No award or honor I have received, nor any I can conceive of in the future, could give me so much delight as the one the members of the Fondation Tocqueville have bestowed upon me. My pleasure arises, not only because of the esteem in which I hold the members of the committee bestowing this wholly unanticipated recognition, and my special esteem for the first recipient of the award, but also because of the profound impact Alexis de Tocqueville has had on me in both his work and his life.


The hashing technique has recently sparked much attention in information retrieval community due to its high efficiency in terms of storage and query processing. For cross-modal retrieval tasks, existing supervised hashing models either treat the semantic labels as the ground truth and formalize the problem to a classification task, or further add a similarity matrix as supervisory signals to pursue hash codes of high quality to represent coupled data. However, these approaches are incapable of ensuring that the learnt binary codes preserve well the semantics and similarity relationships contained in the supervised information. Moreover, for sophisticated discrete optimization problems, it is always addressed by continuous relaxation or bit-wise solver, which leads to a large quantization error and inefficient computation. To relieve these issues, in this paper, we present a two-step supervised discrete hashing method, i.e., laBel ReconstrUcting and Similarity preserving Hashing (BRUSH). We formulate it as an asymmetric pairwise similarity-preserving problem by using two latent semantic embeddings deducted from decomposing semantics and reconstructing semantics, respectively. Meanwhile, the unified binary codes are jointly generated based on both embeddings with the affinity guarantee, such that the discriminative property of the obtained hash codes can be significantly enhanced alongside preserving semantics well. In addition, by adopting two-step hash learning strategy, our method simplifies the procedure of the hashing function and binary codes learning, thus improving the flexibility and efficiency. The resulting discrete optimization problem is also elegantly solved by the proposed alternating algorithm without any relaxation. Extensive experiments on benchmarks demonstrate that BRUSH outperforms the state-of-the-art methods, in terms of efficiency and effectiveness.


This chapter focuses on the health of the poorest 50% of Americans. Pretax income for the poorest 50% of Americans has remained the same over the past 40 years, while their after-tax income has dropped as taxes have increased for this same group. Regressive taxation has deepened wealth gaps, virtually assuring a continuing cycle of low income earning. The national share of income owned by the richest 50% of Americans has grown commensurately during this period, and the health indicators have responded accordingly. The slope of the income–health relationship has grown even steeper since 2000; the health advantage that those with higher incomes have over those with lower incomes is greater than it has been in the past four or more decades. Why is this? Americans continue to invest less in the social resources that can mitigate the challenges that come with a lower income, even as they spend ever more on high-end medicine that is accessed principally by those who can afford it. Social institutions like education that traditionally have led to social mobility and better health have become increasingly the provenance of the well-off.


Integrating the airport business, along with its inherent operational processes is a complicated matter, requiring careful design and planning. The main difficulties arise from understanding and describing the airport's process management model in detail, including its operational methods and essential information flows. Integration not only affects communications between systems, but also includes the specification of data that systems need to share and the integration of business processes with other external organizations. The whole process can be best accomplished by the physical and logical integration of the airport's real-time management via a centralized Airport Management Centre (AMC). The main benefit gained from integration is an airport that functions much like a single system, enabling processes to operate more efficiently. This gives a natural return on initial capital investments, thanks to economies of scale attributed to the more efficient use of capital resources with proportionally less labour input requirements, coupled with significant productivity increases, which translate directly into reductions in operational and maintenance costs.


We propose methods to accelerate machine learning (ML) on sparse datasets with a distributed memory vector architecture. First, we propose a new communication method that reduces the amount of communication by exploiting the sparsity of the data. Second, we propose a new sparse matrix vector multiplication (SpMV) for a vector architecture, which often becomes the kernel operation of ML on sparse datasets. The method keeps the vector length long even in the case of a power law matrix that typically appears in ML workloads. We implemented middleware that incorporates these two methods so that programmers who implement ML algorithms can easily utilize them. The evaluation results show that these methods improve the performance of ML algorithms by up to 4 times. The resulting performance of a vector architecture machine was up to 8.1 times faster than a commodity PC cluster with the same number of cores.


We give algorithms with lower arithmetic operation counts for both the Walsh-Hadamard Transform (WHT) and the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) on inputs of power-of-2 size N. For the WHT, our new algorithm has an operation count of 23/24N logN + O(N). To our knowledge, this gives the first improvement on the N logN operation count of the simple, folklore Fast Walsh-Hadamard Transform algorithm. For the DFT, our new FFT algorithm uses 15/4N logN + O(N) real arithmetic operations. Our leading constant 15/4 = 3.75 improves on the leading constant of 5 from the Cooley-Tukey algorithm from 1965, leading constant 4 from the split-radix algorithm of Yavne from 1968, leading constant 34/9=3.7777 from a modification of the split-radix algorithm by Van Buskirk from 2004, and leading constant 3.76875 from a theoretically optimized version of Van Buskirk's algorithm by Sergeev from 2017. Our new WHT algorithm takes advantage of a recent line of work on the non-rigidity of the WHT: we decompose the WHT matrix as the sum of a low-rank matrix and a sparse matrix, and then analyze the structures of these matrices to achieve a lower operation count. Our new DFT algorithm comes from a novel reduction, showing that parts of the previous best FFT algorithms can be replaced by calls to an algorithm for the WHT. Replacing the folklore WHT algorithm with our new improved algorithm leads to our improved FFT.


This paper aims to show how India is not yet ready to implement and fully undertake Capital Account Convertibility (CAC) in the wake of economic globalisation. It deals with certain problems relating to CAC, especially in the context of developing countries. It looks at the three main conditions laid down by the Tarapore Committee, comparing them to India's current macroeconomic position and finally, draws from the experience and lessons to be learnt from other developing countries who have implemented or attempted to undertake full convertibility.


Carrier-based aircraft landing is a complex process,its safety largely depending on the control deviation of the pilot which is again influenced by a combination of the state of the physical condition of the pilot,the environment and the equipment(carrier-based aircraft).Taking a certain type of foreign carrier-based aircraft as an example,this paper provides a method of carrier-based aircraft landing process safety modeling and simulation based on fuzzy inference.The uncertainty of pilot control during the process of carrier-based aircraft landing is considered,and this method analyzes the influencing factors of the uncertainty from the point of view of human-machine-environment.A hazard model is presented based on fuzzy inference,on the basis of this model,a safety simulation model of the landing process is proposed.And then the degree of influence of key factors,such as hazard mode,criticality,and hazard occurrence time,etc.,is determined from simulation analysis which lays the foundation for safe carrier-based aircraft landing.


PPP (Public Private Partnerships) allow any large public sector agency or government to focus on procuring services on the most cost effective basis, rather than directly owning and operating assets. Governments target PPP to achieve several objectives, including mobilising private sector funds, management skills, expertise, other resources and innovation drivers to provide 'better value' (or in some cases to merely provide otherwise ' difficult-to-provide ') public infrastructure and services. Specific objectives could include superior project management and better controls, overall value for money through more careful and comprehensive designs e.g. in encouraging life-cycle considerations in more effective designs, and reduced maintenance and operation costs.


© 2015 Indian Journal of Pharmacology Published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow The process of neurogenesis is most active during embryonic development and continues after birth for a year or 2 in humans. In the first stage (42 embryonic days), neural progenitor cells, which are mitotic are formed in a symmetrical fashion, after which the mode of cell division shifts from symmetrical to asymmetrical. During asymmetrical division, 1 neural progenitor and 1 neuron is produced.[1] Neurogenesis mostly occurs in the ventricular zone, and the newly formed progenitor neurons remain in the proliferative zone, while the neurons migrate radially out to the neocortex. The cortical neurogenesis completes by about 108 embryonic days.[2] A nonpathological process that is essential in the establishment of complex networks of the developing brain involves loss of about 50% of the neurons. There are approximately 100 billion neurons in a mature human brain.[3] The naturally occurring neuronal cell death occurs prenatally, and elimination of about 50% of unwarranted connections among neurons occurs postnatally. Each neuron can make connections with more than 1000 other neurons, thus an adult brain has approximately 60 trillion neuronal connections. Endothelin‐B (ETB) receptors are a necessary component of the developing nervous system. ETB receptors act as regulators in differentiation, proliferation, and migration of neural cells during pre and post natal development, assisting the formation of melanocytes, neurons, and glia of the enteric nervous system as well as the central nervous system (CNS).[4] We have demonstrated that stimulation of ETB receptors increases the expression of various growth factors, such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and nerve growth factor, and plays an important role in the vascular and neuronal development of the CNS.[5‐7] It is now known that neurogenesis persists throughout the human lifespan, and new neurons are being formed in the adult brain. The first direct evidence for adult neurogenesis in humans was provided in 1998, when a thymidine analog, bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) was administered to 5 cancer patients, and their postmortem brain tissue was obtained and compared to a similar patient without BrdU treatment. It was found that new neurons are being formed from dividing progenitor cells in the dentate gyrus of adult humans.[8] Follow‐up studies could not be carried out because injecting BrdU in humans is not an option anymore, because of safety concerns of injecting a chemical that incorporates into the DNA of dividing brain cells. A landmark study was then conducted by measuring the 14C concentration in the DNA of brain cells of deceased patients that were previously exposed to atmospheric 14C released due to above‐ground nuclear tests, and it showed significant neurogenesis in the human hippocampus.[9] In the adult brain, there is an endogenous mechanism, which attempts to repair and reduce damage to the brain following insults such as head trauma and cerebrovascular accidents. The neurorestorative process involves neurogenesis, angiogenesis, and oligodendrogenesis. It is possible that stimulation of ETB receptors in the brain can lead to neurovascular remodeling and enhance the neurorestorative processes that are inherent in the adult brain. There are many pharmacological agents such as antidepressants, cannabinoids through CB1 receptors, granulocyte colony stimulating factor, and VEGF have been identified to modulate neurogenesis, and can provide new therapeutic strategies. A large number of late stage clinical trials for indications such as stroke and Alzheimer's disease have failed. This has led to reconsidering of the entire strategy, and now, the emphasis is being given to move away from acute neuroprotection and go toward delayed neurorestoration. In the United States, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke is supporting mechanistic studies of neuroplasticity, which are relevant to stroke recovery. Stroke progress review group has also identified neurorestoration after stroke as a major priority area for stroke research. Many laboratories across the world are aggressively moving forward with compounds that can induce neurogenesis in the adult brain and potentially be used as therapeutic agents for the treatment of cerebrovascular accidents, Alzheimer's disease, and brain injuries. We have shown that selectively activating ETB receptors, with IRL‐1620, in a focal stroke model is effective in reducing the infarct volume (by 83.66% in the acute study and 69.49% in the chronic study), and improved all neurological and motor function parameters when compared to the vehicle‐treated group.[10‐12] We also found that protection and recovery from the ischemic condition were due to reduction in apoptosis, and an increase in angiogenesis and neurogenesis within 7 days following infarct and treatment with IRL‐1620. VEGF‐positive vessels/30 μm brain slice in the IRL‐1620 group numbered 11.33 ± 2.13 versus 4.19 ± 0.79 in the vehicle group.[12] IRL‐1620 was also found to be highly effective in a rat model of Alzheimer's disease.[5,13] Several clinical studies have been initiated to evaluate adult neurogenesis using dietary supplements, pregnenolone, Understanding neurogenesis in the adult human brain Editorial


Surface polishing is an important technique in the precision/ultra-precision process, especially in the optical industry. This paper introduces a new polishing method named Flexible Polishing by Compound Diamond Powder (FPCDP), in which the polishing abrasive grains are made of a kind of compound particles with flexible base and abrasive diamond powder. In FPCDP process, the compound abrasive grains are jetted onto the workpiece surface with an accelerated speed at an incident angle, and the micro irregularities on the workpiece surface are removed during the scratching, rolling and ploughing by the compound abrasive grains. The mechanism of polishing process is analyzed and the machining condition is optimized by experiments, which shows that FPCDP is an efficient method to improve the glass surface roughness.


The aim of this study was performed to compare the effect of hypertermic therapy, abdominal massage
and Gung massage on improvement of premenstrual...


This article reports the results of a survey of 391 Association for Assessment in Counseling (AAC) members concerning the organization's activities; its journal, Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling Development; AAC Newsnotes; strategic planning goals; and convention activities.


We developed a robust method for estimating lip position that is independent of camera zoom and direction of the face. The method require no extra information about position or form in advance. The method was carriedout without limited conditions such as lipstick or lighting because lip is generally redder than the skin. The method makes use of the psychometric quantities of rectangular coordinates (a*) and color difference (Δa*), which are defined in theCIE 1976 L*a*b* color space. The CIE 1976 L*a*b* color space separates chroma channels and lightness, and it is nearly perceptually uniform. The method extracted the outer-lip contour based on the Δa* values. Furthermore, we estimated the lip position with the aid of the a* color histogram. The results indicated the effectiveness of this method; the image data was used to estimate the lip's position with about 96-percents accuracy.


English for Nurses is a bridge between general English and nursing knowledge in Chinese.It is very important reform contents for the teachers how to teach this subject well,for students how to learn well,and how to connect the teaching contents to international track to meet the demands of international nursing staff.We made a constructive attempt on teaching methods,teaching contents and improving the students' interest,and so on.As a result,good effects were achieved.


Solar flares, especially the energetic ones, are known to occur in sunspot regions. Observations have shown that such flare-producing sunspots are magnetically "complex". However, it is not clear how these spots are formed on the Sun. To this end, we first surveyed all strong (GOES >M5-class) flares for 6 years from May 2010 and investigated the characteristics and evolution processes of these flare-producing sunspots [1]. The spots analyzed here was categorized into four types depending on their evolutionary history, as shown in the left column of Figure 1: (1) spot-spot, in which a long, sheared polarity inversion line (PIL: Bz=0 line) is formed between two major sunspots; (2) spot-satellite, where a newly-emerging minor bipole next to a pre-existing spot creates a compact PIL; (3) quadrupole, where two emerging bipoles produce a PIL in between; and (4) inter-AR, which produces flares not inside the spots but from between two separated regions. We found, for instance, that the average duration of the flares for the spot-spot group is 2512 s, which is four times longer than that for the spot-satellite group of 599 s. These results may indicate that the magnetic structures of flaring sunspots determine the characteristics of the flare eruptions. Therefore, it is critically important to understand how these sunspots are generated. Then, we modeled these four types of sunspots by conducting MHD simulations [2]. In this work, we used the flux emergence simulations, in which we simulated the rising of magnetic flux tubes from the solar convection zone to the higher atmosphere and the eventual formation of sunspot regions. To model the four types, we applied the following initial conditions: (1) a strongly twisted flux tube emerges due to the kink instability; (2) the main tube emerges with a parasitic tube wrapping around it; (3) a single tube emerges at two locations [e.g. 3]; and (4) two separate tubes emerge independently. Middle column of Figure 1 shows the resultant layout of magnetic polarities on the solar surface. In types (1)-(3), positive and negative polarities lie next to each other, which is the typical characteristics of the flaring sunspots. We find that sheared PILs are created between the two polarities by spot motions, where the horizontal field (i.e. the (Bx, By) vector) is aligned along the PIL. Also, the non-potential magnetic fields are formed in the atmosphere above the PILs (Figure 1, right) and magnetic energies are stored in the current sheets. Therefore, we can conclude that, to create flaring sunspots, emerging magnetic fields in the convection zone need to have highly twisted configurations and/or interactions with other magnetic fields. Together with detailed case studies [e.g. 4], the knowledge obtained here may link to the further understanding of flare eruptions not only of the Sun but also of many other stars.


the qualitative data collected by Iijima, that Miike's miners helped to turn the safety control system into a mere formality and that their advertency for accidents declined after the coal-dust explosion, set forth. The paper concludes that of safety controls from the point of view of the characteristics of the coal mine should be highlighted, and safety control and damage should be one of the most important themes espe-cially in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.


Formerly grounded in values of craftsmanship, in the skilled making of products, `quality' is now associated with the management of administrative or technical processes. Its appreciation, once based in the exercise of individual judgement and taste, is now often founded on supposedly objective systems of evaluation.

Practitioners of design are under pressure to quantify `quality', but it is questionable whether it is possible or even desirable to do so. This book considers this important issue, looking at how quality is:

defined, appreciated, evaluated, managed, produced.
With contributions from eminent architects and architectural critics, this book is for architects, academics, students and anyone interested in what architectural quality is, and how it may be achieved.


It is frequently of interest to jointly analyze multiple sequences of multiple tests in order to identify simultaneous signals, defined as features tested in multiple studies whose test statistics are non-null in each. In many problems, however, the null distributions of the test statistics may be complicated or even unknown, and there do not currently exist any procedures that can be employed in these cases. This paper proposes a new nonparametric procedure that can identify simultaneous signals across multiple studies even without knowing the null distributions of the test statistics. The method is shown to asymptotically control the false discovery rate, and in simulations had excellent power and error control. In an analysis of gene expression and histone acetylation patterns in the brains of mice exposed to a conspecific intruder, it identified genes that were both differentially expressed and next to differentially accessible chromatin. The proposed method is available in the R package this http URL.


The reaction of open and half-open sandwich complexes of iron and ruthenium with metal carbonyls was studied. Three types of complexes could be isolated:  Carbonyl-bridged iron−ruthenium dimers with cyclopentadienyl and pentadienyl terminal ligands, dimetallic iron carbonyl complexes with a bridging σ,π-coordinated pentadienyl ligand, and ruthenium complexes with one or two π-coordinated ruthenabenzene ligands. The latter are the first ever isolated bis(metallabenzene) π-complexes. The X-ray structures of C5Me5Ru(CO)4Fe(C7H11), (μ-C7H10)Fe2(CO)6, and [(C8H11)Ru(CO)3]2Ru are reported. Density functional calculations have been used to better understand the bonding in metallabenzene complexes. The electron localization function (ELF) clearly confirms metal−metal bonding interactions in the complexes studied. In particular, the bis(metallabenzene) complex 13 is found to exhibit a three-center bonding attractor in the ELF in its stable syn-eclipsed conformation but two two-center attractors in the ca. 30 kJ mo...


Abstract Keratin fibers from chicken feathers were modified through graft copolymerization with methyl methacrylate in an aqueous medium, using a KMnO4 / malic acid redox system. Original and grafted fibers were characterized by IR and Raman spectroscopy and their thermal behavior was studied by both differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis. The grafted fiber surface was characterized by scanning electron microscopy. The characterization results show that grafting was effectively achieved and this was confirmed by a ninhydrin test after acidic hydrolysis of the grafted keratin.


This study aims to determine the overall performance of the bank using the balanced scorecard method. This research is a qualitative research. The population in this study were all customers, employees, and managers in the KCS Syariah BTPN Bank DIY Sleman Branch with sampling using simple random method. Data collection techniques using questionnaires with a total sample of 30 respondents and financial data from 2014 to 2017. The validity test of the instrument using the Pearson Correlation formula. Instrument reliability uses the Alpha Cronbach formula. The results of this study indicate that the performance of the Syariah BTPN Bank of Sleman DIY KCS Branch can be measured using the balanced scorecard method and get good results from all four perspectives, namely financial
perspective, customer, internal business processes, and learning and growth


circulation (Fig. 3). This arises from the leakage of proteins from the capillary bed into the various tissue spaces from which they percolate to the lymphatics and return to the venous side of the circulation via the thoracic duct. For many proteins the total amount of protein in the tissue spaces, the lymphatic circulation etc. roughly equals, or is greater than, the total amount in the plasma. Based on this expanded concept it is obvious that a list of the factors determining the concentration of a plasma protein should include: (1) the distribution and amount of body fluid; (2) capillary permeability; (3) lymphatic return; (4) losses in various disease states e.g. haemorrhage, protein-losing enteropathy, nephrosis, bums; (5) synthesis of the protein, which is dependent on the availability of amino acids, energy, and endocrine environment; and (6) catabolism of the protein, which is probably mainly influenced by various hormones. The increasing availability of computers makes it easy to explore the quantitative aspects of the metabolism and distribution of the plasma proteins. Use of a simple mathematical model adapted for a computer can illustrate clearly the interaction of the various factors which affect the concentration of specific proteins in plasma. Much of the mathematics of this approach is shared by pharmacokinetics, some comprehension of which is obviously necessary if clinical 80 20 40 60 Time (min)


Future educators are sensitive to the necessity of an adequate sex education which responds to the communicative structure of human reality, regard love as fundamental in sexual intercourse and consider respect towards people to be the dynamic key of sex education and sexual fulfilment. This emerges from an experimental study carried out by the Faculty of Science of Education of the University of Granada, in Spain, on a sample of 1200 students. These results open up new horizons of pedagogical research.


The present application discloses a system for locating a receiver, the method is arranged for the receiver system and the receiver system comprises a positioning system. The receiver system may include a set of nodes, the node comprising the receiving node for receiving a set of ranging signal. Group at the node, the receiving node may be arranged in a predetermined pattern. And the node set may include a reference node, the positions of the other receiving node within the node group can be determined based on the position information of the reference node and the predetermined pattern. According to the present invention, the receiver system may have a more flexible structure, which may be better adapted to the actual application of the complex. Meanwhile, the calibration work can be significantly reduced in the case of complex applications.


The problems of short of domestic water treatment instrument in small size cities are normal,which lead to serious water pollution.So the key point of EIA of real estate projects should be feasible domestic water treatment.The key point is discussed by taking the Qujing Ruihe new city construction projects as an real estate example.


Bis(triphenylsilyl)selenide, [(C6H5)3Si]2Se or C36H30SeSi2, exists in the solid state as monomeric angular molecules. Si—Se—Si angles of 111.56 (3) and 109.45 (3)° are found in the two independent molecules.


Objective To investigate the anticancer efficacy of sodium channel blocker-sodium channel amine ligands(SCALs)in breast cancer cell lines.Methods Seven SCALs compounds,S1127,S1156,S1169,S1170,S1178,S1180,and S1182 were synthesized and structure confirmed.Breast cancer cell lines,MCF-7 cell line and MDA-MB-231 cell line were used in this study.The cell viability was assessed by MTT Assay.The cell apoptosis and cell cycle progression were assessed by flow cytometry.Results S1127 was found to be the most potent among the seven compounds;it inhibited the growth of tumor cells in the low micromolar range with a dose-dependent manner.The IC_(50) of S1127 is 17.2 μM and 21.8 μM for MCF-7 cells and MNA-MB-231 cells,separately.Further study on S1127 showed that it induced apoptosis and G0/G1 phase cell cycle arrest in MCF-7 cell line and MDAMB-231 cell line.Conclusions These results indicate that S1127 is a potential therapeutic agent for breast cancer.


Introduction Part 1: Landscape and Movement 1. The Altai, the Altaians and the Telengits 2. Sacred Land and the Significance of Places 3. Moving Through a Powerful Landscape 4. Rites of Springs Part 2: Ritual and Knowledge 5. Chaga Bairam 6. Ontology of the Spirits 7. Lamas and Shamans 8. Ritual and Revival. Conclusion


Recycling economy is a kind of new and advanced thinking and economy mode and the fundamental wayto realize the sustainable development and establish the saving-society in China. In this paper, the definition ,characteristics, principles and typical development modes of recycling economy were briefly introduced. And theconcept, significance and development modes for developing recycling economy of wood-based panel industry weredescribed. In the meantime, main problems in developing recycling economy of wood-based panel industry in Chinawere discussed, also the measures to solve the problems above in future were given.


To demonstrate the effect of donor (D) and acceptor (A) units on the structure−property relationships of electrochromic polymers, design, synthesis, characterization and polymerization of a series of D−A type systems, 1−5, based on thiophene, 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene, and 3,3-didecyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-thieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxepine as D units and 2,1,3-benzoselenadiazole, 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole and 2-decyl-2H-benzo[d][1,2,3]triazole as A units are highlighted. It is found that these units play key roles on the redox behavior, band gap, neutral state color, and the electrochromic performance (stability, optical contrast, coloration efficiency, and switching time) of the system. It is noted that electropolymerization of these D−A systems provides processable low band gap electrochromes, P1-P5, exhibiting high redox stability, coloration efficiency, transmittance and/or contrast ratio and low response time. Furthermore, P1-P5 reflect various hues of blue and green pallets of the RGB color-space in the neutral st...


The isotropic chemical shift of {sup 23}Na, {sup 111}Cd, or {sup 133}Cs in cation-exchanged Llano vermiculites is directly related to the hydration states. This swelling mica undergoes phase transitions easily detectable from the x-ray reflections along the C axis, perpendicular to the basal plane, the d{sub 001} reflections. The reference states are the corresponding dilute salt solutions. With respect to this reference, the chemical shift can be accounted for by a general equation obtained by considering the configuration of the lattice and water oxygen ligands and the electron back-donation from the ligand to the cation. The quadrupole coupling constant (QCC) of {sup 23}Na at all hydrate states and in the dehydrated state is small (QCC < 1 MHz), whereas in the dehydrated state the {sup 111}Cs QCC is about 6.7 MHz ({nu}{sub Q} {approx equal} 0.48 MHz). For all three cations the asymmetry parameter (either quadrupolar or chemical shift) is close to one.


In this paper, we describe a new matrix class in Epetra that gives a Trilinos applica- tion access to the Optimized Sparse Kernel Interface (OSKI) package. Epetra is the core basic linear algebra package within Trilinos, Sandia's numerical algorithms framework. We give an overview of OSKI and the new Epetra class design. We also present numerical results that compare performance of equivalent OSKI and Epetra kernels in serial and in parallel. Finally, we discuss potential impact of OSKI on applications that currently use Trilinos. 1. Introduction. Many real world scientific problems, in fields such as atmo- spheric science, quantum physics, and structural engineering, are simulated on com- puters. Due to model complexity, fidelity, or time scales, such simulations often must be run on massively parallel computers. The time and eort involved in designing these simulations is large. Therefore, many simulations leverage existing optimized kernels and algorithms provided by other software libraries. At Sandia, one such source of state-of-the-art numerical algorithms is the Trilinos project (7). Trilinos is a collection of scientific computing libraries called "packages". Each package in Trilinos has unique functionality, and is written by domain experts. Pack- ages are typically autonomous, but can leverage capabilities in other Trilinos packages. Functionality available within Trilinos packages includes basic linear algebra opera- tions, preconditioning, solvers, data distribution and load balancing. The Trilinos project provides application developers a suite of modern optimized numerical meth- ods. In turn, Trilinos leverages basic libraries such as the BLAS (4) and LAPACK (1).


Funding information was listed incorrectly in the article published. The correct funding acknowledgment is as follows: This study was supported by grants from the National Research Foundation of Korea, which is funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT (Information & Communication Technology) and Future Planning (MSIP) of the Korean Government (MSIP) (#2014R1A5A2009936, 2010–0019472 and 2015R1A2A1A05001756). J.W., J. M., and K. H. were supported by the graduate program of BK Plus Program from the Korean government. The funding information has been updated in the online publication. The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused.


Aim To evaluate the relative bioavailability and the bioequivalence between two kinds of enalapril maleate tablets.Methods A single oral dose of enalapril maleate tablet was given respectively to 20 healthy volunteers in a two-way cross over test.Plasma concentration of enalapril maleate was determined by HPLC-MS-MS.Results The main pharmacokinetic parameters were as follows:Cmax,Tmax,t1/2,AUC(0-48h),AUC(0-∞)of test preparation and reference preparation were(32.74±9.01),(35.48±11.44)μg·L-1;(0.76± 0.17),(0.87±0.17)h;(2.52±2.95),(3.10±5.79)h;(59.22±20.46),(64.43±23.42)mg·h·L-1;(60.01±20.39),(65.09±23.43)mg·h·L-1,respectively,and F0-tn of test preparation was(97.8±34.1)%.Conclusion The test preparation is bioequivalent to the reference preparation.


Allan Gibbard's Wise Choices, Apt Feelings is one of the most powerful and instructive books I have encountered -in philosophy or in the social scienceswithin the broad enterprise of coming to grips with human normative discourse and practice. No one interested in such questions can afford to miss it. Philosophers frequently talk of the need for philosophical explanations, but it is rare to come across work that is genuinely explanatory and at the same time fully alive to philosophical questions -not merely a philosophically-tinged repackaging of the latest empirical theory. Gibbard's discussion of rationality and ethics affords an astonishing amount of insight into such diverse phenomena as linguistic representation, evolutionary rationales for various human emotions, and discursive


The internal auditory system emits slightly detectable sounds (Kemp echoes) as a response to the auditory input. This response is able to be mimicked via a cascade of two-port lattices and has been previously simulated with analog amplifiers. This paper presents a digital implementation scheme using fixed-point, two's complement arithmetic with the wordlength and decimal precision based on generic parameters. The advantages are in accuracy and cancellation of initial cycle oscillations due to initial conditions normally present in both numerical and continuous implementations.


Maltodextrins were produced from milled rice flour in a single-step process using a heat-stable α-amylase preparation. The starting solids content was 30% (w/w), and processing temperatures and times were varied between 70–97°C and 15–75 min, respectively. Optimum liquefied starch yields, which accounted for virtually all of the starch present, were obtained at temperatures of 80°C and above, but reducing sugars and DE values were highest at 70°C. Low molecular weight saccharide concentrations (DP 1–10) were greatest at 80°C. Because processing at temperatures of 90–97°C resulted in decreased levels of reducing sugars and DP 1–10 concentrations without providing a substantial increase in solubilized starch yields, it was concluded that rice maltodextrins could be most effectively produced at a processing temperature of 80°C.


Parents who use their own saliva to clean their child's pacifier may be helping to reduce their child's likelihood of suffering from eczema and allergies.


We investigated the relationship of ventilation rates with the performance of advice nurses working in a call center. Ventilation rates were manipulated; temperatures, humidities, and CO{sub 2} concentrations were monitored; and worker performance data, with 30-minute resolution, were collected. Multivariate linear regression was used to investigate the association of worker performance with indoor minus outdoor CO{sub 2} concentration (which increases with decreasing ventilation rate per worker) and with building ventilation rate. Results suggest that the effect of ventilation rate on worker performance in this call center was very small (probably less than 1%) or nil, over most of the range of ventilation rate (roughly 12 L s{sup -1} to 48 L s{sup -1} per person). However, there is some evidence of worker performance improvements of 2% or more when the indoor CO{sub 2} concentration exceeded the outdoor concentration by less than 75 ppm.


Modern wireless applications necessitate compact handheld devices capable of operating at wide range of frequencies with minimum power. A suitable choice and size of the antenna play a role in reducing the power consumption of the transceivers. Microstrip antenna is usually preferred for such transceivers operating at microwave frequencies because of low profile and easy installation. In this paper, a design of microstrip patch antenna using copper nano material fabricated with sputtering process is proposed and analyzed by its performance. The thickness of the microstrip antenna is reduced by 50 times compared to the antenna fabricated using conventional etching process. The performance of the antenna is evaluated using the metrics of Return Loss, VSWR, and Radiation Pattern. The proposed antenna achieves a return loss of −20 dB at 2.4GHz. Further, the return loss is less than −10 dB for the frequencies ranging from 5 to 17 GHz. The maximum gain of 10 dB is achieved at 15.5 GHz.


My purpose is to determine the tutors most frequently encountered tn the everyday practice of surgical pathology and compare the incidence with that reported in the standard pathology texts. I am primarily concerned with the availability of material for teaching oncology to graduate and medical students.


The article presents a clinical case of a hemangioma of the large intestine. The patient was observed for ulcerative colitis and hemorrhoidal hemorrhages for a long time and received appropriate treatment. Performing a spiral computed tomography of the abdominal cavity organs and pelvic organs in angioregimen allowed to establish the diagnosis and determine the extent and severity of bowel involvement with the transition to pelvic organs. Thus, the need to comply with the standards of diagnostic search at all stages is emphasized. The most informative studies in such cases are endoscopy and SCT, which allow us to visualize and evaluate the properties of the anomaly in detail.


Objective
To evaluate the effects of nursing interns′ resources on self management of patients with stable COPD in community.

Methods
From September 2012 to May 2013, 60 cases of nursing interns were selected in college nursing students of grade two. We developed COPD related training, participated in the community health assessment and health education in 60 cases of COPD patients leading by community health care workers and teachers. Before and after the intervention, the patients were evaluated by the self management scale of COPD and compared the intervention effects.

Results
Six months after intervention, the total score of self-management in 60 patients increased from (144.68±49.13) to (166.88±41.45) (t=-16.473, P<0.01); patients′ dyspnea condition was improved, while the average rate of dyspnea decreased from 2.23 to 1.72, and the rate of decline was 22.9%.

Conclusions
Nursing interns, who participated in self management of COPD patients in community, can improve the self-management ability of COPD patients in community, play the role of nursing students′ human resources, stimulate students′ interest in learning, enhance the consciousness of humanistic care, and deepen the connotation of professional nurses.

Key words:
Student, Nursing; Pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive; Community health service


The proper role of the prosecutor, contrary to popular perception, is not that of a partisan persecutor bent on securing the conviction of an accused person but rather that of a quasi-judicial 'minister of justice' whose detached function is to seek justice and to ensure fairness. This view of the prosecutor's role can be traced back at least to the early 1800s and continues to command firm support in both Australia and England. In considering the development of the role of the prosecutor it is instructive to consider the crucial function performed by the prosecution in the disclosure of potentially significant material in its possession; whether this is evidence upon which the prosecution is choosing to rely at trial or so-called unused material. In this article I will trace the development of the principles relating to disclosure in both England and Australia from the time when the prosecutor was entitled to act as a partisan advocate to the operation for much of the 20th century of the informal 'Old Boys Act' approach to disclosure to the modern insistence on candour culminating in the landmark decisions in England in the 1990s and of the High Court of Australia in R v Mallard in 2005. The fundamental theme that emerges in relation to the issue of disclosure is that the prosecutor must act as the frank minister of justice. There is no place in the modem criminal process either for the prosecutor to act as the partisan advocate or to rely on the informal 'Gentlemen's Club' approach to disclosure. It is clear that the operation of the law in England regarding disclosure has given rise to significant practical and theoretical problems and that it would therefore be wise to be wary before importing the English model to Australia. However demanding and problematic as the prosecutor's duties of disclosure may be, I would argue that in this area, 'The prosecutor must act as a minister of justice, presenting the prosecution evidence fairly, making full disclosure of relevant material and ever conscious that prosecution must not become persecution.


The electron injection material PF-EP was found to be thermo-cleavable. Its solubility in chlorobenzene can be adjusted by thermal treatment at different temperatures. By analyzing the results of TGA, FT-IR, and 13C solid-state NMR, we interpret that the solubility transition is caused by partial acidification, crosslinking through a hydrogen-bonded network and coordination of O, P and Li. Based on this thermo-cleavable approach, efficient fully solution-processed IBPLEDs were successfully fabricated. The maximum current efficiency of the device with 2.5% Li2CO3 doped PF-EP as the EIL reaches nearly 1.7 times of that of a conventional device. We attribute the high performance to the good electron injection and hole blocking abilities of PF-EP and Li2CO3.


The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of ozone therapy as an adjunctive modality for weight reduction in grade II adult obese subjects. Subjects: thirty grade II adult obese subjects from both sexes had BMI 30-40. They ranged in age from 25 to 45 years. They were classified randomly into two groups of equal number. Group 1: fifteen patients received ozone therapy with diet. Group 2: fifteen patients received diet regimen only. Procedures: evaluation procedures in form of measurement of BMI and waist circumference pre treatment and after three months post treatment, and therapeutic procedures for group 1: ozone therapy with low caloric diet, for group 2: low caloric diet only. The results showed a statistically significant decrease in BMI, and waist circumference in both groups, with a higher rate of reduction in ozone with diet group. Conclusion: It could be concluded that ozone therapy can be used as an adjunctive modality for weight reduction in grade II adult obese subjects.


On 2013 September 21–22, the High Energy Replicated Optics to Explore the Sun (HEROES) hard X-ray telescope flew as a balloon payload from Ft. Sumner, NM. HEROES observed the Sun, the black hole binary GRS 1915+105, and the Crab Nebula during its 27 h flight. In this paper, we describe laboratory calibration measurements of the HEROES detectors using line and continuum sources and applications of these measurements to define channel to energy (gain) corrections for observed events and to define detector response matrices. We characterize the HEROES X-ray grazing incidence optics using measurements taken in the Stray Light Facility (SLF) in Huntsville, AL, and using ray traces. We describe the application of our calibration measurements to in-flight observations of the Crab Nebula.


We present a taxonomy-driven approach to requirements specification in a large-scale project setting, drawing on our work to develop visualization dashboards for improving the quality of healthcare. Our aim is to overcome some of the limitations of the qualitative methods that are typically used for requirements analysis. When applied alone, methods like interviews fall short in identifying the full set of functionalities that a visualization system should support. We present a five-stage pipeline to structure user task elicitation and analysis around well-established taxonomic dimensions, and make the following contributions: (i) criteria for selecting dimensions from the large body of task taxonomies in the literature,, (ii) use of three particular dimensions (granularity, type cardinality and target) to create materials for a requirements analysis workshop with domain experts, (iii) a method for characterizing the task space that was produced by the experts in the workshop, (iv) a decision tree that partitions that space and maps it to visualization design alternatives, and (v) validating our approach by testing the decision tree against new tasks that collected through interviews with further domain experts.


This article challenges the received view that Woodrow Wilson provided the intellectual foundation for the subsequent expansion of the executive power of the presidency, by examining how Wilson arrived at his later presidentially centered account of American politics in Constitutional Government. Its focus is a memo that Wilson wrote in December 1885 while preparing an essay on "The Modern Democratic State." Wilson's objectives in using the executive were determined in large measure by a conception of modern democratic opinion leadership that he had worked out before he entered public life. He correctly sensed that executive power, with its decisionistic bias, posed a serious problem for constitutional self-government. By making it subserve opinion leadership, Wilson meant to remove executive action from the apex of modern constitutional government and thus subordinate executive power to deliberative politics.


: Waiting time is an emergency department is considerable issue in money countries in the world. This study aims to investigate the factors affecting waiting time (WT) in accident &emergency (A&E) units and to formulate strategies for improvement. Preliminary care units in Sri Lanka are similar to A&E department in other countries. Objective: To describe the factors affecting waiting time in the accident and emergency patient attending to Preliminary Care Unit of selected Base Hospital in Western Province Sri Lanka. Methodology: This was a cross sectional observational study conducted in three Base Hospital in Western province the period of three months and total 425 patients were interviewed. This study was conducted at primary care units in three Base Hospital in Western Province Sri Lanka. Patients, consultants, medical officers, nursing officers, Health care assistance and other administrative staff participated to the study. Results: The most congested time period was 10a, m to 1p.m. most affected age group was 15- 24yrs.There were more significant association between type of injuries and waiting time(P=0.001). Majority of the patients were registered within 15 minutes (97.6%) and the average waiting time to seeing a doctor was less than 15 minutes. Ninety-nine percentages of patients waited less than 15 minutes to get their treatment. Conclusion and recommendation: RTA, animal bite, snake bite and falls were the commonest causes for admission. Surgical and JMO referral were delay due to un availability of medical staff. Shortage of heath staff, lack of in-service training program and poor monitoring and evaluation were noticed.


The concept of transnationalism raises important questions with respect to the ways in which individuals define themselves within a given nation. The idea that a nation can consist as a cohesive singular entity is challenged as transnational communities undermine the idea that the symbolic structures, political systems, and economic centers singularly define a specific nation. Transnational communities represent complex sets of relations that cannot be characterized as the product of or are in the service of one specific nationality. At the same time, global capitalism has the potential to erode or efface all claims to the multiple sets of relations that characterize transnational experiences by arranging all experiences within a pre-existing set of categories that do not recognize the multiple dimensions of the material conditions of existence. There is an antithesis between the productive drives of individuals involved in creating forms of existence that are not already symbolized and coded and the large economic power bases that must conscript individuals into a codified system of global capital. In this paper, I wish to begin by discussing some of the ways in which transnationalism is defined; while at the same time, I wish to explore some of the complex theoretical underpinnings of transnational discourse. By taking the language of transnationalism and exploring some of the theoretical concepts that this language might imply, we can then begin to talk about some specific instances of transnationalism depicted by Francisco Goldman in The Ordinary Seamen. Recent scholarship on the subject of transnationalism has raised the prospect that the current language used to define immigrant experiences is becoming increasingly inadequate to describe the complexity of these experiences as they unfold in a highly mobile and technologically connected world. The very real prospect that immigrants in the United States, for example, may maintain strong ties


The main purpose of this study is to verify brand equity and how its components(brand awareness, perceived quality, and brand association) affect brand loyalty in particularly for China Time-Honored Brands. The results of this study indicate that brand awareness and perceived quality are positively ...


The large number of student complaints in completing the Computer-Based National Exams in 2018 became the beginning of the emergence of new problems in the application of the curriculum 2013. One of the reasons is that students have not used to solve higher order thinking skills. The teacher is also not accustomed to giving these types of questions in classroom learning. Therefore, this study aims to describe the higher order students' thinking skills to solve the Number Pattern problem after the application of problem based learning. Problem based learning with stages: student orientation to problems, organizing students to learn, guiding individual/group investigations, developing and presenting work, analyzing and evaluating problem solving processes. The research method used is descriptive method with a quantitative approach. The research subjects were students of class VIII-1 of SMP Negeri 4 Binjai, totaling 30 people. The data collection technique used is a description test consisting of 5 questions covering the levels of analyzing, evaluating and creating. Based on data analysis, it is known that the higher order thinking skills of students in solving problems with Number Patterns after the implementation of problem based learning are in the good category.


The aim of this paper is to develop a general purpose analytical method for performance evaluation of multistage kanban controlled production systems. We consider a single-part type production system decomposed into stages in series. Each stage consists of a manufacturing cell and an output buffer. With each stage is associated a given number of kanbans. The kanban controlled production system is modeled as a queueing network with synchronization mechanisms. The basic principle of the proposed approximation method is to decompose the original kanban system into a set of subsystems, each subsystem being associated with a particular stage. Each subsystem is analyzed in isolation using a product-form approximation technique. An iterative procedure is then used to determine the unknown parameters of each subsystem. Numerical results show that the method is fairly accurate.


Comparing with other strong gymnastic countries,the female gymnastic athletes of our country retire on a young age,with a short sport life span,which seriously influences the sustainable development of the female gymnastics of our nation.This paper analyzes the factors which influence the sport life span of the female gymnastic athletes in our country.Research shows that the injury,disease,ambition,and strength on basic maneuvers are the major factors.And it provides countermeasure suggestions to this.


A ground-based spectrometer using the DOAS technique measuring at zenith was deployed at Izana Observatory during the 2nd CRISTA flight, in August 1997. CRISTA was flown on the ASTROPAS free-flying platform during the Space Shuttle mission STS-85, and among other species measured NO2 profiles. The twilight measurements of NO2 profiles. The twilight measurements of NO2 total column over the station obtained by the ground-based spectrometer has been used to estimate the profile of this species in the subtropics for summer and to compare with the results of CRISTA during the overpassings. The results of both data sets, and the origin of the discrepancies are discussed in the paper.


Higher performance of SDRAM memory, more difficult to design the memory system. ODT technology is one key topic in memory system design. In this paper, some basic concepts about ODT such as structure of circuit, analysis for signal reflection and implementation of resister are introduced, and related implementation technology in memory system design are brought forward. Finally, signals analysis and compare between PCB termination and ODT termination are processed by simulation.


14064 Background: The incidence of hepatoma is rising in the United States, primarily due to the increase in the prevalence of hepatitis C. Surgical treatments are rarely an option for patients with advanced hepatoma, and while chemotherapy, particularly with doxorubicin-based regimens, has marginally prolonged survival, response rates have been poor with the burden of high toxicity. Pemetrexed, a folate antimetabolite, has demonstrated activity in hepatoma cell lines with a manageable toxicity profile, making it a potentially useful agent in hepatocellular carcinoma.

METHODS
A multicenter, Phase II study was conducted to assess the response rate and evaluate the toxicity profile of single-agent pemetrexed (ALIMTA) in first-line patients with advanced or metastatic hepatoma. Pemetrexed 600 mg/m2 IV was administered on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle until disease progression (PD). Patients were premedicated with dexamethasone 4 mg PO BID and received daily folic acid 350-1000 μg PO and Vitamin B12 1000 μg IM every 9 weeks.

RESULTS
This nonrandomized study employed Simon's 2-stage design. There were 21 eligible patients enrolled in the first stage, and all 21 patients were enrolled within 4 months of trial opening. Median age was 72 years (range, 44-88), and most patients were white (62%) and male (81%). Ten percent (10%) had an ECOG PS of 2, 48% Stage IV disease, 52% prior surgery, and 33% tumors of unknown histological grade. The plan was to stop accrual if ≤2 responders were observed among the 21 patients. Of the 21 patients, 3 had SD, 2 had early toxicities (renal/liver failure, sepsis), 15 progressed, and 1 was noncompliant. The trial was closed due to lack of response. The most common Grade 3 hematological toxicities were neutropenia 6/21 (28.6%) and thrombocytopenia 3/21 (14.3%). One patient experienced both Grade 3 nausea and vomiting. There were no Grade 4 toxicities. There were 10 on-study deaths: 9 PD and 1 liver failure. None of the deaths were drug-related. The median actual survival was 2.5 months (range, <1-8).

CONCLUSIONS
While pemetrexed was well tolerated in this patient population, it was not active. Most adverse events were related to disease state, not study treatment. Supported by Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN [Table: see text].


Oral examination is an integral part of general dentistry. So it is not uncommon to come across various viral diseases in the oral cavity. The clinical diagnosis of these viral lesions sometimes become confusing due to similar clinical presentations, confusion leads to misdiagnosis and eventually the treatment.This article discusses about the viral lesions, their clinical presentation, diagnosis and appropriate management which are usually manifested in oral cavity that will eventually provide the general dental practitioner with an up to date guide for better diagnosis and management.


Abstract Rogalski-Tinic have reported a monthly pattern in ex post stock return variances that differs between small and large market capitalization firms. Maloney-Rogalski find that option prices reflect these monthly patterns ex ante. This study extends Maloney-Rogalski's work by devising an expiration-specific weighted implied standard deviation (WISD). It is found that: i) the monthly patterns in one-month WISDs are basically similar to the monthly patterns in ex post variances detected by Rogalski-Tinic for both large and small size firms, and ii) use of expiration-specific WISDs, as opposed to standard composite WISDs, results in improved performance of option pricing models.


OBJECTIVE: To investigate the perioperative use of antibacterial drugs in surgery patients.METHODS: 384 medical records of surgery patients in 2007 were given a statistical analysis in respect of drug variety,time of medication and course of treatment etc.RESULTS: All the 384 cases used antibiotics,75.3% of whom used antibiotics 0.5~2 h before operation,16.4% were not given antibiotics before operation,7.8% used antibiotics 2 h before operation.All the cases did not give additional dosage of antibiotics when operation lasting more than three hours.The DDDs of Cephalosporins ranked at the first.CONCLUSION: The perioperative use of antibiotics is rational on the whole,however,the medication time and course of treatment remained to be standardized.


Background: The functional role of the cavotricuspid isthmus (CTI) for common atrial flutter (cAFL) remains to be elucidated. In the present study, we examined whether the EnSite system (St. Jude Medical, St. Paul, MN, USA), a noncontact mapping system, is useful to evaluate the conduction properties of CTI to minimize radiofrequency (RF) ablation applications for cAFL.


Introduction Understanding the properties of superdeformed matter requires the knowledge of the quantum numbers spin, parity and excitation energy of superdeformed states. These quantities allow for stringent tests of theoretical orbital assignments and more importantly, they test the ability of theory to correctly calculate shell correction energies, without which superdeformed nuclei would not exist. However, despite the observation of more than 250 superdeformed bands in mass regions ranging from A=30 to A=190, only a handful of bands have know excitation energies and spins. Another important question concerning superdeformed states is the mechanisms governing their intense population (orders of magnitude stronger than ND states of similar spin). This can be investigated through reaction studies but also by studying the properties of highly excited superdefomed states, in particular the phenomena of rotational damping, motional narrowing [1] and ergodic bands [2]. Finally, the search for even more exotic structures such as hyperdeformation is of great importance since it addresses a fundamental question: how much spin can the nucleus sustain ?


All pollinators are classified as either generalists or specialists, depending on the variety of flower species that they pollinate. This research project strives to understand how these generalist and specialist pollinators' flower preferences affect the features of the resulting pollination network. More specifically, it aims to quantify and compare the ecological health of the pollination network that results from different compositions of generalists and specialists, by connecting the ecological concepts of sustaining biodiversity, stability, and resistance to species extinction to the network indices of links per species, nestedness, weighted nestedness, niche overlap, and extinction slope. Many R programs were written to compute flower abundances, pollinator abundances, pollinators' flower preferences, and the pollinator-flower interaction networks based on preferences and abundances. The Bipartite package in R was used to compute the specified indices of the pollination interaction networks. Based on an analysis and interpretation of the indices, it was concluded that the pollination network containing all generalist pollinators is the most ecologically healthy network. Introduction The purpose of the plant-pollinator network research project is to study the interactions between pollinators and flowering plants in the montane meadows of the western Cascades mountain range in Oregon. The four specific research aims of this study, according to the Master's thesis work of Vera Pfeiffer, are: 1. How are the abundance and diversity of plant-pollinator interactions related to pollinator network complexity? 2. How are meadow size and surrounding area related to the density and diversity of flowering plants and plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadows? 3. How is soil moisture related to the density of flowering plants and plant-pollinator interactions over the summer? 4. How are phenology and soil moisture related to the abundance of flowers, pollinators, and specific pollinator guilds (Lecturer Pfeiffer)? The ecological motivations of the plant-pollinator network project include aspects from both a public interest perspective and a scientific interest perspective (Lecturer Pfeiffer). From a public interest perspective, there has been scientific evidence of recent widespread pollinator declines and pollinator limitations (Lecturer Pfeiffer). This research project may offer insight into the effects of these two worrying phenomena on the overall pollination network of montane meadows. From a scientific interest perspective, this study's value lays in its well-defined study system of montane meadows, its examination of the highly dynamic nature of pollinator populations, and in the opportunity to analyze pollinator network complexity (Lecturer Pfeiffer). For the purposes of the 2014 Eco-Informatics Summer Institute (EISI), we have chosen to focus on addressing the first research aim. We plan to analyze the pollination network from the perspective and knowledge-foundations of our studies in mathematics, statistics, computer science, and ecology. In particular, for my individual research project, I plan to examine how the pollinators' flower preferences affect the features of the pollination network. I would like to discover how the pollination network and the quantitative features of the network are affected by the generalist or specialist natures of the pollinators with respect to particular flower species. How is the ecological health of the pollination network in a montane meadow ecosystem, in terms of sustaining biodiversity and stability and resistance to species extinction, affected by the composition of generalist and specialist pollinators: when the pollinator species are all generalists, all specialists, or the particular mix of specialists and generalists that reflects reality? I hypothesize that the pollination network of a montane meadow ecosystem will be the most sustainably biodiverse and stable and resistant to species extinction when all of the species are generalists, since then all of the flowers will potentially have an equal chance of being pollinated (given that they are equally abundant). Study Site The data collection of the pollination network study took place at various montane meadows in the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, which is situated in the Western Cascades mountain range of Oregon. Data was collected during the summer months of 2011-2014. The EISI 2014 students collected data for the summer of 2014. During our period of data collection, the weather was typically sunny with still winds and temperatures ranging from 70-90 degrees Fahrenheit; no data was collected on rainy days or excessively cloudy days. The pollinator species and flower species observed during data collection are reasonably representative of the flora and fauna of the Western Cascades montane meadows. Methods The data collection portion of the plant-pollinator network study occurred in 5 montane meadow complexes during the study years of 2011-2013, and 3 montane meadow complexes during the study year of 2014 (Lecturer Pfeiffer). Each meadow complex consisted of 3-4 meadows (Lecturer Pfeiffer). The 3 meadow complexes in which we collected data during the summer of 2014 all consisted of 4 meadows per complex. Each meadow had ten 3-meter by 3meter plots spaced 15-meters apart, equally divided into two transects that ran either vertically or horizontally along the face of the meadow (Lecturer Pfeiffer). Data was collected by performing 15-minute "plot-watches" in each of the plots, once per week (Lecturer Pfeiffer). During the plotwatches that we conducted over the summer of 2014, we first performed an exhaustive flower survey of the flowers that were blooming in the plot, noting the flower species, number of flower stems, and number of flowers per stem. Then, we recorded some statistics relating to the current weather and temperature conditions. Finally, we observed the plot for 15-minutes. During the plot-watch, we recorded the number of flower-pollinator interactions that occurred during each discrete minute. For each interaction, we noted the flower species, the pollinator species, the number of interactions between the two species, and caught the pollinator (to be identified later) if its species was uncertain. Data entry was conducted using Microsoft Excel, and was performed on a weekly basis, for the data that we collected during the summer of 2014. My individual research project within the larger ongoing research project of the plantpollinator network study involves examining how the pollinators' flower preferences affect the features of the pollination network. More specifically, I would like to discover how the composition of generalist and specialist pollinators-when all of the pollinators are generalists, all of the pollinators are specialists, or a reality-reflecting intermediate case-affects the ecological health of the pollination network in a montane meadow ecosystem, in terms of sustaining biodiversity and stability and resistance to species extinction. The scope of my research project encompasses the data collected during the 2011, 2012, and 2013 summers of the study. The flower survey dataset and interactions dataset for those years contained a total of 147 flower species and 466 pollinator species. To address my research question, I wrote several programs in R. The main R program took in the four inputs of flower abundance, pollinator abundance, pollinators' flower preferences, and the total number of pollinators, and produced a quantitative matrix of pollinatorflower interactions. The flower abundances were derived from the 2011-2013 flower survey data. The pollinator abundances were estimated from the 2011-2013 interactions data. The pollinators' flower preferences was a matrix that contained probability values that represented the probability that the pollinator would prefer that flower; the preference probabilities for each pollinator species across all of the flower species summed to 1. To generate the matrix of flower preferences when all of the pollinator species are generalists, I divided 1 by the total number of flower species in the dataset. To generate the flower preference matrix when all of the pollinator species are specialists, for each pollinator species I generated a probability of 1 for a randomly selected flower species, and assigned probabilities of 0 elsewhere. To generate the flower preference matrix for the reality-reflecting intermediate case, I met with our entomology mentor Andy Moldenky to discuss which pollinators were specialists and what flowers they specialized on. The total number of pollinators was a numeric integer value that represented the total number of pollinator individuals across all of the pollinator species. I also wrote other R programs that took-in the flower survey data and interactions data to produce the tables of flower abundances and pollinator abundances. Provided below is a table of the specialists that Andy Moldenky identified, along with the flowers that they specialize on. A total of 31 pollinator species were identified as specialists. Table 1. Specialist pollinators and their flower species of specialization Specialist Pollinator Flower Species of Specialization Andrena (Micrandrena) sp 3 Fragaria virginiana Andrena birtwelli Potentilla glandulosa, Potentilla gracilis Andrena columbiana Haplopappus hallii, Solidago canadensis Bombus appositus Delphinium nuttallianum Chelostoma phaceliae Phacelia hastata Chrysolina quadrigeminata Hypericum perforatum Dianthidium ulkei Erigeron foliosus, Eriophyllum lanatum Dufourea bernardina Gilia capitata Dufourea calochorti Calochortus subalpinus Dufourea campanulae Campanula scouleri Dufourea scabricornis Gayophytum humile Dufourea trochantera Phacelia hastata Dufourea versatilis rubriventris Castilleja hispida, Castilleja miniata, Mimulus guttatus, Mimulus nanus, Mimulus tilingii Hylaeus nunnenmach


The development of animal welfare in quality assurance (QA) programs and audits for several of the livestock industries is briefly described, with emphasis on the ability of these programs to provide a framework to manage and demonstrate compliance with the various legislative and commercial animal welfare requirements in Australia. There is a clear role for these programs to provide the framework for compliance with legislative standards in a similar manner to the commercial standards set by customers of the livestock industries. However, options for implementing legislation in this manner in Australia are still under consideration. QA programs need to be acceptable to the community, be able to meet all customers' requirements and demonstrate to government authorities that animal welfare standards have been met. QA programs that include animal welfare will be better accepted when their ability to deliver comprehensive benefits and continual improvements in animal welfare have been formally evaluated. Additionally, the impact of animal welfare QA programs will only be fully realised by better demonstrating their ability to deliver verification of legislative and commercial standards, benefits to industry in terms of efficiency and production and consequent acceptability by customers and the broad community. To date, such QA programs have only begun to meet all these needs.


These are the lecture notes for a course on exceptional polynomials taught at the \textit{AIMS-Volkswagen Stiftung Workshop on Introduction to Orthogonal Polynomials and Applications} that took place in Douala (Cameroon) from October 5-12, 2018. They summarize the basic results and construction of exceptional poynomials, developed over the past ten years. In addition, some new results are presented on the construction of rational solutions to Painleve equation PIV and its higher order generalizations that belong to the $A_{2n}^{(1)}$-Painleve hierarchy. The construction is based on dressing chains of Schrodinger operators with potentials that are rational extensions of the harmonic oscillator. Some of the material presented here (Sturm-Liouville operators, classical orthogonal polynomials, Darboux-Crum transformations, etc.) are classical and can be found in many textbooks, while some results (genus, interlacing and cyclic Maya diagrams) are new and presented for the first time in this set of lecture notes.


Based on the actual engineering construction,the article presents the application of polypropylene fiber,expanding admixture and fly ash in concrete.It also provides some suggesting opinions on polypropylene fiber concrete.


The article considers the peculiarities of psycho-emotional condition of the pregnant and the formation of the psychological component of gestational dominants in the third trimester of pregnancy. It is established that the level of personal and situational anxiety in pregnant women in the third trimester increases in comparison with the level of anxiety in the beginning of the period of gestation. In the structure of anxiety, as in the early periods, and in the third trimester have dominated the cases when the personal anxiety prevailed over the situation. We are revealed the dependence types psychological component of gestational dominants (PСGD) from the level of personal anxiety: at the low level of personal anxiety prevailed successful types of PСGD, with a high level of dysfunctional types of PСGD. The psychological component of gestational dominants in pregnant women in the third trimester of pregnancy changes, are disadvantaged options in comparison with the early stages of pregnancy, creates prerequisites for the development of those or other complications during pregnancy and labor.


Sampling under ice-covered seas, such as the Chukchi and Bering, is difficult. Vessels capable of working in ice are limited, ice destroys surface floats, and ice keels on the shallow Chukchi shelf can extend downward 30 m, confining subsurface moorings to the near bottom. Hence, there is limited data from beneath the ice and in the marginal ice-edge zones. The Innovative Technology for Arctic Exploration (ITAE) program focuses on development of specialized tools tailored to these challenging environmental conditions. In addition, a new data acquisition system will improve transmission of full resolution data in real time. These new technologies are important for the Ecosystems and Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated Investigations (EcoFOCI) program, which maintains NOAA's largest observing network in the US Arctic (Tabisola et al., 2022).


The work is a study of the influence of Ca2+ (0.01 - 1 mM) on neuronal Cl−, 3 HCO − -ATPase complex: an enzyme that is a Cl − -pump which is functionally and structurally coupled to GABAA-receptors. It is found that influence of Ca2+ on the multifunctional complex starts at concentration of 50 µM and at concentration of 0.1 mM, it reduces the "basal" one and increases the Cl−, 3 HCO − -stimulated Mg2+-ATPase activities. GABA (0.1 - 100 µM) activates the "basal" Mg2+-ATPase activity in the ab- sence of calcium. The effect of GABA on the enzyme in the presence of 0.01 µM Ca 2+ does not change. At the same time, 1 mM Ca2+ eliminates the GABA effect on the "basal" Mg2+-ATPase activity. Competitive blocker of GABAA-receptors bicuculline (5 - 20 µM) in the absence of Ca 2+ ions elimi- nates the stimulation of the "basal" Mg2+-ATPase by anions. When 0.25 mM Ca2+ is added to the in- cubation medium the inhibitory bicuculline effect on the enzyme does not appear. We found that 0.1 mM o-vanadate (protein tyrosine phosphatase blocker) reduces the GABA-activated ATPase activity. At the same time, 0.1 mM genistein (a protein tyrosine kinase blocker) has no effect on enzyme activity. In the presence of Ca2+ (0.25 mM), the effect of o-vanadate on the "basal" and Cl−, 3 HCO − -ATPase activities does not appear. It is shown for the first time that high concentrations of Ca 2+ prevent the action of GABAA-ergic ligands on the study ATPase. It is assumed that there is the involvement of protein kinases and protein phosphatases in the modulation of the enzyme activity by calcium. The observed effect of calcium on the ATPase may play an important role in the study of the mechanisms of epileptogenesis and seizure activity.


In this paper, we address the problem of inverse procedural modeling: Given a piece of exemplar 3D geometry, we would like to find a set of rules that describe objects that are similar to the exemplar. We consider local similarity, i.e., each local neighborhood of the newly created object must match some local neighborhood of the exemplar. We show that we can find explicit shape modification rules that guarantee strict local similarity by looking at the structure of the partial symmetries of the object. By cutting the object into pieces along curves within symmetric areas, we can build shape operations that maintain local similarity by construction. We systematically collect such editing operations and analyze their dependency to build a shape grammar. We discuss how to extract general rewriting systems, context free hierarchical rules, and grid-based rules. All of this information is derived directly from the model, without user interaction. The extracted rules are then used to implement tools for semi-automatic shape modeling by example, which are demonstrated on a number of different example data sets. Overall, our paper provides a concise theoretical and practical framework for inverse procedural modeling of 3D objects.


The neural network with two weights is constructed and its approximation ability to any continuous functions is proved. For this neural network, the activation function is not confined to the odd functions. We prove that it can limitlessly approach any continuous function from limited close subset of R m to R n and any continuous function, which has limit at infinite place, from limitless close subset of R m to R n. This extends the nonlinear approximation ability of traditional BP neural network and RBF neural network.


With reference to isolation modifier license tag objects. Licenses may include at least two, and in the example comprises three license. When implementing each license type modifiers defined by reference to control the type of access points to the members of the object. Every type modifiers associated with the emergence of a type and name. Different types of modifiers are defined for each access permission to restrict the operation of the pointing object reference.


IN 1988, the more than 650 people of Yaozhihe Village in Hubei's mountainous northwest scratched out a living on a total 700 mu of arable land (1 mu equals 1/15 hectare). Annual per-capita production of grain was less than 150 kilograms and per-capita cash income less than RMB 300 that year. Life was frugal; neither electricity nor phone lines were available. A mountain trail was the only link between the village and the outside world. But things


Programming languages are the basic tools of computer science. The design of a good programming language is a trade-off between many factors. Perhaps the most important and difficult trade-off is between execution efficiency and programmer efficiency. Higher level languages reduce the amount of work the programmer has to do; however they have, to date, been less efficient than lower level languages. That lower level languages are necessarily more efficient is a piece of folklore which is under attack – higher level languages are constantly coming closer to the performance of the lower level languages. A consequence of this constantly closing performance gap is that the abstraction level of programming languages is slowly but inevitably rising. A class of programming languages which has been described as "very high level" is declarative programming languages. Declarative programming languages have simple formal semantics and are easier to reason about and to construct tools for than more traditional programming languages. However these languages do suffer from a number of problems. They are weak at expressing side effects and concurrency. Side effects are generally used to perform I/O and as a result declarative languages have been weak at expressing I/O. Declarative languages are also weak at expressing concurrency without compromising their semantic purity and as a result tend to be weak at expressing graphical user interfaces. Girard's linear logic promises solutions to some of these problems – linear logic is capable of modelling updates, it has inspired linear types which enable side effects to be safely introduced for efficiency reasons, and linear logic can model concurrent behavior cleanly. This thesis focuses on the derivation of a logic programming language based on lin-


The activity of activated sludge is affected by several factors including temperature, pH, ρ (BOD) /mg L -1 , ρ (COD)/mg L -1 , ρ (SS)/mg L -1 , ρ (N)/mg L -1 , ρ (P)/mg L -1 and toxic pollutants. It is necessary to regulate the influent and control processes. The applications of OUR, ATP, dehydrogenase, bacteria, algae, protozoa and metazoan to monitor the activity of activated sludge were discussed, respectively. It was pointed out that monitoring the community of protozoa was one of the successful methods. MPNM, antibody, fluorescent in situ hybridization(FISH)and dot blot hybridization methods for enumeration of ammonia oxidizing bacteria were applied to various samples from activated sludge mixed liquor. Dot blot hybridization had low detection limit and high reliability. FISH could be successfully applied to high ammonium loading system, but it caused problems when applied to low ammonium loading systems. Ref 46


Aiming at the problems of traditional plasma cutting power supply with harmonic pollution to the power grid, low output current control accuracy and large power loss, the stable full-bridge inverter fine plasma cutting power supply main circuit is designed. In order to suppress the electromagnetic interference (EMI) injected into the grid by the fine plasma cutting power supply, the design method of the three-phase EMI filter is proposed. The ideal equivalent circuit of three-phase common mode and differential mode filter is constructed. The structure and turn-on characteristics of the IGBT are analyzed in depth to improve current output accuracy and improve gate drive performance. The traditional transformer design process is improved and the improved high-frequency transformer design calculation method suitable for fine plasma cutting power supply is proposed. This study provides a reference for the design of fine plasma cutting power supplies.


Dr. Pizzi and colleagues evaluated the impact of single and multiple opioid-related adverse drug events (ADEs) on length of stay in patients undergoing orthopedic surgery. Adverse drug event identification criteria were created from published literature that included key terms and descriptors, patient complaints, or antidotes and treatments. This study lacked a temporal relationship evaluation and did not rule out causes such as disease and other drugs. The authors applied untested criteria for ADE identification; however, published tools are available that could have been used to determine ADE presence and likelihood of causality. The Harvard Medical Practice Scale is a twostep method in which personnel determine patients with a potential ADE, followed by physicians' review to detect evidence of ADEs along with rating confidence that an ADE occurred. Events are scored on a 6-point scale, with scores ranging from 1, representing little or no evidence of causation, to 6, representing virtually certain evidence of causation. The Leonard Evidence Assessment Scale, a causation algorithm ranging from probably to unlikely, with the algorithm varying for three drugs (warfarin, phenytoin, digoxin). Criteria include clinical evidence or symptoms of drug toxicity, abnormal laboratory values or supratherapeutic concentrations, physician discussion of the event in the discharge summary, and evidence of an antidote. Although the algorithm is limited to three drugs, it might be possible to assess other drugs with this algorithm by applying the similar aggregate criteria. Multiple other scales are available to determine the presence and likelihood of ADEs. The Naranjo adverse drug reaction probability scale is most commonly used. More robust results could be achieved when agreement between at least two of three causality algorithms is applied. Both reliability and validity should be considered when using these instuments. Using previously tested approaches permits consistency in interpretation, comparability of results across studies, and the generation of robust results for patient care application. Dr. Pizzi and colleagues should be commended for undertaking the onerous task of substantial medical record review to address highly relevant topics such as resource burden and safety concerns.


In the article, the author, on the positive side, assessing the capabilities of robotic medicine, states that today there is no comprehensive study of the safety of medical robots. In this regard, the possibility of risks and threats in the conduct of robotic surgical care cannot be denied. These actions can lead to serious legal consequences for the surgeon, medical institution and manufacturer of the medical robot. The author draws attention to the fact that there is no definition of the concept of "medical robot" in domestic regulatory legal acts. However, the Federal Law of November 21, 2011 No. 323-FZ "On the basics of protecting the health of citizens in the Russian Federation" establishes the concept of "medical product," which is quite capacious and may include the concept of "medical robot."It is necessary to distinguish the concept of "medical robot" as one of the types of medical devices, indicating it in the text of the order of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. The author concludes that it should be understood as a "medical robot," and also attempts to classify the criminological risks arising from its use, depending on the contact of the medical robot with humans. In addition, the publication raises issues of qualifying the actions of attackers who, in the process of illegal access, illegally receive patient data, which forms part of the crime under Art. 137 of the Criminal Code.


There are disadvantages in current evidence standard prosecution stated in the Criminal Procedure Law.To perfect it,we need to construct a new tentative plan that is the unification of objective and subjective dynamic level standard system.To apply the new system,we should use corresponding measures.


Objective To evaluate the value of MRI in the localization of temporal lobe epileptic focus. Methods 21 healthy volunteers and 78 patients diagnosed as TLE were all examined by conventional MRI and 1H-MRS. The accuracies of these two methods and combined application of the two methods were compared. Results We accurately diagnosed 26 and 46 patients using the routine MRI and 1H-MRS examination respectively. After statistical analysis, we found the ratio of NAA/(Cho+Cr) was lower than that of the healthy side and corresponding value in healthy volunteers. As a result, we found the difference between conventional MRI and 1H-MRS(χ2=10.317,P=0.001), combined application(χ2=12.443,P0.001) was statistically significant. We could not find the difference between the 1H-MRS and the combined application were statistically significant(χ2=0.107,P=0.744). CCoonncclluussiioonn Conventional MRI and 1H-MRS have great clinical application value in diagnosis of temporal lobe epilepsy, but the conventional MRI and 1H-MRS examination should be carried out at the same time owing to the accuracy of 1H-MRS was significantly higher than that of conventional MRI.


This article proposes a novel imaging mode which allows for the acquisition of SAR images with different resolution in a single imaging process, specifically designed for multiple-input–multiple-output synthetic aperture radar (MIMO-SAR). To achieve this, a multimode array system model based on 2-D intrapulse scanning is established, followed by the division of full aperture signals into subaperture signals. Improved azimuth phase coding (APC) technology is then employed to separate multimode echo signals, and spatial filtering technology and range digital beam forming technology are used to remove ambiguity in azimuth and range of the subaperture signals of each mode. Finally, subaperture image coherent fusion algorithm is used to generate high-resolution images corresponding to the full aperture of each mode. Simulation results show that the improved APC can effectively separate multimode echo signals, and the multiresolution characteristics and imaging effect are verified.


The present invention, in particular polymerization shrinkage during curing small, the dental material can be manufactured inexpensively in industrial, and an object thereof is to provide a dental material compositions and dental restorative materials. Dental materials of the present invention is characterized by containing a specific urethane (meth) acrylate compound represented by the following general formula (1). [Formula 1]


Teófilo Otoni city presents a climate and characteristics favorable for the proliferation of the transmitter of visceral leishmaniasis, which reproduces in humid places and decomposing organic material, making its controlvery difficult. Prophylactic means against leishmaniasis are applied throughout the territory of the city, however it is believed that a specific intervention in the main foci would present better results in the vector reproduction control. The aim of this research was to survey areas with the highest number of cases in the city, characterizing the most affected neighborhoods and measuring the risk of an outbreak of the disease in the city. Through the geographic information system (GIS), the mapping of the areas most affected by leishmaniasis was done to define the critical points for new cases to appear. Data were collected from SINAN and the Municipal Health Headquarter of Teófilo Otoni, evaluating variables such as: incidence by neighborhood, occurrence by gender, age of notified patients, and socioeconomic conditions of the region. We confirmed 19 cases of LV in the city during the study period. The male population corresponds to 79% of these cases while the female population represents 21%. There was a high prevalence of 57.90% in the infant population and 42.1 in the adult and senile population together. The most incident neighborhoods were São Cristovão (4 cases), Bela Vista (4 cases) and Joaquim Pedrosa (2 cases). It was found that the highest concentration of LV confirmations was in the northwest of the city and that it is related to the environmental and socioeconomic aspects of the region.


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Although I have entitled my paper 'Stoicism in the Renaissance from Petrarch to Lipsius' , a more accurate title, but one which I avoided because it seemed too awkward, would be 'Renaissance Stoicism up to, but not including, Lipsius'. In other words, I shall not be discussing the achievements of the great Flemish humanist that is a task I leave to the far more competent hands of Jan Papy. I What I intend to do, instead, is to trace the Renaissance background to Lipsius, showing how this first period in the Stoic revival dif~ fered from the later phase which he initiated. I hope that these considerations will help to answer a question which I believe is fundamental for understanding 'Grotius and the Stoa': what was new about Neostoicism? My story begins with the Italian humanist and poet, Petrarch. Historians of the Renaissance like myself always begin with Petrarch a deftrmation professionelle, arising from the fact that so many of the traditions that we study started with him. When it comes to Petrarch's knowledge of Stoicism, however, he was not all that different from earlier scholars, since he learned about the philosophy largely from Latin authors known and studied throughout most of the Middle Ages: Seneca, the chief Roman spokesman for the sect, and Cicero, a sympathetic and well-informed outsider. Petrarch compared these two figures very favourably to Aristotle, who had come to dominate university teaching of moral philosophy since the middle of the thirteenth century. He complained that the Greek philosopher's words, especially in the overly literal Latin translations which were read at the time, lacked the expressive power to 'sting and set on fire and urge us to love virtue and hate vice'. For such persuasive eloquence, which was high on Petrarch's list of priorities, one had to turn instead to the Roman writers Cicero and Seneca.2


The major objective of this paper is to review findings regarding cost distribution pattern among three degree programs (i.e., BASW, MSW, and Doctoral). The study includes the estimated costs of operating the programs in reference to major academic functions, including course instruction, student advising, discertation assistance, program administration, serving on committees, conducting community services, research implementation, and publication. The presentation also includes descriptions of the major differences in resource commitment patterns among our degree programs and faculty members. Although it seems logical to expect that the quality and vitality of social work education is directly related to financial distribution patterns, such topics rarely receive a significant amount of attention among social work educators.