A standard operating procedure (SOP) for determination of the sulfur mustard adduct to the N-terminal valine in hemoglobin was developed. By using this SOP, it was found that the Nterminal valine adduct in globin of hairless guinea pigs and marmosets which had been exposed to sulfur mustard (0.5 LD50) is persistent for at least 56 and 94 days, respectively. The SOP could be properly set up and carried out at another institute (MRICD) within one working day. Upon pronase digestion of albumin from human blood exposed to sulfur mustard, the major adduct fragment was identified by LC-tandem MS analysis as the tripeptide (S-2-hydroxyethylthioethyl)Cys-Pro-Phe, arising from alkylation at cysteine-34. An LC-tandem MS method was developed for analysis of this peptide, which enabled us to detect exposure to ≥ 10 nM of sulfur mustard, using only 3 mg of albumin. The method was successfully applied to analysis of blood samples of Iranian casualties from the Iran-Iraq conflict. Presently, this is by far the most sensitive marker for exposure of human blood to sulfur mustard. Upon incubation with alkali (pH 13) of keratin isolated from callus which had been exposed to [14C]sulfur mustard, 80% of the bound radioactivity was split off as [14C]thiodiglycol. This procedure could be used for GC-MS analysis of thiodiglycol (after derivatization with pentafluorobenzoyl chloride) that was released by alkaline treatment from keratin, isolated from human skin which had been exposed to saturated sulfur mustard vapor for ≥ 2 min. This work was supported by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command under Cooperative Agreement DAMD17-97-2-7002 and by the Directorate of Military Medical Services of the Ministry of Defense, The Hague, The Netherlands.


Quantitative spectro-microscopic characterization of the interfaces between polymers and relevant proteins helps understand fundamental issues of protein – polymer interactions and can provide insights into biocompatibility. Synchrotron based X-ray photoemission electron microscopy (X-PEEM) and scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM) are being used to study distributions of proteins adsorbed on chemically heterogeneous polymer surfaces with ~30 nm spatial resolution. The relevant contrast in each technique is X-ray absorption spectroscopy which provides speciation and quantitation of both adsorbed proteins or peptides (and in combinations), simultaneously with chemically sensitive imaging of the underlying polymer substrate. An overview of recent progress in this field is given, along with some comparisons to complementary techniques (AFM and TOF-SIMS) for investigating protein-polymer interfaces.


The indicators of daily monitoring of arterial pressure, functional (vazodilatation of humeral artery) and biochemical markers of dysfunction of endothelium (interleukin −1β, tumor necrosis factor — α and nitrogen oxide), life quality on «Nottingham health profile (NHP)», the relation to illness on «Personal Questionnaire of Bekhterev Institute (PQBI)» and the degree of expression of alarm and depression on «hospital scale of anxiety and depression» (HCAD) were estimated at patients with arterial hypertonia (AH) and a 2 type diabetes (n = 56) and without it (n = 51). Interrelations of anxious depressions with vascular reactivity and endothelium function at patients with AH in combination with DM 2 type are revealed. Life quality is more bound to anxiety and depression, than to somatic factors.


Deaf people using sign language are experiencing social inequalities and financial losses due to communication restrictions. In this paper, real-time pattern recognition algorithm was applied to distinguish American Sign Language using an armband sensor(8-channel EMG sensors and one IMU) to enable communication between the deaf and the hearing people. The validation test was carried out with 11 people. Learning pattern classifier was established by gradually increasing the number of training database. Results showed that the recognition accuracy was over 97% with 20 training samples and over 99% with 30 training samples. The present study shows that sign language recognition using armband sensor is more convenient and well-performed.


The overall decision making scheme of the development of new products is combined by several sub schemes. The characteristics of the general decision scheme in CE(Concurrent Engineering) are researched. Using the relationship between subjective sensation and objective simulation, definition and computing method of syntaxis measure is given. The optimal model based on the genetic algorithm is proposed. Finally, the effectiveness of the algorithm and model in CE is illustrated with a classic case.


In order to analyze the true effects of return freight insurance on agricultural-product sellers,the information asymmetries between the consumer and the sellers are the main reasons to cause the reverse logistics in E-business.Accordingly,the author establishes three models: the consumer decision-making in E-business shopping model,the return rate model and the sellers' profit model.At last the author introduces the real numerical values into the three models and proves that the sellers who sale cost-effective commodity can earn more profit after using the new insurance,while the other two sellers would lose,so the sellers were recommended to insist honest business.


This paper is an overview of the history mainly about the application of fractal theory in the field of radar target detection. First,the deficiency of the traditional radar target detection is analysed.Then,the development of the fractal theory in the field of target detection is presented based on the fractal model going from the easy to the difficult,and the focal points are placed on the aspects of routine radar target detection and image target detection(SAR image).Finally,the researching prospect of applying fractal theory to target detection is presented.


The early rub impact fault detection of an engine rotor system in noise circumstances is researched. An optimum parameter searching method that can improve the ICA algorithm is proposed and applied to the separation between vibra signal and noise. After that, the separated vibra signal is analyzed on the wavelet packet decomposition to obtain the early rub impact fault features. Simulation results show that the modified ICA algorithm is effective on denoise of vibra signal, and wavelet packet decomposition may provide richer early rub impact fault information than wavelet decomposition. The proposed approach may be a desired solution to fault detection and diagnosis of early rub impact in engineering practice.


We review the theoretical status of squark and gluino hadroproduction and provide numerical predictions for all squark and gluino pair-production processes at the Tevatron and at the LHC, with a particular emphasis on proton–proton collisions at 7 TeV. Our predictions include next-to-leading order supersymmetric QCD corrections and the resummation of soft gluon emission at next-to-leading-logarithmic accuracy. We discuss the impact of the higher-order corrections on total cross-sections, and provide an estimate of the theoretical uncertainty due to scale variation and the parton distribution functions.


From the outset of his life's work on television, Baird had been interested in cinema television. Indeed, when he commenced his activities in Hastings, the Hastings and St. Leonards Observer reported in January 1924, 'A Scotsman has come... to Hastings [who] is now engaged upon perfecting an invention which at some not very distant date may enable people to sit in a cinema and see on the screen the finish of the Derby at the same moment as the horses are passing the post, or may be the Carpentier-Demsey fight...'. A few years later,
in June 1931, Baird had televised, albeit crudely, the Derby from Epsom, and in June 1932 he had shown images of the Derby on a large-screen in the Metropole Cinema.


Saman religion is a primitive one of the Manchu nationality and their ancestors, in which willow worship occupies an important position. Willow worship was rooted in the culture of fishing and hunting of the Manchu ancestors. It spread in all parts of their work and life, enriched the connotation of the Manchu culture, and therefore, it is a valuable Chinese cultural heritage.


Background: Acne is a common disfiguring skin condition that affects approximately 15% of the people in the UK. This study investigates the psychological and emotional impact of acne. Material and Methods: The study was conducted at the dermatology out-patient department of the Stirling Royal Infirmary in Stirling and at the dermatology out-patient department of Falkirk Royal Infirmary in Falkirk (Scotland). Patients were assessed pre-treatment, post-treatment (5 months) and follow-up (8 months). Clinical severity was assessed by a dermatologist at all three assessment time-points using the Leeds Acne Severity Grading Technique. The psychological well-being of acne patients was assessed using the following self-report psychological test measures: The Skindex, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, and the Positive and Negative Affectivity Scales (PANAS). Patients were also asked to self-rate the severity of their skin disease. 34 acne patients completed all 3 assessments. Results: Results demonstrate that the clinical grade of acne improved significantly over treatment time, and at follow-up assessment. This indicates that the treatment prescribed by the dermatologists was generally effective, and that this improvement in the clinical severity of acne was maintained at the 8-month follow-up assessment, even though medical intervention had ceased. There was also evidence of moderate psychological distress pre-treatment, based on the psychological test measures employed. Treatment outcome results obtained from acne patients showed that there was a significant improvement over treatment time on how patients self-rated their self-esteem and positive affectivity, and a significant decrease on how patients selfrated their anxiety, depression, negative affectivity and Skindex scores. Conclusion: In conclusion this study has demonstrated that the psychological profile exhibited by acne patients pretreatment may be largely reversed over treatment time, and that this psychological improvement is generally maintained at follow-up assessment.


PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a car suspension sheave fitting device and a rope anchoring device enabling the reduction of a pit depth and a reduction in the weight of a car which are manufacturable at lower costs. SOLUTION: This car suspension sheave fitting device of an underslung elevator comprises a car frame vertical column 3, a guide shoe 2 installed on the car frame vertical column opposite to a guide rail 1, a frame upper beam and a frame lower beam 5 installed between the upper and lower parts of the car frame vertical column, suspension sheaves 16 disposed at both ends of the car frame lower beam, respectively, and a main rope 17 wrapped around the suspension sheaves through a gap between the rear surface of the car frame vertical column and the side wall of the cage. The rope anchoring device of the underslung elevator comprises a car frame vertical column, a guide shoe installed on the car frame vertical column opposite to a guide rail, a car frame upper beam and a car frame lower beam installed between the upper and lower parts of the car frame vertical column, a rope anchoring metal fitting fitted to the rear surface of the car frame vertical column, and a main rope connected to the rope anchoring metal fitting through a rope shuckle while passing through the gap between the rear surface of the car frame vertical frame and the side wall of the cage. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT


A novel 3-D MUSIC algorithm based on the classical 3D-MUSIC algorithm for the location of near-field source is presented. Under the far-field assumption of the actual near-field, two algebraic relations of the location parameters between the actual near-field sources and the far-field ones are derived. With the Fourier Transformation and the polynomial-root methods, the elevation and the azimuth of the far-field are obtained, the tracking paths can be developed, and the location parameters of the near-field source can be determined, then the more accurate results can be estimated using optimization method. The computer simulation results proved that the algorithm for the location of the near-fields is more accurate, effective and suitable for real-time applications.


Theory of pulsewidth dependence of laser induced damage threshold (LIDT) in transparent solids is presented. The damage is supposed to be initiated by thermal explosion of absorbing inclusions. The investigation of thermal explosion is based on an analysis of the heat transfer equation and a new approach to solving this equation is developed allowing to study kinetics of thermal explosion without any modeling presentation of an absorption mechanism. It is shown that the key parameter determining a dependence of LIDT upon a laser pulsewidth, (tau) p, is the heat transfer time, (tau) , from an inclusion to a surrounding medium. At (tau) p >> (tau) a damage threshold is characterized by a laser radiation intensity, whereas at (tau) p << (tau) --by an energy density. The pulsewidth dependence of the LIDT has been investigated for rectangular and gaussian shapes of laser pulses and it has been established that the dependencies considerably differ in these two cases in a range of (tau) p approximately (tau) . An effect of damage statistics, connected with a random spatial distribution of inclusions in a material, is also investigated. For the case of one-type inclusions (single-(tau) inclusions) it is shown: the statistics does not change a functional form of the pulsewidth dependence of the LIDT and correct only the LIDT values by a spot-size factor. Theoretical results are compared with experimental data published by different research groups for the laser damage in a nanosecond-picosecond region.


Any government interested in the welfare state of its citizen, the subject of improving livelihood security for the people of the North-Eastern part of Nigeria is an issue of great importance. Food and livelihood security is an important need, as it is indispensable for the maintenance of human life. This research focuses on the empirical assessment of farmers' livelihood security in the north-eastern region of Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to identify the socio-economic characteristics of farmers and identify the constraints militating against livelihood security among farmers in the study area. Data were collected from 435 randomly selected farmers in three states of the North-Eastern region with the aid of structured questionnaires. Data analyses were carried out using descriptive statistics involving the use of frequency distribution, percentages, mean and standard deviation, and inferential statistics involving the use Garret ranking technique. The results revealed that male farmers constituted the majority (73.17%) of the respondents, married with a mean age of 41 years. Most of them (78%) had formal education. The respondents were mostly small-scale farmers, and they cultivated an average of 3.5 hectares of farmland using personal savings. The results of the garret ranking technique revealed that a wide range of constraints militates against the livelihood security of the farmers in the study area. These include variability of rainfall, shortage of labour, and inadequate farm credit facilities as the first three production constraints. Lack of good roads, poor storage facilities, and lack of mobility were rated the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd as the infrastructural constraints. Inadequate access to credit and high-interest rate charge on the loan and high rate of tax were rated the highest among the financial constraints. The study recommended thatfarmers should be aided with sound irrigation facilities and the formation of cooperative organization that will ease the accessibility of infrastructural, financial and production facilities.


In this paper, we propose a two-stage labeling method of large biomedical datasets through a parallel approach in a single GPU. Diagnostic methods, structures volume measurements, and visualization systems are of major importance for surgery planning, intra-operative imaging and image-guided surgery. In all cases, to provide an automatic and interactive method to label or to tag different structures contained into input data becomes imperative. Several approaches to label or segment biomedical datasets has been proposed to discriminate different anatomical structures in an output tagged dataset. Among existing methods, supervised learning methods for segmentation have been devised to easily analyze biomedical datasets by a non-expert user. However, they still have some problems concerning practical application, such as slow learning and testing speeds. In addition, recent technological developments have led to widespread availability of multi-core CPUs and GPUs, as well as new software languages, such as NVIDIA's CUDA and OpenCL, allowing to apply parallel programming paradigms in conventional personal computers. Adaboost classifier is one of the most widely applied methods for labeling in the Machine Learning community. In a first stage, Adaboost trains a binary classifier from a set of pre-labeled samples described by a set of features. This binary classifier is defined as a weighted combination of weak classifiers. Each weak classifier is a simple decision function estimated on a single feature value. Then, at the testing stage, each weak classifier is independently applied on the features of a set of unlabeled samples. In this work, we propose an alternative representation of the Adaboost binary classifier. We use this proposed representation to define a new GPU-based parallelized Adaboost testing stage using OpenCL. We provide numerical experiments based on large available data sets and we compare our results to CPU-based strategies in terms of time and labeling speeds.


Objective: To observe and study the influence of simulated microgravity on the microfilament and the ability of human pulp stem cells to migrate.Methods: Human pulp stem cells were divided into control group and microgravity group with rotary cell culture system.At 4h,12h,24h,48h and 72h of cell culture,immunofluorescence staining was performed to observe the structure of microfilament.The structure of microfilament was also observed using transmission electron microscope(TEM) after 72h cultivation.Migration assay was carried out to detect the ability of human pulp stem cells to migrate.Results: After 4h cultivation,The structure of microfilament was altered;the depolymerization of microfilament with irregular and multidirection arrangement was observed from 24h to 72h;The number of cell migration in experimental group was decreased compared with the control group(P0.05).Conclusion: The structure of microfilament cytoskeleton in human pulp stem cells can be altered in a time-dependent manner under simulated microgravity environment,which leads to a reduction in the ability of cells to migrate.


AIM: To study the role of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38MAPK) activation in high glucose-induced collagen Ⅲ synthesis in NRK52E cells. METHODS: Normal rat tubular epithelial cell line NRK52E was cultured in D-glucose of different concentrations, pretreated with SB203580 and collected at different time points. The levels of phospho-p38MAPK and extracellular matrix collagen Ⅲ were examined by Western blotting. RESULTS: The activation of p38MAPK was shown to be dependent upon D-glucose concentration and the time-course. Pretreatment with SB203580 blocked p38MAPK activation induced by high concentration of D-glucose in NRK52E cells. CONCLUSIONS: The activation of p38MAPK induced by high concentration of glucose may play a role in diabetic interstital renal fibrosis. SB203580 has a potential value of clinical applications in the prevention and treatment of diabetic nephropathy.


RTM is also called resin transfer moulding, it is one of the leading technology in the field of FRP. With the help of FLUENT, a powerful computational fluid dynamics software, we have finished the process simulation of filling the mould. In the process simulation, the flow striker, pressure field and velocity field are clearly showed. And they can describe the process of RTM effectively.


TThese research inquiries into the transformation of complex architectural spatial objects into contemporary garments by implementing creative pattern cutting as an integrated part of the fashion design process. From the architecture design process, a creative process of generating ideas using the human body as the centre point of the creative process, and an understanding of the envelope around that space were implemented and researched in fashion design. A creative construction method evolved using the standard matrix of basic blocks and implementation of the sculptural work by creating three-dimensional paper garment forms. In this way, garment design is created inside - outside. The resulting garment forms visually articulate meanings arising from the architectural design works of Maks Fabiani regarding structure, historical context, content from within the premises and personal sensory experiences. The envisaged results are highly applicable, but, with a theoretical significance, they also open different views on a fashion design development process. The Ƒ2 (Fabiani Fashion) case study was carried out in 2015 by the author Tanja Devetak.


Digitized Engineering notebook (DEN) refers to the number practices used by corporations to become aware of, create, represent, and distribute understanding for reuse, cognizance and mastering across the corporation. Digitized Engineering notebook applications are normally tied to organizational goals and are intended to result in the success of specific consequences which include shared intelligence, advanced overall performance, competitive benefit or better tiers of innovation. In this given project, the aim is to develop an online intranet Digitized Engineering notebook system that is of importance to either a corporation or an academic institute. The Digitized Engineering Notebook (DEN) is primarily an Intranet based application that may be accessed for the duration of the institute or a targeted group or branch. This application may be used as knowledge or records management system for the institute. Students or personnel logging in will be able to add any sort of instructional facts. Students, Administrators, Staff or guests logging in may additionally get admission to or seek any information put up by using others. DEN will facilitate knowledge sharing from the grass root degree like project groups to departments to the whole university.


According to business pundits of the 1990s, the United States had finally liberated itself from the shackles of an Old Economy. Technology, entrepreneurialism, and the reduction of social regulations promised to restore American economic competitiveness. Nowhere else in the United States did this ideology achieve greater legitimacy than in the American South, where traditional southern conservatism merged with corporate neoliberalism to produce a potent ideological compound. Despite the enthusiasm for the New Economy, the driving force of public policy in the region had a decidedly Old Economy tack to it. At the center of economic development strategy was the willingness to use huge subsidies to lure mobile corporations to invest. The corporate subsidies program reflected the key assumptions of the New Economy ideology. Despite the overheated claims, the strategy failed to deliver freedom or prosperity to southern workers.


Objective: Assessment of correlation between subclinical organ damage and cigarette smoking in both genders of hypertensive patients. Design and method: We divided 50 patients with arterial hypertension in two groups: A: 25 women; B: 25 men. The average age of them: A: 55 yrs and B: 57 yrs. Ankle-brachial index (ABI) and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) were evaluated. We noted the number of pack-years in all patients. Statistical calculations were performed in the StatSoft Statistica 10. The t-student test was used for the statistical analysis, &rgr;Spearmann was taken to analyze the correlation of statistically significant values. Results: We revealed following results in both groups: comparison A vs B respectively (SD) [*for p< = 0,05; **for p < 0,001; NS- negligible statistically]: ABI: 0,94(0,16) and 1,01(0,14) NS; IMT [mm]: 0,73(0,15) and 0,81(0,17) *; number of pack-years: 9,64(11,23) and 15,22(20,47) *. Women were characterized by a lower IMT and lower number of pack-years than men. In this group the above-mentioned parameters were correlated together. Figure. No caption available. In this group there were significant negative correlations between ABI and IMT in women and between ABI and number of pack-years in men. Conclusions: 1. Women with hypertension were characterized by minor vascular damages assessed by IMT than men. This is probably due to lower number of pack-years in this group. 2. ABI in hypertensive men was inversely proportional to the number of pack-years. 3. IMT in hypertensive woman was inversely proportional to the ABI.


The new Music Course Method calls for the building of all-around and exploring culture.The New Music Course demands the learner grasp the various specialty teaching skills as well as the ability of analyzing and using the new music materials for middle-school.Supervise the learners to grasp the scientific method of analyzing,select and combine of the new materials;and the use of the micro-teaching practice to form the specialty skilled teaching ability during the course.It is important embodiment of the strategy of Teaching Method Course.


To realize a highly efficient embedded system employing an enhanced soft-core processor with SIMD operations, we are developing the MIQS (MIPS Instruction processor with Quadword SIMD extension) system. Generally, in many embedded systems using FPGA and memory devices, relatively low bandwidth restricts memory access performance and the low memory performance limits the system performance even though high-performance operations are implemented on the FPGA device. We introduce a high-performance on-chip memory system on the MIQS system to reduce the number of accesses to the off-chip memory in order to improve the system performance. This paper proposes a highly efficient memory access method using a locked-cache. This paper also discusses implementation issues of the proposed method and extends the instruction set to control the locked-cache. As our preliminary evaluation to estimate the effectiveness of the on-chip memory systems, we run four application programs on two configurations of the MIQS systems, one has scratch pad memory (SPM) and the other one has an ordinal cache, respectively. The results show that the best configuration of on-chip memory varies depending on the application.


This paper introduces renewable energy to ensure offshore platforms as a stand-alone microgrid operate reliably economically in low-carbon environment, considering volatility of CO2 emission price. A probability distribution model and economic model containing investment cost and low-carbon effect is established respectively, using latin hypercube sampling (LHS), meanwhile, the stochastic power is adopted to judge whether the built planning model can meet power flow constraint, Monte Carlo method is used to simulate characteristics of distributed generation ( DG), a probabilistic power flow is made to illustrate reliability index. The model takes the types, sites and sizes of DG as decision variables, economy and environment as the objective function, particle swarm algorithm is proposed to solve the multi-objective optimization problem .A case study based on data from offshore oilfield is presented to verify the advantages of the improved optimal sizing method.


Herein, a series of hexagonal phase lanthanide (Ln3+, Ln3+ = Eu3+, Dy3+, Tb3+) doped NaCeF4 nanorods (NRs) with uniform morphology and monodispersity have been successfully synthesized via a typical hydrothermal method using oleic acid as the capping agent. The crystal phase and microstructure of the obtained NRs were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The down conversion (DC) luminescence properties and mechanisms of the as-prepared NaCeF4:Ln3+ NRs have been discussed in detail. The as-prepared samples show the characteristic f–f transition of Ln3+ (Ln3+ = Eu3+, Dy3+, Tb3+). The decay time and quantum yield of these obtained NRs are also studied. Moreover, tunable multicolor, especially white emissions, can be successfully achieved via varying the doping ions and doping concentration. By increasing the content of Eu3+, the emission colors vary from light green to white and finally to light red under the excitation of 395 nm. The calculated CIE coordinates of the obtained white emissions are (0.33, 0.31), which are very close to the standard white light located at (0.33, 0.33). This is the first time to demonstrate that white light emission is achieved via only singly-doping Eu3+ into the NaCeF4 system. In addition, the multicolor output changes from yellowish-green to yellow under the excitation at 261 nm, which was also obtained by only tuning the doped content of Dy3+ in the NaCeF4 host. As for Tb3+, bright yellowish green emissions were obtained under excitation at 261 nm. Moreover, the cathodoluminescence (CL) spectra demonstrate that these NRs can emerge as ideal nanophosphors under electron beam excitation. Therefore, the as-prepared NaCeF4:Ln3+ NRs with tunable multicolor output and bright white emissions might be applied in field-emission devices, multicolor displays and solid state lasers.


A posttranslational protein O-mannosylation process resembling that found in fungi and animals has been reported in the major human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and related actinobacteria. However, the role and incidence of this process, which is essential in eukaryotes, have never been explored in Mtb. We thus analyzed the impact of interrupting O-mannosylation in the nonpathogenic saprophyte Mycobacterium smegmatis and in the human pathogen Mtb by inactivating the respective putative protein mannosyl transferase genes Msmeg_5447 and Rv1002c. Loss of protein O-mannosylation in both mutant strains was unambiguously demonstrated by efficient mass spectrometry-based glycoproteomics analysis. Unexpectedly, although the M. smegmatis phenotype was unaffected by the lack of manno-proteins, the Mtb mutant had severely impacted growth in vitro and in cellulo associated with a strong attenuation of its pathogenicity in immunocompromised mice. These data are unique in providing evidence of the biological significance of protein O-mannosylation in mycobacteria and demonstrate the crucial contribution of this protein posttranslational modification to Mtb virulence in the host.


The binding stoichiometry and equilibria of three polycationic water-soluble porphyrins with human serum albumin (HSA) have been determined by fluorescence quenching and filtration methods in 0.1M phosphate buffer, pH 7.2 at 25 degrees. For one porphyrin the binding equilibrium was also measured by measuring the lifetime of tryptophan and also by measuring the polarization of bound porphyrin. Energy transfer between the porphyrin and the tryptophan residue of HSA has been studied.


So digital archive of historical buildings was realized to provide detailed information for the protection, restoration and reconstruction. Experimental results show that 3D laser scanning technology can well meet the requirements of historical buildings surveying as ei cient and bran-new technical means.


This thesis investigates how male and female athletes competing in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro were portrayed in two British and two American newspapers (The Daily Telegraph, The Indep ...


Wolf–Rayet (WR) stars are evolved massive objects, famous for their spectra rich with emission lines. For the first time WR stars were described more than 150 years ago, and now in our Galaxy we know around 667 objects of this type. However, the discovery of a new WR star, especially based on spectral observations, is still a rare event. The paper is devoted to J040901.83+323955.6 star, discovered a few years ago as WR star in LAMOST spectral survey by machine learning methods. We were interested that different researchers based on different methods classify this object in different ways – ranging from RR Lyr variable to nitrogen rich WR – and so we began our study. We combined spectral and archival photometric data, analysed the spatial location of the star in the Galaxy and concluded what J040901 is [WR] – central star of a planetary nebula.


ABSTRACT Multilingualism in the world is the norm and the classrooms are no exception. The dynamic and flexible practices of multilingual teachers and learners in the classroom are referred to as translanguaging . As shown in the literature on the topic, translanguaging discourse simply exists in classrooms. It is the means of communication employed by multilingual learners in multilingual learning settings. However, research on classroom pragmatics has adopted a monolingual perspective, and the need to examine multilingual learners and teachers from a multilingual viewpoint has been raised. Bearing this research gap in mind, this study focuses on examining teachers' reactions to learners' translingual practices as instances of attitudinal conduct and potential sources of incidental pragmatic learning. Data for the study comprise transcripts from twelve video-recorded English as L3 lessons involving 268 learners (m.a. = 8.4) and 12 teachers. Interestingly, this study confirms the role of the language programme in the classroom requestive behaviour and the existing monolingual bias in young multilingual instructional settings.


Based on a time-series sediment trap observation at a depth of 1,003-m in the northern South China Sea from 2014 to 2015, we used sinking particle flux combined with remote sensing-derived environmental data to infer the mechanisms of the biological carbon pump. Total particle flux, particulate organic carbon, CaCO3, and lithogenic (inorganic) fluxes peaked in winter and autumn but showed minima in summer, ranging from 59.7 to 413.2 mg m–2 d–1, 2.1 to 18.2 mg m–2 d–1, 32.9 to 197.9 mg m–2 d–1, and 12.0 to 73.6 mg m–2 d–1, respectively. Similarly, opal flux varied from 6.9 to 109.6 mg m–2 d–1, with a prominent peak in winter and minimum in summer. However, a secondary maximum of opal in autumn was barely noticeable compared with other components. A deeper mixed-layer depth related to the northeast monsoon and surface cooling, overlapping with the effect of cyclonic eddies, is responsible for strong winter fluxes. When an anticyclonic eddy suppresses the subsurface nutrient supply, primary production and subsequent export flux in summer were reduced substantially. With respect to maximum lithogenic and CaCO3 fluxes in autumn, a large aerosol optical depth suggests scavenging and mineral ballast effects as potential causes. This study highlights the importance of intra-seasonal physical processes (e.g., mesoscale eddies and aerosol deposition) to the deep particle flux in the South China Sea, as well as monsoonal transition.


According to operating experience of HVDC transmission project, commutation failure in inverter station,which is mostly caused by AC system fault, will also be caused by AC filter switching-on. This paper, referring to the commutation failure cases happened in Guangzhou converter station of Tian-Guang HVDC project and to study the record of transient fault recorder, is to prove that AC filter switching-on at a wrong timing is the cause of the incidents. By testing the discreteness of motion of the AC filter circuit breaker in Guangzhou converter station, the result of switching-on at a wrong timing is caused by the incoordination between circuit breaker and phase-selecting device. By using the RTDS model of Gui-Guang II Line HVDC project for simulation, AC filter switching-on at a wrong timing will cause the commutation failure or not, is relative to the AC system strength of inverter side of HVDC system. Base on the summary and analysis of the reason of commutation failure, the improvement and further research suggestion is given.


Worldwide quality companies are permanently faced to projects orientated to improve competitivity in order to ensure their presence in global market. In this challenge, maintenance function, although is to serve to production, has a fundamental role since it has a direct effect over competitivity through its impact in productivity (global costs reduction), in systems flexibility (opportune orientating to clients) and in human factor (care with the environment and people). Maintenance has to pursue a qualitative jump to answer these new demands, this jump is supported on its evolution from a focalization in intervention towards a focalization orientated to prevention. Competitive companies recognize maintenance function importance, so that they are continuously approaching some initiatives for its improvement, but mainly orientated to rationalize the execution resources use and to prevent failures through diagnostic specific researches. However, there has been practically an absence of systematical and integral vision of maintenance that would allow by analysis and use of evaluation probabilistic quantitative methods, to contribute with decisions taking in a supported way, not only in maintenance level also in productive systems definition and design. In this process, Maintenance Engineering plays a fundamental role. In with this problematical sensitized companies, Maintenance Engineering has achieved to go into the organization. However, its concrete application is practically absent due to necessary maintenance professionals competences lack, which have developed their labor granting maintenance execution over analysis and use of theorical models, as too by leadership sensitization lack in opportunities that appear in a integral and rigorous maintenance function treatment, this situation results from limited information produced by maintenance equipments which postpone invests approval in this area in relation to produce systems invests, which are justified carefully through supported researches. This scope has created and organizational culture that favors intervention over prevention, which can be overcame as there are reliable and easy to use tools availability, so that, it is possible to get results without the creation of complex Maintenance Engineering units, which are difficult to justify because their benefit is not immediate but in medium term. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) utilization represents an interesting alternative for developing tools that contribute to answer to new demands in maintenance function. To confront this challenge, "Maintenance Engineering System" (MES) software has been developed, oriented to incorporate and develop Maintenance Engineering in business activity, with all the economical benefits that this situation implies. Maintenance Engineering System is an integrated, rigorous, flexible and easy to use tool, compound by different modules like: logical system design, adjustments to probabilistic historical behavior distributions, reliability analysis, availability and costs for systems and equipment, critical components analysis and replacement management, which is related to conventional data base for data import and export. In this way, this application sets up answers to challenges at the maintenance area of companies and to project and simulate particular situations. In this paper, are explained all the motivation elements for MES development and its main characteristics, from the informatics and from the maintenance knowledge background area. Also, through MES application in a particular case, its demonstrate, in a concrete way, some of most important MES capacities towards Maintenance Function Improvement, contributing to obtain the competitivity required by World Class Companies.


OBJECTIVE
Examine prevalence and diagnostic utility of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) treponemal antibodies in early syphilis.

DESIGN
Comparison study.

SETTING
Sexually transmitted diseases clinic.

PATIENTS
Forty patients with untreated early syphilis who underwent lumbar puncture. Fifteen were human immunodeficiency virus seropositive.

MEASUREMENTS
Cerebrospinal fluid cell count, protein, VDRL test, and antibodies to Treponema pallidum by microhemagglutination test for T pallidum (MHA-TP) and fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption test (FTA-ABS); albumin ratio; and IgG index.

RESULTS
Cerebrospinal fluid cell count was not available for one sample, and this patient was excluded from analysis. Of 39 patients, eight (21%) had reactive CSF-VDRL (definite neurosyphilis). Eleven (28%) had mildly elevated cell count or protein concentration, but nonreactive CSF-VDRL (possible neurosyphilis). Twenty had normal cell count and protein concentration, and non-reactive CSF-VDRL (normal). Cerebrospinal fluid MHA-TP and CSF FTA-ABS were reactive in all eight with neurosyphilis. Cerebrospinal fluid MHA-TP was reactive in seven (70%) of 10 with possible neurosyphilis and in six (32%) of 19 with normal CSF. Cerebrospinal fluid FTA-ABS was reactive in four (36%) of 11 with possible neurosyphilis and in five (28%) of 18 with normal CSF. A reactive CSF treponemal test was associated with higher mean CSF cell count and reactive CSF-VDRL.

CONCLUSION
When criteria to define neurosyphilis depend on cell count or CSF-VDRL reactivity, the sensitivity of CSF treponemal antibodies is high. Nonreactive CSF treponemal tests may help to exclude a diagnosis of neurosyphilis in patients with early syphilis.


Myxedema coma is the most exteme complication of hypothyroidism. Mortality ranges between 50 and 70%. Mexico has no epidemiological data about the prevalence of this condition. Pathogenesis of myxedema is not clear; the most common risk factors are infection, treatment omission or misused narcotics. Treatment is based on supplementation of levothyroxine. Hormonal pool recovers after the administration of 500 to 800 μg of levothyroxine and patients could recover in hours. We present the case of a 49 year old woman who was admitted to our hospital for extreme hypothyroidism and hours after she developed narcosis and coma.


This chapter is based on three years of ethnographic fieldwork among a group of Zulu Zionists in an urban township in the vicinity of Durban, South Africa. The Zionists are part of the African Independent Churches (aics) and were for the largest part of the twentieth century the most rapidly growing religious movement in Africa south of the Sahara.1 There has long been a fruitful academic exchange between theologians and anthropologists in research into Zulu Zionism and the aics. Academic studies of the movement first gained momentum through the work of the Swedish missionary Bengt Sundkler.2 His publications were ethnographically rich, detailed, culturally embedded, and imbued with a sound historical awareness, thereby opening up a sociological understanding of the Zionist movement. Sundkler's work was followed by a series of publications in missiology and anthropology which largely pursued his lead, interpreting the rise of the aics as a reaction towards the paternalism, racism, and general exclusion experienced in the larger colonial society as well as the mission churches.3 Several of these


434 JADA 143(5) http://jada.ada.org May 2012 Traditionally, the standard of care has been defined by general acceptance among local experts—a principle called the locality rule or the Frye rule (after Frye v United States, 1923). This is the current standard of care, as articulated by authors such as Graskemper. The locality rule, which originated in the late 1800s, accommodated clinicians living in rural and urban areas who had differing education, training and access to information. Today's national education standards, regional practice standards and open information access render the locality rule difficult to justify. The locality rule also poses significant risks for clinicians. How does a clinician (or a court) define "locality"? How does a clinician trained in one locale but practicing in another determine the "local" standard of care? If a clinician practices in multiple locations with differing standards, should the practice standard change in each location? Should a clinician adhere to a local standard if this standard conflicts with a national standard? Finally, if the local standard conflicts with national standards, how can the profession advance? However, in 1993, the U.S. Supreme Court superseded the Frye ruling in Daubert v Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. In this pivotal case, the court established new rules of evidence differing substantially from the locality rule. The Daubert rule required judges to act as gatekeepers to ensure that only sound scientific knowledge is admitted in court. Scientific knowledge, in this context, derives from human clinical trials that involve implementation of the Baconian scientific method to identify valid and reliable outcomes. Furthermore, sound scientific knowledge is not excluded simply because it may not be accepted by the local community. In September 2011, the Federal Judicial Center (the research and education arm of the federal judiciary system) and the National Research Council (an arm of the National Academies) released a 1,000-page report titled Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence that further refines the Daubert ruling. The goal of the manual is to assist judges in assessing "the basis of expert evidence." xv) The court reasserts that, with respect to scientific evidence, judges are "the evidentiary gatekeepers ..." who "... determine whether purported scientific evidence is reliable ... ." The manual then defines and sets standards for validity and reliability of clinical evidence. And it articulates specific questions aimed at assessing clinical evidence (Box 1). The new reference manual further differentiAll stakeholders must actively consider teaching, practicing and ensuring prevention, diagnosis and treatment that is based on the current best evidence. GUEST EDITORIAL


We introduce a preconditioner based on a hierarchical low-rank compression scheme of Schur complements. The construction is inspired by standard nested dissection, and relies on the assumption that the Schur complements can be approximated, to high precision, by Hierarchically-Semi-Separable matrices. We build the preconditioner as an approximate $LDM^t$ factorization of a given matrix $A$, and no knowledge of $A$ in assembled form is required by the construction. The $LDM^t$ factorization is amenable to fast inversion, and the action of the inverse can be determined fast as well. We investigate the behavior of the preconditioner in the context of DG finite element approximations of elliptic and hyperbolic problems.


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The intrapopulation variability of 12 qualitative and 12 quantitative characters of Malus baccata (L.) Borkh., growing in the territory of the Ivolgian district was studied. Two taxonomically significant characters were clarified. A metric characteristic of 12 quantitative characters was given. Leave length, petiole length, number of flowers in an inflorescence and fruit altitude are most stable characters. Content of vitamin С in fruits is defined.


I contend that traditional ways of conceptualizing the "disclosure dilemma" are limited due to a lack of attention to the more subtle ways teachers' personal experiences and understandings help shape their practices. The decision to "dis-close" personal opinions on a controversial issue is, perhaps, less important than the exploration of what those personal opinions are and the degree of influence on pedagogy regardless of the decision to make those opinions public. In this way, disclosure can be understood as simply a willingness to be transparent about positionality with regard to the content being taught. As context for this conversation, I offer discussion of my experiences as an elementary social studies teacher educator in which I strived to engage such transparency as both method and content. In the end, I offer reflections about what is difficult, yet critically important about engaging in this work.


The genogram is a practical and widely adopted tool for mapping families in therapy. Its use can be easily learnt and is recommended for beginners in family therapy. The genogram promotes thinking In system and transactional terms, and shifts emphasis away from individual problems to relational issues. A family system can be given a visual focus, and this often reveals patterns and connections previously unnoticed. A set of conventions for constructing genograms is suggested, with ways of elaborating on this basic frame. The applications of the genogram in joining families, in planning interventions, as a clinical communication medium, and in learning family therapy are discussed. Other types of network diagrams are briefly listed, and a clinical example of a genogram is given. Finally, limits and cautions on the use of genograms are discussed.


Urologists in some communities are offering off-label botulinum toxin (Botox) injections to treat overactive bladder, but how effective is this intervention? In an industry-sponsored study — reported by the authors to be "the first large, placebo controlled, multicenter, dose ranging study" — researchers randomized 313 patients with idiopathic overactive bladder and …


An exact analysis using the Green's-function formulation of the problem of scattering from a local inhomogeneity inside a cladded-fibre waveguide is carried out, and yields a radiation loss higher than that evaluated from the infinite-medium approximation.


AbstractThis paper summarizes the details of a numerical and experimental research program that was conducted to study the debonding of carbon fiber–reinforced polymer (CFRP) patches from cracked steel members under fatigue loading. A preliminary numerical model was developed to investigate the influence of patch debonding on the fatigue life of cracked steel elements. Results indicated that altering the shape and increasing the size of the debonded region could change the calculated crack growth rate by up to 54 times. To validate the model, six steel edge–notched tension coupons were patched with CFRP materials and tested under fatigue loading, while full-field strain distributions were monitored using a digital image correlation (DIC)–based measurement system. Based on the experimental results the numerical model was refined to incorporate the interfacial traction-separation behavior. A parametric study was conducted using the refined numerical model. The results indicate that the size and shape of the...


From 146 B.C. to A.D. 1760, 363 sets of cometary observations have been recorded in Chinese Ancient Records of Celestial Phenomena. The positions of all recorded comets, or their paths, on the sky are compared. Taking into account the perturbations of all nine planets and using the numerical method of N-body problem, the orbits of well-recorded comets are calculated. Identification of a periodic comet is presented.


Received January 19, 2012 / Revised 1st March 28, 2012, 2nd April 11, 2012 / Accepted May 9, 2012 Correspondence: Jae Hoon Chung, MD, PhD, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Irwon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-710, Korea Tel: 82-2-3410-3434, Fax: 82-2-3410-3849, E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com This study was supported by the Korean Thyroid Association-Hanmi Pharm Co. Research Grant (2010) and the Research Grant Number CB-2011-03-02 of the Korean Foundation for Cancer Research.


This article reports the results of a questionnaire survey during September to November 2010 on the use of Fundamental Analysis by brokers/fund managers in Indian stock market to form their forecasts of share price movements. The findings of the research reveal that more than 85 percent of the respondents rely upon both Fundamental and Technical analysis for predicting future price movements at different time horizons. The survey envisages at providing insights about the way traders operate in the market by using the fundamental analysis information. The survey covered Brokers, Sub-Brokers, Fund managers, Portfolio managers and others. Fundamental analysis is widely recognized as EIC analysis, where, E stands for Economy, I stand for Industry and C stands for Company. In the current work an effort is made to understand these variables as a whole. The structured questionnaire comprehensively includes a l l t h e s e c o m p o n e n t s s o a s t o a r r i v e a t t h a t f a c t o r w h i c h i s d r i v i n g the market. The study records top ten Economy and Company factors as considered important by the respondents. Indicators considered for investing, company financial and non-financial factors and various Economic factors considered for judging the growth of the economy were included in the questionnaire.


Reverse gyrases exist in hyperthermophiles. They are type I-5^ topoisomerases whichenable to induce DNA to form positive superhelixes. Sequencing of the genus encoding reverse gyrase suggested that reverse gyrases are constituted of two distinct domains: a C-terminal domain of an ATP-independent type I topoisomerase and a N-terminal domain of an ATP-independent helicase-like module. It is believed that positive superhelix is catalyzed by the concerted action of the helicase module and topoisomerase module in the same polypetide. Phylogenetic analysis shows that all known reverse gyrases so far commonly form a new branch of tye I-5^ topoisomerase-TopR.


Stochasticity is well recognized to be of crucial importance in the analysis of gene regulatory problems. This importance stems from the fact that extremely rare but important regulatory molecules often cause a great amount of intrinsic noise within a cell. Such systems are frequently modeled at the mesoscopic level as jump Markov processes, whose probability distributions evolve according to the chemical master equation (CME). In this paper we review a number of attempts that have been made to solve the CME. These include various kinetic Monte Carlo approaches, such as the Stochastic Simulation Algorithm (SSA) and its deviates, as well as systems theory based analytical solutions to the CME, such as the Finite State Projection (FSP) method and various moment closure techniques.


Soybean is leguminous crop requiring large quantity of N nutrient. The N requirement in soybean crops can be fulfilled through N2 fixation by root nodules. Root nodules can develop through the symbiosis of soybean crops with Rhizobium bacteria. This study aimed to identify the effects of paddy straw compost application on nitrogen fixation and physiological character in Baluran, Tanggamus, Seulawah, Grobogan cultivars of soybean crops.The study was conducted at regosol soil in Banguntapan, Yogyakarta.Result has showed that paddy straw compost dosage may increase soybean capabilityto perform nitrogen fixation,indicated by the variables of total root nodules, root nodule dry weight, andnitrogenase activity. Paddy straw applicationhas not provided significant effect on total chlorophyl content, leaf greeness, water content in leaf, transpiration rate and CO2 content in leaf, but has given significant effect on net assimilation rate of the crops.


Seven experimental insecticides and two registered insecticides were compared to assess their efficacy in reducing tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) incidence in tobacco by reducing feeding by tobacco thrips, the primary vector in this system. Plots consisting of 4 rows of ca. 25 plants per row (0.018 acres each) were established at the Lower Coastal Plain Research Station near Kinston, NC, and the nine insecticide treatments plus an untreated control (UTC) were replicated four times and arranged in a RCB design. Pre-transplant tray drench treatments (PTTD) were applied to greenhouse grown plants 16 April in 1 L water using a CO2 pressurized sprayer with a single flat-fan nozzle. Twice the application volume was used to wash the material into the root zone immediately following treatment. Float trays of treated plants were held in separate beds following treatment to prevent cross contamination. Subsequently, the plants were transplanted on April 18, and posttransplant treatments (PTA) were applied with a CO2 pressurized backpack sprayer fitted with a single TG3 solid cone nozzle at 65 psi pressure on 2 May, timed to the third generation tobacco thrips flight. To assess phytotoxicity, the width of the largest leaf on ten plants in rows two and three was measured at three and four weeks after transplant, and the plant height from base to bud was measured on ten plants in these rows at five weeks after transplant. To compensate for uneven fertilizer distribution by the tractor hopper, phytotoxicity data from only the row with widest leaves and tallest plants were analyzed for each plot. Thrips were counted on ten plants in the middle row (row 2 or 3) with the tallest plants 24 days after pre-plant treatments (10 days after post-transplant treatment) and on five plants in the middle row with the tallest plants 37 days after pre-plant treatment (23 days after post-transplant treatment). TSWV incidence plant stand counts were recorded weekly in all rows, starting three weeks after transplant and ending nine weeks after transplant. Data were analyzed via ANOVA in (SAS v.9.1.3) and means separations were generated by Fisher's Protected LSD (α = 0.05).


Today a range of wireless communication products have the requirement of achieving a higher integration level. In this paper, we propose two RF SiPs based on a RF prototype board for micro base station. The two RF SiPs integrate a complete 700-2600MHz RF system that includes transmitter, receiver, and feedback module, ADC/DAC and clock module. RF SiP 1 consists of two multilayer organic substrates, which are vertically stacked by using Ball BGA interconnections. RF SiP 2 uses flexible substrate as the interconnections between the top and the bottom substrates. Compared with the original RF part on the prototype board (20cm×25cm), the size of the two RF SiPs is 5.25m×5.25cm, almost reducing system area 20 times. By comparison, the flexible substrate on RF SiP 2 provides better transmission quality of input RF signals and RF SiP 2 shares better thermal performance. Besides, the RF SiP 1 uses more conventional processes and has the potential to be fabricated with a lower cost.


This study aims to determine the effect of audit opinion, management change, return on assets, and the size of the public accounting firm on the auditor switching. The types and sources of data were obtained from the annual reports of property and real estate companies in 2015-2017 which were published on the IDX official website ww.idx.co.id. The Data collections were taken by means of literature study and documentation methods. The statistic tools in this research were dummy and SPSS 25. Based on this research, the researcher conclude that audit's opinions significantly influence to auditor switching, while management change, return on assets, and public accounting firm's size have no significant effect to auditor switching. The simultaneous test result shown that there was an impact from the audit opinion variable, management change, return on assets, and the size of the public accounting firm on the auditor switching.


This secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial assesses whether a reduction in atrial fibrillation episodes after ablation for treatment of atrial fibrillation is associated with improved quality of life measures.


The health benefits of physical activity for older people are well recognised and include reduction in falls, improvement in frailty status and physical function. Nonetheless, physical inactivity remains a significant problem among older adults. This study aimed to determine the feasibility and acceptability of implementing online volunteer-led group exercise for community-dwelling older adults.

 This pre-post mixed methods study was conducted among older adults attending community social clubs. Eligible participants were aged ≥ 65 years, able to walk independently, and able to provide written consent. The intervention consisted of a once weekly volunteer-led online group chair-based exercise. The primary outcomes were the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention. Secondary outcomes included physical activity levels measured using the Community Health Model Activities Program for Seniors (CHAMPS) questionnaire, functional status (Barthel Index), and health-related quality of life (EQ-5D-5L). Outcomes were measured at baseline and at 6 months. Trials registration: NCT04672200.

 Nineteen volunteers were recruited, 15 completed training and 9 were retained (mean age 68 years, 7 female). Thirty participants (mean age 77 years, 27 female) received the intervention and attended 54% (IQR 37-67) of exercise sessions. One minor adverse event was reported. Participants had no significant changes in secondary outcome measures, with a trend towards improvement in physical activity levels. The intervention was acceptable to volunteers, participants, and staff. The seated exercises were perceived as safe, manageable and enjoyable. Volunteers were relatable role models providing positive vicarious experiences that improved participants confidence to exercise within a friendly, non-judgmental environment. Technological issues, or reluctance to learn how to use technology were barriers to the intervention. The social interactions and sense of belonging motivated participation.

 Trained volunteers can safely deliver online group exercise for community-dwelling older adults and the intervention was feasible and acceptable to older adults, volunteers and club staff.


Objective: The aim of the study is to examine the prevalence and factors influencing PTSD among a sample of help-seeking women experiencing domestic violence. Methods: This was a cross-sectional survey study of 40 women in two shelters in Malaysia from 2007 to 2008. Measures include the Detailed Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress; the Measure of Wife Abuse; the Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory; the Coping Scale for Adults; and the Provision of Social Relations. Results: Results showed that 60% of subjects exhibited patterns of symptoms consistent with the diagnosis of PTSD. The most prominent posttraumatic symptoms reported were re-experience, avoidance, dissociative responses, and symptoms of increased arousal. Both negative appraisals about themselves and self blame for the abusive situations were positively associated with increased tendency to develop PTSD. The greater use of optimism coping style and the higher quality social support appeared to lead to a significantly reduced tendency of developing PTSD. Negative appraisals about themselves were found to be the strongest positive predictor of PTSD [R2 = 0.32, F(1,38)=17.67, p<0.001]. However, type of intensity of abuse did not indicate any significant relationship with PTSD. The findings highlighted the need for service providers to screen and educate survivors of domestic violence with respect to PTSD. The study also emphasized the importance of negative appraisals as a factor that contribute to the maintenance or persistence of PTSD. Conclusion: The current findings suggest that service providers should continue to assist the survivors in developing positive coping skills and improve their social support networks. Cognitive-behavioural treatment approaches seem to be particularly relevant for the cognitive distortions commonly presence in survivors of domestic violence. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.11(2): July – December 2010: XX


The trade-off between image rejection and channel selection in heterodyne receivers often restricts the frequency planning and requires external image-reject filters. Hartley and Weaver image reject architectures partially resolve this issue at the cost of requiring precise phase and gain matching in both the signal path and the local oscillator (LO) path. The use of polyphase filters to improve the matching typically leads to a high power dissipation whereas analog calibration mandates periodic refreshing, a difficult issue in CDMA systems that must receive continuously. In this Weaver receiver, gain and phase mismatches are calibrated simultaneously by a least-mean-square (LMS) algorithm. The receiver targets a sensitivity and blocking performance commensurate with wideband CDMA (WCDMA) systems.


One of the prominent figures in the history of Madiun, especially the late era of the old Javanese order, is Raden Ronggo Prawirodirjo III. For this reason, this article discusses the biography of Raden Ronggo Prawirodirjo III of Madiun circa 1779-1810. The sources used were primary and secondary sources in the form of the archive of Bundel Djokja Brieven, (Dj Br) no. 193, 409, ANRI collections, chronicles, magazines, and literature in the form of books. Furthermore, the research procedure covered the stages of heuristics, criticism, interpretation, and historiography. The research findings revealed that Raden Ronggo Prawirodirjo III was trahing kusuma rembesing madu [a descendant of high nobility] and trah wirayuda [a descendant of officers] from his parents. Raden Ronggo also served as Regent of Madiun between 1796-1810. Inflaming resistance to Dutch colonialism, he started it on November 20 until he died with his troops on December 17, 1810. In addition, Raden Ronggo was familiar with the santri (Islamic boarding school students) and the old Javanese literary works that influenced his psychology to determine some policies or decisions taken in his life.


Patient‐reported outcome and experience measures (PROM and PREM) can facilitate shared decision making and hold potential to improve healthcare quality. However, their adoption in perinatal care is still limited. The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) developed a Pregnancy and Childbirth (PCB) outcome set, including PROM and PREM questionnaires. We studied the feasibility to use these PROMs/PREMs in Dutch perinatal care, addressing both women's and professionals' perspective.


According to the generation mechanism of motorized spindle thermal deformation,the combined forecasting model based on the fuzzy logic is proposed under two typical working conditions.The model can be expected to improve the forecasting accuracy by autoregressive analysis and grey system theory combined with different weight.The combined model synthetically employs the above methods and makes the best use of each of them.The experimental results show that under the two operating conditions,the smaller relative error in single forecasting model is 6.9% and 12.1% respectively,however,the relative prediction error of combined model is respectively 2.2% and 8.9%,which demonstrates the higher precision and stronger robust of the intelligence combination forecasting model.


Gas to liquid technology (GTL) is a refinery process that converts syn-gas (a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen) into long chain hydrocarbons like gasoline and diesel. Fischer-Tropsch process is a key component of gas to liquid technology. As an commercial example, the world largest GTL plant was commissioned in Qatar (known as World gas capital) in consultation with Pearl GTL and Qatar petroleum. Gas to liquid technology is an emerging technology to unlock the abundant natural gas resources. GTL holds as the future of energy and provides a new platform to the world energy industries.


Great philosopher al-Farabi says "The community combine with love and live with justice". In general, the love is accepted a passive worth and the justice is accepted an active worth. On the contrary, love that combine with people is a natural and active emotion. The love, beyond of an emotion, is a moral virtue. Another Muslim philosopher Tusi says "If the love continued, we wouldn't need an order which is provided by justice". The love of is an emotion of unity in people. Before bad habits like selfishness and greed have invaded of souls, people had loved each others in a fraternally manner and in a friendly manner. Human cannot provide necessities by himself and human needs assistance of the others. Therefore social life is obligatory/ inevitable for people. In social life, peace and presence are provided by justice, respect and goodness. Weaken of love leads to providing of justice whether institutional or individual. That is to say, justice has replaced love. Love and compassion give place to severity and distance of justice; however, order that is provided by justice is a necessity. In this communiqué, I will deal with a subject that peace and love which is needed by from narrow society of district to wide society of world can provided by revival of virtues of love and justice. Revival of justice instead of injustice and revival of love instead of hate is a difficult work that is achieved by only clear people. Hence, firstly we must enable that our children can receive education in the stage of love and fraternity. We can provide that learning of our children who will be authorized and responsible of future sharing and sportsmanship with sports.


The invention provides a vertical hammock typed air damping sleeve, comprising an air column sheet and a damping sheet; the air column sheet comprises a plurality of air columns which are formed by thermally sealing and bonding two external films; air column thermal sealing lines are arranged among the air columns; the air column sheet is bent to form a first damping part, a basic part and a second part which are communicated with each other; a receiving space is enclosed by the first damping part, the basic part and the second damping part; at least one damping sheet is fixed in the receiving space and is a hammock shape; the receiving space is used for receiving articles. The vertical hammock typed air damping sleeve can provide multiple damping protection functions for the article to be wrapped, avoids the articles from being directly contacted with the air column sheet, and effectively prevents the gas leakage which is caused by that the air column is punctured by the articles.


Active incoherent millimeter-wave (AIM) imaging is a new technique that combines aspects of passive millimeter-wave imaging and noise radar to obtain high-speed imagery. Using an interferometric receiving array combined with small set of uncorrelated noise transmitters, measurements of the Fourier transform domain of the scene can be rapidly obtained, and scene images can be generated quickly via two-dimensional inverse Fourier transform. Previously, AIM imaging provided two-dimensional reconstructions of the scene. In this work we explore the use of active millimeter-wave imaging for automotive sensing by investigating array feasible layouts for automobiles, and a new technique to impart range estimation to obtain three-dimensional imaging information.


Abstract The aim of this study was to determine the suitability of ultrasound and zoometric measurements and visual muscle scoring for predicting the carcass value of 167 young Holstein-Friesian (HF) bulls. Zoometric and ultrasound measurements were performed and live muscle scoring was estimated before slaughter. After slaughter, hot carcass weight (HCW) was determined and carcasses were assigned to conformation and fat classes according to the EUROP system. Multiple regression equations were derived to estimate the weight, conformation and fatness of carcasses. HCW was estimated using the following equations: Ŷ = 1.507x1 + 1.103x2 + 4.043x3 + 5.53x4 + 0.379x5 + + 8.076x6 - 678.93 (R2=0.892; Sy = 16.28) and Ŷ = 2.525x4 + 0.579x7 + 0.451x8 - 134.17 (R2=0.943; Sy = 11.84); independent variables x1 - height at sacrum (cm); x2 - chest girth (cm); x3 - pelvic width (cm); x4 - pelvic length (cm); x5 - thickness of M. gluteo-biceps (mm); x6 - intravital muscle scoring (points); x7 - thickness of M. longissimus dorsi (mm); x8 - live weight (kg). Validation of the first regression equation revealed overestimation of HCW by 1.25% on average, while validation of the second equation revealed its underestimation by 1.85% on average. It was found that intravital muscle scoring and selected ultrasound and zoometric measurements of HF bulls can be used in formulating regression equations for predicting the carcass value of live animals. The proposed models enable predicting the carcass value of young bulls with satisfactory accuracy, thus contributing to an objective live beef cattle assessment


Let f be a C diffeomorphism of the closed annulus A that preserves orientation and the boundary components, and f̃ be a lift of f to its universal covering space. Assume that A is a Birkhoff region of instability for f , and the rotation set of f̃ is a non-degenerate interval. Then there exists an open f -invariant annulus A∗ whose boundary intersects both boundary components of of A, and points z and z− in A∗, such that the positive (resp. negative) orbit of z converges to a set contained in the upper (resp. lower) boundary component of A∗ and the positive (resp. negative) orbit of z− converges to a set contained in the lower (resp. upper) boundary component of A∗. This extends a celebrated result originally proved by Mather for area-preserving twist diffeomorphisms.


Intravenous infusion of glucose in patients with compensated nonischemic cardiovascular disease has demonstrated that the glucose disappearance slope, GK, is significantly lower than in normal subjects. Immunoassay of plasma insulin in 13 of these cardiac patients showed a reduced insulin response to hyperglycemia in the majority. All had a delayed decline of plasma insulin values.Plasma free fatty acids (FFA) were significantly elevated in the fasting state but were not significantly correlated with the reduced GK. During the acute hyperglycemia, plasma free fatty acid, potassium, and inorganic phosphate concentrations declined as in the normal subjects. Although cardiac index was reduced in most patients, a linear correlation with GK was not obtained.To examine the possible role of enhanced sympathetic stimulation seen in cardiac patients, norepinephrine was infused into normal subjects during a glucose-tolerance test (GTT). A decline in glucose tolerance and plasma insulin was observed to levels approximating those seen in the cardiac patients, suggesting a neurohumoral mechanism for the glucose intolerance in cardiac patients. It would therefore appear that the glucose intolerance in compensated cardiac subjects with a reduced cardiac output is frequently an acquired rather than a genetically determined metabolic disorder.


This new section includes smaller items of general interest to PIA members. Because of the long production timeunes for the journal it will focus on matters of on‐going rather than short‐term interest


of love for the author, a closer acquaintance with philological literature would have saved him from many errors. The bibliography does not inspire confidence. The only German work mentioned is Wilamowitz, Geschichte der griechischen Sprache. I cannot understand Mr. Moore's debt to this work, as it is merely a short address to a Philologenversammlung and is not concerned with comparative syntax. Space forbids discussion of all the flaws in the book. There is no distinction between what is early and late in Latin, between what is poetical and what is prose, or between pure Latin and Grecisms (e.g., dulce ridentem, os humerosque deo similis, etc.). The explanation of the accusative as ' The Grand Limiting Case' is valueless in view of the statement (p. 5) that ' all cases may be regarded as limiting.' On facilis descensus A verno we read ' if I direct or send something to a place, I may be said to give it to that place.' The dative of purpose is not 'an extension of the ordinary dative of the indirect object' (Hofmann 418). The genitive is described as ' the adjectival case.' Hofmann writes ' zunachst nur adverbal.' The genitive of the charge 'defines the noun implied in the verb.' It is, of course, a special instance of the genitive of respect. The pseudo-genetic explanation of the genitive of value is fantastic. On the fusion of the ablative and genitive in Greek we read ' indications for this fusion are to be seen in the partitive genitive, which is equally well conceived as ablative—a part taken from the whole ' ! In his remarks on the ablative of comparison the author has not utilized Lofstedt's treatment of this construction. The discussion of the aspects of the verb is inadequate, while the treatment of the moods is confused and much is wrong (e.g. the optative of polite command and concession). Finally, the author is apparently unaware that KC is Aeolic and that av is Attic. Monro's attempt to distinguish the usage of the two particles has long been known to be without foundation (Br.-Th. p. 626).


The present invention provides a recording method and a photocurable ink set of the process. The recording method using the photocurable ink set composed of a photocurable composition and a color ink photocurable clear ink composition, the photo-curable color ink composition containing a polymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator and a colorant, the photocurable transparent ink composition contains a polymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiator, the colored photocurable ink composition comprising (1) acylphosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator and (2) a thioxanthone based photopolymerization initiator, and / or α-aminoalkylphenone photopolymerization initiator at least any one of the light-curable clear ink composition contains with respect to the total mass of the ink composition is 5 to 12% by mass of the acyl phosphine oxide-based a photopolymerization initiator, the irradiation energy cured coating film formed by the ink set by light irradiation from a light source is 100 ~ 800mJ / cm2.


A follow-up employment survey to the original 2001 survey was sent out to 97 volunteer participants. Approximately 50% returned completed surveys. From this response, the author determined that, as in the first survey, a majority worked for general consulting firms and had a very low change rate of employers. Unlike the first survey, these respondents had not changed their positions as much. They believed the type of work was the most important factor in job selection and felt company stability was now an important factor when selecting a job. Their 2003 average salary was $53,529, approximately $8,600 more than their 2001 average salary. Also, those who had gone for their Professional Engineer (P.E.) license had received some sort of support from their employer, usually payment for the license fee or provision of review materials. A large majority of the respondents had taken continuing education courses even though most of their employers did not require them. In addition, all employers provided medical benefits while only some provided other benefits such as dental insurance or bonuses.


Carbon coatings on optical sensors can protect them from being corroded by H2 and H2O. In this paper, a laserinduced chemical vapor deposition device is presented to grow carbon films on the fiber Fabry-Perot sensor. The scanning electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy are used to analyze hermetic properties of the carbon coating. Experimental results demonstrated that the carbon-coated sensor exhibited a good long-term stability in a 72MPa and 300°C environment. The fluctuation of the cavity length is only 1nm during seven months after a short-term decrease.


Traffic monitoring and vehicle counting systems that use surveillance cameras employ several computer vision techniques, one of which is object tracking, which approximates the trajectory of the vehicle throughout the scene. However, a major challenge in processing videos from network camera feeds is the irregular and low frame rates, affecting the performance of object tracking. In this paper, we present a concurrent implementation framework intended to increase the input network video frame rate.


The master's thesis "Selected Legal Aspects of the Digital Single Market" delineates the legislative reaction of the European Union ("EU") to technological development for the occasion of the mid-term review of the Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe, the most advanced multiannual scope digital policy navigating the EU to the digital age, which was issued by the Juncker Commission on 6 May 2015, more than 10 years after the initiation of ending roaming charges, more than 20 years from the launch of the internal market and more than 30 years after Jacques Delors' commitment to ensure the four freedoms. Since the Juncker Commission has detailed, negotiated on and signed off many of its legislative initiatives under the DSM Strategy for the all-encompassing overhaul of Europe's digital landscape in pursuit of creating its legacy, but will the EU be able to reach its objective of future proof regulatory framework ready for the digital age? The master's thesis answers the overall research question by identifying the DSM's theoretical and conceptual framework, delineating its historical, social, substantive and institutional foundations, and based on them by assessing the state of play of the DSM and formulating recommendations. Initially, the first part identifies and defines phenomena constituting the theoretical and conceptual framework of the DSM. The second part delineates the DSM's foundations with regard to its historical, social, substantive and institutional aspect. Its first chapter on historical and social foundations explores different approaches adopted towards the digital agenda, which results in a compilation of material sources of law of the DSM, establishing the relationship between the DSM and the single market. The second chapter compares substantive and institutional foundations of both concepts to assess their relationship, notably their differences in terms of obstacles and freedoms, which needs to be addressed by digital policies. The single market's regulatory framework is a point of reference for the DSM, which faces the challenge to adapt the form of legal regulation to conditions in the digital space while navigating around competences and legal bases, lastly updated over a decade ago. Finally, the third part of the thesis uses the context provided by the delineation of the DSM's foundations to assess the state of play of the DSM through the EU's most advanced digital policies Digital Agenda for Europe and DSM Strategy with their successes, criticisms and recommendations for one of the main areas where the EU needs to act further – the strengthening of the status of the free flow of data in the internal market's architecture, which the author identifies as the key instrument for achieving the future proof regulatory framework of the DSM.


Background. The production of oil and gas by horizontal wells, despite all its advantages, is subject to exploratory and operational complications. At the final stage of their development, such fields become hard-to-recover reserves. Production of oil and gas is often associated with a high water cut, a significant drop in reservoir pressure, and precipitation of asphaltene deposits.Aim. To analyze the problem of early indication of flooding of horizontal wells and do research on existing solutions nowadays.Materials and methods. The dependence of the logarithm of the water-oil ratio on the cumulative oil production was investigated. An analysis of production decline curves was carried out, along with a graphical diagnostics of flooding evolution.Results. The anticipated cumulative production of a well was determined by continuing the linear dependence to its economic limit. A graph was plotted in semi-logarithmic coordinates for the analysis of production decline curves. According to the dependence of the water-oil ratio versus time, the type of early well flooding was determined in logarithmic coordinates.Conclusion. One of the most significant problems in the development of horizontal wells consists in the high water cut of the obtained products. According to the data for 2020, the average water cut in the main fields of Russia comprises at least 85%, with the mass ratio of produced oil and associated water approaching 1:7. The use of water-soluble polymers for waterproofing of horizontal wells can be considered a promising direction due to their efficiency in limiting water inflow in vertical and directional wells.


The researchers' goal is to increase the activity and student learning outcomes in learning civics class VA model Problem Based Learning in Elementary School No.08 VII Koto Sungai Sarik Pariaman . Instrumen research used in this research is the teacher activity sheet sheet, observation aktivitass a student, and the cycle tesakhir affective student observation sheet. Based on data analysis, the percentage of the number of student activity in asking and collecting information in the first cycle of 37.5% increased to 78.75% in the second cycle. The average percentage of the number of students who have grades above KKM pada siklus I with a percentage of 40% increased to 80% in the second cycle. The percentage of students in the first affective average percentage of students in co-operation is 57.59% and the average percentage of students in responsibility is 51.95%. and increased in the second cycle with the average percentage of students in the average student working in cooperation 76.65%. From the research that is stored collected Civics learning by using problem based learning model can improve the activity and student learning outcomes in SDN No.08 VA class VII Koto Sungai Sarik Pariaman. Therefore, it is recommended to teachers in teaching civics with a problem based learning model can be used as a model of learning in primary schools. Keyword: Aktivites,Results , Learning, Peoblem Based Learning


AIMS
We report a patient with a perilymphatic fistula and review the literature on this topic.

CASE REPORT
The patient was a 50 years old male with a five days history of intense and continuous vertigo associated with nausea, vomiting and sweating, which was initiated after a sudden noise in the left ear. The symptoms resolved spontaneously over five days, without surgical treatment. The clinical picture resembles those previously reported for perilymphatic fistula. The current literature on this topic has been reviewed in this article.

CONCLUSION
The patient presented an early recovery, what corroborates the current tendency of waiting a few weeks before indicating surgery.


The rare earth composite doped perovskite type materials as the candidate cathode materials for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell were prepared based on the doping theory using traditional solid state reaction method.The effects of the different elements,the different compositions,the calcination temperature,and the holding time on the materials properties have been investigated with XRD,DTA and SEM.The experimental result showed that the calcination temperatures of these materials are 1000℃~1300℃;The perfect holding time is 10h;Through mixing,milling,pressing the starting materials into pellets and calcination can obtain the product with the grain size 1~5nm.The electrical conductivity of rare earth composite doped LaMnO_3 materials can be increased by co-doping Ca~(2+)and Sr~(2+) in A site for part La~(3+) or by doping Co~(3+) and Fe~(3+) being in place of Mn~(3+).


Introduction The academic study of religion(s) in Europe has, in the past few years, become aware of religious education (hereafter: RE) as an important research field. Whereas research on RE was previously considered a task for the (confessional) theological didactics of religion, the view is now emerging that the academic study of religion should develop its own secular didactics of religion and lobby for the replacement of confessional RE in public schools with RE taught from a neutral, st...


The Wigner function of the compass state (a superposition of four coherent states) develops phase-space structures of dimension much less than the Planck scale, which are crucial in determining the sensitivity of these states to phase-space displacements. In the present work, we introduce compass-like states that may have connection to the contemporary experiments, which are obtained by either adding photons to or subtracting photons from the superposition of two squeezed-vacuum states. We show that, when a significant quantity of photons is added (or subtracted), the Wigner function of these states are shown to have phase-space structures of an area that is substantially smaller than the Planck scale. In addition, these states exhibit sensitivity to displacements that is much higher than the standard quantum limit. Finally, we show that both the size of the sub-Planck structures and the sensitivity of our states are strongly influenced by the average photon number, with the photon addition case having a higher average photon number leading to the smaller sub-Planck structures and, consequently, being more sensitive to displacement than the photon subtraction case. Our states offer unprecedented resolution to the external perturbations, making them suitable for quantum sensing applications.


Efforts to recruit and retain Teachers of Color are rarely accompanied by policy and programmatic changes that adequately address their unique learning needs. In this article, I propose a framework that draws on sociocultural learning theory and Critical Race Theory to examine how programmatic structures embedded in a racially structured society marginalize the learning needs of preservice Teachers of Color committed to social justice. Recognizing a need to challenge racially hierarchical learning models within teacher preparation programs, I utilize my proposed framework to consider new programmatic possibilities when preservice Teachers of Color are simultaneously positioned as experts and learners in one another's student teaching experiences. Through a qualitative analysis of the peer learning experiences between two preservice Teachers of Color, in this study, I offer conceptual tools to examine the complex intersections and tensions between learning structures, social processes, and the experiential knowledge of People of Color. I also offer implications for teacher preparation programs in an effort to (re)organize cultural practices that center the learning needs of preservice


This paper describes experiments carried out at NiCT for the TREC 2009 Entity Ranking track. Our main study is to develop an effective approach to rank entities via measuring the "similarities" between supporting snippets of entities and input query. Three models are implemented to this end. 1) The DLM regards entity ranking as a task of calculating the probabilities of generating input query given supporting snippets of entities via language model. 2) The RSVM ranks entities via a supervised Ranking SVM. 3) The CSVM, an unsupervised model, ranks entities according to the probabilities of input query belonging to topics represented by entities and their supporting snippets via SVM classifier. The evaluation shows that the DLM is the best on P@10, while the RSVM outperforms the others on nDCG.


relation such as 'bigger than' (e.g., generalizing from the bigger of two small squares to the bigger of two big squares). Equally impressive is the ability of (over)trained rats not merely to generalize on the basis of stimulus properties (e.g., black to black, circle to circle) but in terms of abstract dimensions such as shape or brightness (Shepp & Eimas 1964). In performing a transfer more rapidly within a dimension than outside they might be said to reveal the capacity to represent a dimension as well as a particular property within it. For example, having performed a discrimination between squares and triangles, they will subsequently find a circles-versus-crosses discrimination easier to learn than if they had been pretrained on a brightness discrimination task. What is to stop us, then, from suggesting that the child possesses learning capacities at least as powerful as this (see Bryant 1971; Lawrenson & Bryant 1972, Russell 1980) and applies them to abstracting properties like 'actor', 'predicate', and 'noun phrase'? What should stop us is consideration of the nature of verbal reference. Things, people, situations and feelings are not stimuli for the production of words; at least they are not stimuli in the sense in which a black square is a stimulus for jumping to the left. In the case of language there is, what Grice (1957) has called2, a 'non-natural' or conventional connection between the referent and the word. (An example of a natural connection between a gesture and its meaning might be that between showing somebody one's cut hand and meaning 'my hand is cut'.) In the non-natural case of linguistic meaning the speaker is not merely using words because the same words have done the trick in similar situations in the past, but using words with a 'second order intention', in which there is an intention to get another to recognize our intention to mean p by s. Thus, reference is [2] I do not have to assume here that the Gncean view of meaning can provide a complete account of meaning in language which it cannot. There is also the problem that Grice's analysis may not be complex enough (Strawson 1964) Nevertheless, it is sufficient to illustrate the difference between the (highly natural) connection between behaviour and stimulus in conditioning experiments and the (non-natural) connection between spoken words and referents.


Intangible cultural heritage is the living fossil of human civilization.In the modern information society,intangible cultural heritage faces the dilemma of how to inherit and innovate.The protection of Anhui intangible cultural heritage can use modern animation to carry out digital protection of intangible cultural heritage,which has not only injected new vitality,but also a good attempt to expand intangible cultural heritage protection.


Objective To investigate the role of heat shock poteins(HSPs)in the pathogenesis of psoriasis.Methods Expression of HSP27,HSP70and HSP60was detected by immunohistochemical and image analysis in epidermal keratinocytes of pre-and post-treatment psoriatic lesional,and non-lesional skin in25psoriatic patients and6healthy controls.Results There was constitutive expression of HSP27and HSP70in epidermal keratinocytes of psoriatic non-lesional skin and normal controls,and the weak expression in psoriatic lesions.There was expression of HSP60in keratinocytes of psoriatic skin,but no expression of HSP60in non-lesional and normal skin.Expression of HSP27and HSP70recovered gradually in post-treatment psoriatic lesions,and no expression of HSP60was observed in lesional skin after treatment.Conclusion HSPs may play a certain role in psoriatic stress protective mechanism.


Aerospace applications are particularly challenging for wireless networks. Not only are the constraints on emitted power very stringent but the network must display a guaranteed reliability. We also encounter a rather unfavourable propagation environment, in the form of highly resonant cavities (e.g. baggage holds) and complex mobile environments (e.g. the cabin). There is a further constraint that often the system performance needs to be characterised before that structure is built; making measurements impossible. In this study the fast multipole method is used to simulate wireless channels in two aeronautic environments: Propagation inside a cabin and external propagation along a wing. Methods are presented to simplify the complex cabin model, and to limit the complexity of the calculation of the delay profile of propagation along the wing.


Objective: The purpose of this study is to present a review of the current understanding of glomus tumors of the hand. Methods: Clinical cases are used to demonstrat the relevance of history and physical examination in deriving the diagnosis of this rare, but important entity. Treatment, complications, and review of the literature are presented. Results: Glomus tumors are rare vascul r lesions repr senting approximately 1% of all hand tumors. Derived from the gl us body, they a usually found at th tip of digits and present as a classic triad of severe pain, point tenderness, and cold sensitivity. Clinical features include blue discoloration, palpable nodule, and nail deformity in subungual tumors. The Hildreth's test and the Love's pin test are reliable methods of diagnosing glomus hand tumors with sensitivity and specificity exceeding 90%. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice. Possible complications following operative management include recurrence and nail deformity. Con lusio : Th s article outlines the cur nt k owledge rela ng to the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatm nt of glomus tumors of th hand.


FIELD: chemistry. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to ruthenium complexes. Complex has formula 1: formula 1, where X 1 and X 2 represent a halogen; R 1 , R 2 , R a , R b , R c , R d represent hydrogen; Z represents COOR z , where R z is C 1 -C 5 alkyl; L is ligand of formula 2a formula 2a, where R 50 , R 60 represent C 5 -C 20 aryl, optionally substituted with at least one C 1 -C 12 alkyl; R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 represent hydrogen. Invention also discloses a method of producing a ruthenium complex and its application. EFFECT: ruthenium complexes are used as catalyst in olefin metathesis. 9 cl, 3 dwg, 3 ex