Hierarchical micro-nano structure surface on silicon is directly produced by femtosecond laser in air. The laser processing reduces the reflectance of silicon significantly in the studied wavelength range (0.25-1.1 μm). Mechanical durability of the micro-nano structure surface has been studied. It is indicated that wear is significantly reduced under water saturation lubrication. Moreover surface modification with Perfluoropolyether improves its mechanical durability.


Problems discussed in this paper is about the human skeleton information and explanations about the function and form the framework of the bones in the human body. The system framework is the motion on the human body as a result of cooperation between the bones to muscles. Bone as a passive motion would then arrange the framework of the system as a tool while the muscles active motion. The restrictions on the problem of the aforementioned problems in the writing of the authors limit this problem only on how the human skeleton anatomy website is designed for students who want to know the information the human skeleton with a scope that is taken from the data and anatomical information. The purpose of this scientific writing is creating a human skeleton anatomy website using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 This is to introduce the anatomy of the human skeleton to the general public especially the students through the Internet so students can know clearly about the human skeleton anatomical information.


Monascus is a traditional fermention product in China.Nowadays,it is classified into pigment monascus,fermenting monascus and functional monascus.With more and more application of and research on monascus in food industry,the safety problems induced by monascus product is of much concern,which has restricted further development of monascus products.The reduce of citrinin content in monascus is the first step to settle such problem.


Objective
To explore some methods in the of prevention and intervention gestational diabetes.

Methods
The puerperae not been intervened and admitted into our hospital from October, 2014 to October, 2015 were retrospectively analyzed. 85 cases positive in screening of diabetes during pregnancy were selected as an observation group and were early and systematically intervened. 85 puerperae diagnosed with gestational diabetes when being hospitalized for delivery and getting no intervention during the whole pregnancy were selected as a control group.

Results
After systematical intervention, 3 cases got preeclampsia, 5 hydramnios, 3 premature rupture of membranes, 7 microsomal, 3 fetal distress, 3 neonatal asphyxia, and no neonatal hypoglycemia in the observation group. The incidence of GDM complications was lower in the observation group than in the control group (P<0.05) .

Conclusions
The incidence of gestational diabetes is increasing in the world. The disease can be a serious threat to the mothers and children's physical and mental health. Psychological, diet, exercise measures and timely nursing intervention can decrease the incidence of the disease.

Key words:
Pregnancy; Gestational diabetes; Prevention


This article firstly establishes a charging load model for EV clusters based on user travel data; Secondly, it integrates the impact of the charging and discharging tariffs set by aggregators and the vehicle state of charge (SOC) on user charging and discharging responses. Ultimately, it takes charging and discharging price set by aggregator and charging and discharging power of EV as decision variables, and considers the benefits of grid, aggregator and EV users. It constructs a charging and discharging strategy that minimizes the volatility of distribution grid load. The model aims to minimize the load fluctuation of the distribution network, decrease customers' charge cost and maximize aggregators 'revenue. The optimization target is accomplished by particle swarm optimization (PSO).


The aim of this study was to assess the effects of the exclusion of rotifer or its replacement by commercial feed in the survival, larval development and growth during the larval rearing of mud crab (Ucides cordatus). Larvae were individually reared and subjected to 6 treatments (T1 to T5 and TR) with 50 replicates, from zoea (Z1 to Z5) to the megalopa stage (M). Feeding was composed of Artemia nauplii and microalgae in all treatments. Rotifer was also introduced as food from T1 to T5, except for TR, where microparticulate commercial feed was provided as food. Rotifer was then supplied in treatments T1-Z1, T2 –Z2, T3-Z3, T4-Z4 and T5-Z5, and subsequently excluded. The low survival with reduced number of megalopae observed when rotifer was replaced with the commercial feed, shows that this is not a viable alternative. The exclusion of rotifer can be performed after switching from Z1 to Z2, maintaining the supply of Artemia nauplii and microalgae, without impact on growth, survival and stress resistance, ensuring megalopae with quality for restoking and thereby reducing handling and the costs involved in the production.


Abstract : The aim of the project is to investigate ways for integrating mobile robots to improve and reduce to complexity of providing security in wireless sensor networks. We worked on mobile assisted key management to distribute keys using mobile robots and controlled path traversal where a robot has to prove the path traversed to a base station. In addition, we worked on finding location of mobile robots to use this information in security protocols, robot coordination in case multiple robots are used and they have to be connected all the time and traversal algorithms for the mobile robots.


Background: The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is one of the most commonly altered genes in non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC). Of these, insertion mutation in 20 exon (Ex20ins) of the EGFR occurs less frequently. In comparison with the common EGFR mutations (19Del/L858R), the NSCLC patients with Ex20ins have a worse prognosis. Recently, the FDA approved targeted oral therapeutic agent for NSCLC patients with EX20ins mutation, which has markedly improved their survival. Here we carry out a complete analysis of the frequency and types of EGFR 20 Exon insertion mutations in the large-scale NSCLC cohort of the Chinese population.
 Methods: From January 2020 to October 2021, a total of 4,091 patients were confirmed as NSCLC were included in the study. The Next-generation sequencing was utilized for detecting genetic mutations.
 Results: Among the 4,091 NSCLC patients, 2,411 (58.9%) experienced EGFR mutations. In which we identified 90 patients(2.2%) with Ex20ins. All of the Ex20ins were localized between amino acids S767-V774, and after C-helix of the EGFR kinase domain. Different from the exon 19 deletion, we found that Ex20ins exhibits various types of mutations. A total of 34 Ex20ins types were detected, with the most common A767_V769dupASV and S768_D770dupSVD mutations, accounting for 26% and 22.2% respectively. In addition, H773dupH (6.67%), H773_V774dupHV(5.56%), H773_V774insAH (2.22%), D770_N771insG (2.22%), and N771_P772insG(2.22%) were also observed in the NSCLC patients.
 Conclusions: We described the landscape of EGFR Ex20ins in Chinese NSCLC patients cohort. Based on the large sample size, the frequency of the Ex20ins mutation in Chinese NSCLC patients was 2.2%, and the types of EGFR Ex20ins mutation were highly heterogeneous.
 Citation Format: shun xu, Zhichao Fu. The landscape of EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations in Chinese patients with non-small cell lung cancer [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2022; 2022 Apr 8-13. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2022;82(12_Suppl):Abstract nr 5838.


A 52-year-old male patient with a mechanical prosthetic valve, in use of the combination of aspirin and warfarin, presented to the emergency department after 12 hours of a blunt injury of erect penis during sexual intercourse. On physical examination there was swelling and subcutaneous hematoma extending over the proximal penile shaft, the scrotum and the pubis with a dorsal-left sided deviation of the penis. The scrotum was swollen and painful on physical examination and the testicles were palpable with difficulty due to the pain. The patient denied any voiding difficulties or haematuria and had neither blood at the meatus nor palpable bladder. On the basis of the history and physical examination, a diagnosis of penile fracture and urethral trauma was made. The patient was brought immediately to the operating room for retrograde urethrography and surgical exploration. Although highly underreported, penile fracture is uncommon urologic injury. These injuries attract a lot of psychological, physical, functional, and emotional distress on the patient. The diagnosis of penile fracture is largely clinical with a definite history of trauma, a "crack" sound and rapid detumescence of the erection. Depending on whether the Buck's fascia has been breached, the hematoma will track to the base of the shaft or spread to the perineum, scrotum (butterfly sign) and lower abdominal wall. If the fracture involves the urethra, blood will extravasate through the urethra. Urethral bleeding or hematuria or voiding symptoms suggest associated trauma to the urethra.


absorptive capacity, i.e. the capability to incorporate external knowledge. The challenge of business model innovation and design driven innovation is not how to incorporate external knowledge (which can be usually easily done), but it's at a higher level: how can we recognize the value of an innovation that redefines the parameters of value in an industry? The challenge in other words is not knowledge driven, but perceptive. It's not about solving, but about framing. It's not a matter of R&D, but of leadership, entrepreneurship and cultural change. Most innovation nowadays is widely available, but the problem of organizations is that they simply cannot recognize their value because they play on new performance parameters. Especially when, as in designdriven innovations, these parameters are symbolic and emotional. On top of this, concepts are difficult to articulate, protect, license. Their circulation is easy. Their interpretation is hard.


The Global Reporting Initiative, together with CPA Australia and KPMG Australia this month launch their new research, From Tactical to Strategic How Australian businesses create value from sustainability. The research investigates how ASX50 companies are tackling the sustainability issues and risks that confront them, and how this contributes to value creation.


In recent years, Er~(3+)-doped glasses with a broad 1.5 μm emission band have been extensively investigated for obtaining erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFA) with a wide and flat gain spectrum in the telecommunication window, to be used in dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) optical network systems. In this paper, Er~(3+)-doped B_2O_3-SiO_2-GD_2O_3-Na_2O (BSGN) glasses were prepared by the technique of high-temperature melting at different temperature. The 1.5 μm emission spectra responsible to ()~4I_(13/2)→()~4I_(15/2) transition of Er~(3+) at 17 K and room temperature, absorption spectra, time resolved spectra and lifetime of the ()~4I_(13/2) state are measured and investigated, respectively. Both the bandwidth of the 1.5 μm emission and the J-O parameter Ω_6 of Er~(3+) in the BSGN glasses increase with the increasing of B_2O_3 content, and their lifetime decreased. A broad 1.5 μm emission band with bandwidth of more than 80 nm is obtained. The glass ceramics were obtained by the heat treatment for the previous glasses at different temperature above its glass transition temperature (T_g), they show different emission spectral shapes from the corresponding glasses. The measured time decay pattern of the 1.5 μm emission in the glass ceramic consists of a fast and a slow component, which are attributed to the glass phase and the crystalline phase, respectively, indicating higher 1.5 μm emission efficiency in crystalline phase than that in glass phase. Differential thermal analysis result (DTA) also demonstrates high thermal stability of the BSGN glasses. Crystallization by heat treatment is helpful to increasing emission efficiency of the 1.5 μm emission band. The Er~(3+)-doped BSGN glasses are the promising materials for the EDFA in the 1.5 μm window of optical telecommunication system.


Abstract Spin waves in crystals with linear magnetoelectric properties are analysed theoretically. Considerations are restricted to systems without spontaneous electric polarizations and to the case when the magnetoelectric properties can be described effectively by single-ion anisotropy constants and g-factor, which depend linearly on electric field. Coupled states of spin waves with photons as well as with collective electronic excitations are also analysed.


With the rapid development in the field of solar energy, photovoltaic (PV) modules are being used in a wide range of moving applications like cars, trains, ships and a number of space applications that are subjected to dynamic partial shading. In such applications the power-voltage (P-V) characteristics of the PV module continuously changes with time. The conventional Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) techniques may not have a good conversion efficiency under these scenarios. This paper proposes a novel MPPT algorithm, namely Recurrent Scan and Track (RST) method that was designed in a manner so as to keep up with the changes in the output characteristics due to dynamic shading and track the Global Maximum Power Point (GMPP) at all times. Simulations and outdoor experimental tests taking into account three different dynamic partial shading conditions were carried out to prove the effectiveness of the proposed RST method.


In this paper we summarize the emotion recognition from the electroencephalogram (EEG) signals. The combination of surface Laplacian filtering, time-frequency analysis (Wavelet Transform) and linear classifiers are used to detect the discrete emotions (happy, surprise, fear, disgust, and neutral) of human through EEG signals. EEG signals are collected from 20 subjects through 62 active electrodes, which are placed over the entire scalp based on International 10-10 system. All the signals are collected without much discomfort to the subjects, and can reflect the influence of emotion on the autonomic nervous system. An audio-visual (video clips) induction based protocol has been designed for evoking the discrete emotions. The raw EEG signals are preprocessed through Surface Laplacian filtering method and decomposed into five different EEG frequency bands using Wavelet Transform (WT). In our work, we used "db4" wavelet function for extracting the statistical features for classifying the emotions. A new statistical features based on frequency band energy and it's modified from are discussed for achieving the maximum classification rate. The validation of statistical features is performed using 5 fold cross validation. In this work, KNN outperforms LDA by offering a maximum average classification rate of 78.4783 % on 62 channels and 73.6087% on 24 channels respectively. Finally we present the average classification accuracy and individual classification accuracy of two different classifiers for justifying the performance of our emotion recognition system.


In the paper two kinds of uncertainty: randomness and imprecision are proposed to be considered in a structure description. Imprecise experts' opinions can be described using fuzzy numbers. As a result, the reliability analysis of a structure can be based on the limit state function with fuzzy parameters. As a consequence, the structural failure or survival can be treated as fuzzy events. The probabilities of these fuzzy events can be the upper and the lower estimations of the structural reliability. They can be achieved using well-known reliability methods (e.g. Hasofer-Lind index and Monte Carlo simulations). They can be used as a base for the calibration of partial safety factors in design codes.


AbstractThe production of large series of maps at many different scales, for both official and private use, constitutes a major task in production control. This is examined in relation to the Divisions primarily involved; Large Scales, Small Scales; and Publication. Each Division has a Control Section which deals wiih the planning of flow lines, programme integration, and product supervision. These Sections are placed between management and production, and play an important role in providing the information needed for management decisions and applying such decisions to actual production.The paper was given at the Symposium of the British Cartographic Society, Newcastle upon Tyne, September 1967.


The data supporting neutrino oscillations are reexamined empirically, ignoring the phase space of the usual theory. An absolutely minimum description can be constructed easily without assuming oscillations. An empirical fit to a simplified but representative set of neutrino problem data may require only two free parameters; the usual oscillation theory requires as many as four.
Free parameters used were total mass in range of a propagating neutrino, distance travelled, and a detector profile parameter.
The usual oscillation theory appears overcomplicated and inefficient. Even if future data do not demand it be complicated further, it should be abandoned for something better.


Removal of heavy metal ions from waste water has drawn intense attention due to their toxicity, bio-accumulation tendency and persistency in nature. Adsorption is regarded as one of the most promising method because of its simplicity and efficiency. In the present work, we report the preparation of a novel EDTA-Functionalized covalent organic framework (COF) for removal of heavy metal ions. Firstly, a COF named TpPa-NO2 was reduced to TpPa-NH2 by using Na2S2O4 as a reductant, and then EDTA dianhydride was grafted onto TpPa-NH2 to obtain TpPa-NH2@EDTA through post-modification. Both the COF morphology and structure kept unchanged after post-modification. The TpPa-NH2@EDTA showed excellent performance in adsorbing different kinds of heavy metal ions, such as soft Lewis acid (Ag+, Pd2+), hard Lewis acid (Fe3+, Cr3+) and borderline Lewis acid (Cu2+, Ni2+), and the removal efficiencies are all above 85% within 5 minutes due to the strong chelation effect of EDTA. The TpPa-NH2@EDTA also showed high adsorption ability in pH ≥ 3 environment and have an adsorption capacity of over 50 mg/g for the six representative heavy metal ions. This work provides a new idea for the application of COF materials in the removal of heavy metal ions from waste water.


Branched carbon nanotubes and the related studies on their mechanical properties have important significance in modern silicon microelectronics industry.The fracture properties of the"Y"shaped branched single-walled carbon nanotubes(YBSCNTs) were investigated in atomic-scale by using atomic finite element method(AFEM).Moreover,the influences of the diameter and the length of the YBSCNTs on the equivalent elastic modulus,the fracture strain and the tensile strength were also discussed.The results of numerical simulations show that with the increasing tube diameter,the equivalent elastic modulus,the fracture strain and the tensile strength of the YBSCNTs will decrease,with the increasing length,the equivalent elastic modulus will decreases,while the fracture strain and the tensile strength will increase.The suggested method provides a convenient tool for estimating the effective mechanical properties,therefore,which is helpful for the optimal design of YBSCNTs.


Anomaly detection is an imperative problem associated with emerging fields such as the Internet of Things, Telecommunication and Manufacturing Industries. Timely detection of anomalies and attribution to its sources enables to enforce preventive measures so as to maintain optimal process operation and avoid undesirable down-times. In this work, we propose an unsupervised method which enables detection, quantification and diagnosis of amplitude anomalies from multivariate data. The proposed method utilizes the ideas of sparse optimization to effectively decompose the data contributions into with and without anomalies for the purpose of anomaly detection and quantification. Further, the ideas of the directed graph are implemented on the estimated anomaly-free data to determine the root cause of anomaly to enable preventive maintenance. The efficacy of the proposed method is demonstrated on two case studies comprising of synthetic and real-time datasets.


Grassland ecosystems are extremely complex and set up intricate structures, whose characteristics and dynamic properties are greatly influenced by climate and meteorological patterns. Climate change and global warming are factors that could impact negatively in the quality and productivity of these ecosystems.

Remote sensing techniques have been demonstrated as a powerful tool for monitoring extensive areas. In this study, two semi-arid grassland plots were selected in the centre of Spain. This region is characterized by low precipitation and moderate productivity per unit. Through scientific research, spectral vegetation indices (VIs) have been developed to characterize vegetation cover. The most common VI is the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). However, in vegetation scarcity conditions, bare soil reflectance is increased, and the feasibility of NDVI is reduced. This study aims to perform a method to compare soil and agro-climatic variables effect on vegetation time-series indices.

The construction of the time series was based on multispectral images of MODIS TERRA (MOD09A1.006) product acquired from 2002 till 2018. Three pixels with a temporal resolution of 8 days and a spatial resolution of 500 x 500 m were chosen in each area. To estimate and analyse VIs series, Red (620-670 nm) and Near Infrared (841-876 nm) channels were extracted and filtered by the quality of pixel. All spectral bands showed statistically significant differences confirming that both areas presented different soil properties. Moreover, average annual precipitation was different in each area of study.

NDVI calculation is only based on NIR and RED bands. To improve the estimation of vegetation in semi-arid areas, several indices have been developed to minimize the soil effect. Each one of them incorporates soil influence in a different way, i.e., Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI) adds a constant soil adjustment factor (L), whereas, MSAVI, incorporate an L variable and dependant on soil characteristics.

Recurrence plots (RP) and recurrence quantification analysis (RQA) were computed to characterize the influence of agro-climatic variables in vegetation index dynamics. Characterization was based on various RQA measures, such as Determinism (DET), average diagonal length (LT) or entropy (ENT).

Our results showed different RPs depending on the area, VI utilized and precipitation. MSAVI patterns were further distinct, meanwhile, NDVI showed a noisy pattern. LT values in MSAVI were higher than in SAVI implying that MSAVI recurrent events are much longer than SAVI. Simultaneously, LT and DET values in ZSO, with a higher rain, were above ZEA values in MSAVI.

This indicates that incorporating more detailed information of soil and precipitation reinforce vegetation index estimation and allow to obtain a more distinct pattern of the time series. Therefore, in arid-semiarid grasslands, they should be considered.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The authors acknowledge support from Project No. PGC2018-093854-B-I00 of the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia Innovación y Universidades of Spain and the funding from the Comunidad de Madrid (Spain) and Structural Funds 2014-2020 512 (ERDF and ESF), through project AGRISOST-CM S2018/BAA-4330, are highly appreciated.


Classic geospatial network visualization tends to limit itself to 2D representation by organizing edges and nodes on a 2D map or the external surface of a traditional globe model. Due to the visual clutter caused by a large amount of edge crossings and node-edge overlaps, efficient exploration of geospatial network visualization becomes challenging when the positions of the nodes in the network data are unchangeable as they carry useful geographical information. This paper proposes the Sphere Immersive Model and a dedicated VR interaction method for the intuitive exploration of geospatial networks. To reduce visual clutter and reveal network patterns, we also propose a parametrizable 5-step 3D edge bundling algorithm and an approach to avoiding collision of network edges with the viewpoint. Our SIM and 3D edge bundling approaches have been implemented for an Oculus Rift environment. We demonstrate the usefulness of our approach with a case study on a real-world network dataset.


The purpose of this article is to proceed with a semiotic examination of several wordless picturebooks focussed on the use of a thread, Considering that it is the visual image which first and foremost prompts the meaning in iconotexts, we shall deal with it more particularly through the examination of two French picturebooks: the first one by Robert Scouvart, Histoire d'un fil (The Story of a Thread, Magnard 1990) shows how a single thread can magically delineate different characters introduced in an alluring play on words. The book will offer a distanced staging of the reading process through a humorous use of stereotypes close to those resorted to in comic strips. In the second part of my presentation we shall deal with Boutique Tic Tic, (Shop Pop Pop) by Frédéric Clément, (Albin Michel Jeunesse, 2018) a poetical description introduced under the aesthetic spell of Lewis Carrol's The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland, as suggested by the image of the white rabbit winking from a globe on the cover page. The book in the end will tell how a magical thread can unexpectedly and poetically have a « golden voice » during « a long minute of silence of Big Ben »… An original achievement fully illustrating Sandra Becket's declaration that « the 'interactive' and 'cinematic' qualities of similar productions [...] make them books for the 'digital age.' (2012, p. 99)
Keywords: the magic thread, album without words, Histoire d'un fil, Boutique Tic Tic, humour, poetry.


The trees, vines, and stranglers ≥10 cm in diameter in 1 ha of terra firme forest in Amazonas State, Brazil, were measured and identified. The plot contained 645 trees representing 201 species, 95 genera, and 34 families (basal area ca 31 m2); 16 vines representing 14 species, 13 genera, and 8 families; and 1 strangler. The dominant families of trees present were the Leguminosae (sensu latu), Lecythidaceae, Sapotaceae, Burseraceae, and Moraceae; the dominant species were Clathrotropis macrocarpa (Leguminosae), Eschweilera coriacea (Lecythidaceae), and Protium hebetatum (Burseraceae). In terms of structure, diversity, and floristic composition, this plot is reasonably typical of the terra firme forests in the central Amazon, as far as this diverse biota can be typified.


The microbial activity of pristine and contaminated soils was investigated by measuring the following parameters: glucose induced respiration, dimethylsulphoxide reduction and the hydrolysis of fluorescein diacetate. The viable counts were determined by the plate count method.

The ability of the autochthonous microorganisms of the investigated soils to degrade diesel fuel was determined in a closed system on the basis of the oxygen consumption and by direct measurements of the hydrocarbon concentrations.

As expected, compost showed the highest microbial activity with regard to all three parameters, followed by the grassland and the arable soil samples which were also found to have high activity. However, soils that had been exposed to mineral oil for a long period of time showed significantly lower values.

Microorganisms from contaminated sites had a high degradation potential; few pristine soils reached similar turnover rates. The investigations showed that the level of the degradation of diesel fuel in pristine soils correlated with their microbial activity, but this correlation was not found in the investigated contaminated soils.


Over the last few years, Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) have become popular in computing, and have found their way into a number of cloud platforms. However, integrating a GPU into a cloud environment requires the cloud provider to efficiently virtualize the GPU. While several research projects have addressed this challenge in the past, few of these projects attempt to properly enable sharing of GPU memory between multiple clients: To date, GPUswap is the only project that enables sharing of GPU memory without inducing unnecessary application overhead, while maintaining both fairness and high utilization of GPU memory. However, GPUswap includes only a rudimentary swapping policy, and therefore induces a rather large application overhead. In this paper, we work towards a practicable swapping policy for GPUs. To that end, we analyze the behavior of various GPU applications to determine their memory access patterns. Based on our insights about these patterns, we derive a swapping policy that includes a developer-assigned priority for each GPU buffer in its swapping decisions. Experiments with our prototype implementation show that a swapping policy based on buffer priorities can significantly reduce the swapping overhead.


The present invention provides a method of making a device in which at least one closed housing is closed by being filled with at least one liquid and at least one membrane is provided, a) a step of depositing at least one predetermined material in a liquid state on the support (100), b) a step of the or gel state at least partially solidify the predetermined material (130), And step c) film and support, to form at least one closed housing filled with a predetermined material, to produce a film on the solidified material, d) As given material in a closed housing liquefies again, which method comprises the steps of melting the predetermined materials (130), the.


In recent decades, most developed economies around the world have been increasingly exhibiting a structural trend popularly labeled "financialization." The systemically destabilizing potential of this trend came into a particularly sharp relief during the global financial crisis of 2008. Not surprisingly, the crisis has revived a long-standing academic debate on the causal link between growth of the financial system, on the one hand, and broader economic growth, on the other.

This article takes the economic literature on the relationship between the size of the financial sector and economic growth as a starting point for broadening and deepening the inquiry into the qualitative aspects of their relationship. It shifts the discussion beyond the economists' question "Can there be too much finance?" to the bigger and more complicated question, "What kind of finance should there be?" The article outlines an effective macro-systemic approach to financial markets and regulation, which explicitly ties together the traditionally technical issues of financial stability and innovation and the broader issues of sustainable and structurally-balanced socio-economic development.

To concretize this interdependence, the article (1) offers a novel conceptual framework for understanding financial innovation, and (2) lays out a proposal for reforming public infrastructure finance.


Based on the furnace heat balance, an empirical "effectiveness factor" is derived for water-cooled surfaces therein, relating the heat radiated by the burning fuel and products of combustion to the furnace-outlet temperature. The value of this factor is calculated from certain experimental data for turbulent horizontally fired pulverized-coal furnaces with bare water-cooled tube walls. For these experimental data, the fraction radiated of the heat liberated in the furnace has also been calculated and is compared with Broido's curve and with the value calculated by the Orrok-Hudson formula. The method of applying the effectiveness factor to design problems is illustrated by showing the effect of preheated-air temperature upon the furnace-outlet temperature.


ABSTRACT This study evaluated the agreement between Kinect V2 with AssessLink and Vicon motion capture systems in children performing the vertical jump (JL) and forward leap (Leap). Eighteen healthy children (5–17 years) performed the movements while recorded simultaneously by both motion capture systems. Spearman correlation (ρ) and Bland-Altman were used to determine joint angle agreement. Overall, agreement varied by body segment, movement type, and phase. JL for knees and shoulder ranged from ρ = −.220 to .543; bias = 8.1 to 23.0° and ρ = −.743 to .410; bias = 8.1 to 56.5°, respectively. Leap had poorer correlation and bias for the appendicular segments (ρ = −.091 to .306; bias = −47.5 to 73.7°) than axial segments (ρ = .345 to .553; bias = 11.3 to 22.9°). The Kinect V2 should not replace criterion kinematic systems, but may improve gross motor assessment methods when selecting for specific movement observations.


The research was carried out in two agro-ecosistem of the province Granma, locality Bueycito and Dorado in the soil Fluvisol and Brow sialitic respectively. With the objective to evaluate the morphological characteristics, in three varieties of black tobacco, "Havana 92", "Havana Vuelta Arriba" and "Havana 2000". The morphological characteristics of the plant height and diameter of the stem, distance of the internode, long and wide of the major leaf, leaf area and biomass to foliate and was calculation the relationship between the wide and long of the major leaf. The edaphoclimatic conditions of the locality have influence on the morphological characteristic with the major value in the locality of Bueycito (soil Fluvisol ) the variety "Havana 2000" showed the major response.


To adapt to new conditions,the America College Board created new SAT(Scholastic Assessment Test)which had added writing section and adjusted other sections.It had worked smoothly for two years.However,new problems like declining of average grades,and unfavorable influences on senior high schools' teaching,should be paid more attention to by us.


Introduction: Congenital hypothyroidism is the most common cause of mental retardation in the world. The presence of hypothyroidism in fetal is lead to abnormalities in major organs, including nervous system and central skeleton. Aim of this study was to investigate epidemiologic situation of neonatal hypothyroidism in Ilam province between 2005 -2011. Materials and methods: This was a cross-sectional retrospective study. The number of 27258 infants was born in Ilam province from 2005 till 2011. Among these infants who were enterned to screening program of congenital hypothyroidism, about 162 cases were identified as congenital hypothyroidism patients. The data were analyzed through SPSS software. Results: From identified patients, 95 infants (58.9%) were male. Incidence rate was 5 in 1000 live birth. There was a significant correlation between birth weight and T4 level (P = 0.02). The analysis showed that there is a significant relationship between gender of neonate and TSH level (P = 0.009). Conclusion: Prevalence of congenital hypothyroidism in Ilam province compare to other parts of country was high. Due to the importance of hypothyroidism in mental retardation, encouraging of parents to attend screening test seems to be necessary.


Early detection of hypertension is important because hypertension leads to stroke and cardiovascular diseases. Hypertensive changes in the retina are diagnosed by measuring the arteriovenous ratio near the optic disc. Therefore, classification of arteries and veins is necessary for ratio measurement, and previous studies classified them by using pixel-based features, such as pixel values, texture features, and shape features etc. For simplification of the classification process, a convolutional neural network (CNN) was applied in this study. For evaluation of the classification process, CNN was tested using centerlines extracted manually in this study. As a result of a fourfold cross-validation with 40 retinal images, the mean classification ratio of the arteries and veins was 98%. Furthermore, CNN was tested using the centerlines of blood vessels automatically extracted using the CNN-based method for testing the fully automatic method. CNN classified 90% of blood vessels into arteries and veins in the arteriovenous ratio measurement zone. CNN had 30 trained and 10 tested retinal images. This result may work as an important processing for abnormality detection.


Objective: Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) is a serious potentially preventable complication of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). It remains a challenge as use of PCI is growing, patient population is aging, diabetes and chronic kidney disease are coming more common. The incidence of CI-AKI are not well defined. The aim of the study was to evaluate the incidence of CI-AKI in patients undergoing PCI using different definitions. Design and method: 502 patients (346 male, 64 ± 12 years (M ± SD), arterial hypertension 92%, previous myocardial infarction 38%, diabetes mellitus (DM) 22%, known chronic kidney disease 19%, anemia 16%, heart failure 62%, left ventricular ejection fraction 40 ± 16%) who underwent PCI (stable angina pectoris (SAP), n = 50; unstable AP/non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (UAP/NSTEMI), n = 236; STEMI, n = 216) were examined. CI-AKI was assessed according KDIGO 2012 Guidelines and previously the most frequently used definition (25% increase of serum creatinine (SCr) from baseline or 0.5 mg/dl increase in absolute value within 48–72 hours of contrast administration. Mann-Whitney test was performed. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: According KDIGO 2012 definition incidence of CI-AKI was 18 %, in SAP patients 12%; UAP/NSTEMI, 15%; STEMI, 20%, P < 0.01. According previously used definition incidence of CI-AKI was: total population 20%, SAP, 16%; UAP/NSTEMI, 16%; STEMI, 18%, P < 0.01. Conclusions: The highest incidence of CI-AKI both on the 2012 KDIGO Guidelines and earlier version was highest among the STEMI patients with primary PCI.


This article deals with biotechnological advances, especially in the field of editing and genetic engineering. In contemporary times, the possibility of manipulating the human genetic heritage and creating perfect organisms is no longer a simple theoretical hypothesis, notably from the development of the genomic editing technique Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat (CRISPR-CAS9), a system created from immunological mechanisms of bacteria that allows the modification of the human genome. In this sense, supported by the matrix of global bioethics, it aims to investigate the immediate and mediate implications of human genetic editing in the contemporary world, through an exploratory methodology and literature review, highlighting divergent positions in Brazil and abroad. In the end, it is possible to conclude that the establishment of limits to biotechnological advances is a measure that is imposed, in respect of the determining border between techno science's and human rights, not disregarding, however, the benefits of biotechnology, but considering ethical, legal, humanitarian and social criteria.


Emergency care for pediatric patients represents a large proportion of total ENT emergencies so we thought that it might be interesting to know the statistical data from a tertiary hospital. These findings are the basis for planning work and training for future specialists in different fields.


22 March 2014 the Marine and Coastal Department of Thailand sank the T13 Patrol Boat just off the beach from Bang Niang near Khao Lak creating new diving opportunities


In order to determine the spatial distribution of the flexural strength, three-point bend tests have been performed on bar specimens cut from four YBa2Cu3O7−δ single-grain bulk superconductors. A relatively large spread of the room temperature flexural strength, average and standard deviation of 49.3 MPa and 12.7 MPa, respectively, was observed across the four bulk samples. This is attributed to the systemic microstructural variation introduced by the seeded melt growth. In particular, the strength was shown to be related to the local porosity and Y2BaCuO5 content. To further examine bulk-to-bulk variability, indirect tensile (Brazilian) tests were conducted on twelve 16-mm-diameter bulk superconductors from three production batches. The Weibull modulus for these was calculated to be 8.76, suggesting that, despite the large spread in strength with position within a bulk, the batch processing of bulk superconductors can consistently yield samples with comparable overall mechanical strengths.


This paper describes how a crash pulse representative of the accident event is often requested in addition to the reconstructed speed, deltaV, and PDOF. One approach to crash pulse generation is to scale available test data to the accident condition. Scaling formulas for time and acceleration are derived based upon commonly available accident reconstruction information from the crush profiles, closing speed, and vehicle deltaV. Scaling is based upon the compression phase of the crash pulse. A crash test similar to the accident may not be readily available unless a crash test is performed that is designed to represent a specific accident. Available test results may not reproduce the accident but may approximate it in several important aspects. In such situations it is necessary to scale a reconstructed crash pulse from the most representative test available based upon the test parameters and the reconstruction estimates. Selected National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) tests are compared one with another after scaling in order to illustrate both the potential and limitations of scaling crash pulses.


Background. The prevalence of psychiatric disorders in nursing homes, which has not been studied before in Nigeria, is the subject of this cross‐sectional study.


Blockchain is a distributed or decentralised ledger technology that uses cryptographic algorithms to verify the creation and transfer of digitally represented assets or information over a peer-to-peer network. It eliminates the need for a central authority to keep, update and verify data. Traditionally, services provided by these central authorities constitute a significant part of the services industry. This paper argues that Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) is changing the services industry in three ways. First, services previously provided by central authorities are now being replaced and supplied jointly by some or all participants on the distributed ledger. Second, with the elimination of central authorities, auxiliary services used to support the operation of these central authorities are being eliminated. Third, services trade may be expanded and become more inclusive by engaging previously disadvantaged or marginalised individuals. This paper further argues that the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), as the first and the only multilateral trade agreement on services, is highly relevant for the development and regulation of DLT-based applications. This relevance is unpacked by: (i) identifying the services relevant in the context of DLT-based applications; and, (ii) exploring whether a WTO Member, in adopting regulations affecting DLT-based applications, needs to consider its obligations under the GATS. The paper arrives at the conclusion that the GATS can be an effective instrument in expanding trade in DLT-replaced or enabled services.


Somatic genetic alterations of 9p have been seen in a wide range of human cancers, including breast cancer. Loss of heterozygosity analysis of primary breast cancer tumors has revealed a high frequency of deletion of DNA from 9p21–22 encompassing the MTS1 (P16/CDKN2A) gene. We report the approximately tenfold increase in copy number of DNA from 9p23–24, which is far distal to P16/CDKN2A in female breast cancer cell line COLO 824, as revealed by fluorescence in situ hybridization, comparative genomic hybridization, and microsatellite analysis. Amplification of DNA has been reported previously to encompass multiple sites of the genome of the breast cancer cell, but increase in DNA copy number has not been seen in distal 9p. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 24:87–93, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


FIELD: electricity. SUBSTANCE: device for switching the excitation winding and the auxiliary winding of separate excitation DC motor contains the DC motor of separate excitation with excitation windings and auxiliary winding, connected to the armature winding of the motor. In case of one of the DC motor windings failure - excitation winding or the auxiliary winding, provides its work continuation with less power without motor stop. EFFECT: increase of the DC motor of separate excitation stability; reduction of drilling equipment downtime, waiting for the motor repair or replace. 1 dwg


Band oscillator strengths (f-values) for four bands of the Fourth Positive system (A (1)Pi - Chi(sup 1) Sigma(+)) of CO have been determined from high-resolution (lambda/Delta lambda approximately equal to 150,000) absorption spectra. The bands, (14, 0) through (11, 0), are at wavelengths between 121 and 127 nm. Our f-values for the (11, 0) and (12, 0) bands support those of Chan, Cooper, & Brion (1993), which have been shown to be consistent with observations of CO in the clouds in the line of sight to zeta Oph. Our f-values for the (13, 0) and (14, 0) bands are the first directly measured values for these bands.


Carrie Dunn's book shows that there are some unique facets of the female football fan experience, including a strong engagement with the new cooperative supporters' trust movement, and fascinating negotiations of identity within this male-dominated world. Sierra Williams finds that this book will challenge readers to think about the fluid nature of identity, behaviour and practice, not just for individual communities but for their institutions as well.


Abstract The IUPAC centenary in 2019 is fast approaching, and this will naturally lead people to look back at the significant achievements of the organisation and its dedicated volunteers over the past one hundred years. Equally important, however, will be the need to look forward to the roles for IUPAC in its second century. This special issue of Chemistry International (CI) could well feature in that assessment, as technology in the digital age, and particularly the data that technology produces, will clearly be an essential tool for the future of chemistry as a discipline.


Electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) plasma etching is one of the most suitable methods to realize a highly selective and highly anisotropic etching because the ECR is able to generate a high density plasma at low pressure. We applied this technique to W etching using sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) and octafluoro cyclobutane (C4F8) mixture gases at the etching chemistry. The characteristics of the W etching using ECR plasma were investigated. Consequently, high selectivity to photoresist is obtained without biasing rf power. Furthermore, it is clear that the addition of C4F8 to the plasma decreases the reactive ion etching lag effect in W etching. Both our simulations and mass spectral analysis with changing orifice aspect ratios show the surface reaction coefficients of the precursors to increase with increasing molecular weight. For example, the surface reaction coefficient of the parent species of the C4F+9 fragment is estimated to be about 0.12. Furthermore, in our simulation, the flux of these parent specie...


Some initial values of the wheel force transducer (WFT) change after being mounted in the vehicle. The traditional static calibration is inadequate to fully obtain these initial values. Aiming to this problem, an online initial value calibration method is proposed. The method does not require any additional calibration equipment or manual operation and just requires the vehicle mounted with the WFT to be driven on a flat road with constant speed. In this way, an initial value mode is constructed and then converted to an optimization problem. To solve this problem and acquire the right initial value, an improved Memetic framework based on particle swarm optimization (PSO) and Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) is adopted. To verify the effect of the proposed method, the real WFT data is used and the comparative test is carried out. The experiment result shows that the proposed method is superior to the traditional one and can improve the measurement accuracy effectively.


Abstract for the AIAA 29/h Thefmophysics Conference to be held on June 19-22, 1995 at San Diego, CA.Abstract Deadline: October 17, 1994. Computation of High-Speed Flow Fieldswith Multi-Dimensional Solid Heat Conduction ABSTRACTGregory A. Molvikt, Frank S. Milost, Thomas H. Squire" and Yih-Kano Chen"NASA Ames Research CenterMoffell Field, CA 94035In this paper, two methods are presented for thecomputation of high-speed flow fields thataccount for heat transfer to and within a vehicle.Emphasis is placed on the modeling of a materialcomposed of a diboride composile. The firstmethod couples a heat conduction computationwith a hypersonic boundary layer code throughmanual iteration. The second approach is a morecomprehensive method that employs a surfaceenergy balance to couple a new finite-volume,multi-dimensional, heat transfer code with ahypersonic computational fluid dynamic code.Generalized coordinate transformation areemployed in both the fluid and solid solvers, andthe flow lield solution and the vehicle thermalresponse are obtained simultaneously. Thisapproach allows the computation of time-accurate, transient behavior. A finite-volumephilosophy is maintained in both models toensure conservation of energy. Results areobtained for a simple conduction problem and ona blunt wedge geometry at hypersonic speeds.The final version of this paper will also include athree-dimensional transienl computation ol ahypersonic test problem.INTRODUCTIONThe TPS/structural weight ot hypersonic vehiclesand spacecralt is typically much larger than thepayload weight. For this reason any improvementin lhe fidelily of TPS sizing calculations which1 Senior Research Scientist, MCAT Institute,Member AIAA:1: Aerospace Engineer, Thermal Protection BranchResearch ScientJsls, ThermoscJences Insfitule atNASA Ames, Members AIAACopyright © by tile American lnstltutc of AeronauticsnndAsu'onautlcs, 1=1c.No copyrighl iS asserted in the UnitedS[:=tesunder Tide l?, U.S. Code. Tile U.S. Governmenth'=sa royalty-tree license to exercise all rights under thecopyright chimed herein for Government purposes. Allother rights are reserved by the copyright owner.leads Io an actual reduction in TPS weight has asignificant cost and feasibility impact on vehicledesign 1To reduce uncerlaintles in TPS sizing, efforts tocouple material response with CFD calculationshave proceeded rapidly in the last two years.Inilial work suggested the coupling of semi-analytic, approximate heat-conduction modelsand surface energy and mass balances with CFDcodes 1. Recent efforts have demonstrated thaifinite difference and finite volume thermal solverscan be used to calculate heat conduction into thevehicle TPS 2-3. This work presents the resultsof two analysis techniques that couple a flow fieldsolver with a thermal response model.The Thermal Protection Branch at NASA Ameshas developed diboride composites 't , whichwhen heated in air, develops a thin, adherent,high-melting-point oxide coating. These diboridecomposites are candidate materials for high heatflux areas ot hypersonic vehicles and spacecraftwhere other materials could not survive withoutsome type of active cooling. The primaryapplication of the diboride materials is as reusablenosetips and wing leading edges.To predict the performance of these materials inthis application, it is necessary to performcalculations which include multidimensional solidheat conduction coupled with the flow field. Thisis the focus of this paper.ANALYSIS TOOLSTwo methods of analysis are presented in thisstudy. The first technique manually couples aboundary layer code with a heat transfer code.The second technique is a more comprehensivemodel that uses a surface energy balance tocouple a hypersonic CFD code with a fullycompatible heat transfer code.


One of the most notable events of the world economy over the past twenty years has been the phenomenal growth in the number of international economic integration agreements, such as free trade agreements. This paper discusses the roles of "competitive liberalization" by nations' governments and possible "domino effects" in the process of regionalism. Country pairs that tend to form free trade agreements tend to be closer to each other, more remote from the rest of the world, and larger and more similar in economic size. We examine the role of these economic factors for predicting the likelihoods of bilateral free trade agreements between Israel with Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.


The vision of a climate-neutral European continent directly relates to road transport, which represents an energy-demanding area. The annual increase in the share of electric cars also contributes to this vision in road traffic. Therefore, it is common that the driver of an electric car causes or is a participant in an accident. These electric powered vehicles require increased attention, especially in matters of the safety of emergency services in the event of accidents. The article is focused on the issue of electric vehicle accidents in terms of their causes and consequences. In this regard, it is important to understand all the risks, which result from accidents involving electric cars. The article is primarily focused on the analysis of the causes and consequences of accidents. For the purposes of risk analysis, the failure mode and effect analysis method is applied. In connection with the wide range of applications of the method in question in various systems and areas, the application of the method in the article is significant and unique. It is based on predefined scenarios of electric car accident events. Its application consists of identification and numerical phases. These are created and calculated on the basis of expert estimates and determine the level of risk of defined scenarios. The degree of risk in the form of a risk number defines the importance of an accident event. The article includes a diagram, which is based on Pareto analysis and points to the susceptibility of defined accident events. The importance of the analysis lies in the discovery of a small number of causes, which significantly influence the defined consequences of accident events.


The critical velocity, for electron acceleration up to the superthermal region, is expressed in terms of the heating power per particle, instead of the inductively applied electric field. This expression is used to evaluate the superthermal electron production rate in a superthermal electron avalanche during electron cyclotron resonant heating (ECRH). The comparison between the predicted growth time of the superthermal electron avalanche and the experimental decay time of tearing modes provides an additional confirmation of the recent theory for the suppression of magnetohydrodynamic modes by superthermal electrons during ECRH.


Lack of commonsense is one of the most challenging problems in the field of conversational AI. Despite the recent significant progress in NLP driven by pre-trained language models, commonsense reasoning is still out of reach. We propose an approach to evaluate conversational commonsense usage. We use the approach to evaluate conversational skills of the socialbot during interaction with users. Analysis of data with joint manual and automatic annotations allowed us to identify automatic metrics tied to commonsense.We also develop two commonsense conversational skills that combine commonsense knowledge graphs completion model COMeT [6] and templatebased approach.


Abstract Rumors of the deterioration of the historian-archivist relationship have been exaggerated. This article first traces the evolving historian-archivist bond over the last eight decades. Second, it discusses the methods scholars have employed in studying historians, namely bibliometrics, questionnaires, interviews, and a combination. Third, it describes the results and implications of those studies in three areas: locating sources, using primary and nontextual materials, and overall information-seeking and use. Fourth, it considers the evolving and still ambivalent role of information technology in historians' research. Finally, it suggests possibilities for future research, highlighting digital history, personal archiving, Web 2.0, democratization and public history, crowdsourcing and citizen archivists, digital curation, activist archivists and social justice, diversity and the changing demographics of the archival profession, and education and training. Though historians and archivists may not al...


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This issue features articles on overexpression of blood microRNAs in l-dopa-treated patients with Parkinson disease and on how the mitochondrial iron-sulfur protein assembly gene IBA57 mutation causes hereditary spastic paraplegia. Other featured articles focus on novel mutations expanding the clinical spectrum of DYNC1H1 -associated spinal muscular atrophy and on the development and validation of a risk index to determine prospective cognitive decline using blood-derived markers.

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Lower-dimensional TMDC materials are suitable for thermoelectric applications for their specific quantum confinement and being distinct in the density of states (DOS). Here we investigated thermoelectric parameters of the 2D TMDC monolayer of ZrXY ((X=O, S,) (Y=S, Se)) by using Density Functional Theory (DFT) combined with Boltzmann Transport Equation (BTE). We obtained an excellent thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) of ZrOS, ZrOSe, and ZrSSe at 900  ̊C. As ZrSSe monolayer showed a ZT value of 0.76 and 0.69 for n-type, and for p-type respectively at 900  ̊C, so, we investigated new Janus monolayers of ZrOS and ZrOSe, and found a maximum ZT of 0.82 and 0.72 for n-type and p-type, respectively, at 900  ̊C which is quite impressive. Investigating the electronic property, we found that the ZrOS, ZrOSe, and ZrSSe all possess an indirect bandgap (BG) of 1.88eV, 1.02eV, and 0.74eV respectively. ZrOS and ZrOSe show very high absorption in the ultraviolet (UV) region. However, ZrSSe showed a strong absorption between the red and the yellow region, which suggests that these materials are useful in optoelectronic devices in their wavelength range as well as in thermoelectric applications.


A 3D machine perception technique is presented using stereo intensity images and an anthropomorphic robot. Multiple stereo views allow to perceive the third dimension by the solution of a correspondence problem defined in two stereo pairs. The zero crossing technique is used to detect edges on the images and to classify them to reduce the number of possible solutions. By the eye-in-hand configuration several stereo pairs of scene can be taken in moving the robot arm. For a limited number of objects, still on the robot table, this technique allows the vision system to perceive a set of three-dimensional sample points that correspond to the physical object edges. The technique mainly consists in a geometrical match, in the 3D space, of some hypothesized solutions formulated on a couple of stereo pairs, taken from two points of view. Considering objects with straight edges and not highly textured surfaces, some geometrical properties are statistically verified for most of the solution points, so the correspondence problem can be robustly solved.<<ETX>>


As scientific and engineering domains attempt to effectively analyze the deluge of data from sensors and instruments, machine learning is becoming a key data mining tool to build prediction models. Regression tree is a popular learning model that combines decision trees and linear regression to forecast numerical target variables based on a set of input features. MapReduce is well suited for such data intensive learning applications, and a proprietary regression tree algorithm, PLANET, has been proposed earlier on MapReduce. In this paper, we describe an open source implementation of this algorithm, OpenPlanet, on the Hadoop framework using a hybrid approach. We evaluate the performance of OpenPlanet using real world datasets from the Smart Power Grid domain for energy use forecasting, and propose tuning strategies of Hadoop parameters to improve the performance of the default configuration by 75% for a training dataset of 17 million tuples on a 64-core Hadoop cluster on FutureGrid.


Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death in women worldwide. The causative agents of cervical cancers, high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs), cause cancer through the action of two oncoproteins, E6 and E7. The E6 oncoprotein cooperates with an E3 ubiquitin ligase (UBE3A) to target the p53 tumour suppressor and important polarity and junctional PDZ proteins for proteasomal degradation, activities that are believed to contribute towards malignancy.


The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) has made inestimable contributions to the development of Catholic education in the United States. This article provides a historical overview of one venerable Jesuit institution, Saint Peter's College in New Jersey, the only Jesuit-operated institution of higher learning in the state. Special attention is given to the Ratio Studiorum and to other details of the delivery of Jesuit education circa 1900.


This study explored the regeneration process of families who faced difficulties in dealing with children's psychosomatic behavioral disorders and described the characteristics of family hardiness. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 16 families and/or participant observations during counseling sessions. Interviews were audiotaped with permissions and transcribed verbatim and analyzed according to the grounded theory approach. The findings suggested that "synchronization" was a core category that described the process of how families of children with behavioral disorders coped with the frightening and discouraging events surrounding their children and how new family functions were regenerated through the child-parent interactions. This family regeneration process consisted of three phases: "in-limbo," "stagnation," and "gettine out of chaos." Each phase was constructed with the family interactions of "conflicting and relinquishing," "groping in the dark and being involved with," and "confirming the emotional distances and reconstructing the relationships of trust," respectively. The family members got deeply involved in both their children's psychological and behavioral difficulties in these phases; however, they came to terms with their children's outlasting behaviors. While the families and children retraced these three phases repeatedly, new family ties and the best emotional distance between child and family members were established. Family hardiness was the most important strength that accelerated the family regeneration and psychological stability in families.


An O/W microemulsion that consists of non-ionic surfactant EL-35 and EL-10,cosurfactant ethanol and oil conjugated linoleic acid was developed with pseudo-ternary phase diagram.The influences of temperature, antiseptic as well as the pH on microemulsion areas were also considered.The effects of sunlight on the stability of conjugated linoleic acid were comparatively studied in microemulsion(O/W,W/O B.C.).The dynamic light scattering(DLS) was used to evaluate the particle diameters.The variation in viscosity in the microemulsion system have been investigated using viscosity measurements;The effects of pH,high temperatures on the stability ofβ-Carotene were comparatively studied both in microemulsion and in ethanol solution.The results showed that the microemulsion region decreased slightly with the increase of temperature and the decrease of pH.Antiseptic has hardly influences on the microemulsion regions.The conjugated linoleic acid contained in the O/W microemulsion,was much highly resistant to sunlight,pH and high temperature.


The catalytic desulfurization rule of model organic compound butyl-sulfide in fixed bed micro-reactor was studied in the presence of catalyst and activated hydrogen substance. The experimental results show that the appropriate reaction conditions were the mixed catalyst of HZSM-5 zeolite and Co-Mo/Al 2 O 3 -TiO 2 , at the reactive temperature of 300°C, at atmosphere pressure, at the feed speed of 50 mL/h and at the mass hourly space velocity of 3.0 h -1 . There were higher catalytic property and desulfurization efficiency for the mixed catalyst of HZSM-5 zeolite and Co-Mo/Al 2 O 3 -TiO 2 . The adsorption adding desulfurization efficiency of the FCC gasoline produced in Shenghua refinery of Petroleum University was 53.04%.


The scope of accepting cases is a key point in the administrative procedure. The basic structure of the scope of accepting cases system of the Administrative Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China includes three basic issues: the guiding principles, the legislative mode and legislative standard. There are some problems in all the three aspects. These problems are caused due to the changes of the environment of the enforcement of administrative procedure, or have existed since the legislation of administrative procedure. With such problems, any amendment of the scope of accepting cases under the structure of administrative procedure is not perfect. Therefore, the reconstruction of the scope of accepting cases of administrative procedure is imperative.


Rheumatic fever (RF) is a multisystem inflammatory disease occurring as a post-infectious, nonsuppurative sequela of untreated streptococcus pyogenes (Group A streptococcus [GAS]) pharyngitis, and mainly occurs in individuals aged 5 to 15 years. The most common presenting signs are fever, migratory polyarthritis and carditis.


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To understand the strengths and limitations of software agents is very important. Many issues and limitations have been discussed in the literature, for example, software agents have limited learning capability. However, if we could see such limitations in a controlled environment and measure how such limitations affect the agents' performance, such research can be extremely helpful to design better software agents. We developed an artificial market with networked computers to simulate the environment of the Internet. This artificial market allows players, such as, humans or software agents, to compete in a simulated dynamic market. We conducted two sets of experiments to study the limitations of software agents. The first set of five experiments were used to identify the knowledge or strategies that human subjects applied in competition. We classified the knowledge or strategies into four levels: perception, uses of simple model and heuristics, application of long-term strategies and psychological tactics, and prediction or forecasting. The second set of five experiments studied how much humans can transfer their knowledge to the software agents.


Many species of animals, including man, face the formidable task of communicating in noisy environments. In this talk, I shall discuss the effects of anthropogenic (man-made) noise on the calling behavior of anuran amphibians. Moreover, the role of spectral, temporal, and spatial separation in minimizing masking by background noise will be examined. For example, presenting high-level, periodic (or aperiodic) tones at the males co-note frequency to males of the Puerto Rican treefrog, Eleutherodactylus coqui results in a clear shift in their calling pattern in an attempt to minimize acoustic overlap with the interfering playback stimulus. Amphibians also have a remarkable ability to shift their call timing in response to small intensity shifts in the background noise. Males of E. coqui are capable of reliably detecting a change in interfering tone intensity as small as 2–4 dB. Finally, I shall present behavioral evidence that anthropogenic noise may act as a strong selective force in sculpting the acoustic ...


The Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ('ICTY')' is a relatively brief document, particularly when compared to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ('ICC). Subject matter jurisdiction and modes of liability take up a mere six articles.


The analytical methods for the standardization of α-mangostin are needed to set up a routine of a validated method for quality control of α-mangostin from Garcinia mangostana L. using HPLC methods. This study was aimed to validate the analytical method of High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) for α-mangostin analysis with Photodiode Array (PDA). The analysis was conducted by HPLC with octadecyl silanol column, methanol and acetic acid 1% as a mobile phase and PDA detection at 243 nm. The coefficient correlation of analytical method was was 0.9999, the variation was less than 2%, LOD was 0.671 ppm, and LOQ was 2.174 ppm. The level of α-mangostin in mangosteen pericarp extract from Tasikmalaya was 8.56 ± 0.003%. The analytical method was met the validation criteria. The PDA sensitivity was 68.28% higher than UV-Vis detector.


A mathematical model has been developed for the integrated assessment of the probability of ensuring a safe state of the company's information resources in the face of threats and dangers of unauthorized access to commercial confidential information. This model is distinguished by taking into account the influence of resource factors for ensuring information security, as well as the time factor. Based on the proposed mathematical model, the dependence of the probability of providing a protected state of the company's information resources in a given range of time and resource indicators is constructed. The high efficiency of the joint use of time and resource factors was established to increase the likelihood of a company breaking even by reducing the risk of damage resulting from unauthorized access to confidential commercial information. The possibility of using this model in the tasks of strategic management of the company is justified.


A classifier for an automatic system that recognizes multifont typewritten digits, often broken and blurred, in forms is presented. The classification, which is based on the utilization of a global feature, is applied in two phases. Firstly, a minimum distance method (1-NN) is applied in a multifont classifier to provide a global classification of the patterns in a form. A problem associated to multifont classifiers is the interference among classes in different fonts. An interesting aspect of this particular application is that it is highly probable that a form includes just one font. Then, in the second phase, a specialized classifier, oriented to one-form, uses the patterns in the form previously classified to validate, or reject and reclassify them, on the basis of the mean distance to the predefined classes. This specialized classifier affords significant improvement in performance. A classification accuracy rate of 99.42% has been achieved.


ABSTRACT The death of Bin Laden was the highly intentional result not only of US efforts, but also of an international legal regime that could not tolerate what he stood for. What legally justified the execution of Bin Laden for US authorities? International human rights law and international humanitarian law have failed to fully answer this question. Bin Laden was neither "just" a criminal nor merely an adversary in the "war on terror." Rather, the Al-Qaida leader was constructed as the ultimate enemy of sovereignty, a scourge that only the sovereign's sword could purge. From there, a biopolitical logic paved the way for his execution: a spectacular reassertion of statehood through violence, couched in a novel form of legal normativity.


Source: Authors. The accompanying images exhibit a large round, subcutaneous fat mass protruding from the posterior cervical area and also several other masses along the back, in a patient with Madelung disease (Image 1). From an anterior view, it is also possible to see big bulky cheeks and another fat mass on the anterior neck (Image 2). Madelung's disease, also known as multiple symmetric lipomatosis or Launois–Bensaude syndrome is a rare lipid metabolic disorder characterized by diffuse, progressive growth of encapsulated subcutaneous adipose tissue, in the neck, shoulder and other areas, as can be seen in the image. The exact cause of Madelung's disease has not yet been fully understood, but there's one theory that argues that a defect in the adrenergic-stimulated fat breakdown (lipolysis) process could result in improper fat deposits. Madelung's disease affects more males than females (ratio of 15-30:1) and is usually diagnose between 30-70 years of age. For unclear reasons, this disorder appears to be more prevalent in Mediterranean and European population as compared to others regions in the world. (1) As described, the characteristics of Madelung's disease imposes a careful anaesthetic approach because it makes


The Large Helical Device (LHD) is a Heliotron/torsatron-type superconducting helical confinement fusion device. The design study is described. The goal of the LHD is to demonstrate high energy confinement and high beta in a helical device, which are necessary steps toward a helical reactor system.


This study aims to determine (1) the effect of government regulations, industry type and company size on the disclosure of CSR (2) Is there a difference CSR disclosure before and after the enactment of Government Regulation No. 47 Year 2012 (3) The effect of CSR on firm value. This study was performed on companies listed in the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI). CSR for the company is no longer only voluntary but is mandatory after the enactment of PP 47 Year 2012 on Social and Environmental Responsibility (TJSL). Institutional theory suggested doing CSR in response to compliance with laws and government regulations. Thus, the expected increase in CSR disclosure for companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange
Data collection methods used in this study is a content analysis of the social disclosure in the annual report of the company. Content analysis was conducted using the check list of the items of social disclosure in the annual report of the company. The sample was CSR undertaken by companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange period 2010 and 2014 by using purposive sampling method. There are 233 companies that qualify as research samples. The method of analysis in this research is the analysis of a different test (Paired t-sample) and multiple regression analysis.
The results of this study indicate that government regulations, company size and industry type significantly influence CSR disclosure. CSR is also a significant effect on the value of the company and there are wide differences CSR period before and after the enactment of Law No. 40 of 2007 on Environmental Social Responsibility (TJSL).


1 What the book is about The Embodied Mind classiies all research in cognitive science into three major categories; cognitivist, emergent and enactive. Cognitivism is described as \no computation without representation" and is criticized for holding to the view of a world with pregiven features that are subsequently represented by cognitive systems. The criticism is not directed at the failure to answer questions of meaning. Instead, cognitivism is criticized for failing to take into account the feedback from action to perception via the actions of a situated, embodied cognitive agent in the real world. The emergence school (connectionism) is described as \learning representations via an optimal t between system and environmental features" and is criticized for being silent on the issue of representation. Despite the emergent school's focus on self-organization, it's lumped in the same boat as cognitivism due to its failure to take into account the perception/action loop alluded to earlier. The enactive approach is preceded by an extensive survey of color and color vision in birds, animals and humans. External objectivism (the view that colors are surface reeectances and are to be found in the external 1 world) is criticized for failing to account for the opponent nature of hues, colors as perceived attributes of the sky, afterimages and dreams and for neglecting the role of color vision in surface segmentation. Neurophysiological subjectivism (the view that colors are in the head) is criticized for failing to recognize that colors belong to a shared biological and cultural world. A circular deenition of color is adopted. It is argued that this circularity does not prevent color from exhibiting universals that can be studied by cognitive science. The discussion of color serves as a springboard for the introduction of the enactive approach. The enactive approach is presented as a middle way between the extremes of objectivism and (neurophysiological) subjectivism. Self-organization as viable, structural coupling between the cognitive system and the world (with appropriate perception/action loops) forms the kernel of the enactive program. The second major theme in the book is the nature of the self. A big departure is taken from all forms of materialism. A fundamental circularity is introduced between cognitive science and external behavior plus personal experience. While the role of cognitive science in performing an information processing characterization of behavior and experience is recognized, the entire scientiic endeavor called cognitive science is itself brought into circulation as collective …


Conventional emulsion polymerization (also called macroemulsion polymerization) has been widely used in a variety of industries whereas nucleation and polymerization directly in submicron monomer d...


In this paper we present an algorithm that is able to progressively discover nodes of a Skype overlay P2P network. Starting from a single, known Skype node, we can easily identify other Skype nodes in the network, through the analysis of widely available and standardized IPFIX (NetFlow) data. Instead of relying on the analysis of content characteristics or packet properties, we monitor connections of known Skype nodes in the network and then progressively discover other nodes through the analysis of their mutual contacts. We show that our results are comparable to the methods using more complex data analytics. The use of standardized input data allows for easy deployment onto real networks. Moreover, because this approach requires only short processing times, it scales very well in larger and higher speed networks.


Objective: Microbiological infection plays vital role in determining the outcome as well as cost and duration of the hospital stay for patients admitted in ICU setup. Therefore regular surveillance of important pathogens and its related factors are mandatory. The objective of this study was to find out the organisms causes infection in patients admitted in different Trauma-surgery, medical and neurology ICUs and related factors. Methods: Our study was a prospective descriptive-analytic study. During the period from January 2013 to January 2014, total of 520 samples (blood, respiratory tract, urine etc.) from patients admitted in Trauma-surgical, medical and Neuro-ICUs of Ardabil city-Iran were collected and processed for culture, identification and antibiotic susceptibility. The medical and microbiological information were recorded from all patients whose samples were positive. Results: Out of 520 positive cultures the most frequent organisms isolated were Pseudomonas spp 24.6% (n=128), followed by Klebsiella spp 18.63% (n=97), Acinetobacter spp 15% (n=78) and S.aureus 17.1%. The mortality rate of patients with positive cultures was 13.67% (n=71) with a mean length of stay of 13.7±12.04 days compared to 7.5±8.5 days in survived. Mortality rate was 15.79% in neurology, 15.54% in surgical-trauma and 11.05% in medical patients. A significant relation between surgeries, CVS and mechanical ventilation with mortality (P<0.001) was found. No significant relation between each type of ICUs and microbiology was detected. Conclusions: This report reveals the Microbiology profile in patients in ICUs. Regular microbiological surveillance help in implementing better therapeutic strategies to reduce the high morbidity and mortality associated among the patients in critical care setting.


Abstract. Upon a new measurement technique, it is possible to sharpen the
determination of microphysical properties of cloud droplets using high
resolving power imaging. The shape, size, and position of each particle
inside a well-defined, three-dimensional sample volume can be measured with
holographic methods without assumptions of particle properties. In situ
cloud measurements were carried out at the Puijo station in Kuopio, Finland,
focusing on intercomparisons between cloud droplet analyzers over 2 months in September–November 2020. The novel holographic imaging instrument
(ICEMET) was adapted to measure microphysical properties of liquid clouds,
and these values were compared with parallel measurements of a cloud droplet
spectrometer (FM-120) and particle measurements using a twin-inlet system.
When the intercomparison was carried out during isoaxial sampling, our
results showed good agreement in terms of variability between the
instruments, with the averaged ratios between ICEMET and FM-120 being 0.6 ± 0.2, 1.0 ± 0.5, and 1.2 ± 0.2 for the total number
concentration (Nd) of droplets, liquid water content (LWC), and median
volume diameter (MVD), respectively. This agreement during isoaxial sampling
was also confirmed by mutual correlation and Pearson correlation
coefficients. The ICEMET-observed LWC was more
reliable than FM-120 (without a swivel-head mount), which was verified by
comparing the estimated LWC to measured values, whereas the twin-inlet DMPS
system and FM-120 observations of Nd showed good agreement both in
variability and amplitude. Field data revealed that ICEMET can detect small
cloud droplets down to 5 µm via geometric magnification.


We used Brillouin light scattering to measure the local excitations of magneto-acoustic resonance at high spatial resolution in a laterally confined magnetic structure. We prepared a polished yttrium-iron garnet (YIG)/gadolinium-gallium garnet (GGG) square film resonator with highly efficient magneto-acoustic coupling. The structure was placed in a constant magnetic field and excited by a microwave current. The magneto-acoustic resonance had a high quality factor (Q ≃ 105-106). The acoustic resonance was confined to the center of the excited magnetic resonant mode. By exciting the resonant modes in the YIG layer, one can control the area of acoustic resonance excitation in the GGG substrate.


Objective To study the cognitive function in newly diagnosed juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and estimate the affecting factors to the cognitive function.Methods 22 newly diagnosed patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and 22 healthy volunteers were tested by 5 neuropsychological tests(Auditory verbal memory test,Verbal fluency test,Trail making test,the Stroop test,Digit span test),two emotional tests(self-rating anxiety scale(SAS),self-rating depression scale(SDS)) and one intelligence test(mini-mental state examination,MMSE) to examined the relation between the scores of neuropsychological tests and the risk factors by using Pearson′s correlation test.Results Compared with healthy volunteers,the newly diagnosed patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy exhibited worse performances in the immediately and delayed recall(P0.01),recognition task(P0.01),verbal fluency(P0.01),time of reading words and color in the Stroop-test(P0.01),forward and backward digit spans(P0.01).The scores of the MMSE test,SAS and SDS did not differ significantly between the two groups(P0.05).There were significant correlations between verbal memory and onset age.When compared with the newly diagnosed patients(t=0.450,P0.05).The patients with intricate epileptic form showed lower score in the immediately and delayed recall of auditory verbal learning test(P0.05),there were no statistical differences in the attention and executive function.Conclusion The newly diagnosed patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy may exhibit impaired cognitive function in terms of memory,attention and execution,while having normal intelligence and mood.


This article examines the creation of an accurate market projection designed with easy-to-use, cost-effective data analytic techniques. Many of the techniques explored are derived from the subdisciplines of decision support and data warehousing found in the information technology arena. Two significant contributions are presented: a simple mathematical technique that eliminates the need for heuristics, and the simplification of the process to the point where no computer or sophisticated statistical analysis is needed.


I am designing a Case Study House to be sponsored by
Royal Dutch Shell which utilizes the by-product of oil extraction,
petroleum gas, to produce a zero waste, 100% petroleum based house.
The motivation of the Case Study House is to address the housing
shortage in Iraq, and demonstrate the capacity of petrochemicals as
a building material. In the Western hemisphere an abundance of
trees provides wood, an easy to work with construction material. In
contrast, Iraq currently lacks a pervasive natural resource for
construction. However, Iraq does boast one of the largest reserves
of oil in the world. During the oil production process natural gas
is trapped underground with the petroleum. Because of the pressure
change during extraction, natural gas will surface with the crude
oil. This type of natural gas is known as associated petroleum gas;
it is released as a byproduct or waste product of petroleum
extraction. With the right facilities in place these associated
gases can be harnessed for energy, and become a feedstock for
petrochemical industries. I am interested in using Basra, Iraq's
second most populous city, as a case study for improving the
housing need in Iraq. There are several key reasons why Basra will
serve as both a strategic and necessary site to develop this idea.
Basra's crucial location on the southern tip of Iraq, and at the
intersection of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, has made it Iraq's
main port and a gateway into the country. This access to various
kinds of transportation through primary ports, as well as rail
lines to Baghdad, coupled with a rapidly growing economy stemming
from, oil and downstream petroleum based industries, makes Basra an
opportune location for a housing intervention. In conclusion, Iraq
has the capacity to produce vast amounts of building material
domestically from petroleum gas, a by-product of oil, its primary
export. With plastics beginning to emerge as viable building
materials in the construction industry, Iraq could likely be on the
forefront of making the use of plastics as building materials
mainstream.


ABSTRACT Research shows that community supervision officer-client relationships have a meaningful impact on probationer/parolee recidivism; however, such understanding is generally limited to male or juvenile clients. The purpose of the current study was to examine how supervision officers' background and caseload characteristics related to their supervision style and then how this impacted rearrest among the female clients on their caseload. Using self-report survey and interview data, we found that there were no indicators that were related to an officer's supervision style; however, probationers/parolees who were supervised by officers with a more procedurally fair approach were more likely to be rearrested within the first 24 months of being on community supervision, and those who were supervised by officers who were more authoritative were less likely to be rearrested within this time frame. These results have several implications for future research and policy, particularly concerning the need to focus on gender-specific probation/parole imperatives.


Objective
To evaluate the effect of health screening procedure on data quality.

Methods
A total of 518 health screening people as first group and 533 health screening people as second group were measured for blood pressure (BP), body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) before and after breakfast and passing water.One hundred and sixty-three of them (80 from first group and 83 from second group) were selected to finish the questionnaire to learn their health screening procedure.Fifty-two health screening centers were surveyed in the internet to define their health screening procedure.

Results
There were significant decline in BP after breakfast in first group (P<0.05), especially in those over forty years (P<0.05). The identification of over-weight, obesity and central obesity increased respectively 1.35%, 0.97% and 1.93% after breakfast (P<0.05). There were significant decline in women in BP, WC, MBI after passing water in second group (P<0.05). The identification of hypertension, over-weight, obesity and central obesity dropped respectively after passing water (P<0.05). About 88.5% of the health screening centers measured the BP either before or after breakfast.About 80% of health screening people believed that breakfast intake had no impact on BP level.Both the health screening centers and health screening people adopted an indifferent attitude to that breakfast intake and passing water had impact on WC and MBI level.

Conclusion
Breakfast intake and passing water may have significant impact on the BP, BMI and WC measurement.The health screening centers should use standardized procedure to improve data quality.

Key words:
Physical examination; Blood pressure; Body mass index; Waist circumference


The authors report a study of Kohler's rule for beta -(BEDT-TTF)2I3 in the high-Tc state (obtained by pressure cycling, i.e. cooling under pressure and removing the pressure at low temperature) in the temperature range 8-22 K and fields up to 9.4 T for c* current flow, perpendicular to the highly conducting ab plane. It is observed the magnetoresistance Delta rho / rho 0 is a universal function of H/ rho 0 (Kohler's rule), and the authors give an estimation of the interchain overlap integral tperpendicular to c*, the mean free paths in the chain direction (l/sub ///) and along c*(lperpendicular to ), as well as the relaxation time tau .


Low frequency (LF) radio wave absorption in the lower ionosphere has been measured at Průhonice (∼ 50°N) since 1957. A new digital computer-controlled measuring-recording-processing system was introduced in 1988. The A3 method or radio wave absorption measurement, the measuring equipment used for the digital measurements at 270 kHz, is briefly described. The digital nighttime LF A3 measurements allow the use of absorption data for studying and monitoring the gravity wave activity in the upper middle atmosphere in the period range 10 min-3 (2) hours. The resulting gravity wave spectra are as expected even though their shapes vary. Individual period bands sometimes exhibit a similar general pattern of variability in gravity wave activity (winter 1990), while in other intervals we observe a shift of gravity wave energy from one period band to another (winter 1991). No strong, pronounced and consistent response to strong geomagnetic storms and midwinter stratospheric warming is found. An apparent seasonal variation with winter minima observed in shorter-period gravity wave activity is an artefact of the changing length of the night. There is no significant seasonal variation of gravity wave activity in the analysed data. The method is very cheap - the results are a by-product of measurements made for ionospheric purposes


The theme positioning,which is popular in the commercial spatial design,is much less concerned than style in the housing design.The positioning of the style is generally decided by the house owner's preference and understanding,while the theme positioning is more expressed by the house designer's approaches to life,usually transmitted in certain decoration materials with housing culture,thus creating striking characteristics in the housing space.The theme is a soul of design,which is dominant in judgment of its quality and value.


A method of choosing recommendation policy adaptive to the recommendation context is proposed in this paper to overcome the shortcomings of different recommendation techniques.The recommendation context is denoted as a duple user knowledge,commodity category.The clusters of the recommendation context are acquired by exploiting the ART artificial neural network.The recommendation technique of best recommendation quality corresponding to each cluster is acquired by the analysis of reflection from users on the recommendation results.So the recommendation technique of best quality can be applied to generate recommendation results for user in correspondence to the cluster in which the duple user knowledge,commodity category of the user reside in.The working process of the system is self-adaptive without manual intervention.


Abstract This study examines the economic rationality of recent bidding behaviour of firms in the Shikoku region and the impact of bid rigging incidents in the Kochi region, based on data from the Shikoku Regional Development Bureau. It also examines the relationship between the entry of firms into the market, the existence of economies of scale, and the efficiency of firms' ability to bid at low prices in relation to the spread of the business area. The results of the analysis address several critical economic questions related to business activity through the bidding behaviour of businesses. The results reveal that: bidding for the entire Shikoku Regional Development Bureau, not just the offices inspected by the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) on-the-spot investigation rates, fell by approximately 1–2%; and with respect to entry into the market, the entrants were slightly inefficient in terms of their ability to bid at lower prices; and several other things were found out as well. These findings are the basic mechanisms that should be considered in policymaking.


. Numerical simulations of light curves of variable DA white dwarfs (ZZ Ceti stars) predict flux amplitudes with surface distributions di(cid:11)erent from the spherical harmonics of the pulsation mode in deeper layers. In contrast to the results of the perturbation analysis by Goldreich and Wu, this is also true for the fundamental period of the flux variation. As a consequence, normalized amplitude spectra depend not only on the mode number l but also on pulsation amplitude and inclination. Another new result is that with increasing amplitude of the pressure variation below the convection zone, the flux variation at the surface goes through a maximum and then decreases again.


Purpose: Access to in-person diabetes self-management education (DSME) programs is limited in underserved immigrant communities. In this report, we examined the feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of a social media-based DSME intervention in low-income older Chinese immigrants with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Methods: This was a single-group study in 30 Chinese immigrants with T2D living in NYC. The intervention included 24 culturally and linguistically tailored DSME videos. Over 12 weeks, participants received 2 brief videos each week via WeChat, a free social media app popular among Chinese immigrants. Feasibility was defined as ability to achieve: 1) the recruitment goal (n=30); 2) >80% retention; and 3) >80% watch rate. Acceptability was assessed via a satisfaction survey at 6 months. HbA1c was collected at baseline and 6 months Results: Recruitment was completed prior to the NYC COVID-19 lockdown. Despite COVID-19, the intervention continued without interruption. Participants were mostly female (70.0%), married (63.3%), with limited English proficiency (86.7%), and a mean age of 61.2 (SD=6.7) years old. Most reported an annual household income of Conclusions: This pilot study demonstrated that a social media-based DSME intervention is feasible, acceptable, and potentially efficacious in an aging low-income immigrant population with T2D. These findings provide timely implications in the era of COVID-19, suggesting older low-income immigrants can be engaged in mHealth interventions. Disclosure L. Hu: None. N. Islam: None. A. Y. Kharmats: None. K. Tamura: None. S. Yang: None. X. Xu: None. B. Fan: None. M. Sevick: None. Funding National Institutes of Health (K99MD012811, R00MD012811)