INTRODUCTION:
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic multisystem disease of unknown cause. The characteristic feature of RA is persistent inflammatory synovitis usually involving the peripheral joints in a symmetric fashion. The hallmark of the disease is cartilage damage and bone destruction1. Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common inflammatory arthritis, affecting 0.5% to 1% of general population worldwide. Because of its prevalence and ready accessibility of joint samples for laboratory investigation, rheumatoid arthritis has served as a useful model for the study of all inflammatory and immune mediated disease.
Rheumatoid arthritis patients can present with variety of clinical features, various articular and extra articular involvement. They may result in various complications which can impair the physical function in these patients. Pain in affected joints, aggravated by movement, is the most common manifestation of established RA. Generalized stiffness is frequent and is usually greatest after periods of inactivity.
Rheumatoid arthritis does not involve the same type of joints in all patients. In general the number and severity of articular features vary with the duration and severity of the disease. Articular manifestations (AM) can severely affect the functional quality of an individual due to various deformities ,such as "Z" deformity, Swan neck deformity boutonniere deformity and hallux valgus.
The Extra articular manifestations (EAM) may be due to formation of immune complexes. EAM includes the involvement of skin, eye, serosa, lung, heart, kidney, nervous system. The extra articular manifestations also depend upon the duration of the disease. If the duration is more the severity is also more. EAM are also associated with excessive mortality, since they affect major organs.
In two-third of the patients, RA begins insidiously with constitutional symptoms such as fever, loss of appetite, fatigability and generalized weakness. This also makes the
patients to abstain from day-to-day routine activities.
AIM:
The aim of the study is:
1. To identify and analyze the common presenting complaints of rheumatoid arthritis patients like loss of appetite, fever and fatigability.
2. To assess the various joint involvement and extent of damage due to the disease process in patients with proven rheumatoid arthritis and it's severity with the duration of the disease.
3. To document EAM in patients with proven rheumatoid arthritis and its significance with the duration and severity of the disease.
4. To establish beneficial effects of disease modifying anti rheumatic drugs.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
Patients with symptoms suggestive of Rheumatoid arthritis who represented the Medical OPD and Rheumatology OPD, Government Stanley Medical College hospital during a period from July 2005 to June 2006 were included in this study. A total number of 100 patients who met the inclusion criteria below were included in this study.
Inclusion Criteria:
a. Patients who presented with typical clinical features based on the
Modified American College of rheumatology criteria.
b. Patients above 16 years of age.
c. Patients already diagnosed to have RA.
Exclusion Criteria:
a. Patients with mono articular involvement.
b. Patients below 16 years.
c. Patients who did not fulfilled the ACR criteria.
RESULTS:
A total number of hundred patients were included in this study in the age group ranging from 18-74years. The mean age is being 41.6.
1. The Total number of cases screened – 100,
2. Gender:
* No. of male RA patients screened - 18,
* No. of female RA patients screened - 82.
CONCLUSION:
1. Fatigability, Loss of weight and Fever were observed in 91%, 41% & 52% of patients respectively.
2. All patients showed involvement of PIP& MCP joints. The next common joint involved was wrist in 82% of patients.
3. Cervical joint involvement is seen in three patients and one of them had neurological deficit in the form of atlantoaxial subluxation resulting in quadriplegia.
4. Extra articular manifestations (EAM) were found in 41%of patients studied.
Among the EAM, anemia was the predominant manifestation and seen in 22% of patients.
5. The frequency of complications was well correlated with duration of the disease. Those who were having the disease more than two years showed evidence of joint damage and extra articular manifestations.
6. Majority of the patients with EAM were seropositive. And seropositive patients presented with joint damage earlier than seronegative patients.
7. DMARD is required in 85% of patients to overcome the symptoms.


The aim of this paper is to study the existence of solutions for Kirchhoff type equations involving the nonlocal fractional Laplacian with critical Sobolev-Hardy exponent where are nonnegative constants and is called the critical Sobolev-Hardy exponent, . Here with is the fractional r-Laplace operator. Ω is an open bounded subset of with smooth boundary and . are continuous functions and f is a Carathéodory function which does not satisfy the Ambrosetti-Rabinowitz condition. By using the Mountain Pass Theorem, we obtain the existence of solutions for the above problem. Furthermore, using Fountain Theorem, we get the existence of infinitely many solutions for the above problem when . We also study the existence of two nontrivial solutions for the Kirchhoff type equation involving the fractional p-Laplacian via Morse theory. Finally, we consider the case and study a degenerate Kirchhoff equation involving Trudinger-Moser nonlinearity. In our best knowledge, it is the first time our problems are studied in this area.


Fifty bacteria strains were isolated from soil samples.With plate bacteriostasis assays, 10 strains showed obvious antagonisms against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and the strains A03 and DE were the strongest.Their widths were 6.3mm and 12.1mm,respectively.


A new method of achieving real information recording with a density above 1 Tbit/in.2 using servo tracking control in ferroelectric data storage systems is proposed. In this system, position control of the read/write head was realized by the scanning nonlinear dielectric microscopy technique. The data bits can be read by only one-line scanning on a one-line data track using high-precision head position control. The tracking accuracy of this system was evaluated to be about 2 nmpp. As a result, actual data composed of 64×64 bits were recorded at an areal density of 1 Tbit/in.2 and the bit error rate was evaluated to be 1.7×10-3.


The method for visualizing the left cavities of the heart by means of levophase of pulmonary angiography is described. Its indications and advantages, and the simplicity of the technique are described, and the low risk this procedure places on the patient are emphasized.


In view of some problems existing in the application of the dumping device on the side dump car at present,a new type dumping device on the pneumatic side dump car with the load of 80tis put forward.The composition,dumping principle,dumping action,dumping stability and advantages of the new type dumping device are described.


Due to the high specificity of their interactions, proteins are increasingly used in therapy and represent a vast majority of the global pharmaceutical market. Nevertheless, these molecules are fragile and therapeutic protein stability is a major concern in pharmaceutical industry. Protein degradation and aggregation can occur at every step during production, storage, transport and delivery. In this thesis, we interrogate the possible role of intermittent wetting in protein aggregation. Intermittent wetting frequently occurs in protocols involving pumping (cavitation), agitation, and liquid handling. During intermittent wetting, the air/liquid and liquid/solid interfaces meet at a triple line or triple interface, which is a local trigger for protein aggregation because it concentrates the mechanical action of the recessing fluid on the surface adsorbed proteins. We study the effect of surface intermittent wetting on insulin aggregation. Our results demonstrate that the triple interface line, where an air/water interface meets a hydrophobic surface, allows progressive protein accumulation, and finally triggers local insulin aggregation. We also show that shear stress, alone, is not detrimental for protein stability. Additionally, Additives such as polysorbates were tested, showing that the modification of the surface tension of a protein solution impacts its ability to form aggregates. Based on this work, we propose recommendations for the design of drug delivery and preparation devices in order to limit the risk of protein aggregation at the triple interface.


Kiritani et al. have recently reported that a large number of vacancy clusters are formed in plastically elongated thin foil of fcc metals and that no dislocations at all are observed in the thin portion of the elongated film. These findings suggest that elongation proceeds by atom transportation accompanied by generation of vacancies. In the present work, strips of prototype bcc metals of iron and vanadium were elongated to fracture, and thin portions that can be observed under TEM; i.e. , fractured edges, were observed by electron microscopy. The results show that iron thin foils that had been elongated in pure helium gas reacted with residual oxygen atoms such that the thin portions transformed to α-Fe 2 O 3 . Iron thin foil that had been elongated under a 10 −6 Pa vacuum showed usual bcc structure, and void-like defects were observed. Strips of vanadium were elongated to fracture at 77 K and 293 K, and large number of void-like defects were observed in as-elongated specimens. In thin vanadium foil that had been elongated at 673 K, TEM visible defects were not observed initially, and void like defects appeared after 200 keV electron illumination for 60 minutes. Stereo-microscopic examination showed that void-like defects had formed inside vanadium thin foil.


This paper evaluates the effects upon investor returns of regulatory changes within the motor carrier industry from late1976 through late 1980. Several hypotheses are stated and tested using the market model. Evidence suggests that ICC regulatory reforms affected investor perceptions regarding motor carrier equities. On the month of announcement # of a reform, average abnormal returns were significant in 4 of 10 cases. Of these four significant cases, one was associated with a negative and three with positive average abnormal returns.


I found two chapters particularly valuable in placing their approaches within the context of theory and practice. Felipe Gaitan Ammann animates the lives of the late nineteenth-century upper class of Bogota through the medium of a single French-made bone toothbrush, mistakenly placed in a bone bag during excavations. He provides a useful theoretical review that contrasts ethnographic and archaeological approaches to "object biography." Ethnographers tend to focus on certain singular objects in terms of inalienable qualities that link them to their possessors, whereas archaeologists should be concerned with the material characteristics of any object, even commodities, whose inherent attributes can transcend their identifications with persons and whose performative possibilities should be investigated. Marisa Lazzori is concerned with the distribution of obsidian artifacts in northwest Argentina in the first millennium A.D. In a lucid literature review she argues for a phenomenological, intersubjective perspective as opposed to the dominant textual and functional approaches to interpreting the regional exchange of exotic materials among formative societies. Her goal is to understand how the circulation of obsidian artifacts was a means of connecting people to places and others not visible, and thereby of enlarging the sense of spacetime beyond one's experiences. The objects assume agentive qualities in effecting the co-constitutions of peoples and their worlds through their inherent characteristics and their movement in space and time.


We evaluated the effect of sequential dual-frequency ultrasound (SDFU) pretreatments on rapeseed protein enzymolysis, using alcalase as a model enzyme. Hydrolysed protein concentrations, enzymolysis kinetics and thermodynamic parameters were investigated. The results showed that the hydrolysed rapeseed protein concentration following SDFU pretreatments was higher compared to that of the control for up to 75 min of enzymolysis at various substrate concentrations of 5–25 g L ; both control and SDFU pretreatment groups showed first-order reaction kinetics. Compared to the control, the Michaelis–Menten constant (KM) value decreased remarkably by 17.61%, while an increase in the binding frequency between enzyme and substrate (KA) by 10.47% was observed. The thermodynamic parameters, enthalpy, entropy and activation energy were reduced in the SDFU pretreatment group compared to the control by 31.78%, 18.0% and 29.56%, respectively. SDFU pretreatment showed little effect on Gibbs free energy at the various temperatures studied.


Abstract The purpose of this essay is to examine the consistency and coherence of some arguments about abortion. Theological, philosophical, and public policy discussions of abortion are linked by the necessity of understanding the legitimate claims of the fetus on the woman who bears it, as well as on the larger human community. The tools of moral philosophy widely are employed, whether directly or indirectly, to evaluate abortion as one solution to problematic pregnancies. In particular, theologians examining the problem of abortion from the standpoint of normative ethics find it necessary to take into account some of the seminal work in recent moral philosophy. However, the logic of the moral arguments adduced is not always given fully critical attention in either "pro-choice" or "pro-life" positions, whether they be essentially religious, philosophical, or political in character. One logical implement used broadly is the analogical argument. Burdensome pregnancy can be compared to other situations in which the duty of one individual to protect the rights of another either is sustained or is modified. Differences in evaluations of the morality of abortion can be clarified and perhaps reduced by probing the ways in which the morally significant features of fetal dependency, and of maternal and societal obligation, are partly revealed yet partly hidden by the analogical mode of moral argument.


Contents: The International Background - The Judean Background - The Maccabean Revolt - Judas Turns to Rome - Renewal under Jonathan and Simon - Renewal under John Hyrcanus - From Eulogy to Silence - Pompey Intervenes - The Pompeian Settlement - The Civil War - The Triumviral Period.


An experimental investigation has been earried out to reveal the atomization process of the diesel fuel spray. The spray injected through a single hole nozzle was taken by a camera on the opposite side of a stroboscope for macroscopic observation or a nanolite for microscopic observation. The effect of nozzle aspect ratio was analyzed with disintegration phenomena of the diesel spray. Based on the enlarged spray photograph, atomization process was observed in detail and further the spray cone angle was measured under various ambient pressures. The result shows that atomization of diesel spray in early stage of injection is mainly progressed in the vicinity of spray periphery region except the region close to the nozzle exit and spray head region. The spray cone angle is nearly constant under the pressurized condition, while it decreases with elapsing time under the atmospheric condition.


Tensile and compressive strains via epitaxial lift‐off (ELO) techniques were applied on single‐layer InAs/GaAs quantum dots (QDs). At low temperatures, due to the difference in thermal expansion coefficients of the ELO film and host substrate, the ELO QDs film bonded to Si and MgO substrates experienced tensile and compressive strain, respectively. At 13 K, we observed that the photoluminescence (PL) spectra of the ELO film bonded to MgO blueshifts by 10 meV while the ELO film bonded to Si redshifts by 8.5 meV with respect to the ground state of the as‐grown sample. The estimated tensile and compressive strains at this temperature were determined by monitoring the valence‐band splitting of the GaAs PL peak. The film bonded to Si has a light hole (lh) to heavy hole (hh) energy separation of 4.6 meV, resulting to values of strain, ϵ  = 6.049 × 10−4 and stress, X = 0.746 × 10−3 kbar or 74.6 MPa. On the other hand, the film bonded on MgO has an lh–hh energy separation of 3.7 meV, giving ϵ  = 4.8 × 10−4 and X = 0.24 × 10−3 kbar or 24 MPa. Furthermore, we also observed a reversal of the PL intensity peak between the ground and excited‐state transition of the film bonded on silicon only. A plateau‐like feature between the two peaks also emerged, indicating the presence of another optical transition, which is enhanced due to application of tensile strain. We associated this peak to the 1LO‐phonon replica of the PL transition resulting from the excited state. Based on these observations, this reversal is most likely attributed to the reduction of the carrier‐relaxation mechanism from excited states to the ground‐state transition upon the application of tensile strain. Finally, the result of this study showed the efficacy of the ELO technique as an alternative way of introducing variable tensile and compressive strain in the InAs/GaAs QD's heterostructure.


In this paper, we identify and analyze reasons for instabilities in closed-loop walking control. We show how abstractions from the physical robot to models, or from complex models to simplified models in simulation influence the performance of the walking motion. Furthermore, we present new algorithms for compensation of these disturbances. This way they can be lowered in advanced to reduce dependence on sensor feedback stabilization.


Using the longest sequence and Hadamard transform, a method for quadrature modulation signals, systems and devices are described. Modulation symbols to be transmitted, for some integer n, are arranged in the indexed sequence from 1 to 2 Constant is added to the beginning of each sequence, which in turn, is multiplied by the size of 2 Sequence produced as a result are orthogonal, may have a first value is zero. The first value is discarded, the sequence is sorted and associated with m sequences. Then, the signal is transmitted. Cyclic prefix may also be sent. When receiving the transmission, the receiver may be used or may discard the cyclic prefix, or it for channel equalization. The receiver then rearranges the received signal, inserting zeros, applying a Hadamard transform of 2 .Field


Basic assumptions of the INC models are "revisited" in order to examine their applicability limits at low energies. Details of implementations of INC important at low energies are discussed.


Science popularisation has received widespread interest in the last decade. With the rapid evolution from print to digital modes of information, science outreach has been seen to cross educational boundaries and become integrated into wider contexts such as YouTube.  One of the main features of the success of research dissemination videos on YouTube is the ability to establish a meaningful connection with the audience. In this regard, humour may be used as a strategy for engagement. Most studies on humour, however, are conducted solely from a purely linguistic perspective, obviating the complex multimodal reality of communication in the digital era. Considering this background, we set out to explore how humour is used from a multimodal point of view as an engagement strategy in YouTube research dissemination. We selected three research dissemination videos from three distinct YouTube channels to fulfil this aim. After an initial viewing, 22 short humoristic fragments that were particularly engaging were selected. These fragments were further explored using Multimodal Analysis - Video (MAV)[1], a multi-layered annotation tool that allows for fine-grained multimodal analysis. Humoristic strategies and contextual features were explored, as well as two main types of modes: embodied and filmic. Results show the presence of 9 linguistic strategies to introduce humour in YouTube science dissemination videos which are always accompanied by heterogeneous combinations of embodied and filmic modes that contribute to fully achieving humoristic purposes.
[1] Multi-layer annotation software used to describe the use of semiotic modes in video files. By using this software, researchers may analyse, for instance, how gestures, gaze, proxemics, head movements, facial expression, etc. are employed in a given file.


Abstract : The objective of the integrated high-frequency antenna system (IHFAS) program is to provide a simultaneous operation (SIMOP) capability for the P-3 hf communication system. This capability will be provided for the P-3C, which will incorporate the higher hf transmitter powers and Link 11 data capability of A-NEW. A technique was developed to optimize transmit filters. This technique enables analysis of system parameters to determine detailed requirements for an optimum high-level transmit filter. A series of tests were performed on the AN/ARC-132(V) hf transceiver to aid in evaluating it as a SIMOP radio. General performance tests were conducted in accordance with applicable portions of MIL-STD-449C. In addition, external intermodulation, spurious voltage, and spurious impedance measurements were made. (Author)


Viscous effects on transient long-wave propagation BY PHILIP L.-F. LIU AND ALEJANDRO ORFILA Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 520 (2004), pp. 83–92


The invention is suitable for the mobile terminal field and provides a method of switching programs fast and a device. The method comprises the following steps that shortcuts switching the programs fast and programs which are switched to after the programs are switched fast are set, and when use of the shortcuts is detected, operating programs are switched to the programs set by the fast switch programs. As the shortcuts switching the programs are set firstly, and the operating programs are switched to the programs set by the fast switch programs when use of the set shortcuts by users is detected, the users can set the operating programs before, backstage operation of the operating program before is thoroughly closed, information of the programs operated by the users before can not be found, and therefore secrets of the users to use some programs can be protected.


In preparation for our Annual General Meeting (AGM), the CUA central office has been working hard to make this meeting successful. We continue to make significant improvements in the administration and running of the CUA. As you all realize, we have had a dramatic increase in the workload for the CUA, and the staff at the central office in Montreal has been excellent. Without their support, this work could not be accomplished.

Financially speaking, our expenses continue to go up, but costs are being retrieved in several ways through the Office of Education and through the improved coordination and efforts of our patron sponsors and exhibitors at our AGM.

Furthermore, we are currently entering a new phase of our contract negotiations with the SIU. We are looking to become full partners with the SIU. We look forward to a new relationship with the SIU.

A continuing source of pride for the CUA is our journal. If you are reading this article, you have certainly seen the improvement in the journal. We are proud to own and operate the journal, with the efforts of our Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Laurence Klotz, and our Managing Editor, Josephine Sciortino. They, along with the editorial and publishing support of the Canadian Medical Association, have produced a product to be very proud of. Continue to support the journal and submit your manuscripts — case reports, review articles and research reports.

Those of us in Edmonton are very excited about the upcoming meeting. The planning is coming along extremely well, and we are very excited about the scientific portion, the video sessions and the live surgery. We have a tremendous collection of guest speakers, and I am sure you will be thrilled with the academic portion of the meeting. In addition to the scientific side, we also have a very impressive social program organized by Mike and Bonnie Chetner. We look forward to your arrival!

However, before we get to Edmonton, I hope to see you all at the CUA reception at the AUA meeting in Orlando, Florida, on the Monday night of the meeting (Monday, May 19, 2008). All CUA members should have received their invitation in the mail. If you have not received one but would still like to attend the reception, please contact me directly at gro.auc@tnediserp.

See you soon!


Acute appendicitis is one of the most common causes of abdominal pain. CT image and/or pelvic ultrasonic scan are excellent resources to assist in diagnosis. The commonlocations to examine are retroceacal, pelvic and retroileum. The size of a normalappendix is less than 6 mm in diameter and the wall is less than 2 mm thick.The associated fi ndings are periappendiceal edema with or without fl uid collectionand/ or calcifi ed fecalith in the lumen. In pregnancy and pediatric groups, ultrasoundshould be performed. The differential diagnosis is diverticulitis.


A few months ago, I (SM) was invited to do a presentation to a group of frontline healthcare providers who were attending a professional retreat as respite from the intensity of the pandemic. All of the healthcare workers were vaccinated, and while the room was filled with a sense of hope due to the vaccine, the heaviness of patients, colleagues, and loved ones lost was intensely present, as was the knowledge that many more would be lost over


This study aims to investigate the formative evaluations of the training programmes of a Portuguese national railway public company for an entire calendar year. The aim is to uncover alternative configurations for the design of training programmes to create better levels of evaluation. This study is based on the following research question: What are the configurations that lead to the success and or failure of trainers and trainees? Among those, are there any common designs that generate the success and or failure of both trainers and trainees?,This study used matched data from an entire calendar year to examine the trainers and trainees' evaluations of 429 training events. This study also used a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to provide configurations that generate the success or failure of trainers and trainees. This methodology offers alternative pathways to the same outcomes and thus gives managers different options to reach similar results.,The results show that there are more configurations that lead to trainers' success (five) than to its absence (four). However, the configurations that lead to trainees' success (three) are less than those that lead to its absence (six). The findings indicate that a single common configuration exists that leads to high evaluations.,This study does not address summative evaluations. Regarding data, the study acknowledges the use of self-evaluations for trainees, although they serve as a proxy for a learning evaluation. The generalisation of the results outside the Portuguese railway company's context is not possible.,The proposed analysis is applicable to other settings without restrictions. Managers may replicate this study's approach in their organisations to uncover the alternative configurations that lead to the success or failure of trainers and trainees. They may adopt the ones that lead to successful outcomes and avoid the ones that lead to undesired ones.,This study is innovative because it addresses concurrently the success or failure of trainers and trainees that is only possible by using the fsQCA method. This study opted to use this method to provide alternative pathways to extreme outcomes: the most successful or the most unsuccessful. These multiple pathways are better results compared to traditional quantitative statistical methods that only provide a single estimated solution to the presence of the dependent variable; for example, a regression analysis or structural equation modelling.


Introduction Light emitting diode (LED)-based lighting is increasingly popular in automotive applications, including high and low beams in headlights, and brake and taillights in rear lights. Strategy Analytics estimates that nearly 20% of new cars will have LED headlights. LED-based lighting applications use an LED driver circuit to drive the LEDs, with the goal to maintain constant current. Given the complex design requirements, an extensive selection of LED driver circuits now exist.[1, 2] These circuits include both linear and switching LED drivers that address system-level requirements such as high voltage to drive a long LED string, in addition to current accuracy and stability. LED driver circuits also implement features to mitigate electromagnetic interference (EMI), maintain thermal performance, and improve overall efficiency. There are also features that protect LEDs from damage through thermal foldback, dimming, and current-balancing functionality.[3] One important consideration in solutions for LED driver circuits is the efficiency, as defined by Equation 1.


1. Project summary In this project we aim to invent and develop new techniques for the retrieval of figurative images (such as clip art, logos, signs) from large databases. Our techniques will be based on the extraction and matching of perceptually relevant shape features, thereby overcoming many of the limitations of existing methods. This project will develop and evaluate new algorithms for: • Perceptual segmentation of raw images, and grouping of shape elements. • Matching of geometrical patterns representing shape features. • Partial matching: fitting part of one shape with part of another. • Indexing shape features in huge databases of figurative images. • Indexing the relative spatial layout of shape features within these images. The project meets the objectives of the FET programme through a highly-innovative (and hence high-risk) programme to develop novel techniques for shape matching aimed at tackling one of the key problems limiting the effectiveness of current image retrieval techniques. Our project offers the possibility of significant advances at both the scientific and economic level. New in our approach is the primary role of perceptually relevant shape features, the emphasis on the unsolved problem of partial matching, and indexing over layout and shapes rather than over feature vectors. The newly developed algorithms will be experimentally verified in a prototype system, and subjected to rigorous evaluation on databases with independently-validated ground truth. 2. Project objectives espite over a decade of research into content-based image retrieval (CBIR), the task of finding a arious com n Tanase, 2001). Tec iq ly-produced images which incl e eived less attention, even tho e different techniques for effe v ally-produced (Eakins, 2001). • Accurate retrieval and management of such images is of major economic importance. • Figurative images provide an ideal vehicle for the development of improved shape retrieval techniques, which could be applicable to a much wider domain of images. Shape is probably the single most important feature used by human observers to characterize an image-psychological studies (e.g. Biederman, 1987) show that a whole range of familiar objects can be recognized as readily from stylised line drawings as from full-colour natural images. However, the process of automatically extracting image features that characterize these elements has proved remarkably difficult, as illustrated in Fig 1. Professional trademark examiners judge all of the following four images to be similar, because all can be perceived as a triangle enclosing a circle-even though they differ in …


Their present high cost prevents thyristors from replacing mercury arc valves as hvdc converters, especially as a large number of them are needed in series to attain voltage ratings on the order of 100 kV. Yet these relatively efficient static devices occupy less space, operate with simpler circuitry, need less maintenance, and are easily replaced when they fall.


The same poling conditions have been currently used for making "electrets" and for investigating aging and breakdown phenomena. These conditions consist to pole during a long time under elevated temperature and then to short circuit and to ground the electrodes before space charge measurements. These conditions are may be adequate for forming and orienting dipoles but are a priori inadequate for trapping charges. That is because the trapping probability depends on the temperature, on the electric field and other stress as mechanical stress. Moreover, a trapped state is a metastable state that can exist only in a temperature domain. Therefore, it is first necessary to determine the existence domain of this state for optimizing the poling conditions. Because the poling and measuring conditions having been chosen without pre determining the trapping domain it is understandable why a low charge density is currently found (C/m3). Injected charges flow through the sample but let behind them a memory that is sample representative and even if the poling conditions are inadequate for predicting the material properties, they allow to differentiate different materials. The challenge is now to predict which one material is the best for electrical insulation and to verify the conclusion by doing high voltage tests.


Abstract : Hungary has hardly begun to develop her own special operations capability (SOC). In a way, the Hungarian Defense Forces (HDF) are in an advantageous position. They can adopt role models and proven methods from the experiences of their coalition partners. At the same time, however, Hungary does not have comparable resources available, and frequently economic considerations easily override professional ones in the life of the small and still vulnerable Hungarian Special Operations Forces (HUNSOF). The HDF may endanger the capabilities of HUNSOF by misusing it in combat and mismanaging it in peacetime, either because of necessity or by the mistakes of planners or decision makers. Hungarian planners should consider several factors in relation to the employment and management of special operations forces to negate the short-term and long-term effects of misuse or mismanagement. The monograph seeks to answer two questions. First, how well does HDF doctrine support the effective use of HUNSOF in combat operations? Second, how well does the HDF acknowledge certain management requirements of HUNSOF as quality assurance measures? The first question is important, since deficiency in doctrine results in faulty planning, which could lead to the possible destruction of HUNSOF in combat. The second question is important because a military organization's combat capabilities rest on its peacetime management.


We consider here image analysis pipelines and examine how data and processes could be described in the context of the VO. The tasks chain is considered as a workflow, not only in terms of computing and resource allocation as in the Grid community, but in terms of data analysis know-how. Such pipelines may be published as coarse grain tool boxes and provide reference examples to the user.


Editors' Note: In "Evaluation of hyperacute infarct volume using ASPECTS and brain CT perfusion core volume," Demeestere et al. compared the accuracy of the Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) and CT perfusion (CTP) to detect established infarction in acute anterior circulation stroke. They found no significant difference between the accuracy of CTP and ASPECTS to predict hyperacute MRI lesion volume in ischemic stroke.


The results of numerical analysis of turbine flow capacity and other parameters at different turbine rows are presented in this paper. Mass flow calculations by 3D Euler code has been controlled by means of 3D Navier-Stokes code taking into account inlet turbulence intensity and turbulence scale. The use of complicated numerical approaches (3D Euler or 3D Navier-Stokes codes) for mass flow definition demands close attention to quality of numerical techniques. Various reasons of inaccuracy of mass flow definition by using different 3D numerical approaches are analyzed.


Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is predominantly a disease of adults and elderly. CML is uncommon in paediatric age. Priapism as an initial presentation is quite uncommon in CML and is rare in case of CML in paediatric and adolescents. We are presenting a case of CML in adolescent male who presented with priapism of 48 hours duration. Patient was managed in emergency by corporal aspiration and saline-irrigation and was found to have CML during hospital stay. Patient was managed with Imanitib and is under follow-up since last two years.


With the continuous development of the MOOCS model in college physical education, the corresponding teaching evaluation has also been widely concerned by the community. The development of a traditional education mode in college physical education cannot meet the current teaching requirements. In order to solve the problem of narrow application and insufficient accuracy in traditional education, on the basis of the Kohonen fuzzy decision tree algorithm and the MOOCS fuzzy decision tree algorithm, a fuzzy evaluation model of P.E. teaching is proposed. The results show that the fuzzy ID3 algorithm can achieve high accuracy in the four databases, and the classification accuracy of the A-D database is 75.9%, 62.9%, 76.6%, and 95.1%, respectively. Except for database C, the classification accuracy of the minimum classification uncertainty algorithm is lower than the other two clear decision tree algorithms. Compared with the minimum classification uncertainty algorithm, the fuzzy ID3 algorithm has obvious advantages in classification rules. The classification rules of A-D database are 18, 12, 16, and 10, respectively. When the authenticity threshold is about 0.8, the fuzzy ID3 algorithm has the highest classification accuracy. The proposed MOOCS model for college physical education based on the fuzzy decision tree algorithm has strong practicability and high accuracy. This paper studies the MOOCS model of college physical education and introduces the fuzzy decision tree algorithm to evaluate the MOOCS model of college physical education. It solves the problem that traditional sports cannot satisfy the needs of "Internet plus education" at all. Compared with the traditional sports model, it has better applicability and higher accuracy.


A high-side driver has a common-mode dv/dt noise cancellation circuit with V/I and I/V conversion technique to achieve the stable operation up to dv/dt=60V/ns and -10V of allowable negative output voltage at 15V supply. To prevent the malfunction due to the pulsating noise on driver's supply voltage, the BiCMOS based logic circuit is incorporated. This circuit guarantees malfunction-free operation up to +68Vp and -50Vp of the pulse noises. The chip is implemented by using 625V BCDMOS process based on new junction termination technology


We are in the middle of an epidemic of childhood obesity. Attention is beginning to focus on the role of television and other electronic media in causing this crisis. However, some commentators believe that this is unproven. In a recent article Michael Gard suggested that the concept of the 'couch potato' is based on an ideological stance rather than scientific evidence. Here I argue that the evidence linking television viewing with obesity is now compelling. In a cohort of 1000 children followed to adulthood, we have shown that television viewing during childhood and adolescence has a significant, impact on adult overweight and other health problems. I believe that the apparently 'weak' correlation between media use and obesity in surveys of children has been misinterpreted and led to an underestimation of the potential contribution of television to the obesity epidemic. While strong, direct evidence linking computer use to childhood obesity is lacking, this has not yet been studied sufficiently to discount these effects either. The constant availability of television and computers encourage children to lead sedentary lives. We can afford to ignore this issue any longer - we need to turn the television off.


In a study of a series of cases of empyema in which drainage had been performed at varying periods after the onset of the condition, and in which the cavities did not heal, it was determined that one of the commonest causes for failure to obtain a cure was that drainage had not been instituted at a dependent portion of the cavity. In such cases a residuum of purulent exudate remains below the level of the drainage opening, no matter what position the patient assumes. This is particularly true of the empyema whose floor is formed by the diaphragm, which is the situation of most empyemas. An empyema cavity thus inadequately drained tends to be maintained not only because of the accumulated pus, but also because of the continuation of the infection of the pleura. The resultant cavity is therefore usually much larger than can be accounted for merely by


ell processors depend on basic principles of physics for their function. Density gradient separation of salvaged blood components depends on the balance between densities of the various constituents and centrifugal forces generated in the processing bowl (Table 1). As cell separation bowls spin around a central vertical axis, progressively higher g forces are generated radially from the central axis and may be computed by the formula


Abstract : Many modern communication and radar systems in the USAF transmit and receive sophisticated waveforms. To detect these waveforms in the presence of noise, the received waveform must be correlated with all the transmitted waveforms that may have been sent. The large number of these waveforms and their length in symbols often precludes the use of analogue correlation and necessitates the use of digital correlation. This study of transforms over finite fields opens the possibility of discovering new fast digital correlation techniques for communication and radar problems. It is felt that such techniques will enhance fast Fourier transform methods used presently to yield fast digital convolution. (Author)


This article contributes to the study of legislative organisation by contrasting the process of committee chair selection in two distinct institutional environments. The goal is to verify how party loyalty affects the distribution of committee chairmanship in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, focusing on two distinct historical periods. The main hypotheses are tested using a data set that contains information about federal deputies' career characteristics, both inside and outside the Chamber, measured on an annual basis, in two distinct democratic periods – 1946 to 1964 and 1989 to 1998. The article's main conclusions are: first, in a situation where parties are oriented by a factional logic and where power distribution between party leaders and committee chairs is more equal, party loyalty is a crucial factor in the allocation of committee chairmanships. Second, in a broader perspective, the interaction between committees and parties cannot only be explained by incentives emanating from the electoral connection, for it also suffers from the influence of executive–legislative relations.


A tunable, long pulse klystron to be used for the lower hybrid heating of the plasma in the thermo-nuclear fusion experiments was successfully developed. The klystron was designed to deliver 1 MW output power in 10 second duration throughout the frequency range from 1.7 to 2.3 GHz. The output power of 1 MW in 10 second full duration pulses was demonstrated at 1.8 GHz and 2.0 GHz. Saturated output power of 1.3 MW under the short pulse operation was also confirmed throughout the frequency from 1.7 GHz to 2.3 GHz with the efficiency as high as 50 %.


The invention discloses a processing method of rosa-roxburghii leaf tea and belongs to the technical field of tea processing. The processing method comprises the following steps: firstly picking fresh rosa-roxburghii leaves, withering the leaves, feeding into a fixation machine for fixation, then rolling the rosa-roxburghii leaves after fixatioin, then carrying out secondary fixation, then carrying out rolling, and finally shaping and drying to obtain the rosa-roxburghii leaf tea. The processing method disclosed by the invention has the advantages that the rosa-roxburghii leaf tea is processed by utilizing the rosa-roxburghii leaves on branches trimmed from a rosa-roxburghii tree, and wastes are changed into valuables, so that the processing cost of the rosa-roxburghii leaf tea is low; and after the processing method is adopted for treating the rosa-roxburghii leaves, the beneficial components in the rosa-roxburghii leaves are effectively retained, and the mouth feel is improved; and the processed rosa-roxburghii leaves are mellow in taste, are tasty and refreshing, are compact, round-straight and neat and have large appreciating and artistic values.


When RM80 full-face ballast screen scarifier is in operation, the track bed is so dirty and compacted that the mining chain be-comes the major wearing parts, which is mainly due to the poor working conditions combined with the continuous strong shock and friction. The paper puts forward the new ways to improve the strength, toughness and resistance of the mining chain on the basis of analyzing mining chain's failure work forms, selecting tested materials and developing melting, casting and heat treatment technologies, which realizes the domestic development of imported mining chain, reduces the operation costs of ballast screen scarifier and improves operating efficiency.


Paul Roth The basic elements of communication-computer networks are terminal devices and stations; transmission media; and switching. With the rapid growth of computer technology, telecommunication networks (e.g., telephone network) have evolved from analog to digital. With digital switching, transmission, and transceiver devices progressing in the order, such networks have become end-to-end digital networks. Data communication or computer networks (e.g., ARPAnet), which are inherently digital, allow users to share local and remote computing and information


Background: Vascular endothelium reacts to various patho‐physiologic stimuli by releasing several autocoids and cyto‐kines that can be used along with the coagulation and fibrinolytic markers for the diagnosis of hemostatic alterations. Several newer markers for vascular distress, such as tissue plasminogen activator (TPA), tissue plasminogen activator inhibitor‐ I (PAI‐1), TPA/PAI‐1 complex, and the newly reported inhibitor of the coagulation process, namely, tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI), have been implicated in the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension.


The paper presents results from NOPIK, a current IST project, which is in its final stages. A number of tools to support team-based problem solving activities have been developed and evaluated with the project users and with overall positive results. The toolset also sports a distributed architecture where separate installations and their content can be synchronised with a central server. This in principle provides an architecture enabling collaboration and sharing in a relatively static environment, but in an open world where ad hoc connectivity is required a peer to peer architecture is needed and which is proposed and discussed in this paper. Our research has shown that organisations are usually sensitive to letting documents be stored off their premises and thus solutions such as P2P offer the potential to overcome these barriers and provide an ad hoc connectivity otherwise not easily achievable.


Looks at the problems of achieving a relevant quality outcome in the minor thesis components of postgraduate coursework Master's degree programmes. Considers how the quality of course deliverables can be enhanced through innovative approaches to demonstrating mastery of the research process, such as using the World Wide Web in conjunction with case study investigations. Argues that the skills developed through critical analysis of case studies is crucial to a project manager's ability to function effectively and in a way that meets the clients' service quality expectations. Examines two case study investigations from a Master of Project Management degree, with reference to a demonstrated need for project managers to prove their capacity to view problems from multiple frames of reference. The examples illustrate the unique opportunities to present multiple frames of reference offered through development of Websites linked both internally and externally to wider sources of information, and provide an exciti...


In this paper we find the condition on the ! which ensures the equivalency of norms of the Riesz potential and the fractional maximal function in generalized Morrey space Mp,!(R n ).


A process to obtain solar grade polycrystalline silicon from metallurgical silicon is presented. The raw material (99% purity) is purified by chemical leaching, melted in a graphite crucible and unidirectionally solidified. We present results on impurity content at each step of the process and on final structure. p-n solar cells were fabricated on selected wafers. Conversion efficiencies greater than 5% were obtained in small area cells. The authors analyze their behavior and discuss future improvements.


Motivation: The collection, management and visualization of clinical pedigree (family history) data is a core activity in clinical genetics centres. However, clinical pedigree datasets can be difficult to manage, as they are time consuming to capture, and can be difficult to build, manipulate and visualize graphically. Several standalone graphical pedigree editors and drawing applications exist but there are no freely available lightweight graphical pedigree editors that can be easily configured and incorporated into web applications. Results: We developed 'pedigreejs', an interactive graphical pedigree editor written in JavaScript, which uses standard pedigree nomenclature. Pedigreejs provides an easily configurable, extensible and lightweight pedigree editor. It makes use of an open‐source Javascript library to define a hierarchical layout and to produce images in scalable vector graphics (SVG) format that can be viewed and edited in web browsers. Availability and implementation: The software is freely available under GPL licence (https://ccge‐boadicea.github.io/pedigreejs/). Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com Supplementary information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.


This paper put forward a new method,which builds the identification model by the method of discretizing the nonlinear implicit equations of the system.The method can overcome the difficulties that the NARMAX identification model determines the order of the system.Also the identification model has clear physical meaning and simple algorithm to realize it.Based on the least squares support vector machine algorithm,this paper madke the simulation research based on this identification method with a type of UAV as research object.The simulation result shows that the method has good prediction and strong generalization ability,also has high recognition accuracy.


The hepatoprotective potentials of the ethanolic extract of the Ficus bengalensis Linn leaves were tested against carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) and ethanol -induced liver damage in rats. Changes in the levels of biochemical markers of hepatic injury viz; -aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), total protein (TP) and total albumin (TA) were determined in both treated and control groups of rats. The effects of the extracts were compared with that of silymarin (50 mg/kg). Phytochemical analysis and acute toxicity studies of the extract were also performed. The results showed that CCl 4, and ethanol elevates the levels of AST, ALT and decreased levels of TP and TA. Treatment with the ethanolic extract of Ficus bengalensis (EEFB) 100,200 and 400 mg/kg ameliorated the effects of the hepatoxins and significantly (P<0.05) reduced the elevated levels of the biochemical marker enzymes.


A drive circuit (1A) from the output terminal (11) selectively outputs one of a staircase wave and a square wave to a capacitive load drive circuit (52), comprising: providing a constant voltage (VH) of the high voltage power supply (41 transformer), connected in series FET (21) between the output terminal (11) and the high voltage power supply (41), the output-side coil is connected to FET (21) of the gate (22), via a capacitive element (23) an input terminal connected to the transformer (22) of the input-side coil (12a), providing (VH) lower than the constant voltage of the constant voltage (VL) of the high voltage power supply (42), connected in series between the output terminal (11) and the high voltage FET (31) between the supply (42), the output-side coil is connected to FET (31) of the gate transformer (32), and is connected to the input terminal of the transformer (32) of the coil via a capacitive element (33) (12b). High voltage pulse circuit thus, can be suitably imparted a stepped capacitive load is achieved.


The unattended children in rural areas are a special group which appears during the urbaniza-tion development in our country. As the increase of the number of the unattended children,the educational problems for this group come into being,such as more hidden troubles for safety educational prob-lems; unsatisfactory school work,and severe lack of psychological education. Actually all these problems appear step by step and become social focus. This paper lists various performance of unattended children education problem,analyzes the reasons,and puts forward the methods to solve these problems. So we need to strengthen the government's policy and the macro functions; increase the efforts of the family ed- ucation; and strengthen the sense of responsibility of the guardians. Also the schools need to strengthen the mental health education for the chlidren.


Parabolic metaphor such as we find in the gospels is to be distinguished from allegory: in parables the kingdom is compared to one reality or one story, though within that reality or story there may be several points of comparison; in allegory, on the other hand, the metaphors do not really belong together, even if they have been given some sort of unifying framework. The so-called allegorical interpretations of the gospel parables are not really such, but are the result of the application of parables to experience, such application being demanded by the parables' own open-endedness.


Diabetes mellitus is a unmet medical need of significant social and economical impact. Diabetic foot is a chronic and avoidable complication, and still the source of non-traumatic amputations, with metabolic imbalance, macroand micro-angiopathy, and ulceration or trauma contributing to its development. The introduction of Heberprot-P to treat diabetic foot ulcers has been a tremendous advance to reduce the amputation index and disability among patients. However, it is essential to guarantee an optimal and personalized glycemic control for achieving even more favorable results. This can be attained by implementing an intensive therapeutic strategy with multiple doses of insulin since the very first diagnose of the lesion. Due to the relevance of this topic for medical practice, here is reviewed how to establish such a therapy, and the goals for glycemic control to achieve a better quality of life when attending diabetic foot ulcer patients.


PURPOSE: A lens block, lens barrels and a method for operating plural lens groups are provided to reduce the receiving length of a collapsible lens. CONSTITUTION: A lens block comprises plural lens groups(L1,L2,L3) and lens barrels(16,17) which are movable between plural positions for imaging and a non-imaging position along an optic axis(Z1) including plural imaging positions and at least one non-imaging positions. All the lens groups are placed along the optic axis when the lens barrels are placed at one of the plural imaging positions. At least one lens group is placed out of the optic axis and the other lens groups are placed along the optic axis when the lens barrels are placed in the non-imaging position. At least one part of the lens group which is out of the optic axis and at least one part of the other lens groups are placed along a planar surface vertical to the optic axis.


One of the most important challenges in nonlinear, multi-input multi-output (MIMO) and time variant systems (e.g., robot manipulator) is designing a controller with acceptable performance. This paper focused on design a new artificial non linear controller with on line tunable gain applied in the robot manipulator. The sliding mode fuzzy controller (SMFC) was designed as 7 rules Mamdani's inference system because it has one input as sliding function and one output as fuzzy sliding function which the integral part was added to the sliding function in the presence of uncertainties and external disturbance to reduce the limitations. Sliding mode controller (SMC) has two most important challenges in uncertain systems: chattering phenomenon and nonlinear dynamic equivalent part. Applying the sliding mode methodology to Mamdani 's fuzzy logic controller with minimum rules was the first goal that caused the stability development. Second target focused on the elimination of chattering phenomenon with regard to the variety of uncertainty and external disturbance in fuzzy sliding mode controller by on-line optimization the tunable gain.


During the period of the struggle in Jinggangshan area,the CCP established her leadership to the army by constructing the grass-root organizations of the party,she guaranteed the long-term reign and the development of the Red Army by constructing local grass-root organizations.With the help of mass work,a new relationship was established between the army and civilians,and the Party won the sincere endorsement and support of the mass.The Party's work was all conducted in the rural environment and among the people comprising of the military officers,soldiers,and peasants,and it put the Marxist theory on the construction of the Party and the view of the mass into practice in China's context,which meet the revolutionary needs of that era and had a pioneering significance in the history China's modern revolution.


The phenomenon of stochastic resonance of an over-damped second-order linear system drived by signal-modulated white noise is investigated. Based on linear-system theory and the correlation deletion method, the explicit expression of the output amplitude gain (OAG) of the system is obtained. It is shown that the OAG is a non-monotonic func-tion of the noise intensity, the system damping coefficient, the system intrinsic frequency, as well as the frequency of the driving signal. By choosing appropriate parameters of the noise and the system, the OAG of the noisy system could be larger than that of the noise-free system.


The purpose of this clinical focus article was to discuss the important relationship between executive function and language skills and to provide speech-language pathologists (SLPs) with strategies for promoting student success.

 The impact of executive function processes on language and literacy begins in the preschool years and becomes increasingly important from third grade onward. These executive function processes play a more dominant role when tasks require students to integrate and synthesize multiple linguistic and other subskills in order to read and comprehend, write, complete projects, and study for quizzes and tests. In this clinical focus article, we provide a brief overview of research-based executive function strategies that are beneficial for all learners and are essential for students with language weaknesses as well as learning and attention difficulties. We focus on the key executive function processes that are the foundation of academic performance, namely, goal setting, organizing and prioritizing, thinking and problem-solving flexibly, accessing information in working memory, and self-monitoring. We discuss a theoretical framework for understanding and promoting metacognition and executive function as part of assessment and treatment plans for SLPs. Finally, we address the importance of executive function strategies for improving students' effort, academic performance, and resilience.

 SLPs can promote student success by offering structured and systematic approaches to teaching executive function strategies.


A preliminary batch simulation study was conducted to define the wake decay required for a Boeing 737-100 airplane to safely encounter a Boeing 727 wake and land. The baseline six-degree-of-freedom B737 simulation was modified to include a wake model and the strip-theory calculation of the vortex-induced forces and moments. The guidance and control inputs for the airplane were provided by an autoland system. The wake was positioned such that the desired flight path traversed the core of the port vortex. Various safe landing criteria were evaluated for defining a safe encounter boundary. A sensitivity study was also conducted to assess the effects of encounter model inaccuracies.


BACE1(β-site APP cleaving enzyme 1,β-secretase 1,Asp2,memapsin 2) has been regarded as the key enzyme in the formation of amyloid-β protein,an etiological factor of Alzheimer's disease.Therefore,BACE1 inhibitors could be candidate drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.Among the multiple kinds of inhibitors,KMI-008 is a well-known lead compound in the series of compounds containing phenylnorstatine[(2R,3S)-3-amino-2-hydroxy-4-phenylbutyric acid,Pns],with a hydroxymethylcarbonyl(HMC) isostere as a transition-state mimic core strucuture,in which Pns is believed to be involved in several important interactions with the active site of BACE1,including hydrogen-bonding and hydrophobic interactions.In our research for new BACE1 inhibitors based on KMI-008,4-amino or hydroxyl-substituted proline(D/L) was introduced for a conformational selection for the functional group localization as well as hydrogen-bonding;Phe(D/L) was introduced for the hydrophobic interactions.Nineteen peptides were synthesized by solid phase synthesis and characterized with ESI-MS.Among various combinations of these two amino acid residues,L-Phe-D-Pro was proved to be the most effective core structure,two peptides(LK-MX-41 and LK-MX-42) with this core structure exhibited similar inhibitory activity as KMI-008.A primary structure-activity relationship and computer-aided docking results of the effective compounds with BACE1 were discussed.It seemed that L-Phe-D-Pro could be an alternative core structure in the design of new BACE1 inhibitors.


In this study, we fabricated piezoelectric MEMS cantilever-type vibration energy harvesters employing Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 films, which were designed to exhibit a resonant frequency of around 185 Hz. The output power was investigated under random vibration whose power spectral density (PSD) was constant in the frequency regime between 150 and 220 Hz. The PSD of the output power shows that the cantilever vibrates at the resonant frequency of around 183 Hz, and that the resonant frequency decreases and the full-width at half maximum increases with increasing vibrational acceleration. In comparison with the measurement results under sinusoidal vibration, it was clarified that this phenomenon is caused by the soft spring effect due to the nonlinearity of the cantilever vibration. The power generation under random vibration is proportional to the square of the acceleration not only in the linear region but also in the nonlinear region.


In many fields of the chemical industry the moisture content in the gaseous initial, intermediate and end products as well as in the vehicle gases play an important role. It is therefore necessary to measure the moisture concentration online and to use it for control purposes. The monitoring of the moisture as a quality parameter for the end product is likewise important. A new two-cell measuring equipement is presented which is maintenance-free and can operate over a very long period without ever interrupting gas moisture measurement.


Sloshing eigenvalues and eigenfunctions are studied for vertical cylinders of constant, finite depth occupied by a two-layer fluid. Two families of eigenfrequencies are obtained in the form expressing them explicitly via the eigenvalues of the Neumann Laplacian in the two-dimensional domain\, -- \,cylinder's cross-section. Eigenfrequencies belonging to one of the families behave similar to those that describe sloshing in a homogeneous fluid, whereas the other family includes a large number of sufficiently small frequencies provided the ratio of densities is close to unity. Various properties of eigenfrequencies are investigated for cylinders of arbitrary cross-section; they include the dependence on the interface depth and the ratio of densities, the asymptotics of the eigenvalue counting function. The behaviour of eigenvalues and the corresponding eigenmodes is illustrated by numerical examples for circular cylinders without and with a radial baffle.


Coichichine was found to arrest spermatogenesis and to produce atrophy of the testicles without affecting the general health of adult rabbits.


The total content of chromium in natural waters does not generally exceed several μg/l. Thus, it is obvious that various forms of chromium will occur at the levels of tenths or hundredths of μg/l. Their determination requires the application of a sufficiently sensitive method, but its specificity has an important role to play in the case of chemical individuals or selectivity in regard to speciation of a group of compounds, e.g. valency states or organic chromium complexes. Generally, however, there is a lack of specific and selective methods, and the concentrations of various forms of the analyte occur often at the level of detection limits of even such sensitive techniques as atomic absorption spectrometry. This paper presents a review of currently available analytical possibilities of chromium speciation investigations in natural water samples. Analytical procedure schemes enabling "total speciation analysis" have been discussed in some detail. A large group of methods used in the speciation analysis of chromium(III) and chromium(VI), both in off-line and on-line mode, has also been discussed.


In this paper, a general approach to establishing the Markov reliability model of the redundant system is presented. On the basis of this approach, the Markov reliability model of non-repairable and repairable two-component standby redundant systems is established. Finally, a quantitative comparative reliability analysis of the two-component standby redundant ship navigational radar system is performed. The analysis indicates that repairing has a very significant influence on the reliability increase of this system.


The significant proportion of the poor in Indian cities who depend on street trade for their livelihoods are increasingly threatened by eviction as a result of urban development programmes implemented since the mid 1990s. Research on urban street traders (in particular) and the urban informal economy (in general) in the developing world has primarily focussed on aspects of its social and economic organisation and have treated street traders as a homogenous group with a uniform ability to claim places. In contrast, this research explores the differential intracity spatial and political processes underpinning street trade, with particular reference to their ability to occupy and defend their trading places, in the city of Bangalore in Karnataka, India. It focuses on the everyday practices and relationships of street traders and explores the role of informal networks that give rise to such differences, through a qualitative research design and a grounded theoretical strategy. It illustrates the ways in which processes specific to a locale affect street traders' ability to occupy and defend places - an aspect that is overlooked in the theories about the politics of street trade. It argues that the territorial embeddedness of street traders is critical in so far as it affects their ability to draw on a range of networks. This thesis makes a contribution to knowledge in two ways: by providing an empirical understanding of the intra-city differences in how street traders occupy and defend places from where they can trade; and at a theoretical level on the role of urban place and the politics of street trade. It concludes with a discussion of the implications of the research findings for policies relating to urban poverty and governance of urban space.


Abstract Justice Roberts′s dissent in Obergefell v Hodges - the case in which the US Supreme Court found a constitutional right for same sex couples to marry - rested on the premise the Court cannot invoke the right to marry as a basis for changing the definition of marriage. But his argument works only if the Court has no obligation to find a constitutional meaning for the term. I argue here that it has such an obligation. I argue further that an analogy with the concept of 'person' throws light on how that obligation should work. And finally, I argue that the most plausible constitutional definition would include same sex couples.


Let $F:[0,T]\times\R^n\mapsto 2^{\R^n}$ be a continuous multifunction with compact, not necessarily convex values. In this paper, we prove that, if $F$ satisfies the following Lipschitz Selection Property: \begin{itemize} \item[{(LSP)}] {\sl For every $t,x$, every $y\in \overline{co} F(t,x)$ and $\varepsilon>0$, there exists a Lipschitz selection $\phi$ of $\overline{co}F$, defined on a neighborhood of $(t,x)$, with $|\phi(t,x)-y|<\varepsilon$.} \end{itemize} then there exists a measurable selection $f$ of $ext F$\ such that, for every $x_0$, the Cauchy problem $$ \dot x(t)=f(t,x(t)),\qquad\qquad x(0)=x_0 $$ has a unique Caratheodory solution, depending continuously on $x_0$. We remark that every Lipschitz multifunction with compact values satisfies (LSP). Another interesting class, for which (LSP) holds, consists of those continuous multifunctions $F$ whose values are compact and have convex closure with nonempty interior.


AIM: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a set of speed-strength exercises on the development of general endurance in schoolchildren aged 13–14, taking into account the differentiated load.

METHODS: The pedagogical experiment was conducted on the basis of secondary school 60 in Kirov, Russia. The study involved 40 schoolchildren from the 7th grade, who were differentiated into the control and experimental groups of 20 people in each class. Children from the control group (CG) were engaged in physical education according to the standard program, and children from the experimental group additionally performed exercises for the development of speed and strength abilities with different loads. The strength of the nervous system was determined by tapping test, speed-strength abilities were determined by tests – flexion and extension of the arms at the stop while lying on the floor, long jump from a place with a push with two legs, and lifting the torso from the supine position. Overall endurance was determined by the "3 km ski run" test.

RESULTS: In the CG, there was an improvement of only 2–4%. In the experimental group, there were significant improvements of 11–16%.

CONCLUSION: I f schoolchildren perform exercises for the development of speed and strength abilities at physical education classes at school every time, then not only the indicators of these abilities will improve, but also the indicators of the overall endurance of children aged 13–14 will improve. Our results allow us to supplement the standard physical education program at school and effectively develop the physical qualities of schoolchildren aged 13–14.


With the growth of interest in the attack and defense of deep neural networks, researchers have increasingly focused on the robustness of their application to devices with limited memory, in order to deal with unknown-budget (blind) adversarial attacks under different compression ratios. We analyze the existing pruning methods and find that the robustness of the pruned models varies drastically with different pruning processes, and the robustness of the pruned model with adversarial training exhibits a high sensitivity to the budget of the adversarial examples. These methods cannot obtain models that are comprehensively robust when confronting blind adversarial attacks with different compression ratios. To address this problem, we propose an approach called blind adversarial pruning (BAP) that introduces the approach of blind adversarial training into the gradual pruning process, to ultimately obtain pruned models with comprehensive robustness under different compression ratios. The experimental results obtained using BAP for pruning classification models based on several benchmarks demonstrate the competitive performance of this method; the robustness of BAP models is more stable compared to various pruning processes, and BAP exhibits better comprehensive robustness against blind adversarial attacks.


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Over the past 30 years, increasing use of technology has created a global business environment leading to the changed role of a professional accountant. In response, accounting organizations and employers have demanded professionals who are creative and innovative, with strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills, yet accounting firms and prior research continue to identify creativity as one of the most important yet most lacking traits of their newly hired employees. This study experimentally examines whether accounting students are indeed less creative than other students, a potential cause for differences in creativity, and a potential intervention to enhance creativity. Our results indicate that, on average, accounting students are not less creative than other students, but rather when performing an accounting task, they are initially less creative, suggesting that the accounting context may be partially contributing to the perceived lack of creativity. However, providing accounting students with process-oriented feedback significantly improves their future creativity, as differences between accounting and non-accounting students are eliminated. The authors contribute to the accounting and creativity literature and discuss implications for accounting education and the profession.


COVID-19 is a fast-growing worldwide danger that the WHO has classified as a pandemic. COVID-19 infects the patient's respiratory tract and causes pneumonia in the majority of patients. It can also cause acute respiratory distress or ARDS in roughly 15 percent of Covid-19 cases. The existence of the virus's so-called "cytokine storm" Covid-19 infection was therefore linked to death in patients.. Increased proinflammatory cytokine production exacerbates ARDS and causes significant tissue damage. Due to that fact, there is also the chance that It can cause multi-organ organ failure in certain circumstances. Using cytokines as a target during COVID-19 treatment might help patients live longer and die less. Due to the fact that IL-6 is one of the likely reported cytokines to be enhanced in people who are suffering from Covid-19. Also, it is proven that elevated IL-6 can be directly linked to higher levels of death, tocilizumab is the ideal solution as a therapy for a cytokine storm that can come with Covid-19.


Austenitic stainless steels are the main materials of construction in nuclear spent fuel reprocessing and waste management plants that use nitric acid (HNO3) as the process fluid. In this study, it has been shown that the potential, attained either by addition of oxidizing ions or by external application, determines the corrosion behavior of stainless steels. An equation derived from curve fitting of the measured corrosion data is proposed for predicting the corrosion rates of a specific stainless steel at any given operating potential. The influence of microstructure ("step," "dual," and "ditch") of Type 304L (UNS S30403) stainless steel was also studied.


This study aimz to analyze taken using the accidental sampling method with a total of 115 respondents. Data were analyzed using a quantitative appoarch through Multiple Regression Analysis using the SPSS Aplication. Based on this research, the results of determining recruitment have no effect on employee performance. Work Placement effects Employee Performance. Recruitment and Work Placement have a positive and simultaneous effect on Employee Performance.


Since the 1990s,the research on corporate geography has achieved great progress. At present,me research mainly concentrates in five aspects:①state-owned enterprises;②multinatational corporations;③rural enterprises;④high-tech enterprises;and⑤Eco-Industrial Parks.However, the research still has some shortages.According to the shortages,this thesis put forward eight countermeasures:reinforcing research on①theories and methods,②on small companies and tertiary industry,③on companies in developing areas,④on information network's effect on finn spatial organization,⑤on the action of region pohcy,⑥on the background of WTO,⑦on industry sustainable development,and⑧on the contact of firms.


Higher levels of optical integration are essential for next generation higher capacity systems. The requirements of higher capacity, lower footprint and reduced cost all lead to the need to integrate. However, this integration must be achieved without loss of performance. Hybrid integration is a key enabler in achieving these objectives. This paper describes one approach for hybrid integration where the best in class device technologies for actives and passives are integrated to produce a multiplicity of integrated devices using the same basic building blocks.


This study aims to determine the growth of mangrove seedlings grown on soil top soil media. Mangrove seeds obtained from the community around the mangrove forest in Taluak Buo Bungus, Padang. This study used experimental method using Completely Randomized Design (RAL) consisting of 4 treatments and 6 replications. Treatment A as a control using land taken from the mangrove forest area of Taluak Buo Bungus, Padang. Treatment B using 100% topsoil soil, Soil top soil treatment (70%) plus cow manure. Treatment of soil top soil (70%) with the addition of chicken manure. Growth factor to be observed in this research is the growth of stem and number of leaves, then also calculated stem diameter ratio at all treatment. The results showed that the treatment on seed height and number of leaves was significantly different with the control, while for the number of different leaves were not real.


The objective of this work was to quantify the changes in land use that occurred during the years 1991-2011 in the upper part of the Jubal river basin of the Achupallas parish, province of Chimborazo, Ecuador. The multitemporal analysis was performed using images of the Landsat ETM + satellite, medium resolution (30m x 30m). Using the techniques of remote sensing, GIS and digital mapping, thematic maps of land use were generated. Six uses of the soil were distinguished: Páramo, Forest, Crops, Grasslands, Wetlands and Water bodies. Thematic maps were validated, obtaining general accuracy of (84% 90%) and Kappa coefficients of 0.81 – 0.87 for the 1991 and 2001 classifications respectively. The analysis of the transition matrix in the two decades of analysis (1991-2011) revealed that agricultural activities (Crops) have influenced to a greater extent; Favoring the decrease of vegetal cover in the MCJ, transforming a 14% of the Forest to Cultivation and a 39% of Pastizal to Cultivation. Wetlands decreased their total coverage from 15.6 to 6.5% due to their transformation into Crops and Grasslands. The results of this work are useful for future territorial planning plans and in the planning of strategies for the conservation of the natural resources of the Jubal River microbasin belonging to Sangay National Park.


An analytical model is used to investigate properties of the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) confined in a GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well (QW) formed in a inverted modulation doped field effect transistor (MODFET). The position of the Fermi level and the average distance of the carriers in the well have been calculated as a function of the 2DEG concentration, n/sub s/. A charge control model is presented based on the self-consistent solution of Schrodinger and Poisson's equation. The results show a unique behavior of the average distance of the 2DEG which increases with n/sub s/, a property unique to these type of structures. The analysis is extended to model current-voltage characteristics. >


"Agricultural activities simultaneously produce good and bad outputs. A translog cost function is used to evaluate the cost associated with reduction of chemical runoff and how it is influenced by the scale of crop and animal production. The results show that reducing runoff entails increasing costs and that these costs decrease with the level of crop production, but are unaffected by the level of animal production. The estimates of the cost elasticities of Best Management Practices (BMPs) were all positive, but many have large standard errors that imply that the true elasticities can be much lower or much higher. Also, the cost elasticities decrease with the scale of crop production for most BMPs whereas the scale of animal production has the opposite effect for crop rotation and herbicide control practices. Our results reaffirm that there are economies of size in production." Copyright (c) 2010 Canadian Agricultural Economics Society.


Cassida crucipennis is described from Thailand. It is close to well known and wide spread Cassida variablis, a member of Cassida variabilis group.


We present the X-ray spectrum of MR Vel / RX J0925.7 4758, obtained with the Medium Energy Grating spectrometer of the Chandra X-ray Telescope. The simplest models used by earlier authors, stellar atmo- spheres in combination with a thermal plasma in collisional ionization equilibrium, cannot explain the spectrum. Neither does a photo-ionized plasma. We identify P Cygni proles of Fe XVII and O VIII, from which we conclude that these lines arise in a wind. We conclude that major uncertainty exists about the bolometric luminosity of MR Vel, and perhaps of supersoft sources in general, so that the theoretical prediction that this luminosity derives from steady nuclear burning cannot be veried.


Stronger regulation requirements for industrial application based thermo-chemical energy conversion processes demand for new measurement approaches to characterize the composition of the exhaust gas emission. We present a robust multi-channel, multi species measurements system for the quantification of exhaust gas species direct at the tail pipe end of a driving car. The application of the TDLAS spectrometer at a car during a syn-fuel test drive will be shown and the robustness as well as uncertainties of the optical system will be discussed.


Objectives : To evaluate the risk factors of the carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and the impact of the wrist ratio on the prevalence of CTS in workers on repetitive work over a long term. Methods : Study subjects consisted of 45 male and 16 female workers in a company that produces soundproof material in Gyeongju. We conducted a physical examination, a self-reported questionnaire survey and a nerve conduction study. CTS cases were defined as those subjects that had a positive finding in both the nerve conduction study and the physical examination done by a doctor specializing in rehabilitation medicine. Results : Prevalence of CTS among the study subjects was 26.2/100 persons. The prevalence of CTS was positively associated with increasing age (p<0.01, using the chi-square test for trend) and female gender (OR=6.98, 95% CI=1.66-31.0), but was negatively associated with the educational level (p<0.01 by the chi-square for trend). Workers in the production area had a higher prevalence of CTS compared to those in the clerical area (OR=10.8 in the frame manufacturing process, OR=32.2 in the vacuum molding process). Patients with CTS had a narrower mean wrist width and a shorter mean hand and palm length, compared to those that had no disease (p<0.01 by the Student's t-test). The number of subjects who had a wrist ratio of 0.74 or more was significantly higher in cases of CTS (OR=4.0, 95% CI=1.01-16.3). However, a multiple logistic regression analysis showed only that the type of work was a significant variable after adjusting for the other variables. Conclusions : The wrist ratio, a surrogate of carpal tunnel configuration, can represent individual susceptibility to CTS. However this study shows that the use of the wrist ratio for predicting CTS risk is not adequate. The development of a new carpal tunnel configuration index based on more direct measurements of the tunnel shape will provide a better predictor of individual susceptibility to CTS.


The research studies the set of local technical knowledge associated with the existing water features in a settlement of the Andes mountain range representative of the Andean cultural landscape. Through the analysis of Socoroma, in northern Chile, the local technological strategies for the balanced use of the available water ow are exposed, in the face of scarcity events or excesses of the resource, while supporting a social and cultural system that gives form to a habit intimately linked to the environment. The analysis of these hydraulic spaces enables the understanding of the local manifestations to organize, construct and inha bit a territory in function of the adaptation to the environment, as well as its transformation into models of future intervention, applicable in both rural and urban areas.


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PURPOSE: A liquid crystal display apparatus for three-dimensional active shutter glasses is provided to prevent degradation of liquid crystal operation properties, thereby improving transmittance of incident light. CONSTITUTION: An upper ITO(Indium-Tin-Oxide) electrode(33a) is formed on the lower surface of an upper glass. The upper ITO electrode is comprised of a plurality of upper electrode patterns which are electrically connected to each other. A lower ITO electrode(33b) is formed on the upper surface of a lower glass. The lower ITO electrode is comprised of a plurality of lower electrode patterns which are electrically connected to each other.


Some aspects relating to the performance of variable-source-rate to constant-transmission-rate schemes of data compression are considered. The question of buffering at the transmitter and the receiver is considered, and expressions are derived for the necessary minimum delay that has to be introduced at the transmitter and the receiver if distortion is to be avoided. Also, a 'symbol-injection' system is considered, and an expression is derived for the system delay necessary to avoid distortion. The results of a statistical analysis of lowpass filtered speech are presented, and these results are then used to obtain estimates of the necessary minimum overall system delay, and the necessary buffer sizes, in a system of speech coding based on the use of the waveform segments between the real zeros of speech. Also, estimates are provided of the period of time that the output will contain distortion if a delay is used that is less than the minimum necessary to avoid distortion.


The chromosome of Chinese desert cat in Qinghai Province was studied by methods of perpheral blood lymphocytes cultures and conventional chromosome preparation analysis technique. The chromosomes number of Chinese desert cat is 2n=38, the autosomes consists of 10 metacentric +10 submetacentric+12 subacrocentric+4 acrocentric, the X sex-chromosome is submetacentric, the Y sex-chromosome is subacrocentric, the NF of female and male are 72. The karyotype of female and male are 38, XX and 38, XY respectively.


Endometrial cancer is an emerging disease with an increase in prevalence of aggressive histotypes in recent years. In the present study potential histopathological and immunohistochemical prognostic markers are investigated Consecutive cases of high grade non-endometrioid carcinoma (HG-NEC) of the endometrium were considered. Each surgical specimen has been routinely processed, the most representative block has been selected for immunohistochemistry and tested for ER, PR, ki67, p53, E-cadherin, {beta}-catenin, Bcl-2 and cyclin D1. For each immunomarker the percentage of positive tumor cells were evaluated (%) and dichotomized as low and high according to the distribution in the study population. Follow-up was collected for disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS). 33 cases were eligible: 19 resulted FIGO I-II, 14 resulted FIGO III-IV. 12 patients suffered a recurrent disease (mean follow-up 24.6 months); 8 patients died of the disease (mean follow-up 26.6 months). Women with recurrent disease demonstrated a significant higher bcl2% (35.84 {+/-}30.96% vs 8.09 {+/-}11.56% p=0.0032) while DOD patients had higher ki67% (75 {+/-}13.09% vs 58.6 {+/-}19.97% p=0.033) and bcl2% of border significance (34.37{+/-}34.99% vs 13{+/-}17.97% p=0.078). As expected FIGO III-IV had a worse DFS (HR=3.34; 95%CI:1.1-10.99; p=0.034) and OS (HR=5.19; 95%CI: 1.27-21.14; p=0.0217). Bcl2-high patients (bcl2>10%) demonstrated a significant worse DFS (HR=9.11; 95%CI: 2.6-32.4; p=0.0006) and OS (HR=7.63; 95%CI:1.7-34; p=0.0084); also PR low patients (PR[≤]10%) had a significant worse DFS (HR=3.74; 95%CI:1.2-11.9; p=0,02). HG-NEC represent an heterogeneous group of endometrial aggressive neoplasms with a worrisome prognosis often at an advanced stage at presentation. Bcl2 and PR may represent promising markers to identify a sub-group of patients having an even worse prognosis requiring a careful and close follow-up.


Agriculture remains the leading contributor of nonpoint source (NPS) pollution to ground and surface waters in the United States (USEPA 2009). One of the most important reasons that the level of NPS pollution from agriculture continues to be excessive is because clear signals to farmers, from markets or policy, are lacking (Ribaudo et al. 1999). The full costs of agricultural NPS pollution generally do not enter into the farm manager's decision-making process because (1) the damages to water quality that stem from farming activities are not incurred primarily by the farm business itself and (2) farming activities are exempted, for the most part, from many water-quality regulations. Therefore, the farmer has little incentive, other than his or her own stewardship values, to reduce the farm's impact on water quality. Performance-based incentives are designed to reward farmers for achieving specified environmental performance targets. The payments, based on outcomes, are not tied to the use or cost of any specific practice(s). As such, farmers have the flexibility and incentive to seek out and use the most appropriate and cost-effective way(s) to achieve the specified environmental outcome. This approach has the potential to improve environmental quality, enhance farm income, and provide greater accountability…


Abstract This paper considers the problem of guaranteed cost control for a class of neutral delay systems. Unlike the commonly used quadratic cost function involving the state, a cost function involving the delayed state is considered. This naturally leads to a memory state feedback such that the resulting closed-loop system is not only asymptotically stable but also guarantees an adequate level of performance. An observer-based output feedback guaranteed cost control problem is addressed. A sufficient condition for the existence of a guaranteed cost controller is given in terms of the feasibility condition of a linear matrix inequality. Finally, two numerical examples are used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach proposed.


Abstract Major properties of lean to stoichiometric, ammonia-oxygen-nitrogen, atmospheric pressure flames are investigated to identify the reactions and conditions which control the conversion of the nitrogen in ammonia to NO or N2. These free (as opposed to porous plug burner- stabilized) ammonia flames are investigated over the combustible range of initial dilutions (0.0-0.5 initial N2 mole fraction) and the equivalence ratios (Φ=0.5-1.1).These flames are studied both experimentally and theoretically; the flame properties investigated are the flame speeds (ranging between 25 and 130 cm/see), temperature (2000-2700 K), major species profiles and the postflame NO concentrations (1000-70,000 ppm). The measured NO concentrations are 2-3 times greater than the equilibrium values. These free ammonia flames are calculated with detailed kinetics from the unsteady conservation equations using the recently developed G M R flame program. A flame mechanism is developed which describes the properties of these flames...


In this paper, the atomic particle in physics world is utilized to compare with the social organization dynamics. Although a definitive conclusion is hard to arrive at, some emerging illuminating insights can be derived with respect to the similarities between their properties of the atomic particle and the social organization. Based on these comparisons, issues such as organizational structure, group cohesion, employee empowerment, homogeneity and size of the group, and organizational culture are discussed. The implications derived offer a new lens for both organization scholars and managers to think about the real issues in organization dynamics.


Provide a `graded approach` fire evaluation in preparation for turnover to Environmental Restoration Contractor for D&D. Scope includes revising 309 Building book value and evaluating fire hazards, radiological and toxicological releases, and life safety issues.


On the basis of theoretical research, this paper constructs the relationship model of perceived organizational support, organizational identification, employee engagement and organizational justice. With questionnaires from 350 employees in 28 provinces, we empirically tested that the organizational identification plays a mediating role and organizational justice has a moderating effect by using the correlation analysis and structural equation model and regression analysis. The results show that: firstly, perceived organizational support and employee engagement have significantly positive correlation, perceived organizational support applies directly positive influence on employee engagement; secondly, perceived organizational support can also play a role in employee engagement through organizational identification, in other words, organizational identification has partial mediating effect between perceived organizational support and employee engagement; thirdly, this paper verified that organizational justice plays a moderating role on the relationship between perceived organizational support and organizational identification.


The thesis explored in this essay is that contemporary educational thought has suffered a loss of significance,
manifested when our language and concepts fail to be experienced as signifiers of commitment. A certain reluctance can be observed, among academics and others, against the notion of defending any cause or idea – with notable exceptions such as "respect for difference". One may of course contest that a special kind of commitment is needed in education; but problems emerge when the educational values in place are no longer experienced as very significant for education itself, because the lack of investment in turn reduces the need to criticize and question these values. The problem concerns the lack of reflexive creativity, not the lack of ideals per se. The idea of a loss of signification is elaborated in two examples: "dannelse" and "kritikk". In a further step, the loss of signification is discussed in relation to the lack of a larger, social (or societal) project, where the discussion of the Anthropocene is one example of how such a project might be formulated today.


Groove plate with triangle structure has been designed and fabricated to improve the microwave transmittance in W band. The parameters of the triangle structure has been optimized via the Effective Medium Theory (EMT) and FDTD program. The antireflection surface in W band has been verified in lab, the experimental results are qualitatively consistent with the theoretical results.


The present invention is directed to a polarization assay FLUORESCENT benzodiazepines and their metabolites componenetes OR MORE NEEDED TO PREPARE AND CARRY OUT AS A ENESAYO and methods of making these Componenet. SPECIFICALLY, INDICATORS, immunogens and antibodies are prepared, AS methods of making them. TESTING IS CONDUCTED BY THE MEASUREMENT OF DEGREE OF RETENTION OF FLUORESCENT RESULTING Polarization When a sample mixed with ANTISERUM E indicator is irradiated with the light plane polarized.