This study aims to determine the differences in the financial performance, capital structure, and firm value in family and non-family firms listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange 2017-2019. The sampling method in this study used purposive sampling technique and data analysis used a pairwise sample methodology by comparing family and non-family firm. The results of this study indicate that there is no difference in finance performance as proxied by sales growth, sales, return on asset (ROA), return on equity (ROE), gross profit margin (GPM), net profit margin (NPM), but there are significant differences in total asset turn over (TATO). The capital structure also shows that there is no difference between the debt to total asset ratio (DAR) and the debt to total equity ratio (DER) proxy, but there is one significant proxy, namely pre-sales working capital and there is no difference in firm value as proxied by earning per share EPS between family and non-family firm.


We reported previously that two otherwise identical training programs at lower (LI) and higher intensity (HI) similarly reduced resting systolic blood pressure (BP) by approximately 4–6 mmHg. Here, we determined the effects of both programs on BP‐regulating mechanisms, on biomarkers of systemic inflammation and prothrombotic state and on the heart. In this cross‐over study (3 × 10 weeks), healthy participants exercised three times 1 h/week at, respectively, 33% and 66% of the heart rate (HR) reserve, in a random order, with a sedentary period in between. Measurements, performed at baseline and at the end of each period, involved blood sampling, HR variability, systolic BP variability (SBPV) and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Thirty‐nine participants (18 men; mean age 59 years) completed the study. Responses were not different between both programs (P>0.05). Pooled data from LI and HI showed a reduction in HR (−4.3 ± 8.1%) and an increase in stroke volume (+11 ± 23.1%). No significant effect was seen on SBPV, plasma renin activity, basal nitric oxide and left ventricular mass. Our results suggest that the BP reduction observed appears to be due to a decrease in systemic vascular resistance; training intensity does not significantly affect the results on mechanisms, biomarkers and the heart.


Background: Obstructive nephropathy is a common clinical disease. Objectives: To explore the value of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in obstructive nephropathy. Methods: Forty healthy Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were examined in this study. Thirty-two animals underwent complete obstruction of the left ureter, while eight animals underwent a sham surgery. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed before surgery and within different intervals after surgery. Eight rats from the experimental group and two rats from the sham group were used in each interval. Following MRI, the animals were sacrificed and sent for medical examinations. The scanning sequences included positioning, transverse T2-weighted (T2W), coronal, and coronal DTI sequences. Image postprocessing was performed after DTI to measure DTI parameters, including apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and fractional anisotropy (FA), and to reconstruct DTI fiber traces. One-way analysis of variance was used to compare the parameters between the cortex and medulla and between different intervals. Results: The fiber tracing showed that the obstructed renal fiber bundles were sparse and disordered. The ADC and FA values of the renal cortex, extrarenal medulla, and inner medulla decreased with prolonged hydrops and were negatively correlated with the expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) and the renal tubulointerstitial lesion grade (r < 0, P < 0.001). Comparison of the cortex, extrarenal medulla, and inner medulla showed the following trends for the ADC and FA values: cortex > extrarenal medulla > inner medulla and cortex < extrarenal medulla < inner medulla, respectively. Conclusions: DTI in obstructive nephropathy not only can reflect the degree of renal interstitial fibrosis and accurately indicate the renal function, but also can provide information regarding renal blood perfusion, water metabolism, and ultrastructural changes.


Thallium-bromide (TlBr) is currently under investigation as an alternative room-temperature semiconductor gamma-ray spectrometer due to its favorable material properties. Previous work has shown that 5 mm thick pixelated TlBr detectors can achieve sub 1% FWHM energy resolution at 662 keV. However, these results are mostly limited to -20 °C operation. In addition to good electron mobility, some TlBr detectors show hole mobility as high as 15-20% of the electron mobility. High hole mobility can affect depth reconstruction when single-polarity charge sensing is assumed. In this work, we use digital signal processing on the planar cathode waveforms to identify and account for the motion of holes and improve depth reconstruction at all depths for high hole mobility detectors. The hole drift only affects the cathode waveforms because the generated charge induces cathode signal at all depths. Due to the small pixel effect, the anode signal induction only occurs in a region right near the anode. As a result, the motion of holes does not significantly affect the anode signal.


Acetone, alcohol, and propylene oxide have different mechanical and chemical properties. They should not be chosen haphazardly but should be used with care to suit the particular demands of the embedding conditions.


THE 68th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the British Cardiac Society was held at the Academic Centre, the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford on Thursday and Friday, 6 and 7 April 1989. The President, E Sowton, took the Chair during private business. D A Chamberlain was elected as President-Elect and Kim Fox, P Hubner, and M E Scott were elected to Council on the retirement of J Horgan, M Petch, and D Wheatley.


Aiming to the problems existing in the teaching process of exercise physiology,propose some teaching innovation measures in order to improve the teaching quality of exercise physiology course.


The Draft Chapter 2 for SI Brochure, following redefinition of the base units states, that the XXth CGPM adopted a new definition of the mole. A committee is set to redefine four base units – the ampere, the kilogram, the Kelvin and the mole. We find inconsistencies in the units of molar mass, molecular mass and the relation connecting them through Avogadro constant. There are also problems with the symbols and the terms 'entity' used in the definition of mole and the role of isotopes in the specification of an entity X. We give a critical analysis of these issues in this article.


The implementation of the endowment insurance system in China can be operated by means of quasimarketization, taking advantage of market mechanism. By doing this we will finally go out from the strange circle of "the aged relying on the State", and realize the socialization of the endowment insurance in a ture sense, embodying the socialist principle of "the guarantee for aged security". The quasimarketized operation of endowment insurance can be achieved through diversifying fundraising channels and insurance forms, and through the socialization of endowment insurance system, and commercialization of the management of oldage pension.


Recently, an active broadband dispersion phenomenon was observed empirically in measured data for propagation paths within the mixed layer (ML) [Dien et al. (1994)]. This so‐called Wilson Dispersion Phenomena (WDP) is explained simply by noting that high‐frequency energy trapped within the ML travels faster than low frequencies that diffractively ''leak'' out of the ML. Thus WDP is a useful technique for distinguishing between reflectors in the ML and reflectors below the ML. More recently it was shown that the WDP may occur in other shallow‐water environments [Davies et al. (1994)]. Several sound‐speed profile (SSP) environments are examined, using normal mode theory, for depth dependence of broadband frequency dispersion. A very conservative approach is taken regarding frequency reflectors. Geoacoustic properties of the bottom are not addressed. SSPs for which dispersion depth dependence is observed within the water column for a lossy bottom are labeled useful for active classification. Future research ...


. We give an estimate that quantifies the fact that a normalized quasi-conformal map whose dilatation is non-zero only on a set of small area approximates the identity uniformly on the whole plane. The precise statement is motivated by applications of the author's quasiconformal folding method for constructing entire functions; in particular a construction of transcendental wandering domains given by Fagella, Godillon and Jarque [7].


Environmental context Perfluorinated compounds are synthetic chemicals shown to be present in the blood of humans. To study how these contaminants get into our blood requires a good understanding of their physicochemical properties. We describe an alternative way to obtain values for how perfluorinated compounds distribute between water and fatty phases (mimicking e.g. gut content and gut wall), which is essential information for modelling and understanding the environmental fate of these chemicals. Abstract Capacity factors of perfluorinated alkylated substances were obtained from isocratic reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry experiments at different organic modifier strengths of the mobile phase. The resulting capacity factor v. modifier strengths plots were extrapolated to obtain capacity factors at 100% water (k0) that can serve as indicators of the hydrophobicity of the perfluorinated acids. Values of log k0 were shown to increase linearly with the number of CF2 units in the fluorinated alkyl chain.


AIM:To study the effects of shikonin on the catalytic activity of DNA topoisomerase I and apoptosis of K562 leukemia cells. METHOD: Topoisomerase I was extracted from K562 cells and the inhibitory effect of shikonin on the catalytic activity was estimated by DNA relaxation assay. MTT assay was used to measure the inhibition of K562 cells proliferation. The amount of apoptotics cells was determined by flow cytometry (FCM). DNA fragmentation was analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis. RESULT:Shikonin remarkadly inhibited the catalytic activity of topoisomerase I with IC 50 value of 75 0 μmol/L. K562 cells proliferation was inhibited by shikonin in a concentration-dependent manner. The analysis with flow cytometry showed that the percentage of apoptotic cells was about 20%~70% after K562 cells were treated by 0 3~3 μmol/L shikonin for 24 h, and DNA ladder can be observed by electrophoretic analysis. CONCLUSION: This study showed that shikonin might inhibit the catalytic activity of DNA topoisomerase I and have apoptosis-induced activity for K562 leukemia cells.


They are all, of course, ambiguous and homographic, though the indeterminacy here seems not to be more extreme than in the realm of traditional lexical items. My concern is with (a few of) the uses of these items on which they mark reliable intonational and semantic effects. In particular, I aim to identify cases where they serve as windows into multidimensional content in the sense of Potts 2005. The devices in (1a) are all available for isolating supplementary (appositive, parenthetical) material from the clauses that contain them (Potts 2005). In this paper, I look in particular at contrasting relative clauses cases like (2a, b), where the commas signal important features of the intended structure, meaning, and pronunciation.


The distribution of endothelin-1 (ET-1) and its receptors (ET A /ET B ) has been studied in segments of femoral artery obtained from patients undergoing operation for peripheral vascular disease (PVD) using a combination of immunohistochemistry and autoradiography. Both receptor subtypes were located on the tunica media of vessel segments, with ET A -receptors predominating. Densitometric analysis showed that there was no difference in receptor binding to proximal/distal arterial segments from PVD patients. High-resolution autoradiography identified ET B binding to vascular nerves and vasa vasorum, mainly in distal portions of femoral arteries. Immunoreactive ET-1 was also identified that was associated with the vasa vasorum.


Both silicone breast implant manufacturers and recipients want to enlist the aid of science experts to prove the devices either make people ill or do not. But how do judges presiding over thousands of implant disputes determine when experts' testimony is based on credible science or untenable conjecture? Since silicone breast implants became available in 1964, many women have opted for implants to replace tissue lost to breast cancer. Others wanted implants to enhance their appearance. Of the 2 million or so U.S. women who received implants, about 248,500 of them registered for a now-defunct $4.2 billion settlement offer from the major implant makers, having reported either illnesses they associated with implants or concern that they could develop implant-related illnesses. The stakes are high. A limited number of women have had their day in court: Some lost, but others have won multimillion- dollar awards. Thousands of women who claim implants made them ill have ...


Summary.  Background: No randomized comparisons are yet available evaluating the effect of pre‐hospital high dose tirofiban on the incidence of early stent thrombosis after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Objectives: The aim of this analysis was to evaluate whether routine pre‐hospital administration of high‐dose tirofiban in ST‐segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) decreases the incidence of early stent thrombosis after primary PCI. Patients/methods: The Ongoing Tirofiban in Myocardial Evaluation (On‐TIME) 2 trial was a prospective multicenter study of consecutive STEMI patients referred for primary PCI in which patients were randomized to pre‐hospital no high‐dose tirofiban/placebo. We examined the incidence of Academic Research Consortium definite and probable early stent thrombosis and determined predictors and outcome of early stent thrombosis. Results: Primary PCI was performed in 1203 out of 1398 patients (86.1%). In 1073 patients (89.2%) a coronary stent was placed. Early stent thrombosis occurred in 39 patients (3.6%). Pre‐hospital initiation of high‐dose tirofiban significantly reduced early stent thrombosis (2.1% vs. 5.2%, P = 0.006) and was associated with a lower incidence of urgent repeat PCI (1.9% vs. 5.2%, P = 0.005). Early stent thrombosis, as well as pre‐hospital initiation of high‐dose tirofiban, was independently associated with 30‐day mortality. Conclusions: Pre‐hospital initiation of high‐dose tirofiban reduces the 30‐day incidence of stent thrombosis in STEMI patients treated with primary PCI and stenting. Early stent thrombosis and pre‐hospital initiation of high‐dose tirofiban were independent predictors of 30‐day mortality.


The invention relates to a method for hot forming of semi-finished steel in which the semi-finished product is heated to forming temperature, is transported to the forming die and hot-formed in the forming tool, hardened or is press-hardened. The object to propose a method for hot forming of semi-finished steel in which extremely thin-walled blanks can be transported by forming temperature without any problems and the forming tool can be fed properly without limiting the degree of deformation of the semifinished product, is achieved in that in the semi-finished at least at least one rigidity-increasing structure is introduced prior to hot forming, curing or press-hardening and rigidity of the semi-finished product increasing structure at least partially or completely in the cutoff of the semi-finished product is arranged.


Most of our staple food crops such as wheat, rice, sorghum, barley and maize do not require animals for their pollination. However, wild pollinators play a very important role in the production of other crops such as some pulses, sunflower seeds, cardamom, coffee, cashew nuts, oranges, mangoes and apples. An army of more than 20,000 species of pollinators including birds, bats and insects service these crops. For most of our food crops, though, the most important pollinators are the thousands of species of bees.


The preparation of aromatic macromolecular structures by nucleophilic substitution reactions (A), in which polymerization proceeds via the formation of ether linkages, and by the electrophilic substitutions, (B) and (C), where sulfone or ketone linkages are formed is described.


Aims : To describe and evaluate the application of an innovative approach that combines cognitive and behavioral techniques with the art-form of drama to treating childhood fears, leading the participant to an in vivo exposure to the fear stimulus. Presentation of Case: An 11 year old boy diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, who had a long standing fear of being touched and for whom all other forms of therapy, including behavioral therapy and traditional CBT interventions had been found to be ineffective, participated in the study. Discussion: The results obtained in terms of the clinical outcome of this single case study are very encouraging and indicate that the Cognitive Behavior Drama Model may indeed be an effective form of therapy for certain types of complex cases, for which more traditional approaches have been unsuccessful. Follow up studies that would replicate and develop the findings of this study should be conducted to establish the efficacy of the CBD model as evidence based practice Conclusion: Importantly, the validity of the model primarily lies in its potential to reach younger children who may not benefit from traditional CBT due to cognitive immaturity.


This paper discusses Bernard Mandeville's (1670–1733) conception of governability. It grounds his key distinction between a submissive and a governable subject in terms of his alternative account of human sociability to demonstrate the nature and structure of relationships that are necessary for upholding stable and flourishing societies. Using Sir William Temple as an interlocutor (1628–1699), it also explores the role played by the cultivation of reverence to authority in Mandeville's analysis of governability.


A variable structure terminal guidance law with strong robustness was proposed for endo-atmospheric interceptors against ballistic missiles.The nonlinear relative motion model was constructed in the longitudinal plane.The guidance equation was presented based on the principle of predicted guidanceand then the error of predicted guidance equation was chosen as sliding mode.A variable structure terminal guidance law which could intercept the spiraling maneuvering targets was designed by taking the maneuvering of target as a perturbationand the range of guidance parameters was acquired by the Lyapunov stability theorem.Compared with the proportional guidance lawthe proposed control law has higher guidance precision and stronger robustness to the target's spiraling maneuveringwhich proved the correctness and effectiveness of it.


G3BP1 (Ras-GTPase-activating protein SH3 domain-binding protein) is responsible for normal RNA stress granule (SG) assembly and overexpressed in many cancer cells. Deletion of G3BP1 decreases the number and size of SGs. SGs are complex of RNA and proteins that stall translation of protein in response to stress. Given the function of G3BP1 in stress granule assembly and tumor suppression, it is believed that G3BP1 regulates cell growth and proliferation as well. Here, I constructed the recombinant protein expression vector and systemically optimized condition for the expression of human G3BP1 protein in E. coli. This research should be useful for investigating further functional analysis and atomic structure of G3BP1.


Inflation is a sustained increase in the general price level of goods and services in an over a period of time. Inflation's effects on an economy are various and can be simultaneously positive and negative. Negative effects of inflation include an increase in the opportunity cost of holding money and uncertainty over future inflation which may discourage investment and savings. The aims of this research are to analyze the Indonesia inflation data using Box-Jenkins models and to find the best model based on the smallest Mean Squared Error (MSE). Then by using this model, the inflation value of some period ahead will be predicted. Based on the historical data of Indonesia year-on-year inflation data from December 2006 until December 2013, known that the best Box-Jenkins model is subset ARIMA ([1,12],1,0). The MSE of the model reach into 0.274 and the MAPE is equal 4.36%. The prediction inflation in 2014 is 4.28%.

Keywords: Inflation, Indonesia, subset ARIMA, MSE, MAPE.


Abstract : Determining the best method for granting World Wide Web (Web) users access to remote relational databases is difficult. Choosing the best supporting Web/database link method for implementation requires an in-depth understanding of the methods available and the relationship between the link designer's goals and the underlying issues of Performance and Functionality, Cost, Development Time and Ease, Serviceability, Flexibility and Openness, Security, State and Session. This thesis examined existing methods for enabling Web-client access to remote regional databases and found that most fall within the general categories of Common Gateway Interface scripts, Server Application Programming Interfaces, Web-enabled Database Management Systems exporting query results in Hypertext Markup Language, and independent client-based processes such as Java applets. To determine the best database access category we compared each one to the underlying link issues and conducted a case study for the IEEE Signal Processing Society. The results of this thesis are: (1) a taxonomy of existing Web


A Call Detail Record (CDR) is a data record produced by telecommunication equipment consisting of detail of call transaction logs. It contains valuable information for many purposes of several domains such as billing, fraud detection and analytical purposes. However, in the real world, these needs face a big data challenge. Billions CDRs are generated every day and the processing systems are expected to deliver results in a timely manner. In our case, the system also has constraint that is running in limited computation resources. We found that our current production system was not enough to meet these needs. We had successfully analyzed the current system bottleneck and found the root cause. Based on this analysis, we designed and implemented a better performance system which is based on MapReduce and running on Hadoop cluster. This paper presents the analysis of previous system and the design and implementation of new system, called MS2. In this paper, we also provide empirical evidence demonstrating the efficiency and linearity of MS2. In a test case of telecommunication mediation system, our test has shown that MS2 reduces overhead by 44% and speedup performance by nearly twice compared to previous system. From benchmarking with several related technologies in large scale data processing, MS2 is also shown to perform better in case of CDR batch processing. Running on a cluster consists of eight core CPU and two conventional disks, MS2 is able to process 67,000 CDRs/second.


A 73-year-old man presented with epigastric pain and jaundice with a prior history of large vessel vasculitis. Elevated liver enzymes were seen on the standard blood sample. Ultrasound showed a dilated common bile duct, which required further imaging. CT scan and MRI a day later both showed an enlarged pancreatic body and tail without dilation of the pancreatic Wirsung duct and cholangitis, suggestive for auto-immune pancreatitis (AIP) with auto-immune cholangitis (AIC). The radiologist suggested the diagnosis and further steps were taken. The HISORt criteria aren't a textbook example, but AIP with AIC is likely. Steroid therapy was initiated.


Background: The inadequate plasma refilling is the most important factor involved in the pathogenesis of dialysis discomfort. This work explores the determinants factors of vascular refilling and its effects on hemodynamic stability in dialysis. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted in 35 hemodialysis patients. Relative blood volume (RBV) was performed by continuous optical measurement of the haematocrit. Hydratation status was measured by bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy. Results: Mean calculated refilling was 1423 ± 829 ml. The change of the interstitial volume was -1193 ± 859 ml (84% of refilling volume). The change of the intracellular volume was -243 ± 124 ml. There is a significant correlation between the RBV at the end of dialysis and; Delta Prot (post dialysis serum protein-Predialysis serum protein) (r=-0.7, p=0.01) , Delta Natremia (Sodium concentration at the end-Sodium concentration at beginning) (r=0.46, p=0.032), interdialytic weight gain (r=-0.7, p<0.001) , Extracellular water before dialysis (r=-0.53, p=0.001), Total body water before dialysis (r=-0.45, p=0.012), and Ultrafiltration rate (r=-0.85, p=0.0001). The change of systolic blood pressure (ΔSBP=Predialytic SBPPostdialytic SBP) increased while the RBV decreased at the end of dialysis (r= -0.5, p=0.007). Intradialytic hypotension was more frequent with low RBV. Conclusion: Several patient-related parameters and technique-related variables affect the plasma refilling, and their control can improve intratreatment hemodynamic stability during dialysis sessions.


Introduction PSI technology have proved helpful in difficult primary Total Knee Replacement. However applying it to revision was impossible due to multiple factor. To Start with the landmark We usu...


Extensions of recent results for detection of mean slippage type outliers from i.i.d. multivariate normal and elliptically symmetric distributions are made to symmetric case, that is, when the observations are equicorrelated. The main tool used is Wijsman's (1967) representation theorem. The results obtained can be viewed as a robustness property of the use of Mardia's multivariate kurtosis as a locally optimal test statistic to detect outliers against equicorrelated distributions.


Second-order Raman scattering in alkali iodides has been studied at 5 K by using a usual deuterium discharge lamp and a single prism monochromator. The remarkable resonance enhancement of the scattering efficiency for 2-LO phonons has been observed in the edge region of the 1s exciton absorption band. From the comparison of the results with existing theory the dominant scattering process in this region is concluded to be successive scattering of the virtually created 1s exciton by two LO phonons.


In order to develop automatic test so as to improve test efficiency and reduce test time, a new test method is designed to measure the desulphurization degree during thermal decomposition of phosphor-gypsum (or phosphogypsum). In this paper, an Infrared Sulfur Analyzer is set to measure the desulphurization degree of phosphor-gypsum more quickly, more conveniently, more continuously and more accurately. The desulphurization degree curve is obtained based on the test results. Besides, the corresponding regression equation are obtained, according to the test results, which shows that the desulphurization degree increase with the rising of temperature in the range of 1250–1300°C quickly, however, this increasing is not obvious when above 1300°C. The decomposition degree of phosphor-gypsum could be judged quickly and directly according to the regression equations above mentioned.


Quantifying walking stability is needed in order to evaluate the various walking assist methods. It can also allow the planning of individualized interventions for elderly people or patients with disorders. The Gait Sensitivity Norm (GSN) is a new measure of the walking stability developed for passive dynamic walkers and has been reported to show a strong correlation with the fall risk. The GSN is a method based on the idea of the $H_{2}$ norm, which allows us to know the dynamic response of the system of walkers by measuring the impulse response. The reliability of the GSN quantification has been confirmed in passive dynamic walkers and neuromusculoskeletal walking models. However, it has not yet been applied to humans. In this paper, we proposed a method to apply the GSN to the analysis of human walking. To apply the GSN to a human gait, wearable sensors were used to analyze human walking. The validity of quantifying gait stability with the GSN is assessed in the experiments comparing abnormal walker (with some weight or blindfold) and normal walkers. The result is consistent with the intuitive idea that blind walking is more unstable than normal walking.


Calculations are made of JPDR fuel temperature at loss-of-coolant accident. At the accident, the reactor is scrammed either by a low-reactor-water-level signal or by a high-enclosure-pressure signal, and the core spray system is initiated.In analyses, a fuel rod and a clad is devided into six and two annulus sections, respectively. Various cases with and without control rods and a core spray system in operation are evaluated. In evaluation of a case without a core spray system in operation, axial heat conduction in UO2 is neglected before radial temperature distribution is flattened and after that, radial heat conduction is neglected to calculate axial temperature distribution.


The attempt to measure and quantify changes related to inflammation and structural damage lesions represents one of the most interesting topics in the field of musculoskeletal ultrasound in rheumatology. Different scoring systems have been used over the recent years to measure inflammation and structural damage lesions in patients affected by inflammatory and degenerative rheumatic diseases. In the last years quantitative and semiquantitative methods in several studies have been applied, with promising results. In the present review we reported the main studies about this topic. However, more studies are needed to address some technical issues and quantify ultrasonography-detected abnormalities.


Stochastic models based on matrix exponential structures, like matrix exponential distributions and rational arrival processes, have gained popularity in analytical models recently. However the application of these models in simulation based evaluations is not as widespread yet. One of the possible reasons is the lack of efficient random variates generation methods. In this paper we propose methods for efficient random variates generation for matrix exponential stochastic models based on appropriate representations of the models.


A careful investigation of the resonant x-ray magnetic-scattering response in uranium monophosphide reveals the crucial role played by magnetization density correlations in the discontinuous paramagnetic to antiferromagnetic phase transition in this material. The magnetization density correlations, which are measured on the short time scale typical of the resonant x-ray-scattering technique, appear highly anisotropic in their inferred spatial distribution. Such correlated regions exist in the near-surface regime probed by the low-energy x-ray beam (3.278 keV) and exhibit strongly temperature-dependent behavior at and above the bulk phase transition. For specular reflections this leads to well defined two length scale diffraction profiles in the vicinity of the phase transition and, when taken with the off-specular data, to a phenomenological model which suggests that the extended length scale of near-surface antiferromagnetism may arise from a localized surface distortion. This type of model may be more generally useful both in the two length scale problem and in other systems where defects or fluctuations may, in a similar manner, drive pseudo-long-range order. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}


Earthquakes are generated by the anisotropic principal stress regime in the rock medium. In the preparing process of a large earthquake, the medium would be deformed generating regions of contraction and dilatation around the nucleus of the shearing stresses. According to a hydraulic model, pore fluid flow is driven upward to the ground surface through crack systems serving as flowing pipes by high pressure pumps at a deep spot. The change in the quantity of the upwelling hot water from deep underground causes a change of groundwater temperature(Tsukuda et al., 2005). We have groundwater observation stations for temperature at 12 sites, and for water level at two in the Tokai and Nanki regions, central and southwest Japan, respectively, where are close to the so-called Tokai and Nakai earthquakes. High precision quartz thermometers are installed at Otomi (OT) in Yaizu City and Nakajima (NK) in Shizuoka City. At other stations, platinum resistance thermometers are installed. We use semiconductor pressure sensors for water level. At OT(Yaizu) in the Tokai region, the temperature has been monotonously increasing since the measurement started in 2003. The rate of increase has clearly fallen down since the end of 2012, suggesting weekning of the contraction in the rock medium. At NK(Shizuoka), 14km northeast of OT, the temperature data presented a precursory change from increasing to decreasing trend, one year before the 2009 Surugabay earthquake of M6.5 (Tsukuda, 2012). The decreasing rate after the earthquake became much higher than before and had continued till 2012. The temperature changed suddenly into increasing trend since May, 2013. The dilatation of the rock medium under Shizuoka recently changed into contraction. At stations HA and WA in Shionomisaki, Nanki region, Wakayama Prefecture. The long-term trend of the water level is rising, corresponding to the ground subsidence found by levelling and GNSS data (Kobayashi, 2013). The trend of temperature is similarly rising, suggesting contraction of the rock medium under Shionomisaki, the southernmost end of Honshu. At KZ(Kozagawa) in the Nanki region, the temperature is monotonously falling since the observation started in 2002. The decreasing rate is growing during recent two years, suggesting the dilatation turned to be intensified recently. As mentioned above, the deformations of the rock medium are accelerated under the regions close to the source regions of the great erthquakes at the Nankai trough. For prediction studies for the impending great erthquakes, we should start to conduct detailed and multidisciplinary observations.


In the article the salutogenetic model of famous medical sociologist A. Antonovsky has been studied. The criteria of researched model concerning to the definition of man's health has been analyzed. The sense of such definitions as "generalized resistance resources" and "sense of coherence" which are prominent in the problem of the formation of health life has been revealed. Conception of the salutogenetic model of health must be a theoretical bases for healthy life style forming of people of different ages. Defined that a sense of coherence has a positive influence of human's health and helps him to cope with stress. Resistance resources are original potential in fight with disease.


The automatic recognition of hierarchy and relationship of Chinese compound sentence is a difficulty in Chinese information processing, and it is even more difficult in two points, one is the hierarchy ascription of non-marked clauses, the other is the confirmation of relevancy of clauses in some causal and coordination marked compound sentences. It uses semantic relevancy theory to solve these problems in this paper. The discussion focuses on three parts: sum up the semantic features which indicate the semantic relevancy between clauses from the syntactic and semantic aspects; confirm the analysis order of features according to the restriction law among features and the statistic result of the occurrence of clauses' features in corpus; discuss the computing method of the semantic relevancy degree between clauses, and then confirm the hierarchy ascription of clauses according to semantic relevancy degree.


Online pattern detection poses a challenge in many data-intensive applications, including network traffic management, trend analysis, intrusion detection, and various intelligent sensor networks. These applications have to be time and space efficient while providing high quality answers. Meanwhile, far less attention has been paid for detecting constrained patterns, that cannot be simply matched because there is no available pattern for prediction. This paper presents our research effort in efficient pattern detection with constraint. We propose a new method named Online Pattern Detection with Constraint (OPDC) to detect constrained patterns over evolving data stream, taking into account various user-defined constraints. To ensure that the constrained patterns are representative, we extend regular expression in a simple but powerful way. Our experimental results on real data sets demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed scheme.


Background: Diabetes mellitus is associated with severe and even fatal forms of COVID-19. The objective of this study was to identify the factors linked to the death of COVID-19 diabetic patients in order to improve their care.Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was carried out in the endocrinology department of the Joseph Raseta Befelatanana University Hospital Center, Antananarivo, Madagascar. It has concerned all the cases of COVID-19 diabetics (162 patients) recorded from April 2020 to July 2021 (16 months).Results: In our study, the case fatality rate of COVID-19 in diabetics was 14.49%. Significant factors related to death, after univariate analysis, were:  vascular complications including nephropathy (OR=4.74), neuropathy  (OR=5.38) and ischemic heart disease (OR=3.9), presence of other comorbidities (OR=9.02), dyspnea (OR=4.60), seizures (OR=6.22) or alertness disorder (OR=4.35), lower oxygen saturation (p=0.04), pleurisy (OR=4.67), signs of cardiac decompensation (OR=3.46), an elevated mean blood sugar level (p<0.001), leukocytosis (p=0.02) and thrombocytopenia (p<0.001), impaired renal function (p=0.02) and pleurisy on chest imaging (OR=5.29).Conclusions: Death factors in diabetics with COVID-19 can be diverse. They do not only include the cardiovascular complications of the diabetes, but also a worse clinical respiratory presentation on the admission, a higher inflammatory syndrome, and a greater imbalance of blood sugar during the hospitalization.


In order to develop scientific and reasonable coal seam spontaneous combustion comprehensive preventive measures, reduce spontaneous combustion accidents during production, F6103 Buliangou Mine working face coal seam spontaneous combustion ' three zones 'observation and analysis was done, based on FLUENT numerical simulation calculation and the method of using MIN- MAX, analog study was conducted. The result showed that F6103 oxidized spontaneous combustion during mining periodic belt width was 51.00 m, the minimum safety velocity was 3.40 m/d, which provided the basis for the establishment of coal seam spontaneous combustion prevention measures.


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Since 1965, Singapore has achieved rapid economic growth through industrialization, resulting in a major change in its social and economic structures. However, small industries, mostly family businesses run by manager-owners and employing between 10 and 100 workers, still comprise about 80 to 90 percent of the industrial firms in the country. They play a vital role in the national economy. Because Singapore is an open economy and is lacking in natural resources, it is exposed to and has heavily relied on the outside world. With the recent emergence of larger-scale multinational corporations adopting advanced technology and modern management methods, the local small-sized Chinese organizations are under the strong pressure of a changing environment to upgrade their present level of technology and management know-how in order to compete in the local, regional, and international markets. As a result, local Chinese organizations are facing a dilemma - whether to retain traditional Chinese management practices or to adopt modern Western management styles. There is a strong desire to find a proper balance between acquiring the knowledge needed for the modern economy on the one hand, and maintaining character development, moral values, and loyalty to the country on the other. This article aims to contribute to the understanding of the characteristics of Chinese management and the problems small Chinese family businesses face in Singapore. The Characteristics of Chinese Management There are four key features of Chinese management that are distinctive from Western management and are persistent in most of the Chinese organizations: human-centeredness, family-centeredness, centralization of power, and small size. Each of these are discussed below. Human-Centeredness. Chinese management is perceived as a human-centered management style, emphasizing human relationship (Warrington and McCall 1983; Sheng 1979; and Menkhoff 1993). People are the center of concern, and great attention is paid to issues of emotion and trust. Any management decisions have to take emotion into consideration. "For Chinese, the business relationship is always subsumed under the moralistic notion of friendship, loyalty, and trustworthiness" (Sheng 1979). Highly associated with concern for feelings and respect of relationships is the concept of "face" (Redding and Ng 1982). "Face" is used as a mechanism for inculcating a strong sense of group responsibility and serves as a mediating force in social relationships. The Chinese have been characterized as being very particular in dealing with others. The so-called "Five Relations" - sovereign-minister, parent-child, husband-wife, elder-younger brothers, and friends - represent the acceptable patterns of interpersonal relationships. There are five corresponding virtues: loyalty, filial piety, faithfulness, care, and sincerity. Family-Centeredness. Family is important in any culture; however, it is extraordinarily so in Chinese culture. "Chinese have learned relationships with others almost exclusively from the family experience" (Hsu 1984, 758). Being the primary agent of socialization for Chinese culture, the family has exerted the most significant influence on the individual's value system and role expectations. These personality features form the basis of cooperation and interaction with others. "Relation among family members provided the human basis for the moral virtues of the Chinese" (Nakamura 1964, 268); a Confucian saying advises that "Those who love their parents, dare not show rudeness to others" (quoted from Lin 1935, 179). Many Chinese organizations are family-run businesses; family relationships are inevitably brought into organizations, and organizations are run like a family. For example, the Chinese consider filial piety to be the first and the ultimate of all virtues. Thus parental authority has a strong impact on Chinese management. In an organization,the boss-employee relationship follow the model of filial piety found in the parent-child relationship. …


This paper describes an e-cient, scalable method for learning nucleotide dependencies around SNP sites using Bayesian networks. The complexity of the network is reduced by introducing a set of hidden nodes that do not appear in the original model. The resulting model is an embedded Bayesian network that encodes both local and global dependencies between the observed variables and allows for structure and parameter learning on parallel machines from distributed data. The results of the proposed learning method are reported on both synthetic data and DNA sequences of the human genome. In this paper we describe a parallel approach to structure learning that uses an embedded Bayesian network. The embedded Bayesian network is a hi- erarchical network in which each node is a parent of another Bayesian network. A subset of these models using in both the "parent" and "child" layers hidden Markov models (HMM) and/or coupled HMMs was introduced in 1 for the purpose of face recognition. Assuming a known structure, the EM algorithm was used for learning the parameters of these models. In this paper we generalize the networks used for face recognition and describe a structure learning al- gorithm for the embedded Bayesian networks. The method presented here uses an existing data parti- tion to learn local structures and the global depen- dencies between these structures. The approach can be e-ciently implemented on machines with paral- lel architecture, and reduces the computational com- plexity by partitioning the number of variables con- sidered in the local structures. This paper is organized as follows. Section 2 presents the hill climbing approach to structure learning in Bayesian networks, Section 3 deflnes the embedded Bayesian network and its parameters, Sec- tion 4 describes the structure learning algorithm for the embedded Bayesian network, Section 5 describes the experimental results obtained on both synthetic and bioinformatics data, and Section 6 highlights the contributions of these paper and gives directions for future work.


Branch to the Lord Advocate of Scotland. The following gentlemen were appointed as a deputation?viz., Dr. James Christie and Dr. Eben. Duncan, Glasgow; and Dr. J. C. M'Vail, Kilmarnock. On 9th July, the deputation, accompanied by Dr. Farquharson, M.P., and Mr. Ernest Hart, had a lengthened interview with the Lord Advocate, who received the deputation with the greatest courtesy, and discussed fully the various amendments suggested, which were as follows:?


It has been established that in comorbid (cardiopulmonary) pathology in horses with asthma patients develop a syndrome of airway obstruction, morphofunctional changes in the erythrocyte system, impaired blood gas transmission function, increased permeability of cell membranes, which leads to complications in the form of myocardiodystrophy and cardiac failure. The use of a complex treatment regimen for horses with asthma and complicated myocardiodystrophy contributed to reducing attacks of respiratory dysfunction and symptoms of heart failure, reducing the incidence of arrhythmias and valvular regurgitation, reducing the number of neutrophils in the BAL washings, and reducing indicators characteristic of tissue hypoxia, (decrease in the number of erythrocytes, hemoglobin, hematocrit, mean corpuscular volume and mean corpuscular hemoglobin), elimination of the inflammatory process in the respiratory tract (decrease in the number of leukocytes, stab and segmented neutrophils), a decrease in the indices characterizing the integrity of the cardiomyocyte membranes (decrease in the activity of CК, CК-MB, LDH, LDH-1), restoration of diffuse capacity of the lungs (decrease in pH and increase in pO2 and pCO2 of blood). The mechanism of the positive effect of drugs that were used to treatment of horses with asthma syndrome with complicated myocardiodystrophy, which is achieved due to the cardio metabolic (cytoprotective) effect and antihypoxic ability to improve the diffusion of gases through the alveolar-capillary membrane, is established. On the one hand, it improves metabolic processes in the myocardium and, accordingly, reduces the manifestations of heart failure, and on the other hand, reduces hypoxia and respiratory failure (respiratory dysfunction), as one of the central pathogenetic mechanisms of cardiorespiratory comorbidity.


THOSE WHO TEACH social research methods often note that their students approach the required course with dread, lack of interest, and questions about why they need to know "this stuff." This is especially true of sampling and measurement. Students describe these topics as "too abstract," "intimidating," or "irrelevant." In this paper, we detail a "learning by doing" approach to teaching sampling and measurement in the undergraduate social research methods course. Critical issues in sampling and measurement become concrete and relevant to


Ultra-High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) is fine-grained cement-based material characterized by high compressive strength (exceeding 150 MPa) and high modulus of rupture (over 15 MPa). The results of strengths depend on the size of the tested element, the loading rate and the boundary conditions during a testing. This type of material is used in a lot of countries (e.g. Germany, France, the USA, Japan, Austria, and the Netherlands) but it is not commonly used in the Czech Republic. The bridge over R10 road from Prague to Mlada Boleslav near Benatky nad Jizerou was the first structure where UHPFRC materials were used for lost shuttering slabs. Due to inhomogeneity of the steel fiber distribution the maximum attained force ranged between 9.6 kN and 25.7 kN for different lost shuttering slabs. The amount of steel fibers was very low at a tension zone at slabs with the lower load-bearing capacity. Steel fibers in these slabs were at the bottom of the formwork. The inhomogeneity of the steel fiber distribution was the foundation for producing of functionally layered beams with controlled inhomogeneity due to the mixtures with different fibers volumes. The results and behaviors of the layered beams and the homogeneous beams are presented in this paper.


The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the role of the Praetorian Guard in the hundred years between the battle of Actium and the accession of Vespasian. This necessitates not only a consideration of those political activities which the Praetorians undertook at the behest of their emperors but also an examination into the motivations of the guardsmen themselves. Moreover, any study of the Praetorian Guard would be less than complete without an account of the development of the Praetorian prefecture. (Now unrestricted)


The synthesis of Fe(III) complexes with ligands N'-(4-Chlorobenzoyl)isonicotinohydrazide can be synthesized through mixing metal and ligand dissolved in ethanol by reflux at ± 75 o C for 5 hours. The instruments for the characterization of the complex were used UV-Visible and Infrared Spectrophotometry. The aims of the study are: to determine the synthesis method, characterize of the complex, and to study the interaction of the complex with target receptors. The weight of the synthesized compound was obtained by 38.1 mg. The purity of the complex has been tested using the determination of melting point and got a melting point range was 196-198 o C. The maximum wavelength of Fe(III)N'-(4-Chlorobenzoyl)isonicotinohydrazid) complex was  261.0 nm and provide absorption of Fe-O vibrations at wavenumbers 530.42 cm -1 . The docking process was done using AutodockTools-1.5.6 software which shows that the Fe(III)N'-(4-Chlorobenzoyl) isonicotinohydrazide complex can interact with Enoyl-Acyl Carrier Protein Reductase from Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and it has better  interaction than isoniazid or N'-(4-Chlorobenzoyl)isonicotinohydrazide compound with the acquisition of free energy binding (ΔG) -9.80 kcal/mol and inhibition constant (Ki ) 0.06529 μM.


Background: Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a chronic, autoimmune mucocutaneous disease of oral cavity . The prevalence of oral lichen planus in general population varies from 1-2%. Clinically the oral lesions have been grouped into reticular, papular, plaque like, atrophic, erosive and bullous forms. OLP usually occurs in a bilaterally symmetrical pattern, commonly involving buccal mucosa, gingiva and dorsum of the tongue. The lesions are usually painless, though pain and burning sensation are associated with erosive and atrophic lesions. Methods : 80 patients with clinically and histologically proven oral lichen planus were enrolled in the study. Patients were randomly divided into Group A and Group B. 40 patients were included in each group. Group A was treated with triamcinolone acetonide 0.1% ointment. Group B was treated with tacroliomus 0.1% ointment. Follow up was done during treatment at 4 weeks, 8 weeks,12 weeks during which assessment of the lesion was done and all findings were recorded. Results: Patients on topical triamcinolone acetonide 0.1% showed 46.77% reduction in disease at 12 weeks of treatment. In group A, 12 patients showed complete response, 10 patients showed partial response and 14 patients showed no response. Patients on topical tacrolimus 0.1% showed a 62.53 % reduction in disease at 12 weeks of treatment. In group B, 19 patients had complete response, 11 patients had partial response and 10 patients had no response. Conclusion: Topical steroids are used as first choice treatment for oral lichen planus. Topical tacrolimus 0.1% ointment can be an effective alternative to topical steroids and may be considered as one of the first line therapies in management of oral lichen planus.


A methodology was established to use the data captured in the NATO Human View to populate a simulation model; this provides a dynamic instantiation of the Human View data. The Improved Performance Research Integration Tool (IMPRINT), provided by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory was used as the simulation environment. By creating the Human View Dynamics, the data captured in the static products can be evaluated through tradeoff analysis and performance criteria. The demonstrated interoperability of the Human View static products and the IMPRINT dynamic modeling capability resulted in a mapping between the two domains. Additionally, the capability of the Integrated Performance Modeling Environment (IPME) used by Canada and the United Kingdom as a simulation environment was reviewed. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Syst Eng


A successful organization recognizes its responsibility, and duty towards its various stakeholders. Corporate Social Responsibility is the way companies manage their businesses to produce an overall positive impact on society through economic, environmental and social actions. CSR covers wide range of areas such as community investment, workplace diversity and inclusivity, human rights and supply chain management, health and safety, environmental management and climate change, ethics, morality and integrity. CSR is now high priority for business houses. CSR is no longer viewed as just a regulatory or discretionary cost, but an investment that brings financial returns. It is an opportunity for corporate to gain goodwill. This chapter discusses the importance of adopting CSR in current business environment and the regulatory regime controlling the CSR practices, whether in India or abroad supplemented by case studies and best practices.


Presents a novel decomposition algorithm that breaks a multilevel relation into single-level relations and a novel recovery algorithm which reconstructs the original multilevel relation from the decomposed single-level relations. There are several novel aspects to these decomposition and recovery algorithms which provide substantial advantages over previous proposals. The algorithms are formulated in the context of an operational semantics for multilevel relations, defined here by generalizing the usual update operations of structured query language (SQL) to multilevel relations. The algorithms, with minor modifications, can easily accommodate alternative update semantics which have been proposed in the literature. The algorithms are efficient because recovery is based solely on union-like operations without any use of joins. The decomposition is intuitively and theoretically simple, giving a sound basis for correctness.<<ETX>>


A subsidy is a form of government support extended to an economic sector (or institution, business, or individual), generally with the aim of performing an activity that the government considers beneficial to the economy overall and to society at large. However, the problem is that subsidies can exert adverse effects on our economies and our environment alike. In this line some subsidies are on agenda in that they are detrimental to the environment. They are called environmentally harmful subsidies. This study aims to tackle the problem of environmentally harmful subsidies in the context of local government, Gyeonggi Province. It is documented in the following: - Conceptual definition of environmentally harmful subsidies is clarified. The problem is strived to solve in this paper that the definition is diverse, vague and complicated. - Calculated is the total scale of subsidies in 1st energy sector of Gyeonggi province. - Investigation and review are put on OECD's case studies and preview researches on the subsidies perverse to the environment. Policy implications are induced from those. - Illuminated are strategic measures to overcome the barriers to the reform of environmentally harmful subsidies. According to the result of this study, the total scale of environmentally harmful subsidies levied on in the 1st energy sector in Gyeonggi Province is estimated 6,585 billion Krw(Korean currency: Won) which are decomposed into two parts at large, financial(and economic) supports and social costs. As of 2006, financial supports amount to 372 billion Krw and social costs(so-called environmental demage) to about 6,212 billion Krw. This study points based on the review of various case studies including OECD's that as regards the reform measures of environmentally harmful subsidies in Gyeonggi province, application of OECD checklist and transparency increasing actions above all should be taken into account.


We employ ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy with temporal pulse shaping to manipulate coherent phonon excitation and quantify the strength of electron-phonon coupling in CdTe1−xSex nanocrystals (NCs). Raman active CdSe and CdTe longitudinal optical phonon (LO) modes are excited and probed in the time domain. By temporally controlling pump pulse pairs to coherently excite and cancel coherent phonons in the CdTe1−xSex NCs, we estimate the relative amount of optical energy that is coupled to the coherent CdSe LO mode.


BARBARA KOSNY: The Distinctiveness of the European Union's Influence on Latin America: European Values, Governance, and Integration (Under the direction of Milada Vachudova) The European Union's priorities and capabilities in international relations and security have changed considerably since the end of communism. They did not only develop as a consequence of internal policy developments but also from external opportunities and expectations. Overtime, it has become evident that the EU exerts substantial influence over world politics even though it has limited military power at its disposal. Instead, it relies on other tools that help build the attractiveness and success of its norms and values. By examining the case studies of Honduras and Cuba I argue that the European Union has a new opportunity to be a leading political player in Latin America and to promote itself as a more imperative actor in world politics. The EU's normative power, gives it sufficient leverage to positively influence Latin America through: European norms and values, good governance, and regional integration.


This paper studies how economic conditions affects the likelihood of reform. Using a novel theory of the electoral process where successful communication of candidates' platforms requires effort from both candidates and a representative voter, we show that candidates' platform choices depend critically on the voter's gain from reform. When her gain from reform is low, no candidate proposes policy change; when it is high, non-competent politicians run on harmful reformist platform. In line with empirical findings, our model rationalizes why reforms occur rarely in good and bad times and why crises can lead to delayed and botched reforms. JEL Classification: D72, D78, D83.


We have used time-series spectra of the sodium doublet at 589.0 and 589.6 nm in AB Doradus to investigate the effects of a chromospheric temperature rise on Doppler images derived from strong lines whose cores are formed in the upper photosphere and lower chromosphere. On solar-type stars, the Na D lines probe a range of heights and tend to be much more sensitive to the chromospheric temperature structure than the weaker photospheric lines that are commonly used for Doppler imaging. Contrary to suggestions that polar spots may be an artefact arising from chromospheric emission reversals, we find that the images obtained from the NaD lines show less high-latitude structure, and give more reliable light-curve predictions, than images derived previously from fits to several weaker photospheric lines.


Background: Infection by Human immunodeficiency virus (VIH) constitutes a world health problem. The antiretroviral therapy accordingly recent WHO recommendation is proposed for all HIV seropositive individuals. Treatment optimization is encouraged due to certain risk of toxic adverse effects and resistance. The use of antioxidants has been indicated as a plausible option in these patients indeed pre or post exposition to antiretroviral treatment.
Methods: In an open randomized control trial, 170 aids delayed diagnosis patients whose received prescription of High active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) will selected to be covered under Hospital-IPK monitoring consults (Cuban Referral HIV/aids Research Centre). Patients will be randomised to receive 10 mL of Vimang® aqueous extract twice a day or Spirel® tablets (400 mg) three times a day or only HAART, but all groups will consume HAART during 12 months. The baseline assessment of the patients who meet the inclusion criteria includes doing some lab tests to determine the absolute count of CD4+ T lymphocyte, viral load, chemical, haematological and seven plasma redox indexes. Both, opportunistic infection and adverse reaction occurrence will be reported during the monthly visits in the first six months of the follow-up and at the end of the 12th month. For evaluating the effect of both products concomitant to antiretroviral all variables will be measured in the final follow-up session and compared with the baseline value. Also quality of life interview, physical activity and dietary questionnaires will be assessed at pre and post study period in the three groups.


A small-scale demonstration of the high-level radioactive waste solidification process by vitrification in borosilicate glass is being conducted using 5-6 liter batches of actual waste. Equipment performance and processing characteristics of the various unit operations in the process are reported and, where appropriate, are compared to large-scale results obtained with synthetic waste.


The accumulation of trehalose (α-D-glucopyranosyl-[1,1]-α-D-glucopyranoside), a sugar with osmoprotectant properties, is very common in microorganisms, invertebrates and in resurrection plants. However, in the majority of higher plants, it is found in trace amounts. Trehalose is synthesized from the UDP-glucose and glucose-6-phosphate in a two-step process with two enzymes, trehalose-6-phosphate synthase or TPS (EC 188.8.131.52 and EC 184.108.40.206) and trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase or TPP (EC 18.104.22.168). The trehalose-6-phosphate synthase and its product of the trehalose-6-phosphate (T6P) are probable signaling molecules in the carbohydrate metabolism, contributing to enhancing the plants tolerance to water stress. Water scarcity is one of the most important factors that influence productivity in sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) and it activates a cascade of metabolic events and necessary morphologic changes for the survival of the plant under stress. Here we show the in silico expression study of TPS in different libraries from the SUCEST project. Our results showed that the TPS genes are present in all tissues and that they are divided into two subfamilies (class I and II). It is shown that STPS1 belongs to the class I, therefore, it does not have an active phosphatase (TPP) domain, whereas, the STPS2 has an active TPP domain (class II) determined by the presence of phosphatase boxes. Expression analyses based on the semi-quantitative method of the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) show that the STPS1 gene is up-regulated in the tolerant cultivar under stress and down-regulated in susceptible plants. The STPS2 gene does not show considerable variations in the expression levels under the same treatments. The discovery of active genes such as STPS1 and STPS2 in plants under water stress, contributes for the concerning about the cascade of responses in plants under water deficit and points out to target genes for plant breeding.


The technical characteristics and application of bend pipe mixer and double dilution system were introduced in waste paper pulping process, in order to achieve the effects of energy-saving and discharge reduction. The application of bend pipe mixer and double dilution system can reduce the occupation area, simplify the operation difficulty and save the investment in facilities.


Purpose: Because many critical structures are in close proximity to target volumes, cancers of the head and neck (H&N) are often suited for treatment with IMRT. However, the time required to generate and deliver a clinically acceptable IMRT plan can be significantly longer than a conventional plan. This study evaluated a new inverse planning algorithm, DMPO (direct machine parameter optimization), with attention to parameter settings, plan quality and treatment efficiency for H&N cancers. Method and Materials: The Pinnacle treatment planning system version 7.4 was used. The DMPO allows users to limit the number of total MLC segments (N) for treatment. After a user-defined number of iterations (n) for pencil beam optimization, the DMPO generates MLC segments for each field for dose calculations using a convolution algorithm. Both the MLC leaf positions and the weight of each segment are then optimized until cost tolerance or iteration number is reached. Treatment plans generated using DMPO were compared with H&N cases that were previously treated using an older version (6.2). The plan quality was compared using cost functions and DVHs of target volumes and critical structures. The total monitor units and MLC segments for treatment were compared for different combinations of n and N. Results: The DMPO provided plans of DVHs similar to clinical cases with significantly less planning time. More importantly, the total MU and MLC segments for treatment delivery were reduced by 40% to 50%. Cost functions changed only slightly on n and N and total MU increased as n increased, but was independent of N. Our preliminary data indicated a combination of n=10–15 with 10 segments per field appeared to be optimal for most H&N cases. Conclusion: The DMPO algorithm generated more efficient plans while providing equal or better quality than the previous plans for IMRT treatment.


: This paper shows an example of an IoT system for fire-fighting in smart homes. As support to this system, web application for tracking of sensors detection and warnings is shown. The devices that register smoke and flame and inform fire departments are implemented. The web application should enable early detection of fire and extinguish early fire while informing the house owner of the situation via SMS or via GSM call. All data is followed in real time through web application which is used by fire department. Aim of this system is to detect and prevent fire disasters in real time.


There accumulates certain experiences for the Party construction of new social organization,however,the difficulty is also in common existence.The reason lies in a lack of the operating mechanism of the Party construction suitable to the feature of new social organization.


Supplemental digital content is available in the text. Background It is still unclear whether patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) have an increased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Objective We aimed to investigate the association between AD and risk of RA using systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods We searched Medline and EMBASE up to April 2021 using search strategy, including terms for "atopic dermatitis" and "rheumatoid arthritis." Eligible cohort study must compare the incidence of RA between patients with AD and comparators without AD. Eligible case-control study must recruit cases with RA and controls without RA. Then, the study must compare the prevalence of AD between the groups. Point estimates with standard errors from each study were combined using the generic inverse variance method. Results The meta-analysis found that AD patients had a significantly higher risk of incident RA than individuals without AD with a pooled odds ratio (OR) of 1.30 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.17–1.44; I2, 48%). Subgroup analysis revealed a significantly higher risk of RA in cohort study subgroup (pooled OR, 1.37; 95% CI, 1.25–1.50; I2, 63%) but not case-control study subgroup (pooled OR, 0.99; 95% CI, 0.77–1.28; I2, 10%). Conclusions This study found a significantly higher risk of incident RA among AD patients.


Currently, visual perceptions generated by visual prosthesis are low resolution with unruly color and restricted grayscale. This severely restricts the ability of prosthetic implant to complete visual tasks in daily scenes. Some studies explore existing image processing techniques to improve the percepts of objects in prosthetic vision. However, most of them extract the moving objects and optimize the visual percepts in general dynamic scenes. The application of visual prosthesis in daily life scenes with high dynamic is greatly limited. Hence, in this study, a novel unsupervised moving object segmentation model is proposed to automatically extract the moving objects in high dynamic scene. In this model, foreground cues with spatiotemporal edge features and background cues with boundary-prior are exploited, the moving object proximity map are generated in dynamic scene according to the manifold ranking function. Moreover, the foreground and background cues are ranked simultaneously, and the moving objects are extracted by the two ranking maps integration. The evaluation experiment indicates that the proposed method can uniformly highlight the moving object and keep good boundaries in high dynamic scene with other methods. Based on this model, two optimization strategies are proposed to improve the perception of moving objects under simulated prosthetic vision. Experimental results demonstrate that the introduction of optimization strategies based on the moving object segmentation model can efficiently segment and enhance moving objects in high dynamic scene, and significantly improve the recognition performance of moving objects for the blind. key words: visual prosthesis, moving object segmentation, high dynamic scene, prosthetic vision


One hundred and twenty market hogs were used to study the effects of delayed slaughter and methods of decreasing 1 i vewe,ight shrinkage and deterioration of the quantitative and qualitative traits of pork carcasses. All hogs were secured from a commercial feedlot and slal:lghtered under commercial conditions • . Groups were held for O, 24, 48, and 72 hours without feed. Two other groups were held for 72 hours with limited feeding to decrease ·li veweight shrinkage. Water was provided to all groups ad 1 ibitum. �. 1 Quantitative measurements and weights were taken to determine the effects of delayed slaughter on the important economic traits. Delayed slaughter had a significant (P < .05) effect ort preslaughter shrinkage and carcass yield. Lean cut . yields were .not significanqy affected. However, belly yields were decreased after 48 hours of delayed slaughter • . Quality of lean was not significantly affected. Cured hams were subjected to chemical and organoleptic evaluation. ,No discernable trends due to delayed slaughter were noted .


The invention provides an organic electroluminescence phosphorescence host material, a preparation method thereof and an organic electroluminescence device. The organic electroluminescence phosphorescence host material is shown as the following structural formula (please see the formula in the specification), R is hydrogen or methyl or phenyl or fluorine atoms, and the organic electroluminescence phosphorescence host material is obtained through a Suzuki coupling reaction. The organic electroluminescence phosphorescence host material includes a pyridine group and a carbazole group, the material has good hole transport performance and electrical transmission performance, when the material is applied to the field of the organic electroluminescence device, the device has high heat stability and luminous efficiency, and the service life of the luminescent device can be better prolonged.


In Reinforced Concrete (RC) structures, cracking is often a critical design parameter since engineering design codes limit the maximum crack opening to preserve the durability, tightness and aesthetics of RC buildings; robust and reliable crack opening computation methods are therefore necessary. For the case of large RC buildings (in particular for nuclear power plants), and specially for the case of cyclic (seismic) loadings, computational demanding finite element calculations are needed and so overall modeling is used. In this article, we propose to calculate the crack opening by means of a novel global (stress-resultant) nonlinear constitutive model for RC walls that incorporates crack opening as an internal variable. By means of an analytical averaging procedure and suitable physical hypotheses, four different local nonlinear phenomena are taken into account in the global model formulation [1]: (i) concrete cracking in two different crack directions and permitting both normal and tangential relative crack displacements; (ii) concrete stiffness reduction modeled by a scalar damage variable; (iii) steel-concrete slip and interface bond stresses, which are at the origin of the tension stiffening effect; and (iv) steel yielding localized at the cracks. The model is able to reproduce the behavior of RC plates submitted to in-plane and out-of-plane cyclic solicitations. Validation is provided by comparison with several experimental tests on RC structural elements, accounting for a large range of solicitations. Results show a good agreement both at global (force-displacement curves) and local (crack opening) levels. DOI 10.21012/FC9.105 Miquel Huguet et al.


The patient, born at term was diagnosed with micrognathia, cleft palate, and dextrocardia and soon developed respiratory distress requiring intubation and ventilation. CXR revealed a hypoplastic right lung. Bronchoscopy revealed critical tracheal stenosis 2 cm below the cords, and MRI showed the stenotic segment extending to just proximal to the upper lobe bronchus with absent carina, right bronchus, right lung, and right pulmonary artery. Echocardiogram revealed common atrium, AV, and ventriculoarterial concordance. The patient underwent tracheal reconstruction in 2 weeks time followed by stenting and repeated balloon dilatation of the stent and went on to have fundoplication for reflux disease, gastrostomy, Broviac line insertions, tracheostomy, second stent insertion distal to the first, cleft palate repair, and further tracheoplasty by the age of 5. Since then, the patient has been on nocturnal BIPAP and requires tracheal balloon dilatation every 6–12 weeks because of narrowing of the tracheal lumen by granulation tissue growth. Anesthesia is induced via the inhalational route through the tracheostomy with oxygen and sevoflurane 2–8% mixture. After establishing peripheral cannulation, remifentanil infusion is commenced and atracurium is given and the trachea is intubated orally with a 6.0-mm I.D cuffed portex tube. After capnographic confirmation and ability to ventilate adequately, the tracheostomy tube is removed and the site sealed with sterile dressing. Anesthesia is maintained with 100% oxygen/sevoflurane (2–3%) and ventilated with AESTIVA 5 ventilator with inspiratory pressures of 20– 25 cm H2O and PEEP of 5 cm H2O. If adequate tidal volumes are not achieved, which depends very much on the extent of narrowing of the trachea, manual hand ventilation with a T piece is used. The endotracheal tube is connected to a swivel connector, to facilitate passing the fibreoptic scope loaded with the balloon catheter, without interruption of ventilation. Under continuous imaging a flexible bronchoscope is passed through the endotracheal tube and a wire is passed through it. After ventilating with 100% oxygen for a minute, the balloon catheter is passed over the wire and positioned at the stenotic site. The balloon is inflated to achieve required pressures (usually 10–20 cm H2O) which is determined by the degree of stenosis. There is no fresh gas delivered to the patient at this time. The balloon is then removed after deflation and the sequence repeated. After completion of procedure, the trachea is extubated and tracheostomy tube reinserted in theater and the patient is transferred to the pediatric intensive care unit.


Abstract Land-use change from natural ecosystem to agriculture is a critical environmental challenge in the highlands of Ethiopia. This study was designed to assess dynamics of selected physico-chemical soil properties under four land-use types. Forty-two soil samples were collected from the top 20 cm depth of forestland, multistory canopy coffee farm, coffee monoculture, and annual cropland. Two-way ANOVA and Tukey's post hoc test were used to analyze the data. Forest soil contained significantly (p < 0.05) higher silt, organic matter, total nitrogen, exchangeable calcium, and exchangeable magnesium content than annual cropland. The pH value in annual cropland was significantly (p < 0.01) lower than in forestland. Decreasing patterns of organic matter, total nitrogen, exchangeable base contents, and cation exchange capacity were observed, sequentially, in soils of forest, multistory canopy coffee, coffee monoculture, and annual crops. The soils were strongly acidic regardless of land uses. Application of integrated soil fertility management to annual cropland, scaling up of multistory canopy coffee farm, and application of organic fertilizers to coffee soil could alleviate the problem of soil fertility deterioration resulting from land-use change from natural ecosystem to agricultural land use.


ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to present the process of functional reanalysis that took place in the adjectival systems of West Midland and Southwestern dialects. The process is manifested in the interplay between case and gender marking, which is regarded as an intermediate stage in the process of adjectival disintegration in Early Middle English. It is demonstrated that the formerly gender specific inflectional endings were reanalyzed to serve new functions as case markers in the aforementioned dialectal areas. An investigation into the dialectal distribution of the process reveals that prior to the loss of case and gender marking in West Midland and Southwestern dialects gender specific endings were reinterpreted to serve case functions. 1. Aims of the study The aim of this paper is to present the process of functional reanalysis that took place in the adjectival systems of West Midland and Southwestern dialects. This process is manifested in the interplay between case and gender marking, which will be regarded as an intermediate stage in the process of adjectival disintegration in Early Middle English. It will be demonstrated that the formerly gender specific inflectional endings were reanalyzed to serve new functions as case markers in the aforementioned dialectal areas. The stimulus for the present study stems from the oversimplified presentation of the adjectival disintegration process in previous literature. It is generally acknowledged that the relatively sophisticated inflectional system of Old English adjectives was drastically simplified in transition to the Middle English period. For instance, Welna (1996), among others, points to the fact that in Middle English "as a consequence of changes shared with nouns, first of all the reduction of unaccented syl lables and analogical leveling, the five-case system of adjectives became extensively simplified" (Welna 1996: 93). Another standard observation regarding the disintegration of the adjectival system is the retention of a few relic inflections in the dialects of the South and Midlands. For instance, Fisiak (1968 [1996]: 78) remarks that: At the start of Middle English some traces of older adjectival inflection can be found in the Southern and Midland dialects, as {-ne} in ale-ne acc. 'each', {-re} in age-re gen.-dat. 'own', {-re} in al-re gen.pl. 'all', and {-en} for all cases and genders except the nominative singular, as in halech-en 'holy'. It appears that standard accounts of the process distinguish merely one stage in the loss of adjectival inflectional markers, namely the shift from the richly inflected system inherited from Old English to the highly invariable system of Middle English with some relic forms preserved in some dialects. However, an investigation into the dialectal distribution of the process reveals that prior to the loss of case and gender marking in West Midland and Southwestern dialects gender specific endings were reinterpreted to serve case functions. 2. The data The data for the present study comes from texts of West Midland and Southwestern provenance. The reason for such a choice was the condition of the adjectival system in those dialects. In both dialectal areas the EME adjectival system still preserved a large portion of the older inflectional markers, which could provide input for the process of reanalysis. In East Midland texts the adjectival system is already reduced to such an extent that the gender specific markers are largely absent. For instance, Allen (1995: 213) postulated the complete loss of the category of the dative in the Ormulum, a category in which gender distinctive endings were used for the feminine in Old English. Yet another East Midland text, the Peterborough Chronicle, is devoid of any gender marking as observed by Clark (1957: 113), or Allen (1995: 183). The work of Ofverberg (1924), who conducted a detailed analysis of the adjectival forms in the texts of the East Midland area, confirms the lack of adjectival gender marking. …


In accordance with the gas leakage accidents in a iron and steel company,qualitative analysis method is used,the experimental data of the spraying tower water leakage are analyzed,the poisoning causes of the operators are proved and some results have been obtained.Based on this the poisoning ranges are also analyzed,which can provide references for the future.


Drug law enforcement is likely to be the intervention that contributes the most to reducing the supply of drugs in Europe. Important statistical datasets on drug seizures and drug law offences are the result of drug law enforcement activity, yet little is known about how drug law enforcement is organised in Europe. Based on a survey of specialised units, or drug squads, in 26 countries, this report provides for the first time essential facts about drug law enforcement in Europe. Data on the number of staff, institutional affiliations, mandates and functions of the more than 1 000 drug squads operating in Europe and their approximately 17 000 officers are presented and put into perspective, and knowledge gaps are identified. This report thus provides an evidence base against which to monitor future changes, while offering insights that will help in the contextualisation of essential datasets. Thus, it will be of interest to policymakers, but also to the scientific community, the public at large and those working in law enforcement in Europe and beyond.


A new type of steel-concrete composite cable anchorage system is conceived and investigated preliminarily for self-anchored suspension bridges with steel box girders to optimize the mechanical behavior of the conventional cable anchorage systems. Model tests and 3D elaborate finite-element analysis (FEA) of the pure steel and steel-concrete composite cable anchorage systems are carried out for the Qingdao Bay Bridge Project, which is under construction in China. For the pure steel anchorage system, a complex stress distribution with obvious stress concentration is observed in the test. The FEA results of the stress distribution correlate well with the experimental measurements. The pure steel anchorage system adopted in the final design of the Qingdao Bay Bridge Project is reliable with a sufficient safety margin. In the contrast test of the composite anchorage system, owing to the composite effect between the steel and concrete, the stress level is reduced significantly and the stress distribution becomes more uniform in comparison with the pure steel anchorage system. The measured stress reduction rate of the composite anchorage averages approximately 40%, which is slightly smaller than the FEA results, and indicates the partial composite effect between the steel and concrete. The proposed composite anchorage system can effectively reduce the thickness and consumption of the steel plates, improve the mechanical behavior of the anchorage system, and simplify the fabrication and construction procedures.


Abstract : This report documents a continuation of previous work with the pressure-coupled magnetic flowmeter burner to extend its measurements capacity to include a wider frequency spectrum and variety of propellants. The results obtained in this experimental program extend the operable frequency range of a magnetic flowmeter burner to a lower limit of 200 Hz, well into the range where intermediate frequency instabilities occur. Six formulations of AP-HTPB composite propellant (including one moderately aluminized composition) were successfully tested, and their pressure-coupled response functions measured over the burner's operating frequency range. This research also attempted to directly measure a high-frequency solid propellant velocity-coupled admittance. The velocity-coupled admittance was defined in this research as the complex ratio of the oscillatory mass-flow velocity generated from the surface of a burning propellant to the oscillatory cross-flow velocity above the surface. These oscillatory velocities were measured simultaneously inside a rectangular slab- burning combustion chamber with a magnetic flowmeter. The high-frequency cross flows were created by spinning a spur gear over the sonic nozzle exhaust of the combustion chamber, thus exciting acoustic modes inside the chamber. The admittance results show similar trends under the same burning conditions, and approximate values could be estimated. Keywords: Solid rocket propellants, Combustion stability, Acoustic admittance.


The design of optimal n-way voting algorithms based on the structure of the input object space is considered. The design techniques are then extended to inexact and approval voting schemes. It is shown that efficient theta (n)-time voting algorithms can be designed when the input object space is small. Next in the hierarchy is the case of a totally-ordered object space that supports worst-case theta (nlogn) algorithms for both exact and inexact voting as well as for certain approval-voting schemes. An unordered input object space leads to worst-case Omega (n/sup 2/) algorithms, even when a distance metric can be defined on the input object space. Some observations on the relationship of voting to other well-studied problems, particularly sorting, are also included.<<ETX>>


The Britain,along with many countries all over the world,generally carried out the pubic service reform since 1980's. It deals with,firstly,cutting the number of the Civil Service,conducting Efficiency Scrutiny,practicing FMI and the Next Step,then,publishing Citizen Charter and implementing Market Testing. With the reform,the Civil Service is gradually taken a new look.


To reduce the background stemming from multiple scattering events, a neural network (NN) was developed to distinguish single peak light patterns from multiple peak light patterns


This article considers the interaction of military culture, religious practices, and social change on women seclusion in Lagos Barracks. It identifies that some of the activities and religious observances of these women have been affected by military culture and social change, hence, the transformation from strict seclusion to partial seclusion in the system. Drawing on primary and secondary sources, as well as participant observation, this study found that the involvement of secluded women in the economy and social life of the barracks is symptomatic of the fact that their condition was no longer a barrier. The paper establishes that social change in the organization has contributed significantly to the incorporation of women into their husbands' career, women's associations, charity and humanitarian activities of the barracks. It further reveals that the cross-cultural mix would continue to modernize societies and military life would not be an exception. Therefore this article concludes that the government's assistance to this group in the area of empowerment, and loan acquisition, will go a long way in making them self-reliant and also strengthen their social impact.


Two new abietane-type diterpenoids, danshenols A (1) and B (2), were isolated from an MeOH extract of Salvia miltiorhiza BUNGE, and their structures determined by chemical and spectroscopic methods including the 2D NMR technique. Danshenol A (1) showed strong inhibitory activity against aldose reductase isolated from the eye lens of rats.


This paper collected the operation status of thermal control-protection of fossil-fired generating units in Shanghai Power Grid in2002,analyzed the malfunction cases arising from the thermal control equipment,and based upon the faced aging and design-layout problems of thermal control-protection equipment of fossil-fired generating units in Shanghai Power Grid and combined with"Twenty-five Key Requirements for Preventing Major Power Production Failures"and the requirements of related regulations and standards,put forward the suggestions on renovation.


http://ajs.sagepub.com/content/43/2/295 The online version of this article can be found at: DOI: 10.1177/0363546514557245 2015 43: 295 originally published online November 10, 2014 Am J Sports Med Daniel Andernord, Neel Desai, Haukur Björnsson, Sofia Gillén, Jón Karlsson and Kristian Samuelsson Patients With 5-Year Follow-up Predictors of Contralateral Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Cohort Study of 9061


In this paper, we consider the application of space-time block codes in multicarrier frequency hopping (MCFH) CDMA systems. We evaluate the performance of the system in a slowly Rayleigh fading frequency-selective channel using both a conventional single user receiver and a multistage multiuser receiver. Our analysis indicates that the proposed space-time coded scheme achieves the maximum possible diversity including both spatial and frequency diversities. We also provide some simulation results, and compare them with the results obtained analytically. Our numerical results show that the multiuser interference can degrade the performance of the space-time coded system, when the conventional single user receiver is used.


have been a possibility in his case. England et al. (1968) deduced from studies of the incidence of parietal cell antibodies, that there is only a chance association between the two conditions. The differentiation between primary and secondary polycythimia was also problematical in this patient. He never had splenomegaly or a raised white cell count, and platelet counts were low; however, none of these findings excludes a diagnosis of PRV. The raised serum erythropoietin suggests secondary erythremia, but there is no obvious cause for this: he has no cardiorespiratory, renal, endocrine or neurological disease. On the other hand, the raised serum uric acid is suggestive of PRV, which on balance seems the more likely diagnosis. Therapeutically one cannot withhold vitamin B12 altogether because of the danger of neuropsychiatric complications. Chalmers & Richards (1961) controlled a patient with PA and PRV on infrequent small doses of vitamin B12; however, in spite of low serum B12 levels, she died of complications of polycytheemia. Alternatively one could give 32P and B12 simultaneously: our reason for withholding 32P was the tendency of this patient to have low platelet levels. Furthermore, there seemed little point in giving him more B12 when his serum levels were already high. We therefore withheld both drugs, watching his blood count and serum B12 levels carefully (Fig 1): when the hemoglobin rose, venesection was performed; and recently, as his serum B12 level has fallen to the lower limit of normal, injections of B12 have been restarted.


Optical bistability is observed using a single‐mode diode laser in a GaAs‐AlGaAs multiple‐quantum‐well etalon with as low as six mW power at 830 nm.


RAO, Arun, Electronic Visualization Laboratory and the Dept. of Computer Science, University of Ill inois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, email@example.com; RACK, Frank, Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc, Washington DC 20005, firstname.lastname@example.com; KAMP, Bill, Insight Access Group Partners, Ltd. email@example.com; FILS, Douglas, CHRONOS and Dept. of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, email@example.com; ITO, Emi, Limnological Research Center and the Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, firstname.lastname@example.com; MORIN, Paul, Limnological Research Center and the Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, email@example.com; HIGGINS, Sean, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory and Dept. of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Columbia University, New York City, NY, 10027, firstname.lastname@example.com; LEIGH, Jason, Electronic Visualization Laboratory and the Dept. of Computer Science, University of Ill inois at Chicago, Chicago, 60607, email@example.com; JOHNSON, Andrew, Electronic Visualization Laboratory and the Dept. of Computer Science, University of Ill inois at Chicago, Chicago, IL60607, firstname.lastname@example.com; RENAMBOT, Luc, Electronic Visualization Laboratory and the Dept. of Computer Science, University of Ill inois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, firstname.lastname@example.com


This paper describes a project designed to provide a diagnostic tool that could be used to investigate driver fatigue in field research and, if successful, form the basis for a reliable in-vehicle warning system. The original concept of the system involved continuous psychophysiological driver monitoring based on the measurement of eye blink events.


To improve the accuracy of genotype prediction and guide genetic testing in patients with muscle channelopathies we applied and refined specialized electrophysiological exercise test parameters.


UPMSat-2 is an experimental micro-satellite mission which is being developed at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) with the collaboration of several industrial companies and research institutions. This paper describes the design of the software architecture for the on-board computer of the satellite.


In order to provide a reference for sustainable development of regional agricultural output level and agricultural competitiveness,significance and contribution rate were analyzed for panel data in 13 major grain-producing provinces.The result showed that local fiscal agricultural expenditure had a significant influence on agricultural output,but input-output efficiency was not high,the input-output elasticity coefficient was 0.160 891,and local fiscal expenditure on agriculture input-output elasticity was small.The contribution rate of agricultural output for local fiscal expenditure was not high,which were 35.56%and 45.40%from 1997to 2004and from 2004to 2011,there were great differences between main grain-producing provinces,the contribution in Henan,Jiangsu,and Shandong were greater,and there was significant different endowment on agricultural development among grain-producing provinces,and there was big difference on spontaneous contribution rate of agricultural output in different provinces,which were from-20.43% to 45.37%,and the average spontaneous contribution rate were 21.79% and 28.52%from 1997to 2004and 2004to 2011,among them,Zhejiang and Liaoning were the highest.In addition,primary industry practitioners had significant negative effect on agricultural output,which implied that the primary industry practitioners restrained the increase of agricultural output.


AbstractIn many hierarchical organizations, the goal of maintaining the "pyramid structuse" is of importance in many manpower planning exercises. Such goals are generally linear fractional functions (i.e., ratios). In this paper we show how such ratio goals lean be incorporated into a goal programming framework, by utilizing a multiple objective linear fractional programming method.


We propose a constant-time implementation of the signature procedure of Falcon. Doing this boils down to proposing a generic and constant-time Gaussian sampler over the integers. We show how to do so as efficiently as possibly while preserving correctness. We formally prove that the resulting sampler is constant-time. Finally, we implement our sampler in Falcon; the efficiency loss in the resulting implementation is reasonably low compared to the non constant-time, reference implementation, and even with this penalty, Falcon remains one of the fastest signature scheme candidates.