Translating the typical Chinese expressions with rich connotations greatly tests a translator′s cognitive ability in a context.Pragmatics is mainly concerned about the meaning in a given context while translation is based on the understanding of a given context.Therefore,the combination of pragmatics with translation is conducive to translation research.In this sense,Verschueren′s Adaptation Theory provides a good perspective for its translation.


Since the 2008 financial crisis, China has been undergoing an economic transition consisting of prioritizing green economic and sustainable development instead of rapid growth driven by large‐scale investment. However, there is still a lack of fine print on how subregional effort can contribute to national or full supply chain mitigation plans, especially downscaling to the city level. To bridge this knowledge gap, we selected Jing‐Jin‐Ji urban agglomeration, one of the economic centers but also featured by intensive emission for decades, to analyze the emission variance and driving forces from 2012 to 2015 as a case study. Based on the consumption accounting framework, the carbon emissions of Jing‐Jin‐Ji have decreased by 11.7 Mt CO2 in total over the study period, and most cities showed the similar descending trend. The driving forces show that the emission intensity and production structure have largely reduced Jing‐Jin‐Ji's total due to measurements of economic transition. For instance, Beijing has decreased by 28.7 Mt of emission reduction which led by declined emission intensity. By contrast, per capita demands and growth of its population were the primary forces to increase emissions. To conclude, although the mitigation achievement is undeniable, we should also note that the economic transition has not changed the uneven pattern of selected urban agglomeration so far.


Initiated by the paper"pefformance measurements of laser propulsion with liquid water spray droplets"(High Power Lasers and Particle Beams, 2006,Vol.18,No.3),based on its application in laser propulsion,the experimental and theoretical studies on the interaction of laser and water droplet were reported.Some unresolved problems have been pointed ont.Many valuable first hand information was provided for the readers of relative research field.The attrac- tive near-future applications of water droplets ablation laser propulsion in aerospace field were discussed.


In this paper the issue of fault tolerance of flight control systems to sensor failures due to harsh electromagnetic environments is addressed. Severe consequences of these failures can be avoided or at least mitigated to a large degree by using fault tolerant software design. An array of control laws anticipating sensor failures is designed. A hierarchical logic to switch between these controllers is programmed, allowing effective and rapid reconfiguration of the system to accommodate for failed sensors.


A two-parameter model is proposed to analyze the viscosity of dilute polymer solutions; and critical comments are given on recent articles by Berry and by Norisuye et al. The data seem to follow our theoretical model better than other models. Light-scattering data are also analyzed. The data indicate that the distribution function of monomers decays as a simple exponential function for large r.


In the present world, with the growing number of vehicles, traffic has increased to a very greater extent. This mainly has a major impact on the vehicles dealing with an emergency situation .The system employs assistance to such emergency vehicles without any human effort. Conventional technologies use the manual or semi manual systems. Manual system uses the manpower. The semi manual methods use the fixed interval traffic light and image processing which do not distinguish between the emergency and other vehicles. In this Project IOT based Android Application will display the current Railway cross status, Traffic signal Status, Heavy Traffic status and Alternative Path selection. By using our IOT based Android Application in smart phone the drive can reach the target in time. The goal of this Project is to develop a IOT based Android Application for the Emergency Vehicle to reach the target in time. As an emerging technology, IoT enables a machine-tomachine connectivity without a network infrastructure. Therefore, IoT is strongly considered a technology for communications in emergency environments. Especially, a WiFi protocol is under standardization as IEEE802.11ah for IoT-based long-range communications. However, the service range is not enough to cover a communication area in emergency situations. This paper addresses a consumer transceiver for long range communications of IoT in emergency environments. The transceiver is based on IEEE802.11ah WiFi protocol which is under standardization for low-cost and low-power service. Keywords—Consumer transceiver, WiFi, IoT communications ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________


The practice teaching of journalism in universities is a necessary way for the students to obtain the journalism experience.At present,the practice teaching is faced with such problems as the lack of sufficient journalism property on the teaching platform and the greater difficulty in the innovative cooperation caused by the demands of differences in universities and media.The core competitiveness of the construction of the practice teaching should adapt to the characteristics of the continuity,the interaction,the subject-hierarchy difference produced by the practice curriculum,and meanwhile the innovative path for the practice teaching of journalism should be built with the dynamic design concepts.


The utility model is formed by that a television tuner, a multi-system decoding and scaling circuit of a video signal, a high-speed memory, and an input port of external video and audio are additionally arranged in a software carrier of a palm-type computer for games, and a set of audio selectors are connected with a loudspeaker or an output device of an earphone. Under the control of a software, the television tuner converts a received television signal into the video signal and an audio signal; the multi-system decoding and scaling circuit of the video signal decodes and converts the video signal input by the television tuner or an external input port into digitized image data to be temporarily stored in the high-speed memory; then, the digitized image data are finally transmitted into a displaying memory or a storing zone of the palm-type computer for the games by high-speed transmission means of direct memory access, etc.; the audio signal output by the television tuner or the audio signal input by the external input port is transmitted to the output device, such as the loudspeaker or an external connecting earphone, etc., and thus the palm-type computer for the games is converted into a portable television and a video signal receiver.


A photoactivatable Pt complex, trans,trans,trans[Pt(N3)2(OH)(succ)(py)2] (succ = succinylate, py = pyridine), has been conjugated to guanidinoneomycin to study the effect of this guanidinum-rich compound on the photoactivation, intracellular accumulation and phototoxicity of the pro-drug. Surprisingly, trifluoroacetic acid treatment causes the replacement of an azido ligand and the axial hydroxide ligand by trifluoroacetate, as shown by NMR, MS and X-ray crystallography. Photoactivation of the Ptguanidinoneomycin conjugate in the presence of 5'-GMP led to the formation of trans-[Pt(N3)(py)2(5'-GMP)] , as does the parent Pt complex. Binding of the Pt photoproduct {PtN3(py)2} + to guanine nucleobases in a short single-stranded oligonucleotide was also observed. Finally, cellular uptake studies showed that guanidinoneomycin conjugation improves the intracellular accumulation of the Pt pro-drug in two cancer cell lines, particularly in SK-MEL-28 cells. Notably, the higher phototoxicity of the conjugate in SK-MEL-28 cells than in DU-145 cells suggests a degree of selectivity towards the malignant melanoma cell line.


In this study minimum spanning tree (MST) clustering is used to cluster EEG signals which contain epileptic seizures. Three strategies to get a clustering from the MST are presented and tested. As a reference, standard k-means clustering method is used on the same data and the results are compared. The results show that MST clustering is a promising method but further research is still needed. The problem behind this study is the detection of epileptic seizures from pre-recorded electroencephalo-gram (EEG) signals using computational methods. Six features have been calculated from the data so that the measurements are presented as time-dependent vectors in six-dimensional space. The goal is to dierentiate seizures from normal electrophysiological activity. To achieve this, pattern recognition methods are used. Minimum spanning trees (MSTs) are often mentioned as a possible means to obtain clustering; see for example [1, 2]. Since the miminum spanning tree contains all the elements to be clustered and is connected, removing edges from the tree leads to a collection of dis-joint subtrees which can be treated as a clustering of the original data. The minimum spanning tree problem is much discussed in computer science. It has many possible applications in dierent elds and it has originally risen from practical grounds [3]. The well-known Prim's and Kruskal's algorithms for constructing MSTs can be found, for example, in [4]. MST clustering is an unsupervised classication method. Clusters of dierent shape and size can be detected by MST-based clustering. However, there are some diculties with this method. For example, the selection of the method for removing inconsistent edges from the spanning tree is somewhat problematic. Some encouraging results have recently been obtained with gene expression data [5]. 2. MATERIAL AND METHODS EEG potentials collected from ten dierent rats were used. Each recording consists of 200 seconds before seizure onset and 180 seconds after, totalling 380 seconds. The test database consisted of 6460 vectors of which 300 represented seizure. A set of time-dependent features were calculated from the recordings and the best six seizure-detecting features among them were selected using statistical methods [6]. The selected features were the third Hjorth parameter (complexity), median frequency, spectral skew-ness [7], fractal dimension [8], approximate entropy [9], and maximal Lyapunov exponent [10]. All features were continuous-valued and their standardized deviates (z-values) [11] were used throughout the study. The third Hjorth parameter, complexity, is a time-domain feature which depends on the variance of …


Human and robotic planetary lander missions require accurate surface relative position knowledge to land near science targets or next to pre-deployed assets. In the absence of GPS, accurate position estimates can be obtained by automatically matching sensor data collected during descent to an on-board map. The Lander Vision System (LVS) that is being developed for Mars landing applications generates landmark matches in descent imagery and combines these with inertial data to estimate vehicle position, velocity and attitude. This paper describes recent LVS design work focused on making the map relative localization algorithms robust to challenging environmental conditions like bland terrain, appearance differences between the map and image and initial input state errors. Improved results are shown using data from a recent LVS field test campaign. This paper also fills a gap in analysis to date by assessing the performance of the LVS with data sets containing significant vertical motion including a complete data set from the Mars Science Laboratory mission, a Mars landing simulation, and field test data taken over multiple altitudes above the same scene. Accurate and robust performance is achieved for all data sets indicating that vertical motion does not play a significant role in position estimation performance.


Butler W. Lampson September 5 1969 Computer Center University of California Berkeley This version was produced by OCR from the version published by the UC Berkeley Computer Center; there may be errors. The figures were scanned from the Infotech report. Originally entitled On Reliable and Extendable Operating Sys-tems,


A positive integer N is called a θ-congruent number if there is a θ-triangle (a, b, c) with rational sides for which the angle between a and b is equal to θ and its area is N √ r − s, where θ ∈ (0, π), cos(θ) = s/r, and 0 ≤ |s| < r are coprime integers. It is attributed to Fujiwara [4] that N is a θ-congruent number if and only if the elliptic curve E N : y 2 = x(x+ (r + s)N)(x− (r − s)N) has a point of order greater than 2 in its group of rational points. Moreover, a natural number N 6= 1, 2, 3, 6 is a θ-congruent number if and only if rank of E N (Q) is greater than zero. In this paper, we answer positively to a question concerning with the existence of methods to create new rational θ-triangle for a θ-congruent number N from given ones by generalizing the Fermat's algorithm, which produces new rational right triangles for congruent numbers from a given one, for any angle θ satisfying the above conditions. We show that this generalization is analogous to the duplication formula in E N (Q). Then, based on the addition of two distinct points in E N(Q), we provide a way to find new rational θ-triangles for the θ-congruent number N using given two distinct ones. Finally, we give an alternative proof for the Fujiwara's theorem 2.2 and one side of Theorem 2.3. In particular, we provide a list of all torsion points in E N (Q) with corresponding rational θ-triangles.


The final number of traffic control devices needed for a work-zone project and the final cost for those devices often vary from the initial estimates of the required number and charge. And the variance is usually an increase in the quantity and the price that adds to a state's total contract cost. These facts generated a recent survey of state departments of transportation (DOT) by the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) and the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Montana Division to gain a comprehensive perspective of state contracting techniques for work-zone traffic control devices. This article summarizes findings from the survey, in which 35 state DOTs responded, providing a view of current practices across the country. An analysis of the survey results presents valuable insights that will help MDT and other state DOTs improve their procedures and save money in work-zone traffic control contracting.


Background and objectives Ubiquitin-specific peptidase 28 (USP28) has been reported to play significant roles in several tumors, but its roles in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is still unknown. In this study, we aimed to investigate the biological function and molecular mechanisms of USP28 in NSCLC. Materials and methods Immunoblotting analysis was used to detect relative proteins' expression. Luciferase assay was performed to explore the activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3). Immunoprecipitation was performed to assess whether USP28 interacted with STAT3 or deubiquitinated STAT3. Quantitative real-time PCR was performed to evaluate the relative mRNA levels of STAT3 and USP28. Cycloheximide chase assay was carried out to examine whether USP28 affected the half-life of STAT3 protein. Cell Counting Kit-8 assay and xenograft model were used to assess whether USP28 regulated NSCLC cell growth. Results In this study, the deubiquitinating enzyme USP28 was found to mediate STAT3 signaling in NSCLC cells. USP28 interacted with STAT3, and increased the stability of STAT3 by inducing its deubiquitination. Further studies showed that USP28 was upregulated in both the primary tissues and cell lines of NSCLC. The Kaplan–Meier plotter also indicated that USP28 predicted a poor prognosis of NSCLC patients. Moreover, knockdown of USP28 inhibited cell growth of NSCLC cells in vitro and delayed NSCLC tumor growth in vivo. Conclusion These results demonstrated that USP28 was functional in NSCLC cells, and promoted NSCLC cell growth by inducing STAT3 signaling. This suggests that USP28 could be a novel target for NSCLC therapy.


Through using the theory of institutional change,this article seeks to study the government investment project management model.Such following problems are focused on: the major suppliers position of central government and local government during the government investment project management model changes,two ways of institutional change-induced change and forced change,importance of institutional change efficiency in the process of institutional innovation.


In this paper,the situation of vanadium pentoxide market at home and abroad is briefly described,The output,consumption and price of vanadium pentoxide are introduced.The vanadium pentoxide market is also analyzed and forecasted.


IP telephony, a new technology to provide voice communication over traditional data networks, has the potential to revolutionize telephone communication within the modern enterprise. This innovation uses packetization techniques to carry voice conversations over IP networks. This packet switched technology promises new integrated services, and lower cost long-distance communication compared to traditional circuit switched telephone networks. Future satellites will need to carry IP traffic efficiently in order to stay competitive in servicing the global data- networking and global telephony infrastructure. However, the effects of Voice over IP over switched satellite channels have not been investigated in detail. To fully understand the effects of satellite channels on Voice over IP quality; several experiments were conducted at Lockheed Martin Telecommunications' Satellite Integration Lab. The result of those experiments along with suggested improvements for voice communication over satellite are presented in this document. First, a detailed introduction of IP telephony as a suitable technology for voice communication over future satellites is presented. This is followed by procedures for the experiments, along with results and strategies. In conclusion we hope that these capability demonstrations will alleviate any uncertainty regarding the applicability of this technology to satellite networks.


This tutorial is intended to provide an overview of current knowledge and practice in architectural acoustics. Topics covered will include basic concepts and history, acoustics of small rooms (small rooms for speech such as classrooms and meeting rooms, music studios, small critical listening spaces such as home theatres) and the acoustics of large rooms (larger assembly halls, auditoria, and performance halls).


This report sets out to describe indicators on environmental technological innovation and their usefulness for environment-related STI policy and innovation study. Environmental technological innovations consist of new or modified processes, techniques, systems and products that help to reduce environmental damage. This is a new area for indicator research. In this report we will examine how environmental technological innovation output and processes may be measured by indicators, and how indicator research can assist public policy makers in furthering the development, adoption and use of environmental innovations. The structure is as follows. Section 1 provides a taxonomy of environmental technological innovation. This is followed in section 2 by a discussion of indicators on environmental technological innovation and problems of collecting and interpreting the indicators. This includes a discussion of two studies of environmental innovation: that of Green et al. (1994) for the UK and that of Malaman (1996) for Italy, and is followed by a more general discussion of problems in studying environmental innovation and of analytical challenges for environmental innovation research. Lessons for environmental innovation research are discussed in section 3. The final section develops a design for a pilot study on environmental innovation, in the form of a prototype questionnaire and survey format. iii R. Kemp and A. Arundel ,'($


Recently signal transmission of ultra high-definition(4K-UHD) video system is transferred as uncompressed high speed data. However, this has a limit to compose the system because EMI between separate cables of high speed interface section and skew bring distortion of the video signal and jitter. In this paper we applied V-by-One HS interface technique to transfer uncompressed high speed data. We analyzed HSD(High Speed Differential) transmission line signal integrity. Also we applied RF transmission technique instead of UHD video pattern control interface PCB design. When we measured V-by-One HS video signal of designed 4K-UHD class signal generator, We found that the transmission performance has been signal standard.


Subjects made judgments of the probability of an event given base-rate information and the opinion of a source. Base rate and the source's hit and false-alarm rates were manipulated in a within-subjects design. Hit rate and false-alarm rate were manipulated to produce sources of varied expertise and bias. The base rate, the source's opinion, and the source's expertise and bias all had large systematic effects. Although there was no evidence of a "base-rate fallacy," neither Bayes' theorem nor a subjective Bayesian model that allows for "conservatism" due to misperception or response bias could account for the data. Responses were consistent with a scaleadjustment averaging model developed by Birnbaum & Stegner (1979). In this model, the source's report corresponds to a scale value that is adjusted according to the source's bias. This adjusted value is weighted as a function of the source's expertise and averaged with the subjective value of the base rate. These results are consistent with a coherent body of experiments in which the same model could account for a variety of tasks involving the combination of information from different sources.


Nasalance scores were measured with a model 6200 Nasometer in 28 patients with cleft palates and 8 patients with signs of velopharyngeal insufficiency but no cleft palate, both before and after a modified Honig velopharyngeal flap operation. The nasalance measurements were compared with subjective speech assessments. Patients were assessed as normal or borderline if their scores were < 30, and as having hypernasal speech if the score was > 29. The overall scores were improved by operation from a mean (SD) of 47 (13) to 26 (12). It was concluded that a modified Honig velopharyngeal flap is effective in eliminating hypernasality as defined by the nasalance scores.


The crystal structures and magnetocaloric effect of DyGa2 and DyGa1.8Cu0.2 compounds were studied by X-ray powder diffraction and magnetic measurements. The main results show that the crystal structures of compounds are hexangular structure with space group of P6/mmm,and the cell volume decreases when Ga atoms are substituted by Cu atoms. The Neel temperatures of DyGa2 and DyGa1.8Cu0.2 are 16 and 113 K,respectively. They are anti-ferromagnetic below Neel temperature,which become paramagnetic near Neel temperature. The kind of this phase transiton is second order phase transition. The M vs. H curves for T≤ 8 K exhibit features that resemble those of a metamagnetic transformation which is first order phase transition. For a magnetic field change of 50 kOe,the maximum values of -ΔSM for DyGa2 is 7.3 J·kg-1·K-1,and cooling power is 131 J·kg-1. The values of -ΔSM for DyGa2 is unconventionally negative (-14.9 J·kg-1·K-1) at about 5 K. The phenomenon can be used in temperature control. A small amount of Cu doping makes the magnetic refrigeration temperatures to about 100 K. They are potential candidates for the practical magnetic refrigeration.


This paper introduces some tools and basic ideas about project management,trying to link project management five processes,i.e.,initiating,planning,executing,controlling and closing to industrial technology roadmapping development.Finally,the paper summaries practical guidance on technology roadmapping by means of some tools and managerial conception of project management.


The application of space-time/frequency coding is an interesting means to mitigate fading effects in terrestrial channels. Therefore, the well-known Alamouti scheme was introduced to the DVB-T2 standard. However, there have not been any measurements so far analysing the achievable gains using MIMO-schemes for broadcasting in UHF channels. Thus, extensive measurements have been performed. The obtained data was then used to feed a simulation chain for simulating the potential benefits of Alamouti coding in the measured channel. The created simulation results show significant gain for the application of Alamouti in DVB-T2.


Inquiry toward object systems too often has the support of only a limited disciplinary perspective. The practice of system science offers an opportunity to frame a design of inquiry. A systemic design of inquiry toward object systems evolves into a Meta inquiry of inquiry. Three levels of Meta awareness are indicated and organized from the trace of Systems Research publications. An ethic toward building the systemic premise by the awareness of an epistemic design is both recognized and urged for developmental evolution.


Recent paper by Nataraj {\em et al} (Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 106}, 200403 (2011)) presents calculations of the EDM enhancement factor for Tl, which disagrees with previous most accurate calculations. The authors claim that their calculations of Tl EDM are the most accurate due to more complete treatment of higher-order correlations. In this note we argue that this claim is not supported by sufficient evidence. Nataraj {\em et al} also present misleading comments about our calculations. We explain our method and reply to the Nataraj {\em et al} comments.


This report summarises the findings of an REA, the aim of which was to identify interventions, mechanisms and levers that might help to encourage ethical behaviour and prevent wrongdoing in organisations (i.e. comply with common professional standards or ethical principles). This review builds on the separate REA carried out by the College on the impact of codes of ethics on professional behaviour (see Brown 2014). The REA is based on a total of 57 studies carried out in policing and other professions. The review used a clear protocol to search for, sift and bring together the most relevant research papers. It reports 39 studies identified by this method, plus an additional 18 studies identified by the College of Policing or at peer review. While it was difficult to draw out overall conclusions from the literature, because the studies included in the review used a wide range of research methods to answer different questions in a variety of settings, the key findings are highlighted below. Evidence from existing systematic reviews is presented separately to that from single studies and case studies.


A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering at the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University. Mark Shaffer Annett Virginia Commonwealth University Dirrector of Dissertation Dr. Ding Yu Fei Individuals with sensory and multiple physical impairments, which may include the loss of the ability to speak, have very specialized communication needs. Based on the belief that the current technology does not fully meet these needs, a prototype communication aid was developed for an individual who is cortically blind, dysphonic, and motor impaired. Furthermore, the communication device has broader applications beyond the present individual. The prototype system has a direct selection of "Yes" and "No" responses, scanning access to daily phrases, rate enhancement of all scans, prompted encoding for selection of


Over the last six decades folded polymer chains - so-called Single Chain Nanoparticles (SCNPs) - have evolved from the mere concept of intramolecularly crosslinked polymer chains to tailored nanoreactors, underpinned by a plethora of techniques and chemistries to tailor and analyze their morphology and function. These monomolecular polymer entities hold critical promise in a wide range of applications. Herein, we highlight the exciting progress that has been made in the field of catalytically active SCNPs within recent years.


Objective To study the clinical effect and complication of the combination treatment of lamivudine and adeforvir dipivoxil in decompeasated hepatitis B cirrhosis. Methods Eighty-six cases of decompensated hepatitis B cirrhosis were divided into the observation group and the control group with 43 eases each by random digits table. The control group was treated with routine treatment and lamivudine, and the observation group was added with adefovir dipivoxil on the base of the treatment in the control group. The clinical effect after 12 months' treatment was evaluated. Results After 12 months'treatment, the level of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), total bilirubin (TBil), albumin ( ALB ) and Child-Pugh grade had significant improvement than that before the treatment in two groups(P 0.05 ). Conclusion The effect of lamivudine and adefovir dipivoxil in the treatment of decompensated hepatitis B cirrhosis is superior to the only lamivudine.

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Hepatitis B,chronic;  Liver cirrhosis;  Lamivudine;  Adeforvir dipivoxil


The aim of this work is the control of mobile robot by hand gesture. For this purpose, the acquired hand images are treated, using algorithm based essentially on circular Hough transform, in order to define the desired targets. Thereby, the control signals are generated and sent via Wi-Fi communication to make the robot following the desired path. Test results shows the effectiveness of proposed approach.


This paper aims to explore the mechanical behavior and moment-rotation model of blind bolted joints between concrete-filled double skin steel tubular columns and steel-concrete composite beams. For this type of joint, the inner tube and sandwiched concrete were additionally identified as basic components compared with CFST blind bolted joint. A modified moment-rotation model for this type of connection was developed, of which the compatibility condition and mechanical equilibrium were employed to determine the internal forces of basic components and neutral axis. Following this, load transfer mechanism among the inner tube, sandwiched concrete and outer tube was discussed to assert the action area of the components. Subsequently, assembly processes of basic coefficients in terms of their stiffness and resistances based on the component method by simplifying them as assemblages of springs in series or in parallel. Finally, an experimental investigation on four substructure joints with CFDST columns for validation purposes was carried out to capture the connection details. The predicted results derived from the mechanical models coincided well with the experimental results. It is demonstrated that the proposed mechanical model is capable of evaluating the complete moment-rotation relationships of blind bolted CFDST column composite connections.


Background: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is the most common vestibular disorder. Several studies have shown that comorbid hypertension can affect the prognosis of BPPV. This study aims to assess the comparison of BPPV patient recurrences with and without hypertension.
Method: This research is an analytical study with a cohort design. The research was conducted at the Neurology Polyclinic of RSUP Haji Adam Malik Medan for the period of October 1, 2019 to December 1, 2019. A total of 40 BPPV patients with and without hypertension were taken into the study sample, using consecutive sampling technique. For 7 days recurrence was recorded and on the 7th day, BPPV symptoms were reassessed with the Dix-Hallpike maneuver. Furthermore, statistical analysis was performed using the Mann Whitney U test and the Kruskall Wallis test.
Result:Of the 40 research subjects, there were 29 more women (72.5%) and the highest age was in the range >40 - 60 years as many as 23 subjects (57.5%). There were 18 people (90.0%) BPPV patients with hypertension and as many as 4 people (20.0%) BPPV patients without hypertension experienced recurrences, where one recurrence was found in 13 people (65.0%) and more than one recurrence. times or vertigo was felt continuously found in 5 people (25.0%) BPPV patients with hypertension (p = 0.000).
Conclusion: There is a significant difference in recurrence between BPPV patients with and without hypertension.


The purpose of this paper is to examine ways through which nature is incorporated in online green ads as a manipulative marketing tool to promote gated compounds in Egypt. Integrating images of pristine natural landscape in ads evokes positive emotions, which transfer to the advertised commodity or service. Furthermore, the interplay of images with texts of ecological aspects motivates particular ideologies towards the environment. The present study also aims at investigating the insinuated ideology in these naturebased ads through fostering a particular social identity, which could lead to social inequality. The texts accompanying online green ads of gated compounds in Egypt, which is an Arabic speaking country, appear in English although these ads target mainly Egyptian customers. Hence, these nature-based ads aim to address and engage the educated social class and those who would understand the content of the accompanying English texts, which include some sophisticated, complex lexis. On the other hand, others who are unable to comprehend this English content are marginalized or excluded, which reflects and emphasizes social injustice. Despite the great impact of incorporating images of nature and texts which carry environmental meanings in green advertisements, and despite the progressing role of ecoadvertising, few linguistic researches explore ways through which textual and visual elements are synthesized in green ads as a marketing tool. To that end, Machin and Mayr's (2012) multimodal critical discourse analysis (MCDA) model is adopted to explore the visual and textual elements in online green ads which propagate gated compounds in Egypt. Data is collected


E-government services—electronic services made available by governments to stakeholders, citizens, businesses or governmental authorities—and their type of creation, duration and volatility, are showing dynamic changes in the public sector. E-government services cover all governmental measures at the levels of unions, states and local governments for qualitative improvement in citizen's various spheres of life and the business environment; for optimization of business processes within the administration; and for improvement of public appearance within an international competitive environment. To compete globally, public authorities are having to reconsider how to make their services to stakeholders more competitive. One aspect of becoming more competitive and differentiating from competitors in the market is investing in global branding for the whole process of stakeholder interaction. In this paper, we provide an implementation guide for egovernment stakeholder interaction strategies.


T echnically, various mating schemes of animals are classified under two broad categories — inbreeding and outbreeding. Classification depends on the closeness of the biological relationship between mates. Within each category, a wide variation in intensity of this relationship exists. A very fine line separates the two categories. Mating closely related animals (for example, parent and offspring, full brother and sister or half brother and sister) is inbreeding. With less closely related animals (first cousins, second cousins), people disagree about where to draw the line between inbreeding and outbreeding. Technically, inbreeding is defined as the mating of animals more closely related than the average relationship within the breed or population concerned. Matings between animals less closely related than this, then, would constitute outbreeding. These two systems of mating, with varying intensities in each, are described in Table 1. Matings indicated within the inbreeding category are self-explanatory; those within the outbreeding category are defined in the glossary.


In contemporary Russian practices, mentoring is a multifaceted innovative 'human resource technology' aimed at developing professional skills and corporate competencies, as well as systematic and targeted participation in professional development of employees who have insufficient work experience or have difficulties in mastering new technologies and work techniques. Today, the institution of mentoring is an open industrial, educational and social space where the mentor transfers not only readymade ways to solve production problems, but also teaches how to use available intellectual and material resources. Although the mentoring process in its traditional sense does not require large financial investments, most business entities, industrial enterprises and companies are more actively using training, coaching techniques and various forms of internships, which are valuable forms of professional development of employees, but, as our research has shown, they do not have the potential that the targeted on-the-job mentoring possesses. With all the variety of forms and programmes of mentoring activities, there is a clear lack of innovative ideas aimed at improving its efficiency, which fully applies to the mentoring of students who take their work placements during vocational education, which is the subject of the research presented in this article. The literature and research studies do not fully analyse the potential of the third mission of universities regarding the issue of targeted mentoring aimed at more proactive and advanced applied training of graduates, capable of responding to "the great challenges". The article highlights the mentoring models used in foreign companies, which are similar to the types of mentoring technologies successfully implemented by Russian enterprises.


In order to realize providing better service for all kinds of automatic deformation monitoring by real time processing GPS data,the real time transferring of GPS data must be solved in the first place.In view of above problem,through studying the property and method of MSOMM control,the real time data communication between GPS receiver and computer is successfully implemented by serial programming.


An account of the labels commonly used to express themes could both help in assessing the coverage of models of narrative processing, and support recognizing themes by the textual appearance of these labels. This paper presents a preliminary analysis and catalog of thematic labels such as "vicious cycle" and "underdog". In contrast to a top-down approach characterizing themes in terms of components of a model of narrative processing, a bottom-up approach is taken. Thematic labels are gathered independent of any particular model and they are catalogued according to the types of relationships the corresponding themes convey.


Some supervisory and control systems for PSD adopted in metros are introduced.The PSD independent monitoring system adopted on Guangzhou metro Line 1 does not need ISCS(Integrated Supervisory and Control System);it can integrate the monitoring network independently to OCC(Operation Control Center) and then implement the PSD central monitoring function.This system has been for the first time applied in Guangzhou metro and in China.


Cryo-EM maps are valuable sources of information for protein structure modeling. However, due to the loss of contrast at high frequencies, they generally need to be post-processed to improve their interpretability. Most popular approaches, based on global B-factor correction, suffer from limitations. For instance, they ignore the heterogeneity in the map local quality that reconstructions tend to exhibit. Aiming to overcome these problems, we present DeepEMhancer, a deep learning approach designed to perform automatic post-processing of cryo-EM maps. Trained on a dataset of pairs of experimental maps and maps sharpened using their respective atomic models, DeepEMhancer has learned how to post-process experimental maps performing masking-like and sharpening-like operations in a single step. DeepEMhancer was evaluated on a testing set of 20 different experimental maps, showing its ability to reduce noise levels and obtain more detailed versions of the experimental maps. Additionally, we illustrated the benefits of DeepEMhancer on the structure of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA polymerase. Sanchez-Garcia et al. present DeepEMhancer, a deep learning-based method that can automatically perform post-processing of raw cryo-electron microscopy density maps. The authors report that DeepEMhancer globally improves local quality of density maps, and may represent a useful tool for novel structures where PDB models are not readily available.


Use of categorical variables in regression analysis is often avoided due to confusion concerning interpretation. The purpose of this paper was to review four strategies for dealing with categorical variables in regression and demonstrate their use and interpretation. The paper is arranged in hierarchical fashion, from least complex strategy to most complex strategy, with the exception of criterion coding which is not very complex. By coincidence, this arrangement of topics also appears to reflect frequency of use for these procedures, from most often used to least often used strategies. The four strategies discussed in the paper are dummy coding, effects coding, orthogonal coding, and criterion coding (also known as criterion scaling). All four strategies are used to allow researchers the ability to enter categorical predictor variables into a multiple regression analysis. All four strategies necessitate the creation of one or more variables to reflect the categories of the predictor variable. All four strategies reveal identical R². However, the interpretation of regression coefficients and conclusions drawn from them differs across each strategy. For the demonstration of each strategy, a fictional data set was created consisting of one continuous outcome variable (DV_Score), one categorical predictor variable (IV_Group), and 15 cases (see Table 1). The predictor variable contains three groups; experimental 1 (value label 1), experimental 2 (value label 2), and control (value label 3). The demonstration of these four strategies will assume a functional knowledge of basic regression concepts and the statistical software SPSS. SPSS syntax is given in the Appendix so that the reader may replicate the demonstrations in this paper. The discussion that follows will deal with each strategy independently demonstrating its use and appropriate interpretation. Conclusions will close out the paper by drawing some comparisons between the four strategies and illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of each. Discussion Dummy Coding The name dummy coding seems appropriate in the sense that it is the simplest method of coding a categorical variable (Pedhazur, 1997). Dummy coding is used when a researcher wants to compare other groups of the predictor variable with one specific group of the predictor variable. Often, the specific group is called the reference group or category. So, for the example data here, we will compare each of the two experimental groups to the control group; the control group is our reference category. This illustration is used here because it represents a common expression of dummy coding in social …


Introduction . One of the promising approaches to cancer immunotherapy is the generation of personal antitumor vaccines that provides immune system recognition of mutant tumor neoantigenes. The aim of this study was to develop bioinformatic approaches for melanoma NGS-sequencing data analysis. On the basis of data obtained, to predict the peptides capable of inducing an immune response against B16F10 mouse melanoma. Materials and methods . Exom and transcriptom of B16/F10 melanoma tumor tissue and normal tissue of C57BL/6 mice were sequenced. Library sequencing procedure was performed on Illumina HiSeq 2500platform, quality analysis of all obtained libraries was performed using FastQC and MultiQC. The obtainedfiles were usedfor further bioinformatics analysis. The GATKMuTect2 and Strelka were used for searching the mutations in tumor samples. Results . Identification of somatic mutations specific for tumor was based on the analysis of few mice tumors. Here we show that mutations in different tumor samples significantly overlap, but are not identical. Prediction of short peptides affinity to the mouse main histocompatibility complex (MHC) H2 was performed using netMHCpan version 3.0. Mutations such as missense and frameshift were used to predict short peptides that could trigger an immune response. Transcriptome data confirm that mutated alleles are expressed in tumors. Vaxrank pipeline predicted immunogenic peptides with a length of25—27. We also present the synthesis and solubility of these peptides. Conclusion . A bioinformatic approach has been developed to predict peptides capable of increasing immune response of mouse melanoma B16/F10.


[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Images, whether at the level of molecules, cells, organs, organisms, or environments, are at the core of many biological disciplines. Even with the contemporary emphasis on molecular analysis, biology has retained its traditional strong visual component. In courses that rely on the study of biological structure, the presentation of images for study or testing has frequently tested the patience of the instructor. To be useful, images must be obtained, organized, and made easily accessible to the students. Testing of student leaning has presented an additional series of challenges. Traditional test scenarios have required students to move in lockstep through the test material, devote equal amounts of time to each image, and typically do not allow return visits to images already viewed. This article will present a solution to these problems that utilizes the Internet and a Web browser to distribute and display images. The technique allows students to access images from a collection in a non-linear order, proceed through the collection at their own pace, and thereby facilitate the study and testing of visual information. Using a Web technique called frames we will divide the browser screen into two vertical divisions. The left frame will display a column of images, each in reduced sire (thumbnails). The user can click on one of the thumbnails to select it. The right frame will then display a larger version of the selected image. A large number of images on the left may be scanned quickly by scrolling. For use as a study aid, plain images can be presented. At the discretion of the instructor, a list of important structures within each image can be provided to the students to guide their study and provide a measure of progress. For use in a testing situation, our images will be annotated with numbered arrows to indicate the structure to be named on the answer sheet. The final result of our project will be a flexible system that uses the Internet to make images available at any time for study and provides students a friendly mechanism for evaluation of their mastery of visual information. * How To Proceed To make your job easier I have provided a functional demonstration version of the final project using as an example a series of images of frog and chick embryos. These files have been combined and compressed into a self-extracting zip file for easier access and can be downloaded by copying the following address into your Web browser: www.monmouth.edu/~bio/abt/slidetest.exe Save the files to a convenient directory on a drive of your choice, then double-click on the filename to extract the files and folders inside. When unzipped correctly, your main folder should contain 42 files of type JPEG and HTML. Under this folder you should see a subfolder called "Thumbnails" with 26 files, all of type JPEG. In the main directory double-click on the file slidetest.html to display the finished site in the browser window. It should look like the following: [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] * Step 1. Obtain & Optionally Annotate Your Images Images relevant to your course may be obtained in many ways. The digital camera has become common in the home and the laboratory, and can be mated to a microscope (see Thomasson, 2002 and Mills et al., 2001). Printed images can be digitized with a scanner, and many images are available over the Internet. Although newer formats for Web images are slowly becoming more common, you can rest easily if you collect your images in JPEG or GIF format. Photographs and other images with many gradations of color are usually JPEG files while images with large blocks of single color store better as GIF. Often images can be obtained from textbook publishers. I have had excellent results with the images provided by Morton Publishing Company on CD after adopting their text, A Photographic Atlas of Developmental Biology, by Shirley J. …


An emission trading system (ETS) is a powerful emission reduction tool for achieving low-carbon economic development in the world. Focusing on the industrial subsectors, this paper comprehensively analyzes the environmental and economic effects of the pilot ETS in China from the perspectives of economic development, technological optimization, and innovation-driven development by using the propensity score matching–difference in differences (PSM-DID) model based on 2005–2017 provincial panel data. This paper compensates for the limitations of existing studies on the effects of ETS on different subsectors; furthermore, the triple difference model (DDD) model is used to discuss the impacts of differences in environmental responsibility and economic potential among subsectors on policy effects. The empirical results show that: (1) The pilot ETS produces a 14.5% carbon reduction effect on the covered subsectors while reducing GDP by 4.8% without achieving a low-carbon economy. Thus, production decline is the main reason for carbon emission reductions. (2) Economic development factors have significant positive impacts on carbon emissions, while technological optimization and innovation-driven development are key factors for achieving reductions in carbon emissions. (3) The pilot ETS produces a 60.1% carbon emission inhibition effect and 23.2% GDP inhibition effect on the subsectors with greater environmental responsibility. Therefore, the Chinese government should fully simulate the impact of technological innovation and utilize resource endowment differences in the environmental and economic aspects of different sectors to achieve low-carbon economic development.


The invention discloses a basalt fibre composite rib and a basalt fibre composite inhaul cable. The composite rib is formed by drawing, extruding, molding and compounding basalt fibre and carbon fibre under the pretension action, and fibre volume ratio is 4:1-1:1; the basalt fibre composite inhaul cable comprises an outer protecting layer and fibre reinforcement material arranged in the outer protecting layer, the fibre reinforcement material comprises a center rib and an outer rib, the center rib is composed of a basalt fibre rib or carbon fibre rib, the outer rib is composed of the basalt fibre composite rib, an adhesive elastic filling layer and an inner sleeve are arranged between the center rib and the outer rib, the inner side of the inner sleeve is connected with the adhesive elastic filling layer, and the outer side of the inner sleeve is connected with the outer rib. In the composite inhaul cable, the carbon fibre content occupies 25-40 percent of total fibre content of the inhaul cable. Compared with the prior art, the composite carbon fibre of the basalt fibre composite inhaul cable in the basalt fibre enables short-period and long-period mechanical property and chemical property of the inhaul integer to be better, and has remarkable economy.


Based on language teaching situation and target nowadays in medium occupation schools,as well as teaching practice these years,the paper tried to find suitable teaching ways by attempting modular teaching.In that paper,we introduced the content、teaching skills and examination forms of modular teaching.


A simple stator fault detector for AC motors, based on the TMC320C243 DSP controller is presented. The detector provides compensation of the constructional and supply voltage imbalances, and senses the ripple of the compensated instantaneous power. The power ripple is indicative of such stator faults as open and short circuits in the stator winding. The low-cost detector is expected to give an early warning of an impending stator failure in inexpensive industrial and domestic AC motor drives. Details of implementation and results of experimental investigation are described.


Many higher education institutions have offered English for Specific Purposes (ESP) courses with a particular occupational focus (i.e., English for Academic and Occupational Purposes, EAOP) to help students be successful in their academic disciplines and prepare them for work in their respective fields after graduation. This study presents findings from a research synthesis that examined how research on EAOP education in university settings has been conducted and what issues and challenges are involved in or should be considered regarding the instruction. Using three databases and eight key words, 16 previous empirical studies were finally selected for this synthesis. Based on the results of this synthesis, directions for future research on EAOP education in university contexts and suggestions for ESP practitioners and program developers are discussed.


The finite difference time domain technique is a much used method for the analysis of microstrip circuits. If, however, the strip widths are small, a fine mesh usually has to be used to resolve the geometrical detail. In the Letter, static field solutions are used to reduce this constraint on the mesh and to allow a unit cell size which may be much greater than the strip width. It is shown that efficiency can be much improved while maintaining accuracy.


Abstract In a recent article on the "Iodometric Method of Determination of Free Sulfur" by Bolotnikov and Gurova (J. Rubber Ind. U. S. S. R., 10, 61 (1933); Rubber Chem. and Technology, 8, 87 (1935)), the authors described a rapid method for determining free sulfur in rubber without a preliminary extraction.


Part (a) was first established by Waehrer (1995), albeit with a different proof. It says when bidders become wealthier they have more to lose from going bankrupt and so bid more conservatively. Part (b) says any change in wealth has a smaller effect when bidders are richer. Part (c) shows that when agents are wealthy enough, they act as if they have unlimited liability. Part (d) shows that in a SPA, very poor bidders have nothing to lose and so bid as if they are the luckiest person in the world. In fact, when w = 0 there are a continuum of equilibria: it is weakly dominant to bid anything above v(θi, s).


Descriptions and figures of three new species of Hemicycliophora are given : H. pauciannulata of which only females provided with a spermatheca are known, H. oostenbrinki and H. paradoxa, both with males and females. The three species exhibit a hemizonid ; this fact agrees with Thorne's hypothesis on the association of this structure with the sexual process. The males of H. paradoxa have nearly straight spicules but the other characteristics are those of the genus.


Youth who are heavily exposed to onscreen smoking are approximately 2 to 3 times as likely to begin smoking as youth who are lightly exposed (1), and the Surgeon General concluded that there is a causal relationship between depictions of smoking in the movies and smoking initiation among young people (2). Among the 3 major motion picture companies with policies aimed at reducing tobacco-use incidents in their movies, the number of onscreen incidents per youth-rated movie (rated G, PG, or PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America) decreased 95.8% from 2005 through 2010 (3). These results appeared to indicate that movie companies were making progress at reducing smoking depictions in youth-oriented movies and that a company-by-company approach of adopting voluntary policies could be effective in nearly eliminating youth exposure to tobacco imagery in movies. However, new data from 2011 published by Glantz and colleagues (4) in Preventing Chronic Disease raise serious concerns about this individual company approach.

Glantz and colleagues found that in 2011, depictions of tobacco use per youth-rated movie rebounded; estimated instances of tobacco use in 2011 were more than one-third higher than in 2010 (4). Furthermore, the authors found that the largest increase in tobacco-use incidents in youth-rated movies was among the 3 movie companies that had produced the dramatic decline from 1995 through 2010 and had policies designed to discourage depictions of smoking in their movies. As a result of this sharp rebound, the difference in tobacco-use incidents per youth-rated movie between companies with policies and companies without policies diminished in 2011 (4). This difference suggests that individual company policies may not be sufficient to sustain a reduction in youth exposure to tobacco-use and other pro-tobacco imagery in movies and that more formal, industry-wide policies are needed.

The World Health Organization and other public health groups have recommended formal policies aimed at eliminating smoking in the movies (5,6). These policies include awarding an R rating to any movie with smoking or other tobacco-use imagery (with exceptions for portrayal of actual historical figures who smoked or the portrayal of negative effects of tobacco use), certifying that no payments have been received by studios for depicting tobacco use in movies, and ending the onscreen depiction of real tobacco brands.

Reducing smoking and tobacco use in youth-oriented movies is not a niche issue. The Surgeon General has concluded that there is a causal relationship between depictions of smoking in movies and smoking initiation among young people, and the US Department of Health and Human Services has set a goal of reducing youth exposure to onscreen smoking (7). Furthermore, among the nationwide goals set by Healthy People 2020, one of the objectives is the reduction of onscreen tobacco use imagery in youth-oriented movies and on television (8). These goals and objectives were set because the population-attributable risk associated with onscreen tobacco imagery is significant (9,10).

To assess progress toward the Healthy People 2020 objective, the Office on Smoking and Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will now track and report annually on tobacco use imagery in youth-oriented movies as a core surveillance indicator by using the methods described in previous CDC publications (3,4). These data will be added to regular CDC reports to the public on smoking prevalence among youth and adults, total and per-capita cigarette consumption, and progress on tobacco control policies.

One of the major conclusions in the Surgeon General's 2012 report on preventing tobacco use (2) was that after years of steady progress, declines in tobacco use by youth and young adults have slowed for cigarette smoking and have stalled for smokeless tobacco use (2). Each day in the United States, approximately 3,800 young people younger than 18 years smoke their first cigarette, and approximately 1,000 youth younger than 18 years become daily cigarette smokers (2). More than one-third of these smokers will eventually suffer and die from smoking-related illness. We all have a responsibility to prevent youth from becoming tobacco users, and the movie industry has a responsibility to protect our youth from exposure to tobacco use and other pro-tobacco imagery in movies that are produced and rated as appropriate for children and adolescents. Eliminating tobacco imagery in movies is an important step that should be easy to take.


To post food on social media has become a frequent source of fun and joy in life for many mobile users. In investigating such a common scene on Instagram among its young users, the authors of this chapter investigated the relationship between social activity, personal traits like narcissism and shyness, and uses and gratifications from posting food photos on Instagram. Uses of Instagram for posting selfies were also examined for comparison. Results showed that while posting food photos were associated with social activity, posting selfies were associated with shyness. Narcissists were more likely to involve in posting both food photos and selfies. Implications of the results in explaining the generation of visual contents on social media are discussed.


It is shown that self-duality of gauge theories in the large-N limit when g2N is kept finite extends to an invariance under the full modular group in parameter space when a theta -term is included. The author suggests using modular covariant combinations of modular forms to construct the generating functional in the large-N limit. This fixes the phase transitions to be on the boundaries of the horocircles defining the fundamental domain of the modular group.


The Large Volume Detector (LVD) in the INFN Gran Sasso National Laboratory, Italy, is a 1 kt liquid scintillator neutrino observatory mainly designed to study low energy neutrinos from gravitational stellar collapses in the Galaxy. The experiment has been taking data since June 1992, under increasing larger mass configurations. The telescope duty cycle, in the last ten years, has been greater than 99%. We have searched for neutrino bursts analysing LVD data in the last run, from May 1, 2009 to March 27, 2011, for a total live time of 696.32 days. The candidates selection acts on a pure statistical basis, and it is followed by a second level analysis in case a candidate is actually found in the first step. We couldn't find any evidence for neutrino bursts from gravitational stellar collapses over the whole period under study. Considering the null results from the previous runs of data analysis, we conclude that no neutrino burst candidate has been found over 6314 days of live-time, during which LVD has been able to monitor the whole Galaxy. The 90% c.l. upper limit to the rate of gravitational stellar collapses in the Galaxy results to be 0.13 events / year.


Wet stable, with a lower density than the critical density of the fibers used will be described a fiber absorbent structure having a large void ratio. In one embodiment, the fiber absorber is expanded fibrous structure uses the open-cell foam technology in order to maintain to be combined. In another embodiment, the resulting fiber structure is similar to the open-cell polymer foams, fibers are used as the holding stabilized by the binder material. In another embodiment, the resulting fiber structure is substantially filled with a hydrophilic open-cell foam having a smaller cell size than the fiber pores. The wet void volume and stable absorbent fibers may be used in a disposable product intended to include absorbent articles Holy year, which will absorb fluids, such as body fluids. Absorbent structure fibers, polysaccharides, binding agents, absorbent materials, foams, hydrophilic fiber, network structure, open-cell, wet bulk, and Free Swell


The arrangement of renal tubules and blood vessels is so unique that many details of structure still remain unknown, and this may in part account for our continued ignorance of details of function. Perhaps the following characteristic of renal structure may be new to many; only rarely and vaguely is it found mentioned in the literature, and never has it been subjected to the experimental study that its significance merits. There occurs, under conditions of moderate intrapelvic pressure, a back flow of pelvic contents into the renal veins. The degree of back pressure producing it is generally less than renal secretory pressure and, the communication once established, a lower pressure than the initial one keeps it going. Curiously, relief of pressure is rarely, if ever, followed by hemorrhage. "Pelvic reabsorption" is a descriptive term, but too general, in that the route might be mucosal, tubular, lymphatic or what not. Besides,


Sodium valproate (VPA) is widely used for the treatment of partial and generalized epilepsy in childhood and adolescence. The results of the studies that have evaluated the effect of VPA monotherapy on thyroid function in epileptic patients are controversial.


SARS‐CoV‐2 infection is a public health concern. Several aspects related to the pattern of infection remain unclear. This study aimed to investigate the blood pressure pattern among blood donors exposed to SARS‐CoV‐2 in Luanda, Angola, a sub‐Saharan African country.


By using the high order perturbation formula of EPR zero‐field splitting for d8 configuration in trigonal crystal field proposed by us, and using the approximate SCF d orbit of Ni2+, an interpretation for the pressure dependence of zero‐field splitting of NiSiF6⋅6H2O, which has been a still imperfectly understood problem, is given. In addition, the state equation dependent on pressure for NiSiF6⋅6H2O is predicted.


Because climate and vegetation are so strongly associated, it is assumed that the forecast rapid changes in climate will affect plant distributions and alter the makeup of forest communities. For example, climate change could cause regional wind patterns to shift, which would be accompanied by an increase in wind speed intensity. Such shifts could impact existing rain shadow effects in some regions causing more precipitation on the windward side of mountain ranges while creating even drier conditions on the leeward sides. Fire patterns are likely to be altered as well, which could affect a variety of plant species, even those that are fire resistant or require the presence of fire to regenerate. History has shown that most species respond individually to climatic change and not as communities. Those individuals that have the ability to migrate likely will do so, resulting in a number of new associations. In addition to differences in migration rates, community types will be altered and new associations will be created due to changes in disturbance regimes and competition. To inventory, evaluate, and mitigate the damage to forest communities as a result of climate change, researchers require the use of spatial analysis tools such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS). This research examines several case studies of GIS applications related to forests and climate change. Although GIS is a proven instrument for assessing environmental impacts on forests and woodlands, numerous challenges remain. For instance, when developing GIS models urban forests tend to be treated as isolated elements, which can lead to miscalculations in predicting landscape changes. And while there has been substantial improvement in simulating disturbances within landscapes, it is presently difficult to model global vegetation change at the landscape scale. Despite these and other shortcomings, the results of this research suggest that a well-designed GIS can serve as a frontline defense against environmental impacts associated with climate change.


The web is a vast repository of human knowledge that is much ex- plored as an information source; however, web characteristics, such as volume, dynamics and heterogeneity require significant amounts of effort to satisfy pri- vate or institutional information needs. Topic focused portals try to reduce the effort that is required to end-users at the expense of extra time and effort that is required to an editor, who manages the portal on behalf of all its end-users. This editorial effort can be reduced by semi-automating some of editor's tasks. The higher aim of this work is to contribute to the development of a computational framework able to assist web site editors to retrieve and manage web content. We expect to reduce the cost of maintaining web sites and also to improve end-user satisfaction.


Stretchable optical and electronic fibers constitute increasingly important building blocks for a myriad of emerging applications, such as smart textile, robotics, or medical implants. Yet, it remains challenging to fabricate efficient and advanced soft fiber-base devices in a simple and scalable way. Conventional fiber manufacturing methods, such as wet and dry spinning, or extrusion, are not well adapted to fabricate multi-material functional fibers. The preform-to-fiber thermal drawing technique on the other hand is an emerging powerful platform to fabricate multi-material fibers with complex architectures and functionalities. Thus far however, this fabrication approach has been restricted to rigid thermoplastic or glass fibers. In this contribution we will show how we could revisit the selection criteria for cladding materials compatible with the thermal drawing process. In particular, thanks to a deeper rheological characterization, we could identify thermoplastic elastomers that could be drawn from a solid preform at high viscosity. Subsequently, we will demonstrate that thermoplastics, metals, and conductive polymer composites could be co-drawn with prescribed architectures within thermoplastic elastomer cladding. This allowed us to successfully fabricate stretchable optical and electronic fibers that are used as precise and robust pressure and strain sensors, as well as soft and stretchable waveguides as we will show via concrete examples, the ability to thermally draw soft multi-material fibers open new opportunities not only for exploring new academic research directions, but also in industrializing fiber-based flexible and stretchable devices for applications in sensing, health care, robotics and smart textiles.


Xin'an medicine is the important research fields of Chinese Medicine,which is famous for its profound culture,obviously school-color,outstanding academic achievements and far-reaching influence.There is a high value in literature research and clinical research of Xin'an medicine that is an important component of the Huizhou studies.With the rapid development of information technology,it becomes an entirety of Huizhou studies,Traditional Chinese Medicine,library science,study of ancient books edition and computer science to building a complete data,perfect function,in line with the mainstream standard and distinctive characteristics digital information system of Xin'an medicine Ancient Books.We can not only comprehend it in respective field and frame,but also carry out the interdisciplinary and cross-major research.And then establish a series information library include Xin'an medical classical literature,modem research project,academic dissertation and monograph,which will help to acquire more enlightening achievement.

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The crossed domain of multi-subject;  Xin'an medicine;  Ancient Books;  Database


One gram-negative strain capable of tolerating and absorbing waste Zinc-manganese batteries lixivium,was isolated from waste Zinc-manganese batteries-contaminated soils through concentration gradient screening technique,named X.By using the single factor method,the optimum growth conditions were determined,they were: pH5.50,NaCl concentration 0.4%,and it can adapt to higher temperature environment.Taking Mn2+ in waste Zinc-manganese batteries lixivium as a referent,measured and analyzed by determination Method-Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry,Mn2+ could be absorbed by waterish strains,the absorption rate of X was 74.79%.The detection of absorption rate to Mn2+ by strains having been subcultured revealed that its hereditary feature was stable and it could be further developed into sorbents of heavy metals in dealing with the pollution of waste Zinc-manganese battery.


The start-up of anammox (anaerobic ammonium oxidation) process in hybrid reactor delineated four distinct phases i.e. cell lysis, lag phase, activity elevation and stationary phase. Cell lysis phase was marked by death and decay of heterotrophic denitrifiers resulting in breakdown of organic nitrogen into ammonium. Lag phase showed initiation of anammox activity with turnover of heterotrophic denitrifiers, which is evident from appearance of NO 3 -N in the effluent. In activity elevation phase, anammox became the dominant reaction, which can be attributed to consequent reduction of NH 4 -N into N 2 with increased NO 3 -N in the effluent. Proper selection of mixed seed culture at influent NO 2 - /NH 4 + ratio (1:1) and hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 1 day led to early start up of anammox within 70 days. Pseudo steady state removal efficiencies of NH 4 + and NO 2 - were found as 94.3% and 96.4% respectively, at nitrogen loading rate (NLR) of 0.35 kg N/m 3 d at an HRT of 1 day. Analysis of the data indicated that attached growth system contributes an additional 11% increase in the ammonium removal and results an average of 29% reduction in sludge washout rate. Mass balance study of nitrogen indicated that 74.1% of total input nitrogen is converted into N 2 gas followed by 11.2% being utilized in biomass development. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) observation of the granular sludge clearly showed the presence of cocci and rod shaped microorganisms intermingled on the external surface of the granules.


Previously we showed that 2‐month‐old male rats (F344BN) after 8‐weeks of high‐fat feeding (36% by weight) had increased glucose intolerance and blood pressure rises above baseline as compared to F344BN rats fed normal‐fat diets (5%). We hypothesized that the increased blood pressure may have been due to increased abundance of the thick ascending limb sodium transporter NKCC2 as the result of increased oxidative stress. To address this, we split male F344BN rats into 6 treatments (n = 8 rats/group):


This paper presents a proof of the existence of novel bound states of the two-photon quantum Rabi model at the collapse point. The two-photon Rabi model is interesting not only for its important role on non-linear light–matter interaction, but also for the exhibition of the many-energy-levels degenerating process called the 'spectral collapse'. The squeezing property of the two-photon annihilation and creation operators is the origin for this phenomenon which is well studied without the energy-slitting term ω0. However, many numerical studies have pointed out that with the presence of ω0, some low-level isolated states exist while other high energy states collapse to E=−ω2, which is known as incomplete spectral collapse. From the eigenvalue equation in real space, a pair of second order differential equations, which are similarly to the Schrödinger equation, are derived at the collapse point. These differential equations provide an explanation to the existence of isolated bound states below E=−ω2 with the presence of the spin slitting ω0 and a better numerical method to generate those bound states.


The Earth is submitted to the gravitational effect of different objects,  resulting  in  small  variations  of  the  orientation  of  its  axis  rotation.   The  precession corresponds to the rotation of the body spin axis around the normal to the elliptic plane. The primary flow forced by precession in a sphere is mainly a tilted solid body rotation, a flow of uniform vorticity. In this study we focused on the pseudo-resonance between the precessional forcing  and  the  spin-over  mode,  detected  as  a  peak  of  amplitude  of  the  norm  of the  vorticity  of  the  fluid.   We  show  the  influences  of  both  the  geometry and the application of an uniform external magnetic field on the external boundary, onto this pseudo-resonance.  The major purpose is to validate a semi-analytical model to allow its interpolation to planetary bodies.  We compared the semi-analytical model [Noir and C ́ebron, 2013] with numerical simulations performed with XSHELLS [Schaeffer, 2013],  which give us the components of the fluid vorticity in a precessing frame. We compared also the spin-over mode coefficients, used to simulate the viscous  effect  on  the  model,  with  two  methods :  an  empirical  equation  and  the numerical solver Tintin [Triana et al., 2019], taking into account the solid inner-core size (η=RI/R).  The differential rotation between the flow and the container, obtained with the model and the XSHELLS simulations, show us a verygood agreement especially for a small Ekman number (E= 10^−5), thus the spin-over mode coefficients for small E and η≤0.5.  An increase of the inner-core size  implies  a  decrease  of  the  resonance  amplitude  caused  by  the  supplementary Ekman layer added at the Inner Core Boundary (ICB); nevertheless thecolatitude (αf) and the longitude (φf) of the fluid don’t change significantly.The  application  of  a  uniform  magnetic  field  at  the  CMB  implies  a  decrease of the resonance amplitude, but also a modification of the mean rotation axis direction.  Indeed, the coupling between the viscous flow and the magnetic field induces a modification of the αfand φf, which follow the main direction angle of the magnetic field axis.  We observe small discrepancies between the simulations (XSHELLS and Tintin) and the model but the behavior following different parameters (Po,α angle,Ro,η,β angle, Λ) is well understood.  As a result, we applied the models at few parameter ”realistic values” of planetary objects like terrestrial planets but also ice’s satellites.

References

[Noir and C ́ebron, 2013]  Noir,  J.  and  C ́ebron,  D.  (2013).    Precession-driven flows in non-axisymmetric ellipsoids.Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 737:412–439.

[Schaeffer, 2013]  Schaeffer, N. (2013).  Efficient spherical harmonic transforms aimed  at pseudospectral numerical  simulations.Geochemistry, Geophysics,Geosystems, 14(3):751–758.

[Triana et al., 2019]  Triana, S. A., Rekier, J., Trinh, A., and Dehant, V. (2019).The coupling between inertial and rotational eigenmodes in planets with liq-uid cores.Geophysical Journal International.


QUESTIONS: In the changing climate scenario, the decline in precipitation is expected to alter water availability for plants, which in turn affects plant community structure and composition. The responses of community composition and structure to declines in precipitation are well documented in other biomes but remain understudied in water‐limited savannas. LOCATION: A savanna ecosystem in southwest China. METHODS: We used a four‐year (2014–2017) precipitation manipulation experiment to examine changes in herbaceous community composition and structure across the species, functional group and community levels under precipitation reduction. RESULTS: Precipitation reduction significantly decreased the average height and percentage cover of the herbaceous community, while increasing species richness and the Pielou evenness index. Precipitation reduction significantly decreased average height, percentage cover and relative abundance of graminoids and perennials, but increased those of forbs and annuals. Precipitation reduction prompted a shift in the dominant species of the herbaceous community towards Fimbristylis monostachya. CONCLUSIONS: The results show that precipitation reduction changed the composition and structure of the herbaceous community of this savanna. Furthermore, they provide strong evidence that changes in herbaceous community structure and composition in response to the intensity and duration of precipitation reduction in this savanna exhibited relatively low thresholds, which suggests that the herbaceous community's response to a decline in precipitation was essentially nonlinear. These findings imply that even relatively small declines in precipitation may stimulate shifts in plant community structure and composition and affect the function and stability of savanna ecosystems.


The role of disasters in building and maintaining the cycle of poverty and undermining development progress is increasingly recognized as a major global challenge. While many recent disasters are related to geophysical events (earthquakes, tsunamis, etc.), approximately 70% are weather related and this proportion is likely to grow as climate change processes increase the variability and intensity of weather events. As a result, cost-effective strategies for reducing disaster risk are central both to meeting development goals and responding to the challenges climate change will present all sectors of society, particularly the poor, women and other vulnerable groups.

The purpose of this chapter on methodologies is to present practical approaches for identifying, prioritizing and ultimately demonstrating the costs and benefits of tangible interventions to reduce disaster risks, particularly those likely to emerge as a consequence of climate change. Such practical approaches are essential if governments, humanitarian organizations, the private sector and local communities are going to invest substantial resources in reducing both current disaster risks and those anticipated as a consequence of climate change.


Based on the exposure and inside corrosion test data of coatings in Qingdao marine environment,the anti-corrosion life of coating system on the outer surface of steel box beam of bay bridge was analyzed.The results show that the service life of zinc-aluminum alloy complex coatings prepared by thermal spraying may exceed 27 years,meeting the requirements of 25 years service life of bay bridge's coating system.


How to improve the abilities of pharmacy students to solve practical problems in higher medical colleges and schools to meet the job requirements after their graduation is one of the key problems in medical education and teaching.Here pharmacology course teaching is taken as an example to study and evaluate the effect and acceptability of web-based PBL teaching.Moreover,the importance and feasibility of PBL teaching method is explored in pharmacology teaching.


This paper examines yard signs as a site for public pedagogy that engages two concurrent, and comorbid, public health crises: the COVID-19 pandemic and racism. Specifically, I reflect on how yard signs responding to the George Floyd murder in my own Minneapolis neighborhood exist during a kairotic moment; as myself and my students are increasingly confined to our own homes, and as the boundaries between school and home are blurred, the public health crisis of racism and the specific community response of yard signs present opportunities for examining how these signs can act as entry points into difficult conversations among neighbors, classmates, and colleagues. While such signs are certainly examples of epideictic rhetoric, participating in either "praise or blame," I suggest that communication teachers can frame them as public pedagogy that "strikes a harmony between learning through public engagement and understanding these public encounters in the space of the classroom" (Holmes, 2016). As such, they can act not only as artifacts of community belonging, but as artifacts to promote reflection, conversation, and inquiry.


The additional radiation exposure to the population due to radionuclides released from nuclear facilities is at present much lower than the extent of variations of the natural radiation exposure to larger population groups. It will increase in the future, but it will fall within the extent of variations of the natural radiation burden if the first large reprocessing plants will already be equipped with H3 and Kr 85 extraction plants for separation efficiencies of about 99%. (orig./LH)


A vibration damping device for sporting implements includes a base member and a mass mounted to the base member and cantilevered relative thereto, the device is tuned such that it vibrates at the same frequency as the sporting implement but out of phase therewith.


A fusion protein encoded by the CBFA2T3/GLIS2 fusion gene. This protein is comprised of the N-terminal TAFH domain of the protein CBFA2T3 protein fused to the zinc finger protein GLIS2 protein.


The use of nerve agents, organophosphorus compounds which irreversibly inhibit acetylcholinesterase, in conflicts and terrorism has gained renewed geopolitical status in recent years. As no "universal antidote" has ever been produced, the development of antidotes to reactivate enzyme is clearly warranted. Given the fact that nerve agents are restricted substances, the use of surrogates allows non-qualified laboratories to develop research on novel antidotes. We herein present an alternative and efficient synthesis of NEMP, O-(4-nitrophenyl) O-ethyl methylphosphonate, a venomous agent X (VX) surrogate, and Ellman's test procedures for inhibition and reactivation of Electrophorus eel acetylcholinesterase involving the NEMP-generated adduct.


This study aims to explore whether there is a significant improvement in students' critical thinking (CT) skills after implementing listening journals as one of the tasks in the Critical Listening and Speaking II course. This study also reports students' responses to the implementation of listening journals. In this mixed-method study, students' CT skill was measured using a Critical Thinking Self-Assessment (CTSA) Scale prior to and subsequent to the listening journal implementation period. Meanwhile, a reflective questionnaire with open-ended questions was employed to reveal students' responses to the implementation of the listening journals' tasks. Fifty students studying in the fourth semester of an English education department in a private university in Indonesia participated in this study. A paired-samples t-test result suggested a significant improvement in students' scores from the pre- to the post- CT self-assessment (t = -4.136, p .05). In addition, the qualitative data obtained from the reflective questionnaire showed that the dominant responses from the students were positive towards the listening journal task. The findings of this study suggest that listening journals can be an effective strategy to help foster learners' critical thinking while developing listening and other skills. Even so, some felt the process was too monotonous and difficult. Thus, suggestions for future research are offered to improve the journal's future design and implementations.


Phenomena Identification and Ranking Technique (PIRT) is a systematic way of gathering information from experts on a specific subject and ranking the importance of the information. NRC, in collaboration with DOE and the working group, conducted the PIRT exercises to identify safety-relevant phenomena for NGNP, and to assess and rank the importance and knowledge base for each phenomenon. The overall objective was to provide NRC with an expert assessment of the safety-relevant NGNP phenomena, and an overall assessment of R and D needs for NGNP licensing. The PIRT process was applied to five major topical areas relevant to NGNP safety and licensing: (1) thermofluids and accident analysis (including neutronics), (2) fission product transport, (3) high temperature materials, (4) graphite, and (5) process heat for hydrogen cogeneration.


In this work, an original controller for an emergency braking system for urban traffic based on ultrasonic sensors is presented, which is optimized by means of a Genetic Algorithm. The main advantage over similar controllers available in the market today, is that in order to maintain a safe distance to the preceding vehicle, it is not necessary to know the speed of either the controlled vehicle or the vehicle ahead. The only information used by the proposed controller is the distance between vehicles, which is measured by an ultrasonic system. In this way, the interaction with the electronics of the vehicle is avoided, except for the action on the braking system. Moreover, the use of ultrasonic sensors also makes possible the detection of pedestrians on the road, resulting in the avoidance of accidents, or at least lessening their consequences.


In the early realization PPDB is The students acceptance theimplementation of the program New (PPDB) in Pekanbaru on all levels ofeducation from elementary school until senior high school and vocational schools.However, see the condition that sembrawutan the implementation of the program,the scope has been scaled down only junior secondary schools in and senior highschool and for the schools and vocational training still manually. The purpose ofthis researchis to know there is no policy implementation The students acceptanceinformation system (PPDB) Online high school (SMA) in Pekanbaru in 2011-2013. The method data analysis that is used in this research is descriptivequalitative analysis method that is trying to present based on the phenomena thatare and to all the facts related to problems that discussed based on the results ofresearch policy implementation is The Learners New acceptance (PPDB) onlinehigh school in Pekanbaru in 2011-2013. Results of research menyatakan that thelearners policy implementation acceptance new (PPDB) online high school inPekanbaru year 2011-2013 can be said that it is good enough, this was additionalroutes participants students are participants students (teacher) outside theschool supporting resource, implementation PPDB online high school inPekanbaru fully the responsibility of the Government of the City Pekanbaru, thecommitment and SOUP executive policy only based on rules Mayor ofPekanbaru the students acceptance on guidelines new (PPDB) in primary school,They were accompanied by primary, junior high school, SMPLB, the senior highschool, the Seniour High School, State Vocational School or PrivatePekanbaru and factors that influence policy implementation can be said that it isnot yet walked as expected Because the Government is not enough to carry outPekanbaru socialization PPDB Online especially in high school in Pekanbaru topeople, the Government City of Pekanbaru did not know that the elders parents donot all understand using computers and especially internet, because not allcommunities computer equipment also suggested in his house especially internet.Governments should Pekanbaru through the Education Service Kota Pekanbaru,Jom FISIP Volume 2 No. 1- February 2015 2review whether procedures PPDB online is correct or not, because many parent ofa student who felt harmed register because of their ignorance about internet.Key words : Implementation, PPDB Online, The Senior High School, Pekanbaru.


Novel spray-processable red-to-transmissive electrochromic polymers poly[3,4-di(2-ethylhexyloxy)thiophene-co-thiophene-co-3,4-di(methoxy)thiophene] with different monomer ratios have been synthesized and the electrochromic properties such as optical contrast, switching speed and long term switching stability were characterized. The incorporation of the simple thiophene unit into the polymer with the monomer ratio DEHOT : Th : DMOT = 1 : 0.2 : 0.8 successfully improves the switching speed (t95 = 1.6 s) with a high optical contrast ΔTmax = 56% at 518 nm, which constitutes a forward step toward the dynamic electrochromic displays.


Review of The Economics of Colonialism: Britain and Kenya by Richard D. Wolff; Underdevelopment in Kenya: The Political Economy of Neocolonialism 1964-1971 by Colin Leys.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.


Objective To compare the effect of airway mucosa injury by two kinds of suction under glottis.Method Divide 100 patients undergoing mechanical ventilation via tracheal intubation in intensive care unit into observation group(n=50) and control group(n=50) according to the order of entering the department.Patients in observation group receive interval suction under glottis and patients in control group receive continuous suction under glottis.Compare the suction volume and positive rate of occult blood test of secretion under glottis every day.Result There is no significant difference on suction volume of secretion under glottis between the two groups.The positive rate of occult blood test in observation group is obviously lower than the rate in control group.The difference is significant.Conclusion Effects of two kinds of suction under glottis are similar.But continuous suction under glottis has the risk of injury and hemorrhage in respiratory mucosa.


Bhutani et al. originally described a pigmented variety of lichen planus (LP) from India in 1974, and created the label LP pigmentosus (LPP) to better describe it. LPP is one of several variations of the LP gene. This skin lesion has also been reported in the Middle East, Latin America, Korea, and Japan, and is more common in those with darker skin. The most common differential diagnosis for LPP is erythema dyschromicum perstans (EDP). Fixed drug eruption, macular amyloidosis, urticaria pigmentosa, tar melanosis, frictional melanosis, berloque dermatitis, pigmented beautifying dermatitis (Reihl's melanosis), and pigmented beautifying dermatitis (Reihl's melanosis) are some of the other differences. Cutaneous LP usually clears up on its own after 1 to 2 years, thus care focuses on lowering pruritus and speeding up the healing process. First-line management for limited LP is superpotent interesting steroids (clobetasol 0.05%) twice daily for 2 to 4 weeks.
This study aims to:
1- Recognize the causes and risk factors for lichen planus
2- Correct diagnosis of lichen planus
3- Provide effective treatment for lichen planus


This article examines how siyar can improve economic relations within and among Muslim States by liberalising and increasing trade. The notion of siyar historically presupposed strong trade relations within the Muslim
community where Muslims and specific categories of non-Muslims from all parts of the Muslim world and beyond could trade anywhere with little or no restrictions. However, over quite a long period the development of siyar was stalled. In this light, a rather historical approach is chosen by the author. The article will first discuss what siyar is and what its role was in regulating the economic relations of the early Islamic State. The approach
taken by siyar towards "free trade" as evidenced by the practices of the early Islamic State is introduced. A caveat has to be constructed that the concept
of free trade as practised at that time must not be understood in exactly the same way as the term free trade that underscores the present day GATT/WTO system. While barriers to trade were erected not only by the early
Islamic State but also by other States at that time, this research will aim to reach a conclusion as to whether a freer trade was and is desired by siyar. The article will look at the practices of later Islamic States, i.e. the Muslim dynasties which were established towards the end of the Abbasid period and thereafter, followed by a brief analysis of regulation of internal and external
trade by the Ottoman Empire. Such discussions will include consideration whether the practices of those dynasties were consistent with what had been recommended by siyar. Finally the article looks at the challenges to reviving siyar trade rules following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the emergence of many separate Muslim-nation States in the twentieth century.


Abstract In video coding, motion estimation is a process to estimate the pixel of the current frame from the reference frame, which affects directly the predictive quality and the encoding time. This paper is related to AHHS(Adaptive Hierarchical Hexagon Search) using spatio-temporal motion activity for fast motion estimation. The proposed method defines the spatio-temporal motion activity of the current macroblock using the motion vectors of its spatio-temporally adjacent macroblocks, and then conventional AHS(Adaptive Hexagon Search) is performed if the spatio-temporal motion activity is lower, otherwise, hierarchical hexagon search is performed on a multi-layered hierarchical space constructed by multiple sub-images with low frequency in wavelet transform. In the paper, based on computer simulation results for multiple video sequences with different motion characteristics, the performance of the proposed method was analysed and assessed in terms of the predictive quality and the computational time. Experimental results indicate that the proposed method is both suitable for (quasi-) stationary and large motion searches. The proposed method could keep the merit of the adaptive hexagon search capable of fast estimating motion vectors and also adaptively reduce the local minima occurred in the video sequences with higher spatio-temporal motion activity. Keywords : Motion Estimation, Hierarchical BMA, Hexagon Search, Spatio-temporal Motion Activity


Introduction: American Heart Association 2016 guidelines recommend elective repair of bicuspid aortic valve associated ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms (BAV-aTAA) at ≥5.5cm. Early BAV-aTAA surge...


Quantum vorticity in polariton systems has been traditionally investigated within the frame of many-body phenomena under the mean-field or coherent approaches. In the present work, we show that the fully quantized picture describes richer dynamics for the vortex core at the quantum coupling limit, where two systems exchange an indivisible excitation. The quantum correlations intrinsic to our formalism account for the emergence of a family of trajectories that differ from the circular paths known in macroscopic vorticity phenomena. These results indicate that there exists a criterion to differentiate the behavior at the edge between the quantum and classical polariton vortex dynamics.