We present an improved logic for analysing authentication properties of cryptographic protocols, based on the SVO logic of Syverson and van Oorschot (1994). Such logics are useful in electronic commerce, among other areas. We have constructed this logic in order to simplify automation, and we describe an implementation using the Isabelle theorem-proving system, and a GUI tool based on this implementation. The tool is typically operated by opening a list of propositions intended to be true, and clicking one button. Since the rules form a clean framework, the logic is easily extensible. We also present in detail a proof of soundness, using Kripke possible-worlds semantics.


The microsphere formation mechanism of bis(Nα-amido-l-phenylalanine) 1,1-cyclobutanedicarboxylate, whose self-assembly was triggered by protonation of its carboxylic groups, was investigated by Raman microscopy. An image of the Raman intensity contour map, Raman imaging, shows that water is excluded from the core during the l-phenylalanine dicarboxylate aggregation. In situ Raman microscopic studies on the size and morphological changes of microspheres indicates that osmotic pressure on the sphere, generated by water exclusion from the sphere's core, controls the final assembled structure and morphology.


During an antibiotic screening programme, a new biologically active complex was isolated from an unidentified Streptomyces, strain Ac6 5691), which was obtained from a garden soil in Calcutta, India. This antibiotic complex was found to contain two water-soluble active fractions of which the major one was designated as boseimycin. This commuication describes the isolation, purification and characterization of boseimycin. It was found to have a close relationship to the streptothricin group of antibiotics but was differentiated from them on the basis of its physico-chemical and microbiological properties.


Effects of the dielectric constant and thickness of a feed substrate on the bandwidth and radiation characteristics of an aperture coupled microstrip patch antenna (ACMPA) are investigated. The optimized return loss bandwidth of an ACMPA increases without the degradation of radiation characteristics as the feed substrate dielectric constant increases for the same feed substrate thickness. The optimized return loss bandwidth of an ACMPA with the dielectric constant of a feed substrate of 10, which is compatible with the high dielectric constant monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) materials, increases without the degradation of radiation characteristics as the thickness of a feed substrate decreases. The ACMPA configuration is suitable for integration with MMICs.


TERRENCE W. FAULKNER, THOMAS M. RICE, and WILLIAM K. HERON (The Influence of Camera Configuration on Preference) TERRENCE W. FAULKNER leads the new-product development group in the Human Factors Section at Eastman Kodak Company. He has been working in human factors at Kodak since 1961. He received a B.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Arkansas in 1960 and an M.S. in industrial engineering from Northwestern University in 1961. He is primarily interested in consumer product design, and his recent research has focused on a quantification of the circumstances under which people take pictures and the influence of these circumstances, along with camera design parameters, on picture quality. THOMAS M. RICE joined Eastman Kodak Company in 1966 as a systems engineer, following graduation from Michigan State University with B.S. and M.S. degrees in physics. He is currently group supervisor of Systems Analysis, Consumer Products, in the Kodak Apparatus Division. His responsibilities include support of product concept development and analytical support of design engineering for current and future consumer products. WILLIAM HERON is coordinator of market research in Eastman Kodak Company's Consumer/ Professional and Finishing Markets Market Intelligence Group. He received the B.S. degree in business administration from the University of Rochester in 1951 and an M.B.A. in marketing from Cornell University in 1953. His involvement in consumer research at Eastman Kodak began in 1954. Currently he is responsible for the design, planning, and implementation of consumer research projects relating to amateur picture-taking as well as the analysis and interpretation of data stemming from these projects. THOMAS M. DUFFY, THOMAS E. CURRAN, and DEL SASS (Document Design for Technical Job Tasks: An Evaluation) THOMAS DUFFY received his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Illinois (Urbana) in 1969. He was in the psychology department at the University of Manitoba until moving to the Navy Personnel R&D Center in 1973, where he is now a research psychologist. His primary research interests are in document design, text comprehension processes, and basic skills. THOMAS CURRAN received his B.S. in psycho 1ogy from Marquette University in 1959 and was commissioned in the Navy. Upon completion of his Navy service, he accepted a position with what was then the Navy Personnel Research Activity. He received his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1970 and served on the faculty of California State University, Chico, until 1974, when he returned to NPRDC. His primary research interests are in basic skills and processes involved in the comprehension of technical writing. DEL SASS received his B.S. degree from Northwestern University in 1950. He joined the Navy Personnel Research Activity in 1969, where he is currently a personnel research psychologist. His research interests are in performance measurement and job performance aiding techniques.


A network analyzer for calculating a circuit parameter of a device under test, comprising: a) a measuring means for measuring raw data to the raw data of the device under test, wherein the raw data measured by the network analyzer; b) obtain a measurement means for error factors of the measuring system for obtaining error factors of the measuring system that occur in the measurement of the device under test, wherein the error factors of the measuring system are known through a calibration with standard devices whose characteristics; c) a calculating means for true values of the raw data to obtain the free from error factors of the measuring system data from the raw data and of the error factors of the measuring system; marked by d) a calculating means for a parameter conversion factor for obtaining factors of the parameters conversion, indicating the relationship between the circuit parameters and free from error factors of the measuring system data, which are obtained by eliminating the error factors of the measuring system from the raw data, wherein the parameter conversion factors calculated using stored formulas ...


26 0740-7475/03/$17.00 © 2003 IEEE Published by the IEEE Computer Society IEEE Design & Test of Computers MANY COARSE-GRAINED reconfigurable architectures have recently emerged as programmable coprocessors, significantly relieving the burden of the main processor in many computation-intensive loops of multimedia applications.1-5 Their abundant parallelism, high computational density, and flexibility of changing behavior during runtime make such architectures superior to traditionally used DSPs or ASICs. As technology allows increasingly more devices on a single chip, designers can feasibly implement coarse-grained reconfigurable architectures as programmable platforms in complex systems on chips (SoCs). Typically, a coarse-grained reconfigurable architecture has identical processing elements (PEs), even though there is a wide variance in the number and functionality of components and the interconnections between them. Each PE contains functional units—for example, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) and a multiplier. Each PE also has a few storage units—for example, a register file and small local memory. Programmable interconnects connect the PEs. Such interconnects support rich communication between neighboring PEs, typically to form a 2D array. Despite the many proposed coarse-grained reconfigurable architectures,3-6 there is very little compiler support, so designers typically must do the application mapping manually.2 However, compiler tools that can handle the idiosyncrasies of reconfigurable architectures and a parameterizable reconfigurable architectural model are crucial to the exploration and evaluation of these architectures for different applications. This article presents a generic reconfigurable architecture that facilitates exploration of coarse-grained architectures, and describes a compilation approach to tackle the memory bottleneck that typically limits the performance of many applications.


Establishment and implementation of the management system on the teaching of microbiology experiment: components,implementation methods and the objective requirements of the management system; methods and contents of quality education; management reform and effects of quality education: to improve the quality of experiment teaching,to cultivate students' scientific quality and behavior. It is concluded that establishment of experiment teaching management system is the premise of the improvement of quality education; that dedication and education are the key elements to improve quality education; that hard study is important for improvement of quality education; and that students have great plasticity.


This appendix contains selected names that concern adherents of Spiritual Mapping or symphatizers playing a role in the development of the movement. The entries are arranged in alphabetical order.Keywords: Argentina; Spiritual Mapping; United States


ABSTRACT: A new computational technique for the thermomechanical analysis of tires in stationary rolling contact is suggested. Different from the existing approaches, the proposed method uses the constitutive description of tire rubber components, such as large deformations, viscous hysteresis, dynamic stiffening, internal heating, and temperature dependency. A thermoviscoelastic constitutive model, which incorporates all the mentioned effects and their numerical aspects, is presented. An isentropic operator-split algorithm, which ensures numerical stability, was chosen for solving the coupled mechanical and energy balance equations. For the stationary rolling-contact analysis, the constitutive model presented and the operator-split algorithm are embedded into the Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE)–relative kinematic framework. The flow of material particles and their inelastic history within the spatially fixed mesh is described by using the recently developed numerical technique based on the Time Disco...


System identification is an important methodology used in control theory and constitutes the first step of control design. It is known that many real systems can be better characterized by fractional-order models. However, it is often quite complex and difficult to apply classical control theory methods analytically for fractional-order models. For this reason, integer-order models are generally considered in classical control theory. In this study, an alternative approximation method is proposed for fractional-order models. The proposed method converts a fractional-order transfer function directly into an integer-order transfer function. The proposed method is based on curve fitting that uses a quadratic system model and Equilibrium Optimizer (EO) algorithm. The curve fitting is implemented based on the unit step response signal. The EO algorithm aims to determine the optimal coefficients of integer-order transfer functions by minimizing the error between general parametric quadratic model and objective data. The objective data are unit step response of fractional-order transfer functions and obtained by using the Grünwald-Letnikov (GL) method in the Fractional-Order Modeling and Control (FOMCON) toolbox. Thus, the coefficients of an integer-order transfer function most properly can be determined. Some examples are provided based on different fractional-order transfer functions to evaluate the performance of the proposed method. The proposed method is compared with studies from the literature in terms of time and frequency responses. It is seen that the proposed method exhibits better model approximation performance and provides a lower order model.


The present invention relates to compounds according to formula (1) or (2) and their use in electronic devices as well as electronic devices containing these compounds. The compounds according to the invention are preferably used as hole transport materials, as hole injection materials, as matrix materials for phosphorescent dopants and / or as fluorescent dopants in organic electroluminescent devices. Furthermore, the invention relates to the preparation of the compounds of the formula (1) or (2) and formulations containing one or more compounds of the formula (1) or (2).


Regulation of nitrate reductase (NR, EC 184.108.40.206) by oxygen concentration and light was studied in segments of oat (Avena sativa L. cv. Suregrain) leaves, using the in vivo nitrate reductase assay. The activity of NR decreased after excision in either light or darkness; the addition of cycloheximide prevented this decrease. Treatments that increased tissue permeability (anoxia, Triton X-100) also increased NR activity. There was in general less NR activity in the light than in the dark and also less under aerobic (21–100% O2) than under anaerobic (0.3% O2) conditions. Treatments with antioxidants improved the activity in the light, but only at high O2 levels (21–100% O2).

The results suggest that NR may be regulated by inhibitory proteins synthesized in either light or darkness, by permeability changes and by light-induced oxidations that occur when O2 is present. Oxygen may control the activity by stimulating the synthesis of inhibitory proteins in the light and in the dark and by promoting oxidation of SH-groups in the light.


We consider the all pairs all shortest paths (APASP) problem, which maintains all of the multiple shortest paths for every vertex pair in a directed graph G=(V,E) with a positive real weight on each edge. We present a fully dynamic algorithm for this problem in which an update supports either weight increases or weight decreases on a subset of edges incident to a vertex. Our algorithm runs in amortized O(\vstar^2 \cdot \log^3 n) time per update, where n = |V|, and \vstar bounds the number of edges that lie on shortest paths through any single vertex. Our APASP algorithm leads to the same amortized bound for the fully dynamic computation of betweenness centrality (BC), which is a parameter widely used in the analysis of large complex networks.
Our method is a generalization and a variant of the fully dynamic algorithm of Demetrescu and Italiano [DI04] for unique shortest path, and it builds on very recent work on decremental APASP [NPR14]. Our algorithm matches the fully dynamic amortized bound in [DI04] for graphs with unique shortest paths, though our method, and especially its analysis, are different.


Objective: this study was to investigate the prevalence of minor mental disorders in health students, and the risk factors that facilitate their triggering. Method: the present study is of the Integrative Literature Review type, it was carried out from February to December 2020, the articles selected to support the study in question were searched in the following LILACS e ScieLO. Results: Two categories were identified IPrevalence of common mental disorders in university students in the health field. IIFactors associated with the risk of depression and anxiety in the university environment. Conclusion: And with this study it was possible to evidence the prevalence of common mental disorders among university students, and the risk factors associated with this event such as academic pressure and overload, dissatisfaction with the course, unsatisfactory relationships with colleagues and teachers and residing away from the family. DESCRIPTORS: Mental health; University; Emotional disorders; Risk factors; Mental disorder.


H3K9 methylation is an epigenetic mark associated with heterochromatin. Zhao and colleagues characterize a novel H3K9me reader protein, ADCP1, that plays a role in heterochromatin maintenance and shows functional similarities to animal HP1 proteins. Eukaryotic genomes are broadly compartmentalized into nonoverlapping transcriptionally permissive 'euchromatic' and repressed 'heterochromatic' regions. These regions are decorated by a suite of distinct epigenetic marks, which help to reinforce and demarcate their transcriptional state. In Arabidopsis, the majority of heterochromatin is confined to the central portion of each chromosome near the centromere, and this spatial separation from euchromatin makes it an attractive model to study epigenetic states. Di-methylation of lysine 9 of histone H3 (H3K9me2) is a key epigenetic mark associated with heterochromatin in plants, functionally analogous to H3K9me3 in mammals. A large body of work has described epigenetic feedback loops in Arabidopsis, which act to maintain H3K9me2, together with DNA methylation. For instance, three partially redundant proteins, KRYPTONITE (KYP, also known as SUVH4), SUVH5 and SUVH6 work together with CHROMOMETHYLASE3 (CMT3) to form a selfreinforcing feedback loop for coincident maintenance of CHG methylation and H3K9me2. The SRA domain of KYP binds to methylated DNA, and establishes H3K9me2 via its C-terminal SET histone methyltransferase domain. Reciprocally, the N-terminal BAH and chromo domains of CMT3 bind to H3K9me2, and the Cterminal DNA methyltransferase domain establishes CHG methylation. KYP/SUHV5/SUVH6 also operate in a similar feedback loop with CMT2 to maintain CHH methylation. Because these proteins contain both heterochromatic 'reader' and 'writer' domains, they form straightforward epigenetic feedback loops. Much less is known about factors that act downstream of H3K9me2 to enforce transcriptional repression. Zhao and colleagues describe a novel protein, ADCP1, which by its domain structure, appears to have a strict H3K9me2 'reader' function. However, the authors show that ADCP1 also clearly contributes to H3K9me2 and DNA methylation maintenance, although it is currently unclear whether these effects are direct or indirect. Importantly, the adcp1 mutant also shows derepression of many transposons marked with H3K9me2, and shows a partial decondensation of the chromocenters (dense nuclear bodies containing the pericentromeric heterochromatin). Interestingly, a recent paper by Zhang and colleagues also identified the same protein from a different proteomics screen (calling it 'AGDP1′), and reported largely similar results. ADCP1 was initially identified from a previously published labon-chip histone reader screen by the same research group. ADCP1 encodes three tandem Agenet domains, which are homologues of Tudor domains. The authors show that each tandem Agenet domain binds H2K9me2. They solve the crystal structure in complex with an H3K9me2 peptide, finding that the tandem domains adopt a 'face-to-face' orientation, and discriminate H3K9me2 via an aromatic cage using a similar mechanism described for other K9me reader proteins. The authors also examine the distribution of ADCP1 in vivo by ChIPseq, finding a near perfect colocalization with H3K9me2 genomewide. The mammalian gene silencing protein HP1, which also binds to H3K9 methylation, was recently shown to form phase-separated droplets in vivo. These membrane-less compartments are thought to facilitate heterochromatin function and maintenance, in part by helping to isolate these regions from the surrounding nuclear environment. Zhao and colleagues showed that ADCP1 can also assemble into phase-separated liquid droplets in vitro, a property which was stimulated by the addition of H3K9me3containing synthetic nucleosomes. Interestingly, both binding to H3K9me2/3, and droplet formation in vitro, was reversed by phosphorylation of serine 10 (S10p). This indicates the potential for a 'phospho-switch' mechanism, whereby heterochromatin could be reversibly dissolved by the action of kinases. As S10p is known to dislodge HP1 from H3K9me3 during mitosis, one could imagine a scenario whereby S10p transiently releases chromatin compaction to facilitate heterochromatin replication during cell division. Another tantalizing possibility is that S10p may allow for the transient release of gene silencing in response to cell signaling, without compromising epigenetic memory. The phosphorylation state of HP1 itself also affects its ability to cause phase separation, and thus it would be interesting to determine whether ADCP1 was also regulated by such a mechanism. However, as a first step it will be important to determine whether ADCP1 forms phase-separated droplets in vivo, and if so, what are the constituents within. Interestingly, the adcp1 mutant showed significant losses of both H3K9me2 and non-CG methylation. As ADCP1 appears to only encode H3K9me2 'reader' domains, it is unclear how the adcp1 mutant leads to a loss of H3K9me2 itself. One possibility is that ADCP1 participates in the feedback loop between SUVH4/5/6 and CMT2/3 to maintain H3K9me2 and non-CG methylation (Fig. 1). However, the histone methyltransferase suvh4/5/6 triple mutant or the non-CG DNA methyltransferase drm1/2/cmt2/3 quadruple mutant each completely eliminates H3K9me2 genomewide, indicating that ADCP1 is not redundant with these factors or sufficient to establish H3K9me2 on its own. It is also worth noting that ADCP1 was not isolated from saturating mutant screens designed to identify factors involved in heterochromatin-


Developing countries should have more say in the research that takes place in their territories, an international meeting has concluded.

The conclusion of the Global Ministerial Forum on Research for Health also recommended that health research in developing countries should be broadened to cover social and other determinants. The forum was held in Bamako, Mali, last week and was attended by representatives from 59 countries.

The forum also endorsed the four recommendations of the high level task force on scaling up research and learning on health systems of the director general of the World Health Organization, a draft of which was in circulation at Bamako.

Ok Pannenborg, senior health adviser for the World Bank's …


The strategy of going abroad is a significant measure taken at the new stage of the opening-up policy and an objective demand of the socialization of the production and economic globalization. The practice of the strategy will facilitate the steps forward in reform and opening-up,the expansion to the overseas market and the further promotion of China's economic relationship with foreign countries, which will,in turn,speed up the process of modernization in China. This paper stresses the significance, the goal and the effect of the strategy of going abroad,discusses the potential projects of foreign investment and the ways to achieve them and offers some suggestions to our enterprises on how to put the strategy into practice.


Abstract Control of plant viruses by cross‐protection is limited by the availability of effective protective strains. Incorporation of an NIa‐protease processing site in the extreme N‐terminal region of the helper component protease (HC‐Pro) of turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) resulted in a mutant virus TuHNDI that induced highly attenuated symptoms. Recombination analysis verified that two variations, F7I mutation and amino acid 7‐upstream‐deletion, in HC‐Pro co‐determined TuHNDI attenuation. TuHNDI provided complete protection to Nicotiana benthamiana and Brassica campestris subsp. chinensis plants against infection by the severe parental strain. Aphid transmission tests revealed that TuHNDI was not aphid‐transmissible. An RNA silencing suppression (RSS) assay by agroinfiltration suggested the RSS‐defective nature of the mutant HC‐Pro. In the context (amino acids 3–17) encompassing the two variations of HC‐Pro, we uncovered an FWKG−α‐helix 1 (αH1) element that influenced the functions of aphid transmission and RSS, whose motifs were located far downstream. We further demonstrated that HC‐Pro F7 was a critical residue on αH1 for HC‐Pro functions and that reinstating αH1 in the RSS‐defective HC‐Pro of TuHNDI restored the protein's RSS function. Yeast two‐hybrid and bimolecular fluorescence complementation assays indicated the FWKG−αH1 element as an integral part of the HC‐Pro self‐interaction domain. The possibility of regulation of the mechanistically independent functions of RSS and aphid transmission by the FWKG−αH1 element is discussed. Extension of TuMV HC‐Pro FWKG−αH1 variations to another potyvirus, zucchini yellow mosaic virus, also generated nonaphid‐transmissible cross‐protective mutant viruses. Hence, the modification of the FWKG−αH1 element can generate effective attenuated viruses for the control of potyviruses by cross‐protection.


Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are experiencing a revival of interest and a continuous advancement in various scientific and industrial fields. WSNs offer favorable low cost and readily deployable solutions to perform the monitoring, target tracking, and recognition of physical events. The foremost step required for these types of ad-hoc networks is to deploy all the sensor nodes in their positions carefully to form an efficient network. Such network should satisfy the quality of service (QoS) requirements in order to achieve high performance levels. In this paper we address the coverage requirement and its relation with WSN nodes placement problems. In fact, we present a new optimization approach based on the Flower Pollination Algorithm (FPA) to find the best placement topologies in terms of coverage maximization. We have compared the performance of the resulting algorithm, called FPACO, with the original practical swarm optimization (PSO) and the genetic algorithm (GA). In all the test instances, FPACO performs better than all other algorithms.


Creative pencil sketch teaching is to train the students' the abilities of creative thought,and master the logos and method of creative design,through training the students' creative thoughts from specific to abstract,and realism to imagism,the students' immensity creativity will be exploded.


Two important features within the Scottish economy over recent decades have been the investments made in education and training and the subsequent and consequential enhancement of the skills profile of the workforce (Scottish Government, 2007a).


The electronic components are the core of all electronic products, the reliability and maintainability directly affect manufacture products quality. And as products become more complex and more demanding. We need more reliable components. In order to solve this problem, we need to analysis how and why those components failed. Failure analysis cases are important data for analysis, data mining and improving reliability. China Electronic Product Reliability and Environment Testing Research Institute (CEPREI) is the earliest research organization engaged in reliability research and failure analysis in China, and has accumulated rich failure case data. By combining data mining methods such as Bayesian network, correlation analysis, we can perform statistical analysis and root cause analysis to assist failure analysis and improve product reliability. This paper will apply the failure analysis case of the electromagnetic relay, and explores and analyses related regular pattern.


Genomic selection (GS) has recently been proposed as a new selection strategy which represents an innovative paradigm in crop improvement, now widely adopted in animal breeding. Genomic selection relies on phenotyping and high-density genotyping of a sufficiently large and representative sample of the target breeding population, so that the majority of loci that regulate a quantitative trait are in linkage disequilibrium with one or more molecular markers and can thus be captured by selection. In this study we address genomic selection in a practical fruit breeding context applying it to a breeding population of table grape obtained from a cross between the hybrid genotype D8909-15 (Vitis rupestris × Vitis arizonica/girdiana), which is resistant to dagger nematode and Pierce's disease (PD), and 'B90-116', a susceptible Vitis vinifera cultivar with desirable fruit characteristics. Our aim was to enhance the knowledge on the genomic variation of agronomical traits in table grape populations for future use in marker-assisted selection (MAS) and GS, by discovering a set of molecular markers associated with genomic regions involved in this variation. A number of Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) were discovered but this method is inaccurate and the genetic architecture of the studied population was better captured by the BLasso method of genomic selection, which allowed for efficient inference about the genetic contribution of the various marker loci. The technology of genomic selection afforded greater efficiency than QTL analysis and can be very useful in speeding up the selection procedures for agronomic traits in table grapes.


Recent advances in ADCs have enabled the development of low power receivers for wireless communication applications. In this paper we will discuss a specific class of ADCs, namely sigma delta ADCs. A brief overview of challenges in the design of these ADC's will be discussed along with the recent advances and techniques in overcoming these challenges. Two specific examples in the context of narrow and wide bandwidth systems will be discussed that demonstrate the viability of the recent techniques.


The present invention relates to a motorized beverage machine (1) having a brewing unit (2), wherein the brewing unit comprises a first assembly (13) and a second assembly (14) cooperating together, each assembly (13 , 14) each receiving an ingredient capsule defining portion (30) of the brewing chamber (29) is used. At least one of these components (14): - movable from an open position cooperating component (13) to enter within said machine to form a passage (31) between said assembly, for said ingredient capsule ( 30) is inserted in the brewing unit and / or removing from the brewing unit the capsule ingredient; and - movable to the cooperating assembly into the closed position to, for forming said brewing chamber (29 ). The machine comprises actuating means, said actuating means comprising: - a motor drive for the opening between the closed position and the position of the movable component; - a driving force from the motor is transmitted to the the actuator assembly may be movable; - means for supplying water to boil the water supplied to the heating chamber of the punch; and - means for controlling the driving action of the motor control, said control means comprising: means for measuring the It means at least one electrical parameter representative of the power consumed by the motor; comparing means, means for comparing the measured parameters in the assembly from the open and evolved over time during disposed position to the closed position comparing a predetermined reference; and means for providing an input to at least one of said actuating means, comparing the evolution of the measured parameter from the set with the reference input.


Training investments and provision of facilities can only mobilize a part of healthcare production machines, and will be successfully drive it if they are fully supported by the local institutions / government and clinical training quality assurance system. In medical education and clinical training, the behaviours and attitudes modeled by professional practitioners are a special mechanisms in which participants will implicitly "learn" various aspects of their professional positions in the future.


The discussion of this case is an attempt to bring into focus the various types of aldosteronism. The patient had taken a diuretic-antihypertensive for many years and was a diabetic. After left adrenalectomy his blood pressure did not change significantly.


Aim:  To evaluate the biodiversity of lactobacilli from slightly fermented sausages (chorizo, fuet and salchichon) by molecular typing, while considering their safety aspects.


in reviling. Like estate agents, auditors and accountants, they enjoy a function similar to that performed by the sin-eaters of certain primitive communities, whose job was to absorb others' sense of wrongdoing through the consumption of a ritual meal. Should we fail to enjoy, let alone understand, a novel or a poem, we can always lay the guilt on a faulty rendering, with a swipe or two at syntax and vocabulary for good measure.1


Abstract Thresholds separating regimes for which Rayleigh scattering from precipitation is likely to dominate over Bragg scattering from clear air are established for several common radar wind profiler frequencies. The thresholds are first determined for radar reflectivity factor Z based on observed values of the structure parameter Cn2 in the troposphere. These thresholds for Z are then transformed to thresholds for modal terminal velocities V* of rain and snow for exponential particle size distributions. Measurements at 915,404, and 50 MHz in stratiform rain help substantiate the applicability of the calculated thresholds, even though fall velocities, rather than V*, are measured. Because the V* thresholds for rain at wind profiler frequencies (i.e., >2.5–5.6 m s−1 at 404 MHz) are substantially greater than typical vertical air motions outside convective cells, profiler-observed radial vertical velocities are a robust indicator of the presence of rain in profiler data. Although snow can also often be id...


Cassava adaptive trial was planted in ten sub counties across West Nile Agro-ecological Zone (WNAEZ) with six cassava varieties to test their performance and reactions to major pests and diseases present in the Zone. Th six cassava varieties comprised of improved (TME 14 and 204, NASE 13 and 14 and Akena – TMS I92/00067) and a local (Abiria) were selected based on their availability and preference in the region. The experiment was planted in RCBD design with three replicates. The experiment was planted in ten locations with the plot size was 6x6 metres. Results showed Cassava green mite (CGM), Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) and cassava bacterial blight (CBB) as major pest and diseases across all sites. Cassava Anthracnose (CA) and Cassava mealy bug (CM) were not present in the study sites. Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) foliar symptoms was observed in three locations of Dranya s/c, Gimara s/c and Nyaravuru s/c on the three varieties of TME 204, TMS-I92/00067 and TME 14, whereas CBSD root necrosis was seen across all sites on TME 204, TMS-I92/00067, NASE 13, TME 14 and the Local except on NASE 14. In terms of yields, results showed that it was highest in TMS-I92/00067 (53.0 t/ha), TME 204 (46.0 t/ha), NASE 14 (39.4 t/ha), TME 14 (34.6 t/ha), NASE 13 (33.4 t/ha) and the local (22.7 t/ha) in that order. Farmers' ranking of the studied cassava varieties in order of preference was in the order of NASE 14, TME 204, TMS-I92/00067, TME 14, NASE 13 and the Local. In conclusion, absence of both foliar and root symptoms on NASE 14 across all sites indicated that this variety is still tolerant to CBSD and can still be multiplied for production in West Nile Agro-ecological Zone.


This is an epidemiological profile of the burn fatalities brought to the morgue of Bidar Institute of Medical Sciences & Teaching Hospital Bidar. The study explores the incidence, age-gender distribution, time of occurrence, place of occurrence, socio-economic status, survival period, place of death, cause of death, body surface area involved, manner of death and monthly distribution. From the observations and analysis, certain etiologies are elicited and their preventive measures are suggested.


This paper is concerned with passenger interchange between railways and all forms of road transport. The paper discusses the theory of interchange, interchange catchment areas, the appropriate location of interchanges and important design features. It goes on to discuss various lessons which can be learnt from the existing experience of interchange and to suggest changes in the institutional arrangements to encourage more rapid development in the future. (Author/TRRL)


Background: Age misreporting is a common phenomenon in the developing countries. The most common age-related reporting irregularities are the digit preferences and age heaping around some attractive ages. The misreporting is assumed to differ between the rural and urban health centers due to socio-economic differentials. We carried out this study with two-fold objectives i.e., to assess the errors in age reporting, and to compare the quality of age data reported by the patients from the rural, semi-urban, and urban health centers of Katsina State, Nigeria.  Methods: Age data for the patients visiting the outpatients departments was collected for the month of September 2013 from the Record Offices of the rural and urban health centers. We used the Whipple's index and the Myers' blended index to assess age heaping and digit preferences, respectively.   Results: We noticed significant age heaping for ages ending in 0 and 5 from all health centers. The proportion of people aged 23 – 62 years tended to decrease from the urban to rural health centers. The proportion of ages ending in 0 and 5 increased from the urban to rural health centers. The mean proportion of ages ending in 0 and 5 was lower in males than that for females. The most preferred terminal digits were 0 and 5, and the most avoided digits in the urban health center were those ending in 1 and 9. In female age reporting, the preference for 0 was at least twice the preference for 5.  Conclusions: The more rural a health center was located, the lower the quality of age data reported by the patients. We found no evidence of significant difference of error in age reporting between the gender groups. The findings are useful for medical practitioners and epidemiologists and call for caution whilst handling the age data from the developing countries.


Abstract An algorithm for computing solutions of overdetermined systems of linear equations in n real variables which minimize the residual error in a smooth, strictly convex norm in a finite dimensional space is given. The algorithm proceeds by finding a sequence of least squares solutions of suitably modified problems. Most of the time, each iteration involves one line search for the root of a nonlinear equation, though some iterations do not have any root seeking line search. Convergence of the algorithm is proved, and computational experience on some numerical examples is also reported.


Conventional early-late-gate (ELG) pseudo-noise (PN) code tracking shows poor performance in closely spaced multi-path environments where multiple path separation is less than 1.5 times PN chip interval for example. Fock et al. (Dec. 2001) proposed an efficient PN code tracking scheme for a RAKE receiver with a single transmit antenna and a single receive antenna by canceling the self-interference coming from the closely spaced adjacent multipaths. However, a general trend for 3G or future wireless communication system development is to employ multiple transmit and multiple receive antennas instead of a single transmit antenna. The space time block code (STBC) in S. Alamouti (Oct. 1998) is one of popular transmit antenna diversity schemes. In this paper we propose a PN code tracking algorithm for the STBC transmit diversity system under 3GPP specifications, extending the work by Fock et al. (Dec. 2001). Channel estimation for the transmit diversity system is provided with the aid of primary common pilot channel (P-CPICH) pattern. Simulations show that the proposed algorithm can eliminate the effects of the adjacent paths and can make an improvement in the root mean square (RMS) of the timing error compared to system without transmit diversity, e.g., 2 dB in chip-energy-to-noise-density ratio E/sub c//N/sub 0/ at RMS = 0.1.


Existing studies on user search tasks focus mainly on applying user interests in personalized search results. However, few studies examined the effect of utilizing search tasks to assist users to design effective queries through query refinement. Moreover, none of the existing studies have examined the dynamic characteristics of users and their search task. This paper proposes a novel method for user profiling which addressed the two issues above. Our approach used a two-descriptor to represent long-term and short-term user interests extracted from search sessions within a search task. It modeled the user's interests at the task level to improve the rankings of the candidate queries for query refinement through modules of task identification and updating. Experimental results showed that our task-based user-profiling method contributes to an increased precision of search results, and it produced more accurate refined queries, thereby resulting in shorter search sessions.


Recently, there aren't any clinically efficacious therapies for cerebral ischemia; on the other hand there is a critical need for development of new therapeutic agents for prevention of secondary brain injuries after acute stroke.
Studies in recent years showed that activation of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) enhances neuronal resistance to ischemia. These receptors are widely expressed throughout the brain including regions that are highly exposed to ischemia. However, endogenous α7 nAChR agonists have not been regarded as potent therapeutic agents because physiological levels of choline/ACh do not appear to produce therapeutic levels of α7 activation.
Also clinical and experimental studies demonstrated that intravenous administration of α7 nAChRs modulators in the experimental models and patients significantly reduced cerebral infarct volume 30 min after ischemia. Even administration of this modulator 6 hours after the ischemic onset can be reduces the cerebral infarct volume and improves behavioral function.
The results of this survey, reveal the ability of nAChRs modulators as a potential drug and neuroprotective agent after acute stroke, and represent it as an interesting therapeutic method for reducing of the cerebral infarct volume. This therapeutic method may provide a useful strategy for stroke treatment in future.


Stage and Screen: The Mise-en-schne of Local Memory Viehjud Levi, Thomas Strittmatter's prize-winning debut as an 18year-old playwright, is a work of imaginative historiography about a Jewish cattle trader. Pieced together from local memories in Strittmatter's Black Forest hometown, St. Georgen, the basic conceit of the play is both simple and inconclusive. In a rural community suffering from the effects of the economic crisis of the late 1920s and early 1930s, Levi helps the farmer Andreas Horger and his wife Kresenz to make a living. This delicate but traditional economic balance breaks down with the arrival of a group of train workers whose presence revives the local economy, but who compete with Levi for Horger's cattle. Besides capital and modern technology, the workers also bring Nazi ideology and anti-Semitism, for which they find a fertile ground in the Schwarzwald. Levi is ostracized by the workers as well as by the locals, including Horger. He dies after an altercation in the local inn. In Strittmatter's account, the purpose of the play was "to find out, even if only in my imagination, what happened to Levi after Hitler's seizure of


We examine estimation and inference of the ratio of linear trend slopes between two time series. Our methodological results are motivated by recent empirical climate papers that estimate and test hypotheses about the relative warming rate in the lower‐troposphere relative to surface warming, i.e. the amplification ratio. We analyze statistical properties of several estimators and test statistics that allow serial correlation. Relative merits of the estimators and test statistics depend on the magnitude of the trend slopes relative to the noise in the data. We make specific recommendations for practitioners. We revisit the empirical findings of Klotzbach et al. (2009, 2010) and obtain similar results using our recommended approach.


hormonal use, recent surgery or trauma, advanced age, limited mobility, morbid obesity, and known thrombophilic disorder. A Cochrane review of 13 RCTs including 1,774 pregnant and postpartum women, measured the effect of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions to reduce symptomatic thromboembolic events and death. During the antenatal period, no difference was noted in symptomatic thromboembolic events between patients receiving either unfractionated heparin or low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) versus placebo or no treatment (2 trials, N=56; risk ratio [RR] 0.33; 95% CI, 0.04–3.0). No difference was noted in superficial or deep vein thromboses during the postnatal period between patients receiving heparin compared with placebo (1 trial, N=210; RR=0.16; 95% CI, 0.02–1.4). A Cochrane review identified 9 RCTs including 3,358 patients and compared the use of LMWH or warfarin with placebo in patients with known malignancy receiving chemotherapy. LMWH reduced the occurrence of symptomatic VTE compared with placebo or no prophylaxis (6 trials, N=2,464; RR=0.62; 95% CI, 0.41–0.93; NNT 60). No difference was noted in major bleeding between the groups (5 trials, N=2,394; RR=1.6; 95% CI, 0.69–3.6). The effect of warfarin on the prevention of VTE compared with placebo was not statistically significant (1 trial, N=311; RR=0.15; 95% CI, 0.02–1.2). A Cochrane review of 9 RCTs including 2,637 patients compared the efficacy of graduated compression stockings (GCS) in preventing the incidence of DVT among passengers flying for more than 4 hours. The use of GCS providing 15–30 mmHg of pressure decreased the incidence of asymptomatic DVT by 3.4% compared with no treatment (9 trials, N=2,637; OR 0.1; 95% CI, 0.4–0.25). The American College of Chest Physicians issued evidenced-based guidelines for VTE prophylaxis in high-risk patients. No routine VTE prophylaxis is recommended during pregnancy or the early postnatal period in patients without additional risk factors (Grade 1B, based on RCTs with strong limitations or exceptionally strong evidence from observational studies with benefits clearly outweighing risks). In outpatients with known malignancy, no routine prophylaxis with LMWH is recommended (Grade 2B, based on RCTs with strong limitations or exceptionally strong evidence from observational studies with benefits closely balanced with risks). However, if additional risk factors are present, including prior VTE, immobilization, hormonal therapy, angiogenesis inhibitors, thalidomide use, or lenalidomide use, pharmacological prophylaxis with LMWH is recommended (Grade 2B). For high-risk patients traveling for more than 4 hours, GCS for VTE prophylaxis is recommended (Grade 2C, based on observational studies, case series, or RCTs with serious flaws or indirect evidence with uncertainty in benefits and risks). Despite evidence that the incidence of VTE among immobilized nursing home patients is similar to that of hospitalized patients, the guideline does not recommend routine VTE prophylaxis in chronically immobilized patients (Grade 2C).


Neutral hydrogen observations of the galaxy pair NGC4725/NGC4747, a subsystem within the Coma I cloud, reveal severe distortion in the HI distribution of NGC 4747. The ridge of the HI emission within that galaxy deviates from the optical major axis by about 30/sup 0/ and appears to coincide with a faint optical appendage. The companion NGC 4725, a supergiant spiral, is the most prominent member of the Coma I cloud and is almost twenty times more massive than its neighbor. NGC 4725 itself shows small but noticeable perturbations. A tidal encounter is invoked in order to explain the catastrophic events which have led to the distortion of NGC 4747 and the formation of its HI and optical tail.


Possibility of use of conciliatory procedures isn't fixed by the law "About Alternative Procedure of Settlement of Disputes with Participation of the Intermediary (Mediation Procedure)" no. 193-FZ of July 27, 2010 in criminal trial.


A study was conducted on the effect of different mass concentration of Na 2S 2O 3 on seed germination and seedling growth of wheat.The results indicated that amylase activity,germination percentage and germinating energy of seed and growth of radicel and plumule were decreased with the increment of Na 2S 2O 3 concentration in culturing solution.Proline content in seedling was increased as a result of the increment of Na 2S 2O 3 concentration,but it was reduced when the Na 2S 2O 3 concentration was higher than 500 mg·L -1


In this issue of Science Immunology, Barreto de Albuquerque et al. track immune responsiveness to the foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes during oral infection. Their findings extend the notion of compartmentalized immunity within the gastrointestinal tract to the oral cavity and provide previously unkown insights into regional specialization of oral immunity. Description Compartmentalized CD8 T cell priming in the mandibular lymph node provides early host protection against listeriosis.


This article discusses the empowerment of women factory workers in Malaysia through the lens of Kabeer's Social Relations Approach. The approach offers an institutional analysis of how gender inequality is produced and calls for the overall terms of exchange and cooperation to be shifted in women's favour. Its application shows that Malaysian women factory workers face significant challenges, due to the character of institutions, and women's difficulties in adopting and internalising the notion of 'empowerment'.


HOMOCYSTEINE AND FOLIC ACID STATUS OF ANEMIC PREGNANT WOMEN. Background: Folic acid deficiency among pregnant women in Indonesia is quite prevalent. It is believed to cause the anemia and the risk of infant neutral tube defect. Folic acid plays a certain role in homocysteine convertion into methionine. Serum homocysteine will increase with the decrease folic acid. Objective: To obtain folic acid consumption, homocysteine and folic acid status in pregnant women suffering from anemia using recent method of determination, and relationship of the three variables. Methodology: Pregnant women in the study area were screened by their Hb values under 11 g/dL. Thirty anemic pregnant women consumption was obtained by used 2x24 hours recall method. Folic acid was analysed by Ion Capture Method and homocysteine was analysed by Fluoresence Polarization Immuno assay. Results: Folic acid consumption was 61 ± 50 µg/mL with a range of 3.5 to 15.1 µg/mL. Normal value of serum folic acid was 3.1 to 12.4 µg/mL. Therefore, the value folic acid of pregnant women in this study was still in the range of normal value. Serum homocysteine value in pregnant women was 7.1 ± 1.95 µg/mL with a range of 3.0 to 10.9 µg/mL, while normal value was 5 to 15 µg/dL. Conclusion: homocysteine, folic acid, pregnant women, anemia.


The effects of 5% wt BaTiO/sub 3/ additive and of electrode material on space charge formation and electric field distribution in low density polyethylene (LDPE) were investigated using a thermal step technique. Space charge was formed at an average dc field of /spl sim/28 kV/mm and at 50/spl deg/C. Results indicate that the addition of BaTiO/sub 3/ to LDPE has considerably reduced the remanent space charge and electric field and changed their distribution patterns in the doped material when compared with the plain material. It is also shown that the remanent space charge and electric field in plain LDPE are strongly dependent on the type of electrode material.


AIM: In order to understand the pathological changes, characteristic of degeneration in optic nerve and retina after strike of optic nerve. METHODS: According to methods of Allen's spinal injury, a 600gcm-strike power was put on the intraocular portion of the optic nerve and created a striking injury on optic nerve. After a survival interval of 48 h, 1 week, 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 3 months, the animal's optic nerves and retinas were collected and fixed for morphological examination. RESULTS: Forty-eight hours after nerve injuries, the optic nerves were slight enlargement and vacuolation. In 1 week, the optic nerve began to degenerate in injured part and the glia cell had proliferated, but the forms of retinal ganglion cells(RGCs) were normal. In 2 weeks, the vacuolation and focal necrosis were appeared between nerve fiber. The number of RGCs began to decrease. Condensed nuclei presented in the retina. In three month, the diameter of the optic nerve decreased in injury part and collo-scar was formed. The phenomenon mentioned above was more obviously. The internal nuclear neurons and outer nuclear neurons appeared rare. The thickness of retina decreased. The number of RGCs began to decrease in 48 hours and progressed thereafter. It decreased about 3.35%, 13.23%, 19.74%, 23.20%, 29.28% in 48 h, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months compared with the number of normal RGCs. RGCs began to apoptosis in 48 h. CONCLUSION: The model in this experiment could make definite uncompleted optic nerve and retina injuries. The degree of neuron injuries decreased from RGC, internal nuclear neurons to outer nuclear neurons. The number of RGCs began to decrease in 48 hours, and most quickly periods from 48 hours to one week.


The purpose of study is to determine the parking characteristics and analyze the standards of parking space requirements and plan an effective parking pattern at IBI Darmajaya Lampung. Primary data obtained from field surveys and secondary data obtained from Public Relation. The results of the study showed maximum parking accumulation was 21 cars and 272 motorbikes with an average accumulation of cars of 19.73 / hour and motorcycles of 194.87/ hour. The average duration is 3.5 cars / hour and 65 motors/ hour. The maximum parking volume is 16 cars and 160 motorbikes. PTO for cars is 0.15 vehicles / plot / hour and 0.23 vehicles / plot / hour. The maximum parking index is 130% car cars and 148,9% motorcycles. Parking Needs for 105 plot cars and 238 plot motorcycles. An effective parking pattern is an angled parking pattern of 90 ° and 60 °. This parking pattern has a capacity of more than 13 cars and 50 motorcycles compared to parallel parking patterns.


In this article, we present approaches for ethnomathematics as a program founded on current research in ethnomathematics as directed towards ethnographic, anthropological, and pedagogical actions studies of distinct cultural groups. In the current context, there is a great necessity for ethnomathematics-based programs to identify and seek teaching-learning practices directed towards pedagogical action. The great challenge for researchers in ethnomathematics is to further elaborate studies and pedagogical practices that are in accordance with the philosophical-theoretical objectives of this program. As well, we outline a curriculum proposal based on the "trivium" literacy, matheracy, and technocracy that permits the development of school-based activities based on an ethnomathematics perspective.

Key Words: Pedagogical Action. Ethnomathematics. Pedagogical Practices. Curriculum. Mathematization.


Great breakthroughs have been made in China's carbonate rocks exploration for oil and gas in recent years with the discoveries of such large-scale oil and gas fields as Tahe oilfield and Puguang gasfield.Basic features of reservoirs,diagenesis,and controlling factors of Tahe oilfield and Puguang gasfield are discussed and compared systemically in this paper.Reef(shoal) reservoirs on the platform margin are usually in good quality as porous or fractured-porous reservoir type with low heterogeneity.Weathering crust karst reservoirs are usually in bad quality,as pore-hole-fracture complex reservoir type with high heterogeneity.Dolomitization is an important mechanism for the forming of super-deep(6000 m) carbonate reservoirs,resulting an average porosity increase of 3.5~4.0%.Thermochemical sulfate reduction(TSR) reactor plays an active role in alteration of reservoir,but it may not meliorate reservoir properties greatly.Tectonism and depositional facies are the main factors controlling the reservoir physical properties of Tahe oil field and Puguang gas field.Depositional facies controlled reservoir quality by affecting rock solubility and water permeability in weathering crust karst reservoir,or by affecting lithology and physical properties in reef(shoal) reservoir on the platform margin.Tectonism controlled the distribution and intensity of weathering crust karst reservoir,while multi-stage structural fractures improved the reservoir physical properties of reef(shoal) reservoir on the platform margin.


A simple photodiode holder design is presented which exhibits less than 300 psec risetime response utilizing an ITT FW‐114A photodiode.


Background: Microalgae due to an array of its antioxidant, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory bioactives have been changing the cosmeceutical market. One such bioactive power pack is Chlorella emersonii KJ725233, a novel, non-fastidious freshwater microalga with an inherently higher antioxidant potential. Objective: The present study evaluates its potential use as a cosmeceutical ingredient with arrays of biochemical assays, toxicity studies and GC-HRMS profiling. Materials and Methods: In vitro proteinase inhibition activity of the methanolic extract of C.emersonii KJ725233 was evaluated using SAAANA, sodium hyaluronate and bovine collagen as substrates respectively. The radical scavenging potential was determined by DPPH assay and was correlated to the total flavonoid content evaluated by aluminium trichloride method. The bioactive composition was evaluated by GC – HRMS analysis. Eye irritation potential and sulforhodamine B assay were carried out using 3T3 fibroblasts cells to ascertain its non-toxic nature. Results: The methanolic extract of C.emersonii KJ725233 exhibited a potent elastase inhibition of 92.04±2.27% at a concentration of 1000 μg/mL. This was qualitatively established by the presence of phytol, its isomer and other anti-inflammatory molecules as revealed by GC HRMS profile. Its radical scavenging potential with an IC50 of 5.398±0.138 mg/mL exhibited a correlation coefficient of 0.9977 with its total flavonoid content. Toxicological studies on 3T3 fibroblast cell lines revealed its non – toxic as well as non – eye irritant nature. Conclusion: Its potential anti-aging and antioxidant activity coupled with its non-toxicity thus puts this microalga in the spot light for use in cosmeceutical industry.


BACKGROUND
Nutrition plays an important role in the aging process. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) has been shown to be associated with lower rates of diseases. Cognitive status seems to be strongly interrelated with physical well-being, so that one influences the other. Physical performance measures are not only associated with clinical and subclinical age-related modifications, but are also able to predict disability, institutionalization, and mortality.

OBJECTIVE
To evaluate prospectively the associations between Mediterranean-Style Dietary Pattern Score (MSDPS), clinical characteristics, and cognition of the population sample of The TREVISO LONGEVA (TRELONG) Study, in Treviso, Italy.

METHODS
Global cognition, physical performance measures, MSDPS, and other clinical features were detected in 2010 in 82 men and 108 women. These characteristics were evaluated in relation to the physical performance measures identified 3.8 years later in 2013 in the same subjects, using a semantic connectivity map, through Auto-CM system, to grasp further and non-linear associations between variables which might remain, otherwise, undetected.

RESULTS
The Auto-CM system's map shows a close association between better levels of global cognition and MSDPS in 2010 and higher physical performance in 2013. On the other hand, worse levels of global cognition and MSDPS in 2010 are associated with lower physical performance in 2013.

CONCLUSION
The prevention models for successful aging may benefit from integrated programs that include cognitive, physical, and dietary interventions, since these aspects are mutually interrelated.


It is well-known that context-free languages defined over a one-letter alphabet are regular. This implies that unary context-free grammars and unary pushdown automata are equivalent to finite automata. In this talk, we present these equivalences from a descriptional complexity point of view. In particular, we show optimal upper bounds for the number of states of nondeterministic and deterministic finite automata equivalent to unary context-free grammars in Chomsky normal form. These bounds are functions of the number of variables of the given grammars. We also give upper bounds for the number of states of finite automata simulating unary pushdown automata. There are some consequences in space complexity: we are able to prove a loglogn lower bound for the workspace used by one-way auxiliary pushdown automata in order to accept nonregular unary languages. The notion of space we consider is the so-called weak space concept. We consider also transformations of finite automata into context-free grammars: we show that any unary deterministic automaton with n states can be simulated by a context-free grammar with O(n 1 3) variables and that


In order to define the practical requirements of instrumentation for the measurement of industrial impact noise and to determine common parameters of industrial impact noise which should be considered in the study of the biological effects of such noise, survey measurements were made in industries which produce impulse noise. The measurements were made to include a bandwidth from 10 Hz to 40 kHz and a dynamic range of either 42 or 72 dB, for analog and direct digital recording, respectively. From the impact noise samples, we calculated true rms sound pressure level for the burst, peak‐level, crest factor based on burst duration, and 1‐s equivalent continuous level. Dose based on 3‐dB/doubling and 5‐dB/doubling A‐weighted slow response and A‐weighted fast response was calculated also. We will discuss the descriptors of impuse noise and also present preliminary data which address the variability of impulse noise signatures from the same process and the same machine.


A photonic nanojet is a highly concentrated laser beam observed in the vicinity of dielectric micro-objects such as glass micro-spheres. Thanks to the concentration of the beam beyond the diffraction limit, giving a spot with a width smaller than a half-wavelength, the incident power density can be multiplied by a factor larger than 200. Photonic jet obtained with microspheres has been applied successfully to material ablation. It has been demonstrated that the ablation on metal or glass can have a half-wavelength width using a common infrared nanosecond pulse laser. However, the spheres in contact with the sample are difficult to move to achieve an industrial process and are disturbed by the removed material at the beginning of the process. Recently we have shown that photonic nanojet obtained in the vicinity of shaped optical fiber tip is an alternative to overcome these limitations. Sub-micron etchings have been obtained on metals, semiconductors and ITO using multimode optical fibers with a numerically designed shaped tip. The possibility to perform not only ablation, but also to generate self-organized micro-peaks, has also been experimentally demonstrated. Besides the small size of the processed area, our talk will focus on the low energy required for material removal. Due to the high energy concentration, the required energy to ablate is already 20 times smaller than in a classical process. Finally, we will show how the energy coupling in the fiber is a parameter as important as the tip shape to decrease the energy required to reach ablation.


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There is a general consent that the selection of items for an ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) Core Set on Addiction is a disputable issue. The German councils on addiction (buss and FVS) carefully explore possibilities for optimising applicability, resulting in general acceptance. Toward the aim of a respectively amended ICF we have developed a questionnaire and distributed it to 20 practitioners leading clinical departments for post-acute treatment. Individual items could be ranked from unimportant up to very important. Based on the obtained rating and individual difference within this pilot study we can identify distinct items on which a general appearance on level of importance was reached.


The synthetic technology of speech sounds has developed rapidly in recent years.This paper presents the principles of some synthetic technology and its advantages and disadvantages of the derived synthesizer.The growing popularization and application of speech sounds synthesis is also discussed.


The urgency of doing this research is so that educators and students have a reference on how the relationship between religion, perseverance and learning motivation in learning Islamic Religious Education. In addition, this study also aims to determine the relationship between religious attitudes and student learning persistence at SMPN 2 Bengkulu City and SMPN 2 Jambi City in the subject of Islamic Religious Education. The research design used is a quantitative research method with a correlational research design. The number of samples studied amounted to 140 students. The results showed that in the T test there was a significant comparison between variables and in the correlation test there was a significant relationship between religious attitudes, persistence and learning motivation of students at SMPN 2 Bengkulu City and SMPN 2 Jambi City on Islamic Religious Education Subjects.The implications of this research are expected to be a reference for educators and students in improving and understanding the religious character, perseverance and learning motivation of students, so that it has a good impact on the learning process, especially in Islamic religious education subjects.


The PACS/RIS system is an important composition part of hospital information construction, which can achieve digital store, transmission, reading and management of all medical images. The system can build all-digital diagnostic report system of image sections, clinical digitized images report browsing system as well as the digital consultation center in order to achieve filmless hospital image management. This paper discussed the construction goal of hospital PACS/RIS system', described the systems architecture design and functional modules. The integration solutions of PACS/RIS system with the HIS system were based on database intermediate table and the application of the system in hospital was described.


The study was conducted on the clinical cases of neuromuscular disorders in hind quarter in dogs reported at IVRI Polyclinic, Izatnagar (V.P.). The cases of hind quarter weakness were selected from the cases of neuromuscular disorders and classified in to groups I (Animals with hindquarter weakness, which could stand, and had staggering gait and intact pain sensation), II (Animals with hind quarter paresis, which were unable to stand and dragged hind legs while walking with intact pain sensation) and III (Hind quarter paralysis with absence of pain sensation) on the basis of history, clinical signs, radiographic and neurological examination. Various radiographic features were also recorded.


The ocean environmental parameters of fishing ground have an important affection on the distribution and abundance of fishing ground. In this paper, a GIS-based method of retrieving the ocean environmental parameters of fishing ground is introduced. In case study, this method was used to study the relationships between Kuroshio path variations and CPUE of squid (Ommastrephes Bartrami) fishing ground in Northwest Pacific Ocean.


To construct a theory and clarify that how is diversity within organization or workgroup. It can guide in handling conflict, and how this result might be intensified organizational behavior. Study explains and argues what diversity management is and why this is related to multinational organizations. Then develops multi-level, theoretical framework to suggest the situations of diversity and may guide to high intensity of conflict. Further research explains and describes the role of conflict in diverse workgroups and discover the moderating result of organization on the relationship between diversity and conflict management. In diversity workgroup members present with strong organizational behaviors (e.g. in-group preference and out-group refusal) will make worse chances that diversity may guide to conflict management and styles of handling conflict, it will decline the possibility that diversity directs to task conflict. The model displays the importance of examining diversity and handling styles according to situations, just as the presence of age, value, culture, nationalistic behavior which may hinder the potential of diversity management.


Abstract : The primary goal of this project was to explore the applicability of artificial neural network (NN) models in the domain of air combat maneuvering (ACM). The work investigated several models: (a) NN models that select ACM on the basis of training with the production rules of a model, Air Combat Expert Simulation (ACES); (b) NN models that mimic the action selections of the Automated Maneuvering Logic (AML) System; (c) NN models that predict the outcome of engagements flown in the Simulator for Air-to-Air Combat (SAAC) given summary measures of various parameters measured during the engagements; and (d) NN models that predict future aircraft control inputs in SAAC engagements given the values of flight parameters at particular points in time. These various models incorporate knowledge about air combat maneuvers and components of maneuvers as well as rudimentary knowledge about maneuver planning and situational awareness. For most of the models, validation tests were conducted using data different from that used in training the models. The authors provide details on each of these efforts as well as a review of the ACES model, a presentation of the basics of NNs, and an overview of a software system developed for the implementation and testing of the NN models. Air combat, Flight simulation, Performance measurement, Air combat maneuvering, Flight simulators, Flight training, Neural networks.


ABSTRACT In this article, I explore how national belonging in Lebanon is (re)negotiated in the aftermath of a protracted civil war. More particularly, I investigate the nostalgic underpinnings of Lebanese popular culture, mainly Ziad Doueiry's hit film, West Beyrouth and the revered singer, Fairouz, to examine what their popularity and deep resonance within Lebanese society reveal about the collective, affective negotiations of living with loss in the Lebanese context. I situate these works within a larger discourse on nostalgia in postwar Lebanon to complicate earlier assertions about nostalgia as an uncritical and insidious affective mode operating largely in service of unjust power relations. While I do not dismiss these earlier theorizations, I argue that an attention to the consumption and circulation of Lebanese popular culture reveals how nostalgia is not only fundamental to the way power operates as a top-down phenomenon, but it is simultaneously embedded within a more diffuse network of narratives and discourses that shape national publics and that unfold as affective negotiations of loss.


This study aims to describe the development of Student Worksheet materials teaching the Project Based Learning approach at MTs An-Nashuha Kalimukti Pabedilan-Cirebon Regency in mathematics learning on opportunity material. Mathematics learning is done by applying the project-based learning approach with a sample class of 35 students. The method used is the cluster random sampling technique, which takes clusters or groups, not based on population members taken one by one or individually. The use of data is a test instrument in the form of a pretest and posttest to measure the value of student results of learning outcomes and a questionnaire to determine student responses to the use of worksheets with the Project Based Learning approach. The pretest and posttest tests show that students have increased, Normal and homogeneous distribution. Furthermore, to determine the effectiveness of teaching materials, researchers used the Paired Sample t-Test. The Paired Sample t-Test calculation results showed a significance value of 0,000. Thus the significance value is smaller than 0.05, and 10.280 is more incredible than t table 2.04. Based on the results of the calculation of tcount> t-table, Ho is rejected. Because there are, there are differences in the average initial and final scores on the subject matter of opportunities and the use of Student Worksheet teaching materials as the development of materials teaching products are considered quite effective.


Table. SI Unit and Abbreviation Pulmonary disease is common in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and is predominantly caused by opportunistic infections [1]. Pleural effusions can occur in patients with impaired immune function who develop pleuropulmonary infections [2]. In addition to infectious processes, malignancies such as Kaposi sarcoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma can cause pleural effusions [3, 4]. To better understand the spectrum and clinical importance of pleural disease in patients with AIDS, we did a retrospective analysis to evaluate the incidence, cause, characteristics, and clinical impact of pleural effusions in patients with AIDS. Methods Patients We reviewed the medical records of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who were admitted to the Medical University of South Carolina Hospitals (Medical University Hospital, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Charleston Memorial Hospital) between January 1986 and January 1992. Of 350 HIV-positive patients identified, 222 who fulfilled the Center for Disease Control criteria for the diagnosis of AIDS were selected for the study. Their chest radiographic reports, clinical notes, and discharge summaries were searched for a diagnosis of pleural effusion. From this cohort, 64 patients were found to have pleural effusions from their chest radiographic reports or discharge summaries. Of 64 patients, chest radiographs were not available for 2 patients, and in 3 patients, the effusions were secondary to chest-tube placement for pneumothorax. Of 59 patients, all but 7 had lateral decubitus films. However, these seven patients all had chest radiographs that showed subsequent clearing of the effusions. Thus, all available chest radiographs, chest ultrasound reports, and computed tomographic scans of the thorax were reviewed for 59 patients. The size and location of the pleural effusions were evaluated and, where available, the pleural fluid characteristics were recorded. The records were evaluated for primary diagnoses, diagnosis responsible for pleural effusion as well as serum albumin and CD4 counts. Additionally, the number of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) episodes per patient per year was obtained. Every case study was evaluated by an expert in pleural disease (SAS) who determined the cause of the pleural effusion. The size of the pleural effusion on a chest radiograph was designated small if the costophrenic angle was obliterated; moderate if the lower zone was completely opaque; large if the lower and middle zones were opaque; and massive if all three zones were opaque. A parapneumonic effusion was diagnosed based on a localized chest radiographic infiltrate, fever, and isolation of a bacterial organism from blood or sputum or a fourfold increase in mycoplasma titer or both (one patient); empyemas were diagnosed when pus was aspirated from the pleural space and the fluid was culture positive. Nocardiosis was diagnosed after recovery of the organism from the sputum or bronchoalveolar lavage fluid with resolution of the effusion with therapy. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia was diagnosed if organisms were recovered in sputum or from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid with resolution of the pneumonia and effusion with specific therapy for PCP. Cryptococcal pneumonia was diagnosed after isolation of the organisms from blood, cerebrospinal fluid, or sputum. Tuberculous effusions were diagnosed after isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the pleural fluid or tissue. Noninfectious causes of effusions were diagnosed as follows: Kaposi sarcoma based on pathologic results; atelectasis, when there were compatible chest radiographic results and spontaneous resolution of pleural effusions; congestive heart failure, after appropriate clinical presentation, chest radiographic results, and response to treatment; hypoalbuminemia, when patients had serum albumin concentrations 1.8 g/dL (18 g/L), no pulmonary parenchymal lesions on their chest radiographs, and no other cause for the effusion. Statistics Age, risk factors, serum albumin concentration, and CD4 counts in patients with and without pleural effusions were compared with the unpaired two-tailed Student t-test as well as the male to female ratio in patients with and without effusions with chi-square test using computerized software (Statworks, Cricket Software, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Results Pleural effusions occurred in 59 of 222 (27%) hospitalized AIDS patients. The mean age of the patients with effusions was 35 2 years (mean SE) and the age without pleural effusions was 36 4 years. The male-to-female ratio was 5:1 in patients with effusions and was 5:2 in patients without effusions. Risk factors for AIDS were intravenous drug abuse in 41% (24 of 59), homosexuality in 34% (20 of 59), and other risk factors in 25% (15 of 59). The mean age and risk factors of patients with pleural effusions were not significantly different from patients without pleural effusions (P > 0.2). Pleural effusions (Table 1) were caused by infections in 39 of 59 patients (66%) and by noninfectious processes in 18 of 59 (31%); the cause was unknown in 2 of 59 patients (3%). The causative agent was Streptococcus pneumoniae in 8 of 16 (50%) patients with parapneumonic effusion, Legionella pneumophila in 1 patient, Mycoplasma pneumoniae in 1 patient, and unknown in 6 patients. One patient with Escherichia coli empyema required chest-tube drainage. The other patient with empyema due to Enterobacter species required drainage and decortication for resolution. Nine (15%) patients had pleural effusions caused by PCP. All were small; six were unilateral and three were bilateral. Analysis of the two PCP effusions that were sampled showed a straw-colored exudate with macrophages as the predominant cells. Special stains were not done on these samples to look for cysts or trophozoites of P. carinii. Table 1. Causes of Pleural Effusion in Hospitalized AIDS Patients Hypoalbuminemia was the leading noninfectious cause of pleural effusions in 11 of 59 patients (19%). It resulted from chronic liver disease in two patients, chronic renal failure with nephrosis in two, and progressive AIDS in seven. Serum analysis in 48 patients with nonhypoalbuminemic pleural effusions showed a lower albumin concentration (2.5 0.1 g/dL) (25 g/L) compared with 96 patients without pleural effusions (3.4 0.1 g/dL) (34 g/L) (P < 0.001). In 2 patients with serum albumin concentrations of 1.8 g/dL (18 g/L) and 1.1 g/dL (11 g/L), respectively, the effusions resolved with intravenous albumin therapy. The hypoalbuminemia patients were followed for a mean of 6 months, and no other cause could be established. There were 3 (5%) patients with cardiac failure; their effusions were bilateral and small, and resolved with appropriate treatment. The pleural effusions were small in 46 patients, moderate in 4, large in 8, and massive in 1 patient with pleural tuberculosis (see Table 1). The effusions were associated with a unilateral bacterial pneumonia in 13 patients and were bilateral in 5 other patients. The CD4 counts were lower in the 59 patients with pleural effusions [72 12 cells/L] compared with 96 patients without effusions (274 26 cells/L) (P < 0.001). Pleural fluids were analyzed in 14 patients (Table 2). Effusions due to tuberculosis were all exudates with lymphocytes as the predominant cell. Three effusions resolved within 2 weeks after initiation of appropriate treatment, although one patient required surgical intervention for trapped lung. The patient with Kaposi sarcoma had bilateral progressive, large pleural effusions. Results from pleural fluid cytologic tests did not show abnormal cells. In two patients with hypoalbuminemic effusions who had thoracentesis, the fluids were transudates, and the cells were predominantly macrophages. Table 2. Pleural Fluid Analysis in 14 Hospitalized AIDS Patients Having Thoracentesis* Discussion Although pleural effusions are thought to be relatively uncommon [5], we found the incidence of pleural effusions to be 27% in all AIDS patients admitted to our hospitals. Infections accounted for the majority of pleural effusions; bacterial parapneumonic effusions accounted for 31% of the effusions compared with a 12% incidence of bacterial parapneumonic effusions in 300 patients from the pre-AIDS era [6]. This higher incidence of bacterial pneumonia in AIDS patients probably results from defective B-lymphocyte function [7-9]. The high incidence of parapneumonic pleural effusions appears to be related to the frequency with which S. pneumoniae causes effusions [10] rather than to a propensity for AIDS patients to develop parapneumonic effusions when infected with S. pneumoniae. Tuberculosis accounted for 10% of the total number of patients with pleural effusions, which was similar to a previous report [11], and it was the most common cause for large-to-massive pleural effusions (50%). Pleural effusions in four patients were characteristically lymphocyte rich [12, 13], despite a low number of circulating blood lymphocytes. Despite being the most common opportunistic pulmonary infection in patients with AIDS [14, 15], PCP remains an uncommon cause of pleural effusions. Suster and colleagues [16] in a retrospective analysis found one patient with pleural effusion among 59 patients with PCP. Stover and colleagues [5] observed small, transient pleural effusions in 4 of 35 (11%) patients with PCP. Two other patients had P. carinii isolated from the pleural space [17, 18]. Of 222 hospitalized patients, there were 145 episodes in patients without and 70 episodes in patients with pleural effusion. Pleural effusions were small and transient; they did not require thoracentesis. Although we could not prove a cause-and-effect relationship, all patients cleared their effusions after therapy for PCP. It is unlikely that the effusions result solely from pleural invasion by these organisms [15, 16]. Other factors such as increased neg


Abstract The UML Profile for Modeling and Analysis of Real-Time and Embedded Systems (also called the UML profile for MARTE, or simply, MARTE) adds capabilities to UML for model-driven development of real-time and embedded systems (RTES). It provides support for specification, design, and verification/validation stages. This new profile replaces the existing UML Profile for Schedulability, Performance and Time (formal/03-09-01), which was based on an earlier version of UML (UML 1.x). MARTE defines the foundations for model-based description and analysis of real time and embedded systems. At its core is a set of fundamental concepts which are further refined for modeling and a variety of quantitative analyses. The modeling capabilities range from support for system specification through to detailed design of real-time and embedded systems. For the analysis portion, the intent is not to define new techniques for analyzing real-time and embedded systems, but to support the ones that currently exist as well as potential new ones. Hence, it provides facilities to annotate models with information required to perform specific types of analyses. In particular, MARTE focuses on performance and schedulability analysis. But, it also defines a general analysis framework which can be specialized for other kinds of analysis.


This study is aimed at investigating reactive oxygen species formation, lipid peroxidation, induction of antioxidant enzymes and cell wall strengthening as initial responses of eggplant to Ralstonia solanacearum infection The oxidative burst triggered during the course of interaction may be an initial defense response of the host targeted against the invading bacterial pathogen. The concentration of H2O2 in inoculated roots was 53 μmol g-1 at 48 h post inoculation (hpi), which was about three times higher than in the control. The increase in O2.- generation resulting from inoculation with R. solanacearum was evident prominently from 24 hpi, but was highest at 48 hip. At 24 hpi, the increase in OH generation resulting from R. solanacearum inoculation was at 3.9 A/g/h. Lipid peroxidation was higher at later stage of eggplant-R. solanacearum interaction. The activities of the antioxidative enzymes, viz. superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), guaiacol peroxidase (GPX) and ascorbate peroxidase (APX) increased in response to pathogen inoculation. SOD activity was more than three times higher than in non- inoculated plants at 48 hpi. CAT activity showed a decrease after 30 hpi and finally it reached the level in control plants. The increase in activities of GPX and APX was significant in inoculated roots. The highest phenolic and lignin contents were determined at 54 hpi in the inoculated plants. However, the antioxidative system in the plant was rather weak and the rate of lipid peroxidation was higher. We conclude that the biochemical events favored R. solanacearum rather than the eggplant, making this host-pathogen interaction a compatible combination.


Objective
To investigate the diagnosis significance of human epididymis (HE4), cytokeratin-19-fragment (CYFRA21-1), carbohydrate antigen 199 (CA199) on the malignant ovarian tumor, and to evaluate the value of individual and combined detection in judging high risk ovarian cancer.

Methods
The serum HE4, CYFRA21-1, CA199 levels of 45 patients with primary ovarian cancer, 56 patients with benign ovarian tumor and 50 healthy check-up women in our hospital were detected by electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (ECL). The positive rates and coincidence rates of them were analyzed and the diagnostic value of them were compared.

Results
HE4 and CYFRA21-1 levels of ovarian cancer group were significantly higher compared with the benign tumor group and healthy control group and the differences were statistically significant (Z=-8.61, P<0.001; Z=-8.39, P<0.001; Z=-8.60, P<0.001; Z=-8.39, P<0.001), however there is no difference between benign tumor group andcontrol group(Z=-1.31, P=0.189; Z=-1.29, P=0.191). The difference of CA199 between benign tumor group and control group was statistically significant (Z=-8.79, P<0.001). For the malignant tumors, the specificity and positive predictive value of HE4 (99.8%, 99.7%), CYFRA21-1 (99.0%, 96.7%) were very high and the diagnostic accordance rates were relatively high (93.4%, 88.7%), but the sensibilities of them were lower compared with CA199.CA199 was increased both in benign and malignant ovarian tumors with different degrees, but the specificity was not very high (85.8%), and the positive predictive value and the diagnosis accordance rate were low (70.6%, 84.1%). The combined detection of HE4, CYFRA 21-1 and CA199 could improve the sensitivity and of the diagnosis of ovarian cancer (100%) and accuracy (89.4%).

Conclusions
HE4 and CYFRA21-1 only increas in malignant ovarian tumors, and they are mainly used for the diagnosis of ovarian cancer; CA199 level is increased both in benign and malignant ovarian tumors, but the extent is different and it can be used for distinguishing and diagnosing of benign and malignant ovarian tumors. Combining the three indexes can improve the sensitivity and accuracy of the diagnosis of ovarian cancer, and has an important significance for the early diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer.

Key words:
Ovarian neoplasms; Keratins; Antigens, tumor-associated, carbohydrate; human epididymis protein 4


Automatic milk dispensing is a commonly used method in calf rearing and a basic application for automatic data recording in cattle husbandry. To extend the available database, a new commercial system for automatic water intake registration was investigated. The study was carried out to examine the water intake as a parameter for animal development and animal health. The results showed a strong correlation between intake of water and concentrate, which can be used as an indicator for ruminal development. Furthermore, febrile diseases influenced animal-specific water intake.


We want in this paper, by using participant observation and qualitative interviews, comecloser to an understanding of what meaning a language cafe might have for the peoplewho go there. Many of the ...


The optical Hubble diagram for a complete sample of 112 quasars is constructed for q0 = 1. With no correction for selection effects, the Hubble diagram shows a strong correlation of magnitude with redshift (slope 4.43 ± 0.44; correlation coefficient of 0.956). These uncorrected results place an interesting limit on luminosity evolution. The optical and radio Hubble diagrams are also discussed after applying the proper corrections for selection effects.


With the wide clinical application of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs(NSAIDs),gastrointestinal mucosa damage of NSAIDs attracted more and more attention.The author summarized the pathogenesis,clinical situation,prevention of the gastrointestinal tract damage.


Research in reception of music usually tends to case studies or tabular forms, whereas studies in interpretation of music often are questioned with regard to the imponderabilities of technical conditions and optional revisions of sound recordings. As a lack of consciousness in respect to referential systems seems to be the starting point of the problem, the following paper suggests a basic model which is able to deal with music in all its written and sonorous manifestations.


This paper explores a view that exclusive structures in institutions reflect exclusive structures in the development of consciousness. In the context of a current rhetoric of inclusion in the UK, the paper starts by examining some of the theoretical conditioners of policy and practice in Special Educational Needs, and hence their effects on teacher thinking. Drawing on a survey of teacher perspectives on SEN, the paper identifies their correlation with economic resources, but asks whether exclusive attitudes might be further explained in terms of conceptual development. The paper thus brings together argument from (variously empirical) psychological, sociological and philosophical enquiry to question assumptions about the moral and political project of inclusion.


BiVO4 crystals with monoclinic-phase and controllable morphologies were synthesized by NaF-mediated hydrothermal processes using Bi(NO3)3 and V2O5 as precursors. The NaF added as a structural controller not only affected the crystal evolution processes of BiVO4 crystals, but also enabled the in situ surface fluorination of the as-synthesized BiVO4 crystals. Interestingly, the photocatalytic oxidation reactions of RhB occurred in a stepwise manner over fluorinated BiVO4 photocatalyst, that is, a faster de-ethylation process (conversion of RhB into rhodamine) followed by a relatively slower mineralization process, involving the destruction of the conjugated structure in rhodamine. Surface fluorination favored the RhB adsorption and hole transfer between RhB molecules and BiVO4 photocatalyst, thus progressively enhancing the initial direct hole transfer mediated de-ethylation process. In contrast, surface fluorination exerts compromised effects on the ·O2− mediated mineralization process, enhancing surface RhB adsorption versus retarding electron transfer from BiVO4 photocatalyst to O2 giving rise to ·O2−, and consequently, moderate surface fluorine coverage is required to balance the aforementioned conflicting effects and achieve the higher mineralization rate. The present study not only demonstrates that the photocatalytic efficiency can be modified by tuning photogenerated active species and photocatalytic reaction processes, but also provides new insights into the fluorination effects on the semiconductor photocatalysis.


DISCOVERY, disappearance, and rediscovery seem to have been the fate of many monuments recorded by the earlier Egyptologists, so to the task of the excavator in the sands of Egypt must be added that of the bibliographical sleuth, whose domain is the unpublished material in museum reserves and in the attics of private houses. Thus for instance did the Twelfth-dynasty stela of the master-sculptor Shen, bought by Lord Kinnaird in Rome in 1823 and sold at Sotheby's in 1935, remain lost to view until it was found in 1951 in the County Museum at Los Angeles, having come from the unpublished collection of W. R. Hearst (Faulkner in JEA 38 (1952 ) , 3). Two similar occurrences can now be recorded. During his sojourn at Thebes in the early nineteenth century Robert Hay examined what was known as the 'Lepsius mummy', made sketches of some of the scenes, and copied the names and titles of the owner and his parents. This so-called mummy was actually an elaborately decorated set of late coffins of a certain Pedeamiin (~}Q:;:) called Ipu (Q ~ 0 }), who bore the title of chief of navigation of the bark of Amiin (:;: Q~~~ Q:;:), or alternatively sailor (::~) of the bark of Amiin, and whose parents were Thatienwenzu (7;;, TI M, variant ~~c=) and Tade-tanebt-hen (0~~~).1 01 Some years later Sir Gardner Wilkinson noted the same names and titles on two coffins described as 'Mr Hopkinson's mummy brought by Mr. Burton', coffin No. I, 'a cedar case which has nothing else on it', from which he copied two bands of horizontal inscriptions and one vertical text, whereas coffin No.2 is the 'innermost case which is highly decorated according to Dr. Lepsius'A Mr. Edward Hopkinson of Edgeworth Manor House, Gloucester, does not seem to have possessed other antiquities, and in December 1851 he presented his coffins to the Gloucester Literary and Scientific Society, from which they went to the City Museum officially opened in March 1860. Meanwhile on September 16, 1851, an important social function had taken place at Edgeworth Manor House, fully reported in the Gloucester Journals of September 20 and October 25, when the mummy was formally unrolled by a local surgeon, Mr. H. W. Rumsay, in the presence of a number of residents in the immediate neighbourhood. Mter the removal of 280 yards of bandage the mummy was examined in great detail, but no papyri or amulets were found, and it was then replaced in the coffin. The inscription upon the third case was copied by Mr. John Jones, and tracings of some of the principal figures were taken by Mr. Niblett. 'There was an abundant supply of refreshments, and the fineness of the day and occasional lively airs played by


Based on the SimMechanics blockset of Simulink,this paper introduces the method of simulation research on 3-PTT parallel mechanism.After simulation model is given,all simulation parameters is set up,the kinematics simulation of this mechanism is carried out,and correct result is obtained,virtual reality scene of 3-PTT parallel mechanism motion through virtual reality toolbox is completed.Compared with the other simulation solution,Simmulink has powerful advantages of visual modeling function and simulation function and it can release a designer.It is a powerful and convenient tool in mechanical system's analysis and simulation.


The K-rings of non-singular complex pro jective varieties as well as quasi- toric manifolds were described in terms of generators and relations in an earlier work of the author with V. Uma. In this paper we obtain a similar description for complete non-singular toric varieties. Indeed, our approach enables us to obtain such a description for the more general class of torus manifolds with locally standard torus action and orbit space a homology polytope.


The present invention provides a Middle East special steel radial truck tire, comprising a tread, a shoulder and a sidewall, the tread is provided with three main grooves, respectively, the first main groove, second main groove and third main groove, second main groove in the middle of the first main groove and third main groove, the first main groove, second main groove and third main groove to the tread into four continuous the block, respectively, a first block, second block, third block and the fourth block, a plurality of first uniformly the secondary grooves on the first block, the second block a plurality of uniformly second auxiliary groove, even with a plurality of third grooves on the third auxiliary block, with a plurality of uniformly fourth auxiliary groove on the fourth block, the first main pattern a second main groove and the tread through a second auxiliary communication grooves communicating the second main groove and third main groove communicated with the third auxiliary communicating groove. The present invention has the wear resistance, cutting, good puncture resistance properties, low compression fatigue and heat, good heat dissipation properties, good tear resistance, environmental adaptability advantages.


The coatings of metallic are welding electrodes vary in composition according to the purposes for which the electrodes are to be used, and many countries have tried to divide the different mild steel electrodes into separate groups, in order to have some standardization.