With given material and profile type of the fiber, its isodispersion-coefficient distribution in the structure parameter plane can be drawn. By using such graph, the core diameter and relative core-cladding index difference are selected to meet the following demands: at the operating wavelength, zero dispersion coefficient is required; and from the predetermined dispersion tolerance (e.g., ±3ps/km·nm) the best acceptable structural tolerance is determined.


The JT-60SA cryogenic system a superconducting tokamak currently under assembly at Naka, Japan. After one year of commissioning, the acceptance tests were successfully completed in October 2016 in close collaboration with Air Liquide Advanced Technologies (ALaT), the French atomic and alternative energies commission (CEA), Fusion for Energy (F4E) and the Quantum Radiological Science and Technology (QST). The cryogenic system has several cryogenic users at various temperatures: the superconducting magnets at 4.4 K, the current leads at 50 K, the thermal shields at 80 K and the divertor cryo-pumps at 3.7 K. The cryogenic system has an equivalent refrigeration power of about 9.5 kW at 4.5 K, with peak loads caused by the nuclear heating, the eddy currents in the structures and the AC losses in the magnets during cyclic plasma operation. The main results of the acceptance tests will be reported, with emphasis on the management of the challenging pulsed load operation using a liquid helium volume of 7 m3 as a thermal damper.


Highly stable deep UV light emitting diodes (LEDs) with peak emission wavelength of 285 nm are reported. The LEDs were deposited via pulsed atomic layer epitaxy over a 15-µm-thick aluminum nitride-sapphire template which was prepared by metalorganic hydride vapor phase epitaxy (MOHVPE). The devices exhibited a stable output power density of 16 W/cm2 at 2 kA/cm2 during cw operation and for unpackaged on-wafer devices cw-power did not saturate till current density of 4 kA/cm2. In contrast, conventional UV LEDs grown on sapphire substrates saturated at approximately 0.5 kA/cm2. The lifetime of MOHVPE LED is estimated to be well over 5000 h. We attribute this superior performance of the MOHVPE LEDs to reduced thermal impedance due to the thick AlN–sapphire template.


The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for fabricating a glass rod capable of suppressing a diameter fluctuation of a drawn glass rod even in case of a relatively large diameter reduction ratio between a glass preform and a glass rod, such as 60 to 95%. A feed speed V1 of the glass preform is set to a constant value, a diameter D of the glass preform is acquired for determining the drawing speed V2 from a measured diameter data of the glass preform before being drawn at a diameter acquisition position defined with respect to a reference position of the furnace, and a distance from the reference position to the diameter acquisition position is defined so as to vary depending on a diameter fluctuation of the glass preform before being drawn in a longitudinal direction thereof.


Author(s): Parks, Joshua W. | Advisor(s): Schmidt, Holger | Abstract: Optofluidics, born of the desire to create a system containing microfluidic environments with integrated optical elements, has seen dramatic increases in popularity over the last 10 years. In particular, the application of this technology towards chip based molecular sensors has undergone significant development. The most sensitive of these biosensors interface liquid- and solid-core antiresonant reflecting optical waveguides (ARROWs). These sensor chips are created using conventional silicon microfabrication. As such, ARROW technology has previously been unable to utilize state-of-the-art microfluidic developments because the technology used—soft polydimethyl siloxane (PDMS) micromolded chips—is unamenable to the silicon microfabrication workflows implemented in the creation of ARROW detection chips. The original goal of this thesis was to employ hybrid integration, or the connection of independently designed and fabricated optofluidic and microfluidic chips, to create enhanced biosensors with the capability of processing and detecting biological samples on a single hybrid system. After successful demonstration of this paradigm, this work expanded into a new direction—direct integration of sensing and detection technologies on a new platform with dynamic, multi-dimensional photonic re-configurability. This thesis reports a number of firsts, including:• 1,000 fold optical transmission enhancement of ARROW optofluidic detection chips through thermal annealing• Detection of single nucleic acids on a silicon-based ARROW chip• Hybrid optofluidic integration of ARROW detection chips and passive PDMS microfluidic chips• Hybrid optofluidic integration of ARROW detection chips and actively controllable PDMS microfluidic chips with integrated microvalves• On-chip concentration and detection of clinical Ebola nucleic acids• Multimode interference (MMI) waveguide based wavelength division multiplexing for detection of single influenza virions• All PDMS platform created from monolithically integrated solid- and liquid-core waveguides with single particle detection efficiency and directly integrated microvalves6, featuring: o Tunable/tailorable PDMS MMI waveguides o Lightvalves (optical switch/fluidic microvalve) with the ability to dynamically control light and fluid flow simultaneously o Lightvalve trap architecture with the ability to physically trap, detect, and analyze single biomolecules.


A variety of methods have been developed for the specific methanogenic activity of anaerobic sludge and for determining the potential toxicity of wide range of xenobiotic chemicals. This paper investigated the inhibitory effect of some common chemicals using test procedures based on pressure transducer measurement of gas pressure in sealed anaerobic vials


A novel adaptive Exponentially Weighted Moving Average scheme, called AEWMA3, is suggested for monitoring the stability of a linear relationship between a quality characteristic and an explanatory variable. Comparisons with an analogous non-adaptive scheme points to a better overall performance of the suggested scheme in a variety of out-of-control scenarios. In addition, since a single AEWMA3 chart is able to quickly detect both small and large shifts, its practical design is simpler than that of other competing control charts.


VVe find a procedure whereby the matrix elements of the finite SO,..l transformations (principal series) can be expressed as a single integral, over a compact domain, of two matrix elements of the SO,. subgroup and a multiplier. In this way we automatically obtain their classification by the canonical chain SO'" 1 :::> SO,. :::> ••• :::> SO •. Analytic continuation yields the SO"+l matrix elements in a recursive form. VVe obtain the asymptotic behavior of the boost matrix elements. The Inonti-VVigner contraction yields the ISO,. representation matrix elements classified by the chain ISO,. :::> SO,. :::> ••• :::> SO •.


GWAS have identified variation in the FGFR2 locus as risk factors for breast cancer. Validation studies, however, have shown inconsistent results by ethnics and pathological characteristics. To further explore this inconsistency and investigate the associations of FGFR2 variants with breast cancer according to intrinsic subtype (Luminal-A, Luminal-B, ER−&PR−&HER2+, and triple negative) among Southern Han Chinese women, we genotyped rs1078806, rs1219648, rs2420946, rs2981579, and rs2981582 polymorphisms in 609 patients and 882 controls. Significant associations with breast cancer risk were observed for rs2420946, rs2981579, and rs2981582 with OR (95% CI) per risk allele of 1.19 (1.03–1.39), 1.24 (1.07–1.43), and 1.17 (1.01–1.36), respectively. In subtype specific analysis, above three SNPs were significantly associated with increased Luminal-A risk in a dose-dependent manner (P trend < 0.01); however, only rs2981579 was associated with Luminal-B, and none were linked to ER−&PR− subtypes (ER−&PR−&HER2+ and triple negative). Haplotype analyses also identified common haplotypes significantly associated with luminal-like subtypes (Luminal-A and Luminal-B), but not with ER−&PR− subtypes. Our results suggest that associations of FGFR2 SNPs with breast cancer were heterogeneous according to intrinsic subtype. Future studies stratifying patients by their intrinsic subtypes will provide new insights into the complex genetic mechanisms underlying breast cancer.


The data of solubilities of rubidium bromide in the system PEG(600)-H_2O were measured by using a semimicro installation with an accurate analytical method at 25℃,30℃and 35℃with mass fractions of PEG(600) in the range of 0 to 1.0.Density and refractive index were also determined for the same ternary system with varied PEG(600) concentrations.In all cases,the presence of PEG(600) significantly reduced the solubility of rubidium bromide in aqueous solution,and the ternary system did not have two liquid phases.The solubilities of rubidium bromide in the system increased with the temperature increasing.The solubilities of rubidium bromide in the system decreased with the mass fractions of PEG(600) decreasing at the same temperature.The solubilities of the saturated solutions were fitted via polynomial equations as a function of the mass fraction of PEG(600).


Influenza is one of the most infectious diseases confronting the world today; however no effective prevention against influenza has been developed because of the antigenic variation in influenza virus. Epitope based vaccines imparts an efficient strategy for protection against antigenic variations of influenza viruses. Conserved regions of Nucleoprotein (NP) of H1N1 and H3N2 strains of influenza virus A having a conservancy of more than 80% were detected by computational tool based on informational entropy. Epitopes for HLA alleles of MHC class I and class II from the conserved regions were predicted using immunoinformatics tools. Immunogenic peptide were identified and selected by predicted overlapping epitopes. These immunogenic peptides were looked for common immunogenic peptide for both MHC class I and class II. Four immunogenic peptide of H1N1 NP: (i) EIRASVG RMIGGIGRFYIQMCTELKL ( 26 amino acid), (ii) TYQRTRALVRTGMDPRMCSLMQGSTLPRRSGAAGAA (36 amino acid), (iii) AYERMCNILKGKFQTA (16 amino acid), (iv) FLARSALILRGSVAHKSCLPAC VY (24 amino acid) and immunogenic peptide regions of H3N2 NP: (i) KMIDGIGRFYIQMC TELKL (19 amino acid), (ii) TYQRTRALVRTGMDPRMCSLMQGSTLPRRSGAAGAAVKGI GTMVMELI (48 amino acid), (iii) NAEIEDLIFLARSALILRGSVAHKS (25 amino acid), (iv) NPAHKSQLVWMACHSAAFEDLRLLSFIRGTKVSPRGKLSTRGVQIASNENMDNMGSST LELRSGYWAIRTRSG (72 amino acid), (v) IIRMMEGAKPEEVSFRGRGVFELSDEKATPNI VPSF(36 amino acid) were found to be interesting as long stretch of immunogenic peptides were found ranging in length from 16 to 72 amino acid residues.


Absorption of microwaves in mixed yttrium-holmium iron-garnet single crystals were investigated at temperatures 4.2 and 77 K and in fields oriented along the [111] axis. A number of absorption lines beside the ferrimagnetic resonance-broad (ΔH∼30kOe) and narrow (ΔH∼2kOe)―were observed in fields from 30 to 160 kOe at frequencies from 35 to 60 GHz. Some oscillation modes of the magnetic subsystem of the crystal in a zero field were found to have an anomalously narrow gap [v(0)∼45 GHz]. Most of the results are well described qualitatively by the model of inversion of the holmium-ion ground state


Abstract Background Acute pancreatitis is a common disease requiring admissions under surgical and critical care units. The two most common causes are alcohol and gallstones. COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on service delivery and patient management throughout all surgical specialties. In this study, primary aim was to ascertain incidence of COVID-19 in acute pancreatitis patients. Secondary objectives were to study aetiology, demographics, severity, 30 day mortality, outcomes and management of acute pancreatitis patients from Altnagelvin Area Hospital from 1st March, 2020 till 30th August, 2020. Methods A retrospective observational review of all patients admitted under General Surgical team from March 2020 till September 2020 was performed. Information regarding demographics, severity of acute pancreatitis (using Glasgow score, Atlanta classification and CT severity index score), ICU admission and organ support, treatment modalities and follow-up data for outcomes was collected based on RedCap tool used by COVID-PAN study. The results were compared to outcomes results of COVID-PAN study for COVID-19 negative patients in that study as we had only one patient who was positive for COVID-19 at time of concomitant pancreatitis diagnosis. Results Forty four (44) patients were admitted with acute pancreatitis. Only one patient (2.3%) was diagnosed with COVID-19 at time of pancreatitis. Aetiology of pancreatitis was found comparable to aetiology reported by large scale studies (2). Mortality was 7% (3 patients). Five patients (11%) needed ICU admission due to organ dysfunction. Three patients (7%) developed ARDS. Conclusions The overall incidence of COVID-19 in pancreatitis in our population of study was low. Therefore, results were compared to patients who were COVID-19 negative in COVID-PAN study. Patients with acute pancreatitis in our target population were mostly elderly, about one in five had moderate to severe or severe pancreatitis and in 16.3% the aetiology could not be identified. As has been observed in other centres globally, urgent for gallstone pancreatitis faced significant delays with no patients being offered index cholecystectomy and only 4 out of 19 patients having undergone interval cholecystectomy.


Patent "to provide a hame of strong and durable construction, simple in its arrangement, and having means of ready application of the necessary devices used in connection with harness attachments" (lines 14-18).


In this note we show as the nonparametric maximum likelihood estimator of the crude incidence of a competing risk can be obtained by applying the Kaplan-Meier estimator to the sub-distribution hazard. The proposed approach starts from expressing the crude incidence of the failure type of interest as the incidence of a new random variable where the time to the competing events are artificially moved to in nity. The cumulative incidence of this new variable is then estimated by the Kaplan-Meier estimator after proper definition of the risk sets. The number of subjects at risk for the type of failure of interest is adjusted accounting for the presence of competing events and for the presence of censoring by a suitable weighting. The presented developments provide a unifying vision of the problem of estimating overall and crude incidences in the presence of competing risks. Owing to this result, nonparametric estimation and inference on the crude cumulative incidence of a competing risk can be handled by the estimation and inference tools commonly used in the absence of competing risks provided that risk sets are properly adjusted.


Abstract. In this paper, we study the response of the mesosphere–lower thermosphere (MLT) to sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs) and the activity
of planetary waves (PWs). We observe the 557.7 nm optical emission to
retrieve the MLT wind and temperature with the only Fabry–Perot interferometer (FPI) in Russia. The FPI is located at the mid latitudes of
eastern Siberia within the Tory Observatory (TOR) at the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISTP SB RAS, 51.8 ∘  N, 103.1 ∘  E). Regular interferometer monitoring
started in December 2016. Here, we address the temporal variations in the
557.7 nm emission intensity as well as the variations in wind and temperature measured during the 2016–2020 winters. Both SSWs and PWs appear
to have equally strong effects in the upper atmosphere. When the 557.7 nm
emission decreases due to some influences from below (SSWs or PWs), the
temperature increases significantly, as does its variability. The dispersion
of zonal wind does not show significant PW- and SSW-correlated variations, but the dominant MLT zonal wind reverses during major SSW events
simultaneously with the averaged zonal wind at 60 ∘  N in the stratosphere.


The standard (po = 0.1 MPa) molar enthalpies of formation ΔfHmo(l or cr) at T = 298.15 K were measured by means of combustion calorimetry for 2-tert-butylphenol, 2-tert-butyl-5-methylphenol, 2-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol, 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol, 3-tert-butylphenol, 4-tert-butylphenol, 2-methyl-4-tert-butylphenol, 4-tert-amylphenol, and 4-tert-octylphenol. The standard molar enthalpies of sublimation (or vaporization) of these compounds, and also of 2-tert-amylphenol, 2,4-di-tert-amylphenol, 2-tert-octylphenol, and 2,4-di-tert-octyl\-phenol were obtained from the temperature dependence of the vapour pressure measured in a flow system. Molar enthalpies of fusion Δcr1Hmoof the solid compounds were measured by d.s.c. Resulting values of ΔfHmo(g) were obtained atT = 298.15 K and used to derive strain enthalpies of tert-alkylphenols. The intra-molecular interactions of the substituents were discussed in terms of deviations of ΔfHmo(g) from the group additivity rules. The interaction energy of the tert-alkyl and OH groups in the gas phase was found to be 12.5 kJ· mol−1for theortho-interaction, 1.7 kJ· mol−1for thepara-interaction, and 2.6 kJ· mol−1for themeta-interaction. These values provided a further improvement on the group-contribution methodology for estimation of the thermodynamic properties of organic compounds.


Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The scriptures contain a wealth of material pertaining to feelings and emotions. We seek to summarize and illustrate what is said therein.


In this letter new, closed and compact analytic expressions for the evaluation of resonant energies, resonant bound-states, eigenvalues and eigenfunctions for both scattering and bounded n-cell systems are reported. It is shown that for (scattering and bounded) 1-D systems the eigenfunctions ^^v{z) are simple and well defined functions of the Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind Un, and the energy eigenvalues E^v (in the /i-th band) are determined by the zeros of these polynomials. New insights on the energy gap and the localization effect induced by phase coherence are shown.


Abstract During the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, many Muslim modernists exhibited mixed records regarding democracy. On the one hand, they articulated cogent arguments that Islam was, at its heart, democratic in nature and worked to counter Islamist claims to the contrary. Some crafted robust visions for Islamic democratic governance. On the other hand, many of the same modernists forged political alliances with military authoritarian regimes. How can we explain this seeming inconsistency between modernist democratic ideals and their not-so-democratic practices? This article argues that this paradoxical pattern stems from a classic dilemma within democratic theory: the tyranny of the majority. After providing a brief history of majoritarian fears in Western political theory, the article investigates two prominent case studies from mid-twentieth-century Pakistan and Indonesia. The first examines Fazlur Rahman's ties to Ayub Khan's military regime in 1960s Pakistan, and the second analyzes why a movement of young modernists was willing to collaborate with Suharto's New Order regime in 1970s Indonesia. Together, the two cases demonstrate that Muslim modernists balance their genuine hopes for an Islamic democratic future with persistent fears of majoritarian tyranny by advocating for constraints on the majority will. While these constraints can be controversial and even authoritarian in nature, they have important parallels in Western democratic thought. Ultimately, this article argues that Muslim modernists' mixed records are a function of democratic theory itself rather than some Islamic exception to it.


Questions of Time, Coherence and Agency in the Work of Simon Hantai

The Journal of Contemporary Painting invited five contemporary artists to reflect on the work of Simon Hantai. Reflections by British artists, Stuart Elliot and Andy Harper; Belgian artist, Amelie de Beauffort; and American artists, Joe Fyfe and Marjorie Welish, are collected. Each artist wrote from a different proximity to the work of Simon Hantai – through seeing the work in recent exhibitions or catalogues – but always grounded by engagements with their own studio practices.

The artists' reflections explore insights into the aleatory, temporal, topological and historical dimensions of Hantai's work.


In this paper we give some further extensions of well-known Hilbert's inequality. We give equivalent form in two dimensions as application.


The invention discloses a balance reminding device, which relates to a part of a communication transmission system. The balance reminding device comprises a transmitting module and a receiving module, wherein the transmitting module is arranged together with an electric meter and used for acquiring rest degree information of the electric meter and transmitting the rest degree information to the receiving module; the receiving module is arranged in a user room and used for receiving the information transmitted by the transmitting module, comparing and judging the received rest degree value and the value set by a user and outputting different indicating signals according to the judgment result so as to effectively remind the user; and the user can set critical degrees of two levels through keys on the receiving module according to own condition so as to reasonably arrange the recharge time and realize personalized and humanized operation.


The monograph "Educational and Cultural Practices in Western and Southern Europe" (in Bulgarian) discusses the educational and cultural practices of the countries from Western and Southern Europe, as well as their application in Bulgaria. The monograph specifies the main European documents in the area of education and culture, as well as the newest solutions of the European Union through "Europe 2020" Strategy. It mentions the European legislation base in this field, and the Bulgarian legislation specified by it. The monograph outlines the most important aspects of the educational systems and practices in some Western and Southern countries, like Great Britain, France, Netherlands, Spain, etc. It determines the main marks of the social-economic, material and spiritual culture in these countries, as well as the contribution of Bulgaria to the development of the European cultural depository. Besides the strictly scientific data and evidences, the monograph shows also many examples, facts and events from the cultural life of some of the European peoples, which contribute to getting acquainted with their achievements and to adding a practical-applied and popular image to the monograph.


10026 Background: Trastuzumab is the only HER2/neu-directed therapy for the treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer. The efficacy of trastuzumab depends on the HER2/neu status of the tumor and the patient's prior treatment, but even when patients are selected on the basis of HER2/neu gene amplification, the single-agent response rate ranges from 12 to 30% and few patients respond to trastuzumab monotherapy. Here we propose PTEN as a predictive biomarker for trastuzumab efficacy.

METHODS
Human breast cancer SKBR3 and drug-resistant SKBR3/R cells were analyzed, in vitro. Also we examined, retrospectively, clinical samples from patients who had been treated with trastuzumab for the metastatic disease and analyzed the relationship between trastuzumab efficacy and PTEN expression profile with immunihistochemistry. The PTEN expression level was scored semiquantitatively based on staining intensity and distribution using the immunoreactive score. Statistical analysis was performed using the two-tailed student's t test, Fisher's test and ANOVA.

RESULTS
The PI3K/Akt signaling pathway was observed to be highly active in the drug-resistant cells, and their level of PTEN was significanctly low compared with parental SKBR3 cells. Delivery of antisense PTEN duplex siRNA significantly decreased the trastuzumab chemosensitivity of parental SKBR3 cells, and marked activation of Akt signaling pathway was also recognized in oligonucleotid delivered parental cells. Moreover, in clinical analysis, immunohistochemical investigation revealed that trastuzumab treatment was remarkably successful in patients with elevated PTEN expression and statistically significant (p<0.05).

CONCLUSIONS
PTEN activity might play an important and major role in its HER2/PI3K/Akt-mediated anti-tumor effect, and could be a useful biomarker for predicting the efficacy of trastuzumab in the treatment of breast cancer. No significant financial relationships to disclose.


Objective To investigate the treatment compliance and its influencing factors of pulmonary tuberculosis( TB) patients,and to explore the ways to improve the treatment compliance. Methods Two hundred and seventy-four patients with active tuberculosis were selected as objects of this study using simple random sampling method. A face-to-face and one-to-one questionnaire survey was conducted to collect information in an anonymous manner. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the related risk factors. Results The cases with good treatment compliance accounted for 84. 31%( 231 /274),while the cases with poor treatment compliance accounted for15. 69%( 43 /274). The most common reasons for poor treatment compliance were adverse drug reactions and forgetting medication due to be busy. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that the per capita annual income of households less than $ 5 000 and social discrimination were the risk factors for good treatment compliance of TB patients( P 0. 05); And the protective factors for good treatment compliance of TB patients were understanding medical attentions,supervisor or family medicine reminder and having a positive attitude to the following life( P 0. 05). Conclusion TB patients don't have good treatment compliance. The per capita annual income of households less than $ 5 000 and social discrimination are the risk factors for good treatment compliance of TB patients.


Recently, it is shown that the fundamental problem of rangeDoppler estimation can be solved efficiently by compressed sensing (CS) from single-pulse radar return. The performance of CS radar particularly degrade significantly with noise and hence the primary concern is to determine the regime where the operation of CS radar is satisfactory. Most of the studies on CS radar are often conducted under unrealistic conditions where the SNR is much higher than in typical radar applications (e.g., SNR > 5dB). In this paper, we investigate how to improve the CS reconstruction by using coherent integration over N pulses. We consider two scenarios: i) coherent integration is performed before CS reconstruction; ii) coherent integration is performed after CS reconstruction. We provide numerical results for both scenarios, and demonstrate that a proportional reduction in reconstruction error is obtained if coherent integration is carried out before CS reconstruction, corresponding to an effective gain of SNRg = 10 log10N . On the other hand, when coherent integration is performed after applying CS reconstruction to single pulse radar returns, there is negligible gain. Both observations can be explained by the fact that CS reconstruction exhibits a threshold phenomenon with regard to SNR. By boosting the effective SNR through coherent integration, one can obtain more reliable CS reconstructions.


During the last years, much effort has been put into developing mathematical models for timetable creation. All models need an objective function which describes criteria used to optimize and evaluate a timetable. In an attempt to find a Danish list of prioritized railway timetable evaluation criteria, this paper presents the five most important evaluation criteria from the 5 most important Danish railway timetable stakeholders. The criteria are grouped according to overall subjects and a first overview of the prioritization is given. From the criteria descriptions a series of indicators are deduced. This forms the basis for a decision process for finding a common accepted list of prioritized timetable evaluation criteria. This decision process will be accomplished on one or two decision making workshops. A reduction from 13 stated potential timetable evaluation criteria to between 4 and 6 is needed. To make the decision making process as accessible and transparent to the stakeholders as possible the SMARTER technique will be applied. A short description of the technique is given. The deduced indicators for each remaining criterion must also be ranked. Since some of the indicators are not easily quantifiable the "Direct Ranking" methodology will be used for this step in the process. The methodology is briefly described. Hereby the roadmap for a first common Danish list of prioritized railway timetable evaluation criteria is given.


With widely used LiDAR sensors included in consumer electronic devices, it is increasingly convenient to acquire point cloud data, but it is also difficult to segment the point cloud data obtained from these unprofessional LiDAR devices, due to their low accuracy and high noise. To address the issue, a point cloud segmentation method using the tensor feature is proposed. The normal vectors of the point cloud are computed based on initial tensor encoding, which are further encoded into the tensor of each point. Using the tensor from a nearby point, the tensor of the center point is aggregated in all dimensions from its neighborhood. Then, the tensor feature in the point is decomposed and different dimensional shape features are detected, and the point cloud dataset is segmented based on the clustering of the tensor feature. Using the point cloud dataset acquired from the iPhone-based LiDAR sensor, experiments were conducted, and results show that both normal vectors and tensors are computed, then the dataset is successfully segmented.


This paper is about high level modeling of XBRL and some of the problems and opportunities it exposes. Recently, XBRL International, Inc. (XII), proposed six strategic initiatives which will set the course of XBRL development for the next few years. The first of the new initiatives is the Abstract Modeling Task Force. Its output will be a Unified Modeling Language (UML) abstract model of the XBRL 2.1 specification plus the specification on dimensions. This initiative and the other five serve to support the continuing adoptation of the XBRL standard. This paper looks at this effort and several other abstract models of accounting from a semantic and abstract modeling viewpoint. The paper reviews developments in modeling accounting in ontologies and the promises of interactive accounting data, especially with respect to opportunities in the area of business intelligence. It proposes a high level developmental schema for XBRL in keeping with the promise of the XML language.


for N=10(1)50, X=1(1)N, and a=.005, .010, .025, and .050, where Ip(X, Y) is Karl Pearson's incomplete beta function ratio.' Values of p for which Ip(X, Y) =.005, 010, .025, .05, .10, .25, .50 have been given by Thompson2 in terms of the arguments vP =2 Y and V2 =2X. The entries in the present table were obtained by inverse linear interpolation of the logarithms of the accumulated frequencies found in Pearson's Tables of the Incomplete Beta Function and by interpolation with Lagrangian coefficients of Thompson's percentage points of the incomplete beta function. For values of p> .2000 these two methods of interpolation gave results which agreed within two units in the fourth significant figure, in spite of the fact that for v2>30 in Thompson's tables double interpolation was employed. Thompson's tables for p .2000 the data were smoothed by taking fourth differences, staying within the limits set by these two methods of interpolation. The data are therefore felt to be accurate within ? 1.5 in the last significant figure. Since binomial sums and the incomplete Beta function appear frequently in statistics the table may be used in a number of problems:


In this article, the gait of four-legged animal is analyzed, a new gait is advanced, compared to a classic gait which is common used, the stability of this new gait is analyzed using the theory of dynamics. A quantity to measure the stability is defined here, and the stability of this new gait is proved according to the experiment.


The present paper examines secular trends of homicide rates by means of a systematic re-analysis of all available quantitative studies on pre-modern homicide. The results confirm, first, that homicide rates have declined in Europe over several centuries. Second, the empirical evidence shows, that unequivocal decline began in the early seventeenth century. Third, the data indicate that the secular decline begins with the pioneers of the modernization process, England and Holland, and slowly encompasses further regions. These findings corroborate much of the civilizing process framework proposed by Norbert Elias. Yet, the diffusion of self-control was sustained not only by compliance to the state monopoly of power but by a variety of disciplining institutional arrangements. This includes, for example, the early expansion of schools, particularly in Northern Europe, the rise of religious reform movements, and the organization of work in manufacturing. Second, while social disciplining certainly is the central feature of the early modern period, it also served to push forward the rise of the specifically modern individualism that Durkheim sees as the cause of the decline of individual-level violence.


Network attack prevention is a critical research area of information security. Network attacks would become choked if attribution techniques are capable of tracing back to the attacker after the hacking event. Therefore, attributing these attacks to a person or organization turns into one of the important tasks when analysts attempt to profile the attacker behind attack traces. To facilitate this process, we research on the connections among attribution traces and propose methods based on probabilistic relevance. First, we present a two-layer NetworkTrace frame, then based on relevance patterns, we propose the existence probability of concerned subjects. At last, we quantify the connection relevance between subjects through a Ref algorithm. By means of analyzing the attribution traces extracted from APT1 report, we illustrate the effectiveness of the existence probability algorithm. Then, we demonstrate Ref's effectiveness in quantifying the relevancies between organization and its affinitive partners by analyzing the relevancies and draw relevance matrix between APT1 inodes. The results show the proposed NetworkTrace facilitates the evaluation of the plausibility relevance between different traceable subjects.


The utility model discloses a double-channel cross-ventilation lamp radiation structure and a PAR lamp using the same. The double-channel cross-ventilation lamp radiation structure is that a first air circulation channel is formed by radiation fins on the outer side of a lamp cup and a second air circulation channel is formed by the lamp cup and a reflection cover. The double-channel cross-ventilation lamp radiation structure effectively improves the whole radiation capacity of the lamp. The PAR lamp using the double-channel cross-ventilation lamp radiation structure uses a high central light strength COBLED light source so as to be small in light emitting angle of the whole lamp, soft in light, free of glare, light in weight, safe and reliable and good in radiation performance. The PAR lamp using the double-channel cross-ventilation lamp radiation structure can substitute a traditional high-power small-angle tungsten filament lighting PAR lamp. Furthermore, the service life of the PAR lamp using the double-channel cross-ventilation lamp radiation structure is ten times longer than that of the traditional high-power small-angle tungsten filament lighting PAR lamp.


A There is described a microwave transceiver unit for use on the shaft furnace. Two or more of the run transceiver unit is mounted in the furnace, it is used to determine the height of the waste in the furnace breast. How to use the transceiver unit in order to determine the height of the waste in the furnace chest furnace are also described. .FIELD 1


A new method to detect non-stationary harmonic components and inter-harmonic components is proposed.Considering the stable performance and low calculation burden of homodyne algorithm,the proposed method is based on homodyne algorithm and enhanced phase-locked loop(EPLL) algorithm,and the input signals are modulated by reference signals to obtain non-stationary harmonic components.According to the frequency range of inter-harmonics obtained from preprocessing of input signals,the original angular frequency value of EPLL algorithm is set to improve the efficiency of detecting inter-harmonic components.Parallel structure of multi-units is utilized to implement synchronous detection of non-stationary harmonics and inter-harmonics.Simulation results show that the proposed method can enlarge the value range of the adjustment factor of signal parameters in EPLL algorithm,thus non-stationary harmonic components and inter-harmonic components can be detected fast and accurately,and the noise interferences and mutual interferences among different frequency components can be effectively eliminated.


Quantum ground states on the non-trivial side of a topological quantum critical point (TQCP) have unique properties that make them attractive candidates for quantum memory and quantum information applications. A recent example is provided by s-wave superconductivity on a semiconductor platform, which is tuned through a TQCP to a topological superconducting (TS) state by an external Zeeman field Gamma > Gamma_c. Despite many attractive features of TS states, TQCPs themselves do not break any symmetries, making it impossible to distinguish the TS state at large Gamma > Gamma_c from a regular superconductor at Gamma < Gamma_c in conventional bulk measurements. Here we show that this problem can be overcome by tracking suitable bulk transport properties with increasing Gamma across the topological quantum critical (QC) regime, the physics of which is very similar to the bulk d-wave superconductivity of high-T_c cuprates. The low-energy finite-temperature effective theory and the scaling form of the relevant susceptibilities also provide a useful theoretical framework in which to understand the topological superconducting transitions in semiconductor heterostructures.


We compute three‐dimensional displacement vector fields to estimate the deformation of microstructural data sets in mechanical tests. For this, we extend the well‐known optical flow by Brox et al. to three dimensions, with special focus on the discretization of nonlinear terms. We evaluate our method first by synthetically deforming foams and comparing against this ground truth and second with data sets of samples that underwent real mechanical tests. Our results are compared to those from state‐of‐the‐art algorithms in materials science and medical image registration. By a thorough evaluation, we show that our proposed method is able to resolve the displacement best among all chosen comparison methods.


This article describes the ways in which people, mainly selected from a single street in South London, utilize material culture in dealing with various experiences of separation and loss, such as death or the ending of a relationship. It starts from a dialectical approach to all relationships as consisting of a tension between idealized and actual categories. It then considers how objects are used to resolve this tension. Two aspects of this process are examined in more detail. The first shows how divestment from objects is used to control and extend the process of separation from persons. The second looks at how objects are used to create an economy of memory and relationships. The article thereby brings older anthropological insights on death and social rupture to bear on individuals within a contemporary metropolitan context.


This position paper advocates a change of mindset regarding how we perceive of and support those who develop and maintain software systems. We contend that a lack of explicit specialization is impeding our ability to deal effectively with the challenges that arise in the creation and evolution of software systems. Observations from the health sector lead us to reconsider the roles of the professionals involved.


Excitation of Rydberg states in isolated ${\mathrm{C}}_{60}$ is studied by time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy in a femtosecond two-color pump-probe experiment. The relaxation time for electron-electron interaction is determined to be approximately $100\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}\mathrm{fs}$ with the ${t}_{1g}(\mathrm{LUMO}+1)$ orbital being considered to define the doorway state in a nonadiabatic multielectron excitation process. The internal energy stored in vibrational modes of the ${\mathrm{C}}_{60}$ at $770\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}\mathrm{K}$ is found to support the excitation process very efficiently while in ``cold'' ${\mathrm{C}}_{60}$ $(80\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}\mathrm{K})$, no significant Rydberg population is detected.


Platelet-activating factor (PAF)1 is a mediator of inflammation and endotoxic shock identified as 1-0-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glyceryl-3-phosphorylcholine (1-3) . PAF is produced by appropriately stimulated basophils (4), monocytes/macrophages (5, 6), polymorphonuclear neutrophils (6, 7), platelets (8), and endothelial cells (9, 10) . A variety of stimuli induce these cells to synthesize PAR For example, basophils produce PAF when sensitized by IgE (4), PMN, and macrophages upon phagocytosis (5, 6), and endothelial cells when incubated with thrombin (9, 10), angiotensin, or vasopressin (9) . Evidence has accumulated (see reference 11 for review) that endotoxin-induced inflammation is primarily mediated by IL-1 and TNF. We have recently shown that TNF stimulates rat peritoneal macrophages (RPM), human polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN), and vascular endothelial cells to synthesize and release PAF (12) . This activity of TNF is regulated by cell-specific mechanisms, since PAF is rapidly but transiently synthesized by macrophages (12), whereas PAF synthesis peaks 4-6 h after addition of TNF in endothelial cells (12, 13) . Production of PAF by these cells is stimulated also by IL-1 (14), with peak synthesis at 8-12 h (13) . In endothelial cells, both TNF and IL-1 induce an acetyltransferase activity required for PAF synthesis (13, 14). PAF shows a wide range of biological effects (see reference 15 for review): it induces aggregation of platelets (4), promotes chemotaxis of neutrophils and monocytes (16-18), increases vascular permeability, and alters the vascular tone (19) . These activities of PAF show many similarities with some of the biological responses described for TNF (20) . This observation led to the hypothesis that PAF may be an important secondary mediator of the inflammation induced by TNF (12) .


Coral-like α-MnS composites with nitrogen-doped carbon (NC) were designed as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. A facile two-step method was developed to synthesize the composites. Hydrothermally obtained polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) capped (NH4)2Mn2(SO4)3 was used as a precursor. The α-MnS–NC composites were attained by heating the precursor at different temperatures for an appropriate time in a N2 atmosphere. The microstructure and morphology were carefully investigated by means of field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and powder X-ray diffraction (XRD). As anode materials, the α-MnS–NC composites exhibit large reversible capacity, excellent cyclic stability and high rate capability. At a current density of 500 mA g−1, the discharge capacity reaches as high as 878 mA h g−1 at the first cycle and remains at 699 mA h g−1 even after 400 cycles.


Summary Objectives To present a case-mix adjustment model that can be used to calculate Massachusetts hospital standardised mortality ratios and can be further adapted for other state-wide data-sets. Design We used binary logistic regression models to predict the probability of death and to calculate the hospital standardised mortality ratios. Independent variables were patient sociodemographic characteristics (such as age, gender) and healthcare details (such as admission source). Statistical performance was evaluated using c statistics, Brier score and the Hosmer–Lemeshow test. Setting Massachusetts hospitals providing care to patients over financial years 2005/6 to 2007/8. Patients 1,073,122 patients admitted to Massachusetts hospitals corresponding to 36 hospital standardised mortality ratio diagnosis groups that account for 80% of in-hospital deaths nationally. Main outcome measures Adjusted in-hospital mortality rates and hospital standardised mortality ratios. Results The significant factors determining in-hospital mortality included age, admission type, primary diagnosis, the Charlson index and do-not-resuscitate status. The Massachusetts hospital standardised mortality ratios for acute (non-specialist) hospitals ranged from 60.3 (95% confidence limits 52.7–68.6) to 130.3 (116.1–145.8). The reference standard hospital standardised mortality ratio is 100 with the values below and above 100 suggesting either random or special cause variation. The model was characterised by excellent discrimination (c statistic 0.87), high accuracy (Brier statistics 0.03) and close agreement between predicted and observed mortality rates. Conclusions We have developed a case-mix model to give insight into mortality rates for patients served by hospitals in Massachusetts. Our analysis indicates that this technique would be applicable and relevant to Massachusetts hospital care as well as to other US hospitals.


Abstract : A nonseparating wire drawing lubricant was prepared from calcium stearate-calcium hydroxide. Thus, free calcium hydroxide was mixed with calcium stearate in amounts 35-55%. A mixture of a small amount of Di or polyglycerol and fatty acid was added to the main amount of fatty acid in a heated mixer, the calcium hydroxide supplied at 100 degrees, and the mixture agitated intensively until homogeneous solid lumps formed. (Author)


Thinking up a strategic articulation between computer programming, digital modelling, data, physical materials and numerical control manufacturing is an essential step to updating the discipline with new technologies. Our proposal involves articulating graphic thinking and digital processes, developable geometries and folded compositions. Its foundations are rooted in a broader kind of graphic thinking using multiple conceptual instruments that are already part of architecture's operational framework at the various stages of the project.


The efficiency and effectiveness of land administration system had been acknowledged to be premised on so many factors, arguably the chief of which, is the degree of mutuality, frictionlessness and bi-directionality in the interrelationship that exist amongst the various factors that are discharging arrays of tasks that these formal lands regulo-administrative machineries are saddled with. Undoubtedly, this simple conduct of affairs resultantly drives the formal lands delivery, hence it increases accessibility to urban lands by several categories of users in Nigeria, as thus the case globally. However, these interrelationships are absent among land administration and regulation systems in Nigeria. Hence, this study intends to assess the direct and possible indirect impacts that these interrelationships fallouts have on the formal delivery and accessibility of urban lands in Nigeria, Firstly, this was done by articulating the issues involved and calibrating them into constructs, then measuring them via the following score-cards, thus: myopism, non-ingenuity, disservice, eco-financial loss, distrust, trauma, anti-growth, death, market distortion and thriving informalisation focussing on the South Western Nigeria. Out of the total 586 individuals considered as the total population for the sample space, 120 individual qualified for the sample frame, upon which the structured questionnaires were distributed among land regulators, land administrators, independent land consultants and ultimate land users, essentially to have a fair and broad view of the issues inherent in this lands accessibility dilemma. 93 questionnaires were retrieved, out of which 87 questionnaires were valid, thus formed the basis upon which analyses were done, with emphasis on the 5 point Likert scale measurement usage, via both inferential and descriptive statistical tools. The results showed amongst other things, that unbridled relationship frictions had led to unwarranted role jettisoning and this impacts adversely on the delivery pace which concomitantly warps formal pathway to accessing urban lands by various categories of land users. Among the recommendations are that government formal land agencies should be re-configured to build synergy that engenders positive interrelationship and role synchronisation towards improved formal land delivery and accessibility in Nigeria.


In the Lancaster representation a joint density is decomposed into a sum of additive interactions. Using these interactions, we derive conditions for checking compatibility among a collection of marginal densities. The representation also shows how to construct an all-positive joint density additively from a given set of compatible marginals. An algorithm is proposed for reducing the dimension of the marginal densities so that compatibility can be checked in sequential increments. The representation may yield insights into the construction and simulation of models represented by undirected graphs. Copyright Biometrika Trust 2004, Oxford University Press.


In the typical vigilance-situation, S is required to detect and to respond to slight and infrequent changes in stimulation over long periods of time. The usual finding has been that performance declines markedly after about a half-hour at the task.' Little attention has thus far been paid to the possibility of a relationship between performance in vigilance-tasks and electrophysiological measures of activation, such as skin-conductance and EEG alpha-activity. The present experiment was designed to investigate such a possibility. Method. The apparatus used to record skin-resistance was a Fels Dermohmeter, Model 22A. The zinc-zinc sulphate paste electrodes were attached to the soles of the feet by means of plastic clamps. Readings to the nearest 1000 0 were taken at the end of each minute and later translated into conductance-units. EEG-potentials were recorded from two chlorided silver-disk electrodes secured to the scalp by collodion and placed bilaterally over the occipital lobes about 1 in. above the occipital bulge. Two earlobe-electrodes were used for grounding, and no deflection in amplitude was observed on this channel. Conventional EEG-records were obtained by using a Grass Electroencephalograph, Model 111d. From the later stages of amplification of this instrument, the signal was fed into a band-pass electronic filter, rectified in an integrator preamplifier, Model 5U-IS, integrated in a unit-integrator, Model UI-I, and then further amplified and recorded with a polygraph recorder, Model 5. The characteristics of the filter were as follows: maximal relative transmission at 10 c.p.s., with 50% cut-off points, for sine-wave input at the electroencephalograph, at 7.3 and 12.9 c.p.s. The integrator, which provided mathematical integration (area under the curve), was reset each minute by an external timer. The 1-min. values were read to the nearest millimeter from the graphic record, and mean values later were computed for each 15-min. period. The vigilance-task involved the auditory presentation by tape-recording of a series of digits (1-9) in random order at the rate of 1 per sec. The signal to be detected consisted of a series of three successive odd digits, all of which were different. There were 36 such signals to be detected during the 90-min. session. In


This exciting new book of readings is designed to offer the student an integrated presentation of the more important theoretical, empirical, and descriptive literature in criminology and in delinquency. The emphasis is not only on traditional foci, but also the major interests and concerns drawing considerable attention and activity such as interactionist perspective, labeling processes, collective violence, criminal aw and social change, and structural variation and behavioral outcomes. The articles in each section provide general materials relevant o both crime and delinquency followed by specific materials relevant o each. Helpful introductory emarks by the author and the introductory article to each selection deal with the nature, problems and relevance of that section. 1970, approx. 480 pages, paper, $5.95


The conformational behaviour of the halomethyl group in 5-position in 1,3-dioxanes is determined quantitatively by low temperature nuclear magnetic resonance, and the origin of the axial preference of ca. 1 kcal.mole−1 relative to the 5-methyl group is disclosed and discussed in terms of a local electrostatic attraction in XC-C-C(H)Y fragments, having a double gauche conformation (X, Y electronegative elements).


AjLow can relations among groups be arranged in ways that are compatible with sustaining democracy? In this article I consider three ways that groups can order their relations within a democratic framework national separation, liberal nationalism, and civic liberalism. I assess these choices both with respect to democratic criteria and in terms of the conditions in which they might be more or less appropriate. The first part of the article explains what I mean by the political dimension of groups, and why this is an important aspect of group relations. In assessing different types of group relations, I consider groups as collectivities with an interest in autonomy and in self-determination. As political entities, groups are united by the aim of enhancing their autonomy. Autonomy is both an aim for groups and a means of sustaining or increasing the value of whatever common feature defines them.1


As the technology of capturing light fields evolves, depth estimation from light field images has become a hot issue in recent years. Nevertheless, how to avoid the estimation error caused by multi-occlusion is still an open-ended problem. In this paper, we present a novel method to handle complex occlusions in depth estimation of light fields. Firstly, we propose a new theory, when a pixel is around the edges and refocused to its correct depth, its spatial patch and angular patch corresponds. Based on this theory, the angular patch is divided into the same regions as the spatial patch. Then, a depth map is improved by computing the cost volumes in multiple angular regions respectively. Different from previous approaches, our proposed method captures sharp depth near the edges in the presence of multi-occlusion. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method on multiple synthetic datasets and real world images.


In this study, the effect of asphaltenes on the viscosity of Nigerian light crude oils at different temperatures was studied. Different weight per cent of bitumen containing 14 per cent asphaltenes and deasphalted bitumen samples from Alberta, Canada were mixed with Nigerian crude oils. The mixtures were prepared from five light crude oil samples and two bitumen samples. The experimental viscosity data obtained at different temperatures and weight per cent of the bitumen samples were correlated with the viscosity equation of Singh et al. The viscosity of pure crude oils (for instance, Forcados crude oil) containing asphalted and deasphalted bitumen (Rush Lake and Plover Lake bitumen) increased by as much as 160% and 60% respectively. However, the results obtained from correlating the viscosity data with the equation indicated that the discrepancies in measured data could be mainly attributed to the presence of asphaltenes, but the percent errors between measured and predicted viscosity were consistent for the entire samples. The results were identified the light crude oils as better alternative diluents for the production and transportation of heavy crude petroleum.


Elementary school level students who study at international schools use a foreign language in this context which is English. However, in Indonesian class, they must use Indonesian properly and correctly. The situation of the students in using Indonesian during the Indonesian language course shows their efforts to have the same identity with their teachers who are indeed Indonesian citizens (WNI). They often change the use of English to Indonesian or also insert Indonesian in their English sentences. This phenomenon gives the view that language functions not only as a means of communication but can also be used so that speakers have the same identity.


ISSN: 2410-8790 Ashraf et al / Current Science Perspectives 3(1) (2017) 1-13 iscientic.org. www.bosaljournals/csp/ 2 firstname.lastname@example.com supply (Arora et al., 2015). In general, allelopathy affected the growth and development of the neighboring plants by releasing the chemicals in the environment (Lux-Endrich et al., 2005). According to Rice (1984), allelopathy is the influence of one plant over the other plant by releasing the secondary metabolites or principle metabolic byproducts during different physiological process in its surrounding environment via leaching/decomposition, vitalization or root exudation thereby, affecting the growth of neighboring plant. Although secondary metabolites of plants are mostly associated with defense mechanism of plants but these valuable compounds can be involved in ecological functions. There is a strong evidence suggesting the involvement of metabolic compounds in communication of plants (Bertin et al., 2003; Weir et al., 2004). It was first time introduced by Molisch, an Austrian plant physiologist in 1937, who considered it chemical interaction among micro-organisms and plants (Hussain and Reigosa, 2011). It is a natural phenomenon in which different plants or organisms release the secondary metabolites to affect the function of other plants or organism in their positive or negative vicinity (Cheema et al., 2012; Farooq et al., 2011). These unique compounds, identified as allelochemicals, are flavonides, alkaloids, phenolics, momilactone, jasmonates, glucosinolates, hydroxamic acid, brassinosteriods, amino acids, terpenoids and carbohydrates (Adaramola et al., 2016; Asif, 2015a, b, c, d, e, f, 2016). These chemicals are nonnutritional and can be synthesized in any part of the plants i.e. roots, seeds, bark or leaves (Bonanomi et al., 2006; Rice, 1984). Allelopathy involves the synthesis of bioactive compounds capable of growth regulation, weed infestation control and pest management that resolve the problem of health defects and environmental pollution caused by ruthless use of synthetic chemicals (Dayan et al., 2009; Macías et al., 2007). Most of the studies asserted the inhibitory action of allelochemicals as well explored known dimension of allelopathy on the weed and pest management with the use of high concentrations of such chemicals (Farooq et al., 2009). Figure 1 depicts the importance of this hot issue that is the allelopathic application for the weed management Allelopathic crops, when used as smother crops, intercrops or green manure, mulch or cover crops can encounter biotic stresses. Thus, increasing the fertility of soil and reducing the erosion resulting in enhanced yield (Jabran et al., 2007; Khanh et al., 2005). This inhibitory action is attributed to interruption in various physiological process and blockage of important metabolitic within the plant (Iqbal et al., 2007). But some studies have been reported the promotory effect of allelochemicals when used in low concentrations especially foliar that imparts immunization against various abiotic stresses that improve the plant growth (Narwal, 2000). The foliar application of low concentration allelochemicals poses significant impact on crucial physiological process by improving cell elongation and cell division, photosynthesis etc. to enhance crop yield. Phytochemicals from plant extracts are innocuous to beneficial insects and grazing animals (Jamil et al., 2009), are easily degradable due to short half-life with no unnatural and toxic ring structures and low halogen substitution usually have different mode of action than dangerous synthetic agrochemicals (Cheema et al., 2009; Jabran et al., 2007; Jabran et al., 2010b; Kordali et al., 2009). Previous reviews and reports on application of allelochemicals in agriculture including importance of allelopathy in ecosystem (Khanh et al., 2005; Kruse et al., Fig. 1: Research publications on allelopathy as herbicide from 2000-2015 ISSN: 2410-8790 Ashraf et al / Current Science Perspectives 3(1) (2017) 1-13 iscientic.org. www.bosaljournals/csp/ 3 firstname.lastname@example.com 2000; Rizvi et al., 1999), applications of allelopathy in fields for weed management (Bhowmik, 2003; Macías et al., 2007; Weston and Duke, 2003), applications of allelopathic crops as pesticides , suppression of weeds and crops through genetically different cultivars (Weston and Duke, 2003) has been discussed. In this review, identification of allelochemicals in allelophatic crops for the weed management is highlighted.


intrahepatic inferior vena cava with a pericardial graft. CASE REPORT The patient was a 24-year-old European woman. She went to Trinidad from the United Kingdom in October, 1965. In February, 1966, she developed painless abdominal swelling, and 5 months later she was admitted to hospital with pyrexia and right hypochondria1 pain. On 14 July, 1966, laparotomy was performed in San Fernando (Mr. Wilton). The spleen was found to be enlarged and the liver nodular, a diagnosis of cirrhosis of the liver being


The accurate ball-load-addition method,which semi-theory formula calculates the diameter of ball,crushing statistical mechanics principle directs ball matching of initial loading ball,adding balls according to diagraphy,is adopted at Ⅲseries grinding of Dahongshan copper mine in Yunnan province.The new method improves particle characteristic of the grinding product and classified condition,enhanced the mineral liberation degree,classified efficiency,productivity of grinding machine,the recovery and the grades of concentrate,reduced the overgrinding,decreased the consumption of the steel ball,obtained the remarkable economic efficiency.The production practice proves the new method of accurate ball-load-addition can improve the scientificity and reliability of grinding process.


The utility model relates to a safety production device of dimethyl sulfide oxidizing reaction. A precision flowmeter, a feed regulating valve and a stop valve are respectively arranged on a nitrogen dioxide feed pipe, an oxygen feed pipe and a refined thioether feed pipe of the safety production device. A tail gas emptying valve is positioned on the top of an oxidizing tower. A detecting device used for measuring temperature and pressure is disposed in the oxidizing tower. The detecting device, the stop valve and the tail gas emptying valve are respectively connected with a programmable logic controller (PLC) interlocking protection system. Tail gas of the oxidizing tower is led to a neutralizing treatment device. Use level of nitrogen dioxide, oxygen and refined thioether is strictly controlled. feeding is done according to the standards that thioether feed flow is 300 to 400 kg/h, oxygen feed flow is 60-80 Nm /h, and nitrogen dioxide feed flow is 10-30 Nm /h. Nitrogen dioxide is added first, then, oxygen is added, and refined thioether is added at last. Temperature of each tower section of the oxidizing tower is controlled. The safety production device effectively prevents thioether from being excessive, also enables an oxidizing reaction area to be concentrated and enables reaction to be full, and ensures safety production state of the oxidizing tower.


Little research exists on how the conception of world order in terms of globalization defines security policy. The way the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, DC, on 11 September 2001 were understood highlights how globalization defines threats, and the policies adopted to deal with them, in the post-Cold War international order. This article utilizes three elements of the globalization discourse (globality, globalization and globalism) identified by Ulrich Beck in analysing the Western reaction to the events of 11 September 2001. It is argued that the attacks reflected a new `strategic globality' in which the new civilian infrastructure of globalization enabled Third World groups to intervene in the West. In terms of globalization, the events of 11 September were seen as the realization of scenarios for post-Cold War insecurity that dominated the late 1990s. The terrorist attacks actualized the `ontological insecurity' which followed from the notion that globalization enabled threats to proliferate with the same force as trade. Focusing on `globalism', the article analyses the strategies for creating safety in a globalized world that presented themselves immediately after the events. The author presents three globalisms: particularism, imperialism and cosmopolitanism.


I am a very private person. I am a cautious Facebook user*bemused and occasionally appalled at the very public way that some people conduct their lives. I seldom tweet. So exercised am I by the thin, and often unreliable, line that separates fact from fiction that I wrote my PhD on the scope and limitation of autobiographical fiction while working on my second novel, Interpreters (2011). If anyone had told me three years ago that I would be a blogger, and lay bare my life and thoughts to friends, colleagues, students and strangers, I would not have believed them. Then, in April 2010, I was diagnosed with a malignant giant cell tumour in my left leg, and amputation below the knee was the proposed management. A few days before my admission to hospital, I tried to explain to a friend how I was feeling about the experience. She suggested I blog about it. I was sceptical, not least because I did not really know what a blog was, but something about the enormity of what was about to happen to me and the desire for some kind of 'witnessing' of it made me curious to explore this unfamiliar medium. I began with a tentative entry about how it felt to be spending my last weekend with two legs.


Summary form only given. Self-trapping of 1D and 2D optical beams in photorefractive InP has been experimentally observed back in 1996. Here we present the first theory describing the resonant self-focusing effects in photorefractive semiconductors. The theory is based on a models that relies on two donors levels, one deep trap level and conduction of both electrons and holes.


The commonly accepted criteria available for a critical filter design are considered independent from soil erodibility and make no reference to soil erosion properties. This treatment investigates the interrelationship between core soil erosion resistance and critical filter substantiation. Erosion characteristics, namely, coefficient of soil erosion, critical shear stress, and erosion rate index, for 17 fine clay/silt core soils are determined via the hole erosion test. Also, the no-erosion boundary filter for each core soil is determined through no erosion filter testing. The results suggest that soils with higher erosion resistance permit coarser no-erosion boundary filters, i.e., higher D15b. Moreover, for soils with similar fines content or near d85 values, a lower erosion resistance would necessitate a smaller D15b/d85.


We have previously reported that continuous intraoperative nerve monitoring (CIONM) is useful in reducing postoperative left recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis (RLNP) in transmediastinal esophagectomy (TME). In this study, we investigated the relationship between the paralysis risk types on CIONM and postoperative RLNP.

 A total of 161 patients who underwent TME for esophageal malignancies and esophagogastric junctional cancer with CIONM between October 2017 and July 2022. The relationship between clinical background factors, changes in amplitude during surgery, and left RLNP (endoscopic vocal cord findings on postoperative day 7) was retrospectively investigated. Furthermore, the relationship between LOS types (segmental or diffuse) and left RLNP was examined.

 The median age was 70 years, with 127 male and 34 female patients. At the end of transcervical procedure, 46 patients had amplitude less than 100 μV (LOS: loss of signal) and 78 patients had amplitude ≤50% of baseline. Postoperatively, 76.1% of LOS cases and 46.2% of cases with amplitudes ≤50% of baseline had left RLNP. The amplitude reduction types (LOS, baseline≤50%), primary tumor in the cervical/upper thoracic/middle thoracic esophagus, and males were significantly associated with left RLNP (p < 0.001). When examined by LOS type, RLNP was more common in segmental LOS than in diffuse LOS.

 The pattern of amplitude reduction on CIONM is useful in predicting postoperative left RLNP. We will continue to increase the number of cases and verify the further effectiveness of CIONM for TME.


Considering the shortcoming of PLC monitor method commonly used at present,the computer diagram PLC monitor method for working condition is proposed,which is based on MCGS configuration software as development platform.The application example shows that the method proposed is facilitate to determinate and remove troubles in time.In addition,the method is easy to use and can shorten the period of development with the guarantee of the system performance.


The variation status of the operating conditions of Clause unit,the energy consumption,the quality of flue gases,and the cost of sulfur using Linde/BOC oxygen enrichment technology in the 70 kt/a sulfur recovery unit is investigated.The operation conditions are adjusted according to those changes.The results show that the test run status is successful to achieve the goal of expanding the capacity to 100 kt/a.


Behcet's disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of an unknown etiology, and it is characterized by recurrent oral and genital ulcerations, eye lesions skin lesions, and other involvement such as gastrointestinal ulcerations and lesions of the central nervous system and major vessels. The vascular lesions include deep vein thrombosis, superficial thrombophlebitis, arterial aneurysm and arterial occlusion. Aortic aneurysm or pseudoaneurysm is a rare complication, but it is one of the most common causes of death in Behcet's disease. We report here on a case of a 43 year old female with Behcet's disease that was complicated by an abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm, and this was all successfully treated with percutaneous endovascular stent graft insertion, steroid pulse therapy and azathioprine.


Association of Mean Vitamin D Level With Clinical Status in Infl ammatory Bowel Disease: A 5-Year Prospective Study ACG Fellow Award Toufi c Kabbani, MD, MPH, Claudia Ramos Rivers, MD, Jason Swoger, MD, MPH, FACG, Miguel Regueiro, MD, FACG, Arthur Barrie, MD, PHD, FACG, Marc Schwartz, MD, FACG, Jana Hashash, MD, FACG, Leonard Baidoo, MD, FACG, Michael Dunn, MD, FACG, David Binion, MD, FACG. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.


The authors proposed a simple fabrication technique of field emitter array based on a ion-induced bending (IIB) phenomenon. This technique is a very simple two-step process, involving the formation of a cantilever and subsequent ion irradiation. To form a vertical thin film emitter with practical ion dose, however, only a few specific film materials with limited thickness can be used. Therefore, an enhancement method of the IIB phenomenon is necessary. To enhance the IIB phenomenon, the authors proposed the double-layered film method. It was found that the ion-induced bending effect could be extremely enhanced by using a double-layered film method. The required dose could consequently be decreased to less than 5×1015cm−2 in the case of using a heavy element for the cantilever film. This methodology increases the potential of ion-induced bending as a simple fabrication technique for FEA device structures.


AbstrcatMATLAB software has been used extensively in many engineering fields due to its strong operation fanction. To expanding or compressing the signal spectrum in spread spectrum system, the signal is generally multipled by a spread spectrum sequence. The character of spread spectrum sequence significantly affects the communication quality. In all PN sequences, m-sequence and Gold-sequence are often used as spread spectrum sequence. In this paper, the brief introduction of the theory, property and constructing means of the two sequences are given first,and the generation and analysis of them by programming with M language in MATLAB are given later. The simulation results show the correctness and feasibility of this method. The simple and intuitive method is convenient for the engineering personnel.


OBJECTIVE To investigate the possible affect of Xiaochaihu granule and Chaihu oral liquid on the pharmacokinetics of cyclosporine A(CsA) by intragastric administration in rats.METHODS 16 male Sprague-Dawley rats were equally divided into two groups by randomized block design according to weight.Each rat was intragastrically administered CsA(10 mg·kg-1,bid).On the fourth day,after each rat was intragastrically administered CsA(10 mg·kg-1),blood samples(0.6 mL) were collected from the tail vein at 0,1,2,4,6,8,12,24 and 32 h.From day 6 to day 10,each group began to undergo different pretreatments.The Xiaochaihu group were intragastrically co-administered CsA (10 mg·kg-1) and Xiaochaihu granule(2 g·kg-1),At the same time,the rats in Chaihu group were intragastrically co-administered CsA(10 mg·kg-1) and Chaihu oral liquid(2 g·kg-1),then blood samples were collected according to the schedule of the fourth day.The whole blood concentration of CsA was determined by HPLC.Main pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated and compared by statistic analysis.RESULTS Before co-administrated with CsA,no significantly different pharmacokinetic parameters of CsA were found for the two single administration groups.After co-administrated with CsA,AUC0-32h and Cmax were increased significantly(P0.05 and P0.01);t1/2 and V/F were not apparently influenced.There was no significant change in other parameters.CONCLUSION It was indicated that both of the two preparations could apparently increase the intragastric absorption extent of CsA,while they almost had no effect on the drug elimination process.


The present invention relates to a pretreatment device that focuses a sample and separated, and particularly to a sample pretreatment device with a solid-phase extraction column and a mass spectrometer with this apparatus and which is particularly suitable for clinical analyzes in which on a biological sample such as blood an qualitative / quantitative analysis is performed. In this case, in each step of solid phase extraction is attached, for example, serving as a flow path collection device or a plurality of containers for collecting waste liquid and the extracted substance at the bottom of the solid phase extraction column and the extracted material thereby separated and collected without mixing with the waste liquid, that is switched between the positions of the collection device.


Model fractures with variable apertures are generated by a statistical method, and water flow and tracer transport in these fractures are calculated. Tracer injection and collection are simulated for parallel and convergent flow fields. The impact of the use of different injection flow rates and the different locations of injection and collection points are studied. The results show that the transport time, dispersion, and the so-called mass balance fracture aperture are very sensitive to the location of the injection point and the injection flow rate. These anomalous effects appear to be consistent with observations in several recent field experiments. The implications of the calculated results on the analysis of tracer tests are discussed. It is concluded that because of the stochastic nature of variable fracture apertures (and their permeabilities) a point tracer test in a fracture is not sufficient to characterize the properties of the fracture. Dispersivities and apertures calculated from different tracer tests in the same fracture may vary by orders of magnitude depending on the flow rate and the location of the injection. However, a line injection of tracer, averaged over a series of adjacent points, may avoid some of these problems.


While several procedures designed to facilitate office analysis have achieved success with respect to describing what happens in the office, they have contributed far less with respect to prescribing how computer-based technologies can support the office. Here we present TEMO (TEchnological Mapping of Office-work), a procedure which aids the analyst in determining the feasibility of supporting a given office task and suggests which specific software packages might improve performance of that task. In order to illustrate the procedure's application, we present a case in which TEMO is applied, in step-by-step fashion, in order to assess the feasibility of automating a simple set of tasks and to assist in the selection of an appropriate software package. Directions of continuing work in the procedure's extension, enhancement, and evaluation are also described.


As of late, molecules with high nitrogen content have received increased attention, due in large part to their novel energetic materials properties. At the Los Alamos National Laboratory, we continue to pursue the development and characterization of new high-nitrogen materials for applications in a wide variety of fields. In this work three molecules, triaminoguanidinium azotetrazolate (TAGzT), 3,6-bis-nitroguanyl-1,2,4,5-tetrazine and its corresponding bis-triaminoguanidinium salt, are studied all of which are high-nitrogen compounds with little or no oxygen, however, retain energetic material properties as a result of their high heats of formation. Because of this, the decomposition of this class of compounds have limited or no secondary oxidation reactions of carbon and hydrogen. Other materials discussed for comparison include 3,3'-azobis(6-amino-1,2,4,5-tetrazine)-mixed N-oxides (DAATO{sub 3.5}) and 3,6-bis(1H-1,2,3,4-tetrazol-5-ylamino)-s-tetrazine (BTATz) and the nitramine octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine (HMX). The fact that many of these molecules approach 80% nitrogen content makes them potentially useful as gas generants or energetic materials with low flame temperatures, while simultaneously increasing the impulse of gun or rocket propellants. The burning rate, flash pyrolysis (T-jump/FTIR spectroscopy), explosive sensitivity and performance properties were determined. Some examples of interesting behaviors include that TAGzT exhibits one of the fastest low pressure burning rates yet measured for an organic compound,more » and 3,6-bis-nitroguanyl-1,2,4,5-tetrazine has one of the lowest pressure exponents yet measured for a pure organic compound.« less


In this paper, it is applied a method for parameter estimation of ship linear maneuvering models with a standard zig-zag maneuver. The parameter estimation is made based on prediction error methods, using the Kalman filter for the states estimation. It is suggested two cases of study: one in simulation and another one with data acquired in open waters. Thus, it is posible to quantify the statistical properties of the estimator by means of Monte Carlo simulation and to validate the model with simulated and acquired data.


Before the actual machining processes begin on certain steam turbine components, the coordinates of many points on the workpiece are collected and formated and used as data in a large computer program which controls machining parameters. The collection and formating of the input data are accomplished with a dual axis, six digit, Ferrand position readout and a three digit event counter each of which has auxiliary BCD outputs. The BCD outputs are connected to a Control Logic " L" Series Microcomputer. The microcomputer scans the BCD output from the Ferrand readout and the event counter, converts these data to even parity ASCII Code, properly formats the data and sends the results to an ASR-33 Teletypewriter. The tape generated on the Teletype is then used as input data by the machining parameters program mentioned earlier,


The paper deals with pragmatic and methalingvistic aspects of utterance. They are analyzed in the' light of the discoursive interaction. Methacommunication is considered as universal feature of human speech code, "communication about communication" Methacommunication units comment interactive code, explicate illocutive characteristics of utterance and provide the process of communication activity between speech partners. On the way explication of pragmatic components of utterance should be regarded as a part of methalanguage.


Cleft lip and palate (CLP) is the most common congenital deformity of the orofacial. Team care is essential to meet the medical, surgical, dental, orthodontic, and psychological needs of individuals with cleft lip and palate. The currently accepted standards of care can only be met if the specialists work together in the diagnosis and treatment planning. Interdisciplinary team care provides the best overall outcomes for the individual and is also the most efficacious and costeffective way of meeting the goals of treatment. In this review article, published 21 articles were reviewed between years (2000-2018), the electronic databases PubMed,Scopus and Google Scholar were searched. The following search terms were used: nasoalveolar molding, cleft lip and palate, team care, and multidisciplinary management, lip repair, orthognathic surgery. The goal of treatment is to restore esthetics and functional impairments associated with clefts. The nature and the extent of medical and dental problems among CLP patients dictate the need toward multidisciplinary approach where different medical and dental specialists are involved in the treatment. The purpose of this article is to review management of cleft lip and palate deformity from birth until adulthood. In this regard, feeding plates, nasoalveolar molding (NAM), lip and palate repair, palatal expansion, alveolar bone grafting, rhinoplasty, orthodontic treatment, and orthognathic surgery will be discussed.


We consider the double-radiative decays of heavy-light QED and QCD atoms, $\mu^+ e^- \to \gamma\gamma$ and $\bar{B}^{0}_s \to \gamma\gamma$. Especially, we take under scrutiny contributions coming from operators that vanish on the free-quark mass shell. We show that by field redefinitions these operators are converted into contact terms attached to the bound state dynamics. A net off-shell contribution is suppressed with respect to the effect of the well known flavour-changing magnetic-moment operator by the bound-state binding factor. The negligible off-shellness of the weakly bound QED atoms becomes more relevant for strongly bound QCD atoms. We analyze this off-shellness in model-approaches to QCD, one of them enabling us to keep close contact to the related effect in QED. We also comment on the off-shell effect in the corresponding process $\bar{B}_d \to K^* \gamma$, and discuss possible hindering of the claimed beyond-standard-model discovery in this decay mode.


In directional drilling, tool face angle is one of the important parameters controlling wellbore trajectory. But when drift angle is little (less than 3°), the tool face angle surveyed with a gyrocompass is inaccurate. Generally, it is replaced with spinning top rake, so there is difference between them. The research result in the paper shows that accurate tool face angle can still be obtained under this circumstance. The calculation formula of the accurate tool face angle is presented. The formula was also simplified, and the error analysis of the simplified formula was carried out. The analysis result shows that the error is allowable.


It's great to be here today with my many friends and colleagues from the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) and the University of Massachusetts, and my family. SBM has been my professional home and "family" since I attended my first meeting in 1979. For me, it sort of feels like the bar in Cheers, "where everybody knows your name, and they're always glad you came." I'd like to welcome you to Boston and to the 26th annual meeting of SBM. I am grateful to my program chair, Melissa Clark, and cochair, Amanda Graham, for helping to develop our wonderful program, and to our other volunteers and program staff who worked hard to put it together, and to our Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) colleagues who worked collaboratively with us on our joint day, which takes place tomorrow. The partnership of SBM and SOPHE will help us to expand our vision and efforts. I bring greetings from the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) down the road in Worcester, Massachusetts. I dedicate my presentation to Dr. James E. Dalen who, as chair of medicine at UMMS, invited me to join the faculty in 1982 and had the vision and the wisdom to encourage me to form the Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine. This was a time when very few people and institutions, let alone medical schools, knew what behavioral medicine was. Jim valued and understood the relationship of behavior to prevention and to medicine. Knowing we would be challenged, Jim became a member of my division and put his name prominently on our letterhead, daring anyone to question our presence. Later I will focus on the important roles of leaders, educators, advocates, mentors, and partners. Jim was all five—as is fitting for someone with his vision. He later became Dean of the College of Medicine and started the College of Public Health Sciences at the University of Arizona. Thank you, Jim. The assignment of president has allowed me to work with many talented people committed to the mission of SBM, that is, "the production and application of knowledge of behavioral medicine to improve the health of individuals, families, communities, and populations." Our mission obligates and challenges us to do all we can to use our rigorous science, ranging from basic biobehavioral topopulationscience, to improve thehealthofall. Given the extraordinary science we have developed, my focus today will be on its application to achieve substantial improvements in the public's health. In addition, we will talk about some of the current gaps and how we can fill them. Imbedded in our mission is a philosophy that has matured over the past 27 years. Originally focused on the important integration of biomedical and behavioral science, behavioral medicine has expanded to a full ecological perspective and includes each of the levels of the ecological model (1) (Figure 1). The ecological model does two things:


Types and rates of mortality were measured and canopy gap formation rates were estimated from 5- to 15-year records of mortality in 34 permanent plots in mature (100- to 150-year-old) and old-growth (>200-year-old) Douglas-fir (Pseudotsugamenziesii (Mirb.) Franco)/western hemlock (Tsugacanadensis (Raf.) Sarg.) forests in western Oregon and Washington. Gap surveys were conducted in a mature and an old-growth stand, and characteristics of 40 gaps and regeneration were measured. Most canopy trees died without disrupting the forest in both mature (87.6%) and old-growth stands (73.3%). The amount of forest area per year representing new gaps was 0.7% in mature stands and 0.2% in old-growth stands. The gap survey found a higher proportion of gaps in the mature stand than in the old-growth stand. Most regeneration (> 1 m tall) in gaps was western hemlock; Douglas-fir regeneration did not occur. The ratio of seedling density in gaps to density under canopies was about 3 for the mature stand and about 9 for the ol...


We have recently shown that viable Borrelia burgdorferi organisms induce a chronic infection associated with arthritis and carditis in severe combined immunodeficiency (scid) mice but not in immunocompetent mice. The disease is similar to that found in patients suffering from Lyme disease. We now show that B. burgdorferi-specific immune mouse sera as well as a monoclonal antibody to the spirochetal outer surface antigen A (31 kDa) but not monoclonal antibodies specific for the 41-kDa antigenic component of the periplasmic flagella are able to prevent (or mitigate) the development of the disease in scid mice when passively transferred at the time ofthe bacterial inoculation. The identification of a B. burgdorferiassociated protective antigen suggests that the corresponding spirochetal protein should be tested as a vaccine against Lyme disease. Lyme borreliosis is a tick-borne disease caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. In humans Lyme disease is a multisystem illness with dermatologic, rheumatic, cardiac, and neurologic manifestations. Although patients with Lyme borreliosis develop specific antibodies and T-cell responses to B. burgdorferi, their immune reactions do not seem to convey protection (1). Laboratory models for Lyme arthritis have been described in rats (2) and hamsters (3, 4) and in severe combined immunodeficiency (scid) mice (5). All three species developed arthritic lesions similar to those found in patients with Lyme disease (2-5). Moreover, B. burgdorferiinfected scid mice showed additional clinical symptoms, such as inflammatory lesions of heart tissue (5). The facts that most normal mice develop only subclinical infections in response to B. burgdorferi and that hamsters could be passively immunized against infective doses of spirochetes with immune rabbit serum (6) prompted us to search for protective antibodies against the clinical consequences of B. burgdorferi infection in scid mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS Mice and Inoculation with B. burgdorferi. Adult mice of strains C.B-17 scid (scid), C.B-17, and C57BL/6 were bred under specific-pathogen-free conditions at the MaxPlanck-Institut fur Immunbiologie (Freiburg, F.R.G.). Female animals between 6 and 8 weeks of age were used in this study. Mice were inoculated with 1 x 108 B. burgdorferi ZS7 organisms s.c. in the tail. Bacteria: Isolation and Identification. The low-passage (two in vitro passages) tick isolate B. burgdorferi ZS7 and the high-passage variant of the strain B31 (ATCC 35210) were used. The methods for reisolation of spirochetes from blood of infected scid mice as well as for detection of spirochetes in blood have been described (5). Immune Sera, Monoclonal Antibodies (mAbs), Treatment of Mice, and Serological Tests. The anti-B31 immune serum (IS) was taken from C57BL/6 mice 91 days after s.c. inoculation with 1 x 108 B. burgdorferi B31 organisms, the anti-ZS7 IS was taken from C57BL/6 mice 68 days after subcutaneous inoculation with 1 x 108 B. burgdorferi ZS7 organisms; both sera contained specific antibodies (60 ,ug/ml), as measured in an ELISA system as described (5). The normal mouse serum (NMS) was taken from uninfected C57BL/6 mice. mAbs LA-2 (IgG2b) and LA-5 (IgG2a), which are specific for the outer surface protein A (OspA), and mAbs LA-10 (IgG2a) and LA-21 (IgGl), which are specific for the flagellin (Table 1), were obtained as described (7), purified, and stored at -200C at 1 mg/ml. At the time of inoculation and subsequently at 4-day intervals, the indicated mAbs, IS, NMS, or isotonic phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) were passively transferred i.p. to scid mice by the following protocol: day 0 and day 3, 100 dl; day 7 and day 10, 200 pl; day 13 and day 17, 300 ,.l. Throughout the observation period, blood samples were taken from individual reconstituted scid mice and the B. burgdorferi-specific antibodies were measured in a solidphase ELISA system on soluble antigens of strain B31 and strain ZS7 as described (5). Values of titers are expressed as the mean from three mice. Western Blot Analysis. Whole cells ofB. burgdorferi strains B31 orZS7 (4 x 108 cells) were lysed in SDS buffer, separated by SDS/PAGE on 12% polyacrylamide gels and transferred to nitrocellulose. After blocking with 0.1% bovine serum albumin, the membrane was incubated with the respective mAbs (1:10,000 dilution), IS or NMS (1:50 dilution), or sera from previously reconstituted scid mice (1:50 dilution), as described (7). Pathology and Histopathology. Mice were inspected daily for the appearance of clinical signs of arthritis in tibiotarsal joints. At 21 days after infection, scid mice were sacrificed and tissue sections from indicated organs were evaluated for histopathological alterations as described (5). Macrophages and Bioluminescence Assay. Bone marrowderived macrophages from (BALB/c x C57BL/6)F1 mice were generated with modifications as described (8). Briefly, bone marrow cells were cultivated in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) containing 15% (vol/vol) supematant from L929S cells in Teflon bags for 11 days. Approximately 2 x 106 B. burgdorferi strain ZS7 spirochetes freshly Abbreviations: mAb, monoclonal antibody; IS, immune serum; NMS, normal mouse serum. tTo whom reprint requests should be addressed. 3768 The publication costs of this article were defrayed in part by page charge payment. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. §1734 solely to indicate this fact. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87 (1990) 3769 Table 1. Antigen specificities and isotypes of antibody preparations used for passive transfer Specificity for B. burgdorferi structures of strains B31 and ZS7 Antiserum or OspA OspB mAb 20 kDa (31 kDa) (34 kDa) 41 kDa 60/65/70 kDa Isotype C57BL/6 anti-B31 + + + + + ND C57BL/6 anti-ZS7 + + + + + ND


Jorgenseniella eugeniae, gen. nov., sp. nov. and Dasineura marginalis, sp. nov. are described based on material obtained from leaf galls on Eugenia umbelliflora and E. rotundifolia (Myrtaceae). Illustrations of adults, immature stages and galls are given. Trotteria sp. (inquiline) and Lestodiplosis sp. (predator) are associated with the galling species. Ecological aspects of galls and gall midge species are also presented.


I summarize results and performance of the dynamical theory of charmless hadronic B decays, based on QCD factorization in the heavy quark limit. On the theoretical side, a number of NNLO (alpha_s^2) amplitudes are now available, all showing a well-behaved perturbative expansion. The large observed branching fraction in B0 -> pi0 pi0 remains a challenge, implying either a large inverse moment of the B-meson wave function or a sizable power correction (or unexpected new physics). B-factory/Belle2 analyses of B -> gamma l nu may shed light on this. On the other hand, the new Belle and LHCb measurements of A_CP(pi^+ pi^-) bring the experimental result closer to QCDF predictions, similar to what is found in B -> pi K decays, while S_pipi gives a competitive gamma-determination. I remind the reader that for vector-vector final states, a theoretical treatment of the full set of helicity amplitudes has existed and met with some success since the B-factory era, and applies equally to LHCb measurements of e.g. B_s -> phi phi.


Through nonlinear finite element calculation,a general settlement modification formula associated with the height of embankment and coil compressive module of roadbed is put forward,which leads to a consideration of soil lateral deformation after modification of the calculation result by e-lgp method.An engineering example verifies that settlement values modified by this formula are very close to the measured data,thus this method can be used for reference in other engineering projects.


The gamma -ray induced polymerization of isoprene was investigated in the temperature range of -78 deg to 40 deg C. The following variables were studied: the dependence of polymerization rate on temperature; the effects of DPPH and pyridine on the polymerization at various temperatures; the dependence of the polymerization rate on dose rate at -78 deg and 20 deg C; and the structure of the polyisoprenes obtained by various temperatures. Although the Arrhenius plot of the polymerization rate did not yield a linear relation, the total polymerization rate was successfully separated into radical and ionic contributions. The polymerization rate was proportional to the square root of dose rate at 20 deg C, whereas it was proportional to the first power of the dose rate at -78 deg C. The structure of polyisoprene prepared at -78 deg C is closely similar to that of cationically polymerized polyisoprene. The partially ionic mechanism of the radioinduced polymerization of isoprene was elucidated in the investigation. It was concluded that a cationic mechanism is operative at low temperatures whereas a radical mechanism predominates at higher temperatures. (auth)


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1. Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 2. National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, resident at the Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20375 3. Electronics Science & Technology Division, Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20375 4. Sotera Defense Solutions, 2121 Cooperative Way, Suite 400, Herndon, VA 20171-5393