PURPOSE: To prolong the life of a battery by providing a spindle motor equipped with a first pole, spindle driver, voice coil motor equipped with a second pole, and a head actuator. CONSTITUTION: In the case of failure of a battery 105, a back electro motive force is generated that takes the form of an AC signal imparted to a spindle motor 110, so that a diode P2 is inversely biased avoiding from flowing in MOFET 136, 146, 141. Instead of it, it is imparted to diodes 161, 162, 163, flowing towards a head actuator 170. Diodes 161, 162, 163 are forward biased until a spindle motor 120 is slowed down to the extent below the threshold value of these diodes. Simultaneously, with the loss of V battery detected by the head saving circuit 171 of the head actuator 170, it occurs that the pole corresponding to the voice coil motor 120 supplies H and L signals, rotating the motor 120, and retreating a read/write head to a safety sector.


The aim of this work was to study cross-reactivity in the diagnosis of two related ascaridosis. Nineteen patients diagnosed with recidivous acute urticaria (RAU) caused by Anisakis simplex and 26 patients diagnosed with visceral larva migrans (VLM) caused by Toxocara canis were studied employing commercial diagnostic kits and "in house" assay kits. Cross-reactivity observed was greater when using "in house" assay kits, suggesting that T. canis excretory–secretory antigens were not only recognized by antibodies from patients with RAU but with greater intensity compared to the A. simplex excretory–secretory antigens. © 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


T causes of the global demographic revolution for both developed and developing nations are by now widely appreciated. They include stark drops in fertility, substantial improvements in infant survival rates, and continued extension of life expectancies around the world. Indeed, actuaries now estimate that age 120—or even 125—must be employed as the new statistically relevant end of the human lifespan for retirement planning calculations. The challenge posed by population aging is that most people have not understood nor made provision for such an extended retirement period. Remarkably few of us will work as long as our grandparents had to—virtually all their lives—and most people today quit their career jobs and leave the labor market in their early sixties, despite having much longer to live after leaving the labor market. Even in the still poor and rapidly aging country of China, labor force participation rates for men over the age of sixty are lower than in many rich nations. Accordingly, global aging will most assuredly bring greater demands for substantial economic support from the young and may entail dramatic shortfalls for the aged in virtually every country. Against this rather gloomy backdrop, some analysts hail the world's funded pension A Review of Tito Boeri, Lans Bovenberg, Benoît Coeuré, and Andrew Roberts's Dealing with the New Giants and Peter J. Orszag, Mark Iwry, and William G. Gale's Aging Gracefully


Based on the analysis of problems met during the construction of information industrial resources sharing and analysis platform,this thesis puts forward solutions and construction method on the basis of ETL method(Extract-Transform-Load),which have achieved the accurate sensation on the change of data in information industry,flexible Data Mapping and powerful data management capability, as well as provides a fundamental platform for Information Industry related analysis and decision-making, offering reference solutions for construction of other industrials' resource sharing and analysis platform.


The University of California and the California Institute of Technology are collaborating to build and operate the Keck Ten Meter Telescope and Observatory. The telescope will be a ten-meter diameter, ground-based, astronomical telescope for observations at visible and infrared wavelengths. The telescope primary mirror is a mosaic of thirty-six hexagonal segments, each 1.8m in diameter. Piston and tilt in two directions of each segment are actively con-trolled by computer. The fabrication of the segments is a major challenge. The material must be stable under gravitational and ther-mal perturbations. Each segment has a surface shape that is the off-axis section of the parent hyperboloid and this surface shape is difficult to achieve with conventional polishing methods. In this paper we describe in detail the proposed segments and we describe the theoretical basis of the method proposed for achieving the segment figure, Stressed Mirror Polishing.


The initial boundary value problem for a system of partial differential equations modeling the dynamics of Kelvin-Voigt incompressible viscoelastic fluid of higher order in the Earth's magnetic field is studied. Problems of this type arise in the study of the process of rotation of a certain volume of fluid in the Earth's magnetic field. Research of the models of Kelvin–Voigt media has its source in the scientific works by A.P. Oskolkov, who summarizes the system of Navier–Stokes equations and theorems of unique existence of solutions to the corresponding initial boundary value problems. Subsequently, these models are studied by G.A. Sviridyuk and his followers. This model is studied for the first time and summarizes corresponding results for the model of magnetohydrodynamics of the nonzero order. The article deals with local unique solvability of chosen problem in the framework of the theory of autonomous semilinear Sobolev type equations. The main method is the method of phase space. The basic tool is the notion of p -sectorial operator and resolving singular semigroup of operators generated by it. In other words, the semigroup approach is used in the research. Besides the introduction, conclusion and reference list, the article includes three parts. In the first part of the article, the abstract Cauchy problem for semilinear autonomous equation of Sobolev type is presented. Here the concepts of Cauchy problem for Sobolev type equations, the phase space, quasi-stationary semitrajectory are introduced, and the theorems providing necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of quasi-stationary semitrajectories are presented. In the second part, the Cauchy–Dirichlet problem is considered as a specific interpretation of the abstract problem. In the third part, the existence of a unique solution to the problem, which is a quasi-stationary semitrajectory is proved, and the description of its phase space is obtained. In conclusion, the possible ways of further research are outlined


IN A GROUP OF LIFTS (A, B, C) Double Cab (4) ASSIGNMENT OF THESE DOUBLE CABINS (4) calls FLOOR IN POSITION OF PROBE ((ALFA)) is performed in two steps, as DOS PARAMETERS: FIRST FOR THE ALLOCATION OF BOOTHS SIMPLE (5, 6) ALL DOUBLE CABINS (4) by decision LOGICA according to a criteria string (KK) FOR EACH AND SUBSIDIARY FOR THE ALLOCATION OF DOUBLE CABINS (4) The MINIMUM TIME LOST ALL PASSENGERS ENVOLUCRADOS. To this end, different elevators (A, B, C) each have a SYSTEM microcomputers (7) with a computer (CPU) connected together by a COMPARISON (14) DEVICE AND FORMING SO THE CONTROL IN GROUPS the invention. CABINETS SIMPLE OPTIMAS (5, 6) are allocated for each elevator (A, B, C) BY FLOORS FOR ALLOCATION MEMORIES car call RAM 11. SINGLE DOUBLE CABIN OPTIMA (4) results from the comparison of TIME OF LOSS AS CALCULATED TOTAL EXPENSES SERVICE KG ((ALFA)) ALL LIFTS (A, B, C) and assigned to the FOR FLAT IN THE ALLOCATION NOTES ELEVATOR CALL FOR RAM 12. TOTAL COSTS SERVICE KG ((ALFA)) provides for a ALOGARITMO SPECIAL cOSTING. WITH SEPARATE ALLOCATION OF INDIVIDUAL CABINS (5, 6) and crew cab (4), THIS ALLOWS CONTROL IN GROUPS full advantage FUNCTIONS DOUBLE CABINS and a good adaptation to different CONDITIONS OF SERVICE AND TRAFFIC. ALSO OPTIMIZED AT THE SAME TIME THIS AS A MINIMUM TIME WAITING FOR USERS.


This paper reveals the key points and diffiuclt points the work of periodicals faces in the new circumstances that many junior college enrollments are promoted to be senior ones and many college enrollmenta are increased ; it points out that the construction of periodical resources is the premise and ensurance for carrying out the work of periodicals; it also states that the perfection of " one - dragon" model of the work of periodicals is urgent.


The importam variations that one notices today in the use make of the terms "metapsychology" and "psychopathology" cover noticeable differences in the meaning and the scope of these terms. In the present contribution, the authors present a reflection on the place of the invention of metapsychology in Freud's work, correlatively to a definition of psychopathology that is then provided. Indeed, we have to go back to the history of the psychoanalytic mouvement, if we want to know how psychoanalysis could have been affected by forgetting when the relation of meaning between metapsychology and psychopathology is ideotogically neglected: forgetting ahout the mnesic value of the symptom, forgetting about the function of recognition and nomination, forgetting what is involved in "projection", "transposition", "translation", "transferi" etc. The transpositions of metaphysique into metapsychology - stated notably in favour of paranoia - has made it possible to stress the role of animism and thus of a physics of psychology, transfert.


This paper first analyzes the current situation of mainland private enterprises' investment in Taiwan from the three aspects of investment scale, investment field as well as investment mode. Then it discusses the aim of mainland private enterprises' investment in Taiwan and its significance in realizing the healthy and steady development of private enterprises by means of transformation from both microcosmic and macrocosmic aspects. It emphasizes on exploring the advantages as well as disadvantages influencing the investment in Taiwan and provides some measures to promote private enterprises' investment in Taiwan from the view of private enterprises, mainland and Taiwan, realizing the transformation of mainland private enterprises.


With the research on implementing a universal quantum computer being under the technological spotlight, new possibilities appear for their employment in wireless communications systems for reducing their complexity and improving their performance. In this treatise, we consider the downlink of a rank-deficient, multi-user system and we propose the discrete-valued and continuous-valued quantum-assisted particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithms for performing vector perturbation precoding, as well as for lowering the required transmission power at the base station (BS), while minimizing the expected average bit error ratio (BER) at the mobile terminals. We use the minimum BER criterion. We show that the novel quantum-assisted precoding methodology results in an enhanced BER performance, when compared with that of a classical methodology employing the PSO algorithm, while requiring the same computational complexity in the challenging rank-deficient scenarios, where the number of transmit antenna elements at the BS is lower than the number of users. Moreover, when there is limited channel state information feedback from the users to the BS, due to the necessary quantization of the channel states, the proposed quantum-assisted precoder outperforms the classical precoder.


Recently, flash memory is widely used in embedded applications since it has strong points: non-volatility, fast access speed, shock resistance, and low power consumption. However, due to its hardware characteristics, it requires a software layer called FTL(flash translation layer). The main functionality of FTL is to convert logical addresses from the host to physical addresses of flash memory We present a new FTL algorithm called STAFF(State Transition Applied Fast Flash Translation Layer). Compared to the previous FTL algorithms, STAFF shows five times higher performance than basic block mapping scheme and requires less memory. We provide performance results based on our implementation of STAFF and previous FTL algorithms.


We report the case of a 65-year-old Nigerian woman with thyrotoxicosis manifesting as choreoathetosis, which misdiagnosed as a seizure disorder. The movement abnormality was characterized by bilateral jerky, purposeless, intermittent, irregular, and sometimes writhing movements, predominantly in the distal joints. Thyroid function test showed elevated total serum triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4), and reduced serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH). There was complete resolution of choreoathetoid movement after 1 week of propanolol use. The relationship between choreoathetosis and thyrotoxicosis is discussed.


1. LLOYD THOMAS AR. Paediatric trauma: primary survey and resuscitation 1. British Medical Journal 1990; 301: 334-6. 2. HALL D. Accidental removal of endotracheal tubes. British Medical Journal 1919; 1: 1424. 3. BIRMINGHAM PK, HORN B. An infant model to facilitate endotracheal tube fixation in the pediatric ICU patient. Anesthesiology 1989; 7


Selective Laser Melting (SLM) is an additive manufacturing technology for alloys capable of producing complex, miniature geometries and as such the pursuit of functionalising catalysts effectively onto these SLM-printed materials, like catalysts for dimet


The bisucaberin biosynthetic gene cluster has been identified in Vibrio salmonicida and a domain from within the BibC multienzyme encoded by the cluster has been shown to catalyse ATP-dependent dimerisation and macrocyclisation of N-hydroxy-N-succinylcadaverine to form bisucaberin.


In a personal narrative, the author describes attending the 2013 Venice Biennale, which was curated by Massimiliano Gioni and featured works by various artists including Marino Auriti and Mike Kelley.


A power converting apparatus comprising: IEGT (1) MOS gate type semiconductor element; (1) supplied to the gate and the emitter voltage power supply is turned ON voltage (2) and a switch (4) between the IEGT ; the IEGT (1) of the gate - off voltage supplied to power supply (3) and a switch (5) off-voltage between the emitter terminals. The power conversion device having an inductance (8) connected to the IEGT (1) the emitter terminals.


Abstract: The land deed making officer is a public official who is given the authority to make authentic deeds regarding certain legal acts regarding land rights or property rights to flats. PPAT is responsible for checking the requirements for the validity of the legal act in question, including matching the data contained in the certificate with the lists in the Land Office. if it is not applied, it will cause a legal consequence that causes sanctions for a PPAT. The theory used in this study is the theory of legal consequences and the theory of legal responsibility. The formulation of the problem raised in this thesis is how the legal consequences of the land deed officials in terms of making the deed that overrides the formal juridical aspects and how the responsibility of the land deed officials in terms of making the deed that overrides the formal juridical aspects. The method used in this study with the type of normative juridical research is legal research literature or secondary data with sources of primary, secondary, and tertiary legal materials. The research approach used is the approach of legislation (Statute Approach), case approach (Case Approach), analytical approach (Analytical Approach), conceptual approach (Conceptual Approach) and legal material collection techniques carried out by identifying and inventorying the rules of positive law, literature, books, journals, and other sources of legal materials, legal materials analysis techniques carried out by systematic interpretation of legal interpretation, and supported by the construction. In the results of this study can be obtained by the forgery into the authentic deed is a legal consequence that will cause a sanction. Sanctions imposed on PPAT in committing a criminal offense in his position, based on an investigation of an institution that is coaching and supervision PPAT PPAT. If you commit a criminal offense as a result arising from PPAT, namely sanctions for dismissal carried out by the Minister regarding sanctions for temporary dismissal, dismissal with respect to dismissal with disrespect.


Bloodletting therapy is to pierce theskin or a superficial vein to let out a properamount of blood to produce an antipyretic,analgesic,anti-inflammatory,anti-swellingor tranquilizing effect.It is often effective,and hence worthy of popularization.Hereare some example cases.


Solar concentrator collectors have the potential of meeting the medium- and high-temperature thermal energy demands of the world. A heat transfer fluid (HTF) is a vital component of a concentrating system to transfer and store thermal energy. This paper presents the design development of a solar paraboloidal dish concentrator (SPDC) and a study of selected HTFs using the storage receiver system of the concentrator. The locally designed SPDC (diameter 1.21 m and height 0.20 m) has features like light weight, effortless tracking, convenient transportation along with high optical and thermal performance. Three HTFs, silicone oil (SO), engine oil (EO) and ethylene glycol (EG), are selected based on their favorable properties for medium temperature (150–300 °C) applications. The characteristic parameters of HTFs, heating rate (Rh), instant thermal efficiency (ηith) and the overall heat loss coefficient (UL), are illustrated and determined experimentally. A new characteristic parameter, the normalized maximum fluid temperature (Tnf), is also introduced in the paper. In the heating test, the maximum attained temperatures by fluids, SO, EO and EG are found to be 240 °C, 180 °C and 160 °C, respectively. The thermal efficiencies of SO, EO and EG are determined to be 45, 36 and 31%, respectively. The heating rate of 6.56 °C/s is found to be the maximum for SO. Through the cooling test, the overall heat loss coefficient (UL) is computed to be 14 W/mK, which is the least among the three fluids compared. The high thermal performance, environmental safety and chemical stability of silicone oil make it suitable for use in concentrators for medium-temperature heat transfer and storage applications.


A fundamentally new concept of a heat engine on the basis of heterogeneous working body, consisting of liquid and lyophobic towards it capillary-porous matrix was proposed in the middle 1980's. The unusualness of the new thermodynamic cycle and engine is that the interface of condensed heterogeneous lyophobic systems (HWB), "liquid- rigid solid capillary-porous matrix", the carrier of free surface energy, serves as a working body (in a thermodynamic sense) instead of traditional gas/steam. In this paper the main advantages, challenges and prospects for use of HWB as the working fluid for external combustion engine are discussed.


The oxazolidine ring-opening and ring-closing reactions (acid-base equilibrium reactions) of oxazolam were investigated by using a stopped-flow spectrophotometer. The cis and trans isomers of oxazolam were found to have distinct ring-opening rate constants and the constant of the cis isomer was 10 to 20 times larger than that of the trans isomer. The ring-opening is hydrogen ioncatalyzed at low pH region. The ring-closing occurs in a hydroxide ion-catalyzed reaction in the alkaline region and is affected by the deprotonation of the diazepinone ring. The individual intrinsic rate constants for the ring-opening and ring-closing reactions were determined from the rate-pH profile. These rate measurements are of value to distinguish between cis and trans isomers of oxazolam.


The author carried out an in-depth analysis on the occupational dilemma of physical education teachers in middle schools in such three aspects as society,school and occupation,tried hard to point out that what physical education teachers in middle schools are confronted with currently is not only a challenge but also an opportunity,then suggested that physical education teachers in middle schools should seize the opportunity for development,clear the occupational dilemma,reassign the occupational mission,awake their self-awareness,recognize their occupational role,build a sort of possible life during interaction,realize their occupational value,and provide theoretical support for boosting the new physical education curriculum reform in a better way.


Marked diode characteristics dependence on the distance between p-n junction and heterointerface in double heterojunction InP-InGaAsP planar a.p.d.s is described. In a diode with an optimised configuration, as high as 3000 maximum avalanche gain and less than 3×10-6 A/cm2 dark-current density at 0.9 VB are achieved.


Aim: The aim of our study was to investigate the in-vivo changes in the surface roughness of retrieved femoral components. Our hypothesis was that the surface finish of the femoral components deteriorated in accordance with the duration of implantation Materials and method: 22 femoral components (all Freeman-Samuelson prostheses) were retrieved from 18 male and 4 female patients at revision knee surgery. The mean age at revision was 68.4 years and the mean period of implantation was 55.64 months. 18 implants were retrieved for aseptic loosening and 4 for infection. The surfaces of femoral components & polyethylene inserts were inspected for modes of damage in the articulating areas. The surface finish measurements were performed with a stylus profilometer. The surface roughness was characterised by measuring Ra (micron-meter), which is the mean of the measured height deviations within the evaluation area. The articulating surface on both condyles was examined seperately. Ra measurements from the sides of the patellar groove at the top of the femoral flange, which do not articulate either with the patella or tibia, were taken as control. The Ewald method of assessing the orientation of the components was applied to derive the coronal angle of the knee (CAK) Results: The mean CAK was 7.2° ± 1°. Parallel scratching and burnishing were the main modes of damage on the surface in the articulating areas. Inspection of polyethylene inserts failed to find embedded Polymethyl-methacrylate debris or any other damage, which matched the location of the altered surface finish of the femoral components. The mean Ra values were: Control: Mean-0.0230 mm, SD- 0.00821. Medial Femoral condyle (0 – 60) = 0.0225 mm, SD – 0.00797 Medial Femoral Condyle (61 – 120) = 0.0244 mm, SD – 0.00532 Lateral Femoral condyle (0 – 60) = 0.0263 mm, SD – 0.00694 Lateral Femoral Condyle (61 – 120) = 0.0253 mm, SD – 0.00758 No statistically significant difference was seen in the mean-Ra of the femoral condyles compared to that of the control (P less than 0.05). Conclusion: The surface finish of these implants did not deteriorate during the period of implantation. On this basis we believe that a well-aligned and well-fixed femoral component, without any accumulated wear debris beneath it, does not require mandatory exchange if the revision is carried out for isolated failure of the tibial prosthesis.


The title "The Hour of Europe: Western Powers and the Breakup of Yugoslavia" by Jospi Glaurdic initially invites for a reading of the European Union's account throuhgout the breakup of the federation. "This is the hour of Europe..." - a sentence mentioned by the former chair of EC Foreign Affairs COuncil, Jacques Poos at the brink of crisis in the former Yugoslacia - has become a catchphrase to symbolize the irony of what the EU failed to deliver in Yugoslavia in terms of its supranational action. However, the main focus of the book is in general the internal dynamics within Yugoslavia, processes and developments that led to political changes, rather than a particular attention on the way the EU was handling the crisis throughout.


Abstract The new Civil Procedure Rules, based on Lord Woolf's Report, have made significant changes to the conduct of civil litigation, including clinical negligence, in England and Wales. A pre-action protocol aims to resolve clinical negligence claims before court proceedings are issued. After issue of proceedings, cases will be allocated to one of three tracks. A system of court management is designed to ensure that cases proceed efficiently and that the costs incurred are proportionate to the value and complexity of each case. The role of the independent expert has been re-defined. Underlying the rules is the aim to deal with cases justly. Greater cooperation between parties is envisaged as part of a change of culture.


Innovativeness has been empirically recognized as one of the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) characteristics mandatory for improving the organizational performance of SMEs. Managerial competencies are the business functional skills that have been playing an increasingly important role in the development of successful small and medium business firms. Whether integration exists between innovativeness and managerial competencies to influence SME performance in Malaysia remains controversial. This study attempts to examine the moderating effect of managerial competencies on the relationship between innovativeness and SME performance in Malaysia. Drawing a sample of 258 SMEs across industries in the country revealed that managerial competencies do not impact on the relationship between innovativeness and SME performance. The findings provide managerial implications and strategic recommendations to entrepreneurs, owner-managers, and policy makers in the SME sectors.


Multilayer W–C diffraction gratings with nominal d spacings of 35 A have been fabricated by magnetron sputter deposition. The peak and integrated reflectivities of these films have been measured with AlKα x rays and compared to theoretical values. The rms surface roughness has been evaluated. The influence of several sputtering‐system process parameters on the reflectivities has been investigated.


Objective To investigate the feasibility of bilateral thoracic paravertebral block for postoperative analgesia in patients after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting(OPCABG).Methods Upon the approval of institutional Ethics Committee and informed consent,forty patients ASAⅡorⅢaged 52-77 yr with BMI(body mass index)<30


There are predicates that I call "stubbornly distributive" based on what happens when they are combined with plural count noun phrases. I will use these stubbornly distributive predicates to identify and analyze a certain subset of mass nouns which I call "multi-participant nouns". Traffic and rubble are multi-participant nouns but furniture and luggage turn out not to be. Importantly, 'typical' mass nouns like water are multiparticipant nouns.


OBJECTIVE To explore the nursing manners and experiences for preventing the infections after minimally invasive percutaneous nephrolithotomy.METHODS We had performed the quality nursing care for 30 patients who underwent minimally invasive percutaneous nephrolithotomy in urinary surgery department in 2011.The nursing interventions to the details that may lead to the infections was carried out and compared with 30 patients who underwent the same operation in 2010.RESULTS All 30 patients discharged with successful extubation,and no complication such as the infection occurred,100.0% of the patients satisfied.CONCLUSION The key links for preventing infections comprise of the planned health education,good psychological nursing,adequate preoperative preparation,close postoperative observation and pipeline care as well as the comprehensive guidance for the discharge.


The Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System version 2 (PI‐RADSv2) has been in use since 2015; while interreader reproducibility has been studied, there has been a paucity of studies investigating the intrareader reproducibility of PI‐RADSv2.


Abstract : GER J. ;USAMC-ITC-1-73-28Availability: Document partially illegible.(*reliability, optimization), mathematical models, redundant components, dynamic programming, costs, computer programmingallocation models, failure rate functions, lagrange multipliersThe paper presents various reliability allocation techniques which seek to satisfy a pre-assigned reliability goal. The assumptions, applications, and drawbacks of each method are stated along with a discussion of the mechanics involved in the solution algorithms. An illustrative example is also presented to show the application of each technique. Finally, two tables are generated to aid in the selection of specific techniques corresponding to different conditions. These tables are intended only to direct the user to the method most likely to fit a given allocation problem. (Author)


Vol. 10 no. 3 MarCH 2008 234 b-Blockers were first used for the treatment of hypertension in the early 1970s. The first clinically available member of this class, propranolol, which blocks both b2 and b1 receptors, was initially indicated for the treatment of angina pectoris and cardiac arrhythmias, and its efficacy as an antihypertensive agent was discovered later. There has never been a clear understanding of how b-blockade reduces blood pressure. Hemodynamically, these drugs decrease cardiac output; the slowing of heart rate was originally thought to be of clinical importance, particularly in hypertensive patients with tachycardia. But, at the same time, peripheral resistance is increased slightly and sodium reabsorption by the kidney is increased. The ability of b-blockers to inhibit activity of the reninangiotensin system by reducing the release of renin from the juxtaglomerular cells of the kidney may contribute to their blood pressure–lowering effects, especially in patients with medium or high levels of plasma renin activity.1 one of the reasons for the acceptance of this new drug class by clinicians was that these agents appeared to be better tolerated than many of the drugs previously available for treating hypertension. Even so, b-blockers, at least in the dosages originally used, tended to decrease exercise tolerance and sexual activity levels and at times cause symptoms of fatigue and depression. The development of agents that selectively block the b1 receptors, often referred to as cardioselective drugs, provided a relative measure of protection against adverse effects of b-blockade on airway function, particularly for patients with asthma and obstructive lung disease. over time, b-blockers became widely accepted for the treatment of hypertension, and 3 of the reports of the Joint national Committee on the prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood pressure (JnC)—JnC iV in 1988, JnC V in 1993, and JnC Vi in 1997—recommended these drugs as one of the preferred medications for first-step treatment for the management of hypertension.2–4 recently, questions have begun to emerge about the ability of some b-blockers to provide as much protection against fatal and nonfatal cardiac and stroke events as other classes of antihypertensive drugs. These concerns may appear surprising, as the b-blockers have been of unquestioned value in improving survival and reducing major cardiovascular events, particularly sudden death, in patients who have experienced myocardial infarction or heart failure.5,6 still, as emphasized in a recent commentary (coauthored by one of the writers of this editorial [fHM]), clinical trial evidence supports the conclusion that at least one of the widely used b-blockers should no longer be regarded as an appropriate choice for the routine treatment of uncomplicated hypertension.7


The binding of Interleukin-17A (IL-17A) to its receptor causes the release of chemokine which have an implication in the pathogenesis of gouty arthritis. Though, some synthetic drugs have been proved worthy as IL-17A inhibitors in the management of gout but they have been associated with a number of side effects. Polyphenols have been documented for numerous therapeutic applications. In spite of this, there are scarce data on the mechanism of action and protective potentials of polyphenolic against gouty arthritis. This present in silico study aimed to assess the inhibitory potentials and ADMET properties of selected polyphenols against IL-17A using molecular docking tools. The crystal structure of IL-17A was retrieved from the protein database, while the structures of polyphenolic compounds were retrieved from Pubchem. Drug-likeness of the polyphenols was assessed using DruLiTo. A total of 22 out of 26 polyphenols investigated passed the Lipinski drug likeness rule of five which were then docked with the active site of IL-17A using docking software, and the docked complexes were analyzed using LigPlot and protein-ligand profiler web server. The results showed that all the investigated polyphenols have appreciable higher binding affinity when compared to the standard drug (allopurinol) with pelargondin and catechin having the highest binding affinity (-7.5 kcal/mol). Furthermore, ADMET screening were carried out on the five compounds with the best hits. Conclusively, this in silico study suggests that these investigated polyphenols could serve as better replacements for synthetic drugs such as allopurinol in the management of gouty arthritis.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4064236


Background: Lao PDR is the least developed country in East Asia and medical conditions are poor. The pathological examination has been performed only in Vientiane Capital, and there are only nine pathologists in the whole country. We performed a campaign tour for Pap-test promotion in the North Eastern provinces in Lao PDR in 2012. The NPO Japan Support Group for Lao Pathology and NCGM supported the project. Details: Four pathologists and two technologists visited two provincial and two county hospitals in a van to hold a cytological workshop for medical staff and to perform Pap smear tests for healthy female volunteers. A total of 839 females participated in the Pap smear tests, among whom cytological abnormalities were detected in 60 participants (7%) including 11 HSIL, 9 ASC-H, and 40 LSIL. Conclusion: As no cancer registration has been initiated in Laos except for the trial of LUHS in Vientiane, the prevalence of cervical cancer is unknown. This result suggested a high prevalence of cervical cancer and hence that of high-risk human papilloma viral infection in the North Eastern provinces. This type of campaign tour seems effective to promote Pap smear test among both medical staff and local residents in the rural areas.


The making of modern Zaporizhzhia the new economic system the nature of power the Ukrainization of Zaporizhzhia the de-industrialization of Zaporizhzhia the transformation of the countryside the disintegration of public services social change an ecological crisis zone health in Zaporizhzhia a rapidly changing world.


The detection and characterization of a laser by an off-axis receiver has been demonstrated and has been modeled to varying degrees of complexity and application. Within these models, many factors contribute to the received intensity at an off-axis receiver, but none is more important than the aerosol distribution; it is the aerosols that are the primary scatterers. Here the dependency of off-axis scattering on the type of aerosol distribution used is explored and the relative importance of this distribution in different geometries is evaluated. The effort uses a single-scatter off-axis model to simulate the received intensity at an off-axis sensor for the inter-comparisons.


An improved model for accurate computation of resonant frequency for a tunable rectangular patch antenna with varying aspect ratio printed on single, composite and suspended substrate is presented. The computed results are compared with experimental and simulation results.


Adult diffuse low-grade gliomas (LGG) are slow growing, World Health Organization (WHO) grade II lesions with insidious onset and ultimate anaplastic transformation. The timing of surgery remains controversial with polarized practices continuing to govern patient management. As a result, the comprehensive management of these patients is variable. The goal of this questionnaire was to evaluate practice patterns in Canada. An online invitation for a questionnaire including diagnostic, preoperative, perioperative, and postoperative parameters and three cases with magnetic resonance imaging data with questions to various treatment options in these patients was sent to practicing neurosurgeons and trainees. 356 emails were sent with 87 (24.7%) responses collected. The range of years of practice was less then 10 years 36% (n = 23), 11-20 years 28% (n = 18), over 21 years 37% (n = 24). 90% of surgeons do not obtain formal preoperative neurocognitive assessments. 21% (n = 13) perform a biopsy upon first presentation. A gross total resection was believed to increase progression free survival (75%, n = 46) and to increase overall survival (64%, n = 39). Intraoperative MRI was only used by 8% of surgeons. Using the aid of three hypothetical cases with progressive complexities in tumor eloquence there was a trend for younger surgeons to operate earlier, and use awake craniotomy to obtain greater extent of resection with the aid of cortical stimulation when compared to senior surgeons who still more often preferred a "wait-and-see" approach. Despite the limitations of an online survey study, it provided insights into the variability in surgeon practice patterns in Canada and the need for a consensus on the workup and surgical management of this disease.


. The subject of the article is the development of a method for diagnosing data errors of a computer system functioning in the residue number system (RNS). This method is based on the tabular principle of data diagnostics operation implementation. The purpose of the article is to reduce the time of performing the operation of diagnosing the data of a computer system that functions in the RNS in the dynamics of the computational process. Tasks : to analyze the possible application of RNS as a number system in computer data processing systems; to investigate existing methods of data diagnostics and identify possible shortcomings in data diagnostics in the dynamics of the computational process with the introduction of minimal information redundancy; to develop a method for diagnosing the data presented in the RNS, which is based on the tabular principle of the implementation of the diagnostic operation. Research methods : methods of analysis and synthesis of computer systems, number theory, coding theory in RNS. The following results were obtained. The work shows that the data diagnostics is carried out after the control operation has been performed. To carry out the operation of diagnosing data in the RNS, when one-time errors occur, methods for determining an alternative set (AS) of numbers are used. In this case, the main disadvantage of the considered methods is the considerable time required to determine the AS. To reduce the time for determining the AC numbers in the work, the method for diagnosing data in the RNS has been improved. Improvement of the method involves the compilation of a table (the first stage) of correspondence to each correct number of a possible set of incorrect numbers when one-time errors occur in the data. Based on the analysis of the contents of the table of the first stage, a table (of the second stage) is drawn up of the correspondence of each incorrect number to the possible values of the correct numbers. Conclusions . The use of the improved method increases the efficiency of diagnostics of the data presented in the RNS by reducing the time for determining the AC numbers. This is achieved by quickly fetching pre-calculated AC table values.


Cystic dilatation of the intrahepatic biliary tree (Caroli's disease) is rarely encountered in the usual practice of general surgery. Typically the diagnosis is unsuspected preoperatively and is recognized by cholangiographic findings during an operation for suspected cholelithiasis. In this paper we report such a case and recommend a management program for problems associated with this disease.


In this study, fly ash (FA) was derived from extracted sugarcane bagasse solid waste (ESBSW) and chemically modified to apply as an adsorbent. Impact of activated FA particles (200 and 250 µm) and adsorbent bed height (4, 6 and 8 mm) on pollutant removal efficiency was evaluated. ESBSW was combusted in laboratory-scale gasifier operated at 1000 °C for 1 h. The black solid residue was sieved to obtain the desired particle size followed by activation with 10% and 15% sulfuric acid. Wastewater samples collected from the drainage site of BUITEMS were analyzed and treated with the prepared adsorbent. ESBSW-FA 250 activated with 15% H2SO4 with 8 mm bed height showed high efficiency. Where, 94.37%, 95.1% and 63.5% removal efficiency of chemical oxygen demand (COD), total solids (TS) and turbidity was attained, respectively. The pH of treated water was neutral. ESBSW has shown great potential to be used as a precursor for valuable byproducts. It's recycling for adsorbent preparation will economically and environmentally benefit the sugar industry.


Bacterial Leaf Streak (BLS) of corn (Zea mays) was first reported in Nebraska in 2016 and was the first time the disease (Figure 1) was confirmed in the United States. Since then it has been confirmed in nine additional states— Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin. The results from a survey (funded by the Nebraska Corn Board) confirmed the bacterium in samples received from 74 Nebraska counties as of October 2018 (Figure 2). The bacterium causing BLS is Xanthomonas vasicola pv. vasculorum. This disease has also been reported on corn in South Africa, Argentina, and Brazil. BLS has been confirmed in field corn, seed corn, sweet corn, and popcorn. Disease severity varies by hybrid and can be severe in some susceptible popcorn hybrids. The bacterium also causes the important "gumming disease" of sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) that occurs almost worldwide in tropical and subtropical areas where sugarcane is grown. However, it has not been confirmed in U.S. sugarcane. Grain sorghum and related species (Sorghum spp.) have been reported as susceptible hosts, but this has only been observed in greenhouse studies. The disease has not been confirmed in Nebraska sorghum fields at this time, although another BLS with similar symptoms caused by a closely related pathogen (X. vasicola pv. holcicola) has been confirmed in Nebraska and other states.


This paper explains the connotation of energy consumption per capita,mineral resources consumption per capita and "S" curve rule of GDP per capita,and points out that energy and main mineral resources consumption in OECD has entered into the stage of zero-growth or has arrived just around the corner,so the resource demands will keep steady or assume a gently downward trend;meanwhile developing countries have become the main body of resources consumption,and the global energy and mineral resources demand center of gravity is moving to Asia.Based on the example of oil resource,this paper describes the evolution and frangibility of the international resources market system,and points out that,as resource cost in economic development will increase continuously,low-carbon economy will promote quick development of new energy industry and related industries in the world.At last,this paper puts forward the countermeasures and suggestions for responding to the change of the global resource structure.


As obesity is a common disease and its consequences may be serious, it is surprising how seldom the processes by which it arises have been studied experimentally in man. We know of only five human subjects who have been overfed for a significant length of time while attempts were made to assess the weight gain against measured differences between the calorie intake in the food and the calorie expenditure during daily activity (Gulick, 1922; Wiley & Newburgh, 1931 a, b; Passmore, Meiklejohn, Dewar & Thow, 1955 a, b). All five of these subjects were thin men. Only one of these men, to whom Wiley & Newburgh gave an excess of 1680 kcal/day for 15 days, gained weight easily: he put on 4-4 kg, with a calorie value of 5-7 kcal/g weight gained. Gulick, who studied himself, gained weight easily for the first 16 days, but on a smaller calorie excess, Thereafter his gains were slow and the calorie value of the tissue laid down was always higher than that observed in Wiley & Newburgh's subject. The three thin men to whom Passmore et al. (1955a, b) gave an excess of about 15mkcal/ day for 2 weeks only gained weight slowly and at a cost of over 8 kcal/g. In this paper we record observations on overfeeding two fat women. They gained weight easily for 9 days, putting on 2.86 and 2.58 kg respectively at costs of only 2.5 and 4.0 kcal/g. The paper records a full analysis of their energy balances and the changes in their body composition.


A novel synthetic approach to ultrathin (< 5 nm) multilayered single crystalline gold nanosheets using amphiphilic comb-like polymer as template was presented. The poly (oxyethylene) containing decyl-tri (oxyethylene) amphiphile as well as the thioether linking group in the side chain was synthesized via polymer analogous reaction. The polymer and the gold precursor, LiAuCl4, were mixed and dried to afford a homogeneous complex. The gold precursors were reduced to gold crystals by photoreduction using long wave UV light (> 350 nm). The gold nanosheets with multilayered structure, where the layer spacing is about 3.6 nm, were obtained after 24 h. The formation of the multilayered nanosheets is due to the layered structure of the gold complex of the polymer and precursor.


Sure Start local programmes are a cornerstone in the Government's effort to break the inter-generational cycle of disadvantage. Their principal goal is to enhance the functioning of children under four years and their families by improving services provided in over five hundred small communities that are among the 20 per cent most deprived in England.


Basic facilities of the laboratory are new Tandetro n 4130 MC , installed in 2005, and old 3.5 MV Van de Graaff accelerators. The latter is mostly used f or standard analyses by RBS and PIXE/PIGE technique s with protons and helium ions. The laboratory at Tandetro n accelerator is equipped with devices for analyses of materials by RBS, RBS-channelling, ERDA, ERDA-TOF, PIXE/PIGE methods. Ion microprobe is under construction. Also available is equipment for ion i mplantation and several devices for production of n anoand micro-structured systems. The research program is c onducted in close collaboration with specialized re search institutions in Czech Republic and abroad. Most not able research topics are nano-and microstructured systems with special optical, electromagnetic and biologica l properties and processes proceeding within, radia tion degradation of materials and environmental research .


ABSTRACT Renal Artery Stenosis (RAS) accounts for up to 5% of the causes of hypertension having as main causes atherosclerosis and fibromuscular dysplasia. As a result, the patient may develop Renovascular Hypertension (HR), which is a potentially curable cause of hypertension. This review addresses the clinical aspects of the EAR and hence the HR. Currently there has been increasing interest in identifying causes preventable or reversible hypertension and renal dysfunction, being the reversal of the obstruction of the renal arteries a promising therapeutic strategy. Early diagnosis allows appropriate therapeutic approach and better response to treatment.


This study deals with the microstructure and tensile properties of 600 and 700 MPa-grade high-strength seismic reinforced steel bars. High-strength seismic resistant reinforced steel bars (SD 600S and SD 700S) were fabricated by TempCore process, especially the SD 700S specimen was more rapid cooled than the SD 600S specimen during the TempCore process. Although two specimens had microstructure of tempered martensite in the surface region, the SD 600S specimen had ferrite-degenerated pearlite in the center region, whereas the SD 700S specimen had bainite-ferritedegenerated pearlite in the center region. Therefore, their hardness was highest in the surface region and revealed a tendency to decrease from the surface region to the center region because tempered martensite has higher hardness than ferritedegenerated pearlite or bainite. The SD 700S specimen revealed higher hardness in the center region than SD 600S specimen because it contained a larger amount of bainite as well as ferrite-degenerated pearlite. On the other hand, tensile test results indicated the SD 600S and SD 700S specimens revealed continuous yielding behavior because of formation of degenerated pearlite or bainite in the center region. The SD 600S specimen had a little higher tensile-to-yield ratio because the presence of ferrite and degenerated pearlite in the center region and the lower fraction of tempered martensite enhance work hardening.


Objective\ To study the diagnosis and treatment of portal hypertension in secondary biliary cirrhosis(PHSBC). Methods\ Twenty-five cases of PHSBC within recent 16 years in our hospital were analyzed. Their clinical, pathological and follow-up data were reviewed retrospectively. They were divided into 4 groups according to their primary diseases:13 patients with hepatolithiasis, 6 with postoperative stricture of biliary duct, 4 with malignancy of biliary duct and 2 with others. Results\ All patients were diagnosed clinically, and 4 were further pathologically confirmed. Eight cases were treated conservatively, while the remaining 17 underwent operations according to their primary diseases, and one combined with splenectomy and esophagogastric devascularization. The rate of discharge with improvement by surgical and non-surgical treatment was 64 7% and 37 5%, and hospital mortality was 17.6% and 12.5% respectively. Conclusion\ The diagnosis of PHSBC mainly depends on its characteristic clinical manifestations. The early surgical resolution of bile duct obstruction is the key to good prognosis. If complicated with rupture and hemorrhage of oesophagofundal varices, the surgical procedure should be considered carefully.


Pollination habits and effects of altitude on fructification of Magnolia sieboldii were studied in Laoling nature reserve in order to explore the endangered mechanism and introduction law.The results showed that Magnolia sieboldii is cross-pollinated plant with the pistils and stamens maturing at different times.The length and width of aggregate follicle and the proportion of aggregate follicle with seeds at higher altitudes were lower significantly than lower altitudes,while there was no difference in the ratio of length to width of aggregate follicle,the rate of follicle with one seed of the aggregate follicle(I),the rate of follicle with two seeds of the aggregate follicle(II) and the ratio of I/II at different altitudes.The total rate of shrunken seeds decreased with the raise of altitude while the rate of vigorous seeds production increased.


This paper presents our solution for enabling a quadrotor he licopter to autonomously navigate, explore and locate objects of interest in unstructured and unknown i ndoor environments. We describe the design and operation of our quadrotor helicopter, before pres enting the software architecture and individual algorithms necessary for executing the mission. Experimen tal results are presented demonstrating the quadrotor's ability to operate autonomously in indoor envi ronments. Finally, we address some of the logistical and risk management issues pertaining to our ent ry i he competition.


: A digital cadastre has a complex nature and somewhat later Which is in the system of consolidation of property despite the coherent military And the ability to establish judicial and legal security In addition to better financial and financial benefits It also provides owners Which played an important role in formulating the laws and regulations and solving the problems of registration of ownership Thus, in this paper, we tried to examine the role of cadastre in property consolidation; The research method is descriptive-analytic and the type of applied research Using the theoretical literature of cadastre and its advantages, and with the collection of valid library and electronic resources and data gathered, And the statistical community includes all the experts and experts involved in registering real estate in a random manner30 people (sample size) among relevant experts and experts who have the role of cadastre in consolidating ownership (dependent variables) internalizing costs, preventing legislature, judicial and executive security, multiple disagreements in the original lawsuit, mistakes, and accounting differences (independent variable) Finally, Pearson correlation and linear regression analysis were analyzed using SPSS software. The research results show: Cadastre and its main role in reducing disputes and litigation is effective In fact, by creating rules and regulations for the registration of real estate, which is a source for the distribution of civil and terrestrial information, By documenting the possibility of forging and documenting documents is lost Also according to the results has been proven The hypotheses raised between cadastre and its role in consolidating property by internalizing costs, preventing legislature, judicial and executive security, multiple disputes in the lawsuit on land, and mistakes and disputes in the order of With a meaningful level of test (0/00),(0/46),(0/00),(0/00),(0/00) Because it is less than the meaningful level 0/05. A cadastre is a neat list of property data (land plots) inside or part of a country that is mapped out of their boundaries. Or, according to another definition, cadastre is a way of sorting out the list of public property information in a country or part based on a map of their ranges. Such items (land pieces) are regularly identified with individual identifiers The boundaries and boundaries of these land pieces, and sometimes their characteristics, are on large scale maps that, with their registration, separate property can be identified with property rights, nature, use, size, and even value (price).(5). each boundary between the map (geometric dimensions) and its descriptive information (registry dimension), and a single image of geometric dimensions (land coordinates) and descriptive dimensions are presented (11).


This article explores First Amendment theory and the role of the media in generating police accountability through public understanding of police organizations. We argue that free speech theory can and should look beyond "abridgment" issues and raise questions about the civic responsibility of the press to inform the public about key governmental institutions. The media's concern with crime news, we found, vastly overshadows its coverage of the police us a complex, in-teresting, and expensive governmental agency. Reporting about police institutional patterns and policies contributes more toward fulfilling First Amendment values-not only that of "checking" police excesses, but of facilitating the goal of enlightened citizen participation in local government.

Those who won our independence believed…that public discussion is a political duty; and that this should be a fundamental principle of American government. They recognized the risks to which all human institutions are subject.


Hoiby, N. and Schiotz, P.O. (Statens Seruminstitut Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet and the Paediatric Department TG, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark). Immune complex mediated tissue damage in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients with chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. Acta Paediatr Scand; suppl 301: 63-73. — Evidence has accumulated which supports the following mechanism of tissue damage in the lungs of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients during chronic P. aeruginosa lung infection:

In CF chronic P. aeruginosa infection with mucoid strains is characterized by persistent presence of P. aeruginosa antigens in the lungs and simultaneous presence of many precipitating antibodies against these antigens in serum and sputum.

Formation of immune complexes in the lungs between these antigens and antibodies are indicated by the detection of immune complex activity in serum and especially in sputum. Immune complex-mediated activation of complement components in the lungs of such CF patients has been demonstrated. The activation of complement leads to formation of C3a and C5a split products, which lead to liberation of histamine from basophil leukocytes, i.e. inflammation which is also reflected in elevated acute phase proteins in serum. Evidence of this process has also been found as a type I skin test when P. aeruginosa antigens are injected intracutaneously in these patients. Liberation of serotonin from thrombocytes mediated by P. aeruginosa antigens in the presence of antibodies from these CF patients, causing inflammation, has been shown. Attraction of neutrophils to the lungs mediated by immune complex activated complement split products, ingestion of the immune complexes by the neutrophils, and liberation of proteolytic enzymes from the neutrophils, i.e. tissue damage, has been demonstrated, and goes on because immune elimination of the bacteria is not accomplished. The therapeutic consequences are discussed.


It is shown that the lattice-misfit induced biaxial strain in quantum-well structures with semimagnetic barriers leads to a significant anisotropy of the shift and splitting of the subvalence bands in the barriers by an applied magnetic field. The calculated barrier exciton energies in dependence of a magnetic field parallel or perpendicular to the sample axis are confirmed by the measured anisotropic shift of the luminescence and reflection peaks for various CdTe/(Cd, Mn)Te quantum-well structures grown by MBE on InSb substrates. Consequences on the behaviour of the well excitons in a magnetic field are discussed.

Es wird gezeigt, das die durch Gitter-Misfit induzierte, biaxiale Spannung in Quantengraben-Strukturen mit semimagnetischen Barrieren zu einer betrachtlichen Anisotropie der Verschiebung und Aufspaltung der Subvalenzbander in den Barrieren durch ein angelegtes Magnetfeld fuhrt. Die berechneten Barrieren-Exzitonenenergien in Abhangigkeit von einem Magnetfeld parallel oder senkrecht zur Probenachse werden durch die gemessene anisotrope Verschiebung der Lumineszenz- und Reflexionsmaxima fur verschiedene CdTe/(Cd, Mn)Te-Quantengraben-Strukturen bestatigt, die mittels MBE auf InSb-Substraten aufgebracht werden. Schlusfolgerungen fur das Verhalten der Graben-Exzitonen in einem Magnetfeld werden diskutiert.


The logic of the Schrödinger equation may be understood most readily by a consideration of a very important class of problems, i.e. those of the transmission and reflection of electrons through semi-infinite potential barriers. In this paper I revisit this problem by applying an alternative approach via Laplace transforms, demonstrating how effective they are in the determination of the solution.


Homebrewing of beer is a worldwide growing hobby, and using Stebbins' theories on leisure, brewing can be classified as a serious leisure. Using a qualitative approach, the aim of this explorative ...


This paper undertakes a comparison exercise to disentangle what drives the opposite findings regarding the effect of house prices on consumption documented in two papers using the same data set for the UK. On the one hand, Campbell and Cocco (2007) find that old owners are the most benefited by a house price increase and young renters the least, confirming the so-called wealth hypothesis. On the other hand, Attanasio, Blow, Hamilton, and Leicester (2009) find that house prices have the same impact on consumption across age groups, consistent with the so-called common factor hypothesis. We rule out that changes in the sample period, the definition of consumption, the data source, the type of price deflator, and empirical considerations such as endogeneity bias and sampling noise in the construction of synthetic cohorts are the driving factors of the opposite conclusions reached by the two papers. All our evidence points towards the empirical specification, i.e., whether it is a consumption function (an equation for the level of consumption) or an Euler equation (an equation for consumption growth) as the only plausible explanation to the conflicting results. Our findings revive the debate of whether there is an effect of house prices on consumption, an issue of increasing importance in the current context of declining house prices in industrialized countries.


1. Technical Field of the invention defined in the claims The present invention will on a personal navigation device and a method using a public transport information. 2. The invention attempts to solve the technical challenges The present invention provides a personal navigation device and a method using a public transport information, public transport information provided by the navigation information, such as by including the optimum route, time, charge from the origin to the destination using that purpose. 3. Resolution of the subject matter of the invention, The invention, in a personal navigation device using a public transport information, user interface means for receiving a control signal input from the user to output the public transport information according thereto; Storage means for storing operation information from a variety of public transportation; And an optimal path calculation means for output via the user interface, the best route using public transportation according to the from / to the input via the means of searching by using the storing means, and the corresponding public transport information to the user interface means to thereby including the. 4. An important use of the invention, The invention yiyongdoem navigation system or the like. Public transport information, personal navigation devices, navigation and optimal route, location


My focus in this exploratory study is on factors related to success in the sociology major. One hundred, fourteen graduating majors from a mid-sized, public university completed a self-administered questionnaire. Students reported that talking with others about the material as well as using application, real world examples, and review strategies are critical to their learning. In multiple regression analyses, there is limited evidence for a positive relationship between several interpersonal academic/study behavior variables and success. Multiple and ordinal regression analyses point to a negative relationship between age and success in the sociology major at this institution. Implications for teaching and learning in sociology and other disciplines are discussed.


Scientific writing will discuss how to find the minimum value with one of the techniques of the greedy method is the technique of minimum Spanning tree by using the Java programming language. By using a graph consisting of nodes and links that form the tree and does not form a circuit. Making these applications through several steps, which contains the design stage of the design input, process and output. Production stage programming applications using the Java language as a medium and edit plus editor. Testing stage at this point the author tried to use a case to try this application. This application can help in finding the minimum value but are limited by the number of nodes (vertices) as many as eight, in case the node (vertex) is a store (the customer).


A series of field and laboratory experiments examined the factors that control fish- assemblage structure in barrier islands ponds on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. We investigated why surf-zone fishes, which are introduced to the island ponds during periodic wash-over events, are unable to persist for extended periods. We simulated over-wash events by collecting fishes from the shallow surf-zone and introducing them into 0.56 m 2 field enclosures. During summer months, surf- zone fishes typically died within 24 h. Levels of dissolved oxygen and temperature frequently ex- ceeded the tolerance limits of the surf-zone fishes (demonstrated in a series of laboratory experi- ments), suggesting that these variables were responsible for fish mortality. In non-summer months, when dissolved oxygen and temperature stresses were ameliorated, surf-zone fishes could survive for months in the ponds. We conducted field-enclosure experiments at 3 fish densities in order to evalu- ate the survival and condition of a common surf-zone fish, Membras martinica (the rough silverside): (1) 8 M. martinica (14 fish m -2 ), (2) 16 M. martinica (28 fish m -2 ), and (3) 8 M. martinica + 8 Fundulus heteroclitus (28 fish m -2 ). After approximately 1 mo during the spring, fall and winter, survival and condition of fishes in Treatments 2 and 3 were significantly reduced, suggesting that biological inter- actions were an important cause of surf-zone fish mortality. A temporal environmental stress gradi- ent may result in seasonally varying importance of abiotic and biotic structuring factors.


Summary Bilateral splanchnic neurectomy prevented the occurrence of circulatory collapse in dogs following acute bilateral adre-nalectomy. Sham splanchnic neurectomy was not effective in this, regard. The mechanism of this protective effect is not by delaying the disappearance of the corticosteroids, but rather by preventing hyperactivity of the sympathetic nervous system in the face of adrenal insufficiency.


The invention discloses a dental ulcer gel and a preparation method thereof. The gel is prepared from the following components in parts by weight: 0.3-4 parts of polyvinyl alcohol, 0.2-2 parts of chitosan, 15-40 parts of water, 0.3-2 parts of glacial acetic acid, 0.5-4 parts of auxiliaries and 40-80 parts of absolute ethyl alcohol. According to the dental ulcer gel, the gel material is screened and optimized, the preparation process is optimized and regulated, the obtained product has high stability, a film can be formed quickly, and the antibacterial effect is good; the materials of the dental ulcer gel are wide in sources and low in cost, the preparation process is easy for industrial production, and the use effect of the dental ulcer gel is perfect.


In Nepal the quality of health care in the public sector has always been challenged by a wide range of seemingly overwhelming obstacles. Nepal is among the poorest countries in the world with 80% of the population engaged in subsistence agriculture. Rates of malnutrition are among the highest in the world: 46% of children are underweight 48% exhibit stunting 29% of mothers have a low body-mass index (UNICEF 1996). Life expectancy is among the lowest in the world: 55.0 years for men 53.5 for women (His Majestys Government Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics 1995). Nepal is one of only two countries in the world where the life expectancy is shorter for women than men due to an extremely high rate of maternal mortality and pervasive discrimination against women. Many of Nepals 20 million people live in geographically remote and isolated areas where health and social welfare infrastructure is weak or nonexistent. Many people do not have access to reproductive health services. The low status of women very low literacy and limited access to medical personnel particularly in rural areas also contribute to poor health care. When addressing quality of care in Nepal a broad range of political financial cultural and clinical issues must be considered. Since the government changed from a monarchy to a parliamentary democracy in 1989 government leadership has changed frequently; all types of government services including assignment of staff to health care facilities have been repeatedly disrupted. Because of scarce national resources per capita health spending is less than US $1.00 per person annually (Research Group for Health Economics and Labor 1997). Health facilities are otten in very poor repair without adequate equipment supplies and drugs and without critical staff. Medical personnel often lack the training supervision and resources needed to provide quality care. (excerpt)


Purpose of research the aim of the work is to develop an effective technology for surface hardening of the crankshafts of KAMAZ 740 engines, restored by re-grinding to repair dimensions, by means of their accelerated low-temperature nitrocementation in the conditions of car service (car repair) enterprises.Methods. Nitrocementation of the samples was carried out in a nitrogen-carbon paste. The samples with a nitrocementating coating were heated in a laboratory furnace with a vertical load of SSHOL-12-M3-U4. The nitrocemented samples were subjected to metallographic analysis using an Axio Observer.A1m optical microscope and a Quanta TM 3D200i electron scanning microscope. Phase analysis of diffusion layers on samples nitrocemented according to various modes was carried out on an XRD-7000S X-ray diffractometer. The microhardness of the nitrocemented samples was measured using a Duramin-5 microhardness meter with a computer and software. The hardness of the nitrocemented samples was measured on a TK-2M (Rockwell) hardness tester on the "A" scale according to the standard method.Results. The technology of low-temperature nitrocementation of nitrided crankshafts of KAMAZ vehicles after their repair by grinding with the removal of the hardened layer from the surfaces of the root and connecting rod necks is presented. It is shown that nitrocementation of 42HMFA steel, from which crankshafts are made, at a temperature of 520...580 °C for 3 hours in a highly active paste ensures the production of hardened layers in depth, structure, phase composition and hardness are almost identical to nitrided layers. Such nitrocementation can be a full-fledged and effective replacement for the re-nitriding of the restored shafts provided for in the technical documentation for the repair of KAMAZ engines, categories E-2, E-3 and E-4.Conclusion. The low labor intensity and technological simplicity of nitrocementation will allow it to be used to strengthen the crankshafts of all seven repair sizes provided for these parts, which can give a very large economic effect.


The author has identified the following significant results. It was found that classifier performance was influenced by a number of temporal, methodological, and geographical factors. Best results were obtained when corn was tasselled and near the dough stage of development. Dates earlier or later in the growing season produced poor results. Atmospheric effects on results cannot be independently measured or completely separated from the effects due to the maturity stage of the crops. Poor classifier performance was observed in areas where considerable spectral confusion was present.


The investigation of motor-evacuating function of the stomach and proximal parts of the small intestine in patients with duodenal ulser disease by the method of the computer gastroenterography showed the significant damage of bioelectrical and motor activity of the gastrointestinal system during both the acute period and the remission. It allows to consider the damage of the gastrointestinal motor activity as a factor of pathogenesis of ulser disease. Besides the signs of the energodeficient metabolism were detected by the cardiorhythmography in patients with duodenal ulser disease. The role of the NO dependent processes was proved in the ulcerogenesis. The results allow to recommend the method of the computer gastroenterography, the detection of the slow-wave fluctuations of hemodynamics and the maintenance of NO in the blood serum for prognosis of severity of the course of the pathological process and individualization of the treatment.


The natural conditions and the ecological environment characteristics in Keerqiyouyizuo Banner were analyzed,and the ecological environment construction patterns were elaborated to provide technical reference for the construction organization's choice of ecological environment construction patterns.


The Kenyan Secondary Schools' Physical Education Syllabus shows an omission of physical fitness programmes. The contents are skill activities namely gymnastics, games, athletics, swimming and dance. This was a comparative study of fitness levels between secondary school students of Ruiru High School, Kiambu District who took part in the regular Physical Education lessons and students who took part in a proposed physical fitness programme. The research design involved pretest, treatment, and post-tests on eighty (80) students, forty (40) boys and tbr'Ey (40) girls randomly
selected and assigned to a study group and thenortna1
group. Each group consisted of twenty (20) girls and twenty (20) boys. A test battery was constructed consisting of 1.5 mile run, sum of skinfold, 60 seconds sit-ups, sit and reach test and pull-ups (boys) and flexed arm hang (girls). The selected fitness components, the dependent variables evaluated were cardiorespiratory endurance, skinfold fat, abdominal muscle endurance, lower back and hamstring flexion, and arm and shoulder girdle strength. Fitness levels before and after treatment were measured.
The results of the study indicated that there was no significant difference between the study group and normal group pre-tests on all the dependent variables tested. There was no significant difference between the study group's pre-tests and post-tests results in cardi.orespdratory endurance, skinfold fat and in boys, lower back and hamstring flexion. However; the 't'-test results
indicated a significance of difference "at the .05 level between the study group's pre-tests and posttests results "in abdominal muscular endurance, arm and shoulder girdle strength though girls were better in lower back and hamstring flexion. In terms of /)
percentage, there was approximately the same amount of change in boys and girls in all the dependent variables except strength. The results of this study indicate that a physical fitness programme enhances physical fitness levels of students. Children will fail to realize their physical potential. in case of lack of physical fitness. A programme that improves physical fitness levels should be encouraged and incorporated in the Physical Education Curriculum. These findings indicate that more studies on fitness levels in Kenya to establish standards and norms for Kenyan population need to be undertaken.


Notes on the theory of scales.- Partially playful universes.- Ad and projective ordinals.- A ? 3 1 coding of the subsets of ??.- Wadge degrees and descriptive set theory.- The independence of DC from AD.- Inductive scales on inductive sets.- On Vaught's conjecture.- On recursion in and semi-spector classes.- On spector classes.


"Migratory Pollinators and Their Corridors: Conservation Across Borders,"' over 100 biologists, resource managers, educators, and policymakers gathered to review research on pollinating animals that migrate between the United States and Mexico and to plan conservation priorities for these animals. The conference kicked off a 5-year project of research, community stewardship, education, and conservation that aims to accomplish things to which conservation biology regularly gives lip service but often fails to achieve-meaningful collaboration across national boundaries and between basic and applied research, science and policy, researchers and educators, and scientists and the public. By focusing intensively on a few case studies in southwestern North


We present a quantitative literature review to assess the extent to which field experiments with plants have addressed questions about patterns of competition over time and space, consequences of competition for community structure, and comparisons of competitive ability among species. We outline the necessary treatment comparisons and statistical analyses to answer each question and then describe the number of experiments that meet these criteria and their results. Although we found a total of 101 experiments in 89 studies, 63% of these experiments only addressed whether competition significantly affected some component of individual fitness of a single species at a single time and site. Despite the limited data base to address more complex questions about competitive interactions, we did find consistent results for a few of the questions we reviewed. Where tested, competition always had significant effects on distribution patterns (five experiments), on relative abundances (two experiments), and on diversity (four experiments), consistent with the notion that competition has strong effects on community structure. On the other hand, intraspecific competition was not usually stronger than interspecific competition for either competitive effect (four experiments) or response (three experiments), which suggests that resource partitioning may not be an important mechanism of coexistence in plants.


William Jean Beeson died on December 4, 1990, after a long battle against heart disease. Bill left behind a legacy of research, university service, and teaching that significantly affected those with or for whom he worked. Bill was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, on June 26, 1926. After service in the U.S. Army Air Corps during the war in the Pacific, Bill began studies in anthropology at the University of Illinois, earning his B.A. in 1951. As a young student, Bill participated as a volunteer laborer in such excavations as the Pool site (in Illinois), and the Mt. Floyd site, Point of Pines, Lehner site, City Plaza site (Tucson), and the Heltagito site (all in Arizona). His Master's thesis (Illinois, 1952) was based on an archaeological survey and limited excavations in portions of the Embarrass and Wabash river valleys. During his years at the University of Illinois he worked closely with John McGregor, acting as field director under McGregor's supervision in 1952 at the Irving site in Illinois, in 1953 and 1956 at the Pollock site in Arizona, and in 1958 at the Pershing site in Arizona. From 1957 to 1958, Bill worked as a research assistant at the University of Illinois, directing the first year of the Highway Salvage Program in Archaeology for the state of Illinois. Bill went on to do his doctoral studies with Edward Danson and Emil W. Haury at the University of Arizona and there began a life-long interest in the prehistory of the Southwest and an acute awareness of the relevance of methodology in archaeological problem solving. His doctoral dissertation (1966) was based on an intensive archaeological survey in east-central Arizona. In 1958, Bill joined the small and relatively new department of anthropology at Sacramento State


Cinema has been a popular source of entertainment with primarily domesticated closures. This paper is an attempt to show, how Hindi cinematic projections, become a social fact and start exercising constraint on the audience to construct their everyday lives as per the projected and stereotypical categorizations of femininity


Relationships are developed that bridge the gap between the deterministic, or factor-of-safety, approach to mechanical design and the more recent reliability, or stochastic, method. The resulting equations make it possible to incorporate stochastic data into determìnistic analyses, such as the finite element method. Estimates of design reliability can be calculated, based on the variation of the strength of the material and/or the stresses seen by the part while in service.


1 Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria 2 Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria * Corresponding Author Chukwu, S. U. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com, Phone: +2348039316098 Abstract Blood storage is a logistical necessity to maintain an adequate blood supply. In resource limited setting especially, Nigeria, whole blood storage is still being practiced as only few tertiary centers have facility for blood component preparations. Storage time of blood components has been reported to play a major role in the accumulation of cytokines causing adverse transfusion reactions. Hence, it became necessary to determine the trend of accumulation levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-4(IL-4), interleukin 6(IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) in order to know the extent to which stored blood could become potentially dangerous to recipients. Using 450ml blood bags, whole blood was collected from 5 donor and aliqnoited respectively into 8 sterile plain vacutainer and stored at 2 0 – 6 0 C. Cytokine estimation was done on day 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 using ELISA development kit. Statistical analysis was done using parametric and nonprametric tests. The mean value of interleukin-4 (IL4) of 38.60±22.68 on day 1 dropped significantly to 7.40±6.98 on day 5. The mean value of interleukin-6 (IL-6) which was 8.24±6.65 on day 1 equally decreased significantly to 4.78±2.75 on day 5. Also, tissue necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) which had a mean value of 10.38±8.30 on day 1 dropped significantly to 5.32±2.90 on day 5. After day 5, there was a gradual build-up but still significantly lower up till day 35, but not exceeding the concentration at day 1 of storage except TNF-α, which at day 35 was significantly higher than the baseline value on day 1 of storage. The trend in the concentration of the interleukins during storage appeared similar except in TNF-α where the concentration dropped on day 5, increased steadily up to day 15 and dropped from day 30 to a value quite significant than the base value. Hence, it became evident that the concentration of IL-4, IL-6 and TNF-α were down regulated at the blood bank temperature, and with their sustained levels up to day 30, there seems to be no possible risk for febrile non haemolyic transfusion reactions.


Objective To study the resistances of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to five antibiotics in Nanning area.In order to provide fundamental basis for gonorrhea reasonable effective treatment programs. Methods Total 96 strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from 3 years(2009-2011)were separated to test their antibiotic susceptibilities based on the systemic identification. And then according to the WHO standard to judge its sensitivity,moderate sensitivity and resistance. Results The results showed that there were 28 strains of PPNG and 57 strains of TRNG in 96 gonococcal isolates.The percentage of the resistances to ciprofloxacin were 98.96%.No gonococcal isolates were resistant to ceftriaxone and spectinomycin. Conclusion In Nanning the gonococci were highly resistant to ciprofloxacin,next were to tetracycline and penicillin.


The utility model discloses a coil clamp device of a dry transformer, and particularly discloses a coil clamp device which has uniform stress and simple and convenient maintenance. The coil clamp device comprises a clamp, pressing pins and cushion blocks arranged at the periphery of a coil, and the utility model is characterized in that the lower end of the clamp is welded with a pressing plate with a positioning hole, the periphery of each pressing pin is screwed with a pressing sleeve, the cross section of each pressing sleeve presents a T shape, each pressing sleeve is penetrated in the positioning hole, the upper part of each pressing sleeve is provided with a standby nut, the surface of each cushion block is provided with a groove, a pressing cushion is arranged in each groove and the tail end of each pressing pin is pressed on each pressing cushion. The cushion block of the utility model has uniform stress and is not easy to loose, can attain better coil clamp effect, and can ensure the safe operation of the transformer; every pressing sleeve is movable and demountable, if the pressing sleeves are damaged, an impaired pressing sleeve or an impaired pressing pin is only replaced, so the maintenance is simple and convenient.


In this Commissioner Information Bulletin vocations and related trade and traineeship pathways have been repealed, one new traineeship vocation and related pathway has been established and national qualification codes have been updated to align with the ICP Printing and Graphic Arts Training Package. The following vocations have been repealed: Apprenticeship Printing and Graphic Arts (Screen Printing) Traineeships Printing and Graphic Arts (Cartons and Corrugating) Printing and Graphic Arts (Digital Production) Printing and Graphic Arts (Graphic Design Production) Printing and Graphic Arts (Mail House) Printing and Graphic Arts (Management and Sales) Printing and Graphic Arts (Multimedia) Printing and Graphic Arts (Sacks and Bags) Printing and Graphic Arts (Screen Printing) The following vocation and traineeship pathway has been established: Printing and Graphic Arts (ePublishing) ICP40815 Certificate IV in ePublishing


Non-Markovian thermal Brownian motion of a particle over a barrier is studied using thermal noise with a small but finite bath-memory correlation time. Starting from the corresponding non-Markovian Smoluchowski master equation, valid in the over-damped limit, the rate of escape $\ensuremath{\lambda}$ is evaluated, and it is shown that a renormalization of the bare damping occurs. The modeling of the rate $\ensuremath{\lambda}$ for a special class of bistable, driven non-Markovian nonequilibrium systems is sketched.


Tempe derived from vegetable material has high quality proteins, good disgestibility, low antinutritional as phytate acid, oligosaccharides and a good source of vitamin of complex B. Thepurpose of this study was to know the effect of black soybean tempe consumption on the weightof rat. A total of 30 rats were grouped into five groups based on a formula feed, that feedstandard AIN 93 and feed that were added black soybean tempe flour  25, 50, 75 and 100percent (instead of casein). Adlibetum feeding in maintenance for 30 days and every 2 daysbeing weighed. The research result was group of rats that eats the feed formula containingblack soybean tempe weight growth higher than standard. There was a tendency the highercontent of black soybean tempe higher growth also. Highest weight growth occurred in thegroup of rats that consumed feed with formula with 75 percent of black soybean tempe.


Health care workers in health systems around the world are increasingly experiencing occupational stress, insecurity and burnout as they react to a complex array of forces. Demographic and epidemiological transitions drive changes in population-based health threats to which the workforce must respond. Furthermore, financing policies, technological advances and consumer expectations can dramatically influence demands on the workforce in health systems. At the same time, workers seek opportunities and job security in dynamic health labour markets that are part of the global political economy. Expanding labour markets have accelerated international migration from poorer to wealthier and higher bidding countries. Better living opportunities and higher salaries have intensified professional migration and stimulated large scale flocking of health workers to more lucrative health sectors and industries at the cost of their countries' deprived and fragile public health sectors. In 53 African countries, economic crises and health sector reforms have capped public sector employment and limited investment in health worker education and infrastructure, forcing health workers to look for a better place to work (Dal Poz et al. 2008). A couple of decades of globalisation have not left health systems untouched, compelling them to undergo critical changes, both in the developed and the developing world. Health sectors are now facing an enormous burden to respond to these driving forces, and most of all trying to understand the various forces at play, and possibly learning from historical developments which created health care systems how these forces will impact upon the daily lives of patients and health workers today. These seem to be some of the questions which drove the investigation undertaken by Kuhlmann in her highly interesting book on Modernising health care. The approach taken is refreshing. She uses and applies existing models of sociological thought to the health systems debate, but firmly places the debate into history and its dynamic nature. Kuhlmann very clearly links knowledge of professional interest groups and their behaviour with theories of state, governance and 'public' or 'civil society'. By acknowledging the changing power shifts throughout the three determinants for change in the German health care system, she arrives at an explanatory model which helps to illuminate some important issues, including the role of professionals as mediators between the state and citizens in shaping the policies of organisations. These issues are very much in line with the global discussions on building and sustaining trust and protecting the public from harm that require good governance,


Policy Paper 7 is a 'national guideline' on bus services procurement and bus service contracts. The bus and coach industry has, for a long time, fostered relationships with academics, industry experts and government, to grow public transport services and patronage and to help develop contractual frameworks that support this growth. These connections and experience have been utilised in preparing the enclosed guidelines. It is intended that these national guidelines will help to explain Industry's position on key contractual matters relating to route and school services. Importantly, these guidelines have been framed with public value uppermost in mind, while recognising the importance of a financially viable bus industry if quality bus services are to be provided on a sustainable basis for our communities.


* Abstract. Volatile oil produced by conifer plants are seasonal variation: biggest quantity accumulated in august and minimal quantity in may and a species variation: biggest quantity determinated in Chamaecyparis lawsoniana and minimal, in Taxus baccata. Mast substances with weight in volatile oil presented maximum concentration during the period August - November. Meid exception thujone and cedrol with are maxim accumulation during the period February - March (in Thuja) and safrol and metyl eugenol that presented small variation during the year (Juniperus virginiana).


The off-centering of the Ti atom in SrTiO3 is discussed by calculating the resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) at the Ti K absorption edge. The present TiO6 cluster model calculation shows that the Ti K RIXS is sensitive to the local symmetry at the Ti site. When the Ti atom is displaced from the center of the octahedral O6 cage, many RIXS structures can be observed. Our result suggests that such Ti off-centering occurs dynamically in SrTiO3.


DNA methylation is the most well-known epigenetic modification of DNA. This epigenetic mark is crucial in controlling gene expression profiles, maintaining cellular identity, genomic imprinting and X-chromosome inactivation. Furthermore, DNA methylation is plastic and can adapt to environmental stimuli, acting as a cellular memory of past events. Whereas epigenetic DNA methylation profiling in cancer diagnostics is now well established, associations with other chronic age-associated diseases, including obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular and neurological diseases have recently started to be explored for prognostic, diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Upon genome-wide DNA methylation profiling of whole blood samples from atherosclerotic patients, we characterized various atherosclerosis specific differentially methylated regions (DMRs). Interestingly, similar DMRs were also observed in other age-and inflammation-associated diseases, like obesity, cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, both in blood as well as in brain and tumor tissues. This suggests that inflammaging diseases share a common epigenetic signature of the immune system, which is different from the classic epigenetic clock signature. Furthermore, a cardio-protective flavanol-rich diet intervention can partially reverse this inflammaging disease associated epigenetic pattern. We found that this methylation profile mainly reflects shifts in immune cell type composition and infiltrating immune cell populations. Upon correcting for differences in immune cell composition in blood samples, we identified BRCA1 DNA methylation as an atherosclerosis-specific methylation biomarker irrespective of variations in immune cell biomarkers. How BRCA1 DNA methylation differentially promotes cancer, neurodegeneration or atherosclerosis pathologies requires further investigation. In conclusion, atherosclerosis patient blood samples reveal inflammaging and atherosclerosis-specific DNA methylation biomarkers, which could potentially be used as lifestyle biomarkers to estimate disease risk of neurodegeneration, cardiometabolic disorders and cancer in aging populations.


With the development of inter city rail transit in China,more and more deep buried metro stations (DBMS) will be built.The fire safety in these metro stations should be inspected much further.The paper mainly reports the burning tests of platform fires of 2.5MW performed in the DBMS model. By the experimental result, the smoke spread process in the platform and air flow pattern are studied,based on which the efficient fire control precepts are analyzes, the research results are useful for the ventilation design in DBMS.


In dryland Mediterranean semi‐arid areas, the use of slurries and no‐till are encouraged to reduce costs. This paper evaluates the effect of such practices in terms of morphological changes of the topsoil porosity. The experiment had seven fertilization strategies (five of them including pig slurries applied at cereal sowing or at tillering) combined with no‐till or tillage by disc‐harrowing at sowing. Soil was classified as a Typic Xerofluvent. Texture was silt loam. Pores in the apparent pore diameter (APD) intervals higher than >15 μm and at intervals up to 400 μm were studied with a micromorphological approach plus image analysis. Fifty‐four undisturbed and surface soil samples (0.06 m deep) were analysed. Samples were collected in the third year after the establishment of tillage treatments and throughout the cereal growing season: just before tillage, at cereal tillering and at grain maturity. The incorporation of slurry at pre‐sowing (~2 Mg ha−1 of organic matter ha−1) enhanced porosity (>15 μm) by 33% in the cropping season but mainly in the 200–400‐μm class. Similar behaviour was observed in plots without topdressing fertilization, when till was compared with no‐till. Thus, the potential movement of water and nutrients due to bypass flow was increased. When slurries were only applied at cereal tillering, only the tillage treatment increased topsoil porosity at grain maturity in the 15–100‐μm class by 22% and, thus, increased those pores responsible for soil and water storage. Temporary changes in pore shape after tillage can be explained by microstructure collapse and compaction followed by a partial porosity recovery by faunal activity at grain maturity.


Myocardial infarction (MI) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Attempts have been made to exploit stem cells by implanting them in the damaged cardiac tissue in hopes of regenerating/repairing cardiac muscle, limiting infarct size and improving cardiac function. However, the results of studies with the use of stem cells have been inconsistent. Recent studies show that use of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) exosomes may limit cardiac injury, and even reverse cardiac damage. We studied the effect of MSC exosome administration on the extent of cardiac injury and function in an ischemia model.


This paper describes three interaction patterns for user interfaces of consumer Internet of Things apps. Two patterns address user interaction problems associated with the use of geolocation and machine learning to achieve automation and personalisation respectively. The last pattern focusses on user concerns over privacy and control. In addition to presenting and discussing the patterns, we also correlated each pattern to established principles of interaction and to emerging artificial intelligence design guidelines, which we felt was critical in helping the encapsulation of good user interface design practices to improve the overall user experience with connected devices.


Using the standard method, we studied the germination energy of seed of seven
 different sunflower genotypes (five hybrids and two cytoplasmically male
 sterile female lines) developed at the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops
 in Novi Sad. The seed was treated with the fungicides benomil, metalaxyl and
 fludioxonil and the insecticides thiamethoxam and imidacloprid and kept for a
 year in a storage facility. Analysis of variance showed that there were
 highly significant differences among the genotypes, chemical treatments, and
 storage periods. Highly significant differences were also recorded for all
 the interactions among the factors studied. On average, the highest
 germination energy was found in the hybrid H2 (93.45%), whose values of this
 parameter were highly significantly higher than those of the rest of the
 genotypes, except for the hybrid H1. Also, each of the hybrids had highly
 significantly higher germination energy than either of the two lines, and the
 differences among the hybrids themselves were highly significant. Looking at
 the chemical treatments, the control had the highest germination energy by a
 highly significant margin (80.39%). The largest difference was observed in
 relation to the treatments with insecticides (5.48 and 9.56%). These
 treatments had highly significantly lower values of germination energy than
 those involving fungicides. Germination energy increased in the first nine
 months of storage, peaking at 81.29%. After that, there was a sharp drop to
 68.94% after 12 months of storing. Differences among the different storage
 periods were all highly significant except for that between six and nine
 months of storage, which was not statistically significant.