The experimental data taken in the NanoPhotonics Group at the Cavendish Laboratory (University of Cambridge) and the Molecular and Nanoscale Physics Group (University of Leeds) was collected between 01/05/2014 to 01/02/2015. The data provided for the analytical circuit model was obtained in the NanoPhotonics Group at the Cavendish Laboratory (University of Cambridge) between 01/09/2015 to 20/07/2015. Additional simulations performed at the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) and Centro de Fisica de Materiales are provided. Dataset for accepted journal article "Generalized circuit model for coupled plasmonic systems"


Lipase-mediated acylation of nucleosides with oxime esters in organic solvents has been achieved. Candida antarctica lipases (SP435 and SP435A) showed high regioselectivity toward the primary hydroxyl group of both deoxy- and ribonucleosides, whereas other lipases exhibited poor results for this goal. 2'-Deoxynucleosides, such as thymidine and 2'-deoxyadenoaine, were acylated with oxime esters carrying saturated, unsaturated, aromatic, and functionalized chains, giving 5'-O-acylated compounds together with small quantities of the 3'-O-acylated regiosomer


The article analyses the special effects advice contained in nineteenth-century guidebooks for amateur theatricals. Most of the guidebooks include instructions for potentially explosive effects while simultaneously steering amateurs away from technologically complex productions. The article thus analyses the guidebooks within commercial theatrical and popular science publishing traditions, arguing that the technological advice is included to appeal to a broader popular science readership as well as theatre patrons who are interested in the technology of the stage. Eileen Curley is an Associate Professor of English and Theatre at Marist College in Poughkeepsie NY. Her current research focuses on women who used amateur theatricals at the turn of the twentieth century to manipulate proscribed gender roles and gain public power through performance. She has worked on more than fifty shows at academic and professional venues in New York, Iowa and Indiana, primarily as a designer or props master. Her research has appeared in the Journal of American Drama and Theatre, Theatre Symposium, Performing Arts Resources, and in edited collections. 1


The article – on the basis of American official and court documents (relating to four documented cases of espionage between 1975 and 1991) and using empirical, quantitative and comparative methods – for the first time comprehensively analyses the activities carried out for the benefit of the KGB foreign intelligence service by emigrants from the USSR who arrived in the United States between 1971 and 1984. In addition to describing the scale and peculiarities of the aforementioned migration wave, the four main directions of their operational work are presented, as well as the development of new forms of interaction between Russian emigrants and the new Russian intelligence services after 1991.


Acknowledgment 1. Introduction Person 2. Choosing Strategies 3. Choosing Ends 4. Reasons for Altruism 5. What Nozick Did For Decision Theory (by David Schmidtz and Sarah Wright) Polis 6. How To Deserve 7. Separateness, Suffering, and Moral Theory 8. Moral Dualism 9. Diminishing Marginal Utility 10. Guarantees Planet 11. The Institution of Property 12. Reinventing the Commons (by David Schmidtz and Elizabeth Willott) 13. Natural Enemies 14. Are All Species Equal?


High-resolution 13C-NMR spectra were studied for two different crystalline structures of nylon 6 in the solid state by the cross polarization/magic angle spinning (CP/MAS) method. Two crystalline structures, α-form and γ-form, gave different chemical shifts for methylene carbons. The results showed that the hydrogen bonds between intermolecular chains are stronger in the γ-form than in the α-form. This strongly supports the results of the X-ray study of nylon 6 by Malta et al. Our results also showed that interamolecular delocalization of positive charges occurs in the γ-form through hyperconjugation in which the dihedral angle between the π bond and neighboring σ bonds is 30° while no such effect can be expected in the α-form in which the angle is 0°.


Having a perspective on the inclusive education of special educational needs students, this article describes and reflects on public policies, related to the area, emerging as legislation and oficial documents that ensure the students' legal rights to education. As a theoretical analysis, the problem was discussed critically and based on Brazilian National Constitution of 1988 (Brasil, 1988), Law of Basic Tenets and Guidelines of Brazilian Education number 9394 of 1996 (Brasil 1996), Salamanca Statement and Framework for action on Special Needs Education of 1994 (UNESCO, 1994) and on other Brazilian oficial documents and amendments related to the inclusive education, focusing specially on the project All for Education: Towards 2022 (TPE, 2008) in which determines the responsibility of accepting these students from the value of social inclusion that elapses and founds the scholar inclusion. The consideration achieved indicates to the necessity of those involved in this development to take notice of these documents being clear regarding the educational policies that are beneath them. This way, the discussion about educational and pedagogical issues, in this case, needs to be insert in deeper reflections involving social, political and also economic points.


The basis of this study is to evaluate and measure the correlation between the amount of time an individual spends online social networking and their self-reported levels of loneliness, depression, anxiety, and stress. With societies having increased connectivity, the researchers wanted to investigate how this affects our psychological functioning. This research is a follow-up study that targets a sample population of 189 people, over the age of 24, using a final scale that combined the UCLA Loneliness and DASS-21 scales. The final scale was created via Google Forms and was later published on Amazon Mechanical Turk. Results for statistical significance were analyzed through Spearman Rank Order Correlations, ANOVAS and descriptive statistics to indicate correlations between social networking and self-reported levels of loneliness, depression, anxiety, and stress from using both Facebook and YouTube platforms.


OBJECTIVE
To introduce a method to reconstruct hemifacial atrophy (Romberg's disease).

METHODS
Through a temporal incision, the compound grafts of pedicled superficial temporal fascial flap and free dermis-fat were inserted into the cheek to correct soft tissue depression on the face. The dermis-fat was harvested from gluteal crease site.

RESULTS
6 cases were treated with this technique. 3 to 10 months' follow-up showed satisfactory results and few resorption of the compound grafts.

CONCLUSIONS
The mentioned technique is simple and reliable in reconstructing bulk defects of the face.


In this study, we used click chemistry to synthesize a new macromolecular self-assembling building block, linear polypeptide-g-polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) copolymers, from a mono-azido-functionalized POSS (N3-POSS) and several poly(γ-propargyl-L-glutamate) (PPLG) oligomers. The incorporation of the POSS unit on the side chain of the PPLG moiety enhanced the α-helical conformation in the solid state, as determined by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, solid state nuclear magnetic resonance and wide-angle X-ray diffraction analysis. PPLG-g-POSS underwent hierarchical self-assembly, which was characterized using small-angle X-ray scattering and wide-angle X-ray diffraction analyses, to form a hexagonal cylinder packing nanostructure featuring α-helical conformations and POSS aggregates. The attachment of POSS onto the side chain of PPLG could stabilize the α-helical secondary structure with an increase in temperature, compared with pure PPLG by temperature-dependent FTIR analyses.


Applying traditional matched filter to pulse compression leads to high range sidelobes.In this paper,performance of the Kalman filter and pisarenko for pulse compression in random noise radar are discussed.With the model of random noise radar system,this paper shows the realization of Kalman filter and Pisarenko in pulse compression in this system,and compares these two methods by computer simulation.The results demonstrate that both methods can improve the pulse compression of random noise radar without sacrificing resolution.


In view of the problems of using traditional machine learning method to detect the network intrusions,this paper proposes a network intrusion detection model based on support vector machine(SVM).Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed model has higher detection accuracy of intrusions and avoids the limitation of the detection methods based on traditional machine learning.In the training,considering the effect of different network data features on the intrusion detection results,a new weighted feature classification method is also brought forward,which improves the accuracy of network intrusion detection.


In the globalizing society, it is inevitable to have good relations with neighboring countries. After WW II, global areas have been formed differently by America. In other words, America had set multilateralism system in Europe, in contrast to bilateralism system in East Asia. So, East Asian countries couldn't communicate and exchange without America for a long time. However, in the Post-Cold War, though this mood was dissolved, it is still difficult to say East Asian countries have good relationship one another. In this paper, I argue that the reason is unsolved problems, the emotional matters among the nations. Unlike Europe, it occurred past problems in East Asia repeatedly and continuously. Then, it makes hard to cooperate the nations. On the basis of Constructivism perspective, this paper takes an example, Korea-Japan relations, which has some unsolved past problems. In Korea-Japan relations, there are many tries and efforts to have a good relation politically and socially. Yet, it comes to nothing whenever past problems happened between two nations. In the political part, we can find it by examining the change of policies toward the nation before and after occurring past problems. Likewise, in the social part, as one of evidences, the change rate of number of tourists coming and going to the countries proves it. Irrational factors can affect relations between nations.


The fault control for manipulator with actuator and sensor faults is investigated. For actuator fault, a fault observer is designed based on multivariable second order sliding mode to estimate this fault information in finite time. Then, the estimated values are incorporated into continuous controller to compensate the real actuator fault. In presence of both actuator and position (or velocity) sensor faults, the failure sensor is discarded and a state observer is designed using second order sliding mode to estimate the position (or velocity) information in finite time. Meanwhile, the actuator fault is reconstructed through equivalent control method when the sliding mode motion is achieved. The effectiveness of the proposed fault control scheme is verified in simulation.


SiO2:Ge(10 %) glasses prepared by the vapor phase deposition were exposed tp ultraviolet radiation from a filtered Hg discharge lamp ( 4.9 eV )and excimer lasers ( ArF : 6.4 eV, KrF : 5.0 eV, and XeCl 4.0 eV). Two photochemical reaction channels were ascertained : (1) The exposure to the lamp irradiation ( ~ 16 mW/cm2) induced Ge E' centers accompanied by bleaching of the absorption component (peaking at 5.06 eV) due to the neutral oxygen monovacancies ( NOMV ) and emergence of an intense band near 6.4 eV and a shoulder at around 5.7 eV. (2) Irradiation with the excimer lasers ( pulse duration; 20 ns ) generated two types of paramagnetic defects, electron trapped centers ( GEC)1 associated with four-fold coordinated two Ge ions or a Ge ion and a Si ion and a self-trapped hole center ( STH: bridging oxygen trapping a hole )2. The striking difference in induced ESR centers are evident in fig. 1. The former and the latter were concluded to be caused via one-photon and two-photon absorption processes ( an example indicating 2-photon process is shown for ArF laser in fig.2), respectively.


We present a simple scoring rule which can be used to elicit several characteristics of interest of the subjective beliefs of an agent about a random variable. The agent has to choose an interval. If the realization of the random variable falls inside the specified interval she receives a reward, which is decreasing in the width of the interval. If the belief distribution is single peaked, then the optimal interval will cover the mode and the median. Moreover, the optimal interval widens when beliefs of the agent become more dispersed. In contrast to other scoring rules, these results


Graph embedding problems have gained importance in the eld of interconnection networks for parallel computer architectures. Interconnection networks provide an eective mechanism for exchanging data between processors in a parallel computing system. In this paper, we embed the rooted hypertree RHT (r) into r-dimensional hypercube Q r with dilation 2, r 2. Also, we compute the exact wirelength of the embedding of the r-dimensional hypercube Q r into the rooted hypertree RHT (r), r 2.


This paper presents a comparison investigation into analysis methods to determine the buckling capacity of South African cold-formed steel lipped channel sections. The research considers the evaluation of buckling capacities of five different column lengths using five different methods: 1. experimental tests; 2. the Direct Strength Method (DSM) as prescribed in SANS 10162-2; 3. Eurocode 3; 4. simplified Finite Element Analysis (FEA), i.e. only beam modelling elements; and 5. finely refined FEA, i.e. plate modelling elements. All columns have a 75 x 50 x 20 x 2.0 (h x b x c x t mm) cold-formed lipped channel cross-section. A comparison of the experimental buckling results to the aforementioned methods shows that the Eurocode 3 and DSM buckling resistance values overestimate the buckling loads by 23.8% and 12.7%, respectively. For the two Finite Element Model (FEM) buckling analyses; the simplified FEA method yields an overestimation of 76.9% and the finely refined FEA yields an overestimation of 74.8%. It is recommended that the DSM is used to calculate the buckling resistance of cold-formed lipped channels.


BEPCII, the second phase construction of the Beijing Electron Positron Collider (BEPC), is a double ring machine with a design luminosity of 1×1033cm-2s-1at 1.89GeV, two orders of magnitude higher than present BEPC. The construction was started in the beginning of 2004 and is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2007. The upgrading of the collider should also provide an improved SR performance with higher beam energy and intensity. The beam currents will be increased to 250mA at E=2.5GeV for the dedicated synchrotron radiation operation. Some key technologies, such as superconducting RF cavity, superconducting micro-beta quadrupole and low impedance vacuum devices etc., are being developed in order to achieve the target of the BEPCII.


In this study, we developed screening-level hepatotoxicity prediction models using test data on in vitro assays, which measure key events at molecular levels that are possibly linked to hepatotoxicity. Hepatotoxic chemicals were retrieved from repeated-dose toxicity databases of the Hazard Evaluation Support System Integrated Platform and the Toxicogenomics Project. In vitro assay data with specified protein targets likely leading to hepatotoxicity were selected using the hepatotoxic chemicals. In total, 47 in vitro assays were selected for constructing the hepatotoxicity prediction models. Then, two predictive models were constructed. Model A returns "Hepatotoxic" if the query chemical is tested, and the test result is "Active" in any of the selected in vitro assays. Model B returns "Hepatotoxic" if an analog of the query chemical is tested, and the test result is "Active" in any of the selected in vitro assays. External validation of the two models was performed using repeated-dose toxicity test data from the Toxicity Reference Database. Model A and Model B had sensitivity values of 0.67 and 0.72 and specificity values of 0.74 and 0.72, respectively. Our models could predict the hepatotoxic chemicals underlying the toxic mechanisms that are not established by the existing knowledge base model. On the other hand, false negatives were found to involve mechanisms requiring metabolic activation. Because our hepatotoxicity prediction model is based on the biological activity of key molecular events leading to the toxicity endpoint, scientific justification would be more acceptable as adverse outcome pathway information becomes more available.


The transmission coefficient of the spin electrons tunnel the ferromagnetic/semiconductor/ferromagnetic(FM/S/FM) heterojunction was calculated.Based on the formula and the theory frame of Landauer-Buttiker,the shot noise power and the conductance at zero temperature were calculated.Finally,carried out comparative analysis of the function curves of shot noise power and conductance,and discussed their relations with Rashba spin-orbit interaction and quantum dimension.


The present invention relates to a low-high pressure double column distillation apparatus Distillation of ethanol and tetrahydrofuran azeotrope system, and methods of using the apparatus of distillation separation of ethanol and tetrahydrofuran azeotrope system. The distillation apparatus is mainly composed of atmospheric tower Tl, pressure column T2, a pressurizing pump, heat exchanger and reflux drum and other components. Distillation separation method comprising the steps of: a mixture of ethanol and tetrahydrofuran to feed into the primary atmospheric distillation tower T1, Fractional T1 bottoms reboiler into the bottom reboiler R1, part of the material is taken out as product ethanol; T1 overhead the vapor stream is condensed by the condenser C1, A1 reflux drum after collection, part of the material back into T1, fractional material P is conveyed by the pressurizing pump to the pressurized secondary distillation tower T2; T2 overhead vapor stream is condensed by the condenser C2 after reflux A2 collecting tank, part of the material back into T2, part of the material returns to atmospheric tower T1; T2 bottom portion of the material into the bottom reboiler reboiler R2, part of the material is taken out as the product of tetrahydrofuran. Using the method of the invention reduces the cost of separation of ethanol and tetrahydrofuran, to improve the yield and product purity, the process is simple and reasonable means.


The present investigation was undertaken to quantify the contribution of soil properties to the sorption and desorption of Ni, and evaluate the utility of sorption parameters for characterizing the availability of applied Ni using soybean as a test crop. For this purpose, laboratory and pot experiments were conducted with fifteen soils widely varying in physico-chemical properties. Results indicate that free Fe2O3 was the most important soil constituent that governs the sorption of Ni in soil followed by clay, pH and cation exchange capacity (CEC). Desorption of sorbed Ni in soil was negatively affected by pH, CEC, clay and A1 and Fe-oxides. Sorption equation parameters could account for around 75% of the variability in Ni uptake by the plants from applied pool. This information will help to formulate suitable doses of Ni application as well as to select suitable soils for disposal of wastes containing Ni.


Abstract In this paper, six image-based Relative Radiometric Normalization (RRN) techniques were applied to normalize the bi-temporal Landsat 5 TM data-set. RRN techniques do not require any atmospheric and ground information at the time of image acquisition. The target image for the year 2009 was normalized in such a way that it resembled the atmospheric and sensor conditions similar to those under which the reference image of the same season for the year 1990 was acquired. Among the selected methods applied, it was found that the Iteratively Reweighted Multivariate Alteration Detection (IR-MAD) method performed better, based on the error statistic. The IR-MAD technique was found to be advantageous as it identified a large set of true time-invariant pixels automatically from the change background using iterative canonical component analysis. The technique also stretches the values of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index and Normalized Difference Water Index and may help to distinguish different vegetation and water bodies better.


NADH dehydrogenase of Escherichia coli, a component of the electron transport chain, oxidizes NADH to NAD. Previously, it was demonstrated that when E. coli K12 cells were lysed by the lysozyme lysis method, NADH dehydrogenase activity was inhibited; however, when cells were lysed by French press, NADH dehydrogenase activity was observed. In this study, components commonly used in lysozyme lysis were examined for their effect on NADH dehydrogenase activity. It was found that the combination of EDTA and Mg inhibit the enzyme's activity. Hence, we have developed alternative protocols of lysing cells with lysozyme that do not require EDTA. One method involves the use of polymyxin B, while the other utilizes the mechanical freeze-thaw process. Our alternative methods eliminate the need for EDTA by utilizing different mechanisms of disrupting the outer membrane. Though these alternative methods did not give rise to high NADH dehydrogenase activity, it may be possible to further optimize their conditions to yield lysate containing functional NADH dehydrogenase.


In a simple greenhouse,Pennisetum(Pennisetum americanum× P.purpureum) was cultured in a floating phytoremediation system with plantation cups inserted into a polyfoam plate that floated in the upper part of a plastic box filled with 50 L piggery wastewater.The contents of chemical oxygen demand(CODCr),total N(TN) and total P(TP) in the piggery wastewater were tested during the growth of the plant.The results showed that Pennisetum could grow well in the floating phytoremediation system,the fresh weight being 5.5-9.6 times of the initial weight of planting.Pennisetum had better removal effect on TN,TP and CODCr in wastewater.Pennisetum was effective for the removal of TN in wastewater in different stages between summer and autumn,its contribution to reach 28% ~ 38%;In contrast,the removal rate of TP in autumn was higher than that in summer,which in second stage of autumn was up to about 60%.The removal rate of CODCr in autumn was also higher than that in summer,which was 50%~65% in different treatments of autumn.Pennisetum had good effects on the removal of pollutants in the floating phytoremediation system.


In pavement structures that are often submerged by
water, the damage to pavement is often caused by the loss of bonds
or adhesions between the aggregate and asphalt, the type of
damage that occurs due to the loss of adhesion between the
aggregate and asphalt is the exfoliation of asphalt granules so
that the road is cracked and corrugated. To reduce the release of
aggregate granules and improve the bond between aggregates and
asphalt can be made with the addition of anti-exfoliating additives
or antistripping agent additives. This study aims to analyze the
performance of wear-coated concrete asphalt mixture (ACWC)
with the addition of antistripping additives. Antistripping agents
used in this study were Zycotherm, Morlife and Adhebit with
variations of 0.1% addition, 0.3% and 0.5% of the weight of
asphalt mixture. The results of this study showed that ACWC
mixture with the addition of Zycotherm additives resulted in
optimum Marshall stability and increased durability at 0.5% and
Adhebit additives at 0.3% levels, while in Morlife additives
although at 0.3% levels were able to show optimum marshall
analysis in terms of increased durability did not show expected
performance.


Point spread function (PSF) of projector plays an important role in coaxial projection-imaging profilometry and binary defocusing fringe projection profilometry. In the proposed method, the SPI (Single Pixel Imaging)-based PSF measurement method has been used to obtain the PSF of the projector point by point. We use the camera to capture the SPI patterns projected by the projector on a white plane. By considering each pixel of the camera as a single-pixel detector, we can apply SPI technology to the camera pixels and acquire the light transport coefficients between the object points on the white plane and image points of projector, which is the spatially varying blur. Owing to the characteristic of SPI, the proposed method could obtain the spatially varying blur of every pixel directly. The experiment also verified that the proposed method could provide a more accurate blur kernel than the traditional Gaussian blur kernel to fit the blur model of the camera lens.


To the Editors,

A 35-yr-old Caucasian female was admitted with a 2-week history of rapidly progressive dyspnoea on minimal exertion. She denied any associated cough, chest pain or systemic symptoms. She gave a background of a 5-yr history of dyspnoea on moderate exertion, with intermittent cough, but no diurnal variation. This had been previously attributed to asthma and she had been maintained on inhaled corticosteroids and short-acting β-agonists. She had no symptoms suggestive of any connective tissue disease. She had no family history of respiratory disease. She was a heavy smoker, having accrued a 10-pack-yr history of smoking, but denied any illicit drug use. She was unemployed. There was no history of exposure to hazardous dusts.

Physical examination revealed reduced air entry throughout all lung fields but worse on the right, with ipsilateral hyperresonance. A chest radiograph (fig. 1a⇓) showed a right pneumothorax with bilateral diffuse reticular infiltrates predominantly affecting the mid-zones. There were no previous radiographs for comparison. An intercostal drain was inserted and the lung re-expanded. She underwent a high-resolution computed tomography scan of the thorax (fig. 1b⇓ and c), which revealed the presence of large bilateral bullae in the upper zones, with infiltrates in a bronchovascular distribution. She subsequently underwent a video-assisted thoracoscopic biopsy of her middle lobe as well surgical pleurodesis. The histology confirmed the presence of noncaseating granulomas (fig. 2⇓). Fungal and mycobacterial stains were negative. A diagnosis of bullous sarcoidosis was made.

Fig. 1—
a) Anteroposterior chest radiograph on admission demonstrating a pneumothorax on the right, hyperinflated lung fields and faint infiltrates throughout the mid- and lower zones. b) Bullae in the upper zones …


The effect of the water to fly ash (W/FA), alkali activators to fly ash (Alk/FA), and curing regimes on the workability and compressive strength of the alkali-activated mortar (AAM) was studied. Three high calcium fly ashes (FAs) having different chemical compositions were used. Sodium hydroxide (SH) and sodium silicate (SS) were used as the alkali activators. The two alkali activators were mixed together at ratio of 1.0. Two curing regimes, elevated heat curing in an electric oven at 70°C for 24 hr and ambient curing at 23 ± 2°C, were applied. The water to fly ash (W/FA) ratios were 0.350, 0.375, and 0.400. However, the alkali activators to fly ash (Alk/FA) ratios were 0.250, 0.275 and 0.300. The results revealed that the workability and the compressive strength of the oven cured specimens were decreased with increasing the calcium content of FA in the mixture. However, the compressive strength of the specimens that cured under the ambient temperature increased with increasing the calcium content. The workability increased with increasing the W/FA and decreasing the Alk/FA. The compressive strength based on both curing regimes decreased with increasing the W/FA. The optimum Alk/FA was 0.275 with W/FA of 0.400.


This paper investigates the consumer arbitration practices In the U.S. The key issue in consumer arbitration is how to protect the individual consumers from the loss of their legal rights stemming from the arbitration agreement with the business. In the U.S., the major legal doctrines to protect individual consumer include the voluntary-knowing-intelligent doctrine, unconscionability doctrine, and void contract. Even though the US courts are favorable to the enforceability of arbitration agreement, they strictly apply the contract law theories in deciding the existence of arbitration agreement, providing a strong common law protection for the consumers in arbitration. However, the practices for protection of consumers in arbitration in Korea are not mature yet. If consumer arbitration is widely adopted into B to C contracts, a protective measure for individual consumer can be found in the Act of Clause Regulation providing that the business has duty to explain the relevant clause in the adhesive contracts.


Poly propylene is one of the famous polymers with great application. In this study, CFD model on dynamics of the fluidized bed polyethylene production process has been investigated. A detailed CFD model for sticky poly propylene fluidized bed was formulated in this work. As a result, detailed information on the PSD and hydrodynamic fields of the gas and solid phases can be obtained from the simulations. Defluidization due to particle aggregation also can be simulated. For modeling plant-scale poly propylene reactors, a chemical look-up table should be used to solve efficiently the solid species equations. In order to address all the issues in FB polymerization, models for simplified polymerization kinetics, polydisperse multiphase flow, and mass and heat transfer between the gas and solid particles are combined together. As a result, physically aggregation because of a tactic polypropylene is more important than other aggregation reasons. Finally, as mentioned earlier, after DQMOM is applied to the multi-fluid CFD model, new terms accounting for the effect of aggregation and breakage need to be added on the right-hand sides of the solid-phase momentum, energy, and species equations.


A group of attendees and program participants was surveyed after the 1964 meeting of the American Documentation Institute to provide ideas and guidance for future ADI meetings. The responses indicated that attendees view the quality of the technical program as the key to a successful meeting; that a four‐day meeting length meets with wide approval; that, if carefully planned, concurrent plenary sessions might be acceptable; that improvements in scheduling are required to permit greater participation in Author Forums; and that conference proceedings greatly enhance the value of the meeting and should be distributed well before the meeting. The many suggestions and criticisms that were offered are being studied in relation to the next regular ADI meeting in 1966.


In most Supply chain management researches, lead time is considered as a predetermined and fixed parameter. In recent years, some researchers are motivated to consider controllable lead time as a decision variable but they have only considered single product and two-echelon supply chains. This paper proposes a cost allocation model considering the elements of a three echelon supply chain consists of a retailer, a manufacturer and a distributor with multiple products and controllable lead time. After presenting a case with independent decision making and ordering policy by each member, a model will be proposed in which all of the elements of the supply chain are cooperating with each other and have a unique ordering policy. The proposed model will determine the optimal order quantity in the mentioned situation. Finally, we will examine the proportion of the crashing lead time related costs that each part of the chain should pay in order to make the group decision making beneficiary for all of the chain members. [Rashed Sahraeian 1 , Mehdi Koosha. A cost allocation model for optimizing the inventory of a supply chain with controllable lead time. Journal of American Science 2011; 7(11): 216-222]. (ISSN: 15451003).


The charging damage induced by the inter-metal dielectric deposition in a hydrogen silsequioxane (HSQ) and in a fluorinated-silica glass (FSG) now are compared in a worst case scenario experiment, carried out in a 0.18 /spl mu/m embedded flash process. It is shown that different charging damage mechanisms take place in the two flows, calling for different definitions of antenna ratios and different antenna design rules. It is also shown that non-volatile memory arrays are much less susceptible to charging damage than the logic part of the IC.


Firstly, to estimate the reliability of uncertain structural systems by considering both the randomness in some of design parameters and the fuzzy imprecision in some other parameters representing the conditions of the systems, two kinds of methods are presented. In the first method, a fuzzy parameter is transformed into a random parameter using the entropy concept. In the second method, a fuzzy parameter is replaced by a similar random parameter, which probability density function is a polynomial expression using the maximum entropy. In this way the fuzz-random reliability of the engineering structures is estimated using well-established theories of probability. According to the methods a new fuzz-random structural reliability analysis method-Response surface method (RSM) is presented in this paper. Examples show the accuracy and efficiency of the RSM with the contest of highly nonlinear and structurally complex fuzzy-random reliability problems. Finally, after on the basis of analyzing the RSM process, it is pointed that the RSM can be easily combined with the parallel algorithm and the computing quantity of the RSM solution can be reduced greatly. From this point of view, the proposed RSM can be totally applied in the fuzzy reliability analysis of the large complex structural systems.


In complex analysis, the Bergman kernels for two biholomorphically equivalent complex domains satisfy the transformation formula. Recently new Bergman theory of slice regular functions of the quaternion variables has been investigated. In this paper we construct the transformation formula of the slice Bergman kernels under slice biregular functions in the setting of the quaternion variables.


The phenomenon of "aging" in humans leads to significant variations in facial features. Various factors such as bone growth, ethnicity and dietary habits influence the facial aging pattern. This increases the difficulty in performing automated face recognition. In this paper, we propose an algorithm that improves the performance of face recognition by applying the bacteria foraging fusion algorithm. The proposed algorithm mitigates the effect of facial changes caused due to aging by combining the LBP features of global and local facial regions at match score level, by means of the bacteria foraging fusion algorithm. Experimental results are presented using the FG-Net and IIITDelhi face aging databases. The IIITDelhi database, which has been collected by the authors, consists of over 2600 age-separated labeled face images of 102 individuals. To account for real life and natural conditions, images include changes in the face due to illumination, pose, and presence of accessories such as eyeglasses. The results demonstrate that the proposed approach outperforms traditional fusion schemes, existing algorithms and a commercial system.


Structure (I): RO- (PO) xH [wherein, R is an alkyl group having a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched which may be 6 to 12 C atoms, PO is propylene oxide a unit of a compound represented by x is a number in the range of 1 to 7, the aqueous coating system is especially very suitable as a defoaming wetting agents in paints and varnishes.


. The geographic distribution of forest resources and the decentralization of forest resources information management departments at different level require that the forest resources information management should get the support of the network based spatial information system. The application of WebGIS to the forest resources management makes these decentralized resources and resources management departments integrated. The application of geographic information system to forest resources management is reviewed. The concept, basic principles, realizing ways,features, advantages and applying actuality of WebGIS, digitalization and network management of forest resources are studied.


Semi-local Hurst estimation is considered by incorporating a Markov random field model to constrain a wavelet-based pointwise Hurst estimator. This results in an estimator which is able to exploit the spatial regularities of a piecewise parametric varying Hurst parameter. The pointwise estimates are jointly inferred along with the parametric form of the underlying Hurst function which characterises how the Hurst parameter varies deterministically over the spatial support of the data. Unlike recent Hurst regularisation methods, the proposed approach is flexible in that arbitrary parametric forms can be considered and is extensible in as much as the associated gradient descent algorithm can accommodate a broad class of distributional assumptions without any significant modifications. The potential benefits of the approach are illustrated with simulations of various first-order polynomial forms.


The birth under water could be a way of bringing together the best of natural childbirth with modern medicine. This practice of childbirth excludes epidural analgesia but the hot bath itself attenuates labour pains. The authors present some results of a qualitative research carried out on 6 primigravid mothers and their partners on the impact of taking a hot water bath during labour, delivery and childbirth, on the birth experience and the early parent-child relationship. The methods that were used to study the perception of the birth experience and the early interaction with the baby on a conscious and unconscious level were an anamnesis, a semi-directive interview, a projective test and a test of differential semantics. Results concerning the mother showed that she described a richer experience of her body at the moment of childbirth, a feeling of being more active with better self control, a higher self esteem coming from the absence of medication, a better way of experiencing the active-passive duality of childbirth and an identification to the baby. In regards to the father, results showed that the waterbirth made him feel involved and important. In respect to the early mother-child relationship, the mothers described how the new-born baby participated actively in the interaction. In conclusion, it appears that the aquatic birth is associated with several positive aspects and that it contributes to creating good conditions for satisfying early parent-child relationship and interaction.


iabetes is a metabolic disease and can affect nearly all organ systems of human body (1). The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is rising rapidly worldwide and is reaching epidemic proportions (2) and it is estimated that currently 285 million people D 1Department of Neurology, Yashoda hospital Hyderabad-500082, India. 2Department of Neurology, Nizams's Institute of Medical Sciences Hyderabad-500082, India. 3Director of Medical Services, Yashoda Hospital, Hyderabad -500082, India. 4Department of Medicine, Yashoda Hospital, Hyderabad -500082, India. 5Department of Research, Yashoda Hospital, Hyderabad -500082, India.


A method for manufacturing a suspension member comprising a housing which is connected to a structural member by means of a weld, wherein introduced a receiving opening in the structural component and the housing is inserted into the receiving opening, wherein a housing side and a structural member side surface touch, wherein at least one of two contacting surfaces is formed as one relative to the other of the two surfaces as a slant surface so that prior to welding a line contact between the two surfaces is present. Alternatively, the receiving opening in the structural component in relation to the housing geometry that is inserted into the receiving opening can be carried out with an undersize.


ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to characterize carcass and meat quality of lambs of native sheep breed, which were fed a diet containing maize dried distiller's grains with solubles (DDGS). The experiment involved 20 ram lambs of the native sheep breed Polish Heath Sheep (Wrzosówka sheep), which were selected from a conservation herd. The lambs received meadow hay and straw ad libitum as well as about 0.4 kg of concentrate per animal. The control group (C) received a standard diet based on cereal components and soybean meal, and in the experimental group (D), soybean meal and part of barley and wheat were replaced with DDGS (the addition of 45% DDGS to the lamb concentrates). The fattening was carried out for 60 days (up to 8 months of age). The diet had no effect on carcass quality, proportion of cuts, basic chemical composition of the meat and cholesterol content. The intramuscular fat of lambs fed the DDGS diet had a higher proportion of linoleic acid (C18:2 n-6) and conjugated linoleic acid, and a lower proportion of linolenic acid (C18:3 n-3), which had a negative effect on the polyunsaturated fatty acids n-6:n-3 ratio in the intramuscular fat. The addition of DDGS to the diet had a beneficial effect on the sensory properties of lamb meat, in particular its taste.


This paper presents a traffic prediction model that combines wavelet transformation and leaset squares support vector machine(WT-LSSVM).Firstly,decompose non-stationary traffic data with Mallat algorithm and get low frequency component and high frequency component.Secondly,reconfigure each component and use LS-SVM model to predict each reconfigured one.Then the traffic can be achieved.The results of experiments have testif-ied higher prediction accuracy and stability of this combined traffic prediction model.


Don't we have enough cliques now? Well it seems that we don't because in the past week or so, about ten more have been formed! The latest sport around State is the formation of B.M., BJ3., T.F., etc., clubs. And if you can't guess what we mean . . . well you either don't belong to one or else you have no imagination. The ones interested in any, of the clubs sign a list and then fight for and drool arxmt their hero. If any of the members become too foreward, they are sent notes to the effect tha t "their conduct is not in keeping with that of a true member of a club." Since the presidents are always anxious to have any new members, why not join now and start deriving the benefits from the club immediately. Incidentally, we are sorry to report ^hat one of the benefits does not ^ . ^ include that of receiving WAA credit.


Local tissue anatomy determines the success of renal nerve ablation and explains its variable effects on blood pressure. Details matter Interrupting the innervation to the kidney can ameliorate hypertension, but clinical trials have been disappointing. To better understand why, Tzafriri et al. examined the damaged tissue surrounding the heat delivery electrode in pigs. They also modeled heat transfer, including the effect of irrigation of the electrode and of the microanatomy surrounding the ablation site. They concluded that the extent of the ablation and the nerve damage varied as a result of local blood vessels, lymph nodes, and other substructures. Blood pressure decreased more in pigs that suffered damage to more nerves, indicating that microanatomy-caused variation in the effectiveness of nerve ablation could be responsible for variation in the effectiveness of renal denervation. Renal denervation (RDN) is a treatment option for patients with hypertension resistant to conventional therapy. Clinical trials have demonstrated variable benefit. To understand the determinants of successful clinical response to this treatment, we integrated porcine and computational models of intravascular radiofrequency RDN. Controlled single-electrode denervation resulted in ablation zone geometries that varied in arc, area, and depth, depending on the composition of the adjacent tissue substructure. Computational simulations predicted that delivered power density was influenced by tissue substructure, and peaked at the conductivity discontinuities between soft fatty adventitia and water-rich tissues (media, lymph nodes, etc.), not at the electrode-tissue interface. Electrode irrigation protected arterial wall tissue adjacent to the electrode by clearing heat that diffuses from within the tissue, without altering periarterial ablation. Seven days after multielectrode treatments, renal norepinephrine and blood pressure were reduced. Blood pressure reductions were correlated with the size-weighted number of degenerative nerves, implying that the effectiveness of the treatment in decreasing hypertension depends on the extent of nerve injury and ablation, which in turn are determined by the tissue microanatomy at the electrode site. These results may explain the variable patient response to RDN and suggest a path to more robust outcomes.


This issue brief provides a brief history of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) followed by a focus on Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). An overview and literature review of MBCT describes the emergence of MBCT as an intervention addressing depression. This issue brief concludes with recent findings that call for further MBCT research in the areas of anxiety and addiction relapse.


The editor has asked me to write a brief introduction to three articles examining Roycean loyalty in a military context. These articles grew out of doctoral research on Royce's logic at the University of Leuven, Belgium. In a 2011 dissertation entitled "Hyperthematics: An Extension of Josiah Royce's Philosophy of Interpretation," I showed how certain influences had shaped Royce's metaphysics in a way that brought it very close to Alfred North Whitehead's process philosophy. Suggesting that the key insights of these two could be combined, I made a first effort at combining them in what I called Hyperthematics. Hyperthematics is a semi-formal logic that predicts the outcomes of various types of action. Actions are interpretations in Royce's sense of the term and take place relative to processes, in Whitehead's sense of the term. I began to develop this logic of interpretation with a set of opening postulates in the dissertation and then to apply it. The "hard" version of the logic is already present to some degree in Royce's System Sigma of 1905.1 But Royce's "hard" version is very hard indeed, hence, my attempt to semi-formalize it. My effort was not entirely new. Royce well knew that the true significance of his formal logic could not be grasped without extensive effort and technical training, effort beyond the time and capacity of most. So he himself attempted to semi-formalize his own logic. The results of this attempt appear in some of his works after 1900, The Problem of Christianity, writings on insurance, and The Philosophy of Loyalty, in particular. These were his effort to paint on a broad canvas the more visible outcome of the internal workings of a part of the logic of interpretation. They were "Royce lite," relative to his logical work—not 'lite' in terms of substance, of course, but in terms of accessibility.The more accessible work accomplished by Royce after 1900 may be just the tip of the


This paper introduced in the BS 5400- 4∶ 1990 specification, the calculation methods of ultimate bearing capacity of large eccentric compression short columns, and carried reasonable simplification to it, satisfied the requirement of engineering precision, at the same time, make the calculation more convenient, it was worth popularizing.


hand, it undergoes important modifications with age, some of which are associated with increased incidence of disease. Failure of the immune system to protect against pathogens results in infectious disease, failure to recognize and destroy aberrant host cells may result in cancer, and the mistaken identification of host cells and proteins as 'non-self may result in autoimmune disease. The increase in the incidence and prevalence of these conditions with age may therefore arise partly from extrinsic causes, merely reflecting the passage of time, but they may also result from intrinsic immunosenescence, in other words from the impact of ageing on the immune system itself.


Continuing the study of the properties of Poisson stability and distality [4], we mention the conditions under which Ωx(x) = ΠΩα(xα),α ∈ I and thus, the product of Poisson stable motions remains Poisson stable in the product system.


ABSTRACT Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) has demonstrated promising evidence in its implementation with deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) families. This case study presents the implementation of PCIT with a hearing mother, a deaf father, and their 7-year-old hearing son with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and oppositional behaviors, using the assistance of certified interpreters. Results documented improvement in child behavior, parenting skills and stress, and parent-child communication. Notably, paternal ratings showed greater improvement across these outcomes than maternal ratings. Overall, PCIT continues to demonstrate its effectiveness as a treatment option for DHH families with children with challenging behaviors. The limitations and implications are discussed.


In the field of engineering, vibration usually leads to structural wear, fatigue, loosening and fracture, which has always been a head-scratching problem to engineers. Researchers introduced a series of solutions to attenuate vibration, such as a physical isolator, damper, or absorber, which later has been named passive vibration control (PVC) technology. The basic idea of PVC is to transfer the vibration energy of the main structure to local/additional structures and finally convert it to heat dissipation. Actually, PVC technology has been widely applied in all fields of engineering. However, with the development of industrialization, the disadvantages of PVC, like poor flexibility, large mass and volume, and limited vibration reduction effect, restrict its application in extreme environments. Under such circumstances, an alternative technology called active vibration control (AVC) has gradually attracted extensive attention. AVC introduces the sensors, actuators and control theory into the vibration control system and reduces or eliminates the unwelcome vibration by adjusting the inherent parameters such as stiffness or damping of the structures dynamically, or directly adding secondary vibration sources to suppress the vibration by superposition principle. Compared with PVC, AVC has the advantages of high flexibility, strong environmental adaptability and good low-frequency control capacity. The prototype of AVC can be traced back to the patent for active noise elimination proposed by German physicist Lueg in the 1930s. In the 1950s, Chinese scientist Hsue-shen Tsien published Engineering Cybernetics [1], a monograph that extended the automatic control theory into practical engineering, which laid the theoretical foundation for AVC. Subsequently, various AVC technologies, e.g., active vibration isolation, active vibration damping, and active vibration absorption, have been widely investigated. Nowadays, AVC has been developed into a multi-disciplinary technology including dynamics, cybernetics, system theory, information theory, and other disciplines.


The invention provides a segmented railroad switch, comprising an active beam and at least one inactive beam, while each beam is mounted with F track, and each beam is connected with each other via connectors, the nearby beams are arranged with a joint plate as transition and connected with nearby beams via connectors. The invention is characterized in that the joint plate is arc shaped comprising two joint plate F tracks, and the connectors connecting the F tracks, the end of the F track is arc shaped, while the end of the F track of each nearby beam is arc shaped. In straight state, the arcend of the F track of the joint plate and the arc end of the F track of the beam form two concentric arcs. The invention can effectively reduce the impact generated by hydraulic brake and bias moved beam, to stably move wheels.


Review of R.W. Mathisen & D. Shanzer (eds.), Romans, Barbarians, and the Transformation of the Roman World. Cultural Interaction and the Creation of Identity in Late Antiquity, Farnham: Ashgate 2011


Acta Ortop Bras. 2010; 18(2):79-84 Acta Ortop Bras. 2010; 18(2):75-8 IntroduCtIon The shoulder joint allows considerable range of movements. The harmonious arrangement of the joints, muscles and ligaments of the shoulder girdle is essential for the positioning of the hand in space. Disarrangements caused by traumatism of the proximal extremity of the humerus and adjacent soft parts may lead to important functional limitation, generating dependence and loss of quality of life.1 If not treated adequately, its fractures can result in defective consolidation, alteration in the mechanical axes and lever arms with consequent functional insufficiency not only of the shoulder, but of the entire limb. These fractures correspond to between two and three percent of all upper limb fractures,2 are more common in female patients over 60 years of age and are closely related to low bone density.3 Those that occur in younger patients have distinct epidemiological and clinical characteristics with more frequency and are determined by high-energy trauma.4 Several factors determine the prognosis of these lesions, whereas the choice of adequate treatment for the patient is one of those with the greatest influence. Publications on this topic show that the treatment is controversial.5,6 In patients with low bone density their ABSTRACT


The hadronic jets in a microquasar stellar system are modeled with the relativistic hydrocode PLUTO. We focus on neutrino emission from such jets produced by fast proton (nonthermal) collisions on thermal ones within the hadronic jet. We adopt a semianalytical approximation for the description of the secondary particles produced from p-p collisions and develop appropriate algorithms using the aforementioned injected protons as input. As a concrete example, we consider the SS-433 X-ray binary system for which several observations have been made the last decades. In contrast to the preset distribution of the fast protons along the jet employed in our previous works, in the present paper, we simulated it by using a power-law fast proton distribution along the PLUTO hydrocode. This distribution gradually sweeps aside the surrounding winds, during the jet advance through the computational grid. As a first step, in the present work, the neutrino energy spectrum is extracted from the model jet, facilitating a range of potential dynamical simulations in currently interesting microquasar jet systems.


In today's world, all countries to speed up the pace of the construction of the fighting, the rapid development of science and technology makes the increasingly fierce competition in the field of military. Combat theory, combat forces, military establishment system as well as a variety of combat system involved in all aspects of the military construction such as the fighting capacity of forging "sharp". The author thought the nature of battle effectiveness factors (material, energy, information) interaction, integration and fusion of the dominant element of the new quality. These new qualitative elements through the arrangement, combination and coordination, evolution showed different effective unit, different functions of combat power unit through integration become integrated operational system of effective system, make the development of nonlinear increase the army battle effectiveness. Combat Effectiveness Emergence Effect Mechanism Based on information system of the system operation is the main form of future sea warfare. System to participate in combat all the forces fighting capacity system is the main force. The mechanism of operating system is through the efficient coordination between each operational unit, realize seamless link between each combat power subsystem, in order to achieve the purpose of fighting capacity system function multiplication. For how to achieve effective coordination, many scholars have carried on the thorough discussion, game theory method are the major research methods, the method based on the modeling and simulation of the Agent, the method of distributed interactive simulation (dis), etc., the results of this study for further study of the system operational synergy has played a good role. However, due to the different research starting point and Angle research results from the application level to more study of the collaborative problem, aimed at the problem of more focused on specific goals, plans, such as coordination, rarely from the mechanism level to the coordination problem in-depth discussion. German physicist hawking in the 2 o century proposed the theory of collaborative 7 o s. Synergy theory argues that in an open system, due to the system to maintain a continuous exchange of matter and energy with the outside world, the system itself will be formed to promote each subsystem in the system of the power of synergy, namely "collaborative force". This collaborative force has the positive and negative, negative, it damage in the synergy between each subsystem, system leads to the confusion and chaos system; As timing, to promote synergy, and produce a kind of negative entropy flow, make the system tend to be highly stable and orderly. It is the study of system through internal synergy between subsystems from disorderly to orderly structural transformation mechanism and rules of discipline. Synergetic is composed of a large number of subsystems in the study of macroscopic behavior in the system, but only from the micro level of parameter cannot understand the macroscopic quantity. Therefore, describes a large number of subsystems of the macro effect of collective motion; need to introduce different from microscopic parameters of macro parameters. Order parameter is introduced to describe the overall system behavior and macro parameter. Order parameter is the product of the collective motion micro subsystem, the cooperation effect of characterization and measurement. Order parameter form reason, not to impose external effect on system, but from within the system. When so many subsystem when the initial state of the system is in chaos, consisting of each subsystem independence movement, chart, there is no relationship, can't form order parameter; And when the system is close to the near point, subsystems, form a cooperative relationship, order parameter form, prompting marks system has entered a new orderly state. Order 6th International Conference on Mechatronics, Computer and Education Informationization (MCEI 2016) Copyright © 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Advances in Intelligent Systems Research, volume 130


Here we report a facile and fast ascorbic acid based controlled growth of various nanostructures of Cu and Cu2O by varying the concentration of NaOH. Ascorbic acid being a weak reducing agent not only slows down the reaction kinetics but also provides a better control for the self-assembly of nanostructures. Cu and Cu2O nanoparticles are synthesized by chemical reduction of copper nitrate (Cu(NO3)2 × 2.5 H2O) with different concentration of NaOH (0.01, 0.1, 0.5, 1.0, 5.0 and 10 M) solution in the presence of ascorbic acid. The low concentrations of NaOH (0.01 and 0.10 M) result the formation of almost pure phase of Cu nanoparticles. Whereas the higher concentrations (0.5, 1.0 and 5 M and 10 M) result into formation of pure nanocubes, truncated octahedron, polygon shaped and finally spherical shaped Cu2O particles respectively.


Justice and openness are among the values of working culture needed to support the development of civil society and democracy. Justice means that the works done by civil servants should be free from discrimination in any aspects, while openness means everyone who deals with the government offices should get transparent informations about things they deal with. This research aims to analyse the effects of the ethnical working culture to justice and openness in working culture of the civil servants in the Pasaman Barat Administrations. The research finds that ethnical culture tend to influence the civil servants in working justly and openly. To solve the problem, civil servants' working culture in the government offices needs to change, which can be done by integrating the working culture set by the government with the positive ethnical culture and religious teachings in order to build democratic civil society . Kata kunci : budaya kerja etnik, Pegawai Negeri Sipil, masyarakat madani, demokrasi


The dilepton final states, e+e- and mu+mu-, are the most clear channels for new heavy neutral resonances search. Their advantage is that the main irreducible background from the Standard Model Drell-Yan process contributes usually two orders of magnitude lower than the expected signal under the peak region. In this paper we are focused on the search of the excited neutral bosons Z*. At present only the ATLAS Collaboration is looking for such excitations at LHC. We compare our evaluations with the official collaboration results at 7 TeV, and present our estimations at higher centre-of-mass energies in pp collisions and different luminosities.


Background and Aims-The results of experimental studies support the hypothesis that decreased prostaglandin production might play a part in the gastric mucosal injury induced by alcohol. In this study, it was investigated whether alcohol misuse impairs the synthesis of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and prostaglandin F2c (PGF2a) in gastric mucosa. Patients-Fifty six alcoholic patients and 66 subjects without alcohol misuse were included in the study. Methods-Mucosal specimens were obtained from the antrum and body the stomach. Maximal synthesis rates of PGE2 and PGF2a were determined in the microsomal fraction of the biopsy specimens. Results-The rates of synthesis of both prostaglandins in biopsy specimens from the antrum were not significantly different from those obtained in the Synthesis of both prostaglandins significantly reduced alcoholic


The January 1961 Plenary Meeting of the Central Committee of the CPSU stressed the inseparable tie between the development of agriculture and the accomplishment of the general task — the building of a thriving socialist economy. The need for this development follows from the programmatic propositions of Marxism-Leninism on the tremendous role of agricultural production and is an important requisite for the building of a communist society. Of primary importance for the advance of agriculture is the acceleration of the growth rates of its material and technical basis and a qualitative improvement in the collective and state farms, the expanded reproduction of their fixed assets on a new technical foundation.


To investigate CO 2 flow mechanisms and fluid recovery processes in heterogeneous rock, we designed a laboratory experimental system which visualizes CO 2 movements during flooding experiments by using X-ray CT. We carried out laboratory experiments of CO 2 flooding in heterogeneous sandstone, together with porosity calculation, fluid saturation monitoring based on CT images, and mass flow measurements for ejected fluids. Based on the experimental results, we try to understand the flooding characteristics of CO 2 in heterogeneous rocks having complex sedimentary structures, which will contribute to CO 2 geological sequestration and oil recovery. Sarukawa sandstone (diameter: 34.80mm, length: 79.85mm, north central Japan) was used in this study. Porosity of the specimen determined by X-ray CT imaging was 31.2%. As shown in figure1a, the specimen has a heterogeneous structure. Especially, upper part of the specimen is more complex than the lower part. The experiment was conducted under the pressure and temperature conditions that simulate underground environments; pore pressure: 10MPa, temperature: 40 degrees Celsius. The confining pressure selected in this study was 12MPa. Fluid pressure and its injection rate were controlled by high-precision syringe pumps. A high-pressure vessel having high transparency for X-ray was utilized in this study. The specimen was first saturated with KI aqueous solution (12.5%), and then oil was injected to change the specimens into oil-water mixed state. Totally, ten steps of CO 2 flooding were performed for this experiment. For each step, KI aqueous solution and oil were carefully recovered from the syringe pump which plays a role of back pressure. The CO 2 flooding test was carried out until the CO 2 injection reaches 3.03PV (pore volume). Figure 1b shows the differential CT images when the


In this paper, the ultra wideband (UWB) channel characterisation based on time dispersion analysis is presented. The UWB channel behaviour is different from narrowband and wideband channels due to the large bandwidth, which is the major concern for the channel capacity. In addition, the large bandwidth leads to increased channel variation. The channel characteristics and analysis are important to track the behaviour of UWB channel. The channel measurements were conducted in an indoor environment for UWB system in line-of-sight (LOS) scenario. Time dispersion parameters, namely, root mean squared (RMS) delay spread and mean excess (MN.EX) delay, are analysed based on these measurements. The effectiveness of multipath components is also investigated by means of the multipath gain (MG) and channel capacity. The presented results show that there is a correlation between RMS delay spread and transmitter-receiver (TX-RX) separation distance. The results also show that the best fitting for the RMS delay spread is the Weibull model and the maximum MG is 4.1 dB, which is calculated at the maximum TX-RX separation distance. The channel capacity of multipath components outperforms the capacity of the LOS path by 0.3 bps/Hz.


Through analyzing the international incident known as 'Ding was here', which sparked a wave of national patriotism on Weibo, this study shows how the state plays a significant role in establishing the parameters for public debate to regulate social media in China. This study provides empirical evidence that furthers recent attempts to apply Foucauldian theories of governmentality to the case of China. It identifies "the invisible hand" of the Chinese state, as it attempts to embrace more sophisticated forms of governance in the regulation of Weibo. This study argues although Weibo provides a platform for political participation and public expression; it is still subject to heavy monitoring by the state through cultural control, which is a tactic of governmentality. Keywords—governmentality; cultural control; patriotism


Two patients with large pericardial thrombi following cardiac surgery presented as having right cardiac tamponade. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) identified a large pericardial hematoma compressing the right atrium and was well tolerated by these critically ill patients. These case reports demonstrate the diagnostic value of TEE in the identification of this severe complication in the late postoperative period.


Abstract Introduction Ectopic thyroid tissue is defined as any functional thyroid tissue outside the normal anatomical location. It is rare and occurs with a frequency of 1 in 100,000-300,000. Most commonly, it is located along the normal track of thyroid development along the floor of the primitive gut to the pre-tracheal region of the neck; however, rarely it has been found in other areas. Malignancy is very rare in ectopic thyroid tissue (<1%) and when it occurs, papillary carcinoma is the most common type. Maki et al have reported multiple cases of lateral neck ectopic thyroid tissue in the presence of an orthotopic thyroid gland in the adult population. Only 2 pediatric cases have been reported in the literature so far. Clinical Case A 11-year-old male presented with concerns of morbid obesity and a neck swelling. He endorsed a previous history of thyroid nodules measuring over 2 cm that were being monitored by his previous endocrinologist. On exam, he was noted to have a goiter. Labs were obtained which indicated normal thyroid function tests (TSH 3. 040 uIU/mL, nl 0.45-4.5 uIU/mL and free T4 0.96 ng/dL, nl 0.93-1.6 ng/dL) and negative anti thyroid antibodies (TPO antibody <9 IU/mL, nl 0-26 IU/mL and thyroglobulin ab <1 IU/mL, nl 0. 0-0.9 IU/mL). His previous medical records revealed that a FNA was completed 2 years prior which was reported as benign. A repeat thyroid ultrasound revealed a multinodular goiter with 5 nodules measuring 3.3 x1.5×1.3cm and 5×6×5mm in the right lobe and 7×6×4cm, 2.4×2.1×1.8cm, and 5×6×5cm in the left lobe. After reviewing different management approaches, the family preferred thyroidectomy. He was referred to general surgery and subsequently underwent total thyroidectomy. Post-operatively, he was started on levothyroxine and calcium carbonate supplementation. The calcium supplementation was subsequently weaned and discontinued. Final pathology was reported as benign. Unfortunately, he was lost to follow up and presented to his primary care provider 6 months post-operatively with continued weight gain and a right sided neck mass. Labs obtained showed an elevated TSH (9.820 uIU/mL, nl 0.45-4.5 uIU/mL) and normal free T4 (1. 07 ng/dL, nl 0.93-1.6 ng/dL). Ultrasound of the neck revealed a 2.5 cm heterogeneous nodule in the right neck adjacent to the thyroid bed, concerning for recurrent/residual disease. FNA was completed and was consistent with normal appearing thyroid tissue. Ultrasound monitoring will continue to assess for change in size and need, if any for surgical removal in the future. Discussion Ectopic thyroid tissue with an orthotopic thyroid is a very rare finding in the pediatric population. Ectopic thyroid tissue outside of the thyroglossal duct is rare as well. We present an 11-year-old male who underwent thyroidectomy for multiple large thyroid nodules and subsequently developed a new neck mass diagnosed as ectopic thyroid tissue. Presentation: No date and time listed


In this paper a novel coil axial magnetic contact for vacuum interrupters is designed and its magnetic field distribution has been analyzed. This asymmetric contacts structure have a static contact with two coils in series and a moving contact without any coil. The structure of the moving contact is simplified. Its strength will be enhanced, and its weight will be reduced, which is helpful to raise the breaking speed of the vacuum interrupter. Using finite method the 3-D electrode model has been built and the simulation carried out. With the current value at maximal and zero, the axial magnetic field distribution at static contact surface, at moving surface, and at the middle surface between the static and moving contacts have been calculated. And the phase delay time of the axial magnetic field is considered as well. The simulation results provide that this asymmetric axial magnetic field structure can generate strong and uniform axial magnetic field. The residual magnetic field is small and its phase delay time after the current zero is short.


Several emerging applications such as traffic management and urban emergency response systems often need to identify groups from recent window of the moving object data. These requirements mandate algorithmic solutions that are time and memory efficient for adding new data incrementally and removing stale data. In this paper, we consider the problem of finding closed Swarms over a sliding window. The key challenges in computing closed Swarms over a sliding window are: (i) Search space for computing closed Swarms from new data is large (ii) Removal of old data leaves many non-closed Swarms which need to be identified and deleted. None of the existing methods are efficient in adding new data and removing old data for large datasets. This paper presents an efficient incremental graph based method for computing Swarms over sliding windows. We use a real dataset to show the performance of our method. The complexity analysis as well as experimental results demonstrate that our method is significantly faster than the existing incremental method over sliding windows with increased memory requirement. In particular, our method is shown to be 7-13 times faster with 3-5 times memory overhead in all the experiments.


Abstract A brief historical review is made of relief presentation on maps and the methods employed on current maps of Australia are described with particular reference to the 1:250,000 series. Some special forms of relief portrayal are discussed.


IN recent years empirical studies of local school finance have relied to a large extent on the median voter and related models, tested with data aggregated to the precinct, school district, or local level.1 While there are advantages to using aggregated data, the limited availability of data on the distribution of income, property tax payments, and other variables, as well as the possibility of bias associated with the grouping of households into aggregated units, suggest some important disadvantages.2 This paper attempts to analyze the demand for local public education using individual household data obtained through a survey of voters in two local school elections in a Detroit suburb.3 In section I a model of voting in a school election is presented. The model assumes that individual voters determine their desired level of educational expenditures per pupil by maximizing a utility function subject to a budget constraint. Individuals decide whether to vote for or against a given millage request by comparing their desired expenditure level with the actual and proposed levels. On the basis of some assumptions concerning the stochastic nature of the individual utility functions, our analysis suggests that the probability of a yes or no vote can be estimated using a binary logit form.4 In section II the model variables and estimates of the model parameters are presented and discussed. The estimation results are interpreted in the context of the voting model presented in section I and are compared to the results of several educational expenditure studies. In section III the outcome of the two local elections is analyzed, with an attempt made to explain the passage of the second election, in light of the failure of the first. In particular, the model is used to test the reaction of voters to the state circuit-breaker legislation which was enacted after the first election. Some concluding remarks are presented in the final section. Finally, some tests for the presence of bias in the survey responses are described in the appendix.


According to the tool-path of spiral milling of blade parts,the modeling of blades have been simplified,the materials mechanics correlation theories are carried out to analyze the torsion and bending deflection through NC programming,obtaining the relations between the rigidity change and deformation,finally summarize the deformable rule of blades NC programming based on the regional approach definition in distinguish bend and torsion deformation.Spiral milling experiments show that the elastic deformation rule of actual processing is basically consistent with the study,which can meet the requirements of processing compensation,NC programming in blades machining.


We examine 5,603 property transactions in Jefferson County, Alabama that take place between 2004 and 2008. Using OLS regressions, we estimate the extent to which differences in walkability, as measured by Walk Score™, can explain the variability in land values. We find that after controlling for population growth and lot size, land values generally increase with walkability and that this result is stable over time. However, we find evidence that this impact reverses as neighborhoods become more car-dependent. This car dependency increases as the distance from the central business district increases. We consider the implications of our findings on mixed-use developments in what we believe is the first study to address walkability in this context of sustainable development.


We report density functional theory plus exact diagonalization of the multi-orbital Anderson impurity model calculations including the spin–orbit coupling for the Co adatom on the top of Cu2N/Cu(001) surface. It is found that experimentally observed zero-bias peak in differential conductance can occur for quasi-degenerate many-body solution representing a mixed valence state of the Co adatom with the non-integer d manifold occupation of 7.4. Estimated 5 meV inelastic step energy is in a quantitative agreement with the experimental scanning tunnelling spectroscopy value of 6 meV. We find the non-zero spin and orbital magnetic moments in the applied magnetic field, in a reasonable agreement with the x-ray magnetic circular dichroism data. The presence of large orbital magnetic moment was not considered in previous spin-only theoretical interpretations, and can unravel complexity of the physics behind the experimental spectra for Co and other adatoms on Cu2N/Cu(001) surface.


Why do two cognate literatures—social movements and electoral studies—travel along parallel paths with little conversation between them? And what can be done to connect them in the future? Drawing on their work with the late Charles Tilly on Dynamics of Contention (2001), Doug McAdam and Sidney Tarrow examine two important studies that approach (but do not effect such a linkage), propose a mechanism-based set of linkages between elections and social movements, and apply their approach in a preliminary examination of the relations between the American anti-war movement after 9/11 and the Democratic Party.


The highway arch bridge at Oparno in the Czech Republic is composed of the two independent almost identical structures; each of them carries one direction of the traffic. Each structure has a fixed end arch with the span of 135 m. The rise of the arch is 30 m. The bridge deck has a double T cross section and it is longitudinally prestressed. The arch was cast by cantilever method using temporary pylons with temporary stays. The arch is made of reinforced concrete and it is subjected preferably to compression. Therefore, it represents a suitable structure for comparison of strains and deflections obtained by measurements on the site and those obtained by a numerical analysis using different prediction models which may be applied in design calculations. The arch was equipped by vibrating wire strain gauges and the strains were recorded during the construction process and later during the early service life of the bridge. Additionally, the deflections of cantilevers during construction were also recorded. The measured values were used for adjustment of the form traveler and finally for evaluation of the prediction models. The bridge was built in the period 2008–2010. It was open to traffic significantly later (at the end of 2016) because the highway could not be finished earlier due to different nontechnical reasons.


At a meeting of the Institute of Radio engineers to be held in the Engineering Societies Building, New York City, on April 5 at 8:15 p. m., a paper on the "Resistance and Capacity of Coils at Radio Frequencies," by Professor John H. Morecroft of Columbia University, will be presented. The paper describes theoretically and experimentally the behavior of numerous types of inductances at radio frequencies and contains important design data.


Prolactin (PRL) treatment induced a decrease in DNA content in SW, -- an increase in FW 8 days, -- and no effect in FW 20 days fish. In "nuclear", "microsomal" and "supernatant" centrifugation fractions, RNA content was increased in SW, -- decreased in FW 8 days, by PRL treatment while a little increase was observed in FW 20 days fish with an increase of 14C leucine and 3H uridine incorporation. These results are discussed with reference to existence of two chloride-cell-types.


A finite element method was used to simulate the two-dimensional isothermal non-Newtonian polymeric fluid flow in coextrusion dies.The effects of such variables as junction angle and incoming stratified flow rates on the pressure field,velocity field and interface shape were numerically analyzed.The result shows that the junction angle has only little effect on the interface position,however the dead zone is found to appear in the entrance of the coextrusion die when the junction angle is 90°.The smooth flow zone is helpful for reducing the pressure drop.The flow flux ratios influence the relative viscosity of HDPE and LDPE,and hence change the interface shape and position.In order to get coextrusion productions with uniform thickness,it is important to control the flow flux ratio of two fluids.


English extensive reading is a course which aims at improving students' proficiency by a large amount of reading. However, there are many problems in the existing traditional extensive reading instruction. This paper explains a new methodology which may greatly improve the situation in Sino English extensive reading with its advantages. Implications of computer-assisted methodology applied in this course are also elaborated.


In this study, total phenol content, total anthocyanin content, brix, pH, titrable acidity and total ascorbic acid content in the five plum genotypes cultivated in Ardahan City are determined and sustenance of the plums are revealed. Total phenol content was determined with folin-ciocalteu's method, total anthocyanin content was determined with pH differential method and total ascorbic acid was determined with 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol method.It is detected that the genotype with the highest brix content (%13.9) and lowest acidity (%0.98) is cancur, the genotype with the lowest brix content (%11) and highest acidity (%2.06) is wild plum, the genotype with the highest content of total anthocyanin, total phenolic substance and ascorbic acid is the wild plum and the genotype with the least content of these is the water plum. As a result of the study, it is revealed that the plum fruit has high levels of phenolic substance, anthocyanin and ascorbic acid content, so it has a high sustenance.


Severe course of bronchial asthma requires massive glucocorticoid therapy, which in turn leads to immunodeficiency as an adverse reaction, followed by activation and inclusion of viral infection in disease progress. In addition, permanent administration of glucocorticoids in high doses affects CYP450 biotransformation activity. In this investigation, CYP3A4 metabolic activity in patients with hormone dependent asthma has been determined by means of the phenotyping method using cortisol as a marker substrate. The results showed that CYP3A4 activity in patients treated with glucocorticoids and suffering of hormone dependent asthma is significantly higher than that of in healthy volunteers. This fact should be taken into account during treatment of asthma with other drugs belonging to CYP3A4 substrates to achieve proper pharmacological effect.


Using volunteer's browsers as a computing resource presents several advantages, but it remains a challenge to fully harness the browser's capabilities and to model the user's behavior so that those capabilities can be leveraged optimally. These are the objectives of this paper, where we present the results of several evolutionary computation experiments with different implementations of a volunteer computing framework called NodIO, designed to be easily deployable on freely available cloud resources. We use different implementations to find out which one is able to get the user to lend more computing cycles and test different problems to check the influence it has on said performance, as measured by the time needed to find a solution, but also by the number of users engaged. From these experiments we can already draw some conclusions, besides the fact that volunteer computing can be a valuable computing resource and that it is essential to be as open as possible with software and data: the user has to be kept engaged to obtain as many computing cycles as possible, the client has to be built to use the computer capabilities fully, and, finally, that the user contributions follow a common statistical distribution.


Abstract Evaluations of stocking programs for rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss and cutthroat trout O. clarki in reservoirs and lakes of the western United States are typically made by estimating angler catch rates and total catch of stocked trout. Because these estimates are derived through expensive creel surveys, evaluations are infrequent. Trout management could be improved if a rapid, reliable technique to assess population levels was developed. The objective of this research was to determine if horizontal acoustic estimates of salmonid densities and mean lengths were correlated with data collected simultaneously with a 9.1-m-deep purse seine. During daylight hours of summer (June–September) trout were found in offshore surface waters and typically accounted for greater than 90% of the fish captured there. Salmonids seldom accounted for more than 10% of nearshore trap-net catches. This spatial segregation of salmonids offshore and nonsalmonids nearshore simplified interpretation of acoustic data. Sid...


On 19 October the Chinese corporation China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group entered into an agreement for access to confi dential information concerning the development of the Cernavoda nuclear power plant in Romania. During that same week, two Chinese companies,CEE and SEC, concluded initial agreements for the development of the Nikola Tesla power plant and the modernisation of a hard coal mine in Serbia. Although it is still uncertain whether the Chinese companies will become engaged in the two investments, these moves are examples of the increasing activity from Chinese investors in South-Eastern Europe which has been observed since the economic crisis at the end of 2008. The decreasing dynamics of Western capital infl ux and the very favourable disposition of the governments in this region towards Chinese investments both contribute to this process. Greece and Hungary are also increasingly interested in close co-operation with China. It is diffi cult to estimate at the present stage whether all this will bring about a signifi cant economic presence of China in this region.


Recently in these pages, Osbeck (1993) assessed the suitability of strong vs weak constructionism as an explanatory model for psychology. The evaluative criteria adopted by Osbeck were based on a pragmatic standard of usefulness to society. This standard included the concept of generativity, which eschews moral relativism by enshrining the dignity of the individual. Osbeck concluded that only weak constructionism has the capacity to fulfil the criteria entailed in the pragmatic standard. An inspection of the evaluative issues addressed by Osbeck shows that the relative advantages ascribed to weak constructionism are equivocal and stem mainly from its typically prescriptive presentations. Moreover, weak constructionism, as described by Osbeck, does not eliminate concerns about relativism as much as it banishes them from its neo-Kantian framework. Although a re-examination of the pragmatism of William James may offer hope for alternative psychologies, its promise may resonate more strongly with Wittgensteinian than Kantian epistemology.


The paper deals with the bibliometric indicator study on current situation and research trend of engineering and technology science in Xinjiang,based on the data abstracted from EI database during the period 1996-2005.Results show that the engineering and technology research trend in Xinjiang is unstable according to the article number,while the scientific writing index is to be increased.Xinjiang University and Urumqi occupy the position of scientific activity center respectively in the aspects of institute and location.The distribution of the research field is consistent with the advantage industry in Xinjiang.


The present invention is a turbine blade locking device having a movable key (7) in the axial direction (5) relates to (1), is moved in the axial direction (5) by the key (7) is pulling means (8), whereby , the force in the axial direction (5) occurs. Power of this axial direction (5) serves to turbine blades (2) is to be pressed against the blade holder (4). Thus, efficient turbine blade locking device (1) occurs. .Field


R. Merrifield, "Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis. I. The Syn thesis of a Tetrapeptide", J. Amer: Chem. Soc., 85:2149-2154 (Jul. 20, 1963). T. Wieland, "Solution vs. Solid-Phase Methods in Peptide Chemistry", in Techniques in protein Chemistry, pp. 59-80, by Academic Press, Inc., New York (1978). T. Audhya et al., "Isolation and Complete Amino Acid Sequence of Human Thymopoetin and Splenin", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 84:3545-3549 (1987). G. Heavner et al., "Peptide Analogs of Thymopentin Distin guish Distinct Thymopoietin Receptor Specificities on Two Human T Cell Lines", Regulatory Peptides, 27:257-262 (1990) (Heavner I). G. Chipens et al., "Localization and Steric Structure of Active Sites and Fragments of Ig Molecules", in LPSR Zinatnu Akademija, (198) Chipens I. G. Chipens et al., "Synthesis of Immunoproteins: New Biologically Active Low-Molecular Weight Fragments of Immunoglobulins". Bioorganicheskaya Kimiya, 11(4):437 446 (1985) Chipens II). G. Heavner et al., "Biologically Active Analogs of Thymo pentin with Enhanced Enzymatic Stability". Peptides, 7:1015-1019 (1986) (Heavner II). US005639729A


The invention relates to a method for compressing image data, comprising a differentiation between important and less important data. According to the invention, said method is characterised in that a calculation of a so-called pyramid of significance of wavelet-transformed data takes place in a separate step of the method. Said pyramid contains the wavelet coefficients, together with the corresponding maximum values of the trees of all the descendants or of all of the indirect descendants.


In a crossed molecular beam experiment differential energy loss spectra have been measured for Xe+CO2 collisions at energies of 0.2, 0.58, 1.0, and 1.6 eV. Nearly the complete angular range from 40° to 180° in the center‐of‐mass system was covered. At large deflection angles and small energy transfers (Δ E/E≂0.1) the spectra exhibit a large intensity peak which cannot be explained by usual rotational rainbow theory. Quantum and classical calculations in the centrifugal sudden approximation demonstrate that this effect is a multiple collision rotational rainbow. In the first collision the kinetic energy is nearly completely transferred to rotational energy of the CO2 molecule. Since the heavy Xe atom leaves the interaction region very slowly, a second collision occurs and the rotational motion is deaccelerated. The classical excitation function J (γi), which relates the final angular momentum with the orientation angle of the molecule, has three extrema, two of which give rise to the multiple collision rot...


a) Research Laboratory of Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran; email: firstname.lastname@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com b) Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran


We present experimental studies of semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA) with a high integration density in an InP generic photonic integration platform. We study the active-passive butt joint integration of dense arrays of active islands with widths ranging from 2 to 30 <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu$</tex-math></inline-formula>m, and pitches ranging from 4 to 270 <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu$</tex-math></inline-formula>m. We show that there is significant room for increasing the density of active island arrays while keeping a similar growth rate enhancement in between the active islands. The impact of narrow active islands on SOA performance is also studied with an array of Fabry-Pérot lasers fabricated in a commercial generic platform. We demonstrate the manufacturability of lasers with a pitch of 25 <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu$</tex-math></inline-formula>m and evaluate individual device performance. Threshold currents and slope efficiencies are not impaired with narrow active island down to 6 <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu$</tex-math></inline-formula>m, with values of 19–26 mA and 0.08–0.15 W/A respectively.


B-cell targeted immunotherapy for autoimmune disorders is often limited by general immune suppression caused by significantly altered B-cell homeostasis. To overcome this, we developed MGD010, a bi-specific Dual-Affinity Re-Targeting (DART) molecule that coligates the inhibitory Fcγ receptor IIb (CD32B) and the B-cell receptor component, CD79B, on B cells. Previous work has shown that CD32BxCD79B DARTs engage CD32B in a BCR-dependent manner and inhibit B-cell activation without B-cell depletion. MGD010, a CD32BxCD79B DART bearing an Fc domain to enhance pharmacokinetic (PK) properties, was generated to support potential clinical development. Favorable PK properties and lack of safety signals, including no cytokine release nor B-cell depletion, were observed in non-human primate dose-escalated with MGD010 to up to 10 mg/kg. Pharmacodynamic analysis demonstrated dose-correlated target binding to B cells and reduced B-cell calcium flux induced by ex vivo BCR-crosslinking. In addition, MGD010 blocked B-cell function ex vivo in samples from autoimmune patients. Repeat administration of MGD010 also inhibited both humoral immune responses and the development of chronic graft-versus-host disease in a humanized mouse model. Thus, MGD010, an Fc-bearing CD32BxCD79B DART with extended PK, may represent a promising B-cell intervention strategy for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, with limited impact on B-cell homeostasis.


Summary: Prolactin (PRL) and PRL receptors were localized by light microscopic immunohistochemistry in the human testes on interstitial Leydig‐like cells. Similar stainings were obtained with both monoclonal antihuman PRL antibodies and polyclonal antibodies raised against rabbit mammary gland PRL receptors. Moreover, the detection of PRL binding sites by radio‐receptor assay on the same samples gave a confirmation of these results.


Rate coefficients for the consumption of O atoms by their reaction with N2O have been measured, at pressures from 130 to 500 mbar, using the high-temperature photochemistry technique. These represent the first direct measurements of k values of the reaction. The ground-state oxygen atoms were produced by laser photolysis of SO2, or by flash photolysis of either SO2 or O2, and monitored by time-resolved resonance fluorescence. The results yield k(1075−1140 K) = 3.2 × 10-11 exp(−9686K/T) cm3 molecule-1 s-1 with 2σ precision limits of ±12% and corresponding 2σ accuracy limits of ±26%. Results from several sources in the literature indicate a high sensitivity of the O + N2O reaction system to traces of H2O, which increases the rates if present as a contaminant. For this reason, possible effects of traces of H2O on the results were modeled. Simulated decay curves with a hypothetical H2O contaminant were used as a test of the experimental data reduction procedures. Although the concentration of H2O needed to si...


The starting point for the scientific discussion of the article is the widely accepted fact of the economic and social inequality of different Russian regions' development including inequality of risks. The article aims to explain the necessity of conducting complex economic and sociological regional monitoring of different communities safety status. The authors emphasize the scientific and practical need in the information on the subjective estimates of risks and ways to overcome them obtained through the representative sociological surveys. Using the retrospective format of the methodological reflection of the empirical studies conducted by the authors and their colleagues in different Russian regions, the authors analyze the methodological grounds for the study of such indicators as social safety, risk perception, estimates of life safety, etc. which are effective for regional monitoring aims. The authors consider such concepts as 'risk-compensation' and 'risk-advantage', 'risk-security', 'risk-permissibility' and ;risk-decision'; and prove the prognostic potential of the social acceptability of risk as a complex indicator for social actors' communication on the security status of regions and local safety.


We have studied the stimulated Raman spectra arising from the interaction of a three-level atom with two strong electromagnetic fields whose initially populated modes ω a and ω b are in resonance with the two atomic transition frequencies. The Green's function formalism has been used in the limit of high photon densities to calculate the excitation spectra near the frequencies ω = ± ω ab = ± (ω a - ω b ). Expressions are derived for the relative intensities, which describe, apart from the usual Raman peak at the frequency ω = ω ab , four pairs of lorentzian lines peaked at the frequencies ω - ω ab = ± Ω a /√2, ± Ω b /√2, ± Ω and ± 2Ω, respectively, and having spectra widths of the order of 3γ0/4. The parameter Ω is defined as Ω2 = (Ω a 2 + Ω b 2)/2, where Ω a and Ω b are the Rabi frequencies of the two laser fields and γ0 is the spontaneous emission probability. Numerical calculations for selected values of the Rabi frequencies are graphically presented and discussed. Conditions have been established for ...


*Correspondence to: Dr. Mitra Datta Assistant Professor Department of Pediatric Chittagong Medical College Chattogram, Bangladesh. Mobile : +88 018 12 51 00 63 Email : firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract Background: Dengue outbreaks are hitting different geographic locations, different clinical manifestations are being reported recently. This study was aimed to describe the clinico-epidemiological profile and outcome of dengue infected children during 2019 dengue outbreak in Chattogram.