to the growth and success of a firm.


Background: Non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) is an arrhythmia prevalent in both structurally normal and abnormal hearts. Methods: We conducted a single-center retrospective clinical audit of patients followed-up in a device clinic with one or more incidental NSVT episodes recorded on their device between November 2017 and August 2018 and followed up patients for outcomes until January 2019. Results: A total of 83 patients were included in the analysis with one or more episodes of NSVT on device interrogation. Those identified to have NSVT were more likely to be male (74.7%) and there was a mean of 14.2 beats per episode and a mean of 3.7 episodes for each patient. Only 24.7% of patients had electrolytes checked within 4 weeks of episode detection and 18.3% had an echocardiogram post-episode. The majority of patients (73.5%) were followed up again in the pacing clinic but had no changes in medication, or other management implemented. In terms of outcomes, 81.7% of patients had no admission to hospital, mortality, or shock during the follow-up period. Conclusions: Most patients who developed NSVT did not have an extra follow-up, medication review, or investigation. Despite this, outcomes such as admission, shock, or death were uncommon.


The corn crop presents great sensitivity when caused by some type of injury or stresses that can reduce its leaf area and can directly affect the productivity, being the nitrogen is important in the photosynthetic metabolism in the plant. The work was installed in the municipality of Rolim de Moura-RO at the Federal University of Rondônia Foundation (UNIR) at the experimental campus km 15, submitted to four doses of nitrogen fertilization (0, 60, 120 and 240 kg ha) , Using as a source of N urea (45% N) and two levels of defoliation, 50% removal of the leaves below the spike and removal of 50% of the leaves above the spike, manually when the plants were in the VT stage, The experimental design used was a randomized block design


Students are often organized into groups to perform projects for their marketing classes. Student reactions to group projects for their classes were assessed through a twenty-three item questionnaire. A factor analysis organized these items into five factors named self-improvement, group process, group scheduling, individual performance, and communication difficulty. These factors were then analyzed and suggestions for improving group projects in marketing classes are offered.


The research in this paper deals with the design a nd implementation of an interface based on microcontroller which was made, to allow process control of a p rocess with two analogical inputs and outputs. A gr aphical interface in Labview was developed to allow the user to visualize the process, as well as the printing a nd saving data option. All in a personal computer. On addition to this, process control action can be accomplished by means of different algorithms based on both already known an d new structures, such as, PID, PID Dual Loop, PID Slinding Mode (SLM) and PID Dual Loop (SLM). Once the interface was mounted in a breadboard, speed and position control tests were carried out on a DC motor extern ally simulated by means of electronic circuits. The same procedure was followed worth the National Instrument data acquisition target (6024E model), this it was p ossible to verify that the proposed interface was able to exec ute control actions in the voltage outputs comparis ons of both targets, with an error not exceeding 5%, which show s that the interface works in an effective and inex pensive way, much better than a commercial data acquisition target.


Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) data analysis in relation with turbidity Linke factor and heliostat atmospheric attenuation of solar beam irradiation assessment are critical elements for suitable optimal management and sizing of energy systems installation using solar tower technology. This paper demonstrates that AOD Weibull distribution along with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and the coefficient of variation index is capable of describing accurately the attenuation beam solar irradiation in two timescales conditions; the regular rainfall period and the irregular one. The Weibull distribution parameters are determined based on measured tri-hourly mean aerosols optical depth data in times-series for a decade and a year. The data were collected from MACC reanalysis aerosol, at the climates under effect of Mediterranean, oceanic, continental, desert, Sahara and mountain influence of represented by Rabat, Oujda, Ouarzazate, Er-Rachidia and S'mara (Morocco). The obtained results are interpreted and an account of the major findings including prospective applications of the present study is given and discussed. It is also pointed out that this study might be generalized to the locations with similar environmental conditions.


FTIR, UVvisible , fluorescence spectra and calculation of CPK model indicated that poly(1naphthol) synthesized and assembled by horseradish peroxidase(HRP) in aqueous micelle was constructed with orderly helical conformation, which was the lowest energy conformation of the polymer under this condition and resulted in an advanced πconjugated system.


Suggested citation for this article: Potter P. Tough art and microbial drama. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2012 Jan [date cited]. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1801.AC1801


A basic function of extension is to assist the transfer of agricultural technology by ensuring that an adequate amount of high quality knowledge about it is present in the farming community for sustained agricultural development. As defined by Roling (1988) extension is purposeful communication intervention deployed by an institution to induce change in voluntary behaviours with a presumed public or collective utility. Choice of leadership in rural areas tends to be more on the basis of known personal qualities of the individual then in urban areas, mainly because of far greater face-to-face contacts and more intimate knowledge of individuals than is possible in urban areas. Research in International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 3 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com


An efficient route for the synthesis of 2-methylbenzofuran derivatives utilizing hypervalent iodine(III) reagent and a-(methylthio)acetone via Pummerer-type reaction in ionic liquid is described.


The contribution deals with the evaluation of the surface quality after laser cutting and determination of the influence individual input laser parameters at the whole process. There were selected samples for experiment made from S235JR material with the thickness 10 mm and 15 mm. There was set up values of process parameters, such as laser power, focal spot position, cutting speed and shield gas pressure. The final surface quality was measured and evaluated on the basis of the selected surface roughness parameters and material ratio. The surface quality was evaluated from point of view of defects emerging after thermal splitting according to standard CSN EN ISO 17 658.


which were true public performances of sovereignty, and the individual exchanges and donations that reveal the queen's local and European networks. In the end, Mariah Proctor-Tiffany paints a portrait of a princess with devotions and practices characteristic of the late Middle Ages. Her commissioning policy and artistic consumption do not seem to distinguish her from a pattern already established for other female personalities of that time. However, it is worth recalling the scale and richness of the exchanges and movements that took place in medieval Europe and how artworks were accessories in the struggle for maintaining one's feudal position.


However, the composition of VOO can change dramatically depending on the olive variety, field management, olive fruit maturity degree, harvesting and processing, which can affect its final characteristic flavour. At industrial level, the extraction conditions applied can affect the concentration and composition of phenolic and volatile compounds, with possible negative consequence and the formation of off-flavours. Olive crushing, malaxation, centrifugation, filtration and storage were reported to be all possible factors affecting VOO flavour.


As consumers and workers we are all intimately familiar with the everyday notions of trade that govern our lives. And yet, the rules and agreements that comprise the global 'free trade' system seem remote to most of us. It is not just liberal economists who find it difficult to use a gendered analysis of trade. The issues and the debates are complex and take time to consider. Yet the 'free trade' system is a gender-related issue for at least two immediately obvious reasons. First, it relies on gender inequalities in order to fuel the engines of production with a supply of cheap, exploitable labour. Second, trade rules and agreements affect the way in which national priorities are set, and they have an impact on gender equality. In meeting the diverse demands of populations, governments, and companies everywhere for manufactured goods, agricultural produce, raw materials, technology, services, knowledge, and medicines, the current trade system divides the world into global consumers and global suppliers of common goods and services. Individual nations are compelled to adopt a 'liberal' economic model in order to be part of the trading regime. This model requires countries to prioritise the development of export products which can compete globally, rather than focus on local self-sufficiency measures which promote maximum employment, or human-development opportunities for the population. Over the past two decades, international finance institutions (IFIs) have encouraged developing countries to accept economic measures such as structural adjustment policies (SAPs), to assist them to become part of the global economy. These measures require them, among other things, to pare down domestic expenditure on social welfare, publicly funded health and education services, water and fuel, and focus on increasing national income through export production, fee collection for service provision, or privatisation. The global trading system assumes the possibility of a level playing field. It relies on the notion of a common global economy, from which all can equally benefit by following the same rules. Increasingly since the 1980s, the rules of trade have promoted the easy or 'free' movement of goods and services across national borders, to facilitate global supply. At the present time, the growth of this free movement, the central concept of trade liberalisation, is a process reliant on, and reinforcing of, unequal gender roles. It is a process capable of having gendered impacts on human and social development. The editors of Gender and Development Volume 11 No. 1 (2003: 5), on the theme of 'Women Reinventing Globalisation', noted that, while 'the WTO is supposed to create equal opportunities for all economies in the global market place, in fact "free trade" is a misnomer'. The global trade system incurs costs. The Editorial


This letter focuses on the first-principles model of the photocurrent in quantum well infrared photodetectors (QWIPs). The model explores the absorption coefficient measured experimentally. Then we move to show how the responsivity and quantum efficiency vary with α. The work in this paper shows that the device response indeed increases as QWIPs are designed and fabricated to detect longer wavelengths despite the fall in device performance as a result of the growing effect of the dark (noise) current.


Abstract A hydroponic study involving lettuce plants (Lactuca sativa L.) as a leafy vegetable was conducted to evaluate the 137Cs uptake and translocation in plant tissues in dependence on the presence or absence of K+ or/and NH4+ ions in cultivation media according to Hoagland (HM) during 8 d plants growth under hydroponic conditions. Significant increase of the 137Cs+ uptake by lettuce plants and the decrease of 137Cs+ translocation efficiency from roots to leaves were observed in 50 % HM deficient in K+ and NH4+ ions. Speciation analysis using Visual MINTEQ program showed that at micromolar concentration of CsCl (5 μmol/dm3) in 50 % HM at pH 6.0 and 25 °C, cesium was occurred practically only in the free cationic Cs+ form − 98.8 %, with minor proportions of other cesium species: CsCl − 0.4 %, CsNO3 − 0.4 %, and CsSO4 - − 0.4 %. Surplus of Cl-, NO3- and SO42- ions in HM causes the increase of proportions of the cesium species CsCl, CsNO3 and CsSO4-, respectively at the expense of bioavailable Cs+ form. Radiocesium 137Cs taken up via roots was removed from lettuce leaves with high efficiency by boiling in diluted NaCl solution. At ambient temperature the extraction of 137Cs with diluted acetic acid was concentration and time dependent process, and was succeeded by leakage of tissue components absorbing at 260 nm. These findings are important for the risk assessment of radiocesium entry into the food chain via contaminated leafy vegetable.


The clinical use of 3D printed patent-specific anatomical models is of wide interest. The aim of this work is to propose an operative workflow for the production of the 3D printed anatomical models for surgical planning in a clinical cours. The production process has been designed in compliance with the current European Medical Devices (MD) regulation and on the basis of the up-to-date technical reference for 3D printing in medicine. The workflow is designed for the implementation of a quality system for the production of additive manufactured MD to be used in clinical decisions. This approach offers the possibility to introduce new 3D printed MD in clinical practice as well as to design an optimized industrial workflow.


The numeracy skill of student is a continued concern with numeracy highlighted as a key skill in Foundation degrees and other vocational courses such as nursing (DfES 1999, NMC 2007). Numeracy is seen as a requirement to being able to undertake work based skills that require the use of numbers and calculations. However numeracy skills developed in the classroom does not necessarily prepare students for work-based calculations and similarly nor does poor numeracy skills necessarily mean that students cannot perform complex mathematical calculations in their work place. This paper will explore the role of context, the difference between formal and work based mathematics and questions the continued focus on numeracy skills, using examples from my own research with nurses.


Lawyers are not necessarily trained investment advisors. Nevertheless, many lawyers perform this task for their clients, and no doubt most of those provide sound financial guidance and insightful investment advice. Investments that do not produce as well as hoped do not automatically indicate any dishonesty on the attorney's part. Even the best stockbrokers in the country provide some bad investment advice occasionally.


The developmental periods of the honeybee oosperms were 3.68, 3.40, 3.00, 2.81 and 2.74 d , at 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 ℃ respectively. All the differences of the developmental periods were highly significant (P0.01) except those at 35 ℃ and 36 ℃(P0.05). The capped queen cells lasted 8.80, 8.19, 7.93, 7.04 and 7.08 d, at these temperatures respectively, and the differences of the developmental periods were significant (P0.05) or highly significant(P0.01) except those at 35 ℃ and 36 ℃(P0.05). The developmental periods of the capped queen cells at 37 ℃ were 11 h longer than those at 35 ℃ and the difference was highly significant (P0.01). The weights of the newly emerged queens ranged from 226.7 to 228.5 mg at the temperatures from 32 to 36 ℃ and the difference was highly significant (P0.01). Weights of the newly emerged queens were 205.2 mg at 37 ℃.


Introduction . Pantoprazole sodium sesquihydrate is a proton pump inhibitor. This substance is used in the treatment of peptic ulcer of the duodenum or stomach in the acute phase, including those associated with the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Text . Pantoprazole is sodium 5-(difluoromethoxy)-2-[(RS)-[(3,4-dimethoxypyridin-2-yl)methyl]sulfinyl]benzimidazol-1-ide sesquihydrate in its structure. The substance is readily soluble in water and ethyl alcohol. The identification of pantoprazole is confirmed by infrared absorption spectrophotometry, as well as by a positive reaction to sodium ion. For the assay of this substance chemical and physico-chemical methods are used. The first group of methods includes titration in a non-aqueous medium with perchloric acid and permanganatometry. Physico-chemical methods used for pantoprazole assay are spectrophotometry and HPLC. The most commonly used method is direct spectrophotometry associated with the measurement of optical density at a wavelength of the maximum absorption of pantoprazole in various solvents. In addition, spectrophotometric methods of assay are known, based on the study of the absorption of colored pantoprazode reaction products. The derivative spectrophotometry is used for the analysis of its preparations. The control of the content of impurities and pantoprazole in the substance and its dosage forms is carried out, as a rule, using HPLC. Conclusion . An analysis of the literature has shown that this substance is unstable. Therefore, this feature of pantoprazole must be considered when choosing excipients when developing a dosage form. The preferred method for analyzing pantoprazole preparations is HPLC, since it is possible to determine the substance in the presence of other compounds, which will allow one to control the quantitative content and stability of pantoprazole in the preparation.


This study aims at investigation the sufficiency's digital Learning Objects (DLOs) among Basic Education's Teachers. The descriptive method was used, Population consists of Karary Basic education's teachers (4049). The Digital Learning Objects sufficiency questionnaire consists of 46 items among five factors: observe, select, collect, planning to used, and used, was used to collect the data. Chi square, t. test, and repeated one way ANOVA were used to analysis data. Result showed that the teacher beliefs the digital learning objects sufficiency's are necessary, there are differences in the digital learning objects sufficiency's for the select, and there are not differences at the digital learning objects sufficiency's due to gender. The study ended by rrecommendations and for future studies.The study aims to investigate the level of sufficiency of the Digital Learning Objects (DLO) model among Basic Education Teachers in Karari Locality. Population consists of 4049 teachers who are working in the schools in that Locality.A gigital Learning Ojects questionnaire was run among the teachers to measure the level of sufficiency. The questionnaire consisted of 46 items covering five major sufficiency factors, namely identification of learning units , their presentation and the design of plans to use them. The application of statistical methods methods such as Chai Squareand T-test showed that; although teachers are well aware of the importance of all sufficiency factors; differences exist in its application of the model as far as the process of selection is concerned.; no significant differences were identified due to gender differences. The paper recommends further studies in the issue of Digital Learning Objects Sufficiency because of its importance in controlling the learnig process


Genetic redundancy typically relates to the duplication of an open reading framewithin a genome. Genetic redundancy is often inferred when the modification or deletion of a portion of genetic material in a duplicated genome results in minimal changes in trait or organismal phenotype in reference to the nonduplicated wildtype. This invariance has been attributed to bufferingmechanisms promoted by duplicates and to a number of compensatory pathways independent of the duplicate. Most duplicates are rapidly lost from genomes by mutation and drift.


The following article produces a model based on semantic, cognitive and functional principles (Ryder 1994, 1999), that will account for the extremely high productivity of the nominalizing -er suffix in Present-day English. Such a model aims at enabling the speaker to interpret unknown -er nominals, especially when such formations are presented without a context, i.e., they do not depend on context for interpretation. The basic assumption of such a model relies on the fact that speakers can interpret unknown -er nominals by basing the meaning on the most plausible and commonly known schema, or cognitive knowledge structure, in which both the base and the derivative's referents participate. Thus, the interpretation of such formations depends on information being easily retrieved and obviously connected.


W HAT does the American public want in health care? This recurring question confronts every health official. However, because research in this area has been too limited to provide a scientific answer based on established fact, each health official must conjure up his own set of measuring devices. Based on his own experience and that of others in the field, and aided by a sizable portion of luck, he may be successful in reading the public's collective pulse. But the health officer's responsibility extends much further than that of merely satisfying the wants of his public. And, indeed, he may often find that the public's wants are not always the same as its greatest needs. At this juncture the health official, with his personal popularity at stake, must talke a stand to elncourage the public to direct its energies to those programs requiring support, thereby assuming his responsibility to lead rather than merely to follow public preference.


Gulley et all have recently reported increased neutrophil myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity in 10 anemic patients demonstrated by the Technicon H* l instrument (Technicon Instruments Corp, Tarrytown, NY). Dash et ai2 have commented on this report for not considering the balance of smokers to nonsmokers. We would like to comment further on this report. It has been shown by us that the neutrophil MPO activity of the Hemalog D3 (Tarrytown, NY) and the Technicon H60004 is strongly influenced by the hemoglobin content of the sample. It has been proposed that the effect is due to the pseudoperoxidase activity of the hemoglobin consuming the reactants and decreasing their availability to the white blood cells. Hence, in anemic patients a stronger reaction is seen and the MPO apparently increases. The Technicon H* l uses similar methodology to the Hemalog-D and H6000. Variation in the scale of the inhibition has been shown between different H6000 machines, this phenomenon being dependent on the gain setting of the peroxidase absorbtion pulses? In a diagnostic situation it is essential to make corrections for this pseudoperoxidase effect (which gives a straight line relationship) before comparing neutrophils from samples with widely different hemoglobins. The measurement may further be complicated in iron deficiency as MPO is an iron-containing enzyme and it had been shown to have reduced activity.'


The quality of learning is influenced by the learning approach chosen by the teacher so that an active approach is needed to involve the students. This study aims to describe the implementation of contextual approach to orientation and mobility learning for students with visual impairment in SLB PGRI Sentolo. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. Technique of collecting data is done by interview, observation and documentation. Data analysis is done by reduction, display data, and conclusion drawing / verification. The results showed that teachers have applied a contextual approach in orientation and mobility learning. There are seven components applied: constructivism, questioning, inquiry, learning community, modeling, authentic assessment and reflection. These seven components have been applied, but there are some components that need improvement such as: (1) the components questioning the students are still passive and difficulty in asking questions, (2) the inquiry components of the students still need guidance from the teacher, (3) the learning community components of students are still passive in doing activities, (4) the authentic assessment component, the teacher has not done attitude assessment so the assessment is not thorough, (5) the reflection component, the teacher has not helped the student connect the newly acquired knowledge with prior knowledge. Recommendations for further research can make an intervention effort by applying contextual approaches according to the condition of students to improve the quality of learning. Further research can make innovations on learning approaches, media, teaching materials, materials,


The construction of accurate and consistent initial data for various binary parameters is a critical ingredient for numerical relativity simulations of the compact binary coalescence. In this article, we present an upgrade of the pseudospectral SGRID code, which enables us to access even larger regions of the binary neutron star parameter space. As a proof of principle, we present a selected set of first simulations based on initial configurations computed with the new code version. In particular, we simulate two millisecond pulsars close to their breakup spin, highly compact neutron stars with masses at about $98\%$ of the maximum supported mass of the employed equation of state, and an unequal mass systems with mass ratios even outside the range predicted by population synthesis models ($q = 2.03$). The discussed code extension will help us to simulate previously unexplored binary configurations. This is a necessary step to construct and test new gravitational wave approximants and to interpret upcoming binary neutron star merger observations. When we construct initial data, one has to specify various parameters, such as a rotation parameter for each star. Some of these parameters do not have direct physical meaning, which makes comparisons with other methods or models difficult. To facilitate this, we introduce simple estimates for the initial spin, momentum, mass, and center of mass of each individual star.


With the size of data increasing continuously, a huge demand for interactive query on massive datasets emerges. When processing massive structured data, the existing query engines are lacking in utilizing the query locality and catching the difference among query operators, which results in their not being applied to low-latency business scenarios. To solve these problems, this paper proposes a new framework named Lotus for query optimization based on distributed cache. Lotus adopts three strategies: (1) performing query-sensitive data distribution policy; (2) carrying out cache replacement based on statistical information; (3) optimizing the behavior of core operators. Through the above methods, Lotus improves the query performance of existing engines. The experimental study shows that Lotus can reduce the response latency and execution time of queries on large-scale structured data by more than 30% in comparison with SparkSQL or Impala.


A study of the stability of a multiply connected automatic control system containing digital links by the frequency method is proposed. The stability criterion is based on the system description of the dynamic properties of the system at the level of characteristics of subsystems and characteristics of communication.


The pituitary gland of the medaka Oryzias latipes consists of three portions: the pars distalis, the pars intermedia and the neurohypophysis. The pars distalis is further divisible into rostral and proximal zones. On the basis of differences in tinctorial and histochemical properties, eight different cell types are distinguished. The rostral pars distalis contains two types of acidophils: one is clearly revealed by acid violet (Type 1, probably cells producing prolactin-like hormone) and the other type is distinguished by lead haematoxylin (Type 2, probably corticotropic cells). The proximal pars distalis contains two types of basophils, probably gonadotropic cells (Type 3) and thyrotropic cells (Type 4), which distinguished from each other by the differences in avidity for dyes, size and location. Further, the proximal pars distalis contains orange G-positive acidophils (Type 5, probably somatotropic cells) and relatively many chromophobes (Type 6). The pars intermedia contains acidophils (Type 7) and basophils (Type 8); the former is lead haematoxylin-and Gomori-positive and the latter is aniline blue-and PAS-positive. The neurohypophysis is roughly divisible into a rostral portion containing mostly Gomori-negative fibers and a caudal portion containing mostly Gomori-positive fibers.


Provided is a dental implant fixture with 3 or more ridged portions having mutually different pitches to distribute load uniformly across osseous tissue. The pitches of the ridged portions (200) progressively decrease in one direction. The ridged portions (200) include a larger ridged portion (220) that contacts spongy bone with low bone density, and a smaller ridged portion (240) that contacts cortical bone with high bone density. The smaller ridged portion (240) is provided with 2 or more threaded regions with respectively different pitches. With this configuration, bone decay and bone damage can be prevented, and synostosis can be improved.


University students' beliefs about necessity of sharing knowledge vs. keeping secrecy by researchers has been studied. Four cases similar to the following one were presented to 137 Russian students aged 16-20. "A scientist conducting research in the field of nuclear technologies is attending an international conference. From a report of another participant he gathers that he had just completed work on a method that can greatly advance the research of the speaker, but they come from different rival states. The questions were asked: "In your opinion, how should the researcher act during the discussion of the report: unveil his own method; keep quiet about it; misinform the speaker to prolong the time that it would take him to understand the method; do something else?" There are two variables in the cases: (a) the area in which both scientists work (nuclear technologies vs. medicine); and (b) the level of competitive interactions (rivalry of countries vs. competition of firms). The most participants (84%) think it necessary to share knowledge on medicine between researchers from rival countries; 11% – to misinform a nuclear physicist from a rival country; and 7% believe (a paradox!) that nuclear physicists from competing firms may conceal information from one another, but nuclear physicists from rival countries must display openness for the sake of saving humankind. Similarly, in 1954 Igor Kurchatov, the leader of the Soviet atomic bomb project, decided to share knowledge on thermonuclear technologies.


Studies of Organometallic Compounds. Synthesis and Characterization of Some Alkoxy (alkyl)-titanium(IV) Compounds

Alkoxy(benzyl)titanium and alkoxy(cyclohexyl)titanium compounds are prepared by alcoholysis of tetrabenzyl- and tetracyclohexyltitanium. Structural features are investigated by means of 1H-NMR.


The utility model relates to a solar water heater which is composed of a solar heat collection and water heating system, an inner pipeline and an outer pipeline, wherein the inner pipeline adopts the structure that one end of a water circulating pipe is communicated with the bottom of a water storage box, the other end of the water circulating pipe is connected with a water return box through a unidirectional check valve, the water return box is communicated with the water storage box through a water return pipe, a switch of the water return pipe is controlled by a ball float installed in the water storage box 1, and a safety valve is installed on the water return pipe. The solar water heater of the utility model can realize circulation between water in the water pipe and water in the water storage box so as to guarantee the cleanness of the water in the pipelines; besides, as the water in the heater realizes thermal cycling, when the utility model needs using, hot water flows out just through opening the valve, a user does not need to wait, and thus, water resources and time are saved.


The major feature of internet-based classroom teaching is that teaching alternates between virtual environment and real classroom teaching.The teaching is a process of instructing the intentionally self-directed learning and of a mutual development of the teacher and the students based on communication between human and computer.Multimedia network teaching technology is not only a simple tool to help teachers convey knowledge but the one to create the situation to collaborate the communications be-tween the teachers and the students and between the students.It is argued in the paper that more heed should be paid to three linksin the instruction plus self-directed learning mode in the ideological and political lesson.One is sufficient pre-class preparation,and the other two are instructing and leading in the class teaching and extension after the class.


Online monitoring of primary equipment such as circuit breakers is widely used in smart substations. By analyzing the data acquired from online monitoring systems, the circuit-breaker status can be monitored, and the health of the breaker can be determined comprehensively. Using an online monitoring system, tests were carried out to measure the mechanical characteristics of a hydraulic high-voltage circuit breaker. Opening and closing coil current curves and distance curves were experimentally obtained by applying 0, 10, 20, and 50 kA of instantaneous load current. The main eigenvalues of the mechanical characteristics were calculated using the online monitoring system. Al though varying the load current does not impact the motor or circuit-breaker closing performance, the experimental results show that large load currents will impede breaker opening, a phenomenon that had not been reported prior to the online monitoring tests described here.


A 1/2-scale partial blanket box structure integrated with the first wall for a fusion experimental reactor was fabricated by using advanced fabrication technologies. The first wall equipped with cooling channels in it was fabricated by HIP (hot isostatic pressing) bonding, one of the advanced diffusion bonding technologies, and the box structure integrated with the first wall was fabricated by EB (electron beam) and TIG (tungsten-arc inert-gas) weldings. The blanket box structure was successfully fabricated, and the present paper summarizes the results of the trial fabrication.


Barada Basin, where the capital of Syria, Damascus, is located, and hence where most of the human activities are concentrated, suffers from serious environmental problems due to the huge migration from rural areas, illegal settlements, industrialization, and urbanization, and overexploitation of environmental media. According to the list of priorities that has been set by Ministry of Environment and WB in 1997 an immediate action plan should be carried out to address the water pollution issues in Barada Basin. Huge amounts of wastewater (domestic, industrial, and agricultural) are discharged every day to the land, Barada and Awaj Rivers without sufficient treatment converting the only-two water bodies in the region to waste dump. In this paper, the water pollution problem in Barada Basin has been analyzed. Simulations of a mathematical model have been run in order to find an optimal feasible policy improving the environmental status in Barada Basin. This model includes an ecological model that describes the behavior of the pollutants and an economic model that describes the market instruments. A set of policies have been proposed based on the simulations.


Stability of the shoulder joint is mainly provided by four rotator cuff muscles. If some of these muscles are torn, arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (ARCR) surgeries have been related to significant short- and long-term improvements in pain score, function, and strength, providing a less invasive alternative to complete shoulder arthroplasty. How-ever, various anatomical shoulder parameters can impair the success rate of ARCR surgeries. One crucial influencing factor for a successful repair is the fatty infiltration of the torn muscle, which is typically estimated within five discrete stages using the Goutallier classification. The measurement is visually estimated on an oblique sagittal T1 weighted shoulder MRI slice on a defined anatomical position (Y-view), which limits its reliability and greatly depends on the reader's experience. While special-ized MR sequences, such as two-point Dixon (2PD), allow fat fraction (FF) analysis on a volume and have been shown to be more reliable than the Goutallier grade, the time-consuming manual work required to extract such a metric has limited their use in clinical routine. To our knowledge, no automated system for such an analysis on rotator cuff muscles exists. We, therefore, propose a fully automated end-to-end pipeline to allow quantitative FF analysis on 2PD data, which includes data alignment and Y-view slice detection for result validation. We developed a complete web-based application for FF calculation and morphological analysis of patient specific shoulder anatomy from 2PD data, which includes automatic: client side anonymization of DICOM data; muscle and bony anatomy segmentation; Y-view detection; and calculation of the FF of the supraspinatus (SSP) muscle. To segment the SSP muscle and the humerus and scapula bones, we employed nnU-Net, a state-of-the-art convolutional neural network for medical image segmentation. The network was trained on 23 2PD images of non-tear patients and the mask ground truths. Similarly, a landmark detection algorithm was developed and trained on 30 2PD images. The detected landmarks were used to automatically identify the Y-view slice automated segmentation can be verified and FF metrics are presented. The 3D viewer supports through slices, zoom and volume rotation with the mouse. The deployment as a web application sets minimal hardware requirements for the end-user and allows access in-dependent from the operating system. With a modern browser and a decent-sized monitor, the application is fully functional. The backend infrastructure enabled processing times for the complete analysis below 10 minutes. The start up of the GPU worker-service takes around four minutes, the segmentation and landmark detection takes an additional four minutes and finally, it takes only approximately 20 seconds for completing the analysis on the employed cloud hardware. a more consistent inspection. For the SSP segmentation, the FF over the complete volume and on the Y-view slice are calculated and presented. Additional metrics like the volume or the cross-sectional area help the user to validate the results. In its current configuration, the analysis finishes in less than 10 minutes. With further parallelization, results below 5 min should be achievable. These results demonstrate that the proposed application could be used within time critical clinical settings. When trained with more diverse data, we are confident that this approach is feasible for RCT cases. This work builds the basis for further automated quantitative analysis on a larger dataset. In the future, the data extracted in this work, combined with other metrics, could be used for a better outcome prediction for several shoulder treatments.