Tactical operations and armed conflicts involve symmetrical and asymmetrical conflicts, often occurring in urban and constantly changing environments. This requires tactical personnel to be prepared for unpredictable threats in dynamic scenarios. In closequarter situations, short weapons such as handguns are becoming increasingly prevalent over assault rifles, as they are more manageable for manoeuvring and battling. Therefore, accurate handgun shooting is essential for tactical personnel who may encounter closequarter situations requiring precise shooting. Although regular handgun training is necessary to improve static and dynamic shooting accuracy, implementing basic shooting training is challenging as it includes budget constraints, ammunition costs and limited access to livefire ranges, necessitating the development and use of new technologies to meet current shooting training standards. Laserbased shooting simulators have emerged as an alternative to traditional livefire shooting, offering several benefits such as reduced ammunition and target costs, safety, decreased waste and more frequent and timeefficient training exercises (e.g., no need to replace targets, assemble and clean guns, transports to shooting ranges). Previous researchers have used laserbased systems to evaluate shooting performance under different conditions, such as supplementation, sleep deprivation and psychological or physiological fatigue. However, most studies lacked information on reliability and shooter familiarisation with the protocol. Consequently, the results of those investigations should be interpreted cautiously as the shooting protocols themselves may not have been reliable, possibly affecting the observed effects. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the reliability of two standardissued shooting protocols using a laserbased handgun system. Twenty soldiers (22.0±1.9 years) participated in two static and dynamic shooting protocols trials on three separate days to determine the betweenday and sameday testretest shooting accuracy reliability (figure 1). The accuracy (total points scored) for each trial was recorded and analysed for (1) the reliability of each shooting protocol with twoway mixed effects intraclass correlation (ICC) with a coefficient of variation (CV) and the SE of measurement (SEM) and (2) differences in shooting accuracy points scored between days and trials by twoway repeated measures analysis of variance. Associated literature review, ethical approval, methods, analyses and supplements are available at the Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/3n5w2). The results indicated good betweenday testretest reliability of the average of two trials of both the static (ICC=0.837 (95% CI 0.659 to 0.930), CV=3.78%, SEM=3.37) and dynamic (ICC=0.806


Several epidemiological studies have shown that consumption of whole grains is associated with reduced risk of chronic diseases, which are attributed in part to their unique phytochemical composition. In the present study three varieties of pearl millet (ICMV 221, CO (CU) 9 and market variety) and one variety of little millet were used. The methanolic extracts of the grains were prepared and the total phenols and flavonoid content were estimated. The antioxidant activities of the extracts were measured using stable 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical by UV visible spectroscopy. The reducing power and metal chelating abilities were also determined. Pearl millet ICMV 221 had highest TPC (106.86±2.57 mg GAE/100g flour) whereas total flavonoid content was high in pearl millet CO (CU) 9 (40.22±2.41 mg CE/100g flour). The DPPH radical scavenging activity is highest for pearl millet CO (CU) 9 (70.39±2.57%) and lowest for little millet (39.87±2.0%). Pearl millet ICMV 221 and CO (CU) 9 showed highest reducing power (0.560 and 0.513 respectively). Pearl millet ICMV 221 showed highest metal chelating activity (88.45 %) compared to other millet varieties. The total flavonoid content (TFC) correlated well with DPPH radical scavenging activity(R=0.97618) and moderate correlation with reducing power ((R=0.55456). The total phenolic content (TPC) moderately correlated with DPPH radical scavenging activity. These findings suggest that pearl millet and little millet are rich source of phenolic antioxidants and their consumption may be useful in combating diseases in which free radicals are involved.


Microneedle fractional radiofrequency has been reported to be effective for improving wrinkles, enlarged pores and various scars. Sublative fractional radiofrequency has been shown to induce both fractional ablation of epidermis and upper dermal remodelling, which had rejuvenation effects in photoaged skin. Both modalities may have the potential synergy to improve acne scars.


The invention discloses a combined medicine for treating chronic myeloid leukaemia. The medicine comprises imatinib and atebrine in a mass concentration ratio of 1:8-1:12. The invention further provides an application of atebrine in preparing medicines for treating chronic granulocytic leukemia. According to the invention, atebrine can reduce Bcr/abl in a CML cell K562 and drug-resistant cells K562-R and 32D-Bcr/ablT3151 cell as well as the phosphorylated protein level so as to reduce the Bcr/abl protein in the leukemia cell of the CML patient. The combination of atebrine and imatinib synergically leads a lethal effect to the CML cell by a lower dosage and is also effective to the drug-resistant cell of the CML while has no remarkable toxic and side effects to a single peripheral blood mononuclear cell of an average person. Atebrine and imatinib are mature medicines which are clinically applied and have the advantages of convenience in delivery, low cost and the like, thereby providing a novel more effective treatment scheme for clinically treating CML.


Incorporation of nitrogen into the fluorite structure of ceria occurs by treatment in ammonia between 550 and 900 °C, with maximum uptake of 4.5 mol % N at temperatures close to 700 °C and with reduction to Ce3+ above 650 °C, leading to the solid solution Ce4+1−yCe3+yO2–(3x/2)−(y/2)NxV(x+y)/2 with x ≤ 0.09 and y ≤ 0.03.


The idea of a "dialogue with the dead" strikes us by turns as both impossible and intriguing. Yet, what can be really meant by it is far from clear. This essay attempts to explore this idea in the work of novelist W. G. Sebald. It examines the scope and the meaning of such an interchange in his works and connects this theme to his wider explorations of "creaturely life." It also links this particular dimension of Sebald's notion of "creaturely" or "bare" life with some of the other major treatments of the same theme in recent literature and philosophy.


The metasomatic enrichments of Mesozoic mantles in the coastal Southeast China were inferred mainly by geochemical deduction, but reliable geologic evidence is lacking. According to the whole rock and single mineral (plagioclase+pyroxene) Rb Sr isochron dating, the gabbros of Meizhou gabbro peridotite (containing amphiboles and phlogopites) intrusions have an age of 178.71±3.9 Ma, ( 87 Sr/ 86 Sr) i ratio of 0.705 558, and average e Nd ( t ) values of 0.7, demonstrating that they derived from a slightly enriched mantle similar to the primitive mantle. This is the first geologic evidence for metasomatic enrichment of Mesozoic mantles. The geochemical variations of Mesozoic mafic rocks indicated that the coastal Southeast China has transferred into the Pacific tectonic domain since about early Middle Jurassic (164~165 Ma).


The take-off, landing, hovering, and transition flight characteristics of a propeller-driven, fighter-type, vertically rising airplane model were obtained from time histories of the flights and from the pilots' opinions of the flight characteristics. In general, there were no major differences in the behavior of any of the configurations, all of which performed satisfactorily.


data have implied that PS may compete with phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP 2 ) binding on Kir2.1. We found that Kir2.1-MEJs also contained PS, possibly indicating an interaction where PS regulates Kir2.1. Electrophysiology experiments on HEK cells demonstrate that PS blocks PIP 2 activation of Kir2.1 and that addition of exogenous PS blocks PIP 2 -mediated Kir2.1 vasodilation in resistance arteries. Using a mouse model lacking canonical MEJs in resistance arteries ( Eln fl/fl /Cdh5-Cre), PS localization in endothelium was disrupted and PIP 2 activation of Kir2.1 was significantly increased. Taken together, our data suggest that PS enrichment to MEJs inhibits PIP 2 -mediated activation of Kir2.1 to tightly regulate changes in arterial diameter, and they demonstrate that the intracellular lipid localization within the endothelium is an important determinant of vascular function.


The deliverable is the continuation of the work presented in the WINNER II deliverables D3.5.1 and D3.5.2. The focus of this document is to apply methodologies for performance and cost assessment to relay based deployment. The refinement of WIINER relaying concept will be performed combining contributions from all previous deliverables, both in phase I and II of the project, and will be delivered in a separate document at the end of the project.


The aim of this study was to evaluate the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene FokI polymorphism frequencies distribution in subjects with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) compared to healthy controls.


The file work in college plays an important role in service management,service research and service decision-making.Nowadays,the importance of the file work in college is not so fully understood that there are some problems in the management such as outdated methods,light file consciousness and unqualified management team.In order to improve college files management,we should renew the idea,enhance understanding,enrich collection,enlarge the investment,take scientific management,improve the management troop quality and so on.


One major mechanism of death in cancer cells is via the induction of apoptosis, the best‐studied form of programmed cell death. Although apoptosis is essential in many normal physiological processes, including tissue sculpting during embryogenesis, development of the immune system and destruction of damaged cells, its alteration is a major cause of cancer. Having confirmed the cytotoxic effect of certain fractions derived from the crude water‐soluble extract (CWSE) of Momordica charantia Linn (MC) in a previous study (Ehigie et al., 2016), we investigated in this study, the mode of death induced by these fractions, both in human breast [MDA‐MB‐436] and lung cancer [A549] cell lines, using PI (Propidium Iodide), DAPI (4,6‐diamidino‐2‐phenylindole dihydrochloride) and Caspase‐3 Activation Determination Assays. Western blotting was also employed to verify the activation of caspase‐3 and the mitochondrial release of cytochrome c. The ethyl acetate (D3), n‐hexane (D4) and dichloromethane (D5) fractions were all obtained from the CWSE via solvent partitioning and then administered at 100 and 125 μg/mL for 24 h. Though we observed that the cancer cells treated with the ethyl acetate fraction of the CWSE of M. charantia were the most killed, we saw neither the evidence of chromatin condensation, cell shrinkage and apoptotic bodies, nor the activation of caspase‐3 or cytochrome c release! Data obtained for caspase‐3 activation by MC show no significant (P<0.05) difference between the negative control and all MC‐treated groups for both cell types with the negative control group for MDA‐MB 436 cells at 90.97±9.03 compared with D3‐treated (89.26±3.17 and 96.29±3.85), D4‐treated (90.99±19.78 and 91.71±4.83) and D5‐treated (93.95±2.95 and 88.91±1.00) cells at 100 and 125 μg/mL respectively, similar to values obtained for A549 cells; negative control (69.69±2.60) compared with D3‐treated (70.39±6.93 and 76.21±2.65), D4‐treated (73.67±1.32 and 74.25±0.00) and D5‐treated (71.80±3.26 and 71.17±14.85) cells at 100 and 125 μg/mL respectively. From the foregoing, we conclude that the cell death induced by the ethyl acetate, n‐hexane and dichloromethane fractions of MC in the selected cancer cell lines is by a non‐classical apoptotic mechanism.


Abstract Time series analysis plays an important role in the detection of mechanisms that drive population fluctuations. However, long time series are rare, with ungulate data sets usually not exceeding 50 years. In this article, we describe a long-term data set of population density indices of five ungulate species obtained from the analysis of bag records collected in the Castelporziano Preserve, Rome, Italy. Hunting statistics are often used as proxies for population density; however, in the case of long time series for large mammals, there are no comparative studies to assess the validity of such data. We evaluated the ungulate time series, using two different approaches: we 1) compared hunting statistics with independent animal counts, and 2) assessed whether or not habitat composition of the drive areas was representative of habitat availability in the whole estate. Regressions between bag data and animal counts gave significant results only for three species, whereas bag data corrected for hunted area were significantly correlated to animal counts for all five species. The results suggest that use of bag records not corrected for hunting effort and without any previous validation could lead to misleading estimates of abundance indices. Finally, our analysis showed that density indices of the five species were not significantly affected by the selection of habitats where hunting drives were organised. Our data set may contribute to the understanding of ungulate ecology in the Mediterranean environment.


In the course of excavating slurry trench,the stability is very important especially when there are buildings very nearby slurry trench.The paper presented the"Arch Structure Method"to protect slurry trench stability.The innovation of this method is that it transformed an indefinite underground question into a definite structrue question.


In order to explore the effects of different sowing and transplanting patterns on the growth,development and yield of rape,the comparative tests of rape between the treatment of seedling-transplanting with tillage and the treatment of direct seeding without tillage(CK) were conducted in the paper.The results showed that: comparing with CK,the treatment of seedling-transplanting with tillage could promote the growth and development of rape at the earlier growth stage,and increase the number of green leaves and biological yield of rape plants.Meanwhile,the treatment of seedling-transplanting with tillage could significantly reduce the height of effective branches of rape plants,and enhance the number of the first branches,the second branches and effective pods.Therefore,the yield of rape in the treatment of seedling-transplanting with tillage was 23.49% higher than that in CK.


Coupled aquaponics is the integration of recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) and hydroponic cropping systems (HCS) into one system with shared culture water. Water conservation, revenue diversification, location-independent food production, and a reduced reliance on synthetically derived fertilizer salts have been identified as potential benefits of coupled aquaponic production. Despite these potential benefits, it has been difficult for producers to achieve success at the commercial scale. This review discusses how traditional linear coupled aquaponic system designs are not suited for intensive production due to a lack of scalability and water flow rate optimization to meet the differing requirements for finfish, vegetables, and water treatment with practices commensurate with the individual RAS and HCS industries. An alternative design for intensive coupled aquaponics is presented that utilizes a parallel unit process approach for independent hydraulic retention time optimization of each system component. The production benefits and scaling opportunities for each of the primary components in an aquaponics system are discussed. A review of recently published coupled aquaponics literature demonstrates that a system utilizing a parallel unit process design can result in more intensive fish production and a greater nutrient supply for plant production, leading to the potential for greater economic and space use efficiency. Graphical Abstract Created by Sean Fogarty, MS, with BioRender.com.


Aim: To evaluate the antibacterial and anticancer activities of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) synthesized from aqueous extract of Paenibacillus sp. strain NS-36. Methodology: The green synthesized AgNPs were characterized by UV-Vis. spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy, X-Ray Diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy, and Transmission Electron Microscopy. Antibacterial activity was assessed against pathogenic bacteria by using agar well diffusion method and the anticancer activity was evaluated against Human Colon Tumour-116 cell line using 96 well plate cell proliferation assay. Results: The synthesized AgNPs showed UV-Vis absorbance peak at 416 nm. The characterization analyses revealed the shape as spherical and size ranging from 17.49 to 52.85 nm and the presence of different functional groups and elements that involved in the stabilization and capping. The antibacterial activity revealed that AgNPs have good inhibitory action on pathogens, whereas the results of anticancerous assessment indicated that AgNPs have a dose-dependent activity on the Human Colon Tumour-116 cancer cells and the IC50 value was found to be 81.45 μg ml-1. Interpretation: The AgNPs exhibited considerable antibacterial activity against bacterial pathogens by rupturing and damaging the cell membrane. The AgNPs release silver ions into the cell once they attached to the cell membrane and disrupt the bacterial DNA replication. The AgNPs are toxic to tumour cells and induce intracellular reactive oxygen species which damage cells. Along with ROS, the rounding and shrinkage of tumour cells caused by AgNPs reduced the % viability of cancer cells. Key words: Antimicrobial activity, Cytotoxicity, Paenibacillus sp, Silver nanoparticles, Tumour cells


We found alternate oscillations in AlGaAs/GaAs single-quantum-well quasistadium laser diodes (QSLDs). Unlike the alternate oscillations in conventional ring lasers, which are explained by interaction between two counterpropagating modes, the alternate oscillations in QSLDs arise from two nearly degenerate cavity modes due to its geometric structure. The lasing signals in QSLDs are directly obtained from the emitted beams which spread over the space without the use of waveguides. We also showed that the alternate oscillation frequencies decrease linearly as the amplitudes of the two different cavity modes increase.


Abstract. An approach to the full assessment of new plasmapheresis machines is outlined. This involves testing for changes in donated blood, donors and blood components using fresh donor blood and during full procedures in an animal model prior to performing full procedures in human volunteers. Using this approach, a new centrifugal plasmapheresis machine, the SPC‐600, was assessed. No adverse effects associated with the use of the machine were detected in the initial studies. When used for plasmapheresis of volunteers, 500 ml of plasma was obtained in 43 ± 4 min without adverse effects on donors. The plasma product contained normal levels of plasma proteins, including factor VIII, and 20 ± 6× 109/1 platelets. There was no evidence of activation of complement or coagulation systems, and the factor VIII yield in cryoprecipitate prepared from single donations of plasma was equivalent to that observed for standard whole blood donations.


Falls in the elderly are a major problem for society. A serious consequence of falling is the "long-lie". A fall detection system and algorithm, incorporated into a custom designed garment has been developed which will automatically detect falls and potentially reduce the incidence of the "long-lie". The developed fall detection system consists of a tri-axial accelerometer, microcontroller, battery and Bluetooth module. This sensor is attached to a custom designed vest, designed to be worn by the elderly person under clothing. The fall detection algorithm was developed and incorporates both impact and posture detection capability. The vest was developed using feedback from elderly subjects donning, wearing and doffing a prototype vests and subsequently filling in a questionnaire. The re-designed vest and fall algorithm was tested in two clinical trials. Trial 1: young healthy subjects performing normal activities of daily living (ADL) and falls onto crash mats, while wearing the vest and sensor. Trial 2: The system was subsequently tested using 10 elderly subjects wearing the system over the course of 4 weeks, for 8 hours a day. Two teams of 5 elderly subjects wore the sensor system in turn for 2 week each. Results from trial 1, show that falls can be distinguished from normal activities with a sensitivity >90% and a specificity of >99%, from a total data set of 264 falls and 165 normal ADL. In trial 2, over 833 hours of monitoring was performed over the course of the four weeks from the elderly subjects, during normal daily activity. In this time no actual falls were recorded, however the system registered a total of the 42 fall-alerts. Further development of the system will include a more accurate fall-detection algorithm, more comfortable sensor attachment method, lighter and smaller sensor as well as, mobility monitoring and energy expenditure measurement. A fall detection system incorporated into a custom designed garment has been developed which will help reduce the incidence of the long-lie, when falls occur in the elderly population.


The crystal chemistry of ternary equiatomic europium compounds EuTX (T = transition metal; X = element of the III, IV, or V main group) is reviewed. Besides preparation techniques we have especially focused on the structure−property relationships and peculiarities in chemical bonding. A main interest in these compounds is the valence state of the europium atoms. The magnetic susceptibility and electrical conductivity data, 151Eu Mossbauer spectroscopic results and LIII X-ray absorption experiments are discussed in detail.


The 'Ishizuchiyama Tertiary System' consists of the Ishizuchi and Kuma Groups. The former Group lies on the latter one with clino-unconformity. We determined K-Ar biotite ages for two acidic tuff beds from the Kuma Group and the lower formation of the Ishizuchi Group, respectively. The tuffs from the Kuma Group give 16.9 and 15.5 Ma in age, and those from the Ishizuchi Group, 15.1 and 14.9 Ma. This small range of ages limits the timing of deformation associated with the formation of the E-W-trending Tobe thrust in the Kuma Group. The N-S-trending compression tectonics in western Shikoku at ca 15 Ma can be ascribed to an inversion tectonics from the N-S-trending extension tectonics associated with the opening of the Japan Sea, and prevailed in the whole southwest Japan.


In June 2002, Dr Roy Muir died in Christchurch after a short illness. I was fortunate to know him for the last nine months of his life, benefiting from his training as psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. Within these areas, Roy had a special interest in, and vast experience and knowledge of, child and adolescent psychiatry,with a particular focus on the mother-infant pair. Those of us here in Christchurch who sought his expertise felt privileged to have a man of his professional standing in our psychiatric/psychotherapeutic community. When he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, on top of his existing Parkinson's Disease, the blow could not have felt more cruel.


One of the obstacles that has prevented a greater decentralization of public administration, and more independence for municipalities is the lack of efforts to increase the collection of local taxes, which is known as fiscal laziness. This phenomenon visibly decreases the room to maneuver for municipal administrations, fosters inefficiency of local governments, and hinders the progress of decentralization. This study is based on a reference framework about decentralization and public municipal finances. The paper points out the progress of some municipalities in Antioquia, and identifies the main mechanisms to increase the collection of local taxes. Keywords: Decentralization, fiscal laziness, municipal taxes, taxes.


Microindentation hardness testing, more commonly (but incorrectly) called microhardness testing, is widely used to study fine scale changes in hardness, either intentional or accidental. heat treaters have utilized the technique for many years to evaluate the success of surface hardening treatments or to detect and assess decarburization. Metallographers and failure analysts use the method for a host of purposes including evaluation of homogeneity, characterization of weldments, as an aid to phase identification, or simply to determine the hardness of specimens too small for traditional bulk indentation tests.


Immunotherapy approaches have been increasingly used to treat relapsed malignancy and viral infections after solid organ or hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Adoptive cellular immunotherapy with donor T lymphocytes or cytotoxic T cells has proven effective therapy for Epstein-Barr virus lymphoma and some relapsed leukemias after allogeneic stem cell transplantation, and the use of autologous or haploidentical Epstein-Barr virus–specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte lines is being explored after solid organ transplant. More recently, the humanized CD20 antibody rituximab has shown efficacy in the therapy of post-transplant lymphoma. Other antibodies are in trials to treat relapsed malignancy and other viral infections.


In view of the complex wiring and poor reliability in traditional distributed temperature monitoring, microcontroller and wireless data transmission circuit were used to design a distributed temperature monitoring system. The method and principle of interfaces between microcontroller and peripheral circuits was analyzed. The interactive data comparison between master microcontroller and slave microcontroller was used to enhance the reliability of data transmission. The program language Visual Basic was used to develop the graphical interfaces to display the curve of temperature, to store the temperature data and to alert when temperature exceeds the limits. The experimental results show that the system works stably and it's temperature resolution can get to 0.0625 °C. Without wiring, the system is especially suitable for realizing distributed temperature on-line monitoring in large-scale industrial and agricultural production.


Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) is one of the most important algorithm in signal processing and communications and is used in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems. FFT are the crucial computational blocks to perform the baseband multicarrier demodulation in a MIMO OFDM system and the hardware complexity will be very high. This paper proposes a CORDIC based reconfigurable 64 point Fast Fourier Transform which is used for various IEEE standard based WLAN receivers. The CORDIC based FFT block minimizes the hardware complexity because of the elimination of multiplier units and twiddle factors. This design has the minimal hardware and computational complexity to meet the IEEE standard. In this paper, a reconfigurable FFT has been realized based on CORDIC architecture. The coding for reconfigurable 64 point FFT has been done using VHDL under Xilinx platform. The results are verified and are found to be compatible with Virtex xc6vcx240t-2ff704.


It is shown how a string living in a higher dimensional space can be approximated as a point particle with squared extrinsic curvature. We consider a generalized Howe-Tucker action for such a "rigid particle" and consider its classical equations of motion and constraints. We find that the algebra of the Dirac brackets between the dynamical variables associated with velocity and acceleration contains the spin tensor. After quantization, the corresponding operators can be represented by the Dirac matrices, projected onto the hypersurface that is orthogonal to the direction of momentum. A condition for the consistency of such a representation is that the states must satisfy the Dirac equation with a suitable effective mass. The Pauli-Lubanski vector composed with such projected Dirac matrices is equal to the Pauli-Lubanski vector composed with the usual, non projected, Dirac matrices, and its eigenvalues thus correspond to spin one half states.


Earlier observational studies have found that caesarean section (CS), compared with vaginal delivery, is associated with reduced risk of long-term SUI ([OR 0.56 (95%CI 0.47-0.66; n=58,900; 8 studies], (Keag et al,PLoSMed.2018Jan23;15[1]). Should we therefore be offering elective CS to all women?. Hutton et al (BJOG.2018,in-press) should be congratulated on this large randomised, multicentre trial. The primary analyses were focused on fetal outcomes following either elective CS or planned VD for twins, while this report addresses maternal SUI at 2-year follow-up (FU). At FU, women delivered by elective CS had lower rates of new onset problematic SUI than the planned VD group (8.11% vs 12.25%, OR 0.63, 95%CI 0.47-0.83; p=0.001). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.


This poster has been designed to engage the viewer immediately with a balance of striking imagery and succinct text. A conventional "newspaper column" style lay-out is used to present a storyline which begins with an introduction to the broad subject of my research: Atlantic basin hurricanes. Imagery is important here to convey the significance of these meteorological phenomena and their impact on human society. This progresses into a more precise description of my current research i.e. forecasting of hurricanes, whilst aiming to rouse the viewer's curiosity with a notable example of forecasting going wrong during the hurricane season of 2012. This example also helps to explain probabilistic forecasting, a key concept of the poster. Finally, the results of my research are presented in the last section with a carefully constructed plot to communicate statistical information about the quality of hurricane forecasts for the 2012 season. "discussion points" box is displayed at the end to leave the viewer with key "take-home" concepts.


The influence of gate underlap on the electrical properties is analyzed. Both simulation results and experimental data show that in a device with gate underlap, accumulation-mode (AM) devices have a higher current drive, lower source and drain resistance and less process variability than inversion-mode (IM) FETs.


As a photographer, I trust my images to speak for themselves individually. Yet I thought that a few words by w ay of introduction might make these several photographs gathered here more intelligible collectively, especially given my puzzling title for this series. Most viewers will note that these examples seem lacking in "subject matter," which is generally understood as what the pictures are "about." In particular, there are no other people present to intervene between the photographer and the viewer. Nothing much else seems here either: brick buildings, empty lots, asphalt streets. Such is the more or less forgotten side of a small Southern city. This series began as an attempt to document and understand life in a place new to me. I walked the streets and alleys of my new home town looking for signs of life I could now record and come to know. On my walks, especially on the weekends, I was struck by how alone I was in contrast to the larger city I had just left. Perhaps this is why I began to look for moments of meaning, traces of the people who lived here now or even in the past. This small city had the same housing developments and strip malls as anywhere else, but I was attracted to the places no one else looked at by choice, because they were not generally considered worth looking at by most. My realization runs counter to the idea of photography as a means to record what it is important—people, places, and times we want to remember. I was documenting what had been intentionally left behind and eventually forgotten. At fi rst, my training and work habits inclined me to consider composition, light, and focus. So I began to match my methods to my matter. To capture that nothing, I did nothing special with my basic point and shoot camera technique. At fi rst this was unsettling to me, a one-time professional photographer and now a professor of photography, as unsettling as those abandoned buildings, vacant lots, and empty sidewalks. Then I settled for the unsettling.


Rapid Friedel–Crafts chromogenic acylations of alkene groups at ambient temperatures are shown to be successful selective procedures for discriminating among a group of natural products, twelve of which are structurally related low molecular weight hydrocarbons that include nine terpenoids, and nineteen unsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acid esters. The procedure has all the properties needed of a rapid, routine assay for use as a quality control test reagent for standard reference materials and natural oils, for on-line analyses during their commercial processing, and the potential for applications in the analyses of multicomponent mixtures without the need for prior separation.


Part and parcel of the eschatology of the three Abrahamic faiths is the belief that sin and evil will be eliminated upon the consummation of God's kingdom on earth. Not only do these beliefs affirm that God will ultimately "deal" with the problem of sin and evil, but that sin and evil will be no more. I refer to this eschatological belief as "the elimination of evil" (EOE). The EOE has important implications for how one understands the ontology of time. In this paper, I contribute to this discussion by arguing that ontologies of time that affirm the concrete existence of past moments are incompatible with the EOE. I also argue that solutions based on theories of hypertime, such as those posited by Tyron Goldschmidt and Samuel Lebens, also fail to solve the problems posed to those ontologies of time affirming the concrete existence of the past. I conclude that the ontology of time that best facilitates the EOE is presentism.


In 1969, American artist George Brecht (1926–2008) mounted an exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art featuring sculptural assemblages of objects placed on chairs. The artist called these works "footnotes." Brecht never traveled to LA for the show and instead delegated the execution of his footnotes to museum staff. Today, five of the original chairs sit unaccessioned in LACMA storage, too significant to discard yet not deemed authentic enough to register as works of art by George Brecht. This essay narrates the fascinating details of the life of Brecht's footnotes and relates them to the artist's larger practice, as well as to the project of the Fluxus group with which he was associated. It addresses whether and how practices such as Brecht's—centered on delegated, provisional, and reconfigurable objects/projects—can be absorbed into institutional structures and art historical narratives. Finally, it proposes and draws tentative conclusions about rethinking art history since the 1960s according to the dual frameworks of the score and the certificate of authenticity.


Nature dialectic should be stressed in agriculture research firstly, the viewpoints of science development and saving resources and use them high efficiently as well hormonally also should be stressed in agriculture managements, crop breeding and culture, especial in controlling of diseases and insects, developing of transgenic plants, exploiting and governing for ecology environment.


Biomedicine and Health Program, Australian Nuclear sctenee and Technology Organisation PMB 1 Menai, NSW 2234. Barry J Allen, PhD, DSc, FAIP, FAPS, Manager, Nuclear Applications. Reprints: Dr Barry Allen. M aligna.nt 91.iomas, which account for about 60% of central . nervous system tumours, remain incurable. Surgery offers diagnosis and palliation, but not cure, for high-grade gliomas. For patients with anaplastic astrocytoma and glioblastoma multiforme, the median survival time after surgery alone is about 17 weeks. Adjuvantradiotherapy doubles the median survival to approximately 36 weeks and chemotherapy has shown only marginal success.' Few patients with high-grade brain tumours will survive five years.' Melanoma metastases to the brain occur in about 50% to 75% of patients dying of melanoma and are responsible for 30% of the mortality rate. As with all treatments for metastatic melanoma, conventional fractionated radiotherapy is palliative and can improve survival and the' quality of life. High-dose per fraction schedules' are under consideration to overcome the enhanced repair which can occur in melanoma cells. Recent studies showed that the median survival periods of patients with brain metastases after the initiation of radiotherapy were 8 and 14 weeks, with 36 weeks for patients after resection of a single brain metastasis. ',4 The use of chemotherapy was associated with decreased survival. Current trends in the radiotherapy of glioma include the use of radiosensitisers, interstitial irradiation, stereotactic radiotherapy, combination of fast neutrons and photons, chemotherapy, multiple fractions per day, photoradiation therapy and neutron capture therapy.' Of all these possibilities, photoradiation therapy and neutron capture therapy, being binary therapies, offer a unique conceptual advantage over current modalities. Photoradiation therapy is a practical, low-cost method but is severely limited in its ability to reach disseminated cancer cells. Neutron capture therapy is a two-stage technique based on the specific targeting of cancer cells for radiotherapy. A non-toxic boron compound with physiological selectivity or affinity for cancer cells is taken up by the tumour, and the boron is then activated by an incident neutron beam. The stable isotope boron-10 has a very high probability of absorbing neutrons and emitting short-range, highly ionising radiation. This radiation has a range of about one cell diameter. 5 Because the boron-10 carrier is preferentially taken up by cancer cells, individual cancer cells can be selectively killed in the midst of normal cells in the host tissue. Depending on the boron carrier compounds used and the characteristics of normal and tumour cells, tumour-totissue ratios of 5:1 to 10:1 can be achieved. However, concomitant non-specific radiation always accompanies the neutron capture reaction in boron-10, and in practice therapeutic gains of 2:1 to 3:1 (tumour dose: maximum normal tissue dose) may be realised depending on the depth of tumour in tissue and the type of neutron beam employed. These therapeutic gains represent a major advantage for neutron capture therapy in the treatment of localised metastases.


The KLOE detector (1) at DAΦNE, the Frascati φ-factory, has started taking data in April 1999 and a total integrated luminosity of 2.4 pb has been collected by the end of '99, corresponding to ∼8 millions φ decays. With these data a preliminary measurement of φ radiative decays φ → ηγ, φ → πγ, φ → ηγ, φ → ππγ, φ → ππγ, φ → ηπγ and of the hadronic decay φ → πππ has been performed. The energy spectrum of the radiated photon in case of the ππγ, ππγ, ηπγ final states allows us to extract the information on the contribution of the direct decays φ → f0γ, φ → a0γ. The measurement of BR( φ → f0γ), BR(φ → a0γ) can help in understanding the nature of f0(980) and a0(980) which is still under debate. The value of BR(φ → η γ) can be related to the gluonic content of the η(958) while the ratio R=BR(φ → ηγ)/BR(φ → ηγ) can help in establishing the value of the η − η mixing angle θp. Furthermore a high statistics analysis of the Dalitz plot in the φ → πππ decay allows us to extract a possible contribution of the direct decay with respect to the dominant ρπ mode and to obtain a new measurement of the parameters of the ρ line shape, including the ρ − ρ mass difference. Contributed paper N.220 to the XXX International Conference on High Energy Physics, Osaka 27 jul 2 aug 2000.


The utility model belongs to the technical field of environmental protection industrial technology and specifically relates to a marsh gas pipe sight glass structure in anaerobism equipment, including the marsh gas pipeline, the marsh gas pipeline is connected with first ball valve, glass pipe sight glass, second ball valve in order, and the marsh gas pipeline forms the marsh gas export corresponding to the tip of first ball valve one side, glass pipe sight glass is through the glass pipe flange at its both ends and the flange fixed connection of marsh gas pipeline, the glass pipe flange at glass pipe sight glass axial both ends passes through the spacing support of connecting rod to be fixed, first ball valve, second ball valve are respectively through flange and marsh gas pipeline fixed connection. The utility model discloses an increase the sight glass on the marsh gas pipeline, when marsh gas flows past, can audio -visually observe the gas state who flows past in the marsh gas pipeline, whether carry foam, mud or water secretly, if the discovery is unusual, the staff can take corresponding measure immediately.


The phase diagram of the filled skutterudite ${\mathrm{CeOs}}_{4}{\mathrm{Sb}}_{12}$ has been mapped in fields ${\ensuremath{\mu}}_{0}H$ of up to 60 T and temperatures $T$ down to 0.5 K using resistivity, magnetostriction, and megahertz conductivity. The valence transition separating the semimetallic low-$H$, low-$T$ $\mathcal{L}$ phase from the metallic high-$H$, high-$T$ $\mathcal{H}$ phase exhibits a very unusual, wedge-shaped phase boundary, with a nonmonotonic gradient alternating between positive and negative. The expected ``elliptical'' behavior of the phase boundary of a valence transition with ${H}^{2}\ensuremath{\propto}{T}^{2}$ originates in the $H$ and $T$ dependence of the free energy of the $f$ multiplet. Here, quantum oscillation measurements suggest that additional energy scales associated with a quantum critical point are responsible for the deviation of the phase boundary of ${\mathrm{CeOs}}_{4}{\mathrm{Sb}}_{12}$ from this textbook behavior at high $H$ and low $T$. The distortion of the low-$H$, high-$T$ portion of the phase boundary may be associated with the proximity of ${\mathrm{CeOs}}_{4}{\mathrm{Sb}}_{12}$ to a topological semimetal phase induced by uniaxial stress.


Two pulse-shortening schemes based on the nonlinear propagation of picosecond pulses from a Nd: YAG laser in single-mode optical fibres are described. In the first experiment, a spectral-windowing technique was employed to compress self-phase modulated pulses exiting 100 m of optical fibre, and compression factors of 2.5 were recorded in good agreement with theoretical predictions. The technique was adapted to enable the time-dependent frequency shift occurring after pulse propagation through 2 km of fibre to be measured. In the second experiment, cascaded stimulated Raman generation, occurring when a high-power pump pulse propagated in 4 m of fibre, was studied. Lower-order components in the cascade were severely depleted through generation of higher-order Stokes signals, leaving negatively chirped pulse fragments. These were compressed with a dispersion-tunable Gires-Tournois interferometer and compression ratios of times 4 were obtained.


THE SUBJECT of hypertension has many aspects involving different lines of study which must be correlated into a coherent whole. To ignore the fundamental laws governing the physiological control of blood pressure is as serious an error as to neglect the fact that patients with high blood pressure have mental conflicts and emotions. Therefore, the following discussion will begin with the clinical physiology of blood pressure regulation, proceed to the clinical picture of hypertension, and terminate with comment on the possible mechanisms involved in this important disorder.


program package. The experimentally determined properties of the 1 S g ground state are well reproduced by our results calculated at the CCSD~T! level of theory. Relativistic effects and core‐ valence correlation need to be included in order to get reliable results, but the Gaunt interaction can be neglected. The photoelectron spectrum and the potential energy curves of the ionized and excited states are calculated using relativistic configuration interaction and coupled cluster methods. The calculated properties of the excited states are generally in good agreement with the experimental data, as well as with the earlier theoretical results of Teichteil and Pelissier. An alternative assignment of some recently measured, low lying, ionized states is proposed. © 1997 American Institute of Physics. @S0021-9606~97!02945-0#


A 5-month old, female, half-breed Russian Blue cat was admitted to Animal Hospital of Near East University with a complaint of noisy breathing. Nasopharynx examination revealed a mass in the left region. The findings of external ear canal and tympanic membrane, and cavum tympani were normal according to video otoscopic examination and direct tympanic bulla radiography, respectively. Mass was removed by traction-avulsion and histopathological examination showed chronic inflammatory polyp. Horner's syndrome was recovered within a month in post-operative period.


AgIO3 is prepared by hydrothermal reaction of stoichiometric amounts of AgNO3 and I2O5 in H2O (autoclave, 180 °C, 1 d).


The issue of the status of women in Islamic studies is still interesting and inexhaustible and invites polemics. Historical facts prove that women were placed in an inferior position almost throughout Muslim history while men were in a superior position. It's happening because of the interpretation of the Qur'an carried out by classical commentators who tend to be influenced by deeply entrenched patriarchal culture. In the view of a society that adheres to patriarchy, the view of subordinating women to male superiority is influenced by religious doctrine but if you look at the doctrine of Islam itself, it turns out that the idea of egalitarianism is highly upheld. Basically, the Qur'an provides an obvious justification for the equality of women with men but at the level of reality, it turns out that egalitarian ideas in the Qur'an often clash with public responses that tend to be biased.


This paper provides a systematic procedure to extract an equivalent circuit model to characterize the electromagnetic transmission and reflection properties of periodic arrays of slits or strips sandwiched between a pair of dielectric slabs. The method is valid for TE and TM polarization and for normal and oblique incidence.


By drawing upon numerous real-world experiences with reluctant writers, the author illustrates how tapping their interests can lead to improved writing skills and attitudes toward writing. The critical link between identity and writing is emphasized. Though the experiences in this article are drawn from the author's work with basic writers at the community college level, the article is applicable for writing teachers of all levels. The author presents both practical applications and research-based responses to many of the issues facing teachers who are charged with the task of improving the writing skills of reluctant writers.


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Describing a prototyping process which is applicable for all computer platforms from the smallest personal computer to the largest mainframe, The Art of Rapid Prototyping details how prototyping is one of the best ways to improve the software development process. Highlighting the major tools for Microsoft Windows and IBM OS/2 operating systems, this practical guidebook fills a void in the programming community where few works detail the significant benefits and features of prototyping, and even fewer that provide specific guidelines and examples for the Windows and OS/2 environments. Based upon years of the authors' hands-on experiences in the professional software and consulting areas. The Art of Rapid Prototyping encourages programmers, engineers, project managers and anyone interested in improving efficiency and quality in software projects to see the beauty of rapid prototyping and understand its value as a dynamic, visual model of an application in the development process.


We have measured the superconducting transition temperature of anodized aluminum films of grain sizes ranging from less than 100 to 3000 A. The transition temperature is 1.8 K for films of grain size 100 A and decreases monotonically with increasing grain size to 1.2 K for 3000-A grains. The effect depends only on the volume of the grains.


This is the first in a series of NACADA Journal articles featuring an analysis of practices related to seven organizational models for academic advising. It is based on data collected as part of the fifth ACT national survey on advising practices. The topics covered include a brief description of the organizational models, the prevalence of the paradigms in institutions of varying size and type, as well as existing institutional practices regarding policy statements, program evaluations, and coordination of the advising system.


The article reveals the medical, biological and pedagogical aspects of motion activity deficiency problem among student youth group. The "western" and " national" ways of solution are examined. There is given a basis for expedience of development of system mechanisms for providing student's youth with optimal motion conditions


showed a novel strategy formaking high-quality individual nanotubes—grown at1000˚C—bridging two metallic islands on silicon wafers pat-terned on the micrometer scale. Their functional applicationsfor electronic devices were also demonstrated. Also, Papado-poulos et al. introduced a Y-junction formation techniqueusing branched nanochannel alumina templates.


I can understand why the AACC thought it would be a good idea to have a mini-guide to autoimmune serology. Autoantibody testing is becoming increasingly automated and the tests are moving from the dedicated immunology labs into the core 'blood sciences' labs. Autoimmune Disease Serology is a small book that contains lots of useful information but I don't think that it is going to become the 'go-to' book in the lab. This pocket-sized mini-guide starts with simple descriptions of the methodologies of indirect immunofluorescence, ELISA-based techniques, blotting methods, etc. The main section is on various disease groups and this is where I think the book has great promise which it never quite achieves. There are tables of the names of the systemic autoimmune diseases alongside the names of the associated autoantigen, but more context or explanation would improve this. The terms homogeneous, speckled, cytoplasmic and perinuclear appear and are used correctly but a good description of why there are different patterns, why we use these terms and what they mean would help enormously. It would be better to use the most up-to-date terminology where appropriate, e.g. granulomatosis with polyangiitis should now replace Wegener's granulomatosis. There is plenty of information but it seems to be a little jumbled up, making it hard to find; e.g. the clinical sensitivity of antinuclear antibodies is given in the autoimmune serology detection techniques section rather than alongside the clinical information about antinuclear antibodies. I am sure that these small handbook style ''nuts and bolts'' books are difficult to write. You need to give enough basic information to enable a novice to be able to understand the topic, and you need to pick out the important bits and present them in a concise way whilst ensuring that the reader knows that there is more. . ..and where to find it. The information included in this book is correct (with the occasional caveat about terminology) but this would not be enough for someone learning about autoantibodies and autoimmune diseases because it lacks the very basics. On the other hand, a scientist who has the basics would probably find that it does not provide enough detail. I don't think that I would want to keep this book in my lab coat pocket and there are much more comprehensive books for the lab book shelf. Overall, I can't really see where it would fit into a lab.


Artificial intelligence (AI) can do many things that were not thought of some years ago and that are unimaginable for non-AI experts even today. In contrast, it is relatively easy to understand that AI can be used to compare contents and structures of laws and legal documents. In fact, the comparative abilities of AI are the reason why AI is now playing an increasing role—for example, in due diligence exercises where contracts, documents as well as other materials and legal data of target companies are benchmarked against standard patterns. If the 'ability to compare' is one of the core features of AI it is only natural to assume that AI is an ideal tool to conduct comparative law work. This article explores if this assumption is correct. This article first highlights key features of the comparative law work process, which, for some strange reason, is hardly ever discussed in the legal literature. This article describes and analyses the different stages and investigates which parts can (or cannot) be conducted by AI. It also asks if AI will—within the scope of its comparative abilities—in fact, 'take over' from human comparatists. On the basis of the findings, this article concludes that it is more likely than not that comparative law work will, in the future, be AI based.


Objective:To observe effects of preincisional injection with ropivacaine on pain after ectopic pregnancy laparoscopic operation.Methods:60 ectopic pregnancy patients were randomly divided into 2 groups(n=30),experimental group and control group.The operative incision of patients in experimental group was pre-injected with ropivacaine.The pain score(VAS),heart rate,blood pressure 3h,6h,12h,24h after operation and side effects were observed.Results:There had obvious differences about VAS score,heart rate and blood pressure of patients in 2 groups 3h and 6h after operation(P0.05),the VAS score of experimental group was obviously lower than control group.There had no obvious differences about VAS score,heart rate and blood pressure 12h and 24h after operation and side effects of 2 groups(P0.05).Conclusions:Preincisional injection with local anesthetics is safe,effective,simple and economic method for ectopic pregnancy laparoscopic operation.


Abstract The Rosa chinensis cultivars Rosa Lvye, Rosa Knock out, Rosa Parade and Slater'scrimson China were analyzed for the volatile chemical composition in their flower petals. Headspace solid phase microextraction (HS-SPME) was applied to extract volatile flavors, and comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC × GC) and quadrupole time-of-flight (QTOF) mass spectrometry (MS) were used for chemical profiling, including quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Rosa cultivars. A total of 97 volatile compounds were identified and 38 to 67 compounds were identified in each cultivar. The total concentrations of the extracted volatile compounds in the four cultivars were Rosa Knock out (750.21 ± 45.06 μg/g) > Rosa Parade (714.02 ± 6.94 μg/g) > Rosa Lvye (558.11 ± 9.08 μg/g) > Slater's crimson China (436.86 ± 3.21 μg/g). This study provides a specific chromatographic fingerprint for the Rosa chinensis cultivars, which can be applied in differentiation of the fragrance and aroma constituents.


The paper examines the regular features exhibited by transformation strain localization on macro- and mesoscale levels during cyclic loading for NiTi samples with two different surface states: the initial polished sample and the one subjected to ion implantation. The speckle photography method with speckle flicker rate measurement for image processing was used. It was shown that the initiation and the propagation of martensite, and hence the mechanical response are determined by the surface condition of the NiTi sample. Two scenarios of martensitic transformation were revealed: the heterogeneous diagonal transformation bands emerge across the sample with polished surface; a single front of the localized transformation in a Luders-like manner propagates through the sample with a modified surface.


In this paper, five R.C beams strengthened with CFRP, GFRP, CFRP/GFRP laminates have been performed on different stress level. Destroy patterns, flexural capacity, flexural deformation, strain, crack developing of R.C beams strengthened with FRP laminates have been studied.


In this paper, I propose that Alfred North Whitehead's ideas on process, experience, perception and reality can help us to a better understanding of Donald Woods Winnicott's ideas on emotional development and transitionality. Winnicott's theory of emotional development emphasizes co-origination of the self and the environment described through processes and experiences in a Darwinian way very close to Whitehead's own reading of Darwin. He suggests that various processes must occur before one can perceive oneself as someone—me—with a body, different from the not-me and appreciating time, space and other properties of reality. In these processes he considers that events become experiences and that through realization, potentialities become actualities and reconfigure individuals and their environments.


Consensus algorithms based on the proof-of-stake (PoS) are becoming a viable alternative to proof-of-work-based distributed blockchain ledgers. In this work, we integrated PoS with Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (PBFT) to ensure truthful and honest behavior of all nodes, leaders and ordinary nodes alike, that participate in block validation and ordering processes in a permissioned network environment. The proposed scheme is modeled using Markov Chain and probabilistic analysis, and it is shown to ensure proper consensus-based decision making even in case of substantial probability of dishonest node behavior.


Thermal cycling absorption process(TCAP),a semi-continuous hydrogen isotope separation process,is of many unique advantages.TCAP system designed in this work mainly consists of a separation column,feeding and withdrawing subsystem,column cooling and heating subsystem,data collection and autocontrol subsystem.About 901 g Pd/K was packed in the column.The palladium mass content of the Pd/K whose particle sizes were 250-400 μm was about 40.8%.The hydrogen absorption capacity of the column was 27.016 L(STP).The system was tested in total reflux mode at different operation parameters including initial feeding ratio,cooling or heating temperatures,feeding place of raw gases in order to confirm the best operation conditions of hydrogen isotope separation.The results show that the higher initial feeding ratio and temperature difference of the column are,the better the separation effects will be when feeding at the midpoint of the column.If the gases are fed from the plug-flow reverser(PFR),the separation results will be better.The best one among the experiments is the one that fed 90% into the column from the PFR with cooling at 56 ℃ and heating at 290 ℃.The deuterium content in the product reaches 99.2% after 30 cycles.The protium contents in the raffinate and separation factor are 96.1% and 3 055.49 respectively after 60 cycles.Separation of protium-deuterium was also done in on-line mode with the parameters of initial feeding of 90%,feeding and withdrawing of 3% during separation,cooling the column at 21 ℃ and heating at 290 ℃ in order to validate the separation capacity of TCAP.The results are not good because of the large gas resistance in the column,which may be induced from two aspects as Pd/K pulverization and jam of the column joint.So there are still some problems need to be solved in the construction of a TCAP facility and the hydrogen isotope separation in on-line mode.


Criteria for selecting the appropriate combination of sensors when searching for cultural features within an archaeological site are poorly developed and sorely needed for the economic application of remote sensing in archaeology. The Hollywood Mounds, a late prehistoric ceremonial center in the lower Mississippi alluvial valley of the southeastern United State, has been the subject of a large number of remote sensing experiments using a wide variety of both digital airborne and geophysical sensors. In addition, two seasons of ground truth excavations have been carried out at the site. Multivariate statistical analyses, beginning with a map of the known locations of house and mound remnants, allow us to derive quantitative measures of the relative value of the various instruments in this specific but fairly typical context.


This chapter details the deaths of the people who died in Ireland in 1920. Some of these people were victims of targeted killings by the Irish Republican Army (IRA). On January 1, 1920, William Charles Forbes Redmond was transferred to the Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) from the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) in Belfast, to rejuvenate the Criminal Investigation Department. The IRA learned that Redmond was staying in the Standard Hotel on Harcourt Street because secure quarters in Dublin Castle were not ready. Redmond was shot on January 21, 1920. Meanwhile, Constable Luke Finnegan of the RIC was believed to be drawing up a list of IRA suspects. Finnegan, unarmed, was shot near his home on January 22, 1920. In reprisal, police wrecked fourteen houses belonging to prominent Sinn Féiners.


Population of Chrysopa sinica in the Beijing area is usualy high in summer and autumn. In the winter the number of adults diapausing is high, generally only few adults can be found in the field the next spring. Natural control of insect pests by C. sinica is not significant until its population ' is built up in mid-summer.Possible causes for the low population in spring were studied. Labora- tory experiments showed that adults of the over-winter generation after feeding for various period of time, changed their body coloration and entered into diapause. Mortality during diapause was closely related to the nutrition condition of the adults. When adults properly fed before diapause were stored in an un-heated room, only a few died in winter and 80% still alive at the end of March. While those inadequately fed had very rare chance of survival.It is clear then that the low population of C. sinica in spring in the Beijing area is due to the shortage of adult food such as honey dew and nectar in the field after harvest of the main crops, so many over-wintering a-dults are poorly nourished and will not survive the winter. Ways to improve this situation are discussed.


Abstract Spain's 1985 Water Law gave special significance to the Registry and the Catalogue, two legal figures that allowed the co‐existence of public and private groundwater ownership. Twenty years later, the situation of the Catalogue and the Registry is quite deficient. As a consequence, adequate groundwater management in Spain seems extremely difficult. This paper comments on the three main actions taken by the Government since 1985: first, the "Groundwater Registry and Catalogue Update Program" (ARYCA), a 42M€ project of the Ministry of Public Works, the results of which have not lived up to expectations; second, the Transient Disposition of the National Water Plan Law (2001) with regard to the "closure of the inscription period for private wells." The results of this action are still uncertain; and thirdly, the "Update Program for the Registry and Catalogue Books" (ALBERCA), a 155M€ initiative of the Ministry of the Environment which is yet to be implemented.


With the situations that hypoxia,containing,no-food,lack of water and gas-pollution,The 12 coal miners' quickly recoverd with increasing liquid giving nutritior and curing.Their blood index reached normal condition in 72 hours.


Fostering Graduate Student Professionalism Using Developmental Coaching Techniques Dr. Valerie N. Streets, University of Tulsa Valerie N. Streets is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Tulsa. She received her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Old Dominion University in 2016. Her research focuses on underrepresented groups and the professional development of the STEM workforce. Prof. Bradley J. Brummel, University of Tulsa Dr. Brummel is an Associate Professor of Industrial/Organizational Psychology at The University of Tulsa. He received his PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He conducts research on training and development with a specific focus on professional development, ethics, and coaching. Dr. Michael Wade Keller, University of Tulsa Michael Keller is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the university of tulsa. His research and teaching interests are in solid mechanics, both experimental and theoretical, and materials science. Rami M. Younis, The University of Tulsa


The use of an appropriate implant biomaterial significantly determines the success of implants. The biologic environment where implants are placed does not necessarily accept any material. Therefore, biologic performance can be optimized by selecting implants that reduce negative biologic response while at the same time functioning adequately. Besides, clinicians should be knowledgeable of different biomaterials used for purposes of dental implants. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview on the issue of dental implants. Some of the implants discussed in the paper include titanium and zirconia implants. Furthermore, the paper discusses how physical properties of the materials influence the treatment outcome.


Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. Public Housing policies compared: US, ex-socialist nations and Singapore, 2. From city to nation: planning Singapore, 3. Resettling a Chinese village: a longitudinal study, 4. Modernism and the vernacular: public spaces and social life, 5. Adjusting religious practices to different house forms, 6. A practicable concept of community in high rise housing environment, 7. Public Housing and political legitimacy, 8. Return of the imaginary Kampung as resistance


Irradiation of salivary glands during radiotherapy treatment of patients with head and neck cancer evokes persistent hyposalivation. This results from depletion of stem cells, which renders the gland incapable of replenishing saliva to produce acinar cells. The aim of this study was to investigate whether it is possible to expand the salivary gland stem/progenitor cell population, thereby preventing acinar cell depletion and subsequent gland dysfunction after irradiation. To induce cell proliferation, keratinocyte growth factor (ΔN23‐KGF, palifermin) was administered to C57BL/6 mice for 4 days before and/or after local irradiation of salivary glands. Salivary gland vitality was quantified by in vivo saliva flow rates, morphological measurements, and a newly developed in vitro salisphere progenitor/stem cell assay. Irradiation of salivary glands led to a pronounced reduction in the stem cells of the tissues, resulting in severe hyposalivation and a reduced number of acinar cells. ΔN23‐KGF treatment for 4 days before irradiation indeed induced salivary gland stem/progenitor cell proliferation, increasing the stem and progenitor cell pool. This did not change the relative radiation sensitivity of the stem/progenitor cells, but, as a consequence, an absolute higher number of stem/progenitor cells and acinar cells survived after radiation. Postirradiation treatment with ΔN23‐KGF also improved gland function, and this effect was much more pronounced in ΔN23‐KGF pretreated animals. Post‐treatment with ΔN23‐KGF seemed to act through accelerated expansion of the pool of progenitor/stem cells that survived the irradiation treatment. Overall, our data indicate that ΔN23‐KGF is a promising drug to enhance the number of salivary gland progenitor/stem cells and consequently prevent radiation‐induced hyposalivation.


After a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease almost twenty years ago, Christine Bryden is still living a fulfilling life, with new discoveries every day.


'Homemaking' refers to unremunerated non-market activities, performed by family members themselves (esp. women), for production of goods and services for self-consumption, which are neither taken into consideration while evaluating Gross Domestic Product (GDP) nor while calculating labour force statistics. While it is usually admitted that such ignorance renders the efforts of calculating 'actual' GDP futile, economists point out that the problems of assessing the economic value of homemaking activities, even to the degrees of proximity, are real to be ignored either, notwithstanding benefits of such valuation. In this backdrop, the work surfaces the theoretical debates concerning such valuation, and, economic, practical and theoretical viability of the approaches adopted, in an ultimate effort to highlight the void in economic developments, be they international or specifically pertaining to India, in this field.


In this article, the author examines waterborne acrylics, commonly used for maintenance and protective coatings. He describes the basic chemistry of the materials, as well as the role of the latex film formation process in their performance. Also discussed are types of waterborne acrylic polymers and coatings and typical industrial applications. The environmental, health and safety considerations in the use of waterborne acrylics, their performance features and recent developments in enhancing their performance are additionally covered.


Emerging Infections
Vaccines against Ebola virus (EBOV) are difficult to test in humans because of the sporadic nature of EBOV outbreaks. Therefore, understanding correlates of protection in preclinical models is necessary. Meyer et al. tested five candidate mucosal EBOV vaccines in cynomolgus macaques and showed that, despite sharing the same EBOV glycoprotein as an antigen, they varied in their ability to protect animals from EBOV challenge. The authors interrogated correlates of protection and found that functional qualities of the antibody response were associated with protection. By contrast, neutralizing antibody titers did not correlate with survival. Thus, looking beyond the presence of neutralizing antibodies may be necessary to understand the protective effect of EBOV vaccines.

Sci. Transl. Med. 13 , eabg6128 (2021).


Abstract This article reviews the current debate on whether U.S. agricultural productivity growth is slowing. It also assesses recent research on how productivity is related to long-term investment in research and development (R&D). It describes significant changes taking place in the U.S. agricultural research system, including the growing role of private agribusiness as a main developer of new agricultural technologies and what this implies for agricultural science policy. The conclusion has suggestions for future research on these issues.


The management of patients with severe aplastic anaemia (SAA) who do not have a matched sibling donor and fail a course of horse anti‐thymocyte globulin (h‐ATG)/ciclosporin (CsA) is uncertain. Repeated courses of ATG‐based immunosuppression are often employed; in children and increasingly in adults, alternative donor haematopoietic stem cell transplantation is an option. We analysed the success rate of retreatment with rabbit ATG (r‐ATG)/CsA in 43 patients treated at our institution in the last 5 years; 22 were refractory (20 adults; two children) to h‐ATG/CsA‐based regimens and 21 (17 adults; four children) had relapsed after h‐ATG/CsA‐based regimens. The overall response rate was 30% in patients who were refractory to h‐ATG and 65% in patients who had relapsed following h‐ATG. The 1000‐d survival in patients who responded to r‐ATG was 90% compared with 65% in non‐responders. Six patients developed a clonal haematological disorder; two were responders, two were non‐responders and in two the evolution occurred before the response could be assessed at 3 months following r‐ATG. Thirteen patients died; three were responders, six were non‐responders and four patients died prior to 3 months when response was assessed. In our study, the response rate in refractory patients was inferior to what has been previously reported.


The EuropeanUnion is tryingto implementtheharmonization underthe commontax policy. Croatia, as amember of the EuropeanUnionfrom 01July 2013,harmonizesits lawswhich cause a new development inaccounting treatment ofcertain items. Throughout itsdirectivesEuropeanCommissionregulatesvalue added taxwithin the European Union. By joiningthe European Union, Croatiabecomespart of a single, or internal, market union. The main featureof thismarket is thefree movementof goods, persons, services and capital. UČENJE ZA PODUZETNIŠTVO / ENTREPRENEURIAL LEARNING 105 Therefore,the supplyof goodsfrom other Member Statesto Croatiawill no longerbe considered as import forthe acquisitionof goodswithin the EuropeanUnion. The term ''import'' shall apply onlyto supplies of goodsfrom countries thatare not members ofthe European Unionto Croatia.In the case ofsupply of goodsfrom the Croatiain the member state of the EuropeanUnion,it will be said that's a case of the supplyof goodswithin the EuropeanUnion. Entrepreneursin Croatia mustbe informedwith theseprinciplesin order to correctlycalculate andaccountancyrecordthe value added tax.


The invention has a simple structure and, as for abrasion resistance to provide better wheel assembly and the functional shoes having the same, for this purpose, with an acceptable bracket to the shoe sole, and a pivoting member that is rotatably coupled to the bracket, wheel and, further comprising the wheel axis for supporting the wheel, the hwilchuk is interposed between the wheel support coupled to the rotating member to rotate in association with the rotation of the pivoting member, said wheel support and the pivoting member, said wheel support a rotation and a stopper to regulate.


The researches on several kinds of main ribosome-inactivating protein(RIP)in plant antiviral gene engineering were summarized and the prospect of RIP was expected.


WE^EEE^KEIEEE^EEEEBEEEEEEEE^KEEE^EEEEE^KIEEE^^m VELOSO, G V.; CARDOSO, R. S. and PETRACCO, M., 2003. Secondary production of the intertidal macrofauna of Prainha Beach, Brazil. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 35 (Proceedings of the Brazilian Symposium on Sandy Beaches: Morphodynamics, Ecology, Uses, Hazards and Management), 385391. Itajai, SC Brazil, ISSN 0749-0208. The secondary production rates of Emerita brasiliensis, Excirolana braziliensis and Pseudorchestoidea brasiliensis were estimated from June 1993 through May 1995 on Prainha Beach, Brazil. Three transects were established, each divided into five strata parallel to the waterline. From each stratum, four replicates were taken using a 0.04 m2 metal sampler. For the filter-feeder Emerita brasiliensis in the first and second year respectively, estimated rates of production (39.86 and 150.95 g AFDW m2 yr1) and turnover (8.12 and 6.54 yr1) were much higher than those obtained for the detritivores Excirolana braziliensis (0.26-0.25 g AFDW nr2yr' and 1.62-1.78 yr1) and Pseudorchestoidea brasiliensis (0.30-0.28 g AFDW nr'yr1 and 2.30-2.21 yr1). The highest values for production were observed in spring and summer for Emerita brasiliensis, in autumn and winter for Excirolana braziliensis, and in winter and summer for Pseudorchestoidea brasiliensis. The total production for all three species during the first year was 40.42 and for the second year 1 5 1 .48 g AFDW m"2yr'. The high contribution of Emerita brasiliensis in the production suggests that this filter-feeder is important in maintaining community composition and structure of the intertidal macrofauna of Prainha Beach. ADDITIONAL INDEX WORDS: Beach ecology, sandy beach, secondary production, turnover rate, biomass, Emerita, Excirolana, Pseudorchestoidea, Brazil.


The article deals about the review of consumer acquis. The
consumer acquis cover 8 directives that protected consumers
(Directive 85/577/EEC, Directive 90/314/EEC, Directive
93/13/EEC, Directive 94/47/EC, Directive 97/7/EC, Directive
98/6/EC, Directive 98/27/EC and Directive1999/44/EC). The
author tries to find the most serious problematic parts of
implementation directives in the Czech Law.


Objective To analysis the T lymphocyte subsets distribution of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)-RA and-RCMD,assess the immune status of MDS patients,and analysis the effects of cyclosporine on T lymphocyte subsets.Methods Using flow cytometry (FCM) on MDS-RA and -RCMD patients and 13 normal controls peripheral blood samples for T lymphocyte subsets,detection of patients with RA and RCMD lymphocyte subsets before and after 6 months of treatment in the application of cyclosporine-based immunosuppressive regimen.Results The MDS group Th cells (CD; CD;),Th/Ts ratio were lower than those in normal control group (t =13.39,3.64,all P < 0.05).Ts cells (CD3+ CD8+) express higher than that in normal control group [(29.07±3.88) % vs (21.80±3.63) %] (t =6.47,P < 0.05).Before and after treatment of Th cells,Th / Ts ratio,Ts cells of T lymphocyte subset were significant difference [(35.72±5.02) %,(29.07±3.88) %,(1.89±0.51) % vs (38.19±4.98) %,(26.03±3.03) %,(1.96±0.35)%] (t =0.39,2.65,3.57,all P < 0.05).Cyclosporine treatment after 6 months of effective and ineffective group of T cell subsets,Th cells (CD3+ CD4+),Th/Ts ratio of T lymphocyte subsets,there was significant difference in Ts cells [(42.79±7.74) % vs (36.46±.1.28) %,(22.14±.3.91) % vs (27.51±2.84) %,(2.40±0.40) % vs (2.08±0.11) %](t =67.65,3.77,3.57,all P < 0.05).Conclusion MDS patients with T-lymphocyte subsets immune disorders lead to immune dysfunction,cyclosporine may improve the imbalance of T lymphocyte subsets of MDS patients.

Key words:
Myelodysplastic syndromes;  T lymphocytes;  Cyclosporine


The working principle and structure of the boiler water-level monitoring system were introduced,which adopted effective method of water-level display,supervising and alarm to realize high precision gathering and treatment of the water-level signals.The system is proved to be safe and reliable with clear and simple principle.It can greatly improve the practicability of the boiler.


The invention relates to a halogen-free, phosphate-free and fire-retardant polycarbonate resin and a preparation method thereof. The invention achieves PC fire resistance effect by adding a set of plasticizer, fire retardant, antiaging dope in PC. Through using the method of the invention, the PC after modified can meet the V-0 grade of UL 94 standard. The halogen-free and phosphate-free fire retardant employed in the invention can reach the comparatively ideal fire-retardant properties by using relatively little fire retardant, which is conformity with the environmental protective requirements of European market; meanwhile, keeps PC of fine mechanical properties and has greater popularization value in the market .


The Pretoria Bone Collection (PBC) began in 1942 with the opening of a medical school at the University of Pretoria (UP) in Pretoria, South Africa, where this skeletal collection is housed in the Department of Anatomy. The purpose of this paper is to provide information on the national legislation associated with obtaining, curating and researching skeletal remains in South Africa, the demographic composition of the PBC, and the inclusion of a portion of these remains into a digital repository known as Bakeng se Afrika (BsA). The PBC comprises 873 complete skeletons, 344 complete postcrania without crania, and 308 complete crania without postcrania. Skeletal contents are reflective of the population statistics of South Africa, with a smaller proportion of White (32%) than Black (65%) South Africans. Unlike the population profile, males in the PBC are greater in number (75.5%) than females (24.5%), which may be explained by the number of migrant labourers traveling into a large city such as Pretoria. From this sample, crania (206), maxillae (141), mandibulae (408), femora (137), and radii (134), as well as several other skeletal elements were micro-XCT scanned and are available on the BsA server. A researcher needs to submit an online application to the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria for access to these collections.


Charles R. Foster, Committee on Atlantic Studies, addressed a seminar on children's literature for guest workers at the 30th International Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany, October 20, 1978, on the topic of Literature of Bilingual Children in the United States. He was also a delegate to the 24th Annual Assembly of the Atlantic Treaty Association held in Hamburg, September 20-23, 1978. He also participated in a seminar at the Wilton Park Conference Center on ethnic nationalism in Europe, July 1-10, 1978.


Objectives:To explore the effect of apr-YTF(active principle region of Yangxing Tongnmi Formula) On the myocardial infarction cytokine secretion,angiogenesis,and MSCs Mobilization and Homing.Methods:32 successfully modeled acute myocardial infarction SD male rats were randomly divided into apr-YTF group,Xiangdan injection group,recombinant human granulocyte colony stimulating factor(rhG-CSF) group and model control group,8 rats in each group;All were given the corresponding drug for 5d after modeled 3h later.The leve expression of myocardial scar tissue miorovasoular density was detected by masson′s three-color staining,CD34+ cells in heart tissue,Ⅷ factor,vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF),basic fibroblast growth factor(bFGF) and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor(Flk-1) were detected by immunohistochemislry.Results:The number of myocardial capillaries was increased significamly in apr-YTF group and rhG-CSF group under a single high power vision(P0.01);two groups of CD34+ cells,Flk-1,bFGF expression were significantly increased(P0.01),Ⅷ factor expression in the two groups also increased(P0.05),VEGF expression was increased in apr-YTF group(P0.01),VEGF expression also increased(P0.05) in rhG-CSF group all compared with model group.Conclusions:apr-YTF can promote secretion of Ⅷ factor,Flk-1,VEGF,bFGF secretion,promote angiogenesis,promoting blood MSCs homing ia rats with acute myocardial infarction and being conducive to the rehabilitation of acute myocardial infarction.


A magnetic screw rod that can replace a mechanical ball screw has been successfully fabricated. This type of device provides linear motion from a rotating motor. The magnetic screw rod is made from dual state 0.6C–13Cr–Fe bulk magnetic rod stock. The material, originally soft magnetically, can be heat treated to obtain a nonmagnetic region which substitutes for the groove of a conventional magnetic screw rod. This method produces a magnetic screw rod with a smooth, round outer shape and a longer, cleaner operational life. This experiment successfully yielded a 300 mm long, 25 mm diameter magnetic rod with 10 mm pitch, 4 mm width, 4 mm depth spiral nonmagnetic region.


Abstract. Owning to the importance and great interest of linear operators, a generalisation of linear derivative operator He m δ,p(α, β, a1, b1)f(z) is newly introduced in this study. The main objective of this paper is to investigate various subordination and superordination related to the aforementioned generalised linear derivative operator. Additionally, the resultant sandwich-type of this operator is also considered.


Abstract Forty Friesian bull calves were reared by the "restricted whole milk and early weaning concentrate mixture" method. The daily allowance of milk was offered in two equal feeds at 7.00 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 20 animals in one group and in a single feed at 7.00 a.m. to the 20 remaining calves in the other group. Both groups grew at similar rates and consumed the same amount of concentrate during the pre- and post-weaning periods.


In order to ensure the safety of E-government System, we present the concept of the E-Government Security Supporting System (EG3S), analyse the architecture and key technique of EG3S, research and design EG3S based on PKI. As the basic platform of E-Government System, EG3S possess extensibility, easy-integration and general character, and has a comprehensive applied future.


Serum γ‐glutamyltransferase (GGT) is positively related to cardiometabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension and metabolic syndrome (MetS), in adult populations. Our aim was to investigate whether serum GGT is independently associated with MetS and its components in a nationally representative sample of Korean children and adolescents.


Tunnel FET (TFET) has attracted much attention as one of promising candidates of MOSFET for low power applications due to its capability of sub-60mV/dec subthreshold slope (SS) at room temperature [1]. It has a gated p-i-n structure switched by band-to-band tunneling (BTBT) mechanism. However, it is difficult to form abrupt source doping profile in the experiments for sharp band bending at the junction, resulting in relatively large SS of experimental demonstrations compared with ideally theoretical expectations. Another critical issue is that the on current (ION) is relatively low, especially for silicon-based TFET. The resulting issues of low ION, including large intrinsic delay and low gain, may also limit its applications. In recent years, most of TFET researchers focused on the methods for SS reduction and the ION enhancement, including adoption of the small-bandgap materials, heterojunction [2], nanowire structure [3] and advanced annealing technology [4], etc. Mechanism engineering is focused in our research work as a different possible way to solve the TFET issues, not only improving ION and SS values, but also enhancing comprehensive properties in terms of reduced Miller capacitance [5], immune to the super-linear onset of output characteristics [6] and reduced noise [7], etc.


The pandemic of 2020 brought a lot of changes to the health and medical industry where a lot of smart devices started flowing in to compensate the lack of hospitals for the less severe cases. This work primarily focuses on the lung abnormalities as the lungs were one of the first organs to break down when the virus affected the body. The lung abnormalities whilst not becoming severe but will act as a catalyst to spread the virus's effect through the lung thus concluding in complete pulmonary breakdown or irreversible lung damage. This work focuses on hybridisation of Fast Independent Component Analysis (FAST-ICA) algorithm coupled with Mel-frequency cepstral coefficients (MFCC) for independent component analysis and is fed as a input to the classification algorithm of Keras library which is the sequential algorithm. The pre-processing of the data in FAST-ICA is mainly based on three components of sound which are frequency, amplitude and wavelength.


This paper focuses on the representational development of relationships between text and image prior to the Sung 宋 (960-1279) period. The author points out that the early evolution included three stages, each characterized by a representational mode for a specific literary style. In chronological sequence, they are: 1) the Han 漢 mode for illustrating prose, 2) the Six Dynasties 六朝 mode for illustrating prose-poems, and 3) the T'ang-Sung 唐宋 mode for representing poetry. These three modes served as archetypes throughout the later development of text/image relationships in Chinese art.In the Han period, text and images both serve as signifier and signified in mutual reference to each other. This mode was appropriate for illustrating prose, as seen in the Ancient Emperors and the didactic narratives in the Wu Liang Shrine of the Eastern Han period. Artists of the Six Dynasties tried to represent the musicality of a prose-poem and structured text and images harmoniously in a rhythmic layout. This mode is best represented in "The Goddess of the La River". However, their artistic pursuit changed. Trying to convert poetry into painting, T'ang and Sung artists experimented with poetic paintings, with an emphasis on the representation of the aesthetic quality of the poem into the painting. Furthermore, they created works of "three-perfections": a combination of poetry, painting, and calligraphy. It is the "three-perfection" mode, which became the leading aesthetic principle for literati painting of later periods.


Today, Intrusion Detection Systems have been employed by majority of the organizations to safeguard the security of information systems. Firewalls that are used for intrusion detection possess certain drawbacks which are overcome by various data mining approaches. Data mining techniques play a vital role in intrusion detection by analyzing the large volumes of network data and classifying it as normal or anomalous. Several data mining techniques like Classification, Clustering and Association rules are widely used to enhance intrusion detection. Among them clustering is preferred over classification since it does not require manual labeling of the training data and the system need not be aware of the new attacks. This paper discusses three different clustering algorithms namely K-Means Clustering, Y-Means Clustering and Fuzzy CMeans Clustering. K-Means clustering results in degeneracy and is not suitable for large databases. Y-Means is an improvement over Kmeans that eliminates empty clusters. Fuzzy C-Means is based on the fuzzy logic that allows an item to belong to more than one cluster and concentrates on the minimization of the objective function that examines the quality of partitioning. The performance and efficiency of Fuzzy CMeans clustering is the best in terms of intrusion detection than the other two techniques. Finally, the paper discusses the comparison of the three clustering algorithms. Keywords— Intrusion detection, K-Means Clustering, Y-Means Clustering, Fuzzy C-Means Clustering, Data Mining, Firewall.


Abstract Volcanism on Mars is dominated by mafic or ultramafic products. On Earth, mafic volcanics are typically emplaced through small-scale pyroclastic activity such as lava fountaining or Strombolian eruptions, resulting in lava flows. Tyrrhena and Hadriaca Paterae, large, central-vent volcanoes on Mars, however, appear to be primarily constructed of mafic pyroclastic deposits (probably pyroclastic flows), and magma–water (or ice) interactions were not necessarily the cause of these explosive eruptions. The volcanotectonic conditions which generated highly explosive basaltic eruptions on Mars may exist on Earth as well: Masaya Caldera Complex, Nicaragua, has produced large-volume, basaltic ignimbrite, Plinian ash-fall and surge deposits, without overt magma–water interactions. Basaltic magma apparently originated ∼100 km beneath Masaya, and ascended faster than ∼100 cm s −1 through an established conduit, allowing the magma and exsolved volatiles to reach the surface simultaneously. The combination of deep-sourced magma and rapid rise rate may have also generated ignimbrite-like basaltic pyroclastic deposits at Zavaritski Volcano, Russia, and Ambrym, Vanuatu. Examination of these terrestrial volcanoes may further our understanding of large-scale mafic pyroclastic activity on Mars.


The detection and decision release of the dynamic dangerous area are the important research contents of intelligence road and intelligence infrastructure. To improve real- time supervise,safety early warning and emergency evacuation for transportation,and ensure a traffic safety stability,the broadband wireless connection is put forward to expand the way of the existing fixed network video connection. The road disaster weather detection,data acquisition and event detection are carried out with video image processing and data mining technique to predict the traffic condition and the short time traffic flow in the dynamic dangerous area,and then release the road net condition and the stability analysis. Through the experiment and testing results of the system built in the expressway show that the system has good real-time performance,high detection accuracy,small error and better robustness. It improved the intelligence management of expressway.


This issue of the J Clinical Pathology contains a mini symposium that is devoted to dermatopathology. We have selected six state-of-the-art reviews written by authors who are familiar with the complexities, challenges and controversies that are associated with the subjects under discussion. The topics were specifically selected to bridge gaps in the basic understanding of these areas and provide timely updates for practising pathologists …


Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 51(2) In his Retrospective, Scott Henderson (this issue) states his belief that academic psychiatry should focus on the core of our discipline, namely, mental disorders that are severely disabling. This month, the ANZJP takes up his plea with a comprehensive update from the Survey of High Impact Psychosis (SHIP) by Morgan et al. (this issue). The authors report that over 60 papers have now been published from the survey covering key challenges reported by participants. These challenges are, to put it simply, money, employment and social engagement. Most (85%) of the participants receive a government benefit and are relatively poor. Only one-third are employed, and most of these are employed parttime (only 4.1% of all participants have full-time employment). While these findings are expected, of equal concern are the high rates of loneliness and social isolation. Selfreported rates of loneliness are around 80%. The consequences of loneliness impact physical health, morbidity and mortality as well as inpatient admissions in emergency presentations. The importance of factors outside the delivery of good clinical practice for those suffering from severe mental illness is a major issue. The repeated finding that outcomes for serious mental disorders may be better in lowincome countries (Mulder et al., 2016) suggests, as Morgan and colleagues note, that something essential to recovery is missing in the social fabric of high-income countries, despite access to costly biomedical treatment. Consequently, they advocate that services adopt a multifaceted approach, which extends beyond the delivery of good clinical practice and 'includes strategies aimed at improving socio-structural and socio-demographic circumstances, including the provision of basic necessities of everyday living' (Morgan et al., this issue). The importance of sociocultural factors in mental health is reinforced by Myles and colleagues (this issue) in their paper on unemployment. They conclude that unemployment results in an approximate doubling of psychological distress. Literature pertinent to closures of manufacturing/industry resulting in unemployment en masse points to a potential doubling of suicide mortality in the 4 years following such an event. Predictive factors for self-harm are also largely sociocultural (Stanford et al., this issue), and while suffering from depression is a significant predictor of self-harm, the magnitude of the relationship is modest. Notable predictive factors include physical abuse, sexual abuse, stress, difficulty in relationships and dieting behaviours. Interestingly, many who self-harm do not seek help, suggesting perhaps that strategies at the community level, rather than the individual clinical level, are likely to be more effective. Remaining with the theme of stress, the stressful period of late pregnancy is examined in a paper by Signal et al. (this issue). In the introduction of their article, they note the disturbing fact that currently in New Zealand, suicide is the leading cause of maternal deaths and that rates are seven times higher than those in the United Kingdom! The authors go on to report that depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, significant life stress and a period of poor mood during the current pregnancy are all more prevalent in Maori versus nonMaori populations. But these differences are not all due to ethnicity per se. Maori women were more likely to have children at a younger age, and to have multiple children, and these factors were associated with higher rates of depression; thus, Maori women also had higher rates of depression. This once again points to a mixture of clinical symptoms and social and cultural variables existing at the heart of the matter. In a prospective multi-site treatment study on substance abuse outcomes, Manning et al. (this issue) report that just over half of the participants showed reliable reduction in the use of, or abstinence from, their primary drug of concern. Interestingly, this was highest in those using meth/ amphetamine (66%) and lowest in those using alcohol (47%). It also suggested that clients may need different treatment pathways and that The heart of the matter: Social and cultural factors impacting mental health


Three series of new ambipolar polyimides containing aniline derivatives with different degree of 4-methoxyphenyl substituent showing anodically/cathodically electrochromic characteristic were prepared from the polycondensation of three diamine monomers—4,4′-bis[(4-aminophenyl)amino]diphenylamine (3), 4,4′-bis[(4-aminophenyl)amino]-4″-methoxytriphenylamine (3′), and 4,4′-bis[4-aminophenyl(4-methoxyphenyl)amino]-4″-methoxytriphenylamine (3″)—with various commercially available tetracarboxylic dianhydrides. In addition to the high glass-transition temperatures (Tg, 246–339 °C), thermal stability, and solution processability, the resulting polyimide films exhibited ambipolar electrochromic behavior. The nonconjugated TPA-based polyimides III revealed more stable electrochemical oxidation behavior and better electrochromic reversibility than conjugated DPA-based corresponding polyimides I due to the additional phenyl ring providing the route to stabilize the cation radical formed during oxidation.


For the purposes of this research, the following anthropometric variables have been measured: body height, body weight, hip and waist circumference. Mentioned anthropometric characteristics were used to determine: body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) that were used to assess nutritional status. First grade girls have an average value of level 1 (27.3cm2) and first grade boys of level 2.5 (31.2cm2).