No organ of the body is as misunderstood, maltreated and fussed over as the digestive tract. Yet it is a key to our very health and well being. Hundreds of products are advertised to relieve "occasional irregularity and constipation." When little transport activity persists, then attention should be made to internal cleansing. Issues will include blockages, imbalances and corrective procedures for cleansing the alimentary tract


Ideally, intraoperative sentinel lymph node (SLN) analysis in breast cancer should be automated, have high concordance with extensive histopathology, and be applicable in any hospital setting. A prospective multicentre evaluation of the one‐step nucleic acid amplification (OSNA) automated molecular diagnostic system of SLN analysis was undertaken.


We show that charged vector mesons cannot be condensed by a magnetic field. Although some hadron models predict the charged vector meson condensation in a strong magnetic field, we prove, by means of the Vafa-Witten theorem, that this is not the case in QCD. We also perform the numerical analysis for the meson mass and condensation in lattice QCD. The lattice QCD data confirm no charged vector meson condensation in a magnetic field.


Only a few scientific works in Russian legal studies are devoted to the status of legal responsibility in the Russian legal framework. This article examines the status of legal responsibility in the legal system of Russian society and proposes a new approach and defines the relationships between legal responsibility and legal awareness, legal culture, and regulation of social relations on the basis of authors' consecutive studies as well as other viewpoints presented in the literature. Authors outlined the features of legal responsibility in the context of Russian legal framework and social relations, highlighting criteria of legal behavior and Russian legal norms contributing to the development of this phenomenon.


Visual image retrieval systems imply novel approaches to improve their performance. Search methods require mathematical formalism for feature extraction of multi medial data. Euclidean distance is not enough approach for extracting similarity between images. Radial basis function provides necessary optimization for similarity measures when query image is used as reference. This paper explains a novel method exploiting radial basis function applied for visual image retrieval area. The goal of the approach is the searching process optimization for image retrieval which is obtained results reveal interesting conclusions about advantages of the proposed method even conventional similarity measurement approaches used in content based retrieval area.


The Solar-Electric Sail accelerates by reflecting positively charged solar wind ions. If it is used to propel an interstellar migration mission, its interstellar cruise velocity relative to the home star cannot exceed the solar wind velocity. In an effort to analytically determine interstellar cruise velocity for a 107 kg generation ship, a constant solar wind velocity within the heliosphere of a Sun-like star of 600 km/s is assumed. The solar wind proton density at 1 AU is also considered constant at 10 protons per cubic centimeter. Solar wind density is assumed to decrease with the inverse square of solar distance. It is shown that, to maintain sufficient acceleration to achieve an interstellar cruise velocity about 70% of the solar wind velocity, the radius of the sail's electric field is enormous—greater than 105 km. Because the solar wind velocity and density are not constant, field strength must be varied rapidly to compensate for solar wind variation. Although not competitive with the ultimate theoretical performance of solar-photon sail propelled migrations departing from Sun-like stars, the solar-electric sail might be superior in this application for migration from dim K and M main sequence stars. Such migrations conducted during close stellar encounters might have durations < 1000 terrestrial years. If only a tiny fraction of M dwarf stars host star-faring civilizations, a significant fraction of Milky Way galaxy planetary systems may have been inhabited, even if no major advances over currently postulated interstellar transportation systems are postulated. SETI theoreticians should consider this when estimating the effects of interstellar colonization.


Social networks play a role in how retirees adjust to retirement and their overall well-being in retirement. However, the role that social interactions and satisfaction with social support play in retirement satisfaction have yet to be fully explored. As such, the current study examined the mediating role of positive and negative affect on the associations between satisfaction with support and positive and negative social interactions as predictors of retirement satisfaction among retired older adults. Data were collected from 433 older adults (Mage = 59.20, SD = 5.21; 51.5% female) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The current findings illustrate that positive and negative social interactions as well as positive and negative affect play a role in retirement satisfaction, and that satisfaction with social support plays a role in the relationship between negative social interactions and negative affect. These findings may also have implications for interventions aimed to increase social integration of retirees.


The invention relates to a peritoneal dialysis solution composed of one or more separate solutions. To ensure treatment that produces zero side-effects and is accompanied by a drop in blood pressure, the solution contains sodium ions in a concentration of between 121 and 129 mmol/l, preferably 125 mmol/l. The invention also relates to a two-compartment bag containing a peritoneal dialysis solution composed of two separate solutions, consisting of a plastic bag with a first compartment for the first separate solution arranged side by side with a second compartment for the second separate solution, the two compartments being separated by a weld seam dimensioned so that it opens when pressure is applied to one of the liquid-filled compartments, causing the contents of the two compartments to mix together. ® KIPO & WIPO 2007


The rising concern about the global warming, emission of the hazardous gases and
limited sources of the fossil fuel has made an electric vehicle one of the most topics that catch
the attention of the researchers and automotive companies. However, as everyone concern,
electric vehicle is driven or powered by the rechargeable battery that can only withstand
certain period of time and the time taken for battery to be fully charged will take quite a long
time. Therefore, in this project, the power consumption of the electric vehicle will be
calculated and predicted. This will assist the driver to predict how long the vehicle can travel
before the battery needs to be charged again. There are two variables that are manipulated in
the calculation, the speed of the vehicle and also the gear used. Based on the two parameters,
the driver can devise a strategy to optimize the power consumption of the vehicle by selecting
the most suitable speed and gear when driving. Besides, this project is focusing on the
algorithm development and there will be no simulation or hardware implementation involved.
The calculation involves several types of the forces which includes the rolling resistance force,
aerodynamic drag resistance force, climbing and downgrade resistance force and also the
acceleration force. Beside the forces, the slopes of the roadway are also taken into
consideration since the angle of elevation of the roadway is significantly affect the accuracy of
the calculation. As a result, the power consumption of the vehicle can be predicted and
therefore, the driver can estimate how far the vehicle can travel with fully charged battery. In
additions, the driver also can choose the right strategy in order to optimize the power
consumption.


Does a monetary union, for it to be successful, impose limits on the diversity of labour market policies and institutions in its member states? I argue that one should not overstretch functionalist arguments in this matter; the problem at hand is political and the challenge is to identify common standards and policy rules that are functionally relevant (taking on board a combination of arguments on what a wellfunctioning monetary union requires) and legitimate in view of shared aspirations across the member states. What is 'needed' and what is 'imposed' by monetary unification in Europe, depends on the fundamental aspirations that drive the European project at large. Already in the 1990s, reform in labour markets was justified by the advent of the monetary union. The European Employment Strategy emphasised supply-side flexibility: an agenda for flexible labour markets was interwoven with an agenda of investment in individual labour market opportunities and the development of 'enabling' policies. This essay develops a broader argument: to sustain a wellfunctioning monetary union that serves the EU's aspirations, we need a consensus on labour market institutions that support symmetry and stability. Therefore, collective action and 'protective' policies are in order. Enabling and protective policies can be mutually reinforcing, in creating resilient social systems. With regard to symmetry, the member states need labour market institutions that can deliver on wage coordination; this limits the diversity of social systems cohabiting in a monetary union, since it excludes totally decentralised and uncoordinated bargaining. Institutions that monitor competitiveness should be embedded in social dialogue, and distributive concerns should be mainstreamed in the monitoring of competitiveness. Mainstreaming distributive concerns into competitiveness makes the 'assignment' for national social partners complex and challenging, but such an encompassing approach may stand a better chance to achieve legitimacy.


Epoxy-based adhesives are used as thermal and electrical interfaces. These interfaces require excellent adhesion, heat transfer, and electrical properties. Due to the difference in material properties, adhesive failure and delamination remain an integral part of the reliability issue since adhesive rupture or delamination may induce other electrical or mechanical failure mechanisms. Aim of this work is to characterize material properties which will be used for prediction of interface toughness with the help of finite element analysis. Focus will be given to the interfaces between the adhesives and brittle materials (silicon and alumina). In-depth material characterization is conducted by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), pressure-volume-temperature (PVT) measurements and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) in order to calculate the residual stresses at the interface due to curing and cooling. The heat of reaction for adhesives, kinetic investigation results, relation between cure shrinkage and conversion level, bulk moduli as a function of temperature and elastic moduli as a function of temperature and time will be presented.


The recycling of industrial wastes as raw material for the construction industry emerges as a viable solution to the increasingly serious problem of their accumulation, due to increasing production. This recycling process involves significant environmental benefits: the use of wastes, energy economy and the conservation of nonrenewable resources. In this paper waste from a steel plant, called red powder or Ruthner powder, is studied, in order to determine its environmental suitability for reuse as fine aggregate in mixtures for the production of clay bricks. This waste is produced in the steel industry after the hot rolling process; the plate is covered with a layer of oxides which is removed in a pickling process, obtaining as a byproduct of the process Fe2O3 (red powder). These powders are mixed with clay up to 50%, pressed and heat treated in the range 950°C-1000°C. Ceramic compacts thus obtained are characterized by several techniques for determining the suitability for using them, taking into account the commercial requirements of such materials. These products have good physical and mechanical properties, with values of porosity, mechanical strength, volumetric changes and permanent weight loss within the market requirements.


Industrial-scale machine learning applications often train and maintain massive models that can be on the order of hundreds of millions to billions of parameters. Model parallelism thus plays a significant role to support these machine learning tasks. Recent work in this area has been dominated by parameter server architectures that follow an asynchronous computation model, introducing added complexity and approximation in order to scale to massive workloads. In this work, we explore model parallelism in the distributed bulk-synchronous parallel (BSP) setting, leveraging some recent progress made in the area of high performance computing, in order to address these complexity and approximation issues. Using collaborative filtering as a case-study, we introduce an efficient model parallel industrial scale algorithm for alternating least squares (ALS), along with a highly optimized implementation of ALS that serves as the default implementation in MLlib, Apache Spark's machine learning library. Our extensive empirical evaluation demonstrates that our implementation in MLlib compares favorably to the leading open-source parameter server framework, and our implementation scales to massive problems on the order of 50 billion ratings and close to 1 billion parameters.


This short paper intends to set out a general theory underpinning the process of contractualisation of public international law. In doing so, it explains that this has chiefly been engineered through the establishment of a third sphere of regulation – in addition to the spheres of domestic law(s) and international law – namely transnational law. Both private actors and states operate through this sphere, chiefly because of its flexibility, decreased transaction costs and access to capital (which is scarce in the other two spheres). These benefits of transacting in the transnational-law sphere and the contractualisation of pertinent relationships come at a cost. Such a cost, from the perspective of human rights and parliamentary sovereignty, is explored by reference to two case-studies. The second of these, on the outsourcing of indigenous land rights, is predicated on the research and observations offered by Bhatt (2020).


Problem Chronic diseases and conditions (e.g., heart diseases, stroke, arthritis, and diabetes) are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. These conditions are costly to the U.S. economy, yet they are often preventable or controllable. Behavioral risk factors (e.g., excessive alcohol consumption, tobacco use, poor diet, frequent mental distress, and insufficient sleep) are linked to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Adopting positive health behaviors (e.g., staying physically active, quitting tobacco use, obtaining routine physical checkups, and checking blood pressure and cholesterol levels) can reduce morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases and conditions. Monitoring the health risk behaviors, chronic diseases and conditions, access to health care, and use of preventive health services at multilevel public health points (states, territories, and metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas [MMSA]) can provide important information for development and evaluation of health intervention programs. Reporting Period 2013 and 2014. Description of the System The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is an ongoing, state-based, random-digit–dialed telephone survey of noninstitutionalized adults aged ≥18 years residing in the United States. BRFSS collects data on health risk behaviors, chronic diseases and conditions, access to health care, and use of preventive health services and practices related to the leading causes of death and disability in the United States and participating territories. This is the first BRFSS report to include age-adjusted prevalence estimates. For 2013 and 2014, these age-adjusted prevalence estimates are presented for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and selected MMSA. Results Age-adjusted prevalence estimates of health status indicators, health care access and preventive practices, health risk behaviors, chronic diseases and conditions, and cardiovascular conditions vary by state, territory, and MMSA. Each set of proportions presented refers to the range of age-adjusted prevalence estimates of selected BRFSS measures as reported by survey respondents. The following are estimates for 2013. Adults reporting frequent mental distress: 7.7%–15.2% in states and territories and 6.3%–19.4% in MMSA. Adults with inadequate sleep: 27.6%–49.2% in states and territories and 26.5%–44.4% in MMSA. Adults aged 18–64 years having health care coverage: 66.9%–92.4% in states and territories and 60.5%–97.6% in MMSA. Adults identifying as current cigarette smokers: 10.1%–28.8% in states and territories and 6.1%–33.6% in MMSA. Adults reporting binge drinking during the past month: 10.5%–25.2% in states and territories and 7.2%–25.3% in MMSA. Adults with obesity: 21.0%–35.2% in states and territories and 12.1%–37.1% in MMSA. Adults aged ≥45 years with some form of arthritis: 30.6%–51.0% in states and territories and 27.6%–52.4% in MMSA. Adults aged ≥45 years who have had coronary heart disease: 7.4%–17.5% in states and territories and 6.2%–20.9% in MMSA. Adults aged ≥45 years who have had a stroke: 3.1%–7.5% in states and territories and 2.3%–9.4% in MMSA. Adults with high blood pressure: 25.2%–40.1% in states and territories and 22.2%–42.2% in MMSA. Adults with high blood cholesterol: 28.8%–38.4% in states and territories and 26.3%–39.6% in MMSA. The following are estimates for 2014. Adults reporting frequent physical distress: 7.8%–16.0% in states and territories and 6.2%–18.5% in MMSA. Women aged 21–65 years who had a Papanicolaou test during the past 3 years: 67.7%–87.8% in states and territories and 68.0%–94.3% in MMSA. Adults aged 50–75 years who received colorectal cancer screening on the basis of the 2008 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation: 42.8%–76.7% in states and territories and 49.1%–79.6% in MMSA. Adults with inadequate sleep: 28.4%–48.6% in states and territories and 25.4%–45.3% in MMSA. Adults reporting binge drinking during the past month: 10.7%–25.1% in states and territories and 6.7%–26.3% in MMSA. Adults aged ≥45 years who have had coronary heart disease: 8.0%–17.1% in states and territories and 7.6%–19.2% in MMSA. Adults aged ≥45 years with some form of arthritis: 31.2%–54.7% in states and territories and 28.4%–54.7% in MMSA. Adults with obesity: 21.0%–35.9% in states and territories and 19.7%–42.5% in MMSA. Interpretation Prevalence of certain chronic diseases and conditions, health risk behaviors, and use of preventive health services varies among states, territories, and MMSA. The findings of this report highlight the need for continued monitoring of health status, health care access, health behaviors, and chronic diseases and conditions at state and local levels. Public Health Action State and local health departments and agencies can continue to use BRFSS data to identify populations at risk for certain unhealthy behaviors and chronic diseases and conditions. Data also can be used to design, monitor, and evaluate public health programs at state and local levels.


introduction Aesop's fables are well-read by Japanese children. Shin'ichi Hoshi, one of the most celebrated short story writers in Japan, wrote a series of short stories titled Mirai Isoppu "Future Aesop's Fables." This 1982 collection contains several up-dated versions of well-known Aesop's fables, one of which is Ari to Kirigirisu "The Ant and the Grasshopper." In this "new" version of the story, Hoshi presents a critical view of some contemporary societies where the abundance of food challenges the traditional work ethic and social values. Pre-reading tasks Do you know any fables, old tales, fairy tales of Japan? Do you recall fables and stories you read in your childhood in your own culture? Can you recite any one of Aesop's fables? If you answered positively to any of the questions, summarize one of the stories you know in Japanese. Recalling Entry 8 on narratives, think of an expected beginning, middle, and end along with a likely plot development of a typical Japanese story. Would such a plot coincide with that of the Aesop's fable? With other stories do you know? If you are not familiar with the original version of "The Ant and the Grasshopper," here is the story taken from a collection of Aesop's Fables (1960:137). In this story a cicada appears instead of a grasshopper.


Demethylation of various codeine derivatives to give the corresponding, unnatural derivatives of morphine has been studied in Papaver somniferum. The efficiencies of the unnatural processes have been compared with that of the natural, codeine into morphine, conversion by feeding mixtures of [2-3H]-labelled codeine derivatives with [N-methyl-14C]codeine. Demethylation of dihydrocodeine (efficiency relative to codeine into morphine conversion, 47%), isocodeine (15%), codeine methyl ether (69%), dihydrodeoxycodeine (108%), and 1-bromocodeine (5.8%), to give the corresponding morphines, was observed.


In the article search of criteria of performance evaluation of management by the modern enterprise, focused on a maximum quantity of the indicators reflecting not only a financial side of activity, but also other aspects of functioning of the enterprise is considered.


The present invention provides a system and method that allows the network in response to the cell reselection notification, to provide sufficient data to wireless devices in order to complete the data transfer is not completed, instead of performing cell change immediately. And before the cell change, the appropriate distribution of the current serving cell radio resources to wireless devices, allowing for a reduced data transfer packet data session small delay between cells better load balancing and operational resources, the new target cell uplink proper allocation of link resources, and enhanced control of network congestion.


By the end of the 1950s, the Kennedys were one of the most influential families on the American political scene. The Democratic Party, in an expansive electoral phase in the 1960s, became a promoter of legislative reform in favor of minorities, which would broaden its electoral base. At the same time, said reform caused a major split between the Democrat factions more conservative. The programmatic rearrangement of the Democrats occurred in parallel to the personal evolution of Robert F. Kennedy. The joyful and gesticulating character of the chief justice of the Supreme Court, during the Kennedy-Johnson administration (1961-1965), gave way to a sad and reflective senator from the state of New York, during the first three years of the Johnson administration (1965-1968). Dawn Porter's documentary (2018) is a magnificent example of quality historical divulgation, in a commemorative time frame, in which certain aspects of the American political landscape are rigorously exposed.


Background: Patients with diabetes mellitus frequently present with foot infections as a complication, which are up to 20% of hospital admissions. On treatment of the wounds with low level laser therapy (LLLT) major changes (Increased granulation tissue, fibroblast proliferation, collagen synthesis, early epithelialization and enhanced neovascularisation) can be seen. The objective of study was to assess anti-infective property of LLLT in diabetic infections. Methodology: The present randomized controlled trial was conducted in Department of Surgery, KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Belgaum on 60 patients with infected diabetic foot ulcers for the duration of one year. Patients were divided into two groups using computerized randomization chart. Group I received conventional dressing with betadine and group II received LLLT along with conventional dressing. Both groups received empirical oral antibiotic (CiprofloxacinTinidazole) for two days and culture sensitive antibiotic later. The wound culture was repeated on fifth day and tenth day of treatment. Results: In this study control group had 25 males and 5 female and study group had 23 males and 7 females. Twenty four (24 that is 80%) patients had positive ulcer culture in control group and culture negative ulcer were 6 (20%) on tenth day. In study group culture positive ulcers were 20 (66.66%) and culture negative ulcers were 10 (33.33%) (p=0.3811). Conclusions: The wound subjected to LLLT with conventional therapy showed decreased infection rate at 10 th day of culture as compared to conventional


Objective
To investigate the effect of Sanders Ⅱ and Ⅲ calcaneal fractures with minimally invasive incision combined with percutaneous reduction.

Methods
Thirty patients with calcaneal fractures from January 2015 to August 2017 in the First Central Hospital of Baoding City were retrospectively reviewed. The classification was 12 cases of Sanders type Ⅱ and 18 cases of type Ⅲ. All patients underwent small incision of the lateral calcaneus. Invasive combined with the reduction of treatment. There were 24 males and 6 females. The age ranged from 22 to 64 years old and the average age was (36±11) years. All patients were fresh closed fractures, including 12 on the left and 18 on the right. The time from injury to surgery was 3 to 10 days, with an average of (5.0±1.2) days. Postoperative follow-up was performed to observe the function and complications of the foot, the Bohler angle, the Gissane angle, the height and width of the calcaneus before and after the operation were compared.

Results
All patients were followed up satisfactorily, with an average follow-up of (10.0±2.9) months. The Maryland foot function score showed that the excellent rate of this method for the treatment of calcaneal fracture was 90.0%. Preoperative and postoperative Bohler angle were (10±4)° and (30±5)°, preoperative and postoperative of Gissane angle (91±5)° and (121±10)°, the comparison was statistical significance (t=-15.59, t=-17.62, both P<0.05). All patients had no complications such as skin necrosis, hematoma, obvious fracture, displacement and iliac tendonitis.

Conclusions
The treatment of minimally invasive minimally invasive of Sanders type Ⅱ and Ⅲ calcaneal fractures is satisfactory, with few complications, and can early operated. It is worthy of clinical promotion without waiting for the swelling to completely resolve after surgery.

Key words:
Calcaneus; Fractures, bone; Fracture fixation, internal; Minimally invasive surgical procedures


The different facets of the President's energy plan proposed on April 20, 1977 are discussed as they relate directly to the Rocky Mountain states of Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, and Colorado. The forecasts of energy consumption by 1985 with full implementation of the energy plan are shown to differ only slightly from predictions made before the President's energy plan was proposed. It is concluded that, even through production from existing oil and gas fields is declining, conventional gas production should be encouraged, since its production consumes less water and is less labor-intensive than production of either electricity or synthetic fuels. The impact of shale oil production on the population growth, air pollution, and water resources of the Rocky Mountain States is explained in detail. Other recommendations are made to increase the energy supplies but to protect the ecology of the Rocky Mountain states.


The present invention discloses an automobile driven by waste Adsorption of the compressed mixed refrigerant and air conditioning systems, automotive air-conditioning technical field belongs. Refrigeration and air conditioning system includes a compressor, an evaporator, a condenser, a throttle valve, two adsorbent beds, two cooling water tank, circulating pump, manifold, sump, two three-way valve, a heat sink, the thermoelectric module and batteries. In use car air conditioner, the engine waste heat driven adsorption cooling is always running, if the cooling capacity is insufficient, by conventional compression refrigeration cars to supplement the two cooling methods share a condenser, an evaporator and a throttle valve. The present invention is based on the existing refrigeration system, the small number of components increases, to achieve full recycling of the waste heat of the automobile, so as to achieve the purpose of energy saving, and increase component without moving parts, means safe, reliable, with significant social and economic benefits.


We developed a mass production method that simultaneously controls the phase transformation and crystal size of TiO2 coatings on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). Initially, MWCNTs were successfully coated with amorphous 15–20-nm-thick TiO2 by an in-situ sol–gel method. As the calcination temperature increased in both air and argon atmospheres, the amorphous TiO2 was gradually transformed into the fully anatase phase at approximately 600°C, a mixture of the anatase and rutile phases at approximately 700°C, and the fully rutile phase above approximately 800°C. The crystal size increased with increasing calcination temperature. Moreover, above 600°C, the size of crystals formed in air was approximately twice that of crystals formed in argon. The reason is thought to be that MWCNTs, which continuously supported the stresses associated with the reconstructive phase transformation, disappeared owing to complete oxidation in air at these high temperatures.


This study is to compare variation indexes by monthly, weekly and hourly using AIS data, which was collected for 365 days from January 1 st to December 31 st , 2013 at Mokpo Port and then, computed the maximum standard error by observation days. The comparison of monthly variation indexes showed that the monthly variation indexes for September and February were 1.11 and 0.84, respectively, in turn revealing that the maritime traffic in September was about 32.1 % larger than February. Also, the daily variation indexes for Tuesday and Sunday were 1.05 and 0.92, respectively, in turn revealing that the maritime traffic in Tuesday was about 14.1 % larger than Sunday. When the maritime traffic investigation is executed for at least 1 week in consideration of the daily variation index, it is possible to reduce the maximum standard error rate to be within 21 %. Therefore, if the maritime traffic investigation is made in the month and week with low maritime traffic, each variation index should be applied to reflect the actual maritime traffic.


Thermal density and hot spots limit three-dimensional (3D) implementation of massively-parallel SIMD processors and prohibit stacking DRAM dies above them. This study proposes replacing SIMD by an Associative Processor (AP). AP exhibits close to uniform thermal distribution with reduced hot spots. Additionally, AP may outperform SIMD processor when the data set size is sufficiently large, while dissipating less power. Comparative performance and thermal analysis supported by simulation confirm that AP might be preferable over SIMD for 3D implementation of large scale massively parallel processing engines combined with 3D DRAM integration.


PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the subject compound useful as an artificial sweetener, etc., by adding a 1,3-diacyloxy-tetra(hydrocarbyl)distannoxane to a mixture of sucrose and a polar aprotic solvent, removing water by azeotropic distillation and reacting. SOLUTION: A first reaction mixture comprising sucrose and a polar aprotic solvent (e.g. N,N-dimethylformamide) is prepared and mixed with a 1,3- diacyloxy-1,1,3,3-tetra(hydrocarbyl)distannoxane to form a second reaction mixture. The vapor of a second solvent (e.g. cyclohexane) capable of removing water by azeotropic distillation is passed through the second mixture in the amount of the vapor and time to sufficiently remove the whole water by the azeotropic distillation to form a third reaction mixture containing the polar aprotic solvent and the second solvent. The third reaction mixture is mixed with a carboxylic acid anhydride (e.g. acetic anhydride) to form a fourth reaction mixture, which is maintained at a temperature for a time to sufficiently produce sucrose-6-ester. COPYRIGHT: (C)1997,JPO


Ultra-short term load forecasting is one of important operation managements of power system.An ultra-short term load forecasting method based on modified BP network is proposed.Bad data in exercise sample are excluded.Varied structure BP network is put forward,which is exercised via varied study step.The validity of the above method is illuminated by a practical testing example.


The uptake of pyruvate into the liver mitochondria is an important step in carbohydrate utilization for energy production and gluconeogenesis. Pyruvate is a major TCA cycle substrate and requires import into the mitochondrial matrix for channeling into gluconeogenesis. The identification of the genes encoding the MPC now enables molecular-genetic studies on MPC function. We generated mice with liver-specific deletion of Mpc1 and investigated the importance of the MPC for hepatic gluconeogenesis. Using both genetic and chemical MPC disruption we found that the MPC gates pyruvate-driven hepatic gluconeogenesis in mouse and rat primary hepatocytes. We also observed that disruption of MPC activity induced alternative pathways for gluconeogenesis utilizing pyruvate-alanine cycling and glutaminolysis.


"With the vision of the smart factory of the future, the manufacturing industries are currently undergoing a fundamental new orientation on the basis of the Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things and Services paradigms. All parts along the manufacturing chain are nowadays equipped with embedded computing, communication and networking capabilities and are expected to interact in an optimal way towards the goal of an energy and resource efficient, save and reliable production process. Through decentralized optimal decision-making and an appropriate communication among the networked individual parts, the whole production process of the future is expected to operate optimally. In this presentation the challenges and opportunities of Industry 4.0 for the field of automatic control are discussed. We will in particular investigate the potential impact of networked and optimization-based control for the fourth industrial revolution and will argue that some new developments in the control field, especially connected to the field of model predictive control, appear to be ideally suited to have a potential impact in the new Industry 4.0 environment." The traditional IFAC President's Dinner was held on Thursday evening after the technical lecture. This year's dinner took place at Le Salzgriess, a French restaurant in Vienna's First District and was attended by IFAC officers and staff members, as well as former IFAC presidents Vladimir Kucera (CZ) and Alberto Isidori (IT), representatives from other internationally-renowned organizations, IIASA Director General Prof. Pavel Kabat and IFIP Honorary Secretary Prof. A Min Tjoa, and members of the Austrian control engineering community. The first day of the meeting started off on Friday morning at the town hall in Laxenburg at the invitation of Mayor Robert Dienst. Laxenburg is proud that the IFAC Secretariat has been located at Schlossplatz 12 at the invitation of the Austrian government since 1978. After the Friday lunch IFAC officers and staff were invited to the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), also located in Laxenburg, at the invitation of Dr. Kabat. This presented the opportunity for the two organizations to learn about the others' work and to consider possibilities for future collaboration and projects. The informal meetings at the Secretariat office gave officers a chance to be updated on the status of various activities within IFAC and to receive reports from all officers. In addition these meetings offer the chance to prepare for the upcoming IFAC Council and Related Meetings, which are scheduled to be held in Istanbul, Turkey from 22-24 June 2016. Plans for the 2017 Informal Officers' Meeting are already underway., The technical lecture is to be presented in Vienna by IFAC Executive Board Chair Sergio Bittanti. Photos from President's Dinner and Informal Meeting Laxenburg Mayor Ing. Robert Dienst with his wife Cynthia FestinDienst at the President's Dinner Left to right: Prof. Andreas Kugi (AT), TC 6.2 chair and EiC of IFAC Journal Control Engineering Practice, IFAC Technical Board Chair Prof. Francis (Frank) Doyle III, Katharina Willixhofer, IFAC Secretariat This Newsletter may be reproduced in whole or in part. We encourage electronic distribution of this Newsletter, as well as reprinting in national and local automatic control periodicals. Acknowledgement to IFAC would be appreciated. IFAC Officers Visit Prof. Pavel Kabat, Director General at IIASA, located in the Schloss Laxenburg/Laxenburg Palace. IIASA and IFAC are both proud to call Laxenburg, Austria home. Left to right: Immediate Past President Ian Craig (ZA), Prof. Pavel Kabat, IIASA Director General, President Janan Zaytoon (FR), Treasurer John Lygeros (CH), President-Elect Frank Allgöwer (DE), Technical Board Chair Francis (Frank) Doyle III (US), IFAC Secretary Kurt Schlacher (AT), Executive Board Chair Sergio Bittanti (IT.) Ing. Walter Prinz from the Austrian BMVIT attended the President's Dinner. IFAC Advisor and IFAC Foundation President Alberto Isidori (IT) at the President's Dinner 551 AUTOMATIKA 57(2016) 2, 549–554


During 1993 ~ 1995 we conducted an experiment in which we removed the dominant species of rodent, Rattus nitidus , from a 2 hm 2 plot in the Western Sichuan Plain and set a 1 5 hm 2 control plot in the same habitat. The experiment evaluates the extent to which the dominant species influences other rodent populations. Monitoring with live traps and statistical analyzing with paired t testing of difference between the experimental and control plots revealed that: the removal of R. nitidus (1) resulted in increases of population density (R. nevigicus and R. flevipectus) and biomass (R. confucians) during a certain year or overall study period; (2) induced significant increases in the number of species and Shannon indexes of species diversity during 1995 and overall study period; (3) resulted in no significant changes in joint population density, biomass, evenness of species. These results indicate that occurrence of the dominant species plays a major role in regulating the number of species and determining the organization of cropland rodent communities. Competition between the dominant species and other rodent populations for resources was limiting the number of species in the community. But we have not identified which components in resources were working in limiting the species number and species diversity by our relative simple experimental manipulations.


Motivated by the problem of link scheduling in wireless sensor networks where different sensors have different transmission and interference ranges and may be mobile, we study the problem of "distance edge coloring" of graphs, which is a generalization of proper edge coloring. Let Gbe a graph modeling a sensor network. An ℓ‐distance edge coloring of Gis a coloring of the edges of Gsuch that any two edges within distance ℓof each other are assigned different colors. The parameter ℓis chosen, so that the links corresponding to two edges that are assigned the same color do not interfere. We investigate the ℓ‐distance edge coloring problem on several families of graphs that can be used as topologies in sensor deployment. We focus on determining the minimum number of colors needed and optimal coloring algorithms. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 2013


Abstract The retention time of α-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenyl ethylene oxide oligomer surfactants was determined on a porous graphitized carbon column (PGC) in eluents containing acetonitrile, methanol, ethanol, 2-propanol, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane and 2-ethoxyethanol as organic modifier. Linear relationships were calculated between the logarithm of the capacity factor and the concentration of organic modifier in the eluent. Ethylene oxide oligomers were well separated on the PGC column in acetonitrile-water eluent mixtures. Oligomers were not separated in eluents containing 2-propanol, tetrahydrofuran. dioxane and 2-ethoxyethanol as organic modifier. This result was explained by the supposition that the bulky organic modifiers occupy the active adsorption centers on the PGC surface decreasing in this manner the separation efficiency of the support.


Space time adaptive processing is implemented in this paper in beamspace using a wavelet based transformation. We show that given a fixed number of beamspace elements, wavelet based STAP outperforms that of DFT based STAP, or sinusoidal tapers based STAP. Wavelet based decomposition divides the uniformly sampled element-space array into nonuniform dyadically distributed orthogonal beamspace elements. Adaptive processing in the wavelet domain improves signal-to-interference plus noise ratio depending on the type of wavelet used.


AIM: Rising global temperatures are predicted to increase ectotherms' body temperatures, benefitting some species but threatening others. Biophysical models predict a key role for shade in buffering these effects, but the difficulty of measuring shade across broad spatial extents limits predictions of ectotherms' thermal futures at the global scale. Here, we extend biophysical models of ectotherm body temperature to include effects of forest canopy shade, via leaf area index, and test whether considering remotely-sensed canopy density improves predictions of body temperature variation in heavily shaded habitats.
LOCATION: Worldwide.
TIME PERIOD: 1990–2010.
MAJOR TAXA STUDIED: Lizards.
METHODS: We test predictions from biophysical ecological theory for how body temperature should vary with microclimate for 269 lizard populations across open, semi-open, and closed habitats worldwide. We extend existing biophysical models to incorporate canopy shade effects via leaf area index, test whether body temperature varies with canopy density as predicted by theory, and evaluate the extent to which incorporating canopy density improves model performance in heavily-shaded areas.
RESULTS: We find that body temperatures in open habitats, like deserts, vary with air temperature and incident solar radiation as predicted by biophysical equations, but these relationships break down in forests, where body temperatures become unpredictable. Incorporating leaf area index into our models revealed lower body temperatures in more heavily shaded environments, restoring the predictability of body temperature in forests.
CONCLUSIONS: Although biophysical ecological theory can predict ectotherm body temperature in open habitats, like deserts, these relationships decay in closed forests. Models incorporating remotely sensed data on canopy density improved predictability of body temperatures in these habitats, providing an avenue to incorporate canopy shade effects into predictions of animals' vulnerability to climate change. These results highlight the thermal threat of changes in canopy structure and loss of forest cover for the world's ectotherms.


Paradoxopsyllus lhuntsensis sp.nov.The new species is rather similar to P.spinosus on many characters,especially as in P.spinosus the male also with a small upturned spine-like process mesad of the base of the upper antepygidial seta.The new species is readily distinguishable from P.spinosus by the following characters : ♂ (1) Movable process of clasper is broad knife-like,its anterior margin between anterior angle and tip angle being rather smooth-straight and the anterior angle is lower,situated on the middle point or slightly low lever.While the anterior angle in P.spinosus is convex strongly,and placed above the middle point of the anterior margin.(2) In new species the fixed process of clasper to be distinctly longer and nearly curved-finger shape,the length of its anterior margin is longer than or equal to the distance of anterior angle to apical angle of the movable process.But fixed process of clasper is shorter distinctly in P.spinosus,the distance of the anterior margin shorter obviously than the distance mentioned above.(3) Apical portion of crochet of aedeagus being nearly peach shape,the ventral margin around convex clearly.But in P.spinosus the ventral margin is shriveled.♀ (4) The lower portion of apical margin of St.7 with broad posterior process and without lateral cocave in new species,while there is a nearly square dorsal lobe,under the lobe is a long latero-ventral sinus in P.spinosus.Holotype ♂,measuring 2.9 mm long,paratypes 5 ♂ ♂,5 ♀♀ take in July,l994 ex Pitymys sikimensis and Rattus niviventer from Lhunze (Lhuntse) County (28.18N,92.49E),Tibet of China.All types are deposited in the Medical Entomology Collection of the Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology,Beijing,China.


The paper focuses on the results of population monitoring and ideas about population redistribution. It begins with a description of the counterurbanisation phenomenon as conceptualised in the literature and then outlines the progress of urban deconcentration as indicated by the latest evidence. The paper continues with a discussion of the various ideas which have been put forward to make sense of counterurbanisation and ends by stressing the potential importance of detailed research on the Mexican situation. At each stage the paper tries to draw out points which could repay investigation in the context of Mexicos intermediate cities strategy. (EXCERPT)


Process for the continuous spectral measurement of the stability of a gas-containing liquid (26), such as liquid, gas-containing food (26), in particular beer, with gaseous carbon dioxide, using a spectrally-electric photometer unit (20, 21) for electromagnetic waves, in which a transmitter (20) and a receiver (21) face, between which a transparent for the used electromagnetic wave device (7), through which the liquid flows (26) and which by the electromagnetic waves from the transmitter (20) is traversed, wherein the gas (6) is supplied as much as possible separated from the liquid (26) and thereafter the liquid (26) of the device (7), in which the gas (6) removed from the liquid (26) or escape therefrom, in the liquid (26) within the device (7) is introduced at least one reagent to effect a reaction with the liquid (26) is that according to the composition or the stability of the liquid (26) a change of the spectrum compared to the original spectrum of the liquid ...


In January 2009, an 89-year-old Caucasian man was referred to our hospital for progressive multiple cranial neuropathies. His past medical history included arterial hypertension, acute pancreatitis, heart failure, and in situ cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in the left temporal scalp, which was treated with total local excision (negative margin) in 2001. Two years later (2003), a right temporal SCC was diagnosed and treated with surgery and local radiotherapy (54 gray). In June 2006, a recurrence occurred on the same side, and pathology from the surgical excision revealed negative margins. In September 2007, he was admitted to the otolaryngology department for right facial nerve palsy; Bell palsy was diagnosed and treated with oral steroids, but this regimen was ineffective. To avoid eye complications, botulinum toxin was injected in the right levator palpebrae muscle. The patient progressively complained of right crawling paresthesias and numbness only of the right cheek. In January 2009, the right eyelid was still closed, despite the disappearance of botulinum toxin effects. A thorough neurologic examination revealed the following: hypesthesia and pain in the territory of the right V1 cranial nerve (CN), right peripheral facial palsy (CN VII), right deafness (CN VIII), complete right ophthalmoplegia, and right unreactive mydriasis (CNs III, IV, and VI). The examination was otherwise unremarkable.


The Myners Review of Institutional Investment is the latest of several classic examples of how Public Choice theory can be applied to the financial services industry. It demonstrates changing objectives and lack of knowledge and satisfies the vested interests of government and the pension fund advisory industry.


Virginia E. Egbert A Study of the Amount of Training That Pre-Service and In-Service Special Education Teachers Receive in the Teaching of Reading 2001 Dr. Stanley Urban Learning Disabilities The purpose of this study was to determine if special education teachers at the pre-service and in-servtice levels have received and are receiving enough training to proficiently teach reading to their students, This study aftempted to reveal the level of knowledge and training that special education personnel possess in the area of teaching reading. Data was gathered through a questionnaire, and then the responses for all of the participants were analyzed anid presented in graphs. The responses were classified as those from in-service teachers or pre-service teachers in order to compare the data between the two groups. The findings for research question one suggest that pre-service special education teachers do not receive adequate training in the teaching of reading as evidenced by their lack of undergraduate coursework and knowledge of current research and programs. For research question two, the findings indicate that in-service teachers did have more training and knowledge than pre-service teachers, but the application of that training and knowledge is not being monitored in any specific way. Concerning research question three, the findings point towards requiring more undergraduate reading coursework for pre-service special education teachers and requiring accountability for the reading progr~egs of students of in-service special education teachers.


Precast reinforced concrete demountable column system with elastically mounted diaphragms inserted into frame sections developed within the TACR grant project [1] was verified by a pseudo-dynamic tests in the UTAM AV CR experimental facility. The experimental verification and theoretical analysis was aimed at identifying the stiffness characteristics and dynamic response of the "frame" section, including the evaluation of the effect of demountable joints while mounting the diaphragm on beams using elastic (rubber) bearings. The experimental verification was performed for three different diaphragm to beam connections made by a rigid screw connection and by a connection with elastic bearings with two different stiffness values. During the first phase of the experimental verification the structure was exposed to pseudo-dynamic loading by a hydraulic jack controlled by deformation or by amplitude and corresponding frequency of the jack. The absolute deformations of the structure as well as relative deformations between individual structural elements were monitored by means of linear deformation sensors. The force necessary for reaching these deformations was also monitored. In the second phase of the experimental campaign the natural frequencies and dampening characteristics were identified. Based on the obtained values, the stiffness and dynamic characteristics of the frame structure with three different types of the stiffening diaphragm connections were identified and were compared with numerical model. Theoretical analysis and results of experimental research proved the satisfactory resistance of the proposed multi storey building system.


Experimental, analytical and finite-element-simulation approaches are presented for the characterization of fibre Bragg grating sensors written in conventional monomode and polarization-maintaining fibers subjected to transverse loading. Firstly, a diametrical-load configuration is considered. Numerical simulations show the behavior to be nonlinear as a function of the applied load when an appropriate analytical model for the opto-mechanical response is employed. Secondly, experiments are carried out with the sensors embedded in epoxy specimens, when the latter are subjected to transversal biaxial loading. The response is monitored as a function of the vertical/horizontal load ratio. A finite-element model of the specimen with the embedded fibre and the previous analytical procedure are used to calculate the strain distributions in the fibre core resulting from loading, and predict the corresponding Bragg wavelength shifts. Experimental results are then compared to numerical predictions.


Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis is a relatively newly characterized disease entity that commands a great deal of interest. Large amounts of information are being generated addressing the underlying etiology of the disease, its clinical presentation, and forms of treatment. Although controversy still exists, recent evidence supports the theory that AFRS represents an immunologic, rather than infectious, disease process. An improved understanding of this underlying disease process has led to an evolution in the treatment of AFRS.


Synthesis and characterization of a new series of low molecular weight (MWA 500-3000) OH-terminated linear aliphatic unsaturated polyesters based on cis-2-butene-1,4-diol and oxalic to sebacic acid were investigated. Direct polycondensa- tion and transesterification methods were used for the syntheses. The latter was recog- nized to be the preferable method due to its lower reaction temperature and time, lower diol/diacid ratio, absence of decarboxylation, and formation of a product with low polydispersity (M V w/M V nA 1.3-2.7). Elemental analysis, GPC, FTIR, 1 H-NMR, DSC, and WAXD were used for the investigations. A segmented polyurethane based on poly (cis-2-butylene adipate) glycol was also synthesized and spectroscopically identified. q1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 68: 173-183, 1998


This study examined the effects of brainstorming strategy on students' prior knowledge and academic performance in chemistry. A sample of 148 participants (made up of 71 female and 77 male students) in their intact classes were drawn from four selected coeducational secondary schools in two states in south-south Nigeria. The schools were assigned into two instructional groups- the experimental (brainstorming strategy) group with 73 and control (lecture method) group with 75 students. Data were obtained through the administration of Pretest followed with a seven week treatment, and then the administration of posttest. Data were analyzed using mean and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Results showed statistically significant difference in both mean knowledge and mean academic performance in favour of the brainstorming group. The result further showed no statistically significant difference in the mean academic performance of male and female students in the experimental group. More so, the study revealed no significant interaction effect of instructional strategies and sex on academic performance.  From the results of this study it was recommended that science curriculum designers and teachers should respectively design and use appropriate instructional strategies and packages that can evoke students' prior knowledge to promote learning.


Although a number of technical challenges related to the integration of embedded generation (EG) and power systems are yet to be addressed, the main area which requires urgent attention is commercial interaction between EG and power networks. It has been recognised that the present arrangements and mechanisms for pricing of distribution services do not treat EG adequately or systematically. The commercial issues related to charges for losses, connection and use of the distribution and transmission networks have been the subject of negotiations between local distribution utilities and EG companies, where many different arguments have been used in different contexts to address essentially very similar questions. Even the guidance provided by the Regulator may be inconsistent as a firm stand point from which the quantification of the impact of EG on system costs, and corresponding cost/benefit allocation can be considered, has yet to be established. This paper describes some of the main problems that the present pricing arrangements face and presents a framework for the development of a more equitable network pricing concept. Several frequently debated issues such as deep and shallow based charging for connection of EG, loss allocation, existence of negative use of system charges are discussed as an application of the proposed concept.


Objectives: To compare the short-term effects of mesh fixation in Lichtenstein inguinal hernia repair. Materials and methods: Prospective, randomized and unicentric study of patients undergoing primary, unilateral inguinal hernia, operated under the Lichtenstein technique; comparing the mesh fixation with n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate (group I) versus non-reabsorbable suture (group II). The study variables in the postoperative period focused on the incidence of pain, complications and hernia recurrence. Results: 120 patients have been included, from 26/11/2013 to 09/02/2015. 60 patients in each treatment arm. In group I pain was recorded (EVA ≥3) at 24h in 19 patients, at 30 days in 9 patients and at 90 days in 1 patient, against 22, 15 and 6 patients in group II (p= 0, 56; p= 0.17, p= 0.048, specifically). The incidence of morbidity at 90 days was 15% in the cyanoacrylate group and 13.33% in the suture fixation group, p= 0.79. Repairs were 4.8 minutes faster in the glue group (p= 0.02). There were no early recurrences in either group. Discussion: There were no differences in the incidence of acute pain evaluated at 24 hours after the intervention or at 30 days, but there was a lower incidence in favor of the glue at the 90-day assessment p= 0.048. There were no statistically significant differences in complications at 90 days, we objective reduction in surgical time of 4.8 minutes in favor of the cyanoacrylate. There were not early recurrence. ANZCTR registration with reference number ACTRN12616000242426.


Article discussing the different interpretations that various authors have made on the processes of globalization, others in favor, others against, some combined, as well as some focused on its dimensions, and the direct relationship of its occurrence with the emergence of profound technological changes that have caused such important irreversible changes in the behavior of humankind. Detailed explanation on the hypothesis that globalization is a multidimensio- nal historical process, with structural contents and systematically, hardly reversible character to the profound changes and technological


A 3-D semi-analytical homogenization model for soft magnetic composites (SMCs) is presented. The model is able to handle the nonlinear magnetic behavior of the ferromagnetic particles and estimate the eddy current (EC) losses. Comparisons to finite element (FE) results show a very good agreement for a unit cell of composite. The model can be used in a structural FE study of electromagnetic devices made of SMCs.


Abstract Vulcanization kinetics for silane-modified, silica-filled SBR has been investigated using the cure meter and swelling measurements to determine the crosslink density. The silane modifier was Si-69, bis(3-triethoxy-silylpropyl)tetrasulfane. To simulate the induction and curing periods as a function of temperature and compounding recipe, a three component kinetic model for curing was developed. The kinetic model consists of (a) curing in the bulk elastomer phase, (b) curing at the silica surface and (c) cross-phase curing between the bulk components and the silica surface. In order to describe the partitioning of reagents between the bulk and surface domains, the parameter reactive surface thickness,θ, was introduced into the kinetic model. An average value of 24.7 nm for θ was calculated from the kinetic data and the silica particle surface area. Physically significant model kinetic parameters were extracted from the experimental data using a cure meter at different temperatures for (a) bulk curin...


The bridge expansion and contraction device is the general term of various devices composed of rubber, steel and other components, which are installed in the joint place of the bridge, to make the vehicles steadily go through and meet the needs of deformation of the bridge superstructure. As an important part of the bridge structure, type selection, reasonable or not, directly affects the smooth and comfortable passage of vehicles. Particularly, a reasonable selection in urban bridge can effectively reduce the traffic noise and the jump phenomenon, increasing the service life.


A high-performance Godunov-type finite volume scheme is proposed for numerical simulation of dam-break flow over highly irregular terrain with complex geometries.The scheme is used to solve the two-dimensional shallow water equations on triangular grids.Using the variable reconstruction and limiter techniques,the numerical flux can be calculated with the HLLC(Harten-Lax-van Leer-Contact) solver.The Hancock predictor-corrector method is adopted for time stepping.The bed elevation is assigned to the vertices of grids,which is beneficial to wet/dry fronts treatments.The flux correction terms combined with the central approximation for the central bed slope source term can preserve a well-balanced property.The stiff problem due to the friction term is investigated,and a semi-implicit scheme is proposed to treat the issue.Numerical results from test examples show that the new scheme is stable,robust,and well-balanced,thus having a wide range of application prospects.


The article indicates pomological signs of tangerine: peel and pulp color, number of slices, fruit size, shape, taste, aroma and juiciness of a fruit. Physicochemical characteristics of tangerine fruits are shown: sugar, acidity, dry matter, vitamin C. A comparative biochemical assessment of tangerine fruits growing in the subtropical zone of the Krasnodar Territory and imported ones is carried out. The studies have been carried out in VNIIITsiSK in Sochi. 6 tested varieties of imported tangerine fruits were infected with penicillosis (Penicillium expancym Link) and anthracnosis (the pathogenic agent is Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Penz. Fungus). A physiological peta disease (deep pit) was found, which affected fruits on trees and appeared during storage with temperature regime violation [13]. Biochemical analysis revealed a low concentration of ascorbic acid, acidity and an increased content of dry soluble substances in the imported fruits in comparison with fruits grown in the humid subtropics of Russia.


Stunned by the ferocity of the freak wind that reduced their home in Ottery on the Cape Flats to rubble at dawn today, this family gazed unbelievingly at their belongings, which were smashed in less than five minutes.


Argopecten circularis (Sowerby, 1835) fecunddity was estimated during spawnings of February-March 1989 and March-May 1990 in Bahia Concepcion, Baja California sur, Mexico. In general, the number of oocytes released during the spawning of Argopecten circularis were potentially related to shell height. The calculated average oocyte wet weight during the maturity period was 8.9033x10ˆ-8 g. Spawning ocurred in individuals 44 to 77 mm in height. The highest fecundity occurred in bivalves 58 to 77 mm in height. Mean fecundity obtained for all heigts by regression analysis during spawning in February-march 1989 was 12, 102, 243 oocytes. In April-May of the same year, there were 17, 917, 006 oocytes, and during March-May 1990, 16, 938, 117 oocytes.


The present invention relates to a light emitting diode package. The main body of the LED package having a cup portion for receiving a light emitting diode chip is down-step or a groove along the outer edge of the upper end of the cup portion is formed. Lens unit is mounted to the upper end of the cup body, the edge of the lens portion so as to seal it while holding the cup portion and the down-step gap is downwardly extending flange along the outer wall of the cup portion is formed. Is a resin material is filled in a space between the lens portion and the bottom of the cup is filled in the gap between the down step and the downstream flange at least in part. The LED package may prevent the resin material from leaking to the outside while preventing the resulting voids in the resin material surrounding the LED chip. Light emitting diodes, high-power, sealed, leakage, and the resin material, the fastening


Maps are powerful modes of communication between scientists and novices. Cartographer Erwin Raisz understood just how powerful maps could be for visualizing the broad landscape. His physiographic method of landscape representation merged pictorial representation with large-scale cartography to generate some of the most vivid images of the physical landscape in the early part of the 20th century. Today, despite our ability to represent the landscape with increasingly realistic representations, there is a fondness for those traditional style line drawings. Thus, it is important to take time and reflect on the impact of Raisz's physiographic map on modern terrain representation. Here we look at Raisz's own body of work and his influence on modern cartographers, and finally we look at non-photorealistic representation's potential for replicating early line drawing methods like Raisz's.


The beginning of the 21 century has seen a technology boom that lead toward the development of social networking sites. The emergence of high speed internet, mobile devices and Web 2.0 has enabled users to add location dimension to the traditional social networking sites that has given birth to the location-based social networking sites. These sites have attracted millions of users around the world who share their location with friends and family. Currently 72% of internet users use social networking sites. This is producing an unprecedented amount of location-based social networking data. The objective of this research was to find if location-based social networking data can help in the development of a local community awareness application which can help users to find hot topics of discussion in an area and to know what people think and say around them. This became my motivation to develop Mapo, an android based local community awareness application built on the top of microblogging location-based social networking site Twitter, Google map and Twitter4j an open source library for Twitter. Mapo collects the location-based tweets from an area and displays them on Google map. After the development of Mapo, I conducted interviews among the students of Aalto university to find when and why they would use it. After interviews it was found that preferences changed from student to student and they used it to find different things i.e. what people around them think and say, events, opinion of other people about an item, street artist, restaurants and shopping malls. I have also conducted three experiments, the first two experiments were conducted by collecting location-based tweets from Peshawar and London to find if the application can help to find out the hot topics of discussion in an area. The third experiment was conducted by using the keyword search option of Mapo to find if it can help users to find items of their interests from an area. The results of the first two experiments showed that Mapo can help users to find hot topics of discussion from an area. It can help to find what people in a local community think and say. The results of the third experiment showed Mapo can also help users to find an item of their interest from an area.


1Both authors: Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3808, Durham, NC 27710. Address correspondence to H. F. Keyserling. he term "posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome" (PRES) refers to a complex of symptoms usually manifested by headache, confusion, seizures, visual disturbances, or a combination of these symptoms. PRES usually occurs in the setting of an acute rise in blood pressure, and in recent years, PRES has been recognized as a complication of immunosuppressive and chemotherapeutic agents including cyclosporine A and L-asparaginase [1, 2]. Imaging findings are characteristic and consist of typically unenhancing lesions that predominate in the white matter of the posterior brain regions, seen as hypodense regions on CT and hyperintense areas on T2-weighted MR images. We report an unusual case in which a child with PRES developed contrastenhancing lesions with marked mass effect in the posterior fossa that resulted in cerebellar tonsillar herniation and cardiac arrest.


Discusses bankruptcy legislation in England and Wales prior to 1825. Considers criticisms made of bankruptcy laws by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Eldon in 1801 and the Solicitor General, Sir Samuel Romilly in 1806. Notes the increase in the work of the bankruptcy courts in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. Examines criticisms of the drafting of the Bankruptcy Act 1825.


The expected difficult airway in children is predictable by clinical signs and medical history in most of the cases and therefore anticipative. It should always be managed in specialized centers. In emergency situations, optimized face mask ventilation (aided by an oropharyngeal/nasopharyngeal airway) or ventilation via supraglottic airway devices or a nasopharyngeal tube can be most helpful skills until definitive airway management is available. These emergency techniques should be taught regularly in all rtments where children present for elective and nonelective surgery.


e17632 Background: Patients with lung cancer are at high risk of developing VTE, including deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. We sought to characterize the clinical factors associated w...


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INTRODUCTION
Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic infection, that rarely occurs in immunocompetent patients.

CASE REPORT
We report a case of a 82 year-old woman who suffered from a bacterial pneumonia associated with lymphopenia. During the hospitalisation, she developed a cutaneous and ganglionnary cryptococcosis. No other cause of immunosuppression was found. The lymphopenia disappeared with the healing of the pneumonia treated with systemic antibiotics. Treatment with fluconazole was effective in 2 months on the cryptococcosis.

COMMENTS
To our knowledge, this is the first case of cryptococcosis after a transitory lymphopenia, occurring in a immunocompetent patient.


Only recently, dual-mode agents able to combine ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging have been proposed. In this paper, two types of innovative dual-mode contrast agents are investigated and compared in terms of imaging performance. Existing ultrasound contrast agents composed of gas-filled microbubbles covered by a polymeric shell were modified to obtain dual-mode contrast agents. Different densities of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles were anchored to the external bubble surface or physically embedded into the bubble shell. The goal of this paper is to individuate the setup parameters and imaging techniques able to optimize the microbubble detection with both imaging modalities. Moreover, the type of dual-mode agent and nanoparticle density that offer the best balance between magnetic resonance and ultrasound contrast enhancement is identified. In vitro imaging experiments were carried out by applying low magnetic field (0.25 T), low acoustic pressures (<; 300 kPa) and low concentrations of dual-mode contrast agents. Modified microbubbles with nanoparticles loaded on the external shell surface were found to provide the best contrast both in ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging.


Since November 8, 2020, international travelers entering China have been required to present a negative nucleic acid test (NAT) and a negative serum severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody test, known as the "double-negative test," taken within 48 hours prior to departure. The new requirement for an additional IgM antibody test by the Chinese Embassy for international travelers has sparked discussions among both Chinese and international media, as well as debate within the scientific community on the usefulness of an added IgM test. What is the scientific rationale for a "double-negative test?" Does it improve the overall sensitivity in screening individuals infected by SARS-CoV-2? Proof of a negative NAT upon arrival or within 72 hours prior to departure is not a new requirement for international travelers in the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Many countries have imposed similar travel policies to minimize the risk of cross-infection during travel and thereby preserve the epidemic containment within their borders. These measures are particularly important for countries that are popular for international tourism and business. For instance, over the past Thanksgiving holiday, Hawaii required all travelers to provide a negative COVID-19 test result prior to departure. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also recently updated its Testing and International Air Travel recommendations for passengers to obtain COVID-19 testing both 1 to 3 days before and 3 to 5 days after air travel. Furthermore, given that many countries are currently facing yet another new COVID-19 surge, strict travel policies will continue to be imposed. Regardless of the context of travel, as with all testing, who, what, when, and how to test matter significantly, in addition to the test performance itself. Since the start of the pandemic, NAT for SARSCoV-2 has been regarded as the gold standard test for COVID-19, as it is overall the most sensitive approach to detect viral presence during the first week after symptom onset. However, not all NATs perform equally. Among the more than 200 molecular diagnostic tests that received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), many are based on traditional reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), while others use less conventional methods such as droplet digital PCR, isothermal amplification, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time-of-flight mass spectrometry, or clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats technology. The limit of detection (LOD) of these tests significantly affects the detection sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 and has been shown to vary over 3,000-fold. Each 10-fold increase in LOD is expected to increase the false-negative rate by 13%, and thus the NAT with the highest LOD may have a false-negative rate as high as 70%. There is no specification regarding which NAT travelers should use under any current travel policy. In the hospital setting, RT-PCR and nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs, being the most sensitive method and sample type, are most commonly used. However, NP swabbing needs to be performed by trained health care personnel, and inadequate collection can compromise test sensitivity. As testing demands remain high, NAT performed in laboratories on asymptomatic individuals might not be applyparastyle "fig//caption/p[1]" parastyle "FigCapt"


This document discusses why the use of an indoor gas insulated substation (GIS) is highly recommended for high wind and high corrosive areas such as the Caribbean Islands. In 1998, Caribbean Utilities Company Ltd. (CUC) signed a long term substation strategic alliance agreement (SSAA) with ABB, Inc. (ABB) to provide turnkey assistance and support on upgrading its transmission and distribution infrastructure. Seven years later, the CUC/ABB alliance is continuing as ABB completes the fourth indoor GIS substation and both CUC and ABB have agreed to renew the SSAA for seven more years


The Internet of things are predicted for the global information industry after the Internet and another wave of technology and the economy is seen as promoting the development of a new round of information industry, and promote economic restructuring and transformation and upgrading of a key technology. This paper study the Internet of Things technology for the current situation and existing problems and development trends, analyzes the development of the Internet of things to be the status of technology, forecast the trend of technological development of the Internet of things, Point out the Internet of things that the technology exists and urgent problems.


Materials and methods. Participants were 50 patients with COPD stages 1–3 without comorbidities (32 men and 18 women, average age was 49.8 ± 1.0 years). Control group included 30 healthy people (19 men and 11 women, aged 50.1 ± 1.2 years). PA elastic properties was researched by ultrasound method. Statistical analysis was performed by means of the Statistica® 6.0 for Windows (StatSoft Inc.) software using parametric and nonparametric methods.


The aim of this study was to compare two selection criteria for growth speed in beef buffaloes. For this purpose, the traits "daily weight gain from birth to wean" (GWB) and "days to gain 160 kg from birth to wean" (D160) had been compared. To compare both criteria, we used Pearson and Spearman correlation of the predicted breeding values of each individual. The direct heritability estimative for both traits were similar and equal to 0.42. As for the maternal heritability, the values presented low magnitude, being equal to 0.05 and 0.03 for GWB and D160, respectively. A high degree of Pearson and Spearman correlation was observed between both selection criteria when all animals were analyzed. However, the scoring of the best 20 breeders was modified according to the selected criterion. KEY WORDS: Buffalo, daily weight gain, growth precocity.


This mini-dissertation seeks to investigate the harm caused by mob justice to people who are endowed with the right to life that is entrenched in the Bill of Rights. The investigation is done against the backdrop of an elaborate Bill of Rights that makes the right to life inviolable in democratic South Africa. It exposes the factors that underlie the growing incidence of mob justice in the country and the implications of this phenomenon for legal and policy options. The mini-dissertation proceeds from the understanding that the state has a duty to protect the right to life and that mob justice is unconstitutional and violates the right to life and its associated rights like the section 35 rights, right to dignity and so on. It is necessary that the state acts upon this phenomenon so as to fulfil its constitutional duty to protect the right to life. Beyond the analysis of the incidence of mob justice in South Africa, an effort was made to proffer viable strategic responses to curb the phenomenon in the short and


Through the statistics and analysis of the Chinese scholars' information who published articles on the three international tourism authority journals Annals of Tourism Research,Tourism Management,Journal of Travel Research since founded,this article dialyzes the process of tourism research in our country,tourism research strength and the regional difference of tourism research community. And then,it also analyzes the individual differences of tourism research scholars in our country. The topics of Chinese scholars' articles published on international journals are also studied through semantic social network analysis with ROSTCM6. 0 software. Finally,this article analyzes the researches published on the three journals by respectively. The result shows that the tourism research in China has obvious stages; Taiwan has the greatest competitiveness; Chinese scholars pay close attention to all aspects involved in the field of tourism,so the international influence of tourism research in China has gradually increased.


This paper defines a polygonal decomposition into regular and singular regions, a concept that is useful for skeleton extraction and part analysis of shapes, specially elongated figures. We define a closeness criterion among segments using the Voronoi diagram of a polygon that, together with a parallelism criterion, gives support to a new definition of regular regions. Regular regions correspond to the ones surrounded by smooth quasi-parallel contour lines, while singular regions are the polygonal regions that are not regular. We present an efficient algorithm to calculate the decomposition, and some experiments.


Manganese oxides are widespread in soils and natural waters, and their capacity to adsorb different trace metals such as Co, Ni, or Zn is well known. In this study, we aimed to compare the extent of trace metal coprecipitation in different Mn oxides formed during Mn(II) oxidation in highly concentrated, metal-rich mine waters. For this purpose, mine water samples collected from the deepest part of several acidic pit lakes in Spain (pH 2.7–4.2), with very high concentration of manganese (358–892 mg/L Mn) and trace metals (e.g., 795–10,394 µg/L Ni, 678–11,081 µg/L Co, 259–624 mg/L Zn), were neutralized to pH 8.0 in the laboratory and later used for Mn(II) oxidation experiments. These waters were subsequently allowed to oxidize at room temperature and pH = 8.5–9.0 over several weeks until Mn(II) was totally oxidized and a dense layer of manganese precipitates had been formed. These solids were characterized by different techniques for investigating the mineral phases formed and the amount of coprecipitated trace metals. All Mn oxides were fine-grained and poorly crystalline. Evidence from X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Scanning Electron Microscopy coupled to Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (SEM–EDX) suggests the formation of different manganese oxides with varying oxidation state ranging from Mn(III) (e.g., manganite) and Mn(III/IV) (e.g., birnessite, todorokite) to Mn(IV) (e.g., asbolane). Whole-precipitate analyses by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS), Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES), and/or Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS), provided important concentrations of trace metals in birnessite (e.g., up to 1424 ppm Co, 814 ppm Ni, and 2713 ppm Zn), while Co and Ni concentrations at weight percent units were detected in asbolane by SEM-EDX. This trace metal retention capacity is lower than that observed in natural Mn oxides (e.g., birnessite) formed in the water column in a circum-neutral pit lake (pH 7.0–8.0), or in desautelsite obtained in previous neutralization experiments (pH 9.0–10.0). However, given the very high amount of Mn sorbent material formed in the solutions (2.8–4.6 g/L Mn oxide), the formation of these Mn(III/IV) oxides invariably led to the virtually total removal of Co, Ni, and Zn from the aqueous phase. We evaluate these data in the context of mine water pollution treatment and recovery of critical metals.


While some current research has focussed on instruction in makerspaces, less attention has been paid to the processes of learning. Abductive reasoning is argued to be central to design and a key ingredient across essentially all practice-based domains. We present the results of an ongoing study in which three adult- and five student-dyads participated in a time-limited creative problem solving task. Using an inductive content analysis method, we coded video segments of activity describing the problem solving strategies that they undertook, assisted by their speech to discern intention. Using a Consensual Assessment Technique, we rated their creative outcomes. Broadly, the better performing dyads approached the creative problem from a 'top down' approach, proposing solutions to respond to the prompt which were then built. On the other hand, the poorer performing groups tended to work 'bottom up', combining material resources to find a creative combination which could work. We argue that these approaches can be productively characterized as better and worse attempts at abductive reasoning (please note we mean "better and worse" from the expert's perspective), and compare these findings to Schoenfeld's seminal work on metacognition during novice and expert problem solving


Objectives: To determine maternal and paternal factors that influence term birth weight at 3 400 m above sea level and to determine a socioeconomic profile. Design: Prospective descriptive study. Setting: National Hospital Adolfo Guevara Velazco, EsSalud, Cusco, Peru. Participants: Women with term normal single pregnancies. Interventions: In 200 women with term normal single pregnancies we determined conditioning maternal and paternal factors. Main outcome measures: Conditioning factors. Results: After redefining each variable parameters, statistical significance was observed for the following: a) father´s factors: age, education level, occupation, altitude of birth, permanency at altitude; b) mother: age, education level, occupation, altitude of birth, residence at altitude, iron supplements, family income, previous pregnancy, history of living children, height and placental weight. Conclusions: The sum of 28 maternal and paternal variables defined via the proposed profile was directly proportional to birth weight at 3 400 m above sea level.


The terminal-level lifetime of a four-level laser fundamentally affects its gain saturation performance since slow relaxation rates from this level can form a "bottleneck" when the saturating pulses are significantly shorter than the terminal-level lifetime. As aresult, the terminal-level lifetime is an important design parameter in achieving maximum energy extraction from high-peak-power laser amplifiers and Q-switchcd oscillator systems.


Purpose: The current in-vitro investigation analyzed the impact of speed sintering and different finish line width on marginal adaptation, internal fit and microleakage of translucent monolithic zirconia crowns.Materials and Methods: Sixty maxillary premolars were reduced based on basic guidelines of tooth preparation for a zirconia crown with either 0.5, 0.8 and 1.2 mm chamfer width (n=20each finish line width). After digital scanning and milling of zirconia crowns, the sintering procedure was performed in special furnace for two different sintering programs (n =10 per group) following either standard or speed sintering procedure. Each crown was cemented to its corresponding prepared tooth utilizing self-adhesive-resin cement. After 15000 thermal cycles between 5°C and 55°C, specimens were submersed in methylene blue for 12 hours. After sectioning bucco-lingually, marginal gap and cement film thickness values were recorded at nine sites using a digital microscope followed by microleakage scores examination.Results: Tested groups with 0.5 mm chamfer widths had the greatest mean marginal gap values of 47.9±5.4 and 50.1±5.6 µm for both conventional and speed sintering respectively, while groups with 1.2 chamfer widths had the lowest mean gap values of 42.3±5.6 and 44.5±5 µm for both standard and speed sintering, respectively. Two-way ANOVA revealed statically insignificant impact of sintering procedure on crown adaptation (p=.08). The greatest mean microleakage score (3±088 µm) was obtained from the 0.5 mm chamfer width group, while the smallest (2±0.78 µm) score was obtained from the 1.2 mm chamfer width group. Conclusions: Marginal adaptation and internal fit of translucent monolithic zirconia crowns are affected by width of the preparation margin while sintering protocol has little impact on adaptation.


Anthonius Margaritha, the son of a rabbi, was a German Jew who converted to Christianity in 1522. He is best remembered for his Der gantz Judisch Glaub (1530), in which he described many Jewish customs, gave his German translation of the Hebrew prayer book, and presented a "refutation" of Judaism. The accuracy of his ethnographic data is crucial to using Der gantz Judisch Glaub in scholarly discussion. This essay tests Margaritha's assertions about German-Jewish physicians and about the anti-Christian polemic in the aleinu prayer against external Jewish and Christian sources. Margaritha is found to be a reliable reporter, albeit a biased one. The essay also adds to an understanding of early modern German-Jewish physicians and of the Jewish polemic against Christianity.


Nowadays, Short Message Service (SMS) still represents the most used mobile messaging service. SMS messages are used in many different application fields, even in cases where security features, such as authentication and confidentiality between the communicators, must be ensured. Unfortunately, the SMS technology does not provide a built-in support for any security feature. This work presents SEESMS (Secure Extensible and Efficient SMS), a software framework written in Java which allows two peers to exchange encrypted and digitally signed SMS messages. The communication between peers is secured by using public-key cryptography. The key-exchange process is implemented by using a novel and simple security protocol which minimizes the number of SMS messages to use. SEESMS supports the encryption of a communication channel through the ECIES and the RSA algorithms. The identity validation of the contacts involved in the communication is implemented through the RSA, DSA and ECDSA signature schemes. SEESMS is able to certify the phone number of the peers using the framework. Additional cryptosystems can be coded and added to SEESMS as plug-ins. Special attention has been devoted to the implementation of an efficient framework in terms of energy consumption and execution time. This efficiency is obtained in two steps. First, all the cryptosystems available in the framework are implemented using mature and fully optimized cryptographic libraries. Second, an experimental analysis was conducted to determine which combination of cryptosystems and security parameters were able to provide a better trade-off in terms of speed/security and energy consumption. This experimental analysis has also been useful to expose some serious performance issues affecting the cryptographic libraries which are commonly used to implement security features on mobile devices.


Abstract : Multiple taxonomies are used to classify medical errors. Most are conceptually based with limited empirical evidence on their utility to characterize processes leading to errors. We analyzed the utility of the Dimensions of Medical Outcomes taxonomy to describe medical errors and their relationship to harm.


Amplified spontaneous emission is used as an optical noise source for range sensing. A depth resolution of 30cm and detection of multiple targets is achieved at a range of 2km, using novel Kramers-Kronig algorithms.


Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a disease that currently affects many people in
Developing Countries. Indonesia was ranked 4th in the world in the prevalence of patients with
DM. One of the efforts of the Government to lower the prevalence of DM in Indonesia is to
strengthen the 5 Pillars of Management DM namely education, physical exercise, diet, drug
therapy and monitoring oriented to the management of a standalone (Self-Management) (Kent
et al. 2013). In doing this self-management, patients with DM (diabetes) need a good support
system of family as a companion namely diabetes in everyday life. Methods: The purpose of
this research to analyze the use of the Family DiabEducation (FDE) method to optimize the role
of the family as a supporting program of self management in patients with type 2 diabetes .The
method which used was pre experimental one group pretest posttest design, by identifying the
role of the family before and after ion the FDE intervention given. Conducted on 30 respondents
with quota sampling. Data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon signed rank α of 0.05. Results:
Results p = 0.00 which means there is a significant relationship between pre and post
intervention with FDE. Conclusion: This research is expected to help the Government in
approach and optimize the role of the family as a companion with diabetes. In addition, the
results of this study are expected to provide sustainable ideas to explore and make the role of
the family as the sixth pillar in the treatment of diabetes.
Keywords: Family, DM, Self Management, Family DiabEducation (FDE)


This paper presents the design of an 8B digital-to-time converter (DTC) using a pre-skewed delay line and digital time interpolation. The impact of pre-skewing signals on the per-stage-delay, linearity, and power consumption of pre-skewed delay lines is investigated. The linearity of the digital interpolator is explored. The impact of the slope of the inputs of the interpolator on the delay and linearity of the interpolator is analyzed and the maximum slope of the inputs of the interpolator that yields the minimum latency without sacrificing linearity is obtained. The DTC is designed in a TSMC 65 nm 1.0 V CMOS technology and analyzed using Spectre with BSIM4.4 device models. Simulation results show the DNL and INL of the time interpolator are less than 0.1 LSB and 0.18 LSB, respectively. The DNL and INL of the DTC are less than 0.16 LSB and 0.48 LSB, respectively.


Here we report on a "new" type of ordering which allows to modify the electronic structure of a graphene monolayer (ML). We have intercalated small gold clusters between the top monolayer graphene and the buffer layer of epitaxial graphene. We show that these clusters perturb the quasiparticles on the ML graphene, acting as quantum dots creating a superlattice of resonators on the graphene ML, as revealed by a strong pattern of standing waves. A detailed analysis of the standing-wave pattern using Fourier Transform Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy strongly indicates that this phenomenon can arise from a strong modification of the band structure of graphene and (or) from Charge Density Waves (CDW) where a large extension of Van Hove singularities is involved.


! In Germany, the acute management of stroke patients is well organized compared to other European countries. Many hospitals use a structured prehospital protocols to transfer patients to the next stroke unit. Consecutively, the onset-to-door-times and door-to-needle-times are comparatively short. Further optimization can be achieved by stroke awareness programs


Heart rate variability studies depend on the robust calculation of the tachogram, the heart rate times series, usually by the detection of R peaks in the electrocardiogram (ECG). ECGs however are subject to a number of sources of noise which are difficult to filter and therefore reduce the tachogram accuracy. We describe a pipeline for fast calculation of tachograms from noisy ECGs of several hours' length. The pipeline consists of three stages. A neural network (NN) trained to detect R peaks and distinguish these from noise; a measure to robustly detect false positives (FPs) and negatives (FNs) produced by the NN; a simple "alarm" algorithm for automatically removing FPs and interpolating FNs. In addition, we introduce the approach of encoding ECGs, tachograms and other cardiac time series in the form of raster images, which greatly speeds and eases their visual inspection and analysis.


This study aimed to determine the leadership styles of Turkish primary school principals according to the views of teachers working at the primary schools. The sample consisted of 787 teachers working in the primary schools of Rize, a city on the North-East part of Turkey. In this study "Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ)" developed by Bass and Avolio was used. The Alpha co-efficiency number of 36 entries in the questionnaire was found 0.85. For the data calculation, t-test was used for binary comparisons, one-way variance analysis (F) was used for the comparisons of groups more than two. The results showed that as the perceived leadership styles of the school principals were differentiated according to the gender of the teachers, seniorities and school location.


RFID authentication on large numbers of tags or tag groups has attracted many researchers' attention as an extension of initial one-or-two-tags scenarios. Due to demands of RFID application in supply chain, various proofs are proposed in the purpose of solving existing problems of grouping tags identification. However, it is proved that verifiers in these proofs are not aware of abnormal relating devices instantly, which may cause both security and technical risks and lie heavy upon identification of the problematic tags and readers. In this paper, we propose an enhanced grouping proof for multiple RFID readers and tag groups, according to which the verifier is able to cope with multiple readers and tag groups simultaneously and know the detailed status of the problematic tags. In addition, privacy protection is provided by offering mutual authentication between the readers and tags. Moreover, it is hard for the malicious tags to pass the verification in the proposed proof.


The BABAR Collaboration at SLAC continues to produce a wide variety of publications on interesting and unique topics despite having ceased data-collection operations more than 10 years ago. Presented here are the results of three recent studies. The first is on the direct measurement of the B± → K± X(3872) branching fraction, allowing the first determination of the branching fractions of the exotic X(3872) charmonium state. The second is a publication on the first observation of the D0 → K−π+e+e− branching fraction. The third is on searches for lepton flavor and lepton number violating decays in D0 meson decays, resulting in improvements over existing limits by factors that vary from 20 to almost 800 depending on the D0 decay channel.