The aging populations of both Canada and the United States have created an increasing interest in long-term care for the elderly. However, little pubEshed data is available to those involved in assessing long-term care risks, This paper wi]] present some pr~]imln~ry results of an analysis of data from Hmnilton-Wentworth, a regional mtmicipality in Ontario. The data includes information on the optimal level of care at one or more points in time for each individual under study. This optlmM level of care was modelled using a Markov process. The transition intensities were estimated by m~Yi,m~m LikeLihood. The paper will discuss the analysis and present the resulting parameter estimates.


The excellent combination of magnetic and dielectric properties of hexaferrites makes these materials suitable for use in high-frequency applications. Ba–Pb nanocrystalline ferrites having the general formula Ba1−xPbxFe12O19 (x=0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0) were prepared by the co-precipitation method. X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) patterns of all prepared samples indicated the formation of the required phase. The crystallite size, lattice parameters and porosities of samples were measured from XRD data. Scanning electron microscopy was carried out to observe the morphology of the synthesized Ba–Pb ferrites. Temperature-dependent dc electrical resistivity, dielectric constant, dielectric loss tangent and the ac electrical conductivity of nanocrystalline Ba ferrites were investigated as a function of frequency and Pb concentration. The effect of Pb doping on dielectric and electric properties of Ba nanoferrites was explained on the basis of cation distribution in the crystal structure.


This study presents the first investigation into the use of glass fiber reinforced polymer GFRP to strengthen steel beams with web openings. Based on previous research about the strengthening of steel beams with web perforation using carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) conducted by one of the contributing authors of this paper, it was decided to investigate the ability of pultruded glass fiber reinforced polymer, which is less expensive than CFRP materials, to strengthen single rectangular web openings of steel beams. The previous published experimental test was used to validate the proposed numerical model developed with the finite element software ABAQUS, capable of acquiring important phenomena such as debonding between FRP and steel material. The validated simulation was then used to operate a parametric study involving four proposed GFRP strengthening techniques and three distinct pultruded GFRP product thicknesses to reinforce the same steel beam used in the earlier experimental test, having a single rectangular opening shape in two separate positions along the span. From these numerical models, an adequate GFRP strengthening arrangement was found and the possibility of using low-modulus FRP materials rather than the more expensive high-modulus FRP materials for strengthening steel beams with web penetration was confirmed.


By analyzed relation between music and Synchronized Swimming, the author thinks that music plays an important part in Synchronized Swimming. It is a language of sports and affects style of swimming. When players act, it also gives audiences some information about what you play. The changing style of music will decide the changing of arrange and act style.


The goal of this study is to develop a new model to describe the behavior of shear yield stress of magnetorheological greases/gels (MRGs) under the combined effects of applied magnetic field and temperature. MRGs are a class of field-responsive materials which consist of micron-size ferrous particles suspended in a grease/gel-like material. The main advantage of a MRG over a MR fluid is that in a MRG, ferrous particles do not settle. However, the rheological properties of grease carrier materials are very sensitive to temperature. Therefore, the temperature effect on the yield stress of MRGs may be one of the main concerns in developing these materials. In this study, the steady-shear magneto-rheological response of MRGs subject to various temperatures is investigated. All experimental data are obtained for magnetic fields ranging from 0.14T to 0.53T and temperatures ranging from 10°C to 70°C. It is observed that temperature has a pronounced effect on the field induced yield stress of MRGs. A new yield stress model for MRGs which is a function of magnetic field and temperature is proposed based on the Herschel-Bulkley constitutive equation and the Arrhenius relationship. Excellent agreement between the model predictions and experimental data is obtained.


ally scarce and does not correlate well with a pathological response. Often, fibrosis in the surgical specimen is found instead of tumor tissue affecting the vessels. Hypothetically, lymph nodes and resection margins could also be devoid of tumor cells. Several studies have shown lack of association between initial resectability criteria on CT and survival. Median longterm survival of up to 21 and 23 months, respectively, has been reported in two series after neoadjuvant therapy with chemoradiation of pancreatic cancer. Our patient's current survival after tissue diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is 39 months. Lack of recurrence and the achievement of an excellent quality of life give support to the management strategy undertaken in the present case and may provide an insight for further improvement in the management of a tumor with such a dismal prognosis.


This paper tries to discuss the way to construct the model of learner autonomy in the interpretation teaching for English majors in universities,in order to find an effective approach of developing learner's interpretation competence.The interpretation autonomy inspires the interest of learners,and improves the quality of interpretation teaching.


The solid solutions Ce1-xEuxO2-δ(x=0\^10—0\^50) were synthesized by high-temperature and high-pressure. The XRD measurement showed that the solid solution was crystallized in cubic fluorite-type structure and the lattice parameter increased with the content of Eu increasing up to x=0.4. The solution limit was \%ca.\% 0.4 under the condition of 3.6 GPa, 840—1 020 ℃. The XPS data showed that the Eu ions are Eu3+ and trace of Ce4+ ions were reduced to Ce3+ ions during synthesis of high-temperature and high-pressure. The ionic conduction for Ce0.8Eu0.2O2-δ was measured by impedance spectroscopy and it was found that the activation energy was 1.07 eV and the conductivity was 3.43×10-5 S*cm-1 at 550 ℃.


Dual functions of circFNDC3B in enhancing the metastatic ability of cancer cells and promoting vasculature formation through regulation of multiple pro-oncogenic signaling pathways drive lymph node metastasis of OSCC.


There is no consensus in the economics of law enforcement literature regarding the likely effects of wrongful convictions on deterrence. Although many assert that wrongful convictions and wrongful acquittals are likely to cause similar reductions in deterrence, others have claimed that certain types of wrongful convictions are unlikely to affect deterrence. However, the stigmatizing effects of convictions are not taken into account in the formalization of either view. Frequent wrongful convictions naturally make criminal records less meaningful, because they reduce the proportion of truly guilty individuals among the convicted population. This stigma dilution effect, along with similar effects regarding the probability of stigmatization, are formalized via a model wherein criminal records act as noisy signals of offenders' characteristics. The analysis reveals that when criminal records cause stigmatization, wrongful convictions reduce deterrence, even if they are caused by adjudication mistakes that were previously shown to have no effect on deterrence. This suggests that prodefendant biases in various criminal procedures can potentially be explained through interactions between stigmatization and wrongful convictions.


Fusion or Pansharpening improves the spatial quality of Multispectral satellite images by making use of details present in a high resolution Panchromatic image. The different nature of Panchromatic and Multispectral sensors requires that the details are added using a detail injection model. Most of the available detail injection model parameters are estimated at degraded resolution and then interpolated for use at the higher resolution. In this work we have presented a detail injection model which estimates the detail injection parameters directly at the desired higher resolution. The model optimizes the "Quality Not Requiring a Reference index". The proposed method is then extended for pansharpening of Hyperspectral images. Finally, a quality assessment index, not requiring a high resolution reference, is proposed for determining the quality of pansharpened images at full resolution. The novelty of the method lies in the use of sensors "Modulation Transfer Function" filters for separating the low and high frequency information for determining the spectral and spatial distortions, respectively.


Introduction During the 1960s-1970s, the American public was besieged with numerous articles asking the questions "Why Johnny and Suzie cannot Read?" and "Women in Science: Why so Few?" (Rossi, 1965). As we approach the 21st Century, Johnny and Susie still cannot read and females remain underrepresented in careers pertaining to science, mathematics, and engineering. Why have females continued to lag in their pursuit of careers in science? Women have been traditionally underrepresented in the physical sciences compared to their fraction of the total population. Matthews (1990) suggests that females have also been underrepresented in the areas of mathematics and engineering. According to Matthews (1990), women accounted for only 16 percent of all scientists and engineers in the year 1988. At the close of the 1980s, women comprised 4 percent of the engineering population and 30 percent of the scientific population, but even fewer of the women scientists and engineers are minorities (5 percent Black, less than 1 percent Native American, and 3 percent Hispanic). These numbers have not noticeably changed in a positive manner since Matthews' 1990 comments. Even in their article of 1994, Sadker and Sadker write that girls are still hampered by the sex stereotype perspective that girls do not have the mental capacity to master mathematics and science curriculums at both the K-12 and higher educational levels. According to Matthews (1990), the Federal Government statistics suggests that there are barriers to participation and how women might over come these barriers that will allow them to be participants in the physical sciences at all levels. The understanding of the continued efforts to increase the enrollment and success of women in the physical sciences in higher education is essential to the overall importance of the United States as a continued world leader. Changes in faculty attitudes and educational goals for women are necessary and imperative in implementing modifications to the science and mathematics curriculums in the institutions of higher learning. According to Kramarae and Treichler (1990), "women's experiences are different from those of males, and those experiences are `unsatisfactory in ways not recognized by most university faculty and critics of education policy.' They argue that women experience the academy differently for several reasons: curricula that largely excludes the experiences of women, professional advising that restricts their [women] options, and male control of classroom talk. Thus, the messages and socialization patterns established earlier continue to play out in post-secondary education and careers [of women]." In Hartman's 1995 article, the earlier messages and socialization patterns are documented by female students reflecting on their educational experiences in physics classes. For example, one high school student described her experiences as being confined to a shark tank. Even at the higher education level, a female graduate student recounted her experience by explaining "that when she turned in an especially good work her professor suspected plagiarism." Review of Related Literature According to American Association of University Women (AAUW) (1992), at a certain age, females are socialized in a manner that does not emphasize their possible academic achievements in the areas of mathematics and science. The American Association of University Women made the following observations regarding factors involved in attributing to the general decline in science achievement observed for girls and not boys: 1. An American Association of University Women research review found that teachers give boys preferential treatment in school. The researchers found that boys ask more questions, are given more detailed and constructive criticism of their work, and are treated more tolerantly than girls during outbursts of temper or resistance. …


The article focuses on small-scale editing techniques to be employed by legal writers once the writing and revising stages are complete.


Reva et al [1] investigated some photoinduced H-transfer isomerization reactions of thiophenol in a solid argon matrix (Figure 1). In this study, the photogenerated isomers – cyclohexa-2,4-diene-1-thione (24) and cyclohexa-2,5diene-1-thione (25) – have never been observed so far. In order to explain the experimental results, our group has performed high level excited-state calculations (CASSCF and MR-CI) to study the reactions thiophenol→24, 24→25 and thiofenol→25. This is the first theoretical study concerning the photochemistry reactions studied by Reva et al [1] . The active space CAS consists of twelve electrons distributed among eleven orbitals (Figure 2). Vertical excitation energies of thiophenol Figure 1: Photoinduced reactions of thiophenol studied in a solid argon matrix [1]. The reactions in blue were not confirmed or discarded in this experiment. Figure 2: MO diagrams and associated occupation numbers for three lowest excited states of thiophenol, and thiones 24 and 25 at the CAS(12,11) level. 12 a 17/Nov, 2017, Águas de Lindóia/SP, Brasil calculated at CASSCF and MR-CISD levels have been compared with the CASPT2 results [2]. The reaction paths were generated by linear interpolation, and the obtained geometries were used to compute the vertical excitation energies at the CASSCF level. So far all calculations were performed with aug-cc-pVDZ basis. The potential energy profiles of thiophenol→24 and 24→25 are displayed in Figure 3: As it can be seen from Figure 3, several conical intersections (blues circles) are likely to take place. In (a) their occurrence are consistent with formation of 24 from all three studied excited states. The same holds for the reaction 24→25 (b), although in this case more vibrational energy may be required. The conical intersections between S0 and S1 in (a) and (b) suggests either formation of the product or regeneration of the reactants, from the photoreaction starting in S1. Preliminary results suggest that the reaction thiophenol→25 actually involves 24 as an intermediate. COLUMBUS program system has been used for most of the calculations. Key-words: thiophenol, photoinduced H migration, CASSCF, MR-CISD, conical intersection. Support: This work has been supported by CAPES, CNPQ and UFPB. References: [1] I. Reva, M. J. Nowak, L. Lapinski, R. Fausto, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17, 4775, (2015). [2] M. N. R. Ashfold, G. A. King, D. Murdock, M. G. D. Nix, T. A. A. Oliver, A. G. Sage, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 12, 1218, (2010). Figure 3: Potential energy profiles of the reactions (a) thiophenol→24 and (b) 24→25 at CAS(12,11) level using the aug-cc-pVDZ basis.


MR. D. A. TILT (Chairman, Birmingham Graduate Section) who presided opened a very animated discussion which was taken part in by numerous graduates and visitors. Mr. McNab, he said, had told them that heat treatment consisted in getting a piece of steel with a few crystals in i t ; on heating it, these started running round and round, and in the case of hardening, it was hoped, by quenching at a certain temperature, to catch them where they ought to be, but in most cases of hardening, this point was missed, and the desired results were not obtained.


Most of the countries and islands depend on the expensive oil derivatives importation. Some countries are trying to become 100% renewable, satisfying their energy demand mainly or entirely from indigenous and renewable sources. Since most available renewable energy sources are intermittent, energy storage has to be devised. On the other hand in many places there is already an excellent storage potential in the local water supply system. The paper shows a model and results of such energy systems applied on the regions in Croatia and Portugal, by using H2RES model. H2RES model has been designed as support for simulation of different scenarios devised by RenewIsland/ADEG methodology with specific purpose to increase integration of renewable energy sources and storage into energy systems of regions. Finally, energy system of Jordan together with desalination potential was reviewed.


The textbook describes the design features and balancing of crankshafts of piston engines of various types and purposes. The calculation of the strength of the crankshaft is considered, including traditional methods, as well as a modern approach to assessing the stress-strain state of the shaft using the finite element method. The possibility of using finite element models in determining the values of stress concentration coefficients in the elements of the crankshaft is shown. Examples of calculations of the crankshaft for strength are given.
Meets the requirements of the federal state educational standards of higher education of the latest generation.
For students of higher educational institutions studying in the specialty "Internal combustion engines" of the direction "Power engineering".


Background: IPAF (interstitial lung disease with autoimmune features) is a research category recently introduced with limited data on prognosis and natural history. The aim of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of patients meeting IPAF criteria in a cohort of patients previously diagnosed with IPF. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of IPF diagnoses at or center from 2002 until 2016. We reassigned IPF diagnoses according to the 2018 ATS/ERS guidelines and IPAF diagnoses according to ERS statement. We extracted data regarding demographics, medications, smoking history, laboratory results (autoimmunity) and pulmonary function. Results: Among 360 IPF-diagnoses, we identified: Group A composed of 289 IPF-only patients; Group B composed of 49 IPF patients with positive auto-antibodies (including anti-thyroid); Group C (IPF/IPAF) composed of 22 patients meeting IPAF criteria. IPF/IPAF patients were more frequently female (40%) (compared respectively to 17%females in group A and 30% in group B, p= 0.005). Conclusions: Reflux and arthralgia were the most frequent clinical manifestations in the IPAF group (respectively 23% and 55%), whereas in IPF-only group reflux was described in 26%(p 0.0065) and arthralgia in 2% of cases (p


Objective:  to investigate the cost efficiency of inventory management for publicly home appliance retail companies in the Brazilian market that operate, among other channels, with B2C (Business-to-Costumer) and discuss the possible impacts of e-commerce on inventory management. Method:  the first step, construction of a descriptive summary of Magazine Luiza and seven other competitors; the second step, analysis of the optimal cost efficiency of companies' inventory management, through an integrated and dynamic model of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Optimal Control Theory (OCT). Amounts declared in the Quarterly Financial Statements between the fourth quarter of 2010 and the second quarter of 2018 were considered. Main Results:  the discovery of best practices and the fact that, despite its extraordinary appreciation, Magazine Luiza was not a reference in inventory management and its costs during the analyzed period as a whole. Relevance/Originality:  this article is an initial step to address the lack of studies on e-commerce for emerging markets and inventory management and its costs for e-commerce. Methodological Contributions:  the proposition of a methodology that can be used by other researchers to assess the cost efficiency of inventory management and the impact of e-commerce, highlighting best practices.


These notes will contain some aspects of information theory. We will consider some REAL problems that REAL people are interested in although we might make some mathematical simplifications so we can (mathematically) carry this out. Not only are these things inherently interesting (in my opinion, at least) because they have to do with real problems but these problems or applications allow certain mathematical theorems (most notably the Shannon-McMillan-Breiman Theorem) to "come alive". The results that we will derive will have much to do with the entropy of a process (a concept that will be explained shortly) and allows one to see the real importance of entropy which might not at all be obvious simply from its definition. The first aspect we want to consider is so-called data compression which means we have data and want to compress it in order to save space and hence money. More mathematically, let X1, X2, . . . , Xn be a finite sequence from a stationary stochastic process {Xk}k=−∞. Stationarity will always


From Summary: "This report describes the continuing work on HTME distillation plants, the first portions of which were reported in References 1 and 2. A major purpose in the testing of the three-effect pilot plant was to demonstrate mutiple-effect operability of the the horizontal tube method, when utilizing basically the same construction methods and materials as those proposed for commercial HTME plants."


The Market Basket Analysis method can be used for analyze pattern shopping consumer. With take advantage of later data processed for get information from transaction dataset that. Supermarkets are business businesses engaged in the sale needs tree. Shop this not yet knowing pattern shopping on cart shopping consumer. Algorithm used that is hash-based algorithm because algorithm this reduce amount candidate itemset at the start of. Research results this namely found 2 Frequent itemset namely bread and butter with support 96 ago eggs, bread and butter with support 97. Based on results in implementation hash-based algorithm and association rules, we can conclude that the manager of the supermarket can start use same way for knowing customer interest in something product with product other. With this manager can more focus with product the for reduce loss caused products that are not behavior.


In this paper, the power density, defined as the ratio of power output to the maximum specific volume in the cycle, is taken as objective for performance optimization of an irreversible regenerated closed Brayton cycle coupled to constant-temperature heat reservoirs in the viewpoint of finite time thermodynamics (FTT) or entropy generation minimization (EGM). The analytical formulae about the relations between power density and pressure ratio are derived with the heat resistance losses in the hot- and cold-side heat exchangers and the regenerator, the irreversible compression and expansion losses in the compressor and turbine, and the pressure drop loss in the piping. The maximum power density optimization is performed by searching the optimum heat conductance distribution corresponding to the optimum power density among the hot- and cold-side heat exchangers and the regenerator for the fixed total heat exchanger inventory. The influence of some design parameters, including the temperature ratio of the heat reservoirs, the total heat exchanger inventory, the efficiencies of the compressor and the turbine, and the pressure recovery coefficient, on the optimum heat conductance distribution and the maximum power density are provided. When the heat transfers between the working fluid and the heat reservoirs are carried out ideally, the analytical results of this paper become those obtained in recent literature. The power plant design with optimization leads to smaller size including the compressor, turbine, and the hot- and cold-side heat exchangers and the regenerator.


Obesity is a major public health concern: in the United Kingdom (UK) over two thirds of the population are obese or overweight, the prevalence of obesity is growing exponentially, and current treatment options have limited success – making the need for novel therapies vital. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) has the ability to safely dissipate chemical energy as heat and in 2009 was found to be active in human adults, leading to hope that its therapeutic manipulation could contribute to weight loss. This review discusses methods proposed for BAT activation and potential pitfalls in our current understanding to evaluate if BAT can be used as a future treatment for obesity. To date, ơ3-adrenergic receptor (ơ3-AR) agonists and cold activation have been shown to be the most promising options to activate BAT. However, cold activation requires a high degree of patient cooperation and ơ3-AR agonists appear non-effective long-term. Nonetheless, ơ3-AR agonists are likely to be a more realistic treatment than cold activation, making our next challenge to understandand mitigate the mechanisms that inhibit BAT activation in long-term ơ3-AR agonist administration. Our assumptions about BAT activation are predominately from rodent studies and based on measurements from [18F]-fl uorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG)-positron-emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging, both with their respective limitations. BAT has offered huge insight into weight homeostasis, with the potential of offering prospective therapeutics for obesity and beyond. Nevertheless, before we can truly understand the real possibilities of BAT we need to further our current understanding of the physiological controls of BAT, potentially leading to more suitable therapies. The focus for future research should be to improve and standardise the methodology used to measure BAT activation, enabling larger clinical trials and better comparisons.


Nanoporous structures derived from self-assembled block copolymers (BCP) are a facile template for nanofabrications. In order to enhance the stability of the nanoporous structures toward collapse, which is of crucial importance for practical applications, cross-linking the matrix is an essential process. Most of the BCP precursors undergo separated processes of degradation and cross-linking. Here, we provided one-step fabrication of a stable nanoporous film from a BCP precursor by UV treatment, eliminating multistep processing. The BCP contains an ortho-nitrobenzyl (ONB) group as a UV degradable juncture and a coumarin group as the UV cross-linkable component. After UV exposure, the ordered nanoporous thin film was achieved, with carboxyl groups in situ generated. The tolerance to solvents was highly enhanced. This facile strategy provides promising applications in stable nanoporous scaffolds.


A review is presented of recent work which attempts to apply flame spread theories to a wide range of materials. The approach is based on using the theories to develop correlations from material data. The data are derived from small scale tests and are expressed in terms of "properties." Various radiant heating apparatus are discussed, and a wide range of results are presented. The focus of the application is fire spread on walls.


Models can be used to forecast crop yield and the consumption of inputs such as fertilizer, and thereby we can plan and manage the likely crises that may arise in near future. The present study used a model to estimate the effect of N fertilization on dry matter partitioning between sugar beet shoot and root. To construct the model, data collected during an experiment in Karaj, Iran in 2001 were used. The model was inputted with solar radiation, consumed N and some morphophysiological traits of sugar beet such as radiation use efficiency (RUE), specific leaf area (SLA), and the coefficient of assimilate partitioning between root and shoot. For this model, 11 variables were defined including six independent parameters and five parameters with interactions. This is the fewest among similar models. RUE and SLA were calibrated for the region of Karaj. The model was validated using the results of a threeyear experiment in Karaj across 2001-2003 and another experiment in 2009. The model estimations of total dry matter, root dry matter, and plant cover fitted well with the observed values, and the effect of nitrogen was identified on the partitioning of assimilate among different parts of the plants. The model, also, estimated sugar yield by nitrogen amount properly. Root-mean-square error between the estimated values of root and total dry matter and sugar yield with their observed counterparts were 12.86, 17.57, and 20.62%, respectively. This supports the adaptability of the model to root and total dry matter as well as sugar yield for the studied N rates.


OF THE DISSERTATION RE-IMAGINING YEREVAN IN THE POST-SOVIET ERA: URBAN SYMBOLISM AND NARRATIVES OF THE NATION IN THE LANDSCAPE OF ARMENIA'S CAPITAL by Diana K. Ter-Ghazaryan Florida International University, 2010 Miami, Florida Professor Roderick P. Neumann, Major Professor The urban landscape of Yerevan has experienced tremendous changes since the collapse of the Soviet Union and Armenia's independence in 1991. Domestic and foreign investments have poured into Yerevan's building sector, converting many downtown neighborhoods into sleek modern districts that now cater to foreign investors, tourists, and the newly rich Armenian nationals. Large portions of the city's green parks and other public spaces have been commercialized for private and exclusive use, creating zones that are accessible only to the affluent. In this dissertation I explore the rapidly transforming landscape of Yerevan and its connections to the development of contemporary Armenian national identity. This research was guided by principles of ethnographic inquiry, and I employed diverse methods, including document and archival research, structured and semi-structured interviews and content analysis of news media. I also used geographic information systems (GIS) and satellite images to represent and visualize the stark transformations of spaces in Yerevan.


Early life factors encompassing parental, foetal and postnatal characteristics, have an important influence on individual disease risk. Of particular importance is the role of maternal lifetime nutrition and metabolic reserves, and the impact on offspring birth outcomes. Birth weight, in turn, affects disease risk in later life. Being born small and showing rapid weight gain during childhood are especially important risk determinants for impaired glucose tolerance, higher blood pressure, dyslipidaemia, overweight and obesity in later life. Postnatal growth patterns, socio-environmental factors and genetic influences thus act in concert to increase the predilection for chronic diseases, including type-2 diabetes.


An integrated circuit comprises at least first and second frequency generating circuits, wherein each frequency generating circuit comprises a reference frequency source; a voltage controlled oscillator; and a feedback control circuit for controlling the voltage controlled oscillator to provide a desired output frequency signal. The output of the voltage controlled oscillator of the first frequency generating circuit is switched into the feedback control circuit of the second frequency generating circuit to provide a test signal for testing one or more components of the feedback control circuit of the second frequency generating circuit.


The utility model relates to fittings in building engineering and municipal engineering, in particular to a lined prefabricated reinforced concrete inspection well. The lined prefabricated reinforced concrete inspection well comprises a well body, a well cover plate and a well base, wherein pipeline interfaces are correspondingly arranged on the two sides at the lower part of the well body; the lined prefabricated reinforced concrete inspection well is characterized in that the well body is a reinforced concrete well body; the well cover plate is a reinforced concrete well cover plate; the well base is a reinforced concrete well base; well wall lining layers are arranged on the well base surfaces of the inner wall of the well body and the inner bottom of the well body; and the inner walls of the pipeline interfaces are connected with pipeline lining layers. The lined prefabricated reinforced concrete inspection well adopts a reinforced concrete structure, and the well wall lining layers and the pipeline lining layers are added, so that anticorrosive, impermeable, high temperature-resistant functions and the like are realized, the service life is prolonged and the engineering cost is reduced; the pipeline lining layers are made of the same material as pipelines, so that the connection between the same material is ensured and the hidden troubles of poor sealing performance and poor firmness at joints of the pipelines and the pipeline interfaces of the conventional prefabricated reinforced concrete inspection well are overcome.


The availability of fibroblasts that express green fluorescent protein (GFP) would be of interest for the monitoring of cell growth, migration, contraction, and other processes within the fibroblast‐populated collagen matrix and other culture systems. A plasmid lentiviral vector‐GFP (pLV‐GFP) was utilized for gene delivery to produce primary human foreskin fibroblasts (HFFs) that stably express GFP. Cell morphology, cell migration, and collagen contraction were compared between nontransduced HFFs and transduced GFP‐HFFs; no differences were observed. Immunocytochemical staining showed no differences in cell morphology between nontransduced and GFP‐HFFs in both two‐dimensional and three‐dimensional culture systems. Furthermore, there was no significant difference in cellular population growth within the collagen matrix populated with nontransduced vs. GFP‐HFFs. Within the limits of our assays, we conclude that transduction of GFP into HFFs did not alter the observed properties of HFFs compared with nontransduced fibroblasts. The GFP‐HFFs may represent a new tool for the convenient monitoring of living primary fibroblast processes in two‐dimensional or three‐dimensional culture.


It is difficult to know what is the true source of the harmony which this church exhibits, for it has many powerful and inspiring features, such as the strong contrasts in light and shade of the roof, the broken surface of the end wall, the candour of the presbytery marble, the many tones of the light passing through the glazing, the sober ornaments of the pulpit, the altar, and the balustrade, beautifully designed in a modern style. All these harmonise well together, in gentle, restrained, spontaneous tones.
This is a church from which one tends to walk out on tip toe, not to break its subdued, misterious charm.
The external aspect is appreciated better after having been inside this church. The soberness and coherence of its external elevations clearly enhance the nature of this building as a «sacred island» in the midst of a district where the everyday language is far more worldly.
In religious architecture success has nothing to do with approval by the critics or even by the mass of the people. What matters is that the faithful shall feel satisfied: that they can pray with devotion inside a building. By this standard. Saint Lucas Church is highly successful, for here the deep thought of the designer undoubtedly serves to inspire a greater religious devotion.


ABSTRACT A simple chromatographic method for the determination of trace thorium in uranium matrix has been reported after studying the retention behavior of U(VI) and Th(IV) as their 2,6-pyridine dicarboxylic acid (PDCA) complexes on a reversed phase column. The method does not require pre-separation of uranium matrix. A mobile phase consisting of PDCA, KNO3, and HNO3 in 5% methanol was used. A calibration plot was constructed in the presence of uranium matrix (r2 = 0.9978). The precision of the method is 5% at 1 ppm of Th and LOD was obtained at 0.1 ppm (S/N =3). The accuracy of the method was checked by comparing the results with neutron activation analysis.


power to attract and create such widely different iconic figures as Bethune, Osler, and Schweitzer? How and why have they become patron saints—models to so many, even some who believe in our modern big-business-oriented world and the medical institutions that it has spawned? Hannant's book does not ask these questions, but it portrays, through Bethune's words and works, and the editor's interpretations of them, a passion that cannot but stimulate them.


One of the main shortcomings of Markov chain Monte Carlo samplers is their inability to mix between modes of the target distribution. In this paper we show that advance knowledge of the location of these modes can be incorporated into the MCMC sampler by introducing mode-hopping moves that satisfy detailed balance. The proposed sampling algorithm explores local mode structure through local MCMC moves (e.g. diffusion or Hybrid Monte Carlo) but in addition also represents the relative strengths of the different modes correctly using a set of global moves. This "mode-hopping" MCMC sampler can be viewed as a generalization of the darting method [1].


Microbial anaerobic dechlorination of hexachlorobenzene (HCB) was examined in sediment slurries amended with two classes of nonionic surfactant, polyoxyethylene (POE) sorbitan fatty acid esters (Tweens) and POE alcohols (Brijs). The rationale for surfactant addition was to increase the bioavailability of highly sorbed organic pollutants to degrading microorganisms by enhancing their solubility. The solubility of HCB was initially enhanced via micellar partitioning ; however, primary degradation of most surfactants occurred within 10 d. Dechlorination activity was significantly reduced at POE alcohol concentrations above the critical micelle concentration (cmc), with or without the occurrence of surfactant degradation. Tween 80 decreased HCB dechlorination at concentrations significantly above the cmc (1,500-5,000 mg/L). At concentrations closer to the cmc (300-1,200 mg/L), Tween 80 increased dechlorination rate constants four- to fivefold in acclimated slurries. Additions of Tween 80 at or below the cmc (3, 30, 300, and 911 mg/L) stimulated dechlorination activity in unacclimated slurries that exhibited very little activity in unamended controls. An average of 89% of HCB was dechlorinated after 90 d, compared to 20% in unamended sediments. No effect was observed for POE alcohols at these sub-cmc levels. The lack of a stimulated response for the POE alcohols suggests that Tween 80 may not be acting simply as a source of carbon or energy.


The non2contact measurement is popular in the testing of torsional vibration. In this kind of measure2 ment, the error of division has great effect on the testing results. This paper describes the method of compensating divi2 sion error detailedly, the LabV IEW p rogram for compensating division error is also p resented in the paper According to the testing results, compensating division error can smooth the curve in the graph, and reduce the effect of the division error After compensating division error, the testing result becomes more exact


1Dalian Medical University, Department of Clinical Medicine, Dalian, China 2Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University, Department of Neurosurgery, Yangzhou, China 3Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University, Department of Neurology, Yangzhou, China Blood Pressure Control and Clinical Outcomes in Acute Intracerebral Haemorrhage: A Preplanned Pooled Analysis of Individual Participant Data


On the basis of analyzing the primary differences in detail between traditional theory and railway network theory of train working diagram, this paper builds railway network theory based on railway network from microscopic layer and macroscopic layer studying from train working diagram. Proved by simulation results, this theory can be applied widely on relevant researches on train operating organization of railway.


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Protein Never in Mitosis Gene A Interacting‐1 (PIN1) is a peptidyl‐proline isomerase that specifically recognizes and isomerizes phosphorylated Ser/Thr‐Pro motifs to modulate substrate protein function. We previously found that PIN1 depletion (KD) reduced EMT6 and Lewis Lung Carcinoma (LLC1) cell growth in culture, but increased tumor growth in immunocompetent mice. To explain this dichotomy, we hypothesized that LLC1 KD cells in culture would react differently than control cells to a hypoxic environment that is likely present in tumors. Hypoxia (1% oxygen) for 24h increased KD cell proliferation compared with normoxia, while control cells were unaffected. After 48h, hypoxia reduced control cell proliferation by nearly 30%, whereas proliferation remained elevated in KD cells. The level of proliferating cell nuclear antigen was also reduced by hypoxia in control cells, while its level in KD cells was unaffected. Though hypoxia reduced the amount of the apoptotic marker, cleaved caspase‐3, its levels were lower in KD cells compared to controls. The results suggest that PIN1 regulates hypoxic responses such that depletion increases cell proliferation and reduces cell death in response to hypoxia in culture. These effects may explain the increased growth of tumors lacking PIN1, compared with control tumors, in mice.


A sedentary lifestyle has been implicated as a potential risk factor for venous thromboembolism (VTE). To address the association between television


Researchers and practitioners have used adaptive communication devices (ACD) in interviewing individuals with communication impairments as well as persons with concurrent developmental disabilities (Cohen & Jones, 1990; Mirenda & Locke, 1989; Musselwhite & Ruscello, 1984; Sigelman & Budd, 1986). The current study assessed the criterion validity of the photographic ACD used in Oklahoma to interview those receiving services from the Developmental Disabilities Services Division. This ACD consists of color photographic representations for each of the 24 questions created for interviewing the consumers. A back-translation methodology was used, asking participants to view the photographs and respond with the question that each picture was designed to represent. The average percentage of participants correctly identifying the question across 24 pictures was 69.9%. Several photographs were frequently incorrectly identified, and two photographs presented problems to all respondents. The photographs were then revised in accordance with information obtained from the research, and a post-test was performed with five verbal individuals with developmental disabilities. The post-test revealed that all but two of the problematic questions became apparent after the In the state of Oklahoma, individuals who view allows consumers to have direct input receive services from the Developmental Dis- into the study. This consumer interview con abilities Services Division of the Department sists of 24 questions about their environment, of Human Services voluntarily participate in their food, employment, daily activities, staff,


RATIONALE:

Severity assessment tools that use objective data available in the electronic medical record include CURB-65, A-DROP, and eCURB, an electronic version of CURB-65 using continuous variables (Jones et al, Chest. 2011;140:156-163). Our aim was to compare eCURB, CURB-65, and A-DROP versus 30-day mortality in a contemporary, emergency department pneumonia cohort.

METHODS:

We identified pneumonia patients by ICD-9 code plus compatible radiograph in 7 emergency departments Dec 1, 2009-Dec 1, 2010. Patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and health-care acquired pneumonia (HCAP) were identified. We extracted initial clinical features and triage information from the electronic medical record. We determined mortality from the Utah Population Database. Receiver operator characteristic (ROC) analysis of mortality was compared.

RESULTS:

We studied 2394 patients. 30-day mortality was 3.5% for 2061 patients with CAP and 16.2% for 333 patients with HCAP. The table shows areas under the curve (AUC) versus 30-day mortality.

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30-day Mortality AUC.

CONCLUSION:

eCURB outperformed CURB-65 and A-DROP for mortality prediction in patients with CAP. For HCAP patients, all mortality predictors performed poorly.


This paper develops a model that offers a plausible interpretation for the empirical observation of diffusion of antidumping (AD) laws amongst WTO members. Contrary to the regnant belief that this proliferation is driven mainly by retaliatory motives, our model shows that adoption and use of AD laws involve a cooperative act amongst WTO members in an infinite horizon game. The diffusion of AD laws need not result in a Prisonner.s dilemma. Instead we show that the AD agreement of the WTO can serve as a risk-sharing vehicle amongst WTO members in response to adverse shocks incurred by domestic producers.


There are represented results of numerical simulations due to program Fluent 6.3 of fulfilled gases jet from aircraft engine. Jet was released close the ground in wind direction. Considered task is corresponding to wall slipsream.


In 2019, Uzbekistan's government ordered the closure of a notorious prison camp whose innocuous name, Zhaslyk ('Youth'), belied its evil role. Built two decades earlier to incarcerate political and...


(57) Abstract: Using the phenol oxidizing enzyme in the presence of an oxidizing agent is prepared by treating the lignin derivatives, an intermediate product for producing a polymer consisting of lignin derivatives from the cellulose industry the lignin derivative is cast to the enzyme treatment in the presence of a) 3 hours or more air, or b) over 10 minutes to conduct air or oxygen cast to enzyme treatment with, or c) was used chemical oxidant It is oxidized by treatment, characterized by. The intermediate product, polymerization of lignin derivatives from the cellulose industry, is utilized fiber reinforced duroplastic composite materials made of vegetable fibers, duroplastic consisting water resistance of paper and cardboard and lignin derivatives, in the preparation of.


Objective
To evaluate the body volume status in maintenance hemodialysis(MHD) children with multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance.

Methods
Nine end-stage-renal-disease patients undergoing MHD from Aug.2011 to Mar.2012 in blood purification department of Beijing Children's Hospital and 171 cases of healthy control group were investigated.Over hydration (OH), total body water(TBW), extracellular water(ECW), intracellular water(ICW) of MHD children pre- and post-hemodialysis and healthy children were measured with the body composition monitor which was based on multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance and the values were standardized by body weight to produce TBW%, ECW% and ICW%.

Results
There were statistical differences of OH, TBW, ECW and ECW% before and after dialysis, but no statistical difference of ICW.By contrast, ECW% values pre-dialysis were higher, but post-dialysis were lower than that of healthy control group.Pre- and post-dialysis ICW% values in HD children were similar to those of healthy control group.

Conclusions
ECW% increased in MHD children; the main function of normal hemodialysis is to remove extra ECW, which has little effect on ICW.The measurement of multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance can provide an objective basis for capacity status.

Key words:
Multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance; Maintenance hemodialysis; Body volume status; Child


Four years since its launch, the NHS Genomic Medicine Service is already delivering on its promise to transform patient care, writes Claire Ainsworth—with much potential still to be realised


The research aims to determine the relationship between the implementation of health tasks and family support with the neglect of the elderly in the Kassi-Kassi Makassar Health Center work area. Correlation descriptive research design, cross sectional approach. Cluster sampling, totaling 223 respondents. The research sample is a family with elderly family members. Statistical tests used chi square and Logistic Regression. The results of the study stated that there was no relationship between the implementation of family health tasks and the neglect of the elderly. There is a relationship of information, instrumental, appreciation, and emotional support with the neglect of the elderly. Dominant emotional support is associated with neglect of the elderly. It was concluded that the elderly need support from the family, especially emotional support so that they can avoid incidents of neglect of the elderly in the family.


The "Three-represent" thought plays an important part in school physical education. School physical education is both for improving people's health and the base for mass competitive sports. Physical teachers should carry out the thought whole heartedly.


This thesis studies in detail the transmission of social values in early modem England through a statistical study of material culture in three Yorkshire communities: South Cave, Halifax and York. The study focuses on surviving wills and inventories in these three communities, using an adaptation of the seriation technique developed by Vivian Brodsky-Elliot. Through this technique we chart ownership patterns, allowing a partial reconstruction of the social networks within the three communities. The results show that whilst consumpion did rise in the period 1660i78o, this was not to the extent commonly assumed up till now. At the same time it is also shown that a wide range of social values were attached to material goods within these communities: not only with respect to the new populuxe goods that appeared during this period, but also with respect to more traditional goods. The results also show a high degree of cohesiveness of consumption within certain occupation/status; groups, and that Us was not gender specific. The transmission of goods, however, does highlight that gendered social values were attached to certain items. These then provide a foundation for a more detailed study of the importance of material culture to the creation of social status within these communities, within certain economic, geographical and time bound-


William Checkley recalled plotting into his computer the data for the number of hospital admissions and the time of year.

When we did the analysis and started looking at the relative increase, thats when it hit us, said Checkley, a medical student at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland.


The ingenuity of the chemist and the dedication of the research worker, together with the progressive attitude of commercial interests, have given to the world an astonishing panoply of drugs that have revolutionized the treatment of disease in a manner which was not even dreamed of thirty years ago. Very potent therapeutic agents are freely available and commonly used, but just as pesticides have created havoc with wild life, so have the new methods of treatment brought iatrogenic diseases, which include a variety of blood dyscrasias about which the medical practitioner must constantly have up-to-date information. Great care is now taken to assess the toxic effects of drugs before they are put on the market, but tests carried out on animals will not necessarily give an indication of the sideeffects that may be .produced in a small proportion of persons being treated with a new form of therapy. In this country the Dunlop Committee has been set up to advise on the safety of new drugs before they are made generally available and . to assemble and assess reports about adverse effects of drugs in use, and in the United States the Council on Drugs of the American Medical . Association has established a Registry on Adverse Reactions. This Registry includes a Panel on Blood Dyscrasias to alert the profession to the potential for producing haematological disorders of therapeutic and chemical agents, and it ·has been issuing reports at regular intervals since 1957. The Director, whose address at the Department of Drugs of the American Medical Association is 535 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, will welcome notification of any instance of blood disorders attributable to drugs or chemicals. Adverse reactions occurring in the United Kingdom should also now be notifieq to the Committee on Safety of Drugs, Queen Anne's Mansions, Queen Anne's Gate, London, S. W.1. Unfortunately, polypharmacy is so widespread that many patients have received more than one therapeutic agent for their illness· and _hence it is frequently difficult to know which drug, if any, has been responsible for marrow depression or any other abnormality that has developed. The main types of disorders affecting the blood or causing bleeding in other ways are shown in Fig. 1.


Due to the heavy occlusions, large variations in different viewing perspectives and low video resolutions, the tracking and re-identification of vehicles under multi-camera become challenging tasks for the intelligent transportation system (ITS). In this work, we propose a novel framework for multi-camera tracking, which integrates visual features, orientation prediction and temporal-spatial information of the trajectories for optimization. In addition, based on the tracking information generated by our framework, we propose a united method for multi-camera re-identification that takes both visual features and tracking information into account. In order to make the visual feature robust for occlusion and perspective variation, our method adopts various features that are extracted from global image, regions and areas around key points, and the tracking information are also used to refine the retrieval results generated by the visual features. Our algorithm achieves the first place in vehicle re-identification at the NVIDIA AI City Challenge 2019.


Many technologies have the potential to alleviate concerns related to the environmental impact of commercial aviation. However, there is considerable uncertainty surrounding the impacts that integration of these technologies will have on future aircraft. In this paper, the foundation is established for a physical experiment selection methodology that aims to maximize the reduction of uncertainty and the maturation of technologies. Throughout the methodology formulation, a case study is described for an active flow control technology currently under development.


Xenograft survival is a balance between immunological rejection and adaptive changes in the graft. Immunohistochemical analysis of vascular immunoglobulin deposition in heterotopic and orthotopic pig to primate cardiac xenografts shows vascular antibody deposition as early as 30 min after reperfusion and throughout the transplant period in both GT+ and GTKO hearts. Despite the abundance of antibody, graft contractility in heterotopic transplants and the ability of the graft to support orthotopic recipients remained high, with little evidence of microvascular thrombosis for extended periods of time. This suggests that the graft is actively adapting to chronic antibody exposure to forestall thrombosis.

To investigate the effects of chronic antibody exposure we used an Affymetrix porcine gene array to study the changes in gene expression in orthotopic transplant recipients. Four sets of mRNA were studied, Group 1: normal porcine hearts were used as controls (n = 2), Group 2: long surviving pig-to-primate orthotopic xenografts (n = 5), Group 3: orthotopic xenografts which failed in the perioperative period to support the recipient (n = 7) and Group 4: orthotopic xenografts that were rejected (n = 3). RNA from each group was used to produce cDNA for hybridization to an Affymetrix porcine gene array (?900624). This array contains 23 935 probes. We used a previously reported extended annotation database which provides annotations for 21 122 gene titles [1]. The raw fluorescence was normalized and each probe was subjected to a present/absent test using the Affymetrix MAS 5.0 algorithm. A Student's t-test was used to compare expression of each probe in the experimental groups (Groups 2–4) to Group 1 the control hearts. The DAVID Bioinformatics database [2] was used to identify enrichments in Kegg pathways and in Gene Ontogeny attributes.

Orthotopic cardiac xenograft recipients survived for 14, 23, 34, 40 and 57 days without rejection. Recipients died due to sudden death for unknown cause, atrial hemorrhage, pulmonary hemorrhage, pneumonitis and sepsis respectively. Histologic analysis of these hearts at necropsy showed minimal injury (10%) in three recipients and moderate damage (35–45%) in two recipients. In no instance was death due to heart failure. Group 3 hearts failed within 48 hours of transplant. These hearts initially exhibited good cardiac function, based on echocardiography but could not maintain that function as they were weaned from inotropic support. Histology of the failed hearts showed vascular antibody deposition but only rarely was complement deposition (C5b) detected. There was moderate ischemic injury to the myocardium but little evidence of hemorrhage. In no instance was heart failure due to hyperacute rejection. The rejected orthotopic xenografts failed on days 9, 14 and 25. Histology showed widespread vascular antibody staining and complement deposition.

Real time PCR validation of the gene array data was performed with 58 probes using RNA from the long surviving xenograft (Group 2). There was greater than 90% correlation. Groups 2–4 showed a similar number of probes which passed the exclusion test (16 006 Group 2, 16 991 Group 3 and 16 214 Group 4), however, rejected hearts (Group 4) showed the fewest number of probes with significant deviation from the control samples. Genes with highly altered levels of expression (more that 3 standard deviations from the controls) were variably regulated between Groups 2–4. For example, long surviving orthotopic hearts (Group 2) exhibited an equal proportion of genes with highly increased or decreased expression. In rejected hearts (Group 4) genes with highly altered expression were overwhelming due to decreased gene expression. All experimental groups showed increased expression of genes commonly associated with myocardial injury.

Bioinformatics analysis detected enrichment in genes involved in KEGG pathways for focal adhesion, extracellular matrix receptor interactions and cell communication in the long surviving orthotopic hearts (Group 2). Additionally there was enrichment in several metabolic pathways. The changes in metabolic gene expression were also evident, to lesser degree, in the rejected hearts but not observed in hearts which failed during the perioperative period (Group 3). These results suggest that long surviving orthotopic cardiac xenografts maybe undergo extracellular remodeling and have altered metabolic activity. This analysis suggests that chronic antibody exposure may effect endothelial cell functions beyond haemostasis which promote cardiac remodeling and altered metabolism and may contribute to graft failure.

This work was supported by NIH grant #U01 AI066310

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2. Huang DW, Sherman BT, Lempicki RA. Systematic and integrative analysis of largegene lists using DAVID bioinformatics resources. Nature Protoc. 2009; 4(1): 44–57.


Ocean boundary plays a significant role in various activities at sea. China owns broad waters, and the related data of ocean boundary was mostly recorded on paper, which is not up to the meets of the informationization and the users' demand. This paper, according to the study of ocean boundary database, adopts OO language and relational database, presents the design methods, and provides the powerful theory support for building technology of the ocean boundaries database.


An analytic expression for the dynamic structure factor S(k,ω) of a 3D electron gas is obtained by the recurrence relation method. It is valid for one metallic density r s ≃3.5 and is exact asymptotically, i.e., kk F (k F the Fermi wave vector). The result is based on an assumption, justified by the kinetic-energy and static-structure-factor sum rules and also numerically approximately corroborated


An improved SPICE model for a thermoelectric generator (TEG) is presented. Temperature variations of the intrinsic internal parameters are included in the proposed model. For accuracy in the proposed model, the internal parasitic components effects and the temperature dependence of the parameters that occur in any thermoelectric module (TEM) were taken into account. Experimental results were compiled in the form of a lookup table and then fed into the SPICE simulator using a piecewise linear (PWL) model in order to validate the model. Experimental results showed that a differential temperature of 13.43°C was achievable whereas the SPICE model indicated a temperature gap of 9.86°C with the higher error being associated with the hot side. Overall, both experimental and simulated results were in a good agreement.


The purpose of this study is to observe and supervise the patient's health using a hardware medical kit and a software application. This proposal illustrates the objective of resolving health complaints using present-day technology, the Internet of things (IoT), and Machine Learning. The Patient's body specifications can be determined concurrently using this system framework. The sensors fetch patient body specifications and hand over the particulars to a microcontroller which forwards that to the cloud. The sufferer can lay eyes on this information with the help of an android application. Distinct decision-making algorithms are made to make it fine and the primary perk of this system is it spontaneously produces the proper prescription based on the vital specifications of the valetudinarian.


KLITZKE, Erika; BUENO, Gabriel de C.; JAVORSKY, Isabela B. Unidade Seguidora de Solda do Robô AIR-12 (U.S.S. AIR-12). Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso – Engenharia Industrial Elétrica – ênfase Eletrônica/Telecom., Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná. Curitiba, 2013. The Industry of Oil and Gas (O&G), due to market competition, seeking to minimize its costs and to increase its productivity, is always in constant technological development in areas such as extraction of oil and production of oil products, maintenance and inspection of equipment, among other technical activities. In order to promote training of human resources for this industry there were created special educational programs, such as the PRHs, which are Training Programs for Human Resources that are sponsored by ANP and Petrobras. UTFPR is the seat of PRH-10, precisely the Laboratory of Automation and Advanced Control Systems (LASCA) develops projects in partnership with Petrobras and provides scholarships for students, as the members of this working group, to form human resources for industry Oil and Gas by conducting research and development projects. Among these projects tools are being developed to control and automate processes for O&G, which apply primarily to fields related to surveillance and security of equipment, foremost among these equipment there are tanks and spheres for fuel storage. These large facilities require constant maintenance. This project is characterized by the development of a module for image processing in real time, using an algorithm that defines the trajectory of a robot inspection on a tank or storage sphere. This processing is realized by hardware, and causes the robot to autonomously move along a weld bead. It was assembled a structure that allows laser to beam a weld bead and a camera performs the image capture of the light pattern formed by laser stripes on the weld bead. This image is processed by a circuit coded in VHDL (Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language), which is embedded in an FPGA (Field-programmable gate array). This module is part of the control loop of the engines that perform the movement of the robot. From this module, other groups of PRH-10 scholars can develop specific inspection or location modules, so the entire robot shall become a product applicable to O&G industry. Key-words: Mobile Robotics. Weld Inspection. Computational Vision. Digital Image Processing by hardware. LISTA DE FIGURAS Figura 1 Diagrama de blocos do projeto ................................................................. 14 Figura 2 Esquema barramento CAN ....................................................................... 18 Figura 3 Palavra transmitida no protocolo RS232 ................................................... 19 Figura 4 CPU industrial MIP11 ................................................................................ 20 Figura 5 Estrutura mecânica do robô ...................................................................... 22 Figura 6 Motor e Driver ........................................................................................... 22 Figura 7 Modelo do barramento CAN Motor/Driver ................................................. 23 Figura 8 Sensor SRF02........................................................................................... 24 Figura 9 Circuito utilizado para converter TTL no padrão EIA-232 ......................... 25 Figura 10 Diferença construtiva entre sensores CCD e CMOS .............................. 26 Figura 11 Câmera com CCD modelo NS-C3901N da Sony .................................... 27 Figura 12 Gerador de feixe laser de cor vermelha .................................................. 27 Figura 13 Kit de desenvolvimento DE2 ................................................................... 29 Figura 14 Sinais de sincronismo horizontal ............................................................. 31 Figura 15 Sinais de sincronismo vertical ................................................................. 31 Figura 16 Estrutura de uma imagem digital ............................................................ 35 Figura 17 Esquema de thresholding das cores em RGB ........................................ 36 Figura 18 Tentativa bem sucedida da filtragem por cor .......................................... 37 Figura 19 Saturação da parte interna do feixe de laser .......................................... 38 Figura 20 – Imagem do laser com saturação no meio do feixe luminoso. ................. 39 Figura 21 – Resultado do thresholding por cor.......................................................... 40 Figura 22 Operação morfológica de erosão ............................................................ 41 Figura 23 Operação morfológica de dilatação ......................................................... 42 Figura 24 Resultado final da filtragem após preenchimento de buracos ................. 43 Figura 25 Diagrama de blocos do sistema com ênfase na FPGA ........................... 43 Figura 26 Estrutura fixa da câmera e dos lasers ..................................................... 47 Figura 27 – Máquina de estados do circuito de PDI .................................................. 49 Figura 28 Robô com o sensor a uma distância d da parede ................................... 52 Figura 29 Diferença entre a distância real e a distância medida ............................. 53 Figura 30 Fluxograma da transmissão de dados pela FPGA .................................. 55 Figura 31 Padrão para a transmissão de dados e reconstrução do feixe laser....... 56 Figura 32 Representação do cálculo do erro da trajetória do robô ......................... 56 Figura 33 Representação da definição do ângulo entre os pontos P1 e P2 ........... 57 Figura 34 Esquema utilizado para a definição das equações de controle .............. 58 Figura 35 Representação do novo erro ................................................................... 58 Figura 36 Esquema após a mudança de coordenadas ........................................... 59 Figura 37 Laser incidindo sobre o cordão de testes ................................................ 61 Figura 38 Robô realizando uma trajetória retilínea ................................................. 62 Figura 39 Robô realizando uma trajetória curvilínea ............................................... 63


Bit holder with quick change personalized pedicle screw placement jig and its preparation method, the personalized pedicle screw placement jig comprising a body and a drill sleeve; the lower end of the body is provided with a bone fitting surface and a bottom surface, an upper end provided pedicle screw with a plane, both the front and rear walls of the indentation means is provided, the body is provided with two opposing channels staple, opposite the staple channel to the end of the through screw placement plane, to the other end penetrating the bottom surface; bit holder mounted within the staple channel set both form a transition fit. Advantage of the present invention, the body size and structure of the bone contact surfaces are designed according to the target vertebra shape, size and positional relationship of adjacent vertebrae, with significant customization features. Drilling through the drill sleeve pedicle screw thread bottom, and then pedicle screw, we can ensure that no perforation of the pedicle cortex, but also to ensure the space allowed within the scope of the pedicle screw has a larger diameter, whereby a large extent to ensure firm after implantation having a three-dimensional effect is fixed, and then copied to achieve biomechanical properties vertebral joint.


We present a technique and related system implementation for minimizing energy consumption in ripple carry adder blocks, and we show simulation results for the various system blocks. The method includes a tracking loop which measures the energy consumed by the load and controls, through a DC-DC converter, the supply voltage of the load. The energy consumption of the adder is calculated for a range of inputs in order to verify the efficiency of the tracking loop. Results corresponding to an 8-bit ripple carry adder show that energy savings of the order of 50%-100% are expected to be obtained when all the blocks of the circuit are running together. The system is simulated using HSPICE and Verilog-A.


Hypothesis / aims of study Benign prostatic obstruction (BPO) represents a clinically significant cause of bladder outflow obstruction in men. Clinical manifestations are related to obstruction of the urethra and bladder dysfunction. Bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) results in an impaired ability of the urinary bladder to store and empty urine. In animal models, BOO results in bladder dysfunction and alterations of the contractile machinery in detrusor smooth muscle (DSM), similar to those found in men with BPO. However, the alterations in the relaxant mechanisms in DSM undergoing BOO have been poorly investigated. Nitric oxide (NO) has been recognized as an important neurotransmitter in the lower urinary tract, where it exerts its actions mainly through activation of soluble guanylyl cyclase leading to accumulation of cGMP levels. Intracellular cGMP is rapidly inactivated to GMP by the activity of phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE-5). The present study aimed to investigate the in vivo (cystometry), as well as the in vitro contractile and relaxant alterations of DSM in a mice model of BOO.


Background and Objectives  Approximately 1 in every 2000 units of platelets is contaminated with bacteria. The BacT/ALERT automated blood culture system can be used to screen platelet concentrates (PCs) for bacterial contamination.


Development of a transmit/receive module operating at 30 GHz is described. This module is intended for use in a broadband wireless, local area network (WLAN) demonstrator system and consists of monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) and miniature hybrid microwave integrated circuits (MHMICs) assembled together in a single housing together with four planar, leaky wave antenna elements. The antenna array is used in a switching mode, with an MMIC switching network, to direct the transmit or receive signals appropriately. The demonstrator module has a 90° coverage in the horizontal plane and can he extended to provide full 360° coverage, by grouping four such modules together.


As is widely recognized, the dephasing of an optical impurity doped in an amorphous host is mainly brought about by the interaction with two level systems (TLS)1). Because the microscopic structure of TLS is not clear and statistically distributed in usual cases, it is quite difficult at present to specify the relevant factors which govern the the relaxation of TLS's in a given material. However, we know that the relaxation is substantially the tunneling of atoms in the material.


In‐home networking is becoming a reality. New multimedia applications envisaged for indoor networks require data rate of up to several gigabits per second. In order to meet such a demand for high data rate unlicensed spectrum of 5GHz around 60GHz band is being considered for a potential choice. This pico cellular infrastructure also helps in reducing the interference; at the same time, it is a cause for high deployment cost. Radio‐over‐fiber infrastructure is an obvious choice to feed this last mile high data rate links. The combination of radio‐over‐fiber and 60GHz wireless links, which is known as hybrid Fi‐Wi, is a promising solution to offer high data rate indoor networking. Because of smaller cell size, handoffs between these small cells occur frequently in such a hybrid network. Because of smaller overlapping area between neighbouring cells, guaranteeing quality of service in this network is highly difficult compared with the traditional wireless cellular networks. Thus, resource management in such network is a challenging task. In indoor environments, techniques such as hidden Markov models can be employed to predict movements with high degree of accuracy. In this article, we propose a handoff scheme that utilises movement prediction to reserve bandwidth in only potential target cells before each handoff is initiated. The simulation results show that the proposed scheme performs better than the two other schemes from the literature in terms of the call dropping probability and the call blocking probability. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The article analyzes certain aspects of the Internet of Things (IoT), the role it plays in industrial and consumer spheres, and the implications of IoT for marketers. Numerous applications of IoT are changing the everyday life of consumers and also provide huge amounts of data available for marketing analysis. However, the possibilities of IoT are accompanied by certain risks including an unauthorized access to and the use of personal information. New regulation concerning data protection is coming into force in Europe, which will concern not only European companies. Keywords—digital marketing; Internet of Things; Industrial Internet of Things; Consumer Internet of Things; data security


The aim of this study was investigation of various levels of vitamin E in Tris extender on semen characteristics of
Ghezel rams in pre and post freezing conditions. Semen was collected from six healthy and mature rams with
average 55±5 Kg body weight by electro ejaculator. High quality samples were mixed and diluted in Tris extender
after apply different concentration of vitamin E. Treatments were various levels of vitamin E (0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
m/M). The semen aliquots were chilled and preserved at 5°C and their quality was evaluated in pre freezing, and
then cooling semen samples entered into 0.5 ml of straws. At first, straws were frozen upper vapor liquid nitrogen,
and then kept in -196ÂoC. After 10 days straws were thawed and some characteristics of spermatozoa were examined.
Analysis of data was carried based on completely randomized design. Results of this study showed that the effect of
vitamin E on characteristics of viability, motility, progressive motility and normal of spermatozoa were significant
in pre and post freezing conditions (P


In this presentation, the development through molecular engineering of highly efficient TPA materials that can be used for 3D microfabrications in the near infrared (NIR) regime, and also the development of various methods for improving the precision and efficiency of 3D microfabrications are reported.


In recent years,Party members in countryside facing shortage of evelopment targets,The reasons are as follows:The first,the Communist Youth League of China don not play role in the Communist Party of China reserve force.The second,New class in countryside was restricted not only standard but also desire of jioning the Party.The third,many young farmers migrate from the rural areas to the urban.The fouth,grass-roots Party members in countryside development work on the subject faded out.


With a wide range bridge No.2 block bottom plate longitudinal crack as example,analyzed various aspects reasons comprehensively,the numerical simulation was carried with ANSYS software.From simulation results,it reflected practical engineering situation more accurate.At last,the proper suggestions about how to reduce shrinkage crack generation against to wide range bridge construction.


Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to determine the direct influence of the mechanism of good corporate governance (GCG) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) on financial performance as well as through earnings management as a mediating variable.

Design/methodology/approach
The data used in this research are secondary data involving 102 companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange for the period 2014. The data used in this study were analyzed using partial least square and carried out with the help of software WarpPLS 5.0.

Findings
The results show that the mechanism of GCG and CSR has a positive effect on financial performance as well as the CSR on financial performance.

Originality/value
The results also show partial mediation of earnings management on impact of GCG mechanisms on financial performance and full mediation of earnings management on impact of CSR on financial performance.


As energy conservation practices have become commonplace, publications regarding energy efficient clothing are increasingly available. This study focused on the effect of the method of dissemination of energy efficient clothing information on knowledge, attitudes and behavior. A booklet and a slidetape program were the experimental treatments designed for this study. One-way analysis of variance and Newman-Keuls follow-up procedures were used to examine the differences between two treatment groups and a control group on the knowledge, attitudes and behavior variables. Results indicated that knowledge of energy efficient clothing was higher among subjects exposed to either print or visual material than among those who were not. No differences were found in energy conservation attitudes and few differences were found in behavior change between the three groups.


Air-gapped systems are isolated from the Internet due to the sensitive information they handle.This paper presents a new covert channel attack that enables the leaking of sensitive information from highly isolated, air-gapped systems to nearby mobile phones. Malware running on an air-gapped computer can generate radio waves by executing crafted code on the target system. The malicious code exploits the dynamic power consumption of modern computers and manipulates the momentary loads on CPU cores. With this technique, malware can control the computer's internal utilization and generate low-frequency electromagnetic radiation in the 0-60 kHz band. Sensitive information (e.g., files, encryption keys, biometric data, and keylogging) can be modulated over the emanated signals and received by a nearby mobile phone at a max speed of 1000 bit/sec. We show that a standard smartphone with a simple antenna carried by a malicious insider or visitor can be used as a covert receiver. Finally, we present a set of countermeasures to this air-gap attack.


High quality three-dimensional micro-and nano-structures were fabricated in photoresist SU-8 by two-photon laser lithography. Extended periodic microstructures with so-called woodpile architecture are demonstrated to have good quality and exhibit fundamental and higher-order photonic stop-gaps in the infrared wavelength range of 2.0-8.0 µm. These SU-8 structures can be used as photonic crystal templates suitable for infiltration by high refractive index materials. To illustrate the resolution limit of SU-8 material, we also demonstrate fabrication of SU-8 nanorods with ultrahigh resolution of about 30 nm.


Some years ago Mr. Henry Fair, of Spokane, Washington, noted that the rock of the Columbia River lava flows being excavated in the city of Spokane contained vesicular cavities in which were developed unusual minerals, most abundant and conspicuous among which was siderite in the peculiar spherical forms commonly called sphaerosiderite. Mr. Fair carefully selected a large collection of the best of the specimens of this material for preservation in the Eastern Washington State Museum and a number of duplicates was sent to the New York Mineralogical Club for distribution among the members. One specimen from this lot was sent to the National Museum by L. P. Gratacap. An analysis of the siderite having been made by J. P. Maider, city chemist of Spokane, the optical properties were measured by Larsen and the data published by Wherry and Larsen.* These results have since been again used by Gaubert.^ Mr. Fair has desired that the material be given a more general and detailed study and that, if of sufhciently general interest, the results be published. To this end he recently donated a representative series of specimens from the locality to the National Museum. These have been studied in the Museum laboratory, with results as below. The minerals identified include feldspar (oligoclase-andesine), magnetite, cristobalite, siderite, pyrite, iron opal, hyalite, calcite, aragonite, barite, limonite, and goethite. One of the most interesting though least conspicuous of these is the cristobalite, which occurs in well-formed crystals which it has been possible to measure on the goniometer. The paragenesis and association of the minerals of the


In this paper, the Poynting analysis of electromagnetic (EM) energy leakage of substrate integrated wave-guide (SIW) due to periodic gaps is investigated for the first time. By EM simulation, Poynting flowing through the sidewalls is extracted to describe the EM energy leakage characteristics of the SIW. With this method, not only SIW, but also other multi-layer microwave integrated circuits with EM energy leakage can be studied.


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In the present paper we consider the r-molecular reversible reaction rA⇌B from several viewpoints. The deterministic theory for integral reaction orders is considered first and is subsequently extended to cover the case of fractional order reactions. Stochastic models are then proposed, the analyses being carried through by spectral methods and, in the case of first order reactions, the first passage time problem is also examined. Finally, we use a diffusion theory approach to the problem to obtain results which are valid for a large number of molecules.


Post-apartheid South Africa, marked by a spirit of provocative enlightenment, witnessed the abolition of those forms of censorship that heretofore denied its citizens democratic access to alternative representations of religion, eroticism, politics, lifestyles and pluralism in general.


Lettuce‐associated respiratory allergy has never been reported before. The aim of this study was to clarify the clinical condition of lettuce‐associated respiratory allergy and to identify the lettuce antigen which induces allergic symptoms.


Residues of organochlorine pesticides in fat of game bagged in Eastern Poland in years 1988-1989 were determined. They were found to be smaller than the analogous residues in years 1986-1987.


The biology of Miniopterus australis was investigated in north-eastern New South Wales (latitude c. 30°S) between 1960 and 1966. In this area the species reaches the southern limit of its distribution and is largely confined to the subtropical coastal belt. Mating occurs in the winter months June and July, and is followed by a period of retarded embryonic development to mid-September. Births occur in December. The only nursery colony of M. australis located was that of the southernmost population of the species. It included about 4000 individuals (approximately 1800 young) in December and was intimately associated with a much larger nursery colony of M. schreibersii. A comparison of the winter behaviour of M. australis with that of M. schreibersii at the same latitude revealed that pre-winter increase in weight is less marked, that feeding behaviour persists longer, and that there are fewer, and less rigid, periods of torpidity in the former species. In its reproductive and wintering characteristics M. australis, at 30°S., has diverged less from the tropical, and presumably ancestral, pattern for the genus than has M. schreibersii at the same latitude. It is argued that M. australis has colonized New South Wales from low latitudes later than M. schreibersii and that colonization southwards may have been dependent upon, or promoted by, the prior existence of M. schreibersii nursery colonies. An analysis of retrapping data for the southernmost population of M. australis suggests that this is represented as two subpopulations (highland and lowland) between which adult individuals seldom exchange. Spermatogenesis, and hence mating, occurs slightly earlier in the highland subpopulation. It is suggested that earlier mating in this subpopulation may be selectively advantageous, and that the long-term effect of selection here could be to shift the timing of reproductive events in the entire population back towards that observed in M. schreibersii. Earlier mating should be correlated with a stronger manifestation of pre-winter increase in weight and of winter torpidity. The combination of all these changes in M. australis would permit further range expansion to the south and west, provided that suitable nursery sites are available and can be found.


Automation of five satellite compressors in the Spindle field, north of Denver, has enabled Amoco Production Co. to more closely monitor and regulate the performance of the 5 million CF/day units. With the increase in gas prices, the 1.5% improvement in compressor availability makes automation a cost-effective alternative to the previous operation, in which the compressors were unattended 16 hr/day and visited four times a day by a runner. Sensors measure compressor operating parameters such as pressure, temperature, and engine rpm on a continuous basis. An onsite remote-terminal unit (RTU) converts the data from analog to digital form for transmission to the master terminal unit and computer. The computer processes the data and returns control commands through the RTU to the appropriate control device. The purpose of the control program is to increase station throughput by maintaining the highest possible engine rpm and first-stage suction pressure. If the data indicate a compressor malfunction, the computer will print warning messages to alert operating personnel.


With behaviour bioassay and electroantennogram investigation,it is found that both n-hexane and ether rinses from tea aphid body surface showed obvious attractive activity to its important natural enemies Aphidius sp., Chrysopa sinica, and Coccinella septempunctata and the attractive activity of n-hexane rinse was slight stronger. GC and GC-MS analyses showed that the main components in n-hexane rinse were undecane, benzaldehyde, 2,5-hexanedione, 2,5-dihydro-thiophene, linallol, naphthalene, 4-methyl -octane, 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, bis (dibutyl phthalate), dibutyl phthalate and eicosane, in which the amounts of benzaldehyde, 2,5-hexanedione and linalool were a little more than the others. The main components from ether rinse were E-2-hexenoic acid, heptadecane, 2,6,10,14-tetramethyl-pentadecane, eicosane, tetratetracontane, dibutyl phthalate and nonadecane, among which the amounts of E-2-hexenoic acid and heptadecane were much more.


Transforming multi-dimensional data into a one-dimensional sequence using space-filling curves such as the Hilbert curve, the Gray curve, and the Z-curve has been studied extensively. These techniques are not sensitive to data or workload skewness, however, in practice, user-access patterns and data distributions are often very skewed in high dimensional space. It is desirable to produce a one-dimensional sequence which keeps the multi-dimensional grid cells that are queried together close to each other. This generates sequences with higher spatial locality. We propose a workload-based approach to produce one-dimensional ordering from multi-dimensional data in this paper. An extensive experimental evaluation suggests that our approach produces a high quality ordering sequence which outperforms the existing state-of-the-art Hilbert curve by a factor of 4.84, the Gray curve by a factor of 6.66, and the Z-curve by a factor of 7.26 for the number of subsequences used to answer a query; and for IO time, it outperforms the Hilbert curve by a factor of 2.20, the Gray curve by a factor of 2.25, and the Z-curve by 2.38.


In their recent article Patel & Sumathipala ([2001][1]) lament the low level of international representation in high-impact psychiatry journals and argue that such a phenomenon is curtailing the development of the psychiatric discipline in both developed and developing countries. Although I agree


. We study baryon asymmetry generation originated from the leptogenesis in the presence of hypermagnetic fields in the early Universe plasma before the electroweak phase transition (EWPT). For the simplest Chern-Simons (CS) wave configuration of hypermagnetic field we find the baryon asymmetry growth when the hypermagnetic field value changes due to α 2 -dynamo and the lepton asymmetry rises due to the Abelian anomaly. We solve the corresponding integro-differential equations for the lepton asymmetries describing such self-consistent dynamics for lepto- and baryogenesis in the two scenarios: (i) when a primordial lepton asymmetry sits in right electrons e R ; and (ii) when, in addition to e R , a left lepton asymmetry for e L and ν eL arises due to chirality flip reactions provided by inverse Higgs decays at the temperatures, T < T RL ∼ 10 TeV. We find that the baryon asymmetry of the Universe (BAU) rises very fast through such leptogenesis, especially, in strong hypermagnetic fields. Varying (decreasing) the CS wave number parameter k 0 < 10 − 7 T EW one can recover the observable value of BAU, η B ∼ 10 − 9 , where k 0 = 10 − 7 T EW corresponds to the maximum value for CS wave number surviving ohmic dissipation of hypermagnetic field. In the scenario (ii) one predicts the essential difference of the lepton numbers of right- and left electrons at EWPT time, L eR − L eL ∼ ( µ eR − µ eL ) /T EW = ∆ µ/T EW ≃ 10 − 5 that can be used as an initial condition for chiral asymmetry after EWPT.


Ditolyldithiophosphates of titanium corresponding t o [(C5H5)2Ti{S2P(OAr)2}nCl2-n] (Ar = o-, m-, p-CH3C6H4, p-Clm-CH3C6H3; n = 1 and 2) have been synthesized and characteri zed by elemental analyses, IR, mass and heteronuclear NMR ( H, C and P) spectroscopic analyses. The combined DTA/DTG the rmal analysis of [{(pCH3C6H4O)2PS2}2Ti(C5H5)2] has yielded final thermolysis product as TiS 2. Cyclic voltammetry probed the redox capabilities of [{(m-CH3C6H4O)2PS2}2Ti(C5H5)2]. Comparison of antimicrobial activity of the liga nds and complexes has shown that the complexes are more eff ective than the ligands. The in vitro cytotoxic inv estigations against the cultivated human cell lines revealed th at e titanium complexes are more active.


THE AIR AND WATER PERMEABILITIES OF UNSATURATED COHESIVE SOILS HAVE BEEN MEASURED IN A MODIFIED TRIAXIAL CELL PERMEAMETER, WHICH MAINTAINS SEPARATE CONTINUITY OF BOTH THE AIR AND WATER PHASES DURING PERMEATION. THREE DIFFFERENT COHESIVE SOILS HAVE BEEN TESTED AND THE RESULTS INTERPRETED IN TERMS OF THE CLUSTER CONCEPT OF SOIL STRUCTURE, WHICH RECOGNISES THE EXISTENCE OF BOTH MACRO- AND MICRO-PORES. BOTH AIR AND WATER PERMEABILITY ARE SHOWN TO BE DOMINATED BY THE GEOMETRY AND DEGREE OF SATURATION OF THE INTERCLUSTER MACRO-PORES. COMPRESSION OF THE SOIL ALWAYS REDUCES THE AIR PERMEABILITY BUT CAN INCREASE THE WATER PERMEABILITY BY INCREASING THE MEMBRANE FLOW AROUND THE CLUSTERS. THE RELATIONS BETWEEN SOIL SUCTION, OCCLUSION OF THE AIR CHANNELS, AND COMPACTION WATER CONTENT HAVE ALSO BEEN STUDIED. /TRRL/


A process for producing a water-absorbing polysaccharide, comprising the steps of: - the bringing into contact of the uncrosslinked polysaccharide, modified with carboxyl groups or carboxyalkyl groups, with a polyphosphate wherein the polyphosphate, the composition M - cross-linking the polysaccharide gel; - wherein the dried, cross-linked polysaccharide is milled and particulate crosslinked polysaccharides are obtained; - wherein the particulate, crosslinked polysaccharide is post-crosslinked in the outside area of the particles with a post-crosslinking agent.


Dynamically reconfigurable architectures or systems are able to reconfigure their function and/or structure to suit changing needs of a computation during run time. The increasing flexibility of modern dynamically reconfigurable systems improves their adaptability but also makes fast reconfiguration difficult because of the large amount of necessary reconfiguration information. However, even when a computation uses this flexibility it is not use it all the time. Therefore, we propose to make the potential for reconfiguration itself reconfigurable. This allows for speeding up reconfiguration operations during phases where only parts of the total flexibility are required. Such architectures are called hyperreconfigurable and uses two types of reconfiguration operations: hyperreconfigurations for changing the reconfiguration potential and ordinary reconfigurations for actually configuring a new context for a computation.


ABSTRACT FOR JAIPUR 2011 CONFERENCE PERFORATIVE PERITONITIS-A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 200 CASES Authors : 1) Dr Vishal Diddi Place of study: L T M Medical College, Sion, Mumbai. Address: c/o Mr M B Motwani, 115/83, Hindustan Chowk, Mulund Colony, Mumbai-400082 Ph No: 9920684465 2) Dr Kanchan Motwani L T M Medical College, Sion, Mumbai. Introduction The high incidence of perforative peritonitis and its high morbidity and mortality have prompted us to undertake an in depth study of this condition. The purpose is to determine the factors which alter its course and/or increase its severity so as to minimise its adverse effects on the patient and ensure safest and fastest recovery Aims and objectives To study v etiological factors v factors affecting mortality and morbidity v effect of pre-hospital and intra- hospital delay, hemodyanamic status on presentation and amount of contamination on the final outcome v significance of investigations like plain x ray chest/abdomen (standing), peritoneal tap and USG abdomen Materials and methods Study design 200 cases of perforative peritonitis were studied Relevant data of all patients was collected and analysed and effect of each factor on mortality and morbidity was studied. Inclusion criteria All patients of generalised peritonitis with hollow viscus perforation (irrespective of age and sex) subjected to surgery Exclusion criteria Traumatic intestinal perforations. Statistical methods Appropriate statistical methods like t-test, mean and standard deviation, Chi-square test used. p-value calculated for all variables Results Final Outcome Mean P-value Age Discharged(162) Expired(38) 35.04 50.53 0.000 Pre-hospital Delay(hours) Discharged(162) Expired(38) 44.46 56.03 0.048 Intra-hospital delay(hours) Discharged(162) Expired(38) 5.10 15.80 0.000 Amount of Contamination Discharged(162) Expired(38) 567.95 1513.16 0.000 Hospital stay(days) Discharged(162) Expired(38) 10.5 7.13 0.013 1)Commonest etiology-NSAID intake(47.5%) 2)Gas under diaphragm on x-ray-78%. 3)Commonest site of perforation-duodenum(1 st part)(34.5%) 4)Commonest post-operative complications-wound infection(45%), septicaemia(23%) and chest infection(21%). 5)Tracheostomy required in-18% 6)Overall mortality-19% morbidity-43.5%. 7)Highest mortality and morbidity seen in large bowel perforation Conclusion Decreasing NSAID abuse and pre-hospital and intra-hospital delay,early diagnosis,aggressive fluid and electrolyte management and early treatment of peptic ulcer disease help in decreasing the mortality and morbidity associated with this curable but potentially life threatening condition.