The invention discloses an application of cajanolactone A in preparation of a medicine used for treating osteoporosis. Ob/ob mouse in vivo pharmacodynamic test data shows that firstly no obvious influence is produced on weight of a fat ob/ob mouse and secondly bone density of the ob/ob mouse can be obviously increased, ALP (alkaline phosphatase) level and and TRACP (tartrate resistant acid phosphatase) level in blood serum can be obviously reduced, blood calcium concentration can be increased after cajanolactone A is continuously and orally taken for 21 days (20mg/kg/d), so that cajanolactone A has positive significance on treatment of osteoporosis caused by fat and hyperglycaemia, and cajanolactone A has a good curative effect on treatment of osteoporosis, especially has a definite treatment effect on osteoporosis caused by fat and hyperglycaemia, can improve blood lipid metabolism and also can avoid gradual disease transformation of fat, diabetes, diabetes chronic complication and osteoporosis in certain degree.


IN 1944, the most significant articles on fractures were concerned with the use of penicillin in compound wounds. Interest in external fixation devices was apparently waning as more of the limitations were becoming apparent. As in the past two years, the largest number of articles on fractures were those from men in military service, in which war experiences were recounted. Fortunately, this will be the last year that war surgery will play so prominent a part in current medical literature. Fractures of the Upper Extremity. —Of all the articles examined on this subject, more than half described a common military injury in the upper extremity—fracture of the carpal scaphoid bones. Greenlee377discusses posterior dislocation of the sternal end of the clavicle. Symptoms of encroachment on the trachea and the esophagus, as were present in the case reported, are of more importance than the dislocation itself. In the author's case,


Large-scale assessment programs are becoming increasingly common throughout Canada and the United States. Given the emphasis on inclusive education in North America, special education students are largely expected to participate in these programs. However, several challenges exist for educators, policymakers, and psychometricians with respect to including students with disabilities in large-scale assessments. This article is a critical interpretive review of the academic lit-erature in this area intended to identify and examine issues pertinent to inclusive practice. In particular, attention is given to consequences (both positive and neg-ative) of including students with disabilities in large-scale assessments, validity of assessment results, provisions for accommodations, and research limitations. Areas for continued research are also considered. ISSN 1918-5227 Pages 3850 Follow this and additional works at: http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/eei This Article is brought to you by Scholarship@Western. It has been accepted for inclusion in Exceptionality Education International by an authorized administrator of Scholarship@Western. For more information, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com. Recommended Citation DeLuca, C. (2008) Issues in Including Students with Disabilities in Large-scale Assessment Programs. Exceptionality Education International, 18, 38-50. Retrieved from http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/eei/vol18/iss2/4 Exceptionality Education Canada 2008, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 38-50 ISSN 1918-5227 38 Issues in Including Students with Disabilities in Large-scale Assessment Programs Christopher DeLuca Queen's University


Street interactions between the police and protesters can serve as a barometer of state–society conflict. This article seeks to examine the way in which the police respond to anti-government protests, and how these responses influence the politics of legitimacy at stake. Through the examination of protest policing in Thailand's decade-long political conflicts, which reached the zenith in 2013–2014, I will show that police responses to these protests were a mixture of three approaches: accommodative, restrictive and hands-off. At least four factors influenced the interplay of these methods: (i) the police's tactical improvement, which however faces structural challenges; (ii) a history of police politicization; (iii) extreme characteristics of the protests; and (iv) the nature of conflict over governmental legitimacy contributing to public mistrust in the police. The Thai case illustrates that handling anti-government protests necessitates political sensitivity and creativity. Otherwise, the government and especially the police can run the risk of further damaging public trust and institutional legitimacy.


The latest progress of the taxonomy is the use of integrative approach for species delimitation based on a multisource dataset. However, the taxonomic decision that should be made when convergence between the different lines of evidence is not observed remains debated. Here, we investigate the consequences of the application of an 'integration by cumulation' approach on the taxonomic statuses within the Bombus lapidarius complex when using an integrative taxonomic framework (i.e. nuclear and mitochondrial markers along with reproductive traits) compared with a strict 'integration by congruence' method. Our results show similar taxonomic conclusions whatever the decision‐making approach used except for one taxon. According to the differentiation observed in our integrative taxonomic framework, recent divergence time and other field observations for this taxon, we assume that a too strict decision‐making method could fail to detect recently diverged species. This is exemplified by the new species Bombus bisiculus sp. n. occurring in South Italy and Sicily.


NHS reorganisation is upon us again1 with a change of philosophy and reversion to a strengthened, practice-based, commissioner-provider split. Since the announcement of this change and the subsequent White Paper, there has been a wealth of criticism.2,3 The objections fall broadly into several themes: some of which are evidenced4 and need little comment, but however, it is an observation that each new health secretary will make it clear that they intend to leave their personal organisational stamp on the NHS, regardless of any evaluation or estimate of transition costs. It is within these transitional periods though, that the high-minded, optimistic articulation of concepts become lost when translated into the reality of health service delivery.

Thus, there is a very real risk that existing …


Guangzhou distribution network automation system is a system of distribution network information integration and distribution network production monitoring and management system developed based on IEC 61970/61968 standard.By giving the construction target,the distribution network automation system is introduced with its system structure,scheme design,application of new technologies and its implementation.Through the application research of the real-time communcation data monitoring with public network,the system achieves the large scope implementation of automation in short time.The research of its application under different conditions based on the feeder automation(FA) realized the fault detection,automatic fault location,isolation,and rapid recovery of non-faulty area.By using the IEC CIM/XML and SVG standards,the system realizes distribution network model and graphic sharing,ensuring the point to point distribution network maintainance and unification of data form.The system also improves the construction efficiency of distribution network,reduces the complexity of system maintainance.By adopting SVG standard,the geographical background can be imported into the system and realizes the GIS graphic sharing in automation system and the SCADA application.


An improved method for the selective hydration of nitriles to amides employing N,N-disubstituted hydroxylamine is described leading to a reduction in reaction time and improved yield. Amides having electron-donating groups, which were not reported using the original method, were obtained in excellent yields. The amount of N,N-disubstituted hydroxylamine was reduced from three equivalents to one equivalent and the use of water as the reaction medium is environmentally friendly.


Question In primary care patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), what is the risk for vascular events? Methods Design Inception cohort identified using International Classification of Diseases codes in the General Practice Research Database (GPRD) and followed for a median 7.8 years. Setting General practices in England and Wales, UK. Patients 3249 patients 50 years of age (mean age 72 y, 73% women) who had incident PMR diagnosed between 1987 and 1999 (index date = date of first GPRD code for PMR), 2 prescriptions for oral corticosteroids after the index date or 1 prescription if registration in GPRD ended <6 months after index date, GPRD records for 2 years before the index date, and no previous vascular events. Patients with an alternative inflammatory rheumatologic condition diagnosed {6 months after the index date}* were excluded. For comparison, a cohort of patients in the GPRD without PMR were included and matched with the PMR cohort on birth year, sex, and location of general practice (n =12735, mean age 72 y, 73% women, median follow-up 7.4 y). Prognostic factors Age, sex, traditional vascular risk factors (smoking status, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes), and giant cell arteritis (GCA). Outcomes Composite of vascular events including cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and peripheral vascular events; and components of the composite outcome. Main results Incident PMR was associated with increased risk for vascular events, including cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and peripheral vascular events (Table). PMR was associated with increased risk for vascular events in both men (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 2.5, 95% CI 2.1 to 2.9) and women (aHR 2.7, CI 2.4 to 2.9), and in all age groups (50 to 59 y, aHR 5.0, CI 3.4 to 7.4; 60 to 69 y, aHR 2.9, CI 2.4 to 3.5; 70 to 79 y, aHR 2.3, CI 2.1 to 2.7; 80 y, aHR 2.6, CI 2.1 to 3.1). Conclusion Patients with incident polymyalgia rheumatica had a 2.6-fold increased risk for vascular events at a median 7.8 years. Risk for vascular events in incident polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) Outcomes Events/1000 person-y At a median 7.4 to 7.8 y PMR No PMR Hazard ratio (95% CI) Any vascular event 36 12 2.6 (2.4 to 2.9) Cardiovascular event 18 6.1 2.7 (2.4 to 3.0) Cerebrovascular event 16 5.9 2.3 (2.0 to 2.6) Peripheral vascular event 5.5 1.6 2.8 (2.2 to 3.5) CI defined in Glossary. Median follow-up was 7.8 y for patients with PMR and 7.4 y for those without PMR. Adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and giant cell arteritis. Cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, or peripheral vascular event. Commentary PMR and GCA are closely related entities that seem to occur in the same population, are more common in the elderly, and have identical disease-risk genes (1). Lifespan is not reduced in patients with GCA and PMR unless severe aortitis is present (2). The study of PMR is challenging because classification criteria for the condition have low sensitivity (66%) and specificity (81%) (3). Until now, PMR has not been considered an important risk factor for vascular events, and studies of the association have been rare (4). Hancock and colleagues did a retrospective cohort study using a large database that tracked general practice data from 6% of patients in England and Wales. They used Cox regression models to analyze the association of PMR with any cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, or peripheral vascular events in >3000 patients and >12000 matched controls. The statistical models were adjusted for age, sex, and presence of other vascular risk factors, including GCA. The results suggest that PMR, similar to other inflammatory rheumatologic conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus, is associated with increased risk for vascular events. Risk was greatest in the youngest age groups. As with any retrospective analysis, the study by Hancock and colleagues is susceptible to misclassification because it relied on accurate event coding to identify patient conditions. Nevertheless, it suggests that risks for vascular events in patients with PMR may be substantial and should not be ignored. Evidence-based recommendations to address these risks await the results of future well-designed trials.


In turbulent pipe flow, since large-scale events maintain a footprint in the near-wall region (Hutchins and Marusic, 2007), we believe it will affect the mass transfer rate. In this study, we focus on effects from large-scale structures on the mass transfer rate. In the test section, we housed eight working electrodes along spanwise direction in the pipe. The degree between each electrode is 8°. The counter and reference electrodes are located far away from the working electrodes in the downstream region, respectively. The velocity field is measured by a stereo-PIV system, shown in figure 1, which consisted of two digital high-speed cameras, a laser system, a highspeed controller, and a desktop personal computer. In this experiment, the sampling frequency of both electrode method and PIV is 1K Hz and Reynolds number, based on bulk velocity and pipe diameter is 25000.


According to an embodiment of the present invention, a light source module comprises: a substrate; a plurality of light emitting elements mounted on the substrate; and a plurality of lenses mounted on the substrate to cover the respective light emitting elements and having a pair of opened side surfaces which faces each other. The lenses are configured to be arranged to face opened one side surface of other lenses which are adjacent the opened one side surface.


In "Dictating Forms: Authoritarian Power in the
Latina/o Novel, " I identify an emerging corpus of literature by
contemporary Latina and Latino writers who, I contend, are using
the resources of the novel to articulate intersecting connections
between authoritarianism, imperialism, and racism in the Americas.
Reading narrative forms as abstractions of social relations, I
argue that this new generation of writers is extending the formal
and geo-political contours of the Latin American dictatorship
novel. The Latin American dictatorship novel represents
authoritarian regimes headed by dictators, caudillos, or military
juntas in Latin America. Major studies of the tradition theorize
the seminal novels published by the 1970s Boom generation while
scholarship on contemporary post-dictatorship literary production
concentrates heavily on the Southern Cone and Hispaniola. My
dissertation extends this body of scholarly work by focusing on
U.S. based writers including Junot Diaz ("The Brief Wondrous Life
of Oscar Wao"), Salvador Plascencia ("The People of Paper"),
Edwidge Danticat ("The Farming of Bones"), and Hector Tobar ("The
Tattooed Soldier"). I demonstrate how representations of
overlapping geographies and histories in these novels reveal
continuities between dictatorial structures of power in the
Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and the United States. I
further illuminate how particular formal devices such as parodic
characterization, generic mixture, footnotes, rumor, and
metafiction represent imaginary contestations of socio-political
domination. By drawing on their community's experiences of
dictatorship and their own experiences as racialized minorities in
the United States, these writers are generating a transAmerican
counter-dictatorial imaginary, thereby developing a new idiom for
depicting and theorizing power in Latino and Diasporic Caribbean
literature.


Innovation policies addressing industrial and territorial inclusiveness challenges indirectly also address social inclusiveness ones. This is due to the fact that, when innovation capacities are not widely distributed across sectors and regions, the well-being of some groups in society is negatively affected. This is particularly true for individuals working in less innovative sectors and/or living in less innovative regions that suffer from multiple factors of disadvantage (e.g. low skills, low income), as they are less able to move to more innovative activities. Therefore, by enhancing the innovation capabilities of lagging firms and regions, these policies are also expected to benefit individuals and social groups.


This is for a panel discussion on the pursuit, selection, and evaluation of a help desk software application. We are well into the process of selecting a new help desk incident and call tracking application to replace our much-despised one. This is a familiar and well-traveled path for many help desks at colleges and each seem to approach the process anew. We will share what we have learned, including the application selection process, using an RFP, overcoming organizational hurdles, and tackling other obstacles in the hopes that others can build upon our foundation. We expect the audience will by and large have some level of experience with this and will lead a discussion in order to share knowledge and learn from each other's successes and failures. Together we can share our experiences in order to get to a happy ending.


Campanula dimorphantha Schweinf. is documented first time from Doaba region of Punjab, India. This study will be useful for Botanists, taxonomists, researchers etc. for identification of species.


The advance in synthesis and application of ionomer was reviewed in this paper. The morphology of ionomer is unique because of multiplets and ionic clusters formed by aggregation of ionic pairs. Morphology character of ionomer and principal factor such as nature of the host polymer, nature of ionic pairs, heat history, temperature etc. affecting morphology were studied. The models of morphology were also reviewed. The mechanics, dielectric and solution properties resulting from specific morphology were presented in this paper. The presence of multiplets and ionic clusters make ionomer better suited for some specific application, such as food package, insulation material, polymer improvement etc..


flexibility of resources and the size of the company reflected in the value of its assets. Firstly the theoretical framework of flexibility was outlined as an attribute of the modern enterprise, in particular in the context of available resources. An essential part of this research is the presentation and analysis of the results of a survey conducted on a sample of 63 companies listed on the WSE and NC markets in Warsaw. Statistical analysis of the interdependence of mass phenomena was used in the study.


Using normal sowing method to reproduce the cultiuation techniques of Cleome spinosa L.in the hot season at the Pearl-River Delta.The results showed that the germination rate would be increased at least 95% in shading at 2~4 degrees centigrade;the plant height could be effectively control during the growth process using 600~700 mg/kg paclobutrazol.In addition,using the scientific and effective methods in the pests and diseases occurrence period could make a greatly improve in the ornamental value of Cleome spinosa L.


The enduring success of the European Course in Pediatric Neurosurgery, established 36 years ago by Maurice Choux, Concezio Di Rocco, and Karl Hovind, who organized it for the first time in Marseille, France in 1986, has motivated the propagation of similar courses in the Americas and Asia-Pacific regions.
This project was strongly encouraged and endorsed by the World Federation of Neurological Surgeons (WFNS), European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN), International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN) and the local pediatric institutions and leaders [1].
The aim of this course is to promote the development of pediatric neurosurgery through the education and training of residents and practicing neurosurgeons [2].
Designed to cover the major fields in pediatric neurosurgery, the scientific program is divided into annual courses over a 3-year cycle, with each annual course based on a 4-day program divided in morning sessions comprising lectures and case discussions, as well as afternoon sessions with lectures, videos, "hands-on", and "solve a case" sessions.
During the course, a transfer of expertise between teachers, regarded as leading experts in their scientific field, and trainees is actively promoted and encouraged. The atmosphere of this course is informal and the number of trainees is thus limited in order to further promote open discussions and the development of collegiality relationships.
An official certificate of completion is awarded to those who attend the full cycle of courses (three parts).
The first Latin American Course in Pediatric Neurosurgery (LACPN) was held in Florianopolis, Brazil in March 2004, organized by Helio Machado and Ricardo Santos de Oliveira (3).
Following the astonishing success of the first course, the second course moved to Puerto Iguazu, Argentina (2005), and the third to Mangaratiba in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2006). The second cycle was held in Natal, Brazil (2007), Cordoba in Argentina (2008), and Campos do Jordao, Brazil (2009). The third cycle started in Pirenopolis, Brazil (2010) and moved to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (2011), and Buenos Aires (2012). In 2013, we celebrated the tenth anniversary of our LACPN. The course was held in Imbassai, Bahia, Brazil.
After a pause, the LACPN restarted the fourth cycle in 2016, in Guaruja, then in 2018 in Lagoa Santa, and 2022 in Fortaleza. This cycle was done entirely in Brazil, and in 2020 the LACPN was recognize as an official course of the Brazilian Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (SBNPed).
Over the past 18 years of LACPC more than 310 different trainees (from Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, Mexico, Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, and others) and 72 faculty invitees (from Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, USA, France, Italy, Costa Rica, Colombia, Turkish, Singapore, Spain, UK, and Australia) have attended the course.
The aim of the course is to have in each of the three regions (Europe, Latin-America, and Asia-Pacific) the same series of lectures and workshops, conducted in the same language, with the same organizational frame.
Through the promotion of the course worldwide, we hope to build a common spirit among neurosurgeons with pediatric interests, fostering the development of confidence, collaboration, and progress.
The LACPN is unique and different course. The course has ratings of over 80% in scientific programming, enabling an immersion in pediatric neurosurgery.
The 5th cycle will begin in 2024 Argentina (Tigres), near Buenos Aires and then in Rio de Janeiro (2026). Be part of LACPN!


Yujia Gu, Yinfeng Wang, Xutao Li, Bei Tian, Feng Gao and Chao Lu Power Science Research Institute of State Grid Ningxia Power Co., Yinchuan, China 750011 Tsinghua University, Beijing, China 100084 Corresponding author Abstract—Faced with the drawback of conventional doubly-fed wind farm models, which cannot reliably reflect the actual control law and dynamic characteristics, a method of complex characteristics modeling based on simulation is developed in this paper. The software MATLAB/Simulink platform is utilized to create a universal equivalent model, including structure characters and control modes. In order to make the parameters identification process of higher-order wind farm models simplifier,trajectory sensitivity analysis method is used to select dominant dynamic parameters. Besides, a method melting the bright side of model simulation and the genetic algorithm is proposed to search the optimal parameter combination. The test results on the IEEE 9-bus system demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed comprehensive method.


The research about the effect of public opinion field is developed with new media technology and network information technology in new media environment. Analysis of field effect diffusion mechanism under the new media environment, the establishment of propagation model based on the field effect, the new media field effect and public opinion field effect mechanism and superposition effect mechanism between them. To construct the early warning mechanism and model of public opinion information dissemination under the new media environment. By using MATALB software to carry out numerical simulation of public opinion transmission, by introducing field effect factor, it can provide an accurate basis for the early warning of online public opinion.


Background: Over the years, surgeons have used a midline sternotomy to repair atrial septal defects (ASD) with good long-term outcomes but unsatisfactory cosmosis.Because of this, less intrusive surgical procedures are employed to lessen surgical trauma and improve the final cosmetic outcome. Aim of the study: to assess ASDs repair using right-anterolateral minithoracotomy (RALT) versus median sternotomy in terms of surgical outcomes. Patients and Methods: Our study was prospective, comparative, non-randomized ,non-blinded study that carried out at our institution between June 2016 and October 2018. It included forty surgical candidates who had isolated ostium secondum ASDs; patients were allocated to either group I (RALT group) (n=20),or group II (conventional sternotomy) (n=20). Results: before surgeries, demographic and echocardiographic data were comparable in both groups except for more female patients(80%) in group I(p-value=0.022) and more patients with low body surface area in group II(p-value=0.002).Group II had considerably shorter total bypass time than group I(p-value=0.004).After surgeries, data were identical in both groups regarding ICU and total hospital stay, chest tube drainage,and amount of blood transfusion.However,group I had significantly shorter mechanical ventilation time(p-value=0.002) and smaller length of wound (p <0.001).Wound infection rate was substantially higher in sternotomy group(p-value=0.035).Patient satisfaction was higher in minithoracotomy group(90%) than in sternotomy group(60%).No cases required conversion to sternotomy in group I. Neither residual defects nor mortality were encountered in both groups. Conclusion: Right anterolateral minithoracotomy approach is safe, effective,cosmetic, less traumatic, and saving resources.


Against this backdrop, it is not surprising that in Europe and beyond, concern about a growing loss of control is prevalent (Chapter 1). In fact, findings from the Munich Security Index 2022 not only reflect the high level of risk perceived by respondents in the G7 and BRICS countries; they also suggest the emergence of "collective helplessness" in the face of a plethora of crises that reinforce each other. Just like people can suffer from "learned helplessness" – a psychological term describing the feeling that nothing one does can effect positive change – societies, too, may come to believe that they are unable to get a grip on the challenges they are facing. Whether it is the seemingly endless pandemic, the increasingly tangible threat of climate change, the vexing vulnerabilities of an interconnected world, or increasing geopolitical tensions, all these challenges contribute to a feeling of a loss of control. Liberal democracies appear to feel particularly overwhelmed. This perception is highly dangerous because it can turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy. Societies that have concluded that they cannot solve humankind's most challenging problems might no longer even try to turn the tide. Will our stressed and overburdened societies end up accepting what they see as their fate, although they have the tools and resources to change it?


Heterosis of eight agronomic important characters of F 1 derived from different ecological types in japonica rice and combining ability of their parents were studied by an 8×8 diallel design. Results indicated that both positive and negative heterosis existed in all the 8 characters. On the average of 56 F 1 combinations, grain yield per plot showed 19.5% heterosis over high parents, 87.5% of the combinations showed higher grain yield per plot than that of the high parents, and for the other 7 characters, F 1 values were between mid parent and high parent. In the populations consisted of different ecological types of japonica rice, additive and non additive genetic effects were equally important for the four characters of plant height, spikelets per panicle, filled grains per panicle and grain yield per plot. For the three characters of heading date, panicle length and effective panicles per plant, additive effects were more important than those of non additive. And for the character of 1000 grain weight, non additive effect was more important than that of additive. Xiushui 04 and 3726 were the parents with excellent general combining ability effects and special combining ability variance for grain yield per plot and yield components. Koshihikari/Xiushui 04 was a superior combination with good special combining ability effects and overall characters.


It is shown here the compositional inversion of formal power series has a natural formulation in terms of umbral operators. This fact is used to derive a new proof of the Lagrange inversion theorem by operator theoretic methods. Introduction. The main object of this paper is to show that the theory of umbral operators as developed in [1] offers a natural setting for the study of formal power series inversion. A by-product of this idea is perhaps one of the most elementary approaches to the Lagrange inversion theorem in any number of variables. However, we shall restrict ourselves here to the one-dimensional case leaving the higher-dimensional formulas, as well as some of the applications, to a forthcoming publication. This paper is divided into two sections. In the first section we recall some of the basic ingredients of the theory of polynomials of binomial type as developed in [1]. In the second section we obtain a new expression for umbral operators which is, in a sense, "dual" to the Lagrange inversion formula. From this expression, several forms of Lagrange's theorem can be immediately derived. We are indebted to G.-C. Rota for stimulating conversations and encouragement. Indeed, it was during one of our endless discussions with him that the idea developed to put the umbral calculus to such a use. 1. Basics on the theory of umbral operators. Our notation follows very closely that adopted in [ 1 ] and the reader would do well to read that paper for a more complete background. We shall deal with polynomial operators, namely linear maps of polynomials into polynomials. Here, we shall work with polynomials in ^[x], that is, polynomials in the variable x with coefficients in a given field ?F of characteristic zero. For sake of simplicity the reader may restrict f to be the real number field. This given, we shall express all our formulas by means of the following basic operators: (1) L0 = Evaluation at 0: Received by the editors November 23, 1976. AMS (MOS) subject classifications (1970). Primary 05A15: Secondary 47E05. © American Mathematical Society 1977 179 License or copyright restrictions may apply to redistribution; see http://www.ams.org/journal-terms-of-use 180 A. M. GARSIA AND S. A. JONI n if »-a 0 \0 if n > 1. (2) D = Differentiation: Dx" = nx"~x, (3) x — Multiplication by x: xx" = x"+i. Given a formal power series $(h) = 2^°=o %u* w^tn coefficients in % we let $(£>) denote the polynomial operator HD) = 5 <¡>"D\ r-0 That is, (1.1) H>(D)xn = 2 *,«(« 1) •••(»r + \)xn-". It can be shown (see [1]) that a polynomial operator Q is of form (1.1) if and only if Q commutes with D. One of the basic tools in [1] as well as here is the fundamental fact that two polynomial operators P and Q that commute with D are identical if and only if (1.2) L0P = L0Q. This follows from the fact that in this case (1.2) implies L0e*DP = L^eyDQ Vy G % from which the equality of P and Q immediately follows. There are two further operations that play a crucial role. These are the two "Lie" derivatives □ and V which act on a polynomial operator P as follows: (a) D P = Px xP, (1.3) (b) V£ = DP PD. The first of these was extensively used in [1] and [2]. Both □ and V are differentiations and we have (a) Do" = nDn~\ (1.4) (b)Vxn = nx"-\ Note that if $(m) is a formal power series then D HD) = $'(£>). We shall make extensive use of the trivial identity (1.5) L0 D P = L0Px, License or copyright restrictions may apply to redistribution; see http://www.ams.org/journal-terms-of-use UMBRAL OPERATORS 181 valid for every polynomial operator P. This was used in [1] in order to express the "Rodriguez" formula of [2] as an identity for umbral operators.1 The essential fact expressed by (1.5) is that the derivative D is the "adjoint" of the operator x with respect to the "scalar product" (P, Q) = L0P(D)Q(x). As in [2] a polynomial operator (1-6) /CD) = I f"D", /, * 0, v= 1 will be called a A-operator. It is easy to see that a polynomial operator Q is of form (1.6) if and only if Q commutes with D,Q\ =0 and Qx ^ 0. Given a A-operator/(Z)) we call (1.7) Uf=ï ^L0f(D) v=0 v' the "umbral operator" associated to /(£>). The sequence of polynomials y"(x) = UtXn will be called the B.T. sequence associated to Uj. Note that since yn(x) = f"x" + • • •, the sequence {yn} is a basis and thus U, is invertible. We also note that we have the basic identity (1.8) DUf = Uff(D). Taking all this into account it is easy to see that an operator U is of form (1.7) if and only if (1) U is invertible, (1.9) (2)L0<7 = L0, (3) U~lDU is a A-operator. Indeed, if U~lDU = f(D) then (1.8) holds and the identity CO » u= 2nfrVr(J» follows immediately upon multiplying Taylor's formula /= sfrV on the right by U. The relevance of all this material to power series inversion comes from the following fundamental fact pointed out in [2], namely: The product U = UjU of two umbral operators is equal to the umbral operator associated to the formal power series See the proof of Theorem 3.3 in [1]. License or copyright restrictions may apply to redistribution; see http://www.ams.org/journal-terms-of-use 182 AM. GARSIA AND S. A. JONI oo /(*(«)) = 2 /,(*(«))', "functional composition" off and g. To see this note that (1.8) implies that for every formal power series <I>(w) we have (1.10) HD)Uf = Uf$(f(D)). This given, we first observe that U = UfUg clearly satisfies both (1.9)(1) and (2). Furthermore, the identities DUf = Uff(D) and DUg = Ugg(D) (combined with (1.10)) yield DUfUg = UfUgf(g(D)). It is well known and easy to show that given any formal power series f(u) — 2^=iX"r(/i ^ 0)> there exists a unique formal power series F(u) = 2r=i py (F\ * °) such that f(F(u)) F(/(")) = "• The existence of F(u) follows immediately from the above considerations since the operator Uj~x can be easily shown to satisfy the conditions in (1.9). But then if Ufx = UF, the fact that UFUt = I immediately yields that F(u) and/(w) are inverses of each other under functional composition. It is to be noted that in this case (1.10) with $(D) replaced by F(D) gives (1.11) F(D)Uf=UfD, and this in turn is equivalent to (1.8). 2. The Lagrange inversion formula. In this section the formal power series F(u) = 2^=1 Fi>u" (Fi ^ 0) will be considered as given, and f(u) = 2^=1 ÎVDV, the "functional inverse" of F(u), will be considered as unknown. The Lagrange inversion formula expresses the coefficients of f(u) directly in terms of the coefficients of F(u). We shall see that in this context this corresponds to obtaining an expression for the umbral operator U, = Up directly in terms of the operator F(D). Since there is no loss of generality we shall write our formal power series F(u) in the form (2.1) F(u) = u G(u) where 00 (2.2) G(u) = 2 Gy. v = l Our basic result can be stated as follows: Theorem 2.1. The inverse of the operator UF is given by License or copyright restrictions may apply to redistribution; see http://www.ams.org/journal-terms-of-use UMBRAL OPERATORS lgg (2.3) U = F'(D) 5 G*(Z>)-" »■=0 Proof. In view of the above considerations, to show this we need only check that (2.4) F(D)U = UD and (2.5) LQU = Lousing (2.1), (2.4) can be written in the form DU UD = G(D)U, that is, (2.6) VU=G(D)U. However, this follows immediately from (1.4)(b). Indeed, since operators which commute with D behave like constants with respect to V, we ¿et Vc/ = F(¿>)Í^W-\ v=\ v • from which (2.6) immediately follows. As for (2.5) we observe that, in view of the basic identity (1.5), it can be written in the form L0 i D'(1-DCÍ = ¿0, c=0 v • and this immediately follows from the fact that 2 d'(i-dcÇ= 2 \uv~-uv+x7^~^\ = i. x=o v"=o I "' (v + 1)! J The following are two important consequences of the above result. Corollary 2.1. 1^-3 G"(Z>) "_, (2-7) t//1 = / + x 2 Proof. We can write the operator U in (2.3) in the form ,=o d "fo (r + 1)! = y £Í2L»_ ? G'+\D) +x « G,+l(/?) , from which (2.7) follows immediately. Corollary 2.1. /y License or copyright restrictions may apply to redistribution; see http://www.ams.org/journal-terms-of-use 184 A. M. GARSIA AND S. A. JONI (2.8) f(u) = u + G(f(u)) where G(u) = 2^=2 ^M^> then for any formal power series 4>(w) we have (2.9) $(/(")) = $(M) + i ¿(¿y [*'(«)<?'(«)]• Proof. Clearly (2.8) says that f(u) is the functional inverse of F(u) = u — G(u). Thus, using (1.8) we get L0 0(/(Z>)) = LqU^HD)) = L0$>(D)Uj. Substituting for ÍA the expression in (2.7) we obtain £0$(/(Z))) = LJ>{D) + 2 £o^(ö)í-^-^í''-, V= 1 = £"$(/?) + 2 LonD)q^x"-x v=l v • = L0[o>(Z))+ 2i¿D"-1{$'G"(D)}]. Our remark about operators commuting with D then yields $>(/(/>)) = $(£>) + 2 -Jr D"-1 {<&'G'(Z>)}, »•=1 '• and this is clearly equivalent to (2.9). We shall conclude by deriving one of the standard forms of the Lagrange inversion formula. Theorem 2.2. Let f(u) be the formal inverse of the formal power series f(u) = 2 py (£, # 0). v=\ Then for any formal power series $(«) we have (2.10) *(/(«))L» = (\/n)V(ú)(u/F(u))n\u.-¿ Proof. Again we may assume with loss that £, = 1 and set (2.11) F(u) = u uH(u). We shall make use of formula (2.7) with G(u) = uH(u). To this end note that *(/(«))L. = (\/n\)L0Hf(D))xn = (l/n\)L0UfHf(D))xn = (l/n\)L0<S>(D)Ufx". 2 Here |"" means "the coefficient of «"". License or copyright restrictions may apply to redistribution; see http://www.ams.org/journal-terms-of-use UMBRAL OPERATORS 185 n-\ Substituting (2.7) for U¡ we obtain *(/(«))!". = ¿r ¿o*P)[*" + í 2, ̂ W+'-'] = ¿^•wf**-1 + i gy(i»w(w+1)-;!(/"h,,~1)x"-'] i *'(«)-n • QEDn K)(\H(u))" References 1. A. M. Garsia, An exposé of the Mullin-Rota theory of polynomials of binomial type, Linear and Multilinear Algebra 1 (1973), 47-65. MR 47 #8321a. 2. R. Mullin and G.-C. Rota, On the theory of binomial enumeration, Graph Theory and Applications, Academic Press, New York, 1970. Department of Mathematics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093 License or copyright restrictions may apply to redistribution; see http://www.ams.org/journal-terms-of-use


Peroxisomal P-oxidation of linoleic acid and arachidonic acid was depressed when l-palmitoyl-sn-glycero3-phosphocholine and microsomes were included in incubations. This reduction was due to the esterification of the substrate into the acceptor by microsomal l-acylsn-glycero-3-phosphocholine acyltransferase. The first cycle of the @-oxidation of 7,10,13,16-docosatetraenoic acid was independent of l-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine and microsomes. However, when arachidonate was produced it was esterified rather than serving as a substrate for continued P-oxidation. When arachidonate and linoleate were incubated with peroxisomes alone, 2-trans-4,7,1O-hexadecatetraenoic and 2-trans-4-decadienoic acid were the respective end products of @-oxidation. 2-0~0-8,11-heptadecadienone, a catabolite produced from linoleate, was most likely a nonenzymatic decarboxylation product of 3-oxo-9,12-octadecadienoic acid. In addition to the termination of P-oxidation by microsomal-peroxisomal communication, our results with linoleate and arachidonate suggest that the reaction catalyzed by 2-trans-4-cis-dienoyl-CoA reductase is the control step in double bond removal. In the @-ketothiolase step may play a regulatory role in the peroxisomal @-oxidation of linoleate but not arachidonate or 7,10,13,16-docosatetraenoic acid.


Purpose: Acuros XB (AXB) dose calculation algorithm is available for external beam photon dose calculations in Eclipse treatment planning system (TPS). The AXB can report the absorbed dose in two modes: dose-to-water (D w ) and dose-to-medium (D m ). The main purpose of this study was to compare the dosimetric results of the AXB_D m with that of AXB_D w on real patient treatment plans. Methods: Four groups of patients (prostate cancer, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) lung cancer, left breast cancer, and right breast cancer) were selected for this study, and each group consisted of 5 cases. The treatment plans of all cases were generated in the Eclipse TPS. For each case, treatment plans were computed using AXB_D w and AXB_D m for identical beam arrangements. Dosimetric evaluation was done by comparing various dosimetric parameters in the AXB_D w plans with that of AXB_D m plans for the corresponding patient case. Results: For the prostate cancer, the mean planning target volume (PTV) dose in the AXB_D w plans was higher by up to 1.0%, but the mean PTV dose was within ±0.3% for the SBRT lung cancer. The analysis of organs at risk (OAR) results in the prostate cancer showed that AXB_D w plans consistently produced higher values for the bladder and femoral heads but not for the rectum. In the case of SBRT lung cancer, a clear trend was seen for the heart mean dose and spinal cord maximum dose, with AXB_D w plans producing higher values than the AXB_D m plans. However, the difference in the lung doses between the AXB_D m and AXB_D w plans did not always produce a clear trend, with difference ranged from -1.4% to 2.9%. For both the left and right breast cancer, the AXB_D m plans produced higher maximum dose to the PTV for all cases. The evaluation of the maximum dose to the skin showed higher values in the AXB_D m plans for all 5 left breast cancer cases, whereas only 2 cases had higher maximum dose to the skin in the AXB_D m plans for the right breast cancer. Conclusion: The preliminary dosimetric results from our clinical study showed that the selection of either D m or D w in AXB is less likely to produce significant dosimetric differences in the clinical environment. However, the difference between the AXB_D m and AXB_D w calculations depends on the disease site, and even for the same type of disease (e.g., lung cancer), the results are patient specific.


Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (TREM-1) is a receptor protein mainly expressed on the surface of neutrophils and macrophages,and belongs to the member of immunoglobulin superfamily. When infectious diseases occur in the body, TREM-1 combines with its ligand and transmembrane protein DAP12 through the short-tail region, activates downstream signal transduction pathways to lead to the increase of proinflammatory mediators such as interleukin-8, tumor necrosis factor-α,and plays an important role in the amplification process of inflammatory response. In human infectious diseases,lung infection is more common. In the acute lung infection, macrophages are activated, TREM-1 sheds from the surface. It can provide the new value for the diagnosis and treatment of lung infection diseases by detecting sTREM-1 (TREM-1 in soluble form) in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. This article reviews the relationship between TREM-1 and lung diseases.

Key words:
Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1; Lung diseases


The paper deals with ludic use of language in dystopian fiction, with focus on Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood, and how instances of wordplay in these three novels are translated into Serbian. As wordplay is a complex phenomenon both from the perspective of specific linguistic mechanisms used to achieve it and from the perspective of various communicative functions it may serve, it is usually considered difficult to translate. After some introductory remarks on the nature of wordplay, a selection of examples will be discussed in order to shed light on the strategies used in the translation of wordplay in these three novels.


This paper discusses different effects of ICT on health care, in particular on health education, placing them in the context of globalization. Due to these modern technologies, the rapid transmissions of health knowledge have catalyzed achievements and opportunities, but also challenges and risks. Health care, including disease prevention and adopting a healthy lifestyle, has profited greatly by the development of ICT, advancing the best use of information and management systems for the betterment of the citizen. "Complex Integrated System for Health Education and Disease Prevention" (EDUSAN) is a complex system that has as target to achieve a modern informatics tool able to centralize in a single point a variety of web services and information classified by the user's type. It demonstrates how ICT can improve the dissemination of health information, knowledge, comprising the users' motivation concerning educational content and its new promoting methods.


..................................................................................................................... xi CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 1 1.1 Background of the Study ........................................................................................... 1 1.1.1 Profitability ......................................................................................................... 2 1.1.2 Factors Influencing Profitability ......................................................................... 4 1.1.3 Commercial Banks in Kenya .............................................................................. 7 1.2 Research Problem ...................................................................................................... 8 1.3 Research Objective .................................................................................................. 10 1.4 Value of the study ................................................................................................... 10 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW .............................................................. 12 2.


The studies of the novels by Ye Shengtao has a history of eighty years, which can be divided into two stages: before and after the founding of the People's Republic. The features of the studies in the first stage are: 1. Most of them are collections of short and quick commentaries and prefaces. 2. There are both single analyses and overall examinations of long and short writings. 3. The comments are full of originality. 4. The 1940s marked the beginning of desolation. The features of the studies after the founding of the People's Republic are: 1. The studies are deepened on the basis of those prior to his. 2. The studies opened a new realm. The studies in the future should be made in a new perspective in order to bring about a breakthrough.


The novel technique of liquid-phase pulsed laser ablation has been used to obtain unique, highly ordered nanostructures of crystalline carbon nitride (C3N4) via ablation of a graphite target submerged in aqueous ammonia solution. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis shows that the morphology of the carbon nitride material changes at different length scales, depending upon the synthesis conditions. The initial ablation product comprises spherical nanoparticles of carbon nitride, which then elongate to nanorods (10 nm by ∼200 nm) with further ablation. Given sufficient concentration, the nanorods aggregate to form multilayered structures, and then ultimately larger, ordered "leaf-shaped" structures 30−50 nm by ∼200 nm in size. With even higher concentration, these leaflike structures can themselves aggregate to create interconnected networks of large micrometer scale clusters, which ultimately rearrange to micrometer-sized flowerlike structures. The various nanostructures were characterized using...


The present invention relates to a method for increasing the environmental stress resistance of a plant using a controlled environmental stress resistance gene. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for increasing the environmental stress resistance of plants by over-expressing by introducing the vector comprising the gene controlled environmental stress resistance of a plant-derived Environmental stress and plants


This issue of Chinese Studies in History contains articles for a symposium, written and compiled for the hundredth anniversary of Hu Shi's birthday. It memorializes not only Hu Shi himself but also his friends.


This article offers a critical reading of speeches on nature in a context of domination by the West of the modalities of Malagasy environmental policies. The first part presents an outline of these policies and the survey methodology. The rest of the article is dedicated to the analysis of the discourses of diverse agents in charge of environmental management to describe nature and environment. What do the words used reveal of external influences, old and new domination – appropriated or rejected ? The analysis then focuses on how actors express their specific positioning in the social construction of nature they propose. Do speeches reflect or not distancing towards society, donors, NGOs, or the State ?


This diploma thesis deals with the methodology of Balanced Scorecard and its application to the remuneration system in the company XY to reward employees based on their performances. The theoretical part is focused on the topics of the performances, the Balanced Scorecard methods, compensation, employee evaluation and motivation to work. The practical part is divided into analytical and project section. The first part contains a description of the com-pany and analysis of the external and internal environment, which serves to clarify its cur-rent state. The project section deals with the design of a new system of remuneration based on performances of individual employees using the Balanced Scorecard method.


A method was developed for the B( a) P determination in smoked fish by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry( GC-MS) method with subcritical water extraction( SCWE). B( a) P were extracted by water under the extraction temperature of 100 ℃ for 5 min,transferred into cyclohexane-ethylacetate( 1 ∶ 1,V / V)and then cleaned up by the Gel Permeation Chromatography( GPC). The GC separation was performed on a Rtx-5MS capillary column. The B( a) P were determined by MS in selected ion monitoring( SIM) mode. The method showed good linearity over the range of 0 to 100 ng / m L with the correlation coefficient of 0. 9999. The limit of quantification( S / N 10) was 2. 5 ng / g,the limit of detection( S / N 10) was 1 ng / g and the precision( RSD) was between 7. 95% and 10. 56%. The average blank spike recoveries at three levels of2. 5,5 and 10 ng / g ranged from 74. 89% to 114. 01%( n = 8). The sensitivity,accuracy and precision of the method are suitable for the determination of the B( a) P in smoked fish.


OBJECTIVE To study the bacterial endotoxins test of Xiangdan injection using limulus lysate agent. METHOD To find the maximum valid dilution(MVD) according to inhibition/enhancement test.RESULTS When the differential limulus lysate′s sensitivity(λ) was 0.25Eu/mL,the maximum valid dilution was 1∶40, the interference between the sample and the relative TAL was eliminable. CONCLUSION Bacterial endotoxins test is the same as pyrogen test with healthy mature rabbits.


Community psychologists offer relevant tools for pursuing critical reflection on the nature of social policy, with special consideration of power inequities that often arise from the misrepresentation of affected stakeholders. This article examines the critical role researchers and community health practitioners can play in guarding against the misrepresentation of community voices in neoliberal policy environments. We identify the extreme harm caused by socially exclusive policy-making in an examination of the institutional oppression of Aboriginal peoples across Canada. We caution against the dangers of perpetuating neoliberal agendas and token participation via the misuse of community engagement. We emphasize the important role of community psychologists in challenging the status quo, for engaging stakeholders in authentic participation, and in policy development. We conclude with recommendations to broaden and improve the policy skills of community psychologists and other mental health professionals t...


Critical Care Medicine • Volume 46 • Number 1 (Supplement) www.ccmjournal.org Learning Objectives: The endothelium and its extracellular matrix, including the glycocalyx, are vital to the regulation of vascular permeability, transmission of shear stress, and the modulation of inflammatory processes. Endothelial dysfunction has been demonstrated to trigger pathological hyperpermeability during sepsis. Here, we hypothesized that damage of the glycocalyx structure occurs early in sepsis and is associated with endothelial dysfunction and lung injury. Methods: Polymicrobial sepsis was induced in male C57BL/6 mice by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). Mice were sacrificed at 6 and 18 hours after CLP. Aortas, lung and plasma were collected for structural and biochemical assays. Results: At 6 and 18 hours after CLP, electron microscopy images of aortas of septic mice showed increased glycocalyx breakdown and shedding, and exocytosis of vesicular bodies when compared to normal endothelium surface of control mice. This event was associated with early elevation of plasma levels of the adhesion molecules ICAM-1 (140.9 ± 15.3 ng/mL) and P-selectin (53.6 ± 5.2 ng/mL), and elevation of the angiogenetic factor endoglin (5.1 ± 0.7 ng/mL) at 6 hours after CLP when compared to control mice (73.9 ± 6.6, 26.2 ± 3.4 and 3.5 ± 0.2 ng/mL, respectively; p < 0.05). At 18 hours after CLP, septic mice also exhibited higher plasma levels of angiopoietin-2 (154.8 ± 21.9 ng/mL), a mediator of microvascular disintegration, and levels of the proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9, 59.3 ± 11.3 ng/mL), an enzyme implicated in low-density lipoprotein receptor degradation and clearance of endotoxins, when compared to control mice (63.2 ± 4.1 and 28.0 ± 2.8, respectively; p < 0.05). Early degradation of endothelial glycocalyx was also associated with lung injury as septic mice exhibited higher tissue levels of myeloperoxidase activity (226.7 ± 53.2 U/100 mg tissue), an index of neutrophil infiltration, when compared to control mice (55.0 ± 5.1 U/100 mg tissue; p < 0.05). Conclusions: Thus, our data demonstrated that early structural alterations of the aorta glycocalyx is associated with organ injury. Furthermore, our data have identified novel biomarkers of endothelial injury, such as endoglin and PCSK9, whose pathophysiological role in sepsis deserves further investigation.


The death of livestock and wildlife owing to the ingestion of dense cells of bluegreen algae (cyanobacteria) has been reported in many countries of the world. Biological and chemical characteristics of toxins, mainly those found in Microcystis, were reviewed, since water blooms of Microcystis have occurred in most eutrophic lakes and ponds over a longer period of time than those of any other blue-green algae. The toxins in Microcystis (microcystins) are cyclic heptapeptides composed of two Lamino acids and five common ones with a molecular weight of around 1000. Microcystins RR (the pair of amino acids, arginine-arginine), YR (tyrosine-arginine) and LR (leucine and arginine), were the main components detected in the strains and natural samples of Microcystis in Japan. These three kinds of toxins were contained in the strains of M. viridis and L group of M. aeruginosa. The liver is the main target organ of microcystins. The livers of affected animals were engorged with blood showing hepatocyte necrosis. Neurotoxins were isolated from some species of Anabaena and Aphanizomenon. Anatoxin a in Anabaena is a secondary amine with a molecular weight of 166, and acts as a postsynaptic depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent. Anatoxin a (s) isolated from An. flos-aquae is N-hydroxyguanidine methyl phosphate ester with a molecular weight of 252 and acts as anti cholinesterase agent. Apha. flos -aquae contains the same saxitoxin and neosaxitoxin as those isolated from the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium causing paralytic shellfish poisoning.


High-level scene understanding and situational awareness are fundamental for autonomous vehicles before being widely used on public roads in a thoroughly efficient and safe manner. These tasks involve not only perceiving the current surrounding states but also predicting the future behavior of nearby human-driven vehicles. A large amount of vehicular sensing data can be collected using sensors and networking systems in vehicles. Moreover, with the advent of Dedicated Short Range Communication, vehicles can further transfer intention information to surrounding vehicles. However, real-time intention inference of nearby drivers is still challenging. Our primary focus is to present a novel deep learning-based approach to predict drivers driving behavior at unsignalized T-junctions. We use temporal convolutional networks to analyze sequences of trajectory data for a vehicle approaching the T-junction and classify the maneuver seconds before actual maneuver occurrence. The cross-validation results demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed methodology.


ABSTRACT Not only milling parameters, but also cutting tool properties affect the machining performance. Therefore, in the current work, the effect of nose radius and cutting speed on the wear, force, surface roughness and chip morphology in down and up milling of AISI 304 stainless steel was investigated. Machining experiments were conducted with cutting tools with radii of 0.4, 0.8 and 1.2 mm at various cutting speeds in both down and up milling. Experimental results showed that the main tool failure mechanisms and modes were adhesion, abrasion, chipping and fracture during milling with various nose radii. Cutting forces dropped with the increment in nose radius regardless of the cutting speed and milling direction, except for up milling at 100 m/min. From the experimental results, it was found that roughness diminished with increase in both nose radius and speed. Surface roughness and the resultant forces during up milling were found to be lower than that during down milling. It was observed that the increment in nose radius increased the edge serration in chip morphology.


Ali M.A., Sayeed M.A., Reza M.S., Yeasmin Mst.S., Khan A.M. (2008): Characteristics of seed oils and nutritional compositions of seeds from different varieties of Momordica charantia Linn. cul- tivated in Bangladesh. Czech J. Food Sci., 26: 275-283. Farmers in rural areas of almost all the districts of Bangladesh cultivate different varieties of edible plant karela to satisfy nutritional requirements. Herein, we report on the characteristics of seed oils and nutrients and mineral con - tents of seeds from three varieties of karela. Most of the physicochemical characteristics were significantly ( P < 0.05) affected with the samples tested. Seed oils of all varieties displayed a higher degree of unsaturation and in GLC re - ported herein, only five fatty acids were identified. The profiles of fatty acid composition were not wholly similar in all varieties in which unsaturated fatty acids represented more than 72%, α-eleostearic acid having been detected in the amount of 50.36-53.22%. Acylglycerol classes were estimated to be monoacylglycerols (1.18-2.01%), diacylglyc - erols (1.83-2.98%), and triacylglycerols (91.11-93.03%) whereas lipid classes included neutral lipids (86.83-91.09%), glycolipids (4.37-7.43%), and phospholipids (3.22-4.62%). Of the major energy producing nutrients, all varieties con - tained large amounts of lipid (33.93-36.21%) and protein (18.23-21.36%), and potentially useful amounts of calcium (383.45-440.96 µg/g), iron (41.10-45.03 µg/g), and other essential minerals. The nutrient information presented in this report should stimulate the local public health authorities in Bangladesh to consider the question of recommend -


We consider a scenario where a robot is capable of autonomously opening previously unseen doors. Prior works either use model-based methods that rely strongly on accurate kinematic models, or learn a policy from scratch through trial-and-error, which cannot generalize to large variations in shape, and location of doors. In this letter, we propose a novel method for opening unseen doors with no prior knowledge of door model, which leverages semantic 3D keypoints as door handle representations to generate the end-effector trajectory from a motion planner. The keypoint representations are predicted from raw visual input by a deep neural network, which can provide a concise, and semantic description of the handle to determine the grasp pose, and subsequent motion planning. In contrast to existing works that require known object models or significant manual effort on data collection, we present a data augmentation technique to automatically generate large amounts of realistic-looking synthetic data with almost no human labeling effort. An augmented dataset, consisting of large amounts of synthetic data, and small amounts of real data, is used to train the network. Qualitative results show that our proposed method outperforms the state-of-the-art pose-based methods on real test sets in terms of perception metrics. Hardware experiments demonstrate that our proposed method can achieve 94.2% success rate on opening 6 previously unseen doors with significant shape variations under different environments, and conditions.


Given this, what is to be said for those notions about Wordsworth which do ap pear here and there among the essays in Poetry and Change? Miss Miles points to the balanced proportioning in Wordsworth's poetry (a 2-b-2-b proportion among adjectives, nouns, verbs and connectives--see her statistical table on page 1+1). Apparently associated with this statistical balance are her references to Wordsworth's "assured classic equilibrium" (p. 60) and his intensification of "the balanced" structure (p. 9I+). Miss Miles also sees Wordsworth as a predominately declarative poet who makes "general statements of observation and affection very straightforwardly" (p. 13). The following critical qualification comes to mind: Wordsworth's stylistic balance (assuming the validity of Miss Miles's statistical data) produces, perhaps, a sty listic "classic equilibrium"; but reading Wordsworth's poems involves us in an expe rience quite remote from equilibrium. Wordsworth likes to upset our reader's bal ance by stretching us on the rack of contrarieties, playing a little Cottage Girl's vision of death off against an urban adult's, the April morning of a Blooming Girl off against the April mourning of a sighing Matthew. Or, more subtly, he is fond of coming down hard on one side of a contrariety, "for such loss . . ./ Abundant rec ompense"--but including that small touch which disturbs the whole: "I would be lieve." As in "To the Cuckoo," Wordsworth is devoted to making this "earth we pace" a less than solid ground: his Muse courts the "unsubstantial." Concerning Miss Miles's other point, the declarative nature of Wordsworth's poetry, one recalls the need to ask: "Who is doing the declaring in a given Wordsworth poem, and what qual ifications arise from the particular dramatic situation? "Wordsworth's response of thought and feeling to image" (p. 29) in a given poem is rarely, in fact, Words worth 1 s response. It is more frequently his creation of a dramatic "I" exhibiting, in the words of the l800 Preface, the "manner in which we associate ideas in a state of excitement." Hence, for example, "Have I not reason to lament/ What man has made of man?" is an idea which an "I" expresses in "Lines Written in Early Spring" as the poem's title indicates. The excitement of early spring prompts this assertion and the association of ideas the poem traces. But behind this drama, Wordsworth invites us to muse: what response might proceed from lines written in, say, mid November? Wordsworth, in sum, is a more shifty fellow than the suggestions about him in Poetry and Change would lead us to believe.


The search and design of new materials can be significantly aided by combinatorial experiments. However the key to minimizing the search process in combinatorial experiments is to identify the key combinations that achieve the desired functionality in the class of materials being studied. The concept of virtual combinatorial experiments for materials selection and design strategy is useful to show how one may design combinatorial libraries a priori by integrating data mining techniques with physically robust multivariate data.
In this thesis, using crystal chemistry of spinel nitrides as a framework for materials design, the methodology for integrating derived variables using newly proposed mixing rules based on statistical tools such as Partial Least Squares (PLS) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is described. Strategically selecting appropriate quantum mechanical and crystallographic data are used to predict and identify new alloy chemistries, modulus properties, and phase stabilities.
This approach is unique in materials design because it overcomes problems of length scale by connecting the microscopic phenomena and macroscopic engineering properties. The integration of the physics based predictions with data mining predictions is used to propose new virtual compounds, especially with higher order or multicomponent chemistries. With the predicted target properties (bulk moduli and phase stabilities) by PLS, correlations between all variables in a created library of binary and ternary spinel nitrides is visualized in the dimensionally reduced structure maps created by PCA. Through these activities, materials informatics plays an important role in guiding the choice of the most promising chemistries that exhibit the desired functionality in the virtual combinatorial libraries of hypothetical materials.


A new type of portable gas monitoring device is designed,which can accurately monitor the concentration of the target gas,suitable for gas chemistry experiments,metal heat treatment of gas protection,engine air intake component monitoring experiments and other stable gas supply conditions,of popularization significance and application prospect.With the real-time monitoring of the concentration of oxygen in the engine intake components as an example,the features of the device are introduced in terms of the working principle,hardware design,software functions and monitoring programs.


Lumber sawn from water-stored red oak logs develops non-microbial sapstain sooner and at a more rapid rate than lumber sawn from freshly cut logs. Non-microbial sapstain can be prevented in lumber from freshly cut logs with a 5-minute dip in 5 percent sodium bisulfite, whereas 10 percent sodium bisulfite is needed for lumber cut from water-stored logs. Sodium bisulfite is not effective in completely preventing sapstain in lumber sawn from logs that have been water-stored for more than 3 to 4 weeks.


Mixtures of ammonia and ionic liquids are provided that are suitable for use as absorption cooling fluids in absorption cycles, and ammonia storage.


Ten Brink has shown that Chaucer in writing the story of Ceys and Alcyone in the Book of the Duchess drew material both from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book xi, 11. 410-748, and Machaut's Dit de la Fontaine Amoureuse.1 In his discussion ten Brink makes the statement that in referring to the dwelling of the god of sleep Chaucer combines descriptions given by Ovid and Machaut. Though this is true, it involves a question concerning the reading of Chaucer's MS of Ovid. Lines 155-56 are from Machaut:


Aphasia is extraordinarily common. Over one million people in the US currently suffer from aphasia. The personal and societal costs associated with aphasia are enormous. We live in a highly verbal world, and compromised language communication limits the aphasic's participation in society. Activities associated with a reasonable quality of life are highly constrained, and significant depression and other psychological costs are frequent. From a financial perspective, it is the aphasic's limited communicative capacity—not an associated motor disorder—that constrains employment and the ability to contribute productively to society. Thus, there are many reasons to pursue aphasia therapy. Yet effective aphasia therapies are few. Despite the frequency of aphasia and its enormous costs, resources devoted to the treatment of aphasia have been disappointingly modest.


A modified feed structure for a microstrip patch antenna is used to realize a four-element patch array. The two by two array consists of two of the elements fed by a standard inset microstrip feed line, while the other two elements are fed by an inset feed line extended beyond the center of the patches. In this way, again an impedance match for the single elements can be achieved, combined with a 180° phase shift in the excitation of these patches compared to the standard excitation. As a consequence, the feeding network can be concentrated to the space within the patches; resulting in reduced feed line lengths and reduced overall circuit size. Applications are compact feeds for reflector or lens antennas or building blocks for larger microstrip array antennas. An 8 by 8 element array at 10 GHz is demonstrated as an example.


Pasta products are one of the most ancient food forms in which wheat has been consumed. A study was conducted to prepare spaghetti with the incorporation of cereal pulse blends and to find out its keeping quality when packed in polyethylene bags of 200 gauge (P1) and 400 gauge (P2) stored at room temperature. The cooking qualities, nutritional and organoleptic characteristics of spaghetti were assessed during the storage period of 180 days. The cooking time, cooked volume, cooked weight and water absorption except cooking loss of spaghetti was decreased with the addition of cereal pulse blends. A gradual increase in moisture, protein, fat, crude fibre and ash content was observed in cereal pulse blended spaghetti. T1 and T2 samples was found to be the best treatments which contained minimum cooking time and cooking loss and more nutrients and also scored the maximum score for all the sensory attributes among the other cereal pulse blended samples. All the spaghetti samples packed in packaging material P2 retained more nutrients than P1. P2 had lesser microbial load than P1. Cereal pulse blended spaghetti packed in both the packaging material (P1 and P2) had an equal acceptability interms of organoleptic characteristics during storage. The cost of production of cereal pulse blended spaghetti is lesser than the market sample.


The specialty of tour guide in college should coordinate with local economy,and cultivate all kinds of talents for local development.Moreover,we need more and more tour guides with innovation character.This paper is to discuss that the current talent should have what ability for tour innovation and find out the solution for college talents cultivation.


A 69-year-old Para 2 attended the outpatient department for an ultrasound scan of the pelvis. Her medical history revealed 3 lower urinary tract infections in the preceding months. Vaginal ultrasound of the pelvis showed a multilocular cyst measuring 17 x 17 x 17 cm, apparently originating from one of the adnexa and ascites. Coronal (A) and transverse CT scan (B) of the pelvis demonstrates a cystic mass, initially interpreted as an adnexal mass, suspicious for ovarian malignancy. There were septations within the mass (arrows). Retrospectively, this scan shows the bladder neck (triangles), and bladder diverticulum (A) connected to the bladder (B).


Our previous study demonstrated that aqueous extract of Carum copticum reduced contraction activity of rat's ileum; this study was conducted to examine the effect of essential oil from C. copticum on acetylcholine induced contraction in isolated rat's ileum. In experimental procedures, the tissue samples were suspended from the transducer lever, mounted in the organ bath containing Tyrode's solution and isotonic responses were recorded by using an isotonic transducer and the amplitude of contractions induced by cumulative log concentrations of acetylcholine after exposing tissue by saline, different concentrations of essential oil or aqueous extract Our findings showed that essential oil derived from extract in concentrations more than 0.002% reduced acetylcholine -induced contractions. The relaxant effect observed in this study is probably due to the thymol which is the main constituent of the essential oil.


ABSTRACT The equilibrium distance and energies of singlet and triplet states of a two-dimensional (2D) hydrogen molecule are calculated. Variational calculations were carried out using a multiparameter system of Gaussian functions with correlation multipliers. The results are compared with the calculations performed by other authors. Currently, the most accurate values of the singlet and triplet states energy of the 2D-molecule in two-dimensional systems have been obtained: Es  = –5.2843Eh , Et  = –2.9277Eh ; the equilibrium state corresponds to the distance Rm  = 0.36614ao , where Eh is the Hartree energy, and ao is the Bohr radius. In the mathematical sense, a 2D hydrogen molecule is a direct analog of a pair of shallow hydrogen-like paramagnetic centres in covalent two-dimensional crystals. The energies of the singlet and triplet states of 2DH2 are significantly lower than the corresponding values of the three-dimensional hydrogen molecule (3DH2), while the singlet–triplet splitting is much higher than that of 3DH2. In the equilibrium state, 2DH2 protons are much closer to each other, which leads to a significant increase in correlation effects associated with the direct dependence of the wave function on the interelectron distance compared to 3DH2. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT


Equiatomic Nitinol shape memory alloys (NiTi) have many applications in the biomedical industry. However, in spite of their favorable properties, its anti-corrosion properties may not be adequate in some applications. Excessive corrosion of the materials may lead to out-diffusion of toxic nickel ions from the materials into surrounding body fluids and tissues. Hence, the corrosion properties of NiTi are very important from the practical point of view. In this chapter, the in vitro and in vivo corrosion behavior of the materials is described from the perspective of orthopedic implants and prosthetic devices. Correspondence/Reprint request: Dr. Paul K Chu, Department of Physics & Material Science, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong. E-mail: email@example.com Chenglong Liu & Paul K Chu 60 Abbreviations and symbols CoCr cobalt-chromium Ecorr free corrosion potential CuNiTi copper-nickel-titanium Icorr corrosion current density Ti6Al4V titanium-6% aluminum-4% Ebd breakdown potential vanadium (alloy) TiO2 titanium (di)oxide Ep passivation potential Ip passivation current density SMA shape memory alloy Epit pitting potential PTN porous titanium nickel Egalv galvanic coupling potential As austenite start Ecc crevice corrosion potential Af austenite finish SCE saturated calomel electrode (reference electrode)


This story of the sinful woman is repeated over the centuries in the lives of people who have lived their Christian vocation. The more they listen (not just hear) to the Word of God and live what it teaches, the more they realize how short they have fallen to live up to his teachings and worse, even against them. Thus they are the first to acknowledge that they are sinners. But because they have faith in God, they run to him to seek forgiveness.


The image of "backlash" is pervasive in contemporary debates about the impact of second-wave feminism on law and policy. But does it really explain the resistance to feminist initiatives for social change in contemporary culture? In this timely volume, contributors from various disciplines analyze reaction and resistance to feminism in several areas of law and policy – child custody, child poverty, sexual harassment, and sexual assault – and in a number of institutional sites, such as courts, legislatures, families, the mainstream media, and the academy. Collectively, their studies paint a more complicated, often contradictory, picture of feminism, law, and social change than the popular image of backlash suggests. Reaction and Resistance offers feminists and other activists empirically grounded knowledge that can be used to develop legal and political strategies for change.


Original results of numerical simulations of an induction machine with local magneto-mechanically coupled FE model are presented. The coupling is implemented locally as a stress dependency of the magnetization properties of lamination. The mechanical load is due to the magnetic forces and shrink fitting of the core into the frame. Large local stresses are caused. They reduce the magnetization of lamination and increase the stator current. The resistive power losses increase and add to increased iron losses due to stresses. The efficiency of the machine is reduced


The ion–molecule reactions of allyl bromide with the molecular ion of allyl bromide and with its major fragment, the allyl ion, yield the C6H7+ and C6H9+ ions. The structure of these product ions was explored by means of photofragmentation with laser light in the 10 μm region and by proton transfer reaction to selected reagents. These product ions were also formed by other reactions and their reactivities compared. In both cases the presence of at least two populations is demonstrated. For C6H9+ these two populations are initially present, whereas for C6H7+ an isomer is formed by the infrared light before the loss of H2. When this ion is produced by photofragmentation of C6H7+, at least one third, stable isomer is formed. Two isomers of C6H5+ are formed in the photofragmentation of C6H7+, but only one form photofragments further by loss of C2H2. The use of non-linear least-squares fitting does not allow definite conclusions to be drawn concerning the kinetics of the consecutive photofragmentations.


The invention provides a mounting box body used for containing and fixing an electronic device. The mounting box body comprises a mounting base and a cover body which is matched with the mounting base. The mounting base comprises a mounting plate and a plurality of fasteners, a plurality of meshes are arranged on the mounting plate, one ends of the fasteners are fastened and fixed with the mounting plate through the meshes, and the other ends of the fasteners project out of the mounting plate and support against the side surface of the electronic device. The mounting base and the box body have the advantages that terminal equipment can be integrated on the mounting base without any tool as long as the fasteners are inserted in corresponding meshes, fastened and fixed with the mounting plate, and simultaneously support against the electronic device, so that the mounting base and the box body are simple and convenient to use; in addition, the fasteners can be fastened and fixed with the mounting plate through different meshes according to different models and sizes of terminal devices so as to adapt to the different sizes of terminal devices, and therefore, the mounting base and the box body have excellent expandability.


This experiment was performed to measure the magnetic field component emanating from a ti.ciear device. The measurements were made in an attempt to clarify the meclanisms of generation of electromagnetic field. The integrated output of three mutually perpendicular loop antennas was recorded on wide-band, self-powered magnetic tape recorders placed at various distances along three different radii from ground zero. The magnetic field appears to be mainly azimuthal and directed clockwise around ground zero. Due to instrumentation difficulties in most cases, no reliable information in the first 10 jsec was recorded; however, the later portions of the signals correlate well with present theories. Although apparent fields were measured in the vertical and radial directions at all stations, they were much smaller than the azimuthal field and were attributed to either local field distortions or antenna misalignment. A vertical magnetic signal attributable to the expulsion of the earth's magnetic field was measured at the 250-foot station. At the 625and 1,600-foot stations, a close correlation between the shape of the azimuthal magnetic. field and the gamma ray time history curves was found. Measurements at 1,600 feet and the 100-foot depth indicate that the wave shape of the azimuthal field is determined more by the transmission medium than by the source.


In this issue of the Journal, Batchelor et al. (1) compare the diagnostic yield of coronary angiography in the U.S. and Canadian patients enrolled in the Global Use of Strategies to Open Occluded Arteries in Acute Coronary Syndromes (GUSTO-1) trial. They defined yield as severe coronary artery disease (CAD), more specifically left-main or threevessel disease. The rates of angiography on the index hospital admission in the U.S. were 71%, as compared with only 27% in Canada. They expected that conservative use of angiography in Canada would lead to greater selectivity and higher diagnostic yield. It did not. The two-and-a-half-fold higher rates of angiography in the U.S. resulted in a two and a half-fold difference in the number of patients identified with severe CAD (i.e., 12 vs. 4.6 cases of severe CAD per 100 post-MI (myocardial infarction) patients in the U.S. and Canada, respectively). Using estimates from a meta-analysis of survival after coronary surgery versus medical therapy (2), Batchelor et al. (1) projected that the increased absolute detection rate of severe CAD could result in a marginal survival benefit of 5 per 1,000 patients at five years, assuming equivalent rates of surgical revascularization in both groups. The authors concluded that adopting more aggressive U.S. strategies could result in modest but meaningful improvements in long-term post-MI outcomes. Batchelor et al. (1) have conducted an important and innovative study. However, we have some concerns about their methods, results and conclusions.


The growing trend of nomadic and mobile computing raises serious security concerns. Nomadicity has become common; users are in constant transit, migrating with their mobile devices through many diverse wireless environments. Some users are innocent—potentially vulnerable, but benign—while others are malicious or carry compromised devices. The mobile commons brings all of these users and devices together. Both clients and hosting environments must be protected. To that end, we are developing QED, a new security model for computer networks. QED enables environments to quarantine devices, examine them, and potentially update or "decontaminate" client nodes. We present the design of our QED prototype and evaluate its performance in our laboratory.


The invention discloses a method for determining regional ionospheric layer delay. The method includes: collecting data; firstly establishing a regional ionospheric second-order term model according to the collected regional ionospheric VTEC (vertical total electron content) data; establishing a VTEC second-order term model and a fusion model of a neural network; adopting the fusion model to calculate VTEC values of puncture points of other positions in this area. By the method, computed results of the regional ionospheric layer delay are high in precision, and CORS (continuous operational reference system) measured results are wide in application range. A large number of engineering example application result analysis shows that precision of the computed results by the method is improved by 40% as compared to that by the VTEC second-order term model. Ionospheric layer space activity rules are high in fitting degree and high in timeliness, and convenience in use is brought. The ionospheric layer space activity rules can be obtained through analyzing according to fitting results of the neutral network, the ionospheric layer delay in any point in the area can be rapidly corrected, transmission precision and stability of radio waves can be improved, and technical support for better service for CORS can be provided.


The prediction of long-term deflection of large-span prestressed concrete bridges is a serious challenge to the current progress towards sustainable transportation system, which requires for a longer service lifetime. Although a number of concrete models and numerical formulations were proposed, the accuracy of prediction is not satisfactory and significant underestimate happens in structural analysis.
In order to overcome this obstacle, a unified viscoelasto-plastic damage model is proposed for the prediction of long-term performance of large-span prestressed concrete bridges carrying heavy traffic flow. In this unified concrete model, concrete cracking, plasticity and history-dependent behaviors (e.g. static creep, cyclic creep and shrinkage) are coupled. The isotropic damage model developed by Tao and Phillips enriched with the plastic yield surface is used in this study. For the static creep and shrinkage models, the rate-type formulation is applied so as to 1) save the computational cost and 2) make it admissible to couple memory-dependent and -independent processes. Cyclic creep, which is frequently ignored in structural analysis, is found to contribute substantially to the deflections of bridges with heavy traffic loads. The model is embedded in the general FEM program ABAQUS and a case study is carried out on the Humen Bridge Auxiliary Bridge. The simulation results are compared to the inspection reports, and the effectiveness of the proposed model is supported by the good agreement between the simulation and in-situ measurements.


Depression is the only treatable but most neglected mental health disorder in the world. Reasons for this negligence could be –unawareness of the danger of this disorder, unawareness of treatment options and expenses for undergoing treatment procedures. In this article, the author searched for empirical findings on the so far experimented psychological therapies for depression in different social settings. In this review, the author discussed about Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) related studies, which are conducted in schools, clinics, internet and Mindfulness based therapies. Key Points: Depression, CBT, Mindfulness based therapies


The transverse impedance of the extraction kickers is a significant beam instability source in the 3-GeV Rapid Cycling Synchrotron of Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex. The ORBIT code was used for the space charge and beam instability simulations by successfully introducing realistic time dependent machine parameters. The beam instability near the designed 1 MW beam power was found be very critical. As there was no practical measure yet to reduce the kicker impedance itself, a detail simulation studies were done in order to determine realistic machine parameters to suppress the beam instability. The simulation results were found to be consistent with measurements and 1 MW beam acceleration has also been successfully accomplished. The beam instability scenarios, especially at high intensities based on simulation and experimental studies are presented in this paper.


Provided is a slider supplying device that can supply one slider at a time to a chute. A slider supplying device comprises: a component transport route (30) that is connected to a component feeder (20) and that transports sliders (S) arranged in a prescribed orientation; a first stopper (41) that is provided in the component transport route (30) and that regulates the movement downstream in the slider transport direction of a first slider (S1) located the furthest downstream in the slider transport direction of the sliders (S) arranged on the component transport route (30); a second stopper (42) disposed further upstream in the slider transport direction than the first stopper (41) in the component transport route (30) and that regulates the movement downstream of a second slider (S2) located adjacent to the first slider (S1) on the upstream side; and a chute (50) to which the first slider (S1) that passes the first stopper (41) is supplied.


Breast density is a major risk factor for developing breast cancer. Non-invasive assessment of breast density was performed by means of time-resolved 7-wavelength (635-1060 nm) optical mammography. Good correlation was achieved between mammographic density and optically derived indexes in a clinical study that is presently ongoing and that has involved 63 subjects up to now.


In biology a general definition for host switch is when an organism (consumer) uses a new host (which represents a resource). The host switch process by a consumer may happen through its pre-existing capability to use a sub-optimal resource. The HostSwitch R package provides functions to simulate the dynamics of host switching (extent and frequency) in the population of a consumer that interacts with current and potential hosts over the generations. The HostSwitch package is based on a Individual-Based mock-up model published in FORTRAN by Araujo et al. (2015). The package largely improve the previous mock-up model, by implementing numerous new functionalities such as comparison and evaluation of simulations with several customizable parameters to accommodate several types of biological consumer-host associations, an interactive visualization of the model, an in-depth description of the parameters in a biological context. Finally, we provided three real world scenarios taken from the literature selected from ecology, agriculture and parasitology. This package is intended to reach researchers in the broad field of biology interested in simulating the process of host switch of different types of symbiotic biological associations.


In China,the economic and social development come into a critical stage with the upgrade of consumption structure,the restructuring of industries,pattern of multiple interests and social stratification,as well as the intense of the international competition.The paper explores the best market conditions which the enterprise achieve the objectives of the escalation presently,based on the analysis the environment of needs to upgrade enterprise,that is in order to promote local enterprise to upgrade on the domestic demand growth of the correct orientation by understanding and grasping accurately the character of the development stage of the economic and social in China.


In this paper,polypropylene(PP) was hydrophilic modified by the mean: solid phase grafting with maleic anhydride and low-temperature plasmas.PP modified by means of melt grafting with maleic anhydride was investigated in detail,and the effects of factors,as well as content of monomer and initiator,on grafting reaction were also studied.The lowest contact angle could decrease to 69.6 degree when EVA dosage was 3%.Plasma could further improve hydrophilic property of composite,with the contact angle decreased to 54.0 degree.


Although it is common for bi‐atrial tachycardia (AT) circuits to include the Bachmann bundle, there are few reports of its role in left AT circuits. A 77‐year‐old man was admitted for recurrent AT with a cycle length of 425 ms. The endocardial and epicardial activation map revealed an AT circuit located in the left atrial anterior wall and transverse pericardial sinus, showing a centrifugal pattern stemming from the left atrial appendage. After radiofrequency ablation, AT was no longer induced. This case suggests that the Bachmann bundle may be part of the left AT circuit.


Summary 1. The choline esterase concentration in the auricles of the rabbit heart was found to be considerably greater than that in the ventricles. 2. These data may be interpreted as supporting the viewpoint that there is an enzyme protective mechanism operating in the vagus system.


The ambiguity of the structure of 12Be especially in the configuration of Be ground state has attracted a lot of attention recently.We notice that the nuclear reaction cross section or at low energy region is sensitive to the surface structure of 12Be,which is greatly impacted by the ground state configuration of 12Be especially by the occupancy probability of the s orbital component.By using existed interaction cross section data of 12Be on C at 790 MeV/nucleon and Glauber model,the upper limit of the s orbital occupation probability of 12Be ground state is roughly determined to be about 56%with Single Particle Model calculations.This demonstrates that the method is very promising to determine the s orbital component of 12Be with proper nuclear-matter density distribution calculations for different orbitals of 12Be ground state.Hence we bring forward to determine the s orbital component of 12Be by measuring the ctr of 12Be on C and Al at several tens of MeV/nucleon.In this paper,the feasibility and detailed experimental scheme of the ctr measurement are carefully studied.The precision of the s orbital occupation probability of 12Be ground state is expected to achieve 9%by using the proposed 2%ctr data.


A number of thieno[2,3-b]pyridines ( 9–13 ) and pyridothienopyrimidines ( 14–16 ) were synthesized via the reaction of the dihydrothioxopyridine derivatives ( 7a,b ), obtained by the action of ethyl acetoacetate on arylidine cyanothioacetamide 4 , with halogenated compounds 8a–f .


In this paper steady flow of an incompressible Maxwell fluid through an axisym- metric artery with stenosis (constriction) is considered. A system of highly nonlinear equations is obtained and the perturbation method is applied to obtain an approximated theoretical result for the velocity distribution in mild stenosis, which is used to observe the pressure distribution and shear stress at the artery surface. Separation and reattachment points are also found. These points help us to understand the behavior of Maxwell fluid through the converging-diverging portion of the artery. This investigation results in a mathematical model that has good agreement with the blood flow characteristics because of its shear-thickening and shear-thinning behavior. It is observed that due to the non-Newtonian properties of the Maxwell fluid, the wall shear stress is comparatively less than that of Newtonian fluid. This property of the fluid may reduce the further growth of stenosis and turbulent region. Graphical representations are made giving a clear picture of flow through constriction.


* Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, U.S.U.H.S. As more and more patients are treated with long term hemodialysis, the surgeon providing vascular access is frequently faced with the problem of establishing a fistula in patients in whom all of the standard options have been utilized. We have successfully used the distal brachial artery to proximal axillary vein fistulas in such patients in the past two years. This graft offers several distinct advantages over other alternative methods. First and paramount is that available adequate low pressure venous outflow is virtually always present, (in


Ketotifen failed to protect against cat fur allergen induced asthma in a double blind placebo‐controlled trial in ten asthmatic children. Disodium cromoglycate gave effective protection against the immediate and the late asthmatic reactions but there were no significant differences between the effects of ketotifen and a placebo.


The cave of Nossa Senhora das Lapas is a small diaclase in the Dogger limestones that define the left margin of the river Nabao, 10 km north of Tomar, in central Portugal. Excavation of the sire began in 1988, as part of a research programme concerned with the late prehistory of the North Ribatejo, and it forms a part of a necropolis of several burial caves. The aim of this excavation was to study the single evidence of a cave burial which was in use from c. 5000 B.C. to c. 3000 B.C.


Bioinformatics is the application of information technology in biology and includes the processes of gathering, processing and analysing experimental results. Bioinformatics now entails the creation and advancement of databases, algorithms, computational and statistical techniques, and theory to solve formal and practical problems arising from the management and analysis of biological data. Computers are necessary in microbiology because the manual comparison of multiple sequences has become unpractical. The research subject was the characterisation of the strain ST51 isolated from the thermal water well in Vranjska Banja, south eastern Serbia. Molecular characterisation of these three strains was performed by analysis of the tuf gene, which encodes the elongation factor Tu. The DNA sequences were compared to those deposited in GenBank. data bases using the BLAST program (https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi?PROGRAM=blastn). The biochemical characterisation was performed using the API 50 CHB system (bioMerieux) and APIWEB TM software Ver. 4.1. The molecular characterisation of the strain ST51 proved the highest level of similarity to the strain Bacillus licheniformis marked as ATCC 14580 (99% identical). The biochemical characterization confirmed that the strain ST51 belongs to the species Bacillus licheniformis.Given that all the conducted analyses yielded a substantial number of data, they were processed and compared using biostatistics methods and tools in order to achieve the highest probability of resulted taxonomic classification. Modern research contributes to the analysis of a significant number of variables which is why considerably more statistical analyses are involved in their interpretation and presentation. Our results indicate that different methods are needed for proper determination and characterisation of isolates/strains. Regarding taxonomy, molecular methods are the most precise, while for physiological specificity biochemical methods are more reliable.