A 2:2 complex of proflavine and deoxycytidylyl-3', 5'-guanosine has been crystallized and its structure determined by x-ray crystallography. The two dinucleoside phosphate strands form self complementary duplexes with Watson Crick hydrogen bonds. One proflavin is asymmetrically intercalated between the base pairs and the other is stacked above them. The conformations of the nucleotides are unusual in that one strand has C3',C2'endomixed sugar puckering and the other has C3',C3' endo deoxyribose sugars. These results show that the conformation of the 3'sugar is of secondary importance to the intercalated geometry.


Orbital angular momentum (OAM) with the potentially revolutionary improvement in wireless capacity has become one of the candidate technologies in the future sixth generation (6G) communications systems. However, the capacity of OAM communication system has not been fully investigated in non-ideal multipath propagation. In this paper, the channel capacity performance of an OAM-MIMO system is presented in an indoor open corridor scenario considering the complex and diverse multipath environment. Numerical results validate that the capacity of the OAM-MIMO communication system decreases with the increase of the radii of the antenna arrays and the reflection distance. Also, the capacity of OAM-MIMO system is superior to the traditional MIMO system under different propagation conditions. More generally, our results suggest fundamental parameters that can be used in OAM communication in real multipath environments.


The sky-high crude oil price has diverted the sole demand on it by increasing the use of natural gas and hydrogen for electricity production. However, the prevailing challenge is removing the CO2 content in these raw gases. Among various separation technologies, polymer-based membrane separation technology have become attractive due to its environmentally benign, small footprint, easy processability and cost competitiveness. In recent years, polymers of intrinsic microporosity, e.g., PIM-1 have emerged as attractive materials for gas separation and energy development because of its high permeability. We report here three approaches in tuning the permeability and selectivity with the incorporation of PIM-1. In the first and second works, both flat sheet and hollow fiber PIM-1/Matrimid membranes were fabricated. The inclusion of PIM-1 into Matrimid results in a substantial increase in gas permeability and a slight decrease in selectivity. The additions of 5 and 10 wt% PIM-1 into Matrimid induce the permeability increments of 25% and 77%, respectively without compromising its CO2/CH4 selectivity. At binary gas tests of CO2/CH4 (50%/50%), the 30 wt% PIM-1 in Matrimid membrane has a CO2 permeability of 50 Barrer and a CO2/CH4 selectivity of 31. In addition, the CO2 permeance of as-spun fibers containing 5 and 10 wt% PIM increases 78% and 146%, respectively without compromising CO2/CH4 selectivity as compared to Matrimid. The CO2 permeance of the fiber containing 15 wt% PIM-1 displays a greater improvement of 2.8 folds to 243.2 GPU with a CO2/CH4 selectivity of 34.3. Under binary gas tests of 50/50 CO2/CH4, this fiber shows a CO2 permeance of 188.9 GPU and a CO2/CH4 selectivity of 28.8. The same fiber also has an impressive O2 permeance of 3.5 folds higher than the pristine Matrimid with an O2/N2 selectivity of 6.1. The newly developed membranes demonstrate an exceptional gas separation performance and have a great potential to be used for natural gas purification, air separation and CO2 capture. The third work reported a simple method to tailor the intrinsic properties of PIM-1 membranes from CO2to H2-selective via blending with Matrimid and subsequently crosslinking the membranes by diamines at room temperature. The diamine cross-linking successfully alters the membrane morphology from a dense structure to a composite structure, which consists of a dense layer selective layer at both sides of the outer surface and a porous inner structure. Interestingly, the ideal H2/CO2 selectivity of the membrane after modification by 2 hr triethylenetetramine (TETA) improved dramatically from 0.4-0.8 to 9.6 with a H2 permeability of 395 Barrer. The modified membranes also show superior separation performance surpassing the present upper bound for H2/CO2, H2/N2, H2/CH4 and O2/N2 separations. For a binary H2/CO2 (50%/50%) test, the 2 hr TETA modified membrane shows a H2 permeability of 205 Barrer and a H2/CO2 selectivity of 5.3. The newly developed TETA modified membrane reveals a competitive alternative for H2 purification.


Abstract : A multi-disciplinary approach and patientcentered design enhances participation and optimizes success. PCC demonstrated improved identification and screening of patients, improved implementation of preventive therapies and achievement of goals and improved quality of life. This concept could be replicated using existing resources in most military treatment facilities.


The purpose of this study is to determine whether the real impact of interest rates and net exports through ASEAN-5's foreign exchange reserves was significant between 2009 and 2019. This study employs five ASEAN countries with the highest foreign exchange reserves: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines. During 2009-2019, the sample was determined using a saturated sampling technique with five countries. The data used is secondary data from the World Bank. In this study, hypothesis testing was performed using Panel Data Analysis with the Views 10 program and a significance level of 5%. (0.05). The findings indicate that interest rates and net exports have an impact on foreign exchange reserves. The findings also show that the two independent variables have an impact on foreign exchange reserves at the same time.


AbstractWe have observed very strong suppression of the transition to zero resistance by a magnetic "eld in underdopedYBa2Cu3O y single crystals ("#"60 K). It follows from the comparison of transport and magnetic data that the mainpart of the resistivity tail corresponds to the vortex liquid state. We demonstrate that resistance of the vortex liquidcannot be described using a simple Bardeen}Stephen model. ( 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Magnetoresistance; YBaCuO underdoped Underdoped high-"#cuprates have recently attractedconsiderabletheoreticalandexperimentalattention.Dueto an energy pseudogap and a low density of chargecarriersthesematerialshaveunconventionalnormalandsuperconducting properties. In particular, when a mag-netic "eld is applied the resistive superconductingtransitionbroadensanomalously,thus makingit unclearwhere the sample actually enters the superconductingstate. In this paper we report on comparative magneticand transport studies of underdoped YBa2Cu3O


Intrinsic sequences of luminosity V and III stars in the J–H vs. H–Ks diagram of the 2MASS system are determined using about 1250 unreddened and dereddened stars. Intrinsic color indices for MK spectral classes are tabulated and compared with the results in other JHK systems.


In this paper A Median Based Directional Cascaded with Mask (MBDCM) filter has been proposed, which is based on three different sized cascaded filtering windows. The differences between the current pixel and its neighbors aligned with four main directions are considered for impulse detection. A direction index is used for each edge aligned with a given direction. Minimum of these four direction indexes is used for impulse detection under each masking window. Depending on the minimum direction indexes among these three windows new value to substitute the noisy pixel is calculated. Extensive simulations showed that the MBDCM filter provides good performances of suppressing impulses from both gray level and colored benchmarked images corrupted with low noise level as well as for highly dense impulses. MBDCM filter gives better results than MDWCMM filter in suppressing impulses from highly corrupted digital images.


Background. A Phase I–II trial of cisplatin and radical radiation therapy was initiated for advanced, recurrent, and poor prognosis carcinoma of the uterine cervix.


Sanctus Amor is the only intravital storybook by Nina Petrovskaya, dedicated to Sergey Auslender. The title of the book, borrowed from the poem by Andrey Bely, initiates a literary polylogue addressed to several lovers of Petrovskaya: to Bely, as he once was her teacher of heavenly love; to Valery Bryusov, as he was Petrovskaya's beloved one at the time of publication; to Auslender as the addressee of dedication and a new contender for being Petrovskaya's favorite. Sanctus Amor represents the ideal of the Saintly Love, the manifesto which Petrovskaya followed rigorously in real life. Her letters to Bryusov and Vladislav Khodasevich reveal multiple congruences with the novels of Sanctus Amor, which demonstrate the inextricable character of life and literature in Petrovskaya's worldview. The paper is devoted to the analysis of Sanctus Amor in the aspect of life-creating practices and its meaning in the literary dialogue with Auslender. Sanctus Amor is a complicated prescriptive symbolic message designed to proclaim its own, and to program another's, concept of love.


The invention discloses a weaving method and a weaving device for multiple-weft high-density water spraying jacquards. The weaving device comprises a weaving machine body, a first warp beam, a second warp beam, a jacquard loom, a multiple-arm loom, a heald frame, a plurality of first harness wires, a plurality of second harness wires, a plurality of harness cords, a plurality of harness wire returning springs and at least one weft storing device. The jacquard loom and the multiple-arm loom are installed on the weaving machine body, the plurality of harness cords are arranged on the jacquard loom, the lower ends of the harness cords are connected with the first harness wires, the lower ends of the first harness wires are connected with the harness wire returning springs, and the lower endsof the harness wire returning springs are fixed on the weaving machine body. The first harness wire are provided with first mail eyes, the lower portion of the multiple-arm loom is connected with theheald frame, the second harness wires are arranged in the heald frame, and second mail eyes are arranged on the second harness wires. First warps and second warps are respectively wound on the first warp beam and the second warp beam, the first warps penetrate through the first mail eyes, second warps penetrate through the second mail eyes, the first warps and the second warps form a shed along with movement of the first harness wires and the second harness wires, and wefts on the weft storing device penetrate through the shed. The weaving method and the weaving device for the multiple-weft high-density water spraying jacquards improves definition of a weaving hole (the shed) and achieves good weaving of high-density jacquard fabrics.


K\ensuremath{\alpha} x-ray spectra of heliumlike titanium, Ti xxi, from Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) plasmas have been observed with a high-resolution crystal spectrometer and have been used as a diagnostic of central plasma parameters. The data allow detailed comparison with recent theoretical predictions for the Ti xxi heliumlike lines and the associated satellite spectrum in the wavelength range from 2.6000 to 2.6400 A\r{}. Improved values for the excitation rate coefficients of the Ti xxi resonance line, the intercombination lines, and the forbidden line, and new theoretical results on the wavelengths and transition probabilities for berylliumlike satellites due to transitions of the type 1${s}^{2}$2lnl'-1s2p2l''nl''' with n=2\char21{}4 have been calculated.


In this paper, we introduce the concept of generalised rational αs-Meir-Keeler contraction mapping on S-metric spaces. The existence of fixed points is also discussed.


Due to limited financial and technical resources, there is a pressing need to identify priority areas and strategies for conservation globally. This study aims to prioritize important forest areas for conservation on the island of Malaita, Solomon Islands. Five different forest types were sampled to quantify biodiversity using the species richness of frogs and lizards (herpetofauna) as a biological indicator of conservation status. Unlogged coastal, unlogged lowland and unlogged upland forests have minimal disturbance whereas logged lowland forests and plantation teak forests are heavily disturbed. Subsequently, the effects of human modification on forest systems are also quantified based on anthropogenic disturbance. Interviews with local community members were conducted to gather associated local traditional knowledge on the cultural importance of frogs, lizards and forest habitats. Prioritization methods based on species richness, species uniqueness, cultural importance and threatened status are used to identify key forest areas. The four main results found are: 1) unlogged lowland forests have the greatest biodiversity value, 2) unlogged lowland forests also have the highest cultural value based on local uses, 3) logged lowland forests are biologically important, and 4) unlogged coastal forests and unlogged lowland forests are under the greatest threat from anthropogenic activities. Based on these results, the conservation of unlogged lowland forests on Malaita should be prioritized. These results also highlight the importance of combining biological sampling with cultural information to improve the efficiency and long-term success of conservation actions.


Orthodontic treatment of adult patients is done in interdisciplinary teams that have to manage a vast quantity of data. Computer science gives a big help in almost every aspect of the orthodontic practice, research and education. Some of the most important applications of computers in this orthodontic field like digital photographs, virtual study models, cone beam computed tomography, communication, virtual reality, software for prediction and treatment planning, video imaging, manufacture of orthodontic appliance, web-based digital orthodontic records and proper backup protocols will be presented.


African Americans experience a disproportionate mortality, morbidity, and disability associated with ischemic stroke. Traditional risk factors offer some explanation for this finding, but novel risk factors have not been explored. APOE4 genotype, which is more prevalent in African Americans demonstrate a pro-inflammatory phenotype that may result in an exaggerated inflammatory response associated with ischemic stroke, resulting in worse outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine relationships among APOE genotypes, inflammatory markers (CD11β, platelet leukocyte aggregates, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and tissue necrosis factor alpha), the anti-inflammatory marker, IL-10, and risk factors (hypertension, diabetes type II, obesity, hyperlipidemia, and smoking) in African Americans at 3 days post stroke. Twenty five patients were enrolled with 12 patients in the APOE4 group and 13 patients in the non-APOE4 group. In the APOE4 group, 75% were male compared to 54% in the non-APOE4 group. The average age in the APOE4 group was 56.5 ± 9.0 compared to 66 ± 16.0 years in the non-APOE4 group. Females in the APOE4 group were younger with ages comparable to men. All participants had hypertension. Forty two percent of patients in the APOE4 group had two risk factors and 46% of patients in the non-APOE4 group had three risk factors. Major findings included 1) there were no statistical difference between inflammatory markers and APOE genotypes, and 2) the APOE4 carrier was not a predictor for overall inflammatory load among African Americans with ischemic stroke. The study was underpowered and small effect sizes were not sufficient to create statistical findings. This was the first study to examined APOE genotypes, inflammatory markers, and risk factors among African Americans with ischemic stroke. More studies are needed to not only investigate novel risk factors, but to also characterize inflammatory and genetic mechanisms with ischemic stroke and their associated outcomes among African Americans. Such studies may lead to primary and secondary prevention of ischemic stroke and reduce the health disparities associated with ischemic stroke among African Americans.


Abstract: The paper addresses the design of an autopilot for small scale helicopters to let the vertical, lateral, longitudinal and yaw attitude dynamics to track aggressive references. The paper is mostly focused on robust control aspects of helicopters. In particular the distinguish feature of the control law proposed in the paper is the ability to deal with the presence of possible severe uncertainties characterizing the physical parameters of the plant. This is achieved by using non linear control design techniques.


Sarah Winnemucca, a Paiute Indian born around the year 1844, crossed cultural boundaries and became an influential voice within both white and Indian societies. This thesis employs a settler colonial framework that places the sexuality and rape of native women at the center of colonial relations in the settlement of the Americas. Viewed through this lens I perform an in-depth analysis of Winnemucca's gendered critique of colonialism that focused on sexual violence. Rather than the unstable, mixed messages of native resistance and assimilation emphasized by earlier scholars, I argue that Winnemucca purposefully employed a strategy of oppositional conformity to publicize an unwavering political message that championed Paiute sovereignty, exposed white cruelty, and re-wrote the dominant gendered, racial, political and cultural constructs that bound Native American women's identity. The introduction begins with a brief history of Winnemucca's life and accomplishments. In the introduction I also address the authenticity of Winnemucca's published narrative, Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims (1883) and identify the constraints of the settler colonial lens through which I view Winnemucca's public voice. In chapter one I argue that Winnemucca's narrative employs the gendered moral rhetoric of the colonizer to cultivate white audience receptiveness, while simultaneously criticizing whites for their brutality against Indians. In chapter two I assert that


Propolis (bee glue) is a complex biological product known for its antimicrobial activity and antioxidant potential, and widely used as food additive and biopreservative. The aim of the present research was to examine the effects of propolis on the improvement of the storage life of ripened kashkaval cheese. For this purpose, three types of 1% carboxymethyl cellulose edible films containing three different ethanolic propolis extracts in concentration of 1% were prepared. Double-layer edible films were applied on the kashkaval cheese surface, and the samples were designated as T1, T2, and T3. An untreated sample was kept as a control. The four experimental groups (T1, T2, T3, and control) were then stored under refrigeration conditions at 4°C and 75% relative humidity (RH) for 56 days. During the storage period, the cheese was observed for visible changes, and samples for physicochemical and microbiological analyses were taken. The results from physicochemical analysis demonstrated that values of titratable acidity decreased in all experiment groups during the storage period. The results from microbiological analysis revealed that three types of edible films T1, T2, and T3 did not affect the decreasing number of lactic acid bacteria, a normal process for the period after the cheese ripening. The application of T1, T2, and T3 edible films did not affect the increasing number of yeasts in kashkaval cheese through the storage period. However, T1 and T2 edible films effectively inhibited the fungal growth on cheese surface, and no signs of spoilage were observed until the end of the storage for 56 days. In contrast, T3 treatment delayed but did not inhibit the fungal growth, and the first signs of fungal decay appeared between the 35th and 42nd day of the storage, compared to the control (28th day). Thus, the application of propolis can be considered an effective means for the prevention of fungal spoilage of kashkaval cheese.


To resolve the mode field diameter mismatch between silicon waveguide and fiber and to obtain the better alignment tolerances in the horizontal and vertical directions, a novel high coupling efficiency fiber-to-chip edge coupler with four auxiliary thin layers is proposed. The edge coupler consists of two segments. The first section is composed of a straight waveguide and four tapered auxiliary thin layers around the aforementioned waveguide. At the facet, the thin layers are arranged as a closed square, which can capture a large area of light from the fiber to form a superimposed mode. Along the light propagation direction, the four thin layers are taper structures, which facilitates the evolution of the superimposed mode. The second section is an inverted taper silicon waveguide, which is able to transfer the superimposed mode from the first section adiabatically into the silicon waveguide. The coupling efficiency of the edge coupler is determined by both overlap efficiency and mode conversion efficiency. In order to improve the coupling efficiency, we simulate as well as optimize several important parameters by FDE method and EME method. And we calculate the alignment tolerances by moving the position of the fiber in the horizontal and vertical directions. In conclusion, the simulated highest overlap efficiency is 93.9% and the mode conversion efficiency is 98.6%, thus, the total coupling efficiency is 92.6% for fundamental mode and the 3-dB alignment tolerances in horizontal and vertical directions are about ± 3.5 μm, ± 3.2 μm, respectively.


In this paper, a new wide-band and compact three-segment composite dielectric ring resonator (DRR) antenna excited by an axi-symmetric coaxial monopole has been introduced. The proposed antenna has been investigated numerically and experimentally for enhanced impedance bandwidth. At the lowest operating frequency, the presented antenna has a footprint area of just 0.16 x 0.16 . According to the measurement results, the antenna offers a fractional impedance bandwidth equal to 15 % with 8dBi peak gain. The antenna provides symmetrical and stable monopole like radiation pattern over the entire impedance bandwidth. With such performance, the suggested antenna can be usefully employed in different wide-band applications such as electromagnetic interference (EMI) and defense applications.


Summary In the present article the author deals with pericopes from the priestly layer in the Pentateuch, which include references concerning the New Moon Festival. In the first point of this article, the author underlines connections of Hebrew words with other Semitics languages in terms of naming this feast. The controversial issue is the translation of Lev. 23:23–25, in which many scholars see not the New Moon Festival, but the New Year Festival. The author sets himself the task, using synchronous methods of work on the biblical text, to present his translation proposal of this disputed fragment. Also, he deals with the problem of the Hebrew expression , which leaves some interpretative freedom as to how to celebrate this festive day. An important point in the presented analysis is an attempt to outline the difficulties associated with placing the examined fragments in one of the layers. However, the author does not intend to solve this issue. In his last point, the author analyzes the fragments mentioned in the title, often juxtaposing them with each other or referring to biblical texts that come from a different layer (Deuteronomist) or extra-biblical testimonies.


According to our previous investigation the total methanol extract from Graptopetalum paraguayense E. Walther demonstrates a significant inhibitory effect on HSV-1. To clarify what causes this inhibitory activity on HSV-1, a metabolic profile of the plant was performed. Three main fractions: non-polar substances, polar metabolites and phenolic compounds were obtained and GC-MS analysis was carried out. Since it is well known that phenolic compounds show a significant anti-herpes effect and that viral DNA polymerase (DNApol) appears to play a key role in HSV virus replication, we present a docking and quantum-chemical analysis of the binding of these compounds to viral DNApol amino acids. Fourteen different phenolic acids found by GS/MS analyses, were used in molecular docking simulations. According to the interaction energies of all fourteen ligands in the DNApol pockets based on docking results, DFT calculations were performed on the five optimally interacting with the receptor acids. It was found that hydroxybenzoic acids from phenolic fraction of Graptopetalum paraguayense E. Walther show a good binding affinity to the amino acids from the active site of the HSV DNApol, but significantly lower than that of acyclovir. The mode of action on virus replication of acyclovir (by DNApol) is different from that of the plant phenolic acids one, probably.


We provide sufficient conditions for global stabilization of planar nonlinear systems by means of static and dynamic feedback laws. The results of the paper extend previous work on the same problem. Our approach uses some ideas from a recent paper of the author based on the well-known Artstein theorem on stabilization as well as a recent result of Coron and Praly.


We study some classes of generalized vector equilibrium problems with pseudomonotone set-valued bifunctions in FC-spaces.By using an KKM theorem due to second author,some existence results of equilibrium points for the generalized vector equilibrium problems are established in FC-spaces.These results generalize many known results in recent literature.


The Society is divided into two classes, bourgeoisie (oppressor) and proletariat (oppressed) based on Marxism. The conflicts that are occurred between these two classes are determined by social justice and wealth. This kind of phenomenon is well portrayed in the drama called The Life of Galileo. This drama provides the representation of the Church's domination in science (Geocentric) into all aspect of society including science. This study attempts to reveal Galileo's resistance against Church's domination represented within the drama. This study also intends to reveal Galileo's resistance (Heliocentric) which is represented through science against Church's domination. The writer used Karl Marx's theory and Louis Althusser's theory with the approach to the Marxist criticism in science through a process called 'interpellation'. In the end, it is found that Galileo's resistance in Bertolt Brecht's The Life of Galileo is the impact of the Church's domination, the perpetual friction between scientific ideology, and also the Dogma which prevent Galileo from spreading the truth.


Supply Chain Management is the process of integrating and utilizing suppliers, manufacturers, distribution centers, and retailers; so that products are produced and delivered to the end-users at the right quantities and at the right time, while minimizing costs and satisfying customer requirements. From this definition, a supply chain includes three sub-systems: procurement, production, and distribution. The overall performance of a supply-chain is influenced significantly by the decisions taken in its production-distribution plan. A production-distribution plan excludes the procurement activities and integrates the decisions in production, transport and warehousing as well as inventory management. Hence, one key issue in the performance evaluation of a supply network is the modeling and optimization of production-distribution plan considering its actual complexity. This paper develops a mixed integer formulation for a two-echelon supply network that expands the previously reported production-distribution models through the integration of Aggregate Production Plan and Distribution Plan as well as considering the real-world variables and constraints. A Genetic Algorithm is designed for the optimization of the developed model. The methodology will be then implemented to solve a real-life problem incorporating multiple time periods, multiple products, multiple manufacturing plants, multiple warehouses and multiple end-users. To demonstrate the capability of the approach, the validation and performance evaluation of this model will be finally studied for the presented case study.Copyright © 2009 by ASME


Fuel oil 6 (FO6) is one of the main sources of energy in the electricity production in Ecuador. The objective of this research was to develop a methodology based on diffuse reflectance spectrum (DRS) to evaluate soils contaminated with FO6. To accomplish our objective, we prepared a total of 70 samples; 5 replicates of a group of 14 controlled manner contaminated samples with FO6. For each sample, 40 DRSs were sequentially and repeatedly recorded; leading to a total of 2800 DRDs. DRSDs were recorded in the range of 350 nm to 2500 nm. Descriptive statistics were used in the processing of the DRSs. In this way, for each wavelength of the DRS and their corresponding set of 200 reflectance values, the mean value, standard deviation, standard error and prediction bands with 95% confidence.
Our methodology allowed us to identify the spectral signature of the FO6 in the DRS, from this a new indicator of hydrocarbon abundance was developed in soils called "UNACH Hydrocarbon Index". The performance evaluation of this indicator revealed that their performance is independent of the nature of the substrate and superior to the indicators proposed in the literature. A new method of real-time evaluation and monitoring of soil contamination with FO6 using DRS has also been developed; these ones can be recorded with the help of portable instruments and / or multispectral satellite images.


Septic shock is a significant crisis condition of patients who experience severe infection and develop a systemic response to inflammation of the body. The progression of septic shock is rapid and leads to high morbidity. The patient with crisis septic shock must be diagnosed quickly at an early stage and must receive the care that can help them to recover safely from the incidence of shock. The registered nurse is a key person to provide care to crisis septic shock patients by using the nursing process including assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation, as well as cooperating with a multidisciplinary team, and particularly physicians. Therefore, nurses should have appropriate knowledge and be able to care for patients with septic shock correctly to reduce the severity of the symptoms. Consequently, the patient is safe from the critical stage. This article aims to review the current knowledge of septic shock in order to help nurses to provide care based on the correct body of knowledge that will help the patient to remain safe from septic shock.


This book deals with a dialogic organizational development process carried out with managers and employees in the Research & Development Department of Bang & Olufsen, Denmark. This action research project did not start with ready-made concepts to be implemented. They were developed during the process. That goes for the understanding of dialogue as sharing, daring and caring; for dialogic competencies as, e.g., confirmation and meta-communication; and for generatively facilitated conversations as midwifery. The methodology is accordingly characterized as emergent, mutual involvement. The book is a dialogue between theory and praxis, too. It integrates research, action, and training as well as theories of interpersonal and organizational communication, Roger's humanistic psychology, Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics, and Buber's philosophy of dialogue. The empirical material consists of approximately 50 colleague supervision or midwifery conversations and group-feedback sessions; and of 24 staff appraisal interviews or development conversations, which we followed on a monitor in an adjoining room. After each of these conversations, a feedback session was held. In the book you will find transcripts and analyses of these live conversations.We hope to have a dialogue with graduate students and colleagues doing similar research and training. As well as with reflective practitioners working as organizational and process consultants, coaches, trainers, mediators, facilitators, etc.


Inspired by early research in hypergolic propellants, a bomb reactor was developed to investigate their combustion under conditions of rapid mixing. The goal of this effort is to provide insight into ignition mechanisms for hypergolic propellants and allow for comparison between potential propellant combinations. In this work we present the first step in this effort focused on measuring the liquid phase reaction rates of monomethylhydrazine and red fuming nitric acid. To accomplish this goal, various concentrations of monomethylhydrazine, diluted with deionized water, were reacted with pure red fuming nitric acid. Chamber pressure and temperature were measured during experiments and the resulting pressurization rates were analyzed to provide insights into the reaction rates. In addition, since the mixing time is a controlling variable in the ignition process of hypergolic propellants, several experiments were performed with simulants to characterize the system operation prior to reactive testing. Experiments with concentrations of monomethylhydrazine greater than 80% appeared to have pressurization rates dominated by vigorous gas phase reactions while 60% showed a repeatable induction time followed by a rapid pressure rise. A lack of rapid pressure rise was observed for concentrations of 20% and 40% but the pressurization rate did increase with concentration. Future work is discussed to improve understanding of the liquid phase reaction rates investigated in this work.


This paper provides pictures of low pay adult employees in Australia in 2004 drawing on data from the HILDA survey. The low paid are disaggregated into full-time and part-time employees. Estimates from multivariate probit models reveal that low wage employees are more likely to have casual status, single marital status, a low educational attainment, aged 21 to 30 or 60 plus, be employed in small firms, non-unionised, and have a lower occupational tenure. The magnitude of effect of these distinguishing characteristics is much larger for part-time versus full-time employees. Low paid employees, and more so in the case of full-time employees, are spread fairly evenly across households with different incomes. For about a half of low paid employees, a low paid job, especially if it is full-time, is a stepping stone to a higher paying job in the future.


A chromatographic analysis of a sample of dihydroquercetin obtained using mem brane purification was carried out for the content of impurities - quercetin, aroma-dendrin, naringenin,
and luteolin. According to the research data, the purity of the obtained dihydro-vercetin corresponds to
the standard sample.


Potassium ion (K) channels consist of a ubiquitous family of membrane proteins that play critical roles in a wide variety of physiological processes, such as the regulation of neuronal excitability, cell proliferation, muscle contraction, and insulin secretion (1). K channels have long been attractive targets for the rational drug design, due to their pivotal functions in biological systems (2). So far, various small-molecule compounds and toxins have been discovered as K channel modulators (3). Multiple delayed rectifier potassium currents play an important role in the repolarization and termination of the cardiac action potential. Inhibition of these potassium currents prolongs action potential duration (4), delays repolarization, and produces an antiarrhythmic effect (5). As the rapid component of cardiac delayed rectifier potassium current, the IKr potassium channel is mainly encoded by hERG (human ether-a-go-go-related gene) (6,7), and its electrophysiological properties can be regulated by its auxiliary subunit KCNE1 and KCNE2 (8). Besides in heart, it was reported that the expressing level of hERG in cancer cells was greatly increased (9). As a result, IKr encoded by hERG channel may be a potential cancer therapeutic target (10). IKr is highly sensitive to blockade by many structural ly diverse compounds (11) , such as astemizole, imipramine, and dofetilide (12). However, there is still an urgent demand on IKr inhibitors for examining the mechanism of inhibition of IKr. In the current research, we designed and synthesized a series of 4-chromanone compounds, and evaluated their inhibitory activity against IKr using a radio-ligand based assay. The experimental results revealed that several compounds exhibited respectable activity against IKr. Moreover, analysis of the structure–activity relationship on these compounds could contribute to designing new IKr blocker for preventing arrhythmia and/or cancer therapy.


Objective: The development of information communication technology (ICT) and the demand for managing the healthy lives of individuals are accelerating the informatization of the health and medical field. Considering this environment and the needs of the individual, this paper has designed and developed a web and mobile storage device-based personal health record (PHR) system that individuals can manage by themselves anywhere, anytime, whether on-line or off-line. Based on the experience of implementing the system, its development method, results, and relevant technical issues are described. System Design and Description: This system is implemented to manage PHR, including vital signs and ingested/consumed calories for a lifetime by connecting a PHR-integrated web server to each hospital's information system, and the PHR programs installed in the individual's PC or USB flash memory drive. To achieve this, an interface module, web server system, and PHR viewer program for individuals are developed. Results: When it is off-line, the PHR program is operated to inquire the data saved in the DB, and the self-measured information can be inputted. When it is on-line, it calls the web service function to inquire the medical information, including hospital visit history, prescription history, diagnosis result, image inspection result and medical treatment result. Conclusion: This system connects home and mobile healthcare to hospitals but minimizes information leakage because the data is not accumulated. By loading a plug & play, PHR viewer to an easy-to-carry mobile storage device, the systems supports a sustainable health management. (Journal of Korean Society of Medical Informatics 15-3, 341-350, 2009)


Objectives: The demerit of pylorus-preserving gastrectomy (PPG) is gastric stasis in the remnant stomach (GSRS). We investigated the relationship between postgastrectomy disorder (PGD), especially GSRS, and interdigestive migrating complex (IMC) in PPG patients. Background: The cause of GSRS is still unknown. Therefore, we studied relationship between GSRS and IMC. Methods: 24 PPG patients (16 men and 8 women; mean, 61.2 years) were divided into groups A (12 patients without GSRS) and B (12 patients with GSRS). The relationship between GSRS and IMC was studied. Results: Length of the antral cuff (LAC) was significantly longer in group A than group B (P < 0.0001). IMC and appetite were significantly more common in group A than in group B (P = 0.0465, P = 0.0186, respectively). Postprandial abdominal fullness (PAF) was significantly more common in group B than in group A (P = 0.0061). Reflux esophagitis (RE) and body weight loss were found in group B more than in group A. Dumping syndrome was not found in either group. Endoscopic gastritis was found significantly more in group B than in group A (P = 0.0047). Conclusions: In PPG patients with a short LAC, GSRS may occur by the decrease of IMC occurrence.


A near-ring is a triple (R, +, · such that (R, +) is a group, (R, ·) is a semigroup, and is left distributive work on near-rings is [1]. A near-ring R is distributively generated if there exists S ⊂ R such that (S, ·) is sub-semigroup of (R, ·), each element of S is right distributive, and S is an additive generating set for (R, +). Distributively generated near-rings, first treated in [3], arise out of consideration of the system generated by the endomorphisms of an (not necessarily commutative) additive group. A near-field is a near-ring such that the nozero elements form a group under multiplication. Near fields are discussed in [9]. An element x ≠ 0 in R is a left (right) zero divisor if there is a ≠ 0 in R such that xa = 0 (ax = 0). A zero divisor is an element that is either a left or a right zero divisor. In a near-ring R it will be assumed that Ox = 0 for each x ∈ R.


Four experiments investigated 4-year-olds' understanding of adjective - noun compositionality and their sensitivity to statistics when interpreting scalar adjectives. In Experiments 1 and 2, children selected tall and short items from 9 novel objects called pimwits (1-9 in. in height) or from this array plus 4 taller or shorter distractor objects of the same kind. Changing the height distributions of the sets shifted children's tall and short judgments. However, when distractors differed in name and surface features from targets, in Experiment 3, judgments did not shift. In Experiment 4, dissimilar distractors did affect judgments when they received the same name as targets. It is concluded that 4-year-olds deploy a compositional semantics that is sensitive to statistics and mediated by linguistic labels. The capacity to comprehend and generate novel utterances?and thus to use language creatively? depends on knowing that the meanings of complex expressions are a function of their syntax and the meanings of their constituent parts. Natural language is, at its core, compositional (Frege, 1892). The com positionality of language places important constraints not only on theories of concepts and their relation to linguistic structure (Fodor & Lepore, 2002) but also on theories of how children acquire language. However,


This paper describes an adaptive relaying system for protecting a power distribution network using overcurrent and directional overcurrent relays. The system is designed to change, in an on-line mode, relay settings as load and generation levels change over a period of days. The system is applied to a reduced model of the 'City of Saskatoon' distribution network.


A 21-year-old male developed significant swelling of his tongue after a respiratory arrest. The patient had a history of Hurler's syndrome. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) angiogram delineated that the swelling was due to compression of his internal jugular veins at the level of the firstrib,resultinginthoracicinletobstruction.Thestandardsurgicaltreatmentofthoracicinletobstructionwasnotsuitableinthis patient's case due to his short thick neck and his characteristic Hurler's syndrome body habitus. Therefore, a novel surgical strategy was used to decompress his headandneckvessels.Themanubriumwaswidenedusinganiliaccrestbonegraft,stabilisedusinginternalfixationplatesandreconstructedwith


At MOVES 2019, Barry Cipra casually introduced a new "Sol Lewitt" puzzle to fellow conference goers. Several brainstorming sessions ensued with Barry, Peter Winkler , Donna Dietz, and other attendees. This paper is to document the puzzle and some insights so others can enjoy and build on this lovely puzzle. (Look for it in an upcoming book by Peter!)


This paper deduces the instantaneous power theory about three-phase-four-line circuit and gives a new detection method which makes the detection current easy,efficiency and safety.The simulation and practical experiment results prove that the new way can detect harmonic current accurately and quickly.


Possible explanations for the loss of mercury from stored aqueous solutions are set forth. Data from experiments designed to determine the relative importance of physical adsorption and bacterial uptake with subsequent volatilization in culture media containing 5-200ppB Hg are presented. The first set of experiments determined the rate of Hg loss from culture media in plastic and glass vessels, and the second set of experiments established the actual Hg concentration that crab larvae experience in various stages of development. Polyethylene was demonstrated to be the material best suited as a container for storage of culture media to prevent adsorption of Hg on the container. The prevalent mechanism of Hg loss in non-acidified culture media is bacterial conversion to the organic and/or elemental form and subsequent volatilization.


A new inorganic phosphorus(IP) fractionation scheme developed by Jiang and Gu wasused in an incubation experiment to investigate the transformation of applied P in a calcareous fluvisol.The results show that after addition of common superphosphate (CSP),the Ca2-P in the soil decreased gradually and transformed largely to the less available Fe-P,Al-P and Ca8-P,rather than to the unavailable forms of Ca10-P and O-P.The different IP fractions ranked in the following order with respect to the increment by addition of CSP after 120 days of incubation:Fe-P>Al-P>Ca8-P>Ca2-P.After addition of pig manure,the content of Ca2-P in the soil increased rapidly at first and then decreased slowly,and the amount of different IP fractions accumulated after 120 days of incubation ranked in the following order:Ca2-P>Fe-P>Ca8-P>Al-P.Evidently,the variation in content of Ca2-P and the order of increase in different IP fractions in incubation induced by application of pig manure were quite different from that of CSP.The increase in IP fractions in the incubation of broad bean green manure (BBGM) for 120 days was in the rank of Fe-P>Ca2-P>Ca8-P;but because organic phosphorus(OP)of BBGM degraded relatively slowly,the increment in IP fractions was lower than that of pig manure.Wheat straw was difficult to mineralize and induced a strong biological fixation of soil P,resulting in a decrease of the content of Ca2-P,even Ca8-P,Fe-P and Al-P.


This paper examines major business environmental changes influencing a strategic shift of automobile manufacturing firms in Turkey. Within a conceptual model consisting of environmental forces, strategic shift, and mediating variables, including firm size, ownership pattern, and market entry mode, it empirically investigates how such market changes influenced the business strategies of automotive firms in Turkey. The findings indicate that the multinational automotive firms in Turkey have shifted their strategic focus from relying solely on the domestic market to balancing domestic and export markets because of environmental forces. The paper concludes with discussions and suggestions for further research on the subject.


The aim of this study was to analyze the growth response of HeLa cells over a prolonged period of time to a single exposure of physiological and supraphysiological concentrations of 4‐hydroxynonenal (HNE), a peroxidation product of omega‐6‐polyunsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, the growth modulating effect of serum factors, particularly albumin, on the growth pattern was examined. The effects of HNE on the growth rate and viability of the cells, as well as on the incorporation of labelled amino acids were monitored daily over a period of four days. Fetal calf serum not only had a growth stimualting effect but also modulated the action of HNE. In neither respect was albumin able to substitute for serum indicating that the influence of serum was not exerted via an albumin–HNE conjugate.


Since 1991,their hase been a ample growth in the transport system from 21 million to 142 million,so does the two wheeler private transport.the two wheeler transport had a growth from 14 million to 120 million.This constitutes a significant safety and environment concern. The Railway Crossing Gate Status Detection System is a simple but very useful project which detects whether the railway gate is open or closed at all times. Instead of being caught unaware whenever a railway gate is closed, this paper proposes a method of displaying the status of the gate, as it is at that time, on the cloud, thereby reducing the amount of traffic near the gates and the number of potential accidents that can occur.


Although more than 90% of the world's cassava production is used for human food, interest in this crop as an energy source for inclusion in pig and poultry feeds was greatly stimulated by the artificial price situation in EEC countries created by implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy. Relative European and world market prices for both protein and energy sources have since changed radically. In this article the present position and future prospects are reviewed.


A rapidly heating and rapidly quenching method for the manufacturing of multifilamentary Nb3Al wire was introduced, which can obtained Nb3Al with the near stoichiometric composition. After annealing at 800 ℃ for 2, 12 and 96 h, critical temperature Tc of the samples measured by four probe method is 17 K. Critical curreds Ic was measured in the function of temperature and applied field in a split pair magnet. The relationship of normalized pinning force vs applied field follows simple Kramer equation. Grain boundaries were most probable pinning source for the magnetic line of force. The obtained upper critical field Bc2 existed a linear relation with the temperature. A critical surface of Ic - T - B was also plotted from the measurement of critical current.


The present study was conducted to assess the impact of water hardness on survival and growth of (Labeo rohita) fry. In each tank 100 fry ware introduced and the experiment was run in triplicate for a period of 28 days. The selected levels of hardness had significant impact on fish growth with a highest weight gain (2.019±0.036g) was observed in T4 (Hardness 150 mg/l) and lowest T5 (1.189±0.054g). The highest per cent weight gain (86.14%) was T4 (Hardness 150 mg/l) while the lowest (49.66%) being in T5. However, the highest gain in length (18.93±1.18 mm) was in T4 and lowest (13.99±0.46 mm) in T5 and per cent length gain was highest (130.33%) in T4 and lowest (98.67%) in T5. Further the highest survival was in T4 (95.33%) and lowest (90.00%) in T5. Result of this study clearly indicated higher weight gain (2.019g), weight gain per cent (86.14%), length gain (18.93mm), length gain per cent (130.33%) and survival (95.33%) in the hardness level 150 mg/l. On the basis of these results a hardness level of 150 mg/l is recommended for Labeo rohita under local environmental conditions.


The invention discloses a frame synchronization method applicable to a burst communication system. A multi-path segmented coherence relevance mode with different segmentation lengths is adopted in an initial signal channel access stage, the maximum relevance value of each branch path is adopted for carrying out double-threshold value (relative threshold value and absolute value) judgment, the synchronous confirmation is carried out from the position with the relevance value exceeding the threshold value, and the influence of severe environment factors in the initial signal channel access stage is overcome through the setting of proper double threshold values and conforming windows; and a full coherence relevance mode is adopted in a stable communication stage, the prior double threshold values and conforming window width are set according to the signal channel information recorded in the conforming windows in the initial signal channel access stage, and the method and the device have higher adaptability through different frame synchronization methods adopted in different communication stages.


Utilizing the advantages of unlimited resource, low material cost, and easy worldwide accessibility, sodium ion batteries (SIBs) have received increasing attention, especially targeting grid-scale energy storage systems (ESSs). However, electrochemical performance of current SIBs is still inferior to that of well-matured lithium ion batteries (LIBs), requiring substantial further improvements for SIBs to be practically used in diverse real applications. One important such effort is to find SIB cathode materials that hold high redox voltages (high energy) and operate based on fast diffusion of Na ions (high power), comparable to the Li-counterpart. Indeed, various crystal structures containing different transition metals (TMs) have been actively investigated quite lately, yet still show critical drawbacks in their electrochemical operations: low and poorly defined potentials and limited cycle life. Herein, we report vanadium-based ortho-diphosphate, Na7V4(P2O7)4PO4, that significantly reduces all of the latter barriers. Na7V4(P2O7)4PO4 exhibits the highest single-valued voltage plateau to date at 3.88 V vs. Na/Na and substantial capacity retention over 500 cycles. Ab initio calculations reveal that the remarkable single plateau and cycle life are originated from a unique structural rearrangement that keeps the energy levels of Na7V4(P2O7)4PO4 nearly constant throughout the entire charge-discharge with very little energy penalty. A simple energetic consideration also suggests that the presence of stable intermediate phases is beneficial for cell kinetics via smaller volume changes and associated low overpotentials, and this trend can be a general principle in the future design of battery materials.


Electron microscopy has proved to be a very helpful those at posterior end consisting of powerful adhesive instrument in the study of biology in general. Since it has disks usually provided with chitinoid hooks or anchors; been invented a lot of information has accumulated in with single host, parasites of cold-blooded aquatic different aspects of biology. Studying the ultrastructure vertebrates (fishes, amphibians and reptiles). No of the different animals has added a great deal of representative in man (Beaver et al., 1984). knowledge to biologists. Electron microscopy is also a very good diagnostic instrument used in hospitals and III-Subclass: Digenea: Almost all species endoparasitic; medical centers. The present review aims to pile up the organs of attachment consisting of one or more suckers, available information concerning the biology and of which one is circumoral; with one or two changes of taxonomy of trematodes, platyhelminthes. The review hosts, of which that harboring the intermediate stages is deals with studies on the taxonomy of this group of a mollusc; larva hatched from egg has ciliated epithelium helminthes, using the scanning (SEM) and transmission (Beaver et al., 1984). They are regarded as the first (TEM) electron microscopy. Also it deals with the studies trematodes in terms of the amount of electron microscopic on the developmental stages of these worms. Other works investigations. This is because it is the most diverse deal with the studies of drug efficacy on these worms as group of trematodes or even of all helminthes. Digenean seen under electron microscopy. trematodes include several groups of helminthes, such as: Members of the platyheminthes phylum include liver flukes, pulmonary flukes, intestinal flukes and blood the various dorsoventrally flattened animals that are flukes. They parasitize a wide range of vertebrate hosts. commonly known as the flatworms. The body shap of The trematodes have been the subject of diverse these heminthes varies from a broad, dorsoventrally investigation using electron microscopy and the flattened leave like-worms to that of a long chain of improvement of high resolution apparatus has permitted proglottids as in tape-worms. The phylum includes three the detailed study of some structures so far overlooked. classes: the exclusively free-living organisms; rarely This review is intended to draw attention to all the commensals or parasites Turbellaria, the parasitic studies that contributes a great deal about these Trematoda and the totally parasitic Cestoidea important organisms. (Beaver et al., 1984). All trematodes are obligatory parasites as adults. The The ultrastructure studies on aspirogasridea: This class Trematoda is divided into three subclasses: subclass is the least trematodes, investigated by


The exposome represents the totality of environmental effects, but systematic evaluation between it and depressive symptoms is scant. We sought to comprehensively identify the association of the exposome with depressive symptoms in late adolescence and early adulthood and determine genetic and environmental covariances between them. Based on the population-based FinnTwin12 cohort (3025 participants in young adulthood and 4127 at age 17), the exposome-wide association study (ExWAS) design was used to identify significant exposures from 12 domains. Bivariate Cholesky twin models were fitted to an exposome score and depressive symptoms. In ExWASes, 29 and 46 exposures were significantly associated with depressive symptoms in young adulthood and at age 17, respectively, and family-related exposures were the most influential. Twin models indicated considerable genetic and environmental covariances between the exposome score and depressive symptoms. The findings underscore the systematic approach of the exposome and the consideration of relevant genetic effects.


We propose a bandpass filter miniaturized by the composite right-handed and left-handed(CRLH) zeroth order resonators(ZORs). A 5th-order bandpass filter form a cascaded triplet(CT) to have a significantly sharp skirt for high frequency selectivity. First, we design an in-line ZOR bandpass filter whose total size is nearly 0.2 of the parallel-edge coupled filter. Second, we create multiple transmission zeros(TZs) by changing the three innermost ZORs of the in-line filter to a CT. As a result, the proposed filter has the insertion loss less than 1.5dB and the return loss less than −15dB. The simulation and measurement validate the proposed design method, and the CRLH ZOR properties are proven by the no-phase variation electric field and dispersion diagram.


Direct application of vegetable oil as automotive lubricants is less favorable due to its poor thermo-oxidative stability, cold flow behavior, and poor anti-wear characteristics. The investigation detailed in this paper pertains to chemical modification of rapeseed oil through epoxidation, hydroxylation, and esterification processes in order to improve its thermo-oxidative stability and cold flow behavior. The copper oxide (CuO) nanoparticles of size ∼40–70 nm was dispersed in chemically modified rapeseed oil (CMRO) in three different concentrations (0.1 wt%, 0.5 wt%, and 1 wt%) as an anti-wear additive using an ultrasonic sonicator. The tribological behavior of cylinder liner against piston ring segment was tested with CMRO with and without CuO nano-additive using high frequency reciprocating rig tribometer. The morphological characterization of CuO nanoparticles dispersed in CMRO was done using scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis. The results were also compared with commercial synthetic lubricant under the same operating conditions. The atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopic analyses proved that the surface morphology of tested cylinder liner surfaces are smooth with optimum concentration of 0.5 wt% CuO nanoparticles dispersed in CMRO.


This paper summarizes the Southern California Edison Company's experience with solar central thermal receivers, solar troughs, solar dishes, photovoltaics, geothermal facilities, and wind turbine-generators (WTGs). Topics considered include the characteristics of alternative energy facilities (small-scale construction and modularity, public and political support, investor support, high startup costs, energy conversion efficiency, technical complexity, manufacturing for commercialization), reducing photovoltaic cell costs, the Brawley geothermal pilot plant, the Salton Sea geothermal pilot plant, the Heber geothermal generating station, wind resource assessment, demonstration testing of WTGs, commercial wind parks, and the entrepreneur's role (the Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act, price guarantees). As of March 1983, about 60% (1266 MW) of Edison's goal of 2150 MW of renewable and alternative energy forms for development by 1990 was on line, under construction, or had signed contracts or letters of intent.


We report on an optical telemetric link capable of providing a high data rate at a low power consumption for the transcutaneous transmission of neural signals. The telemetric link is designed for operation as the interface between an implanted cortical array and an external receiver. By converting the digitized neural signals to a stream of infrared optical pulses, the optical telemetry wirelessly transmits the neural data through the skin. The implantable transmitter prototype PCB contains a VCSEL (Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser) driver with a VCSEL glued onto its chip surface. For protection, the transmitter PCB is coated with a thin layer of PDMS. The external receiver utilizes a large-size PIN silicon photodiode followed by a shunt shunt feedback transimpedance amplifier, a limiting amplifier and circuitry for clock and data recovery. In vivo tests performed on an anesthetized sheep show that the link is capable of transmitting data at a speed of 100 Mbps with a bit error rate (BER) of 2× 10-7 while consuming only 2.1 mW of electrical power.


This paper summarizes technologies of the focused crawler,on this basis,the focused crawler is given a specific topic-Open Ac cess-related resources,proposed a theme for OA resources focused crawler architecture.


Microtremor array technique is most inexpensive and easy to perform for the estimation of S-wave velocity structure. In the present study microtremor array measurements were carried out in the Shizuoka prefecture to estimate a S-wave velocity structure upto the basement. Phase velocities at wide period range were determined by frequency-wavenumber spectral analysis of vertical microtremor array records. The determined phase velocity is inverted to get one-dimensional S-wave velocity profile by genetic algorithm inversion method. A four layer S-wave velocity model with a basement velocity of 3.5 km/s was constructed. In the second part simulation of ground motion was carried out with two-dimensional finite difference method. For simulation tile subsurface structure was derived on the basis of the microtremor array measurement and previous seismic refraction survey. Two profiles were taken for simulation one from Hamaoka to Ryuhyoh and another from Hamaoka to Shimada. 2-D effect of subsurface structure is observed in the propagation of ground motion in the basin. The importance of determination of 2-D subsurface structure for the estimation of ground motion is shown.


Alkylation of calix[4]arene-crown-6 by 2-tert-butoxyethyl bromide with sodium hydride as a base led to 25-(2-tert-butoxyethoxy)-27-hydroxycalix[4]arene-crown-6 in the cone conformation. The conformation of the latter monoalkylated calix[4]arene-crown-6 was established by X-ray crystallography. It crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1. This monoalkylated calixarene-crown-6 can be used as a synthon useful for the preparation of bisalkylated mixed calix[4]arene-crown-6 atropisomers.


The paper overviews physiologic efficiencies to provide justification for moving away from a medical model of rehabilitation using a binary conceptualization of impairment and moving towards a linear model of optimization and human efficiencies. While the clinical and neuropathological evaluation of neurological compromise has traditionally concentrated upon the focal distribution of brain disease, ignored have been the changes in the complex connections linking brain areas crucial for cognition and optimized human performance. The paper reviews the nature of nervous system plasticity, from a systems standpoint using language development and bilingualism as well as music and the brain as examples of optimized network functioning.


The text presents the issue of the Supreme Court's functions from the perspective of civil law countries. The author argues that the division into cassation, revision and appeal is not an adequate point of reference enabling to define those functions. The author asserts that the most important criterion is whether the Supreme Court acts overwhelmingly in public or private interest. The assessment of that criterion should be made on the basis of the methods of selection of cases by the Supreme Court. What is essential is whether the selection is based on public aims or whether it simply aims at solving a given case accurately. It may be argued that as a result of reforms introduced in the last few years, the majorityof civil law countries have focusedon the implementation of the public rather than private functions. The author concludes that the public function of supreme courts is of a completely different significance than in the times of socialism. The public interest is combined with private interest as it refers to the situation of parties – not parties to the specific proceedings, but all parties which are going to engage in litigation in the future.


To heighten data process performance and apply the advantage of the Multiprocessor System,a Multi-DSP parallel data processing system based FPGA is depicted in this paper.The connect method between DSP is realized by Link interface,the data transmission is realized by FPGA and the CPCI is used as the data channel between the system and host machine in the system.The programmer load method and data transfer flow is described in detail,and this system has several advantages such as high efficiency of data process and strong calculation ability,etc.


Objective Analyzing the epidemiological character of the 4 cases of SARS in Guangzhou winter 2003 and providing the guideline for prevention. Methods Field epidemiology and serological investigation. Results 4 cases of SARS were reported from 16 December 2003 to 7 January 2004 in Guangzhou, 3 male and 1 female, aged from 20 to 40. All were community acquired and infected independently, but 3 of them related to two restaurants served civet cat dish and displayed milder symptoms, no mechanical ventilation and relatively rapid resolution of fever, radiographic findings. No secondary transmission demonstrated. 3 cases were SARS-CoV IgG, IgM positive in early stage. 129 employees in two restaurants tested for SARS-CoV IgG, 8(6.20%) were positive, of which, 1 was the patient, and the rate was higher than that of controls. SARS-CoV RNA was found in samples from 6 civet cats in one of the two restaurants. Conclusion The SARS outbreak in winter 2003 Guangzhou was at the early phase and 4 cases infected independently without secondary transmission. The source of infection of 3 cases was related to wildlife, civet cats.


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This paper proposes a new magnetic plane motor capable of rotation by the resonance energy of double-cantilever beam model excited by an electromagnetic force. This magnetic plane motor has two double-cantilever models, and the rotational direction is able to change by changing of the vibration mode. Basic characteristics of a prototype for the magnetic plane motor, such as rotational speed, output torque and efficiency were determined experimentally. Experimental results demonstrated that the rotational speed of 8.1 rpm was obtained with output torque of 0.07 Ncm for the magnetic plane motor having double-cantilever model. The output torque characteristics of the magnetic plane motor with two double-cantilever models improved 200 percent compared with double-cantilever model.


Introduction: The Internet can support people to self-manage their asthma, while overcoming barriers frequently found in primary care. A user-centred design process was utilised to explore the type...


This work summarizes an outdoor dynamic radiofrequency (RF) power density measurement on the island of Montreal, QC, Canada. Different from previous stationary measurements, our scheme captures ambient power density along major streets, roads, and highways, through a moving vehicle carrying equipment. This work focuses on the populated downtown area in the city of Montreal. Results show that GSM/LTE-850 band reserved for mobile communications has the highest power density in general within the spectrum of interest (400 MHz to 2700 MHz). Whereas, despite lower density, digital TV signals are distributed more evenly in this area. Based on this observation, this work then gives several suggestions on far-field wireless power harvesting (WPH) for smart city, IoT, and other metropolitan wireless applications.


This thesis was carried out based on an investigation into UESME and consulting different authors addressing the administration and management.
Beginning from the administration and management system that. The aim is improve the system with the implementation of administrative processes and educational quality standards working in the country.
The problem starts from the improvement of the administration in accordance with the current regulations for the new institution. The causes and limitations are discussed.
The objectives guide the work toward the development of an administrative and management model.
The framework covers all scientific management fundamentals and processes; educational administration and implementation in institutions, in what has to do with the planning, organization, evaluation and administration and management system applied to the institution. The educational administrator has to fulfill all requirements and profiles to be successful in their role.


A new and efficient anodic Ru(bpy)32+ ECL system by using acridine orange (3,6-Bis(dimethylamino)acridine, AO) as a coreactant was reported in a neutral medium. The developed Ru(bpy)32+-AO system displayed a higher ECL intensity than that of the classic Ru(bpy)32+- oxalate ECL system, and was further exploited for the ECL detection of thiourea for the first time.


Personal Health Records (PHRs) allow patients to have full control over their health data. However, storage and sharing of PHRs still remains a difficult but necessary task, especially when health data is one of the major targets of cyber attacks worldwide. Searchable Encryption (SE) is a feasible solution for this problem and can be augmented by Blockchain to address some of its issues, such as verifiability. Therefore, SE using blockchain is a promising technologies to tackle the challenge of PHR storage and sharing. In this survey, we have explored the research works that use SE and blockchain technology for the same. The work starts with an introduction of cloud, searchable encryption and blockchain. Subsequently, we present a literature survey of the corresponding technologies. We then describe SE in detail and how it fits with blockchain. This is followed by description of noteworthy existing solutions for secure storage and sharing of PHRs. Even though there have been a number of surveys related to SE, none of them have surveyed the use of blockchain with SE or use of SE and blockchain in PHR sharing. The work concludes with a comparative study of these existing solutions and future scope in this direction.


The class of pure submodules (P) and torsion-free images (R) of finite direct sums of submodules of the quotient field of an integral domain were first investigated by M. C.R.Butler for the ring of integers (1965). In this case P = R and short exact sequences of such modules are both prebalanced and precobalanced. This does not hold for integral domains in general. In this paper the notion of precobalanced sequences of modules is further investigated. It is shown that as in the case for abelian groups the exact sequence 0→ M → L → T → 0 with torsion T is precobalanced precisely when it is cobalanced and in this case will split if M is torsion-free of rank 1. It is demonstrated that containment relationships between P and R for a domain R are intimately related to the issue of when pure submodules of Butler modules are precobalanced. An analogous statement is made regarding the dual question of when torsion-free images of Butler modules are prebalanced.


While the migrant crisis in Europe has been getting all of the international attention, a much larger migration from Syria has quietly been underway - to neighbouring Lebanon.


Reaction of the organolithium derivatives of certain heteroaromatics [2-furanyl, 2-thienyl, 2-thiazolyl, 2-pyridyl and 2-(3-methylpyridyl)] with di(1-adamantyl) ketone gives potentially rotameric tertiary alcohols. With 2-pyridyl- and 2-(3-methylpyridyl)lithium only the syn isomer is obtained. The syn isomer makes up 85–100% of (2-furanyl)diadamantylmethanol and 80–90% of the 2-thienyl derivative, depending on the NMR solvent. In chloroform or benzene the 2-thiazolyl derivative is a 2∶1 mixture, the isomer with the sulfur atom syn to the OH group predominating; in DMSO or in the solid state this is the sole species. The IR absorption frequency for OH stretching correlates with the corresponding proton NMR shift in chloroform and with its temperature dependence, Δδ/ΔT. In pyridine Δδ/ΔT is either large (–20 ppb/°C) or small (–1 to –2 ppb/°C) for intermolecular and intramolecular hydrogen-bonded species, respectively. Semi-empirical calculations (AM1 and PM3) suggest that the anti alcohols should be the more stable in the gas phase, but solvent effects and hydrogen bonding, in the case of the pyridyl derivatives, appear to reverse this situation, making the isomer with OH syn to the heteroatom the principal, and sometimes the only, species observed in solution.


We fabricated 350°C low temperature solution‐processed zinc tin oxide thin film transistors by employing H2O wet annealing, which is considerably lower than widely used 500°C. We have optimized 350°C H2O wet annealing condition to achieve good electrical characteristics such as threshold voltage and saturation mobility.


Rapid assessment methodologies are techniques which are used to quickly profile a policy situation and/or to develop timely interventions by acquiring local knowledge in a participative way. The frequent use of these techniques in drug use issue by governments and
international organisations triggers the question of whether these methodologies provide relevant and plausible type of data which makes target populations agree to the terms of transition –means and ends of policy interventions.
In this study, interpretive and deliberative policy analysis approaches are used as a lens to answer this question. These approaches basically suggest that in order to make policy actors agree to the means and ends, their subjective meanings should be reflected to the
policies and policy process should be articipative which enable these actors exchange their standpoints to reach a shared understanding of terms of transition. In the research, document analysis is carried out by searching for certain interpretive and deliberative criteria in two cases: "Injecting Drug Use Rapid Assessment and Response"
study of World Health Organisation and "Rapid Assessment, Response and Evaluation" Programme of United States.
Key findings indicate that rapid assessment methodologies are promising as a recent phase in drug use policy field. However, they have some limitations due to time concerns and
design problems. Instrumental capacity of methodologies should be increased by adding artefact analysis and some deliberative mechanisms in order to reach a shared understanding among policy relevant stakeholders


An analysis is presented which describes the rate at which a cubic array of cylinders densifies by viscous flow driven by surface energy reduction. The cubic array is proposed as a model for the microstructure of low-density, open-pore materials such as gels and flame-hydrolysis preforms. The parameters of the model structure (cylinder length and radius) can be deduced from Hg penetration porosimetry.


Article presents the phenomenon of rationalisation of urban space on the example of late medieval Milan. Its main goal is to discuss and compare the use of mathematical tools and measurements in literary descriptions of urban form created in De magnalibus Mediolani of Bonvesin de la Riva (1288) and Cronica Extravagans of Galvano Fiamma (late 1330's)


The present invention relates to a method of heating a glow plug to a set temperature in the shortest possible time without applying overcurrent to a glow plug for a diesel engine without overheating. The present invention relates to a method of heating a glow plug to a required temperature by powering a glow plug for a diesel engine in a controlled manner. A mathematical model is used to determine the power values that should be supplied to the glow plug for a certain time after the previous glow process is completed, which includes the actual thermal state of the glow plug, the elapsed time since the previous glow process was completed, and Parameters of the diesel engine involved in the glow process are included. Diesel engine, glow plug


Editor,—A recent communication in the BMJ brought attention to the under utilisation of paediatric donors in the UK.1 At present, a potential organ donor is referred to the UK Transplant Service, and if under 18, is offered for transplant into a paediatric …


This article presents an anecdotal discussion of collaboration between a college art education professor and a high school teacher. In the past 4 years, the secondary experiential course for pre-service art teachers has included teaching a class of students with special needs at a local high school. The goal is to provide pre-service art teachers with confidence and skills that will improve their teaching practice with all students. "In art class, children are often praised for the uniqueness of their work, rather than its conformity to a predetermined standard or response" (Hurwitz & Day, 2007, p. 28). The University Course Art Education Field Experience is a required senior level course for art education majors prior to student teaching. The course provides secondary teaching experience for preservice art teachers in preparation for their student teaching experience. After implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997, a review of the course led to the inclusion of an assignment that places pre-service teachers in a classroom of students with special needs. The hope is that pre-service teachers will realize the humanity in all students and overcome the fear that keeps teachers from fully including every student in their classrooms. As stated by Hurwitz and Day, the art room is a place where uniqueness and individuality are celebrated. In order for all students to find this environment welcoming, teachers must be confident in their abilities to teach all children. This sense of teacher efficacy directly relates to student success in the classroom (Delacruz, 1997, p. 58). Exposure and experience help develop teacher efficacy in pre-service teachers. The High School Students with Autism Identified on the autism spectrum, the five participating students possessed deficits in speech and language, cognitive development, and social skills and behaviors. Instructional planning was based on an embedded functional curriculum focusing on life skills, work experiences, functional academics, and community activities. The instructional goals of the curriculum were making independent choices, communicating needs in a nonverbal manner (e.g. picture cards, communication boards, gestures), completing work tasks, and demonstrating appropriate social courtesies and practices. The descriptions below provide a sketch of each student and his or her abilities. Kevin was a 17-year-old with echolalic speech. Speaking in first person to Kevin increased his responses to the teacher's questions. He enjoyed drawing, and he placed a high priority on completing every project that he started in a session. Martha was 17 and possessed a very large repertoire of sight words. She was the most vocal student in the class. During art class she demonstrated heightened verbal expression and varied voice inflection. Martha worked slowly and precisely on her drawings, using them to express her interests. Anne was 21 and used basic signs and gestures to communicate her choices and needs. She also utilized an augmentative communication device with teacher support. Anne's fine motor skills were delayed, and she received occupational therapy to learn and practice daily living skills that require fine motor use. Matt was 17 and followed many established rituals during the school day. He displayed some stressed behavior when his routine or environment was changed. Adam was 16 and worked in short sessions timed with a visual timer. He began his project, took a break for physical activity, and then returned to his art project. Kevin, Martha, Anne, and Matt followed a written daily schedule indicating times and activities. Each student carried a clipboard with his or her schedule attached and marked off scheduled activities as they occurred. Adam utilized a picture schedule kept in the classroom that he checked after completing each activity or lesson. …


Obtain the martingale pricing formulas and the insurance actuary pricing formulas to two kinds of mortgage insurance,and also prove that they go all the way when the unpaid money is a constant and the house price is driven by a genegal It process.


Patients with acute stroke have better outcomes in terms of survival or regaining independence if they receive organized inpatient care in a specific setting (Stroke Unit, SU) where a coordinated multidisciplinary team can ensure the best level of care. The clinical governance of an SU requires a systematic monitoring of diagnostic, clinical and therapeutic processes through a structured audit. The entire project and set up of a new SU in Bentivoglio, Italy, were based on a model that focused on multidisciplinary teamwork and clinical governance. An audit based on the Benjamin audit cycle followed every step of the set up of the new SU. Markers from national and international guidelines and from the Italian Regional Audit, together with a specific database were used. The audit showed a high level of care and a significant improvement in the majority of clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic parameters. Only a few markers ( i.e. waiting times for ultrasound tomography and prescription of oral anticoagulation therapy) required specific projects in order to improve the results. Our experience confirmed that a structured audit can support clinical governance of an SU by monitoring clinical processes and quality of care. Such an audit involves the whole professional team and shows the effects of any single actions. It also helps integration and co-operation among staff. Furthermore, a structured audit is a useful instrument for professional accountability for both qualitative and quantitative aspects of care.


Summary. Recent research on representations of knowledge and styles of learning carried out by Pask and his colleagues is summarised and discussed in relation to earlier work. The claims made for the wide applicability of conversation theory to learning and teaching in schools and higher education are considered in the light of the evidence presented to date.


Gestures are a natural means of every day human-human communication, and with the advances in gestural input technology, there is an opportunity to investigate gestures as a means of communicating with computers and other devices. The primary benefit of gestural input technology is that it facilitates a touchless interaction, so the ideal market demand for this technology is an environment where touch needs to be minimized. The perfect example of an environment that discourages touch are sterile or clean environments, such as operating rooms (ORs). Healthcare-associated infections are a great burden to the healthcare system, and gestural input technology can decrease the number of surfaces, computers, and other devices that a healthcare provider comes in contact with, thus reducing the likelihood of bacterial contamination. The objective of this research was to map 3D gestural inputs to traditional touchscreen interface designs within the context of anesthesiology. An experimental study was conducted to elicit intuitive gestures from users and assess the cognitive complexity of ten typical functions of anesthesia providers. Intuitive gestures were observed in six out of the ten functions without any cognitive complexity concerns. Two functions, of the remaining four, demonstrated a higher-level gesture mapping with no cognitive complexity concerns. Overall, gestural input technology demonstrated promise for the ten functions of anesthesia providers in the operating room, and future research will continue investigating the application of gestural input technology for anesthesiology in the OR.


Improvement of the ergonomics of lorry cabins is one of the possibilities to improve the working situation of lorry drivers. Therefore, a questionnaire was send out to 7000 lorry drivers, from which 3321 have responded the questionnaire. Questions on ergonomics were on the entrance of the cabin, comfort of the seat, operation, steering wheel, space and provisions, climate, noise, vision and lighting of the interior, vibration, safety, maintenance and cleaning, on board computer, and the sleepingplace. The results of the study can support the development of a test protocol for lorry cabins and the further development of specifications.


Federal case law and Connecticut case law and statutes are reviewed with respect to patient consent and blood alcohol (or other drug) testing by physicians in response to a police request or order. The implied consent provision of Connecticut law and associated cases are examined. The function of the implied consent provision is to alert motorists to the fact that consent to a test is a condition of driving in the state. Although the state cannot force a person to consent to a test, if an arrest is made and the driver refuses to consent, his license will be suspended or revoked. Also addressed is the question of informed consent validity when given by an intoxicated person. It is concluded that tests should not be performed at the request of the police or prosecutor without the consent of the person who is to be tested. The testing physician must also determine that the person is capable of giving an informed consent. In the absence of consent, tests should be performed by the medical examiner or coroner rather than by hospital personnel. Although medically necessary tests may be performed by hospital personnel or an individual incapable of granting consent, on the theory that an emergency obviates the need for consent, the results of such tests should not subsequently be given to the police without either authorization of the individual tested or a proper subpoena, search warrant, or other court order.


This article explores Masahiro Shinoda's cinematography and Toru Takemitsu's soundtracks in the Japanese film Double Suicide (1968). Along with Shinoda's transformation of puppets into human actors, Takemitsu's soundtracks infuse modern subjectivity into the highly stylized bunraku narrative: while the ritualized music of Balinese gamelan, bunraku chanting, and Turkish nei demarcates the traditional form of jo-ha-kyu, meta-diegetic sounds of biwa and gongs convey the inner subjectivity of the lovers who are driven to commit suicide.


In this creatively structured and dense but concise book, Vladimir Jankovic locates today's focus on environmental risk in the fear of exposure that gradually but powerfully gripped British society during the eighteenth century. Jankovic shows how the affluence of the middle and upper classes made possible both unprecedented levels of material comfort and unprecedented possibilities for cleanliness, ventilation and disease prevention. The arena in which all of this took place was a mundane one: the household. Domestic space, Jankovic observes, 'has so far received only a marginal treatment in environmental history, and still less in the history of science and medicine' (p. 41). Jankovic shows us that eighteenth-century Britain is an important setting in which to begin addressing this historiographical lacuna.

The fundamental lesson of Confronting the Climate is that during the eighteenth century, affluent Britons came to see their bodies as inherently vulnerable and in need of vigilant care. The possibility of disease, rather than disease itself, dominated the privileged social classes. The result was an increasing fear of exposure, not to harsh English weather, but to everyday dangers found within the home itself.

The opening chapter ('Exposed and Vulnerable') introduces models of the body popular in eighteenth-century scientific and medical circles. These included the hydraulic body acutely affected by air and pressure changes and the nervous body defined by its 'sensibilities' to environmental stimuli. The end result was an environmentalist approach to the body in which anything in the environment had the potential to affect health and disease. This body would come to require increasingly vigilant protection from any and all environmental hazards: 'whether as a finely tuned hydraulic machine or a strung-up network of nerves, eighteenth-century physicians represented the body as an entity under constant pressure to yield its health to outside powers' (p. 39).

Each of four subsequent chapters explores an intervention intended to protect middle-class Britons from the dangers of exposure: domestic architecture, domestic appliances, clothing and health travel.

In chapter 2 ('Cursed by Comfort'), Jankovic observes that 'the urban home was increasingly papered, carpeted and curtained, features that lessened the airflow and increased the absorption of odors by books, pictures, collectibles, statuettes and sundry trinkets' (p. 61). But comfort had its consequences: such well-appointed homes required attentive 'surveillance and management', increasingly by servants. Failure to keep up meant that the home could quickly harbour 'instant pathological potential' (p. 61). By the late eighteenth century, physicians such as Jonas Hanway implicated poor air quality in a range of ailments, positioning health as a commodity that was constantly under threat from the very surroundings that were supposed to offer protection.

However, much like today, eighteenth-century innovators stepped into the marketplace, offering devices designed to improve ventilation. Chapter 3 ('Artificial Airs') highlights some of these technologies. Readers may recognise their own modern window fans in Thomas Tidd's 'Aeolus', introduced in the early 1750s and named after the ancient god of wind. Such devices were popular among royalty and other elites: 'ventilation stirred an enormous public interest and soon lived to become an emblem of enlightened rationality and domestic ideals of comfort' (p. 69). Jankovic argues that such interest indicated a re-definition of health and disease that only made sense when the body was analysed in relation to its immediate surroundings.

Clothing may seem an unlikely candidate for inclusion in a book ostensibly about air, but chapter 4 ('Intimate Climates') shows that it was an essential part of the eighteenth-century British health regimen. The concept of 'insensible perspiration', first popularised by Sanctorius in the early seventeenth century, convinced physicians that the control of sweating – encouraging and discouraging it as appropriate – was vital to the maintenance of health. Accordingly, 'experiments on thickness, texture, colour and hygroscopic and insulating properties of materials formed a basis for an emerging theory of dress' (p. 94). While the medical profession defended traditional English wool flannel for its insulating properties, the public increasingly embraced new, lighter and more comfortable cotton and linen offerings. In his discussion of 'friction between the flannelists and the fashionable', Jankovic illuminates the fascinating and unexpected convergence of fashion, medical theory and the economics of textiles (p. 106).

In his final chapter ('The Choice of Airs'), Jankovic explores the rise and fall of health travel. Although Edenic images of the Mediterranean made such travel popular during most of the eighteenth century, criticism of the practice increased by the 1830s as medical experts sought more than just anecdotal evidence before recommending it to their patients. Jankovic shows how two factors – the release of health data on the British Navy and changing views on the aetiology of consumption – seemed to contradict long-held assumptions about the salubrity of warm, mild climates. Jankovic shows that the ensuing debate was less about the healthfulness of the Mediterranean than about 'the proper place of science in medical travel and professional credentials' (p. 142).

Jankovic has painted a lively and fascinating picture of a 'society on the defensive' (p. 154) against a wide range of aerial threats. Importantly, he reminds us that the quality of air was a luxury that only privileged classes could afford to contemplate. For most of the year, the poor faced the daily challenge of simply staying warm. But among the better-off, it was the 'manufactured propriety and the ritual care of material accoutrements in indoor space by middle-class households that made cleaning, airing, heating, ironing, bleaching and dusting necessary ingredients of a decent life and – by degrees – the social origins of modern notions of a healthy environment' (p. 153).


The invention discloses a house refuse treatment method, which comprises the following steps: crushing and fermenting refuse at normal pressure and under normal pressure; executing a screening process, crushing large or large-grain inorganic materials among oversize materials on a coarse screen, and making an urban coal material; coarsely screening, crushing stone and brick blocks among oversize materials on a medium screen, and making a roadbed material or pavior brick base material; making fertilizer by using organic materials or fermented products of the organic materials among the oversize materials and undersize materials of the medium screen and a fine screen, wherein materials with recycling value among magnetic materials screen out are sold directly, and materials without recycling value are collected and subjected to innocent treatment; and performing manual sorting, wherein materials with recycling value are directly sold. When the method is used for refuse treatment, the construction investment is small, the operation cost is low, the operation is simple, the treatment effect is desirable, and the resource recycling degree is high. The method can be widely used for treatment of refuse of different sizes and qualities without causing secondary pollution.


The paper describes a linguistic analysis performed over a corpus of Italian political speeches annotated through nonverbal tags. With the purpose to locate lexical features correlated with non-verbal phenomena, we exploited a set of electronic dictionaries of simple and compounds words and a network of Local Grammars. A Distributional Analysis of the texts has, then, been carried out in order to automatically explore the corpus.


Summary In the past 20 years, more than 20 cases of a type of granulomatous disease have been noticed by dermatologists in different areas of China. The patients had these features in common: (i) the lesions followed a slight trauma to the face; (ii) they were spreading dark‐red plaques without pus or ulceration; (iii) new lesions appeared near to or far from the original lesion; (iv) histopathology showed histiocytic granuloma; (v) the patients had severe headache and clouding of consciousness during the later stages of the disease; (vi) all patients died within 1·5–4 years; (vii) treatment with prednisone led to some healing of the lesions but accelerated death; and (viii) all patients were from rural areas. We examined the tissues from two similar patients by electron microscopy and identified two kinds of bacteria as a possible cause of the disease. One was an anaerobic actinomycete, the other was Staphylococcus capitis. The anaerobic actinomycete was sensitive to lincomycin (a forerunner of clindamycin). After a 5‐month therapy with lincomycin, one patient survived. We infer that the cause of death is the unknown anaerobic actinomycete. Because the disease is very severe, we suggest the name 'fatal bacteria granuloma after trauma' to draw attention.


An adapted tape record of the author's informal meeting about the main trends of the Czech pharmaceutical research during the 2nd World War and after it. The worked-out processes and results obtained by the author and his group in the field of antihistaminic, spasmolytic, hypotension, and antidepression drugs and estron analogues are described in detail.


The SMOS L-band 2-D interferometer is based on an innovative concept of bi-dimensional aperture synthesis method. The instrument is a Y shaped structure consisting of 3 coplanar arms. The sensor has new and very significant capabilities especially in terms of multi-angular view configuration.. This paper will describe the SMOS concept in terms of instrument (characteristics) investigates the main aspects of the retrieval capabilities of the 2-D microwave interferometer for monitoring soil moisture, vegetation biomass and surface temperature. The analysis is based on model inversion taking into account the instrument characteristics. The standard error of estimate of the surface variables is computed as a function of the sensor configuration system and of the uncertainties associated with the spatial measurements. The inversion process is based on a standard minimisation routine that computes both retrieved variables and standard error associated with the retrievals. The potential of SMOS, depending on the view angle configuration and the use of the sole 1.4 GHz is investigated. These questions are key issues to define the observation configuration of SMOS that meets the scientific requirements and the technical constraints of the spatial missions.


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