We describe progress and initial results achieved towards the goal of developing integrated multi-conductor arrays of shielded controlled-impedance flexible superconducting transmission lines with ultra-miniature cross sections and wide bandwidths (dc to >10 GHz) over meter-scale lengths. Intended primarily for use in future scaled-up quantum computing systems, such flexible thin-film niobium/polyimide ribbon cables could provide a physically compact and ultra-low thermal conductance alternative to the rapidly increasing number of discrete coaxial cables that are currently used by quantum computing experimentalists to transmit signals between the several low-temperature stages (from ∼4 K down to ∼20 mK) of a dilution refrigerator. We have concluded that these structures are technically feasible to fabricate, and so far they have exhibited acceptable thermo-mechanical reliability. S-parameter results are presented for individual 2-metal layer Nb microstrip structures having 50 Ω characteristic impedance; lengths ranging from 50 to 550 mm were successfully fabricated. Solderable pads at the end terminations allowed testing using conventional rf connectors. Weakly coupled open-circuit microstrip resonators provided a sensitive measure of the overall transmission line loss as a function of frequency, temperature, and power. Two common microelectronic-grade polyimide dielectrics, one conventional and the other photo-definable (PI-2611 and HD-4100, respectively) were compared. Our most striking result, not previously reported to our knowledge, was that the dielectric loss tangents of both polyimides, over frequencies from 1 to 20 GHz, are remarkably low at deep cryogenic temperatures, typically 100× smaller than corresponding room temperature values. This enables fairly long-distance (meter-scale) transmission of microwave signals without excessive attenuation, and also permits usefully high rf power levels to be transmitted without creating excessive dielectric heating. We observed loss tangents as low as 2.2 × 10−5 at 20 mK, although losses increased somewhat at very low rf power levels, similar to the well-known behavior of amorphous inorganic dielectrics such as SiO2. Our fabrication techniques could be extended to more complex structures such as multiconductor cables, embedded microstrip, 3-metal layer stripline or rectangular coax, and integrated attenuators and thermalization structures.


In the 1995 Kobe earthquake, different bearing fractures were observed in isolated bridges. Piers and bearings were the first and second vulnerable structural elements. The estimation load due to f...


This case details a patient with PD who underwent bilateral STN DBS for refractory tremor who initially responded well to surgery with a bipolar programming configuration. Seven years after the initial surgery, the patient developed recurrent tremor symptoms and was found to have an open circuit at an active contact. Attempting to use similar settings at an adjacent contact did not sufficiently recapture benefit. While revision surgery was being considered, thorough re-evaluation of functioning contacts demonstrated benefit of tremor control when switching back to a monopolar configuration. The patient has had sustained benefit since that time (~2 years) without requiring a hardware revision. The case demonstrates that in the event of a stable hardware abnormality such as an open circuit, careful reprogramming can be used in select cases in an effort to provide sustained clinical benefit without the need for invasive or costly revision surgery.


Painan Carocok beach is one of the tourism assets that became the mainstay of the South Coastal District. However, the development of beach tourism Painan Carocok is still not maximized. This research was conducted by using the SWOT analysis method that will formulate the right strategy to be applied in the construction and development of beach tourism Carocok Painan. By analyzing the internal factors of strengths and weaknesses and the external factors of opportunities and challenges. The method used in data collection is the primary and the secondary. From the results of this study indicate that the potential is the main attraction beach location Carocok Painan close and easily accessible by four wheel drive and two-wheel. Of the potential there is still a threat to the development of Coastal Tourism Painan Carocok this, but the threat is still low compared to the potential of the community that is the irresponsible and ruin the beauty of the beach as well as other supporting facilities. The main weakness lies in the implementation of certain events in locations attraction is still lacking. The main opportunities that can make Carocok Beach Painan into a tourist destination .. From this we can conclude that the right strategy is to use the ST strategies that harness the potential of the strategy to deal with the threat and WO strategy is a strategy that minimizes the weaknesses in order to seize opportunities in the development of Painan Carocok beach tourism. Keywords: Internal, External, SWOT


This volume brings together eleven studies previously published elsewhere since 1990. The introduction states that six have been the subject of local updating, while five have been more thoroughly reworked, especially those that are the result of combining two earlier articles or conference papers. Three pieces (études 7–9) deal with de oppositis compositions, of which Occitan has startlingly few, all of them, moreover, differently classifiable. There is one study devoted to Flamenca, another on Sordel, and two on types of dialogue. Another, somewhat isolated piece presents Wallada, female poet of al-Andalus, and suggests that, by her singularity and raunchiness, she resembles a trobairitz. The three remaining studies revolve around Guilhem IX's notorious 'Red Cat' poem, debunking the rather breezy psychoanalytical readings of the song first advanced in the 1980s and emphasizing the Arabic influence on the first troubadour. The usefulness of reissuing these somewhat outdated psychoanalytical studies is debatable, however: Lacanian approaches to medieval literature have moved on considerably over the past twenty years or so, although the footnotes do not recognize this. It is similarly frustrating to see A. R. Nykl and Évaniste Lévi-Provençal still adduced as the most recent authorities on the 'arabisant' question, and few would now look to the work of István Frank or Rita Lejeune for explanations of scribal behaviour or the divergences of manuscripts C and NNV. Patrice Uhl's studies, however, are built on engagement with such scholarship, and revising the bibliographical references will not be sufficient to produce analyses that have the same pertinence today. The main threads connecting all the studies are supplied by Pierre Bec's idea of the Occitan contre-texte and Paul Zumthor's claim of 1972, quoted several times, that the medieval poetic tradition 'est assez puissante pour intégrer sa propre contestation' (p. 133); but Uhl does not draw on the work of more recent critics who have transformed our view of the troubadour lyric by developing the notions of dialogue, contradiction, and intertextuality within the tradition. An associated problem is the view, fundamental to the author's approach, of the canso as having a monolithic doxa, a kind of serious, rule-bound ideal of cortezia and fin'amor, whereas troubadour scholarship over the last decades has in many respects highlighted and explored the much more fluid, paradoxical, playful, and slippery nature of the poetic practice of trobar and the ideology it vehicles. While Uhl has a number of interesting insights and points to make, these remain isolated and the reader is frequently driven to exclaim 'but what about the work of X or Y?'. The fundamental weakness of this collection is that it is simply not in touch with Occitan literary scholarship and most especially the huge amount of material published by Italian specialists over recent years.


Low back pain (LBP), the most common musculoskeletal disease, is the leading cause for disabilities among the elderly. Existing techniques for LBP diagnosis such as invasive bone pins or X-Ray imaging have problems of being invasive, radiative, or requiring bulky equipment. Patients cannot move freely when being monitored with these techniques. Piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer (PMUT) based wearable sensors, form a promising alternative for vertebra kinetics monitoring as they do not cause exposure to ionizing radiation, have low power consumption, and a small form factor. This paper demonstrates a linear PMUT array designed for this purpose and its imaging of vertebra phantoms.


Abstract Many interpretative institutions today focus increasingly on narratives, storytelling, and the personal experiences of historical and everyday figures. Providing access to oral histories through a vocabulary focused on describing these stories and experiences is a unique and effective way to share these narratives. This article is a case study of the development of a controlled vocabulary for the oral history collections at The National WWII Museum.


Nonradiative decay pathways associated with vibronically coupled S1(ππ*)–S2(nπ*) potential energy surfaces of 3‐ and 5‐hydroxychromones are investigated by employing the linear vibronic coupling approach. The presence of a conical intersection close to the Franck–Condon point is identified based on the critical examination of computed energetics and structural parameters of stationary points. We show that very minimal displacements of relevant atoms of intramolecular proton transfer geometry are adequate to drive the molecule toward the conical intersection nuclear configuration. The evolving wavepacket on S1(ππ*) bifurcates at the conical intersection: a part of the wavepacket moves to S2(nπ*) within a few femtoseconds while the other decays to S1 minimum. Our findings indicate the possibility of forming the proton transfer tautomer product via S2(nπ*), competing with the traditional pathway occurring on S1(ππ*).


Alloying and impurity elements are more or less segregated at surface and grain boundaries of metals and alloys. Surface analytical techniques have been applied to characterize the segregation behavior, and provided characteristic features of each element. The present paper reviews some typical results of the segregation or enrichment behavior of the elements in polycrystalline alloys, especially steels, and discusses the effect of the microstructure on the surface and grain boundary segregation.


The free-induction decay (FID) after saturation by a laser radiation pulse of finite duration is studied for systems with spectral diffusion. The exact solution of the FID signal shape has been obtained in the framework of a model of noncorrelated spectral exchange. The analysis accounts for the finite duration of the saturating field and is valid at an arbitrary value of the spectral exchange rate and amplitude of the coherent field. An exact expression for the FID signal is derived in the weak-external-field limit. A self-consistent explanation of the experimental field dependence of the FID rate [A. Szabo and T. Muramoto, Phys. Rev. A 39, 3992 (1989)] is obtained using a model of slow noncorrelated spectral diffusion.


These notes are based on a course given to Masters-level students in Cambridge. Their scope is the basic theory of Schramm–Loewner evolution, together with some underlying and related theory for conformal maps and complex Brownian motion. The structure of the notes is influenced by our attempt to make the material accessible to students having a working knowledge of basic martingale theory and Itô calculus, trying to keep the complex analysis tools at a minimum.


From the first sentence of Twaddle the breakdown of the concept of Health into Disease, Illness and Sickness has had many occasions to debate among sociologists of medicine and health. But as is understood today this multidimensional concept among users of Twitter? What are the most important associations that emerge from the tweets? A survey of tweets from USA reveal interesting associations, related to an interpretation of this multidimensional concept linked to everyday life.


Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (also referred to as ADHD) depicts a very common, chronic, neurobiological, medical, brain-based, behavioural disorder (Olivier, Gomes & Greyling, 2009:237), with psychiatric co-morbidities, such as depression, anxiety, substance abuse and behavioural disorders (Gooding, 2007a:40), often continuing through childhood and adolescence, into adulthood (Sherman, Rasmussen & Baydala, 2008:347; Weyandt & DuPaul, 2008:311; Young & Amarasinghe, 2009:116).


This study deals with some strategies and skills to reading comprehension in hnahnu language focused to young and adult people by means of different models already known. In the theoretical and methodological framework some linguistics theories that have contributed to this methods, are mentioned, as well as the description to this proposal based on communicative approaches using stories. The meaning of the text is obtained from both contextual clues given step-by-step during the lessons and the background knowledge of the reader. These strategies comprise two memory systems: a visual memory system and a semantic memory system. The former one includes detectors registering and recognizing the text as a whole as well as the characteristics thereof such as titles lines and paragraphs, while the later recognizes the semantic representation of the words and sentences of the reading. The syntax is taught through reading. The reading process begins with the recognition of the whole text using some strategies previously provided to the students. This proposal perceives the reading as a process of making hypotheses and predictions, rather than a data driven model. Reader shifts from one sequence of a cycle to another and makes hypotheses on the contextual meaning of the text. Five processes are employed in said cycles: a) recognition, b) introduction, c) prediction, d) confirmation, e) correction and ending. Finally, the notion of an interactive reading proposed in this study has shed light on a new perspective of reading as an active process of reading comprehension in a native language: the hnahnu. Techniques and skills explaining the detailed stages of reading comprehension are mentioned in chapter IV.


For assisting shipboard helicopter in landing safely,an assisted landing technology for shipboard helicopter was proposed based on computer vision.The contents of the technology include image segmentation for identifying the landmark from desk,extracting corner of landmark in image with Harris corner detecting implement,establishing the function between corner of landmark and its projection point in image based on perspective projection principle,computing functional relation matrix with least square technique,and decomposing relation matrix to get relative position and orientation between shipboard helicopter and ship.The experiments with simulated data show that the relative position and the attitude data for shipboard helicopter can be estimated by the approach in real-time,which remain high accuracy still under the interference of image testing error.


Active shape model (ASM) statistically represents a shape by a set of well-defined landmark points and models object variations using principal component analysis (PCA). However, the extracted shape contour modeled by PCA is still unsmooth when the shape has a large variation compared with the mean shape. In this paper, we propose a regularized ASM (R-ASM) model for shape alignment. During training stage, we present a regularized shape subspace on which image smoothness constraint is imposed, such that the learned components to model shape variations should not only minimize reconstruction error but also obey smoothness principle. During searching stage, a coarse-to-fine parameter adjustment strategy is performed under Bayesian inference. It makes a desired shape smoother and more robust to local noise. Lastly, an inner shape is introduced to further regularize search results. Experiments on face alignment demonstrate the efficiency and effectiveness of our proposed approach.


Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is changing at a rapid pace due to accumulated mutations in the viral genetic code over time. As new variants of the virus continue to emerge and replace previous versions of the variants, therapeutics and vaccines are being constantly monitored and reviewed for their efficacy against the new strains. With the surge in new omicron sub-variants across the nation, U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued emergency use authorization to a new monoclonal antibody therapy called bebtelovimab replacing the previous sotrovimab that was effective against Omicron BA.1. The main objective of the paper is to review the current treatment options available to treat non-hospitalized mild-to-moderate COVID-19 caused by the new omicron sub-variants BA.2, BA.4, and BA.5. Scientists, pharmaceutical companies, and researchers have been proactive in conducting randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trials to test the safety and efficacy of therapeutics in managing COVID-19 in addition to testing the vaccine efficacy against new strains. The paper focuses on reviewing the results of these randomized controlled trials. The oral antiviral options paxlovid and molnupiravir, and intravenous (IV) bebtelovimab continue to show their efficacy against the new sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5. It is important for everyone to stay well-informed of the new treatment options and only opt for those medications that are currently authorized for use in treating mild-to-moderate COVID-19.


The new construction variant of the broadband antenna with operated field polarization on a basis three-branch conical spiral antenna is offered and realised. Results of mathematical modelling are considered, optimum geometrical parametres of radiators are chosen.


Objective To investigate the clinical manifestations,diagnosis and management of neurosyphilis.Methods The clinical features,neuroimages,laboratory findings and therapy of 9 patients with neurosyphilis were analyzed retrospectively.Results Of the 9 cases with neurosyphilis,7 cases were males,and had a history of frequent sex outside marriage.2 cases were females,and her spouses were neurosyphilis.All 9 cases of neurosyphilis,rapid plasma reagin circle card test(RPR) and treponema pallidum hemagglutination assay(TPHA)test of both serum and CSF samples were positive,Penicilin was the first choice for effective treatment.Conclusions Patients with neurosyphilis may present diverse clinical symptoms at the beginning of the course,therefore it is misdiagnosed easily at the first visit.It is important to comprehend that positive syphilis antibody test in serum and CSF is specific for the diagnosis.Penicilin is the first choice for effective treatment.


This article explores the emergence of La Familia Initiative, a Latino parent-organizing project at a public middle school. Motivated by their urgency to improve their children's schooling and enhance their opportunities for a better high school experience in the future, the participants organize to establish a more inclusive partnership with the school. The paper examines the foundation of the project's success, as well as the dynamics of participation taking place as these parents begin to organize independently of the school, with the goal of achieving a more active voice in the education of their children, and thus in the school community. The paper also investigates how families and communities, who have been traditionally under-served by the educational system, can participate effectively in the education of their children when the conditions for their involvement are facilitated, and their culture and particular ways of participating are validated and developed. Parent empowerment projects open symbolic spaces of leadership and participation in school and in society and have the potential to become valuable exercises in grassroots democracy and community self-determination.


HighlightsA two-factor randomized block design was used to study the influence of experimental factors on indicators.Specific fracture energy can indicate the relationship between mass and power.A cotton stalk model was established using the discrete element method (DEM).Abstract. Effectively chopping of the mixture of mulch film and cotton stalk recycled by machine is the only way to achieve subsequent separation of the materials. Cotton stalk is one of the main components of the mixture. According to the working principle of a chopping device, the bending and fracture characteristics of cotton stalk samples were measured. A two-factor random block design was used to study the effects of moisture content and sample location on the plant on the mechanical characteristics of the stalk samples. According to the results, the specific fracture energy of the stalk samples was calculated. The results showed that the relationship between the moisture content and bending performance of the samples was an inverse proportional function in general. However, when the moisture content was 20% to 30%, the fracture energy in the double-support bending tests was low, which was therefore the most suitable condition for chopping. In addition, a cotton stalk model was established using the discrete element method (DEM), and the optimal parameter combination was determined. Compared with the actual test results, the model error of the peak bending force was 1.20%. This study can support the analysis of chopping device simulation and material preparation in experimental research. Keywords: Bending fracture characteristics, Cotton stalk, Discrete element method, Three-point bending test.


For some time now, the children of second or third generation migrants in cities like Paris, London, Los Angeles or Berlin have been producing new hybrid cultural forms that lend globalisation the kind of friendly, colourful and peaceful face that it desires. In certain ways, this development was reflected in art biennales during the 1990s. Their dramatic rise in that decade meant that these events were redefined as key disciplinary places where contemporary international art developments could be displayed in parallel to the changes in the world market under globalisation. Before Documenta 11, they classically became situations where the 'other' and the 'exotic' were compelled to 'come out' as a gesture of self-assertion, yet were truly there in order to make them


Atherosclerosis is a chronic and multifactorial disease accompanied by an imbalance between resolving and pro-inflammatory lipid mediators. Targeting lipid signaling might offer new therapeutical targets for improving the clinical outcome in cardiovascular disease patients. We considered lysophosphatidylinositol (LPI) and its receptor G protein-coupled receptor (GPR)55 as a potential modulator of atherosclerosis. Its role in regulating atherosclerosis and B cell function is unknown.
 We hypothesize that GPR55 signaling affects atherosclerosis by regulating B cell function.
 Atherosclerotic plaques were compared between apolipoprotein-E-deficient (ApoE−/−) and ApoE−/−Gpr55−/− mice after 4 to 16 weeks Western Diet (WD; 0.15% cholesterol; n=12–15 per group). To test the role of B cell GPR55, we generated mixed chimeras by irradiating low density lipoprotein receptor deficient (Ldlr−/−) mice and reconstituting with a mixture of μMT and wildtype or μMT and Gpr55−/− bone marrow cells. Circulating B cells were sorted and bulk RNA sequencing analysis was performed. We performed atheroma plaque characterization, qPCR and ELISA of tissue lysates and measure plasma immunoglobulins. Circulating and tissue leukocyte counts were determined.
 We confirmed Gpr55 expression on circulating B cells, which was higher compared to T and myeloid cells. ApoE−/−Gpr55−/− mice had significantly larger plaques after 4 & 16 weeks WD compared to ApoE−/−, with increased body weight & cholesterol levels. In addition, global Gpr55 deficiency resulted in enhanced aortic pro-inflammatory cytokine mRNA expression, a massively upregulated IgG levels and increased counts of splenic germinal center and plasma cells. ApoE−/−Gpr55−/− B-cell RNA-seq analysis showed 460 differential expressed genes compared to ApoE−/−. The main pathways affected were calcium ion transport, immunoglobulin production, T & B cell activation, and cellular response to stress. B cell specific Gpr55 deficiency blunted the metabolic effects but still translated in larger atherosclerotic plaques and elevated plasma IgG levels.
 Both global and B cell-restricted Gpr55 deficiency promotes atherosclerosis and is associated with a pro-inflammatory phenotype.

 Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): The authors received funds from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (STE1053/6-1, STE1053/8-1 to S.S. and SFB1123 to S.S., C.W. and L.M.), the German Ministry of Research and Education (DZHK FKZ 81Z0600205 to S.S.) and the LMU Medical Faculty FöFoLe program (1061 to R.G.P.). I.H. is supported by the DFG (HI1573/2 and CRC1425 #422681845).


We show that Golod-Shafarevich algebras can be homomorphi- cally mapped onto infinite-dimensional algebras with polynomial growth, un- der mild assumptions of the number of relations of given degrees. In case these algebras are finitely presented, we show they can be mapped onto an infinite dimensional algebras with quadratic growth. This answers a guestion by Zelmanov. We then show, by an elementary construction, that any sufficiently regular function % n log n may occur as the growth of an algebra.


Basically, this book emphasizes the socio-political significance of the Eucharist, in which the Bread of the Economy and the Bread of the Eucharist are brought together. The question is: What does it mean to be Church on the one hand, and to act politically and in solidarity on the other? In the face of the radical crisis in the world, how does one experience the Church as bearer of hope and giver of consolation? It is important that the Church should not be averse to reforms which help to emphasize a sense of belonging, solidarity, especially with those in need, and service to the people, placing the poor at the centre of the Eucharistic community of solidarity, where they experience communion and solidarity in the Christian sense. This book has been translated with Artificial Intelligence.


Singapore has many large and educationally valuable digital collections and is planning the development of many more. These digital collections contain historical, cultural and scientific multimedia objects, along with learning objects. At present, school teachers and pupils find it hard to locate many of these resources using traditional search engines. This paper describes a research investigation into the design and subsequent development of a prototype digital resource discovery portal (Digital Content Exchange) based on Semantic Web technologies, and explores some of the educational issues raised. The research project explored how the features of the Semantic Web might offer valuable additional educational benefits and affordances beyond that of those based on existing information retrieval technologies.


T H E S I N G A P O R E F A M I L Y P H Y S I C I A N V O L 3 7(4) (S U P P L E M E N T 2) O C T O B E R D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 1 : 35 ABSTRACT The prevalence rates of hypertension are expected to increase globally. Hypertension accounts for the majority of stroke and at least half of heart attacks. Blood pressure lowering results in significant reduction in coronary artery disease events and stroke. Therapeutic intervention in high normal blood pressure delays the onset of hypertension but its long term benefits are uncertain. In hypertension with co-morbidities, the lower achievable blood pressure may not be better in view of concerns over the J curve effect of excessive blood pressure reduction. Hypertension predisposes to the onset of diabetes which may be accelerated by certain classes of anti-hypertensive agents, namely diuretics or beta-blockers. In the very elderly, the cardiovascular benefits of blood pressure lowering can be substantial. Improved cardiovascular outcomes are achieved by combination therapies which have clearly demonstrated pronounced blood pressure lowering and higher control rates. Certain drug components of the combination therapy may be preferred to improve cardiovascular outcomes. Dual renin-angiotensin aldosterone system blockade should not be routinely used but is indicated for hypertensive patients without heart severe heart failure or chronic renal disease with heavy proteinuria. The many advantages of single pill combination therapy will improve the overall management of hypertension.


Objective To study the cerebral protective and resuscitative effects of puerarin on the capillary vessels and hemorheological indexes in rabbits.Methods Four-vessel occlusion method's was used to make the completely cerebral ischemia-reperfusion model.Forty healthy rabbits were randomly divided into four groups:the operation control group,the cerebral ischemia group,the cerebral protective group(Pur 30mg·kg~(-1) iv 5min before ischemia)and the cerebral resuscitative group(Pur 30mg·kg~(-1) iv 5min after reperfusion).After 20 min ischemia and 60min reperfusion,we examined the hemorrheologic indexes of arterial blood and the ultrastructural changes of vascular endothelial cells in cortical area.Results In the cerebral protective and the cerebral resuscitative group,compared with the operation control group,we observed significant decrease of blood viscosity and beneficial changes of red blood cell characteristics(P0.05 or P0.01).The electronic microscope examination of endothelial cells also showed milder pathological injury changes such as the membrane repair of mitochoudrions and nuclei in those two groups.Puerarin pretreatment showed better protective effects than its resuscitative group(P0.05 or P0.01).Conclusion Puerarin has better protective effects against cerebral ischemia.Those effects may be due to ameliorating the hemorheological indexes and improve cytothesis and regeneration of vascular endothelial cells.The exact molecular mechanisms need to be studied further.


In this study the motor, prefrontal, and somatosensory areas of the sheep cerebral cortex were defined on the basis of their thalamic afferents traced with the horseradish peroxidase method.


An anatomical bone fracture plate for inferior margin of pelvis arcuate line relates to the manufacturing technology of surgical instruments and is applied to fixation of pelvis fracture of a human body. The anatomical bone fracture plate for the inferior margin of the pelvis arcuate line is a spatial arc-shaped curved body which is identical to anatomic surface morphology of the inferior margin of the pelvis arcuate line. Retaining screw holes (3) are disposed on the plate and two sides of the plate are disposed equal-strength grooves (4). The anatomical bone fracture plate for the inferior margin of the pelvis arcuate line can be used as a pattern plate of the inferior margin fracture reduction of the pelvis arcuate line, is beneficial to testing fracture reduction effect and can meet requirement for internal fixation of different pelvic inlets. The anatomical bone fracture plate for the inferior margin of the pelvis arcuate line is designed to be an anatomical shape, thereby reducing remodeling time-consumption in an operation, preventing repeating remodeling from affecting the strength of the bone fracture plate in the operation, effectively reducing the problems of injuries of surrounding soft tissues during testing of the pattern plate and fracture reduction loss, and especially reducing sufferings of patients. The anatomical bone fracture plate for the inferior margin of the pelvis arcuate line can also reduce the risk of the operation and complications and improve success rate of a pelvic fracture operation and treatment effect.


Unarguably, Anglo-French relationships as a whole should be regarded as a pretty unique build up of a huge historical capital of distrust, firmly embedded in the two nations' collective memory! Like it or not, William, Eleanor, Bouvines, Agincourt, Louisiana, Acadia, Waterloo, Fashoda, Dunkirk and Mers el Kebir, to name but a few, are still lively names in the back of many individuals' minds on both side of the Channel. The permanent cautiousness to say the least which characterizes the relationships of the two nations, is reinforced by a significantly different approach to the economics and the politics of today's world. Clearly, the United Kingdom is an open market and a traditionally worldwide trading nation, free enterprise minded, despite the fact that, in recent decades Her Majesty's Governments have cleverly been using an invisible hand to preserve the nation's financial if not industrial 'jewels of the crown'. Since the War, Britain's foreign policy towards Europe has remained largely ambiguous. Britain has never completely abandoned the dream of making Europe an open and free market, but only where its fairly unique financial and trading skills could prosper, if not dominate. Conversely, France remains a very Colbertist, Jacobin and interventionist nation. It is, maybe more than ever, a country of corporativism and, thus still attracted by the demons of protectionism. Clearly, since the war, French foreign policy's main efforts have legitimately tended to restore and maintain France's independence and pride, whilst actively promoting the idea of a strong Europe embodied in grandeur a la franqaise, rightly or wrongly, often at the price of rather tense relationships with the Anglo-Saxon world. In the more specific area of defence, the difficulties of finding an understanding and building a truly open and cost effective procurement system, beneficial to the UK and France are, of course, even more perceptible. Defence is by definition very much a national matter and defence procurement, within the defence sphere itself, is an even more sensitive area as, indeed, it can affect a great variety of highly political and sensitive parameters: national independence and foreign policy, industrial landscape and employment, exports and domestic affordability of weapons systems. More precisely, sensible defence procurement between Britain and France means that those two proud and somewhat arrogant nations have to concede political, technical and manufacturing grounds to one another and accept some form of loss of independence, concessions on foreign policy, intrusions in the shaping of industry, and last but not least the inevitable jobs casualties, a price that fewer and fewer politicians are prepared to PayBut should the real questions about defence procurement not be: What is the aim? What is it that Governments are trying to achieve? There again, it seems that both France and Britain are trying to reconcile the irreconcilable. At one end of the spectrum, the United Kingdom has, as far back as twenty years ago, conceded all the necessary grounds for the market to rule its defence industry, far more efficiently and more affordable than in the past. Whilst maintaining a clearly declared will to remain the faithful ally (if not the secular arm of the US in Europe in its widest geographical sense) Britain has seen an increasing benefit from narrowing the gap with the EU, notably in defence. Quite clearly, the UK dreamticket remains being the bridge between the EU and a US-led NATO, by being the good and honest broker of a


In this paper,the writer reviewed current situation of Chinese medicine graduate student education connected practices,and put forward some effective approaches.


Two papers involve precision sectioning techniques, which allow direct correlation between the fracture surface topography and the underlying microstructure. Nenonen et al evaluate different steels that are characterized by a bainitic microstructure and have found that the bainite packet size and orien tation are very influential in the fracture process. They also indicate that tear lines and holes on the fracture surface are due to the crack changing direction at high-angle packet boundaries. Krishnadev et al apply precision sectioning techniques to evaluate high-strength low-alloy steels and iron-base alloys with different microstructures under a variety of testing conditions to gain an un derstanding of fracture mechanisms. In their fatigue studies at various test temperatures, the results indicate enhanced fatigue lives at low temperatures. In their single-overload studies, the results show that chemical composition, temperature, strain rate, and mode of loading affect the fracture surface topography.


This paper presents a large scale, quantitative investigation of the impact of discipline differences on the student experience of using an online learning environment (OLE). Based on a representative sample of 2526 respondents, a number of significant differences in the mean rating by broad discipline area of the importance of, and satisfaction with, a range of elements of an OLE were found. Broadly speaking, the Arts and Science and Technology discipline areas reported the lowest importance and satisfaction ratings for the OLE, while the Health and Behavioural Sciences area was the most satisfied with the OLE. A number of specific, systematic discipline differences are reported and discussed. Compared to the observed significant differences in mean importance ratings, there were fewer significant differences in mean satisfaction ratings, and those that were observed were less systematic than for importance ratings.


The progress in molecular biology of edible fungi was summarized,including screening makers,promoters,and transgenic methods and problems in edible fungi transformation;and the application of DNA molecular markers in variety and strain identification,genetic diversity,and gene mapping and cloning of edible fungi.


In this article, the well-posedness of the initial value
problem, the existence of traveling wavefronts and the asymptotic speed of propagation for a
SIR epidemic model with stage structure and nonlocal response are studied.
We further show that the minimum wave speed in fact coincides with the
asymptotic speed of propagation.


This text mainly discussed the new results in recent ten years about the cultivation,adopt and process,chemical composition,pharmacology function of Platycodon grandiflorum,and provide reference opinion to the development in the future.


As the Japanese species of the genus Phalera Hubner (Lep., Notodontidae), Mr. Nagano recognized three species, assimilis, fuscescens and flavescens, and one newspecies, minor, in 1916. Besides these, Dr. Matsumura added three new species, takasagoensis and jezoensis in 1919, and muku in 1934. In the present paper I intend to publish a taxonomic revision of the species mentioned above. I have to express my hearty thanks to Prof. K. Monzen and Mr. H. Inoue for their invaluable advices. Sincere thanks are also due to Prof. T. Uchida for his kindness in permitting me to examine the collection of the Entomological Laboratory, 'Hokkaido University.


This article tells the story of the Amplified Noise Act of 2018, a bill introduced through Washington, DC's council to discourage street musicians in DC's Chinatown neighborhood from disturbing local residents and office workers in the area. The punitive measures proposed in the bill included a $300 fine, up to ten days in jail, and/or the seizing of the offending equipment by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). The public hearing, protests, and legislative maneuvering that followed encapsulate the racialized and sonic dimensions of gentrification in Washington, DC. I introduce these events through a theoretical framework that I call "intersectional listening." Drawing on the work of Kimberlé Crenshaw and intellectual genealogies of Black feminist thought, intersectional listening attends to the sonically articulated expressions of identity that are present in processes of gentrification, producing an analysis that attends to the complexities of sound, power, and race in a changing city. Processes of gentrification amplify tensions surrounding sound, music, and noise in both public and private space, and these tensions are deeply racialized because of the ways in which Black people have long been deemed sonically unruly and unmanageable. Ultimately, this article works to decriminalize Black sound and amplify those striving to do the same.


ABSTRACT This introduction puts forth a working definition of oceanic kinship as kinship with the ocean and kinship shaped by the ocean. It uses the notion of kinship as a critical idiom and conceptual lens through which we can examine the oceanic turn's potential for rethinking forms of human and nonhuman belonging. Modernity and coloniality were spurred and sustained by oceanic mobility. The oceans, as waterways and material presences, have helped shape modern-day (re-)configurations of kinship. This introduction acknowledges oceanic kinship's situatedness within conditions of systemic racism, colonial injustice, and global power imbalances in the various contexts of oceanic im/mobility, labor, and ecologies, presently and historically. Our notion of kinship encompasses practices of mutual care which emerge from an understanding of interdependence, collectivity, and affiliation. With its focus on kinship and mutual care, this introduction charts a new critical tradition within ocean studies.


This paper presents a novel approach and its preliminary laboratory results for the employment of ultrasound (US) imaging in intraoperative guidance of computer-assisted orthopaedic surgeries (CAOS). The goal is to register live intraoperative US images with preoperative surgical planning data using minimal number of images. Preoperatively, a set of 2D US images are acquired with the corresponding positional information of the US probe provided by an optical tracking system. Using calibration parameters, the position of every pixel in the acquired images is transformed into the world coordinate frame to construct a 3D volumetric representation of the targeted anatomy for surgical planning. Intraoperatively, the surgeon takes live US images from the patient with the position of the US probe tracked in real time. A mutual-information-based registration algorithm is then used to find the closest match to the live image in the preoperative US image database. Because the position of the preoperative image inside the US volume is known, we are able to register the preoperative US volume to the live image, thus to the patient. Experiments have shown the registration algorithm has sub-millimeter accuracy in localizing the best match between the intraoperative and pre-operative images, demonstrating great potential for orthopaedic surgery applications. This method has some significant advantages over the previously reported US-guided CAOS techniques: it requires no segmentation, and employs only a few intraoperative images to accurately and robustly localize the patient. Preliminary laboratory results on both a Sawbones model of a radius bone and human subjects are presented.


The negative effects of job insecurity on work attitudes are well-known. The uncertainty management theory (UMT) suggests that organisational justice may help to deal with the stressor job insecuri ...


The authors' two statements in favour of the use of transvaginal mesh are that there is now evidence supporting their use, particularly in a subgroup of women that may be at high risk of recurrent prolapse, and that in the wake of the demise of transvaginal mesh, clinicians no longer have effective options to offer patients with or at risk of recurrent prolapse. 'In our opinion the discussion surrounding the use of transvaginal mesh has been dominated by emotion rather than science.' The authors have failed to produce the science to which they refer. There is a paucity of comparative evidence regarding any transvaginal mesh and a complete absence of comparative data regarding either of the transvaginal mesh products on the market in Australia. The authors reference the 2016 Cochrane review2 on transvaginal mesh claiming that, 'accumulated evidence now suggests that synthetic mesh augmentation is superior to traditional repair for anterior compartment prolapse.' It is difficult to understand how the findings of the Cochrane review could be interpreted in this way. As stated in our article, the metaanalysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) established that, although synthetic mesh does reduce the rates of awareness of recurrent prolapse, objective prolapse and reoperation for recurrent prolapse when compared to native tissue repairs, it results in a twoandahalffold increase in overall reoperation rates for either prolapse, urinary stress incontinence or mesh exposure and a higher rate of de novo stress incontinence. There is also higher morbidity with transvaginal mesh and quality of life and sexual outcomes are not improved. The authors reference a retrospective audit with an over 50% attrition rate3 to state that, 'abdominally placed mesh, an alternative surgical option to transvaginal mesh in this situation, is rather unlikely to show comparable surgical outcomes.' This is refuted by Level 1 evidence. There are two RCTS that establish the superiority of laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy over transvaginal mesh for pelvis organ prolapse, both in terms of better outcomes and a lower complication rate.4,5 While we wait for comparative data to establish whether the currently available transvaginal meshes are better than, equal to, or worse than native tissue repairs, the authors need not be 'depressed' or feel the need to 'confess that we are unable to provide optimal surgical intervention'. Sacrocolpopexy is an effective and safe procedure and has been demonstrated to be more effective and safer than transvaginal mesh for a variety of prolapses.


The 10 South African species cur- rently assigned to Laurentia (an otherwise Mediter- ranean genus) are segregated here as the genus Wimmerella on the basis of their basal (vs. medial) bracteoles; larger flowers and fruits; and subglobose (vs. ellipsoid) seeds lacking a strophiole, which are sulcate with flattened (vs. keeled) walls. Laurentia Adanson, as circumscribed by Wim- mer (1953, 1968), was a genus of oddly discontin- uous distribution. Its 27 species were restricted to either the Mediterranean region (3 spp.), South Af- rica (10 spp.), Australia (10 spp.), western North America (3 spp.), or the West Indies (1 sp., spread in historic times throughout much of the tropics). Phytogeographic coherence of the infrageneric taxa recognized in Wimmer's treatment was no better. The Mediterranean and South African species and two of the species from North America were as- signed to section Laurentia; the remaining North American endemic to section Palmerella (A. Gray) E. Wimmer; and the Australian and West Indian species to section Isotoma (R. Brown) Endlicher. However, this very broadly construed Laurentia was something of an innovation with Wimmer. Many of the species had been assigned to smaller genera by earlier authors, and that is the classifi- cation preferred by most current workers (e.g., McVaugh, 1940a, 1943; Mason, 1957; Melville, 1960; McComb, 1970; Elliot & Jones, 1990; Chap- man, 1991; Skog, 1991; Lammers, 1993; Morin, 1993; Kartesz, 1994). Here, the Australian species comprise Isotoma (R. Brown) Lindley, the sole West Indian species is segregated as Hippobroma G. Don, and the North American species are assigned to Porterella Torrey and Palmerella A. Gray. As noted by Lammers (1997), this leaves only the Mediterranean and South African species in Lau- rentia. The present paper executes the final dis- memberment of Laurentia, by segregating the spe- cies of these two regions into separate genera. Evidence supporting the generic distinctness of the Mediterranean and South African species was provided in detail by Serra and Crespo (1997) and Crespo et al. (1998). These authors placed partic- ular emphasis on differences in seed morphology: seeds of the South African species are subglobose, lack a strophiole, and are sulcate with flattened walls; those of the Mediterranean species are ellip- soid, strophiolate, and sulcate with keeled walls. The extreme value of seed features in Lobelioideae was first stressed by McVaugh (1936, 1940b) and recently expanded upon by Murata (1992, 1995). The two groups of species were also distinguished by bracteole position (basal in South Africa, medial in the Mediterranean) and by the larger flowers and fruits of the former. Furthermore, in the Mediterranean species, the plants are erect and the flowers solitary in an axillary position (appearing terminal in rosulate species). In contrast, the South African species have decumbent stems with solitary axillary flowers; or if the stems are erect, then the flowers are borne in a 2-15-flowered terminal raceme. As these differences are consonant with differences used to distinguish genera in the subfamily, Serra and Crespo (1997) and Crespo et al. (1998) rec- ognized the Mediterranean and South African spe- cies as two distinct genera. But what names should these genera bear? Mei- kle (1979) published a brief note contending that he name Laurentia was a superfluous renaming of Lobelia. In its place, he adopted the name Solenop- sis C. Presl. Recently, however, Lammers (1997) presented evidence that Laurentia was not illegitimate, and formally proposed that the name be con- served to ensure stability. The type of Laurentia is NovoN 9: 414-418. 1999. This content downloaded from 18.104.22.168 on Wed, 30 Nov 2016 05:08:49 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms


This study was designed to examine the relationship between secondary school teachers' social intelligence and their Mental Health and also find out the effect of different level of social intelligence of teachers on their Mental Health. The participants were 150 secondary school teachers. The Mental Health Battery and Social Intelligence Scale were used to measure the mental health and social intelligence of teachers along with few selected demographic variables. The data was analyzed using Pearson's Product Moment Coefficient of Correlation and independent sample 't' test were used. The findings of the study showed that there was a significant relationship between secondary school teachers' social intelligence and their mental health. The significant difference exists between male and female secondary school teachers' mental health. The results indicated that higher the social intelligence the teachers had the better mental health they possessed.


Measuring the similarity between patches in images is a fundamental building block in various tasks. Naturally, the patch-size has a major impact on the matching quality, and on the consequent application performance. We try to use large patches instead of relatively small patches so that each patch contains more information. We use different feature extraction mechanisms to extract the features of each individual image patches which forms a feature matrix and find out the nearest neighbor patches in the image. The nearest patches are calculated using two different nearest neighbor algorithms in this paper for a query patch for a given image and the results have been demonstrated in this paper.


Harmonic imaging is one of the newest echocardiographic imaging techniques enabled by the recent development of newer broadband transducers used to detect harmonic frequencies, which are multiples of the transmitted frequency. Tissue harmonic imaging is useful to improve the definition of left ventricular endocardial borders. 1-5 We describe a case in which the technique facilitated the transthoracic diagnosis of a left atrial thrombus difficult to detect by fundamental imaging.


This study examines the impact of socioeconomic status and school resource indicators on 8 th grade math and science achievement in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The analyses reported here show that the Kingdom"s national averages in most of these areas in 2003 fell below that of peer nations both in the region and globally, which gives Saudi educational policymakers several clear targets for educational reform and improvement. The value and importance of internationally comparative assessments like TIMSS is also discussed with reference to the Saudi case, in particular.


A new approach to error characterization in Sea Surface Temperature (SST) is proposed and tested with the SST data of NOAA-17, NOAA-18, and MetOp-A produced by the Advanced Clear Sky Processor for Oceans (ACSPO v1.0) newly developed in NESDIS. The approach is based on using continuous analytical functions rather than conventional look-up tables. Also, SST anomalies are analyzed with respect to the 0.25° daily Optimum Interpolation (OI v2.0) Reynolds and 0.05° OSTIA SST analyses rather than with respect to in situ SSTs. Bias dependencies are represented by continuous analytical functions, whose parameters are estimated through curve/surface fitting after binning along the factors. These functions have a simple form and have been constructed with consideration of the major physical factors affecting errors in the retrieval SST. Preliminary results of fitting bias vs. number of ambient clear-sky pixel (NAC) are presented. The fit parameters are largely consistent across different platforms as well as relatively stable as a function of time. The analyses in this study are only performed for nighttime ACSPO products and the focus is on the mean error (bias). Future work will include analyses of daytime data and of standard deviation (stdv) of error. Also, the same methodology will be employed to evaluate the model minus observation bias in ACSPO (Liang et al., 2009).


The speed difference in mountainous area is known causing traffic conflicts and accidents. Thus, climbing lanes have popularly been installed in mountainous roads around the world. In the present paper, vehicle speeds within and around climbing lanes of Ho-nam and Jung-ang expressway were collected and evaluated. The evaluation was performed in terms of coefficient of variations which represent dispersion of vehicle speed in climbing lanes. Results show that speed dispersion is more significant at segments before and after climbing lanes than those within climbing lanes. The estimated accident risk was evaluated using The Solomon's u-shaped curve. It was identified that the accident risk is also a lot significant at the same segments as much as 2.2 times greater than those of climbing lanes.


The cross section stress problem of variable section round bar in axial tension and compress was studied. It showed that there was shearing stress in cross section. Furthermore, a formulation of shearing stress was presented, and numerical results demonstrated that the shearing stress must be considered in some cases.


The crystallographic characteristics of the K2Sr4Nb10O30 ceramic samples are compared with the surface piezoelectric response data obtained by scanning probe microscopy. The relative magnitudes of the piezoelectric moduli d33 were estimated from the surface piezoresponse amplitudes. Depending on the texture axis orientation relative to the ceramics sample surface they are 62 or 58 times greater than the values for an isotropic sample. The anisotropic lattice deformations caused by the pressure during the hot pressing is one of the sources of the surface giant piezoresponse. The influence of the domain walls and polar nanoregions are discussed.


An investigation has been made on the late results of gastrectomy with 60 cases of ulcer-carcinoma where operation was performed more than one year ago, with the results to be summarized as follows : In cases of ulcer-carcinoma of grades 1 to 3 of deep infiltration, late results of operation are favorable, whereas the results are very unfavorable in cases of ulcer-car-cinoma of grade 4.


A graphitic mesoporous carbon-based material (GMC) was prepared by a nano-casting process. SBA-15 was used as a hard template and sucrose as a carbon precursor in this procedure. To generate surface functionalities, GMC was treated with nitric acid. The acid-treated GMC material was then used as an adsorbent for Basic Red 2 dye (BR2) in aqueous solutions. The morphology, pore structure and surface functional groups of GMC samples were analyzed by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller method (BET), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and Boehm titration. Nitrogen adsorption-desorption analysis revealed a type IV isotherm characteristic of mesoporous materials with BET surface area of approximately 1000 m2g-1 and pore volume of 0.9 cm3g-1. The effects of different adsorption parameters such as initial dye solution pH, initial dye solution concentration and temperature on BR2 uptake were investigated. Surface area of BET and pore volume were decreased after the treatment but the adsorption capacity of BR2 increased to its optimum value in initial dye solution concentration of 200 mgL-1 and pH of 10 at 60 °C.


We explore the sparticle and Higgs spectroscopy of an SU(5) inspired extension of the constrained minimal supersymmetric standard model. The universal soft parameter ${m}_{0}$ is replaced by ${m}_{\overline{5}}$ and ${m}_{10}$, where ${m}_{\overline{5}}$ and ${m}_{10}$ denote universal soft scalar masses associated with fields in the five- and ten-dimensional representations of SU(5). The special case ${m}_{\overline{5}}\ensuremath{\ll}{m}_{10}$ yields a rather characteristic sparticle spectroscopy, which can be tested at the LHC. We highlight a few benchmark points in which the lightest neutralino saturates the WMAP bound on cold dark matter abundance.


In this thesis I study primal and dual approach to growth accounting. I analyze the impact of total factor productivity, the Solow residual, on GDP growth in eight European countries with both approaches and consequently compare them. Results prove high significance of technological progress on economic growth.


The possibility of designing a distributed fibre-optic sensor, allowing one to measure cryogenic temperatures (to liquid nitrogen boiling point), is experimentally demonstrated. The principle of operation of the sensor is based on measuring the intensity of boson peaks of Raman scattering in a fibre material, which are spaced by 1 to 3 THz from the probe frequency. The measurements are performed using a single-mode telecommunication fibre with a 15-μm-thick polyimide coating. The probe wavelength is 1.55 μm, the sensor spatial resolution is 4 m, and the averaging time is 60 s. Experiments are carried out in the temperature range of 75.6 – 79.6 K, with a temperature resolution of 0.5 K.


Discovering accurate relations between porosity and seismic wave velocities in porous rocks has been an important topic of rock physics for decades. Such relations, if they actually exist, are critical when seismic and/or sonic data are to be used to infer porosity and porosity‐related properties (e.g., permeability, strength, saturation) in situ. These inferences became especially important in recent years, with the rapid development of seismic and sonic methods which are applied to the characterization of heterogeneous reservoirs and recovery monitoring.


A LANDMARK legal ruling by the House of Lords could open the floodgates for claims from patients infected by healthcare associated infections (HAIs), a leading lawyer believes.


Ever since leprosy was first introduced into Ecuador by the Spanish settlers, four centuries ago, there have been foci of the disease distributed irregularly over the country. A number of attempts to determine the magnitude of the problem have been made in the past. The following are the most important. In 1954 a survey 3 was made of the origin of the leprosy cases in two sanatoriaVerdecnu in the city of Quito and Mariano Estrella in Cuenca, which have been serving as leprosaria since 1927~and in the old transit station in Guayaquil, which is now a sanatorium. In May 196 1 an examination of the leprosy situation was made in which all available data were used.4 The results were as follows: 569 cases registered (including those who died and those whose whereabouts were unknown), of whom 344 (57.48 per cent) came from four provinces-Guayas, Los Rios, Azuay, and El Oro. All the other


Medical thermal imaging offers the opportunity of human body physiology monitoring. The frequent use of false color scales in those images has the objective of being a visual aid for human eye interpretation. However, several scales are being used, which may lead to different subjective interpretations. Is objective of this study to raise the need of uniformity in adoption of an internationally accepted standard false color scale and for that purpose a scale is proposed.


A narrative and performance analysis of the period between the 2016 EU referendum and the 2017 general election makes an empirical and theoretical contribution to understanding personalised politics at the present time. This article contends that Theresa May's initial success proceeded from her rhetorical construction and performance of a persona founded on the archetypal healer, together with a narrative based on the myth of One Nation. However, her decision as Prime Minister to align herself with the pro-Brexit constituency and her neglect of the 'just about managing' called both her persona and narrative into question. The highly personalised general election campaign ensured the focus stayed on May, while the manifesto offered her a new 'flawed' narrative that resulted in the collapse of her early leadership image. By the time of the election, May was performing neither the narrative nor the persona; she was effectively absent from her own campaign.


The world's first "vertical forests" have bloomed on two towers in Milan. They'll act as lungs for residents of a hot, polluted city, but a key challenge was working out how the buildings would handle all that greenery blowing in the wind. The Bosco Verticale residential towers are 110m and 76m high respectively and their outsized balconies will be home to 900 trees, 5,000 shrubs and 11,000 floral plants. The project, in the Porta Nuova district of Milan, aims to deliver a new model for sustainable housing and urban regeneration in one of Europe's most polluted cities. The 40,000m2 of greenery will act as lungs for residents by boosting oxygen and humidity while absorbing CO2 and dust. It will also passively cool people down – the designers say the shading could lower the inside temperature by 2oC in the hot summer. The towers, designed by local architect Boeri Studio and developed by Hines, have two-room apartments, duplexes and penthouses all with extralarge balconies – they stick out out 3.35m to accommodate the greenery – staggered across the facades. Structural engineer Arup said the biggest challenge was calculating the loads created by all that greenery blowing in the wind, and they had to use a wind tunnel to test the idea. Flimsy garage doors are the fatal weak link in homes when a tornado rips through town and can exacerbate structural damage and loss of life, new research has concluded. The tearing away of the garage lets high winds and pressure enter the main home, causing the collapse of its roof and walls, according to studies, the latest being one on the damage done by a powerful tornado in Oklahoma in 2013. Better design and construction could safeguard buildings in much of a tornado's path but, for those exposed to the full violence of the wind, only internal safe rooms and storm shelters offer a chance of survival, say researchers from the University of Alabama (UA) and other institutions. "Once the roof over the garage is blown off, there usually is a significant hole into the main portion of the house," said Dr. Andrew J. Graettinger, UA associate professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering, and lead author of the "There is very little available literature on the subject of trees growing on facades," said Arup project manager Luca Buzzoni. "In strong winds there was a danger they would create a significant bending moment on the slabs, so we tried to assess the forces based on available knowledge on wind engineering, and wind tunnel tests using a 1:100 scale model of the building and a full scale set of different tree types to confirm our estimations of generated forces." Another challenge was that the design precluded columns on the corners, which increased the length of the cantilever span of the balconies. But Arup's tests confirmed that it all would work with a fairly conventional, posttensioned concrete frame. Each plant was chosen by botanists to thrive in its particular microclimate. The trees were cultivated in a Milan nursery to limit their growth and prevent damage and excessive weight on the structure. They are fed with treated water taken from a rainwater recycling system. The pumping system is powered by integrated photovoltaic panels. The waterproofing system allows air to oxygenate the soil so the trees can grow properly. Steel cages have been embedded in the soil to stop the trees uprooting in heavy winds. The greenery will need a specialist company to keep it in good health in the years to come. n World's first "vertical forests" bloom on Milan towers Scientists establish major weak spot in tornado-hit buildings


We describe a method for fabricating a Babington-type nebulizer which can be used for the analysis of clear, dilute solutions, solutions with suspended solids, and solutions containing high percentages of dissolved solids. The forerunner of this nebulizer has previously been described and although it performed satisfactorily, it was relatively difficult to fabricate and orifice sizes were limited by the problems associated with using very small diamond drills.


Company in conducting sale activities conducted by credit or cash and in cash sales will generate cash while credit sales will generate account receivable. Account receivable represent circulating assets component that happened because credit sales and will convert to become cash as according to agreement between company with customers. Generally cash payment time of account receivable base on product type sold by the company. Existence of time difference in account receivable conversion become cash, hence will create risk fail pay for company.
The target of Research to know the condition of doubtful receivable at PT Clothing Industrial of Nusantara, Unit of Patal Lawang and to know results of account receivable monitoring analysis at PT Clothing Industrial of Nusantara, Unit of Patal Lawang.
The result of analysis can be known that condition of doubtful receivable can know PT Clothing Industrial of Nusantara, Unit of Patal Lawang that company have exclusion of PT Clothing Industrial of Nusantara, Unit of Patal Lawang doubtful receivable.
The condition of doubtful receivable of directly can create the happening of loss at company.
Result of account receivable monitoring analysis PT Clothing Industrial of Nusantara, Unit of Patal Lawang can know that during the time company could control receivable better yet, so it can be result the happening of credit stuck.
Suggestion which is raised in this research that is company expected to increase assess receivable turn over expected by the company makes a change or policy of receivable which during the time applied by company. Through the effort hence company earn protected from the happening of credit stuck clear will harm company.


The purpose of this research is to find out the stages of the process of drafting the Regional Working Unit Budget Work Plan or in Indonesia called the Working Plan of Regional Working Unit Budget (RKA-SKPD) and what strategy is used by the regional apparatus unit or in Indonesia called the Regional Device Work Unit (SKPD) in budgeting. The research method is quantitative descriptive with data type is primary data and secondary data with data collection technique of interview and observation. The results of the study that (a). budget drafting process In Sleman District Youth and Sports Education Office has been in accordance with the Government Regulation of Finance Minister Regulation No 92 PMK.05, (b). Weak process of evaluation and monitoring of the program resulting in constraints on the process of delay in the disbursement of funds

Keywords: Preparation of Regional Budget Work Plan(RKA-SKPD)


The aim of this study is to describe the inflectional structure of Persian verbs based on the theory of Words and Paradigm. We aim to clarify the nature of paradigm or verb inflectional patterns in Persian and the way the multiple roles of inflectional patterns such as person and number can be separated and transparently expressed. Therefore, we extracted sentences from Persian grammar books and analyzed the structure of their verbs. These structures include Person and Number, Participle, Voice, Infinitive and Mood. Results showed that one-to-many or many-to-one correspondence of the inflectional properties of Persian verb can be described using Word and Paradigm model. This model is different from Item and arrangement or Item and Process models, due to the fact that words are considered as a totality for analysis .In the frame of the two mentioned models, words are divided into a sequence of discrete units. In addition, it became clear that the inflectional structures of the verb in Persian are of a morpho-syntactic nature and considering a layered structure for the verb helps to separate the multiple functions of the inflectional structure of Persian verb. Therefore it is possible to describe the characteristics of Persian Verb in the frame of Word and Paradigm model.


This research did in the North Sump area of the Air Laya Mine, PT Bukit Asam Tbk, South Sumatra. The Sump is a former open-pit mining area in the form of a vast basin. Previously this Sump functioned to gathers water from the pit. Since there is no mining operation in that pit, then that Sump functioned is changed into a disposal area, so the Sump is needed to be dried. The draining plan is carried out with mine drainage and mine dewatering. Mine drainage is an effort to prevent runoff water from enters the Sump. Mine dewatering is the effort to remove water from the Sump by pumping. The initial draining plan is not able to dry the Sump. It can saw from the water surface's elevation on the Sump that has not decreased, so it is necessary to study the plan to drain the Sump. The study conducted considers the calculation of the water balance. Water balance influenced by inflows in the form of runoff water and outflows in the form of evaporation and pumping. Based on the calculation of the water balance, three alternatives proposed in Sump drying, which from each alternative can seek changes in the volume and depth of the Sump in a certain period. The alternative I did by adding the number of pumps, the alternative II did by increasing the pump impeller rotation, and the alternative III did with the combination of alternative I and alternative II. The alternative chosen is alternative III with a drying time of 72 days.


Horizontal ecological compensation is an important institutional innovation to promote ecological civilization and is the main functional area strategy in China under the current management mechanism. In this paper, we use contract theory to analyze the advantages of horizontal ecological compensation in cross-provincial watershed governance issues based on the basis of the case of Xin'anjiang River Basin, which is the first pilot horizontal ecological compensation in cross-provincial watersheds in China. We select panel data from 2004 to 2020 and use the synthetic control method (SCM) from the perspective of the water environment to assess the horizontal ecological compensation on the intensity of water pollution in the Xin'anjiang River basin. It is found that: (1) The horizontal ecological compensation can effectively respond to the failure of traditional ecological compensation methods in cross-provincial watershed governance, and, to some extent, solve the problem of lacking of incentives for upstream and downstream governments to participate; (2) The horizontal ecological compensation can reduce the water pollution intensity and improve the water environment in the Xin'anjiang River Basin; (3) However, the impact on the upstream is significantly lower than that of the downstream, and the policy effect on the upstream tends to be zero after the central government removes the subsidies to the upstream in 2018; and (4) The policy shows an expected effect two years ahead of the implementation. The findings of this paper have important implications for the promotion of the horizontal ecological compensation policy and the management of the water environment in cross-provincial watersheds.


The publication of the National Institute of Child and Health and Human Development recommendations for fetal heart rate interpretation in 1997 brought a major shift in the approach to intrapartum monitoring by standardizing the reading, analysis, and documentation of FHR and uterine contraction tracings.


To explore the relevant factors of aggressive behavior of schizophrenia patients in community,95 schizophrenia patients in community were chosen randomly and investigated on aggressive behavior within a year and the difference between the group of 33 patients with aggressive behavior and the group of 62 patients without aggressive behavior is discussed by using logistic regression analysis.Results show that there are significant differences in terms of positive symptoms,insight of patients,education degree of patients,and education degree of guardians between two groups(p≤0.05).Logistic regression analysis indicates the positive symptoms,insight of patients,and education degree of patients are related to aggressive behavior.The group with aggressive behavior show more positive symptoms,poorer insight,lower education degree of patients,and lower education degree of guardians.


A 72 year old man presented with signs on uveítis. Biopsy of an iris lesión established the diagnosis of uveal MALT lymphoma with presumed choroidal involvement.


This paper deals with the nonusual case in structural dynamics for which a complex structure exhibits both the usual global elastic modes and numerous local elastic modes in the low-frequency range. Despite the presence of these local elastic modes, we are interested in constructing a stochastic reduced-order model using only the global modes and in taking into account the local elastic modes with a probabilistic approach. In the first part, a formulation and an algorithm, which allow the "global elastic modes" and the "local elastic modes" to be calculated, are presented. The second part is devoted to the construction of the stochastic reduced-order model with the global elastic modes and in taking into account the uncertainties on the effects of the local elastic modes by the nonparametric probabilistic approach. Finally, an application, which validates the proposed theory is presented.


A new series of perbrominated 2-nitro-5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrins, H2TPPBrn(NO2) (n = 6 and 7) and their metal (CuII and ZnII) complexes have been synthesised and characterised. The presence of mixed electron withdrawing (bromo- and nitro-) substituents at the β-pyrrole positions induces interesting electrochemical and axial ligation properties. Perbrominated nitroporphyrins exhibit two successive one electron redox potentials with a positive shift of >100 mV relative to their corresponding octabromotetraphenylporphyrin (MTPPBr8) complexes. Axial ligation of various nitrogenous bases to ZnTPPBrn(NO2) complexes showed facile ligand binding with >50% enhancement in the equilibrium constants, Keq, relative to ZnTPPBr8. Surprisingly, MTPPBrn(NO2) complexes show similar axial ligation and electrochemical redox behaviour. The anodic shift in electrochemical redox potentials and enhanced Keq of MTPPBrn(NO2) complexes have been attributed to the increased electron deficiency of the porphyrin π-system.


A Thesis submitted to the School of Graduate studies, Addis Ababa University
in partial ful fillment of the requirement for the Degree of Masters of Science in
Biology (Applied Microbiology)%%%%A xylanase producing alkaliphilic actinomycete strain designated AS-19 was isolated from Lake
Abjata, an alkaline Soda Lake in Ethiopia. The strain produce xylanase in solid state fermentation
(SSF) using different agricultural residues (wheat bran, sugarcane bagass, and saw dust) as
substrates without enrichment of the medium .The highest level of enzyme was produced in
wheat bran (165 U/g). Maximum production of xylanase was observed at wheat bran-tomoisturing
agent ratio of 1:1.5(w/v) at 37 0C for 72 h. Birch wood xylan enhances enzyme
production with 110 % while xylose, aribinose, glucose, lactose and fructose strongly repressed
the enzyme production. In the presence of metal ions such as HgCl2, and, ZnSO4 the activity of
the enzyme was strongly inhibited. Birch wood xylan was hydrolyzed more rapidly than oat spelt
xylan. The optimum pH of the enzyme was 8.5-10 and stable at alkaline pH (8-10). The optimum
temperature for enzyme activity was 70-80 0C at pH 9. The enzyme after 4 h incubation retained
77.7 and 54 % of its original activity at 75 and 80 0C respectively, at pH 9. The enzyme is also
stable over wide temperature range (50-80 0C) for 1 h at pH 9. Thus, the result showed that the
enzyme is both alkaline and thermostable. The enzymatic products of xylan hydrolysis were a
series of short-chain xylooligsaccharides, indicating the enzyme was an endoxylanase. These are
some characteristics that make this enzyme potentially very attractive for industrial applications.


Macroeconomic orientations are a set of ideas, discourses and actions emanating from governments that have the objective of influencing the economic agents to make certain decisions, causing changes in the macroeconomic aggregates of a country or region. Macroeconomic orientations are generally associated with the government's macroeconomic policies, in order to bring a progressive change in the economic environment from a governmental view on how macroeconomics should respond to the objectives and plans of action of a country or region. It is historically known that from the political changes after the Federal Constitution of 1988, and considering a whole transition between the periods of the military dictatorship in Brazil through the democratization of governmental institutions, including the change to a new currency (Real), there have been several changes in macroeconomic policy orientations in Brazil. It were permeated by domestic and international crises, changes in the country's economic profile, ideological changes of governments, among many other factors that influence macroeconomics. Thus, the objective of this dissertation is to identify the main changes in the economic orientation of the governments in Brazil from 1988 to 2017, and their influence on the decisions of macroeconomic policies, considering the different economic theories and political and social views in this period. As specific objectives, the study proposes to describe the economic context and macroeconomic scenarios in Brazil from 1988 to 2017; to analyze the main changes of economic orientation of the Governments occurred in Brazil in the years 1988 to 2017; and to analyze the main similarities and differences between the macroeconomic policies used in each of the Governments in Brazil in the years 1988 to 2017. The study also presents a summary of the ideas of the main schools of macroeconomic thinking, so that one can understand the assumptions of rationality used in economic decision-making, which end up affecting the orientation of government policies, because there is always a social, political and ideological context that sustains certain macroeconomic beliefs in the view of different governments. As far as methodological aspects are concerned, this is an analytical-descriptive study, using a post-Federal Constitution temporal cut, covering the years 1988 to 2017. The main data sources are secondary, based on databases and information on changes in economic orientation governments, and their choices of macroeconomic policies, compiled in books, scientific articles, and other media, chosen from reliable and original sources, for their editorial and/or academic/scientific reputation. The data on macroeconomic indicators were also obtained from primary sources, directly from databases widely used in the economic area, in particular the IBGE, BC Central Bank of Brazil, FGV Getúlio Vargas Foundation, World Bank, IMF International Monetary Fund, IPEA Institute for Applied Economic Research. Data from the macroeconomic aggregates are treated in a qualitative and quantitative way, including statistical treatment to establish relationships and comparisons in the period of analysis. Finally, the results show that during this period there were at least three main sources of changes in macroeconomic orientation, one of them from the planning and implementation of the PPAs Pluriannual Government Plans; the second based on the need for macroeconomic adjustments caused by exogenous shocks (international crises) and deterioration of the economic situation (due to several factors); and a third, from the needs of political and social adjustments related to the attempts of governments to maintain their conditions of governability and maintenance of political power in electoral processes.


Real-time bidding (RTB) has achieved great success and significantly improved the efficiency and transparency of online advertising. It allows advertisers to purchase ad impressions via auctions. Advertisers who adopt RTB always seek an optimal strategy of budget spending to reach as a wider range of audiences with a more sustainable impact as possible. Traditional bidding strategies, such as fixed bid and performance-based bid, easily lead to being either too aggressive (budgets wiped out too fast) or conservative (budget surplus exists at the end with low clicks), due to lack of optimal budget management. In this paper, we study the optimization of budget efficiency under the smooth delivery constraint for display advertising. We model the problem as a multi-constrained budget allocation optimization and use a heuristic algorithm to solve an approximate optimal budget allocation. The key to the solution is to determine the bidding function for each time slot. Here, we propose a piecewise bidding strategy to filter out the low-quality impressions, where each time slot has its own predicted click-through rate (pCTR) threshold – only when the pCTR of an impression is not lower than the threshold, will the campaign participate in the bidding. However, determining the pCTR threshold is challenging due to market uncertainty, we tackle this problem by modeling the distributions of pCTRs and market prices in each time slot. On this basis, we derive an optimal bidding function for each time slot to make the bid price more adaptable to its available budget. We conduct our experiments on a public real-world dataset and the results show that our proposed method performs the best in terms of various standard metrics (e.g., the number of clicks, cost-per-click) under a given budget comparing to the state-of-the-art baselines.


We study the speed of convergence to equilibrium for the asymmetric simple exclusion process (ASEP) on a finite interval with one open boundary. We provide sharp estimates on the total-variation distance from equilibrium and verify that the limit profile undergoes a phase transition from a Gaussian to a KPZ profile.


24 Purple phototrophic bacteria (PPB) represent an innovative approach for wastewater 25 treatment with a high metabolic plasticity, able to grow under aerobic and anaerobic 26 conditions. This study comparatively assessed the long-term performance (450 days of 27 operation) of an open and closed PPB-based photobioreactor treating of piggery 28 wastewater (PWW). The influence of wastewater dilution, illuminated area to volume 29 ratio, biomass settling and recirculation, and infrared light intensity on wastewater 30 treatment was evaluated at 7 days of hydraulic retention time. An increase in PWW 31 dilution from 4 to 8 folds did not entail higher TOC removal efficiencies (REs) in the 32 open photobioreactor (87% versus 89%), but a significant increase in the closed 33 photobioreactor (from 73% to 80%). The increase in the illuminated area to volume ratio 34 increased TN-REs up to 99% and 49% in the open and closed photobioreactor, 35 respectively, with a concomitant increase in the temperature of both systems. However, 36 temperature control did not mediate a significant enhancement in PWW treatment. 37 Biomass settling and recirculation resulted in higher TN-REs (80%) and TOC-REs (90%) 38 in the closed photobioreactor. The increase in infrared radiation from 100 to 300 W m -2 39 fostered PPB growth. High water evaporation losses (deteriorating effluent quality) were 40 recorded in the open photobioreactor, where carbon dioxide and ammonia stripping were 41 identified as the main pathways supporting carbon and nitrogen removal.


Reuss [5] found out the yield pressure on the internal boundary of a homogeneous isotropic spherical shell and obtained the pressure on the internal boundary needed to produce a plastic flow upto a certain radius. Since then some investigations have been made on the effects of non-homogeneity on elasto-plastic stresses in pressure vessels. Olsak and Urbanowski [4] discussed the problem of thick walled spherical shell of incompressible material, radially non-homogeneous, subjected to the action of internal and external pressure.


Francek Mukic's three-way Porabsko-knjižnoslovenskomadžarski slovar (Dictionary of the Raba Valley Dialect, Literary Slovenian, and Hungarian), together with his novel Garaboncijas (The Wizard), represent important literary achievements of Raba Valley Slovenian that merit special attention from linguistic and other points of view. The reviews that appeared when the two works were published fall far short of encompassing their importance and significance, not only in the limited circle of the local dialect, but also in the broader range of the eastern Slovenian dialect group and Slovenian studies in general. This article therefore briefly analyzes both works and attempts to place them in an appropriate culturological framework.


AbstractSaline density currents are a growing environmental concern due to their increasing occurrence generated by brine discharges. The present paper shows an experimental global characterization...


An attempt has been made in this paper to evaluate the price spread of apple in the state of Jammu and Kashmir; the study is confined to Baramulla and Pulwama district with 35 growers, who were selected randomly from six selected villages considered to collect the required information. The primary data were collected from the apple growers through personal interview method with the help of well prepared pre tested schedule for the year 2019-20. For the present study 4 marketing channel were identified for the transaction of apple i.e.; Producer - Aratiya - Wholesale - Retailer - Consumer; Producer - Pre-harvest Contractor - Wholesaler - Retailer - Consumer, Producer - Post-harvest - Contractor -Wholesaler - Retailer - Consumer and Producer - Commission Agent - Wholesaler – Retailer - Consumer. Thus it can be concluded that the apple business in Kashmir is more remunerative. This enterprise is not only profitable and financially viable but also provides employment to large number of people in the valley area. The area and production of the apple is increasing at the fast rate, but the various defects of the existing marketing system results in the least share to the producer. Net return from the apple business can further be increased if the problems and defects of existing marketing system as stated above are taken care of. It can also be concluded that apple growing is more beneficial on all producers.


A survey of southwestern American Catholics attending church services revealed their reactions to the ministerial changes brought about by the declining number of Catholic priests. Their responses showed 1) what they considered their essential ministerial needs, 2) their disinclination for communion services on priestless Sundays, 3) their acceptance of non-ordained presiders at such services if inevitable, and 4) their personal views on the current needs of their church. The findings revealed that the Hispanics in this sample differed little from Anglo respondents in their reactions to proposed alternatives to priestly ministry. This suggests that they are unlike the thousands of Hispanics who leave Catholicism each year for other denominations. Rather, they would appear to be among those for whom exit is not an option even when they experience a decline in the quality of service that they receive from their church.


In this paper, the main objects of diesel engine emissions control were discussed, the new technology of diesel engine NOχ and PM emissions control was introduced, and for every technology, its characteristics,mechanisms and shortage were stated.


Despite the increasing volume of evidence demonstrating the efficacy of solar water disinfection (SODIS) as a household water treatment technology, there still appear to be significant barriers to uptake in developing countries. SODIS potential is often treated with skepticism both in terms of effective treatment, and the safety of plastics used. As such it is often dismissed in preference for more accepted technologies such as ceramic filters and dose chlorination. We report formative findings of the WaterSPOUTT (Water – Sustainable Point Of Use Treatment Technology ) project (www.WATERSPOUTT.eu), carried out at the Centre for Water, Sanitation, Health And Appropriate Technology Development Centre (WASHTED) at the University of Malawi – Polytechnic from June 2016 – September 2018. The outputs of this formative stage will lead to the piloting of a SODIS system for 12 months (November 2018 – October 2019) in Chikwawa District, Southern Malawi. This posterhighlights activities pertaining to co-design process between the transdisciplinary research team, and potential end users. The process sought to ensure that the design is, socially accepted, locally adapted, and can be effectively operated and managed during field trials. We present results to date.


In 1975,a Yuan Dynasty cellar was discovered at Yongyang Town,Lishui,Jiangsu,19 pieces of articles,most of which were porcelains including blue and white porcelains,Ge Wares,Longquan Wares and Shufu Wares,were unearthed.Comparative research revealed that these porcelains,with clear feature of the times,were produced at the late period of the Yuan Dynasty and were valuable information for the research of porcelain productive technique of the Yuan Dynasty.There were probably some relationships between the cellar and the chaos in Lishui at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.


The very hazardous respiratory illness known as COVID-2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is the root cause of the even more serious illness known as COVID-19, was caused by the COVID-2 virus. The COVID-19 virus was identified in Wuhan City, China, in the month of December in 2019. It began in China and then spread to other parts of the world before it was officially classified as a pandemic. It has had a significant impact on day-to-day life, the welfare of people in general, and the economy of the whole globe. It is of the utmost importance, particularly in the beginning stages of treatment, to pinpoint the constructive experiences that are useful at the proper time. The identification of this virus involves a substantial number of tests, each of which takes a certain amount of time; nevertheless, there are currently no other automated tool kits that can be used in their place. X-ray photos of the chest that are obtained via the use of radiology imaging methods may provide significant insight into the COVID-19 infection if they are analysed carefully. An accurate diagnosis of the infection may be obtained via the application of deep learning techniques, which are applied to radiological images and make use of cutting-edge technology such as artificial intelligence. Patients who reside in distant places, where it may not be feasible for them to have rapid access to medical facilities, may benefit from this kind of analysis throughout the course of their therapy. One of the deep learning strategies that are used in the creation of the model that has been proposed is the use of convolutional neural networks. The images of chest X-rays are analysed by these networks to detect whether a person has a positive or negative result for the Covid gene.


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Various theories of language acquisition a re discussed: behavioristic, nativistic, and cognitive. Linguistically-oriented theories a re compared with learning-oriented theories, and four controversial issues of frequency of stimuli, imitation, expansion, and meaning a r e reviewed. The theories a r e all rather unsubstantial a t present. Reading acquisition seems to be very different from language acquisition, and the theories of language acquisition appear to have little to offer anyone in coming to a better understanding of how beginning reading should be taught.


Despite implementing coup-proofing measures designed to maintain military loyalty, Arab regimes proved vulnerable to military defection during the Arab Spring. Some Arab militaries defected amid widespread protests, and some remained loyal, while others split between these two options. This article explores civil–military relations in Egypt, Syria, and Yemen and develops a theory of military defection based on three coup-proofing strategies: building parallel security institutions, distributing material incentives, and exploiting communal ties. Building parallel security institutions and material incentives create competition within the security apparatus that motivates military defection. However, exploiting communal ties mitigates these effects and more successfully maintains military loyalty.


A simple plot type electrostatic precipitator (ESP) was constructed in order test the efficiency of collecting smoke from coal combustion used in the inductive alternative HV and LV supply gives to the electrode according to the velocity of flue gas. The size and gap between the electrode is so selected that it attained maximum collection efficiency with efficient operation