The 'Renaissance of Prussianism' ( Preusenrenaissance ), which began in the late 1970s and continued throughout the 1980s in the German Democratic Republic, has received considerable scholarly attention. Discussions have focused on the involvement of academic historians in the revision of the official conception of history of the socialist East German state. This article offers new perspectives on hitherto neglected aspects of the Preusenrenaissance . It explores the German–German entanglements of this phenomenon by linking it with almost simultaneous events in West Germany. By the mid-1980s each German state had embraced Prussia as a part of its redefined collective identity and had entered into a competition for representing its historical heritage. Yet, this piece also looks at the ways in which the new conception of German national history was transmitted and popularized in the GDR media. From 1978, state television promoted a positive view of Prussian history with opulent productions such as Sachsens Glanz and Preusens Gloria . An analysis of viewers' letters offers some insight into the popular perception of the new course. Against this backdrop, this article also highlights that the ideological volte-face regarding Prussia's history was not unanimously supported within the rank and file of the ruling Socialist Unity Party. In fact, the Preusenrenaissance in the late GDR proved to be a chequered and often contradictory process, shaped by the many self-willed actors. The article concludes with a brief consideration of the interplay between these various actors involved in the Preusenrenaissance and their specific motivations.


Quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance (q-NMR) spectroscopy is a robust and reliable analytical method that possesses many advantages over conventional chromatographic techniques used in drug analysis.


Glucose transporter 4 (GLUT-4) plays a key role in the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes. GLUT-4 is upregulated in response to exercise, enhancing cellular glucose transport in skeletal muscle tissue. This mechanism appears to remain intact in individuals with insulin resistance. There is evidence of increased translocation of GLUT-4 and increased transcription of SLC2A, the gene which codes for GLUT-4. Details of the mechanism are poorly understood and are challenging to study due to the invasive nature of muscle biopsy. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) have documented insulin-sensitive GLUT-4 activity and may serve as a proxy tissue for studying skeletal muscle GLUT-4. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether GLUT-4 on PBMC is affected by exercise in a similar fashion to myocytes. Additionally, correlations between PBMC GLUT-4 and common indicators of insulin resistance and dietary patterns were examined. The results show a trend toward higher PBMC GLUT-4 levels in conditioned athletes than in their sedentary counterparts, similar to what has been documented in myocytes. Females were shown to have higher PBMC GLUT-4 levels than males. SLC2A4 mRNA analysis demonstrates a difference in mean gene expression between the conditioned and sedentary participants. Correlations between levels of PBMC GLUT-4 and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), glucose, insulin, HOMA-IR, BMI, or body fat were not detected. Relationships between specific nutrients and GLUT-4 were also not detected. This study provides evidence to support exploration of PBMC as a proxy tissue for studying GLUT-4 response to exercise or other non-insulin factors. This could provide important treatment avenues for individuals with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.


Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition in Australia, Volume 13 (2001) Laboratory studies demonstrated that protease treatment significantly (P<0.001) increased the in vitro nitrogen digestibility of raw soyabean meal (RSB) and micronized soyabean meal (MSB) (Beal et al.1998). This indicates that there is potential for improving the nutritional value of these protein sources with exogenous proteases. The objective of this study was to determine if these increases in vitro were reflected in pig performance. Thirty two Large White x (Large White x Landrace) pigs 12 –13 weeks old weighing 28.7 ± 2.7 kg were randomly allocated to one of four dietary treatments according to a 2 x 2 factorial design. Factor 1 was soyabean meal that was raw (R) or micronized (M). Factor 2 was the presence (+) or the absence (–) of 20000 units g/N of protease P3 (Finnfeeds International Ltd). Soyabean meal was pre–treated by steeping (1feed:3 water) for 24 h at 20oC in the presence or absence of P3, prior to the addition of a cereal based diet and water (DM as fed 22.5 g/kg). The diets provided 14 MJ DE/kg with 0.71 g lysine/MJ DE (up to 50 kg), and 13.5 MJ DE/kg with 0.67 g lysine/MJ DE (50 kg to slaughter). The pigs were fed individually twice daily on restricted intake to give a DE intake of 2.02 MJ/d per kgW0.63. Weekly liveweight, daily DM feed intake, empty carcass weight, and lean: fat ratio were recorded. A significant (P<0.001) improvement in all measures of growth was observed with pigs fed MSB diets compared with pigs fed RSB diets. There were no significant differences in overall growth due to enzyme pre–treatment. However, with pigs fed RSB diets a significant improvement in average daily gain (ADG), from 0.515 to 0.606 kg/pig, and FCR (from 3.512 to 3.042) was observed due to enzyme treatment in the finisher period. There were no significant differences in killout percent. Lean: fat was significantly (P<0.05) increased by 0.423 ± 0.158 in pigs fed R+ compared to R–. Enzyme addition had no significant effect on the time taken to reach slaughter weight in pigs fed RSB diets but this was significantly (P<0.05) reduced by 4 ± 1.86 days in pigs fed M+ compared with M–. Although there were no significant differences in growth performance due to enzyme treatment in either the RSB or MSB diets there was a consistent trend towards improvement, which may have led to pigs on diet M+ attaining slaughter weight in less time than pigs on diet M–. The significant improvement in lean tissue deposition in the pigs fed diet R+ suggests that these pigs were better able to utilise raw soya protein than pigs fed diet R–.


WHAT, I asked myself, was I doWing on this cold, bleak, January morning sitting in the office of a large casualty insurance company waiting for a claims manager to explain my duties as a new member of the staff? I wore no uniform; there were no patients in evidence; I could not even see a dispensary or first-aid room which might make me feel more at home. There were just endless rows of people sitting at desks, typing, using adding machines, filling out forms, reviewing large folders, using dictaphones, interviewing people, and telephoning-everyone seemed to have a telephone! If ever I felt out of place it was that morning about four years ago when I reported for my first day as a rehabilitation nurse. Actually it was nearly a year before I felt really at home. During that time I had helped to establish a rehabilitation program in Brooklyn for the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. Nine other nurses were developing similar programs during the same period in other metropolitan areas. Now there are 15 rehabilitation nurses who work out of ten major cities. The rehabilitation program was developed for seriously injured individuals who are entitled to workmen's compensation and whose employing agency is insured with Liberty Mutual. The rehabilitation schedule that is followed for a certain individual depends in a large measure on the following factors: How soon the case is referred to the rehabilitation nurse, the attending physician's instructions, the nature of the injury, the patient's reaction to his disability, the home situation, the cooperation of the family, and the current job market. After the nurse has studied all aspects of the case, she prepares a plan of rehabilitation for the present and the future. This plan must be flexible, of course, but at least it serves as a potential goal which the nurse and the patient may strive to reach.


Background
To compare the recent de-escalations rates with a six-year earlier study, and mortality associated with de-escalation.
Methods
Settings
A prospective multicenter study including septic patients, all were on broad-spectrum antimicrobials (BSA). Excluded from the study patients on antimicrobial prophylaxis, and patients without a microbiological diagnosis, or bacteria were solely BSA-susceptible. The study team made recommendations for antimicrobials de-escalation to the treating physician(s) must an opportunity loomed.
Results
182 patients were available for analysis. De-escalation was achieved in 43 (24%) patients. The clinical diagnoses, comorbidities, commonly used antimicrobials, the microbiological diagnoses were not different between the two groups (patients with and without de-escalation). Logistic regression analysis showed no correlation between bacterial species and de-escalation (Nagelkerke R2 = 0.076). Relapsing sepsis and reinfection were not different (P > 0.05). The in-hospital mortality rates for the de-escalated patients were lower (P = 0.015), not on day 30 (P = 0.354). The length of the ICU stay and ward stay were not different (P >0.05), but more de-escalated patients were discharged home from the ICU (P = 0.034), however, patients without de-escalation were discharged more from the ward (P = 0.002).
   Conclusion
De-escalation rates increased within six years from 6.7% - 24% (P = 0.000), with added benefits of shorter ICU stay and less in-hospital mortality


Nahwu science now contains philosophy, so it isn't easy to learn. In addition, the science of nahwu compiled by classical scholars reduces it to one qorinah or guidance, namely, I'rob. Most words in Arabic end with the letter 'Ilat which cannot be identified with I'rob. The aims of this research are twofold, namely (1) to explain the new theory in nahwu science which Tammam Hassan carried out. (2) explain its effect on nahwu learning materials for non-Arabic speakers. This research is qualitative, and the type of research is library research. The data sources in this study were divided into two, namely primary with the works of Tammam Hassan and secondary with related journal articles and books. Meanwhile, the data collection technique uses documentary techniques. Meanwhile, the data analysis technique used content analysis. The result of this research is to offer tajdid al-nahwi Tamam Hassan namely al-Qarain al-Lafdziyyah. al-Qarain al-Lafdziyyah has several qorinah, including: al-I'rab, al-Rutbah, al-Shighah, al-Muthobaqah, al-Rabt, al-Tadham, al-Adat, and al-Tanghim. Its influence makes al-kalimat divided into seven, including: al-ism, al-washfi, al-fi'li, al-dhomir, al-dzorof, al-kholifat, and al-'adat. then al-Zaman is divided into two namely al-zaman al-nahwi and al-zaman al-shorfi. while al-dhomir is divided into two namely al-Khudur and al-Ghoibah. then al-Khudur includes al-takallam, al-khatab, al-isyarah while al-Ghaibah includes al-Syakhsiyah and al-Mausufiyah. With al-qarain al-lafdziyah, it greatly influences broader and understanding nahwu learning. Therefore, researchers, educators, and students must explore it.


The multi-sensor photoelectric systems, which collect laser ranging, laser-guided radiation, visible light imaging and thermal imaging as a whole, are widely used at modern weaponry platform. The consistency detection of optical axis has become a key to measure these systems' functions. According to the multi-optic-axis consistency detection's requirements, this paper puts forward a new method based on video imaging to correct the consistency of multi-optical axes. This method abandons the traditional methods based on the numerous refractions and reflections between many optical components. It takes laser axis as the base and obtains the exposure point of laser beam in the scene through video imaging technology. Then, by contrasting the exposure point and the TV's optical axis reticle, the TV's optical axis and the laser axis can be adjusted and kept in consistency in the form of electric reticle. According to this method, a set of portable imaging detector prototype that can be used to detect the consistency of multi-optical axes in the outfield has been made. This prototype can achieve the consistency detection of CCD imaging system and thermal imaging system by adjusting them with the laser range finder axis/laser irradiation axis separately. This prototype makes it simple and straightforward to adjust the optical axes by the way of imaging. With easy operation, environmental adaptability and compact structure, this system is suitable for the outfield testing and expected to be used for multi-optic-axis consistency detection online.


We report a conformational analysis of several substituted terthiophenes using ab initio calculations performed at the HF/3-21G* level. Geometries of terthiophenes having methoxy substituents in 3,3'' positions (DMOTT), methyl groups in the same positions (DMTT), and ethyl substituents in 3',4' positions (DETT) are compared with that of the unsubstituted molecule (TT). For all these symmetrical molecules, it is observed that the two dihedral angles are independent of each other. The most stable conformation of TT is found for dihedral angles θ = φ = 147.2°, whereas three maxima are located at 0°, 90°, and 180°. The insertion of methoxy groups in 3,3'' positions favors a more planar conformation with a higher rotational barrier at 90°. This behavior is explained by the electron donor properties of the methoxy groups. By contrast, the addition of two methyl groups at the same positions induces a twisting in the molecule which is caused by the steric hindrance between the methyl substituents and the sulfur a...


The new quantum mechanics consists of a scheme of equations which are very closely analogous to the equations of classical mechanics, with the fundamental difference that the dynamical variables do not obey the commutative law of multiplication, but satisfy instead the well-known quantum conditions. It follows that one cannot suppose the dynamical variables to be ordinary numbers (c-numbers), but may call them numbers of a special type (q-numbers). The theory shows that these q-numbers can in general be represented by matrices whose elements are c-numbers (functions of a time parameter). When one has performed the calculations with the q-numbers and obtained all the matrices one wants, the question arises how one is to get physical results from the theory, i. e., how can one obtain c-numbers from the theory that one can compare with experimental values ? Hitherto this has been done with the help of a number of special assumptions. In Heisenberg's original matrix mechanics it was assumed that the elements of the diagonal matrix that represents the energy are the energy levels of the system, and the elements of the matrix that represents the total polarisation, which are periodic functions of the time, determine the frequencies and intensities of the spectral lines in analogy to the classical theory. Schrodinger's wave representation of the quantum mechanics has provided new ways of obtaining physical results from the theory, based on the assumption that the square of the amplitude of the wave function can in certain cases be interpreted as a probability. From this assumption one can, for instance, work out the probability of a transition being produced in a system (or the number of transitions produced in an assembly of like systems) by an arbitrary external perturbing force, and can thus, by supposing the perturbation to consist of incident radiation, obtain directly Einstein's B coefficients. Again in Born's treatment of collision problems it is assumed that the square of the amplitude of the wave function scattered in any direction determines the probability of the colliding electron (or other body) being scattered in that direction.


We report on an implementation of the SCOOP (Simple Concurrent Object Oriented Programming) structural operational semantics in Maude. SCOOP is a programming model that simplifies the writing of concurrent programs. It ensures freedom of race conditions and hides low level abstractions like threads, locks, and memory barriers from the developer. Recently, the team around SCOOP at ETH published a comprehensive structural operational semantics. e next step was to make the structural operational semantics executable to speed up the analysis of programs and the programming model. We chose Maude as the programming language used for implementing the executable operational semantics because it is well-suited for this task and has an active community. e result is a working executable operational semantics which lead to several improvements to the initial semantics.


The permanent of an n-square matrix A = (aij) is defined by where the summation extends over all permutations σ of the symmetric group Sn. A matrix is said to be a (0, 1)-matrix if each of its entries is either 0 or 1. A (0, 1)-matrix of n-1 the form , where θj = 0 or 1, j = 1,…, n, and Pn is the n-square permutation matrix with ones in the (1, 2), (2, 3),…, (n-1, n), (n, 1) positions, is called a (0, 1)-circulant. Denote the (0, 1)-circulant . It has been conjectured that 1


Curved bridge is commonly used in highway viaducts and overpass, on which deck pavement plays a crucial role in dispersing wheel load and providing level driving surface. Due to the influence of geometric nonlinearity of curved bridge and vehicle–bridge coupling vibration, curved bridge deck pavement (BDP) is subjected to a complex mechanical state. To study the dynamic response of the curved BDP under complex vehicle–bridge interaction (VBI) condition, this paper proposes an original dynamic analysis scheme. The BDP and bridge structure are simulated by the finite element method and the vehicle is simulated as a multi-body system (MBS); together they are integrated into a coupled system model. The numerical results are consistent with the experimental data. The dynamic responses of the proposed scheme are about 10–20% larger than those of moving constant forces, which indicates that the vehicle–bridge coupling vibration should be considered in the dynamic analysis of BDP. The parametric study shows that the vehicle weight can aggravate the response of the BDP; however, the effect of the vehicle speed on the deck pavement response and impact factor is not obvious. As road roughness classification and tire stiffness increase, the dynamic curve fluctuation of BDP is more obvious and the amplitude is larger. Through parameter sensitivity analysis, it can be concluded that vehicle weight has the greatest effect on the dynamic behavior of BDP, followed by vehicle speed and roughness, and tire stiffness has the least impact.


The Study of Immigrant Women in History, Sociology and Anthropology The Treatment of Women in Immigration History: A Call for Change Weinberg Sociology and Immigrant Women Anthropology and the Study of Immigrant Women The Immigrant Women of the Past The International Marriage Market and the Sphere of Social Reproduction: A German Case Study with Stephen Gross Catholic Sisterhoods and the Immigrant Church Ideology, Ethnicity and the Gendered Subject: Reading Immigrant Autobiographies Picture Brides: Feminist Analysis of Life Histories of Hawaii's Early Immigrant Women from Japan, Okinawa and Korea The Flapper and the Chaperone: Historical Memory Among Mexican American Women Understanding U.S. Immigration: Why Some Countries Send Women and Others Send Men


We present a finite‐element algorithm for computing MT responses for 3D conductivity structures. The governing differential equations in the finite‐element method are derived from the T–Ω Helmholtz decomposition of the magnetic field H in Maxwell's equations, in which T is the electric vector potential and Ω is the magnetic scalar potential. The Coulomb gauge condition on T necessary to obtain a unique solution for T is incorporated into the magnetic flux density conservation equation. This decomposition has two important benefits. First, the only unknown variable in the air is the scalar value of Ω. Second, the curl–curl equation describing T is only defined in the earth. By comparison, the system of curl–curl equations for H and the electric field E are singular in the air, where the conductivity σ is zero. Although the use of a small but nonzero value of σ in the air and application of a divergence correction are usually necessary in the E or H formulation, the T–Ω method avoids this necessity. In the ...


【Objective】 The present study aimed to clone the nucleotide binding site(NBS) type resistance gene analogs(RGAs) in Hevea brasiliensis in order to provide references for acquisition of resistance genes(R genes).【Method】 The resistance gene analogs were cloned from the cDNA of leaf by SA induction for respective 0,12,24,48 h using a pair of specific degenerated primers based on the conserved regions of NBS-leucine rich repeat(LRR) domain of plant R genes.【Result】 Sequence analysis showed that the cloned Hevea brasiliensis RGAs belonged to the non-TIR-NBS-LRR and TIR-NBS-LRR type and 9 gene families.Through multiple comparisons,the cloned RGAs had typical conservative domain of NBS.Compared with known NBS sequence,RGAs had similarity rate of 46.2% with I2c-2 gene,while amino acid similarity amongst RGAs in Hevea brasiliensis NBS reached 22.1%-100.0%.Further studies revealed the ds/dn ratio was less than 1 indicating a low level of recombination.NBS analogs in Hevea brasiliensis were subject to gradual accumulation of mutations which was the major force leading to purifying selection.【Conclusion】 Obtained from SA induction and resistance gene NBS,the cloned RGAs had wide heredity diversity and high similarity with amino acid sequence in known resistance gene.Those candidate resistance gene sequences may be closely related to a resistance gene in Hevea brasiliensis.


1Rahul R. Bhosale Mech.Dept Savitribai Phule Pune University, DYPSOEA, Ambi, Pune, INDIA 2Qaimi Mudassar G S Mech. Dept Savitribai Phule Pune University, DYPIET, Ambi, Pune, INDIA 3Avinash Patil Mech.Dept Savitribai Phule Pune University, DYPSOEA, Ambi, Pune, INDIA ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract The experimental and numerical results of trapezoidal channel provided with Semi-circular vortex generator on the flat plate for internal cooling are discussed. From the literature review conclude that the semi-circular vortex generator in inline arrangement has a high rate of heat transfer compared with other type of vortex generator. It is found that for the channel with inline arranged vortex generator, maximum heat transfer enhancement is attained. Staggered arrangement of the same vortex generator reduces pressure drop but also effects enhancement in heat transfer negatively. The thermal performance of the vortex generator size is an important parameter and its optimum value should be found out.


Abstract Preliminary investigation of calcareous nannofossil assemblages of surface sediments gathered from large area across the Iranian coast of Persian Gulf was carried out in order to improve the interpretation of paleontological data passed on planktonic group. In this study, Gephyrocapsa oceanica and Emiliania huxlyi are the dominant taxa in all stations. In the distribution pattern of the assemblages, not only the 2 mentioned species but also other species of nanoplanktons (or seasonal minor taxa) were observed. The occurrence of reworked species from CretaceousNeogene strata were observed in the assemblages.


Objectives: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is prevalent in people at high meat-product consumption. To study the effect of consuming different Pâte and Frankfurter formulations on clinical/emergent CVD biomarkers in male volunteers with different initial LDL-cholesterol levels (< and


This paper summarises evidence for medicinal uses of opioids; harms related to the extra-medical use and dependence upon these drugs, and for a wide range of interventions to address the harms related to extra-medical opioid use. Finally, we use mathematical modelling to estimate harms and explore the overall health benefits of opioid agonist treatment (OAT) in a range of settings that vary in levels of opioid use and associated harms (overdose, HIV, HCV, suicide, accidental injuries) and responses. Estimates in 2017 suggest 40.5 million people were dependent upon opioids (40.5 million people, 95%UI 34.3–47.9 million) and 109,500 people died from opioid overdose (10.5,800–113,600). OAT can be highly effective in reducing illicit opioid use and improving multiple health and social outcomes, including reduced overall mortality and key Corresponding author: Professor Louisa Degenhardt, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney NSW 2052 Australia, email@example.com, Phone: +61 2 9385 0333. Author contributions LD and SL drafted the initial outline of the paper, which was reviewed by MH, JG, PV. JS, PV, MH, SL, LD and JG conceived of the modelling. JS led the modelling work with supervision from PV. LD, SL, JG oversaw the reviews of reviews and systematic reviews. LD, SL, JG, BDLM, MH, GH drafted specific sections of the paper. SL, LD, RA, JB, JG, BDLM, JS and PV contributed specific inputs into drafts of the panels. LD led the writing of the full draft of the paper. HHS Public Access Author manuscript Lancet. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2020 October 26. Published in final edited form as: Lancet. 2019 October 26; 394(10208): 1560–1579. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32229-9. A uhor M anscript


The Tendo Achilles (TA) is the strongest tendon in the body yetit is also the most frequently ruptured [1,2]. Despite this there are currently only a few epidemiological studies evaluating the events leading up to TA rupture [3-6]. Recently studies have found that the incidence of TA rupture in industrial nations is increasing [4-9]. Many find it is due to a rise in recreational sporting activity; however epidemiological data is skewed by a propensity to capture data from sporting injury only rather than also including data concerning general population TA ruptures [3,10-12].


This paper demonstrates that now in Bangladesh adult aged are redirect their brain in utilizing web and speak with other. They don't have enthusiasm for human correspondence and personal discussion. For some situation web have numerous positive sides likewise and make numerous assignments simple for us. From the investigation it's found that the students are the pioneer client of web and innovation. Some place perusing web makes simple a large portion of work of the work put. This answer is to discover the successful wellspring of human correspondence lately and to clear up the current state of web, innovation and human communication in this cutting edge age. Presently human communications are extraordinarily affected by web and innovation. Other than, these positives affect interpersonal organization antagonistic effect on society. Long range informal communication depends on innovation and is led over particular gadgets with no nearness of up close and personal association, which brings about a powerlessness to get to interpersonal conduct and flags to encourage correspondence. Furthermore, it can be said that web and innovation can impact individuals' life from various perspectives.


Erythema nodosum is generally regarded as a "non-specific inflammatory reaction of the skin to a variety of bacterial, toxic, and chemical agents," usually associated with an acute febrile illness, and often with joint pains and malaise. Not infrequently erythema nodosum is associated with pulmonary hilar lymphadenopathy; therefore, it must be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with enlarged hilar shadows. This fact does not seem to be generally known, and since there are obvious practical considerations involved, the authors consider it worthwhile to review the thoracic manifestations of the disease, and briefly to present four cases. Clinical Features.' In the typical case of erythema nodosum, there is a febrile onset with temperature elevations to 100-102 degrees F., associated with, or followed in a few days by, the appearance of painful nodular erythematous lesions on the shins, and sometimes on the forearms, buttocks, chest and elsewhere. These nodules vary in size from a few millimeters to five or six centimeters in diameter. They are not fluctuant and do not suppurate. The overlying skin is smooth, shiny, and usually a rose-red or purplish-red color or even fiery red. The nodules are often tender and painful. After a few days to several weeks, they slowly subside, leaving brownish pigmented areas which slowly fade. The patient often complains of painful swollen joints during the acute stage of the illness. An interesting and not infrequent finding is cardiac involvement, manIfested by such electrocardiographic changes as prolonged A-V conduction or flattening or inversion of T-waves.2 The heart may appear dilated temporarily by roentgenography, but so far as is known, there is no persistent heart damage. Pathology and Pathogenesis: The skin lesions show dilatation of the capillaries, extravasation of serum, leukocytes and erythrocytes into the surrounding tissues, and later disintegration of the red blood cells which gives the characteristic color of the lesion. The changes are those of a non-specific inflammatory reaction only, regardless of the etiology. The pathogenesis is unknown, though the lesions are thought to represent a peculiar allergic response to various agents. In cases of erythema nodosum with lymphadenopathy associated with sarcoidosis or tuberculosis, the involved lymph nodes show the typical pathology of the underlying disease. The authors have not encountered reports of examinations of the 5Read at the Northwest Regional Meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians, Vancouver, B. C., on November 14, 1952. 328


The study of the absorption line profiles in the infrared region (6–7 μm), by means of a diode laser spectrometer and a FT spectrometer in ammonia diluted in He and H2 at room temperature, allowed us to determine pressure broadening cross section and the intradoublet inelastic rate (due to molecular inversion).


The urgent task of intermediaries is to assist the Government in realization of macroeconomic administration as well as coordinating and balancing the interest among main bodies at the market.An intermediary plays an important role in socialist market economy.So it is essential to form a correct judgment of it,of its type and properties,of its value orientation and its supervision by law.


The article introduce conception of Bit Library,analyze the character of Bit Library,discussing the progress status of Bit Library in domestic and overseas,and the problem during its building and running.


BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Knowledge of cerebral blood flow (CBF) alterations in cases of acute stroke could be valuable in the early management of these cases. Among imaging techniques affording evaluation of cerebral perfusion, perfusion CT studies involve sequential acquisition of cerebral CT sections obtained in an axial mode during the IV administration of iodinated contrast material. They are thus very easy to perform in emergency settings. Perfusion CT values of CBF have proved to be accurate in animals, and perfusion CT affords plausible values in humans. The purpose of this study was to validate perfusion CT studies of CBF by comparison with the results provided by stable xenon CT, which have been reported to be accurate, and to evaluate acquisition and processing modalities of CT data, notably the possible deconvolution methods and the selection of the reference artery. METHODS: Twelve stable xenon CT and perfusion CT cerebral examinations were performed within an interval of a few minutes in patients with various cerebrovascular diseases. CBF maps were obtained from perfusion CT data by deconvolution using singular value decomposition and least mean square methods. The CBF were compared with the stable xenon CT results in multiple regions of interest through linear regression analysis and bilateral t tests for matched variables. RESULTS: Linear regression analysis showed good correlation between perfusion CT and stable xenon CT CBF values (singular value decomposition method: R 2 (cid:53) 0.79, slope (cid:53) 0.87; least mean square method: R 2 (cid:53) 0.67, slope (cid:53) 0.83). Bilateral t tests for matched variables did not identify a significant difference between the two imaging methods ( P (cid:46) .1). Both deconvolution methods were equivalent ( P (cid:46) .1). The choice of the reference artery is a major concern and has a strong influence on the final


A visible light imaging system to detect human cardiac rate is proposed in this paper. A color camera and several LEDs, acting as lighting source, were used to avoid the interference of ambient light. From people's forehead, the cardiac rate could be acquired based on photoplethysmography (PPG) theory. The template matching method was used after the capture of video. The video signal was discomposed into three signal channels (RGB) and the region of interest was chosen to take the average gray value. The green channel signal could provide an excellent waveform of pulse wave on the account of green lights' absorptive characteristics of blood. Through the fast Fourier transform, the cardiac rate was exactly achieved. But the research goal was not just to achieve the cardiac rate accurately. With the template matching method, the effects of body movement are reduced to a large extent, therefore the pulse wave can be detected even while people are in the moving state and the waveform is largely optimized. Several experiments are conducted on volunteers, and the results are compared with the ones gained by a finger clamped pulse oximeter. The contrast results between these two ways are exactly agreeable. This method to detect the cardiac rate and the pulse wave largely reduces the effects of body movement and can probably be widely used in the future.


Studies assessing the readability of business writing typically use either readability formulas or, less often, the cloze procedure. This study argues that the cloze procedure, rather than a formula, is the appropriate method of assessing the readability of business writing and uses the cloze procedure to determine the readability of a statement issued by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). The GASB provides authoritative statements on the accounting required for local and state governments and agencies. The results indicate that one important GASB statement is unreadable by college-level readers. If this and other GASB statements are unreadable by the users of GASB pronouncements, the GASB may not be fulfilling its role of communicating governmental accounting principles.


With the growth of information technology, there has been an impact upon the way in which both society and its members work. This has, for many, heralded the beginning of a new age (Lyon, 1988). Some theorists argue that contemporary society has developed into a 'knowledge' or 'information' economy, which has seen the rise in high skilled, professional, meaningful work and the decline of low skilled work due to the need for a competitive advantage in a global economy (Grint and Nixon, 2015). However, in this critical reflection I will argue that the information economy is a misnomer that distorts the position of women and presents a one sided image of the global economy.


Chronic sinusitis is a long-term infl ammation that occurs in the nasal and paranasal mucosa for 12 weeks. Non-contrast CT scan is gold standard in diagnosing chronic sinusitis. This study aims to determine the characteristics of chronic sinusitis based on non-contrast CT scan at the ENT-Head and Neck Surgery Polyclinic of RSUDZA Banda Aceh in 2019. This research was a descriptive study with retrospective data, medical record. The sample of this study was taken by consecutive sampling method in October 2020 and obtained 111 samples. The results showed that most patients with chronic sinusitis were 30-39 years), as many as 42 people (37.8%). Most of the sexes suff ering from chronic sinusitis were women, as many as 59 people (53.2%). Based on the non-contrast CT scan, the location of the sinuses most aff ected was the maxillary sinuses, as many as 110 people (99.1%). The number of sinuses that were most aff ected was single sinusitis, which was 58 people (52.3%). Most patients with chronic sinusitis without polyps were found, as many as 89 people (80.2%). The most common anatomical variation found was septal deviation as many as 25 people (22.5%). The conclusions in this study indicate that women, late adulthood, maxillary sinus, single sinusitis, chronic sinusitis without nasal polyps, and septal deviation are characteristics of chronic sinusitis patients based on non-contrast CT scan.


Abstract : The time-harmonic excitation is either an interior point source of sound or a mechanical point force located on the pipe's surface. The acoustic power radiated into the exterior fluid, the vibration response of the pipe's wall, and the pressures in the exterior and interior fluids are computed by a simple integration scheme. Numerical results are presented for the case of a water-filled steel pipe that is surrounded by air.


Improving the keeping quality of labneh by means of using essential oils (EO) was the objective of the present study. Cinnamon, cumin and mint oils were added separtly at level of 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 % (v w) to the prepared traditional labneh. Analysis of the fresh and stored labneh during 28 days of cold storage revealed that the use of EO affected with different rates chemical composition, acidity, TVFA, Tur, trpa acetaldehyde, diacetyl and total carbonyls contents of the prepared labneh. Counts of the starts culture were not adversely affected by using EO while coliform and staphylococcus bacteria as well as yeast and moulds were not detected. Organoleptically, the use of EO at 0.5 gave the best results in this respect, while 0.5 % cinnamon was recommended to improve the shelf life of labneh.


The effects of methylphenidate ('Ritalin') on the mother‐child interactions of extremely hyperactive identical twin boys were examined in a triple blind, drug‐placebo, single‐case reversal design. Each child was observed interacting with his mother in a series of four 30‐minute sessions, which included 15 minutes of free play and 15 minutes of structured tasks.


ported techniques, 100 μL of the suspension was in oculated by the superior bullar approach into the middle ears of four chinchillas, bilaterally.' Ears were examined daily for the presence of an effusion by use of otomicroscopy and tympanometry. Effu sions were collected by myringotomy on day 4 after inoculation. All recovered effusions were cultured for aerobic bacteria and submitted for assay of en zymatic activity and total protein. Enzyme activity in these effusions served as a baseline for compari son with those induced by the bacterial infection models.


X. mongolicus appears one generation a year in Urumqi and Manasi. Observations showed that mongolicus overwinters as early instar spiderling from mid October to late March or early April, and adult Spiders have a sex ratio of 1: 0.87 (female: male). Mating behavior usually occurs in day—time. In the absence of food and water, the spiderlings of 3rd—instar could support their life 80 days, but couldn't complete their physical development, and their body sizes were shorter than normal. It has a habit of roving about as a predater and can prey on many kinds of pests. The seasonal fluctuation of Ⅹ. mongolicus population in cotton fields was found to be correlation with that of cotton bollwarm, r=0.7969. The functional response of Ⅹ. mongolicus to cotton bollwarm were determined as Holling's type Ⅱ in the experimental condition. Its efficiency of prey was decreased with its own density, m=0.5949.


Originally his "installation" lecture as the first holder of the Richard Hovannisian Chair of Modern Armenian History, Aslanian's essay argues that Armenian history is best studied not as national history but as part of world or global history with its interactive methodology that relies upon and studies interactions, encounters, and connections in world history.


In the present work, the effect of the cultivation process, in the field and under a controlled environment, on biochemical parameters by using commercial strains of A. subrufescens were evaluated. The results obtained revealed that the strains cultivated in the field presented higher levels for most of the parameters evaluated (organic acids (20.5–48.0 g/100 g dw), tocopherols (107.0–198.6 µg/100 g dw), and phenolic acids and related compounds (245.2–359.0 µg/100 g dw and 10.6–23.7 µg/100 g dw, respectively)), except for the carbohydrates (53.4–72.6 g/100 g dw), energetic value (373–380 Kcal/100 g dw), and total free sugars (28.8–43.1 g/100 g dw), parameters in which the strains grown in a controlled environment present better results. For both cultivation systems, similar results were obtained regarding saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fatty acids, as well as antioxidant and antimicrobial activities. These data contribute to the knowledge and highlight the characterized strains and the cultivation process, which can be used to obtain ingredients with potential applicability as a source of functional compounds.


The present invention relates to a leaf spring assembly 1 comprising a leaf spring 2 made of fiber composite material and a holder member 4, via which the leaf spring 2 is coupled to a motor vehicle axle, wherein the holding member 4 a longitudinal portion 3 of the leaf spring 2 spans, wherein on a top side (6) and / or an underside 13 of the leaf spring 2, a platen 9 is disposed, wherein between the support plate 9 and leaf spring 2, an elastomer layer 10 is disposed. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of a leaf spring 2, wherein the elastomer layer 10 in its base is larger than the base surface of the platen. 9


Preschool children with Specific Language Impairment are at an increased risk for later reading difficulties Boudreau Hedberg, Current emergent literacy intervention approaches have been discussed regarding typically developing children and children from lower incomes, but they lack efficacy data for preschoolers with SLI. The purpose of this article is to describe the current literature regarding emergent literacy intervention in preschoolers with SLI and reach an evidence-base decision as to the most effective intervention techniques to utilize in order to prevent later reading difficulties.


Two new plastoquinones have been isolated from the brown alga Desmarestiamenziesii. The structures of these metabolites have been elucidated by spectral analysis. Keywords: Desmarestiamenziesii, brown algae, Desmarestiaceae, plastoquinones, spectral analysis.


The marine low-temperature lipase(MLP,Accession NO.:ADM47601) was obtained from the strain of a marine bacteria. It has the advantages of alkaline pH resistance and has good application prospect in the biological energy, food processing and other industries. In this paper, based on the sequence, a homology model of MLP was constructed by using the multiple templates alignment method. The tool of PROCHECK and Verify_3D were used to check the effectiveness of the model. At the same time, the interface activation experiment and molecular dynamics simulations were used to predict and analyse the lid,which was covered on the active sites. The results of this study will facilitate the higher performance mutant and the research of its folding pattern.


Foveal sensors can substantially increase the performance of active vision systems because of their ability to handle wide field of view and simultaneously reduce the data/bandwidth with space variant sensing. To process the multiresolution images and associated data structures, a new hierarchical processing has been applied to minimize data communications and retrieval. In this article, we present a hardware platform that implements a level sequential segmentation algorithm in one of these hierarchical structures based on a Cartesian lattice topology. The platform operates in real time, at speeds in the range of 25 to 85 frames/s, using a digital uniform‐resolution camera as the source to generate and process the multiresolution images. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Imaging Syst Technol 14, 153–166, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/ima.20019


This paper analyses the economic impacts of equity and bond foreign portfolio investment (FPI) inflows on GDP growth, domestic investment and equity market capitalisation in the host country, using panel data from 10 developing Asian countries for the period 1995-2011. Increases of equity FPI inflows in Asia are found to be associated with higher GDP growth, increased domestic investment and higher market capitalisation. Bond FPI inflows, on the other hand, appear not to have significant effects. Notably, foreign borrowing has a positive but less strong impact on GDP growth and domestic investment than equity FPI inflows. These results suggest that developing countries should promote inflows of equity FPI to supplement financial resources dedicated to achieving the post-2015 development goals.


Honda Pondok Pinang, which is located on Jl. Ciputat Raya No.80 Pondok Pinang, South Jakarta, in customer service using an android application called HONDA e-Care. HONDA e-Care is very helpful in making it easier for consumers to access Honda service services. Customers can book services at Honda dealers online, get notifications of periodic maintenance schedules, and search for the nearest dealer from a location that can be seen on a digital map by first accessing the Honda e-Care application. But consumers often also face problems, such as when booking a service, but the ongoing booking service does not appear. Until now, no one has conducted research on the quality of the Honda e-Care application. This study aims to measure the extent of the usability of the HONDA e-Care android application and provide suggestions for developing the HONDA e-Care application in the future. Based on the gap analysis, it was found that in general the HONDA e-Care android application on the Honda Pondok Pinang was not satisfied with the quality of the current applications. Based on the IPA analysis, the priority scale for improving the quality of the HONDA e-Care android application can be mapped where quadrant I is the highest priority scale according to the user's perspective, namely: [2], [5], [7], [8] and [9]. These four items must be upgraded immediately by the manager to meet user expectations.


This study aimed at exploring the ontological indeterminacies of The Sea (2005), a novel by John Banville using the postmodern catena put forth by Ihab Hassan. Hassan's catalogue of the features of postmodern fiction includes indeterminacy, fragmentation, decanonization, selflessness, depthlessness, the unpresentable/unrepresentable, irony, hybridization, carnivalization, performance, participation, constructionism, and immanence. In the present study, the use of each of these traits was traced in the novel and the appropriateness of these techniques with regard to the world of the novel was studied. Max Morden, the protagonist, desperately excavates his memories in search of a meaning for life, but in vain. The postmodern features incorporated in the narrative of the novel help uncover the inconsistencies of the subject's mind when faced with an indeterminate world.


This review discussed the most interesting studies of perfusion diffusion deficiency in the morpho functional system mother placenta fetus in women with pre eclampsia and eclampsia. The main causes of damage of vascular endothelium are described, which are vasospasm and accelerated formation of free radicals in the organism of pregnant women with pre eclampsia. In the ophthalmic changes irregular spasm of small arterioles, even during normal pregnancy during biomicroscopy of conjunctiva vessels is described. The main method of visual organ study is Ophthalmoscopy. Pathologic changes in the retina and its vessels, with gestosis of pregnancy, mainly coincide with the changes observed in hypertension. The group of high risk of ophthalmologic complication development consist of pregnant women with arterial hypo and a hypertension, anaemia and gestosis who show the expressed deficiency of blood circulation of eye region. Further pathophysiological studies of processes occurring in the placenta, kidneys, brain and eyeball in women with pregnancy gestosis is necessary to control vascular endothelial disorders and dysfunctions.


The information deficiency of aeroengine performance monitoring(APM) is the main problem of APM based on mathematic model.Aeroengine performance monitoring underdetermined equation group(APMUEG) lacks reliable algorithm.In this paper,a valid numeral algorithm(VNA) is recommended.This algorithm discretizes the solution space according to the valid numeral needed in engineering appliance,then solves APMUEG with integer programming method by using the physical restriction of APMUEG.Simulation results demonstrate that VNA is fairly efficient for solving APMUEG.The good simulation results of two or three valid numerals indicate that VNA can satisfy the needs of engineering appliance.


The Christian practice of keeping sabbath embodies a theology of creation, liberation, and resurrection. Keeping Sabbath forms persons and communities in faith and fosters resistance to distorted ways of living and inadequate views of human identity that implicit in the culturally dominant experience of time.


This study aims to influence leadership and empowerment. The object of this study is hotel employees in Surakarta. The sampling technique in this study uses purposive sampling. Self-leadership is. Empowerment leadership is a leadership style that decentralizes with more responsibilities and responsibilities to employees. This study will discuss the direct relationship of empowerment towards self-development and psychological empowerment. Stepping as a mediator between leadership empowerment and psychological empowerment, direct relationship empowerment, psychological, and direct relationships. Matters relating to people who are directly or indirectly responsible, through self-leadership. Psychological empowerment affects satisfaction, and developing self influences creativity.


A few selected spectrophotometric methods to determine minor constituents have been reviewed to check their validity and applicability in mineral analyses for testing and quality control. The analyses of low grade copper ores from Khetri and Rakha have been discussed and the methods reviewed are expected to give satisfactory results to check the quality of low grade copper ores. (Shri S.B. Mandal, Scientist, National Metallurgical Laboratory)


The purpose hereof is to study the specifics of the force resistance and to experimentally identify the reinforcement effect of short square-section concrete-filled steel tube elements (CFSTE) with spiral reinforcement. Analysis of the laboratory samples of concrete-filled steel tube columns shows that spiral reinforcement makes them stronger by 18÷43% depending on the source concrete class. Maximum recorded longitudinal deformation in spiral-reinforced samples is 1.7÷2 times larger. Using a relatively small amount of spiral reinforcement (about 1%) has resulted in a mean 23% stronger reinforcement effect in the studied structures. Such structures remain efficient when using high-strength concrete.


Retinoblastoma (Rb) is a childhood cancer of the developing retina in response to bi-allelic inactivation of RB1 or MYCN amplification, accounting for up to 17% of all tumours in infancy. To gain insights into the transcriptional events of cell state transitions during Rb development, we developed two models via retinal organoid differentiation of a RB1 depleted human embryonic stem cell line (RB1-null hESCs) and a RB1 patient-specific induced pluripotent (iPSC) line harbouring a RB1 biallelic mutation (c.2082delC). Both models were characterised by RB1 depletion and a significant increase in the fraction of proliferating cone precursors (RXRγ+Ki67+), which were defined as the cell of origin for Rb by single cell RNA-Seq analysis. The RB1 depleted retinal organoids displayed similar features to Rb tumours, including mitochondrial cristae aberrations and rosette-like structures and were able to undergo cell growth in an anchorage-independent manner, indicative of cell transformation in vitro. The patient-specific iPSC model displayed an enhanced reduction of amacrine, horizontal and retinal ganglion cells and an accelerated loss of cone photoreceptor markers during transition towards Rb, compared to the RB1-null hESC model. In both models, the Rb cells of origin, intermediate retinoma and/or Rb cells expressed retinal ganglion and horizontal cell markers in addition to cone markers, a novel finding, which could help to better characterise these tumours with possible therapeutic implications. Application of Melphalan, Topotecan and TW-37 led to a significant reduction in the fraction of proliferating cone precursors, validating the suitability of these in vitro models for testing novel therapeutics for Rb.


In this paper we present novel visual analytics techniques which help the user in the process of interactive ontology mapping and merging. A major contribution will be the strong integration and coupling of interactive visualizations with the merging process enabling the user to follow why concepts are merged and at which position in the ontology they are merged. For this purpose, adapted ontology similarity measures and new techniques for representing ontologies will be required to enable responsive, real time visualization and exploration of the comparing and merging results. 1 Visual Ontology Mapping The areas of ontology mapping and ontology merging have largely relied on automatic and semi-automatic methods in the past (FOAM [1], PROMPT [2], OLA [3] and FCA-Merge [4]), where user control and interaction is limited and results are typically only presented to the user at the end of some complex computational process. The effectiveness of these approaches can be increased in many application domains, if these approaches use the users knowledge and expertise in the comparing and merging process and support the explorative and iterative activities that are essential for the user's sensemaking process. Ontology merging is still largely a human-mediated process. The user could not trust in automatic results, where he does not know where and for which reason concepts are merged. In this paper we present an approach, which helps to enable users to explore the ontology and to compare results in an intuitive and efficient manner. We aim to support the analytic comparing and merging process providing tightly linked and integrated techniques and views for visualizing and exploring the raw ontologies and derived merging results. For this purpose we develop a prototype editor iMerge. The introduced editor iMerge provides different views for this purpose(see Fig. 1). The SmartTree-View [5] extends the conventional tree widget with a number of mechanisms facilitating ontology exploration and development. In addition to the hierarchical structure shown (typically the class hierarchy), non-hierarchical relations are shown dynamically upon selecting a node. SmartTree introduces Condense+Expand and Prune+Grow, two new interaction techniques allowing to hide and expose parts of the tree. The Matrix-View [6] is suited for comparing two ontologies and determining where most of the mappings between ontologies occur. In the Matrix-View the


Electric Vehicles (EV) are becoming more popular in present scenario because it can be easily charged using charger. Thus, the chargers play a vital role in EV vehicle. Hence, many distinct types of EV charging technologies have been developed so far. This paper reviewes an effective and quick charging approach which extends the life cycle of a battery with high charging efficiency. This article also presents about characteristics of charger in terms of converter topologies, modulation schemes and control algorithms.


To increase the yield of Monascus pigments,the liquid-state fermentation conditions were optimized by single factor and Response Surface Methodology(RSM).The second-order polynomial equation for Monascus pigments was establish by RSM.The results was as follows: Y=122.9+3.98X1+4.55X3-4.37X12-5.57X32+3.65 X1X2-10.9X1X3;the optimal extraction technology,was obtained by calculating inverse matrix of fitting equation as temperature(X1) of 30 ℃,revolution(X2) of 181 r/min and inoculum concentration(X3) of 6.8%,Under the optimal conditions,the predicted yield of fitted model was 123.8 U/mL and verification test result was(123.4±0.5) U/mL(n=3),which increased 37.8% compared with the original condition.


The transition metal monoxides are a classic example of highly correlated materials. The systematic trends in the properties of these materials as one traverses the periodic table from MnO to CuO are well studied. CuO is the exceptional member of this series, however, as it deviates substantially from the trends exhibited by the members with lower atomic number. All the others have the cubic rock salt structure and all are correlated antiferromagnetic insulators. CuO differs in having a monoclinic structure as opposed to the rock salt structure of the other monoxides, and it also has a substantially lower N ́eel temperature than a simple extrapolation of the trend across the periodic table would suggest. Presumably, this exceptional behavior is a consequence of its lower symmetry structure. Clearly, the properties of CuO in higher symmetry structures would be of great fundamental interest in understanding correlated materials. Here we report the synthesis and preliminary electronic property determination of a tetragonal (elongated rock salt) form of CuO created for the first time using an epitaxial thin film deposition approach. The results demonstrate that higher symmetry forms of this important correlated oxide are possible and now available for physical study. Looking ahead, the N ́eel temperature of rock salt CuO would be very high (700 to 800 K), as would be its associated exchange coupling J. If such a high-J CuO could be doped, its properties would be of great interest in the context of the high-Tc cuprate superconductors. P2.41 Tuesday, 2:45 pm


The influence of atomic order on the electronic structure of ..cap alpha.. (fcc) -phase and ..beta.. (bcc) -phase Ag-Cd alloys has been studied by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Changes in the valence-band densities of states are well accounted for by order-induced changes in the number of like nearest neighbors by relating the bandwidth to d-electron tunneling between neighbors. In addition, we observe changes in relative intensities of band and core states that are attributed to differences in the intrinsic plasmon production in the photoemission process.


River rehabilitation projects are framed as water security interventions in South Africa. They aim to address water quality and water quantity issues, as well as to improve socio-ecological relationships. These projects acknowledge the value of capacity building and social learning in enhancing water security. However, they adopt different governance approaches and hence have different knowledge construction and capacity building outcomes. This paper employs a 'governmentality' framework to analyse the capacity development processes within three river rehabilitation projects in Durban, South Africa. The analysis revealed that the three projects with their different governmentalities produced different capacity development modalities which are utilised to sustain 'the object of intervention' in each river rehabilitation project. However, despite these differences, information as the currency of action; the context or site of learning; the importance of building state–citizen relationships; and the need for bridges or intermediaries, emerged as common elements which support capacity building and knowledge sharing across all three projects.


Fuzzy rough theory can describe real-world situations in a mathematically effective and interpretable way, while evolutionary neural networks can be utilized to solve complex problems. Combining them with these complementary capabilities may lead to evolutionary fuzzy rough neural network with the interpretability and prediction capability. In this article, we propose modifications to the existing models of fuzzy rough neural network and then develop a powerful evolutionary framework for fuzzy rough neural networks by inheriting the merits of both the aforementioned systems. We first introduce rough neurons and enhance the consequence nodes, and further integrate the interval type-2 fuzzy set into the existing fuzzy rough neural network model. Thus, several modified fuzzy rough neural network models are proposed. While simultaneously considering the objectives of prediction precision and network simplicity, each model is transformed into a multiobjective optimization problem by encoding the structure, membership functions, and the parameters of the network. To solve these optimization problems, distributed parallel multiobjective evolutionary algorithms are proposed. We enhance the optimization processes with several measures including optimizer replacement and parameter adaption. In the distributed parallel environment, the tedious and time-consuming neural network optimization can be alleviated by numerous computational resources, significantly reducing the computational time. Through experimental verification on complex stock time series prediction tasks, the proposed optimization algorithms and the modified fuzzy rough neural network models exhibit significant improvements the existing fuzzy rough neural network and the long short-term memory network.


Temperature uniformity is one of the most crucial factors of walking-beam heating furnace comprehensive performance assessment, as well as basic criteria for determining compliance with the technological requirements of heating furnace. Titanium alloy bars before forging through walking-beam heating furnace for heating, walking-beam heating furnace temperature uniformity directly affects the microstructure and properties of titanium alloy bars and the quality of products. This article from the walking- beam heating furnace operate mode, temperature control system, temperature test system and test result analysis, conducted research on temperature uniformity on several fronts.


Objective: To better define the best method of gastrostomy (G) tube placement for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Background Weight loss and nutritional status are prognostic factors for survival during the course of ALS. Ultimately, a G-tube is often needed to deliver nutrition. G-tube placement can be performed by percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) or radiologically inserted gastrostomy (RIG) procedures. Further, RIG can be performed as internal-external pull-type (pull-type-RIG) or external-internal (push-type-RIG) methods. Safe G-tube placement must overcome specific challenges in the ALS population. Most ALS patients in need of G-tubes have concomitant respiratory failure. Aspiration, post-operative pneumonia, and peri-procedure respiratory failure are important concerns for ALS patients that undergo surgical procedures that necessitate sedative medications and anesthetic agents. The best method for G-tube placement has not been well defined in this population. Design/Methods: Retrospective cohort study of ALS patients that underwent G-tube placement by PEG or RIG. Results: Statistical analysis was performed on consecutive ALS patients that underwent G-tube placement by PEG and RIG. 50 patients were analyzed in each group. The two methods were compared with respect to peri-interventional aspects and clinical results. Parameters assessed included procedure success rate, peri- and post-procedural complications, length of hospital stay, 6-month mortality, and pain. Age, FVC, and ALSFRS were assessed in separate analysis to determine their impact on the success and complication rate of both procedure types. Subgroup analysis was performed to compare these parameters in the pull-type-RIG and push-type-RIG groups. Conclusions: Procedural related complications, including aspiration and post-operative pneumonia, are more common in ALS patients that undergo G-tube placement by the PEG method. RIG is a safer and more efficacious alternative in patients with ALS. We speculate that the limited use of general anesthesia and sedation during the RIG procedure accounts for the superior outcome in the RIG population. Disclosure: Dr. Allen has nothing to disclose. Dr. Hall has nothing to disclose. Dr. Wallery has nothing to disclose. Dr. Ajroud-Driss has nothing to disclose. Dr. Armstrong has nothing to disclose. Dr. McManus has nothing to disclose. Dr. Cook has nothing to disclose. Dr. Sufit has nothing to disclose. Dr. Chrisman has nothing to disclose. Dr. Wolfe has nothing to disclose. Dr. Siddique has nothing to disclose.


PLC in industrial control plays an increasingly important role, but the traditional single PLC control system has been unable to meet large-scale industrial control systems, network development trends, the article to the Siemens S7 PLC, for example, describes the use of PPI protocol to achieve communication between the PLC and the PLC and inverter communication, and the introduction of real-time monitoring technology configuration.


Background: Ischaemic stroke is caused by various aetiology. Cryptogenic stroke diagnosis is established when no aetiologies are discovered although clinical manifestations are consistent with acute stroke. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) is one neuroimaging modalities which could be useful in exploring aetiology instead of excluding intracranial haemorrhage. There are many conflicting pieces of evidence of the benefit using DW-MRI to confirm the presence or the absence of brain lesions.
Objective: To report a clinical case of ischemic stroke with negative evaluation on advanced neuroimaging studies (DW-MRI).
Case Description: A female, 35 years old, presented to the emergency unit with a 6 hours history of prickling sensation before admission. There were no risk factors of stroke, and no other neurological symptoms. The neurologic examination reveals left hemihypesthesia, with normal results on laboratory examination for stroke risk factors and negative ischemic lesion on brain DW-MRI. Explorative examination on cardiac aetiologies was negative. Patient was given a standard regimen for acute stroke management despite the negative results and established as a cryptogenic stroke case.
Conclusion: Diagnosis of ischemic stroke should rely mainly on clinical findings, with consideration of cryptogenic stroke when there is no aetiology found after thorough examination. Nevertheless, comprehensive examination on cardiac function and coagulation tests should be performed whenever possible to determine the cause of ischaemic stroke.


Allergenic glycopeptides have been extracted from cultures of Trichophyton mentagrophytes, T. rubrum, T. schoenleinii, Microsporum canis, Keratinomyces ajelloi and Epidermophyton floccosum. These have very similar chemical structures and all give rise to both immediate and delayed hypersensitivity reactions in sensitised guinea pigs. A range of polysaccharides from other sources was tested in guinea pigs sensitised to dermatophytes. None gave delayed reactions, but some with structural features in common with those isolated from dermatophytes gave immediate reactions.


This paper considers some statistical aspects of applying control variates to achieve variance reduction in the estimation of a vector of response variables in Monte Carlo simulation. It gives a result that quantifies the loss in variance reduction caused by the estimation of the optimal control matrix. For the one-dimensional case, we derive analytically the optimal size of the vector of control variates under specific assumptions on the covariance matrix. For the multidimensional case, our numerical results show that good variance reduction is achieved when the number of control variates is relatively small approximately of the same order as the number of unknown parameters. Finally, we give some recommendations for future research.


This study investigates the influence of sensory and cognitive affordances on the usability of mobile devices for multimedia language learning applications. An audio-based learning application – the 'Vowel Trainer' (audio-based speech app), developed by University College London was chosen, against a comparison, text and picture-based language learning application – 'Learn English for Taxi Drivers' from the British Academy (app based on vocabulary, grammar). Impressions of the two applications were assessed on two different devices that have virtually the same interface, but differ in physical size: the iPhone and the iPad. A mixed design was chosen, with device type (iPad vs. iPhone) as between groups factor and language application type (audio vs. video) as a within groups factor. Assessments of sensory and cognitive affordances were made, along with measurement of learner preferences of each application and their suitability for each device. A preliminary (N=22) dataset was analysed using a mixed design MANOVA and the implications of the results for developing design guidelines for spoken language learning applications are discussed.


Music retrieval and recommendation applications often rely on content features encoded as embeddings, which provide vector representations of items in a music dataset. Numerous complementary embeddings can be derived from processing items originally represented in several modalities, e.g., audio signals, user interaction data, or editorial data. However, data of any given modality might not be available for all items in any music dataset. In this work, we propose a method based on contrastive learning to combine embeddings from multiple modalities and explore the impact of the presence or absence of embeddings from diverse modalities in an artist similarity task. Experiments on two datasets suggest that our contrastive method outperforms single-modality embeddings and baseline algorithms for combining modalities, both in terms of artist retrieval accuracy and coverage. Improvements with respect to other methods are particularly significant for less popular query artists. We demonstrate our method successfully combines complementary information from diverse modalities, and is more robust to missing modality data (i.e., it better handles the retrieval of artists with different modality embeddings than the query artist's).


Although the term oral history has not been adapted in Estonian history, folkloristics or ethnology either as a translation or as a foreign term, the methodological approaches are still analogous to those employed in the area of oral history. A characteristic feature in the general tradition of oral history research in Estonia is that it relies a lot on written narratives, similarly to the tradition of the Scandinavian countries. The following review focuses on the events of the 1990s to shed light to the current situation in its evolution, which joins the research traditions of Estonia, their interdisciplinarity and international contacts. The turn to the study of life narratives in Estonian ethnology, folkloristics and history research in the 1990s started separately: each departed from the specifics and traditions of its branch. The more general research framework is the same in all of them: as the research paradigm changed, new sources and methods were taken into use. Interdisciplinary collaboration started to develop through the activities, seminars, conferences and mutual publications of Estonian Life Stories Association, culminating in the collection She Who Remembers, Survives in 2004. This collection comprises all forms and methods of cooperation in the area of life stories and oral history – collecting, publication, discussion. At the same time it shows how many or few there are of us. The research of oral history was affected by the political background in Estonia. In 1991 independence was regained in the Republic of Estonia. This was preceded by political pressure in the earlier years (e.g. expansion of the sphere of influence of the Russian language; intensified immigration into Estonia from the eastern parts of Soviet Union; prevention of industrial development and distortion of natural balance), which in turn provoked the resistance movement at first by means of literature and drama, but in the 1980s also in the press and in the work of societies. (See Jansen & Ruutsoo 1999, 551–560.) All these topics were discussed both spontaneously and in dialogue with the above-mentioned open channels. The situation of political changes on the one hand and the intensity of the discussions on the other caused reminiscencing and narrating of real life as well as interpretation of the


The Environmental Science Group at Los Alamos and the Test and Evaluation Command (TECOM) are assessing the risk of depleted uranium (DU) testing at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG). Conceptual and mathematical models of DU transfer through the APG ecosystem have been developed in order to show the mechanisms by which DU migrates or remains unavailable to different flora and fauna and to humans. The models incorporate actual rates of DU transfer between different ecosystem components as much as possible. Availability of data on DU transport through different pathways is scarce and constrains some of the transfer rates that can be used. Estimates of transfer rates were derived from literature sources and used in the mass-transfer models when actual transfer rates were unavailable. Objectives for this risk assessment are (1) to assess if DU transports away from impact areas; (2) to estimate how much, if any, DU migrates into Chesapeake Bay; (3) to determine if there are appreciable risks to the ecosystems due to DU testing; (4) to estimate the risk to human health as a result of DU testing.


Preface Walter Hooper 1. De Audiendis Poetis 2. The genesis of a medieval book 3. Imagination and thought in the Middle Ages 4. Dante's similes 5. Imagery in the last eleven cantos of Dante's Comedy 6. Dante's statius 7. The Morte d'Arthur 8. Tasso 9. Edmund Spenser, 1552-99 10. On reading The Faerie Queene 11. Neoplatonism in the poetry of Spenser 12. Spenser's cruel Cupid 13. Genius and genius 14. A note on Comus Additional editorial notes Index.


We consider a dual-function radar communication (DFRC) system employing frequency hopping (FH) radar waveforms. Each communication symbol is represented by a phase-modulated pulse sequence that multiplies the radar hops in fast-time and transmitted from a multiple-input multiple-output radar platform. In this respect, the DFRC system considered follows the code-shift keying (CSK) signal embedding strategy. The phase modulations include phase-shift keying (PSK), derivative PSK, and continuous phase modulation. The CSK pulse sequences and the FH code are jointly designed to reduce range sidelobe levels (RSLs) and combat range sidelobes modulation. It is shown that the joint optimization using the genetic algorithm yields desired CSK sequences and FH code matrix with less computational complexity compared to the exhaustive search algorithm. The power spectral density and detection performance of various DFRC systems are analyzed, underscoring the tradeoff between RSLs and spectral sidelobe levels. The proposed DFRC system with optimum phase sequences and hopping code achieves high data communication rates by permitting frequencies to be reused in the radar hops.


Chiral C2-symmetric semicorrins, a class of bidentate nitrogen ligands, are readily prepared in enantiomerically pure form starting either from D- or L-pyroglutamic acid. They possess a number of features that make them attractive ligands for enantioselective control of metal-catalyzed reactions. (Semicorrinato)copper complexes have been used as efficient catalysts for the enantioselective cyclopropanation of olefins with diazo compounds. Using (semicorrinato)cobalt complexes as catalysts, α,β-unsaturated carboxylic esters and amides can be enantioselectively reduced with sodium borohydride, giving the corresponding saturated esters and amides with enantiomeric excesses up to 98%.


Objective:To detect the expression of both FR-α protein and ki-67 in cervical cancer tissues, and discuss the relationship between them and clinical significance.Methods:Using immunohistochemical method test normal cervical tissue and cervical cancer tissue before FR-α protein expression and the expression of Ki-67.Results:FR- protein expression in normal cervical tissues was positive for 7.0% while in cervical cancer tissue the positive rate was 82.1%. The difference was statistically significant. Ki-67 protein expression in normal cervical tissues was 0% while in cervical cancer tissue the positive rate was 80.2%. The difference was statistically significant. The two protein expression in cervical cancer stageⅠ,Ⅱ and stageⅢ were different, but the difference was not statistically significant. In cervical cancer tissues, both the two protein were positively correlated. There are correlations between them. Difference was statistically significant.Conclusion:FR-α elevated protein expression is involved in the pathogenesis of cervical cancer. FR-α protein expression in cervical cancer and precancerous tissue has correlation with Ki-67, FR-α protein maybe participate in the occurrence and development of the cell proliferation in cervical cancer.


Abstract : Studies were made of the accumulation of electrostatic charges and subsequent discharges in aircraft fuel systems using explosion suppressant foams. The studies included a fuel system survey, small scale experiments, and fuel inlet nozzle designs. The results were used to develop guidelines for minimizing electrostatic hazards in aircraft fuel systems. (Author)


Peter Campbell talks to David Smith, Physics Education board member and longstanding editor of the People section, about his teaching career, special interests and related activities.


Tone‐on‐tone masking patterns from simultaneous and forward masking paradigms are dramatically different. It has been suggested that some of this difference is an effect of suppression, presumably present only in the simultaneous‐masking data. To study this. suggestion psychophysical tuning curves were measured using simultaneous and forward‐masking techniques and measures of suppression were obtained from the same subjects using Houtgast's two‐component forward‐masking paradigm. Both normal and hearing‐impaired listeners were tested. With normal listeners, simultaneous and forward‐masked tuning curves were different in the frequency regions where suppression was most evident. Similar results were obtained from hearing‐impaired listeners in regions of normal sensitivity. However, in regions of decreased sensitivity, simultaneous and forward‐masking tuning curves were the same and no suppression was evident. These results suggest that much of the difference between simultaneous and forward‐masking data is ...


The article studies the dynamics of the soviet holidays and ceremonies spreading in the countryside of the Central Non-Black Earth region in 1945 – at the beginning of the 1960s in terms of the relation of their promotion policy and reception by population. Special attention is paid to the analysis of the factors that influenced the change of this relation ranging from the soviet holiday canon directive translation in the early postwar years to the merge of traditional and new in official holiday culture at the turn of the 1950-1960s.


In this paper, a novel catalyst (MgAl2O4@SiO2-PTA) was proposed for the green oxidation of aliphatic alcohols. The resultant composite was characterized by different techniques, such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), SEM, FT-IR, EDX and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area analysis. The prepared nanocomposite was used as a catalyst for oxidation of aliphatic alcohols with hydrogen peroxide in water at 90 . Aliphatic alcohols were converted to aldehydes and ketones.  Primary alcohols were converted to aldehydes but secondary alcohols were converted to ketones. Cyclohexanol is very active in this catalyst system but no product was detected in cyclohexanol oxidation without catalyst. It is noteworthy to highlight that the catalyst is environmentally friendly since it could be recovered by a simple filtration. The catalyst was reused for at least four successive times without any changes or loss of its high catalytic activity.


A p-Laplace problem in a bounded domain of RN was considered,and the existence of three solutions of this problem under some assumptions was established by Ricceri's three critical points theorem.


We apply a general density functional theory for calculating solvation force between two walls immersed in a fluid of particles. Solvation force is obtained for the hard-sphere Yukawa fluid confined between hard and attractive walls. To determine the density profile, we use the density functional theory proposed by Yi and Kim. This theory is based on the density functional approximation, which in turn is based on both the weighted-density approximation of Tarazona and the density functional approximation of Rickayzen and Augousti (1984). The calculated density profile is used to obtain the solvation force exerted by the fluid on the walls. We show the effect of varying wall and particle interactions on the solvation force. As the result indicates, the solvation force depends on temperature, separation of the walls and on the wall potential. Key words:


of laxatives, it is by many regarded as being of no clinical importance except that it obscures other sigmoidoscopic appearances. Personally I have the impression that melanosis makes the detection of small polyps easier as adenomatous polyps, like carcinomas, are pale, and do not take up melanin (Fig. 3B). As melanosis, according to Stewart and Hickman, is frequently found in association with cancer of the colon and rectum I have for several years devoted special interest and care to all cases where sigmoidoscopy revealed a discoloration of the mucous membrane. This attitude has been rewarding and resulted in the detection of silent benign and malignant tumours of the colon. The following case may serve as an illustration: The patient did not suffer from any general or abdominal symptom, except a mild constipation for many years and siginoidoscopy was undertaken only as a routine procedure. An intense melanosis of the sigmoid colon was detected and X-ray of the colon disclosed a silent tumour of the ciecum. A right-sided hemicolectomy was performed and the specimens show a cwecal tumour as well as polyp (Fig. 3A). Several times I have had the same experience in symptom-free cases where at sigmoidoscopy melanosis has been found and therefore X-ray -of the bowel was performed, disclosing silent Ftumours or polyps in the more proximal part of the colon. My opinion is, therefore, that the detection of melanosis by sigmoidoscopy is of clinical importance and that it is a challenge. These patients should always be submitted to an X-ray of the colon whether there are any general or colonic symptoms or not.


A universal design of low-density parity-check (LDPC) code ensembles which enables to operate reliably over various channels is of great theoretical and practical interest. This paper considers the universality of LDPC code ensembles over multitude memoryless binary-input output-symmetric (MBIOS) channels, addressing their universality under belief-propagation (BP) decoding. Based on the density evolution approach, analytical results related to the universality of LDPC code ensembles under BP decoding are derived; these results are expressed in closed form, and are easy to calculate. The full paper version related to this work [11] provides further results, full proofs, additional discussions on the theorems, and it also considers the universality issue under ML decoding.


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We are looking for an average whole earth model of dissipation by using measurements of the quality factor Q at the IPG Paris for spheroidal and toroidal modes (fundamental modes between 100 and 600 s, first higher modes between 100 and 300 s). For these modes, resolution is poor below 1200 km deep. Separate inversions of spheroidal and toroidal modes give two similar models with three main ranges of large attenuation 100 and 350 km and below 750 km, small dissipation in the middle zone; the lithosphere is badly determined (with rather large attenuation) and it is doubtful that an average earth model can be built for it because of lateral inhomogeneities. Simultaneous inversion gives a similar model if it is built on the same number of eigenvectors, but smoother than the previous models.


Not only after the failure of the Copenhagen climate conference 2009, border carbon adjustment (BCA) has received growing attention in the climate policy debate as a measure to combat "carbon leakage" and force non-abating countries to tighter climate policies. In this paper, we study the strategic interactions between international trade and climate policy with a focus on the effectiveness of border measures. First, we analyze the main principles of unilateral climate policy with international trade in a small analytical model. Second, we examine welfare effects of WTO compatible carbon import tariffs in a stylized numerical integrated assessment model with explicit trade in commodities and analyze if BCA is a credible threat to force non-abating countries to implement stricter climate policies. We show that the terms of trade effects can, depending on trade patterns, ease or boost the prisoners dilemma of mitigating greenhouse gases. We further demonstrate that WTO conform BCA increases the effectiveness of climate policy and forces trading partners to reduce emissions. But as the results of the numerical model illustrate, welfare effects are depended on trade flows and are negative for realistic parameter values.


The very fact that Derrida has begun to write in an autobiographical mode is a slippery affair about which both he and we need to be vigilant, lest we and he be the victims of a ruse which he more than anyone has done the most to expose. (PT, 279)1 Jacques Derrida,2 one supposes, presumes to expose the "life and thought" of Jacques Derrida. The book simulates an apparently decisive cut between Geoffrey Bennington's Derridabase (1993)' above the line, and Jacques Derrida's Circumfession4 below. This cut, it would seem, separates opposing modes of exposition, explication and confession, that both, nevertheless, claim rights to the singularity marked by the name "Jacques Derrida." In the preface, then, it is announced that the book's condition of possibility is a contract, a "challenge, outbidding, or raising the stakes." According to this contract, Bennington was to attempt a clear, argued exposition of the thought of Jacques Derrida. By extracting the thought from the life, and laying bare the bones of its general system, he proposes an explication without residue (and in principle incapable of being surprised), which would, moreover, make it "in principle . .. accessible to any user." Derrida, in turn, was to undertake to meet the challenge posed by Bennington's text by writing something that indeed surprises (escapes) his proposed general system, thereby demonstrating the ineluctable necessity of Bennington's failure. It is, then, as if the book simulates a duel between reader and author, for rights to the singular name "Jacques Derrida," for power over its exposition. Bennington's aim is to show that this singularity is fabricated within a general textuality as an "ideality" of sorts (as the repeatability, or better, "iterability," of "quasi-transcendental" logic). Guided by the form of a contest, one might expect to find that Derrida, in contrast, demanding respect for the thought that will not be drawn (like blood) from the life that sustains it, proposes to confess his thinking in its unrepeatable, living, breathing, historical singularity. In this duel, it would seem, an "iterable signature" is opposed to a "living singularity," such that the condition of the possibility of the one is the rejection of, or escape from, the other. Yet, this interpretation, admittedly facilitated by the preface in which the challenge is announced (but countersigned by whom`?), belongs to a credulous reading of the juxtaposed texts in terms of the very oppositional logic that Derrida has famously worked to unsettle. What choreographer, one might then ask, has been authorized to counter-position the texts signed by jailer and escapee (above, below; outer, inner; system, singular; closed, open), who both remain incredulous toward this very kind of counter-positioning? Why the complicity of the incredulous dance-partners in a "simulacrum of a duel" between opposites (DB, 318)? Perhaps it is significant that the text announcing this contract remains unsigned, detached from what is signed, and left without guarantee in the equivocal counter-signatures of self-effacement and silence. This is reason enough at least not to take the challenge set up in the preface too readily at face value. Indeed, I would argue that readers are obliged to remain suspicious of Jacques Derrida, which only strategically, but by no means substantively, sets itself up as a duel between Geoffrey Bennington and Jacques Derrida. Thus, one should not, through credulous reading, miss the irony of this "play," and thereby obscure a subtly wrought performance of the double bind of the text (this particular one, to be sure, but more generally any text that claims, or is claimed by, a proper name); namely the simultaneous necessity and impossibility of saying something singular. What I shall attempt to set out in more detail, then, is a suspicious reading that detects complications in both texts, and shows how the performance of a duel at one level is simultaneously the undermining of this oppositional posture. …


A cold reserving heat exchanger is provided to improve durability and thermal transfer efficiency by properly absorbing stress according to the volume change of a cold reserving unit through bellows. A cold reserving heat exchanger comprises: a plurality of tubes(30); a pin(60) interposed between tubes; a tank(40) connected with the upper or the lower part of the tube; an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe formed in the tank; and a cold reserving unit(20). Cold reserving material is stored in the cold reserving unit. A hole(21) in which the cold reserving material is circulated is formed in the upper or the lower part of the cold reserving unit. A cold reserving material injecting part(41) is form to inject the cold reserving material into the cold reserving unit.


Opticallytriggered thyristor switches often operate in adverse environments such as high temperature and high dose-rate transient radiation which can result in lowered operating voltage and premature triggering. These effects can be reduced by connecting or monolithically integrating a reverse-biased compensating photodiode or phototransistor into the gate of the optically-triggered thyristor. We have demonstrated the effectiveness of this hardening concept in silicon thyristors packaged with photodiodes and in gallium arsenide optically-triggered thyristors monolithically integrated with compensating phototransistors.


Suhrawardī engaged in an ambitious project which aimed to consolidate and perpetuate certain replicable, institutionalized forms of mystical theory and praxis, a system whose very structure would come to indelibly mark ṭarīqa--based Sufism throughout the central and eastern lands of Islamdom in the centuries following his death. Understanding the scope of such a project, however, requires that one first come to terms with the historical subtext which framed it. This chapter is devoted to mapping this subtext, identifying and discussing the contours of the social, political, and religious spaces within which Suhrawardī and his associates moved. Here, three primary, but interrelated, clusters of ?before? and ?after? which converged in Suhrawardī?s historical moment are analyzed: the dominance of political program, the structures and practices of certain ?educational? institutions, and, third, the discourse and authority of the text.Keywords: ḥadīth; ṭarīqa; Islamdom; socio-religious space; sufism; Suhrawardī


Merle Collins' intriguing novel Angel, which articulates the growth to political consciousness of its female protagonist, simultaneously traces the evolution of radical nationalist politics in Grenada. Focusing on three generations of Grenadian women, the novel uses the life of the individual as a metaphor for the body politic. Issues of colour, class, gender, (dis)empowerment, voice and identity are explored in this compelling first novel that helps to illuminate the processes of social change in Grenada that culminate in the Revolution and its disillusioning aftermath.


attempts to represent reality with a didactic purpose of edifying audiences. Among the great playwrights of the European Counter-Reformation, Lope might be the only one who did not claim the necessity of improving the representation of reality according to neo-Aristotelian precepts. For Lope, the truth (naturaleza) has a Minotaur's body. Its dualistic nature is impossible to inscribe into an abstract linear syllogism. The circularity of human existence cannot be regulated by abstract intellectual propositions that would lead it out of its contradictions and conflicts between passionate attachments and rational aspirations. This is why Lope's theater does not obey the rules of poetic verisimilitude. For him, verisimilitude remains in sharp conflict with the truth. The purpose of his art is to appeal to emotions rather than teach ideals that cannot be attained. This skepticism led him to the representation of great human passions rather than the construction of didactic plotlines according to the principles of good art derived from various interpretations of Aristotle's Poetics and championed by the European intellectual elite of the period, most conspicuously the French Academy.


strength training on elderly individuals. Recently, Fiatarone and associates' evaluated the effect of high-intensity strength training in the frail elderly in terms of safety and enhancement of function. Noting that loss of muscle strength is common in the elderly and that this increases the likelihood of falls, fractures, and functional dependency, these researchers performed an uncontrolled cross-sec-


This research seeks to investigate the possibility of using deep learning strategies in the process of diagnosing malaria, a virus that affects billions of people all over the world. Standard lab tests for malaria require the services of a qualified laboratory technician as well as an in-depth analysis of blood samples. This process can be expensive, time-consuming, and prone to errors caused by humans. This work attempts to enhance the accuracy of malaria diagnosis while also increasing the rate at which it can be performed by utilizing the capabilities of deep learning. We evaluate the performance of various methods for identifying the Plasmodium parasite in thin blood smear images by using deep learning models such as CNN, ResNet50, and VGG19 in accordance with noise reduction techniques and image segmentation methods. This allows us to compare the accuracy of the various methods. According to the findings of our research, the VGG19 model had the greatest overall performance. It had an accuracy of 0.9286 as well as a low false-positive and losing rate. The model is also tiny, making it easy to transport and use in a variety of contexts due to its portability. This study gives an overview of the current advancements in deep learning for malaria diagnosis. It also illustrates the potential for AI to increase both the accuracy and speed of malaria diagnosis.


Fundamental data on properties of rocks are required for the engineering development of rock-melting systems (Subterrenes). Selected physicochemical propenties of basaltic rocks, liquids, and glasses are presented including viscosity, thermal diffusivity, thermal conductivity, specific heat, density, thermal expansion coefficient, and average chemical composition. (auth)


In any design process, there are different perspectives that need to be accommodated. For the design of interactive systems, two of these are that of the computer system designer and that of the end user. The focus of this paper is on tools or notations to support the integration of these different perspectives?in particular, system modelling and theory-based user modelling. There are few established techniques for doing such integration; those that there are generally involve a loose coupling between the description of the system and that of the user, or are skewed towards one or other of these viewpoints. Recently, techniques that deal with the system and user more symmetrically have emerged. We focus, in particular, on techniques that have been developed and investigated within a large European project, Amodeus. These allow the analyst to explore properties of the conjoint system, and to investigate how the properties of the interaction relate to those of the individual agents. However, there is a trade-off, which can be characterized as increased power to critique a design being offset against reduced generality in the design perspectives that can be considered using the technique. We argue that while such techniques require a high initial investment, technological advances make the need for such integrated approaches urgent. We consider what resources each class of technique demands and what kinds of results each yields.