This dissertation addresses operating system thread scheduling for chip multithreaded processors. Chip multithreaded processors are becoming mainstream thanks to their superior performance and power characteristics. Threads running concurrently on a chip multithreaded processor share the processor's resources. Resource contention, and accordingly performance, depends on characteristics of the co-scheduled threads. The operating system controls thread co-scheduling, and thus affects performance of a chip multithreaded system.
This dissertation describes the design and implementation of three new scheduling algorithms for chip multithreaded processors: the non-work-conserving algorithm, the target-miss-rate algorithm, and the cache-fair algorithm. These algorithms target contention for the second-level cache, a recognized performance-critical resource, and pursue several objectives: performance optimization, fairness, and performance predictability. These algorithms use novel analytical performance models and online performance monitoring, and do not require input from applications or changes to existing hardware structures. This dissertation describes the implementation of these algorithms in a commercial operating system and evaluates their effectiveness.


Introduction Accurate detection and segmentation of the intraprostatic gross tumor volume (GTV) is pivotal for radiotherapy (RT) in primary prostate cancer (PCa) since it influences focal therapy target volumes and the patients' cT stage. The study aimed to compare the performance of multiparametric resonance imaging (mpMRI) with [18F] PSMA-1007 positron emission tomography (PET) for intraprostatic GTV detection as well as delineation and to evaluate their respective influence on RT concepts. Materials and Methods In total, 93 patients from two German University Hospitals with [18F] PSMA-1007-PET/CT and MRI (Freiburg) or [18F] PSMA-1007-PET/MRI (Dresden) were retrospectively enrolled. Validated contouring techniques were applied for GTV-PET and -MRI segmentation. Absolute tumor volume and cT status were determined for each imaging method. The PCa distribution from histopathological reports based on biopsy cores and surgery specimen was used as reference in terms of laterality (unilateral vs. bilateral). Results In the Freiburg cohort (n = 84), mpMRI and PET detected in median 2 (range: 1–5) and 3 (range: 1–8) GTVs, respectively (p < 0.01). The median GTV-MRI was significantly smaller than the GTV-PET, measuring 2.05 vs. 3.65 ml (p = 0.0005). PET had a statistically significant higher concordance in laterality with surgery specimen compared to mpMRI (p = 0.04) and biopsy (p < 0.01), respectively. PSMA PET led to more cT2c and cT3b stages, whereas cT3a stage was more pronounced in mpMRI. Based on the cT stage derived from mpMRI and PET information, 21 and 23 as well as 59 and 60 patients, respectively, were intermediate- and high-risk according to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) v1.2022 criteria. In the Dresden cohort (n = 9), similar results were observed. Conclusion Intraprostatic GTV segmentation based on [18F] PSMA-1007 PET results in more and larger GTVs compared to mpMRI. This influences focal RT target volumes and cT stage definition, but not the NCCN risk group.


The problem of child labour has been prevalent in most economies, especially the developing ones. Children in the poor families are sent to work to supplement the family income and since the poor do not have enough resources to send them to schools, they send them to work instead of keeping them idle. Though India is signatory of various international conventions and agreements, there is growing number of child labour in India. Even though the magnitude of child labour in India is declining but still it exists in the society. Actually, the problem of child labour thrives within the informal economy. In India, most of the working children are found in the unorganized sector. Among various sub sectors in the unorganized sector, the activities in the private domain of the homes go unreported and unregulated. So, our homes have a huge demand for the child labour especially the girl child labour and girls are more vulnerable in this case as compared to the boys in the family as they will be the first to leave the school and join the labour force in case of inadequate income of the family. Here an attempt has been made to find out the status and problems of working children in Gujarat state. 300 children were interviewed and it was found out that these children work under very hard conditions. They work for long hours without adequate rest intervals. Besides, they are also paid very low amount without any regular increments in the income. Thus, for years these children are forced to work under hard conditions for meager income. Moreover, mostly these children are not aware of existing laws regarding child labour. Since it is being observed that poverty is the major reason behind the children being forced to work, any law to prohibit child labour and the programmes to eradicate child labour must be accompanied with poverty eradication programmes. There must be emphasis on compulsory primary education and the education of the girl children needs to be especially taken care of.


Recent biomechanical and anatomic studies have concluded that double row rotator cuff repairs provide better initial strength and better restore the anatomic footprint of the rotator cuff. Most of these double row techniques utilize a medial mattress suture. This report describes a technique that anatomically repairs the articular and bursal lamina of the rotator cuff independently and in a fashion that is biologically compatible. This technique buries the articular lamina knots thereby decreasing the ''knot burden^ in the subacromial space. The rationale for the development of the double row double lamina repair and its vascular compatibility are described.


The Incremental Dynamic Analysis (IDA) assesses the global collapse capacity of a structure by plotting its maximum inelastic response, obtained through a non-linear time-history analysis, versus the scaled intensity of different input earthquakes. The seismic intensity is often measured through the spectral acceleration at the fundamental elastic period. However, this can produce highly variable results. An alternative method is presented in this paper that relies on the elongated period, calculated either from the Fourier spectrum of the acceleration at a target building point (inelastic peak period) or from a smooth Fourier spectrum (inelastic smooth peak period). By referring to a reference reinforced concrete building and to a set of 10 spectrum-consistent earthquakes, the paper presents the results of a wide investigation. First, the variation in the elongated period as a function of the seismic intensity is discussed. Then, the effectiveness of the proposed method is assessed by comparing the IDA curves to those obtained through the elastic period or through approximate values of the elongated period given in the literature. The results show that the alternative IDA procedure generates curves with less-dispersed collapse thresholds. A statistical analysis shows significant improvements in the results when the inelastic smooth peak period is adopted.


A combination of adaptive navigational interface and real time collaborative feedback analysis for documents relevance weighting is proposed as an viable alternative to prevailing 'telegraphic' approach in information retrieval systems. Adaptive navigation is provided through a dynamic links panel controlled by an evolutionary algorithm. Documents relevance is initially established with standard information retrieval techniques and is further refined in real time through interaction of users with the system. Introduced concepts of multidimensional Knowledge Map and Weighted Point of Interest allow finding relevant documents and users with common interests through a trivial calculation. Browsing search approach, the ability of the algorithm to adapt navigation to users interests, collaborative refinement and the self-organising features of the system are the main factors making such architecture effective in various fields where non-structured knowledge shall be represented to the users.


One of the objectives of this research is to be able to record and analyze a diversity of practices around the Hermandad de Jesus de Nazareno (the brotherhood of Jesus of Nazareth). One of the most relevant activities is the harvest of the corozo flower and the coyol, which in spite of being a practice with strong identity roots, is not very well known; it is part of an interweaving of symbols which gives the population a sense of belonging, and through this, the meanings vary depending on the individual perception of the devouts to Jesus Nazareno, thus generating in others a fusion of emotions and sociocultural behaviors in the municipality of Izalco.
Keywords: Holy Week Rites/Traditions – Izalco, El Salvador, Rituals and ceremonies– Izalco, El Salvador, Religious Festivities – Izalco, El Salvador, Ethnology - El Salvador.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5377/entorno.v0i68.8454URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11298/1134


Covering for grinding or honing with an abrasive grain and a bond and at least one filler, characterized in that an abrasive grain is a grain size of 3 to 50 microns is dispersed in the binding heaps (16) and the piles adjacent to the abrasive grain (22) having a ceramic bond (24).


This paper examines emotions in advertising, its effects and functioning. Using an interview-based experiment on 256 participants, we found that emotions perceived during an advertising exposure could play an important role in eliciting responses towards the ad and the brand. However, this process is true provided that consumers associate the perceived emotion to the exposed brand or its consumption experience. Furthermore, we have identified efficiency differences between magazine ads, depending on how they visually describe emotions. In particular, we study emotional integration in advertising, i.e. salience of emotions expressed towards the ad, the presence of core brand information and clarity of the advertising message about the hedonic attributes of consumption. Interestingly, the impact of the staging process of emotions is moderated by respondents-specific variables, including their need for emotion, tolerance for ambiguity, their need for structure and need for cognition.


Composite thin films are deposited from acetylene in a microwave multipolar plasma excited at distributed electron cyclotron resonance in one single process. The composite consists of carbon-based nanoparticles embedded in a hydrogenated amorphous matrix. Effects of plasma duration and microwave power on the composite thin film are described along with the powder growth mechanisms. Indeed, two types of nanoparticles are formed: pure graphite-like and graphite-like shell with a metallic core. The first type grows from recombinations in the plasma phase, while core-shelled starts from a metallic core generated from the reactor walls. These metallic clusters can be heated while immersed in the plasma which leads to catalytic growth of powders.


Isolates of Agrobacterium tumefaciens from Hungary were separated into three biotypes on the basis of their physiological characters. Biotypes 1 and 2 corresponded with those of Keane et al. (1970). The most common isolates were of biotype 2. Isolates from grapevines formed a separate biotype which might be distinguished from biotype 1 by D-(–)tartrate and malonate utilization. Many isolates with biotype-intermediate characters were found. Isolates utilizing D-(–)tartrate, erythritol and malonate were included into biotype 2, although many of them were 3–ketolactose positive. Biotypes were not separated geographically and biotype 1 and 2 apparently occurred together.


Abstract : This book deals with the union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). It describes and analyzes its political, economic social, and national security systems and institutions, and examines the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. It is written by a multidisciplinary team of social scientists. The authors seek to provide a basic understanding of the observed society, striving for a dynamic rather than a static portrayal. Particular attention is devoted to the people who make up the society, their origin, dominant beliefs and values, their common interests and the issues on which they are divided, the nature and extent of their involvement with national institutions, and their attitudes toward each other and toward their social system and political order. Partial contents include- early history; last years of Tsardom; revolutions and civil war; new economic policy; industrialization and collectivization; reconstruction and cold war; physical environment and population (climate, topography, natural resources), nationalities and religions; social structure; education, health, social welfare; The Communist Party; government structure and functions; mass media and the arts; foreign policy; development of Soviet industries; industrial resources; industrial organization; machine building and metal working; metallurgy; chemicals; fuels (oil, natural gas, coal, uranium); agriculture; policy and administration; land use; transportation and communications; international trade, military doctrine, arms control, military strategy, political alliances and economics.


Olympic torch relay has become one of the most significant rituals of the Olympic Games,and drawn global people's attention.With the approaching of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games,this event is also around the corner.In order to let more people understand the Olympic torch relay,the thesis analyzes it from two aspects: one is explanation on the history of Olympic torch relay,including the ancient Olympic Games,the Games of the Olympiad,and the Winter Olympic Games;the other is analysis on the values of Olympic torch relay in terms of humanity,science and technology,economy,culture and art,collection,education so as to provide certain references for the torch relay of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.


A new protocol similar to EPA method TO-14A was used to quantify and report variations in greenhouse (GHG) emissions from different ground level area sources (GLAS) in a free-stall dairy in central Texas during summer and winter. A week-long sampling was performed during each season. Seventy five and 66 chromatograms of air samples were acquired from six delineated GLAS (loafing pen, walkway, barn, silage pile, settling basin and lagoon) of the same dairy during summer and winter, respectively. Three primary GHGs were identified from the dairy operation during sampling period and the gas chromatograph (GC) was calibrated for methane (CH4), carbon dioxide (CO2), and nitrous oxide N2O. Estimated overall emission factors (EFs) for CH4, CO2 and N2O during summer for this dairy were, 100, 2192, 2.9 kg hd-1 yr-1, respectively. In winter, estimated overall EFs for CH4, CO2 and N2O for this dairy were, 19, 2726, 1.3 kg hd-1 yr-1, respectively. Overall CH4 and N2O EFs in summer were about 5.2 and 2.2 times higher than those in winter for this free-stall dairy. This seasonal variation was due to ambient temperature, dairy waste loading rates, and manure microbial activity of GLAS.


IN THE PROCESS ACCORDING TO THE INVENTION, OPENS ON TRIGGER VALVE 67 IN CASE OF AN INCREASE OF MASS OF A COOLER IF THE SPEED OF CHANGE IN PRESSURE REFRIGERANT EXCEED ONE SET POINT DURING A TIME INTERVAL pREDETERMINED, B IF, DURING THIS INTERVAL, COOLER TEMPERATURE IS LESS THAN ONE SET POINT AND C IF THE FLUID LEVEL IN pRESSURIZER 15 IS GREATER THAN ONE SET POINT pREDETERMINED (STATE "FULL WATER" THE APPARATUS). ALSO OPENS ON THE TRIGGER VALVE 67 IN CASE OF COOLER HEAT AND INCREASE ONLY WHILE THE PUMP COOLING OPERATION DURING A PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVAL AFTER HIS STARTING IF THE FLUID LEVEL IN PRESSURIZER IS OVER ONE POINT, B IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TEMPERATURE OF THE FLUID IN THE SECONDARY STEAM GENERATOR AND COOLER TEMPERATURE IS HIGHER THAN A PREDETERMINED SET POINT OR IF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TEMPERATURE AND TEMPERATURE REFRIGERANT REFRIGERANT IN THE LOOP SEAL IS MORE THAN A PREDETERMINED SET POINT AND C IS COOLER TEMPERATURE IS BELOW SET POINT.


The July 9th law 10/1998 of Historical Heritage of Autonomous Community of Madrid rules the protection of the Palaeonto- logical Heritage in the Autonomous Community of Madrid. According to this regulation the mining work carried out at the Cerro de los Batallones area (Torrejon de Velasco, Madrid), where is situated the exceptional Miocene vertebrate site of Batallones-1, have been sys- tematically controlled in order to prevent the destruction of new fossiliferous sites. As a result of these actuations four new fossil verte-


Through my observing of the tennis game held in college of Physical Education and Sport Science and despite the effort made by the teaching faculty regarding the tennis course used in college in teaching the students the game's main skills using advanced and up to date ways, it lacked the educational tools in which contribute in assisting in the process of learning in fundamental and active way, and it's the reason why we suffer through learning, and if there was an advanced way of learning combined with the efforts made by the teaching faculty, then it would enhance the way we learn and we could be creative and fast in acquiring the game skills. So, the researcher deems it anecessity to learn by the Proficiency Training Method for it being very suitable in observing the differences between the beginners in using electronic ball ejector that gives the exercising and repetition for all learners to reach a better level in the craftiness ability for the tennis basic skills, specially (the foregroung and background ground hits skills). A sample has been selected from Third Grade Students (beginners) randomly, and (40) students has been chosen to represent the percentage (513, 20%) of the total research community that convey (195) students, they were distributed randomly into two experimental groups of (20) in each. The experimental group applied the Proficiency Training Method using the electronic cannon, while the regulator group applied the common method used in college that is the classic way (the Imperative). The college ground and table tennis varsity team players has been eliminated. The researcher used (Hewitt ) modified trials to gauge the craftiness ability for (the foreground and background hits) skills. These trials is rationed and designed for both college students sexes, beginners and progressives, using the statistics bag (SPSS) in measuring the statistician processes, and the results showed a moral differences between the before and after trials in favor of the after trial in the tests used in this research.


During a one and one-half year period, an acute care community hospital implemented a patient education service, a major goal of which is to provide programs that have a revenue-generating potential. The three distinct phases of the plan--research and development, implementation and evaluation, and expansion--are described herein.


AIM: To establish the HPLC fingprint spectrum of Radix Arnebiae as identification. METHODS: HPLC fingerprint spectrum of Radix Arnebiae collected from the seven production places and that of Radix Lithospermi from three production places were evaluated based on shikonin content. RESULTS: The major features of HPLC fingerprint of the seven production places were approximately similar to control sample there was no significant difference among the contents but Radix Lithospermi from three production places were not the same. CONCLUSION: The HPLC fingerprint spectrum of Radix Arnebiae can be used as an identification.It may provide the basis for quality control of Radix Arnebiae.


The article deals with the linguistic images of language founded on the analysis of the ways the word language is used in the new linguistic researches, i.e. in the metalanguage of modern linguistics. The linguistic language portrait is presented by means of metaphors which summarize new «modus vivendi» of language functioning in the new united information society.


CLINICAL RATIONALE FOR THE STUDY
Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS) is a childhood onset disorder characterised by motor and vocal tics. Different types of motor tics may occur in GTS, including dystonic tics (DTs). Although DTs have been recognised as part of GTS symptomatology, little is known about their risk factors or about how often and at what age they appear in affected individuals.

AIM OF THE STUDY
The aim of our study was to investigate lifetime prevalence and clinical correlations of DTs in a Polish cohort of GTS patients.

MATERIAL AND METHODS
We performed a prospective, one-registration study in a cohort of 207 consecutive ambulatory patients (mean age: 16.5 ± 9.4 years, 131 children, 162 males) with GTS. Duration of GTS was 9.0 ± 8.0 years (range: 1-39 years). DTs were diagnosed during the interview. DTs were defined as slower and lasting longer than typical clonic tics, abnormal dystonia-like movements that led to a sustained, but not fixed, posture.

RESULTS
DTs occurred at some point in the lifetime of 73.9% (n = 153) of patients. The prevalence of DTs in adults and children was almost the same (p = 0.963). Age at onset of DTs was 9.9 ± 5.2 years with the most frequent onset in children (7-11 years, 74.4%, n = 64), followed by adolescence (12-18 years; 17.4%, n = 15) and adulthood (≥ 18 years, 8.1%, n = 7). DTs occurred 3.7 ± 4.2 years after tic onset. On average, patients suffered from 1.8 ± 1.7 types of DTs. The most frequent manifestations of DTs were: eyes (tightening resembling blepharospasm 84.3%, n = 129 and oculogyric crisis 45.8%, n = 70), trunk (dystonic postures 59.5%, n = 91), jaw (bruxism 34.6%, n = 53), neck (30.7%, n = 47), upper limb (26.1%, n = 40), and foot (20.9%, n = 32). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed significant associations of DTs with the total number of simple, and the total number of complex, tics.

CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS
DTs are early and frequent symptoms of GTS. They tend to localise in the facial area. DTs occur more frequently in individuals with a higher number of tics and probably add to the global impairment caused by tics.


Surface temperature fields and statistics are presented for the case of sub-surface grid-generated turbulence impacting an air/water interface. Temperature measurements are obtained with an infrared camera, sensitive in the 3–5 micron wavelength range. Results indicate that increased grid oscillation frequencies, and shallower grid depths, lead to increased surface mixing, yielding lower values of RMS temperature. Non-dimensionalization of the RMS temperatures using the difference in the average surface and the bulk fluid temperatures, collapses the data obtained for different grid depths and oscillation frequencies. This scaling is related to the thermal boundary layer thickness. The results are compared to the baseline case of turbulence due to evaporative convection without an oscillating grid.Copyright © 2002 by ASME


Few British artists have written as many letters as Stanley Spencer. Even the best-informed estimates can only hazard the volume of words he committed to paper, though it is reckoned he wrote in primary material some two million words. The Tate Gallery alone holds eight-eight bulky notebooks, thirteen diaries, and over 900 extensive tracts of writing, ranging from cursory notes on the back of envelopes to jottings that cover many pages of his rather urgent script. Likening his output to that of James Joyce, one archivist has suggested that 'Spencer's writing presents a stream-of-consciousness chronicle of his own thoughts and feelings unparalle[le]d both in volume and intensity by any artist in the twentieth century.'


We studied the effect of epigallocatechin-3-gallate(EGCG) on the adipose conversion of 3T3-L1 cells by insulin. In the 10 days of culture with insulin, the fat cells exhibited the increased and larger intracytoplasmic lipid droplets. In contrast, the levels of triglyceride(TG), a marker of adipose conversion, were decreased. However, the levels of glucose were decreased in the adipose conversion. In addition, levels of cholesterol were decreased in the differentiated 3T3-L1 cells.


Our Imaging Spectrometer Simulation Software known under the name Eikon should improve and speed up the design of a Computed Tomography Imaging Spectrometer (CTIS). Eikon uses existing raytracing software to simulate a virtual instrument. Eikon enables designers to virtually run through the design, calibration and data acquisition, saving significant cost and time when designing an instrument. We anticipate that Eikon simulations will improve future designs of CTIS by allowing engineers to explore more instrument options.


Thank you for reading on the hill a photographic history of the university of kansas. As you may know, people have search numerous times for their favorite novels like this on the hill a photographic history of the university of kansas, but end up in malicious downloads. Rather than enjoying a good book with a cup of coffee in the afternoon, instead they are facing with some malicious virus inside their desktop computer.


As the cost management system,Value-Chain Cost Management is built up in the value chain theory and ABCM (Activity-Based Cost Management).The cost management of TV productions,however,is a more complicated task as against other material products.Analyzing the value chain of TV productions,the article elaborates the set-up of the cost-management mechanism in aspects of cost strategy analyzing,cost planning,cost accounting and control and cost management performance assessment.


A method for preparing a fermented product of fruit and vegetable, a fermented product of fruit and vegetable prepared by the method, and a feed composition and a deodorant composition containing the fermented product are provided to improve antibacterial activity, the effect for activating intestinal motion and deodorizing activity. A method for preparing a fermented product of fruit and vegetable comprises the steps of roughly pulverizing a fruit, a vegetable or their mixture, adding 60-65 wt% of purified water to the weight of the fruit, the vegetable or their mixture, adding sugar by 10-14 brix, and stirring the mixture; inoculating yeast to the obtained mixture and firstly fermenting it for 6-10 days; and inoculating lactobacillus to the fermented one and secondly fermenting it for 10-14 days.


SARS‐CoV‐2 has become an increasingly dangerous virus infecting 77.6 million people and resulting in over 2 million deaths in the last year. The spike glycoprotein plays an important role in the viral infection process by recognizing and binding to the ACE2 receptor in host's cells. Due to the importance of this protein, current research efforts are focused on mutations that impact viral infectivity. SARS‐CoV‐2 viruses with a spike mutation at position 614 were recently shown to be more infectious than their wild‐type ancestor. The D614G substitution eliminates a hydrogen bond with a threonine residue (T859) in an adjacent protein chain, allowing the spike protein to assume more readily an open conformation. Since the open conformation mediates attachment to the ACE2 receptor, the D614G mutant causes higher infectivity than the wild‐type spike protein. The main goal of this research was to create physical 3D printed models of the wild‐type and mutant spike proteins to visualize the molecular changes caused by the D614G mutation. Structural analyses of the wild‐type and the D614G spike mutant were performed using the Protein Data Bank files, 6vxx and 6xs6. To visualize the conformational changes caused by the D614G mutation, the protein structure alignments were performed using Pymol. A combined file containing the superimposed structures was imported into Jmol to create the scripts for model construction and 3D printing. A small protein model was built to describe the overall structure of the spike and the location of the amino acids linked to higher viral infectivity. An additional detailed model was constructed to illustrate the biochemical interactions at the mutation site. In this model, important amino acids such as Asp614, Ala647, and Thr859 are highlighted due to their role in hydrogen bonding and spike protein binding to the ACE2 receptor. A magnetic piece was created to show the effects of the aspartic acid to glycine mutation at position 614. A Jmol tutorial was designed to complement the 3D models and assess students' learning of the structure and function of SARS‐CoV‐2 spike protein. This exercise will allow undergraduate students and faculty to visualize and better understand how single amino acid mutations can lead to changes in viral infectivity.


Summary. -- The angular distributions of the relativistic particles emitted in the inelastic interactions of 7Li-nuclei were studied in terms of the pseudorapidity variable. These distributions are fitted by Gaussian curves. The distributions are compared with the distributions obtained using 12C-emulsion at similar energy and others incident beams at higher energies. The dispersion of these distributions is found to be independent of the size of the interacting systems at similar energies. The dispersions z and the average pseudorapidities (V) increase when the energy of the incident beam increases. The angular distributions of the emitted grey and black particles are studied in the frame of the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution.


A total of 464 stool samples were collected from four abattoirs and homes of indigenes in Port Harcourt, Rivers State to determine the prevalence of gastro-intestinal helminthes in exotic cattle and indigenous goats. The formal-ether concentration method was used to analyse the stool samples. The study showed that 251 exotic cattle (White Fulani) Bos indicus ; 153 exotic goats (Red Sokoto) Capra hircus and 60 indigenous goats (West African dwarf) Capra hircus were examined in the four abattoirs and communities: Rumuokoro, Eliozu, Ogbogoro, and Aluu in the study area. An overall prevalence of 68.3% was recorded; out of which 156 (62.1%), 112 (73%), and 49 (82%) were recorded for exotic cattle and goat and indigenous goats respectively. However, the overall prevalence amongst the infected animals was not statistically significant. On specific helminthes infections, 62% were infected with nematodes, 13% cestodes and 80 (25%) trematodes. The variability in specific parasitic infections amongst the different animal breeds were not statistically significant. The study suggested that the high prevalence of helminthes infection recorded in the study may be attributable to unfavourable environmental conditions and stress- induced. Keywords: Exotic, Variability, Specific parasites, Stress- induced, "Capra hircus" Nigerian Journal of Parasitology , Vol. 32 [1] March 2011, pp. 45-48


This study aimed to address the insufficiency of traditional meta‐analysis and provide improved guidelines for the clinical practice of osteosarcoma treatment. The heterogeneity of the fixed‐effect model was calculated, and when necessary, a random‐effect model was adopted. Furthermore, the direct and indirect evidence was pooled together and exhibited in the forest plot and slash table. The surface under the cumulative ranking curve (SUCRA) value was also measured to rank each intervention. Finally, heat plot was introduced to demonstrate the contribution of each intervention and the inconsistency between direct and indirect comparisons. This network meta‐analysis included 32 trials, involving a total of 5,626 subjects reported by 28 articles. All the treatments were classified into six chemotherapeutic combinations: dual agent with or without ifosfamide (IFO), multi‐agent with or without IFO, and dual agent or multi‐agent with IFO and etoposide. For the primary outcomes, both overall survival (OS) and event‐free survival (EFS) rates were considered. The multi‐agent integrated with IFO and etoposide showed an optimal performance for 5‐year OS, 10‐year OS, 3‐year EFS, 5‐year EFS, and 10‐year EFS when compared with placebo. The SUCRA value of this treatment was also the highest of these six interventions. However, multi‐drug with IFO alone had the highest SUCRA value of 0.652 and 0.516 when it came to relapse and lung‐metastasis. It was efficient to some extent, but no significant difference was observed in both outcomes. Chemotherapy, applied as induction or adjuvant treatment with radiation therapy or surgery, is able to increase the survival rate of patients, especially by combining multi‐drug with IFO and etoposide, which demonstrated the best performance in both OS and EFS. As for relapse and the lung‐metastasis, multiple agents with IFO alone seemed to have the optimal efficiency, although no significant difference was observed here. J. Cell. Biochem. 119: 250–259, 2018. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


dependent on being aware of the multiple connections between the sciences, but how to develop such an integrated perspective is rarely taught in college classes. Designed for STEM majors, the course combines laboratory sessions and lectures, assessed through student journals and oral presentations. We report on some of the activities we developed for this course and on the associated outcomes. A syllabus, an assessment, and interview questions, as well as examples of student responses, are provided as supplementary materials (available at www.nsta. org/college/connections.aspx). The course topics discussed in this article include an analogy between desiccated corn starch and basaltic columns, a discussion of the size of trees, diffusion at the microscopic and macroscopic levels, and computational aspects of protein folding. Teaching materials, including handouts, experimental methods, and MATLAB codes, as well as student journals, are available from the course website. Explorations in Integrated Science


Summary Although Vardaman was a man of great personal attraction and possessed of a rare gift of persuasion, his popularity was made possible by the general predisposing factors of a smoldering racial antagonism rekindled by certain acts of President Roosevelt and by the political awakening of the poor whites. He was a spellbinder and not a constructive builder; his basic premises were rooted in unstable mass prejudices and were deficient in logical proof. He betrayed the weakness of his proposals by his reluctance to meet other contestants in joint debate; when forced by circumstances or public pressure into verbal encounters, he exhibited but little argumentative technique. In brief, Vardaman's rhetorical skill lay chiefly in his ability to capitalize upon the emotions of the hour and to meet the unlettered rural whites on their own level with fiery, emotional orations.


Breast cancer is one of the most widely recognized tumors globally among ladies with the data available that one of every eight ladies is influenced by this illness during their lifetime. Mammography is the best imaging methodology for early location of the disease in beginning times. On account of poor complexity and low perceivability in the mammographic pictures, early discovery of the cancer malignant growth is a huge challenge to effective cure of the disease. Distinctive CAD (computer aided detection) supported algorithms have been developed to enable radiologists to give an exact determination. This paper highlights the study of the most widely recognized methodologies of image segmentation created for recognition of calcifications and masses. The principle focal point of this survey is on picture theof strategies and the factors utilized for early bosom disease identification. Surface investigation is the vital advance in any picture division strategies of image segmentation which depend on a nearby spatial variety of color or shading. Subsequently, different techniques for texture investigation for small scale calcification and mass identification in mammography are talked about in the mechanism of mammography. The point of this paper is to audit existing ways to deal with the segmentation of masses and automated detection in mammographic pictures, underlining the key-focuses and primary contrasts among the utilized systems. The key goal is to bring up the preferences and drawbacks of the different methodologies. Conversely with different surveys which just portray and think about various methodologies subjectively, this audit likewise gives a quantifiable examination.In proposed research use deep learning base network for classification of mammography images . In previous approaches use machine learning base learning. The Main drawback of machine learning is selection of features manualy or by functions but in deep learning automatic feature detect and its vary according to image. The demonstration of seven mass recognition techniques is thought about utilizing two distinctive databases of mammography: an open digitized database and a full-field (local) advanced digitized database. The outcomes are given as far as Free reaction Receiver Operating Characteristic (FROC) and Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) examination.


The question of the liability of the State for the granting of State aid is currently the subject of numerous developments in the case law of the French administrative courts. For example, having…


ABSTRACTPuerto Rico's local government relocates active drug users from the island to the stateside for drug treatment services. This essay aims to: 1) describe the characteristics of this population and the dynamics of this migration; and 2) provide some policy recommendations regarding this relocation for drug treatment services. Thematic and narrative analyses were used to interpret data collected during 2007-2008 in New York City with individuals who were relocated for treatment services. [Key words: drug use, treatment, relocation, harm reduction, qualitative research, Puerto Rico]WHILE WORKING AT A SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM AND DROP-IN CENTER OFFERING BASIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO ACTIVE DRUG USERS AND HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN NEW YORK CITY, I BEGAN TO NOTICE A STREAM OF YOUNG MEN FROM PUERTO RICO WHO NEEDED STERILE SYRINGES TO REDUCE THE HARM ASSOCIATED WITH INJECTING DRUGS (E.G., HIV/AIDS, HEPATITIS-C, ABSCESSES, AND COLLAPSED VEINS). At first, these demographic characteristics were not particularly striking, given the multiple service agencies, research projects, novels, and movies that deal with the connection between illicit drug use and the Puerto Rican community in New York City. What was striking about this group of individuals, however, was that they were mostly Spanish monolingual speakers who came from specific areas in Puerto Rico, namely, from semi-urban areas located in the north of the island, west of San Juan. Most had only been in the United States for a few months and were "deserters" from a particular drug treatment program they had grown sick of, decided it was not for them anymore, or felt someone was doing business and taking advantage of them by sending them to the stateside.I asked co-workers and participants in the agency why these individuals came to New York City. To my disbelief, I got the casual response, "Yeah, in this area we have a bunch of young people from the island who are sent here for treatment. The ones you are talking to just leftthe program that brought them here and are now homeless." Such an answer generated several research questions: What was this program? Who operated it? What was its specific drug-treatment modality, and what type of services were being provided to address the needs of this particular population? What were the broader implications of the relocation of individuals from Puerto Rico to the U.S. for drug treatment services both "here" and "there"? It was not long before people at the drop-in center began to let their feelings be known about the new influx of young Puerto Rican males and the treatment programs that relocated them to the United States. Some news were good and some were bad; but the issue was certainly controversial.The aim of this article is to describe the characteristics and dynamics of the movement of Puerto Ricans from the island to the stateside for drug treatment services. Following a discussion of the methodology and the literature, are two sections of data and analysis. The first section focuses on the stages of relocation while the second section provides recommendations by the participants for addressing the social and public health conditions that compelled them to leave Puerto Rico.MethodologyParticipant observation was conducted in 2006-2007 with individuals who were relocated to the New York City area from Puerto Rico for drug treatment services. Participants were recruited through snowball sampling at a local syringe exchange program (SEP) and all data collected remained anonymous. Basic information was collected regarding: how individuals found their way to the U.S.; what motivated their relocation; who coordinated this movement; who financed the move; and what treatment and social conditions they found once they were in New York City. Following the participant observation, thirteen interviews were conducted with a subset of individuals who were part of the participant observation. All interview participants were formally recruited and interviewed in the same SEP. …


This study aims to describe and obtain information on improving Mathematics learning outcomes through Discovery Learning. This research is classroom action research consisting of two cycles, each cycle consisting of two meetings. Each meeting consists of four stages, namely planning, implementation, observation, and reflection. The subjects of this study were the seconds' grade students of SDN 57/X Kampung Laut, totaling 27 people. This research was conducted in the odd semester of the 2020/2021 academic year. Data collection techniques using tests, observations, and documentation. Data were analyzed using percentages. The results showed that through Discovery Learning can improve the mathematics learning outcomes of second grade students at SDN 57/X Kampung Laut by giving praise


In this paper, a dialogue system for Hospital domain in Telugu, which is a resource-poor Dravidian language, has been built. It handles various hospital and doctor related queries. The main aim of this paper is to present an approach for modelling a dialogue system in a resource-poor language by combining linguistic and domain knowledge. Focusing on the question answering aspect of the dialogue system, we identified Question Classification and Query Processing as the two most important parts of the dialogue system. Our method combines deep learning techniques for question classification and computational rule-based analysis for query processing. Human evaluation of the system has been performed as there is no automated evaluation tool for dialogue systems in Telugu. Our system achieves a high overall rating along with a significantly accurate context-capturing method as shown in the results.


Korean Christian cyber community has been enlarged rapidly, At present this study shows that over 80,000 Korean Christian communities have registered in cyber space, Cyber communities have been evolved spontaneously at an increasing rate, The purpose of the study is to analyze the structural characteristics of enlarging Christian cyber community in Korea, To measure the structure of Christian cyber community, the questionaire(Chang, 2001) consists of 6 major factors or characteristics: The nature of network, trust, reciprocity, social norm, communal capital, and social agency, Each characteristics contains 10 specific items, This study uses survey methods, The data was collected from the behavior of usage of Christian college and theological students and statistically analyzed by using frequency, The findings of the study are as follows: First, the characteristics of Christian networks are shown two kinds, 1) Members of cyber community show strong solidarity, 2) They develop strong ties among members through continuous time investment. Secondly, trust among members is very solid and strong. Thirdly, reciprocity is very higher among members by sharing information and goods. Fourth, social norms are characterized by cooperative relationships, no punishment mechanism, and conventional tacit. Fifth, communal capital or social capital has been finally bunt on frequent interchange of information among members. Finally, cyber community functions as a strong social agency. Most members feel that they identify their Christian community as their affinity, which functions as social capital. In conclusion, Korean Christian cyber communities reflect real social community. Their structure is fractal. They shows strong ties in network structure, which functions as Christian social capital. They showly evolve to the closely identifying community from the loosely knitted anonymous community.


The objective of this research was to identify the need for skilled human resources and technology required for the development of cocoa in Southeast Sulawesi, to develop the potency of cocoa seed by increasing its added value through diversification of its processed products, and to assess the feasibility of establishing institutions of vocational education, either in the level of high school, community colleges, or relevant courses at universities in the subregion of Southeast Sulawesi corridor, in order to support the implementation of Master plan of acceleration and expansion Indonesian Economic Development or MP3EI (Masterplan Percepatan dan Perluasan Pembangunan Ekonomi Indonesia) activities in this region. In the long term, this study may be used as a model for the preparation of professional and skilled human resources, and for use of the appropriate technology in other areas in Indonesia. The research was conducted with a survey method, by using questionnaires and FGD (Focus Group Discussion) of the various parties involved. The research was mapping the readiness of the human resources in the technology in developing the cocoa processing industries in Southeast Sulawesi.


In content-based publish/subscribe,in view of subscription conflict and low efficiency in subscription reconfiguration,an algorithm that meets the features of mobile Ad Hoc network is proposed.The algorithm improves subscription forwarding method and forwards the message only on reconfiguration path,which avoids subscription conflict and improves efficiency.Experimental results show the algorithm decreases subscription reconfiguration time and its performance suffers little influence from network scale.


This preliminary study asks what genres and languages are translated by fans in the Vietnamese context, using a methodology based on distant reading of materials available on the Youtube website. W...


Human upright standing can be regarded as a single reversed pendulum, which Supprts a mass of about 60 kg on a fine prop of one meter in height. In this heavy mass are included some oscillatory generators such as respiration, heart beats, muscle activities, etc. Especially, the leg muscle activities play the most important role for body sway. Body sway must be within an extremely limited area, or be controlled to stay in a limited area by some regulators. Under the latter condition a sensory system must exist in order to detect fluctuations of the body.This paper aims at examining the role of sensory information for postural adjustment. With a gravi-coder we analysed the body sway responding to perturbation of sensory information such as vibratory stimuli to the leg muscles, cold stimulation to a labyrinth and pursuit tracking movement by displacement of the center cf gravity.


A noted British economic analyst and observer of current developments in Russia compares that country's emerging economy with those of China, India, eight other populous emerging states, and the United States. The focus of the comparison is on the extent to which these countries exhibit potential for functioning as "knowledge-based" economies. The four pillars of such economies are identified as: (1) an educated and skilled population; (2) a network of R&D institutions; (3) a dynamic information infrastructure; and (4) a regime promoting the development of knowledge. Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers: L86, O30, O57. 1 figure, 19 tables, 91 references.


Bntonite (BNT) is the cheapest raw material source for making commercial nanoclay, which is approximately 250 times more expensive than BNT. Perhaps this may be one of the reasons why we do not find a translation of good scientific work on polymer nanocomposites into commercial reality. In this work, it is demonstrated that PP nanocomposites were made using 3% raw bentonite via Master batch (MB) route with maleated PP. This product has 9.5% greater tensile strength, 18.6% greater flexural strength, and 27% greater flexural modulus than neat PP. The repeat extrusion of PP/bentonite was carried out, which had beneficial effects on tensile modulus and flexural strength and less so on other properties. This study opens a Pandora's box full of possibilities, such as cheap polymer nanocomposites being available for many different applications. Increase in the previously mentioned properties of PP-BNT adduct cannot be explained by the nucleation effect of BNT on PP. X-ray diffraction, internal surface area, TGA, and DSC measurements were made on the above samples. Addition of 3% raw bentonite increases the crystallization of PP by 7.5°C (nucleation effect). Since this is just a pilot study, this opens a vast commercial scope for making nanocomposites from raw clays. The stakes for doing this are very high, because BNT is $0.10/kg and can be available consistently from mineral producers in Gujarat and Rajasthan in India. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 99: 1004–1009, 2006


The researches have been carried out, where the object has been the set of two friction couples: valve stem – valve guide and valve seat – seat insert. The camless driven valve has been common for each of such cases. The analyzed valve has been driven by magnetoelectrical drive. The special research stand has been elaborated and its scheme has been presented in the article. It has been measured the valve lift and valve acceleration, the impact force, the friction force, temperature values for valve guide and for seat insert, sound level during impacting on the stand. The aim of researches has been to determine the dynamic parameters, the friction force between valve stem and valve guide, the impact force for valve impacting seat insert vs. frequency and valve lift. The analyzed valves have mated with seat inserts and valve guides made of cast iron, in oil absence. The valves have been made of TiAl6Zr4Sn2Mo2 alloy. The researched friction couples have operated in temperature equal 293 K. The increase of frequency has resulted in small changes for values of lift and in greater changes of acceleration, during valve impact into its seat insert. The greatest values of impact force and acceleration have been for the small, middle and high values of valve lift, either. The ratio of impact force and valve acceleration has changed in thin bands. The friction force has decreased slightly with frequency increase and has decreased with valve lift increase. The sound level has increased with the frequency increase, and has not been dependent upon valve lift.


Prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthase-2 (PGHS-2), also called cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), converts arachidonic acid to PGH2. PGHS-2 is a conformational heterodimer composed of allosteric (Eallo) and catalytic (Ecat) subunits. Fatty acids (FAs) bind to Arg-120 of Eallo increasing to different degrees, depending on the FA, the Vmax of its Ecat partner. We report here that movement of helical residues 120–122 and loop residues 123–129 of Eallo underlies the allosteric effects of FAs and allosteric COX-2 inhibitors, including naproxen and flurbiprofen. An S121P substitution in both PGHS-2 monomers yields a variant (S121P/S121P PGHS-2) that has 1.7–1.8 times the Vmax of native PGHS-2 and is relatively insensitive to activation by FAs or inhibition by allosteric inhibitors. The S121P substitution in Eallo is primarily responsible for these effects. In X-ray crystal structures, the Cα atoms of helical residues 119–122 of S121P/S121P PGHS-2 are displaced from their normal positions. Additionally, the S121P/S121P PGHS-2 variants in which Pro-127 and Ser-541 are replaced by cysteines spontaneously forms Cys-127 to Cys-541 cross-links between monomers. This is unlike the corresponding native PGHS-2 variant and suggests that S121P substitutions also unhinge the loop involving residues 123–129. We conclude the following: (a) the region involving residues 120–129 of unoccupied Eallo tonically inhibits Ecat; (b) binding of an activating FA (e.g. arachidonic, palmitic, or oleic acid) to Eallo or an S121P substitution in Eallo repositions this region to increase Ecat activity; and (c) allosteric COX inhibitors act by preventing FA binding to Eallo and additionally by relocating Eallo residues to inhibit Ecat.


RUTKOWSKI KAZIMIERZ, KNAGA JAROSŁAW, KRAKOWIAK BAL ANNA, VOGELGESANG JAN, SIKORA JAKUB, SMOŁKA ŁUKASZ. 2016. "Walczak's Pipes" in the Greenhouse Heating System. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 64(1): 135–140. Diversifi ed heating circuits inertia is particularly important by high variability of external conditions were the greenhouse is o en overheated or large heat losses are noted. To meet these needs a new generation of heating pipes were used. They are hexagram-shaped pipes called "Walczak's pipe". Tubes of such shape have several times smaller volume in comparison with traditional heating pipes of the same outer diameter and higher stiff ness. The preliminary assessment of the "Walczak's pipe" installed in the greenhouse is highly positive. Compared with the traditional system it enables better heat management. In the fi rst research stage, the thermal effi ciency was defi ned in diff erent ambient conditions at selected fl ow parameters and various water temperatures. With regard to the accepted fl ow values, it is notable that "Walczak's pipe" has greater thermal effi ciency per unit of power comparing with traditional tube. During the study, there was also a thermographic analysis of pipes' surface performed and the heat fl ow distribution was determined. Analyzing the temperature distribution on the "Walczak's pipe" remarkable are the areas with higher values comparing with standard tube. It can be concluded that in the heating system with "Walczak's pipe" energy transferred by radiation increases. This is particularly advantageous solution to use in greenhouses. It allows to obtain a higher leafs temperature with respect to the ambient temperature (vegetation heating). This parameter has a benefi cial eff ect on the vegetative growth of cultivated plants.


This paper aims to focus on technical and economical analysis of small scale wind/solar hybrid system for domestic consumers. The analysis is carried out on HOMER II simulation software. Pakistan is one of those developing countries which are encountered with severe energy crises. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a technically and economically feasible system to meet the domestic consumer's demand, as well as contribute to the central grid. HOMER Energy software is used to analyze different systems and to obtain the most reliable and feasible system for the customer. Simulation was carried out to find an economically and technically feasible system. Sensitivity analysis was carried out with hub height, PV De-rating factor, PV life, Wind turbine life. Change in hub height drastically affected energy production and economic prospect as the main factors of the system. Implementing such type of small hybrid systems on domestic level can be truly helpful to overcome energy shortage.


Background/Aims
 Osteitis condensans ilii (OCI) is a rare cause of chronic non-inflammatory axial lower back pain. It has become an important differential diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis. Bone marrow oedema can be present in 48% of patients. Although 'aunt minnie' appearance on MRI is pathognomonic, specialised imaging like SPECT/PET CT can be considered in difficult cases to confirm the diagnosis. We reviewed case notes of patients with incidental diagnosis of OCI on imaging and followed their clinical progression to see if the diagnosis was modified later.
 Methods
 Retrospective radiological database analysis was performed to find imaging reported as OCI or osteitis from 2015-2020. Electronic patient records were analyzed and data was compiled through Microsoft Excel.
 Results
 Data from 24 patients was reviewed. Most patients were females (91.7%), with a median age of 43 years (range 19-79 years). CT and MRI were the chief modalities of imaging (46% and 38% respectively) while 20% had plain x-rays of the pelvis. The main indications for imaging were pelvic or hip girdle pain (58.3%), cancer surveillance (25%), abdominal pain (6%), and infection (6%). 20% had an underlying rheumatological diagnosis of which 8% had spondyloarthritis. 12.5% of patients had seronegative features of spondyloarthritis and 8.3% were HLA B27 positive. Approximately 40% of patients were seen by the Rheumatology team for further assessment after imaging and 12.5% of patients were diagnosed with axial spondyloarthritis and remained under follow-up.
 Conclusion
 OCI can mimic sacroiliitis on imaging. Although only a minority of patients with OCI reported on initial imaging were subsequently diagnosed with axial spondyloarthritis, thorough clinical assessment and multidisciplinary discussion can reduce the chance of a missed axial spondyloarthritis diagnosis. Further large-scale studies are required to find the exact incidence of spondyloarthritis in patients with imaging features of OCI.
 Disclosure
 S. Saeed: None. M. Jamal: None. D. Ostry: None. G. Robinson: None. R. Sengupta: None.


Spinal cord injury often leads to central neuropathic pain syndromes, such as allodynic and hyperalgesic behaviors. Electrophysiologically, spinal dorsal horn neurons show enhanced activity to non-noxious and noxious stimuli as well as increased spontaneous activity following spinal cord injury, which often called hyperexcitability or central sensitization. Under hyperexcitable states, spinal neurons lose their ability of discrimination and encoding somatosensory information followed by abnormal somatosensory recognition to non-noxious and noxious stimuli. In the present review, we summarize a variety of pathophysiological mechanisms of neuronal hyperexcitability for treating or preventing central neuropathic pain syndrome following spinal cord injury.


After system faults are cleared,trajectory eigenvalues can be calculated along the system trajectory.The sensitivities of the eigenvalues to the power injections are deduced.Control sensitivities of different generator nodes are defined and obtained quantitatively accordingly.They can be used to determine the location of emergency control and allocate the amount of load shedding.The algorithm provides control locations quickly,which is suited for formulating the control strategy.Case studies on the New England 39-bus system and an actual domestic power system are provided to demonstrate the approach.The results show that the proposed approach can maintain the system stability effectively.


Objective To evaluate the value of bispectral index(BIS) monitoring as an indicator for extubation sedation level during total intravenous anesthesia. Methods Two-hundred children (1.5~13.5 years old) were randomly divided into four groups with 50 cases in each. All cases kept BIS 40~60 during the operation. Group A kept BIS 60~65, and Group B~70, Group C~75, Group D~80 till extubation. Results Thirty-four patients in Group A had dropped tongue, tenesmus, short of breath. Twenty-six children in Group D had restless, nausea and vomiting. Patients in Group B and C had less evident cardiovascular responses and less effect on respiratory system and less complication after extubation. Conclusions The BIS level of 70~75 is a good sedation level for extubation.


The effect of heat transfer on the motion of blood, in a constricted artery has been modeled along with the assumption of an optically thin fluid. The analytical results are obtained for the oscillatory flow of blood which behaves as a Newtonian fluid. It is assumed here that the surface of roughness is cosine-shaped and the maximum height of the roughness is very small compared with the radius of the unconstructed tube. The study shows that, in addition to the constriction of the blood vessel and the effect of the magnetic field, the heat transfer also affects the blood flow in the cardiovascular system. This effect is noticeable in the flow velocity and the temperature distributions. Finally the effects of heat transfer on the instantaneous flow rate, temperature distribution and wall shear stress is computed for the values of radiation parameter, magnetic parameter and peclet numbers. On the leading causes of deaths in the world, is due to heart diseases and the most commonly heard names among the same are ischemia, atherosclerosis and angina pectoris. Ischemia is the deficiency of the oxygen in a part of the body, sally temporary. Which is due to the constriction (stenosis) or obstruction in the blood vessel supplying that part. Atherosclerosis is a type of arteriosclerosis. It comes from the Greek words athero (meaning grue or paste) and sclerosis (hardness). It involves deposits of fatty substances, cholesterol, cellular waste products, calcium and fibrin (a clothing material in the blood) in the inner lining of an artery. The build up that results is called plague. Plague may partially or totally block the blood flow through an artery. Two things that can happen where plague occurs are (i) bleeding (hemorrhage) into the plague and (ii) formation of the blood clot (thrombus) on the plague's surface. If either of these occurs and blocks the entire artery, a heart attack, or stroke may result. Atherosclerosis affects large and medium sized arteries. The type of artery where the plague develops varies with each person. A system complex of ischemic heart disease characterized by paroxysmal attacks of chest pain, usually sub sternal or pre-cordial is referred as angina pectoris. Coronary usually highgrade stenosis with acute changes results in sudden cardiac arrest (or death) which strikes 300000-4000000 persons annually around the globe. Owing to its serious concerns, a major research work is being done over all parts of the world for early detection and prevention from being affected by the cardiac attack and the art therapies for the diagnosis of the heart diseases. The study of blood flow in the cardiovascular system has generated a lot of interest hence the huge amount of literature of the subject. The mathematical model of blood flow in arteries with stenosis was presented by Misra and Chakravarty 1986. They modeled the artery as an


A cursory glance at the abundant scholarly literature reveals that the Chinese Huayan, Korean Hwaom, and Japanese Kegon schools (whose names are different readings for the same Chinese characters, .i1.) have been studied until today predominantly through the thought of a handful of patriarchs essentially Zhiyan "i'I1ilt (602-668), Fazang 1*11',,1\ (643-712), Li Tongxuan $Jm1r (635'1-730), Chengguan ~liJi! (738839), and Zongmi *W (780-841) for China; Uisang ~i1~ (625-702), Wonhyo 5G OJ'/!, and Kyuny6 Jlo]PD (923-973) for Korea; Myoe Bjj;!: (alias Koben, 1173-1232) and Gyonen mr~ (1240-1321) for Japan. Much less has been done about other aspects historical, institutional, cultural of the Huayan tradition. The predominantly philosophical approach taken so far is amply justified by the sheer complexity of Huayan scholasticism. However, I believe that this approach is not sufficient to explain the enduring cultural impact of Huayan in East Asia. I will therefore take here a different approach, as I have already done in the case of another major school of Buddhism, Chan/Son/Zen, and also in the case ofthe Korean master Wonhyo.] In the case of Chan, I tried to show the ideological underpinnings of the doctrine of sudden awakening, and emphasized its "rhetoric of immediacy." A similar ideological critique remains to be done in the case of Huayan. Clearly, notions such as the interpenetration of principle and phenomena (/ishi wu 'ai .EEjl.'ll4!1\lil.iE) lent themselves to ideological recuperation. It is no coincidence that Mahavairocana, the cosmic Buddha of the Avatarrzsaka-sutra (Huayan}ing .i1.k!1i) was chosen as symbol of imperial centrality and cast into the monumental Buddha of Todaiji **'# in Nara. The Hwaom doctrine played a similar role in Korean politics. More recently, the Kegon teaching was used in Japan by the so-called Kyoto school to support imperial ideology2 However, I will not attempt such an ideological critique here. I would like to focus instead on some cultural aspects of Huayan in Korea and Japan. The philosophical teaching of Huayan was summarized in Uisang's famous Diagram of the Dharmadhiitu According to the One-vehicle of Huayan (Hwa6m ilsiing pi5pkyedo .1(-*,i*J1lIli\l, known lmder its abbreviated title P6pkyedo, Ch. Fa}ie


Abstract This paper discusses the methodology and process of a collaborative group inquiry that successfully combined the separate goals of research and social work practice in the same project. It describes the collaborative group work approach used to explore the impact of meditation on the lives and health of six people diagnosed with cancer. It highlights how the inquiry members gained increased awareness, leading to insight and change, during the process of creating a rich and detailed body of knowledge offered to enhance the understanding of others. The paper does not report these research findings, but focuses on the group's use of a post-positivist, open-ended and empowering inquiry mode that participants reported as more relevant, supportive and stimulating than the other cancer support groups they had attended.


The world's first dedicated high-speed railway, the Tokaido Shinkansen linking Tokyo and Osaka, opened in 1964. The train now carries 4.8 times as many trains a day at higher speeds and better punctuality than when it opened 39 years ago. The article examines the consistent maintenance policy that has guaranteed the system's success by giving local managers sufficient resources and authority to do the work required.


The paper analyzes the co-integration of economy growth and energy consumption both in China and the U.S.A. and analyzes the coordinated relationship between industrialization and energy density in China. After detail research, some results have been concluded: the industrialization increases 1%, the energy density descends 0.33%, from long-term the increasing of industrialization is in favour of advancing energy efficiency. Our energy consumption per capita may increase with the advancing income per capita, because of the lower humanities development level in our country, but along with the progress of both industrialization and marketing, it will promote the descent of the energy density.


The Al 7075 alloy matrix materials exhibiting excellent mechanical properties with the addition of SiC and B4C particulates as reinforcement. Stir cast method is preferred for preparing composite specimen materials. Then the composites were prepared for heat treatment process by subjecting to solutionizing followed by quenching in different media for improving the mechanical and physical properties. Further, all the specimens are subjected to artificial aging at a temperature of 120 ̊C for different time duration. The hardness properties are examined for the composite materials before and after heat treatment by brinell hardness test machine. The distribution of reinforcement particles are seen using optical microscope. Due to excellent increase in the hardness the material removal rate decreases. It is also observed that Al 7075 hybrid metal matrix composite experimented under identical heat treatment conditions reveal significant enhancement in hardness.


This study explores the effects of urban growth and morphological transformation on land use pattern of a historic town of Bangladesh, Mymensingh by analyzing the changes of land use pattern and urban morphology through Space Syntax analysis. Mymensingh, one of the oldest and historic towns of Bangladesh, lies along the river Brahmaputra. The town was developed as an urban area during the period of British colonists more than two hundred years ago. The juxtaposition of the land uses by the British colonists along with the local inhabitants created a different and unique types of land use pattern within the town area where local establishments were in-filled within the colonial establishments. Through ages, due to the natural process of urban growth the town expands and the small colonial town turns into a larger one but the study result shows that still the strong effects of historic developments both local and colonial and the presence of the river acts as a strong guiding force for the growth and transformation of the town.


Abstract Self-complementary building units of carboxylate head-containing oxacalix[2]arene[2]triazines were synthesised by inserting different flexible linkers in between the macrocyclic skeleton and carboxylate. The anion-π directed self-assembly of these building units in solution and in gas phase was systematically investigated by concentration and temperature variable 1H NMR, diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy (DOSY), dynamic light scattering (DLS) and ESI-MS.


The use of special intonation patterns, interrogative particles, the addition of tags, disjunctive structures, a change in the order of constituents, and particularly verbal inflection are among strategies for forming polar questions. This paper describes the use of a special intonation pattern, the use of interrogative tags in tandem with a special intonation pattern, and the use of question particles in conjunction with a special intonation pattern to form polar questions in Lɛtɛ. The paper further discusses social norms governing the use of polar interrogatives in Lɛtɛ discourse. Lɛtɛ is a less-studied South-Guan language of the Kwa family of Ghana. Data for this study form part of a larger database collected in the speech community – Larteh. Praat was used to analyse the pitch patterns of the polar questions informants produced. The paper demonstrates that Lɛtɛ polar interrogatives are marked by a sharp falling intonation and not a rising intonation as claimed in prior studies.


Determination of motivation specifics of wrestlers of different genders provides for the necessary information for the increase of their training efficiency in accordance with the specifics stated. The results of highly-skilled free-style wrestlers` motivation structure comparative analysis described in this article allowed determining the distinctive differences in the composition of major factors of that structure in respect to men and women, which became the basis for set of recommendations development which are directed to increase the training and competitive activity efficiency of free-style wrestling female athletes.


On the basis of applicant requests received after the closing date for the "FUS" ("Social emergency fund"), this article offers an analysis of their author profiles and their arguments to justify such moves. A study of requests during the eight operating months of the "FUS" showed up different profiles according to the date of emergence, and as a function of locality, and of social and family situations. All these cause us to suspect very unequal access chances to the "FUS", which are unavoidable due solely to a lack of resources. The first applicants demonstrated more diversified profiles, but saw themselves progressively replaced by the traditional beneficiaries from the social action services. The written procedure imposed on applicants led them to write appeal letters which betrayed their distance from the norms of education, but testified to the effort required for any such move. These appeal letters also revealed the postures of applicants pressed to display, in an imploring manner, their distress. Lacking in meaning, any idea of right is not seen in these letters which are formulated as appeals for help, and far removed from the far too abstract symbols of any citizen's legitimacy.


Affected by geographical conditions of hydropower resources,the technology level and the quality of employees in Liaoning Province,the safety in production of rural hydropower is still a weak link,the situation of safety in production is still grim. The author analyzes the main problems in the supervision work of rural hydropower and the causes,and pointes out main tasks for the safety in production of rural hydropower,and puts forward the corresponding security measures.


Chemical analyses of fossil plants and their associated sediments are currently providing the paleobotanist with biochemical information relevant to the reconstruction of taxonomic relationships. The isolation and chemical identification of various plant pigments from fossils, such as flavonoids and carotenoids (compounds that give flowers their characteristic colors), steroids, fatty acids, and a host of plant phenolic acids, provide the opportunity to characterize the specific paleophytochemical profiles of fossil species.


INTRODUCTION The temporoparietal fascia flap (TPFF) has been used as a regional or free microvascular flap for the reconstruction of multiple sites within the head and neck, such as the ear, orbit, eyelid, skin, larynx, oral cavity, skull base, and nasal septum. Over the temporoparietal region, its corresponding fascia is found between the subcutaneous tissue and the temporalis fascia. This fascia may be elevated as a pedicled flap supplied by the superficial temporal artery, which arises from the external carotid artery. Tunneling of a TPFF through the infratemporal fossa (ITF) to the intranasal cavity was first described in 2007 and has been reported in patients as young as 9 years old. Typically, when tunneled into the nasal cavity the TPFF is used for reconstruction of defects of the middle and posterior cranial fossae, nasopharynx, and internal carotid artery coverage. Further modifications have been described for the use of the TPFF for anterior skull base reconstruction through an epidural corridor. The purpose of this article is to illustrate the key steps of a TPFF tunneled through the ITF into the nasal cavity through video demonstration.


As semiconductor devices are reduced in size, it becomes increasingly more important to control the critical process parameters that determine device performance. A novel technique is proposed that enhances control by automatically taking into account all major variables encountered during processing. Realtime simulation, supplied with measured process variables, is the basis of the technique. The chosen application is thermal growth of thin silicon dioxide films. IGate oxide thickness is a critical parameter in MOS devices, appearing as a first order term in all principal device equations. Control using conventional means based on a fixed oxidation time becomes increasingly difficult as thickness is scaled to below 250A for VLSI devices and growth times are correspondingly reduced A microprocessor-based system that uses simulated oxide growth to actively control oxide thickness has been developed. Process data available through the conventional furnace control system is utilised, with the advantage that little modification to the existing process equipment is necessary. The system provides closed-loop control and process data storage at the 'local' equipment level, and as such forms the foundation for a highly-automated processing module for oxidation that can be integrated into the automated production environment.


The distributed electromagnetic detection equipment for human body activity is comprised of transmitter, receiver, control and signal processing hardware circuit, computer and equipment system software, in which the control and signal processing hardware circuit includes chiop microprocessor, oscillator, transmitting electronic switch, transmitting power amplifier, receiving electronic switch, receiving signal amplifier, detector, receiving signal zero setting, A/D converter, serial interface and power supply. Said mainframe computer is used for providing power supply,and utilizes RS 232 asynchronous communication interface to communicate with control and signal processing hardware circuit, and its system software includes chip microprocessor control software and mainframe computer software.


World Brain Day is celebrated annually on July 22nd,  and this year's theme was "Brain Health for All". In honor of World Brain Day, Aga Khan University, in collaboration with the World Federation of Neurology, hosted an international webinar. This article summarizes the main proceedings and expounds upon key takeaways.


The interferometric fiber optic gyroscope (IFOG) is well known as a sensor for rotation, which is based on Sagnac effect. Compare with traditional mechanical gyroscope, IFOG can be used in higher reliability and longer lifetime, as well as in more severe environment due to its having no revolving component. For these significant advantages, IFOG is often regarded as the most promising instrument in the fiber optic sensor area. However, the theoretical analysis shows that, having no revolving component, IFOG can start working quickly after turning on, which means that the setup time of IFOG is very short. But in real applications, the unstable intensity of the light source during the startup time has greatly delayed the setup time of the IFOG. This disadvantage will extremely restrict the application field of IFOG. This paper analyzes in the main sources associated with IFOG setup time, describes the influences from unstable output power, and also brings out some suggestions to solve the problem. Experiment shows that the influence of the fluctuation has evidently decreased through compensation, which firmly supports the conclusion brought in this paper.


Nanocarbons are expected to be the building block of molecular level engineering, helps in the design of novel biomimetic microelectronic systems (BMES).The allotropes of nanocarbons includes carbon nanotube, nanodiamond, nanocluster carbon, nanowall, nanopillar, and taC, are grown with different process at different deposition condition. They have shown good mechanical, chemical, electrical, and electronics properties. The nanocarbons are studied with their morphological, dimensional, and compositional details
Raman response of nanocarbon has signature of nanocarbon may be used to classify nanocarbon into nanodiamond, CNT and nanoclsuter carbon. Thus Raman spectroscopy is a good probe for evaluating nanocarbon instantaneously without destructing the samples. It is one of the most powerful approaches for classifying the nanocarbons, as well it can evaluate the quality of the film. The cluster diameter/ size estimation helps in dimension analysis. The dimension analysis along with Raman classification/ identification of nanocarbon may help in controlling the in situ nanocarbon growth or analysis. So it helps in the bottom up system design. The novel room temperature grown nanocluster carbon study indicated its increasing conductivity with temperature (semiconducting). This room temperature grown nanocluster carbon is also good field assisted electron emitter. The characteristics studied and the vacuum diode configured display is its promising application
The room temperature grown nanocluster carbon film shown as semiconductor once optimized may be used different applications in large scale electronics, or vacuum nanoelectronics. Once these materials are tested with biocompatibility, then the proposed nanocarbons may be used in the developments of invasive sensors or along with the implants


The PC-SAFT equation of state (EoS) was examined for the prediction of liquid–liquid equilibria (LLE) at high pressure on the basis of LLE data at 1 bar. New parameters set for 2-alkoxyethanol with the two-site association scheme were proposed. Mixtures of 2-alkoxyethanol with aliphatics, aromatics, alcohols, and water have been investigated. Different binary 2-methoxyethanol + alkanes systems at high pressure up to 4000 bars were also predicted using the PC-SAFT EoS. Satisfactory predictions of vapour-liquid equilibria and liquid-liquid equilibria can be achieved by using the same binary interaction parameter (kij) for a similar kind of mixtures. The results are finally compared to other association models.


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Though it is recognized that Exod 18,1-12 contains treaty making elements, there seems to be very little evidence of the nature of this treaty. The term ? is re-examined and redefined as "the suffering that is encountered due to the helpless nature of being forsaken". The phrase ? , found in Exod 18,8, is demonstrated to be a technical phrase with certain common characteristics that is used as surety that Israel will be fully restored to their land. In addition to providing more details of Jethro's covenant, this phrase, in combination with several other terms in Exod 18,1-12, narrows the possibilities regarding the covenant's nature and function.


New cooperative medical scheme is a scheme which assures the health of rural residents and it plays an important role in the construction of new countryside.In this article, we analyzed the data of hospitalization of poor enrollees in Datong County, Qinghai Province,and tried to find out how the scheme influenced those families.The results shows new cooperative medical scheme relieved the economic burden of diseases of poor families at a certain degree, and most enrollees are satisfied with it. Meanwhile, the reimbursement level should be improved in Datong County,and awareness raising should be strengthened.


The accuracy of vertical deformation detection is concerned in differential SAR interferometry.Two dominant errors,baseline error and phase error,are discussed.The baseline error is analysed from another novel point of view,the position error of radar.Error propagation in the complete processing of differential SAR interferometry is gained and verified by experiments.


The available range of the homoclinic bifurcation criterions are extended from the weakly nonlinear oscillation system to the strongly nonlinear oscillation system. It combines the analysis method of the strongly nonlinear oscillation system with the former criterions based on the improved complex normal form method. The periodic solution of this kind of system with a single degree of freedom is obtained by introducing the fundamental frequency under determination into the complex normal form computation. Then two different analytical criteria to predict the critical values of homoclinic bifurcation are adapted to the new system. It includes the undertermined fundamental frequency approaching zero and the collision of the periodic orbit with the saddle point. The results derived from different methods are compared in the specific systems with numerical simulation to testify the correctness and efficiency of the theoretical results.


The paper reflects the author's recent two year field experience being associated with shipbreaking on the west coast of India at Alang, Darukhana (Bombay), and Pipav. Ship dismantling is thriving in South Asian countries. Alang in India is world's largest centre of shipbreaking activities. Working practices on beach plots and onboard stranded ships are based on intensive manual labour Many accidents occur at the yards with numerous fatalities and injuries. Safety improvement is the need of the hour A safety manual has been compiled for the shipbreaking industry at Alang, followed by training of safety trainers. An industrial oil reception facility and jetty is an economical proposition and beneficial to safety and environment. Implementing international ship dismantling regulations will be a major challenge. Building an integrated management system is recommended for the shipbreaking industry Development of alternative facilities will attract a better share of the demolition market whilst complying with upcoming international standards. An existing twin dock system is described and two novel types of infrastructure for ship dismantling are presented.


An investigation was carried out to evaluate the fracture toughness of cast aluminium alloys of different microstructural complexity, brought about by alloy constitution and cooling rate of castings. In all cases the three-point bend specimens, which had a thickness of 15 ram, did not provide valid plane - strain stress intensity factor values. The fracture susceptibility at a given stress level reckoned in terms of the conditional plane strain stress intensity factor (KQ) was found to be lowest in alurninium-4.5% copper alloy castings and the susceptibility increased with increase in microstructural complexity. Casting cooling rate in these castings is likely to affect the damage potential of a given defect at yield stress to a greater extent than the fracture susceptibility at a given stress.


Burn mass casualty incidents (BMCI) produce a sudden surge of burn-injured patients that will stress healthcare resources, including supplies, space, and experienced workforce. Existing guidelines for standard of care and catastrophic circumstances fail to account for contingency and crisis situations. This work attempts to align existing data with recommendations of the Committee on Crisis Standards of Care for the Institute of Medicine, National Academies of Sciences.

 The Triage Tables- Seriously Resource-Strained Situations (Version 2), derived based on data from the National Burn Repository, and literature from various BMCIs regarding triage methods were reviewed. Relying on a multidisciplinary team of burn experts, four new triage tables were developed to assist secondary burn center triage during disasters. These prototype tables were tested in a BMCI functional exercise.

 We created four tables designed to sort patients into three triage categories:
 The first three tables align with the National Academies guidelines; (Conventional, Contingency, and Crisis Care). However, comparing conventional capacity of the national burn care system (approximately 2000 beds) to the current national disaster planning scenarios, we recommend dividing crisis care (adding a fourth echelon when burn injuries are considered) to reflect the profound gap between current capacity and potential demand in certain scenarios.
 Nationally, the burn care community could manage approximately 2000 patients if time permits (up to 120 hours) and transportation resources exist to treat and redistribute the patients to centers across the nation. While crisis care may be the standard at the onset of an incident with 2000 patients, as patients are treated and distributed, surge equilibrium is reached, the standard will revert to contingency or conventional care.
 For the rare scenario with potentially hundreds of thousands with burn injuries such as hostile military action leading to the detonation of a thermonuclear weapon, the catastrophe would create an austere environment for an extended period. Thus, we identified this higher-order event as catastrophic care.

 It is essential that the triage process is led by a clinician who can accurately assess burn injuries. During their trial use with the recent BMCI exercise, the use of the triage tables added clarity to the triage process and should add clarity to real-world events as well.

 The use of Crisis Standard of Care Burn Triage Tables could improve resource utilization during disasters.


Batch experiments were conducted to study the adsorption of hazardous azocoumarinonto low cost activated carbon made from rice straw (ACRS) in aqueous solution with respect to concentration of adsorbate, adsorbent dosage, contact time, solution pH and temperature. Surface modification of rice straw using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was obtained. Surface area and pore volumes of ACRS were determined by nitrogen adsorption/desorption experiments at 77 K. Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption models were applied to describe the equilibrium isotherms and the isotherm constants were determined. The activation energy of adsorption was also evaluated for the adsorption of azocoumarinonto ACRS. The kinetic data obtained with different initial concentration and temperature were analyzed using a pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order equations. The activation energy, change of free energy, enthalpy and entropy of adsorption were also evaluated for the adsorption of azocoumarinonto ACRS. The thermodynamics of the adsorption indicated spontaneous and exothermic nature of the process. The results indicate that ACRS could be employed as low-cost material for the removal of acid dyes from aqueous solution.


We present data on pneumococcal isolates collected from deep and superficial sites over a 16-year period at the Edinburgh City Hospital. The 10 most frequent serotypes overall were 6, 19, 11, 9, 3, 14, 1, 15 and 18 in children and 19, 23, 6, 6, 9, 11, 3, 15, 14, 22 and 4 in adults. Over 88% (2588/2932, 88·3%) of these pneumococci were of serotypes represented in the 23-valent polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine. Within the 20–45 years age group, 228/434 (52·5%) of specimens were from HIV-infected individuals. The isolations showed a seasonal distribution with peaks in February and troughs in September. The annual numbers of blood culture isolates showed an upward trend. Recurrent isolations were more frequent in HIV-infected individuals (49/132, 37%) than in non-HIV-infected individuals (218/2421, 9·9%) (relative risk = 5·05, 95% confidence interval, 3·46–7·03). The prevalence of resistance to penicillin and erythromycin was lower than that reported in other parts of the UK.


The diversification of farms can be a result of multifunctional farming, however, in some cases at the cost of lower farm efficiency. In our paper we investigate the influence of para-agricultural diversification on productivity and the technical efficiency of organic farms in Austria, Switzerland, and Southern Germany. We show the benefits and drawbacks of diversification for organic farms, which go beyond the core agricultural production (para-agriculture). We do this by estimating a Stochastic Frontier (SF) combined with a metafrontier model. The data-set consists of bookkeeping data with 1704 observations in the years 2003 to 2005. Para-agricultural diversification activities have a significant effect on both productivity and technical efficiency of organic farms: The farm output in Austria and Switzerland is positively influenced by diversification, whereas we observe a rather small effect in Southern Germany. On the other hand, diversification can reduce farms' technical efficiency, as it is the case in Switzerland and Germany. Furthermore, our study confirms previous results that agricultural subsidies significantly influence the technical efficiency of organic farms. We also show expected changes of input use driven by increased farm diversification.


Supersaturated solid-solutioning alloys of the Al-Cu system of up to 8at%Cu were prepared by means of heat treatments under the pressure of 5.4 GPa and the temperature of 720 °C for 10 hours. The elastic constants of the specimens obtained were measured by a three dimensional resonance method. The Young's modulus E and shear modulus G of the solid solutions were increased with Cu contents, and such features related to the number of electrons per atom ratio were discussed by free electron theory. The specimens of solid solutions were then isochronally aged up to 450 °C, and the variations of the elastic constants were measured step by step. The maximum shear modulus was observed during the precipitation of the θ' phase at 300°C-aging. Temperature coefficients of the moduli were also measured on the several specimens of different treatments.


This paper focuses on the clinical skills portion of current medical licensing examination in China.Combined with domestic and foreign latest related documents and our learning experiences in the national medical examination center,and drawing on the experience of the United States Medical Licensing CS exam SP,we try to find out the shortcomings of our existing doctors' qualifications practical skills exam,and accordingly puts forward some suggestions to improve and promote the development of medical humanistic education in China.


A novel method for nonlinear filtering based on a generalized Gaussian cubature approach is shown. Specifically, a new point-based nonlinea r filter is developed which is not based on one-dimensional quadrature rules, but rather uses multidimensional cubature rules for Gaussian distributions. Th e new generalized Gaussian cubature filter is not in general limited to odd-order de gre s of accuracy, and provides a wider range of order of accuracy. The method requi s the solution of a set of nonlinear equations for finding optimal cubature poin ts, but these equations are only required to be solved once for each state dimensiona l and order of accuracy. This rule is also extended to anisotropic cases where t order of accuracy is not isotropic in dimension. This method allows for tuning of the cubature rules to develop problem specific rules that are optimal for the given problem. The generalized Gaussian cubature filter is applied to benchmark proble ms in astrodynamics, and it is compared against existing nonlinear filtering meth ods.


Supportive and effective clinical supervision is imperative to the training and development of assessment skills in clinical psychology. This article presents the development of the Multilevel Assessment Supervision and Training approach, a clinic-based method to supervision of assessment. This approach utilizes advanced predoctoral students to serve as peer supervisors for beginning predoctoral trainees conducting psychoeducational assessments. It offers several advantages, providing a peer mentoring supervisory experience during graduate education, improving the training experience and oversight for beginning trainees, and improving service delivery. Satisfaction ratings were collected from graduate trainees and their peer supervisors who support the utility of this approach.


Based on transfer function of rotor system, an expressing method of fault position feature is presented in this paper. According to dynamic model of rotor system for Large Turbo-generator, a computer simulating method of fault position feature is discussed clearly. At last, some example are computed and analyzed, the conclusion shows that some concepts and research approach of this paper are all right.


By introducing what is circulating economy and the signifcance to develop this economy,as well as goals of Qinghai province to start Chaidamu cirrulating economy,the passage analyzes that the geographic information system of Chaidamu circulating economy experimental sreas built with geographic information system is both needed to the construction of information and Chai Damu cirrulating economy experimental sreas built offer support in management and determination,it is a important with built meaning.