Objective
To describe the repetitive nerve stimulation (RNS) in anti-muscle specific tyrosine kinase (anti-MuSK) receptor antibody positive myasthenia gravis (MG), and compare with anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) positive myasthenia gravis, to figure out characteristics of anti-MuSK receptor MG.

Methods
We analyzed clinical and RNS data of nine anti-MuSK receptor MG and 19 age- and sex- matched anti-AChR MG. RNS was performed to the abductor digiti minimi, orbicularis oculi or musculus frontalis and trapezius.

Results
In anti-MuSK receptor MG, abnormal RNS in facial nerve was seen in 6/9 and in trapezius was 5/9, in limbs was 0. In anti-AChR MG, abnormal RNS in facial nerve was seen in 13/19, in trapezius was 18/19 and in limbs was 7/19. Abnormal in any of three parts was 8/9 and 19/19 in anti-MuSK receptor MG and anti-AChR MG, respectively. The RNS decrementing was more obvious in facial nerve in anti-Musk receptor MG than in anti-AChR MG. Negative prostigmin test was independently associated with anti-MuSK receptor MG (OR=4.25, 95% CI 2.19-15.25, P=0.015).

Conclusions
Abnormal RNS in any of three parts is more pronounced in anti-AChR MG compared with anti-MuSK receptor MG. RNS decrementing in facial nerve is more obvious in anti-AChR MG. Negative prostigmin test can aid in early suspicion in anti-MuSK receptor MG.

Key words:
Myasthenia gravis; Receptors, cholinergic; Prostigmin; Muscle-specific tyrosine kinase receptor


The formation and development of information technology ecosystem represented by big data, cloud computing and mobile Internet drives the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI), and also promotes AI application and research in the field of education. AI technologies' integration with education brings innovations to its application. The AI-centered emerging information technologies not only facilitate the sharing of educational resources, the increase of teaching efficiency and the improvement of learning experience, but also empower the gradual realization of personalized learning in a real sense.


Objective:  The purpose of the study was to determine if being overweight attenuated the effect of multisystemic therapy (MST), an intensive, home‐based psychotherapy, on metabolic outcomes among adolescents with type 1 diabetes and chronically poor metabolic control. As overweight is a marker of insulin resistance, it was hypothesized that weight status would limit the impact of behavioral changes in traditional aspects of adherence to the type 1 diabetes regimen on metabolic control.


Molecular motions, consisting of coupled conformational transitions at bonds i and i+2, are found to occur in the molecular dynamics simulations of poly-(1,4-trans-butadiene) in a perhydrotriphenylene matrix. These motions occur with sufficient frequency to explain the randomization of the orientation of the C- 2 H vectors in poly(1,4-trans-butadiene-1,1,4,4-d 4 ) that were observed by Sozzani et al. The rotational isomerizations are suppressed if the perhydrotriphenylene matrix is artificially constrained to be rigid


Objective To evaluate the value of rea1-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (RT3D-TEE)in diagnosing mitral valve prolapse. Methods Twenty cases of mitral valvular prolaps were examined by RT3D-TEE within 1 week before operation,the type,position and etiological factor of valvular prolaps were judged,the results were compared with surgery. Results The pathological changes of mitral valva and chordae tendineae examined by RT3D-TEE were accordant with those of surgery in 18 cases with the accuracy rate of 90%. The accordance rate for diagnosis of lesion location was 90%,the accuracy rate for judgement of solitary lesion location was 100%. Conclusion RT3D-TEE can dynamically display the pathological type,position and extent of mitral valve prolapse,and so can provide reliable information for planning of surgical procedure.


Objective in order to find the source of infection of the bacillary dysentery in this outbreak and to find the epidemic factor and to find the methods to control the transmission of bacillary dysentery through the anal- ysis.This will be beneficial to provide the science evidence.Methods Used the field study and case study of the epidemiological investigation.Used laboratory diagnosis and clinical diagnosis Results there are 90 patients in the university and none died Through field study and case study of the epidemiological investigation find the attract rats was 7.21‰.Patients' move bewels to educate examine genus Shigellae.Water quality of Dining room monitoring find total bacterial count was much higher than hygienic standard of water quality.2 cooking members had P. mirabilis,cooking utensils examine P.mirabilis and genus Shigellae,etc.Through controlling source of infection, cutting route of transmission,protecting susceptible,the outbreak of bacillary dysentery had been controlled.Con- clusions This outbreak of Bacillary dysentery was caused by many factors,maybe partial headwaters and food were polluted and the undisinfecting living dirty water were used once more.The experience will provide basis to con- trol abrupt public hygiene affairs and establishment school infectious disease prevention and cure plan.


The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a polyurethane foam molding having a density of from 200 to 500 g / dm 3, comprising the steps of a) mixing at least one organic polyisocyanate (a1), at least one first polyesterol (a2) (A3) obtained from alkoxylation of a starter molecule having an alkylene oxide including a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group and a hydrogen atom, and a seed, wherein the polyether (a3) 65 mg KOH / g, a number average molecular weight of 2000 to 6000, a functionality of 1.7 to 3.0 and an ethylene oxide unit content of from 13 to 30% by weight, based on the total weight of polyetherols (a3) (A3) is in the range of 3 to 15% by weight, based on the total weight of the organic polyisocyanate prepolymer (a), b) at least one second polyester Roll, c) blowing agent, and optionally d) chain extender and / or cross-linking agent, e) catalyst and f) other adjuvants and / or additives to form a reaction mixture, To form a foam molding. The invention further relates to polyurethane foam molding obtained from the process according to the invention and to the use of the polyurethane foam molding according to the invention as a shoe sole.


PURPOSE: A method for fabricating a capacitor of a semiconductor device is provided to guarantee an excellent characteristic of the capacitor by making a diffusion barrier layer effectively prevent the diffusion of oxygen generated during a high dielectric layer process. CONSTITUTION: A diffusion barrier layer(20) composed of ruthenium, titanium and nitrogen elements is formed on a substrate(10). An annealing process is performed on the diffusion barrier layer. A lower electrode(30), a dielectric(40) and an upper electrode(50) are stacked on the diffusion barrier layer. The diffusion barrier layer is fabricated at a temperature scope of 100-900 deg.C through a metal organic chemical vapor deposition(MOCVD) method, having 200-1000 angstrom in thickness.


Over the past few decades professional sports leagues have regularly contended, in response to antitrust challenges to agreements between their members, that they should be viewed as a single economic enterprise and therefore incapable of conspiring within the meaning of Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act ("Section 1").1 The "single entity" defense asserts that a league and its members should be conceived of as organizationally equivalent to a partnership with geographically scattered offices or a corporation and its subsidiaries.2 The contention is that although the league is comprised of separately owned teams, these clubs must cooperate as if they were a single economic undertaking for the league to operate effectively. In short, the argument is that the clubs are joint suppliers of a league product and they should be viewed as necessary collaborators that supply nothing alone.3 The consequence of accepting the single entity defense would be that the necessary "contract, combination, or conspiracy" under Section 1 would be absent.4 Rather, the arrangements between league members, such as rules governing sale and relocation of franchises, would be regarded as the internal regulations of a single legal and economic body. Accordingly, league arrangements would be immune from scru-


The text classification task is the most basic and essential in natural language processing. It can find the rules about documents and distinguish the categories of different papers. Nowadays, graph convolutional neural network is widely used in text classification task because of its scalability and high efficiency. However, the GCN model has the best effect at layer 2. As the number of network layers increases, problems such as over smoothing will occur. This paper proposes a semi-supervised text classification model based on a graph attention neural network, which makes full use of the characteristics of information transmission along with the graph by adding residual connections to deepen the number of network layers. Simultaneously, the attention mechanism can be used to give different weights according to the importance of neighboring nodes to target nodes. A dual-layer attention mechanism at the topic level and node level is proposed to learn the importance of different neighboring nodes and extra neighboring node information to target nodes. Experimental results show that this model is superior to other methods on four benchmark datasets.


ABSTRACT This study aims to give the possible adoption of autonomous vehicles (AV)in Indian smart cities. The majority of accidents that occur in Indian cities are from metropolitan areas, and the primary cause is human error. The adaptation of AVs for transportation would undoubtedly reduce these numbers while also assisting in the transformation and further development of Indian smart cities. For the analysis, the demographic and economic profile of smart city Noida has been selected which is quite fit for the analysis. The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) is chosen as the most practical framework for measuring AV adoption by residents. The study also examines the AVs technology adaptation and UTAUT method in support of many aspects that should be considered for greater acceptance of AVs technology in Noida. According to the findings of the investigation, AV technology has a significant potential to aid in the development of Indian smart cities by lowering travel costs while also providing passengers with safety and comfort. The main finding of this research indicates that residents of the smart city are willing to adopt AV technology, with an overall adoption willingness reaching 83%. Notably, among the age group of 18 to 25, an impressive 89% display a strong willingness for the adoption of AV technology.


Method for obtaining an active implant for use in regeneration of bone and corresponding implant obtained. # The invention relates to an active implant used in the regeneration of bone tissue so that the implant is obtained from a three dimensional model area to recover, for printing said pattern by determining a supporting structure made of a biocompatible and biodegradable material, and whose structure is formed by filaments whose hollow is deposited so isotropic a hydrogel with bone growth factors of the most appropriate type , yielding an outer layer as a protective layer, or skin membrane, all so that once implanted structure, said structure is degraded and absorbed by the body simultaneously as it is supplied with autogenous bone tissue generated.


Tae Kwon Do has become an event at the Olympic Games, and deeper researches on it have been conducted. It is now commoner for Tae Kwon Do athletes to make a good chance for the final victory in competitions through deceiving and disturbing the opponent by pseudo - movements. The paper makes an analysis of pseudo - movements in semi - final and final competition at "2005 National University Tae Kwon Do Championships", and concludes that pseudo - movements play a key part in the competition result, and thus deserve more attention from trainers.


Abstract Poly(α-hydroxy acids) are important biodegradable polymers with wide applications. Recently O-carboxyanhydrides (OCAs) have emerged as promising monomer equivalents of lactides to synthesize poly(α-hydroxy acids). We will highlight recent advances in controlled ring-opening polymerization of OCAs catalyzed by organocatalysts, enzymes, or organometallic complexes. 1 Introduction 2 Organocatalysts for O-Carboxyanhydride Polymerization 2.1 Synthesis of O-Carboxyanhydride Monomers 2.2 Ring-Opening Polymerization of O-Carboxyanhydrides Catalyzed by 4-Dimethylaminopyridine 2.3 Epimerization in the Ring-Opening Polymerization of O-Carboxyanhydrides Catalyzed by the Pyridine Base 2.4 N-Heterocyclic Carbenes for Ring-Opening Polymerization of O-Carboxyanhydrides 3 Enzymes for O-Carboxyanhydride Polymerization 4 Organometallic Catalysts for O-Carboxyanhydride Polymerization 4.1 Early Efforts 4.2 Ring-Opening Polymerization Catalyzed by Zn Complexes 4.3 Photoredox Ring-Opening Polymerization Catalyzed by Zn/Ni Complexes 5 Conclusion and Perspective


In many spectral analysis applications, a chirpFourier transformer based on SAW RAC technology can be significantly more economical in terms of weight and power than a high-speed digital processor based on the FFT. Temperature-dependent changes in the RAC parameters, however, can render such a system totally useless unless they are either prevented or controlled. The simplest solution, an active temperature+ontrolled oven, would exact a medium to heavy penalty in both weight and power, cancelling the main reasons for choosing the SAW design in the first place. On the other hand, an active electronic controller in conjunction with a passive thermal chamber can be used to keep such a system operational with only a small cost in weight and power. We will describe such a controller and give a short presentation of the temperature-dependent properties of the system. We have built this controller and have found its performance to be excellent over a wide temperature range.


Underfill is used to fill the gap between the integrated circuit (IC) chip and the substrate to improve the solder joint fatigue life in a flip chip package. In order to improve underfilling process, wafer level underfill materials are being developed. Wafer level underfill materials will be applied onto silicon wafer, B-staged, and then individual chips are diced. A certain time later, the individual underfill coated chip is attached onto substrate and underfill is cured during assembly. Most underfills are based on epoxy cured with different hardeners. However, uncured or incompletely cured epoxy underfill can absorb moisture in the normal environment. This will be an important concern for wafer level underfill materials. This paper will present a systematic study on moisture absorption in uncured underfill based on epoxy cured with acid anhydride (methylhexahydrophthalic anhydride, MHHPA) and epoxy cured with non-acid anhydride curing agent. The influence of absorbed moisture on curing properties, thermomechanical property, and adhesion property of underfill after curing was investigated.


The microbiological activity is essential to maintain soil quality, and agroforestry systems emerge as an alternative to the agro-ecological and sustainable land management. This work evaluated the effect of the Caturra and Catuai coffee varieties, and the weather fl uctuation on some microbiological properties of the soil, as indicators of quality in an agroforestry system. The soil samples were taken from the top layer with a depth of 5cm, during a year in dry and rainy seasons. The highest CO2 emissions were observed in soils with the Catuai variety, in the dry season. On the other hand, Carbon levels of the microbial biomass (Cmic) did not show differences between the variables studied. The values obtained for the metabolic quotient (qCO2) were higher in soils with the Catuai variety; while the micro-bial quotient (qMic) presented the highest values in soils with the Caturra variety. The metabolic efficiency ratio (qCO2.Corg-1) showed no differences between the studied soils, however, their levels were higher for the samples taken during the dry season. Soil microbiota showed sensitivity to changes by climatic period and by the type of variety, while the constant eco-physiological were substantially appropriate to evaluate soil quality and sensitive to changes by cli-matic period and variety of coffee grown in these agroecosystems.


A mattress elevator 1,2 to be used between a mattress and a bed base comprises a restraint which extends from the elevator to the foot end of the mattress and base to prevent the mattress and elevator from sliding in use. The restraint is preferably formed from a number of straps 7,8,10,11 which are wrapped around the foot end of the mattress and/or the bed base and straps 6,9 which are secured to attachment means 13,16 on the elevator. The restraint prevents the elevator from moving towards the head end of the bed base and the mattress moving towards the foot end of the bed base.


This work joins the ongoing debate about feminist aesthetics by asking how the politics and practice of feminism have changed the face of the theatre and might continue to do so. Along with the work of familiar figures such as Caryl Churchill and Marsha Norman, the less frequently heard voices of a wide range of playwrights, theatre groups, directors, designers, and performers are acknowledged.


The face detection and tracking is a key technology in the field of facial information processing.In this paper,a new method is proposed for quick and effective face tracking.An algorithm of image segmentation is developed based on self-adaptive threshold value.Face geometry character are applied to verify very candidate region to acquire real face regions.The detected face is used as matching template in the face tracking with generated algorithms.The final face real-time capture,face detection and tracking are realized with video camera.Experimental results show that this system can quickly carry out the face tracking satisfactorily in various noisy backgrounds.


Polyphonic sound event localization and detection (SELD), which jointly performs sound event detection (SED) and direction-of-arrival (DoA) estimation, detects the type and occurrence time of sound events as well as their corresponding DoA angles simultaneously. We study the SELD task from a multi-task learning perspective. Two open problems are addressed in this paper. Firstly, to detect overlapping sound events of the same type but with different DoAs, we propose to use a trackwise output format and solve the accompanying track permutation problem with permutation-invariant training. Multi-head self-attention is further used to separate tracks. Secondly, a previous finding is that, by using hard parameter-sharing, SELD suffers from a performance loss compared with learning the subtasks separately. This is solved by a soft parameter-sharing scheme. We term the proposed method as Event Independent Network V2 (EINV2), which is an improved version of our previously-proposed method and an end-to-end network for SELD. We show that our proposed EINV2 for joint SED and DoA estimation outperforms previous methods by a large margin, and has comparable performance to state-of-the-art ensemble models.


As the conflict in Syria deepens, the number of displaced Syrians crossing the border into Turkey has dramatically risen. According to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), there are 2,748,367 registered Syrian refugees in Turkey as of May 2016. On the other hand, the population of Syrian refugees in camps is estimated to be around 217,000 people, due to the lack of capacity. The demand for camps has surpassed the available spaces in the camps.On 22 October 2014, the Government of Turkey issued a regulation on protection, defining a status that refugees from Syria seeking international protection are admitted to Turkey and will not be sent back to Syria against his or her will. In addition, on 18 March 2016, EU and Turkey agreed to end the irregular migration from Turkey to the EU and replace it instead with legal channels of resettlement of refugees to the European Union. These two conditions lead to an urgent necessity to organize the situation of Syrian refugees in Turkey, who cannot be seen as temporary. For the settlement of Syrian refugees to Turkey, an adaptation process is necessary. Due to the lack of capacity and poor conditions in the current camps, new camps must be built. The aim of the present study is to analyze the alternative locations for building new refugee camps in Turkey, regarding the affecting factors, through Extended VIKOR.The problem is considered as a multi-criteria decision making problem. The factors affecting the suitability for new camps; mainly grouped as political, economic, demographic, and sociocultural; are taken into account as the main criteria. Alternatives are selected among a set of different locations that are already considered by the Turkish government and the UNHCR.The model developed uses experts? views to quantify the effects of the factors for each location with the aid of fuzzy approach. The problem is then solved using Extended VIKOR and the locations for new Syrian Refugee Camps in Turkey are evaluated. Afterwards, a sensitivity analysis is applied to analyze system?s behavior to changes.


A mathematical model for the quantum transport of a two-band semiconductor that includes the self-consistent electrostatic potential is analyzed. Corrections beyond the usual effective mass approximation are considered. Transparent boundary conditions are derived for the multiband envelope Schrödinger model. The existence of a solution of the nonlinear system is proved by using an asymptotic procedure. Some numerical examples are included. They illustrate the behavior of the scattering and the resonant states.


In the article the structural composition of term «culture of quality» is estimated. On the basis of revealed structural composition the formation model of culture of quality at teacher to be is offered. A special course «Culture of quality in education» is a substantial basis of the formation technology of culture of quality at teacher to be. Formation rates of culture of quality at teacher to be are definite and appointed levels of culture of quality of each individual and of group in whole.


Our objective was to determine the relationship between daily and seasonal changes in understory light, and growth of 1- and 2-year-old american ginseng plants cultivated in a broadleaf forest. Using hemispherical photography and spectroradiometry, understory light (total, direct, and diffuse photon fl ux density (PFD), and sunfl eck durations) and light quality (ultraviolet (UV) and red to far red (R:FR)) were evaluated during two consecutive growing seasons. While shoot and root dry weight (DW), and taproot area of 1-year-old american ginseng plants were related to sunfl eck durations, accounting for up to 56% of the variation, the relationship reached a plateau at 2 h·d-1 sunfl eck durations for growth. In September, growth of 1- and 2-year-old plants exposed to <2 h·d-1 sunfl eck durations was positively related to diffuse PFD (and total PFD for 1-year-old plants), accounting for up to 69% of the variation. In mid-season (July 2000), shoot and root growth, and leafl et area of 2-year-old american ginseng were correlated with light PFD and light quality (UV and R:FR), accounting for up to 88% of the variation. Generally, the results suggest that exposing 1- and 2-year-old american ginseng plants to higher diffuse PFD and <2 h·d-1 sunfl eck durations increases yield.


Deposition of CaS, Ga{sub 2}S{sub 3}, and CaGa{sub 2}S{sub 4}:Ce has been accomplished by MOCVD using Ca(tmhd){sub 2}, Ga(tmhd){sub 3}, and Ce(tmhd){sub 4}, with bubblers and with a liquid delivery system to control the flows. Samples were primarily characterized using x-ray fluorescence and electroluminescence measurements of the color and brightness. Deposition using the bubblers showed a definitive relationship between the Ga(tmhd){sub 3} bubbler temperature and the Ga XRF counts. The Ca conversion shows a tenuous relationship with the Ca(tmhd){sub 2} bubbler temperature, but the scatter of the data makes determining a correlation impractical. Use of the liquid delivery system is preferred to the bubblers because it delivered a reliable reagent flow without the same problems of degradation of the reagent over time. Analysis shows the CaS deposition is mass transport limited, while the Ga{sub 2}S{sub 3} is limited by the deposition kinetics. However, application of these mechanisms to the CaGa{sub 2}S{sub 4}:Ce deposition system reveals that the CaGa{sub 2}S{sub 4}: Ce is independent of its components. Further, the deposition of CaGa{sub 2}S{sub 4}:Ce is found to be Ca rich under conditions which leads to lew Ga/Ca radios in the deposited film. This indicates that the conversion of Ca from Ca(tmhd){sub 2} was catalyzed by the slight presence of Ga in the form of CaGa{sub 2}S{sub 4}:Ce or Ga{sub 2}S{sub 3} on the surface. The Ca is thought to be deposited as CaS:Ce since there is a shift in the EL color towards green under low Ga/Ca ratios. The Ca conversion is also found to approach values predicted by the CaS deposition mechanism under conditions which lead to high Ga/Ca ratios, implying that excess Ga{sub 2}S{sub 3} is needed for the deposition of CaGa{sub 2}S{sub 4}:Ce without any CaS:Ce inclusions.


The lateral spread of implanted ions is measured in boron‐implanted silicon by junction delineation. The maximum lateral spread of a p‐type region from a mask edge is about half the junction depth. Typical values are 0.4–0.6 μ in n‐type substrates of 0.1 Ω cm at an implantation energy in the range 75–250 keV with the dose level of 1×1015/cm2, or at 150 keV with the dose in the range 1×1014–5×1015/cm2. These experimental values are well interpreted by the theory in which the lateral spread is expressed as a complementary error function with the standard deviation calculated by the LSS theory.


A method and system are disclosed for obtaining point of interest information in a vicinity of a vehicle. In order to maintain the privacy of occupants of the motor vehicle a reference point 70 is selected away from the current location of the vehicle. In one embodiment of the invention a region is formed, including the current location 68 of the vehicle, based on the reference point 70 and points of interest 72, falling within the region are communicated to the vehicle74.


Aims: Milk works as an excellent medium for bacterial growth and can turn into a fatal source of food borne diseases when consumed without pasteurization. This study was carried out to examine the microbiological quality of milk from three different points of milk supply chain to investigate whether the dairy stakeholders are maintaining the consumer safety or not.
Study Design: A cross sectional study
Place and Duration: The study took place at the Food Microbiology lab of Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Dhaka from November 2019 to February 2020.
Methodology: A total of 60 samples were studied including raw milk from collection centers, unpackaged pasteurized milk from processing plants and packaged pasteurized milks from retail shops. After carrying out the microbiological analysis the samples were examined for determining the total bacterial count (TBC) and total coliform count (TCC). Antibiotic susceptibility test was done using disk diffusion assay and detection of virulent gene in Salmonella spp. was done by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) using specific invA primer.
Results: The results revealed that all raw milk samples were substandard in terms of TBC and TCC and pasteurized milks from processing plants maintained the standard quality. Importantly, packaged pasteurized milk samples from retail shops had high TBC (>4.0× 104 CFU/mL) and TCC (1.2×103 CFU/mL) containing Pseudomonas, Micrococcus, Streptococcus, Salmonella, Proteus, Staphylococcus, Bacillus and E. coli. Bacteria like Salmonella (75%), Proteus (62.5%) and Vibrio (62.5%) possessed high Multiple Antibiotic Resistance (MAR) index and showed resistance towards antibiotics namely Ampicillin, Amoxicillin, Erythromycin and Colistin. Through further molecular analysis we detected invA virulent gene one of the Salmonella isolates which was collected from the pasteurized milk samples of the retail shops.
Conclusion: High bacterial load in raw milk and packaged pasteurized milk indicate that the milk we consume is substandard in microbiological quality. Precautionary measurements and careful processing of milk may reduce the prevalence of microbiological contamination in the milk supply chain.


The strategy of discrediting of the opponent is seen as the most important value component of the court speech. It is directed to the destruction of the argument system of the opponent; particular strategies of the general line of discrediting are described.


After the application of having community health centers rely on the standardization of community health service stations,Jiangshan community clinical service center explored standardization management model in the pharmacy of community health station,and made some achievements.The article focuses on discussing standardization management model.


We consider chipless tags, which are based on Latin letters and also legible, for radio-frequency-identification (RFID) applications. Since letters using standard fonts have relatively weak and smooth responses with respect to frequency, special slits are designed to improve the distinguishability of letters without sacrificing their legibility. The designed set of letters can be used to generate words that are also suitable for RFID applications with their strong and unique scattering characteristics. The tags are fabricated via low-cost inkjet printing, making them both flexible and inexpensive.


Knowledge of tuberculosis has been shown to influence health seeking behaviour. The study aim was to assess knowledge of tuberculosis and identify the associated factors. This study was a cross sectional descriptive research design with quantitative approach. The target population was the TB patients visited health facilities in Gakenke District. A sample of 376 TB patients was randomly selected from three health centers. Interview-administrated structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 376 TB patients. Data was analyzed with SPSS-version 22. The study protocol was approved by Mount Kenya University Rwanda. The majority of respondents 71.0% were male, 51.6% were aged 45 years and above, 81.9% were married, and 65.2% had completed primary education. Few respondents identified a germ as the cause of TB (24.7%). This study revealed that 54.3% of TB patients had good knowledge about TB. The findings from multivariate analysis show that male were three times more likely to have good knowledge about TB compared to female (AOR=3.31, 95%CI: 1.98-5.53, p<0.001). Compared to TB patients aged 45 years and above, respondents aged 25-34 years old were more likely to have good knowledge about TB (AOR=38.71, 95%CI: 9.22-162.48, p<0.001). TB patients who live between 2-5 km from nearest health facility were more likely to have good knowledge about TB compared to those who live at more than 5 km (AOR=33.58, 95%CI: 14.95-74.40, p<0.001). The ministry of health and other stakeholders in health sector need to continue the interventions that aim to reduce TB infection.


The invention discloses circulating fluidized bed advanced treatment equipment for industrial wastewater. The equipment comprises a tank body for the Fenton oxidation reaction of wastewater, wherein the tank body is divided into a circulating water distribution zone, a FeOOH crystallization zone and a gas-water separation zone from bottom to top in turn; the circulating water distribution zone is provided with a water distributor and a circulating water inlet; the circulating water inlet is connected with the output ends of a FeSO4 dosing pump, a H2O2 dosing pump and a circulating pump simultaneously; the FeOOH crystallization zone is provided with a crystal bed layer, a solid discharge pipe and a circulating water outlet; the circulating water outlet is connected with the input end of the circulating pump; the gas-water separation zone is provided with a gas-water separation barrel, a wastewater input pipe extending to the gas-water separation barrel, a gas discharge pipe, an annular effluent weir and a purified water discharge pipe; and the wastewater input pipe is connected with the output end of an influent pump. The equipment has the characteristics of low operating cost, low sludge yield and good treatment effect, is flexibly and conveniently operated, and is particularly suitable for the industrial wastewater containing non-degradable organic matters.


To the Editor: Acute dystonic reactions are well recognized, but isolated dystonia of the pharyngeal muscle causing dysphagia is a rare occurrence with neuroleptic drugs. Extended-release paliperidone is a newly introduced atypical antipsychotic medication formulated using the principal active metabolite of risperidone, 9-hydroxyrisperidone. In contrast to risperidone, it provides consistent and smooth plasma drug concentrations over 24 hours. 1 We report a young man who developed acute-onset dysphagia after taking paliperidone. Case Report


In terahertz (THz) quasi‐optical systems, the real‐time profiling and visualization of THz beams is of great importance for beam focusing and collimation applications. Herein, a cost‐effective and room‐temperature‐operated THz imaging device for this purpose is demonstrated experimentally using a flexible and broadband THz absorber based on a vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VACNT) array. Excellent THz absorption performances with an average power absorptance >96.8% are achieved within 0.1 and 2.5 THz. The energy of the incident THz wave is absorbed by the THz absorber and converted into heat that will re‐radiate and can be detected by an infrared (IR) camera as a result of the THz‐to‐IR conversion mechanism. Real‐time THz beam imaging and monitoring applications are demonstrated by a series of experiments at both 0.1 and 0.3 THz, providing an alternative approach for real‐time beam profiling and monitoring of THz waves.


This research aims to find out how to improve the child's soft motoric skills through Montessori life skill activities. Based on the fact, children at group A at PAUD Islam Silmi Samarinda still found obstacles for the soft motoric skills. Children like outdoor activities more than indoor activities that require them to be quite and use their soft motoric. From 12 children, only 4 children could hold the pencil well.This research used classroom action research design. The research subject was group A with analysis technique of average score, percentage, and graph. To obtain valid result, the research technique used two cylces and each cycle consisted of four stages which were planning, acting, observing and reflecting.Based on the result, it appears that the child's soft motoric improve with good category. The final result of cycle I that is categorized as good is 40%. At cycle II, the number of children that are categorized as good improves up to 92%. With the improvement, it shows that children have opportunity to develop their soft motoric skill through Montessori life skill activities. Thus, Montessori life skill activities support the child's soft motoric skill development.


The technical feasibility of using tailored soils for containment of hazardous organic pollutants has been demonstrated. The adsorptive properties of soils for benzene are dramatically improved using organophilic coatings. Tailoring of the soils results in a highly selective adsorbent, which have a great capacity to remove benzene, toluene, and xylene (BTX) compounds. All four soils studied showed significant adsorptive capacity improvement after tailoring with tetramethylammonium ions (TMA/sup +/). The optimum TMA/sup +/:CEC (cation exchange capacity) ratio was between 0.6 and 1.5. Soils tailored at TMA/sup +/ doses as low as 50% of the CEC of the soil removed significant amounts of benzene from solution. pH plays a secondary role in the adsorption of benzene on the tailored soils. The capacities for benzene removal under dynamic column conditions were about 40--75% lower than those predicted from batch adsorption studies. The holdup of benzene increases with increasing clay content of the soils. The breakthrough curves for the pollutant movement through the soil columns can be predicted using conventional one-dimensional solute transport models. 28 refs., 10 figs., 4 tabs.


Dynamic and partial reconfiguration of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) enable to reuse logic resources for several applications which are scheduled in a sequential order or which are loaded on demand. A fraction of the design on the FPGA is then substituted by another logic function while the rest of the system on the chip stays unaffected. If a design provides several partial reconfigurable areas, the configuration bitstream representing the logic function to be configured in this region has to be adapted to the physical requirements of this chip area. This can be achieved by deploying a repository with all possible configuration bitstreams for all possible regions. It is obvious that storage space can quickly become a limiting parameter in reconfigurable designs. For this purpose, bitstream relocation provides a less storage greedy approach. Only one representation as bitstream of an application needs to be stored. During the configuration process, a relocation algorithm manipulates the bitstream in order to suit it to the respective reconfigurable area. However, reconfigurable regions have to fulfill strong constraints for a relocation to be possible, which makes the selection and placement of reconfigurable regions a complex process. Unfortunately this is not automated by tools so far. In this paper, an approach to automate the development of such relocatable bitstreams is presented along with new algorithms related to relocation specific steps. This approach results in functional designs with minimal intervention from the designer.


Huangshi electric power supply company fully implement the principle of″one hundred days battle″which set up by Hubei electric Power Company.We mobilize the cadres and workers for seeking unity in thinking,inspiring spirit,rise to a challenge.Try to ensure the safe,reliable and efficient operation of the Huangshi power grid and ensure all tasks progressed steadily.


The analysis of the effectiveness of rehabilitation outcomes of children with diseases of the pancreas under local balneolechebnitsa. The observation involved 79 children with disorders of the pancreas. The survey was conducted before the rehabilitation of children in balneolechebnitsa and beyond. After rehabilitation medical condition and state of health of children has improved significantly. Biochemical and instrumental performance of most patients returned to normal.


Certain problems have repeatedly been reported regarding the metabolic effects of different therapies. One such metabolic effect is lipodystrophy. Among the problems reported are the lack of research on the causes of the metabolic changes, no interest in funding this type of research by pharmaceutical companies, a need for leadership in research coordination, and better use of existing research data. Currently, the AIDS Clinical Trials Group possesses the most advanced effort to address metabolic effects, but the study is actually a substudy of a larger clinical trial and will not have data available for at least 3 years. Independent studies on the metabolic effects of different therapies will be presented at the ICAAC Conference in late September. The most serious missing piece in lipodystrophy research is the lack of small, laboratory-intensive studies designed to clarify the biochemical mechanisms of lipodystrophy. Information is provided about electronic mailing lists on lipodystrophy.


Today's young adults mostly can spend their time every day just playing social media. Social media has a positive and negative impact on its users. One of the negative impacts of social media use on young adults is anxiety left behind information or called fear of missing out (FOMO). This study aims to determine the correlation FOMO and level of satisfaction and individual welfare (subjective well-being) among young adulthood. In previous study, showed that inconsistency correlation between fear of missing out (FOMO) and subjective well-being on young adulthood. The purpose of this study was to see how much correlation FOMO with subjective well-being among young adults The sample of this study is those aged 18-25 years and actively use social media. They use social media for at more than 180 minutes every day. The number of participants was 246 people. Measurement of the research hypothesis using Pearson correlation. The results showed negative correlation between fear of missing out FOMO and subjective well-being among young adulthood (r = -0.179, p= 0.005, < 0.05). This indicates if FOMO increase, then young adults' subjective well-being will be decrease, vice versa.


The purpose of mounting an ice-breaking cone onto vertical structures is to reduce the ice load and ice-induced vibration of the structure. This is accomplished by changing the failure mode of ice from crushing to flexural. Considering the narrow pile of jacket platforms in Bohai Bay and the large tide range of this sea area, adding a fixed up-down cone is the best choice. The effects of adding an ice-breaking cone, especially when ice sheets act on its intersection, were carefully observed by both the researchers and engineers. The effects of the ice-breaking cone, as well as the ice failure process, are discussed in this paper based on field testing observations.


The purpose of this research is to use the ERP system based on SAP with Financial Accounting module at PT. Kimia Farma, Tbk. The research methods used were data and information collection with observation, interviews, questionnaires, literature studies, and analysis with Fit / Gap Analysis methods. SAP Financial Accounting module which has been implemented by PT. Kimia Farma, Tbk is considered to have a degree of fit of 84.6154%, a degree of partiality of 10.2564%, and a degree of gap of 5.12821%. Thus, it is concluded that PT. Kimia Farma, Tbk information system according to the users' requirements in the gap in this research.


The increase in population has made it possible for better, more cost-effective vehicular services, which warrants good roadways. The sub-base that serves as a stress-transmitting media and distributes vehicle weight to resist shear and radial deformation is a critical component of the pavement structures. Developing novel techniques that can assess the sub-base soil's geotechnical characteristics and performance is an urgent need. Laterite soil abundantly available in the West Godavari area of India was employed for this research. Roads and highways construction takes a chunk of geotechnical investigation, particularly, California bearing ratio (CBR) of subgrade soils. Therefore, there is a need for intelligent tool to predict or analyze the CBR value without time-consuming and cumbersome laboratory tests. An integrated extreme learning machine-cooperation search optimizer (ELM-CSO) approach is used herein to predict the CBR values. The correlation coefficient is utilized as cost functions of the CSO to identify the optimal activation weights of the ELM. The statistical measures are separately considered, and best solutions are reported in this article. Comparisons are provided with the standard ELM to show the superiorities of the proposed integrated approach to predict the CBR values. Further, the impact of each input variable is studied separately, and reduced models are proposed with limited and inadequate input data without loss of prediction accuracy. When 70% training and 30% testing data are applied, the ELM-CSO outperforms the CSO with Pearson correlation coefficient (R), coefficient of determination (R2), and root mean square error (RMSE) values of 0.98, 0.97, and 0.84, respectively. Therefore, based on the prediction findings, the newly built ELM-CSO can be considered an alternative method for predicting real-time engineering issues, including the lateritic soil properties.


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We analyze the effect of import competition on household balance sheets from 2000 to 2007 using individual-level data on leverage and defaults. We exploit cross-regional variation in exposure to foreign import competition using industry level shipping costs and initial differences in regions' industry specialization. We confirm the adverse effect of import competition on local labor markets during this period (Autor et al., 2013). We then show that household debt increased significantly in regions where manufacturing industries are more exposed to import competition. A one standard deviation increase in exposure to import competition explains 30% of the cross-regional variation in the growth in household leverage over the period, and is mostly driven by home equity extraction. Our results highlight the distributive effects of globalization and their consequences for the mortgage market.


To satisfy the QoS requirements and improve the reliability of the network, we propose a load-balancing-based fault-tolerant mapping method (LFMM) in smart grid virtual networks. The process of LFMM is divided into two stages, one is node mapping stage, and the other is link mapping stage. During node mapping stage, we present a load-balancing-based virtual node mapping (LVNM) algorithm. We choose the nodes with minimum load ratio in virtual network providing layer to map, in order to avoid the appearance of "bottleneck node". During link mapping stage, we design a genetic-algorithm-based fault-tolerant virtual link mapping (GFVLM) algorithm to ensure the fault tolerance and reliability of the network. By this method, we select two disjoint links for each request including a primary link and a backup link. The evaluation results show that our proposed method can balance network load, have better fault tolerance ability and improve the reliability of smart grid communication networks.


Abstract : This technical note announces the availability of Patch Calculator, a tool developed by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) for ESRI's ArcGIS Desktop, version 9 software. Patch Calculator is run through the ArcToolbox application, and can be used to calculate several patch and landscape-related metrics, with the results output as patches and/or a study area (e.g., subwatersheds) shapefile. The results can then be used to support various habitat/ecosystem/watershed modeling and management activities.


There is much recent debate about extending the purposes of investor-owned firms to embrace the wider interests of a variety of stakeholders. Network regulatory decisions already involve extensive use of centralised social cost-benefit analysis to capture some aspects of public value. A gap remains which might be filled by a decentralised process, in which firms are supported by their regulator to expand their purposes to include the pursuit of public value, identified by regulated firms in collaboration with consumers and citizens, and delivered in innovative and entrepreneurial ways. We conclude in general, in application to a case study, that the approach has a role, but its success depends critically upon investor-owned utilities taking the change in purposes seriously; collecting and acting on information about consumer and citizen preferences systematically; and upon regulators avoiding incentive structures which guide companies down dysfunctional paths.


This chapter on Table of Instruments contains a list of Legally Binding International Instruments. Concluding that the precautionary principle embodies customary international law is one thing. Determining what this means is quite another. That challenge is met by this book, which resolves a number of crucial questions concerning the scope of this principle of international environmental law; the conditions triggering a right or duty to take precautionary action; the measures to be taken; the allocation of the burden of proof; and the role of socio-economic factors.Keywords: international law; precautionary principle


This article deals with the subject school environmentalization and purposes the discussion of the theoretical and methodological bases of the Environmental Education researches which are centered in this subject. This conception is considered by the PPGEA group (Furg's Post-graduation Programme in Environmental Education) as one of the important questions of the Environmental Education in what refers to formal education. Based on it, PPGEA has been working in researches related to it. In this sense, the article covers mostly the discussion of what we understand by school environmentalization. Furthermore, although the article length doesn´t allow us to make a deep discussion about the methodological aspects, we discuss about the necessary relation and the coherence between the question addressed by and the methodology of these researches. This article begins pointing out some arguments concerning what we understand by Environmental Education, intending to design a conceptual mark in which it is possible to discuss the school environmentalization. We admit that connecting the development of attitudes of resistence and responsibility to the appreciation of fellowship and respect to different people suggests a path for the Environmental Education associated with the qualification for action in what refers to the search of a fraternal, sympathetic and fair society. Next - after assuming and justifying that the Environmental Education is not exclusive or mostly a property of the formal teaching, but shared by the formal, no-formal and informal fields -, we begin the explicitation of what we understand by school environmentalization. The argumentation leads to the idea that this environmentalization brings damages to the school in its organization and action, as well to each of its members individually. It has an impact on the explicit curriculum and also on the hidden curriculum. It is based on a divergent perspective, on criativity, on the search for new ways of collective work which surpass acritical routines and capacitate for a compromising action with a community which is received, recognized as an integral part and accepted as a partner by the school. This text introduces the concept of Learning Community as a strategy which intends to form an environmentalized school.


The utility model provides an isostatic molding steel-lined five-way pipe, which comprises a pipe body, and is characterized in that the pipe body is of an integral structure; the pipe body is a penetrating main pipe; two ends of the main pipe are respectively provided with a pipeline connector; one side edge of the outer surface of the main pipe is also provided with the pipeline connector; correspondingly, the other side edge of the outer surface of the main pipe is provided with a first branch pipe connector, a second branch pipe connector and a third branch pipe connector; a PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) inner pipe and a stainless steel outer pipe which is cast and integrally molded are fixed together though pressing and sintering. The isostatic molding steel-lined five-way pipe provided by the utility model has the beneficial effects that not only are the airtightness and the corrosion resistance high but also processing and production are very convenient, and the service life is long through casting and integral molding; moreover, the PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) inner pipe has very high non-viscosity, heat resistance, sliding performance, humidity resistance, wear resistance, chemical property and insulativity.


The pieces of sterile seeding of Astragalus membranaceus Bunge var.mongolicus (Bunge) Hsiao were infected with Agrobacterium rhizogenes strains R1601.This strain showed different abilities to induce hairy roots on the different explants.The hypocotyls were succeeded in inducing the hairy roots.At adding acetosyringone(100?μg/L)and IBA(0.3?mg/L),The rate of inducing hairy roots was 42,2 percent.The transformed root cultures were assayed for opines by TLC,and were positive for opines.The content of.Astragaloside IV in the root of wild plant,cultivated plant and hairy root were examined by TCLS controlled with standard.Astragaloside IV.their content were 0.2654%(DW),0.2071%(DW) and 0.2535%(DW)respectively.


Until recently, most national policies, including enterprise policies addressing environmental issues, have focused on the possible negative effects of environmental policy on firm competitiveness. Thus the belief within the business community has been fuelled that environmental aspects of business behaviour can only be considered as a negative burden detrimental to competitiveness. In opposition to this, a new, green national enterprise strategy has been developed in Denmark. This strategy seems to challenge the traditional approach by focusing instead on the positive side of the environmental agenda, which assumingly rests on the belief that environmental issues need to be addressed as strategic assets for the firms. Put differently, instead of seeing the business community as obstructive enemies that have to be 'forced' to become greener, firms are seen to be cooperative partners who can and have already to some extent begun to take on a more pro-active stance towards environmental issues. This paper presents the results of empirical studies on industrial greening carried out by the author on behalf of the EU and various sponsors. The paper addresses how the present Danish government has adopted a proactive role in continuing efforts towards a more sustainable development. The paper is based on the author's own experiences from participation in an advisory board assisting the government in the preparation of a new and green business strategy. It attempts to clarify the vision and framework of these efforts and seeks to identify issues for further consideration.


ABSTRAKThis final project report is written based on the job training at CV Explore Solo held on 2nd until 28th of March 2014. This final project report is also written based on a talk show conducted on 11th of April 2014. This final project is purposed to give description of the talk show about friendly tourism for people with special need is and how the talk show socialize the friendly tourism to audiences.The result of this report shows that the talk show was successfully held in to fulfill job training's final project. Based on the talk show, friendly tourism for people with special needs is indicated by the providing of proper facilities which are needed by diffable hence the tourist attraction can be enjoyed by everyone. In order to realize the friendly tourism, there are some conditions. They are accessibility, attraction, accommodation, and amenity. In the other hand, it needs also law bases to develop and make the friendly tourism real. The talk show could also socialize "Pariwisata Ramah Diffable" to public as the expert speakers shared experience-based knowledge and gave motivation to make the friendly tourism real.Therefore, the writer has some suggestions. First is for CV Explore Solo as a tour operator and tour consultant to make a special package for people with special needs. Second is for all of tourism department functionaries to concern more to the needs of difable tourists in order to make our country to be friendly for them. Third is for tourist object organizers to provide all tourists, people with special needs also, with excellent attraction and service. The last one is for all of tourism practitioner even travelers to always do effort in realizing friendly tourism for people with special needs.


Three dimensional solid-fluid interaction numerical analysis models of both the finger seal with herringbone-grooved pad and the finger seal with herringbone-grooved rotor were established in order to study the performance of hydrodynamic finger seal. The models investigated fluid radial under pad force and fluid leakage as a function of both the rotor speed and the high- to low-pressure differential. It was shown that the finger seal with herringbone-grooved structure in pad or in rotor could bring lift force under the finger pad so as to keep the finger seal in non-contacting status. For the two types of finger seal, their load carrying ability and fluid leakage varying with the pressure differential were almost same. In the same velocity of rotor surface, the load carrying capacity of the finger seal with herringbone- grooved rotor was greater and the leakage was less than that of the finger seal with herringbone-grooved pad respectively. With the conditions of rotor structure allowing, it is suggested to select the finger seal with herringbone-grooved rotor first for designing the hydrodynamic finger seal with herringbone-grooved structure.


The educational process has form several social processes to add value to the community and its needs. The process aims to create good people in all their personal aspects, physical, mental, psychological and social through the modification of human behavior within the goals of the curricula content. The techniques of teaching arose from a desire to facilitate a better language learning process. Several other new techniques and methods were developed based on theories of learning and teaching (Ellis, 1999). In this regard, the present study examines data from classroom interaction to discuss the of zone of proximal development as the paper is designed to deal with spoken language analysis, the research utilizes primary source of data.


Objective To Compare mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and intermittent cyclophosphamide (CTX) intravenous pulse therapy in treatment of lupus nephritis (LN) of clinical efficacy. Methods 60 patients of LN were randomly devided into Group MMF and group CTX,respectively treated with MMF and group CTX. Both groups were treated with standard-dose prednisone. Results 3 months after treatment,increases of albumin and complement-3 (C3) had statistical significance in group MMF,while only C3 (P0. 01) in group CTX. The difference of increases of albumin between tow groups had statistical significance (P0. 01) in the 3 month. 6 months after treatment,increases of albumin and complement-3 (C3) had statistical significance both in two groups (P0. 01) ,and difference of statistical significance existed betweeen two groups (P0. 01) . There was a statistically significant increase of albumin in the 6th month,Compared with that in the 3rd month. Conclusion Compared with the CTX,MMF treatment of lupus nephritis achieved better efficacy and security.


Power utilities try to protect the power transformers as they are the most expensive assets in the power system. These equipment are highly exposed to the harsh harmonic distortion environment. Power transformers' operation is negatively affected by harmonic distortion as they encounter overheating, increases in power losses, deterioration of their life expectancy, etc. Traditionally, transformer failure investigations exclude the harmonic distortion, this can no longer be ignored. There is an international standard that gives harmonic limits for power transformers. This paper presents a proposed method to be used during transformer failure investigation and transformer harmonic monitoring management. This gives power utility awareness of the number of transformers that are part of the network with the highest total harmonic distortion (THD) and to partake in harmonic mitigation to reduce the exposure. The power transformers will operate based on the expected number of years as per design. The harmonic measurement data assists the transformer's failure investigation by identifying the period the transformer has been exposed to the harmonic distortion.


Corn starch has been used as hydrocolloids in kenaf filled natural rubber latex foam (NRLF). Kenaf filled NRLF was successfully prepared by using Dunlop method. This research was carried out to study the effects of hydrocolloid on compression and morphological properties of kenaf filled NRLF. From the graph of 50% compression, it was shown that kenaf filled NRLF with hydrocolloid has higher compression strength compared to kenaf filled NRLF without hydrocolloid. From the micrograph of Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), it was observed that the pores size of kenaf filled NRLF with hdrocolloid was smaller than the pores size of kenaf filled NRLF without hydrocolloid. This showed the effect of hydrocolloid which contributes to the high compression strength.


Objective:To study the protective effects of total flavonoids of epimedium(TFE) on hepatic injury induced by coadministeration isoniazid(INH) and rifampin(RFP) in mice.Methods:Fifty Kunming mice were randomly divided into five groups.All groups except the normal control were intraperitoneally injected with INH and RFP solution 100 mg·kg-1·d-1 for 10 days to induce hepatic injury.Then the liver index(LI),the contents of SGPT,TG,TC,LGPT,MDA,GSH and the activity of SOD of all mice were measured and their hepatic histological changes were observed under optical microscope.Results:As compared with the model group,the contents of SGPT,LGPT,TG and TC decreased obviously(P0.05,P0.01),the MDA content lowered,the GSH content increased,the SOD activity improved(P0.05) in the treated groups after preventive treatment with TFE.Moreover,TFE could ameliorate the hepatic pathological changes.Conclusion:TFE has protective effects on hepatic injury induced by coadministeration of INH and RFP in mice.


A method to construct new pseudo-distances for the size function space based on the formal series representation of size function is introduced. These new pseudo-distances allow to measure quantitatively the differences in shapes by comparing size functions. Some experiments on digital images are shown.


Overall view from front, short side of sculpture; Photographed in the Rijksmuseum garden as part of the 22nd June 2013 - 29th September 2013 temporary exhibit, "Henry Moore Outside." The exhibition features 12 monumental works on loan from the Henry Moore Foundation (identified by the Foundation accession numbers). This work: Foundation number LH 758. Moore said of his "two piece" sculptures such as this one: "As you move round it, the two parts overlap or they open up and there's space between. Sculpture is like a journey. You have a different view as you return. The three-dimensional world is full of surprises in a way that a two-dimensional world could never be." Source: Henry Moore Foundation; http://www.henry-moore.org/ (accessed 7/12/2014)


Optical turbulence is important because it can significantly degrade the performance of electro-optical and infrared sensors, such as free-space laser communications and infrared imaging systems. Changes in the refractive index of air along the transmission path of an optical system in free space can influence traveling light waves temporally and spatially causing blurring, scintillation, and bean wander. If left uncompensated, these effects could cause fades and surges in transmitted signals and result in high bit errors in communicated data. An earlier paper discussed the growing need for increasingly accurate and reliable numerical models to predict optical turbulence conditions, especially in complex (non-uniform) signal propagation environments. Hence, we present a finite-difference computer model to predict the microphysical (microclimate) influences on optical turbulence (Cn2) around the ARL A_LOT Facility and its surroundings, e.g., forests and multiple buildings. Our multi-dimensional prototypical model begins to address optical turbulence conditions along more complex optical lines-of-site and account for inhomogeneities in Cn2 brought about by horizontal changes in landscape, wind flow, temperature, and humidity. We anticipate that this kind of computational research will be an important vehicle for investigating Cn2 and related laser-optic propagation effects in complex areas.


This is the second edition of the textbook first published in 1955. The most important changes from the first edition consist of the omission of two chapters, one on complex functions and one on Fourier series and integrals, and in the addition of two new chapters, one on the algebra of linear spaces of finite dimensionality and linear transformations from one such space to another, and one dealing with differentials and continuously differentiable transformations from R" to RTM. The greater part of the book deals with functions of several variables, though there are chapters on point-set theory, the Riemann integral, infinite series, uniform convergence and improper integrals. A valuable feature is that the student is given short introductions to such topics as Stieltjes integrals and Laplace transforms. The first four chapters deal with functions of a single variable and might be considered as a revision course, and an excellent one it is, leading on to the discussion of functions of several variables. The treatment here is on standard lines and proofs of the more general theorems are postponed till later in the book after the introduction of linear transformations of linear spaces and of point-set theory. The text can be strongly recommended both for the students who are later going to do more advanced pure mathematics and for the students of applied mathematics and physics who wish a sound textbook on advanced calculus. There is a plentiful supply of well-chosen examples.


Eight of the twenty-rhizospheric bacterial isolates collected from different radish seed crop growing regions were found to possess antagonistic activity against Pectobacterium carotovorum sub sp. carotovorum in vitro, Inhibition zone method was found superior for assaying the antagonistic potential both qualitatively and quantitatively than the dual culture method. Hisar isolates B-10 (P. fluorescens) and B-13 (Bacillus sp.) were most effective in checking soft rot of radish. Steckling dip treatment in B-10 or B-13 (108 cfu ml−1) suspension for 2 hrs before transplanting was found to enhance the growth of radish and managing bacterial soft rot in seed crop.


The increasing range of naval engagements results in development of camouflages applied on warships that mask their signatures first in visible and next in and IR spectra. Camouflage applied on warships that mask their IR signatures is one of the most basic countermeasure methods against attacks by heat-seeking missiles. A set of special coatings applied to the ship's hull allows misidentification by enemies weapon and so make the ship harder to destroy. Thus the knowledge on actual thermal contrast between the ship and surrounding background is required in order to provide an effective antimissile defense. The paper presents selected aspects related to ship's camouflage realized by altering its thermal signature as well as the results of radiometric measurement of thermal radiation of IR-masking coatings. Measurements were performed using IR imaging spectrometers in near, medium and far infrared spectra. The presented measurement results constitute the basis for the assessment of the effectiveness of IR masking methods and additionally provide the opportunity to effectively simulate the properties of masking coatings and further to optimize their radiometric properties in the infrared range.


A juvenile is normally tried by magistrates in a special form of magistrates' court, known as the 'youth court'. In the circumstances described below, it is either obligatory or possible for a juvenile to be tried on indictment (see 11.04 to 11.15) or in the adult magistrates' court (see 11.17 to 11.18). In all other cases, he must stay in the youth court, even if the offence charged is one which, if he were an adult, either could or would have to be tried on indictment.


Purpose
This literature scoping review aims to investigate if, how and why eating behaviours change after a crisis event such as a natural disaster, financial crisis or pandemic in high-income countries.

Design/methodology/approach
The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting "lockdowns" and social distancing measures have changed access to food, the types of food consumed and usual eating behaviours. Early research on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic is compared with existing literature on other high-impact crises in high-income countries around the world, such as Hurricane Katrina and the Global Financial Crisis. A search of four electronic databases in August 2020 of literature from 2000 to 2020 yielded 50 relevant publications that were included in the qualitative thematic analysis.

Findings
The analysis found that crisis events made accessing food more difficult and led to increased food insecurity. Home cooking, sharing food and eating together (within households during the pandemic) all increased during and after a crisis. Resources often reduced and needed to be pooled. Crises had a multi-directional impact on dietary patterns, and the motivators for dietary pattern change differ between populations and crises.

Originality/value
In conclusion, eating behaviours impacted by crises because of the disruption of food systems, increased food insecurity and changes in daily routines. Community networks were a strong protective factor against adverse outcomes from food insecurity.


Recently, character information has been successfully introduced into the encoder-decoder event detection model to relieve the trigger-word mismatch problem, thus achieving impressive results in the languages without natural delimiters (i.e., Chinese). However, it is introduced into the encoder or the decoder separately, which makes the advantage of character information not be captured and represented adequately for event detection. In this article, we proposed a novel method to model character information in both the encoding and decoding stages to advance the neural event detection model. In particular, the proposed method can encode both words and characters and predict their event types jointly and further leverage interactions between word and its characters to optimize the inference. Experimental results show that the proposed model outperforms previous event detection methods on the ACE2005 Chinese benchmark. We release our code at Github.1


Dynein and kinesin are the main microtubule-dependent motors that mediate intracellular movement in eukaryotic organisms. We have cloned a full-length cDNA encoding rat dynein light chain protein, robl/LC7-like (class 1), from visual cortex. We found that rat robl/LC7-like gene is highly expressed in neocortex and displays the unusual feature of being rapidly down-regulated by sensory stimulation. This effect was seen at both mRNA and protein levels in visual cortex, being detectable in as little as 45 min after the onset of visual stimulation. Down-regulation by sensory stimulation was also found within ocular dominance columns of area V1 in monocularly deprived monkeys. Our results suggest a high turnover rate of the robl/LC7-like protein and the presence of a repressor mechanism in neurons that is tightly coupled to synaptic stimulation.


Many display devices nowadays still allow a limited number of colors, called color palette, to be displayed simultaneously. Besides, images and videos in most World Wide Web databases are in compressed formats. Therefore, it becomes an important issue to retrieve a suitable color palette from compressed domain in order to have fast and faithful color reproduction for these devices. In this paper, the color palette design methods for compressed images and videos are presented. The proposed approaches use the reduced, rather than the whole, image for the color palette design to avoid the heavy computation in image or video decompression. Also, for compressed videos, a shifting-window scheme is proposed to smooth out color variations in the change of color palette. In these methods, we extend the dependent scalar quantization algorithm of a single image to accomplish the color palette design. Experimental results show that the output image quality of the proposed methods is acceptable to human eyes. In addition, empirical results show that the proposed shifting-window scheme can reduce the main problem of displaying quantized image sequences, screen flicker.


Teaching of computer-aided practical subjects in engineering education creates new challenges. Computers have to be configured to support particular requirements of each subject. Virtual Environments allows the building of a Virtual Machine (VM) tailored to requirements of each subject, allowing flexible, versatile and low cost laboratories. However, the use of multiple VM at a shared computing facility creates new problems, both technical and related to the performance of the class sessions. To solve these challenges, we have developed the Virtual Machine on-Demand (VMoD) tool. It automates the adaptation of each VM to the environment in which it is deployed and simplifies its use to students. As a result, the creation of computer-aided engineering laboratories on a shared computing facility using VM is possible and profitable.


In this paper we deal with a feedback control design for the action potential of a neuronal membrane in relation with the non-linear dynamics of the Hodgkin-Huxley mathematical model. More exactly, by using an external current as a control expressed by a relay graph in the equation of the potential, we aim at forcing it to reach a certain manifold in finite time and to slide on it after that. From the mathematical point of view we solve a system involving a parabolic differential inclusion and three nonlinear differential equations via an approximating technique and a fixed point result. The existence of the sliding mode and the determination of the time at which the potential reaches the prescribed manifold are proved by a maximum principle argument. Numerical simulations are presented.


This work investigates minimum charging infrastructure size and cost for two typical EU urban areas and given passenger car electric vehicle (EV) fleets. Published forecasts sources were analyzed and compared with actual EU renewal fleet rate, deriving realistic EV growth figures. An analytical model, accounting for battery electric vehicle-plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (BEV-PHEV) fleets and publicly accessible and private residential charging stations (CS) were developed, with a novel data sorting method and EV fleet forecasts. Through a discrete-time Markov chain, the average daily distribution of charging events and related energy demand were estimated. The model was applied to simulated Florence and Bruxelles scenarios between 2020 and 2030, with a 1-year timestep resolution and a multiple scenario approach. EV fleet at 2030 ranged from 2.3% to 17.8% of total fleet for Florence, 4.6% to 16.5% for Bruxelles. Up to 2053 CS could be deployed in Florence and 5537 CS in Bruxelles, at estimated costs of ~8.3 and 21.4 M€ respectively. Maximum energy demand of 130 and 400 MWh was calculated for Florence and Bruxelles (10.3 MW and 31.7 MW respectively). The analysis shows some policy implications, especially as regards the distribution of fast vs. slow/medium CS, and the associated costs. The critical barrier for CS development in the two urban areas is thus likely to become the time needed to install CS in the urban context, rather than the related additional electric power and costs.


While pursuing some studies on the section Boraphila Engler, of the genus Saxifraga, the writer (4) found that the flower of Saxifraga eriophora S. Watson showed some important differences in structure as compared with the other species of this section. With better material at hand, kindly loaned by the Herbarium of the University of California, it has been possible to make a more thorough analysis of the flower of this species, with the result that the writer here undertakes to make it the basis of a new section.


This paper reflects on how architectural design, as a distinct practice, has provided new forms for living responsibly and meaningfully in sub-tropical Queensland in the past. It addresses the issue of invention in relation to sub-tropical design through the analysis of three, well-documented architect designed houses from three different periods in the twentieth century. Analysis will demonstrate both a particular way of thinking and working and the capacity of that way of thinking and working to uncover new and appropriate forms.


Abstract After a short historical introduction it is discussed how far Mach's principle is incorporated into general relativity. The possible role of Mach's principle as a selection rule for the solutions of Einstein's field equations is summarized. Then follows a discussion of Math's principle in theories of gravitation other than Einstein's, mainly the Brans-Dicke theory. Finally the experiments on the isotropy of inertial mass and their consequence for Mach's principle are described. The conclusion is that Mach's principle, though an extremely stimulating thought, has at present little claim to be a basic physical principle.


In contrast to BiF3, the other three Bi-halides catalyzed the ring-opening polymerization of e-caprolactone (e-CL) in bulk. A temperature of 140 °C was found to be advantageous for rapid polymerization and optimum molecular weights. At this temperature, the reactivity of the catalysts increases in the order BiCl3 < BiBr3 < BiJ3. Variation of the monomer-catalyst ratio (M/C) yielded number-average molecular weights (Mns) up to 80,000 Da (corrected SEC data, 120,000 Da uncorrected), but a proper control of the Mns was not achieved. In addition to CH2OH endgroups, CH2Cl, CH2Br, and CH2J endgroups were detected, but no evidence for a cationic polymerization mechanism was found. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 7483–7490, 2008


NOAA's National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) operates the 55 Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) buoy sites near the Pacific Equator arranged in a grid from latitude 8N to 8S and longitude 65E to 95W. Many of the existing TAO components are obsolete or no longer available or supported by the manufacturers. So to ensure the future of TAO, NDBC designed and developed a refreshed TAO buoy system to ensure sustained and smooth operations of the TAO array. To make sure that the refreshed TAO system can provide equal or better data quality from the refreshed TAO buoy system, various lab and field tests were conducted so far: (1) A lab test was conducted at NDBC by comparing the existing TAO and the refreshed TAO systems; (2) Two refreshed TAO buoys were deployed in the Gulf of Mexico for field testing; and (3) Two refreshed TAO buoys were deployed in the Pacific Ocean next to two existing TAO buoys for inter-comparison testing in the field. This paper describes these tests and presents some results.


The project goal was reduction of energy consumption on a group of multi-use buildings. The initial step was to assess the group of buildings and define a set of Energy Conservation Measures (ECM?s) that would return an average energy consumption savings of thirty percent. The assessments defined deficiencies in systems from building envelope to interior lighting. Corrections for the deficiencies were addressed through ECM?s that included: high efficiency lighting, occupancy sensors, programmable thermostats, HVAC upgrades, insulation upgrades, as well as a solar thermal installation to reduce propane consumption. ECM?s were recommended based on calculated energy savings. ECM implementation was performed using licensed professionals across multiple disciplines. Electricians installed new lighting and set up occupancy sensors while plumbers implemented low flow fixtures and insulated water heater systems. A general contractor sealed and repaired building envelopes while overseeing other disciplines. Final energy consumption reductions will exceed thirty percent across nine buildings


The attendance machine is a machine that can record a person's attendance data at an institution or office that applies it. The current attendance system is considered to be less effective because it still implements a manual system that has weaknesses in its use, such as many paper usage and opening gaps to falsify data. One effort to solve this problem is to use fingerprint and RFID attendance machine. In this research, the fingerprint grouping is performed so the counterfeit presence data can be minimized due to the unique and identical fingerprint pattern. The process of grouping fingerprint images requires an approach that uses the convolutional Neural Network (CNN) algorithm because of the difficulty of distinguishing fingerprint patterns. Based on the results of the implementation, it has managed to obtain an accuracy rate of 95.64%, validation accuracy of 98.76%, and a loss of 0.001% against 2 image classes. The attendance machine also uses RFID technology as an alternative if the fingerprint system is experiencing interference. In this research, the RFID authentication process uses the RC4 (Rivest Code4) cryptographic algorithm to encrypt the Unique Identifier (UID) of the student card. Attendance machine built using Raspberry Pi 3 microcontroller integrated with the GT-521F52 type fingerprint sensor and RFID RC522. The system saves the recorded data in the database and connects to server so that it can be accessed by the user via the website.


Application of sufficient lateral current to a heavy metal (HM) can switch the perpendicular magnetization orientation of an adjacent ferromagnetic layer through spin–orbit torques (SOTs). The choice of the HM and its arrangement plays a major role for the SOT induced magnetization switching in magnetic heterostructures. Generally, thin Ta is used as an underlayer to the HM layer for better adhesion and smoothness of the HM layer. Here, we show that Ta addition to the asymmetric stack Pt/Co/Pt gives rise to several compelling effects, viz., thermoelectric effects [particularly, anomalous Nernst effect (ANE)], and enhanced perpendicular magnetic anisotropy which was negligible in a Pt/Co/Pt stack. For this Ta/Pt/Co/Pt stack, the antidamping-SOT values are evaluated after carefully removing the contribution from the ANE and it is found to match the AD-SOT of the Pt/Co/Pt stack. We have observed current-induced field-free magnetization switching Ta/Pt/Co/Pt stack with Co thickness gradient. Furthermore, we have utilized the thermoelectric effects to develop a technique to detect the field-free magnetization switching. This technique detects the second harmonic ANE signal as a reading mechanism. Using ANE symmetry with the applied current, the switching can be detected in a single current sweep which was corroborated to the conventional DC Hall method.


Floor area ratio (FAR) is fundamentally important for urban economic development and for urban design, planning and management. This paper tried to enhance the texture information of the QuickBird image by using HIS and PCA transform methods in Yiwu city as a case study. An object-based method was proposed to process the enhanced QuickBird image for the shadow of buildings and building object areas, and the building heights were accurately calculated based on the shadow of buildings. The building object areas and heights were integrated with an administrative district map in Yiwu city to estimate FAR. Tests with this above method demonstrated excellent accuracy in terms of FAR estimation. The high spatial resolution images have great potential in quickly and accurately estimating FAR, providing a scientific basis to policy makers and urban planners.


The study analyzes the effect of restrictive building codes on the price of housing, and the simultaneous impact of housing values on the strictness of codes. A model is defined and estimated, using data for more than 1100 localities. The results show that strict codes raised housing values, in 1970, by about one thousand dollars. They furthermore show that the strictness of codes is in turn affected by housing values, as well as by the strength of construction unions. Homeowners and construction unions are thus both observed to gain from restrictive building codes, which can explain the prevalence of such regulations. Copyright American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association.


By providing high bandwidth chip-wide communication at low latency and low power, on-chip optics can improve many-core performance dramatically. Optical channels that connect many nodes and allow for single cycle cache-line transmissions will require fast, high bandwidth arbitration. We exploit CMOS nanophotonic devices to create arbiters that meet the demands of on-chip optical interconnects. We accomplish this by exploiting a unique property of optical devices that allows arbitration to scale with latency bounded by the time of flight of light through a silicon waveguide that passes all requesters. We explore two classes of distributed token-based arbitration, channel based and slot based, and tailor them to optics. Channel based protocols allocate an entire waveguide to one requester at a time, whereas slot based protocols allocate fixed sized slots in the waveguide. Simple optical protocols suffer from a fixed prioritization of users and can starve those with low priority; we correct this with new schemes that vary the priorities dynamically to ensure fairness. On a 64-node optical interconnect under uniform random single-cycle traffic, our fair slot protocol achieves 74% channel utilization, while our fair channel protocol achieves 45%. Ours are the first arbitration protocols that exploit optics to simultaneously achieve low latency, high utilization, and fairness.


This paper presents a new approach for the determination of underground cable ampacity that considers surrounding medium of the cable, and compares the results from the FEM model with standard approach. It shows how ampacity of a buried cable is affected by the extent of heat transfer from the cable to the surrounding soil and also by the heterogeneity of the soil and its thermal characteristics. Numerical and finite element model of steady-state thermal analysis and ampacity evaluation are presented in this paper. COMSOL software is used for the three dimensional simulation of a 44kV armored HVAC XLPE cable buried directly in native soil. The methodology includes mathematical solutions for heat transfer equations to calculate and obtain the temperature at the cable surface and results show the optimal acceptable ampacity. The results from the proposed method provide solutions for ampacity problems that require flexibility and dynamic approach for real life scenarios that are not present in the literature and previous works.


publics are perpetually on the losing end (157). Her clear-eyed assessment that the notion of cultural "theft " carries with it the unfortunate baggage of someone else's property "rights" potentially off ers publics, concerned citizens, activists, and scholars a basis from which to claim more of a space for cultural invention than even righteous theft ever could (152–53). Although pirates may disagree, to put it bluntly (though not glibly), both "fair" and "use" are at the heart of the matter, and both are equally important.


Professionalism in Mental Healthcare: Experts, Expertise and Expectations Edited by Dinesh Bhugra, Amit Malik. Cambridge University Press. 2010. £29.99 (pb). 208pp. ISBN: 9780521131766

Psychiatry's Contract with Society: Concepts, Controversies, and Consequences Edited by Dinesh Bhugra, Amit


Objective To explore the expression of PIWIL1 protein and DICER enzyme in hepa tocellular carcinoma (HCC) and their significance. Methods Immunohistoehemical method was used to detect the expression of PIWIL1 and DICER in 47 cases of HCC and the adjacent HCC tissues. Western blot method was used to detect the expression of PIWIL1 and DICER in 31 cases of fresh HCC tissues and their adjacent HCC tissues. The relationship between PIWIL1 and DICER and their relationships were analysed with clinical features. 12 cases of normal liver tissues were used as control group. Results The expression of PIWIL1 was high in HCC but low in normal liver tissues (P〈0.05). The expression of DICER was high in normal liver tissues but low in HCC (P〈0.05). The expression of PIWII.1 was positively correlated with invasion to adjacent tissues and histological differ- entiation (P〈0.05). The expression of DICER was negatively correlated with invasion to the adjacent tissues and histological differentiation (P〈0. 05). There was a negative correlation between PIWIL1 and DICER (P〈0.05). Conclusions High expression of PIWlL1 and low/missing expression of DICER was related to pathological differentiation and invasion of adjacent tissues.

Key words:
Hepatocellular carcinoma Piwi like protein Ribonuelease Ⅲ ;  DICER


In an unselected group of 213 liver biopsies, paraffin sections were treated with an orcein staining method with the view to demonstrate HBAg. In 8 patients with positive HBAg serology, only 3 biopsies yielded positive orcein material in hepatocytes. A good correlation appears to exist between orcein positive material and the "ground glass" cytoplasm of liver cells.


Negative associations have been reported in a sedentary Finnish population between sauna bathing and all‐cause mortality1, while a joint association of sauna bathing and cardiorespiratory fitness was seen on cardiovascular and all‐cause mortality in a more recent study2. These associations give scientific support to the 'proverbial wisdom' in Scandinavia that frequent sauna bathing has multiple health and fitness benefits. The first objective of the current study was to investigate the hypotheses that 1) passive heat therapy (PHT, as occurs in sauna bathing) similar to moderate intensity continuous exercise training (MICT) increases whole body insulin sensitivity and VO2max and that 2) this is the result of increases both in a) skeletal muscle capillarisation and endothelial specific eNOS content and b) mitochondrial, GLUT4 and IMTG content.


Injection molding is one of the most popular polymer processing methods due to its high production rate as well as its ability to produce very complex geometries at very low cost and within few seconds. In this the paper, optimal injection moulding conditions for minimum shrinkage during moulding are found by technique (Taguchi method). Taguchi method has two main instruments, which are signalto-noise (S/N) ratio and orthogonal arrays. S/N ratios were used for determining the optimum combinations of the process conditions for shrinkage. Finals, optimum levels of the input parameters that minimize shrinkage, for both materials are determined


The author reviews his own history of applying psychoanalysis to the understanding and treatment of families and couples over a career of more than fifty years to ask the question: what elements of analytic understanding and practice still apply to the changing forms of families in the world and the complexity of situations in which families find themselves? He also considers the recent changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic and by deteriorating geopolitical situations. He concludes that analytic understanding of the unconscious organisation of the individual and the shared unconscious of the family, and the consideration of historical and cultural contexts, continues to offer a rich set of orienting ideas for our work.


We present a new kind of organic complex system of electrical bistability, m-nitrobenzal malononitrile and diamine benzene (mNBMN-DAB), which can be employed as ultrahigh density data storage devices by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The mNBMN-DAB thin film was prepared on highly oriented pyrolitic graphite (HOPG) substrates using physical vacuum deposition method. A critical voltage pulse between the STM tip and the surface of the HOPG substrate can make marks on the thin films. The size of the marks is about 1.3 nm and the corresponding data storage density is larger than 1013 bits/cm2. A new mechanism of the charge transfer in the system for the data storage is suggested. These results show a great potential of this type of organic composite systems in the application of the ultrahigh density data storage.


This report describes an analysis of the steel ball lapping process by use of lap plates with V-shape grooves. An evaluation of three-dimensional sphericity in terms of spherical functions enables quantitative analysis of this process. The angle of the contact points between the steel ball and the lap plays an important role in this process because the interference value between the ball and the lap is related to this angle. The rate of sphericity improvement is strongly dependent on the contacting point angle. Experimental results show that the contacting point angle increases with increasing wear of lap. This increase in the angle increases the rate of sphericity improvement in second-order waviness, and decreases that in third-order waviness, which are included in the form error. Furthermore, the rate is also related to the total number of balls processed at one time.