The two spectropolarimeters for PEPSI (Potsdam Echelle Polarimetric and Spectroscopic Instrument) have been de¬signed in order to reconstruct the full Stokes vector measuring linear and circular polarization simultaneously with a re¬solving power of 120,000. The polarimeters will be attached to the Gregorian focus of the so far largest LBT 2x8.4m telescope and will feed together with permanent focus stations the spectrograph via 44m long fibers connection. The spectrograph will be located in a pressure-temperature controlled chamber within the telescope pier. We present hereafter the last results from combined structural and CFD analyses in order to fulfill the optical requirements.


In the full type IIB open superstring setup, we show that there exists a vertex operator, denoted by VL, whose renormalization reproduces the same anomalous dimension matrix that was obtained by Minahan and Zarembo (MZ) [J. High Energy Phys. 0303, 013 (2003)]. The vertex operator is a gauge singlet, and has the same SO(6) index structure as the operator used by MZ. To obtain the SYM anomalous dimensions, one of the key ingredients is the non-abelianization of the nonlinear sigma model action in a D-brane background. Park [Phys. Lett. B 660, 583 (2008)] conjectured that quantum effects of open strings on a stack of D-branes should generate the curvature. Even though the conjecture had passed a few consistency checks, the role of the higher order curvature terms has remain mostly unobserved until now. By choosing a special form of the non-abelianized counter vertex, VG, we show that the SYM result is reproduced. We comment on fermionic completion of VL and on how the special form of the non-Abelian vertex VG may arise.


The p-ZnO:LiNO3/i-SiZnO/n-ZnO:In (p-i-n) ZnO-based solar blind ultraviolet-C photodetectors were deposited by vapor cooling condensation system. In view of the high performances of the deposited ZnO-based films, the solar blind performance was resulted due to very low photoresponse in the visible (VIS) wavelength range. The ultraviolet (270 nm)/VIS (420 nm) rejection ratio of $1.01\,\times \,10^{4}$ was obtained. The dominant noise was flicker noise. Furthermore, the photoresponsivity of 0.260 A/W, the noise equivalent power of $3.54 \times 10^{-12}$ W, and the specific detectivity of $2.67\times 10^{11}$ cmHz $^{1/2}$ /W were obtained, when the photodetectors operated at a reverse bias voltage of −5 V.


Lignocellulosic biomass is promising alternative to petroleum. One of its main components, lignin, possesses aromatic rings and can be source of aromatic chemicals. Guaiacols are representative lignin-derived chemicals, and demethoxylation of guaiacol produces more useful chemicals. However, some amount of methoxy compounds with cyclohexane ring is co-produced in hydrodemethoxylation [1]. In this study, we explored catalysts which convert 2methoxycyclohexanone, one of hydrogenated products of guaiacol, to demethoxylated products (phenol, cyclohexanone and cyclohexanol; Fig. 1).


Phototherapy utilizes the beneficial effects of ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths to affect immunoregulatory functions. UV light phototherapy using narrowband UV‐B (NB‐UVB) and bath‐psoralen UV‐A (bath‐PUVA) therapy are well‐established treatments for psoriasis. Dual‐action mechanisms of UV phototherapy have been identified: apoptosis and immune suppression. NB‐UVB depletes pathogenic T cells by inducing apoptosis and regulatory T cells. Other wavelengths are also utilized for phototherapy, namely 308‐nm excimer light and 312‐nm flat‐typed NB‐UVB. Excimer light (308‐nm) therapy effectively targets the affected skin without unduly exposing other areas and increases the levels of regulatory T cells. Phototherapy improves impaired resting regulatory T cells and increases activated regulatory T cells in patients with psoriasis. Intensive studies of phototherapy effects have led to several improvements in the design, protocols, and light sources, such as UV light‐emitting diodes, thereby providing several options for patients with refractory skin disease, such as psoriasis.


In 1906–1908 H. A. Rennert published his 'Notes on the chronology of the Spanish drama', MLR, II (1906–1907), 331–41; III (1907–1908), 43–55. The information which Rennert presents is in the form of an alphabetical list of play titles and is drawn primarily from a series of articles published in 1871 by G. Cruzada Villaamil. Rennert also included titles from a list of plays known to have been in the possession of Jeronimo Amella in Valencia in 1628, published by Henri Merimee, and from a document giving details of plays performed before the King and Queen in 1622 and 1623, published by Adolph Friedrich von Schack. The remaining entries, comparatively few in number, come from other printed sources.


The present invention belongs to the field of cipher lock technology, and is especially hi-tech cipher lock and key design method. The hi-tech cipher lock and key design method has user designed cipher stored in a mobile memory and thus expanded cipher source, high reliability and high security. At the same time, the method adopts hand writing input device as the cipher input device and the user can give full play to his imaginative power to create hard-to-unravel cipher.


An empirical test was made of the relation of self-consistency to strength of the aesthetic value in determining aesthetic judgments. 25 undergraduate Ss responded to 24 paintings. From each respondent was collected: (1) using a self-anchoring scale adaptation, a self-rating of personality characteristics subjectively deemed the significant attributes characterizing those who liked and disliked each painting as the self-concept index, (2) rating of the degree of liking each painting on a six-point scale as the aesthetic behavior studied and (3) score on the Aesthetic Value of the Allport-Vernon-Lindzey Study of Values as the index of the strength or importance of the particular value involved. Tetrachoric correlations of the 24 sets of responses made by each individual in (1) and (2) were used as the indices of self-consistency. The mean rt = .50 (p < .01). Rank difference correlations of these rts and the score on the Aesthetic Value from (3) indicated the importance of the value in determining the strength of the self-consistency (rho = .39, p < 05), confirming the significance of this correlate of the self-consistency dynamic in aesthetic judgment.


An augmentation of the Global Positioning System, the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) broadcasts, at each node of an ionospheric grid, an estimate of the vertical ionospheric delay and an integrity bound on the vertical delay error. To date, these quantities have been determined from a planar fit of slant delay measurements, projected to vertical using an obliquity factor specified by the standard thin shell model of the ionosphere. In a future WAAS upgrade (WAAS Follow‐On Release 3), however, they will be calculated using an established, geo‐statistical estimation technique known as kriging that generally provides higher estimate accuracy than planar fit estimation. This paper analyzes the impact of kriging on system availability. In a preliminary assessment, kriging is found to produce improvements in availability of up to 15%.


In alpine tundra and fell fields in southwestern Color ado (San Juan Co.), individuals of Erigeron grandiflorus of extremely reduced size are common and abundant but pre viously undocumented in that size range –– with stems 2–20 mm tall and involucres 5–7 mm wide producing 17–50 ray florets. The plants are monocephalous alpine peren nials. A revised description of the species and photos of size variants, including the dwa rf-like plants, are provided.


Plaque control is a procedure to prevent plaque accumulation on tooth surface that can be done with mechanic or chemical procedure. Using of mouthwash is an example of plaque control in chemical procedure. In this experiment, sunflower seed oil was used for mouthwash because it's compositions have activity toward plaque forming microorganisms. This study was meant to know the effect of sunflower seed oil on reducing dental plaque index. This study was a clinical experimental study using pretest and postest control group design. The samples of this study were the students of MA PGAI Padang. 30 students were divided randomly into two groups, a control group and a test group. The test group were given sunflower seed oil, and control group were given aquadest . Dental plaque score was measured with PHP index before and after intervention. The data analyzed by computer program with independent sample t-test and its significancy accepted if p<0,05. The results showed the significant differences of plaque index decrease after intervention, 0,66 for the control group and 1,26 for the test group. It can be conclude that gargling with sunflower seed oil can decrease the plaque index.


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To determine the emission standard for an area,the National Standard of China( GB /T13201-91)recommends the A- value method developed from single-box-model.In this paper,anew approach has been developed based on the combined distribution of wind direction and atmospher-ic stability instead of circle assumpption for control area. This new single box model has been appliedto calculate the annual SO_2 emisson standard for Hangzhou,Ningbo,Wenzhou and Quzhou in Zhe-jiang province. The results for Wenzhou and Quzhou are different from those derived from the A-value method.


A simple scheme for multi-channel wavelength conversion based on cross-gain modulation of Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE) spectrum in Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (SOA) is described. Simultaneous 16-channel wavelength conversion at 10Gb/s is first demonstrated without any additional probe lights, the modulation information carried by one pump light could be converted into arbitrary many channels if only the demultiplexer with enough channels is exploited.


Solution for a certain convolution integral equation of Fredholm types whose kernel involves a product of general class of polynomials and �� -function has been obtained. The main result is believed to be general and unified in nature. A number of results follow as special cases by specializing the parameters of the general class of polynomials and �� -function.


This research aims to find out the effect of fundamental factors bank as measured using the CAMEL ratio to changes the amount of deposits and interest rates. CAMEL ratios consists of capital as measured by capital adequacy ratio (CAR), asset quality as measured by non performing loan (NPL), management quality as measured by non-interest expenditures to total assets (NIETA), earnings as measured by return on assets (ROA), liquidity as measured by cash to assets (CTA). Research conducted in Indonesia is also used to find out if there are differences in the behavior of market discipline at the time of a full guarantee, Rp. 100 million guarantee, and Rp 2 billion guarantee. The results showed while guaranteeing full there was no fundamental factors influential to changes in bank deposits and interest rates, while the granting of Rp. 100 million CAR and CTA have significant positive effect to changes deposits and significant negatife to interest rates, and than NIETA has significant negative to changes deposits and significant positive to interest rates, Rp 2 billion guarantee CAR and ROA have positive effect to changes in deposits and significant negative to interest rates. Market discipline occurs at the time of the granting of Rp 2 billion and is increasing at the moment of granting decrase to Rp. 100 million, indicated by number of variables that has a significant effect to changes in deposit and interest rate. whereas when full guarantee market discipline does not occur.


The analysis, design, and simulation of a load control system for an industrial tie tester are discussed. A nonlinear state-space-like representation of the system is developed for system evaluation and design. It is shown that a linearizing feedback control law may be obtained using linear system theory. Simulation results are included to demonstrate the tractability of the control system design being proposed.<<ETX>>


In sensors using the resonant principle, it is essential to accurately evaluate the phase of the resonant circuit. The advantage is the high sensitivity of the phase to the sensed quantity. For the proposed qualitative resonant circuit, a temperature stable system was used to enable excitation of the resonant circuit. The sensing of the voltage induced in the measuring structure and the current through the resonant circuit is also included. A dedicated AD8302 circuit was selected for phase shift detection, but this has significant nonlinearity in its conversion characteristics in the phase zero region. Therefore, the detected phase was shifted to the region of greatest linearity of 90° in post-processing. Interfering signals from switching power supplies, mains and radio are sufficiently suppressed without affecting the measured signal. The principles of high-impedance measurement at higher frequencies are applied, resulting in the need for special electronics. Therefore, in order to be able to properly sense and evaluate the transimpedance Z, the electrical voltage from the sensor must be impedance decoupled and amplified at the sensing part. The input of the amplifier should have an impedance Zi in the order of 100G and higher, so that it does not distort the sensed electrical voltage output of the sensor output of the sensing part of the flow meter Due to the need for significant amplification, it was necessary to use an amplifier with ultra-low input current and large bandwidth. The output of the proposed setup is a DC voltage proportional to phase, which can be processed by a conventional A/D converter. The proposed resonant sensor assembly has a stable linear response to phase change and allows small changes in measured quantities to be measured in the field.


Part I is about valuing fairness, II chiefly about not valuing it. Equally, I is about knowing fairness or taking yourself to know what it is, while II is chiefly about not knowing what it is: absolutely not knowing what it is, or not knowing what it is except when it is thought of in a narrow way. I want to know what all those states involve, e.g. whether knowing what fairness is involves valuing it, and most of all (in Part II) whether those two aforesaid ways of not knowing what fairness is involve some knowably undesirable kind of ignorance; in that sense, incur a cognitive penal sanction. But I begin elsewhere.


. We give a conditional bound for the average analytic rank of elliptic curves over an arbitrary number field. In particular, under the assumptions that all elliptic curves over a number field K are modular and have L -functions which satisfy the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis, we show that the average analytic rank of isomorphism classes of elliptic curves over K is bounded above by 3 deg( K ) + 1 / 2. A key ingredient in the proof of this result is to give asymptotics for the number of elliptic curves over an arbitrary number field with a prescribed local condition; these results will follow from general results for counting points of bounded height on weighted projective spaces with a prescribed local condition.


Quality of metallic surfaces is essential to maintain performance and longevity of industrial products. The surface defects of products like holes and cracks not only affect their appearances and performance, but also may even result in potential danger to human health in some cases. Traditional surface inspection methods for metallic surfaces rely on manual inspection methods by naked eyes or with the help of close circuit cameras, presenting the problems of low efficiency, low accuracy, high labour intensity due to monotonous work. Today manual inspection is not possible in many applications, therefore an automated method with a high accuracy is desirable. In this paper we propose a novel stereo optical comparison method to detect defects on metallic surface based on machine vision and laser triangulation.


As Russia's electricity sector moves forward towards a competitive environment, its System Operator and advisors have evaluated the existing Energy Management System and decided to implement a state-of-the art upgrade for both the central and regional systems.


Abstract House dust has been incriminated as an important causative allergen in bronchial asthma. Guanine is contained in living mites and their feces. A quantitative method to determine the level of guanine in house dust was improved. Since guanine makes up 0.3% of the living mite and the guanine concentration in house dust correlates highly with the number of mite present (r=0.704), it is suggested that the guanine level in house dust could be used to as a marker of mite allergens in epidemiological study.


This paper describes a series of experiments to study the efficiency of an electrothermal (ET) launcher. The launcher serves as a pre-accelerator for a plasma-driven hypervelocity railgun experiment at the Institute for Advanced Technology. The ET launcher is designed to accelerate small polycarbonate projectiles to about 1 km/s. The objective of this study was to understand how pulse duration affects the efficiency with which the pressure of the ET discharge is coupled to the projectile. The study consisted of multiple tests for which the total energy of the discharge was kept constant, but the pulse length was varied. The dependent variable in the tests was the muzzle velocity of the projectile. The experimental results are presented and compared with gas-dynamic considerations.


Small mammals were sampled at two waste burial sites (1 and 2) at Area G, TA-54 and a control site outside Area G (Site 3) to identify radionuclides that are present within surface and subsurface soils at waste burial sites, to compare the amount of radionuclide uptake by small mammals at waste burial sites to a control site, and to identify the primary mode of contamination to small mammals, either through surface contact or ingestion/inhalation. Three composite samples of at least five animals per sample were collected at each site. Pelts and carcasses of each animal were separated and analyzed independently. Samples were analyzed for {sup 241}Am, {sup 90}Sr, {sup 238}Pu, {sup 239}Pu, total U, and gamma spectroscopy (including {sup 137}Cs). Significantly higher (parametric t-test at p = 0.05) levels of total U, {sup 241}Am, {sup 238}Pu, {sup 239}Pu, and {sup 40}K were detected in pelts as compared to the carcasses of small mammals at TA-54. Concentrations of other measured radionuclides in carcasses were nearly equal to or exceeded the mean concentrations in the pelts. The authors results show higher concentrations in pelts compared to carcasses which is similar to what has been found at waste burial/contaminated sites outside of Los Alamos National Laboratory. Site 1 had significantly higher (alpha = 0.05, F = 0.0095) total U concentrations in carcasses than Sites 2 and 3. Site 2 had significantly higher (alpha = 0.05, F = 0.0195) {sup 239}Pu concentrations in carcasses than either Site 1 or Site 3. A significant difference in {sup 90}Sr concentration existed between Sites 1 and 2 (alpha = 0.05, F = 0.0681) and concentrations of {sup 40}K at Site 1 were significantly different from Site 3.


Conventional pig-housing facilities expose farmers to high concentrations of microorganisms, organic dusts, and gases, all of which are suspected of causing health problems. A recent method of growingfinishing has been developed which relies upon the use of biotreated litter, i.e. litter composed of solid waste, sawdust or straw, and a biotechnologically produced enzyme that acts on ammoniacal nitrogen in pig manure to stimulate fermentation. The surface of the litter is stirred once a week to maintain aerobic conditions within the litter. The deep-litter method is supposed to produce compost which can be used to improve the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soil. This project was undertaken to measure the chemical and biological contaminants present in the air of a grower-finisher pig building using the deep-litter method and assess the safety of these workplaces for workers. While the concentrations of contaminants usually found in pig-housing facilities, such as Gram-negative bacteria and gases, were within acceptable limits, this type of facility offers ideal conditions for the proliferation of thermophilic actinomycetes andA.fumigatus. Given the unresolved risks associated with thermophilic actinomycetes and A. fumigatus, it is recommended that workers in this environment wear HEPA-equipped (High Efficiency Particulate Air Filters) masks capable of capturing 99.7% of the spores.


We report a high-repetition-rate, compact, mid-infrared picosecond (ps) optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN). The OPO is synchronously pumped by an ytterbium-doped-fibre (YDF) master-oscillator-power-amplifier (MOPA) system, seeded by a 1040-nm gain-switched laser diode (GSLD). Under continuous-wave (cw) pulsed operation, at a 1.5-GHz repetition rate and 14-W pump power, an idler average power of 2.4 W (∼30 W peak power) was achieved, with an idler wavelength tunability of 2260–3573 nm. Through the addition of an electro-optic modulator (EOM) to the MOPA system, acting as a time gate to suppress a variable number of pulses per 1 µs, a quasi-cw pumping regime was realized, allowing burst-mode operation of the OPO at a 1-MHz inter-burst repetition rate. By varying the burst window time with the EOM, controllable idler peak powers of up to 1.2 kW were then realized.


This work reports the removal of dibenzothiophene (DBT) via an oxidative desulfurization (ODS) process over Zn/Al2O3 catalyst utilizing H2O2 as an oxidizing agent. The influence of operating parameters, such as reaction temperature, time was investigated. Results clarified that recognizably high DBT elimination of 93.781% has been achieved within 80 min using 0.1 g (9% Zn/Al2O3) catalyst at 90 °C reaction temperature. It was observed that an overall ODS catalytic efficiency order of: 9% ZnO/γ-Al2O3> 6% ZnO/γ-Al2O3> 3% ZnO/γ-Al2O3. Discernment of the surface morphology and textural properties of prepared nano-catalysts were characterized utilizing X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and BET surface area analysis, which assisted in evaluating the performance of the prepared nano-catalysts. Owing to its highly effective nature, operation at moderate conditions and cost-effectiveness, this work can be conceived as an efficient methodology for the ODS operation of fuel oils on an industrial scale.


The assignment of Public Buildings graduation studio entitled 'Amorphous City. Re_Claiming Rome: City of ruins' was particularly focused on addressing the issue of the 'interstices of memory' in the given context of Rome. The main aim of the studio was to provide a qualitative commentary on the contemporary condition of the stereotyped 'eternal city', characterized by the state of fragmentation, discontinuity and unresolved urban conflicts. A crucial design question was to deliver a definition of 'public' in respect to Rome's rich history, specifically its impressive morphological transformations. The final product of the studio was an architectural design of a public building on the site within the proximity of Tiber river.


Objective:To evaluate the imageologic characteristics of the bronchial arteries (BAs) in primary lung cancer (PLC) with multidetector CT (MDCT) angiography. Methods: Thin-section enhanced CT scanning (with an Toshiba Aquilion 16 scanner) was performed in 164 PLC patients, of whom 123 were confirmed by pathology and the remaining 41 were confirmed by typical radiological and clinical findings. Another 46 patients with normal thoracic CT presentations were served as control. Three-dimensional (3D) images of the BAs were processed at workstation (Vitrea 2, Vital Corp, USA). Spatial anatomical characters of the BAs were observed using volume rendering (VR) and muhiplanar reconstruction (MPR) or maximum intensity projection (MIP). Results: At least one bronchial artery was displayed clearly on VR in 152 (92. 7%) of the 164 PLC patients and 32 (69. 6%) of the 46 controls. There were 48. 92% of the right BAs originating from the descending aorta and 46. 24% from the right intercostal artery. 97. 53% of the left BAs originated from the descending aorta, and 94. 87% of the common trunk from the descending aorta. There were 10 distribution patterns of the BAs, with one on the right and one on the left predominating (48. 68%). More BA branches were found to reach far from the segmental bronchi or enter into the lesions in the PLC group than those in the control group (25. 8% vs 1. 7% ). and also the ipsilateral side of the PLC than the contralateral side (40% vs 8. 8%). The diameter and the total transaxial areas of the BAs on the ipsilateral side of the PLC lesions were significantly larger than those on the contralateral side or those of the control group (P0. 05). Conclusion:The anatomic characters and pathologic changes can be depicted in vivo stereographically and clearly by CTA with volumetric 3D rendering. Dilation of the BAs and increase of total blood flow in patients with PLC can be evaluated quantitatively, which may be useful in the diagnosis and assessment of PLC, and have the potential to increase the-safety and effect of interventional therapy.


Compared to land‐based sources, mussel aquaculture provides food products with a high‐quality protein content and a low carbon footprint. At the same time, mussel cultures store nutrients in their tissue that are removed from the system through harvesting. However, increasingly development of suspended bivalve aquaculture in the coastal zone also comes with a price as the ecological carrying capacity of the ecosystem may be exceeded. The present study aims to support future fjord‐management by estimating the nutrient budgets and ecological impacts of intensified mussel aquaculture in a shallow semi‐enclosed system, the Limfjorden, using 3D ecosystem modeling. Model results showed a net removal of nutrients by suspended mussel cultures at basin scale, whereas at farm scale the efficiency was lower due to increased sediment fluxes. An increase in mussel farming from the current 4 kt‐fresh weight to a future projection of 104 kt‐fresh weight did not exceed the ecological carrying capacity with respect to impacts on sediment chemistry but could cause local declines in benthic bivalve populations. Intense mussel farming provided ecosystem services such as better oxygen conditions and higher Secchi depth together with lower nutrient‐ and chlorophyll a concentrations on basin scale. In addition, there was a redistribution of nutrients, chlorophyll a concentrations, and Secchi depth between sub‐basins in the fjord depending on farming location and intensity. Overall, intensified mussel farming could contribute to the mitigation of eutrophication effects by removing nutrients from land sources and by reducing the local sediment loading.


A highly sensitive electroimmunodiffusion method on cellulose acetate films, developed by Abelev on the basis of isotachoelectrophoresis, was applied to search of MuMTV-related antigenicity in tumor tissue and sera of breast cancer patients. In 2 out of 5 breast cancer extracts, protein fractions corresponding to a molecular weight of about 50,000 daltons were seen to exhibit antigenicity related to the major core antigen of MuMTV (p27). This antigenicity could not be detected in the sera of the patients.


This case describes MMMA's response to allegations of sexual harassment in its Normal, Illinois, facility. Most of the case focuses on major events that took place between 1992 and spring 1996, culminating in the EEOC investigation and class-action suit, which, at the time, was deemed the most expensive suit ever filed. The decision maker in the case is Lynn Martin, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, who has been hired by MMMA to help the organization take corrective action.


Cosmic ray (CR) propagation in the Galaxy and generally in the cosmic plasma is usually considered in the diffusion approximation. The diffusion is regarded to result from CR scattering due to their interaction with a magnetic and an electric field. In most cases the fields are assumed to be given. Meanwhile, in the Galaxy the CR energy density w sub cr is similar to I eV/cm, i.e., it is comparable with the energy densities of the magnetic field and turbulent motions in the interstellar gas. Therefore, for the Galaxy it becomes necessary to take into account the influence of CR on the gas dynamics and on the magnetic fields in this gas. The simplest way to this is to use the hydrodynamic approximation, but this is possible only on scales greatly exceeding the CR free path lambda before scattering and only for times larger than lambda/v approx. equals lambda/c. One should thus obtain corresponding MHD equations and establish the limits of their applicability.


The builders of the modern university expected that the research conducted within it would solve moral problems. The research would provide authoritative instruction on how to live and how to shape a more perfect society. But within a generation, it became clear that this expectation would not easily be fulfilled. Indeed, many of the faculties housed in these new universities were ready to wash their hands of moral concerns. The university faced a crisis: Did it serve to advance morality? And if so, how? The success of the university in producing knowledge and training skilled professionals has compensated for and masked the moral crisis. But nonetheless, the problem of morality continues to plague American higher education. Universities have been unable either to fully incorporate morality or to comfortably abandon a moral mission. This is the unresolved legacy of the creation of the modern research university. (Reuben, 2000, pp. 72–73)


When I get to thinking how greediness got hold of me I want to crawl off in a hole somewhere and die. I mean you got no way of knowing how all-fired powerful greediness can be unless you been cleaned out once yourself. And then life ain't worth living. There I was in high clover. I mean I had it all—two dollars—and plans for spending it that took a backseat to nothing. I mean you took a look at Tallie Marcum down at revival last Sunday and seen her pop me with the big-eye about the center of "Canaan Land" and, well, shucks almighty you know you can't go gambling with something like that. You know right off that them kind of lookers don't have to go around picking up strays. Well, she big-eyed me on Sunday and I started cutting at a cord of wood for Sam Bascum on Monday. Sam runs the feed store down at the mouth of Bear Creek and sells everything from aspirins to horse collars. He'd pay on Saturday and I'd be back down there on Sunday at revival with some green to back me up. I mean I had plans to ask Tallie Marcum if she'd maybe like to take in a movie on Monday night. Try to get acquainted ahead of the other boys since Tallie had just moved in down where Tom Ramey used to live about two weeks ago. She was new here. But from her house it couldn't of been no more than a three mile walking distance to the movie house. And I figured if she'd be willing to walk we could get by on a dollar including a little popcorn during the main feature. You know, do it up right, be down there first class. Then, you see, I'd take this big green I'd be saving back and if me and Tallie shucked up all right I'd have something to make another turn with. Not like blowing it all in one shot and having nothing left to reload with. I got the cord of wood finished for Sam around five o'clock on Saturday which didn't leave me too much time being that I wanted to make a sashshay around Tallie Marcum's house to see if any of the fellows were hanging around down there. So I hurried into the feed store and said: "AU done there Sam."


The development of live video surveillance is the most encouraging solution for surgery in hospital. As of late, a few contributions for video observation have been proposed. Moving objects detection from a video sequence is a fundamental and basic work in numerous computer-vision applications. After this procedure, in object detection, most essential features are separated from video frames and enhance our recognition execution enlivened improvement methods. At last the ideal features to deep learning approach to deal with distinguish the object from Laparoscopic Surgery Medical Video (LSMV) frames, the blood vessel and a few objects are recognized. Different frame based surveillance measurements are utilized to assess the proposed approach. Trial results and comparative examination obviously portray the effectiveness (95.56% precision) of the proposed approach.


In general, the quality of raw milk and of dairy products has been considerably improved by the refrigeration on farms, and in processing plants. Unfortunately, the current practices for the collection and the storage of the raw milk favour the growth of psychrotrophic bacteria, able to grow below 7°C, regardless of their optimal growth temperature. Besides their rapid growth ability in refrigerated milk, psychrotrophs produce heat stable extracellular proteases, lipases, phospholipases. Pseudomonas spp. constitute the predominant microorganisms limiting the shelf life of processed fluid at 4°C. In our studies, 64 isolates, selected from 13 raw-milk samples in Finland (that originate from farm, lorry or silo tanks) were characterized by the determination of their spoilage and phenotypic features. Phenotypic characterization of the isolates was mainly performed with API 20NE and BIOLOG GN2 identification systems; the results were system-dependent, although the presence of representatives of the Pseudomonas genus (for the majority of the isolates) was suggested by both systems; moreover, a significant number of isolates were partially identified as members of Stenotrophomonas, Burkholderia and Acinetobacter genera. All three genera comprise species considered in recent reports as emerging pathogens, that carry innate resistance to antibiotics. There is a general consensus that the widespread use of antibiotics has imposed a strong selective pressure that contributed to the emergence of multidrug resistant microorganisms. In the context of the increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistant bacteria, we evaluated the distribution of antibiotic resistant traits among the group of psychrotrophs retrieved from the raw milk samples The results obtained, with the ATB®PSE system (composed of a panel of 17 β-lactams and non-β-lactams antibiotics, representatives of 5 classes), designed to investigate the pseudomonads susceptibility/resistance, revealed that the majority of raw milk psychrotrophs, besides exhibiting spoilage features, also harboured antibiotic multiresistant traits.


This research is purposed to recognize relation the parent in education grade with their care in to motivation children education on Basic School at   Kampung  Lubuk Sarik  Kenegarian   Kambang  Utara  Pesisir  Selatan. Kind of the research which to correlation descriptive. The population on this research is some the parent have had the children who is still in studying on Basic School. Getting off samprle in this research is sampling  random stratified technique . Result of account have been proved much 60 person samplin. The instrument is used in this research is like a questioner. Analysis for the data  is used Chi- quadrant use to seems relation between the parent education grade  with care into education motivator their children on Basic School. Result of this research are seemed that it's be relation on the significant grade between the parent education grade with care their parent into education motivator a  children on Basic School at Kampung Lubuk Sarik where is account of X 2 > table X 2 in significant 0.05 degree. Result of this research seems that is the parent education grade could been affected care into education motivator a children  on Basic School.


In conclusion, we quantify the impact of tF variation on Δ and Ic variability in PMTJ. The Δ variability shows considerably more tF variation dependency compared to Ic variability counterpart, offering smaller increase of Δ and Ic as tF variation is improved to make all random MTJ samples meet a retention time specification.


One of the objectives of the Transregional Collaborative Research Center SFB/TR4 of the Universities of Aachen and Bremen, Germany, and Stillwater, Oklahoma is the development of diamond machining processes for metal molds integrated in the process chain for economic mass production of complex optical elements. In this paper we will discuss the application of diamond ball-end milling for machining of free-form surfaces with small radii of curvature, the generation of NC-programs, requirements on tool alignment and a new high-resolution method for measuring surface slopes, local radii of curvature and figure error of free-form surfaces based on fringe reflection. Surface definition by NURBS is used throughout the process chain from the design stage to mold manufacture, injection molding and testing. The aim of the work presented in this paper is to minimize the number of iteration loops needed for achieving the required surface quality.


A filtration device having a tubular pressure vessel and a tubular filter assembly is provided. The tubular filter assembly is housed within the tubular pressure vessel and includes a filter element and a split ring seal circumscribing the filter element. The split ring seal has an annular body that includes a first end, a second end opposite the first end and slidably engaged with the first end, and an opening extending through the annular body.


Seven annual surveys have been conducted during varying portions of a 19-year period (1962-80) which permit assessments of them as relative abundance indexes of ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) in Wisconsin. These surveys included the harvest estimate, roadside drumming count transects, winter roost counts, study area censuses of male grouse on areas in northern and central Wisconsin, a spring and a summer rural resident wildlife inquiry, and a grouse brood tally. These have been extensively applied rather than narrowly used except for the study areas. . Survey techniques are described, available data summarized and the data trends compared graphically and by correlation. The highest conformance of survey results occurred in the northern forest range. This suggests greater sensitivity of ipdexes as compared to the poorer consistency of the more discontinuous southern range. The roadside dTumming count and the harvest estimate appear to provide the most consistent indexes of abundance. · AN EVALUATION OF WISCONSIN RUFFED GROUSE SURVEYS


The utility model relates to a self-feeding mechanical arm, which comprises a machine base, wherein a servo-motor is equipped on the machine base, the servo-motor is connected with a turning shaft arranged on the machine base through a synchronous belt drive pair, a rotating body which can synchronously rotate with the turning shaft is fixedly arranged above the turning shaft, a ball screw rod pair and a guide bar are vertically and parallel arranged in the rotating body, one end of the ball screw rod pair is connected with the servo-motor which can drive the end rotate through a coupler, at the same time, a clamping arm mechanism for catching and carrying specimen is package equipped on the ball screw rod pair and the guide bar, further, the clamping arm mechanism and the guide bar are slidably package connected, the clamping arm mechanism and the ball screw rod pair screw nut are fitly package connected, the servo-motor for controlling the turning shaft rotation and the servo-motor for controlling the up-and-down motion of the clamping arm mechanism are respectively connected with a control circuit, thereby the utility model has the advantages of few components, simple structure, low costs, and convenient operation.


This article investigates the effect of dielectric thickness and ground width on the performance of multilayer conductor backed coplanar waveguide lumped elements and circuits fabricated on advanced multilayer photoimageable thick‐film ceramic multichip module (MCM) technology. From the S‐parameters, the effective dielectric constant is extracted to investigate the effect of dielectric thickness and ground‐width on transmission line dispersion. The equivalent circuit parameters for multilayer ceramic‐based capacitors and inductors are investigated for various dielectric thicknesses and ground‐plane widths. Finally, the practical effect of dielectric thickness and ground width are investigated for a highly compact and high performance lumped element low pass filter at 3 GHz, developed for cost‐effective MCM applications. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 54:1127–1132, 2012


A numerical model for simulation of particle single-step saltation was developed. The model includes drag force, shear lift force, rotational lift force, buoyancy force, added mass force, and torque. The governing equations were solved using the fourth-order Runge-Kutta scheme. The model was calibrated and verified using the experimental data. The computational results include particle trajectory, longitudinal velocity of particle and flow, relative velocity of particle and flow, dimensionless drag, and lift forces along the trajectory. Sensivity analysis was performed to determine the influence of various parameters. Saltation characteristics were also calculated for various Reynolds numbers in the range of 2.5 to 7.7. It was found that very close to the bed, drag force decreases as Reynolds number increases. An increase of about three times the Reynolds number has a decreasing effect of three times and two times on the drag and lift force, respectively. The influence of Reynolds number increase on the falling phase was less than that on the rising phase.


The first article published by Franco Modigliani has become one of the basic texts of the modern Keynesian economics. It formalized the model (or at least one model) implicit in the General Theory. Modigliani argued that the characteristics Keynesian conclusions are based primarily on the (realistic) rigidity of nominal wages. In particular, it showed that if wages and prices were flexible, the theory of liquidity preference of money could not generate persistent involuntary unemployment, but if wages were rigid, the theory of the amount of money could do it. Sixty years later Modigliani returned to expose the "Keynesian gospel" and proposed essentially the same interpretation. This article reconsiders and discusses this approach to macroeconomics, with some reference to its implications for economic policy.


The ever-increasing focus on the environment has led to energy considerations throughout industry. The Mobile Phone industry is no exception. Researchers and Commercial organisations are examining system design and associated technologies which will minimize energy consumption whilst retaining current system performance. Techniques across the mobile industry are being considered from Energy Efficient air interface design to equipment "switch-off" (during periods of low usage). This paper considers the impact of, dual, co-located, system traffic loading in relation to Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) scheduling techniques and Dynamic Carrier Band Switching for the 3GPP WCDMA Downlink in order to maximize throughput whilst ensuring Energy Efficiency.


The Belarus Parliment ratified START I by a vote of 218 to 1 on February 4, 1993. The Parliment also voted to accede to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as a non-nuclear weapon state. The Parliment also passed two companion accords with Russia to coordinate the withdrawal of the ICBMs now in Belarus and to define the legal states of those weapons. Ukraine remains the only party to START I that has not yet approved the treaty.


In the Hems synthesis of diphenyl ethers, an ortho-carbonyl offered less obstruction when held in a lactone ring than when present as an ester. Side reactions interfered with the Hems synthesis of highly hindered diphenyl ethers, and the highly hindered, highly activated ethers produced in the synthesis were easily cleaved by nucleophilic reagents, often in a few minutes at room temperature. The latter fact added a lively interest to the transformation of the ethers into other derivatives. Three of these were of special interest: (a) methyl 2-(6′-amino-4′-carbomethoxy-2′-nitrophenoxy)benzoate (VIc) which existed in remarkably stable dimorphic forms, (b) the dibenzoxazepine VIII, and (c) the quadruply orthosubstituted, asymmetrical 7-(4′-carbomethoxy -6′-laevo-menthoxyacetamino- 2′-nitrophenoxy)metameconine (IX). Attempts to isolate diastereoisomeric substances having the diphenyl ether link as an element of asymmetry failed, the classical explanation of the low configurational stability (due to bending an...


OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of orbital decompression for the treatment of malignant exophthalmos.

METHODS
Thirty four eyes of malignant exophthalmos were followed-up for 3 months to 9 years (averaged 6 years) after orbital decompression (two walls decompression in 22 eyes, three walls decompression in 12 eyes). The postoperative vision, protrusion value and appearance of the patients were examined and analyzed.

RESULTS
Complete closure of palpebral fissure was attained in all cases and the visual acuity was increased in 25 eyes, remained the same in 5 eyes and decreased in 4 eyes. The mean recession of exophthalmos after operation was 3.8 mm in two walls decompression and 7.1 mm in three walls decompression, respectively.

CONCLUSION
Orbital decompression is an effective method for the treatment of malignant exophthalmos.


Increased intramuscular (IM) triglyceride (TG) is associated with insulin resistance. Although stable isotope methods may provide insight; their application is hindered by measurement of the precursor. We have established the methods of measuring IM palmitoyl‐CoA (PalCoA) and Palmitoyl‐carnitine (PalCn) enrichment using LC/MS. However, the measured PalCoA enrichment is often lower than PalCn. The aim of this study was to assess the validity of these methods in the measurement of precursor enrichment.


The IFRS-16 will shortly be implemented worldwide, where the operating lease is effectively removed, and all operational leases are qualified as debt. The operational lease is a major source and is important for off-balance sheet financing in Indonesia. Therefore, the implementation of IFRS-16 will probably hurt Indonesian business. The contract and/or service level agreements on the retrofits for the energy efficiency product can relieve the business owner from cash flow and new debts. This study established a framework for a critical comparative study; compare and assess the possibility of the retrofit financial practices under the current taxes regime, and the possibility upon IFRS-16 implementation to better understand the favorable measures for retrofit practitioners and future customers to handle the disputes. Triangulate the findings of comparative study and questionnaire survey to develop recommendation for the future researchers, practitioners and the government. The result indicates that the benefits of the retrofits financing implementation beat the cost and complexity posed by the enactment of new IFRS standards. Thus, the impact of the IFRS-16 and taxation are being considered as a part of business constraints that should be addressed together and able to manage the disputes over misperception on retrofits aspects with taxes officers.


In Mexico, seventy per cent of forests are owned by rural communities. Collective forestry experiences began to emerge in 1980. This paper reflects on the forest policies of the 1990s, based on the theory of collective action, centered on the recognition of communities as partners and in promoting the management of forest as a common resource. These policies addressed issues regarding the recognition of rights of use and community control and helped reinforce social, natural and human capitals.


We explore the relationship between homogeneity and charac teristic function for the class of completely non unitary contractive operators on a Hilbert space.


Abstract Three new highly oxygenated lanostane triterpenoids, applanaic acids A–C (1–3), were isolated from the fruiting bodies of the basidiomycete Ganoderma applanatum. Among them, applanaic acid B (2) possessed the Δ17(20)-double bond connection between the side chain and the tetracyclic skeleton, which was not common in the natural lanostane triterpenoids. Their structures were determined by 1D, 2D NMR and HRESIMS spectroscopic analysis. Compound 3 showed a weak acetylcholinesterase (AchE) inhibitory activity with 33.5% inhibition rate at 50 μM.


tion, was treated. In deep therapy all attention was concentrated upon the growth; the patient was almost regarded as something attached to a tumour! The speaker added that in his technique he originally used two tubes, one behind and one in front of the patient, but now he employed a wide-angle " metalix" tube, which gave a dose widely over the trunk at the optimum distanceseventeen inches-from the patient. After such mild and wide-field treatment by x rays some people felt better immediately; some felt depressed and suffered from headache. Distortions of taste and smell were not uncommon, and one patient said that his hearing was so acute for two hours after the "bath" that he could even hear the watch ticking in another man's pocket. Salivation and intense hunger were sometimes induced, and frequency of micturition occurred. Asthma was the first condition treated, the value of the treatment being discovered accidentally. In purely allergic asthma relief could be confidently predicted; in the infective type of asthma many cases were relieved; in a mixture of the allergic and infective types the results were poor. Satisfactory results were obtained in migraine; but here, as in all cases, the rays were not directed at the seat of local trouble; the condition was treated as a constitutional disease. Good results appeared in the chronic infective rheumatic group. He had even noticed an improvement in the condition of mental defectives submitted to the treatment for various conditions. A " village idiot " who had been treated for asthma became a very efficient domestic servant, and a dullard won a scholarship. He stressed the point that an enlarged gland or other condition was not treated directly but benefited under the general stimulus, that care must be taken not to oversaturate the patient, and that it was better to err on the side of underdosing. It seemed to him that the functioning of the ductless gland system was affected favourably and the natural defensive powers of the body reinforced.


This study attempts to identify the Psychological and sociological factor that influence 'gang membership'. The objectives are to define the gang and discover evidence of what constitutes a 'gang member'. The media portrayal of the 'gang' is dominantly influenced by visions of American culture, the aim of the study was to analysis comparative research from the academic arena, to gain insight in to the UK viewpoint. Attention has been paid to the underlying causes of anti-social behaviour and delinquency. Life course, personal and social perspectives have been acknowledged.

Findings suggest that there are vast amounts of differing theories concerning adolescents and delinquency, whilst studies were definitive about their relationship.

It is suggested that the subculture phenomena of the 'gang' is a socially constructed group being drawn together by multiple oppressions such as socio-economic status, poor education and poor parenting, it is an aim of the author to distinguish policy incentives targeted at eradicating this.

The author has extracted research from a mixed method approach, drawing from writer's of sociological, psychological and criminological perspectives, this has brought a combination of both qualitative and quantitative findings that have influenced the recommendations of a 'joined up service' approach, incorporating a 'whole family perspective'.


In a green house study, 2, 4-dinitrophenyl hydrazone and naphthyl ethylene diamine were found effective in providing higher mineral N during rice growth. Their application also increased the yield of both rice and wheat in the subsequent season. Characterization of soil organic N after rice showed that the hydrolyzable unidentified N (HU-N) increased with chemical application, where as the content of hydrolyzable NH3-N (HA-N) and amino sugar N (AS-N) decreased irrespective of the treatments; and aminoacid N (AA-N) showed little change with the chemicals but decreased considerably in control. The content of HU-N and AA-N formed the major portion of total hydrolyzable N (TH-N) after rice. The AA-N and HA-N were found to be dominant fractions in TH-N, whereas AS-N contributed minimum towards TH-N initially and also after rice. The content of TH-N and HA-N (after rice) showed significant positive correlation with grain yield of wheat.


The Master's degree in Nuclear Engineering (MNE) UPC-ENDESA offers a unique and practical oriented training, with the aim to prepare competent engineers so that they can assume managerial positions within the Nuclear Industry. The program combines science, technology and management in the nuclear energy field, including the elements of the safety culture. MNE is embedded in EMINE, the European Master in Nuclear Energy (KIC InnoEnergy) and is completely taught in English. Its 90 credits (each credit implies 25 hours of student's work) are divided into one year of subjects (60 credits), and one semester of internship plus final project (30 credits). MNE has a strong industrial implication: lecturers from companies, research institutes and the Spanish Regulatory Authority (cover about one half of the lectures; companies accept students in internships and organize technical visits. The participation of professionals external to the University in the definition and revision of the Program is one of MNE's assets. A large portion of the contents of the MNE are organized in the form of Problem and Project Based Learning: real industrial problems are brought into the classroom to be solved by students, most of the time assisted by experts from the nuclear industry. MNE is in continuous evolution, seeking for a continuous improvement of the contents and learning methods. Starting the sixth edition, the master is firmly consolidated and the alumni value it positively.


This paper analysis a kind of methods to resist side channel attacks using the operation to balance point addition and doubling on scalar multiplication in elliptic curve.Although this operation makes no distinguish information of point addition and doubling,we can still get scalar information when it is shown in binary.Traditional power attack mainly concentrated in the distinguish between point addition and doubling,but this paper transferred attention to the differences by power consumption between statement and,and through SPA attack,successfully get the Key information from the power curve of scalar multiplication in elliptic curve after point addition and doubling.


Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have become increasingly prescribed because of their proven protective effects on the heart and kidneys, and carbohydrate-restricted diets are popular therapeutic approaches for patients with obesity and diabetes. A 28-year-old obese woman with recently diagnosed diabetes developed euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) while on dapagliflozin, an SGLT2 inhibitor, and following a carbohydrate-restricted diet. She presented with nausea, vomiting, and epigastric pain. Hospital tests showed a blood glucose of 172 mg/dL, metabolic acidosis, and increased ketone levels, confirming euglycemic DKA. Treatment involved discontinuing dapagliflozin and administering fluids, glucose, and insulin. She recovered and was discharged on the fourth day. This is considered a case of euglycemic DKA induced by SGLT2 inhibitors and triggered by a carbohydrate-restricted diet. This case highlights the importance of physicians in confirming the symptoms and laboratory results of DKA, even in patients with normal blood glucose levels taking SGLT2 inhibitors and following carbohydrate-restricted diets. It is also crucial to advise patients to maintain an adequate carbohydrate intake.


Political commitment to the transition from single species to ecosystem-based fisheries management is ubiquitous, and consistent with commitments to sustainable development. Ecosystem-based management provides a framework for managers to take account of a greater range of fisheries impacts on biodiversity than the single species approach. With the adoption of ecosystem-based management, operational objectives for biodiversity conservation can be set based on existing scientific knowledge. However, the achievement of these objectives will not be straightforward, since the ecosystem-based approach is likely to be compromised by the same factors that have compromised single-species management, principally the difficulties of simultaneously achieving economic, social and economic sustainability. The introduction of tenure may provide a solution, but meeting biodiversity conservation objectives that do not provide short-term benefits to fishers will involve high short-term costs. The likelihood of Governments meeting these costs will depend on the extent of societal support for biodiversity conservation. Moreover, economic incentives, coupled with regulation and enforcement will also be needed to ensure biodiversity conservation. This requires a degree of top down and centralised management, and the capacity for such management is greatest in wealthy countries. In most poorer countries, the move towards sustainability and improved biodiversity conservation will still be hampered by the relatively high social and economic costs of reducing fishing capacity, unless wealthier countries intervene to provide transitional support and alternate sources of food and income.


Every 10 to 15 years, the German Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein performs a safety check of its sea dikes. The regular check shall ensure that critical changes both to the structure and to the expected hydrological forces as a result of climate change are detected in time. While in the past wave run-up or debris edge measurements were used to determine the necessary wave parameters for the safety check, for the "Coastal Defence Master Plan 2012" of Schleswig-Holstein these parameters were calculated with a numerical wave model. An advantage of this method is that wave data in the required resolution for all dikes are established with a uniform procedure, regardless of natural data with frequent measurement errors. In the present paper this procedure is exemplified for the island of Pellworm.


Most readers of this journal are probably familiar with this British series. This volume, one of the longest, comprises some thirty-three contributions which, as in the past, study the subject indicated in the title in all periods of church history. Four papers study the patristic period, ten the medieval, nine the Reformation and early modern period, and ten the last two centuries. About half of the papers deal with British church history, if we include one on St. George. Of course, the spectrum of subjects studied necessarily involves a flexible treatment of the matter indicated in the title. Thus the longest essay in the volume treats British fundamentalism in the first half of the twentieth century, a period in which no one was killed.


Abstract: To investigate the mechanism of how slightly acidic electrolyzed water (SAEW) alleviate the mild water stress of plant, we compared the influence of irrigating SAEW with tap water on growth, chlorophyll content, chlorophyll fluorescence and photosynthetic characteristics in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L. cv. Italy lettuce) growth under mild water stress. The available chlorine concentration, pH and ORP of SAEW were 27.75 mg/L, 5.0 and 819 mv. After 50-days growth, for the treatments of SAEW, the stem diameter, roots length, and the ratio of transverse diameter to vertical diameter of leave significantly increased by 23.81%, 26.28% and 9.68% (p


Samples from 10 populations of Amsinckia spectabilis var. spectabilis and three populations of A. spectabilis var. microcarpa were analyzed for allelic variation at 17 allozyme loci using stareh gel electrophoresis. This species is a self-compatible annual which has heterostylous populations, homostylous populations, and mixed populations containing heterostylous and homostylous plants. Heterostylous populations had the highest outcrossing rates, homostylous populations the lowest, and mixed populations were intermediate in outcrossing rate. Outcrossing rate is highly correlated with the average stigma–anther separation in flowers in the populations. Genetic variability was highest in heterostylous populations, lowest in homostylous populations, and was intermediate in mixed populations, although one large homostylous population was as variable as were mixed populations. Genetic identities among populations were very high with the exception of the two northernmost, isolated homostylous populations which w...


A wireless sensor network system based on Super-ZigBee technology was designed to monitor typhoon on the tall buildings.It adopted CC2530 as the core of the whole system and application specific wind load sensors to realize low-power consumption,real-time data acquisition and transmission,and self-organized function.The system addressed the difficulties of wiring and power supply in the traditional monitoring situation,and improved the demerits of undesirable real-time capacity and communication distance toward regular ZigBee network.The experiment shows that the system has great real-time capacity and the network communications are stable and reliable.


Classroom teaching is the basic cell of education,and the most fundamental and most important carrier,through which education goals are achieved.Thus classroom teaching provides a new platform for college mental health education.Teachers should focus on improving classroom teaching and enhancing mental health education to help students grow up healthily in spite of its disadvantages.


Heavy metals are among the toxic compounds with the greatest impact on aquatic systems. Previous studies showed that crabs could be biomonitors of heavy metal contamination. In order to explore the relevance of Zilchiopsis oronensis as a biomonitor of the mixture Cr–Cu–Pb we investigated the bioaccumulation potential of these crabs when exposed under experimental conditions to different concentrations of the three metals. To this aim, crabs were individually exposed to one of the four treatments for 15 days. The accumulation of Cr and Pb depended on exposure concentration; gills accumulated higher levels of metal than other body structures; females bioaccumulated more Cu than males and the accumulation of Pb was negatively associated with body weight. The level of heavy metal bioaccumulation observed in Z. oronensis represents a potential method of monitoring heavy metal contamination in the wetlands they inhabit.


Time-resolved scanning near-field photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy was applied to map carrier lifetimes in wide m-plane InGaN/GaN quantum wells grown on on-axis and miscut substrates. Both radiative and nonradiative lifetimes were found to be spatially nonuniform. Lifetime variations were smaller for quantum wells grown on miscut, as compared to on-axis substrates. Correlation with surface topography showed that largest deviations of recombination times occur at +c planes of pyramidal hillocks of the on-axis sample. Observed correlation between radiative lifetimes and PL peak wavelength was assigned to a partial electron localization.


A scheme is presented to recover a band-limited functionfof finite energy from its sampling values on real sequences with an accumulation point. The result given in this paper can also be viewed as an approach to the extrapolation problem of determinating a band-limited function in terms of its given values on a finite interval. An error estimate is also obtained.


Designing the first Tooth Morphogenesis and Differentiation Conference of the new millennium (TMD2001) has been an exciting challenge for all the members of the Laboratory of Dental Tissues of the Lyon1-University. Although it was more complicated to organize a meeting while not being on-site, the Agelonde hotel complex was chosen because of its location in an incomparable environment, because of the presence of charming islands emerging from the sea, and also for the light, color, odor, and starry nights so particular to the deep south of France. In this context, we hope that all participants had a memorable stay, in spite of the minor problems that some participants unfortunately encountered. We apologize for them. Since the first Conference organized by Prof. J.-V. Ruch in Strasbourg in 1978 for a few researchers interested in tooth development, the number of participants continuously increased and now about 170 researchers attend TMD Conferences to share results and discuss topics in a friendly atmosphere. To give a new stimulus to this Conference, we took a different approach in inviting ten distinguished outfield speakers to attend this auspicious event. All of them agreed enthusiastically to share their knowledge and each scientific session opened with an outstanding overview corresponding to the selected topics (evolution, development, morphogenesis, differentiation, signaling, extracellular matrix, and mineralization). This has provided participants with a unique opportunity to engage in indepth discussions, especially during newly introduced evening sessions focused on novel methodologies. We think that these rrangements contributed to the high scientific level that, we hope, has been reached by this TMD Conference. Confirming the great interest of dental and craniofacial biologists in this meeting, more than 170 abstracts and 80 papers ba ed on oral or poster presentations have been submitted. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Scientific Committee members and associated reviewers who had the difficult task of advising us in the selection process to ensure that the quality of the papers conformed to the current scientific standards. We also thank Prof. Arthur Veis for his constant help, advice, and tensive cooperation during the preparation of this Connective Tissue Research issue. As the success of this Conference was entirely dependent on the dedication and indefatigable work of the Local Organizing C mmittee, we would like to extend our deepest thanks to everyone on the Committee for their efforts in ensuring that this VIIth International Conference on Tooth Morphogenesis and Differentiation was to everyone's satisfaction.


The aim of this ethnographic study was to examine the impact of using Alzheimer Cafe (ACs) on people with dementia and their carers' quality of life. Three people with dementia, three family carers and four members of staff from the Alzheimer cafe participated in the study and provided ten in-depth tape-recorded interviews. Thematic analytical method was used for data analysis in this qualitative psychological study. Knowledge and empowerment and social support were the most prominent responses that these participants used in acknowledging the impact of ACs on their quality of life. It is therefore hoped that this knew body of knowledge will enhance more establishment of ACs in Wakefield and around the country.

Keywords: Dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer cafe, quality of life (QOF), informal/family/lay carer/people with dementia.


With the development of higher education, the office-managements at universities become more and more important and unique. The staff in the office of universities should finish their regular work and manage to enhance their work. This article discusses the political qualities, professional skills and mental qualities that the staff in the office of universities should be qualified with.


Recently, many researchers have reported the effects of non-traditional additives, on soils geotechnical properties and proven these additives are extensively used to solve the problematic soil. However, there is a lack of publications on the fundamental microstructural behaviour of non-traditional additives treated clay soil soils and their influence on the engineering behaviour. Therefore, this paper focused on determining the improvement mechanism for stabilization and the performance of clay soil mixed with two types of additives: traditional and non-traditional additives, namely cement and Demolished Tile Waste (DTM). A microstructural study pH analysis had been conducted and reviewed to elucidate the stabilization mechanism. It also includes an unconfined compressive test, oedometer consolidation test and compaction test used to assess the stabilized soil's engineering properties. The laboratory tests showed the effectiveness of the additive on stabilizing the soft clay by using DTM. The microstructural tests results indicated the formation of new mineral products in the mixtures, identified as sodium aluminosilicate hydrate (NASH) and calcium silicate hydrate (CSH) for soils treated with DTM. In the nutshell, at an early period the selected additive had expected to increase the strength of soft soil. Thus, the application combination stabilizer helps to reduce cost for the geotechnical project.


Demand Side Management is a key concept within the Smart Grid vision to promote energy efficiency, load flexibility and interaction between the consumers and other power grid stakeholders. Disaggregated information requires an advanced load monitoring system of individual appliance consumption. A smart house is envisioned to include a Nonintrusive Load Monitoring (NILM) system to support demand side management and motivate the users to adopt energy saving practices. NILM systems use input electrical measurements taken at the energy meter point of a house and estimate the individual appliance operation and consumption through mathematical algorithms. Each appliance can be distinguished from others through a set of particular attributes namely load signatures that can be computed from transient signals, steady state signals or both. This paper aims to characterize current switching transients, for NILM applications and to discuss how they are affected by variation of factors such as point on wave of switching, network impedance, supply voltage distortion and sampling frequency of the meter. For that purpose, measurements of residential appliances of several categories are acquired and processed. The conclusion of this work is the assessment of suitability, robustness and efficiency of appliance identification based on current transients.


The ancient city is located in Hongjiang District of Huaihua City,where is the throat transit for entering Southwest of China since ancient times.In this land of 0.3 square kilometers,hundreds of ancient houses have been successively built.Where the houses architecture come from exists different views at present social circle,the identical view tends to regard the houses architecture shape come from Hui style architecture.This article analyzes and compares the houses from the perspective of heritage building,hope to distinguish the nature of the building,aims to be benefit the protection and restoration of heritage buildings and continuously effective usage in the future.


. We give a bijective lattice path proof of the equality of the dual Jacobi-Trudy determinant formulas for Schur polynomials. Related ideas have appeared in [1, pp. $30\not\subset- 306$ ] and [2, p. 24]. We remark that the same bijection works for the case of flagged skew Schur polynomials $[2, 8]$ and that a determinant for q-counting restricted lattice paths [7] follows from the bijection.


Abstract Qatar is one of the largest producers of polymers in the Middle East, with a total annual turnover of $3.5 billion. The annual consumption of industrial and domestic polymers in the region generates significant amount of plastic waste in Qatar and in Gulf Corporation Countries (GCC). Recently, recycling of plastics has become an optimum waste management solution due to the efficiency of incorporating the plastic waste management stream into commodity and structural applications. One of the main obstacles in the region is collection and sorting of plastics, due to the variety and high volume of waste streams. To solve this problem, and to upgrade the recycled polymer applications, optimisation of additives and processing techniques were used in this work, such as the addition of glass fibre reinforcement, wood, mica and date palm fibre in selected volume fractions, in order to minimise the effect of the residual "secondary" polymers in the main composite. A tremendous improvement has been achieved...


Prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in both Low- and Middle-Income countries is viewed as problematic and could lead to side effects when poorly managed. Therefore, serious intervention whereby People Living With the NCDs (PLWNCDs) could take a lead in controlling the side effects and managing the diseases themselves so that they maintain the QoL. To review and discuss literature related to self-management strategies to curb the development of NCDs in rural communities. Comprehensive Literature Review was used to collect data by reviewing literature related to self-management strategies to curb the development of NCDs in rural communities. The results of literature review showed that Self-management of NCDs is viewed as the only way to improve health outcomes and maintain QoL, by employing relevant strategies which will assist in achieving healthier life despite the situations at rural communities. Western World health systems have NCDs management centres at the community level to empower patients with knowledge for improving their QoL, whilst such centres do not exist in the Low-and Middle- Income countries poor communities. The PLWNCDs and residing at rural communities in Low- and Middle- Income countries can benefit from NCDs self-management strategies, despite the poor conditions.


Former studies shows that the impact resistance of composite can be significantly enhanced by insterting shape memory alloy (SMA) fibers. The interfacial delamination behavior of SMA reinfored composite plate is numerically studied with the cohesive zone model. Our results indicate that the interfacial damage of SMA reinforced composite plate is apparently decreased compared with traditional composite plates.


We report a high-speed parallel phase-shifting digital holography system using a special-purpose computer for image reconstruction. Parallel phase-shifting digital holography is a technique capable of single-shot phase-shifting interferometry. This technique records information of multiple phase-shifted holograms required for calculation of phase-shifting interferometry with a single shot by using space-division multiplexing. This technique needs image-reconstruction process for a huge amount of recorded holograms. In particular, it takes a long time to calculate light propagation based on fast Fourier transform in the process and to obtain a motion picture of a dynamically and fast moving object. Then we designed a special-purpose computer for accelerating the image-reconstruction process of parallel phase-shifting digital holography. We developed a special-purpose computer consisting of VC707 evaluation kit (Xilinx Inc.) which is a field programmable gate array board. We also recorded holograms consisting of 128 × 128 pixels at a frame rate of 180,000 frames per second by the constructed parallel phase-shifting digital holography system. By applying the developed computer to the recorded holograms, we confirmed that the designed computer can accelerate the calculation of image-reconstruction process of parallel phase-shifting digital holography ~50 times faster than a CPU.


A structural risk evaluation methodology is introduced in this paper for the offshore platforms against major hazard events (hurricanes and earthquakes) during the operating life of the platforms. The primary objective is to evaluate the risk level from the major hazard events to identify possible risk reduction solutions. Firstly a non-linear progressive collapse analysis approach is presented to investigate the platform capacity to resist the loads imposed by major hazard events. The structural reliability method is then proposed to estimate the probability of platform failure under major hazard events. The platform failure limit state function is defined in terms of hazard loads and platform capacity. Uncertainties are included in the parameters associated with hazard loads and platform capacity. Finally the platform failure consequence and the probability of platform failure are combined to determine the platform risk associated with the major hazard events. Case studies are presented to illustrate the application of the developed structural risk evaluation approach.


The article presents the results of numerical modeling of the distribution of chi-square criterion for small samples with a volume of 8 to 80 examples for normal distribution of values. It is shown that, for small samples, the recommendations of Gosstandart R 50.1.0372002 give too optimistic estimates of confidence probability when testing the hypothesis of normality of the empirical law. Errors in the estimation of confidence probability can be eliminated if we turn to the use of fractional indices of number of degrees of freedom. The connection curves of a fractional number of degrees of freedom of a chi-square distribution with sample size are given. The decrease in estimation errors with increasing sample size of experimental data is shown. So with 21 experiences, it is necessary to increase by 62% the typical value of the number of degrees of freedom. With a sample size of 81 experience, increasing the number of degrees of freedom falls by 31%. The need to adjust the number of degrees of freedom is completely eliminated only with samples of more than 2000 experiments. The logarithmic approximation of the fractional number of degrees of freedom for 7 and 9 equal intervals of the histogram is given.


This paper introduces the present situation of the female labors work on construction enterprise, puts forward some effective measures for carrying out the female labors work, and points out that the female labors organization, which wants to give a voice to the female labors really and safeguards the rights and interests of the female labors practically, must strengthen its self-construction and improve its own working art and professional ability continuously.


Introduction Perspectives on Student Political Activism Africa South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe Asia China India Indonesia Israel Japan Malaysia Philippines South Korea Thailand Turkey Europe Federal Republic of Germany France Great Britain Italy Soviet Union Sweden Yugoslavia Latin America Latin American Student Politics: Beyond the 1960s Argentina Brazil Chile Cuba Mexico Peru Venezuela North America Canada Student Activism in the United States, 1905-1960 American Student Politics in the 1960s American Student Activism: The Post-Sixties Transformation Selected Bibliography Index


In this article, we study a combinatorial optimization problem arising from on‐board networks in satellites. In these kinds of networks, the entering signals (inputs) should be routed to amplifiers (outputs). The connections are made via expensive switches with four available links. The paths connecting inputs to outputs should be link‐disjoint. More formally, we call a (p, λ, k)‐network an undirected graph with p + λ inputs, p + k outputs, and internal vertices of degree four. A (p, λ, k)‐network is valid if it is tolerant to a restricted number of faults in the network, i.e., if, for any choice of at most λ faulty inputs and k faulty outputs, there exist p edge‐disjoint paths from the remaining inputs to the remaining outputs. Our optimization problem consists of determining N(p, λ, k), the minimum number of vertices in a valid (p, λ, k)‐network. We present validity certificates and a quasi‐partitioning technique from which we derive lower bounds for N(p, λ, k). We also provide constructions, and hence upper bounds, based on expanders. The problem is shown to be sensitive to the order of λ and k. For instance, when λ and k are small compared with p, the question reduces to the avoidance of some forbidden local configurations. For larger values of λ and k, the problem is to find graphs with a good expansion property for small sets. This leads us to introduce a new parameter called α‐robustness. We use α‐robustness to generalize our constructions for larger values of k and λ. In many cases, we provide asymptotically tight bounds for N(p, λ, k). © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. NETWORKS, 2010


Very low mass stars and brown dwarfs have low effective temperatures and their atmospheric opacities are provided by heavy elements which form a host of strongly absorbing molecules. We present a study of the atmospheres and emergent spectra of these objects in the limiting case of zero metallicity. A grid of atmosphere models is presented, based on updated opacities for H/He mixtues, in particular for the collision-induced absorption by H2 which plays an important role in these atmospheres. The emergent spectra bear little resemblance to the corresponding blackbody emission and become bluer as the effective temperature is lowered. The atmosphere models are coupled with interior calculations to obtain accurate physical and photometric characteristics for the low-mass end of the zero-metallicity main sequence. This provides a useful boundary in the Hertzsprung-Russel diagram to interpret observations of low-metallicity stars.


Numerical simulations of a two‐dimensional turbulence experiment within a confined domain are presented. The setup consists of a layer of mercury enclosed in a square box and driven by the injection of electric currents in a uniform magnetic field. The numerical finite difference model simulates the Navier–Stokes equation in two dimensions with steady forcing and linear bottom friction. Subgrid scales are modeled by an artificial constant viscosity or a higher order (biharmonic) lateral friction. The model provides an accurate representation of the (inverse) transfers of energy from the forcing scale toward the size of the domain. These transfers lead to the spontaneous appearance of a mean rotating flow, when dissipation is sufficiently weak. Thin vorticity sheets are shown to have an important role for the dynamics of the large scales. Therefore a critical spatial resolution, increasing with the bottom friction time scale, is required to get an accurate calculation. The requirement of a high resolution ...


A flow diagram approach to the logical design and mechanization of computers and other digital equipment has served as a basic design method for the formulation and construction of a medium-size data processor, the NCR 304.


We investigate the hydrodynamics of three-dimensional classical Bondi-Hoyle accretion. A totally absorbing sphere of different sizes (1, 0.1 and 0.02 accretion radii) moves at different Mach numbers (0.6, 1.4, 3.0 and 10) relative to a homogeneous and slightly perturbed medium, which is taken to be an ideal, nearly isothermal, gas ($\gamma=1.01$). The hydrodynamics is modeled by the ``Piecewise Parabolic Method'' (PPM). The resolution in the vicinity of the accretor is increased by multiply nesting several $32^3$-zone grids around the sphere, each finer grid being a factor of two smaller in zone size than the next coarser grid. grids. For small Mach numbers (0.6 and~1.4) the flow patterns tend towards a steady state, while in the case of supersonic flow (Mach~3 and~10) and small enough accretors (radius of~0.1 and~0.02 accretion radii), an unstable Mach cone develops, destroying axisymmetry. The shock cones in the supersonic models never clear the surface of the accretors (they are tail shocks, not bow shocks) and the opening angle is smaller (compared to models with larger $\gamma$) especially for the highly supersonic models. The densities in the shock cone is larger for models with smaller $\gamma$. The fluctuations of the accretion rates and flow structures are weaker than in the corresponding models with larger $\gamma$. The hydrodynamic drag of all models with accretor sizes of 0.1~$R_{\rm A}$ or smaller acts in an accelerating direction, while the gravitational drag is always decelerating and larger than the hydrodynamic drag (thus the net force is decelerating).


Meeks and Sims describe their experiences of acute renal failure in a neonatal intensive care unit; data were abstracted retrospectively from the hospital records over a four and a half year period; and acute renal failure was defined as anuria of 24 hours' duration or concern by a clinician about poor urine output together with a serum urea concentration exceeding 10 mmol/l or serum potassium exceeding 7 5 mmol/l.' I would like to comment on some of the points raised in their paper. Between February and December 1985 I carried out a prospective survey of acute renal failure in 388 consecutive admissions to a regional neonatal intensive care unit. The diagnosis was based on at least one of the following three criteria: a serum creatinine concentration persistently rising over a minimum of two days, oliguria (<1 ml/kg/ hour) or anuria resistant to volume repletion and present for a minimum of eight hours, hyperkalaemia (confirmed on a repeat unhaemolised sample; potassium concentration >7-5 mmolll) together with at least one of the following two criteria: otherwise unexplained metabolic acidosis (pH <7 25, base deficit >10 mmol/l) or haematuria. Twenty four (6.2%) babies developed renal impairment suggestive of acute intrinsic renal failure; six infants (25%) survived, all of whom had been managed conservatively. Eleven babies presented anuric, 10 oliguric, and three were non-oliguric. Overwhelming septicaemia was the commonest underlying associate, occurring in eight infants (33%), all of whom were of less than 1500 g birth weight. Four babies (17%) suffered severe perinatal asphyxia; all were over 35 weeks' gestation and outborn. Thirteen of the 24 infants had a plasma urea concentration within the normal range at the time of diagnosis. I would suggest that measurement of plasma urea is of little value in the newborn as it is influenced by numerous nonrenal factors. Misleading rises in the presence of normal renal function may be seen in catabolic states such as trauma and sepsis and in the presence of sequestered blood; conversely, the higher anabolic state of the healthy newborn suggests that relatively smaller increments in serum urea may reflect renal impairment. The usefulness of three biochemical indices, in the evaluation of the oliguric neonate, was assessed. A fractional sodium excretion exceeding 2-5%,2 urine to plasma creatinine ratio of less than 20, and urinary sodium concentration exceeding 40 mmol/1,3 have been described as suggestive of acute intrinsic renal failure. Only 57% of infants with volume repletion resistant oliguria had a fractional sodium excretion of greater than 2-5% however, and 43% a urine to plasma creatinine ratio of less than 20 (poor sensitivity). Although all these infants had a urinary sodium concentration exceeding 40 mmol/l (high sensitivity), the median urinary sodium concentration in infants less than 34 weeks' gestation in the first week of life is around 88 mmolIl (poor specificity).4 Retrospective review can only be regarded as a poor index of significant oliguria or anuria. In addition to the possibility of prerenal oliguria, 7% of normal infants fail to void during the first 24 hours of life; neonates do not empty their bladders completely on voiding; sick infants may develop retention of urine. Furthermore the occurrence of non-oliguric renal failure in the neonate is a recognised entity. Meeks and Sims describe 30 neonates with acute renal failure over a four and a half year period. Though they do not state the total number of admissions over this period, this is likely to be a considerable underestimate, despite their conviction to the contrary. Norman and Assadi reported a 6% incidence of acute renal failure in a series of 314 consecutive admissions to a neonatal intensive care unit5; this is a figure similar to ours. The recognition of acute intrinsic renal failure in the neonate is difficult. Failure to consider the problem in an anticipatory manner, with careful monitoring of urine output and serial measurement of serum creatinine is likely to result in continued underdiagnosis.


Boron tolerance in eleven wheat varieties was studied in a pot culture experiment. The tolerance was related to varietal efficiency for B uptake and to their B requirement. Variety Blue Silver appeared to be most tolerant followed by Punjab-85, Pak-81, Kohinoor-83, LU-26, Shalimar, Sutlej-86, Chakwal-86, Faisalabad-85, Barani-83, Faisalabad-83. Plant tolerance of B was not associated with their Ca content or Ca/B ratio.


Using 12.7 fb of data collected with the CLEO detector at CESR, we observed two-photon production of the cc̄ states χc0 and χc2 in their decay to ππππ. We measured Γγγ(χc)×B(χc → π πππ) to be 75 ± 13 (stat) ± 8 (syst) eV for the χc0 and 6.4 ± 1.8 (stat) ± 0.8 (syst) eV for the χc2, implying Γγγ(χc0) = 3.76±0.65(stat)±0.41(syst)±1.69(br) keV and Γγγ(χc2) = 0.53 ± 0.15(stat) ± 0.06(syst) ± 0.22(br) keV. Also, cancelation of dominant experimental and theoretical uncertainties permits a precise comparison of Γγγ(χc0)/Γγγ(χc2), evaluated to be 7.4 ± 2.4(stat) ± 0.5(syst) ± 0.9(br), with QCD-based predictions.


A gearbox vent apparatus includes: a gearbox; an accessory contained in a case mounted to the gearbox such than an interior space of the case communicates with an interior space of the gearbox, wherein the case includes a sidewall and an endwall, a hollow drive shaft mounted for rotation inside the case; an annular first seal element mounted to the drive shaft; an annular second seal element mounted to the case and contacting the first seal element so as to define a sealing interface; and a vent tube having a forward end coupled to the endwall in fluid communication with the drive shaft.


The article summarily introduces the research progress of the laser and low-pressure medium jet composite processing. It simply introduces the investment of the workbench of the composite experiment, the etching experimental study of the ceramic and the high-speed steel, the experimental study of the composite cutting of the ceramic, and also introduces the influence of the water jet flow to the loss of the laser energy during the composite processing. Finally, this article puts forward prospects to this technology.


This paper is about the design of a new gravity compensator for the lower body exo-skeleton device. The exo-skeleton devices is for increasing the torque of the human body joint for the purpose of helping the disabled, workers in the industry, and military soldiers. So far, most of studied exo-skeleton devices are actuated by the motors, but motors are limited in energy such that a short durability is always a big problem. In this paper, a new gravity compensator is proposed to reduce the torque load applied to human body joints due to gravity. The gravity compensator is designed using a tortional bar spring, and its structure and characteristics are studied through the test and computer simulation. A design concept on the exo-skeleton device using the gravity compensator is presented. An analysis and computer simulation on the torque reduction of the proposed exo-skeleton device that applies and non-applies the gravity compensator are performed.


Multispectral imaging has been studied in recent years as a means of assessing fruit firmness. Here we report on the development of a static multispectral imaging system (MSI) that was used to validate the potential of the technique for high-speed commercial grading. The system consists of a high-performance CMOS camera, four lasers, electronically controlled shutters and a location control system. It captures four spectral scattering images on the fruit. In this study 100 `Royal Gala' apples have been measured using the static MSI. The MSI measurements were applied on the intact apple and also on a flat surface of internal flesh exposed by removing a thick skin slice. The scattering profiles were fitted with a standard light diffusion model and a heuristic modified Lorentzian model. The results showed that the correlations between penetrometer firmness and model parameters were poor, with the correlation coefficient, R, ranging from 0.4 to 0.8 in the best circumstance of the flat surface measurements. Although multivariate models can improve the correlations, this work suggests that laser scattering information on its own is not sufficient to predict the firmness.


Resources to support the Year 8 research study into the ethics of using stem cells. Year 8 Ethics in Science: stem cells research


This paper describes an all fiber optic flexural disk accelerometer,analytical formulas have been written to calculate the sensor responsivity to acceleration.Experimental results show that the signal to be measured has a good agreement with the theoretical results been deduced. This kind of fiber optic accelerometer has many desirable engineering features which include:high sensitivity;broad frequency response(0~5kHz);small size;low cost.


Feed coal of Xiaoyi Coal Preparation Plant being of difficult washability,based on the coal properties and required quality of final products,decision made in plant design in that: three-product HM cyclone with un-pressurized feeding employed for whole size range blended feed coal,best domestic made large scale equipment selected and compact and reasonable in-plant equipment layout realized;since its putting in operation,technical indices met with designed requirement and very good performance achieved.


The classes of languages accepted by (unrestricted) PAC machines and (unrestricted) PDA2machines are characterized. Several extentions of the PAC machine model are defined and in particular: (i) a method is presented that for each class of K-iteration grammars provides a class ofacceptors for the corresponding class of languages, and (ii) it is shown that a simple (and natural) extension of a PDA2model yields a class of acceptors forthe class of recursively enumerable languages.


Introduction: Anti-CD19 CAR T cells with CD3 zeta and CD28 signaling domains showed durable remissions in subjects with relapsed/refractory advanced B cell malignancies at the NCI (Kochenderfer, JCO 2014). KTE-C19 utilizes the same CAR construct as investigated in the NCI study in a 6-8 day manufacturing process (Better, ASCO 2014). Updated results from the phase 1 portion of ZUMA-1 are presented here. Methods: Subjects received KTE-C19 at a target dose of 2 × 10⁁6 anti-CD19 CAR T cells/kg after a fixed dose conditioning chemo regimen of cyclophosphamide and fludarabine. The primary objective of phase 1 was to evaluate the safety of KTE-C19 as determined by the incidence of dose-limiting toxicities (DLT). Key secondary objectives were ORR, duration of response, and biomarkers. Key inclusion criteria were ? 18 years old, ECOG 0-1, and chemo-refractory disease defined as progressive disease or stable disease as best response to last line of therapy, or disease progression ? 12 months after ASCT. Results: As of 20 Nov 2015, 7 subjects were dosed. All subjects were evaluable for safety and 6 were evaluable for efficacy with a median follow up time of 13 weeks post KTE-C19 infusion. 1 subject experienced a DLT of grade (gr) 4 encephalopathy and gr 4 cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and died due to an intracranial hemorrhage deemed unrelated to KTE-C19 per the investigator. CRS and neurotoxicity were managed with supportive care, α-IL6R and steroids. 5 of 7 (71%) subjects responded including 4 CRs (57%). CAR T cells peaked within 2 weeks and were detectable 1-3+ months post infusion. Conclusions: The KTE-C19 regimen evaluated was safe for further study. The predominant toxicities include CRS and neurotoxicity which are generally reversible. CRs and PRs have been observed in subjects with refractory disease. The potentially pivotal phase 2 portion of the study is ongoing (NCT02348216).
 This study is supported in part by funding from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) Therapy Acceleration Program® Citation Format: Armin Ghobadi, Frederick L. Locke, Sattva S. Neelapu, Tanya Siddiqi, Julio C. Chavez, Chitra M. Hosing, Nancy L. Bartlett, Lihua E. Budde, Adrian Bot, John M. Rossi, Marika Sherman, Lynn Navale, Meg Elias, Jeff Wiezorek, William Y. Go. Updated phase I results from ZUMA-1: a phase I-II multicenter study evaluating the safety and efficacy of KTE-C19 (anti-CD19 CAR T cells) in subjects with refractory aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2016 Apr 16-20; New Orleans, LA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2016;76(14 Suppl):Abstract nr CT135.