The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has recently become more important in the enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights. One significant part of ITC enforcement is the enforcement of ITC exclusion orders by the Customs and Border Protection (CBP). This Legal Research Guide seeks to provide comprehensive coverage of the primary and secondary sources available in the area of CBP enforcement of ITC exclusion orders, and focuses on primary sources because of the subject's relative newness and administrative law nature.


The functional completeness problems in r-valued set logic, which is the logic of functions mapping n-tuples of subsets into subset over r values, is discussed. It is shown that r-valued set logic is isomorphic to 2/sup r/-valued logic, meaning that the well-known completeness criteria in multiple-valued Post algebras apply to set-valued logic. Since Boolean functions are convenient choice as building blocks in the design of set logic functions, the notion of weak completeness of a set is introduced; i.e., a set is weak complete if it becomes complete once all Boolean functions are added to the set. A full description of weak complete sets, weak maximal sets, weak bases, and weak Sheffer functions is given for the case of two-valued set logic.<<ETX>>


Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) which had flown for 30 sec, 5 min, and 10 min were forced to land but not prevented from taking off again. The duration of flight had no significant effect on the time until 2nd takeoff. Greenbugs that landed on barley took off after a longer interval than did those that landed on broad bean or dried barley. Of the greenbugs held on broad bean, 100% took off after a 4-hr holding period, while the maximum takeoff from barley was 15%. Compared with nonflown controls, greenbugs which flew for 2 min had (1) greater rate of muscle histolysis, (2) greater rate of reproduction in first 6 days of adult life, (3) lower mortality on a host plant, but higher mortality when starved, and (4) greater reproduction potential per adult.


Abstract  In this paper, we generalize two important results of Bagota and Moricz [1], and generalize our earlier results in [6] from one-variable to two-variable case. As special applications, we prove that the generalized jump of f(x, y) at some point (x 0, y 0) can be determined by the higher order mixed partial derivatives of the Abel-Poisson mean of double Fourier series and the higher order mixed partial derivatives of the Abel-Poisson means of the three conjugate double Fourier series.


Packaging material is one of the key components for through-silicon via (TSV) 2.5D/3D package giving a strong impact on the higher density integration and its reliability. In this paper, we report the assembly and reliability evaluation on film type underfill, photosensitive dielectric for redistribution layer as well as stress buffer, and molding compound. In the case of using our film type underfill, the chip is cracked by overflowed underfill during multi-die assembly in the conventional sequential method. By the collective staking method, the five-chip stacked package with TSV and 20 μm pitch bumps was demonstrated with excellent electrical yield. Also photosensitive dielectric realizes redistribution layers with 3 μm resolution and the raman shift in the 3D stack with photosensitive dielectric indicated lower stress than the one with silicon nitride as passivation layer. Finally we integrated our film type underfill, dielectric and molding compound in the stacked package, passing reliability tests such as thermal cycling and pressure cooker test.


Address for Correspondence: Sevinç Eraslan E-mail: email@example.com Received: 20.12.2017 Accepted: 18.01.2018 DOI: 10.5152/ejra.2018.59259 ©Copyright 2018 by Turkish Rhinologic Society Available online at www.eurjrhinol.org Abstract Objective: We present our experience of endoscopic repair of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea. Material and Methods: This was a retrospective study including 46 patients with CSF rhinorrhea, who were managed using endoscopy at the Otorhinolaryngology Department of Ege University Hospital, between March 2010 and November 2016. The cause of CSF rhinorrhea, localization and size of the defect, repair style, and recurrence were investigated. Results: Etiologically, 30 patients were traumatic and 16 were nontraumatic. Overall, 23% patients had a history of meningitis before admission to our clinic. The ethmoid roof, sphenoid sinus, and frontal recess were the commonest regions of defects. There was recurrence in 5 patients who were endoscopically managed. Conclusion: Because of the advances in endoscopic sinus surgery, endoscopic intracranial procedures, and anterior skull base surgery, otorhinolaryngologists could frequently diagnose CSF rhinorrhea. Appropriate management and endoscopic techniques led to successful results.


Neora Valley National Park (NVNP) in the Kalimpong Hills, Darjeeling District, having a wide range of altitudinal variations (183-3,200 m) and climatic conditions and forming an ecological trijunction with Sikkim and Bhutan, is the last virgin wilderness in West Bengal. It is a global hotspot for the unique ecosystem, where tropical, sub-tropical, temperate and sub-temperate forests represent a wealth of biodiversity including many threatened and rare mammals. It is the prime habitat of Ailurus fulgens (estimated population 28-32), Neofelis nebulosa (population unassessed), Ursus thibetanus (18), Bos gaurus (81), Hemitragus jemlahicus (32), Naemorhedus goral (73), Capricornis sumatraensis (89), Rusa unicolor (286), Muntiacus vaginalis (590) and Sus scrofa (615). Discovery of Panthera tigris (20) in 1998 prompted the forest department to include NVNP as a sensitive wildlife zone. Many authors recorded the mammalian diversity in Darjeeling District since the mid-nineteenth century, but most of them referred to the Darjeeling Hills. The documentations on Kalimpong Hills are scarce because of the dense canopy, thick undergrowth and inaccessible terrain, particularly in the pristine forests of Neora Valley. Consequently, a comprehensive compendium of the mammals in this region was not prepared. A study was undertaken in 2008-2009 with a view to bridging this knowledge-gap and presenting an updated account of the mammalian species in this new short-listed World Heritage Site and surrounding forests of the Kalimpong Hills based on literature review, questionnaire survey, direct sighting and indirect evidences. During June-October 1916, N.A. Baptista recorded 29 mammalian species (22 genera) out of 563 specimens collected, from the region. The present study registered 99 species (68 genera) after 94 years.


Introduction: Reported incidence of spontaneous expulsion of chronically impacted foreign body from a segmental bronchiole is very less. We report a rare and fascinating journey of an iron nail which was accidentally inhaled two years back and was there in the right lateral basal segmental bronchiole. During bronchoscopy with severe bout of cough, the foreign body was expelled out through the bronchus and it was found to lie at unusual location i.e. in the rectum In most of the reported cases of foreign body inhalation and their expulsion, the foreign bodies were in right or left main bronchus, however in our case it is in the segmental bronchiole. Duration of the history in our case is two years, however duration in most of the reported cases is maximum of 11 months, and this makes our case exceptional. Route of expulsion of foreign body in our case is per rectal which is not mentioned in the literature. Imaging played a vital role in our case to locate the impacted as well as expelled endo-bronchial foreign body.


SUMMARY Direct and interaction effects of breed of dam, line of pig, sex of pig and diet on growth, feed consumption and feed conversion were investigated in a 2 x 2  2 x 3 factorial arrangement of treatments. Each of the 24 subclasses consisted of two pens, each with two pigs, on test from 8 weeks of age to 100 kg in weight. Pigs were allowed ad libitum one of three corn-soybean meal diets containing (1) 12% crude protein, (2) 16% crude protein or (3) 12% crude protein plus supplemental lysine and methionine to approximate their levels in diet (2). Duroc and Yorkshire parents were crossed reciprocally within low-fat lines or control lines from a previous long-term study in which selection was based on backfat thickness. Breed of dam (B) had no significant effect on average daily gain (ADG), but crosses with Duroc dams ate more feed per day (ADF) and had poorer feed conversion ratios (FC) than pigs with Yorkshire dams. Control-line crosses had higher ADG and ADF than low-fat crosses, but the crosses did not differ in FC. Barrows averaged higher in ADG and ADF than gilts, but sex (S) effects on FC were essentially zero. Diets 2 and 3 did not differ for ADG or FC, but both exceeded diet 1 for these traits. B  line of pig (L) interaction effects were nonsignificant. L  S effects were significant for ADG; B x S, L  diet (D) and S x D interactions significantly affected FC. Low-fat crosses had better FC on diet 2, but control-line crosses were more efficient in FC on diet 1. Barrows had better FC than gilts on diet 1, but no significant sex differences in FC were noted on diets 2 and 3.


The World Health Organization (WHO) has already declared the corona virus outbreak as global pandemic of international concern and to curb the scourge of the disease 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease, Government of India has already declared national lockdown-1 for 21 days on 24th March, 2020. Meanwhile, Indian newspapers have already boosted up with this coverage and have shown the proliferated enhancement of space share of science news. 4 major circulated English newspapers were selected from 4 metropolitan cities and space share along with total no of science news were analyzed. 4 metro cities are Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai and 4 selected sample newspapers are The Hindustan Times for Delhi, The Telegraph for Kolkata, The Hindu for Chennai and The Times of India for Mumbai. It has been found that, space share of science news has already raised to 64 percent and is still increasing which again has shown the way that, India needs more science journalists and science news should not be dominated in future. How to cite this paper: Ratul Datta | Prof. Dr. Tapati Basu D. Litt. "COVID-19 and Lockdown-1 Situation in India Shows the Drastic Growth of Science Journalism: A Pedagogic Case Study of Leading Newspapers of 4 Metro Cities" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 24566470, Volume-4 | Issue-3, April 2020, pp.1137-1142, URL: www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd30852.pdf Copyright © 2020 by author(s) and International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development Journal. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by /4.0) INTRODUCTION In this most timely research work in India, it is not the only intension to find the present scenario of Covid-19 pandemic, but also to find out how science communication and science journalism can dominate the whole media market, if needed. This study will also help the upcoming and budding media professionals to show the new way of science journalism jobs and it has again been proved that science journalism cannot be decayed and wiped off. This study will also show the way how to solve new kind of problems regarding science communication still prevailing including new job openings and communication of global scientific issues to the remote villages-panchayets. Some remedies have also been suggested. It is to be mentioned that science communication has various forms like news on science, science graphics, science features, pictures on science, articles from scientific institutions, science awareness advertisements, editorials and letters to editors etc all have been used in this pandemic period to make updated and informative to the people. Everywhere, in every corner of newspapers there has been a reflection to reach science communication to every common people from children to students, from farmers to workers, from vegetablesellers to doctors-media professionals etc. Corona epidemic has again proved the fact that sustainable development is closely related to science journalism and every people in every corner should be aware of that for inclusive growth. It is also proves again that science journalism is very much needed and the country like India, political news, crime news, sports news, financial news and even entertainment news should not dominate science news. In this regard, to cater scientific news on 2019-nCoV, media of India has become very pragmatic, realistic, timely bounded, updated and also crucial weapon. Background: If timeline development of Covid-19 in India and globally is considered, it is found that, on (i)11th March, 2020 World Health Organization (WHO) declared this epidemic as pandemic (ii) On that very day, under the direction of Prime Minister of India, high level ministry group was constituted to close monitor of this outbreak iii) On 14th March, 2020 totally 84 positive cases were confirmed in India including 2 deaths. On that day, 13 states have already been reported with Covid-19 cases. On that day, globally, 1 lakh 32 thousand 758 cases were become positive with 4955 deaths. IJTSRD30852 International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (IJTSRD) @ www.ijtsrd.com eISSN: 2456-6470 @ IJTSRD | Unique Paper ID – IJTSRD30852 | Volume – 4 | Issue – 3 | March-April 2020 Page 1138 (iii) Janata Curfew was already called for and on 22nd March,2020 i.e. just before the national lockdown declaration in the history of India, total figure of India was raised to 360 in total with 7 deaths and 23 states were already been affected. iv) For the 1st time in Indian history, National Lockdown-1 was declared for 21 days under section 6(2) (i) of Disaster Management Act, 2005. On that day, India had 909 active cases with 19 deaths in 27 states and union territories. On that very day, globally, 20, 834 death figure was confirmed along with 4,46, 684 positive cases v) After video conferencing and consultation with all chief ministers of every state of this country, Prime Minister declared the extension of National Lockdown-1 to National Lockdown-2, till 3rd May, 2020. Graph 1: WHO-India Novel Coronavirus Disease situation report shows states and district reporting COVID-19 as on 28th March, 2020 after declaration of National Lockdown-1 in India (Source) Graph 2: WHO-India Novel Coronavirus Disease situation report shows new and cumulative cases of reporting of COVID-19 as on 12th April, 2020 just before declaration of National Lockdown-2 in India (Source) International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (IJTSRD) @ www.ijtsrd.com eISSN: 2456-6470 @ IJTSRD | Unique Paper ID – IJTSRD30852 | Volume – 4 | Issue – 3 | March-April 2020 Page 1139 Graph 3: WHO-India Novel Coronavirus Disease situation report shows new and cumulative cases of reporting of COVID-19 as on 19th April, 2020 just after declaration of National Lockdown-2 in India (Source) Present scenario of science journalism in India: Till today, there is a huge difference between very high development indexed countries in the world and mid level development (India belongs to this group, according to UN Development report, 2018) indexed country in quality and quantity of science journalism. Here, still, space share of science news is just 3.5-4 per cent, according to last published research, before the publication of coverage of Covid-19, in India. Also present situation is, 1st page news on science, editorial on science, experts views from scientific fraternity etc are the rarest cases in India, that has already achieved by Indian media, within Lockdown-1 period. Research methodology and research design: It is a formulative as well as applied research work as under different scientific formulation, space share of different science news on COVID-19 were collected, analyzed, categorized and formulated statistically. It is also a social research as various factors and variables are very much related to social development. This research is empirical as it is based on different measurement analysis. It is also a comparative research work as this research shows the comparative study among some factors. Time period for this research work was considered as Lockdown Period-1 i.e. from 24th March, 2020 to 14th April, 2020 i.e. 21 days. For sample survey, 4 major metro cities, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai were considered. 4 selected sample newspapers were The Hindustan Times for Delhi, The Telegraph for Kolkata, The Hindu for Chennai and The Times of India for Mumbai. Statistical analysis and theoretical framework of research: It is always found in almost all newspapers of India, that, on an average, political news, followed by sports news, crime news, entertainment news, news on administrative decisions etc dominate science news and hence, within this lockdown-1 time period, all day, all newspapers were analyzed and space share were measured according to colume-cm. Then space share of science news on Covid-19 were compared with other types of news and were tabulated below in table 1. Also table 2 will show the comparative percentage of space share of 10 different types of scientific news on Covid-19 in 3 consecutive weeks of National Lockdown-1 in India. Table 1: Comparative space share of scientific news on Covid-19 along with other types of news in 3 consecutive weeks of National Lockdown-1 Crime News C2 Political News C3 Sports News C4 Financial News C5 Entertainment News C6 Administration News C7 News on Covid-19 C8 1st week of Lockdown-1 4.1 6.7 9.5 3.4 6.5 4.6 65.2 2nd week of Lockdown-1 4.7 4.2 8.1 2.6 5.1 2.5 72.8 3rd week of Lockdown-1 3.0 3.1 7.6 1.9 4.2 1.4 78.8 International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (IJTSRD) @ www.ijtsrd.com eISSN: 2456-6470 @ IJTSRD | Unique Paper ID – IJTSRD30852 | Volume – 4 | Issue – 3 | March-April 2020 Page 1140 Table 2: Comparative percentage of space share of 10 different types of scientific news on Covid-19 in 3 consecutive weeks of National Lockdown-1 Graphics on Covid-19 7.2 1st page lead news on Covid-19 91.2 Public understanding of science on Covid-19 34.7 Awareness campaign on Covid-19 17.8 Published research and journal on Covid-19 6.5 Interview of scientists on Covid-19 16.6 Write up/statements of experts on Covid-19 11.1 Editorial on Covid-19 51.6 Pictures on Covid-19 5.6 Letters to the editor and Covid-19 21.3 0 20 40 60 80 Graph 4: Vertical cylinder diagram showing comparative space share of science news on Covid19 during national laockdown period-1 One-Way Analysis of Variance Report


In laboratory studies, larvae of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (L.), were reared on foliage of red oaks (Quercus rubra L.) from sites with either light or heavy natural infestations of gypsy mot...


Objective:To observe the effect of PTCA on p selectin(Ps)、plasminogen activator inhibitor 1(PAI 1) and Mg 2+ in peripheral blood.Methods:Fifty patients with angiocardiography(CAG) were divided into PTCA group( n =24,CAG(+) following PTCA),CAG(+) group( n =10,CAG(+) without PTCA and CAG(-) group( n =16).The two latter groups served as positive and negative controls respectively and the effect of PTCA on Ps、PAI 1 and Mg 2+ in peripheral blood was observed.Results:In PTCA group,the level of Ps 5 min after PTCA was higher than that before PTCA and also higher than that of CAG(-) group( P 0.05);the level of Mg 2+ 5、30、120、240 min after PTCA were lower than those before PTCA and also lower than those of CAG(-) group ( P 0.05);the level of PAI 1 before procedure was higher in PTCA and CAG(+) groups than that in CAG(-) group ( P 0.05).Conclusion:The higher Ps value after PTCA indicates that the platelet is activated and the endothelium is damaged;deficient magnesium after PTCA may be related to the higher Ps.


This special issue of the International Regional Science Review represents a collection of papers that were, for the most part, originally presented at the North American Regional Science Council conference held in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 13–16, 2013. This particular year and location of the conference had some historical significance for location modeling and analysis because it marked forty years since the seminal work of Church and ReVelle on the maximal covering location problem was first presented. Coincidentally, it was this very same conference, happening in Atlanta, GA, on November 9–11, 1973. To mark the fortieth anniversary, special sessions were organized on the use, application, solution, extension, and retrospective of maximal coverage. In all, there were three sessions with eleven papers presented devoted to this theme among the five location and spatial analysis sessions. The original work of Church and ReVelle was subsequently published in Papers of the Regional Science, formerly Papers of the Regional Science Association, in 1974—Church and ReVelle (1974). Of particular significance is the vast, broad, and sustained impact this work has had across a range of disciplines and planning contexts. Reflecting this is that Google Scholar shows some 1,547 citations to date (March 12, 2015), making it one of the mostly highly cited articles ever published in Papers in Regional Science, but also more generally in the discipline of regional science among the highest cited articles (see Isserman 2003). This special issue is very reflective of the relevance of this work and its continuing evolution. Grubesic et al. (2016) utilize the maximal coverage model to address


The Corcos model for convective turbulence is equivalent to the problem of an ensemble of plane waves passing through spatial windows with rhombic iso‐amplitude contours. The sharp corners introduce spurious spatial effects analogous to transients in the time domain. The elliptic model was proposed to suppress these artifacts by smoothing the contours [R. H. Mellen, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 88, 2891–2893 (1990)]. Comparison of the two models is extended to further illustrate some of the implications for wave‐vector filter experiments.


This document defines three RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Extended
Report (XR) blocks that allow the reporting of loss, duplication, and
discard summary statistics metrics in a range of RTP applications.


Solar cell substrate according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a lower substrate and; consisting of one or more than one metal layer between the lower substrate and the lower electrode; a lower electrode and formed on the upper portion of the lower substrate and a metal diffusion prevention film, when the metal diffusion preventing film is composed of two or more metal layers, the metal layer in contact with each other can be made of different metals. Further, the solar cell according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a lower substrate, a lower electrode formed on the lower substrate, one or more metal layer between the lower substrate and the lower electrode and a metal diffusion prevention film made of the case where the metal diffusion preventing film is composed of two or more metal layers, the metal layer in contact with each other is made of dissimilar metals, and the solar cell substrate; on the solar cell substrate containing said formed on the transparent window the upper electrode; and formed p-type light absorbing layer; the light absorbing layer and the n-type buffer layer formed on; and the transparent window formed on the buffer layer be able to.


This study examines the relationship between the components of glucose , insulin  and beta cells (  in the body by looking at the genetic predisposition ( ). The three components are very important for the body. The body requires glucose from food which is then converted into energy and partially stored in muscle or liver. Excess glucose in the blood will be balanced by insulin from beta cells in the pancreas.
The focus studied is the dynamic analysis of the three components. The benefit of this research is know the stability behavior for glucose, insulin and beta cells. The results of this study obtained an equilibrium point consisting of three things: the point of pathological equilibrium, susceptible to disease and physiological. And stability analysis is consist of stable and unstable. And the behavior of glucose, insulin and beta cells of the model can be known through phase and simulation fields. For further research is expected to analyze the model by changing the initial value.


tional experiment of the 19th century, the Eastern Penitentiary in Philadelphia. Again we are in the process of planning a unique venture in corrections in this State; a replacement for that famous old penitentiary at Twenty-first and Fairmount. This replacement will be an entirely new institution embracing five separate facilities and sharing one large campus. The proposed correctional institution would consist of a medical center for 218, including accomodations for 150 psychiatric problems and 68 medical cases; a treatment unit of medium custody for 350 where innovations in treatment programs could be conducted and 150 additional maintenance workers would be housed in minimum security;


Previously, most younger and fit patients (pts) with light chain amyloidosis (AL) received upfront autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) -- without any preceding induction therapy-while older pts and/or those with significant organ dysfunction were given definitive therapy with oral melphalan + dexamethasone (mel + dex). Recently, bortezomib (btz) was shown to be effective in relapsed AL, and has increasingly been used earlier in the disease course. The CyBorD combination (weekly cyclophosphamide + btz + dex) is a highly effective induction regimen for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma pts, and has shown encouraging preliminary outcomes in AL. Over the last 2 years, we have been offering CyBorD induction to all newly diagnosed AL pts. CyBorD was either administered for: 1) 2-4 cycles to try to reduce the monoclonal plasma cell population while allowing time to arrange stem cell (SC) collection/transplant admission in eligible pts, or 2) 8 cycles to serve as primary therapy for transplant-ineligible pts; it was also hoped that some of these pts who responded to CyBorD might experience improved organ function over time and eventually be able to undergo SC collection and/or ASCT. In order to assess this approach, we retrospectively examined the relative efficacy of induction therapy with CyBorD compared to other btz-containing regimens and to mel + dex in AL pts.

Methods Between 01/2009 and 06/2013, 43 pts with biopsy-confirmed AL were referred to Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and received induction therapy with ≥1 cycle of CyBorD (n=15), other btz therapies (n=10; btz alone in 2, btz + steroids in 6 and btz + mel + prednisone in 2), or mel + dex (n=18). CyBorD doses were individualized and consisted of weekly oral cyclophosphamide 300 mg/m2, bortezomib IV/SQ 1.3-1.5 mg/m2and dex 12-20 mg. Thirty-four pts are evaluable for hematologic (heme) responses; 4 had insufficient data, while 5 are too early to evaluate. Organ responses were assessed in 44 organ systems in 26 pts.

Results Median age was 55 yrs (range 44-85). Organ involvement included cardiac in 65%, renal in 49% and ≥ 2 organs in 58%. Median troponin I level was <0.07 (range <0.07-1.57) and BNP 305.6 (range 212-1625.3). After induction, 22 pts (64.7%) achieved a heme response (≥ PR): 67%, 44%, and 75% in the CyBorD, btz-other, and mel + dex groups, respectively. Treatment with CyBorD yielded the highest percentage of ≥ VGPR (55.5%, compared with 22% in the btz-other and 31% in the mel + dex arms); corresponding CR rates were 11%, 22% and 6%, respectively. Median times to first/best heme responses for the 3 groups were 1.2/4.0 mos for CyBorD, 1.3/2.1 mos for btz-other, and 2.1/5.5 mos for mel + dex.

Pts treated with CyBorD also experienced the highest percentage of organ improvement: 29% improvement in 21 evaluable organs, compared with 12.5% of 8 organs btz-other and 0% of 15 organs in the mel + dex group at the time of this analysis. The median time to first organ response was 3 mos for CyBorD and 0.9 mos for btz-other.

Toxicities included peripheral neuropathy in 30% of those treated with CyBorD (gr 1/2 in 4 and gr 3 in 1 pt) vs 20% in those receiving btz-other (gr 1/2 in 1 and gr 3 in 1 pt) vs 0 with mel + dex. Among the mel + dex pts, 17% experienced gr 3/4 thrombocytopenia and 6% developed gr 3/4 neutropenia; 1 case of secondary AML was observed in this group.

SCs have been collected in 15 pts (34.8%), including 9 who received CyBorD, 3 treated with btz-other and 3 treated with mel + dex. To date, 8 pts (18.6%) have undergone ASCT (5 after CyBorD and 3 after btz-other regimens). Twelve of 15 (80%) CyBorD pts are alive at a median of 10 mos (range 1-22), while 5/10 (50%) btz-other pts are surviving at a median of 7 mos (range 5-47) and 14/18 (77.7%) mel + dex pts are alive at a median of 25 mos (range 2-50) after starting induction therapy.

Conclusions Treatment with CyBorD produced a high rate of ≥ VGPR, with a median time to first heme response of only 1.2 months; improvements in organ function, which typically occur later, were observed in a significant proportion of pts as well. CyBorD therefore compares favorably with mel + dex, and has the advantage of less myelosuppression and reliable SC collection. Longer follow-up is needed to determine the durability of remissions induced by CyBorD alone or followed by ASCT, as well as the number of initially transplant-ineligible pts who can eventually undergo this procedure if needed.

Disclosures: Reece: Otsuka: Honoraria, Research Funding; BMS: Research Funding; Merck: Honoraria, Research Funding; Novartis: Honoraria, Research Funding; Millennium Pharmaceuticals: Research Funding; Celgene: Honoraria, Research Funding; Janssen: Honoraria, Research Funding; Onyx: Consultancy. Off Label Use: Use of bortezomib in light chain amyloidosis. Chen: Celgene Corporation: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding. Tiedemann: Janssen: Honoraria; Celgene: Honoraria. Trudel: Celgene: Honoraria; GSK: Research Funding; Sanofi: Honoraria.


— In the present scenario network congestion problem occurs during data transferring and receiving on any networks. The various reason of this data flow is going slow due to various kinds of cyber-attacks respectively. The cyber-attacks work internally and damage the server system. It is very harmful to run system with occurring of cyber-attacks in network. This present paper presents the survey on cyber-attacks detection using machine learning techniques along with Jupiter and WEKA simulation tool. The various kind of cyber-attacks mention in this paper like DOS, TCP/P attacks, flood attacks, UDP attacks, ICMP attacks, U2R, R2L, DDOS attacks, probe attacks along with detection using machine learning techniques and novel approach. The machine learning techniques perform generalise data set on the other hand data mining techniques perform specific data set and detection of cyber-attacks the objectives of cyber-attacks detection and categories along with simulation process also elaborate.


I re-examine the stock price reaction of stocks listed in Business Week's "Inside Wall Street" (IWS) column over the period July 1, 2002 to October 20, 2003. This study contributes to the existing literature by investigating the specific reason for the stocks' recommendation in the IWS column, differential industry effects, differential stock exchange effects, and differential effects based on price targets. Results indicate announcement period returns of about 3% in the three-day announcement window. These results are more pronounced for positive reports. However, these positive abnormal returns are more than offset by negative cumulative abnormal returns in the subsequent six-month period. Additional findings indicate that firms recommended by analysts experience a smaller (-1,1) window return but a larger (2,126) window return than those recommended by investment firms; that those firms included in the IWS column because they have an expanding product line or are a possible takeover target experience positive and significant abnormal returns over the (-1,1) window; that the positive announcement period cumulative abnormal returns appear to be sustainable only for certain industries; and that the announcement period abnormal returns are largest for those firms listed on the Nasdaq and for firms for which a price target was given in the IWS column.


Surface roughness composite restoration can decrease aesthetic aspect of composite restoration and facilitated bacterial retention. It can affect periodontal disease and recurrent caries. Polishing is a process to obtain a smooth and glossy surface of restoration. Rubber cups is one of polishing instrument that frequently used to get a smooth, glossy and aesthetic surface of restoration. The specimen was micro filled (3M ESPE Z100TM Restorative, St. Paul) and nano particle (3M ESPE Z350TM Restorative, St. Paul) composite resin blocks sized 5x5x2 mm. Each of composite consists of ten specimens that polished with rubber cups for 30 seconds at 3500 rpm. Surface roughness was measured five times for each specimen by using surface roughness tester. Average Ra value of micro filled was 0.22 μm and Ra value of nano particle was 0.25 μm. Data were analyzed by using independent t-test at α 0.05 significance level and showed statistically significant differences. The conclusion of this experiment showed that surface roughness value of micro filled composite resin was smaller than nano particle composite resin restoration. A small amount of filler particle (50.6% wt) made micro filled easier to polish and made a smooth surface restoration. Nano particle composition has more filler particle amount (78.5% wt), and hard zirconia filler that difficult to polish than silica colloidal filler in microfilled composite resin.


The first pillar of the European Union comprises the European Communities as integrated supranational organizations of a solid and coherent legal system (community law) and highly developed structure. The peculiarity of their jurisdiction is reflected in their binding decisions, specific characteristics of the legislative and decision-making process, and the supremacy of the bodies composed of independent persons or directly elected citizen representatives. In addition, the European Communities appear as legal persons in the internal orders of the member states, with all the essential features of international law subjectivity. In contrast, the European Union is a hybrid development, representing a combination of elements of supranationalism and integration which are predominant within the Communities (the first pillar) and the traditional interstate co-operation in the field of foreign politics and political security (the second pillar), jurisprudence and internal affairs, i.e. judicial and police co-operation in criminal matters (the third pillar). Due to its hybrid nature, the European Union is not an autonomous subject in internal and international law but only a common denominator, a unique framework within which Communities still retain the character of a legal person and their full international subjectivity, which is augmented by common policies and upheld though new areas of co-operation.


The developmental origin of investigation on thermoacoustic phenomena is reviewed.The latest investigative contents are introduced in detail.The several hot topics on studies in this field at present was brought forward.The development prospect of thermoacoustics in the future is also given.


The goal of this study is to analyze the effect of tri-band antennas in 2.45, 3.6, 3.8, 4.56, and 6GHz frequencies, which cover Wi-Fi and some of the future 5G frequencies for wearable smart glasses applications. The latter 4 frequencies are studied for the first time for smart glasses. In order to provide a thorough analysis, first a simulation study for the head model with the proposed antennas is performed, then a realistic experiment by using a semi-liquid gel phantom head model with the infrared thermography method is conducted, and also 4 male subjects are included to analyze temperature rise effects on the skin. The phantom prepared for this study is also validated for its robustness and matching parameters. The SAR values and temperature rise due to the usage of smart glasses calculated by simulation modeling, bio-heat analytical solution, and infrared thermography technique are in good agreement. The temperature rise of the skin regions gets monotonically increased in the duration of usage. The simulations for all indicated frequencies are performed. Also, to provide comparable and practical results, the phantom study is compared with simulations for 2.45 GHz. According to the quantitative data obtained on the liquid-gel head phantom and on the subjects, the temperature increase is below 1◦C, and its compliance with safety standards is determined. The results show that tri-band antennas for these frequencies can be safely used; however, a limiting behavior for the power is necessary for lower frequencies due to the increasing SAR values and temperature rise.


The Gloucester Basin, NSW, Australia, is a.Perrnian infrabasin, 60 km long and up to 12 km wide. It has been filled with up to 2,000 m of coal-bearing fluviodeltaic sediments. At the Stratford prospect in the northern part of the basin, the sequence contains 6 major coal seams and more than 20 minor seams. The prospect is situated 'on the eastern limb of a regional syncline, and seams dip at angles of up to 50': Fault zones are common. The seams are gas- , . saturated and a coal bed methane (CBM) resource in excess of 50 PJ has been identified in an area of 5 km2. A detailed coal petrology investigation of 200 coal core samples from nine boreholes has been used to prepare a 3-D model of thermal maturity in the basin in conjunction with coal type and coal qicrostructure. The model has been compared \;vith CBM parameters, , including methane content, methane purity and coal seam permeability. At the Stratford prospect, the coal rank is within the zone of the main stage of thermogenic gas generation. Mean ,maximum vitrinite (telocollinite) reflectance (Rvmax) ranges from 0.85 (at the surface) to IS%, and the vertical coalification gradient is about 0.07 .Rvmax 1100 m. The gas content, with some notable exceptions, follows the rank pattern and also increases with depth. Sudden changes in coalification gradient, which coincide with changes in gas content, have been ascribed to the presence of fault blocks. The coal rank model has been used to confirm the presence of such faults and to assist in seam correlation. For most of the coal samples the orientation related to bedding strike was known together with the orientation of the major cleat directions. From the oriented coal samples polished sections were prepared in the bedding pline, and perpendicular to bedding ; in both strike and dip directions. enabled the orientation and magnitudes of the principal ' reflectance (reflectance anisotropy) to be determined. The results indicate that the vitrinite in biaxial properties. The biaxial nature of the vitrinite is to from growth of its molecular structure, and to be related to stress fields that developed contemporaneously with coalification.


In the months following the 1831 silkworker uprising in Lyon, the workers' newspaper, L'Echo de la Fabrique, announced a competition to rename the insurgent canuts.1 Stating that it needed a term which would indicate the specificity of the silkworkers' activities and be "a result of progressive and universal movement," L'Echo de la Fabrique sought not only to efface the memories of violence that the silkworkers' name conjured up but also to inscribe these proto-proletarians in what Walter Benjamin would call the "phantasmagoria" of bourgeois history. The newspaper received


The signal parameter of rock's acoustic emission is of fractal nature.The signal parameters of acoustic emission are obtained in uniaxial compression experiment about griotte and red sandstone at different stress levels.By introducing relevant dimensions functions,the dimension number of signal parameters of rock's acoustic emission in time domain at different stress levels is computed and the relevant dimensions are obtained as a function of stress levels.The results show that the process of AE has less obvious fractal feature with m increasing under same stress level.Under different stress levels,the dimension number is different,the precess of AE have different degree of self-similar and fractal nature.Fractal characteristics of the process parameter of rock's acoustic emission has a certain dimension scope.


The increasing number of pirated books sold at incredibly low prices has made the general public more interested in buying pirated books than original ones. This clearly inflict a loss on those involved in publication, particularly the publishers. In connection with the above problem, there is a question to be answered in this research, namely: What are the inhibiting factors in the efforts made for the eradication of book piracy in DIY? This research is a descriptive and analytical research. From the point of view of the approach adopted, this research is a normative legal research. Results of the research indicate that The inhibiting factors in the eradication of book piracy in DIY are : (1) The rules and regulations in legislation made as the legal basis, (a) The provisions contained in the Copyright Act which are not well-formulated, resulting in differences of interpretation among the law enforcement officials (b) The provisions contained in the Copyright Act still need rules and regulations furthermore (2) Readiness oflaw enforcement officials (3) the people's law awareness Conclusion of the research indicate that the inhibiting factors in the eradication of book piracy in DIY are: (1) The rules and regulations in legislation made as the legal basis, (2) Readiness of law enforcement officials (3) The peopie'slaw awareness.


The BVA's Members Services Group (MSG) is developing guidance on farm safety tailored for vets and vet students. It is also developing a risk assessment template with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The Association seeks your help in gathering information to help it understand and identify problem areas.


Xu and Ouenniche (2012a) proposed an input-oriented radial super-efficiency Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) based model to address a common methodological issue in the evaluation of competing forecasting models; namely, ranking models based on a single performance measure at a time, which typically leads to conflicting ranks. However, their approach suffers from a number of issues. In this paper, we overcome these issues by proposing a slacks-based context-dependent DEA framework and use it to rank forecasting models of oil prices' volatility.


Aeromonas salmonicida was isolated from paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) mortalities collected during an epizootic of furunculosis at the Spring River State Hatchery, Arkansas (USA), in 1992. Isolates of the bacterium were obtained from culture of gill and kidney tissue. This is the first epizootic of bacterial etiology to be reported in paddlefish.


Brazza's expedition of 1875-79, taken in conjunction with the activities of King Leopold's agents on the Congo, undoubtedly represents the beginning of the 'scramble* for Africa. Historians of the Partition would perhaps expect these documents to reveal the deeper motives of French designs at this time, and to elucidate the role of Jules Ferry in subsidizing Brazza. If so, they will be disappointed, for it would appear from this selection that neither Brazza nor the French government had any long-term plan in view. M. Brunschwig divides the collection into two parts. The first is a selection of the letters, memoranda and reports from 1874 to 1878, from the time Brazza first proposed his scheme of exploration until he reached the interior. These would seem to show that Brazza's own motivation was that of desire for adventure, and the hope of making a name to further his career. That the project succeeded in gaining official French support was principally the result of the patronage of Admiral de Montaignac, an old friend of Brazza's family. The fact that Brazza himself, and his family, provided a substantial part of the finances for the voyage was also important. Much of this correspondence will have a familiar ring for historians of the British colonies in this period, and is full of niggardly financial memoranda and limiting political conditions. Part 11 consists of Brazza's report, dated 30 August 1879, and written after his return. This is a detailed description of the places visited and an account of the expedition. Here the material is disappointing; like much African travel literature of the period, there is almost no historical depth to the descriptions. Fortunately M. Brunschwig seems to have realized this, and his collaborators have added copious footnotes to this section, which are much more useful than the document itself!


In this paper, a suitable mathematical model of lead acid batteries has been presented. In order to imitate the real behavior of batteries and then to extract charge and discharge characteristics, the third order model has been proposed. An experimental test under real conditions has been set up. To identify internal parameters of battery cells, two methods have been suggested: (i) the identification using electrical characteristics established by the manufacturer datasheet, and (ii) the identification through a genetic algorithm. Recovered simulation results have been compared to those provided by the lead acid 12V/7Ah's datasheet and then have been validated by experimental works. Genetic algorithm becomes an useful tool for researchers to determine easily the parameters of battery models.


The invention discloses an image correction system and method. The image correction system comprises a storage device and a processor. The storage device stores multiple reference figures, and each reference figure is corresponding to one color temperature. The processor is used for carrying out the following steps of receiving an input image and converting the input image into corresponding multiple input color gamut points; generating an input figure according to the distribution of the input color gamut points, wherein the input figure encloses the multiple input color gamut points; comparing the input figure with the multiple reference figures to generate a comparison result; and according to the comparison result, estimating the color temperature of the input image, and adjusting the input image.


This paper analyses trade and capital flows relations and compare real GDP growth rates from 1865 to 1913 in Scandinavia and the Southern European countries of Italy, Portugal, and Spain. Cointegration analysis for trade and capital flows with respect to GDP reveal that there is a long-run relationship among the variables.


In recent years, maritime piracy has reemerged as a serious threat to the international community, notably following the increase in piracy incidents off the coast of Somalia. Piratical activity has threatened the safety of navigation, the lives of seafarers, and the delivery of humanitarian aid. The international community rapidly engaged: International and regional bodies became directly involved, navies from various countries were dispatched, and new cooperative arrangements were formed. This resulted in a significant drop of Somali piracy attacks. The dissertation addresses the following overarching question: "What are the primary legal and policy characteristics of the paradigm employed by the international community to combat modern forms of maritime piracy?" The first chapter examines the definition of piracy under international law. The second chapter analyzes the duty to cooperate and the third chapter assesses the involvement of the United Nations Security Council in combating piracy. The fourth chapter examines the interrelation between an international and a regional response to piracy. The fifth chapter focuses on the pragmatic, efficiency-driven approach espoused by the international community in combating piracy off the coast of Somalia. The dissertation concludes with an overview of the main features of the counter-piracy paradigm. It submits that this paradigm marks an important step in the creation of a new international governance model, which comprises of a plethora of both state and non-state actors and is based on collaboration through non-hierarchical structures, seeking pragmatic solutions and challenging traditional practices that have governed international relations in the past.


The aim of this paper is to show the relationship between knowledge-generating institutions and mediumand large-sized manufacturing companies in the state of Morelos, Mexico. For this purpose, we analyze the correlation between the sustainability indicators implemented across the companies' supply chains and their links with universities or research centers. To collect the data, we used a quantitative questionnaire-based approach which proved to be a valid and reliable measurement tool. The results show no changes in sustainability practices even when there are formal collaborative agreements between companies and knowledge-generating institutions. Despite the potential of the lines of knowledge generation and innovative application of these latter and their extensive infrastructure and databases, we may conclude that the statistical correlation between the level of implementation of sustainability indicators in the companies under study and their linkage with knowledge-generating institutions ranges from medium to very weak. Therefore, the necessary conditions should be created so that the relationships between companies, such institutions, and the government are strengthened in the short and medium term.


An experimental study was designed to explore the possibility of utilizing solely the dorsum of tongue to create a pseudoepiglottis. This was not possible in our particular experimental model. In combination with a "stabilizing and reinforcing" esophageal flap, an intact, functioning pseudoepiglottis was successfully achieved in six dogs, four of which were long-term survivals. This experiment was done primarily to determine the possibility of adding an important facet to the prevention aspiration in the ultimate goal of reconstructing the hypopharynx after total laryngectomy.


How often do you believe the blurb on the back of a book? Sometimes, perhaps: but probably with a certain degree of scepticism. But not in this case. This book really is what it says on the cover. It contrives to be both an introduction to environmental ethics for students and a contribution to environmental ethics in its own right. On starting the book, I assumed that it was essentially a text for students introducing them to the theories and concepts of environmental ethics. The impression of student-centred friendliness was enhanced by occasional summary boxes and the emboldening of various words and phrases (further elucidated in a helpful glossary). Although I started reading it this way, it rapidly became apparent that the book was an argument as well as an exposition (emphasising the author's defence of his favoured eco-centric consequentialism) which, whilst giving credit where it is due to other theories in environmental ethics, extended far beyond a mere summary of the standard positions for the beginner. Beginners will be enlightened, as will the more experienced enviro-ethics watchers; but this book is not for beginners alone and don't allow yourself to be misled by the textbook apparatus of student friendliness. Certain compromises are inevitable in a book of this ambition. Sometimes it explores waters deep enough to give the average student the bends whilst not quite plumbing the depths demanded by more elderly and scholarly fish. However, these occasions are few and overall the book manages to achieve the near impossible task of satisfying both audiences. There really is something for everyone here, and in case this makes it sound like some sort of an ethical pot-pourri, let me dispel that illusion immediately. It is packed through and through with argumentation. The reader is faced not only with concise and pungent summaries of numerous positions in environmental ethics, but also with argument and reasoning, justified agreement and refutation, theory and practical example. Who would have thought it could contain so much? I particularly enjoyed the chapters on environmental problems and humanity, sustainable development, and global community and global citizenship. However, once in a while I wondered whether the debates on meta-ethics (even though well done) might be a little forbidding to a beginner; I also found the sections concerning interpretations of sustainability and sustainable development (although rewarding) harder going. I am not clear whether this is to do with the length of the sections, the arrangement of the material, or the intrinsic difficulty of the issues and the number of overlapping concepts and criteria. A certain amount of re-reading and looking back was required here before it all emerged into focus. But this is a minor blemish and perhaps a beam in the eye of the reviewer rather than a mote in the book, which (let me repeat) is interesting and masterly. I recommend this book both for students and for their teachers.


Intelligent Transport System (ITS) provides innovative services to all modes of transportation. It facilitates numerous safety and traffic management applications by providing neighborhood mobility information using wireless communications. To implement this technology, secure wireless communication is a key requirement. As ITS applications involve the safety of vehicles, therefore a lower end-to-end delay is needed. ITS could be subject to security attacks such as man-in-the-middle, denial of service and jamming. A robust cryptographic algorithm is required that can provide defense against data tampering by malicious users. Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) is a well-known cryptographic algorithm that provides robust security with a small message overhead. In this paper, we implement ECDSA signature algorithm on a Virtex 6 Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), which is capable to validate the real-time constraints of ITS applications. Parallelism is exploited in ECDSA architecture by using parallel processing techniques to reduce the hardware delays, thus reducing the real-time security and end-to-end delay of the ITS messages. The proposed implementation provides faster computational time for signature of ITS messages as compared to other implementations available in the literature.


We develop and apply frequency-domain mismatch corrections to a temporal electro-optic sampling system. We use these corrections to characterize the magnitude and phase of electrical sources that are physically far removed from the point at which the electro-optic sampling system measures voltage waveforms. We demonstrate the technique by determining the power spectrum of a photoreceiver¿s optical impulse response.


It might have been challenging enough to grow transmission access and usage if access was the only significant new entitlement granted by the 1992 Energy Policy Act (EPAct). However, EPAct also accelerated the growth of power marketers, brokers, and exempt wholesale generators, not to mention the multitude of public and private reform proposals - including industry restructuring, retail wheeling, electricity futures contracts, and regional transmission groups. All are dependent in some way on transmission access. Any proper evaluation of new industry features must involve an understanding of, and sensitivity to, the important technical factors implicit in implementing transmission access. First, there are choices to be made, concerning: market-driven pools; bilateral contracts; financial instruments; wheeling charges. These choices, in turn, include technical factors such as: power system planning; real-time operations; after-the-fact activities; data on all of the above. These technical factors suggest ways in which engineering-based solutions might relieve some of the decisionmaking bottlenecks and eventually increase potential benefits from transmission access and use.


A self‐consistent scheme is developed to analyze the scattering of waves by a configuration containing a finite number of scatterers. The T matrix obtained using the null field equations is used to characterize the response of a single scatterer to arbitrary excitation. Translation theorems for the spherical basis functions are used not only to express the T matrix of individual scatterers with respect to a common coordinate system, but also to take care of multiple scattering between the scatterers. The formulation given is equally applicable for the scattering of acoustic, electromagnetic, or elastic waves. The scatterers may have different shapes and be of different types; e.g., sound soft, sound hard, or permeable in the acoustic case. Numerical results are presented for the case of two elastic cavities in a solid.


designs often occur on carinated vessels, the shape of which is reiterated in the simple 1 See E. Finkenstaedt, "Regional Painting Style in Prehistoric Egypt," ZAS 107 (1980) 116-20; "The Location of Styles in Painting: White Cross-lined Ware at Naqada," JARCE XVIII (1981) 7-10. 2 E. Finkenstaedt, "Egyptian Ivory Tusks and Tubes," ZAS 106 (1979) passim. 3 J. Bourriau, Um El-GaDab. Pottery from the Nile Valley before the Arab Conquest (Cambridge, 1981) 14.


Through generalizing and comparing the advantages and disadvantages of several different shelving-arrangement methods used in university library,we hold that the classification method and the alphabet-based method are the two periodi-cal shelf-arrangement methods adopted commonly.According to the practical condition of our own library,we point out that we can adopt "Classified Number+ Type Number" shelf arrangement method for present periodical and "Year Number" + "Classified Number"(or "Type Number") for overdue periodical.


Fruit firmness is regarded as an important quality parameter which affects storage life of kiwifruit. Research carried out at the LHRC over the last three years has shown that nitrogen nutrition influences the rate of fruit softening after harvest. Field trials carried out on three properties in 1986-86 on vines having various levels of nitrogen nutrition showed a very strong relationship between both petiole nitrate an$! fruit N (but not leaf N) and the time to reach 2 kgf and 1.4 kgf flesh firmness. Surveys of 9 orchards in Hawke's Bay carried out in 1984-85 showed that there was a significant relationship between petiole nitrate and time to reach 2 kgf fruit firmness (fruit N was not determined). In 1986-87 a similar survey of 20 orchards in Hastings and 12 orchards in Nelson showed that both petiole nitrate and total N in the fruit were strongly correlated to time to reach 2 kgf, 1 kgf and 0.6 kgf fruit firmness. Generally, fruit from vines having high nitrate stored poorly while fruit from low nitrate vines softened at various rates. It appears therefore that nitrogen status is interacting with other factors (e.g. cultural factors) in determining the rate of softening at low nitrate. At this stage both nitrate and fruit N appear to be useful predictors of fruit softening during storage, however the nitrate test can be performed more easily using test strips. Additional


Objective:Comparison of patients with depression and schizophrenia, the clinical features of Exploratory eye movement examination. Methods:Application of DEM-2000 Eye Movement Detection System. Of 99 cases with depression, 122 cases of schizophrenia patients exploratory eye movement detection.Collection indicator, NEF, RSS and D. Application of computer statistical software for statistical analysis.Results: Depression group and the schizophrenia group was significantly.Conclusions: Exploratory eye movement examination can be used as screening the initial diagnosis tool to schizophrenia and depression, helpful in clinical work.


The empathy subscale of the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory was used by recent customers to assess empathy levels of 30 new-car salespersons. Salespersons were assigned to low, medium, or high empathy groups and compared on three indicators of sales performance. Contrary to expectations, no performance differences were found. Possible reasons for these results were discussed, as were suggestions for further research.


Purpose To deal with the importance of microscopic examination and several factors interfering with the accuracy of RBC determination by UF-100 automatic urinary sediment analyzer. Methods 331 RBC positive urine samples that had been detected by UF-100 automatic urinary sediment analyzer were microscopically re-examined. Results Among the 331 positive samples 79 were false-positive (23.9 %), of which 54 resulted from salt crystals (68.3 %); 5 were caused by parayeasts (6.2 %). Conclusion Certain factors, especially salt crystals, are prone to make RBC testing false-positive at UF-100. Microscopic examination is therefore of great importance.


The efficiency of supercritical CO2 (scCO2) as a reactant was successfully unfolded in the synthesis of a high-value C2+ oxygenate via hydrogenation and C–C bond formation under comparatively mild conditions.


We show through the use of a mathematical model that couples composed of "secure" individuals with neither too high nor too low appeals have two alternative sentimental regimes—one favorable and one not. Thus, if one of these couples is trapped in its unfavorable regime the problem is how to escape from that trap and switch to the favorable regime. The model shows that temporary bluffing, namely, giving to the partner for a sufficiently long time a biased impression of the involvement or of the appeal, is a very effective way for performing the switch. This, in a sense, attenuates—in the context of love affairs— the negative moral value usually given to bluffing in social behavior. These properties are detectable in the love story described by Edmond Rostand in his masterpiece "Cyrano de Bergerac", which is here interpreted for the first time with a mathematical model.


We hypothesised that obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) may cause pulmonary artery dilatation through excessively negative intrathoracic pressure generated during inspiratory efforts against the upper airway collapse during obstructive apnoeas. To test this hypothesis, we examined the association between OSA severity and pulmonary artery dilatation.


Rapid single flux quantum (RSFQ) logic, based on Josephson junctions (JJs), is seeing a resurgence as a way for providing high performance in the era beyond the end of physical scaling of complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS). Due to its use of fabrication processes with large feature sizes, the defect density for RSFQ is lower than its CMOS counterpart. Hence, process variations and other RSFQ-specific nonidealities are major causes of chip failures. Because of the nature of its quantized pulse-based operation, even highly distorted pulses are interpreted logically correctly by cells, but the timings are affected. Therefore, timing verification and delay testing increase in importance in RSFQ. Our goal is to ensure that designs and fabricated chips provide desired performance. To achieve this goal, we propose new methods and tools for timing verification and delay testing of fully path balanced RSFQ logic circuits that use concurrent-flow clocking scheme. We address several radically new phenomena in the RSFQ technology, especially the existence of single-pattern delay tests and the need to propagate delayed values via multiple pipeline stages. We then characterize cells under process variations and identify delay excitation conditions, sensitization conditions, and conditions for propagation of the logic errors caused by timing violations due to process variations. We then propose a completely new paradigm for automatic test pattern generation (ATPG) which utilizes these new phenomena to select multicycle paths as targets and to generate test patterns that are guaranteed to excite the worst-case delay along each target multicycle path. Finally, we present theoretical proofs and Monte Carlo simulation results for benchmark circuits under process variations to demonstrate that the patterns generated by our new ATPG are effective (invoke maximum delays of target multicycle paths) and efficient (require small numbers of patterns).


Excitation‐power dependence of hydrostatic pressure coefficients (dE/dP) of InxGa1–xN/InyGa1–yN multiple quantum wells is reported. When the excitation power increases from 1.0 to 33 mW, dE/dP increases from 26.9 to 33.8 meV/GPa, which is an increase by 25%. A saturation behavior of dE/dP with the excitation power is observed. The increment of dE/dP with increasing carrier density is explained by an reduction of the internal piezoelectric field due to an efficient screening effect of the free carriers on the field.


As the big data systems increases its size from Terra bytes to Peta and Zeta bytes with its structured, semi-structured and unstructured characteristics; securing the data in its storage and motion is the highest priority in business now. As security is rather a novice topic in big data business, organization such as NIST is currently working on standardizing the architecture framework for Big Data Security. This paper discuss the need, challenges and solutions for the security and privacy of data in motion in a big data security framework. Standard network protocols like Kerberos, SSL, TLS and Big Data specific protocols such as Hadoop RPC and HDFS can be collaborated with secured motion of big data. This paper initiates a collaborated mechanism by using AES cryptographic algorithm with its variants to transfer the big data contents. This paper focus on AES cryptography scheme and how to tune this scheme for better performance for achieving great result in Big Data scenarios. Focusing on the efficiency and performance factors, a Five Steps structure is proposed here that can be adopted in big data systems such as Hadoop.


The influence exerted by temperature on the resistant capacity of structural steel is well known. A highly efficient protection system for steel consists of the application of intumescent paints. In the case of fire, their effectiveness is based on the property that when they come into contact with flames they react by swelling to form an insulating layer, referred to as "intumescence", which impedes the propagation of heat. These paints do not require continuous maintenance though their service behaviour depends on the exposure conditions to which they are exposed. This paper studies the behaviour of two acrylated rubber type intumescent systems exposed to a galvanising plant for 16 months, evaluating the effect of the environment on the capacity to intumesce of the coating when subjected to heating.


Digital still cameras use a single electronic sensor overlaid with a color filter array (CFA) such that each sensor pixel only samples one of the three primary color values. To render a full-color image from the CFA samples, the two missing color values are estimated from its neighbors. This process is called CFA demosaicking. This paper introduces and compare between eight demosaicking methods using peak signal to noise ratio and mean square error in RGB color space and perceived error in CIELAB color space.


ABSTRACT This study analyses the musical preferences of children in early childhood education. It also strives to determine the learning environment where these preferences develop, as well as to identify both teachers' and families' degree of knowledge of these preferences. The study was conducted in four Spanish autonomous communities: the Basque Country, Cantabria, the Community of Valencia and the Balearic Islands. A total of 286 five-year-old children, their parents and their teachers participated. The analytical design consisted of a threefold interview through which we gathered and compared the information obtained. The genres and sub-genres of music that the children prefer emerged from the analysis of the results, as well as the influence of each learning environment. Likewise, information is provided on the percentage of parents and teachers who are aware of the children's musical preferences.


In this paper, we propose the real-time system that detects and recognizes the human face by PTZ camara. Generally, Face detection algorithms are disturbed by variable illuminations in a image. To avoid those, we use the robust adaboost algorithm for face detection. For recognition, we use PCA algorithm. we focus on the real-time system. It will be necessary in many applications.


The paper presents a selection of techniques that are currently being investigated at the Technical University of Gdansk and can be used to accelerate the computation of high and low frequency electromagnetic fields. The techniques discussed represent three different strategies leading to the reduction of solution times in frequency and time domain simulations. The first strategy uses new numerical techniques which offer near optimal numerical cost of solving large sparse linear systems of equations resulting from the discretization of partial differential equations. The second strategy involves taking advantage of the recent developments in computer hardware namely the SMP and scalable parallel architectures. Finally, the third one aims at finding a better field representation or problem parameterization and results in algorithms which are particularly useful in problems requiring repetitive calculations that are often encountered in computational electromagnetics.


Simulated annealing (SA) is one of the popular approaches to predict protein structures. SA is prohibitive because it usually consumes much computing time and is likely to fall into local minimum points. We proposed a parallel SA algorithm based on a Graph Process Unit (GPU) technique to improve the efficiency and accuracy of the protein structure prediction. First, we analyze the SA algorithm based on CPU, second, we introduce the architecture of Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA). Finally, we applied statistical method to optimize the performance of the CUDA based parallel algorithm. The experimental result shows that our algorithm provides a feasible solution for the protein structure prediction.


The thesis introduces the characteristic and principle of a sensor OES-2 in the vehicle,and operating circuit design and working performance test.


Homalomena pineodora (family Araceae) is a species found to have impressive foliage characteristics which remain evergreen throughout the year. Therefore, H. pineodora can be grown as an ornamental plant. Generally H. pineodora needs 3-5 years to propagate and multiply. However, the demand for new ornamental plants is increasing worldwide and the quality of planting material is a basic need for boosting productivity. Therefore an efficient micropropagation protocol for large-scale production of H. pineodora was developed. In vitro shoot cultures were initiated from the rhizomatous buds on MS basal medium. The best conditions for propagating H. pineodora was found to be MS medium supplemented with 3% sucrose and 0.5 mg L-1 BA (6-benzyladenine) under 24 h of cool fluorescent light which produced an average of 3.8 shoot per explant. Presence of an auxin was not necessary for plantlet production. Liquid MS medium supplemented with 0.5 mg L-1 BA, enhanced the shoot production of H. pineodora as compared to agar-gelled medium with same composition. All the in vitro plantlets of H. pineodora were successfully acclimatized with 100% survival rate. Scanning electron microscopy confirmed the similarity of leaf microstructures between the in vitro and mother plants of H. pineodora.


A soft-bound interval control problem is proposed for general non-Gaussian systems with the aim to control the output variable within a bounded region at a specified probability level. To find a feasible solution to this challenging task, the initial soft-bound interval control problem has been transformed into an output probability density function (PDF) tracking control problem with constrained tracking errors, thereby the controller can be designed under the established framework of stochastic distribution control. Fault tolerant control (FTC) is investigated for soft-bound interval control systems in presence of faults. Three fault detection methods are proposed based on criteria extracted from the initial soft-bound control problem and the recast PDF tracking problem. An integrated design for fault estimation and FTC is proposed based on a double proportional integral structure. This integrated FTC design is developed through linear matrix inequality. Extensive simulation studies have been conducted to examine the key design factors, the implementation issues and the effectiveness of the proposed approach.


Abstract. Hepatitis A (HA) is a common illness, with prevalence rates highest in areas with limited hygiene and sanitation practices. In developing countries, where infection is endemic, most people are infected during the first decade of life. The illness is self limited, and severity is age dependent. One of the rare extrahepatic complications of hepatitis A is anasarca. The anasarca presenting as pleural effusion with ascites is a rare and possible benign complication of hepatitis A, and its appearance doesn't seem to correlate with seriousness of illness in children. We present a case of anasarca as an atypical presentation of hepatitis A. Key words: Anasarca, atypical, hepatitis A


Less than two years after Justice Harlan Fiske Stone reportedly advised Franklin Roosevelt's secretary of labor that "You can do anything under the taxing power," the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in U.S. v. Butler that Congress had no authority to create a system whereby farmers would receive subsidies for limiting production, with the funds coming from a tax on basic commodities. While Stone, along with Brandeis and Cardozo, voted to uphold this feature of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, a majority led by Justice Owen J. Roberts declared that this particular scheme of taxing and spending interfered with the reserve powers of the states to control local manufacturing and agriculture. Roberts cited the great nationalist Joseph Story for the proposition that "the Constitution was, from its very origin, contemplated to be a frame of a national government, of special and enumerated powers, and not of general and unlimited powers.… A power to lay taxes for the common defence and general welfare of the United States is not in common sense a general power. It is limited to those objects. It cannot constitutionally transcend them." The AAA was "a scheme for purchasing with federal funds submission to federal regulation of a subject reserved to the states. … If the Act before us is a proper exercise of the federal taxing power, evidently the regulation of all industry throughout the United States may be accomplished by similar exercise of the same power."


High resolution and wide angle surveying capability are combined within a single planar antenna system using a modified Rotman-lens. While narrow beam mode is achieved by feeding the beamports of the lens, broad beams are realized by distributed sidewall feeding with secondary lenses. A Fresnel-lens-like delay network is introduced in the design to reduce the sidelobe level. Effects of fabrication tolerances are assessed. The concept is validated experimentally.


This article describes the use of the tech-nique for connection of paravasal tissues with adventitia of a parallel-going artery to close a longitudinal defect up to 2 millime-ters long in the caudal vena cava. The study was conducted on 6 male white rats. The goal of our work was to evaluate the effec-tiveness of haemostasis by using the method of connecting paravasal tissues of the caudal vena cava with adventitia of a parallel-running artery. All surgical interventions were performed under general anesthesia, in compliance with the rules of aseptics and antiseptics. A vessel defect was created by dissecting its paravasal tissue and the vein wall in the longitudinal direction with the tip of a 21G injection needle, then it was removed by connecting the paravasal tissue of the caudal vena cava and the aorta adventitia. For this, 2 sutures were applied by using Nylon USP 9-0 with a pricking atraumatic needle. The time taken to close the defect and the effec-tiveness of haemostasis were evaluated. As a result of the studies, we came to the follow-ing conclusions: the average time taken to close the defect was 3.3 ± 0.34 minutes. Un-like the classical method, we do not waste time isolating the vessel from surrounding tissues and the parallel artery, and also the suture is not placed through all layers of the vessel, causing a traumatic effect on the inti-ma. This technique is effective for haemo-stasis, in five out of six cases, the blood stopped 4 minutes after the closure of the defect on the vessel. And in one of six cases, blood stopped 6 minutes after the closure of the defect.


The forest policy in Greece and the current regulatory framework is not efficient to support the implementation of sustainability at a satisfactory level. The main scope of this study is to present, analyze and evaluate legislation and practices that are likely to play the role of constraints towards sustainability. The hypothesis is that common practices in the forest field combined with inefficient and obsolete legislation are responsible for delays in the implementation of a national forest policy which will promote sustainability. A systematic methodology was applied so to ensure a rigorous and repeatable method of sustainability constraints identification and evaluation. The identification of constraints can promote the improvement of legislation, the revision of common practices concerning the forest sector and finally can help the forest managers to understand better how to work effectively within legal, regulatory, and operational environments deriving from forest policy.


Purpose: Type I IFNs (IFN-α/β) have shown significant antitumor activity in preclinical models but limited efficacy and significant toxicity in clinical trials. We hypothesized that the antitumor activity of type I IFNs could be enhanced by chronic, low-dose systemic delivery and sought to test this in murine neuroblastoma models. Experimental Design: Continuous liver-generated expression of human IFN-β (hINF-β) was achieved through a gene therapy–mediated approach using adeno-associated virus vectors encoding hIFN-β (AAV hINF-β). Orthotopic localized retroperitoneal and disseminated models of neuroblastoma were established using three different xenografts. Immunohistochemical analysis and ELISA were used to evaluate the antiangiogenic effect of therapy. Results: The development of both localized orthotopic (retroperitoneal) and disseminated neuroblastoma was prevented in all mice expressing hINF-β. Continued growth of established retroperitoneal tumors, treated with AAV hINF-β as monotherapy, was significantly restricted, and survival for mice with established, disseminated disease was significantly prolonged following administration of AAV hINF-β. Analysis of treated tumors revealed a significant antiangiogenic effect. Mean intratumoral vessel density was diminished and expression of the angiogenic factors vascular endothelial growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor were both decreased. Finally, combination therapy in which AAV hIFN-β was used together with low-dose cyclophosphamide resulted in regression of both established retroperitoneal and disseminated disease. Conclusions: AAV-mediated delivery of hIFN-β when used as monotherapy was able to restrict neuroblastoma growth due in part to inhibition of angiogenesis. When used in combination with conventional chemotherapy, AAV hIFN-β was able to effect complete tumor regression.


Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have emerged as an increasingly important technology with wide application in fields such as industrial automation, transportation, smart cities, and similar areas. LoRa based LPWAN provides long range, robust, economical, and reliable communication with high link budget compared to other LPWAN technologies. However, LoRa based networks are usually deployed using a star topology (LoRaWAN). This type of network topology is not suitable for long range wireless communication and is also subject to single point of failure at the LoRaWAN gateway. In this study we evaluate the potential of LoRa as links in linear networks. We have addressed the potential applications, design considerations and current challenges in adaptation of LoRa technology for linear networks. This survey presents a detailed analysis of LoRa technology as a linear network and provides recommendations to researchers and practitioners to explore LoRa technology as a linear network technology for various IoT applications.


The utility model discloses a wing type bypass valve. The wing type bypass valve comprises a heating coil, a valve body frame, an actuating mechanism and a connecting rod, wherein the actuating mechanism is arranged on a side surface of the heating coil and a side surface of the valve body frame; the connecting rod is movably connected with the actuating mechanism and is provided with an operation assembly; the operation assembly comprises an upper operation assembly and a lower operation assembly; the upper operation assembly comprises a rotary arm, a first shaft, a first gear, a first blade, a second shaft, a second gear and a second blade; the first shaft is connected with the rotary arm; the first gear sleeves the first shaft; the first blade is fixed on the first shaft; the second gear sleeves the second shaft; the second blade is fixed on the second shaft; the first gear is meshed with the second gear; the lower operation assembly comprises a rotary arm, a third shaft, a third gear, a third blade, a fourth shaft, a fourth gear and a fourth blade; the third shaft is connected with the rotary arm; the third gear sleeves the third shaft; the third blade is fixed on the third shaft; the fourth gear sleeves the fourth shaft; the fourth blade is fixed on the fourth shaft; and the third gear is meshed with the fourth gear. The equipment structure of the wing type bypass valve is greatly simplified; the resistance coefficient is reduced; the equipment performance is improved; the cost is greatly reduced; the equipment size is reduced; energy is saved; and the wing type bypass valve is convenient to operate.


Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally changed the way rehabilitation services are delivered, with focus placed on individual in-room therapy and cessation of group sessions. Sparks Innovation and National Lottery funding was obtained to implement the 'In-Room Rehabilitation and Well-being Initiative'. This provided patients with individual physiotherapy equipment to use in their room thus maximizing time spent active during periods of isolation. We aim to describe service innovation occurring in a post-acute geriatric rehabilitation hospital during the COVID-19 era, and the resultant patient outcomes. Methods Rehabilitation was provided to patients in-line with evidence-based practice and national infection prevention and control guidelines. Patients who were deemed appropriate by the multi-disciplinary team were provided with in-room therapy equipment. Prospective data was collected on service and patient outcomes. Functional outcome measurements were collected on admission and discharge and compared using a paired t-test. Results Rehabilitation was provided to 260 patients, average age 80.5 years (range 63–98) with 46.5% male. The majority of patients were admitted with ortho-geriatric diagnoses or general deconditioning following illness (70%). The patients were complex with multiple medical, functional, and psychosocial care needs, as indicated by an average Rehabilitation Complexity Score of 11/20, with 100% of patients requiring daily therapy. Average length of stay (LOS) was 30.7 days (range 3–169), with 85% of patients discharged home. Performance in activities of daily living (Barthel Index: 62 vs 79, p < 0.0001), and mobility (Cumulative Ambulatory Score: 3.8 vs 5.3, p < 0.0001) significantly improved from admission to discharge. Conclusion Despite ward closures, disruption to rehabilitation due to COVID-19 illness, and limitations on group therapies, our service achieved positive patient outcomes through innovation and delivery of high-quality evidence-based rehabilitation. Compared to the past eight years, 2020 had the lowest LOS and highest number of patients discharged home.


Background: CT has evolved from single–detector row scanners into multi–detector row helical volumetric acquisition techniques, and these advances have had a significant impact on imaging of the urinary tract. Aim and objectives: To evaluate the CTU compare to other imaging modalities for urinary tract abnormalities in light of present knowledge, To study the role of CTU in evaluation of various abnormalities those are not detected by conventional IVP, Benefits of CTU over IVP, To provide information about the extent of the lesions involving kidneys and its relation to surrounding structure and Characterizing the lesions whether they are benign or malignant and helping the surgeons for the further management, Grading the renal injuries. Materials and methods: Data was collected from patients who attended the surgical O.P.D. or emergency of S.S.G.H., Baroda with clinically suspected renal abnormalities. A study was conducted over a period of two years on 50 patients with clinically suspected renal abnormalities. Informed consent was taken from every patient. Patients were evaluated with Multidetector Computed Tomography (G.E. Bright Speed). Results: Our Study included 10 patients of renal stones, 8 patients of renal masses, 3 patients of pyelonephritis, 7 patients of renal injury, 5 patients of PUJ obstruction, 7 patients of ureteric stricture, 5 patients of anomalies, and 5 patients of bladder mass. Among all pathology CT urography is more helpful and gives better imaging findings as compare to conventional urography that helps in better management of patients. Conclusion: CTU gives reliable information not about the extent of lesion but also the characteristics of lesions which makes surgeons to take proper decision aboutthe further management of patients, it also avoids unnecessary laparotomy surgery in case of blunt abdominal trauma patients by giving the precious extent of renal injuries. For all these gold standard benefits of MDCTU over conventional Rathva AM, Singla H. MDCT urography as a one stop shop for urinary tract abnormalities at present era. IAIM, 2016; 3(3): 52-64. Page 53 IVP makes MDCTU as "one stop shop" for urinary tract abnormalities and nearly completely replacing the IVP in recent era.


ABSTRACT The major purpose of this study was to determine what relationship currently exists between grade 1 marks and later school achievement. Complete academic records were obtained on two samples of students from rural towns in Southwestern Ontario. Each sample contained all the children born between 1964 and 1971 who attended their town's major public elementary school from kindergarten through grade eight, and then completed their secondary education in the town's only public high school. Each student's marks in language arts and mathematics were recorded from final report cards issued in grades one through eight. At the high school level, each student's final grade point average was used as the single measure of overall high school performance. Findings, which were similar to those of research conducted more than two decades ago, indicated that children who experience considerable difficulty in mastering the grade 1 curriculum are likely to have serious learning problems well beyond their early school years. It is concluded that screening at the preschool level for the purpose of identifying children who are likely to have learning problems in grade 1 is clearly justified. (RH)


Simulations using a one‐dimensional, analytical, vadose zone, solute‐transport screening code (VFLUX) were conducted to assess the effect of water saturation, NAPL saturation, degradation half‐life, and boundary conditions at the vadose zone/ground water interface on model output. At high initial soil concentrations, model output was significantly affected by input parameters and lower boundary conditions yet still resulted in consistent decision‐making to initiate or continue venting application. At lower soil concentrations, however, typical of what is observed after prolonged venting application, differences in model input and selection of lower boundary conditions resulted in inconsistent decision‐making. Specifically, under conditions of low water saturation, use of a first‐type, time‐dependent lower boundary condition indicated that the primary direction of mass flux was from ground water to the vadose zone, suggesting little benefit from continued venting application. Use of a finite, zero‐gradient lower boundary condition, though, indicated continued mass flux from the vadose zone to ground water, suggesting a continued need for venting application. In this situation, sensitivity analysis of input parameters, selection of boundary conditions, and consideration of overall objectives in vadose zone modeling become critical in regulatory decision‐making.


A novel Thomas-Fermi (TF) approach to inhomogeneous superfluid Fermi-systems is presented and shown that it works well also in cases where the Local Density Approximation (LDA) breaks down. The novelty lies in the fact that the semiclassical approximation is applied to the pairing matrix elements not implying a local version of the chemical potential as with LDA. Applications will be given to the generic fact that if a fermionic superfluid in the BCS regime overflows from a narrow container into a much wider one, pairing is substantially reduced at the overflow point. Two examples pertinent to the physics of the outer crust of neutron stars and superfluid fermionic atoms in traps will be presented. The TF results will be compared to quantal and LDA ones.


This paper analysed three specific ternary alloys, electrodeposited on the cathode and the anode of alkaline water electrolysis, called electrocatalysts. The analysis was done by monitoring the hydrogen production (mL/min) from the electrolysis of water at different current densities (mA/cm2). Three different electrocatalysts were analysed, at the cathode (Ni, Pt and Mo) and the anode (Ni, Co and Cr). The difference between the cathode electrocatalyst was given by the composition of the nickel (54.4 wt% and 74.4 wt%), which represented a change in the structure of the phases in the electrode surface. No significant difference was found between the two different electrocatalysts at the cathode, despite the higher content of nickel and greater influence on hydrogen production. A 30% increase in the production of hydrogen with respect to the control was reached, the presence of the electrocatalyst at the anode and presence of nickel in the cathode electrocatalyst.


An embodiment of the invention provides a data storing method, a data storing device and a data storing system, is applied to the field of computers, and capable of improving data safety. The data storing method includes: extracting a data block as a reference block from data blocks to be stored; acquiring a hash value of the reference block; acquiring a corresponding reference storage node sign from a DHT (distributed hash table) circle according to the reference hash value; taking a storage node sign with the reference storage node sign as the start to acquire the storage node sign of each data block storage node for storing data blocks to be stored from the DHT circle according to preset rules; and storing each data block in the data blocks to be stored respectively to the storage nodes corresponding to the storage node signs. The data blocks in the data blocks to be stored are fewer than the storage node signs in the DHT circle, and the DHT circle comprises storage node signs which are physical storage node signs or virtual storage node signs.


In‐bed cycling (IBC) is gaining interest for implementation in intensive care units. Our main objective was to explore patient recollections and experiences of early mobilization, including IBC. Secondly, we aimed to examine if IBC was safe and feasible.


The purpose of the current study is to use UAVS to study sea turtle nesting. Orthomosaics with 1.47-cm resolution were generated over line 40 km long by 80 meters wide of the sites Lepidochelys olivacea nesting grounds on a beach south of Sinaloa, Mexico. The orthomosaics were employed to classify the percentage of vegetation cover, and digital elevation models were also generated to estimate slope, curvature, roughness and aspect; physical variables that are related to nesting sites. The values of the variables corresponding to each of the 1,200 nests recorded in the nesting area were determined through cross-tabulation with a GIS. A generalized linear model was applied, which showed that sites with a northwest orientation and no vegetation were significant and coincided with a nest frequency of 82%. This type of model can enable better understanding of coastal topographic change and significantly improve the success rate of coastal environmental projects of this type, which can contribute to preventing some of the impact on turtle nesting of hotel developments, which are about to begin construction in the study area.


Using a complex representation of planar motions, we show that the dynamical conserved quantities associated to the isotropic harmonic oscillator (Fradkin–Jauch–Hill tensor) and to the Kepler's problem (Laplace–Runge–Lenz vector) find a very simple and natural interpretation. In this frame we also establish in an elementary way the relation which connects them.


More and more patients are using complementary and alternative methodologies to supplement their healthcare, so it's time for docs to learn more about this growing field. Here's what you need to know about CAM and the role it can play in your practice and patient care.


A simple construction formalism of molecular orbitals is presented in the context of partitioning of the electronic Hamiltonian. As a consequence of the formalism, a variational method of determining molecular orbital energies is proposed. The method is illustrated with the numerical example for the helium atom, whose result is reasonably meaningful.


more valuable use of spreadsheet models is not in the managerial activity of monitoring and controlling but that of planning. Here a spreadsheet model can be constructed to enable questions of the type 'what would happen if ...' to be addressed. To pursue the budgetary example further, a spreadsheet could be used at the budgetary allocation stage to assess the effects on departmental allocations of the use within a budget formula of different criteria or weighting factors or, for example the effects of a change in the number of students in a


A host of social movements which had as their goal the improvement of the living conditions of the working classes emerged in England in the 1820s and 1830s. Owenism and Chartism come first to mind, but historians have recently acknowledged the social significance of a number of less well-known groups that proclaimed the benefits of temperance or mechanics' institutes or phrenology or infidel missions. The birth control movement in its early years has as yet received little attention from the historians of the English working classes. A possible reason is that the opposition of the 'pauper press' to the movement has led later observers to adopt the view that it was simply a middle-class Malthusian crusade which set out to convince the poor that the only escape from poverty lay in individual self-help. In what follows I shall sketch out the general lines of argument advanced by the advocates of birth control and their antagonists in the working-class movement. The purpose of the paper is not to provide yet another history of the first neo-Malthusians, but to use the arguments their activities elicited to gain a better understanding of nineteenth-century working-class culture.