objective: To assess the impact of each measure in the six and 24-hour bundles of a Managed Care Program in the care of a cohort of hospitalized severe sepsis/septic shock patients. methods: A prospective study was carried out with 316 consecutive patients with severe sepsis/septic shock, assessing the impact on mortality by calculating the Odds Ratio of each single action (significance level of 5%). results: In the sample there were 57% males, the mean age was 65.24 years, the APACHE II score was over 25 in 39.2%; 71.8% had a diagnosis of septic shock, and 65.5% required mechanical ventilation. Furthermore, 88.9% of patients had at least two organ dysfunctions upon the initial presentation. Only the blood culture collected before starting antibiotics: OR = 0.54 (95%; CI: 0.33-0.87; p < 0.009) and the introduction of antibiotics by no later than 120 minutes after the diagnosis: OR = 0.44 (95%; CI: 0.23-0.87; p < 0.009) were significant. Other six-hour bundle items tended towards a worse outcome. Results were superior in the 24-hour bundles with interventions in all four items, although without statistical significance. Conclusions: The single impact of all interventions in the bundles occurred due to only two items: collecting blood cultures before starting antibiotics and early use (by 120 minutes) of antibiotics. Future evaluations in larger databases including multivariate analysis may support these findings.


In this study, the effective stress law for the permeability of two core plugs selected from Berea (Cleveland Quarries, OH, USA) and Knorringfjellet (Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway) sandstones is studied experimentally by measuring the core permeability (k) under varying confining stress (σ c ) and pore pressures (P p ). The obtained results demonstrate that the permeabilities of the two core plugs decrease with increasing σ c or decreasing P p . The effective stress coefficient for the permeability (α k ) values are more than 1.0 for both sandstone core plugs indicating higher sensitivity of the permeability with respect to the applied P p compared to the applied σ c . The previously presented models for calculating α k , such as the Clay Free, Clay Shell, and Clay Particle models, are discussed and a new modified Clay Shell model considering spherical geometry is presented to account for the considerable contrast between the elastic moduli of quartz and clay minerals. The discussed models strongly depend on the magnitude of the considered elastic moduli for the clay minerals. While the Clay Shell and Clay Particle models are capable of describing the observed α k values by considering extremely low elastic moduli for clays, the new modified Clay Shell model is capable of predicting α k values by considering moderate to low values of elastic moduli of clays. The increasing trend of α k values by increasing the σ c is discussed and a new correlation based on the observed k values for calculation of α k is presented. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


bank employees were bound by strong ties of duty and therefore discouraged from criminal practices. The banks also invested in their employees, although periods of training were lengthy and staff relatively poorly paid. The banking industry plays a major part in economic development and the author rightly asserts that knowledge of the evolution of the industry and its role in the development of modem China deserves attention. The author not only provides a detailed historical analysis but also looks at policy implications for the industry in the context of contemporary developments. It is suggested that a historical analysis helps in the understanding of the role of banks in the present-day reform period and their place in the future economic development of China. The book provides an interesting insight into major factors governing the growth and increasing maturity of an industry, which like many in China, has witnessed catastrophic changes since its beginnings


The study of the working process of diesel engines operating on natural gas in a wide range of operating modes is relevant, first of all, in order to further their implementation on transport and transport-technological machines. The paper discusses and justifies the methods of supply of natural gas in automotive diesel engines. On the basis of the analysis of materials of the experimental tests which are carried out at chair of thermal engines of cars and tractors of the Vyatka state agricultural Academy results of researches of effective and ecological indicators of the diesel engines D-240 (4F 11.0/12.5), D-245.12S (4FC 11.0/12.5) with turbocharged, D245.7 (4FC 11.0/12.5) with cooling of the pressurized air working at natural gas are presented. The possibilities of these diesel engines in solving the problems of reducing the toxicity of exhaust gases, as well as the impact of the use of natural gas on their environmental characteristics. In order to determine and optimize the basic parameters of diesel engines were carried out their bench tests when working on diesel fuel and natural gas. Application of natural gas in diesel engines reduces the content of toxic components in exhaust gases in the nominal operating mode: in diesel D245.12S turbocharged nitrogen oxides by 6.0%, carbon black by 25 times, carbon monoxide by 1.2 times; in diesel D-245.7 with cooling of charge air nitrogen oxides by 23.1%, carbon black by 2.1 times; in diesel D-240 with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR is applied for reliable reduction increased as a result of the use of natural gas nitrogen oxides) nitrogen oxides by 43.2%, soot by 5.6 times, carbon dioxide by 33.3%, carbon oxides by 10.0%.


This volume collects together the papers presented and discussed at the 2008 Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research.

This volume is the culmination of more than a year of planning and effort on the part of both the local organising committee and the conference chairs. However, we were not working alone. Without an active community of researchers doing quality research and writing papers, a conference like Koli has no function or purpose. Consequently, a large part of the success of Koli Calling lies in its vibrant research community. It is your submissions that have made it possible for us to select this year's crop of interesting and thought provoking contributions.

During the preparations for the 2008 conference we embarked on a process of clarification and innovation. The major outcomes of that process are a more well defined submissions and review process based around the use of EasyChair. We have also crafted new guidelines for the evaluation of the conference submission categories; which we hope are useful to both authors and reviewers alike. We also introduced the Tools Workshop submission category and the Tool Award in the 2008 call for contributions. We wish to extend our sincere thanks to Ari Korhonen who was Tools Workshop Chair for the 2008 conference. A new role, and one that he managed with panache.

So now, without further ado, we leave you to the further perusal of the contents of the volume, in the hope that you will find its content both elucidatory and inspirational.


According to the heterogeneous and spatial characteristic of environmental disaster events, this paper uses wetland information distributed in different administrative departments of Wuhan as research objects, attempts to construct an integrated and interoperation system based on semantic grid to tackle with the sudden environmental disaster. Through the conversion from domain (node) ontologies to universal ontologies in the spatial information semantic grids of environmental disaster, we can resolve the distribution and heterogeneity problem of the spatial information about environmental disaster, and logically provide users a virtual single spatial information view. With the management, registration and service mechanism of environmental disaster information and resource based on geographic ontology, all the operation are based on semantic. It can implement the grid calculation based on semantic and the integration and interoperation of environmental disaster spatial information and resources. As the instance shows that, the system can settle the heterogeneity problem of various GISs in a certain extent, and facilitate the semantic integration and interoperation among various systems.


The municipality of Caqueza - Cundinamarca, is an area susceptible to phenomena of mass wasting due to their climatic and seismotectonic adverse effects, which, together with the different scenarios of geological characteristics, geomorphological, vegetation cover and relief, induce different landslides, flows and creeping, affecting the population of the municipality in their homes, land and infrastructure. Therefore, it is necessary to characterize the variables that constantly affect soil stability in the municipality of Caqueza - Cundinamarca, which can be implemented in the organization of the Territorial Planning Scheme (EOT), focusing on the areas that indicate greater instability.
To carry out the present work, the analysis began with the elaboration of a characterization of the soils present in the municipality, as well as its use and condition. In addition, it was important to make a historical account of the earthquakes that have affected the municipality of Caqueza - Cundinamarca, as well as a classification of the predominant geological units in the study area. As a result, the conditions of the area's most susceptible to recurrence of mass wasting, as well as factors that increase soil instability (detonating factors) will be obtained.


Abstract Tannery wastewater treatment using two isolated micro-organisms (Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas fragii) has been investigated in the present study. The growth patterns, pH normalisation and the abilities of these micro-organisms to reduce the concentrations of chemical oxygen demand (COD), total suspended solids (TSS) and chloride were studied using the shake flask apparatus. The specific growth rate and biomass concentration of B. subtilis and P. fragii were observed 0.138 h−1 and 3.01 mg/l and 0.051 h−1 and 2.34 mg/l, respectively, after 84 h. Both micro-organisms normalised pH of the wastewater. COD removal efficiency for B. subtilis was 87.6% while that of P. fragii was 85.2%. For TSS, B. subtilis caused a reduction of 91.7% (from 876 mg/l to 73 mg/l), while P. fragii reduced the solid concentration from 876 mg/l to 98 mg/l (88.8%). B. subtilis could only achieve 48.5% reduction in chloride concentration (from 127.08 mg/l to 65.39 mg/l compared to a reduction of 54.6% (from 127.08 mg/l to ...


We investigate the possibility of forming deeply bound ultracold RbCs molecules by a two-color photoassociation experiment. We compare the results with those for Rb2 in order to understand the characteristic differences between heteronuclear and homonuclear molecules. The major differences arise from the different long-range potential for excited states. Ultracold 85Rb and 133Cs atoms colliding on the X 1Σ+ potential curve are initially photoassociated to form excited RbCs molecules in the region below the Rb(5S)+Cs(6P1/2) asymptote. We explore the nature of the Ω=0+ levels in this region, which have mixed A 1Σ+ and b 3Π character. We then study the quantum dynamics of RbCs by a time-dependent wavepacket (TDWP) approach. A wavepacket is formed by exciting a few vibronic levels and is allowed to propagate on the coupled electronic potential energy curves. We calculate the time dependence of the overlap between the wavepacket and ground-state vibrational levels. For a detuning of 7.5 cm−1 from the atomic line, the wavepacket for RbCs reaches the short-range region in about 13 ps, which is significantly faster than for the homonuclear Rb2 system; this is mostly because of the absence of an R−3 long-range tail in the excited-state potential curves for heteronuclear systems. We give a simple semiclassical formula that relates the time taken to the long-range potential parameters. For RbCs, in contrast to Rb2, the excited-state wavepacket shows a substantial peak in singlet density near the inner turning point, and this produces a significant probability of de-excitation to form ground-state molecules bound by up to 1500 cm−1. The short-range peak depends strongly on non-adiabatic coupling and is reduced if the strength of the spin–orbit coupling is increased. Our analysis of the role of spin–orbit coupling concerns the character of the mixed states in general and is important for both photoassociation and stimulated Raman de-excitation.


AbstractSo much has been written about the Brontes since Mrs. Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Bronte appeared in 1857 that, as Miss Margaret Lane says in her foreword, "the ordinary reader, stretching up a hand to the appropriate shelf in any well-stocked library, may well hesitate" which Bronte biography to choose."For if so much has been written since, it is reasonable to suppose that there is new material of which Mrs. Gaskell knew nothing: and if that is so, which of these newer volumes contains the whole?"Miss Lane's purpose in writing The Bronte Story has been to clarify this confusion; to offer the general reader a book which shall return him to Mrs. Gaskell's incomparable text whenever that text is accurate and comprehensive, and supplement and correct it whenever it is not.


Molecular orbital calculations at the extended Huckel level have been carried out for an electron deficient cluster, , where L=CO or . The LUMO, ", is destabilized by the secondary interaction of the LUMO with " on fragment. This is one of six skeletal bonding orbitals which are associated with bonds. Overlap population analysis has been applied to account for two kinds of Tl-Fe bonds. Replacement of the terminal , , by the , units in cluster results in slight energy stabilization of the cluster.


Globalization is greatly interrelated with socialism. The realm of soialist thought which all people and states are equal is an important view to globalization. Many socialist thinkers such as Karl Marx had a lot of globalization thoughts. The propagation of socialist thought and the worldly development of socialism are important components of the course of globalization .The competition and antagonism of two sorts of thoughts and systems is the main content of globalization. In the course of globalization, realization of socialist justice should be regarded as a basic political and economic goal.


This research is motivated towards implementing a solar-powered water quality monitoring and control system for a warm water fishpond in real-time. Deploying an efficient monitoring and control system to fish farms will enhance the increase of yield, saves time, cost, and increase productivity. The system is designed to measure, analyse, and control the various relevant parameters: temperature, pH, and turbidity. To achieve this, sensors are used to detect changes in the environmental conditions of the pond as regards aforementioned parameters to determine the state of the pond. Furthermore, the system uses actuators as a mechanism to control the inflow and outflow of water using the control signal received from the processing unit. A successful inquiry was established between the Bluetooth module and the hands-free Bluetooth handset. This made it possible to monitor the real-time status of the warm water fishpond through the Bluetooth wireless communication. Noise and instability were observed in the data collected on the Arduino Integrated Development Environment (IDE), and this was resolved using a running average filter algorithm. The research shows that the linearity of the pH sensor is good, haven obtained an R2 value of 0.9988.


The wind power generation system based on squirrel-cage induction generator(SCIG)was constructed as small stand alone wind power generation system has the incomparable advantage to the power supply at rural areas.The topology structure of small stand alone wind power generation system was proposed.The mathematical models of aerodynamics subsystem,drive train subsystem are analyzed and created.With the opinion of SCIG vector control,the power control loop was designed and simulated under MATLAB software,the simulation result shows this control system can realize optimal power control for small wind power generation system.


Prescription Management Regulation has been issued by MOH, it regulated prescription management in 6 sections. They are: prescription standard and writing, prescribing authorization administration, prescription flow management, prescription dispensing, prescription evaluation and prescription informationization application. This paper discusses how to make the HIS and prescription management to fit the new regulations and guarantee the implementation of Prescription Management Regulation effectively.


To evaluate the need for retreatment with anti-TNF due to relapse after discontinuation based on mucosal healing in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), as well as the influencing factors and the response to reintroduction.

 Descriptive retrospective study of IBD patients in whom anti-TNF treatment was discontinued after mucosal healing had been proved, between June 2009 and May 2016. Demographic and phenotypic characteristics, biologic and immunomodulator (IM) therapy history, laboratory markers and histopathologic evaluation were noted. We evaluated the relapse rate after discontinuation of anti-TNF, as well as the need for reintroduction and its success rate.

 We included 100 patients, 69 of them affected by Crohn's disease (CD), 29 with ulcerative colitis (UC) and 2 unclassified colitis. From those with CD, inflammatory behaviour (62%) and ileocolonic localisation (53%) were the most frequent conditions. Seventy-four per cent of UC patients had pancolonic involvement. Biological therapy had been indicated because of corticodependence in 66% (vs. 32% corticorefractoriness). The anti-TNF drug was infiliximab in 60 patients, adalimumab in 38, 1 certolizumab and one had been treated with golimumab. Endoscopic biopsies showed quiescent disease in 63 of 83 patients. Eighty-three per cent of patients were treated with IM after removal of anti-TNF. After a mean follow-up of 57 months, 63 patients relapsed, 52 of them needing anti-TNF reintroduction. Reintroduction rates at 12, 36 and 60 months were 19.5%, 43.5% and 52% respectively with a response after the re-treatment of 76,6%. Univariant analysis showed a higher risk in CD (61 vs. 31%, p = 0.008). Within the CD patients, the risk of reintroduction was lower in A3 (30 vs. 66%, p = 0.03) and B2 (31 vs. 69%, p = 0.006) patterns, and higher if the indication had been corticodependence (68% vs. 37%, p = 0.02). Multivariant analysis confirms the protective effect of B2 behaviour and worse outcomes for corticodependence antecedent. Considering UC, the retreatment probability was superior for those patients without IM therapy after anti-TNF discontinuation (57 vs. 22%), although this association did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.08).

 The risk of needing reintroduction of anti-TNF therapy after mucosal healing in IBD is around 50% in 5 years, being superior in CD patients. Reintroduction success rate is 76%. In CD, this risk is higher when the reason for starting anti-TNF was corticodependence, and much lower when stricturing/fibrotic pattern predominates. For UC patients, anti-TNF drugs should not be stopped if IM therapy cannot be held.


Groups in Cyprus, Israel, Germany, The Netherlands, Greece, England and Sweden have developed, implemented and evaluated teaching sequences using the web-based platform STOCHASMOS in a EU-project – ...


Motor vehicles are  identified as a main  source of excessive noise  in urban areas. This has motivated many governments to set strict regulations to force automotive industries in order to control noise levels in their products. Fulfilling these regulations demands investing lots of time and money  on  noise  reduction  research. Current  thesis  is  part  of  the  research  that Applied Acoustics at Chalmers and Saab Automobile AB started together with KTH entitled "Reduction of external noise for diesel propulsed passenger cars". This study aims to predict sound radiation from engine bay at high frequencies (1‐10 kHz) using a computer model called BEMIPA. This model applies boundary element method (BEM) to an energy‐based method called Intensity Potential Approach (IPA) which applies Helmholtz decomposition theorem to predict the active intensity vector. BEMIPA calculates time‐averaged energy  transfer  functions  radiated  to  the  receiver points. During  the project,  sound  radiation from different geometry configurations of  the engine bay  is calculated. To  reduce complexity and time of the calculations, geometry models are simplified by neglecting many details such as cables  and  pipes.  The  model  is  evaluated  by  comparing  the  calculation  results  with measurements  taken  from  three  engine bays with  similar geometry. The  finalized model  can later be used to find optimum modifications required to come up with quieter engine bays. Calculation results show  that when BEMIPA  is used  to predict  total sound radiation  from several  sources  in a  region,  the difference between  simulation and measurement  results does not  exceed  4dB  and  there  is  also  a  good  agreement  between  the  trend  of  calculated  and measured radiation curves. Investigation on absorbers proves that assigning proper absorption coefficient  to  the  right surfaces of  the model,  is a determining  factor  to achieve a satisfactory prediction of  the high  frequency  sound  field.  In addition,  the  results  show  that although  the effect of  scattering objects such as pipes and cables cannot be  totally neglected, but  it can be replaced by assigning proper equivalent scattering absorption properties to the surfaces inside the engine bay. Analyzing  the calculation results and comparing  them with  the measurements proves  that BEMIPA method is an efficient tool for prediction of high‐frequency sound field radiated from a complex  geometry  such  as  an  engine  bay. Although  this method  is  not  capable  of  showing resonances and other details of the radiated field, but  it  is a strong tool to predict the general behaviour of the radiation at high frequencies. Key  words:  BEM  (Boundary  Element  Method),  Intensity  Potential  Approach,  Helmholtz decomposition theorem, equivalent scattering absorption.


It is proposed that the ball lightning and UFO are analogous objects. The variety of different observations is explained. It is proposed on a uniform basis using a hypothesis that the ball lightning and UFO are created like a spherical capacitor filled by polar molecules mainly and in some cases by various chemicals which influence the final manifest of the object. A mechanism of a formation of the spherical capacitor is discussed. A peculiar behavior like e.g. sudden change of direction of motion, shape of disc and possible penetration through wall is explained as a consequence of internal structure of the object. Finally an experimental verification of the hypothesis is suggested.


Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) is particularly suitable for the recovery of energy from low-quality heat sources. In this paper, based on robust theory, a multivariable robust controller was designed for an ORC system. This simple-structured and easy-to-realized controller does not require a precise math model. The integral action included in it compensates unknown factors of the plant. The simulation result shows that the proposed control strategy can obtain satisfactory performance in set point tracking ability. Also, the excellent robust performance withstanding the disturbances and dynamical uncertainties are obtained by using the multivariable robust control.


This work corresponds to a study on pellet reduction formed from mixtures of iron ore from Topaipi (Department of Cundinamarca, Colombia) with two iron ores coming from Cerro San Isidro and Cerro Altamira (State of Bolivar, Venezuela). This ferrous mineral benefaction technique has been used for several decades in the steel industry in order to recover fine materials, generated in the processes previous to their use; which in actuality mixtures are made between low grade and high grade metal are created. These iron ore metals, mixtures, and the components to be added to make the pellets were categorized by their chemical, physical, and mineralogical components through X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. After drying, the pellets were reduced in the laboratory in a Linder furnace at 850 and 1000°C during 160 minutes. The purpose was to evaluate the degree of metallization and basicity indices of the direct reduced iron (DRI). This was done in order to partially substitute the scraps in the electric arc furnace and consequently, make ferrous products. The analysis showed that the mixtures increase the iron content and better the basicity indices. A metallization degree of 81.20 and 95.1% were obtained. This demonstrates that the ratio of mineral used in the mixture, taking into account the chemical composition of the minerals and the contents added in the production of the mixture, is appropriate and the DRI obtained meet the expected specifications.


We review and summarize present knowledge of the western Central African toad genus Werneria, and describe two new species. Both new species seem to be more closely related to W. mertensiana, W. tandyi and W. preussi than to W. bambutensis. Werneria submontana nov. sp., from Mt. Kupe and the Bakossi Mts., Cameroon, is unique in having a wrinkled throat skin in adults and has a unique combination of other morphological and colour characters. Werneria iboundji nov. sp. is only known from its type locality, Mt. Iboundji, and represents the first record of this genus from Gabon. It is characterized by extensive webbing of the toes, slender, almost straight body shape, truncate snout, and colour.


The invention relates to a method for producing emulsion polymer particles with a core-shell structure, and to the use thereof in paints, paper coatings, foams and cosmetic agents.


The sparsity of natural signals in a transform domain or dictionary has been extensively exploited in several applications. More recently, the data-driven adaptation of synthesis dictionaries has shown promise in many applications compared to fixed or analytical dictionaries. However, dictionary learning problems are typically non-convex and NP-hard, and the usual alternating minimization approaches for these problems are often computationally expensive, with the computations dominated by the NP-hard synthesis sparse coding step. In this work, we investigate an efficient method for $\ell_{0}$ "norm"-based dictionary learning by first approximating the training data set with a sum of sparse rank-one matrices and then using a block coordinate descent approach to estimate the rank-one terms. The proposed algorithm involves efficient closed-form solutions. In particular, the sparse coding step involves a simple form of thresholding. We provide a convergence analysis for the proposed block coordinate descent method. Our experiments show the promising performance and significant speed-ups provided by our method over the classical K-SVD scheme in sparse signal representation and image denoising.


Object To analyze the clinical effect of interlocking intramedullary nail in the treatment of limbs long bone fracture. Methods One hundred and twenty-eight cases of patients with limbs long tubular bone fractures from June 2010 to May 2012 were divided into control group and treatment group. Control group was given unilateral external fixation; treatment group was given interlocking intramedullary nail fixation. Results After surgery, 5 patients of control group were found with fixation loose, 4 patients with needle breaking; 1 patient of treatment group was found with fixation loose, 2 patients with needle breaking. Total of 58 cases of treatment group got bone healing, the healing rate was 90.63%; and 45 cases of control group with bone healing, healing rate was 70.31%, clinical application effect of treatment group was significantly better than that of control group(P 0.05). Conclusion Interlocking intramedullary nail in the treatment of long bone fracture of limbs not only fix good, and healing rate is higher, it has distinct clinical advantages.


High-performance CPUs or GPUs have been used for the accuracy of AI applications to simulate a large number of neurons. However, the CPU and the GPU require high power consumption. Recently, possible adoptions of artificial intelligence in embedded systems have been considered because embedded systems are located at the edge to achieve faster response times and to reduce network load. However, CPUs and GPUs require too much power to achieve high performance in embedded systems that have limited power supply. To overcome this problem, employing special hardware for artificial intelligence has been studied. In this paper, we have implemented a pedestrian image detection system on an embedded device using NM500 neuromorphic chip. One NM500 chip contains 576 neurons, and we have measured the accuracy and power consumption, increasing the number of chips from one to seven. The results of the experiment show that the power consumption is linearly proportional to the number of neurons, while the accuracy is enhanced but not linearly proportional to the number of neurons. Based on the results of this experiment, we show that artificial intelligence hardware can be used to trade-off power consumption and accuracy in embedded systems.


In (l) Hunter proved that the complete symmetric functions of even order are positive definite by obtaining the inequality where ht denotes the complete symmetric function of order t. In this note we show that the inequality can be strengthened, which, in turn, enables theorem 2 of (l) to be sharpened. We also obtain a special case of an inequality conjectured by McLeod(2).


We present results of the experimental determination of the optical nonlinearities induced by heating free electrons distributed in the multivalley conduction band of highly doped n-GaAs. We propose a very sensitive multilayer leaky waveguide structure for transverse magnetic polarized waves in order to drastically reduce the required optical intensities. We explain in depth the dependence of the optical nonlinearity on doping concentration and deformation potentials. For a doping concentration no of 7.6×1018 cm−3, we found a nonlinear refractive index value n2≈(1∓0.2)×10−6 cm2/W at λ=10.6 μm, by fitting nonlinear reflection measurements with an equivalent intervalley deformation potential value ΛLL=(1.0±0.30)×109 eV/cm.


Combining with the practical experience of basketball, this paper emphasizes the importance of preventing the sports injury of basketball and details the function of physical training on preventing the sports injury of basketball from the aspects of physique, physical function, strength training, balance training, endurance and agility training.


This work is focused on quantitative imaging of defects in conductive materials by means of eddy current testing (ECT). By quantitative imaging we mean imaging methods based on numerical models of the interaction between the probe and the defect(s). The imaging methods attempt to provide an image of the defect at variance of commercial instruments that generally detect the defect and may have limited capabilities of extracting its major sizes by means of calibration curves obtained in predefined conditions. In addition, numerical models of the probe–defect interaction play a relevant role for the computer-aided design of the probe. The paper will present methods for the solution of both the forward and the inverse problems. The methods have been developed ad hoc for ECT and have been optimised for accuracy and speed in view of real-time applications.


Due to the advances in multimedia applications, large databases of videos require efficient methods that enable fast browsing and accessing the information pursued. Most of video data are stored in personal video recorders (PVRs) such as DVD recorders and hard disc recorders. We propose a video summarization approach for PVRs application, which is based on two-level repetitive information detection and content analysis. First the original video sequence is divided into shots and scenes, and key frames are extracted from these shots. Then it removes redundant video content in the shot level. Impact factors of scenes and key frames are defined, and parts of shots are selected to generate the initial video summary. Finally a repetitive frame segment detection step is used to remove redundant information in the initial video summary. With the two-level redundancy analysis procedure, this tool could remove almost all repetitive information.


The increased interest in gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in the global medical community is largely determined by the high prevalence of the disease with a permanent upward trend. GERD occurs when an imbalance between aggressive factors of gastric contents and protective factors. Knowledge of the pathogenetic mechanisms of formation of GERD allows to prescribe an adequate combined therapy affecting both the gastric acid production, and the motor activity of the esophagus, stomach and duodenum. Complex use of proton pump inhibitors and prokinetic (eg itopride) leads to faster relief of pathological reflux as confirmed by daily intraesophageal pH meter. Itomed® (itopride) by double prokinetic mechanism of action and lack of side effects of other prokinetic, is preferable to the complex therapy of GERD


Soil serves as the main recipient of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs). The understanding of complex nanomaterial-plant-soil interactions is urgently needed to keep pace with the safety concerns of ENMs. Machine learning,...


Out of73 washing samples from commonly used vegetable viz. dhania (14), coriander (Coriandrum sativum) (12), pudina (11), spinach (Spinacia oleracea) (9), carrot (15) and raddish (12) collected either from local vegetable markets or residences, only 2 carrot washings and one radish washing were found positive for strongyle ova and one dhania sample was positive for ascarid ova.


Abstract We evaluated feasibility of using force transducers linked to a data terminal to automatically monitor continuous feed-intake patterns of chickens. Cumulative feed intake and feeding activities were recorded for two adult males from populations divergently selected for juvenile body weight. The system provided automatic collection of data, ease in transcription from the terminal output, and results consistent with those previously obtained with other instrumentation.


A method for determination of malathion in natural water by cathodic stripping voltammetry using mercury film electrode is suggested in this paper. The method is based on the quantitativeformation of group generated by malathion as a result of elimination reaction inthe ethanol solution of sodium hydroxide. The group is similar to sulphide in electrochemical properties, and can be determined by cathodic stripping voltammetry. Interference from inorganic sulphide is prevented by the addition of Hg (NO3)2. This method has been applied to the determination of residual malathion in natural water (e. g. the sea, rivers, lakes, etc.). The waveheight is directly proportional to the malathion concentration within the range 5×10-9 - 1×10-7 mol/L. The method is simple and rapid, and the results of water sample determination is quite in accord with those of Gas Chromatograph.


Embossing procedures have been fully performed for rainbow 2D and 3D holograms and zone plates of the on-axis and off-axis design. Computer generation of the holographic optical elements is under development to obtain complex optical functions with high efficiency by proper fringe modeling techniques. >


The present study is focused on providing a logical series of necessary steps in order to calculate the reliability, maintainability and availability indicators. For this example, records were taken from a database of 51 prime generators, operating times between failures and their respective repair time were collected within a period of 11 months. The reliability of an equipment depends on its design and construction, in order to measure the reliability, it is necessary to record the operating times between failures and use them to calculate the average time between failures, this times are used to calculate the meantime, known as MTBF (mean time between failure). The analysis of the failures repairing times and its mean MTTR (mean time to repair) is the basis of the maintainability studios. The maintenance strategies must focus in extending the mean time between failures and reduce the repairing mean times, with the purpose of keeping the equipment intrinsic reliability. It should be mentioned that preventive maintenance cannot increase a device reliability given by design, if a good preventive maintenance planning is carried out, the design reliability can be preserved. With these two indicators it is possible to determine the intrinsic availability of the equipment. Another important aspect is to be able to predict the reliability, availability and maintainability of the equipment, therefore it is necessary to have a statistical treatment with the study of distribution functions. Reliability, availability and maintainability analysis (RAM analysis) is a fundamental tool to predict equipment performance, it provides adequate information to anticipate failure events, this provides enough reaction time in order to take appropriate strategies. Reliability forecasting is a very useful tool when equipment design and build is required.


Introduction: The posterior cruciate ligament plays a major role in knee stabilization. Clinically isolated tear or avulsion of the PCL can be caused by a fall on a flexed knee or striking the flexed tibia on the dashboard in a motor vehicle accident. Postero-medial (burks and schaffer) approach is a simpler, less invasive approach to fix PCL avulsion fracture that better preserves muscular elements. Materials and Method: 20 patients with acute isolated PCL avulsion fracture of the tibial attachment are treated surgically by fixation with cannulated cancellous screws through posteromedial approach at tertiary care teaching hospital of Southern Rajasthan. Preoperative MRI was performed to rule out other concomitant intra-articular ligamentous and meniscal lesions. Patients were assessed for intra and post-operative for stability and complications also clinically by using knee society score and radiographically with x-ray at post-operative day 1, 2 weeks, 3 months, 6


A newly designed 806 ∼ 947 MHz band RF filter has been developed for the vehicular communication radio. This newly developed filter features a simple structure of miniaturized size and light weight. The new waveguide which makes the basis of the resonator is constructed with a dielectric rod having a thin central conductor, inserted between two parallel plates. The principal modes of the electromagnetic field propagating along the waveguide are the quasi-TEM mode on the lower frequency side and the quasi-TM01mode on the higher frequency side of the mode coupling frequency. Two new coupling design methods are employed: spacing control and wire control. In the spacing control method, the required amount of coupling is obtained by slightly changing the spacing between adjacent resonators. The wire control method obtains the expected amount of coupling by changing the number of equi-distantly inserted thin wires and their positions. The lowest spurious spectrum is about 2.3 GHz. The unloaded Q (Qu) of the resonator is about 1600, and of the resonator having loop excitation, Qu is about 1000. The relative permittivity of the dielectric is 20.0 and tan δ is 1.1 × 10-4at 6 GHz.


We develop a monetary model in which a private company issues E-money and uses payment data to estimate consumers' preferences. Sellers purchase preference information to produce goods that better match consumers' preferences. Due to reinforcing interactions between the value of preference information and trade volume, multiple equilibria (with and without E-money) can exist. If multiple E-moneys are circulated in the economy, the government can achieve a pareto improvement by imposing a price ceiling on preference information. When left to market forces alone, socially efficient privacy utilization may not occur, or socially inefficient privacy utilization can occur. Introducing central bank digital currency with an optimal privacy design improves welfare and restores the optimality of the Friedman rule. J.E.L. Classification: D86, E40, E50, G10


Four sesquiterpenoid derivatives, i.e., 4β,10α-dihydroxyaromadendrane (1), caryophyllenol-II (2), senecrassidiol (3), and clovane-2β,9α-diol (4) have been isolated from the stem bark of Aglaia simplicifolia. The chemical structures of compounds 1-4 were determined based on spectroscopic data, including one and two-dimensional NMR and mass spectroscopy. In addition, these sesquiterpenoids 1-4, were also tested for their cytotoxic activity against B16-F10 melanoma skin cancer cell lines through in vitro assay. Among the isolated compounds 1-4, compound 1 showed the highest activity with an IC50 value of 44.8 μg/mL, suggesting the presence of a cyclopropane ring that plays an essential role in cytotoxic activity against B16-F10 melanoma skin cancer cell lines.


In recent years, the process of giving the heads of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation additional powers to overcome the consequences of emergency situations (such as the pandemic of the new coronavirus infection COVID‑19 or the introduction of illegal ("sanctions") restrictive economic measures against the Russian Federation) has been actively developing. This allotment, in particular, was carried out by Presidential Ukases No. 239 of April 2, 2020 and No. 121 of March 16, 2022. The author believes that the trend indicated by them is a new one in the development of Russian federalism. At the same time, it should be noted that the measures taken in 2022 to ensure socio-economic stability were not limited to expanding the rights of the heads of the subjects of the Russian Federation, but also provided for a number of other measures that change the design of the system of relations between the federal center and the subjects of the Russian Federation. The article analyzes the content of the above-mentioned measures and activities from the perspective of the theory of state functions, they are regarded as manifestations of the dynamics of the federal function of the state.


<fig position="float" orientation="portrait"> <graphic position="float" orientation="portrait" xlink:href="akay-3145630.tif"/> </fig> <bold>Over the past</bold> two years, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and the associated coronavirus disease (COVID-19), have greatly impacted our lives. This pandemic has revealed how our health care systems were not prepared for this major challenge, especially with respect to treatment, rapid diagnosis, and tracking, as well as limited hospital equipment, staff members, and resources. COVID-19 will be one of the deadliest pandemics in modern history and continues to strain resources available not only to health care workers, but also the general public, while the number of infected people and cases continues to drastically increase daily, especially within the United States and Europe.


Accurate Software Effort Estimation is of high importance with regard to Software Project Management. It can be specified as the process for predicting Effort regarding costs, needed for developing software products. A lot of techniques related to software effort estimation were carried out for developing models that are generating optimal estimation accuracy. Swarm intelligence is one such technique. The process-related in selecting the optimum estimation algorithm is expert dependent and complex. The presented study optimizes the estimation using the COCOMO II models by two models: the first model applied the dolphin algorithm, the second model applied suggested hybrid dolphin and bat algorithm (DolBat). By applying the two models on two data set and evaluate with the use of Magnitude of Relative Error(MRE) and Mean Magnitude of Relative Error(MMRE). The results indicate that the dolphin algorithm has better than previous algorithms but the (DolBat) is the best to get the coefficient value of the COCOMO II model.


In patients with relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma (MM), it is difficult to predict which new line of therapy will be effective. Usually, classes of drugs are rotated and each patient will try the different options available. An in vitro prediction model might aid the selection of an


Objective To improve the image quality of oral rotational panoramic radiography by using multi-scale image contrast amplification(MUSIA) algorithm.Methods Fifty cases were chosen at random and treated with MUSICA algorithm,then 100 images were obtained,including 50 raw ones of the control group and 50 treated ones of the treatment group.The subjective evaluation was made by two supervising technicians.Data were analyzed by chi-square of SPSS 12.0.Results Chi-square test,with χ2 equal to 6.797 and P less than 0.05,indicated that there was statistically significant difference between two groups.Conclusion MUSICA algorithm can significantly improve the image quality of oral rotational panoramic radiography.


Low back ache is a common mechanical problem for geriatric population throughout the world.In India, occurrence of low back ache is also alarming; nearly 60% of people is India have significant back pain at some time or other in lives.80% people in modern industrial society and 60% of general population experience low back pain.O.A is most common form of arthritis. It mainly affects over 80% people over the age of 60. In arthritic degeneration, changes describe a slow and progressive loss of cartilage that acts bones, while helping to keep the joints flexible. Once the cartilage is thinned or lost the constant grinding of it's started. Abnormal and excess bone formations called spurs grow from the damaged bone causing further pain and stiffness.


Stratospheric airship has great advantages, such as long-endurance, large coverage area, low-cost and so on, these advantages make airship be an ideal stratospheric platform and become highly valued. Airship envelope is a large inflatable membrane structure. As a key component, the envelope features flexible and large displacement. There is strong coupling between envelope structure and the ambient air when airship operating in the high altitude sky. The coupling characteristics have great impact on the aerodynamic and structural performance of airship. Aiming at the aeroelastic characteristics of the envelope structure, a fluid-structure coupled computational method is presented basing on a finite element program. As an example, the envelope structure of airship is computed and the S-A turbulent model is used. The envelope drag coefficient under different attack angle is computed. The contrast between experimental results coming from reference paper and numerical results highlight the correctness of this method. With the developed computational approach, the NPL envelope is also analyzed. The changes of length to diameter ratio, max cross section location and Reynolds number are studied and the aeroelastic characteristics of flexible envelope are analyzed. These results can give some valuable information for precise forecast of the overall airship performance.


We have investigated chlorine incorporation in ZnSe and Zn x Mg 1 - x Se through both modeling and experiment. Solubility issues, native defects and chlorine-impurity-related defects have been studied using the ah initio full potential linear muffin-tin-orbital method. Our calculations indicate that the addition of Mg reduces the formation energy for chlorine on the Se site, thereby predicting increased solubility. Subsequent chlorine doping experiments in Zn x Mg 1 - x Se using molecular beam epitaxy indicated significantly higher chlorine incorporation in the presence of magnesium, directly supporting the prediction of the calculations. Calculations support the strong tendency for the formation of a defect complex between a chlorine impurity at the Se site and a vacancy at the neighboring Zn site for heavy n-type doping. The formation of this defect serves to compensate, i.e., negate, the chlorine as an n-type dopant. Experimental observations indicated that significant compensation occurs for heavy Cl doping. There are competing mechanisms that contribute to the effect of magnesium on chlorine when used as an n-type dopant in ZnSe. First, the formation energies for chlorine substituting for selenium decrease in the presence of magnesium. Second, the formation energies of the Cl S e -V Z n complex also decrease. Finally, the band gap increases in the presence of magnesium, decreasing the net electron concentration at room temperature. Thus, the net effect of adding magnesium is to decrease the maximum achievable carrier concentration through the use of chlorine as an n-type dopant.


Background/purpose. This research aims to determine the quality of work-life and comfort of librarians during the Covid-19 pandemic. The intention was to provide input and reports to the leadership by mapping the performance of librarians.Methods. Consequently, thirteen informants were chosen, with the criterion that they were librarians working in the Library of the Faculty of Economics and Business, Diponegoro University. Interviews were used to collect the data, which were analyzed using qualitative descriptive methods.Results. Subsequently, the results showed that ten parameters of quality of work-life affect the comfort of librarians working during the Covid-19 pandemic.Conclusions. The convenience of working was revealed as the main goal in improving the library environment. Also, working from home or the office was shown as capable of creating a sense of satisfaction, thereby improving the quality of work-life. This quality, specifically during the pandemic, has become a collection of the perceptions of a sense of comfort at work, with conditions of continued growth and development to improve performance.


• Multiple architecture options available to fill different design needs for 3G/4G cellular front ends. • Mode-specific architectures optimized for performance. • Converged multi-mode architectures optimized for smallest size, lowest cost of implementation, and flexible band scal-able platforms.


The article discusses issues of national identity and the uniqueness of the cultural code of the Kazakh people in the context of globalization. The article highlights several subject areas of research, including issues of national and ethno-cultural identity of Kazakhstan society, cultural and historical features of its formation in the era of globalization. These issues take into account the specifics of Kazakhstan society in terms of world politics and history. In asking questions about the place of the Kazakh people on the world stage, we consider several aspects: a description of the Kazakh people, their values, the principles on which they are guided, their main priorities and the ideas that inspire them, the importance of Kazakhstan's national interests and the uniqueness of its cultural code in a globalized world.


This article focuses on exploring the pressing issue of teaching armed conflict affected English language learning (ELL) Ukrainian students to be mindful to better cope with wartime stressors for the sake of their psychological, physical health, intellectual and emotional well-being, enhanced resilience and ethical sustainability. Within the methodological framework of social emotional learning and linguocognitive paradigms, the authors have substantiated the status of the time-tested practice of mindfulness as a coping tool kit to be integrated in teaching English to students in conflict settings. As a result of the study conducted, it has been concluded that consistent practices of teaching mindfulness to students who suffer from war (post)-traumatic stress disorders, depression, anxiety, lack of hope, fear, have promising linguodidactic and psychological implications that result in students' language performance improvements. On the basis of analytically summarizing methods to implement (non-)verbally represented mindfulness as a coping mechanism in the corresponding EFL environment, the authors have come up with a four-dimensional mindfulness developing model of multimodal coping strategies for war affected ELL students. The matrix model suggested includes problem-focused, emotion-focused, avoidance and faith-based linguodidactic activities with an emphasis on the multimodal nature of mindfulness. The most efficient exercises are presented in the paper. It has been pointed out that mindfulness can be taught through listening, speaking, writing, reading practices, as well as through stimulating verbally and non-verbally actualized visual, auditory, olfactory, haptic, and gustatory types of perception, The pilot research project carried out, whose outcomes are to be perspectively refined, interculturally enriched and amalgamated into a coursebook, has proved that helping ELL students with wartime experience to be more mindful through adaptive coping strategies can mediate and moderate the negative impact of armed conflict trauma on their mental health and well-being.


Abstract The non-separable Banach space of right continuous functions with left hand limits and the supremum norm is investigated to find the isomorphic types of complemented subspaces. It is shown that every isometric isomorph of c 0 is complemented in this space which may be identified as a non-separable C(K) space. Sufficient conditions are given for other isomorphs of C 0 to be complemented in the space and the complement of a C 0 subspace is characterized isomorphically.


SUMMARY The objective of this study was to analyze the application of an artificial neural networks model and an ARIMA model to predict the consumption of sawnwood of pine. For this, we use real and secondary data collected and obtained from a historical data source, corresponding to the period from 1997 to 2016, which were later tested to generate the forecast models. Based on economic and statistical criteria, six explanatory variables were used to fit the best model. The choice of the model was made based on Mean Squared Error, Mean Absolute Error, Theil U metric, Percentage Error of Forecast and Akaike value information criterion. The results indicated that the models generated through the ARIMA model presented better performance when compared to the artificial neural network. The best adjusted model estimated a reduction of 1.33% in consumption of sawnwood of pine in Brazil for the period between 2017 and 2020.


Magnetic reconnection is a common phenomenon in astrophysical contexts. The conventional Sweet-Parker model describes magnetic reconnection due resistivity. However, microscopic resistivity appears too small to reproduce the observed rate of reconnection. In this report, we describe the basic idea of anomalous resistivity in non-relativistic collisionless ion-electron plasma. We build a one-dimensional model along the direction of current in the current sheet. When the ion temperature is much less than the electron temperature, ion-acoustic instability develops when current density is sufficiently large so that the electron drift speed exceeds a few times the sound speed. The instability generates ion-acoustic waves, which are damped by non-linear wave-particle interaction. Anomalous resistivity arises due to the momentum exchange between waves and particles. The calculated anomalous resistivity strongly depends on the current density in the current sheet, and is typically much larger than the microscopic resistivity. However, matching the anomalous resistivity to the Sweet-Parker model, the resulting reconnection rate still falls off the observed rate by a large factor.


This paper provides a new data fusion mechanism based on regulation and reliability to solve the data conflict problems of multi-source heterogeneous data fusion in traffic information engineering. This mechanism evaluates each data source on historical reliability and data source QoS (Quality of Service), and then gives its reliability result. Users' reliability on the data source is calculated and dynamically adjusted, then new reliability data of the data source is given, finally the conflict data is fused. The validation of experiment result indicates that the method enhances accuracy and adoption ratio of the collected data in real time greatly.


An increase in the frequency of extreme rainfall events has caused more severe floods than before under the influence of climate change, and is receiving a lot of attention in data‐scarce areas like the Loess Plateau, especially in some small basins without hydrometeorological data, and to avert the risk of disaster needs the estimation of extreme rainfall quantiles. In this study, generalized additive models (GAM) are combined with a nonlinear canonical correlation analysis (NLCCA) procedure to estimate extreme rainfall quantiles at ungauged sites in the Wei River basin on the Loess Plateau. Also, the single inverse distance weighting (IDW) interpolation, NLCCA‐backpropagation (BP), and NLCCA‐radial basis function (RBF) models were used as comparative methods for testing the efficiency of the NLCCA‐GAM model. Because meteorological data are generally lacking in rainfall‐ungauged basins, data at ungauged sites was interpolated by IDW interpolation when NLCCA delineated homogeneous regions. Results of validation indicated that maximum daily rainfall quantiles in the Loess Plateau were well estimated by NLCCA‐GAM‐based regional frequency analysis, implying the NLCCA‐GAM is a useful tool for estimating design extreme rainfall in ungauged basins. Results of comparison demonstrated that NLCCA‐GAM was more robust and better reflected the nonlinear relationship between explanatory and response variables in the region than did comparative approaches. In addition, it was found that the NLCCA‐GAM approach made full use of the data from sites in homogeneous regions to mine the valuable nonlinear correlation between ungauged and gauged sites and estimate extreme rainfall quantiles at ungauged sites.


Abstract A Sc(OTf)3-catalyzed cascade reaction consisting of a Friedel–Crafts alkylation followed by a Michael addition between cyclopropane 1,1-diesters and β-(indol-2-yl)-α,β-unsaturated ketones allows for the efficient synthesis of polysubstituted tetrahydrocarbazoles under very mild reaction conditions.


Abstract Prior research has demonstrated that rates of suicide increase as men enter older adulthood and that these rates are even higher in honor-oriented regions of the U.S. (particularly among White men). Research into the honor-suicide link has suggested explanatory factors that coincide with the interpersonal theory of suicide, such as untreated depression, heightened risk-taking, and the use of firearms in suicide; however, factors related to aging (e.g., ageism, anxiety about aging) have yet to be examined. The present study examined ambivalent ageism, permissive attitudes toward suicide, and interpersonal risk-factors for suicide as explanations for the honor-suicide link among a sample of 201 older American men (Mage = 56.45, SD = 8.35, range = 44-77 years of age). After controlling for participant age and religiosity, participants with greater endorsement of honor ideology but lower levels of honor fulfillment expressed heightened levels of thwarted belongingness (β = 0.35, p = .001)—an established interpersonal risk-factor for suicide. Additionally, lower levels of honor fulfillment predicted greater anxiety about aging (β = -0.41, p < .001), greater perceived burdensomeness (β = -0.39, p < .001), and more positive implicit attitudes toward youth (β = 0.27, p = .019). Conversely, greater levels of honor fulfillment predicted more positive attitudes toward aging (β = 0.20, p = .025). Our results extend previous research on the honor-suicide relationship by demonstrating the utility of marrying the interpersonal theory of suicide with research on cultures of honor.


This paper presents the modeling of a variable intake manifold (VIM) based on a linear parameter-varying (LPV) model approach which takes into account model parameter variation with the operation point. The rate of change of volume and the actuator dynamics of the VIM are first added, and then reformulated in an LPV form. The selection of scheduling variables and the parameter dependence of the LPV model are also discussed. This approach generates the LPV model critical for air charge estimation design which helps to reduce the calibration effort. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is assessed by numerical simulation results.


For the past several years, scientists at the Wave Propagation Laboratory (WPL) have employed a pulsed Doppler lidar system to observe wind fields and aerosol structure in a variety of scientific investigations. The transverse-excited, atmospheric pressure (TEA) CO2 lidar produces 1 J energy pulses at repetition rates up to 50 Hz. The system and its associated signal processing and display equipment are mounted in a semitrailer for easy transport to remote field sites.


A hybrid material (HPPA-SH-mSiO2) containing multiple flame-retardant elements was synthesized and characterized using NMR, FTIR, and XPS techniques. This hybrid was synthesized by the "thiol–ene" click reaction of thiol-functionalized mesoporous silica (SH-mSiO2) with ene-terminated hyperbranched polyphosphate acrylate (HPPA).When 2 wt% HPPA-SH-mSiO2 hybrid was added to an epoxy matrix, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) showed that the incorporation of HPPA-SH-mSiO2 increased the thermal stability of epoxy resin composites. Moreover, the combustion behavior of epoxy composites was investigated using a cone calorimeter, and the results show that the PHRR and THR of EP/HPPA-SH-mSiO2 composites clearly decreased by 28.7% and 16%, respectively. Volatile toxic compounds such as aromatic compounds, CO, carbonyl compounds, and hydrocarbons were identified using TGA-infrared spectroscopy coupling technique. The effect of HPPA-SH-mSiO2 hybrids on the removal of toxic volatiles was also investigated. Functionalized mesoporous silica and polymer composites have potential applications.


The group A streptococcus infection has been reported to be associated with the development of neuropsychiatric symptoms in children such as Sydenham's chorea and pediatric autoimmue neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococci, possibly due to autoimmunity. However, there are very few literatures discuss the association between neuropsychiatric manifestations and Streptococcus viridians infection, especially in the elderly people. Here, we show a 74-year-old type 2 diabetic woman who developed infective endocarditis infected by Streptococcus viridans and oral dyskinesia. doi:10.4021/jmc286w


Abstract : The results of this study demonstrate the effectiveness of the Five Phase Recovery Process as a method of maximizing reimbursements for hospitalization from third party payers under the Third Party Collection Program. The Five Phase Recovery Process was developed by the author and was tested for a six month period at a 65 bed Army Community Hospital. Implementation of the process was in accordance with Deming's Principles of Total Quality Management. The study included a survey of 4500 beneficiaries to determine the extent of private health insurance coverage. At the conclusion of the study, the collection rate increased by 62.66%, the claims paid rate increased by 38.53%, the claims generation rate increased by 120.00%, and overall all collections increased by 350.00% versus the previous fiscal year. The mail survey indicated that 32.95% of the facility's beneficiaries had billable health insurance, but only 6.95% of those with billable policies utilize the facility for their inpatient care.... Third party collection program, Reimbursement for hospitalization, Five phase recovery program, Third party payers.


MS No.: bg-2015-303 MS Type: Research Article Special Issue: Integrated perspectives on biological and geological dynamics in ancient Lake Ohrid. Title: Improved end-member characterization of modern organic matter pools in the Ohrid Basin (Albania, Macedonia) and evaluation of new palaeoenvironmental proxies. Authors: J. Holtvoeth, D. Rushworth, A. Imeri, M. Cara, H. Vogel, T. Wagner, and G.A. Wolff First of all, we would like to thank the reviewers for their critical reviews of our manuscript! We greatly appreciate the reviewer's comments and suggestions in order to improve the C8090


Irradiation (10 krads in a nitrogen atmosphere) plus dipping in 0.1% diflubenzuron in acetone of 6-day-old Anthonomus grandis grandis Boheman was selected over fumigation plus dipping of adults and fractionated irradiation of pupae as the method of choice for sterilization for production of quality weevils. The results for this method were: sterility 98.5% mortality 34.5% at 7 days posttreatment; mating with sperm transfer, 78.5% and 59.6%, of normal at 3 and 7 days posttreatment, respectively; and pheromone production of 0.4 µg/adult/day. Fumigation plus pentluron produced comparable sterile males, but irradiation was more convenient and safer.


Major health and mental health service trends revealed in the Second International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health held in Melbourne, Australia in January 1998 are challenging. They include reduced reliance on inpatient/residential service provision, increased reliance on economics, as reflected in managed care principle (Segal, 1999) as a tool for considering service options–i.e., as apposed to value-based care decisions. There is an increasing trend toward multi-disciplinary service provision–perhaps reflecting the managed care emphasis on buying the service at the cheapest cost rather than from the highest credentialed or most trained provider. There is a growing awareness of diversity of needs and the cultural requirements of offering effective service. There is a lessening of public support for health and social service provision and a tendency to create model programs and under fund broader based distribution of these programs, even to the extent that the latter programs appear workable. The challenge to Social Work is in framing the issues these trends create, adapting its education and practice to its framing of the issues, and developing the leadership to address the issues. Social work must adapt to the multi-disciplinary environment and take on the challenges of managed care by enhancing its own skill base, which in fact allows it to deliver care at a more modest cost than its companion professions. It must avoid losing its value based principle in the process by maintain-


Therapy with appropriate antimicrobial agents is an important component in the management of patients with liver, biliary and pancreatic infection. Acute cholangitis and cholecystitis are common conditions that may result in progressively severe infection. Infectious complications, both pancreatic (infected necrosis) and extrapancreatic (pneumonia, cholangitis, bacteremia, urinary tract infections, and so on), are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with acute pancreatitis. Antimicrobial agents appropriate for initial therapy (empirical therapy or presumptive therapy) for various grades of severity of infections should be used. Local antimicrobial susceptibility patterns should be considered for use. Korean J Pancreatobiliary 2014;19(4):157-163


Polymeric (WCl4)x has been prepared in crystalline form from WCl6 by three new, safer solid-state approaches via mercury (in 83% yield), bismuth (82% yield), or antimony (97% yield) reduction. A modification of a published procedure for reduction of WCl6 with red phosphorus, which improves (WCl4)x purity, is also described. Highly reactive (WCl4)x powder can be prepared in 99% yield via tin reduction of WCl6 in 1,2-dichloroethane. (WCl4)x powder was readily converted in high yields to the known WCl4(MeCN)2 and W2Cl4(OMe)4(HOMe)2. The molecular structure of (WCl4)x, as determined by single-crystal X-ray diffractometry, consists of a polymer of opposite-edge-sharing bioctahedra with alternating short (W(1)−W(1A), 2.688(2) A) and long (W(1)···W(1B), 3.787(3) A) tungsten−tungsten distances. The acute W(1)−Cl(2)−W(1A) angle (69.4(2)°), obtuse Cl(1)−W(1)−W(1A) angle (94.99(12)°), short axial Cl(1)···Cl(1A) nonbonded distance (3.085(10) A, substantially less than twice the Cl van der Waals radius), and short W(1...


In this paper we analyze the capacitary potential due to a charged body in order to deduce sharp analytic and geometric inequalities, whose equality cases are saturated by domains with spherical symmetry. In particular, for a regular bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$, $n\geq 3$, we prove that if the mean curvature $H$ of the boundary obeys the condition $$ - \bigg[ \frac{1}{\text{Cap}(\Omega)} \bigg]^{\frac{1}{n-2}} \leq \frac{H}{n-1} \leq \bigg[ \frac{1}{\text{Cap}(\Omega)} \bigg]^{\frac{1}{n-2}} , $$ then $\Omega$ is a round ball.


In this paper I explore my evolving understandings of literacy and ways of knowing. Using autobiographical narrative inquiry (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000), the first section of my paper delves into the ways I have previously negotiated concepts of literacy as an educator and novice researcher. In the second section of my paper, I turn towards Indigenous scholarship (Antone, 2003; Cardinal, 2010; Young, 2005) as I embrace my conception of literacy as "life lived" in conjunction with Freire's (1985) concept of dwelling in uncertainty. By engaging narratively with my own literacy and learning experiences during the first year of my doctoral program, I negotiate uncertainty through three threads of learning: slowing down, being open to vulnerability, and walking humbly in good


A precise analytical solution of the problem of phase reconstruction and its mode components is obtained based on the measurements of wave-front slopes in shear interferometers and Hartmann sensors. The algorithm has been developed, and a numerical experiment on reconstruction of the phase and its expansion coefficients as a sum of the Zernike polynomials has been carried out.


The easiest way to "use" rainwater is its detention in places where it falls, and referral to the ground. Systems of rainwater utilization system can be implemented in different variants. In the simplest configuration it is a tank, with a runoff from the roof. The principle of operation of the tank (basin) is a method for rain water management. The article presents a practical application of methods of dimensioning infiltration basins by performing calculations showing how to alter the dimensions of the basin when changing the ground conditions while maintaining the same filling.

http://www.ineko.net.pl/pdf-1845-1783?filename=USE THE METHOD OF.pdf


Nutritional composition of some selected leafy vegetables grown in vertical gardening namely Anethum graveolens (Dill), Trigonella foenum-graecum (Fenugreek), Amaranth spp (Green Amaranth), Amaranth cruentus (Red Amaranth) and Spinacia oleracea (Spinach) at their micro green stage were analyzed. The Vitamin C content of the samples ranged from 14.66 to 80mg/100g, Vitamin A was in the range of 0.63-0.66μg/g and Total Carotenoid content varied from 13.67-24.93mg/100g whereas Beta carotene was present in between 2.25-11.94mg/100g. Mineral element analysis showed that the micro greens had moderate level of Calcium (48.60mg/100g-81.50mg/100g), appreciable amount of Iron content in the range of 1.19-4.10mg/100g and little amount of Phosphorous (0.018-0.060%). Carbohydrate content was present in the range of 1.06 and 2.63 g/100g, Protein presence among selected micro green showed variation between 1.26-3.1g/100g. Crude fibre content varied between 14.2-27.88% whereas total phenols was showing difference in values between 58.32- 84.74mg/100g. These results revealed that micro greens contain moderate amount of nutritional composition and can be included in daily diet to meet individuals RDA needed by the body.


The crack leak phenomenon was frequently found in drainage water pipe lines to the drain flash tank of live steam system and high-pressure heater system,it was identified from analysis that the main cause resulting leakage of drainage water pipeline was the poorly designed vapor and water velocity.The new design concept was proposed by retrofitting the steam trap and orifice with the calculation of drainage water pipe lines.The problem of pipeline leakage is basically eliminated.


Facing climate change, developing low carbon economy has become an inevitable solution for China. This essay tries to establish the evaluation index system in five aspects, namely low carbon energy consuming level; low carbon technological level; economical developing level; social support level and natural environmental level. Meanwhile, by using factor analysis method and analytic hierarchy process, it comes to the conclusion that the low carbon development level of Hunan province is on a trend of increasing improvement, nonetheless there remains room for amelioration to reach the low carbon economy standard,and Finally, it propose the measures for energy saving.


Mercury, the only metal element that is liquid at ambient temperature and pressure, has a low boiling point (357 °C). Therefore, mercury evaporates easily under ambient conditions and is readily emitted from various sources. In 2010, the majority of global anthropogenic emissions of mercury to the atmosphere were associated with artisanal and small-scale gold mining (37.1%) and stationary combustion of fossil fuels (24.7% total; 24.2% from coal combustion) (UNEP, 2013).


The structure and algorithm of IDFT DFT, the conventional method used in modulation/demodulation process in OFDM system, has matured today. Researchers have developed new transforms in an effort to replace this traditional structure, such as DHT-based structure (Discrete Hartley Transform) and DWT-based (Discrete Wavelet Transform) structure. In this project, all three structures will be implemented in MATLAB to acquire their BER (Bit Error Rate) performances, and the results will be compared and analyzed along with other two aspects, hardware performance and hardware complexity to gain a complete view of their advantages and disadvantages. Introduction In OFDM system, IDFT DFT hardware in the transceiver is conventionally designed jointly to carry out IDFT and DFT functions for transmission and receiving processes, respectively. To date, the development of IDFT DFT structure and algorithm used in the modulation/demodulation process has reached its maturity. In the last few decades, researchers have proposed several alternative transforms to replace IDFT DFT, such as DHT (Discrete Hartley Transform) IDHT (Inverse Discrete Hartley Transform) and DWT (Discrete Wavelet Transform) IDWT (Inverse Discrete Wavelet Transform). Past research has individually compared one of the many transforms to the DFT-based structure on one or two of the performance aspects, such as BER performance, hardware performance, or hardware complexity. For example, the DHT-based structure in research [1] generates similar BER performance and lower complexity. A DWT-based structure in research [2] shows better BER performance under certain conditions. A lot of effort [3] [4] [5] was put into implementing the hardware to lower the complexity or increase the operating speed. Motivation and Goal As indicated in the background research review, researchers in the field of OFDM system have compared DHT-based and DWT-based structure to DFT-based structure on either the BER performance or the hardware performance and complexity. However, I have not found research that offers an exhaustive comparison among all three structures with their respective BER performance, hardware performance, and hardware complexity. I believe by running a synthesized analysis with all three structures on all the aspects will give us more complete information and will provide a useful direction for future research to invest their research time and money. DFT-based OFDM An Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system is a multi-carrier system which utilizes a parallel processing technique allowing the simultaneous transmission of data on many closely spaced, orthogonal sub Inverse Discrete Fourier transform (IDFT) and Discrete Fourier transform (DFT) in a conventional OFDM system are used to multiplex the signals together and decode the signal at the receiver respectively. x = √ ∑ X The system adds cyclic prefixes (CP) before transmitting the signal. The purpose of this is to increase the delay spread of the channel so that it becomes longer than the channel impulse response. The purpose of this is to interference (ISI). However, the CP has the disadvantage of reducing the spectral containment of the channels. DHT-based OFDM For the current DFT-based OFDM compute a long-length IDFT, and the demodulator needs to compute a long DFT. For such computations, a great number of complex multiplications are required. Clearly, the complexity of a D corresponding modulator and transforms. The N-point IDFT is defined as: x = √ ∑ X H , n=0, 1 ,...,N -carriers. The N-point IDFT is defined as: W , n=0 ,1 ,...,N-1, where W = e π/ minimize inter-symbol Here is the diagram of DFT-based OFDM: -based transceivers, the modulator needs to -length FT -based OFDM would be reduced if the demodulator could be replaced by discrete Hartley -1, where H = sin 2πk/N + cos 2πk/N The DHT involves only real the DFT, there have been a number of fast algorithms and hardware architectures available for the DHT computation. It is shown that the proposed DHT achieves the same transmission performance as the DFT less computational complexity. DWT-based OFDM In DFT-based OFDM, a CP is added to eliminate ISI. But this can decrease bandwidth efficiency greatly. Discrete alternative platforms for replacing ID spectral containment of the channels is better since it do DWT-based OFDM an advantage of bandwidth efficiency. The N defined as: φ(t) = 1, 0 ≤ t Here is a diagram of DWT-based OFDM: -valued arithmetic and has an identical inverse. Like -based OFDM -based OFDM, but requires Here is the diagram of DHT-based OFDM: Wavelet transforms have been considered as FT and DFT. By using the transform, the es not use CP which gives -point IDFT is ≤ , (−1, 1/2 ≤ t ≤ 1) , x = ∑ C φ(t − nT)


Active support, despite being used for more than 20 years in other places, it is still an unknown methodology in services that support people with intellectual disabilities and high support needs, in our country. This article aims to make an approach to the philosophy and strategies promulgated by the active support, through a documental review of scientific studies. Results of 24 articles about the life of residents and the direct support professionals' work following the implementation of this methodology in different resources are analyzed.


In a direct numerical simulation of gas-particle flow with meshless method,if the integral is carried out with common background integral cells numerical pressure fluctuation occurs.It results in unsuccessful computations.We analyze the reason and develope a solution strategy.It is used in the simulation of one particle dropping.Reasonable results are obtained.It shows that the new strategy avoids pressure fluctuation.


The evidence support the existence of oxygen deprivation involved in pregnancy disorder or preeclampsia. The intensive hypoxia also regulates production of placental pro-inflammatory cytokines. Quercitrin belongs to flavonoid group is known to have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity. This study aims to determine the potential of Quercitrin as anti-inflammatory in hypoxia-induced EA.hy926 as preeclampsia model. The cytotoxic assay of Quercitrin against EA.hy926 was conducted using MTS (3-4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium). The data were analyzed using SPSS ver 20.0 software. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted, followed Tukey HSD post-hoc test and p<0.05 was considered to be significant. The anti-inflammatory potential of Quercitrin (25 and 6.25 μg/ml) toward hypoxia-induced EA.hy926 was determined using ELISA to measure IL-10 and TNF-α. Quercitrin (3.13 - 25 μg/ml) were nontoxic to the EA.hy926 cells. Quercitrin (25 and 6.25 μg/ml) were capable to reduce TNF-α compared to positive control (2% O2 hypoxia-induced cells) but no significant increase in IL-10. Our study suggests that quercitrin possess anti-inflammatory properties through suppression of TNF-α in hypoxia-induced EA.hy926 cells.


A tourism village is one kind of tourism that offers tourism potential owned by a village. Tampaksiring Village is one of the villages that had becoming a tourism village in Gianyar Regency, Bali. One of the concepts in the development of tourist villages is community-based development which focuses on local community participation. Thus, it is to be expected that the benefits of tourism will be more for the local community as the legal owner of the resources. This study aims to 1) identify and explain the profile of tourism potential in Tampaksiring Tourism Village, 2) explain the community participation in the development of Tampaksiring Tourism Village, 3) explain the implications of the development of Tampaksiring Tourism Village. This study uses a qualitative method. Data collection is done through observation, interviews, literature studies, and document studies both online or offline. The theory used to analyze the problem in this study is the theory of participation and the theory of tourism impact. The results of this study indicate that the Tampaksiring Tourism Village has a variety of tourism potentials that can be developed as a tourist attraction. Local communities have a role in the planning, implementation, management, and evaluation processes in the development of tourism villages. Tourism activities in the Tampaksiring Tourism Village also have both positive and negative impacts on economic, socio-cultural, and environmental aspects.


The utilization of zeta potential measurements for characterization of different kinds of particles was presented. On wide spectra of materials practical utilization for industry was showed, e.g. producing of pigments, catalysts, waste water treatment or coal flotation. Knowledge of the zeta potential values and possibilities how to influence it could be used in various subjects of human activities. The zeta potencial can be used for economical benefit and also for environmental protection.


Tin oxide nanowire arrays on titania (001) have been successfully fabricated by chemical vapor deposition of Sn(OtBu)4 precursor. The morphologies and structures of ordered SnO2 nanowires (NWs) were analyzed by cross-sectional SEM, HR-TEM and AFM. An FIB-tomography technique was applied in order to reconstruct a 3D presentation of ordered SnO2 nanowires. The achieved 3D analysis showed the spatial orientation and angles of ordered SnO2 NWs can be obtained in a one-shot experiment, and the distribution of Au catalysts showed the competition between 1D and 2D growth. The SnO2 nanowire arrays can be potentially used as a diameter- and surface-dependent sensing unit for the detection of gas- and bio-molecules.


operational parameters. When the filter medium and collected particulate are appropriately balanced electrostatically, performance in terms of pressure drop, efficiency, cleanability and durability are maximized. Most, but not all, particulates form porous aggregates and this transformation is the important consequence of a favorable filter/dust electrostatic relationship. For particulates that experience this type of cake formation readily, the conversion occurs simply by even the moderate electrostatic charge polarity differences occurring naturally between the medium and the particles. Some dusts attain the porous cake structure only with filter fabrics that develop charges of high intensity and long duration. Fortunately, only relatively few dusts do not form porous aggregates on the filter surface regardless of the electrostatic balance achieved. Even these can be collected efficiently, however, with media that offer suitable electrostatic features. According to Frederick, while filter fabric quality as well as performance may be determined quite simply by triboelectrification tests, these same properties for particulates are not so readily defined. However, he stated that by conducting bench scale experimental filtration tests and employing suitable supporting instruments, information may be obtained to specify the role of electrostatics in the collection process. In this way, filtration performance can be related to the electrostatic charge polarity, magnitude and sometimes discharge rate of the media.


The COVID-19 pandemic has required reorganization of the cardiac surgery system in the Italian region of Lombardy during early 2020. As a consequence, the hub-and-spoke (H&S) model was introduced to manage emergent/urgent cardiac surgery cases. In this challenging scenario, in which thousands of people were affected by the novel coronavirus, we present the case of a successful treatment of a middle-aged patient affected by both COVID-19 pneumonia and subacute aortic endocarditis. Learning objective: How to treat endocarditis during the COVID-19 pandemic.


On October 22, 2012, six scientists and one civil servant were convicted of manslaughter for failing to properly warn the people of L'Aquila, Italy, of an impending earthquake that resulted in over 300 deaths and 1,500 injuries. This article investigates a key event leading up to this conviction: An emergency meeting of scientists, civil servants, and politicians to determine whether or not an advanced warning should be issued to the residents of L'Aquila. The following investigation of this emergency meeting uses functional stasis analysis to identify the primary breakdown in deliberation that ultimately led to a message of calm and reassurance immediately prior to the devastating earthquake. The results provide insights into not only the events in L'Aquila but also broader issues of risk, uncertainty, fact, and value in science-policy deliberation.


A novel method was developed to prepare the branch of paclitaxel using 2, 4-dichlorophenylaldehyde as the starting material. The branch was synthesized through condensation, cycloaddition and catalyzing hydrogenation of dichlorophenyl intermediate. Tripolycyanamide formaldehyde resin-Pd complex as hydrogenation catalyst has been studied. The influence of temperature and N/Pd atomic ratio of the catalyst on the effect of catalytic hydrogenation was investigated and the optimum conditions were found. Because of the mild cyclization reaction condition, convenient asymmetric resolution operation and high yield, the synthetic route was practical.


Two linear structure metal-organic complexes,{[ML2(bipy)(H2O)2]·2bipy}n(M=Cd 1;Zn 2),based on 3-hydroxycinnamic acid(HL) and 4,4′-bipyridine(bipy) were synthesized and characterized by IR,elemental analyses,thermogravimetric analyses and X-ray diffraction technique.Two complexes are isostructural,crystallized in monoclinic system,P2/c space group.The center metal ion is six-coordinated by two nitrogen atoms from the bridging bipy ligands,two oxygen atoms from two L ligands,and two water molecules,forming a distorted octahedral geometry.The MⅡ ions and bipy ligands link each other to form a 1D linear chain that infinitely propagates along b axis,and discrete bipy as guest molecules intersperses between the chains.The luminescent properties in the solid state and thermogravimetric analyses(TGA) of two complexes are also discussed.


A new class of macromolecules containing neutral and cationic organoiron moieties with arylazo chromophores in their backbones has been prepared. Photolysis of these polymers resulted in the removal of the cationic iron moieties leading to new polyferrocenes with azo dyes in their backbones. UV-vis studies showed λ max around 419 nm in DMF with a bathohromic shift to 530 nm upon the addition of HCl.


It is centuries old practice to use municipal waste water in agriculture, which has lately gained renewed consideration in many areas of the world due to the increasing shortage of irrigation water (Khaleel et al., 2013; Kurian, 2017). Increasing the use of treated and untreated waste water in periurban agriculture and even in distant rural areas where its usage originates, increases economic activity and improves the livelihood of poor growers but modifies the quality of environment (Abu Qdais and Al-Widyan, 2016; Murtaza et al., 2010; Talal et al., 2014). The efficient use of municipal sewage water can efficiently increase water resources for irrigation and may prove to be a bonus for agricultural production and for this purpose, reclaimed municipal waste water can be an alternative source of nutrients and water for horticultural and nursery crop production since nutrients are available in a usable form and, in general, do not need any supplementary energy input to make them accessible to plants (Asgharipour and Azizmoghaddam, 2012; Farahat and Linderholm, 2013). As agriculture sector in Pakistan is dominated by the farmers of small land holdings and production of conventional crops is no more profitable, therefore the shift from conventional to high value crops and introduction of new alternative crops like flowers cultivation is increasing overtime. In Pakistan, the most important floricultural crops are rose, jasmine, gladiolus, tuberose, carnation, iris, narcissus, lilies and gerbra (Riaz et al., 2008). Among these crops; rose is first ranked high value floricultural crop. It is woody perennial flowering plant of famous plant family Rosaceae. Economically roses are considered as highly viable crop with a share of 65% of total floricultural trade in under developed countries of the world (Janko and Alemu, 2014). There are four important species of roses that are grown for essential oil production that is used in perfumes, medicine, cosmetics and many other products. Top ranked is R. damascena which is extensively cultivated in Bulgaria (70-80%), China, Turkey and India Pak. J. Agri. Sci., Vol. 55(1), 111-117; 2018 ISSN (Print) 0552-9034, ISSN (Online) 2076-0906 DOI: 10.21162/PAKJAS/18.5027 http://www.pakjas.com.pk


Given a separably closed field $K$ of characteristic $p>0$ and finite degree of imperfection, we study the $\sharp$ functor which takes a semiabelian variety $G$ over $K$ to the maximal divisible subgroup of $G(K)$. Our main result is an example where $G^{\sharp }$, as a 'type-definable group' in $K$, does not have 'relative Morley rank', yielding a counterexample to a claim in Hrushovski [J. Amer. Math. Soc. 9 (1996), 667–690]. Our methods involve studying the question of the preservation of exact sequences by the $\sharp$ functor, and relating this to issues of descent as well as model-theoretic properties of $G^{\sharp }$. We mention some characteristic 0 analogues of these 'exactness-descent' results, where differential algebraic methods are more prominent. We also develop the notion of an iterative D-structure on a group scheme over an iterative Hasse field, which is interesting in its own right, as well as providing a uniform treatment of the characteristic 0 and characteristic $p$ cases of 'exactness descent'.


Multiexposure spatial frequency multiplication is a technique that allows the spatial frequency of grating patterns to be increased by integer factors 2,3,4,… by applying a nonlinear development process between patterning steps. One of the main technical issues with this technique is how to accurately place subsequent patterns on a substrate with respect to previously established patterns, which is referred to as phase control of the overlay. The authors report a technique that achieves accurate phase control over large areas during spatial frequency multiplication by utilizing a surrounding alignment grating. Three key factors—the angle, period, and phase of the alignment grating—have been accurately measured and utilized to position subsequent patterns with respect to previous patterns. Some factors that can dramatically diminish the accuracy of phase control, such as particle-induced substrate distortion and nonlinear distortion of the alignment grating, have also been considered and minimized in order...


Objective To investigate the relationship between the expression of Bax and the clinical pathology characteristic in non-small-cell lung cancer(NSCLC). Methods The expression of Bax was detected in 80 NSCLC samples and 40 lung benign lesion tissues as control by immunohistochemistry(S-P). Results ①The expression level of Bax (63.8%) was found to be significantly higherl in NSCLC tissues than in benign lesion tissues(22.5%) (P0.01);②The Bax expression level of Bax was closely related to P-TNM stage and lymphnode involvement in lung cancer patients(P0.05). Conclusion The increase of Bax expression is may be related to the pathogenesis and development of lung cancer.


The invention discloses a full-automatic open-pit mining machine including: a main machine vehicle unit, which includes a driving cabin, a power system, a central control system in which a GPS positioning module is integrated, and a travelling apparatus supporting the main machine vehicle unit; an excavation unit, which is suspended behind the main machine vehicle unit, a cutting rotor and an edge enlarging milling cutter being arranged on the lower end of the excavation unit; a collecting unit which is connected to the rear part of the excavation unit and is used for collecting materials excavated by the excavation unit and transporting the materials backwardly; and a transporting unit, which is totally fixed to the rear part of the collecting unit in a hinged manner and includes a transportation groove which is arranged incliendly and is used for transporting the materials collected by the collecting unit, wherein the transporting unit can regulate the transporting direction of the materials through rotation. The full-automatic open-pit mining machine can perform layered mining to the ore in different depth and different grade according to exploration data, wherein the mined ore has uniform size and consistent quality. During exploitation, the machine can work continuously, so that mining quality and efficiency are improved and labor cost is saved.


When a beam of light with certain intensity and distribution reaches the surface of a material, the distribution of the diffused light is related to the incident angle, the receiving angle, the wavelength of the light and the types of the material. Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) is a method to describe this distribution. For an optical system, the optical and mechanical materials' BRDF are unique, and if we want to calculate stray light of the system we should know the correct BRDF data of the whole materials. There are fundamental significances in the area of space remote sensor where BRDF is needed in the precise radiation calibration. It is also important in the military field where BRDF can be used in the object identification and target tracking, etc. In this paper, 11 kinds of aerospace materials' BRDF are measured and more than 310,000 groups of BRDF data are achieved , and also a BRDF database is established in China for the first time. With the BRDF data of the database, we can create the detector model, build the stray light radiation surface model in the stray light analysis software. In this way, the stray radiation on the detector can be calculated correctly.


Recently, the computing environments are developing to the IoT services which exchange a lot of information using various and heterogeneous devices that always connected on networks. Since the data communication and services take places on the various devices including not only traditional computing environments and mobile devices such as smartphone but also household appliances, embedded devices, and sensor nodes, the security requirements is getting more important at this point in time. In this paper, the compiler with secure software concept was proposed to develop the secure applications for IoT services.


The goal of this tutorial is to provide a compact yet comprehensive introduction to service design in the wind energy business. The tutorial aims at giving the participants the theoretical and practical background in design principles considering the spedific domains the services are designed for. During the life demonstration it is shown how different services can be integrated transparently in a mash up application. The target audience of the tutorial is master and PhD students as well as employees from companies who are interested in gaining an insight in service design.