Using a direct in situ perfusion technique of the AV node artery, the effect of bethanechol, a selective muscarinic stimulant, was investigated in 18 mongrel dogs and compared with other muscarinic stimulants, methacholine and carbachol which are used clinically. The injection of bethanechol into the AV node artery induced various degrees of AV block. The threshold dose was 1 to 3ƒÊg. for inducing a second degree of AV block. More than 10ƒÊg. of bethanechol induced long lasting complete AV block. When complete AV block was induced, a constant rate of 32•}2.1 (mean •} S.E.) beats/min. of nodal rhythm was obtained in 15 cases. During complete AV block, atrial fibrillation was occasionally induced and also ventricular tachycardia at a rate of 110•}5.8 (mean•}S.E.) beats/min.


Protecting the Shield: How the NFL frames an organizational crisis Mel Anton The National Football League (NFL) is a multi-billion-dollar organization that is constantly utilizing impression management techniques to craft its public image. Currently, the NFL is embroiled in what many refer to as the "concussion crisis." When the NFL discusses this issue, one of the most common impression management techniques used is framing and accounts. This research brings together these two concepts to study this issue. I have analyzed a sample of press releases from the NFL using qualitative content analysis. From this, I have found and defined some common frames used, when they are used, and then used accounts research to determine why. The purpose of this study is to detail how the NFL uses organizational impression management strategies, while also extending both the framing and accounts literature.


BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE
Diabetes is associated with an increased risk for vascular disease and periodontitis. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of periodontal treatment in diabetes with respect to alterations in the pro-inflammatory potential of peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

MATERIAL AND METHODS
Ten patients with diabetes and moderate to severe periodontitis received full-mouth subgingival debridement. Blood samples for serum/plasma and mononuclear cell isolation were collected prior to and 4 wk after therapy. Mononuclear cells were analyzed by flow cytometry and stimulated with lipopolysaccharide or ionomycin/phorbol ester to determine the pro-inflammatory capacity of macrophages and lymphocytes, respectively.

RESULTS
Following periodontal treatment, all patients demonstrated a significant improvement in clinical periodontal status (p < 0.05), despite only modest reduction in subgingival bacterial load or homologous serum immunoglobulin G titers. CD14(+) blood monocytes decreased by 47% (p < 0.05), and the percentage of macrophages spontaneously releasing tumor necrosis factor-alpha decreased by 78% (p < 0.05). There were no significant changes in the capacity of lymphocytes to secrete interferon-gamma. Among a number of serum inflammatory markers tested, high-sensitivity-C-reactive protein significantly decreased by 37% (p < 0.01) and soluble E-selectin decreased by 16.6% (p < 0.05).

CONCLUSION
These data suggest a reduced tendency for monocyte/macrophage-driven inflammation with periodontal therapy and a potential impact on atherosclerosis-related complications in diabetic individuals.


Thomas Pogge's welcome second edition consists of nine essays written between 1990 and 2007. The essays are not in any particular order. Chapters 1 to 3 are of a philosophical and theoretical nature and discuss universal justice, human rights, and moral theory. Chapters 3 to 5 show that the moral acceptance of the existing global order is incompatible with firmly entrenched moral convictions about interpersonal morality and domestic justice. Chapters 6 to 9 propose modest and feasible global institutional reforms that would better align the world's international order with its moral values.


The human erythrocyte receptor for the major activation fragments of the third and fourth components of com- plement (HuE-C3bR) was isolated from individual donors. Eryth- rocytes were surface labeled with 125I and solubilized in Nonidet P-40. HuE-C3bR was purifiedbyusingC3-Sepharoseaffinitychro- matography and analyzed by autoradiography of NaDodSO4/ polyacrylamide gels. Three distinct receptor patterns were dem- onstrated. Type a had a single major band with Mr of 190,000, type b had a single major band with Mr of 220,000, and type c had two major bands of Mr 190,000 and 220,000. In all three types, a minor band accounting for <25% of the total radioactivity was usually observed at a Mr 15,000 greater than that of each major band. Identical autoradiographic patterns were obtained by affinity chromatography using methylamine-inactivated C4-Sepharose or by immunoprecipitation of solubilized membranes with a mono- clonal antibody against HuE-C3bR. All three types were distinct after reduction and alkylation, although the apparent Mr uni- formly increased by =30,000. Characterization of HuE-C3bR types in 33 unrelated individuals demonstrated that 23 had type a, 1 had type b, and 9 had type c. Family studies provide evidence for trans- mission by two codominant alleles. Thus, in the normal population two alleles appear to control expression of HuE-C3bR phenotypes and account for the polymorphism of this integral membrane gly- coprotein.


In this paper, we consider the throughput performance in relay-aided multi-cell orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) system, when mobile user (MS) is uniformly distributed and relay station (RS) is located at some typical positions, such as dRS = 0:5 and dRS = 0:85, where dRS is the ratio between the distance from RS to base station (BS) and the cell radius. Although cooperative diversity and frequency reuse improve the throughput gain, more spectral and time resources will be occupied. Simulation results demonstrate that multi-cell system with RS deployed obtains very limited throughput gain compared with non-relay system. Whereas, if free space optics (FSO) or wired link is available between BS and RS, the throughput performance will be improved significantly.


Topicality . Under the conditions of Ukraine's integration into the European community, there is an urgent need to restructure all social institutions, freeing them from all forms of discrimination, including on the basis of gender. Modern problems of the state's socioeconomic development require a new look at the functional roles of men and women, as well as the understanding that the political, economic, cultural future of society depends on overcoming gender stereotypes that are deeply rooted in the social and individual consciousness and inhibit social progress, and also the development of democracy. That is why, today, it is extremely important to study the issue of social influence and the role of women and determine their social status against the backdrop of the historical development of our state. Purpose. The article studies the emergence and adoption of the phenomenon of gender as a factor of the social status of the Ukrainian woman in the historical, philosophical and legal realm. Methodology. In the research process the authors used the methods of analyzing and synthesizing historical sources to study the content and main provisions of philosophical concepts and legal norms that formed the social status of a Ukrainian woman at different historical periods of society development, with their subsequent comparison and generalization. Originality. The work further develops the theory of gender processes with the use of interdisciplinary approaches to the study of the phenomenon of gender in the historical, philosophical and legal field as a factor of the social status of the Ukrainian woman, to critically re-evaluate the value guidelines on the construction of modern society and the formation of new ideas about the role and model of behavior of men and women and their interaction in society. Conclusions. For a long time, the social status of women was formed under the influence of philosophical views and concepts, slowly turned into the moral traditions of peoples and the rule of law. The high status of a woman, as a full-fledged member of society, formed in the early state stages, lost its relevance already in the days of antiquity. The woman became a symbol of exclusively domestic, family relations and played the role of guardian of the private foundations of the social being of men. This trend found its continuation in the Roman Empire, significantly increased in the Middle Ages and left an imprint in the philosophy of modern times and German classical philosophy. In the period from Kievan Rus to the twentieth century, the Ukrainian woman remained a victim of stereotyped thinking. Despite the normative settlement of the equality of men and women in modern conditions, this equality has a purely declarative nature.


In the seal imprint verification system,obtaining high quality preprocessed image is the prerequisite for correctly verifying the seal imprint of documents.A seal image de-noising method combining stationary wavelet/contourlet transform with nonlinear diffusion was proposed.Firstly,an image was decomposed by stationary wavelet/contourlet transform.Then adaptive-contrast-factor diffusion and total variation diffusion were applied to high-frequency components and low-frequency components,respectively.Finally the image was synthesized.The experimental results were given.Comparisons of the image de-noising results were made with those of the image de-noising methods based on the combination of wavelet shrinkage with total variation diffusion,and the combination of improved contourlet transform with adaptive-contrast-factor diffusion.Running time of the above-mentioned algorithms was also contrasted.It is shown that the proposed image de-noising methods based on stationary wavelet/contourlet transform and nonlinear diffusion can obtain superior results.They can both remove noise and preserve the original edges more efficiently.


A pocket spring upholstery assembly comprised of helical springs each encapsulated in a shell of flexible foam plastic and all mutually interconnected by an integral web of the same material. The web has a thickness less than the axial heights of the springs permitting independent movement between the springs under normal load.


This paper explores the importance of adaptation to climate change impacts in urban areas. The complexity of existing and likely impacts poses unique challenges to all aspects of society, from state to polity and economy. These in turn pose methodological challenges to academic practice, demanding the integration of macro and micro perspectives and pure and applied research. The paper argues that geographers can make significant contributions to this scholarship.


Abstract : Under the Underwater Construction System program, a seawater hydraulic tool system called the Multi-Function Tool System (MFTS) was developed. An objective of the MFTS development was to provide Underwater Construction Team divers with tools that meet their operational needs and were optimized for both the diver and the environment. A seawater hydraulic rock drill has not been issued because its performance is not predictable and its operation is not reliable. Extensive testing has isolated the problem to the impact mechanism and the timing of the cycle. Leakage of the supply poppet and the drive plunger as well as pressure pulsations from the rapid closing of the supply poppet have an undetermined negative affect on cycle operation. Cycle performance is not repeatable from test to test suggesting a transient or threshold condition that the drill is not always able to overcome. Additional development of the water lubricated impact mechanism is needed to investigate and correct these problems. While sea water is an attractive alternative to oil, it promotes sea water corrosion in metals, and the low viscosity of seawater offers minimal lubrication and high leakage rates compared to oils. These factors complicate the design of limiting material selection to those satisfying corrosion and lubrication criteria. In addition, close tolerance machining is necessary.


Fungal milk-clotting enzymes are as valuable as bovine Chymosin in the cheese industry. Members of the Mucoraceae family, have important biotechnological potential as some species are enzyme producers at industrial scale. In this study, 31 isolates of thermophilic Phycomycetes of different taxa were selected from different sample sites and were studied for their aspartic protease producing capabilities. For primary isolation, modified Warcup method using improved Phycomycetes selective solid media along with high temperature selective for thermophilic Mucorals were applied. The purpose of this study was to collect the local biotechnologically important strains of thermophilic phycomycetes capable of producing rennin-like proteases. Based on a high relative enzyme activity (REA), the majority (83.7%) of the 31 species of isolated thermophilic Phycomycetes were selected for next isolation steps. By trial production of acid proteases using shake flask fermentation, Milk clotting activity (MCA), and Protease activity (PA) of each fermentation broth of primary isolates were measured. Later, based on their high MCA/PA ratio, three isolates were chosen for macroscopic and microscopic examinations of each isolate determining their taxonomy identification and classification. The results showed that two of final isolates (HPA-01 and ZDO-16) belong to Rhizomucor family (R. nainitalensis and R. pusillus) and the third thermophilic Zygomycetes (ZDP-03) is a Rhizopus (R. rhizopodiformis). Of the 3 isolates, Rhizomucor nainitalensis was chosen for further studies and could be introduced as a commercially important isolate in future.


Orthodox economics, with its highly formalized theory and mas? sive quantifiable empirical data base, has long prided itself in being the most "scientific" of the social sciences. To qualify as "scientific" has been understood to mean a strict adherence to the methodological canons and goals of the natural sciences. That economics should seek to emulate the natural sciences is understandable. There are


The third in a series aimed at monitoring changes or stability in attitudes toward race relations of a panel of black, female .adults, this report focused on rural rather than metropalitan_ blacks.. Two all-black villages in East Texas were selected for the .study area. The.original sample rumbered 52 females, and only black female interviewers were used. It was concluded that of the 3 orientations toward race relations the only one which showed significant change over the 2-year period of study was the blacks' _perception of prejudice directed at them by local whites. The change was progressive, culminating in a markedly lower. perception of .prejudice by 1972. In contrast, the other racial orientations seemed _extremely stable over the longer range. The respondents maintained a Jack of consensus in their desires, but were generally less inclined _toward interaction with whites the less formal the context of social interaction. The blacks continued to be generally optimistic in their _evaluations of the possibility for racial integration. It was .recommended that morelongitudinal research of this kind on a variety of black population types be conducted. Related documents are ED 053 828 and. ED 067 185. vim I'ILMED FROM BEST AVAILABLE COPY U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION t WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPIN IONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE or EDU CATION POSITION OR POLICY CHANGES IN THE ATTITUDES TOWARD RACE RELATIONS OF SOUTHERN RURAL BLACKS: ANALYSIS OF A PANEL OF VILLAGE WOKEN, 1970-1972*


On the design and fabrication of biomedical devices, the mechanical integrity and the thermal stability of the materials used are of paramount consideration. In this study, the effects of 13.56 MHz radio frequency plasma modification using argon (Ar) and oxygen (O2) discharges on the morphology, thermal properties, and tensile properties of the nonwoven electrospun chitosan/poly(vinyl alcohol) nanofiber mats were investigated. The scanning electron microscope images showed a significant change in the morphology of the nanofiber mats due to the Ar and O2 plasma treatment. The thermogravimetric-differential thermogravimetry data revealed two major degradation steps for both the pristine samples and the Ar plasma-treated samples due to the molecular backbone degradation and decomposition of polyene and carbonyl residues. However, a third peak was observed for O2 plasma-treated samples which may be due to the oxygen functionalities imparted by the discharge as seen from the Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy data. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) results have shown the glass transition temperature at 65–68 °C and a melting temperature at around 200–220 °C. Also, a decrease in the crystallinity of the plasma-treated samples were noted from the DSC thermograms. A significant (p < 0.05) decrease in the tensile strength, yield strength, Young's modulus, and elongation at break were noted for the plasma-treated samples due to the etching and ablation effects induced by energetic particle interactions. However, the mechanical properties are still comparable with the tensile properties of human tissues such as the skin. These nonwoven mats with tunable properties have potential use in biomedical engineering, particularly as tissue scaffolds, wound dressings, sutures, and antibacterial gauzes.On the design and fabrication of biomedical devices, the mechanical integrity and the thermal stability of the materials used are of paramount consideration. In this study, the effects of 13.56 MHz radio frequency plasma modification using argon (Ar) and oxygen (O2) discharges on the morphology, thermal properties, and tensile properties of the nonwoven electrospun chitosan/poly(vinyl alcohol) nanofiber mats were investigated. The scanning electron microscope images showed a significant change in the morphology of the nanofiber mats due to the Ar and O2 plasma treatment. The thermogravimetric-differential thermogravimetry data revealed two major degradation steps for both the pristine samples and the Ar plasma-treated samples due to the molecular backbone degradation and decomposition of polyene and carbonyl residues. However, a third peak was observed for O2 plasma-treated samples which may be due to the oxygen functionalities imparted by the discharge as seen from the Fourier-transform infrared spectros...


LINQ is a new technology provided by Microsoft,LINQ queries can be conveyed through the programming language itself,rather than the string is embedded into the application code.Query by using a simplified programming language query,without using a separate query language and other advantages.LINQ allows you to write C # or Visual Basic code to operate the memory data in the same way of querying the database,it changed the relationship between program and data.So the help of LINQ technology,you can use a syntax similar to SQL to query any form of data,eliminating the need for complex programming skills can merge data source,allowing developers to improve development efficiency greater.


this issue of Medical Care,1 an experienced investigative team reports their findings on 2 a p cts of the quality of mental health care provided to child en and adolescents with sthma and comorbid anxiety nd depressive disorders. Using their well-studied administrative databases in combination with pro pective telepho e interviews, the ut ors note that although a iet a e ression are more common among pediatrie pa ie ts with asth a and other chronic diseases, the rates of recognition of mental disorders in pediatrie p tients with asthma and subsequent mental health treatment are appoint gly low.1 This article is a step forward in several ways for child e tal ealt services research. The investigat s, with th ir e ph si on quality of mental health care, go b yond the dominant themes of prevalence and symptom patterns in the literature on chr ic illness and mental h alth. Although definitions f chronic medical conditions a d t e assessm nt of e tal disorders ary wi ly across studies, during the past 20 years, investigators have shown that children with chronic di or ers have increased rates of mental disorders and co siderable functional impairment. B cause asthma is the most common ch onic condition of childhood, those child en with ast m often have been the subjects of such studies. Children with as ma are more likely o experie ce psychosocial tress, impairment, and specific mental disorders than those without any ronic condition.2"4 It re ains unclear whether or not ment l dis rders cause increased rates of asthma, whether asthma causes mental disorders, w ether treatment of asthma (especially beta agonists) increase psychiatric symptoms, or whether other envir nmental and genetic factors are associated with both. Regardless of the mec anisms for these associations, the presence of me tal isorders in children with asth a impairs their fu ctioning and may interfere with the effectiv treatment of their asthma.5 It appears f om these findings th t the rev rse ay also be true: being asthmatic does not enhance mental health service delivery and may actually impede the receip of effective services although this study is not causal in nature.


A review of recent investigations into pathogenesis of psoriasis summarizing data on the relationship between the presence beta-streptococci in the organism and the cutaneous immune reaction. Results of the studies on gastrointestinal pathology in psoriatic patients are presented. The authors propose a hypothesis that advocates the primary origin of psoriatic gastrointestinal pathology and secondary nature of skin manifestations. A chronic plaque psoriasis model is developed on the basis of the assumption on the key role of two psorafactors, i.e. hyperpermeability of intestinal walls for certain proteins and incorporation of beta-streptococci in the microbiocenosis of intestinal mucosa. The validity of the model is confirmed by the results of practical clinical work.


In order to realize strength estimation of pouring piles concrete in course of construction and guarantee the quality of the stake-base,the regression equation between velocity of ultrasonic and compressive strength of concrete was established.Method of statistical analysis was used and velocity of test block with different age and strength grade was calibrated.And the equation was demonstrated through detecting data of model stakes.Experimental result testifies that the equation completely satisfies the request of measured strength of regional pouring stakes.Strength estimation of pouring piles concrete can be completely carried out through ultrasonic strength-measured curve,which verifies the feasibility of the method.


The seriousness of Covid-19 infection outbreak can be understood by looking at the Govt data or WHO data available. By analyzing the post
vaccination experience from medical professionals we can use the data to further motivate general people to take the vaccine and shun the
misconceptions and apprehensions related to the presently available vaccines .The objectives of the current study were to collect information about
the perception of medical professionals on COVID-19 vaccine, to analyze the side effects in the rst 72 hours of post vaccination period and to
associate the side effects with age, gender and presence of apprehensions. By taking the opinion poll and rating of the vaccine experience of
medical professionals who are the rst ones on 1 – 10 Likert's scale we can bring out the true picture of their experience which can point towards the
efciency of the Government vaccination programme and inspire more people to receive the vaccine in future to help prevent Covid-19 infection
.Our study results can also validate the Govt. ofcial data of vaccination experience and satisfaction of people receiving it for the rst time and
thereby making this drive a successful one.


H.P. Lovecraft's paranoid Gothic and the life-affirming philosophy of Gilles Deleuze are, despite polarities, a potent machine for thinking the unthinkable. Lovecraft's modern 'cosmic terror' overturns dominant paradigms of thought by exposing multiplicity and transformation. For Deleuze, Lovecraft's minor fiction thinks 'beyond the matter of any lived or liveable experience' and challenges the sovereignty of selfhood. Lovecraft's 'nature-defying illusions' evoke 'outsideness' via affects that 'go beyond the strength of those who undergo them'. Such images effectively produce pure difference, the ultimately chaotic thing in itself. Lovecraft's things have profound implications for any human 'self' encountering them, exposing the 'limited & fragmentary nature' of human consciousness when faced by 'the outside abyss of unthinkable galaxies & unplumbed dimensions'. If reason fails us, we need another way to reach the unthinkable. This chapter asserts the resonance of Lovecraft's fiction and theory with Deleuze's speculative philosophy of 'becoming' via the transformative powers of the virtual.


Modern military ships have become more silent in the recent years, so that their detection, tracking, and classification have become even more challenging. Submarines rely very much on passive sonar systems, which might operate in a multi-class scenario. The training data for (semi) automatic decision may not contain all possible classes; i.e., classifiers will face unknown classes in operation. Here, Stacked AutoEncoders (SAE) are applied for such novelty detection. Beyond that, the impact on classification efficiency is estimated, and a comparison with a shallow learning algorithm is performed.


Wireless power transfer (WPT) is a key technique for many existing and emerging applications in biomedical devices. This paper presents a novel implantable magnetic coupling resonate WPT system by integrating with metasurface for biological applications. The receiver element is implanted under the skin surface 3 mm and has the dual-band property for transferring power and data telemetry simultaneously. A conformal strongly coupled magnetic resonator coil is used as the transmitting coil to construct the wireless power link. In addition, we integrate the proposed WPT system with negative permeability (MNG) metasurface over the human skin surface as a miniaturized wearable device to improve the WPT efficiency. The property of the MNG and its effect on the WPT efficiency are analyzed. Considering the special implantable environment, various misalignment tolerances between the metasurface and the receiver are discussed to evaluate the coupling response of the proposed WPT system. Finally, the efficient WPT system integrating with MNG has been verified by the experimental measurements, and the measured result shows that 15.7 dB coupling enhancement can be obtained by integrating with the MNG metasurface.


A detailed study of chemical freeze-out in nucleus–nucleus collisions at beam energy 158 A GeV is presented. By analysing hadronic multiplicities within the statistical hadronization approach, the chemical equilibration of p–p, C–C, Si–Si and Pb–Pb systems is studied as a function of the number of participating nucleons in the system. Additionally, the two-component statistical hadronization model is applied to the data and is found to be able to explain the observed strangeness hadronic phase space under-saturation.


With the advancement of technology and consumer strength, the use of credit cards has rapidly increased. Credit Cards have shortened a transaction process making it simpler but has made the system prone to frauds. The information regarding one's credit card can easily be stolen and misused. Due to a gazillion data points of transactions available with the banks, Machine learning and Deep Learning Algorithms may prove very helpful in finding patterns and preventing fraudulent transactions. This paper is focused on delivering a comparative study on various supervised machine learning algorithm's performance for identifying fraudulent transactions by handling a highly imbalanced data-set by applying sampling techniques and work with a new approach in solving the problem for better results.


Microshoots of the Greek olive cv. Chondrolia Chalkidikis were cultured in vitro in WPM supplemented with 4 μM zeatin. The effect of various auxin concentrations (IBA, NAA) on root induction was studied. Rooting percentage up to 70% was achieved by the combination of 12 μM IBA + 3 μM NAA although abscission of shoot tips and leaves was common. The effect of 30 μM putrescine and 100 ppm H 3 PO 4 addition to the medium was also tested. The percentage of rooted microshoots as well as the number of roots/microshoot were both increased by the putrescine treatment reaching up to 93% and 4%, respectively. Root length was reduced by the addition of phosphoric acid. Rooted and non-rooted shootlets were planted in peat:perilte 4:1 (by volume) under 90% RH. Survival of rooted microshoots was high (90%) while that of non-rooted ones was low (30%). Furthermore, ex vitro trials resulted in no rooted plantlets.


After to confirm six item movement perception index of serve veracity,the author makes a comparative experiment.And the results show that there are notable correlation forcibility and perception to affect serve veracity;applying the method of movement perception to tee teaching of volleyball,it can promote the veracity and stability of serve,and also it is helpful study efficiency.


A techno-economic comparison of membrane technologies (microfiltration (MF), nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO)) and physico-chemical operations (struvite precipitation and ammonia stripping) for obtaining nutrient-rich fractions from biogas digestates, has been carried out. Four different treatments for the digestate including solid-liquid separation using a decanter centrifuge or a screw press are compared. A screw press followed by membrane technologies (treatment B) shows the best economical potential with a total potential of 4.9€/t feed.


One of the aims of the H2020 5G Blueprint project is to enable seamless cross border teleoperation use cases with 5G technology. The explored use cases are automated barge control, automated drive-in-loop docking, cooperative adaptive cruise control based platooning, and remote take-over operations. In this paper, we present an analysis of the network requirements of such use cases, and we present an end-to-end 5G architecture (with a focus on network slicing and seamless cross-border roaming) for the trial network based on lasted standardization work and implementation tools, from user equipment, radio, transport, core network to exposed network APIs. This work will be used as guideline for further network deployment and feature implementation in test labs and project pilot area within the project.


We propose and investigate a novel technique for the generation of millimeter-wave(mm-wave),i.e.,frequency sixuplexing technique.The proposed technique adopts two cascaded Mach-Zehnder modulators(MZMs).The first MZM,biased at minimum transmission,is only used for the odd-order optical harmonic generation,and then by using a second MZM,biased at maximum transmission,all odd-order optical harmonics are suppressed.As an example,we consider a radio frequency(RF) at 10 GHz,which drives the MZMs;and a mm-wave signal at 60 GHz,i.e.a frequency sixupler,is obtained.The generated mm-wave signal is robust to fiber chromatic dispersion.The proposed technique is verified by experiments.


Abstract : Aerodynamic forces on a SNAP-19 fuel capsule and Nimbus B solar panel model were determined over an angle-of-attack range from 0 to 90 deg at a simulated high altitude under hypersonic, cold-wall conditions. Very large viscous-induced effects on aerodynamic drag, lift, and pitching moment were observed. The configurations were unstable about their mid-chord positions except near zero lift. Comparisons are made with inviscid (Newtonian) and free- molecular flow predictions. Altitude simulated for the full-scale configurations was approximately 260,000 ft for the fuel capsule and 300,000 ft for the solar panel.


Introduction
Hepatolithiasis is the presence of gallstones in the biliary duct of the liver with 20%-30% cases in Indonesia and gallstones located in all bile ducts from the periphery to the junction of the right and left hepatic ducts. Risk factors such as gender, age, genetics, environmental, family history, diet, and smoking habits can affect of hepatolithiasis. The purpose of this study was to analyze various risk factors and consequences of the incidence of hepatolithiasis that occurred in Indonesia.

Methods
This study used electronic database as a method by reviewing some previous article published in the last five years, from 2015 to 2020. Literature review begins with topic selection, through several reputable published journals.

Results
Based on the similarity of the dependent variables there are various risks factors of Hepatolithiasis disease that occur in Indonesia, the result showed that there is a correlation between age, genetics, environmental, diet and smoking habits toward hepatolithiasis. While gender factor did not have a significant correlation. The finding showed that in Indonesia, The incidence of hepatolithiasis is reported in 20%-30% of patients undergoing gallbladder surgery.

Conclusions
It can be concluded that in Indonesia, age, genetic, environmental, family history, diet and smoking habits factors have significant correlation toward hepatolithiasis disease. Hepatolithiasis is still rare in Indonesia. Complete diagnosis requires a combination of imaging modalities. Surgery remains the main definitive treatment option.


Introduction 1. Priest and Scribe: Ancestry and Professional Skill in the Book of the Watchers, the Wisdom of Ben Sira, and Aramaic Levi 2. Jubilees' Kingdom of Priests 3. Priesthood and Purity Laws: The Temple Scroll and the Damascus Document 4. Priesthood and Sectarianism: The Rule of the Community, the Damascus Document, and the Book of Revelation 5. Priesthood and Allegory: Philo and Alexandrian Judaism 6. "The Children of Abraham Your Friend": The End of Priesthood, the Rise of Christianity, and the Neutralization of Jewish Sectarianism Acknowledgments Bibliography Index


A 6.336-6.864GHz power amplifier for band 7 of ultra-wideband(UWB) is presented in this paper, which consists of a differential cascode output stage and a gain-tuning stage by changing bias voltage. Implemented in 0.13-μm CMOS technology, the power amplifier has a gain range of -14-1dB, output 1-dB compression point of +1dBm and output third order intercept point(OIP3) of +11dBm. Simulation results also show that the output return loss (S22) is -17dB and the isolation (S12) is -45 dB at input frequency of 6.6 GHz. The power amplifier has a low power consumption of only 16.8mW from 1.2V supply voltage. The die area is 0.68×0.68 mm2.


Coexistence of mantle cell lymphoma and lung adenocarcinoma is extremely rare. The aim of this study is to present the first case of incidental discovery of primary lung adenocarcinoma associated to lymph node mantle cell lymphoma.


Mitogen-activated protein kinases are a family of serine/ threonine kinases that have been implicated in a wide variety of cellular processes [for review see 1,2]. These kinases are thought to participate in a protein kinase cascade leading to cell growth as they have been shown to phosphorylate ribosomal protein S6 and various transcription factors. In response to most growthpromoting and mitogenic factors tested, as well as to many other signals such as phorbol esters, MAP kinase phosphorylation is increased on both threonine and tyrosine residues, leading to stimulation of its kinase activity [3-51. Phosphorylation of MAP kinase involves an activator which is itself a kinase, with dual specificity for both tyrosine and serindthreonine [6]. Recent reports suggest that MAP kinase is involved in the signalling events leading to heart hypertrophy [7,8]. To evaluate this hypothesis further, we have investigated the effects of hypertrophic agents on the activity of MAP kinase in isolated perfused heart preparations. As hypertrophic agents, TPA and high load were used as they are both known to induce responses characteristic of hypertrophy in rat heart preparations. Hearts were perfused retrogradely with Krebs-Henseleit saline (1 19 mM NaCI, 25 mM NaHCO,, 4.7 mM KCl, 2.5 mM CaCI,, 1.2 mM MgSO,, 1.2 mM KH,PO, and 10 mM glucose, equilibrated with 95% 45% C02, pH 7.6 at 37°C). For control experiments, perfusions were carried out at for 15 min at 5.5 kPa. After that, hearts were either exposed to TPA or high aortic pressure for a further 5 min period. When present, TPA was added in the perfusion medium at a final concentration of 1pM. For the experiments at high aortic pressure, the perfusion pressure was increased to 16.3 kPa (120 mm Hg). Hearts were extracted with 20mM j3-glycerophosphate pH 7.5, containing 20mM NaF, 2mM EDTA, 0.2mM Na,VO,, lOmM benzamidine, 25 pg/ml leupeptin, 50 pglml PMSF and 0.3% (v/v)J?-mercaptoethanol and centrifuged for lOmin at 1oooOxg. The supernatant was applied to a Mono Q FPLC column equilibrated with 50 mM Tris-HC1 pH 7.5, containing 2 mM EDTA, 2 mM EGTA, 0.1% Jmercaptoethanol, 5% glycerol, 0.03% Brij 35, 0.3 mM Na,VO,, ImM benzamidine and 4 pg/ml leupeptin. Myelin basic protein (MBP) kinase activity was eluted with linear gradient of NaCl (00.3 M) and measured as described previously [7]. FPLC of the heart extracts revealed two peaks of MBP kinase activity that were stimulated with exposure to TPA. The first peak eluted at 0.16 M NaCl and the activity was stimulated %fold compared with control. The second peak eluted at 0.22 M NaCl and the activity was stimulated 2.3-fold (Fig. 1). Extracts of hearts exposed to high aortic pressures showed an identical elution profile but stimulation was lower (2-fold for the first peak and 1.6-fold for the second peak) (Fig. 1). Using a kinase renaturation assay method [9], we examined the peak fractions from FPLC of TPA-treated hearts for their ability to phosphorylate MBP in gels in siru. We found that the molecular masses were 42kDa and 44kDa for the first and second peak respectively (Fig. 2a). The same method was used to examine the crude extracts of control and TPA-treated hearts. MBP kinase


John Baskerville's place of birth in Wolverley, Worcestershire and the buildings where he lived and worked in Birmingham have never been subjected to systematic historical investigation. This chapter attempts to address this omission and is divided into two parts: 'A New Birthplace for John Baskerville' and 'The Buildings of John Baskerville in Birmingham'. A combination of archival research, topographical analysis and archaeological evidence is used to provide a clearer picture of where he was born and the location and nature of his residences and business premises. New Baskerville material corrects traditional accounts and enhances our knowledge and understanding of his background in Wolverley and Birmingham. His modest rather than previously supposed gentry status in Wolverley helps explain why he left for Birmingham and perhaps why he revealed little of his origins once he had established himself as one of the town's leading industrialists. The uncovering of the sequence of his places of work and residence in Birmingham charts his rise to become one of the leading printers of the time, casting light on the manner of this progress and the opportunities available to an able and ambitious young man newly arrived in a rapidly industrialising town.


This paper reports on the design of a portable sensor system based on a novel combination of 3-D printing and optical fibre based technology and capable for use in IoT sensor application. The portable sensor is implemented using an Arduino board, an LED and photodetector circuit that are encapsulated in a 3-D printed box. The sensor probe to obtain the respiratory signal was designed and 3-D printed to match the plastic optical fibre (POF). Three identical sensor system was fabricated and the results show that the sensor performed well when tested on three different positions simultaneously on the upper body. The sensor also demonstrates good signal response corresponding to three different breathing patterns- normal breathing, deep breathing and breath holding, which are useful for monitoring of regular and irregular breathing patterns. The proposed sensor system is non-invasive, portable and suitable for respiratory monitoring inside or in close proximity to Electro-Magnetic (EM) based scanning environments such as MRI or X-ray based instruments.


The paper outlines how improved estimates of time variable parameters in models of stochastic dynamic systems can be obtained using recursive filtering and fixed interval smoothing techniques, with the associated hyper-parameters optimized by maximum likelihood based on prediction error decomposition. It then shows how, by exploiting special data re-ordering and back-fitting procedures, similar recursive parameter estimation techniques can be utilized to estimate much more rapid State Dependent Parameter (SDP) variations. In this manner, it is possible to identify and estimate a widely applicable class of nonlinear stochastic systems, as illustrated by several examples that include simulated and real data from chaotic processes. Finally, the paper points out that such SDP models can form the basis for new methods of signal processing, automatic control and state estimation for nonlinear stochastic systems.


Abstract : The emergency management networks of fifteen communities throughout the U.S. were examined with particular attention to their effectiveness. Most of the networks sampled are effective; those that are ineffective are difficult to repair under present conditions. All networks underutilize available local resources in the voluntary and commercial/industrial sectors of their communities, and limit communication with the general public. The concept of integrated emergency management systems has so far been well-received on the local level, partly because it conforms to pre-existing practice, and partly because it deflects attention from possibly controversial civil defense measures to types of emergency management that enjoy unequivocal public support. Few distinctive civil defense activities are currently ongoing in the sampled communities and there is considerable confusion about how the public would be warned and instructed in case of a nuclear alert. Aside from these considerations, most of the networks studied should be able handle any emergency that bears a reasonable relationship to their available resources.


Coating metals with anti-coking materials inhibit their catalytic coking and are especially beneficial in the pyrolysis of hydrocarbon fuels. It is believed that growth characteristics and properties may play a pivotal role in the anti-coking performance of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) coatings. In this study, TiN and TiO2 coatings were obtained by CVD using TiCl4–N2–H2 and TiCl4–H2–CO2 systems, respectively. The effects of deposition time, residence time, and partial pressure were examined, and the coating microstructure was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results reveal that the effect of deposition parameters on the growth characteristics of TiN and TiO2 coatings is very different. The growth of the TiN coating shows characteristics of the island growth model, while the TiO2 coating follows the layer model. In general, the growth rate of the star-shaped TiN crystals is higher than that of crystals of other shapes. For the TiO2 coating, the layer mode growth characteristics indicate that the morphology of the TiO2 coating does not change significantly with the experimental conditions. Coking tests showed that the morphology of non-catalytic cokes is not only affected by the temperature, pressure, and coking precursor, but is also closely related to the surface state of the coatings. Both TiN and TiO2 coatings can effectively prevent catalytic coking and eliminate filamentous cokes. In some cases, however, the N or O atoms in the TiN and TiO2 coatings may affect common carbon deposits formed by non-catalytic coking, such as formation of needle-like and flaky carbon deposits.


To take diameter 8.0 mm 82A wire rod as raw material,when it is drawn to diameter 6.2 mm semi-finished product,experiment was done in the following conditions such as heating temperature at 880~920 ℃,each 10 ℃ as an experiment point,patenting temperature at 540~560 ℃,each 5 ℃ as an experiment point,take-up speed from 7 m/min to 11 m/min,each 1 m/min as an experiment point.Results show that the tensile strength of diameter 6.20 mm steel wire after heat treatment of heating temperature at 900 ℃,patenting temperature at 550 ℃,take-up speed 9 m/min.Sorbite rate is higher than 96%,and microstructure is fine and uniform.When steel wire is drawn from diameter 6.20 mm to 2.40 mm,the torsion value of steel wire after zinc electro-plating is 29.1,bending value is 16.1,tensile strength value is 2 209 MPa,zinc coating mass is 243 g/mm2,which meet internal control standard and satisfy customer's requirements.


By use of an ultrathin film of microphase-separated poly(styrene-block-methyl methacrylate) as a template, nanometer-scale patterns of tetraalkylammonium passivated palladium colloids can be generated. This pattern serves, in turn, as the template for the electroless deposition of semicontinuous 20 nm wide copper nanostructures, which is approximately a factor of 2 smaller than feature sizes that can be generated by state-of-the-art lithographic processes.


The cell multiplexing characteristics of an ATM network should be evaluated on the so-called worst-case traffic as characterized by the usage parameter control algorithm. The worst-case traffic is generally some form of periodic cell pattern. This paper proposes a bandwidth allocation method suitable for any periodic cell traffic. A numerical assessment shows that the proposed method can achieve relatively high link utilization. Using the proposed method, the per$ormance of traffic management schemes adopting the sliding window or Leaky Bucket algorithms as the UPC function are compared. The result is that traffic control using the sliding window algorithm ensures efficient network resource utilization On the other hand, traffic control using the Leaky Bucket fails to identify the worst-case traffic permitted by the Leaky Bucket algorithm.


This paper studies the test results of soil-foundation contact interactions and settlements of the cantilever box-foundation with prestressed reinforced concrete. The results are compared with those of theory analysis. The contact reactions, settlements and dip of the box-foundation with arbitrary shape of bottom slab are found consistent with those obtained in engineering practice.


This study developed a land cover and land use mapping framework specifically designed for agricultural systems in the Sudan-Sahel region. The mapping approach extracts information from inter- and intra-annual vegetation dynamics from dense stacks of Landsat 8 images. The framework was applied to create a 30-meter spatial resolution land use map focusing on the 2015 agricultural landscapes in northern Nigeria. The map provides up-to-date information with a high level of spatial and thematic detail, resulting in a more precise characterization of agriculture in the region. The map reveals that agriculture is the main land use in the region. Arable land represents on average 52.5 percent of the area, which is higher than the reported national average for Nigeria (38.4 percent). Irrigated agriculture covers nearly 2.2 percent of the total area, reaching nearly 20 percent of the cultivated land when traditional floodplain agriculture systems are included, which is above the reported national average (0.63 percent). There is significant variability in land use in the region. This study demonstrates the feasibility of multitemporal medium-resolution remote sensing data to provide detailed, up-to-date information on agricultural systems in the arid and sub-arid landscapes of the Sahel region.


Objective:To observe the effect of ambroxol on chronic bronchitis in smoking model of rat.The changes of ultrastructures of bronchus,cell count and the level of interleukin-8(IL-8)and tumor necrosis factor-a(TNF-α)in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid(BALF)in animal were observed.Method:Rats were randomly divided into three groups:1.control group(n=10);2.smoking group(n=10);3.Ambroxol intervention group(n=10).Chronic bronchitis in group ② and ③ established by passive cigarette smoking.In group ③,ambroxol was administrated 40 mg/kg daily for 2 months before the rats were dead.The ultrastructures of bronchial mucosa were observed by scanning electron microscope.The levels of IL-8 and TNF-α and cell count in BALF was detected by ELISA and Wright's staining separately.Result:Smoking group manifested epithelial cell cilia of bronchial mucosa lossing、lodging and twisting,microvilli of chalice cell decreasing,inflammatory cell infiltrating,epithelial cell atrophing,chalice cell in region increasing,microvillus decresing.The surface of ciliated cell is thin and flat.These feature correspond with the of human chronic bronchitis.Compared with the control group,the ambroxol intervention group appeared pathological changes of tracheal and bronchial epithelium cell.The numbers of total cells and neutrophil in BALF of the smoking group and the ambroxol group were significantly increased compared to the control group(P0.01).The numbers of total cells and neutrophil in BALF of the ambroxol group were significantly decreased compared to the smoking group(P0.05).The level of IL-8 and TNF-α in BALF of the smoking group was significantly increased compared to the control group(P0.01).whereas the ambroxol group was significantly decreased compared to the smoking group(P0.01).Conclusion:Smoking could cause obviously bronchial mucosa to loss epithelial cell cilia,decrease microvilli chalice cell,increase of IL-8、TNF-α、cell counting in BALF.Inflammation of airway could be alleviated by using ambroxol.


The new design of a fractional-order microwave differentiator is proposed. It is first of its kind and uses short-circuited stub and transmission line sections to emulate the behaviour of an ideal fractional-order differentiator. Least mean square error-based objective function is formulated to obtain the transfer function of the proposed design, using the chain scattering parameters of line elements in the Z-domain. During the optimisation process, impedance values of equal-electrical-length line elements are considered in the range 10-150 Ω, such that they are practically realisable on the microstrip format. The structure is implemented on the FR4 substrate with permittivity of 4.4 having 1.6 mm thickness. The measured result for the magnitude response of the transmission coefficient is found to be in good agreement with ideal one in the operating frequency range from 0.8 to 6.6 GHz.


As part of the program of nuclear power development, the Russia Federation plans to increase uranium production and to improve supply from existing uranium mining and milling facilities. Moreover, development of new uranium ore deposits is also envisaged. A corollary of these developments is the placing of a high priority on environmental and human health protection Special attention should be paid to assurance of health protection both of workers and of the public living nearby such facilities. This paper reviews the status and development of understanding of facilities in the Russian Federation from a regulatory perspective.


The influence of education level on blood pressure (BP) of patients with hypertonic disease (HD) and relationship between students' medical education success and their smoking were studied. The study was carried out by two stages. From the first the daily BP monitoring was done in 114 men of 30-55 year old with I (11 men) and II (103 men) stages of HD. The dependence of mean daily BP from the education level was evaluated. After this the anonymous questioning of 98 male and 263 female second year medical academy students of 18-22 year old was done for revealing smoking, its daily dose, duration (in years). In the patients with unfinished mean education daily systolic and diastolic BP was significant more then in the patients with mean and high education. In smoking students there were significantly less excellent marks and more satisfactory marks then in nonsmokers. The smoking students quantity was more as far as the education success decreased.


311 Background: Previously identified prognostic factors in patients (pts) receiving salvage systemic therapy for advanced urothelial carcinoma (UC) include performance status (PS), liver metastasis (LM), hemoglobin (Hb) and time from prior chemotherapy (TFPC). Given the prognostic impact of peripheral blood neutrophils (N), lymphocytes (L), thrombocytes (T) and albumin (Alb) in other malignancies, we investigated their impact in the salvage setting of advanced UC. Methods: Phase II trials of salvage systemic therapy were utilized. Data on N, L, T and Alb were required in addition to TFPC, Hb, PS and LM status. N, L, T and Alb were categorized as normal, upper limit of normal (ULN). Cox proportional hazards regression was used to evaluate their association with overall survival (OS). An optimal regression model was constructed using forward stepwise selection and risk groups defined using number of identified adverse risk factors. Trial was a stratification factor. Result...


High or low threats to subjects' freedom to write on toilet stall walls were attributed to either a high or low authority source. Graffiti written on the threatening placards were directly related to both authority and threat level. The results were interpreted as responses to reactance arousal. Conceptual problems dealing with authority are discussed.


By a first-principles plane-wave pseudopotential method with generalized gradient approximation,the influences of Cl concentration on the electronic structure and optical properties of ZnS:Cl are studied. The results show that the band gaps decrease,the valence band becomes narrow,and the doped impurity energy level widens as the Cl doping concentration increases. The absorption intensity of ZnS:Cl in the visible range increases,and the optical absorption edge undergoes a significant red shift,as the Cl doping concentration increases. A new absorption peak is formed in the blue region when Cl is doped into ZnS,which agrees with the experiments. The new absorption peak appears as a red-shifted peak with the increase of Cl doping concentration.


A high sensitive yeast-based,anti-prion drug screening model was developed to study anti-prion effects of traditional Chinese medicines.By comparing five yeast prion [PSI+] strains in growth characteristic,phenotype and sensitivity to anti-prion compounds,an optimized [PSI+] strain with high sensitivity to drugs was determined and a semi-denaturing detergent-agarose gel electrophoresis(SDD-AGE) technique was introduced to establish a high sensitive anti-prion drug screening model.Using this improved model,effects of aqueous extracts from 20 kinds of traditional Chinese medicines on the curing yeast prion [PSI+] were investigated.The results showed that the curing rates of [PSI+] cells at a 5-day treatment with the aqueous extracts from Epimedium brevicornum and Zanthoxylum nitidum at concentration of 0.1 g·mL-1 were 12.5% ±3.5% and 56.2% ±9.1%,respectively.Protein experiments showed that the aqueous extracts from Epimedium brevicornum and Zanthoxylum nitidum were able to cure yeast prion [PSI+].


Introduction: Sinonasal inverted papilloma (SNIP) is a rare, benign tumour originating from the mucosal lining of the sinonasal cavity. The treatment is aimed at complete tumour resection. Current resection methods include external excision, endoscopic surgery and a combined approach. The high rate of SNIP recurrence poses a challenge for the ear nose and throat (ENT) specialist. There is a debate about which method provides the best outcomes. In this study, the most recent literature is analysed to evaluate the effectiveness of each surgical approach in terms of recurrence rate and surgical complications.
Results: The literature search yielded data for 941 patients from ten studies. The analysis showed a recurrence rate of 13.5% for the endoscopic approach, 34% for combined and 36.7% for the external. The lowest recurrence rate (0%-3.6%) was reported when novel endoscopic approaches, such as prelacrimal recess or 'TuNa' saving, were used. However, the comparison of surgical complications was challenging due to inconsistent reporting.
Discussion: The external approach previously considered a 'gold standard' is now becoming replaced by endoscopic surgery. The advantages of an endoscopic approach are a lower recurrence rate, better visualisation of the tumour and a more precise excision. Moreover, this approach preserves the surrounding tissues, reducing the amount of complications and recovery time. However, the external approach should still be employed when SNIP is widespread or in proximity with vital structures. Careful pre-operative planning is needed as the primary surgery has the best chances of eliminating the disease. Each revision surgery subsequently increases the risk of SNIP recurrence. Furthermore, there is a need for agreement on minimal surveillance time after SNIP resection.
Conclusion: The endoscopic approach should be a mainstay of SNIP treatment due to low recurrence rate and better patient outcomes. Nevertheless, ENT specialists should keep in mind that for more advanced disease, external an combined methods may be more appropriate.


Introduction: Abruptio placentae is the premature separation of normally located placenta from its site of implantation after 28th weeks of gestation and prior to birth of fetus.The term Abruptio placentae continues to extract a heavy toll of both fetal and maternal lives in developing countries. Methodology : The present study was conducted during a time period two year . During this study 12,226 patients were delivered at P.R.H., which is the only tertiary health care centre in the district and gets emergency cases from nearby townships and villages within a radiuas of 100kms. Over same period, out of all delivered women, 136 patients were diagnosed and treated for Abruptio placentae. Results: Pain in abdomen and per vaginal bleeding was of the commonest presenting symptoms, loss or less fetal movements on admission was also the complaint in 43% patients. Conclusion: Anaemia is very common among the population under study hence may only be an associated factor. Clinical appearance of pallor is more suggestive of blood loss rather than haemoglobin which which may be normal due to haemoconcentration.


The incorporation of the jurists of the Spanish exile to the Mexican academic field, thanks to the policy of reception of the president Lazaro Cardenas, offered to them the possibility to find in the National School of Jurisprudence a space to continue their academic trajectories. Therefore, they made important contributions that influence directly the Juridical Sciences; it is the case of the specialized seminars. Although, along the time, several studies have been publish focusing on the History of Law in Mexico, there is still a need to continue studying this peculiar contingent to get deeper information about their contributions and to know their real impact, because many of them were basic for the development of the Law in our country.


Objective
To evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of web-based lifestyle or behavior intervention on Chinese urban adults.

Methods
Six hundred and eighty-one adult subjects were randomly assigned to the intervention group (n= 341) or the control group (n= 340). The intervention group was encouraged to visit a specified interactive web site at least once a month to submit self-report health diaries, and provided with individualized health promotion instructions and tailored counseling at the chat room or through email. The control group received routine medical services. The primary outcomes were changes in cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, fruit or vegetable intake, and physical exercise duration at 6 month from baseline. Intention-to-treat method was used for data analysis.

Results
At 6 month, smoking cessation rate was 23.6% in intervention group and 4.6% in control group (χ2= 22.4, P < 0.05), and daily alcohol consumption decreased by 28.6 g in intervention group compared to 6.1 g in control group (t= 14.9, P < 0.05). There was no significant change in physical exercise duration for those with sub-optimal physical activities between the two groups. In contrast to the control group, mean systolic blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, and body mass index of the hypertensive, diabetic, or overweight/obese subjects in the intervention group showed statistically significant decrease. There was no significant change in serum cholesterol level for the participants with hypercholesterolemia in both groups. The attrition rate was 6.7% in the intervention group.

Conclusion
Web-based health management services may be helpful in promoting healthy lifestyle and behavior and enhancing the care of chronic conditions including hypertension, diabetes, overweight and obese.

Key words:
Computer communication network; Lifestyle; Health behavior; Intervention study; Randomized controlled trial


Conversations (normal speech) or professional interactions (e.g., projected speech in the classroom) have been identified as situations with increased risk of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 due to the high production of droplets in the exhaled air. However, it is still unclear to what extent speech properties influence droplets emission during everyday life conversations. Here, we report the experimental protocol of three experiments aiming at measuring the velocity and the direction of the airflow, the number and size of droplets spread during speech interactions in French. We consider different phonetic conditions, potentially leading to a modulation of speech droplets production, such as voice intensity (normal vs. loud voice), articulation manner of phonemes (type of consonants and vowels) and prosody (i.e., the melody of the speech). Findings from these experiments will allow future simulation studies to predict the transport, dispersion and evaporation of droplets emitted under different speech conditions.


A non-enzymatic electrochemical sensor has been successfully developed to detect uric acid (UA) based on a modified screen-printed carbon electrode (SPCE) using Nafion functionalized silicon nanoparticles. Silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs) material is used because of their advantages, including its abundant availability, good biocompatibility, and adjustable porosity and surface area according to the synthesis method used. Nafion is a sulfonated tetrafluoroethylene-based fluoropolymer-copolymer that has been widely used for electrochemical sensors and is functioned as a stabilizer of the sensor. In this study, SiNPs material was successfully synthesized through the non-thermal chemical vapor deposition method. XRD diffractogram and SEM image confirmed its structure and morphology. The crystallinity of the produced SiNPs is 69.85%. SEM-EDS characterization was also carried out to confirm the success of the SPCE modification by SiNPs and SiNPs/Naf materials. The changes in the morphology of SPCE and the EDS spectrum that were measured indicated the success of the SPCE modification process for each stage. Cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and differential pulse voltammetry study were used to analyze the electrochemical characteristics and performance of non-enzymatic electrochemical sensors based on SPCE/SiNPs/Naf structures against uric acid analytes. Based on the results of electrochemical analysis, the sensitivity, detection limit, and quantification limit of the sensor are 0.01 μA.mM-1. cm-2, 0.21 μM, and 0.69 μM respectively in the linear measurement range of uric acid concentration of 10 – 1000 μM. Then, a sensor stability study was also carried out which resulted in an RSD value of 4.83%.


Objective: To review the experience of one-stage surgical management of thoracic aortic aneurysm associated with coronary artery disease. Methods: From June 1999 to July 2002, fifteen patients (all the male, average age 57.21 year-old, ranged 40-66 year-old) underwent thoracic aortic aneurysm repair and concomitant coronary revascularization. The diagnosis are aortic root aneurysm in 5 cases,ascending aortic aneurysm in 2,arch aortic aneurysm in 3,and aortic dissecting in 5. 14 patients received operation through midsternotomy,including ascending aorta replacement in 2, Bentall technique in 4, David technique in 1 and total arch replacements in 3 patients. Left thoracotomy and off-pump CABG was done in 1 case. Results: 1 patient died in 30 days after operation. Followed up for a mean duration of 17 months,there were no late death and no reoperation and no related events occurred. Conclusion: Thoracic aortic replacement and CABG (coronary artery bypass grafting) could be done at one-stage. Concomitant coronary revascularization may aggressively obviate CAD events.


Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to critically review the extant western literature on political skill and impression management in human resource management and organisational behaviour and applies an inductive approach to explore an equal Chinese concept of office politics in the People's Republic of China (PRC).

Design/methodology/approach

An empirical study conducted in a wide range of Chinese organisational forms, employing an inductive approach based on critical incident technique.

Findings

Data collected from 173 employees supported this model and indicated the existence of 14 clusters of behaviours that characterise political skill, impression management and the overlap between the two. Extending impression management theory, the authors found that individual players' political skill drives the dynamics of Chinese office politics and may help a subordinate gain a favourable image with superiors and serve as the overlap between individual political skill and impression management from the Chinese perspective.

Originality/value

The authors used a grounded theory approach to report the construct of a Chinese concept of office politics in the PRC, which is much similar to the western concept of political skill in organisation. Compared with western political skill literature, this study found both universal and cultural-specific phenomena on political perspective in Chinese organisations.


Subjective Well-Being (SWB) refers to how a person evaluates his or her life (Diener, Sandvik, & Pavot, 1991). This appraisal may take the form of cognitions – when a person makes a conscious evaluative judgment about his or her satisfaction with (working) life; or take the form of affect, when people experience negative or positive emotions in response to everyday life. In this chapter, we concentrate on the latter form of SWB – momentary affective experiences (Russell, 1980, 2003) in everyday working life, which we also refer to as momentary SWB.


Little is known about how climatic differences may psychologically impact individuals who migrate from one geographical area to another. A climatic demand theory perspective suggests that migration from more demanding climatic areas to less demanding climatic areas would lead to better psychological outcomes while predicting the opposite for migration from less demanding to more demanding climates. In contrast, a climatic-fit perspective would predict that moving to areas that climatically are similar to one's home would lead to the best psychological outcomes, whereas any major deviation would lead to worse outcomes. To test these competing perspectives, a longitudinal, multi-site study was conducted with over thousand student migrants who moved from various areas in China to 12 cities. Participants' life satisfaction and perceived stress were assessed upon arrival and at the end of the semester together with their sociocultural adaptation. Supporting the climatic-fit perspective, multilevel analyses showed that participants reported the least stress and highest sociocultural adaptation when they migrated to host sites that were climatically similar to their homes. Conversely, individuals who migrated from very demanding to less demanding climatic regions and vice versa reported an increase in stress and lower sociocultural adaptation.


The requirements of functionality,startup value,limiting value,limiting course and setting for anti-time over-excitation limiter and ceiling current limiter of generator excitation systems are provided.The relationship between over-excitation limiter and generator protections,or limiter of stator current,or excitation transformer protections are confirmed.The technical requirements of over-excitation protection of generator excitation systems are also presented.Finally,recommendations for the functionality of over-excitation limiter using exciter field current as the input signal are also given.


The invention relates to a versatile anti-caking additive for a fertilizer and a manufacturing method, which belong to the technical field of chemical fertilizer auxiliary agent production. The anti-caking additive mainly employs octadecanoic acid and monoethanolamine as raw materials, are added into a reaction vessel, then heated and stirred, two chemical compounds are reacted, then cooled and input into a slicer, the compounds cooled down are sliced conventionally to obtain slices with light brown yellow. The method has the advantages of low manufacture cost and simple processing technology; the agent is added into a fertilizer and does not affect the effective components of the original fertilizer; the fertilizer particles are more uniform, mellow and bright, the application is wide, and the agent not only is applied to a chlorine-based compound fertilizer,a sulfur-based compound fertilizer and a urea-based compound fertilizer, and is more suitable for a high nitrogen urea-based composite fertilizer, the anti-caking agent belongs to an environmental protection type agent and has no pollution or toxic residue on farmland and crops; and is helpful for dissolving fertilizer in soil and then continuously releasing the fertility, and is convenient for usage by fertilizer production manufacturers, flushing is easy, and the agent can keep the working environment clean.


that, precisely for that reason, we should be allowed (and indeed encouraged) to use all available means to achieve the goal that is intrinsic to our existence (and particularly evident in sport). This normatively laden, and no doubt essentialist, understanding of the human is rather common among proponents of radical human enhancement. To give one last example, Nick Bostrom declares human nature to be "dynamic, partially human-made, and improvable" (2005b, 213), and infers from this that human dignity must consist in "what we are and what we have the potential to become." The potential to become something other than we are is thus not only what makes us human, but also what gives us that special worth on which all our moral rights ultimately depend. Hence, to turn our backs on this potential would both violate our nature and compromise our dignity. Can an argument get any more essentialist than this?


Slippery surfaces are a continuous concern in equine veterinary practice during both treatment and orthopaedic work-ups, especially when horses have to trot on circles. Sliding of the equine foot on the ground with the potential of injury is prevented if the horizontally acting accelerating or decelerating forces on the foot do not exceed maximal friction. Friction can be calculated and therefore anticipated if the coefficient of friction (μ) between the foot of the horse and the particular ground surface is known. Friction between shod and unshod cadaver equine hooves and different ground surfaces (concrete, tarmac and rubber) was determined by pulling the hooves horizontally in a uniform motion. Horizontal forces ( F h ) were measured on a force plate and with a portable digital electronic force meter. The coefficient of friction (μ) was calculated as the quotient between F h and the gravity force ( N ) of the object, hence: μ = F h  /N. This study has shown that the coefficient of friction between equine hooves and a specific ground surface can be determined using a portable digital force meter or a force plate. Friction significantly depended not only on the type of surface but also on shoeing of the equine foot. Bare feet showed more friction with the hard surfaces (bricks and tarmac), the shod feet showing more friction with the rubber surfaces. Coefficients of friction could be used to estimate the possibility of injuries occurring in the equine industry during exercise and/or lameness or pre-purchase examinations.


The demand of water keeps on increasing now-a-days both for drinking as well as domestic
 Purposes. In most parts of India, the water supply now operates on a metering system, therefore purchasing water is now necessary for both domestic and drinking needs. In such a case, wasting those waters is highly uneconomical. People have to use the water efficiently, reduce the water wastage and re-use the water for suitable domestic purposes. According to per capita usage of water, in household, huge quantity of water is used for washing clothes through machines. In this paper, such waste water is collected and analysed, all its physical and chemical characteristics such as pH, acidity, alkalinity, chlorides, turbidity, etc., whichever is needed and a suitable method for purification of water such as boiling, filtration and/or reverse osmosis has been tried experimentally and again the values are tested. These final results are compared with the parameters of sample before purification. Finally, it will be concluded with the method suitable for purification of this wastewater and it will be checked with the standards specified, thus, making the water suitable for drinking and/or domestic purposes.


In 2017, optics commissioning strategy for low-β∗ operation of the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) underwent a major revision. This was prompted by a need to extend the scope of beam-based commissioning at high-energy, beyond the exclusively linear realm considered previously, and into the nonlinear regime. It also stemmed from a recognition that, due to operation with crossing angles in the experimental insertions, the linear and nonlinear optics quality were intrinsically linked through potentially significant feed-down at these locations. Following the usual linear optics commissioning therefore, corrections for (normal and skew) sextupole and (normal and skew) octupole errors in the high-luminosity insertions were implemented. For the first time, the LHC now operates at top-energy with beam-based corrections for nonlinear dynamics, and for the effect of the crossing-scheme on beta-beating and dispersion. The new commissioning procedure has improved the control of various linear and nonlinear characteristics of the LHC, yielding clear operational benefits. This report gives a detailed account of the beam-based measurements carried out during the experimental campaigns.


According to field test results and typical configuration and parameters of Guangxi Nanning Zhuxi Overpass Electric Vehicle Charging Station and Liuzhou Tanzhong Electric Vehicle Charging Station, a harmonic current ratio calculating program is used to analyze the harmonic of charging stations. Considering properties of harmonic sources, structure and impedance parameters of power system, and harmonic standards, and so on., power system harmonic under different conditions of without filters and compensation, with passive filters and capacitance compensation, and with active filters and dynamic compensation, are analyzed by comparison of theory and simulation results, which provides conferences to the configuration of charging stations in the future.


The precise timing of T cell priming during infection remains unclear. Here, we mapped the cellular dynamics of all immune lineages during acute infection with Listeria monocytogenes (Lm). We identified highly transient DC activation 2 days post-infection that functions as a critical time window for priming effector T cells. Regulation of this transient state was mediated by DC extrinsic IFNγ provided by lymphocytes. Furthermore, antigen-specific T cells that arrive late to the site of priming and miss peak DC activation acquire only memory T cell fates. This temporal regulation of fate is recapitulated by CD8+ DCs ex vivo, suggesting that shifts in activation state of a single antigen presenting cell population alter T cell fates. These results uncover a novel mechanism for temporal regulation of T cell differentiation during a dynamic immune response to acute infection. One-Sentence Summary The immune system generates a balanced protective response through rapidly shifting activation states and recruitment of new cells into an ongoing inflammatory landscape.


Current full-interaction fatigue design techniques for composite steel-concrete bridge beams are both safe and simple as the reduction in the longitudinal shear flow, and the frictional force along the steel-concrete interface are not considered. However, in the assessment of composite bridges, more accurate assessment techniques are required to determine whether the original fatigue life may be safely extended. Three simple techniques, in addition to the common full-interaction approach, have recently been developed to assist in the assessment of the remaining strength and endurance of existing composite bridge beams. One technique is based on the full-interaction approach and allows for interfacial friction. The other two techniques have been derived using linear-elastic partial-interaction theory, one of which allows for interfacial friction. Each technique has varying degrees of complexity and conservatism and their use is described by way of an illustrative example. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD E204289.


Intraductal carcinoma of the prostate (IDC‐P) is an adverse prognostic factor for radical prostatectomy (RP). The endpoint in most IDC‐P studies is increased prostate‐specific antigen (PSA) levels. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether IDC‐P in RP specimens is an adverse prognostic factor for progression‐free survival (PFS) and cancer‐specific survival (CSS).


The FOMC may wish to consider a shift in its monetary policy strategy to provide additional stimulus and to better stabilize employment and inflation in the event of further adverse shocks. This memo focuses on three alternative strategies that would involve making conditional commitments about how the policy rate will be adjusted going forward: enhanced forward guidance, price level targeting, and nominal income targeting. Simulations across a range of models are used to assess the macroeconomic performance delivered by alternative monetary policy strategies under different scenarios for the evolution of real activity and inflation.


As part of a program to characterize the fly ash which is emitted by coal-fired power plants, qualitative identification and quantitative estimation of the crystalline components of four size-fractionated and one unfractionated fly ash sample are reported. Although fly ash is mostly amorphous to X-rays, the presence of small amounts of quartz, hematite, mullite, gypsum, magnetite, and ferrite have been reported (1-3). However, quantitative determinations of these mineral phases have not been reported, nor have the crystalline phases been studied as a function of particle size. A knowledge of the Crystalline phases is of importance in the consideration of the potential health effects of inhaled particles. Because of the refractory nature of the quartz, mullite, and magnetite phases, these materials will have long residence times in the pulmonary region of the respiratory tract if they are deposited there ( 4 ) . Therefore, it is important to know the particle size distribution and concentrations of these materials in stack-collected coal fly ash. Furthermore, it is generally recognized that crystalline siliceous materials are more toxic than amorphous compounds of the same composition. Such particles are known to have significant effects on lung cells ( 5 ) and appear to be important toxicants to the pulmonary macrophage, the primary effector cell for lung immunosurveillance. Magnetite may also be a hazard to health because of its ability t o occlude biologically active transition-metal ions such as Mn and Ni by isomorphous substitution in the spinel crystal lattice (2). Magnetite could thus act as a slow release carrier agent for toxic elements. For this reason we have performed analyses of the magnetic phase for those metals which are likely to be associated with the magnetic fraction of the ash. The crystalline phases are important in determining the physical and chemical properties of the ash. Data on the crystalline phases may be useful in developing methods for resource recovery from, utilization of, and disposal of the ash (2). The mechanisms of formation of the various crystalline


Weighing just over fourteen pounds across its two five-hundred page volumes – containing over a thousand illustrations – Linda Gertner Zatlin's catalogue raisonné of Aubrey Beardsley must count, by size if nothing else, as one of the most significant books on turn-of-thetwentieth-century British visual culture published in recent years. The catalogue raisonné is not an especially common form in the field of modern British art; two of Beardsley's more illustrious contemporaries – Walter Sickert and William Nicholson – have only received partial catalogues, both significantly smaller (and lighter) than Zatlin's study. Francis Bacon has, of course, also just received the full catalogue treatment, with Martin Harrison's five-volume, thirty-six-pound set published in June 2016. Bacon, however, had a career lasting several decades; whereas Beardsley – who died at the age of twenty-five – had a career lasting several months. In fact, Zatlin spent almost as many years working on this book as Beardsley spent living. This all serves as a firm reminder of Beardsley's continuing popularity on the international stage. Which other artists from this period – sometimes referred to as the 'Beardsley period' – would merit such a lavish publication? Zatlin's book, which contains as many as fifty previously unpublished images, is a sumptuously produced affair, almost breathtaking in its beauty (due credit must go here to the designer, Emily Lees). One of Beardsley's strengths has always been that, even in a poorly reproduced image, he still looks pretty good. Zatlin has made special effort, however, to gather up the best images available, re-photographing many examples, and giving them plenty of space within the page. The images are backed up with well-researched and gracefully written supporting texts, supplying the usual exhaustive information regarding exhibition, provenances and literature, followed by a summary of the work's salient features, and how these have been critically received over the years. Some of these texts amount to little more than a few lines, while others (such as those on the images produced for Oscar Wilde's Salomé) stretch over several pages. Each section – the book is ordered according to major projects, as opposed to a strictly chronological progression – is introduced by a short essay, which puts the project in the context of the artist's career and, to a slightly lesser extent, the wider art world. Beardsley's swift progression from Kate Greenaway imitator to Edward Burne-Jones acolyte, from canny appropriator of Mantegna, Whistler, Japanese prints and Rococo design to original Art Nouveau master and (arguably) Art Deco prophet, is charted in no small detail. Reoccurring motifs in his art are also well-covered, from Pierrot to the ghoulish foetus, with a particular emphasis on flower symbolism and, of course, the ubiquitous sexual imagery. The shortened nature of Beardsley's life means that we can follow his development on what is almost a day-to-day level (though sadly, the lack of good records makes it hard to know exactly the days on which most of these artworks were


The utility model relates to a heating coffee pot for microwave ovens, which relates to the technical field of a daily living article and particularly relates to the heating coffee pot for microwave ovens, which is used for boiling coffee. The utility model has the technical proposal that a heating funnel, the inner part of which is provided with a coffee container, is placed in a water containing shell, the center of the bottom part of the coffee container is provided with a hole, a filter screen is placed, and the filter screen is covered with a positioning buckle. An outer thread of the upper end of the water containing shell is matched with an inner thread of the bottom part of a coffee cup. A residue lattice is fixed to the inner thread of the bottom part of the coffee cup by a sealing and buckling ring for locking water. The lower end of the heating funnel is convexly provided with a hollow guide post. The inner part of the coffee cup is provided with a hollow guide post used for boiled coffee to pass. The utility model can be used for separating coffee residues and coffee liquid.


The present invention discloses an inner-periphery ridge building method for a shrimp and rice joint culturing mode, wherein a ridge is built, in a rice field with an enclosed ditch, along the enclosed ditch; the ridge has a height of 20-40 cm and a bottom width of 30-50 cm; the ridge goes around the rice field and an outer edge of the ridge has a distance of 40-60 cm from an inner edge of the enclosed ditch; and the soil for building the ridge comes from the outer side of the ridge, and 15-25 cm thick surface soil is fetched on the outside surface of the field to build the ridge. When field sunning is needed in a rice growing season, a water outlet is arranged on the inner ridge and the water surface of the enclosed ditch is made to be lower than the field surface by using drainage and irrigation equipment; during rice fertilization, the water outlet on the inner ridge must be blocked to prevent fertilizers from flowing into the ditch; and after middle-season rice or late-season rice have been harvested, the field is irrigated to be filled with deep water, ensuring that the water surface is higher than the inner-periphery ridge, so that the entire field surface can culture small lobsters; in the following year and before transplanting of the next-season rice, the inner-periphery ridge should be reinforced to prevent leakage. The inner-periphery ridge building method of the present invention enables the water surface of the cultural ditch and the water surface of the rice field to be manually isolated and controlled, facilitating farming operation and water and fertilizer management of the rice field.


The title molecule, C15H18N2S2, adopts the Z configuration. The dihedral angle between the planes of the phenyl ring and the CH—NH—C=C(C≡N)—C(=S)—S fragment is 76.10 (5) A. The molecular structure is stabilized by a weak intramolecular N—H⋯S hydrogen bond [H⋯S = 2.29 (3) A, N⋯S = 2.981 (2) A and N—H⋯S = 145 (2)°].


ABSTRACT Introduction: Microbial biosurfactants (BSs) are amphiphilic compounds that exist as families of congeners and isomers which have been identified as possible anti-cancer agents. The aim of this study is to investigate the anticancer activity of BSs on breast and blood derived cancers. Materials and methods: Four biosurfactants (BSs) 95% rhamnolipid (BS1a), 90% rhamnolipid (BS1b), surfactin (BS2), sophorolipid (BS3) and a positive control Doxorubicin hydrochloride (DOX) were tested at concentrations ranging from 3.13-100 µg/ml and 1.25-25 µM for the BSs and DOX respectively. Cytotoxicity was obtained via MTT assay following cell line-specific optimization at intervals of 24, 48 and 72 hours from treatment on non-cancerous human embryo kidney (HEK 293), human caucasian breast adenocarcinoma (MCF7) and human leukaemia monocyte (THP-1) cell lines. Results: BS3 showed the greatest potency against all cell lines with IC50 of 18, 16 and 15 µg/ml at 24, 48 and 72 hours respectively against THP-1 cells and IC50 ranging between 20 and 30 µg/ml against HEK 293 and MCF7 after the same treatment times. The effect of BS2 and BS1b were variable with lower IC50 in cancerous cell lines at late stages of treatment (68 and 18 µg/ml for MCF7 and THP-1 at 72 hours treatment) when compared with IC50 of over 100 µg/ml in HEK 293. Finally BS1a showed no activity (IC50 > 100 µg/ml) against all cell lines tested independently from the incubation time used. Conclusion: Although BS1a and BS1b have almost identical mass spectra, BS1b showed a higher amount of potency. BS2 and BS1b showed considerable potential as possible therapeutic agents in breast and blood derived cancer research. Future work will investigate identification of the specific congeners/isomers responsible for the observed activities.


Soybean is the major seed oil and protein crop in the global market. The majority of soybean protein meal in the U.S. is used for feeding poultry and pigs. Raffinose family of oligosaccharides (RFOs) in soybean meal reduce feeding efficiency due to their anti-digestibility in monogastric animals. Current commodity soybeans do not have desirable carbohydrate fraction; thus, the development of new and improved varieties with reduced RFOs and increased sucrose is of great interest and adds value to the swine, poultry, and aquaculture industries. This presentation will summarize current progress in soybean breeding and the discovery of novel genetic resources which provide a great opportunity for improving the carbohydrate composition of US soybeans in all major maturity groups.


The Services provided by libraries should be standardized services,which are the prerequisites for readers' satisfaction. The paper introduces the concept,meanings of standardized services as well as the considering factors for formulating library service standards,analyzes adopting SMART principle in promoting library service and the six misunderstandings which should be avoided to formulate high quality service standards,so as to provide reference for improving library service standards.


Topical gels are semisolid systems in which a liquid phase is constrained within a three dimensional polymeric matrix of natural or synthetic gum in which high degree of physical or chemical cross linking has been established. Topical gels present ideal candidate for variety of application due to its intermediate behavior between solid and liquid materials. Topical gels have received significant attention over the past few decades because it is a topic of interest to the scientists working in industry, research and development, education, drug control administration and professional. The objective of this article is to review the fundamental and present advances in topical gels including classification and method of preparation. The application of hydrogel on drug delivery system is separately discussed. Special emphasis is given on its classification, method of preparation and evaluation parameters.


Although there is a lot of interest in the development of computational thinking (CT) and the benefits it could have for every student, integrating it into science classrooms may be more difficult than traditional teaching. This can be very challenging for South African science teachers. Thus, there is an increasing need to prepare teachers and systematically engage them in professional development activities to help them learn, unlearn, relearn and restructure their thoughts, perceptions and attitudes towards integrating CT in science classrooms. This study explored teachers' perceptions and concerns about integrating CT in science teaching. Twenty-two science teachers from innercity secondary schools in South Africa were chosen to be part of this exploratory case study. Data were collected through take-home assignments and focus group discussions containing a series of open-ended questions. The concern-based adoption model was used as a lens to understand teachers' stages of concern. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. It was found that sampled science teachers viewed CT as a valuable tool that can help promote learners' data management practices and problem-solving practices, especially in reducing complex problems to researchable problems. The findings also showed that teachers intend to integrate CT into their science classrooms by refining their existing practices. However, teachers showed high informational, personal and management-related concerns regarding integrating CT in South African science classrooms: they needed more practical and contextual ideas on strategically integrating CT in their daily lessons. Conversely, teachers showed limited concern at the unrelated, consequence, collaboration and refocusing stage. This suggests a need for teacher education programmes in South Africa to focus more acutely on training pre-service teachers on how to plan and design science instruction using computational thinking concepts and practices.


Laser printing with a spatial light modulator (SLM) has several advantages over conventional raster-writing and dot-matrix display (DMD) writing: multiple pixel exposure, high power endurance and existing software for computer generated holograms. We present a technique for the design and manufacturing of plasmonic metasurfaces based on ultrafast laser printing with an SLM. As a proof of principle, we have used this technique to laser print a plasmonic metalens as well as high resolution plasmonic color decorations. The high throughput holographic resonant laser printing approach enables on-demand mass-production of customized metasurfaces.


This paper sets the constitutional and political context for the Irish state before presenting the Irish system of public administration, and its reform up to 2011.


Objective To investigate the validity of random dot kinematograms in the functional localization of cerebral areas that response to visual coherent motion and to explore the blood oxygenation level dependent response properties of cerebral areas processing visual coherent motion at three different coherence levels. Methods fMRI method was used to map functional neuroanatomy of visual coherent motion perception in 12 normal subjects. The participants performed passive viewing task during fMRI scanning, the stimuli was presented by blocked model. Activation map was obtained after data preprocessing and statistical inference. Finally, the ROI analysis was done. Results The most significant activation was observed in the left and right temporo-parieto-occipital cortex, in the area corresponding to hMT+. Area hMT+ activation volume was obtained through ROI analysis of hMT+. Conclusion Cerebral area that processes visual coherent motion signal can be activated significantly by Random dot kinematograms and localized accurately with fMRI techniques; area hMT+ activation volume decrease when coherence level increases.


Tuberculosis (TB) lymphadenitis is a frequent cause of lymphadenopathy in areas in which TB is endemic. Cervical lymphadenopathy in TB can mimic lateral neck metastasis (LNM) from papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). This study evaluated the clinicopathological features of patients with PTC and TB lateral neck lymphadenopathy.


Full Papers.- Presupposition Incorporation in Adverbial Quantification.- A Theory of Contextual Propositions for Indicatives.- Context-Sensitive Weights for a Neural Network.- A Common Sense Theory of Causation.- How to Refer: Objective Context vs. Intentional Context.- A SAT-Based Algorithm for Context Matching.- On the Difference between Bridge Rules and Lifting Axioms.- Context Dynamic and Explanation in Contextual Graphs.- A Deduction Theorem for Normal Modal Propositional Logic.- Natural Deduction and Context as (Constructive) Modality.- Communicative Contributions and Communicative Genres: Language Production and Language Understanding in Context.- Explanation as Contextual Categorization.- Effects of Context on the Description of Olfactory Properties.- Varieties of Contexts.- Ubi-UCAM: A Unified Context-Aware Application Model.- Contextual Effects on Word Order: Information Structure and Information Theory.- A Generic Framework for Context-Based Distributed Authorizations.- Unpacking Meaning from Words: A Context-Centered Approach to Computational Lexicon Design.- A Contextual Approach to the Logic of Fiction.- Predictive Visual Context in Object Detection.- Copular Questions and the Common Ground.- Contextual Coherence in Natural Language Processing.- Local Relational Model: A Logical Formalization of Database Coordination.- What to Say on What Is Said.- Modelling "but" in Task-Oriented Dialogue.- Dynamic Contextual Intensional Logic: Logical Foundations and an Application.- Comparatively True Types: A Set-Free Ontological Model of Interpretation and Evaluation Contexts.- Discourse Context and Indexicality.- A Mathematical Model for Context and Word-Meaning.- Demonstratives, Reference, and Perception.- Perceiving Action from Static Images: The Role of Spatial Context.- Short Papers.- How to Define the Communication Situation: Determining Context Cues in Mobile Telephony.- How to Use Enriched Browsing Context to Personalize Web Site Access.- Modular Partial Models: A Formalism for Context Representation.- Contextual Modeling Using Context-Dependent Feedforward Neural Nets.- Context-Based Commonsense Reasoning in the DALI Logic Programming Language.- An Ontology for Mobile Device Sensor-Based Context Awareness.- The Use of Contextual Information in a Proactivity Model for Conversational Agents.- GloBuddy, a Dynamic Broad Context Phrase Book.- Exploiting Dynamicity for the Definition and Parsing of Context Sensitive Grammars.- Co-text Loss in Textual Chat Tools.- Context Proceduralization in Decision Making.- GRAVA: An Architecture Supporting Automatic Context Transitions and Its Application to Robust Computer Vision.- Speaking One's Mind.- Connecting Route Segments Given in Route Descriptions.