Abstract The past 5 years have seen incredible advances in approaching hearing loss as a major public health issue. National efforts include the 2015 President' Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and the National Academies of Science, Engineering, & Medicine's 2016 Commission on Hearing Health Care for Adults, which led to the 2017 OTC hearing aid legislation and the expected debut of OTC hearing aids in 2020-2021. The World Report on Hearing amplifies these efforts. This presentation will cover the role of the Report in the context of the rapidly evolving hearing care landscape in the US and how the Report's call for affordable, accessible hearing care fit within current national efforts focused on older adults. Finally, the WHO recognized 2020-2030 as the Decade of Healthy Aging. We will discuss how the World Report on Hearing integrates with broader efforts to support healthy aging locally and globally.


Many mid-level representations have been developed to replace traditional bag-of-words model (VQ+k-means) such as sparse coding, OMP-k with k-SVD, and fisher vector with GMM in image domain. These approaches can be split into a dictionary learning phase and a feature encoding phase which are often closely related. In this paper, we jointly evaluate the effect of these two phases for video-based action recognition. Specially, we compare several dictionary learning methods and feature encoding schemes through extensive experiments on the KTH and HMDB51 datasets. Experimental results indicate that fisher vector performs consistently better than the other encoding methods, and sparse coding is robust to different dictionaries even random weights. In addition, we observe that the advantages of sophisticated mid-level representations do not come from their specific dictionaries but the encoding mechanisms, and we can just use randomly selected exemplars as dictionaries for most of encoding methods. Finally, we achieve the state-of-the-art results on the HMDB51 and UCF101 by combining our configurations with improved dense trajectory features.


This article analyzes the results of the state information policy in relation to the international community in 2019. Ensuring a high degree of integration of the Russian Federation into the world information society is considered as a direction of the state information policy.


Abstract : This research attempts to develop a technological index based on selected characteristics of new products. The methodology employed to develop the index was adopted from the technological forecasting community, where it is accepted as a valid technique for quantifying technological change. Several indices were developed to measure the level of technology incorporated into the design and development of aircraft turbine engines. Each index was based on a different assumption about the expected time path of technological growth. The data set was restricted to the same engines used by Rand to develop a set of Cost Estimating Realtionships(CERs) for estimating the development cost to Model Qualification Tests, production cost, and the total development cost of jet engines. Selected indices were then introduced into the Rand CERs to evaluate their impact as cost drivers and their relationship to the other variables in the equations. The application resulted in the technology indices being significant and valid cost drivers.


How are new long-term energy targets for buildings managed in public construction client organisations? This paper presents an empirical account of the actors, their roles and contributions to the meaning making process regarding an energy target for public buildings and the development of an energy strategy. With this account, we wish to initiate a discussion on what actors and practices that are need in construction sector when contextualising and implementing long-term energy targets in practice. The paper is based on a longitudinal study in a public construction client organisation in Sweden, where for example in-depth interviews and observations of meetings has been used for data gathering.


The Hangai Dome in central Mongolia is characterized by intraplate volcanism on a high-elevation intra-continental plateau. Volcanism dates from the Oligocene to the Holocene and is thought to be coincident with the onset of the uplift of the Hangai Dome, indicating that the processes may be linked. However, the processes and driving mechanisms responsible for creating this region remain largely unexplained, due in part to a lack of high-resolution geophysical data over the area.


Our modern "traditional" agricultural system is not sustainable. This system is highly dependent on limited resources such as land, oil an d water. It also has numerous negative impacts, including the depletion of resources leadi ng to higher prices, pollutions leading to health risks, global warming, deforastation and biodiversi ty loss. These dependencies and consequences are combined with a growing and ever more affluent global population which requires greater amount of resources to support its growth and which increases the negative impacts on the environment. All indicates that our system is reach ing its limits and that there is a need for new solutions. This research introduces the general con text (problem and existing research) and explores an alternative, namely: Intensive Vertical Urban Agriculture (I.V.U.A.). This method seems to offer two particularly interesting promises benefic ial for Sustainable Urban Development: the reduction of transportation, and t he integration of food production in the urban nutrient and energy cycles. However, to achieve the se potential benefits the technology (in a broad sense) has to meet several challenges and the re is a need for further experimentation. This study explores challenges of I.V.U.A. and key facto rs enabling or hindering experimentation in this field. This investigation identified key barriers to furth er development of I.V.U.A. through the use of a case study. The Plantagon International AB is a unique project which will be built in 2013, in Linkoping, Sweden. It will be the first ve rtical greenhouse of a considerable scale in the world with a research and commercial aim. Barriers to I.V.U.A. were identified as: Lack of awareness about the problems with our m odern food supply, and hence missed opportunities for S.U.D. Attitudes that are working against I.V.U.A. and c ompetition for recognition with other forms of agriculture as alternative to the problem of food production Lack of technical abilities, knowledge and skil l n I.V.U.A. Funding/supporting infrastructures (physical or informational) Blockages that are the result of administrations a d policies which are largely based around "traditional" agriculture. Finally, a set of recommendations was drawn from th e interviews of the case study and the litterature review, to help planners and decisi on-makers lift these barriers and enable experimenting. These four implications to consider and explore are: Gaining understanding of the complexity of S.U.D. problems and the need for a wide range of solutions which include I.V.U.A.; Including a greater amount of stakeholders, and considering contexts Improving access to land but also to resources an d infrastructures Building support to enable I.V.U.A. to thrive on its own.


analysis (mapping) has been commonly used in plants to screen CGs and subsequently clone these genes for controlling disease resistance/tolerance traits. Genetic maps of markers for genes can assist in choosing positional CGs. This is accomplished by evaluating the closeness of linkage with the trait loci. The CG approach has been used to characterize disease resistance loci. Numerous disease candidate genes involved in pathogen recognition and defense response have been isolated in various crops such as in rice against gall midge insect infestation [7-10]. Linkage analysis involves creating bi-parental populations, genotyping and phenotyping of segregating progeny in the populations, and testing if sequence variations in the CGs co-segregate or co-localize with the loci controlling the disease resistance/tolerance trait in the populations [11]. Association mapping has been widely used in human and animal genetics, and it has emerged as a new approach to screen candidate genes in plants [11,12]. This approach uses existing natural populations and germplasm accessions, collections of cultivars, breeding lines from breeding programs, and statistical analysis to reveal association between sequence variations in candidate genes and phenotypic variations in the association study panels.


An experimental investigation was performed to quantify the relationship between fiber-matrix adhesion as determined by single fiber interfacial shear strength tests with the compressive properties and failure modes of unidirectional graphite/epoxy com posites. The compression tests were conducted on three identical sets of composites differ ing only in their fiber-matrix interfacial shear strength. The interfacial shear strength was varied by using the same graphite fibers with different surface treatments, namely un treated, surface treated, and surface treated and coated with a thin layer of epoxy. The sur face treatment changed the interfacial shear strength by more than a factor of two, while the properties of the fibers remained unchanged. The experimental results show that the fiber surface treatment affects the compressive modulus only marginally. However, the compressive strength and maximum compressive strain were highly sensitive to the fiber surface treatment. Both the strength and maximum strain increased with the interfacial shear strength. The fracture surface analysis revealed that when the fiber-matrix inter facial shear strength was low the compressive failure occurred due to delamination and global delamination buckling. At intermediate values of the interfacial shear strength, the compressive failure occurred due to shear failure driven by inphase microbuckling of fibers. The composites having the highest values of the interfacial shear strength yielded "stepped" fracture surfaces showing compressive failure of fibers in several planes perpen dicular to the fiber axis.


Racemic ibuprofen ethyl ester is subject to microbial resolution in order to obtain the s(+) ibuprofen is its acid form. The racemic ester can be sucessfully prepared from racemic ibuprofen and ethanol in a ratio of 1∶1.2 with HZSM S zeolite as catalyst and benzene as carrier for water removing in azeotropic distillation. The results show that the reaction conditions are mild, the rate rapid, the product easily purified, and the yield reached 92%. The structure of the product was confirmed by IR, GC MS and NMR.


Diphenylphosphinous anion reacted with chloromethylbenzotriazole to give (benzotriazol-1-yl)methyldiphenylphosphine oxide, which, after lithiation, was alkylated to give 1-(benzotriazol-1-yl)alkyldiphenylphosphine oxides in good yield. Treatment of 1-(benzotriazol-1-yl)alkyldiphenylphosphine oxides with n-butyllithium followed by condensation with epoxides, afforded benzotriazol-1-yl-substituted cyclopropanes, which underwent further lithiation and subsequent reaction with numerous electrophiles to provide a variety of novel benzotriazol-1-yl-substituted cyclopropane derivatives.


The existing dismantling and fitting tool of the lead sleeve in fuel injection pump in the laboratory is taken as the research object, aiming at its shortcomings or problems like the limited scope of application, the laborious operation, the hidden danger of personnel injury and so on. Starting from the design requirements of the special tool for the dismantling and fitting of the lead sleeve in the marine fuel injection pump, a special tool for disassembling and assembling of the lead sleeve of the injection pump is designed by using the graphic design software AutoCAD2014, and the working principle and the main components of the tool are introduced. Finally, from the aspects of technique, operation, maintenance, economy and so on, the feasibility of the special tool for the dismantling and fitting of the lead sleeve in the fuel injection pump was taken analyzed.


W e evaluated a patient whose findings relate to 2 recent reviews in the Journal, that of Borchert (1) on optic nerve hypoplasia and Fraser et al (2) dealing with nonglaucomatous optic disc cupping. A 13-year-old adopted boy was referred for abnormal optic nerve appearance. On examination, the visual acuity was 20/20 in each eye and intraocular pressure was 13 mm Hg, right eye, and 14 mm Hg, left eye. Funduscopy revealed bilateral excavated and pale optic nerves (Fig. 1). Retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) analysis by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography showed a pattern consistent with bow-tie atrophy in each eye (Fig. 2). Automated visual field testing revealed bitemporal hemianopia. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain was remarkable for absence of septum pellucidum and chiasmal atrophy (Fig. 3). Based on these findings, the diagnosis of chiasmal hypoplasia-variant septo-optic dysplasia (SOD) was made. Our patient presented with optic nerve cupping, raising suspicion for juvenile open-angle glaucoma. However, the RNFL analysis revealed thinning of nasal and temporal quadrants, unlike glaucomatous damage, which typically involves thinning of the superior and inferior quadrants. The relatively preserved superior and inferior RNFL bundles on optical coherence tomographic analysis correlated well with the findings of bitemporal hemianopia and the MRI findings of chiasmal hypoplasia. To our knowledge, this is the first description of RNFL analysis in the chiasmal hypoplasia variant of SOD. This


The invention relates to a human relaxin 2 precursor and a preparation method thereof. According to the human relaxin 2 precursor, a B chain and an A chain of a natural human relaxin 2 are connected through an AsnGlyPheAsnGly artificial C peptide in a B-C-A order, so as to form a structure of a non-natural human relaxin 2 precursor. An amino acid sequence of the human relaxin 2 precursor is shown by a sequence 1 in a sequence list and is named as rhR2. According to the human relaxin 2 precursor and an optimized gene thereof, provided by the invention, a secreted expression amount of the human relaxin 2 precursor in pichia pastoris is greatly improved. The C peptide of the human relaxin 2 precursor is removed by using cheap hydroxyl amine rather than expensive TPCK (Tosyl-Phenylalanine Chloromethyl-Ketone)-trypsinase, so that the cost of removing the C peptide is reduced.


.................................................................................................................................................. 2 Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................................. 4 Prologue .................................................................................................................................................. 7 I: Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 12 Theatricality ..................................................................................................................................... 13 Structure ........................................................................................................................................... 20 2: Trials, Truth-telling, and the Performing Body: a History ............................................................... 23 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 24 Some Clarifications about Common Law and Use of Sources ........................................................ 26 Trial by Ordeal ................................................................................................................................. 30 ———The Body as God's Instrument ............................................................................................ 34 ———The Trial by Ordeal as a Performance of Tradition ............................................................. 36 ―Lord how bloody Mother Broom is!‖: The Altercation Trial ........................................................ 40 ———The Jury in the Altercation Trial .......................................................................................... 43 ———Truth, Demeanour and Storytelling: Reading the Body ...................................................... 45 ———The Altercation Trial and the Performance of Tradition ..................................................... 46 Adversarial Trial: The Rise of the Lawyer ...................................................................................... 49 ———Evening the Odds ................................................................................................................. 51 ———The Artificiality of Performance .......................................................................................... 53 ———The Adversarial Trial and the Performance of Tradition ..................................................... 58 Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................... 61 3: Theories of the Trial as Performance ............................................................................................... 63 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 64 ―Is‖ Performance/―As‖ Performance ............................................................................................... 65 Trials and Drama ............................................................................................................................. 66 Ritual and Speech-Act Theory ......................................................................................................... 75 Sociology and the Trial .................................................................................................................... 87 The Symbolic Value of Live Performance ...................................................................................... 92


Siphonage is a phenomenon of liquid flowing to a low level through a bent or curved tube of which the top is higher than the liquid surface.Although the pressure on the liquid surface is no matter with the velocity of siphonage flow,it is the necessary condition of the siphonage.The explanation in Cihai dictionary is mistake of "siphonage will happen even if the two water tanks are in the vacuum".The influence of the bent tube length on the siphonage and its flow velocity was discussed,and a cup with a siphon to warn insatiability was introduced.


A guide to resources that are useful in community health assessments. Demographics, risk behaviors, incidences of chronic conditions, availability of healthcare- it's all here.


In this paper, based on a non-linear model, a particular sliding mode observer is presented. Considerations on constructive aspects concerning observability is made. Control strategy is presented and discussed as well. Both computer simulation and laboratory experimental of the controlled system are presented which demonstrate promising behavior. (6 pages)


This chapter presents a transcription and discussion of a previously unpublished manuscript by Henri Matisse, written in the summer of 1907 at the request of his old friend the philosopher and art critic Mecislas Golberg. Matisse divided the manuscript into three sections, headed Education, Recherche de ma personnalite and Les Influences, summarising his artistic beginnings, his evolution and the art and artists who influenced him. It is the earliest written statement by Matisse and it prefigures his famous "Notes d'un peintre", published in December 1908. Golberg was too ill to make anything of Matisse's manuscript, so he passed it to Apollinaire. This chapter shows how Apollinaire used the manuscript and supplemented it with information taken from his conversations with the artist in order to write, in dialogue form, his essay "Henri Matisse", published in La Phalange dated 15 December 1907. That article, of which Matisse kept a manuscript in Apollinaire's hand, served as a starting point and even a blueprint for Matisse's own later publications and declarations. The Matisse manuscript and conversations with the artist allowed Apollinaire to clarify his appreciation of the aims and achievements of contemporary art and to bring a new critical acuity to his best writings on art.


A new vertical magnetic field applied LEC apparatus has been developed for volume production of large size GaAs single crystals. The apparatus consists of a superconducting magnet with compact refrigerator systems and an in-house modified high pressure puller. Temperature fluctuation through the molten GaAs was suppressed to less than 0.3°C by the application of more than 1000 Oe. The vertical magnetic field effects on GaAs melt are described in comparison with the results of a transverse magnetic field.


Summary We compared factor VII clotting activity (FVIIc) assays using different thromboplastins to determine which is the most sensitive for activated FVII (FVIIa) or for FVII antigen (FVIIag). FVIIc levels were measured using thromboplastins derived from bovine brain (FVIIc Bov), human placenta (FVIIc Hum), and rabbit brain (FVIIc Rab). FVIIa levels were measured by fluorogenic assays using human soluble tissue factor (rsTF) or bovine rsTF. We also measured FVII activity by an amidolytic assay (FVIIc:am Hum) using human thromboplastin and a chromogenic substrate for thrombin. FVIIag levels were determined by ELISA. In the FVIIa assay, the reaction time obtained from using bovine rsTF was shorter than that with human rsTF, suggesting that the interaction of plasma FVIIa with bovine rsTF was stronger than with human rsTF. The plasma FVIIa levels measured using human rsTF and bovine rsTF were almost the same (r=0.947, p<0.0001). Among the three FVIIc assays, FVIIc Bov had the strongest positive correlation with the plasma FVIIa level (r=0.886, p<0.000l), but had no correlation with FVIIag. An increase of 1 ng/ml in the plasma FVIIa level yielded a 27.9% increase of FVIIc Bov. Plasma FVIIc Hum and FVIIc:am Hum showed moderate correlations with both FVIIa (r=0.520, p<0.02 and r=0.569, p<0.01, respectively) and FVIIag (r=0.438, p<0.05 and r=0.468, p<0.05, respectively). FVIIc Rab had the lowest correlation with FVIIa (r=0.367, p<0.1), but had a moderate correlation with FVIIag (r=0.436, p<0.05). After in vitro cold activation, FVIIc Bov levels increased the most and FVIIc:am levels showed the least change. These findings indicate that consideration of the thromboplastin used for assay is necessary when assessing the clinical significance of FVII activity as a cardiovascular risk factor.


The invention relates to a method and device for identifying a subject in a sensor based monitoring system. This method comprises an acquisition step wherein sensors of a sensor array acquire subject related sensor signals, a pattern extraction step wherein a signal pattern is derived from the sensor signals acquired in the preceding acquisition step, and an identification step wherein the signal pattern derived in the preceding pattern extraction step is compared to predetermined signal patterns, each predetermined signal pattern being related to a subject profile, to identify a subject profile whose predetermined signal pattern related thereto matches the derived signal pattern.


Summary form only given, as follows. The systems with compression of magnetized heated plasma (MAGO/MTF) are promising regarding the achievement of the thermonuclear fusion threshold. A version of this system has been realized in VNIIEF where a dense high temperature DT-plasma was obtained with the lifetime of some microseconds, being a source of high-power neutrons and X-ray pulses. The research method of spatial-temporal parameters in the soft X-ray generation plasma region, which is formed in the discharging camera of the MAGO-system, has been developed for diagnostics. The method is based on the soft X-ray plasma image formation with the help of a pinhole camera and its consequent conversion to an optical image. Optical plasma image registration is made with the use of an electron optical multi-frame recording system. For the first time in the conditions of the MAGO explosive experiments the two-dimensional plasma image for three sequential intervals of discharge, corresponding to maximum soft X-rays yield was obtained. The position, shape and typical sizes of the plasma region are determined. The evolution of the described method for plasma parameters research in MAGO/MTF experiments is seemed to be very perspective.


........................................................................................................................................................ ii List of Figures .............................................................................................................................................. iii List of Abbreviations ................................................................................................................................... iv Dedication ................................................................................................................................................... vii Acknowledgments ...................................................................................................................................... viii Chapter 1: Background ................................................................................................................................. 1 Chapter 2: Methods ..................................................................................................................................... 12 Chapter 3: Results ....................................................................................................................................... 24 Chapter 4: Discussion ................................................................................................................................. 35 Chapter 5: Conclusions ............................................................................................................................... 38 References ................................................................................................................................................... 39


This paper intends to answer the question, why Learning Objects (LOs)? It argues that LO is a form of organizing knowledge. Like other historically evolved forms of organizing knowledge such as, mythology, narrative poems, books and others. LOs are a logical expression of contemporary conditions of knowledge, its purpose and the information networks where the learning is produced, distributed and consumed.


In article types and the directions, and also concept of a benchmarking as marketing tool, its purpose and the main stages of carrying out are considered. Features of a benchmarking of transport enterprise are revealed and systematized. Rules of carrying out the analysis of the superiority which observance can raise the firm to new level are described, alongside with the best enterprises for the rendering transport services. The history of development of a benchmarking, as a science is considered. The factors influencing to positive results from innovations in the course of carrying out a benchmarking at transport enterprise were defined. The principles of a benchmarking of transport enterprise are characterized. Also the problems arising at collection of information for the comparative analysis of the superiority on characteristics of the enterprise and the leading enterprises in this branch were revealed. Expediency of carrying out a benchmarking in transport branch, as instrument of market research in the conditions of the rigid competition in the market of transport services is proved.


BACKGROUND AND AIMS
Since the 1980s, many studies have evaluated the efficacy of therapies to improve the outcomes of patients with perianal Crohn's disease. We performed a systematic review to describe the evolution of endpoints in perianal fistulizing Crohn's disease. Efficacy outcomes, definitions, and measurements tools were assessed.

METHODS
Electronic databases were searched up to 1 st November 2020. All published randomized placebo-controlled trials enrolling patients with perianal fistula and Crohn's disease were eligible for inclusion. Ongoing randomized clinical trials were also described.

RESULTS
Nineteen randomized controlled trials were included. Clinical efficacy endpoints were reported in all trials. Clinical response was the most frequent primary endpoint (6/19 studies, 31.6%), followed by clinical remission in 4 studies (21%). Clinical response was defined as closure of at least 50% of fistulas, while remission was defined as closure of all fistulas. A combined clinical and radiological primary endpoint was used to assess fistula healing in 4 studies (21%). The Perianal Disease Activity Index was a primary endpoint in only one study (5.5%). In addition, 8 ongoing controlled trials were identified. Combined clinical and radiological remission was the most frequent primary endpoint in these studies (4/8, 50%).

CONCLUSION
In this systematic review, significant changes in outcomes used in randomized clinical trials of perianal Crohn's disease were observed. Radiological endpoints are increasingly used in perianal fistulizing Crohn's disease trials.


This chapter presents an overview of the magnetization configurations and reversal in magnetic structures ranging from a few nanometers to a few micrometers in size that can be described using the theory of micromagnetics. A range of techniques for the characterization of magnetic structures is introduced and the theoretical micromagnetism background, including the energy terms governing the magnetic properties, are discussed. The simplest case of a single domain system with uniform magnetization is treated within the framework of the Stoner–Wohlfarth theory, and experimental examples of such systems are presented. The magnetization configurations in larger systems that exhibit nonuniform magnetization are discussed in detail with a particular emphasis on experimental examples for the geometries that have been studied most often, such as discs, rings, rectangles, wires and pillars. Theoretically, the formation of these states is explained as a result of the interplay between the different magnetic energy terms; multidomain states that occur for larger elements are also introduced. The dynamic properties of the reversal of these elements are addressed, starting with the evaluation of the Landau–Lifshitz–Gilbert equation to obtain the trajectories for single domain particles. This is then extended to cover the nonhomogeneous reversal of nonuniform states. The elementary processes occurring during nonhomogeneous reversal are introduced and used to explain the magnetization reversal in a set of instructive examples.

Keywords:

micromagnetism;
magnetic elements;
single domain configurations;
Stoner–Wohlfarth theory;
nonuniform magnetization configurations;
multidomain states;
magnetic switching;
magnetic anisotropy;
shape anisotropy;
vortex state;
onion state;
Landau–Lifshitz state;
S-state;
C-state;
diamond state;
triangle state;
vortex core;
domain walls;
demagnetizing factor;
single domain state;
macrospin;
Stoner–Wohlfarth model;
coherent reversal;
buckling mode;
curling mode;
Landau–Lifshitz equation


If GPS antenna is attached to a buoy, movements of water surface can be measured. The kinematic method assures high precision measurements, but a reference point on land become necessary. In RTK measurements, the distance between the reference and observation points can not be taken long. On the other hand, large amounts of data must be sent from the observation point to the reference point. Furthermore, the kinematic method requires heavy computation loads. So, a high speed sampling measurement is not possible conventionally. A high precision measurement without a reference point would be very convenient. In this report, such kind of measurement is proposed, and the authors would like to refer the method as PVD (Point precise Variance Detection) method.


The invention nucleic acid encoding the protein secretion factor, said protein factor secretion of human LBFL313 gene derived sequences; And a target gene encoding a protein; which comprises an expression cassette operatively linked, vectors for secretion of the target protein expression and to the target protein expression secretion vector is introduced transformant cells for. The present invention also relates to a method of producing a target protein using the transformant cells containing the expression vector. When using a protein secretion factor of human LBFL313 gene derived of the present invention, it was a significantly increased secretion of the target protein as compared to conventional protein secretory factors, notably the conventional by using a protein secretion factor of human LBFL313 gene derived of the present invention for antibody a protein secreted factor combination was confirmed with a significantly better effect than the secretion of the secretory sequence. Consequently, protein secretion factor of the present invention can be widely used in large-scale protein production, particularly in antibody production.


The heat transfer enhancement method of applying electric fields only near a heat transfer wall was numerically investigated. Generation of additional turbulence in the near-wall region occurs by the interaction between migrating electric charges and the turbulent flow of weakly electrically conductive fluids such as refrigerants, oils, and chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) alternatives. Based on electrostatic probe experiments, the authors assumed that the current was mainly transferred by the negative charges. They solved the Navier-Stokes equation with a Coulomb force term, the conservation equation of electric current, the Poisson equation of electric potential, and the energy equation. They used the Large Eddy Simulation (LES) method to represent the turbulence. The numerical analysis showed a heat transfer enhancement of 2.8 times for turbulent flow (Re = 1.8 x 10{sup 4}) when applying 5 kV to the near-wall region, 5 mm from the wall. The simulations for different distances between the coupled electrodes showed that an optimum location of the electrodes exists for achieving the lowest electric power input for a given electric field strength. They also evaluated the heat efficiency in a simple heat exchanger system using this heat transfer enhancement method. For the 5 kV/5 mm condition, where 19% of the totalmore » input power was consumed by the electric field, they achieved a heat transfer enhancement of 27 times compared to the case when an equivalent, additional amount of input power would be consumed by the pump to increase the flow rate of the heat-transfer fluid.« less


KABUL, Afghanistan – The chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah said the longawaited Intra-Afghan dialogues on peace in Afghanistan will begin next week. The first talks will take place in Qatari capital Doha, where Afghanistan and Taliban delegations will come together to end the 18-year war in the country, which apparently exhausted both parties – Afghan citizens being the beads for the political settlement. One of the main topic for this long-awaited gathering is to implement a comprehensive ceasefire in the war-torn country, where the people could with no fear pursue the life they ever dreamt of for decades. It came a month after the initial schedule for the talks were delayed due to a complicated issues on the release of Taliban prisoners, where the opposition group insist to free all its group members capture by the Afghan government. Earlier this month, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani released at least 80 of the 400 Taliban prisoners upon the decision made by the Loya Jirga – a national assembly; making the Taliban persistent on their demand of freeing the remaining 320 prisoners. According to sources, among the Taliban prisoners are some who were directly linked to killing of a number of foreign nationals, including Australia and France, opening doors for the Afghan leaders to reconsider their decision upon request of the foreign government. Chairman Abdullah did not comment whether or not the issue is solved. (KHAAMA PRESS) Afghanistan, Uzbekistan Ties 10-Year Deal on Energy


The goal of the diploma thesis was to find out, by means of a questionnaire, which useful plants could be used for motivation in biology class. The sample comprised 61 Roma participants in adult education. Surveys were conducted at the Centre for Education and Culture Trebnje (CIK) and Development and Education Centre Novo mesto (RIC). 68.9% of interviews completed questionnaire in Novo mesto and 31.1% in Trebnjem. We searched for differences between the responses among respondents of different age, sex and place of education. Between the responses of younger participants were differences only in the plants from which drugs are obtained and getting opium and heroin from poppies. Both topics have appeared to participants aged 20-24 years, above-average interest while there were younger and older participants evaluated with below average ratings. We assumed that women who are involved in adult education seem relevant to other plants as well as men. The difference is found only in one group of useful plants (plants from which drugs are obtained, which appeared to be more interesting to men). Reply participants, regardless of their place of schooling were against expectations. Participants from Novo mesto were deemed interesting plants from which drugs are obtained, and getting opium and heroin from poppies; participants from Trebnjega they looked interesting plants for spices, plants for decorating your rooms and plants on the window sills.


Cardiovascular risk factors were recorded and then carotid intima-media thickness was measured by using B-Mode high-resolution ultrasonography, 1 cm proximal to the carotid bulb in the posterior wall. Finally, correlation between other risk factors and CIMT was made. Total 106 patients were participated in the study but 6 patients were lost to follow up. 100 patients with chronic and advanced renal disease were evaluated, including 55% females and 45% males. The mean age of these patients was 60.2 ± 13.1 years, with a range of 25-81 years. Correlations between CIMT and age (P =0.023), dialysis duration (P =0.017), number of cigarettes smoked (P = 0.026), diastolic blood pressure (P = 0.013) and fasting blood sugar (P=0.045) were significant. Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in patients on hemodialysis are of significant interest because of the high prevalence and frequency of the disease in this group of patients. However, in the present study, we were not able to find a very consistent and definite role for some risk factors in our patients. More studies are required to make clear the role of these factors in patients on hemodialysis.


Cardiovascular reactivity is a response of the cardiovascular system when it reacts to physical stress or psychological stress that can affect hemodynamics. Murottal therapy as a complementary treatment to lower high blood pressure and it is an efficient therapy that can be easily done by every individual. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of Al-Qur'an murottal therapy in reducing cardiovascular reactivity to handgrip in hypertensive pre-elderly. The study used a quasi-experimental nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. The sampling technique was non-probability(non-random) sampling with a quota sampling technique of 60 hypertensive pre-elderly grouped non-randomly (n = 30) into the intervention group (odd number), and (n = 30) the control group. The research subjects were given an isometric handgrip test for 3 minutes and measured after a 5-minute rest period, then given Al-Qur'an (Surah Ar-Rahman) Murrotal therapy for 15 minutes for 3 consecutive days and evaluated on day 3 on the BP variable, pulse, and MAP with digital tensimeter. Data were analyzed using an Independent T-Test. The results showed that the response in the form of increased systolic blood pressure was significantly higher for posthandgrip cardiovascular reactivity (p-value <0.05). The group that was given Al-Qur'an murottal therapy showed a significant positive response in the form of a decrease in systolic blood pressure (delta-12.97 ± 8.34 mm Hg; p-value = 0.000), diastolic blood pressure (delta -7.07. ± 6.85 mm Hg; p-value = 0.000), and MAP (delta -9.26 ± 5.81; p-value = 0.000) on cardiovascular reactivity but not on pulse (p-value> 0.05). This study concluded Al-Qur'an murottal therapy can reduce blood pressure reactivity, but does not affect pulse reactivity, through handgrip isometric exercises.


In the practice of credit services distributed by cooperatives to members as well as to the community, cooperatives typically require a special guarantee in the form of movable objects (pawning) with the intention, if the debtor defaults on his credit, the creditor can take repayment of the right of collection from the pledge object. In practice it also turns out that often the debtor is not authorized to pledge mortgages as collateral for loans to the pawnshop cooperative as the creditor. Debtor is not authorized for these pawns usually because the pawned item is a loan item (belonging to a third party), that is, the safekeeping item or even the pawning item is the result of theft / confiscation / crime (obtained by illegal means) so that the cooperative that receives the item as collateral for credit, become involved in a legal problem, namely criminal offense as referred to in Article 480 of the Criminal Code. Whereas on the other hand there are weaknesses on the evidence of ownership of a movable object which is the object of a pledge, that is as stipulated in article 1977 of the Indonesian Civil Code which states "who controls the movable object is considered to be the owner." Cooperative criminal liability for the pledge that he receives when the pawning goods provided by the debtor are obtained in an illegal manner. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26905/idjch.v11i2.4395.


This paper deals with the kinematic modelling of a dual mode parallel mechanism. In one of its operating modes, the mechanism has a rotational and a translational degree of freedom. The translational degree of freedom of the manipulator is about an axis perpendicular to the base for both of the modes. The rotational motion of the two modes are orthogonal to each other and lies in a plane normal to the translational axis. The modes of the mechanism are of 1 TIR motion pattern. A screw theory-based mobility analysis has been carried out to estimate the degrees of freedom for the two operating modes as well as at the crossover configuration. The work also deals with the inverse kinematics, workspace analysis for the two operating modes and the formulation of unit-homogeneous Jacobian of the mechanism.


The design of the seam tracking sensor is the key work in the realization of the welding automatization.A novel touch photoelectric sensor for seam tracking was designed on the base of getting over the shortcoming of non-touch seam tracking sensor and using the principle of the photovoltaic translation.The idler pulley can touch the seam closely,then the sensor can realize the auto-tracking by the oriented function of the groove.If the offset of the idler pulley location appear,the sensor can change the offset to the voltage using the cell of the photovoltaic translation and the cell of signal processing.The elements and composing of the sensor were introduced in detail,and the function of the sensor as a part of pipeline welding robot was explained.It is validated the favorable result of measure and monitor can be got using the sensor by experiment.


We thank Drs. Ellen Koenig and Ivan L'Official for assistance; the family of Dr. Espaillat Cabral of the Ministry of Health of Santo Domingo, the American Embassy in Santo Domingo, and Dr. Miles Galin for their interest in and logistical support of this investigation; and the Revlon Health Care Group for providing interferon and partial funding for this study. Informed consent was obtained from all participants or from their parents or guardians. Clinical research was conducted in accordance with guidelines for human experimentation of Louisiana State University and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Please address requests for reprints to Dr. S. K. Stansfield at her present address: Medical Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland 21701.


It remains unclear whether preoperative blood donation is truly beneficial in liver surgery. The aim of this study was to compare surgical outcomes between patients receiving autologous and homologous transfusions during liver resection for biliary tract cancer (BTC).


This paper presents the novel framework, which provides the denoising of image which is corrupted because of additive white Gaussian Noise. This introduction of noise causes degradation of an image. In proposed framework, the image is preprocessed after preprocessing, similar clusters of are accumulated for the filtering. After getting similar clusters, Adaptive Wiener filtering is used to denoise an image. The image quality assessment factors used are Peak Signal-tonoise ratio (PSNR) and structural similarity index (SSIM).


This paper aims at quality improvement of a programming exercise course, and proposes a framework for the exercise assist system with the following features:(1) an exercise system, with a description of the structural algorithm as its core; (2) the assist service, utilizing the teacher and operational knowledge; (3) the assist environment adapted to the percentages of students with varous degrees of progress. Then, defining the pair consisting of the student number and the task number as the unit in the exercise assist operation, it is shown that the relation between the state of the student and the assist service can be interpreted by the blackboard model.

A reasonable realization of the forementioned model is discussed, considering both the service response and the effective use of the resources such as the processor and the memory. A construction scheme is proposed, based on the hierarchical blackboard. A prototype system is constructed based on the proposed concept. By a benchmark test, the relation between the response time of the assist service and the implementation memory capacity of the workstation is shown, and the superiority of the hierarchical structure over the nonhierarchical structure is quantitatively demonstrated. As an item of the performance evaluation, an experiment is used to analyze the relation between the system response time and the psychological satisfaction of the user. The threshold for descriminating satisfaction and dissatisfaction of the user is determined. © 1997 Scripta Technica, Inc. Syst Comp Jpn, 28 (1): 34–45, 1997


Clustering is one of the most important tasks in data mining and can be defined as the process of partitioning objects into groups or clusters, such that objects in the same group are more similar to one another than to objects belonging to other groups. Many algorithms to solve data clustering problems have been presented in the literature. Recently, bee-inspired clustering algorithms have been proposed, presenting good performance to find groups in data. This paper aims to present the parametric sensitivity analysis of cOptBees, a bee-inspired clustering algorithm designed to find optimal clusters in datasets. The algorithm was run for different parameter configurations to assess the influence of each parameter in its performance.


Research was conducted on a sample of 38 students of physical education from Nis. Purpose of this research was to determine influence of conative abilities on success in performing dance structures. Sample of variables included predictive (for conative dimension: Cornel index- version C.I.- N4 and Ajzenk's Maudsley Personality Inventory) and criterical (estimation of success of conducting dance structures of sport dance and folk dance). Particularity are processed with regressive analysis. With this research, supposition that conative characteristics influence success of performing dance structures of sport and folk dance, was confirmed. Like predictor of success for this kind of dances, anxiety and hypochondria are specialy emphasize like factors of disturbance.


This work is oriented towards our research in the field of splicing and ending of optical frequency references based on hollow core photonics crystal fibers (HC-PCF). This type of references is very promising optical element to replacing classic bulky absorption cells for laser frequency stabilization. We prepared and present methods of splicing HC-PCF to standard telecommunication fiber by a fiber splicer. A special care was taken to optimize the splicer setting and to find and obtain a splice with minimal optical losses between HC-PCF and SMF. The manufactured fiber cell was closed at one side by connecting to SMF and second fiber end was prepared for placing into the vacuum chamber with the help of vacuum-tightened connection to be used as a optical frequency reference based on the acetylene gas for frequency stabilization of the laser standards.


Peritoneal inoculation of Ehrlich ascites cells into mice stimulates the appearance of migration inhibitory factor (MIF) not only in the peritoneum but also in the circulation of mice. Whereas the MIF-activity in the peritoneum reached maximum at 6 days and disappeared within 17 days, the MIF-activity of sera reached maximum levels at about 11 days after intraperitoneal inoculation of tumor cells (10(6) of EAC per mouse). In addition, an antiviral activity of peritoneal exudates was observed in the early stage (24--72 h) of tumor challenge. The time-course of appearance of both MIF and AV-inhibitor are presented. A significant decrease of MIF-activity was noted when the tumor-inoculated mice were treated with ds-RNA, antithymocyte serum and cyclophosphamide, respectively. The appearance of antiviral activity in the peritoneum of tumor-inoculated mice seems to be macrophage-dependent. Although the antiviral factor meets several criteria of interferons, further studies are required for its characterization.


Abstract Observations of the motion of ocean surface drifters are used to evaluate numerical simulations of surface currents in the region of Queen Charlotte Sound on the West Coast of Canada. More than 30 surface Argos drifters were deployed in the spring and summer of 1995, revealing daily average currents of 10 to 40 cm s–1 near the coast of Vancouver Island in summer, and less than 10 cm s–1 in mid‐sound. Wind observations in this region are provided by a network of weather buoys. Comparison of daily average drifter velocities and winds shows that the drifters moved at 2 to 3% of the wind speed, and at about 30 degrees to the right of the wind. A complex transfer function is computed between daily wind and drifter vectors using least squares techniques. The ratio of variance in the least squares residual currents to the variance of observed drifter currents is denoted γ2. A percent goodness‐of‐fit is defined as g(γ2) = 100(1 – γ2), and is 42% for the case of daily winds and drifter currents. Drifter‐m...


In this paper a predictive control method especially suitable for the control of semi‐active friction dampers is proposed. By keeping the adjustable slip force of a semi‐active friction damper slightly lower than the critical friction force, the method allows the damper to remain in its slip state throughout an earthquake of arbitrary intensity, so the energy dissipation capacity of the damper can be improved. The proposed method is formulated in a discrete‐time domain and cast in the form of direct output feedback for easy control implementation. The control algorithm is able to produce a continuous and smooth slip force for a friction damper and thus avoid exerting the high‐frequency structural response that usually exists in structures with conventional friction dampers. Using a numerical study, the control performance of a multiple degrees of freedom (DOF) structural system equipped with passive friction dampers and semi‐active dampers controlled by the proposed method are compared. The numerical case shows that by merely using a single semi‐active friction damper and a few sensors, the proposed method is able to achieve better acceleration reduction than the case using multiple passive dampers. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


This paper examines the behavior of accounting accruals when a firm creates or participates in business transactions with outside entities that can shift accruals from operating to non-operating categories within its income statement, thus helping to manage a specific income statement bottom line (such as pro-forma earnings) in a desired way, or shift the accruals between the firm and the outside entities, thus selectively either adding accruals as desired or removing the negative consequences of reversing accruals. Such complex accruals-shifting transactions involving an investing cash flow or a financing cash flow were a common theme in several recent accounting scandals. While previous research has documented the reversal of accruals over time, this paper shows how the above types of transactions modify the normal reversal of accruals over time. Several example transactions are used to illustrate these two types of disruptions to the normal reversal of accruals. The paper also provides a model of the effect of accruals-shifting transactions on the balance sheet composition of operating assets and the means of financing them, and develops balance sheet proxies for the use of financing and investing transactions to manage accruals. ________________________ I appreciate the comments received on an earlier draft from Eli Amir, Hemang Desai, Ying Li, and Peter Pope. Accruals Management with Financing and Investing Transactions


A complex-harmonic analysis technique was used for mathematical analysis of electric circuit containing a vibrating-plate capacitor. An equation for the transducer function of such a circuit is obtained. Amplitude and phase frequency characteristics of a circuit were calculated using a MathCAD program. Recommendations on implementation of a different frequency characteristic's parts in a measurement system design are formulated on a basis of graphical analysis.


River is a natural stream of water that patch and flow the water from upstream to downstream. In addition, the river also has function to take up the sediment material. Its sediment can cause siltation of the river due to the sediment deposition. Dengkeng River is one of Bengawan Solo Tributary. The confluence of Dengkeng and Bengawan Solo River also contributes to sedimentation. The sample of bed load was carried out at the bottom of Dengkeng River by taking 3 points location. This study was conducted at Soil Mechanics Laboratory in order to test the Specify Grafity, sieve analysis and hydrometer analysis. In this study, the researches used Ackers-White Method, Englund Hansen Method and Yang's Method to sediment transport calculation. Based on the result of analysis and calculation, it shows that the highest point of transport sediment caused by the maximum discharge of Dengkeng River that use Ackers-White Method, Englund Hansen Method, and Yang's Method are 2,77x10 -4 kg/s, 6,83x10 -4 kd/s, and 148,44 kg/s. While the highest point of transport sediment caused by back water is 7,35x10 -4 kg/s by Ackers-White Method, 6,22x10 -3 kd/s by Englund Hansen Method and 984,463 kg/s by Yang's Method. Furthermore, the highest poin of the increasing of riverbed is 5,511x10-6 m and the highest point of the decreasing of riverbed is 4,891x10-6 m in February caused by the maximum discharge of Dengkeng River. And the back water on Dengkeng River causes the river bed of Dengkeng increase. The highest increasing that occurs in July is 4,325x10 -9 m.


The school administration master's degree at Wayne State College is fully-online for your convenience. We offer many endorsement options, including athletic administration. If you're looking for a career in education administration, consider the school administration master's program at WSC.


The issue to be discussed is whether there is a shift in the position status of a Notary to a Public Official. A notary is a General public Official according to Notary Office Law. Since Indonesia has acceded to the Apostille Convention, it is necessary to clarify the classification of the Notary position and its implications because the Convention applies to the legal product of Publik Officials. This study discusses whether there is a shift in the position of a Notary to a Public Official and its implications for the Notary Deed, considering the provisions regarding General Public Officials and Publik Officials, including the KIP Law. In conclusion, the classification of Notary occupation, for the sake of legal certainty, as stated in Notary Office Law, is General Public Official. From another perspective, if Notary is classified as a Public Official, this would not immediately force or make the Notary obligated to disclose the Notary Deed they made or the confidential information of the Parties who appear before the Notary.How to cite item: Aisyiah, C., Wisnuwardhani, D. A., (2022), Notary, public official or public official: implications for the position of notary. Jurnal Cakrawala Hukum, 13(3)242-252. doi:10.26905/idjch.v13i3.9012.


Children need the supervision of adults and also specialist facilitation, which is entirely different from those of adults. The child-centered health care approaches and their delivery modes are continuously in a changing phase. Health services provided to the children are remodeled according to their present and future needs.
Pediatric physiotherapy is one of the developed domains of physiotherapy. Pediatric physiotherapists are specialists who work with individuals from being premature to adolescents, targeting the main goal of optimal physical development. They work with a holistic approach making certain that along with the highlighted health needs, the social, emotional and educational factors are also taken into consideration1. So, overall the role of a pediatric physiotherapist is not only to deliver the intervention but also to work as a consultant, trainer and educationist.
Physiotherapy plays a vital role in guiding coordinated movements, posture education, specific therapeutic exercises and cardiorespiratory fitness by involving family and caregivers. Therapists can provide health care services in the hospital setting (out-patient or in-hospital clinics), community settings such as child development centers, in mainstream schools and in special schools. Treatments usually given to children are of a wide range such as motor learning, mobilization, massage, stretching, neurodevelopmental therapy and hydrotherapy.


The tremendous numbers of alerts provided by intrusion detection systems have made the alert correlation a vital issue. Despite of the considerable number of proposed methods, the online alert correlation is still an open issue. In this paper we proposed an online model for alert correlation. Our model consists of two modules: 1 the online fuzzy clustering module which clusters alerts into fuzzy events based on their similarity and historical relevance; 2 the fuzzy inter event pattern mining which provides the first module with the historical relevance of alerts by mining frequent fuzzy patterns among them. Using these two modules, our approach is as fast as similarity based approaches suitable for online alert correlation while it is able to extract complex attack scenarios like offline time consuming data mining based approaches. Furthermore, observing the frequent events makes our approach capable of detecting scenarios including wrapping tricks which tries to fake the source or destination IPs. The experimental results with the well-known dataset DARPA2000 and the ISCX UNB intrusion detection evaluation dataset proved mentioned claims. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The kinetics and mechanism of the oxidation of benzamide by silver(II), cobalt(lll) and manganese(lll) have been investigated in aqueous percbloric acid. It is found that the principal reactive species of aqua-metal ions is Mn+ which has been shown to exist in equiUbrium with MOH<n-•l+, The rate of the title reaction has a first order dependence both on MD-• and benzamide. The rate is accelerated by increasing [H+J but unaffected by NaCIO,. Four moles of oxidant are consumed per mole of benzamide and the rate equation, based upon the experimental data, takes the form -1d[Mn+J=4(k'(H•]+k") (benzamide) (M0~) dt The free radical mechanism consistent with these results have been suggested and the associated thermodynamic parameters discussed.


We quantify how co-jumps impact correlations in currency markets. To disentangle the continuous part of quadratic covariation from co-jumps, and study the influence of co-jumps on correlations, we propose a new wavelet-based estimator. The proposed estimation framework is able to localize the co-jumps very precisely through wavelet coefficients and identify statistically significant co-jumps. Empirical findings reveal the different behaviors of co-jumps during Asian, European, and U.S. trading sessions. Importantly, we document that co-jumps significantly influence correlation in currency markets.


Objective
To evaluate the attitudes of clinical nurses toward caring for the dying patients, and possible influencing factors concerning the attitudes were investigated, so as to provide a scientific basis for further intervention, thus improving the positive attitudes toward care of the dying patients in the future research.

Methods
A convenience sampling method was used to recruit 770 nurses from 15 hospitals located in 5 provinces in China. A demographic survey, Chinese version of Frommelt Attitudes Toward Care of the Dying Scale Form B (FATCOD-B-C) and Chinese version Death Attitude Profile-Revised were employed in the survey.

Results
FATCOD-B-C scale was used to evaluate the attitudes of nurses toward caring for dying patients, with the mean score of all FATCOD-B-C item being 95.62±7.45. To analyze relationship among demographic variables and the total score of FATCOD-B-C. Univariate analysis revealed that age group (F=2.285), years employed as a nurse (F=3.353), educational background (F=5.581), technical title (F=5.692), level of hospital (t=2.058), religious beliefs (t=-2.788), previous education on death and dying (F=9.743) , previous experience in dealing with terminally ill persons (t=2.761) had significant influence on the nurses' attitudes toward caring for dying patients and families (P < 0.05) . Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that nurses' attitudes toward caring for dying patients had been affected by those factors, among which the most influential factor was educational background.

Conclusions
It shows that nurses' FATCOD-B-C scores are at a low level. It is suggested to improve nurses' positive attitudes of caring for dying patients and their families by making the specific methods based on the influencing factors, thus improving the development of palliative care.

Key words:
Nurses; Attitude; Hospice care; Influencing factors


Whether chronic exposure to environmental acidity reduces oxygen loading in fish is still uncertain. We evaluated this question by looking for evidence of adaptations to hypoxia in a population of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) isolated in a well-oxygenated, naturally acidic lake. Perch were sampled directly from this naturally acidic lake (pH 4.5) and two circumneutral lakes, one of which experiences low oxygen. Fish were bled rapidly via cardiac puncture. Hemoglobin, hematocrit, and erythrocyte number were determined by standard methods. Hemoglobin concentrations were highest in perch from the acid lake (6.4 g/dL) intermediate in the neutral lake with anoxic zones (5.7 g/dL) and lowest in the well-oxygenated neutral lake (4.8 g/dL). Increased hemoglobin per red cell accounted for this trend. Slightly larger hematocrits in acid lake perch (41.2 versus 36.2) were achieved through small increases in red cell number and volume. Evidence suggests that these results are part of an adaptational response diffe...


This work stems from the initial level reflection of the opportunities of the territory from the ecological and environmental perspective, and understand that in Bogota there a past that has faded over time with respect to the relationship its inhabitants with their main water sources, thus resulting in highly contaminated rivers traviesan the city unnoticed. It is therefore proposed to provide a solution from the architecture from a holistic research methodology, where the main idea is to weave the threads current city water bodies that pass within this constantly. The project developed three scales, The first is the metropolitan scale weaving town looking rehabilitating and re naturalizing rivers Bogota generating space that enables natural interaction networks pedestrian flows, and recreational activities and ancillary services in the city. The second scale responds to demonstrate through a project of urban design and landscaping as respond the city from its architecture if water ceases to be understood as a pollutant and threat element and choose an area within the territory that completes the large green areas city, starting from the eastern hills, through the national park, arriving at park way and the national university, connecting with the Metropolitan Park Simon Bolivar, passes through the selected area to complete the structure and features water nodes as Fucha rio with channel and channel Boyaca san francisco to reach the mouth of the river Rio Fucha in Bogota. The proposed linear park is developed as a stage for public events activated by water and catalyzed equipment that give character on this scale to each project microlandscapes The third has to do with a specific area that is recognized as having the character of the main access services project, as it has direct access to the Avenida Boyaca, on this scale, the design is much more thorough texture to represent and identify each of the spaces and the activities that occur there along with the equipment that stress and to generate different flows and urban behavior. In the last two scales are talking about recovery and re naturalization from the water to the projection of public spaces from the tree planting, use of materials, avian attraction, and functional complement to the context of the project, comprising the towns of Kennedy, Puente Aranda, Engativa and Fontibon.


A two-mode boson system described by a Hamiltonian containing a nonlinear interaction of a general enough form is investigated. Nontrivial effects concerning a transition of a coherent state to a squeezed state and vice versa in the process of evolution of that system are revealed.


OLITZKI AND SULITZEANU (1957, 1958) examined with the aid of the technique of Ouchterlony (1948) the antigen-antibody reaction between Brucella suis hyperimmune sera and their corresponding antigens present in acetone-killed bacteria or sonic extracts. They noted the appearance of at least 6 and with certain immune sera even 9 precipitation lines. The question arose whether any ofthese antigenic components are responsible for the agglutination of intact bacteria by the corresponding immune sera. It was also of interest to determine whether any of these components participate in the bactericidal reaction mediated in vivo by the immune sera. It is generally accepted (Elberg and Silverman, 1949) that in Brucellosis agglutination titres are not correlated with the ability to withstand infection. This would suggest that agglutinins are distinct from what could be called " protective antibodies ". In the present work an attempt was made to determine to what extent the 2 activities could be separated. Br. suis was chosen for this study because of the ease with which strongly precipitating antisera could be obtained against it. Although interest centres at present on Br. abortus which is the organism employed for the preparation of living attenuated vaccines in cattle, it was felt that this preliminary work with Br. suis might not be altogether out of place, in view of the close antigenic relationship between the two organisms. The general plan of the work was as follows: bacteria or their extracts were subjected to various treatments intended to destroy some of their antigenic components. They were then used to absorb the immune serum prepared against intact bacteria. Sera were thus obtained containing antibodies against fewer antigenic components, as demonstrated by the Ouchterlony agar gel diffusion technique. These sera were tested for their agglutinating power and for their ability to protect mice against Br. suis infection. In addition, a few sera were prepared against bacteria previously subjected to various treatments, and tested in the same manner.


Nonlinear index of refraction n2 of a series of organic solvents was measured by the nonlinear imaging (z-scan) technique. The results were compared with the values derived from the optical third harmonic generation (THG) done at the same (1064.2 nm) wavelength. The systematic differences between the values obtained from the z-scan measurements and from THG are attributed to mainly two factors: rotational contribution to n2 in z-scan measurements, where one measures the light induced birefringence and to the difference in dispersion for n2 derived from Kerr susceptibilities with respect to those derived from THG measurements. The difference is discussed in terms of a three level model for centrosymmetric structures. Applied to silica and benzene the model shows, at the measurements wavelength, a small difference between the two determinations in the case of silica and quite an important one in the case of benzene. A good agreement is observed for silica with the recently determined THG value.


This article proposes and analyses the dynamics of controlling the economically damaging pest by introducing another non-economically damaging pest in the field and providing the latter with additional food. The dynamic behaviour of the proposed system is investigated from the point of view of stability and bifurcation using the theory of dynamical systems. The main goal of the present work is to examine the role of additional food in supporting biological control and the quality/quantity of additional food that needs to be supplied to achieve faster biological control. The results can assist the eco-managers in choosing appropriate competitive species and the supplementary food that needs to be provided to achieve successful biological control.


Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Background Coronary no-reflow phenomenon after primary percutaneous coronary angioplasty (pPCI) is an independent predictor of adverse clinical outcomes after AMI regardless of infarct size. The incidence of no-reflow varies widely depending on the diagnostic methods used. Purpose Showing whether non-contrast CT performed after pPCI might be usefull as a diagnosis of no-reflow phenomenon. Methods Six STEMI patients (mean age = 68.3 y/o) underwent revascularization by pPCI and stent placement within 6 hours after onset of angina and within less than 90 minutes of door-to-balloon time. Due to the outbreak of SARS-Cov-2, chest CT scanning was indicated in all patients before coronary unit admission (192 ± 102 mins after pPCI). Results Three patients with a higher time than the mean angina time and than the mean door-to-ballon time (190 ± 149.3 versus 170 ± 107.5 and 63 ± 6.08 vs 56 ± 11.5, respectively) developed an interventional type of no-reflow phenomenon (Table 1) and CT scanning showed regional myocardial contrast retention related to the culprit coronary artery (Figure 1). On the other hand, three patients with a lower time than the mean angina time and than the mean door-to-ballon time showed TIMI III flow after pPCI (Table 1) and CT scanning showed no regional myocardial contrast retention (Figure 2). Conclusion Myocardial regional contrast retention, evaluated by non-contrast and non-ECG-gated computed tomography after pPCI, might be usefull for no-reflow diagnosis. TABLE 1 AGE ANGINA-TIME DOOR-TO-BALLON-TIME BASAL/cTnT POST-pPCI/cTnT CHANGE/cTnT PTS 68 ± 17y/o 170 ± 107mins 56 ± 11mins 1635 ± 2549ng/L 9621 ± 4586ng/L 588% (N = 6) NO-REFLOW PATS 65 ± 25y/o 190 ± 149mins 63 ± 6mins 761 ± 837ng/L 11151 ± 2787ng/L 1465% (N = 3) TIMI-III FLOW PTS 72 ± 9y/o 117 ± 76mins 49 ± 12mins 2219 ± 3653ng/L 18091 ± 6148ng/L 364% (N = 3) Abstract Figure 1 Abstract Figure 2


During the reaction of the oxoperoxonitrate–CO2 adduct with bovine albumin (ALB), the 15N NMR signals of nitrated tyrosyl residues in ALB (3-NO2-ALB) appear as emission indicating the nitration reaction to be a radical mechanism. The nuclear polarisations are built up by radical pairs [ALB˙
˙NO2]F generated by free radical encounters of nitrogen dioxide ˙NO2 and phenoxyl type radicals ALB˙ formed by hydrogen abstraction from the phenolic residues in ALB. Analogous effects are observed during reaction with valyltyrosylvaline (Val-Tyr-Val) and N-acetyl-L-tyrosine (Tyrac). During nitration of Val-Tyr-Val and Tyrac with nitric acid, identical 15N CIDNP effects are observed in the nitration products. The reactions are inhibited in the presence of sodium azide or sulfamic acid indicating a nitrous acid catalysed reaction. A comparison of the 15N CIDNP intensities reveals that the radical reaction with the oxoperoxonitrate–CO2 adduct is the main, if not the only nitration reaction.


her physical discipline, mental training, her awareness of social issues, her rootedness in family without getting trapped by the purely domestic for collective cultural regeneration of the Hindu Rashtra. Globalisation is not condemned but seen as an opportunity to achieve this ideal. introduction to women's studies and critical thinking in sociology enabled me to see why and how I got involved in the Dnyana Prabodhini (dp) case study. In order to gain an analytical and critical understanding of notions such as "Hindu nation" and the nationalism associated with it, I was pushed to critically engage with dp's underlying philosophy and to understand why women participate in right wing organisations. Why is the concept of building a Hindu nation appealing? What makes the social processes launched by dp distinct from those of the Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh (rss), the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (vhp) or the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (abvp)? In the first section of this paper, I will briefly review the emergence of the dp and argue that unlike national organisations like the Shiv Sena, the rss or the Patit Pawan Sanghatana, it does not have an overtly Hindutva face nor does it have a militant identity. However, a review of the various activities carried out by the dp definitely suggests that its aim is not just to provide education but, as argued by Sujata Patel (in her forthcoming book), it is a political project to create a community that poses a challenge to the state as well as to those groups seeking to develop alternate anti-caste, and secular identities. It also challenges movements that claim access to citizenship through nonelectoral means (Fernandes 2006). In the second section, I review a wing of this organisation, that works for women of different age groups and examine how the concept of seva (service) has been used to mobi, lise women in order to consolidate their ideology of stree shakti ( female power). In the last section, I attempt to understand the idea of social service and the ideal of motherhood used by the dp to counter the challenges emerging from the public identity for women generated by jobs, education and a new self-image for women (Sarkar 2001). This paper draws upon available feminist research on the participation of women in right wing organisations. There are three kinds of representations of women in such organisations. One form of representation is of women who are simply alienated from their own interests and whose actions are seen as coherent with the interests of their male counterparts. Another represents them as joining right wing groups primarily out of a desire for community with other women and not because of any ideological or principled commitment to the organisation. Yet another represents them as motivated by choice, conviction and opportunism (Bacchetta 2004). This article tries to underline how the women's wing of the dp employs the concept of seva to provide space for women to engage critically with themselves, make their "shakti" socially relevant and consolidate their identity, as distinct from both the new "consumer" woman or the grihalakshmi (the upholder of the welfare and prosperity I am grateful to Vidyut Bhagwat and Sharmila Rege (my PhD supervisors) for their insightful comments on an earlier draft of the paper. This paper draws from my doctoral work and I would like to thank my examiners Uma Chakravarti, Maitrayee Choudhary and Kalpana Kannabiran for their comments. I am also grateful to Maithreyi Krishnaraj for her comments and to Sujata Patel for sharing her forthcoming work on seva which has helped me to consolidate my argument on seva.


Abstract This paper presents so-called inverse rheology methods to determine various parameters that are essential to go further in terms of modelling and/or simulation in the field of polymer processing. The following systems from our previous works are presented: i) Determination of the molecular structure of a poly(e-caprolactone) polymerized in-situ by ring-opening; ii) Measurement of the mutual diffusion coefficient: two cases are considered, namely the diffusion of a plasticizer and the diffusion of an organic peroxide in a polymer melt and iii) Determination of the average length of polymer nanofibers in suspension and study of the universal behavior of nanofibers of different natures in dilute and semi-dilute suspensions. The application of these different studies in the field of reactive extrusion, blending and multi-scale structuring are presented and discussed.


We report on the topographical and electrical characterisations of 1 nm thick Al2O3 dielectric films on graphene. The Al2O3 is grown by sputtering a 0.6 nm Al layer on graphene and subsequentially oxidizing it in an O2 atmosphere. The Al2O3 layer presents no pinholes and is homogeneous enough to act as a tunnel barrier. A resistance-area product in the mega-ohm micrometer-square range is found. Comparatively, the growth of Al2O3 by evaporation does not lead to well-wetted films on graphene. Application of this high quality sputtered tunnel barrier to efficient spin injection in graphene is discussed.


The Lienard-Wiechert potentials show explicitly that charge acceleration, i.e., a change in charge velocity, causes radiation of an electromagnetic field. The goal of this discussion is to explore the rate of energy loss due to radiation from current and charge flowing on a circular loop as a function of the loop's circumference (or curvature) and wire radius. The results presented are obtained using a thin-wire, time-domain (TWTD) computer model for Gaussian-pulse excitation. Some results for a straight wire are also presented for comparison. Representative analytical estimates for the curvature and wire-radius effects are developed from best-fits expressions to the computed results.


Abstract This paper discusses certain challenges in the observer's journey throughout the three stages of the Bick method of infant observation (observation, written report and seminar group discussion), with special emphasis on writing. One of the biggest challenges of writing, in this context, is communicating something which was experienced in a predominantly sensory and solitary way. The observer finds him or herself exposed to a series of sensations that emerge again at the stage of the written report, and which are shared with the seminar group. In this journey, we could consider a fourth, optional stage in the method – the publication of the observational material for research purposes. As in the second stage, once again, the observer is confronted with the challenge of writing and communicating an experience. It is relevant to note that the challenge of writing is present throughout the observer's journey, especially when this writing needs to be published.


Experimental characterization plays a significant role in the reliability analysis of electronic packaging and, therefore, is critical in package design and manufacturing. Experimental characterization deals with the material, process and design issues in electronic packaging to ensure processability and reliability. The reliability of a package should be sufficient to meet the manufacture process requirements and the product life expectancy under application conditions. As electronic technology advances, more novel materials are being used in packages and package sizes are becoming smaller and smaller. The components are typically structures with multi-materials and interfaces in a highly compact and integrated feature. The manufacturing process for the semiconductor devices and the related packages are becoming more and more sophisticated, involving numerous complicated steps. As a result, the process characterizations and reliability analysis are becoming more and more challenging. Together with many analytical and numerical methods used in this area, experimental methods have become more and more important. The experimental methods provide material properties which are needed in the theoretical and numerical modeling and for material selections. They are also critical in the areas of processes characterizations and failure analysis for design optimizations.


A Ka-band varactor tuned VCO is considered. It consists of a FET master oscillator and a driver amplifier intended for power gain and isolation of the master oscillator and the load. The linear tuning is due to a GaAs hyperabrupt junction varactor diode from the "Skywork" company. The tuning band is more than 1.5 GHz (from 35.5 to 37.2 GHz). Variation of tuning sensitivity is about 50%.


In this issue of Blood , Kohnken et al demonstrate a novel oncogenic pathway featuring IL-15-miR-29b-BRD4 positive feedback loop and targeting bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4) disables the oncogenic loop, identifying a potentially effective target for therapy for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) patients. 1


A frequent assumption in cognitive psychology is that performance in decision making and planning is severely restricted by the limited capacity of short-term working memory. Many predictions of this theory have not been supported, possibly because working memory may be composed of multiple resources rather than a single resource. The present experiments study two tasks, both involving memory for digits. Although these tasks can employ the same modality for input and for responding, they appear to differ in their demands for working memory resources. Specifically, the tasks appear to differ in resources required for processing at input, and they also differ in resources in the sense of storage capacity. The results support a version of multiple-resource theory applied to working memory in which resource composition depends on internal mediators even when stimulus and response modality are held constant.


We study a Wess-Zumino-Witten model with target space AdS_3 x (S^3 x S^3 x S^1)/Z_2. This allows us to construct space-time N=3 superconformal theories. By combining left-, and right-moving parts through a GSO and a Z_2 projections, a new asymmetric (N,\bar{N})=(3,1) model is obtained. It has an extra gauge (affine) SU(2) symmetry in the target space of the type IIA string. An associated configuration is realized as slantwise intersecting M5-M2 branes with a Z_2-fixed plane in the M-theory viewpoint.


The existence of online community in the field of tourism through social media constructs the new form of developing and operating tourism sector. Social media is used for means of spreading information, communication and promotion. Promoting tourism potential can be carried out easily by these online community. one example of online community in the field of tourism is wisata grobogan community. the objective of this research is to describe the use of instagram done by wisata grobogan community in promoting potential of areas tourism.This research applies qualitative descriptive method. The object of the research is the account of @wisatagrobogan whis is used to promote the potential of areas tourism. Data is collected using semi-structured interview technique.Data analysis method used in this research uses triangulation. The results showed that in the promotion of the tourism potential of the area may go well and smoothly through the four stages, namely the presence of communicators, messaging, media and communicant. And the use of social media Instagram provides many benefits and advantages for Grobogan travel community in promoting the tourism potential of the area. Some of these benefits, among others, can easily disseminate travel information, and can attract the attention of other users more widely supported also by the use of features that are owned Instagram.


References Genetic improvement in water uptake ability and/or water use efficiency (WUE) of rice cultivars is one option to enhance productivity under water-limited conditions. We examined the genotypic variation in biomass production among 70 rice cultivars (69 cultivars of NIAS global rice core collection and Azucena) under different soil moisture conditions, and to identify whether water uptake ability or WUE is responsible for the variation, if any. Two-week-old seedlings were transplanted into pots and grown for three weeks in an environmentally-regulated growth chamber under three soil moisture regimes: flooded (−0.02 MPa soil water potential) and two unflooded (−0.10 and −0.52 MPa) conditions. Substantial genotypic variations in total dry weight (TDW) were observed under all three regimes. Among all the cultivars tested, TDW was significantly correlated with water uptake ability, but not with WUE. However, several cultivars exhibited comparably higher WUE while showing superior biomass production under the −0.52 MPa regime. The amount of water uptake was significantly correlated with root dry weight among cultivars regardless of moisture regimes, while substantial genotypic difference in the amount of water uptake per unit root dry weight was observed. These results indicate that a marked genotypic difference exists in biomass production at the early vegetative growth under water-deficient conditions, and that this difference appears to be ascribed primarily to greater water uptake capacity, and additionally to higher WUE in drought-tolerant cultivars.


Alawi K, Mitros FA, Bishop WP, Rayhill S, Wu Y. A reduced segment II/III graft for neonatal liver failure with absence of detectable hepatocytes. A case report and literature review.
Pediatr Transplantation 2011: 15:e60–e63. © 2010 John Wiley & Sons A/S.


THE PuBLicATioN OF SCHOLARLY WORKS in a networked electronic environment presents many opportunities for solving some of the problems that currently exist in the print world. At the same time, copyright law, a form of legal protection developed primarily for printed works, has been used to create stumbling blocks both for faculty authors and their institutions. This has occurred because publishers have required a transfer of copyright to the publisher as a quid pro quo for getting the work published. New models of copyright ownership and management can be developed for electronic publishing of scholarly works and research results that will provide greater control to the faculty author, ease the distribution and permissions process for the use of copyrighted works in teaching and research, and ultimately will reduce costs to universities which currently must repurchase faculty-produced works from commercial publishers.


The precipitation radar(PR) onboard Tropical Rain Monitoring Mission( TRMM) estimates rainfall from space covering vast geographical area. It is necessary to compare such estimates with ground truth. In this paper PR estimated rain has been compared with that obtained from India Meteorological Department( IMD) and also disdrometer over Calcutta. PR estimated rainfall statistics have been presented along with IMD derived rainfall statistics. Regression relationships of rainfall have been derived as a function of surface temperature (DBT) and surface dew point temperature (DPT). Also rainfall phenomena have been studied as a signature of EL-NINO and LA-NINA occurrence.


The title complex {AgLNO_(3)}n(L=1,4-bis(3,4-dimethoxylphenylthio)butane) was synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis.The Ag(Ⅰ) center is three-coordinated in a distorted pyramidal geometry.Dithioether ligand is often used as a bridging ligand in the construction of a one-dimensional structure.The complex molecules form a grid shape quasi-two-dimensional structure through neighboring O[ZJDX,Y](Ag) interactions.


Renal biopsy in children can be performed either by percutaneous, laparoscopic, or open surgical approaches. As reported in a recent large pediatric series (Hussain et al., 2010), the percutaneous approach is by far the most commonly utilized, with the open approach typically reserved for situations in which percutaneous biopsy may be relatively contraindicated or there is the need for a large wedge of tissue. Increasingly, more centers are reporting successful experience with laparoscopic approaches as an alternative to open surgical biopsies (Caione et al., 2000; Luque Mialdea et al., 2006; Mukhtar et al., 2005). Native renal biopsy should be performed in a child when kidney disease is suspected and treatment decisions require confirmation, when staging or characterization of a known kidney disease is warranted, or when the disease diagnosis is known but the utility of further treatment is questioned. In contrast to adults, renal insufficiency in children is more often secondary to sequelae from congenital or structural anomalies rather than acquired diseases. As a result, loss of renal function is not unexpected and tends to progress more slowly. Typically, children with such well-defined renal anomalies do not undergo biopsy even as renal function declines, unless a new entity is thought to be present. On the other hand, children presenting with an acquired kidney condition, especially with rapidly changing renal function or lack of response to empiric therapy, do require renal biopsy to allow for accurate diagnosis and tailoring of therapeutic intervention. Moreover, while relatively common medical conditions such as hypertension and diabetes mediate much of the chronic kidney disease seen in adults, these conditions are rarer in children and less likely to impact renal health in the pediatric patient, leading to a need for clinicians to actually identify why kidney disease has arisen in the child. In contrast to many adults, children and adolescents typically require significant conscious sedation or even general anesthesia for successful renal biopsy. Consequently, the risks of both the procedure and sedation/anesthesia must be considered when determining whether to do the biopsy. There are several medical conditions that often preclude biopsy. Although each case must be individually considered and there may be an occasion when the information garnered at biopsy outweighs the potential risk, the following situations are often considered contraindications or relative contraindications for pediatric biopsy:


Although the academic literature argues that family firms are more resilient than non-family firms, the reasons for this presumed superiority are still not clearly identified. In addition, while family firms are a significant component of the economic landscape, research has evidenced variations in this organizational form such that some family firms seem to be more resilient than others. The following reflection will seek to provide some elements of analysis of the resilience of these companies in times of crisis.


The elliptic functions of order 2 may be viewed as the ratios Z2/Z1 of the solutions of a differential system of the general form: Zi3/8d2Zj/Zid u2=ZjRii−ZiRiji≠j,i,j=1,…,n, where n = 2, u is the independent variable, and the Rij are the homogeneous quadratic functions of the n variables Zi. The general solution of systems of this form automatically consists, for all n, of purely meromorphic functions. For arbitrary values of n, the system consists of n (n − 1) equations for (n − 1) inhomogeneous variables Zi/Z1, and the question arises as to whether there may exist systems of the above form, with n > 2, which are equivalent to a non-over-determined differential system of p equations, when n-p-1 appropriately chosen algebraic constraints are imposed on the dependent variables. In the present work, we show that such systems do exist, with n = 4 and n = 8, and are in fact special cases of the Dyson model (1968) of a spinning cloud of ellipsoidal shape, expanding adiabatically into a vacuum.


The invention relates to a process for factory design or a model structure (13) coming for the purpose of carrying out this method is used. The invention provides that the models (24, 25) of the model structure with information carriers (26) such as two-dimensional bar codes are provided so that their position after placement on a support (14) can be determined by means of digital image processing. Thereby, the real models (24, 25) with an illustrative factory planning by means of a three-dimensional, real model can be used, wherein on the information carrier transmission of the resulting data into a scheduling program is possible. Advantageously, in this way the method of the intuitive factory planning by means of real models and the method of the factory planning by planning programs can be combined with each other, on the information carrier an efficient interface between the two planning steps is provided, which in particular allows an interactive work with both planning methods.


Till now we are able to do work only physically, either with the help of some instruments/machines or with the help of hand, but now it has become possible to complete any work with our brain signals. Whatever we want to do, it will be completed. Just think about a task to be done and it will be done. Suppose a handicapped is having an artificial hand, the hand will work as a natural hand. Or suppose we want to open/close the door while sitting on the chair or being on bed itself, the door will do so as we think about, no need to go to the door. This is all possible with neuro feedback interface machine. Recently there is development in brain computer interface, by which we can interact with computer. The brain machine interfacing facilitates interaction between human and machine with or without help of computer .first numerically controlled oscillator was designed and its linear characteristics analysis was successfully completed


: Haramaya is among the localities that considered as food insecure and poor consumption habit. The study was intended to investigate consumption habits and food patterns o District. Data on available raw materials of food sources and the habit of consumption in four kebeles were collected. The result described that the food sources exists, is unbalanced to poor diversified foods. The households entirely depend on cereal grains with minimal consumption of other food sources. balanced food preparation and consumption education to on diversified eating habit and its benefit. dissemination of proper food nutrition concepts within the community The study was intended to investigate consumption habits and food patterns o . Data on available raw materials of food sources and the habit of consumption in four kebeles were collected. The result described that Sorghum and Maize are main cereal grains abandoned in the area and of total accessible cereals in the area, 65.6% of them are obtained from subsistent farming of land production and the remaining, 34.4%, from the market. Injera


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Periconceptional use of folic acid prevents most neural tube defects (NTDs). Whether folic acid and/or multivitamins can prevent other congenital anomalies is not clear. This study tested whether maternal blood levels of folate and vitamin B12 in pregnancies affected by congenital malformations excluding NTDs are lower when compared to non-affected pregnancies.


Apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme catalytic polypeptide (APOBEC3G) a cellular host defence factor known for its antiviral activity for HIV-1. The potency of APOBEC3G is greatly reduced due to it ...