The World Wide Web and its associated technologies are being increasingly deployed in industrial automation. Platform independence, widespread availability, acceptance, and remote operation are strong arguments in favor of replacing existing proprietary technologies (especially when being phased out by their vendors) with Web technologies. More and more, Web browsers are utilized for visualization and interaction. When a high degree of interactivity and direct feedback between user and Web-based application is demanded, parts of the application logic should be moved from the server back-end to the browser. We propose a component infrastructure to improve software development, which is based on standardized Web technologies and runs directly in Web browsers. Additional generic functions provide unified access over the network to structured information in automation systems.


One potential mechanism by which physical activity may protect against breast cancer is by decreasing mammographic density. Percent mammographic density, the proportion of dense breast tissue area to total breast area, declines with age and is a strong risk factor for breast cancer. The authors hypothesized that women who were more physically active would have a greater decline in percent mammographic density with age, compared with less physically active women. The authors tested this hypothesis using longitudinal data (1996–2004) from 722 participants in the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN), a multiethnic cohort of women who were preand early perimenopausal at baseline, with multivariable, repeated-measures linear regression analyses. During an average of 5.6 years, the mean annual decline in percent mammographic density was 1.1% (standard deviation 1⁄4 0.1). A 1-unit increase in total physical activity score was associated with a weaker annual decline in percent mammographic density by 0.09% (standard error 1⁄4 0.03; P 1⁄4 0.01). Physical activity was inversely associated with the change in nondense breast area (P < 0.01) and not associated with the change in dense breast area (P 1⁄4 0.17). Study results do not support the hypothesis that physical activity reduces breast cancer through a mechanism that includes reduced mammographic density.


coal workers after a difficult decade for the coal industry. Depressed global demand for coal has driven down its price, affecting profits for producers. Coal miners, in particular, have been hurt over the past decade, as employment has fallen 42 percent from its high in 2011 (Figure 1). Some have attributed coal's misfortune to increased regulation on carbon emissions. Although regulation increases costs for coal producers, coal's main problem is technology that has reduced the cost of competing sources of energy.


Corn in the forest-steppe zone of the Russian Federation, which includes the Republic of Tatarstan, is the main fodder crop, the yield of which directly depends on the moisture content of a particular growing season and the nutritional background. The above-mentioned limiting factors for increasing the productivity of fodder corn can be easily controlled by the agrotechnical methods described in this paper. The results of the research showed the high efficiency of irrigation and the introduction of calculated fertilizer rates in combination with foliar feeding of the Isagri Force plant 6 l / ha in the phase of 4-6 pairs of true corn leaves. At the same time, the stem density increased from 51.1 thousand pcs/ha in the control to 59.5 thousand pcs/ha in the NPK variant by 60 t/ha + Isagri Force 6l/ha. Moreover, in the variant of applying mineral fertilizers with the expectation of obtaining 60 t/ha of green mass, the yield of green mass of the Nur hybrid was 61.4 t/ha, and the VNII hybrids 64.1 t/ha, which is higher than the control by 66.8 and 67.8% respectively. Additional foliar top dressing Izagri Force with the content of easily digestible amino acids and a complex of chelate forms of microfertilizers providing additional production from each hectare of 1.3 green mass of the studied Nur and Ross 140 corn hybrids.


Objective To assess the reliability of Orbscan-II , Pentacam and ultrasonic pachymetry (US) for central corneal thickness (CCT) measurements. Methods Central corneal thickness was measured using Orbscan-II , Pentacam and ultrasonic pachymetry in 159 preoperative cases (318 eyes). Patients were further divided into three groups according to corneal thickness (〈500 um group, 500-570 um group and ≥570 um group) as determined by ultrasonic pachymetry and the differences in the measurements obtained by all three methods were statistically analyzed for the three groups. Results The mean CCT readings with Orbscan-II , Pentacam, and ultrasonic pachymetry were (527.9+-43.0)um, (526.3+-38.4)um, and (522.6+-37.8)um, respectively. No statistically significance differences were found among the three instruments (F=1.491, P=0.226) using analysis of variance. After the patients were divided into three groups based on the ultrasonic pachymetry measurements, the results showed that there was no statistically significant difference in measurements by the three instruments for the 〈500 um group and the 500-570 um group (F=1.546, P=0.215; F=2.107, P= 0.123), while there was a significant difference for the ≥570 um group (F=5.396, P=0.006). Differences among the groups using Bonferroni tests show that central corneal thickness (CCT) measured with Orbcan-II was significantly thicker than that obtained with the Pentacam (P=0.029) and uhrasonic pachymetry (P=0.010). No statistically significant difference was found between measurements with Pentacam and ultrasonic pachymetry. Conclusion There are some differences in the three methods used to measure the CCT of patients before excimer laser myopic surgery, but overall there was no statistically significant difference, and the methods could be concordant in clinics. However, the three instruments still cannot completely replace one other.

Key words:
Corneal thickness ;  Ultrasonic pachymetry ;  Orbscan- II ;  Pentacam


Efficient planning and design of the transmission system depends upon reasonably accurate forecastss of the loads it will serve. Substation load forecasts are prepared by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) 15 years in advance. For the first 5 years, preliminary forecasts are prepared by months using time series analysis, carefully collected information, and judgment. Loads for another 10 years are extended largely on the basis of judgment. These preliminary forecasts are subjected to three critical reviews resulting in necessary modifications. The sum of adjacent substation loads is compared with larger area forecasts.


Polycystic Ovary Syndrome is a common women's health problem caused by the imbalance in the reproductive hormones which causes problems in the ovaries. An appropriate machine learning (ML) algorithm can be applied to analyze the datasets and validate the performance of the algorithm in terms of accuracy. In this paper, a unique hybrid and optimized methodology are proposed which uses SVM linear kernel with Logistic Regression functionalities in a different way. The output of this model is passed on to the RMSprop optimizer. Optimization will train the model iteratively to get better output. For this research 1600 datasets were collected from the leading hospital in Bangalore Urban region. This optimized hybrid method is tested over PCOS datasets and it exhibited 89.03% accuracy. The results showed that the optimized-hybrid model works efficiently when compared to other existing ML Algorithms like SVM, Logistic regression, Decision tree, KNN, Random forest, and Adaboost. Also, the results of the optimizedhybrid SVLR model showed good results in terms of F-measure, precision, and recall statistical criteria. Overall this paper summarizes the working of the proposed optimized-SVLR hybrid model and prediction of PCOS. Keywords—SVM; decision tree; logistic regression; RM Sprop; frameworks


This paper studies the effects of incident wave angular power spectrum (APS) distribution and user hand effect on the envelope correlation coefficient (ECC) of a two-port MIMO antenna operating in the sub 6GHz LTE-U frequency band. APS of uniform and Gaussian distributions are used with different Gaussian angular spread (AS) values, i.e., 10◦, 30◦, 50◦, and 70◦. A prototype was fabricated, and three-dimensional radiation patterns of the antenna elements were measured in an anechoic chamber from 4 to 6GHz in both cases of free space and when the prototype is held in data mode using a hand phantom. An algorithm to calculate ECC from the complex data of far field radiation pattern with different APS distributions is explained in detail. Results show that user hand presence increases ECC between ports compared with free space, whose increase is more obvious under Gaussian APS. ECC values under uniform APS is practically zero over the entire frequency range except at frequencies close to 6 GHz, where the highest ECC values are 0.13 and 0.16 in free space and with user hand, respectively. However, Gaussian APS with different ASs shows a significant impact of the ECC. With narrow AS of 10◦, ECC at some incident directions can be as high as 0.84 (in free space) and 0.92 (with user hand), and the mean ECC values under this AS are 0.25 (in free space) and 0.37 (with user hand). ECC values keep decreasing as AS gets wider, with the maximum ECC at AS = 70◦ observed to be 0.23 and 0.34 in free space and with user hand, respectively, whereas the mean ECC values are close to uniform APS. Statistical distribution of the ECC showed good agreement with exponential distribution, with a better agreement between measured ECC and exponential distribution observed in free space with wider AS.


Spring-mass matching layers consisting of a thin polymer layer ("massless spring") covered by a metal layer ("incompressible mass") can be designed to achieve any desired acoustic impedance and act as an equivalent λ/4 matching layer. In this paper, we present a fabrication process of these matching-layers based on spin-coated PDMS as spring layer and stainless steel commercial foils as mass layer.


The invention provides a composite material, comprising a biodegradable material and GdPO4*H2O. As the composite material provided by the invention comprises the biodegradable material and the GdPO4*H2O, when an alternating magnetic field is applied to the obtained composite material serving as an implanted material, temperature of the composite material can be improved, and thereby degradation velocity of the composite material in a body is increased, and controllable degradation of the composite material in the body is achieved; meanwhile monitoring on variation of the composite material provided by the invention is achieved by nuclear magnetic developing, and thereby tracer monitor of the composite material in the body is achieved.


Optical movement detectors are often used in laboratory studies of insect behavior. They offer advantages of time resolution and ease of analysis compared with video. However, design and construction have rarely been described in enough detail to allow the devices to be built easily by others. We describe a simple optoelectronic system for measuring rapid movements in one dimension, such as the protraction of an insect leg. The leg casts a bar-shaped shadow onto a photodiode chip that is masked to expose a triangular area. Movement of the leg changes the total area of the triangle that is shaded. A preamplifier converts the change in photoelectric current to a voltage signal. The preamplifier includes an optional circuit for removing 120 Hz ripple resulting from AC-powered light sources by subtracting the output of a second, reference photodiode. We have used the system to quantify leg movements in an acoustic startle response of a field cricket (Teleogryllus oceanicus LeGuillou). This system could be adapted for a wide range of other applications in laboratory and field research.


Abstract We demonstrate a comparative analysis of directly diode-pumped Tm3+-doped all-fibre laser operating at 1908 nm with different structure at fibre end facets. The feedback arising from parasitic oscillations and amplified spontaneous emission can be suppressed by coating an anti-reflection on the forward end facet and cleaving an angle on the backward end facet. 44.1 W laser power on forward end at the pumped power of 120 W was achieved. The forward laser slope efficiency was 39.3%, corresponding to the backward laser slope efficiency of 3.0%. The beam quality factor of M 2 was 1.4.


The Center for Innovation in Ship Design (CISD) has created designs for a new class of landing craft to augment future logistic fleet support. The goal of the study was to develop a class of affordable landing craft with speed, seakeeping, and/or payload improvements compared to traditional craft. The design is sized to fit within current U.S. Navy well decks. The design was developed following an investigation of a wide range of technologies including non-conventional hull forms (catamaran, trimaran, SES), structural materials (steel, aluminum, titanium, composites), and machinery systems. Parametric models of these technologies were developed to assess their impacts on ship design and affordability. Results of the technology assessments are presented, as well as the recommended design of a 15-knot titanium monohull.


This paper presents a control circuit which regulates the current consumption of integrated circuits using current injection and voltage scaling techniques. The control circuit can be integrated with smart cards as a countermeasure against power analysis attacks and electromagnetic emanation analysis attacks. We have designed the proposed circuit in 0.18 μm CMOS technology at 1.8 V power supply. The simulation results show that the circuit controls the current through the power supply pin of a model of a smart card microcontroller and attenuates the peak-to-peak current variations by 95%. The power dissipation overhead of the control circuit is less than 20% of the original power dissipation of the smart card microcontroller. Comparing the layout area of the proposed circuit with that of an ASIC 3-DES algorithm in the same technology shows that the control circuit only constitutes 4% of the cryptographic processor. The proposed circuit proves to be especially useful for smart cards and small portable devices, where power dissipation and chip area are critical.


To solve the problem that now there is no method that can remove high frequency noise and low frequency noise simultaneously, this paper proposed a new method combining filtering and curve fitting, which can solve the high frequency noise and low frequency noise problem simultaneously. Firstly the offset between frames was estimated fast using bit-plane matching algorithm in this new method. Secondly the inter-frame offset was cumulated to get the global motion vector relative to the reference frame. And the global motion vector was filtered with Kalman filter to remove the high frequency noise. Finally curve fitting was executed on the global motion vector that has been filtered with Kalman filter to remove the low frequency noise. At last the steady intentional trajectory was got. The experimental results show that the method can effectively remove the high frequency and low frequency noise simultaneously, and video stabilization effect is good.


ABSTRACT Objective: To determine if vestibular therapy can be used to decrease falls, decrease vertigo, and increase safety in the elderly. Method: One hundred community-dwelling elderly (mean age 79) patients with disequilibrium of the aging (elders with disequilibrium, unsteadiness, and risks for falls due to degeneration of sensory or motor systems for balance) (note that disequilibrium of the aging is a typical term used by otologists and neurologists as a diagnostic category; references for this description are noted in the Introduction of this article) were tested before and after vestibular therapy on Romberg clinical tests of balance, vestibular ocular motor tests using infrared video goggles, and Dix–Hallpike tests for positional vertigo. Vestibular therapy interventions were balance retraining, ocular motor exercises, and repositioning or redistribution techniques. Results: Following 3 months of vestibular therapy interventions and at 3 months following discharge from vestibular therapy, there was an 80% reduction of falls. A fall was defined as a total loss of balance with a drop to the floor, without loss of consciousness. Initially, 56 of the 100 participants had reported falls in the 6 months prior to their first visit to our clinic, with only 11 of these 56 reporting falls at 3 months following intervention. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) had abated in 90% as measured by negative Dix–Hallpike tests, as 91 of the 100 participants initially had BPPV, all but 9 normalized through treatment. Romberg clinical tests of balance had normalized in 71% (78 of the 100 had positive Romberg initially, and 55 of the 78 had negative responses at 3 months).Conclusions: Interventions of vestibular therapy can result in decreased vertigo and decreased risks for falls in the elderly.


In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, repurposing of drugs for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infections is being explored. The HIV protease inhibitor Nelfinavir, widely prescribed in combination with other HIV inhibitors, has been shown to inhibit in vitro SARS-CoV-2 replication. We here report on the effect of Nelfinavir in the Syrian hamster SARS-CoV-2 infection model. Although treatment of infected hamsters with either 15 or 50 mg/kg BID Nelfinavir [for four consecutive days, initiated on the day of infection] does not reduce viral RNA loads nor infectious virus titres in the lungs compared to the vehicle control, the drug reduced virus-induced lung pathology to nearly the baseline scores of healthy animals. A substantial interstitial infiltration of neutrophils is observed in the lungs of treated (both infected and uninfected) animals. The protective effect of Nelfinavir on SARS-CoV-2-induced lung pathology (at doses that are well tolerated and that result in exposures nearing those observed in HIV-infected patients) may lay the foundation for clinical studies with this widely used drug.


The role of power corrections and higher Fock-state contributions to exclusive charmonium decays will be discussed. It will be argued that the J/ψ (ψ′) decays into baryon-antibaryon pairs are dominated by the valence Fock-state contributions. P -wave charmonium decays, on the other hand, receive strong contributions from the ccg Fock states since the valence Fock-state contributions are suppressed in these reactions. Numerical results for J/ψ(ψ′)→ BB decay widths will be also presented and compared to data.


To evaluate emergency work of animal epidemic prevention after earthquake of Mianyang that belongs to earthquake stricken area symposium,looking up documents of animal disease prevention,checking the work of emergence response,survey and experimental methods were taken.The results showed that the leaders attached importance to emergency work of animal epidemic prevention after earthquake diseaster and cooperated with other departments timely to prevent major animal epidemics.The animal epidemic prevention and control have brought noticeable achievements by using scientific normative emergency treatment in time.There is no prevalention and potential risk of major animal epidemics and zoonoses.But there are few factors to cause animal disease in local places.


Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their tissue inhibitors (TIMPs) play a role in left ventricular structural remodelling. The aim of our study was to analyse MMP‐2 and TIMP‐1 levels as predictors of poor response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT).


Objectives: Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (MTHFR) C677T gene variant is associated with hypertension depending on ethnic and geographic region. Several studies found that the affordable and widely available riboflavin or vitamin B2 as a cofactor of MTHFR could lower blood pressure in patients with MTHFR variants. The benefits of risk stratification and therapeutic potential made it interesting to be studied. No study of MTHFR C677T variant effect on hypertension is available in Indonesia. This study sought to determine the association of MTHFR C677T gene variant and hypertension in rural Sundanese population of Gunung Sari Village, Bogor-Indonesia. Methods: A total of 415 subjects consisting of 213 hypertensive subjects and 202 non-hypertensive subjects as a control group were enrolled in this population based case-control study. The genotypes of the MTHFR C677T were determined by a TaqMan assay. Odds ratio with 95 % confidence interval was used to assess the risk of association. Results: There was a significant difference of MTHFR C677T variant between hypertensive group and control group; 62.9% CC; 34.3% CT; 2.8% TT vs 77.7% CC; 20.8% CT; 1.5% TT with p = 0.004; and mutant (TT and CT) vs wild type genotype (CC) with p = 0.001 respectively. After adjustment of age, body mass index, waist circumference, and diabetes mellitus, there was an association between MTHFR C677T variant with hypertension (OR 2.1; 95% CI 1.3–3.5). Conclusion: MTHFR C677T gene variant increased the risk of hypertension in rural Indonesian-Sundanese population. Further studies in different areas in Indonesia may be conducted.


(1) Northern Arizona University, Center of Ecosystem Science and Society and Department of Biological Sciences, Flagstaff, United States (email@example.com), (2) College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK, (3) College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK 3 School of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA


Computer program to generate turbine aerodynamic requirements, approximate external blade geometries, and coolant flow requirements for two stage axial flow turbine


Using human endothelial cells, we define a mechanism that accounts for the induction of interleukin 8 (IL‐8) by protein I/IIf, an adhesin from Streptococcus mutans serotype f. We report that protein I/IIf interactions with endothelial cells increased the tyrosine phosphorylation of three cellular components with relative mass of 145 000, 125 000 and 70 000 in endothelial cells. These proteins were identified as phospholipase Cγ (PLCγ), focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and paxillin after immunoprecipitation with monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and immunoblotting with antiphosphotyrosine mAbs. These results suggested that β1 integrins could be one of the components implicated in the modulin activity of protein I/IIf. By incubating protein I/IIf with either purified α5β1 integrins or with α5β1 integrins overexpressing CHO cells, we demonstrated that α5β1 integrins act as cell receptors for protein I/IIf. We also showed that protein I/IIf interactions with α5β1 integrins lead to IL‐8 secretion. Using specific inhibitors, we demonstrated that protein I/IIf‐induced IL‐8 release involves mitogen‐activated protein kinases (MAPKs), and that PLCγ and PKC also seem to contribute to protein I/IIf stimulation. However, PI‐3K activation is not involved in IL‐8 release. Altogether, these results indicate that, after binding to α5β1 integrins, protein I/IIf induces IL‐8 release by activating the MAPKs signalling pathways.


Photodegradation of rhodamine-6G was carried out in presence of semiconductor ammonium phosphomolybdate and visible light. The effect of various parameters like pH, dye concentration, amount of semiconductor and light intensity on the rate of degradation has been observed. A tentative mechanism has also been proposed, in which the role of • OH radical as an active oxidizing species was confirmed for the degradation of the dye.


Objective – Chronic and acute dysregulation of the cytokine network has been described in multiple sclerosis (MS). Inflammatory lesions in the central nervous system of MS patients can be assessed by brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This study has been performed to investigate whether changes of cytokines correlate with morphological changes as determined by MRI. Materials and methods – We included 46 patients with relapsing–remitting MS in the study. The serum concentrations of tumor necrosis factor‐β (TNF‐β), TNF receptor‐1 (TNFR‐1; 55 kDa) and TNFR‐2 (75 kDa), interleukin‐4 (IL‐4), interleukin‐10 (IL‐10) and interferon‐γ (IFN‐γ) were measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay in all patients. Each parameter was correlated with clinical findings and brain MRI parameters. We measured both the number (lesion load) and cumulated area (disease burden) of all lesions on brain MRI. In addition, the number and cumulated area of those lesions showing signs of activity [Gadolinium (Gd)‐enhancement, perifocal edema] were determined. Results – A non‐significant trend (P < 0.05) was found only for the correlation of serum IFN‐γ levels and the number of active MRI lesions showing both Gd‐enhancement and perifocal edema in the subgroup of patients (n=21) with active lesions. When corrected for multiple comparisons, this correlation was not significant anymore, as it was above the corrected P‐value of 0.001. We could not observe any further correlation of cytokine levels and MRI parameters. However, TNF‐β serum levels were significantly (P < 0.05) elevated in the patient subgroups with higher number of lesions and disease burden, respectively. Conclusion – Our data show that the determination of serum levels of the investigated cytokines and cytokine receptors is not useful as a tool to determine subclinical disease activity and severity as assessed by brain MRI.


Preface. Glossary. PART ONE - BASIC THEORY. 1 Introduction. 1.1 The Aim of this Book. 1.2 Current Radio Technology. 1.3 Factors Constraining Radio Communications. References and Further Reading. 2 Management of the Radio Spectrum. 2.1 Spectrum Management Fundamentals. 2.2 Civil Spectrum Management. 2.3 Military Spectrum Management. 2.4 Management of EWActivities. References and Further Reading. 3 The Radio Channel. 3.1 Frequency Aspects of the Radio Channel. 3.2 Narrowband Signals. 3.3 Frequency Hopping Signals. 3.4 Wideband Signals. 3.5 The Effect of Movement on the Radio Channel. References and Further Reading. 4 Radio Links in the Presence of Noise. 4.1 Sources of Radio Noise. 4.2 Effects of Noise. 4.3 The Radio Receiver. 4.4 Radio Link Budgets in the Presence of Noise. References and Further Reading. 5 Radio Links in the Presence of Interference. 5.1 Sources of Radio Interference. 5.2 Interference in the Spectral Domain. 5.3 Interference in the Time Domain. 5.4 Interference Mitigation Techniques. References and Further Reading. 6 Radio Links and Deliberate Jamming. 6.1 The Purpose of Jamming. 6.2 How Jamming Works. 6.3 Types of Communications Jammers. 6.4 Jamming Mitigation Techniques. References and Further Reading. 7 Radar and Radar Jamming. 7.1 Introduction to Radars. 7.2 The Radar Equation. 7.3 Types of Radar. 7.4 Radar Jamming Techniques. 7.5 Radar Jamming Mitigation Techniques. References and Further Reading. 8 Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Devices. 8.1 The Poor Man's Weapon of Choice: IEDs. 8.2 Radio Control for IEDs. 8.3 Detection of IED Radio Control Systems. References and Further Reading. PART TWO - PRACTICAL. 9 Predicting HF Radio. 9.1 Propagation at HF. 9.2 HF Skywave Link Budgets. 9.3 Groundwave. References and Further Reading. 10 VHF to SHF Radio Prediction. 10.1 Propagation above HF. 10.2 Modelling Methods. 10.3 Deterministic Models. 10.4 Empirical Models. 10.5 Combined Models. 10.6 Link Budgets. References and Further Reading. 11 Data Requirements for Radio Prediction. 11.1 Why Consider Modelling Requirements? 11.2 Communications System Parameters. 11.3 ES Specific Parameters. 11.4 EA Specific Parameters. 11.5 Radar Specific Parameters. 11.6 Third-Party Characteristics. 11.7 General Antenna Characteristics. 11.8 Antenna Environment Considerations. 11.9 Terrain Data. 11.10 Ground and Radio Clutter Data. 11.11 Sunspots, Ionospheric and Atmospheric Data. References and Further Reading. 12 Planning and Optimising Radio Links. 12.1 Path Profile Prediction. 12.2 Optimising a Link. 12.3 Re-Broadcast Links. 12.4 Linked Networks. References and Further Reading. 13 Planning Radio Networks for Coverage. 13.1 Coverage Predictions. 13.2 Optimisation of Radio Networks. 13.3 Limiting Coverage. References and Further Reading. 14 Interference Analysis. 14.1 Introduction to Radio Interference Analysis. 14.2 Fading Considerations. 14.3 Interference from other Channels. 14.4 Different Ways of Representing Co-Existing Signals. References and Further Reading. 15 Management Techniques for Interference. 15.1 Preventing Interference. 15.2 Managing Interference. 15.3 Interference Reports. References and Further Reading. 16 Management of Interference at a Radio Site. 16.1 Special Features of Radio Sites with Multiple Systems. 16.2 Sources of Interference at a Radio Site. 16.3 Methods of Managing Interference at Radio Sites. References and Further Reading. 17 Communications Electronic Warfare. 17.1 Introduction. 17.2 Detection and Intercept Networks. 17.3 Direction Finding Networks. 17.4 Communications Jammers. 17.5 The Role of Unmanned Airborne Vehicles. 17.6 Countering Enemy Communications Electronic Warfare. References and Further Reading. 18 Non-Communications Electronic Warfare. 18.1 Non-Communications EW. 18.2 Radar Jamming Techniques. 18.3 Platform Self Protection Methods. 18.4 Parametric Information Collection Methods. References and Further Reading. 19 Countering Radio-Controlled IEDs. 19.1 Introduction to IEDs. 19.2 Radio Controlled IED. 19.3 Basic IED Counter Methods. 20 Summary and Conclusions. Appendix A: Working with Decibels. Appendix B: Common Conversion Formulae and Reference Tables. Index.


Introduction: Development is a progressive which means irreversible, development that is movement, language, social and independence. The age of preschoolers can be ordered as a golden period or golden age, an important period in development. In this period parents' parenting is very important. But parents sometimes do not pay attention to parenting who is good, they are always worried about what if left alone. Therefore parents must know the importance of having good parenting. The purpose of this study was to study the pattern of foster care of parents with the development of preschool children.Methods: Pre correlational with cross sectional method. Population of all parents and preschoolers at RA Kindergarten. Cut Nyak Dien in Gendingan Kedungwaru Village for 6 - 08 February 2018 as many as 72. The samples of this study were 72 parents and preschool children who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Total sampling technique, questionnaire and KPSP instruments, and spearman rank ranking statistics ( rho) with α = 0.05.Results: The study obtained 63 (87.5%) parents who had authoritative parenting and with appropriate child development as many as 65 (90.3%) while authoritarian parenting with a number of 1 (1.4%). spearman rank (rho) with a value of P = 0,000 <α (0,05), then there is a relationship between Parenting Parenting and the Development of Preschool children in TK RA. Cut Nyak Dien Gendingan village Kedungwaru.Conclusion: Parenting Parenting has a relationship to the development of preschool children. Where parents who have authoritative parenting, the development of children in accordance with the development.


Based on D'Aspremont C & Jacquemin A research and development model, this paper analysed the influence of intellectual property protection strength on innovation, pricing behavior and profits of the duopoly corporates with horizontal differences in closed economies and open economies two cases. In closed economies case, game equilibrium has shown that as the government improved intellectual property rights protection strength, enterprise's research and development innovation power would be increased, enterprises product prices would be declined, the enterprise's profit would be reduced. There are the best intellectual property rights protection strength that made the social welfare be largest in closed economies case. In open economies case, game equilibrium has shown that as one country government improved intellectual property rights protection strength, the research and development innovation power of this country's enterprise would be increased, and the research and development innovation power of the other country's enterprise would be reduced. In open economies case, game equilibrium also has shown that as one country government improved intellectual property rights protection strength, the profits of this country's enterprise would be increased, and the profits of the other country's enterprise would be reduced.


Attention is given to the goals and preliminary determinations of the SP-100 program, whose objective is the design of space and lunar base nuclear powerplants capable of generating 100-1000 kW(e) for two years, with potential growth to 7 years. Current program studies are focusing on design concepts and the development status evaluation of critical technology. The dimensions of an SP-100 powerplant must allow transportation aboard the Space Shuttle. Reactor, heat conversion cycle, heat transfer medium, and thermal rejection system alternatives are discussed.


Annabel Christopher is a goddess to her adoring Italian public, her loving husband part of her perfect image. To keep the eager sycophants, ruthless paparazzi and anxious admirers under her spell the image must be carefully cultivated. Only Annabel hasn't calculated on the plans of her husband.


This is the second in the Australian Communication and Media Authority's (ACMA's) series of Short Reports drawing on 'Like, post, Share: Young Australians' experience of social media' research (Like, post, share). This Short Report presents findings on the perceptions of Australian parents about their children's online experience.


Abstract This research was conducted on grade 9 students of physical impairment in SLB Negeri 1 Bantul. Based on the results of pre-action observations, it is known that the ability of subjects in the counting aspect of storing is still lacking, so we need a learning media that can help in understanding the material. This study aims to improve the ability to add to the amount of storage by the storage box in the physically challenged children who are slow to learn. Reference or indicator of student learning outcomes achievement refers to the results of increased learning outcomes and the results of observations of activities that increase each cycle. The approach used in this research is a quantitative descriptive approach. The research design used in this study is classroom action research design. Classroom action research procedures are carried out through a 4-step process, namely: 1) planning; 2) implementation; 3) observation; 4) reflection. This class action research was conducted in 2 cycles to see an increase in the ability to add. From the data analysis it is known that each cycle of learning outcomes increases. In the pre cycle it is known that subjects are still in the category of very less and less with a percentage below 50%. In cycle 1 reflection, there were still subjects that did not experience an increase and in cycle 2 there was a significant increase in all subjects. Based on the results of the analysis of this research data, it can be concluded that the storage box media and improve the ability of the subjects in terms of storing additions. Keywords : storage box media, storage summation, physical impairment


Background and Objectives The medical community commonly uses lipid emulsion combined with epinephrine in local anesthetic–induced cardiac arrest, but the optimal timing of epinephrine administration relative to lipid emulsion is currently unknown and needs to be determined. Methods Thirty adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to bupivacaine-induced asystole and were then randomly divided into 3 groups. The temporal administration of epinephrine varied in each group: (1) immediately after the completion of the initial bolus of lipid emulsion therapy (postILE0); (2) immediately after cardiac arrest before the initial bolus of lipid emulsion (preILE); or (3) 1 minute after the completion of the initial bolus of lipid emulsion (postILE1). External chest compression was administered until the return of spontaneous circulation or the end of a 20-minute resuscitation period. Results The postILE0, preILE, and postILE1 groups displayed different survival rates (100%, 30%, and 40%; P = 0.003). After return of spontaneous circulation, the rate–pressure product of the postILE0 group was higher than that of the postILE1 group (P < 0.001). Wet-to-dry lung weight ratio of preILE and postILE1 groups was higher than that of the postILE0 group (P < 0.05). The rate of damaged alveoli of the postILE0 group was lower than those of the preILE (P = 0.001) and postILE1 (P < 0.001) groups. Concentrations of bupivacaine in the cardiac tissues of the postILE0 group were lower than that of the postILE1 group (P = 0.01). Conclusions In the rat model of bupivacaine-induced cardiac arrest, the optimal timing for the administration of epinephrine to produce best outcomes of successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation is immediately after the completion of the lipid emulsion bolus. This optimal timing/therapeutic window is of paramount importance.


The investigation of thermal and excess noise in the high-Q modes of all fused silica suspension for the Advanced LIGO test masses.. 2 1.2 The investigation of thermal and excess noise in the fused silica plates with multilayer reflective coating. .


In recent years, the aqueous phase reforming (APR) reaction using heterogeneous catalysts has been highlighted as one of possible approaches for converting nonedible biomass into hydrogen for fuel cell application. In this study, we have synthesized the rhenium (Re)‐doped Pt/SiO2 (Pt3Rex/SiO2) (based on weight; x = 1, 3, 5) catalysts for enhancing the APR of organic liquid C5 sugar xylose. Our study showed that the activity of bimetallic Pt‐Re catalysts toward the APR of xylose strongly depends on the level of Re dopant. In particular, the Pt3‐Re1/SiO2 catalyst exhibited the higher H2 selectivity compared to the catalysts having the higher amount of Re dopant (Pt3‐Re2/SiO2 and Pt3‐Re3/SiO2). Furthermore, the oxygen state of ReOx could be modified by changing reduction temperature. The measured hydrogen selectivity and reaction rate could be enhanced when the catalyst was reduced at higher temperature. Especially, the Pt3‐Re1/SiO2 catalyst reduced at 500°C under 10 vol% H2 flow exhibited high catalytic performances close to the theoretical values in the initial stage of the reaction, but its activity was gradually reduced by re‐oxidation of ReOx. From the various analysis results, we can figure out that the presence of metallic state Pt and Re in Pt3Re alloy phase and low oxidation state Re (Re3+) element is responsible for the improved H2 selectivity in Pt3‐Re1/SiO2 catalyst reduced at 500°C. In addition, the density functional theory calculation also predicted that the surface exposure of Pt and Re atoms (rather than oxidized ReOx) can boost the first dehydrogenation of xylose, which is in a good agreement with the experimental observation. This study can provide the optimal oxidation level of Re and Pt in the bimetallic Pt‐Re catalyst to efficiently obtain hydrogen from xylose via APR reaction.


A robot with the ability to dance autonomously has many potential applications, such as serving as a prototype dancer for choreographers or as a participant in stage performances with human dancers. A robot that dances autonomously must be able to extract several features from audio in real time, including tempo, beat, and style. It must also be able to produce a continuous sequence of humanlike gestures. We chose the Hitec RoboNova to use as a robot platform in our work on these problems. We have developed a beat identification algorithm that can extract the beat positions from audio in real time for multiple consecutive songs. Our RoboNova can now produce sequences of smooth gestures that are synchronized with the predicted beats and match the tempo of the audio. Our algorithm can also be easily moved to the HUBO, a large humanoid robot that can move in a very humanlike manner.


.................................................................................................................................................. 2 Abbreviations........................................................................................................................................ 4 Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................. 5 1. Before take-off: Where we are going and why....................................................................... 6 1.1 Introduction ...............................................................................................................................................6 1.2 Aims and research question .................................................................................................................7 1.3 Limitations..................................................................................................................................................7 1.4 Disposition..................................................................................................................................................8 2. Background - A description of the destination...................................................................... 8 2.1 The Political Landscape..........................................................................................................................8 2.1.1 The role of the political parties ....................................................................................................................10 2.1.2 A new democratic dawn..................................................................................................................................11 2.1.3 Clouds on the horizon ......................................................................................................................................11 3. Conceptual and theoretical framework.................................................................................14 3.1 Defining democracy .............................................................................................................................. 14 3.1.2 The role of inclusion in relation to democracy......................................................................................15 3.2 Inclusion in relation to the democratic process ......................................................................... 16 3.2.1 Representation....................................................................................................................................................16 3.2.2 Participation.........................................................................................................................................................19 3.2.3 Deliberation..........................................................................................................................................................20 4. Methodology - Choosing means of travel...............................................................................22 4.1 Research design and strategies ........................................................................................................ 22 4.1.1 Case study design ...............................................................................................................................................22 4.1.2 Employing an abductive and phenomenological approach.............................................................23 4.2 Data Collection - entering the field and meeting the respondents ....................................... 24 4.2.1 Sampling.................................................................................................................................................................24 4.2.2 In-‐depth interviews and observations......................................................................................................26 4.3 Data analysis ........................................................................................................................................... 28 4.4 Ethical considerations ......................................................................................................................... 29 4.5 Methodological limitations ................................................................................................................ 29 5. Analysis.............................................................................................................................................30 5.1 Inclusion - strategies for recruitment and individual perceptions ...................................... 30 5.1.1 Strategies for recruitment of new members ..........................................................................................30 5.1.2 Attitudes towards inclusive strategies .....................................................................................................32 5.2 Representation....................................................................................................................................... 34 5.2.1 Desired characteristics for elected representatives ...........................................................................34


Objective : The purpose of this review is to overview and evaluate the trends of the studies in J. of The Korean Academy of Medical Gi-Gong.
Methods : All 186 articles' headlines and abstracts from voI.1(1996) to Vol.17(20l7) were evaluated and classified. The dataset was searched from the Hompage of the Korean Academy of Medical Gi-Gong.
Results :
1. In the type of study, the literature studies consisted of 67%(126studies), clinical studies 21%(39), experimental studies 12%(22) in order.
2. Gigong classification was 60.96%(114studies) while Non-Gigong classification was 37.04%(73studies).
3. In Gigong classification, General Gigong took the largest part and there were no Taoist Sexual Practices studies.
4. In Non-Gigong classification, Obstetrics & Gynecology & Pediatrics took the largest part by 25 studies(12.37%). An-Kyo-Hak was the second largest by 24 studies(11.88%).
5. Analysis Research(112 studies, 59.89%) took the largest part in study method.
Conclusions :
1. The Korean Academy of Medical Gi-Gong published average 8.9 studies per year(187 studies per 21 years).
2. Following the object of The Korean Academy of Medical Gi-Gong, 114 studies(60.96%) of total 187 studies, published by J. of The Korean Academy of Medical Gi-Gong, were associated to Gigong.
3. In Non-Gigong classification, 25 studies about Obstetrics & Gynecology & Pediatrics, 24 studies about An-Kyo-Hak, 16 studies about Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine and Meridian & Acupoint Study were published by J. of The Korean Academy of Medical Gi-Gong.
4. In Gigong classification, studies about Meditation and External Gigong Therapy were insufficient. There are even no studies about Taoist Sexual Practices. We need more studies about those categories to come.


Phenyl and ferrocenyl groups are involved in 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-one (-thione) to form eleven dihydropyrimidines (DHPMs) in this work, aiming to explore the effects of the ferrocene moiety, the CS bond, and the phenolic hydroxyl group on the abilities of DHPMs to protect DNA against 2,2′-azobis(2-amidinopropane hydrochloride) (AAPH)-induced oxidation. It is found that the antioxidant abilities of DHPMs containing CS are higher than those of DHPMs containing CO. In addition, the phenolic hydroxyl group and the CS bond show similar effects on the antioxidant capacities of DHPMs. On the other hand, the ferrocenyl group remarkably increases the antioxidant capacities of DHPMs, while the antioxidant effects of ferrocenyl-appended DHPMs are further improved by the CS bond. Therefore, the influence of the functional group on the antioxidant abilities of DHPMs follows the order: ferrocenyl group > CS bond > phenolic hydroxyl group.


Objective To explore effective treatments of periodic paralysis in patients with hyperthyroidism.Methods The data of 18 cases of hyperthyroidism and periodic paralysis were analyzed retrospectively.Results FT 3 and FT 4 in all patients were all over the normal level.17 cases were complicated with hypokalemia.Periodic paralysis of different degrees occurred symmetrically in legs or all limbs.Conclusion The symptoms were all rapidly relieved when potassium chloride was supplemented.The patients should be treated with anti-hypothyroid drugs and potassium chloride simultaneously.


Abstract A plate-fin tube type heat exchanger has a lighter weight, approximately 30%, than the conventional circular-fin type condenser of household refrigerator. Because the low weight means low cost, it can have significant effects on the growth of related businesses if similar performance can be guaranteed. To check the possibility of the use of such a plate fin-tube condenser, experimental evaluations were performed in this study. Four different condensers including a conventional circular fin-tube condenser were used for the test. A well designed refrigerantsupply system was used to supply similar conditions with a refrigerator, and the heat transfer rate and pressure dropsof air side were measured precisely. As a result, the plate fin-tube type condensers showed a lower heat transfer rate of more than 13% than the conventional circular fin-tube type condenser, but the air side pressure drop was reducedand the heat transfer per unit weight was increased. Therefore, it shows the possibility of the use of a plate fin-tube type condenser after optimizing the air flow path and increasing the air flow to make a similar heat transfer rate.


Despite the potential power of U-series analyses for investigating melting processes, the interpretation of U-series disequilibria remains in some dispute. In order to improve our understanding of the variations in disequilibria we conducted an investigation on the scale of a single island, to place global variations in a better context. Previously interest has focused on 23Su-Z3~ disequilibrium, but simultaneous measurement of 235U-231pa disequilibrium should provide stronger constraints on the melting process. 231pa has a shorter half life (32ka) relative to 23~ (75 ka), but both share a common parent, and the 235U-231pa pair should be more sensitive to changes in the dynamics of melting. We have analysed a suite of young (< 6500a) samples from Sao Miguel, Azores, for U-Th-Pa isotopes together with a range of other geochemical tracers. Basalts from Sao Miguel show some very intriguing geochemical features, notably an unusually large range in 87Sr/S6Sr isotope ratios, suggesting significant source heterogeneity. Of particular interest is how disequilibrium in the lavas varies with this striking geochemical signature, and the implications this has for the cause of elevated 878r/S6Sr ratios. Samples from this study have S7Sr/S6Sr ratios of 0.7034 up to 0.7054, covering almost the whole range previously observed for the island (White et al., 1979; Hawkesworth et al., 1979; Turner et al., 1997; Widom et al., 1997). This is one of the largest ranges of S7Sr/S6Sr found within lavas from a single island. The Azores are located on very young oceanic crust, which minimises the chance of shallow level crustal or lithospheric contamination. Moreover in order to increase the Sr isotope ratios from 0.7032 to 0.7055 by crustal contamination in these alkali lavas, with high Sr contents, requires large amounts of sediment addition, which would be evident in the major element compositions (see also Hawkesworth et al., 1979). The 'enrichment' in S7Sr/S6Sr, and associated incompatible element ratios, is thus attributed to mixing of different components of the Azores plume. 23~ excesses for the lava suite range from 15 to 19% but do not correlate with enrichment. Furthermore, the 231pa excesses show no systematic variations with increasing 87Sr/S6Sr. Previously Widom et al., 1997 reported some low SYSr/86Sr samples with greater degrees of disequilibrium than we observe, that are similar to lavas from other islands of the archipelago (Turner 1997). We do not have any such samples in our current dataset, but as stressed above our study does cover almost the complete range of 87Sr/S6Sr 0.7032-0.07054 (White et al., 1979; Hawkesworth et al., 1979; Turner et al., 1997; Widom et al., 1997). Thus our work relates to the effects on disequilibrium of sources with increasing 87Sr/S6Sr rather than variations within the low SYSr/86Sr samples. The two Sao Miguel source components must have been very similar in source mineralogy. Variations in mineralogy are likely to affect bulk partition coefficients, melting rates and even dihedral angle and thereby porosity, which should all have an effect on the degree of disequilibrium. It seems highly unlikely that any combination of these processes can have equal and opposite effects on both U-Yh and UPa systems. Thus, the absence of variations of either 231pa or 23~ excesses with increasing 87Sr/86Sr implies pre-melt enrichment of parts of the Sao Miguel source with a small degree melt. This melt has a cryptic metasomatic effect that does not influence the melting behaviour, and is perhaps most plausibly attributed to a melt derived from recycled sediment. Addition of a very small amount of such a melt could strongly influence the incompatible elements without significantly changing the source mineralogy. It is interesting to note that Lundstrom et al. (1995) have argued that beneath mid-oceanic ridges, source


In this work, we present new results about the non-enzymatic detection of lindane by using CuO-MnO2 hierarchical nano-microstructures. The linear range for the determination of lindane is up to 700 μM with a limit of detection of 4.8 nM, which is much lower than for other non-enzymatic lindane sensors.


The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between professional values and organizational citizenship behavior levels of nurses working at different levels in health institutions. The study was conducted with convenience sampling method to 340 executive nurses and nurses whose working in 3 different clinics and polyclinics which is affiliated to Ministry of Health in Istanbul. The data was obtained with permission of the facilities and the scale of Nurses' Professional Values and Organizational Citizenship was conducted to data collection. The data were analyzed using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) for Windows 21.0 program. Descriptive statistical methods were used. Ttest, one-way ANOVA, The Tukey Post Hoc, Anova test, Pearson correlation and regression analysis was used..The results of this study shows that the mean rank of the professional values of nurses general organizational citizenship behavior was found high. There was statistically significant relationship was found between the general professional value level and the level of general organizational citizenship behavior of the nurses participating in this study. Regression analysis was used to determine the effect between general professional value and general organizational citizenship behavior. As a determinant of the level of general organizational citizenship behavior level, it was found that the effect of general professional value level variables (explanatory power) was strong. When level of responsibility, level of mobility and level of security of nurses increase the level of general organizational citizenship behavior increase. Organizational citizenship behaviors were also found to be significantly associated with the duration of the title work in the hospital. With establishing safe environments, responsive attitudes and behaviors to be provided to employees in health institutions, creating opportunities to use initiative, it would be important factors for nurses behaviors expected from them.


This paper briefly expounds the Chinese qualification system,and discusses the methods of the estabˉlishment of the Chinese librarian qualification system.The author thinks that to raise the rational knowledge,to bring about a great advance in the legislation,to exchange experiences,to penetrate researches,to grasp the educational work,and to promote the professional training will be the most efficient channels in the establishment of the Chinese librarian qualification system.


In the NHS and across all four UK countries, nurses at all levels working with the multidisciplinary team contribute positively to the control and prevention of infection. In addition to the recent publication of the epic3 Guidelines, there are numerous other guidelines and policies in place emphasising the importance of the nurse's role in the context of prevention and control of infection. In Scotland in particular, the NHS Scotland Health Department Letter, NHS HDL (2005) 7, emphasises the need to restore public confidence by achieving tangible improvements in infection control and standards of cleaning. In order to assist this process, senior charge nurses (SCNs) receive infection control safe patient environment audits based on the Infection Prevention Society's template, which are carried out in every ward and department at least once a year. Across the UK, nurses along with colleagues in estates and facilities are also required to populate and complete action/improvement plans to address any issues identified. The results of the infection control (IC) audits are included in the performance management review for all wards/departments across the NHS. In addition, SCNs in Scotland are required to participate in and sign off the results of audits conducted to comply with the 2010 Monitoring Framework for NHS Scotland National Cleaning Services Specification and Estates HAI Issues. Standard infection control precautions (SICPs) must be applied to prevent cross transmission from both recognised and unrecognised sources of infection (and transmission-based precautions (TBPs) should be applied in cases such as when a patient has an infectious disease, e.g. influenza, MRSA, etc). SICPs are basic infection prevention and control measures of which there are ten elements as follows: ■ Patient placement ■ Hand hygiene ■ Respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette ■ Management of care equipment ■ Control of the environment ■ Safe management of linen ■ Management of blood and body fluids ■ Safe disposal of waste ■ Occupational exposure management (e.g. sharps) ■ Personal protective equipment.


This research aims to design a proposed marketing plan which will help partners loyalty Cooperative Credit Union Our Lady of the Rosary in the district of Huamachuco.
The research problem is based on the following question: How does the implementation of a marketing plan, improve loyalty Partners Cooperative Credit Union Our Lady of the Rosary in the City of Huamachuco, whose hypothesis is: The plan marketing will improve the loyalty of members of the Cooperative Credit Union Our Lady of the Rosary in the district of Huamachuco, through strategies that meet the needs of information on topics of interest and customer demand, highlighting as variables study: independent Variable: Marketing Plan, and dependent Variable: Loyalty members of the Cooperative Credit Union Our Lady of the Rosary in the district of Huamachuco.
The customer loyalty is an important factor there, which is why analyzing relational marketing strategies focused on loyalty to improve the relationship between modern marketing that is opening new doors to meet the expectations and needs of customers.
In the study conducted in this research process was particularly important loyalty of existing of the results of surveys of both internal and external customers, observation, focus groups, and interviews to obtain real data and to develop relevant strategies in the case, according to diminish the problems and weaknesses that are available.
the transactional descriptive design, and the following methods were used: Inductive - Deductive, Hypothetical - Deductive and Analysis - Synthesis.
The study population consisted of 1,000 associates Cooperative Credit Union Our Lady of the Rosary Huamachuco district, from which a representative sample set of 389 partners was established. Was applied as a technique for data collection survey.


The article presents a review of the book "Paradoxes of Group Life," by Kenwyn K. Smith and David N. Berg.


Purpose – Based on theories of organizational learning and strategic considerations, this study aims to develop a strategic contingency model for technology alliance and identify how alliance‐specific factors, strategic factors, and organizational capability factors influence firms to acquire competencies and competitive advantages through technology alliance.Design/methodology/approach – A six‐page, 94‐item survey questionnaire was developed and mailed to top‐level managers of the semiconductor firms in Taiwan. A total of 63 valid responses were received.Findings – The study results indicate that firms with higher absorption orientation, higher risk reduction orientation, higher R&D scale economy orientation, and higher top management team experiences tend to perform better in acquiring competitive advantages. In addition, the strategic fit between strategic factors, organizational capability factors and technology alliance choice could lead firms to better competitive advantage.Research limitations/impl...


The question of education and the religious is too important to be left to religion. Recent papers by Clive Beck and Leonard Waks in this journal, for example, fail to come to grips with the religious because they mistakenly identify it with religion.' There is no such thing as religion in the singular or religion as such.2 The reification and misuse of the word in a generic sense led these authors into grave errors. Beck's stated reason for advocating the study of religion in schools is that "religion refuses to go away."3 So do cancer, AIDS, and taxes. Beck did not show that religion is a good thing, and the claim that the worth of religions can be assessed by "basic human values" is patronizing.4 It implies that it is all right to believe whatever one wants so long as it satisfies one's needs, even if it is not true: "In some cases false beliefs may be quite important to US."5 False beliefs should not be included in the public school curriculum, but this follows from Beck's recommendation that religions should be studied directly, comparatively, and in the context of other school subjects.6 A similar difficulty occurred in Waks's response to Beck. He claimed that "the core of a religion consists of a particular end," and defined it as "spiritual growth."' Spokespersons for various religions, however, might have said it was salvation, eternal life, nirvana, enlightenment, righteousness, taking up one's cross and following Jesus, or glorifying God. These are different ends to which spiritual growth is a means, and the means would vary accordingly. Waks claimed his "abstract account" was "based on all the great religions,"' but his definition is psychological and secular. Spiritual growth is the "restructuring of self to increase capacity for truth, penetration into the real, access to experience ordinarily blocked by biologically and socially conditioned needs-gratifying conceptual schemes, access to the world beyond ordinary conceptual limits."9 One can agree with Beck that the public schools should "help people find the religious truth that is appropriate for them"10 and with Waks that such restructuring of the self is religious if and only if the religious is not identified with the rituals, myths, and doctrines associated with the historically great religions,


The effect of acetone on the rate of hydrogen-atom transfer in the system nitroxyl radical-spatially hindered hydroxylamine-hexane (neutral solvent) was studied at room temperature. An increase in the acetone concentration from 0 to 100% causes a decrease in the reaction rate. The main factor responsible for the decrease in the rate of the hydrogen-atom transfer in the presence of acetone is a decrease in the concentration of free hydroxylamine which is due to the formation of unreactive H-complexes of hydroxylamine with acetone.


JOHN EvELYN has often been described as a virtuoso in the seventeenth-century meaning of that word, and if it be recalled that the Earl of Arundel, the greatest of the virtuosi was his patron, that Evelyn was a member of the Royal Society almost from its inception and a diligent attendant of its meetings, which at that time dealt with a wide variety of curiosa and technological as well as scientific problems, that he was a vocal and literary exponent and collector of the odd and the artistic, and a recognized authority on architecture and gardens, he must certainly be classed among the notable virtuosi of his day. But within his multifarious interests and their related activities Evelyn appears to have had a particular regard for medicine, one that transcended the usual concern of those members of his class who did not espouse that subject professionally. Except for somewhat intermittent studies at Oxford, undertaken more as an obligation than because of genuine desire, medicine was the only discipline in which he deliberately took any formal instruction, and throughout the many years covered by his Diary medicine and matters ancillary to it received uncommon attention." Anyone living in the seventeenth century was very much aware of accident, disease, and ever proximate death. It was quite in the order of things that Evelyn, born in 1620, recalled from his fifth year the severe plague in 1625, its high mortality and the fact, as he later wrote, that he himself 'was shortly after so dangerously sick of a Feavor, that (as I have heard), the Physitians despair'd of me' (ii.7).2 He was fourteen years old when his sister Elizabeth died (ii.12), fifteen at the death of his mother, whose four attending physicians were identified by name in the Diary (ii.14-15), and twenty at the time of his father's death (ii.26). Of Evelyn's five sons, four died in infancy and he outlived the fifth. Of three daughters, two died as young women, and only one outlived her father. This chronicle of sickness and high mortality was common enough at the time, but Evelyn appears to have differed from other contemporary diarists and chroniclers in the detail he devoted to the causes, actual or presumed, of sicknesses and their treatments, and more frequent identification of the attending physicians. In addition to such references, he seems to have known, often intimately, not only the leading members of the medical profession but as well many of those practising in the provinces. The one great exception was Thomas Sydenham who is never


The United States is currently witnessing a revolution in early childhood education. Within the past decade, profound changes have affected our programs for the young--changes in the number of children enrolled and the types of homes from which they come; shifts in the assumptions about young children's learning capabilities and about the most effective ways of teaching them; increased recognition of the crucial nature of the early years and of the critical necessity for comprehensive efforts to meet the needs of infants, young children, and their families. This explosion of interest and activity has taken place despite the fact that the nation is largely unprepared to meet the challenges it presents. We lack a consistent rationale for programmatic and curriculum development, as well as trained manpower to staff programs, appropriate physical plants for early education programs, and an effective overall research base to guide our efforts. Our educational endeavors with young children, especially prior t o I965, were limited almost entirely to children from the more affluent segments of the population, and, even now, our experience with many groups, such as the young children of blue-collar workers, is extremely restricted. Several other nations have had considerably greater experience in the field of early education than has the United States. Day care centers with an important educational component were established on a wide scale in the Soviet Union a half-century ago, for example, and cooperative forms of group upbringing have been an integral


We changed the curriculum of our introductory geology lab to include a six-week, student driven research project focused on local groundwater and surface water issues, seeking to determine whether or not this experience was an effective means to increase students' understanding of the nature of science and self-efficacy towards science. In addition to developing the research project curriculum, we worked with other university faculty to create a local hydrology research station which included eight monitoring wells and a stream gage, allowing students to collect their own water-level and water-quality data as well as to retrieve automatically collected data. In order to measure nature of science understanding, we used a modified version of the Student Understanding of Science and Scientific Inquiry questionnaire (Liang et al., 2005; Clough, 2010). We modified a vocational self-efficacy survey (Riggs et al. 1994) to measure science self-efficacy. Both instruments had average Cronbach's alpha values >0.8, making them reliable for our study. After three semesters of collecting data, we have found that an authentic research project slightly improves, but does not significantly increase overall nature of science understanding or science self-efficacy. Disaggregating the data into demographic sub-groups, nature of science understanding increased relatively more in nonSTEM students than STEM students, and science self-efficacy increased relatively more in STEM students than non-STEM students. 1 Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, firstname.lastname@example.com 2 Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, email@example.com 3 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University 4 Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Iowa State University


A lot of researches were carried out in the last years to investigate different problems of timber concrete composite (TCC) constructions, particularly full-scale short-term collapse tests, in order to evaluate the load bearing behavior of different TCC systems. Nevertheless, some questions are still very few explored; among them are the load sharing effects of TCC constructions. They are able to distribute loads along and perpendicular to the span of the timber beams. A concentrated load applied to one beam of the TCC construction will deflect it due to bending. Because of the concrete slab adjacent beams will deflect as well, although no load is applied to them directly. These beams contribute to the load bearing of the loaded beam and relieve it partly from the loads reducing stress in this beam. This topic shall be focused on in this paper. It will report on short-term bending testes of TCC slabs carried out at Leipzig University of Applied Sciences. Several slabs had been tested. Each of them had a span of 3.9 m, consisting of three timber beams (10/20 cm) and a connecting concrete slab (thickness 6 cm). Only the middle beam was loaded and deflections as well as strains were recorded at different points. Additionally, the wood and concrete properties were determined and push-out tests were carried out. Overall seven TCC slabs were manufactured and tested. With the slabs several parameters had been varied, e.g. the type of concrete, the stiffness of the connection system and the interjoist of the timber beams. As reference a timber beam ceiling, without concrete topping, was tested. The experiments will be described in detail in the paper. Hubertus Kieslich and Klaus Holschemacher


In this paper we analyze the performance of different composition models on a large dataset of German compound nouns. Given a vector space model for the German language, we try to reconstruct the observed representation (the corpusestimated vector) of a compound by composing the observed representations of its two immediate constituents. We explore the composition models proposed in the literature and also present a new, simple model that achieves the best performance on our dataset.


Collecting neuroimaging data in the form of tensors (i.e. multidimensional arrays) has become more common in mental health studies, driven by an increasing interest in studying the associations between neuroimaging phenotypes and clinical disease manifestation. Motivated by a neuroimaging study of post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from the Grady Trauma Project, we study a tensor response quantile regression framework, which enables novel analyses that confer a detailed view of the potentially heterogeneous association between a neuroimaging phenotype and relevant clinical predictors. We adopt a sensible low‐rank structure to represent the association of interest, and propose a simple two‐step estimation procedure which is easy to implement with existing software. We provide rigorous theoretical justifications for the intuitive two‐step procedure. Simulation studies demonstrate good performance of the proposed method with realistic sample sizes in neuroimaging studies. We conduct the proposed tensor response quantile regression analysis of the motivating PTSD study to investigate the association between fMRI resting‐state functional connectivity and PTSD symptom severity. Our results uncover non‐homogeneous effects of PTSD symptoms on brain functional connectivity, which cannot be captured by existing tensor response methods.


The sources of iron impurity in the Heliotron E plasma during NBI are investigated. When ne is smaller than 1×1019 m-3, the main mechanism of iron impurity production is sputtering of the beam dump by a high energy oxygen beam which is included in the neutral beam. The iron impurity is reduced by half after Ti-gettering at the ion source of the NB injector. When ne is larger than 3×1019 m-3, the main impurity source is the plasma-wall interaction, and this impurity is not reduced by the Ti-gettering.


Chabrol Jean-Louis, Perin Pascal. Chapitre IV - Le zapping dans le foyer. In: Reseaux, Hors Serie n°2, 1991. Le zapping. pp. 81-106.


Human CD38, an ectoenzyme involved in the catabolism of NAD, can also bind the non-substrate ligand CD31, resulting in activation and proliferation of distinct lymphocyte populations.
 CD38 is clinically used as a negative prognostic marker for chronic lymphcytic leukemia (CLL) patients. We adopted CLL as a model to study the relevance of CD38 in vivo. CD38 signals trigger proliferation and increase survival of CLL cells. Further, the simultaneous expression of CD38 and ZAP-70 defines a genetically distinct subset of CLL cells with heightened responses to CXCL12, a critical chemokine in CLL homing from blood to lymphoid organs.
 Here we show that CD38 is directly involved in CXCL12-mediated homing. CD38 signals facilitate short- (ERK1/2 phosphorylation) and long-term (chemotaxis) effects induced by CXCL12. Assays using i) a specific inhibitor of CD38 enzymatic activities, ii) agonistic mAbs, and iii) microarray technology indicate that increased homing depends on the receptor functions of CD38. Conversely, blocking anti-CD38 mAbs significantly weaken CXCL12 responses. This is due to physical association on the membrane between CD38 and CXCR4 (the CXCL12 receptor), as shown by i) co-immunoprecipitation, ii) confocal microscopy and iii) measurement of CXCL12 binding to its receptor. These results indicate that CD38 modulates CXCL12 signals, representing a novel mechanism in CLL chemotaxis and homing.


POROCK D., CHEUNG, K.L., MORGAN D.A.L., WINTERBOTTOM L., RICHARDSON H. & ELLIS I.O. (2009) European Journal of Cancer Care18, 527–529 Care of the older woman with primary breast cancer: a sign of the times?


The invention relates to a microwave plasma decomposition Freon innocent treatment method, which is characterized in that: the mixed gas of Freon, water vapor and carrier gas is subjected to decomposition reaction in a microwave plasma reactor and the decomposition product is absorbed and converted. The method comprises the steps of: (1) mixing the Freon, the water vapor and the carrier gas, wherein the molar ratio of the Freon to the water vapor is 1:1-4, and the volume flow of the Freon is 0.1 to 10 percent of the total volume flow of the mixed gas; (2) introducing the mixed gas into the microwave plasma reactor, transmitting microwaves to a resonant cavity through a rectangular waveguide tube, regulating a short-circuit piston to make the resonant frequency of the resonant cavity consistent with the microwave frequency, igniting to excite the carrier gas into plasma, and performing the reaction decomposition on the plasma, the water vapor and the Freon; and (3) performing washing, absorption and separation on the reaction-generated gas. The microwave plasma decomposition Freon innocent treatment method has the advantages of mild decomposition condition, completely full reaction, high decomposition rate, no secondary pollution, energy conservation, low cost, and easy realization of industrialized application.


This contribution focuses on the spectrum above 92 GHz allocated for fixed wireless links and gives an overview on the FCC Spectrum Horizon, the use cases, and the technical challenges that are faced in implementing commercial products in the beyond 100 GHz bands. Initial industrial efforts spent on commercializing these bands are briefly reported.


Multigrid has been a popular solver method for finite element and finite difference problems with regular grids for over 20 years. The application of multigrid to unstructured grid problems, in which it is often difficult or impossible for the application to provide coarse grids, is not as well understood. In particular, methods that are designed to require only data that are easily available in most finite element applications (i.e. fine grid data), constructing the grid transfer operators and coarse grid operators internally, are of practical interest. We investigate three unstructured multigrid methods that show promise for challenging problems in 3D elasticity: (1) non‐nested geometric multigrid, (2) smoothed aggregation, and (3) plain aggregation algebraic multigrid. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of these three methods on several unstructured grid problems in 3D elasticity with up to 76 million degrees of freedom. Published in 2002 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Antenna switching unit (4) is an antenna switching apparatus for switching the first and second antenna (2, 3) (4), a base member (9), a first antenna (2) Single parts to have a moiety contact, a moving member that moves linearly with respect to the base member (9) in response to movement of the first antenna (2) (10), the moving member (10) a first antenna and a biasing member (11,21,25,28) for biasing toward a part of (2).


The detection of spatial clusters, taking into account both spatial proximity and attribute similarity, plays a vital role in spatial data analysis. Although several dual clustering methods are currently available in the literature, most of them have detected homogeneous spatially adjacent clusters suffering from between‐cluster inhomogeneity and noise, where those spatial points have been described in the attribute domain. This article aims to accommodate both spatial proximity and attribute similarity with the presence of heterogeneity and noise. In this algorithm, Delaunay triangulation with edge‐length constraints, with consideration of arbitrary geometrical shapes, different densities, and spatial noise, is first utilized to construct spatial proximity relationships among points. Then, a clustering strategy employing information entropy is designed to identify clusters having similar attributes. The attribute clustering can adaptively and accurately detect clusters under the consideration of heterogeneity and noise. The efficacy and practicability of the proposed algorithm are illustrated by experiments employing both simulated datasets and real spatial point events.


Social media platforms do not usually demonstrate responsibilities for published content. In recent years, an increasing number of individuals are now serving as sources of information that sparks public concern as it is considered to have lack of online quality control mechanisms. These mechanisms include the credentials of authors and information editorial teams. This paper aims to identify and develop an Islamic information credibility scale to examine the reliability of Islamic postings on social media, by acquiring the experts' views and agreement on the elements in the proposed model by leveraging the Fuzzy Delphi process. A total of 15 experts from academic and related stakeholders participated in the verification of items through the questionnaire instrument's 7-point linguistic scale by purposive sampling. Outcome of the study indicate that the appropriate criteria to evaluate the credibility of Islamic information on social media incline on the top four indicators, which are of the source of writing, accuracy, authority and authenticity of information. The result demonstrates the importance for referring to the source and content of information i.e., Quran and authentic hadith in the process to evaluate authentic Islamic information posting on social media, as opposed to the influence of the social environment. This study's value lies in its contribution to the conceptualization and development of new Islamic information credibility scale through the screening and selection process of Fuzzy Delphi method approach. In future research, this scale should be explored to test new media credibility, as an emerging and promising approach to identifying and evaluating Islamic new media credibility.


The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is still ongoing in almost all countries in the world. The spread of the virus is very fast because the transmission process is through air contaminated with viruses from COVID-19 patients' droplets. Several previous studies have suggested that the use of chest X-Ray images can detect the presence of this virus. Detection of COVID-19 using chest X-Ray images can use deep learning techniques, but it has the disadvantage that the training process takes too long. Therefore, the research uses machine learning techniques hoping that the accuracy results are not too different from deep learning and result in fast training time. The research evaluates three supervised learning methods, namely Support Vector Machine (SVM), K-Nearest Neighbor (K-NN), and Random Forest, to detect COVID-19. The experimental results show that the accuracy of the SVM method using a polynomial kernel can reach 90% accuracy, and the training time is only 462 ms. Through these results, machine learning techniques can compensate for the results of the deep learning technique in terms of accuracy, and the training process is faster than the deep learning technique. The research provides insight into the early detection of COVID-19 patients through chest X-Ray images so that further medical treatment can be carried out immediately.


We analyzed bacterial modulation of miRNAs in bone-marrowderived macrophages (BMMs) induced by infection with either wild type Porphyromonasgingivalis (Pg) or mutant Pg (∆FimA), through a microarray analysis. TNF-α and IL-10 concentrations in Pg infected BMMs transfected with selected miRNAs were also assessed. The inhibition of mmu-miR-2137 increased the secretion of antiinflammatory IL-10, while mmu-miR-155-5p decreased TNF-α. In vivo: injecting these miRNAs with Pg in mice reduced the size of the lesion significantly. INTRODUCTION Periodontitis (PD) is a common chronic inflammatory disease inducing tooth-supporting tissue destruction (1) related to the dysbiosis of periodontal microbiota, associated with Pg. Macrophages are directly in contact with infectious agents or their byproducts (2). miRNAs are involved in many physiological and pathological processes (3). The expression and role of miRNAs in inflammatory and infectious diseases are not fully understood yet. AIM OF THE STUDY METHODS Finding miRNAs that could be a potential therapeutic target and analyzing their biological effects. Particularly, the ones that affect the immune host-response in relation to Pg infection. Wild type and mutant Pg were utilized to infect BMMs. In the animal module only wild type tested. (7) Murine bone marrow drive macrophages were collected for the study. L929 (M-CSF) stimulate hematopoietic stem cell into macrophages. (4) miRNA expression monitored using microarray analysis. (5) ELISA technique were used to assess the level of cytokines in BMMs infected with Pg. (6) In calvarial bone-resorption mousemodule, effect of two miRNA was confirmed after Pg infection. Identification of miRNAdifferentially expressed in macrophages exposed to Porphyromonasgingivalis infection Jacob Al-Hashemi, Olivier Huck, Eduard Drizik, Adam Gower, Jean-Luc Davideau, Henri Tenenbaum, Salomon Amar Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA


Pindar, perhaps more than any other ancient poet, seems to demand from his interpreters declarations of their critical premises. In recent years scholars customarily have made initial acknowledgment to the work of E. R. Bundy, as psychoanalysts must to Freud, before they begin to offer their own modifications to and expansions of his fundamental work. Much contemporary scholarship has concentrated on the identification and classification in the odes of the elements whose function Bundy labelled and explained. But useful as this type of analysis has been for exorcising the demon of biographical interpretation, it has, like all orthodoxies, prevented perception of other equally important truths. It constitutes no radical heterodoxy to try to account for the fact that each individual ode, for all its dependence on common conventions of structure and of content, makes a different impression. Nor is it unreasonable to try to explain what makes Pindar's style and approach distinctive. In my own work I have argued, though perhaps not always convincingly, that language as well as structure contributes to an ode's coherence. Scholars trained in America are more willing to assume that repetition of phrase or theme within a poem has significance, and that metaphors can simultaneously bear more than one connotation. The issues at stake have most recently been delineated by Michael Silk, in his discussion of the effect of metaphor in archaic poetry: 'By "patent", I mean effects whose existence is not in doubt, though their character may be disputed; by "latent", those whose effective significance is so tenuous or marginal that one resents the impression of solidity that even mentioning them produces. Such insensitivity is more common than it should be among American classicists, many of whom have also been influenced by the "New Criticism"…' As illustration of the erroneous American approach Silk cites Cedric Whitman's description of the thematic relation of fires in the Iliad. Silk himself avoids the trap Whitman falls into by considering only 'patent' metaphors, and these consistently out of context, so that there is no necessity to comment on the existence or non-existence of thematic connections among them. But it is possible—at least logically—to frame the question differently, and to ask whether a metaphor cannot have patent and latent associations at the same time.


By partially serializing the transmission of a sequence keyed UWB symbol (Figure 2), the number of parallel receiver branches required to receive such a transmission is reduced. The reduced number of receiver paths are re-used during the reception of each of the partially serialized portions of a UWB symbol, and the local oscillator (312, 332, 334, 336) output frequencies are changed for reception of each of those portions. Reducing the number of parallel receiver paths advantageously reduces the amount of power consumed by such a receiver. Similarly, the amount of area required to implement such a receiver in an integrated circuit is advantageously reduced. In a further aspect of the present invention, a synchronization sequence uses less than the complete set of frequency bands (402-408) available for transmission of a UWB symbol.


This report summarizes research conducted to date by the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (USA-CERL) to devise new technologies for improving heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) controls. As new technologies are developed, they will be disseminated not only through the usual mechanisms (i.e., Army Corps of Engineers, and USA-CERL publications), but also through users groups, in which potential recipients will have a chance to ensure that the products are responsive to their needs. The research will be done in three main areas: (1) component evaluation, (2) control loop implementation, and (3) system application. The objective will be to develop control systems, especially for retrofit applications, that are simple, efficient, reliable maintainable, and well-documented. Conclusions of research done so far indicate that: (1) Many HVAC systems are not performing as designed; (2) In some applications, pneumatic temperature control equipment is not accurate enough; (3) Pneumatic actuators should be retained, when possible; (4) Thermistor temperature detectors are not appropriate for HVAC applications; (5) Humidity sensors are prone to drift and hard to calibrate in the field; (6) Proportional plus integral control schemes, coupled with accurate sensing and control, can significantly reduce operating costs; (7) The prototype retrofit control panel developed by more » USA-CERL should provide both reliability and cost savings. « less


Among the causes that determine food preference are the properties of diets, consumer or consumerprey interactions. Due to the challenge of integrating all these causes to assess food preference, it was chosen a measuring the food selection the selection of a particular food type. The food selection was measured thoughout the consumption rate, assuming that those food that satisfy the body's physiological requirements more quickly, will be most consume. If there is selection for a particular type of food, consumption rate on that food will be different if it is presented as a monoor mixeddiet. In order to evaluate dietary preference in the black snail Tegula atra, manipulative experiments of selectivity were carried out with individuals from two localities in Southern Chile: Bahía Metri (Puerto Montt) and Punta Santa Ana (strait of Magellan). 1 Programa de Doctorado en Biología Marina, Instituto de Ciencias Marinas y Limnológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile. Edificio Pugin s/n Campus Isla Teja, Valdivia-Chile.


In this paper we show that the eigenfunctions can be found exactly for systems whose delay-Doppler spread function is concentrated along a straight line and they can be found in approximate sense for systems having a spread function maximally concentrated in regions of the Doppler-delay plane whose area is smaller than one. The interesting results are that: i) the instantaneous frequency of the eigenfunctions is dictated by the contour level of the time-varying transfer function; ii) the eigenvalues are restricted between the minimum and maximum value of the system time-varying transfer function, but not all values are possible, as the system exhibits an inherent quantization.


Max J Blumberg Amy E Millen 2 Sangita P Patel 1,3 1Department of Ophthalmology, Ross Eye Institute, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA; 2Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA; 3Research and Ophthalmology Services, Veterans Administration of Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo, NY, USA Purpose: To determine whether reliance on eyelid margin vascularization as a diagnostic criterion for meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) results in underdiagnosis of MGD in individuals with dark skin pigmentation. Patients and Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled consecutive cornea clinic patients in Buffalo, New York. Eyelid margin vascularization was graded qualitatively from slit-lamp photos. Skin pigmentation was quantified from digital photos using red/green/blue (RGB) pixel analysis and dichotomized using the RGBmedian. MGDwas defined as abnormal quantity or quality of meibum or increased pressure required to express meibum. Additional testing included infrared meibography, Schirmer's testing, and a dry eye questionnaire. Sensitivity of MGD diagnosis by visualization of vascularization, compared to diagnosis by expression of meibum, was estimated with and without stratification by skin pigmentation. Results: Among 47 participants, 15–79 years old, meibomian gland truncation/dropout, abnormal tear production, and dry eye symptoms affected individuals of all skin pigmentations. Eyelidmargin vascularization was less common in subjects with dark (n=21%) compared to light pigmentation (65%; p=0.002), although the prevalence of MGD assessed via clinical evaluation did not vary significantly between those groups. Use of eyelid margin vascularization alone was not sensitive (33%) forMGD diagnosis. The sensitivity was 17%when limited to those with dark pigmentation. Conclusion: Our findings highlight the importance of gland expression and suggest limiting reliance on eyelid margin vascularization for MGD diagnosis, especially in those with dark eyelid skin pigmentation.


MOBY DICK is the masterpiece of Herman Melville,a famous American novelist of the 19th century,who uses the symbolic methods in the novel and creates the permanent artistic charm and literary value beyond time and space.Pragmatic presupposition theory has a strong explanatory force on multiple symbolic meanings.From the perspectives of multi-dimensions of contexts,concealment,pragmatic presupposition in culture and quantity of pragmatic presupposition,this paper makes a tentative analysis in the four aspects respectively:MOBY DICK,the Pequod,captain Ahab and the voyage itself,and then argues that pragmatic presupposition theory provides the effectiveness of construction and account of multiple symbolic meanings in literary language.


Monthly species composition and abundance of Chaetognaths from January 10 December 1991 al two sampling sites, from the Puerto Morelos coral reef lagoon were examined. The species were: Ferosagitta hispida, Flaccisagitta enflata, Flaccisagitta hexaptera, Krohnitta pacifica, Prerosaliitta draco. Sagiua bipunctata, Sagitta helenae, Sagitta (enuis and Serratusagitta serratodentata , most of them being common al both survey areas. F. hispida (station A: 2 801 org./100m3; station B: 11 285 org./100m3) and F. enflata (slation A: 2 878 org./100m3; station B: 5 470 org./100m3) were the most abundant species, representing more than 90% of the total capture. Maximum numbers were regislered in the rainy season and minimal in lhe "Nortes" season. The remaining species were not collected consistently and due lo lheir sporadic caught and scarcity it was not possible to determine any abundance pattern. The coral reef lagoon presented stenohaline conditions (±1. 2 psu all the year round); temperatures showed also small changes (±1.6 °C) and varied according lo the season, being highest during the dry and rainy periods and slightly lower in the "Nortes".


With technology at our fingertips waiting to be exploited, the past decade saw the revolutionizing Human Computer Interactions. The ease with which a user could interact was the Unique Selling Proposition (USP) of a sales team. Human Computer Interactions have many underlying parameters like Data Visualization and Presentation as some to deal with. With the race, on for better and faster presentations, evolved many frameworks to be widely used by all software developers. As the need grew for user friendly applications, more and more software professionals were lured into the front-end sophistication domain. Application frameworks have evolved to such an extent that with just a few clicks and feeding values as per requirements we are able to produce a commercially usable application in a few minutes. These frameworks generate quantum lines of codes in minutes which leaves a contrail of bugs to be discovered in the future. We have also succumbed to the benchmarking in Software Quality Metrics and have made ourselves comfortable with buggy software's to be rectified in future. The exponential evolution in the cyber domain has also attracted attackers equally. Average human awareness and knowledge has also improved in the cyber domain due to the prolonged exposure to technology for over three decades. As the attack sophistication grows and zero day attacks become more popular than ever, the suffering end users only receive remedial measures in spite of the latest Antivirus, Intrusion Detection and Protection Systems installed. We designed a software to display the complete services and applications running in users Operating System in the easiest perceivable manner aided by Computer Graphics and Data Visualization techniques. We further designed a study by empowering the fence sitter users with tools to actively participate in protecting themselves from threats. The designed threats had impressions from the complete threat canvas in some form or other restricted to systems functioning. Network threats and any sort of packet transfer to and from the system in form of threat was kept out of the scope of this experiment. We discovered that end users had a good idea of their working environment which can be used exponentially enhances machine learning for zero day threats and segment the unmarked the vast threat landscape faster for a more reliable output.