The curriculum represents the official document according to which for each level of education, form into education or profile followed, the number of hours provided for the compulsory and optional subjects is decided. In other words, this document sets the number of hours of each discipline. The curriculum for the physical education and sports subject, high school level provides one hour per week for high school classes, except for the 10th grade real profile and 2 hours per week for vocational education classes. In this study I tried to highlight the need to increase the number of hours (at least two hours / week) for the physical education and sports subject so that the educational process is complete, according to current social requirements, and to evaluate through tests. motor skills, related to the number of hours of physical education and sports in a week, the level of motor development reached by students in a period when this category of individuals reaches the maximum point of somatic development. Introduction:The educational process of children must be accomplished completely, in accordance with current social requirements and interest to create a strong individual, powerful both physically and mentally. Physical education and sports aims to achieve these performances through its own objectives, but in the last years the curriculum has changed. The only hour of physical education and sports allocated in the common core it is not enough for the satisfactory acquisition of skills that the student should have at the end of high school, to achieve performance and make progress in accordance with the requirements of the school curriculum.[1,4] If we take into account the fact that the extra hours of physical education and sports (sports ensembles) are not compulsory, no absences are made, no grades are given, there are activities organised outside the school program, we will hardly achieve physical and motor development compatible with social requirements, with the principles of the current context of life, of healthy and educated citizens. THE ANNALS OF THE "STEFAN CEL MARE" UNIVERSITY ISSN – 1844 – 9131, eISSN 2601 – 341X Volum XIII issue 1/ 2020 118 It is also a certainty that while the number of physical education and sports classes has decreased, school curricula have remained the same. It is no longer possible to go through the full content of the curriculum. For many times a revision has been requested, a readjustment of these documents in order to fit the number of hours in the common core, with the psychomotor potential of students that decreases from generation to generation, with the needs and requirements of students.[1,2,4] The current content of school curricula is inconsistent as it no longer offers the full opportunity for the student to have time to reach the level of knowledge, skills or abilities. Last but not least, the scoring can no longer be uniform, based on the National Evaluation System (SUVAD). The parameters imposed by this evaluation system is almost unattainable, it is for those who have two or even more hours of physical education and sports in a week. It is important that teachers have the opportunity to create their own assessment scale, in accordance with the level of ability of students in a class and a grade based on indicators of progress, regression or performance. According to Şchiopu Ursula , the age of adolescence is structured in three sub-stages: preadolescence (14-16 years), adolescence itself (1618 years), prolonged adolescence (18-25 years), is related to the acquisition of the status of adult and is characterized by intense personality development, all in the context of the gradual exit from the tutelage of the family and the school. [3] In terms of motor skills, this age is identified with a more pronounced development of motor skills at boys, motor skills are improved, motricity become a way of integration in different situations. The child gradually matures from a biological, intellectual and moral perspective.In this study, we looked at performance values and progress indicators made by students who have one hour a week, compared to those who have two hours a week, indicators that revealed me which scaling these students are heading. In order for progress and performance to gain numerical value, we used as control tests the speed running on 50 meters with low start, endurance running 800m girls, 1000m boys, long jump with momentum in the classes of the lower high school (IX-a and X-a) and throwing the weight at the upper cycle of high school (XI-a and XII-a).[2,4] Material and method Study hypothesis: Achieving outstanding results, recording a motor progress and optimal physical development can be achieved only THE ANNALS OF THE "STEFAN CEL MARE" UNIVERSITY ISSN – 1844 – 9131, eISSN 2601 – 341X Volum XIII issue 1/ 2020 119 through sustained, continuous and rigorously organized work, through a continuous, gradual effort. One hour a week is far too little for high school students to actually meet these requirements. The purpose of the research: The importance of introducing in the common core to the discipline of physical education and sports of the second hour so that the educational process and the physical development of the students are fully realized. Duration and subjects of the research: The study was applied in the 2018-2018 school year to a number of 12 classes, 6 classes that have in the common core 2 hours / week and 6 classes with one hour per week at the Technical College "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" of Suceava. Control tests used: running speed on 50m with low start for; endurance running 800 m girls and 1000m boys; long jump with momentum of 1 1⁄2 steps; throwing the weight with added steps. Research methods: study of specialized literature; observation; the experiment; data collection; interpretation and graphic representation. Results and discussions: Through the tests applied to the ninth grade, the following specific competencies and contents were taken into account: the use of specialized terminology in the transmission of messages; application of specific methods to develop motor qualities; dosing the motor activity according to the reactions of one's own body to effort; analysis of the evolution of their own morphofunctional indices; speed of reaction to auditory stimuli; travel speed in rectilinear direction; segmental dynamic force; muscle tonicity.[5,6] Following the application of the initial tests (TI) and then the final ones (TF) after the end of each thematic cycle related to the learning units pursued in the ninth grade, 2 hours / week and one hour / week, the following values were recorded: Class a IXth contents Evaluated TF 1 hour / week. TF 2 hours / week Index Mark Index Mark Girls Speed 9.0 7 9.0 9 Endurance 4.40 6 4.40 7 SLElan 2.80 7 2.80 7 Boys Speed 7.8 8 7.8 10 Endurance 4, 15 8 4.15 9 SLElan 3.65 8 3.85 9 THE ANNALS OF THE "STEFAN CEL MARE" UNIVERSITY ISSN – 1844 – 9131, eISSN 2601 – 341X Volum XIII issue 1/ 2020 120 Graphic representation of the results obtained by the ninth grade students at TF Measures to improve the results obtained: Poor results in terms of motor quality speed and endurance but also long jump with momentum in girls, requires the programming of constant links in physical education lessons, as well as the development of appropriate programs that can be achieved by students and outside of physical education and sports classes. Scoring in the ninth grade was done according to the following scoring scale: C on te nt of th e as se ss m en t Grades 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Sp ee d50 m Sc al es Girls 9 "6 9" 5 9 "4 9" 3 9 "2 9 "1 9" 0 8 "9 8" 8 8 "7 Boys 8" 5 8 "4 8" 3 8 "2 8" 1 8 "0 7" 9 7 "8 7" 7 7 "6 E nd ur a nc e Sc al es Girls 4, 90 4.80 4.70 4.60 4.50 4.40 4.30 4.20 4.05 3.55 Boys 4.85 4.75 4.65 4.55 4.45 4.35 4.25 4.15 4.00 3.50 SL E la n Sc al es Girls 2.10 2.20 2.30 2.40 2.50 2.60 2.80 3.00 3.15 3.30 Boys 2.60 2.70 2.80 2.90 3.00 3.20 3.40 3.65 3.85 4.10 Analysis of test results Through the tests applied to the 10th grade, the following specific competencies and contents were taken into account: use of specialized terminology in the transmission messages; application of specific methods to develop motor qualities; speed of reaction to auditory stimuli; THE ANNALS OF THE "STEFAN CEL MARE" UNIVERSITY ISSN – 1844 – 9131, eISSN 2601 – 341X Volum XIII issue 1/ 2020 121 travel speed in rectilinear direction; segmental dynamic force; muscle tonicity. Following the application of the initial tests (TI) and then of the final ones (TF) after the end of each thematic cycle related to the learning units pursued in the 10th grade, one hour / week and two hours / week, the following values were registered: Class X


In this note, we consider the concentration function problem for a continuous action of a locally compact group $G$ on a locally compact Hausdorff space $X$. We prove a necessary and sufficient condition for the concentration functions of a spread-out irreducible probability measure $mu$ on $G$ to converge to zero.


An educator with a serious interest in incorporating critical thinking into a school curriculum might feel the need to be an expert in critical thinking simply to evaluate the many existing approaches which bear that name. Furthermore, this problem would seem to be compounded if critical thinking and the creation of art were asserted to be intimately related to one another so intimate that doing the latter incorporates essential dimensions of the former. But these initial reservations, although noteworthy, need not deflect inquiry into the possibility of juxtaposing artistic creation and critical thinking in a high-school curriculum. In fact, the following discussion describes an approach to curricular artsintegration indeed, the very making of art which, when viewed from a certain perspective, concurrently accomplishes three important educational ends. If the method of critical thinking outlined below is accepted as one possible paradigm of this process, then students who make art within academically defined subjects will not only acquire first-hand experience with artistic creativity, but will also become more adept at the art of critical thinking while they broaden and enhance their understanding of these subjects.


Detection of avian-origin type A influenza virus infections has been well documented within domestic and wild bird populations. However, research focused on the ability of these viruses to remain viable under naturally fluctuating environmental conditions, which we have termed "environmental tolerance" (ET), has led to untested hypotheses about the existence of an environmental viral reservoir. By measuring ET, we can determine the potential importance of an environmental reservoir. We developed three microcosms (soil, water, and water-soil interface) using soil, water, and field data collected from Waterfowl Lake at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo during the summer of 2008 to construct a controlled environmental model quantifying the ET of influenza A viruses. Focusing on the effect of mean, minimum and maximum summer temperatures recorded in Waterfowl Lake, we spiked three replicates of each microcosm with a known quantity of a H4N6 avian influenza virus. An aquarium with soil and water that was not spiked served as a negative viral control for the microcosms. We hypothesized that there would be both qualitative and quantifiable differences in virus viability among our microcosms and temperature treatments. Samples were collected over four weeks and tested for the presence of viable virus using virus isolation in 10-day old embryonating chicken eggs. Surprisingly, viral infectivity generally surpassed four weeks. Therefore, we demonstrated that type A influenza viruses have sufficient ET to remain viable for at least 30 days in a pond under summer environmental conditions and concluded that ponds could serve as an environmental reservoir for influenza A viruses and should therefore be considered when managing bird collections. Currently, we are determining the mean egg infective dose


Background The traditional Framingham 10-year risk score (FS10) underestimates cardiovascular risk in certain populations. Extending its time-scale to 30 years and assessing its relationship with the presence of carotid atherosclerotic plaque (CAP) may improve risk stratification.  Objectives 1) To determine the percentage of patients previously classified with the FS10 who were reclassified when using Framingham 30-year risk score based on body mass index (FS30I); 2) to evaluate the consistency between both methods of classification; 3) to analyze the prevalence of CAP stratified by the FS30I; and 4) to determine the diagnostic potential of the FS30I to detect CAP. Material and Methods A carotid Doppler ultrasound study was performed and the FS10 and FS30I for "hard" cardiovascular events were calculated in a population of primary prevention patients. The prevalence of CAP was determined. Receiver operating characteristic analysis and the consistency between both methods of classification were evaluated. Results A total of 410 subjects were included (age 48±11 years, 54% were men, 79% had low risk according to the FS10). The FS30I reclassified 64% of the total population and 66% of the low-risk subgroup. The prevalence of CAP was 28% and was gradually associated with the risk category. The area under the curve and optimal cutoff points of the FS30I to detect CAP were 0.862 and 21%, respectively. The consistency between FS10 and FS30I was low (kappa 0.15). Conclusion The 30-year score reclassified a large number of patients and discriminated between those with or without evidence of carotid plaques.


This paper establishes a duopoly competition model for an online advertising
market with a PPC(pay per click) rate system, which was inspired by Apple
Inc's conduct of prohibiting its mobile advertising network competitors from
collecting personal information from applications on iOS4 in 2010. We apply
this model to develop a framework which analyzes the anti-competitiveness of
conducts such as restricting collection of information and excluding competitors'
search services in the online advertising market. Taking strategic foreclosure of
Whinston(1990) for a criterion of anti-competitiveness, we identify a necessary
and sufficient condition for each conduct to be a strategic foreclosure.


A competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the quantitation of cyanazine in water and soil was developed using a novel magnetic particle solid phase. Cyanazine was covalently attached to a bovine serum albumin carrier, and the resulting herbicide-protein conjugate was used in rabbits to produce polyclonal antibodies specific for cyanazine. Specificity studies indicate that the antibody can distinguish cyanazine from other structurally similar triazine herbicides, including atrazine. This ELISA has a limit of detection of 0.035 parts per billion (ppb, ng/mL) in water and 3.5 ppb in soil. The standard curve allows quantitation up to 3.0 ppb in water and 300 ppb in soil. The ELISA compares favorably with GC measurements in the analysis of water samples (r = 0.964). Recoveries from fortified soils averaged 86% using a 24-h extraction with methanol/water (75:25 v/v).


Patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis are considered to be at higher risk of gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) as compared with those without renal disease (NRD). We conducted a population‐based study using the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database to study the outcomes of GIB in ESRD.


In order to make a quantitative evaluation on the rationality of water resources planning,the system coordinated development theory is introduced and the multi-layer index systems of the coordinated development assessment for water resources planning systems based on ″state-relationship(S-R)″ framework is constructed.Then,the evaluation model based on variable fuzzy set theory and variable weight principle is developed.This evaluation process is explained taking Lvshunkou District in Dalian City as an example.The results indicate that the coordinated development level of this regional water resources planning system increases steadily and this planning is reasonable,but there are some problems including lower water-saving level and less quantity of seawater direct use in industry,which needs to be improved.


Due to its indirect band gap, Si as a cheap and widely used material is not suitable for photonic applications. One promising route to combine Si-based logic with photonic properties in a single device is the growth of GaN areas on Si wafers. However, the Si(111) substrate and the polar grown GaN have a lattice misfit of 17%. Rare earth oxides often exhibit bixbyite structure, which is a cubic phase with lattice constants comparable to that of Si. Thus, two buffer layers of Y 2 O 3 and Sc 2 O 3 stepwise reduce the lattice misfit from 2% in the Si/Y 2 O 3 interface over 7% between Y 2 O 3 /Sc 2 O 3 , down to 8% in the GaN/Sc 2 O 3 interface [1]. Nonetheless, there is still a high density of defects in GaN, which would degrade the photonic performance due to non-radiating recombination of charge carriers. In this study, the defects and interfaces for such heterostructures in dependence of growth-conditions were investigated by means of (high-resolution) transmission electron microscopy ((HR)TEM). The samples were produced by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) mainly being different in the growth regime of the GaN layer: For the first sample, Y 2 O 3 was grown on Si(111) at 625°C and 2x10 7 mbar and Sc 2 O 3 at 500°C and 1x10 7 mbar. The GaN was deposited in a plasma-assisted MBE at 720°C and 7x10 6 mbar and was grown in the N-rich regime. For the second sample, Y 2 O 3 was grown on Si(111) at 625°C and 1.3x10 7 mbar and Sc 2 O 3 at 500°C and 9.2x10 8 mbar. In contrast to the first sample, the GaN was deposited in the Ga-rich regime, again by plasma-assisted MBE at 720°C and 1.7x10 5 mbar. The corresponding TEM samples were prepared by conventional cross-section preparation with final Ar ion-milling. The (HR)TEM investigations were performed at the FEI Titan 80-300 Berlin Holography Special TEM with image C s-correction using 300 keV electrons. The TEM overview micrograph (Fig. 1 left) of the first N-rich grown GaN sample shows a columnar GaN layer consisting of grains, which display small tilts with respect to each other. HRTEM-images exhibit different types of stacking faults and other defects. From an HRTEM focus series in comparison with a corresponding image simulation, an inversion domain boundary was clearly identified showing the varying structural …


PURPOSE: A grid connected photovoltaic system having power quality improvement and power saving functions is provided to reduce power consumed in illumination loads as generating maximum power by MPPT(Maximum Power Point Tracking) from a solar cell. CONSTITUTION: A solar cell array(110) generates predetermined power by receiving sunlight. A first inverter(120) converts the generated power into power required in a grid line. A second inverter(160) is connected to the first inverter, and performs step-down of supply voltage of a load into proper voltage. The first inverter is a current controlled voltage source inverter parallely connected to grid drawing voltage. The second inverter is a voltage controlled voltage source inverter serially connected between a power source and the load. A first transformer(180) changes the voltage, converted in the first inverter, into a size of commercial voltage requested in a grid.


In this paper, rehabilitation tools are proposed and implemented to assist patients with stroke and body dysfunction via auxiliary physical activity. By integrating the entertainment of games and the needs of rehabilitation and utilizing motor assessment scale (MAS) as the building blocks, we propose a game system developed for assessment of stroke rehabilitation by using augmented reality (AR) technology. By means of application of AR Markers and based on related parameters of Wii remotes, various assessment games have been implemented, and vivid pictures can be presented to users via a head-mounted display by seamless combination of real environment and virtual objects. This game system takes various assessment scales into consideration, and each scale is specifically designed and individually integrated to enable the relevant capacity for assessment of motor functions. According to the experimental results, the accuracy rate of the users in successfully following the game steps is 91.2%, and the accuracy rate of the system in assessing the MAS categories is as high as 94.6%, which confirms the feasibility of our proposed and implemented rehabilitation game system.


Abstract Implementation intentions are a powerful strategy to promote health-related behaviours, but mixed results are observed regarding physical activity. The primary aim of this study was to systematically and quantitatively review the literature on the effectiveness of implementation intentions on physical activity. The second aim was to identify conditions under which effectiveness is optimal. A literature search was performed in several databases for published and non-published reports. The inverse variance method with random effect model was used for the meta-analysis of results. Effect sizes were reported as standard mean differences. Twenty-six independent studies were included in the systematic review. The overall effect size of implementation intentions was 0.31, 95% confidence intervals (CI) [0.11, 0.51] at post-intervention and 0.24, 95% CI [0.13, 0.35] at follow-up. The duration of follow-up had no significant effect on effect size (F(1, 18) = 0.21, p=0.66. This strategy was more effective among student and clinical samples, and when barrier management was part of implementation intentions. The present meta-analysis provides support for the use of implementation intentions to promote physical activity, even though the effect size is small to medium.


Background and objectives: In the past decade, use of minimally invasive surgery for removal of teratomas has increased significantly. However, there have been no studies performed in the United States comparing outcomes between minimally invasive removal and resection via laparotomy. Methods: Retrospective chart review. Following collected: age, body mass index, ethnicity, presence of co-morbidities, adnexal teratoma size, surgery duration, estimated blood loss, hospital stay length, presence of cyst rupture and recurrence, complications. Results: 130 underwent minimally invasive removal, 25 underwent excision via laparotomy. Body mass index and incidence of co-morbidities were not significantly different between groups. Overall, mean cyst diameter (10.5 centimeters versus 5.6 centimeters, p < .01), cyst recurrence rate (16% versus 1.6%, p < .05) and hospital stay length (2.6 days versus 1 day, p < .01) were significantly greater in those who underwent laparotomy than in those who underwent minimally invasive surgery. Overall, estimated blood loss, surgery duration, incidence of cyst rupture and incidence of complications were not significantly different between groups. In those with teratomas greater than or equal to 10 centimeters in size (minimally invasive removal: n = 14, average size: 12.1 centimeters; laparotomy: n =15, average size: 13.2 centimeters), cyst recurrence rate and hospital stay length and continued to be lower in those undergoing minimally invasive removal versus laparotomy. Conclusion: Minimally invasive removal of teratomas is associated with a lower cyst recurrence rate and hospital stay length than with excision via laparotomy. No cases of chemical peritonitis or malignancy were identified. *Correspondence to: Cynthia Abraham, Hofstra University, Northwell Health System, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York, E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


As there are not many theories about translator in early translation studies, the researches on essence of translation tend to ignore the significance of translator. From the prospect of dialectical materialism, the major found of this study is that translation is not only transferring the meaning from one set of semiotic system to another, but also containing the active practice of translator under certain social and historical conditions. During this process, translator shows his activity and passivity which are based on the translation practice.


The effect of fluorine (HF) added to the culture solution on the growth of Oryza sativa L.cv.Koshihikari was investigated. HF was added to the culture solution at 50 ppm for 10 days at the active-tillering and panicle formation stages. The number of stems per hill was decreased by fluorine added, either at the tillering or panicle formation stages, especially by the fluorine treatments at the panicle formation stage. The dry weights of unhulled rice, leaves, leaf sheath (culm included), and roots were markedly decreased by the fluorine treatment. The number of ears per hill and the grains per hill were also decreased by fluorine. Thus, the dry weight of all organs, the number of ears per hill, and the number of grains per hill were decreased by the fluorine treatment at the panicle formation stage more severely than that at the active-tillering stage. A significant correlation was recognized between the number of ears per hill, the number of grains per hill and weight of unhulled rice. It was found that the effect of fluorine on the growth and yield of rice plants when given at the vegetative stage were different from that given at the reproductive stage.


Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) is exposed to biotic and abiotic stresses. The survival of Salmonella in nature depends on the global regulators like cAMP receptor protein (CRP). The role of CRP in the phenotypic characteristics and stress tolerance was elucidated in S. Typhimurium using a crp gene null mutant (Δcrp). A 1.6‐fold decrease in the cell size, a two‐fold reduction in the colony size, and a 3.5‐fold decrease in motility were observed in the Δcrp compared with the S. Typhimurium wild‐type (WT). H2S production on selective media was affected in the Δcrp. The utilisation of d‐mannose, d‐glycerol and d‐mannitol was completely affected, whereas that of d‐galactose and d‐fructose was partially affected. The utilisation of d‐arabinose was induced in the Δcrp. The growth rate of the Δcrp in Luria Bertani medium was unaffected. However, in the glucose‐containing minimal medium, the growth rate of the Δcrp was reduced by 1.5‐fold compared with the WT. The Δcrp was able to utilise ethanolamine as the sole carbon source similar to the WT. The Δcrp was more tolerant to heat and oxidative stress. Overexpression of heat and oxidative stress‐related genes was observed in the Δcrp in the stationary phase. The Δcrp was less tolerant to radiation stress compared with the WT. The current findings decisively establish the CRP protein as a global regulator. The CRP affects multiple phenotypes, carbon metabolism and stress physiology of S. Typhimurium.


OBJECTIVE:To establish the quality control standard for Xingnaosu capsules.METHODS:The contents of Astragaloside Ⅳ in three batches of pilot sample were determined by HPLC-ELSD.Kromasil C18 column(4.6 mm×250 mm,5 μm)was used.The mobile phase was acetonitrile-water(32∶68) at a flow rate of 0.6mL/min.The flow rate N2 in ELSD was 2.4 L·min-1.The temperature of drift tube was 100 ℃.The main ingredients in the prescription were identified by TLC.RESULTSThe average contents of astragaloside Ⅳ in this three batches of pilot sample were 0.176 6 mg/capsule,0.178 6 mg/capsule,0.1806 mg/capsule respectively.Qualitative identification by TLC for five ingredients in the prescription including astragalus membranaceus,Radix Paeoniae Rubra,Flos Carthami,Semen Persicae,Rhizoma Chuanxiong were established successfully.CONCLUSION:According to the results of determination,the tentative contents of astragaloside Ⅳ(C41H68O14) in each capsule,should not be less than 0.14 mg(taking 80% of the average content of three batches to be the lower limit).The experimental results indicated that the qualitative identification method is simple,scientific,objective,and specific.


We propose a best-effort video delivery scheme that can be deployed on networks in use today, including Ethernet LANs or the Internet. This scheme detects congestion by measuring the buffer occupancy and loss rate and estimates available channel bandwidth by measuring the incoming data rate at the client receiver. The frame request rate is adjusted accordingly when congestion is detected. No extra support (such as priority control or resource reservation) is required from the underlying network. The scheme is designed for the delivery of MPEG-1/MPEG-2 video streams. Various experimental settings have demonstrated the effectiveness of this scheme.


The most important structural (or mechanical) damage of bituminous porous surfacings (PS), juxtaposed to functional damages which appear as the result of clogging, is the loss of stones leading to raveling or eventually potholes. This damage is time dependent: after a rather long period of slow degradation (5-10 years) the speed of damaging increases. End of life of a porous top layer may be defined as the moment the occurence of unacceptable damage-spots becomes unpredictable for the road authorities. A four years research project has been carried out to find ways to improve resistance against structural damage by a C.R.O.W. working group. Main parts of the project were finding relevant laboratory methods for accelerated ageing and testing of specimens, carrying out these tests and combining the results with visual condition surveys in situ. The aim of the project was to recommend a more durable mix, from the structural point of view. This paper presents results of the project. Specimens of different compositions, stages of damage development and ages were obtained either from test sections, other interesting road sections or laboratory made slabs. The chosen test method is a cyclic tensile test. A minimum creep rate model (MCT) is chosen to rank the test results and a new mix has been proposed. (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD 885061.


Wasting and weakness are important aspects of frailty and increase risk of disability and death. Clinically, frailty and sarcopenia can be overt or subclinical, and criteria for diagnosis can help increase recognition. In fact, a new diagnosis code for sarcopenia in the ICD-10 has been approved. Several sets of operational criteria for the diagnosis of sarcopenia have been proposed, and there is a growing evidence base about the predictive ability of these criteria. In addition, the knowledge base about the biological underpinnings of sarcopenia is increasing rapidly. Multiple challenges remain, including (1) substantial sex differences in how body composition relates to physical function, (2) the role of fat and nerve in muscle function, (3) the effect of body habitus on risk and presentation of sarcopenia and (4) the impact of change in body composition on strength and function. This presentation will provide an overview of the field including current knowledge, major challenges and future directions.


This chapter discusses the style of the pericope by making two very general observations, and then enters into a more detailed discussion regarding some of the points raised in the general observations. A close examination of the speech act summary provided in the chapter reveals how often the function of certain utterances was indicated as 'involving readers', 'enhancing attentio', 'ensuring reader participation' and so on. The journey into Samaria, the problematic socio-religious context, the strange behavior of the traditional Rabbi Jesus, also demands attention and concentration. The socio-cultural context chosen as the background for the narrative is also of extreme importance for the successful communication. The fact that it is situated in Samaria immediately communicates a mass of implicit information. The geographical context of the narrative is indicated as Samaria.Keywords: Jesus; Johannine Style; Samaritan woman; speech act


COVID-19 is a global pandemic, which has seen over 198 million cases as of August 2021. This case study highlights the rehabilitation of a young patient with respiratory and neurologic sequalae of COVID-19 across the continuum of care, from the intensive care unit to the inpatient rehabilitation unit. A 45-year-old woman, with past medical history of fibromyalgia and morbid obesity, presented with complaints of shortness of breath. She tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, was transferred to the intensive care unit, and was intubated for 17 days. The day after extubation, she experienced worsened mental status; computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scans revealed bilateral strokes. On hospital day 21, she was transferred to the stroke step-down unit. On hospital day 24, she recovered some cognitive ability and movement of her lower extremities. On hospital day 30, she was admitted to the inpatient rehabilitation unit. Examination by occupational and physiotherapists found motor and sensory impairments of multiple peripheral nerves, including musculocutaneous, axillary and radial nerves. Interventions included passive range of motion, sitting balance, transfer training, rigid taping, upper extremity strengthening and functional training (gait, stair, activities of daily living). Her activities of daily living performance was limited by upper extremity weakness, sensory loss and pain. This case highlights the medical, neurological and functional implications of COVID-19 on patients after prolonged hospitalisation. The plan of care was informed by collaboration between rehabilitation disciplines. Causes of her injuries are unclear but could include positioning, brachial plexus injuries, or post-critical illness syndrome. Further research on the evaluation and care of patients with COVID-19 that result in profound neurological impairments is warranted.


Based on the types deposited in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Germany), the following African species of Palpimanus Dufour, 1820 are re-examined and redescribed in details: P.namaquensis Simon, 1910 (South Africa, Namibia), P.nubilus Simon, 1910 (Namibia), P.paroculus Simon, 1910 (South Africa, Namibia) and P.processiger Strand, 1913 (Rwanda). The distribution of the considered species is specified and the erroneously interpreted geographical data, previously presented in the World Spider Catalog (2019), are corrected.


A twofold interpenetrating polyhedron-based metal-organic framework with high hydrothermal stability was prepared using a rigid and bent C(2)-symmetric ligand containing two 3,5-benzenedicarboxylate units, which have large surface area and high uptake capacities for various gas molecules.


In this paper we give a module-theoretic approach to the notion of multiplicity module of a pointed group using techniques from the theory of group-graded algebras. MSC 2000. 20C20, 16W50.


Aim To make clear and analyze the basic situation of the 898 hospitalized patients with hepatolenticular degeneration(HLD).Methods In 898 patients with HLD,Excel was used to edit the origeneration,the occuptation,the outbreak age and so on,and analysis was made on the covariance in the home page of the medical record.Result The 898 patients with HLD chiefly came from Anhui province,and the next were from the adjacent province.And few were from the remote district and the minority nationalities.Among the hospitalized patients,above the half were students,the second were farmers.The unmarried patients was 3.38 times as large as the married,and males was 1.95 times as large as the females.As for the outbreak age,children ranked highest,the youth and the adolensence were the second highest.the hospitalized time avareged about a month.Conclusion We should promote education in medical service and hygienic knowledge about HLD,especially in the remote district and the minority nationalities.To discover in early days,diagnose in early days,treat in early days with HLD.Try to avoid misdiagnosis and malpravfice.We should try to improve the patients' quality of life and lengthen their life.


Let $t$ be a positive integer and $G_0$ a subset of an abelian group $G$. A {\textit zero-sum sequence} over $G_0$ is an unordered list of terms in $G_0$ whose sum is $0$. Let $\m(G_0,t)$ denote the maximum length of a zero-sum sequence over $G_0$ that does not contain a zero-sum subsequence of length $t$. For instance, Erd\"os, Ginzburg, and Ziv proved that $\m(\Z_n,n)=2n-1$.
Let $k$ be a positive integer and $I_k=\{i\in \Z:\; -k\leq i\leq k\}$. The Davenport constant of $I_k$, denoted by $D_k$, is the maximum length of a zero-sum sequence over $I_k$ which does not contain a proper zero-sum subsequence. It is known that $D_1=2$ and $D_k=2k-1$ for $k>1$. In this paper, we consider the problem of determining $\m(I_k,t)$. We prove that $\m(I_k,t)$ is finite if and only if every integer in $[1,D_k]$ divides $t$. Moreover, if $\m(I_k,t)$ is finite, then $t+k^2-k-1\leq \m(I_k,t)\leq t+(D_k-1)^2-D_k$. We also show that $\m(I_k,t)=t+k^2-k-1$ holds for $k\leq 3$, and conjecture that this equality holds for any $k\geq1$.


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Director, Alaska Office, Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institution, 1994 present Principal Investigator, Kenai Fjords Oral History and Archaeology Project, 2001 present Principal Investigator & Project Archaeologist, Gulf of Alaska Archaeological Survey Program, National Park Service, Anchorage, 1994-Present Co-Principal Investigator, NEHRDP study of North Pacific earthquake history and archaeological impacts (2000-2001) Curator, Living Our Cultures: Sharing Our Heritage, permanent Smithsonian exhibition at the Anchorage Museum (2010) Curator, Sharing Knowledge:Alaska Native Cultures web site http://alaska.si.edu Project Director, Smithsonian Alaska Collections Project (1999 present) Curator, Looking Both Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People, an exhibition by the Arctic Studies Center and Alutiiq Museum (Kodiak), 1997-2003 Co-Curator, Smithsonian Institution exhibition Crossroads of Continents: Cultures of Siberia and Alaska, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, 1986-88 Exhibition Advisory Panels (current): Bering Sea Ivories (Princeton Museum of Art), Yup'ik Science (NSF/Anchorage Museum), Beringia Museum of Culture and Science, Museum of the Aleutians Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS), Smithsonian representative, 1998-present Arctic Social Sciences Review Panel, National Science Foundation, 1996-present Board of Directors, Museums Alaska (President; board service 1998-present) President, Alaska Anthropological Society (2007) Harriman Scholar, 2000 Harriman Alaska Expedition Affiliate Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Alaska, Anchorage, 1995-Present Anthropology Graduate Program Advisory Board, University of Alaska, Anchorage, 1999-Present Principal Investigator, Three Saints Harbor Archaeology Project, Kodiak, 1990-1991


Wednesday, just before leaving the office, I remembered I wanted to buy Andreas Kyprianou's book, on Levy processes. A second edition is coming soon, but I just need a simple introduction to Levy processes, so I thought that this first edition should be complicated enough for me. And when a second edition should appear soon, you can get a discounted version of the (almost) old one. So I went on Springer's wesite to purchase the book. I did pay for the book, and finished packing, in order to g...


Constraints on Growth and Policy Options A Vaidyanathan If is the contention of this paper that (a) The possibilities of accelerating overall growth, even to the degree visualised in the long- term projections given in the revised Fifth Plan, are doubtful essentially because of the severe constraint on the possibility of stepping up the growth of agriculture and export.


Earth remote sensing data can be used to assess the productivity of winter wheat in the area, the soil and climatic zone and administrative territory such as Oblast as a whole. It was our task to conduct studies on the relationship between the vegetative index NDVI and the yield of winter wheat fields. We found that the stand after its manifestation is unstable, and the yield is often completely missing. Therefore, it became necessary to consider the mechanisms of the interconnection of the vegetative index, as an objective characteristic of the optical properties wheat field, with its harvest. We found a correlation between the area of the photosynthetic surface and NDVI of the winter wheat crop (Rcorr= 0.54-0.79). Since the dimensions of the assimilation apparatus are the most important characteristic, with the use of which the main indicators of photosynthetic productivity are calculated, consequently, the results obtained can be used to develop methods for monitoring the physiological state during vegetation and assessing crop yields of agricultural crops from remote sensing data of the Earth. КЛЮЧЕВЫЕ СЛОВА: вегетационные индекс, NDVI, озимая пшеница, площадь ассимиляционной поверхности, фотосинтетическая продуктивность, урожай зерна.


Altough the consumer behavior in the field of consumer goods industryrepresents a relatively common area of interest in nowadays scientific literature, their loyaltyis part of a research area insufficiently studied at the level of Romanian market. Authors aimto investigate throughout a quantitative marketing research issues regarding customer'sloyalty for a well-known supermarket chain in Bucharest.The findings may have a wide range of applicability, the identified variables and highlightedfeatures could form the basis for substantiation of marketing strategies aimed for customerloyalty.Current customers in the specific urban environment of Bucharest show greatsensitivity to offer, location, daily shopping basket, etc, while there are at the same timeprerequisites for a loyal type behavior.


An adaptive output feedback neural network tracking controller is designed for a class of unknown output feedback nonlinear time-delay systems by using backstepping technique.Neural networks are used to approximate unknown time-delay functions.Delay-dependent filters are intro- duced for state estimation.The domination method is used to deal with the smooth time-delay basis functions.The adaptive bounding technique is employed to estimate the upper bound of the neural network reconstruction error.Based on Lyapunov-Krasoviskii functional,the semi-global uniform ultimate boundedness(SGUUB)of all the signals in the closed-loop system is proved.The arbitrary output tracking accuracy is achieved by tuning the design parameters and the neural node number. The feasibility is investigated by an illustrative simulation example.


Pain is vital for survival as it signals bodily threats and promotes recovery from tissue damage. Chronic pain, however, is considered maladaptive since it provides no apparent protective or recuperative benefits. Currently, approximately 20% of adults around the world suffer from chronic pain, which seriously affects their quality of life. Besides, the extent of the chronic pain problem poses a significant economic burden for both patients and the whole society (in China, the annual cost of pain exceeds $100 billion). Unfortunately, most of the patients had not received adequate treatment for their pain. Therefore, effective treatment of chronic pain is highly needed, which necessitates reliable and valid pain assessment. Since pain a subjective first-person experience, self-report using a visual analog scale or a numeric rating scale is the gold standard to determine the intensity of pain in clinical practice. However, self-report of pain is well known to be easily contaminated with reporting biases, and could not be used in some vulnerable populations, e.g., infants and patients with disorders of consciousness. As a result, the lack of an accurate assessment of pain could lead to an inadequate or suboptimal treatment of pain in these vulnerable populations. To solve this issue, it would be necessary to explore the possibility of assessing pain objectively using neural indicators that could complement the self-report of pain. Recent studies showed that pain-induced gamma band oscillations are one of the most promising biomarkers of the perceived intensity of both stimulus-evoked and spontaneous pain across different populations. First, being elicited by nociceptive stimuli, gamma band oscillations in the primary somatosensory cortex encode subjective pain perception reliably and selectively: Reliably, because they consistently reflect pain at both within-subject and between-subject levels; selectively, because they always track the intensity of pain, even when saliency of nociceptive stimuli is modulated. Second, gamma band oscillations in the prefrontal cortex encode selectively subjective ratings of tonic pain. Third, gamma band oscillations in the prefrontal area are positively correlated with subjective ratings of ongoing pain in chronic pain patients. All these findings demonstrated that gamma band oscillations could be identified as an objective neural indicator of pain perception, which could be useful for the assessment of pain in the future. However, the neural origin and neural mechanisms of pain-induced gamma band oscillations are largely unknown due to a series of technical issues, e.g., the low signal-to-noise ratio of gamma band oscillations, the low spatial resolution of the sampling techniques to record gamma band oscillations, and the intrinsic limitation of correlation analysis in current studies (unable to reveal causal relationship). To achieve a better understanding of the functional significance of pain-induced gamma band oscillations, novel analytical strategies are required to process neural responses that are collected using advanced experimental techniques on different species. With these efforts, we will understand better the neural mechanisms of pain-induced gamma band oscillations, which will increase the accuracy of the diagnosis of pain and the prediction of treatment outcome in various clinical conditions. In addition, the development of approaches to modulate pain-induced gamma band oscillations, e.g., via transcranial alternating current stimulation coupled with neurofeedback, could provide a promising avenue for effective pain treatment in the future.


In order to screen the peanut varieties which have good quality and high yield for planting in Anlong county,varieties comparative experiment were conducted in Sayu town in 2014.The results showed that yield of Puhua 28 was the greatest,greater than Qianhuasheng No.1(CK)by 17.67%,Yueyou 35 was second,9.37% greater than Qianhuasheng No.1(CK),yield of other peanut varieties were less than Qianhuasheng No.1(CK).Puhua 28 and Yueyou 35 has good planting performance,big pod,good marketable proportion of pod and has high yield potentid.It's indicated that Puhua 28 and Yueyou 35 were appropriate to cultivate in Anlong county.


Simple Summary The complex signaling networks that different cancers utilize for cell survival remain poorly understood. A major problem is the complexity of the tumor microenvironments (TME). Here, we discuss the role of intermittent hypoxia as one of the inducers of the UPR in the TME and the related implications of it for both cancer progression and therapeutic approaches. Abstract Despite our understanding of the unfolded protein response (UPR) pathways, the crosstalk between the UPR and the complex signaling networks that different cancers utilize for cell survival remains to be, in most cases, a difficult research barrier. A major problem is the constant variability of different cancer types and the different stages of cancer as well as the complexity of the tumor microenvironments (TME). This complexity often leads to apparently contradictory results. Furthermore, the majority of the studies that have been conducted have utilized two-dimensional in vitro cultures of cancer cells that were exposed to continuous hypoxia, and this approach may not mimic the dynamic and cyclic conditions that are found in solid tumors. Here, we discuss the role of intermittent hypoxia, one of inducers of the UPR in the cellular component of TME, and the way in which intermittent hypoxia induces high levels of reactive oxygen species, the activation of the UPR, and the way in which cancer cells modulate the UPR to aid in their survival. Although the past decade has resulted in defining the complex, novel non-coding RNA-based regulatory networks that modulate the means by which hypoxia influences the UPR, we are now just to beginning to understand some of the connections between hypoxia, the UPR, and the TME.


Abstract : Dike structures, designed and installed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Lower Mississippi River, can modify river geomorphology, discharge rates, and sediment movements within the river. These changes in the river's characteristics, plus the presence of the dikes themselves, result in shifts in types, sizes, and variety of aquatic habitats on a yearly basis. At low water river stages, isolated dike pools bordered by bars are formed, creating distinct aquatic habitats which are quite variable in size and depth. Fish and water samples collected in two such dike pools as well as from the adjacent river border wee used to determine the importance of dike pool habitats to fish communities during a low water period of 1980. Hydrological results indicate that overall differences in water quality were easily distinguishable once stratification began. Surface readings of dissolved oxygen, temperature, and pH were generally higher in the pool habitats than in the main channel. As depth increased, the opposite was true for dissolved oxygen, temperature, and pH. Conductivity at the bottom in the pools during isolation was much higher than in the main channel.


Abstract This paper proposes a low-complexity central processing unit (CPU) that is suitable for deeply embeddedsystems, including Internet of things (IoT) applications. The core features a 16-bit instruction set architecture (ISA) that leads to high code density, as well as a multicycle architecture with a counter-based control unit and adder sharing that lead to a small hardware area. A co-processor, instruction cache, AMBA bus, internal SRAM, externalmemory, on-chip debugger (OCD), and peripheral I/Os are placed around the core to make a system-on-a-chip (SoC) platform. This platform is based on a modified Harvard architecture to facilitate memory access by reducing the number of access clock cycles. The SoC platform and CPU were simulated and verified at the C and the assembly levels, and FPGA prototyping with integrated logic analysis was carried out. The CPU was synthesized at the ASICfront-end gate netlist level using a 0.18μm digital CMOS technology with 1.8V supply, resulting in a gate count ofmerely 7700 at a 50MHz clock speed. The SoC platform was embedded in an FPGA on a miniature board and appliedto deeply embedded IoT applications.


PAUL F. M. ZAHL* On February 14, 1998 the New Testament scholar and theologian Ernst Kasemann died. He was 91 years old. He was buried from the Protestant Parish of Tbingen-Lustnau on February 25th. For all who knew him, let alone the very wide circle of those who were influenced by his work, Kisemann's death was a blow. It also occasioned many moments in which to give thanks. This brief essay is one of them. In the early 1990s I was able to spend three years at the University of Tubingen studying the theology of Ernst Kiisemann. This research was conducted under the supervision of Jirgen Moltmann. Kasemann was very much alive and well, despite his chronic protestations of illness. He was in full provocative mode during that entire period. After receiving the doctorate in systematic theology December 6, 1994, I returned to the U.S. to take up duties at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, Alabama. At that point Kasemann and I began a correspondence. This correspondence revealed the astonishing strength and continuity of his theological reflection. Four of his letters were direct responses to friendly theological criticism and interpretation. These letters, composed at the end of his life, comprise a dense, terse theological testament. I have translated them from German into -English and offer them to the readers of Anglican Th.eological Review), with brief commentary to establish the context. Only a few cuts have been made, of certain private and family observations. To establish the context of these letters, it is necessary first to give a short profile of Ernst Kasemann's life. He was born July 12, 1906 in Dahlhaussen near Bochum. He said that his youth was "alone and joyless."4 Hav,ing studied theology at Bonn (where he was influenced by Erik Peterson) and Marburg (where he first met Rudolf Bultrnann), Kasemann came to Tubingen in 1927 in order to hear Adolf Schlatter. He received the doctorate from Marburg in 1931 and served in parish ministry from 1933 to 1946. His ministry in the mining town of Gelsenkirchen drew down the wrath of the Gestapo. He was imprisoned briefly in 197. Kasemann was active in the Confessing Church's struggle against Alolf Hitler. In 1946 he became Professor of New Testament at the University of Mainz. From 1951 to 1959 he was Professor of New Testament at Gottingen, until he was called to Tubingen. He retired from active teaching in 1971. Kasemann considered himself a revolutionary "partisan," campaigning against idolatry on every front. His celebrated confrontation with the Gestapo in 1937; his conflict with the "Pietists" in the late 1970s, who believed that he denied the bodily resurrection of Jesus; his highly public sympathy with student radicals in 1968; the fact that his daughter Elizabeth became a political revolutionary in Argentina and was murdered by the Junta there in 1977: these and many other important moments in a life that can properly be described as almost "world-historical,' were all shaped by the metaphor of struggle against the principalities and powers. On the scholarly side, Kasemann was known as one of the founders of the "second quest" for the historical Jesus, as a leading theologian of Paul and Pauline apocalyptic, and as a student of John's Gospel. The inner core of all his written work, as the following letters attest, was his highly individual reception of justification by faith. If Kasemann was a partisan of the partisans and a higher-critic of the higher-critics, he was also a Reformation theologian par excellence. He did not at all mind being called a "Gnesio-Luther(lner" (a "purest of the Lutherans"), although he really wasn't. He was too combative to be held to any one school of thought. His personal heroes were F.C. Baur and Martin Luther. The first letter I received of a strongly theological characterafter my family and I had come to Birmingham-was typical. Kasemann spent three paragraphs describing his many illnesses and limitations, even asserting that he had not read my dissertation. …


PURPOSE
Emergency double-J (DJ) stenting following ″uncomplicated″ ureteroscopic (UURS) stone treatment is both morbid and costly. Our study aims at identifying those patients who are more likely to require such an extra procedure. Handling of this complication will also be highlighted.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
319 cases of UURS cases were selected out of 903 patients, who were admitted for URS stone treatment at King Abdullah University Hospital during the period from May, 2003 to December, 2010. Thirty-eight of them (11.9%) had emergency post-URS DJ stenting within 24 hours of discharge. The medical records of all UURS cases were retrospectively reviewed. Comparison in demographic and stone-related variables was made using 2-paired t-test with P < 0.05. Operative findings of 38 stented patients were outlined.

RESULTS
Significant risk factors for emergency stenting were noted in males with larger (> 1.5 cm) and proximal stones (38 stented vs. 281 unstented). Operative risk factors among the 38 patients were: initial procedure time > 45 minutes (42.1%), ureteral wall edema (21.1%), repeated access for stones > 1.5 cm (21.1%), impacted stone (10.5%) and ignored or missed stones/fragments (4.6%).

CONCLUSIONS
The need for emergency DJ stenting following UURS stone treatment is not uncommon. The routine insertion is impractical and weakly-supported. With risk-factor stratification, selective and individualized DJ stenting policy is recommended.


A recent experiment has reported oscillations of the thermal conductivity of $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$ driven by an in-plane magnetic field that are reminiscent of the quantum oscillations in metals. At first glance, these observations are consistent with the presence of the long-sought-after spinon Fermi surface state. Strikingly, however, the experiment also reported vanishing thermal Hall conductivity coexisting with the oscillations of the longitudinal one. Such absence of the thermal Hall effect must originate from crystalline symmetries of $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$. But if the system was a traditional spinon fermi surface state, these symmetries would also necessarily prohibit the emergence of a magnetic field acting on the spinons, in stark contradiction with the presence of quantum oscillations in experiments. To reconcile these observations, we introduce a new class of symmetry enriched ``pseudoscalar"U(1) spin liquids in which certain crystalline symmetries act as a particle-hole conjugation on the spinons. The associated pseudoscalar spinon Fermi surface states allow for the coexistence of an emergent Landau quantizing magnetic field while having an exactly zero thermal Hall conductivity. We develop a general theory of these states by constructing Gutzwiller-projected wave-functions and describing how they naturally appear as U(1) spin liquids with a distinctive projective symmetry group implementation of crystalline symmetries in the fermionic parton representation of spins. We propose that the field induced quantum disordered state in $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$ descends from a pseudoscalar spinon fermi surface state that features compensated spinon-particle and spinon-hole pockets possibly located around the $M$ points of its honeycomb Brillouin zone. These points are connected via a wave-vector associated with the emergence of the competing zig-zag antiferromagnetic state.


In this paper, we employ a linguistic-processing approach to the content-based retrieval of music information. Central to the approach is the use of a lossy version of the Lempel-Ziv incremental parsing (LZIP) algorithm, which constructs a dictionary by incrementally parsing music feature vectors. LZIP is adopted as a source characterization technique owing to it's universal-coding nature, and asymptotic convergence to the entropy of the source. The dictionary is composed of variable-length parsed representations, which are used to construct a highly sparse co-occurrence matrix, which counts the occurrence of the parsed representations in each music. As a feature analysis framework, Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) is then applied to the co-occurrence matrix to generate a lower-dimensional approximation that exposes the most salient features of the represented audio documents. The aforementioned approach, in addition to adopting reduced sampling rates and quantized feature vectors, yields a system with reduced requirements in terms of processing and storage, and increases the tolerance to noisy queries. We demonstrate the performance of the system in the music genre classification problem, and analyze its robustness to perturbed queries. Moreover, we demonstrate that using the incremental parsing algorithm in forming the audio dictionary has superior retrieval performance compared to techniques yielding a dictionary with fixed-length entries such as vector quantization.


Plants adapt to the environmental stresses by using the signalling molecules, such as H2O2 and nitric oxide (NO). We have assessed the NO-induced changes by using sodium nitroprusside (SNP, a NO donor) in photosynthetic components in protoplasts of pea (Pisum sativum) by measuring chlorophyll (Chl) a fluorescence induction kinetics. On exposure to SNP during preillumination, their photochemical activities were severely affected. There was a decrease of 40% in O2 evolution by 5 min and complete inhibition by 20 min. The patterns of photosynthesis in absence of NO did not vary much over 20 min. Chl a fluorescence transient analysis and the energy pipeline models demonstrated that NO decreased the rates and efficiency of photochemical reactions. Presence of NO lowered the photosynthetic performance index and increased the dissipation per reaction centre with the time. Our results suggest that NO inactivates the PSII by targeting both the donor and acceptor sides of PSII.


Forty patients with tubal ectopic pregnancies seen over an 18 month period are studied. Epidemiological parameters in the three major groups are compared. The diagnostic problems, signs and symptoms are discussed. Aetiological factors in this area are compared with changing trends in other centres. Pelvic inflammatory disease remains an important cause. The role of conservative approach in surgical treatment of ectopic pregnancy Z5 discussed. The crude incidence rate of ectopic pregnancy in Johore Baru Hospital between January 1978 and June 1979 is 1:358 deliveries.


This text is an unedited and preliminary version of a book chapter which will be published early 2014 in the Indigenous Knowledge Technology Conference (IKTC) 2011 post{conference book edited by Dr N. Bidwell and Dr H. Winschiers{Theophilus. Under the theme of \Embracing Indigenous Knowledge in a New Technology Design Paradigm", the book intends to present perspectives on a more re
ective technology design to support, serve and preserve the use of Indigenous Knowledge.
Thus many of the concepts and ideas introduced in this text will be expanded and reflected upon in the upcoming chapter. I therefore invite for a lively debate around the issues.


This innovative approach of teaching L2 writing was experimentedbelieving that using a fewer self-regulated learning strategymay lead toweakmetacognitive learning attitude resulting in low proficiency.This research wasconducted to investigate the consequences of instructionally aroused cognitive involvement load for using self-regulated and metacognitive learning strategies to improve L2 writing skills. The innovative L2 writing instructional model of this study has been named as Strategic Self-Regulated Metacognitive Activities or S2RMCA.The approach of this model is to promoteself-regulated learning managementby learners. Forarousing the use of learning strategies, a set of self-monitoring and self-evaluatingassessment rubric namedStrategy Inventories for Learning L2 Writing(SILL2W)has also been designed. For collecting and analyzingthe data a questionnaire, pre-post-tests, checklist, and interviews wereutilized. Outcomes of data analyses have shownusefulness and practicality ofthe S2RMCA model for teaching self-regulated L2 writing. Acceptable resultshave also beenshownby participants intheir L2 writing skills. In research studies conducted on cognitive load, accurate measurement of load viaself-reporting has been a persistingquestion and this study has notbeen different from the onesthat have faced the challenge.


The present study examined the effects of Korean white ginseng (WG, Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer) on the learning and memory function and the neural activity in rats with trimethyltin (TMT)-induced memory deficits. The rats were administered with saline or WG (WG 100 or 300 ㎎/㎏, p.o.) daily for 21 days. The cognitive improving efficacy of WG on the amnesic rats, which was induced by TMT, was investigated by assessing the Morris water maze test and by perform- ing immunohistochemistries on choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), acetylcholinesterase (AchE), cAMP responsive element binding protein (CREB) and brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). The rats treated with TMT injection (control group) showed impaired learning and memory of the tasks, but the rats treated with TMT injection and WG administration produced significant improvement of the escape latency to find the platform in the Morris water maze at the 2nd and 4th days compared to that of the control group. In the retention test, the WG 100 and WG 300 groups showed significantly increased crossing number around the platform compared to that of the control group (p < 0.001). Consistently with the behavioral data, result of immunohistochemistry analysis showed that WG 100 ㎎/㎏ significantly alleviated the loss of BDNF-ir neurons in the hippocampus compared to that of the control group (p < 0.01). Also, treatment with WG has a trend to be increased the cholinergic neurons in the hippocampal CA1 and CA3 areas as compared to that of the control group. These results suggest that WG may be useful for improving the cognitive function via regulation of neurotrophic activity.


The search for a practical index oftrichlorethylene exposure must take into account its degree of narcotic activity in turn related to air concentration. Trichloracetic acid level in urine provides a useful means of assessing exposure and it can be related to trichlorethylene in air. A small investigation of this relationship has been carried out on two continuously exposed subjects.


Slavery and pawning were closely related though different institutions in precolonial Benin society. In many areas of Nigeria and indeed West Africa, colonial rule signified the end of the slave trade but domestic slavery was left undisturbed for quite a long time. The earliest of the slave dealing ordinances merely contained clauses in favour of manumission. In Benin, however, for quite peculiar reasons, the British attack on slavery came with the first entry of British troops into the area. First, emancipation was used to facilitate British occupation. Later, the drive for manumission was a strong expression of the British commitment to a principle which grew out of the ad hoc adoption of measures favouring emancipation. In the attack on slavery and pawning in Benin, the native courts were heavily relied upon as well as the use of ordinances and proclamations. The abolition of slavery and pawning created a welter of problems on the social, economic and political planes. This paper examines these problems and how they were handled by the British administration in Benin. Changes in the society which were the byproducts of emancipation as well as factors which made emancipation possible are also discussed.


Hepatitis C is a chronic infectious liver disease that can lead to cirrhosis, liver cancer and liver failure. This study aimed to estimate the healthcare cost of treating chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) from the perspective of Ministry of Health hospitals in Malaysia.


Food habits and diet composition of Patagonian flounder Paralichthys patagonicus (Jordan, 1889) were studied on the basis of stomach content analyses from 828 specimens (512 females, 304 males, 12 unsexed) collected during 16 commercial cruises between February 2009 and April 2010 in the Argentine-Uruguayan Coastal Ecosystem (34° S-41° S). A total of 272 stomachs (32.9%) contained food (184 females and 84 males), among which 20 prey taxa were identified. The most important prey category was pelagic fish, primarily Argentine anchovy (Engraulis anchoita), followed by rough scad (Trachurus lathami). Evidence showed that females consumed a higher total wet weight of prey compared to males. Results also suggested a specialised diet over E. anchoita, across all sex and size groups. The estimated trophic level for the population of P. patagonicus was 4.16. This study suggests that P. patagonicus is a tertiary piscivorous consumer of the trophic food web in the region, and reveals changes in the prey consumption compared with previous studies.


The article is a review of housing cooperative law in the last 100 years. The aim is to approximate one of the limited real rights contained in article 244 of the Civil Code, a cooperative ownership right to a flat. Indication of the most important changes in the cooperative ownership right to housing, made since the independence of Poland. Starting from the first Polish legal act on housing cooperatives, the act on cooperatives from 1920, passing to the Act of 17 February 1961 on cooperatives and their unions, then the Act of 16 September 1982 – Cooperative Law, as well as to the Act of 15 December 2000 on Housing cooperatives. The current provisions of the cooperative ownership right to the premises were presented, which were compared to a fully-fledged right which is the property right. The basic differences between these rights are approximated. The analysis of cooperative law is conducted from the point of view of the need for the existence of a cooperative ownership right to a flat.


2 years -0,38±0,6(-1,25 to +0,50) (p=0,09). Mean IOP increased for 1,3mmHg (p>0,05), but returned to baseline values after 3 months. One month postop Ecc decreased by 5,1% (p<0.05) and remained stable during the follow up (p<0,05). changes in average values for coma, trefoil and spherical aberration were not significant for 5mm pupil(p>0,05). There were no intraoperative complications, postoperatively 2 lenses were explanted due to under sizing, and 2 eyes developed anterior lens opacities. conclusion: IcL implantation showed excellent refractive and visual results with high predictability and fast visual recovery. rate of surgical and early postoperative complications was acceptable. Longer follow up and larger series of patients are needed to evaluate late postoperative complications and safety for crystalline lens and corneal endothelium. Lifelong follow up of these patients is mandatory.


The welding residual stresses produced by welding frequently cause a crack and promote stress corrosion etc. in heat affected zone contained with external load and weakness of material. For the purpose of relaxation of welding residual stress, post welding heat treatment (PWHT) is widely used. In this paper, the computer program which is based on Thermal-Elasto-Plastic-creep theory for plane deformation is developed by finite element method (F.E.M.) and verified its propriety by experimental measurement and also by using the developed computer program. The mechanical behavior of butt welding joint is clarified during PWHT.


An accuracy of sea surface temperature (SST) retrieved from passive microwave radiometers can be improved by adequate corrections on wind effects. In an older version of SST algorithm used for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for (AMSR-E) aboard the AQUA, a coefficient used for wind effect correction is constant in the global ocean. Comparison of AMSR-E and buoys SST showed that the correction coefficient is not constant, but varied seasonally and locally. In a new version of AMSR-E SST algorithm, seasonal variations of wind effect correction are adopted. In this presentation, seasonal changes of correction coefficient are given.


Air conditioning accounts for approximately 50 % of the annual power requirement in almost all types of commercial buildings such as IT parks, Malls, office complexes, Hospitals, Hotels, Entertainment centers, Educational institute and Government establishments. The air conditioning for commercial buildings is only going to increase, with the growth in the number of buildings. Inefficient building envelopes, Unnecessary lighting, inefficient air conditioning systems all contribute to higher cooling capacity requirement which ultimately leads to high energy consumption and cost. The aim of this project is to find energy efficiency air conditioning design and find methods to reduction in the energy requirement of the AC System in a building. The sizing of air conditioning plant, Selection of chillers, cooling towers, chilled water pumps and air handling units will be studied


In order to improve how to choose the interlayer material used to airport cement concrete double combining pavement,the material test method is founded through double-layer beam simulating double combining pavement,and attachment coefficient is considered to be the judgment index to choose interlayer material.Differ interlayer material,such as non-woven,coiled material is test.The experiment results show that interlayer material attachment coefficient agrees with the design criterion.And the test results may be used to choose interlayer material.


Background: Digit ratio (2D:4D), a measure of prenatal testosterone exposure, is weakly-to-moderately associated with increased physical performance, although the evidence is far stronger for males than females. Objective: To examine the relationship between 2D:4D and measured on-water rowing performance in young females competing at the Australian Rowing Championships. Methods: Using an observational, cross-sectional design, female rowers (n 5 69, aged 12–30 years) who competed in single sculls events at the Australian Rowing Championships in 2007 and 2008 had numerous physical and digital anthropometric measurements taken, including 2D:4D measurements. Relationships between 2D:4Ds and race times were examined using Pearson's correlations, partial correlations and multiple regression. Partial Least Squares regression analysis determined the strength of the 2D:4D as a predictor of race time relative to 78 body dimensions plus age. Results: Overall, weak to strong positive correlations between 2D:4D and race time were found; that is, females with smaller 2D:4Ds had faster race times than females with larger 2D:4Ds. Relationships were weak to moderate for all females (r 5 0.29–0.32), moderate-to-strong for senior rowers (aged 20 years; r 5 0.42–0.55), and weak for junior rowers (aged <20 years; r 5 0.13–0.18), with all relationships persisting following adjustment for age. Partial Least Squares regression analysis showed that 2D:4Ds had high predictive importance relative to other body dimensions. Conclusions: Females with smaller 2D:4Ds rowed substantially faster than females with larger 2D:4Ds, with the 2D:4D possibly linked to underlying characteristics that have been optimized over time resulting in better rowing performance. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 27:157–163, 2015. VC 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


This paper presents a high-performance FPGA solution to generic shape-based object detection in images. The underlying detection method involves representing the target object by binary templates containing positional and directional edge information. A particular scene image is preprocessed by edge segmentation, edge cleaning and distance transforms. Matching involves correlating the templates with the distance-transformed scene image and determining the locations where the mismatch is below a certain user-defined threshold. Although successful in the past, a significant drawback of these matching methods has been their large computational cost when implemented on a sequential general-purpose processor. In this paper we present a step by step implementation of the components of such object detection systems, taking advantage of the data and logical parallelism opportunities offered by an FPGA architecture. The realization of a pipelined calculation of the preprocessing and correlation on FPGA is presented in detail.


We introduced a retention control system for the wet-end section of a paper machine using two intelligent pulp and filler (ash) low consistency sensors. When we tried to control the white water (WW) total consistency by the retention aid dosage using the "proportional plus integral (PI) feedback controller", we experienced a strong interaction with the existing paper ash content control of the QCS (quality control system). To alleviate this interaction problem, we utilized a "decoupling controller" together with the "PI feed-back controller".


The mechanical behaviors of regular hexagon folded-plated shell subjected to canonical vertical loads are analyzed based on the calculation theory of quadrilateral folded-plate shell. The practical calculation equations for regular polygon folded-plated shell subjected to uniform loads are presented. By comparison of the calculated results with the finite element analysis results, it can be found that the calculation theory presenting in this paper can rather accurately predict the mechanical behaviors of regular hexagon folded-plated shell.


In the context of the European Union Framework Program 7 EUMETSAT participates in the ERA-CLIM project. One of EUMETST's contributions is the reprocessing of all METOP-A AVHRR polar winds back to the year 2007. At EUMETSAT two algorithms for the retrieval of Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMVs) are available. Both algorithms will be used and the two data sets will give a unique opportunity to investigate into the differences of the two algorithms. The paper presents the two algorithms and discusses some first results obtained with the above mentioned two algorithms, including validation results against radiosondes and numerical weather prediction (NWP) data for a small test data set.


in which mysticism specialises. All great religions, after they have become a civilisational force, have attempted to develop cults devoted to the pursuit of mysticism. It was necessary for them to do so in order to preserve and nurture their original spiritual vision through such traditions of mysticism amidst their growing social and cultural concerns. This applies to Islam, as it does to any other religion. Soon after the death of Prophet Muhammad, it embarked upon a career of politico cultural expansion, which did not stop even to consolidate its gains, till within a century a World of Islam was created which extended from Spain in the west to Central Asia in the east. Thereafter followed some


Based on the meteorological data inside the greenhouse including radiation,temperature and the sky condition,temperature,wind speed outside greenhouse from January to May in 2008,the characteristic of radiation inside greenhouse was analyzed,the correlations between radiation and temperature of air and ground inside greenhouse were discussed,the impacts of temperature,wind speed outside greenhouse on heat dissipation inside greenhouse were studied.The result showed that the impact of the sky condition on radiation inside greenhouse was visible,in the daytime the primary factor of the temperature change is solar radiation,and in the nighttime heat dissipation inside greenhouse concerns with temperature outside,the impact of wind speed on temperature inside is weak,soil can adjust microclimate in greenhouse.


The globe's corporate power elites view trust as indispensable to economic growth (Tyler and Stanley, 2007; DeVita, 2007; Korcynski, 2000). They also view the loss of trust as a cost or 'tax' to business (Murphy, 2003; Rendtorff, 2008; Khodyakov, 2007). Consequently, corporate elites use their capitalist power to socialise trust (Kincaid, 2006) in order to increase profits. Corporate elites acquire power through specialised knowledge that ordinary consumers find difficult or impossible to fathom. Elites then leverage their knowledge/power by taking on more and more risk on behalf of consumers (Rendtorff, 2008), and packaging that risk in products and services. In response, consumers employ trust as a way to reduce uncertainty and complexity when purchasing those products and services. Hence consumers accept the power of corporate elites and other authorities in global capital systems (Rendtorff, 2008).


ing of the revelations requires an appropriate responsiveness on the part of the subjects. In Part IV Cailliet argues that there is no cleavage between Christianity and modernity but that the same virulent error has infected both. Examining classic views of hamartia and hubris in literature, philosophy, and theology, Cailliet pins the anthropocentric, tragic outlook, culminating in-"the loss of man's true Purpose," to "the Prometheus who slumbers in the soul of 'every man that cometh into the world. . . .' The reason is that Prometheus stands for man definitely and stubbornly on his own" (p. 158). What Cailliet recommends for the Christian recovery of purpose, then, is a theological understanding of Biblical experience which subordinates man to the absolute sovereignty and grace of God. Philosophers may well accuse The Recovery of Purpose with lack of sufficient evidence; but ministers, who already are imbued with Christian faith, should find it a useful, crisply written volume.


In the 1990s, a number of emerging issues are posing serious challenges to the staffing function in both public and private sector organizations. Discusses these issues and their implications on career trends and staffing strategies. In particular, examines and discusses the various staffing and career challenges posed by workforce diversity, the increasing entry of women in the workforce, the increasing demand on education and training, the increasing importance of equal opportunity and age discrimination legislation and the changing pattern in employee aspirations and attitudes. Also presents the way in which organizations in the 1990s are responding to the above challenges. Also outlines and discusses a number of suggestions relating to more effective career and staffing strategies to deal with the above challenges.


The study was conducted to retain postharvest quality and enhance shelf-life by pre-harvest sprays of calcium nitrate and calcium chloride (1%) after 60 days from full bloom (DFFB) followed by fungicide (0.3%) (Ziram-27% SC and Captan 50% WP) individually 30 days prior to fruit harvest in plants of Red Delicious apple in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh. The fruits were evaluated for quality attributes after 14, 28 and 42 days of storage intervals. Lesser physiological loss in weight (PLW) and high firmness was observed in calcium chloride than calcium nitrate sprayed fruits during shelf-life of 42 days, irrespective of fungicide. Whereas fungicide (0.3%) spray of Captan-50%WP was found to maintained better quality characteristics of fruits than Ziram-27% SC. SSC increased with increase in storage interval up to 42 days in calcium sprayed fruits irrespective of compound. Fruits sprayed with 1% calcium chloride after 60 DFFB followed by fungicide (0.3%) Captan-50% WP before 30 days from fruit harvest had significantly high fruit firmness and low PLW up to 42 days of storage period.


In the last years more experience has been achieved with long time operation of solar tower receivers increased in size. The insulation of these receivers shows higher complexity and importance compared to small prototypes [1, 2]. Both insulation of tubular cavity receiver and inner insulation of piping are safety-relevant components as they protect e.g. support structures and pressurized tubes and connections against overheating. Besides safety, operating reliability is one of the most important requirements to meet as down times, maintenance and repairs cause high costs. This paper describes the new development of the insulation for a tubular cavity receiver with air as heat transfer medium, where costs and thermal heat loss should be reduced. The prototype has been designed, built and tested for 100 operating hours at receiver outlet temperatures of up to 800°C at the test facility Plataforma Solar de Almería (PSA), Spain. The results of a thermal model, of material tests and the evaluation of the thermal heat loss are presented. © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Peer review by the scientific conference committee of SolarPACES 2014 under responsibility of PSE AG.


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Background: Air pollution has become a major global public health problem. A number of studies have confirmed the association between air pollutants and emergency room (ER) visits for respiratory diseases in developed countries and some Asian countries, but little evidence has been seen in Western China. This study aims to concentrate on this region. Methods: A time-series analysis was used to examine the specific effects of major air pollutants (PM10, SO2 and NO2) on ER visits for respiratory diseases from 2007 to 2011 in the severely polluted city of Lanzhou. We examined the effects of air pollutants for stratified groups by age and gender, accounting for the modifying effect of dust storms in spring to test the possible interaction. Results: Significant associations were found between outdoor air pollution concentrations and respiratory diseases, as expressed by daily ER visits in Lanzhou in the spring dust season. The association between air pollution and ER visits appeared to be more evident on dust days than non-dust days. Relative risks (RRs) and 95% CIs per 10 µg/m3 increase in 3-day PM10 (L3), 5-day SO2 (L5), and the average of current and previous 2-day NO2 (L01) were 1.140 (1.071–1.214), 1.080 (0.967–1.205), and 1.298 (1.158–1.454), respectively, on dust days. More significant associations between PM10, SO2 and NO2 and ER visits were found on dust days for elderly females, elderly males and adult males, respectively. Conclusions: This study strengthens the evidence of dust-exacerbated ER visits for respiratory diseases in Lanzhou.


Media-translatology is a new science in recent years,which broadens the areas of comparative literature,translation study and even modern and contemporary Chinese literary studies.A brief illustration is provided for its basic theory and its fundamental concepts.A profound analysis is made of its category,the problems concerning literary translation and translation literature,and the relationship between history of translation literature and history of literary translation.


With a single protocol, commercially available Pd(P(t-Bu)(3))(2) can effect the Negishi cross-coupling of a wide range of aryl and vinyl chlorides with aryl- and alkylzinc reagents. The process tolerates nitro groups, and it efficiently generates sterically hindered biaryls. In addition, a high turnover number (>3000) can be achieved.


At the beginning of the year (in this case, also the millennium), one is tempted either to look back or to look forward, even perhaps to make resolutions for the future. The unpredictability of the future and the uselessness of resolutions (re-solutions?) lead me to look back. The year 2000 was a good one for the Canadian Respiratory Journal, with increases in the number, quality and sources of submitted papers. Inevitably, there was also an increase in the number of rejected submissions; I offer to the authors the consolation that their papers went through a review process that I feel is truly 'peer review' and the hope that the quality of the work is thereby enhanced. In the face of many criticisms of peer review, I am especially concerned that the review process remains fair, and, as Editor-in-Chief, I believe that my main function is to provide a judgment that is as unbiased as I can make it. Obviously, I am deeply indebted to my reviewers, and I take this opportunity to thank them for their generous and unrewarded work. The names of the reviewers for 2000 were listed in the November/December issue of the Journal; almost without exception, they provided reviews that were timely, intelligent and constructively critical. Because of the time involved, I do not usually acknowledge them or send revised manuscripts back for their opinion; I apologize for both of these sins of omission but hope that any reader who feels that we have fallen down in this regard will blow a whistle. A sad event in June 2000 for the group in Hamilton, Ontario, was the death of a respected colleague – Dr Leo Kahana. I first knew of Dr Kahana before I arrived in Canada through an important study that he carried out in Montreal, Quebec (1). More than 25 years ago, he went to Hamilton as director of the local chest clinic and became the main consultant for tuberculosis. Later, when the provincial chest clinic was phased out, he also played a major role in the organization of the undergraduate teaching program at McMaster University, Hamilton. After the finding of a radiological abnormality in the autumn of 1999, Dr Kahana bore the investigation and treatment of a nonsmall cell lung carcinoma with quiet fortitude, and wrote an affecting short paper on his experiences as a patient (2). The paper should be required reading for everyone who looks after patients with lung cancer; less than a half-hour spent reading – followed by at least an equal amount of time spent reading between the lines – will provide the reader with invaluable insights. I will not list the insights that came to my mind as I read Dr Kahana's paper, for this may detract from its value. There are few conditions other than cancer in which, from the patient's viewpoint, experience falls short of expectation. Too seldom, patients tell us directly when their expectations have not been met or where we have fallen short in our professionalism. Who else but doctors as patients are capable of doing this? Through the years, a small number of papers have appeared in the literature that are written by doctors relating their experiences as patients. Usually, editors accept the papers without peer review, realizing that when it comes to personal experiences, with the pain, disability and anxiety that go with them, there can be no appropriate peer review. It is the clear and authentic expression of these experiences that makes such papers so valuable and, of course, so sad. One can only hope that readers learn the important lessons that our brave colleagues have spent their scarce time trying to impart to us. However, maybe we have to go through such experiences ourselves before we can appreciate fully what the person 'on the other side of the desk' is going through – another sad thought. Dr Leo Kahana has left us a valuable legacy, one that I hope will be widely read and internally digested.


BACKGROUND
Asian countries are an endemic area for both dengue (DENV) and Japanese encephalitis viruses (JEV). While JEV vaccines have been used extensively in this region, DENV vaccines remains under development. Whether preexisting naturally acquired or vaccination-induced immunity against JEV may affect the immune response to dengue vaccine candidate is unclear. In this study we used mice previously immunized with JEV vaccines to evaluate the impact on dengue-specific neutralizing antibody responses to a tetravalent dengue DNA vaccine candidate (TDNA).

METHODS
A tetravalent cocktail of plasmids encoding pre-membrane and envelope proteins from each dengue serotype was administered into mice which had been previously primed with inactivated or live-attenuated JEV vaccines, or dengue serotype2 virus (DENV-2). Neutralizing antibody response was measured employing a plaque reduction neutralization test at two weeks after the priming and at four weeks after the second dose of the dengue tetravalent plasmids.

RESULTS
Inactivated or live-attenuated JEV vaccines, or DENV-2 induced low levels of neutralizing antibodies against the homologous viruses (JE and dengue virus, respectively). DENV-2 injection induced also low levels of cross-reactive antibodies against DENV-1, -3 and -4. JEV vaccines have no effect on the dengue-specific neutralizing antibody responses to the subsequent TDNA immunization. Pre-exposure to DENV-2 infection increased DENV-2 specific response neutralizing antibody to two doses of TDNA plasmids by six folds, but did not affect antibody response to other serotypes.

CONCLUSIONS
Priming with JEV vaccines did not impact on dengue virus-specific neutralizing antibody response to a dengue TDNA vaccine candidate in mice.


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Atrend in American litigation has important implications not only for those who practise medicine but also for those who purchase and organise it and for those who make equipment that clinicians use. By describing one particular case in the United States courts, this book focuses on the clash between medical and legal definitions of evidence that has received little attention hitherto but which is relevant world wide.

The story itself is relatively simple. A few women claimed that health problems, notably connective tissue disease, had resulted from their breast implants. A few "expert" witnesses asserted that this was the case and propounded theories about how such a causal relation might operate. There was not, and never has been, any strong evidence based on good epidemiological research that breast implants actually cause connective tissue disease, using conventional criteria for defining a causal relation. On the basis …


The invention relates to a diver underwater rock avoiding method based on data communication. The method comprises the following steps: (1) providing a diver underwater rock avoiding system based on data communication, wherein the avoiding system comprises a head fixing platform, rock detection equipment and a shore base control platform, the rock detection equipment is positioned on the head fixing platform and used for detecting whether or not any rock exists in front of a diver, and the shore base control platform is connected with the rock detection equipment in order to receive an identification result of the rock detection equipment; and (2) running the system. Through adoption of the diver underwater rock avoiding method, the diver can avoid rocks automatically in a proceeding process, and a diving suit is prevented from being broken by the rocks.


Current approaches to AI and Assistive Technology (AT) often foreground task completion over other encounters such as expressions of care. Our paper challenges and complements such task-completion approaches by attending to the care work of access-the continual affective and emotional adjustments that people make by noticing and attending to one another. We explore how this work impacts encounters among people with and without vision impairments who complete tasks together. We find that bound up in attempts to get things done are concerns for one another and how well people are doing together. Reading this work through emerging disability studies and feminist STS scholarship, we account for two important forms of work that give rise to access: (1) mundane attunements and (2) non-innocent authorizations. Together these processes work as sensitizing concepts to help HCI scholars account for the ways that intelligent ATs both produce access while sometimes subverting people with disabilities.


In this note, we characterize compact sets in R n over which any continuous multivariate function can be approximated arbitrarily well by neural networks with one hidden layer and weights from two fixed directions.


Anticipated foundation movements resulting from removal of heavy overburden loads from overconsolidated soils initiated special considerations of construction sequence and structural details for Dos Amigos Pumping Plant in California. Progressive unloading and reloading of the foundation is controlled by the construction specifications for this 13,200 cfs pumping plant. The possibility of relatively large differential movements across building expansion joints and between the structure and the discharge pipeline foundation is recognized. Special details for embedded pipe and conduit are developed to provide articulation across the building expansion joints. Articulation of the discharge pipeline between the building and the pipeline foundation is also developed.