The diagnostic methods used today for Chagas disease, although simple and unexpensive,
may present low sensitivity and specificity or cross-reactions with other pathogens. Likewise, drugs used nowadays to treat Chagas disease show severe side effects. Among the various metabolic targets suggested, proteases have been identified as candidate molecules due to its particularities. Recently our group identified two aspartyl proteases in T. cruzi: a soluble (Cruzipsin-I1) and a membrane-bound (Cruzipsin-l); however, their biological functions remained unknown. Our results demonstrate for the 1 st time, the existence of a membrane proteolytic complex in T. cruzi with similar properties to the y-secretase complex of other eukaryotic cells. Using bioinformatics tools, the primary sequences of three of four complex
proteins (presenilin, nicastrin and Aph-l) where localized at a protein database. This
information was important for parallel synthesis of peptides and the identification of linear epitopes of proteins using sera from eight patients. Presenilin presented 10 major epitopes, nicastrina,5 and Aph-l, 10. Some epitopes were selected by different criteria and anti-peptide sera were obtained in rabbits. Serum anti-peptide PRE-2 of presenelin .identified by immunoblotting a 48 kDa band in fraction CZP-I as presenelin, while the anti-peptide NIC-I of nicastrin also presented a marking in the same position. Analysis by confocal microscopy
of epimastigotes localized the proteins mainly at anterior and middle portions of the cells. ln addition, the markings were found to be stronger in permeabilized cells, suggesting co- localization of both proteins in the inner membranes of the cell. An ELISA employing four synthetic peptides for T. cruzi presenilin and nicastrin presented sensitivity of 71.59% and specificity and 70.53%. USlng differential detergent extraction and analysis by SDS-PAGE
after affinity chromatography confirmed that the profile bands present in the strain CL Brener were like those of strain Y: 240, 56, 48 and 34 kDa in fraction CZP-I (detergent), and 56, 52, 37 and 34 kDa in CZP-I1 fraction (solub1e). Enzyme assays using the inhibitor L-685,458 and allosteric modulators DAPT and Compound XXI/E of human presenilin apparently suggested that the catalytic site of T. cruri presenilin has a constitution similar to the human presenilin, while significant differences were observed in the allosteric site. The active site inhibitor L-685,458 was able to inhibit 100% of enzyme activity at 5 !J.M, while the modulators DAPT and Compound XXI/E showed no significant inhibition. Therefore, our studies suggest that due to their enzymatic functions and cellular localization the presenilin of T. cruzi is a good
target for chemotherapeutic and for immune system.


In a prospective study of the prevalence of lymphatic filariasis in Amichi, Nnewi South Local Govt Area of Anambra State Nigeria, involving 800 subjects with ages between 10 and 79 [37.3 + 5.2] yrs. Results showed prevalence rate of 1.5% Stratification of gender further showed higher male prevalence [2.27%] than their female counterpart [0.89%]. This result was statistically significant at [P>0.01].Further stratification showed that age group 30-30yrs had more incidence of lymphatic filariasis [4.61%] than other age brackets, that is 10-19yrs [2.98%],40-49 yrs [1.96%] respectively and the rest 0% prevalence [20-29yrs,50-59yrs 60-69 yrs and 70-79 yrs]. Respectively the results also showed that the most frequent clinical manifestations are adenolymphagitis [0.75%],and lymphoedema [0.25%]. The low incidence of lymphatic filarasis is an indication of a healthy, living environment that does not allow vector breeding. Keywords: Lymphatic filariasis, Prevalence, Adenolymphangitis, Lymphoedema.


This GIS grid atlas contains precipitation frequency estimates for California based on precipitation data collected between 1850-2010. This atlas is an updated version of volume XI (California) of NOAA Atlas 2, published in 1973 and volume 1 of NOAA Atlas 14 (Semiarid Southwest), published in 2006. The grids provide information for durations from 5 minutes through 60 days, and for return periods of 1 year through 1000 years. All grids are in geographic coordinate system (NAD83 horizontal datum) and units are in 1000th of inches. The grid data also contains estimates for Semiarid Southwest from NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 1 Version 5. Please see the metadata page for the Semiarid Southwest portion of the grid.


In Zepler and Harel's studies of auditory response to sonic booms the theoretical calculations should have been for N wave inputs and triangular‐wave outputs from the ear, rather than for ramp functions. The test results may possess appreciable error because the perceived shock pressure‐rise rate, which determines the loudness, was limited by earphones, rather than by the ear.


Gold nanoparticles were produced by laser ablation method in distilled water. In order to produce nanoparticles with different sizes, laser pulse energy was changed in the production process. Then an equal amount of different nanoparticles were compound with PVA in water and solution was dried on a plane plate in air to obtain PVA doped Au nanoparticles films with thickness of 0.2 mm. UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy was employed to study the optical properties of films. Nonlinear refractive index of samples was measured using Z-scan method.


Molybdenum nitride (Mo–N) catalysts have shown promising activity and stability for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in acid. However, the effect of oxygen (O) incorporation (from synthesis, cat...


Mathematics coaches are often positioned as important mediators between district administrators and teachers regarding messages about ambitious and equitable instruction. Despite this, little research has sought to unpack the connection between what coaches learn at professional development and how they make their learning available to teachers. In this study, we partnered with one district administrator and four mathematics coaches and conducted 15 semi-structured interviews to better understand how these coaches made their professional learning available to teachers. Mathematics coaches emphasized using various structures and resources when making their professional learning available to teachers. Participants also highlighted challenges they encountered when striving to make their learning available. Implications for practice and research are discussed.


Skipjack tuna resources in Maluku waters are quite potential, so its management and utilization need to be a concern for sustainability of the skipjack resources and fishing industry. However, the nature of open access resources tends to lead to overcapacity in fishing. At this condition, how is the condition of the skipjack fishing industry in Maluku in terms of using fishing inputs? This study aims to measure the capacity of skipjack tuna fisheries over time. Using the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach, which is CRS in nature. Time series data were obtained form the government institutions, i.e the KKP and the DKP Maluku, and the fishery's NGOs. The results show that during observations from 1996 to 2015, the eficient of inputs was found in DMU-1996 and DMU-2014. Thus, in the DMU-1998 and DMU-2014, there were indicative of an increase in fishing equipment followed by an increase in production, but the number of fishing efforts actually decreased. Conclude, that fishing input, effort and fishing gear were efficient in the DMU-1998 and DMU-2014. In both DMUs were indicative of an increase in fishing equipment followed by an increase in production, but the number of fishing efforts actually decreased.


OBJECTIVE
This retrospective study aimed to investigate the types and distribution of neoplasm of salivary glands in a Turkish population.

STUDY DESIGN
The histological diagnosis records of the Department of Pathology at Cumhuriyet University were reevaluated for 125 patients who were treated for salivary gland tumors from 1987 to 2008. The neoplasms were analyzed for histological diagnosis, age, sex, and site. The histological diagnoses were analyzed according to the 2005 WHO classification.

RESULTS
A total of 125 primary salivary gland neoplasms, consisting of 95 (76%) benign and 30 (24%) malignant groups were recorded. The most common major and minor salivary gland sites were the parotid (61.6%) and palatal glands (9.6%), respectively. Pleomorphic adenoma was the most frequent benign tumor followed by Warthin's tumor. Among the malignant group, adenoid cystic carcinoma was the most prevalent. Age for all cases ranged from 16-80 years; mean age was 41.97 years, with a female to male ratio of 1:1.15.

CONCLUSIONS
Although there were some discrepancies, the characteristics of salivary gland tumors of Turkish patients are in line with those of patients from other countries according to tumor type, tumor site distribution, and age and sex of patients.


of the talk ......................................................................................................................... 8 Prof. Jorge Dias ........................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Abstract of the talk ....................................................................................................................... 10of the talk ....................................................................................................................... 10 Session 1: Chair Presentation ............................................................................................................................................... 11 Network platform technology for assistive robots for the elderly by agile co-creation ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Assessment of Cognitive skills via Human-robot Interaction and Cloud Computing .... 12 Session 2: Author Presentation ......................................................................................................................................... 13 The MOVECARE platform: Service robots, IoT, Virtual Communities and Smart objects to serve independently living elders ......................................................................................................................... 14 A plug and play transparent communication layer for Cloud Robotics Architectures 19 Living with Buddy: can a social robot help elderly with loss of autonomy to age well? ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Toward Internet of Intelligent Robotics Things for Active and Assisted Living: Trends in Standardization ....................................................................................................................................................................26 Verification and Validation Solutions for Reliable Assistive Robots .............................................. 31 Special Issue ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 34 Acknowledgement ......................................................................................................................................................................... 35 Proc. of the Inter. Workshop internet of intelligent robotic things for healthy living and active ageing:where we are and future trends 2 Workshop Program October 14th, 2019 8.30 – 9.00 Welcome & Introduction 9.00 – 9.30 Invited Talk "A Layered Architecture for Socially Assistive Robotics as a Service: a case study with Alzheimer patients" Dr. Silvia Rossi, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e Tecnologie dell'Informazione DIETI, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy 9.30 – 10.00 Invited Talk "Bayesian User Modelling for situational Awareness Social Robots" Prof. Jorge Dias, Center of Autonomous Robotic Systems, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE Session 1: Chair Presentation 10.00 – 10.15 "Network platform technology for assistive robots for the elderly by agile co-creation" Prof. Yasuo Okabe, Kyoto University, Japan 10.15 10.30 "Assessment of Cognitive skills via Human-robot Interaction and Cloud Computing" Dr. Alessandro Di Nuovo, Sheffield Hallam University, UK 10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break Session 2: Author Presentation 11.00-11.20 "A Robot in Every Home. Automated Care-Taking and the Constitutional Rights of the Patient in an Aging Population" Andrea Bertolini, Shabahang Arian 11.20-11.40 "The MOVECARE platform: Service robots, IoT, Virtual Communities and Smart objects to serve independently living elders" N.Alberto Borghese, Maria Bulgheroni, Felip Miralles, Arso Savanovic, Simona Ferrante, Tasos Konoudes, Manuel Cid, Jennifer Rennoux, Angelo Cangelosi, Javier Gonzalez, Aladar Ianes, Matteo Cesari Proc. of the Inter. Workshop internet of intelligent robotic things for healthy living and active ageing:where we are and future trends 3 11.40-12.00 "A plug and play transparent communication layer for Cloud Robotics Architectures" Alessandra Sorrentino, Laura Fiorini, Raffaele Limosani, Filippo Cavallo 12.00-12.20 "Living with Buddy: can a social robot help elderly with loss of autonomy to age well?" Denis Guiot, Marie Kerekes, Eloise Senges 12.20-12.40 "Toward Internet of Intelligent Robotics Things for Active and Assisted Living: Trends in Standardization" Joao Quintas, Jeorge Dias 12.40-13.00 "Verification and Validation Solutions for Reliable Assistive Robots" Andrea Orlandini, Gabriella Cortellessa, Alessandro Umbrico, Amedeo Cesta.


Abstract Adults and larvae of Nicagus obscurus (LeConte) were collected from under drift wood along the shore line of Lake Superior in Wisconsin. Larvae were reared in the lab to confirm their identity. The mature larva is described and illustrated. Notes on the placement of Nicagus in Lucanidae and habitat information are included.


The study "DIASCREEN" has revealed the diabetes mellitus (DM) in 39% of patients and prediabetes in 7,9% patients in outpatient clinics in Kazakhstan. The project "The awareness about glycosylated hemoglobin in different regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan" has revealed 79,0% of uncontrolled type 1 DM patients and 67,5% uncontrolled type 2 DM patients. In 2011 the Association of Endocrinologists of Kazakhstan has developed Consensus on diagnosis and treatment of diabetes mellitus.


In this work, unique porous carbon sheets (PCSs) are developed via a facile synthesis. The obtained PCS delivers long‐range conductive framework, abundant active interfaces, rich element doping, and notably a high inner porosity that builds up an admirable 3D network for multidirectional ion transfer. Such unique architecture and surface chemistry enable ultrafast sulfur electrochemistry as well as high‐efficiency inhibition on polysulfide shuttling via the dually physical and chemical sulfur confinement. The PCS‐based sulfur electrodes achieve superb rate capability up to 10 C, outstanding cyclability over 1000 cycles, and high areal capacity of 4.8 mA h cm−2. This work offers an appealing model of material engineering for fast and reliable lithium–sulfur batteries, as well as guidance for rational structural design in extended energy storage and conversion systems.


The invention belongs to the field of waste recycling in the field of environment protection, and in particular relates to colored asphalt cement prepared by using illegal cooking oil and a preparation method of the colored asphalt cement. The colored asphalt cement prepared by using illegal cooking oil is characterized by being formed by preparing 10-20 percent by weight of illegal cooking oil, 35-45 percent by weight of petroleum resin, 25-40 percent by weight of lubricating oil refined extract oil, 8-14 percent by weight of styrene-butadiene-styrol copolymer and 1-3 percent by weight of plasticizer. The method is simple in process, low in cost and easy to implement; each performance index of the colored asphalt cement prepared by the preparation method is qualified; and by using the colored asphalt cement, the utilization problem of the illegal cooking oil can be solved, and the prepared colored asphalt cement can be used for paving a colored pavement to achieve a function of beautifying environment.


The role of thymic versus peripheral epithelial cells in the negative selection of the peptide-specific CD8 T cell repertoire is still largely unresolved. We have generated TCRb chain transgenic mice in which 20–35% of peripheral CD8 T cells recognize an epitope from a viral, nuclear oncoprotein (human papillomavirus type 16 E7) in the context ofMHC class I, H-2Db. When T cells from these transgenic mice develop through the thymus of a second transgenic mouse expressing E7 from a keratin 14 promoter, no major perturbation to thymic T cell development is observed over a 7 month period. In contrast, peripheral CD8 T cell responses in these same mice (E7TCRxK14E7 double transgenic) become reduced over time. This data suggests that peripheral tolerance mechanisms predominate over thymic negative selection in controlling CD8 T cell responses to this epithelial, nuclear oncoprotein.


In January 2017, the mission concept Psyche: Journey to a Metal World was one of two concepts selected by NASA for implementation as part of the 14th Discovery mission competition. Over the course of the past year, the Psyche team has actively worked to refine and mature the technical design, culminating in a successful completion of the Project Preliminary Design review and approval to proceed to Phase C in mid-2019. Psyche is a deep space mission utilizing solar electric propulsion (SEP), consisting of SPT-140 Hall thrusters which have been successfully employed on multiple commercial spacecraft. When launched, Psyche will carry over 1000 kg of Xenon, and will represent the farthest usage of electric propulsion usage from the Sun - a distance of over 3.3 AU. The use of solar electric propulsion in deep space has resulted in challenges unique to other missions. Spacecraft designs typically balance margins across two main elements - mass and power - that are independent of one another. Utilizing a low thrust trajectory through the application of electric propulsion introduces more elements - namely flight time, missed thrust percentage and thruster duty cycle. Moreover, these elements become connected, presenting additional relationships that must be considered. This paper will present an overview of the margin management process for Psyche, and how it has evolved from the early proposal stage to its current state. It will discuss the elements that are margined, their relationship with one another, and key uncertainties that must be addressed. It discusses challenges and mitigations obtained during the refinement of the Psyche project, culminating in a new margin strategy that enables optimization across many of the system elements, and will serve as a template for future deep space SEP missions.


Abtract: This paper discusses the folk song of Simalungun ethnic group which is classified into folklore. There is a folk song in Simalungun ethnic group that is sung to lull a child to sleep. A child will fall asleep after the song is sung for several times with soft and soothing voice. When a child sleeps well, his mother will be able to do daily chores. This lullaby is not only used to lull a child to sleep, but it contains philosophical values, namely advice to the child so that he will bring benefits to the ethnic group when heis grown up, and he will not become a burden to other people. In addition, its cultural art value is seen from a mother singing the song beautifully, and it indirectly presents a cultural art show to the people who hear her singing.


BACKGROUND
Hyperuricemia in patients with gout is associated with a low risk of neurodegenerative diseases, including dementia. However, the prevalence of dementia in patients with gout has not yet been reported.

OBJECTIVE
To analyze the prevalence of dementia among patients diagnosed with gout by utilizing the Health Insurance and Review Assessment database, a nationwide registry of the South Korean population.

METHODS
Data from the Health Insurance and Review Assessment database of patients diagnosed with gout between 2011 and 2018 were extracted. The annual prevalence of dementia according to age and sex was analyzed. We investigated whether there was an association between comorbidities and gout medication in patients with both gout and dementia and in patients with only gout.

RESULTS
Between 2011 and 2018, the age-adjusted prevalence of dementia per 100,000 persons ranged from 54.0 (95% confidence interval: 47.7-60.2) to 69.9 (95% confidence interval: 65.3-74.5). Compared to previous studies, the prevalence of dementia was lower in patients with gout than in the general population. Patients with both gout and dementia were more likely to be women, have a wide range of comorbidities, and be prescribed gout-related drugs, including allopurinol, febuxostat, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and steroids than patients with gout without dementia.

CONCLUSIONS
This study demonstrated a relatively low prevalence of dementia in patients with gout. Gout, characterized by hyperuricemia, might be associated with a reduced risk of dementia.


MALYSKA, G.: The development of drinking water supply in southern Saxony Anhalt.- Hercynia N. F. 34 (2001): 33-51. The author describes the development of drinking water in southern Saxony Anhalt, from individual supplies to central water systems supplying the population in this area. The author also discusses aspects of quality and factors affecting the quality of the drinking water from individual sources and the central supply facilities. The results of the investigation show that the quality of the drinking water in central drinking water supply systems has improved considerably since 1989. This refers mainly to the nitrate content in the water of these systems. The drinking water in central drinking water supply systems contains no toxic substances, such as heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, halogenated hydrocarbons, or plant treatment or insecticidal substances. Still causing concern is the high frequency with which the limit concentrations of iron and manganese and the parameters turbidity and coloration of the water in central water supply systems is exceeded. Keywords: Drinking water quality, development, southern Saxon-Anhalt


In this paper, asymptotic expansions of the non-null distribution of the Wilks' statistic for Manova based on the complex multivariate Gaussian distribution is obtained for the cases (a) when the non-centrality parameter ω∼is constant and (b) when ∼Is of the same order as the sample size. No direct method is available for the case (b) and thus the partial differential equation approach considered in this paper Is particularly useful


The characterization of a closed-cell aluminum foam with the trade name Alporas is carried out here under compression loading for a nominal cross-head speed of 1 mm/min. Foam samples in the form of cubes are tested in a UTM and the average stress-strain behavior is obtained which clearly displays a plateau strength of approximately 2 MPa. It is noted that the specific energy absorption capacity of the foam can be high despite its low strength which makes it attractive as a material for certain energy-absorbing countermeasures. The mechanical behavior of the present Alporas foam is simulated using cellular (i.e. so-called microstructure-based) and solid element-based finite element models. The efficacy of the cellular approach is shown, perhaps for the first time in published literature, in terms of prediction of both stress-strain response and inclined fold formation during axial crush under compression loading. Keeping in mind future applications under impact loads, limited results are presented when foam samples are subjected to low velocity impact in a drop-weight test set-up.


What American college students think about American business will be the result of a nationwide survey being conducted during the school year under the auspices of the A.C. Nielsen Corp., of Chicago. Working through the placement office at Rice and at other campuses, the survey will determine motivation of college students seeking full-time and summertime employment, and canvass these students to determine if American business meet their needs. The Nielsen company,-better known for its national TV sur-end the war veys, is in its second year of sponsorship of the survey. Last year, 46 major colleges were asked to participate; this year, over 100 schools, including Rice, will be covered. The two-part questionnaire is fairly simple and takes only two or three minutes to complete. The first part is to be filled out by students appearing for place-are made after one interview, others after several months, second and third conferences and perhaps visits to the company's headquarters. Nielsen will have a campus representative in the Placement Office during interview hours to answer questions and help with filling out the survey questionnaire. ment interviews, immediately — Results of the survey will be before they begin their inter-41wvailable free of charge to stu-view for each company they indents and college placement of-terview. The second part is completed after the student has made a decision concerning that particular firm. Some decisions fices, and will be sold to the participating companies, to finance administration and the compilation of the data. WASHINGTON — (CPS) — Nearly 300 student body presidents and editors have now signed a call for a Vietnam Moratorium—a nationwide anti-war class and work boycott. The call, sponsored by the new "Vietna m Moratorium Committee," is for a one-day boycott of classes at all U.S. colleges and universities on Oc-tober 15 to call attention to and move toward ending the Vietnam War. The committee plans to expand the moratorium to two days in November, three in December, adding a day of protest each month as long as the war goes on. 'Community • involved-The Moratorium hopes to involve the community as well as the colleges in cities and towns across the country. Workers and businessmen are being asked to boycott, their daily routine at least for a short time during the moratorium days. The new Mobilization Committee Against the War in Viet-nam has planned a national rally ii^ Washington November 15 to coincide with …


By calculating the water quality index and analyzing the water supply situations,this paper makes security assessment of the surface drinking water sources in Qinhuangdao from both water quantity and quality perspectives.The findings show that surface drinking water sources in Qinhuangdao meet the security assessment index in both perspectives,and the water supply satisfies the requirements.


Objective The survival benefit of using mechanical circulatory support (MCS) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is still controversial. It is necessary to explore the impact on clinical outcomes of MCS in patients with AMI undergoing stenting. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources Embase, Cochrane Library, Medline, PubMed, Web of Science, ClinicalTrials.gov and Clinicaltrialsregister.eu databases were searched from database inception to February 2021. Eligibility criteria Randomised clinical trials (RCTs) on MCS use in patients with AMI undergoing stent implantation were included. Data extraction and synthesis Data were extracted and summarised independently by two reviewers. Risk ratios (RRs) and 95% CIs were calculated for clinical outcomes according to random-effects model. Results Twelve studies of 1497 patients with AMI were included, nine studies including 1382 patients compared MCS with non-MCS, and three studies including 115 patients compared percutaneous ventricular assist devices (pVADs) versus intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP). Compared with non-MCS, MCS was not associated with short-term (within 30 days) (RR=0.90; 95% CI 0.57 to 1.41; I2=46.8%) and long-term (at least 6 months) (RR=0.82; 95% CI 0.57 to 1.17; I2=37.6%) mortality reductions. In the subset of patients without cardiogenic shock (CS) compared with non-MCS, the patients with IABP treatment significantly had decreased long-term mortality (RR=0.49; 95% CI 0.27 to 0.90; I2=0), but without the short-term mortality reductions (RR=0.51; 95% CI 0.22 to 1.19; I2=17.9%). While in the patients with CS, the patients with MCS did not benefit from the short-term (RR=1.09; 95% CI 0.67 to 1.79; I2=46.6%) or long-term (RR=1.00; 95% CI 0.75 to 1.33; I2=22.1%) survival. Moreover, the application of pVADs increased risk of bleeding (RR=1.86; 95% CI 1.15 to 3.00; I2=15.3%) compared with IABP treatment (RR=1.86; 95% CI 1.15 to 3.00; I2=15.3%). Conclusions In all patients with AMI undergoing stent implantation, the MCS use does not reduce all-cause mortality. Patients without CS can benefit from MCS regarding long-term survival, while patients with CS seem not.


Dear Editor, Mucormycosis is a life-threatening infection, especially for patients with hematological malignancy or patients who have received hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Unlike other filamentous fungi, hematogenous dissemination from other organs to skin is rare. Here, we report a case of disseminated mucormycosis due to Rhizopus oryzae presenting as subcutaneous necrosis in a patient with therapy-related myelodysplastic syndromes (t-MDS). To our knowledge, this is the first case in Japan of disseminated mucormycosis in which the species responsible for the infection and its susceptibility to antifungals were revealed by skin biopsy. A 62-year-old Japanese woman underwent allogenic bone marrow transplantation during first remission of t-MDS. She required systemic corticosteroids and tacrolimus for recurrent skin acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD). Nine months after transplantation, she was admitted to our hospital because of Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis. Soon after recovering, chest computed tomography (CT) demonstrated several nodular infiltrates in both lungs. Repeated examinations of serum


The concentrations of sodium, potassium and calcium in locally fermented locust beans, and two other condiments M and R produced by some multinational companies in Nigeria, were determined using flame photometry, owing to the fact that, salt intake contribute towards the development of high blood pressure (Hypertension). The results shows high concentration of sodium in condiment M andcondiment R (12.309mg/g and 12.748mg/g respectively), compared to the ill-favored locally fermented locust beans 0.193mg/g. The concentration of potassium in the locally fermented locust beans was found to be 0.60mg/g, which is higher than that of condiment M and condiment R (0.365mg/g and 0.537 respectively). Calcium concentration was found to be almost equal in all the three samples with little variation, 0.37mg/g, 0.302mg/g and 0.332mg/g for locally fermented locust beans, condiment M and condiment R respectively.


A virtual accelerator that smashes together glider-like particles inside a cellular automaton can perform computations, say researchers. By KFC [http://www.technologyreview.com/printer_friendly_blog.aspx?id=26808]


The structure of the parent of the aromatic series has long been one of the foremost unsolved problems of chemistry. The following formulae will be a sufficient reminder of the long, complicated period of historical development, which extended from 1865 until the present decade: Kekule Dewar Claus Ladenburg Thiele Baeyer The fundamental difficulty for chemists has always been tha t of reconciling the stability of the benzene nucleus with its chemical transformations. If one considers only the transformations, Kekule's expression is undoubtedly the best single representation. Dewar's is a possible addition if a dynamical system be postulated. But neither structure interprets the stability of the ring; nor do the saturated, but highly strained alternatives of Claus and Ladenburg. Formulae which employ imperfectly defined symbols leave us with the problem of more exactly defining the significance of symbols.


. The monitoring of electricity consumption using Internet of Things (IoT) technology is attracting attention as a technology to reduce operation costs of smart farms. In this study, we propose a method to apply a real-time electrical consumption monitoring system (the e-Gauge system) and utilization of the collected data real-time while a melon-producing smart farm is in operation. For this purpose, the electrical consumption data for the individual smart-farm facilities such as boilers, nutrient distribution systems, automatic controllers, circulation fans, boiler controllers, and other IoT-related utilities were collected during three months of melon cultivation period. By using the monitoring results, the electrical energy consumption pattern was analyzed as an example, and necessary considerations needed to optimally utilize the measurement data were suggested. This paper will be useful in lowering the technological implementation barriers for new researchers to build a electrical consumption monitoring system and reducing trial and errors in the usage of the generated data.


In recent years, the development of information technologies and network distributions has brought about the creation of useful learning resources, one of which is the e-learning environment. With its promise of ease and ready accessibility, e-learning, a term generally used to refer to computer-aided learning, is fast becoming ubiquitous in educational institutes. In terms of enhancing the online learning experience, digital libraries have tremendous potential in offering resources that can support e-learning. In this chapter, the concepts of "e-learning" and "digital library" are examined. In addition, the role of digital libraries and their integration into the e-learning environment are also discussed.


The recent concept of beamspace multiple input multiple output (MIMO) with discrete lens array can utilize beam selection to reduce the number of radio-frequency chains (RF) required in terahertz (THz) massive MIMO systems. However, to achieve the capacity-approaching performance, beam selection requires information on a beamspace channel of large size. This is difficult to obtain since the user mobility usually leads to the fast variation of THz beamspace channels, and the conventional real-time channel estimation schemes involve unaffordable pilot overhead. To solve this problem, in this paper, we propose the a priori aided (PA) channel tracking scheme. Specifically, by considering a practical user motion model, we first excavate a temporal variation law of the physical direction between the base station and each mobile user. Then, based on this law and the special sparse structure of THz beamspace channels, we propose to utilize the obtained beamspace channels in the previous time slots to predict the prior information of the beamspace channel in the following time slot without channel estimation. Finally, aided by the obtained prior information, the time-varying beamspace channels can be tracked with low pilot overhead. Simulation results verify that to achieve the same accuracy, the proposed PA channel tracking scheme requires much lower pilot overhead and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) than the conventional schemes.


Character recognition is an active field of research. Applications include point of sale systems, tablet computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), smart phones, and military applications. Recognizing Asian characters has been pursued since 1984, and difficulties exist in Japanese due to the complexity and numbers of Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana characters. It is further complicated by differences in size, translation, and rotation. This paper contributes an original approach to constructing feature vectors. The presented Size-Translation-Rotation-Invariant Character Recognition and Feature vector Based STRICR-FB algorithm is based on the Kohonen Winner Take All (WTA) type of unsupervised learning. The algorithm clusters a multidimensional space vectors uniquely derived from the Hiragana characters. The STRICR-FB methodology creates a neural network by design and not by training. This alleviates typical training problems like instability and no convergence. Furthermore, an upper bound degree of closeness is determined by the distance between the two closest unique feature vectors. The STRICR-FB algorithm was implemented in Matlab and uses the Image Processing Toolbox to process the images. The algorithm was tested on the MS Mincho font set. It demonstrated a recognition rate of 90% independent of size, translation, and rotation.


Materials and Methods: Total 1456 blood culture bottles were sent to Microbiology Laboratory of between January-2013 and December-2014. All bottles were placed into Automated Blood Culture System. After the positive bottles were detected by machine, the bacteria were identified and antibiotic susceptibility tests were performed by using both Microorganism Identification System and KirbyBauer Disk Diffusion method.


s / Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal 1 (2016) S1eS33 S7 decreases not only due to chemotherapy-induced neutropenia, but also due to the reduction of serum antibody titers gained from previous immunizations.Children are at an high risk for developing hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection from immunosuppression secondary to chemotherapy and multiple blood transfusions. Most of the children infected with HBV develop chronic hepatitis. An Indian study by Jacob Puliyel et al, showed at 6 years of age, protective levels of anti-HBs antibody (>10 mlU/mL) were present only in about 59% of those immunized. By 11 years, only 13% had protective levels. The increasing potential for the cure of childhood ALL emphasizes the need for a method of reducing hepatitis and its sequelae in these children. Our study revealed only 68.8% children with newly diagnosed ALL had protective antiHBstitres (>10IU/L), while 31.2% children had no immunity tohepatitis B despite presumed vaccination as part of the UIP schedule. Conclusion: A significant number of newly diagnosed children with ALL lack protective anti HBs titres despite being vaccinated according to Universal Immunization Programme and Combined passive active immunisation should be considered for them. LM-1_V1.3 CLINICAL PROFILE AND OUTCOME OF EARLY T-PRECURSOR (ETP) ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA (ALL) IN A TERTIARY CARE CANCER CENTRE Cheriyalinkal Parambil Badira, Tandon Sneha, Thacker Nirav, P.G. Subramaniam, Tembhare Prashant, Gujral Sumeet, Patkar Nikhil, Narula Gaurav, Arora Brijesh, Maya Prasad, Banavali Shripad. Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India E-mail address: email@example.com (C.P. Badira). Introduction: ETPALL is a recently well described high-risk subset of T-ALL with early differentiation arrest and showing features overlappingwith AML andwith poor prognosis which can potentially be improvedwith intensified induction using dexamethasone and high-dose L-asparaginase. We audited our experience with ETP-ALL for its clinical profile and outcome. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated all children (<15yrs) diagnosed with ETP-ALL or Near ETP-ALL from January 2012 to December 2015. All were treated with institutional ALL protocol (modified MCP-841) with 4drug induction incorporating prednisolone and high dose Ara-C in consolidation (16g/m2). From June 2014, the protocol was amended by substituting prednisolone with dexamethasone (10mg/m2/dy) in induction along with higher intensity of L-asparaginase (10000 U/m2/dose). Results: T-ALL was diagnosed in 283 children, of whom 34 were ETP-ALL (14%) and 5 were Near ETP-ALL (1.7%): Median age was -13 years; Male : female2.5:1; Bulky disease-18%; mediastinal mass-12.8%; median WBC count10.1x109/mm3; Hyperleucocytosis (>100x109mm3)10%; No CNS involvement.DemographicsofT-ALL insameperiod:medianage-9yrs;male: Female 4:1; medianWBC count50x109 /mm3; hyperleucocytosis-36.7%. Of 39 childrenwith ETP-ALL, 32 took treatment. At a median follow-up of 10 months (range3 -50months), the2-yearOS is52.5%andEFS is53.7%.Median OS is not reached as yet. Of 32 patients, 15 received prednisolone based induction and17 received dexamethasonebased intensive induction. Overall 8 (25%) died during induction therapy (dexamethasone arm e 29.4%, prednisolone arm -20%). Of the evaluable 24 patients (dexamethasone arm-12, prednisolone arm-12),18 patients (75%) achieved complete morphological remission at the end of induction (dexamethasone arm-58%, prednisolone arm-92%, p1⁄40.15). Of 14 patients whose Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) datawere available (12 of whom received dexamethasone based induction), 5 patients were MRD negative post induction (35.7%), and corresponding morphological remission was seen in 9 (50%). Of the 9 patients who were MRD positive post induction,7 (78%) cleared MRD post subsequent cycles .There has been no relapse so far and the projected 2-year DFS is 89%. Conclusions: ETP-ALL constituted 16% of T-ALL children. Children with ETP-ALL had higher median age, low disease burden at presentation and infrequent CNS involvement. The disease free survival with this protocol using high dose cytarabine based consolidation is good. However intensification of therapy in induction did not improve remission rates but led to higher induction mortality and poorer overall outcome in our low-middle income setting. LM-1_V1.4 TOXICITY PROFILE OF L-ASPARAGINASE IN CHILDREN WITH ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKAEMIA e SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE Rachel Priyanka Pulla, Lakshmi Priya, A. Arun Shriram, Julius Xavior Scott, M.S. Latha, Ravishankar, Meriton Stanley. Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, Porur 600116, India Introduction: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a hematologic malignancy that predominantly occurs in children between 2 and 10 years of age. L-asparaginase is an integral component of treatment for patients with ALL and since its introduction into pediatric treatment protocols in the 1960s, survival rates in children have progressively risen to nearly 90%. The effects of L-asparaginase on hemostasis during induction chemotherapy are less defined in children. These hemostatic modifications induced by L-asparaginase are relatively rare and mild in children, but their incidence has not yet beenwell evaluated and their Toxicity profile in Indian children is very rarely documented. Aims and Objectives: Primary Objective: To demonstrate the toxicity profile of LAsparaginase in childrenwith Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia specifically to evaluate hyperlipidemia and changes in coagulation and thrombotic risk. Secondary Objective: To study the differences in toxicities of L-Asparaginase between the two types of L-Asparaginase (E coli and Pegylated). Methodology: Children after the diagnosis with acute lymphoblastic leukemia underwent baseline investigations with Liver function tests, Lipase, PT, PTT, INR, Random blood sugar and Lipid profile prior to the onset of treatment and thereafter weekly during induction and re induction periods. Antithrombin III and fibrinogen were done twice during induction (day 15 and 29) and once during reinduction therapy (on day 22). Demographic data, clinical details, details of diagnosis, Laboratory values were recorded in a proforma. Analyzed data were analysed using SPSS 16. The study was approved by our institution ethics committee. The study was funded by Tiara Hemophilia Cancer Foundation, NGO supporting in Chennai supports pediatric cancer researches. Results: 80 cases were included in this study of which 53 were males and 27 were females. Pre B cell leukemia were 57 and T cell Leukemia were 23. Type of LAsparagine used were E coli Asparaginase (n-50) and Pegylated L Asparaginase (n-30). Complications seen were elevated lipase level without any evidence of clinical pancreatitis 12.5%, Hyperglycemia 12.5%, hyperlipidemia 10%, Thrombosis 2.5%, Allergies 5.6%, elevated PT/PTT 10%; Low AT 3 (15.5%) and low fibrinogen (16.5%). There is no Statistical difference between the two groups of L-Asparginase studied, however increase side effects were noted in Ecoli Asparaginase group. Conclusion: Asparaginase is a critical component of all pediatric ALL protocols, with many protocols incorporating prolonged and high intensity L-Asparaginase treatment, it is important that our Indian data be available of all potential treatment-related toxicities. LM-1_V1.5 HYPERGLYCEMIA DURING INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY OF PEDIATRIC ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA Shwetha Seetharam, T. Priyakumari, P. Kusumakumary. Division of Pediatric Oncology, Regional Cancer Center, Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala, India Introduction: Hyperglycemia occurs in about 10-16% of children during induction chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), which includes steroids and L asparaginase. Patients may present with diabetic ketoacidosis or non-ketotic hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome. Hyperglycemia has also been reported to suppress immune function by inhibition of endogenous production of interleukins 2, 6 and 10 and uncontrolled diabetes is a risk factor for developing invasive fungal infections. Materials and Methods: This study analysed the incidence and outcome of hyperglycemia in pediatric patients (0-14yrs) during induction Abstracts / Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal 1 (2016) S1eS33 S8s / Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal 1 (2016) S1eS33 S8 chemotherapy for ALL according to the Modified BFM ALL 95 protocol at our institute, from January 1st 2015 to December 31st 2015. Hyperglycemiawas diagnosed with a random blood sugar (RBS) level of 200mg/dl or a fasting blood sugar (FBS) value of 126mg/dl. Patients with pre-existing diabetes were excluded from analysis. Results: 165 children with newly diagnosed ALL were analysed of which eight patients (4.8%) were detected to have hyperglycemia (Range 139 e 646mg/dl). Seven of the patients were females and 50% of them were 10 years of age. No patient had pre-existing diabetes. Five patients (62.5%) required insulin along with metformin to attain adequate glucose control while two patients were treated with metformin alone. One of the patients developed hyperglycemia with an RBS of 264while on treatment for septic shock and expired shortly after. One child presented with ketoacidosis associated with blood sugar of 554mg/dl and also had pancreatitis. Two children had a family history of diabetes mellitus. Conclusion: The occurrence of hyperglycemia in our study was lower than previously reported in literature. The incidence of hyperglycemia was significantly increased in female children 10 years of age (p1⁄40.002). LM-1_V1.6 PROFILE OF ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA IN CHILDREN UPTO 2 YEARS OF AGE e STUDY FROM A TERTIARY CANCER CENTRE FROM SOUTH INDIA, BANGALORE C. Anoop , L. Appaji , M. Padma , B.S. Arunakumari , M. Avinash , T.L. Suma , Madhumati , V.K. Rekha . Department of Pediatric Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, India; Department of Pathology, Kidwai M


The toxic effects of organic solvents are a major drawback for their application in biotechnology and for the production of fine chemicals by whole-cell bioconversion and biotransformation. However, through the isolation of some microbial strains, like P. putida S12, which tolerate high concentrations of organic solvents, several limitations of organic solvents in biotechnology can be overcome. Although P. putida S12 has been studied for a long time with different functional genomics techniques, the molecular mechanisms that underlie the principles of solvent tolerance are not fully understood. The objective of this Ph.D. study was to identify and to characterize the proteins of P. putida S12 and P. putida KT2440 involved in tolerance towards toluene. The characterization of the P. putida proteome upon exposure to the organic solvent toluene revealed a well coordinated response, with an interplay between decreased permeability of the cell envelope and increased efflux pump activity.


Objective To observe the effect of QingXiaoFang on rats of liver cancer.Methods 40 SD rats were divided four groups at random:blank group,model group,QingXiaoFang group,FangZhi group and 10 rats in every group.Except blank group,other three groups were fed with forage containing 0.05%2-AAF successively for 12 weeks.FangZhi group was lavaged with QingXiaoFang when cancer was induced.QingXiaoFang group was administered from the 4th week by 25g·kg-1·d-1.The expression of ALT,AST,AKP,AFP and the tumor inhibitory rate in every group was detected at the 12th week.Results The damage of liver function was obvious in model group.Compared with model group,QingXiaoFang and FangZhi could significantly improve liver function,increase the tumor inhibitory rate.Conclusion QingXiaoFang can protect the liver function of liver cancer rats,and inhibit the tumor growth,especially in earlier period.


Is it possible to treat patients with mental illness humanely and still effect a change? This question was central to Philippe Pinel's seminal book Traite Medico-Philosophique sur L'alienation Mentale ou la Manie . It was published in France in 1801, and a popular translation ( A Treatise on Insanity ) was published in England in 1806. This book had an enormous influence on French and Anglo-American psychiatrists during the 19th century.

Philippe Pinel (1745-1826) has been described as the father of modern psychiatry. He was born in 1745, and his name has most commonly been associated with …


Quantitative evaluations of output power and the development of a technique for countermeasures against volcanic ash fall are required in a volcanic ash fall environment. In this study, in order to clarify the effect of volcanic ash fall on the output power of photovoltaic (PV) modules and the effects of the hydrophilic coating on PV module cover glass, we evaluated the output power characteristics of PV modules by an artificial test. The hydrophilic coating was carried out using an inorganic material and formed an antisoiling layer on the PV module surface. The output power characteristics of PV modules were measured using a solar simulator. The superiority of the hydrophilically coated cover glass was found between the setting angles of 40 to 60° and the most remarkable in the vicinity of 45°. Moreover, it was confirmed that the superiority of the hydrophilically coated cover glass increases with an increase in the amount of ash fall.


Background: Breast pain becomes more complicated in many humans. Various hospitals are planning for surgery in the initial stages. The main aim of this paper to find the various factors which cause mastalgia, this is mainly causing the abnormal conditions of the breast. Method : The experiments conducted on 400 patients and this is collected from various surveys, for patients older than the age of 40 the mammography and ultrasonography (US). Results : The mean age was 44.23 ± 9.23 years. This group consists of 300 cases, the asymptomatic group consists of 100 persons. Due to the various reasons that are related to mastalgia (p < 0.05). These are based on their breastfeeding to the child. If it is more than 4 times or more were higher in the mastalgia group (p < 0.04). The breast imaging-reporting and data system (BI-RADS 2) mammography results were associated with mastalgia (p < 0.05). These two are more common in the mastalgia group (p < 0.05) that is Fibro cysts and fibro adenomas. Based on the previous history the malignant breast disease was simultaneously higher in the mastalgia group (p < 0.05). Conclusions : Life stress, high caffeine consumption, smoking, lactation frequency, and benign disorders were factors identified to be related with mastalgia. Though a significant relation between mastalgia and malignant breast disease was detected in our study, more studies are still necessary to investigate this relationship.


As the number of household appliance increasing, and the number of waste products has increased dramatically, these waste electrical appliances' processing not only bring huge economic expense, and a lot of waste electrical appliances influence ecological environment and the human health. Recycling economy requirements enterprise to reduce energy consumption, and improve the utilization of the resources Focused on the issue of recycling end-of-life appliances, this paper presents three modes of recycling end-of-life appliances, which are self-supporting mode, outsourcing mode and joint management mode, and analyzed the characteristics and application areas respectively. According to the characteristics of the three modes, this paper presents the evaluation index system, and compares each evaluation index. At last, this paper uses the AHP method to choose the mode of recycling end-of-life appliances.


A physical model for parton densities in hadrons, based on Gaussian momentum fluctuations of partons and hadronic baryon-meson fluctuations, is presented. The model has previously been shown to describe proton structure function data, and is now applied to sea quark asymmetries and shown to describe the dbar-ubar asymmetry of the proton. By considering fluctuations involving strange quarks, the model gives an asymmetry between the momentum distributions of s and sbar, which would reduce the significance of the NuTeV anomaly.


Aim: The objective of this study was to determine whether the use of a self-emulsifying drug delivery system AquaCelle®, could improve the absorption of CoQ10. Materials & methods: Fifty-seven heal...


A pilot study investigating information sabotage found most responding managers and senior executives polled feel that most forms of sabotage are considered as grounds for termination. Respondents know sabotage occurs in their companies and many personally know someone who has committed sabotage. One in five respondents reported having been a victim, half know employees who have been victimized and a third know of other managers and customers who have been victimized. Findings are discussed. Firm size was not related to occurrence, attitudes or victimization rate.


As cyber attacks and crimes increase exponentially and hacking attacks become more intelligent and advanced, hacking attack methods and routes are evolving unpredictably and in real time. In order to reinforce the enemy's responsiveness, this study aims to propose a method for developing an artificial intelligence-based security control platform by building a next-generation security system using artificial intelligence to respond by self-learning, monitoring abnormal signs and blocking attacks.The artificial intelligence-based security control platform should be developed as the basis for data collection, data analysis, next-generation security system operation, and security system management. Big data base and control system, data collection step through external threat information, data analysis step of pre-processing and formalizing the collected data to perform positive/false detection and abnormal behavior analysis through deep learning-based algorithm, and analyzed data Through the operation of a security system of prevention, control, response, analysis, and organic circulation structure, the next generation security system to increase the scope and speed of handling new threats and to reinforce the identification of normal and abnormal behaviors, and management of the security threat response system, Harmful IP management, detection policy management, security business legal system management. Through this, we are trying to find a way to comprehensively analyze vast amounts of data and to respond preemptively in a short time.


Regions can be defined in many ways; they can be viewed generally as a system with a large variety of alternative strategic alternatives of inputs and outputs, influenced by the interests of numerous actors. This gives a good reason for the use of system tools for structuring the relationships, identifying key factors or put in order a strategic plan for development of a region. Soft systems methodology is one of the strategic system tools, not explicitly utilised in regional strategic planning, offering quite a number of impulses, especially if combining it with the innovation concept.


We present a computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system to detect small-size (from 2mm to around 10mm) pulmonary nodules from helical CT scans. A pulmonary nodule is a small, round (parenchymal nodule) or worm (juxta-pleural) shaped lesion in the lungs. Both have greater radio density than lungs parenchyma. Lung nodules may indicate a lung cancer and its detection in early stage improves survival rate of patients. CT is considered to be the most accurate imaging modality for detection of nodules. However, the large amount of data per examination makes the interpretation difficult. This leads to omission of nodules by human radiologist. CAD system presented is designed to help lower the number of omissions. Our system uses two different schemes to locate juxtapleural nodules and parenchymal nodules. For juxtapleural nodules, morphological closing and thresholding is used to find nodule candidates. To locate non-pleural nodule candidates, 3D blob detector uses multiscale filtration. Ellipsoid model is fitted on nodules. To define which of the nodule candidates are in fact nodules, an additional classification step is applied. Linear and multi-threshold classifiers are used. System was tested on 18 cases (4853 slices) with total sensitivity of 96%, with about 12 false positives/slice. The classification step reduces number of false positives to 9 per slice without significantly decreasing sensitivity (89,6%).


Propagating detonations have recently been the focus of extensive work based on their use in pulse detonation engines [1]. The entropy minimum associated with Chapman–Jouguet (CJ) detonations [2] and its potential implications on the thermal efficiency of these systems [3] has been one of the main motivations for these efforts. The notion of applying thermodynamic cycles to detonation was considered first by Zel'dovich [4], who concluded that the efficiency of the detonation cycle is slightly larger than that of a cycle using constant-volume combustion. More recently, Heiser and Pratt [3] conducted a thermodynamic analysis of the detonation cycle for a perfect gas using a one-γ model of detonations. Other studies have used constant-volume combustion as a surrogate for the detonation process [5]. This work presents two main contributions. First, we present an alternative physical model for the detonation cycle handling propagating detonations in a purely thermodynamic fashion. The Fickett–Jacobs (FJ) cycle is a conceptual thermodynamic cycle that can be used to compute an upper bound to the amount of mechanical work that can be obtained from detonating a given mass of explosive. Second, we present computations of the cycle thermal efficiency for a number of fuel-oxygen and fuel-air mixtures using equilibrium chemistry, and we discuss the strong influence of dissociation reactions on the results.


The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine prevents infection with certain species of human papillomavirus
 associated with the development of cervical cancer, genital warts and some less common cancers. But, the
 development of vaccine that prevents HPV infection represents an important opportunity to prevent cervical cancer
 whilst a therapeutic immunization would be valuable in treating premalignant and malignant disease. Attenuated
 MV strains are highly efficient and safe vaccines, typically preventing recipients from Measles for their entire life.
 To benefit from these extraordinary vaccination properties in the present study MV cDNA plasmids have been
 constructed to produce precisely initiated and terminated MV anti-genome related to the Edmonston B vaccine
 strains. These transgenes were expressed at different levels, according to their genomic position and were stably
 maintained over many viral generations. The ability to construct new recombinant and chimeric MVs opens the
 prospect to develop new vaccines based on MV. In an effort to generate an inexpensive candidate HPV vaccine
 with improved prophylactic potential, a MV vector based on Berna-commercial Measles vaccine strain (Edmonston-
 Zagreb) inducing against HPV was developed.


Schemas for semistructured data differ, however, from those for relational or object-oriented data. Therefore, typing system and schema formalisms for XML-based semistructured data are extensively studied, and a formal description of OEM-based XML DTD schema is proposed in this paper.


The objective of this study was to observe the curative effect of the regimen of Kanglaite capsules combined with GP in the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer.Fifty-two NSCLC patients were divided into combining group and control group.Combining group were treated by GP regimen combined with KLT capsules,and control group were treated with GP regimen alone randomly.In the two groups,the CR rates were 25.9%(7/27)and 12.0%(3/25),P=0.157;the response rates were 77.8%(21/27)and 68.0%(17/25),P=0.427.KPS and weigth points of the combining group was much more than those of the control group(P=0.015,P=0.042).The result shows that the regimen of Kanglaite capsules combined with GP can reduce the side effects and probably increase the curative effect of NSCLC.


Low concentration oxygen impurities in a solid argon matrix, have been studied by Raman scattering at high pressure and room temperature. The vibron peak shows a splitting, due to vibrational coupling interaction between two nearest neighbour oxygen molecules, which increases with pressure. The pressure dependence of the vibrational coupling parameter, derived from these measurements, demonstrates a strong difference between oxygen and hydrogen, with respect to intermolecular interaction.


The present study investigated the compressive strength of periwinkle shell ash (PSA) blended cement concrete soaked in crude oil polluted water and portable water (control) media. Concrete cubes were prepared at 1:2:4 mix ratio by weight of cement with varying percentages of PSA replacement (0, 5, 10, 15 and 20%). Specimens were prepared from mix designed strength of 25 N/mm. One hundred and twenty (120) samples of concrete cubes were cast. Sixty (60) set of samples were each cured in potable water and crude oil contaminated water. The concrete cubes were crushed for compressive strength at curing ages of 7, 14, 21 and 28 days, respectively. The results indicated that different curing media led to significant changes in the compressive strengths of concrete made from PSA blended with Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC). The control specimen (0% PSA) had the highest value at all ages in both media. The rate of strength development is significantly low in the crude oil contaminated water medium. The compressive strength decreased with increased percentage PSA replacement and increased with increasing age of curing for all level of PSA replacement. The two way analysis of variance showed that variations in PSA/cement content and curing age had significant effects on the compressive strength of concrete for samples cured in both control (portable water) and crude oil polluted water media (p < 0.05).


ABSTRACT Participation in home food gardening in the United States has been growing. From 2008 to 2013, the number of home gardens increased by 4 million, and the number of households with annual incomes of less than $35 000 that are food gardening rose by 38%. The purpose of this study was to measure crop output, cost savings, and nutritional value of low-income home gardeners in San Jose, California. This pilot study included administering a background survey to a convenience sample of low-income home gardeners with a subset of gardeners weighing vegetable output of plots during the 2104 spring–summer growing season. Participants included an ethnically diverse group of 50 low-income families who completed the survey and 8 gardeners who weighed vegetable output of their garden. The gardeners produced an average of 1.23 lb vegetables/ft2 and saved an average of $339 by growing their own vegetables. Cost savings were greatest when vertical high-value crops such as tomatoes and cucumbers were grown. All weighers but one produced 60% or more of the total cups of vegetables recommended by the U.S. Dietary Guidelines. This small pilot study demonstrates that home gardens can produce substantial cost savings and improve nutrition in diets of low-income families.


A model-based description of the scaling and radial location of turbulent fluctuations in turbulent pipe flow is presented and used to illuminate the scaling behaviour of the very large scale motions. The model is derived by treating the nonlinearity in the perturbation equation (involving the Reynolds stress) as an unknown forcing, yielding a linear relationship between the velocity field response and this nonlinearity. We do not assume small perturbations. We examine propagating modes, permitting comparison of our results to experimental data, and identify the steady component of the velocity field that varies only in the wall-normal direction as the turbulent mean profile. The "optimal" forcing shape, that gives the largest velocity response, is assumed to lead to modes that will be dominant and hence observed in turbulent pipe flow. An investigation of the most amplified velocity response at a given wavenumberfrequency combination reveals critical layer-like behaviour reminiscent of the neutrally stable solutions of the Orr-Sommerfeld equation in linearly unstable flow. Two distinct regions in the flow where the influence of viscosity becomes important can be identified, namely a wall layer that scales with R and a critical layer, where the propagation velocity is equal to the local mean velocity, that scales with R in pipe flow. This framework appears to be consistent with several scaling results in wall turbulence and reveals a mechanism by which the effects of viscosity can extend well beyond the immediate vicinity of the wall. The model reproduces inner scaling of the small scales near the wall and an approach to outer scaling in the flow interior. The appropriate scaling velocity for the very large scale motions is predicted to be the centreline velocity, in agreement with experimental results. Lastly, we interpret the wall modes as the motion required to meet the wall boundary condition, identifying the interaction between the critical and wall modes as a potential origin for an interaction between the large and small scales that has been observed in recent literature as an amplitude modulation of the near-wall turbulence by the very large scales.


It was hypothesized that stachyose is translocated by squash because stachyose is supplied to the phloem loading system by the photosynthetic system. To test this hypothesis, (14)CO(2) was supplied to squash leaves. The nonphosphorylated sugars containing (14)C were studied. A large proportion of (14)C appeared in stachyose very early in the time sequence, tending to confirm the hypothesis.


Part 1 Introduction and basic properties order statistics - an introduction order statistics - an historical perspective computer simulation of order statistics. Part 2 Orderings and bounds: Lorenz ordering of order statistics and record values bounds for expectations of L-estimates. Part 3 Relations and identities: recurrence, relations and identities for moments of order statistics. Part 4 Characterization: recent approaches to characterizations based on order statistics and record values characterization of distributions via identically distributed functions of order statistics characterizations of distributions by recurrence relations and identities for moments of order statistics. Part 5 Extremes and asymptotics: univariate extreme value theory and applications order statistics - asymptotics in applications zero-one laws for large order statistics. Part 6 Robust methods: some exact properties of Cook's D1 generalized recurrence relations for moments of order statistics from non-identical Pareto and truncated Pareto random variables with applications to robustness. Part 7 Resampling methods: a semiparametric bootstrap for simulating extreme order statistics approximations to distributions of sample quantiles. Part 8 Related statistics: concomitants of order statistics a record of records. Part 9 Related processes: weighted sequential empirical type processes with applications to change-point problems sequential quantile and Bahadur-Kiefer processes.


The paper presents a multi-step application-oriented decision-making model for digital risk management of disruptive technologies in agriculture. The model is a conceptual framework of known risk management procedures and multicriteria selection instruments. The model is tested with data on nine disruptive technologies and eight digital risk categories. The risk data is assessed with the quasi-multicriteria algorithm SIGMA. The tests demonstrate both, the application of the model, the approach to the analysis of identified digital risks and the risk profiles used in the decision-making process.


Among many other factors, cultivation of self_awareness is an essential one in the study of vocal music. Application of self_awareness plays an important role in the study of vocal music with its influence on feeling, emotion mentality and determination. Therefore, the study of vocal music and the development of self_awareness should go side by side from the very beginning, and the learning process of vocal music is equative to the application of self_awareness.


This Study analyzed Dabohashi Giyoshi' 『Study on the Modern Japanese-Korean Relations』 and it's character of Japanese Colonial Historiography. Dabohashi was professor of Gyeongseong Imperial University and he worked at Joseonsa-Pyeonsuhoe(朝鮮史編修會). He was overestimated in right of historian b...


In the first part of the paper, after a historical review of the various formulations for the calculation of the P.Y.L.L., we propose an original one, in which the P.Y.L.L. is conditioned to the reaching of a fixed age. In the second part we utilize the new formula of the P.Y.L.L. within a pension scheme improving the approximation of the solution of the balance equation. In the last part this new indicator is applied to determine the average monthly contribution paid by an Italian employee in 1991, then the result obtained in this way is compared with those obtained by more traditional formulas.


Abstract : Many systems developed over the last twenty years are surpassing their originally planned life cycle, as well as, the DoD's. In many cases, the systems have been subjected to at least one service life extension. Because of this, the logistics support concepts used to maintain and to service these systems play a significant factor in determining the overall life-cycle-cost for a system. If the DoD can find a more efficient and effective logistics support concept, substantial cost savings may be realized. Under the appropriate conditions, Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) is an effective means to support Marine Corps ground equipment. DoD Regulation 5000.2R, Mandatory Procedures for Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAP) and Major Automated Information Systems (AIS), and congressional statutes mandate the consideration of CLS in the acquisition process. The purpose of this study is to assess the Marine Corps' new Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement CLS contract and its effectiveness to incentivize the contractor to perform within the requirements of the contract. Results from this study suggest that substantial improvements can be made in the way the Marine Corps contracts for CLS.


Reducing the risks in the financial markets and supporting
financial stability are the main priorities of financial
markets' regulation. To increase the security of transactions
when trading with financial assets, it is essential to reliably
identify the market participants. Following the initiative of
the G-20 summit in 2012, there has been an unprecedented
attempt to design a universal tool – a global legal entity
identifier within the LEI system. The article deals with
theoretical resources of the "legal entities" concept,
obstacles preventing the identification of the financial market
participants and the characteristic of the project of the
universal identifier of entities entering financial markets'
system. The article also contains an evaluation of the current
state of the LEI system construction and an analysis of
conditions for its completion.


A 60 GHz planar doped barrier (PDB) subharmonically pumped mixer using 10 μm mesa diodes has been designed and fabricated using a new cross-guide mounting configuration. RF performance data using a 30 GHz local oscillator and a signal frequency of 59.5 GHz are discussed.


The paper introduces equipment management under th e condition of mode rn enterprise system. It asks for changing in functions and conception, carries out a management way of combining equipment assets management with equipment as sets operation. The paper analyses and researches in detail status and role of p lant equipment management under the condition of modern enterprise system, elabo rates its new demands for equipment management under the condition of modern ent erprise system, puts forward that only adapting the new model of equipment manag ement under the condition of modern enterprise system, enterprises can create g ood economic and social benefit.


Objective To consummate the management of exactitude surgical instruments in the operating room,extend instruments life and maintain their excellent operating performance,and guarantee the quality of sterilitation.Method The following management measures were carried out,such as practicing grading management,coding management,utilization management and integration management for the exactitude instruments in operating room.Results Complete data,standard sterile quality and more satisfaction in using of operating room instruments were obtained,which increased the satisfaction of medical staff and improved nurses' professional diathesis.Conclusion The reformed management system for exactitude instruments in operating room is proved to be effective.


The subject of this article is University Social Responsibility (USR) on account of the Rio Charter in which presidents of 1.000 universities support the development of an Ibero-American space of socially responsible knowledge.  It is presented a study of opinion of faculty of Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (Espana) about the principles of USR.  After conducting a literature review of state of the art evaluation tools, the researchers selected the survey created by the Chilean project Universidad Construye Pais; this tool was adapted to fit the Spanish respondents' profile.  The results indicate that there is some link between the faculty's opinion and the principles of USR adopted and being implemented by UNED.  The overall findings point to the need to standardize the research.


A framework was developed for making economic evaluations of control improvement projects in urban drainage systems in order to inform decision making.


Action-theoretic semantics is here conceived of as a semantics based on an analysis of speechacts in terms of concepts of a general theory of actions. The meaning theories closest to this conception are those by H. P. Grice and D. Lewis in "Convention'*. It is argued that for a further development of these approaches stricter definitions of the basic terms (for instance Grice's non-natural meaning and Lewis' common knowledge) are indispensable since they involve iterated applications of the terms "behave", "intend" etc., which cannot be handled responsibly by intuition alone. Such definitions are then proposed and it is shown how the two approaches by Grice and Lewis can be fitted into a coherent account of linguistic meaning.


✓ The authors discuss the technical problems involved in the continuous measurement of intracranial pressure, and describe a simple, inexpensive extradural strain gauge system that can be manufactured by most research units. The system has the merits of coplanar construction, a ready zero reference, and simplicity in design and use. The theoretical limits of the extradural method are presented and discussed in relation to transducer design.


abstract:This article focuses on Brazilian-style architecture in Lagos. It explores how the architectural style shifted from signifying Brazilian ethnic identity and difference in the nineteenth century to indexing the urban identity of Lagos in the twentieth century.résumé:Cet article se concentre sur l'architecture de style brésilien à Lagos. Il explore comment le style architectural est passé de la signification de l'identité et de la différence ethniques brésiliennes au XIXe siècle à l'indexation de l'identité urbaine de Lagos au XXe siècle.


In this paper. we study properties such as $L^r$-boundedness, compactness, belonging to Schatten classes and nuclearity, Riesz spectral theory, Fredholmness, ellipticity and Gohberg's lemma, among others, for pseudo-differential operators over the compact group of $p$-adic integers $\mathbb{Z}_p^d$, where the author in a recent paper introduced a notion of H\"ormander classes and pseudo-differential calculus. We extend the results to compact Vilenkin groups which are essentially the same as $\mathbb{Z}_p^d$. Also, we provide a new definition of H\"ormander classes for pseudo-differential operators acting on non-compact Vilenkin groups and an explicit formula for the Fredholm spectrum in terms of the associated symbol.


The Government of Malaysia established the National Task Force (NTF) led by the Malaysian Armed Forces in collaboration with other enforcement agencies as an effort to restrain various threats and crimes especially non-traditional security threats which can threaten national security. Nineteen agencies join forces in a joint operation named,OP BENTENG (Benteng Operation), at once realizing a comprehensive defence approach pertahanan menyeluruh (HANRUH, or total defence) which has been introduced by the government earlier on. The objective of this study is to explain the organisational roles of NTF, clarify the implementation and media planning in creating awareness among citizens to eradicate crime and analyse the effectiveness of the media planning in OP BENTENG. Bibliographic study, document analysis, interviews, survey and observation were employed in obtaining and analysing the data. Results of the study show that there are constructive efforts and approaches by the National Task Force in constructing awareness of the people to be together with the government in eradicating security threats, be they traditional or non-traditionalthreat.


The invention discloses a polyester thermal contraction film with balanced thermal contraction performance and production method thereof, the film is of three-layer construction: a top layer, a core layer and a bottom layer, wherein the component of the core layer is polyethylene terephthalate; the top layer and the bottom layer comprise parent material 15-25% wt and copolymerized modified polyester. The vertical, horizontal thermal contractions of the film are balanced and the vertical thermal contraction is about 65% and the horizontal thermal contraction is about 70% at 90-100DEG C; the vertical, horizontal tensile strengths are 240-260MPa. The process is mature with very strong operability, especially suitable for two-step tensile polyester film production line.


Solar wind protons observed by the MESSENGER spacecraft in orbit about Mercury exhibit signatures of precipitation loss to Mercury's surface. We apply proton‐reflection magnetometry to sense Mercury's surface magnetic field intensity in the planet's northern and southern hemispheres. The results are consistent with a dipole field offset to the north and show that the technique may be used to resolve regional‐scale fields at the surface. The proton loss cones indicate persistent ion precipitation to the surface in the northern magnetospheric cusp region and in the southern hemisphere at low nightside latitudes. The latter observation implies that most of the surface in Mercury's southern hemisphere is continuously bombarded by plasma, in contrast with the premise that the global magnetic field largely protects the planetary surface from the solar wind.


The invention relates to a method for operating a household appliance 1 for the care of items of laundry 6, wherein, especially during a washing phase 22 of an operation program liquid in a washing tank 3 of the household appliance 1 is filled and during subsequent drain phase 24, the liquid and / or wash liquor is pumped out of the washing tub 3 through a drain conduit 11 wherein a pump is operated in a main direction 18 12 for pumping the liquid and / or wash liquor and wherein pumping a non-return valve 16 from a closed position in which the discharge pipe 11 with respect to the tub 3 is sealed, is moved into an opening position in which the outflow conduit 11 is fluidically coupled to the tub 3, wherein at least during a predetermined time interval 25, in particular during the washing phase 22, the pump 12 in a direction opposite to the main direction 18 Richtun g 20 and operated thereby a pump pressure 21 is built up on the check valve 16, by means of which the check valve 16 to the closed position is pressed toward.


This paper is dedicated to the memory of our friend and colleague Annalaura Segre. The chemical structure of a series of β (-)-pinene polymers (PBP) obtained by radiation-induced polymerization, free radical initiation, cationic polymerization over a Friedel-Craft catalyst and by coordinative polymerization over a Ziegler-Natta catalyst has been fully elucidated by 1H and 13C-NMR spectroscopy. 2D NMR techniques have been applied in order to assign all the NMR resonances to the structures of the PBP investigated. The NMR spectra show that the most regular PBP structure is obtained by radiation-induced polymerization followed by the free radical initiated polymerization. The most defective structure has been observed in the case of PBP prepared by cationic mechanism over a Friedel-Crafts catalyst. The discussion accounts for different types of defects and cross-links present in the PBPs investigated whose fundamental structure is based on the p-menthene repeating unit. NMR self-diffusion measurements have been performed to evaluate the molecular weight of all the PBP investigated. The highest molecular weight (2600 Dalton) was found in the case of PBP prepared by Ziegler-Natta catalyst, while the lowest molecular weight was found in the case of PBP prepared by radiation-induced polymerization (about 1000 Dalton).


It's well known that Deontology and Utilitarianism are tw o basic thoughts about Western modern ethic theory with different ethical ideolo gies, standards and implications. We can find the thought imprints and conflicts and combinations of them in modern ecological ethics. So, how to overcome the a ntagonism between them is of an important task in modern ecological ethics.


Media server machine can be configured to provide media content in the data stream. This data stream can be provided to the configuration media device to present the media content on the display. In addition, this data stream can include an "application synchronization indicator" of media content at the same time. App sync indicator to launch the application on a companion device is a data structure to send a signal to the media device. App synchronization indicator, by providing media content simultaneously in the data stream, starting the application on the companion device can be synchronized with the media content. App synchronization indicator, it is possible to specify the application to be started. Also, application synchronization indicator on a companion device, is presented by the activated application can specify a refill contents. .FIELD 1


Incomplete occlusion of fallopian tube is a common cause for fallopian tubal infertility. However, the spontaneous intrauterine pregnancy rate may be increased after the patients receive appropriate diagnosis and treatment. Laparoscopy combined with hysteroscopy has been regarded to be a golden standard for diagnosis and treatment of fallopian tubal infertility, but its clinical application has been markedly limited due to its invasiveness and great expense. As the first-line screening technique, hysterosalpingography has been widely used to evaluate the fallopian tube patency. Selective salpingography and fallopian tube recanalization are more superior to hysterosalpingography in diagnosing and treating incomplete occlusion of fallopian tube. Selective salpingography and fallopian tube recanalization can even be on a par with laparoscopy, and moreover, can dynamically observe the fallopian tube function as well. As a safe and economical technique with fewer side-effects, selective salpingography plus fallopian tube recanalization has been more widely employed in clinical practice. (J Intervent Radiol, 2011, 20: 669-672)


60 Each chapter of this book covers a part of basic probability theory, most of the time using as illustrative examples poker hands that are famous among poker players, which makes the book entertaining to read. Chapter 1 deals with Kolmogorov's axiomatic and shortly digresses into the actual meaning of probability in a way that was new to me. Like all the chapters of the book, it ends up with a couple of poker-based exercises. The first illustrative hand of the book is, in my opinion, particularly well chosen, since it features a decision worth several millions of dollars that can be mathematically solved in a simple way using basic probability theory, which is discussed throughout the book. I think it could be a good starting point for discussing utility function in a different work. Chapter 2 focuses on counting examples. I have to admit that all the combinatorics examples I got as a student were kind of dry and unappealing, whereas the poker frame renders the whole chapter entertaining to read. Some of the questions solved in this chapter turn out to be surprisingly challenging (What is the probability that Ace-King offsuits splits with Ace-Queen offsuit all in preflop? What is the probability of flopping the unbreakable nuts (left as an exercise)?), even if the solutions just involve basic mathematical arguments. Chapter 3 is devoted to conditional probability and independence. Poker examples of independence become, in this case, more linked to different dealt hands, which like the different outcomes of a die flip, are supposed to be independent. The author provides numerous examples of dependence, as well (e.g., What is the probability that the player next to me has AA given that I was dealt A7o?). Chapter 4 deals with the fundamental notions of expected value and variance, which translates into expected profit a player gets from a hand when facing a zero or one decision (call for all his chips or fold) and knowing the opponent's cards. This is the longest chapter of the book, and rightfully so. The examples are generally well chosen (e.g., the author investigates whether Wasicka would have had to call in the first hand of the book, the answer being yes if one focuses purely on the expected numbers of chips, then more purely poker considerations play a huge role in this decision, prize scale of the tournament in particular). The author discusses both the influences of luck and skill in poker. Although this section is interesting from a poker player's point of view (I never heard about this kind of computation before), this particular section is of less interest to the undergraduate student. Chapter 5 introduces discrete random variables and defines the standard ones (Bernoulli, binomial, geometric, Poisson). It also shows the convergence in law of the binomial variable with parameter (n, /n) as n → ∞ to a Poisson of parameter . Poker examples become more scarce, but still interesting and pertinent. Chapter 6 focuses on continuous random variables. The author introduces density and the straightforward extensions of variance and expectation from the discrete case. He then defines the uniform density, using it to discuss basic examples issued from game theory due to Von Neumann and Morgenstern (and developed much more in Chen and Ankenmann's The Mathematics of Poker). Exponential, normal, and Pareto's densities are explored with more purely poker-based examples. Let us note that the exercises are much less poker-based than in the previous chapters, mainly because it is not as easy to link continuous random variables to relevant poker questions. Chapter 7 deals with collections of random variables, beginning with expectation and variance of the sum of random variables. The author follows with the notion of conditional expectation, which he explains well. (I remember struggling with the intuition of this notion when I was a student.) Then, the weak and strong laws of large numbers are discussed, the weak one being the only one to be proved. It follows a fascinating discussion on Sklansky's well-known Fundamental Theorem of Poker, which I particularly enjoyed and whose conclusion is that the relevance of probability theory in the poker framework should not be overestimated (poker being a game). Once again, I am not totally convinced by this digression in the framework of a basic probability book. The book then focuses on the Central Limit Theorem, its natural statistical counterpart, the notion of confidence intervals, and the estimation of the win rate of a player. The chapter ends with the introduction of random walks and their most famous properties (the reflection principle, the ballot theorem, the arcsine law, and Kelly's criterion) without poker examples (but these seem to be challenging to get in this context). Introduction to Probability with Texas Hold 'Em Examples


The development and analysis of interconnects in inhomogeneous structures such as very large scale integration chips, printed circuit boards, and multichip modules are essential for next-generation electronic products. In this paper, we illustrate fast and sufficiently accurate computation of capacitance matrices of multilayered and multiconductor interconnects applying finite element method. We specifically design three-conductor transmission lines interconnect with three dielectric layers, and twelve-conductor transmission lines interconnect with five dielectric layers. Comparison of our numerical results with some other published data shows good agreement.


The Zaporozhian Cossacks lived in the lands at the Black Sea and they often organized military expeditions against Turkey and the Crimean Khanate. The article examines an episode of their military history when the Polish kingdom tried to use Cossacks as a naval force in the Baltic region. They were supposed to fight here against Sweden that threatened the Baltic possessions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the reign of the kings Sigismund III and Wladyslaw IV. There exists not a little source evidence on their staying at the Baltic Sea and their military actions. A special fleet of ships called "chaikas" was built for the Cossacks. It was based in Konigsberg and in 1635 it dealt a blow to the Swedish fleet near the fortress of Pillau. However, this success has not been developed because the appearance of an unusual enemy at the Baltic impelled Sweden to be more compliant in negotiations and conclude the truce of Sturmsdorf that was profitable for Poland. As a result, the Cossack campaign to the Baltic remained only as an episode in the naval history of the Zaporozhian Cossacks.


A field experiment was used to study the effects of plant growth regulators and manganese sulfate on the growth and development and grain yield of winter wheat.The result showed that the treatment of MnSO4 and nitrogen fertilizer increased the number of tillers per plant,and the treatments with paclobutrazol addition decreased the height of winter wheat.The treatments of different combinations of the plant growth regulators and MnSO4 nutrient increased the areas of leaf and the content of chlorophyll(SPAD value) in leaves,the effect of the treatment of PP333(paclobutrazol)+ MnSO4 +Gb(glycine betaine) was more significant than other treatments.Compared to the treatment with water soaking treatment,the treatments of PP333+MnSO4+Gb and PP333+MnSO4 also increased the grain yield of wheat by 1014.7 kg/hm2 and 640.5 kg/hm2,respectively.It is concluded that the plant growth regulators and nutrients could improve the yield of winter wheat.


Religious education is education that gived knowledge and forms attitude, personality and in practicing religious teaching conducted in their ife. Theta three religious adhered by Mendowo people , they are Islam, Hindu, and christian. The eople conducted their religious activities in harmony though they adhere different religion. The research result shows that such religious education in Mendowo village as routinely reitation in mosque, dzikir, weekely reitation door to door, giving place for learning alqu'an in each village. It is for Islam. For Hindu, there are legenan, pasraman, and pacalang. Cristian has sunday school in church, door to door worship done in Thrusday which is called spiritial worshipers. The harmony between the ummah can proved by together in worship on the village celebration, helping each other in the moment of holiday each religion, and community self-help on the house building, street, grave, and village.


The paper investigates TCP-friendly video streaming over wireless channel using forward-error-correction (FEC). A FEC scheme is used as an intra-protection control based on Hamming code. Coded BPSK scheme is applied over AWGN wireless channel to be robust against frequent packet loss. For this purpose, we propose variable frame rate based on TCP-friendly rate control (VFR-TCP) model. The model estimates the predicted frame rate for MPEG video streaming. Quality of service (QoS) is also accounted for the predicted quantizer scale Q if the network throughput is assumed to be equal the available bandwidth. Simulation results show that the VFR-TCP model increases tolerance to packet loss due to channel bit errors and achieves a good quality


It plays an important role to understand the principle of compiler to analysis deeply and complement the procedures of lexical analysis and syntax analysis. Designing a lexical analysis class and a syntax analysis class by using object-oriented technology deepens the understanding of compile technology, and supplies a chance to train programming.


: Introduction: Vitamin B12 is an important nutrient that the body uses to serve as a cofactor in many main cell reactions. Cobalamin, in combination with folate, is necessary for DNA synthesis in cells that undergo rapid turnover, such as haematopoietic and enteric lining cells. Increased homocysteine, reduced methionine, and impaired tetrahydrofolate formation are the physiological effects of either of the above nutrients deficiency. Material & Methods: Quantitative research approach will be adopted in current research study, Non experimental descriptive research design will be used in this study. Research study for this study was Neurological OPD and hospitalize patient in bansur hospital, Bansur. Sample size was 40 patient at Bansur Hospital OPD. Result: The results obtained were considered statistically significant at 5 percent level of significance (p ≤ 0.05). Data was presented in the form of tables, graphs and diagrams. Discussion: Present studies assess the prevalence and clinical spectrum of vitamin b-12 deficiency in a cohort of patient presenting with neurological disorders in tertiary care hospital of Rajasthan.


Deep learning-based object detectors have driven notable progress in multi-object tracking algorithms. Yet, current tracking methods mainly focus on simple, regular motion patterns in pedestrians or vehicles. This leaves a gap in tracking algorithms for targets with nonlinear, irregular motion, like athletes. Additionally, relying on the Kalman filter in recent tracking algorithms falls short when object motion defies its linear assumption. To overcome these issues, we propose a novel online and robust multi-object tracking approach named deep ExpansionIoU (Deep-EIoU), which focuses on multi-object tracking for sports scenarios. Unlike conventional methods, we abandon the use of the Kalman filter and leverage the iterative scale-up ExpansionIoU and deep features for robust tracking in sports scenarios. This approach achieves superior tracking performance without adopting a more robust detector, all while keeping the tracking process in an online fashion. Our proposed method demonstrates remarkable effectiveness in tracking irregular motion objects, achieving a score of 77.2% HOTA on the SportsMOT dataset and 85.4% HOTA on the SoccerNet-Tracking dataset. It outperforms all previous state-of-the-art trackers on various large-scale multi-object tracking benchmarks, covering various kinds of sports scenarios.


We report on measurements of the hole density, ferromagnetic transition temperature TC, and magnetization in a series of as-grown and annealed (Ga,Mn)As samples. Estimating the fraction of incorporated Mn occupying interstitial and substitutional sites allows a direct comparison of the predictions of mean field theory with experiment, and a determination of the magnetic moment per substitutional Mn. The saturation of TC at high Mn concentration is consistent with the mean field prediction. The estimated magnetic moment per Mn is close to the expected 5μB for all samples studied if an antiferromagnetic coupling between interstitial and substitutional Mn is assumed.