ABSTRACT Health managers should measure and manage their corporate reputation and doctors' reputations to increase patient loyalty. When a hospital is a patient's first preference, this provides a competitive advantage. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of doctors' reputations on hospital reputations and to investigate the effect of the two variables on patient loyalty. According to the study results, a doctor's reputation positively affects hospital reputation and patient loyalty. However, hospital reputation has a stronger effect on patient loyalty than doctor's reputation. Finally, the study results note that hospital reputation and doctor's respect are not interchangeable. The reputation of the doctor and the reputation of the hospital are significant in ensuring the patient's loyalty, so healthcare professionals should develop strategies to increase them both.


Smartphones incorporate a plethora of diverse and powerful sensors that enhance user experience. Two such sensors are accelerometer and gyroscope, which measure acceleration in all three spatial dimensions and rotation along the three axes of the smartphone, respectively. These sensors are used primarily for screen rotations and advanced gaming applications. However, they can also be employed to gather information about the user's activity and phone positions. In this work, we investigate using accelerometer and gyroscope as a side-channel to learn highly sensitive information, such as the user's gender. We present an unobtrusive technique to determine the gender of a user by mining data from the smartphone sensors, which do not require explicit permissions from the user. A preliminary study conducted on 18 participants shows that we can detect the user's gender with an accuracy of 80%.


The script is a research of the Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and an implementation of a simulation environment, known as testbed and based on this protocol.
 In the beginning, there is an introduction to the meaning of IMS.In chapter two, we describe the general architecture of IMS. In chapter three, there is a reference to the signalling level and all of its elements. In chapter four we describe the services that IMS provides and the architecture of the Open IMS Core which is our simulation environment. Finally, we analyse the steps in order to install Open Ims Core using Linux operating system.


Community-based Tourism (CBT) is a tool for local economic development due to its capability and strength to provide economic sources to the resident destination. Given its focus on benefiting the local community, CBT has attracted a significant degree of academic attention. However, to date, there has been little discussion and evidence based on comprehensive studies on local economic benefits with regards to tourism activities in Malaysia as compared to other regions. This study examined tourists' expenditure on food and beverage, and its contribution to the local economic in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage area. A total of 1,000 diary record survey were collected. Chi-square Automatic Interaction Detection (CHAID) was used to model interaction of domestic and international tourists. The results revealed 22.1% of the tourists spent between RM16.00-RM147.50 per trip for breakfast, lunch and dinner. However, only 9% (breakfast), 34% (lunch) and 43% (dinner) were channelled to local economy. Keyword: Tourists expenditure, food and beverage, Melaka UNESCO World Heritage area Date Received: 30 April 2016 Date of Acceptance: 30 October 2016 Syakir Amir, Mariana Mohamed Osman, Syahriah Bachok, Mansor Ibrahim, & Ismawi Zen Community-Based Tourism in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage Area: A Success in Food and Beverage Sector? © 2017 by MIP 90 INTRODUCTION Malaysia has been practising the community-based tourism (CBT) approach in tourism development since the year 2000 until the present. The communitybeneficial policies and strategies were introduced in the Eighth Malaysia Plan for the period of 2001-2005. The aspiration for community benefits was continued in the Ninth Malaysia Plan (2006-2010) and Tenth Malaysia Plan (2011-2015). The government has allocated around RM19 million to help generate income among the local community members involved in the tourism industry (Ministry of Tourism and Culture Malaysia, 2015). Community-based tourism programs that were considered successful in generating an influx of tourists were homestay programs in Kampung Bukit Bangkong, Kampung Hulu Chucoh and Kampung Hulu Teris in Banghuris, Selangor (Fauziah Che Leh & Mohd Rezuan Hamzah, 2012). Many researchers have conducted studies on local participation in tourism activities such as Zaaijer and Sara (1993), Brandon (1996), Wells, (1996), Aas, Ladkin and Fletcher (2005), Jones (2005), Lepp (2007), and Lee (2012). However, to date, limited study has been done to assess and validate the economic benefits received by the local economy from the various tourism activities in an area and therefore, this research is timely. Melaka UNESCO World Heritage area was chosen as the study area as it has recorded the highest number of domestic and international tourist visits in addition to being inscribed by United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a 'World Heritage Site'. Tourism is an expenditure-driven economic activity (Mihalic, 2002), that often a significant source of income in many countries (Mok & Iverson, 2000; Li, Song & Witt, 2005; Song & Li, 2008). Tourists purchasing pattern is likely to vary in several tourism activities namely in accommodation, entertainment, shopping, food and beverage as well as transportation (Wang, Rompf, Severt & Peerapatdit, 2006). Moreover, tourist expenditure in those tourism activities is considered as one of the potential tools to improve the economy of local communities (Beeton, 2006; Trejos & Chiang, 2009; Sutawa, 2012). Therefore, tourism is believed to be able to generate income and enhance the economic opportunities of the local community. However, more recently, literatures have emerged that offer different findings, where benefits from tourism activities are low to local economy (Crompton, Lee & Shuster, 2001; Tyrrell & Johnston, 2001; Kasimati, 2003; Daniels, Norman & Henry, 2004). Therefore, community-based tourism should be encouraged to improve the economic benefits received by the local community in expanding their economic opportunities in the tourism industry. The aim of this paper is to examine the local economic benefits from the food and beverage sector in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage area. PLANNING MALAYSIA Journal of the Malaysia Institute of Planners (2017) © 2017 by MIP 91 LITERATURE REVIEW Community-based Tourism Community-based tourism (CBT) is a type of sustainable tourism where 'people' or 'community' is the focus of tourism development in a particular host destination. Pearce and Moscardo (1999) believe that CBT can produce successful practice and implementation process in developing and less developed countries. This is supported by McCool, Moisey and Nickerson (2001), Davis and Morais (2004), Roe, Ashley, Page and Meyer, (2004) where their studies have observed the CBT in countries like Gambia, Uganda, Cambodia and Laos. McMillan and Chavis (1986) define the term 'community' into three categories (i) Ecological approach: the community living together and adapting to the setting, a process that produces distinctive community characteristics. (ii) Social approach: the roles and institutions that govern society, social relations and the primacy of group membership. (iii) Interactive approach: social interactions of individuals, people, organization occupying a restricted geographic area. As a result, these categories portray multiple descriptions and classifications of the term. Kling and Posner (1990) have added the 'community' in ecological approach, as a group of people that share a similar geographical area, for instance, the community in a residential area or a village. Madrigal (1995) argues that a community living in the same geographical area can be categorized into smaller communities, such as the youth community, elderly community and housewife community that share common characteristics within the area. Hollinshead (2004) divides the community into three groups, which are based on solidarity, geographic area and socio-geographic structure. Other scholars define 'community' as a group of people living and staying in the same locality, as well a group of people that share similar ideas, purposes and basic values (Davis, 1991: Mayer et al., 2000; Williams & Lawson, 2001). The clarification of 'community' is crucial for the study in order to justify the direction of community-based tourism. The definitions discussed mainly refer to spatial and interaction factors. This shows that communities are varied in nature. A community consists of various characteristics and attributes in the radius of large land uses and town centres along with types of tourism activity areas that consists of different community organizations, structures, relations and roles. Local Economic According to authors such as Bellamy, Meppem, Gorddard and Dawson (2003), Koo (2005), Shaffer, Deller and Marcouiller (2006), and Gunder (2009), there is no clear and hierarchal sequence of local economic theories in describing details of local economic development and benefits due to the complexity, flexibility and Syakir Amir, Mariana Mohamed Osman, Syahriah Bachok, Mansor Ibrahim, & Ismawi Zen Community-Based Tourism in Melaka UNESCO World Heritage Area: A Success in Food and Beverage Sector? © 2017 by MIP 92 multiple perspectives influenced by mixed concepts (Rowe, 2009; 2012), practices (Valler & Wood, 2010) and rhetoric (Scott, 2006). In addition, Gunder (2004) clarifies that the built environment field, especially in town and regional spatial planning, often face inconsistent and conflicting theoretical bases when dealing with local economic development. Most of the CBT describe high economic impacts and benefits of tourism activities which must be channelled to the host destination residents (Amat Ramsa Yaman & Abdullah Mohd, 2004; Jones, 2005). Local economic development in CBT perspective is defined as a process in which the local residents design, develop and implement the tourism development strategies by using local resources, with the aim to improve the quality of life and economic opportunity of the local community (Potter et al., 1999; Pike, Rodriguez & Tomaney, 2006). Within the framework of local economic benefits and impacts, the benefits can be divided into direct effects and indirect effects. Direct effects towards the local economy are the effects, benefits, and consequences from the tourism activities themselves (Bowitz & Ibenholt, 2009). These effects are generated through two main channels, which are earnings and revenues to the local community especially local-based businesses (Nel, 2001) as well as employment opportunities (Ashley, 2000; Wearver & Lawton, 2007). According to UNWTO (2005), there are six ways in which the CBT may generate earnings and revenue for a particular local community: (1) the foreign exchange earnings, (2) direct and indirect employment and income, (3) ownership and management of tourism establishment (e.g. hotel, restaurants, café and private taxi), (4) direct sales of tourism goods and services to tourists, (5) investment in tourism infrastructure, and (6) development of cultural values. CBT can boost the living standard of households with casual earnings and its propensity to generate equitable distribution of revenue (Ashley, 2000; Wearver & Lawton (2007). Although the earnings are observed to be natural in most of the studies, it can be improved by diversifying the sources of earnings in the tourism sector. Recently, the numbers of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the tourism industry have increased due to the active involvement of the local communities in tourist destinations (Weaver & Lawton, 2007). CBT provides direct employment to travel agents, hotel receptionists and food hawkers. Whereas, CBT indirect employment refers to employment in related sectors that do not serve the tourists directly but generates income from the expenditure in tourism linkages; for instance, the employees working in the construction industry bu


Introduction In recent years, a plethora of psychological constructs and their associated measures have been proposed for attention in instructional research and evaluation. These constructs are attempts to capture, in one way or another, aspects of human learning and performance relevant to instruction that go beyond conventional constructs of cognitive ability. Some are old concepts in psychology that have not received much attention in contemporary work. Some are quite new, with relatively little foundation in prior research. Some represent the inventions of educational practitioners. Many are designed to identify potentially important individual differences among students that influence learning in instructional situations. Many also can be used to assess outcomes from such learning. Among the most interesting and potentially useful of these constructs are those reflecting motivational and volitional aspects of human behavior; we call these ÒconativeÓ constructs. There are of course also important ÒcognitiveÓ constructs and ÒaffectiveÓ constructs, both old and new. The distinction between cognition, conation, and affection is convenient and historically well-founded in psychology, though it should be regarded as a matter of emphasis rather than a true partition; all human behavior, especially including instructional learning and achievement, involves some mixture of all three aspects (Hilgard, 1980). But the conative side of school learning has been largely ignored in instructional By way of formal definition, ÒconationÓ represents that aspect of mental process or behavior by which it tends to develop into something else; an intrinsic ÒunrestÓ of the organism. .. almost the opposite of homeostasis. A conscious tendency to act; a conscious striving.. .. Impulse, desire, volition, purposive striving all emphasize the conative aspect. 2 Among the constructs we place in this category today are several kinds of achievement motivational distinctions, including need for achievement and fear of failure, but also various beliefs about oneÕs own abilities and their use, feelings of self-esteem and self-efficacy, and attitudes and interests concerning particular subject matter learning; volitional aspects pertaining to persistence, academic work ethic, will to learn, mental effort investment, and mindfulness in learning; intentional constructs reflecting control or regulation of actions leading toward chosen goals, attitudes toward the future, and self-awareness about proximal and distal goals and consequences; and many kinds of learning styles and strategies hypothesized to influence cognitive processes and outcomes of instruction. Many other, more traditional personality or style constructs, such as intellectual flexibility, conscientiousness, extraversion, or reflection-impulsivity, could also be added to the list. And …


The main state and influencing factors on operating of air-water ash-cooler system of CFB boiler are analyzed in this article,some proposals of ash-cooler for boiler operating are offered.Cylinder ash-cooler is introduced and choosen in CFB boiler developing and perfecting cylinder ash-cooler is administer to safe operating of great CFB boiler.


Background and aims. In patients consulting for chest pain, it is of great importance to evaluate the possibility of ischemic heart disease (IHD). The aims in this thesis were to investigate the ac ...


This investigation is on design and assessment of the vibratory and acoustical behavior of a bell plate in imitating the sound of a bell to be used in a classical orchestral piece. In the investigation, the characteristics of the bell plate developed are compared to the real bell and a more traditional style of thin bell plate in four areas: the determination of the fundamental frequency, the spacing of the frequency partials, the relative strength of the partials and the decay envelope of the sound. The goal of this research is to gain further control over the four key components of the bell sound by capitalizing on beneficial constraints imposed on a metal plate by its material and three-dimensional geometry. The investigation led to the discovery of a small window of dimension that suppresses the undesirable vibrational modes and components of acoustic response of the freely suspended metal plate while at the same time emphasizes the bell-like qualities of the sound. The large aspect ratio of the plates leads to the use of the classical Rayleigh-Ritz method with beam functions to design the dimensions of the bell plates. A finite element method is employed to analyze the frequencies and vibrational modes of the bell plates. Numerous experiments are also carried out with steel plates of various geometrical dimensions for identifying the vibratory and acoustical behavior of the bell and plates and for evaluating the sound qualities of the bell plates to be developed. The effects of the methods of hanging the plates are analyzed and the hanging locations that provide the least effects to the vibrations and vibration modes of the bell plates are also determined. The experimental of the investigation measurements compare well with the numerical results obtained from the mathematical model and from the FEM model. An instrumental bell plate covering a full chromatic range from D3 to E4 is developed on the basis of the findings of the investigation. The instrument provides the desired bell sound of high strength, prominent smoothness and low decay rate over a sufficiently long decay period.Copyright © 2004 by ASME


In most emergency outbreaks a huge amount of people flee to refugee camps and are in need of protection, shelter, food and medics for an unknown amount of time. The duration of their stay depends on the pace of the war or natural disaster. The UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) has been utilising a variety of solutions to accommodate the people. Based on my research, I can imply that most of these units are poorly maintained and perform indigent during low and high temperatures. There are no progressive public to private zones. The core shelter - the tent - is not upgradable, nor recyclable or reusable. Furthermore it seems that most units are not utilising the environmental resources, such as the sun and earth, in an intelligent manner to supply the shelters with heat, water and electricity. Finally, all camps eventually perform as cities located far from the existing cities, sadly this off-the-grid (OTG) notion is not explored beforehand during a design phase to be prepared for the future. The objective is to develop an off-the-grid refugee city based on local materials and environmental resources. The design should have the ability to be realised on different locations. The shelters should exchange energy, climate and waste.


An aluminum base interlayer was used for transient liquid phase bonding of pure aluminum under argon flux. The bonding was carried out at 595°C for 2 minutes under 7MPa. Microstructure of the joint was studied with SEM and EDX, and the mechanical properties were analyzed by tensile test and bending test. A homogenous bonding zone is observed in the joint. The defects in the joint are silicon oxides and voids. The tensile strength of the joint is 190MPa, and no failure occurs when the joint is bent to 180°. This indicates that TLP bonding can produce a strong and ductile Aluminum joint, which is equivalent to the base metal.


In this paper, we provide examples of Sarkisov links of type II between complex projective Fano threefolds $X$ with $\rho(X) = 1$. To show examples of these links, we study smooth weak Fano threefolds with extremal rays of type $E$. We further assume that the pluri-anticanonical morphism contracts only a finite number of curves. We numerically classify smooth weak Fano threefolds with $\rho(X) = 2$ having an extremal ray of type $E$ both before and after a flop as well as prove the existence of some of these numerical cases.


Objective: To evaluate the consumption of nutrients intake in a traditional and a proposed diet for parrots in captivity. Design/methodology/approach: The study took place at Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo, Mexico. Twelve parrots were assessed in captivity. The traditional diet (TD) provided to the birds was evaluated and a proposed diet (PD) was the alternative. The consumption and the amount of waste of each diet were recorded for five weeks. PD formula contained fruits, vegetables, and seeds. Data were analyzed with the Student's t-test at p0.5 significance. Results: TD lacked homogeneity in the ingredients offered during the five weeks evaluation. There were significant differences in the consumption between the two evaluated diets. The individual bird consumption was 349 g for TD and 314 g for PD. The TD was 41.87% fruits and 58.12% vegetables. The PD diet included seeds supplements. From the second to the fifth week of the evaluation PD had less waste. Limitations of the study: The age, weight, sex and excreta collection from the parrots were not registered due to restriction rules in the conservation area. Findings/conclusions: The PD offered the requirements that parrots need. It is necessary to train technical personnel on diet preparation. Feeding frequencies and food diversity stimulated consumption and waste decreased, improving the nutritional balance of the birds in captivity.


383–392. Menz, H.B., Latt, M.D., Tiedemann, A., Mun San Kwan, M., and Lord, S.R., 2004. Reliability of the GAITRite walkway system for the quantification of temporo-spatial parameters of gait in young and older people. Gait and Posture, 20 (1), 20–25. Takeshi, A., Kazuya, S., Takao, O., and Tsuyoshi, O., 2004. A fundamental study on aerodynamics of athletic spike shoes: http://sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/200503/ 000020050305A0025425.php. Waters, R.L. and Mulroy, S., 1999. The energy expenditure of normal and pathologic gait. Gait & Posture, 9 (3), 207–231.


Objective – To know the perception of teachers and health care students on Health Services Waste in two higher education institutions of Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil. Methods – Qualitative research with 31 participants (teachers and students), using the focus group technique and content analysis. Results – The results showed that this topic is little explored in undergraduate courses. They looked up several alternatives to promote this knowledge, such as start approach in childhood; contemplate the knowledge through discipline; training for practical activities; interdisciplinary approach; and generate the commitment of managers with waste generated in health services. Conclusions – Health professionals need to be sensitive about the importance of reflecting and implement the strategies outlined in this work, both in teaching and in practical care environment. Descriptors: Medical waste; Higher education; Public awareness


Background: Idiopathic granulomatous masƟƟ s (IGM) is an uncommon benign chronic inflammatory breast lesion, characterized histologically by noncaseaƟng granulomatous inflammaƟon. It presents a challenging clinical scenario, as it can mimic breast carcinoma on imaging and physical examinaƟon. The eƟology, clinical course, and opƟmal treatment of this disorder remain unclear. ObjecƟve: The goal of this study was to develop a clinical protocol based on opƟmal response to therapies uƟlized for the treatment of IGM. Methods: Hospital records were reviewed for granulomatous masƟƟ s demonstrated on pathology. Charts were reviewed for demographic informaƟon, history with regard to potenƟal triggers, clinical data on presentaƟon, courses of treatment, and response to therapy. Time to clinical resoluƟon was analyzed with the Kaplan‐Meier method. Clinical protocol was subsequently developed aŌer careful analysis of response, with a focus on minimizing morbidity. Results: IGM was idenƟfied in 23 women: mean age was 33.6 years, 82.6% were premenopausal, 95.6% were Hispanic, and 78.3% were mulƟparous. Of these paƟents, 95.2% presented with a palpable mass, along with associated skin changes (59.1%), pain (59.1%), and nipple discharge (22.7%). On examinaƟon or imaging, 69.6% of paƟents had a mass >3 cm, with a median Breast Imaging ReporƟng and Data System score of 4 on iniƟal imaging. Ten paƟents received a single form of therapy, while 11 paƟents received mulƟmodal therapy. Two paƟents were followed up expectantly. Treatment modaliƟes included anƟbioƟcs, oral steroids, aspiraƟon, surgery, and topical steroids, with anƟbioƟcs and oral steroids the most common primary therapies. Oral steroid treatment was more likely to result in clinical response (80.0%) than were anƟbioƟcs (44.4%). Median Ɵme to clinical resoluƟon was 21.4 months. Conclusions: IGM remains a difficult clinical enƟty with unknown eƟology. While this disorder appears to be self‐ limited, clinical course is oŌen prolonged. Core needle biopsy is reliable for establishing the diagnosis and excluding malignancy. Expectant management is ideal, with therapy aimed at improving symptoms while limiƟng morbidity of treatment.


Tyner is Professor at the University of Texas. She also is the author of numerous books and articles thanks to those who, over the past decades, she has finally become one of the main American voices in the field of media literacy.
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The synthesis and characterization of a series of n-type conjugated molecules and polymers is reported along with their application as electron acceptor materials for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells. The synthesis of a series of conjugated donor-acceptor systems based on N,N'-bis(10-nonadecyl)perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic diimide moiety substituted in bay position with dithienothiophene, bithiophene or terthiophene moieties is described. These materials are highly processable from solution, show good sunlight-harvesting and electrochemical ambipolar properties. Upon photoinduced absorption, these new materials act as acceptor respect to poly-3-hexylthiophene (P3HT). A preliminary PV characterization of these materials in bulk heterojunction solar cells with P3HT is presented. The results clearly demonstrate the potentialities of these new materials as photoactive components in organic solar cells.


This contribution points to interesting connections between the current critical condition of nature and women's position in society. I give an account of ecofeminism and try to place it within the context of feminist and environmental movement. The purpose of this article is to introduce the basic ideas of ecofeminism, whose underlying principle is a critique of dualistic thinking, and a critique of the application of the logic of dominance and hierarchy. I argue that this critique may be based on feministic epistemology. Furthermore, I explain the ecofeminist critique of dualistic thinking and hierarchy against the changes on the background of the scientific revolution, which had a big impact on the position of women in society and the current global ecological crisis.


Bonds provide a rating signal for the issuer and investors of the ability to pay off a bond. This study aims to explain the factors that affect the ranking in terms of accounting and non-accounting aspects. This study uses all corporate bonds actively traded on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) and are denominated in rupiah as of December 31, 2019, sourced from Bloomberg, which consists of 996 companies. The method in the sample is the purposive sampling method. This sample consists of 35 companies with 111 bonds, testing the hypothesis using ordinal logistic regression analysis with SPSS Version 25.0 data processing tools. The results showed that liquidity had a positive effect on bond ratings, activity does not affect bond ratings, leverage, profitability, maturity, and auditor reputation have a negative effect on bond ratings.


FIELD: engines and pumps. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to pump production and can be used for pumping various fluids. The proposed pump comprises impeller with hub fitted on the shaft and auger. The hollow pump shaft houses additional shaft with its one end accommodating auger and its other end fitted with hydraulic turbine. Right opposite the said turbine, the impeller hub has holes. There is a channel arranged between the impeller hub and additional shaft to return the pump-over product from hydraulic turbine to the pump inlet. At least, one bearing is fitted between the shaft and additional shaft. The shaft is linked up with the drive shaft via coupling. EFFECT: improved cavitation properties. 3 cl, 3 dwg


Gital et (2014) proposed a cloud based communication architecture for improving efficiency of collaborative virtual environment (CVE) systems in terms of Scalability and Consistency requirements. This paper evaluates the performance of the proposed CVE architecture. The metrics use for the evaluation is response time. We compare the cloud-based architecture to the traditional client server and peer-2-peer (P2P) architecture. The comparison was implemented in the CVE systems. The comparative simulation analysis of the results suggested that the CVE architecture based on cloud computing can significantly improve the performance of the CVE systems.


Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) is a common complication of surgery with high impact on quality of life. Peripheral and central sensitization caused by enhanced and prolonged afferent nociceptive input are considered important mechanisms for the development of CPSP. This case–control study investigated whether epidural analgesia is associated with a reduced incidence of CPSP after open abdominal surgery.


During ischaemia and reperfusion (I/R), a complex pattern of haemodynamic changes and soluble agonists may act on EC, and influence subsequent leukocyte recruitment. To investigate such responses, human umbilical vein endothelial cells were cultured in glass capillaries and exposed to a wall shear stress of 2.0Pa for 24h. Shear was then reduced to 0.01Pa (creeping flow) or stasis (with 30s perfusion every hour to exchange medium). At chosen times isolated human neutrophils were perfused over the EC at 0.1Pa (effective reperfusion) and viewed by videomicroscopy. After 1h flow reduction of either type, perfused neutrophils made transient adhesions to the EC, but capture returned to baseline by 3h. Adhesion was inhibited by antibody against P‐selectin or pre‐treatment of EC with dipheyleneiodinium chloride (inhibitor of the NADPH‐oxidase). The response of EC to tumor necrosis factor (TNF, 100U/ml), judged by neutrophil recruitment, was greatly suppressed after 24h at high shear, compared to conventional static cultures. The response remained suppressed immediately after cessation of flow and took 48h of stasis to approach the level in conventional cultures. Interestingly, the suppression of TNF response remained in cultures switched to creeping flow. Thus, leukocyte recruitment after I/R may contain a component directly arising from a response of EC to reduction in flow. The increase in sensitivity of EC to soluble inflammatory stimulus, which might be expected to occur with reduction in shear stress, may develop quite slowly. Overall outcome may depend on duration of flow interruption and release of agonists in a complex manner.


At the first briefly discusses the world's economical situation,points that the world's oil carrier transportation at sea will be better with the world's economy recovering gradually.Also introduces capacity of the present world's oil carrier fleet at sea and its configuration.In the end of the paper describes the devolopmental trend of oil carriers with large size.


In digital communication systems, information is represented in the form of zero and one bit. For some distance, this representation may be identified on the receiver. Conversely for long distance will cause dc component problems and synchronization. High Density Bipolar-3 zero (HDB3) encoding is one of the scrambling techniques that adapt the Alternate Mark Inversion (AMI) encoding problem in the synchronization process for long zero bit sequences. In this study designed Decoder HDB3 line coding using FPGA with System on Chip (SoC) method. The results of this study show that by adding non-zero insertion bits to long zero bit sequences, no longer form a straight line that resembles noise. But like the actual display of bits but does not follow the AMI algorithm that makes each bit one opposite the polarity. So it is easier to recovery the bits of information on the receiver.


Fog computing consists in extending Cloud services down to the network edge by using resources such as base stations, routers and switches. It presents a dense, heterogeneous and geo-distributed infrastructure which pushes to investigate how data are placed within this infrastructure in order to minimize service latency, network utilization and energy consumption. iFogSim is a Fog and IoT environments simulator dedicated to manage IoT services in a Fog infrastructure. In this paper, we present an extension to iFogSim to be able to model and simulate scenarios with strategies aiming to optimize data placement in Fog and IoT contexts. Data placement problem is NP-Hard due to the large number of Fog nodes and the high amount of data to be placed. Thus, we added a support to divide and conquer strategies to subdivide the issued infrastructure into several parts hence reducing the data placement computing time. Moreover, the extension involves a generic smart city scenario with different workloads making it possible for the users to investigate the behavior of their strategies using various workloads. In order to optimize the execution time of the simulations, we parallelized the Floyd-Warshall algorithm. This algorithm is used in iFogSim to compute all shortest paths between nodes in order to simulate data transmission. We have evaluated this extension using the proposed smart city scenario with various infrastructure configurations. The experiments show that our extension has a small overhead in terms of simulation time and memory utilization.


Abstract : This progress report summarizes achievements in Professor Hochberg's research group at the University of Delaware in the development of three new application areas for silicon photonics. This work has been supported by the AFOSR PECASE award since February 2010. The research goals including demonstrating radically new classes of nonlinear optical devices in the silicon system, demonstrating mid-infrared integrated optics in silicon and pursuing new investigations into using silicon resonators as high sensitivity biosensors will be discussed. The results of the research including scientific publications and patents are included in this report. AFOSR support has been acknowledged in all these publications and presentations.


Curing sweet potatoes right after harvest improves culinary quality and reduces postharvest losses caused by diseases and skinning. This practice, however, is seldom applied by growers in Mississippi suggesting suboptimal conditions and quality for marketing in addition to losses to postharvest diseases. This project was stakeholder driven and supported by the Mississippi Sweet Potato Council to show the benefits of curing sweet potatoes and encourage Mississippi growers to adopt proper curing practices. The objectives and activities were to: 1) conduct on-farm demonstration trials on curing sweet potatoes in Mississippi; 2) evaluate the effect of curing on diseases and culinary characteristics of Mississippi sweet potatoes; 3) disseminate information about postharvest technology through workshops and publications. Onfarm research and demonstration trials on curing sweet potatoes were conducted with three participating farmers. One of them adopted the process by building state of the art curing/storage facilities and another has contracted a "fast curing" service for his product. In addition, a shipper upgraded his storage facilities for optimal curing conditions and is providing a service to growers. The effect of curing on disease incidence and culinary characteristics were evaluated also evaluated as part of the thesis of a student in Food Science who graduated in the spring of 2011. Information about curing was disseminated through presentations at growers meetings and a workshop given by an invited speaker. The outcome of this project was the experience gained by the participating growers and graduate student and the availability of information about curing and its benefits. The full impact is still to be determined, but adoption of proper curing conditions by at least 3 farmers and the prospect of a farmer to contract a "fast curing" service suggest a positive impact. Background and Justification Proper curing of sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) right after harvest improves culinary attributes and reduces postharvest losses caused by diseases and skinning. Curing sweet potatoes at 85 o F and 85%-90% relative humidity for 3-5 days right after harvesting is recommended in the southern U.S. (Thompson et al., 2002; Edmunds et al., 2008). This practice, however, is seldom applied by sweet potato growers in Mississippi and suboptimal curing and storing conditions suggests excessive losses to diseases and dehydration, and suboptimal quality for marketing since curing enhances sweetness among other culinary characteristics. In fact, Mississippi sweet potato growers have been concerned about losses to diseases and shrinkage (moisture loss). The purpose of this project was to promote adoption of proper curing practices, reduce losses to decay and shrinkage, and improve culinary characteristics of Mississippi sweet potatoes. This project was stakeholder driven and was developed with significant input and resources from sweet potato farmers in Mississippi. Among the main problems expressed by sweet potato farmers were postharvest diseases that reduce pack out efficiency (defined as the percent of salable weight packed after storage out of the initial stored weight), quality, and marketability. Losses over the last four years were estimated to exceed $20 million (Graves, personal communication). In 2008, a survey in Mississippi reported 10% to 60% sweet potatoes losses to tip rot (Burdine, unpublished). In addition, studies have estimated sweet potato losses to decay in 20% to 25% (Edmunds et al., 2008) and pack-out efficiency of 60% to 70% after 810 month storage (Boyette, 2009). Curing sweet potatoes is recommended to reduce postharvest disease incidence as well as moisture loss (Clark and Moyer, 1988; Edmunds et al., 2008), so adopting this practice will have a significant impact in the industry since Mississippi ranks second and third in the nation with 20,000 acres harvested and over $74.88 million production value in 2010 (USDA-ERS, 2011). Proper curing of sweet potatoes at recommended conditions is a rare practice in Mississippi mainly because growers don't have firsthand knowledge and experience, and facilities, and therefore, are not confident it would pay off the investment in infrastructure and management. Sweet potatoes have been grown in MS for over a century, but production has increased dramatically only in the past 20 years (US$4-5 million the 1980s to over US$74 million in 2010) (USDA-ERS, 2011). In addition, local and overseas markets have increased demand for higher quality product. Growers in MS have lagged behind in adopting best curing conditions, but now they realize that to improve and maintain their businesses they need to adopt the best technologies. Currently, MS growers allow a natural cure based on existing environmental conditions that may take 4 to 6 weeks to complete wound healing. Variable weather conditions and low temperatures in September-October suggest inappropriate curing conditions. Low temperature reduces metabolic activity slowing down wound healing and increasing water loss and decay to diseases. It can also reduce overall quality (wrinkling and culinary characteristics). Therefore, sweet potato growers are interested in learning and experiencing optimal curing conditions to make an informed decision as to adopting the recommended practice. The primary reasons for curing and storing sweet potatoes are to reduce losses to decay and to maintain good market quality during the winter and spring (Thompson et al., 2002). Proper curing is considered an important step to supply the market with high-quality sweet potatoes year-round. It enhances wound healing which reduces water loss and disease incidence, sets the skin which reduces skinning and increases sweetness which enhances culinary characteristics (Edmunds et al., 2008). Therefore, promoting proper curing and handling of sweet potatoes in Mississippi will maximize storing and market life and improve supply of high quality roots to domestic and foreign markets. The sweet potato is known for its nutritional characteristics and is important in school lunch programs, production of baby food, and the health of the elderly. Therefore, adoption of proper curing and storage practices will not only reduce losses, but will have a positive impact in the economic return of farmers and in the quality of life of the community. Goals and Objectives The purpose of this project was to demonstrate and encourage growers to adopt proper curing practices to reduce postharvest losses and to improve sweet potato storage and eating quality in Mississippi. Our main hypothesis was that adoption of proper curing and postharvest handling practices would be facilitated when farmers experience the benefits of the process. To accomplish this, the following objectives were proposed: 1. Conduct on-farm demonstration trials on curing sweet potatoes in Mississippi 2. Evaluate the effect of curing on diseases and culinary characteristics of Mississippi sweet potatoes 3. Disseminate information about postharvest technology through workshops, presentations, and publications Approach To promote adoption of sweet potato curing practices in Mississippi, Mississippi State University conducted three on-farm research and demonstration trials (objective 1) to collect data and demonstrate the benefits of proper curing (objective 2) and disseminated information on curing and storage facilities and its benefits through field days, workshop, and presentations at growers meetings to promote adoption. Objective 1: Conduct on-farm demonstration trials on curing sweet potatoes in Mississippi On-farm research and demonstration trials were conducted with participating farmers (Mr. S. Bailey, Mr. C. Edmondson and Mr. T. Morgan in 2009, and at Penick Produce in 2010) because of their interest in improving sweet potato marketability (market life and culinary attributes). Trials in 2009 consisted of curing two 20bu bins of sweet potatoes in a micro-curing room (8ft by 8ft or 8ft by16ft constructed at each location) for 7 and 14 days and compare them with non-cured storage roots (kept at grower's conditions) at three harvest times. After curing, storage roots were sampled from each bin and stored at 60 o F for 1-2 months until evaluation. In 2010, sweet potatoes were cured for 7 days at the Penick Produce facility and evaluation continued for 6 months. Results in 2009 were taken cautiously because of the unusually rainy/wet conditions at harvest that resulted in 20%-30% of the harvest lost to soft rot in the first week in storage. Although optimal temperature and humidity in the tunnels were not reached, curing conditions were significantly better (closer to optimal) than under the farmer's conditions. Average ambient storage (control) temperatures and humidity were 69°F, 62°F, and 67°F, and 70%, 72%, and 70% RH at the Bailey, Edmonson and Morgan locations, respectively. While average curing temperatures and humidity were 82°F, 81°F, and 79°F, and 77%, 88%, and 82% RH, for the Bailey, Edmondson and Morgan locations, respectively. In 2010, curing studies were conducted at Penick Produce Co., Inc. to have better control of curing conditions. This facility was retrofitted with computerized controllers to maintain optimal temperature. Cured and non-cured storage roots were evaluated for disease incidence and moisture loss and chemical changes during storage. Also a semi-trained sensory panel at the Food Science Department, MSU, evaluated samples for organoleptic attributes. In 2009, the growers were unable to experience the curing effect because of the high rot incidence under wet harvest conditions. Participating growers, however, realized that conditions were not ideal for curing and storage sweet potatoes. In 2010, however, the effect of curing on postharvest diseases and moisture loss were clearly experienced by the growers. At Penick Produce, estimated total losses were reduced from


Entrepreneurship has recently turned into one of the most relevant social phenomena, probably as a result of the current turmoil that affects today's global economic system. It is precisely this distressing situation that has captured the attention of academic, professional and political institutions. In line with this concern, we propose in this paper to develop strategies and technical support for entrepreneurs in the process of promoting business ventures. Specifically, and taking into consideration the insightful interpretation of the concept of business model introduced by Joan Magretta, we purport to develop an approach, called Analysis and Validation of Business Ideas (AVIN) to encourage prospective entrepreneurs to make decisions which subscribe validation while at the same time are sensible when implementing a business idea. As a bonus, AVIN is already being implemented via a user-friendly computer application.


In this paper, we investigate the transitional dynamics and quasi-periodic solution appearing after the Saddle-Node (SN) bifurcation of a periodic solution in an inductor-coupled asymmetrical van der Pol oscillators with hard-type nonlinearity. In particular, we elucidate, by investigating global bifurcation of unstable manifold (UM) of saddles, that transitional dynamics and quasi-periodic solution after the SN bifurcation appear based on different structure of UM.


This study concerns theatrical group language therapy based on DvT model for children with ASD. We describe and discuss the working process and results. The purpose of the study is to develop pragmatic skills of participants, especially social interaction, turn-taking, and symbolic play. The program contains 10 sessions. For the first two session, the program focuses on sensory-motor activities such as gestures, vocalization, auditory sensation, and touch. For the following sessions, the program focuses on the role-play and synthetical activities using yellow chair, sound effects, and lighting effects. In the beginning of a session, the activities were gestures, vocalization, and auditory sensation. In main activities of the session, the participants played theatrical activities. At the beginning of this work, participating in activities was difficult for the ASD children, because of their behaviors such as crying and going away from the activity room. However, their negative behaviors were gradually attenuated, they are desensitized of sound and obscurity, and finally the participants could do their role-play. Although this program adopted the DvT model, we just reached to somewhere between the sensory-motor stage and pre-operational stage, not a mature stage because it was a short program of 10 weeks. Nevertheless, the fact that they could do their role-play shows a kind of symbolization on the fictive and symbolic space.


Significance RNA-mediated heterochromatin assembly requires transcription by RNA polymerases and a plethora of RNA-processing factors. However, the mechanisms that differentiate productive gene transcription from transcriptional activity linked to the assembly of repressive heterochromatin have remained elusive. Here we find that factors promoting noncanonical termination of RNA polymerase II transcription trigger heterochromatin assembly. We propose that termination and 3′-end processing factors serve as molecular sensors that, in addition to determining the fate of target transcripts, mediate heterochromatin assembly. Importantly, these findings provide insights into the paradoxical interdependence of heterochromatin assembly and transcription of target loci and suggest a mechanism for specifying certain genomic regions, including developmental genes and repeat elements, as targets for heterochromatin assembly. Cotranscriptional RNA processing and surveillance factors mediate heterochromatin formation in diverse eukaryotes. In fission yeast, RNAi machinery and RNA elimination factors including the Mtl1–Red1 core and the exosome are involved in facultative heterochromatin assembly; however, the exact mechanisms remain unclear. Here we show that RNA elimination factors cooperate with the conserved exoribonuclease Dhp1/Rat1/Xrn2, which couples pre-mRNA 3′-end processing to transcription termination, to promote premature termination and facultative heterochromatin formation at meiotic genes. We also find that Dhp1 is critical for RNAi-mediated heterochromatin assembly at retroelements and regulated gene loci and facilitates the formation of constitutive heterochromatin at centromeric and mating-type loci. Remarkably, our results reveal that Dhp1 interacts with the Clr4/Suv39h methyltransferase complex and acts directly to nucleate heterochromatin. Our work uncovers a previously unidentified role for 3′-end processing and transcription termination machinery in gene silencing through premature termination and suggests that noncanonical transcription termination by Dhp1 and RNA elimination factors is linked to heterochromatin assembly. These findings have important implications for understanding silencing mechanisms targeting genes and repeat elements in higher eukaryotes.


Maintenance of constructions belonging to electricity networks has become a priority for the Romanian Electricity Authority because of the financial constraints. The main targeted objective is to guarantee the transmission and distribution of electricity by reducing downtime to a minimum and by decreasing the repair and replacement costs by means of: . early fault-finding (preventive maintenance); . quantification of seriousness of damage to ensure prompt intervention (condition monitoring); . intervention without interrupting the process ofelectricity transmission and distribution (maximum availability).


The historiographical thought of Ibn Khaldoon formed an important aspect of the comprehensive, creative aspect thought of that well-known Arab scholar. But the historical aspect of that comprehensive, creative thought has not got the attention it deserves by historians. There are still many issues connected, for example, with the historical method and criticism which are in need of more research. This study deals with the method of Ibn Khaldoon in his review of the historical events included in his "Muqaddimah", which he used as evidence of the mistakes made by his antecedent historians, their inaccuracy in transmitting the historical events, and their lack for criticizing mechanisms. Ibn Khaldoon made his "Muqaddimah" to be a criterion for writing correct history, in all its topics on top of which was "the science of urbanization" known today as sociology. But when he dealt with those historical events that his antecedent historian erroneously recorded, according to his point of view, he often contradicted the criteria he used in his "Muqaddimah" to act as instructions for historians in writing correct history void of mistakes, exaggerations, and lies, which he did not comply with. So Ibn Khaldoon theorized something, and practiced something else. The current study tries to clarify this contravention. It gives examples of the historical events and issues Ibn Khaldoon dealt with in the "Muqaddimah". It shows how he explained, surveyed, and analyzed in a way far from the criteria he put so that these criteria would be used by the historians who would come later. Prior to discussing these examples, this paper has dealt with criticism explaining its significance in history writing. Then it has surveyed Ibn Khaldoon's classification of historians and his criticism of their work and the reasons behind the faults in their work followed by the criteria he put to correct those mistakes. Then the paper discusses the extent Ibn Khaldoon adhered to those criteria in his history book "Al-Ibar". In another section the extent of applying these criteria in the "Muqaddimah" has been discussed to form the main topic of this study. Human Sciences Arabic13 4/16/12 3:08 PM Page 116


In dual culture tests, Trichoderma pseudokoningii and Bacillus subtilis parasitized and inhibited the
growth of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fabae and of F. oxysporum f. sp. lupini, which cause wilt on broad bean and
lupine respectively. When applied to the seeds of these crops in field experiments, both antagonists controlled wilt of
broad bean and lupine (75.2% healthy plants). A mixture of both biocontrol agents was more effective than either
agent used alone. Moreover, the biocontrol agents provided a higher percentage of healthy plants than a fungicide
tested for comparison. Fresh filtrate of both antagonists was more effective in suppressing pathogen growth than
stored filtrate.


T E Graduate Short Course for Public Welfare Workers was officially instituted at the University of Missouri as a C.W.A. project in the spring semester of 1934. It was the answer to the call for trained workers in the counties of Missouri. Unlike the "Come over into Macedonia" plea, the rural need had not yet been recognized by the large rural population itself, but only by a few of its leaders. Yet relief and service needs were growing at a tremendous rate. The job for the social worker, therefore, had been an intensive selling as well as a serving one from the beginning, taxing every ounce of patience, ingenuity, courage, and fortitude she-or he-had. (The counties responded less defensively to the man worker" instead of the 'oornan who oughter to be hum raisin' young 'uns and fixin' a man's grub 'stead 0' tellin' 'im.") The first relief worker appointed under the F.E.R.A. remarked after his initial tour of one of the rural counties, "I'd as soon announce myself as a 'revenuer' in some places as a social worker." Little wonder that the urban workers who had gone into counties with the pioneer spirit and run up against such resistance welcomed the suggestion of reinforcements from the Short Course, since the course.was designed to attract native rural young people of university training. At the University a semester's classroom work was offered with ten hours of graduate credit. The subsequent three hundred hours of supervised field work was only a tentative part of the program at this time, and became a reality only at the close of the semester. Then eight hours of credit were offered for it, six hours for field work and two hours for special reports. The training project was fostered by the Division of Women's Work of the Missouri C.W.A. but was worked out by the Rural Sociology Department of the University and financed and encouraged throughout by the Director of the State Relief Commission, even after discontinuance of C.W.A., and by his Field Director whose trained staff contributed throughout to the program. The plan included the offer of 150 scholarships at $6.75 per week. Any man or woman graduate of a college or university, not over 30 years of age, a resident of any county in the state was invited to apply for a scholarship. All the local newspapers were asked to run publicity on the project. Each county formed a committee made up of the chairman of the relief committee, a


Two experiments were carried out to evaluate the effect of three constant temperatures (20, 25 and 30 o C) and the influence of three photoperiods (14/10, 12/12 and 10/14 h. L/D) on the larval, pupal duration period and predation capacity of Chrysoperla carnea reared on Aphis carccivora. In the 1 st experiment the obtained results showed that increasing of temperature resulted in decreasing in both larval and pupal durations period and reducing in the total numbers of consumed preys ( A. carccivora ). Results obtained in the 2 nd experiment proved that the long larval duration was at long photoperiod 14/10 h. L/D). To the contrary, the highest numberd of consumed prey by C. carneu was achieved under short day (10/14 h. L/D).


This database is produced by AARP and is searchable through the EBSCO interface. Over 200 journals, books, book chapters, and reports are indexed by AGELINE. This database covers issues related to aging from individual, national, and global perspectives. It includes health sciences, psychology, sociology, social work, economics, and public policy fields. A broad range of materials is included targeted to students, professionals, researchers, and the general public.


The invention discloses a manufacturing method of a base of a tamping machine, and belongs to the technical field of manufacturing of mechanisms. The method comprises the steps of (1) preparing materials of the base of the tamping machine; (2) forging the base of the tamping machine; (3) annealing the base of the tamping machine; (4) finishing the base of the tamping machine; (5) tempering the base of the tamping machine. The method solves the problem that the base of the existing tamping machine suffers from vibration impact and round corrosion for a long term during working and accordingly is short in service life; the method has the advantages of being simple, low in cost and easy to process.


Smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieu is an alien species in Japan, and it has a serious crisis of biodiversity because it eats other fish, insects, etc. avariciously. A master curve of mesh selectivity of gillnets used to pest control smallmouth bass was estimated with a maximum likelihood method. Bi-normal model was selected and the curve skewed in the right side. While seventy-nine percent of smallmouth bass gilled at backward than the upper end of opercular region, seventeen percent of them caught at maxillary. We considered that the bi-normal model was able to evaluate not only the gilled but also the tangled and the model was consequently selected. When relative length (total length / mesh size) is approximately 4.0, "relative efficiency" becomes the maximum (1.0). When we catch the smallmouth bass with gillnets, the appropriate mesh size is the quarter of total length.


This work advances the knowledge of GaAs reliability by showing high temperature lifetesting is NOT the only game in town. Other accelerated tests are more effective in generating failures-especially failures that are likely to occur in typical use conditions. This work also demonstrates that emphasis on volume and quality aspects of semiconductor manufacturing will result in improved reliability results. Communication with high volume customers and larger sample sizes are offered as methods for finding "real" failure mechanisms.


The authors emphasize the importance of ultrasonographic follow-up of the growth and development of the follicle in patients prepared for fertilization in vitro. The study concerned 30 patients in whom an appropriate stimulation was carried out. Correlation between ultrasonographic and coelioscopic findings is analysed. On the basis of the obtained results it was concluded that ultrasonographic diagnosis may be useful in the evaluation of the number, size and volume of a follicle. This method was also appropriate for the evaluation of the follicle maturity and determination of the best time for their puncture. In this was follicles that are in the most favourable time for fertilization in vitro, can be obtained.


The ultrastructure of ciliation on gill surface of five species of Eulamellibranchia is studied with scanning electron microscopy. The results show that the gill surface of all five species have frontal cilia, lateral cilia and laterofrontal cirri. In addition, a new structure, frontal cirrus between the frontal cilia and laterofrontal cirri, is found only on the gill surface of Corbicula fluminea. It may be related to taking the food particles.


This research aims to determine the results of the analysis of the Guguak Manyambah Song relate to the rhythm, melody, harmony, form, expression and relationship of melody with the song lyric. The type of the research is a qualitative research with a descriptive content analysis approach. The informant of this research was B. Andoeska, who created the Guguak Manyambah Song. Data collection technique done by interview, documentation study, literature study and labor work. Techiques of analysis data are classification of data reduction, data presentation and drawing conclusions. The Guguak Manyambah song is one of the songs classified as pop or popular songs. This song motive is simple, where the lyrics contain deep meaning about how much a man's love for the woman he loves. The tones used on the Guguak Manyambahsong are C, G, D, F, Dm, Gm, and Am. This Guguak Manyambah song uses the major Natural Scales (C = Do) with a 4 meter or 4/4 rhythm, meaning that in one segment there are four beats and the beat unit used is not 1⁄4 (quarter or crossroad) which means that the time signature of the Guguak Manyambah song is 4/4. The song consists of 33 bars and starts on the fourth beat (Down beat) with a tempo of 76. The song has 3 antecedent phrases and 5 consequent phrases. This song has two forms, they are A and B. The melody and poem relationships in this song are predominantly syllabic although there are several neural bars. The Guguak Manyambah song has only one type of kadens, namely The perfect authentic cadence (perfect authentic Kadens). Keywords—Song Analysis, Guguak


For comprehensively considering the equipment health index, maintenance cost and equipment failure loss, a decision-making model for maintenance mode selection is proposed in this paper. We define the equipment risk loss is the product of equipment failure loss and equipment failure probability. The equipment fault loss is composed of equipment asset loss and power grid operation loss, and the specific calculation formula of each part is given in this paper. The influence of the composition elements of maintenance cost, calculation methods and different maintenance methods on equipment failure rate are analyzed. The objective is minimizing the sum of maintenance cost and equipment risk loss after maintenance, a quantitative method is used to select the maintenance mode of distribution network equipment, and the maintenance mode selection process of two transformers in a certain state is given as the calculation example and the results verified the effectiveness of the proposed method.


OBJECTIVES
to assess the accuracy of the two most used anthropometric criteria: Must and Cole to diagnose obesity in adolescence comparing with percentage of fat mass determined by DXA.

METHODOLOGY
cross-sectional study with 418 adolescents (52.4% males) attending a private school in São Paulo/Brazil. Anthropometric measures of height and weight were taken and BMI was calculated. Analysis of body composition was performed using the DXA to detect percentage of fat mass. Using the method proposed by Ellis & Wong (ERM) two sex-specific linear regression models of fat percentage for age in years were fitted. The comparison between the methods was carried out through the analyses of specificity and sensitivity with two residual percentiles as cutoff points (ERM85th and ERM95th) as standards. A logistic model was fitted to estimate the probability curves of obesity classification.

RESULTS
the comparison of the two classic criteria for the diagnosis of obesity with the ERM85th and ERM 95th, yields for females the same sensitivities of 0.50 and 0.20 for both criteria. For males sensitivities for ERM 85th were 0.61 (Must) and 0.49 (Cole); while for ERM95th the sensitivities were 0.81 (Must) and 0.64 (Cole). Therefore, there are high probabilities that those criteria diagnose adolescents as obese, when actually they are not.

CONCLUSION
the Must and Cole criteria were similar and present flaws for the diagnosis of obesity. In clinical practice and field studies anthropometric criteria should be evaluated as to the diagnostic accuracy along with other clinical parameters and, when feasible, the analysis of fatness percentage. However, the anthropometric criteria evaluated are efficient in the identification of non-obese adolescent in the two cutoff points considered.


Abstract This paper presents a bidimensional cellular model for simulating lava flows and its application to the simulation of the 1986–87 and 1991–92 Etnean eruptions. Lava flow is viewed as a dynamic system based on local interactions with discrete time and space, where space is represented by square cells. Each cell is characterized by specific values (the state) of the following selected physical parameters: altitude, lava thickness, lava temperature and lava outflows toward the neighbouring cells. Lava rheology is considered indirectly through its effect on lava thickness. The boundary values constraining a simulation are those describing underlying topography, lava discharge rate, eruption temperature, solidus temperature and rheology. The Cellular Automata model has been tested against growth data for Etna's 1986–87 and 1991–92 flow fields. Even though the data set is heterogeneous, the model and real flow field show strikingly similar growth patterns. The close similarity highlights the flexibilit...


Stochastic soft real time systems distinguish themselves from hard real time systems in that there is no demand for every job in a task to meet its deadline.For these systems,provided that job deadline missing rate is below some threshold,total performance is acceptable. For a fixed priority preemptive scheduled soft real time system, we present probabilistic time demand analysis technique by which a lower bound on the probability that a job in a periodic task meets its deadline is estimated . We have also performed a simulation study of an example system and check the tightness of the lower bound.The simulation results shows PTDA has a high speed and an error below 10%. It can provide important reference for the design of soft real time application.


This chapter interrogates the relatively unexplored conceptual category of samaj as deployed by the literati to see how it acted as a means for negotiating complex sets of loyalties and identities, and envisioning a wider unity cutting across variations of caste, region and locality. The deployment of samaj by the literati reflected a nuanced interplay between the themes of continuity and unity in the ontology of nationhood. The chapter illuminates how the notion of a nation in colonial Bengal was produced through a complex interaction between reorientations of indigenous ideas of past unities and the influences and contexts of the late colonial situation. The idea of samajik (social) unity in terms of radiating oneness from the familial nucleus was deeply rooted in dharma, the ideological basis and the welding force of samaj. Samajik unity rethought in terms of dharma presupposed a divide between indigenous and western/European society.Keywords: colonial Bengal; dharma; literati; nationhood; samajik unity


The method of dividing common expenditures for water project, which is proportional to the volumes of water, assigned for each participant of the project, it can't be applied to the participants having no relation to the water (for example, the railroad (or the railways) put along the dam comb). Other methods for distributing total costs are based on different indices of participants' benefits, such as: 1) the absolute efficiency attained by each participant and 2) the relative efficiency attained by each participant and resulted from the fact that a part of total costs is taken by other participants. The author suggests applying the first index to the so-called strong participants, while applying the second one to the so-called weak participants. He pays attention to the problem of dividing common and particular expenditures of different participants.


The research paper studies about English modal verb in subtitling Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters movie script. The study aims (1) to identify subtitling variations using of the English modal verbs in Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters movie and subtitling and (2) to describe the accuracy of English modal verbs translated into Indonesian and its subtitling in Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters movie and subtitling.
The type of this research is descriptive qualitative research. The object of the study is the movie entitled Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters and its subtitling. The data of this study is sentences consisting modal verb found in Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters movie script. Data source used in this research are the documentation of the data research paper and the raters. The researcher uses document, questionnaire, and interview raters in collecting data. The data are analyzed by using comparing method.
The result of the study shows that there are 4 types of English modal verb. 64 data or 40% English modal verb translated into modal verb, the English modal verb translated into Indonesian modal verb can be divided into six, such as: 25 data or 39.1% will, 11 data or 17.2% would, 5 data or 7.8% could, 12 data or 18,7% can, 3 data or 4.7% might, 8 data or 12.5% have to. 32 data or 20% English modal verb translated into adverb, the English modal verb translated into adverb can be divided into seven, such as: 2 data or 6.3% will, 2 data or 6.3% would, 4 data or 12.5% could, 4 data or 12.5% can, 10 data or 31.2% may, 2 data or 6.2% might, 8 data or 25% should. 53 data or 33.1% English modal verb translated into verb, the English modal verb translated into verb can be divided into nine, such as: 9 data or 17% will, 3 data or 5.7% would, 5 data or 9.4% could, 15 data or 28.3% can, 1 data or 1.9% might, 6 data or 11.3% should, 4 data or 7.5% have to, 7 data or 13.2% shall, 3 data or 5.7% must. 11 data or 6.9% English modal verb is omitted or deleted, the English modal verb is omitted or deleted that can be divided into six, such as: 2 data or 18.2% will, 4 data or 36.4% would, 1 data or 9.1% could, 2 data or 18.2% might, 1 data or 9.1% may, 1 data or 9.1% have to.
The accuracy of the data shows that rater gets 3 score 145 data or 90.6%, 12 data or 7.5% get 2 score, and the less 3 data or 1.9% get 1 score.


The invention discloses a child paper diaper with a urine detection function. The child paper diaper comprises a urine isolating layer, an absorption core layer and an outer-layer paper diaper body from inside to outside; a urine detection device is arranged between the urine isolating layer and the absorption core layer; the urine isolating layer is provided with an uncovering end embedded into a clamping sleeve arranged in the absorption core layer; the urine detection device comprises a detection circuit and detection test paper; the detection test paper comprises the trace element detection test paper, the antibiotic detection test paper and the urine routine detection test paper and is formed by splicing a plurality of test paper with different detection items, and each color recognition block corresponds to a detection result of each test paper. The invention further discloses a trace element detection method. The child paper diaper is simple in structure and low in cost and can achieve the urine detection function to obtain child health information and conduct long-term healthy state monitoring on a child by being combined with a mobile terminal to be used.


In this thesis samples of ZnS:Cr thin films have been made through physical vapor deposition (PVD) with resistive heating and characterized by several methods. The thin films are of various thicknesses and contain different concentration of Cr. ZnS:Cr is a candidate to a bulk material for intermediate band solar cell, IBSC, and was therefore selected for this thesis. IBSC is a concept for solar cells with a much higher effiency than todays common solar cell. The goal for the project was to put together the deposition system, make the samples, measure the thicknesses and concentrations and characterize them. Methods like X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), profilometer, four point measurement, Hall-measurement and optical transmission measurements have been used to determine structure, concentrations, thicknesses, resistivity, number of carriers and transmission respectively. The samples and the characterization performed with XRD, AES, profilometer, Hall-measurement and four point measurement were done at NTNU. The spectrum measurements were done at NTNU and the University in Vienna. Samples with thicknesses in the range of 200 A to 3340 A have been investigated. Some were deposited in room temperature, some were annealed afterwards for 2 hours at 4500C and some were deposited on substrates with a temperature of 3000C. The thicknesses were measured with a contact profilometer. The theoretical concentration of the samples were in the range of 4% to 31%. There was impossible to measure samples with a lower concentration than 7%, even though these were made. Transmission spectra were made in five overlapping specrophotometerss. Two were used in the visible region (UV-VIS), two in the near infra-red (NIR) region, and one Fourier Transform Infra-Red spectroscopy (FTIR) for the long wavelength region. The range was from 250 nm up to 25000 nm. No Cr2+ absorption lines were found. This can indicate a cluster form of the Cr and not a substitution of Cr2+ with Zn2+ ions. The band gap found from the transmission spectra were in the range of >4.5 eV to 2.95 eV. The high band gap imply insulating samples and inactive Cr states in cluster form. No peaks from lattice configuration were found in the XRD spectrum. This indicates an amorphous structure for both the samples deposited in room temperature, the annealed samples and the sample deposited on hot substrate. The lattice configuration of the sapphire substrate was found for 3 samples. This was the [300] reflection for sapphire at 68.2 degrees. Four samples were investigated in AES. A 3340 A 7% sample, a 800 A 4% deposited on hot substrate. Less Cr than expected was found for the sample of 800 A and 830 A. However, all samples contained O and C. The sample deposited on hot substrate should contain 80 A Cr theoretically, but no traces were found. The same applies for the 800 A sample with less than 5%. Both charged badly which imply non-conductive samples. The 31% and the 7% sample did not show the same charging which implies conductivity. The samples showed a great amount of Cr, but did also contain O and C. However, from the Hall-measurement and four probe measurement none of the samples showed conductive properties. This emphasize the suspicion of incorporation of Cr clusters in inactive states making the samples insulating.


The proliferation of distributed renewable energy resources (RESs) causes several voltage issues and line overloading. Upgrading existing lines or increasing additional lines are the traditional approach to overcome these problems. As an alternative approach is to use energy storage units (SUs) to connect between the two grids called virtual power lines (VPLs). The optimal power flow (OPF) problem can be solved by converting the chance constraint into the second order cone constraint. Compared with traditional hard constraints, chance constraints can achieve trade-off between voltage range satisfaction and network loss minimization. Two modified IEEE 33 bus systems with different consumer units were utilized as the test system, and two cases – hard constraints and chance constraints- were conducted for the simulation to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.


ABSTRACT This paper investigates the antecedents of supply chain agility and its impact on firm's operational performance. Drawing upon dynamic capabilities perspective and contingency theory, the study argues that supply chain agility is a result of the combination of lean manufacturing and supply chain integration practices, and that supply chain agility is positively linked to firm's operational performance. Employing structural equation modelling, this research presents evidence that companies with agile supply chains perform better than companies focused only on implementing lean or supply chain integration practices; in this sense, the results show that supply chain agility fully mediates the relationships between lean/supply chain integration and firm's operational performance. This study contributes to the growing body of conceptual and empirical literature on agility by understanding the synergies between lean manufacturing, supply chain integration, supply chain agility and firm's operational performance. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed and future research perspectives are provided.


Peter Webbon qualified from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and is currently chief executive of the Animal Health Trust (AHT). Much of his life has involved animals, for leisure as well as work, and he is committed to improving their welfare


It has frequently been pointed out during the past two years by the mayor and by others who have had occasion to discuss school affairs in Chicago that the board of education of this city is entirely independent of the city officials. Although the mayor appoints the members of the board and the city council confirms the appointments, the board, after it is organized, is entirely independent of the


This article investigates the connotative meanings of the color terms "red" and "yellow" in Algerian culture from a pragmatic perspective. The study aims to explore the different connotative representations that these colors can acquire in various contexts. The data for this study were primarily obtained from Algerian newspapers, TV series, and social media posts. To pinpoint the accuracy of the analysis, a Discourse Completion Task (DCT) questionnaire was distributed among male and female Algerian students at Jordan University. The DCT comprised 12 situations, with six for each color, and participants were required to determine the appropriate meaning in each situation. The collected data was then analyzed qualitatively in detail. The results have shown that while the red color in Algerian culture has both positive and negative connotations, yellow always bears a negative connotation. These findings provide valuable insights into the cultural associations and symbolism of these colors in Algerian society, which can be relevant for professionals in fields such as marketing, advertising, and international business to enhance their cross-cultural communication and understanding.


The invention discloses a double-scissor-type lifting platform which is smooth in lifting and used for conveying LNG bottles. The lifting platform comprises a base and a platform body. Two lines of scissor supports are arranged between the base and the platform body in parallel, and each line of scissor supports includes two parallel scissor supports. Each scissor support comprises an upper support and a lower support which are hinged to each other, wherein one end of the upper support is hinged to the lower surface of the platform body, the other end of the upper support is slidably arranged on the base, one end of the lower support is hinged to the base, and the other end of the lower support is slidably arranged on the lower surface of the platform body and supports the platform body. An upper sliding rail is arranged on the lower surface of the platform body, and idler wheels embedded into the upper sliding rail are arranged at the upper ends of the lower supports; a lower sliding rail is arranged on the base, and idler wheels embedded into the lower sliding rail are arranged at the bottoms of the upper supports. Lower connecting rods for connecting the upper supports with the idler wheels embedded into the lower sliding rail, a driving device driving the two lower connecting rods at the same speed is arranged on the base, an upper supporting frame is arranged on the upper surface of the platform body, and a plurality of feeding carrier rollers are arranged on the upper supporting frame in parallel.


We study the time evolution of the R\'enyi entanglement entropies following a quantum quench in a two-dimensional (2D) free-fermion system. By employing dimensional reduction, we effectively transform the 2D problem into decoupled chains, a technique applicable when the system exhibits translational invariance in one direction. Various initial configurations are examined, revealing that the behavior of entanglement entropies can often be explained by adapting the one-dimensional quasiparticle picture. However, intriguingly, for specific initial states the entanglement entropy saturates to a finite value without the reduced density matrix converging to a stationary state. We discuss the conditions necessary for a stationary state to exist and delve into the necessary modifications to the quasiparticle picture when such a state is absent.


A system of nomenclature for the consistent description of archaeological artefacts made from quartz has been developed, based upon published mineralogical texts. The system has been found to be useful in the description of cylinder seals from Western Asia and the results obtained suggest that the provision of consistent identifications may be valuable in tracing the evolution of material usage over time.


A method for estimating the resistivity of a short rod-shaped sample conductor is investigated. The resistivity is estimated by using both the measured value of the difference in complex impedance of a solenoid coil with and without the sample conductor inside it (SRPM method) and the same value calculated by the finite-element method. The discrepancy between the values of resistivity estimated by this method and those measured by the DC four-probe method was less than 3% when the ratio between the lengths of the sample conductor and the solenoid coil was greater than 1, and less than 7.3% when it was less than 1.<<ETX>>


Lattice dynamics and electron-phonon coupling are calculated for non-magnetic hcp iron at 100 GPa by a first-principles linear response full-potential LMTO method. Superconducting transition temperature is estimated to be less than 0.5 K. For ferromagnetic bcc iron lattice dynamical calculations are performed for 9.8 GPa as well as for ambient pressure. The results of calculation reproduce well the pressure dependence of phonon dispersion curves observed by neutron scattering measurements.


The role of generic lexical resources as well as specialized terminology is crucial in the design of complex dialogue systems, where a human interacts with the computer using Natural Language. Lexicon and terminology are supposed to store information for several purposes, including the discrimination of semantic-ally inconsistent interpretations, the use of lexical variations, the compositional construction of a semantic representation for a complex sentence and the ability to access equivalencies across different languages. For these purposes it is necessary to rely on representational tools that are both theoretically motivated and operationally well defined. In this paper we propose a solution to lexical and terminology representation which is based on the combination of a linguistically motivated upper model and a multilingual WordNet. The upper model accounts for the linguistic analysis at the sentence level, while the multilingual WordNet accounts for lexical and conceptual relations at the word level.


James M. Saslow. The Medici Wedding of 1589: Florentine Festival as "Theatrum mundi." New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1996. 16 pis. + 88 figs. + x + 323 pp. ISBN: 0-300-06447-0. The 1589 wedding of Grand Duke Ferdinando I of Tuscany with the French princess Christine of Lorraine is the hallmark of High Renaissance wedding festivals in Italy. It is not surprising, therefore, that a number of scholars have mined the event for their own research on the development of festive theater, art, and even music. No one, however, has examined the entire, complex, year-long preparations that went into the month-long festive unit — no one, that is, until now. James Saslow's ground-breaking contribution to scholarship on Italian Renaissance spectacle has been to examine the 1589 wedding celebrations not as a single spectacular event, but as a year-long drama of preparations, politics, and performance. He has also rightly identified the wedding celebrations as a theatrum mundi in which actors and spectators share the stage equally, each group playing its part in the theatre of triumphalism that characterizes the "propagandistic displays by the emerging Renaissance nations"


This paper revisits the classical bitwidth optimization problem for fixed-point designs. Our approach also starts from static analysis (range analysis and precision analysis) techniques. We first point out that AA-based precision analysis, which is widely used in many previous works, are not correctly applied for some corner cases. We propose to use interval coefficients to model the sensitivity (the mathematic form is similar to classical generalized interval arithmetic) to correct those issues. Based on the analysis, we use a convex optimization problem to optimize the area costs. In the formulation, we also allow different bitwidths for the multiple uses of the same signal. We get an additional 2% to 3% area reduction compared with previous AA-based analysis and optimizations. We also conduct some optimality study to see how much the gap between the current methods and the possible optimal point is.


This paper presents a novel approach to singularity treatment of non-redundant robots. In particular it tries to yield a complete solution to the singularity problem. Based on the symbolic deduction of the inverse Jacobian a necessary condition is derived to discriminate between executable and non-executable motions. In this context the redundant motions in a singular robot configuration are examined and illustrated. The robot can move out of the singular configuration without any position or orientation error. Two strategies are derived to move through the singular configuration. The results although general-are verified using the six axis ROTEX robot, the first remotely controlled space robot.


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As a team leader,project manager must have capabilities and skills to lead the whole team.This paper focuses on the study of leadership factors of a project manager.On the basis of analyzing internal requirements and external behaviors of leadership,the model and its assessing factors are offered.The paper provides a new thinking style to studying leadership of a project manager.


Chapter 5 focuses on resiliency, or how students can bounce back from different challenges to build a successful college career. The chapter shows that having challenging experiences during college is a valuable way to build resiliency for life after college. College presents the opportunity to reflect on earlier experiences in families, cultures, groups, and within organizations. For students, reflecting on how their backgrounds affect current choices is crucial for shaping a personal and professional story that can guide important choices while in college, help frame personal statements, and point toward potential career paths after graduation.


This paper describes the elements and operation of a simulator that is being used to train operators of the Rotor Test Apparatus (RTA) in the large-scale 40- by 80-Foot Wind Tunnel at Ames Research Center. The simulator, named TUTOR (for Tunnel Utilization Trainer with Operating Rotor) duplicates the controls of the rotor and its dynamic behavior, as well as the wind-tunnel controls. The simulation software uses a preexisting blade-element model of a four-bladed rotor with flapping and lead-lag degrees of freedom. Equations were developed for all hardware and controls of the RTA and of the wind tunnel that are normally required to perform a wind-tunnel test of a helicopter rotor. The simulator hardware consists of consoles designed to have the same appearance and functions as those in the control room of the 40- by 80-Foot Wind Tunnel, allowing input from three operators who normally establish the required operating conditions during a test run. Normal operating procedures can be practiced, as well as simulated emergencies such as rotor power failure.


This paper presents a leakage-efficient instruction TLB (Translation Lookaside Buffer) design for embedded processors. The key observation is that when programs enter a physical page, the following instructions tend to be fetched from the same page for a rather long time. Thus, by employing a small storage component which holds the recent address-translation information, the TLB access frequency can be drastically decreased, and the instruction TLB can be turned into the low-leakage mode with the dual voltage supply technique. Based on such a design philosophy, three leakage control policies are proposed to maximize the leakage reduction efficiency. Evaluation results with eight MiBench programs show that the proposed design can reduce the leakage power of the instruction TLB by 50% on average, with only 0.01% performance degradation.


In this paper, a new active fault tolerant control (FTC) strategy is developed to nonlinear systems described by multiple linear models to prevent the system deterioration by the synthesis of adapted controllers. When a fault is detected by the fault detection and diagnosis scheme, the reconfigurable controller is designed automatically using a robust gain scheduling strategy. The main contribution concerns the design of state feedback gains through LMI both in fault-free and faulty cases in order to preserve the system performances over a wide operating range. For each separate actuator with which the system is robustly stabilizable, a robust pole placement is designed by pole clustering. The effectiveness and performances of the method have been illustrated in simulation considering a classical nonlinear benchmark


Recent trends in scholarship about Mexico during the colonial period are glimpsed in this article, with an emphasis on the place of material culture in current and future cr oss-disciplinary w ork in the field. Archaeologists and art histor ians are becoming major voices in this field, addressing key issues in the historical literature, yet there has been little conversation and debate across disciplines to date. Imagining the present becoming the future for the study of Ne w Spain, especially the territory of modern Mexico , brings many possibilities to mind. This article will only mention some of the trends and highlight one that historians tend to o verlook in our conversations among ourselves. Perhaps it is just my associati ve cast of mind, but I suppose the various possibilities suggest how diffuse and incomplete historical study remains, and not just for Mexico. Under the circumstances, groups of scholar s concentrating their efforts along one line of inquiry can be very productive. But seemingly scattered activity is not a bad thing. For my part, I am grateful to Charles Gibson for never telling his students what to study or how to study it. It would be crippling if scarce resources for the study of New Spain, Mexico, or Mesoamerica (the area of densely settled, pre-colonial state societies in moder n central and southern Mexico and Central American highlands) before the nineteenth century were limited to a few schools of thought, subjects, or approaches. 1 A fe w hour s with the Digital Dissertations database and the American Historical Association's list of dissertations in progress shows the continuing prominence of Mexico in Anglophone Latin American historical studies. (More than one-third of the 4,000+ Latin American history and history-related dissertations listed since 1990 concern Mexico). Interest in the colonial period remains quite strong, too, although more of the most exciting work now is being done on the nineteenth century. I checked for waves of interest in the colonial period scholarship, and found some, but also noticed quite a few recent dissertation projects on unfashionable subjects, such as fiscal administration, imperial institutions, biographies of viceroys, elite families, the professions, merchants, political economy, encomienda, transportation, education, print culture, and music. Some of the great books,


Job shop scheduling is the key technology of planning, management and optimization of manufacturing processes. The methods for job shop scheduling are analyzed and the algorithm of optimizing per phase based on a job status space for job shop scheduling is proposed in this paper. The executive performance of the algorithm is better than SPT (shortest process time) and LWR (least work remained) rules, and the schedule is executable in a job shop floor.


BACKGROUND
Monitoring the risk of intussusception after the introduction of rotavirus vaccines is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). Although the validity of intussusception monitoring using electronic health records (EHRs) has been confirmed previously, no similar studies have been conducted in China. We aimed to verify the diagnosis and determine an algorithm with the best performance for identification of intussusception using Chinese EHR databases.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
Using the Regional Health Information Platform in Ningbo, patients aged 0-72 months from 2015 to 2021 with any related visits for intussusception were included. The algorithms were based on diagnostic codes or keywords in different clinical scenarios, and their performance was evaluated with positive predictive value (PPV) and sensitivity in line with the Brighton guidelines.

RESULTS
Brighton level 1 intussusception was confirmed in 2958 patients with 3246 episodes. Fine-tuned algorithms combining the appearance of the relevant ICD-10 codes or the Chinese keyword 'Chang Tao' in any diagnostic reports with the results of enema treatments or related surgeries showed the highest sensitivity, while the highest PPV was obtained by further criteria based on typical radiographic appearances.

CONCLUSION
Intussusception could be identified and validated internally using EHRs in Ningbo.


had been done along sociological lines. The problem was to determine the mental status of dependent children and to interpret as far as possible the results of the investigation. The superintendent of one of the county homes for orphan children gave permission to test the dependent children in his charge. There were 93 children in the home at that time, ranging in age from 3 to 17 years. The tests of the Yerkes-Bridges-Hardwick Point Scale were given to these children, and had time permitted several performance tests would also have been given. Attention is called to the


Renal osteodystrophy (ROD) is an early complication in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Irreversible skeletal complications and deformities in children are already present before CKD progresses to end stage renal disease; therefore, the early detection of coexisting ROD is important in children with CKD. In the present work, we present a case of ROD in a 14-year-old female patient with chronic renal failure. The patient had already suffered bilateral femoral neck fractures before starting extracorporeal dialysis. On the 21st day after dialysis, external fixations of the femoral neck were performed.


The authors present the results of a detailed performability evaluation of a network using the IEEE 802.4 protocol. In particular a 30 station IEEE 802.4 token bus network operating in a hostile factory environment is evaluated using stochastic activity networks. Stochastic activity networks, a generalization of stochastic Petri nets, provide a convenient representation for computer networks and are formal enough to permit solution by both analysis and simulation. The evaluation results show (1) that stochastic activity networks are an appropriate model type for evaluating the performability of local-area networks, and (2) that the protocol is extremely tolerant to transient faults such as token losses and noise bursts under moderate network loads.<<ETX>>


He indeed is king whose abode has spacious pleasure gardens with long pools made brilliant by beautiful lotus blossoms covered with humming bees.... Wealth, friends well-versed in the arts, the sound of melodious lutes, and beautiful women with young and charming bodies— all these will be without fruit for the king seeking the pleasure of all, if there are no pleasure gardens. Śārngadharapaddhati


The phenotypical identification of diagnostic cells is crucial for the diagnosis of Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) on fine‐needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). The aim of this study is to evaluate the immunocytochemical (ICC) expression of CD30, CD15, and PAX5 in Hodgkin's cells (HC) and Reed‐Sternberg cells (RSC) on smears and cell‐blocks (CB) of HL and to compare the performance of each antibody on smears and CB.


Hyperphosphorylated tau (pTau) is a precursor to tau tangle formation in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We have identified aptamers that bind to specific cell membrane receptors of human neuronal cells that are hyperphosphorylating tau. In this work, we built a novel targeted nanoparticle magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent, TauX, that binds such neurons, and tested its efficacy in vivo in the P301S mouse model of tau pathology.