According to the educational trend of integrating cultural arts and humanities in recent years, this study developed an educational program that integrated humanities and arts in various fields and identified the effects of the humanities program, especially focusing on adolescents' sociability. The main features of the program developed are as follows: an educational program that integrates arts and humanities of various fields such as philosophy, dance, film, and visual arts. In other words, the program focused on developing various activities that enhanced cultural and artistic experiences using stimuli from various fields to create different products. In addition, the program was constructed to promote humanistic development, for example, relationships with others and our attitudes of living together in our environment rather than the contemporary materialism and individualism. This study specifically focuses on the social development of adolescents and is designed to allow the effective acquisition of conflict resolution abilities and social skills by providing interactive materials as much as possible. In addition, most of the lessons are collaborative in structure so that the participants could easily develop a sense of belonging, fellow consciousness, and community consciousness. A comparison of the sociability of adolescents before and after the program resulted in the overall improvement of adolescent sociability and the sub-factors of: problem solving, cooperation, interpersonal relationships, achievement motivation, and self-care improved significantly. On the other hand, self-esteem, self-expression, optimism, and happiness did not show any significant changes. Through the confirmation of the effects of the integrated humanities and arts program developed for this study on the social development of adolescents, this study contributed to expanding the possibilities of humanities education in the fields of culture and the arts. Also, it differentiates from previously existing programs as it has attracted the interests and involvement of youth by integrating various approaches from a variety of disciplines.


The deformation behaviour of solid aluminium cylinders under axisymmetric compression over different aspect ratios without using any lubricant was examined. Two different aspect ratios namely 1.0 and 1.5 were prepared and cold upset forged. In the light of the previous studies, the calculations were made with the assumption that the curvatures of deformed specimens were in the form of a circular arc. The measured radius of curvature of the bulge was found to confirm with calculated values obtained using experimental data. The relationship was also established the top and maximum diameters. AA6082 was used as test material and experiments were carried out on 150 metric ton capacity hydraulic press. Bulging profile and effective strain distribution of the billets were also obtained a commercially FEM program called DEFORM 3D.


ABSTRACT This study evaluated the effects of whole versus extruded flaxseed and the use of tannin-containing fava beans as a replacement for peas in an extruded flaxseed-based supplement on rumen fermentation, selected milk fatty acids, and production in dairy cows. Eight Holstein cows were used in a replicated 4 × 4 Latin square consisting of 28-d periods. Cows were fed a control diet (CONT) or 1 of 3 diets that contained a whole flaxseed supplement (FLX), an extruded flaxseed and pea supplement (EXT; linPRO-R, OT P = 0.023) and tended to be greater in cows fed FLX, EXT, and EXTT (average 43.5 kg/d) compared with those fed CONT (41.9 kg/d; P = 0.073). Milk fat percentage was less in cows fed FLX, EXT, and EXTT compared with those fed CONT (P = 0.033); however, milk fat yield was unaffected. The C18:3n-3 and cis-9, trans-11 conjugated linoleic acid fatty acids were greater in milk of cows fed EXT compared with those fed FLX (P = 0.001). No differences in milk fatty acid composition were observed between EXT and EXTT. These results demonstrate that feeding extruded flaxseed supplements containing peas or tannin-containing fava beans effectively improve milk yield and milk fatty acid profile when compared with whole flaxseed.


Medication error is the second cause of patient safety incidents that could lead to morbidity and mortality. The incompleteness and illegibility of medication prescription are high in developing countries. Most developed countries adopted electronic prescribing that has led to a reduction of incompleteness and illegibility of medication prescription errors. This study aimed to compare the illegibility and incompleteness rate in handwritten and computerized prescriptions in two ophthalmology clinics in Benghazi. A cross-sectional descriptive study was performed in outpatient ophthalmology clinics. Data were collected from Al-Kish public ophthalmology polyclinic, and advanced ophthalmology private center. The handwritten and computerized prescriptions were assessed for incompleteness by the checklist based on the Al-Kish polyclinic prescription format and WHO's guide to good prescribing. The handwritten prescriptions were evaluated for illegibility by two pharmacists. The patient and prescriber identification incompleteness rate in the handwritten prescriptions was 61.4% while it was 10.6% in the computerized prescriptions. In the handwritten prescriptions, the rate of medication identification incompleteness was 42.6% compared to 5.6% in the computerized prescriptions. There was no agreement between the experienced and less experienced pharmacists regarding prescription legibility. In conclusion, incompleteness was higher in handwritten prescriptions than computerized prescriptions. This study emphasizes electronic prescription use.


Accessibility has been defined as the matching of people's information and service needs with their needs and preferences in terms of intellectual and sensory engagement with that information or service, and control of it. A person engaged in a hands-busy activity such as driving a vehicle is not well matched to information when they use their mobile phone keyboard to cal for directions. A Japanese-speaking person is not well matched to information when they can only access English instructions for a ticket vending machine. Others can understand content better if it is expressed in international icons with nothing that is culturally-specific. In this position paper, the authors focus on the similarities between problems associated with accessibility and those caused by changes in location: macro-changes such as when a user moves from one country or language region to another and micro-changes such as when a user moves from a home computer to an office computer, or between devices within the same building. As Broadband access increases, and new facilities cross language and borders, accessibility of locationbased services becomes more important.


In this scheme of large amount of people have no any type of information, what about this scheme. And second the problem of money problem of rural area. Firstly, this scheme to share the information of rural and urban people like advertisement poster etc. and provide some fund, any type of loan to start the business or growth the economy of district. This scheme is very useful for future or improves of economy of district after year and every district have tag to introduce itself. This scheme has given a new digestion every district


L is a chronic infectious disease of man caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae, which has a predilection for the dermis, mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, and certain peripheral nerves. Its principal manifestations are determined more by the nature of the host response to the infection than the multiplication of the causative agent in the tissues. There are two major types, lepromatous and tuberculoid. In addition, two other forms are recognized, indeterminate and borderline (dimorphous). Lesions of the indeterminate form may progress to become either tuberculoid or lepromatous. In the borderline form, clinical and histopathologic features of both major types are present. Although the progression of leprosy is typically insidious, in some cases, a sudden alteration in the immunologic status of the patient occurs, and a reactional state develops. Lepra reactions are classified into type I lepra reaction, upgrading and downgrading, and type II or erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL), and are seen in approximately 25% of untreated patients and 50% of treated ones.' Erythema nodosum leprosum is one of the reactional states of leprosy that usually takes place during the regression phase of lepromatous leprosy, especially by the end of the first year of sulfone therapy in 50% of cases. It also occurs occasionally in mild forms of borderline leprosy and in untreated patients with longstanding leprosy.^ Intercurrent infection, pregnancy, vaccination, and physical or mental stress are also precipitating factors.'


Acylation of aromatic amines 1 with diisopropyl malonate (2) leads to a mixture of isopropyl N-arylmalonamates 3 and malonanilides 4. The reaction of 3 with carbon disulfide in the presence of sodium hydride gives disodium salts 5. Treatment of 5 with an alkylating agent yields the open-chain or cyclic ketene dithioacetals 6, 7 or 8. The molecular structure, hydrogen bonding and preferential conformation of the isopropyl N-arylmalonamates 3, 6 and 7 were investigated using correlation analyses of IR, 13C NMR and AM1 semiempirical data.


The synthetic methods of acyclonucleosides having antiviral activity are described from the standpoint of two methodologies : i, direct fusion of sugar side chain and aglycone moieties and ii, construction of aglycone moiety starting from sugar side chain bearing amino group and further the other groups.


e16189Background: S-1, an oral fluoropyrimidine, combined with Irinotecan (IRI) or Oxaliplatin (OX) (biweekly schedule) was assessed in Asian populations with acceptable safety profile and efficacy...


Adenine nucleotide translocator is a kind of transport protein in the inner mitochondrial membrane, it plays a key role in the coupling of energy production and consumption. The article makes a review on the function and expression of adenine nucleotide translocator, as well as its relationship with heart failure.


Modeling of three-phase grid connected voltage source inverters (VSI) often involves simplifications like constant DC-link voltage or averaging over a switching period. These simplifications remove transistor switching and DC-link capacitor dynamics from the model. In this paper, a three-phase VSI with LCL filter is modeled as a state-space system using three-phase representation. DC-link voltage is not considered constant and no averaging is used. The model becomes a piecewise linear system which includes dynamics from both switching and variable DC voltage. Component values in each phase are treated separately, which enables simulation of unbalanced systems. Since no transformations are used, there is a one-to-one relationship between the model and real variables. It also allows non-sinusoidal grid voltages. Simulation of dead-time and rectifier operation is described and tested. Modeling and equations are described in detail. The model is verified by simulation and experiments.


This study was undertaken to investigate the importance of the sex difference in risk factors of lipid metabolism for coronary artery disease (CAD). In the blood samples of 82 male and 54 female coronary artery patients, and 70 male and 49 female healthy individuals, we determined the serum levels of total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), triglyceride (TG), and the ratio of TC/HDL-C. The differences between the mean values of the CAD and the control groups were found to be statistically significant at the level of p<0.01 for the abovementioned parameters, except for TG, for which the level was p<0.001 in both sexes, and for HDL-C in females, for which it was p<0.05.In the CAD group 35 (43%) men and 38 (70%) women had levels of total cholesterol more than 250mg/dl; 43 (52%) men and 42 (78%) women had levels of LDL-C more than 150mg/dl; 54 (66%) men and 15 (28%) women had levels of HDL-C less than 35mg/dl. For triglyceride, we observed that the values of all coronary artery patients in both sexes were above the mean values of their own control groups. On the other hand, in the CAD group, 47 (57%) men and 16 (30%) women had levels of TC less than 250mg/dl, and of these 30 (64%) men and 5 (31%) women had HDL-C less than 35mg/dl. These results suggest that in male coronary artery patients, high triglyceride-low HDL-C syndrome and in female coronary artery patients, high triglyceride-high LDL-C syndrome are the most common disorders of lipid metabolism.


The purposes of this study are to explore framing effects in a managerial accounting decision context and to test the explanatory power of prospect theory and two competing theories, fuzzy‐trace theory and probabilistic mental models, on such effects. In Experiment 1, 86 undergraduate students made a choice between two alternatives in a managerial decision problem that illustrates a classic, Asian disease‐type business scenario. Results show that the subjects committed the framing effect bias and that prospect theory, fuzzy‐trace theory, and probabilistic mental models all predict the bias. In Experiment 2, a business variant of the Asian disease problem was designed to distinguish among the explanatory abilities of these theories in an accounting context. One hundred eighty‐five undergraduate students participated in the experiment. Results of Experiment 2 indicate that the fuzzy‐trace theory provides additional power to explain the framing effect. Hence, accounting professionals can design better approa...


It is estimated that roughly a quarter of the world population is infected by Tuberculosis (TB), either by a latent or active form. TB can be treated by subjecting the patient to a dedicated antibiotic regimen. However, as a result of the rising multi-drug resistant (MDR-TB) and extensively multi-drug resistant (XDR-TB) tuberculosis forms, the commonly used antibiotics are losing their effectiveness. The treatment is further complicated by M. tuberculosis' unusually fortified cell wall, which consists of a high abundance of mycolic acids in the outer layer. These mycolic acids are essential for the survival of pathogenic TB bacteria, and are partially responsible for the immune response upon infection. Although the chemical structure of mycolic acids has been elucidated, their full stereochemical arrangement (i.e. the precise arrangement of atoms in 3D space) is yet to be determined. The tuberculosis field is developing vaccine candidates and diagnostic kits based on mycolic acids, but is reluctant doing so based on natural material, because of potential contamination and the cumbersome culturing of pathogenic M. tuberculosis. Therefore, the tuberculosis field would gain considerable progress with the complete determination of the stereochemistry, and a high yielding chemical synthesis of mycolic acids. During my PhD, I prepared these mycolic acids by chemical synthesis. These synthetic molecules will allow for future biological studies, and aid in the determination of the stereochemistry. In addition, I also prepared novel (aminoglycoside) antibiotics, which potentially could lead to useful antibiotics. Future tests will be needed to determine their effectiveness.


A new sugar-based gelator 1 was synthesized, and its gelation ability was evaluated in organic solvents and water. Very surprisingly, 1 was found to gelate organic solvents as well as water, indicating that 1 can act as an amphiphilic gelator. We characterized on superstructures of an aqueous gel from 1 using SEM, TEM, NMR, IR, and XRD. The aqueous gel 1 formed a three-dimensional network with 20−500 nm diameter puckered fibrils. In addition, the chiral aggregate was found to be largely twisted helical ribbons with ca. 85 nm width, ca. 315 nm pitch, and up to several micrometer length, whose helicity was exclusively left-handed. XRD diagrams indicate that an aqueous gel 1 maintains a bilayered structure with 2.90 nm long-range spacing. This gives the first example of the formation of well ordered bilayer-based aqueous gel. The XRD, FT-NMR, and FT-IR results suggested that the aqueous gel 1 is stabilized by a combination of the hydrogen bonding, π−π interactions, and hydrophobic forces.


The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the impacts of environmentally realistic exposure to fluoxetine, an antidepressant, on ecologically important behavioural and physiological traits in freshwater fish (mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki and guppies, Poecilia reticulata). Specifically, in this thesis the impacts of fluoxetine on behavioural traits linked to anxiety, sociability, reproduction and foraging, as well as physiological traits related to health and reproduction were assessed.


Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are tumors of mesenchymal origin that occur primarly in the gastrointestinal tract. Historically they were classified as leiomyomas or leiomyosarcomas but GISTs are now recognized asa separate clinical entity, clinically and pathologically distinct from other connective tissue neoplasms. The presence of the c-Kit receptor in conjunction with specific histological criteria, currently defines GIST. The c-Kit is a tyrosine-kinase product of the c-Kit protooncogene that is crucial in the pathogenesis of the disease. GISTs may occur anywhere along the gastrointestinal tract. Gastric and small intestine tumors are most common. Up to 30% of GISTs exhibit malignant behaviour, such as metastasis and infiltration with spread throughout the peritoneal cavity and the liver. Currently there are some prognostic factors (tumor size cellularity, necrosis, mitosis, growth pattern, c-Kit mutation) used to assess the degree of malignant potencial in GIST. Until now, patients with GIST have had limited treatment options with limited success. Although surgery remains the mainstay of treatment for potentially resectable GIST there is a high probability of recurrence without benefit after re-excision. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy have shown poor response rates. Treatment with imatinib mesylate, a molecularly targeted agent that inhibits the c-Kit tyrosinkinasa receptor, leads to objective responses in the majority of GIST patients.


A hydraulic excavator is widely used in crushed stone quarries to perform many different operations. Previous research on material handling by excavators is most often based on laboratory testing and observation of soil materials and the digging forces in them. These results are very difficult to transfer to fieldwork during the quarrying process. Therefore, in this work, the energy consumption of an excavator while working in typical materials for a crushed stone quarry was investigated. The field measurements were performed on overburden, blasted rock material, boulders, and two different crushed materials. Energy consumption was observed only during the portion of the cycle in which the bucket digs the material. In this way, the energy consumption was mainly related to the properties of the material. The highest energy consumption was found for blasted rock material, lower in overburden, and the lowest for boulders and crushed materials. These results are important for organizing an optimal distribution of machines according to the work tasks in the quarry and ultimately for energy savings.


Objective: To observe the expression of extracellular matrix molecules in nucleared blood cells in developmental mesonephros of human embryo of 4~(th)-8~(th) week.Methods: Human embryo at 4~(th)-8~(th) week of gestation were collected with informed consent of woman suffered from accidental abortions.H-E staining and immunohistochemistry method(SABC) were employed.Results: All nucleared blood cells,glomerulus,mesonephric tubule and cells of mesoderm expressed fibronectin strongly on 4~(th) week of gestation.Part of the nucleared blood cells expressed fibronectin,laminin,collagen I and inter-cell adherin molecule;on the 7~(th) week of gestation,the molecules were expressed in some nucleared blood cells and in a few cells on 8~(th) week.All nucleared blood cells of mesonephros of 7~(th) week expressed integrin β1.Conclusion: During 4~(th)-8~(th) week of gestation,nucleared blood cells express a series of extracellular matrix molecules, which may be involved in development of nucleared blood cells of mesonephros.


We investigate the cyclicality of real wages and income using individual data for the UK over the 1991-2008 period. By paying special attention to heterogeneity among different income groups, we document that top incomes and wages are more cyclical than lower ones. Moreover, the estimated cyclicality is considerably higher in recessions than in expansions for top-incomes. We also show that real wages and income are acyclical for low income workers. Instead, their adjustment to the cycle takes place through transitions to and from unemployment. JEL Classification: E24, E32, J31.


The authors consider the problem of mobbing at the system of education and its effects. Some results of research, aimed at identifying mobbing-actions impact on professional activity and psycho-physiological state of a teacher, are presented.


The overwhelming majority of natural family planning (NFP) programs are promoted or at least actively supported by Catholic bodies. The Church supplies most of the money personnel and publicity. In contrast it is the scarcity of treatment which is most conspicuous in contemporary rabbinic response. NFP has been around some 20 years longer than hormonal contraceptives and the IUD and one would expect it to be treated at least as extensively. This is not the case. The leading Halakhah (rabbinic law) decisor in the US Rabbi M. Feinstein has published no fewer than 16 responsa devoted to the many aspects of birth control and the various problems raised by contraceptive techniques. His earlier responsa are concerned with the long established physical barrier methods such as the diaphragm while more recent resposa concentrate on the IUD and hormones. Only in 1 of these responsa does he mention periodic abstinence i.e. use of the rhythm method and this mention is incidental. Similarly 3 prominent postwar European decisors made in-depth studies of the Halakhah position on contraception. Between them these studies cover all contraceptive devices currently used but again rhythm techniques are conspicuous by their absence. The same holds true with regard to the published responsa of Israeli Halakhic authorities. This study was confined to those decisors who were actively publishing responsa during the 1950s and 1960s long after NFP had gained medical respectability and when it was being actively promoted in many parts of the world. NFP has engedred little discussion in current rabbinic responsa because the Halakhah in contrast to Catholic doctrine does not subscribe to a value system in terms of which its practice is intrinsically superior to recourse to contraceptive devices. With regard to the Procreation Precept NFP achieves nothing. In this context the technique used for the frustration of offspring is irrelevant. It is the absence of offspring which constitute the infringement. Yet in the context of the principal issues raised by the method deployed there is no need to resort to NFP. Both hormonal techniques and IUDs are essentially acceptable. Thus NFP has no fundamental advantage over 2 widely used modern contraceptives and thus must be judged on merit from the viewpoint of efficacy convenience and psychological tension. And the Halakhah does not consider excessive abstinence with favor even when it is practiced by mutual consent. NFP has little to offer Halakhah observing Jews who have justifiable cause to limit or "space" their children.


In the paper, creep feed grinding of titanium alloy with resinoid bonded CBN wheel has been studied and compared with conventional SiC wheel from many aspects,such as grinding force, temperature, metal removal rate, wearing features of wheels, grinding method, and ground workpiece surface appearance. The experimental results show that CBN wheel is extremely superior to SiC wheel. Both grinding force and temperature with CBN wheel are lower than those with SiC wheel. The wearing of CBN wheel is also far slower than that of SiC one. And the appearance of ground surface with CBN is better than that with SiC. The reason that CBN wheel can be kept sharp for a long time is not its self-sharpening but its good wear resistance and the fact that there does not exsist adhesion between CBN and titanium alloy. The technical art combined with the properties of super chemical stability,super hardness and super wear resistance of CBN grain and the characteristic of low temperature in creep feed grinding is an ideal way to solving the problem of creep feed grinding of titanium alloys.


Growing chain orientational preference is one of the key factors determining the stereoselectivity of olefin polymerization and related reactions such as carboalumination; α-agostic interactions are an important component of this preference. Using insertion of ethene in the M–CH3 bond as a model, the intrinsic orientational preference was evaluated for a number of important catalyst types through determination of the energy profile for methyl group rotation at the insertion TS. Ti and Zr metallocenes show a pronounced preference (Ti, 10 kcal/mol; Zr, ∼6 kcal/mol) for a classical α-agostic arrangement with a single short M···CH contact and an elongated C–H bond; on CH3 rotation the agostic elongation mostly disappears. In contrast, for all non-metallocene systems studied the orientational preference is much smaller or even opposite that of metallocenes. Moreover, on CH3 rotation the agostic C–H bond elongation gets spread out over two C–H bonds rather than disappearing. These results point to greater chain...


In this paper we propose an approach, the global path planning for multi-robot system with cellular automata. The idea is to calculate the distance from all possible robot positions to the goal. The candidate path is determined by selecting the neighboring cells with the smallest value. We solve this problem using a particular rule of cellular automata to perform the process of computation. This process can be performed efficiently. Our approach is suitable for path planning in a grid-based environment.


We have recently reported drug-releasing, degradable Tetra-PEG hydrogels as a new drug delivery system. The gels contain two self-cleaving β-eliminative linkers: one that covalently tethers the drug to the gel and releases it at a predictable rate, and another with slower cleavage that is installed in each cross-link of the polymer to control gel degradation. By balancing the two cleavage rates, the system can be designed to discharge most or all of the drug before the gel undergoes significant degradation. If polymer degradation is too rapid, undesirable gel-fragments covalently bound to the drug are released; if too slow, the gel remains in the body as an inert substance for prolonged periods. Here, we describe an analytical theory as well as a Monte Carlo simulation of concurrent drug release from and degradation of Tetra-PEG polymers. Considerations are made for an ideal network as well as networks containing missing bonds and double link defects. The analytical and simulation approaches are in perfec...


Most researchers associate modern trends in the development of law with digitalization, which gradually 'squeezes out' a person from various decision-making systems. This process arose at the beginning of modernity and is associated with materialism and rationalism, natural scientific progressivism and mechanism in the understanding of law.


This field experiment examined the individual and combined effects of behavior modeling and the cultural assimilator in the cross-cultural management training of 65 U.S. Government employees. Training evaluation criteria of learning, behavior, and reactions were used, and the results were generally supportive of the greater effectiveness of a combined approach. Participants receiving the combination of methods displayed significantly higher performance on a role play task (behavior evaluation) than a no-training control group and significantly higher gains in learning than those receiving either individual method and those in a no-training control group


Objective: To study the effect of electroacupuncture(EA) against apoptosis of myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury in rabbits.Methods: Rabbits were divided into 4 groups: sham operating group,model group,EA at Neiguan points group,EA at Lieque points group.Myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury model was produced by ligating anterior descending branch of left coronary artery for 30 min and reperfusion for 60 min in rabbits.The effect of electroacupuncture(EA) against apoptosis of myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury in rabbits was observed.Results: The apoptotic number of myocardial in model group was significantly more than in sham operating group(P0.01). Compared with model group and EA at Lieque points group,the apoptotic number of myocardial cells was significantly increased in EA at Neiguan points group.Conclution: Apoptosis involves in the pathological process of myocardial ischemia reperfusion in rabbits.EA at Neiguan point can decrease the apoptotic number of myocardial cells.


Polyhedra are a standard math-art topic, but the Kepler-Poinsot solids and the infinite Petrie-Coxeter polyhedra are less emphasized. Their combination is even entirely new, and so it happened a new regular polyhedron, of infinite Petrie-Coxeter and Kepler-Poinsot type, was recently discovered. The present paper explores this case and two more: a tetrahedral, octahedral and an icosahedral symmetry case. It provides an example of an infinite KeplerPoinsot solid in each case. It discusses their construction and, if possible, their generalized Euler-Cayley-formula. Introduction Cayley generalized the formula of Euler (and Descartes) for a convex polyhedron with V vertices, F faces and E edges to star polyhedra, using the face density a, the vertex figure density b, and the polyhedron density c (see [3] or [8] for definitions of these notions): bV + aF – E = 2c. For instance, for the small stellated dodecahedron, the {5/2, 5}, V = 12, F = 12, E = 30, a = 2, b = 1, c = 3, so that 1×12 + 2×12 – 30 = 2×3, while the numbers for V and F switch for its dual, the {5/2, 5}. For regular convex polyhedra all density values equal 1, and thus Cayley's formula is a generalization of Euler's formula. For higher genus polyhedra there is another generalization of Euler's formula: V + F – E = 2(1 – g). Here, g stands for the genus (see [2] for a definition). For instance, for the Petrie-Coxeter {6, 4}, V = 12, F = 8, E = 24, and g = 3 so that 12 + 8 – 24 = 2× (1 – 3) = –4 while the numbers again switch for the dual, the {4, 6}. Figure 1: Two Kepler-Poinsot polyhedra, the {5/2, 5} and the dual {5, 5/2}, and two Petrie-Coxeter polyhedra, the {6, 4} and the dual {4, 6}. It was suggested (see [4]) that the two extensions of Euler's formula, that is, Cayley's formula and the higher genus expression, are to be combined a single formula of the type aV + bF – E = 2c(1 – g). Before even trying to establish this formula, it is good to look at some examples, of course (see [7]). Here we examine three new polyhedra of infinite Kepler-Poinsot type and show this generalized EulerCayley formula can be applied in all but the last case. Yet, more interesting than this number work are perhaps the representations of these new polyhedra, in particular for the artistically inclined reader, as Bridges 2017 Conference Proceedings


Gait monitoring system for human activity recognition is demonstrated using a perceptive shoe based on hetero-core fiber optics. The insole with hetero-core fiber monitors foot pressure without temperature dependency and constraint to human body. Monitoring test was performed by a human subject doing basic activities which are walking, walking on the spot, running, standing, and sitting on a chair. The human activities were successfully monitored by means of perceptive shoe using hetero-core fiber optics. In addition, walking on the spot and standing were identified using only front weight response.


For years now, various august bodies—among them the National Science Foundation, the National Academy of Sciences, the Council of Graduate Schools, and the American Chemical Society—have held conferences and symposia, written reports and collected statistics, and, in general, ruminated about graduate education in the chemical sciences. Last month, the National Research Council's Chemical Sciences Roundtable entered the conversation by convening a workshop, "Graduate Education in the Chemical Sciences: Issues for the 21st Century," to get at questions whose answers will help determine the future of both the science and the profession of chemistry. The approach to graduate study in the chemical sciences has changed very little in the past 40 years, although research and education environments have changed. So have the students who are pursuing an advanced education in chemistry. Workshop participants were invited from academia, industry, and government labs, and included administrators and research director...


A semiconductor device having a plurality of contact pads for electrical contacting of the semiconductor device, wherein below an upper layer of the contact pads at least partially a support layer provided which is made of hard material. Apparatus and method for electrically contacting a test semiconductor device and for electrically connecting the semiconductor device with a test system, said device being provided with a number of optical fibers through which beams of light or light pulses onto the contact pads of the tested semiconductor can be addressed device to heat the contact pads.


In Ghana, urinary schistosomiasis was considered a public health problem in the rural communities only. Recent reports are pointing to the resurgence of this infection in urban and peri-urban settlements. In this study, the prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium infection presenting at Kumasi South Hospital (surrounded by Atonsu, Gyinyaase and Ahinsan communities) and Aninwa Medical Centre (surrounded by Boadi, Ayeduase, Emena, Appiadu and Kokoben) were investigated in retrospect to determine whether S. haematobium infection rate difference was consistent over time and also to compare the prevalent rates of the infection between these two community hospitals. The available records of patients referred for urinalysis between 2000 and 2009 were retrospectively reviewed. Prevalence of S. haematobium infection at Kumasi South Hospital (an urban poor community) was 40.2% whilst Aninwa Medical Centre (a peri-urban settlement) recorded 4.5%. The infection was higher among males (66.4%) than the females (33.6 %) at both hospitals and a general pattern of 3- year peaks of the infection was observed. Our findings have indicated that the urban poor communities around Kumasi South Hospital are seriously affected by S. haematobium infection as compared to Aninwaah Medical Centre. Economic, agricultural and recreational activities of these communities living around the banks of River Susan in addition to lack of good household water might account for the high risk of the infection in the urban poor communities in the catchment areas of the Kumasi South Hospital.


Objective To further discuss the indexes which can be used to objectively appraise the rat myocardial ischemia models. Methods To observe the effects of intraperitoneally injected isoprenaline in a dose of 10 mg/kg b.w. on the changes of electrocardiogram (ECG) and to assay the serum content of creatine kinase (CK), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and free fatty acids (FFA), and to measure the necrotic area of myocardia, the superoxide dismutase (SOD) and malondialdehyde (MDA) contents in cardiac muscle of Sprague_Dawley rats, compared with those of control rats received saline injection. Results The J point of ECG in myocardial ischemia model rats descented 30s after injection of isoprenaline (10 mg/kg) and recovered slowly after 2 min, but could not return to the original state within 20 minutes, and the J points at each time points within 20 min were significantly different from those in control rats ( P 0 05). T waves of ECG in myocardial ischemia model rats were also decreased since 30 s after s.c. injection of isoprenaline and were significantly different from those in control rats within 10 min. ( P 0 05). T waves of ECG in myocardial ischemia model rats at 30 s and 5 min after s.c. injection of isoprenaline were significantly different from those of control rats ( P 0 01 and P 0 05, respectively). The content of CK, LDH, FFA in serum and MDA in cardiac muscle of model rats were significantly higher than those of the control rats and the area of myocardial necrosis was positively correlated with those alterations. But SOD in cardiac muscle was negatively correlated with them. Conclusions The J point of ECG can be considered as a main index and T waves as an adjuvant index to evaluate this animal model, and the changes should be monitored within 20 min after drug administration. Some biochemical indexes such as CK, LDH, FFA, SOD or MDA are also helpful in studying the mechanisms and effects of anti_myocardial ischemia drugs.


Interactions between coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in interplanetary space are a highly important aspect for understanding their physical dynamics and evolution as well as their space weather consequences. Here we present an analysis of three CMEs that erupted from the Sun on June 12-14, 2012 using almost radially aligned spacecraft at Venus and Earth, complemented by heliospheric imaging and modelling with EUHFORIA. These multi-spacecraft observations were critical for interpreting the event correctly, in particular regarding the last two CMEs in the series (June 13 and June 14). At the orbit of Venus these CMEs were mostly separate with the June 14 CME just about to reach the previous CME. A significant interaction occurred before the CMEs reached the Earth. The shock of the June 14 CME had propagated through the June 13 CME and the two CMEs had coalesced into a single large flux rope structure before they reached the Earth. This merged flux rope had one of the largest magnetic field magnitudes observed in the nearEarth solar wind during Solar Cycle 24. We discuss also the general importance of multi-spacecraft observations and modelling using them in analyzing solar eruptions.


The Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) based methods for monitoring, control, and decision support are combined to design of a smart agriculture assistance system. The proposed system has a sensor pack that provides continuous data capture of temperature records, air and soil moisture and a camera for obtaining near-infrared (NIR) images of the plant leaves for use with an AI decision support system. We identify twelve types of vegetation for the study, out of which five disease classes of the tomato leaves are categorized using a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). The work also includes experiments conducted with multiple clustering-based segmentation methods and some features namely Gray level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM), Local binary pattern (LBP), Local Binary Gray Level Co-occurrence Matrix (LBGLCM), Gray Level Run Length Matrix (GLRLM), and Segmentation-based Fractal Texture Analysis (SFTA). Out of several AI tools, CNN proves to be effective in providing automated decision support for classifying the plant leaf disease types through a cloud server that can be accessed using an app. Extensive on-field trials show that the system (VGG16 CNN, GLCM and a fuzzy based clustering) is effective in hot and humid conditions and proves to be reliable in identifying disease classes of certain vegetable types, certain usable vegetation cover of farmland and regulation of watering mechanism of crops.


The infrared-active phonon modes, in single-crystal samples of thorium dioxide (ThO 2) and uranium dioxide (UO 2), were investigated using spectroscopic ellipsometry and compared with density...


Compound selection methods are important in drug discovery especially in lead identification process. Finding the best method in compound selection has become a need to the pharmaceutical industry because of the increasing number of chemical compound to be screened. One of the best and widely used methods in compound selection is cluster-based selection where the compound datasets are grouped into clusters and representative compounds are selected from each cluster. Non-overlapping methods, such as Ward's clustering method, have been widely used and it was agreed as the most efficient clustering method in compound selection. However, little focus has been given to overlapping method in compound selection or even in lead identification process. The research focused on the fuzzy c-means clustering where the effectiveness of the clusters produced with regard to compound selection is analyzed and compared with other conventional cluster-based compound selection method. Fuzzy c-means have been chosen because it produces clusters by identifying the cluster centroid and their corresponding degree of membership, therefore the compounds may belong to more than one cluster. The results from fuzzy c-means method are compared to Ward's clustering method and also to the results from the fuzzification of Ward's cluster. The analysis shows that fuzzy c-means clustering gives the best result in intermolecular dissimilarity; however it shows poor results of separation of active/inactive structure.


Objective:To investigate the behavioral problems of children and teen-agers who immigrated to Rizhao City after Wenchuan earthquake.Methods:At 4 months and 12 months after earthquake,523 children and teen-agers aged 6 to 16 in Rizhao Ankang Homeland were surveyed with the Child Behavior Check List.Results:The total rate of behavioral problem was lower at 12 months than 4 months after the disaster(2.5% vs.5.9%,P0.01).While all subjects were analyzed according to identity,age,and gender,the rates of behavioral problem in each group were as follows.At 4 months and 12 months after the earthquake,the rates of behavioral problem were 5.8% and 3.5% in orphan group before earthquake,4.1% and 2.3% in orphan group after earthquake,and 7.3% and 1.6% in non-orphan group.At 4 months and 12 months after the earthquake,the rates of behavioral problem were 6.5% and 3.3% in group aged 6~11,and 5.5% and 2.3% in group aged 12~16 years.Conclusions:The incidence rate of behavioral problem is low in children and teen-agers who have immigrated to Rizhao City after Wenchuan earthquake,which is decreased significantly as time goes by.Rizhao Ankang Homeland presents a pretty good setting mode,which can reduce the behavioral problems in children and teen-agers who have suffered disaster.


The objectives of this research were to describe the value chain of Vannamei shrimp industry on the northern shore of East Java, to identify the current management practice that is being implemented by small to medium scale shrimp farmers, to analyze the level of adoption of Good Management Practice by small to medium scale shrimp farmers and to identify the challenges that prevent small to medium scale farmers from adopting Good Management Practice. This research utilized descriptive qualitative method using multiple-case study. Data collection was conducted through interviews with experts and various actors in shrimp industry and interviews and observations in shrimp farms. From this research it can be concluded that the farming activity gives the largest contribution in final product value, that the current management practice in observed intensive Vannamei shrimp farms is in line with recommendations of various institutions with the exception of waste management, that the observed intensive Vannamei shrimp farms have high adoption level of Good Management Practice (GMP) for various stages of shrimp farming activity with the exception of waste management, and that there is a tendency that farmers follow the good practices that have direct impact to the success of the production, and that the main challenges of GMP adoption are the lack of a comprehensive GMP manual, the lack of structured technology dissemination, and the lack of incentive for the farmers to adopt waste management practices.


Yersinia enterocolitica is the most frequent Yersinia species associated with human yersiniosis in European countries. Bioserotype 4/0:3 is the most common bioserotype isolated from human yersiniosis in many European countries, including Germany. The primary route of human infection is probably ingestion of contaminated food. However, pathogenic strains of Y. enterocolitica are difficult to isolate from food samples. The low isolation rate can be due to the low sensitivity of the culture methods available, especially when the contamination level is low and the background flora is high. In this study, the ISO 10273 method for isolation of pathogenic Y. enterocolitica in food was evaluated using spiked food samples and additionally, the ISO method was compared with a real-time PCR method based on SYBRGreen. Four different food samples (raw pork, ham, lettuce and bean sprouts) inoculated with ca. 10 2 and 10 4 pYV-positive Y. enterocolitica 4/0:3 bacteria per 10 g sample were studied in duplicate. ISO method was shown to be a suitable method for isolation of Y. enterocolitica 4/0:3 only in highly contaminated meat samples. This pathogen could be isolated from the meat samples by direct culturing on CIN agar plates and after selective enrichment in ITC and plating on CIN and SSDC agar plates when the contamination level was high enough (> 10 4 ). Real-time PCR method based on SYBRGreen was shown to be a valuable screening method to detect the samples contaminated with pathogenic Y. enterocolitica. Most (12/16) of the positive samples could be detected by PCR, which targets the ail gene in the chromosome of pathogenic Y. enterocolitica while only 7 out of 16 samples were positive with culturing.


The methods used for evaluating teacher performance aim at providing the university with an in-depth understanding of its academic staff. Improving teacher performance and enhancing their training so as to enable them to improve their teaching methods, is a common goal of academic institutions. In the case of the Hellenic Open University, the methodology used is mainly based on the evaluation of tutors by their students. The students are asked once a year to fill in an anonymous questionnaire and return it to the tutors' supervisor. Then all data is processed. The presented study used tutors' evaluation from five consecutive academic years. Analysis of the results showed that the tutors' evaluations remained relatively stable across the years. However, ratings were significantly higher for female tutors than for the male tutors. Students' participation in the evaluation, students' grades and students attendance in the face to face meetings were positively correlated with the students' ratings.


This paper will focus on an important but otherwise underresearched change which gradually occurred in the propaganda efforts of Islamic State – namely its transition from an emphasis on eschatological immediacy to one of generational struggle, whilst pointing to the propaganda magazines Dabiq and Rumiyah. By making an effective use of modern communication strategies and eschatological themes, the movement signals its total commitment to its worldview and to the challenge it represents for all those outside of it.


The article deals with the problem of grounding in timber floating rafts, namely damage is considered. As well we analyzed the causes of the raft grounding, highlighted the most common scenarios in which raft runs aground. Various methods of removing the raft afloat are examined. For each of these methods the advantages and disadvantages are presented, and we analyzed their viability in certain circumstances. We paid attention to the impact of raft grounding in rafting, as well as in the implementation of the operation to remove from shelves. Among the emerging consequences the economic and environmental ones are highlighted, causing significant damage to both the environment and the timber vendor. Particular attention is paid to environmental problem which occurs when removing raft from the shallows, which are destruction of large areas of water plants and disturbing the natural streamflow regime of the river, and therefore it causes considerable damage not only to the fauna of large areas of the reservoir, but also increases the risk of shallowing. To solve this problem, a method and apparatus for passing the shallow sections of the river are suggested. The effect, according to which we propose to pass sensitive parts of the river, such as shoals, is to create a positive pressure at the bottom part of the raft. Thus, the proposed method involves the artificial creation of sufficient bottom stock when raft passing of shallow-water or refloat from ground by this way. The method does not involve a significant erosion of the soil and allows implementation of the removal of raft from the shallows, without a strong impact on the ecosystem of the pond.


Background: In our laboratory well-defined reference values for the screening test and confirmation test used in the diagnosis of primary aldosteronism were lacking. In this study we established the reference values of the plasma aldosterone concentration (PA), plasma renin activity (PRA) and PA/PRA ratio after a two-hour upright period, and of the urinary aldosterone excretion after oral sodium loading. Methods: Fifty healthy volunteers, equally distributed according to sex and aged between 20 and 70 years, went through the screening and confirmation test of primary aldosteronism. PA, PRA and the PA/PRA ratios were measured after a two-hour upright period (screening test). Urinary aldosterone excretion was determined in two 24-hour urine samples after an oral suppletion of 6 g NaCl a day for five days (confirmation test). Results: The following reference values were established: PA (after two-hour upright position) <0.03-1.05 nmol/l (mean: 0.47), PA/PRA ratio 0.05-0.47 (mean: 0.15) and urinary aldosterone excretion after sodium loading <3.0-47.0 nmol/24h (mean: 10.5). PRA showed a significant decrease with advancing age: median values in the 3 to 7t decade are 3.9, 3.5, 2.5, 1.6 and 2.1 ng A1/ml/h respectively (p=0.04). PA was lower in subjects ≥50 years old. Age did not affect the PA/PRA ratio or the urinary aldosterone excretion. There were no significant differences between the sexes in any of the above-mentioned parameters. Conclusion: In this study we established reference values for the screening and confirmation test used in the diagnosis of primary aldosteronism. I N T R O D U C T I O N Primary aldosteronism is a form of mineralocorticoid excess (MCE). Hypertension, an abnormally high plasma aldosterone secretion, suppressed plasma renin activity (PRA), increased urinary excretion of potassium, and hypokalaemic alkalosis are the characteristic findings in patients with primary aldosteronism. It is probably the most prevalent form of MCE. The most common causes of primary aldosteronism are the unilateral aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA; 64% of the cases) and bilateral idiopathic hyperaldosteronism (IHA; 32% of the cases). It is important to diagnose primary aldosteronism in patients with hypertension because of the therapeutic implications: in APA the hypertension may be cured by surgery. It has been advocated that all patients with resistant hypertension, whether normokalaemic or hypokalaemic, should be screened for primary aldosteronism. The diagnosis of primary aldosteronism is divided into three phases according to Young et al. (1990): screening test, confirmation test and tests to determine the subtype of primary aldosteronism. This study concentrates on the first two phases. To distinguish patients with essential hypertension from patients with primary aldosteronism the plasma aldosterone/plasma renin ratio (PA/PRA ratio) is the screening tool of choice. This ratio has the highest accuracy according to the current literature. In our institution a positive screening test is indicated by an increased PA/PRA ratio; a suppressed PRA; and hypokalaemia in combination with an inappropriate kaluresis. If two of the three criteria mentioned above are met, the screening test is considered positive. The diagnosis primary aldosteronism is confirmed by demonstrating an increased (unsuppressible) aldosterone excretion in a 24-hour urine sample after three F E B R U A R Y 2 0 0 3 , V O L . 6 1 , N O . 2 © 2003 Van Zuiden Communications B.V. All rights reserved. 37 Establishment of reference values for endocrine tests. III: primary aldosteronism S.J. Baas, E. Endert, E. Fliers, M.F. Prummel, W.M. Wiersinga Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Academic Medical Centre of the University of Amsterdam, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, the Netherlands, tel.: +31 (0)20-566 60 71, fax: +31 (0)20-691 76 82, e-mail: email@example.com, * corresponding author O R I G I N A L A R T I C L E days of sodium loading. The sodium loading has to be sufficient, i.e. the urinary sodium concentration should exceed 200 mmol/24h. 6,12-14 According to Bravo et al. (1983) this is the single best test (sensitivity 96%, specificity 93%) to identify patients with primary aldosteronism. As the diagnostic procedures used in the different studies of primary aldosteronism differ slightly, the resulting reference values may vary. In addition, PA and PRA can be influenced by many factors including pregnancy, age, the use of several drugs (NSAIDs, oestrogens, diuretics, spironolactone, ACE inhibitors, -blockers and calcium antagonists), eating liquorice and race. The aim of this study was to establish reference values for PA, PRA and the PA/PRA ratio after a two-hour upright period and for the urinary aldosterone excretion after oral sodium loading. The screening and the confirmation test were performed in fifty healthy subjects recruited from the general population of Amsterdam and surrounding area. S U B J E C T S A N D M E T H O D S Subjects Fifty subjects were recruited by advertisement in a local newspaper with a free house-to-house distribution in the Amsterdam region and by advertisements in 'Status', the biweekly information bulletin of the Academic Medical Centre of Amsterdam University. The subjects were screened for the inclusion and exclusion criteria by telephone and during the intake visit. Inclusion criteria were age between 20 and 70 years and a self-proclaimed general good health. Exclusion criteria consisted of hypertension exceeding a diastolic blood pressure of 100 mmHg, use of diuretics, spironolactone, ACE inhibitors, -blockers, calcium antagonists, oestrogens or NSAIDs, and pregnancy. Altogether, 93 subjects satisfied the criteria mentioned above: fifty of them, selected at random, completed the two tests. The subjects were divided into five age categories (20-29 years, 30-39 years, etc.) Each category consisted of ten persons: five men and five women. Categorising was done in order to find out if the values might be age-dependent. At the intake interview, information was given about the study and the tests, and questions were asked about race, diet (salt intake), use of liquorice, medication, smoking, use of alcohol and hypertension. The hospital's ethics committee approved the study and informed consent was obtained from all subjects. Two subjects did not complete both tests: a 20-year-old man because of nausea and vomiting during the days of salt suppletion and a 26-year-old woman because of personal circumstances. They were excluded and replaced by subjects of the same sex, selected at random from the same age categories. Tests Screening test Two consecutive 24-hour urine samples were collected separately at home. During this collection, the urine was kept refrigerated. Of the two 24-hour urine samples, total volume as well as the concentrations of sodium, potassium, creatinine and aldosterone were measured. At 9 am (t0), 15 minutes after inserting an intravenous canula, blood samples were taken in sitting position to measure the PA and PRA. At 11 am (t2), after a two-hour upright period, blood samples were taken in an upright position for the measurement of sodium, potassium, creatinine, PA and PRA. The diurnal and day-to-day variation of plasma aldosterone is high. Therefore, the PA in all subjects was measured at the same time in the morning, when the concentration is at its peak. The values obtained after the two-hour upright period were of interest for the evaluation of the screening test. The completeness of the urine collections was assessed from the 24-hour urinary creatinine concentrations. If the creatinine excretion of the urine sample with the highest creatinine excretion was ≥150% of the creatinine excretion of the other sample, the urine collection was considered incomplete and the two samples were excluded. Weight and height were recorded, and blood pressure was measured with the Dinamap Compact monitor. The subjects were investigated after an overnight fast and smoking was not allowed. Confirmation test During five days before to the blood sampling the subjects took an additional 6 grams of salt: two tablets of 1 g NaCl, three times a day. During the last two days of this salt intake they collected their urine. Total volume as well as the concentrations of sodium, potassium, creatinine and aldosterone were measured per 24-hour sample. Blood sampling for the determination of plasma potassium was performed at the end of the five-day period at 9 am after an overnight fast. Smoking was not allowed. Before the blood sampling, weight and blood pressure were measured. Analytical methods PA was measured by a commercial RIA (radial immunoassay) (coat-a-count, Diagnostic Products Corporation, Los Angeles, CA). The detection limit is 0.03 nmol/l, the interassay coefficient of variation (CV) 4.7 to 12.0% and the intra-assay CV 3.6 to 8.4% (at 1.53 to 0.13 nmol/l). The PRA was determined by RIA as described previously (Hollemans et al., 1969). The detection limit is 0.3 ng A1/ml/h, the interassay CV 6.0 to 11.0% and the intra-assay CV 4.0 to 6.0% (at 10.6 to 1.4 ng A1/ml/h). Urinary aldosterone was determined after extraction with ethylacetate by the same RIA. The interassay coefficient of variation is less than 18%. Plasma sodium, potassium and creatinine were measured by standard clinical chemical methods and reagents Baas, et al. Establishment of reference values for endocrine tests. III: primary aldosteronism. F E B R U A R Y 2 0 0 3 , V O L . 6 1 , N O . 2


- Cite this article as: Wang H, Jiang N, Zhang Y, Chen R. Clinical proteomics:a driving force for cancer therapeutic target discovery and precision medicine.Cancer Biol Med. 2019; 16: 623-9. doi: 10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2019.0287


Changes in the amount of the rigid, semi-rigid and soft fractions, molecular mobility and domain thickness of uniaxially stretched iPP were investigated as a function of temperature, draw ratio, drawing temperature and drawing rate. Correlations are established between the thicknesses of rigid domains and the amount of the rigid fractions of uniaxially stretched iPP. Also established are correlations between the thickness of rigid domains and the molecular mobility of the rigid fraction of uniaxially stretched iPP. The drawing temperature has an important effect on the strain-induced transformation of the spherulitic morphology of iPP to a fibrillar one.


This article looks in greater detail at the educational role of the TV media.It is based on the assumption that the TV narrative is capable of providingits audiences with structures of interpretation on the surrounding reality.More specifically, some of its products, although well situated in terms offiction, present explanatory readings on the Spanish society, present andfuture. From there, it is explicitly expressed in the study of the soap operaentitled April 14, the Republic. Inserted in the macro-genre of melodrama,it features a discourse adapted to the cultural characteristics of its target audience.Its relationship with other texts, as well as the use it makes of emotionaland realistic strategies, enables it to get closer to the audience. Theanalysis of this text allows identifying the semantic keystones according towhich the future of the Spanish society, presented in sentimental key butalso ideological, is outlined. The characterizations of the world of labor, therural and urban space, as well as the figure of women are some of the aspectsemphasized by this text.


One-fund theorem states that an efficient portfolio in a Mean-Variance (M-V) portfolio selection problem for a set of some risky assets and a riskless asset can be represented by a combination of a unique risky fund (tangency portfolio) and the riskless asset. In this paper, we introduce a method for which the tangency portfolio can be produced as a corner portfolio. So, the tangency portfolio can be computed easily and fast by any algorithm designed for tracing out the M-V efficient frontier via computing the corner portfolios. Moreover, we show that how this method can be used for tracing out the M-V efficient frontier when problem contains a riskless asset in which the borrowing is not allowed.


Politics in the world have become mediatized and the language of actors and their party's holders are represented by newspapers by their own ideological factors. The newspaper language has emerged through speech, beliefs and writing practices [20]. To determine the meaning behind the text of Pakistani newspapers, the theory of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) by Norman Fairclough (1995) is employed on hard news of 'Dawn' as an independent newspaper and on 'The News' as a mainstream newspaper of Pakistan. The online newspapers are selected for data selection on 100 days performance in 2018 of Pakistan Tehreek - e - Insaaf (PTI) on specified date 29th November 2018 on coverage of 100 days event based on social actors' performance as 'doer', which comprises of two news reports having 5,276 words. Imran Khan's and his party holders' speeches on the party's performance on 100 days completion of government is taken as a unit for analysis, which is represented in both newspapers differently. The social actors' selection is based on a socio-semiotic approach by van Leeuwen (2005). The social actors in the existing study are 'Pakistan Tehreek – e – Insaaf (PTI)' and 'Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N)'. The Systematic Functional Linguistics tool by Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday (2014) is applied to media text for determining the role of social actors by process types as an analytical tool, which is based on the revised work of Matthiessen. 'Dawn' has portrayed happening as a hard news while in contrast, 'The News' compared PTI performance with PML-N with suggestions


This paper explores the 18th-century Joseon Confucian scholar Seongho 星湖 Yi Ik's 李瀷 (1681~1763) theory on philosophical anthropology in the context of Confucianism through his theory of the heart-mind 心論. This study begins by examining which intellectual heritage he innovated, what intellectual resources he used in the process, and how his theories diverged from those of other Joseon Confucian scholars. Through Western learning books, Seongho obtained the rational soul theory and anatomical and physiological knowledge about the brain, based on which he reinterpreted the controversial Neo-Confucian concepts of zhijue 知覺, and the Weifa-Yifa theories 未發已發論. He acknowledged the primacy of the brain, which differs from the general principles of Neo-Confucianism. Seongho did not imbue zhijue itself with moral meaning, but considered the whole process of perception–recognition–judgment as the weifa state. At this point, yifa is determined by whether moral judgments are made. If yifa is the moment of moral judgment, the relationship between weifa and yifa must be regarded as the relationship between the operation of physical perception–cognition and rational judgment–moral practice. In Seongho's perspective, moral practice is not a process of static cultivation, but the result of active moral determination.


x List of Abbreviations Used xi Chapter 1: Introduction 1 1.1 Thesis Overview 1 1.2 Asthma Pathology and Remodelling 1 1.3 Cellular Mechanics 3 1.4 Airway Smooth Muscle Function and Phenotype 6 1.4.1 Characteristics of Mature ASM Cells 6 1.4.2 Airway Smooth Muscle Cell Plasticity 9 1.5 Substrate Stiffness 12 1.6 Strain 15 1.6.1 Deep Inspiration 15 1.6.2 Fluidization vs. Reinforcement 15 1.7 Cell Tone 18 1.8 Integrative Response 20 1.9 General Hypothesis 23 1.10 Thesis Aims 25 1.10.1 Aim 1 25


The dramatic increase in the use of mobile phones has been closely followed by the increase in mobile fraud. Although eager to use mobile financial services, many subscribers are concerned about the security aspect when carrying out financial transactions over the mobile network. In fact, lack of security is seen as the biggest deterrent in the widespread adoption of mobile financial services. Hence, fraud prevention has become an essential ingredient in the success of online financial transactions. To enhance the security for financial transaction a biometric authentication system is proposed.


that elected officials in attendance included Mayor Richard M. Daley, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, State Representative Harry Osterman, Congressman Mike Quigley, City Treasurer Stephanie Neeley, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas, Commander Lucy Moy of the 20th Chicago Police District and Commander Kathleen Boehmer of the 23rd District, Consul General Ping Huang from the People's Republic of China, and Director General Pei-hwang Shen of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office.


Direct potentiometric methods for the semi-micro determination of easily reducible nitro compounds with vanadium (II) sulphate have been described. It has been shown that the position and nature of the substituents in the benzene ring effect the rate of reduction.


Soft tissue chondromas are benign, relativery rare lesions, characterized by tenosynovial metaplastic origin, and they are predominantly located in the hands and feet.We report a case of soft tissue chondroma arising in the tendon of the biceps brachii, and briefly review the features of these lesions.


Our study shows that different social psychological mechanisms have a profound effect on the quality of the cooperation of GPs and OPs. Especially we found significant differences between the two professions in professional identity, relative position, dependency, trust and responsibility.
There is a significant correlation between the number of contacts and the evaluation of the contacts and between the number of contacts and trust in the communication. Apparently trust in the quality of the work is not the problem.
Our results suggest ways of improving education and training.
On base of our findings we suggest the following interventions:
1. OPs should improve their own professional identity. They should work on internal contacts and create a more cohesive group. The professional group should present itself more clearly. The professional association of OPs could play a prominent role in this. This association is already active in producing standards and composing a declaration of intent. These are useful steps in this view.
2. GPs need to be better informed about what an OP does. It will then be clearer in which respects the well-being of the patient will gain quality when they use the expertise of OPs. Accepting and using the mutual dependency of GP and OP is beneficial for the patient.
3. More possibilities for contacts between GPs and OPs. They could for instance talk about the division of tasks and responsibilities; also about communication. Talking as equal colleagues is the most important factor, having a communal problem: the patient.


In this study, a multilevel temporal convolutional network (MTCN) model is proposed for 1-month-ahead forecasting of precipitation. In the MTCN model, à trous wavelet transform (ATWT) is first utilized to decompose the standardized monthly precipitation anomaly and its candidate predictors into their components with the different time scales. Then, at each of the time levels, a temporal convolutional network (TCN) model is built to forecast the precipitation anomaly component by combining with the Boruta selection algorithm (TCN-B) for identifying important model inputs from corresponding predictor components. Finally, the precipitation forecast is achieved by summing all the forecasted anomaly components and applying the inverse transform of the standardized monthly precipitation. The proposed MTCN is tested and compared to the TCN-B and TCN using monthly precipitation at 189 stations in the Yangtze River basin. The TCN-B is formed by coupling the TCN with the Boruta algorithm. The comparison results show that the TCN-B outperforms the TCN, and the MTCN has the best performance among the three models. Compared to the TCN, the MTCN provides a significant improvement for all stations, especially for the eastern stations of the basin. It is also shown that all three models perform better in spring and summer and have the weakest abilities in winter. The MTCN has a great improvement in predicting precipitation of all four seasons compared with the other two models. Additionally, all three models exhibit better prediction performance in the western region than in the eastern region of the basin, which is strongly related to the spatial distribution of precipitation variability.


In order to better tackle airline competition and to prepare for the upcoming deregulation of European rail transportation over the coming years, SNCF (the French national railway operator) is working in partnership with ExPretio Technologies to develop a new-generation Revenue Optimization tool. This tool, built on a "bilevel" mathematical optimization model, allows to take explicitly into account customer purchase behaviour and the offers of competitors. This new approach, initially developed at the Center for Research on Transportation (CRT) of the University of Montréal and École Polytechnique Montréal to fulfill the needs of airlines, is now being adapted to SNCF's and its affiliates' business context (fare structure, nature of the customer base, inventory management policies and practices, etc.). In this talk, we present this new Revenue Optimization approach and contrast it with more classical methods currently applied in this field. We also underline the benefits brought by our model and discuss some results obtained through large-scale, live benchmarks. We conclude by listing some areas where we can improve the model as we go through the industrialisation and deployment of the tool. The aim of this paper is to discuss the following points: 1) Why is it important to model customer behavior in railway Revenue Management? 2) What are really the commercial objectives of the transporters? 3) An integrated approach based on bilevel programming 4) Experiment with the train-operator THALYS


In this paper, we discuss a class of consistency of regression function recursive kernel estima- non, the result are distribution free that they are ture for all distributions μ of x.


To manage trade-offs, biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction must be tackled together by integrating relevant concerns into the decisions and institutions that drive policy, rules, plans, investment and action for both — a process known as 'mainstreaming'.


We present new spatially resolved Keck spectroscopy of early-type galaxies in three galaxy clusters at z ≈ 0.5. We focus on the fundamental plane (FP) relation and combine the kinematics with structural parameters determined from HST images. The galaxies obey clear FP relations, which are offset from the FP of the nearby Coma Cluster due to passive evolution of the stellar populations. The z ≈ 0.5 data are combined with published data for 11 additional clusters at 0.18 ≤ z ≤ 1.28, to determine the evolution of the mean M/L_B ratio of cluster galaxies with masses M ≳ 10^(11) M_☉, as implied by the FP. We find d log(M/L_B)/dz = -0.555 ± 0.042, stronger evolution than was previously inferred from smaller samples. The observed evolution depends on the luminosity-weighted mean age of the stars in the galaxies, the IMF, selection effects due to progenitor bias, and other parameters. Assuming a normal IMF but allowing for various other sources of uncertainty, we find z_* = 2.01^(+0.22)_(-0.17) for the luminosity-weighted mean star formation epoch. The main uncertainty is the slope of the IMF in the range 1-2 M_☉: we find z_* = 4.0 for a top-heavy IMF with slope x = 0. The M/L_B ratios of the cluster galaxies are compared to those of field early-type galaxies at 0.32 ≤ z ≤ 1.14. Assuming that progenitor bias and the IMF do not depend on environment, we find that the present-day age of stars in massive field galaxies is 4.1% ± 2.0% (≈0.4 Gyr) less than that of stars in massive cluster galaxies. This relatively small age difference is surprising in the context of expectations from "standard" hierarchical galaxy formation models and provides a constraint on the physical processes that are responsible for halting star formation in the progenitors of today's most massive galaxies.


Table 1 Summary of all analytical results relating to objects studied during the project
Table 2 XRF analysis at the British Museum: results
Table 3 XRF analysis at National Museums Scotland: results


We have constructed a 3-phase to single-phase matrix converter using p-channel MOS-controlled thyristor switches rated at 1200 volts and 300 amperes. Advantages of matrix converters over the more conventional DC-link converters potentially include elimination of the large reactive power components used in the DC link, bi-directional operation permitting regeneration, and increased system lifetime and higher temperature operation realized by the elimination of temperature-sensitive electrolytic capacitors. Snubberless operation is implemented in our matrix converter using semisoft current commutation. Switching frequencies in excess of 3 kHz are readily achievable and operation up to 208 V(rms) (3-phase) has been demonstrated in a laboratory prototype.


We investigate evidence for spatially mediated knowledge transfer from university research. We examine whether firms locate their R&D labs in proximity to university research departments, and whether those that do are more likely to co-operate with, or source information from universities in the course of their innovative activities. We find evidence that pharmaceutical firms locate their R&D facilities near to frontier chemistry research departments, consistent with accessing localised knowledge spillovers, but also linked to the presence of science parks. In industries such as chemicals and vehicles there is less evidence of immediate co-location with universities, but those innovative firms that do locate near to relevant research departments are more likely to engage with universities.


No one wants to hear that they are working in vain. Truly no American wants to hear that they are working in vain since one of the salient qualities of American culture is getting things done. Americans pride themselves on their efficiency and "can do" spirit. Thus, Jean Anyon's Radical Possibilities is unsettling in its claim that urban education reform is doomed to failure. This does not sit well with teachers, administrators, parents, community members, education researchers, or the general public. After all, the public has invested billions of dollars in education, and it is not unreasonable to expect something for that investment. Unlike conservative arguments about the folly of education spending, Anyon places the foci of educational problems where they rightly belong-the macroeconomic and sociopolitical contexts that create policies that make it virtually impossible to improve schools in poor and low-income communities. Anyon argues that two major forces-federal policies and metropolitan inequities-are the primary contributors to the conditions that plague public schools. This assertion challenges commonly held beliefs that the reason urban schools are failing is because the children are poor, the parents do not care, the teachers are ill prepared, and the funding is too meager. For Anyon, "macroeconomic mandates continually trump urban education and school reform" (p. 2). Thus, education reformers find themselves like Sisyphus, rolling a boulder uphill. Anyon points out that national policies that may seem far from the classroom have devastating impacts on the quality of students' (and their families') lives. For example, policies, that maintain an exceedingly low minimum wage, force people to live in poverty or to work so much that the quality of their family life is severely compromised. This point is reinforced in the work of sociologist, Harriet Presser (2003) who argues the demand for round the clock goods and services requires a 24 hour, 7 days a week


Success of manufacturing companies largely depends on reliability of their products. Scheduled maintenance is widely used to ensure that equipment is operating correctly so as to avoid unexpected breakdowns. Such maintenance is often carried out separately for every component, based on its usage or simply on some fixed schedule. However, scheduled maintenance is labor-intensive and ineffective in identifying problems that develop between technician's visits. Unforeseen failures still frequently occur. In contrast, predictive maintenance techniques help determine the condition of in-service equipment in order to predict when and what repairs should be performed. The main goal of predictive maintenance is to enable pro-active scheduling of corrective work, and thus prevent unexpected equipment failures.


Certain effects including Scale Attenuation Effect,Robert Rosenthal Effect,Hawthorne Effect,Placebo Effect and Sequence Effect are analyzed n the article. Then solutions to each effect are provided respectively according to their features.


Abstract: There is a phenomenon in the mostly elderly people associated with participation in the implementation of early childhood, such as the uneven level of participation of parents in providing support, such as the willingness of parents bear the cost of organizing the PAUD in cash or labor. Parents who have a background in higher education consider that institutions of early childhood education is the beginning of formal education, in contrast to parents who think education is the experience, where parents who think his experience is only complete primary school will assume that the institution of early childhood education is not so important. Parents who do not work (house wives) thought that by teaching children at home alone will suffice. In addition to the parents who have low income believe that early childhood education would be a waste of money. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of socio-economic status of the parents' involvement in the organization of early childhood in the village of Teluk Pinang Kecamatan Gaung Anak Serka Kabupaten Indragiri Hilir. The study population was 39 parents. The samples are saturated samples so the population sampled as many as 39 people. In this study, the hypothesis is there are significant socio-economic status of the parents' involvement in the organization of early childhood in the village of Teluk Pinang Kecamatan Gaung Anak Serka Kabupaten Indragiri Hilir. It is seen from the results of the chi square test is, if the chi-square calculate ˃ chi square table then there is the influence of social status on parent participation. Keywords: Socio-Economic Status, Participation


We investigate the pulsation properties of stellar models that are representative of δ Scuti and γ Doradus variables. We have calculated a grid of stellar models from 1.2 to 2.2 M⊙, including the effects of both rotation and convective overshoot using MESA, and we investigate the pulsation properties of these models using GYRE. We discuss the observable patterns in the frequency spacing for p modes and the period spacings for g modes. Using the observable patterns in the g mode period spacings, it may be possible to observationally constrain the convective overshoot and rotation of a model. We also calculate the pulsation constant (Q) for all models in our grid and investigate the variation with convective overshoot and rotation. The variation in the Q values of the radial modes can be used to place constraints on the convective overshoot and rotation of stars in this region. As a test case, we apply this method to a sample of 22 High-Amplitude δ Scuti stars (HADS) and provide estimates for the convective overshoot of the sample.


Summary

1. Previously, the Yangtze River connected thousands of shallow lakes which together formed a potamo-lacustrine system capable of sustaining a rich variety of submerged macrophytes.

2. Potamogeton malaianus is one of the dominant submerged macrophytes in many lakes of this area. Genetic variation and population structure of P. malaianus populations from ten lakes in the potamo-lacustrine system were assessed using inter-simple sequence repeat markers.

3. Twelve primer combinations produced a total of 166 unambiguous bands of which 117 (70.5%) were polymorphic. Potamogeton malaianus exhibited a moderate level of population genetic diversity (PP = 70.5%, HE = 0.163 and I = 0.255), as compared with that of plants in the same habitat and range. The main factors responsible for this moderate value were the plant's mixed breeding system (both sexual and asexual) and the hydrological connectivity among habitats.

4. F statistics, calculated using different approaches, consistently revealed a moderate genetic differentiation among populations, contributing about 20% of total genetic diversity. An estimate of gene flow (using FST) suggested that gene flow played a more important role than genetic drift in the current population genetic structure of P. malaianus (Nm = 1.131).

5. The genetic diversity of P. malaianus did not increase downstream. A high level of linkage–disequilibrium at the whole population level suggested that metapopulation processes may affect genetic structure. The migration pattern of P. malaianus was best explained by a two-dimensional stepping stone model, indicating that bird-mediated dispersal could greatly influence gene movements among lakes.


Abstract Twenty-two yeast strains were screened for their efficacy in suppression of root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita on Flame Seedless grapevines. The most effective seven strains were chosen to study their effect on nematode population in vitro and in vivo as well as their impact on crop productivity and fruit quality. Data showed that all treatments significantly reduced the number of juveniles in vitro after 24 and 48 h. The highest percentage of nematode mortality was achieved by the application of Pichia gluilliermondii Moh10, Pachytrichospora transvaalensis Y-1240, Candida albicans Moh Y-5 and Geotichum terrestre Y 2162. Similarly, under greenhouse conditions, all treatments significantly reduced the number of juveniles and disease index compared to the untreated plants during both incubation periods (30 and 50 days). Under field conditions, the tested yeast strains as well as Nemacour (nematocide) resulted in a significant reduction (P<0.05) of populations of Meloidogyne incognita compared to the control in two successive seasons tested. The beneficial impact of application of yeast strains was reflected in crop productivity on Flame Seedless grapevines as well as fruit quality. Percentages of vegetative buds, flower buds, shoot length and leaf number were significantly enhanced as a result of application of the different yeast strains and Nemacour. Bunch weight, berry weight and berry numbers were significantly increased by Pachytrichospora transvaalensis Y-1240, Geotichum terrestre Y-2162 and Candida albicans Moh Y-5. Nemacour and other yeast strains did not show any significant differences compared to the infected vines. Percentage of total soluble solids (TSS%) increased by applying all yeast strains, whereas Nemacour treatment gave the highest value of both TSS percent and percentage of acidity and increased anthocyanins in the skin of berries.


A simplification of Ghani's method for the fractionation of soil phosphorus has been used to study relationships between soil and plant phosphorus in field and pot-culture experiments. In pot-culture experiments with red-brown earth soils (pH 5·6–6·1) wheat derived approximately 60% of its phosphorus from the fraction of soil phosphorus soluble in 2·5% acetic acid-1% 8-hydroxyquinoline and 30% from the inorganic fraction soluble in 0·1 n-sodium hydroxide, even although the amount of acetic acid soluble phosphorus present in these soils was only about half that present as inorganic alkali soluble. Very little use was made of organic phosphorus. In field experiments with similar soils there was a correlation between the percentage phosphorus in the plant material and the acetic acid soluble, the inorganic alkali soluble, and the sura of these two fractions of soil phosphorus. The sum of these two fractions was also correlated with the amount of phosphorus taken up by the crop. In pot-culture experiments with a wider range of soil types there was good correlation between the total extractable inorganic soil phosphorus and both the phosphorus content of the plant and the phosphorus uptake. Correlations between individual inorganic extractable soil phosphorus fractions and plant phosphorus were influenced by the pH of the two groups of soils examined.


Abstract : The requirement for rapid deployment of America's armed forces to counter terrorism and conduct limited combat operations has significantly increased. With the expanded lift capability of both the Air Force and Navy and the Army's creation of the Light Divisions, the opportunity to tailor a sizeable intervention force not limited to sea movement is within the realm of existing resources. Current forces capable of rapid deployment are on multiple troop lists which complicates training and confuses chains of command. Parallels are drawn from previous United States deployments to Lebanon in 1958 and Grenada in 1983, showing similar problems today. A small, predominantly Army, joint force is recommended that could deploy by itself and could also be used as the lead assault force to all CINCs without forward deployed forces. (Author)


Aiming at the traditional teaching model hasn't been suitetd for the employment situation now,elaborated in order to cultivate a popular technique for business professionals,we must re-skill 、 heavy quality.And improve the effectiveness of classroom teaching is the best way to achieve one goal of teaching.Through detailed analysis,presented in order to improve the effectiveness of classroom teaching,we must seriously prepare lessons 、 carefully arranged to import,to stimulate students interest in learning so that students Want to learn 、 will learn 、 be happy to learn.


The tributyltin-based products and organic biocides which are incorporated into antifouling paints have had a negative impact on the marine environment, and the ban on tributyltin-based antifouling products has urged the industry to find substitutes to prevent the development of fouling on ship hulls. Natural antifouling agents could be isolated from marine resources, providing an alternative option for the industry. The effects of different marine seaweed extracts from Sargassum muticum and Ceramium botryocarpum on the growth, pigment content and photosynthetic apparatus of the marine diatom Fragilaria pinnata were compared with those of Diuron, a biocide widely used in antifouling paints. The addition of the macroalgal extracts in the culture medium resulted in an inhibition of the growth of F. pinnata, but this inhibition was lower than that obtained with Diuron. After transfer to a biocide-free medium, F. pinnata cells previously exposed to the macroalgal extracts exhibited normal growth, in contrast to icrospectrofluorimetry


The invention discloses a satellite type electron-beam curing ink offset press. The satellite type electron-beam curing ink offset press comprises an emptying and paper receiving machine device, wherein a printing material in form of a coiling block in the emptying and paper receiving machine device enters a material receiving device through a deviation-correcting device, a dedusting device, a printing unit, an electron-beam curing device, an outlet deviation-correcting device, a material receiving traction device and a material receiving cutting device successively; the printing device comprises a central large roller which is perpendicularly arranged between a pair of wallboards of the offset press; a plurality of pairs of offset print color cell units which are adjustable in position are formed on opposite two sides of the central large roller horizontally; each of the offset print color cell units successively comprises a water-ink system which is arranged close to the central large roller, a printing roller which is quickly disassembled and assembled and a rubber roller which is quickly disassembled and assembled; the printing roller is as same as the rubber roller in structure. The satellite type electron-beam curing ink offset press is small in pollution, the offset print structure can continuously feed, and the overprinting accuracy is high.


[Objective] To study the effects and mechanisms of RAR-selective agonist(E)-4-[2-(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5, 5, 8, 8-tetramethyl-2-naphthalenyl) -1-propenyl (TTNPB) on IFN-γ and IL-4 production in cord blood T-lymphocytes and make a prepearation for the future clinic research of cord blood. [Methods] Cord blood T-lymphocytes were separated from full-term healthy newborn, then cultured in vitro for 72 hours, and IFN-γ and IL-4 were measured in cell culture supernatants in the presence of TTNPB at different concentrations (10-4 mol / L, 10-5 mol / L, 10-6 mol / L, 10-7 mol / L, 10-8 mol / L and control group) by ELISA. One-Way-ANOVA was used to analyze the effect of different concentrations on IFN-γ and IL-4 production. [Results] A concentration at 10-4mol / L of TTNPB, the concentration of IFN-γ was (12.11 ± 5.57) pg / ml (P﹤0.05) and the concentration of IL-4 was 2.9371±0.0766 pg / ml (P﹤0.05). [Conclusion] When the concentration of TTNPB below 10-4 mol / L, the TTNPB could significantly inhibite the IFN-γ production and increased the IL-4 production. TTNPB could regulate the IFN-γ and IL-4 production in cord blood T-lymphocytes via RAR pathway.


Let R be a ring with 1. All modules considered are to be unital left R-modules unless otherwise noted. Definition. A σ-set for R is a nonempty set Σ of left ideals of R satisfying the following conditions: (σ1) If I ∊ Σ, J is a left ideal of I, and J ⊇ I, then J ∊ Σ. (σ2) If I ∊ Σ and r ∊ R, then Ir -1 = {s ∊ R | sr ∊ I} ∊ Σ. (σ3) If I is a left ideal of R, J ∊ Σ, and It -1 ∊ Σ for each t ∊ J, then I ∊ Σ.


The interaction of metamaterials and terahertz intersubband transitions is investigated in the strong coupling regime. We demonstrate that the resonant frequency of the metamaterial can be tuned by etching without destroying the strong interaction.


Thiophene- and furan-derived aminocarbene complexes are regioselectively lithiated by BuLi at position 5, while lithiated aminocarbenes containing pyrrole or phenyl groups can be obtained by a bromine to lithium exchange reaction using BuLi. Such prepared lithiated aminocarbene complexes react with alkyl halides, aldehydes, ketones, acyl chlorides, and DMF, giving high yields of functionalized aminocarbene complexes hardly accessible by other ways.


In the present study, an evaluation technology for heating channel layout was investigated in SMC molding system design. Conventional design rules of cooling channel in injection molding process were applied to the present work. Finite element thermal analysis with ANSYS™ was performed to evaluate the temperature distribution of mold surface. SMC mold was manufactured to test the effect of a proposed heating channel layout system on the temperature distribution of mold surface and infrared camera was applied to a measurement of temperature. It was shown that infrared camera application was possible in a measurement of temperature distribution on mold surface.


Objective: To discuss MRI to ovarian mature teratoma preoperative diagnosis value and operation mode selection of guiding significance.Methods: Retrospective analysis of the gynecological surgery and pathological diagnosis of ovarian mature teratoma 58cases,MRI scans were performed.Using SE,FSE,Fat suppression and DWI sequences.axial,sagittal,and coronal scanning were accom plished.Results:(1)30cases of lesions located in the right side ovarian,28 cases of lesions in the left side ovarian,3 cases located in double side ovarian.(2)Lesion size 1.2 cm to 16.7 cm,margin were clear,most of the lesion close to round.(3)Most of the lesions were cystic or pouch or solid.Lesions had a variety of compositions,MRI signal hybrid,Fat in T1W,TW2 were high signa,fat suppression sequence were low signal;Teeth,hair,cartilage,fiber composition in T1W,TW2 were low signal;Muscle,nerve components in T1W,TW2 were identical signal.(4)Lesions less than 10 cm and fat were most,no contraindications to laparoscopic surgery patients with laparoscopic ovarian teratoma eliminated;Lesions was more than 10 cm,calcification,hair were rare,Can stand the Bladder Jieshi Posture,Ovarian teratoma surgery through the vagina;Lesions more than 15 cm,or were small lesions but calcification,teeth,and hair were much,suspected malignant ovarian teratoma or can not judge lesion properties,by traditional way open ovarian teratoma eliminated.Conclusion: MRI can well display ovarian teratoma internal structure and composition,and has a guiding significance in clinical surgical operation.


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Abstract Tetraaza acyclic Schiff bases, prepared from 1,2‐(diimino‐4′‐antipyrinyl)‐1,2‐diphenylethane and p‐substituted anilines, act as tetradentate ligands and form solid cationic solid complexes with Cu(II), Zn(II), and VO(IV) salts in ethanol. Microanalytical data, magnetic susceptibility measurements, IR, UV‐VIS, mass, 1H and 13C NMR, and ESR spectral techniques were used to characterize the structures of synthesized compounds. IR and UV‐VIS spectra of the complexes suggest that all the copper complexes exhibit square–planar geometry while the oxovanadium complexes are of square–pyramidal geometry. Mass, 1H and 13C NMR spectra of the Schiff bases and their complexes suggest that the general formula of the complexes is [ML]Y (where L = L1, L2 or L3, Y = Cl2 or SO4). Electrolytic behaviour of the chelates was assessed from their higher conductance data. Monomeric nature of the chelates was confirmed from their magnetic susceptibility values. Redox studies by cyclic voltammetry of copper complexes in MeCN suggest the existence of unusual oxidation states such as Cu(III), Cu(I), and Cu(0) which are stabilized by the ligand systems. The cyclic voltammogram of the oxovanadium complexes in MeCN shows two quasi‐reversible peak for the VO(IV)/VO(V) and VO(IV)/VO(III) couples. The X‐band ESR spectra of copper and oxovanadium complexes in DMSO solution at 300 and 77 K were recorded and their salient features are discussed.


Abstract : An investigation of electron loss processes in electron beam-sustained discharges of an atmospheric pressure gas mixture of 1/1.6/3, CO2/He/N2 in a closed-cycle flow loop was conducted. Steady-state analysis of the discharge current indicates that the discharge is dominated by electron-neutral attachment at rates of approximately 10 to the 6th power sec. minus 1 in the E/N range of 0.5-9 Townsend. Attempts to fit an analytic solution of the electron lifetime equation to the discharge current decay curves were inconclusive due to the slow fall-time of the electron gun relative to the current decay time. Changes in the discharge characteristics due to chemical reactions in the plasma were not significant. (Author)


Abstract In this paper we introduce the notion of finite virtual length for profinite groups (that is, every series has a bounded number of infinite factors) and we prove a Jordan–Hölder type theorem for profinite groups with finite virtual length. More structural results are provided in the pronilpotent and $p$-adic analytic cases.


The ancient dugout canoe, Marukibune in Japanese, was found in the late Holocene peat deposits in Tako not far from Yohkaichiba, Chiba Prefecture. The radiocarbon dating of the peaty sand material from the horizon of the ancient dugout canoe indicates that it dates back to 3, 470±120 years B. P. (GaK-6275), which corresponds to the Later Jomon Period. The pollen assemblage of the same horizon suggests that a warm temperate forest covered surrounding hills, and that the peaty sediments and the ancient dugout canoe were deposited at the bottom of a freshwater lake or in swampy environment.