The experimental and analytical procedures used in carrying out the Multi-Region Reactor Lattice Studies on reactivity and spatial distributions at two water-to-uranium ratios are described. The experiments were carried out in lattices having water-to-uranium ratios of 2.5: 1 and 4.5: 1 utilizing UO/sub 2/ fuel having enrichments of 1.6%, 2.7%, and 3.7% clad in stainless steel. The complete results and over-all conclusions based on the various experimental and analytical efforts are included. (auth)


Microstructural changes have been examined in a polycrystalline, semiconducting oxide, e.g., CoO, under dc electric fields in an air-electrode condition. A change always starts at a singularity such as an interface or phase boundary where the divergence of partial cationic current does not vanish (i.e., {del} {center_dot} i{sub ion} {ne} 0). The changes (at {del} {center_dot} i{sub ion} < 0, in particular) are characterized by the growth of the oxide beyond the permeable, original boundary of the system oxide, the grain growth and densification of the initially porous matrix, and the growth of a single-crystalline region at the expense of the polycrystalline matrix. These are qualitatively explained by chemical diffusion that is caused by the electrotransport-induced, chemical polarization at those singularities.


Srivastava RN, Agrahari AK, Singh A, Chandra T, Raj S. Effectiveness of bone marrow-derived mononuclear stem cells for neurological recovery in participants with spinal cord injury: a randomized controlled trial. Asian J Transfus Sci. 2019;13(2):120-128.


With the rapid development of information technology, as a key technology in the information era of the Internet of things has been widely used in various industries, and based on the cloud computing platform on the Internet of things to explore is of great significance for the application of Internet of things in the industry in the current. Based on the characteristics of Internet of things and cloud computing, this paper studies and analyzes data mining of Internet of things under cloud computing platform with a view to provide theoretical support for the application of Internet of things technology under cloud computing platform. With the rapid development of Internet technology, cloud computing and Internet of things technology are widely applied to all aspects of people's work and life. As a decisive factor in the current competition among enterprises in various fields, data mining has also become the main content of Internet of things applications. In order to deal with the various industries for networking applications in data mining, this paper focuses on the research of mining and discusses the calculation of IOT data under the background of cloud based data to solve the problem of cloud computing platform networking mining problems providing support and help for networking applications in various industries. Part One Internet of Things and Cloud Computing Internet of Things The Internet of things is that consists of a large number of small sensors and the exchange of information and communication network technology, which consists mainly of small sensors which are closely related to our life and work of the large server, super computer, computer, mobile phone and other portable network equipment. The main features are as follows: (1) the Internet is based on Internet technology which is the extension and expansion of the Internet; (2) networking client extended to any item as long as the establishment of information exchange and communication to set up networking; (3) The network can realize the protection of the privacy of the user terminal, and through the Internet to find a solution for each event. With the rapid development of computer technology and Internet technology, IOT technology is widely applied to various kinds of network information exchange and integration because of its intelligent perception, recognition technology and various mobile terminals. Therefore, the Internet of things is known as the core of the future development of network communication technology. As the practical application of Internet technology, the Internet of things mainly realizes the various businesses and jobs that users use Internet technology to carry out. Cloud Computing Cloud computing is the effective utilization of virtual resources in the network by means of computer hardware and software, development platform and computer protocol, and rationally configuring these resources according to different loads, so as to raise the utilization ratio of virtual resources. The main features of cloud computing are as follows: (1) Service. The significance of cloud computing is to provide services for users, which means users can get the corresponding services without needing to solve the specific working mechanism of cloud computing. (2) Supply reliability. Cloud computing is a system composed of a large number of servers and computer groups to provide users with data processing and computing service, in order to reduce the failure probability calculation due to the increase in the number of computers, cloud computing systems often through the use of software in data redundancy and distributed storage to improve the reliability of the data; (3) High efficiency. Cloud computing is able to provide efficient services for 417 Copyright © 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). 2017 International Conference Advanced Engineering and Technology Research (AETR 2017) Advances in Engineering Research (AER), volume 153


A simple method is described for obtaining two or more Costas arrays with a maximum of one mutual bit or cross-coincidence, assuming that the vertical components of their relative shifts are appropriately bounded. The result can be useful for designing multiple Costas waveforms with small cross-ambiguities, if the potential Doppler shifts are restricted to a small portion of the waveform bandwidth. >


Shallow geothermal energy (SGE) is increasingly being regarded as a valuable solution for space heating and conditioning because of high efficiency, diffuse availability and low environmental impact. Significant growth in the number of installations is envisaged as a result of energy policies and European Directives. Indeed, the obligations in the construction sector about the share of energy supply from renewable sources is increasingly pushing the design of new and renovated buildings. On the one hand shallow geothermal energy is suitable as a sustainable and distributed energy source. On the other hand, significant installation costs related to drilling of traditional installations represent an hampering factor. Thermally activating geostructures such as piles, diaphragm wall, tunnels and anchors can allow to include these costs in the construction of the structural elements. Moreover, a large availability of operational surface is represented by new and/or existing building heritage in urban areas as most of them have underground levels that can be equipped with heat exchangers.


The evolution of EU administrative law generates peculiar governance processes in the entire EU policy space, EU Economic Law being a prime example. By comparatively examining the interactions of the key national and supranational institutions enforcing EU competition law and telecommunications regulation, this paper argues that the Commission is making strategic use of particular governance tools (soft law instruments and good governance principles) to obtain enforcement outcomes that further its own vision for steering EU Economic Regulation. Furthermore, the success of this approach seems to be related to the institutional design of the policy field, which the Commission wants to dominate. In particular, a field where the Commission has exclusive regulatory competence (competition) lends itself to steering through soft law. Conversely, steering through soft means in domains where the Commission is weaker by design (telecommunications) seem to fail. In the latter case, to achieve a position of power, the Commission is likely to exert pressure on the Council to adopt hard law at EU level – a development we currently observe with the December 2020 Commission proposal for a Digital Markets Act. Overall, the Commission, as the umpire of internal market integration, strategically uses soft law to secure a position of dominance in the domain of EU Economic Regulation.


During the siege of Jerusalem in  BCE, the Jews inside the walls let down baskets with money in them to buy animals, so that they could complete the regular Passover sacrifices at the Temple. 'An old man, learned in Greek wisdom, spoke with the besiegers in Greek: "As long as they continue the Temple service, they will never surrender." When the next basket came, the money was taken, but a pig was put in it. Half way up, the pig's claws dug into the wall, and the whole land of Israel shook for  parasangs about. "Cursed be a man who rears pigs; cursed be a man who teaches his son Greek wisdom"', cry the Jews. What the pig is to Jewish ritual, it would seem, Greek wisdom is to intellectual and social life.


We evaluated the general classifications of proximal humeral fracture. In 1934 Codman showed that fractures of the proximal humerus happened along the former line of the epiphyseal union. This idea became the foundation of classification after that. In 1970 Neer classified 7 types of it into the 2-part fracture, the 3-part fracture and the 4-part fracture. This is the classification that reflects the blood supply of the humeral head and indicates a treatment of the fracture, and is one of the classifications which are most used at present. But there are many fracture types which aren't contained in this. Additionally, a discrepancy with the classified grade and serious illness degree, the reproducibility problem and so on were pointed out. The classifications of Jakob in 1984 and AO in 1990 contain more types than the Neer's and they consider the degree of the humeral head bloodstream and the injury. In 2002 Tamai classified it into 4 types from the condition of the lesser tuberosity and evaluated the condition of the soft tissue around the humeral head in the its direction. To make a classification derive from the Codman theory is easy to understand, but all fracture types of the Codman classification have not been reported yet and the frequency and the convalescence of each type are still unclear. Each classification had merits and demerits and it was difficult to put them into what advantages or disadvantages. In any case, to evaluate a classification, all of the actually occurring fracture types must be grasped. To establish the propriety• of a classification method, we think that we must use an identical classification at numerous hospitals and to accumulate perioperative findings and a lot of treatment results are necessary.


Simple relationships between the absolute proton affinities APAs and second order hyperpolarizabilities γ is found for a class of condensed aromatic molecules with the conjugated π-electron network. Results are presented for "open" acenes and zethrenes in comparison with "closed" systems (coronene and kekulene). They indicate a strong dependence of the APA–γ relation on the molecular shape. Since γ is intimately related to a nonlinear response of the system, it follows that APA could serve as a useful probe for testing the nonlinear polarizability at the molecular level, thus selecting possible candidates for materials with nonlinear optical (NLO) properties. It also appears that zethrenes represent very useful building blocks for NLO materials. An interesting byproduct of this study is that zethrenes could be strongly basic compounds, if appended by a judicious selection of the electron releasing substituents placed at the strategic positions on the molecular perimeter.


A fast directional discrete cosine transform FD- DCT is proposed for efficient representation of anisotropic edges in images. The transform is performed on the pre- defined direction lines similar to the intraprediction mode in H.264. Comparing to the directional discrete cosine trans- form DDCT now available, no interpolation is needed in FDDCT; thus, the amount of computation decreases by 80%. Simulation results indicate that the peak signal-to-noise ra- tios of images compressed using FDDCT are 1 db higher than those using DDCT. © 2010 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumen- tation Engineers. DOI: 10.1117/1.3306634


This thesis addresses the problem of the challenges posed to the role and status of the revealed Christian religion and theology in people's lives and world-views in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. It examines the problem as faced and expressed by certain thinkers of the period in western Europe, broadly defined. Although these challenges have been long been regarded by historians within the general notion of 'secularisation', this was not the case for the period in question. That religion was inescapable for the period in question is indisputable; therefore, what did, in fact, characterise the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries was a growing uneasiness, a questioning of the role of religion, a fluidity of the boundaries between sacred and profane and a continuous redefinition of fundamental concepts. Religion was thus central even if challenged, as thinkers were struggling to define their views with reference to, or as opposed to, its precepts. In view of that, in place of the terms 'secularism' and 'secularisation' this thesis prefers to talk about the distancing between the temporal and the divine spheres, and the redefinition of public and private. The focus of this dissertation is on some aspects of this vast question; it aims to address some of its implications in the moral and political realms this questioning could have, as experienced through the struggle of Europeans to determine the role they wanted to ascribe to religion within their life and world-views. In order to accomplish this, this thesis brings together four thinkers who actively engaged with the question from various angles and from different geographical, experiential and intellectual standpoints. More specifically, it examines four cases from four distinct areas ofwhat now constitutes western Europe. It looks at the writings of four very influential thinkers of the period c.1580 c.1620: Pierre Charron, a French theologian (1541-1603); the work of Justus Lipsius, a Flemish scholar (1547-1606); the work of Paolo Sarpi, a Venetian friar and advisor to the Venetian Republic (1552-1623); and lastly, the work of King James VI of Scotland and I of England (1566-1625). The four authors have been chosen mainly on the grounds of their contribution to the discussion about the relationship between politics and religion, and morality and religion. They represent a growing body of people who


The automated, teleoperated, robotic and human-tended subsystems which will precede and accompany a lunar base program are discussed. The information about lunar conditions that can be provided by such precursors and adjuncts is addressed. The use of precursors and adjuncts for communications and navigation, for safety and survival, for lunar archives, and for entertainment and leisure is examined.


Polydicyclopentadiene (PDCPD) is a ring-opening metathesis polymer derived from dicyclopentadiene. Valued for its light weight, excellent material strength, and good performance at both high and lo...


. Scene Graph Generation (SGG) serves a comprehensive representation of the images for human understanding as well as visual understanding tasks. Due to the long tail bias problem of the object and predicate labels in the available annotated data, the scene graph generated from current methodologies can be biased toward common, non-informative relationship labels. Relationship can sometimes be non-mutually exclusive, which can be described from multiple perspectives like geometrical relationships or semantic relationships, making it even more challenging to predict the most suitable relationship label. In this work, we proposed the SG-Shuffle pipeline for scene graph generation with 3 components: 1) Parallel Transformer Encoder, which learns to predict object relationships in a more exclusive manner by grouping relationship labels into groups of similar purpose; 2) Shuffle Transformer, which learns to select the final relationship labels from the category-specific feature generated in the previous step; and 3) Weighted CE loss, used to alleviate the training bias caused by the imbalanced dataset.


SETTING
Decentralisation of directly observed treatment (DOT) for tuberculosis patients in three public centres in Djibouti city from April 2000.

OBJECTIVES
To evaluate decentralisation based on the success rate by site of treatment and according to certain critical variables.

METHODS
Comparative evaluation of the success rate of smear-positive patients followed in all treatment centres from 1 May 2000 to 31 March 2001.

RESULTS
The success rate was 58% for the main centre, Centre Paul Faure, and 81% for all the peripheral centres together (P < 10.6). It was 80% for the three new centres and 85% for the established centres (P > 0.05). Age under 20 years, female sex and treatment centre were factors linked to success. After stratification, sex was shown to be the confounding variable. Multivariate analysis shows that non-Djibouti nationality is related to treatment success (P = 0.02). In the groups of established and new centres, there is an inverse linear relationship between success rate and workload, with greater capacity in the established centres.

CONCLUSIONS
Urban decentralisation of DOT increases the chances of treatment success among smear-positive patients. Another centre for supervised treatment needs to be created in one of the public health centres in Djibouti city.


IL-2 immunotherapy expands tumor-infiltrating DCs through a lymphoid pathway, favoring the conversion of poorly immunogenic into immunogenic tumors. Hidden virtues of interleukin-2 Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is an immunostimulatory cytokine that is being tested as an anticancer therapy due to its ability to activate T cells and natural killer cells. Unexpectedly, Raeber et al. discovered that IL-2 can also activate dendritic cells, an entirely different type of cells involved in antitumor immunity. The authors analyzed data from a clinical trial in human patients being treated with recombinant IL-2. They also pursued more detailed studies in mouse models to identify the mechanisms responsible for dendritic cell activation, helping to explain how IL-2 sensitizes tumors to immune destruction. Tumor-infiltrating dendritic cells (DCs) correlate with effective anticancer immunity and improved responsiveness to anti–PD-1 checkpoint immunotherapy. However, the drivers of DC expansion and intratumoral accumulation are ill-defined. We found that interleukin-2 (IL-2) stimulated DC formation through innate and adaptive lymphoid cells in mice and humans, and this increase in DCs improved anticancer immunity. Administration of IL-2 to humans within a clinical trial and of IL-2 receptor (IL-2R)–biased IL-2 to mice resulted in pronounced expansion of type 1 DCs, including migratory and cross-presenting subsets, and type 2 DCs, although neither DC precursors nor mature DCs had functional IL-2Rs. In mechanistic studies, IL-2 signals stimulated innate lymphoid cells, natural killer cells, and T cells to synthesize the cytokines FLT3L, CSF-2, and TNF. These cytokines redundantly caused DC expansion and activation, which resulted in improved antigen processing and correlated with favorable anticancer responses in mice and patients. Thus, IL-2 immunotherapy–mediated stimulation of DCs contributes to anticancer immunity by rendering tumors more immunogenic.


The problem of solar cell damage by proton and electron radiation is treated analytically from a theoretical and empirical viewpoint. The general approach is to form a damage integral, consisting of the integral over the energy spectrum, for both electrons and protons, of an integrand formed by the product of the differential energy spectrum and a damage function, and to relate this damage integral to the deterioration of solar cells under irradiation. The damage function is considered theoretically from the microscopic viewpoint of collision theory and empirically by using available experimental data. By making several approximations and assumptions, the data from the solar cell patches on Explorer XI is compared with predictions based upon the empirical relationship developed for the damage integral.


Cigarette smoke is a source of free radicals contains carcinogenic chemical substances. The purple sweet potatoes contains anthocyanins which has potential antioxidant activities to neutralize free radicals. This research aim was to know the effect of purple sweet potatoes extract on the levels of lung's superoxide dismutase (SOD) and number of foam cells in aorta of wistar rat which were exposed to cigarette smoke. This research was an experimental study with complete random design and post test only control group design. The twenty five wistar divided into five groups: control group (P0); group was only exposed to cigarette smoke (P1); groups were exposed to cigarette smoke and purple sweet potatoes extract in dose of 0,065 (P2), 0,13 (P3), and 0,26 (P4) g/day for 90 days. Data was analyzed by One Way Anova and Post Hoc Tukey HSD test. The result of this study indicate that the levels of lung's SOD were 25,26 ± 2,3 5 ; 13,11 ± 3,8 5 ; 19,2 4 ± 3,9 5 ; 9, 20 ± 6, 23 ; 24,53 ± 5,7 5 unit/mg, while the average number of foam cells in aorta were 19,68 ± 7,74; 40,40 ± 10,67; 27,16 ± 4,28; 25,92 ± 5,24; 16,80 ± 4,22 for P1, P2, P3, P4, and P5 respectively. There was different SOD levels in lung and foam cells in aorta significantly between control and treatment groups (p < 0,05). It was concluded that the purple sweet potatoes extract can increase SOD levels in lung and decrease foam cell in aorta of wistar rat which were exposed to cigarette smoke. Keywords: purple sweet potatoes, SOD, foam cell, cigarette smoke


Sound Transit is more than just an environmentally conscious organization. It's an agency that takes proactive measures to mitigate impacts, manage, and improve its environmental performance. Sound Transit has implemented an environmental management system which takes all aspects of its business into account. By achieving ISO 14001 certification of its ESMS, Sound Transit is holding itself accountable for achieving rigorous international environmental standards. The University Link Extension is Sound Transit's first major transit project to be designed and built in response to and in conformance with the agency's new Sustainability Initiative. This long-term project provides the proving ground for evaluating and implementing many new strategies as outlined in this paper to promote environmental sustainability.


The research aim of this study is to explore how locally anchored women with interest for feminist questions perceive and reflect upon the production and reproduction of gender dichotomies in publi ...


An embodiment of the invention discloses a method and a device for monitoring fetal movement. The method includes receiving first vibration signals sensed by a first acceleration sensor and second vibration signals synchronously sensed by a second acceleration sensor; triggering a computing unit when pulses of the first vibration signals are generated and computing the similarity between the first vibration signals and the second vibration signals; determining that the pulses are primary fetal movement pulses if the computed similarity is smaller than preset similarity threshold values and waveforms corresponding to the first vibration signals are matched with preset fetal movement modes; carrying out OR operation on the first vibration signals and the second vibration signals to obtain filtered first vibration signals; counting the fetal movement pulses in the corresponding filtered first vibration signals in unit time to obtain the fetal movement numbers in the unit time. The method and the device have the advantages that disturbance of body movement of pregnant women on fetal movement counting can be reduced, and accordingly the counting accuracy of the fetal movement numbers can be enhanced.


In the course of controlling dicoumarol therapy given (a) as a postoperative routine to prevent thrombosis (fifty-five cases) and (b) therapeutically in cases of established venous thrombosis (nine cases), certain peculiarities have been observed in


Strengthening the building of the rural teaching forces is the focus of the current teacher training.There exist four major problems in Fujian's rural teacher training.They are unclear division of tasks,unequal opportunity for teachers,inadequate teaching forces,and inappropriateness and ineffectiveness.In order to do a good job in the rural teacher training,we should guarantee the training mechanism,optimize the teaching forces,innovate the training mode,strengthen interschool cooperation,and adopt encouraging measures so as to ensure a sustainable and healthy development of the rural teacher training.


The utility model relates to a waterproof structure of a mobile phone. The waterproof structure comprises an input unit, a storage unit, a sensing unit, a control unit and a triggering unit, wherein the input unit, the storage unit, the sensing unit, the control unit and the triggering unit are all arranged in a casing of the mobile phone; the output ends of the storage unit and the sensing unit are electrically connected with the input end of the control unit; the output end of the control unit is electrically connected with the triggering unit; the input unit is used for inputting a control threshold value; the storage unit is used for storing the control threshold value; the sensing unit is used for sensing the humidity and/or the pressure of a surrounding environment; the control unit is used for comparing the humidity and/or the pressure of the surrounding environment with the threshold value and giving out a triggering signal when a comparison result is greater than the threshold value; and the triggering unit is used for cutting off a circuit power supply of the mobile phone according to the triggering signal. The waterproof structure of the mobile phone is provided with a waterproof circuit, can carry out power-off protection when water comes into the mobile phone, and has an advantages of still protecting the circuit when water comes into the mobile phone.


As one of the important sorts of hot-rolled products,hot-rolled steel plates for automobile generally undergo uniform corrosion or localized corrosion according to various environments in the manufacturing, transportation and/or storage processes.The general corrosion,often taking place on the outer surface of the plate in the outside part of a package,only reduces the thickness of plates and increases the surface roughness slightly,but the localized corrosion on the surface of the plate inside the package is likely to result in the formation of pits on the substrate of plates,which is not able to be removed by the general pickling or sand blasting process and influences the application of these plates.The phenomena,characteristics and influencing factors of the rusting behavior of hot-rolled steel plates for automobile are analyzed and the corresponding preventing measures are proposed.


A statistical analysis of dataset of H-alpha, soft X-ray (SXR) and Hard X-ray (HXR) flares comprising almost 318, 401 and 1920 single events respectively that occurred during the period of October-November 2003 is presented. On the basis of this dataset, statistics on temporal properties e.g. duration, rise and decay times of H-alpha, SXR and HXR flare with regard to the flare classes is presented. The duration, rise and decay time for H-alpha flares increases with increasing importance and brightness classes. The increase is more pronounced for the duration and decay time. The same relation is valid with regard to the brightness class. On the other hand for SXR flares, the duration, rise and decay also increase with the flare class being more pronounced for the duration and rise time. We have also analysed the event asymmetry (EA) of H-alpha, SXR and HXR flares for the same period. The EA indices are predominantly positive for H-alpha but for SXR and HXR this shows symmetrical distribution on both sides of zero asymmetry. Our study also presents the result of the Neupert effect (NE) in solar flares for the same period. We investigate the time difference (\Delta t) between the maximum of SXR emission and the end of the HXR emission for many flares during the period of our investigation. Our study shows that distribution of the time difference reveals a peak at . Out of 236 events, only 48 (20.34 per cent) events satisfy the NE whereas there is also a significant fraction of flares 62 (26.27 per cent) which shows strong deviation form . The period of investigation is focused on the descending phase of solar cycle 23. Study of this period is significant because in this decay phase activity exhibits a sudden increase.


The perennial debate between the role of corporate social responsibility and the bottom-line results of a firm has witnessed significant disagreement among the researchers. Some argue for a positive relationship between CSR initiatives and the subsequent financial benefits while others fence that wealth maximization is the only responsibility of a firm and yet others opine for neutrality. Such an inconsistency in the results has been attributed to various factors which include omission of crucial variables, flawed econometric models, industry differences etc. The spate of the radiated spectrum of research available on the topic reveals enough diversification to prompt the author for documenting the understandings of the concept of CSR and its relationship with the financial performance of a company. The objective of this paper is to elaborate on the concept of CSR and further the understanding of the linkage of CSR with the firm performance in the light of existing literature.


1. A method for operating a navigation system or PND having! - a memory storing map data, consisting of one or more base map data files, optionally with one or more additional corrective and / or auxiliary data files applied or applicable to them! - display! - means for receiving and processing GPS-signal, whereby the current location is determinable, wherein they together form a basis for navigation guidance along the route and displays the map information on said display, - optionally a sensor or connection to it, from which one or more characteristic for the motion parameters can be measured, calculated or otherwise determined by said device or system, and! - optionally a locally stored vehicle characteristic parameter indicating the characteristics of the vehicle, wherein the apparatus or system is typically located,! characterized in that comprises the steps of: compares the current location with said map data, to receive one or more characteristic maps parameters for that location and comparing said one or more characteristic parameters for the card to one or more of: - characteristic of the movement parameter! - characteristic of the vehicle parameter! - current location! to determine whether or not related to the current location, motion or vehicle characteristic permissible or appropriate for him, and when referring to the current location, d


Computing the gradient of an image is a common step in computer vision pipelines. The image gradient quantifies the magnitude and direction of edges in an image and is used in creating features for downstream machine learning tasks. Typically, the image gradient is represented as a grayscale image. This paper introduces directional pseudo-coloring, an approach to color the image gradient in a deliberate and coherent manner. By pseudo-coloring the image gradient magnitude with the image gradient direction, we can enhance the visual quality of image edges and achieve an artistic transformation of the original image. Additionally, we present a simple style transfer pipeline which learns a color map from a style image and then applies that color map to color the edges of a content image through the directional pseudo-coloring technique. Code for the algorithms and experiments is available at this https URL.


scroll compressor comprising fixed scroll members orbiting and engaged reciprocally, wherein: a roller (82) is mounted on the crankshaft which is bonded to the element orbiting scroll; an oil receiving space (55) in the vicinity of the bearing, receives oil; a passage (626) connects the oil receiving space (55) and a space intermediate pressure between the winding elements fixed involute (68) and orbiting (76), wherein oil supplied to the space intermediate pressure by the oil receiving space through the third passage (626).


T he IEEE has interfaces with other organizations. One of the more critical interface is the interaction with other standards-making organizations. First, I will try to identify the roles and responsibilities of the parties involved in standards-making activities and then, keeping with my first column promise this year, zero in on an area in which I have been involved. Standards development within the IEEE is the responsibility of the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA). IEEE bylaws state The IEEE-SA shall be responsible to the Board of Directors for standards programs that enhance the strategic initiatives of the IEEE. The IEEE-SA shall establish, coordinate, develop, approve, and revise IEEE standards and conduct other standards-related activities in fields of interest to the IEEE. The IEEE-SA shall be the IEEE interface in standardsrelated matters with external bodies. The IEEE-SA board of governors shall be the governing body of the SA, and it shall reflect the technical and global standards interests of the IEEE. As part of its role, the IEEE-SA must always assure that external standards activities are in the best interest of the IEEE. This objective is accomplished with the structure of Standards Coordinating Committees (SCCs) and the position of external representatives (ERs). The IEEE Standards Association Operations Manual states ''an ER is a volunteer who has been appointed by the IEEE-SA to represent the IEEE on standards matters to an organization, committee, or entity external to the IEEE.'' An ER is not merely a conduit between IEEE and an external organization. ER activities are supervised by an owning board/committee (OBC), a group responsible for ensuring that positions taken by an ER represent consensus views of the IEEE-SA as well as the OBC. There can be many forms of OBCs, one of which is the SCC. Some SCCs function mainly to exchange information and coordinate positions with external standardsmaking organizations. For example, SCC18 is the interface between IEEESA and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Most SCCs actually develop standards. A listing of all SCCs, their current chairs, and staff liaisons is found at http://standards. ieee.org/board/stdsbd/scc.html. SCC18 meets in a similar time frame as the NFPA 70 code cycle meetings to assure that involvement by IEEE ERs is supported and adequately directed. As an IEEE alternate representative (ER) for NFPA 70 CodeMaking Panel 3 (CMP-03) for the National Electrical Code, I attended the code panel meetings earlier this year. My panel evaluated 340 separate proposals in less than a week's time. Code writing is hard work. After sorting through all of the actions and statements and a preliminary vote, each ER prepared a presentation for our SCC18 meeting a few weeks later. As a group we voted on positions that the ERs needed to take in their respective panels during the balloting stage, which was to follow our SCC18 meeting by one week. This process was again enlightening, because this interchange provided insight for panel efforts outside our own. Currently, SCC18 has ERs for the following NFPA technical committees: n NFPA 70: National Electrical Code (approximately 20 panels) n NFPA 70A: National Electrical Code Requirements for Oneand Two-Family Dwellings n NFPA 70B: Recommended Practice for Electrical Equipment Maintenance n NFPA 70E: Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace n NFPA 73: Electrical Inspection Code for Existing Dwellings n NFPA 780: Standard for the Installation of Lightning Protection Systems. SCC18 could use more volunteers to serve as IEEE ERs to these committees. ERs must be IEEE Members of any grade, except Student, and a member of the IEEE-SA. Qualities recommended for ER appointments include the following: n scientific and technical expertise relevant to the standards activities of the NFPA technical committee n familiarity with the operations and goals of the NFPA technical committees n the ability to articulate IEEE-SA goals, objectives, and activities clearly in the context of the NFPA technical committees. Contact SCC18 Chair Melvin K. Sanders (firstname.lastname@example.com) to express interest and to obtain an application package. As always, you can contact me (email@example.com) about any content provided here, and I will be happy to respond. IAS Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MIAS.2009.932602 87 IE E E IN D U S TR Y A P P IC A IO N S M A G A IN E


Pain in the left arm and chest make up a significant part of the admissions to Emergency services. Subclavian steal syndrome should be taken into consideration as a differential diagnosis of patients having chest pain, pain in the left arm when it is used excessively and risk factors of coronary artery disease together with this complains. Assessments of pulse and blood pressure are the most significant examination findings in terms of diagnosis in this type of patients. Key words: Subclavian Steal Syndrome, Pain, Angiography


It is shown in this paper that consistent explanation of column behavior can be made for steels of different yield-stress levels and subjected to different manufacturing and fabrication processes. This is done by taking into account the influence of fabrication procedures such as rolling, welding, and heat treatment. This summary is restricted to the behavior of centrally loaded columns, but covers ASTM A7, ASTM A242, and USS "T-1" Steel. Wide-flange shapes, welded Hand box-shapes, and round bars were studied in the research. Appropriate use of the tangent-modulus concept and a consideration of initial out-of-straightness makes it possible to arrive at a satisfactory explanation of column load carrying capacity. INTRODUCTION. Recent technological developments are now providing the structural engineer with a selection of steels having a wide variety of strength properties. This enables the engineer to provide more useful structures with greater economy and beauty. His creativity is challenged by his ability to choose not only members of varying sizes and shapes, but also members made up of different steels. In the case of columns, the ready availability of steels of various yield stresses fortunately coincides with the development of rational techniques for predicting the strength of columns. These procedures take into account numerous factors not recognized or carefully studied heretofore. Although developed essentially for ASTM A7 steel columns, these procedures were necessary before the behavior of higher strength steel columns could be understood. It is the purpose of this paper to show how variables in manufacture and heat-treatment affect the strength of columns. It will be shown that a consistent explanation of column behavior can be made for steels that have different yield stresses and that are subjected to different fabrication processes. One of the most important factors that influence the strength of columns is the loading condition. Figure 1 shows a number of possibilities: central load and load plus moments of different intensity at the ends. At one extreme is the centrally loaded column. At the other extreme is the column bent by external moments in single curvature. The latter will support less axial load than any other condition. Although the scope of this paper is limited to centrally loaded columns, the interaction curves shown in Figure 1 indicate how significant the loading condition can be. The figure shows the axial load-earrying capacity as influenced by bending moment, the information being presented on a nondimensional basis for a typical A7 steel wide-flange column. When the moment is zero, the column will support its maximum axial thrust. On the other hand, if the moment were to reach the full plastic value Mp, then the member would theoretically support no axial load whatever. For intermediate cases, the axial load capacity is dependent upon the way the moments are introduced. The curves (which have been confirmed experimentally) show that the difference is significant and pronounced. In fact, for the double curvature case, there is a certain range of moment for which the axial load capacity is decreased only by a small amount due to the presence of such a moment. One might say that all columns have either real or accidental end moments. This is true, but it is just as evident that it would unduly penalize a moment-earrying column to attempt to take into account accidental eccentricities in the limiting no-moment case. So there is real justification in learning as much as possible about centrally loaded columns. This summary of the state of knowledge concerning such members is based primarily upon References 1, 2, and 3.


The purpose of the invention is to smoothly move a release member. A first housing ( 10 ) is formed with guiding holes ( 24 ) through which a releasing member ( 27 ) is inserted while being held in contact therewith in a movable range between a standby area and a releasing position. In the process of connecting the first housing ( 10 ) and a second housing ( 40 ), the releasing member ( 27 ) comes into engagement with the second housing ( 40 ), thereby being displaced backward relative to the first housing ( 10 ). Since the first housing ( 10 ) is formed with the guiding holes ( 24 ) through which the releasing member ( 27 ) is inserted while being held in contact therewith, the releasing member ( 27 ) is smoothly moved without being displaced and being forced.


Mobile devices are becoming ubiquitous in every day's life; their time and place independence are reasons for using them in different areas. One such area is electronic health, where patients can install small applications on their mobile devices that help or guide them in the management of their disease. The eSana framework offers a set of tools and approaches that allow the transmission of discrete physiological values electronically in order to evaluate them by medical experts. This paper presents an application scenario in the field of dermatology. It illustrates the information flow between patient and dermatologist including all transformation services. One speciality is the combination of binary image data and structured information about a given condition sent over a mobile network. The main goal is to show a set of necessary components in order to support the relationship between patients and their dermatologists by using medical standards.


This study investigates the utilization of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to rapidly disseminate damage and failure mode data related to wood-frame construction collected in the aftermath of the Tuscaloosa tornado on April 27, 2011. The City of Tuscaloosa was in the direct path of a major super cell tornado that bisected the city in a south-west to north-east direction with a half mile wide destruction path. Immediately after the tornado, forensic data collection activities were conducted. Forensic evidence was collected through both active and passive modes. Active data collection occurred at specific case study sites and along transects that ran approximately perpendicular to the direction of the tornado path. Passive data collection modes captured forensic evidence as researchers moved throughout the affected area. Tracking both the time and the location of field activities set the basis for the fusion of the collected data. Thus, by using the time of data collection, forensic data was correlated to a geo-location in full-day GPS track logs and uploaded in a GIS web portal. The web portal enabled 1) the geo-referenced analyses of the collected data, and 2) the rapid dissemination of the forensic evidence to the scientific community and to anyone with an internet connection.


Criminal and civil trials often involve events that appear to cluster together in time or space, and the existence and size of the cluster often is interpreted as implying that the occurrence of the events could not be a coincidence. This paper examines the statistical evidence introduced in several cases to show how such mysterious clusters should be interpreted. The paper considers this form of evidence in the context of legal views on the admissibility of evidence about 'similar events', and it suggests a more formal statistical argument that might be used to justify admissibility in one category of cases.


CoCrGe, hexagonal, P^mmc (No. 194), a = 4.092(1) Ä, c = 5.145(2) Ä, V= 74.6 Ä, Z = 2, Re(F) = 0.049, wRm(F) = 0.097, Γ = 300 K. Source of material Single crystals of cobalt chromium germanium were grown by chemical vapour transport in a closed quartz ampoule. Iodine was used as transporting agent. The metals and the transporting agent were heated at 1148 Κ for seven days to homogenize the source material. The chemical vapour transport was performed at 1073 Κ —> 1223 Κ. After seven days, the deposition of single crystals with different compositions can be observed in the crystallisation zone. Within these products crystals of the composition CoCrGe (EDX-analysis) were found and isolated. The figure shows an euhedral crystal of about 0.5 mm diameter. For the data collection a smaller crystal without well developed faces was used.The empirical absorption correction was based on a function of the mean intensity of the imaging plate versus angle phi using program DECAY of the Stoe IPDS software package. A spherical absorption correction with μίΙ = 1.8 was applied too using program SPHERE of the PROMETHEUS sy stem [ 1 ]. The absorption correction improved the iiint from 0.187 to 0.142. Discussion The structure of CoCrGe can be derived from the Ni2ln type. From our X-ray analysis we conclude that position 2a is occupied by Cr, 2c by Co and 2d by Ge. Co and Ge may be interchanged. The high temperature phase of CoGeMn, e.g., is known to have this structure [2], According to the TYPIX database [3] the structure belongs to the BeZrSi-type, but BeZrSi has a much higher da ratio. Related phases in the binary system Co-Ge are Coi.7sGe (called "Co2Ge" [4]) and CosGe3, but in these phases at least one occupation factor for Co is <1. Therefore these phases have a smaller cell volume. The lattice constants of "Co2Ge" are reported as a = 3.940 Ä and c = 5.018 A. The higher displacement factor of Co and the lower one of Cr suggest that there might be a mixed occupation of positions 2a and 2c, for instance (0.9 Cr + 0.1 Co) on la and (0.9 Co + 0.1 Cr) on 2c. But trials to refine this model yield only very small amounts of the minor element in both positions with large errors and no significant reduction of the U(2c)/U{2a) ratio. A similar U(2c)/U(2a) ratio is observed in CoGeMn (HT) (see [2], where an explanation is given for the large value of Bco). If one refines anisotropic displacement parameters thermal ellipsoids are obtained which are comparable to those in CoGeMn (HT), namely elongated ellipsoids for Co and Ge and a flattened ellipsoid for the 2a metal with respect to the hexagonal c axis. For this comparison the parameters of CoGeMn (HT) given in [2] have to be transformed by an origin shift of 01/41/4 followed by a multiplication with matrix 002/011 /-100, because in [2] the structure is described in terms of an orthorhombic cell which simplifies the comparison to the low temperature phase of CoGeMn. The refinement of anisotropic displacement parameters improves the R values considerably, but because of the small number of observed reflections in the unique data set the isotropic structure model is preferred in this work. * Correspondence author (e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com) 198 Cobalt chromium germanium Table 1. Data collection and handling. Table 2. Atomic coordinates and displacement parameters (in Ä). Crystal: metallic grey, irregular shape, Atom Site X y ζ t/iso size 0.06 χ 0.09 χ 0.13 mm Wavelength: Mo K a radiation (0.71073 Ä) Ge( l ) 2d 1/3 2/3 3/4 0.013(2) μ: 374.49 cm" Co(l) 2c 1/3 2/3 1/4 0.018(2) Diffractometer: Stoe IPDS, 100 exposures, Δφ = 2° Cr( l ) 2a 0 0 0 0.007(1)


This paper presents impacts of photovoltaic power generation 2 MW on very long distribution line. Therefore, the size of distributed generation has to be carefully considered when it installed on very long distribution system. This study considered following topics: power quality, reliability, stability and voltage profile of very long distribution networks. The simulation results have shown that implementation of the PV grid-connected system could improve power quality and stability, but deteriorate loading level of a distribution feeder.


Lazaroids (21-aminosteroids) are a novel class of compounds specifically designed to inhibit the iron-dependent lipid peroxidation associated with reperfusion injury. In the present study, we compared the effect of several lazaroids on radiation-induced apoptosis in explanted rat thymocytes and cultured murine lymphoma cells irradiated in vitro. An assay for the DNA fragmentation specific for apoptosis indicated that the lazaroids U-74500A, U-75412E, and U-74389F when dissolved in ethanol protected rat thymocytes and that U-75412E when dissolved in 10% cyclodextrin protected lymphoma cells. Additional experiments were conducted to ascertain which of the mechanisms associated with lazaroids were responsible for the inhibition of apoptosis. Other, nonsteroid inhibitors of lipid peroxidation—cysteamine, Desferal, and α-tocopherol—displayed no ability to inhibit apoptosis, suggesting that the steroid moiety of the lazaroid molecule was the active component. This was confirmed by showing that the nonglucocorticoid steroid testosterone inhibited radiation-induced apoptosis in these cell systems. Thus, lazaroids may inhibit apoptosis by interfering with specific functions of the cell membrane that are required for the manifestation of apoptosis and not by the inhibition of lipid peroxidation. We conclude that lazaroids may be useful agents for blocking radiation injury in normal tissues, but this will require confirmation in animal systems. Radiat Oncol Invest 1996;4:66–73. © 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.


The steel slag, a by-product which is produced by refining pig iron during the manufacture of steel, is mainly used as road materials after aging. It is necessary to age steel slag for long time in air because the reaction with water and free-CaO in steel slag could make the expansion of volume. This problem prevents steel slag from being used as aggregate for concrete. However, steel slag used in this study was controled by a air-jet method which rapidly cools substance melted at a high temperature. The rapidly-chilled method would prevent from generation of free-CaO in steel slag. This study dealt with the influence of the using rate of rapidly-chilled steel slag on flow, dosage of SP, W/C ratio, and strength of mortar by statistical experimental design. Also, the results of this experiment were approved by statistical analysis methods, such as analysis of variance and F-testing. As results of F-testing, this paper proved at level of significance that the more the using rate of rapidly-chilled steel slag increased, the more this affected the enhancement of flow, the decrease of dosage of SP and W/C ratio, and the development of compressive strength. Also, considering the fluidity and compressive strength of mortar, it is desirable to use of rapidly-chilled steel slag for river sand.


Replacement processing liquid can be reduced chemical consumption during the operation method and the treatment liquid supply filter apparatus can shorten the time required for replacement of the filter of the present invention to provide a substrate with the treating liquid. Treatment liquid supplying means (10) comprises a flow path member, the processing liquid supply source (12), replaceable filter unit filtering processing liquid (14), and means for feeding the treatment liquid to the nozzle liquid feeding mechanism (61) . Filter unit (14), respectively, can be reduced to the downstream side of the filter under reduced pressure and the upstream side pressure subjected to pressure filtration. When the new filter mounting portion (14), a pressure filter based on two methods, the fine filter unit (14) in the interior (14) after passing through the filter liquid through the filter unit (14) repeatedly or disappearance of bubble expansion, easily removed from the filter (14), so after the filter mounting portion (14), the consumption of processing liquid can be suppressed, and quickly starts treatment liquid supplying means (10).


The invention relates to a data synchronizing method and device. The data synchronizing method comprises the steps of obtaining the URL of a digital media file to be synchronized and transmitting the URL to a terminal to be synchronized so that the terminal to be synchronized can obtain the digital media file from a server according to the URL. Through the data synchronizing method and device, resources of the synchronized terminal can be saved.


tephritic trachyte, or to Lacroix's nephelite-micromonzonite. It is proposed to call this particular variety of rock, tautirite, from the valley in which it occurs. On Tahiti, in the valley of Ururoa on the north coast, there is a variety of baiiynophyre with microscopic haiiynites, analysis, 13, which is chemically somewhat like the haiiynophyres analyzed and described by Lacroix, and by Marshall. The microcrystalline groundmass consists of alkalic feldspar, augite and magnetite, with small phenocrysts of haiiynite, augite and very few brown hornblendes. A similar liauynophyre occurs sparingly in the valley of Faurahi, on the southwest side of Tahiti. Its chemical analysis is no. 12. These rocks are scarce on Tahiti. On Raiatea the heavy sheet of trachytic lava, which tops the ridge and spurs of the northern half of the island, varies somewhat in composition in different places. On the second spur west of Mount Tapioi it has numerous phenocrysts of feldspar, with fewer of mica and paramorphs of hornblende. The chemical analysis, no. 10, shows it is kohalaite, or oligoclase-trachyte. A non-porphyritic gray lava on Moorea is unusual in appearance for rocks of this region. Its chemical analysis, no. 9, shows it is latite, an aphanitic lava phase of monzonite. The corresponding monzonite occurs as a variety of the syenitic rocks in the core of the Tahitian volcano.


A method for charging a reagent in a device of specimen handling an automatic testing device (20) comprising: - providing a kit (80) having a plurality of containers (70, 72, 74, 76, 78) with selected reagents therein; - providing a plurality of trays (50a, 50b, 50c, 50d) each having at least one receptacle for the reagent (52a-j), wherein each of said containers (70, 72, 74, 76, 78) is marked visually with a defined set of icons (90, 92, 94, 96, 98) and each of said receptacles for the reactants (52a-j) icon is visually marked by a selected icon from said set of icons (90, 92, 94, 96, 98); - emptying the reagent at least one of said containers (70, 72, 74, 76, 78) in the receptacle to reagents (52a-j) which are visually marked with defined icon in said set of icons (90, 92, 94, 96, 98) to visually mark said container from which the reagent is empty; - marking selected in said handling device specimen and the trays (50a, 50b, 50c, 50d) with icons (100, 102, 104, 106) positions, - mounting said trays (50a, 50b, 50c, 50d) in selected in said device specimen handling such positions that each of said trays (50a, 50b, 50c, 50d) are marked with the same icon marking on said selected position in which icon said tray is mounted (50a , 50b, 50c, 50d); and - automatically download the appropriate reagents of the receptacles (52a-j) appropriate individual specimens on the specimen handling device (20).


The main aim of our work is to achieve low power, high speed design goals. The proposed hybrid adder is designed to meet the requirements of high output swing and minimum power. Performance of hybrid FA in terms of delay, power, and driving capability is largely dependent on the performance of XOR-XNOR circuit. In hybrid FAs maximum power is consumed by XOR-XNOR circuit. In this paper 10T XOR-XNOR is proposed, which provide good driving capabilities and full swing output simultaneously without using any external inverter. The performance of the proposed circuit is measured by simulating it in cadence virtuoso environment using 90-nm CMOS technology. This circuit outperforms its counterparts showing power delay product is reduced than that of available XOR-XNOR modules. Four different full adder designs are proposed utilizing 10T XOR-XNOR, sum and carry modules. The proposed FAs provide improvement in terms of PDP than that of other architectures. To evaluate the performance of proposed full adder circuit, we embedded it in a 4-bit and 8-bit cascaded full adder. Among all FAs two of the proposed FAs provide the best performance for a higher number of bits.


Abstract : The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has developed a low-cost, mobile, rugged, non-line-of-sight acoustic sensor for surveillance, detection, identification, and locations of targets using unattended microphone sensors to measure infrasonic (<10 Hz) energy. However, it also was discovered that the acoustic sensor is capable of measuring background noise sources such as thunderstorms and severe weather. On 28 April 2002, the F4 La Plata, Maryland, tornado passed 13 km from the acoustic sensor and a time series showed a series of peaks in the spectrum. ARL decided to investigate the infrasonic spectrum in a variety of storm environments in a field study in June 2003. During the 3-week study, several severe storms, mesocyclones, and tornadoes were sampled in the Central Plains of the United States. These storms included a small tornado on 9 June 2003 near Spearman, TX; two strong mesocyclones near Olney, TX; and two supercells in north central Nebraska on 21 June 2003. The highlight of the data collection was during the 24 June 2003 outbreak of tornadoes in South Dakota. This report discusses the data collection, documentation, and structure of these storms. Based on the observations and data collected there is apparently a correlation between tornadic storms and storms that record less than 10 Hz signals in this study.


Abstract Objective: This study compares tobacco use rates among two-year and four-year college students and explores the demographic variables that predicted that behavior. Participants: 9,931 students at 14 two-year and four-year colleges in Minnesota participated. Methods: Students at 11 schools completed an online survey, and students at 3 schools completed a paper survey in 2007. Results: After controlling for sex, age, ethnicity, relationship status, hours of work per week, and number of school credits, attending a two-year college predicted current and daily smoking (odds ratio [OR]) = 1.70, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.52–1.89; OR = 3.47, 95% CI = 2.94–4.11) and smokeless tobacco use (OR = 1.65, 95% CI = 1.32–2.06; OR = 1.64, 95% CI = 1.06–2.53). Conclusions: Although two-year college students comprise approximately two fifths of the college student population, surveys of college student tobacco use have focused nearly exclusively on four-year college students. Two-year college students should represent a priority population for tobacco control because attending a two-year college predicts increased tobacco use.


The incidence, size and, configuration of interthalamic adhesions were investigated in 146 Korean human brains. The incidence of adhesions was 88.4% and they were located mainly in the center of the third ventricle and posterior‐superiorly in quadrant I. Average size was 6.7 ± 2.19 mm × 5.1 ± 1.89 mm, and the most common shape was oval. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A NATURAL DISASTER: RACE, CLASS, AND HURRICANE KATRINA, by Chester Hartman and Gregory D. Squires (eds.). New York: Routledge, 2006. 311 pp. ISBN: 0-415-95486-X (cloth), 0-41595487-8 (paperback). REBUILDING URBAN PLACES AFTER DISASTER: LESSONS FROM HURRICANE KATRINA, by Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter (eds.). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006. ISBN: 0-8122-1980-5 (paperback).


Thousands of small Open Reading Frames (smORFs) with the potential to encode small peptides of fewer than 100 amino acids exist in our genomes. However, the number of smORFs actually translated, and their molecular and functional roles are still unclear. In this study, we present a genome-wide assessment of smORF translation by ribosomal profiling of polysomal fractions in Drosophila. We detect two types of smORFs bound by multiple ribosomes and thus undergoing productive translation. The 'longer' smORFs of around 80 amino acids resemble canonical proteins in translational metrics and conservation, and display a propensity to contain transmembrane motifs. The 'dwarf' smORFs are in general shorter (around 20 amino-acid long), are mostly found in 5′-UTRs and non-coding RNAs, are less well conserved, and have no bioinformatic indicators of peptide function. Our findings indicate that thousands of smORFs are translated in metazoan genomes, reinforcing the idea that smORFs are an abundant and fundamental genome component. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.03528.001


Objective: To establish a method for determination of ternatolide and optimize its ultrasonic extraction process from Ranunculi Ternati Radix. Method: HPLC was adopted to determine the content of ternatolide with mobile phase of methanol-acetonitrile-water( 40 ∶ 40 ∶ 20) and detection wavelength at 254 nm.Based on single-factor tests,orthogonal design was used to optimize extraction technology by taking extraction time,ratio of solid to liquid, the concentration of ethanol and grinding particle size as factors. Result: Optimal ultrasonic extraction conditions were as follows: extracted thrice with three times the amount of 70% ethanol for 2 h each time,grinding particle size of 80 mesh; under these conditions,the content of ternatolide was( 1. 24 ±0. 22) %. Conclusion: Optimized extraction process was stable and feasible with high extraction yield,this study could provide a reference for development and utilization of Ranunculi Ternati Radix.


Abstract Intersecting stigmatized social identities (i.e., old, Black, gay, HIV+) and structural forms of privilege and oppression (ageism, racism, homophobia, and HIV stigma) can contribute to poor psychological wellbeing and clinical outcomes among older men with HIV (OMH). Using data from 6 focus groups and 15 interviews with 45 gay, bisexual and heterosexual OMH in Brooklyn, NY and inductive thematic analysis methods, we explored the impact of heteronormative gender roles and ideologies associated with masculinity on healthy aging with HIV. We found that changing physical and sexual function, appearance and growing financial expectations created threats to masculinity, fueling fears of perceived weakness, internalized feelings of shame, depression, anticipated loss of social status (partner loss), and loss of independence and autonomy. These findings suggest that normative gender beliefs, a key social determinant of men's health, aging and intersectional stigma combined undermine psychosocial support and wellbeing and self-care needed to achieve healthy aging.


Business is undergoing a change called the new wave, which is a change in (traditional) production-based economies into a knowledge-based economy. This is because Intellectual Capital is considered as a source that has a competitive advantage for a company. Information technology (IT) also provides many benefits for companies that use it well. One of the competitive advantages turns out that Intellectual Capital by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia has not been utilized as an asset that can improve company performance. The method used in this study is a quantitative method. The purpose of this study is to explain the influence of Intellectual Capital and IT Competence on Innovation in improving Competitive Advantage and explain the moderating relationship between IT Competence and Knowledge Base View on Firm Performance. Intellectual Capital and IT Competence have no effect on Innovation in improving Competitive Advantage. Innovation serves as a full mediation of intellectual capital with firm performance. Likewise, the competitive advantage functions as a full mediation towards IT Competence and firm performance.


samples, grown with and without O 2 . Differences found in the spectral shape indicate a difference in the local environment ~presumably O coordination! of Er for the two cases. The O codoped film shows a 7 times higher Er luminescence peak intensity than the film grown without O. This is due to the higher incorporated Er concentration as well as an increased luminescence efficiency~lifetime without O: 0.33 ms, with O: 1.81 ms!. The Er excitation efficiency is lower in the O codoped film than in the O-undoped film, which is attributed to the lower minority carrier lifetime in the O-doped material. Thermal annealing of the O codoped film at 1000 °C increases the excitation efficiency and hence the Er luminescence intensity. © 1996 American Institute of Physics. @S0021-8979~96!04903-2#


In view of the nonlinear characteristic of magnetic suspension system,a passive control method is proposed to transform an affine nonlinear system existing globally into a standard Hamiltonian system from the point of view of energy-balance relation.Based on it,the single-degree-freedom magnetic suspension system mode is presented.Furthermore,for the disturbance attenuation and parametric indetermination problems of this system,the controller is designed using the passive control theory.This paper directly uses the Hamiltonian function as the storage function,which can assure the precise mathematical form and bring more definite physical meaning.The simulation results show that the system has rapid response,and the control method is simple,so it is easy to apply in the engineering.


The role of biotransformation enzymes in metabolism of lipophilic, dietary allelochemicals such as terpenoids and steroids has not been studied in marine organisms despite the significance of allelochemicals in the evolution of biotransformation enzymes and the importance of these enzymes in detoxification of anthropogenic xenobiotics. Here we report on cytochrome P450 and glutathione transferase (GST) from the digestive gland of Cyphoma gibbosum, a specialist predator that feeds on allelochemically rich gorgonian corals. Levels of these enzymes were compared from C. gibbosum collected in Belize from 4 different gorgonian prey species (Briareum asbestinum, Gorgonia ventalina, Plexaura homomalla, and Pseudopterogorgia americana). Cytochrome P450 specific content was very low and only quantifiable in C, gibbosum collected from P americana (21.4 to 27.4 pm01 mg-'1. A peak at ca 420 nm was also detected in most samples, indicative of degraded P450 or an independent, functional haemoprotein Methoxyresorufin 0-deethylase (MROD) and ethoxyresorufin 0-deethylase (EROD) were not detected in C. gibbosum. However, NADPH-cytochrome c (P4501 reductase (NCR) was detected in all samples and the specific activity ranged from 23.2 to 67.3 nmol min-' mg-' protein. Significantly higher NCR activity was detected in C. gibbosum collected from prostaglandin-rich P. homomalla. Glutathione transferase specific activity ranged from 2.76 to 4.05 pm01 min-' mg-l, ranking it among the highest ever reported (using l-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene as a model substrate). Significantly higher GST activity was detected in C. gibbosum collected from G. ventalina and B. asbestinum, suggesting that GST actlvity varies in response to different suites of gorgonian allelochemicals.


This paper presents a decentralized approach to multiple target tracking. The novelty of this approach lies in the use of a set of autonomous while collaborative trackers to overcome the tracker coalescence problem with linear complexity. In this approach, the individual trackers are autonomous in the sense that they can select targets to track and evaluate themselves, and they are also collaborative since they need to compete for the targets against those trackers that are close to them through communication. The theoretical foundation of this new approach is based on the variational analysis of a Markov network that reveals the collaborative mechanism through fixed point iteration among these trackers and the existence of the equilibriums. In addition, a trained object detector is incorporated to help sense the potential newly appearing targets in the dynamic scene. Experimental results on challenging video sequences demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed method.


The qur'an is the book guidelines who guide for mankind about affairs belief, and attitude devoted to serve the end and the beginning. Besides in the qur'an have been explained to the law about the manner of qur'an at islamic composed of different sorts command, prohibition, and suggestions or  in accordance with matter his discussion, one of them: the orders kind to both parents and obey him and prohibit to disobeyed against them, and in it the qur'an have made the possibility of children being the gem and comfort of hearts, while others an enemy to their parents. This study is used library researc.  Meanwhile in the analysis researchers used a method of descriptive analytical method and content analytical method. So the results of the study in verses of the quran is: 1 ) in the form of a Al-Ahqof verse 15 there are education and their offspring and what the remembrance of the home about birrul walidaini , 2 ) remembrance of the home in education about birrul walidaini in the form of a Al-Ahqof verse 15 teach someone to do good to the parents and are subordinating themselves to both of them because the God's order and not because the order whose home is the fire.


In article the conceptual model of pedagogical management is described by functioning and development of student's collective: principles of pedagogical management are designated, its purpose, proceeding from the state educational standards is defined, conditions of effective realization of pedagogical management are allocated, mechanisms of pedagogical management are presented, their characteristic is given.


Hydrogen Reformers in Refineries are used to produce Hydrogen which is used in Hydro processing Units like Hydro-treaters and Catalytic Cracking Unit etc. In Digboi Refinery, Hydrogen is produced by reforming natural gas using steam. Hydrogen reformer operates at high temperature in the range of 850-900 C and has centrifugally cast high nickel chromium metallurgy tubes to provide high creep strength. The reformer tube assembly at Digboi refinery has pigtails in inlet and outlet. The outlet pigtail tubes are of Alloy 800HT (UNS N08811) and are distributed in two rows having 14 nos. of tubes in each row. The pigtails are externally insulated with preformed calcium silicate, preformed Mineral wool & sheeting of stainless steel as outermost layer. However, Aluminum foil was inadvertently wrapped in direct contact with all pigtail tubes in Row-A before ceramic fiber insulation during Shutdown of the unit. After the start up of the unit, low temperature aluminum foil melted over outlet pigtail tubes, operating at about 825 C. This caused aluminum Oxide formation by an exothermic reaction and raised the temperature to an extent which subsequently led to the failure of NIGIS * CORCON 2017 * 17-20 September * Mumbai, India Copyright 2017 by NIGIS. The material presented and the views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily by NIGIS. outlet pigtails and caused huge flash of fire. Such failure caused shutdown of the Hydrogen unit for substantial amount of time. This paper describes about the LME (Liquid Metal Embrittlement) in Alloy 800HT reformer outlet pigtail tubes which finally resulted in fire & property loss.


Various parts of the human body have different movements when a person is performing different physical activities. There is a need to remotely detect human heartbeat and breathing for applications involving anti-terrorism and search-and-rescue. Ultrawideband noise radar systems are attractive because they are covert and immune from interference. The conventional time-frequency analyses of human activity are not generally applicable to nonlinear and nonstationary signals. If one can decompose the noisy baseband reflected signal and extract only the human-induced Doppler from it, the identification of various human activities becomes easier. We propose a nonstationary model to describe human motion and apply the Hilbert-Huang transform (HHT), which is adaptive to nonlinear and nonstationary signals, in order to analyze frequency characteristics of the baseband signal. When used with noise-like radar data, it is useful covertly identify specific human movement.


Introduction: Oxidative stress and antioxidant defense mechanism may play an important role in the pathology of lichen planus.
Objectives: Evaluate the levels of NO in serum of patients with OLP and to compare the levels with the controls.
 Material and Methods: The study included 30 cases of OLP patients which formed the study group and 30 cases of healthy individuals, which formed the controls.
 Results: The levels of NO were significantly higher in serum of cases with lichen planus than in normal.
Conclusion: Serum NO were found to be higher in oral lichen planus patients which suggested that higher serum levels of NO in patients with OLP might activate the process of lymphocytes and cellular immunity system; hence, possibly endorsing the effect of serum NO in pathogenesis of lichen planus.


Abstract : The purpose of this MBA Project was to investigate and provide a comprehensive overview of the history of simplified acquisitions, to build a model for theoretical potential of use, and then to compare what is currently being done at major contracting offices within the Marine Corps to see if the legislation is being used to the fullest extent. This comparison is to ensure that the Marine Corps is maximizing effectiveness and efficiency as allowed by introduced legislation as manpower was reduced after the Cold War, and to be able to do more with less.


Paul Dobraszczyk, The Dead City: Urban Ruins and the Spectacle of Decay, London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2017; 272 pp.: 9781784537166, £72.00 (hbk).


In  recent  years,  power  demand  has  increased  substantially while  the  expansion  of  power  generation  and transmission has been severely limited due to limited resources and environmental restrictions. As a consequence, some transmission lines are heavily loaded and the system stability becomes a power transfer-limiting factor. Flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS) controllers have been mainly used for solving various power system steady state control problems.in this theses work an optimized fuzzy logic based static synchronous series compensator is designed in place of a PI controlling technique and simulations are carried on a long transmission line by varying the load step by step and results are compared with and without fuzzy logic controller. The proposed fuzzy logic controller improves power system transient stability and system damping. Fuzzy logic controller works according to system behavior as Controller input parameters are carefully chosen to provide considerable damping for power system. The range of each controller is determined based on simulation results of the fuzzification process. Simulation results indicate that this controller can improve stability margin of the system in the case of transient stability and provide considerable damping of power oscillation.


Based on the data from 1952 to 2002 released by China Statistical Bureau,this paper analyzes the relationship between economic growth and technical market development by using granger causality test and regression analysis.After detailed research,some results have been concluded: the two way causality between economic growth and technical market development is not very clear;the contribution rate of technical market development to economic growth is about 24.23%,this fact shows that technical market development drives economic growth to a certain extent.


FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ACCESS TO PALLIATIVE CARE IN A LARGE URBAN PUBLIC TEACHING HOSPITAL WITH A FORMAL HOSPITAL-BASED PALLIATIVE CARE PROGRAM By Leland Hubert Waters III, Ph.D. M.S. A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Health Related Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2012 Major Director: J. James Cotter, Ph.D. Hospital-based specialist palliative care services are designed to address the needs of critically ill patients by psychosocial and spiritual support, improving symptoms management, and offering discussions on goals of care. Integrating palliative care upstream in the care continuum for patients who eventually die in the hospital will help to address the many individualistic needs of the critically ill patient. The diffusion of specialist hospital-based palliative care services requires an understanding of patterns of utilization by patients. The purpose of this study was to examine the population characteristics of decedents who may or may not have utilized specialist palliative care services in a hospital setting in order to develop a model of predictors of access to specialist palliative care services. The basic constructs of this study are grounded in the Behavioral Model of Health Services Use. Potential access is measured in terms of population characteristics, which include predisposing characteristics, enabling resources, and evaluated need. Building on this theoretical model, the study sought to better understand equitable and inequitable access to specialized palliative care services and to define which predictors of realized access were dominant. The research question asked was: What are predictors of access to specialized palliative care within a large urban public teaching hospital? A model of access to a palliative consult and a predictor of access to a palliative care unit were explored. Findings from this study revealed that factors encouraging access to a palliative care consult include older age, White non-Hispanic ethnic membership, a diagnosis with solid cancer and insurance. Factors encouraging access to a palliative care unit include older age, gender (female), insurance, and either a solid cancer or hematologic malignancy diagnosis.


In parameter estimation considerable insight is provided by examining sensitivity coefficients. This paper focuses on the use of sensitivity coefficients in connection with estimating thermal properties in the heat conduction equation. A general methodology for computing sensitivity coefficients can be an important design tool. The use of such a tool is demonstrated in this paper. A control volume, finite element program is used, and briefly described, to implement numerical sensitivity coefficient calculations. In this approach general problems can be studied. Several example problems are presented to demonstrate the insight gained from sensitivity coefficients. The problems are selected from experimental studies to characterize the thermal properties of carbon-carbon composite. Sensitivity coefficients show that in an experiment that is not well designed, additional materials in the experimental configuration can have a larger impact on the temperature than the material of interest. Two-dimensional configurations demonstrate that there can be isolated areas of insensitivity and the difficulty of estimating multiple parameters.


THE INVENTION CONCERNS A SHUTTER IMPROVED ANTI-RASH, TYPE JAWS. SHUTTER THIS INCLUDES A BODY THROUGH HOLE BY 14 WHICH CAN BE CLOSED BY TWO JAWS 30 ORDERED BY EACH PISTON 32 CAN SLIDE IN A CYLINDER IN A HAT LODGE 34 18. THE LAST SHALL THE BODY THROUGH TWO STUDS AND NUTS 52 70. NUTS AND 70 ARE SCREWED ON GREENHOUSE STUD 52 WHILE THESE ARE TEMPORARILY MAINTAINED IN TRACTION APPLICATION OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TIGHTENING THE HAT 18 AGAINST THE BODY SCOPE. GUARDS AGAINST eRUPTIONS WELL OIL AND GAS .


Objective To find out the variables related to bone microdamage and an indirect diagnostic method for the injury. Methods Eighty-three female SD rats were randomly divided into three groups: Group A, ovariectomized (OVX); group B, sham-operated(SHAM) ; and group C, treated with 17 β-estradiol (EST). The measurements of biomechanic parameters, bone mineral density, bone histomorphymetry and determination of biochemical markers were performed at 3,15 and 21 weeks after OVX. After fatigue damage using a home-made bone fatigue damage testing machine (China patent No. ZL00 2 25310.0) , the bone microdamages were measured. Correlation analysis was made between the parameters of microdamage and biomechanics, bone mineral density, bone histomorphymetry, and biochemical markers, respectively. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed between the microdamage parameters and the related independent variables of biomechanics, bone mineral density, and bone histomorphymetry. Results No correlation was found between the microdamage parameters and biochemical markers. There was a correlation between microdamage and proximal tibia containing cancellous bone. There was a negative correlation between microdamage parameters and the elasticity modules and the maximum stress of vertebrae. A significant correlation was found between the parameters of microdamage and of bone histo-morphometry such as trabecular separation (Tb.Sp) , trabecular number (Tb.N), trabecular thickness (Tb.Th), percent labeled perimeter (%Pm) and bone formation rate(BFR) . However, the factors influencing the number and length of microdamage were different. Conclusions The bone microdamage has a close relationship with cancellous bone and bone microstructure. Non-invasive diagnostic methods for bone microdamage need further research .


Excess molar enthalpies at 308.15 and 318.15 K have been determined for 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane with 2-methylfuran, tetrahydrofuran, 1,4-dioxane, and cyclopentanone. All four systems are exothermic. The excess enthalpies (in absolute values) decrease in the order tetrahydrofuran > cyclopentanone > 1,4-dioxane > 2-methylfuran


Objective: To investigate the Clinical value of immunofixation electrophoresis on diagnosis of plasmacytoma related renal impairment. Methods: 665 cases IFE records of patients with department of nephropathy in our hospital were retrospectively analyzed, further analyzed typing M proteins and myeloma cell ratio in bone marrow. Results: 665 cases of patients with department of nephropathy detection in 44 cases of monoclonal immunoglobulin, the detection rate 6.6%, among which IgG type 24 cases(κ type 6 cases, λ type 18cases), IgA type 10 cases(κ type 6 cases, λ type 4 cases), type 2 cases of IgM(both for κ type), light chain κ type 2 cases, light chain λ type 6; The 44 patients after bone marrow examination, and 38 cases were diagnosed as MM, 2 cases were diagnosed as WM, myeloma cell percentage ≥10 %;4 cases were diagnosed as MGUS, myeloma cell percentage 10%. Conclusion: Immunofixation electrophoresis detection of plasmacytoma related renal impairment to provide important basis in diagnosis and classification, worthy of clinical application.


On the basis of detailed analysis of the problems existing in the inventory decision support system for hospital's drug storage, especially based on the inventory model of stochastic disperse, a computer simulation technique is combined with inventory model to solve the problems that stochastic demand inventory model could hardly deal with.This method is well used in the pratical software system.


This study considers the effects of deictics, which are among the expressions called, in recent linguistics, and particularly cognitive pragmatics, 'procedural' expressions, in poetic expression in the first person. It examines a variety of examples drawn primarily from the early modern period (Sceve, Ronsard, Du Bellay, Muret's and Belleau's commentaries on Ronsard), but with several modern points of comparison (Keats, Mallarme). The article studies, in particular, the question of extra-textual reference in poetry and poetic commentary, arguing against an anachronistic understanding (based in nineteenth- and twentieth-century ideas about authorship) of the forms of early modern poetic reference and of the varieties of first-person action early modern poetry can instantiate.


The study of the β decay of some N=Z nuclei in the A=70 mass range have been performed using the GANIL and CERN/ISOLDE facilities. The fast decays of three Tz=0 odd-odd nuclei have been measured for the first time which extend the number of superallowed transitions. Information has been obtained on the Gamow Teller strength distribution in the β+-EC decay of two even-even N=Z isotopes 76Sr and 72Kr. Results are compared with theoretical predictions giving indication about the shape of the ground state of the parent nucleus.


In this paper we extend finite state machines to allow expressions in Plausible Logic for labelling transitions. As a result, we enable the design of behaviours that incorporate non-monotonic reasoning with a high-level software development tool. Using a cognitive software architecture that supports the efficient implementation of a developing/ programming environment, we automatically translate graphical designs of behaviour into executables that run on board autonomous robots. The graphical designs are obtained by demonstrating the transformation of the state machine into a Behavior Tree does not lose information and enhances modularisation of logic descriptions. We illustrate this with a description of the rapid development of the behaviour of a friendly poker player on an Aibo that interacts with humans.


Using examples in a setting unarguably classical — playing cards drawn from a deck — I will demonstrate a number of phenomena generally believed to be specifically quantal: Variables of the system may be incompatible — the very process of observing one variable prevents the others from being evaluated. Statistics of incompatible variables depend on the order of observation (joint statistics do not exist). Events whose results are ignored may nonetheless affect the statistics of succeeding events, in a way that appears to contradict the marginal-probability identity. Systems exist which have no dispersion-free states — if one variable is sharp, the other(s) cannot be. Interference (non-distributive disjunction) may result from the indistinguishability of several values. Observables may be value-indeterminate, having no value (as distinguished from having a value with dispersion) except under certain circumstances. These "quantal" phenomena arise naturally in sequences of events in a nondeterministic system of more than one variable; they are not characteristic of quantum mechanics — not quantal, after all.


The hydraulic permeability is a key parameter for simulating the flow-related phenomenon so that its accurate estimation is crucial in both experimental and numerical simulation studies. 3D pore structure can be readily taken by X-ray computed tomography (CT) and it often serves as a flow domain for pore-scale simulation. However, one encounters the challenges in segmenting the authentic pore structure owing to the finite size of image resolution and segmentation methods. Therefore, the loss of structural information in pore space seems unavoidable to result in the unreliable estimation of permeability. In this study, we propose a novel framework to overcome these limitations by using a flexible ternary segmentation scheme. Given the pore size distribution curve and porosity, three phases of pore, solid, and gray regions are segmented by considering the partial volume effect which holds the composition information of unresolved objects. The resolved objects such as solid and pore phases are taken to equivalently solve Stokes equation while the fluid flow through unresolved objects is simultaneously solved by Stokes-Brinkmann equation. The proposed numerical scheme to obtain the permeability is applied to Indiana limestone and Navajo sandstone. The results show that the computed hydraulic permeability is similar to the experimentally obtained value without being affected by image resolution. This approach has advantages of achieving consistent permeability values, less influenced by segmentation methods.


Large and quality population is one of the basic capital and dominant factors for national develtopment.The large number of population data in the Pasar Jambi Distric has not produced a useful knowledge forthe sub-district. This study will classify the level of family welfare using population data in Pasar JambiDistrict by utilizing data mining science classification techniques. The classification in this study islimited to prototype. The method that will be used is the Naive Bayes method. Naive Bayes is a method inthe field of probability and statistic for classifying a class. The resulting classification is Pre-prosperous,Prosperous 1 and Prosperous 2. The results of classification prediction based on training data found 180families classified as Pre-prosperous, 2.454 families classified as Prosperous 1, and 773 familiesclassified as Prosperous 2. The result of accuracy obtained are said to be close to 1, 0,98 with an errorvalue of 0,02. This classification technique can facilitate family planning field officers (PLKB) indetermining the level of family welfare.


Objective:To investigate the efficacy and safety of intravenous amiodarone for atrial fibrillation complicating acute myocardial infarction.Method: 42 patients with atrial fibrillation complicating acute myocardial infarction were studied.After an initial intravenous load,amiodarone continuous infusion followed.Efficacy of amiodarone for conversion of atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm,the control of ventricular rate,arterial blood pressure and the side effects were observed.Result: Conversion of atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm within 2h,24h,48h occurred in 25(59.5%),34(80.9%),37(88.0%)of 42 patients respectively.The ventricular rate 2 hr,24 hr,48hr after amiodarone infusion in the 42 patients was 109.7±19.3 beats/min,90.9±17.8 beats/min,84.5±19.4 beats/min respectively,significantly lowered than the rate of 143.9±20.6 beats/min before the treatment(P0.01).The arterial blood pressure 2h、24h、48h after amiodarone infusion was the same as before(P0.05).Long R-R interval(less than 3 seconds) and sinus bradycardia(more than 40 beats per minute) were observed in 2 patient respectively,which disappeared after discontinuation of amiodarone continuous infusion.Conclusion: For atrial fibrillation complicating acute myocardial infarction,intravenous amiodarone is effective and safe for conversion to and maintenance of sinus rhythm.


The survey of suspended solids in a determined watershed is important to make correct decisions regarding the planning for a bowl, because the amount of solids is directly related to the land use. This study aimed to analyze the spatial and temporal distribution of the concentration of suspended solids (CSS) in the main source of the lake in Barra dos Coqueiros, Goias, state and its influence on the life cycle of the reservoir from March 2011 to August 2011. To achieve the proposed goals, it was used methods such as calculating the concentration of suspended solids according to the proposal of Wetzel and Likens (1991), calculating the flow of the sources of water by the method of floats as proposed by Ramos and Oliveira (2003), Palhares (2007), and calculating the total solid discharge of the main sources of water (of the) using simplified method of Colby (1964). According to the data, according to the evaluation of the spatial and temporal distribution of suspended solids concentration of the main sources of water in the reservoir of Barra dos Coqueiros, the main lake stands out among the sources analyzed, due to the higher concentration of suspended solids, ranging from 2,5 mgL–1 in the dry season to 14,5 mgL–1 in the rainy season.


"SIR Clerk of Oxenford," our Hoste said, "Ye ride as still and coy, as doth a maid That were new spoused, sitting at the board: This day I heard not of your tongue a word. I trow ye study about some sophime:* *sophism But Solomon saith, every thing hath time. For Godde's sake, be of *better cheer,* *livelier mien* It is no time for to study here. Tell us some merry tale, by your fay;* *faith For what man that is entered in a play, He needes must unto that play assent. But preache not, as friars do in Lent, To make us for our olde sinnes weep, Nor that thy tale make us not to sleep. Tell us some merry thing of aventures. Your terms, your coloures, and your figures, Keep them in store, till so be ye indite High style, as when that men to kinges write. Speake so plain at this time, I you pray, That we may understande what ye say."


Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most frequently ICUs). It is also in turn leads to increased ICU stay and Objective: To compare the incidence of early onset VAP, using ETT, (covidien) with an integrated rsus a conventional endotracheal tube This retrospective study is conducted on 50 adult ICU patients for more than 72 hours at Royal Yanbu, K.S.A. Patients were divided into 2 ETT, while in group B the patients had taper with an integrated suction port and separate suction


In the wake of the publication of the new Arden Performance editions of Shakespeare, launched in 2017, this paper examines the history of the use of Acting editions and scholarly edited texts in the preparation of theatrical productions in the professional theatre. It argues that the time is ripe to reconceive the nature of an Acting edition, and to consider what actors and directors need from a rehearsal room text.


This paper first introduces the present situation in data grid community and the background information of Scientific Data Grid project,analyses the requirements of data resources share and uniform query in data grid environment.Then it designs the model of uniform query system of Scientific Database based on grid service and explains the structure and function of the model.Finally,it summarizes the system.The system has been implemented in the project of the Scientific Data Grid.


Background Low‐dose allergen challenge (LDAC) may be a useful tool for studying the capacity of allergens to induce airway inflammation in atopic subjects.


Well-defined styrene/acrylonitrile (SAN) statistical copolymers with thiol functionality were synthesized for use as a barrier material when melt-blended with epoxy grafted poly(ethylene) (E-PE). SAN was synthesized via reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (RAFT) in dimethylformamide (DMF) solution, using dibenzyl trithiocarbonate (DBTC) as chain transfer agent (CTA) and 2, 2'-azobis(isobutyronitrile) (AIBN) as initiator. Typically, SAN copolymers exhibited relatively narrow molecular weight distribution with number average molecular weights (M _n) of 31.4-37.6 kg•mol-1 (M _w/M _n (PDI) = 1.3-1.4) and a sufficiently high acrylonitrile (AN) incorporation for barrier properties (35-40 mol.%). The trithiocarbonate-containing SAN was reacted post-polymerization via an aminolysis reaction to yield thiol end-functional SAN (SH-SAN). SH-SAN was melt-blended with both E-PE and non-functional poly(ethylene) (PE) in a miniature twin screw extruder at 20 wt.% loading at 180oC. The SAN dispersed phase morphology of the blend was characterized using scanning electron microscopy and consisted of droplets with volume to surface average diameter (〈D〉sv) of 1.3 μm for the reactive E-PE/SH-SAN (80/20 wt.%) blend and 3.8 μm for the non-reactive PE/SH-SAN. For the reactive blend, the dispersed SAN droplets coarsened to 〈D〉sv = 2.5 μm, however the droplets remained smaller than the droplets from the SH-SAN/PE blend (〈D〉sv = 3.9 μm). The dispersed SAN domains were reoriented using a channel die to impart elongated domains which would be desirable for barrier materials.Epoxy grafted SAN (E-SAN) was also synthesized by the terpolymerization of AN, styrene (ST), and glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) via RAFT in DMF solution, using DBTC as CTA and AIBN as initiator. Three E-SAN terpolymers were synthesized at GMA loadings of 5, 10 and 20 mol.% with M _ns ranging from 34.8-38.3 kg•mol-1, PDI =1.4-1.5 and final AN compositions from 29-40 mol.%.%%%%Des copolymeres de styrene-acrylonitrile (SAN) bien definis avec des fonctionnalites de thiol ont ete synthetises pour etre utilises comme materiau format une barriere lorsque melange au dessus de leur point fusion avec du poly(ethylene) greffe d'epoxy (E-PE). Le SAN a ete synthetise via une polymerisation radicalaire controlee par transfert de chaine reversible par addition-fragmentation (RAFT) dans une solution de dimethylformamide (DMF), en utilisant du dibenzyle trithiocarbonate (DBTC) comme agent de transfert de chaine (CTA) et 2,2'-azo-bis(isobutyronitrile (AIBN) comme initiateur. Typiquement, les copolymeres de type SAN presentent une distribution de masse moleculaire relativement etroite avec une moyenne en nombre de (M _n) de 31.4-37.6 kg•mol-1 (M _w/M _n (PDI) = 1.3-1.4) et suffisamment eleve acrylonitrile (AN) constitution pour les applications de barrieres (35-40 %.mol). Une reaction aminolyse induite post-polymerisation SAN avec trithiocarbonate a resulte en SAN avec des groupes thiol fonctionnels aux extremites (SH-SAN). SH-SAN a ete melange au dessus de son…