The present invention relates to a manipulator for (1) stopping the method having the following steps: and / or braking force variation ([tau]) of the different states of the manipulator (q, dq / dt, L) from pre-analog (SlO); region (A0;; A1; A2) is monitored; pre-simulation based on the estimated upper limit of the braking distance of the braking distance (Smax) (S120) and the manipulator (1) in the region violations so that when the brake; wherein, during operation of the braking distance based on the manipulator (Smax of) predefined variable region monitored (S130).


The main focus of Strategic Production Networks is to present an overview of the different issues of cooperation when companies join forces to form strategic networks. A collection of chapters written by various authors from China, Germany and Switzerland, the book manages to provide an array of various issues, ranging from management to operational, arising in the formation and working of networks. The main theme being cooperation in all its forms, the chapters are designed to be very elaborate in depicting the different technology enablers for having these cooperative networks. Though the title reads as Strategic Production Networks, it does not delve in depth on the management or people issues in cooperation. The authors have concentrated on the technological aspects and they have done it excellently. This book is a good reference for academics, researchers and manufacturing system practitioners who are working in the field of supply chains, network management and the use of IT in managing company networks. It provides a very good conceptual base, presenting a variety of latest concepts, models and frameworks that are very helpful from the research context, which is also helped by the provision of good references at the end of each chapter. There is also an inclusion of topics of networks of interest like mass customization and virtual enterprises. This book may also provide a good read for students undertaking courses in manufacturing management, supply chain management, etc. Another good aspect is the inclusion of frameworks and technologies that have been used more in smalland medium-sized companies (SMEs). For some readers though, this book may fall short of providing enough experiential data and examples. Overall, it provides good information about enablers for cooperation and technological frameworks for achieving cooperative production networks.


The Creative Educational Thought of Tao Xing-zhi is one of organic parts of his life-education theory.Tao Xing-zhi deeply elaborates the important contents such as the goal of creative education,six-big-liberation,the implementation ways and its method and so on.Furthermore he put these to educational practice for a long-time and he,has achieved the remarkable results,get common people's esteem and imitation.The Creative Educational Thought of Tao Xing-zhi,taking the creativity-cultivation as a primary intention,still has the higher values on theory instruction and application for deepening today's education-teaching reform,advancing diathesis education as well as cultivating innovational talented person and so on.


Microcalorimetric titration experiments have been performed to study the solubilization of pentanol in sodium dodecylsulphate, SDS, micelles. A concentrated SDS solution was titrated into water solutions containing 0.059, 0.118 or 0.176 mol dm–3 of pentanol. The enthalpic titration curves were determined at each pentanol concentration in the range 0–0.035 mol dm–3 of SDS at 25 and 35 °C. The observed differential enthalpies of dilution vary in a complex manner with SDS and alcohol concentration and temperature.A thermodynamic model for the association of ionic amphiphiles proposed by Jonsson and Wennerstrom and extended to deal with alcohol as a third component has been used to analyse the calorimetric results. The concentrations of SDS and pentanol in monomer and micellar states were calculated and the composition of the mixed micelles was derived using the chosen model. The enthalpy change for the formation of SDS–pentanol micelles is regarded as the sum of the following contributions: the enthalpy of formation of pure SDS micelles, ΔHrefmic, the electrostatic and surface enthalpy contributions Hel and Hs, respectively, in mixed micelles and an enthalpy of formation of a hypothetical alcohol micelle ΔHreftr. Values of Hel and Hs were calculated from the model for micelles of varying composition and ΔHrefmic was determined from dilution experiments in pure water. This leaves ΔHreftr as the only adjustable parameter in the calculation of theoretical titration curves. A satisfactory agreement is seen between the experimental and calculated titration curves, which means that the model can describe the essential features of the solubilization of pentanol in SDS micelles.


The state of Singapore operates a national public housing program, accounting for over 70% of its residential real estate. Singapore uses its housing allocation program to promote ethnic diversity in its neighborhoods; it does so by imposing ethnic quotas: every ethnic group must not own more than a certain percentage in a housing project, thus ensuring that every neighborhood contains members from each group. However, these diversity constraints naturally result in some welfare loss. Our work studies the tradeoff between diversity and (utilitarian) social welfare from the perspective of computational economics. We model the problem as an extension of the classic assignment problem, with additional diversity constraints. While the classic assignment program is poly-time computable, we show that adding diversity constraints makes the problem computationally intractable; however, we identify a 1 2 -approximation algorithm, as well as reasonable agent utility models which admit poly-time algorithms. In addition, we study the price of diversity: this is the loss in welfare due to the diversity constraints; we provide upper bounds on the price of diversity as functions of natural problem parameters. Finally, we use recent, public demographic and real-estate data from Singapore to create a simulated framework testing the welfare loss due to diversity constraints in realistic large-scale scenarios.


Hardly a week seems to pass without one reading of a case in which reference is made to the doctrine of abuse of process of the court. A classic illustration being the prosecution of three policemen for attempting to pervert the course of justice in relation to a disturbance which took place outside the Wapping, East London, print plant in 1987, or the George Blake case-a subject which will be returned to in due course. So, to answer a number of rhetorical questions: what is meant by the doctrine of abuse etc, where did it originate from, and, more to the point, is it a fast developing area of criminal procedure? A simple definition of the doctrine is rooted in the recognition by the common law of an inherent or residual discretion vested in the courts to prevent otherwise lawful prosecutions which are oppressive and an abuse of the process of the court. Many writers or commentators have suggested that the first discussion of this subject in modern times occurred in the case of Connelly v DPP [1964] 2 All ER 401; (1964) 128 lP 418, in which the House of Lords came to the conclusion that a court has a discretion outside the strict limits of, say, a plea of autrefois acquit, to stay a subsequent indictment containing charges founded on the same facts as those on which a previous indictment was based or forming or being part of a series of offences based on one indictment. In point of fact, it has been asserted that the right to trial without delay (and therefore oppression) has long been established, see Magna Carta Ch 40. The power to enforce that principle has been recognised down the ages by court after court. Moreover in civil proceedings courts have stayed proceedings on the basis that they were, for instance, vexatious. The remedy is now to be found in the Rules of the Supreme Court, but the inherent jurisdiction was


A method and device for generating a payment token. The method comprises: a first server receives a tokenization request sent by a second server, the tokenization request carrying a first payment account number (201); the first server sends a payment token application request message to a third server according to the first payment account number, the payment token application request message being used for instructing the third server to map a second payment account number into a payment token of the first payment account number, the payment token being used for mapping the payment token into the first payment account number when payment transaction is performed by means of the payment token, and the second payment account number being generated by the third server according to the first payment account number (202); and the first server receives a payment token response message sent by the third server, determines, according to the payment token response message, the payment token mapped from the first payment account number, and sends the payment token mapped from the first payment account number to the second server (203).


The invention provides a 3D beamforming method. The method comprises the following steps: a. estimating an uplink channel matrix of user equipment according to an uplink transmission channel from the user equipment; b. determining angle information of the user equipment relative to a base station on a vertical direction according to the uplink channel matrix, wherein the angle information is used for indicating a relative height of the user equipment; c. determining a 3D beamforming weighting direction according to the angle information; and d. determining a 3D beamforming weighting matrix according to the determined 3D beamforming weighting direction, in order to carry out 3D beamforming according to the 3D beamforming weighting matrix to transmit signals to the user equipment. According to the method provided by the invention, horizontal direction weighting and vertical direction weighting can be adaptively switched according to the angle information of the user equipment relative to the base station, so as to better carry out the 3D beamforming in a downlink shared data channel.


The recent publication of public sector information (PSI) data sets has brought to the attention of the scientic community the re- dundant presence of location based context. At the same time it stresses the inadequacy of current Linked Data services for exploiting the se- mantics of such contextual dimensions for easing entity retrieval and browsing. In this paper describes our approach for supporting the publi- cation of geographical subdivisions in Linked Data format for supporting the e-government and public sector in publishing their data sets. The topological knowledge published can be reused in order to enrich the geographical context of other data sets, in particular we propose an ex- ploitation scenario using statistical data sets described with the SCOVO ontology. The topological knowledge is then exploited within a service that supports the navigation and retrieval of statistical geographical en- tities for the EU territory. Geographical entities, in the extent of this paper, are linked data resources that describe objects that have a geo- graphical extension. The data and services presented in this paper allows the discovery of resources that contain or are contained by a given entity URI and their representation within map widgets. We present an ap- proach for a geography based service that helps in querying qualitative spatial relations for the EU statistical geography (proper containment so far). We also provide a rationale for publishing geographical information in Linked Data format based on our experience, within the EnAKTing project, in publishing UK PSI data.


Under a EUROMET agreement "Intercomparison of Mercury Point Cells" (A280) the INM mercury cell was measured at NPL and the melting plateaus compared with those of an NPL mercury cell. The results indicated an agreement in the value of the two cells to better than 0.1 mK. The estimated uncertainty of the comparison was 0.2 mK at 95% confidence.


The revised ACC/AHA guidelines incorporate new evidence and provide practical suggestions for evaluating and treating patients with heart failure. Which of the changes will affect how you manage this condition?


On Thursday, January 24, Felix Tshisekedi became the fifth president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Like many others in the region's recent history, his was a contested victory, its legitimacy marred by suspicion regarding a range of issues throughout the electoral cycle, as well as by damning evidence that his main competitor, Martin Fayulu, another opposition candidate, was the true victor.


Background: Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are a significant public health concern in India, accounting for 15–30% of all fatalities among children younger than 5 years.
Aims and Objectives: This study estimated the prevalence of ARI and its association with sociodemographic variables and housing conditions in under-five children in rural Jhansi, Bundelkhand region.
Materials and Methods: This community-based cross-sectional analytical study was conducted in the selected Anganwadi Centers in Badagaon Block, Jhansi. Data for sociodemographic factors and housing conditions were collected by interviewing parents or caretakers of under-five children using a semi-structured predesigned and pretested pro forma during a house-to-house visit. The sociodemographic factors considered were the educational status of the parents, occupation of the father, religion of the child, socioeconomic class of the family, age of the child, type of family, and sex of the child. The parameters of housing conditions evaluated were overcrowding, ventilation type of chulha, and type of house.
Results: The overall prevalence of ARI was found to be 48.88%. Significant sociodemographic factors for ARIs have been the educational level of the mother (χ2=18.69, P<0.001) and father (χ2=12.02, P<0.001), the working status of the fathers (χ2=17.95, P=0.001), the type of family (χ2=23.88, P<0.001), and the gender (χ2=16.57, P<0.001) of the studied children and the significant environmental housing factors associated with ARIs were overcrowding (χ2=13.61, P≤0.001), ill-ventilated houses (χ2=54.63, P<0.001), type of chulha (χ2=164.31, P≤0.001), and type of house (χ2=4.69, P=0.030).
Conclusion: The prevalence of ARI as observed in this study is noteworthy. The study's findings underscore the significance of enhancing sociodemographic indicators and housing conditions as effective measures for preventing ARI in children.


Aim : Aimed to investigate clinical features in patients with acute coronary syndrome according to acute coronary syndrome classes. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in coronary unit of a university hospital, applying structured study survey to patients who were hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome (ACS). With study survey, clinical and socio-demographic features along with transportation data of patients were interrogated. Findings: The study included 152 subjects with average age of 60.74±12.43 years between 34-88 yrs (Male=112, female=39). Whereas majority of patients were ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (n=114, 74.5%), remaining 37 had non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (24.5%). Education level of majority in the study were primary school or under. Rate of smoking was detected as high (n=84, 55.6%). 84.5% of subjects (n=128) defined typical anginal chest pain. 36.6% of patients (n=55) expressed that they were at rest at onset of ACS. Pre-infarct angina was detected in 92 patients (60.9%). Onset of acute coronary syndrome was usually seen in morning and evening time (n=45, 29.8%; n= 46, 30.5 % respectively). Mean of age in patients with STEMI was lower than in NSTEMI (59.2 ±12.0; 65.5±13.3), and female-to-male ratio in patients with NSTEMI was greater than in STEMI (13/24 versus 88/26). Atypical chest pain was significantly higher in patients with NSTEMI (p=0.03). Previous MI in patients with NSTEMI was more in number, compared with STEMI (p=0.019). Co-morbid diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease were seen more in NSTEMI than in STEMI (p=0.02). Conclusion: some differences in respect of clinical features in STEMI and NSTEMI were shown in our study.


We show that, in the light-cone gauge of the proton, it is possible to derive in a very simple way the solution of the classical Yang-Mills equations for the collision between a nucleus and a proton. One important step of the calculation is the derivation of a formula that describes the propagation of a gluon in the background color field of the nucleus. This allows us to calculate observables in pA collisions in a more straightforward fashion than already proposed. We discuss also the comparison between light-cone gauge and covariant gauge in view of further investigations involving higher order corrections.


The action characteristics of zero-sequence reactance relay are discussed.The zero-sequence reactance has the great detection ability of high resistance fault for its adaptive performance with the change in the earth fault reactance and operation characteristics,but there is a serious shortcoming of the external high resistance ground fault leading to protection maloperation at the receiving side.An improved protection scheme by adding an auxiliary mho impedance relay is proposed to solve the problem of protection maloperation under an external high resistance ground fault.Moreover,the new protection scheme also has sufficient detection ability of a high resistance fault.Theoretical analysis and simulative tests have proved the above conclusions.


Boardrooms and business school classrooms are equally preoccupied with leadership, and success is often assumed to be about profit or Total Shareholder Return. It's neither. For leaders wanting to measure their own success, for those who appoint leaders to know what they are aiming at and for outsiders assessing the quality of leadership, shows how to do it.


In terrestrial cellular networks, cell-edge users often suffer from poor channel conditions due to their long distances from ground base station. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) patrolling can help to enhance the channel conditions of cell-edge users by flying close to them to provide wireless service. As a UAV's wireless coverage is limited and can only serve users closely, appropriate patrolling trajectory may significantly shorten the communication distance and thus is crucial for high-capacity performance. Existing work on UAV patrolling trajectory design overlooks the limit of UAV's patrolling time due to its limited battery capacity, and we should jointly design UAVs' trajectories and battery swapping at the station to serve cell-edge users for achieving sustainable patrolling. The design becomes more challenging for multi-UAV scenario and we study the problem of minimizing the maximum idle time for serving any cell-edge user. By partitioning the cell-edge into uniform arcs patrolled separately by individual UAV in a back and forth fashion, we present two patrolling algorithms, in which one restricts UAV to make round trip for battery swapping (round trip swapping) and the other performs better since it benefits from UAV flying from one endpoint of the arc to the other endpoint (closed loop swapping) by using battery swapping station as a relay. Further, we evenly distribute all UAVs and allow each UAV to fly in the same direction along the cell-edge and thus present a cyclic-based algorithm. We prove the lower bound of idle time for our problem, and show that partition algorithm based on closed loop swapping and cyclic-based algorithm can both achieve optimal idle time. Finally, we validate the theoretical results by simulations.


The NbSi2/Nb/γ-TiAl and NbSi2/Nb functionally graded materials (FGMs) were prepared and their tolerances tested by exposing them to temperatures from 1323 K to 1523 K under vacuum and in air. Oxygen resistivity was estimated from metallographic investigations. The FGM lifetime was estimated by using a diffusion equation that considers the disappearance of the NbSi2 and Nb interlayer. These occurred during NbSi2 oxidation and Si diffusion from NbSi2 to Nb and interdiffusion between Nb and γ-TiAl. The results were validated by diffusion equations. The results indicate that a coating used at 1323 K for 380 h requires a NbSi2+Nb coating thickness of more than 77 μm.


This quarter, NBC heads to the Americas of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to assess a crop of books on the archaeology of colonialism; we start in Peru. In Negotiated communities and landscapes under Inka and Spanish colonialism, STEVEN WERNKE examines Inkan and Spanish colonialism in the Colca Valley of the southern highlands. The book draws on field survey around Yanque (the political centre of the Collagua ethnic group) and excavation at an Inkan outpost— subsequently converted into a Franciscan doctrina or doctrinal settlement—called Malata. Wernke also uses colonial visitas (administrative surveys) spanning the period 1591–1617 to reconstruct the agricultural landscape and the ayllus (kin groups) which controlled them. He aims to dispense with 'dyads' (pre-/postconquest; coloniser/colonised) in order to understand colonialism as an "improvisational order" (p. 8) full of compromises and interdependencies.


This paper discusses cooperative control of a two-arm spatial flexible manipulator with redundancy. Two different approaches are discussed to solve the kinematics of this manipulator. Moreover, several performance criteria are also discussed for this system in order to obtain an optimal kinematics solution. Some of the criteria discussed are peculiar to the cooperation of the two-arm spatial flexible manipulators, and have not been described before. Finally, the criteria and kinematics solutions are evaluated with experimental implementations.


The efficiency of solar air heater is incredibly low. So in order to increase the efficiency of solar air heater we can create the geometry on the solar absorber plate. The heat transfer from surfaces might normally be increased by enhancing the heat transfer coefficient in between a surface and its surroundings, and by increasing the heat transfer area of the surface, or by both. In most of cases the heat transfer coefficient is worries with the appliance of artificial surface roughness techniques as a create turbulence for convective heat transfer improvement. An experimental study has been conducted to research heat transfer, and thermo-hydraulic performance characteristics of flow in an exceedingly rectangular duct artificial roughened o i i h inclined ribs with gap. The rectangular duct used had aspect ratio of 5 and the Reynolds number based upon the mass flow rate of air at inlet of the duct ranged from 4000 to 12000. The rib pitch(P) 10, rib height-tohydraulic diameter (e/Dh) ratio 0.0337 and angle of attack (ɑ) while, gap width (g) 2,3,4, one number of gap (n) on both side of the inclination were used as fixed parameters during the experimentation. Keywordrectangular duct, heat transfer enhancement, convective heat transfer coefficient


The humanistic approach to society and personal morality is at the foundation of the benevolent maintenance jurisprudence. The word "maintain" comes from the French word "maintenir," and in Latin, "main" is the same as "manus," which means "hand," and "tenir," which is the same as "tenco," which means "to hold," or to lend a hand to someone who needs it. Food, clothing, shelter, and medical attention are all included in the definition of maintenance. It refers to the provision of necessities for existence; a source of support. In terms of marriage law, maintenance refers to the arrangements for necessities and comforts of life, such as clothing, housing, food, education, and medical care. It is the term used to refer to the weekly or monthly payments that may be mandated by a divorce or nullity decree in order to provide for the spouse's maintenance and support during the course of the couple's joint existence. Similar provisions for the benefit of the kids, such as maintenance, may be made in divorce, nullity, judicial separation, or restitution of conjugal rights proceedings. 2 The Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956, defines "maintenance" as follows: "Maintenance" includes I in all circumstances, provisions for food, clothing, housing, education, and medical attendance and treatment; (ii) in the case of an unmarried daughter, also the reasonable costs of, and incident to, her marriage. The maintenance of many parties is provided for by our Indian laws. This personal duty to pay maintenance results from the parties' relationship. The wife, children, and elderly parents are among the parties who are entitled to support. The wife's claim to maintenance is a byproduct of her marital status. The wife has the right to be supported by her husband for the rest of her life under this private responsibility that results from the institution of marriage.


The majority (63 per cent) of Australian adults are overweight or obese (1). Poor diet and physical inactivity are two key modifiable behaviours associated with obesity. Measuring diet in population groups is necessary to understand people's food choices and to provide insight into relationships between diet and disease risk. Knowledge of current food habits also assists with the development of health promotion interventions.


This paper is intended for trainers interested in the implementation of a partially automated, online human support scheme as part of distance learning. It presents an instructional design method based on scenarios and illustrates it through providing support to gain better understanding of text summaries. This situation was tested in an online application before being implemented in an academic course.


This paper describes an approach to using compactly supported spline wavelets to model the residual signal in a r eal-time (frameby-frame) spectral modelling system. The outputs of the model are time-varying parameters (gain, centre frequency and bandwidth) for filters which can be used in a subtractive resynthe sis system. Extraction of the sinusoidal part of an audio signa l, leaving a residual, is a common approach to spectral modelling [1] . Whereas the sinusoidal part of the signal consists of long-term , narrow-band components, the residual is comprised of both long- and short-term broad-band components. Systems have been proposed that separate these two types of residual component, classifying them as transients or noise, such as in [2]. A multiresolution approach to residual modelling, such as that offered by wavelets, ca n enable the good time localisation required for transients, along wi th the generality required for more stationary components. This paper introduces such an approach. The analysis system described here was developed for use in a realtime spectral modelling system. In this context rea l-time means frame-by-frame; decisions about model parameters are made, and time-domain resynthesis is executed, within the cur rent frame to minimise the delay between input and output. Because it produces complex analysis data it is possible to obtain esti mates for the centre frequency of components. Also, through use of t he wavelet splitting method which is used in wavelet packet decomposition, the bandwidth of components can be estimated. This allows the resynthesis filters to adapt their time-frequency locali sation properties to the analysed signal. B-spline wavelets are used sin ce they also offer control over the time-frequency localisation of the analysis filters. Whilst critically sampled orthogonal wavelets are o ften useful in situations where sparseness in the analysis data is required, for analysis-modelling-transformation applications over -complete (redundant) wavelet representations are usually more d esirable. However such representations come at greater computati onal cost and highly redundant analysis may well be prohibitively expensive in a real-time application where the analysis-modelling- transformationresynthesis cycle for a single frame must take less time than for that frame to be played out and the next frame to be acq uired. To offer some mediation between cost and redundancy a 'partially decimated' transform is used where the amount of decimation can be controlled by the user (and potentially by the syst em in response to other processing demands). Section 2 of this paper provides an introduction to the existing literature that describes B-spline wavelets and their properties. Section 3 gives an overview of the context in which th ey are used here and the spectral subtraction method used to obtain the residual. Section 4 describes the complex wavelet system employed while Section 5 assesses its cost and proposes partial de cimation as a way of offering flexibility in this regard. Section 6 p resents a method for estimating the bandwidth of components of the resid ual. Section 7 briefly describes a context in which the system is employed.


INTRODUCTION: Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) remains a major worldwide cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. Second-line interventions including uterine tamponade, dilation and curettage, uterine artery embolization (UAE), compression or hemostatic sutures, or hysterectomy, are often required to manage severe PPH. Our study sought to evaluate the success rates and complications of second-line therapies used to treat stage 3 PPH, defined as an estimated blood loss of greater than 1500 mL by the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative.


The k-means clustering algorithm, whilst widely popular, is not without its drawbacks. In this paper, we focus on the sensitivity of k-means to its initial set of centroids. Since the cluster recovery performance of k-means can be improved by better initialisation, numerous algorithms have been proposed aiming at producing good initial centroids. However, it is still unclear which algorithm should be used in any particular clustering scenario. With this in mind, we compare 17 such algorithms on 6,000 synthetic and 28 real-world data sets. The synthetic data sets were produced under different configurations, allowing us to show which algorithm excels in each scenario. Hence, the results of our experiments can be particularly useful for those considering k-means for a non-trivial clustering scenario.


Corona kadha includes the ingredients such as elaichi,turmeric,cloves,black peppercorns,honey, jaggery,munakka,tulsi,cinnamon,etc which act as immunity boosters which boosts the immunity Immunity helps to fight against the covid-19 Mechanism of kadha is immunity boosting Arsenium album proved to be a immuno booster pill and reduces inflammation in lungs and restlessness during cold Uses* Black peppercorns can boost immunity * Antyioxidant * Antimicrobial * Gastro-protective * Building immunity especially when it comes to own throat * Helps in treating respiratory disease 5) Tulsi - B S - Tulsi consist of frsh and dried leaves of ocimum sanctum Linn belonging to basillicum L Family - Labiate basillicum L Family - Labiate UsesExpectorant Stomachic Carminative Stimulant Flavouring agent Insecticide Antiprotozoal 6) Cinnamon: B S - It consist of the dried inner bark of the shootsof coppiced trees of cinnaomum zeylanicum Nees Family - Lauraceae Uses - * Immunity booster 7) Ginger - B S - Ginger consists of the rhizomes of zingiber officinale roscase and dried in the sun Family - Zingiberaceae Uses - b) Reduces cold and flu by the bee apis mellifera and other species of apis belongsto the Family- Apidae Uses - * High nutritive Procedure of Kadha - Wash peel & coarsely pound the raw turmeric & ginger in a mortar and pestle Boil it in 4 cupsof water It turns in yellow colour then we will start to get a whiff of ginger Wait for 5-6 min for heating Add rest of ingredients in turmeric ginger water and let it boil for 15-20 min Water will reduce so adjustqhe quantity according to the cups to make Put 1 table spoon honey in a cup and strain the kadha 1)Prevent fever and common infections 2)Improve your skin by balancing skin pigmentation 3)Also helpful in purifying blood and detoxifier 5)Treatment of bone, muscles and nerves 4)Useful for eye disorder 6)Heat related problems such as hyperacidity, headache, nausea, gastric renal and hepatic disorder and urinary tract problems, stones and infection inflammation, can be very painful and uncontrollable [ ]the pill named as Aa 30c Mother tincture has 200gm of AS2O3 in 1 litre of liquid and30c potence prepared medicine contains 1 molecule of active material in a volume equivalent to that of 1 million


The only published record of Ephemeroptera from New Caledonia lists 2 male imagos and 1 female subimago collected by Miss L. E. GHEEWAN from Nouméa on 2 Augusf, 1949. KIMMINS (1953) doubtfully identified these specimens as? Atalophletria sp. We have examined this material and the 2. male imagos represent one new species and genus while the 1 female subimago represeniz another new species and genus. Al1 3 specimens Will be discussed later in this series of papers.


The C-type lectin-like receptor, CLEC-2, is constitutively expressed on platelets, with reported expression on a number of leukocyte subsets in adult mice. Constitutive or platelet-specific deletion of CLEC-2 in mice induces cerebral haemorrhaging by midgestation. In this thesis, I investigated the basis of this defect, hypothesising that it is mediated by the loss of CLEC-2 activation by its endogenous ligand, podoplanin, expressed on the developing neural tube. Podoplaninfl/fl mice were crossed to mice expressing PGK-Cre to induce deletion of podoplanin at the two-cell stage. Developing blood vessels were visualized by 3-dimensional microscopy and found to be aberrantly patterned in CLEC-2- and podoplanin-deficient mice, culminating in widespread cerebral haemorrhaging by mid-gestation. Haemorrhages were also observed following Nestin-Cre driven deletion of podoplanin on neural progenitors and following deletion of the platelet integrin, αIIbβ3. Together these studies support that neuro-epithelial-derived podoplanin interacts with platelet-CLEC-2 to guide the maturation and integrity of the cerebral vasculature and to prevent haemorrhage by stimulating platelet aggregation. Using tamoxifen-inducible deletion of CLEC-2 in adult mice, the expression profile of CLEC-2 was investigated and shown to be restricted to platelets and circulating B-lymphocytes and CD11bhigh Gr1high myeloid cells. Furthermore, loss of CLEC-2 in adult mice was shown to be dispensable for maintaining blood-brain barrier permeability.


Introduction This study aimed to determine whether the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on the number of people seen at public facilities in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Sierra Leone for essential primary healthcare services. Methods The number of weekly consultations for antenatal care (ANC), outpatient (OPD), expanded programme on immunisations (EPI), family planning (FP) services and HIV, for the period of January 2018-December 2020, were collected from 25 primary healthcare facilities in Masaka district, Uganda, 21 health centres in Goma, DRC, and 29 facilities in Kambia district, Sierra Leone. Negative binomial regression models accounting for facility level clustering and season were used to analyse changes in activity levels between 2018, 2019 and 2020. Results We found no evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic affected the number of OPD, EPI or ANC consultations in Goma. Family planning consultations were 17% lower in March-July 2020 compared to 2019, but this recovered by December 2020. New diagnoses of HIV were 34% lower throughout 2020 compared to 2019. Compared to the same periods in 2019, facilities in Sierra Leone had 18-29% fewer OPD consultations throughout 2020, and 27% fewer DTP3 doses in March-July 2020, but this had recovered by Jul-Dec. There was no evidence of differences in other services. In Uganda there were 20-35% fewer under-5 OPD consultations, 21-66% fewer MCV1 doses, and 48-51% fewer new diagnoses of HIV, throughout 2020, compared to 2019. There was no difference in the number of HPV doses delivered in 2020 compared to 2019. Conclusions The level of disruption appeared to correlate with the strength of lockdown measures in the different settings and community attitudes towards the risk posed by COVID-19. Mitigation strategies such as health communications campaigns and outreach services proved important to limit the impact of lockdowns on primary healthcare services.


The purpose of this study is to analyze the learning activities and problem-solving skills with STAD type cooperative learning. This research uses qualitative and quantitative approach with descriptive type. Subjects in this study were students of class VII B Junior Catholic Marsudisiwi Malang in the odd semester of academic year 2017/2018 which amounted to 22 students. Data collection method used in this research is test and observation. The result of the research shows that: 1) student learning activity on learning process using STAD type cooperative learning showed improvement in every meeting either from aspect of visual activities, oral activites, mental activities, motor activities, and writing activities with good criteria and 2) ability problem solving students using STAD type cooperative learning shows aspects of understanding, planning, completing and checking with good criteria.


Heart rate (HR) monitoring in the healthcare aims to equip providers with meaningful data to monitor the health, prognoses symptom and improve the driving safety for the transportation. It is a hot topic for accidents prevention via monitoring the driver's physical condition. However, physiological data collection is a long-term, continuous process that poses various challenges. A camera-based HR detection is as follows. First, facial video is collected over a certain period. Then the facial images are separated into the three RGB channels, and the resulting two-dimensional images are transformed into one-dimensional time-series signals. Each channel signal is normalized, defriended and processed using the independent component analysis (ICA). Afterwards the signals are filtered via band pass filtering and fast Fourier transformation (FFT) to extract the HR. Keyword: Independent Component Analysis, Heart Rate, Electro cardio graph, Photo plasma graph.


Lower soil phosphorus (P) levels are to be expected if more sustainable agriculture practices (organic farming, low-input farming) are adopted. Crop plants can be adapted to lower soil P levels by selecting and breeding for higher P efficiency. Longer root hairs are found to enhance the P efficiency of cereals by increasing the P uptake.

In this study, three pairs of Swedish and Norwegian cereal cultivars (wheat cvs. NK0058 and Diamant; 6-row barley cvs. NK94682 and Herse; 2-row barley cvs. Tyra and Herta), with respectively short and long root hairs within each pair as measured in solution culture were grown. The cultivars were grown at four soil P levels (P0: 35 mg P-AL kg-1 soil; P16: 49 mg; P32: 87 mg; P48: 130 mg) in a long-term PK fertilisation field trial. The choice of cultivars was based on root hair lengths measured in a previous solution culture experiment. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of cultivar and soil P level on P concentration (P utilisation efficiency), P uptake efficiency, grain chemical composition, root hair length, dry matter production, grain yield, root growth, 1000-grain weight, hectolitre-weight and phenological development.

The results showed higher dry matter production and grain yield at low soil P levels in Diamant, Herse and Herta than in NK0058, NK94682 and Tyra, respectively, indicating a higher P efficiency in these cultivars. Total P uptake at low soil P levels was also higher, and the P concentration (mg P g-1 shoot dry matter, P utilisation efficiency) tended to be lower, suggesting higher P uptake and P utilisation efficiencies in these three cultivars. Probably the P uptake efficiency accounted for most of the variation between the cultivars, whereas variation in the P utilisation efficiency was of less importance. Dry matter production, grain yield and P uptake generally increased with increasing soil P level. However for most cultivars, except for the modern cultivar Tyra, dry matter and grain yield decreased at the highest soil P level. As soil P level increased, the differences in yield and P uptake within the three pairs of cultivars diminished, suggesting that the factors increasing the P uptake at low soil P are less important at high soil P level.

Recordings of phenological development and grain moisture content confirmed that increasing soil P level increases the rate of development in cereals. 1000-litre weight and hectolitre-weight were generally found to increase with increasing soil P level.

Root growth in the topsoil was found to increase as the soil P level increased. The root hairs grew longer in field soil than in the previous solution culture experiment. The ranking of cultivars with regard to root hair was only in part similar to that found in solution culture, and the differences in root hair length was much smaller or insignificant in this study as compared to the solution culture experiment. Hence, ranking of cultivars in terms of root hair length might prove difficult. A previous study reported longer root hairs in barley as a response to lower soil P level. In contrast, these results suggested the opposite.

The higher P uptake in Diamant, Herse and Herta might be due to longer root hairs. However, it is suggested that variations in other factors such as root exudation of organic acids and phosphatase and lowering of rhizosphere pH were as important factors for the higher P uptake.

Grain concentrations of N, P, K, Ca and Mg were consistent with former findings. There were no effects of cultivar or P level on the grain concentrations of N, Ca and Mg in this study.

In conclusion, this study suggested that there is great variation in P efficiency between cereal genotypes. This may only in part be explained by different root hair lengths. Adapting crops to lower soil P levels, by selection and breeding, is thus a possible means of increasing the sustainability of the agroecosystem.


Analysis of the effect of commitment and work-family conflict on turnover process - Many studies focused on the relationship between extra-work factors and turnover intention. The aim of the present research is to verify the mediation effect of commitment and the direct effect of work-family conflict on the turnover process of workers. The results confirm the mediating effect of affective commitment on job satisfaction-turnover intention relation. Furthermore, we show the effect of work-family conflict on this nucleus of variables: a worker who is experiencing a long-term imbalance between work and family life will perceive him/herself as having less job satisfaction and will show greater turnover intention. Keywords: turnover, work-family conflict, work satisfaction, affective commitment. Parole chiave: turnover, conflitto lavoro-famiglia, soddisfazione lavorativa, commitment affettivo.


assumes so many different forms : and still, if we refer to writers, we find that most of them have a particular mode of practice, which they consider the only one that ought to be employed. Some adopt general, while others trust to local bleeding. By some the employment of mercury is advised, and by others it is entirely proscribed. Emetics and purgatives are also warmly recommended by one party, and as strongly opposed by another. These opposite and exclusive opinions are founded upon some narrow systematic idea, which is maintained in one day, and forgotten the next. An exclusive method of treatment is supported upon a few insulated facts. Certain therapeutic means, the utility of which depended upon a particular form or stage of the disease, or upon certain seasons or conditions of the atmosphere, are thought to be generally applicable. The remedy is highly praised, and put to the test of further trial; but, as the circumstances which originally rendered it successful are no longer present, it of course fails, and it is given up as precipitately as it was at first adopted. Ipecacuanha may be adduced as an example; and many other remedies, after having been in much repute for a certain time, are deprecated, because they have been misapplied, and hence are undeservedly neglected. M. Desor-


The development of larger technical systems relies on the coordination of autonomous action of a multitude of individuals and organizations. Institutional settings, often neglected in the analysis of technical development, help to achieve such coordination. Our analysis of international technical standardization in telecommunications highlights an institutionalized process aiming at the creation of compatibility standards as the means for coordination. Formal procedural, membership, and decision rules combined with informal sets of expectations constitute the normative basis of the CCITT, the most prominent international standardization organization in telecommunications. Although scientific, political and economic aspects can be equally important for standards, the CCITT selectively legitimizes a technical perspective. Political and scientific reasoning is restricted, an open economic perspective even completely banned, unless they can be translated into a technical perspective. This increases the capacity to proceed on a consensusal basis and often facilitates reaching a con-sensus in a controversy. Standardization of Videotex and Telefax empirically examplifies this, and at the same time demonstrates the limits of pure technical reasoning to resolve genuine political or economic conflicts.


Q (1) To what degree have the quantitative aspects of dosage (dose [properly administered teaching episodes per session], dose frequency [number of sessions over a given time], and total intervention duration [time frame across which intervention sessions are spread]) been specifically manipulated and compared in intervention studies and how confident can we be in the study findings? (2) What are the optimal quantitative dosage characteristics for phonology, vocabulary, and morphosyntax outcomes? Does optimal dosage differ across these domains?


Introduction Sexual violence against young girls is a pervasive multifaceted phenomenon which embraces several different forced sexual acts, including attempted and/or completed rape, sexual coercion and harassment, and sexual contact with force or threat of force. The aim of this study is to evaluate the characteristics of sexual violence in adolescent girls, by a retrospective analysis of 731 consecutive cases of sexually abused girls. Materials and Methods We analyzed demographic characteristics, risk factors for rape, and the eventual subsequent presence and type of ano-genital lesions. Results We found that sexual violence with penetration was perpetrated in 591 (80%) cases. Vulnerability factors related with a major risk of rape were age >17 years old and consumption of alcohol and/or other drugs. About 196 (55%) victims had at a least one genital lesion. Conclusion A prompt identification of red flags of sexual violence may help physicians in suspecting and managing cases of sexual assault in adolescent girls, even in the absence of typical lesions.


Deoxyobtusilactone A was synthesized from 1-tetradecene by a route involving [3, 3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of 1, 1-dichloro-2-(2-propenoxy)-1-hexadecene, followed by Favorskii rearrangement of the resulting γ, δ-unsaturated α, α-dichloroketone.


In this paper, we present a Legendre pseudo–spectral method based on Legendre–Gauss–Lobatto zeros with the aid of the Kronecker product formulation for solving one–dimensional parabolic advection–diffusion equation with variable coefficient subject to a given initial condition and boundary conditions. First, we introduce an approximation to the unknown function by using Legendre differentiation matrices and its derivatives with respect to space x and time t. Secondly , we convert our problem to a linear system of equations to unknowns at the collocation points, and then solve it. Finally, two examples are given to illustrate the validity and applicability of the proposed technique with the aid of L∞-norm error and L2-norm error to the exact solution.


A timber racing yacht abandoned under the trees near a beach on Twofold Bay near Eden is said to be the Jindivik, one of the competitors in the 1959 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Local sailors are keen to see her restored and her heritage saved.


We present a simple iterative pre-distortion algorithm for achieving a rapid linear frequency sweep of semiconductor lasers. The algorithm achieves the desired frequency swept linearity with only four iterations. We derive a general formula for iterative pre-distortion by establishing the relationship between the laser output frequency and the drive current. The linear frequency-swept laser source obtained by this algorithm can be used in FMCW LiDAR systems. Experimentally, we investigated the algorithm using a 1550 nm distributed feedback (DFB) laser, achieving frequency swept excursion of 30.26 GHz, and frequency swept slope of 504 THz/s. We analyzed the linearity of the frequency swept results for the fourth iteration, achieving less than 5 MHz root mean square (RMS) value of frequency swept nonlinearity.


Abstract  Cordyceps is an endoparasite ascomycetous genus containing approximately 450 species with a diversity of insect hosts, traditionally included in the family Clavicipitaceae of Ascomycota. Establishing the relationships among species with a varied range of morphologies and hosts is of importance to our understanding of the phylogeny and co‐evolution of parasites and hosts in entomopathogenic ascomycetes. To this end, we used a combination of molecular index and morphological characters from 40 representative species to carry out comprehensive molecular phylogenetic analyses. Based on the phylogenetic tree, we used the program DISCRETE for inferring the rates of evolution and finding ancestral states of morphological character. The phylogenetic analyses revealed two important points. (i) Types of perithecia attached to stroma reflected an evolutionary trend in Cordyceps. The vertically immersed perithecia form was the ancestral state, superficial and obliquely immersed perithecia were derived characters, obliquely immersed was irreversible. Species with obliquely immersed perithecia were in a closely related group and were the derived group. (ii) A strong correlation between fungal relatedness and the microhabitat supported the hypothesis that the host jumps through commingling in soil microhabitats. Based on the results of these analyses, host switching explains the diversity of entomopathogenic fungi of the genus Cordyceps.


A terminal device records a content permitted to be recorded on a recording medium device by a server device on the recording medium device. The terminal device generates a value in which the contents of an object content of which the permission of recording on the recording medium is requested are reflected, requests the permission of recording of the object content from the server device by transmitting information indicating the value to the server device, receives signature data relating to the object content transmitted from the server device when the recording is permitted, and records, on the recording medium device, the received signature data and the object content as plaintext or encrypted data.


A recent experiment demonstrated that wide-band amplification of millimeter waves is feasible by using a tapered gyrotron traveling-wave amplifier (gyro-TWA) of the reflection type. In this paper, we show that the difficult problem of input/output coupling in such a reflection amplifier may be solved simply by the use of an almost square waveguide, with or without a dielectric lining. An input signal in the form of TE\min{01}\max_{\square} mode, say, is injected from the downstream of the electron beam of the gyro-TWA. It propagates upstream and is reflected by the constriction of the tapered waveguide. By a judicious choice of the waveguide dimensions and of the magnetic field profile, we find that it is possible for the reflected wave to be strongly amplified in the TE\min{10}\max_{\square} mode, which has a polarization orthogonal to the input mode, thereby permittting easy separation of the input and the output signal. This novel device thus performs the dual function of an amplifier and of a circulator with wide bandwidth and good power handling capabilities at millimeter wavelengths. This optimism is based on the numerical studies presented in this paper. Furthermore, the simultaneous presence of the TE\min{01}\max_{\square} and TE\min{10}\max_{\square} modes is found to strengthen the beam-circuit interaction. All of the known advantages of the reflection gyro-TWA, such as the lack of the 9-dB launching loss and the insensitivity to the beam velocity spread, are expected to be preserved in this device. The effects of reflection from the load is considered in some detail. A Proof-of-Principle experiment is suggested.


Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a multifaceted metabolic disorder that remains a major threat to global health security. Sadly, the clinical relevance of available drugs is burdened with an upsurge in adverse effects; hence, inhibiting the carbohydrate-hydrolyzing enzymes α-glucosidase and α-amylase while preventing oxidative stress is deemed a practicable strategy for regulating postprandial glucose levels in DM patients. We report herein the α-glucosidase and α-amylase inhibition and antioxidant profile of quinoline hybrids 4a–t and 12a–t bearing 1,3,4-oxadiazole and 1,2,3-triazole cores, respectively. Overall, compound 4i with a bromopentyl sidechain exhibited the strongest α-glucosidase inhibition (IC50 = 15.85 µM) relative to reference drug acarbose (IC50 = 17.85 µM) and the best antioxidant profile in FRAP, DPPH, and NO scavenging assays. Compounds 4a and 12g also emerged as the most potent NO scavengers (IC50 = 2.67 and 3.01 µM, respectively) compared to gallic acid (IC50 = 728.68 µM), while notable α-glucosidase inhibition was observed for p-fluorobenzyl compound 4k (IC50 = 23.69 µM) and phenyl-1,2,3-triazolyl compound 12k (IC50 = 22.47 µM). Moreover, kinetic studies established the mode of α-glucosidase inhibition as non-competitive, thus classifying the quinoline hybrids as allosteric inhibitors. Molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations then provided insights into the protein–ligand interaction profile and the stable complexation of promising hybrids at the allosteric site of α-glucosidase. These results showcase these compounds as worthy scaffolds for developing more potent α-glucosidase inhibitors with antioxidant activity for effective DM management.


The idea of a Europe of its peoples, or a post-nation-state 'regionalist Europe', is largely applauded by radical democratic and post-colonial theorists who considered this development an antidote to nationalism. What is hardly heeded by liberal as well as left-wing intellectuals, however, is that several fascist and neo-fascist intellectuals during the inter-war and the post-war eras have also been attracted by the idea of a post-nation-state, 'Europe des peoples'. By analyzing the complementary ideologies of two French intellectuals associated with fascism and post-war neo-fascism – Pierre Drieu La Rochelle and Alain de Benoist – this article traces the attempts to shed new light onto some of the shortcomings embedded in the concept of the 'Europe des peoples'. Building upon Drieu and de Benoist's ideas on the future of Europe as a post-national exclusionist 'Europe of the peoples', this article sets an alert that a new type of ethnic exclusionism may be strengthened precisely with the end of old states nationalism.


This study examines characteristics of people who are experiencing severe hair loss problems. We focus on how these characteristics are related to their psychological problems, hair loss treatments, wig-wearing practices, and life styles. We gathered survey data from people who visited wig shops for their hair loss problems. The study shows that men and women have different characteristics in every aspect we consider.


An unsteady, three-dimensional induced-flow model is applied to compute the induced-flow distribution of a rotor in forward flight, and numerical results are compared against LDV measurements for both time-averaged and unsteady induced flow at the disk. The former flow shows good agreement with measured data, except just behind the pylon at the lowest advanced ratio and near the blade tips for rectangular blades at high advance ratios. The method performs as well or better than other codes that have been applied to these data, takes less computing time, and is better suited to aeroelastic analysis. Results with only four harmonics and 15 state variables converge to all fundamental characteristics of the time-averaged flow.


Using data from Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries over the period 1990–2015, this study examines the effects of Global Value Chains' (GVCs) participation on economic growth by distinguishing participation in upstream, participation in downstream and sectors-based participation. The study also focuses on how the economic growth effect of GVCs' participation can be affected by the ICTs. The Driscoll and Kraay' estimation approach applied to the cross-lagged panel model enabled to overcome the cross-sectional dependence, heteroscedasticity, errors' autocorrelation and reverse causality problems. The generalized method of moments (GMM) is further employed for the robustness check. The findings are robust and indicate that the GVCs' participation (general, upstream, downstream and sectorial) boosts economic growth in SSA countries. These positive effects hold and are even more intensive when the GVCs' participation is modulated by the ICTs. Furthermore, the study demonstrates that SSA countries should focus on the downstream GVCs' participation that is the production and export of the (high technologies) intermediate goods that are essential for the production activities of other GVCs' stakeholders. For the sectors-based participation, the study seems to show that participation in the services sector promotes more economic growth, followed to some extent by the mining, agriculture and manufacturing sectors.


Steganography has various useful applications. In this paper, a steganographic algorithm with high payload and low change rate is proposed. Three pixels are processed as a unit, the exclusive-or result of the second least significant bits (SLSBs) of the pixels in that unit is regarded as the flag. According to the value of the flag, as well as the Hamming distance between the least significant bits (LSBs) and the secret messages, three bits of secret message are embedded. Secret message can be easily extracted depending on the value of flag. Local texture is also considered to achieve adaptive embedding. The advantage of the proposed algorithm is that at most one pixel will be modified when embedding three bits of message into three pixels. Simulation results showed that the proposed algorithm decreases the probability of detection for steganalysis methods and the security has been much improved.


A Bayesian optimization scheme is presented for reconstructing fluorescent yield and lifetime, the absorption coefficient, and the scattering coefficient in turbid media, such as biological tissue. The proposed method utilizes measurements at both the excitation and emission wavelengths for reconstructing all unknown parameters. A tissue phantom experiment uses the inversion strategy to reconstruct a spherical heterogeneity containing indocyanine green.


The mode of occurrence of trace mercury, arsenic and selenium in three typical coals were investigated using sequential chemical extraction procedure. The research shows that sequential chem- ical extract method is efficient in determining the occurrence of trace elements in coal quantitatively. It was also found that mercury in coal mainly occurs in bound-sulfide and residue, Arsenic mainly occurs in bound-sulfide. There are a variety of occurrence modes of trace selenium in different coals.


The results of study of anodic dissolution process of silver in alcoholic solutions of salts applied to the synthesis of nanoparticles of silver are presented. Silver electrode in alcoholic solutions of LiClO4 dissolves at anodic potentials, higher than 0.6 V. Silver passes to the solution in the form of soluble complexes. As a result of further processes (oxidation-reduction) in electrolyte metallic silver nanoparticles are acquired. The silver nanoparticles were indentified using spectroscopic techniques; SEM, TEM, XPS. The mechanism of the process is proposed.


Abstract : The prevailing trend within the computer industry is to downsize information systems. This quite often entails migrating an application from a centralized mainframe environment to a distributed client-server system. Navy IS managers are often given the mandate to downsize all information systems with out much consideration for the framing issues of strategic planning and Business Process Reengineering(BPR). The decision to migrate off a mainframe is a difficult one to assess, as the issues come from a broad spectrum of sources. This thesis analyzes the management issues, associated with this migration, and looks at both the role of BPR and some of the options to migrate applications off the mainframe to client-server systems. This thesis also aims at educating the Navy IS manager regarding the new client-server computing model as well as providing background to the management practice of BPR.


e22230 Background: Assuming an association between cancer and metabolism, oncogene-directed metabolic reprogramming in cancer has revealed new target strategies. For example, the LKB1-AMPK-mTOR signaling pathway genes are already known to alter the cell metabolism and to play a critical role in the malignant behavior of cancer. Accordingly, based on the assumption that genetic variations in the LKB1-AMPK-mTOR signaling pathway can change the intracellular signal in terms of metabolic reprogramming, the present study analyzed 18 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the STK11, PRKAA1, TSC1/2, and mTOR genes and their impact on the survival of patients with colorectal cancer. Methods: 772 consecutive patients with surgically resected colorectal adenocarcinoma were enrolled in the present study. 18 SNPs were selected from an in Silico analysis based on previous evidence of association. The SNP genotyping was performed using a Sequenom MassARRAY. Results: With a median age of 64 years, 433 (56.1%) patient...


Supplemental Digital Content is Available in the Text. Background: The HIV research workforce is not representative of populations most affected by the epidemic. Innovative educational programs are needed to motivate diverse student populations to pursue careers in HIV research. Methods: The Duke University Center for AIDS Research Evidence2Practice (E2P) program is a 3-day interactive workshop that introduces students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, implementation science, and human-centered design. Participants develop 1-page action plans to increase awareness and uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis on their campus. The program was evaluated using a partially mixed-method concurrent equal status study design with pre-program and post-program surveys and in-depth interviews. Results: Among the 52 participating students, 44 completed the preworkshop survey, 45 completed the postworkshop survey, and 10 participated in an in-depth interview. Most participants identified as Black or African American and cisgender female. Participating in the E2P program was associated with: (1) an increase in median interest in pursuing a career in HIV research (P < 0.01) and (2) a decrease in median perceived difficulty in starting a career in HIV research (P < 0.01). Several students described that a lack of knowledge about initiating an HIV research career, a perceived lack of qualifications and knowledge about HIV science, and limited experience were major barriers to considering careers in HIV research. Conclusions: The E2P program enhanced HBCU students' interest in careers related to HIV research and improved their self-efficacy to pursue such careers. On-campus educational enrichment initiatives, led by active HIV researchers and clinicians, should be a critical part of diversifying the HIV workforce.


The purpose of the present study was to find the effect of physical exercise and yoga practice on muscular endurance, self-confidence and blood pressure (both systolic and diastolic). For this purpose, forty five middle aged women of Kasargod town, Kerala, in the age group of 35 – 40 years were selected. They were divided into three equal groups (n = 15), each group consisted of fifteen subjects, in which group – I underwent physical exercise, group – II underwent yoga practice and group – III acted as control group who did not participate in any special training. The training period for this study was six days in a week for twelve weeks. Prior to and after the training period the subjects were tested for self-confidence and blood pressure (systolic and diastolic). Muscular endurance was assessed by administering sit-ups test, self-confidence was assessed by using Agnihotri self-confidence inventory (ASCI) and blood pressure was assessed by using sphygmomanometer respectively. The analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to find out the significant difference if any, among the experimental groups and control group on selected criterion variables separately. Since there were three groups involved in this study the Scheffẻ' S test was used as pos-hoc test. It was concluded from the result of the study that the physical exercise and yoga practice has positively altered the criterion variables, such as, muscular endurance, self-confidence and blood pressure (both systolic and diastolic). The result of the study also shown that there was no significant difference occurred between the experimental groups, such as, physical exercise group and yoga practice group.


Designed and developed as a commercial product designated the KEI Model LH-83, the hand-held eyesafe laser rangefinder was refined and "hardened" for the full military field environment under a competitive Army advanced development contract for the MELIOS (Mini-Eyesafe-Laser-Infrared-Observation-Set) program which is also designated the AN/PVS-6 ( ). The Model LH-83 currently has a weight of 2 kg and is about the size of a pair of binoculars. The monocular device displays system status and range data in the eyepiece. Operation is powered by self-contained AA-sized alkaline, rechargeable NiCd, or long-life Lithium batteries. A major feature of the KEI Model LH-83 and MELIOS design is compartmentalization into three field-replaceable modules (i.e., power supply, range/control and transceiver). From built-in tests, a possible field malfunction can be diagnosed and, by module replacement, the system can be returned to operational status in a matter of minutes. The overall system design is discussed. Subsystem design and performance is detailed in a manner that will enable possible fire control system users to incorporate the modules into various system configurations where an eyesafe laser rangefinder would be advantageous. The Army is in the process of conducting extensive evaluations, which include environmental and field testing. It is expected that these evaluations will be completed by the First Quarter of FY 1986.


Tissue engineering techniques enable the fabrication of tissue substitutes integrating cells, biomaterials, and bioactive compounds to replace or repair damaged or diseased tissues. Despite the early success, current technology is unable to fabricate reproducible tissue-engineered constructs with the structural and functional similarity of the native tissue. The recent development of 3D printing technology empowers the opportunities of developing biofunctional complex tissue substitutes via layer-by-layer fabrication of cell(s), biomaterial(s), and bioactive compound(s) in precision. In this chapter, the current development of fabricating tissue-engineered constructs using 3D bioprinting technology for potential biomedical applications such as tissue replacement therapy, personalized therapy, and in vitro 3D modeling for drug discovery will be discussed. The current challenges, limitations, and role of stakeholders to grasp the future success also will be highlighted.


Dear Editor, The clinical presentation of mycosis fungoides (MF) is highly variable. We report three patients who presented with an exceptional clinical pattern of livedoid and necrotic skin plaques corresponding to MF associated with contiguous cutaneous vasculitis (CV). An 82yearold male patient with epidermotropic MF treated with topical steroids and UVB phototherapy developed livedo reticularis with skin necrosis and painful ulcers (Figure 1a) on his hairless erythematous skin patches of MF of the scalp and the trunk. Biopsies of these lesions revealed a dermal infiltration of CD3+ CD4+ CD8− CD30− atypical lymphocytes with both pilotropism and epidermotropism without transformation adjacent to vasculitis and lymphohistiocytic infiltrate. After further investigations, the diagnosis of stage IB MF associated with CV was made. The patient was treated with bexarotene with rapid and sustained complete remission after 2 years. A 52yearold female patient with adnexotropic MF presenting with cystic skin lesions on the face and the trunk developed livedoid lesions and painful necrotic ulcers (Figure 1d) under mogamulizumab. Skin biopsies revealed both folliculotropic and syringotropic infiltration with atypical CD3+ CD4− CD8− CD30− lymphocytes without transformation along with a contiguous granulomatous pattern with giant cells and vascular tropism consistent with cutaneous granulomatous vasculitis with clonal TCR gene rearrangement. After further investigations, the diagnosis of folliculotropic/ syringotropic stage IB MF with CV was retained. She was treated with topical steroids with a rapid disappearance of necrotic skin lesions and a maintenance treatment with romidepsin without recurrence at 12month followup. A 57yearold male patient was referred for infiltrated annular erythematous and hypopigmented plaques on the back along with a purpuric, ulcerated and necrotic plaque on the lower back (Figure 1c). Biopsies revealed a dermal Received: 9 May 2022 | Accepted: 3 October 2022


The colleges and universities, source of advanced p ro ductive force, producer and radiant of advanced culture, are closely connected w ith the interest of broad masses of the people. Carrying out "three Representat ives" thought in colleges and universities calls for brand new and higher requi rements. According to "three Representatives", the Party in colleges and unive rsities in the new ti nes should be built by following these mles, 1.strengthening the ideological bui lding,2. arming all the Party members and cadres with Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedo ng Thought and Deng Xiaoping's Theory persistently, 3.persisting in and perfecti ng the democratic centralism and build up efficient leading group, 4.enhancing t he building of the Party organization at the basic level and the Party members a nd strengthing the Party's creaticity, cohensiveness and working capacity, 5.dee pening the reforming of the personnel system of cadres and strengthening the bui lding of cadre group; 6.running the Party with strict discipline and enhancing t he building of Party's style and the establishment of a clean government.


As current cellular networks are becoming increasingly heterogeneous, traditional cell association rule based on the downlink reference signal receiving power (RSRP) no longer serves well. Under this circumstance, the concept of downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) decoupling (DUDe), in which user equipments choose the serving Base Station (BS) in DL and UL separately, has drawn great attention during the design of next generation cellular networks. In this paper, using the framework of stochastic geometry, we at first derive the theoretical energy efficiency (EE) distribution of a two-tier heterogeneous network both in DL and UL with DUDe. Then through numerical simulation, we verify that the DUDe rule can improve EE of a heterogeneous network comparing with the traditional RSRP rule. The improvement is shown to be significant through a further comparison with bias-based Cell Range Extension (CRE).


The goal of this chapter is to introduce the rational treatment of saturation in synchronous machines. We will limit this study to the case of machines with sinusoidal coupling, the only case where the study of saturation has reached a certain level of maturity. We will not go into all the practical details of the tests involved; we instead refer the interested reader to standards such as [IEC 85] and [IEE 95]. This chapter is divided into three sections. In the first section, we describe the basic notions in a way that does not presume linearity. The second section is dedicated to conventional tests. The models used are mainly linear, but this part ends with the observation that the linear theory is insufficient and with the introduction of the Potier model for smooth pole machines. The third and last section of this chapter is dedicated to the treatment of non-linearities, as well as the question of equation linearization.


Appearance of valleys as ridges,and vise versa in remote sensing images of rugged terrain is termed false topographic perception(FTP).Serious conflict between FTP and human vision habit hinders visual interpretation of remote sensing images.A technique to remove FTP by the fusion of shaded relief model(SRM)and YUV luma component was proposed.Key points in this technique involved enhancement of shaded areas,exaggeration of topographic relief and multiplicative fusion of SRM and YUV luma component.Results from a test image indicated that this technique could remove FTP effectively because it fully considered the effect from deep shades in rugged terrains.The produced image showed significant true topographic perception with similar colors as original images with balanced brightness.The derived products with this technique could be widely used in navigation mapping,territorial planning,natural resource monitoring.


Energetic costs of tissue construction were compared in two subspecies of Phragmites australis, the common reed – namely the primary native and introduced lineages in North America. Caplan et al. report that the introduced lineage has lower construction costs than the native under all environmental conditions assessed, driven mainly by its lower cost rhizomes. These results highlight the fact that belowground energetics, which are seldom investigated, can influence the performance advantages that drive many plant invasions. The authors also demonstrate that tissue construction costs in organs not typically assessed can shift with global change, suggesting that they may have increasingly important implications into the future.


Water quality management information system in south-to-North water diversion middle line project was introduced,this system included data collection and communication sub-system,database sub-system,water quality warning sub-system,data output sub-system and interface.The key technique of this system was discussed.


We developed and demonstrated the effectiveness of Hyakunin-Eyesshu, the world's first tabletop Hyakunin-Isshu game against a computer opponent that utilizes action prediction based on gaze and hand-motion detection. In this study, we also developed the gaze-and-touch algorithm, which can realize just-found and even-match timings for use in the computer opponent's play. The just-found timing is the timing for which the computer opponent can obtain a correct card concurrently with the reaction time of the player just after the player has found the card. The even-match timing is the timing for which the computer opponent obtains the card at almost the same time as the player by predicting the player's hand reach. Finally, the authors performed an experimental evaluation of the proposed algorithm and determined that various types of play can be realized through a combination of these timings.


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Some highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) alkenes are commonly used as proxies for palaeoceanographic reconstructions. However, there is a need to identify compounds that are sufficiently stable and abundant to be used as tracers of HBI oxidation in sediments. 2,6,10,14-tetramethyl-7-(3-methylpent-4-enyl)-pentadec-5(Z/E)-en-4-ols resulting from 2,6,10,14-tetramethyl-7-(3-methylpent-4-enyl)-pentadec-5-ene appear to be useful for this purpose.

METHODS
Comparison of EIMS mass spectra and retention times with those of standards allowed formal identification of autoxidation products of 2,6,10,14-tetramethyl-7-(3-methylpent-4-enyl)-pentadec-5-ene. EIMS fragmentations of TMS ethers of the main oxidation products (2,6,10,14-tetramethyl-7-(3-methylpent-4-enyl)-pentadec-5(Z/E)-en-4-ols) were deduced by GC/EI-MS, low energy CID-MS/MS and accurate mass measurements. These compounds were then quantified in Arctic sediment samples in MS/MS MRM mode using transitions based on the main fragmentation pathways elucidated.

RESULTS
2,6,10,14-Tetramethyl-7-(3-methylpent-4-enyl)-pentadec-5(Z/E)-en-4-ols were identified after autoxidation of the HBI alkene 2,6,10,14-tetramethyl-7-(3-methylpent-4-enyl)-pentadec-5-ene. Low energy CID-MS/MS analyses and accurate mass measurement allowed the bEIMS fragmentation pathways of their TMS derivatives to be elucidated. Some specific fragment ions and chromatographic retention times were also useful for further characterization. As an application of some of the described fragmentations, TMS derivatives of these metabolites were characterized and quantified in MRM mode in Arctic sediments.

CONCLUSIONS
Due to: (i) their production in high proportion during autoxidation of their parent HBI diene, (ii) their apparent stability in sediments, and (iii) their specific EIMS fragmentations, (Z and E) 2,6,10,14-tetramethyl-7-(3-methylpent-4-enyl)-pentadec-5-en-4-ol TMS derivatives appeared to be useful tracers of HBI autoxidation in sediments.


Cutting propagation of Eucalyptus grandis×E.urophylla was conducted with young lignified shoots as the cuttings.Several factors affecting the survival rate of Eucalyptus grandis×E.urophylla cutting including scion length,cutting medium and hormone were studied.The result showed that,the optimum length of scion was 5~10 cm,which should be treated by ATB with the mass fraction of 10×10-4 for 2 h.The yellow soil mixed with carbonized chaff in proportion as 3 ∶ 2 was the optimum medium.Under the above conditions,the root appeared a radiation distribution and the rooting rate was up to 93.68%.At the same time,the seedling had appropriate height and a certain resistance.


An experiment was carried out to evaluate the perfo rmance of growing rabbits fed with non pelleted coarsely ground diets, containing, besides maize ( Zea mays ) and soybean ( Glycine max) meal, alfalfa (Medicago sativa ) and ramie ( Boehmeria nivea ) hays. The experiment was conducted from August 18 to October 6, 2006. Thirty nine animals of 40 days of age were utilized and assigned to three treatments: Alfalfa 15% (control), Ramie 15% and Al falfa 7.5%+Ramie 7.5%, corresponding to the forage inclusion level in each diet. The experiment al design was completely randomized with three treatments and thirteen replications, where each an imal was considered an experimental unit. The evaluated parameters were: average daily weight gai n, average feed intake, feed conversion, carcass yield, hot carcass weight, cold carcass weight, dri p loss percentage, pH 1 hour and pH 24 hours after slaughtering. Data were analyzed by analysis of var iance and the averages compared by Duncan test (P<0.05). The treatment Alfalfa 7.5%+Ramie 7.5% sho wed higher average daily gain (28.0 g/d) against 26.4 and 25.7 g/d than the treatments Ramie 15% and Alfalfa 15%, respectively. The average feed intake was higher with the treatments with ram ie inclusion, 93.7 g and 87.1 g for the treatments Alfalfa 7.5%+Ramie 7.5% and Ramie 15%, respectively , than with 15% alfalfa (83.8 g/d). Although, with no differences in the feed conversion, which s tayed around 3.30 on average. For the main slaughter parameters, effects of type of forage wer e not significant. The results indicate that the combination of ramie+alfalfa hays, as main fiber so urce ingredient in the diets, caused a positive synergic effect. Apparently, this combination incre as d the palatability, but this hypothesis must be tested in further studies, because the preliminary analyses of the formulations did not show nutrition al data that can subsidize this explanation. The autho rs c nclude that ramie could replace 15% of alfalfa of the control diet and its association with alfalf a may improve growth performance.


Purpose: To present a case of a patient with XXXXY syndrome, anomalous optic nerves, and dural ectasia in conjunction with macular detachment. Methods: Case report. Results: A 3-year-old boy with XXXXY chromosomal abnormality presented with bilateral maculopathy. On evaluation, he was found to have anomalous optic disks with serous detachment of the left eye. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed bilateral optic nerve dural ectasia without evidence of elevated intracranial pressure. Conclusion: XXXXY syndrome, like the related condition of Klinefelter syndrome, can manifest with ocular abnormalities. In the present case, the dural ectasia may have facilitated access of cerebrospinal fluid through anomalous optic nerves, resulting in neurosensory detachment.


This paper presents a new methodology for optimising the performance of real manufacturing systems through simulation. The methodology has two phases, each contains one algorithm. The function of the first phase is to bring the search into the neighbourhood of the optimum; the second phase explores this region in order to obtain an improved solution. The algorithms were developed based on the principle of the Modified Complex Method and the Heuristic Univariate Method and use a variable simulation run length to minimise the required computer time. The methodology was applied to optimise a manufacturing system and performance was compared with that of other methods. The results of the comparison suggest an ability to produce more accurate results.


Introduction: This study examined the effectiveness of psychosocial rehabilitation in reducing negative symptoms and improving social skills in chronic schizophrenia patients. Method: The study quasi-experimental and was with plan Pre-test and post-test. That with use from sampling available between statistical society that including all people suffering to chronic schizophrenic that were at Rehabilitation Circadian centers. 30 patients were chosen at 2 groups testing and control. Interventions conducted in 12 sessions (psycho-social rehabilitation) were evaluated to help Pre-test and post-test. For data collection be used from Andreasen negative symptoms questionnaire and also Dehbozorgi social skills and research hypotheses calculated with multi-way ANOVA. Results: The results showed that psychosocial rehabilitation in reducing negative symptoms in patients with chronic schizophrenia were significantly effective. Psychosocial Rehabilitation of patients with chronic schizophrenia were significantly effective in improving social skills. Conclusion: According to the results, the use of non-pharmacological methods such as psychosocial rehabilitation in reducing negative symptoms and improving social skills is recommended in schizophrenic patients.


During the last decades there's been increased attention on the exploitation of market power in sales as supply chains are becoming increasingly concentrated. More recently, one has realised that consentrated supply chains can enable exploitation of market power also from buyers. This implies that in many supply chains oligopolists can sell their product to oligopsonist. When investigating such supply chains, the fact that the other party also has market power must be taken into account when specifying the model to be estimated. In this paper we estimate the degree of market power in such supply chains using a system consisting of a residual demand and a residual supply equation. An empirical application is provided for the European dried salted cod market. The estimated residual demand and supply elasticities suggest that there is scope for both oligopolistic and oligopsonistic behaviour.


Today, the manipulation on the digital images has become a very easy and professional process using the capabilities of photo editing tools with the wide and rapid development in information technology and computer industry. Image forgery can be used to hide or manipulate important information of official documents, which can be considered as a digital crime. Many algorithms can be used to detect forged images. This paper introduces a theatrical comparison between four of the recent forgery detection algorithms; SVM, DCT, Expanding Block-based algorithm and Generic Algorithm with the aim to come up with the most efficient algorithm among the four algorithms. This was achieved by reviewing literatures of recent and relevant works whereas we focused on the accuracy. The comparison shows that GA is the most effective algorithm for detecting the image forgery, which gives the highest accuracy while DCT has the lowest accuracy.


We report the growth study of InAs by chemical beam epitaxy. Growth conditions for high quality epilayer has been determined from in situ reflection high‐energy electron diffraction measurement, surface morphology, photoluminescence, and Hall measurement. The growth rate measurement shows that the pyrolysis characteristics of trimethylindium are qualitatively similar to that of triethylgallium which have previously been simulated by a surface chemical kinetics model. The boundary condition between In‐ and As‐stabilized surface in the previously unexplored temperature range of 520–560 °C gives an activation energy of 3.1 eV for the As desorption from the InAs surface.


Abstract New C2-glycosyl triazole derivatives 6a–l were synthesized by cyclization of glycosyl acylthiosemicarbazides 5 in refluxing 3 N sodium hydroxide aqueous solution. Substrates 5 were obtained by the reaction of glycosyl isothiocyanate 3 with various hydrazides. The acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitory activities of compounds 6 were tested by Ellman's method. Compounds that exhibited over 85% inhibition were subsequently evaluated for the IC50 values. Compound 6f possesses the best acetylcholinesterase-inhibition activity with IC50 of 1.46±0.25 μg/mL.


Chemical and mineralogical characteristics of a copper converter slag were investigated using a variety of complementary mineralogical techniques including ore microscopy, X ray diffractometer (XRD), SEM EDX and WDS. Fayalite and magnetite were distinguished as main phases in the slag, and copper was found to be entrapped in them in the form of matte. Cobalt was concentrated in fayalite and magnetite as solid solution by replacing Fe 2+ in their lattices, which necessitated chemical decomposition of these two minerals for recovering cobalt in the slag.


In the previous number of the Journal, I described my reasons for doubting whether the conclusions drawn by Mr. Holt, concerning the size at which plaice become mature, would hold good for the whole of the North Sea; and also whether the evidence he relied upon, in distinguishing mature and immature plaice, was sufficient. I stated that, as an actual fact, one sample of mature plaice, which were much below the limits of size determined by Mr. Holt, had come into my hands. I suggested, as a probability, that the presence of dead degenerating eggs in the tissue of the ovary was a proof that the fish had spawned, was a spent, and therefore a mature specimen. My words were: "It cannot be asserted as a certainty that these granular masses never occur in an immature ovary; to settle the doubt it will be necessary to make a careful examination of plaice in November and December, when all fish which are about to spawn will have a large amount of yolk in the eggs, and all fish in which the eggs are transparent and yolkless must be immature." It was already known that these degenerating eggs do occur in spent ovaries, from which the ripe eggs have recently been discharged, and which bear evidence of the fact in their somewhat large size, flaccid and collapsed condition, and usually in the presence of a few detached ripe eggs in their interior.


Abstract : A low-cost process for the primary roll diffusion bonding of boron-aluminum monotapes and multi-ply panels in air was developed. Heating was performed in either air or argon with properties equivalent to higher cost vacuum and press bonded material. The average tensile strengths of roll bonded monotapes was 207 KSI with secondary press bonded panel strengths being 201 KSI longitudinal and 19 KSI transverse. Panels containing interleaved titanium foil of 18-26 volume percent were produced by primary and secondary roll bonding with 200 KSI longitudinal and 46-70 KSI transverse strengths. Cost projections indicate processing costs of $40, $19, and $13/lb for boron-aluminum monotape at an annual production volume of 2,000, 20,000 and 200,000 pounds.


Automatic modulation classification of communication signals is very important for both military and civilian purposes. In order to automatically recognize the conventional analogue communication signals, a new method for extracting the signal feature parameters is proposed. When the carrier has been synchronized, the received signals are transformed to zero intermediate frequency and the complex base band signal vector is then rotated anticlockwise around the origin for 90 degrees. Thus, it avoids the disadvantages caused by the discontinued phase during the processing of the DSB signal. Following that, five feature parameters based on the first statistical moments of the received signals are proposed. The calculation of all those feature parameters is less complicated and more robust. Next, an automatic modulation recognition algorithm based on the decision-theoretic approach is developed and its realization is also presented in the form of a flowchart. Finally, computer simulation results show that all the aforementioned types of analogue communication signals can be recognized with average success rate greater than 97% at an SNR above -7dB. It is suitable for the practical application of signal detection and fast recognition in non-cooperation communication systems.


Abstract : On 9 September 1943 the United States Fifth Army landed at Salerno, commencing a lengthy and costly campaign that would transit the Italian Peninsula. Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark commanded this army. His many supporters, including Winston Churchill and General Dwight D. Eisenhower, considered him a brilliant staff officer and trainer. His detractors, including General George S. Patton, considered him overly ambitious and self serving. Clark had been promoted ahead of many senior and experienced officers, some of whom were now his subordinate commanders within the Fifth Army. His army would come under the jurisdiction of the Fifteenth Army Group, a combined American-British Headquarters commanded by General Harold Alexander, an Englishmen. Clark would command a number of foreign troops, including the British X Corps, the New Zealand Corps, and the French Expeditionary Corps. Throughout this campaign, Clark would face the complexities of coalition command, tactical in nature but with strategic consequences. This thesis contends that the command arrangements within Fifteenth Army Group, together with biased perceptions, influenced the decision making of General Clark, an accomplished staff officer yet inexperienced army commander.


It offers a fast algorithm for blind extraction based on the improved adaptive genetic algorithm in order to overcome shortcomings in the blind source separation,including slow convergence,not high accuracy and easy to fall into the local optimum.Marginal entropy minimize criterion of independent signal are established on the basis of negentropy criterion.Some of key technologies of the genetic algorithm are improved on the basis of optimization function of blind extraction,so it proposes a fitness function fitting for blind signal extraction and monitoring strategy preventing algorithm from local convergence so that the algorithm can automatically jump out of the best local,and rapidly converges in the global optimum point.Thus blind extraction of transient mixed signals are obtained fast when the improved adaptive genetic algorithm are used as optimization approach.Simulation experiments show that performance of the algorithm is stable,convergence rate high,and global optimum answer achieved,so that blind extraction is realized.


This paper analyses the effect of pulling anchor space length,pulling anchor length and thickness of underground continuous concrete wall on the internal force and deformation of underground continuous concrete wall pulling anchor structure,hoping to obtain some valuable conclusions.


Managing information access within large enterprises is increasingly challenging. With thousands of employees accessing thousands of applications and data sources, managers strive to ensure the employees can access the information they need to create value while protecting information from misuse. We propose a governance structure based on controls and incentives, where employees' self-interested behavior can result in firm-optimal use of information. Using a game-theoretic approach, we show that an incentives-based policy with escalation can control both overentitlement and underentitlement while maintaining the flexibility needed in dynamic business environments.


This work brings a reflection on the toys and games in different spaces and times. I tried to bring several arguments on the subject, starting from a
bibliographic analysis, the observations and interviews that I realized. At the beginning of the work it was necessary to know a little of the history of childhood, showing the evolution of the child within the society, then I present the joke as something very important and necessary in the life of the children. Playing the imaginations become reality, thus making human beings thinking and critical in the society in which they are part.I bring from my observations arguments about various types of games in three different spaces, on the street, at family moments and at school, showing that the play is everywhere, where playing is not about competition but it is a moment of Distraction, fun and especially great learning for those involved.Jokes were always present in our society, so all the people who are adults today in their childhood played with what the season provided, everyone went through this stage of play, where everyone has many stories to tell.Playing is an essential activity, pure and delicious in the life of human beings, through it everything can happen using fantastic imagination.


Most of polycystic ovarian syndrome(PCOS) women had impedimental glucose metabolism,lipid metabolism,and metabolic syndrome,which result in increased risks of diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases.Oral contraceptive pills(COC),as the first line therapy for antiandrogen and menstrual regulation in PCOS women,obtained satisfactorily clinical outcome.However,it may aggravate metabolic problems when used in PCOS women with metabolic dysfunction.A new kind of COC—Yasmin consisted of drospirenone which acted as antiandrogen and anti-aldosterone has almost no negative effect on glucose metabolism,should be one of choices for PCOS women with metabolic dysfunction.


AZ91 magnesium alloy was fabricated by powder metallurgy.The effects of sintering temperature on the relative density and thermal conductivity were investigated.The microstructure of the material was observed by X-ray diffraction(XRD)and scanning electron microscopy(SEM).The result shows that the best sintering temperature is 610 ℃.At this sintering temperature the relative density can reach 97.4% and the highest thermal conductivity can be up to 63.1 W·m-1·K-1.The sintering microstructure of the alloy is composed of α-Mg solid solution matrix and β-Mg17Al12.The β phase exhibits two main forms,i.e.,divorced eutectic β phase and discontinuous precipitated β phase.


We study static spherically symmetric black hole solutions with a linearly time-dependent scalar field and discuss their linear stability in the shift- and reflection-symmetric subclass of quadratic degenerate higher-order scalar-tensor (DHOST) theories. We present the explicit forms of the reduced system of background field equations for a generic theory within this subclass. Using the reduced equations of motion, we show that in several cases the solution is forced to be of the Schwarzschild or Schwarzschild-(anti-)de Sitter form. We consider odd-parity perturbations around general static spherically symmetric black hole solutions, and derive the concise criteria for the black holes to be stable. Our analysis also covers the case with a static or constant profile of the scalar field.


AbstractThis study focuses on the meso-α- and meso-β-scale manifestations of the latent-heat-induced reduction of windward-side blocking to two flood-producing precipitation events on the leeside of the Sierra Nevada. Two simulations were performed—one employing full microphysics [control (CTRL)] and a second in which the latent heating terms are turned off in the microphysics [no latent heating (NLH)]. The differences between the CTRL and NLH are consistent with upstream latent heating—the moist, divergent, and ascending flow dominates the leeside of the mountain range in the CTRL producing copious spillover precipitation while dry high-momentum/downslope-descending flow dominates the NLH simulation on the leeside. A comprehensive sequence of events for spillover precipitation is formulated as follows: 1) Ascent within the exit region of a polar jet streak develops in response to velocity divergence aloft. 2) This ascent phases with ascent from the windward-side flow to create a mesoscale region of heavy...