Category: Hindfoot Introduction/Purpose: Isolated subtalar arthrodesis is a commonly performed procedure, which produces high union rates. It was suggested that the fusion rate of subtalar arthrodesis is negatively affected by the presence of pre-existing ipsilateral ankle (tibiotalar) arthrodesis, though the mechanism by which this occurs remains unclear. The aim of this study is to assess the fusion rate of subtalar arthrodesis in the presence of pre-existing ipsilateral ankle arthrodesis and to suggest alternative techniques to improve fusion rate. Methods: Electronic patient records and images of all consecutive isolated primary subtalar arthrodesis that were performed in our institution over ten years between (2009-2019) were retrospectively reviewed. Data that was collected included patients' demographics, body mass index (BMI), smoking status, diabetes, and rheumatoid arthritis, fusion rate; other factors like the method used of the pre-existing ankle arthrodesis were also studied. Subtalar arthrodesis was performed using a lateral approach and compressed by two screws. Two groups were compared, included all isolated primary subtalar arthrodesis with or without previous ipsilateral ankle arthrodesis. Logistic regression was performed to check for the correlation between fusion rate and all factors. Results: A total of one hundred and thirty-three (n=133) primary isolated subtalar arthrodesis were identified between (2009- 2019), amongst which twenty-one (n=21) had pre-existing ipsilateral ankle arthrodesis. Ten (n=10) recorded subtalar non-unions occurred in the pre-existing ankle arthrodesis group representing a fusion rate of only 52.4 %, as opposed to sixteen (n=16) in the isolated subtalar fusion without pre-existing ipsilateral ankle arthrodesis group representing a fusion rate of 86.9 %. A significant statistical difference between the two groups, those with ipsilateral ankle arthrodesis had a higher non-rate (P =.001). Age, gender, Body mass index (BMI), smoking status, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and the method used of the pre-existing ankle arthrodesis were found not to have any significant effect on these results. Conclusion: Our results show a significantly higher non-union rate of isolated subtalar arthrodesis in the presence of pre-existing ipsilateral ankle arthrodesis. Further research is required to help in clarifying the mechanism by which this effect occurs and to study alternative surgical techniques that might be required.


Quantum size effects in molecular crystals have been beyond the reach of systematic investigation because of lack or instability of their well-defined low-dimensional forms. Here, we report the formation, structure and optical anisotropy of two-dimensional (2D) tetracene (Tc) crystals template-grown and photo-stabilized with inorganic 2D crystals of graphene or hexagonal BN. Molecular orientation and long-range order mapped with polarized wide-field photoluminescence imaging revealed high crystallinity of 2D Tc and its distinctive molecular registry with 2D inorganic crystals, which were verified with first-principles calculations. The reduced dielectric screening in 2D space was manifested by enlarged Davydov splitting and attenuated vibronic sidebands in the excitonic absorption and emission of monolayer Tc crystals. Photostable 2D molecular crystals and their size effects can be observed for various molecular systems and will lead to novel photophysical principles and photonic applications.


The aim of this study is twofold. First, it aims to determine the factor structure of the Mini‐Mental Adjustment to Cancer (Mini‐MAC) Scale by using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to compare the three‐factor, four‐factor, and five‐factor structures among 340 Taiwanese breast cancer patients. Second, it aims to test the difference in the correlations of coping strategies and the outcome measures between two populations: one‐month newly diagnosed and five‐year long‐term survival patients.


This Master of Professional Communication Major Research Paper (MRP), a pilot study, examines how native advertising is used by new and legacy media publications in an effort to determine whether the lines between advertisement and editorial content have been blurred. The literature reviewed outlines the creation of added-value content through framing, recognition of persuasion attempts and the creation of synergy through contextual similarity. Within this MRP, a qualitative content analysis was conducted on 5 samples of native advertising from legacy publication The New York Times and 5 samples from new media publication BuzzFeed within the 2015 calendar year. The results of the content analysis have indicated that through framing, persuasion and contextual similarity, the lines between advertisement and editorial content in both publications appear to have softened.


It is concluded that key workers and patients disagree particularly concerning unmet needs and that this is potentially related to a number of factors associated with the key worker and patient. It ...


In order to detect the diffusion law of alloying elements in 0.95c-1.45cr-0.35mn-0.25si bearing steel during annealing process,the database of tcfe7 and mobfe of dictra software were used to calculate the diffusion kinetics. The results show that c atoms diffuse rapidly in single fcc phase field and at last uniform,temperature and holding time have no significant influence on them;cr,si,and mn has the same diffusion mechanism,the initial solidifying field has lower solute than the subsequent,and has slight change after solidification. The improvement of segregation factor (cr) at 1300°C for 5h is better than at 1050°C, 1200°C for 10h.


Limestone area have mostly certain geological defects such as the internal cavities due to melting and fractured zone by external pressures. Especially, in case of constructing grand bridge, the treatment of the limestone cavities area having the geological defects is inevitable. In order to reduce foundation settlement and to reinforce the ground in the limestone cavities area, high pressure jet grouting has been carried out as a countermeasure method. Despite the fact that high pressure jet grouting method has already adopted at a lot of limestone cavities area, but the amount of research and technical data on the high pressure jet grouting have not been accumulated properly so for. Therefore this paper intends to investigate the strength characteristics and deformation characteristics for reinforced limestone cavities area by high pressure jet grouting method. In addition, load carrying capacity obtained by static pile load test with load transfer measuring system is analyzed.


The low productivity and long harvesting period of local black rice causes this plant to be rarely cultivated by farmers in Indonesia. One way to increase the genetic diversity of black rice is by using gamma ray irradiation. This study aims to determine the genetic diversity and heritability value of M2 generation black rice resulting from gamma-ray irradiation. The research was conducted in February - June 2021 at the Screenhouse Universitas Perjuangan Tasikmalaya. The genetic material used was black rice M2 generation resulting from gamma ray irradiation with doses 200 gy and PH5 as a control. The research was conducted in 2 experimental stages. The first experiment was in the nursery where M2 seeds were planted with 1000 seeds and 200 seeds for the control. In the second study, the M2 generation black rice mutant was planted with 250 seedlings without replication and the control 10 plants were repeated three times. The results showed that there was a chlorophyll mutation in the M2 generation lines which produced color variations including albino 0.5%, xantha 42%, viridis 5%, tigrina 0.5%, normal 52% at 21 HSS. The survival ability of the black rice mutant was smaller than that of the control. The heritability values in the broad sense of the high category and high genetic diversity were found in the number of productive tillers, the number of total grain, and the number of empty grain. M2 generation black rice irradiated with 200 gy gamma rays was able to provide a response of longer flowering time, narrower flag leaves, lower weight per plant, less filled grain, and increased number of empty grain compared to control (PH5).


The tragic characters in modern American dramatist and Nobel Prize winner Eugene O'Neill's plays are endowed with semiotic symbolic meaning. O'Neill is good at exploring the theme of human life and subjective root of tragic fate by describing the characters' self-spiritual conflicts. His tragedies have two remarkable features in delineating characters: one is to affirm the instinct for living in the life-and-death conflicts, showing the happiness of life and the fear to death; the other is to make a deep analysis of the personalities of the characters, playing a humanistic aria in the contradiction between lust for passion and for material, between Ego and Id. O'Neill's plays show us a new way to our self-realization of aesthetics.


The menaquinone composition of Micrococcus luteus strains grown in different media was examined. Cells of M. luteus IAM 1056 (type strain) grown in an ordinary complex medium contained MK-8 as the predominant menaquinone. On the other hand, this bacterium produced both MK-8 and MK-8(H2) as major quinones when grown in a chemically defined medium containing glutamate and pyruvate as carbon sources. Unlike the type strain, M. luteus strains IAM 12009 and IAM 12144 had MK-8 (H2) as the major menaquinone, independent of cell growth media. In all strains the total amount of dihydrogenated homologs relative to the total menaquinone content increased more or less in cells grown in the chemically defined medium. Carbon sources and Mgt + concentrations in the growth medium had minor effects on the menaquinone composition of the M. luteus strains. It is now recognized that the analysis of isoprenoid quinones involved in electron transport in the respiratory chain of bacteria provides invaluable criteria for their taxonomy (1, 2,11). Earlier work of Jeffries and associates (7,8) on the menaquinone composition of some aerobic gram-positive cocci was the first to demonstrate the value of respiratory quinones in microbial systematics. They reported that most strains of Micrococcus luteus contained dihydrogenated menaquinones with eight isoprene units (MK-8(H2)) as major isoprenoid quinones, while the strain now designated as the type strain of this species had MK-8 as the major type with significant proportions of MK-8(H2) and the next lower and higher homologs . Similar results were obtained by Yamada et al. (12). Later , Fujii et al. (3) found


In our study we have examined the awareness and attitudes of young people (18–24 years) in Hungary toward a special selection of items: as several countries in the world, Hungary also has its own list of domestic products, places and historical heritages, which are called 'hungaricums'. These items could be defined as the core elements of patriotism, thus they are able to induce strong ethnocentric behavior. Our aim was to differentiate the emotional attitudes by gender. To achieve that, we have designed an online survey in order to get a basic understanding about the young people's attitude toward the hungaricums and the gender differences in this age group. We have found that the hungaricums are known in this age group, but most of them has a really small spontaneous awareness. Based on the opinion of the respondents the most typical hungaricum is the schnapps ('palinka'), and the Ilcsi natural cosmetics are the less typical to our country. By analyzing the gender differences with using ANOVA method we could conclude that the evaluation of the females is significantly higher in eight cases. Based on this evaluation we grouped the hungaricums with using the MDS method, and our results show that there are also some differences between the males and females. This study is the first step of a complex neuromarketing study, where we examined the visual representation of the hungaricums in an fMRI machine. Further extension of the research project is to check the attention and interest with the usage of an eye tracking device.


AbstractThe rate of the oxidation of formic acid by thallium(III) in (Li, H)ClO4 solutions is not affected by variation in hydrogen ion concentration and the experimental rate law,
$$\frac{{ - d\left[ {T\left( {III} \right)} \right]}}{{d t}} = \frac{{k_1 K\left[ {T\left( {III} \right)} \right]\left[ {HCOOCH} \right]}}{{1 + K\left[ {HCOOH} \right]}}$$
 is consistent with the mechanism which requires the formation of intermediate complex [HCOOHTl]3+ in a rapid preequilibrium followed by its slow decomposition to yield the final products. At 75°,k1 andK have the values of 16±1×10−5 sec−1 and 7.3±0.5M−1 resp.


Part one Entrenching civilian oversight: the politics of civilian oversight - serious committment or lip service?, Colleen Lewis race, democracy and law - civilian review of police in Washington D.C., Cheryl Beattie and Ronald Weitzer back to the future - the death of civilian review of public complaints against the police in Ontario, Canada, Tammy Landau. Part two Evaluating civilian oversight: institutional structure vs political will - Albuquerque as a case study in the effectiveness of citizen oversight of the police, Eileen Luna and Samuel Walker evaluating the performance of external oversight bodies, David Brereton evaluating the new civilian complaints board in Israel, Sergio Herzog evaluating police complaints legislation - a suggested framework, Philip Stenning. Part three Extending civilian oversight: police accountability reform in Colombia - the civilian oversight experiment, Andrew Goldsmith the South African independent complaints directorate, Bronwen Manby confronting a culture of impunity - the promise and pitfalls of civilian review of police in Latin America, Rachel Neild accountability and police complaints in Northern Ireland - leaving the past behind?, Mary O'Raw and Linda Moore called to account - civilian oversigh in the Palestinian context, Beverley Milton-Edwards.


The aim of this dissertation thesis was to deal with rice and occurrence of biogenic amines in selected groups of natural cheeses. These amines can play important physiological functions at many microorganisms, plants and animals. On the other hand, higher concentrations of biogenic amines may have a negative effect on consumer health. Cheeses represent suitable environment for the rise of higher concentrations of biogenic amines. Number of microorganisms used in the cheeses production as feed microorganisms exhibit a marked positive decarboxylase activity. Thanks this reaction free amino acids appeared which are than decarboxylated to form biogenic amines. In the practical part, the content of biogenic amines in natural cheeses was monitored. The samples were taken from various stages of the technological process of production. Subsequently, the degree of ability to produce biogenic amines by means of microorganisms was investigated. The microbes were isolated and identified from cheeses. The decarboxylase activity of selected strains has been investigated in a real Dutch-type natural cheese which was made in laboratory. It has been found that representatives of the Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris CCDM 824 and CCDM 946 show a marked positive decarboxylase activity. Production of putrescine and tyramine at significantly high concentrations was observed. The putrescin amount at the end of the maturation time of both samples were greater than 800,0 mg.kg-1. During the monitoring of the decarboxylase activity of non-starter bacteria, it was found that in the presence of the Lactobacillus paracasei strain DEPE T51 and DEPE T52, no such rise of significant concentrations as in the case of Lactobacillus curvatus subsp. curvatus DEPE T3 and DEPE T36. The total amount of biogenic amines in Lactobacillus paracasei DEPE T51 and DEPE T52 did not exceed 100 mg.kg-1. For bacteria of the genus Lactobacillus curvatus subsp. curvatus DEPE T3 and DEPE T36, significant tyramine-positive decarboxylase activity was observed, because the tyramine concentration was from 188, 2 to 222,1 mg.kg-1. on the 90th day of maturation. Two samples inoculated by means of Lactobacillus curvatus subsp. curvatus DEPE T3 a DEPE T36 showed tyramine concentrations in 66% from total numbers of 8 biogenic amines which were studied.


We propose a method for fast approximation of the Voronoi diagram for a set of pairwise disjoint arcs on a plane. The arcs are represented by parameterized curves. A set of input curves is discretized into partition set, for which the Voronoi diagram is constructed. After merging corresponding Voronoi cells and removing redundant edges, the Voronoi graph is approximated by Bezier curves. We also propose the elaboration and optimization of the approximation. The total complexity of the algorithm is O N log N in the worst-case.


This paper aims to observe and analyze application value of ultrasonography in clinical diagnosis of gynecologic acute abdomen. The 180 cases of gynecologic acute abdomen were selected as the subjects. All the cases were examined by ultrasonography. The results of ultrasonography were compared with those of clinical diagnosis and then application effect and practical value of ultrasonography were analyzed. Among the 180 patients, ultrasonography revealed 80 cases, 6 cases, 4 cases, 10 cases, 12 cases, 40 cases, 24 cases of ectopic pregnancy, corpus luteum rupture, ovarian tumor torsion, acute uterine perforation, acute pelvic inflammatory disease, placenta previa and miscarriage, respectively. 176 cases were detected by ultrasonography, with coincidence rate of 97.78 % compared to results of clinical examination. Ultrasonography is of great application value for gynecologic acute abdomen. During operation, ultrasonography is convenient and non-invasive, safe and reliable. It features high coincidence rate in examination, worthy of promotion in practice.


Police in Skipton are appealing for information about a serious assault which left an 18-year-old man with facial injuries. The incident occurred when ...


ABSTRACT The assumed impossibility of forming a widely accepted view of social work is explained on the one hand by the contesting nature of social work definitions and on the other by a loss of professional identity since the 1960s. The aim of the article is to elaborate a third explanation based on the hypothesis that social workers adhere to their differing interpretations of common social work themes. The argument for this article is designed from Foucault's idea of a "thematic realm which reveals a set of possible interpretations." To reach the aim, we address the question of why Bartlett, who explicitly adheres to an individual view of a common social work theme, emphasizes her specific interpretation of what she identifies as the social work focus. By generalizing the answer to this question, a hypothesis on the motives for defining social work in terms of individual views of a common social work theme is developed. It is argued that the lack of a widely accepted view of social work is a consequence of social work being defined by individual social workers based on ideas beyond their immediate conscious control. Suggestions are made on how to educate social workers to reflect on their unexamined motives for adhering to dissimilar interpretations of social work common themes.


Rocket vehicles can be built by connecting individual rocket segments. These rocket segments are cylindrical shells with large radius-to-thickness ratios. Lifting lugs, welded to the shell walls, are often used during lifting and transportation of the rocket segments. Fracture mechanics analyses are required to demonstrate the lifting capability of lugs with weld cracks. This paper presents an investigation that uses a finite element analysis to model the cracked configuration of the shell and lugs. The virtual crack closure technique is used to evaluate the strain energy release rate at the crack front. Several models with different levels of fidelity are used to represent a cylindrical shell segment with lifting lugs: three-dimensional (3D) solid, shell, curved shell, and flat plate and two-dimensional (2D) models. The 3D solid curved shell model is considered the most realistic representation of the rocket segment because of the greater fidelity in the modeling of the through-the-lug-width and curvature effects. In this paper, the ability of the simplified models to accurately capture the 3D curved shell response is explored, and the 2D model is "tuned" to recover the 3D curved shell results. The successful correlation of the 2D to the 3D model is demonstrated for various crack lengths. The intent is to provide an efficient analytical tool for evaluating the strain energy release rate for multiple crack lengths by developing a "tuned" 2D model.


This paper investigates the welfare effect of forming a free trade agreement (FTA). To receive tariff-free treatment, firms must comply with the rules of origin (ROO). Outside firms could undertake either market-oriented or export-platform foreign direct investments (FDIs). ROO have the following effects: (i) An infeasible FTA may become feasible by deterring outside firms' FDIs, (ii) an FDI of a less efficient firm could replace that of an efficient firm, or (iii) FDIs made before the FTA is concluded might be eliminated. These potential effects complicate the welfare effect of the FTA and could decrease the consumer surplus.


The invention relates to a current detection circuit and a switch-type regulator provided with the same. According to the current detection circuit, sampled signals which are proportional to a switch tube current are generated though an image circuit. An average value calculation is conducted on the sampled signals by means of a current generation circuit and based on a switching period of the switch-type regulator and the average value calculation is conducted on the sampled signals based on a breakover duty ratio of the switch tube, so that an input current and an output current are obtained.


This study aims to examine and provide empirical evidence about the influence of third party funds of financing and Musharaka financing on profitability in Islamic banking are listed in the Indonesia Stock Exchange with non-performing financing as variable moderation during the period 2011 to 2015 a total of 55 Islamic banks. This study uses census in decision sampel. The data of this study used secondary data.. Data collection method used documentation. This study used multiple linear regression analysis regression analysis moderation funds. The test results indicate that the third party funds of financing and Musharaka financing has no effect on the profitability of Islamic banking but credit risk is apparent moderation.

Keywords: Third party funds , Mudaraba, Musharaka financing, profitability and ResikoKredit (NPF).


This study was conducted to examine digestibility of insect meals for Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) and their utilization as fish meal substitutes. The tested insect meals were mealworm, silkworm, black soldier fly, rice grasshopper, two-spotted cricket, dynastid beetle and white-spotted flower chafer. Apparent digestibility coefficients of the tested insect meals were 83–89% for protein, 91–98% for lipid, 84–90% for energy, 77–81% for dry matter, 28–36% for chitin, 76–96% for amino acids and 89–93% for fatty acids. The amino acid availability of insect meals was high in taurine (93–96%), arginine (91–95%) and lysine (90–95%). Availability of fatty acids were 89–93% for saturated fatty acids, 90–93% for monounsaturated fatty acids and 88–93% for polyunsaturated fatty acids. For a feeding trial, a control diet was formulated using 27% tuna byproduct meal as a fish meal source and seven other diets were prepared replacing 10% tuna byproduct meal in the control diet with each insect meal. Triplicate groups of shrimp (initial body weight: 0.17 g) were fed the diets for 65 days. The growth performance was significantly improved when the shrimp were fed black soldier fly or dynastid beetle included diet. Dietary supplementation of insect meals significantly improved non-specific immune responses and antioxidant enzyme activity in the shrimp. These results indicate that the tested insect meals have high potentials to be used as a protein source that could replace fish meal in diets for the shrimp.


Objectives To determine the prevalence and factors associated with hypotonia. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data source A search strategy was developed along with inclusion criteria and run in MEDLINE and EMBASE (published from 2002 to August 2012) databases to reveal all studies on the prevalence of hypodontia or associated factors. A hand search of reference lists and a Google search aimed to improve the sensitivity of the literature search. Selection criteria All studies on the prevalence of hypodontia or associated factors published from 2002 onwards were included. Abstracts of non-English papers were also analyzed. Data selection and extraction All potential articles were checked against the inclusion criteria independently, and in duplicate by two investigators. A checklist was used to assess the quality of selected studies. Main outcome Prevalence of hypodontia, excluding third molars. Results The overall prevalence of hypodontia was found to be 6·4% (95% CI: 5·7, 7·2). There was a statistically significant difference in the prevalence of hypodontia by continent (Q = 34·18, P<0·001). Prevalence of hypodontia was the highest in Africa: 13·4% (95% CI: 9·7, 18·0), followed by Europe (7% CI: 6·0–8·0%), Asia (6·3% CI: 4·4, 9·1) and Australia (6·3% CI: 5·3, 7·4) with a lower prevalence in North America (5·0% CI: 4·1–5·9) and Latin America and Caribbean (4·4% CI: 3·2–6·1). Females were found to have a higher prevalence than males (combined OR 1·22; 95% CI: 1·14, 1·30). The most commonly affected teeth were mandibular second premolars followed by maxillary lateral incisors and maxillary second premolars. The prevalence of mild, moderate and severe hypodontia was found to be 81·6, 14·3 and 3·1% respectively. Conclusions There was a high variation in the prevalence of hypodontia between the studies. African populations were found to have a higher risk for tooth agenesis and there was an increased risk for females to have hypodontia than males.


The present article describes the development of a method for optimised passenger-dependent connection planning. The objective is to minimise the additional lengthening of the overall journey time for all passengers affected due to planned or unplanned connections. First, the relevant parameters are determined (e.g. departure frequency of the train providing the service, passenger numbers, transfer times, arrival and departure times). Then the identified parameters are described in a graph-theoretic model. With the aid of a suitable algorithm, both station specific and line- or network-optimised connection strategies are calculated. The model also describes particular traffic and railway operating aspects (e.g. turnaround time, vehicle rostering, conflicts between individual train runs, scheduled departure structure). The model is transferred to a test environment and examined and verified in terms of its feasibility and benefit. The investigations carried out showed that this newly developed method can bring appreciable improvements in passenger-oriented connection planning.


A cleaning device having particular utility for cleaning a golf ball is disclosed. A holding element includes a bottom, an upstanding wall, and an inwardly directed lip which forms an opening. A cleaning element is held within the device such that it is easily engaged by inserting a portion of the golf ball through the opening. The lip extends inwardly by a distance such that, when the cleaning device is in a generally vertical orientation, the lip, wall, and bottom form a reservoir to prevent the leakage of a cleaning fluid. The cleaning fluid is preferably water. The cleaning element is made of synthetic material and includes a woven pad backing and upwardly directed filaments. The woven backing provides a plurality of cavities for holding the cleaning fluid, while the filaments provide a surface for scrubbing the portion of the golf ball. Artificial turf is the preferred material for the cleaning element.


An experiment is described where slow laser-cooled atoms are injected into a high-finesse optical cavity. Single atoms are trapped in the cavity light field and observed by measuring the light intensity transmitted through the cavity. Feedback-based methods are realized to extend the time the atom stays in the cavity. The influence of atoms on the cavity transmission and the light force on atoms in a cavity are also analyzed theoretically. This allows to study the motion of an atom in the cavity and to interpret the experimental transmission signals. The current limitations for the storage time are identified and a strategy to overcome them is suggested. Apart from that, a method is proposed which allows a two-dimensional position measurement of atoms in the cavity.


Small-scale farmers' adaptation decision in the face of climate variability and change (CVC) depends largely on their ability to perceive the impacts of CVC as well as their degree of vulnerability to these impacts. This research looks at the factors that influence small-scale farmers' adaptation decision faced with climate variability and change, with particular focus on Mbengwi Central Sub-Division, North-West Region of Cameroon. The study made use of household surveys to identify the impacts, determine vulnerability and assess the factors influencing small-scale farmers' adaptation decision. Data obtained from household surveys was analyzed using descriptive statistics (bar charts, percentage indices) and inferential statistics (Mann-Whitney test, Chi-Square, and the Binomial Logistic (BNL) regression model). Data analysis was done on Microsoft Excel 2007 and the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 17.0. Results showed that, following small-scale farmers' perceptions, crop productivity decline was the main impact of CVC (96.7%) and poverty the principal cause of vulnerability to CVC (98.3%). Mann-Whitney test results revealed that there was a significant difference between farmers' adaptation decision and six hypothesized continuous explanatory variables (age, household size, farm size, number of farms, annual family income, farm experience) (p<0.01). Chi-square test results revealed that there was a significant difference between farmers adaptation decision and some hypothesized discontinuous explanatory variables (perception of extreme weather events, access to weather information, access to extension services, access to credit, membership in farming groups and distance to markets) (p<0.01). Results of the BNL regression model showed that the main determinants of small-scale farmers' adaptation decision in the study area were age of household head, farm size and access to weather information (p<0.05).

 Key words: Climate variability and change, small-scale farmers, impacts, vulnerability, adaptation decision, North-West Region of Cameroon.


China is upgrading its bilateral investment treaties (BITs), and in the meantime embracing free trade agreements (FTAs), which can be accommodated to offer international investment rules (IIRs). A specific question in this regard will be: shall the investment issues be left to the upgraded BIT or proposed FTA? Given the trend that the investment rules embodied in the FTAs are increasingly intended to replace BITs between contracting states, this question, which poses a preliminary issue to the trade policy-makers of China and its partners, must be addressed from the public policy choice point of view. The paper argues for a sequencing of bilateral investment rule-making and proposes that unless the proposed FTA with investment rules is to leave policy space for the government, the BIT shall be given a due role to play in the course of economic integration between China and its partners.


Introduction: American Encounters with India in the Age of Sail Pioneering the India Trade Bridging the Divide Benjamin Carpenter, Master Mariner From the Journal of the Ruby Halcyon Days of Neutral Trade Heyday of the India Trade Encounter with the East From the Journal of the Belisarius From the Journal of the Derby Transformations & New Encounters Transitions William Augustus Rogers, Republican, Lawyer & Merchant From the Journal of the Tartar The Doldrums Decline of the Trade James B Briggs, Commander From the Journal of the Apthorp Revival Gruff Goods, Transcendentalism, & the Bhagavad Gita Edwin Blood, Supercargo's Clerk From the Journal of the Rockall Epilogue: First Impressions Index.


Understanding of physics of supersonic combustion is mandatory for future hypersonic air-breathing propulsion systems. In fact, in order to overcome Mach 5 flight speeds, a supersonic combustion ramjet (SCRJ), where combustion takes place in supersonic conditions is required. In a scramjet, the air entering the combustor is supersonic: this means that in a residence time of about a millisecond air and fuel must mix and react. Hence, mixing in supersonic combustion plays a critical role on the the combustion efficiency and its understanding is critical to properly address a working engine. In this paper a rigorous analysis of the vorticity generation and transport in supersonic flows has been done in order to understand the key parameters to improve mixing and combustion. This 3D LES of the HyShot supersonic combustor performed by means of a fairly dense grid of 50Mnodes showed that the baroclinic term is the primary responsible of vorticity generation. In fact, interactions among the airstream entering the combustor and the H2 crossflow jet, the heat released and the shock waves produce a vorticity rate of order of 10 Hz. This vorticity generation is mainly due to the baroclinic term that creates spanwise vortices just upstream the H2 injection. These vortexes are afterwards tilted and stretched by the vortex stretching in the streamwise direction. LES predicts a very fast and efficient combustion: only 0.2% of hydrogen is found unburned at the combustor exit. Comparison of pressures distribution along the wall centerline at 1.32 ms shows a good agreement, mostly in the first part of combustor, where the grid is much more refined.


the seasons have changed the farm. The magpies take to the peppers, the wild cats fatten with field mice and feed from the bam. My strawberries are spreading with such felicity! The drought coughed up its last windstorm some two months ago and you know we do not have to dust the china every day. This moment, Margaret my sister coughs from a real coldno hacking now from the dreadful summer mote. The modest bears promise: our winter crop is planted and all that remains is the watching, mounds curled to the walnut tree. I marvel at them whenever: from the kitchen window washing dishes, cooking, from the bedroom sewing the infinity quilt (yes, stilI! still! ) . Often we both find ourselves staring from these back windows, studying the completeness of rain. A stranger might think we seemed satisfied, nothing more, hopes stammering


In order to use low caloric value and components variable exhaust gas and raw gas from polygeneration system,a swirl premixed burner,whose swirl intensity is adjustable,was designed to obtain a highly efficient,less polluted and stable combustion.Factors which have effect on burner resistance characteristics and nozzle swirl intensity were studied in cold state experiments,by using electronic micromanometer and hot film anemometer.Effect law of the factors on the burner's basic performance is obtained.Results show that for swirl vanes with a slope angle of 30°,45°,60°,the burner will enter second mould area when Reynolds number equals to 11 000,with resistance coefficient equal to 0.209,0.269 and 0.428,respectively.Nozzle swirl intensity will keep constant when dimensionless distance between fuel tube and necking cross section is greater than or equal to 0.25-0.5.


Applying with Complexity Adaptation System Theory, these problems are discussed in this article, such as subject and marketing form of enterprise culture system, self-adaptation question in enterprise between environment and culture part and culture whole.


Translator's note: In January 1990, I asked a colleague to pass on to He Xin in Beijing a copy of The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs containing my translation of He Xin's report and my introduction to it.' He Xin subsequently wrote a response in March, which he requested be published in the Journal. I have annotated the letter and at the end have appended a few lengthier remarks for the reader's reference.


In order to carry out the new deal and promote enterprises,the Qing government set up the hypothec governor,an official ranked 4,under the jurisdiction of the province,who was to lead the hypothec office in charge of the enterprises of the province.In addition,a position of hypothec staff was set up under the county and township to lead the hypothec office(with one staff and no branches) to supervise and promote enterprises and make statistics of the local area.Together with the departments of agriculture,industry and commerce,the two offices constituted the systematic organs to supervise and manage the enterprises from the central government to the county and township.In prior studies,attention was focused on the folk forces concerning the economic contributions to the state with insufficient reference to the government.However,the enterprises of agriculture,industry,commerce,mining and communication under the two offices made great efforts and contribution to the development of the Qing Dynasty.


Young adults are more likely to be medically uninsured than any other age group: In 2008, 28.6 percent of individuals ages 18 to 24 and 26.5 percent of those between 25 and 34 lacked coverage. By comparison, less than one-fifth of per-sons ages 35 to 64 and less than one -tenth of children under age 18 were uninsured in 2008.


The basic education of countryside is the paramount of the educational undertaking,which will promote the adjustment of the industrial structure of the countryside,boost the process of industrialization and urbanization and solve the issues concerning agriculture,countryside and farmers fundamentally.The main problems in the basic education of the countryside are the following: the outdated education conception,the imbalance of education of the education resources,the weakness of the teachers' quality,and the soaring problem of the leftover children.To solve these problems,we had better take active measures: laying equal attention to the investment and conception support,"planning the three kinds educations as a whole",setting up the system to encourage the teachers in the cities to serve in the rural areas and the university students to support the countryside education,hastening the specialization of the countryside teachers,and reinforcing the theoretical research of the basic education of the countryside.


Antifreeze Proteins (AFPs) modify the growth rates and orientations of ice crystal facets through attainment of the best structural match. The insect-type AFPs have ice binding surfaces (IBS) with regularly spaced binding intervals in two directions that engage the primary ice surfaces and reduce their growth rates preferentially. The primary ice surfaces are kinetically stable and have fixed orientations, since they are strongly bonded in two directions. The fish-type AFPs have one-dimensional helical and irregular globular IBSs that are either linearly extended with regular ice binding intervals, or have ice binding sites lacking spacing regularity. They adjust the orientations of the secondary ice surfaces, that have indeterminate face indices since they are strongly bonded in only one direction. The fish-type AFPs stabilize secondary ice surfaces and adjust their orientations by mimicking strong bonding directions, that are not present in the ice structure. The theory agrees with experimental observation and explains hitherto unexplained phenomena. The observed broad variation in prismatic and, more importantly, pyramidal ice crystallites produced in the presence of fish-type AFPs is explained, since these faces are secondary. The observed crystals triggered by most insect-type AFPs are disk shaped, because they consist of primary ice surfaces. The allegedly exceptional ice pyramids triggered by the insect-type TmAFP are the primary ice pyramid with fixed indices, and entirely different from the pyramids of the fish-type AFPs.


: This article provides an optimized solution to the problem of passive shielding against static magnetic fields with any number of spherical shells. It is known, that the shielding factor of a layered structure increases in contrast to a single shell with the same overall thickness. For the reduction of weight and cost by given material parameters and available space the best system for the layer positions has to be found. Because classic magnetically shielded rooms are very heavy, this system will be used to develop a trans-portable Zero-Gauss-Chamber. To handle this problem, a new way was developed, in which for the first time the solution with regard to shielding and weight was optimized. Therefore, a solution for the most general case of spherical shells was chosen with an adapted boundary condition. This solution was expanded to an arbitrary number of layers and permeabilities. With this analytic solution a differential evolution algorithm is able to find the best partition of the shells. These optimized solutions are verified by numerical solutions made by the Finite Element Method (FEM). After that the solutions of different raw data are determined and investigated.


At this stage community based adaptation has not yet been clearly defined. We understand community based adaptation as an approach that is putting people in the centre of their own development, by facilitating a learning process that increases resilience and anticipatory capacity. It is not just a response to climate events and shocks, but rather a complex and holistic process that includes personal development and organizational development to ensure an enhanced problem solving capacity, and the capacity to anticipate events and plant so that future shocks are buffered.


Anterior glottic web is an abnormal scar tissue formation between the vocal folds, involving anterior commissure. Scarring procedure caused by damage to mucosal membranes of the vocal folds eventually can lead to glottic web formation, especially after laryngeal surgery involving both vocal folds. The conventional treatments of anterior glottic web have included keel, silicon or tube insertion. However, this presents risks of airway compromise and granulation tissue formation. CO2 laser web lysis has been widely used over the past decades. We introduced a novel, laser mucosal inversion technique for treating anterior glottic web and presented the case with a review of the related literatures. Korean J Otorhinolaryngol-Head Neck Surg 2014;57(10):716-9


Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) is a NAD+ sensitive deacetylase that has been linked to longevity and has been suggested to confer beneficial effects that counter aging‐associated deterioration. Muscle repair is dependent upon satellite cell function, which is reported to be reduced with aging; however, it is not known if this is linked to an aging‐suppression of SIRT1. This study tested the hypothesis that Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) overexpression would increase the extent of muscle repair and muscle function in older mice.


The field emission properties of the multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNT) with different length were studied. The results exhibit that the emission properties of these carbon nanotube films are intensively dependent on the length of carbon nanotubes and density of the film. The morphology of the different length MWNT films was investigated by scanning electron micrograph (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Large differences of field emission characteristics among these MWNTs are observed, and explained in terms of a variation of the field enhancement factor. The longest MWNT exhibits the best field emission characteristics among all of the MWNTs studied. As a consequence, the field emission characteristics can be optimized by controlled the physical parameter of MWNT such as the tip density and the nanotube length, and the density of its film.


espanolCausal inference, data analysis competitions EnglishA recent data analysis competition compared the performance of several methods for causal inference from observational data. However, sound causal inference requires not only adequate data analysis techniques but also subject-matter expertise about the causal structure of the problem under study. Therefore, until a methodology is developed to combine data analysis and subject-matter knowledge, causal inference competitions may only provide advice to practitioners under ideal conditions.


Low energy peri-trochanteric fractures may happen in the presence of a retrograde nail in the femur. The management of these peri-implant fractures are very rarely reported. This is a series of sev...


As a novel nanomaterial,multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) possess peculiar structures and superior chemistry stability,thermal stability and high specific surface area,which could be considered as one of the ideal absorption materials.In this paper,the synthesis of MWCNTs,the applications of MWCNTs in separation and enrichment of pesticide residues,metal ions,compounds of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHS) ,etc were reviewed so as to provide references to the further applications of the technology of solid phase extraction of MWCNTs.


With China's gradual popularization of the Internet, corporate e-commerce platform is the general situation. For the high value-added features, liquor industry is more meaningful to build e-commerce platform. This paper analyzes about liquor companies e-commerce platform functional requirements, the overall framework, the basic module design, and build construction strategies. And this paper takes Moutai online mall as an instance, and gives a detailed analysis of platform construction and its advantages.


The present invention, graft rejection, autoimmune diseases, for use in preventing or treating unwanted immune response and allergies to the therapeutic protein, to Interleukin -34 (IL-34) polypeptide isolated . The present invention also patient transplant rejection, autoimmune diseases, a in vitro method for determining whether there is a risk of an unwanted immune response or allergy to therapeutic proteins, biological obtained from the patient comprising determining the expression levels of IL-34 in the sample, provided the presence of IL-34 is, transplant rejection, autoimmune disease, the in vitro method of indicating the reduced risk of undesirable immune response or allergy to a therapeutic protein to.


Most studies have so far investigated the cognitive performances and amyloid status on brain PET scans in cognitively normal, cognitively impaired, or individuals with dementia. In this study associations between brain amyloid status and changes in cognitive performance over time in an at‐risk older general population without dementia or substantial cognitive impairment were evaluated.


Research regarding the electoral importance of race and ethnicity in congressional elections is limited by the overwhelming focus on general-election outcomes. This article seeks to extend this research by examining minority candidate emergence and electoral competition in U.S. House primary elections, using a new data set on all U.S. House contests between 1994 and 2004 that includes demographic information on all the candidates in the primary elections. The results indicate that district-level race and ethnicity are associated with minority candidate emergence; furthermore, the presence of minority candidates influences electoral competitiveness in primary elections.


The direction of community college missions and the public financing of those missions are issues that continue to draw intense attention in local, state, and national policy arenas. Gleazer's Values, Visions, and Vitality (1980) and Breneman and Nelson's Financing Coinunity Colleges: An Economic Perspective (1981) attracted widespread notice on the subjects a few years ago. Community college leaders have since spent a good deal of time and energy in responding to the discussion initiated by these and related studies. This important discussion will obviously continue in 1983-84, as it should. Community college missions are truly evolutionary in nature. There is, however, a tension evident between the interests which prevail at each of the major levels of policy formulation which catches the colleges in a crossfire of concerns. At the local operating level, community colleges see themselves most useful in serving highly individualized student purposes and localized community needs; state and national educational policymakers, in contrast, see the colleges as instruments for effecting broader social and economic change. While in theory and concept these different perspectives should not conflict, in specific program developments and their operations, they may often appear to be in opposition. Consequently, the question of who pays for what will remain high on the respective agenda of local, state, and national educational policymakers. This condition, we argue, both creates difficulties for community colleges and affords them a new opening for creative leadership.


Elastic-viscoelastic correspondence, utilizing Boltzmann integral operators, was used to generate displacement–time solutions for spherical indentation testing of viscoelastic materials. Solutions were found for creep following loading at a constant loading rate and compared with step-loading solutions. Experimental creep tests were performed with different loading rate–peak load level combinations on glassy and rubbery polymeric materials. The experimental data were fit to the spherical indentation ramp–creep solutions to obtain values of shear modulus and time-constants; good agreement was found between the experimental results and known modulus values. A multiple ramp-and-hold protocol was examined for the measurement of creep responses at several loads (and depths) within the same test. Emphasis is given to the use of multiple experiments (or multiple levels within a single experiment) to test a priori assumptions made in the correspondence solutions regarding linear viscoelastic material behavior and the creep function.


The authors have analysed twenty-eight cases in which a dolichocolon was demonstrated by x rays after an opaque enema, and illustrate their thesis with some excellent reproductions of radiograms showing redundancy of the whole or of parts of the colon. In the literature anything from 4 to 10 per cent. of cases examined with opaque enema show redundancy of the whole or of some segments of the colon, and the discovery of this condition does not necessarily lead to a useful result. Moreover, the treatment advocated by the authors-purgation and enematadoes not alter the anatomical condition, and so cannot be expected to improve the patient's health. The case records and illustrations are good, but the book is worth reading rather than studying.


Orthorhombic barium disilicide (BaSi2) is a novel ecologically friendly semiconductor. It has been the subject of much interest for applications in photovoltaic and thermoelectric devices. In this paper, orthorhombic BaSi2 are reviewed in detail from its crystal structure to grown methods, and then the concise discussions about research trends are presented.


The invention described herein generally with respect to systems and methods related to the imaging device and the wire guide system, the wire guide comprises a wire guide system (104; 104 '); bracket (105 and imaging means (113,112); 106), wherein said alignment means to align the stent at the imaging position of the welding zone for welding the rail system (100) (Z) of the upper. In particular, the stent (105; 106) supporting the wire guide (104; 104 ') so as to be positioned at the welding zone (the Z), and also the support can be positioned in an imaging device (112 on the weld zone (Z); 113 ). Scaffold welding region to be photographed and the imaging device is held in the wire guide is positioned at the welding zone (Z) as the center. Stent placement provides an imaging apparatus to provide video weld zone / imaging visibility, while allowing the adjustment of the imaging device with the wire portions or separate adjustment means for adjusting imaging to adjust the wire portion.


Introduction to broilers diet drug FORMI NDF during the growing period of birds, does not adversely affect the physico-chemical and microbiological characteristics of meat, which indicates its biological safety and the possibility of use in writing without restrictions.


Mot1 is an essential Snf2/Swi2-relatedSaccharomyces cerevisiae protein that binds the TATA-binding protein (TBP) and removes TBP from DNA using ATP hydrolysis. Mot1 functions in vivo both as a repressor and as an activator of transcription. Mot1 catalysis of TBP·DNA disruption is consistent with its function as a repressor, but the Mot1 mechanism of activation is unknown. To better understand the physiologic role of Mot1 and its enzymatic mechanism, MOT1mutants were generated and tested for activity in vitro andin vivo. The results demonstrate a close correlation between the TBP·DNA disruption activity of Mot1 and its essentialin vivo function. Previous results demonstrated a large overlap in the gene sets controlled by Mot1 and NC2. Mot1 and NC2 can co-occupy TBP·DNA in vitro, and NC2 binding does not impair Mot1-catalyzed disruption of the complex. Residues on the DNA-binding surface of TBP are important for Mot1 binding and the Mot1·TBP binary complex binds very poorly to DNA and does not dissociate in the presence of ATP. However, the binary complex binds DNA well in the presence of the transition state analog ADP-AlF4. A model for Mot1 action is proposed in which ATP hydrolysis causes the Mot1 N terminus to displace the TATA box, leading to ejection of Mot1 and TBP from DNA.


Pricing discrepancies in the Iberian stock market are assessed. The estimation results suggest three conclusions. When considered individually each of the three stock markets considered, Frankfurt, Lisbon and Madrid Stock Exchanges, constitutes an almost perfectly integrated market. Even though the achieved level of integration between the three pairs of the stock markets considered is large, it can be improved upon. The level of integration achieved by the Iberian stock markets is lower than the one achieved between each Iberian market and the Frankfurt market.


A project report for the National College for School Leadership, exploring issues of effective leadership in ethnically diverse schools. The paper collates the views of school leaders, staff, students and community representatives.


A layered product comprises a layered chalcogenide of at least one element with an atomic number of 4, 5, 12-15, 20-33, 38-51, 56-83 and greater than 90, inclusive, and columns of a chalcogenide of at least one element selected from the groups IB, IIB, IIIA, IIIB, IVA, IVB, VA, VB, VIA, VIIA, VIIIA in the periodic system, which separate the chalcogenide layers, at least one of the chalcogens in the layered chalcogenide and in the columns being different from oxygen.


Flat, rectangular displays consisting of 2, 3, 4, or 6 vertical grey stripes, alternately light and dark gray (NCS 3500 and NCS 6000, respectively) were presented one at a time illuminated by two identical projectors. One projector illuminated the upper half of the display through a yellowish colour filter (Strand Golden Amber), and the other one illuminated the lower half through a bluish colour filter (Kodak Wratten 80 A). The display appeared ambiguous, periodically and spontaneously shifting between two distinct 3-D shape percepts, A and B. Display A appeared vertically folded along the reflectance edges ('shape from shading', where the dark fields appeared to be attached shadows). The colours were quite saturated yellow and blue surface colours. There was no colour constancy; Display B appeared horizontally folded along the illumination edge like a roof ('shape from shading', where one of the illuminations appeared to be an attached shadow). The display now appeared very desaturated, even achromatic, but in a 'warm' illumination. The colour constancy was almost complete. The phenomenon is demonstrated with a slide, and some psychophysical data on the colour desaturation and on the frequency of shifts between the two percepts are reported as well as some observations on combinations of illuminant colours other than yellow and blue. The reported colour constancy phenomenon is discussed in relation to an earlier presented model for the perception of illumination, colour, and depth [S S Bergström, 1994, in Lightness, Brightness, and Transparency Ed. A Gilchrist (Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates)].


Internet banking acceptance level is increasing due to the fact that it made transaction easy. It provides access to personal accounts and general information on bank products and services through computers or other technological devices. The aim of this study is to provide the empirical evidences of internet banking acceptance while analyzing differences in demographic and social differences. The data of 117 respondents were analyzed using SPSS. The study used TAM in order to investigate the user's behaviors and attitude toward using a new information system. Findings suggested that perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and attitude of users may vary in using internet banking and age and education are the significant factors for acceptance.


Undoubtedly, Nigeria is the topmost producer of energy and gas in the entire African continent. However, there is an abject poverty in the country and the global financial crisis and weaknesses of conventional financial system in predominant Muslim countries including Nigeria have not made the experts to critically explore Islamic financial surplus for energy and gas investment in order to solve the problems of needy and poor in the country.  There is need to bridge the gap of financial inclusion with specific attention on energy and gas investment with specific attention on Islamic financial surplus in order to improve the living conditions of the needy and poor in the country.  It is essential to utilize financial surplus derivable from energy and gas investment for sustainable financial inclusion for enhancing living condition of the needy and poor people in the society. Shari'ah compliant investment is emphatically stressed as a central climax of this study. Qualitative research design was employed in this paper using content analysis and   systematic literature review. The results of the study demonstrated that Islamic financial surplus can be instrumentally related to energy and gas investment where the surplus can be adequately used for empowerment of the needy and poor people in the society. By emphasizing on Islamic financial surplus especially in connection with energy and gas investment, it will expand the understanding about Islamic economy system for financial inclusion beyond banking sector. Thus, adequate use of Islamic financial surplus in energy and gas sector will practically reduce high rate of abject poverty among the needy and the poor in the Nigerian society by attaining economic growth.  Most studies on Islamic financial surplus are emphatically on banking sector. This study expands the understanding of the Islamic financial surplus by importantly relating it to energy and gas sector.


Francis Bacon's utopian fragment New Atlantis was originally prized by its 17th-century readers for its connection with the 'Great Instauration' (the author's plan for reforming the sciences), and for its close link with Sylva Sylvarum, the natural history with which it was first published. Modern scholarship has ignored the importance of Sylva to New Atlantis, which was intended to demonstrate how advances gained through the Instauration might actually be implemented for the greater benefit of humankind. I hope to show that, although Bacon's more theoretical philosophical treatises argue for a scientific method purged of fanciful language and back-door theology, the 'simpler', more referential language used in Sylva Sylvarum and New Atlantis nevertheless demonstrates the author's clear recognition that the success of the new science depended to some extent upon the strength of its figurative language, and that very often it was through the 'poetry' of metaphor, analogy and symbol that religion was re-inserted back into Bacon's natural philosophy.


A description is given of a new species of pontoniinid prawn commensal with bivalves of the genus Placuna. The species is close to members of the genus Conchodytes but differs in extreme flattening and consequent modifications which can be taken as adaptations to its peculiar environment. In behaviour and morphology it differs strikingly from the well known bivalve commensal Anchistus custos Forsk&l but is equally well adapted for its commensal life. The presence of filtratory mouthparts represents an unusual adaptation. Redescriptions and morphological comments are also given for two little known commensal porcelain crabs. In these also it is possible to explain many of the morphological peculiarities in functional terms.


and germinal-centre B cells, which seem to be essential for the efficient production of antibodies. Generation of CD84-deficient mice will clarify the role of this receptor in mediating interactions between T and B cells. How does SAP itself contribute to adhesion between T and B cells? SAP-dependent signal-ling downstream of the SLAM-family receptors may induce changes in the expression of other adhesion molecules, such as integrins, that are involved in interactions between T and B cells. But the introduction of a signalling-deficient version of SAP into SAP-deficient CD4


2601 Objectives As low as reasonably achievable is a standard of practice that Nuclear Medicine Departments strive for. While low badge readings are desirable, badge readings must reflect the actual exposure to the staff. The annual review of Nuclear Medicine Technologist badge readings revealed conflicting data. Body badge readings were reasonable compared to the workload and historical data. Ring badge readings however, fell below the level of the body badge. Extremities tend to experience a higher exposure in Nuclear Medicine due to the handling of radiopharmaceuticals. The objective was to have ring badge readings more accurately reflect occupational exposure. Methods The low ring badge readings were first discussed with technologist staff during the annual Radiation Safety review. The decision was made by leadership to enact an educated, watchful waiting approach. The staff was reminded at a technologist meeting to comply with the badge policy. Nuclear Medicine leadership reviewed results after the first two quarters to evaluate compliance. The technologist staff was provided with anonymized results and individuals still not in compliance were counseled. Results were reviewed again once again after the third quarter and individuals once again counseled. Results The quarterly average for ring badge readings in 2014 was 60 mrem versus the quarterly average for body badges of 76 mrem. For first quarter 2015, ring badge readings rose to 119 mrem. By second quarter, the badge readings were 333 mrem. After repeat education and individual counseling, third quarter badge readings were 449 mrem. Individual results in the third quarter demonstrated two technologists with readings lower than expected. Badge readings will continue to be monitored for appropriateness. Conclusions An increase in badge readings would typically not be desirable, unless the readings are a more accurate reflection of practice. Body and ring badges should be worn when preparing or handling radiopharmaceuticals in order to ensure compliance with exposure limits set forth by the NRC. If badges are provided, they must be worn and worn properly to ensure an appropriate reflection of occupational exposure.
Exposures are reasonably low in this department and staff had become indifferent to complying with the badge policy. This evaluation helped to support the principle of remaining vigilant, not only to abide by regulations but also to ensure a more accurate representation of extremity exposure. This is particularly important as patient volumes increase in areas such as PET/CT, especially with the introduction of very short-lived isotopes with higher activities. Accurate exposure results will help ensure that proper workflows and shielding designs have been created and adjustments to do not need to be made. Re-educating the staff and providing updates was sufficient to correct the behavior and return badge readings to a more expected range.


The paper presents a portablc hydraulic weighing system.Since the hydraulic converter has a good capacity of dynamic load and has no any special demand on foundation,it particularly suits for overbalance checking of trucks in high-type road.


Deaf-mute people regularly confront communication challenges with people who can hear and speak as the primary means of communication they use is sign language. People often do not have the time and knowledge required to interpret gestures of people relying on sign language and hence either the people feel neglected or rely on a professional interpreter. This could be problematic, however, especially in emergency situations like murder, road accident, robbery, etc. where an interpreter might not be immediately available and there is an urgent need to communicate. In this paper, we study sign language recognition by implementing deep learning techniques on the open-source Word-Level American Sign Language (WLASL) Dataset. We perform hand recognition on the video frames followed by feature extraction using state-of-the-art convolutional neural networks and then perform classification on the image sequence by using a recurrent neural network. We compare the performance of several architectures by using various metrics like validation and test accuracy, precision, recall and F1-score. We also test the working of the system on different sizes of label set to check possible scalability.


In this paper, two different fabrication methods, which are dip-brazing and vacuum-brazing, are applied to Ka-band waveguide slot array antenna for radar system. Dip & vacuum brazing needs a different jig design and layer composition for manufacture in the same design model. The validity of each method is verified by comparing between the simulation and the measurement result. According to the result, it is found that both fabrication methods are available for Ka-band waveguide slot array antenna.


One kind endorectal coil (1) comprises a tube (40), the expander (44) and one or more conductive elements (64). Said tube (40) configured for insertion into the rectum (42). The spreader (44) is configured to be positioned at the distal end of the tube (40), and mechanically expanded to the surrounding tissue after compression of the tube (40) is inserted. The one or more conductive elements (64) are tuned to receive magnetic resonance data, said one or more conductive elements (64) are provided at at least one of the following: the tube (40), said the expander (44), and adjacent to the tube and the spreader.


The formation/cause of Ashmari, according to Ayurved Srotovaigunya, is due to Dushit Kapha located in Basti in conjunction with Pradushit Vata and Pitta. Dosha vitiation begins in the Mutravaha Sansthan, is catalyzed by the presence of an incipient lesion, and is eventually blamed for the pathophysiology of Mutrashmari. Excruciating pain over Nabhi, Vasti, or at Sevani, Medra during micturition, sudden stoppage of urine flow, blood stained urine, twisting and slitting of urine, aggravation of pain during running, toileting, and other symptoms of Mutrashmari continue in accordance with symptoms of urolithiasis as defined by modern science. Urolithiasis is the third most prevalent urinary tract disease. Urolithiasis causes pain, lost work time, medical bills, hospitalization, and renal failure in the most productive years of life.


CONTEXT
Paget's disease of bone (PDB) is a metabolic bone disease, whose genetic cause remains unknown in up to 50% of familial cases.

OBJECTIVE
Our aim was to investigate the underlying genetic defect in a large pedigree with a severe, early onset, autosomal dominant form of PDB across three generations.

METHODS
Whole exome sequencing was performed in affected and unaffected family members, and then mutation screening was replicated in a sample of PDB cases with early-onset, polyostotic PDB.

RESULTS
We identified a frameshift D107Rfs*3 mutation in PFN1 (encoding for profilin1, a highly conserved regulator of actin-polymerization and cell motility) causing the truncation of the C-terminal part of the protein. The mutation was also detected in a 17-yrs old asymptomatic family member that upon biochemical and radiological analyses was indeed found to be affected. Sequencing of the entire PFN1 coding region in unrelated PDB cases identified the same mutation in one patient. All mutation carriers had a reduced response to bisphosphonates, requiring multiple zoledronate infusions to control bone pain and achieve biochemical remission over a long term. In vitro osteoclastogenesis in PBMCs from mutation carriers showed a higher number of osteoclasts with PDB-like features. A similar phenotype was observed upon PFN1 silencing in murine bone marrow-derived monocytes, suggesting that the frameshift PFN1 mutation confers a loss of function in profilin 1 activity that induces PDB-like features in the osteoclasts, likely due to enhanced cell motility and actin ring formation.

CONCLUSIONS
Our findings indicate that PFN1 mutation causes an early onset, polyostotic PDB-like disorder.


The journeys of the protagonist of Philip K. Dick's novel Valis across different personalities, points in time, and realities become a penetrating exploration of the very fabric of the real through his heteromorphic cosmogony that can serve as a paradigm to understanding Dick's literary-philosophical matrix. Whether a diagnosis or a profound insight into other realities, both insanity and schizophrenia in Valis develop into a means to diagnose the nature of reality by projecting the microcosm of an individual to the macrocosm of the entire universe and vice versa. Dick's earlier major works of fiction are reflected in Valis as is Valis reflected in them in a way that shows the line between insanity and reason, and reality and hallucinations, is not only thin but often non-existent. Unlike many who consider themselves normal, Dick never recoiled from an opportunity to embark on an exploration of other realities, both in life and in his fiction, as is evident from the close and intimate connections among them.


TmHE foundations of American education have been seriously undermined by the war. Elementary education is in danger because of the shortage of teachers. Three factors have contributed to this shortage: (i) the attractive wages paid by war industries, which drew teachers away from their positions and students away from college; (2) a lack of understanding that teaching is of paramount importance to the nation-that it was a war job equal in importance to any; and (3) the low prestige of the teaching profession in general and of elementary-school teaching in particular. Added to these is the too prevalent idea that less training and ability are required to teach small children than are required to teach older pupils. High schools are also affected by the teacher shortage, but the consequences of the shortage are more far reaching in the elementary field; for it is here that the foundations of an education are laid, and the use of poor teaching material here may weaken the whole structure of a child's life.


Abstract:Intensifiers have been the focus of a number of studies over the past decade, with considerable interest in their meaning and variability. Several scholars have discussed the use of such forms, particularly in English (Ito and Tagliamonte 2003, Tagliamonte 2008) and Spanish (Brown and Cortés-Torres 2013; Kanwit et al. 2017), exploring their structure and sociolinguistics. The objectives of the current analysis are 1) to explain the use and behavior of the canonical intensifier muito and its more colloquial counterpart bem; and 2) to understand this dichotomy in four varieties of Portuguese, namely Angolan, Brazilian, European, and Mozambican. Previous studies have shown that intensifier variation in English (e.g., very versus really) and Spanish (e.g., muy versus bien) is sensitive to a variety of language-internal and -external factors. Using a Digital Humanities-informed approach with corpus data from Corpus de referência do português contemporâneo (CRPC) and Spoken Portuguese Corpus (SPC), we show that the distribution of Portuguese muito and bem, while semantically parallel to that Spanish muy/bien, displays a wide range of dialectal nuances. This work is the first to provide a comprehensive account of the behavior of intensifiers in Portuguese, both within and across dialects.


Abstract  Background: Endovascular repair of the thoracic aorta has shown reduced morbidity and mortality compared with open surgery. We describe our experience with endovascular stent grafting in the treatment of acute thoracic aortic pathology. Methods: From October 2003 to January 2008, 25 patients underwent endovascular stent graft repair of the thoracic aorta. The underlying pathology was a complicated Stanford type B dissection (n = 13), a symptomatic or ruptured thoracic aorta aneurysm (n = 6), a symptomatic penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer (n = 5), or a traumatic aortic injury (n = 1). There were 21 males and four female patients with a mean age of 61.3 years (30–91 years). Routine surveillance included clinical evaluation and contrast‐enhanced spiral computed tomography scans before discharge and at 3, 6, and 12 months after the procedure and yearly thereafter. Results: Stent graft placement was technically successful in all patients. There was no intraoperative mortality. Hospital mortality was of two patients (8%). Paraparesis occurred in one patient (4%). Average intensive care unit and hospital stay was 1 and 10 days, respectively. The mean follow‐up was 30 months (range, 7–53). Late mortality was in one patient (4%), due to a type A dissection. During the follow‐up, four patients (16%) required a second procedure for type I endoleak. Conclusions: Mortality and morbidity in our small series were low. Close follow‐up is mandatory and long‐term results have to be awaited.


Abstract : Combustion modeling is an essential tool for the prediction of flame characteristics as well as for the optimal design of combustors. Although, chemical kinetic mechanisms of hydrocarbons have been widely studied, molecular transport data of those species, especially for molecules with a large number of atoms, have not yet experienced similar focus. The Chapman- Enskog solution of the Boltzmann transport equation (C- E), whose validity is limited to low- density gases with the assumption of spherical interactions between molecules, produces a mathematical expression for mutual diffusion coefficients. This equation, however, has been extensively employed to determine transport properties of significant non- spherical molecules in high temperature conditions. In addition, the C- E equation is difficult to apply since it requires the knowledge of collision integrals, collision diameters, and energy well depth, all of which are experimentally determined quantities for each pair of molecules. The goal of this study has been to determine accurate diffusion coefficients of hydrocarbons using all- atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and to propose new correlations to improve the prediction of diffusion coefficients for molecules with non- spherical symmetry. The effects of molecular structure on diffusion have been determined for components of jet fuel surrogates. The results have been compared with available experimental data.


Draft letter from George Washington Walker to J.S. Hampton, surgeon on the ship "Sir George Seymour', concerning Pentonville prisoners on board, January 1846.


The leaf epidermis of 13 species ferns 8 family in Shanxi were observed.The results showed that there were 7 types of stomatal apparatus:anomocytic type,anisocytic type,amphianisocytic type,diacytic type,polocytic type and axillocytic type.The outline of the epidermis cell was usually tetragonal,pentagonal,hexagonal or irregular.These feathers could provide abundant evidences for systematic of fern.


An analysis is developed for investigating the response of a rotor-fuselage system in a three-dimensional gust field wherein the gust velocity conponents can have arbitrary variation in space and time. Each rotor blade undergoes flap bending, lag bending and torsional deflections. The blades are divided into beam elements and each element consists of fifteen nodal degrees of freedom. Quasi-steady strip theory is used to obtain the aerodynamic loads. Unsteady aerodynamic effects are introduced through dynamic inflow modeling. Dynamic stall and reverse flow effects are also included. The fuselage is allowed five degrees of freedom: vertical, longitudinal, lateral, pitch and roll motions. The gust response equations are linearized about the vehicle trim state and the blade steady-state deflected position, and then solved by time integration. The blade bending moments, which determine blade stresses, are evaluated using the force summation technique. Systematic studies are made to identify the importance of several parameters including dynamic stall, forward speed, lag stiffness, gust profile, gust penetration rate and gust velocity direction.


According to current thinking, pneumonia begins when pathogens invade the sterile lower respiratory tract, a process that leads to activation of the innate immune response to produce local and systemic inflammation. A 1960s article in Time magazine speculated that "bacterial and viral diseases will have been virtually wiped out" by the year 2000. Eight years into the new millennium, pneumonia is still a significant public health problem in the United States and the world. Not only has the incidence of pneumonia increased, but new threats have emerged with highly virulent pathogens with epidemic potential, such as the Coronavirus (SARS) and avian influenza. Moreover, with an increasing older population in the developed world, the actual incidence of pneumonia has increased. In the last century, the life expectancy of a 65-year-old individual has increased by 7 years. (CDC data, accessed Jun 6, 2008). Today, it is not uncommon to care for octogenarians in the hospitals, including the ICU setting. Older persons are predisposed to more infections, and with a higher degree of severity. The outcome of infections in the elderly is often more adverse, which is inherently related to comorbidities and declining reserve in each organ system. It is estimated that one million elderly patients develop community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in the US every year, with S pneumoniae being the commonest etiology. In this issue of the Journal, Chong and Street have systematically reviewed the literature dealing with the management and outcome of pneumonia in this population, including CAP and health care-associated pneumonia (HCAP). In assessing severity, the modified British Thoracic Society criteria (CURB-65: confusion, urea, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and age 65) is more userfriendly than the PSI (pneumonia severity index), with a negative predictive value exceeding 95%. Patients with a CURB-65 score of 2 have a favorable outcome, and baseline functional status is an important predictor of outcome. While increasing age is associated with higher mortality, the antibiotic options are no longer influenced by age. In patients with nursing homeacquired pneumonia, the need for transfer to an acute care setting depends on the patient's wishes; in these patients, the antibiotic combination should cover for S pneumoniae, H influenza, Gram-negative rods, and S aureus. An ounce of prevention is indeed worth a pound of cure, and vaccination takes center stage. Strong data support yearly influenza vaccination; pneumococcal vaccination is also strongly recommended and is likely to blunt the invasiveness of the disease. Additional preventive practices include good hand and oral hygiene, and minimizing aspiration with elevation of the head of the bed. Despite improved understanding in the prevention and management of pneumonia, much needs to be done to improve short and long-term outcome in these patients. It is disturbing that the mortality of pneumonia has not changed significantly since penicillin became available, and that patients discharged from the hospital after an episode of CAP have a decreased 1-year survival. This may be partly related to our attention focused at decreasing bacterial burden and the failure to appreciate that uncontrolled inflammation, triggered by the infection, is the central pathogenetic process causing short and long-term morbidity and mortality in pneumonia. Importantly, two recent longitudinal studies, the largest involving 1886 patients, found high levels of circulating inflammatory cytokines three weeks after clinical resolution of CAP. This finding underscores how profoundly clinicians have underappreciated the duration of systemic inflammation in patients with pneumonia. Moreover, persistent subclinical inflammation at hospital discharge was associated with this increased 90-day mortality. Modulation of the inflammatory response is one option that is being investigated to improve outcomes in community-acquired pneumonia.


This review summarizes previous mechanistic studies on reactions of dihalocarbenes with carbonyl compounds where dihalocarbonyl Ylide was suggested to be the intermediate.The structural factors such as steric effects of substrates,electronic effects of substituents,Captodative effect of the carbonyl Ylide intermediate,and radius of the halogen atoms that influence the stabilities and conformations of the dihalocarbonyl Ylides and their following reaction pathways are also discussed.


The rate at which hydrogen (H {sub 2}) or a volatile organic compound (VOC) exits a layer of confinement in a vented waste drum is proportional to the concentration difference across the layer. The proportionality constant is the gas transport characteristic. A series of transport experiments were conducted to determine H{sub 2} and VOC transport characteristics across different drum filter vents and polymer bags. This report reviews the methods and results of past investigators in defining transport characteristics across filter vents and polymer bags, describes the apparatus and procedures used in these experiments, compares the reported and estimated transport characteristics with earlier results, and discusses the impact of changing the transport characteristic values used in model calculations.


The results of analyzing experimental data using a parametric approach may heavily depend on the chosen model. With this paper we describe computational tools in Splus for a simultaneous selection of parametric regression and variance models from a relatively rich model class and of Box-Cox variable transformations by minimisation of a cross-validation criterion. For this we use modifications of the standard cross-validation criterion adapted to each of the following objectives: 1. Estimation of the unknown regression function, 2. Prediction of future values of the response variable, 3. Calibration or 4. Estimation of some parameter with a certain meaning in the corresponding field of application. We describe how the accuracy of parameter estimators is assessed by a "moment oriented bootstrap procedure". This new procedure and its refinement by a bootstrap based pivot ("double bootstrap") is also used for the construction of confidence, prediction and calibration intervals. The use of our tools is illustrated by an example.


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The purpose of this study was to determine the organizational system for coaching tennis athletes at PELTI Lampung Province. This research is included in qualitative research. Sampling was done by purposive sampling to select research subjects. In this study, interviews, observations, and documentation were used to collect data. The interactive data analysis model was used in this study, which consisted of three parts: data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the PELTI Lampung Province uses one form of organization, namely the single form. PELTI Lampung Province is led by one general chairman who oversees several coordinators, so that all decisions rest with the general chairman. Any activities that will be carried out by each division or member must be known and approved by the general chairman of the Lampung Province PELTI. The process and planning of activities are carried out by members of the Lampung Province PELTI so that the chairman only approves for reasons that are in accordance with the needs of the Lampung Province PELTI.


AbstractBiochar's capacity to remove pathogens from stormwater can vary by orders of magnitude, which makes it challenging for stormwater managers to select specific biochar from suppliers. In this...


The purpose of this paper is to analyze managerial efficiency of korean red pepper farm by region contributing to strengthening korean red pepper industry's competitiveness. Average technical efficiency, pure technical efficiency, scale efficiency of Korean red pepper farm were all analyzed as inefficient. Regionally Jeju, Jeonnam, Kangwon, Kyungbuk were in order relatively high in technical efficiency and pure technical efficiency while Kangwon, Jeonnam, Kyungbuk, Chungnam were in order relatively high in scale efficiency.


This paper discusses the convergence of the finite element approximation for the forward problem of electrical impedance tomography with the complete electrode model. When the domain is polygonal and conforming finite element method is employed with linear triangle or tetrahedron elements, we prove that the estimated voltages on the electrodes converge to the true ones up to an additive constant, as the sizes of elements in the underlying mesh all tend to zero.


Figure 2. Significant functional connectivity changes between seed STN and the rest of the brain in a sample of PD patients in a response to particular treatment stage: (a) 24 PD patients withdrawn from levodopa medication and after a dose of levodopa treatment, in agreement with literature. (b) Subset of 13 PD patients not treated at all and treated with unilateral left DBS, indicating a mixture of 'true' and false-positive results. 1 Structural (T1w) Functional (EPI)


In this paper, electromagnetic crystals constituted by 2D arrays of dielectric rods with a circular cross section and rectangular‐lattice configuration are analyzed, and the transmission and reflection efficiencies are determined. The high convergence rate of the proposed technique is demonstrated. Results are presented for both TE and TM polarizations, showing the efficiencies as a function of physical and geometrical parameters. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 39: 433–437, 2003


Introduction: On both Mercury and the Moon, pyroclastic deposits and endogenic vents are commonly found within impact craters (e.g., [1], [2]). It has been hypothesized that this co-location results from stalling of ascending magma in the relatively lowdensity brecciated zone beneath craters prior to explosive volcanic eruption [3–5]. However, the specific localization of vents, the presence or absence of crater floor fractures and the inferred style of explosive volcanism differ on the two bodies, indicating differences in the nature of sub-surface magma storage. We compare the morphology, scale and tectonic association of pyroclastic deposits and vents in complex craters on Mercury and the Moon. We find that deposits and vents are larger on Mercury, and are consistent with a longer period of higher-pressure magma storage than in lunar cases. We propose that the best explanation of these differences is deeper magma storage resulting from the compressive regime in Mercury's crust, indicating that the regional stress regime may play a significant role in the nature of subcrater magmatic intrusion on terrestrial bodies. Site selection and analysis: We selected 16 sites on Mercury and 15 on the Moon where candidate vents occur in impact craters in association with a surrounding diffuse-margined spectral anomaly interpreted to be a pyroclastic deposit (Fig. 1). On Mercury, we selected previously-identified [5] sites where MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) images suitable for photogrammetry were available. We selected lunar examples from previously-identified [1,6] sites where the presence of pyroclastic deposits is relatively uncontroversial. Only sites occurring within complex craters (30–120 km diameter on Mercury, 30– 140 km on the Moon) were selected, so that subsurface crater-related structures could be considered broadly comparable across the sample set. The horizontal extent of deposits on Mercury was determined by observation of a relatively bright, redsloped spectral anomaly in color composites combining reflectance in MESSENGER Wide-Angle Camera images. Lunar deposit extent was determined by observation of low reflectance at ~1000 nm in M 3


Introduction: Blood flow and hemodynamic of the transplanted liver has an important predictive role in the survival of the patients. We aimed to determine the diagnostic value of early post-operative color doppler ultrasonography (CDU) for detecting vascular complications following liver transplantation at our center.
Materials and Methods: In this prospective study, consecutive patients who underwent deceased donor liver transplantation between March 2016 and March 2017 were enrolled. Color Doppler ultrasonography was performed within the first week following surgery. The follow-up CDU was performed after 1 year from the liver transplantation. Using the findings of follow up CDU as the reference standard, we calculated values of the capability of the initial CDU in the diagnosis of the hepatic artery, portal vein and intrahepatic veins' stenosis, including the level of agreement, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and diagnostic accuracy.
Results: The data of 50 patients were analyzed in this study (mean age=38.9±13.2 years, 26 [52%] men). In the initial ultrasonography, 16 cases had hepatic artery stenosis, 4 cases had portal vein stenosis and 4 patients had IVC stenosis. The diagnostic value of the early postoperative CDU for hepatic artery stenosis, portal vein stenosis, and other vascular stenosis were 71.9, 96.0, and 62.0, respectively.
Conclusion: Early post-operative CDU is a safe and feasible method that can detect the development of hepatic artery or portal vein stenosis in liver transplant recipients with a low to moderate positive predictive value and a high negative predictive value.


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We thank Dr Bunni for his letter and the opportunity to better clarify the strategy we adopted to treat a case of a large appendiceal mucinous neoplasm (AMN).


The present invention relates to a method comprising: an image display apparatus using a method and his content management, the method provides obtaining the available content information for each of a plurality of content sources; A step of, displayed on a screen into a plurality of lists configured differently from each other according to two or more classification item information on the content provided from the plurality of content sources using the obtained content information; And a step of requesting metadata for at least one content included in the content list to the SDP (Service Delivery Platform) server; Receiving meta-information about the at least one of a content request to the server, and displaying such that, including the meta-information and at least one thumbnail corresponding to the respective content corresponding to the content; includes.


Measuring the innovation efficiency of high-tech industries correctly is critical for technical gap narrows and industrial policy making which can help in improving the innovation capability. In this study, we propose a novel measurement framework based on knowledge based view and the innovation efficiency is broken down into development efficiency and transformation efficiency. To confirming this new framework, we employ stochastic frontier analysis technique and a unique panel data set of high-tech industries cross-region in China from 2010 to 2014. Results indicate that trans-log function is fit for measuring the development efficiency and Cobb-Douglas function is fit for measuring the transformation efficiency. It also provides evidences that innovation inefficiency exist in China's high-tech industries although the overall trend of efficiency is increasing.


Mitchell Schwaber, Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tenn), Miles Pensak, University of Cincinnati, and Loren Bartels, University of South Florida (Tampa), have reviewed the neurotologic complications of chronic otitis media at three university centers. This paper, presented Jan 15, 1988, at the Southern Section meeting of the Triological Society, Birmingham, Ala, emphasizes that earlier recognition and treatment of these problems has often not occurred in spite of the development of sophisticated diagnostic imaging techniques. This is attributed to the widespread use of newer broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy, which has decreased the prevalence and altered the clinical presentations of these complications. This paper presents 12 representative cases and considers the varied presentations, current diagnostic techniques (including the newer imaging studies), and appropriate surgical and medical treatment methods emphasizing concomitant use of newer antibiotics. Comment. —The current management of neurotologic complications of otitis media is a timely subject that merits consideration by all otolaryngologists. Additional