Reentry operation is requested to make the connection of the riser end with the bottom platform (BOP). In re-entry operation, the relative position between the riser end and the bottom platform should be measured. To facilitate reentry operation, the paper presents an image analysis approach that is convenient to measure the relative position between the riser end and the bottom platform with a single waving camera installed on a ROV. In the image analysis approach, and the targets of the riser end and the bottom platform are recognized from the obtained image by matching the shape models of targets, and the shape regions of targets are highlighted. In the shape regions, the position of riser end referred to the camera, and the orientation of camera referred to the bottom platform, are calculated from circle marks on the tabs attached on the riser end and the bottom platform. Also the relative position between the riser end and the bottom platform can be got thereby, not influenced by the orientation of the waving camera. To check the accuracy of the image analysis approach, the experiments were carried out, and the results are shown in the paper. To test the applicability of the approach to the riser end survey, the model experiments of reentry operation in water tank were carried out also, and the successful results are shown in the paper.


English teaching at primary school needs some improvement, particularly in its giving exposure and contextualizing English content. Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach can be an effective way to the success of English teaching at the primary school level. Thus, this community service aims at empowering SD Aisyiyah Kota Malang with teaching thematic lessons through CLIL concepts by infusing Islamic content. The strategies implemented were formulated in five stages: need analysis, professional development workshop to school teachers and teaching assistants, syllabus and material design, implementation, and evaluation. Results show that school teachers and teaching assistants were able to integrate CLIL approach observed from the syllabus and material design. Also, students were all enthusiastic and engaged during the classroom activities. This community service implies that teaching assistants can foster English learning engagement for primary school graders.


Embodiments of the invention provide a cold plate and a manufacturing method and a use method therefor, relate to the technical field of phase-changing heat dissipation, and at least can solve the problem of heat dissipation degradation caused by an easily-occurred air-blocking phenomenon of air in fluid when the fluid in a cold plate, adopting a two-phase heat exchanging technology, flows from top to bottom in the prior art. The cold plate comprises a cold plate body and n flowing channels in the cold plate body, wherein each flowing channel of m flowing channels is provided with at least one sheet-shaped elastic structure; each sheet-shaped elastic structure comprises a fixed end and a movable end; the fixed end is close to a first port of the corresponding flowing channel in the flowing channel direction; the movable end is close to a second port of the corresponding flowing channel in the flowing channel direction; and when the fluid flows from the first port to the second port, the corresponding sheet-shaped elastic structure is deformed when the sheet-shaped elastic structure suffers from excitation which is greater than a preset threshold value, so as to enlarge the flowing section, in the sheet-shaped elastic structure, of the fluid in the corresponding flowing channel, wherein the magnitude of the excitation is in positive correlation with the magnitude of the flow of the fluid in the corresponding flowing channel. The cold plate provided by the embodiment of the invention is used for heat dissipation.


X-ray diffraction (XRD) was applied to determine the crystalline phase of HfO2films, deposited by electron beam evaporation (EB) under different conditions, the results revealed that their microstructures strongly depended on the temperatures of substrates.


Manipuri culture was transformed from the Meitei society intermingling with migrant communities. However, new migrants cannot fully integrate to the host society resulting to conflicts. By observing the opinion on the migrant people in Manipur such as the Telis, the Nepalis and the Bengalis, the contemporary problems of migration in Manipur is highlighted in this paper. In earlier times, no adverse result was there as because of resettlement of migrants but it has been changed and resource conflicts arose due to spatial pressures. Census gave information on unexpected increase of population without following the trend of fertility and mortality. Several civil organization of Manipur is claiming to introduce a system to regulate the free influx of population in Manipur. This has made a conflict smacking condition between the migrant communities and the host society. Migrants who are also known as 'Mayang' behave in the tune of two meaning system, either in the tune of their origin culture or in the tune of the host culture. Both positive and negative attitudes towards the Mayang people existed in the state.


In this paper, we study the following fractional Schrödinger-poisson systems involving fractional Laplacian operator { (−∆)su+ V (|x|)u+ φ(|x|, u) = f(|x|, u), x ∈ R3, (−∆)tφ = u2, x ∈ R3, (1) where (−∆)s(s ∈ (0, 1)) and (−∆)t(t ∈ (0, 1)) denotes the fractional Laplacian. By variational methods, we obtain the existence of a sequence of radial solutions. c ©2016 All rights reserved.


InGaN/GaN multi-quantum well structure with Mg-doped p-type GaN was grown by low-pressure metalorganic vapour phase epitaxy. After rapid-thermal-annealing at 700 and 900 degrees C, both the red-shift and the blue-shift of the photoluminescence (PL) peak, the decreased and the enhancement of the PL intensity were observed. The transmission electron microscopic images showed that InGaN multi-quantum-dots-like (MQD-like) structures with dimensions less than 5×10nm were formed in InGaN wells. The changes of PL spectra could be tentatively attributed to the competition between the red-shift mechanism of the quantum-confined Stark effect and the blue-shift mechanism of the quantum size effect due to MQD-like structures.


The alternative forms of the DnaX protein found in Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III holoenzyme, τ and γ, were purified from extracts of strains carrying overexpressing plasmids mutated in their frameshifting sequences such that they produced only one subunit or the other. The purified subunits were used to reconstitute the τ andγ complexes which were characterized by functional assays. The γ complex-reconstituted holoenzyme required a stoichiometric excess of DNA polymerase III core, beyond physiological levels, for activity. The τ subunit stimulated theγ complex 2-fold, but could not be used to reconstitute a holoenzyme with γ complex and stoichiometric quantities of core. In the presence of adenosine 5′-O-(3′-thiotriphospate) (ATPγ S), the DNA polymerase III holoenzyme behaves as an asymmetric dimer; it can form only initiation complexes with primed DNA in one-half of the enzyme (Johanson, K. O., and McHenry, C. S.(1984) J. Biol. Chem. 259, 4589-4595). An asymmetric distribution of two products of the dnaX gene, γ and τ, has been postulated to underlie the asymmetry of holoenzyme. To provide a direct test for this hypothesis, we reconstituted holoenzyme containing only the γ or τ DnaX proteins. We observed that, although γ could function in the presence of ATPγ and high concentrations of DNA polymerase III core, it was nearly inert in the presence of ATPγ S. In contrast, τ -containing holoenzyme behaved exactly like native holoenzyme in the presence of ATPγ S. These results implicate τ as a key component required to reconstitute holoenzyme with native behavior and show that τ plays a key role in initiation complex formation. These results also show that γ is not a necessary component, since all of the known properties of native holoenzyme can be reproduced with a 9-subunit τ -holoenzyme.


Taiwan specialty teas are produced with distinct manufacturing processes from specific cultivars of tea plants in Camellia. Due to the widespread transplantation of Taiwan tea cultivars and active international trading of tea materials, an accurate and reliable method to identify tea cultivars at the border is vital to protect the image of premium Taiwan specialty teas. In this study, we introduced the Taiwan Tea Variety Identification (TTVID) kit, a capillary electrophoresis-based multiplex PCR assay consisting of 12 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. A database composing these 12 SSR loci genotypes in 144 cultivars was established for marker assessment and molecular diagnosis. The power of discrimination on a locus ranged from 0.7894 to 0.966 and the combined match probability of 12 SSR loci was 5.34e-14. Cultivar pairwise comparison among 144 accessions showed that over 90.6% of the pairs had differential genotypes on at least 10 of 12 SSR loci. Further assessment showed that the TTVID kit could unambiguously recognize the cultivars mixed in the loose-leaf teas processed with various degrees of fermentation and roasting. Our results suggested that this TTVID kit effectively identified cultivar composition in loose-leaf tea and is helpful for border control in preventing adulteration and fraud in the Taiwan tea market.


Janice Ross has written a remarkable book. Her study of one of the country's more independent dance personalities, Anna Halprin: Experience as Dance, was some fifteen years in the making, although ...


A recurring debate in cities and in the literature is whether gardening food to eat is essential or recreational. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, some political jurisdictions closed gardens, deeming them non-essential to life – including the province of Ontario where fieldwork for this study was conducted. This paper analyzes mixed methods data generated pre-pandemic to understand the role of urban agriculture in the lives of gardeners in Toronto, Canada. When people produce food for the home, is their activity recreational or an essential source of food? We employ a social-ecological lens and find that gardening supported health and wellbeing and provided participants with an important food source, oftentimes culturally significant. Qualitative and quantitative data describes the rich experiences of gardener participants in the diverse city. We argue that gardens are essential and seeing them as part of culinary infrastructure makes space for nonmarket food production in food systems analyses. Viewing gardens as essential should prompt policy decisions, particularly during crises, which support social-ecological, nonmarket food sources as important parts of culinary infrastructure. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Food, Culture & Society is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)


Background: Common warts are benign and usually self limiting skin lesions. However, there have been few studies to assess the characteristics of patients with common warts according to their local residence. Objective: The study was conducted to assess the characteristics of patients with common warts lived in Koyang area and northern area of Kyunggi. Methods: We carried out a retrospective analysis of patients with common warts, who had been diagnosed in the Myongji Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine from January 2006 to December 2006. Results: Two-hundred and eighty-one patients (128 male, 153 female) were analyzed. A group of patients aged under 10 years old showed most of the occurrences of common warts. The mean age was 16.1 years. Most of the patients visited our clinics within 10 month of the emergence of warts. Hands were more commonly involved than feet. More than half of the patients had one lesion at the time of their visit. Common warts were most prevalent in August. Cryotherapy was used to treat most of the patients. One-hundred and two patients showed complete recovery on clinical ground. The mean number of the treatment was 4.8 times. Atopic dermatitis was observed in 29 patients. Twenty-nine patients had also family members infected with common warts. Conclusion: We analyzed the characteristics of patients with common warts living in the Koyang area and northern area of Kyunggi. Further studies would be needed to assess the characteristics of common warts affected by different regional environments. (Korean J Dermatol 2008;46(7):909∼914)


FDA on October 18 approved the marketing of macitentan, or Opsumit, as a treatment to delay the progression of pulmonary arterial hypertension, a debilitating disease.

The agency said clinical studies of the drug found that it could postpone some consequences of the disease, such as a decline in


FOR the last 100 years, which is to say since the publication of Holmes's The Common Law,1 most tort scholars have thought that tort doctrines were, and should be, based on utilitarian (or, more recently, economic) concepts.2 This was the view of Holmes, of Ames, and of Terry; of the draftsmen of the first and second Restatement of Torts; and of the legal realists who thought the focus of tort law should be on loss spreading rather than on assessment of fault.3 It is also the view of economic


The article provides an analysis of modern scientific and technical information covering the use of tomato fruits and products of their processing in various sectors of the food industry. It is noted that the use of natural products of tomato processing, containing a large amount of essential substances useful for the human body, including antioxidants (lycopene, β-carotene), vitamins, minerals, will expand the range of products of the "health" group, functional and specialized, to satisfy consumer demand for products that have a preventive effect in the fight against many diseases and create waste-free tomato processing technologies. At the moment, there is a need to develop new competitive technologies using tomatoes, which is of scientific and applied importance for the food industry, primarily for the baking, confectionery and fat-and-oil industries.


Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities of the crude ethanolic extract of the kernel root of Xylocarpus mekon- genesis (Lamk.) M. Roem. (Meliaceae) was evaluated in dif- ferent methods. The extract showed significant anti- inflammatory activity in carrageenan-induced oedema test in rats showing 69.42 % reduction in the paw volume (P<0.01) comparable to that produced by the standard drug indometha- cin (70.25 %) at 24 h when the extract was fed at the dose of 400 mg/kg body weight. The percentage inhibition of the oedema paw volume was statistically significant (p<0.05) when compared with the indomethacin treated animals at 0.5, 1, 2, 4 and 6 h. The extract exhibited IC50 value 4.78 μg/ml in DPPH free radical scavenging activity test that was found to be very significant and comparable to that of the standard antiox- idants ascorbic acid and BHA (1.9372 and 4.81 μg/ml) respec- tively. Innitric oxide radical scavenging test, the IC50value was also found fairly significant 57.37 μg/ml when compared to standard ascorbic acid (36.81 μg/ml). In reducing power test, the maximum absorbance of the same extract was observed as 1.923 at 100 μg/ml and that of ascorbic acid and BHA were 2.8111 and 1.0314 respectively. The extract showed highest antioxidant capacity at 100 μg/ml concentration expressed as equivalents of ascorbic acid (1.44). The total phenolic content of the extract was also found quite high (342.15±0.92 mg/g of gallic acid equivalent). Therefore, the results of this study suggest the probable anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activ- ities of the ethanolic extract of X. mekongenesis kernel root and justify its use in traditional medicines.


Aiming at path planning and collision avoidance of multiple autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) system under complex environment, an improved neural network algorithm based on biological inspired model is proposed. Firstly, establishing an improved bio-inspired neural network model, the two-dimensional working area is rasterized, and each grid and neuron are one-to-one correspondence, stipulating that the interest area and the obstacle area of the grid correspond to the excitatory and inhibition of neurons respectively, affecting the neurons activity in the whole working area by the transversal function of the adjacent neurons each other. Secondly, AUV plans a safe and collision-free path by comparing the size of the activity of neighbor neurons. Then, Aiming at the problem that AUV moves clinging to the edge of obstacles, adding lateral inhibitory effects of the obstacles on the neural network and greatly improving the safety and rationality of the path planning. Finally, changing the property of grid positions of each AUV in real time to realize collision avoidance between multi-AUV. Simulation experiments prove that the improved algorithm is valid about the path planning in this thesis and the large allowance collision avoidance problem in a complex environment with single-AUV and multi-AUV.


Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP-NENs) are unusual and rare epithelial tumors for which the diagnosis of the grade of malignancy and prognostic assessment on the basis of histology represent considerable challenges for the pathologist. In this study we conducted a retrospective analysis of the cell proliferation (Ki-67 nuclear antigen) in primary and metastatic GEP NENs of 137 patients as well as the assessment of keratin 19 (CK19) and progesterone receptors (PR) expression in pancreatic NENs of 57 patients. In 19 (27,1%) GEP NEN metastases was found 1,5-4,5-fold increase of Ki-67 index compared with their primaries. Consequently, 6 (21,4°%) cases of NET G1 and 4 (7,0%) cases of NET G2 were up-graded. Pancreatic NETs G2 with Ki-67 index >5% were significantly associated with presence of distant metastases (р=0,007) and decreased survival (р=0,03). Decreased survival also was found in the group of gastrointestinal NET G2 with Ki-67 index > 15% (р=0,005). Further analysis of immunomorphological features and proliferative activity allowed to separate a rare group of tumors «NET G3», characterized by decreased survival comparing to NET G2. Expression of CK19 in pancreatic NETs was significantly associated with higher proliferative activity of primary tumor (р=0,04) and adverse outcome (р=0,003). On other hand, PR expression correlated with lower Ki-67 index (р=0,006), absence of metastases (р=0,004) and favorable outcome (р=0,000). Our results show that Ki67 index is a key parameter of morphological diagnosis of GEP NENs. Thus, the studied markers are important parameters of the morphological diagnostic of GEP NENs, which allow more accurately assess the degree of malignancy, prognosis and treatment of the disease.


Lightweight aggregate concrete consisting of glazed hollow bead (GHB) as lightweight aggregate is studied for the influence of nanosilica (NS) content, prewetting time for GHB, water-cement ratio, and curing humidity, on the interface structure between GHB and cement paste. This research analyzed the influences of various factors on the interface zone structure by measuring microhardness (HV) and hydration degree of cement paste (HD) nearby the interface zone (1 mm) between GHB and cement paste at different periods of aging. Due to the sampling limitation, the interface zone in this test is within 1 mm away from the surface of lightweight aggregate. The HD of cement paste was determined through chemically combined water (CCW) test. The results were expected to reflect the influence of various factors on the interface zone structure. Results showed that the rational control of the four factors studied could fully mobilize the water absorption and desorption properties of GHB to improve the characteristics of the interfacial transition zone.


In order to ensure the stable operation of high voltage transmission network, DeepLab V3+_SDF is proposed based on DeepLab V3+ for rapid and intelligent landslide detection from high resolution remote sensing images. Firstly, the backbone network is replaced by ResNet with squeeze-and-excitation (SE) attention mechanism to enhance the extraction of useful features. Secondly, astrous spatial pyramid pooling (ASPP) is reconstructed based on dense connection to expand the receptive field. More low-level features are then added to the decoder with feature pyramid networks plus (FPNP) to enhance detail recovery. Finally, a mixed loss function is proposed based on the pixel distribution to solve the sample imbalance problem. DeepLabV3+ _SDF is trained with self-made landslide remote sensing dataset. The experimental results show that the mean pixel accuracy(mPA) and mean intersection over union (mIoU) of DeepLab V3+_SDF on the landslide dataset reach 95.38 % and 85.27 %, which are 2.90 % and 7.76 % higher than those of DeepLabV3+. Finally, the trained DeepLab V3+_SDF is applied to Sichuan-Chongqing region in China, and the comparison results with manual interpretation show that the algorithm can be used for rapid identification of landslides in large-scale mountainous areas.


Frequently, diffusion processes require the determination of a free surface from overprescribed boundary data. A commonly used constructive solution technique for such problems is the method of straight lines. This paper illustrates the steps involved in the solution process. Specifically, the method of lines is used to approximate various explicit and implicit free boundary problems for a linear one-dimensional diffusion equation with a sequence of free boundary problems for ordinary differential equations. It is shown that these equations have solutions which can be readily obtained with the method of invariant imbedding. It also is established for a model problem that the approximate solutions converge to a unique (almost) classical solution as the discretization parameter goes to zero.


We report a facile, general and scalable approach towards porous La(OH)3/Pr(OH)3/Nd(OH)3 nanowires based on a gas bubble template electrochemical assembly process, and they exhibit a high adaptability for removing Congo red from water.


This paper investigates the complicated controlled object. A method of fuzzy network is proposed. Results of simulation research show that the controller has not only high self-study ability, but also high robustness, and let the performance in AC speed adjustment system quickly improved.


Aim:  Enzyme‐resistant glucagon‐like peptide‐1 (GLP‐1) receptor agonists and GIP receptor antagonists have been proposed to have therapeutic potential for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Such benefits are based on actions mediated primarily through stimulation of insulin secretion or alleviation of insulin resistance respectively. This study examined the long‐term actions of the stable GLP‐1 receptor agonist (d‐Ala8)GLP‐1 and the GIP receptor antagonist (Pro3)GIP alone and in combination in high fat–fed mice.


There is much discussion about the contribution of transport to global warming, but what about the impact of our changing climate on transport modes, infrastructure and passengers? This paper examines the potential impacts of climate change on London's transport systems, based on the findings of a research study undertaken for the London Climate Change Partnership between 2004 and 2005. Recent extreme weather events have had significant impact on London's transport systems; for example, the effect of high temperatures on London Underground and major flooding of roads and railway stations. Scenarios of climate change show that London will experience hotter summers, wetter winters, more intense rainfall and a rise in sea level over the coming century. This poses a number of risks to the operation and use of transport systems in a city where 26 million trips are made every day. The study focuses on four case studies. Each case study assesses: the issue now, drawing on current weather-related effects; how cli...


Butanedione as feed scenting agent may improve appetite and capacity for eating of animal,and increase efficiency of production.In this paper the synthesis processes by 2 butanone oximation and gas phase oxidation of isobutyraldehyde were introduced.The influence factors in the process were discussed.


Diseases are caused by the deregulation of cellular networks, leading to faulty physiological functions. Different diseases can have common deregulated molecular pathways, particularly if they partially share phenotypes. These commonalities are frequently represented as an overlap of disease-related cellular subnetworks. The discovery of the overlaps and thus genes simultaneously associated with multiple diseases can shed light on the molecular pathomechanisms and provide new polyvalent therapeutic targets.This work builds upon a previously developed double specific-betweenness (S2B) network-based method, to prioritize proteins with a higher probability of being simultaneously associated with two phenotypically similar diseases. This method was designed to use undirected networks of protein physical interactions.The present work aims to expand the S2B method, enabling the analysis of networks with directed interactions, such as signaling and transcriptional regulatory cellular networks, providing new regulatory information and contributing to richer mechanistic hypothesis to explain the common physiological deficiencies. The new extended version of the method was tested with artificial disease modules, which enabled to test the S2B method ability to predict the overlap between the disease-related subnetworks. As in the undirected version of S2B, this novel version was applied to a pair of motor neuron diseases - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) - demonstrating once again its potential to bring new insights into the common pathological mechanisms and particularly, its ability to retrieve novel disease genes associated with the disturbance of regulatory mechanisms involved in motor neuron degeneration.


Studies of sustainable ways of life have hitherto made limited use of register data since, e.g., voluntary simplicity is usually identified through characteristics that cannot be found in data registers. Despite this, claims about these trends have been made in many countries, at times generalising the phenomena both in academia and media, based on anecdotal examples. This article draws on a quantifiable definition of holistic simplicity that includes certain fully measurable aspects, such as living in more affluent suburbs, moving to less affluent places and a significant reduction in individual work income. Other aspects are partially observable in register data, such as housing and car consumption. The advantage of this study is that it combines relevant theories around voluntary simplicity with register data that capture important characteristics of the entire national population (in this case, in Sweden) and thus, to some extent, also captures the magnitude of the phenomena. The article aims to statistically explore different demographic groups' probability of becoming holistic simplifiers in Sweden, regarding their consumption, gender and age. It discusses opportunities and limitations for advancing our knowledge on voluntary simplicity in Sweden, with current findings suggesting more of the same consumption patterns and only initial paths to degrowth. This is discussed in the context of individuals' agency in a state such as Sweden, which is changing from collectivist social democratic values to more neo-liberal conditions.


Background: Students' perceptions of the educational environment are an important construct in assessing and enhancing the quality of medical training programs. Reliable and valid measurement, however, can be problematic especially as instruments developed and tested in one culture are translated for use in another. Materials and method: This study sought to explore the psychometric properties of the undergraduate Clinical Educational Environment Measure (UCEEM) for use in Iranian nursing and midwifery students. We translated the instrument into Persian and ensured its content validity by back translation and expert review prior to administering it to 215 nursing and midwifery Students Tehran Medical Sciences branch Islamic Azad University. Results: One hundred and ninety seven questionnaires were analyzed. The factor analysis yielded four factors: F1: Opportunists to learn in and through work and Quality of supervision (8 items), F2Preparedness for student entry (8 items), and F3: Workplace interaction patterns and student inclusion Supervision (7 items), F4: Equal treatment (2) items. All correlations were r>0.3. Pearson's correlation coefficients indicated that the relationships between subscales conformed to the theoretical model. Coefficients for subscales ranged between 0.27 and 0.75. All correlations were significant (p<0.005). The equal treatment subscale had a lower correlation with the other subscales (range 0.27–0.36).Relationships between the other three subscales varied between 0.53 and 0.75 and the reliabilities (Cranach's α) of the items  was 0.93. Conclusion: The Persian version of the UCEEM appears to be a reliable and potentially valid instrument for use in Iranian nursing and midwifery schools and may find favor in evaluating the educational environments of nursing and midwifery programs nationwid


An effective production of platelet carbon nanofibers (PCNFs) was obtained in the presence of sulfur in the catalytic solution by an injection chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method using alcohol as the carbon source, ferrocene as the catalyst, and thiophene as the promoter. Due to the simplicity of the present technique, the injection CVD method may be suitable for scale-up for mass production. Furthermore, the hydrogen storage capacity of the material was measured by volumetric method and the study was carried out at 77 K and the pressure up to 1 MPa. The result showed that the PCNFs can have a hydrogen storage capacity of more than 0.5 wt%. We believe that the material is potential for energy storage (hydrogen, methane).


The cadmium(II) and mercury (II) coordination compounds with composition [CdBr2(quinoz)] and [HgCl2(quinoz)], respectively, where quinoz = quinazolin-4(3H)-one, are chain polymers with bridging halogen atoms. The structure of [CdI2(quinoz)2] was re-determined at 100 K, modeling minor disorder.


Based on the best quality equipment and high grade chemicals in tannery an ideal process design is done for the low grade chrome tanned wet blues from Brazil,and retanning,dying,fating,milling,finishing processes and so on are consisted.Uniform and good senses of upholstered sofa in quality are made.


Aiming at the problems of difficult detection, high workload and high exposure risk in the nucleic acid detection process in hospitals, this project proposes a smart medical balance car based on path planning. The control system of the device is mainly controlled by a single chip microcomputer, and the controller is used as the system regulation feedback part to realize the PID regulation of the balance system, ensure the stability of the system and complete the medical work at the same time; For the data detection part of the balance system, the device uses integrated attitude sensors to detect various parameters of the balance car, realizing high-frequency sampling and real-time monitoring. The path planning part of the device samples the A * algorithm, which forms a topology map by modeling the map, and obtains the shortest path of nucleic acid detection process in different wards by sorting according to the calculated weights of each node, so as to achieve efficient and low energy consumption nucleic acid detection. In the process of nucleic acid detection, OpenMV samples and identifies the facial information of patients in different wards, and determines the information of nucleic acid monitors, Assist to complete nucleic acid detection task in monolayer ward.


The anti-hero of Heinrich Mann's novella "Pippo Spano" is a collector of art. At a critical moment, Mario Malvolto declares to his lover, Gemma, "Ich bin eitel auf die Bilder, die niemand empfindet, die gehoren mir ganz."2 Although Malvolto seems to insist that he possesses these pictures, the statement is misleading, because the images seem rather to possess him. Malvolto's relationship to the painting of the Renaissance condottiere Pippo Spano is well known, and scholars agree that Andrea del Castagno's painting served as a model for the painting depicted in the narrative. Unfortunately, however, critical studies have, for the most part, neglected other works of art represented in the novella.


The main objective of this research was to determine the relationship between the emotional competencies of the caregiver and the integral care of the child from 6 to 36 months in the National Cuna More Program. Research has a basic, quantitative, descriptive approach; non-experimental, transactional and correlational design. The hypothetico-deductive method was used. The sample was non-probabilistic, simple random, made up of 196 mothers who were caretakers of the National More Cradle Program, to whom a Questionnaire was applied. To measure the variable emotional competence, a 24-item questionnaire was used as instrument and to measure the variable Comprehensive care of the child from 6 to 36 months, another questionnaire of 25 items was used; establishing for both, the range of always, almost always, sometimes, almost never, never. Data were analyzed in the SPSS version 24 program. It was concluded: At the end of this research it is concluded that there is a direct and significant relationship between emotional competence and integral care in children from 6 to 36 months of age, since the value of significance in the Spearman test is p = 0.000 (p <0.05), and the correlation coefficient is 0.941.


The article gives a contribution to the thesis of apostolic «call» of Paul to the christian life on the road to Damascus, instead of the earlier currently asserted «conversion». Narrative elements such as the Anania's intervent, the Jesus' words during the vision, the missionary tasks are involved to indicate the conformity of Paul's experience to the model of common christians' life currently asserted in Acts. Exegetic observations about the events occurred, the imagine of the Apostle and the expressions occurring during his conversion are briefly discussed. Finally, the observations carried on are to provide a hermeneutical key for the task of an unitary interpretation of the three narrations and their value in the whole structure of Acts.


Hyperbranched aromatic polyamides with carboxyl groups at the chain ends were synthesized by polycondensation of a few ABx (AB 2, AB 4, AB 8) type monomers based on 5-(4-aminophenoxy)isophthalic acid, which consisted of different degree of branch (DB). Then, a fluoroalkyl group was introduced into the branch ends by a polymer reaction of the hyperbranched polyamide with 2-perfluorobutylethanol. In addition, the surface properties of the polymer films were investigated by XPS analysis and measurements of contact angle of water and diiodomethane. It was found that the surface properties were affected by the degree of branch, where the hyperbranched polymer having DB=O. 72 containing fluoroalkyl group exhibited the very low surface free energy.


(1997). 'Boys will be boys' — boys and under-achievement in MFL. The Language Learning Journal: Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 3-10.


The dreary months of midwinter are enlivened for university librarians by the arrival on their desks of the annual reports of their colleagues. These reports, from whichever part of the world they come, are now almost without exception variations on two main themes. First the achievements of the session under review accompanied by statistics which show increases on the considerable achievements of the preceding session. Second a plea for greater sums of money to buy more books, to pay more staff to process and exploit them, and often to build new libraries or extensions to house growing collections and larger student numbers.


The investment in Katie Couric and senior reporters from The New York Times signals that Yahoo wants to move into Web TV and mobile video content in an effort to take on the the giants of American network and cable television, and perhaps even Netflix, which is rumoured to also be looking at an Australian launch next yea


This paper analyzes historical and biological factors which determined the success of the introduction and adaptation of European animals, particularly livestock, in both the Caribbean basin and the northern region of Venezuela environment during the Spanish conquest. They laid the foundations for the establishment of large livestock farms which were the main economic sustainability for the processes of colonization. The methodological principles of the synthesis history are followed in the research.


Starting with the traditional energy system, this thesis expounds the essentiality to acquire the large energy system outlook in the case of the sharper contradiction with resources environment and development. The authors point out that in the sustainable energy system, economic factor,ecological factor and so on are no longer external environment of energy system, but are the component parts of the system. Then the objective,the principle and the overall strategy of the sustainable energy development are discussed.


This research is to explore the recovery process of a female bulimia nervosa patient. The purpose of the study is achieved by examining the following three dimensions of the participant: 1. to realize the features of the participant's family background. 2. provided her family background, to realize the characteristic of her family functioning and the plight she encounters when developing herself. 3. to realize the change that the participant has experienced during her process of recovery. The data of the research come from the recorded text of the counseling process of a female bulimia nervosa patient, who has participated counseling for 59 times. The model applied is hermeneutics analysis from Denzin (1989/2000), with capturing, bracketing, constructing, and contextualizing as four steps. The result of the study are as follows: 1. The participant's family background, based on its time order, features four stages: First, her family members seldom dine together. Second, she tends to binge under academic pressure or after she breaks up with her boyfriend. Next, her overindulgence in eating, playing, and shopping leads to her constant conflicts with her parents. Last, she is kicked out of her family and eventually learns to overcome the frustration. 2. The characteristic of the participant's family functioning can be described as the following six: (1) The relationship among three generations is in a tangle. (2) Her parents have been aloof from each other, avoiding direct confrontation, and allying themselves with each other only when disciplining their kid. (3) There is no clear boundary between the participant and her parents' sub-system, leaving them aloof from each other yet still tangled up in their relationship. (4) Her mother-daughter subsystem is full of antagonism and conflicts. (5) She always plays the part of being a victim in her family. (6) The parental control in her family is indirect but harsh, laying too much emphasis on material reward. The plight of the participant lies in two: in the development of her personality and in the development of her self-identity. 3. The changes that the participant has experienced are: (1) from denial to facing the truth, (2) from reliance to self-management, (3) from being tangled up to differentiating herself from her family, and (4) from blaming her parents to taking the responsibility for herself. There are three stages in her changing process: (1) recognizing the influence her bulimia nervosa has on her and her reliance on her family, (2) getting rid of the tangle in her family and differentiating herself from her family, and (3) taking action responsibly. Based on research findings, some suggestions are proposed for the practical use of psychotherapists as well as for further researches.


We propose regular expression types as a foundation for XML processing languages. Regular expression types are a natural generalization of Document Type Definitions (DTDs), describing structures in XML documents using regular expression operators (i.e., *, ?, |, etc.) and supporting a simple but powerful notion of subtyping.The decision problem for the subtype relation is EXPTIME-hard, but it can be checked quite efficiently in many cases of practical interest. The subtyping algorithm developed here is a variant of Aiken and Murphy's set-inclusion constraint solver, to which are added several optimizations and two new properties: (1) our algorithm is provably complete, and (2) it allows a useful "subtagging" relation between nodes with different labels in XML trees.


Although health tourism has become a fashionable industry in contemporary society, consumers are no longer satisfied with simple rehabilitation and recuperation. Therefore, a new favorite tourism product that seeking medical treatment overseas has become popular. In this research, the authors analyzes the development status of medical hotel in China based on the literature review and field survey. Furthermore, based on the qualitative research, this study explains that medical hotel is an inevitable trend in the future due to its mixed functions that can help to break the existing reception short-board of medical tourism destinations. This research makes contributions to the theory of medical tourism and also the sustainable development of medical tourism industry.


In this paper, an algorithm is given for computing the weight distributions of all irreducible cyclic
codes of dimension $p^jd$ generated by $x^{p^j}-1$, where $p$ is an
odd prime, $j\geq 0 $ and $d > 1$. Then the weight distributions of
all irreducible cyclic codes of length $p^n$ and $ 2p^n $ over
$F_q$, where $n$ is a positive integer, $p$, $q$ are distinct odd
primes and $q$ is primitive root modulo $ p^n$, are obtained. The
weight distributions of all the irreducible cyclic codes of length
$3^{n+1}$ over $F_5$ are also determined explicitly.


Interactions between individuals can be nonlinear, due to the complexity of social systems. Typical nonlinear interactions include synergy and discounting, and both effects can coexist. Reputation is an important characteristic of individuals, and its impact on the evolution of cooperation when applied to such nonlinear interactions attracts our interest. Here we introduce reputation-based synergy and discounting mechanisms in the public goods game. The reputation type of a group dictates the form of its cumulative payoffs, with the nonlinear effects encapsulated by a unified reputation impact factor. The results indicate that compared to linear payoffs, the proposed mechanism promotes cooperation, which is more pronounced as the reputation impact factor increases. Amplification in the enhancement factor and reputation impact factor mitigates the influence of reputation threshold on cooperation, but results in a phase change from full cooperation to full defection. By comparing the average payoffs of cooperators and defectors, we observe that the presence of a few discounting groups increases the average payoffs of cooperators. Raising the reputation threshold reduces the overall payoff but widens the gap between the average payoffs of cooperators and defectors.


Formal Concept Analysis (FCA) and Rough Set Theory (RST) are two useful mathematical tools for extracting information, which have different philosophies. One important issue in data science is to obtain relationships among the main variables in the considered data set. Both theories, FCA and RST, independently study these relations by means of attribute implications in FCA and decision rules in RST. This paper introduces a preliminary comparison between these approaches, focused on the notions of valid attribute implication in FCA and true decision rule in RST.


To adopt finite meta method analyzes stress strain action of Al-plastic compound pipe under Analog load status and studies the influence of load capacity by variation of diameter of medium Al layer and change of joint part length lap joints.Given under inside and outside diameter is fixed,the increase of diameter of Al layer reduces the concentration of stress,however,the stress of inside and outside layer plastic will occur the opposite change;the increase of lap length of lap joints reduces the concentration degree of stress.


A plastidic ATP/ADP transporter (AATP) plays a crucial role in importing ATP from the cytosol into plastids, leading to the increase the ATP supply to facilitate anabolic synthesis in heterotrophic plastids of dicotyledonous plants. The regulatory role of the grapevine VvAATP gene in increasing starch accumulation has not been investigated. In this study, the VvAATP gene was successfully isolated from grapevine and transformed into Arabidopsis. Constitutive expression of VvAATP significantly increased starch accumulation in transgenic Arabidopsis plants. Real-time quantitative PCR analysis showed that constitutive expression of VvAATP up-regulated the expression of the genes related to starch biosynthesis pathway, including phosphoglucomutase, ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (AGPase), granule-bound starch synthase (GBSS), soluble starch synthase (SSS) and starch branching enzyme (SBE) genes, in transgenic Arabidopsis plants. Meanwhile, enzymatic analyses indicated that the major enzymes (AGPase, GBSS, SSS and SBE) involved in the starch biosynthesis exhibited higher activities in the transgenic plants compared to the wild-type (WT). These results indicate that VvAATP may improve starch content of Arabidopsis by up-regulating the expression of the related genes and increasing the activities of the major enzymes invovled in starch biosynthesis. All these findings suggest that the VvAATP gene may be applied for increasing starch accumulation of plants in the future.


The Late Oligocene–Pliocene Wichianburi Sub-basin, Phetchabun Rift, Thailand has undergone three phases of development: Late Oligocene–Early Miocene (c. 16 Ma) east–west extension on predominantly NNW–SSE- to north–south-striking faults; 16 Ma–c. 3 Ma NE extension on NNW–SSE-, north–south- and NE–SW-trending faults; and 3 Ma to Present post-rift subsidence. The basin was also affected by intrusive and extrusive igneous activity from 24 to 2 Ma. The relationships among the structure, rift basin stratigraphy and sheet intrusions are unusually well documented as a result of extensive hydrocarbon exploration drilling and 3D seismic data, together with the production of hydrocarbons from igneous sills. The oldest igneous activity (c. 24–13 Ma) lies SW of the Wichianburi Sub-basin, where extrusive rocks exposed at the surface have been dated by K–Ar and 40Ar/39Ar methods. The overall igneous activity youngs from the south of the basin to the north (11–9 Ma). Numerous domal folds occur across the basin; the sill and laccolith dimensions, the rate of fold development, the variable timing of fold formation and the fold geometry all indicate that the folds are related to magma emplacement, not tectonic inversion. Fold formation occurred at c. 16–15 and 12–11 Ma in single or multiple stages. The timing of folding, coupled with the radiometric dating of some sills (K–Ar, 39Ar/40Ar), indicates that the greatest amount of intrusive activity occurred between 16 and 11 Ma. The 16 Ma date coincides with the switch from east–west to NW–SE extension, which promoted dilatancy within the upper crust along a range of synrift fault orientations and some pre-rift trends. The burial history of the main depocentre shows that Miocene sill emplacement occurred at depths <1 km, but was still able to cause the local maturation of hydrocarbon source rocks. Sill emplacement affected the petroleum system by forming migration pathways, important reservoirs and also creating forced fold traps.


Travancore is one of the Princely state of India. It is came under the British Paramountcy since 1800. In 1800 Colonel Macaulay was appointed as the British Resident. By the treaty of 1805, the British Resident exercised considerable authority in the maintained of internal order in Travancore. For all importance decisions, the Rani or Raja, should get the permission of the British Resident. Thus Travancore came under the sway of the British government. In that time the traditional caste system was observed with all its rules and regulations like rigidity, rigour and social exclusiveness in Travancore. It was a caste rigid society. On the basis of caste, the society was divided in to the Savarnas(the high caste)(Brahmins, Nairs, Vellalas) and the Avarnas (the Low caste) (Nadars, Ezhavasetc).The Lowest section in the social hierarchy was the slave caste (Pulayas, Parayas). Untouchability was so much deep rooted that even the voice of the low caste was thought to pollute. In the traditional Travancore society women were oppressed in all possible means women were not only confined to the four walls of their homes, but also all the public places were denied to them.


In this paper investigate the effect of X-ray irradiated on p-n diode. The change of electrical characteristics of diode can confirm by junction depth. Energy of irradiated are various in the range 40-70 keV at time of exposure 205 second. After irradiated by X-ray the electrical were changed, leakage current were decreased. The change of leakage current can analysis by junction depth, junction depth can be calculated by capacitance-voltage (C-V) characteristics. In junction depth of diode after irradiated the carrier concentration were little change.


In this paper I will introduce a design of automatically test system for mobile telephone. I will review the development of test for mobile telephone, and then give a design of automatically test system for mobile telephone based on the requirement of mobile phone's development. Compared with other test for mobile phone, we will see the advantages and disadvantages this system has.


In article psychodynamic features of sportsmen as the success in sport has been analysed. 70 elite swimmers, sprinters and stayers, 17-20 years old were investigated with differentiation according performance level ("masters" national and international level; "non-masters" regional level) and sex (35 males, 35 females). Data obtained corroborate researchers' opinion that in sprint most successful athletes are extraverts with increased neurotism and anxiety, whereas on long distances most successful athletes are introverts, emotionally stable and less anxious. Sprinters needed in emotional drive before competition, long-distance athletes in contrast needed neural stability and determination to mobilize their possibilities and regulate activity. Extravert swimmers must train in groups of equally skilled athletes. They have most benefits from interval training because tends to prefer short distances. Introvert swimmers can train with athletes of different skill level, but training regimen must be strictly specified, including speed, distances and rest. They tends to prefer long distances, and concentrated training method for them is favorable.


This paper deals with the verification of a narrative discourse system. The system automatically produces a variety of discourse structures from an inputted story structure through an iterative mutual action between a narrator and narratee mechanisms. We analyze a series of generated discourse structures according to their structural feature values by focusing on the diachronic alternation of norms, the narratee's expectation in receiving discourses. Based on the results, we discuss achievement and issues to be addressed.


The long-run consumption risk (LRR) model is a convincing approach towards resolving prominent asset pricing puzzles. Whilst the simulated method of moments (SMM) provides a natural framework to estimate its deep parameters, caveats concern model solubility and weak identification. We propose a two-step estimation strategy that combines GMM and SMM, and for which we elicit informative moment matches from the LRR model structure. In particular, we exploit the persistent serial correlation of consumption and the equilibrium conditions for market return and risk-free rate, as well as the model-implied predictability of the risk-free rate. We match analytical moments when possible and simulated moments when necessary and determine the crucial factors that are required for identification and reasonable estimation precision. By means of a simulation study---the first in the context of long-run risk modeling---we delineate the pitfalls associated with SMM estimation of LRR models, and we present a blueprint for successful estimation.


Whereas pyrylium ions are well investigated isoelectronic 1,2-azapyrylium ions are a rather elusive species. This review describes methods for generation of 1,2-azapyrylium ions as well as some of the physical properties of these highly electrophilic species. Synthetic applications of 1,2-azapyrylium ions – generally prepared by ionization of 6-alkoxy-6H-1,2-oxazines – involve additions of various nucleophiles to C-6 giving new 6H-1,2-oxazines. Alcohols, electronrich (hetero) arenes, allyl silanes and silyl enol ethers are particularly suitable nucleophiles. Employing azidotrimethylsilane, cyanotrimethylsilane, trimethyl phosphite or propargyl trimethylsilane as nucleophilic components caused formation of rather surprising reaction products being the result of several mechanistically intriguing reaction cascades. This led to the discovery of a new pyridine synthesis using 1,2-azapyrylium ions as hetero diene components and alkynes as dienophiles in a Diels-Alder reaction with inverse electron demand as crucial step.


The title compound, [Pd2{P(C10H7)2(C10H6)}2Cl2]·2CH2Cl2, shows cyclometalation of one naphthalen-1-yl substituent of each of the phosphane ligands to the Pd dimer in a trans orientation; the complete dimer is generated by a centre of inversion. Two dichloromethane solvent molecules create C—H⋯Cl interactions with the metal complex, generating supermolecular layers in the ab plane. Additional C—H⋯π and π–π [centroid–centroid distances = 3.713 (3), 3.850 (4) and 3.926 (3) Å] interactions join these planes into a three-dimensional supermolecular network.


Universal Serial Bus(USB) is a simple standard of PC periphery interface.The strongpoint is plugand-play,facility-extending and so on.It is a sure interface of PC.This article introduced the way of USB and measure instrument interface,including the hardware design and the introduction of the program.


Education is basically an effort to improve one's self-quality. Education is not only obtained at school, but also in the family and community. Schools as a forum for education in Indonesia and as a formal institution in the world of education have an important role in the growth and development of a child.  For example, Special Schools which are part of formal education institutions have been provided by the government as a place to carry out education for special children. The goal is to give hope to them so that they no longer get discriminatory treatment from the surrounding environment. The type of data in this study is qualitative descriptive. In this study, researchers obtained data through several ways, including: from observation, documentation, and through interviews.  The results include: Religious moderation learning strategies for students with special needs are tailored to the level of needs of their students. Learning religious moderation can be done by lecture methods in the classroom and direct practice (learning outside the classroom).  The implications of religious moderation learning for students with special needs are reflected in students' daily activities, including habitually greeting every time they meet teachers and elders.  Obstacles or obstacles in implementing religious moderation learning for children with special can be sourced from internal students can also be from external such as students lack focus in learning in class, students' ability to write and read is still lacking and students still often play and chat with their friends.


This work compares different linear and nonlinear RF energy harvesting models, including limited or unlimited sensitivity, for simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT). The probability of successful SWIPT reception under a family of radio frequency (RF) harvesting models is rigorously quantified, using state-of-the-art rectifiers in the context of commercial RFIDs. A significant portion of SWIPT literature uses oversimplified models that do not account for limited sensitivity or nonlinearity of the underlying harvesting circuitry. This work demonstrates how close to a practical scenario is the performance offered by a number of recently proposed RF energy harvesting models and concludes that for practical SWIPT studies, the inherent non-ideal characteristics of the system should be carefully taken into account; specific modeling methodology is also proposed.


The author describes a collection development strategy for engineering electronic books (e-books). She analyzes each notification slip she receives electronically by concentrating on the publisher of each item. She recommends having a page for each discipline within the spreadsheet to organize items more efficiently.


Considering the real-time requirement of the real-time infrared image generation system,the aspects related to the real-time quality in the system are discussed such as the real-time generation of high frame frequency image,real-time transport of image data,real-time control.High real-time quality is realized by use of high performance graphics workstation, the design of high speed real-time communication reflective memory network,the real-time design of the real-time image generation software,and the seamless connection of real-time operating system VxWorks and hardware.The results indicate that 128×128 pixels,more than 200Hz frame frequency vivid infrared image can be generated when these methods are adopted.


Interest in the clinical significance of plasma levels of tricyclic antidepressants (TAD) arose in the late 1960's when studies of the kinetics of desmethylimipramine (DMI) and nortriptyline (NT) revealed that persons treated with identical doses of the respective compound developed markedly different steadystate levels (SSL) in the plasma. Subsequent investigations established that the interindividual variability in SSL is determined by the additive influence of genetic and environmental factors, with drug interactions prominent among the latter.2 These studies led to the notion that the blood concentration is more closely related to the biological action of the TAD than is dose;3 consequently, it appeared promising to attempt to define therapeutic ranges of blood concentrations so that plasma level data might be used to optimize the treatment of depressed patients. Improvements in the pharmacotherapy of depression are highly desirable because a failure rate of 35 per cent is consistently r e p ~ r t e d , ~ in many cases primarily due to suboptimal or excessive blood concentrations of TAD. The scope of this article will be to review the clinically relevant aspects of TAD plasma levels including pharmacokinetic factors, clinical correlation and toxicology. Several reviews of studies concerning the relationship of TAD plasma levels and clinical efficacy have been published previou~ly.~ '


The adsorption and direct calorimetric studies of the binary exchange of Ca2+ and Sr2+ cations on the Na-form of low-silica type natural clinoptilolite (Sokyrnytsya, Ukraine) were performed. The ion exchange of Ca2+ and Sr2+ cations on the Na-form of natural clinoptilolite was studied under static conditions at a solid to liquid phase ratio of 1 : 100 and a constant ionic strength of the solution of 0.1. The integral heats of ion exchange for these systems were measured using a highly sensitive Tian-Calve microcalorimeter in a special lab-made cell. Also, the ion exchange isotherms and Kielland curves were plotted, and the corrected selectivity coefficients and ion exchange constants were calculated. Changes in the integrated Gibbs free energies, enthalpies, and entropies of the ion exchange of Ca2+ and Sr2+ cations on the Na-form of clinoptilolite were calculated in entire range of the substitutions of the exchange complex. The thermodynamic parameters of incomplete ion exchange were analyzed in terms of the crystal structure of the zeolite. In addition, the state of exchangeable cations in the channels of clinoptilolite was described in detail. It is shown that structural heterogeneities of cation-substituted forms of clinoptilolite are clearly reflected in the dependence of thermodynamic functions on the degree of exchange, and significant differences are observed between the exchange of Ca2+ and Sr2+ cations that could not be described by standard thermodynamic values. Although the isotherms of ion exchange have a convex shape, the Na-form of clinoptilolite does not show any thermodynamic affinity to Ca2+ cations. This ion exchange reaction is accompanied by positive enthalpy changes in all range of substitutions of the exchange complex. At the same time, thermodynamic selectivity toward Sr2+ cations was observed for 40 % of the zeolite exchange centers, and the exchange is accompanied by minor exothermic effects in the range of small substitutions, and the ion exchange isotherm has σ-like form. In general, the thermodynamic affinity of the Na-form of clinoptilolite to the studied metal ions under conditions of incomplete exchange is ordered as following hydration energy trends in the case of the lyotropic properties among alkaline earth metals. Thus, the experimental thermodynamic characteristics of ion exchange equilibria could be a reliable support for the practical using of natural clinoptilolite.


Introduction: Kala-azar (KA) remains one of the most dangerous neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in India, despite several efforts for eliminating it by 2010. Objectives: To assess progress towards elimination of visceral leishmaniasis from India and to identify major challenges in the path of its elimination and to suggest remedial measures to be undertaken to achieve the goal in future. Methods: Various print and electronic databases were searched for finding studies on KA. Findings: It was found that passive surveillance leads to many missed out cases. Improper training of private practitioners adds further to the burden of disease. Inadequate and irregular insecticidal spray in the endemic areas increases the number of cases. Asymptomatic and PKDL cases are not taken seriously. Conclusion: Kala-azar is very difficult to be eradicated till strategic modifications are not made. Indoor residual spray should be supervised strictly. There is a need for drug compliance and omitting irregular and incomplete treatment. Asymptomatic (population at-risk) should be screened by rK39 test by mass screening and treated with approved drugs. Under-reporting of the KA cases should be seriously tackled. More emphasis should be given on active surveillance of KA cases. Reporting system should be strengthened.Candidate vaccines should be evaluated by clinical trials which, if found effective and safe, can eradicate KA since there are no animal reservoirs of leishmaniasis in India. Information, education and communication (IEC) material should be widely disseminated in general public regarding its transmission, symptoms and preventive measures.


Despite their unique adaptations to thrive in canopy environments without access to soil resources, epiphytes are underrepresented in studies of functional traits and of functional composition of tropical plant communities. We investigated functional traits of spermatophytic (seed‐bearing) C3 and CAM epiphyte communities in flooded and non‐flooded gallery forests in Central Brazil. The two forest types differ in floristic, structure, microclimate, and edaphic conditions. We studied plant size, leaf thickness, leaf dry matter content (LDMC), leaf water content, leaf area (LA), specific leaf area (SLA), leaf C, N, P, K, Mg, and Ca, and stable isotope ratios (δ13C and δ15N). Because photosynthetic pathway (C3 or CAM) is an important aspect of ecological differentiation for spermatophytic epiphytes, we expected that functional trait syndromes in a multivariate space would be more associated with photosynthetic pathway than forest type, and changes in abundance of C3 and CAM epiphytes would drive functional trait composition at the community level. C3 and CAM epiphytes segregated in the multivariate trait space; however, more complex functional typologies were also evident. Despite lower light levels, CAM epiphytes were more abundant in the flooded gallery forest. There, they accounted for 80% of all individuals, whereas C3 epiphytes dominated in the non‐flooded forest. These large differences in the proportion of CAM and C3 epiphytes strongly affected functional trait values at the community level, despite very little intraspecific variation in trait values between forest types for species that occurred in both forests.


Fungal infections, including those caused by Candida spp., are recognized in immunocompromised individuals for their high rates of morbidity and mortality. Microorganism resistance to conventional drugs compromises treatment effectiveness and yet also reveals the need to develop new drugs. In many compounds, nitro groups contribute to antimicrobial activity; thus, the inhibitory activity of a collection of twenty esters and amides (derived from 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid) against Candida spp. was elucidated using microdilution methods to determine the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) and Minimum Fungicide Concentration (MFC), as well as probable mechanisms of action. The structures of the synthesized compounds were characterized by FTIR spectroscopy, 1H-NMR, 13C NMR, and HRMS. Of the tested derivatives, ten presented fungicidal activity against at least one of the tested strains. Ethyl 3,5-dinitrobenzoate (2) exhibited the most potent antifungal activity against Candida albicans (MIC = 125 µg/mL; 0.52 mM), Candida krusei (MIC = 100 µg/mL; 4.16 mM), and Candida tropicalis (MIC = 500 µg/ml; 2.08 mM). The structure of the second most potent derivative (propyl 3,5-dinitrobenzoate (3) reveals that esters with short alkyl side chains exhibit better biological activity profiles. Compounds 2 and 3 presented a mechanism of action involving the fungal cell membrane. Though compound 2 modeling against C. albicans revealed a multitarget antifungal mechanism of action, involving various cellular processes, interference in the synthesis of ergosterol was observed. Our results demonstrate that certain ester derivatives containing aromatic ring nitro groups may be useful in the search for new antifungal drugs.


BACKGROUND
Hemangioma of the cervix and focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver are both thought to be congenital vascular anomalies that could be associated with exogenous hormone use.

CASE
A 34-year-old woman taking oral contraceptives developed hemangioma of the cervix and focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver.

CONCLUSION
Cervical hemangioma can occur with focal nodular hyperplasia, and both could be related to oral contraceptives.


The basis of the structural design of an advanced PWR reactor and the factors considered during the design process are summarized. These factors include the functional and design requirements for the reactor components, the design improvements of the materials and structure reflecting experience gained from existing PWR operations. With the advanced PWR reactor structure, the demand for a larger core and higher fuel burnup has resulted in a larger sized core support structure and larger diameter of the reactor vessel. We adopted a neutron reflector for higher economical efficiency and improved the reliability of the reactor by simplifying its structure and reducing the neutron irradiation. This paper describes the design objectives, features and design validation of an advanced PWR reactor structure, as well as transitions in the design of existing PWR reactor internals.


African American children and youth are disproportionately represented in special education, school suspensions, expulsion, and the school-to-prison pipeline. Research indicates that increasing the engagement of African American parents in their child's education is an indicator of academic success for African American students. This article discusses ways that schools and educators can engage African American parents with children with disabilities in school through a parent aspirational meeting that builds on the aspirations African American parents have for their children while in school and beyond the boundaries of school.


The topics dicussed in this paper take their origin inthe estimation of the Gram matrix of a random vector from a sample made of n independent copies. They comprise the estimation of the covariance matrix and the study of least squares regression with a random design. We propose four types of results, based on non-asymptotic PAC-Bayesian generalization bounds: a new robust estimator of the Gram matrix and of the covariance matrix, new results on the empirical Gram matrix, new robust least squares estimators and new results on the ordinary least squares estimator, including its exact rate of convergence under polynomial moment assumptions.


Pressure drop and forced convection heat transfer were studied in the boiling nitrogen flow in a horizontal square pipe with a side of 12 mm at inlet pressure between 0.1 and0.15 MPa with a mass flux between 70 and 2000 kg/m-s and with a heat flux of 5, 10 and 20 kW/m. Accordingly, the flow and heat transfer mechanisms specific to square pipe were elucidated, and the applicability to cryogenic fluids of pressure drop and heat transfer models originally proposed for room temperature fluids was clarified. © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Peer-review under responsibility of the organizing committee of ICEC 25-ICMC 2014.


Background: We conducted a donor survey to assess the occurrence of facial flushing and other symptoms during automated 2‐U red cell collections (2RBC) and plateletpheresis (PLT) procedures and evaluated the possible association of the reactions with angiotensin‐converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or with the collection technology. Methods: An online survey was developed using Zoomerang to capture details of the donors' experience and medication use after 2RBC or PLT donations in regional blood centers of the American Red Cross. Results: Between 12/16/09 and 4/19/10, 1,299 donors in five American Red Cross blood center regions completed an online survey (739 2RBC, 4.2% total registrations; 560 PLT, 2.3% total registrations). Facial flushing was reported by 29 donors, and was more likely associated with 2RBC than PLT procedures (3.0% vs. 1.3%, P = 0.03). Facial flushing with 2RBC donation was reported by eight of 72 (11%) donors on ACE inhibitors; and 14 of 667 (2%) donors who were not taking ACE inhibitors (P = 0.001). The incidence of facial flushing reactions with PLT donation was less than 2% whether donors reported ACEI inhibitor use or not. More than 95% of the donors reported their intent to donate again, regardless of symptoms. Conclusion: Facial flushing was more often reported by 2RBC donors taking ACE inhibitors than other donors [11% vs. 2%; P = 0.001]; and was uncommon among PLT donors, irrespective of ACE inhibitor use (<2%). All blood donors should be informed of the potential for common, minor side effects of the collection procedure and the possible but rare occurrence of more medically serious complications. J. Clin. Apheresis, 2011. © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


The problem of recognition of a cylindrical perfectly conducting object buried in a soil is solving by artificial neural network that takes data from subsurface radar with the use of impulse electromagnetic wave. The air-ground interface is irradiated by the butterfly antenna excited with ultrawideband short impulse current. Electromagnetic problem is solved by FDTD simulation. The results of the calculation in form of time dependences of differently polarized electrical components of received fields in four points are used for artificial neural network training for determination of the cylinder placement. The recognition abilities of the network are verified by noisy input data with different levels of additive Gaussian noise and received for shifted positions of receiver.


Educational gaming is an emerging field with significant application and social values. This paper reviews the status of educational gaming research in China. The paper analyzes and reflects on the theories and practices of educational gaming in recent years,attempts to identify the key issues surrounding educational gaming. It ends by making some recommendations for future research related to educational gaming.


Using Connolly's Elastic Impedance equation for inversion,only P-wave velocity,S-wave velocity and Density information can be obtained directly,then other parameters data such as P-Impedance and S-Impedance can be calculated indirectly, so this conventional inversion method increases one step error which reduces accuracy of the data.We propose a new elastic impedance equation based on the Fatti Zoeppritz approximation to address the conventional inversion method's deficiencies,using this new equation can obtain more accurate reflectivity than Fatti approximation.This equation has been normalized to unify the elastic impedance dimensions at different angles and used for inversion.P-and S-Impedance can be extracted directly from the elastic impedance data of different angles obtained from inversion using the linear relation between P-and S-Impedance and elastic impedance.The application example shows that the P-and S-Impedance extracted using this new method are more stable and correct and can recover the reservoir information very well.The new method is an improvement on the conventional method based on Connolly's equation.


When they wrested party leadership positions from men in what is widely described as leadership "coups," the leadership challenges initiated by Helen Clark and Jenny Shipley in New Zealand and Julia Gillard in Australia were prime-time media spectacles featuring live television broadcasts and sensationalized opinion and analysis. This paper analyzes television reportage of these three leadership challenges and argues that while the news coverage was shaped by contextual factors, it also evidenced gendered mediation—news frames and evaluations that reflect gender-based assumptions about the performance of power. Television news scripted these events as prime-time melodramas, employing violent coup discourses and sensationalized plot lines to tell the stories. As a result, media coverage highlighted the threat of the feminine, reinforced the public man/private woman binary, and re-inscribed patriarchal norms of political leadership.


Objective:To explore the preparation of etoposide-phospholipid complex and analyze its physicochemical properties.Methods:The preparation conditions for etoposide-phospholipid complex were optimized by single factor exploration.The physicochemical properties of new complex were analyzed by ultraviolet spectrum,infrared spectrum and differential scanning calorimetry.The changes of solubility and oil/water apparent partition coefficient of new complex in some solvents were performed.Results:The optimized preparation conditions for etoposide-phospholipid complex were obtained as follows:solvent was tetrahydrofuran,the ratio of etoposide to phospholipids was 1 to 1.2(m/m),reactants were stirred for 0.5 h at 25 ℃.Spectral analysis of new complex was different from reactant monomer and physical mixture of VP-16 and Soy Phospholipids.The solubility and oil/water apparent partition coefficient of etoposide were enhanced respectively in three media with different pH.Conclusion:Etoposide-phospholipid complex can effectively enhance the solubility and oil/water apparent partition coefficient of etoposide.


The objectives of this study were to isolate and identify Staphylococcus aureus from clinical specimen of hospitalized patients in several hospital in Surabaya, Indonesia, and to analyze the antibiotic sensitivity of the isolate. A total of 28 Staphylococcus aureus isolates were collected from clinical specimens of hospitalized patients in 4 hospital in Surabaya, Indonesia within 1 month. The isolated bacteria were identified in laboratory by staining and biochemical characterization. Antibiotic sensitivity were determined for tetracycline, penicillin, cotrimoxazole, levofloxacin, and chloramphenicol using the disc diffusion method according to Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines. The antibiotic sensitivity test showed that the most of isolates were sensitive to cotrimoxazole (n=22;79%), chloramphenicol (n=21; 75%), and levofloxacin (n=20; 72%), meanwhile there's only 57% (n=16) of isolates were sensitive to tetracycline and penicillin. Based on this study, it can be concluded that the isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from several hospitalized patients in Surabaya, Indonesia were resistant to tetracycline and penicillin. However, there is still a need to conduct a long term research study in order to analyze the antibiotic sensitivity pattern.


This paper reports the characteristic of flashover voltage and its relation to the electric field strength on a cathode. The test gap consisted of parallel disc electrodes bridged by an insulating solid cylinder made of Al2O3. The electric field just before the flashover, which included an applied geometrical field component Eg and a surface charge component Es, was measured by using a ring type electrostatic probe embedded in the cathode made of aluminum. As a result, we have found, although the rate of each field component varies, that the total electric field strength (Eg +Es) is in the rage between 5.4 to 7.5 kVmm-1 and is almost constant irrespective of neither the insulator length nor its surface roughness, which ranges from 5 to 50 mm and 0.2 to 6 μm, respectively.


During last decades, singular value decomposition has been widely used in different fields of engineering and science. This makes SVD calculation algorithms and its feasible implementations, an attractive area of research. FPGA implementation of SVD is addressed in some past publications, however, appearance of new primary elements such as dedicated hardware multipliers, block memories and CPU cores inside new FPGA products, such as Xilinx Virtex-4, made it possible to use them in more complicated computation tasks.


Organizations in the agri-business sector suffered severely from the global crisis in late 2008. Their way of management characterized by outdated information systems has been questioned and discussed. The expansion of data and information available as well as the possibilities of trade supported by electronic technology increases the complexity of some processes, such as the process of purchasing raw materials. The main objective of this work is to propose and to analyze the use of software technology to support the purchasing process in a trading company of soybeans, and assess the impact of transformation processes in these procedures worked out. To model the system, was first analyzed the internal environment of the current purchasing process, then used an entity-relationship model between objects and its diagram to design the proposed information system. Finally, it ends stimulating further discussion on the development of information systems in this market segment.


We present Hubble Space Telescope (HST) near-infrared photometry of the coldest known brown dwarf, WISE J085510.83−071442.5 (WISE 0855−0714). WISE 0855−0714 was observed with the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) on board HST using the F105W, F125W, and F160W filters, which approximate the Y, J, and H near-infrared bands. WISE 0855−0714 is undetected at F105W with a corresponding 2σ magnitude limit of ∼26.9. We marginally detect WISE 0855−0714 in the F125W images (S/N ∼ 4), with a measured magnitude of 26.41 ± 0.27, more than a magnitude fainter than the J-band magnitude reported by Faherty et al. WISE J0855−0714 is clearly detected in the F160W band, with a magnitude of 23.86 ± 0.03, the first secure detection of WISE 0855−0714 in the near-infrared. Based on these data, we find that WISE 0855−0714 has extremely red F 105 W − F 125 W and F 125 W − F 160 W colors relative to other known Y dwarfs. We find that when compared to the models of Saumon et al. and Morley et al., the F 105 W − F 125 W and F 125 W − F 160 W colors of WISE 0855−0714 cannot be accounted for simultaneously. These colors likely indicate that we are seeing the collapse of flux on the Wien tail for this extremely cold object.


Missile equipment includes some complex digital combinations.There are some disadvantages in the old automatic test system(ATS),such as low automatization,slow speed of diagnosis and less accuracy of diagnosis.So,a new ATS based on PXI bus is designed.In this ATS,some technologies are used,such as modular instruments,standard interfaces,and fault diagnosis.Test results show that test time can be shorted;the fault diagnostic ability and accuracy can be improved greatly.


We propose a new cryptographic primitive called verifiably encrypted threshold key derivation (vetKD) that extends identity-based encryption with a decentralized way of deriving decryption keys. We show how vetKD can be leveraged on modern blockchains to build scalable decentralized applications (or dapps) for a variety of purposes, including preventing front-running attacks on decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, end-to-end encryption for decentralized messaging and social networks (SocialFi), cross-chain bridges, as well as advanced cryptographic primitives such as witness encryption and one-time programs that previously could only be built from secure hardware or using a trusted third party. And all of that by secret-sharing just a single


Acknowledgements Abbreviations Preface 1. Humanism and scholasticism in late fifteenth-century Cambridge 2. Fisher and the Christian humanists 3. Fisher and the Catholic campaign against Luther 4. Authority 5. Faith, grace and justification 6. The inspiration and translation of scripture 7. The controversy over Henry VIII's first marriage 8. Conclusion Appendix - John Fisher's library Bibliography Index.


In rabbits, after long-bone growth is complete and the cambium layer regresses, mesenchymal-type cells with embryonic potential (competence) for bone development persist in the adventitial layer of periosteum. These cells are not determined osteoprogenitor cells (stem cells) because bone tissue differentiation does not occur when adult periosteum is transplanted into a heterotopic site. In this respect, adventitial cells differ from bone marrow stroma cells. In a parosteal orthotopic site in the space between the adult periosteum and diaphysis, implants of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) and associated noncollagenous proteins (BMP/NCP) induce adventitia and adjacent muscle connective-tissue-derived cells to switch from a fibrogenetic to a chondroosteoprogenetic pattern of bone development. The quantity of induced bone is proportional to the dose of BMP/NCP in the range from 10 to 50 mg; immature rabbits produced larger deposits than mature rabbits in response to BMP/NCP. Preoperative local intramus-


The City Library has a problem getting children interested in reading. Futhermore, there are no clear signs to aid children to navigate themselves to books targeted to their age group. To solve thi ...


In this paper, we give a necessary and sufficient condition under which a variational inequality defined on unbounded sets in a Banach space has a solution. Furthermore, we establish a necessary and sufficient condition under which the minimax equality on unbounded sets is true.


In order to investigate the effects of various factors on the pectin extraction from citrus suavissina hort.et tanaka peel,single factor experiment and orthogonal experiment were applied to investigate the influence of factors with acidic solution and to precipitate with alcohol and the product yield and browning index as indictor.The result showed that the affecting order of factors was as follows:pH first on yield and browning index,and then temperature,and lastly solid-liquid ratio.The optimum condition of extraction pectin were pH=1,solid-liquid ratio 1∶16,temperature 80 ℃,time 90 min.At this condition,the product yield is 18.3%,browning index is 0.535.


Estimates of the rate of heat removal from the containment atmosphere following a loss of colant accident (LOCA) are important to the prediction of containment peak pressure and temperature which are essential parameters in designing the containment building. An overall survey and discussion of mechanisms, experimental results, empirical correlations and analytical models that are relevant to the heat transfer inside the containment have been made. As a result of this review, the current state of the knowledge about tile containment heat transfer can be understood and it is known that more investigations are needed to avoid the misuse of various correlations.


An efficient algorithm to compute the H∞-norm of a real rational transfer matrix is presented. The new algorithm is then compared with the existing method using an example and the number of floating point operations necessary for the new method turns out to be drastically lower.


It has been assumed by some writers that Wittgenstein's talk of primitive reactions amounts to a theory of concept formation out of instinctive behaviour. Others have argued that Wittgenstein is thinking of reactions within language-games, which therefore belong to its structure not its origins. The author concurs, but argues that Wittgenstein also has in mind that it belongs to the grammars of certain concepts that the language-games in which they lie are themselves supplementary to natural behavioural forms. This provides a context in which the notion of pre-linguistic behaviour may be employed legitimately in philosophy whilst avoiding unjustified theorising.


The challenges and pitfalls of advancement can often hamper information professionals from making a career move. In looking back since a previous article explored the potential demise of the corporate information unit, this article focuses on the changes in economic models, service management and how professionals should approach making a move. In interviews with four senior information professionals based in the UK and informal discussions with several senior professionals in New York, common themes were found. Making a move for the sake of it may not necessarily advance your career. But how can you be successful in taking that next step?


Metal foam has large specific surface area and good capacity of thermal conductivity. This paper aims to explore and examine the heat‐transfer characteristics of copper foam heat sinks with different porosity and pore density. Some important factors on pressure drop and heat transfer characteristics, such as pore porosity, pore density and flow velocity, are investigated in detail. These results means that the flow resistance about samples depends on both factors: porosity and PPI. Unexpectedly, the pore density of porous‐copper sample is of great significance on flow resistance. For the same pore density and flow rate, the more porosity, the more pressure drop. Compared with empty channel, the metal foam could enhance the heat transfer dramatically but pay the price for pumping consumption. Generally, the metal foam samples with 45 PPI had slightly lower thermal resistances at the same flow rates but less pressure drops than those with 90 PPI. It means that the samples with 45 PPI could possess better overall performance between pressure drop and heat transfer characteristics. With lowest thermal resistance but highest flow resistance, the case with the porosity 0.7 and 90PPI also shows relatively good overall performances. The maximum Nusselt number for the copper foam was almost thirteen times larger than that of empty channel, which is consistence with previous conclusion in reference.


At its annual meeting in Washington, DC, the Geriatric Otolaryngology Committee of the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery presented a review of nasal disorders in the elderly patient. Donald Leopold, MD, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md, cited the work of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study on Aging (authored by Ship and Wieffenbach). In this study, it was found that a decline in olfactory ability occurred at an average age of 70 years. The decline was more marked in men than in women. Management, for the most part, consists only of reassurance. However, safety concerns should also be addressed. Smoke detectors are especially recommended for the homes of the elderly. Older patients may need the help of a "confidant" in dealing with problems of spoiled food, body odor, and the overuse of perfume or other fragrances. Mark Loury, MD, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,


Aims:  Anemia in pregnancy has been almost synonymous with iron‐deficiency anemia but there appears to be a changing trend with emerging evidence of macrocytic anemia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical profile of patients having severe anemia in pregnancy.


The effectiveness of a specific oxytocin dosage regimen and a specific computer-defined initial goal of a contractile activity is compared to groups of similar nulliparous women managed by the same physicians who used their own choices of oxytocin therapy and electronic monitoring of the intrauterine pressure. The patients managed by a specific regimen and a computer-defined therapeutic goal had oxytocin stopped or the dosage reduced because of concerns with fetal distress or, less frequently, hypercontractility, had shorter intervals from the initiation of oxytocin to full dilation, required smaller doses to accomplish cervical change, and received smaller maximum doses of oxytocin. The most significant factor determining these results was the rate of incrementation of the oxytocin dose.


A condenser microphone design that can be fabricated using the sacrificial layer technique is proposed and tested. The microphone backplate is a 1- mu m plasma-enhanced chemical-vapor-deposited (PECVD) silicon nitride film with a high density of acoustic holes (120-525 holes/mm/sup 2/), covered with a thin Ti/Au electrode. Microphones with a flat frequency response between 100 Hz and 14 kHz and a sensitivity of typically 1-2 mV/Pa have been fabricated in a reproducible way. These sensitivities can be achieved using a relatively low bias voltage of 6-16 V. The measured sensitivities and bandwidths are comparable to those of other silicon microphones with highly perforated backplates. The major advantage of the new microphone design is that it can be fabricated on a single wafer so that no bonding techniques are required. >


Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) represent multipotent stem cells that are capable of self-renewal while maintaining their multipotence and can differentiate into a variety of cell types, including osteoblasts, chondrocytes, myocytes, adipocytes, and beta-pancreatic islets cells. However, the origin and properties of human MSCs remain to be elucidated. Aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) is known to be useful for isolation of hematopoietic stem cells as well as neural stem cells and endothelial progenitors. In this study, we attempted to isolate MSCs from human bone marrow (BM) using ALDH as a marker for MSCs. Mononuclear cells (MNCs) in BM were first sorted to ALDHnegative, ALDHlow, and ALDHhigh cell fractions. ALDHnegative and ALDHlow cells had no colony forming units-fibroblast (CFU-F). ALDHhigh cells represented 1.8±0.8% of MNCs in human BM (n=4) and contained CD45 negative cells (9.9±5.3%). When ALDHhigh CD45+ cells and ALDHhighCD45− cells were cultured with MF start® (TOYOBO, Osaka, Japan), CFU-F was found in the latter cells but not in the former cells. The frequency of CFU-F in ALDHhighCD45− cells and MNCs in BM was 1 in 330 and 13,600, respectively. We found that CFU-F differentiated to adipocytes and osteocytes as examined using the human mesenchymal stem cell functional kit (R&D, Minneapolis) and immunological staining with FABP-4- and osteocalsin-specific antibodies. We also tried to isolate MSCs in human cord blood (CB) and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF)-mobilized peripheral blood (PB). Proportion of ALDHhigh cells was 2.1±0.8% in CB (n=3) and 0.6±0.2% in G-CSF-mobilized PB (n=4). CB ALDHhigh cells contained CD45− cells (14.9±2.8%), but G-CSF-mobilized PB ALDHhigh cells contained only few CD45− cells (1.3±0.8%). CFU-F was seen in CB, while no CFU-F was identified in G-CSF-mobilized PB. The current data demonstrate that ALDHhighCD45− cells can differentiate into adipocytes and osteocytes and that ALDH is a useful marker for isolation of human MSCs.


In order to understand the situation of residential energy consumption generally,a survey on the condition of energy consumption was made in seven cities from January to December,2006.Besides,questionnaires on the use of heating and cooling equipments were also made separately in March and September.A detailed measurement on indoor and outdoor thermal environment and characteristics of energy consumption of six residential buildings in three cities was carried out in December,2006,which will last for one year.The base data we've gained can provide reference for related authorities to layout and adjust energy policies.


A binder for capacitive deionization electrode is provided, which is formed by reacting a polyether polyol, a diisocyanate, and a diol having a hydrophobic side chain. The binder may bind an electrode material and to form a capacitive deionization electrode. The electrode material and the binder may have a weight ratio of 90:5 to 90:25.


A new finite element model updating method was presented using modal frequency and effective modal mass as residues of objective values.The effective modal mass could not only provide a method for judging the level of significance of a vibration mode in a structural dynamic analysis,but also provide more useful information for model updating.The process of model updating based on sensitivity analysis and the concept of effective modal mass was introduced,mean while the sensitivities of effective modal mass with respect to physical parameters were derived.The simulation results showed that all updated parameters return to the given objective values and the root mean square(RMS) errors for both the modal frequency and the effective modal mass are less than 0.4% even taking 5% Gaussian white noise into account for the estimated modal parameters.The study demonstrated that the finite element modal updating method based on modal frequency and effective modal mass is feasible and effective.


The 1884 book Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions,1 written by Edwin Abbott, has captured the interest of numerous generations, and has also been used in schools to help students learn and think about the concept of dimension in a creative, fun way. In 2007, a film was released called "Flatland: The Movie,"2 and over one million students have watched it worldwide, primarily in mathematics classes. Since then, a sequel to the "Flatland" movie was released in 2012, entitled "Flatland 2: Sphereland."3 A primary goal of this sequel is to expand the use of the movie beyond mathematics classes and into physics classes because a central premise to "Sphereland" is the notion of warped space. This latest movie provides an engaging and interesting visual way for students to think about both dimension and motion through warped space. In addition, basic motion concepts such as speed and acceleration can be studied by students in introductory physics classes, for instance, by using frame-by-frame analysis of variou...


Flexible job-shop scheduling problem (FJSP) is very important in both fields of production management and combinatorial optimization. This paper focuses on the multiobjective flexible job shop scheduling problem (MO-FJSP) with three objectives which minimizing make span, total workload and maximal workload, respectively, with Pareto manner. In addition, Monte-Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) is successful in computer Go and many other games. Hence, solving FJSP by MCTS is a new attempt. In this paper, we propose an MCTS algorithm for FJSP, by incorporating Variable Neighborhood Descent Algorithm and other techniques like Rapid Action Value Estimates Heuristic and Transposition Table. Our algorithm finds Pareto solutions of the benchmark problems proposed by Kacem et al. within 116 seconds: 4 solutions in 4×5, 3 in 10×7, 4 in 8×8, 4 in 10×10 and 2 in 15×10. These solutions are the same as the best found to date. Although one article claimed to have an extra 8×8 solution, that article did not find some of the above solutions.


This report provides background information regarding oil spills in U.S. coastal waters and identifies the legal authorities governing oil spill prevention, response, and cleanup. Based on data between 1973 and 2009, the annual number and volume of oil spills have shown declines- in some cases, dramatic declines.