The variation of groundwater table is the main manifestation of groundwater resources amount,and it is also the most important control indicator on groundwater management.Based on the work empirical and the researched achievement,analyze on the correlation theory,carry out the principles and standards for categorizing the critical water table depth standards(the'blue region','yellow region'and'red region').Based on the above analysis,selecting Heping Irrigation District which is one of the typical irrigation districts in Heilongjiang Province as demonstration area,according to the academic research and practice experience on the control of total developing amount of groundwater and the management of critical water table depth,summarize and apply a management system which is accuracy and operation ability to some extent,which can provide academic and practice reference for the practical work in the similar regions and the research on the groundwater optimal management,and provide experience for total control and the management of critical water table depth management methods and management measures as well.


Wireless sensor network [1] generally consists of large number of sensor nodes. The wireless sensor network can be defined as large number of small sensing self powered nodes which gather the information from the geographical area and communicate in wireless fashion with the goal of handing their processed data to the base station. These sensor nodes consist of sensing, processing and communicating elements. Instead of sending the raw data to the base station the head node performs the fusion process which is responsible to send the required and processed data to the base station. During the process of sensing, processing and communicating the parameter like lifetime, resource consumption, data delivery and stability starts decreasing. In modern scenario wireless sensor networks have become a very popular because these are highly demanding in various applications. Some of the application are home, health, industry, military and disaster management like flood detection and fire detection. So we require a reliable transmission of packet data information with high efficiency and lifetime. In our proposed work we are changing the idea related to the data gathering and transmission protocol Chiron. The main goal of our research is improve the of lifetime of network as chain leader belonging to the certain covering angle will only transmits the gathered data to the another chain leader of the same covering angle and then we send the data of the another covering angle in sequential manner. By this method we found that lifetime is improved significantly. We take the 10000 m 2 area and 100 nodes for 3000 iterations for simulation. Key Words-Wireless Sensor Network, Routing protocol, Chiron, Lifetime.


Records of the Historian written by SI Ma-qian is a great work of literature,history as well as education.The function,content and method of education in Records of the Historian are of realistic significance.The education ideology in Records of the Historian is a precious cultural heritage of Chinese nation.


Measurements have been made of the current modulation of a Gunn diode by external frequency modulation. The current modulation varied between 10?6 and 10?3 A/MHz for various cavity conditions. This is smaller than the current noise observed by Faulkner and Meade. It is concluded that the current noise observed in their experiments was not caused simply by the frequency fluctuation.


An efficient method for constructive enumeration of graphs is suggested. The method is based on the so called semicanonical numbering of graphs, that is a numbering much more restrictive than the cooperative numbering. Graph-theoretical properties of the semicanonical numbering make it possible to formulate an exhaustive and nonredundant constructive enumeration of graphs. The approach allows an easy introduction of specifications for molecular graphs.


This thesis proposes to untangle menstrual corporeality as biological truth, locating in terms of power and knowledge, the ruptures and discontinuities found in advertising, starting from a genealogy of the discursive practices that circulated in magazine advertisements in Colombia between 1965 and 1975. Menstruation here is shown as a political and social fact, which was Performing on the promise of health and modernity in menstruating corporations, exalted as safe, healthy, liberated and happy, in contrast with disciplined and self managed bodies, which rejected and hid their blood, forced to appear to be menstrual-corpses.


In the process of business management, accounting for financial management issues, accounting work can play a key role. In recent years, China's scientific and technological level of continuous improvement and the extensive application of computer technology, have promoted the development of accounting work, both gradually to the direction of computerized accounting development. Accounting work to achieve computerized accounting can be an effective combination of information technology and electronic technology, and can greatly enhance the level of accounting and accounting management level, which to some extent, the impact of accounting work.


Preparative-scale supercritical fluid chromatography was used to isolate solanesol from supercritical fluid extract.The chromatography conditions were as follows:ZORBAX SB-C18(250 mm×9.4 mm I.D.,5 μm)column was used as the steady phase;SC-CO2 with methanol as co-solvent was used as the mobile phase.The percent of modifier,temperature and pressure were investigated to get good resolution.In this paper,capacity factor and selectivity factor were also investigated.By chromatography separation,the concentration of solanesol reached 94.9%.


Field observations of adult behaviour (particularly foraging and mating) and nests of five species of Ctenocolletes are presented and compared with earlier obser vations. All studied species are solitary and ground-nesting. Nests are unusual in lacking tumuli and those of C. albomarginatus and C. nicholsoni are remarkably deep (2.7-3.2 m). C. fulvescens is unusual in the genus in having a summer/autumn (rather than a winter/spring) flight season and in exhibiting matinal foraging in females and a bimodal flight pattern in males. Conjugate flight of mating pairs and territorial hovering and darting flights of males are recorded for additional ,species. Meloidae (Coleoptera) are confirmed as cleptoparasites in nests of C. nicholsoni and a Crassifoenus species (Hymen optera: Gasteruptiidae) is recorded from nests or nesting areas of four Ctenocolletes species.


Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) refers to technologies that reduce manufacturing and compaction temperatures of asphalt mixtures allowing lower energy consumption and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from asphalt plants. These benefits, combined with the effective reuse of a solid waste product, make asphalt rubber (AR) mixtures with WMA additives an excellent environmentally-friendly material for road construction. The effect of WMA additives on rubberized mixtures has not yet been established in detail and the lower mixing/compaction temperatures of these mixtures may result in insufficient compaction. In this sense, the present study uses a series of laboratory tests to evaluate the volumetric characteristics and compactability of AR mixtures with organic additives when production/compaction temperatures are decreased. The results of this study indicate that the additives selected can decrease the mixing/compaction temperatures without compromising the volumetric characteristics and compactability.


The Oort cloud is the primary reservoir of the "nearly isotropic" comets, which include new and returning long-period comets and Halley-type comets. We focus on the following topics: (1) The population, mass, and structure of the Oort cloud. (2) The fraction of Oort cloud comets that survive to the present, and the timescale for building the Oort cloud. (3) The relative importance of different regions of the protoplanetary disk in populating the Oort cloud. (4) The perihelion distribution of Oort cloud comets, and their impact rate on the giant planets.


Gossypol is harmful to people and animals,which seriously decreases the values of most cottonseed products,but the gossypol can be extensively used in many fields such as medicine,industry and agriculture.Advances in the extraction and determination methods,toxicity and comprehensive utilization of gossypol were reviewed.The development and application trend of gossypol were also prospected.


NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland will host its fourth annual Girls in STEM event, Thursday, July 12, from 10 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Media interested in covering the event should contact Jeannette Owens no later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 11, to be cleared through security.


We have pe㎡omed a Chemla−type electrotransport experiment on magnetite,Fe304,丘om which the tracer d血lsion coef且cient of iron and its ef6ective charge can be determined simultImeously.The experiment was conducted with ra− diotracer59Fe by measuring the sprea(l and drift of the tracer source in a const&nt electric field at a temperature of 1200℃and an oxygen activity of log(αo、)=一4.The tracer diffUsion coemcient and the effective charge of Fe in mag− ne丘te were detemined廿om the往acer pro五les using both the residual acti"ty and the住acer sec丘oning method. While the tracer d血1sion coef且cient agrees well with the values reported in literature,the ef6ective charge number of Fe was found to be+2,in contrast to the average,formal charge number8/30f Fe in magnetite.This result can be expl田ned either(1ue to the interaction between ionic and electronic charge caniers which has been observed in other semiconducting o》ddes or(1ue to a much higher mobility of Fe2+compare(1to Fe3+. 働防眺 Chemla−type ElectrotrImsport,Tracer Dif血sion,Efβective Charge Number,Magnetite l Introductio皿


In recent years, solution-processable perovskite photodetectors have attracted increasing research interest due to their low-cost, ease of fabrication, and excellent optoelectronic properties. In this work, we reported a sensitive deep ultraviolet (DUV) light photodetector based on inorganic and lead-free Cs3Cu2I5 crystalline film derived by a solution method. Optoelectronic analysis revealed that the Cs3Cu2I5 device showed nearly no sensitivity to visible illumination with wavelength of 405 nm, but exhibited pronounced sensitivity to both DUV and UV light illumination with response speed of 26.2/49.9 ms for rise/fall time. The Ilight/Idark ratio was as high as 127. What is more, the responsivity and specific detectivity were as estimated to be 64.9 mA W-1 and 6.9×1011 Jones, respectively. In addition, the device could almost retain its photoresponse characteristics after storage in air environment for a month. It is also found that the capability of Cs3Cu2I5 crystalline film device can readily record still DUV image with acceptable resolution. The above results confirm that the present Cs3Cu2I5 crystalline film DUV photodetector may hold great potential for future DUV optoelectronic devise and systems.


The role of joint preserving surgery for Rheumatoid Forefoot is being explored. This involves a Scarf osteotomy of the first Metatarsal along with shortening osteotomy of the lesser metatarsals. This prospective study includes 49 patients (17 Bilateral; Total 66 procedures) with Rheumatoid Forefoot deformities who underwent Scarf Osteotomy of the First Metatarsal and Weil osteotomy of the lesser metatarsals. The minimum follow up was 33 months and the maximum follow up was 58 months with a mean of 43.95 months. All patients were evaluated clinically and radiologically. AOFAS score for forefoot was collected prospectively. The majority (90%) were females with mean age of 56.1 years. There was a significant improvement in the HVA, IMA and SP. The AOFAS score improved significantly from a mean of 39.8 to 88.7(p= Forefoot joint preserving reconstructive procedure for rheumatoid forefoot is a reliable procedure and should be considered as a safe method for treating rheumatoid forefoot deformities. However in severe hallux valgus with radiological destruction of the first MTPJ we recommend a primary fusion. Therefore joint preserving surgery should be regarded as a complement to various surgical treatments of rheumatoid forefoot.


Since the 1960s, the enrollment of foreign and American born Asian students at the University of California at Berkeley (UCB) increased at a consistently higher rate than that of other minority groups. Consequently, a sharp decline of Asian American freshman enrollment at UCB in 1984 led to a five-year admissions dispute between UCB and the Asian American community in California. This book reconstructs the case, identifies the causes and changes resulted from the dispute, and discusses the related social issues. It demonstrates the conflict between the overabundance of UCB-eligible Asian American applicants and the goals of UCB's admissions policy: to enroll students representing the cultural, racial, geographic, and socio-economic diversity of the California population.


Intrinsic membrane properties of locus coeruleus neurons in Mecp2-null mice. Rett syndrome caused by mutations in methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (Mecp2) gene shows abnormalities in autonomic functions in which brain stem norepinephrinergic systems play an important role. Here we present systematic comparisons of intrinsic membrane properties of locus coeruleus (LC) neurons between Mecp2 Ϫ/Y and wild-type (WT) mice. Whole cell current clamp was performed in brain slices of 3-to 4-wk-old mice. Mecp2 Ϫ/Y neurons showed stronger inward rectification and had shorter time constant than WT cells. The former was likely due to overexpression of inward rectifier K ϩ (Kir)4.1 channel, and the latter was attributable to the smaller cell surface area. The action potential duration was prolonged in Mecp2 Ϫ/Y cells with an extended rise time. This was associated with a significant reduction in the voltage-activated Na ϩ current density. After action potentials, Ͼ60% Mecp2 Ϫ/Y neurons displayed fast and medium afterhyperpo-larizations (fAHP and mAHP), while nearly 90% WT neurons showed only mAHP. The mAHP amplitude was smaller in Mecp2 Ϫ/Y neurons. The firing frequency was higher in neurons with mAHP, and the frequency variation was greater in cells with both fAHP and mAHP in Mecp2 Ϫ/Y mice. Small but significant differences in spike frequency adaptation and delayed excitation were found in Mecp2 Ϫ/Y neurons. These results indicate that there are several electrophysiological abnormalities in LC neurons of Mecp2 Ϫ/Y mice, which may contribute to the dysfunction of the norepinephrine system in Rett syndrome. Rett syndrome; brain stem; norepinephrine; passive membrane properties ; repetitive firing activities RETT SYNDROME (RTT), one of the autism spectrum disorders, is caused by defects in the X-linked gene encoding methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MeCP2) and affects 1 in every 10,000 live births of females (4). Girls with RTT develop normally for a couple of months after birth and then start losing acquired speech and learning skills, followed by progressive development of locomotive problems, mental retardation, breathing disturbance, and autistic symptoms (14). MeCP2 deficiency underlies these neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, which is confirmed in Mecp2-knockout mice (2, 13). MeCP2 is expressed in mature neurons. Functionally, it acts primarily as a transcriptional repressor, targeting genes essential for neuro-nal survival, dendritic growth, synaptogenesis, and synaptic plasticity (5, 11, 33). How MeCP2 deficiency leads to numerous brain dysfunctions in RTT remains poorly understood. Defects in brain stem monoaminergic systems, especially the norepinephrine (NE) system, have been shown to play a role …


The present study shows the effect of the partial substitution of flour of wheat for powders of sugared almond of asparagus, bracts of artichoke and bran of wheat on the sensory characteristics of the wholemeal bread, for it the processes of grinding were realized before and sifted of the mentioned ingredients. The effect was analyzed applying a design of surface mixtures of response. There were elaborated ten treatments that were containing in total 15 % of substitution of the rich ingredients in fiber mentioned, alone or in mixture. The perception of the consumers was evaluated as for the color, smell, flavor, texture and general acceptability of the wholemeal bread, this perception was measured using a scale hedonica of 9 points. The answers were estimated by means of the model of linear and quadratic regression to predict the equations of the sensory characteristics. Getting as optimal mixture of the following composition: asparagus flour confection of 4.5%, artichoke bracts flour 0.75% and 9.75% wheat bran.


Synthesis, biological activity, and structure–selectivity relationship (SSR) studies of a novel series of potential dopamine D3 receptor radioligands as imaging agents for positron emission tomography (PET) are reported. Considering a structurally diverse library of D3 ligands, SSR studies were performed for a new series of fluorinated pyridinylphenyl amides using CoMFA and CoMSIA methods. The in vitro D3 affinities of the predicted series of biphenyl amide ligands 9 a–d revealed single‐digit to sub‐nanomolar potencies (Ki=0.52–1.6 nM), displaying excellent D3 selectivity over the D2 subtype of 110‐ to 210‐fold for the test compounds 9 a–c. Radiofluorination by nucleophilic substitution of Br or NO2 by 18F led to radiochemical yields of 66–92 % for [18F]9 a–d. However, the specific activities of [18F]9 b and [18F]9 d were insufficient, rendering their use for in vivo studies impossible. Biodistribution studies of [18F]9 a and [18F]9 c using rat brain autoradiography revealed accumulation in the ventricles, thus indicating insufficient biokinetic properties of [18F]9 a and [18F]9 c for D3 receptor imaging in vivo.


In this paper we propose two novel methods for preserving the spatial information in source separation algorithms. Our approach is applicable to any source separation algorithm and is based on an additional supervised adaptive filtering with the reference signals generated by the source separation system. If a special constrained optimization scheme is applied to derive the source separation algorithm then the novel approach can be simplified. The quality of the spatial representation and the separation performance of both methods and two state-of-the-art approaches from the literature have been evaluated by a MUSHRA listening test according to the relevant ITU recommendation showing that the novel methods clearly outperform the state-of-the-art approaches.


Heat transfer analysis in an unsteady magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow of generalized Casson fluid over a vertical plate is analyzed. The medium is porous, accepting Darcy's resistance. The plate is oscillating in its plane with a cosine type of oscillation. Sodium alginate (SA–NaAlg) is taken as a specific example of Casson fluid. The fractional model of SA–NaAlg fluid using the Atangana–Baleanu fractional derivative (ABFD) of the non-local and non-singular kernel has been examined. The ABFD definition was based on the Mittag–Leffler function, and promises an improved description of the dynamics of the system with the memory effects. Exact solutions in the case of ABFD are obtained via the Laplace transform and compared graphically. The influence of embedded parameters on the velocity field is sketched and discussed. A comparison of the Atangana–Baleanu fractional model with an ordinary model is made. It is observed that the velocity and temperature profile for the Atangana–Baleanu fractional model are less than that of the ordinary model. The Atangana–Baleanu fractional model reduced the velocity profile up to 45.76% and temperature profile up to 13.74% compared to an ordinary model.


This paper is focused on the description of the suggested and realized diagnostic system for oil or dry distribution transformers 22/0.4 kV in test room for check of repair machines to 1 MVA. The introductory part of the paper describes the design solving of the diagnostic system from the point of view its control and measuring part for control, source and analysis of repaired high-voltage machines. In the next part, the description of the short-circuit measurement method using the source and measuring part and automated control using its software of the diagnostic system program is selected. In the last part of the paper is described how it is possible to increase the accuracy of short-circuit percentage impedance measurement thanks to a highly precision automated diagnostic system.


The study of a series of closely spaced radiometrically dated cores down the west flank of the East Pacific Rise at 170S reveals a very sharp elevation boundary separating cores which show little evidence of dissolution effects from those which have lost more than 95 of their CaCO to dissolution This transition occurs over an interval of no more than 80 meters and lies at about 3950 meters depth Cores from below this boundary have a CaC03 rich layer a few tens of centimeters thick at their tops It is not possible to say definitely whether this zone results from a kinetic lag in dissolution or a brief downward shift in the elevation of the compensation level at the peak of the last glacial period C dates do however preclude the possibility that this layer was deposited in postglacial time Solution attack on the foraminiferal tests contained in this layer demonstrates that the compensation level now lies within a few meters of where it has on the average over the last several hundred thousand years


Two iterative estimation methods, a well known instrumental variable method and a less well known least-squares method, are shown to have asymptotically similar local properties. The global properties of the methods are, however, quite different. The first method will in general have better global properties and this may be an important advantage in many applications.


:DI-RI:JG recent years neurosurgery has been making rapid progress, and this is particularly true of surgery of the sympathetic nervous system. Little :ittent,ion, however, has been pa.id to the application of this branch of surgery to the urinary bladder. Until quite recently our knowledge of the more exact anatomy of the nerve-supply of the bladder was sadly deiicient. While most standard text-books of anatomy deal very inadequately with the subject, t,hc E'rench surgeons and anatomists have led the way, both in anatomical investigations and the applicxatiori of matomica1 knowledge to surgical intervention. The studies of Latarjet and Bonnet in 1913, and subsequent extensive work by Laux, togcther with clinical reports by Pieri and others, were largely disregarded until the work of Learmonth, who has done much to further clinical :q$ication of the anatomical data provided by the .French investigators. In this iiiorc recent work many clinkal observations have been possible, which lead us to a better understanding of the ncurophysiology of the bladder. Micturition depends upon a very complcx reflex, Involving both t,he bladder itself and the internal


rather strikingly that "I shall reconsider human knowledge by starting from the fact that we can know more than we can tell" (2009 [1966], 4, italics in original). Perhaps where the moral conservatives have been read as using essentialist concepts of dignity or humility or the human good, they could be seen, alternatively, as seeking to draw our attention to considerations that are difficult to fully articulate or explain the significance of. There is no essential connection between the importance of a moral consideration and the ease with which it can be expressed. Thus, the poetical appeals of the moral conservatives to this or that moral consideration might be seen as an attempt to draw our attention to considerations that would otherwise be neglected. Their appeals need not be seen, even if they themselves see them this way, as linked to essential invariants. Rather, they might be seen as attempts to make this or that prototypical feature a, or the, major consideration in our moral judgments. Lastly, as is common in critiques of Kass, Banja raises questions about the role that emotions play in the former's discussions of enhancement, and biotechnology more generally. Poets, of course, aim to evoke emotions. They do so, in part, because emotions determine patterns of salience (De Sousa 1987). They focus on this rather than that aspect of circumstances. To feel anger is to construe the treatment of one's child, for example, as unjust. The injustice against the child becomes the dominant lens through which one sees the event. Likewise, moral judgments about which considerations should be the focus of our prototypes are related to emotions (Prinz 2006; Roberts 2010). Although we do well to acknowledge the dangers of using emotions in moral deliberation (Gillon 1999), we need not jettison them altogether. It is not even clear that we can. The virtue essentialist arguments of the moral conservatives could very well be read as an attempt to express difficult ideas about human flourishing—a concern Banja shares—in a manner that appeals to emotions that can function to hone our attention in on particular prototypical considerations. Indeed, feeling the right sorts of emotions in particular circumstances could be construed as constitutive of human flourishing. Thus, in directing our attention to and, perhaps, reinforcing our experience of certain emotions, these authors seek, alternatively, to broaden our sense of the human goods at stake in these debates or to reinforce what they take to be central considerations in those debates. We may well still disagree with one another about some particular form of enhancement. However, the more charitable reading of the moral conservatives of bioethics might also go some way toward advancing our understanding of the dynamics and difficulties of the debate about enhancement (Parens 2009).


In this study, a static batch reactor equipped with three-dimensional (3-D) carbon felt (CF) as cathode material was fully optimized to recover a low nickel concentration from its sulphate solution. Nickel recovery was performed using several nickel concentrations ranging from 50, 100, 250, 400 and 500 mg/L. Moreover, within 30 min of electrogenerative operation, it was discovered that the recovery of nickel achieved > 90 % in acidic conditions. At last, the deposition of nickel into CF was further investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to visualize the surface morphology of nickel on CF.


Avoiding the defects of double-metal unit for Thermal-Extraction-Obdurate-Separate,it is designed using shape memory alloy Cu26.4 Zn-4 Al(Re) springs and Elastic-Canister super elastic material Fe-Mn-Si for the thermal sensitive material according to the experiment results of the shape memory engineering units Cu-26.4 Zn-4 Al(Re).


Osteoporosis is characterised by a reduction in bone mineral density (BMD). Low BMD is correlated with increased fracture risk. It is unclear whether a BMD value at a specific site is superior for predicting fracture. The Fracture Risk Assessment (FRAX™) tool is used to evaluate fracture risk, using the BMD at the non-dominant hip; focussing on the neck mean and neck total. This is despite a T score of -2.5 or below in the lumbar spine defining a patient as osteoporotic. This study aimed to determine whether the other measures of BMD that are noted are as predictive of fracture.

 Patients referred for routine dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary from 2004 to 2019 were studied. BMD data from lumbar vertebrae (L1-L4) and anatomical regions of the left and right femur were collected from DEXA images. A logistic regression model was fitted using fracture as a dependent variable and BMD values from the lumbar vertebrae, right and left femur as predictors, adjusted for age at scan and sex. Goodness of fit was assessed using a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.

 A total of 31,546 patients were included in the analysis (82.9% female), of whom 37.6% had sustained a fracture, and the mean age of the cohort was 64.9 (standard deviation 12.9). Table 1 shows the results of the logistic models. Areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) demonstrated the positive predictive ability of a reduction in BMD in the lumbar vertebrae and regions of the femur and fracture risk. BMD data from the four lumbar vertebrae were just as predictive of fracture as the right and left femur.

 The study findings demonstrate that low BMD in all areas measured were equally predictive of fracture. When the non-dominant hip is not measurable, using other areas from a DEXA scan could be used to predict fracture risk. Research evaluating change in BMD over time could alter this observation.
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Vietnamese refugees seem to be a unique population in Japan, because of their possible high frequency in parasitic infections. The precise knowledges on the health status of these people are important from the public health point of view. The present contribution deals with the parasitological survey on Vietnamese refugees (51 cases) who are temporarily staying in Gose Catholic Church, Nara Prefecture, Japan.The feces were examined for the eggs of intestinal helminth by the thick smear method, formalin-ether sedimentation method (MGL method), Harada and Mori's cultivation method and floatation technique (using saturated sodium chloride solution). Twenty-one refugees out of 51 (41.2%) were infected with one or more intestinal helminth species. A variety of helminth infections were detected, including Ascaris lumbricoides infection (31.4% in infection rate), hookworm (5.9%) Trichuris trichiura (3.9%) and Trichostrongylus sp. (2.0%). In this population, 28 cases were examined peripheral blood smear. All of these cases were negative for Plasmodium ssp. Both the number of peripheral eosinophils and serum IgE level correlated with incidence of hookworm and T. trichiura infections. Thus the unusually high frequency of intestinal parasitic infection in Vietnamese refugees compared with Japanese community strongly recommends clinical examination and treatment for new-coming Vietnamese refugees.


The dynamics of decisions in complex networks is studied within a Markov process framework using numerical simulations combined with mathematical insight into the process mechanisms. A mathematical discrete-time model is derived based on a set of basic assumptions on the convincing mechanisms associated to two opinions. The model is analyzed with respect to multiplicity of critical points, illustrating in this way the main behavior to be expected in the network. Particular interest is focussed on the effect of social network and exogenous mass media-based influences on the decision behavior. A set of numerical simulation results is provided illustrating how these mechanisms impact the final decision results. The analysis reveals (i) the presence of fixed-point multiplicity (with a maximum of four different fixed points), multistability, and sensitivity with respect to process parameters, and (ii) that mass media have a strong impact on the decision behavior.


Background: A Field experiment was conducted at Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, India during summer, 2020 to evaluate performance of different orientations of double pod sowing in comparison with kernel sowing (practice) on germination variability, yield and its related parameters of peanut. Methods: The experiment set up with four treatments replicated four times with pods sowing orientations viz., i) Sowing with vertical posterior-upwards ii) Vertical posterior-downwards iii) horizontal sowing and iv) sowing with kernels. Result: Results showed a little variation in germination between sowing orientation of double pods compared to kernel sowing. Though, mean germination percentage, germination energy, germination value and emergence energy value were higher in kernel sowing, pod sowing with vertical-posterior downwards elevated germination percent up to 97.45% and also inflated germination attributes and yield.


Power transformer useful life depends on the insulation state which is affected by moisture content and temperature. Therefore, these parameters become important issues for transformer condition monitoring. This paper describes briefly the moisture dynamics inside power transformer and the development of an experimental plant to emulate this phenomenon avoiding the construction of a real power transformer and ensuring the conditions to assess theoretical models related to this topic.


This paper describes the use of observation of the patient's interaction with his spouse and children in his own home as a part of the assessment and treatment of depression. Home observations are conducted during the beginning, middle, and ending phases of treatment. Interactions are coded in terms of the behaviors emitted by the patient and the social consequences of his behavior. The home observations are used to define treatment goals and to measure behavior change. In addition, home observations have beneficial consequences in that they (a) immediately focus the therapist-patient interaction on behavioral and interpersonal problems, and (6) provide a way of involving a significant part of the patient's environment in the treatment process. Some preliminary data are presented which are consistent with the hypothesis that a low rate of positive reinforcement is a critical antecedent condition for the occurrence of depressed behaviors. This is one of a series of reports describing the treatment of depression2 from a behavioral point of view (Lewinsohn & Atwood, 1969; Lewinsohn & Shaw, 1969; Lewinsohn, Weinstein, & Alper, 1970). The major assumptions underlying the approach are (a) a low rate of positive reinforcement acts as an eliciting stimulus for some depressive behaviors such as verbal statements of dysphoria, fatigue, and other somatic symptoms; (b) a low rate of positive reinforcement constitutes a sufficient explanation for other parts of the depressive syndrome such as the low rate of activity and verbal behavior. For the latter, the depressed person is considered to be on a prolonged extinction schedule; (c) the social environment provides reinforcement in the form of sympathy, interest, and concern which strengthens and maintains depressive behaviors; (d) a number of different environmental events (e.g.,


With the help of this check list both of us have independently examined all the reports of therapeutic trials to be found in the issues of four British journals published between January 1 and June 30 in 1966 and 1969. The assessments made by the two observers largely agreed, though they sometimes differed on points in sections 2 to 4. These differences in opinion most often arose from ambiguities in the description. In the two weekly journals, 83 % of the 82 reports published and in the monthly journals, 46% of the 59 reports published were acceptable or probably acceptable (X2=21-6, 1 d.f., P<0 01). Furthermore the weeklies showed greater improvement in this respect between 1966 and 1969 than the monthlies. The check list may be of help in the preparation of therapeutic trials and of reports describing them, in editorial offices, and in the assessment of claims made for drugs and other therapeutic measures. Copies may be obtained by writing to A. H.


This article reviews the 2019 international developments related to cultural activities and facilities as well as issues concerning media in the context of European minorities. Among the highlights are the preliminary views delivered by the UN Human Rights Committee concerning the cultural autonomy of the Sami indigenous peoples in Finland in Sanila-Aikio v. Finland and Käkkäläjärvi et al. v. Finland, the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages, and the EU Council Recommendation on a comprehensive approach to the teaching and learning of languages. The theme of biand multilingual education is enhanced within UNESCO, the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, and the EU.


The invention provides an electrode device for acute recording. The electrode device comprises an electrode skeleton and at least three electrodes, wherein the electrode skeleton is of a closed structure, hole channels which penetrate through the electrode skeleton in parallel are distributed in the electrode skeleton, and the electrodes penetrate through the hole channels to be fixed to the electrode skeleton, and are used for collecting acute electrophysiological signals of multiple brain regions. Due to the fact that the acute electrophysiological signals of the multiple brain regions can be provided at the same time, the research on neural circuits or neural networks is facilitated, and the research of the correlation among the multiple correlated brain regions and the analysis of the effect of each brain region on the neural circuit are also facilitated.


This paper aims to analyze the implementation process of National Permanent Education in Health Policy in the Southeast states. The study considers the policy management process, with emphasis on expanding the decision-making process and the incorporation of different arenas and social actors . It also finds the policy interference in the reorganization of health practices. It was made a multiple case study and the data collection was made by documentary survey and interviews.


We have optimized a fabrication process of an alternating phase shift mask (alt-PSM) with dual trench structure. In quartz etching process using a RIE system, one of the key issues is to obtain a precise controllability of phase mean to target. In order to improve a phase controllability, re- etching process using an etching depth monitoring method with atomic force microscopy is applied in actual fabrication process. With regard to phase uniformity and resist selectivity for quartz, etching conditions such as RF power, pressure, and gas concentration are optimized by orthogonal design method. To improve a sidewall profile of quartz, the effect of inert gas is also examined. Under the practical etching process, phase man to target within +/- 5 degree(s) is obtained. Phase uniformity is improved within 1.0 degree(s). Sidewall profile is improve within 87 degree(s). Optical intensity balance between shallow and deep trench apertures is obtained completely equal from AIMS evaluation result.


A detecting device includes a detecting part configured to detect a change in an object to be detected so as to output a detection signal, an amplifying part configured to amplify the detection signal output from the detecting part to output a first amplification signal, a reference voltage supply part configured to supply a reference voltage to the amplifying part, the reference voltage being input to the amplifying part to be output as a second amplification signal, a switching part configured to switch a connection between the detecting part and the amplifying part or a connection between the amplifying part and the reference voltage supply part based on a control signal input thereto, and a comparing part configured to compare a predetermined amplification factor in the amplifying part,; with an amplification factor obtained from the second amplification signal so as to output the comparison result as a comparison signal.


The novel dimers [Rh(XB10H10){S2C(H)(PPh3)}]2(XSe,Te), obtained from the reaction of closo-[2,2-(PPh3)2-2-(H)-1,2-XRhB 10H10] and CS2, exist in equilibrium (dichloromethane solution) with monomeric [2-(PPh3)-2-(η2-S2CH)-1,2-XRhB 10H10] species, and exhibit a unique cis-bis(phosphonium-betaine) intercluster linkage with each ligand having one S atom bridging both Rh atoms and the other S atom singly co-ordinating to a Rh atom.


The indications for radiography of the long bones are numerous and include: overt lameness attributed to pain or swelling of a limb on skeletal clinical examination; subtle lameness; discharging tracts; skeletal surveys for metastatic or infectious bone diseases. Sequential studies are advantageous in: assessing the degree of improvement or deterioration of a disease process; assessing healing and callus formation of fractures; reassessing an area that had equivocal initial radiographs. This chapter explains radiography, normal anatomy and abnormal image findings.


In this research work, an attempt has been made to develop drive shafts using composite materials such as E-Glass, Carbon fibers and hybrid composite layers of E-Glass, Carbon and S-Glass with different fiber orientations. Strength aspects of the fabricated composite drive shafts are studied by conducting tensile, bending and torsion tests. From the investigations, it is found that the hybrid composite drive shaft has shown very good strength properties along with the desired flexural stiffness when compared to other composite shafts.


Objective To investigate the solubility and stability of magnolol in Hank′s balanced salt solution(HBSS),grounding for its absorption and metabolism.Methods The concentration of magnolol was determined by RP-HPLC.PH、temperature and light were examined on the solubility and stability of magnolol.Results The linear calibration curve of magnolol in methanol was fitted to be Y=4374X-2207.7(r=0.999 9) in the concentration range of 8-200 μmol/L and the detection limit was 0.4 μmol/L with required precision and stability.Magnolol dissolved well in HBSS containing 1% methanol and 0.1% tween-80,and its solubility and stability in pH7.4 HBSS is good,steady in 24 h at 37 ℃,and invariable with light.Conclusion The solubility and stability of magnolol in pH7.4 HBSS is rather ideal,which is suitable for the absorption and metabolism experiments.


Recent methods for embodied instruction following are typically trained end-toend using imitation learning. This requires the use of expert trajectories and lowlevel language instructions. Such approaches assume learned hidden states will simultaneously integrate semantics from the language and vision to perform state tracking, spatial memory, exploration, and long-term planning. In contrast, we propose a modular method with structured representations that (1) builds a semantic map of the scene, and (2) performs exploration with a semantic search policy, to achieve the natural language goal. Our modular method achieves SOTA performance (24.46%) with a substantial (8.17 % absolute) gap from previous work while using less data by eschewing both expert trajectories and low-level instructions. Leveraging low-level language, however, can further increase our performance (26.49%).1 Our findings suggest that an explicit spatial memory and a semantic search policy can provide a stronger and more general representation for state-tracking and guidance, even in the absence of expert trajectories or lowlevel instructions.2


We consider the partial transpose of the spin reduced density matrix of two disjoint blocks in spin chains admitting a representation in terms of free fermions, such as XY chains. We exploit the solution of the model in terms of Majorana fermions and show that such partial transpose in the spin variables is a linear combination of four Gaussian fermionic operators. This representation allows to explicitly construct and evaluate the integer moments of the partial transpose. We numerically study critical XX and Ising chains and we show that the asymptotic results for large blocks agree with conformal field theory predictions if corrections to the scaling are properly taken into account.


The transverse strength of long SiC fibre-reinforced metal matrix composites is superior to its longitudinal strength owing to interface factors. To accurately predict the transverse strength of long SiC fibre-reinforced metal matrix composites, a micro-mechanics representative volume element (RVE) model was developed; periodic boundary conditions were applied to the model to ensure its displacement and stress continuity. Taking into account the influence of the stress concentration coefficient of the matrix, the failure strength of long SiC fibre-reinforced metal matrix composites under transverse tensile loads and compressive loads were calculated, where the error between the calculation results of the model and the test results was found to be large. A novel calculation method based on the interfacial cohesion model is proposed herein, to improve the accuracy of the RVE model. It was found that the accuracy of the corrected model calculation has been improved through a comparison with the experimental values. The stress/strain relationship between interfaces of different strengths under tensile and compressive loads was analysed, the failure index of interface strength was extracted, and the relationship between the influence of interface strength on failure was determined.


Abstract. The Commission has ruled that the usage of the generic names Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843 and Pachymerium Koch, 1847 for two well-established genera of centipedes is conserved by setting aside type species fixations before the designation by Pocock (1898) of Mecistocephalus punctifrons Newport, 1843, as the type species of Mecistocephalus.


Ailbhe Burke considers a study that looked at the viability of extremely premature babies and had implications for abortion law


The EVI1 (ecotropic virus integration-1) gene plays an important role in hematopoiesis especially in megakaryocyte development. The MDS1 gene is located upstream of EVI1 , and its function is currently unknown. Normally the MDS1/EVI1 intergenic splice variant is co-expressed with EVI1 . In adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML) overexpression of EVI1 ( EVI1+ ) can be found in patients with chromosome 3q26-rearrangements. Often, these patients do not co-express MDS1/EVI1 . Recently high EVI1 expression was also discovered in a separate subgroup of patients that did not have 3q26-rearrangements. Occasionally, they did not show overexpression of MDS1/EVI1 . In these patients cryptic inversions of chromosome 3 were identified with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Of interest, EVI1+ was found to be an independent poor prognostic marker in adult AML (Lugthart et al, Blood 2008). In pediatric AML, 3q26-rearrangements are rare and the role of EVI1 is unknown. In this study, we investigated the frequency and clinical relevance of EVI1 + in pediatric AML. EVI1 expression was analyzed in 233 pediatric AML patients, of whom microarray gene expression profiling data were available. EVI1 + was found in 25 pediatric AML patients (11%), and confirmed with real-time quantitative PCR. This included 13/49 (26%) patients with MLL -rearranged AML: 5/22 (23%) cases with t(9;11); and all (n=4) cases with t(6;11). Moreover, EVI1+ was found in 4/7 (57%) cases with AML M7; in 2/3 (66%) cases with AML M6; in both cases with monosomy 7; in 1/43 (2%) cases with normal cytogenetics; in 2 patients with random cytogenetics, and in 1 patient with a cytogenetic failure. EVI1 + was not found in the t(8;21), inv(16) and t(15;17) subgroups. 3/25 EVI1 + patients lacked the MDS/EVI1 transcript, but no cryptic 3q26-rearrangements were detected with FISH. Molecular analysis showed that one patient had a CEBPα mutation; one patient had an FLT3-ITD ; and 3 patients showed a mutation in the RAS oncogene . EVI+ was not correlated with sex or white blood cell count. However, the frequency in children younger than 10 years old was twice as high when compared to older children (14% vs 7%, p=0.12). Survival analysis was restricted to the subset of patients who were treated using uniform DCOG and BFM treatment protocols (n=204). In this cohort, EVI1 + patients had a worse 5-years event-free survival (pEFS) compared to patients without EVI1 + (30 vs. 43%, p=0.02). However, multivariate analysis, including cytogenetics (favorable [t(8;21, inv(16), t(15;17)] vs. other), FLT3-ITD, age and WBC, showed that EVI1 + was not an independent prognostic factor for survival. Moreover, within the unfavorable/normal cytogenetic subgroup, there was no difference in outcome between patients with and without EVI1 +. We conclude that EVI1 + is found in ~10% of pediatric AML, and highly correlated with specific unfavorable cytogenetic ( MLL- rearrangements) and morphologic (FAB M6/7) subtypes. In contrast to adult AML, no 3q26-rearrangements or cryptic inversions were found, and EVI1 + was not an independent prognostic factor. This difference in prognostic relevance may be due to differences in treatment. Alternatively, these results may indicate that EVI1 plays a different role in disease biology between adult and pediatric AML. This is at least suggested by the lack of 3q26 aberrations in pediatric AML.


Let R be a sheaf of rings on a topological space X. A characterization theorem for R to be an Oka sheaf is given. As application, it is shown that the famous Oka zyzygy theorem can follow at once from the nesult obttained.


: Objective: Cardiac rupture is a catastrophic but uncommon complication of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). In today's era, the incidence and risk factors associated with cardiac rupture are unclear, and the purpose of this study was to investigate the risk factors for complications of cardiac rupture. Methods: From June 2019 to June 2022, 416 patients with STEMI admitted From June 9 to June 2022, 416 patients with STEMI admitted to the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine of the First People's Hospital of Jingzhou City were selected, and the clinical characteristics of patients with STEMI and patients with concomitant cardiac rupture were collected and analyzed. Results: Twenty-six (6.3%) cardiac ruptures were clinically confirmed, including 23 (6.3%) cardiac ruptures in patients with STEMI and patients with concomitant cardiac rupture. clinically confirmed, including 23 (88.5%) left ventricular free wall ruptures and 3 (11.5%) ventricular septal ruptures, of which 14 (53.8%) were Binary logistic regression analysis showed that women (OR:4.82, 95% CI: 2.143 to 10.843, P=0) and older age (OR:1.066, 95% CI: 1.014 to 1.121, P=0.012) increased the risk of cardiac rupture, while effective pPCI (OR:0.146, 95% CI: 0.057 to 0.379, P=0) helped prevent cardiac Smoking (OR:0.092, 95% CI: 0.021 to 0.403, P=0.002) appeared to reduce the risk of cardiac rupture complicated by STEMI. Conclusion: In this study women, old age, and low pPCI reperfusion therapy increased the risk of cardiac rupture complicating STEMI, so early prevention and treatment should be achieved.


The Soil and subsoil survey are performed by direct and indirect methods. The direct methods are the investigations of field and laboratory while indirect methods are the geophysical methods. These allow, from one or more physical properties, to find out the underground's structure nondestructively. Geophysical methods for characterizing subsurface have long been used, in geotechnical, hydrogeological and environmental studies. For our study, we used the electrical resistivity's method. 52 geoelectric soundings VES was performed with a mesh of 500 m and electrodes distance between 1000 m and 3000 m. The interpretation of these VES allows the determination of the vertical succession of formations in place. In order to have a lateral facies variation, we used geostatistical methods for having adequate data that can be used in the input file of inversion's code Res2Dinv. The 2D images of the subsoil obtained confirm and complement the results of the correlations of oil drilling that are in this region. Thus, the study area also has a horst and graben structure. This study also allowed us to locate the sandstone formations that extend in two places along a North-South direction.


We investigate the problem of topology design of an optical network by bottleneck-cut identification. For an optical network, the topology-design problem can be viewed as a combined two-layer design problem: physical-topology design and virtual-topology design. In this study, we present the definition of bottleneck cut of an optical network. A heuristic algorithm is proposed to find the bottleneck cut, and then we show how to apply this algorithm to an optical network for topology design and upgrade.


Background:  Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine became available for use in Japan in December 2008. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the immunogenicity of Hib vaccine in Japanese preterm infants.


The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) determines wind speed and direction, seasonal heat, moisture transport, storm tracks, cloudiness and sea-ice cover through atmospheric mass balance shifts between the Arctic and the subtropical Atlantic. The NAO is characterized by the typical, yet insufficiently understood, seesaw pattern of warmer winter and spring temperatures over Scandinavia and cooler temperatures over Greenland during the positive phase of the NAO, and vice versa during the negative phase. We tested the potential to reconstruct NAO variation beyond the meteorological record through the application of a microphenological proxy. We measured the Undulation Index (UI) in Betula nana epidermal cells from herbarium leaf samples and fossil peat fragments dating back to 1865—exceeding most meteorological records in the Arctic—to estimate imprints of spring thermal properties and NAO in Greenland and Finland. We found negative relations between Greenland UI and late winter, spring and early summer NAO, and mostly positive, but not significant, relations between Finland UI and NAO in years with pronounced NAO expression. The direction of the UI response in this common circumpolar species is, therefore, likely in line with the NAO seesaw effect, with leaf development response to NAO fluctuations in northern Europe opposing the response in Greenland and vice versa. Increased knowledge of the UI response to climate may contribute to understanding ecological properties of key Arctic species, whilst additionally providing a proxy for NAO dynamics.


anti-skid brake modulator comprising a disc of elastic material forming a valve disposed between the modulator and the chamber in communication with the outlet control chamber of relay valve. The disc of resilient material is capable of moving between two positions to control fluid communication between the outlet and the one part modulator chamber, and a second air discharge port, based on pressure levels in different parts of the modulator.


8 The ability to determine the onset of estrus should dictate the timing of AI. The A.M. – P.M. guideline was established with frequent visual observations that accurately estimated the onset of estrus. The A.M. – P.M. guideline should not be followed when the onset of estrus can not be determined. When cows are visually observed less than 6 times daily, AI should be performed approximately 6 hours after visual detection.


In Uganda a company is a separate legal entity from its directors, shareholders or employees. This is called corporate personality or corporate veil. This means, inter alia, that as a general rule, the actions or omissions of a company cannot be attributed to its directors, shareholders or employees. However, case law from Uganda shows that there have been instances in which companies have been used or attempted to be used by their directors to commit economic crimes such as embezzlement. The Companies Act and the Anti-Money Laundering Act provide for circumstances in which the corporate veil can be lifted. Since the coming into force of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, Ugandan courts have not yet invoked it to lift the corporate veil. However, there is rich jurisprudence from Ugandan courts (especially in civil cases based, partly, on the Companies Act) on the meaning of the corporate veil and the circumstances in which it can be pieced/lifted. Courts have also dealt with the question of lifting the corporate veil in criminal matters. The purpose of this article is to highlight that jurisprudence. This jurisprudence is important because the principles developed therein will be useful when courts are required to lift the corporate veil when dealing with economic crimes such as corruption and money laundering.


Much has changed since the days of Dudley Allen Sargent. Still, the purposes espoused by Sargent, and others who preceded us, are not so different from the purposes I see for our field today. Physical education has much to offer society and it is my belief that it can be an effective agent of change—especially in promoting the health of our nation. In this paper, I attempt to make a case for the establishment of clear common objectives for physical education that provide the basis for future action. Lack of clear and unambiguous objectives for physical education will render it (and NAPEHE) ineffective as an agent of change in the future. Suggestions concerning common objectives for physical education are outlined as well as suggestions for change in the schools, in colleges and universities, and within NAPEHE. My contention is that a clear purpose within physical education is essential if physical education is to be an effective agent of change in society.


For studying the pathogenesis of the soybean pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv.glycinea,two types of homologous genes of III-secreted effectors,named as HopAB1s and HopAF1s respectively,were first cloned from Pseudomonas syringae pv.glycinea by means of inverse PCR(iPCR) method.The ORF of HopAB1s gene contained 1 572 bp,encoding 523 amino acid residues.The ORF of Ho-pAF1s gene contained 855 bp,encoding 283 amino acid residues.The two genes registered in GenBank with accession numbers JF826562 and JF826563.The N-terminus of HopAB1s was sufficient for E3 ubiquitin ligases functional domain.The two effectors were inserted into the binary PVX vector,trans-formed into Agrobactrium tumefaciens GV3101,and the Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression experiments confirmed that two effectors functioned to inhibit the ability of the pro-apoptotic protein Bax inducing PCD in plant.Furthermore,infection experiment results showed that the effectors can promote ability of Phylophthora nicotianae infecting tobacco(Nicotiana benthamiana).Two cloned genes both belong to suppressive effector,our research is lay a foundation for revealed the molecular pathogenesis of Pseudomonas syringae pv.glycinea.


Former paediatrician Alberta, Canada (b 1924; q St Andrews 1946; BSc, MSc, FRCPC), died from a brain tumour on 21 January 2006.

Thomas Parkinson ("Tom") graduated BSc at the age of 18. After completing his medical studies he spent some time in the army attaining the rank of major and making 19 parachute jumps. On demobilisation he specialised in paediatrics before emigrating to Canada in 1957. Tom practised as a paediatrician in Alberta, at times doing locums in the Canadian Arctic among the Inuit. He wrote numerous and varied publications and later did a master's degree in medical demography. Predeceased by his, wife, Anna, in 1996, he leaves five children and 12 grandchildren.


Purpose: of this paper was to examine of the influence of the Zr i Ce on the structure of the newly developed complex hot-work tool steel 47CrMoWVTiCeZr16-26-8 in relation to standard hot-work tool steel X40CrMoV5-1. Design/methodology/approach: The investigations steels were made using the specimens made from the experimental steel, for which the working 47CrMoWVTiCeZr16-26-8 denotation was adopted, similar to the ones used in the ISO Standard on using the standard alloy hot-work tool steel X40CrMoV5-1. Both investigated steels were melted in a vacuum electric furnace. Specimens made from the investigated steels were heat treated with austenitizing in salt bath furnaces for 30 minutes in the temperature range of 970-1180°C with gradation of 30°C. Next, the specimens were tempered twice in the temperature range of 450-660°C for 2 hours. Findings: The 47CrMoWVTiCeZr16-26-8 steel quenched from the temperature of 1120°C has the martensitic structure with the small portion of the retained austenite and alloy carbides partially dissolved during austenitizing (about 3.5%), including the MC type carbides (based on ZrC, TiC, (Ti,V)C and VC, with differing chemical compositions and crystallographic lattice parameter) and of the M2C3 type (based on Ce2C3). Research limitations/implications: Basing on the investigations of the newly developed 47CrMoWVTiCeZr1626-8 steel and the standard X40CrMoV5-1 steel, the most advantageous heat treatment conditions were determined to obtain thesis most advantageous structure and mechanical properties: for the 47CrMoWVTiCeZr16-26-8 steel quenching at the temperature of 1120°C and tempering at the temperature of 540°C, and for the X40CrMoV5-1 one quenching at the temperature of 1060°C and tempering at the temperature of 510°C. Originality/value: The newly developed hot-work tool steel include Zr and Ce characterizations good structure and can be used to hot work small-size tools which requires higher strength properties at elevated temperature.


Some of you will recall that there was a period in the 1940's when some forecast the end of our specialty. But here we are just 25 years after penicillin first became available for general clinical usage in 1942 and the clinical activities in our specialty have reached a new high. Today, I find it stimulating to ponder on the forces and events that have been important in these past 25 years in evolving our present specialty, and to speculate on our future.


The role of TNS is to apply leading-edge communication technologies to support the mission of the University. Additional information is at


Quality-Diversity (QD) algorithms are a recent type of optimisation methods that search for a collection of both diverse and high performing solutions. They can be used to effectively explore a target problem according to features denned by the user. However, the field of QD still does not possess extensive methodologies and reference benchmarks to compare these algorithms. We propose a simple benchmark to compare the reliability of QD algorithms by optimising the Rastrigin function, an artificial landscape function often used to test global optimisation methods.


Photobiostimulation refers to the alterations, produced by relatively low levels of irradiation, in chemical, physical, and metabolic processes in target tissues with little or no temperature changes. A number of investigations have focused attention on the use of two photobiostimulation modalities, low-level laser therapy (LLLT) and light-emitting diodes (LED), to accelerate orthodontic tooth movement (OTM). Many of these studies have been performed on animal models and patients, often with mixed results. The increase in tooth movement in studies that showed positive effects of laser therapy was about 0.5mm/month in humans. However, no statistically significant changes in tooth movement rates were observed in some other studies. Conflicting results from different studies are attributed to the variability in parameters and lack of rigorous research design and statistical analyses. We conclude, upon review of the available literature, that the apparent increase in tooth movement obtained from use of LLLT can be of significant benefit in the clinic provided that more rigorous research, in both animal models and humans, is conducted to improve the consistency and predictability of laser and LED therapy usage.


This is the first white paper in a series exploring challenges and solutions for deploying ultra-low power machine learning (ML) at the edge of the cloud. The authors are members of the tinyML ® Foundation Deployment Working Group. The opinions expressed are not necessarily representative of the tinyML Foundation, its sponsors, or the authors' employers.


A system and method for media access control (MAC) scheduling algorithm, by using the control RTS / CTS message indicating a node status information, in order to achieve differentiation of fairness and services used in the ad hoc network , the system and method with distributed self-regulating approach. Local scheduling algorithm, using the leakage sounds RTS / CTS information including attribute that identifies the status of the nodes, Near for multichannel systems, such as data messages and ACK messages are transmitted over different data channels Status the recognition to the maximum. If the system uses a single channel, the corresponding information may be conveyed by using the DATA message or an ACK message. Algorithm, the load given in the vicinity, was conveyed load, and the load of the backlog measured, as various nodes, the fairness of the use between various links, and various streams are implemented, the channel · to adjust the access timer. Algorithm further calculating a priority level based on the node queue status, by performing both calculating the priority level based on the close status, service differentiation smashing contention layer it can be made possible.


The most recent advancements that have taken place in the world of medicine in relation to measuring blood pressure are discussed. Some of the devices and programs available and benefits and advantages offered are highlighted.


The aim of this study was to evaluate the comparative efficacy of two semen cryopreservation techniques for the preservations of 6 bucks of Alpine breed semen. In Protocol first 18 ejaculates were frozen in the standard extender that contains fructose, tris and natrium citrate using two steps method. While in the protocol II, total 10 subsequent ejaculations were frozen in glucose, tris and natrium citrate using one step methodology. The qualitative results of the fresh and frozen semen were evaluated by CASA and results of study revealed that mean motility score of the fresh semen were 8.66±0.13 while this mean mortality was reported 4.33±0.25 and 2.95±0.17 (P>0.05**) for the frozen semen by protocol I and protocol II respectively. The mean value of VAP, VCL and VSL was reported 9.83±1.61, 4.12±0.72, 12.61±1.15 μm/s and 4.55±0.74, 2.23±0.32, 5.43±0.67 μm/s (P>0.05***) for the protocol I and II respectively. Further, good motility and velocities for fertilization rate was reported for the protocol I freezing while for the protocol II appropriate results of survival rate was not reported for the frozen-thawed semen. Myagmarsuren P * , Baatar A and Batsukh T


Lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei (LMDF) is a yellowish-brown, dome-shaped, papular eruption affecting particularly the central area of the face, running a chronic course, and terminating spontaneously with scarring (Fig. 1). Typical histologic features of LMDF are epithelioid cell granulomas with caseation. For a long time, LMDF has been thought to be tuberculosis because of this typical histologic feature; however, many investigators have expressed some doubts about the tuberculous etiology of LMDF. At present, LMDF is not commonly thought to be tuberculid. In fact, LMDF has recently been regarded as a manifestation of the papular type of acne rosacea, although the histopathogenesis of LMDF is still unknown.


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ABSTRACT In the present work, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) were dispersed in a room temperature nematic liquid crystal 4-pentyl-4′-cyanobiphenyl at the concentration of 0.02 and 0.05 wt%. Differential scanning calorimetry and temperature-dependent dielectric studies suggest decrease in clearing temperature of the composite materials as compared to the pure material. Ionic conductivity increases by two orders of magnitude due to the dispersion of such a low concentration (0.05 wt%) of SWCNTs. Dielectric studies also show that the presence of the SWCNTs decreases the effective longitudinal as well as transverse components of the dielectric permittivity. For homeotropic aligned samples, a relaxation mechanism has been detected in the lower MHz region both for the pure as well as dispersed samples. Presence of SWCNTs increases the relaxation frequency corresponding to flip-flop motion of molecules around their short axes. From frequency-dependent dielectric studies, important dielectric parameters such as relaxation frequency, dielectric strength and distribution parameters have been determined. Electro-optical experiments show that the threshold voltage decreases and the steepness of the transmission voltage curve improves due to the dispersion of SWCNTs. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT


Autonomous mobile robots use vision sensors for navigation due to its ability to provide detailed information of the environment. Visual perception of an environment, is an important capability for mobile robots, so many efforts are leading the research community for such a fundamental and challenging task. An aspect to emphasize is that vision systems have to cope with uncertainty because sensors have noise and the previous knowledge is unclear or inaccurate. In this paper, we propose an uncertainty estimation model applied to an object detection system. The vision system is designed to recognize objects in usual human environments, working on a mobile robot. To calculate the uncertainty, we considerthe model accuracy of the system, the probability of detection after the prediction process and the empirical probability of detecting each object according to the distance. The experimental results demonstrate the feasibility and usefulness of incorporating uncertainty information into an object detection system. Finally, the results motivate us to continue improving the uncertaintymodel in order to use the information generated to strengthenmobile robot navigation systems, as well as for the developmentof a place categorization system.


starting point should be the motivation for the formation and development of the innovative potential of the enterprise. The authors convincingly proved the need for informed choice of rational directions of formation and development of the innovative potential and the planning of its content. Such a choice can be implemented in the process of strategic market segmentation, based on the analysis of the market environment of the industrial enterprise. The development of adequate organisation of the innovation potential will allow to ensure the timely adaptation of enterprises to changes of market environment. The authors substantiate the necessity of monitoring the level and prospects of development of innovative potential of the enterprise. Implementation of the proposed approach will allow to provide high competitive position of the enterprise in a strategic perspective.


Linearizability is a key correctness criterion for concurrent software. In our previous work, we introduced local proof obligations, which, by showing a refinement between an abstract specification and its implementation, imply linearizability of the implementation. The  refinement is shown via a thread local backward simulation, which reduces the complexity of a backward simulation to an execution of two symbolic threads. In this paper, we present a correctness proof by applying those proof obligations to a lock-based implementation of a multiset. It is  interesting for two reasons: First, one of its operations inserts two elements non-atomically. To show that it linearizes, we have to find one point, where the multiset is changed instantaneously, which is a counter-intuitive task. Second, another operation has non-fixed linearization points, i.e. the linearization points cannot be statically fixed, because the operation's linearization may depend on other processes' execution. This is a typical case to use backward simulation, where we could apply our thread local variant of it. All proofs were mechanized in the theorem prover KIV.


The leading journals for experimental social psychology rely disproportionally on undergraduate students for their findings. James Hartley argues necessary steps need to be taken to widen the sample size to restore credibility to the studies and to the discipline as a whole. Digital communication methods and a firmer commitment to replication studies with different populations could help to improve the situation.


We assessed 1) the efficacy of capsaicin‐mediated renal afferent denervation and, 2) the role of the renal afferent nerves in countering the development of salt‐sensitive hypertension.


The study aimed to identify microscopic comprehension, multiple intelligences, and learning style of Chemistry Education Department students, as well as to investigate the relationship among multiple intelligences, learning style, and microscopic comprehension. The descriptive correlation study was the method applied in this research. The sample consisted of 277 Chemistry Education Department students of Universitas Lambung Mangkurat (ULM). Microscopic Comprehension Conceptual Test (MCCT), Multiple Intelligences Test (MIT) and Learning Style Test (LST) were used as the instruments of the research. Data analysis techniques used percentage and correlation coefficient of Pearson Product Moment. The results showed that (1) The ability of Chemistry Education Department students to understand the microscopic concept can be categorized as good and sufficient, (2) Mostly dominant multiple intelligences of the students are intrapersonal, interpersonal, naturalistic and kinesthetic. Only a few students who have dominant intelligence in Linguistic and mathematical logic, (3) Most of the students have auditory and kinesthetic learning style, (4) There is positive relationship between multiple intelligences and microscopic comprehension, (5) There is weak relationship between visual together with auditory learning style and microscopic comprehension, and (6) The relationship between kinesthetic and microscopic comprehension do not exist. Keywords—microscopic comprehension, multiple intelligence, learning style.


The article introduces the issue of technical safety, characterises selected activities that create hazards on construction sites and suggests ways to eliminate them.Knowledge of reliability is essential to carry out construction works. The need for the structural engineer to consider safety issues and the obligation to have a general knowledge of safety and technical safety arises. Knowledge of technical safety allows for the proper execution of works on site.The level of safety on a construction site depends on many factors, and a significant group of these are technical factors that determine the possibility of adverse events occurring.Safety is defined as a state that provides a sense of certainty and a guarantee that it will be maintained and an opportunity for improvement. The level of safety on a construction site depends on many factors, and a significant group of these are technical factors that determine the possibility of adverse events occurring. The possibility of adverse events occurring is called unreliability. It is the opposite concept of the reliability, which is more commonly used in the construction industry.A useful tool for ensuring technical safety on construction sites is the Health and Safety Plan or HSE Plan, and the Instructions for the Safe Execution of Work - IBWR instructions. Those documents are intended to protect the health and lives of workers by providing information on how to prevent hazards associated with the execution of certain construction work and how to deal with them should they occur.


The growth of the franchise model has been significant, due, among other reasons, to the growing desire of individuals to achieve their labor and economic independence, which is why companies see it as an opportunity to expand to other markets (Mosquera, 2010). For what is intended to identify those factors that drive the use of successful franchises in Mexico, reflected in an increase in franchised units. For what is intended to identify those factors that drive the use of successful franchises in Mexico, reflected in an increase in franchised units. Once these factors are identified, they can be promoted with other companies, especially SMEs, with a desire to expand and that are not integrated into a franchise system, and thus obtain business growth that would impact the country's economic growth. The methodology used in the research was quantitative since it is intended to collect data from a sample and from there to be able to identify some variables, the data collection would be through a questionnaire that was developed from the revised theoretical framework, said instrument was applied to A representative sample of franchisors to find out the factors that have allowed them to be successful in their franchises and the results show that by combining the information of the franchisors, it is identified that they all agree that the "Renown of the Brand" has an important influence on success of the franchise, this reflected with an increase in units.


The presence of sea ice in the polar region plays an important role in the global climate system, and it is therefore essential to understand characteristics on the temperature in sea ice. The objective of our study is to investigate characteristics of the surface temperature in different ice condition both grease ice and pancake ice. We used a wave tank installed in a cold room and measured the surface temperature, the water temperature, salinity, and ice thickness. As a result, it was confirmed that the temperature of fringe of pancake ices was higher than that of center.


In retinal detachment surgery it is essential to ensure close apposition between the detached retina and the adjacent choroid and sclera. Adequate drainage of the subretinal fluid is first necessary to permit this apposition. In order to maintain it, air, saline, cerebrospinal fluid, and other substances have been used. Unfortunately, these substances are all absorbed within a few hours or days. Shafer's introduction of the use of vitreous 1-3 for this purpose has the merit that vitreous is not absorbed, so that it acts as a permanent internal splint bracing the retina against the choroid and sclera. Vitreous contains protein and should serve as an excellent culture medium. It is at body temperature and contains no blood vessels able to transmit antibodies and inflammatory cells to the site of infection with rapidity. It has, therefore, always been considered to have a low resistance to infection. Since Shafer's first report in


Objective To explore the safety and effect of cesarean section in hypertensive disorder complicating pregnancy(HDCP).Methods A retrospectively epidemiologic study was conducted.Results The average rate of cesarean section in HDCP was 43.75%.while it was 97.37% for pre-eclampsia.There was no maternity death.The fatality rote of fetus was 0.61%.18.58%,7.69% and 1.92% of eases still had hypertension in seven days,42 days and 2 years after ce- sarean section,respectively.Conclusion Active antispasm treatment before operation and timely cesarean section are crucial measures to reduce the complications and perinatal morbidity,which can alse improve the life quality,especially for pre-ec- lampsia.


Water management through anode water removal and cathode air inlet humidification is investigated in this paper. A state feedback controller is designed to meet both the steady state and transient requirements for water balance and pressure regulation. Performance of the controlled system with full- state feedback is analyzed, in particular when water content in the stack is measured by humidity sensors. In an attempt to eliminate the need for a state observer and to reduce the measurements required, static-output feedback is then explored. It is shown that comparable performance can be achieved under sub-saturated stack conditions with a static-output feedback using only anode side pressure and humidity measurements.


This study aims to alert people to the possible loss of their photographic heritage through changes arising from the shift to digital technologies for capture, storage and production of images. Although the emphasis is on domestic photography this aspect is viewed alongside the work of skilled amateur and professional photographers. The basis for this work is the paradoxical notion of a surfeit of digital images possibly leaving fewer traces than the small number of photographs from past eras. A wide range of literature, academic and non academic, is examined, while surveys and interviews were conducted with year 8 children and a purposive sample of male and female adults, chosen across a range of age groups with differing levels of photographic experience. Underpinning the study is a technology education approach which is reflected in the development of practical, and potentially practical, outcomes. In considering why photographs/images are important, memory, identity and transmission of culture are addressed through examples drawn from various times and different cultural settings. Culture is viewed as an information-based system, and a model is developed which maps relationships between culture, knowledge and information. The reduction in family size is seen as an additional factor which may decrease the likelihood of personal knowledge in visual formats surviving for succeeding generations. A second aspect covered is how photographic practices and technologies have changed over time. This section is organised chronologically and illustrated by instances taken from a personal photographic collection spanning around 140 years. The personal perspective is supplemented by sample data and contextualised within timelines which include overseas occurrences. Within the digital era, it is possible to see through respondent data and literature how major changes in practices and technologies have occurred over a very short time. These changes form the basis for actual and suggested actions intended to address the question of what can be done to effectively conserve the photographic heritage. Three overlapping facets are considered: technology education, community archives and personal archiving systems. Within


— We perform electronic structure calculations on oxygen vacancies in hafnia using a combined density functional theory (DFT) and GW formalism. This formalism corrects for the error in calculating formation energy and charge transition levels using standard DFT. While the formalism is, in principle, exact; in previous calculations of this kind, one makes several approximations to make the calculation tractable. We assess the impact of these approximations on the charge transition levels of the oxygen vacancy in hafnia. In particular, we ex-amine the assumption that the quasiparticle wavefunctions are the same as DFT wavefunctions for the defect states. We show that this assumption can lead to erro-neous results in this system and present the charge transition levels without making use of this assumption. We also explore the possibility that these defects are negative U centers.


Aim and Objective: We compared ultrasound guided single injection thoracic paravertebral block, and preemptive local infiltration at the site of surgical incision as regard postoperative pain, decreasiing analgesic requirements, and prolonging the time to first request of analgesia. Also the feasibility of ultrasound in measuruing the depth of thoracic paravertebral space in children undergoing renal surgery. Material and Methods: 50 patients (2 to 10 years) scheduled to undergo open renal surgery were randomly assigned into one of two groups; one received ultrasound guided single injection thoracic paravertebral block with measuring the depth of thoracic paravertebral space, after induction of general anesthesia (group PVB), the other group received local infiltration of skin, subcutaneous tissue, and muscles after induction of general anesthesia and preemptively before surgical incision, (group SII). Postoperative pain scores, time to first reguest of postoperative analgesia and total number of resque doses of postoperative analgesics, were assessed. Results: The current study demonstrated that ultrasound guided single injection thoracic paravertebral block was superior to the preemptive surgical incision infiltration in children undergoing open renal surgery, as it showed lower CHEOPS and OPS scores, less need of postoperative rescue analgesia and longer time to first request. Depth of thoracic paravertebral space can be measured using ultrasound visualization, mean depth in cm was significantly correlated to age of patients included in the PVB group.


This article provides a PhRMA perspective and recommendations on an FDA guidance currently under development dealing with postapproval changes after the final intermediate of the active pharmaceutical ingredient, i.e., BACPAC II. The concept of a last true solution is proposed as an additional point in the assessment of potential risk associated with process changes.


The composites (x)CoFe2O4–(1−x)Ba0.8Sr0.2TiO3 are prepared by solid‐state reaction method using microwave double‐step sintering. Ba0.8Sr0.2TiO3 crystallizes to tetragonal crystal symmetry with P4mm space group and CoFe2O4 crystallizes to cubic crystal symmetry with Fd3¯m space group. Electron microscopy techniques are used to understand the microstructure, elemental composition, and morphology of the composites. The dielectric properties are measured in the 1 Hz–1 MHz frequency range and 40–400 °C temperature range. Composite with x = 0.1 (ε′ ≈ 170, tan δ = 0.08 at 1 kHz) and 0.2 (ε′ ≈ 390, tan δ = 0.07 at 1 kHz) has better dielectric properties than the parent Ba0.8Sr0.2TiO3 ferroelectric (ε′ ≈ 125, tan δ = 0.16 at 1 kHz) and CoFe2O4 ferrimagnetic phases (ε′ ≈ 375, tan δ = 0.72 at 1 kHz), respectively. Composite with 10% cobalt ferrite has the highest saturation polarization (2.1 μC cm−2), the highest remanent polarization (0.9 μC cm−2), and coercive field (23.9 kV cm−1) compared to ferroelectric phase followed by x = 0.2 composite (PS = 1.6 μC cm−2, Pr = 0.8 μC cm−2, and EC = 19.2 kV cm−1). Composite with x = 0.2 shows the highest magnetic coercive field of 1.96 kOe. Hence, this article advocates that 20% ferrite in the composites is the optimized composition for multiferroic applications. The present study will help to explore piezoelectric, magnetostrictive, and magnetoelectric properties of (x)CoFe2O4–(1−x)Ba0.8Sr0.2TiO3 for the technological application.


In order to explore the situation of college students' emotional state, regulatory emotion self-efficacy and mobile phone addiction tendency as well as their relationships, a total of 350 college students were assessed with Mobile Phone Addiction Tendency Scale (MPATS), Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) and the Scale of Regulatory Emotional Self-efficacy (SRESE). The result showed that: (1) 40.86% of college students had the tendency of cell phone addiction, which was serious; 72.0% of college students were in a positive emotional state, 22% were in a negative emotional state; college students' regulatory emotion self-efficacy was in the middle level; (2) there was no gender, grade, major type, household registration type (rural and urban) and whether only child difference in mobile phone addiction tendency; (3) the positive emotions of college students were negatively correlated with the tendency of mobile phone addiction, while the negative emotions were positively correlated with the tendency of mobile phone addiction, and the positive emotion was positively correlated with regulatory emotional self-efficacy;(4) the regulatory emotion self-efficacy had a partial mediating effect between the positive emotions and mobile phone addiction tendency and had no mediating effect between the negative emotions and mobile phone addiction tendency.


In general, the strap-down inertial navigation system (SINS)/Doppler velocity log (DVL)-integrated navigation method can provide continuous and accurate navigation information for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV). This SINS/DVL fusion is the loosely integrated method, in which DVL may contain large error or does not work when some beam measurements are inaccurate or outages for complex underwater environment. To solve these problems, in this article, a novel tightly integrated navigation method composed of an SINS, a DVL, and a pressure sensor (PS) is proposed, in which beam measurements are used without transforming them to 3-D velocity. The simulation and vehicle test show that the proposed method can significantly outperform the traditional loosely integrated method in providing estimation continuously with higher accuracy when DVL data are inaccurate or unavailable for a complex environment. Compared with loosely integrated method, the position accuracy of the proposed method has improved by 32.5%.


To regard the priest as in some sense another Christ is the common way of modern spirituality; it is, however, seldom now considered that Christ may be said to have sanctified the status of each of the orders through which the priesthood is approached. The early texts that tell of this salification were collected some years ago by Dom Andr6 Wilmart, but since his day they have become somewhat clearer and it is possible to put them now into a more appropriate context than was then possible. It may not be without interest to attempt this here. The earliest document which Dom Wilmart gave for the setting forth of this notion of Christ was the Apothegmata patrum, gathered by Palladius and others in the fifth century. The text may be cited from the translation made by Sir E. A. Wallis Budge in 1904:


We study a generalization of the classical Pentagonal Number Theorem and its applications. We derive new identities for certain infinite series, recurrence relations and convolution sums for certain restricted partitions and divisor sums. We also derive new identities for Bell polynomials.


The Beauty is a poetic journey through a fascinating underwater world, where plastic and nature becomes one. For one breath our concerns and feelings of guilt dissolves between eerily beautiful coral reefs and mysterious depths of the ocean. What if plastic could be integrated into sea life? Take a deep breath and dive into a world, where feelings of guilt dissolve amongst the mysterious depths of the ocean. A world where we encounter bizarre creatures and discover eerily beautiful landscapes. Unfortunately, our air doesn't last forever and we have to realize that nature alone can't solve this issue.


Mandibular incisors scheduled for extraction were subjected or not to three 15-minute applications of a 35% hydrogen peroxide gel. Two days thereafter, bleaching effectiveness (according to a value-oriented shade guide) was evaluated, and histological analysis of pulp tissue was performed. Immediately and two days after bleaching, tooth sensitivity (TS) experience was recorded. Bleached teeth of both groups showed significant color improvement (Mann-Whitney; p < 0.05). However, these teeth presented significant pulp alterations when compared with non-bleached teeth (Mann-Whitney; p < 0.05), including areas of superficial necrosis associated with mild inflammatory reactions. These data were achieved by recordings of TS immediately after bleaching (Fisher's exact test; p<0.05), which was reduced with time. Instead of 'no significant difference' being observed between young and old teeth (Mann-Whitney; p<0.05), necrosis occurred in 60% of old bleached teeth in comparison with 100% of young teeth, associated with underlying tertiary dentin deposition. It was concluded that, regardless of the age of patients, the application of a 35%-HP bleaching gel to mandibular incisors causes pulp damage, which was related to initial TS; however, superficial necrosis was more prevalent in young teeth.


Chemotherapy‐induced toxicities frequently occur in non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with platinum‐based chemotherapy. Low skeletal muscle mass (SMM) has been associated with a higher incidence of toxicities for several types of cancers and cytostatics. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between skeletal muscle measures and chemotherapy‐induced toxicity in a large cohort of NSCLC patients.


Purpose: to make a differential diagnosis in regard to breast carcinoma and to evaluate diagnostic and clinical methods in the treatment of breast tuberculosis and the follow-up after adequate treatment. Patients and Methods: three patients with breast tuberculosis were observed from March 2001 to March 2002; the first two were hospitalized at our Mastology Department and the third patient was treated at a private clinic. The clinical signs and symptoms, laboratory findings, response to therapy and follow-up were evaluated. Results: the average age of the patients was 40.6 years. The most frequent signs and symptoms were pain and breast tumor. In two patients the presumptive diagnosis was based on the clinical findings, on the histological findings (granulomatous inflammatory process), and on the therapeutic response to tuberculostatic drugs. Only one patient had a microbiological diagnosis, as Koch's bacillus was identified in a sample of her breast tissue. Treatment with a triple tuberculostatic regimen, including rifampin, isoniazid and pyrazinamide, led to the regression of the lesions. Conclusion: primary breast tuberculosis, a rare occurrence which may present clinically as a breast nodule and radiologically as carcinoma, should be taken into account when making the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with mammary mass.


Large-magnitude debris flows up to a volume of 1.0 million m3 happen frequently in the southeastern margin of Tibetan plateau due to rapid rock uplift, high relief and abundant rainfall. These flows with high bulk density can easily block main rivers. Such debris-flow barrier dams fail very quickly, resulting in outburst floods and intensive sed-iment transport. We collect data of four recent large-scale debris-flow damming events at Peilong, Yigong, Tianmo and Sedongpu catchments, and examine the process of riverbank erosion and sediment transportation under dam narrowing and outburst flooding. More than 10% of debris mass was delivered downstream when the dams breached. It is concluded that debris flow is main erosion way in this area, and the very high erosion rate play a key role on river morpholo-gy in southeast Tibet.


The high-manganese, nitrogen-strengthened 21-6-9 (Cr-Ni-Mn) austenitic stainless steel has a weldability rating similar to that of more common austenitic stainless steels in terms of cracking, porosity, etc. However, weld pool disruption problems may occur with this alloy that can be related to instability within the molten weld pool. Selection of machine parameters is critical to achieving weld pool quiescence as this report confirms from recent tests. Test samples came from heats of air-melted, vacuum-arc remelted, and electroslag remelted material. Lowand highvoltage machine parameters are discussed, and effects of parameter variation on weld pool behavior are given. Data relate weld pool behavior to weld fusion-zone geometry. Various weld parameters are recommended for the 21-6-9 alloy, regardless of its source or chemistry.


The structure of /s/‐initial clusters is debated in developmental phonology. Pan and Snyder () took the Government Phonology (GP) framework and proposed that production of /s/‐initial clusters requires the positive setting of two binary parameters [+/−Branching rhyme (BR)] and [+/−Magic empty nucleus (MEN)] and the initial /s/ is treated as a "coda" preceded by an empty nucleus. It is predicted that /s/‐initial clusters should never be acquired prior to branching rhymes (CVCC sequences under the GP definition). This study tests Pan and Snyder's prediction in disordered speech. Their prediction is supported by the data of seven English‐speaking children with phonological delays. None of the children acquired /s/‐initial clusters before branching rhymes. Implications for phonological intervention are discussed in light of the finding.


The present invention, TNF binding protein, a buffer, and comprising isotonic agents, to a stable, pharmaceutically acceptable, aqueous formulation of TNF-binding protein.


Abstract This study establishes an innovative and effective approach for generating new variables and interactions for logistic regression using the two data mining techniques TreeNet and association rules analysis. With TreeNet as the first step in our logistic model building, the new variables are generated by discretizing the quantitative variables. With ASA as the following step, the new interactions are generated from all the original categorical variables and all the newly generated predictors from TreeNet. These newly generated variables and interactions (low- and high-order) are used as candidate predictors to build an optimal logistic regression model. The method is tested on and the results given for four medical datasets—heart disease, heart failure, breast cancer, and hepatitis—with the complete model process presented for the last of these. The results indicate that building a model in this way constitutes a major advance in logistic regression modeling that cannot be achieved using other existing methods.