The banking industry has vital importance because it potentially affects all other businesses and industries. Intensive use of IT in banking industry has innovated the infrastructure, systems, and service style of such industry. Internet-based banking paradigm has different nature, applications, practises, education, and research. In accepting that premise, this paper has three purposes: 1) to advances the knowledge about IT-based banking by applying standards of the technology models to improve understanding of banking AIS; 2) to promote awareness among the accountants community about the new technological nature of banking AIS quality; 3) to survey the 13 Jordanian commercial banks (JCB) about how sophisticated IT infrastructure drives quality of AIS. It was found from the respondents that common and agreed standards are available at AIS infrastructure of JCB. The study also explored and identified four correlations with parameters of banking performance matrix.


"pPISTASIS may be broadly defined as any interaction -*-' between alleles at nonhomologous loci. This is a common type of gene action among qualitative traits. The first statistical treatment of epistasis was presented by Fisher (5) in 1918. Since that time additional reports dealing with the partitioning of epistatic variances have been presented by Wright (12), Cockerham (3, 4), Kempthorne (11), Horner (9), Anderson and Kempthorne (1), Hayman and Mather (6), Horner and Kempthorne (8), Horner et al. (7), and others. An additional report by Horner (10) is somewhat more pertinent to the present paper. The majority of mathematical models in current use for estimating gene action conditioning quantitative traits assume epistasis to be of no importance or absent. A few models have been developed which permit the estimation of epistasis if certain limiting assumptions are satisfied. These assumptions include linkage equilibrium and randomness of mating. In cases where statistical estimates of epistasis are possible, values so obtained tend to be minimal in a classical genetic sense since the portion of the effects which can be accounted for on an additive basis is allocated to the additive effects estimate.


A systematic analysis of finite-size effects at interfacial phase transitions is presented. Both static and (model A) dynamic phenomena are considered in a cubic ${L}^{d\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}1}$ geometry with periodic boundary conditions in the directions parallel to the interfaces, but with no restriction on the interface separation z\ensuremath{\in}[0,\ensuremath{\infty}). In contrast to bulk critical phenomena, the finite-size behavior is shown to be qualitatively different at coexistence (with h=0) and for finite values of the symmetry-breaking field h. In particular, it is shown that the static finite-size scaling functions are singular in the finite-size limit when h\ensuremath{\ne}0. At coexistence, there are exponentially long relaxation times for L\ensuremath{\gg}${\ensuremath{\xi}}_{?}$, where ${\ensuremath{\xi}}_{?}$ is the interfacial correlation length, and a crossover to quasi-one-dimensional diffusive growth in the finite-size limit.


The GC-content is very variable in different genome regions and species but although many hypothesis we still do not know the reason why. Here we show that a relationship exists with the mutation rate, in particular we noticed a new recurrence in the amino acids coding table. Moreover we analyze recombination frequency taking into account Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms hourglass distribution.


We argue from the point of view of statistical inference that the quantum relative entropy is a good measure for distinguishing between two quantum states (or two classes of quantum states) described by density matrices. We extend this notion to describe the amount of entanglement between two quantum systems from a statistical point of view. Our measure is independent of the number of entangled systems and their dimensionality.


Introduction Trypanosoma brucei, T. evansi and T. equiperdum are members of the subgenus Trypanozoon and are highly similar morphologically and genetically. The main differences between these three species are their differentiation patterns in the hosts and the role of vectors in their life cycles. However, the mechanisms causing these differences are still controversial. Methods PAG3 gene was accessed by PCR amplification in 26 strains of Trypanozoon and sequences were then analyzed by BLAST accompanied with T. evansitype B group. RNA interference and CRISPR/Cas9 were used for revealing possible role of PAG3 in slender to stumpy transformation. Results The procyclin associated gene 3 (PAG3) can be found in the pleomorphicspecies, T.brucei, which undergoes differentiation of slender forms to the stumpy form. This differentiation process is crucial for transmission to the tsetse fly vector. However, a homologue of PAG3 was not detected in either T. evansi or in the majority of T. equiperdum strains which are allmonomorphic. Furthere xperiments in T. brucei demonstrated that, when PAG3 was down-regulated or absent, there was a significant reduction in the differentiation from slender to stumpy forms. Conclusion Therefore, we conclude that PAG3 is a key nuclear gene involved in the slender to stumpy differentiation pathway of T.brucei in the mammalian host. Loss of this gene might also offer a simple evolutionary mechanism explaining why T. evansi and some T. equiperdum have lost the ability to differentiate and have been driven to adapt to transmission cycles that by pass the tsetse vector or mechanical contact.


Designing of robust control systems of missile with good performances is an important and challenge problem because of the characteristics of the highly nonlinearity, time-varying, and uncertainty in missile flight control system. Using the abilities of strong knowledge synthesizing and reasoning of fuzzy logic, the robust self-scheduled flight control system of missile was developed based on H∞ robust control and fuzzy logic techniques. The H∞ robust controller for each operation point was established based on missile fuzzy T-S models and fuzzy scheduling variables. The convex combination of controller for each operation point was implemented using fuzzy weights. The detailed synthesis procedure for fuzzy logic gain self-scheduled controllers was reduced to a convex optimization related to linear matrix inequality (LMI). The proposed method was applied to design a robust flight control system of missile, and the simulation results demonstrated the good effectiveness of the robust controller in tracking the great maneuvering commands. The fuzzy logic, robust control, and linear matrix inequality (LMI) can be integrated to design the missile flight control systems with global stability and robust performance.


The reaction of 1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane (Cn*) with [{(CO)2Rh(μ-Cl)}2] in methanol at 0°C, followed by the addition of NH4PF6, results in the formation of the mononuclear carbonyl complex [Cn*Rh(μ-CO)2]PF6 ([1]PF6), the dinuclear carbonyl complex [Cn*Rh(μ-CO)3RhCn*](PF6)2 {[2](PF6)2} and the dinuclear methoxycarbonyl complex [Cn*Rh(C(O)OMe)(μ-CO)2RhCn*]PF6 ([3]PF6). The reaction of [2](PF6)2 with NaOMe results in formation of [3]PF6 by the attack of the methoxide at a bridging carbonyl. Treatment of [3]PF6 with NH4PF6 regenerates [2](PF6)2, thus showing that the methoxylation of [2](PF6)2 is reversible. The structures of [1]PF6, [2](PF6)2 and [3]PF6 have been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. For [3]PF6 an unprecendented facile, reversible, migration of the C(O)OMe ligand between the two rhodium centres of the Rh(μ-CO)2Rh core is observed.


Small and miniature video-based inspection robots continue to play an ever-increasing role for maintenance, inspection, and trouble-shooting tasks at commercial and government nuclear installations. Miniature inspection robots are ideally suited to these tasks because they can provide valuable, high-resolution, real-time video and other data regarding the condition or status of a remote location within the plant, system, or component in addition to performing light work capability such as loose-parts retrievals.


More than 80% of the human genome is biochemically active, whereas less than 3% of the genome encodes proteins. The emerging field of non-coding ribonucleic acids (RNAs) that are products of the genome, but do not program proteins, has revolutionized our understanding of cell biology. This was followed by a growing interest in the role of non-coding RNAs in the pathogenesis of human diseases, including multiple sclerosis (MS). In April 2013, a symposium in Warsaw, Poland, was the first meeting entirely dedicated to advances in the understanding of the roles of various subclasses of non-coding RNAs and showcased their involvement in autoimmune demyelination and MS. New mechanisms of action of small non-coding RNAs, as well as the advent of long non-coding RNAs were discussed, including the potential role of non-coding RNAs as MS biomarkers and their use for therapeutic intervention in MS.


This is an article written in the first person as it contains some reflections on my experience in Psychodynamics of Work, as well as a Professor of Ergonomics. In my early practices in Psychodynamics of Work, I have identified how this approach can enrich an ergonomic intervention, also, weather acting as a Professor of Ergonomics or an Ergonomist who has your training linked to the Production Engineering area. In order to enhance an evidenced debate by Sznelwar et. al. (2011) on how researchers and practitioners from different countries use the concepts and Psychodynamics of Work tools, I comment over here on my performance in Ergonomics, before and after practice. I present a comparison between the way I use (or used) the Ergonomic Analysis of Work and the way I used the Psychodynamics of Work to approach a problem, and I share my perceptions and my learning experience about it. My main discovery is that, these two approaches are not antagonistic and they talk to one another.


Using conventional observational data and NCEP global 1° ×1° final-analysis data,the synoptic situation and temperature stratification changing of the rainstorm which occurred on the a typical thermal condition in the worst-hit area of "5.12" Wenchuan earthquake in the western Sichuan basin on July 14-15,2008 are analyzed in detail.It is shown that the rainstorm occurs in the circulation of the subtropical high constantly westward extending.The low-level southern air current and the wind velocity fluctuation are keys to the rainstorm generation.The rainstorm begins under the θse reducing at 850 hPa and the weak stable atmospheric stratification,but the 700 hPa θse increase linearly results in the convective instability from 700 to 500 hPa,which leads to the convective motion;due to θse rapidly reducing at the 850 hPa and 700 hPa and the atmospheric stability enhancing,the convection upward motion is restrained in the last period of the rainfall process.The low-level frontal zone of θse and water vapor convergence are good significances for rainfall.The rainstorm fields are in the front edge of the frontal zone of the pseudo-equivalent potential temperature at 700 hPa and 850 hPa.The rain center is located in the water vapor convergence center.


While non-governmental organizations in the increasingly competitive and challenging environment are expected to execute the political, cultural, economic and social activities except government organizations, sometimes it is observed that they rise to the position that determine the political and economic power and even ensure their continuity sharing the power. It is possible to identify in turning to volunteer representatives of state ideology and into wards of the state after transferring the powers in officials to civil society consciously or unconsciously and excessive rapprochement of State and non-governmental organizations working for public interest. Non-governmental organizations, with their tasks, constantly expand the areas of their lives in a variety of forms of power or in the line of intersection, including international level. Fed from sources in the community and volunteer activities, stating the area of the autonomous organization except the realm of state power, until when will civil society be able to remain civil and be able to stand outside the scope or State area with its activities and practices? In the time when every subjects and services nationalized, will civilian society able to escape from tutelage of State? Will it become partner with State or need a separation? In this study, within the framework of the approach mentioned above, the relationship of these organizations with tutelage is assessed, by examining the approaches about civilian society.


Thus, has an infection of pigs intestinal helmints the well expressed age-old dynamics. A sapling appeared the most infected ascarids and trikhocefalami in age 4–6 month, and ezofagostomami are adults of pig. An infection took place in hogcotes at a failure to observe of rules of hygiene and feeding of zoons.


The modern supply chain has become complex and multi-locational, and efficient movement of material contributing to business success. The industry that deals with the movement of goods from one point to another is known as the logistics industry. Reverse logistic is a process of moving materials back from their consumer destination to their point of manufacturer or the distribution center in order to recapture their value for redistribution, or to dispose them properly. The movement of goods backwards in the supply chain is as important as the movement of goods forward in the supply chain. With the introduction of ecommerce and increase in the footprint of digitalization, the expectations of the consumers and the industries have reached an all-time high. We have used customer survey to know their perspective and then we have analyzed and visualized the data using Tableau. This research paper will focus on the Indian ecommerce industry and how end-consumers think differently than the industry, and how the gap in the quality of service is too wide between tier-1 cities and tier-2 or tier- 3 cities. We have used our data to analyze and find how can big data and blockchain help these industries in finding modern day solutions.


Efficacy, tolerability, and neuropsychological effects of ethosuximide, valproic acid, and lamotrigine in children with newly diagnosed childhood absence epilepsy were compared in a double-blind, randomized, controlled clinical trial performed at six centers in the US and organized as a Study Group. Drug doses were incrementally increased until freedom from seizures or highest tolerable dose was reached, Primary outcome was freedom from treatment failure after 16 weeks therapy, and secondary outcome was attentional dysfunction. In a total of 453 children, the freedom-from-failure rates after 16 weeks were similar for ethosuximide (53%) and valproic acid (58%), and higher than the rate for lamotrigine (29%) (P<0.001). Attentional dysfunction was more common with valproic acid (49%) than with ethosuximide (33%) (P=0.03). (Glauser TA, Cnaan A, Shinnar S, et al. Ethosuximide, valproic acid, and lamotrigine in childhood absence epilepsy. N Engl J Med March 4 2010;362:790-799). (Reprints: Dr Tracy A Glauser, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, 3333 Burnett Ave, MLC 2015, Cincinnati, OH 45229. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com).


Utilising the prior information or additional information from the past in new estimation processes has been receiving considerable attention in the last few decades - as such appears from the list of the references of this paper. In fact, the shrinkage testimators were developed originally for the purpose of utilising the prior information in new estimation problems. In this paper, we have developed a general class of shrinkage testimator, and because it always uses the prior value, are called the always pooling shrinkage testimator for any parameter or distribution. The expressions of bias, risk, risk ratio, relative efficiency, region and shrinkage weight function are derived. The dual importance of the proposed class of testimators are in using the prior information in both stages, something which has significant influence in increasing the relative efficiency and reduction of the sample size required. The comparisons, recommendations, discussions and limitations are provided in this paper.


BACKGROUND
A fluctuating blood glucose level is one of the risks of chronic complications in diabetes. Previous studies indicated that hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) values apparently improved after initiation of self-monitoring blood glucose (SMBG). The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the frequency of SMBG, long-term fluctuatation of HbA1c, and risks of chronic complications in diabetes.

METHODS
We enrolled 1052 patients with type 2 diabetes. The mean follow-up was 4.7 years. The HbA1c level and frequency of SMBG were recorded every 3 months. Non-mydriatic retinal photography, semiquantitative neuropathy assessment, the lipid profile, serum creatinine level, and urine protein were measured at the beginning of the study and then every year. The fluctuation in HbA1c throughout the period was expressed as the standard deviations (SDs) of all measurements of the HbA1c.

RESULTS
The frequency of SMBG was significantly and negatively correlated with the SDs of the HbA1c (r = -0.553, p < 0.001) but not with the average HbA1c. After controlling for age, sex, body mass index, duration of diabetes and comorbidities (dyslipidemia and hypertension), the correlation was still apparent (r = -0.511, p = 0.008). Patients with progression of nephropathy, neuropathy, and retinopathy, exhibited greater fluctuation of HbA1cs (2.38 ± 0.99 vs. 0.93 ± 1.16, p-value 0.002; 0.97 ± 1.59 vs. 0.90 ± 0.56, p-value 0.04; 0.99 ± 1.33 vs. 0.90 ± 0.56, p-value 0.04, respectively) and less frequent SMBG (3.2 ± 2.6 vs. 4.3 ± 3.1, p-value 0.02; 3.2 ± 2.6 vs. 4.1 ± 3.9, p-value 0.05; 3.0 ± 3.1 vs. 4.2 ± 2.8, p-value 0.01, respectively) than patients without progression of these complications.

CONCLUSION
This study shows that frequent SMBG decreased the fluctuation of HbA1c and decreased microvascular complications. Decreasing fluctuation of HbA1c may play an important role in diabetes treatment.


The gradient method, Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) method, L2 cooled roughness (CRL2) method and L1 cooled roughness (CRL1) method are applied to the problem of recovering the relative permittivity structure of a dielectric object. The CRL1 method is a novel technique for the recovery of the relative permittivity structure of a dielectric object introduced in this work. The frequencies used in this work range from 0.80Hz to 1.2 GHz. The size of the permittivity structure is approximately 1 wavelength, which is approximately 30cm at 10Hz. The gradient method and LM method were unable to recover the relative permittivity structure unless the starting model is very close to the target. Both methods require a starting model that is close to the target model for them to be successful. The CRL2 method was able to recover a blurry approximation to the target relative permittivity structure. The blurriness is due to the L2 norm. The CRL1 method is able to recover "blocky" structure. In the absence of noise, the CRL1 method was able to recover structure that was approximately one third wavelength in size. The recovery of structure at a fraction of a wavelength is highly sensitive to noise. Even at 0.0 1% noise, the CRL1 algorithm had difficulty recovering the exact structure.


Abstract A new weighted orthogonal least squares algorithm is derived to estimate linear and non-linear continuous time differential equation models from complex frequency response data. The algorithm combines the properties and advantages of both weighted and orthogonal least squares algorithms. A weighted complex orthogonal estimator, obtained by combining the proposed algorithm with the modified error reduction ratio test provides an effective and robust way of detecting the correct model structure or determining which terms to include in the model and identifying the unknown parameters. Since the estimation procedure does not involve any numerical differentiation of the noisy data, the performance of the estimator under the influence of significant noise is quite satisfactory. The proposed estimator has been applied successfully to a variety of linear and non-linear systems.


Time Reversal (TR) has been identified as a promising technique for green communications thanks to its focusing properties and it has been shown that Equal Gain Transmission (EGT) has similar focusing properties. TR and EGT are perfectly suited to millimeter (mm)-waves band as their performance increases with the transmission bandwidth size and can therefore be applied to IEEE 802.11 amendment ad to perform highly energy-efficient multi-gigabit transmissions. This paper studies TR and EGT application to IEEE 802.11 directional multi-gigabit orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing physical layer (PHY). Efficiency is demonstrated with the help of a channel propagation analysis and bit error rate performance of different line of sight and non-line of sight propagation scenarios and single-input single-output and multiple-input single-output configurations.


harm a woman's long-term health. Medical discourse, Wu argues, was philogynistic: healthy childbirth was essential to social order, women's long-term health was precious, and fuke medicine flourished in consequence. But the new understanding of gestation as naturally healthy also placed a heavy onus on women to monitor their own bodies, and to control the emotions and impulses that were considered primary factors in triggering pathologies (here again, the parallels with contemporary biomedicine are intriguing). In tune with other feminist histories—including Dorothy Ko's Teachers of the Inner Chambers (1994), Susan Mann's Precious Records (1997), Grace Fong's Herself an Author (2008), and my own Technology and Gender (1997)—Wu's superb study highlights the importance that elite discourses in late imperial China placed upon women (or, at any rate, gentlewomen) as moral subjects: no longer victims of their own biology, but active participants in the reproduction of the social and moral order.


Children's and Young People's Nursing in Practice: a Problem-based Learning Approach represents a comprehensive, innovative and up to date resource that would serve as a useful core text for both pre-qualifying and post-qualifying students undertaking children and young people's nursing programmers, as well as a supporting resource for academics. The authors are not only experts in their practice field but have proven successes in the effective integration of case-based reasoning and problem solving-based learning and teaching approaches within the curriculum. This text offers readers a resource that brings together the mass of concepts, theories and evidence-based practice that are so fundamental to children and young people's nursing.


Suttee (or sati) is a Hindu custom of burning of a widow on her husband's funeral pyre. The origin of the practice has remained obscure and controversial. Even the scriptural sanction of the practice is contested. However, its mention or instantiation in some religious scriptures seems to have assisted in amplification and expansion of the practice. The growth of suttee was very rapid in Kashmir as compared to other parts of India during the period 700-1100 A.D. Kalhana in his chronicle Rajatarangini which is the major source of information for this period in Kashmir has mentioned numerous cases of sati. This paper aims at examining the historicity of suttee in pre-Sultanate Kashmir by putting in use the sources available. Whether the practice was volitional in nature? How much deep-rooted it was in the society? Which sections of the society had either followed or repulsed it? This paper attempts to answer these questions and also sheds light on the social significance of the practice.


The paper discusses advanced technologies for the next generation VSAT network. It includes a discussion of implementing satellites with high EIRP (effective isotropic radiated power), multiple beam satellites that cover multiple spots, on board processing unit, routing, and switching systems. These improved technologies make the VSAT networks are more effective economical communication networks with low cost terminal by means of the improved technologies.


It is rarely challenged that deficits in working memory during childhood are related to academic difficulties. Poor working memory is linked to difficulties focusing, remembering and completing classroom instructions, planning and organizing information, solving problems, and monitoring progress during complex tasks. Researchers have consistently demonstrated a relationship between working memory and reading ability. Moreover, it is well established that students who have deficits in reading also perform poorly on working memory tasks when compared to same-aged peers. The current study assessed the effectiveness of adaptive training on working memory and reading achievement via the use of Cogmed. Cogmed is an evidenced-based intervention designed to improve working memory. Cogmed training uses a web-based computerized system and can be accessed in various locations. The training has been demonstrated to be a complementary intervention and will likely produce the greatest benefit when combined with other sources of interventions. Research has shown that adaptive training in working memory has led to gains in word reading, reading comprehension, mathematical ability, and improved attention. The current study examined the effects of intensive and systematic training in working memory strategies on reading performance. A series of one-sample t-tests and two ANCOVAs were used to statistically determine improvements in working memory performance and significant differences, if any, in reading comprehension and reading fluency achievement between treatment groups. The results indicated that Cogmed training significantly improved working memory performance for the students in the experimental group. However, it appears that the gains did not result in better reading comprehension and reading fluency performance compared to the control group without the working memory training. Implications for the field of school psychology are noted as well as recommendations for future research.


Circ Genom Precis Med. 2018;11:e002387. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCGEN.118.002387 December 2018 Tessa J. Barrett, PhD Angela H. Lee, BA Nathaniel R. Smilowitz, MD Anais Hausvater, MD Glenn I. Fishman, MD Judith S. Hochman, MD Harmony R. Reynolds, MD Jeffrey S. Berger, MD, MS Acute myocardial infarction (MI) occurs in >750 000 patients in the United States each year and is primarily caused by obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). MI with nonobstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA), defined as <50% diameter stenosis in all major epicardial arteries,1 occurs in ≤15% of acute MIs and is more common in women.2 Patients with MINOCA are at heightened risk for morbidity and mortality.3 The pathogenesis of MINOCA is variable; potential mechanisms include atherosclerotic plaque rupture with nonocclusive thrombus, coronary artery spasm, coronary dissection, and the alternate diagnoses of takotsubo syndrome and clinically unrecognized myocarditis. Whole-blood gene expression profiling represents an unbiased method to identify and investigate pathways associated with disease states. We hypothesized this technique would provide unique insight into mechanistic pathways that differ between women with MINOCA as compared with MI-CAD or disease controls. Participants included women who presented to 2 urban tertiary-care centers with MINOCA or MI-CAD and were prospectively enrolled in the Women's HARP study (Heart Attack Research Program; https://www.clinicaltrials.gov; unique identifier: NCT03022552). This study was approved by the New York University School of Medicine Institutional Review Board, and all subjects gave informed consent before participation. Participants electively referred for invasive coronary angiography without acute coronary syndrome and did not have obstructive CAD were identified as disease controls. Peripheral whole blood was collected into PAXgene Blood RNA tubes during the index hospital admission for MI, typically within 24 hours of diagnosis. RNA was isolated and analyzed by RNA sequencing (Illumina HiSeq4000 Sequencing). Transcript differential expression analysis was performed with DESeq, characterization of enriched cell types and pathways were assessed by modular gene expression analysis,4 and ingenuity pathway analysis was performed to assess associations between differentially expressed transcripts and canonical pathways. The significance of the association between transcript expression and pathway analysis was measured by Fisher exact test. Ethics and Institutional Review Board approvals were provided by the New York University School of Medicine. Gene expression profiles from women with MINOCA (n=11; median, 65 years [interquartile range, 62–70]; 100% white, 64% Hispanic), with MI-CAD (n=12; median, 60.5 years [interquartile range, 53–64]; 92% white, 42% Hispanic), and controls (n=9; median, 66 years [interquartile range, 60.5–74.5]; 67% white, 55% Hispanic) were available for analysis. Hierarchical clustering discriminated women with MINOCA from MI-CAD and disease controls (Figure [A and B]). A distinct 2239-transcript signature was defined in women with MINOCA versus controls (P<0.05; Figure [A and C]), and 2145 differentially expressed transcripts were identified between MINOCA versus MI-CAD (P<0.05; Figure [B and D]). RESEARCH LETTER


Transition metal dichalcogenide semiconductors are ultrathin thin semiconductors that host a rich suite of photophysical phenomena. Excitons govern light-matter interactions in these 2D semiconductors and are fundamental packets of energy that can be manipulated with external stimuli and nanofabricated environments for next-generation technologies. Using nano-optical spectroscopy techniques to access excitonic physics at extreme length scales, a striking diversity of excitonic phenomena has been identified in these 2D materials, including heterogeneity due to edge states and charge puddles. Our latest findings highlight how strain localizes excitons on length scales that are commensurate with their size due to wrinkling phenomena that are unique to 2D materials. These results demonstrate the potential of monolayer semiconductors to be utilized for nanoscale optoelectronic devices with unique functionalities derived from excitonic physics.


Over the last fifteen years, research has confirmed what many criminal justice practitioners have long suspected: among criminal populations, drug use is a predictor of future criminal activity. Improved drug testing technology has significantly enhanced the ability to obtain information about an arrestee's recent drug use. However, the use of this information is a source of considerable debate. Some propose evidence of an arrestee's recent drug use should play a part in decisions about pretrial detention, including what requirements should be imposed as a condition of release. Opponents contend the results "predict" future criminality, but only because the drug test information duplicates other risk factors, such as the accused's prior criminal history. The opponents argue that widespread drug testing of arrestees is unnecessary because information on these other risk factors is readily available, cheaper and less intrusive. In this paper, we examine two empirical issues in this debate. First, are the results of drug tests at the time of arrest related to recidivism after the effects of other risk factors have been taken into account? Second, does the ability of drug test results to predict recidivism vary depending on an individual's other risk factors?


A key objective of the National Institutes of Health Roadmap Initiative during the past 2 years has been to address scientific problems and issues through innovative research collaborations that cut across disciplines, traditions, and agendas.


HACCP was used in Combining hot-air drying and microwave-vacuum drying in order to ensure stability and reliability of combined drying product quality. Hazard points were analysised in each process of the optimize technical condition. The three critical Control Point in drying technical condition. Schedule of HACCP was formulated by critical Control Point,critical limits and corrective actions were established to ensure quality and safety of the drying products.


Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore managers' understanding of workplace health promotion (WHP) and experiences of WHP activity within small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in a Health and Social Care Trust area of Northern Ireland. The paper aims to focus on engagement with activities within the context of prevention of ill‐health and health protection, lifestyle issues and working culture and the environment as defined in the Luxembourg Declaration on WHP.Design/methodology/approach – A Heideggerian interpretive phenomenological methodology is adopted, using in‐depth telephone interviews with a purposive sample of 18 SME managers. Data are analysed using Benner's strategy for data analysis.Findings – "Levels of awareness of WHP activity" are revealed as a central theme and interpreted as "high awareness activities", including the need to: preserve and protect employee health and safety, prevent ill‐health and injury and promote employees' quality of daily living, and "low awareness act...


Contactor multiphase medium voltage vacuum (100) suitable to be connected to an associated polyphase electric circuit (101) comprising: - a frame mount (10) on which are located: - for each phase, a current interrupter suitable for being operatively connected to a corresponding phase of said polyphase electric circuit (101), said power switch contains a vacuum piston (1) containing a fixed contact (2) and a corresponding movable contact (3); - an actuator (20) for movement of the movable contacts (3) between a closed position where each of the movable contacts (3) is coupled to a corresponding fixed contact (2) and an open position where each contact mobile (3) is electrically separated from the corresponding fixed contact (2); - an electronic unit (40) actuating said actuator (20); characterized by further containing: - a voltage transformer (30) for feeding said electronic unit (40), said voltage transformer on said frame (10) being mounted at least partially coated with an electrically insulating coating (31) ; and - one or more sacrificial fault protection devices (50) which are operatively connected with said voltage transformer (30) and are embedded in said electrically insulating cladding (31).


In this paper we consider a two-group discriminant analysis problem where each group is a mixture of two subgroups. Based upon data from a clinical study of alcohol involvement and diseases, simulation experiments were performed for three different configurations of means and covariance matrices. Expected actual non-error rates are estimated for the linear, quadratic, and kernel discriminant functions for sample sizes 30, 50, 75, 100, 150 and 200. A conclusion of the article is that the kernel discriminant function performs as well as or better than quadratic discriminant function. However, the linear discriminant function was clearly inferior to either the quadratic or kernel discriminant functions.


Since 1999 the small town of Salas de los Infantes (Burgos, Spain) has been the meeting point where a palaeontology congress on dinosaurs and their biotic environment has been and continues to be held. This is the only theme conference on Mesozoic dinosaurs that is organized in Spain. The sixth edition was published in September 2013 (VI Jornadas Internacionales de Dinosaurios y su Entorno/VI International Conference on Dinosaurs and their Environment; Torcida Fernandez-Baldor and Huerta, 2013). From its beginning, the symposium has presented studies that reflect the state of research on these fascinating animals, and have showed that several research groups located in different Spanish institutions have grown in number and experience over the years. Currently in Spain, the research work on dinosaurs and other contemporary species that interacted with them during the Mesozoic is internationally recognized for the interest of the studied fossil-sites and for the quality of the developed projects, despite living immersed in an unfavorable time for funding scientific research. This situation has led to the collaboration with specialists from other countries and greater attention in international scientific forums towards the Iberian palaeontological heritage. This special issue Dinosaur Palaeontology and Environment consists of twelve papers dealing with diverse topics on vertebrate palaeobiology. It provides a view of the current state-of-the-art of the vertebrate palaeontology made in Spain. The majority of the contributions are based on fossils found in the Iberian Peninsula and particularly in the Iberian Range, either skeletal bones or tracks and eggshells. The articles are focused on the second half of the Mesozoic: four in the Middle-Late Jurassic or the Jurassic-Cretaceous interval, four in the Early Cretaceous and four in the latest Cretaceous. Topics of study are diverse and range from the diversity of the Late Jurassic turtles of Europe to the evolution of the latest Cretaceous Iberian dinosaurs and associated fauna, passing through new records of crocodylomorphs in Teruel and the palaeobiological implications based on sauropod tracks from Portugal and Spain, among others. Two articles are related to European turtles. In the first one, Perez-Garcia (2015a) revised the British record of Tropidemys, a plesiochelyd genus well known in the Kimmeridgian of Switzerland and Germany. "Pelobatochelys" blakii from the Kimmeridge Clay of Dorset (England) is considered to be a valid species of Tropidemys. Moreover, the presence of Tropidemys in the Lusitanian Basin enlarges the diversity of plesiochelyd turtles in the Late Jurassic of Portugal. In the second paper, the diversity of eucryptodiran turtles in the Late Jurassic of Europe is increased thanks to the revision of two problematic specimens: Enaliochelys chelonia from the Kimmeridgian of Cambridgeshire (England), regarded as a valid taxon by Perez-Garcia (2015b), and "Thalassemys moseri" from the Tithonian of the Oleron Island (France), which Preface Dinosaur Palaeontology and Environment


In vitro, RNA editing of the serotonin 2C receptor (5HT2CR) alters its signal transduction efficiency. Fully edited (VGV) 5HT2CR's show low constitutive and agonist‐stimulated activity, whereas non‐edited (INI) 5HT2CR's exhibit the converse pattern. To test whether 5HT2CR editing alters its function ex vivo, 125‐I DOI and 3‐H mesulergine autoradiography was performed on brain sections from mice solely expressing either the INI or VGV receptors. Similar to in vitro observations, VGV receptors exhibited decreased, whereas INI receptors exhibited increased high affinity G‐protein coupling relative to wild‐type (WT) receptors. In addition, relative to WT mice, INI expressing mice showed greater increases in plasma corticosterone following treatment with the 5HT2CR agonist, MK‐212. INI expressing mice did not show alterations in expression of glucocorticoid receptor, suggesting that changes in the stress circuit did not account for the differences in 5HT2CR agonist‐induced corticosterone release. These data show that editing of the 5HT2CR alters its function in vivo.


The article lays stress on trade relations between the Sanjak of Scutari (Shkodra) and the Republic of Venice in the first half of the XVIIIth Century (1700-1757). The Venetian Trade Authority of 'Cinque Savi alla Mercanzia' established the Lazzaretto of Castelnovo (Herzeg Novi) of Montenegro in 1701 to quarantine the wares from the port of San Sergius of Scutari (Shen Shirqi i Shkodres) and other ports of Albania. They instituted also the Venetian customs duty of the 'Cottimo of Durazzo, Boiana of Scutari (Buna e Shkodres) and the other ports of Albania', and opened the Venetian vice-consulate of Scutari in 1706. During the first twenty years of XVIIIth Century, the trade relations between Durazzo (Durres) and Venice were at its peak. So did also the wool trade of Scutari (Shkodra) that rendered Albania the leading partner of wool trade with Venice, providing with the Albanian wool the textile industry of Venice and the Northern Italy. Scutari had eight hundred merchants, who brought from the Albanian and the Balkan marketplaces and fairs the main products such as wool, leather, wax, tobacco, oil etc. They had set up almost a hundred and thirty companies in Venice. In 1736, Scutari was known in Venice as the most important city of Albania with a bazaar and one thousand shops. In 1745, its foreign trade spread also in Triest, Ancona, and Apulia on account also of the Dolcignote (Ulqin) vessels. Besides, the Scutarine trade reached high values during the period 1744-6 and 1746-51 and reduced substantially towards 1755-6, because of the half fare of the customs duty of the cottimo at the lazaretto of Castelnovo and Split and the lack of wares in the Balkan hinterland. Keywords: Scutari (Shkodra), Venice, trade, XVIIIth Century, 1700-1757.


To validate Caveolin‐1 as an independent prognostic marker of biochemical recurrence (BCR) in a large multi‐institutional cohort of patients with prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy (RP).


tributable to the incompetency of the examiner conducting the test. In many instances, however, they are properly chargeable to a prevailing practice whereby otherwise qualified examiners will accept for test purposes subjects who have been rendered unfit for any such testing because of the treatment they have encountered at the hands of police investigators before being presented for lie-detector tests. No one in his right mind would expect a medical technician to conduct a satisfactory metabolism test on a patient who had just emerged from a fist fight or who had been chased up a flight of stairs or who had been verbally abused and threatened while on his way to the examination room. Yet the thought apparently seldom occurs to some police investigators that a person may be rendered unfit for a lie-detector test by an extensive interrogation based upon frequent and constant accusations of guilt. In many of these instances, the lie-detector examiner is unable to make a diagnosis that he considers reliable; his report is "indefinite" or "inconclusive," and so the press report reads too. In cases where the extensive interrogation is accompanied by actual physical abuse, the positive suggestions of guilt constituting part of the "third degree" procedure may produce test


A new reverse fault zone,60 km long,was found on the alluvial and pluvial fan of the northern bank of Bayinguole river, Delingha, Qinghai Province. The fault is a sub-extrusion tectonics belongs to the northern margin of NNW-NWW oriented active fault system in Qaidam basin. Its tectonic geomorphology is characterized by clear linear fault scarps, the average vertical slip rate of the fault is about 0.41±0.27 mm/a since late period of the late Pleistocene. About three palaeo-earthquake events are found by trenching along the active fault zone, their ages are 32.7±1.45 ka, 15.54±1.32 ka and 3.2±0.335 ka, respectively.


concentrations, and of biologic spectra. I would point out that antibiotics are natural products derived principally from micro-organisms that normally inhabit soil, and that when properly used they are among the most potent antimicrobial agents. No useful purpose is served by confusing the student with mention of bizarre but unimportant antibiotics. In chemistry I would stress the principles involved in extraction and purification of antibiotics and in preparing them for use, pointing out how these principles are related to the facts the student already knows about salt formation and the reactions of acids, bases, and amphoteric substances. Finally, I would try to lead the student to a realization of the impact that widespread use of antibiotics is having on our social and economic structure and to help him prepare for meeting some of the economic and especially social problems that are being intensified by use of antibiotics.


Investigation undertaken, using a combination of petrographic and geochemical techniques to obtain information on the type, origin, and amount of organic matter found in surface sediments of Lake Constance


Network slicing is the key enabler to support vertical applications with diverse service level agreements and is expected to be inherited in the future mobile networks. However, due to the tricky inter-slice interference, the slicing strategy within the radio access network (RAN) domain is still considered to be a challenging problem, which needs to be optimized globally by taking the radio resource allocations of all cells and all slices into account. In this paper, we propose a low-complexity RAN slicing strategy by using the suggest-and-improve framework, where two high-level steps, i.e., the suggest step and the improve step, are performed alternatively. In the suggest step, a randomized method is utilized to find a candidate tuple consisting of a slice and a cell. In the improve step, a swapping operation is performed between the resource blocks of the specific slice and other slices within the specific cell. Simulation results show that the proposed suggest-and-improve algorithm outperforms the existing algorithms in terms of the total inter-slice interference as well as the average user throughput, while maintaining the computation time in the order of few milliseconds.


Photocatalytic CO2 reduction is a promising strategy for sustainable development. Optimizing the structure of photocatalysts to facilitate the separation of electron–hole pairs for improved performance is not only highly desirable but also challenging. Aiming to improve the photocatalytic reduction of CO2, Ru is selected and applied to modify Bi2MoO6. Compared to pure Bi2MoO6, Ru‐Bi2MoO6 exhibits substantially excellent photocatalytic activity in CO2 reduction with CO generation of 142.77 μmol−1 g−1 and selectivity of 100% under simulated sunlight. The enhancement might be attributed to the following: 1) Ru0 acting as an electron acceptor facilitates unique interaction and activation with CO, 2) Ru4+ doping enhances light absorption with addition impure energy levels within the bandgap, 3) ultrathin layers is in favor of improving the specific surface area and providing more exposed sites for CO2 adsorption and activation, and 4) interfaces between Ru and Bi2MoO6 accelerate charge transfer and separation, and electrons and holes are efficiently transferred to Ru and Ru4+, respectively, facilitating the reduction and oxidation reactions. This work provides a new approach to improve photocatalytic CO2 abatement and further presents valuable new insights into the design modification of photocatalytic systems.


This thesis is concerned with the place of the seventh Earl of Shaftesbury within the Evangelical tradition, particularly with the relationship in Shaftesbury's understanding between evangelism and socio-economic reform. Hence it includes extensive investigation of Evangelical attitudes towards economics. The thesis is intended to show that there was a significant theological foundation to the dynamic relationship in Shaftesbury's thought and action of these two aspects of his life. Chapter 1 places the biographical material on Shaftesbury and recent scholarship on Evangelicalism in context, and also introduces the setting of the Victorian age. Chapters 2 and 3 chart the development and emergence of the Evangelical tradition and Chapter 4 seeks to understand the place within Evangelicalism occupied by Shaftesbury. Chapter 5 is an investigation of the various attitudes adopted by Evangelicals to questions of economics, including economic policy. Chapter 6 introduces a discussion of paternalism in Victorian society. Chapter 7 describes Shaftesbury's views on Political Economy and paternalism. Chapter 8 considers the demand for purity made upon Evangelicalism and its implications, especially as it related to the understanding of mission and the millennium. Chapter 9 reviews Shaftesbury involvement with a range of voluntary missionary societies, including discussion of tensions over social welfare. Chapter 10 locates all this discussion in the theological context of the millennial tradition, while chapter 11 develops this theme into an analysis of mission, the millennium and social welfare, including consideration of practical examples of socio-economic disturbance. Chapter 11 also seeks to develop an alternative Evangelical eschatological framework for the improved understanding of nineteenth-century views on evangelism and social welfare. Chapter 12 brings the previous examination together with a review of Shaftesbury's theology and practice of mission. Chapter 13 charts the contraction and decline of Evangelicalism in the later nineteenth-century, with chapter 14 drawing together overall conclusions.


The BCL6 gene is frequently altered by chromosomal translocations and/or point mutations at its 5′ non‐coding portion in B‐cell non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma (B‐NHL). We analysed submicroscopic structural alterations of the BCL6 gene which had arisen from internal deletion in four cases with B‐NHL and found that these deletions overlapped at the 280 bp region in the first intron. In electrophoretic mobility shift assay, nuclear extracts prepared from various cell lines were shown to bind to a fragment from this commonly deleted region. Our results suggest that deregulation of BCL6 expression would be caused by loss of this putative protein‐binding sequence in some B‐NHL cases.


It introduces the fire control water pump,and aiming at the importance of reasonable selecting and design the fire control water pump automatic control program and according to the related fire prevention gauge of nation and industry,it analyses and researches the electrical control program of fire control water pump,to make the electrical control program become gauge and standard.


I. The Role of a Country's Elites The political elite is understood as a factor that operates within a given institutional system. An according institutional approach has dominated theory, namely democracy theory. This might work for western European countries, but such an approach leads to an incomplete understanding of power politics in eastern European countries. Moreover, it provides an incomplete understanding of the very actors that are responsible for politics and the nature of an institutional system. We do not have to forget that the actors came first, and not the institutions. Bearing this in mind, the insight that the formal institutional change after 1989/1991 in Eastern Europe (or in other systemic transformations) has not led to a radical elite change is not really surprising. If the actors are the decisive part, the formation of post-Soviet power elites and elite structures had to and could only be based on connections with old power structures and networks – otherwise the system would have collapsed. The question of systemic survival forced the actors to adapt to new (democratic) institutions and elections, but this did not mean that the actors appreciated those structures as guiding principles for their interactions. With the knowledge of more than twenty years of transformation, we can say without problems that political responsible accepted new institutions as a façade, as there have to be some institutions. Just to remind: Soviet Union-made institutions had also very quickly developed to a façade beyond which the actors functioned according to their rules, and in this situation the formal rules were often led ad absurdum or trivialized. There is a difference, however, that has been tricky to handle for the actors: A democratic setting and democratic institutions per se run counter to the establishment of façade institutions, as there will be a legitimacy


According to the Schiff theorem an external electric field vanishes at atomic nucleus in a neutral atom, i.e. it is completely shielded by electrons. This makes a nuclear electric dipole moment (EDM) unobservable. In this paper an extension of the Schiff theorem to an oscillating electric field is considered. Such field can reach the nucleus and gives a possibility to measure nuclear EDM and to test theories of CP violation. The enhancement effect appears if the field is in resonance with atomic or molecular transition. The shielding by electrons may also strongly affect low-energy nuclear electric dipole transitions in different nuclear reactions.


The present invention addresses the problem of producing a functional intestinal organoid from pluripotent stem cells. An intestinal organoid is produced from pluripotent stem cells through the following steps: (1) a step for differentiating the pluripotent stem cells into endoderm-like cells; (2) a step for differentiating the endoderm-like cells obtained in step (1) into intestinal stem cell-like cells; (3) a step for culturing the intestinal stem cell-like cells obtained in step (2) to form a spheroid; and (4) a step for differentiating the spheroid formed in step (3) to form an intestinal organoid, wherein culturing is carried out in the presence of, in addition to an epidermal growth factor, a BMP inhibitor and a Wnt signal activator, a MEK1/2 inhibitor, a DNA methylation inhibitor, a TGFβ receptor inhibitor and a γ-secretase inhibitor.


Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is probably the most common endocrinopathy in women of reproductive age. As a co-occurrence of polycystic ovary morphology (PCO) and amenorrhoea, it was first described by Stein and Leventhal in 1935. Nowadays, PCOS is considered not only a syndrome of ovarian dysfunction but a complex disorder with an extremely heterogenous systemic clinical presentation. The prevalence of the syndrome is estimated to be 5–10% in different ethnic populations and as much as 22% of women in general population have PCO on ultrasound. 1 PCOS accounts for about three-quarters of all cases of anovulatory infertility and for about 90% of the causes of hirsutism. 2 According to the 2003 Rotterdam Consensus criteria, 3


:  English is tacitly accepted as the world language in various areas of international activities. Likewise, legal English, the language of the common law, is the lingua franca of international commercial and legal transactions by means of contracts. Within the present globalized scenario, there has been a reordering of power dynamics in the relationship of world Englishes parties towards a more symmetrical and cooperative type. This paper critically discusses power dynamics in legal English in world Englishes in the light of new trends in the international petroleum business. Qualitative research was conducted contrasting a former concessionaire contract dated 1934 and modern petroleum contracts dated after the 1950s. The conclusion is that the new texturing resulting from changes in the real world is not integrally reflected in the legal English of petroleum contracts.


The subject of this work is the archaeology of exploitation of woodland on and around Exmoor, in south-west England. Firstly, it attempts to analyse patterns of woodland management over a large area. Secondly, the area studied in this research is an upland and its fringes, with a dispersed settlement pattern, which is an environment of a type still under-represented in work on landscape development. Thirdly, the geographical area selected for study, Exmoor and its fringes, saw relatively little sustained scholarly work until the 1990s. The results of the surveys of the 1990s, which recorded a high level of archaeological features relating to woodland management, indicate that further progress can now be made by analysing and interpreting the data. The period covered by this research runs from the date of Domesday Book (1086) to the early 19th century. With appendices of data and CD ROM.


Samples of oxidized cellulose (OC) with various carboxyl contents and degrees of crystallinity were obtained by the oxidation of native and mercerized cellulose with a solution of nitrogen(IV) oxide in CCl4. A detailed characterization of these OC samples was performed. The effect of oxidation conditions (concentration of N2O4 in the solution and oxidation time) and starting cellulose material on OC characteristics (carboxyl, carbonyl and nitrogen content, degree of crystallinity and polymerization, surface area and swelling, and acidic properties) was investigated. Reactivity in the oxidation process was higher in mercerized cellulose than in native cellulose. The action of dilute solutions (10–15%) of N2O4 did not affect the degree of crystallinity of cellulose samples. Under these conditions, the oxidation took place mainly in amorphous regions and on the surface of crystallites. Oxidation in a concentrated (40%) N2O4 solution led to the destruction of crystallites, which increased the surface area and swelling of cellulose in water. The surface area and the swelling of OC samples increased with a decrease in the index of crystallinity. The acidic properties of OC were shown to increase with an increase of swelling in water. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 4785–4791, 2004


This digest presents a compilation of state commercial driver license/commercial motor vehicle (CDL/CMV) regulations, an overview summary of the federal motor carrier safety regulations, and information on the availability of state CMV and regular driver's manuals, among other information. The report should be useful to attorneys, legislators, transit and trucking company administrators, school and other types of transportation administrators, and those in charge of state driver's manuals and legislation. The contents are organized as follows: (I) Introduction; (II) Federal Commercial Driver's License and Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Requirements and Regulation; (III) State and Local CDL/CMV Safety Requirements and Regulations; (IV) CDL/CMV State Information Questionnaire; (Appendix A) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; (Appendix B) State CDL/CMV Safety Requirements and Regulations; and (Appendix C) Questionnaire Survey Instrument.


This chapter takes up the question of what it means for a person's moral identity to be aspirational and how we can go about cultivating aspirational moral identities that are conducive to moral improvement. It considers the role of conflict and crisis in precipitating critical reflection on existing moral identities. It also considers the ways in which a person can enhance her capacities for the requisite kind of reflection, with a particular focus on perspective shifts, imagination, and the use of exemplars. The chapter draws on work by Agnes Callard and David Velleman to argue that aspirational moral identities are cultivated proleptically through developing and enacting imaginative self-conceptions that reflect moral aspirations. These imaginative self-conceptions take the form of what the chapter describes as fictive moral selves.


Residue number system (RNS) has been recognized as a robust method to perform computations in a parallel fashion. RNS operations provide us with the capability of solving a precise or fuzzy system using a low resolution multi-moduli system. Despite of the advantages of RNS operations in parallel addition, subtraction, and multiplication, it suffers from some drawbacks such as RNS to binary conversion, sign detection, parity detection, overflow detection, scaling and division by Burgess (1997), and Szaho and Tanaka (1967). Several techniques have been developed to alleviate these drawbacks. For instance MRC (mixed radix conversion) by Szaho and Tanaka (1967), New CRT II (Chinese residue theorem II) by Wang et al. (1998), and core function by Burgess (1997) and Gonella (1991) are some well-known techniques used for RNS to binary conversion. Our study is oriented upon core function. Core function has a non-linear characteristic that causes an ambiguity in RNS to binary conversion as well as sign detection algorithms. Our work is a discussion about the nonlinear characteristic of the core function and its effects on these algorithms. Also, we point to some solutions to alleviate or resolve any ambiguity due to this non-linearity.


There are mainly three explanations for Confucius' sigh of his agreement with ZengDian.The first is,Confucius agrees with ZengDian in order to balance Yin and Yang by offering sacrifices to gods.The second is,Confucius' agreement with ZengDian has the same ideal with the sages,that is the situation in the time of Rao and Shun.The third is,Confucius' agreement with ZengDian is to praise him,and only him,for his wise understanding of the current wituation.They are proved by The Adalects of Confucius.The first one violates Coifucius' idea about geds and the tature and the second one does not accord with his pursuit of Great Harmony and the real object in reality.It is only the third one that accords with Confucius' life attitude that whether he comes into the world or not,and with his ideal and pursuit,and this is what he means in fact.


TeO2‐core/ZnO‐shell nanorods were synthesized by a two–step process comprising thermal evaporation of Te powders and atomic layer deposition of ZnO. Scanning electron microscopy images exhibit that the core‐shell nanorods are 50 ‐ 150 nm in diameter and up to a few tens of micrometers in length, respectively. Transmission electron microscopy and X‐ray diffraction analysis revealed that the cores and shells of the core‐shell nanorods were polycrystalline simple tetragonal TeO2 and amorphous ZnO with ZnO nanocrystallites locally, respectively. Photoluminescence measurement revealed that the TeO2 nanorods had a weak broad violet band at approximately 430 nm. The emission band was shifted to a yellowish green region (∼540 nm) by encapsulation of the nanorods with a ZnO thin film and the yellowish green emission from the TeO2‐core/ZnO‐shell nanorods was enhanced significantly in intensity by increasing the shell layer thickness. The highest emission was obtained for 125 ALD cycles (ZnO coating layer thickness: ∼15 nm) and its intensity was much higher than that of the emission from the uncapsulated TeO2 nanorods. The origin of the enhancement of the emission by the encapsulation is discussed in detail. (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


Abstract : Alcaligenes eutrophus H16 (ATCC 17699), an aerobic H2 oxidizing bacteria, has been selected as the most suitable enzyme source for a NAD-linked soluble hydrogenase. The hydrogenase will be used to study the feasibility of biochemical decompression in hydrogen dive experiments. The choice of this enzyme was based on its ability to oxidize molecular hydrogen to water and its exceptional O2-resistance under general physiological conditions. Methods for growing A. eutrophus in the absence of externally supplied hydrogen have been reviewed with special consideration for their adaptability for mass production of the microorganism under safe conditions. Two methods that avoid the handling of large quantities of inflammable H2 mixtures have been compared and tested in this pilot study. One was the chemolithotrophic method of Schuster & Schlegel, which involved the cultivation of bacteria in a mineral medium under electrolytically produced H2 and O2, and externally supplied CO2; the other was the heterotrophic procedure of Frederick and coworkers, which avoided H2 altogether but supplied the culture medium with fructose and glycerol as energy and carbon sources. Because of its simplicity, rapidity, high yield, and easy adaptability for large scale production, the heterotrophic method was selected. This method is expected to provide the required amount of enzyme for further development of the current research project. (js)


Diamond Shamrock opted for low maintenance but highly accurate oil meters when building a crude oil pipeline in remote West Texas.


We quarantined and investigated imported wood,The result show we intercepted 33 kinds of pests including 6 kinds of quarantined pests defined byplant quarantine of sino-Russian and sino-Mongolia in Erlian.We identified the pests and its hosts,found its distribution.


Low temperature can regulate the expression of plant genes,and thus synthesize many new proteins that are able to enhance the cellular anti-freeze dehydration,protect the action of normal functions of enzymes,and metabolic regulatory function,stability membrane etc.The physical and chemical characters of plant low-temperature-induced proteins and its function in low temperature resistance has been a hot research field.The latest research advances in three kinds of low-temperature-induced proteins were expounded,the antifreeze protein,dehydration protein and heat shock proteins,and their functions in low temperature resistance of plants.


The Markoff equation is x+y+z = 3xyz, and all of the positive integer solutions of this equation occur on one tree generated from (1, 1, 1), which is called the Markoff tree. In this paper, we consider trees of solutions to equations of the form x + y + z = xyz + A. We say a tree of solutions satisfies the unicity condition if the maximum element of an ordered triple in the tree uniquely determines the other two. The unicity conjecture says that the Markoff tree satisifies the unicity condition. In this paper, we show that there exists a sequence of real numbers {cn} such that the tree generated from (1, cn, cn) satisfies the unicity condition for all n, and that these trees converge to the Markoff tree. We accomplish this by first recasting polynomial solutions as linear combinations of Chebyshev polynomials, and showing that these polynomials are distinct. Then we evaluate these polynomials at certain values and use a countability argument. We also obtain upper and lower bounds for these polynomial expressions.


Computer simulations of neural network processes fill an important methodological niche, permitting the investigation of questions not resolvable by physiological, behavioral, or formal approaches alone. Two types of network simulations are considered: simulations of boundary completion and simulations of segmentation. Simulations that compare properties of published models with variations of these models are presented to illustrate how parametric computer simulations have guided the development of neural models of visual perception. model in ways that are similar in some respects to experiments run on human or animal subjects. Models, by definition, do not contain all the richness of the biological processes they model; their very explanatory power comes in part from their greater simplicity. Nevertheless, once the component mechanisms of a model are known to be qualitatively valid, computer simulations have certain distinct advantages over experiments on actual organisms. Simulations can be cheaper and faster, but more importantly, they permit a much more precise level of control of many variables than could ever be realized in physiological or behavioral experimental paradigms. Thus, parameters in a model can be perturbed, or entire components of the model can be deleted or replaced with other mechanisms, by changing the appropriate parts of computer programs. Such systematic investigations can yield a deeper appreciation of the mo-deled mechanisms and their variants, both normal and abnormal ; suggestions for corroborative experiments on live organisms; and even general design insights that can, at times, be formalized into mathematical proofs that would otherwise have been difficult to discover. The Role of Computer Simulations in Theory Development The dynamics of large ensembles of neurons are as yet difficult to observe directly. Even if direct observation were possible, it would not explain how the interactions among neurons generate the emergent properties that sub-serve intelligent behavior. Additional methodologies are needed to investigate how the collective properties of a neural network are related to its components. Computer simulations of neural networks are crucial tools in the current explosion of work in brain science. Although anatomical , physiological, and behavioral methods continue to be fundamental, theoretical investigations of perceptual , cognitive, and motor tasks are gaining increasing importance , thanks in part to the ability afforded by computers to implement and test formal models of distributed brain processes. Many basic problems of skilled behavior can now be modeled in sufficiently precise terms to permit formal mathematical investigation. Once a mathematical model of neural functioning …


[Objective] Anshen Soup intractable insomnia treatment.[Method] Anshen Soup,day 1,20,is a course of treatment.[Results] After 2 courses of treatment,13 cases were cured,13 cases improved,4 cases were cured,with a total effective rate was 86.7%.[Conclusion] Anshen Soup intractable insomnia,a significant effect.


This work by Pe'er et al. [5] presents an algorithm for reconstructing a target sequence using the SBH technology integrated with known similar reference sequence. The goal is to get the best reconstruction, given these two sources of information. Some motivation for using the method: tests are performed separately for each mutation with different technologies. Since we know the sequence of the gene (and sometimes even where the mutation might appears) we would like to use this information for finding the correct path of the SBH output. • Identifying unknown microorganism can be done by the sequence of a conserved known gene. • Identifying a specific strain by more divergent sequences. • Finding the gene's sequence in one species, given this gene's sequence in another species. • HLA-typing (graft recognition). • Detecting somatic mutations (cancer). All those challenges present one common problem: we need to reconstruct a target sequence given a known similar reference sequence. Current technologies are either target-specific, or ignore existing information on target (redo sequencing the target).


Phototransformation Pt to Pfr was investigated with 124-kDa phytochrome from etiolated oat seedlings (Avena sativa L. cv. Pirol) using circular dichroism spectroscopy at -110°C to +30°C. Using absorption spectra of the intermediates formed at the respective temperatures, circular dichroism spectra (300–800 nm) of pure intermediates were calculated.

The sign of the circular dichroic absorption bands changed upon formation of lumi-R, the primary photoproduct of Pr. This would be compatible with a ZE isomerization taking place at this reaction step. The subsequent intermediates (meta-Ra and meta-Rc) as well as Pfr showed only small circular dichroism. Their absorption spectra were drastically shifted, but had similar spectral shapes. The results are discussed in terms of conformational changes of the phytochrome chromophore presumably taking place at the early steps of phototransformation Pr to Pfr.


In this paper, nonlinear pile-soil-structure interaction under dynamic loads is formulated by using free-field soil analysis and beam on Winkler foundation. The free-field motions are calculated separately through a site response analysis using DYFRA program which was developed by the author to prepare the data in the form of displacement time history. Linear beam column finite elements are used to model the piles and structural elements. Nonlinear modeling of soil media is done by introducing a rational approximation to continuum with nonlinear interface springs along the piles. In order to calibrate the parameters used in the model and also verify the proposed formulation, the result of a shaking table tests are used. The numerical analyses-show good consistency with the test results, in terms of recorded spectral acceleration of soil layers and acceleration time history of superstructures above the piles.


IntroductionIn the wake of the revolutions, upheavals, and protests that took place in North Africa and the Arab Middle East from December 2010, different processes of political change have been underway in the region that have caused some academics and analysts to think about a new wave of democratization (Blaydes and Lo, 2011: 2; Diamond, 2011; Dobson, 2011; Gershman, 2011; Grand, 2011; Priego, 2011). Huntington (1991) defined a wave of democratization as "a group of tr ansitions from non-democratic to democratic regimes that occur within a specified period of time and that significantly outnumber transitions in the opposite direction during that period" (15). Likewise, Carothers (2002) characterized a democrati- zation trend as "a simultaneous movement in at least several counties in each region away from dictatorial rule towards more liberal and often more democratic governance" (5). And other authors have identified a contagion (Whitehead, 2001: 3) or a diffusion effect in democratization (Bunce and Wolchik, 2006: 10).The features of simultaneity, contagion, and similar processes are present in the political dynamics of North Africa and the Middle East initiated after the so-called "Arab Spring" or "Arab Awakening" (Pace and Cavatorta, 2012). However, we maintain, as a starting point in this research, that a democratic tsunami has not occurred in the Arab World. There is not a wave of democratization in the region, but rather a fifth wave of political change with different results in the nature of each political regime: democratization, political liberalization, new forms of authoritarianism, or cosmetic reforms without any substantial effect on the nature of the political regime1 (Szmolka, 2014a: 128).In this article, we focus on democratic transitions toward democracy. We analyze two Arab countries where a democratic transition was initiated after the authoritarian leaders were forced to resign as a consequence of popular revolutions: Tunisia and Egypt.: The overthrow of the authoritarian rulers opens a promising scenario for democratization (Asseburg, 2012: 5). Authoritarian rulers also fell in Libya and Yemen, and a democratic transition was initiated. Nevertheless, the two countries are not included in our study because the outcomes of their respective transitions are currently very unclear. Moreover, the cases of Tunisia and Egypt allow us to apply the most similar design approach (Przeworski and Ternie, 1970). On the one hand, Tunisia and Egypt share similar political, social, and cultural characteristics (the control variables). In terms of political features, at the moment of the uprisings, both countries were hegemonic and restrictive authoritarian regimes' (Szmolka, 2011: 21). Also, revolutions triggered democratic transitions and, after the fall of the authoritarian regimes, Tunisia and Egypt followed the same transitologists' classic pattern for democratization: increasing pluralism, enactment of a new Constitution, and the holding of competitive elections. Likewise, the two transitions occurred in a scenario polarized between Islamist and secular parties. On the other hand, transitions in Tunisia and Egypt present different results in terms of the outcome of the democratic transition (dependent variable): democratization in Tunisia and a new hegemonic authoritarianism in Egypt.The main aim of this article is to explain why the transitional process has failed in Egypt while it has been successful in Tunisia. The working hypothesis of fins research is that the model of democratic transition implemented in Egypt has not allowed a regime change. Thus, the dependent variable of this research is the existence or non-existence of a regime change from authoritarianism to democracy. The explanatory variable is the model of transition. The mam conclusion of the research is that, in Egypt, the exclusionary transition and the intervention of a non-accountable actor (the Army) have prevented the possibility of establishing a democratic regime. …


Volatile oil was obtained from pine cone of Pinus koraiensis by steam distillation method.The effects of extraction time,solid-liquid ratio,soaking time and grinding degree on the extraction volume of volatile oil were investigated.The optimal extraction conditions were obtained as follows:extraction time 5h,solidliquid ratio 1∶8(g∶mL),soaking time 1.5h,grinding degree 80eyelets.Under these optimal conditions,the extraction volume of volatile oil reached 0.28mL for 60g pine cone powder.


La documentation est disponible sur le site officiel "virtualbox" : http://www.virtualbox.org/download/... Lire page 63 point 22.214.171.124 18.104.22.168 Debian and Ubuntu hosts To set up a permanent host interface on a modern Debian or Ubuntu host, follow these steps : 1. First install the bridge utilities (bridge-utils). package. You can do this from the command line as follows $sudo apt-get install bridge-utils 2. Next, you must add an entry to the file /etc/network/interfaces to describe the (...)


Experimental and theoretical studies of an amorphous As 2 S 5 semiconductor show the appearance of a nonlinear variation of the refractive index Δn e produced by a weak He-Ne laser beam. The refractive-index variation needs long-time exposure (hours) and survives for a long time (a few days) after the laser is switched off. The main feature of the theoretical model proposed here is the existence of electron and hole trapped states resulting in slow relaxation and recombination, and the dependence of generation and recombination rates in a given trap on the space distribution of electron-hole ordering


With the introduction of renewable energy sources and the technological revolution known as smart grid, a review of the traditional energy accounts based on current standards needs to be addressed. The energy delivered to customers by distorted and asymmetrical voltages and currents has not only a useful component, but it can also have a harmful one. Unfortunately, traditional energy meters are not capable of distinguishing them. These components can be identified using a new concept of working, detrimental, and reflected energy meters. Measurement of these three components of energy delivery to the customers enables identification of the party responsible for waveform distortion and asymmetry in distribution systems and consequently, losses of revenue. This may create economic incentives for both the energy provider and customers aimed at the reduction of harmonics and asymmetry.


This paper reports on the application of hydrodynamic cavitation by the use
of submerged cavitating liquid jets to trigger widespread cavitation and
induce oxidation of organic compounds in the bulk liquid solution with a two
order of magnitude increase in energy efficiency compared to the ultrasonic
means.

The results are compared to a bubble dynamics model that includes heat and
mass transport, collective bubble effects, and a first order Arrhenius
reaction rate model. Comparison of model results with experiment indicated
the reactions were limited by contaminant transport to the bubble surface
rather than by radical generation or the intensity of bubble collapse. Other
findings are the desirability of operating at atmospheric ambient pressure
and low driving pressures and of maximizing cavity surface area. These
results suggest a great potential for the use of jet cavitation in practical
scale waste treatment and remediation systems.


115 strains of yeast which can endure high alcohol were isolated from surounding, and are based on selective medium of high concentration alcohol. After selected by two grades, astrain was got which produces high alcohol named SP - 48. It was identified as Saccharomyces cerevisiace. Under the condition that the ratio of material and water is 1:2, and fermentation time is 72 hours, the alcohol yieldis 16.5.


The purpose of this paper is to determine a simple and efficient method of reduction of Riemann theta-functions of large genus to Riemann theta-functions of smaller genus.Figures: 1. Bibliography: 15 titles.


The need of scaleable key management support for Mobile IP, especially the route‐optimized Mobile IP, is well known. In this paper, we present the design and the implementation of a public key management system that can be used with IETF basic and route optimized Mobile IP. The system, known as the Mobile IP Security (MoIPS) system, was built upon a DNS based X.509 Public Key Infrastructure and the innovation in cross certification and zero‐message key generation. The system can supply cryptographic keys for authenticating Mobile IPv.4 location management messages and establishing IPSec tunnels for Mobile IP redirected packets. It can also be used to augment firewall traversal of Mobile IP datagrams. A FreeBSD UNIX implementation of the MoIPS prototype is available for non‐commercial uses.


The brand of produce is the important sign of agricultural industrialization and modernization as well as the way to improve the quality and security level and competitiveness in the market.China is at the initial phase of the establishment of brand of produce and the discussion of the assessment of this competitiveness id an important part in the theoretical study of the brand of produce.It will also play a guiding and reinforcing role to improve the competitiveness of the brand on the practical level.This article analyzes theoretically and constructs as index system based mainly on market evaluation and quality evaluation,which takes evaluation of benefit and that of potentiality into consideration.It adopts the gradation method to determine index weight and synthetic grading method to determine score,which lead to a comparative assessment of the competitiveness of the brand of produce.


After 30 years of reform and opening-up,outstandinng achievements are made in China's peace development.Looking to the future,China still has a long and tortuous way to go on the course of peace development,as it is faced with many domestic as well as international inhibiting factors.Therefore,it is necessary to take the two situations into account and plan accordingly,be clear in mind,do solid work,press forward in face of difficulties and lay a sound foundation for the revival of the Chinese nation.


Traditional fine forest survey methods mainly rely on ground surveys and use remote sensing image to estimate, which has problems such as low efficiency, poor data objectivity, difficult to unifiy standard control, and low degree of automation. Based on the DEM, DSM, lidar point cloud, and tilt photography model from multiple sources and resolutions, by superimposing high-resolution remote sensing image and selecting eight representative evaluation indicators such as distribution interpretation, species legibility, vegetation penetration ability and parameter extractability, this paper analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of forest resource surveys under these methods and proposed a fast and high-precision method for fine forest resources sruvey. The results showed that the forest resource survey based on lidar technology can meet the needs of fine forest resources survey and can be used for fine forest resources survey.


Large-scale earthquake sequence simulations using the boundary element method (BEM) incur extreme computational costs through multiplying a dense matrix with a slip rate vector. Hierarchical matrices (H-matrices) have often been used to accelerate this multiplication. However, the complexity of the structures of the H-matrices and the communication costs between processors limit their scalability, and they therefore cannot be used efficiently in distributed memory computer systems. Lattice H-matrices have recently been proposed as a tool to improve the parallel scalability of H-matrices. In this study, we developed a method for earthquake sequence simulations applicable to 3D nonplanar faults with lattice H-matrices. We present a simulation example and verify the mesh convergence of our method for a 3D nonplanar thrust fault using rectangular and triangular discretizations. We also performed performance and scalability analyses of our code. Our simulations, using over ${10^5}$ degrees of freedom, demonstrated a parallel acceleration beyond ${10^4}$ MPI processors and a > 10-fold acceleration over the best performance when the normal H-matrices are used. Using this code, we can perform unprecedented large-scale earthquake sequence simulations on geometrically complex faults with supercomputers. The software is made an open-source and freely available.


Lysyl hydroxylase (LH) catalyzes the hydroxylation of lysine in collagens and more than 15 other proteins and it plays an important role in the physiological and pathological processes in the human beings. LH has a variety of isoenzymes, the functions of which depend on some cosubstrates and can be inhibited by some substances. Previous researches have shown that it is related with some fibrotic and inherited diseases and futher study of the enzyme may help us find new targets for the treatment of the diseases.


To describe aromaticity of planar and three-dimensional molecules, different electron counting rules are employed. Here, the relationship between the Huckel 4n + 2 rule and the Hirsch 2(n + 1)2 rule is established based on formal approach considering the electrons as objects in an arbitrary n-dimensional space of states. Two types of three-dimensional aromaticity, referred to as 'spherical' (following the 4n + 2 electron counting rule) and 'spatial' (following the 2(n + 1)2 electron counting rule) are distinguished. A conclusion concerning the boundaries of the Periodic Table of Elements is made based on the same formal approach that no g- (or higher) elements can exist and that possible extension of the Periodic Table beyond the seventh period must be followed by filling of the 8p or inner 6f or 7d levels. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


In this second part of their paper, the Authors develop a simple conduction-based theoretical model to describe aspects of the results presented in Part 1 , with particular emphasis on dilution behaviour. The model is combined with calorimetric heat transfer measurements in order to investigate the finding that only a small fraction of the total process power is required to melt observed plate fusion-zone areas. A dual heat source' fusion model is suggested in which plate melting is largely in response to direct arc heating, providing a means of optimising plate dilution and so reducing the risk of fusion defects. These and other aspects of the problem are considered in some detail; apart from the choice of mean current and welding speed, only limited opportunities appear to exist for manipulating the plate fusion characteristics; dilution may be maximised by increasing arc cathode heating, use of preheat, and by choice of wire size and/or pulse structure.


Over the past week, we have observed yellow patches developing in soybean fields across Iowa (Figure 1). There are several different causes, including spider mites and soybean cyst nematode. However, we will look at three additional problems that are causing these patches: sudden death syndrome, charcoal rot and top dieback.


Tissue destruction is a primary characteristic of periodontal disease. The destructive mechanisms have not been clarified, but hydrolytic enzymes from plaque bacteria and inflammatory cells have been suggested as possible mediators.'3 Neutrophilic polymorphonuclear leukocytes (neutrophils) are always present in gingival crevices, but more neutrophils are found in samples of chronically inflamed gingiva than in those of healthy gingiva.4 Acid phosphatase, hyaluronidase, and protease are found in neutrophils,-8 and also are produced by plaque bacteria.5'9"l0 In samples from gingival crevices, activities of each of these enzymes have been observed,5'7"' but it is not known to what extent either plaque bacteria or neutrophils contributes to the enzyme milieu in the gingival crevice. The purpose of this investigation was to study the presence of acid phosphatase, hyaluronidase, and protease in samples from crevices of healthy and chronically inflamed gingiva of dogs in relation to the presence of neutrophils in these crevices.


The conclusions drawn from the results obtained are summarized as follows:(1) The sorption capacity of water vapour by primary cellulose is extremely smaller than that of secondary. It probably depends upon the differences in number hydroxyl group, the rate of degradation and the physical contruction between the both.The sorption velocity of water vapour by acetyl-cellulose is generally larger in secondary acetylcellulose than in primary. There appears to be two stages. One seems to follow to the equation dS/dt=K(Sm-St), i.e.K=1/t ln(Sm/Sm-St), where k is the sorption velosity constant, t is a time during sorption, Sm is the maximum sorption capacity and St is the sorption capacity at a given time, the other being given by the equation S-a log t=K, where K is sorptions velocity constant, S is the sorption capacity, t is a time during sorption and a is a costant depending on the kind of sample.(2) The relation between the sorption capacity of water vapour and the number of acetyl group of acetyl-cellulose seems to be expressed by the following equationx=my+Kwhere x is the sorption capacity, y is the difference between the theoretical acetyl group of tri-acetate and the measured acetyl group, K and m are constants depending upon temperature and humidity. This equation appears to be aplicable to the case of the relation between sorption capacity of water vapour and nitrogen content of nitro-cellulose.(3) The sorption capacity of water vapour decreases with rise of temperature. The effect of temperature on the sorption capacity is larger than that of water vapour pressure. The sorption isotherm is subjected by the equation x/a+bx-cx2=y, developed by S. Oguri from the Langmuirer's equation where x is relative humidity, a, b, c, are constants and y is the sorption capacity.(4) The sorption capacity of water vapour by cellulose derivatives is the largest in acetyl-cellulose: Acetyl-mannan, ethyl-cellulose and benzyl-cellulose diminish their capacity in order described. Benzyl-cellulose has the smallest capacity. For the sorption velocity and the sorption isotherm of these samples are also applicable the same equation as that preciously obtained for acetyl-cellulose. But benzyl-cellulose alone does not follow to the equation of sorption isotherm.


[The larval development of Pyromaia tuberculata (Lockington, 1877) is described from specimens reared in the laboratory. Larvae were obtained from ovigerous females collected by trawl in Ubatuba, Sao Paulo state, Brazil. Rearing was carried out at 24±1°C in 35‰ S. The larvae pass through two zoeal stages before moulting to the megalopa. A comparison is made with previously studied majid species occurring in the southern and southeastern regions of Brazil., The larval development of Pyromaia tuberculata (Lockington, 1877) is described from specimens reared in the laboratory. Larvae were obtained from ovigerous females collected by trawl in Ubatuba, Sao Paulo state, Brazil. Rearing was carried out at 24±1°C in 35‰ S. The larvae pass through two zoeal stages before moulting to the megalopa. A comparison is made with previously studied majid species occurring in the southern and southeastern regions of Brazil.]


In this study, biochar made from the Sesbania sesban plant, under slow pyrolysis at 300°C was used to adsorb methylene blue (MB) in aqueous solution. The biochar properties were clarified by diverse analytical methods such as FTIR, SEM, and BET. The results indicated that the surface of biochar was relatively smooth, had porous texture, and stacked evenly. In addition, the biochar had a large specific surface area of 561.8 m2/g and the pHpzc value was 6.9. The effect of adsorbent dosage, initial pH, contact time, and concentration of dye solution on biochar were investigated. The optimum conditions for MB adsorption were found at the MB concentration of 50 mg/L, initial pH of 11, biochar mass of 0.6 mg, and contact time of 30 min. Under these optimal conditions, MB dye removal efficiency was above 90%. Adsorption isotherm data were fitted with the Langmuir isotherm model (R2=0.897) suggesting the adsorption was monolayer, and its maximum adsorption capacity was about 6.6 mg/g. The adsorption kinetic models showed that the linear pseudo-second-order by R2=0.999 was well fitted. The results indicated the enormous potential of Sesbania sesban plant to produce biochar as a low-cost and rather high-effective adsorbent for dye removal from wastewater as well as water quality improvement.


of Bachelor's Thesis Malware Detection by Process's File Activity Monitoring Nowadays, number of malwares is increasing rapidly at exponential rate. Everyday, thousands of new malicious programs is recorded, include not only variant of known malware but also new type of malicious code. With such enormous number of new malwares, the process of create malware signatures from new samples need more and more time and money consuming. On the other hand, malware author tend to use various type of packers or obfuscation methods to evade detection by antivirus scanners. Using code virtualization, malware can hide its behavior from analyzer and harden the reverse engineering process. Therefore, static analysis isn't effective any more. In this thesis, we will implement a system to judge process if it is a benign program or it is a malware. Our system use file system filter driver as log module because it is hard for malware to detect and focus only on process's file activities and choose it as logging target. After extract behavior features from malwares and benign programs, we use is as train data for our machine learning system. Experimental results have shown that our system give better accuracy in comparison with other method which also focus on file activities.


Background: Cocaine poisoning is known for causing severe clinical effects such as tachycardia, hypertension, agitation and confusion. Absence of clinical manifestations in cocaine poisoning is unusual. Case report: A 26-year old man, known to be a cocaine addict, declared that he was forced by cocaine dealers to swallow many tablets of cocaine, six hours prior to admission to emergency department. Clinical examination, cardiac, hematological and biochemical checkups were unremarkable. The patient was clinically stable and left the hospital seven hours after admission by self-discharge. Blood and urine toxicological screening tests for benzodiazepines, barbiturates, tricyclic antidepressants and ethanol were negative. Patient's blood sample was not sufficient for analysis of cocaine and its metabolites. Using high-performance liquid chromatography, urine and gastric lavage samples were positive for cocaine. Quantification of cocaine and its metabolites including benzoylecgonine (BZE) and ecgonine methyl ester (EME) in urine was done using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Results revealed high levels of cocaine and its metabolites (cocaine: 360 mg/L, BZE: 1350 mg/L, EME: 780 mg/L). Discussion: Cocaine poisoning is generally accompanied by various clinical effects. In our case, despite the confirmed poisoning, no clinical sign was noticed. Fatal poisonings were reported with cocaine urinary concentrations of lower than that found in our patient. Conclusion: Asymptomatic cocaine poisoning with high cocaine levels in urine is of note.


Face analysis is a broad and well-established research area whose main focus is put on face detection, segmentation, recognition and facial features extraction. A crucial prerequisite to face analysis algorithms properly work is to have an input image of high quality with similar properties in different conditions. For this reason, near-infrared images are used due to being more robust to change in lighting conditions and time of day than the visible light spectrum images. Automatic brightness control is used to properly adjust scene brightness to extract useful information. A novel algorithm implementation for the automatic brightness control is proposed based on a split range feedback controller with a camera occlusion detection included. The proposed algorithm is accurate, fast and suitable for real-time embedded system implementation.


In a first stage, the paper deals with the derivation and the solution of the equation of the probability density function of a stochastic system driven simultaneously by a fractional Gaussian white noise and a fractional Poissonian white noise both of the same order. The key is the Taylor's series of fractional order f(x + h) = Eα(hαDxα)f(x) where Eα() denotes the Mittag-Leffler function, and Dxα is the so-called modified Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative which removes the effects of the non-zero initial value of the function under consideration. The corresponding fractional linear partial differential equation is solved by using a suitable extension of the Lagrange's technique involving an auxiliary set of fractional differential equations. As an example, one considers a half-oscillator of fractional order driven by a fractional Poissonian noise.


A simple and reliable copper determination method is proposed,that combined with the rapid and reproducible flow injection technology without any complicated pre-treatments and additional masking agents.The theory of the proposed method is based on bivalence copper's feeble oxidation action to iodide ion.In the research,chemicals and flow injection variables have been optimized,respectively,and the effects of potassium thiocyanate,amylum and temperature are studied in detail.Experimental results indicate that the proposed method possesses excellent selectivity and anti-interference capacity.The proposed method provides a linearity range over 10 mg·L-1 to 200 mg·L-1,and the following is linearity equation(A= 4.51(Cu2+,mg·L-1) – 29.622,r2 = 0.999).The detection limit estimated(S/N = 3) is 0.5 mg·L-1.The relative standard deviation(RSD) calculated from 15 times repeated injection is 1.10%(Cu2+,100 mg·L-1).The method is applied triumphantly to the analysis of different wastewater samples,and the results obtained with the proposed method are comparable with that of obtained by the reference method.The recovery percent is between 97.65%~104.0% in the determination of real and spiked wastewater samples with the proposed method.