Have you ever wanted to be the one asking the exam questions, instead of having to answer them? We have a great opportunity for you! The success and growth of ComSoc's Wireless Communications Engineering Technology (WCET) Certification Program will be the result of many different factors, one of which will be the quality and scope of the examination questions. To achieve a constant flow of new questions, ComSoc is eliciting the support of subject-matter experts and industry practitioners around the world to develop new questions. At this time, we are seeking subject matter experts with expertise in one or more of the following areas of responsibility: RF Engineering, Propagation, and Antennas; Wireless Access Technologies; Network


In order to gain a more comprehensive understanding of institutional change researchers need to go beyond a snapshot view of significant events but consider events in their temporal setting.


Stereospecific polymerization of styrene (St) was carried out with a rare earth catalyst system which consisting of rare earth carboxylate (RE), alkyl aluminium (AL) and chlorinating agent (CL). The influences of catalyst systems on polymerization of styrene, kinetics and microstructure of the resulting polystyrene (PS) were investigated. The resulting molecular weight and its distribution, syndiotacticity, crystalline morphology and heat capacity of polystyrene were characterized by GPC, 13 C NMR, POM and DSC. The results show that styrene polymerization rate was first-order with respect to monomer concentration with RE/AL/chlorinated carboxylic ester (CE) catalyst system, and the apparent propagation activation energy was determined to be 34.4 kJ·mol −1 . The multiblock atactic/syndiotactic PS products with high molecular weight (Mn, 2.8×10 5 —6.8×10 5 g·mol −1 ) and high melting point (Tm, 160—260℃) could be obtained using RE/AL/CE. The catalytic activity could be further improved using the mixture of CE with chlorinated hydrocarbon (RX) as chlorinating agent. The apparent propagation rate constants were 3.9, 5.6 and 9.2 times larger than those of RE/AL/CE at 50, 60 and 70℃ respectively. The molecular weight of PS decreased to relatively low molecular weight (Mn, 0.5×10 4 —5.0×10 5 g·mol −1 ). The syndiotacticity of PS products was around 60% and their melting points ranged from 170℃ to 240 ℃.


This paper introduces some current soil treatment technologies in metal mines,such as land reclamation,heavy metal pollution conditioner repair,plant repair,ect.based on the survey of the ecological land management in metal mines.The development tendencies of the land ecological restoration of metal mine land in China are discussed.


In Kansas, discoveries were up 27%, from 126 to 160 wells in 1978. The heaviest concentration of drilling was in the same areas as in recent years, but there were indications of more rank-wildcat activity. Total footage drilled was up 13.8% from 12,727,382 to 14,479,279 ft in 1978. Of the total footage drilled, 12,406,941 ft was for oil and gas production and the remainder, 320,441 ft, was in 44 stratigraphic and miscellaneous tests. Approximately 74% of the tests were development holes (10,036,354 ft drilled) and 26% were exploratory tests (4,200,471 ft drilled). The average depth of an exploratory test was 4,170 ft compared to 3,102 ft for an average development well. Drilling was down 9% in Missouri with 49 completions compared to 54 in 1977. Total footage drilled was 16,702: 7 exploratory tests (4,485 ft), 25 development holes (6,631 ft), and 17 stratigraphic and miscellaneous tests (5,585 ft). The average test was 304 ft deep. Except for 1 deep stratigraphic test drilled by the U.S. Geological Survey for seismic evaluation, drilling was confined to the western border of the state. Drilling activity in Nebraska decreased 6.8% with 384 completions. No drilling activities were reported in Iowa, Wisconsin, or Minnesota.


In the paper, we study a relation between command games proposed by Hu and Shapley and an influence model. We show that our framework of influence is more general than the framework of the command games. We define several influence functions which capture the command structure. These functions are compatible with the command games, in the sense that each commandable player for a coalition in the command game is a follower of the coalition under the command influence function. Some of the presented influence functions are equivalent to the command games, that is, they are compatible with the command games, and additionally each follower of a coalition under the command influence function is also a commandable player for that coalition in the command games. For some influence functions we define the equivalent command games. We show that not for all influence functions the compatible command games exist. Moreover, we propose a more general definition of the influence index and show that under some assumptions, some power indices, which can be used in the command games, coincide with some expressions of the weighted influence indices. Both the Shapley–Shubik index and the Banzhaf index are equal to a difference between the weighted influence indices under some influence functions, and the only difference between these two power indices lies in the weights for the influence indices. An example of the Confucian model of society is broadly examined.


Objectives:Cervicogenic headache is a chronic cause of pain with a symptomatology varying between neck pain, instability while walking, dizziness, vertigo, ear pain, eye pain, and unilateral tinnitus, which is leading to increased morbidity and use of analgesics. Currently, the contribution of the local infusion of lidocaine in the treatment of cervicogenic headache is very significant.

Material and methods:In this pilot study, eight patients with cervicogenic headache were examined between February 2017 and August 2017 and treated with a three-scale method combining: 1) transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS); 2) minimally invasive methods of lidocaine injections and nerve blocks; and 3) stretching of the cervical and trapezoidal muscles.

Results:The results show that the combined three-step therapy decreases both pain intensity based on VAS score and constant use of analgesics.

Conclusion:Three-step therapy can be conducted in one session or multiple sessions and appear to constitute a minimally invasive technique that decreases analgesic use, reducing not only their adverse effects and interactions with other pharmaceutics but also the cost of their use.


We report a self-starting mode-locked Cr:forsterite laser with 1030 nm Yb:YAG laser as the pump laser in this paper. Two chirped mirrors are used to provide the negative intracavity group-delay dispersion; the mode locking is initiated and stabilized by a semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror (SESAM). With absorbed power of 7W at 1030nm, stable femosecond laser pulses with average power of 202 mW were obtained at a repetition rate of 82.6 MHz, the autocorrelation measurement shows the typical pulse duration is about 29 fs.


Medical imaging such as computed tomography (CT) plays a critical role in the global fight against COVID-19. Computer-aided platforms have emerged to help radiologists diagnose and track disease prognosis. In this paper, we introduce an automated deep-learning segmentation model, which builds upon the current U-net model, however, leverages the strengths of long and short skip connections. We complemented the long skip connections with a cascaded dilated convolution module that learns multi-scale context information, compensates the reduction in receptive fields, and reduces the disparity between encoded and decoded features. The short connections are considered in utilizing residual blocks as the basic building blocks for our model. They ease the training process, reduce the degradation problem, and propagate the low fine details. This enables the model to perform well in capturing smaller regions of interest. Furthermore, each residual block is followed by a squeeze and excitation unit, which stimulates informative features and suppresses less important ones, thus improving the overall feature representation. After extensive experimentation with a dataset of 1705 COVID-19 axial CT images, we demonstrate that performance gains can be achieved when deep learning modules are integrated with the basic U- net model. Experimental results show that our model outperformed the basic U-net and ResDUnet model by 8.1% and 1.9% in dice similarity, respectively. Our model provided a dice similarity measure of 85.3%, with a slight increase in trainable parameters, thus demonstrating a huge potential for use in the clinical domain.


After the interviews, it has been comprehended that speech-impaired individuals who use sign languages have difficulty communicating with other people who do not know sign language. Due to the communication problems, the sense of independence of speech-impaired individuals could be damaged and lead them to socialize less with society. To contribute to the development of technologies, that can reduce the communication problems of speech-impaired persons, a new dataset was presented with this paper. The dataset was created by processing American Sign Language-based photographs collected from 173 volunteers, published as "27 Class Sign Language Dataset" on the Kaggle Datasets web page. Dataset is available at https://www.kaggle.com/ardamavi/27-class-sign-language-dataset upon publication of this paper.


1. Salt forms of a base, wherein the base is (2-pyrrolidin-1-yl-ethyl) -amide 5- [5-fluoro-2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-indole (3Z) -ilidenmetil] -2 , 4-dimethyl-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxylic acid and wherein the salt form is selected from the group consisting of the citrate and phosphate salts, and solvates and polymorphs. ! 2. The salt form of claim 1, wherein the salt is the phosphate salt with the structure: ,! and its solvates and polymorphs. ! 3. The salt form of claim 2 with the molecular formula C22H25FN4O2 · H3PO4 and a melting point of from about 285 to about 290 ° C. ! 4. A polymorph (Form 1) of the phosphate salt of claim 2, which has X-ray diffraction spectrum of a powder comprising peaks 20.8, 24.5, 25.9 and 27.0 expressed in degrees (± 0,1 degrees ) angle two theta obtained using CuKα1 radiation (wavelength = 1.5406 angstroms). ! 5. The salt form of claim 1, wherein the salt is the citrate salt with the structure: ,! and its solvates and polymorphs. ! 6. The salt form of claim 5 having a molecular formula C22H25FN4O2 · C6H8O7 and a melting point of from about 178 to about 183 ° C. ! 7. The salt form of claim 5 having an X-ray powder having peaks 9.1, 9.4, 14.2, 25.4 and 26.8 expressed in degrees (± 0,1 degrees) angle two theta obtained using CuKα1 radiation (wavelength = 1.5406 angstroms). ! 8. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the phosphate salt of claim 2, the citrate salt of claim 5, or a solvate or polymorph and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient. ! 9. A method for modulating the catalytic activity of protein kinases, comprising bringing said protein into contact with the phosphate salt of claim 2, the citrate salt of claim 5, or a solvate or polymorph. ! 10. A protein kinase of claim 9, which is selected from d


It was focused on the structure and kinds of leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases(LRR-LRKs) in higher plants and their biological functions in regulation of plant development,hormone signaling and defensive responses.Functional mechanisms,crosstalk among different signaling pathways and the prospects for the LRR-RLKs were also discussed.


Abstract This paper is concerned with robust stabilization of an uncertain system over a rate-limited digital channel from the viewpoint of input-output stability. Because of the quantization in the communication channel, it is impossible to apply the traditional small gain theorem to establish robust stability of the feedback system. To overcome this difficulty, we introduce a new notion of small l p signal l p stability, and derive a sufficient robust stability condition against l p gain-bounded uncertainty based on this notion. Furthermore, for the case of p = ∞, a sufficient data rate for the existence of a robustly stabilizing encoder-controller pair is explicitly given.


A new measurement of the ..sigma sqrt.. magnetic dipole moment has been performed at the Brookhaven AGS using the exotic atom technique. K/sup -/ from the C4 line were stopped in a laminar target which consisted of sheets of Pb or W immersed in a LH/sub 2/ bath. Monoenergetic ..pi../sup +/ from the reaction, K/sup -/+p..--> gamma../sup -/+..pi../sup +/ tagged ..sigma../sup -/ production. The fine-structure splitting in the ..sigma../sup -/ hyperonic x-rays was measured and the authors report here a preliminary value obtained from the ..sigma../sup -/(n=11..-->..n=10) x-ray in ..sigma../sup -/-Pb. The value obtained is: ..mu..(..sigma../sup -/) = -1.097 ..mu../sub N/ with a statistical error of +/- 0.044 ..mu../sub N/ and an estimated systematic error of +/- 0.04 ..mu../sub N/. 5 references, 7 figures.


A highly efficient Cr4+:YAG passively Q-switched Yb:YAG microchip laser has been demonstrated at room temperature by high-brightness single-emitter laser-diode pumping. The maximum average output power of 1.53 W was obtained at the absorbed pump power of 3.5 W. The optical-to-optical efficiency was 44% with respect to the absorbed pump power. Laser pulses with a pulse width of 2.9 ns, pulse energy of 11.3 μJ, and peak power of 3.9 kW were obtained. The high pump power intensity from a high-brightness single-emitter laser-diode plays an important role in the alleviation of thermal effects and the efficient performance of Cr4+:YAG passively Q-switched Yb:YAG microchip lasers.


Group awareness is a prominent challenge in the field of co-located collaboration in Multi-display Environments (MDE), where several personal and shared devices are operated simultaneously by multiple users. With a focus on Collaborative Information Seeking (CIS) and particularly different levels of information sharing, our overall goal is to investigate aspects that influence this group awareness as well as the general group performance in such MDE. In this work, we present the conceptual foundation and approach of a research tool, called CoFind. Developed as a lightweight web browser plugin, which connects collaborators by sharing information resources, it provides comprehensive data and activity logging in the context of user studies and their evaluation. Based on an initial lab experiment, we also present first insights on the feasibility of our approach and the utility of our developed tool, allowing to plan and carry out further user studies in this challenging research field.


The crystal structure of bis(2,2',2''-nitrilotriethanol-N,O,O')nickel(II) chloride, [Ni(C 6 H 15 NO 3 ) 2 ]Cl 2 , has been determined from X-ray intensity data. The structure consists of an [Ni(C 6 H 15 NO 3 ) 2 ] 2+ cation and two Cl- anions. The central Ni atom in the cation is coordinated by two 2,2',2''-nitrilotriethanol ligands, with bonds to four O atoms and two N atoms resulting in a distorted octahedral environment. The N atoms occupy trans positions and the O3 atom does not coordinate the Ni atom. The Cl anions form three strong intermolecular hydrogen bonds with the hydroxy H atoms of different cations.


The objective of this study was to examine the effect of a neuromuscular training (NMT) warm‐up on the prevalence of overuse lower extremity (LE) injuries in children's football. Twenty Finnish U11‐U14 youth football clubs (n = 1409 players; females 280, males 1129; age range 9‐14) were randomized into intervention and control groups containing 10 clubs each (intervention: 44 teams, n = 676 players; control: 48 teams, n = 733 players). The intervention group performed a structured NMT warm‐up operated by team coaches for 20 weeks. The main outcome measure was the prevalence of football‐related overuse LE injuries and injuries were tracked via weekly text messages. The average weekly prevalence of overuse LE injuries was 11.6% (95% CI: 11.0%‐12.2%) in the intervention group and 11.3% (10.7%‐11.9%) in the control group. The most common anatomical locations were the knee (weekly prevalence 6.0% in the intervention group and 5.7% in the control group) and heel (2.4% and 2.6%). There was no difference in the prevalence of overuse LE injuries between the groups: odds ratio (OR) 1.01 (95% CI: 0.99‐1.03). In conclusion, NMT warm‐up was equal to standard practice warm‐up in preventing overuse LE injuries in children's football during a follow‐up of 20 weeks.


The invention relates to a stereoscopic fabric with multi-layer honeycomb structure and an integral weaving method. Each honeycomb side in inclining warp thread direction of the fabric is a single layer structure, two edges of honeycomb parallel with warp thread direction are formed by two adjacent overlapping single layers jointing. Two overlapping single layer joints uses double plain plate joint organization, and adds abb amount in the joint organization, namely abb with two single layers are used for inserting weft when two single layers joint interweaving, namely each system warp thread needs not be united and interweaves with the joint abb solely, accordingly, problem of different tension between upper and down single layers are relieved; at the same time abb amount in the joint organization is added, namely abb with two single layers is used for inserting weft when two single layers joints interweaving that can relieve severity degree of warp thread interweaving reciprocally and reduce friction greatly.


The 6-position of the uracil ring was activated for a lithiation reaction by condensing thymine with dimethylsulfamoyl chloride. X-ray crystallography was used to confirm the structure of the intermediate product 1-dimethylsulfamoylthymine, which was lithiated and subsequently treated with 2,6-difluorobenzaldehyde. The dimethylsulfamoyl group was removed by treatment with aq HCl and the alcohol was fluorinated with DAST. The fluoro-derivative was silylated and alkylated at the N1-position with bis(allyloxy)methane to give 1-allyloxymethyl-6-[(2,6-difluorophenyl)fluoromethyl]-5-methylpyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione, which showed moderate activity against HIV-1. An attempt was also made to activate 5-methyl-2-(methylthio)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one with dimethyl-sulfamoyl chloride for a lithiation reaction. However, X-ray crystallography and subsequent reactions showed that the sulfamoylation had taken place on the oxygen at the 4-position.


Empirical studies analysing German import demand functions traditionally report implausibly high income and relativly low price elasticities. Furthermore, estimation results strongly depend on the observation period. Minor variations in the estimation period typically lead to insignificant price terms often displaying the wrong sign. Based on an extensive econometric analysis, the author shows that these problems are caused by the use of highly aggregated activity variables (GDP or total demand). The problem is easily solved if GDP components, namely exports and investment, are used to model domestic economic activity. We find that imports, exports, investment, and a relative import price form highly stable cointegration relationships. The corresponding activity elasticity is clearly below 1 and the price elasticity is highly significant. Changes in the estimation period neither change the impact nor the significance of the determinants of imports.


Contents: Preface 1. Copyright as Property 2. Copyright-Property and the Public Domain:Explanations and Justifications 3. The Limitations to the Powers of Copyright Ownership 4. The Attribution and Allocation of Copyright-Property: Authorship, Creativity and Ownership 5. The Effects of Copyright-Property I: The Problem of Alienation 6. The Effects of Copyright-Property II: Neo-Feudal and Neo-Colonial Features of International Copyright Protection Conclusions Index


The problem of population aging in Harbin is of the characteristics of rapid increasing,low incoming,and poor health. Community sports are good for the aging people to make of free time with a scientific,healthy,and civilized lifestyle so as to slow down the aging process and promote their health condition.


We explore the links between financial development and economic growth through Total Factors Productivity canal in African economies. First, we use a composite index to gauge the levels of financial development in 40 African economies during the period 2004-2014. Second, we study the Finance-Total Factors Productivity (TFP) relationship in a panel of 22 economies classified by their income level. The main results of our study show that financial development in Africa promotes economic growth, improves the allocation investment, and stimulates total factors productivity, but affects negatively saving mobilization. Results by group of countries show that financial development does not promote total factors productivity in low-income and upper-middle-income countries. For low-income countries, this is due to the inadequacy of financial services available to the needs of economic agents. For the second category of countries, this result is probably due to the fact that the financial system is biased toward the formal sector, which does not make enough efforts to increase TFP. The Finance-TFP relationship is significantly positive in the lower middle-income countries. the reforms of African financial systems have to be designed and directed to increase the adequacy of financial services to the needs of each economy and its development level. Financial sectors should encourage the accumulation of inputs in factors-driven economies, improve the reallocation of resources to high-productivity sectors in efficiency-driven economies, and finance Innovation in innovation-driven economies.


Deep cement mixing method (DCM) is one of the most effective improving methods for deep soft ground. The strength of soft soil can be increased in a short period of time with less noise and vibration. However, it is necessary to determine the stress transferring and concentration ratio of the composite soft ground for estimating the settlement behaviors. In this study, a model test was undertaken to investigate the stress distribution of the improved soil. Results of the model test shows that stresses were concentrated mainly on the improved areas by DCM and the concentration ratios (35.4, 28.6, 27.02) were obtained using several different techniques. These were well in accordance with other previous research results (26.52, 32.5).


Purpose:A computer software tool was developed for parsing medical image files conformed to the DICOM(Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine)standard. Materials and Methods:A software tool for analyzing the format and the data element's structure of medical image file based on DICOM standard was designed using Object-Oriented programming language Visual C++ in Windows environment. Results:The software tool was able to parse all DICOM files including image files,DICOM SR(Structured Reporting) files,DICOM DIR(DICOM Directory)files and NEMA files(previous medical image file format). Conclusion:The parsing tool could help PACS users in understanding image file's elements of medical imaging device and PACS and was useful in putting PACS into practice successfully.


In this paper the analytical time-domain propagator for stochastic electromagnetic field is proposed. The two-dimensional auto-correlation function and cyclic auto-correlation function can be efficiently used for the far-field characterization of the printed circuit board (PCB) stochastic radiated emission in the time-domain. The calculated cyclic characteristics using the convolution transformation and the far-field antenna measurements are compared. The validation of the obtained characteristics is demonstrated using normalized impulse antenna response.


Through analyzing the goal and environment of software evolution process,binding the goal,environment and corresponding software evolution process' s activities,this paper put forward a kind of goal-directed software evolution process model,and used it to guide the modeling.In this model,the guidance of modeling was the evolution goal.The process' s behavior could be identified according to the goals and resources.In this paper it described the process behavior using communication sequential process,discused the compute of process' s recourses,transit of goal's state and the priority of goal deeply.


The similarity of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) dyes and their hosts as pure organic molecules makes hosts predominant in intermolecular interactions and crucial to exciton harvesting and utilization in TADF diodes. DPEPO is the most popular high-energy-gap blue TADF host with steric ortho-substituted diphenylphosphine oxide (DPPO) groups for intermolecular interaction suppression, but suffers from serious efficiency roll-off due to its weak electroactivity. On the contrary, parasubstituted DPPO with small steric hindrance is superior in intramolecular electronic coupling. In this work, four constitutional isomers of DPEPO are constructed as diphenylether (DPE) with two diphenylphosphine oxide (DPPO) groups substituted at either the 2 or 4 position, namely 220DPEPO (viz. DPEPO), 24DPEPO, 240DPEPO and 440DPEPO, respectively. On the basis of separation configuration, the steric effect and electroactivity of orthoand para-substituted DPPOs are successfully integrated in 240DPEPO, accompanied by remarkably reduced intermolecular interactions due to its unsymmetrical configuration. Compared to its congeners, 240DPEPO has a rigid structure and locally excited states similar to 220DPEPO for interaction suppression and improved charge mobility comparable to 440DPEPO for charge flux balance. Significantly, by virtue of the predominant orientation effect of ortho-DPPO on the T1 location, its T1 state is extremely condensed onto a single phenyl, protected from intermolecular interactions by its remaining five phenyls at its maximum extent. Consequently, 240DPEPO endowed its DMAC-DPS-based deep-blue devices with state-of-the-art performance, including high color purity with chromaticity coordinates of (0.16, 0.17), external quantum efficiency (EQE) beyond 20% and EQE roll-off as low as 32% at 1000 cd m . It is shown that the device performance of 240DPEPO was far beyond simple integration of those of 220DPEPO and 440DPEPO, verifying the significance of host optimization.


With the continuous development of various social media platforms and the expansion of the fan base, the fan culture has gradually entered the public's vision. Internet slang of fans is an important part of fan culture, and many current Internet buzzwords also come from it. From the perspective of critical pragmatics, this paper first analyzes the word-formation characteristics of fans' online expressions, and then critically analyzes the reasons for the popularity of fans' online expressions with the relevant theories of pragmatics. It is hoped that it can provide some reference and inspiration for the study of network language and critical pragmatics.


The concern about the effects of climate change has become global. Following the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a carbon market has emerged. It is an initiative to combat such effects. Colombia in general and Antioquia in particular have the potential to become leading players in this market through the sale of certified emission reductions (CERs). This article presents the ACM0002 methodology for small hydroelectric powers (SHP). Based on the data collected on this subject and the estimates presented, it is concluded that Antioquia has a great potential to market carbon credits. Consequently, two important goals can be achieved: the reduction of GHG emissions and increased revenues that can be reinvested and directed towards the creation of new projects so the natural balance of the areas where the SHP are built can be sustained. Finally, the energy sector is not the only one that can benefit from the CDM, for waste management, infrastructure projects, and water sectors can also implement this type of mechanism.


ABSTRACT Although plating on the plantar, tension‐side of the metatarsocuneiform joint provides an inherent biomechanical advantage for Lapidus arthrodesis, it has not been widely adopted owing to the morbidity associated with plantar application. To overcome these limitations, a modification to 90–90 locked biplanar plating was developed to provide the biomechanical advantages of multiplanar fixation and tension‐side fixation, allowing application through a conventional incision. We tested the hypothesis that biplanar plating with tension‐side fixation (low‐profile straight dorsal plate and anatomic medial‐plantar plate) would demonstrate improved mechanical stability compared with a previously tested 90–90 biplanar construct (small straight plate dorsally and medially) under cyclic loading. Both constructs were tested in static load to failure (3 pairs) and cyclic loading (10 pairs) with plantar cantilever bending using surrogate anatomic bone models. With static ultimate failure, the biplanar plate construct with tension‐side fixation failed at a significantly greater failure load than did the straight biplanar plate construct (247.3 ± 18.4 N versus 210.9 ± 10.4 N; p = .04). With cyclic failure testing, the biplanar plate construct with tension‐side fixation endured a significantly greater number of cycles (206,738 ± 49,103 versus 101,780 ± 43,273; p < .001) and a significantly greater dynamic failure load (207.5 ± 24.3 N versus 162.5 ± 20.6 N; p < .001) compared with the straight biplanar plate construct. These results have demonstrated that under simulated static and cyclic Lapidus arthrodesis loading, biplanar plating with tension‐side fixation provides superior strength compared with the straight biplanar construct. Thus, this construct shows promise for clinical application as a practical approach to tension‐side fixation and an early return to weightbearing after Lapidus fusion. Level of Clinical Evidence: 5


The current study examined the associations between socio-demographic background and engagement in social uses of mobile phone, and between the engagement in these uses and life satisfaction and health satisfaction in later life through the lens of digital divide and uses and gratifications theories. The data, collected from the retired Internet users (62 and older) residing in seven countries (N = 5713), were analyzed using logistic and linear regression models. The results show that education and age predicted the engagement in social uses in the most consistent way. A number of social uses positively related to both life and health satisfaction. Of the particular uses, e-mailing and instant messaging were positively associated with life and health satisfaction. The results imply that socio-demographic background predicts the engagement in social uses of mobile phone in later life, that the engagement in such uses plays an overall significant role in wellbeing in later life, and that some particular uses play a greater role than others in this regard.


Coconut wine packed in coconut shell and preparation method and container thereof are disclosed. Said coconut wine packed in coconut shell is characterized in that it contains coconut shell being removed coconut juice or a portion of coconut juice from there, wherein there is a sealing piston or a conduct pipe with a piston for discharging wine on the opening of the upper portion of coconut shell, and there is poured wine in the inner chamber of the coconut shell.


Phylogenetic comparative methods comprise the general endeavor of using an estimated phylogenetic tree (or set of trees) to make secondary inferences: about trait evolution, diversification dynamics, biogeography, community ecology, and a wide range of other phenomena or processes. Over the past ten years or so, the phytools R package (Revell 2012) has grown to become an important research tools for phylogenetic comparative analysis. phytools is a diverse contributed R library now consisting of hundreds of different functions covering a variety of methods and purposes in phylogenetic biology. As of the time of writing, phytools included functionality for fitting models of trait evolution, for reconstructing ancestral states, for studying diversification on trees, and for visualizing phylogenies, comparative data, and fitted models, as well numerous other tasks related to phylogenetic biology. Here, I describe some significant features of and recent updates to phytools, while also illustrating several popular workflows of the phytools computational software.


The aim of the study was obtaining information on the recent position of Young farmers in order to estimate their intention of innovation, the development of the farm and the incrisement of competitiveness. Data came from an extended research in the DKMT Euroregion (West Romania, Vojvodina and South-East Hungary). Young farmers were interviewed (n=10). The answers were processed by Lickert-scale. During the questioning we focused on: mechanization and technological level of the farm; the genetical background of the applied varieties and breeds; the used digital technology, information resources, marketing and the factors of motivation to innovate.


Within human carcinomas, there is often an infiltration of lymphocytes and other cells of the immune system. A variety of cytokines are produced by such cells that could have a paracrine influence on the growth of tumor epithelium. The effect of one of these cytokines, interleukin-4 ( 11.-4). on human breast and colon cancer cell lines was therefore examined. 11-4 inhibited the growth of human colon (HT 29) and breast [MCF-7 wild type (MCF-7 WT), MCF-7 Adriamycin-resistant (MCF-7r), MDA-MB231, and MDA-MB-468) carcinoma cells in culture. Competitive binding of '"I-IL-4 demonstrated the presence of 2000 high affinity IL-4-binding sites on HT 29 cells. The Kt for specific binding of '"I-IL-4 to HT 29 cells was 77 p\i. Further studies were conducted on the estrogen-depend ent MCF-7 WT and estrogen-independent MDA-MB-231 breast carci noma lines. Concentrations of 11-4 of 10-100 IIM were required to significantly inhibit growth of these carcinoma cell lines; e.g., with MCF7 WT cells, half-maximal inhibition of growth occurred at 20 UM IL-4. Specific binding of l2SML-4 was detected to MCF-7 WT and MDA-MB231 cells, but the low level of binding precluded Scatchard analysis. II.4 inhibited 90% of the 17/î-estradiol-stimulated growth of MCF-7 WT cells in a dose-dependent manner but without a change in estrogen receptor expression. Inhibition of growth by IL-4 was less in the absence of estrogens. Combined treatment with IL-4 and other known inhibitors of breast carcinoma cell growth [transforming growth factor-jSi (TGF-#i) and the antiestrogen tamoxifen) showed additive inhibition. The hormoneindependent cell lines MCF-7r and MDA-MB-231 were additively inhib ited by IL-4 and TGF-0,. This was not the case with MDA-MB-468 cells in which inhibition by IL-4 and !(•!•'-/:(, was of similar magnitude but no significantly greater effect was observed on combined treatment. No secretion of IL-4 was detected from these cell lines either basally or on treatment with TGF-ß,or tamoxifen, and we conclude that IL-4 is a nonautocrine inhibitor of breast carcinoma cell growth.


Methoxyflurane, halothane and enflurane were compared in respect of their ability to modify cortical activity in Sprague-Dawley rats with chronically implanted electrodes. An analytical instrumentation system for analysis of the electroencephalogram (e.e.g), equipped with a memory unit and capable of obtaining on-line analysis of time histograms of the e.e.g. was used. Methoxyflurane was found to be four times as potent as enflurane, and 2.6 times as potent as halothane 15 to 25 min after the commencement of anesthesia. Halothane was found to be 1.5 times as potent as enflurane.


The Indian banking sector plays an important role in the economic development of the country and is the most dominant segment of the financial sector. The Surat district cooperative  bank   has been committed for overall upliftments of the society. The main focus of the bank is to provide loans to farmers at low rate. Secondary Data has been used in this study where, the data are gathering from Surat district cooperative bank dated from 1 st April 2016 to 31 st March 2018. The objective behind this study is to analyse the financial statement of bank. The Following study consists of Comparative Financial Statements, Common size Financial Statements and Trend Percentage Analysis method. From evaluating, it is concluded that financial position of the bank i.e. profitability, solvency and liquidity position was so impressively growing. Its financial position was also good. Thus the overall performance of the bank was remarkably good which indicate a future growth of financial position as well as its profitability.


Objective To investigate the application and value of opportunistic screening(OS) for cervical cancer and precancerous lesions in outpatients.Methods The OS performed in our hospital from January 2006 to June 2010 was analyzed.Liquid-based cytology testing and HPV-DNA testing were used for OS.Cervical cancer and precancerous lesions were pathologically confirmed by colposcopy and biopsy.Results Among the 112 692 outpatients,14 106(12.44%) received OS.Abnormal cytology results were found in 2 219 cases(15.83%).Early cervical cancer and precancerous lesions were diagnosed in 838 cases(5.98%)(CIN Ⅰ in 556,CIN Ⅱ in 189,CIN Ⅲ in 72 and cervical infiltration in 21).Conclusion The OS is an effective,convenient and highly acceptable method with a high detection rate of cervical lesions among outpatients,chich can provide social and economic benefits for timely regulatory treatment of cervical cancer and precancerous lesions.


When a person suffers from an injury, there are specific methods of treatment which are recommended according to the type of injury. One of these methods involves Cryotherapy, in which the part of the affected body is exposed to cooling for decreasing the temperature. The aim of this therapeutic method is to decrease cellular metabolism, increase cellular survival, decrease inflammation and reduce pain and spasm.  The system designed in the present study involves the possibility of "smart" treatment using portable thermoelectric cooling devices based on electronic hardware, software and digital control techniques. In the proposed system, all stages of treatment have been performed automatically by using Arduino as the microcontroller to controlling temperature in cryotherapy methods. This research focus on usage of thermoelectric effect with Peltier module for smart electronic cooling and does not involve the usage of chemicals or cooling materials e.g. ice. Smart cooling methods have significant advantages that they are highly accurate and allow precise timing of the treatment especially for the athletes, and for whom the recovery time from injuries is critical. This approach can be fundamentally important for practical investigations relating to the timing of cryotherapy for any type of users. ABSTRAK: Apabila seseorang mengalami kecederaan, terdapat kaedah rawatan khas yang disyorkan berdasarkan jenis kecederaan. Salah satu kaedah ini melibatkan Krioterapi, di mana sebahagian kawasan badan yang terlibat didedahkan kepada kesejukan untuk megurangkan suhu badan. Tujuan kaedah terapeutik ini adalah bagi mengurangkan metabolisme sel, menambah sel selamat, mengurangkan radang dan mengurangkan sakit dan sentakan. Sistem yang direka dalam kajian ini berkemungkinan melibatkan rawatan bijak yang menggunakan alat penyejuk termoelektrik mudah alih melibatkan peranti elektronik, perisian dan teknik kawalan digital. Dalam sistem cadangan ini, kesemua peringkat rawatan telah dilaksanakan secara automatik menggunakan Arduino sebagai alat mikro-kawalan bagi mengawal suhu dalam kaedah Krioterapi. Fokus kajian ini adalah dengan menggunakan kesan termo-elektrik dengan modul Peltier untuk penyejuk elektronik bijak dan tidak melibatkan penggunaan bahan kimia dan bahan penyejuk seperti ais. Kaedah penyejuk bijak ini mempunyai faedah ketara seperti sangat tepat dan memberi masa rawatan yang jitu terutama untuk atlet, dan kepada sesiapa yang tempoh masa pemulihan kecederaan amat penting untuknya. Pendekatan ini boleh menjadi asas penting bagi penyelidikan praktikal berkaitan masa krioterapi untuk pelbagai jenis pengguna.


Sixty-two polymorphic SSR primers were used to study the genetic relationships of 59 cucumber materials.Germplasm used in this study were divided into 7 groups by cluster analysis.Six European greenhouse ecotype materials with no spines were in the 1st group.Four American ecotype germplasm with small fruits belonged to the 2nd group.The Xishuangbanna cucumber D59 formed the 3th group.The genetic distance between D59 and other materials were more than 0.33.The white fruited accession D38 belonged to 4th group.The accession D13 and its male parent D39 which were the progenies of European greenhouse ecotype and North China ecotype were in the 5th group.The leaf color mutant D28 was the only accession in the 6th group.The 7th group were consisted of 33 North China type materials,7 South China type accessions and 4 Japanese type germplasm.Results obtained from the principal coordinate analysis were consistent with those from the cluster analysis,which were in according with the morphological taxonomy on cucumber.


Abstract This article discusses the educational context of John Henry Newman's earlier writings. Through a detailed analysis of the character of Oxford University it traces the development of his educational theory in his practice of teaching. Oxford, which remained a wholly Anglican institution until the 1870s, functioned as a microcosmfor the broader issues of church and state which dominated the writings of the leaders of the Tractarian (or Oxford) Movement in the 1830s. The article helps explain why English theology developed completely differently from theology in continental Europe. For Newman, education was a pastoral and religious task where faith and life were connected through a common 'catholic' ethos: the quest for truth was a religious duty. This idea, where the intellect and will were mutually determinative of one another, remained central to his theology and theory of education after his conversion to the Roman Catholic Church, especially in his plans for the University of Dublin, published in The Idea of a University. Newman's insight was that authentic education required a 'religious' disposition, and learning was a moral and spiritual task. This may still be of some relevance in educational policy in the present day.


Objective: Research was held for the evaluation of wheatear health education and other environmental medical and social issues influence the electoral process in Pakistan. Study design: Exploratory quantitative and case study method. Place & duration of study: Present research paper was completed in the period of June 2017 to Feb 2018 and the place was NA-126 Lahore. Material and method: In this research content analysis done. This research was held to compare the healthy educated people of Lahore wheatear health and education effect electoral process in Lahore NA-126 as compared to other areas of Lahore and political influences on housing and other medical and social issues of people after political selection. Result: Health and education greatly influence electoral process in Pakistan. Conclusion: Research shows that healthier and well educated you are the more likely you are to cast a vote. Social connection is really an important factor as we have to decide where we are going as a country morally, economically and politically.


1. Facklam RR, Teixeira LM. Enterococcus. In: Lollier L, Balows A, Sussman M, editors. Topley and Wilson's Microbiology and Microbial Infections, 9 ed. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998. pp. 669-82. 2. Crum NF. Group A Streptococcal brain abscess. Scan J Infect Dis 2004; 36: 238 9. 3. Kangsanarak J, Fooanant S, Ruckphaopunt K, Navacharoen N, Teotrakul S. Extracranial and intracranial complications of suppurative otitis media. Report of 102 cases. J Laryngol Otol 1993; 107: 999-1004. 4. Suzuki A, Matsunaga T, Aoki S, Hirayama T, Nakagawa N, Shibata K et al. A pancreatic abscess 7 years after a pancreatojejunostomy for calcifying chronic pancreatitis. J Gastroenterol 2002; 37: 1062-7. 5. Verhaegen J, Pattyn P, Hinnekens P, Colaert J. Isolation of Enterococcus avium from bile and blood in a patient with acute cholecystitis. J Infect 1997; 35: 77-8. 6. Farnsworth TA. Enterococcus avium splenic abscess: a rare bird. Lancet Infect Dis 2002; 2: 765 7. Mohanty S, Dhawan B, Kapil A, Das BK, Pandey P, Gupta A. Brain abscess due to Enterococcus avium. Am J Med Sci 2005; 329: 161-2


A reaction of the 44 electron cluster [Pt3(μ-PPh2)3Ph(PPh3)2] (1) with wet AgBF4 afforded the cationic cluster [Pt3(μ2-OH)(μ-PPh2)2(PPh3)3]BF4 (3(BF4)) which slowly transformed into [Pt3(μ2-Cl)(μ-PPh2)2(PPh3)3]BF4 (4(BF4)) upon recrystallization from CH2Cl2. These 44 electron clusters have been characterized by (31)P{(1)H} NMR, and the crystal structure of 4(PF6) has been determined by X-ray diffraction, as well as that of [Pt3(μ-PPh2)2I2(PPh3)3] (5), which was obtained by recrystallization of the known cluster [Pt3(μ2-I)(μ-PPh2)2(PPh3)3]I (2(I)) from toluene and represents a neutral formula isomer of the latter. In addition, we have prepared the adducts of cluster 1 containing the moieties [Cu(NCMe)2](+) and [Au(PPh3)](+) in 6 and 7, respectively, and on the basis of their spectroscopic data, it was concluded that these complexes have similar structures to that previously established for the adduct of 1 with Ag(TFA) (TFA = OC(O)CF3), [Pt3{μ3-Ag(TFA)}(μ-PPh2)3Ph(PPh3)2] (8). The cationic clusters in 3(BF4) and 4(BF4) react with Ag(TFA) to afford cationic adducts in [Pt3{μ3-Ag(TFA)}(μ2-X)(μ-PPh2)2(PPh3)3]BF4 (9(BF4), X = OH; 10(BF4), X = Cl). The structure of the mixed-metal cluster [Pt3(μ3-AgBF4)(μ2-I)(μ-PPh2)2(PPh3)3]BF4 (11(BF4)), obtained by reaction of the complex 2(I) with AgBF4, was determined by X-ray diffraction.


Premise of research. Staminodes are infertile stamens that have evolved numerous times in angiosperms and exhibit a vast array of forms and functions. Variation in staminodes suggests that numerous evolutionary processes underlie their origins, but to understand how and why they evolved, comparative studies of groups of closely related species are needed. Identifying structures as staminodes, however, is not always straightforward and sometimes requires corroborating phylogenetic and developmental evidence. Staminodial structures in Paronychia (Caryophyllaceae), for example, vary in shape and size and have been referred to as both petals and staminodes, rendering their homology uncertain. Methodology. The evolution and development of staminodes were compared across species of Paronychia. We tested the hypotheses that structures were either petals or staminodes by evaluating the floral development of 14 species with scanning electron and light microscopy and conducted ancestral state estimations across phylogenies to infer when staminodes evolved. Pivotal results. Staminodes developed between the fertile androecial whorl and carpel, indicating an androecial origin. In eight species, staminodes developed similar to filaments of a fertile stamen in shape, length, and time, suggesting homology to them. In four species, staminodes are highly reduced through the heterochronic termination of development following initiation. In two species, broader staminodes, compared with filaments in the same flower, were interpreted as functional co-options. A vascular strand was not observed in any species examined, indicating that staminodes are vestigial before co-option. Staminodes evolved before the origin of Paronychia and were lost at least three times. Conclusions. Staminodes in Paronychia began as vestigial stamens following the loss of anthers and were highly reduced, remained vestigial, or were co-opted; we call this the vestigial intermediate hypothesis. Our results illustrate a dynamic history of staminodial evolution in Paronychia and that selection on the function of staminodes can differ across closely related species.


Whiplash injury is surrounded by controversy in both the medical and legal world. The debate on whether it is either a potentially serious medical condition or a social problem is ongoing. This paper briefly examines a selection of studies on low velocity whiplash injury (LVWI) and whiplash associated disorder (WAD) and touches upon the pathophysiological and epidemiological considerations, cultural and geographical differences and the effect of litigation on chronicity. The study concludes that the evidence for significant physical injury after LVWI is poor, and if significant disability is present after such injury, it will have to be explained in terms of psychosocial factors.


On the basis of analyzing the principles of the quantum rotation gates and quantum controlled-NOT gates, a novel quantum neural networks model is proposed in our paper. In this model, the input information is expressed by the qubits, which, as the control qubits after rotated by the rotation gate, control the qubits in the hidden layer to reverse. The qubits in the hidden layer, as the control qubits after rotated by the rotation gate, control the qubits in the output layer to reverse. The networks output is described by the probability amplitude of state  1 | in the output layer. The learning algorithm is derived and discussed based on the gradient descent algorithm. It has been shown in two application examples of pattern recognition and function approximation that this new quantum neural network model is superior to the standard BP networks with regard to their convergence rate, number of iterations, approximation ability, and robustness. Keywordsquantum computing, quantum neural networks, quantum gate, learning algorithm


We consider the time‐varying (Wigner) spectrum of a filtered signal and derive an approximation that shows the effects of the magnitude and phase of the filter on the time‐varying spectrum of the original signal. Both the deterministic and random cases are considered. Application to wave propagation with dispersion and damping is discussed.


The paper is describing the current state of intermediation services in CZ NUTS 2 Region Prague, based on results of ongoing SUPER-SME Project of FP6. It is possible to identify an import ant role of intermediaries in research, development, and innovat ion activities. The intermediation aims at optimizing supply of scientifi c and technological services, with demand of RTDI companies and organizations or any other actors using or interested in using these services, e.g. national or regional stakeholders. S & T intermediary is defined as a public, private, or public/private (non-profi t) institution with a mission of optimizing interface between supply of scientific and technological services and demand of an enterprise, groups of enterprises, or any instit ution in this respect. Universities, research centers, private comp anies, or technology transfer centers can play a role of S&T intermediary.


Several approaches for cell image segmentation have been proposed and applied with success in the biomedical sciences field, but cell content estimation is still a not solved problem. This paper presents a novel formed classifier that combine appropriately "intelligent scissors" (livewire), object's pixel information (RGB values of colors) and probabilistic artificial neural networks (ANN) techniques for segmenting and estimating precisely the cytoplasm composition in relation to protein, lipid, and carbohydrates. Based on this it is possible to estimate the gonad's state of development and the maturation stage of oocytes in adult ovigerous females gonads. The ovigerous mature females (identifiable by their brood pouch – empty, with eggs, with eyeless or eyed embryos) were selected under a dissecting microscope in the laboratory. A total of 170 gonadic masses from females containing oocytes in different developmental stages were analyzed. A total of 100 sections were observed by light microscopy in order to record the arrangement of the ovaries and determine the maturity stage of the various germ cells. With the ANN network (Fig. 1) trained is possible to carry out the classification step. Classification aims to associate each cytoplasm pixel to one of the selected classes. In this process each cytoplasm pixel is simulated (Figure 2 A). As result a new image containing the classified cytoplasm is produced, where each class is represented by a different colour level (Figure 2 B). Figure 2 C show from left to right the full "classification flow process" including ROI selection, cytoplasm and nucleus contour extraction, cytoplasm segmentation and cytoplasm content classification. The proposed classifier was tested successfully in a representative image dataset, demonstrating the effectiveness and robustness of this new method facilitating the histochemical analysis of cell contents, based on a gonads model.


A new broadband fiber laser for multiphoton microscopy that can simultaneously excite all fluorophores (including DAPI, GFP, YFP and RFP) with a single pulse. Offering the highest peak power on the sample plane, it provides higher brightness with lower thermal damage. To find out more, please contact us on www.fyla.com. Tel: 607971021. email: email@example.com. Address: Ronda Guglielmo Marconi 12, Parque TEcnologico 46980, Paterna, Valencia (Spain)


AbstractMany conservative parties which attach a great significance to religion claim that they support the democratic principles. However, their actions are against the liberal model of democracy. The main question posed in this article is if it is religion that is the major factor behind the particular understanding of democracy. The author argues that it is a mixture of conservative, religious and populist (sometimes also nationalist) aspects that in this context can play a crucial role - even in diverse national and cultural settings. The article is a comparative analysis of the Justice and Development Party in Turkey and the Law and Justice party in Poland.1. IntroductionFrom the perspective of political science, the approach towards democracy from the political parties attaching great significance to religion belongs to the issues worth analyzing. It is not about religious parties "whose ideology is derived from or shaped by religious ideas and which mobilizes the grassroots on the basis of shared religious identity" and that "seek regime change by implementing their religious values".* 1 It is about "religion oriented" conservative parties, that stress the religious values both in their programs and political behaviour, but they are not anti-regime parties. Their goal can be a change in the regime to give an "adequate" place for religion, tradition and morality in public life but at the same time they do not want a transformation of the regime.Their attitude and more often their real commitment to liberal democracy, associated here with respect for individual human rights, pluralism and rights of minorities, can be even more ambiguous than is the case of religious parties. It is because of the role of conservatism that nowadays has broad-ranging ideological characteristics as well as different forms and articulations in different contexts. This situation is connected with the fact that the current conservatism in practice may be a mixture of the traditional elements, i.e. the substantial role of community, tradition or religion and the aspects developed within different traditions of 19,h century conservatism (e.g. the significance of a nation) as well as post-war trends.2This article is a comparative analysis of two cases of conservative parties - the Turkish Justice and Development Party (AKP, Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi) and the Polish Law and Justice party (PiS, Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc). There are obviously many differences between Poland and Turkey that shape the environment in which both parties act, thus making their comparison a difficult task. It refers among others to the dominant religions - Islam and Catholicism respectively and the current model of relationship between religion and politics.3However, a comparison between the AKP and PiS is not impossible. There are already examples of this kind of comparison in literature, although not really in the context of democracy. These analyses usually concern Christian democrats in European countries and the AKP/"Muslim democrats" in Turkey. Researchers focus either on the Christian democracy in the 19th century or on post-war Western Christian democracies in such countries as France, Germany or Italy.4 5 However, there is a lack of genuine attempts to compare relevant parties in Central and Eastern Europe with Turkey. The advantage of this kind of comparison is that both the AKP and PiS had to deal with the constitutional and economic systems that they inherited from their predecessors - which was not the case with Western Christian democracies in the 1940s - and the competition within a secularism vs. religious traditionalism axis still plays a big role in both countries - in comparison say to today's France or Germany.3The main goal of this article is to confirm the hypothesis that religion and conservatism - in connection with populism and nationalism can in practice be a dysfunctional mixture for a liberal-democracy. …


Plasmonics have been actively explored for the structural colour printing applications owing to their preferential photon absorption and scattering. To date, many schemes have been demonstrated for the realization of full colour pixels employing various plasmonic geometries. However the quest for a perfect plasmonic geometry that offers pure colour pixels with distinct reflective peaks and high colour saturation combined with low cost and high throughput scalable fabrication is not yet fulfilled. We propose a scheme for generating all colours from violet to red in the visible spectrum with high colour purity and saturation by a clever engineering of concomitant multiple plasmonic resonances in 2D arrays of aluminum based nano antennas.

In order to realize vivid full colour pixels, we fabricated 2D arrays of aluminum nano squares raised on top of PMMA nano posts in the back ground of a perforated back reflector by systematically varying the square size (D) and periodicity (P). In the single layer fabrication process the PMMA nano posts were defined by electron beam lithography and subsequently aluminum thin film was deposited by thermal evaporation to form both the nano squares and the fishnet like back reflector. The colour formation is based on the excitation of plasmonic light absorption at two distinct wavelengths leaving a central reflective peak that is coherently scattered by coupling to a strongly radiating dipole resonance. Pure colours both in the RGB and CMY colour schemes with extreme reflective peaks of high quality factor (FWHM of 100nm) across the visible spectrum are demonstrated.


In a preliminary excursus, Michael Baxandall's concept of the 'period eye' is subject to both a positive and a critical assessment as a means of moving beyond the problematics of traditional iconography. Suggesting that the oversight of gender and sexual difference in the ways in which the concept has been put to work is structural rather than incidental, the article considers a series of stages in the representation of the female in Renaissance and post-Renaissance European art as overdetermined by fundamental processes of the theological exegesis of the scriptural figure of woman. The 'period eye' is thus subjected to a critical assessment over a relatively long term of art historical methodologies.


Copyright © 2010 De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines Livermore's contribution to global leadership is his pioneering work on cultural intelligence (CQ), a new addition to a growing number of multiple formulations of human intelligences and quotients. By addressing culture as a key factor of leadership in a global context, he now provides a neutral perspective on culture for corporate leaders. This perspective is aligned with the growing trend of understanding other cultures and civilizations with empathy. Leading with Cultural Intelligence: The New Secret to Success may yet facilitate the implementation of global hypernorms proposed in integrative social contract theory and facilitate compliance to global standards of codes of conduct.


increasingly as an alternative treatment process for the remediation of textile waste water. Although the vast majority of waste water supply systems deliver "Safe" water after treatment, incidental and often undetected contamination does not occurs. Hence, the increasing demands of high quality water, initiated investigators to show considerable attention towards the low cost waste water treatment and its re-use.


Code-switching is commonly viewed with suspicion in EFL classes. The present article is to investigate and show the teachers and students' attitudes to code-switching (CS) used by teachers in EFL classes in China. A four-section 20-item questionnaire was developed and distributed to the students and teachers. The data from the questionnaire were tabulated, and frequencies and percentages were conducted by SPSS program. The results display that students have the similar opinions with the teachers in most of question items. This consistency suggests that teachers and students have a similar positive attitude to teachers' code-switching in EFL classroom. However there are some discrepancies in attitudes between the two samples in some question items. These discrepancies suggest that the use of code-switching in EFL classroom should be adapting to the practical teaching.


Ipratropium, a current treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and tiotropium, a longer acting anticholinergic bronchodilator currently being developed for COPD are structurally related to atropine. In this study, the intravenous (i.v.), oral (p.o.) and intratracheal (i.tr.) single dose pharmacokinetics (PK) of tiotropium and ipratropium were determined in rat and dog. In rats, concentration–time profiles of tiotropium and ipratropium after single i.v. bolus administration of 7–8 mg kg−1 are similar. Both drugs are highly cleared (Cl between 87 and 150 ml min−1 kg−1) and extensively distributed into tissues (volume of distribution Vss between 3 and 15 l kg−1). In dogs, this holds also true for both drugs (Cl between 34 and 42 ml min−1 kg−1, Vss between 2 and 10 l kg−1), although different dose regimen were applied (i.v. bolus of 0.08 mg kg−1 vs. infusion of 0.1 mg kg−1 h−1 for 3 h). Tiotropium plasma concentrations increased linearly in rats over a wide dose range following single i.v. administration. Both ipratropium and tiotropium showed a comparable terminal elimination half‐life in rat urine (21–24 h) after single i.v. administration, which was much longer than the corresponding half‐life in plasma (6–8 h). Whole body autoradiography in rats revealed a broad and rapid tissue distribution of [14C]tiotropium radioactivity after single i.v. administration. A comparable distribution pattern has also been reported earlier for ipratropium. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The reduction of cathodoluminescence efficiency of phosphors has been observed after bombarding with H+, H2+, He+, Ne+, N2, and A+ ions having energies from 1 to 25 kev. Detectable deterioration could be observed after a bombardment of less than 10−9 coul/mm2 of ions (5×1011 ions/cm2). The deterioration could be annealed out at temperatures between 450° and 700°C. Results indicate that light 25‐kev ions probably penetrate 0.1μ to 0.2μ into the phosphor.


The description of the life and creative work way of the founder of the national Pediatrics, a talented organizer of the system of health care for children, Academician Speransky Grigoriy Nesterovich is presented.


By means of conventional hot-pressing method, the mat of dry-process fiberboard of dissimilar trees was carried out to be pressed. Comparing the two curves-- the surveying one in experiment and the theoretical one of the mathematical model--of the change of temperature at the central-layer of the mat, the practical mathematical model with the change of temperature at the mat's central layer was established.


The utility model relates to an animal positioning device. The animal positioning device is used for positioning animals and comprises a fixed plate, an elastic piece and an accommodating bag, wherein the elastic piece is arranged on the fixed plate; the elastic piece and the fixed plate form an accommodating space; the accommodating bag is accommodated in the accommodating space; the body of the animal is sleeved in the accommodating bag; and the elastic piece elastically presses the accommodating bag so as to fix the animal. The animal positioning device can position the animals of different body types and can guarantee good positioning condition of the animals.


Publication » A Perfect Time for Data Use: Using Data-Driven Decision Making to Inform Practice. Data can inform us of a particular student's strengths and areas of challenge, study student data and share practices, instruction becomes even more powerful. CEI is working to create a culture where using data to improve public education, on how to use data to improve instructional practice and student achievement.


The invention discloses a peep-proof display device which comprises a display layer and a liquid crystal grating layer, wherein the liquid crystal grating layer is arranged on one side of the display layer; the resolution of the liquid crystal grating layer is equal to that of the display layer; the liquid crystal grating layer comprises two layers of glass substrates and a liquid crystal layer; the two layers of glass substrates are oppositely arranged in a spacing manner; the liquid crystal layer is clamped between the two layers of glass substrates; by adjustment of the liquid crystal layer, multiple gratings of the liquid crystal grating layer can be controlled to be converted between black and white, so that the peep prevention function of the peep-proof display device can be controlled. According to the peep-proof display device provided by the invention, the liquid crystal grating layer is arranged on one side of the display layer, namely the peep prevention function of the display device can be realized by only additionally arranging the liquid crystal grating layer which is a device structure on the existing structure; furthermore, the device is simple in structure and thinner, and the cost increase is relatively low.


Journalistic language is a kind of stylistic language.The characteristics of its members are different.With the help of Journalistic communication and linguistics,based on news senders and audiences,this paper puts media as a key,and discusses their restriction of journalistic type of writing,makes a brief comparison among language used in newspaper and periodical news,that used in radio and television news,and that used in network news.


A NUMBER OF CAPACITY STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED ON SOME OF THE MOST HEAVILY TRAVELED RURAL HIGHWAYS IN NEW YORK AND NEW NEGLAND DURING 1934 AND 1935. VEHICLES WERE CLASSIFIED AS A PASSENGER CAR, BUS OR TRUCK. EACH TRUCK WAS FURTHER CLASSIFIED AS TO WEIGHT AND TRAILER TYPE. FROM THE DATA THE SPEED OF EACH VEHICLE, ITS TIME OR DISTANCE SPACING FROM OTHER VEHICLES, AND THE EXACT VOLUME OF TRAFFIC IN EACH DIRECTION DURING ANY DESIRED TIME PERIOD COULD BE OBTAINED. DISTANCE SPACINGS WERE COMPUTED FROM TIME SPACINGS. THE THEORETICAL MAXIMUM NUMBER OF VEHICLES PER HOUR THAT ONE TRAFFIC LANE COULD ACCOMODATE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WAS COMPUTED. IN MOST INSTANCES THE STUDY SHOWED A GRADUAL DECREASE IN AVERAGE SPEED WITH AN INCREASE IN VOLUME. IT WAS APPARENT THAT A MEASURE OTHER THAN AVERAGE VEHICLE SPEED ALONE MUST BE USED TO DETERMINE THE WORKING CAPACITIES OF HIGHWAYS. AS THE TRAFFIC VOLUME INCREASES THERE IS AN INCREASING TENDENCY FOR THE SPEED OF THE INDIVIDUAL VEHICLES TO BE GOVERNED BY THE SPEED OF THE PRECEDING VEHICLES, CAUSING A MARKED DECREASE IN THE MEAN DIFFERENCE OF SPEED BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE VEHICLES, ALTHOUGH THE DECREASE IN AVERAGE SPEED MAY BE SLIGHT. THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF VEHICLES PER HOUR THAT CAN TRAVEL OVER VARIOUS RURAL HIGHWAY TYPES BEFORE ALL VEHICLES MUST START TRAVELING AT THE SAME SPEED AS THE PRECEDING VEHICLES WAS COMPUTED FOR SEVERAL LOCATIONS. OBSERVATIONS SHOWED THAT ALTHOUGH THE PERCENTAGE OF VEHICLES TRAVELING BELOW THE AVERAGE SPEED VARIES FOR DIFFERENT HIGHWAYS, THE PERCENTAGE TRAVELING BELOW THE AVERAGE SPEED ON ANY PARTICULAR HIGHWAY DOES NOT CHANGE APPRECIABLY WITH A CHANGE IN TRAFFIC VOLUME. VEHICLE TIME SPACINGS FOR A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS WERE STUDIED.


This article concerns nonparametric statistics on manifolds with special emphasis on landmark based shape spaces in which a k-ad, i.e., a set of k points or landmarks on an object or a scene, is observed in 2D or 3D, for purposes of identification, discrimination, or diagnostics. Two different notions of shape are considered: reflection shape invariant under all translations, scaling and orthogonal transformations, and affine shape invariant under all affine transformations. A computation of the extrinsic mean reflection shape, which has remained unresolved in earlier works, is given in arbitrary dimensions, enabling one to extend nonparametric inference on Kendall type shape manifolds from 2D to higher dimensions. For both reflection and affine shapes, two sample test statistics are constructed based on appropriate choice of orthonormal frames on the tangent bundle and computations of differentials of projection maps with respect to them at the sample extrinsic mean. The samples in consideration can be either independent or be the outcome of a matched pair experiment. Examples are included to illustrate the theory.


"Oh," I said, glancing around the four-person office. Why had he needed to use the couch when there were chairs for the students right in front of each desk? Silently, I resolved to rid myself of it as soon as my successor departed. As it turned out, getting rid of the couch wasn't easy, so I simply disassociated myself from it. I shoved it further along the wall toward an officemate's work area and set up shop. When the semester began, I found I was perfectly comfortable conferring with students from behind my desk. The couch went unused for two years until our department's move across campus finally gave me the opportunity to get rid of it altogether. Unwanted furniture, we professors were told, could be abandoned in our old offices. Happily, I left the ugly thing where I had shoved it and looked forward to a couchless office in our new building. But strange to say, I installed a couch in my new office only months after I moved into it. My reason for doing so had something to do with a change in my attitude toward teaching writing-a change prompted in part by a writing surgeon named Richard Selzer. The connection between surgery and writing is one that Selzer makes often. In a lecture presented recently at our campus, he spoke of the similarity of the tools used in the two arts: the scalpel and the pen. Both mark their passage across a surface with a thin line of color. Both are used with the intention of exposing something to view. Here the parallel ends, for the surgeon uses the


An amplifier (201) using a transistor (301, 303), such as MOS-FET transistor in a current mirror configuration. Transistors (301, 303) to be readily packaged surface-mounted device. By controlling the flow through the amplifier stage (201) bias current to control the output power of the amplifier (201). Further, the bias current for the amplifier with low sensitivity to changes in the control signal threshold. These properties make the amplifier is ideal for use as a radiotelephone (103) in a radio transmitter.


In this paper, we studied the patterns of soil water movement in poplar plantation with a ground drip irrigation system on sandy land of ancient Yongding River in Beijing by observing soil profile in the field. We measured the movement distance of wet soil front and the shape of wet soil body under condition of various durations of drip irrigation with a constant flow rate of 4 L·h-1. The results showed that: the movement distance of wet soil front in the vertical and horizontal directions increased with increased duration of drip irrigation. The increment of wet front movement distance in vertical direction decreased, while the increment of wet front movement distance in horizontal direction varied in a given range, with each 1 hour increase of irrigation time. the movement of wet soil front continued to migrate for 1-3 h in the vertical and horizontal directions for 1-3 h with the movement distance of 2-10 cm in vertical direction and 1-10 cm in horizontal direction at various soil depths except for at the deepest soil layer that was significantly larger than other soil depths, after stopping drip irrigation with various irrigation durations. The wet soil front moved to the end 36-69 cm in vertical direction and 32-57 cm in horizontal direction after drip irrigation for 1-6 h, while a wet soil body with a radii of 30-40 cm around the dripper at soil layers of 0-40 cm formed after drip irrigation for 3-4 h. After drip irrigation for 1-3 h, the wet soil body was gradually developing into an oblate ellipsoid, while the wet soil body developed into an prelate ellipsoid after drip irrigation for 4-6 h.


A case study is described of a hypertensive episode associated with sulpiride which is a selective antagonist of cerebral dopamine receptors. The association with sulpiride was confirmed by withdrawal and rechallenge with the drug.


For a period during the postwar years in Paris, the sculpture of Germaine Richier (1902–1959) and that of Cesar Baldaccini, known as Cesar (b. 1921), were frequently confronted. In 1959 they were both included in the important exhibition New Images of Man at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Although of different generations, both sculptors used their thorough grounding in the building of classical figures to shape nonstereotypical human forms, either expressively figurative or partaking of the human and the animal realms, against the dominant trend of the time—abstraction.


This article presents a convex inner approximation approach for mixed <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">${H}_2$</tex-math></inline-formula>/<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">${H}_\infty$</tex-math></inline-formula> control of a flexure-based nanopositioning system. Generally for such positioning systems, the inevitable existence of model mismatch renders it often times difficult-to-achieve satisfying system performance. Additionally, it is essential to also note that the high-order resonances typically presented are prone to be activated if the controller is not designed appropriately, especially in the case when the control input variation arising from the design is unnecessarily drastic. Therefore, to circumvent the above undesirable possibilities, this work aims to improve the tracking performance with a suitable controller design that effectively suppresses the control input variation. Furthermore, despite the existence of model uncertainties, it is shown that it is possible for a subset of stabilizing controller gains to be characterized appropriately via convex inner approximation, which then further facilitates the determination of the controller by means of convex optimization. Rather importantly, this approach provides a performance guarantee with an optimized limiting bound to the <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$H_2$</tex-math></inline-formula>-norm level (which assures optimal behavior for the system), and also concurrently limits the <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$H_\infty$</tex-math></inline-formula>-norm level within a prescribed attenuation level (which satisfies a prescribed robustness measure). Finally, numerical optimization and comparative experiments are carried out for demonstrative purposes.


AIDA is a distributed data management (DDM) front-end system which runs on top of existing databases stored in different data management systems (DBMSs). It appears to the user to be a distributed DBMS, although many of the DBMS functions are actually provided by the underlying DBMS. It currently runs above three relational DBMSs, the IDM database machine connected to a VAX, Ingres on two Suns, and Mistress on a third Sun. One of the key components of the AIDA system is Mermaid which provides query optimization, networking, and system control. Mermaid required research into query optimization where the costs of operations on the different processors and DBMSs is variable, the network cost is variable, and capabilities of the different DBMSs is variable. We extended existing distributed query optimization algorithms to support replicated and fragmented relations. In this paper, we discuss our experiences with the development and testing of the Mermaid system and with the integration of Mermaid with the AIDA translator. We discuss the types of commands, the system controller, and our experiences with distributed debugging. Then we give the results of our initial performance tests.


In this paper, machine learning (ML) based decision strategies for physical layer authentication are presented. The intelligent authenticators learn the channel features and then classify the received message based on the channel attributes into two categories, legitimate or illegitimate. The training set construction using different features of the estimated channel fading coefficients explored. In addition, ML based physical layer authentication is compared with the statistical discriminative function formulated in binary hypothesis test with a pre-defined threshold. Simulation results demonstrated that the performance of intelligent authenticators outperform the statistical decision scheme as significant improvement can be achieved in the detection rate with minimum false alarm rate. The overall authentication accuracy measured in terms of the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AVC) confirmed the superior performance of the the support vector machine (SVM) based physical layer authentication compared with other ML approaches. In addition, it is concluded that using two distinct features improves the authentication performance compared with feature space constructed only from test statistic metrics.


The Indian Test Blanket Module (TBM) program in ITER is one of the major steps in its fusion reactor program towards DEMO and the future fusion power reactor vision. Research and development (R&D) is focused on two types of breeding blanket concepts: lead–lithium ceramic breeder (LLCB) and helium-cooled ceramic breeder (HCCB) blanket systems for the DEMO reactor. As part of the ITER-TBM program, the LLCB concept will be tested in one-half of ITER port no. 2, whose materials and technologies will be tested during ITER operation. The HCCB concept is a variant of the solid breeder blanket, which is presently part of our domestic R&D program for DEMO relevant technology development. In the HCCB concept Li2TiO3 and beryllium are used as the tritium breeder and neutron multiplier, respectively, in the form of a packed bed having edge-on configuration with reduced activation ferritic martensitic steel as the structural material. In this paper two design schemes, mainly two different orientations of pebble beds, are discussed. In the current concept (case-1), the ceramic breeder beds are kept horizontal in the toroidal–radial direction. Due to gravity, the pebbles may settle down at the bottom and create a finite gap between the pebbles and the top cooling plate, which will affect the heat transfer between them. In the alternate design concept (case-2), the pebble bed is vertically (poloidal–radial) orientated where the side plates act as cooling plates instead of top and bottom plates. These two design variants are analyzed analytically and 2D thermal-hydraulic simulation studies are carried out with ANSYS, using the heat loads obtained from neutronic calculations. Based on the analysis the performance is compared and details of the thermal and radiative heat transfer studies are also discussed in this paper.


In this article, we propose a new cache replacement policy that makes the replacement decision based on the reuse information of the cache lines and the requested data. We present the architectural support and evaluate the performance of our approach using SPEC benchmarks. We also develop two reuse information predictors: a profile-based static predictor and a runtime predictor. The applicability of each predictor is discussed in this paper. We further extend our reuse information predictors so that the cache can adaptively choose between the reuse information based replacement policy and an approximation of LRU policy. According to the experimental results, our adaptive reuse information based replacement policy performs either better than or close to the LRU policy. Our experiments show that L2 cache misses are reduced by 12.32% and 19.95% using the profiling-based static and runtime adaptive predictors respectively.


In the era of Web 2.0,people can post their opinions on the online social networks quickly and freely.Microblogging,as a typical Web 2.0 application,has attracted more and more users.There are a huge amount of useless messages in massive Microblogging posts,and this poses a huge challenge for Microblogging content searching.In Microblogging,users' posts are made up of words,and at the same time,one hot word usually appears in many posts.This paper first constructs a bipartite graph by the link of posts and words,then transforms the bipartite graph into a weighted post network,and at last ranks these posts according to the PageRank algorithm.Experiments show that the proposed method can improve the accuracy of Microblogging searching a lot.


Density functional methods have a long tradition in inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry. We introduce the density functional machinery and give an overview of most popular approximate exchange-correlation functionals. We present comparisons of density functionals for energies, structures, and reaction barriers of inorganic and bioinorganic systems, giving guidance on the title question. New development directions and current trends in density functional theory are reviewed.


In this study, the aim was to investigate the future anxiety of university students, their intolerance of uncertainty, their general self-efficacy, and their beliefs about finding a job in the future. The sample of the study included 636 (336 female and 300 male) undergraduate students from different faculties of Mersin University. The data were obtained from using the 'Intolerance to Uncertainty Scale Short Form' Developed by Carleton, Norton and Asmundson (2007) and adapted to Turkish by Sarıçam, Erguvan, Akın and Akça (2014); Beck Hopelessness Scale was developed by Beck et al. (2007) and adapted to Turkish by Seber (2015) and Durak (2015); and General Self-Efficacy Scale developed by Schwarzer and Jerusalem (1995) and adapted to Turkish by Aypay (2010). Pearson Product-Moment correlation, multiple regression analysis and T-test were used in the analysis. The results suggested that there was a negative correlation between the hopelessness level of the students and general selfefficacy, and a positive positive relationship with the intolerance of uncertainty. In addition, it was observed that the level of hopelessness of students was predicted by general self-efficacy, intolerance of uncertainty and beliefs about the possibility of finding a job in the future. The implications of the study findings were discussed through the related literature and some suggestions were made for further applications and research. Keywords


Procedures that emphasize the processing of stress constraints within optimality criteria designs for low structural weight with stress and compliance constraints are described. Prescreening criteria are used to partition stress constraints into either potentially active primary sets or passive secondary sets that require minimal processing. Side-constraint boundaries for passive constraints are derived by projections from design histories to modify conventional stress-ratio boundaries. Other procedures described apply partial structural modification reanalysis to correct stress constraint violations of unfeasible designs. Sample problem results show effective design convergence and, in particular, advantages for reanalysis in obtaining lower feasible design weights. HERE have been many significant developments1 during the past two decades in the structural-design optimization procedures that select member-size design variables to achieve low structure weight subject to constraints on displacement compliances and member stresses. For this type of problem, the difficulties of satisfying the stress constraints are usually more severe than those associated with the compliance constraints. Stress constraints are more troublesome because they are direct functions of strains; displacement constraints, however, are integral functions that benefit from the smoothing of local strain variations. This paper concentrates on the processing of stress constraints to expedite com- putations and to produce effective designs within optimality criteria methods. These are indirect design methods for which the solution space is equal to the number of active constraints and is typically smaller than the number of design variables. On the other hand, the solution space for direct design methods is equal in size to the number of design variables. Consequently, optimality criteria methods have the ad- vantages of larger problem-size potential and smaller com- putational effort. Optimality criteria solution methods determine Lagrange multipliers for the active constraints and then use these within the criteria to determine the design variables. The procedures to determine the Lagrange multipliers employ sensitivity (or flexibility) coefficients that are assumed not to depend upon the design variables. Nevertheless, the extent of structural redundancy weakens this assumption, and for the typically redundant structure it is necessary to develop the design through a number of iterative cycles. In each cycle: 1) the structure is reanalyzed to update the coefficients so that they are consistent with the current stage of design; 2) candidate active constraints are screened; 3) design space algorithms are applied to construct the active set of constraints and to determine the associated multipliers; and 4) the optimality criteria are applied to determine the design variables for the next cycle. Nonlinear mathematical programming techniques are used to determine the Lagrange multipliers2 for the set of active constraints. Methods for constructing this set apply hier- archical strategies in which constraints from a candidate set are assembled, added, or deleted. The determination of the multipliers and the construction of the sets of active con-


From a game farming point of view, the impala is quantitatively the most important animal in the Bushveld areas of South Africa. However very little published data are avaialable on the productive capacity of this animal. In a long-term study of the impala in the Kruger National Park, certain production parameters have become available that can be used to evaluate the gamefarming potential of this animal. Mean life-expectancy at birth is 2,6 years under natural conditions, with 64 per cent of those born entering the second year of life, but only 12 percent entering the sixth year. The sex ratio at birth is equal but at maturity it is skewed toward the female segment viz. 65 per cent. Reproduction is very strictly seasonal, with a mean conception date on 10th May and a standard deviation of ± 22 days. The ewe has a maximum of two cycles in this period, but usually conceives at the first oestrus. Fecundity is 90-95 per cent in mature females, but lower in two-year-old ewes and is influenced by climate. No sign of reproductive senility has been found in animals of up to 12 years. Growth is rapid and asymptotic mass is achieved at 5 years. Dressed mass, is 53 per cent of warm carcass mass, at 9 months and 57 per cent at 24 months and older. The better cuts make up a large proportion of the impala carcass and the meat is lean, having almost no visible fat.


In this research, the effect of cold rolling, annealing time and temperature on microstructure and hardness were studied in L-605 superalloy. A cast bar of L-605 alloy was hot rolled at 1200oC. As the following, it was solutionized at 1230 oC for 1 hour and finally was cold rolled by different amounts (i.e. 5-35 percent thickness reduction). The cold-rolled samples were heat treated for different times (i.e. 2-120 min.) at temperature range of 1068-1230 oC in order to study their recrystallization behavior. The results of microstructural analysis indicated that static recrystallization is responsible for microstructural refinement and coarsening, so that an increase in the amounts of cold rolling resulted in a fully recrystallized microstructure at lower temperature. This analysis also indicated that annealing temperature is more effective than annealing time in grain growth. Microstructural evaluation as well as showed that carbides such as M 7 C 3 and M 23 C 6 which have been reported in some literature were not observed during rolling or annealing in this research.  It is perhaps due to usage of high annealing temperatures  or possibly due to their very low contents which was not possible for us to evaluate their formation with conventional methods. Hardness results revealed that higher annealing temperature lead to lower hardness values as expected.


In this thesis, we present an approach to adapt the Single Shot multibox Detector (SSD) for face detection. Our experiments are performed on the WIDER dataset which contains a large amount of small faces (faces of 50 pixels or less). The results show that the SSD method performs poorly on the small/hard subset of this dataset. We analyze the influence of increasing the resolution during inference and training time. Building on this analysis we present two additions to the SSD method. The first addition is changing the SSD architecture to an image pyramid architecture. The second addition is creating a selection criteria on each of the different branches of the image pyramid architecture. The results show that increasing the resolution, even during inference, increases the performance for the small/hard subset. By combining resolutions in an image pyramid structure we observe that the performance keeps consistent across different sizes of faces. Finally, the results show that adding a selection criteria on each branch of the image pyramid further increases performance, because the selection criteria negates the competing behaviour of the image pyramid. We conclude that our approach not only increases performance on the small/hard subset of the WIDER dataset but keeps on performing well on the large subset.


Introduction: The results of many years technological development of Cerec® 3D CAD/CAM system, is implementation one intraoral and two extraoral optical scanning methods. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the precision of ceramic crowns made by optical scanning methods of Cerec®3D system. Methods: The study was conducted in three experimental groups of ceramic crowns in whose manufacturing was applied three optical scanning methods of Cerec®3D system. Control group consisted of metalceramic crowns made by conventional methodology. The accuracy of ceramic crowns was examined by measuring of the marginal gap size between edge of crowns and demarcation by scanning electron microscope (SEM). Results: The research found, that there is a difference in the accuracy of ceramic crowns made by Cerec®3D system. The highest level of accuracy was recorded in the group of crowns made by technique extraoral optical superficial scanning (31,64±9,45μ). Marginal gap size crowns made with technique intraoral optical superficial scanning showed a lower level of accuracy (50,27±31,50μ). Value of marginal gap size crowns made by technique extraoral laser point scanning was 102,58+31,23μ. Conclusion: Ceramic crowns made by Cerec®3D optical scanners show a high and clinically acceptable precision level.


We propose an augmented reality system to automatically identify lumbar vertebral levels and the lamina region in ultrasound-guided epidural anesthesia. Spinal needle insertion procedures require careful placement of a needle, both to ensure effective therapy delivery and to avoid damaging sensitive tissue such as the spinal cord. An important step in such procedures is the accurate identification of the vertebral levels, which is currently performed using manual palpation with a reported success rate of only 30%. In this thesis, we propose a system using a trinocular camera which tracks an ultrasound transducer during the acquisition of a sequence of B-mode images. The system generates a panorama ultrasound image of the lumbar spine, automatically identifies the lumbar levels in the panorama image, and overlays the identified levels on a live camera view of the patient's back. Several experiments were performed to test the accuracy of vertebral height in panorama images, the accuracy of vertebral levels identification in panorama images, the accuracy of vertebral levels identification on the skin, and the impact on accuracy with spine arching. The results from 17 subjects demonstrate the feasibility of the approach and capability of achieving an error within a clinically acceptable range for epidural anesthesia. The overlaid marks on the screen are used to assist locating needle puncture site. Then, an automated slice selection algorithm is used to guide the operator positioning a 3D transducer such that the best view of the target anatomy is visible in a predefined re-slice of the 3D ultrasound volume. This re-slice is used to observe, in real time, the trajectory of a needle attached to the 3D transducer, towards


Duplicate walker—256 ascite model in rat,study the anti-tumur effect of Na Ren Man Du La—11 and influence on T—bet,GATA—3 gene expression.The rat bearing tumor were divided into treatment group and control group,535 mg/(kg·d) Na Ren Man Du La—11 were given to the mice in treatment group and 0.9%NaCl were given to those in negative control group.10 days later,the peripheral blood were collected for separated mononuclear cell and these mononuclear cell were cultivated.RT—PCR were used to test quantity the expression of T—bet and GATA—3 gene on these cells.The Results suggested that Na Ren Man Du La—11 could obviously improve the life qualities of mice.The expression of T-bet was lower in treatment group than in negative control group,while The expression of GATA—3 was higher than in control group(P0.05).Thus,Na Ren Man Du La—11 has anti-tumor function in treating ascite model.It also has function in immune adjustment by enhance the expression of GATA—3 and lower the expression of T—bet in ascite model.


With the advertising industry and practice changing significantly in the last decade, it is likely that the existing management practices in advertising agencies also need some transformation. Through exploring management innovation principles and practices, novel practices might be applied by advertising agencies to exploit changes in their environment and enhance organizational performance. This paper explores the application and framework for novel management practices in an advertising agency. A proposed model is based on the principles of management innovation and the activities needed to drive management innovation. The topic is relevant for advertising agencies to understand better management innovation possibilities and enhancement it could create for them to compete in new markets and stay ahead of new competition.
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Pineapple was a potential commodity in Kediri Regency, favored because of its sweet taste mixed with acid which contains nutrients and antioxidants. The community service activity involves Faculty of Agriculture UNISKA in collaboration with the Pineapple Farmer Group and PT. PNM Kediri Branch. The purpose of the activity was identifying problems with pineapple farmers through survey activities, solving problems through training activities. Pineapple processing in Kediri district was not yet fully implemented. Still maintaining sales in fresh form so it was necessary to add value to the product. The training was held in September 2019. The tools and materials used were a set of cooking utensils and pineapple fruit. The expected output of activities was in the form of a cluster map of pineapple plant farmers in Kediri district and product diversification from pineapple plants. The results obtained were that farmers can produce fruit juice, pineapple jam and pineapple business assistance.


15 January 1277 saw the death of Archbishop of Magdeburg Conrad von Sternberg, who had an inimical attitude towards the Margraves of Brandenburg from the Johannine line1. Among the several things that negatively affected the Archbishop's relations with the sons of John I: John II, Otto IV and Conrad, was the fact that they supported the ecclesiastical career of their brother Eric, canon of the Monastery in Halberstadt. They determinedly and stubbornly promoted their brother to important positions in the chapter in Magdeburg. From 1264, he held the prebend in Magdeburg. The successive steps of his well-planned church career were to lead him, first to the office of bishop coadjutor and then to the throne of the Archbishops of Magdeburg. The Johannine margraves made an attempt to strengthen Eric's position in the structure of the chapter in Magdeburg as early as in 1272. Their actions led to a sharp conflict and a war with the incumbent archbishop Konrad von Sternberg and his allies. On 1 May 1272, Archbishop Konrad made a pact with Lord Nicholas of Werle, Count Gunzelin of Schwerin, Lord Henry of Mecklenburg, and Waldemar of Rostock and his sons that they would support the archbishop with all their might