The hardware design of a speed tracking control system controlled by single chip computer and the method of enhancing the signal of right and reversals speed described.The system composition and working principle,signal converting circuit,sampling method of the single chip computer and the software design are introduced concertedly.


The invention relates to a plate (4, 12, 14) for allowing a heat exchange between a first and a second fluid circulating in contact with the plate (4, 12, 14), said plate (4, 12, 14) being configured to define a circuit (8) comprising several successive passes (71, 72, 73, 74) wherein the first fluid flows in a flow direction by changing the direction of flow from one pass to the other, each of the passes (71, 72, 73, 74) having a passage section of the first fluid. According to the invention, the passage from one pass section (71, 72, 73, 74), said upstream is greater than the passage section of another pass (71, 72, 73, 74), called swallow, located downstream from the upstream pass in the flow direction of the first fluid in the circuit (8). The invention also relates to a heat exchanger provided with such plates.


Ochronosis is a term used to describe pigment deposition that occurs in the connective tissues of patients with alkaptonuria, an autosomal recessive disorder that results from a deficiency of homogentisic acid oxidase. Brown or blue‐gray discoloration of the skin may be seen on the axillary and inguinal areas, face, palms or soles. In addition, blue‐black discoloration can be apparent on skin overlying cartilage in which the pigment is deposited, such as the ears. The sclerae are also typically involved. The cheapest screening test to perform prior to expensive lab tests is the urine oxidation test: having it standing in light for a period of 24 h when suspicion has risen.


The development of effective relationships is increasingly recognized as an important component of marketing strategies. Developing and maintaining satisfactory customer relationships can help increase customer retention. From the customer's perspective, the determinants of relationship satisfaction include factors such as trust, service quality, price perception, inertia, indifference, and switching barriers. The aim of the study is to examine the factors which influence and contribute to customer retention. Mobile industry in Greece was selected to find how customer relationships impact marketing practices in the Greek mobile sector, as well as the effect on customer retention. A questionnaire survey was used to collect the primary data. The author used factor and regression analysis and all tests had a in a 95% confidence level. A statistically significant relationship was found between the dependent variable Customer Retention and the independent variables concerning Price Perception, Inertia, and Customer Satisfaction.


FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: compounds of the invention exhibit properties of β 2 - adrenoreceptor agonists. In formula (I) , R 1 represents hydrogen; each R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 4' and R 5' independently represents hydrogen or C 1 -C 6 alkyd; e is equal to 0 or 1; A represents C(O); D represents oxygen or sulphur; m is equal to an integer 0 to 3; n is equal to an integer 0 to 3; R 6 represents the group -(X) p -Y-(Z) q -R 10 ; each X and Z independently represents C 1 -C 6 akylene group; each p and q is independently equal to 0 or 1; Y represents a bond, oxygen, CH 2 or NR 9 ; R 7a and R 7b independently represent hydrogen or C 1 -C 6 alkyl; R 9 represents C 1 -C 6 alkyl; R 10 represents hydrogen or saturated or unsaturated 6-members ring system optionally containing at least one ring heteroatom, chosen of nitrogen. And this ring system is optionally substituted by C 1 -C 6 alkoxycarbonyl; R 7 represents 6-12-members aromatic ring system which is optionally substituted by halogen, trifluoromethyl, hydroxyl, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy or NH 2 ; provided R 6 does not represent hydrogen or unsubsituted C 1 -C 6 alkyl group. Also, the invention refers to methods for producing compounds of formula (I), to a pharmaceutical composition exhibiting properties of β 2 - adrenoreceptor agonists containing the compound of formula (I) as an active ingredient, to application of the compound of formula (I) in preparing a drug, to a combination containing the compound of formula (I) and one or more agents. EFFECT: improved properties of the composition. 27 cl, 2 tbl, 32 ex


Chronic health conditions are often accompanied by depression and a decrease in quality of life. This greatly complicates treatment and affects treatment outcomes. Thus, the purpose of this study was to analyze previously published stories of 10 survivors of chronic diseases and depression, using content analysis, to answer the following question: What can be learned from the experiences of the storytellers bereaved by the burden of chronic health conditions? A trajectory with four phases emerged from the analysis of theses survivors' stories: (1) First Impressions, (2) Turning Point, (3) Resiliency … Limitation as an Opportunity, and (4) Paying It Forward. The explored trajectory represented the different stages of personalized experiences with chronic health conditions from initial diagnosis to completion of treatment. Persons diagnosed with chronic health conditions and co-occurring depression find happiness, joy, and freedom if they have adequate support systems, practice creatively unloading their trials, and make time for the opportunity to assist and be of service to others in similar situations. Implications of this study include that the trajectory identified will be a useful guide for professionals and paraprofessionals including those in health care and mental health care, as well as volunteers, friends, and family in working with persons who have co-occurring depression and chronic diseases.


Literature data pertaining to the crystal chemistry, crystallography, and X-ray powder-diffraction properties of phases reported in the system BaO-CuOx are compiled. Reported phases include BaCuO2−2.12, BaCuO2.26−2.39, BaCuO2.5, Ba2CuO3+x, Ba2Cu3O5+x, BaCu2O2+x, Ba3Cu5O8, Ba3CuO4, BaCu3O4, Ba3Cu2O4+x, Ba5Cu3O6+x, and BaCu2O3. The existence of some of these phases, however, still has to be verified. Most of these compounds are nonstoichiometric in oxygen. Their oxygen content, and in some cases even their crystal structures, vary with oxygen partial pressure. There are also reported indications that the cations Ba and Cu are not stoichiometric in the cubic BaCuO2-type compounds.


Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Cancer Caregivers (MCP-C) is a novel therapeutic approach intended to address the existential concerns commonly experienced by caregivers of patients with cancer. Based on an empirically supported intervention that has demonstrated efficacy in improving the quality of life of patients with advanced cancer, breast cancer survivors, and bereaved parents, MCP-C is the first targeted psychotherapy to address the existential needs of caregivers of patients with cancer. Through MCP-C, caregivers come to understand the benefits of connecting with meaning in their lives and how specific sources of meaning may serve as resources, buffer common symptoms of burden, and diminish despair, especially as loved ones transition to end-of-life care. In this chapter, we present an overview of MCP-C sessions and techniques, and illustrate its application through a case example. The adaptation of MCP-C for delivery over the Internet and future directions for implementation and dissemination are also discussed.


A 3D display based on a microsphere-lens (MSL) array is proposed. This 3D display uses the MSL array to project the parallax images on a 2D display panel into different spatial directions. Each MSL can work as a conventional micro-lens. However, the MSL has a much shorter focal length than the conventional micro-lens. The shorter focal length is helpful for increasing the viewing angle. A prototype of the 3D display is developed. Experiment result shows that the proposed display has a large viewing angle and the crosstalk is also limited in a low level.


Ontologies are gaining increased importance in the area of multimedia retrieval or management as they try to overcome the commonly known drawbacks of existing multimedia metadata standards for the descriptions of the semantics of multimedia content. In order to build and use ontologies, user have to receive appropriate support. This paper presents the SALERO Semantic Workbench which offers a set of services to engineer and manage ontologies throughout their life cycle, i.e., from their (semi-) automatic creation through its storage and use in annotation and search.


Quorum sensing (QS) mimickers can be used as an effective tool to disrupt biofilms which consist of communicating bacteria and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). In this paper, a stochastic biofilm disruption model based on the usage of QS mimickers is proposed. A chemical reaction network (CRN) involving four different states is employed to model the biological processes during the biofilm formation and its disruption via QS mimickers. In addition, a state-based stochastic simulation algorithm is proposed to simulate this CRN. The proposed model is validated by the in vitro experimental results of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm and its disruption by rosmarinic acid as the QS mimicker. Our results show that there is an uncertainty in state transitions due to the effect of the randomness in the CRN. In addition to the QS activation threshold, the presented work demonstrates that there are underlying two more thresholds for the disruption of EPS and bacteria, which provides a realistic modeling for biofilm disruption with QS mimickers.


In contrast to the commonly held view that Keller is portraying the high points of Zurich's cultural history in his Züricher Noeellen, the historical phenomenon of periods in transition, particularly the individual response to the fact and realization of transition, appear as the main theme of this cycle of novellas. A detailed analysis of the five stories leads to the observation that the Active present in each novella is a period removed from the actual high point of a given era. Hadfoub, for example, takes place at the very end of the Minnesang period, representing a latecomer among the minnesingers, one who plays an anachronistic role, and Ursula treats events surrounding religious change, in this case the clash between the Zwingli forces and the Anabaptists after the introduction of the Reformation in Zurich. To underscore the idea of transition, Keller makes use of the ironic narrator who frequently voices his discriminating opinion about the characters, and who in the frame novella clearly relates the issue of "transitional time" to Keller's own age, also a period of transition, and in so doing censures those writers who are oblivious to the needs of the present and seek refuge in a glorious portrayal of the past.


Material and methods: A retrospective selective, descriptive study of socioeconomic, epidemiological peculiarities, case-management, diagnosis and microbiological characteristics of 694 patients with tuberculosis registered in Chisinau in 2016 was performed. Among them 581, had an urban residency and 112 rural residency. Results: Residents from rural population and young persons in urban areas were most affected. Socioeconomic vulnerability predominated in both subpopulations; however, the gravity was more represented in the urban group. Lower level of education and tuberculosis contacts were more dominating in the rural group. Comorbidities, HIV infection were more frequently identified in the urban group, but destructive forms – in the rural patients. Low treatment outcomes were more frequently established in the rural group. Conclusions: Risk factors for tuberculosis in urban subpopulation were: unemployment, lack of health insurance, homelessness, comorbidities, HIV infection. In rural population prevailed the following risk factors: low school education and tuberculosis contact.


Analysis of the tilt data,using both raw records and component figures from 1991 to 2002,of the Linfen, Shanxi,Central Seismological Observatory is made and relation between the tilt data of the Linfen,Shanxi,Central Seismological Observatory and medium strong earthquakes occurred inside Shanxi Province and its peripheral area is studied.The result shows that tilt data of the Linfen,Shanxi,Central Seismological Observatory correspond quite well to the medium strong earthquakes occurred in the period from 1996 to 2002.


An 18-year-old woman started oral minocycline 100mg daily for acne. Two months later, she presented to the emergency room with increasing headaches, worse with Valsalva maneuver and bending forward, and intermittent horizontal binocular diplopia when lying flat. She had no blurry vision, transient visual obscurations, or pulsatile tinnitus. Although overweight for several years, she had not had any recent weight gain. Her past medical history was notable only for acne and stable asthma. Medications included minocycline, an oral contraceptive agent (ethinyl estradiol/levonorgestrel), vitamin B12, and montelukast sodium. Apart from her new use of minocycline, her medications had remained unchanged for four years. She did not use tobacco or alcohol. Family history was notable only for cluster headaches in her father. Reversibility of MRI Features of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome


Apple (Malus ×domestica) growers can incur significant economic losses when fruit drop before they can be harvested [preharvest fruit drop (PFD)]. In some years and cultivars, more than 30% of potential yield can be lost. Growers frequently apply plant bioregulators to reduce PFD, either via delay in maturity [aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG), 1-methylcycolpropene] or via inhibition in production of cell hydrolysis enzymes in the fruit pedicel [naphthalene acetic acid (NAA)]. Finding a physiological indicator of PFD would allow growers to assess the susceptibility of fruit to PFD. Due to its lignification, xylem is believed to be the last tissue to break down in the fruit pedicel, leading to PFD. To determine whether loss in xylem functionality can be used as an indicator of PFD potential, studies were conducted in 2020 and 2021 with 'Red Delicious' treated with AVG (132 µL·L−1), NAA (10 µL·L−1), and an ethylene-producing compound [ethephon (150 µL·L−1 in 2020, 200 µL·L−1 in 2021)] to generate a range of PFD potentials. Xylem functionality was assessed in the fruit cortex. Internal ethylene content (IEC), fruit maturity indices, and PFD rates were quantified weekly throughout the harvest period. Expression of genes encoding for cell hydrolysis enzymes (MdEG1 and MdPG2) was quantified to relate xylem functionality to fruit abscission mechanisms. In 2020 and 2021, AVG reduced PFD compared with the untreated control by decreasing IEC. Although ethephon did not result in higher PFD than untreated fruit, NAA reduced PFD in 2020 but not 2021. For all treatments in both years, there was a linear decrease in xylem functionality throughout the measurement period. Cumulative PFD exponentially decreased as xylem functionality neared zero and the climacteric rise in ethylene began. Concurrent with the rise in IEC and PFD was an increase in the expression of MdEG1 and MdPG2 in the fruit pedicel of the control compared with AVG-treated fruit. AVG-treated fruit lost xylem functionality at a similar rate to the untreated control but had lower expression of MdEG1 and MdPG2. These results indicate that xylem functionality is not a sole direct indicator of PFD. The concurrent increase in PFD and expression of MdEG1/MdPG2 supports previous research indicating that these two genes may serve as potential markers for PFD.


Form the rigidity of processing system,this paper analyzed and studied the relation of rigidity of processing system between vibratory tapping and common tapping.And by experiment we verified practical processing effect of vibratory tapping.


The deposition of conjugated polymer-incorporated mesostructured metal oxide films, with control over charge and energy transfer, is reported. The conjugated polymer guests in xylene are dropwise added into the polar precursor solution including metal oxide precursor species and block copolymer structure directing agent. The hydrophobicity and relatively low volatility of the xylene cosolvent, previously used for pore swelling, drives the conjugated polymers into the hydrophobic domains of the self-organizing block copolymer mesophases that template the metal oxide scaffold. This method has permitted the deposition of conjugated polymer-incorporated 2D-hexagonal and 3D-cubic silica and titania films from predominantly aqueous conditions, evident from small-angle X-ray scattering and transmission electron microscopy. Spatially locating the conjugated polymer guests in the organic domains of the inorganic−organic mesostructure suppresses energy transfer between polymer chains in adjacent micelles. Hence, in...


Abstract Arctic and sub‐arctic areas can be regarded as very less favored in consideration to agricultural production. In the southern Greenland sheep‐breeding is crucial for the self‐reliance economy. The article deals with a mapping project that was carried out in order to assess the carrying capacity. The natural conditions are briefly described as background for the mapping which by means of NDVI and Principal Component Analysis of Landsat MSS data has proven very powerful. The aspects of growing season, climate and landscape variation are discussed. The investigation was carried out at Institute for Geography, Socio‐Economic Analysis and Computer Science, Roskilde University Centre, Denmark.


This paper discusses advances in interactive discrete element simulation for use in computer‐aided concurrent design. We highlight the computational problems of creating a 'virtual world' populated by objects which behave much as real world objects and propose a system based on a new class of volumetric models, called superquadrics. These functions have significant advantages for calculating multibody interactions, and by coupling volumetric representation to a modal decomposition method for the physical dynamics we have been able to gain up to two orders of magnitude in efficiency. The modal method allows us to trade off high order modes for improved stability, time step magnitude, temporal aliasing and speed of response, and so provide almost real time feedback to the designer. We believe that virtual manufacturing systems will be especially useful in conceptual design, in design for manufacture and in the new thrust in concurrent design.


This paper demonstrates the feasibility of applying generalized reduced gradient nonlinear programming methods to solve optimal control models for petroleum reservoir development planning and management. The objective of the models is to maximize present value of profits, and their decision variables are how many wells to drill in each time period, the production rates, abandonment time, and platform size. The analysis uses tank-type reservoir models to describe the reservoir dynamics, and models both a gas reservoir with water drive, and a three phase oil reservoir. Results of several case studies on each model are presented. Extensions that consider spatial variation in the reservoir and use grid reservoir models are being investigated.


Accurate recognition of driver behaviours is the basis for a reliable driver assistance system. This paper proposes a novel fusion framework for driver behaviour recognition that utilises the traffic scene and driver gaze information. The proposed framework is based on the graph neural network (GNN) and contains three modules, namely, the gaze analysing (GA) module, scene understanding (SU) module and the information fusion (IF) module. The GA module is used to obtain gaze images of drivers, and extract the gaze features from the images. The SU module provides trajectory predictions for surrounding vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles and other traffic participants. The GA and SU modules are parallel and the outputs of both modules are sent to the IF module that fuses the gaze and scene information using the attention mechanism and recognises the driving behaviours through a combined classifier. The proposed framework is verified on a naturalistic driving dataset. The comparative experiments with the state-of-the-art methods demonstrate that the proposed framework has superior performance for driving behaviour recognition in various situations.


PURPOSE: To decide a couple of successive video fields with characteristics of interlaced scanning. CONSTITUTION: A device and method for deciding a couple of successive video fields having characteristics of interlaced scanning generate a cumulative difference FD of pixels in successive lines of the respective fields in the successive field couple by a subtracter 19 and a strip accumulator 24 and also generate a cumulative difference FR of pixels in combined successive lines of the said field couple. The differences FD and FR are compared by a specific field combining circuit 26 and when the ratio FR/FD of the cumulative differences is larger than a predetermined threshold value, the field couple is classified as interlaced one.


We present a unique overview on the influence of growth parameters on the characteristics of the PLD plasma plume using Optical Self-Emission (OSE) imaging and spectroscopy, supported with Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) measurements. It is shown that in a relatively small background gas pressure regime, from 10-2 mbar to 10-1 mbar oxygen pressure, a transition from nonstoichiometric to stoichiometric growth of SrTiO3 films occurs as measured with X-ray Diffraction (XRD). In this pressure regime, OSE spectroscopy and LIF measurements also show a transition from incomplete to full oxidation of species in the plasma plume. This suggests that the oxidation of species in the plasma is a crucial mechanism for the stoichiometric reconstruction of the synthesized oxide thin films.


Background:  The aim of this prospective, randomized, double‐blind study was to evaluate the effect of the addition of tramadol to ropivacaine on the onset and duration of sensory and motor block, and duration of analgesia, for axillary brachial plexus block.


Industrial competition is today truly global with customers expecting to get the best product at the best price with immediate availability. Success in manufacturing, and indeed survival, is increasingly more difficult to ensure and it requires continuous development and improvement of the way we produce products. Meeting customer demands require a high degree of flexibility, low-cost/low-volume manufacturing skills, and short delivery times. Performance and competitiveness of manufacturing companies depend on the reliability, availability and productivity of their production facilities. To ensure that the plant reaches the desired performance, maintenance managers need a good performance track on the process of maintenance and maintenance results. This can be achieved through the development and implementation of a framework for measuring the economic performance of the maintenance function. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that the management of the maintenance function is not set in isolation but must be linked with the production function. In this article, a conceptual framework that provides guidelines for the management of the maintenance function and the proposed model of the maintenance strategy for the manufacturing industry. It aims to consolidate the objectives of maintenance and economic objectives of the company. Finally, we discuss prospects.


Background: AMP-activated Protein Kinase (AMPK) has emerged as a pertinent stress-activated kinase shown to have substantial cardioprotective capabilities against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. The regulation of AMPK in the ischemic and reperfused heart is critical to the development of new therapeutic strategies. We hypothesized that a novel stress-inducible protein, sestrin2, mediates AMPK activation in the ischemic heart. Methods and Results: C57BL/6 mice were subjected to left anterior descending coronary artery occlusion for different time points of ischemia and I/R in order to detect the signaling activity in the left ventricle. The kinetics of AMPK phosphorylation at Thr 172 of the α catalytic subunit appears brief and bell-shaped, peaking around 10 min (3.6-fold vs. sham, p vs. sham, p 172 ) (10 min), suggesting the interaction of LKB1 with sestrin2 initiates the phosphorylation of AMPK in this complex. Furthermore, sestrin2 knock out hearts demonstrate impaired ischemic AMPK activation and higher sensitivity to I/R-induced injury as compared to wild type hearts ( p Conclusions: Here we show for the first time evidence of a unique mechanism that sestrin2 is a stress-induced scaffold protein that mediates the activation of AMPK in the ischemic myocardium via a time-dependent interaction with LKB1. Moreover, sestrin2 deficiency leads to blunted ischemic AMPK activation and increased sensitivity to ischemic insults.


As of September 2009 a sustainable 1 MW in beam power was achieved at Oak Ridge, continuing to make SNS the highest energy-pulsed neutron source available for scientific research worldwide. This paper evaluates the FPCs designed and built at JLAB for the SNS project, emphasizing their performance and related issues addressed during prototyping, qualification on the RF power test stand at room temperature, superconducting cavity commissioning and successful but challenging operation with beam for more than 5 years.


Objective:To explore Pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma CT manifestations.Methods:We retrospectively analyzed the CT performance of six cases of sclerosing hemangioma confirmed by pathology and analyzed its related documents.Results:(1)The PSH model was more common at the age of 25~60 years old,especially older women.(2)All six cases showed isolated venereal focal with 4 cm in diameter,round,oval,and even density and smooth edges without burr,without ridge,quilted/no pleural sag and without mediastinum lymph node enlargement.(3) Enhance scanning showed obviously strengthened lesions and delayed aggrandizement.Conclusion:CT examination pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma can show certain features.


by Edward J. Kame'enui Qnd Doborah C« Siimtions University of Oregon The Architecture of Instruction focuses on designing "cognitive ramps and scaffolds" to support instruction for students witli disabilities who are appropriately and pru dently placed in general education class rooms. This focus on mak ing content area materials accessible requires an exatniiiation of the "architectural" charac teristics of information that, if considered carefully and designed the right way, can help to increase the chances that students with disabilities will gain access to the general education content. For productive leaching , the infor mation to be taught must be presented in a way that allows children to successfully obtain, rehearse, recall, apply, and trans fer the new information to both routine and novel learning contexts . There are ceriain principles of instructional design that should be known by all educators


The synthesis and reduction of acyloins, both symmetrical and mixed, were studied. A series of C8C36 symmetrical and mixed acyloins could be obtained by the condensation of methyl esters of fatty acids under presence of metallic sodium dispersion in inert solvent such as xylene. From mass spectra of the mixed acyloins obtained above, it was found that the reaction of different kinds of fatty esters usually gave the mixed acyloin, in which the long chain had a carbonyl radical and the short chain contained a hydroxyl group. For example methyl butyrate and methyl caprinate reacted as follows : These acyloins were reduced to the corresponding unsymmetrical ketone by the Clemmensen method. In this reduction the hydroxyl group changed into methylene group leaving the carbonyl group unreacted as shown in the following example : The yields were 94%. The Clemmensen reduction of long chain ketone didn't give the corresponding hydrocarbons, while Wolff-Kishner reduction gave hydrocarbon in rather good yields.


In recent years interest in studies of the interrelation of the categories of quality and property has risen in the Soviet philosophical literature. Indeed, this cardinal problem requires further study. The concepts of "quality" and "property" are so close to each other in content in a number of meanings that they are sometimes used as synonyms.1 For further theoretical inquiry it is necessary to define the philosophical meaning of these categories accurately, since otherwise, as Francis Bacon wrote, they will become idols and give rise to errors in our thinking instead of preventing them.


The activities carried out in the group Tongoa Aren in the village of Tongoa and Mandiri Bulili in the village of Bulili of District Nokilalaki Sigi with the aim to increase were productivity and the quality of palm sugar from aren juice with the processing technology that can be applied to a group of business partners. The method used to achieve the goals and objectives are counseling, training and mentoring of aren juice processing technology in a controlled manner into palm sugar. The results showed that the target audience activity can be improved productivity and the quality of palm sugar from aren juice with the controlled processing technologies ranging from the preparation of materials and equipment, processing to the packaging. Prior to the program IbM 2015, a group of farmers aren cultivate aren juice into sugar printing sell Rp 12,500, - per kg, after following this program can produce palm sugar and sell it for Rp 30,000, - per kg, so that with the program IbM can increase the income and welfare of farmers aren mainly target farmers' groups.


To the Editor We read with great interest the work of Kurian et al,1 investigating the performance of BRCA1/2 mutation prediction models in Asian-Americans. Their work is of broad impact, as Asians account for 5% of the US population and more than 60% of the world population. Two key observations in their article are that (1) the BRCAPRO model2 (http:// astor.som.jhmi.edu/BayesMendel/brcapro.html ) underpredicts the proportion of BRCA2 mutations relative to the total number of mutations, and (2) it under-predicts the total number of mutations of both genes among Asian-Americans. Motivated by these observations, we have developed a revised version of BRCAPRO, specific to AsianAmericans. Here we present new analyses comparing earlier version of BRCAPRO to this newly developed version, and hopefully provide additional insight into the interpretation of the important study of Kurian et al.


This paper presents a Low Noise Amplifier also known as LNA for any application in wireless communication system. LNA is an electronic amplifier used to amplify a possible very weak signal that captured by antenna. LNA is a very important part in RF receiver because when using a LNA, noises can reduce the gain by the amplifier when the noise of the amplifier is received directly from received signal. The low noise amplifier have designed to get the better performance by following the requirement in this new era consists of high gain, low noise figure, lower power consumption, small chip area, low cost and good input and output matching. Besides that, this work represents an LNA schematic consists of three stages which is common gate amplifier, common drain amplifier and active inductor. Common gate and common drain is used for input and output stages in every LNA. It is also used for excellent input and output matching and has a potential to get a lower noise. While, for active inductor, is used to obtain the lower power consumption and to reduce the chip size in layout design. LNA achieved the best performance with a simulated gain of 14.7dB, extremely lower power consumption of 0.8mW, noise figure of 7dB and small chip area of 0.26mm². The design is implemented by using the CADENCE software with the latest technology of 0.13μm.


Abstract:
 Hani rice terraces system is one of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) pilot sites selected by FAO. Soil nutrients are an important symbol of soil fertility, and play an important role in the sustainable utilization of land. Based on geo-statistics and GIS, the spatial variation of pH, organic matter, total nitrogen, alkaline hydrolyzable nitrogen, available phosphorus and available potassium in the soil in Yisa (a town in Honghe County, Yunnan Province) was studied. The results show that the spatial variability of pH, organic matter, total nitrogen, alkaline hydrolyzable nitrogen and available potassium exhibited medium spatial variability, and the coefficients of variation are 12.54%, 40.14%, 40.00%, 34.89%, and 40.00% respectively. Available phosphorus exhibited strong spatial variability, and the coefficient of variation is 102.13%. The spatial variation of pH, organic matter, total nitrogen, alkaline hydrolyzable nitrogen and available potassium fit the index mode, however, the spatial variation of available phosphorus fits the spherical model. Total nitrogen, available phosphorus and available potassium were greatly affected by soil structural factors, while pH, organic matter and alkaline hydrolyzable nitrogen were affected by both structural and random factors. The spatial distribution of soil nutrients in Yisa was intuitively characterized by Kriging interpolation. It is very important to understand the spatial distribution of soil nutrients, which will provide the guidance for adjusting agricultural management measures such as fertilization.


The Conference held its ninth annual meeting in Washington on October 1-3, 1931. Authorized by the Judiciary Act of September 14, 1922, the conference of the senior circuit judges with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the Attorney-General has become an established part of the judicial system of the United States. The reports of these conferences are to be found in the annual reports of the Attorney-General, beginning in 1924. The 1922 and 1923 reports may best be found in the Texas Law Review, Vol. II, pages 445 and 448, and in the Journal of the American Judicature Society, Vol. VIII, pages 85 and 92. In view of the general inaccessibility of the reports of the Attorney-General to the legal profession, it has been suggested that they be published in the Supreme Court Reports. The suggestion has not as yet, however, been adopted.


DECENT financial history in TenR nessee has been characterized by rapidly rising expenditures, a sharp increase in indebtedness, and a feverish search for revenues. In the field of taxation the chief features have been, first, vigorous opposition to the property tax on the part of certain leaders, resulting in legislation providing for its repeal after 1931; and second, successive diversification of the tax system by the adoption of sales taxes on to-


The research of single-parent families is few because of the lack of basic data at present,and the systematic study about single-parent families' number,characteristics and trends of change are still blank.This paper uses census with data mining method,selects single-parent families in Beijing,and carries on a description of single-parent families' number and characteristics.


Abstract A series of pretreatments have been evaluated for effectiveness in minimizing the extent of corrosion incurred by C70600 during initial periods of exposure in seawater. By minimizing this corrosion, a reduction in the rate of copper released to the environment can be achieved. The quantities of total copper discharged during the start-up of a new condenser system, for example, might therefore be reduced. The pretreatments examined included a variety of inorganic and organic chemicals. The inhibitive powers of the pretreatments were assessed through a variety of tests in natural seawater. Based on the rates of copper release during the initial eight hours of exposure in seawater at 50 C, several pretreatments appear promising. The sodium dichromate pretreatment has proven to be the most consistent in reducing initial corrosion rates and has been shown beneficial in reducing longer-term corrosion rates of C70600 in seawater. Additionally, it does not appear to impair other properties of C70600 such...


Network intrusion is highly destructive and uncontrollable. Current networks are all closed-loop feedback control systems, therefore conflicts, instability, limit data bandwidth and other uncontrollable factors occur after networks intrusion. The traditional stability control methods have better control to the pre-intrusion. Once after intrusion, the volatility of networks will beyond the control and the control threshold cannot play the role of optimal control. On the foundation of feedback rules of random and long-time unstable network control system states, this paper proposes a stability and stabilization method for network volatility caused by intrusion. Finally, a numerical example is used to verify the validity of the conclusions.


7564 Background: The role of anti-VEGF therapy in recurrent NSCLC is unclear. We are currently conducting a phase II trial evaluating cediranib, an oral inhibitor of VEGFR 1, 2 and 3, and pemetrexed in recurrent NSCLC pts who may or may not have previously received bevacizumab.

METHODS
Pts with progressive NSCLC following 1 or 2 prior regimens and with any histologic sub-type were eligible. Pts on anti-coagulants and with treated brain mets were allowed. Pts received cediranib 30mg daily. 1 week after starting cediranib, pts received pemetrexed 500 mg/m2 every 21 days. The study consists of two cohorts- A (no prior bevacizumab) and B (prior bevacizumab). Planned accrual is 37 pts each cohort. Accrual to cohort A is completed. Consenting pts underwent blood draw for circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and circulating endothelial cells (CECs) before therapy, 1 week after cediranib was commenced, and after 1 cycle of the combination.

RESULTS
38 pts were enrolled in cohort A. Median age- 62, males- 50%, ever smokers- 92%, squamous- 18% (7 patients), brain mets- 34%, 2 prior regimens- 42%. Median cycles- 4 (range: 0-26). Grade 3/4 toxicities- neutropenia- 14%, febrile neutropenia- 5%, fatigue-22%, diarrhea- 14%, infection- 8%. One patient each developed pulmonary hemorrhage, cardiac ischemia and cerebrovascular event. Three deaths were deemed related to drug related toxicities. Response rate is 29% (95% CI: 17%-45%) and disease control rate (response+stable disease) is 74% (58%-85%). Median PFS is 5.6 (4.4-6.8) months and median survival is 11 (5.8-16.6) months. Efficacy parameters for squamous versus non-squamous were- Response rate- 0% vs. 35%, PFS- 3.7 vs. 5.7 months, survival 5.2 vs. 11.5 months. Among 18 pts with available data, 60% had decrease in CTCs and 31% of the patients had declines in CECs. There was no significant association between declines in CTCs or CECs and PFS.

CONCLUSIONS
1.The combination of cediranib and pemetrexed is tolerable. 2. The response rate of 29% (35%-non-squamous) and the median PFS of 5.6 (5.7-non-squamous) months are very promising. 3. Though the numbers are small, this combination is ineffective in recurrent squamous cell patients. 4. Enrollment to cohort B is ongoing.


This article presents the process of forming East Slavic toponyms with the base ‑sad‑ (e.g., Сад, Садок, Сады, Садки, Новосады, Новосадки, Садовка, Самосадка, Садовая, Садовое). Concrete semantic motivation is established by taking into account special features of the socioeconomic development of individual historically formed areas. The relative chronology of toponym formation is defined, and the area of their distribution is presented and discussed. The article includes a schematic map.


Objective Recovery of motor function after stroke could be influenced by biological, environmental and psychological factors. This ex-post-facto research assessed the association between self-motivation and motor function among chronic stroke survivors. Association between selfmotivation and each of age, gender, stroke laterality and time since onset of stroke was also investigated. Methods Thirty (20 males and 10 females) individuals who have suffered a first-ever stroke (mean age 59.30 ± 13.81years), 22 of whom had right hemiplegia, were consecutively recruited from among stroke survivors receiving physiotherapy on out-patient basis at a tertiary health facility in Nigeria. Stroke laterality, age, gender and time since onset of stroke were documented. Self-motivation and motor function were assessed using Self-Motivation Inventory (SMI) and Modified Motor Assessment Scale (MMAS) respectively. Data were analysed using Spearman rank order correlation and Mann-Whitney U statistics at 0.05 alpha. Results Association between motor function and self motivation (rho= 0.14; p = 0.45) was not statistically significant. Similar trend was observed between self motivation and each of age (rho= -0.21; p=0.26); time since onset of stroke (rho = 0.16; p = 0.33). There was a negative but non-significant association between age and motor function (rho = -0.26; p =0.44). Both SMI and MMAS scores were not significantly different between males and females; as well as between right and left hemiplegic patients. Conclusion Self-motivation did not influence motor function performance. Similarly age, stroke laterality, gender and time since onset of stroke are not associated with self motivation of stroke survivors. These findings imply that self motivation may not be influencing motor performance after stroke.


HE question of origin and pedigree of the Christian basilica has occupied scholars again and again, but no generally recognized result has been achieved so far (1). T Recently Ejnar Dyggve has put forward the thesis that the old Christian basilica is the final result of a long development which started with the classical Heroon. Dyggve himself has excavated such a Heroon at Kalydon and has published a fine report on it (2). It is the tomb and sanctuary of the chief of a clan, Leon, who was regarded by his descendants as a new Heracles. The building consists of a peristyle with a transept added in front of the north side which opens into a square sanctuary (FIG. I). I n the sanctuary is an altar and at the rear wall a base on which stood presumably the statue of the deified dead. The sanctuary was closed in front by a balustrade. Underneath it is a room serving as tomb with two beds of stone ; this room was accessible from outside. About the same time a very similar building was discovered on the citadel of Pergamon (FIG. z), the only difference being that there was no burial vault underneath the sanctuary, but only a shaft reaching down to the virgin soil which probably once contained funerary urns. The excavators (3) take it to be a monument dedicated to the cult of the rulers of Pergamon-which means that we have here again a Heroon. These two similar structures invite the guess that we have to deal here with a widespread type and this interpretation is corroborated by another building in Kalaureia (4). Dyggve thinks that this type of structure is the prototype of the Christian basilica of the martyrs and not only of this but of the Christian basilica altogether, which consists also of a nave with rows of columns with sometimes a transept to which is joined the apse with altar and confessio of the martyr. This derivation seems to be confirmed by the discovery of another Christian sanctuary at Marusinac near Salona which forms, so to speak, the connecting link. There Dyggve (5) found a vaulted mausoleum with an altar under which was a burial vault with the cofin of Anastasius who was executed in A.D. 304. I n the course of the 4th century a Christian cemetery grew up round this martyrion which was destroyed in 395 and then overbuilt with a bigger structure (FIG. 3). East of the martyrion is a sepulchral basilica of the usual shape. T h e relics of Anastasius were translated into this building and buried in a small confessio. North of it is a second building consisting of an apse, two transepts of the type of the liwun, and a colonnaded open court with tessellated floor. In the roofed-in parts are tombs of bishops and other persons of social standing. We have therefore here a type of building somewhat similar to the pagan Heroon. Dyggve thinks that this type of building represents the basilica discoperta. He takes this term from an anonymous pilgrim of Piacenza who visited the burial temenos of the


In this article the arrangements for the participatory planning of the five largest Finnish cities are examined from the perspectives of both democracy and planning theories. Four paradigms that form the continuum of general planning theoretical debate are identified as being relevant in the Finnish context: comprehensive-rationalistic, incrementalist, consensus-oriented communicative and conflict-oriented agonistic planning theory. These are discussed in relation to the parallel development of democracy theory: from the aggregative to the deliberative and further to the agonistic model of democracy. The empirical study reveals that while each paradigm shift in theory purports to replace the former theory with a new one, in practice the new theory emerges as a new addition to the palette of coexisting theoretical sources, to be drawn upon as a source of guidance and inspiration in organizing participatory planning. The five Finnish cities combine traits of different theories in their arrangements of planning participation, often in a fashion that generates institutional ambiguity. The argument concludes with discussing the necessity of further empirical and developmental research, where the contexts of both planning theory and democracy theory are related to the institutional challenges of planning conduct. If this does not happen the emerging agonistic planning theory, too, may become a paradigm shift at the level of theory only, thereby contributing to the widening gap between theory and practice.


What is most striking about Michael Novak's response to my article is that he chooses for the most part to bypass the core of the argument. I compared Novak's and Simon's understandings of the common good and authority. In addition, rooted in Simon's work (which I find to be no less relevant today than forty years ago), I proceeded to critique Novak's understandings of the common good and what I find to be his unjustified conclusions about economic liberalism and the realization of the common good materially considered. (My use of Simon as a reference point is based on my judgment that he is the richest Catholic theorist on the subjects of the common good and authority.) I am trying to bring Simon's highly relevant work to bear upon the evaluation of Novak. Moreover, I try to show why Simon's criticisms of the market system are in fact more relevant now than when they were originally articulated by giving some contemporary examples. Novak elected not to engage these core points of my article, except for an outrageous statement, based on no evidence or argument (under point "f"), that most of the claims are false and are drawn from ""left-wing, anticapitalist tracts." Again, Novak cleverly bypasses the fact that the examples I give are simply contemporary manifestations of points raised long ago by Simon.


The zirconium coating was prepared with the surface treatment process of spraying,after pretreatment at 110 ℃ 、300 ℃ 、and 500 ℃.The effect of Al2O3-SiC-C castable oxidation resistance and slag resistance for the zirconium coating was studied by scanning electron microscope and optical microscope.The results showed that oxidation resistance and slag resistance of Al2O3-SiC-C self-flow castable matrix was better,when the mareix was pretreated at 300 ℃ and sprayed once.


The diversification of the use of citrus rootstocks is important in Brazil due to the presence of abiotic and biotic stress factors, besides leading the orchard to produce with higher brix content, to acquire resistance to pests and diseases, besides the high efficiency of production and induction of quality to the fruits. For the selection of a genotype with potential for use as a rootstock, however, the performance in the propagation phase is also relevant, given the knowledge of these factors and lack of rootstocks, the citrus breeding program of Embrapa Cassava and Fruticulture PMG Citros has leveraged citrus research in some states of Brazil. Pará has been included in this program since 2015 in the national network for the evaluation of varieties of rootstock. The varieties analyzed are characterized by resistance to drought and control of huanglongbing (HLB, ex-greening). As one of the major citrus producers in the state of Pará, the Municipality of Capitão Poço was selected to install the first trials of the PMG Citros research, in partnership with citrus farmers in this region, one of the 'Pera' orange orchards is Farm Ornela. The work aims to evaluate the initial morphological parameters of the behavior of the orange pear [Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck], in combination with six rootstocks: 'Cravo Santa Cruz', 'Sunki Tropical', Citrandarins' Riverside 'and' San Diego ', and the LVK x LCR 010 and TSKC x CTSW 033 hybrids. The experiment was arranged in randomized blocks, where each rootstock was a treatment, with four replicates and ten plants per experimental plot. At present, the rootstocks that are gaining prominence are citrandarin 'Riverside' and the mandarin 'Sunki Tropical'


The object of our investigation was to determine what, if any, was the relation of the basal metabolic rate to the various stages and types of cardiac decompensation. An effort was to be made to follow these cases through from the time of admission to the hospital to the time of discharge, and to correlate the clinical and laboratory findings in an attempt to arrive at definite conclusions and deductions for the purpose of utilizing basal metabolic readings as aids in the diagnosis, management and prognosis of decompensated heart cases, very much after the manner of such determinations in the dysfunctions of the thyroid gland. Whereas there are numerous reports relating to the basal metabolism in diseases of the thyroid gland, in particular, and to a lesser extent in the various fevers, anemias, nephritis and obesity, comparatively little is to be found regarding the basal metabolic rate in heart muscle


Enhanced risk stratification of patients with aortic stenosis (AS) is necessary to identify patients at high risk for adverse outcomes, and may allow for better management of patient subgroups at high risk of myocardial damage. The objective of this study was to identify plasma biomarkers and multimarker profiles associated with adverse outcomes in AS.


A pyridylurea.tetraazaanthracenedione complex with three hydrogen bonds is more stable than an analogous complex with four hydrogen bonds. An X-ray analysis and modeling suggests a steric mismatch destabilizing the latter and a CH...O contact enhancing the stability of the former.


On June 3, 2019, Congress passed H.R. 2157 (FY2019 supplemental), which authorized supplemental appropriations for new and existing agricultural programs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), among other assistance. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the FY2019 supplemental totals more than $19.1 billion in new budget authority over 10 years. The agriculture title (Title I), including nutrition assistance, is estimated to total $5.37 billion over the same period, or roughly 28% of the total act (see Table 1). All of the agriculture portion is designated as emergency spending. In addition to new budget authority, CBO estimates that the act results in additional outlays for existing programs.


The purpose of this study was to describe the increase in the activity of mathematic learning using origami paper media on Elementary School learners fourth grade 09 Benua Kayong. The methode used in reseach a descriptive to form classroom action research (PTK). Subject of reseach is a Learners totaling 20 people. techniques a collection data using a techniques direct observation, and using the observation sheet. (1) The results show the ability of the teacher in preparing learning implementation plan (RPP) Mathematics using origami paper media increased by 3,55. (2) The ability of teachers to implement the learning of Mathematics using origami paper media increased by 3.65. (3) learners' learning activities also increased, namely an increase in physical activity learners achieve 76.66%. Increased mental activity of learners reached 63,33%. Increased emotional activity learners achieve 83,33%. So it can be concluded that the use of origami paper media has managed to increase the activity of learning mathematics learners.


This chapter utilizes 2006 Statistics Canada census data to gain an in-depth understanding of the education, labour-market, and occupational characteristics of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations in friendship centre and non-friendship centre (i.e., gap) communities with small, medium, and large Aboriginal populations. Specifically, this chapter seeks to answer the following questions: • How do Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal labour-force participation, employment, and unemployment rates differ among friendship centre and gap communities with small, medium, and large Aboriginal populations? • How do Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal educational attainments differ among friendship centre and gap communities with small, medium, and large Aboriginal populations? To what extent do labour-market outcomes vary with education? • Do the occupational profiles of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people differ in friendship centre and gap communities with small, medium, and large Aboriginal populations? For given education levels, are Aboriginal people employed in comparable occupations?


Two patients with liver disease due to polyarteritis nodosa are described. They presented in a similar manner, with a swinging fever, a polymorphonuclear leucocytosis and high alkaline phosphatase levels, but the natural history of the illness was different, with revocery in one and death in the other.


Used cooking oil (UCO) is a waste, and creates environmental issues due to its hydrophobic property. UCO, with its high content of fatty acid, can be used as source material for animal feed. However, high unsaturated fatty acid in UCO is harmful to the ruminant's microflora. This can be resolved by transforming UCO into functional product such as ruminant's protected fat (PF). In the present work, the production of used cooking oil protected fat (UCOPF) using fusion method via saponification process was investigated. Response surface methodology (RSM) was used to evaluate the effect of calcium oxide concentration (CaO), initial temperature (iTemp.), and percentage of water (H2O) on the solidification score and free fatty acid (FFA) content of PF. Results showed that all the studied parameters significantly affected the responses. The coefficient of determination (R2) for solidification score and FFA were high at 0.9433 and 0.9599, respectively. The optimum condition to produced UCOPF by fusion method was CaO (20%), iTemp. (80°C), and percentage of water (30%), which yielded solidification score and FFA of 5.33 ± 0.53 and 0.85 ± 0.07%, respectively. The FFA content of the optimised PF was lower than permitted; thus, it can be used as animal supplement. In conclusion, the UCO can be converted into PF by using calcium fusion method. However, the property and stability of the produced PF should be assessed prior to commercialisation.


The paper presents the occurrence of seven species of lichenized Ascomycetes: Chapsa pseudophlyctis (Nyl.) A. Frisch, Fissurina elaiocarpa (A.W. Archer) A.W. Archer, Helminthocarpon leprevostii Fée, Lithothelium illotum (Nyl.) Aptroot, Myriotrema subminutum Homchantara & Coppins, Polymeridium catapastum (Nyl.) R.C. Harris and Trypethelium ceylonicum Makhija & Patw. and one species of non-lichenized Ascomycetes: Mycomicrothelia minutula (Zahlbr.) D. Hawksw. All of these are recorded for the first time from India.


A new original software interface between the WRF mesoscale meteorological model and the SPRAYWEB dispersion model has been developed. The model chain was designed such a highly responsive tool for risk assessment and emergency-response purposes. The model interface reads the wind and temperature fields provided by WRF and interpolates them on a fixed-in-time grid, which is the input to the dispersion model. Furthermore, it calculates the turbulence-parameter vertical profiles, based on the surface-layer data provided by WRF. In this work we simulate the dispersion of a high-buoyancy plume. The model chain performances were tested against the Bull-Run dataset.


Dimension reduction is a research hotspot in recent years, especially manifold learning for high-dimensional data. Cause high-dimensional data have complex nonlinear structures there are many researchers focus on nonlinear me- thods. The memory cost and running time are too large and difficult to operate when the scales of data are tremendously large. In order to solve this problem, we utilized the gradient descent to search the low-dimensional embedding. It replaced the eigenvalue decomposition of a large sparse matrix of LLE (Linear Locally Embedding) algorithm. The time complexity is lower than before and storage memory is declined obviously. Experimental results demonstrated our approach performed well than the original algorithm. Furthermore, our approach can be ap- plied to other manifold method or other research fields such as information re- trieval and feature extraction.


This study employed structural equation modeling to examine the effects of Cattell–Horn–Carroll (CHC) abilities on reading decoding skills using five age-differentiated subsamples from the standardization sample of the Woodcock–Johnson III (Woodcock, McGrew, & Mather, 2001). Using the Spearman Model including only g, strong direct effects of g on reading decoding skills were demonstrated at all ages. Using the Two-Stratum Model including g and broad abilities, direct effects of the broad abilities Long-Term Storage and Retrieval, Processing Speed, Crystallized Intelligence, Short-Term Memory, and Auditory Processing on reading decoding skills were demonstrated at select ages. Using the Three-Stratum Model including g, broad abilities, and narrow abilities, direct effects of the broad ability Processing Speed and the narrow abilities Associative Memory, Listening Ability, General Information, Memory Span, and Phonetic Coding were demonstrated at select ages. Across both the Two-Stratum Model and the Three-Stratum Model at all ages, g had very large but indirect effects. The findings suggest that school psychologists should interpret measures of some specific cognitive abilities when conducting psychoeducational assessments designed to explain reading decoding skills.


We propose a method for systematically finding ground states of spinor Bose-Einstein condensates by utilizing the symmetry properties of the system. By this method, we can find not only an inert state, whose symmetry is maximal in the manifold under consideration, but also a noninert state, which has lower symmetry and depends on the parameters in the Hamiltonian. We establish the symmetry-classification method for the spin-1, 2, and 3 cases at zero magnetic field, and find an additional phase in the last case. The properties of the vortices in the spin-3 system are also discussed.


Abstract This paper works from a close reading of selected scenes between men and women in Webster's two tragedies to argue that he depicts speech and subject positions when speaking as profoundly influenced by gender. Women's language is disbelieved, prone to interruption, and valued less even by members of their own sex. To attempt to circumvent these disadvantages, women adopt male modes of speech, even to the extent of aping the actual words used by their male partners; but this also fails to succeed, leading to further disbelief, misinterpretation, and ultimately to death. By contrast, Vittoria Corombona, the one woman in the plays who resolutely clings to female speaking modes even in a conspicuously male‐dominated area, is represented as at least partially triumphant, suggesting a valorisation of women's language unusual to find in Jacobean drama.


Abstract A low-dimensional dynamical systems model of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation has been developed in order to better understand the mechanism underlying the so-called Dansgaard–Oeschger oscillation that is so clearly evident during the late glacial period (oxygen isotope stage 3) of the most recent ice-age cycle. The reduced system is designed to describe the evolution of the salinity distribution in this region that has previously been analyzed using both two- and three-dimensional models of the deep ocean circulation. The drastically simplified model described herein is shown to accurately represent the essence of the Dansgaard–Oeschger oscillation as this was previously revealed through detailed analyses performed with a model in which the deep circulation was described using a set of linked interacting two-dimensional (latitude–depth) basins. The authors' analyses with the reduced dynamical system reinforce their previous contention that the Dansgaard–Oeschger oscillation is driven ...


(1) Study the class of hyper-Kähler manifolds which are hyper-Kähler reductions of finite dimensional quaternion vector spaces by products of unitary groups. (Probably it is better to assume that the action is linear.) Besides quiver varieties, hyper-Kähler toric varieties in the sense of Bielawski and Dancer [2] are such examples. When the quotients are nonsingular ? How much of geometric properties of quiver varieties can be generalized to hyper-Kähler manifolds in the class ? (2) Let G be a compact Lie group. Moduli spaces of G-monopoles on R are identified with moduli spaces of Nahm's equations on the products of intervals, where each vertex of the Dynkin diagram of G gives an interval, and we impose the boundary conditions according to edges of the diagram. This result was shown when G is a classical group and the symmetry is maximally broken [6]. Extend this result to more generaly symmetry breaking cases. Then study moduli spaces of Nahm's equations associated with arbitrary Dynkin diagram, not necessarily classical, finite type. They are probably isomorphic to moduli spaces of rational curves into partial flag manifolds attached with the corresponding Kac-Moody Lie algebra. Study their geometries. Relate them to the corresponding representation theory and the theory of Gromov-Witten invariants. See [3] for the study in these directions. (3) In [13, 14] I have given an algorithm to compute Betti numbers of quiver varieties using the torus action and virtual Hodge polynomials. But the algorithm has a recursive structure and it is practically hard to perform the computation. We need to study many quiver varieties at the same time. (Each quiver variety corresponds to a weight space of a representation of the Kac-Moody Lie algebra corresponding to the quiver. We fix a representation and need to study all quiver varieties corresponding to all weight spaces. So far, I have not succeeded the computation for two fundamental representations for E8.) It is desirable to give closed formula of Betti numbers. Such formula should exists also for quiver varieties of affine types, where having the algorithm are not a strong statment since we have infinitely many nonempty quiver varieties.


We present the initial clinical results of the use of the pulsed 2.15 micron thulium-holmium-chromium:YAG (THC:YAG) laser for gastrointestinal endoscopic surgery. This pulsed mid-infrared laser was designed to fit the clinical need for precisely controllable tissue vaporization which can be delivered via a flexible delivery system. We obtained an Investigational Device Exemption from the FDA and in December 1988 we began our clinical program. Using the THC:YAG laser via a flexible fiberoptic endoscope, we have successfully performed vaporization or excision of sessile neoplastic polyps of the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract of 12 patients. Our initial experience has confirmed our expectation that this new laser system can provide the endoscopic surgeon with a technical alternative not matched by currently available laser systems.


This paper presents an approach to introduce to the students the concept of the first phase of the compiler - the lexical analysis by developing FPGA based FSMs recognizing different types of lexemes. The aim is to be achieved some level of succession between two undergraduate courses, namely "Design Technology" and "Compilers", and to be introduced a primary idea of a regular expression, a formal description of a finite automaton, and a state-transition graph of finite automaton. The expectation is that the implementation of such FSMs through a hardware modeling language and programmable logic will be a good starting point for further implementation of the lexical analyzer with a high-level programming language.


Pneumonia associated with group eugonic fermenter-4 (EF-4) bacteria has been reported in domestic cats (1-3), a captive tiger cub (4), a dog (2), and a captive African lion (5). The pathogenicity of these bacteria is poorly understood. In this report, pneumonia associated with EF-4 group bacteria in two Chinese leopard cats (Prionailurus bengalensis chinensis) is described, in order to further document the pulmonary lesions associated with these bacteria. The two female, three and five year old, leopard cats died at a local wildlife park during a two day period and were submitted for necropsy. Both were anorectic for one day before death. Both were in good bodily condition and significant lesions were visible only in the lungs. There were multiple, irregularly spherical, firm, light-tan nodules in both lungs. In the three-year-old leopard cat, the nodules were 1.0-2.0 cm in diameter and were randomly scattered in all lobes except the left cranial (Figures 1 and 2). In the five-year-old leopard cat, the nodules were 0.5-1.0 cm in diameter, were approximately twice as numerous, and were scattered throughout the entire lung. In both lungs, the nodules


The operation of modern free-electron lasers (FELs) requires the synchronization of different accelerator subsystems with femtosecond precision. A pulsed optical synchronization system is for this reason operated at the Free-Electron Laser in Hamburg (FLASH) and it is under construction for the upcoming European X-ray Free-Electron Laser (XFEL). Laser pulses from the optical master oscillator are transmitted by timing stabilized optical fiberlinks to dedicated end stations along the accelerator. Devices which cannot operate with optical synchronization signals are instead conventionally synchronized with radio frequency (RF) reference signals. These signals are distributed in the accelerator by coaxial cables. Especially the low-level radio frequency (LLRF) system requires RF reference signals with femtosecond stability in order to meet nowadays femtosecond demands. Due to cable drifts and the length of the accelerators, this level of stability cannot be provided by conventional RF transport. A laser-to-RF (L2RF) phase detector has been invented, which allows to measure with femtosecond precision the relative phase between a phase stable optical pulse train from an optical fiberlink and an RF signal. The L2RF phase detector is based on an integratedMach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) in which the phase error between both signals is encoded in an amplitude modulation of the optical pulse train. Different configurations, based on single output and dual output MZMs have been evaluated for different operation scenarios. A full mathematical representation of the chosen configuration has been derived. The impact of multiple error sources has been investigated. It has been proven that most error sources have only second or higher order influence on the detection principle which is a significant advantage over existing schemes. The invented L2RF phase detector is for example balanced and in its working point insensitive to power variations of the optical reference pulse train. The femtosecond performance has been verified with two different prototypes. Error sources of the measurement setup have been identified and eliminated. The achieved stability of 3.6 fs over 12 h for a L2RF phase detector is currently unmatched. The optical setup of the L2RF phase detector has been engineered and the detector electronics have been integrated into a custom unit. All components were finally combined to a prototype of the optical reference module (REFM-OPT) which makes use of the L2RF phase detector in order to provide RF reference signals in the accelerator tunnel with femtosecond precision.


The long-term behaviours of the pulsation and Blazhko periods of RR Lyr are investigated by means of Kepler and ground-based observations. The difficulties in detecting additional modes in the Cepheids monitored with CoRoT are discussed.


Seedling emergence of horse purslane as influenced by depth of seeding and its allelopathic effect on germination and seedling growth of wheat, chickpea and mustard was studied in pot culture and laboratory conditions. Maximum seedling emergence (26.76%) was observed at 2.0 cm seeding depth. Higher level of plant residue (4.0 t/ha) significantly reduced the germination of chickpea and mustard but not of wheat. Plant extracts or aqueous leachates did not show any toxic effect on germination of wheat, however, their effects on root and shoot growth of all the test crops was stimulatory as well as inhibitory. Among various test crops, wheat showed highest tolerance to this weed as compared to chickpea and mustard.


Integration of non-orthogonal and orthogonal multiplexing used to enhance the capacity of the system is presented here. This is also called as cognitive OFDM- NOMA. Here we overcome some problems which are divided into sub problems i.e., the power allocation optimization, user scheduling and sensing duration, respectively. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) for multiusers can also be done by clustering based radio allocation (RA) scheme. This will improve maximum usage of wireless communications by optimizing the sum capacity of secondary users. The users in same group have the same OFDM sub channels to enhance spectrum utilization. Mobile networks have used time/frequency/code domain for multiple access, while in NOMA the power domain will be used.


This paper analyzes the influence mechanism of the ship low frequency vibration on the output characteristics of PV cells under direct light and scattered light. And the simulation model in the MATLAB/Simulink platform has been put up, and some related experimental studies have been carried out based on the experiment platform, which can simulate ship vibration environment. The results of the simulation analysis and the experimental study all show that it is possible to lead to slight fluctuation on the output of PV cells and there is no obvious effect on fluctuation range with frequencies of the vibration. The impact effects on the output characteristics of PV cells are different under different solar irradiation.


We assess the mean mass balance of three ice caps in South Iceland, for two periods, 1980 to 1998 and 1998 to 2004, by comparing digital elevation models (DEMs) covering the entire glaciers; Eyjafjallajokull (81 km2), Tindfjallajokull (15 km2) and Torfajokull (14 km2). The DEMs were compiled by using i) aerial photographs taken between 1979 to 1984 by the American Defense Map Agency (DMA) and the Icelandic Geodetic Survey, ii) airborne EMISAR radar images obtained in 1998 by the Electromagnetic system (EMI) of the Technical University of Denmark, and iii) two image pairs from the SPOT 5 high resolution stereoscopic (HRS) instrument from 2004. The ice-free part of the EMISAR-DEM (5x5 m spatial resolution with accuracy <2 m in elevation) was used as a reference map for coregistering and offset-correction of the HRS-DEMs (40x40 m) and the DMA-DEMs (40x40 m interpolated from 20 m contour lines). The average specific mass balance was estimated as the mean elevation difference between glaciated areas of the DEMs. The glacier mass balance declined significantly between the two periods: from -0.2 to 0.2 m yr-1 w. eq. during first period 1979/1984-1998 to -1.8 to -1.5 m yr-1 w. eq. for the more recent period 1998 to 2004. This declining mass balance takes place at the same time as the average regional temperatures increased by ~1 °C from the first to the second period (1980-1998 to 1998 to 2004). Location Data Eyjafjallajokull (E), Tindfjallajokull (Ti), Torfajokull (To) and Mýrdalsjokull (M) ice caps. V: automatic weather station at Vik in Mýrdalur. On the inset map of Iceland: location of the study area as well as Langjokull (L), Hofsjokull (H) and Vatnajokull (Va) ice caps. The plot shows the elevation distribution of the E, Ti and To ice caps as area (km2) per 10 m elevation interval. Digital Elevation models calculated using: a) SPOT 5 HRS from October 5, 2004 spatial resolution: 40x40 m accuracy: 10 m in elevation and 30 m in horizontal position b) SPOT 5 HRS from August 14, 2004 c) EMISAR from August 12, 1998 reference map for co-registration and offset correction spatial resolution 5x5 m accuracy <2 m in elevation and 5 m in horizontal position d) aerial photographs from the 1980s: i. Torfajokull ice cap (To) from the autumn 1979 ii. Tindfjallajokull ice cap (Ti) from the autumn 1980 iii. Eyjafjallajokull ice cap (E) from the autumn 1984 spatial resolution 40x40 m accuracy <10 m in elevation Imprinted profiles: a) Airborne radar altimetry, observed seasonally from 2004 to 2007 relative error within 1 m b) ICESat elevation data (e.g. Zwally and others, 2002), observed seasonally from 2004 to 2007 accuracy on cm scale at gentle sloping terrain higher errors at rough and steep sloping terrain often false values due to frequent occurence of clouds in the area c) GPS profiles and points observed at ice free areas accuracy ~1 m in elevation


150Background: NKG2D is a lectin-like type 2 transmembrane receptor that expressed by natural killer cells and some T cell subsets. Stimulation of NKG2D receptor with specific agonistic ligands produces activating signals through signaling adaptor protein DAP10 leading to the enhanced cytokine production, proliferation, and cytotoxicity against tumor cells. There is strong evidence that NKG2D ligands are expressed in many human tumors, including melanoma, leukemia, myeloma, glioma, and carcinomas of the prostate, breast, lung, and colon. Recent studies also demonstrated that T cells bearing chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) NKG2D linked to CD3ζ (zeta) chain produce marked in vitro and in vivo anti-tumor effects. The aim of current study was to determine whether human T cells bearing chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) NKGD2 linked to CD3e (epsilon) chain could be activated by the NKG2D-specific stimulation and able to kill human cancer cells. Given the important role of CD3e in activation and survival of T cell...


The output characteristics of a laser are calculated for the case of a frequency-degenerate four-wave interaction of light in media with a local nonlinearity. Nonmonotonic dependences of the output radiation intensity on the interaction constant are predicted, as well as the existence of regions of bistable and multistable solutions. The results are generalized to the case of a resonator formed by a four-wave mirror and a conventional reflector, and filled with an additional active medium.


The first ever appeal under section 110 of the UK Water Resources Act 1991 took place in 2009. The appeal was against a refusal by the Environment Agency to give consent to an application made under section 109 of the Act for the repair and the reinstatement of a flood embankment at Trewern Hall in the Severn valley. The agency was found to have acted unreasonably and unlawfully in determining the application, and there was a full award of costs against it. This paper describes the litigation that followed the appeal and the granting of unconditional planning consent by the local planning authority in 2010.


Unsupervised domain adaptation aims at learning a shared model for two related domains by leveraging supervision from a source domain to an unsupervised target domain. A number of effective domain adaptation approaches rely on the ability to extract domain-invariant latent factors which are common to both domains. Extracting latent commonality is also useful for disentanglement analysis. It enables separation between the common and the domain-specific features of both domains, which can be recombined for synthesis. In this paper, we propose a strategy to boost the performance of domain adaptation and disentangled synthesis iteratively. The key idea is that by learning to separately extract both the common and the domain-specific features, one can synthesize more target domain data with supervision, thereby boosting the domain adaptation performance. Better common feature extraction, in turn, helps further improve the feature disentanglement and the following disentangled synthesis. We show that iterating between domain adaptation and disentangled synthesis can consistently improve each other on several unsupervised domain adaptation benchmark datasets and tasks, under various domain adaptation backbone models.


morality : Pakendorf) or events (such as the 'cattle killing delusion' : Raum). Outstanding is, for instance, Walter Veit's contribution. He focuses on an often overlooked type of literature : indigenous texts such as praise songs that were transmitted to Europe mainly by missionaries. While the ethnographic contributions of missionaries to the development of anthropology and religious studies have been discussed elsewhere, the impact that they had on European art is still neglected. Veit goes so far as to compares the impact of this type of oral art on European poets (such as the Dada modernist movement) with the impact of indigenous material art on artists such as Picasso, Kirchner and Heckel. Not all contributions are in the field of mission studies ; some reflect Hexham's interests in philosophy, theology and religious studies. I want to single out Mark Mullins's chapter on new religious movements because it reflects an important development in missionary activities that should be further studied. While representatives of the established Churches still dismiss indigenous movements, a simple study of the membership numbers of independent Churches in Asia and elsewhere demonstrate that these new 'spontaneous ' forms of Christianity are much more successful than those transplanted by European missionaries. Mullins argues therefore that it is necessary to move from a Eurocentric to a polycentric perspective when looking at the interaction between different religions. Christianity became so successful in Japan and other countries that missionary initiatives from the former periphery to the old centre, Europe, can now be observed.Mullins, together with Veit and other contributors, demonstrates important new developments that will lead mission studies as well as religious studies into new areas, an excellent result for a Festschrift.


ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to extend previous literature on brand personality and visual brand identity through exploring the constructs at a unique intercollegiate athletic department [i.e., Coastal Carolina University (CCU)]. To meet these goals branding constructs were deconstructed and a three- part Likert-type survey was created to measure brand personality and visual identity. Upon completion, the survey was distributed and completed by 319 fans attending a CCU football game. Examination of the respondents summated averages showed fans identified CCU as a family friendly brand that represented success and fun. Fans were found to like images of the team mascot, football stadium, and football team celebrating and found them to represent CCU athletics well. Furthermore, analysis of variance revealed minor differences in brand perceptions existed between students and non-students. Such findings do well to add to the literature on branding in sport and provide insight for scholars and practitioners alike.


It's self evident that the sustainable development of GSSL(government-subsidized student's loan) policy is very important to the cost sharing mechanism in higher education and financial assistance system for poor students in our country.However,after seven years' practice,it was found that it couldn't solve the contradictory between policy and practice of personal finance service in the field of higher education.Based on a theoretical analysis of the sustainable development of GSSL policy,this essay thoroughly inspected the suitability,stability and effectiveness of GSSL policy,and put forward a way of sustainable development of GSSL policy built upon the "functional view" and interpreted the corresponding policies.


Multi-radio (multi-interface, multi-channel) 802.11 and sensor networks have been proposed to increase network capacity and to reduce energy consumption, to name only a few of their applications. They are vulnerable, however, to jamming attacks, in which attackers block communication by radio interference or MAC-protocol violation. Two jamming countermeasures have been proposed, namely software-based channel hopping and error-correcting codes.

In this paper, we introduce the problem of maximizing network goodput under jamming attacks through a combination of channel hopping and error-correction coding. We describe the solution space and investigate one point thereof, namely reactive defense against scanning attack. We develop a Markovian model of the reactive channel-hopping defense against the scanning jamming attack and validate it using simulation experiments. Our results suggest that an adaptive defense, based on our model, would improve the resiliency of multi-radio networks against jamming.


Molecular-dynamics simulations of molten and gaseous NaCl are used to probe the entire range of screening behaviors including weakly and strongly-coupled regimes as well as the transition between them. Our simulations confirm that, in accordance with the Debye–Huckel theory, in the weakly-coupled regime (corresponding to the ionic gas) the spatial correlations between the ions decay monotonically, with a screening length, λQ, given by the Debye length, λD, which decreases with increasing ionic coupling strength. By contrast, in the strongly-coupled regime (corresponding to the melt) the spatial correlations between the ions decay in an oscillatory manner, λQ then being given by the envelope of the damped oscillations. In accordance with theoretical predictions, in the strongly-coupled λQ increases with increasing coupling strength. Also in agreement with existing theories our simulations show that the transition from monotonic to oscillatory screening occurs at the shortest possible screening length, whic...


With gene analysis, we acquire a method that judges adversely the information that experts provide in their judgement matrix, thereby arrange experts appraisal level in order.The example shows that the testing method is quite feasible and practical.


A behavioural assay based on a 'homosexual' response in males has revealed that female Harmothoe imbricata release a substance that induces pair formation. Extracts from unfertilized spawned oocytes (diameter approximately 120 μm), but not sub-mature oocytes (90 μm diameter) removed directly from the coelomic cavity, have significant pair formation-inducing activity in comparison to the control. Preliminary results indicate that the substance is stable under standard purification techniques and larger than 10 kDa, as well as being heat and trypsin insensitive.


The block principle of constructing is considered and nonabsorbing 2 bit digital anisotropic meta-coatings (MC) with more effective reduction of monostatic RCSs (>10dB) within a wide frequency band when irradiated upon a wave of different linear polarizations are studied. Impedance and full-wave models and layouts of two main blocks of such MCs are developed. Calculated and measured levels of reduction of monostatic RCS of MCs' blocks are at least 12.5–13.5dB for different consonant polarizations within the band from 10.2 to 17.5 GHz and above. Calculated RCSs of impedance and full-wave models of the blocks are in good agreement with the experimental data.


A lot of problems in modern medicine are solved due to the certain progress in the health care system. But despite this progress there are many imperfections which can influence the citizens' health.


Imaging is a very important tool in the work-up of lung diseases. Therefore, all respiratory physicians need to have at least basic knowledge in image interpretation. While, in the past, the common pulmonologist's skill included the interpretation of imaging, in the time of super-specialisations, this job is often left to other specialists, such as those in radiology or nuclear medicine. Furthermore, in some institutions, there is no dedicated chest radiologist and, nowadays, a pulmonologist may have to interpret the imaging studies without any consultation with them. ERS hosted a 3-day course on thoracic imaging in Barcelona, Spain http://ow.ly/Y767p


Agroforestry has a long tradition in the Indian subcontinent. The socio-religious fabric of the people of the subcontinent is interwoven to a very great extent with raising, caring and respecting trees. Agroforestry research in India was initiated more than hundred years ago with trials on tree-crop interactions in the tea estates, studies on silvopastoralism, intercropping experiments in plantation crops and successional studies in the ravines.  Agroforestry initiatives also resulted in significant amount of wood production from outside the forestlands and promoted rural industrialization in certain localities which benefitted the small landholders and marginal farmers. Agroforestry R & D, have taken gear up by introduction of industrial tie up and proved huge potential of livelihood and environmental security of rural people. Recently, new agroforestry policy initiative will bring drastic change in counties tree cover and livelihood of people.


This study aims to identify and analyze the effect of the application of information and communication systems on the quality of Islamic financial statements on BMTs in Bandung. This research was conducted by using a census of the entire polulasi of 20 BMT, whereas the type of research is research explanation. The data collection was done by spreading questionnaires to 20 respondents of the study. In this study, a questionnaire was given to the leader of BMTs in Bandung and conducted interviews to complete the desired data. Mechanical testing of the data used is simple regression. The results showed that there is an influence of the application of information and communication systems. Islamic financial statements are affected by 62.90 % by the Information and Communication Systems.


We report seven new localities of the terrestrial slug Deroceras turcicum (Simroth), including the first occurrences in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. These demonstrate that the distribution of D. turcicum extends much further north than known previously and it might even be rather common there. We discuss possible reasons for its belated discovery. D. turcicum might have often been confused not only with the common D. reticulatum (O.F. Mull.) but also with the syntopical D. rodnae Grossu et Lupu and D. praecox Wiktor. We describe its variability in size, coloration, genital morphology, and caecum length, and consider characters for its reliable discrimination from other species. Two colour morphs (white and violet) are described for the first time. Intriguingly, the coloration of D. turcicum often matches that of congeners found at the same site, which suggests that colour has some selective value. Since external appearance often gives no reason to suspect that two species co-occur at a site, dissection of several specimens is advisable.


An (n, q) graph consists of n nodes and q edges, i.e. q distinct unordered pairs of different nodes, so that there are no loops or multiple edges. We write T for the number of unlabelled (n, q) graphs and F for the number of labelled (n, q) graphs. We say that a labelled graph is symmetric if there is a nonidentical permutation of its nodes which leaves the graph unaltered. We write r for the order of the automorphism group of the graph, i.e. the group of all those permutations of the nodes which leave the graph unaltered; we say that the graph is of symmetry order r. A graph which is not symmetric is called asymmetric and, for such a graph, obviously r = 1. We say that an unlabelled graph is symmetric or asymmetric according as the graph obtained by labelling its nodes is symmetric or asymmetric.


Japan' s uniquescenariofor a neutrinofactoryis at presenttheonly onethatdoesnot rely on ionisationcooling of the muonbeam.This is madepossibleby the large intrinsic acceptancesof theFFAG acceleratorsreplacingthelinacsandrecirculatorsof theotherscenarios.Nevertheless, it is shown, usingbasiccooling theory, thatmoderatecooling in the first FFAG could be beneficialfor the overall muonyield. Moreover, a solutionusingBe windows in the radio-frequenc y acceleratingcavities would improve their performance. Simulationresultsobtainedwith theACCSIM codeessentiallycorroboratethetheoretical cooling predictions,althoughshowing a yet unexplainedemittanceexchangemechanism betweenthetransversephasespaces.


Abstract This article somewhat recklessly assumes that social workers can act ethically. It agrees in other words that Husband's notion of the morally active practitioner is possible, under the right conditions (Husband 1995, ch.5). The paper also assumes that ethical principles can and should be conflicted over, as they have been throughout human history. With great caution and reservation the paper also accepts that virtue can be regulated and ethical action codified, and that such codification can act as a moral lighthouse for social workers. What it does not accept is that ethical principles can de-contextualised as they are in the Code of Ethics of the AASW. The paper also critiques the Code for its pretensions to inclusivity. It argues that social work does not have a moral centre, and that the activist part of the profession is disenfranchised. The paper profiles the case of an activist social worker who suffered mightily for her principles. She fell victim to trumped up allegations of code violati...


Entamoeba histolytica is the etiologic agent of amoebiasis which still causes over 55,000 annual deaths worldwide, and 2.2 million disability‐adjusted life years. To differentiate E. histolytica from the non‐pathogenic commensal E. dispar requires costly and laborious diagnostic tools. Apart from housekeeping ncRNA, the E. histolytica ncRNA inventory includes microRNAs and stress‐induced self‐circularized 5ʹ‐externally transcribed spacer rRNAs, therefore we searched for as many circRNA types as we could detect in this parasite with potential value for diagnostic purposes, as drug targets, and as markers between virulent vs non‐virulent strains. CircRNAs are a type of transcripts widely conserved in eukaryotic cells and in E. histolytica we expected to identify potential circRNAs candidates for diagnosis. Using circular RT‐PCR with divergent primers, we identified post‐splicing derived full‐length intronic circles (flicRNAs). In vivo splicing assays and several biochemical approaches revealed that the highly conserved GU‐rich intronic 5'ss is required for flicRNA biogenesis, possibly slowing down intron lariat debranching enzyme activity, thus facilitating intron circularization. Similar approaches, and CLIP analyses using an HA‐tagged Pol II CTD construct, showed that some flicRNAs interact with the transcription machinery and silence their parental genes in cis. We also found cytoplasmic flicRNAs whose functions remain to be uncovered. To expand our searches, we mined the available Entamoeba transcriptomes with the CIRIFull software, and identified 199 exonic and intergenic circular RNAs from the reptile parasite E. invadens, as well as 310 circRNAs from both virulent (HMI:IMSS) and avirulent (Rahman) E. histolytica strains (inclusion criteria: > 2 Back Splice Junctions, with Reverse Overlaps). A small proportion of the E. histolytica circRNAs were differentially expressed between strains, and some of these were validated by circular RT‐PCR. Altogether, our data suggest that E. histolytica expresses a complex repertoire of circRNAs with diverse functions, involved in multiple biochemical pathways.


An evaluation of the risk to an exposed element from a hazardous event requires a consideration of the ele- ment's vulnerability, which expresses its propensity to suf- fer damage. This concept allows the assessed level of haz- ard to be translated to an estimated level of risk and is of- ten used to evaluate the risk from earthquakes and cyclones. However, for other natural perils, such as mass movements, coastal erosion and volcanoes, the incorporation of vulnera- bility within risk assessment is not well established and con- sequently quantitative risk estimations are not often made. This impedes the study of the relative contributions from dif- ferent hazards to the overall risk at a site. Physical vulnerability is poorly modelled for many rea- sons: the cause of human casualties (from the event itself rather than by building damage); lack of observational data on the hazard, the elements at risk and the induced dam- age; the complexity of the structural damage mechanisms; the temporal and geographical scales; and the ability to mod- ify the hazard level. Many of these causes are related to the nature of the peril therefore for some hazards, such as coastal erosion, the benefits of considering an element's physical vulnerability may be limited. However, for hazards such as volcanoes and mass movements the modelling of vulnerabil- ity should be improved by, for example, following the ef- forts made in earthquake risk assessment. For example, ad- ditional observational data on induced building damage and the hazardous event should be routinely collected and cor- related and also numerical modelling of building behaviour during a damaging event should be attempted.


The screening device comprises a hollow cylindrical body, a filter disposed at the bottom of the hollow columnar body, and arranged in close proximity to the filter about the axis of rotation intersecting the filter such that the stirring blade is rotated to provide a powder of the hollow columnar body.


Simple Summary Carcinosarcoma is a rare and aggressive gynecologic cancer that may arise in any of the organs of the female reproductive tract. Most commonly, gynecologic carcinosarcoma is of uterine origin and was previously known as malignant mixed Mullerian tumor. Uterine carcinosarcoma accounts for less than 5% of all uterine malignancies. Because of the rarity of this diagnosis, gynecologic carcinosarcomas have been understudied. We aimed to determine the incidence, treatment course, and quantitate treatment outcomes via progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) of gynecologic carcinosarcoma in a primarily minority patient population. Abstract We aimed to determine the incidence, treatment regimen, and treatment outcomes (including progression-free survival and overall survival) of gynecologic carcinosarcoma, a rare, aggressive, and understudied gynecologic malignancy. This retrospective review included all patients with gynecologic cancers diagnosed and treated at a single tertiary care comprehensive cancer center between January 2012 and May 2021. A total of 2116 patients were eligible for review, of which 84 cases were identified as carcinosarcoma: 66 were uterine (5.2% of uterine cancers), 17 were ovarian (3.6% of ovarian cancers), 1 was cervical (0.28% of cervical cancers), and 1 was untyped. Of the patients, 76.2% presented advanced-stage disease (stage III/IV) at the time of diagnosis. Minority patients were more likely to present with stage III/IV (p < 0.0001). The majority of patients underwent surgical resection followed by systemic chemotherapy with carboplatin and paclitaxel. The median PFS was 7.5 months. Of the patients, 55% were alive 1 year after diagnosis, and 45% were alive at 5 years. In the studied population, minorities were more likely to present with more advanced disease. The rate of gynecologic carcinosarcomas was consistent with historical reports.


The Thrips tabaci (Lind. 1888) is known as an important pest of garlic plants in many regions in Brazil. In order to determine the efficiency of the Netacyfluthrin 125 SC and Protiophos 500 CE to control Thrips tabaci, a field experiment was carried out in Goiânia, State of Goias, Brazil. The treatments and dosage of the products per hectare were: Betacyfluthrin (3.125 and 6.25g a.i/ha); Protiophos (125.0 and 250.0g a.i.) confronted with Deltamethrin (3.75g a.i/ha.) and untreated check. Evaluations were made at 3, 7, 14 and 21 days after treatment applications, sampling 4 plants in each repetition and counting number of inphs of thrips found per plant. The results showed that Betacyfluthrin was the best insecticide showing a control efficiency about 91%, at greater dosages, until 21 days after treatment applications.