The traditional study of reproducing systems involves the Gabor systems, that are generated by the action of translations and modulations on a single or flnite family of functions in L 2 (R n ), and the a-ne systems, where the dilations are used rather than the modulations. In this paper, we show that the interplay of all three operators yield a wide variate of reproducing systems, and we employ the term wave packet systems, which has been used by other authors, to describe those function systems generated by the combined action of a class of translations, modulations and dilations on a flnite family of functions. We will examine in detail both the continuous and discrete versions of these systems. We shall show that these systems can be studied by using a unifled approach that the authors have developed in some of their previous work. 1. Preliminaries


Low international EAP test scores of technology lecturers of an IT institute in a remote area of Indonesia has become long the problem. This study explored EAP learning methods enabling 39.58% of the lecturers to reach international EAP test score to at least CEFR level B2 using the methods. An open questionnaire and semi structured interviews were used to collect the data. The data were analyzed using content analysis. The main finding shows Personalized Learning in a Communication Teaching Language (CLT) way integrated with Web 2.0. technology based on Heutagogy approach has been proven to be the appropriate learning framework for the lecturers whose EAP test scores have been lower than CEFR level B2. This study may contribute to the production of a future way of learning EAP, helping EFL learners in general to increase their EAP test score to at least CEFR level


This paper provides an overview of IEEE 1609.4, a work in progress standard for multi-channel operations over the 5.9GHz Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) spectrum. In the U.S., the DSRC spectrum is organized into several channels. IEEE 1609.4 defines a time-division scheme for DSRC radios to alternately switch within these channels to support different applications concurrently. We describe the main features of IEEE 1609.4 in detail and discuss the main concerns with the original protocol design. In particular, we focus on those issues that can have a significant impact on vehicle safety communications. While IEEE 1609.4 is currently being updated and revised, this paper is intended to contribute to the technical discussions, and to bring attention to the most relevant and critical issues. This paper also contains results from software simulations conducted to study vehicle safety communications under stressful but realistic conditions. These results confirm concerns for the currently proposed scheme and provide a motivation for updating and revising the standard.


Calculations for inclusive J/psi production in Upsilon decay through the color-octet mechanisms b\bar b[^3S_1, 1] -> c \bar c[^{2s+1}L_J, 8] + g are presented. It is shown that these O(alpha^5_sv^4_c) contributions compete with other color-octet mechanisms considered in the literature. A critical numerical analysis of the color-octet contributions to Upsilon -> J/psi + X shows that further work in this channel, both theoretical and experimental, is necessary in order to clearly understand the significance of the color-octet component of the c \bar c component inside the J/psi system.


Post dural puncture headache (PDPH) is a known side effect following spinal anesthesia occurring in 2.5-40% of patients, it typically starts after 2 days but may be delayed up to 2 weeks and almost resolves spontaneously within a few days. Classic symptoms of PDPH consist of photophobia, nausea, vomiting, neck stiffness, tinnitus, diplopia and dizziness.

 The aim of the study is to know if the neostigmine and atropine can improve PDPH treatment when added to conventional management after cesarean sections.

 After obtaining approval from research ethics committee of Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University and after obtaining informed written consents from the patients. The study was conducted in the operating theaters of Ain Shams University Hospitals. The study period was 6 months after approval of the protocol, computer generated simple randomization. Patients with PDPH and a VAS < 5 were randomly allocated to receive either: Group 1: Slow intravenous injection with 20 µg/Kg neostigmine and 10 µg/Kg atropine in 20 ml 0.9% Saline given over 5 minutes every 8 hours up to 72 hours, Group 2: 20 ml of 0.9% saline intravenous every 8 hours.

 In this study, we compared the efficacy of neostigmine versus placebo (Both groups received the conventional management) in treating the PDPH, All of the 2 groups (neostigmine and Placebo) were effective in lowering VAS scores at 24, 48 and 72 h after headache's onset but neostigmine alleviated the pain more effectively and with rapid onset. The mean VAS score was significantly lower in neostigmine group compared with other group 6, 12, 24, 36, 48 and 72 h after start of medications (p < 0.001 for all of them) Placebo group 6, 12, 24, 36, 48, and 72 h (p < 0.001 for all of them). This may cause the drug to be one of the potential new drug therapies for such distressing condition, especially with its different mechanism of action that differs from other drugs.

 Neostigmine/atropine was effective in treating PDPH after only 2 doses. Neostigmine can pass the choroid plexus but not the blood–brain barrier. The central effects of both drugs influence both cerebrospinal fluid secretion and cerebral vascular tone, which are the primary pathophysiological changes in PDPH. The results are consistent with previous studies and clinical reports of neostigmine activity.


As a kind of online learning, micro-lectures are getting more and more extensive research and practical application in domestic and foreign colleges and universities. According to the new requirements of higher education teaching reform, this paper focuses on the professional curriculum setting and teaching characteristics of colleges and universities, from the composition of micro-lectures, the necessity of application in micro-lectures, the precautions in the construction of micro-lectures, and the requirements for teachers' information application ability are analyzed, and finally the countermeasures to promote the construction and application of micro-lectures resources in colleges and universities are obtained, hoping to provide reference for related research.


The authors provide a method of determining the distance to location of the single-phase earth faults in networks with an isolated or compensated neutral. Determination of distance to fault location in medium voltage networks is a complex task in technical terms because of the strong and extensive network and large transient resistance values at the fault location. High accuracy of the proposed method is based on the voltage resonance phenomenon. There is a significant increase in current in the resonance mode, which is a reliable sign of the fault location. Resonance is provided with applying a high frequency current from an additional source of sinusoidal voltage connected to the mains. The distance to the location of the single-phase ground fault in this case is proportional to the length of the test signal wavelength. The principles of practical realization of the device for determining the distance to the fault location are presented. The developed method has been tested in a real power network. Tests have proved stability and accuracy of the determination of the distance to location of the single-phase ground fault at different values of transient resistance in the fault location.


Inter-layer coupling between multilayer waveguides was demonstrated using a hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) grating couplers. The grating couplers consist of two vertically stacked waveguides sandwiched by metal mirrors. An enhancement of the coupling efficiency was observed by introducing metal mirrors.


Objective To study therapeutic value of bi-level positive airway pressure(BIPAP) ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with respiratory failure type Ⅱ.Methods 60 patients were divided into control group(oxygen inhalation by nasal tube combined medication) and treatment group(therapeutic schedule of control group combined BIPAP),and therapeutic effects were compared in two groups.Results Before BIPAP therapy,there was no difference in age,disturbance of consciousness,blood gas analysis and heart rate between two groups.7 days after BIPAP therapy,arterial partial pressure of oxygen ascended and arterial carbon dioxide tension decreased in both groups,but improvement of blood gas analysis in treatment group was better than that in control group.Conclusion BIPAP ventilation is an effective therapy in patients with COPD with respiratory failure type Ⅱ,and it is worthy of clinic application.


The purpose of this master's thesis is to find out in which ways a group of first generation immigrants use Swedish papers and magazines in a public library and which information needs this group h ...


An old but not well‐known formal method is detailed and used to obtain the symmetrized stress‐energy tensor from Noether's theorem applied to Poincare‐covariant Lagrangian field theories. A variation in a standard method is presented and used to obtain the corresponding canonical stress‐energy tensor, valid in arbitrary curvilinear coordinates, in the limit of Lorentz metric. These two tensors are shown to be equal, in each case, for scalar, Maxwell, Dirac spinor, coupled Maxwell‐Dirac, and vector (non‐Maxwell) Lagrangian field theories.


Objective To explore the regularity of variation of the injured cartilage after intra-articular fracture. Methods Intra-articular fracture was induced by an impact to the rabbit knee joint. Autoradiography, light and scanning electron microscopy were applied to study the changes of morphology and synthesizing function of the injured cartilage in different intervals from 1 week to 6 months after intra-articular fracture. Results The number of chondrocytes in the injured cartilage reduced dramatically and the residual chondrocytes failed to incorporate tritiated proline 2 weeks after the fracture. One month later, assembling chondrocytes were present and a part of chondrocytes could incorporate proline. Form 3 to 6 months, there were few residual chondrocytes in the injured cartilage. Assembling chondrocytes were strikingly apparent, and some chondrocytes demonstrated inability to uptake proline. The cartilage cracks weren't repaired. The cartilaginous surface became coarse and fibrillated, and began to flake off. There were double tidemarks above the calcified cartilage. Conclusion The injury to the cartilage induced by intra-articular fracture is probably irreversible, and deterioration is progressive. This may be one of the causes of inducing traumatic osteoarthritis.


Sicard, Gally, and Haguenau (1926) first described cases of the condition now known as osteitis condensans ilii. The name of the disease was introduced by Bairsony and Polgair (1928), who recorded fifteen cases; they considered it to be a specific clinical entity, the lesion being found on radiological examination of the lumbo-sacral area, and the essential feature being dense sclerosis in the iliac bone, adjacent to the lower part of the sacroiliac joint.


This case report describes a patient with a rare cerebrovascular pathology — Moyamoya disease. The disease was manifested by acute hemorrhagic stroke.


When classical music is used on a movie soundtrack, it is a safe bet that most members of the audience will neither be able to identify it nor, as they say, identify with it. Even at its most expressive or impassioned, classical music today carries a distinct charge of historical distance formost listeners. The cultural marginality responsible for this distance may be cause for regret, but the distance itself should not be. A sense of its positive value is one of the underpinnings of this paper. The question I want to ask is, What happens when a film made in the 1990s, based on a novel written in the 1870s, uses music composed in the 1820s to negotiate historically specific spaces of social, personal, and sexual desire? What does happen will prove not only to remap those spaces but also—in its own good time—to register recent cultural tendencies that go well beyond the immediate topics broached by the names of Campion, James, and Schubert. The role of music in this process is more prominent than usual, or at least than usually acknowledged, in Campion's film. But that role is also indicative—not only of the semantic power of music in cinema, so often underestimated, but also of the logic by which this power operates. The operation involves far more than the mere appropriation of music in a cinematic context. It depends on the unfolding, within the film, of cultural meanings and resonances that—in an intelligible sense—have always already belonged to the music even if they have not previously been actualized.


The problem of controlling an integral process with dead time is addressed in this paper. In particular, various practical issues concerned with the controller implementation are discussed and then verified with experiments carried out on a laboratory-scale setup where a level control problem is concerned. A comparison with a standard Proportional-Integral (PI) controller is also performed.


Hypothesis Increased Na + -K + adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) activity in skeletal muscle during sepsis is caused by transient increases in enzyme content within the plasma membrane. Design Randomized controlled study. Setting University laboratory. Intervention Eighty-eight adult male Wistar rats were randomly assigned to undergo cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) or sham operation. Main Outcome Measures Gastrocnemius muscles were harvested 6, 12, 24, and 48 hours after operation and Na + -K + ATPase activities were measured spectrofluorimetrically. Messenger RNA (mRNA) levels for the α1 and α2 isoforms of Na + -K + ATPase were determined by Northern blot analysis. Crude membranes, internal membranes, and purified plasma membranes were isolated from gastrocnemius muscles and protein levels of α1 and α2 isoforms were determined by Western blot analysis. Results Na + -K + ATPase activity in the CLP group was significantly higher compared with the sham group 24 hours after operation ( P + -K + ATPase α1 and α2 isoforms. Western blot analysis revealed that the plasma membrane (but not internal membrane or crude membrane) content of α2 and α1 isoforms from the CLP group was significantly increased compared with the sham group 24 hours after operation ( P Conclusions Na + -K + ATPase activity increases 24 hours after CLP in gastrocnemius muscle and then declines. This increase is caused by increased Na + -K + ATPase protein levels in the plasma membrane.


We study a model of a semiflexible long chain polymer confined to a two-dimensional slit of width $w$, and interacting with the walls of the slit. The interactions with the walls are controlled by Boltzmann weights $a$ and $b$, and the flexibility of the polymer is controlled by another Boltzmann weight $c$. This is a simple model of the steric stabilisation of colloidal dispersions by polymers in solution. We solve the model exactly and compute various quantities in $(a,b,c)$-space, including the free energy and the force exerted by the polymer on the walls of the slit. In some cases these quantities can be computed exactly for all $w$, while for others only asymptotic expressions can be found. Of particular interest is the zero-force surface -- the manifold in $(a,b,c)$-space where the free energy is independent of $w$, and the loss of entropy due to confinement in the slit is exactly balanced by the energy gained from interactions with the walls.


The present investigation was conducted at Regional Horticultural Research Station, ASPEE College of Horticulture and Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, during the year 2003–2004 to study the influence of GA3 and CCC on growth and flowering of tuberose Cv. 'Single'. The treatments comprised three different concentration of GA3 (100,200 and 300 mg/l) and CCC (0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 ml/l) with three methods of application (bulbs dipping, spraying and dipping + spraying). Application of GA3 200 mg/l (dipping + spraying) was found to be most effective in improving the growth, flowering, quality and yield characteristics of tuberose.


A z-coordinate Modular Ocean Model (herein after referred as MOM3) has been implemented for global domain forced by NCEP/NCAR wind stress climatologies and executed for twenty five years. Several results of interest were analysed mainly for Southern Indian Ocean (SIO) (60°S-10°N, 30°E-120°E) including Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) region of Southern Ocean (SO) from the output of the above model. The fidelity of the model is examined for varieties of phenomenon viz: surface elevation, horizontal circulations/vertical velocities at sub-surface, property transport including statistical estimation of Sea Surface Temperature (SST). The Results indicate that model produces strong variability of vertical velocity in the deeper ocean showing inability of z level model for bottom boundary layer correctly whereas the strength of the subsurface currents decays in comparison to the preceding depth circulation. It is noticed that in the upper ocean, the zonal transports are eastwards that may directly follow the surface currents. Statistical analyses include the estimation of model Error (ME), Correlation Coefficient (CC) denoted by R and Skill Score (SS) between model & observed SST data and result showing high correlation (R=0.94) with ME between 0 to 1C. CC and SS suggests the success of model up to some extent. As seen from the R values, which are close to 1 over most of the model domain, is thought to be SST is simulated well.


The paper investigates how energy-intensive industries respond to the recent government-led carbon emission schemes through the content analysis of 306 annual and standalone reports of 25 UK listed companies from 2004 to 2012. This period of reporting captures the trend and development of corporate disclosures on carbon emissions after the launch of EU Emissions Trading Schemes (ETS) and Climate Change Act (CCA) 2008. It is found that in corresponding to strategic legitimacy theory, there is an increase in both the quality and quantity of carbon disclosures as a response to these initiatives. However, the change is gradual, which reflects in the achievement of peak disclosure period two years after the launch. It indicates that the new legislations have a lasting impact on the discourses rather than an immediate legitimacy threat from the perspective of institutional legitimacy theory. The results also show that carbon disclosures are an institutionalised practice as companies in the same industries and/or with same carbon trading account status appear to imitate and adopt the industry's 'best practice' disclosure strategy to maintain legitimacy. The trend analysis suggests that the overall disclosure practice is still in its infant stage, especially in the reporting of quantitative and monetary items. The paper contributes to the social and environmental accounting literature by adopting both strategic and institutional view of legitimacy, which explains why carbon disclosures evolve in a specific way to meet the expectation of various stakeholders.


We live in a technology-driven world, where information communication technology (ICT) is increasingly affordable, obtainable and accessible to all technology users, especially to school learners. Information communication technologies (ICTs) include a wide range of devices such as mobile phones, internet access, tablets and desktops. More and more school learners are exposed to ICT devices at school, at home and among friends. Besides being used for social purposes, these devices greatly assist school learners with education. However, a number of disadvantages in the form of risks and threats also prevail if learners do not protect themselves and their personal information. ICT or online risks are a cause for growing concern, and awareness and education are urgently required to ensure that school learners understand the risks and threats and how to avoid them. A number of countries have already started to focus on online safety, but South Africa is numbered among those that are falling behind. This paper investigates the current online safety situation of high school learners in South Africa. A number of short- and long-term initiatives are proposed for incorporating online safety into the school environment in an effort to improve online safety among school learners in South Africa.


The matrix equation X+A*X -2A=I is studied.Some necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a positive definite solution of this equation are derived.Based on them,some properties of the coefficient matrix A are presented when the matrix equation has a positive definite solution.


This item is a preprint and has not yet undergone peer review.Training aids have been used by sport coaches to
help with the development of sport-specific skills. In racket and club sports, gripping
the handle is an integral skill that requires specific expertise from instructors
in the given sport to ensure that an athlete can execute strokes to either
prevent injury or optimise performance. However, the effectiveness of training
aids in the development of sport-specific motor skills is unknown. Therefore, the
objective of this review is to provide an overview of the use of training aids for
skill development in adolescent athletes in racket and club sports.


The Basque economy faces the continual challenge of moving forward in its productive transformation. However, are there any single recipes? Does it make sense to apply the same policies to fi rms, sectors or territories alike? Based on the Economy of Innovation, which argues that productive transformation requires tailor-made answers, the 2015 Basque Country Competitiveness Report looks into the competitive behaviour of the different realms on which policies for productive transformation are applied. For this it analyses the competitive situation of the Basque Country; delving into factors such as size or ownership that clearly affect the behaviour and results of fi rms; considering sectors and clusters and examining the three thematic priorities set by the PCTI-2020 (Basque Government's 2020 Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation): advanced manufacturing, energy and biosciences-health. Keeping in mind the importance of the territory in productive transformation processes, it also includes analyses on a provincial, county and municipal level. Lastly it positions the Basque Country with regards to the international state of the art in competitiveness policies, identifying critical challenges to assure that these policies are capable of effectively supporting the current and future strategies of the territory.


The features and the need for management of housing and communal structures of cities to improve the efficiency of their operation. The implementation of the control elements of the infrastructure of modern cities through the economic knowledge of the nature and content management systems , establishment of laws and the sources of the formation and operation of control systems in the housing sector .


Improved fuzzy AHP is used to determine the status and role of factors in the reliable indicators distribution system and the fuzzy weights of the relationship among them, the fuzzy membership function matrix elements and relative proportion of reliability levels among the subsystems can be obtained by using the weighted average method and finally get the distribution of the system reliability indices. Taking the three-point-supporting transmission chain as an example to distribute the reliability of transmission chain system is a reasonable solution to fuzzy decision problems in the process of the distributing system reliability and provides a scientific foundation for optimal allocation of the reliability of the transmission chain.


A generalization of the effective Hamiltonian method (EFH) proposed in [1, 2] is developed for all SR groups and for the case of "strongly interacting levels". Such an approach makes it possible to calculate the relative transition components in the framework of a semi-empirical method. The proposed EFH method is based on the use of eigenfunctions the zeroth-order Hamiltonian. This yields the possibility to evaluate the EFH parameters any order of the perturbation theory. The second part of the paper is devoted to the development of the EFH method for the calculation of the energy spectrum of a pair of coupled impurity ions in crystals.

[Russian Text Ignored].


Though governments and research institutions are giving more consideration than ever to the regenerative prospects of the circular economy, efficient solutions are still in need. A perfunctory look at the numbers shows some unsustainable and troubling math. It has been estimated that growing global consumer demands will require the natural resources of two Earths by the year 2030. Creating a circular economy that can meet those demands in the face of resource scarcity requires more than creating products from recycled plastic or building sustainable homes and offices © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the cross-lagged relationships between academic procrastination and test anxiety. A sample of Chinese adolescents from a high school in Changsha City, HuNan Province, China participated in this study. The participants completed the Aitken Procrastination Inventory and the Test Anxiety Scale at two times during a semester. Pearson correlation analysis showed academic procrastination and test anxiety to be positively correlated. Cross-lagged panel analyses demonstrated that academic procrastination at Time 1 predicted test anxiety at Time 2, while test anxiety at Time 1 did not predict academic procrastination at Time 2. Within the limits of the design, we found that academic procrastination may lead to an increase in test anxiety, but test anxiety did not predict the future level of academic procrastination. It is recognised that the relationship between anxiety and procrastination is complicated. It is suggested that a focus on interventions for academic procrastination may help to reduce students' test anxiety, but not necessarily vice versa.


Depending on the fields and actors involved, dignity may involve, signify, and encompass different meanings. This fundamental right can be subjectively experienced and rooted in a person's perception of being treated and cared for. Care refers to a set of specific activities combined in a complex life-sustaining network, including long-term Care, which involves various services designed to meet a person's health or personal care needs. However, older residents' human rights have been disrespected and widened the gaps between theory and practice regarding the precarious protection of their rights and dignity inside long-term facilities and nursing homes. This paper aims to discuss threats to dignity and elucidate some strategies to promote and conserve dignity in care, including the person-centered practice in long-term care. Some barriers to the dignity of older residents involve the organizational culture, restraints of time, heavy workload, burnout, and lack of partnership between the residents, their families, and the long-term care homes' staff. Person-centered integrated care quality frameworks are core components of a good quality of care in these spaces in high-income countries. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted how weak long-term care policies were and demonstrated that much progress in the dignity of care in long-term care facilities and nursing homes is needed. In low- and middle-income countries, long-term care policies do not accompany the accelerated and intense aging process, and there are other threats, like their invisibility to the public sector and the prejudices about this service model. It's urgent to create strategies for designing and implementing sustainable and equitable long- term care systems based on a person-centered service with dignity to everyone who needs it.


The essay reconstructs from fragments the image of royal
representation through visual arts of Sigismund as the King of
Bohemia


The behavior of the nuclear matter response in the region of large momentum transfer, in which plane wave impulse approximation predicts the onset of y-scaling, is discussed. The theoretical analysis shows that scaling violations produced by final state interactions are driven by the momentum dependence of the nucleon-nucleon scattering cross section.
Their study may provide valuable information on possible modifications of nucleon-nucleon scattering in the nuclear medium.


CNC machining is based on the popularity of CNC machining technology mechanical engineering theory of technical courses. This paper analyzes the basis of my school teaching in the process of machining problems, and proposed to improve the quality of NC machining based teaching approaches and methods.


The literature acknowledges the relationship between the study of biological systems and that of social and technological systems. However, while the relationship between the two seems to offer valuable insights, there has been little literature on how insights from the research on information behavior of cells can inform the research of organizational IS. Reflecting this literature gap, the objective of this preliminary Research-in-Progress paper is to raise an awareness of possible new insights from biological IS, as well as to demonstrate how such insights might be incorporated into organizational IS research. In this paper we suggest a few directions for progress that may be interest to IS researchers and illustrate it by exploring one specific example: information overload, which is an issue faced by both biological and organizational IS. By drawing on the similarities and differences between biological and organizational IS, potential information practices to address information overload are explored, using the concept of Information Thresholds.


In this article, I intend to show how Thomas More's use of a seemingly obscure episode from Livy's Ab Urbe Condita in his Apology provides important insights into the major themes of the polemical ...


Traditional refractometry of bulk transmissive optical materials is usually restricted to the lossless case where the material can be completely characterized by a real index of refraction. This paper is concerned with the measurement of both the real and the imaginary parts of the index of refraction (i.e., including any loss) using a single prism-shaped specimen of homogeneous material. The normal-incidence configuration is analyzed and discussed in this paper because of its mathematical simplicity compared to the minimum-deviation configuration. The measurement of the imaginary part of the index of refraction (i.e., loss) is practical when the longest and shortest optical paths through the prism differ by an absorption length or more. The measurement of the real part of the index can ignore loss and still be accurate to better than one part per million if the power absorption length in the prism material is longer than 60 wavelengths in that material. An equation to determine the real part of the index of refraction is given when the loss must be taken into consideration.


The article is devoted to the problem of formation of approaches and assessments of the Chinese crisis of 1931 in the US press; it is based on the materials of both Democratic and Republican press of the USA. The materials of the American press of 1931 dedicated to the search for the most efficient optimal strategy of building relations with China and Japan demonstrate a steady interest of American mass media towards negative and positive experience of Asianpolicy. In the course of a difficult search of an optimal view on crisis, several polar points of view were formulated in the American press. A study of daily newspapers and analytical magazines in the United States shows that in the fall of 1931 two approaches to the «Chinese incident» were formed: isolationist and internationalist. In the fall of 1931, the US periodicals did not yet have the idea of "saving China", which became popular during the second Sino-Japanese war. The journalists and editors viewed a tacit and indirect support for the Japanese claims as only significant model for solving the «China problem». Thus, the study of the positions of the major American press and the most prominent journalists is important for understanding how the USA, after the Chinese crisis, gradually realized its place in the new system of international relations. In addition, the press shows how the United States planned to develop interaction with the warring states in the Pacific Ocean.


Dense deployment of small cell base stations (SBSs) powered by renewable energy is spotlighted as a solution of the increasing demand of communication services. How to utilize renewable energy efficiently under the temporal change of traffic loads is a brand new challenge. In this paper, we design real-time controllers for cell zooming, that is, to determine transmission power and activation/deactivation of energy harvesting SBSs. The proposed method maximizes the total number of accommodated users, considering the remaining energies of batteries. First, we solve a problem of finding a number of active SBSs that maximizes energy efficiency with full accommodation of active users. Then, we apply model predictive control to the real-time computation of an optimal transmission power. Moreover, we present an explicit formula of an approximate optimal transmission power, by simplifying the proposed method. Numerical simulations illustrate that the proposed method achieves high performance on energy efficiency with low computational effort, compared with a Q-learning-based approach.


The autonomic nervous system has a role in regulating gastrointestinal function and blood pressure (BP) homeostasis, with alterations in autonomic function (AF) being implicated in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes (1) and as an indicator of cardiovascular disease (2) . Consequently, AF assessment is widely used to characterise participant cohorts, or detect effects of interventions aiming to improve these chronic diseases. As part of a wider study, AF was measured in 33 healthy adults (18 – 60y; 20F:13M) in the morning after an overnight fast ( ∼ 8am; PRE) and in the post-absorptive state 4 h after a 75 g oral glucose challenge ( ∼ 1pm; POST). To optimise the design of future studies, the present sub-study assessed whether systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP), mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR) when semi- recumbent, and after 1 and 2 minutes of standing, were similar PRE and POST (assessed using an automated oscillometric device). Data are expressed as the median [25th-75th percentile range] or effect size. Females (22 [19 – 27] y) were younger than males (27 [23 – 47] y; P < 0.05), but BMI was not different (24 [21-30] vs. 24 [23-27] kg/m 2 respectively). PRE, semi-recumbent SBP (114 [106-130] vs. 123 [116-129] mmHg; P = 0.078), DBP (66 [64-77] vs. 76 [69-79] mmHg; P = 0.062) and MAP (84 [81-93] vs. 91 [88-97] mmHg; P = 0.053) tended to be lower in females, with HR being higher (71 [67-79] vs. 57 [52-66] BPM; P < 0.001). Across the 2-minute stand, SBP and MAP did not change from semi-recumbent values, although DBP (P < 0.005) and HR (P < 0.001) increased; DBP at 1 and 2 minutes being +3.0 and +1.7 mmHg respectively, with HR being +12 and +11 BPM at these timepoints. These responses to standing did not differ between sexes. Compared to PRE, semi-recumbent SBP and HR in females were not different POST, but DBP (-3.8 mmHg; P < 0.05) and MAP (-2.8 mmHg; P < 0.05) were lower. In males, semi-recumbent HR was similar POST, but SBP (-6.7 mmHg; P < 0.05), DBP (-7.5 mmHg; P < 0.001) and MAP (-6.5 mmHg; P < 0.005) were lower, with reduction in DBP tending to be (P = 0.074), and MAP being greater than in females (P < 0.05). However, responses to standing POST were similar when compared to PRE and were not different between sexes.


In this article, the author presents a brief synthetic approach concerning the experience of faith in each of the phases of the human development, with its implications to the Continued Christian Education. The author presents factors that contribute to the development of faith in the child. Then, she exposes, in the same way, a synthesis of the theory of the stages of faith, from James Fohwler, relating parallel issues to be considered in the process of continued education.


freeman and johnsons clinical radionuclide imaging is available in our digital library an online access to it is set as public so you can download it instantly. Our digital library saves in multiple locations, allowing you to get the most less latency time to download any of our books like this one. Kindly say, the freeman and johnsons clinical radionuclide imaging is universally compatible with any devices to read.


Objectives: To determine the frequency of Hepatitis E virus in Fulminant Hepatic Failure and to gauge its associated mortality Patients and Methods: This cross-sectional study included ninety-five patients who presented with Fulminant Hepatic Failure during pregnancy. Pregnant ladies, less than forty years of age, with gestational amenorrhea of more than three months duration were included. Besides a detailed medical history, all patients underwent a complete medical examination. Investigations performed included a Blood CP, urine routine examination, liver function tests, prothrombin time/INR, serum urea and creatinine, blood glucose levels along with an abdominal and pelvic ultrasound. Hepatitis viral serology was also sent and included IgM for Hepatitis E virus. Those who had co-morbid diseases like cardiac failure and chronic liver disease, or those developing pre-eclampsia and eclampsia were excluded from the study. All patients received antibiotics, mainly from Imipenem/Cilastatin group. Data was collected on a specifically designed proforma and entered into SPSS version 10 for analysis. Results: Of the ninety-five cases of fulminant hepatic failure, fifty-six (58.9%) were found to be IgM positive for of Hepatitis E virus. The ages ranged from 20 to 38 years, with mean age of 28.12 years + 4.92SD. Among the total 95 patients, 31.6% presented in the first week after developing FHF, 44.2% in second week and 24.2% in the third week of FHF or later. Fulminant hepatic failure occurred in most patients in {66(69.5%)} between 25 to 32 weeks of gestation. Maternal mortality was 30% in the HEV positive females. Conclusion: Hepatitis E viral infection in the third trimester of pregnancy frequently leads to fulminant hepatic failure and is associated with poor maternal and fetal outcomes.


Study on the influence of mining feature is the premise condition on water inrush from coal floor of the coal seam floor rock after mining,to determine the breaking zone or floor crack zone is particularly important,and it will provide the basis for water prevention measures before mining.This paper uses FLAC3D method to conduct numerical simulation research on bottom stress field,deformation and failure characteristics and influencing factors in the mining process of Guocun field to more practically study the coal seam floor in Guocun field 2-1 coal mining process and find the failure rule.


P D, S Z, K S, P M. Number 330 Acclimation to long-term water deficit in the leaves of two sunflower hybrids: photosynthesis, electron transPerspectives in Experimental Botany port and carbon metabolism 127 R CA, L JC, D TA. New insights into the structure and function of sedoheptulose-1,7bisphosphatase; an important but neglected Calvin Gene Notes cycle enzyme (Review article) 1 I M, R MH, M C, U K, T Y, A R, T Y, M M, W Y. A vacuolar K+-pyrophosphatase in Perspectives on Stabilizing Processes in Mixed Plant Acetabularia acetabulum: molecular cloning and comCommunities parison with higher plants and a bacterium 139 R D, F A. The magnitude and control of D Y-H, Y J-L, A RG, M BA, carbon transfer between plants linked by a common G RC. Mdh3 encoding a Phalaenopsis O39-like mycorrhizal network 9 homeodomain protein expressed in ovules of Malus L G, M P. An ecophysiological approach domestica 141 to modelling resource fluxes in competing plants 15 A R. Interspecific competition in natural plant communities: mechanisms, trade-offs, and plant–soil feedNumber 331 backs 29 N KJ. Evolutionary walks through a land plant Perspectives in Experimental Botany morphospace 39 S R, S TR, P LC. Symbiotic N2 fixation response to drought (Review article) 143 Cell and Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Physiology Perspectives on Plant Secretory Mechanisms S G, N G, L W, B P, D P S, L P, F L, G V. Signals and I, R M, N F. The a-subunit of a heteromechanisms for protein retention in the endoplasmic trimeric G-protein from tobacco, NtGPa1, functions reticulum 157 in K+ channel regulation in mesophyll cells 53 M K, N J-M. Cis-elements of protein O RT, A S, K T, L SH. Aldehyde transport to the vacuoles 165 oxidase in roots, leaves and seeds of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) 63 V B F, S L, S J-M, Cell and Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular B J, M T, V M M, I D. Physiology Effects of overproduction of tobacco MnSOD in maize C CG, H A. Structure and dynamics of chloroplasts on foliar tolerance to cold and oxidative reconstituted cuticular waxes of grape berry cuticle stress 71 (Vitis vinifera L.) 175 P KS, U CI, S C S, O KJ. Symplastic continuity in Agrobacterium tumefaciensRegulation of Growth, Development and Whole Organism induced tumours 183 Physiology


The design and construction technology of UFC bridges in Japan has been advancing in recent 5 years. This paper presents representative recent 3 projects of UFC structures that have been designed and constructed in Japan as well as the innovative technologies that have been applied step by step through the verification due to the fundamental experiments or accumulated construction know-how. First one is Toyota Footbridge that was applied for the first time the dry joint technology. Second one is a 40 m span monorail girder bridge that may be the longest span girder made of concrete. The last project is the mass production of UFC slabs in Haneda Runway D that must be the largest single project in the world in application of UFC.


Chunsheng Wang, a,* ,z Prashanth Patil, A. John Appleby,* Frank. E. Little, d Mehmet Kesmez, b and David L. Cocke* Center for Manufacturing Research and Department of Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505, USA Gill Chair Group of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Fuel Cell and Energy System Center, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas 77710, USA Center for Electrochemical Systems and Hydrogen Research, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3402, USA Center for Space Power, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3118, USA


Objective To study the effect of tretinoin on cellular proliferation and differentiation with human osteogenic sarcoma(HOS) cell.Methods HOS cell line was treated with various concentrations of tretinoin in different durations in vitro.Proliferation suppression was observed by MTT method and invert microscope before and after tretinoin treatment,and protracting cell growth curve.The cell growth and invasion ability was measured with the colony-formation rate in soft agar test.Flow cytometry(FCM) was used to investigate the cell cycle.Results Tretinoin significantly inhibited the proliferation of the human osteogenic sarcoma cell in a dose-dependent and time-dependent manner,and the cell underwent morphological differentiation of benign.The colony-formation rate in semi-solid agar was decreased significantly(P0.01).Tretinoin delayed cell cycle G1~S progression and induced a G1 cell cycle arrest.Determination of cell cycle showed that:the cells of the control group without inducer in a period G0/G1 ratio of 31.19%;after treating by tretinoin,the ratio of the G0/G1 phase rose to 57.94%.Conclusions Tretinoin can inhibit the proliferation of osteogenic sarcoma cell and lead to benign differentiation.


This Cochrane review contained 34 randomised controlled trials and quasi-randomised studies, which included 3984 participants who were healthy, full-term babies aged six months or younger. Studies targeting pre-term and low birth weight babies in a hospital setting were excluded. Interventions needed to evaluate infant massage defined as 'systematic tactile stimulation by human hands', which was specifically taught to parents and/or staff, and/or used as a routine cultural practice, and compared with controls that received no active massage. They were delivered in hospitals, community centres, a school, orphanage and a day care centre; although in 13 studies, it was unclear. Studies were conducted in the United Kingdom (two), United States of America (seven, one included Canada) and China (20), and five in Korea, Israel, India, Iran and Turkey, respectively. They were delivered by researchers, a trained parent, nurse or other medical professionals. Interventions were tactile stimulation only or multimodal (more than one method of stimulation) and varied in type of massage, duration and frequency. Studies needed to have used a standardised outcome measure of infant mental or physical development, which was measured immediately post-intervention and/or between six and 12 months follow-up.


The use of both probiotics and prebiotics will probably increase dramatically worldwide because of strong commercial interests in providing these supplements to both humans and animals. Therefore, it is important to underline when considering the effectiveness and biological activity of probiotics, prebiotics or their combination (synbiotics) that they are food products and not drugs. The successful probiotic strains, which are mainly members of Lactobacillus and more recently Bifidobacterium naturally found in the human intestinal tract, have been traditionally incorporated into fermented milk products but have excellent potential for further inclusion in functional foods and health-related products. While the health claims are generally accepted by both scientists and consumers, often the molecular mechanisms underlying the probiotic properties remain controversial. Besides, modern concept of the intestinal microflora composition and microflora - host relationships, accurate identification of intestinal bacteria and potentially probiotic bacteria using the tools of molecular genetic and molecular biology will enlarge the possibilities for monitoring accuracy of probiotic and prebiotic efficacy. All that could resolve the controversy surrounding synbiotic effect of lactic acid bacteria.


The invention relates to a measuring device which can simultaneously perform measurements combined in the exhaust gas of the content of nitrogen oxides (or NOx) and their opacity which is representative of the particle content. It comprises a tubular enclosure wall length a) means for emitting a light beam passing through the chamber along its length, means for receiving said light beam having passed through the enclosure, and means for processing thereof into a first electrical signal proportional to the received light intensity to give a measure of the opacity of the gas present in the enclosure, b) nitrogen oxides detecting means mounted in a cavity in the wall of the chamber out of the path of said light beam, providing a second electrical signal proportional to the amount of nitrogen oxides detected, to give a measuring nitrogen oxide content of the gas present in the enclosure, and c) means for transmitting to a central processing unit and said first and second electrical signals.


Summary Pectin containing 0.22% or more nickel, after being subjected to certain thermal conditions and in a certain pH range, was found to have a slow bactericidal action when tested with E. coli and certain other bacteria. Other pectins which contained no nickel failed to demonstrate this activity.


Marshall's early encounter with the problems of knowledge shaped his attitude to both the method and content of economics. Theorists should avoid long chains of reasoning in favour of close contact with reality, and recognise that economic progress depends on the growth of knowledge through the division of labor, organization and experiment: each of these reflects the characteristics of the human brain in combining routines and imagination. The use of equilibrium should be justified as the outcome of a process which is to be explained by considering the basis of expectations. Classification JEL: B31, B41, D40, D83


An optimal design procedure of an in-line diesel fuel injection system is considered. The research objective was to develop an approach for upgrading an existing injection system by performing only some low-cost modifications on its design. Therefore, the design variables are related only to a relative small number of geometrical parameters of the injection system. These parameters influence the shape of the cam profile of the pump, represented by a Bezier curve, the pump plunger prelift, the geometrical end of delivery and the length of the high pressure tube.


Objective  There is controversy about the effects of statins on insulin resistance and plasma adiponectin. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of fluvastatin treatment on these parameters in a group of dyslipidaemic patients who had no confounding factors for insulin resistance or alterations in plasma adiponectin.


Abstract
 This paper examines the conditional risk-return relationship caused by the impact of using realized returns as a proxy for expected returns, which requires a separation of negative and positive market premiums. Following the methodology of Pettengill et al. (1995), we test the cross sectional relationship between beta and realized returns on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) for ten beta sorted portfolio over the period of January 1993 to December 2016. The empirical results suggest that the traditional two-pass approach produces an insignificant relationship between beta and realized returns in most of the sample period. However, when adjusting for negative market premiums, the results show a significant and consistent relationship for all the testing periods and samples. However, a guaranteed reward for holding extra risk occurred only in the period 2001 –2008, which suggests an assurance of positive risk-return tradeoff during bull markets.
 JEL Classifications: G11, G12, G15, C21
 Asset Pricing, Emerging Markets, Conditional Relationship, Beta, Market Premium


The pulsar timing array (PTA) collaborations have recently reported compelling evidence for the presence of a stochastic signal consistent with a gravitational-wave background. In this letter, we combine the latest data sets from NANOGrav, PPTA and EPTA collaborations to explore the cosmological interpretations for the detected signal from first-order phase transitions, domain walls and cosmic strings, separately. We find that the first-order phase transitions and cosmic strings can give comparable interpretations compared to supermassive black hole binaries (SMBHBs) characterized by a power-law spectrum, but the domain wall model is strongly disfavored with the Bayes factor compared to the SMBHB model being 0.009. Furthermore, the constraints on the parameter spaces indicate that: 1) a strong phase transition at temperatures below the electroweak scale is favored and the bubble collisions make the dominant contribution to the energy density spectrum; 2) the cosmic string tension is $G \mu \in [1.46, 15.3]\times 10^{-12}$ at $90\%$ confidence interval and a small reconnection probability $p<6.68\times 10^{-2}$ is preferred at $95\%$ confidence level, implying that the strings in (super)string theory are strongly favored over the classical field strings.


The utility model discloses an air freshening and thermoregulating dual-purpose machine which is used for renewing the indoor air and cooling and heating the air. The air freshening and thermoregulating dual-purpose machine is composed of an air cleaning part, an air heating part, an air flowing part, and an air cooling part. A whole spacer plate and a half spacer plate on the structure cause the indoor air to be pushed into rooms to circulate uninterruptedly after filtered, disinfected, cooled down, or heated. The purposes of the clean and fresh indoor air and thermoregulation are attained. The air freshening and thermoregulating dual-purpose machine has the functions such as air freshening, air ventilation, or cooling, or warming, etc.


The chemistry of the amidodiphosphine ligand "N(SiMe2CH2PPh2)2 with chromium, iron and cobalt metal centres in the +2 and +3 oxidation states is explored. Metal-chloride complexes MCl[N(SiMe2CH2PPh2>2] are high-spin and tetrahedral for iron(II) and cobalt(II) and dinuclear with bridging chlorides for chromium(II). Alkyla t ion reactions give high-spin, square-planar CrR[N(SiMe2CH2PPh2)2] (R = M e , C H 2 P h , SiMes 2H); the benzyl fragment i n Cr(r] CH2Ph)[N(SiMe2CH2PPh2)2 ] is r i 2 -bound . The analogous cobalt(II) a l k y l complexes, CoR[N(SiMe2CH.2PPh2)2] (R = Me, CH2Ph, CH2SiMe3) , are square-planar and low-spin; the benzyl fragment is r i 1 -bound . CrMe[N(SiMe2CH2PPh2)2] reacts wi th H2 to give {[(Ph2PCH2SiMe2)2N]Cr)2(p-H)2, which is isostructural with the bridging chloride. Variable temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements give J = -12.4 cm" 1 for the chloride and J = -139 c m 1 for the hydride. Reaction of CrMe[N(SiMe2CH2PPh2)2l with PhSSPh yields a rare five-coordinate chromium(III) complex CrMe(SPh)[N(SiMe2CH2PPh2)2]. The one-electron oxidation reaction of CrR[N(SiMe 2CH 2PPh 2)2] with alkyl halides gives Cr(R)X[N(SiMe2CH2PPh2)2]. Bu lky alkyl g roups s t a b i l i z e c h r o m i u m ( I I I ) d i a l k y l c o m p l e x e s , an e x a m p l e b e i n g Cr(CH2SiMe3)2[N(SiMe2CH2PPh2)2]. Reac t ion o f CoX[N(SiMe2CH2PPh2)2] with PI1CH2X gives five-coordinate CoX2[N(SiMe2CH.2PPh2)2] complexes. Solid state variable temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements confirm the presence of an S = 1 cobalt(III) centre with a zero field splitting parameter of D = 32.6 cm" 1 . The S = 3/2 cobalt(II) complex CoI[N(SiMe2CH2PPh2)2] exhibits zero-field splitting with D = 20 cm" 1 . Alkyl complexes of cobalt(III) can not be prepared; Co(R)X[N(SiMe2CH2PPh2)2] decomposes via Co(III)-C bond homolytic cleavage, loss of alkyl r ad ica l and format ion of CoX[N(SiMe2C H.2PPh2)2 ]. Addition o f Mel to CoX[N(SiMe2CH2PPh2)2] g ives CoIX[N(SiMe2CH2PPh2)-(SiMe2CH2PPh2CH2Ph)], a


In this work, we consider a camera network where processing is distributed across the cameras. Our goal is to recognize actions of multiple targets consistently observed over the entire network. To obtain consistent and better results we need to properly fuse the action scores from multiple cameras. There have been multiple works on distributed tracking and distributed data association for multiple targets in a camera network. We can use the data association results and tracking confidence scores to improve the action recognition results. We propose a consensus based framework for solving this problem in an integrated manner and with a completely distributed camera network architecture. We propose a novel method for weighting the action scores based on tracking confidences and show how the cameras can reach a consensus about the action of a target using belief consensus. We show real life experiments and performance metrics with multiple cameras and targets.


Introduction Madrid 2016; a new concept for a qualitative metropolis. Madrid 2016 Plan, by the late '90s, tried to set up the foundation of a new urban practice from a metaphor or a discursive practice, in the line of the Bidagor 1946's Madrid Plan. The history of that Plan shows that if we talk about quality, notwithstanding the big job to be done educating human perceptions and emotions, we are opening the eyes to the capacity and awareness to feel the city. This requires an evaluation, a judgment in the ethic and aesthetic dimension and not just the simple education of senses and intellect. That is, if we want to be "worthy of our time"; a time that has dried out dimensions for reflection, which is reduced to trivial communication. Moreover, it has dried up the gestalt's capture by which you sense, before you even know what is good and what is not. Keywords Metropolitan Architecture; Metro Matrix; Madrid 2016 Plan; Mental Map


Objective To explore personality and emotion and behavior status of children left-behind in rural areas.Methods A survey was carried out in 900 children who were aged 7~16 years in rural areas with Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), Center for Epidemiological Studies of Depression scale for Children(CES-DC),Rutter Children's Behavior questionnaire for completion by teacher,Piers-Harris Children's Self-concept Scale(PHCSS), then the left-behind group and the no left-behind group were compared.Results Left-behind children gained higher scores than no left-behind children did in P(5.25±2.56 vs 4.79±2.16,P <0.05) and N(9.48±5.33 vs 8.10±4.97,P <0.01) dimension and CES-DC(18.24±8.65 vs 15.85±7.45,P <0.01),The prevalence of character limitations was significantly higher in group left-behind(64.4%) than that in no left-behind group(47.6% )(χ2=21.25,P <0.01) .The group left-behind with depressive symptoms had significant higher(40.4%) than group no left-behind did(27.8%)(χ2=13.78,P <0.01).The group gained lower scores in physical appearance and attributes,happy and satisfaction factors,type A behavior,( P <0.05,P <0.01). It's seemed that the older children have the more problems.Conclusion The mental health condition of children left-behind is poor,obviously in character limitations and depression symptoms,and,lower level with Subjective Well-being.

Key words:
Peronality; Emotion; Behavior; Children left-behind in rural areas


(57) [summary] a hub (2), a coaxial outer and a shell (3), rolling mill or two rolls of an apparatus for continuous casting between rolls with respect to the hub. Hub (2) and having a shell (4) deformable composed of axially aligned disposed a plurality of annular cells (43) between the outer shell (3), each annular cell (43) pressurized liquid is supplied to each cell (43) is partitioned out the inner cylindrical wall in contact with the hub (41) and the outer cylindrical wall in contact with the outer shell (42), these two cylindrical walls (41, 42) 'are connected to each other by), the two side walls (44, 44' two deformable side walls (44, 44) has a convex surface facing each other in the radial direction cross-section.


The task of the Centre for Tax System Integrity is to extend understanding of how and why cooperation and contestation occur within the tax system. This goal presupposes a clear distinction between cooperation and contestation. In practice, however, this distinction may be open to creative management, demonstrated clearly in the practice of 'creative compliance'. Taxpayer compliance with tax law may seem to fall, by definition, into the category of cooperation with the tax system. Indeed, securing compliance with the law is the driving force behind the compliance model of enforcement (Ayres & Braithwaite, 1992) which has been adopted by the Australian Taxation Office (Tax Office) and other regulatory agencies (Hawkins, 1984). Securing compliance is seen as the key, as the solution to the regulatory problem of making policy effective in practice. Yet compliance with the law can in practice be used, and used very effectively, to frustrate tax policy. This working paper focuses on the issue of compliance, and on the Tax Office's compliance model of enforcement. It asks: what happens to the compliance model when compliance is not the solution but the problem? When compliance is not the solution but the problem: From changes in law to changes in attitude Doreen McBarnet The Australian Taxation Office compliance model (ATO compliance model) focuses on the strategies adopted by those enforcing the law. They should be cooperative, understanding, focusing on fostering compliance rather than on leaping immediately to punishing non-compliance, with 'big stick' sanctions reserved for those recalcitrants who continue with non-compliance regardless (Ayres & Braithwaite, 1992). But choice of strategies is not the preserve of enforcement agencies. Different strategic responses can be adopted by those on the receiving end of the law too, and these translate into different approaches to compliance. Faced with a tax bill, people may choose to comply willingly. We might think of this as: • committed compliance. They may choose to comply unwillingly, complain but pay up nonetheless. We might think of this as: • capitulative compliance. They may invent false expenses, pack their cash in a suitcase and whisk it out of the country without declaring it, or simply operate in the cash economy, opting for:


Defining Oil-Water Contact (OWC) is essential for detail petrophysical evaluations and reservoir volumetric calculations. This paper presents Bayesian decision making tool as a sophisticated technique in OWC detecting from well log data. The proposed method is applied to data related to three wells of an oil field of the Southwestern Iran. The method's performance is evaluated based on well testing reports and also through comparisons with the results of conventional approach based on permeability prediction. Results indicate that the proposed method is more accurate than conventional approach and may improve the results about 5% on average. In addition, using this method, any variation of water saturation (Sw) log and reservoir fluid types may be detectable.


The structural characterizations of the quasi-homoepitaxial growth of a-axis oriented PrBa2Cu3O7-δ thick film grown on (100) YBa2Cu3O7-δ single crystal were investigated in comparison with those of the film grown on (001) YBa2Cu3O7-δ single crystal. The a-axis oriented PrBa2Cu3O7-δ films, expected to be a barrier layer, were prepared using a dc-95 MHz hybrid plasma sputtering on (100) and (001) YBa2Cu3O7-δ single crystals that are superconducting ground planes. The atomic force microscopy image revealed that the surfaces of 700-nm-thick a-axis PrBa2Cu3O7-δ films on (100) YBa2Cu3O7-δ single crystals were smooth with a mean roughness of 2.8 nm. X-ray diffraction scans showed that a-axis PrBa2Cu3O7-δ films deposited on (100) YBa2Cu3O7-δ single crystal had good crystallinity. Moreover, the φ-scans of X-ray diffraction for the (102) reflection revealed that a-axis PrBa2Cu3O7-δ film on (100) YBa2Cu3O7-δ single crystal had an in-plane orientation such that the c-axis of PrBa2Cu3O7-δ film aligned along the c-axis of the (100) YBa2Cu3O7-δ single crystal, which suggested the film was well grown epitaxially on (100) YBa2Cu3O7-δ single crystal until it reached 700 nm thickness.


This paper is concerned with the organizationofmedical-socialservicesfortheelderly internally displaced personsfrom theATO zonesat the level of primary medico-sanitary aid.Sociologicalinvestigationsusingpersonal questionnairesandexperts'evaluationshave shown thatsocial-psychological characteristics oftheelderlyinternallydisplacedpersons(IDPs),Theirsocialadaptation, inadequatefinancingandlowlevelofmedico-socialcare,as well as their preferences make it necessary organize healthmonitoringsystem, treatment, rehabilitation and long-term care by family doctors, information centres, day-time stayand rehabilitation centres.WehavedevelopedthemodeloforganizingambulatoryservicesfortheelderlyIDPsat the level of primarymedico-socialcare(PMSC)that would include structural modernization and optimization of its optimal provision. Inouropinion, thismodelismostaccessibleandeconomicallygrounded. It allowsprovide interaction and co-operation of the professionals of health and social care institutions, optimization of standards and principles of medical care. Implementationofthismodelasmostaccessibleandeconomicallygroundedwould allowinteractionandcooperationoftheprofessionalsofhealthcareorganizationsandsocialprotectionsettings.Introductionofthismodel,asmostaccessibleandeconomicallygrounded,would allowensureinteractionandcooperationoftheprofessionalsofhealthcareand social protection institutions, optimizeobservation of the medical care standards and principles. Wehavedevelopedmethodologicalapproachesfortrainingthephysiciansandhealthcare-giversreceivingkeyknowledgeanddeveloping self-carehabitsfortheelderlyIDPsattheir homesconsideringtheirmedico-socialandpsychologicalneeds.


The experiments described in this paper concern the structure of the Band 3 polypeptide from human erythrocyte membranes. Affinity labeling methods first implicated this 95,000-dalton polypeptide in anion transport across the erythrocyte The involvement of Band 3 in anion transport has since been substantiated by reconstitution experiments in which purified Band 3 has been shown to catalyze anion transport across artificial lipid b i l aye r~ .~ The structure of Band 3 is, therefore, of interest because this is one of the most readily accessible membrane transport proteins. A considerable amount is now known about the structure of another transport protein, bacteriorhodopsin from Halobacterium halobium. Studies of this protein have employed physical methods such as X-ray diffraction analysis and electron mic rosc~py .~ -~ Investigations of these types are possible because this protein in its native membrane forms an extensively ordered array in two dimensions. Unfortunately, although it would be of interest to know the detailed structures of other membrane transport proteins, such as Band 3, there has been very little progress toward obtaining ordered arrays of any membrane protein besides bacteriorhodopsin. Because this barrier currently prevents detailed physical investigation of membrane proteins, an alternative "chemical" approach has been taken here. The experiments described here establish the location of portions of the erythrocyte Band 3 polypeptide with respect to the lipid bilayer. Identification of regions on each side of the membrane is possible because labeling reagents are available that cannot penetrate the lipid bilayer, due to their size or charge. The polypeptide segments whose locations have been established are relatively large (on the order of 100 amino acids). Thus, by analogy to physical methods, one might say that the arrangement of the polypeptide has been established at a "resolution" of 100 amino acids.


Every day, the newspapers, radio and television news programs share with us stories of massive frauds, frauds such as our government being grossly overcharged by various defense contractors; reports of insider trading on the stock market; or how a major firm has admitted to "kiting" checks because it could make money on the "float." It is not unusual for such frauds to involve millions of dollars.


Ten new 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid derivatives with dithiocarbamate units were prepared by amidation of 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid and piperazine followed with one-pot condensation of the amide, CS2 and alkyl halides in the presence of potassium carbonate in CHCl3. The structures of all the new compounds were identified by NMR spectra, IR and HRMS technology. Anti-tumor activities of the 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid derivatives against human hepatoma SMMC-7721 cell lines were evaluated by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) method. They were found to inhibit the liver cancer cell proliferation and induce apoptosis as the lowest IC50 value was only 14.42 μg/mL.


A recent Patient Safety Alert stipulates that all patients at risk of adrenal crisis are provided with a Steroid Emergency Card. This article discusses which patients are at risk, how to identify adrenal crisis and why urgent action is needed when it occurs. It also summarises the requirements of the new alert.


Plantation is an important part of forestry in china,what's more it can transfer CO2 in air into carbon sink.In this passage,it concluded the way and the model of calculating biomass in plantation and carbon sink in soil,recommending the ability of storing carbon of main plantations in china.It also pointed out that it was very difficult to put into large scale with present method.The volume-biomass and allometric equations were needed to be modified and recalculated.In order to improve the accuracy and reliability of the results,the 3S should be applied in calculating biomass.Different internal conversion coefficient should be used in different species of trees when calculating carbon sink.


Abstract Performance rankings are a very common workplace management practice. Behavioral theories suggest that providing performance rankings to employees, even without pecuniary consequences, may directly shape effort due to the rank's effect on self-image. In a three-year randomized control trial with full-time design where I vary (i) whether to privately inform employees about their performance rank; and (ii) whether to give benchmarks, i.e. data on current performance required to be in the top 10%, 25%, and 50%. The salespeople's compensation is only based on absolute performance via a high-powered commission scheme in which rankings convey no direct additional financial benefits. There are two important innovations in this experiment. First, prior to the start of the experiment all salespeople were told their performance ranking. Second, employees operate in a multi-tasking environment where they can sell multiple brands. There are four key results: First, removing rank feedback actually increases sales performance by 11%, or 1/10th of a standard deviation. Second, only men (not women) change their performance. Third, adding benchmarks to rank feedback significantly raises performance, but it is not significantly different from providing no feedback. Fourth, as predicted by the multi-tasking model, the treatment effect increases with the scope for effort substitution across furniture brands as employees switch their effort to other tasks when their rank is worse than expected. Abstract Performance rankings are a very common workplace management practice. Behavioral theories suggest that providing performance rankings to employees, even without pecuniary consequences, may directly shape effort due to the rank's effect on self-image. In a three-year randomized control trial with full-time furniture salespeople (n=1754), I study the effect on sales performance in a two-by-two experimental design where I vary (i) whether to privately inform employees about their performance rank; and (ii) whether to give benchmarks, i.e. data on the current performance required to be in the top 10%, 25% and 50%. The salespeople's compensation is only based on absolute performance via a high-powered commission scheme in which rankings convey no direct additional financial benefits. There are two important innovations in this experiment. First, prior to the start of the experiment all salespeople were told their performance ranking. Second, employees operate in a multi-tasking environment where they can sell multiple brands. There are four key results: First, removing rank feedback actually increases sales performance by 11%, or 1/10 th of a standard deviation. Second, only men (not women) change their performance. Third, adding benchmarks to rank feedback significantly raises performance, but it is not significantly different from providing no feedback. Fourth, as predicted by the multi-tasking model, the treatment effect increases with the scope for effort substitution across furniture brands as employees switch their effort to other tasks when their rank is worse than expected. (2010), whether the task female-oriented. Gill and Prowse (2010) find that the gender difference has to do with how men and women react to the size of losses in tournaments. Men tend to respond to large losses whereas women's response does not depend on the size of the loss. Cotton et al. (2010) find in an experiment using math competitions that gender differences only exist at the first experimental round of competitions and that it is absent in any subsequent periods.


We study the effects of disorder on an \(s\)-wave superfluid in the attractive Hubbard model using statistical dynamical mean-field theory, which enables us to treat both the correlation effects and the spatial nonuniformity due to disorder in the same framework. The distribution functions of the local density of states and the superfluid order parameter are obtained. From the geometrical average of these quantities, which characterizes the order parameters in disordered systems, we determine the ground-state phase diagram of the attractive Hubbard model with disorder at half-filling and zero temperature. We discuss the superfluid-localization transition and the crossover behavior within the localized phase.


anxiety women and the influence of socio-demographic, economic, behavioral and reproductive health variables on anxiety symptoms. Method: observational and transversal study. A total of 280 women living in rural areas participated. The Trace-state anxiety inventory was used. In the bivariate analysis, the t-Student test and the Pearson correlation were used. For multivariate analysis, multiple linear regression was performed. Results: the mean scores of women were 38.3 and 41.4 points in anxiety-state and anxiety-trace respectively. Women who reported "bad" coexistence with their partner had higher scores for anxiety-state symptoms and anti-anxiety. The variable number of children was a predictor of the scores of the symptoms of state-anxiety and trait-anxiety and the variable age, a predictor of the scores of the symptoms of trait-anxiety. Conclusion: the results showed the influence of different factors with the symptoms of anxiety among rural women. The identification of symptoms and associated factors by the health team can contribute to specific actions and appropriate referrals.


Ships vessels are like small or not so small, cities or industries. These kind of artifacts can take advantage of the developments on IoT to deliver smart vessels to improve operation, usability and profitability for shipowners, users and workers. To introduce the different possibilities of IoT in vessels it is needed to start from the initial concept and the initial design. This paper presents some ideas on how to make a ship conceptual design from the very beginning by taking into account the necessities of the different components of a ship in order to be connected in the world of the IoT. For making this design it is necessary to use advanced tools capable of incorporating the latest achievements in the IoT and to manage all this complexity.


This study aimed to molecularly survey Bartonella in dogs from Chile. Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) for Bartonella spp. based on nuoG gene was performed in 139 blood samples taken from dogs belonging to rural localities of the Valdivia Province, Los Ríos region, southern Chile. nuoG qPCR-positive samples were submitted to conventional PCR assays for ftsZ, gltA, rpoB and nuoG genes and sequencing for speciation and phylogenetic analysis. Based upon qPCR results, Bartonella spp. occurrence in dogs was 4.3% (6/139). Out of six nuoG qPCR-positive samples, six, three, two and none showed positive results in cPCR assays based on gltA, ftsZ, rpoB and nuoG genes, respectively. Consistent sequencing results were obtained only for the ftsZ gene from sample #1532 (GeneBank accession number: MG252491), and gltA gene from samples #1535 (MG252490) and #1532 (148 bp fragment that was not deposited in GenBank). Phylogenetic analysis of ftsZ and gltA genes allowed speciation of two nuoG-positive samples, one as Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii and the other as B. henselae. Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii and B. henselae are detected for the first time in dogs from Chile, highlighting the importance of the canine population as a source of zoonotic agents and potential infection risk to humans. The Bartonella genus includes fastidious Haemotropic Gram-negative bacteria transmitted by arthropod vectors [1]. In Chile, Bartonella henselae, B. clarridgeiae and B. koehlerae DNA were previously detected in cats [2]; B. rochalimae in Pulex irritans from dogs and B. henselae and B. clarridgeiae in Ctenocephalides felis from cats [3]. No data concerning Bartonella spp. blood stream infection in dogs have been previously reported in the country so far. This study aimed to perform a molecular survey of Bartonella in dogs from Chile. The study was approved by the Universidad Austral de Chile Bioethics Committee (250/ 2016). Blood samples were collected from 139 client-owned dogs from rural localities (Chaihuín (39°56′15′′S, 73°35′19′′W), Cadillal Alto (39°59′18′′S, 73°31′11′′W), Huiro (39° 54′51′′S, 73°30′55′′W) and Huape (39◦54′51′′ S, 73◦30′55′′ W)) in the Valdivia Province, Southern Chile, including most of the dogs located in each of the communities. DNA extraction was performed (DNeasy® Blood & Tissue Kit; QIAGEN®, Valencia, CA, USA) and DNA concentration and purity were determined (NanoDrop ND-1000 spectrophotometer; Thermo Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA). The RPS19 was used as an endogenous gene [4]. Samples were screened by nuoG real-time PCR (qPCR) for Bartonella spp. [5] (CFX96 Thermal Cycler; BioRad, Hercules, CA, USA). nuoG qPCR-positive samples were subsequently tested using conventional PCR assays based on ftsZ [6], gltA [7], rpoB [6] and nuoG [5] genes (T100 BioRad termocycler; BioRad). cPCR-positive samples were sequenced (Sanger method; ABIPrism310 genetic analyser; Applied Biosystems/Perkin-Elmer, Foster City, CA, USA) for speciation and phylogenetic analysis. Phylogenetic inference based on maximum likelihood criterion (ML) was inferred with RAxML-HPC BlackBox 7.6.3 (CIPRES Science Gateway). All 139 DNA samples (mean and standard deviation (S.D.) of DNA concentration = 33 ± 22.3 ng/μl; mean and S.D. 260/280 ratio = 1.8 ± 0.07) were positive for the RPS19 gene. Bartonella-nuoG DNA (mean and S.D. efficiency: 96·2 ± 0·81%, r = 0·998 ± 0·00046) was detected in 4.3% (6/139) of the tested dogs. Out of six nuoG qPCR-positive samples, six, three, two and none showed results consistent with Bartonella spp. in cPCR assays based on gltA, ftsZ, rpoB and nuoG genes, respectively. Consistent sequencing results were obtained only for the ftsZ gene (550 bp) from sample #1532 (GeneBank accession number: MG252491), and gltA gene (305 bp) from sample #1535 (MG252490) and from sample #1532 (148 bp fragment that was not deposited in GenBank). While Blastn analysis of ftsZ fragment showed 99% identity with B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii (CP003124.1, AF467764.1), gltA fragment shared 100% identity to B. henselae (HG969191.1; AJ439406). It was not possible to identify species in the other cPCRpositive samples due to low signal strength in the electropherogram. While B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii sequence (MG252491) from sample #1532 clustered with an American Type Culture Collection B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii, B. henselae sequence obtained from sample #1535 (MG252490) grouped with a human B. henselae Houston-1 isolate (Fig. 1). Few reports in South America have evaluated the molecular occurrence of Bartonella spp. in dogs. For instance, B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii was molecularly detected only in a dog from Colombia [8] and in a dog from Brazil, co-infected with Fig. 1. Phylogenetic relationships within the Bartonella genus based on: (a) 950 pb fragment of the ftsZ gene after alignment including B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii from dog #1532 (GeneBank accession number: MG252491), (b) 1320 pb fragment of the gltA gene after alignment, including B. henselae gltA gene (305 bp) from sample #1535 (MG252490) and *B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii from #1532 (148 bp fragment that was not deposited in GenBank due to low length). The tree was inferred by using the ML method and evolutive model GTR + G + I. The numbers at the nodes correspond to the bootstrap values higher than 50% obtained with 1000 replicates. Brucella abortus and Ochrobactrum anthropi were used as out groups. Epidemiology & Infection 1203


Based on daily average temperature data from 520 meteorological stations in China from 1951 to 2005,this paper analyzes the variation characteristics of the distribution of China's thermal resources through variation of accumulated temperature(≥10℃,≥0℃) and lasting days(≥10℃,≥0℃).The following results are obtained.Accumulated temperature(≥10℃,≥0℃) and lasting days(≥10℃,≥0℃) of China are increasing.In particular,with global warming from the 1980's to the present,accumulated temperature and lasting days increase distinctly.Accumulated temperature(≥10℃,≥0℃) and lasting days(≥10℃,≥0℃) quickly increase in East China,and slowly increase in West China.Contours of them in the eastern plains region continue to move northward,and from the south to the north continue to promote the rate of increase.Contours have smaller change in West China because of complicated changes in topography have a uplifting trend toward the high-altitude area in the plateau and mountain regions.In the context of climate warming,the distribution of China's thermal resources has changed,and this changing range has exerted effects on the divisions of climatic zones in some areas.


A new server-based approach incorporated in Heterogeneous Servers. Current cloudinfrastructures are mostly homogeneous composed of a large number of machines of the same type – centrally managed and made available to the end user.In a cloud computing pattern, multiple resources types were utilizing. Users may have diverse resource needs. Furthermore, diversity in server properties/capabilities may mean that only a subset of servers may be usable by a given user. In platforms with such heterogeneity, we identify important limitations in existing multi-resource fair allocation mechanisms, notably Dominant Resource Fairness and its follow-up work. To overcome such limitations, we propose a new server-based approach; each server allocates resources by maximizing a per-server utility function. We propose a specific class of utility functions which, when appropriately parameterized, adjusts the trade-off between efficiency and fairness, and captures a variety of fairness measures. We establish conditions for the proposed mechanism to satisfy certain properties that are generally deemed desirable, e.g., envy-freeness, sharing incentive, bottleneck fairness, and Pareto optimality. To implement resource parameterized mechanism, we develop an iterative algorithm which is shown to be globally convergent on Heterogeneous server dependencies.


The advent of drug-coated balloons (DCBs) provides a novel means to locally deliver paclitaxel into the arterial wall without the need of a chronically implanted delivery system. The widespread use of these devices in the clinical arena is contemporary with the introduction and adoption of paclitaxel eluting stents for peripheral vascular intervention. However, DCB remain highly attractive approach as the long-term consequences of permanent metallic implants in peripheral applications are still unknown. Notably, the clinical value of DCB is supported by robust pre-clinical evidence regarding safety and efficacy. Likewise, the clinical value of DCB in patients has also been demonstrated by multiple randomized clinical trials in the superficial femoral artery (SFA) and proximal popliteal artery territory. However, the widespread clinical adoption of DCB into routine clinical practice remains elusive. The evidence on the value of DCB has been summarized in consensus documents and in clinical practice guidelines. In the coronary field, currently available information has been summarized in two comprehensive Experts' Consensus Documents and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines on coronary revascularization.1–3 These documents emphasized that not all DCB are created equal and that a 'class effect' cannot be anticipated as the results obtained with different DCB are not uniform. This remains a major challenge since many CE marked devices are currently available yet many of these have not been supported by robust clinical results.

In the peripheral territory, the information regarding the clinical use of DCB is scarce. Moreover, no previous consensus document exists describing the clinical applications and indications for the use of this technology …


Please cite this paper as: Murray, Feng, Moore, Allen, Taylor, and Herrick (2011). Preliminary Clinical Evaluation of Semi‐automated Nailfold Capillaroscopy in the Assessment of Patients with Raynaud's Phenomenon. Microcirculation 18(6), 440–447.


This monograph is dedicated to Prof. Ornuly Odegaard, of Oslo, whose study of the Norwegian migration to the United States is held up as a model of such studies. It is an attempt at synthesis of research into epidemiology and mental pathology of the geographical mobility of populations or, in other words, a study in the medicosociological psychiatry of migrations and transplantations. The author believes that it is legitimate to make a critical study of the numerous related medicostatistical studies and is astonished at how little attention has been paid to these documents by the great doctrinal movements which have agitated contemporary psychiatry. The monograph is divided into a first part (59 pages), which is a statistical study of the material available in the literature, and a second part (46 pages), which is a clinical study. Part I begins with a discussion of statistical methods as they will be


This study aims to develop Arabic teaching materials with handouts for Madrasah Ibtidaiyah students by conducting a needs analysis and validation/feasibility test of Arabic teaching materials with expert judgment. The development of this handout teaching material aims to make it easier to understand the Madrasah Final Examination (UAM) material. Data collection techniques using observation, questionnaires, interviews, and documentation. The research and development procedure was carried out following the stages proposed by Thiagarajan. The results showed that the CEKAP Handout (Quick Capture UAMBN) teaching materials that were developed were relevant to the needs of students in facing UAM. The development of Arabic teaching materials that were compiled based on the results of planning and design development with the themes of At-Ta'rīf bi-al-Nafs, Al-Adawāt al-Madrasīyah, Aṣḥāb al-Mihnah, Al-ʿUnwān, Afrād al-Usrah, Al -Alwan. The CEKAP handout is 20 pages long. From the results of the validation, this teaching material proved to be valid, the results of the validation of design experts were 84% and the validation of material experts was 82%. The results of the class VI MIN 2 Pati trial showed 86%. From the results of data analysis through the t-test formula produces Tscore (3.175) ≥ Ttable (1.703) so that there are differences before and after students use handout teaching materials.


Purpose: To report the difference between the postoperative spherical equivalent (SE) and predictive refraction in patients with cataract and primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) following cataract operation. Methods: (1) This study involved 60 eyes who underwent cataract surgery due to PACG and cataract, and 36 eyes who underwent surgery due to cataract only. We measured the manifest refraction postoperatively for comparision to the target power. (2) The axial length (AL) was measured by the different modes of A-scans(phakic, aphackic modes) in the 38 eyes with cataract. (3) The difference was calculated according to the three IOL power calculation formulas for the 60 eyes who had cataract surgery for coexisting PACG and cataract. Results: The difference between postoperative SE and predictive refraction was -0.610.91D in the PACG with cataract and +0.080.43D in eyes with cataract only. There was no difference according to the IOL power calculation formulas or the different modes observed inthe measurement of AL. A greater difference was seen in eyes with a short AL and an unmeasurable ACD. Conclusions: The difference between postoperative SE and predictive refraction increased in eyes with the PACG and cataract over those with cataract only. For cataract operation in these eyes, the choice of a lower power IOL (about 0.5D) may be helpful to reduce this difference, especially for eyes with a short AL (less than 24 mm) and an unmeasurable ACD.


For the special driving and controlling features of traveling-wave type ultrasonic motor,to facilitate motor's testing,to detect the speed or position of motor,to sense the temperature when first driving the motor,this paper designed a system based on LPC2124.A traditional push-pull circuit amplified power and series inductor resonated with motor.LPC2124's pulse-width modulator and A/D converter with an adjustable resistor could modulate the frequency of PWM real time.Hall sensor ATS642LSH detected the speed or position with a ring gear fixed on the rotor.LM75 measured the environment temperature,and LPC2124 generated PWM signals according to the temperature,especially when first driving the motor.The experiment results show that the system could successfully measure the temperature,steadily and reliably drive motor,and detect speed or position singal.


Mammalian neuronal function is regulated by a complex matrix of neurochemical signals, cellular effectors and cell-cell communication. Many of the mechanisms governing neurobiology are poorly understood. The obligate intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii forms a chronic neuronal infection lasting the lifetime of the mammalian host. In this thesis, changes in catecholaminergic signalling during Toxoplasma gondii infection were investigated. Preliminary RNAseq data was used to identify catecholaminergic genes exhibiting the highest expression changes during chronic Toxoplasma gondii infection. Reduced expression of dopamine beta-hydroxylase mRNA was found during Toxoplasma gondii infection in rat catecholaminergic and human neuronal cells. This down-regulation of dopamine beta-hydroxylase was shown in newly synthesised RNA, suggesting that regulation occurs at the transcriptional level. Using methylation sensitive restriction enzyme quantitative polymerase chain reaction, hypermethylation in the 5' upstream region of the dopamine beta-hydroxylase promoter was shown in infected rat catecholaminergic cells, human neuronal cells and chronically infected mouse nuclei.

Surprisingly, dopamine beta-hydroxylase mRNA down-regulation and methylation in the 5' promoter were globally altered in vivo, despite the fact that only a small number of cysts can be identified in the host brain. In order to delineate the mechanism(s) responsible for this global change, extracellular communication during chronic Toxoplasma gondii infection was examined. Dopamine beta-hydroxylase silencing was observed only in cells exposed to infected cells. Extracellular vesicles purified from infected rat catecholaminergic cells induced transcriptional silencing of dopamine beta-hydroxylase. This effect could also be generated in vivo when rats received intracerebral injections with purified extracellular vesicles from infected cells. This represents a new perspective of the host-pathogen interaction. Through this mechanism, Toxoplasma gondii may be able to induce many of neurophysiological changes associated with chronic infection. In addition, Toxoplasma gondii is a unique model to study mammalian neurological function. By examining the influence the parasite is able to exert over cell-cell communication, we may be able to further understand the mechanisms governing CNS function and dysfunction.


The work is devoted to problems of environmental
impact in mining and chemical industry.
The purpose of the work is to evaluate the impact of mining
activities on the environment.
It is shown that mining activities have resulted in land
degradation leading to limited land available for local
population, the accumulation of large-tonnage wastes, the
presence of contaminants in soil and water, distortion of
terrain, activity of various geophysical processes.


Signature of selection has been studied on a sample regrouping of wild emmer and bread wheat genotypes. Progenitors representing the whole pedigree of seven elite bread wheat lines were compared and contrasted to the wild ancestor from the point of view of haplotype diversity, linkage disequilibrium patterns and temporal changes of allele frequencies along the chromosome 3B. Three chromosomic regions of 3B are suspected to be influenced by human selection. When comparing wild and cultivated genotypes, one chromosomic region seems to have been the subject of a domestication event. After this approach, focusing on one chromosome only, we want to extend our studies to the whole genome using the same methodology.


The purely affine Lagrangian for linear electrodynamics, that has the form of the Maxwell Lagrangian in which the metric tensor is replaced by the symmetrized Ricci tensor and the electromagnetic field tensor by the tensor of homothetic curvature, is dynamically equivalent to the Einstein–Maxwell equations in the metric–affine and metric formulation. We show that this equivalence is related to the invariance of the Maxwell Lagrangian under conformal transformations of the metric tensor. We also apply to a purely affine Lagrangian the Legendre transformation with respect to the tensor of homothetic curvature to show that the corresponding Legendre term and the new Hamiltonian density are related to the Maxwell–Palatini Lagrangian for the electromagnetic field. Therefore the purely affine picture, in addition to generating the gravitational Lagrangian that is linear in the curvature, justifies why the electromagnetic Lagrangian is quadratic in the electromagnetic field.