Summary: The aim of this study is to analyze the results of ultrasound screening of the hips in newborns and infants and to establish the importance of ultrasonography in early diagnosis and treatment of developmental dysplasia of the hips (DDH). Material and Methods: In 2010, at the Clinic for orthopedic surgery in Skopje, 6333 newborns and infants were examined. They were classified in 2 groups: first group consisted of patients with normal ultrasound findings and second group consisted of patients with DDH on ultrasound finding. Patients underwent clinical examination and ultrasonography of the hips. Results: We examined 6333 newborns and infants up to 6 months of age. 3213 were female and 3120 were male. In the first group there were 5932 (93.67%) patients with normal ultrasound of the hip-Graf Type 1. In the second group there were 401 (6.33%) patients with DDH on ultrasound. The patients of the second group were divided in 3 types according to Graf method. Graf Type 2 — Patients with dysplasia 378 (5.97%) subdivided in 2a- 260 (4.11%) patients, 2b 85 (1.34%) patients and 2c 33 (0.52%) patients. Graf Type 3 — Patients with subluxation of the hip 9 (0.1%), subdivided in 3a 3 (0.05%) patients and 3b 3 (0.5%) patients. Graf Type 4 — Patients with luxation of the hip 17 (0.27%) patients. 124 patients (30.5%) with DDH had an associated risk factors (65 patients with positive family history, 48 patients with breech delivery and 11 patients with clubfoot deformity). 387 patients with dysplasia and subluxation of the hips were treated with abduction brace and Pavlik harness. 17 patients with luxation of the hips were treated with exercises and overhead traction of the muscles, close reduction of the hip placed in spica cast or open reduction. Conclusion: Ultrasound screening of hips in newborns and infants is important for early diagnosis of DDH. This is necessary for adequate treatments. If this disease is not treated properly it gives long term morbidity such as gait abnormalities, chronic pain and degenerative arthritis. Analysis of the results of ultrasound screening of the hips in our population showed that there is a significant number of dysplastic hips.


Analysis. Composition of virtually all concurrent, distributed, real-time, or embedded software running on an operating system is based on some notion of software processes. Operating systems including many real-time operating systems provide widely used abstractions of which software processes are probably still the most successful. A (software) process is typically a sequential or multi-threaded program with an isolated virtual address space and an execution context, which contains state information such as the processor registers and scheduling status as well as timing and I/O descriptors. Interprocess communication (IPC) provides disciplined and well-understood means to overcome process isolation, in many cases, even across machines. In general, processes compute in isolation and invoke system calls to control timing, perform I/O and IPC, and request memory, as indicated by Figure 1. A modern operating system kernel usually handles such calls with dedicated subsystems for interrupt handling, I/O scheduling, IPC handling, and memory management. The systems community has devoted a lot of attention to their semantics and performance with an arguable preference for performance. However, the behavioral requirements of many software applications on timing, I/O, IPC, and memory are often inadequately addressed by the common focus on highest throughput and lowest latency. Since the observable behavior of processes is effectively determined by the invoked system calls, serving processes as fast as possible, e.g., by executing system calls using the fastest I/O schedulers available, may only provide an incomplete solution. For example, delivering a web page in 100ms rather than 10ms does not make much of a difference to a web surfer. However, if it takes 10s just because someone else is currently downloading a large file from the same sever, expectations are clearly not met. A more-dimensional space of permissible behaviors rather than just maximum speed may therefore characterize the situation more appropriately while the range of what is permissible typically decreases with the requirements. As opposed to a web server, a streaming server usually requires access guarantees to a rather confined frequency band on the network. Similar to decreasing web surfing latency, increasing streaming throughput beyond that band has obviously little benefit. The range of permissible behaviors is even smaller for real-time and embedded applications such as digital controllers where the emphasis is typically on predictable, low latency rather than average, high throughput. Interestingly, the networking community has already addressed such behavioral requirements quite effectively using a variety of queueing techniques


During the new normal era in the Covid-19 era, several companies experienced problems in the form of queues when using the attendance list scan tool every morning and evening. The human resource management department needs to take strategic steps in the form of the latest innovations. That is what underlies us to design an Android-based attendance application using GPS online. The GPS on the smartphone will monitor the user's position so that it can be used to find out the position of attendance. The mobile phone number and Mac address of the employee's cellphone will be recorded in the system and become the employee ID. The use of a smartphone is better than the use of the RFID or microchip on the ID card because very often the ID card is left in the office, while the smartphone is always carried anywhere. We chose extreme programming using an object-oriented approach that includes planning, designing, coding, and testing. Besides, we also added features for submitting work leave, late permits, and absences from work by attaching evidence. The result obtained is the attendance application which makes it easier for employees to do attendance and this innovation is very helpful for human resource management in the Covid-19 era. In testing the application with 30 samples, it was found that 27 users could display the right position, while the other 3 positions were not suitable.


For improving the accuracy of the angular velocity calculation in the nine accelerometers configuration of GFSINS,the extended Kalman filer algorithm is presented in the paper,which makes the error estimation more accurately and gives the angular velocity a linear compensation.The simulations have shown that the method could improve the calculative accuracy of the angular velocity effectively.


For especially small ruminant animal studies, a mobile unit was built up for quick, easy and accurate live weight monitoring, especially to measure large number of sheep stocks in indoor and outdoor conditions. A Walk-over Sheep Weighing Station was designed and built by our experimental team, including devices and components for; 1. Identification of individual sheep with RFID eartags, 2. Walk over weighing scale, 3. Light alloy metal sheep handling and directing parts, 4. Data logger uploaded with specifically designed sheep evaluation software. All system units were modular and easily assembled and transported on a trailer towed by a standard car. The system was used in both indoor and outdoor conditions to measure stable and walk-over live weights of sheep. The weighing unit was additionally equipped with an improved automated device for controlling sheep's motion on the platform and thus measurements became more accurate. The walk-over-captured live weights of animals were found to be very close to stable weights with a very high correlation to both indoor and outdoor weighing trials (R2=0.99) and statistically were not different (P>0.05). The walk-over system has made systematic weighing of sheep more accurate, quicker and easier in indoor or outdoor conditions for both scientific and commercial purposes.


In order to develop a universal cryogenic piston pump of small size for increasing utilization of liquid hydrogen, dynamic compression performance of piston pump were evaluated and improvements were also discussed for piston rod and piston tip. The cryogenic piston pump has crosshead structure and inclined cup shape piston tip. As the results, it was found that i) insulation of heat flow from piston-rod part is required for stable operation ⅱ) improving the self-clearance adjustment effect of piston tip and reducing piston eccentricity were desirable to promote pumping pressure and operating range.


In this paper, the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method by means of Z transforms (ZT-FDTD) for isotropic media is extended, and the electromagnetic issues of anisotropic magnetized plasma are disposed by using ZT-FDTD. The recursion formulation of this method for anisotropic magnetized plasma is derived. The reflection and transmission coefficients of electromagnetic waves through an anisotropic magnetized plasma layer in one dimension are computed. The high accuracy and efficiency of this method for anisotropic magnetized plasma are confirmed by comparing the results of ZT-FDTD with those of analytic solution and the piecewise linear recursive convolution finite-different time-domain (PLRC-FDTD). Finally, back scattering section of anisotropic magnetized plasma column are calculated by using this method. The solution presented in this paper may be applied in plasma antenna and other related areas.


We present an experimental scheme that produces Doppler-free spectra of the $5s \to 6p $ second resonance transition in atomic rubidium. The experiment uses the saturation of the cascade fluorescence that occurs when thermal rubidium atoms interact with two counterpropagating $420 $ nm laser beams of comparable intensity. Part of the excited atomic population goes through the $5p_{3/2}$ level which then decays by emission of $780$ nm photons. Narrow dips appear in this otherwise broad $780$ nm fluorescence, which allows resolution of the $6p_{3/2}$ hyperfine structure. A rate equation model is used to interpret the spectra. It is also shown that these narrow peaks can be used to lock the frequency of the $420 $ nm laser. Using a second beam modulated in frequency produces three sets of spectra with known frequency spacings that can be used to perform an all-optical measurement of the hyperfine splittings of the $6p_{3/2} $ manifold in rubidium.


Satellite wind scatterometers are microwave radar instruments designed specifically to measure near-surface wind speed and direction over the global ocean. NASA has a long term commitment to ocean wind remote sensing, starting from Seasat- A satellite scatterometer (SASS), through NASA scatterometer (NSCAT), to SeaWinds. SASS was launched in June 1978 and operated for three months. NSCAT was launched on Japan's Advanced Earth Observation Satellite (ADEOS) in August 1996 and SeaWinds will be launched on ADEOS-2 in 1999. As a continuation of the NASA wind measurement program, we are developing a next generation wind vector measurement instrument, called SeaWinds-1B, scheduled to be launched in the year 2003 on Japan's Advanced Earth Observation Satellite- 3 (ADEOS). The purpose of this paper is to present the system parameters and system design of this new instrument. SeaWinds- 1B is a combination of two instruments into a single design: scatterometer, and polarimetric wind-radiometer (WINDRAD). The scatterometer instrument is used as a baseline to continue the active microwave wind measurements. The WINDRAD instrument is incorporated to demonstrate a new concept of wind vector measurements from space using polarimetric radiometer. WINDRAD can also be used to measure the atmospheric attenuation to improve the scatterometer measurement accuracy. Furthermore, the combination of the scatterometer and WINDRAD will improve the accuracy of the wind vector measurements and the skills for removing the wind direction retrieval ambiguity.


Library characterization and 'Static Timing Analysis' (STA) are widely used in the design of modern CMOS integrated circuits to confirm that critical timing constraints are met. While many commercial tools are available to do timing validation using library characterization and static timing analysis, their operation depends on calculations relative to a global synchronous clock. This thesis applies timing validation to circuits from which the global synchronous clock is absent, making application of commercial tools difficult. Previous work at the University of Southern California (USC) showed how to overcome the incompatibility of commercial STA tools for asynchronous circuits. This thesis shows how to overcome the incompatibility of library characterization for asynchronous circuits, and ties the results to the STA solution of USC. The particular family of circuits considered in this thesis is called GasP. GasP circuits are light in area and power, and have demonstrated operation at about twice the throughput one would expect from conventional clocked circuits. This makes GasP an ideal candidate for modern network-on-chip and system-on-chip architectures. In part, GasP circuits achieve their performance advantages by using a 'single-track' signaling protocol. Two GasP modules communicate with each other over a single wire. One module drives the wire up and a second module at the other end of the wire drives the wire down. This conflicts with the common assumption that wires are driven only from one end. As a result, special circuitry is needed to characterize a GasP library module. This thesis shows how to break a GasP module and its timing constraints into manageable pieces and how to simulate and collect the data relevant for characterization and static timing analysis. When combined with software tools for identifying the critical timing constraints, these thesis results will provide confidence in the correct operation of GasP.


800x600 This paper aims to provide a descriptive and theoretical account of a Southern Sardinian metathesis in terms of lateral relations. Assuming the tenets of the CVCV model (Lowenstamm 1996; Scheer 2004), also known as Strict CV, it has been argued that the structural conditions required for the application of metathesis are related to the positional effects of government and licensing on liquids. The basic claim here is that the metathesis under investigation is the effect of the structural conditions experienced by liquids in weak position: metathesis does not apply to liquids in strong position, while weak positions make metathesis  possible. Normal 0 14 false false false IT X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4


If we are to help diminish some of the negative schooling experiences and behaviour often manifested in Black boys, such as frequent displays of anger, defiance to authority, low self-esteem, and their deployment of coping strategies, which further contributes to their disengagement or expulsion from school, we have to ensure that their health and emotional well-being in schools is optimised. Black boys in the UK comprise the largest proportion of young people who have been excluded from secondary schools, and they are often among one of the lowest groups of underachievers in the UK. It is against these bleak backgrounds of underachievement and disengagement from the mainstream education system that this present study posits the argument for increased targeted intervention, not only to improve academic performance but also to improve the emotional well-being in Black boys. Drawing upon case studies of targeted intervention strategies employed in schools and the community over a period of nearly two decades, by the education charity called Excell3, this chapter argues that greater levels of targeted interventions can result in higher levels of social aspiration, educational attainment, self-esteem and emotional well-being among Black boys.


Bus tracking is an application that tracks a bus and gathers the distance to each station along its route. Tracking System involves the installation of an electronic device in a bus, with an installed Android App on any SMART phone to enable the Administrator/User to track the bus location. Based on IoT this project is implemented as android application. There are two applications one for server and the other for the client. Buses carry GPS devices to track their positions. By this positions to server are periodically updated. Client application displays map showing the position of bus. It shows where buses are on a map and provide students and staffs the updated information at different time interval using RTC. The server will monitor location and will store its data in the database. It is a real-time system as this method automatically sends the information on the GPS system to a system/SMART phone. The students/staffs can get flexibility of planning travel using the app, to decide when to catch the bus. Arduino UNO microcontroller is used to programming for software and hardware module. And it is connected to the cloud and following through the android app. The waiting time of the user can be reduced. Simple mode of communication is the key feature of the Bus Tracking system. This application can be easily extended for central tracking system to keep track of all the buses. The different queries and efficient route management can be easily done through central server system.


The rate of oxygen evolution of the tropical red alga Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) Doty was measured for 6 days in the laboratory using a computer‐aided method for long‐term recording. In cool white light, Kappaphycus exhibited a robust circadian rhythm of O2 evolution in the irradiance range of 100 to 1000 μmol photons·m−2·s−1. With increasing irradiance, the period of the free‐running rhythm, τ, decreased in blue and increased in red light but did not change significantly in green light. The accelerating or slowing action of blue or red light, respectively, points to two photoreceptors used in the light transduction pathway of the circadian oscillator controlling oxygen evolution or the light reactions of photosynthesis in Kappaphycus. No significant changes of τ were observed with increasing irradiance in cool white light, possibly due to the additive opposing responses caused by blue and red light.


The concept of zero leak in tractors refers to the achievement of a completely sealed hydraulic system, where there is no fluid leakage from any of the hydraulic components. This can be accomplished by using high-quality seals, ensuring proper installation and maintenance, and incorporating advanced hydraulic technology. The benefits of zero leakage in tractors include increased efficiency, reduced environmental impact, reduce the customer complaints and improved safety. However, achieving zero leakage can be challenging, requiring careful design and manufacturing processes. Nonetheless, it is an important goal for the tractor industry, and ongoing research and development are focused on achieving this objective.


With pleasure I introduce to you this special issue of Irrigation and Drainage with selected and reviewed papers of the 22 International Congress of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), which was held in September 2014, Gwangju, Republic of Korea under the Theme: Securing water for food and rural community under climate change. In this issue you will find 10 selected papers that have been recommended by the general reporters and organisers of the Congress Questions, Special Session and Symposium that were held during the congress. The issue is completed with a review of the ICID Strategy Theme Basin. The Issue starts with the Gulhati Memorial Lecture as presented this time by the Deputy Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Jeremiah Lengoasa on the topic Climate variability and change: impacts on water availability. His paper addresses the issue of climate variability and change: impacts on water availability and focuses on four topics:


Students' motivation and perception are important factors to consider in online learning. This study determined the students' level of motivation in instructional materials and perception in synchronous classroom learning at Misamis University for the academic year 2021-2022. The researchers used the descriptive-correlational research design. The respondents of the study were the 138 Junior High School students chosen through purposive sampling technique. The gathering of data was done by the use of the Instructional Materials Motivation Survey (IMMS) and Synchronous Classroom Learning Survey (SCLS) as instruments. Mean, Standard Deviation, Pearson r, and Stepwise Regression Analysis were the statistical tools employed in the data analysis. Results revealed that students' level of motivation in instructional materials used by teachers was high, and students' perception of synchronous classroom learning was good. This indicates that students who find the learning materials appealing are more likely to perform well in Mathematics. Teachers needed to be comfortable using technology to produce classes, interactive activities, assessments, projects, and other responsibilities to boost their creativity in creating instructional materials to increase students' satisfaction in the classroom. Future researchers should look into other factors contributing to students' academic performance in synchronous classroom learning.


Preliminary results from a drilling programme aimed at evaluating the oil shale potential of the Whitby Formation (Upper Ordovician) of Ontario showed that the Craigleith Member of this unit posses...


The occurrence of traffic accidents involving commercial motorcyclists now characterizes urban transport in many developing countries and has become a major public concern. Yet the use of motorcycles as a means of urban transport continues to attract increasing patrons because of its flexibility and fastness in reaching less accessible parts of the cities of the third world countries. This paper examines the characteristics and the level of safety awareness of commercial motorcyclists in three major urban centres in South-Western Nigeria. Primary and secondary sources of data were used for this research. One hundred and twenty (120) well-structured questionnaires were administered on systematically selected commercial motorcyclists operating from major road junctions and motor parks in Ilesa, Iwo and Osogbo. Both descriptive and inferential statistics used in analyzing the data. The findings reveals that the "care free attitudes" of most commercial motorcyclists towards their own safety as well as their passengers is hinged on lack of adequate training and the value illegal possession of driving licenses by this category of urban transport operators. The paper advocates for policies to control, enforce and regulate the activities of commercial motorcyclists by relevant government security agencies such as the Federal Roads Safety Corps. DOI: 10.5901/jesr.2014.v4n3p345


Lehnertz et al. identify the histone methyltransferase G9a as a selective regulator of fast proliferating myeloid progenitors with no discernible function in hematopoietic stem cells. Loss of G9a significantly delays disease progression and reduces leukemia stem cell frequency in mouse models of acute myeloid leukemia. G9a interacts with the leukemogenic transcription factor HoxA9 and regulates HoxA9-dependent transcription. These results highlight G9a inhibition as a means to counteract the proliferation and self-renewal of AML cells.


Potassium titanate whiskers(PTW) were synthesised in liquid phase precipitation method using TiCl4 and KCl solutions as the raw materials which was in the presence of NaOH.The results show that the precursor can present a good feature and quality at 800 ℃ calcination.Their structures and morphologies are characterized by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy.The best reaction conditions are:dispense TiCl4 and KCl solutions as Ti/K molar ratio is 2 into three-flask reactor,droping NaOH solution(1~2 d/s)when the activator temperature is 90 ℃.Keep stirting for 1 h,then to wash and dry after 3 h placed stability.The reaction process follows the hydrolysis law of TiCl4.It is provided a certain foundation for the study of preparing PTW directly in liquid.


The paper is part of a repeated cross-sectional study examining how groups in multi-ethnic states adopt and use information and communication technologies, with focus on the magnitude and the determinants of the digital divide between Jews and Arabs in Israel as a case study. The study examines socio-economic and socio-demographic factors correlated to internet usage in general and usage of social media in particular, based on data collected between 2008 and 2010 by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics Annual Social Survey. The data was collected by means of face-to-face interviews conducted annually among 7500 interviewees aged 20 and above. The study demonstrates the multi-dimensionality of the digital divide phenomena and shows how the digital divide does not diminish, yet, rather, transforms over time. As access differences between Jews and Arabs gradually diminish, a 'second-level' digital divide of social media usage actually widens.


A domain-specific concept-based information retrieval system is introduced for the ease of retrieving organizational internal documents, i.e., technical reports, professional references and even emails. The system is composed of separate modules for the purpose of easy customization. Domain knowledge is organized using taxonomy for ease of knowledge storage and sharing. Finally the comparison between concept-based information retrieval and keywords-based retrieval shows the advantages of the system


This volume has considered the benefits and costs of globalization — of free trade and of FDI-for both the North and the South. Our main concern has been the developing countries, whose integration into the global economy has been fraught with greater adjustment costs especially during the transition period.


Analysis patterns are reusable computational artifacts aimed at the analysis stage of the software development process. Although the analysis patterns can facilitate the work of analysts and developers, the access to them is still very poor because of the way they are usually described and made available. The Analysis Patterns Reuse Infrastructure (APRI) was proposed in order to reduce these deficiencies for supporting, cataloging and encouraging the reuse of analysis patterns. This infrastructure comprises a repository of analysis patterns documented through a specific metadata profile and that can be accessed via Web services. Based on the proposal of APRI, this article presents the specific metadata profile to the documentation of analysis patterns called Dublin Core Application Profile for Analysis Patterns (DC2AP). This application profile is described by RDF files and identified via URI, thus providing Linked Data that increase the potential for reuse of the analysis patterns.


This paper presents the results of an experiment which evaluates the performance of shared virtual memory (SVM) running on a distributed memory parallel architecture (iPSC/2 hypercube). A parallel version of the modiied Gram-Schmidt algorithm, designed to run with a SVM, is presented. Experimental results are provided.


Traditional vision training or orthoptics has used line or contour targets to eliminate suppression and improve vergence performance. Manipulation of these stimuli is slow and arduous. Line stimuli require an experienced doctor/technician to interpret responses. Recently, automated vision training using microprocessor anaglyph stimuli, i.e., random dot stereograms (RDS), has been used in an operant conditioning paradigm. This technique has improved motivation of the patient, improved reliability, and provided standardization of therapy. In addition, the utilization of RDS associated with operant conditioning has been shown to improve vergence performance and to reduce asthenopia in the convergence insufficiency patient.


A way was proposed to realise the communication of CAN network used on process analytical instruments. It could be used to solve problems such as the synchronization、acquisition and processing of the data from the site. According to the requirement,the article established an appropriate application-layer protocol for CAN,gave the code of each node and finally got ideal experimental results. And the test of the network has been attended with good results. The CAN bus network constituted in the subject could satisfy the demand of the multi-component analytical instrument on analysis period and cost. Furthermore,and the network of the analytical instruments could reduce the number of the ports in DCS.


The dependence of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) performance on both composite polymer core and colloidal silica shell particle sizes is examined. The highest removal rate is observed for the largest diameter cores combined with the smallest silica particles. The model used to explain the results takes into account both the total number of active silica particles still bonded to the polymer core but at the same time pressed against the wafer surface and the indentation depth of each single particle. A contact-area-based mechanism is dominant at the large core (600 nm)-small shell (15 nm) particle sizes, and an indentation mechanism takes over as the shell particle size increases (90 nm). Larger cores elastically deform and gently transfer the applied downforce to a higher number of silica particles with respect to smaller cores.


Objective To explore the effect of ultrafiltration technology in the preparation of Xiangdan Injection on transmittance and impurity removal rates of protocatechuic aldehyde(PA) and sodium danshensu(SD), to evaluate its applicability, and to optimize the ultrafiltration technology. Methods Taking the solution temperature, pH value, intercept relative molecular weight of ultrafiltration membrane, membrane import and export pressure difference of ultrafiltration membrane as influence factors, the process parameters of the ultrafiltration were optimized by detecting the contents and solid contents of PA and SD before and after the ultrafiltration. Results The three factors of temperature, pH value, and import and export pressure difference have no significant influence on the transmittance of PA and SD, and the removal rate of impurity. The intercept relative molecular weight of ultrafiltration membrane has the significant influence(P 0.01). Conclusion The optimized ultrafiltration conditions are feasible for the preparation of Xiangdan Injection.


In this investigation, an experimental approach was developed to characterize the fatigue strength distribution of carbon fibers using fiber bundles test. In this method, survival probability, P, of the fiber bundles was first calculated from the stress reductions at different cycles in strain-controlled fatigue tests. On the basis of a fiber bundles model and fatigue P-strain-N curves, the fatigue strength exponent, b, Weibull scale parameter σ0, and Weibull shape parameter β were then determined to characterize the fatigue strength distribution of carbon fiber. A numerical model, based on Monte Carlo simulation, was also established to predict the load-controlled fatigue failure process of fiber bundles. The simulated strain–cycle number curves and S–N curves based on the model developed are in good agreement with the test data.

Keywords:

carbon fiber;
fatigue strength;
statistical analysis;
fiber bundles test;
fiber-reinforced composite


My involvement in the service learning courses established by my institution was stimulated by my personal perception of declining social engagement – of an increasing disconnection of students from each other and from their immediate (on and offcampus) cultural surroundings. I had previously addressed this concern by designing assignments that required student-to-student and student-to-community contact. Assignments on such topics as local literature and history in their classroom courses did provide students with an introduction to local theatres, museums and archives, and art galleries, but that introduction was not always or even often followed up by any deeper form of engagement. When those assignments were designed for an audience larger than the traditional one, such as an exhibit at a museum or a publication of a book of interviews of local artists and writers, my observations told me students took a greater interest in each other and in their community.


The present invention quick dry asphalt compound, synthetic rubber adhesive, a synthetic polymeric resin adhesive, a natural mineral fiber, other functional additives to the main raw material producing the AR coating film waterproofing one in a gel (gel) state thickness of about 1mm with just a single coating operation not only the number you want to meet well construction is possible not drip even when about 1mm coated on the wall surface, and the continuous addition to the AR coating waterproof materials for tensile performance and crack resistance are reinforced asphalt felt sheet on the AR film waterproof layer on the gel planking is by performing an operation to secure the reliable waterproofing performance of the AR coating and a felt sheet composite waterproof materials for the outside of the waterproof concrete structure that can be easily carried out the waterproof construction. The present invention is straight-run asphalt (Straight Run Asphalt), blown asphalt (Blown Asphalt) or straight-run asphalt, and a mixture of a petroleum solvent selected one of a mixture of blown asphalt asphalt quick dry asphalt compound (Quick Drying Asphalt Compound) but as a main raw material, the quick dry asphalt compounds 60 to 80 5-15% by weight synthetic rubber adhesive as an asphalt modifier in% by weight, a synthetic polymer resin adhesive 5 to 10% by weight as an adhesion enhancing agent, 5-15% by weight of natural mineral filler acids, natural a cellulose fiber 3-5% by weight, and other dispersing agents, a mixture of 0.5-1% by weight of functional additives, such as antioxidants, the AR coating film made of a waterproof material gel; And it provides an AR coating and a felt sheet composite waterproof materials for the outside of the waterproof concrete structure comprising an asphalt felt sheet to spread the coating streak on an upper portion of the AR coating film water shield.


Children and Adolescents - Safety and Security in NSW Acute Health Facilities , To provide statewide policy direction to assist the development of local policies/procedures by AHSs to address the safety and security of children and adolescents whilst in NSW acute health facilities and/or during inter-facility transfers. This policy is intended to protect children and adolescents from harm, including self-harm and harm from others whilst in a NSW Public Health acute facility, with particular consideration to some patient groups including those affected by drugs and alcohol and with a mental health issue.


Abstract In this article, I address the editors' (Sidnell and Lambek) arguments about the immanence of the ethical, in contrast to different questions concerning 'ordinary ethics' recently raised in anthropology. I will do so by asking what an 'ordinary realism' might entail for anthropology, and the way it could possibly help us to appreciate the difficulties inherent in our work of approaching the issues at stake in the reality we face, whether during fieldwork or back home. I will proceed and develop this questioning with the help of some contemporary philosophers who have sustained and enriched the debates on ethics in anthropology. I will illustrate the difficulty of ordinary realism for anthropology with an example taken from a particular moment during my field in Zanzibar where dreams and witchcraft entered the scene.


The conference gives an overview of the recent challenges implied by the dynamic nature of the Web and then traces the information behavior related concepts in order to present the different approaches from the user perspective.


BACKGROUND
Stroke survivors report a range of psychological difficulties.

AIM
To facilitate psychological adjustment and to support understanding of the emotions associated with recovery.

METHOD
A group intervention was developed for patients on a stroke rehabilitation ward.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The group was piloted, and feedback indicated the sharing of experiences was the aspect perceived as the most helpful.

CONCLUSION
Patients' emotional needs should be identified in a timely manner on a stroke ward. Attention should be given to psychological intervention to protect against factors that may impede rehabilitation.


Lightning protection performance of the lightning protection system has a great effect on smart buildings. Aiming at general smart buildings at the height of 60 meters and below, this paper presents the evaluation model of smart building lightning protection system and the key indexes which affect the performance and gets the data sources. From the system point of view, a synthetic evaluation method based on ANP-TOPSIS for lighting protection system of smart buildings is presented.


LEARNING NEEDS PERCEIVED BY THE PATIENT CONSIDERING RADIATION THERAPY AND THE RADIATION ONCOLOGY NURSE By Kathleen E. Bell The purpose of this study was to describe the congruency between what the patient who is considering radiation therapy perceives his learning needs to be and what the radiation oncology nurse perceives the learning needs of the patient to be. This descriptive design used convenience sampling. The subjects consisted o f 56 patients and 8 radiation oncology nurses who were recruited from a regional hospital system with two separate radiation oncology settings. Data were obtained after the radiation oncology nurse provided an overview of the (a) purpose of radiation therapy, (b) type of radiation prescribed, (c) mechanism of radiation action, (d) schedule for receiving treatments, (e) length of time for each treatment, (f) potential side effects, and (g) how to minimize the effects of treatment. Data analysis included a comparison of the raw summed scores of the patients and nurses. No significant differences were identified in the perceived learning needs between the two groups by a two-tailed paired t-test. The perceived learning need items identified by the patients and nurses were analyzed using rank ordering of needs using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Generally, the mean rank was similar between the patients and nurses; however differences in the mean rank ordering were identified. DEDICATION This project is dedicated to my family, colleagues, and friends. But foremost my husband, Joseph, and our children, Elizabeth and Jennifer, who gave their love and patience when needed most.


In 1920th the young Soviet state directed the efforts to eradication of religion from individual and public consciousness, on destruction of Russian Orthodox Church as organizational and spiritual stronghold of religious and dissident way of thinking. Mass reprisals of the clerics, withdrawal of "church values» and split became the strongest blows on Church. The article reveals principal causes and stages of church split.


Cocoa is an important commercial crop in the tropics; and estimating the carbon emissions in the producing-areas is a worthwhile effort. The main goal of the current paper was to evaluate the carbon footprint (CF) per kilogram of Colombian cocoa bean produced under conventional and agroforestry managements, following the methods proposed by PAS 2050. In this research, we compared our results to other worldwide researches, showing an overview of the current limitations and challenges involving the CF researches. Our results showed that all calculated environmental burdens were lower for the conventional management. In the agroforestry practice, composting of cocoa pod husks contributed with approximately 34.00E+00 g methane and 2.55E+00 g nitrous oxide emissions per kilogram of cocoa grain produced. Therefore, such practice could reduce CF by 6.00E+00 kg CO2 Eq kg-1, which is certainly a significant amount. These cocoa residues left on the ground have a strong impact on CF of both studied managements due to the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter, which represents more than 85% of emissions. We concluded that both evaluated production processes can emit environmental burdens at the same magnitude. Definitely, there is a widespread need to improve cocoa production system by changing old and less productive plants to the so called clones to ensure cocoa yield and quality worldwide.


This is a book review of Laura Fair's Reel Pleasures: Cinema Audiences and Entrepreneurs in Twentieth Century Urban Tanzania. Author Notes Katie Young recently completed her PhD in Music at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her thesis examines histories of Hindi film songs in Northern Ghana, 1957-present. She is currently a visiting fellow at the University of Development Studies in Ghana, supported by the African Studies Association of the UK. This book review is available in Journal of Religion & Film: https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol23/iss2/9 Laura Fair. 2018. Reel Pleasures: Cinema Audiences and Entrepreneurs in Twentieth Century Urban Tanzania. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press.


We report methods to coat fused-silica microresonators with solution-grown high-aspect-ratio (AR) gold nanorods (NRs). Microresonators coated using our method maintain an optical quality factor (Q) greater than 107 after coating. The more successful method involves silanization of the surface of the microresonator with 3-mercaptopropylmethyldimethoxysilane (MPMDMS), to enable the adhesion of gold NRs. The high-AR NR-coated microresonator combines the field enhancement of localized surface plasmon resonances with the cavity-enhanced evanescent components of high-Q whispering-gallery modes, making it useful for plasmonic sensing applications in the infrared. By coating with NRs having a different aspect ratio, the enhancement regime can be selected within a wide range of wavelengths.


The development of molecular biology techniques nowadays has enabled to engineer drought tolerant sugarcane by genetic engineering to accelerate the breeding program. Dehydrin (DHN) is known to have an important role in plant response and adaptation to abiotic stresses (drought, high salinity, cold, heat, etc.). While plant tissues are subjected to drought stress (dehydration), DHN protein is accumulated to high content throughout all vegetative or generative tissues. The research aimed to isolate and characterize the DHN promoter from sugarcane that can be used as transformation material in generating drought tolerant sugarcane. Specific primers for DHN promoter amplification were designed and DHN promoter region was successfully isolated by PCR cloning method. Two putative promoter sequences were identified namely Pr-1DHNSo and Pr-2DHNSo.  In silico analyses were carried out and  cis -regulatory elements motifs that play a role in adaptation on abiotic stress as well as biotic stress including ABRE, MBS, CGTCA-motif, TGACG-motif, GARE-motif, P- box  TCA- element  and Box-W1 were identified. The promoter Pr-1DHNSo was then cloned into pBI121 expression vector by  Overlap Extention PCR (OE-PCR)  for further characterization. Functional test of the promoter construct pBI- Pr-1DHNSo was conducted through Agrobacterium transformation into sugarcane calli. GUS assay and PCR analysis showed that the DHN promoter was transformed and expressed in the sugarcane calli.


We present a bulk Dirac semimetal (BDS) metasurface to realize tunable dual bound states in the continuums (BICs). The dual polarization-dependent BICs can transform into quasi-BICs with EIT or Fano lineshapes by breaking the structural symmetry. The excitation of quasi-BICs can attribute to the coupling between magnetic quadrupole mode and electric dipole mode (quasi-BIC I), or the coupling of two magnetic quadrupole modes (quasi-BIC II). The BIC resonant wavelength can be dynamically tuned while maintaining the spectral lineshape by varying the Fermi energy of BDS without re-optimizing the geometrical structures, which provides a new route for ultra-compact active BIC device.


The Chicago School of Monetarism dominates the debate on the competition models. In the last decades, the pendulum has swung back towards the German historical school of economics by List, Schumpeter, Gutenberg, and Simon. The new trade theory by Paul Krugman is the standard in analysis of economies of scale and product differentiation in intra-industry trade. Chamberlin's product differentiation concept and monopolistic competition theory are included in Krugman's theory. Diversity matters in B2B-business in global markets. About 100,000 multinational corporations (MNCs) dominate the international trade of commodities worldwide but they need partners as suppliers of complementary products, services, and technologies. German hidden champions (HCs) that consist of over 1,300 mid-sized firms (Mittelstand) have revolutionizes the managerial economics. In terms of Peter Drucker, striving for leadership is the greatest gamble. Their success rate has been about 90% as Hermann Simon has reported. Their success recipe is the humble choice of markets segments, mainly B2B-industries, to make good business in any kind of goods and articles, not to follow trends or hit lists. The dilemma in EU-27-countries is that only Germany has succeeded to develop its own management doctrine initiated by Friedrich List and modified by Joseph Schumpeter. List argued that economic policy had to be adapted to the needs of specific nations to create the national system of innovation. Germany is the most diversified country worldwide. German small and medium-sized firms (Mittelstand) are globally oriented. Germany's family business is the unbelievable success story. Alfred Chandler has been a highly influential business writer. Because of Chandler's view, the personal capitalism was generally thought to be the old-fashioned model in comparison to the stock market capitalism. The Germany case is the strong evidence on the fact that Chandler's famous conclusion may be wrong. The family-ownership is perhaps the most sustainable governance model in the global economy. The US is the winner of Chandler's stock market capitalism, but the majority of US firms are domestic-market-oriented. In Germany about 100,000 mid-sized firms have experiences about FDI-operations.


The study of architecture in relation to the social organization of space is a popular field of research within the discipline of anthropology and other social sciences. In archaeology, it has not played a significant role, although in recent years a number of publications have appeared and clearly the interest of archaeologists in this area of research is growing (Kent 1990; Samson 1990; Richards and Parker Pearson 1994).


OBJECTIVE To establish a Quantitative retention-activity relationship (QRAR) models to predict and interpret the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) .METHODS Some NSAIDs were determined by reversed-phase liquid chromatography with the micellar solution of Brij 35 as mobile phase. The logk values of the compounds obtained under 0.02 mol·L-1 Brij 35 concentration were correlated with the corresponding logP values(the logarithm of octanol-water partition coefficient value) ,IC50(the concentration required to abtain 50% inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2),t1/2(half-life time), Vd(volume of distribution) and CL, (clearance) taken from literature.RESULTS There were statistically significant relationships between logP and Vd, CL,logk at 95% confidence level ( P 0.05), and the models obtained had powerful predictive ability.There were not statistically significant relationships between IC50,t1/2 and logk at 95% confidence level(P 0.05), and the obtained models had poor predictive ablitity. CONCLUSION The retention of compounds in MLC using Brij 35 as surfactant is able to describe and predict the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic parameters of NSAIDs. QRAR model is a model which can estimate the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic parameters of new compounds in vitro.


Resistive computing systems (RCSs) are projected to be leveraged as inference engines for Deep Neural Networks (DNNs). Unfortunately, limited device yield due to immature fabrication processes may severely degrade the DNN's classification accuracy. The arising solution is to leverage resilient-aware data layout organization techniques to mask the defects using the neural network weights. However, current techniques are too slow to be practical for real-world applications. In this paper, we propose a framework for fast resilient-aware data layout organization to enable large DNNs to be deployed on RCSs with defects. The framework contains three speed-up mechanisms: i) sparse defect indexing, ii) weight range characterization, and a iii) linear programming formulation. The first two techniques aim to quickly compute the errors introduced by various data to hardware assignments (or data layout organizations). The third technique aims to swiftly select the data layout organization that results in the smallest amount of errors. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed framework is capable of achieving software level classification accuracy in resistive hardware without any use of retraining. Compared with the previous work, the run-time is reduced with 89% on the average.


Beam properties resulting from transverse phase space painting for the injection of the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) accumulator ring are summarized. The focus is on the creation of closed orbit bumps that give suitable distributions at the spallation neutron target, at the same time minimizing the beam losses through tail/halo formation. Related issues such as foil traversal rate and foil temperature/lifetime are also studied. Finally, injection mismatch is investigated for large linac emittance to reduce the beam loss through scattering.


Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disorder characterized by degeneration of alpha motor neurons resulting in hypotonia, progressive muscular weakness and atrophy.30 Spinal muscular atrophy is one of the leading hereditary causes of infant mortality,31 it comprises the second most common fatal progressive diseases after cystic fibrosis.28 Spinal muscular atrophy is the most common neuromuscular disease in childhood after Duchenne muscular dystrophy with an estimated incidence of 1 per 5,000 to 10,000 live births.4,11


A halogen-free phosphorus-containing triol named phosphoryltrimethanol (PTMA) was synthesized and used as a cross-linking agent and a reactive-type flame retardant to prepare inherently flame-retardant flexible polyurethane foam (FPUF). Incorporation of a low content (7.8 wt %) of PTMA into the polyurethane chains can increase the flame retardance of FPUF because of good char formation. The residual chars and evolved gases of PTMA-cross-linked FPUFs were analyzed by SEM, FTIR spectroscopy, inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES), energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) coupled with FTIR spectroscopy. The results indicated that more than 60% of the phosphorus in PTMA-cross-linked FPUF was decomposed into polyphosphoric acid or its derivatives and retained in the char residue. This shows that PTMA mainly played a role in the condensed phase of flame-retardant FPUF. Based on the results, a possible thermal degradation mechanism of PTMA-cross-...


The proteinase inhibitor (TBTI Ⅰ、Ⅱ)from tartary buckwheat was isolated by trichloroacetic acid precipitation,salting out and chromatography on Sephadex G 75 and DEAE cellulose(DE 32).A series of kinetic studies on enzyme catalyzed reaction showed that the inhibitors from tartary buckwheat seeds had a strong inhibition on trypsin,slight inhibition on chymotrypsin,no inhibition on pepsin,papain and subtilisin.the components from DE 32 column were found to be homogeneous proteins,and the approximate molecular weights were 15 0 kD(TBTI Ⅰ)and 18 0 kD(TBTI Ⅱ)by SDS polyacrylamid gel electrophoresis and Sephadex G 100 column.TBTIs were stable to heat at 80℃ for 10 min,and up to 100℃ for 10 min,TBTI Ⅱ still had about 88% residual activities.When TBTI s were studied for the sensibility to various pH values,the inhibitors retained most activity within pH 2 0 6 0.Only about 15% inhibitory activity was retained after exposing to pH 12 0. The inhibition of trypsin by the TBTⅠ Ⅱ was competitive,with a K i value of 3 59×10 -7 mol/L (BAPNA as substrate) and the mole ratio was about 1∶1 4.


Background: The integration of Residual Cancer Burden (RCB) and post-treatment Ki67 (Residual Proliferative Cancer Burden [RPCB] index) has been proposed as a stronger predictor of long-term outcome in unselected breast cancer (BC) patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT), as compared to RCB. However, no specific analysis in the subgroup of patients with hormone-receptor (HR)-positive/HER2-negative BC is available so far. We investigated the prognostic value of RPCB in an independent cohort of hormone-receptor (HR) positive/HER2 negative BC patients treated with NACT at our Institution. Methods: A cohort of 130 stage II-III, HR+/HER2 negative BC patients who underwent NACT between 2000 and 2014 was included. Archival surgical specimens were evaluated for RCB (Symmans et al. J Clin Oncol 2007). RPCB was calculated by combining RCB and Ki67 as previously described (Sheri et al, Ann Oncol 2015). Patients were categorized in 4 RCB categories (pathological complete response -pCR- and RCB tertiles) and 4 RPCB categories (pCR and RPCB tertiles). Disease-free Survival (DFS) and overall Survival (OS) estimates were determined by Kaplan-Meier analysis and compared using the log-rank test. The c-index was used to compare the performance of the prognostic models. Results: Patients characteristics were: ductal histology 70%, Grade 3 41%, Stage III 54%, PgR negative (≤10%) 35%, median Ki67 at diagnosis 25%. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy included both anthracycline and taxane in 92% of cases. The rate of pCR was 8%. The vast majority of patients received adjuvant endocrine therapy (96%), whereas 30% received further adjuvant chemotherapy. Median follow up was 8.5 years (95% CI 8.0-9.0). RCB was calculated for 105 patients and RPCB was calculated for 85 patients. RPCB was better than RCB in predicting both DFS and OS (5-year DFS and 8-year OS according to RPCB and RCB are reported in the Table). The c-index for DFS prediction was numerically higher for RPCB vs RCB (0.4042316 vs 0.3396437, p=0.08). Similar results were observed for OS prediction: c-index 0.3099490 (RPCB) vs 0.2372449 (RCB), p=0.08. Conclusions: This is the first study evaluating RPCB specifically in HR+/HER2- BC patients treated with NACT. In this independent cohort, after a median follow up of 8.5 years, RPCB was a strong predictor of DFS and OS. The better performance of RPCB vs RCB was in part due to the ability of RPCB to discriminate a subgroup of patients with a particularly worse prognosis after NACT, who may be candidate for clinical trials evaluating novel adjuvant treatments. Citation Format: Federica Miglietta, Vassilena Tsvetkova, Maria Vittoria Dieci, Gaia Griguolo, Grazia Vernaci, Alice Menichetti, Cristina Falci, Giovanni Faggioni, Tommaso Giarratano, Simona Frezzini, Eleonora Mioranza, Marcello Lo Mele, PierFranco Conte, Valentina Guarneri. Validation of residual proliferative cancer burden (RPCB) as a predictor of long-term outcome following neoadjuvant chemotherapy in hormone-receptor positive/HER2 negative breast cancer patients [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2019 Dec 10-14; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P5-06-12.


376 nm ultra-violet laser diode was used for crystallization of Si thin-film on glass substrate. Laser beam was focused on Si film with a dimension of 1.5 × 8μm and it is scanned over 40nm-thick Si film with velocities of 1 m/s. The short axis of laser spot was tilted against the scanning direction to realize oblique grain growth, and then each cw laser scanning was superposed in a direction perpendicular to laser scanning direction to realize continuous grain growth in the oblique direction.


Variation in bronchiolitis management by race and ethnicity within emergency departments (EDs) has been described in single‐center and prospective studies, but large‐scale assessments across EDs and inpatient settings are lacking. Our objective is to describe the association between race and ethnicity and bronchiolitis management across 37 U.S. freestanding children's hospitals from 2015 to 2018.


Lindy Emsley, M Comm (University of Stellenbosch) THE SOCIAL ANXIETY SPECTRUM AND WORK LIMITATIONS AM ONG MANAGERIAL LEVEL EMPLOYEES Supervisor: Prof D J Malan Social anxiety symptoms are common within the community. They are often unrecognised in many organisations, with resultant significant work impairments. The aim of the study was to explore to what extent the social anxiety spectrum of symptoms influences the performance of management employees and how the disorder should be managed in the workplace. The study includes the following constructs: social anxiety spectrum, job characteristics, work limitations and perceived performance difficulties. A nonexperimental research design was used to explore the relationships between the four constructs. A convenience sample of 250 managerial employees was approached from two large organizations, one in the private, and the other in the public sector. One hundred and eighteen (118) respondents completed and returned their questionnaires. The descriptive statistics reflected a mean age of 32 years (range 20 to 56 years), with 50% males and 50% females, and a race distribution of 64% White, 29% Coloured, 4% Black and 3% Indian for the sample. The majority of the participants had been working for 0 to 5 years (37.29%). The mean years worked was 10.81 and the median 9.5 (range 0.5 to 40 years worked). A high percentage of participants (11%) were found to have social anxiety symptoms above the cut off score for a diagnosis of the disorder. The results of the present study indicated that social anxiety affects all areas of work. These


The study was carried out to improve egg production by decreasing the inter sequence pause days in indigenous chicken through the use of antiprolactin agent (Bromocriptine) and serum from laying hen. Sixty indigenous (deshi) chickens of 20-22 weeks of age, were randomly assigned into four groups (A, B, C and D) and each group consisting of 15 hens. Group A designated as control, group B was treated with Bromocriptine orally at a dose of 640 μg/bird/day, group C was treated with serum of laying hen at a dose of 1 ml intramuscularly/bird/day and group D was treated with both serum and Bromocriptine at doses given to group B and C for the period of 15 March, 2015 to 16 June, 2015 and egg production, pause days, prolactin level, hematological parameter and egg qualities were observed. Egg production increased significantly (p<0.05) in all treated groups compared to the non- treated control group and the highest production was recorded in group D. Pause days and prolactin levels decreased significantly (p<0.05) in all treated groups and lowest were recorded in hens of group D. No significant (p>0.05) differences were observed in hematological values among the group of chicken. The present study reveals that combined treatment with Bromocriptine and serum from laying hen increases egg production without affecting the health of indigenous chickens.
Asian Australas. J. Biosci. Biotechnol. 2017, 2 (1), 51-54


The advent of cloud computing centres such as Amazon's EC2 and Google's Computing Engine has elicited comparisons with dedicated computing clusters. Discussions on appropriate usage of cloud resources (both academic and commercial) and costs have ensued. This presentation discusses a detailed analysis of the costs of operating and maintaining the RACF (RHIC and ATLAS Computing Facility) compute cluster at Brookhaven National Lab and compares them with the cost of cloud computing resources under various usage scenarios. An extrapolation of likely future cost effectiveness of dedicated computing resources is also presented.


Array data processing is applied to long-period records of S waves at a network of five Fennoscandian seismograph stations (Uppsala, Ume~, Nurmij;,~rvi, Kongsberg, Copenhagen) with a maximum separation of 1300 kin. Records of five earthquakes and one underground explosion are included in the study. The S motion is resolved into SH and SV, and after appropriate time shifts the individual traces are summed, both directly and after weighting. In general, high signal correlation exists among the different stations involved resulting in more accurate time readings, especially for records which have amplitudes that are too small to be read normally. S-wave station residuals correlate with the general crustal type under each station. In addition, the Fennoscandian shield may have a higher SH/SV velocity ratio than the adjacent tectonic area to the northwest. SV-to-P conversion at the base of the crust can seriously interfere with picking the onset of S in normal record reading. The study demonstrates that, for epicentral distances beyond about 30 °, existing networks of seismograph stations can be successfully used for array processing of long-period arrivals, especially the S arrivals. II~TRODUCTIO~ Array digital processing has been extensively applied to P-wave arrivals at a number of arrays such as LASA in Montana. These techniques have produced significant improvements in the signal4o-noise ratio of seismic recordings and thus have improved readings of first arrivals, lowered the threshold of detectability, and sharpened recordings of later arrivals of the P-wave train. The LASA-type array, which involves large numbers of seismometers and a great deal of supporting equipment, is prohibitively expensive for the normal seismograph center. Recently, a paper was published by I-Iusebye and Jansson (1966) showing that array processing techniques could be applied to a "super-large aperture seismic array" (SLASA), consisting of verticalcomponent, short-period seismometers at the Swedish seismograph stations, which have a maximum separation of about 1300 kin. This work has greatly widened the possibilities for array processing using existing equipment in areas where there is a high density of seismograph stations. Because the SLASA concept can be applied to short-period, P-wave arrivals, it appears probable that arrays of several hundred kilometers can also be used with S-wave arrivals. ~ost S-wave energy from earthquakes is relatively long period, often around i0 seconds. Therefore, long-period records provide the best source for earthquake S-wave study. Visual observations of S-wave similarity between stations have repeatedly been made on the long-period instruments in Sweden (Prof. ~[. Bath, personal communication). Some initial work has been reported on long-period array analysis at an extended Tonto Forest array in Arizona (Baker, Bonner, and Roden, 1966) and at LASA in ~[ontana (Capon, Greenfield, and Laeoss, 1966), and their signal-to-n0ise improvements indicate a high correlation of S over the arrays. The extended Tonto Forest and LASA arrays have a maximum diameter of about 200 km 1863 1864 BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA compared to a maximum of about 1000 km for the Scandinavian array which is analyzed here. If the array concept can be sueeessfully extended to long-period recordings made at intervals of several hundred kilometers, ready-made networks of existing stations can be used for array proeessing of arrivals in the long-period range, especially S arrivals. One of the primary motivations for using arrays on S-wave arrivals is to overcome


Using field survey from an abandoned lichee(Litchi chinensis Sonn.) plantation in Dalingshan,Dongguan City,the community structure,diversity and niche characteristics of understory vegetation were analyzed.The field survey recorded 102 understory plant species,which belonged to 50 families and 85 genera.Thirteen ferns species of the vegetation mosaic belonged to 9 families and 9 genera;65 dicotyledons belonged to 31 families and 52 genera;and 24 monocots belonged to 10 families and 24 genera.Shrubs and tree seedlings dominated the understory vegetation.There was no significant difference in species abundance between the shrub and herbaceous layers.No significant difference was also noted in the indices of species richness,evenness,Shannon-Wiener,and Simpson between the shrub and herbaceous layers.The dominant plant species included 8 shrubs(e.g.,Raphiolepis indica),7 herbs(e.g.,Dicranopteris dichotoma) and 5 vines(e.g.,Mussaunda pubescens).Niches breadth and niche overlaps were 0.909~1.450 and 0.567~0.955 for the main shrub layer,and 0.945~1.566 and 0.270~0.984 for the main herbaceous layer,respectively.The study revealed rich species of natural recruitment in the understory vegetation of lichee plantation.This was characterized by subtropical floristic elements with a complex structure.In view of the findings,it was suggested that in the transitional stage of Dongguan lichee industry,lichee plantation ceased to operate due to adverse stand conditions.Hence understory vegetation should be maintained or transformed into an ecological forest,which could help sustain the development of Dongguan lichee industry.


Structural and spectral features of Sn(II)-containing polyoxometalate networks (IVa, b) and the molecular compound (VI) are investigated by XRD, Raman and UV/VIS spectroscopy, electrochemical measurements, and DFT calculations.


[Objective]To observe the effect of JWSND on the serum gastrointestinal hormone in patients with liver cirrhosis.[Methods]One hundred and fifty patients with obstacle of gastric motility were randomly divided into two groups.Seventy five patients in control group were treated by basic treatment,which used Energic mixture,Reduced Glutathione,Compound Glycyrrhizin.Seventy five patients in treatment group were treated by combination of JWSND and routine therapy.The course was 15 days in both groups,serum MOT,GAS,SS and VIP of all the patients were measured two times.[Results] After the treatment in both groups,serum MOT,GAS,VIP and SS changed significantly as compared with that before treatment(P0.01).There was also a difference in change between control group and treatment group after treatment(P0.05).The liver function of patients was improved obviously in both groups after treatment.[Conclusion ] JWSND was effective in improvement liver cirrhosis patients'symptoms and the leval of serum gastrointestinal hormone on the obstacle of gastric motility.


Recently, low-dimensional structures in the form of bulk crystals and nanoflakes have received considerable interest due to their 2D unique functionality and promising applications in electronics, photonics, sensing devices and photovoltaic solar cells. As a result, remarkable efforts and modifications have been made for the synthesis process of crystalline material by the vapor transport technique. Here, an alternative concept of NbSe2 crystal growth by the chemical vapor transport (CVT) technique using bromine as a vapor transport agent is presented and subsequently analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) spectroscopy. X-ray powder diffraction analysis revealed hexagonal 2H-NbSe2 and 4H-NbSe2 phases, and characteristic Raman and XPS spectra typical for crystalline NbSe2 were obtained. The environmental sensitivity of the grown crystals is manifested by luminescence attributed to oxidized Nb at the samples' surface.


Taking 'Japanese Hongju'cherry radish as material,two treatments(irrigation and fertilizer)and three levels were set,the longest leaf length,root diameter,plant whole weight and moisture content were measured,irrigation and nitrogen fertilizer coupling effect on cherry radish were studied.The results showed that the cherry radish growth rate and yield showed a significant increasing trend with the increasing of the irrigation and nitrogen fertilizer.The coupling test showed that the combination of moderate irrigation(70%)and moderate nitrogen fertilizer(N 4.5kg/667m2)were the optimal.Plant moisture content increased with increasing irrigation trends,no significant relationship with the amount of nitrogen fertilizer.


Fresh-cut fruits and vegetables offer to consumers highly nutritious, convenient and healthful commodities incase of maintaining the freshness of the non-processed products. Postharvest technologies have allowed horticulturalindustries to meet the global demands of local and large scale production and intercontinental distribution of freshproduce that have high nutritional and sensory quality. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the physicochemicaland microbiological parameters of fresh-cut green bean pods (Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv. Polista) stored at 4⁰C for 20days with edible coatings. Edible coatings prepared with carrageenan, guar gum, potassium sorbate and citric acid weretested. The analyses carried out on the samples were: total sugars, L- ascorbic acid, weight loss, firmness, colorattributes, total phenolics, total flavonoids, antioxidant activity, as well as, microbiological analysis (total viablebacteria, psychrophilic bacteria and yeast and mold counts). The results indicated that coated pods (carrageenan, guargum, potassium sorbate and citric acid) extended and improved their shelf life quality due to minimization of thephysicochemical changes. Therefore, the results indicated that the formulated edible coating has potential to extend theshelf life and maintain quality of fresh-cut green bean pods.


The universal serial bus (USB) is widely used as a general purpose computer peripheral interface. With the development of cloud services and sharing technologies, the remote application of local USB devices is becoming a key issue. Superspeed and low-latency cloud data transmission through USB interface becomes practical and important. In this paper, a remote SuperSpeed USB hub based on IP network is proposed. In this system, the Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) and USB 3.0 transceivers are used to pack and unpack USB data in real time which is transmitted between host and device through the switch. The use of active response is to solve the problem of response time uncertainty caused by network transmission. We have realized the link layer and protocol layer of USB3.0 based on FPGA, realized all transmission modes of USB3.0 protocol, and realized the network transmission of superspeed data stream. The test results show that local USB devices can use the USB hub for superspeed and low-latency communication with remote hosts over the network. The realization of this system has far-reaching significance. For example, the USB interface data and control signals in VR can realize cloud network transmission for remote experiment education.


Using a dataset covering every long-lived patent granted to German firms between 1877 and 1932, this paper investigates the determinants of German firms' innovativeness during the Second Industrial Revolution. Several regressions reveal that a firm ́s innovative experience has a persistent, highly-significant positive impact. Because different firms have different innovative experiences, the capability to innovate at one specific point in time is unequally distributed among them. In fact, the data show an extreme skewness of distribution of valuable patents across firms. Only a few firms accounted for more than 50 percent of all longlived German firms' patents. To explain this remarkable result, we argue that having developed successful innovations in the past strongly increases the respective firm ́s current capability to develop additional innovations.


Distant metastasis is an infrequent event in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) and it occurs approximately in 10 % of cases. Bone is the second metastatic site in patients with DTC. The aim of this multicentre retrospective study has been to describe the diagnosis and treatment of bone metastases (BMs) in patients followed up at ten different hospitals in Argentina. Diagnosis of BM was made when: a) BM was confirmed by biopsy, b) a structural bone lesion was found following 131 I uptake associated with elevated levels of serum thyroglobulin (Tg) or c) a structural bone lesion was demonstrated by 18 FDG uptake on PET/CT, also associated with high levels of serum Tg. Demographical, clinical, pathological and outcome data were obtained from hospital charts. We included 47 patients: 55 % were women, with a median age of 55 years old. Histology of DTC was as follows: 55 % had papillary thyroid cancer, 32 % had follicular thyroid cancer and 13 % had other variants. Diagnosis of BM was synchronous in 47 % of patients (at the same time as DTC diagnosis) and metachronous in 53 %, occurring within a mean period of 72 months after initial diagnosis. In 64 % of patients, BM was symptomatic: pain was referred in 70% of these cases. In 68 % of cases, there were multiple sites of BM, with the spine being the most frequent localization (36 %). In 68 % of patients, other distant metastases were observed, mainly in the lungs. Stimulated Tg levels were known in 38 patients at diagnosis: > 100 ng/ml in 87 % and <100ng/ml in 13 %. Serum calcium levels were normal in all subjects in whom they were measured (n=41). In 9 (29 %) of the 31 patients studied, serum bone turnover markers were elevated. At least one modality of treatment was prescribed in 96 % of patients with BM. Radioiodine was indicated in 78 % of cases, bisphosphonates were prescribed in 64 % of patients, while surgery was performed in 53 %. In 55 % of cases, external beam radiotherapy was also indicated and 23 % of individuals received other therapeutic approaches. Median follow-up was 24 months (range 1-228 months). The survival rate at the end of followup was 41 %. One patient (3 %) was considered to have no evidence of disease, 28 patients (59 %) died as a consequence of the DTC. The cause of death was known in 27 cases and it was related to BM in only 8 patients (30 %). In conclusion, BM was mainly observed in patients >45 years old, with similar gender distribution. Papillary thyroid cancer was the most frequent histological variant found. BMs were multiple and had mainly an axial skeletal localization, causing high morbidity in most patients. Although bone turnover markers were elevated in one third of cases, none of the patients presented with hypercalcemia. Multiple modalities of treatment were used in the majority of cases, which indicates the importance of a multidisciplinary approach. Finally, although BM was associated with incurable disease, mortality was mainly related to the spread of DTC to other sites, and not specifically to BM. Rev Argent Endocrinol Metab 51:51-58, 2014 No financial conflicts of interest exist.


Most studies of the evaluation of the new rural cooperative medical insurance system mainly focus on care and health fields, but neglect a more comprehensive index, namely happiness. Under the people-oriented scientific development outlook, the essence of the new rural cooperative medical insurance system is to increase the happiness of farmers through a series of measures such as the reduction in the burden on farmers, the promotion of farmers' health and transparent & simplified reimbursement procedures. This paper uses the data of CFPS in 2010 and 2012 and CHNS in 2006, 2009 and 2011 to examine the effect of the new rural cooperative medical insurance system on farmers' happiness. It shows that the implementation effectiveness of the new rural cooperative medical insurance system is not ideal. Further grouping study based on sex, age, income, education and regions indicates that partial effectiveness of the new rural cooperative medical insurance system is also not ideal. It may be due to some problems of the new rural cooperative medical insurance system such as low reimbursement rate, narrow reimbursement scope and fussy reimbursement procedures. Therefore, from an academic perspective this paper supports the necessity of the improvement of the new rural cooperative medical insurance system, that is to say, the improvement of the new rural cooperative medical insurance system focuses on not only the increase in reimbursement rate and scope, but also the simplification of reimbursement procedures and processes and the rise in the transparency of reimbursement rules, so as to comprehensively raise farmers' satisfaction with the new rural cooperative medical insurance system.


Cardiovascular pharmaceuticals have been classified in many different ways. Each class has specific desired pharmacological actions and pharmaceuticals within each class may have similar structures. In addition, pharmaceuticals with similar structures might have different pharmacological actions. Algorithms, such as those developed by the American Heart Association (AHA) for its Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) courses, recommend certain pharmaceuticals and certain classes of pharmaceuticals as primary selections. In the AHA's 2000 revision of its ACLS Algorithms, amiodarone was added as a pharmaceutical of choice for treatment of Ventricular Fibrillation/Pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia. (ACLS.net 2002) This pharmaceutical replaced lidocaine as the first choice pharmaceutical following epinephrine. (Bledsoe 1997) Through molecular modeling, an attempt was made to understand how amiodarone acts as a stronger pharmaceutical in treatment of Ventricular Fibrillation/Pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia than lidocaine does. Amiodarone has become known for its competitive inhibition of thyroid hormone to the thyroid hormone receptor subtype beta 1. (Drvota 1995) Protein Databases were searched for the structure of thyroid hormone receptors containing a binding site for amiodarone or the thyroid hormones that it inhibits. The Protein Data Bank (Protein Data Bank 2002) yielded two proteins that might provide a binding site; however, it was not clear whether either of these proteins were the ones mentioned by Drvota as being the most prevalent in the human heart which might yield cardiovascular results. (Rastinejad 1995) The first avenue, therefore, was to examine the suggestion that amiodarone's antiarrhythmic properties are due to its interaction with the thyroid hormone. (Drvota 1995) Two thyroid hormones, Levothyroxine Sodium and Liothyronine Sodium, were chosen for structural comparison with amiodarone and lidocaine. After examining the chemical structure of the four pharmaceuticals, molecular calculations were conducted through the use of HyperChem. From these calculations, a graphic representation of the HOMO and LUMO states of the pharmaceuticals was obtained. The comparison of chemical structure and HOMO and LUMO states indicated that amiodarone is similar to the thyroid hormones, while lidocaine differs significantly from the other three pharmaceuticals. Based upon these findings, it was concluded that the chemical structure and HOMO and LUMO states of pharmaceuticals is not enough to determine the effects that binding would have on pharmacological effect. However, if cardio316 Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science, Vol. 81 (2002) vascular function is enhanced by interaction with thyroid hormones (Drvota 1995), these calculations indicate a possible way in which amiodarone is more likely to interact with these hormones than lidocaine is.


Based on a reading of chapter 38 of the Daodejing, this article examines the relationship between the virtues and moral motivation. Laozi puts forward a view which might be termed a "paradox of virtue"—the phenomenon that a conscious pursuit of virtue can lead to a diminishing of virtue. It aims to show that Laozi's criticisms on the focus on the virtues and characters of agents, and his overall view on morality, pose challenges to a way of moral thinking that is common in modern moral philosophy, including virtue ethics.


Nearly twenty years ago, now, I was breakfasting with a friend at her home when her young son dipped his hand into the pot of jam that had been placed in the centre of the table. "Why are you putting your fingers in the jam?" my friend asked, "Wouldn't it be better to use a knife or a spoon?" "Why don't you just tell him to get his hand out of the pot?" I enquired. "Because Basil Bernstein has told us that we should speak to our children in elaborated code." (Dowling, 1999; no page nos)


Research reveals that children learn attitudes from parents before the age of four years. What then is the teacher's responsibility to children for laying a foundation in world understanding?


The aim of this study is to design a reconfigurable CNC machining center for meeting the demand of special shaped stone products processing. Based on the developed machining center HTM50200 for special shaped stone,using a new reconfigurable design method,through analyzing motion axis needs and taking the processing of special shaped stone in to account,a reconfigurable manufacturing system for special shaped stone was designed. The dynamics analysis for the machine under the dual configuration was also carried out using the software Solidworks Simulation.It is found that the machining center can realize horizontal and vertical configuration processing by rotating the cross beam,which can meet the demand of the diversity of products. Dynamic analysis indicates that the machine has relative good dynamic characteristics,but the stiffness at the middleplace of cross beam is not enough,which can be improved by increasing the thickness or changing the structure.


AbstractIn this study, BaFe2O4–activated clay nanocomposites were successfully synthesized via mechanosynthesis technique for the first time. Structural analysis of the products confirmed the nanoscale formation of nanocomposites. This study focused on adsorption of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) which is a poisonous gas and can be released from sewage sludge. Formation of nanocomposites was verified by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDS) analysis, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD). Results showed that different loadings of barium ferrite in the nanocomposite were important for the adsorption rate. Furthermore, adsorption rate of hydrogen sulfide was improved by increasing BaFe2O4- activated clay concentration which was confirmed by statistical results. The highest average of removal efficiency was 92.79±0.90 in the concentration of 300 g.L-1and the loading of 6%. We could recycle BaFe2O4–activated clay nanocomposite 3 times without a significant decrease in activity. Enhanced performance of BaFe2O4–activated clay, compared to other nanocomposites, recommends its application for adsorptive desulfurization.


Introduction: We report Mössbauer spectroscopy and mass spectrometry measurements on CO2 laserheated Apollo 11 lunar fines 10084. The purpose of these experiments of these experiments was to determine the power density for releasing solar wind implanted gases from lunar fines and the power density required for complete melting of the fines. Such information provides constraints on the use of the CO2 laser and other heating techniques in resource exploration and resource processing of the lunar regolith[1,2}. Laser-heating experiments: For the Mössbauer spectroscopy measurements heating experiments involved three 10 minute rasters, with sample homogenization between rasters, with laser power settings at 2, 3.5, 5, 7, and 10 Watts, in a vacuum of ~10 torr. For the mass spectrometry measurements the sample was exposed to the laser for one minute in a vacuum of 10 torr before measurement of the released gases. Mössbauer spectroscopy measurements. The purpose of the Mössbauer measurements was to characterize the glssification of the material from partial to complete melting, and in particular to note the changes in the ilmenite component, which is a primary retainer of solar wind gases. A four component method was used to fit spectral lines. This method allowed extraction of relative absorption due to ilmenite (crystalline Fe) and glassy Fe, as well as Fe silicate phases. Fig. 1 shows the results for the heated lunar sample 10084. Note that the increase of total Fe content (filled circles ●) is equal to the decrease in Fe (open circles ○), indicating that some of the ferrous silicates are oxidized in the heating process. Mass spectrometry measurements. We measured the release of He, Ne, and Ar from lunar sample 10084 as a function of laser power with the SXP 50 quadrupole mass spectrometer in our laboratory. These inert gases were chosen to represent the mass range of most volatile gases of interest, and to avoid complexities that may result from reactive gases The released gases were subsequently measured. Solar wind origin of these gases was confirmed from the H/He ,Ne/Ne, and Ar/Ar ratios. The quantities given in ccSTP were obtained from the measured signal and an instrument calibration from known quantities of the gases of interest. The results shown in Fig.2 indicate that peak release occurs at approximately 2W and degassing is nearly complete above 3W. 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8


The remote diagnostics of faults and operating states of technical equipment offers increased benefits and cost advantages for consumers and manufacturers. These advantages can also be applied to consumer products but require specific solutions due to the strict resource limitations of the embedded control systems. In this paper a solution concept is presented, to show how remote diagnostics can be realized, based on established technologies by considering the technical and economic limitations of embedded systems within technical consumer products. The requirements of such systems will be identified and the concept of remote diagnostics will be derived. The proof of concept will be given by a prototypical implementation of a household washerdryer machine.


Although most commonly seen with dental extractions, inferior alveolar nerve injury is occasionally seen with orthognathic surgery and facial trauma. Nerve grafting can be performed by lateral corticotomy without the use of maxillomandibular fixation. A case is reported with this technique and recovery of sensibility documented with quantitative sensory testing.


In typical hardware implementations of an arithmetic-intensive algorithm, designers must determine the word lengths of resources such as adders, multipliers, and registers. This paper presents algorithmic level theory and optimization techniques to select distinct word lengths for each computation which meet the desired accuracy and minimize the design cost for the given performance constraints. The reduction in cost is possible by avoiding unnecessary bit-level computations that do not contribute significantly to the accuracy of the final results. Thus we have introduced a new optimization variable, computation accuracy, into data-path synthesis. Our results show on an average, a 30% reduction in functional-resource area using distinct word lengths as opposed to use of a single optimized word length for the entire algorithm.


Materials and methods: Fifty-four farms were conveniently selected from three states of Southeast Nigeria. Information on socioeconomic characteristics of farmers (sex, occupation, educational status, and farming experience), management practices, and disease prevalence were collected. Samples were screened for ectoparasites (skin scrapings), trypanosomes and Brucella antibodies (blood samples), and helminth and cestode ova and coccidia oocysts (fecal samples).


We establish a characterization of almost $P$-matrices via a sign non-reversal property. In this we are inspired by the analogous results for $N$-matrices. Next, the interval hull of two $m \times n$ matrices $A=(a_{ij})$ and $B = (b_{ij})$, denoted by $\mathbb{I}(A,B)$, is the collection of all matrices $C \in \mathbb{R}^{m \times n}$ such that each $c_{ij}$ is a convex combination of $a_{ij}$ and $b_{ij}$. Using the sign non-reversal property, we identify a finite subset of $\mathbb{I}(A,B)$ that determines if all matrices in $\mathbb{I}(A,B)$ are $N$-matrices/almost $P$-matrices. This provides a test for an entire class of matrices simultaneously to be $N$-matrices/almost $P$-matrices. We also establish analogous results for semipositive and minimally semipositive matrices. These characterizations may be considered similar in spirit to that of $P$-matrices by Bialas-Garloff [Linear Algebra Appl. 1984] and Rohn-Rex [SIMAX 1996], and of positive definite matrices by Rohn [SIMAX 1994].


In their 2015 article, Osgood and Muraven showed that cognitive depletion reduces prosocial behaviors but not prosocial attitudes. We expand on the authors' interpretation by relating their results to recent theorizing on the relationship between prosocial behavior and self-control. This framework distinguishes between the proclivity to identify self-control conflict and the capacity to exercise restraint. Osgood and Muraven's findings can be interpreted as evidence that cognitive depletion in social contexts fails to influence a necessary condition for identifying self-control conflict. However, the results do not yet allow us to conclude that depletion influences capacity to exercise restraint. Further work is needed to understand the mechanisms by which cognitive depletion influences prosocial behavior.


This is an important book because in it an attempt is made to bring together a number of specialist scholars concerned with various aspects of the historical geography of the Balkans. These include, as well as geographers and historians, archaeologists and a sociologist. The time span stretches from neolithic times to the present day and the studies vary in scale from those which consider the whole of the Peninsula to those which are concerned with individual countries and with relatively small areas within them.


Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics,pathogens,drug resistance and therapy in the elder patients with advanced lung cancer complicated with pulmonary fungal infection after chemoterapy.Methods The pathogens,drug sensitive test and therapeutic efficacy in the patients with pulmonary fungal infection after chemotherapy were analyzed.Results(1)The advanced lung cancer in old people usually have basic diseases,for example: diabetes,cerebrovascular disease,tuberculosis,chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,asthma et al.(2)Among 62 cases,Candida albicans was the largest part,accounting for 58.1%,followd by Candida glabrate,accounting for 17.7%.The resistant rate was high in Candida glabrata and grams sophie candida.(3)of 62 patients with pulmonary fungus infection,58(93.5%)had been healed of improved,and 4(6.5%) died.Conclusion The morbidity of the advanced lung cancer in old people with pulmonary fungal infection is very high.Diagnosing early and evaluating therapy are helpful for the advanced lung cancer with pulmonary fungus infection in old people after chemotherapy.


The study is the result of a two-year documentation project that enriched the National Museum's collection with remarkable objects and was presented at the exhibition Border is Just a Word (Hranice je jen slovo). The author presents the initiative Saturdays for Neighbourhood (Soboty pro sousedství), which was founded at the end of April 2020 and soon transformed from a secret group into a self-conscious civic initiative, recognised by politicians and media alike. Thanks to unique documents, it is possible to get a glimpse into the background of the protests, picnics and happenings that took place on the green border in May 2020, as well as follow the reaction of the initiative and the Klub česko-německého partnerství (Czech-German Partnership Club) to government measures in autumn 2020 and early 2021. The insight into the topic of closed borders also reveals a number of things about the behaviour of society, politicians and the media in "covid times".


As the representative of the third industrial revolution, the Internet of Things technology has become a huge driving force behind the changes in human production and lifestyle after the Internet. With its unique features and advantages, IoT technology has extensive and in-depth applications in smart cities, intelligent transportation, and industrial production. With the rapid development of 5G networks, the characteristics of 5G networks with fast speed, low latency, and large access volume will provide a broader platform for the development of Internet of Things technology. At the same time, the arrival of the 5G era will bring great challenges to the security of the Internet of Things. As the entrance and business cornerstone of the IoT network, identity authentication will play an important role in responding to IoT security threats. At present, the efficient and reliable IoT identity authentication method has been the subject of constant exploration and research in the academic world, especially the Internet of Things identity authentication method in the 5G network environment. This paper first analyzes the development and existing problems of 5G technology and Internet of Things technology. On this basis, it summarizes the theoretical basis, technical approach, and advantages and disadvantages of current identity authentication. Finally, this paper discusses the application of blockchain technology to 5G. A new trend in the development of the Internet of Things identity authentication in the network environment.


Noisy data require estimation techniques to infer knowledge about a parameter's value. Furthermore, many sensors encounter environments with multiple dynamic variables, which adds additional complexity in the form of timeline and resource allocation constraints. When these multiple parameters require distinct illumination, the system must choose the power allocated for each measurement, subject to a total power constraint, to prioritize parameters that are important or desperately in need of an update. By carefully allocating the power between multiple measurements, this paper details strategies to minimize the overall uncertainty under different conditions of SNR, available timeline, and strength of the parameters' dynamics. We also consider allocation strategies that attempt to maintain all parameters below an uncertainty threshold.


377 patients with single thyroid nodule who clinically were candidates for surgery, were selected fr'om the patients that referred to the clinics of endocrinology at Namazee Hospital, Shiraz Medical School. Fine needle aspiration (FNA) was carried out without performing thyroid scan and the results were compared with histology obtained by surgery to establish its accuracy in our center. which is an area of endemic goiter. 72% were benign confirmed by surgery, 17% malignant(of which two cases were colloid goiter) and II % (42 cases) were suspicious: of these 42 suspicious cases, 28.5% were follicular carcinoma and the rest were benign. In this study sensitivity and specificity of FNA were 91 % and 97%, respectively. In conclusion, although our area is an endemic goiter area, the accuracy of FNA is comparable to iodine sufficient areas. MJIRJ, Vol. 8, No.1, 23-25, 1994.


This article analyzes the participation of the Philippines in the Cortes de Cádiz, the parliament that, from 1810 to 1812, joined representatives of all territories of the Spanish empire for the first and only time. It explains the process through which the Philippines came to have parliamentary representation; the election of Ventura de los Reyes as the Filipino representative; his proposals for the future of the islands; the issues discussed in the Cortes in relation to the Philippines; and the impact that all these matters had on the archipelago.


Objective To observe the therapeutic effect of Bazhen decoction on the premenopausal syndrome.Methods 125 patients were randomly divided into 2 groups.The 65 patients in treatment group were treated by Bazhen decoction one dose a day.The control group was treated by Nitestriol 2mg each time,once every two weeks.Both of their treatment courses were one month and were continuously observed for three courses after which the effects were evaluated.Results The curative and effective rates in the treatment group were 83.1% and 92.3%,which were superior to 76.7% and 90.0% in the control group,respectively.There were no statistical differences between two groups.Side effect in the treated group was obviously less than that of the control group(P0.05).Conclusion Bazhen decoction and estrogen replacement therapy have the same therapeutic effects on premenopausal symptoms,while the side effects in treatment group are much less.


The author critically examines the organising principle of the affirmative action provisions of the Employment Equity Act (or EEA), as well as the implications of the recent judgment by the Constitutional Court in its first case involving the application of affirmative action in the employment context (and in terms of the EEA) – SAPS v Solidarity obo Barnard. While reiterating the need for restitutionary measures such as affirmative action in South Africa, the author concludes – probably quite controversially that the EEA's treatment of affirmative action has nothing to do with the equality right in the Bill of Rights, and that the Act pursues a different (and omnipresent) social engineering agenda by the state. The author calls for this realisation to prompt future affirmative action cases arising from the application of this Act to be removed from the scheme of (and potential defences available under) the equality jurisprudence, and for the courts to critically interrogate the constitutionality of the EEA's affirmative action scheme within its own context. The author believes that Chapter III of the Act is unconstitutional in this sense, and he calls for the scrapping of its provisions. He also calls for a (more) constitutionallycompliant exposition from the Constitutional Court of the parameters of legitimate affirmative action under the Bill of Rights, and adds his voice to the numerous calls for reconsideration of the "rationality test" expounded in Minister of Finance v van Heerden. More generally, the author considers the apparently all-pervasive application of the government ideology of the pursuit of demographic representivity


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To determine the trace element chemistry of rutile and magnetite in a suite of sediment heavy mineral concentrates for Tim Ireland of First Quantum Minerals.