In the project management manuals for the creation of software components of computing and communication sys-tems, it is noted that the quality of the results is determined by the validity of organizational decisions related to project management. It is emphasized that organizational mistakes made at the initial stages of the project, including insuffi-cient justification of the project budget, have serious consequences. The novelty of this work lies in the assertion that the quality of the project results is equally determined not only by the satisfaction of consumers / customers, but also by the satisfaction of the developers with the progress of the project. A scheme for assessing the possible boundaries of the project budget, in which it is possible to obtain a solution acceptable both for consumers / customers and for the executors of the project, is proposed. The basis of the scheme is the use of the experience of consumers and developers in the implementation of projects with similar content. The model basis of the scheme is formed by non-linear empiri-cal functional dependencies between the indicators of actor satisfaction, the project budget and the duration of its im-plementation. Improving the validity of the budget assessment, taking into account the experience of the actors, is a prerequisite for reducing the organizational defects of the project, which makes it possible to achieve the required quali-ty of the infrastructure components of computing and communication systems.


The metal-insulator-metal waveguide structures coupled with a trapezoid cavity are proposed in theory. A variety of transmission features have been found from the simulation results, which is caused by the interference of the plasmonic modes in the trapezoid resonator. The transmission spectra can be effectively modulated by optimizing the geometrical parameters of our configurations such as the height, the upper and bottom edge lengths. Also, the coupling distance possesses great importance on the transmission characteristic. It is found that when the coupling distance is chosen to be around 20 nm, the filter works efficiently. When the trapezoid resonator is attached to the waveguide bus, the bandwidth becomes large. Besides, an effective band-stop filter can be achieved when the bottom edge length is large enough. The finite element method is carried out to verify our designs. We hope our work may open some new avenues for a high-performance plasmonic filter.


Microwave emissivity over ocean is relatively well understood by scientists. However, over land because of the existence of different land covers and their various physical properties land surface emissivity retrieval does not seem to be straightforward. Land emissivity plays a key role in Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models, since it acts like a crucial boundary condition. The accuracy of prediction of this parameter will mitigate the impact of cloud liquid water in retrieving air temperature, water vapor, and surface temperature. Land emissivity also can be used as an indicator of soil moisture and land use/land cover variation especially in presence of clouds, since microwave emissions can penetrate clouds. The objective of this study is to develop global land emissivity maps using AMSR-E passive microwave observations at different frequencies along with several ancillary data. database has been used to obtain several inputs for the proposed approach such as land surface temperature and cloud mask. These datasets have 3 hourly temporal resolution and about 30 km spatial resolution. Additional ancillary data such as TOVS water vapor amount and atmospheric temperature profile have been also used to assess the atmospheric contribution. In this study, first, simple experimental equations were used to calculate the atmospheric correction parameters at 19 and 37 GHZ (Choudury 1993), and for 10.7 and 6.9 GHz no atmospheric correction was considered. Although it is well known that the correction of the atmospheric effect is solely required at higher frequencies (over 19 GHz), our results have shown that a correction at 10.7 GHz is also necessary. In order to systematically correct for the atmospheric contribution at different


Over the past decade, much of the world has been clinically using high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) assays. In contrast, the United States has taken a cautionary approach via the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory process, and the first hs-cTn assay was not approved in the United States until 2017. In November 2017, with multiple manufacturers now seeking regulatory guidance for approval of hs-cTn assays, the FDA hosted a meeting with clinicians, laboratorians, and representatives from industry to discuss the appropriate design of studies to support approval for hs-cTn assays. The following are our thoughts as attendees/participants on several important clinical challenges that remain to bring the United States into the hs-cTn era when interpreting cTn results for the diagnosis of non–ST-segment–elevation myocardial infarction (MI).

Use of the 99th percentile cut point derived from a population of cardiovascular disease–free individuals to define an abnormal cTn level was born as an effort to drive standardization of cutoffs between institutions and to increase assay precision across the spectrum of cTn assays. The 99th percentile threshold was introduced in the first and maintained in subsequent versions of the Universal Definitions of MI.1 What defines a normal population is controversial. Despite rigorous definitions, the 99th percentile may seem arbitrary depending on the demographics of the population tested.2 There is also recognition that the high-precision characteristics of hs-cTn assays may not be well suited to this definition. An example from the American Association of Clinical Chemists cardiovascular disease–free cohort suggests caution in using the 99th percentile to define MI in the era …


The invention discloses a sterilization composition. The sterilization composition is prepared from the effective ingredients of fenpyrazamine (A) and penthiopyrad or SYP-Z048 (B), and the mass ratio of A to B is 1:100 to 100:1. The composition is obvious in synergism, high in preventing effect, suitable for preventing and treating multiple diseases on melons, fruits and vegetables and especially suitable for preventing and treating gray mold.


This invention relates to compositions and methods for achieving a therapeutic effect such as lowering blood pressure and treating congestive heart failure in a mammal. More specifically, this invention relates to synergistic compositions comprising amounts of at least two therapeutic agents selected from the group consisting of a renin inhibitor, an angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitor and an angiotensin II antagonist, which inhibitors and antagonists are present in amounts sufficient to cause synergistic therapeutic effects such as lowering blood pressure and treating congestive heart failure in a mammal. Further, this invention relates to methods for achieving synergistic therapeutic effects such as lowering blood pressure and treating congestive heart failure in a mammal which methods comprise administering to said mammal, either sequentially in any order or simultaneously, amounts of at least two therapeutic agents selected from the group consisting of a renin inhibitor, an angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitor and an agiotensin II antagonist, in amounts sufficient to achieve a synergistic therapeutic effect.


Corpus-based research conducted within translation studies has brought us new insights about the broad features of translated texts, especially in the perspectives of explicitation, simplification, normalization and standardization. However, idiomaticity is one aspect of linguistic patterning that has not been investigated thoroughly in this area. With two versions of English translation of the Chinese novel Dreams of the Red Mansion as a basis, the present study intends to investigate the patterns of idiomaticity in different translations of one original text, by focusing on the use of recurring lexical patterns. The study not only throws up some patterns of variation in idiomaticity, indicating the different styles of individual translators, but also discusses the issue of translation universals.


Trace measurement for gas impurities plays an important role in the quality determination of pure-gases. High purity gases will certainly have a higher economic value than gases with lower purity, especially for the ultra-high purity gases used in the preparation of standard gas mixtures. These types of gases shall have a maximum limit for their impurities, which should be verified by a validated method. In this study, an experiment was conducted to determine the impurities in three cylinders of ultra-high purity nitrogen (UHP N2) gases using a validated gas chromatography equipped with pulse dicharge helium ionization detector (GC-PDHID) method. The impurities detected by the GC-PDHID in the aforementioned UHP N2 samples consist of argon (Ar), oxygen (O2), methane (CH4), and carbon monoxide (CO). Meanwhile, hydrogen (H2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) cannot be seen on the chromatogram, then assumed to be lower than the PDHID's detection limit. Concentrations of the impurities, along with their uncertainties, were found to be 0.987 ± 0.104; 5.818 ± 0.807; 3.163 ± 0.449; and 1.289 ± 0.158 μmol/mol for Ar, O2, CH4, and CO, respectively for the first N2 cylinder. H2and CO2 were estimated to be half of the limit of detection, and H2O component was quoted from the UHP N2 manufacturer's certificate of analysis. The other two N2 cylinders showed almost similar amounts of impurities. Based on the results, the actual purity for each of the three N2 gases can be estimated as 99.9987% mol/mol; 99.9987% mol/mol; and 99.9988% mol/mol. It is expected that the results of this study could useful as reference for both pure-gas manufacturers and consumers to properly determine the quality of their products.


The research paper analyzes the phenomena of witch-hunting in Nepal and India within the
broader context of violence against women. Considering the case studies, in Nepal, it is found
most of the incidents have occurred in the Terai region and the victims of\vitchcraft allegations
have been mostly women from the marginalized, poor and etlmic communities. In India, women
from tribal communities and widows have been targeted. It is generally seen tI,at ti,e causes
behind this specific type of violence are snperstition and belief in witchcraft reinforced by the
presence of people like shamans and witch-doctors and tI,eir influence on illiterate (and often
fatalistic) communities. However, these are only the visible causes so ti,e research paper attempts
to discover the other invisible (root) causes of witch-hunting in these countries.
This papcr considers violence against women originating from different levels such as structural,
cultural and individual. In patriarchal societies, women are subjected to a subordinate role in
relation to men and such subordination is reflected in patriarchal control over resources,
discrimination and exploitation in the family, society and ti,e state. It has been generally found
that women in both countries have wlequal access to all productive resources, unequal treatment
in food and less access to health care and education, which act as a handicap for them from
"enhancing their capabilities". Discriminatory practices like female infanticide, dowry, child
marriage, polygamy and mistreatment of widows are widespread. Women who attempt to
challenge patriarchal norms have become victims to alleged witchcraft practices. Those women
who are actively engaged in community service or active members at local tiers government have
also become victims of such allegations. Although both tile countries are ti,e member of United
Nations and have ratified most global human rights instruments, in practice, human rights
violations occur at an alanning scale. There is a rise in the number of incidents of witch-hunting,
in which communities are lolling women. Hitherto, tI,ere is no specific law to address the issue.
Although legal instruments are necessary to address this type of violence, the larger issue of
violence against women needs to be addressed at structural, cultural and individual levels.


The Looking After Children (LAC) system is currently used in a number of countries world wide, providing increasing opportunities for international research collaboration. This paper describes early results of one such collaborative effort between Canada and Australia. The LAC system is a child-centred case management approach aimed at enhancing the developmental needs of children and young people in out-of-home care placements. LAC has the capacity to connect research, policy and practice. For research and practice LAC measures and enhances outcomes of care. Aggregation of data collected via the use of LAC allows policy makers to assess current practices in order to monitor and measure the extent to which intended program goals are achieved. LAC promotes and encourages collaboration in the care system, enhancing participation opportunities and partnerships between social workers, direct carers (foster parents and residential workers), parents, children and young people.


The health design of family information products was put forward through a series of inspections.The general purposes were to promote the communication,to maintain harmony and health of family members through construction and establishment of family information system.


State power is the core of the political problems and the implementation of the power must rely on resources.In light of being poor in resources and insufficient national capacity,grassroots governance technology shows different characteristics in different time under the course of Chinas modernization.Base on the perspective of state power and resources and the three types of grassroots governance technology examples including sports,project and grassroots democratic governance,this article not only discusses the reasons of choice behind the grassroots governance technology motivation,but also explains the choice of grassroots governance technology.


Objective To probe into the maternal care utilization by minority women, for the purpose of policy recommendations on better maternal care in minority areas. Methods A combination of stratified random sampling and typical sampling was made on 445 married women of reproductive age in six counties in Yunnan, Guizhou, Qinghai and Tibet provinces, a field survey on their utilization of maternal care services. Results Their average prenatal detection rate is 78.24%, a level lower than the national rural average of 93.7% and grade-4 rural average of 81.2% in 2008; their post partook rate is 30.7%, lower than the national rural average of 54.3% and grade-4 rural average of 58.9% in the same period; their average coverage rate is 52.18%, a level lower than the national rural average of 87.1%and grade-4 rural average of 64.3% in 2008. Conclusion The maternal care utilization is found to be low for women in minority areas. Effective solutions are expected for payment of indirect expenditure of hospital delivery; better health education for enhancing health knowledge and health awareness of minority women; effective incentive mechanism for village doctors, consolidating the base of the three-level healthcare network.

Key words:
Minority areas;  Pregnancy;  Healthcare;  Utilization


Bitcoin is a crypto currency system that has been rapidly adopted due to its anonymity and decentralized properties. Blockchain is the underpinning technology that maintains the Bitcoin transaction ledger. The blockchain network operates in a state of consensus, which automatically checks in with itself periodically. One of biggest innovation by Bitcoin system is that it is a new way to develop open networks. Anything that happens on the blockchain is a function of the network as a whole. Crypto networks represent a fundamental shift in the way our society transacts, organizes, and works with each other, which could be explained and deciphered by econophysics of the network itself. From a networking perspective, we reviewed a list of current literatures that studied the crypto networks, mostly Bitcoin transaction networks. We identified the potential research areas that would further provide insights into the design of a more resilient and secure crypto networks.


Abstract The complex inter-relationships in the world, driven by technological breakthroughs, are prompting design educators to look for new ways to structure their courses to embrace expanding skill sets. Four critical areas to advance design education are highlighted: keeping up with technological advancements; teaching design as a participatory process; using a systems view to analyse problems; and facilitating student learning in a multidisciplinary collaborative environment. One of the key requirements of the design profession is collaboration among a wide variety of stakeholders who may reside well outside the scope of the designer's sphere of influence. If one accepts the premise that today's design student can no longer be confined by a narrow problem solving skill set, then academic institutional barriers have to be crossed in a collaborative way between seemingly incongruous academic disciplines. A sustainable model of multidisciplinary collaboration at the undergraduate level is reviewed and the potential of expanding that collaboration is explored through detailed interviews with five non-design academics at an Australian university. The research presents opportunities and challenges perceived by academic staff to connect fields such as law, business, tourism and design as a testing ground to educate designers to better understand the complexities of today's design problems.


This week on #SpaceToGround, the crew explored how living in space impacts the relationship between DNA alterations and a weakened immune system while materials outside the station are being exposed to microgravity to see how they stand up to the extreme thermal environment.


The excavation blasting for pipe trench in the geological condition of limestone is summarized. It is pointed out that different blasting programs and parameters should be selected for different rock properties and blasting conditions, also, the implementation technology and safety measures are put forward.


Stance Detection is the task of automatically determining whether the author of a text is in favor, against, or neutral towards a given target. In this paper we investigate the portability of tools performing this task across different languages, by analyzing the results achieved by a stance detection system (i.e. MultiTACOS) trained and tested in a multilingual setting. First of all, a set of resources on topics related to politics for English, French, Italian, Spanish and Catalan is provided which includes: novel corpora collected for the purpose of this study, and benchmark corpora exploited in stance detection tasks and evaluation exercises known in literature. We focus in particular on the novel corpora by describing their development and by comparing them with the benchmarks. Second, MultiTACOS is applied with different sets of features especially designed for stance detection, with a specific focus to exploring and combining both features based on the textual content of the tweet (e.g., style and affective load) and features based on contextual information that do not emerge directly from the text. Finally, for better highlighting the contribute of the features that most positively affect system performance in the multilingual setting, a features analysis is provided, together with a qualitative analysis of the misclassified tweets for each of the observed languages, devoted to reflect on the open challenges.


Objective:To analyze the changes of epidemiologic character in the patients with renal biopsy-proven diabetic nephropathy. Methodology:24 709 patients received renal biopsy from Jan 1st 1994 to Dec 31st 2007 were enrolled.We analyzed retrospectively the epidemiologic character in patients with diabetic nephropathy. Results:The ratio of diabetic nephropathy was increased from 2.57 to 4.31 percent during the period of 1994 to 2000 and 2001 to 2007.There was statistical difference comparing the prevalence during the two periods(P0.01).The prevalence of diabetic nephropathy companied non-diabetic nephropathy was increased from 10.9% to 18.8%(P0.01).The age of patients with diabetic nephropathy was younger(mean age 53.0 vs 50.5 year old,P0.01).The ratio of male to female was 1.66.The level of blood glucose in patients who were hospitalized in the 21st century was better than those in the 20th century.The mean glycosylated hemoglobin was 6.8% and 7.5%(P0.01).The age of patients with diabetic nephropathy was older than those with non-diabetic nephropathy(mean age 51.7 vs 48.5 year old,P0.01) and the same to the duration of diabetic mellitus(mean duration 84.9 vs 48.5 months,P0.01).The duration of nephropathy was longer in the patients with non-diabetic nephropathy than in the patients with diabetic nephropathy(mean duration 43.4 vs 24.7 months).The incidence of microscopic hematuria was lower in patients with diabetic nephropathy than in those with non-diabetic nephropathy(45.1% vs 64.5%,P0.01).The level of serum creatinine was higher in the former than the latter(127.2 vs 93.4 μmol/L,P0.01).The incidence of renal dysfunction was also higher in the former(38.8 vs 22.6 percent,P0.01).The coinstantaneous non-diabetic nephropathy included 66 IgA nephropathy(53%),38 membranous nephropathy(31%),7 Henoch-Schonlein purpura nephritis(6%),5 hepatitis associated nephritis(4%),1 lipoprotein nephropathy(1%) and 7 other types nephropathy(5%). Conclusion:The incidence of type 2 diabetic nephropathy was increased notably during 2001 to 2007.The age of the patients was younger.Non-diabetic nephropathy was not rare in patients with diabetic mellitus.So renal biopsy is necessary and important for diagnosis and treatment in patients with diabetic mellitus accompanied with nephropathy.


The China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor (CFETR) is under design, which aims to bridge the gaps between ITER and the future fusion power plant. The neutron wall loading (NWL) depends on the neutron source distribution, which depends on the density and temperature profiles. In this paper, we calculate the NWL of CFETR and study the effects of density and temperature profiles on the NWL distribution along the first wall. Our calculations show that for a 200 MW fusion power, the maximum NWL is at the outer midplane and the vaule is about 0.4 MW m−2. The density and temperature profiles have little effect on the NWL distribution. The value of NWL is determined by the total fusion power.


We present transmission beyond the dispersion limit with a blue-chirp modulator integrated DFB laser for the first time. By suppressing the hole pile-up in the modulator, stable modulation characteristics were realized in negative /spl alpha/ regime. Blue-chirp operation was clearly observed by time-resolved dynamic chirp measurement. Penalty-free 10 Gb/s transmission over 100 km of standard fiber at 1.55 /spl mu/m was demonstrated with the device. This modulator integrated DFB laser is promising for use as a high-power blue-chirp transmitter in multigigabit transmission systems.


PURPOSE: To provide a method of and device for determining if there is a clutch tie-up during automatic transmission shifting. CONSTITUTION: The disengagement of an off-going clutch C1, C2, C3, C4 or C5 is monitored to determine as early as possible if there is a clutch tie-up due to failure to disengage. Beginning at the initial clutch release command, the turbine speed Nt and output speed No are used to determine if a clutch slip has occurred and a pass signal is given if a slip occurs in several consecutive control loops. Beginning a preset time after the command to fully exhaust fluid of the clutch C1, C2, C3, C4 or C5, the number of non-slip conditions is counted. A fail signal is given when a set number of non-slip conditions are counted.


Although the majority of urban green infrastructure (GI) programs in the United States, and elsewhere, are being driven by stormwater management challenges arising as a result of the impervious nature of modern cities, GI is also believed to provide other benefits that enhance urban sustainability. This paper discusses the role that GI systems might play in urban climate adaptation strategies for cities like New York City, where increases in both temperature and precipitation are projected over the coming decades. Examples of work conducted by the author and colleagues in New York City to quantify the performance of urban GI are first presented. This work includes monitoring efforts to understand how extensive green roofs retain rainfall, reduce surface temperatures and sequester carbon. Next, a discussion of the advantages that a distributed, or neighborhood level, GI system might bring to a climate adaptation strategy is provided. The paper then concludes with an outline of some of the future work that is needed to fully realize the potential of urban GI systems to address future climate change impacts.


We describe an adaptation of the knowledge gradient, originally developed for discrete ranking and selection problems, to the problem of calibrating continuous parameters for the purpose of tuning a simulator. The knowledge gradient for continuous parameters uses a continuous approximation of the expected value of a single measurement to guide the choice of where to collect information next. We show how to find the parameter setting that maximizes the expected value of a measurement by optimizing a continuous but nonconcave surface. We compare the method to sequential kriging for a series of test surfaces, and then demonstrate its performance in the calibration of an expensive industrial simulator. We next describe an energy storage problem which combines energy from wind and the grid along with a battery to meet a stochastic load. We formate the problem as an infinite horizon Markov decision process. We first discretize the state space and action space on a simplified version of the problem to get optimal solutions using exact value iteration. We then evaluate several approximate policy iteration algorithms and evaluate their performance. We show that Bellman error minimization with instrumental variables is equivalent to projected Bellman error minimization, previously believed to be two different policy evaluation algorithms. Furthermore, we provide a convergence proof for Bellman error minimization with instrumental variables under certain assumptions. We compare approximate policy iteration and direct policy search on the simplified benchmark problems along with the full continuous problems. Finally, we describe a portfolio selection method for choosing virtual electricity contracts in the PJM electricity markets, contracts whose payoffs depend on the difference between the day-ahead and real-time locational marginal electricity prices in PJM. We propose an errors-in-variables factor model which is an extension of the classical capital asset pricing model. We show how the model can be used to estimate iii the covariance matrix of the returns of assets. For US equities and PJM virtual contracts, we show the benefits of the portfolios produced with the new covariance estimation method.


The automatic evaluation of machine translation (MT) has proven to be a very significant research topic. Most automatic evaluation methods focus on the evaluation of the output of MT as they compute similarity scores that represent translation quality. This work targets on the performance of MT evaluation. We present a general scheme for learning to classify parallel translations, using linguistic information, of two MT model outputs and one human (reference) translation. We present three experiments to this scheme using neural networks (NN). One using string based hand-crafted features (Exp1), the second using automatically trained embeddings from the reference and the two MT outputs (one from a statistical machine translation (SMT) model and the other from a neural ma-chine translation (NMT) model), which are learned using NN (Exp2), and the third experiment (Exp3) that combines information from the other two experiments. The languages involved are English (EN), Greek (GR) and Italian (IT) segments are educational in domain. The proposed language-independent learning scheme which combines information from the two experiments (experiment 3) achieves higher classification accuracy compared with models using BLEU score information as well as other classification approaches, such as Random Forest (RF) and Support Vector Machine (SVM).


Although the exact site for the origin of the r-process isotopes remains mysterious, most thinking has centered on matter ejected from the cores of massive stars in core-collapse supernovae [13]. In the 1970's and 1980's, however, difficulties in understanding the yields from such models led workers to consider the possibility of r-process nucleosynthesis farther out in the exploding star, in particular, in the helium burning shell [4,5]. The essential idea was that shock passage through this shell would heat and compress this material to the point that the reactions 13C(alpha; n)16O and, especially, 22Ne(alpha; n)25Mg would generate enough neutrons to capture on preexisting seed nuclei and drive an "n process" [6], which could reproduce the r-process abundances. Subsequent work showed that the required 13C and 22Ne abundances were too large compared to the amounts available in realistic models [7] and recent thinking has returned to supernova core material or matter ejected from neutron star-neutron star collisions as the more likely r-process sites.


This is always recognized that training to the administrative staff of higher educational institutions is important to make them professionally competent. There is no proper evaluation of effectiveness of training practices of non teaching staff in higher educational institutions. The present research paper is an evaluation of effectiveness of training attended by the non teaching employees of selected Higher Educational Institutions of Assam, India. Trainees' perception of effectiveness of training is evaluated using Kirckpatrick's  Model of evaluation of training. It was analyzed at four levels, i.e. (i) Trainees reaction towards training, (ii) learning of training content, (iii) Changes in job behavior after attending training and (iv) Outcome / Utility on selected dimensions. The primary data were collected with the help of the questionnaire designed for the purpose from the respondents. The moderate mean values ranging between 4.25 and 4.45 was observed in four levels –reaction of training, training contents, changes in job behaviour and outcome/utility of training as per trainees perception in evaluation of training effectiveness. From this observation, it is interpreted that there is a need of accurate design of the training programmes as per the job requirement for effective changes in job behaviour of participants with effective outcome/ utility of training. Hypothesis were formulated and tested to find out the relationship amongst the criterion of training evaluation model and positive relationship was established..


In this paper, I examine asset pricing in a multisector model with sectors connected through an input‐output network. Changes in the network are sources of systematic risk reflected in equilibrium asset prices. Two characteristics of the network matter for asset prices: network concentration and network sparsity. These two production‐based asset pricing factors are determined by the structure of the network and are computed from input‐output data. Consistent with the model predictions, I find return spreads of 4.6% and −3.2% per year on sparsity and concentration beta‐sorted portfolios, respectively.


Satisfaction is feeling happy or disappointed someone who emerged after comparing the performance (results) is thinking of product performance (outcome) is thinking of product performance (or results) to expect. Therefore we need research or analysis on customer satisfaction that visits of the five dimensions of reliability, responsiveness dimensions, dimensions of assurance, empathy, tangible dimension. Materialize scientific writing is to know whether the customer was satisfied, or not with the services provided Meatball Restaurant Paun 2009, using the Likert method and chi square test on the five dimensions include reliability dimensions, dimensions of responsiveness, assurance dimension, intangible dimensions. The conclusion of the 75 respondents to the five dimensions and the test was to obtain the results of the Likert Value Performance Index (Nik), an average of 109.75%.. thus Accept Reject Ho Ha This means customers Meatball Restaurant Paun 09 were satisfied with the services provided.


Changes in the social status of women have a varied impact on the structure, functions, and social role of the family. Especially important here is the impact of the new status of women on the process of formation of the family, its development, and its breakup.


As the Taiwan strait rapid development of economic and trade exchanges,Taiwan-owned enterprises have become an important part of the Fujian open economy.However,due to various reasons,Taiwan-owned enterprises financing channels is not smooth,even into the financing difficulties.In the current economic conditions,should be on both sides of the theory of financial cooperation under the guidance of Fujian Taiwan-owned enterprises to build strategic planning,and the platform for financing the capital market and promoting cooperation in Fujian's financial services sector cooperation.


This Technical Memorandum presents qualification test results for solid rocket booster diagonal strut restraint cable part number 101276-00313-102/103. During flight this assembly is exposed to a range of temperatures. MIL-W-83420 shows the breaking strength of the cable as 798 kg (1,760 lb) at room temperature but does not define cable strength at the maximum temperature to which the cable is exposed during the first 2 min of flight; 669 C (1,236 F). The cable, which can be built from different corrosion resistant steel alloys, may also vary in its chemical, physical, and mechanical properties at temperature. Negative margins of safety were produced by analysis of the cable at temperature using standard knockdown factors. However, MSFC-HDBK-5 allows the use of a less conservative safety factor of 1.4 and knockdown factors verified by testing. Test results allowed a calculated knockdown factor of 0.1892 to be determined for the restraint cables, which provides a minimum breaking strength of 151 kg (333 lb) at 677 C (1,250 F) when combined with the minimum breaking strength of 0.317-cm (0.125- or 1/8-in) diameter, type 1 composition rope.


Larval survival of Litopenaeus vannamei fed Chaetoceros muelleri produced with agricultural fertilizers and f/2 medium (control) was compared. The microalga...


The objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of diagnosis of the intraorbital tumours with the help of CT scan. This cross sectional study took place in the Department of Radiology and Imaging, Dhaka Medical College Hospital and Department of Radiology and Imaging, National Institute of Ophthalmology during the period of January 2017 to December 2018. The sampling technique was purposive and sample size was 67. Patients attending outdoor and indoor patient facilities of the Department of Ophthalmology of the aforementioned Institute and Hospital and referred to their respective Radiology and Imaging Departments with suspicion of intraorbital tumours were included in the study. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy of CT scan in the diagnosis of the intraorbital tumours were determined. Out of 67 cases, 31 (46.3%), 14 (20.9%), and 22 (32.8%) patients were diagnosed respectively with malignant tumour, benign tumour, and nontumorous lesions on histopathology. On the other hand, out of 67 cases 37 (55.22%), 16 (23.88%), and 14 (20.9%) patients were diagnosed with malignant tumour, benign tumour, and nontumorous lesions respectively with the help of CT scanning procedures. The accuracy of CT scan was 85.07% with sensitivity of 93.54%, specificity of 77.77%, and predictive value of 78.38% (positive) and 93.33% (negative) for findings of the malignant intraorbital tumours. In the case of radiological findings for benign intraorbital tumours, the accuracy of CT scan was 97.01% with sensitivity of 100%, specificity of 96.23%, where predictive value was 87.50% positive and 100% negative. From the result of this study, it may be concluded that CT scan is a useful modality to correctly identify patients with a disease and without a disease of intraorbital tumours. In case of benign tumours the validity tests showed relatively more accuracy.

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Rocky & Bullwinkle. Peabody and Sherman. Dudley Do-Right. George of the Jungle. Boris and Natasha. These cultural icons emerged fully-formed from the wittiest, most irreverent and shamelessly subversive cartoons ever, The Rocky and Bullwinkle show. The first cartoon to reach both kids and adults with its humour, the show has millions of diehard fans. For the first time, read the fascinating behind-the-scenes history of the show's creation, the fierce script battles fought with network censors, the impact of the show on 1960's culture, and the notorious episode when America's favourite moose convinced 20,000 children to rip the knobs off their TVs because "That way, we'll be sure to be with you next week!".


Anyone who has seen a skull bone flap being turned or the sternum being divided at a median sternotomy will be well aware of the considerable bleeding that can occur in these procedures from the highly vascular red bone marrow inside these structures. They will also, no doubt, have seen the surgeon stem the bleeding by smearing wax – Horsley's bone wax – over the cut surfaces of the bone.


This paper refers to the team research led by the author, financed by the German Research Foundation, conducted at the Institute of Slavic Studies at the Humboldt University. In the years 2009–2015 an online dictionary was created under the title Religiöse Lexik in der Allgemeinsprache (Deutsch, Polnisch, Slowakisch, Tschechisch), available online under www2.hu-berlin.de/sacrumprofanum. It is an intensive type dictionary, its purpose is to provide a deep description and not the big number of output token. In a typical lexicographic system based on a grid of dictionary entries taken from the four languages compared here, there is also a column "cultural contexts", which includes examples of the use of religious words in advertising.


Objectives: The mechanisms by which overweight and physical inactivity lead to hypertension are complex. Leptin, an adipocyte-derived hormone, has been linked with hypertension. We studied the relationship between leptin, physical activity, and new-onset hypertension. Methods: A prospective study design based on data from the 3. and 4. Copenhagen City Heart Study (CCHS). From the 3. CCHS, which was performed in 1991 to 1994, we identified 1111 subjects (744 women and 367) who were normotensive. Based on questionnaire items, the participants were divided into two groups with low (n = 674) and high (n = 437) level of leisure time physical activity, respectively. Between the 3. and the 4. CCHS examination, which was performed in 2001 to 2003, 304 had developed hypertension, defined as systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥140 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) ≥90 mm Hg or use of antihypertensive medication. Results: In a logistic regression model, including age, sex, body mass index, SBP, DBP, level of physical activity, and leptin, we found a significant interaction between leptin and level of physical activity with new-onset hypertension as outcome variable (P = 0.012). When we entered the interaction variables: effect of leptin with low level of physical activity and with high level of physical activity, respectively, in the original model, leptin only predicted new-onset hypertension in participants with low level of physical activity (odds ratio (95% confidence interval): 1.16 (1.01–1.33) for one unit increase in log-transformed leptin levels, P = 0.038), but not in participants with high level of physical activity (0.88 (0.74–1.05), P = 0.15). If we included other risk factors of hypertension and possible mediators of overweight-related hypertension, such as the triglyceride to HDL cholesterol concentration ratio, fibrinogen, glucose, diagnosis of diabetes, adiponectin, and heart rate, in the model, leptin still predicted new-onset hypertension in participants with a low level of leisure time physical activity (P = 0.040). Conclusion: This study is the first prospective study to report that the hypertensive effect of leptin is modified by leisure time physical activity.


FIELD: chemistry. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a method of producing polyester polyol with concentration of ether groups between 9.0 mol/kg polyester polyol and 22 mol/kg polyester polyol, use of the polyester polyol obtained using said method, a method of producing PUR- or PUR/PIR foam plastic based on polyester polyol, as well as use of said PUR- or PUR/PIR foam plastic. The method of producing polyester polyol includes (i) at the first step (A) isophthalic acid, optionally in form of an alkyl ether with 1-4 carbon atoms in the alkyl, and/or terephthalic acid, optionally in form of an alkyl ether with 1-4 carbon atoms in the alkyl, reacts with (B) an oligoethylene glycol of formula H-(OCH 2 CH 2 ) n -OH with an average number of oxyethylene groups n between 3.0 and 9.0 in the presence of at least one catalyst selected from a group consisting of tin (II) salts, bismuth (II) salts and titanium tetraalkoxylates, at temperature between 160°C and 240°C and pressure between 1 and 1013 mbar for 7 to 100 hours, and (ii) at the second step, the reaction mixture obtained at step (i) reacts with (C) phthalic acid and/or phthalic acid anhydride. EFFECT: obtaining polyester polyols which, when used in PUR/PIR rigid foam materials, improve incombustibility. 13 cl, 2 tbl, 11 ex


The 21st century will confront many challenges arising from resource scarcity, climate change, emerging diseases, and other yet to be recognised causes. These challenges are global and do not respect political boundaries. Wealthy nations cannot avoid the impacts of climate change or disease epidemics or other resource stresses that may have sources elsewhere in the world. International cooperation aimed at mitigating these challenges is thus in the self-interest of all nations. Moreover, implementing effective solutions to these global challenges requires local science capabilities in every country so that local decision makers can access and utilise knowledge resources.


The regulation of vehicles emissions in Europe is described with emphasis on decision-making in Britain and Germany, and analysed from a political perspective. After a long period of negotiations, a solution to the various debates surrounding the issue is now emerging. This involves the abandoning of a specific technology preferred in Great Britain. In consequence, the consumption of energy by private transport and the cost to the public of private motoring will increase further. The British strategy of delaying European decisions in favour of stringent standards which require the adoption of the best available emission abatement technology, was taken largely in response to requests from motor manufacturers based in Britain. Viewed with hindsight, however, the policy was probably a mistake, which while serving the interests of industry in the shorter run, may have further weakened British competitiveness and thus added to the demise of a British owned car industry. The opposite applies to the Federal Republic, where environmental objectives were more quickly integrated into commercial, industrial and European Community policy because of the more foresighted and active role government was able, willing and required to play. The environmental consequences of vehicle regulation, on the other hand, remain uncertain.


This study investigated the effect of advertising on cigarette sales, particularly after 1967. Data were collected using sources of the Statistical abstract of the U.S., the Historical Statistics of the U.S. and Vital Statistics between 1955 and 1979. A multiple regression model was used to analyze the data. Cigarette consumption was used as a dependent variable. Disposable Income, Death Rate due to cancer of the respiratory system/total cancer death, advertising outlays for cigarettes: Newspapers and television advertisement/total advertising cost, cigarette-production (including long and regular sizes), sales outlets, loyalty/total loyalty, average price for cigarettes and a dummy variable were used as independent variables. Analysis revealed that there is a significant negative relationship between cigarette-consumption and total cancer death and average prices on the one hand, and a significant positive association between loyalty and cigarette consumption on the other. Although advertising expenditures are not statistically significant, increased spending on advertising has an increasing effect on cigarette-consumption.


CONTENTS I. Introduction 327 II. Synthesis 328 III. Ultra-violet and infra-red spectra 328 IV. Polymerisation 329 V. Diene syntheses 331 VI. Other chemical properties 332


The most influential cultural government appointments in the field of media and the arts are discussed. The selection of appointees in Australia is based as much on political expediency as on qualifications for the job.


Quality and productivity are two important aspects that are inter-related in any machining operation The objective of this work is to estimate the influence of machining parameters and to determine their optimum conditions in manufacture of cast-iron disintegrated flywheel. The parameters considered are speed, feed and depth of cut where as the response are material removal rate and surface roughness. The experimental trials are conducted based on taguchi L8 orthogonal array with 2 levels of each machining parameters. The signal to noise ratio, the ANOVA and F-test are employed to find the optimum levels and to analyze the effects of machining parameters on MRR&SR.The experimental results indicates that feed has significant effect on MRR and speed has significant on SR.


The plywood waste is a potential alternative fuel for FB-combustion although the high sodium content lowers the melting point of silicates and aluminosilicates and therefore leads to agglomeration of conventional bed materials like silica sand and quartz. In this paper we describe a boiler test where pure plywood with high sodium content could successfully be combusted by use of a new bed material. During the four weeks period of the test the high sodium content did not cause any problems for the 5 MW heating plant. It was found that although no agglomeration of the bed material was detected, the bed particles did show some reactivity towards the fuel ash. This was seen as the formation of several thin coating layers on the bed particles. The composition of each layer was different. The outermost coating layer is especially interesting, since it contains a significant amount of magnesium. It may be this outermost layer that hinders agglomeration of the bed particles.


The aim of the present research was to evaluate the effects of drying air temperature and storage conditions used in Brazil on the quality of corn grains ( Zea mays L.) for ethanol production. The experiment was set up in a completely randomized design in a (3x2x2) factorial arrangement (drying air temperatures of 80, 100 and 120 oC vs. ambient storage conditions of 23 oC / 60% RH and cooled to 10 oC / 40% RH vs. storage time of zero and six months). The corn grains were harvested with a water content of 18.0% (w.b.). Then, they were dried in a convection/forced-air oven at different temperatures, until water content reached 12% (w.b.). After that, the grains were stored. It was concluded that the increase in drying air temperature reduced lipid content and starch percentage, decreasing ethanol yield to 38.74 L ton -1 of grains. Storage under refrigeration at 10 °C was favorable for the maintenance of lipid levels (+2%), starch percentage (6%) and ethanol yield (33 L ton -1 of grains). Thus, considering production conditions and weather in Brazil, grains should be dried at air temperatures up to 80 °C, and storage must be performed under refrigerated air up to 10 °C for quality assurance of maize grains in the dry season and, therefore, increased ethanol production in the industry.


Let G be an LCA group and h a Hilbert space, and let T(g) be a function on G into the contractions on H. Let {(a" be a sequence of probability measures on G. Under suitable conditions on 7(g) and the sequence {to. we prove the strong convergence of the sequence T. = f T(g)a,(dg). In certain cases we identify the limiting operator. Let G be an LCA group and 3(G ) the Borel sets of G. ? will denote the class of functions 1(y) defined on G which are Fourier transforms of a probability measure defined on @(G). If (qJ,,"=, is a sequence of such probability measures, with limb a, (y) = 1(y) for Vy E G, we shall call the sequence l(y)amenable. A set S E @(G) is called amenable if 3 a nonnegative Borel measure ,t on S(G) and a sequence {SJ} of Borel subsets of S such that (i) yt(B + g) = ,u(B) for every B e 9(G) and g E S, (ii) 0 = 1, IS(Y)) forVgES, 0 otherwise, then it is clear that ls E E and, in fact, if a,n(.) = 4[Sn n ( u)]/$[Sn], then lim ' (y) = IS(y) for Vy E G. Now let T(g) be a function defined on G whose values are contractions on a Hilbert space. We shall assume that 71g) is positive definite. For a definition of a positive definite valued function, see Foia? and Nagy [2, p. 25]. With these definitions we can state our main result. THEOREM . Let G be an LCA group and H a Hilbert space. Let T(g) be a positive definite function from G to the bounded operators on H such that T(e) is the identity operator and T(g) is weakly continuous. Then (i) T(g) is strongly continuous. (ii) For a probability measure a on G the integral fG T(g)a(dg) exists strongly and is a contraction operator on H. Received by the editors March 12, 1975 and, in revised form, February 26, 1976. AMS (MOS) subject classifications (1970). Primary 47A35, 47A20. Copyright @ 1977, American Mathematical Society


Effects of Zn content (0–1.5, in wt.%) on damping capacities of the as-homogenised and the hot-rolled Al–9.2Mg alloys are investigated. The Zn addition plays a significant role in the strain-amplitude-dependent damping (Qh −1). As for the as-homogenised state, Qh −1 decreases at first and then increases with the higher Zn content, and the Al–9.2Mg–1.5Zn alloy exhibits the highest Qh −1 (>0.016). As for the hot-rolled state, Qh −1 is just the reverse and the Al–9.2Mg–0.5Zn alloy exhibits the highest Qh −1 (>0.018). The damping behaviours are in accord with the G–L dislocation theory, which are determined by stacking fault energy (SFE), textures and precipitates.


Rabbits released in Australia in 1859 spread to most areas of suitable habitat by 1910 causing great damage to the
environment and primary industries. Measurement of damage is essential to justify spending money and utilising resources to remove rabbits. Damage to pasture and biodiversity may be irreversible and therefore difficult to measure without comparison with an area that has never suffered such damage. A rabbit proof fence completed in 1906 protected a large part of south east Queensland from rabbits. The Darling Downs Moreton Rabbit Board (DDMRB) continues to maintain the fence and keep the area relatively free of rabbits. This area is unique because it is highly suitable for rabbits and yet it has never 'experienced' the damage caused by plagues of uncontrolled rabbits. A study site was established where the DDMRB fence separates an area heavily used by rabbits ('dirty side') from an area that has never been infested by rabbits ('clean side'). The number and location of all rabbit warrens and log piles were recorded. The absence of warrens from the 'clean side' shows clearly that the rabbit proof fence has prevented rabbits from establishing warren systems. The 'dirty side' is characterised by a high number of warrens, a high density of rabbits, fewer pasture species and low macropod activity. Future work will determine whether the rabbit populations are viable in the absence of rabbit warrens. We plan to radio collar rabbits on both sides of the fence to measure their survival rate. In selected warrens and log piles of varying degrees
of complexity and size, rabbits will be trapped and information on reproduction and age structure will be collected. This will allow better targeting of the source of rabbits during control operations. Once the initial comparative analysis of the site has been completed, all rabbit warrens will be destroyed on the dirty side
of the fence. After rabbits are removed from this area, monitoring will continue to determine if pasture and biodiversity on opposite sides of the fence begin to mirror each other.


This paper investigates the value relevance of accounting information in the presence of ineffective internal control (IIC). Based on Ohlson's valuation model, this paper first documents that IIC can directly affect a firm's market value after control cost of capital, corporate governance, and other, value-relevant variables. Second, this paper finds that the value relevance of earnings and book value in determining a firm's market value are significantly reduced. Collectively, the results of this paper indicate that the effectiveness of internal controls can directly affect a firm's market value and the value relevance of accounting information.


It is desirable to know a resident's on-going activities before a robot or a smart system can provide attentive services to meet real human needs. This work addresses the problem of learning and recognizing human daily activities in a dynamic environment. Most currently available approaches learn offline activity models and recognize activities of interest on a real time basis. However, the activity models become outdated when human behaviors or device deployment have changed. It is a tedious and error-prone job to recollect data for retraining the activity models. In such a case, it is important to adapt the learnt activity models to the changes without much human supervision. In this work, we present a self-reconfigurable approach for activity recognition which reconfigures previously learnt activity models and infers multiple activities under a dynamic environment meanwhile pursuing minimal human efforts in relabeling training data by utilizing active-learning assistance.


Pera sweet orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) is the most important mid-season sweet orange cultivar in Brazil, not only because of its desirable fruit quality for both juice processing and the fresh fruit market, but also because there is a lack of adequate mid-season alternative sweet orange cultivars. This study aimed to evaluate the horticultural performance of other sweet oranges in an attempt to identify similar or superior selections to the standard cultivar, Pera IAC sweet orange. Seventeen sweet oranges selections, including the standard Pera IAC, were budded on Sunki mandarin [C. sunki (Hayata) hort. ex Tanaka]. The experiment was planted in 2007, using 12-month-old nursery trees, with 6.5 × 2.5 m spacing in the Southern region of São Paulo state, Brazil. The experimental orchard was maintained with standard commercial management practices, and without supplementary irrigation. Data collection started three years after planting and was carried out until seven years after the experiment had been installed. Vegetative growth, plant yield, fruit drop, fruit quality, and fruit maturation regressions were assessed. Averages of the alternative selections were compared with those of the standard cultivar by Dunnett test. Performance indexes were calculated in order to identify potential superior selections for the fresh fruit market and for juice processing. Results indicated significant differences among the selections evaluated when compared with the standard cultivar, suggesting better alternatives to be exploited. Five selections (Biondo, Finike, Pera Alexandre Maróstica, Seleta Rio, and Vaccaro Blood) offered superior performance in terms of attributes required for the fresh fruit market, while one selection (Pera Alexandre Maróstica) was superior for juice processing traits. These alternatives to Pera IAC represent an opportunity for more efficient and productive scions with higher fruit quality, and with a slight shift within the mid-season harvest time of sweet oranges in Brazil.


BACKGROUND
Neurorehabilitation programs are among the most popular therapies aimed at reducing the disabilities that result from multiple sclerosis. Video games have recently gained importance in the rehabilitation of patients with motor neurological dysfunctions. Currently, the studies describing the perspective of patients with multiple sclerosis who have participated in rehabilitation programmes via home-based video games are almost inexistent.

AIM
The aim of this paper was to explore the experiences of multiple sclerosis patients who performed a virtual home-exercise programme using Kinect.

DESIGN
A qualitative research enquiry was conducted as part of a study that examined postural control and balance after a 10-week Kinect home-exercise programme in adults with multiple sclerosis.

SETTING
Patients were recruited from a Neurology Unit of a University Hospital.

POPULATION
The inclusion criteria were: subjects aged between 20 and 60 years, diagnosed with multiple sclerosis for over 2 years based on the McDonald Criteria; with an EDSS score ranging from 3 to 5.

METHODS
Purposeful sampling method was implemented. The data collection consisted of unstructured interviews, using open questions, and thematic analysis was conducted. Guidelines for conducting qualitative studies established by the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research were followed.

RESULTS
Twenty-four patients with a mean age of 36.69 were included. Four main themes emerged from the data: 1) regaining previous capacity and abilities. The patients described how, after the treatment with Kinect they felt more independent; 2) sharing the disease. The patients sharing the experience of living with MS with their family, thanks to the use of Kinect; 3) adapting to the new treatment. This refers to how the use of the videogame console incorporated novelties to their rehabilitation programme; and 4) comparing oneself. This refers to the appearance of factors that motivate the patient during KVHEP.

CONCLUSIONS
The patients' experiences gathered in this study highlight perceptions of unexpected improvement, an eagerness to improve, and the positive opportunity of sharing treatment with their social entourage thanks to the games.

CLINICAL REHABILITATION IMPACT
These results can be applied to future research using video consoles, by individualizing and adapting the games to the patient's abilities, and by developing a new field in rehabilitation.


The use of the Monte Carlo method to simulate radiation transport has become the most accurate means of predicting absorbed dose distributions and other quantities of interest in radiation treatments of cancer patients using either external or radionuclide radiotherapy. This trend has continued for the estimation of the absorbed dose in diagnostic procedures using radionuclides as well as the assessment of image quality and the quantitative accuracy of radionuclide imaging. As a consequence of this generalized use, many questions are being raised, primarily about the need and potential of Monte Carlo techniques, but also about how accurate they really are, what would it take to apply them clinically and make them available widely to the nuclear medicine community at large. Many of these questions will be answered when Monte Carlo techniques are implemented and used for more routine calculations and for in-depth investigations. The conceptual role of the Monte Carlo method is briefly introduced in this paper, which is followed by a survey of its different applications in diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine. Please note that due to limited space, the references contained herein are for illustrative purposes and are not inclusive; no implication that those chosen are better than others not mentioned is intended. 1. CONCEPTUAL ROLE OF MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS The Monte Carlo method describes a very broad area of science, in which many processes, physical systems and phenomena are simulated by statistical methods employing random numbers. The general idea of Monte Carlo analysis is to create a model, which is as similar as possible to the real physical system of interest, and to create interactions within that system based on known probabilities of occurrence, with random sampling of the probability density functions (PDFs). As the number of individual events (called histories) is increased, the quality of the reported average behaviour of the system improves, meaning that the statistical uncertainty decreases. Almost any complex system can in principle be modelled; perhaps there is a desire to model the number of cars passing a particular intersection during certain times of the day, to optimize traffic management, or to model the


OBJECTIVE To establish a high-performance liquid chromatographic(HPLC) assay for the determination of epirubicin in human plasma.METHODS Hypersil ODS-C_(18) column was used;the mobile phase consisted of acetonitrilemethanol-water(32∶50∶18,v/v);the flow rate was(1.0) mL·min~(-1);The drug was analyzed with a fluorescence detector using an excitation wavelength of 480 nm and emission wavelength of 560 nm.Plasma samples containing daunorubicin as the internal standard were extracted with the method of protein precipitation-dehydration.RESULTS A linearity was obtained from 10 to(1 000) μg·L~(-1) of epirubicin in plasma with a good correlation coefficient(r=(0.999 1),n=5).The mean recovery was(102.63%).The intra day and inter day RSDs were less than 5%,and detection limit was 5 μg·L~(-1).CONCLUSION The improved method was sensitive,specific and simple.The method was suitable for the pharmacokinetics monitor and study of epirubicin.


Objective To prospectively compare rebleeding rates in patients treated with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt( TIPS) with covered stents alone and those treated with TIPS with covered stents combined with adjunctive coronary vein occlusion( CVO) with TH glue. Methods Eighty-ninepatients in Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University were admitted because of gastroesophageal varices bleeding from January 2005 to December 2011. All patients were divided into 2groups: 43 cases in TIPS group,46 cases in TIPS + CVO group. Portal venous pressure( PVP) and portal pressure gradient( PPG) of the two groups before and after reatment were detected and compared using t test.In follow-up period,the free of upper gastronintestinal rebleeding rate,survival rate and stent patency rate of the two groups were analysed with Kaplan-Meier method,and further comparison between groups were anlysed using log-rank test. Results Preoperative PVP in TIPS group and TIPS + CVO group were( 35. 21 ± 3. 12),( 34. 33 ±3. 59) mm Hg( 1 mm Hg = 0. 133 kPa),postoperative PVP were( 20. 95 ± 2. 78),( 22. 66 ±3. 08) mm Hg; preoperative PPG in two groups were( 25. 84 ± 4. 18),( 25. 47 ± 2. 30) mm Hg,postoperative PPG were( 11. 57 ± 1. 74),( 13. 79 ± 1. 48) mm Hg. Postoperative PVP and PPG were lower than preoperative PVP and PPG,and the differences were statistically significant( TIPS group: t = 15. 772,P = 0. 000,t = 15. 722,P = 0. 000; TIPS + CVO group: t = 31. 069,P = 0. 000,t = 31. 069,P = 0. 000);there were no significant differences in PVP between the two groups before and after treatment. Preoperative PPG had no significant difference between the two groups,but the difference of preoperative PPG between the two groups was statistically significant( t =- 4. 762,P = 0. 000). All the cases were followed up for 1 to 84months after with an average of( 26. 27 ± 21. 04) months. The free of variceal rebleeding rates in TIPS group were 84. 7% after 1 year,70. 8% after 2 years,50. 3% after 4 years,and those in TIPS + CVO group were95. 5% after 1 year,92. 2% after 2 years,86. 8% after 4 years,and the difference of the two groups was statistically significant( χ2= 5. 978,P = 0. 014). Survival rates in TIPS + CVO group were 91. 2% after 6months,87. 8% after 12 months,80. 9% after 24 months,64. 3% after 48 months,55. 2% after 60months,and those in TIPS group were 92. 8% after 6 months,77. 4% after 12 months,71. 6% after 24months,50. 1% after 48 months,37. 6% after 60 months,and the survival rates between two groups had no significant difference( χ2= 2. 81,P = 0. 094). Stent patency rates in TIPS + CVO group were 95. 6% after 6months,90. 3% after 12 months,83. 2% after 24 months,and those in TIPS group were 90. 5% after 6months,84. 3% after 12 months,76. 6% after 24 months,and there was no significant difference between the two groups( χ2= 0. 763,P = 0. 382). Conclusion The combined treatment of TIPS with covered stent and CVO with TH glue can reduce the rebleeding rate of esophageal and gastric varices more effectively than TIPS alone,and it has a good,long-term effect.


Silver sulfadiazine was encountered during casework, but its optical properties could not be found in a literature search. A standard was obtained and its optical properties determined by the spindle stage method. The standard crystals were determined to be monoclinic prisms with strong inclined dispersion, and the following optical properties at several wavelengths. For λ=485 nm: (+)2V=59.1°, nx=1.762, ny=1.766, nz=1.777, nz-nx=0.015; for λ=589 nm: (+)2V=76.6°, nx=1.736, ny=1.739, nz=1.751, nz-nx=0.015; for λ=650 nm: (+)2V=77.2°, nx=1.726; ny=1.731; nz=1.738; nz-nx=0.012.


We show that, when D>~4, theories of closed strings of closed strings in D, non-compact space-time dimensions exhibit a phase transition. The high-temperature phase is characterized by a condensate of arbitrarily long strings with Hausdorff dimension two (area filling curves). We suggest that this stringy phase is the ancestor of the adiabatic era. Fundamental strings could then both drive the inflation and seed, in a way reminiscent of the cosmic string mechanism, the large structures in the universe.


Neurosystems Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 2 Ecological Cognitive Neuroscience Group, Santiago, Chile, 3 The Center for Hearing and Balance, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Neuroscience, Cognition and Educational Lab, Center for Advanced Research in Education, Institute of Education, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Departamento de Educación Diferencial, Facultad de Filosofía y Educación, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación, Santiago, Chile


The present invention is a single SAP (superabsorbent polymer) type granules or more SAP type, at high speed, in a continuous or intermittent two-dimensional or three-dimensional profile, via a volumetric or weight measurement, the carrier on receiving system, such as a layer, and / or, in particular, diapers for infants or adults, training pants, pull up diapers (diaper pants), sanitary napkins, air flow for use in absorbent articles such as panty liners to the middle, to an apparatus and method for applying. These articles typically comprise mixed SAP and fiber core having a carrier layer and / or a further layer has a SAP particles, constitute a complete article. .FIELD 1C


With the rapid development of mobile Internet, mobile applications are explosive growing. Due to the lack of security supervision of mobile applications in the mobile marketing, many security issues continue to emerge. Aiming at the single function of existing mobile application security assessment tools, which is unable to implement full range of security supervision to mobile applications, this paper designs an automated security assessment framework for mobile applications. Based on the idea of static and dynamic analysis, the proposed framework can perform security assessment respectively on mobile applications, data communication and the back-end server, and can realize the efficient and accurate security assessment on both Android and IOS platform.


On an incident of accelerator beam loss, the tracking detector located close to the beam line is subjected to receive intensive radiation in a short period. We used a 1-W focused Nd :YAG laser and simulated the effects on the ATLAS microstrip detector. The laser corresponds to intensity of up to 1 10 mips=pulse with a pulse width of about 10 ns. We observed breaks on Al strips on extreme conditions, depending on the laser intensity and bias voltage applied to the silicon sensor. The break can be interpreted as the oxide breakdown due to a large voltage locally created across the oxide by the intensive signal charges. The robustness of the Semiconductor Tracker (SCT) module including readout ASICs is also evaluated. r 2005 Published by Elsevier B.V. PACS: 29.40.Gx; 29.40.Wk


Objectives: A variety of surgical options exist to treat the challenging problem of recurrent patellar instability in skeletally immature patients. The current study describes a combined reconstruction technique involving both the medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) and the medial quadriceps tendon - femoral ligament (MQTFL) and reports patient outcomes of a single-surgeon series. Methods: All patients studied underwent combined MPFL and MQTFL reconstruction for patellar instability. Demographic data, pre- and post-operative radiographic data were collected. Reconstruction was performed using gracilis allograft. The graft midportion was fixed to the MPFL insertion on the femur via suture anchor. One arm of the graft (MPFL) was tunneled under medial retinaculum to the medial border of the patella and fixed there via suture anchor, while the other (MQTFL) arm was tunneled, delivered under the VMO and brought through the medial distal quadriceps tendon and sutured in place. Subjective outcome scores (Kujala, Pedi-IKDC, Lysholm) were collected via questionnaires mailed to patients more than one year from surgery. Results: A total of 25 patients (27 knees), including 15 females and 10 males with an average age of 15.0 ± 2.2 years (range 10.3-18.9), underwent combined MPFL and MQTFL reconstruction. 6/25 (24%) had undergone prior ipsilateral patellofemoral surgery for instability. 5/25 (20%) underwent simultaneous guided growth via hemiepiphysiodesis for valgus deformity at the time of combined reconstruction. Preoperative imaging showed a mean TT-TG of 17.2 ± 3.8, Caton-Deschamps Index (CDI) of 1.13 ± 0.16, and trochlear dysplasia Dejour A/B (22/26 (85%)) or Dejour C/D (4/26 (15%)). A total of 18 patients (19 knees, 72%) returned outcomes questionnaires at a mean 2.0 ± 0.5 years after surgery. Mean Kujala, Pedi-IKDC, and Lysholm scores were 85.9 ± 13.9, 81.5 ± 15.2, and 84.3 ± 13.5, respectively. 2/25 patients (8%) later required a revision procedure (tibial tubercle osteotomy) for recurrent patellar instability, and another patient reported persistent instability not requiring revision. 10/13 patients (77%) were able to return to sports at a mean of 5.8 +/- 3.9 months (range 2-15). Conclusion: The current study describes a novel anatomically-validated surgical technique involving the simultaneous reconstruction of both the MPFL and MQTFL in a pediatric patient population. Follow-up data presented demonstrates overall positive results in treating this challenging problem in a young patient population.


Now a days LIS professionals, teachers, research scholars and students are regularly creating digital resources in the form of word files, blogs, photographs, multimedia files, audio/video clips, web contents using social media and uploading to the social media and also sharing the contents with their friends and other researchers. In distance education and open leaning, the enrolled students are interacting with their counselor to submit assignments, learn and download online contents which are made available by the open university and distant learning centres for their students. All these activities make the LIS professionals and library users vulnerable with the infringement of copyright provision, IPR and DRM issues for their utilisation and sharing. Here the role of LIS professionals come to address this issues and make the library users/university communities digitally literate how to keep themselves away from the litigations arising out of the copyright, IPR and DRM violations. The aim of the present paper is to discuss the concepts, definition and scenario of IPR, Copyright and Digital Rights Management and recent developments in the areas of copyright and DRM issues pertaining to the printed as well as electronic resources for the understanding of the students, researchers and educators. This paper also highlights the role of LIS professionals (Librarians and Library & Information Science Teachers) in introducing IPR, Copyrights and DRM concepts to academic communities engage in academic and research activities in universities and higher learning institutions of India to make the understand the technicalities for creating any works and publishing in scholarly journals of national and international peer reviewed and referred journals, conference proceedings, edited books in printed as well as online publications on websites.Therefore, this paper attempt to address these issues and put forward some suggestions for the academic and research communities of universities for proper utilisation of printed as well as web resources and publish their scholarly papers in online peer reviewed journals and other medium. At the end of the paper, the author suggested to carefully examined the provisions of copyrights forms before filling up and transferring the copyrights to the publishers of journals, books and web/online e-books, journals and other web resources.


To survey and evaluate the max absorption wave length for Berberine.The optimization addition quantity of the tween-80 was definited by the dissolution of the berberine in the Chinese-Western medicine emulsion by different content of tween-80.The stability of the emulsion was judged by observation of appearance,detection of content,pH and the centrifugate accelerated test,reeze-heat cycle test,60 ℃ and illumination test,(40±2)℃ accelerated test.The security of the emulsion was accredited by cutaneous stimulation test and stimulation test of the mucosa for the vagina in rat.The results showed that the max absorption wave length for berberine was 350 nm,the dissolution of the berberine in the emulsion doesn′t increased by adding the tween-80,and the optimum quantity was 4.95%.The emulsion is an ideal external preparation with stability,security and none-irritant,it can be used in clinical.


Shallow investigation is crucial in enhancing the characteristics of subsurface void commonly encountered in civil engineering, and one such technique commonly used is seismic-reflection technique. An assessment of the effectiveness of such an approach is critical to determine whether the quality of the works meets the prescribed requirements. Conventional quality testing suffers limitations including: limited coverage (both area and depth) and problems with resolution quality. Traditionally quality assurance measurements use laboratory and in-situ invasive and destructive tests. However geophysical approaches, which are typically non-invasive and non-destructive, offer a method by which improvement of detection can be measured in a cost-effective way. Of this seismic reflection have proved useful to assess void characteristic, this paper evaluates the application of shallow seismic-reflection method in characterizing the water-filled void properties at 0.34 m depth, specifically for detection and characterization of void measurement using 2-dimensional tomography.


Segmentation is one of the most critical as well as important stage in optical character recognition system. Especially the segmentation of South Indian scripts has become one of the challenging aspects in order to provide a standard solution to South Indian OCR's. The segmentation of Kannada and Telugu scripts are considered to be still more serious researches due to the highest number of characters and increased variability, touching characters and overlapping characters in its native characters. This paper aims at providing an efficient touching line segmentation and classification algorithm in application with multiple projection profiles, bounding box analysis, Pearson's correlation features and decision tree classifier. The algorithm has provided improved accuracy in recognizing the complex or overlapping characters and proved to be efficient by obtaining around 97% - 99% of accuracy.


The following article deals with some social aspects of public administration in the tax sphere. The author argues that the law and the economic approaches are not enough for the effective regulation of the modern tax interactions. It is proved that sociological theory can be used for designing the new taxation strategy.


Probiotic strains such as Lactobacillus spp. are already known for their beneficial effect on human health and new research supports their role in colon cancer prevention and treatment. The current study reports the effect of different concentrations of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus (LGG, 106–109 CFU/mL), alone or in association with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU, 10 μM), tested against normal HaCaT cells, HT-29 colorectal adenocarcinoma and HCT-116 colorectal carcinoma cell lines. The underlying cytotoxic effect was further investigated. LGG treatment of HT-29 and HCT-116 cells caused a variety of apoptotic-related nuclear morphological changes, as revealed by DAPI staining. ELISA studies showed that LGG treatment increased caspase-3 activity and pro-apoptotic BAX protein levels while decreasing anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein levels and the proto-oncogene Cyclin D1. A more detailed examination of the mitochondrial function revealed that high concentrations of LGG can impair mitochondrial function in HT-29 and HCT-116 cancer cells. All of these findings suggest that LGG has a pro-apoptotic, mitochondrial-targeted, cytotoxic effect on both colon cancer cell lines studied.


A linear displacement electromagnetic machine is proposed to be used as a passive structural damper. The electromagnetic damper extracts the kinetic energy imparted into the structure by wind or seismic disturbances by transforming it into electricity and induces a force that opposes the movement produced by the disturbance. It is shown that the force-velocity relationship of the electromagnetic damper approximates that of an ideal dashpot with a time delay caused by the circuit reactance. A feasibility analysis is presented to demonstrate the physical and economical viability of the electromagnetic damper as a structural device. The proposed device presents several advantages over current passive structural dampers, among which are: energy dissipation external to the device; possible operation as a semiactive damper by modifying the circuit impedance; and possible operation as an actuator by reversing the energy flow direction.


17 Design of structures made using Silica Fume (SF) concrete to an acceptable level of safety requires the 18 probabilistic evaluation of its mechanical properties. An extensive experimental program was carried out 19 on compressive strength, flexural strength and tensile splitting strength of SF concrete. Seven concrete 20 mixes with different proportions of SF were designed to produce 490 concrete samples. The probabilistic 21 models to describe the variability of the mechanical properties of SF concrete were proposed. Two 22 parameter probability models such as Weibull, normal, lognormal and gamma distribution were considered 23 for the representation of variability. The probability distribution models were selected based on the three 24 goodness-of-fit tests such as the Kolmogorov-Sminrov (KS), Chi-square (CS) and log-likelihood (LK) tests. 25 The results obtained from the models are useful for description of the variability of selected mechanical 26 Manuscript Click here to access/download;Manuscript;Manuscript.docx


Large-scale permanent magnet generators with full power electronic converters are of increasing interest to many wind turbine manufacturers. These systems offer an efficient and reliable solution for offshore and low wind sites. However, the advantages of these generators necessitate a system design approach when selecting a power electronic drive and designing to meet the toughest grid code elements. The inability to control the generator's rotor flux means that the necessary over speed margin for the turbine will affect the stator voltage and current seen by the drive.


This thesis contributes to recent research into the narratological or discursive basis of psychological personal identities. Drawing upon Bernard Lonergan's understanding of the human subject, it develops a Christian theological anthropology of freedom that is informed by this discursive nature of personal psychological identity.


Operational behaviors of the class-F and class-F ampliers are investigated. For the half-sinusoidal voltage waveform of the class-F amplier, the amplier should be operated in the highly saturated region, in which the phase relation between the fundamental and second harmonic currents are out-of-phase. The class-F amplier can operate at the less saturated region to form a half sinewave current waveform. Therefore, the class-F amplier has a bifurcated current waveform from the hard saturated operation, but the class-F amplier operates as a switch at the saturated region for a second harmonic tuned half-sine waveform. To get the hard saturated operation, the fundamental load is very large, more than times larger than that of the tuned load amplier. The operational behaviors of the ampliers are explored with the nonlinear output capacitor. Since the capacitor generates a large second harmonic voltage with smaller higher order terms, the class-F amplierwith the nonlinear capacitor can deliver the proper half-sinusoidal voltage waveforms at a lower power, but the effect of the nonlinear capacitor is small for the class-F amplier. The class-F amplier delivers the superior performance at the highly saturated operation due to its larger fundamental current and voltage generation at the expense of the larger voltage swing. The simulation results lead to the conclusion that the class-F amplier with the nonlinear capacitor is suitable topology for high efciency. However, in the strict sense, the class-F amplier with the nonlinear capacitor is not the classical class-F amplier because the voltage-shaping mechanisms and the fundamental load are quite different. We call it the saturated amplier since the amplier is the optimized structure of the power amplier operation at the saturated mode.


Introduction Psychotic disorder is defined as a loss of contact with reality. Those who suffer from it perceive an altered reality, assuming it to be true.This feeling of unreality generates nervousness, anguish, hypervigilance and even social and emotional isolation. We present the case of a 18-year-old woman who attended the Emergency Department accompanied by the director of her college due to behavioral alterations. The patient reports that since she has moved to Salamanca to study,she has the feeling that her father has hired spies, one of them being her classmate, being able to hear sounds and voices, which she defines as motivating her to go on with her life. She reports that she is in a lower mood in this context and that there have been some days when she has not been able to attend class. Objectives The objectives are to study the severity of the psychotic disorder in a young patient subjected to an episode of stress and to observe the reaction of the patient when it has been properly treated. Methods We carry out a review of the clinical history of a 18-year-old female patient with psychotic disorder, admitted to the Psychiatric Brief Hospitalization Unit (PBHU) in Salamanca. Results The patient was treated with Risperidone 2mg/24h. After a few days in the PBHU, total disappearance of the psychotic symptoms was observed and the patient is completely self-critical. Once she was discharged, it was decided that she should return home with her parents for several months and continue treatment with Aripiprazole and Sertraline. Conclusions Occasionaly, there are ethical dilemmas about beginning to treat young patients with psychotic ideas derived from external situations. Optimal treatment including drugs, psychotherapy and family support are essential. According to the scientific literature,a greater involvement in diagnosis,treatment and follow-up is recommended in patients with psychotic symptomatology derived from stress. Disclosure of Interest None Declared


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The thermodynamics model of laser welding process is established based on the thermal elastic-plastic finite element method (FEM);secondary APDL language was developed by three dimensional FEM ANSYS.FEM simulation is analyzed combining with numerical calculation.Stress distribution of specimen after instantaneous air-cooled 10s during laser welding is discussed as well.


Historians have thus far focused primarily on Wonchuek's thought. No wonder they have made little efforts to reconstruct his life. Thus, this thesis is aimed at putting together the pieces of his life and political view through historical records of him. The four new findings are as follows. First, Wonchuek is the member of the Royal Family that was called "clan Park" from Moryangbu (牟梁部) in Shilla King Jinpyong (眞平王) reign. At the age of 15, he went to the Tang(唐) to study Buddhism. 1 discovered why he went there. Second, he was proficient in six foreign languages including Chinese and Sanskrit. He also had an eye for old academical Buddhism which is Soepron (攝論宗) and Jiron(地論宗). As he met Hyungjang(玄裝) in Tang (唐), he could integrate Soepron(攝論宗) with Jiron(地論宗). However, he hid in Mt. Chongnam(終南山) when the war broke between Shilla and Tang(唐) all of a sudden. After this war, Shilla tried to improve the relations with Tang through Wonchuek's help. Third, I reviewed the biographies of Wonchuek(圓測傳) and GyugI(窺基傳) describing Wonchuek's wiretapping of Hyunjang's instruction, and I found that Wonchuek was at odds with Gyugj(窺基). This confrontation was continued even after their death. Fourth, I discovered that even though he once drew the attention from Joongdae (中代王室) that wanted to improve the relations with Tang (唐). Wonchuek and his family gradually lost their influence because Joonggo(中古王室) deeply involved in Woncheuk collapsed. However, Shilla failed to establish good relations with Tang, and Moryangbu (牟梁部) was purged during the reign of King Hyoso(孝昭王).


Despite the high prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases(STIs) and abortions among Greek youth, sexuality education is not yet part of the curriculum of Greek schools and the Greek family is not ready to address these issues with comfort.

 A "one-stop information point" was organized for one week in major cities of Crete Region as part of a community health program, which was funded by the Regional Authority of Crete to address "Gender Equality in the Region of Crete within 2018-2020". The project aimed at increasing young people's awareness of sexual health issues using a "peer education" approach and a youth-friendly information package. Undergraduate students from health, mental health and social care professions acted as volunteers upon receiving a rigorous 2-day training by sexual and reproductive health experts. The questions to be answered by the project were: "What are the main concerns of adolescents regarding their sexual health? How much satisfaction could adolescents gain by a "one stop information point" and a youth friendly "information package" offered by peers?

 Serious information gaps regarding contraception and STI's and a number of stereotypes regarding healthy relations and sexual orientation have been recorded. Gender dysphoria is still an issue that remains unaddressed among young people. A youth-friendly website (LaHeRS Lab) and short videos are now available as part of the project to facilitate young people's access to information. A large social media network of young people interested in sexual health issues has been formed locally and is growing nationally. The intervention was received with satisfaction.

 "One-stop information centres" and "peer education" have been an ideal combination to address sensitive issues among young people.

 Knowledge gaps and unsafe sexual practices are prevalent among adolescents. Sexuality education should be offered in early school life.


The comparative analysis of terms used in professional literature is given. The introduction of the term «collection of book relics» for collections consisting totally of book relics (e.g. collection of manuscripts) is grounded.


Wireless sensor network (WSN) is a constantly growing technological platform with extremely large and novel applications. WSN's are being used in many applications such as habitat monitoring (to observe wildlife), health monitoring, logistics (equip goods with sensor nodes), military purposes, and home automation. WSN are prone to various security attacks one of which is Sybil attack, in which one node takes multiple identities and misbehaves in the network. In this paper, we propose a security based on LEACH routing protocol against Sybil attack. LEACH (Low Energy Adaptive Hierarchy) routing protocol is the conventional clustering communication protocol which is commonly used in Wireless Sensor Networks. Major issue with LEACH routing protocol is energy consumption. In order to balance the energy consumption of each node, the nodes are selected as cluster head randomly and circularly. The mechanism is set up to detect Sybil attack based on the distance and hop count between the nodes and the prevention is done using encryption technique which is based on unique identities of the nodes. Three performance parameters: Throughputs, energy consumption, packet overhead are calculated. Their values show the efficiency of the proposed protocol.


This article examines the relationship existing between employee welfare and job satisfaction among non-academic staff of universities in Ekiti State. Its specific objectives are to examine the relationship between housing facilities and identify the welfare areas the universities need to focus on for their employees. The study is a correlational one as it seeks to examine relationships between variables. As a result, only Pearson's Correlation Coefficient was used alongside descriptive statistics like frequencies. Data was collected with the aid of close-ended questionnaires from a sample of 384 non-academic staff of universities in Ekiti State which was derived using Cochran's (1963) formula. Simple random sampling technique was used to select sample members. Results show that a moderately positive relationship exists between employee welfare and job satisfaction and concludes that an increase in employee welfare will cause a corresponding increase in job satisfaction. The study further shows that housing facilities have a very weak positive correlation with job satisfaction and recommends that welfare areas like work-life balance, transportation and occupational safety should be focused on by the universities.


This article examines the emergence of a distinctive brand of political cosmopolitanism across Britain's Asian Empire during World War I. Rather than presenting this phenomenon merely as a response to Western developments (in particular, Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points), it argues for the Asian origins and political logic of such discourse. The activities of the poet Rabindranath Tagore in these crucial years, his voyage from Bengal to Japan and his scheme for an international university, are used as a lens through which to view the wider currency of cosmopolitan thinking and practice in the region. For, it is argued, while Tagore never committed himself to an explicitly 'political' cosmopolitan project, the success and failure of his international endeavours are best understood within this broader intellectual milieu.


Abstract Background Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus (SLF) differences are consistently reported in psychotic disorders. The SLF is a complex large bundle of association white matter fibers that bidirectionally connect caudal, temporal cortex and inferior parietal cortex to locations in the frontal lobe. Advances in tractography methodologies detail four discrete subdivisions (SLF I, II, III and IV, more often referred to as the arcuate fasciculus (AF)). Greater specificity of the SLF subdivisions and associated cognitive networks may clarify the mechanisms of divergent tract developmental and functional aspects associated with psychotic experience symptomology in population based samples of adolescents within the extended psychosis continuum Methods A case-control sample of 25 adolescents reporting psychotic experiences versus 25 controls (mean age 13.7 years). We employed High Angular Resolution Diffusion Imaging (HARDI) based data with constrained spherical deconvolution (CSD) based fibre tractography to delineate the discrete subdivisions of the SLF including the arcuate fasciculous. Following tract identification, standard diffusion metrics, (fractional anisotrophy (FA), and Diffusivity measures MD, AD and RD), were assessed. A secondary supportive "along-tract" analysis to ascertain more subtle patterns of variation of tract integrity over the tract length was applied. White matter nodal analysis exploring the structural connectivity was applied to investigate additional functional networks recruited by and interconnected via the SFL. We investigate the ability of tractography of the SLF subdivisions and nodal analysis to identify possible differences between adolescents experiencing subclinical psychotic like experiences and those who don't. Results Our results agree with recent studies of the SLF I and AF (Fernandes-Miranda et al 2015) revealing a pattern of asymmetry of these tracts with more extensive tract bundles being consistently identified in the left hemisphere compared to the right. Along-tract analysis revealed subtle patterns of change in discrete subdivisions of the SLF while nodal analysis shows promise in its ability to define precise organisational networks Discussion Delineating the SLF subdivisions may clarify potential developmental trajectories between frontal and parieto-temporal speech-related areas contributing to the pathogenesis of psychotic like experiences. These results reveal the presence of aberrant structural connectivity in young adolescents with psychotic experiences.


An investigation was undertaken to assess effect of fiber rich supplement on blood glucose level of type 2 diabetic patients. Fiber rich supplement was tested on eleven type 2 diabetic subjects for blood glucose lowering effect by undertaking an intervention of two months feeding trials. Results with respect to two months supplementation indicated that the fiber rich supplement was helpful in significantly reducing the fasting and postprandial blood glucose level of subjects. The reduction in the fasting blood glucose level after two months supplement intake was 30-70 mg/dl. While, the postprandial blood glucose values of the subjects were reduced by 92-140 mg/dl. There was reduction in the physiological symptoms at the end of the supplementation. It can be concluded from the study that the fiber rich supplement had therapeutic value as it was beneficial for lowering the blood glucose content of type 2 diabetics.


The external anatomy and radula of Cosmetalepas africana (Tomlin, 1926) and Macroschisma africana (Tomlin, 1932) are descriptionbed and figured, and biological notes on both species are given. The systematic positions of the two genera are discussed in the light of these observations. The relationships of Cosmetalepas are currently uncertain whilst Macroschisma clearly belongs in the Fissurellinae. A note on the correct spelling of Macroschisma is appended.


In this paper, in order to increase system capacity and reduce the transmitting power of the user's equipment, we propose a modified power control scheme consisting of a modified closed-loop power control (CLPC) and open-loop power control (OLPC). The modified CLPC algorithm, combining delay compensation algorithms and pilot diversity, is mainly applied to the ancillary terrestrial component (ATC) link in urban areas, because it is more suitable to the short round-trip delay (RTD). In the case of rural areas, where ATCs are not deployed or where a signal is not received from ATCs, transmit power monitoring equipment and OLPC algorithms using efficient pilot diversity are combined and applied to the link between the user's equipment and the satellite. Two power control algorithms are applied equally to the boundary areas where two kinds of signals are received in order to ensure coverage continuity. Simulation results show that the modified power control scheme has good performance compared to conventional power control schemes in a geostationary earth orbit (GEO) satellite system utilizing ATCs.