The overall purpose of the proposed project is to improve secondary recovery performance of a marginal oil field through the use of a horizontal injection well. The location and direction of the well will be selected based on the detailed reservoir description using integrated approach. The authors expect that 2 to 5 % of original oil in place will be recovered using this method. This should extend the life of the reservoir by at least 10 years. To accomplish the goals of the project, it is divided into two stages. In Stage 1, they will select part of the Glenn Pool field (William B. Self Unit), and collect additional reservoir data by conducting cross bore hole tomography surveys and formation micro scanner logs through newly drilled well. In addition, they will also utilize analogous outcrop data. By combining the state of the art data with conventional core and log data, they will develop a detailed reservoir description based on integrated approach. After conducting extensive reservoir simulation studies, they will select a location and direction of a horizontal injection well. The well will be drilled based on optimized design, and the field performance will be monitored for at least six months.more » If the performance is encouraging, they will enter into second budget period of the project. This progress report is divided into three sections. In the first section, they discuss the preliminary results based on the cross bore hole seismic surveys. In the second section, they discuss the geological description of the Self Unit. In the last section, they present petrophysical properties description of the reservoir followed by the flow simulation results. Based on a thorough evaluation of the geological and flow simulation results, they finalized the initial test well location followed by drilling of the well in late Dec.« less


Supportive relationships are known to contribute to personal functioning in adult life, but much less is known about the effects of social support in childhood. In research with adults, support has been found to affect personal outcomes both directly and indirectly, either by interacting with stress, or by enhancing self-appraisal. The extent to which support exerted direct or indirect effects on child and adolescent achievement (grade point averages and SAT scores) was explored in this study of children at three grade levels (1-2, 4-5, and 8-9) from a multi-ethnic public school population. Personal interviews were conducted with 333 African-American, Anglo/European-American, and Latin-American students. Measures of social support, life stress, loneliness, and self-cr-ncept were included in the interview. Support was related to achievement both directly and indirectly in relation to loneliness and self-concept, but specific effects varied by age and ethnicity. Support effects were stronger with age, and stress effects declined, suggesting increased ability to utilize support resources in coping with stress. Some ethnic group variation may be related to the significance of differential sources of support. Further research is needed to validate the present results and to explore the proximal determinants of ethnic group differences. Stressful Life Events, Social Support, and Achievement: A Study of Three Grade Levels in a Multicultural Environment Numerous studies of adult populations have found that personal functioning diminishes under an accumulation of major life stressors, whereas the availability of a network of supportive relationships contributes positively to well-being (Cohen & Wills, 1985). However, much less is known about the effects of social support in childhood. In research with adults, support has been found sometimes to have direct effects on personal functioning, independent of the effects of life stress; other studies have found that support interacts with stress, exhibiting a buffering effect under high stress conditions (Cohen & Wills, 1985). Furthermore, it has been suggested that support may affect personal outcomes indirectly by enhancing the individual's self-appraisal (Antonucci & Jackson, 1987; Dubow, Tisak, Causey, Hryshdo, & Reid, 1991). The extent to which support exerted direct or indirect effects on child and adolescent achievement, in the context of stress, was explored in this study. Researchers have begun to study children's social networks (Belle, 1989), and some reports have emerged with regard to the role of stress and support as predictors of self-concept and achievement. Relations between support and self-esteem have been reported for African-American (Coates, 1985) and Israeli (Hoffman, Ushpiz, & Levy-Shiff, 1988) adolescents. Dubow and his colleagues (Dubow et al., 1991) collected longitudinal data on a predominantly white middle class sample of students who completed questionnaires when they were first in Grades 3 to 5, and again two years later. Stressful life events were related negatively to CPA, and support was related positively to CPA at both time periods, but only support predicted achievement over time. Although self-concept was not measured, the support measure was essentially an index of self-esteem support. Fey studies of social support in childhood and adolescence have included multi-ethnic samples. In an exception to this trend, Cauce, Feiner, and Primavera (1982) studied the effects of support on self-concept and achievement in a highly stressed sample of inner city adolescents from African-American, Latin-American, and Anglo/European populations. Family support was related positively to academic self-concept, except for AfricanAmerican female students. However, support from family or formal sources was not related to CPA. In a finding that illustrates the complexity of support effects, support from peers and nonfamilial adults was associated with lower grades. Collectively, previous studies suggest that social support is related to self-concept and achievement in late childhood and adolescence, but no clear pattern of effects has emerged from these investigations. In part, the inconsistency of prior findings may reflect a lack of consensus regarding the conceptualization and measurement of social support (Wolchik, Beals, & Sandler, 1989). Also, a wide divergence of samples makes comparisons of results difficult. A further limitation of past research is a lack of data regarding support effects for young children. In the present study, we sought to contribute to the emergent literature on social support and school achievement by providing data from children across a broad age spectrum from a multicultural community. The specific aims of this study were to assess the relations between social support, academic self-concept, and achievement at three grade levels (1-2, 4-5, and 8-9), and to assess the replicability of these findings within cultural groupings. The conceptual and methodological framework for the research was provided by the developmental Convoy Model of social support (Kahn &


Abstract The title compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group A 2/m (C2h3) with a = 10.61(3) Å, b = 9.511(5) Å and c = 16.47(5) Å, β = 124.2(1)° and two formula units in the unit cell. The structure was solved by Patterson and Fourier methods and refined by least squares to R = 0.071 based on 1251 observed intensities. The organic cations are slightly distorted and are arranged in dimers along the crystallographic a-axis. There are "mixed stacks" of the planar [Pt(CN)4]2− units which are separated from each other by the WB22+ dimers along b. There is IR-evidence for the formation of hydrogen bridges between [Pt(CN)4]2− units and the crystal water during the modification change of the compound at room temperature.


In the era of technological processes automation development, the popularization of house automation, constant limitation of human participation in these processes, as well as the intensification in the field of broadly understood IoT, such devices are increasingly used for remote monitoring and control of various processes. In recent years, the ESP32 platform has gained a significant increase in the popularity of the IoT market. It is often used for logging and remote controlled devices, mostly in smart home solutions. Such devices often have to be small and have long battery work-time. The test results presented in the article will allow for a proper selection of working parameters in order to achieve the most optimal energy efficiency (smallest losses) while performing the assumed task.


To correlate accelerated weathering data with exterior exposure data, an experiment was designed that permitted the observation of changes in polymer functionality with exposure time in various degradation devices. The changes in the infrared spectra, due to exposure, were analyzed in detail for poly (methyl methacrylate), poly (vinylidene fluoride) modified with melamine-formaldehyde resin, and an isophthalate polyester-alkoxy siloxane acrylated polyester modified with melamine formaldehyde resin.


The atrial specific granule has been described as an intracellular Ca store (ICaS). It is reasonably proposed that other polypeptidesecretory granules could also play the function of ICaS. In the present work, high Ca concentration in the dense granule (dG) and α granule (αG) of platelets was confirmed by using x-ray microanalysis in both ultrathin cryosections and ethanolic phosphotungstic acid staining sections, and Ca2+-ATPase activities were found on the membrane of both the granules. Furthermore, when platelets were activated by A 23187 1 mM, thrombin 2 U/ml or ADP 200μM, both the Ca content and number of the granules decreased, which means that the Ca2+ was released and secretion of the granules increased. It is suggested that the release Ca2+ raise the cytosolic Ca2+ level and, thus, the secretion of the granules is promoted. In addition, it was described that the ultrastructure of the platelet granules in ultrathin cryosections was somewhat different from that in routine sections.


Abstract Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate treatments for haemostasis and the potential hospital resource use implications of these treatments by way of expert assessment. Methods: This analysis was based on data from a non-interventional surveillance study, which enrolled 3098 patients at 227 centres in 12 European countries. All patients received a haemostatic sealing patch (TachoSil®, Nycomed GmbH, Zurich, Switzerland), with the decision to use TachoSil made by the surgeon. Data on duration of surgery, hospital length of stay (LOS) and use of blood products were collected. Surgeons were asked to compare TachoSil with products or procedures they would otherwise have used. Results: Mean duration of surgery was 192.1 minutes and mean hospital LOS was 17.5 days. According to surgeons, operating time would have been significantly reduced with TachoSil versus the potential alternative in 55.5 % of patients (p < 0.001). Surgeons predicted that the use of TachoSil would reduce duration of surgery by 12.2 minutes. Choice of alternative treatment, type of surgery and country had a significant effect on surgeons' assessment. TachoSil was thought to offer greater benefits in anti-coagulated patients with a normal pre-operative coagulation test and in emergency surgery. Conclusion: The use of topical haemostatic agents such as TachoSil may offer benefits with regard to hospital resource use.


Abstract Objective Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a promising emerging treatment for anorexia nervosa (AN). However, to date, patients' views and experiences of this treatment have not been fully explored. To assess these, we integrated a qualitative study into a feasibility randomised controlled trial of rTMS in individuals with severe enduring AN. Method Twenty‐nine (of 34) trial participants contributed to this study. Semi‐structured interviews were conducted 3‐months following the completion of rTMS treatment (4‐months post‐randomisation), prior to unblinding. Transcripts were analysed using content analysis. Results rTMS was deemed an acceptable but time‐consuming treatment. Many emphasised how their lives had changed to some extent during, but mainly after treatment by making them more positive, open‐minded, flexible and willing to try new things in relation to their AN and other aspects of their lives. Conclusions These qualitative data will be valuable in shaping participant information, recruitment and planning of future large‐scale trials of rTMS in AN. Trial Registration ISRCTN14329415, registered 23rd July 2015, https://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN14329415


The main objectives of this study are to ascertain, examine, analyze, and explain the production costs of Semprong Pusaka Jaya. (2) to ascertain, study, debate, and explain the process of determining the cost of goods by the Semprong Pusaka Jaya company using the overall costing approach. (3) know how to study, discuss, and explain how to calculate the cost of production to determine the selling price of the Semprong Pusaka Jaya business. The research method used is a type of quantitative descriptive research. Primary data in the form of interview data in the form of an analysis of the cost of production as the basis for determining the selling price of the product was collected directly from the company and used in this study. Regarding the secondary data used in this study collected from publications, websites, books, and other sources. The results of data analysis affect the selling price. Companies should use the whole costing strategy to determine the selling price of Semprong according to the cost plus percing method. In particular, the price per ball must be changed from Rp.18,000 to Rp. 20080 initially.


Induction brazing of wrought magnesium alloy AZ31B using Al matrix filler metal was investigated.Both the phases of brazing seam and the mechanical properties of brazed joint were studied.The interface structure and formation phase of brazing seam of the brazed joint were investigated by scanning electron microscopy,X-ray diffraction and X-ray electron probe microanalysis.The tensile strength of joint and the microhardness of the formation phases were also tested.The results show that Al matrix filler metal has reacted with the base metal and α-Mg,β-Mg17(Al,Zn)12 phases have been produced in brazing seam.Average tensile strength of the butted joint reached 42MPa and average shear strength of the overlapped joint reached 27MPa.The joint mainly exhibits intergranular fracture mode and the fracture comes from β-Mg17(Al,Zn)12 hard brittle phase.


In this paper, a risk-based decision support model is developed for a smart energy distribution company, enabling emerging resources like renewable energy sources, electric vehicles and demand response programs in a holistic approach. Because of the inherent uncertainties of these emerging resources, the conditional value-at-risk (CVaR) method is adopted to restrict the distribution company's risk. A risk aversion parameter sensitivity analysis is also provided on the optimal operation of the smart energy distribution company. The proposed model is thoroughly tested on a 15-bus distribution grid system, and the numerical results prove the effectiveness of the model in risk management.


It is demonstrated that the microscopic mechanism of the photorefractive (PR) effect in organic composites with low glass transition temperatures involves the formation of refractive index gratings through a space‐charge field‐modulated Kerr effect. A tensorial formulation of the macroscopic aspects of the PR Kerr effect and its microscopic interpretation is presented. The second‐order dipole orientation term containing the anisotropy of the first‐order optical polarizability α(−ω;ω) is shown to yield the dominant contribution to the Kerr susceptibility χ(3)(−ω;ω,0,0). A class of special chromophores having negligible second‐order polarizabilities β(−ω;ω,0) and large dipole moments μ has been identified in order to optimize this term. These chromophores are not subject to the efficiency‐transparency tradeoff typically encountered with second‐order nonlinear optical (NLO) chromophores, providing highly transparent materials with large PR Kerr response. Contrary to previous approaches in this field, the bes...


We performed a systematic study on Parametric X-ray radiation from a textured polycrystalline molybdenum target at a 150-MeV electron ring. The measurements were conducted at three observation angles (11.27, 25.89, and 179.85°). The spectral data shows that the spectrum has a unique characterestics: its peak energies depend mainly on the observation angles, its width is much wider than that with the monocrystal case, and its intensities are sometimes comparable to the charactestics Kα of Mo. The observed properties are related to the texture of the polycrystal.


A wideband high gain circularly polarized microstrip antenna (CP MSA) array is presented in this communication. In the proposed CP MSA array, the elements are designed at 3.5 and 5.8 GHz, which are sequentially rotated to form a planar array. The array elements are fed using the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$TM_{110}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$TM_{210}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> modes of a center CP MSA. This arrangement achieves an axial ratio (AR) bandwidth of 63.7% (3.25–6.29 GHz) and improves gain over a wide bandwidth. The peak gain of the array is 17.77 dBic with a 3-dB gain bandwidth of 53.9%. The center MSA of the array is fed using four orthogonal printed L-probes with quadrature phase difference. The proposed CP MSA array has an <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$|S_{11}|\leq -10$ </tex-math></inline-formula> dB bandwidth of 63.3% (3.32–6.4 GHz).


It is well known that the construction activities discharge sediments into natural waterways and deteriorate water quality. As well as this, aquatic life is also directly affected by the turbid water and suspended solids. In the past very little attention has been given to water quality issues arising from the construction of roads. However, in recent times there is increased community awareness and regulatory mechanisms to consider these water quality issues. Measurement of water quantity and quality parameters is necessary to address these water quality issues. This paper describes the monitoring process of a Western Ring Road construction site being undertaken by the Department of Civil and Building Engineering of Victoria University of Technology, in measuring the quantity and quality of stormwater runoff at strategic locations of the stomwater drainage network including wetlands. The paper also discusses the details of installation of instrumentation and the difficulties observed during the installation and data acquisition.


The objective of this article is to discuss domestic violence as a reflex of the relationships established by the couple. These relationships imply in a partnership and violence can happen several times and be accepted by the couple. One case registered at a police station specialized in violence against women was analyzed. It showed that the projective identifications of the couple prevented the success of the psychological assistance, considered by the couple as a threat to their deal.


The present invention relates to an input device, a display device, a display system, and a control method thereof. The input device of the display device includes: a communication unit which communicates with the display device; a touch detection unit which includes a predetermined area corresponding to a plurality of edges of a screen of the display device and receives a touch input from a user; and a control unit which determines the orientation of the touch input using the predetermined area as a reference. Accordingly, the user can enter a specific input without looking at the touch detection unit, and enter an input intuitively without requiring additional learning.


We consider counterparty credit risk in the interest rate swap (IRS) contracts in the presence of an adverse dependence between the default time and interest rates, so-called wrong-way risk. The IRS credit valuation adjustment (CVA) semi-analytical formula based on Gaussian copula assumption, presented in Cerný and Witzany [2014], is further replaced by Frechet copula (for extreme dependence) mainly based on the work of Cherubini [2013], called modified approach. The result of all three CVA calculation approaches are compared in a numerical study where we find that our semi-analytical formulas (the Gaussian copula and modified approach) provide more accurate information on IRS CVA price.


Raptors are common hosts of ectoparasites such as bedbugs, mites, and blood-sucking flies (Bequaert 1955, Hansell 2000, Gonzales-Acuña et al. 2008). Nestlings are particularly susceptible to parasitism in the nest (Smith 1996, de Oliveira et al. 2011). Infestation of nests by bloodsucking parasites can cause nest abandonment, poor body condition, and death, as has been reported for Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) and Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) nests infested by black flies (Diptera; genera Helodon and Simulium; Smith 1996, Hunter et al. 1997), and Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) nests infested by Mexican chicken bug (Haematosiphon inodorus; Grubb et al. 1986). Mexican chicken bugs are hematophagous and can cause damage to their hosts (Usinger 1966, Reinhardt and Siva-Jothy 2007). These bugs have been reported in California Condors (Gymnogyps californianus), Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura), Red-tailed Hawks, Prairie Falcons (Falco mexicanus), Great Horned Owls, Barn Owls (Tyto alba), and Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos; Lee 1954, Wilson and Oliver 1978, Grubb et al. 1986, Kochert et al. 2002). However, more information is needed on ectoparasite prevalence in bird hosts in different ecosystems and environmental conditions to understand their effects on population dynamics. This information is crucial for the conservation of threatened species such as the Golden Eagle. In Mexico, no information on ectoparasites or the effects of parasitism on nestling survival has been reported for Golden Eagles. Here we present information on infestations of Mexican chicken bugs at Golden Eagle nests located north of Chihuahua, México. While monitoring Golden Eagle nests to document diet and productivity, we found two eagle nests where young were parasitized by Mexican chicken bugs. Both nests were built on cliff ledges (height .30 m). Nests N1 and N2 were 24 m and 14 m aboveground, respectively. N1 contained a large number of Mexican chicken bugs, which indirectly caused the death of a nestling approximately 7 wk old. We had placed a camera near the nest to monitor nesting activities. The last image showing the nestling was taken on 9 May 2016 at 2314 H. On 14 May, we visited the nest area and did not observe the nestling in the nest. We found the nestling's carcass on the ground under the nest (approximately 5 d after death). We deduced that the nestling died soon after the image was taken on 9 May. Because of its age, the nestling was incapable of flight. The carcass showed serious trauma to the skull, fractures to the cervical vertebrae, humerus, ulna and tibia; the cause of death was the fall. On our initial examination of the carcass on 14 May we found Mexican chicken bugs and larvae of dipterans. Later, during the necropsy, we collected 478 nymphs and 63 adult Mexican chicken bugs. These bugs were likely on the body of the nestling eagle at the time of the fall and remained there 5 d until the body was found. On 16 May, we descended to the Golden Eagle nest (N1) to collect prey remains. After 2 min of observing the nest, we detected a large number of bugs, which began to crawl on the observer (IMY). Throughout the 25-min nest inspection, IMY was pestered and bitten by the bugs. We estimated more than 35,000 bugs in the nest (an average of 2 bugs/cm in a nest 166 cm x 106 cm). We collected a sample of bugs from the nest. At nest N2, on 2 June, we estimated 7600 Mexican chicken bugs (1 bug/cm in a nest 127 cm x 60 cm). A 10wk-old nestling successfully fledged from this nest. 1 Email address: firstname.lastname@example.com 2 Present address: School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721.


Malaysia is expected to reach population ageing in year 2021. There are many ways to tackle with the problems of population ageing and technology is one of them in supporting elderly in their daily life. However, elderly have problem when using technology because of their decreasing ability. In this research, we carried out 2 interviews with different groups of elderly to identify their problems of using technology, and their daily activities based on their location in a house. Based on the finding, we listed down all the important requirements in designing a wearable device. They are (a) Replacing Graphical User Interface (GUI) with Tangible User Interface (TUI) (b) Considering mental model of elderly when designing interaction and user interface, and (c) Able to provide implicit interaction to elderly.


The article focuses on the hygienic ideal and its relation to tuberculosis, as they have been established in Argentina at the turning of the century. The analysis of five utopic urban sets imagined at the time shows how the hygienist discourse questioned the urban space and gave birth to an utopic perspective as well as to a practical interventionism. Concepts such as progress, order, crowd and welfare were thus mingled to the ideas of degeneration regeneration, reform and utopia.


Cast steel is an important metal material that is widely used in civil engineering structures due to its high strength and good ductility. However, a variety of casting defects such as micropores are usually present in the as-cast components. Casting defects are the main factors leading to the degradation of mechanical properties. In this paper, X-ray tomography is used to quantify the quantity, size distribution of micropores in G20Mn5N cast steel. In the nine notched samples, the quantity of pores increases from 2726 in the undeformed stage to 6440 in the fractured stage. Compared with the undeformed stage, the total volume and the average volume of the micropores in the fractured stage are also increased. Furthermore, the distribution of equivalent pore diameter of the two stages is studied, which is consistent with the three-parameter lognormal distribution.


The texture of black life under conditions of racial inequality has become increasingly harder to describe in our time. Though empirically undeniable, categorical racial inequality has become so diffuse that the experience of living under unequal terms of democratic association can be difficult to grasp. This matters for moral and political philosophy because the experience of racial inequality as captured in both mundane and tragic ways is fundamental to equality. This chapter attempts to give some content to a human point of view of equality, a view culled from Bernard Williams's injunction that we understand equality as a property between humans, with all the complexity and richness that term brings with it. I do so by engaging a range of black novelists and satirists (Ann Petry, Percival Everett, Paul Beatty, Mat Johnson, and Colson Whitehead) whose own projects are geared to engaging readers' ethical sense by describing both dramatically and satirically the various effects and outcomes racial inequality imposes on black lives. My own aim is to present a work of political philosophy that mirrors their attempt to imaginatively engage readers for the express purposes of working towards a robust and re-imagined conception of egalitarianism appropriate for race in our time.


In today's social media dominated world the effort to undermine democracy comes in an increasingly wide variety of forms. One example is the use of social media by contemporary leaders and groups where they engage in waging information warfare within their own nations upon their own citizens. This paper will examine how this has occurred with the group QANON. One of QANON's central conspiracy theories maintains that a cabal of Satan-worshiping pedophiles is not only in control of running the world's governments, but this cabal is also running a global child sex-trafficking ring. This cabal is also involved in plotting against US President Donald Trump, who is in turn engaged in combatting the cabal. Another QANON theory also claims that Trump is planning a day of reckoning against the cabal and its followers known as "The Storm." This refers to an event when thousands of members of the supposed cabal will be arrested. There are currently no indications that any part of the theory is based on fact. The conspiracy theory began with an October 2017 online post by a supposed individual known as 'Q', who at the time was presumed to be a single American citizen. It is now also assumed and more likely that Q is actually a group of people. Q as an individual claimed to be a high-ranking government official with Q level clearance in the U.S. government with access to classified information related to the Trump administration. Perhaps more significantly Q also claimed to have classified information about the opponents of Trump in the United States. NBC News was the first member of the media to report that three distinct people took the original Q post and distributed it across multiple media and social media platforms in an effort to build an internet following. We take the activities related to Q to be a method of Hybrid Warfare, which here is defined in the context of social media. Hybrid warfare which is now often practiced in all forms of media but particularly within social media, does not have a universally recognized definition. In this analysis the phrase is employed to describe how any individual or group such as QANON can employ non-military tactics in social media in the effort to undermine and destabilize a government. We argue that disinformation and propaganda dissemination, are not new techniques, but that they have been adapted to current technologies and social media. It is assumed in this analysis that every conspiracy theory, when a conspiracy is identified, presents a moral issue. When a conspiracy theory is presented as an explanation for an action or as the cause of an event this serves the function of making an accusation. The accusation that lies at the center of the conspiracy is an attack upon the truthfulness of what is claimed to be true by the party that the conspiracy theorist is attacking. This analysis has as its goal an identification of the ethical issues with conspiracy theories used by political leaders and groups such as QANON in social media and attempts to anticipate ethical and political issues with the continued use of these conspiracy theories in social media in cthe effort to undermine democracy.


PURPOSE: To achieve a reliable defect inspection system that is used to manufacture a micro circuit by arranging a Fourier transform lens and an inverse Fourier transform lens along a light axis. CONSTITUTION: By positioning a wafer 12 within a front focal point surface 42 of a Fourier transform lens 34 and applying parallel laser beams 36 to the pattern surface, the surface Fourier conversion pattern is formed on a rear focal point surface 46 of the lens 34. A space filter 50 arranged on the surface 46 rejects light from the redundancy circuit pattern of a lit die 14 of the wafer 12 and at the same time passes light emitted from a defect. Light that is transmitted through the filter 50 or is reflected from it is subjected to inverse Fourier transformation by an inverse Fourier transform lens 54. Then, a filtered image is projected on a two-dimensional light inspection array 58, thus detecting the presence of light corresponding to a defect only in the die 14 on a light axis 48. By mounting the wafer 12 on a two-dimensional parallel move 40 and moving the stage, all defects on the wafer surface with a number of redundancy circuit patterns can be inspected. COPYRIGHT: (C)1989,JPO


The article presents an analysis of various crime prevention systems related to illegal transplantation in foreign countries and identifies the main aspects of effective crime prevention, which should be addressed in the process of establishing a system for the prevention of this type of crime in Ukraine. The study is based on the best practices of only those European countries (Croatia, Belgium, Israel, Poland, Spain) that have been able to minimize trafficking in human organs for transplantation and trafficking in anatomical materials through well-selected prevention measures.In Ukraine, for the period from 2010 to 2019, according to the National Police of Ukraine and the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine, 58 crimes under Art. 143 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine «Violation of the procedure established by law for the transplantation of human anatomical materials» and 4 acts under Art. 149 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (in particular, regarding human trafficking committed for the purpose of exploitation in the form of organ harvesting for transplantation). Analyzing the official data of criminal statistics on registered crimes related to the illegal transplantation of human anatomical materials on the territory of Ukraine, it can be assumed that these problems are not relevant for our state. At the same time, contrary to official criminal statistics, at one of the last meetings of the Council of Europe, attention was focused on the fact that traffickers in human organs or human tissues are actively operating on the territory of Eastern European states and, in particular, in Ukraine.The author proposes a comprehensive system of measures to prevent these criminal acts in Ukraine


The results of numerical studies of energy separation of a helium-xenon gas mixture in a single Leontiev tube with a central cylindrical channel are presented. On the basis of the simulation data, a T-s diagram for energy separation is constructed. The changes in the total temperature depending on the entropy change in the central subsonic channel and in the annular supersonic nozzle are shown.


Background The afferent signals of proprioceptor in extraocular muscles play an important role in controlling eye position and conjugate movement. Palisade ending in the extraocular muscles is the main source of proprioceptive information, and its abnormalities in structure and function may be associated with the occurrence of nystagmus. Objective This study was to observe the changes of palisade ending in the extraocular muscles of patients with congenital nystagmus ( CN) and discuss the probable mechanism. Methods Modified Kestenbaum procedure was performed on 10 patients with CN, and the extraocular muscle samples were collected during the operation. Normal extraocular muscle samples were obtained from the enucleated eyeballs after ocular wound. The ultrathin sections of extraocular muscles were prepared and double-staining by uranyl acetate and lead citrate. The morphological changes of the palisade ending of extraocular muscles were examined under the transmission electron microscopy. Written informed consent was obtained from each subject before surgery. Results The ultrastructure of palisade ending in the extraocular muscle of CN subjects showed the different degrees of alterations. The mild changes included the collapse and disconnection of external capsules and the nonhomogeneous electron-dense substracts. The degeneration and dissociation of myelin in nerve endings, swelling and vacuolation of mitochondria were also exhibited. Myeloid body was found in axon. In the severe patients,the necrosis of Schwann' s cells,dissolve of axon and disappear of capsules were seen. Conclusion The palisade ending of extraocular muscle in the patients with CN are obviously abnormal in comparison with normal one. These alterations are probably associated with the etiology and pathogenesis of CN.

Key words:
Congenital nystagmus;  Extraocular muscles;  Proprioceptor;  Palisade ending


In this paper, the categories of antibiotics used in marine aquaculture and their environmental fate are introduced. Furthermore, the environmental effects of antibiotic agents including the inhabitation of activity of useful microorganisms, the disturbance of biogenesis elements cycle in sediment as well as the resistance of pathogen and residues of antibiotics resulted from long-term use of antibiotics are reviewed. These discussions will help to further understand the effect of antibiotic on marine environment, improve the quality of marine environment and minimize the risk of antibiotic to environment and people.


New mstghts of the molecular processes revolved m ton and ntanent ~anspon across plant membranes can now be obtained by ~e a.~pl;c.a~n o.f ~,.~ palch..dan'q7 techw_.que to tsolated lugher plant ce~ and vacuoles Plants have c~rcumvented hnutatmns anposed by then" envn'onment by develop- mg a complex maclunery for the con- tmual supply of metabohtes, ions and energy Physiological processes such as osmoregulatmn, plant movements, growth and photosynthesis are mediated by the transport and accumulation of orgamc and morgamc tons and sugars via specmhzed transport proteins located in cell membranes Transport mechanisms and signal transduction In order to understand fully the nature of the transport processes one should m- vemgate the mechamsms of both acnve and passtve fluxes across cell membranes and their regulatmn, it has been exten- stvely documented that iomc fluxes through biological membranes are medi- ated by [nghiy speclahzed integral pro- terns such as channels, pumps and car- hers I Together these transport systems pro~nde the basis for important cellular processes such as excitablhty, osmoregu- latmn and turgor control modulated by external and mteroal signals Most external signals never invade the cell, but are detected by receptors located on the plasma membrane (Fig 1) These stgnals activate a chain of events that ultimately regulates a cellular pro- cess such as secretmn, contraction or growth Thus transductmn mechamsms m the plasma membrane translate exter- nal s~gnais into internal signals (second messengers) These second messengers can either actwate or mlubit the trans- port protem directly or via a cham of mtermedmtes 2,3 To date, studies of


The paper is fully appropriate for AMT, interesting and of good quality. No doubt that it deserves publication. However I share the reaction of referee #1 that most useful for the UV-Vis community and newest outcome, is the simulation of the 3D cloud effect and particularly the effect of shadowing. The description of the method applied for the calculation of the Ring effect is certainly required, the discussion of errors and the


AbstractProviding travelers with full ex-post travel time information from day to day can only make a disequilibrium network evolve to the user equilibrium, rather than the system-optimal or other ...


Globally Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) has come to light as an important tool in the ongoing struggle to make budgets and policies more gender re endorsement of GRB as a valuable tool for engendering budgets and policies all over the world. The government of Saudi Arabia, has been aware of the importance of female education, to fulfil a comprehensive development, it is committed to implement the convention of all kinds of discrimination against women. Since financial resources are one of the most powerful factors to ensure gender quality, the government has realized its urgency through the impact of these budgets on elimination gender inequality, using for this purpose different technical of statistical analysis. This paper found that the government of Saudi Arabia has against female education and could provide equal enrolment opportunity for both gender.


The main objective of the research was to study the biology, ecology and productivity of Trigonella foenum-graecum L. species, in order to know the adaptability of the species to the natural conditions of the reddish preluvosoil area in the central part of South Romanian Plain and in organic farming system. In these experiments, a program of observations and measurements was developed, concerning: morphological and biological peculiarities of species, productivity elements and seeds yields, yield chemical composition and quality. The experiment was carried out in Moara Domneasca Experimental Field, during 2007-2009. Research carried out revealed that fenugreek cultivated in South Romania reaches harvesting maturity in the third decade of July, after 95 days of vegetation and the accumulation of 922.24 GDD (St>10°C). When harvested, fenugreek plants were characterized by following productivity elements: 20.1 pods/plant, 11.4 seeds/pod, 3.9 g seeds/plant and TGW values of 16.7 g. Fenugreek seeds had as chemical composition, in average: 21.3% proteins, 4.65% fats, 63.83% glucides and 5.69% ash. On the reddish preluvosoil from Moara Domneasca, a soil with average fertility and without irrigation, in years with various weather conditions, fenugreek achieved good yields of over 1013 kg/ha in a dry experimental year (2007), and over 1250 kg


Abstract Mislin and Talelli showed that a torsion-free group in $\HF$ with periodic cohomology after some steps has finite cohomological dimension. In this note we look at similar questions for groups with torsion by considering Bredon cohomology. In particular we show that every elementary amenable group acting freely and properly on some $\R^n$ × Sm admits a finite dimensional model for $\E$G.


Conducted comparative analysis of the regulation of notarization of transactions with immovable property under the laws of Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Peculiarities and distinctive features of legal regulation of the activity of notary certification regarding property deals in Ukraine and in Russia. The author believes that the reform of notary institute in Ukraine compared with the Russian analogue is more efficient, and primarily aimed at facilitating the transfer of ownership of real estate in order to intensify economic and civil turnover of real estate. Mandatory notarization of real estate transactions and access to the appropriate registry notary eventually led him to concentrate control functions, which is a direct incarnation of the powers delegated by the State in the field of rule of law and protection of human participants in relations which are the subject of property rights. However, it should be noted that the Law of Ukraine "On Notary" as aundamentals of Russian legislation on notaries do not contain an exhaustive list of transactions, including real estate transactions subject to mandatory notarization. Considered it desirable to supplement the relevant regulations in this list, which will increase the degree of state control over the real estate market.


In this paper, the electrical properties of four metallocene-catalyzed polyethylenes (LDPE-m) are compared with those of a conventional high-pressure low-density polyethylene (LDPE). Electrical conduction measurements and AC breakdown (ACBD) tests were performed at room temperature. These preliminary results do not show much improvement of the LDPE-m compared with the conventional LDPE, which is due to their respective physical properties.


Objective: To describe the levels of inflammation and vascular endothelial activation in an Aboriginal community, and the relationship of these factors to coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factors and markers of nutritional quality.


Objective. This study aimed to investigate the sonodynamic action of pyropheophorbide‐a methyl ester (MPPa) in liver cancer cells to explore a novel therapeutic modality. Methods. H22 cells were chosen as model cells to investigate the sonodynamic action of MPPa on liver cancer. The MPPa concentration was kept constant at 2 μmol/L, and the cells were subjected to ultrasound exposure at an intensity of 0.97 W/cm2. Cytotoxicity was investigated 24 hours after ultrasound exposure. Apoptosis was evaluated using flow cytometry with annexin V‐fluorescein isothiocyanate and propidium iodine staining and nuclear staining with Hoechst 33258. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) were analyzed using flow cytometry with 2,7‐dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate staining. Results. No significant dark cytotoxicity of MPPa was shown in the H22 cells at the concentration of 2 μmol/L. The cell death rate induced by ultrasound treatment was significantly higher in the presence of MPPa than in the absence of it (P < .05). Flow cytometry showed that the sonodynamic action of MPPa significantly increased the early and late apoptotic rates of the H22 cells. Nuclear condensation and an ROS increase were found after sonodynamic treatment. Conclusions. Our findings showed that MPPa‐mediated sonodynamic action significantly enhanced death of H22 cells and the ROS level, suggesting that MPPa is a novel sonosensitizer and the sonodynamic action of MPPa might be a potential therapeutic modality in the management of liver cancer.


severe hearing deficit. Her limbs were movable but with generalised hyporeflexia, bilateral plantar flexor responses, impaired sensation to pinprick and light touch at the distal end of the limbs, and intact position and vibration sensations. Nerve conduction studies performed one month later showed decreased nerve conduction velocities and reduced amplitude of compound muscle action potentials and senory action potentials in the limbs (table). No fibrillation potentials or positive sharp waves were found during needle electromyographic examination. Seven months later the distal limbs continued to be numb. Serum urea nitrogen was 26 mg/dl and serum creatinine was 2-2 mg/dl. The patient had recovered from her sensory problems one year after the ingestion. Six months later, muscular strength, reactive tendon reflexes, and sensation in all modalities were normal. She could hear the telephone ringing without aid. The sural nerve conduction studies showed low amplitudes of sensory action potential but normal latencies. Bromate poisoning has occasionally been described in the medical literature with patients presenting with restlessness, depressed consciousness, and generalised convulsions. It is encountered mainly in children who ingest the agent accidentally and in adults who attempt suicide, and it


"Stress" – this word has an ugly sound in the public opinion, and usually, stress is considered adverse: too much work load, or, conversely, unemployment; lack of success; unsolved family problems, etc. Such personal experience may have blinded many scholars to study environmental stresses and their impact on organisms, particularly on animals, more relaxed, more scientifically based and without personal bias. In ecological terms, stress may be defined as any internal state in an organism resulting from placing it outside its fundamental ecological niche, whereby the niche may be defined in terms of gene expression profiles under normal or ideal operating conditions [1]. This definition implies that stress is something that happens to organisms, something that is fate and cannot usually be avoided (if the organisms cannot escape the situation), and something that must be tolerated instead. Instead, it appears that stress in the environment, below the catastrophic or mutation threshold, is essential for individual integrity and many subtle manifestations of population structures and biodiversity, and has played a substantial role in the evolution of life. Therefore, this editorial will review highlights of environmental stresses as ecological and evolutionary driving forces and stimulate corresponding future studies.


Scalar fields have come to play a central role in current models of the early universe. The self-interaction potential energy density of such a field is undiluted by the expansion of the universe and hence can act like an effective cosmological constant driving a period of inflation. The detailed evolution is dependent upon the specific form of the potential V as a function of the scalar field's expectation value φ. A common functional form for the self-interaction potential is an exponential dependence upon the scalar field. It is to be found in higher-order [1] or higher-dimensional gravity theories [2]. In string or Kaluza–Klein type models the moduli fields associated with the geometry of the extra dimensions may have effective exponential potentials due to curvature of the internal spaces, or the interaction of moduli with form fields on the internal spaces. Exponential potentials can also arise due to nonperturbative effects such as gaugino condensation [3]. The possible cosmological roles of exponential potentials have been investigated before, but almost always as a means of driving a period of cosmological inflation [4,5]. This requires potentials that are much flatter than those usually found in particle physics models. The purpose of this paper is to emphasize that scalar fields with exponential potentials may still have important cosmological consequences even if they are too steep to drive a period of inflation [6–8]. We will present a phase-plane analysis to show that scalar fields with exponential potentials contribute a non-negligible energy density at nucleosynthesis unless they are unusually steep. This 'relic density' problem is not alleviated by standard models of inflation.


The jump-extended Cox-Ingersoll-Ross (JCIR) model and jump-extended constant elasticity of variance (JCEV) model are stochastic differential equations (SDEs) used to forecast interest rates or stock prices. We simulate these SDEs directly by eight numerical methods: Euler Maruyama, simplified Euler, jump-adapted Euler, jump-adapted simplified Euler, jump-adapted order two weak, jump-adapted simplified order two weak, jump-adapted order two derivative free, and jump-adapted simplified order two derivative free. The transformed approach is also applied with these eight numerical methods. We compare their performance by testing the positivity preserving of numerical solutions, and finding their weak orders of convergence as well as their running time.


In order to improve the performance and safety reliability of the lifting mechanism of crane used in cast perocess for carrying slag pot, the structure of crane carriage was optimized and its type re-selected.The total height of carriage was reduced and the design of cast crane more rational. The carrying capability of the carriage and equipment running safety were improved and maintenance was more convenient.


The great amount of existent information in an urban technical cadaster can hinder the performance of the municipal administration, if it be not elaborated and selected appropriately, in way to allow strategic analyses to solve the problems of municipal ambit. New technical computations that allow the knowledge extraction starting from a mass of data have been appearing in the last years, among them the data mining. According to Witten and Frank et. al. (1999), the name Data Mining it appeared of the likeness among the search of important information for the world of the business hidden in a great base of data. The purpose of this work is to apply the methods of the data mining in bases of the urban technical cadaster, objectifying the discovery of way knowledge to aid the municipal administration. The search of new patterns and relationships among different variables using algorithms of data mining, besides the traditional statistical tools, demonstrates the conduct several disciplines among different areas of performance, providing new mechanisms for knowledge discovery. Key-words: Data Mining, Database, Geographic Information Systems, Urban Technical Cadastre.


Catheter ablation (CA) has emerged as the preferred modality of treatment for many cardiac arrhythmias. Anatomical sites of ablation are often located in close proximity to coronary arteries. However, the incidence of CA‐related coronary injury has not been well studied. We sought to systematically evaluate all cases of CA‐related coronary injuries.


Multicore amplifier realizing ultra-high density transmission is summarized. Integration of components is the one of the key for increasing capacity of EDFA. Reduction of power consumption by cladding pumping scheme is introduced.


This paper presents a 10- $\mu \text{s}$ transient recovery time and a low electromagnetic interference dc–dc buck converter with a second-order delta–sigma ( $\Delta $ – $\Sigma )$ modulator. The proposed buck converter employs the techniques of oversampling, noise shaping, fast-transient path, mode selector, and second-order $\Delta $ – $\Sigma $ modulator to achieve spur reduction and to improve transient recovery time. As a result, the noise tones of the output voltage are less than the other conventional pulsewidth modulation converters. In addition, the fast-transient path could correct output voltage immediately, and the mode selector controls the duty cycle of the converter to limit overshoot voltage and undershoot voltage. The chip was implemented using a 0.35- $\mu \text{m}$ Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company CMOS process. The measured results show that the transient recovery time is 10 $\mu \text{s}$ from heavy load to light load and from light load to heavy load, and the noise power spectrum demonstrates a −64-dBm peak noise when the output voltage is 2 V and the output current is 300 mA. A maximum efficiency of 89% is measured at 3 V output voltage and at 3.6 V supply voltage.


Cummins presents some of the key reasons why hydrogen has an important role to play in the decarbonization of the rail sector


Single crystal GdNbO4:Ln3+ (Ln = Dy, Eu) phosphors were prepared via a high-temperature high-pressure hydrothermal procedure at 650 °C under autogenous pressure. X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy, photoluminescence, Raman and XPS were utilized to characterize the as-synthesized phosphors. XRD reveals that the samples begin to crystallize at 550 °C and a pure GdNbO4 phase can be obtained at 650 °C. FE-SEM images indicate that GdNbO4:Ln3+ (Ln = Dy, Eu) samples consist of fine sheets with a size of 50–100 μm. Under UV excitation, the GdNbO4:Eu3+ and GdNbO4:Dy3+ phosphors showed the characteristic emissions of Eu3+ are 5D0 → 7FJ (J = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4), and Dy3+ (4F9/2 → 6H15/2 and 4F9/2 → 6H13/2 transitions), respectively. The preparation method presented here dramatically lowered the traditional temperature of 2300 °C or above in the Czochralski method. The GdNbO4:Dy3+ single crystals showed a bright white emission under different excitation wavelengths with a relatively high quantum yield of 21.7%. The GdNbO4:0.05Eu3+ exhibited excellent bright red luminescence at 612 nm under near-UV excitation, narrowed emission spectra, room temperature luminescence lifetimes of milliseconds and maximum quantum efficiencies of 43.2%.


The High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) is under constructed at IMP in China, which is used to provide high intensity heavy ion beam pulse. A 450 keV electron cooler was proposed to boost the luminosity of high-density internal targets experiment in the spectrometer ring (SRing) at HIAF. The cooler is designed based on changes of the 300 keV cooler at IMP, which was made by BINP in 2004. In this paper, experimental testing results of the prototypes of the coils, the electron gun and the collector are reported. The technical challenges and solutions on the 450 keV high voltage system are discussed.


Fire Control Geographics Information System(FCGIS)is an important part of Fire Control Command Automatic System.This paper introduces the configuration,main functions and character of FCGIS 's system.


The proposed textbook highlights the development of the content of general secondary education in the Ukrainian state. The collection includes the most important documents, including laws, programs, strategies, concepts, standards, and analytical materials that substantiated and regulated the processes of reforming the content of this link of education in Ukraine during 1991–2017.The publication is addressed to scientific, scientific and pedagogical workers of institutions of higher education and regional institutes of postgraduate pedagogical education, teachers, students of education, employees of educational libraries, as well as to all those interested in the history of education.Implementation of the educational edition is ensured by:– with free access on the web portal of the DNPB of Ukraine named after V. O. Sukhomlynskyi (https://dnpb.gov.ua/ua/?ourpublications=32243) аnd in the Electronic Library of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/732160/);– posting a video presentation of the textbook on the «Scientist Support Office» platform (https://fb.watch/hY_R4Q473B/).


The research based on cross-sectional data was conducted to develop a comprehensive characterization of the situation of students in higher education. In this regard, analysis of differences in various gender-related socio-economic characteristics was conducted that may motivate future systematic annual analysis of tertiary education demographics. To address the purpose of the study, first of all, the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad was purposively selected as a study population. Next, primary data was collected through well designed and pretested questionnaire from randomly selected 185 total students of second semester during under-graduate academic session 2019-20. Descriptive statistics show that traditional opinion of rural-male centered agricultural education was no more present because now 40% of student body was coming from urban areas as well as enrollment of female students in agricultural sciences was also increasing. Results further show that in many aspects females enjoy near parity with males. Female students were comparatively spending less on food and mobile-related items during studies despite their higher income family status. Even female students were significantly surpassing males based on the previous school, college and first semester examinations. Comparatively higher proportion of females planning to continue agricultural education up to Ph.D implies that gender disparity in agricultural education is diminishing. Given forthcoming changes in the agrarian economy of Pakistan and the country being signatory to sustainable development goals, it is suggested that the government should enhance safe pick and drop facilities particularly to females to lessen disparities in agricultural education. Similarly, more job placements should be arranged to absorb forthcoming agriculture graduates in the market. Finally, large sample-based studies on finding the statistical relationships among socio-economic characteristics of agriculture graduates is also suggested to give input for the development of the agriculture sector of the country.


Because the photon flux of laser-based X-ray sources is considerably lower than that of synchrotron radiation sources and radiation is emitted isotropic in all directions,focusing optics with a large solid collecting angle and high integral reflectivity are required.For these requirements crystals of Pyrolytic Graphite(PG) are of particular interest for the use as dispersive and focusing elements.Due to the mosaic crystal structure,PG exhibits a very high integral reflectivity.Furthermore,thin PG films give the opportunity to realize crystal optics with arbitrary geometry by mounting them on a mold of any shape.Beyond that,mosaic focusing in specific geometry allows these crystals to be used as high resolution X-ray optics,even in bent geometry.All these properties allow the design of highly efficient dispersive collecting optics for ultrafast X-ray spectroscopy with laser plasma sources.In our contribution we describe the application of bent PG crystals in a spectrometer with a modified Von HAMOS geometry.Using this spectrometer,the spectral distribution of the X-ray radiation emitted from a fs laser produced plasma has been measured.The application of this radiation for time-resolved Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure(EXAFS) experiments is discussed.We show that,by optimizing both the crystal properties and the spectrometer geometry,a good spectral resolution sufficient for EXAFS measurements at the K-edges of transition metals can be achieved.


Beam characteristics during the first cycle, during freebeam acceleration, and at acceleration moments were measured, and compensation methods for magnetic fields and radiofrequency assemblies are suggested. (tr-auth)


This thesis presents an existentialist reading of William Faulkner's early fiction (1925-31). Moving away from a regionalist perspective the thesis argues that Faulkner's work can be viewed as part of a universal and aesthetic exploration of the human condition. By focusing specifically on Jean-Paul Sartre's early philosophy (1930s-40s) and the concepts of consciousness, the duality of being: being-in-itself (the world of objects) and being-for-itself (human consciousness), the thesis investigates the way in which consciousness operates ontologically in Faulkner's prose. It argues that a decidedly existentialist consciousness can be traced in Faulkner, one in which a linked relationship between imagination and reality lays bare the fragility of the
characters and a sense of displacement in Faulkner's fiction.
Within the context of existentialism, the thesis also emphasizes the importance of the artist figure within Faulkner's writing. As the embodiment of existential action and choice, the artist in Faulkner's fiction reflects a sense of liberation and freedom. In this context, the existentialist reading re-examines the way the artist's sense of reality hinges on the interaction between human consciousness and the world of objects, between Faulkner's representation of art (text, painting and sculpture) and form and technique (fragmentation and multiple perspective).


OBJECTIVE
To study the relationship between CDKN2/p16 gene homozygous deletion and lung cancer progression.

METHODS
Improved multiplex PCR technique was applied to detect deletion of CDKN2/p16 gene exon1 and exon2 in 89 cases of lung cancers.

RESULTS
Gene deletion rate was increased by the improved PCR technique. Exon 1 and exon 2 deletion rates were 19.1% (17/89) and 22.5% (20/89) respectively, with total rate of exon1 and/or exon2 deletion 25.8% (23/89). Deletion of CDKN2/p16 gene occurred in non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) and was related to metastasis and progressive stage.

CONCLUSION
Abnormality of CDKN2/p16 gene is a genetic factor for NSCLC susceptibility, and may play a role to some extent in NSCLC malignant progression.


893e Reply: A New Recipient Artery for Reconstruction of Soft-Tissue Defects in the Lower Limb with a Free Anterolateral Thigh Flap: The Reversed Descending Branch of the Lateral Femoral Circumflex Artery Sir: We thank Dr. Ding and his colleagues for their comments on our article, "A New Recipient Artery for Reconstruction of Soft-Tissue Defects in the Lower Limb with a Free Anterolateral Thigh Flap: The Reversed Descending Branch of the Lateral Femoral Circumflex Artery" (Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012;130:1059–1065).1 Their communication is a really valuable suggestion in relation to our technique. We agree with Ding et al. and Feng et al.2 with regard to using one or two reversed concomitant veins of the descending branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery as drainage vessels. In fact, we initially used this approach to reconstruct the veins of free flaps. Postoperatively, there was a period of venous congestion for more than 1 week. In the cases of the reserved vessels, we consider that inadequate arterial back pressure and insufficient venous outflow may lead to the complication. According to the literature,3,4 a shorter vascular pedicle can retain more arterial anastomosis branches of the descending branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery around the knee. In addition, use of the greater saphenous vein can improve venous supercharge. Thus, venous congestion can be avoided. Although the reverse-flow free flaps drained by a single or two reversed concomitant veins can survive completely, these flaps have a risk of venous congestion due to the reverse blood flow and resistance of the venous valves.4 Drainage veins of free flaps in an anterograde fashion may be an alternative for resolving this problem. DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000000448


The paper reports on the investigations into phasing characteristics of a unit cell of a single-layer microstrip reflectarray including variable size double rings of square or circular shape. It is shown that if the rings are printed on a conventional dielectric substrate, the phasing characteristics of the unit cell exhibit the phase range well in excess of 360deg but with a sharp slope. By printing the double ring elements on a thick composite substrate formed by a thin laminate and thick foam a slower slope and a reduced range but still covering 360deg can be obtained. The use of such a unit cell can lead to a wideband design of a single layer microstrip reflectarray.


Wide use of extrusion processing has already shown that is the most efficient and continuous manner of cooking, by which a number of diverse shapes, types, texture can be produced. Extrusion technology provides several different advantages over the traditional methods of food and feed processing like improves digestibility, quick, less water usage, instantaized the product, high production rate and negligible effluents. Novel ingredients, cutting edge extrusion technology and innovative packaging methods need to be combined to yield new and improve already available snacks with having better appearance, texture and mouthfeel, nutrition, and shelf-life. In view of the continuing improvements in the extrusion engineering, new products with controlled glycemic index, thermal or mechanical cooking and final product texture. It has been already proved and established food processing technique which will be used for more innovative applications evident in near future.


A floristic study was conducted in a heterogeneous landscape near Moctezuma, Sonora. From August to December 2011, Ranchos El Rodeo and El Basora were visited three times. The vegetation at about 900 m elevation is foothills thornscrub, oak woodland, and induced buffelgrass grassland. A total of 120 plant taxa in 95 genera and 41 families were documented. Taxa were identified using regional literature, consulting with experts, and comparison with specimens in the Universidad de Sonora Herbarium. The families with more taxa are Asteraceae, Convolvulaceae, Fabaceae, and Solanaceae. The study area is a transitional zone between thornscrub oak woodland, making it an important biological corridor in central Sonora. Loss of flora is due to land use practices, especially clearing to introduce grass like buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare). Non-native plants could displace native taxa like Zinnia zinnioides, Ipomoea cristulata, and I. hederacea.


Spontaneous embolism of a retinal artery, giving rise to more than one embolus is probably not known, but multiple emboli have been seen in the retina after traumata producing numerous fat droplets or gas bubbles. Embolism of the choroidal vessels is not a well-known clinical condition. Therapeutic injections which have resulted in an embolism causing retinal ischaemia have been reported but they are so rare that the risk is not generally realised by doctors. That such a risk is a reality is, however, illustrated by the present case.


Dr. positionally cloned a mutation in the dog causing narcolepsy (hypocretin receptor 2) and discovered that narcolepsy, affecting 1/2000 people, is caused by an immune-mediated destruction of 70,000 hypocretin/orexin neurons in the hypothalamus, also revealing hypocretins as a novel critical sleep-regulatory pathway. of research on the neurobiology, genetics and immunology of narcolepsy, with indirect interest in the neuroimmunology of other brain disorders such as autoimmune encephalitis or neurological paraneoplastic syndromes. laboratory the genetics, proteomics and immunology techniques, such as genome-wide association, exome or whole genome sequencing large scale proteomics in the study of human sleep and sleep disorders, with parallel studies in animal models. His laboratory is lastly interested in web-based assessments of sleep disorders, and conducts deep learning-based processing of polysomnography (PSG), and outcome research.


Our paper analyses a series of epigrams from the Greek Anthology, namely those who directly concern the character of Medea. By adding the available data on the main plastic representations that also portrait Medea, we trace a sketch for the development of the interpretations on the aforementioned woman in Roman imperial times, from a more complex image of both the sorrow mother and the betrayed woman, to the complete banishment of any trace of humanity, when the Colchidian becomes the model of an unbearable and savage murderer.


This paper uses the fuzzy synthesis analysis on the slope stability based on the fuzzy mathematics aim at the complexity and localization for common use,and validates its reliabili-ty and superiority through the experiments.In the end,we obtain the satisfactory results.


ABSTRACT In this article, the tensile strength, impact, and hardness properties of silicon carbide (SiC) reinforced with polyamide 6 (PA6) are described for the first time. The composites were fabricated by an injection molding method using the SiC with varying weight percentages. The tensile and hardness of SiC/PA6 composites showed a regular trend of increasing tensile strength, impact, and hardness properties with varying weight percentages until 10 wt% and impact strength of SiC/PA6 composites increased up to 5 wt% afterwards decreasing the mechanical properties of the composite with greater weight percentages. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) studies were carried out to evaluate the SiC/PA6 interactions. The results related to SiC/PA6 composites were compared with those obtained for pure PA6.


This paper explores issues contained within the works comprising the Errant Space - First Words cycle of installations. It does so within the contexts of pattern recognition, and notions of what might constitute a digital uncanny. Investigations have focused on the exploration of the momentary perception that there is something meaningful arising from a place where there should properly be nothing meaningful.


The paper represents a lowest noise ever high gain CMOS direct down-conversion mixer for 1.8 GHz applications, like GSM, PCS, etc., based on 0.18 /spl mu/m CMOS technology. The designed mixer uses the current bleeding technique and an extra inductor to improve the conversion gain and noise figure (NF). Also, with an extra inductor and the careful choosing of transistor sizes, the mixer has the lowest ever reported flicker noise. Simulation results show the voltage conversion gain of 28.2 dB, the single-side band (SSB) NF of 4.09 dB. Flicker noise cut-off frequency is just a few kHz. SSB NF at 50 Hz reaches 16.8 dB. The circuit operates at the supply voltage of 1.8 V, and dissipates 11.34 mW.


Vocabulary teaching and learning has always been a difficult task for both language teachers and learners since every language learner needs to learn a large number of words for successful communication in the target language. To alleviate the vocabulary learning process, teachers and researchers are looking for new vocabulary learning strategies not only to teach vocabulary easily but also to enhance language learners' vocabulary knowledge as well. Audio-visual materials, as an incidental vocabulary learning strategy, seem to be beneficial in second/foreign language classrooms. The current literature review focuses on audio-visual materials and their effects on vocabulary learning by reviewing the most recent research studies carried out to investigate the effects of this strategy on the enhancement of vocabulary knowledge of the second/foreign language learners. To do this, three 2018 research studies from different international, peer-reviewed journals - Computer Assisted Language Learning, Language Learning & Technology, and Studies in Second Language Acquisition - were selected and discussed. The results of this literature review highlighted the positive effects of implementing audio-visual materials on vocabulary learning. The results also showed that audio-visual materials can help language learners to improve their vocabulary knowledge of the target language. The vocabulary knowledge of the second/foreign language learner can be enhanced incidentally through watching videos and hearing words in meaningful contexts and communication. A brief summary of each research study as well as some guidelines for future research were provided.


Recently, unethical conduct in the workplace has been a focus of literature and media. Unethical pro-organizational behavior (UPB) refers to unethical conduct that employees engage in to benefit the organization. Given the complexity of UPB, there is an increasing need to understand how and under what conditions this attitude originates within organizations. Based on a sample of 167 employees and seven organizations, results support the moderated mediation model. An ethical leader increases employees' organizational affective commitment which increases the likelihood to engage in UPB. However, the indirect relationship diminishes when employees feel authentic at work.


 "Gu ā ngróng " and "rónggu ā ng" are a pair of inverse morphemes words in Chinese. Though once had same meaning, in contemporary Chinese they are in a process of functional differentiation. Now, "gu ā ngróng" are mainly declarative, while "rónggu ā ng" are mainly referential. Motivations of this changeare the enrichment of expressions and the refinement of


Optical decoders are required for optical routing. In this paper we presented the design procedure and simulation results for 3-to-8 optical decoder, which was designed using nonlinear ring resonators inside two dimensional photonic crystals. The proposed structure was simulated using finite difference time domain method. Based on the simulation results the maximum delay time of the structure is about 2 ps. Also the worst transmission values for logic 0 and 1 are 10% and 78%, respectively.


Parosteal osteosarcoma is a rare type of osteosarcoma with distinct characteristics. Clinical outcome of 21 patients was analyzed to assess the predictive relevance of surgical margin, intramedullary tumor extension and histologic grade.


A possibility of the AlGaAs nanowires with multiply GaAs QDs MBE growth on silicon substrates has been demonstrated. The morphological on optical properties of grown structures were studied.


Alzheimer's Disease can be caught in the early stages—when the best treatments are available—by watching for telltale warning signs. If you recognize the warning signs in yourself or a loved one, make an appointment to see your physician right away. Brain imaging technology can diagnose Alzheimer's early, improving the opportunities for symptom management. Why early detection can be difficult Alzheimer's disease usually is not diagnosed in the early stages, even in people who visit their primary care doctors with memory complaints. People and their families generally underreport the symptoms. They may confuse them with normal signs of aging. The symptoms may emerge so gradually that the person affected doesn't recognize them. The person may be aware of some symptoms but go to great lengths to conceal them.


A series of natural rubber vulcanizates containing varied amounts of sulfur and an accelerator (N-cyclohexyl-2-benzothiazyl sulfenamide, CBS) were prepared and their resistance to attack by a strain of Nocardia, capable of utilizing natural rubber as carbon substrate, was examined. The higher the content of sulfur or CBS, the less the weight loss of the vulcanizates after microbial attack. In this system of curing without a filler, the rate of microbial degradation was suggested to depend on the cross-link density estimated from the swelling. Addition of calcium carbonate as a filler did not affect the microbial degradation, and in some cases slightly enhanced it. Addition of carbon black, however, made the vulcanizate apparently more resistant to microbial attack. The specimens with HAF grade carbon black loading were more resistant than those with SRF grade.


Menstrual hygiene is defined as the principle of maintaining the cleanliness of the body during menstrual flow. It requires basic facilities such as appropriate clothes, soakage material, water, soap, and toilet facilities with privacy. Many studies have revealed that most adolescent girls had incomplete and inaccurate information about menstrual hygiene and physiology. It also revealed that mothers, television, friends, teachers, and relatives were the main sources that provided information on menstruation to adolescent girls. In our study, most of the girls belong to the age group of 15 – 17 that is 448 participants are from that age group which comprises about 89% and they mostly belong to intermediate which is around 442 students (88.4%). 90.6% of the girls knew that menstruation occurs only in females and 88% of the girls aware that the best sanitary products are pads and only 39.6% of girls knew about menstruation before menarche. It was observed that only 37.2% of girls knew that infection would occur if they don't clean their vagina regularly during their menstruation. Maximum that is 304 (60.8%) girls responded for dysmenorrhoea in the present study. The majority of these responses were in the age group of 13–15 years. the knowledge on menstruation and menstrual hygiene was found to be unsatisfactory although the practices were noted to be good. The majority of girls attained menarche in the study. Menstrual hygiene is an issue that needs to be addressed at all levels. In our study majority of the mothers were found to be illiterates, as mothers are the first informant to the majority of adolescent girls the health education actives can be extended to the mothers to improve awareness.


The invention relates to cysteine-enriched secretory protein 1 test paper for diagnosing the carcinoma jaw. The cysteine-enriched secretory protein 1 test paper comprises a bottom plate, a sample cushion, a gold-labeled cushion, a nitrocellulose membrane layer and a water adsorption paper layer, wherein the nitrocellulose membrane layer contains a testing line of bovine serum albumin-split cysteine-enriched secretory protein 1 conjugate and a quality control line of an anti-mouse second antibody; the gold-labeled cushion contains a gold-labeled split cysteine-enriched secretory protein 1 antibody compound formed by colloidal gold and an anti-split cysteine-enriched secretory protein 1 antibody. The test paper disclosed by the invention can be used for rapidly detection, is high in sensitivity and specificity, good in stability, easy in operation and free from any instrument equipment; a result can be directly and reliably judged and is easy to grasp; meanwhile, a patient can automatically monitor an illness condition.


We present in this paper a clustering algorithm which is based on a cellular automaton and which aims at displaying a map of web pages. We describe the main principles of methods that build such maps, and the main principles of cellular automata. We show how these principles can be applied to the problem of web pages clustering: the cells, which are organized in a 2D grid, can be either empty or may contain a page. The local transition function of cells favors the creation of groups of similar states (web pages) in neighbouring cells. We then present the visual results obtained with our method on standard data as well as on sets of documents. These documents are thus organized into a visual map which eases the browsing of these pages.


We report a case of recalcitrant pruritus after infusion therapy with hydroxyethyl starch (HES) for sudden deafness. The diagnosis was confirmed by detection of typical HES storage vacuoles within dermal macrophages and perineural cells. Treatment with antihistamines and antipruritic agents, UVB irradiation, and neuroleptic drugs, was ineffective. Topical capsaicin (0.05%) twice daily produced excellent symptomatic relief, without side‐effects.


A living specimen of the little-known pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata Gray, was caught off the Kona coast of the island of Hawaii. It is found to be a relatively abundant inhabitant of Hawaiian waters. The occurrence and behavior of wild animals is discussed, as is the unusually aggressive behavior of the captive animal. Morphology of the captive animal is described.


Although wetlands and freshwater ecosystems more generally are among the most biologically diverse and productive ecosystems in the world, they continue to be neglected and misunderstood. A number of governmental and non-governmental organizations are embarked on programs within the Western Hemisphere to reverse this trend. Fundamental to the efforts of all of the groups is the focus on practical, on-the-ground improvements in conservation and resource management to understand where bottlenecks to conservation are rooted in policy. The Florida Environmental Studies Center and the World Wildlife Fund in collaboration with other development assistance agencies seek to document and communicate project results about tropical and sub-tropical waterdominated ecosystems, especially those projects that can influence future decisions on water resource management and policy.


Sugar industry is the leading and pillar industry in Laibin City.The Paper analyzes the development status,advantages,opportunities and challenges of the sugar industry in Laibin,as well as brings forward countermeasures and suggestions for the development of sugar industry in Laibin.


In experiments on cavities behind various axisymmetric headforms, a pattern of waves or ripples with crests parallel to the separation line was observed on the cavity surface just downstream of separation. A theoretical analysis suggests that this pattern results from amplified instabilities in the separated laminar boundary layer on the cavity surface.


This paper presents a description and brief history of the concept of "racial uplift" and describes its implications for a contemporary, Black college professor. The phrase "racial uplift," for 19th-century Black women, describes almost any type of political activity designed to improve conditions fog Dlack people during the critical post-Reconstruction period of Plessy v. Ferguson, mob violence, and "Jim Crow" democracy. Now the term also invokes images of an educated Black elite, some version of W.E.B. DuBois's "talented tenth." For a Black, newly tenured professor of rhetoric and composition at a predominantly White state university, personal history has affected every aspect of her professional life. She developed a research project around collecting and analyzing the persuasive discourse of 19th-century Black women, even though her dissertation had been about writing technology and its implications. Her concern for being "labeled" as someone who could only do race-related work notwithstanding, the persuasive speeches and writing of 19th-century Black women helped her reshape and rewrite the identity and personal history which her earlier experiences had constructed for her. The work mattered academically because history had been silent where these rhetors were concerned. The personal affects teaching assignments and pedagogy. With the increasing demand for courses on the literature of African diasporan people and women, there is also increasing pressure to design courses around these subjects. The recommendations in this paper help educators to attempt to understand the "lived experiences" of those to whom they teach composition, those they teach about, and those with whom they work in the academy, rather than respond to a prescribed and constraining script. (NKA) ******************************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * ******************************************************************************** , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCA TION Late Twentieth-Century Racial Uplift Work Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION ' CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received Iron, the person or organization originating it 0 Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official , OE RI position or policy -JShirley Wilson Logan 1998 CCCC Convention (Chicago) As a student of nineteenth-century black women's public discourse, I frequently emerge from hours in the library, after having scrolled through microfilmed volumes of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Review from 1884-1901, for example, squinting in the bright June 1997 sun and feeling somewhat disoriented. My almost total immersion in and fascination with the previous century often leads me to view most contemporary phenomena though the soft filter of 100 years of history. As you can imagine, this perspective has its disadvantages, (My son often reminds me, "Mom, just because you study nineteenth-century women doesn't mean you have to dress and think like one!") and more often than not, making life for me one big déjà vu experience. And so in selecting a title for this paper, I reached back again to retrieve a common expression among turn-ofthe-century "race women" to describe the ways in which the personal and the professional converge for me. "Racial uplift" as I use and understand the phrase, for 19th-century black women, describes almost any type of political activity designed to improve conditions for black people during the critical


This research to test the influence of the disclosure of intellectual assets and intellectual liabilites against roe. The study is done at the country banking sector companies listed on Bursa Efek Indonesia. This research using a technique linear regression and the worship of idols to test data research with the software spss 20 . The results of the analysis to model this indicates that simultaneously, the disclosure of intellectual assets and intellectual liabilites against roe. While the testing in full shows that the disclosure of intellectual assets variable influence significant compliance of its roe and give a positive response to the disclosure of variable intellectual liabilites have a negative influence against compliance roe. This means that roe influenced by the disclosure of intellectual intellectual assets and liabilities .
Keywords: Intellectual Asset, Intellual Liabilities and ROE

Penelitian ini untuk menguji Pengaruh Pengungkapan Intelektual Aset dan Intelektual Liabilites terhadap ROE. Penelitian ini dilakukan pada Perusahaan Sektor Perbankan Yang Terdaftar Di Bursa Efek Indonesia. Penelitian ini menggunakan teknik regresi linier berganda untuk menguji data penelitian dengan software SPSS 20. Hasil analisis untuk model ini menunjukkan bahwa secara simultan, Pengungkapan Intelektual Aset dan Intelektual Liabilites terhadap ROE. Sedangkan hasil pengujian secara parsial menunjukkan bahwa variabel Pengungkapan Intelektual Aset berpengaruh secara signifikan positif terhadap kepatuhan Roe dan variabel Pengungkapan Intelektual Liabilites berpengaruh Negatif tehadap kepatuhan ROE. Hal ini berarti bahwa ROE dipengaruhi oleh Pengungkapan Intelektual Aset dan Intelektual Liabilities.
Kata kunci : Intelektual Aset, Intelektual Liabilities dan ROE.


The gamma‐ray emission mechanism of Gamma‐ray bursts (GRBs) are still unknown. Fermi Gamma‐ray Space Telescope successfully detected high‐energy (> 100 MeV) emission from 17 GRBs since its launch. Fermi revealed the distinct temporal behaviors and extra spectral component from high‐energy emission. These new observational results are driving many theoretical implications, such as leptonic, hadronic and afterglow origin. The highest energy photon detected by Fermi gives a constraint on the bulk Lorentz factor of the ultra‐relativistic jets of GRBs. The impact of the Fermi GRB observations extends not only to the GRB‐related issues but also to the outside GRB physics, such as quantum gravity and model of the extra galactic background light.


Spike sorting is one of key technique to understand brain activity. With the development of modern electrophysiology technology, some recent multi-electrode technologies have been able to record the activity of thousands of neuronal spikes simultaneously. The spike sorting in this case will increase the computational complexity of conventional sorting algorithms. In this paper, we will focus spike sorting on how to reduce the complexity, and introduce a deep learning algorithm, principal component analysis network (PCANet) to spike sorting. The introduced method starts from a conventional model and establish a Toeplitz matrix. Through the column vectors in the matrix, we trains a PCANet, where some eigenvalue vectors of spikes could be extracted. Finally, support vector machine (SVM) is used to sort spikes. In experiments, we choose two groups of simulated data from public databases availably and compare this introduced method with conventional methods. The results indicate that the introduced method indeed has lower complexity with the same sorting errors as the conventional methods.


We propose a new neural network structure that is compatible with silicon technology and has built-in learning capability. The thrust of this network work is a new synapse function. The synapses have the feature that the learning parameter is embodied in the thresholds of MOSFET devices and is local in character. The network is shown to be capable of learning by example as well as exhibiting the desirable features of the Hopfield type networks.


• The Cosine Effect: Compensating for Unique Corneal Geometry with Peripheral Ablations • US Presbyopia Clinical Trial: The First Report • Report from the U.S. Clinical Trials: High Myopia and Mixed Astigmatism • Can Iris Registration Improve a High Volume Practice? • The Impact of Iris Registration on Cylinder, Acuity and Visual Quality • "Optimized" vs. Wavefront-Guided Ablations: Is There a Difference?


The invention discloses a production method of an active earthworm protein. The production method comprises the steps of: purging live earthworms, self-dissolving the earthworms, grinding, filtering, centrifuging, carrying out membrane separation and drying to obtain the active earthworm protein. The active earthworm protein has the functions of dissolving thrombus, improving systemic circulation, softening blood vessels, stabilizing plaques, establishing collateral circulation, improving blood and oxygen supply of heart and brain, bi-directionally adjusting blood pressure, reducing blood viscosity and the like. The method disclosed by the invention has the advantages of simple process, high extraction efficiency, low production cost and high production purity and can provide safe and excellent raw materials to foods, health foods, medicines and cosmetics.


A self‐complementary oligodeoxynucleotide containing a 6,6′′‐substituted terpyridine was found to adopt a highly stable, hairpin‐like structure. In addition to serving as a hairpin‐loop mimic, the terpyridine can act as a coordination site for metals. Thus, the binding of several divalent transition metals (Zn2+, Co2+, Ni2+, Cu2+ and Pd2+) to the terpyridine hairpin mimic was investigated. The terpyridine‐modified hairpin mimic forms a stable secondary structure in the presence of these metals. The stability of the metal‐coordinated hairpin mimic was found to be lower than in the absence of metal. Furthermore, the Tm of the metallohairpin is strongly influenced by the type of the bound metal, with Tm's increasing in the order Co2+∼Ni2+


The main subject of this bachelor thesis is wood. The theoretical part contains classifica-tion of wood and its qualities. The next chapter focuses not only on the basic methods of joinery, but also on those designers who used the potential of wood in non-traditional ways. An inseparable and inspirational part of the thesis are also chapters on wood used in fashion and footwear industry. The practical part of the thesis presents the author's application of the acquired knowled-ge into a lady's collection using bent veneer and variable components.


Is considered a possibility increase the effectiveness of control of the hydrounit on the basis of united description and forecasting it characteristics by adaptive regression, described time sires of parameters value in continual regime.


Automating the generation of object-oriented unit tests is a challenging task. This is mainly due to the complexity and peculiarities that the principles of object-orientation imply. One of these principles is the encapsulation of class members which prevents non-public methods and attributes of the class under test from being freely accessed. This paper suggests an improvement of our automated search-based test generation approach which particularly addresses the test of non-public methods. We extend our objective functions by an additional component that accounts for encapsulation. Additionally, we propose a modification of the search space which increases the efficiency of the approach. The value of the improvement in terms of achieved code coverage is demonstrated by a case study with 7 real-world test objects. In contrast to other approaches which break encapsulation in order to test non-public methods, the tests generated by our approach inherently guarantee that class invariants are not violated. At the same time, refactorings of the encapsulated class members will not break the generated tests


The electrical transport properties namely the electrical resistivity (ρ), the thermoelectric power (TEP) and the thermal conductivity (σ) of several polyvalent alloys like In1−xBix and Sn1−xBix were calculated from the pseudopotential form factors and Percus-Yevic (PY) hard sphere structure factors of Ashcroft and Langreth. The well-recognized empty core model (EMC) potential of Ashcroft is used for the first time with seven local field correction functions due to Hartree (H), Hubbard–Sham (HS), Vashista–Singwi (VS), Taylor (T), Ichimaru–Utsumi (IU), Farid et al. (F) and Sarkar et al . (S) in the present computation and found suitable for such study. It is concluded that the comparison of present and experimental findings is highly encouraging.


Several studies have questioned the long-term significance of gadolinium-enhancing (GdE) and spinal cord (SC) lesions in early MS (NEJM JW Neurol Jun


Apoptosis proteins play a central role in the development and homeostasis of an organism.These proteins are very important for understanding the mechanism of programmed cell death.A new encoding method based on tri-polypeptide composition is presented.By use of adjacent triune residues contents in the protein primary sequences,the increment of diversity is calculated to predict the subcellular location of apoptosis proteins.The content-balancing accuracy index presented by Zhang CT is extended to solve any classification problem.The experiment results show that for apoptosis protein subcellular location prediction,the method of tri-polypeptide diversity source can not only improve the overall prediction accuracy,but also solve the imbalance problem of samples.While the content-balancing accuracy index is much superior to the widely used overall prediction accuracy for evaluating prediction algorithms.


priorities and proposed changes with the Year 4 curriculum director and a member of the Faculty of Medical Education. A structured interview protocol was used to elicit this information. Eight of the 14 eligible students changed their schedules. Although they had diverse backgrounds, all had selected a subspecialty or a focused primary care field and had clinical exposure and residency readiness as top priorities. They most often dropped electives in family and community medicine that diverged from their professional development objectives and used the available time to design new electives and add extant electives on clinical skills. Students described several additional considerations that drove their proposed schedule changes, including:


In this paper, we consider the coherent component of the electromagnetic wave field inside random media. The subject of our interest concerns a random medium, consisting of a statistical ensemble of different scattering species and artificial material structures developed on base of dielectric or metallic resonant or non-resonant particles. The starting point of our theory is the multiple scattering theory, the averaged electric field satisfies a Dyson equation with a mass operator related to the effective dielectric permittivity of the homogenized structure. Quantum multiple scattering theory has been transposed into this electromagnetic case. We give a formal solution for the mass operator by introducing the T-matrix formalism. We show that the T-matrix satisfies a Lippman-Schwinger equation. Then, we introduce the Quasi-Crystalline Coherent Potential Approximation (QC-CPA), which takes into account the correlation between the particles with a pair-distribution function. The mass operator includes geometric effects, caused by resonant behavior due to the shape and size of particles, cluster effects because of correlations between particles. Significant modifications of particle scattering properties can be observed.


Robots are now an integral part of automation sector, thus indicating the importance of the associated control strategies. In contrast with conventional rigid manipulators, flexible arms offer several benefits in terms of light weight and power efficient structure, safe operation due to reduced inertia, low manufacturing cost and faster movements. The present paper proposes a linear control law based on Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) technique to control flexible manipulators. In particular, flexibility in joint is discussed highlighting the control challenges. Tuning of the controller is based on the derived dynamic model using Lagrange approach. The proposed control law is then implemented on a custom-developed platform. Trajectory tracking results witnessed effectiveness of the developed control strategy in terms of reducing undesirable vibrations thereby increasing precision in the flexible manipulator. It is anticipated that the results obtained have enormous potential in applications involving flexible manipulator.