The invention discloses and provides an electronic high intensity discharge (HID) ballast with self diagnosis and remote monitoring functions. The electronic HID ballast with the self diagnosis and remote monitoring functions comprises an electro-magnetic interference (EMI) circuit (5), an alternating current (AC)/direct current (DC) rectifying circuit (6), a power factor correction (PFC) boosted circuit (7), a buck circuit (8), a full-bridge drive circuit (9), an HID lamp firing circuit (10) and a 15V switching power supply circuit (11). The electronic HID ballast with the self diagnosis and remote monitoring functions further comprises a microprogrammed control unit (MCU) control circuit (1), a fault detection and self diagnosis circuit (2) and a remote monitoring circuit (3), wherein the MCU control circuit (1) comprises a central processing unit (CPU) chip (U5) and a peripheral circuit, and the remote monitoring circuit (3) and a peripheral remote control terminal (4) compose an internal communication circuit with the remote monitoring function. The peripheral remote control terminal (4) can be operated to achieve query and control over relevant states of voltage, current, power, switch and fault information of an HID lamp. The electronic HID ballast with the self diagnosis and remote monitoring functions can be applied to the field of lighting and electricity conservation.


Bao Shen-you was an important writer,poetic theorist and documentalist in the late Northern Song Dynasty.According to The Preface to Anthology of Bao Libu,Biographical Sketch of the Northern Song Dynasty and The Explanatory Notes on Titles of the Selected Books in Zhi Studio,Bao Shen-you was born around 1067 and died before 1126.Bao was demoted many times after he had achieved the "jinshi"degree in the imperial examination in 1091.Bao Shen-you had a large circle of acquaintances.He learned from Wang An-shi and Su Shi in his early youth and had a close relationship with Huang Ting-jian.His noble and refreshing poems reflected the evolution of poetical fashion in the late Northern Song Dynasty.Bao Shen-you had a passion for collecting books.His careful collation of former poems was highly praised by people of the time.He made annotations to Songs of the South,Han Yu's proses and Li He's poems.And he also commented on Qian Qi's poems and Du Mu's proses.He was one of the authors of Bao's annotation to Du Fu's poems which had high philological value in existing Du Fu variorum.His achievement in calligraphy was appreciated by Mi Fu.The Anthology of Bao Shen-you and Yibaitang Anthology which compiled his works were lost.


A methodology using the Dynamic Master Logic Diagram (DMLD) for the evaluation of component partial failure is presented. Since past PRAs have not focused on partial failure effects, the reliability of components are only based on the binary state assumption, i.e. defining a component as fully failed or functioning. This paper is to develop an approach to predict and estimate the component partial failure on the basis of the fuzzy state assumption. One example of the application of this methodology with the reliability function diagram of a centrifugal pump is presented.


The following quotation does not come from some loopy Foucauldian, social constructionist, or risk sociologist, but a pro-Ritalin clinician: "Within the last few years scientific studies have shown...that ADHD probably is not primarily a disorder of paying attention but one of self-regulation; how the self comes to manage itself within the larger realm of social behaviour" (Barkley 1995, viii)...


The present paper have been replaced by the paper: Hartogs-Bochner type theorem in Projective Space (math.CV/0011095) in which we prove the following Hartogs-Bochner type theorem: Let $M$ be a connected $C^2$ hypersurface of $P_n(\mathbb{C})$ ($n\geq 2$) which divides $P_n(\mathbb{C})$ in two connected open sets $\Omega_1$ and $\Omega_2$. Then there exists $i \in \{1,2\}$ such that $C^{1}$ CR functions defined on $M$ extends holomorphically to $\Omega_i$.


Purpose: The purpose of this understand the expectations balance of Gen Y employee marketing industries in Nagpur. Design/Methodology/Approach : The entire study is based on the primary data which is collected through the responses from a structured questionnaire from the employees of IT and marketing industries in Nagpur. Findings: The research shows that Gen Y employees are keen to have ideal work life balance and want creative and challenging work. Originality/value : The research will contribute to the understanding of the effectiveness and impact of different goals to be set for work life balance as well as to understand the expectations of Gen Y for work life balance. Limitations: The results and their implications come from different Gen Y respondents who are employees of IT&Marketing organizations' in Nagpur District only. Results may not be generalize to other respondents of IT&Marketing organizations' of other cities.


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Fanconi anemia is a genetic instability syndrome characterized by bone marrow failure and high relative risks of myelodysplasia and acute myelogenous leukemia. Eleven of the genes and gene products have been identified, and their role in protecting


This issue of Paediatrics & Child Health includes a series of carefully selected articles on common gastrointestinal and nutritional disorders of childhood. The primary goal of this series is to provide the busy primary care practitioner and consultant paediatrician with up-to-date knowledge and a practical resource on how to evaluate and manage children with these common clinical problems. Most articles also offer advice concerning the indications for referring a patient to a subspecialist for additional consultative advice or evaluation.

Do articles of this nature truly fulfill a need? Alternatively, is the busy paediatrician or family doctor likely to seek other sources of information to keep current with medical knowledge to guide their clinical practice? With the advent of the electronic era, practitioners now have instantaneous access to information that provide medical knowledge and advice on just about every medical ailment known to man. In fact, academic societies in every corner of the globe have entered into the business of generating a myriad of position statements and consensus reports on a variety of medical conditions. For example, the Web site of The American Gastroenterology Association offers 32 different position statements ranging from common conditions such as hemorrhoids and constipation to a policy statement on precertification of pharmaceuticals. Are these communications helpful to the busy medical practitioner? Do they offer up-to-the-minute, information on how to investigate, treat and monitor a specific disorder? Are they accurate and definitive, or are they biased by the self-interests of the membership of the association? Is the plethora of these communications causing confusion due to conflicting, dated or misleading information?

To address some of these questions, we completed a Web-based search for position statements on a common condition of childhood and adulthood, "gastroesophageal reflux disease" (GERD). Freely accessible position statements on GERD were identified on the Web sites of four prominent North American gastroenterology societies: The American Gastroenterology Association (AGA [www.gastro.org]), American College of Gastroenterology (ACG [www.acg.gi.org]), Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG [www.cag.acg.org]) and the North American Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN [www.naspgn.org]).

Table 1 summarizes the criteria we used to determine the validity and quality of each position statement as an up-to-date resource to guide the clinical practice of general paediatricians and family physicians treating infants and children with GERD. While the AGA, American College of Gastroenterology and CAG strive to attract subspecialty paediatricians as members and include gastrointestinal disorders of children as part of their respective mandates, all three position statements on GERD were authored solely by gastroenterologists who treat adults and were clearly written to provide guidance for the evaluation and treatment of adults with GERD. Furthermore, none of these publications contained explicit statements concerning their applicability (or lack) to infants and children. The dates of publication ranged from 1998 and 2002. Only one of the position statements (CAG) has been updated and only one (NASPGHAN) provides an analysis of the quality of evidence to support their recommendations. Three documents explicitly state that they are intended to provide guidance to primary care physicians. However, a closer analysis of the only position statement that focuses on infants and children with GERD (NASPGHAN) belies this assertion. Thirty-one pages of densely written script, five 'user unfriendly' diagnostic and management algorithms, and 336 citations hardly satisfy the needs of the busy primary care practitioner.

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Assessment of position statements on gastroesophageal reflux disease

Based on this simple analysis, we have concluded that, despite their best efforts, learned medical societies are unlikely to satisfy the educational needs of primary care practitioners. For this reason, it is our hope that the series of selected topics in paediatric gastroenterology published in this issue of Paediatrics & Child Health will provide busy physicians with more useful, practical advice on how to guide their clinical practice, than the plethora of confusing, dated and complex position statements that frequent electronic media.


On 17 May 2013, the governments of South Africa (SA) and Mauritius signed a new double taxation agreement (new DTA) following indications from both SARS and National Treasury that the existing DTA is being abused, leading to the erosion of the tax base. If the agreement is ratified by both countries, the new DTA is anticipated to come into effect from 1 January 2015.


Illness and disease are common in overcrowded refugee camps worldwide. Geetanjali Krishna and Sally Howard visit one camp that's trying to find solutions as the covid pandemic turns the screw


It is now commonplace to assert that the contemporary discursive landscape is strewn with an abundance of environmental narratives. Yet these stories about nature seldom speak of the material geographies that link practices of postindustrial consumption to often-distant spaces of commodity supply. A postscarcity narrative in which the availability of natural resources no longer poses a limiting factor on economic growth, therefore, characterizes the current period. In this paper I examine how these narratives of 'resource triumphalism' construct the nature of commodities and the places that supply them. Using a range of sources, I illustrate how extractive spaces are constructed through a discursive dialectic which simultaneously erases socioecological histories and reinscribes space in the image of the commodity. The paper advances the claim that, despite their apparent marginality in narratives of postindustrialism, primary commodity-supply zones play a key role within broader narratives about modernity and social life. I draw on Hetherington's reworking of the concept of heterotopia to argue that commodity-supply zones be considered contemporary 'badlands', marginal spaces in and through which broader processes of sociospatial ordering are worked out. By examining the geographical imaginaries associated with mineral extraction, I demonstrate how contemporary discourses of commodity-supply space facilitate the material practices through which such ordering occurs.


AbstractWhen dirty fuels such as coal are used in gas turbine engines, heat input to the cycle working fluid must be through a heat exchanger. To be efficient, such a heat exchanger must operate at 700-1400 kPa and 1100-1200 DC. At these temperatures a ceramic heat exchanger is necessary, and such exchangers have been under development for several years on a modest scale. These programmes are briefly reviewed.Important topics concerning materials are discussed, and it is concluded that mechanical reliability and joining technology have proved satisfactory in short-term tests, but long-term durability and reliable large-scale manufacture remain to be demonstrated.


with serum obtained from a patient treated with TNF-S. Therefore, the decrease of CD 8+ DAF-lymphocytes in peripheral blood might not be due to the down regulation of DAF expression by TNF itself or some TNF-induced cytokines. The temporary decrease of cells related to immunological activities, such as CD 8+DAF lymphocytes by TNF-S, could be due to them becoming trapped in cancer lesions, lymphoid organs or capillaly walls. The reason for the latter is, as yet, unknown.


Knowledge-based core competence is the key for enterprise's existence and development. The sources of core competence is an enterprise's tacit knowledge. Knowledge management and innovation are the keys for building core competence for an enterprise.


4 cases of ulcerative colitis are reported. The patients were all young women who had been on oral contraceptives (OCs) for at least 1 year. All cases regressed spontaneously without treatment. The association between OCs and gastrointestinal effects must be better clarified.


Preparation methods of cellulose hydrogels are reviewed through the three aspects of pure cellulose,cellulose derivatives,cellulose blend with organic or inorganic substances,and the application of thermo-sensitive,pH-sensitive,magnetic-sensitive cellulose hydrogels is discussed in the field of drug delivery.Based on the mentioned above,the future of study on cellulose hydrogels is predicted.


PURPOSE: A video display device for providing contents and a method thereof are provided to detect generation of event and change configuration state of contents thereby providing contents about templates of various types by one template. CONSTITUTION: An image display device(100) comprises a storage unit(110), a contents configuration unit(120), an event management unit(130), an agent unit(140), a display unit(150) and a control unit(160). The storage unit stores one pre-defined template. The contents configuration unit has contents by the pre-defined template. The event management unit detects generation of an event. If the event generates, the agent unit changes configuration state of the contents.


We study here a class of problems with multiple decision makers. In some such problems one or more of the decision makers ignores seemingly useful information. The purposes of the present note is to introduce this new singularity.


The paper mainly analyzes four factors which are influencing the choice of exchange rate system in one country, and points out that the harmony of economic variables requests adopting flexible exchange rate regime. In the end, according to these factors, the paper points out that the ultimate tropism of the choice of exchange rate regime should be flexible exchange rate regime in China.


Limited flight testing of a laser transit velocimeter provided insight into the problems associated with the use of such instruments for flight research. Although the device tested was not designed for flight application, it had certain features such as fiber optics and low laser power which are attractive in the airborne environment. During these tests, operation of the velocimeter was limited by insufficient concentrations of light-scattering particles and background light interference. Normal operation was observed when these conditions were corrected by utilizing cloud particles and flying at night. A comparison between the laser flow velocity measurements and corresponding pressure measurements is presented and shows a coarse correlation. Statistical bias due to turbulence in the flow is suspected to have affected the laser measurements.


In a body (1) SEALING AND DEFORMABLE INSULATION resiliently PLUGS CABLES AND ALLIED WITH CHANNEL (2) CENTRAL TO TAKE A CABLE SYSTEM POWER SUPPLY, ESPECIALLY A SYSTEM OF MEDIUM OR HIGH VOLTAGE, AND A ELECTRODE consisting of a layer (15) CONDUCTIVE applied to the surface of the body (1) SEALING AND INSULATION FOR MEASURING CAPACITIVE VOLTAGE DRIVEN BY THE CABLE, a section (13) EXTREME sleeve-like BODY (1) Weatherproofing ISOLATION is mounted on the section (8) OF UNION ALSO HAVING A sleeve-like training. LINE (17,18) connecting SUBJECT OF A WAY OF RELEASING TENSION BETWEEN THE TWO SECTIONS (8.13) and press THROUGH FORCE ON A REGION GRIP LAYER (15) CONDUCTIVE CONTACT TO FORM A.


545Background: High-deductible health plans (HDHP) requiring out-of-pocket (OOP) costs for most services may place heavy economic burden on patients. This study examined the impact of modern HDHPs on OOP costs among women with early-stage breast cancer. Methods: We included 886 women with incident early-stage breast cancer, age 25 to 64 years, who were insured by employers that mandated a transition from low-deductible ( = $1000/year) coverage, and 3099 exact matched contemporaneous patients whose employers offered only low-deductible plans. Measures were pharmacy and medical OOP costs per person-year. Medical services were categorized as inpatient, emergency room (ER), primary care visits, and outpatient care which included specialist visits, radiology, lab tests, and chemotherapy. We calculated OOP costs as the sum of deductibles, copays, and coinsurance. Effect estimates of changes between study groups were established using difference-in-differences analyses. Resu...


system is affected by the existence of an air block in the pipe and its behavior . The behaviors of air blocks(Ref.2)and the hydraulic characteristics of the jump in a sloping conduit(Ref.3)were studied.The flow in this field has characteristics different from those of a pipe flow filled with water,which has been most extensively studied.In future,it is necessary to investigate the many-sided aspects of this field.


X light generating apparatus of the present invention includes: a cathode electrode 15, a cathode electrode 15 for controlling the gate electrode of the electron beam e born of 17, for a bundle of electron beams e of the focusing electrode 18, and by a e is the electron beam strikes the emitted X-rays of the target anode 14. Between the cathode electrode 15 and the gate electrode 17, by applying a bias voltage from a bias voltage Vb of the voltage generating portion 20. Anode target 14 by applying a voltage Vt of the tube 19 from the voltage generating unit. Dividing unit 31 dividing the tube voltage Vt, generating focus voltage Vf. The thus obtained by the focus voltage Vf is applied to the focus electrode 18, can suppress the influence of the voltage variation caused by formation of an electron beam for the focal point.


The present study explored the possibility of selection for uniformity of days from calving to first service (DFS) in dairy cattle. A double hierarchical generalised linear model with an iterative reweighted least-squares algorithm was used to estimate covariance components for the mean and dispersion of DFS. Data included the records of 27 113 Iranian Holstein cows (parity, 1–6) in 15 herds from 1981 to 2007. The estimated additive genetic variance for the mean and dispersion were 32.25 and 0.0139; both of these values had low standard errors. The genetic standard deviation for dispersion of DFS was 0.117, indicating that decreasing the estimated breeding value of dispersion by one genetic standard deviation can increase the uniformity by 12%. A strong positive genetic correlation (0.689) was obtained between the mean and dispersion of DFS. This genetic correlation is favourable since one of the aims of breeding is to simultaneously decrease the mean and increase the uniformity of DFS. The Spearman rank correlations between estimated breeding values in the mean and dispersion for sires with a different number of daughter observations were 0.907. In the studied population, the genetic trend in the mean of DFS was significant and favourable (–0.063 days/year), but the genetic trend in the dispersion of DFS was not significantly different from zero. The results obtained in the present study indicated that the mean and uniformity of DFS can simultaneously be improved in dairy cows.


Vitamin D Levels in an HIV Infected and Uninfected Cohort in New York City
Vitamin D deficiency is a pervasive problem. We were interested in comparing vitamin D levels and associated characteristics of 2 different patient populations from the same immediate urban environment, one HIV-infected and the other uninfected.