Two groups of two dimensional model with topography are designed,and in respects such as polarization mode,measuring point topographic height,width of hill top and topographic slope, the effects of topography on the apparent resistivity curve of MT are studied The effects are that the apparent resistivity of H polarization is affected by terrain more easily than that of E polarization and is distorted on the top more easily than on the bottom of hill.Meanwhile, the higher the topographic height and the narrower the mountainou width, the more serious the effect Moreover,a new method of terrain correction in MT,i e two dimensional inversion with terrain is put forward By means of the method the influence of topography is indirectly removed by forwarding and inversing models with terrain Theoretical model and real data processing results indicate that the method is very effective and suitable to eliminate the effects on the MT responses of topography


Since the inception of photographic print processes in
the eighteenth century, our relationship with
photography has been largely through the photographic
print. However the photographic print contains none of
the essence present at the moment of the image's
exposure. This is contained within the exposed light sensitive
negative film that produces the print. The film
is a physical record of the light that was present at the
time of the image's exposure. While it verifies the light
that once existed, it does not and cannot possess the
qualities of the image viewed through the viewfinder of
the camera.
This research project investigates the different means
and methods of producing minimal imagery that
possess the qualities of the image viewed through the
viewfinder of a camera. These are: the subject of the
image (the representation) that is created by the
subject itself (reality); the reliance upon the passage of
light to produce the image; and the transformation of
reality into an image. Due to their realization these
images are continually forming, so emphasis has been
placed on subject matter that facilitates extended
viewing periods. This investigation has resulted in an
exhibition of artworks, which produce such imagery
through a three-dimensional apparatus. I have termed
these artworks 'photographic-like' imagery as the
imagery is constructed to appear photographic and
references the photographic print, but is never derived
from photographic negative film. In effect the role of the
negative film is usurped by the three-dimensional
apparatus.
Throughout the research project certain artists have
been influential in the development of the topic.
Contemporary photographers Merry Alpern and Sophie
Calle view reality through the camera lens and document their voyeuristic obsessions; in their work I
see a desire to view reality through the viewfinder of a
camera. Light is the basis of many photographic
processes and is central to my work. I consider James
Turrell and Robert Irwin, who manipulate light, to be
photographic artists. As in their case, my artworks, rely
upon a three-dimensional apparatus. The work of Anish
Kapoor and Donald Judd also influenced my decisions.
The aim of this research project has been to produce
photographic-like imagery through a three-dimensional
apparatus: this imagery is a re-presentation of reality,
not a representation of reality. The significance of my
project is the three-dimensional manner in which the
research was undertaken, and the results,
photographic-like imagery. In conclusion, the impetus
for this project was the image forming within the
viewfinder.


A slide rail structure of a vehicle for sliding a seat relative to a vehicle floor can include a rail member having an upper opening portion, a slide member, and cover members disposed on the rail member. The rail member can also include lateral portions, upper portions and downward extending portions. Each of the cover members can include a fixed portion and a cover portion. The fixed portion further can include an attaching portion attached to the rail member, and a protruding portion that protrudes into the upper opening portion. The cover portion can be positioned upward of and spaced apart from the protruding portion, so as to normally cover the upper opening portion of the rail member without contacting the protruding portion. The cover portion can also contact the protruding portion so as to be restricted from being deformed downward when the cover portion is moved downward.


The reason this is remarkable is that almost every Brownian sample path (Bt (ω) : t ∈ [0, T ]) has infinite variation and there is no help from the classical Stieltjes integration theory. Instead, Itô's theory of stochastic integration relies crucially on the fact that B is a martingale and stochastic integrals themselves are constructed as martingales. If one recalls the elementary interpretation of martingales as fair games one sees that Itô integration is some sort of martingale transform in which the integrand has the meaning of a gambling strategy. Clearly then, the integrand must not anticipate the random movements of the driving Brownian motion and one is led to the class of so-called previsible processes which can be integrated against Brownian motion. When such integration is possible, it allows for a theory of stochastic differential equations (SDEs) of the form1


A finite element model of the high-speed aerocraft infrared optical dome in the aerodynamic heating environment was established to analyze the dome's physical and optical properties.The temperature filed,stress field,strain field and displacement field of the dome in the aerodynamic heating environment were computed numerically.The calculated results show that the temperature distribution of the dome in aerodynamic heating environment is non-uniform and thus the dome is deformable due to its thermal stress. Based on the theories of thermo-optical effect and elastic-optical effect,the refractive index field of the dome was numerically computed with the result of the finite element analysis.Taking the refractive index of the central point in the dome's outer surface as an example,the refractive index variation caused by thermo-optical effect is 0.011 while the x-direction refractive index variation caused by elastic-optical effect is 0.000 107.That is,the refractive index variation caused by elastic-optical effect is only 0.97% in the amount of the refractive index variation caused the thermo-optical effect during the dome's working time.Therefore,thermo-optical effect has greater influence on the refractive index variation of the dome than elastic-optical effect.


The Au nanoparticles as core can increase the light harvesting due to the strong near-field effect LSPR (Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance), effectively minimized the electron recombination process and also can improve the optical absorption of the dye sensitized. Au@SiO2 core-shell nanoparticles were prepared using SiO2 extracted from Sidoarjo mud volcano. In this work investigated the influence of pH solution and silica shell volume fraction in Au@SiO2 nanoparticles core-shell structure on DSSC loaded with Ru-based dye. From XRD characterization it was found that core-shell contains SiO2, Au, γAl2O3 and traces NaCl. UV-Vis absorption spectra of core–shell showed the position of the surface plasmon AuNP band in the range of 500–600 nm. The Au@SiO2 core-shell with volume fraction of 30ml silica has the highest peak absorbance. The enhanced light absorption is primarily attributed to the LSPR effect of the Au core. Our results on incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency indicates that the presence of SiO2 depending on its volume fraction tends to shift to longer wavelength.The Au nanoparticles as core can increase the light harvesting due to the strong near-field effect LSPR (Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance), effectively minimized the electron recombination process and also can improve the optical absorption of the dye sensitized. Au@SiO2 core-shell nanoparticles were prepared using SiO2 extracted from Sidoarjo mud volcano. In this work investigated the influence of pH solution and silica shell volume fraction in Au@SiO2 nanoparticles core-shell structure on DSSC loaded with Ru-based dye. From XRD characterization it was found that core-shell contains SiO2, Au, γAl2O3 and traces NaCl. UV-Vis absorption spectra of core–shell showed the position of the surface plasmon AuNP band in the range of 500–600 nm. The Au@SiO2 core-shell with volume fraction of 30ml silica has the highest peak absorbance. The enhanced light absorption is primarily attributed to the LSPR effect of the Au core. Our results on incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency indicates that the presenc...


CuAlO2 is a prototypical delafossite p-type transparent conducting oxide (TCO). Despite this, many fundamental questions about its band structure and conductivity remain unanswered. We utilize the screened hybrid exchange functional (HSE06) to investigate defects in CuAlO2 and find that copper vacancies and copper on aluminum antisites will dominate under Cu-poor/Al-poor conditions. Our calculated transitions levels are deep in the band gap, consistent with experimental findings, and we identify the likely defect levels that are often mistaken as indirect band gaps. Finally, we critically discuss delafossite oxides as TCO materials.


This article deals with the tendency within the field of social work practice to create inter-organisational networks for welfare provision. We highlight the opportunities that then arise for social work to tackle social exclusion, and to perform its mediating role between the public sphere of government and the private sphere of individuals
and families. We argue that the advantages of inter-organisational networking and collaboration can be realised by overcoming fragmentation of care at the micro level of welfare provision to citizens, but also by using these networks as a forum for debate to challenge dominant conceptualisations of complex social problems across
organisational and sectorial boundaries. However, we also point to the danger of a so-called 'network euphoria', and discuss some of the risks associated with working together through networks. Therefore, the central argument of the article implies that those involved in these networks need to develop a common framework, or value base, with reference to human rights and principles of social justice.


This is a short exposition of the relationship between the civil rights provisions of the federal and state constitutions. It surveys the historical and structural relationships between them, and then examines the ratchet-like operation of state constitutional rights - namely, the fact that state constitutions can only provide more civil liberties than the federal constitution does. As it comes out, there are some important qualifications to the ability of state constitutions (or, for that matter, both federal and state legislatures) to provide greater civil liberties than those of the federal constitution: conflicts between and within civil rights provisions may determine not only the floor, but also the ceiling, for certain constitutional liberties. Consequently, an inordinately conservative U.S. Supreme Court might not only produce a cramped federal civil rights regime, but also limit the ability of the states to expand civil liberties to their own constituencies. The paper is a chapter in a book dedicated to the examination of overlapping and multi-layered constitutional systems.


The main considering factor of arrangement of GIL compartment in high drop vertical shaft is pressure difference which can be calculated by theory of static gas column.Through the engineering design studies and theoretical calculations,it shows that the height of pure SF6 gas compartment should not be more than 250 m,and the less pressure difference of SF6 mixture gas has less impact on the height of GIL compartment.It should provide two inflatable pressures for high drop vertical GIL shaft due to the influence of pressure difference.Considering that the temperature difference is the main influencing factor for pressure difference,it should pay attention to ventilation design of shaft.


University admissions offices are flooded every year by student applicants seeking to be enrolled at the university. Depending on the particular university, twenty percent or fewer of these applicants actually become students. During these hard economic times for the academic community, the acquisition and retention of as many suitable applicants as possible is desirable. This paper describes a neural network system, ADMIT, which has been developed to determine the likelihood that a student applicant, if accepted, will actually attend a particular university. The ADMIT neural network enables admissions counselors to spend their time more effectively.<<ETX>>


Contents: Preface, David Mitchinson Introduction, Sue Pritchard Henry Moore Textiles: Designs, Squares Dress and Upholstery Wall Panels, Anita Feldman-Bennett Related Publications Selected Moore Bibliography Acknowledgements


Several common algorithms of the phase difference between channels are introduced,namely the FFT,IQ orthogonal,digital correlation and FFT-based phase difference algorithms,with the applicability,calculation and performances of each algorithm analyzed and compared to provide reference for actual engineering applications.


In Thailand, there is social stigma associated with being infected with sexually transmitted diseases (STD). That stigma drives many people to treat themselves rather than to go to a clinic or physician's office. The pharmacists and drugstore staff who supply drugs for self-treatment therefore need to be well-informed in order to avoid persistent infections, serious health complications, and increases in resistance to drugs among their clients. This paper describes a pilot project developed and launched by the AIDS Control and Prevention (AIDSCAP) Project and the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH). The project aimed to improve the management of STD practices in Chiang Mai, a province in northern Thailand with high rates of HIV prevalence, by educating pharmacists and drugstore staff and their clients. It was hoped to create a model which could be replicated elsewhere in Thailand. Lessons learned are described.


The study investigated effects of five different microbial inoculants on silage fermentation and nutritive value. Silage was prepared from red clover-rich material with dry matter content after 24 hours of wilting of 170 g kg I 1 for the first cut and 430 g kg I 1 for the second cut. Tests with five different commercial inoculants were based on different strains of Lactobacillus plantarum which were used alone or in combinations with other lactic acid bacteria (1/BO, 2/BI, 3/SI, 4/EC, 5/BM), and chemical additive (CHEM) were used. Six commercial additives were compared with the untreated control. The additives were applied to fresh forage at the levels recommended by the manufacturers. Chemical compositions of the first and second cut of red clover were significantly different I crude protein 176 g kg I 1 and 143 g kg I 1 ; NDF 366 g kg I 1 and 503 g kg I 1 DM respectively. In the first trial, silages treated with 2/BI had lower levels of acetic acid 25.5 g kg I 1 and ethanol 8.0 g kg I 1 compared to the control values of 35.6 g kg I 1 and 11.6 g kg I 1 (P<0.05). Otherwise, the pH, and contents of ammonia nitrogen, ethanol and organic acids were no different from the control silage. In the second trial, silage treated with 1/BO and 4/EC showed the highest contents of lactic acid. Compared to the untreated control silage, the acetic acid content was lower in silages treated with 2/BI, 3/SI and 5/BM (P<0.05). The lactic acid:acetic acid ratio was higher in inoculated silages: for 1/BO, 2/BI; 3/SI, 4/EC and 5/BM it was 2.73; 2.17; 1.98; 2.03 and 2.87, respectively. The same ratio for the control silage was 1.83. All commercial inoculants improved the fermentation quality of red clover silage under the conditions stated. No differences were found between dry matter in vitro digestibility of the inoculated and the control silage for both the first and second cut. Digestibility of the red clover silage treated with CHEM was higher than that of the control silage by 4.6% for the first cut and by 7.3% for the second cut (P<0.001).


When finishing mill system vibrated violently,vibration response and operation parameters were measured.On the basis of phase space analysis about measured vibration signals,the characteristics of special nonlinear autonomous vibration about the structure included in the system were obtained.Operation parameters measured was used in identification which was based on support vectors regression.The essential reason why the vibration was caused by the system is response delay of displacement feedback.By restraining long delay,the abnormal vibration can be eliminated.


The accute effets of sun-bathing on the near-infrared absorption spectra of skin was studied by exposuring the shoulders of a male volunteer to bright Finnish midsummer midday sun and measuring the spectra before and after the exposure and on several days after the exposure. Several spectra processing and classification methods were applied on the data set to find the differences caused by the sun exposure. The spectrophotometer and measuring procedure were found to cause some systematic errors that were reduced computationally. It is however more advisable to avoid such errors by careful handling of the spectrometer device and overall design of the skin measurement protocol. This paper discusses the effects of sun exposure to skin and its near-infrared spectra, difficulties and remedies of skin measurements, promising computational methods, and results.


Objective To investigate the relationship between the serum brain natriuretic peptide(BNP) concentration and coronary angiography disease. Methods According to the results of coronary angiography,374 cases were divided into CHD group(235 cases) and Non-CHD group(139 cases).According to the scope of coronary artery disease,the CHD group were subdivided into single-vessel disease group(64 cases),double-vessel disease group(79 cases) and three vessel disease group(92 cases).All cases were respectively measured with serum BNP and CRP levels on admission,then the datas were analyzed.Results Levels of serum BNP of the CHD group((116±54) pg/ml)were significantly higher compared with the Non-CHD group((38±34) pg/ml)(P0.01).Levels of serum BNP of the single-vessel disease group,double-vessel disease group and three vessel disease group were(96±12)pg/ml,(113±12)pg/ml,and(122±10)pg/ml,respectively.One-way ANOVA showed significant differences among groups(P0.05).Multinomial logistic analysis showed BNP levels significantly correlated with CHD.Conclusion Serum BNP level is an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease.The increased levels in CHD patients may have some degree of clinical reference value for lesions involving the extent of coronary artery,and BNP is a more sensitive indicator compared with CRP.


The 27.2 km diameter Tooting crater is the best preserved young impact crater of its size on Mars. It offers an unprecedented opportunity to study impact-related phenomena as well the geology of the crust in the Amazonis Planitia region of Mars. For example, the nearly pristine condition enables the partial reconstruction of the sequence of events for crater formation, as well as facilitates a comparison to deposits seen at the Ries crater in Germany. High-resolution images taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) and Context Camera (CTX) on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft have revealed a wealth of information on the distribution of features within the crater and beyond the rim: a large central peak, pitted material on the floor and terrace blocks, lobate flows interpreted to be sediment flows, impact melt sheets, four discrete layers of ejecta, and an asymmetric secondary crater field. Topographic data derived from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) and stereo HiRISE and CTX images show that the central peak is ∼1100 m high, the lowest point of the crater floor is 1274 m below the highest part of the rim, and the crater rim has ∼600 m of variability around its perimeter. Layering within the cavity walls indicates ∼260 m of structural uplift of the target material, which constitutes ∼35% of the total relief of the rim. Abundant evidence is found for water flowing down the cavity walls, and on the surface of the ejecta layers, both of which took place sometime after the impact event. Thickness measurements of the ejecta layers reveal that the continuous blanket is remarkably thin (∼3–5 m) in some places, and that the distal ramparts may be ∼60 m high. Crater counts made on the ejecta layers indicate a model age of <3 Ma for the formation of Tooting crater, and that the target rocks have a model age of ∼240–375 Ma. It is therefore possible that this may be the source of certain basaltic shergottite meteorites ejected at ∼2.8 Ma that have crystallization ages which are comparable to those of the basaltic lava flows that formed the target materials for this impact event. The geology and geomorphology of Tooting crater may help in the interpretation of older large impact craters on Mars, as well as the potential role of target volatiles in the impact cratering process.


Minimal length of a two-dimensional Dirac oscillator is investigated in the presence of a uniform magnetic field and illustrates the wave functions in the momentum space. The energy eigenvalues are found and the corresponding wave functions are calculated in terms of hypergeometric functions.


Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) is growing worldwide with the incidence peaking at puberty. Current population projections indicate that the numbers will nearly triple by 2050 with the prevalence pr...


The aim of the presented work is to show the influence of the various polymer matrices and the different amounts of the cellulose filler on the composites properties. Samples based on polypropylene, polystyrene, polyoxymethylene, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, polyester resin, and polylactic acid with different contents of cellulose fibers were prepared by injection molding process. The mechanical and dielectric properties of these composites were studied in order to check whether investigated wood polymer composites fulfill requirements for their application in electrical devices. For all tested composites, a linear increase of modulus with cellulose content was observed. Addition of cellulose to the tested polymers significantly reduces strain at break. In the case of polypropylene and polyoxymethylene composites, the tensile strength increases with the content of the filler. For other materials, there is an inverse relationship, namely the addition of cellulose decreases the tensile strength. The electrical strength decrease was observed with increased cellulose content for the majority of the investigated composites. Polar groups incorporated by cellulose fibers have led to dielectric constant increase. Furthermore, aging of composites in mineral oil and evaluation of water uptake for wood–plastic samples were performed. Wood polymer composites have changed significantly after aging. The water diffusion coefficients were determined, and the significant influence of the amount of cellulose on the water absorption was shown. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


We present transport calculations with the Ultra-relativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics approach (UrQMD) for dilepton spectra at SIS energies and simulations for NA60 within a coarse-graining approach. While the transport model obtains a good agreement with experiment for elementary reactions, in heavy-ion collisions an excess in the invariant mass spectra is observed which cannot be described by the model. As the pure transport calculations do not include explicit in-medium effects and are limited to hadronic degrees of freedom, we present an alternative approach that uses coarse-grained output from transport calculations to determine thermal dilepton emission rates. For this we apply the medium-modified ρ spectral function by Eletsky et al. In a first exemplary comparison to data from the NA60 experiment we find that the coarse-graining approach gives reasonable results.


This paper argues why children with Mathematical Learning Disabilities (MLD) do not form a unitary group. Instead, they should be regarded as individuals with unique profiles of strengths and weaknesses that explain their mathematical difficulties. To build this argument, we shortly recapitulate the research on MLD, which has mainly been focused on characterizing the group of children with MLD–as compared to control groups. However, these general characteristics are not applicable to all children with MLD. Furthermore, attempts to define separate, relevant subgroups merely failed. Based on some recent studies, we show how individual profiles of strengths and weaknesses might help in understanding the specific mathematical difficulties of a child. We propose a new multidimensional framework of MLD, in which both strengths and weaknesses are recognized. We argue that both research and practice are in need of further research that takes individual differences into account.


We prove a new result for orthogonal designs showing if all full orthogonal designs, OD (r; a, b, r a b), exist, where gcd(a, b, r a b) = 2t, then all full orthogonal designs, OD(s; c, d, s c d), exist, where gcd(c, d, s c d) = 2t+u, u ≥ 0. It is known that,for infinitely many numbers r = 2wp,such OD(r; a, b, r a b) exist. In particular we show OD(4; x, y, 4 x y), OD(24; x, y, 24 x y) (and thus OD(24; 2x, 2y, 24 2x 2y)) OD(40; 2x, 2y, 40 2x 2y), OD(4.28; 4x, 4y, 4.28 4x 4y), OD(8.36; 8x, 8y, 8.36 8x 8y) and OD(16.44; 16x, 16y, 16.44 16x 16y) exist. These orthogonal designs are used to show that Hadamard matrices can be constructed, for any odd q, in all these cases of order 2Wpq, where w>wo. In all cases this bound wo<[21og2(q -3)] (or its more precise counterparts given in the paper) is an improvement on previously known results. Moreover it is established that if p = 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 21, 27 then for the first 600 (or less for higher p) odd numbers pq, more than 97% of Hadamard matrices exist of order 2ypq with y ≤ 4. For example if p = 15, 21, 27 and q is an odd number < 500 then an Hadamard matrix of order 6Oq, 120q, 84q, 168q, l08q or 216q is known. Disciplines Physical Sciences and Mathematics Publication Details Seberry, J, On Hadamard matrices of order 2tpq:I, Ars Combinatoria, 23B, 1987, 195-213. This journal article is available at Research Online: http://ro.uow.edu.au/infopapers/1025 On Hadamard Matrices of Order 2' pq:f


The relation between molecular helicity and the handedness of cholesteric phases was studied investigating a model system of chiral atropisomers using Monte Carlo simulations in the NVT ensemble. The system under investigation was given by N = 256 rigid, chiral Gay–Berne atropisomers of point symmetry group D2. The molecular chirality of the atropisomers was introduced by joining two Gay–Berne particles through a bond with a suitable fixed dihedral angle. Starting from an isotropic configuration, cholesteric phases were obtained on equilibrating the systems whereby left-handed cholesterics were formed by atropisomers with M helicity and right-handed cholesterics by atropisomers with P helicity. A11 phases have been characterized by visual representations of selected configurations, correlation functions, and sets of four local order parameters.


This article examines poll data and finds that two-thirds of the American people and about half of Republicans consistently support higher taxes as part of a deficit reduction package.


The hot working performance of Ti-6Al-4V alloy is sensitive to its process parameters and initial microstructure. It has a very narrow range of process parameters. Therefore, to identify favorable hot working conditions, hot compression tests in the -1temperature range of 700 - 1000°C and strain rate range of 0.1 - 100 s were conducted on Gleeble 3500 thermo-mechanical simulator. The experimental results show that deformation temperature and strain rate have significant effect on the flow stresses. Flow stress increases with increase in strain rate and decrease in deformation temperature. The stress-strain curves, generated by compression test, show three types of behavior: flow hardening, flow softening and steady state flow. The activation energy for deformation was determined to be 484 kJ/mol which is much higher than that for self-diffusion in α -Ti and β -Ti (150 kJ/mol). Using Dynamic Materials Modelling (DMM) principle, the favorable condition for hot working of Ti-6Al-4V alloy has been established. Furthermore, optimum condition among favorable conditions has also been established. The same has been validated with the help of microstructural analysis.


The present article researches the particular features of student scholarship by the example of the Ufa State Institute for the Arts during the time of its flourishing. This educational institution pertains to the artistic category of higher educational institutions, so the basic types of the students' work in the field of scholarly research have been of cultural-aesthetic, artistic-creative and educational character, free of economic indicators or statistics. The article discusses the specific features of the Students' Scholarly Society's work in this artistic educational institution. The authors have carried out detailed analysis of archival documents, which are published for the first time. The importance of scholarly student communities for expanding one's perspective, deepening of knowledge in the major field of studies, broad communication, exchange of experience, and connections with other higher educational institutions in the country is revealed. Generalizations are made of data about the participation of students in scholarly research work during tutorial and non-tutorial hours. Demonstration is made of the students' and their advisors' achievements, and facts testifying of the primary activities of students' scholarly communities, and, in addition, facts are cited testifying of the primary activities of the students' scholarly communities, including their concert performance activities. Keywords: Ufa State Institute of Arts, Students' Scholarly Society (SSS), Students' Work on Scholarly Research (SWSR), concert performance activities, competition, folklore expedition, Olympic games, ensemble.


Rebellion in the Islamic state, also known as ba?y is a matter not outdated. Likewise in the legal system, "State of rebellion" and disobedience is a crime punished. In our study, in Islamic and Ottoman law, "Rebellion" by another name "ba?y" crimes were investigated. What are the terms of the rebellion crime in Islamic law. According to Islamic law, in case of a justified revolt against the president, these people are not considered rebels. Such an action undertaken against the illegitimate president is always right, it is legitimate. Rebellion, described in the place of Islamic law and the required information is provided.


Scabies is a cutaneous ectoparasitosis caused by the mite,
Sarcoptes scabiei variety hominis, which affects 130 million
people worldwide every year. The risk factors include:
overcrowded conditions, extended-care facilities, child care,
and immunosuppressive conditions such as systemic immunosuppressive therapy, elderly, Down syndrome, mental disorders, malignant neoplasms, connective tissue diseases,
metabolic disorders, leprosy, lymphotropic virus type 1, and
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). As for the
transmission, it usually occurs through direct skin-to-skin contact (sexual intercourse and other sexual behaviors with an
infected sexual partner) and fomites such as infested bedding
or clothing.
Three types of scabies are clinically distinguished: classic
scabies, nodular scabies, and crusted scabies (CS); the latter is
the rarest presentation of this disease so far in which the failure
of the cellular immune system of the host generates a super
infestation of mites, which results in a great inflammatory reaction and secondary epidermal hyperkeratosis
Crusted scabies represents a clinical challenge, because it can
present with a severe and atypical course in immunosuppressed
patients. Additionally, superposition with a simultaneous infection in the same site can generate diagnostic confusion, inadequate treatments, and risk of secondary irreversible sequelae


This paper It elaborated how to build daemons and what should to paid attention to, and SOCKET-service program is provided as an example.


Mycotoxin derivatives that escape conventional analytical detection of parent (free) forms because their structure has been changed are designated masked mycotoxins. Masking phenomena are due to a defensive response of the host plant or can occur during food processing. Failure to detect masked mycotoxins will lead to a significant underestimation of the mycotoxin content of a particular sample. To date, mainly chromatographic methods were developed for masked mycotoxin determination and quantification. However, for fast screening, it is important to develop on-site methods for detection of masked and parent (free) forms. Although immunochemical methods could provide a simple and economical alternative to chromatography, their use for masked forms is only at the start of development. The key-point for antibody-based methods for masked mycotoxin determination is cross-reactivity of the specific antibody towards masked mycotoxins. If the antibody does not show meaningful affinity for masked forms, they will be latent, and the total content of this mycotoxin will be underestimated. If the antibody shows affinity for masked forms, the sum of free and masked forms will be determined. Currently, neither antibodies nor immuno-based methods were specifically developed for masked mycotoxins, but some enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test-kits and immunoaffinity columns for mycotoxins were evaluated for their detection. This paper describes possible applications of antibody-based techniques for masked mycotoxin detection on the basis of recent literature.


The University of Denver conducted a five-day remote sensing study in the La Brea, California area in October of 2003. The remote sensor used in this study measures the ratios of CO, HC, and NO to CO 2 in motor vehicle exhaust. From these ratios, we calculate the percent concentrations of CO, CO 2 , HC and NO in the exhaust that would be observed by a tailpipe probe, corrected for water and any excess oxygen not involved in combustion. Mass emissions per mass or volume of fuel can also be determined. The system used in this study was configured to determine the speed and acceleration of the vehicle, and was accompanied by a video system to record the license plate of the vehicle. Five days of fieldwork, October 27-31, 2003, were conducted as vehicles entered I-10 eastbound frontage road from La Brea Blvd. in west Lost Angles basin. A database was compiled containing 25,847 records. Of these records, the State of California provided make and model year information on 20,191 which contained valid measurements for at least CO and CO 2 , and most contained valid measurements for HC and NO as well. The database, as well as others compiled by the University of Denver, can be found at www.feat.biochem.du.edu. The mean percent CO, HC, and NO were determined to be 0.34%, 0.012%, and 0.032%, respectively. The emissions measurements in this study exhibit a gamma distribution, with the dirtiest 10% of the measurements responsible for 72.2%, 60.3%, and 59.3% of the CO, HC, and NO emissions, respectively. The HC readings contain a 35 ppm offset, which has been used to reduce all of the measured HC values for comparisons. Vehicle emissions as a function of vehicle specific power revealed that NO emissions show a flat dependence on specific power when speed and acceleration are measured after emissions. This is quite possibly a result of increased CO emissions in the same VSP range. HC emissions show a negative dependence on specific power – the expected trend. CO emissions show a positive dependence on specific power in the range from 5 to 30 kW/tonne. Using vehicle specific power, the emissions from the vehicle fleet measured in 2003 were adjusted to match the vehicle driving patterns of the fleet measured in 1999. After doing so, it was seen that the emissions measured in the current year are lower than those measured during …


Embedded processing architectures are often integrated into devices to develop novel functions in a cost-effective medical system. In order to integrate neural networks in medical equipment, these models require specialized optimizations for preparing their integration in a high-efficiency and power-constrained environment. In this paper, we research the feasibility of quantized networks with limited memory for the detection of Barrett's neoplasia. An Efficientnet-lite1+Deeplabv3 architecture is proposed, which is trained using a quantizationaware training scheme, in order to achieve an 8-bit integer-based model. The performance of the quantized model is comparable with float32 precision models. We show that the quantized model with only 5-MB memory is capable of reaching the same performance scores with 95% Area Under the Curve (AUC), compared to a fullprecision U-Net architecture, which is 10× larger. We have also optimized the segmentation head for efficiency and reduced the output to a resolution of 32×32 pixels. The results show that this resolution captures sufficient segmentation detail to reach a DICE score of 66.51%, which is comparable to the full floating-point model. The proposed lightweight approach also makes the model quite energy-efficient, since it can be real-time executed on a 2-Watt Coral Edge TPU. The obtained low power consumption of the lightweight Barrett's esophagus neoplasia detection and segmentation system enables the direct integration into standard endoscopic equipment.


Calculations of thermodynamic properties for the solar plasma are presented. Effects of Coulomb interaction, exchange and diffraction effects, free electron degeneracy, relativistic corrections and radiation pressure contributions are taken into account. Calculations of the equation of state of the solar plasma with different element compositions are carried out. The contribution of various plasma effects and chemical element abundance to thermodynamic functions and in particular Γ1 is discussed.


User input on television (TV) typically requires a mediator device such as a handheld remote control. While this is a well-established interaction paradigm, a handheld device has serious drawbacks: it can be easily misplaced due to its mobility and in case of a touch screen interface, it also requires additional visual attention. Emerging interaction paradigms such as 3D mid-air gestures using novel depth sensors (e.g. Microsoft Kinect), aim at overcoming these limitations, but are known to be tiring. In this article, we propose to leverage the palm as an interactive surface for TV remote control. We present three user studies which set the base for our four contributions: We (1) qualitatively explore the conceptual design space of the proposed imaginary palm-based remote control in an explorative study, (2) quantitatively investigate the effectiveness and accuracy of such an interface in a controlled experiment, (3) identified user acceptance in a controlled laboratory evaluation comparing PalmRC concept with two most typical existing input modalities, here conventional remote control and touch-based remote control interfaces on smart phones for their user experience, task load, as well as overall preference, and (4) contribute PalmRC, an eyes-free, palm-surface-based TV remote control. Our results show that the palm has the potential to be leveraged for device-less eyes-free TV remote interaction without any third-party mediator device.


Information about careers pursued by Computer Science majors, skills Computer Science majors develop and career-related Web sites relevant to the major.


Taking into account the rheological properties (creep) of clay soils when solving problems of soil mechanics is important, because many inaccuracies in forecasts related to soils arise from an under-accounting of these properties, which are characteristic of clay soils. The report deals with the issues of vibration creep of moisten loess soils, related to the precipitation of structures and the permissible load on the soil. The method of experimental research and the results of experiments on the dependence of the coefficient of soil vibration creep on the acceleration of vibrations are presented. The factors influencing the vibration creeping deformations of the forest, including the role of soil adhesion and the duration of shaking, are established. Research results are of great importance in the practice of constructing unique engineering structures in seismic areas.


NiO alloyed with aluminum, Ni1-xAlxO, is analyzed in terms of its stoichiomery, electronic and transport properties, as well as interfacial band alignment with Si considering its potential use as a hole transport layer (HTL) in p-i-n type solar cells. The analysis is based on the component material and slab structural simulations, as well as simulated and measured angle-resolved valence-band photoemission spectroscopy (UV PES) data, in order to reveal the best suitable stoichiometry. It is concluded that the ionization energy from the highest occupied states tends to increase with Al content as the simulated work function grows from 4.1 eV in pure NiO to 4.7 eV in heavily alloyed Al0.50Ni0.50O. The electronic structure as a function of the interface design between crystalline silicon and the transport layer is used to assess the band lineup and its correlation with the discontinuity of the affinities. The self-energy of the hole carriers is estimated by contrasting simulated and measured UPS data, which in case of non-annealed Al-rich samples is shown to be by an order of magnitude higher due to the disorder effects. The work functions derived from the measured UPS data for the ALD grown oxide films with nearly same alloy stoichiometry correlate well with the simulated values. The findings suggest Ni coating of the back of silicon first, followed by a graded doping AlxNi1-xO, with $x$ running from 1 at contact/oxide interface to 0 at oxide/semiconductor, as the best design for HTL.


The utility model discloses an electrode connecting device, comprising an electrode connecting part, a first limiting part fixedly connected with the electrode connecting part, and a second limiting part fixedly connected with the first limiting part, wherein the electrode connecting part comprises two conducting pieces, and each conducting piece is electrically connected with one end of one wire; the first limiting part comprises a first fixing groove which is matched with the width of a frame at the back of a crystalline silicon component to be tested; the first limiting part is fastened on the frame at the back of the crystalline silicon component to be tested by the first fixing groove; the second limiting part is provided with a platform surface level to the bottom surface of the first fixing groove; the platform surface is provided with convex blocks which are matched with installing holes on the frame at the back of the crystalline silicon component to be tested; and when the first limiting part is fastened on the frame at the back of the crystalline silicon component to be tested by the first fixing groove, the convex blocks are inserted into the installing holes. Due to the adoption of the electrode connecting device, the line production for connecting and testing the testing instrument and the electrode of the crystalline silicon component is realized, and the safety accidents such as electric shock and the like are prevented.


This simulation study investigates the influences of sampling schemes, errors in the data and depth profiling functions on the extraction of the depth profiles from angle-resolved XPS data. An equiangular sampling scheme is more susceptible to the ill-posedness in the inverse operation of the Laplace transform than equidistance or gravimetric samplings. The influence of errors in the data can be considerable, depending on the types of depth profiles. Smooth depth profiling functions are well recovered, even for data with 10% errors. For discontinuous depth profiles, regenerated depth profiles do not represent the sharp change of original depth profiles at the interface. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


We present the results of a fit to ${K}^{+}p$ and ${K}^{\ensuremath{-}}p$ total cross sections and elastic differential cross sections and polarizations, as well as a calculation of the ratios of the real to the imaginary part of the forward elastic scattering amplitudes using the Frautschi-Margolis Regge-eikonal model. The results of the fits, especially in large-angle ${K}^{\ensuremath{-}}p$ scattering, present evidence for the validity of a multiple-scattering picture.


DNA polymerase ε co‐operates with polymerases α and δ in the replicative DNA synthesis of eukaryotic cells. We describe here a specific physical interaction between DNA polymerase ε and RNA polymerase II, evidenced by reciprocal immunoprecipitation experiments. The interacting RNA polymerase II was the hyperphosphorylated IIO form implicated in transcriptional elongation, as inferred from (a) its reduced electrophoretic mobility that was lost upon phosphatase treatment, (b) correlation of the interaction with phosphorylation of Ser5 of the C‐terminal domain heptapeptide repeat, and (c) the ability of C‐terminal domain kinase inhibitors to abolish it. Polymerase ε was also shown to UV crosslink specifically α‐amanitin‐sensitive transcripts, unlike DNA polymerase α that crosslinked only to RNA‐primed nascent DNA. Immunofluorescence microscopy revealed partial colocalization of RNA polymerase IIO and DNA polymerase ε, and immunoelectron microscopy revealed RNA polymerase IIO and DNA polymerase ε in defined nuclear clusters at various cell cycle stages. The RNA polymerase IIO–DNA polymerase ε complex did not relocalize to specific sites of DNA damage after focal UV damage. Their interaction was also independent of active DNA synthesis or defined cell cycle stage.


The aim of this paper is to analyse the history of the technological change, more specifically the technical progress, in related literature and its impact on the economic growth. A set of theories have been historically developed from the Schumpeterian theory till the new growth theories as the 1980?s endogenous growth theory and the 1990?s neo-Schumpeterian endogenous growth theory. Thanks to their ideas, these last theories have known growing interest among economists, exceeding, therefore, the Schumpeterian theory.


The beam‐beam interaction for two counter‐rotating continuos proton beams crossing at an angle can be simulated by a 1‐dimensional nonlinear force. The model is applicable to ISABELLE as well as to the ISR. Since the interaction length is short compared with the length of the beam orbit, the interaction region is taken to be a point. The problem is then treated as a mapping with the remainder of the system taken to be a rotation of phase given by the betatron tune of the storage ring. The evolution of the mean square amplitude of a given distribution of particles is shown for different beam‐beam strengths. The effect of round‐off error with resulting loss of accuracy for particle trajectories is discussed.


Poster: "ECR 2015 / C-1040 / The diagnostic accuracy of unenhanced whole-body MRI for detection of prostate cancer metastases after primary treatment compared with 18F-cholin-PET/CT" by: "F. Vasselli, V. Forte, F. Barchetti, E. L. Indino, C. Catalano, V. Panebianco; Rome/IT"


It has long been recognized that psychological stress contributes to heart disease. Prolonged psychological stress is now seen as an important risk factor for the entire vascular system. 1 However, there have been relatively few studies on the effects of psychological stress on the microcirculation. Psychological stress is associated with increased levels of norepinephrine in the circulation, which can cause microvascular vasoconstriction. Using laser Doppler flowmetry, healthy individuals with self-reported high levels of daily psychological stress have been found to show greater norepinephrine-induced vasoconstriction compared with healthy individuals with low stress. 2 Therefore, in this study, we consider microvascular flow perturbation caused by psychological stress as a reliable diagnostic method of stress assessment.


The conversion of lZ51-labeled human pancreatic proelastase 2 to bound forms by incubation with nor- mal human plasma in a slow, time-dependent process has been investigated in detail. Two fractions with proelastase 2 binding activity were separated by gel filtration of plasma on Bio-Gel A-O&m. The minor frac- tion, which eluted at the void volume, was identified as az-macroglobulin. The major fraction of proelastase 2 binding activity, which eluted with the major protein peak, was further purified by DEAE-cellulose chromatography at pH 8.8 and at pH 6.5 and by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100. This activity was found to co-purify with al-protease inhibitor. al-protease of the obtained a,- protease


Abstract In this paper, the performance of single and double-pass thulium-doped fiber amplifiers (SD-TDFA and DP-TDFA) is analyzed in the short wavelength (S-band) region. The effect of thulium-doped fiber (TDF) length, input signal power, and input pumping power on the amplifier's performance is comprehensively investigated on basis of gain and noise figure (NF). DP-TDFA showed a higher gain compared to single-pass configuration and that is due to double-propagation of the forwarded and amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) signal into the TDF which maximizes the achievable gain in the S-band region. At a gain medium length of 8 m, the proposed DP-TDFA showed higher gain enhancement over SP-TDFA at an input power of −20 dB compared to −40 and 0 dB input signal powers. The gain enhancement at 1470 nm is 5.6 dB, while the maximum recorded gain with the proposed double-pass configuration is 14.7 dB.


The STAR collaboration has reported precision measurements on the transverse single spin asymmetries for the production of forward π0 mesons from polarized proton collisions at √s = 200 GeV. To disentangle the contributions to forward asymmetries, one has to look beyond inclusive π0 production to the production of forward jets or direct photons. Present forward detector capabilities are not well matched to the complete reconstruction of forward jets, but do have sufficient acceptance for "jet-like" events."Jet-like" events are the clustered response of an electromagnetic calorimeter that is primarily sensitive to incident photons, electrons and positrons. During the RHIC running in the year 2006, STAR with the Forward Pion Detector (FPD++) in place collected 6.8 pb−1 of data with an average polarization of 60 %. FPD++ was a modular detector prototype of the Forward Meson Spectrometer (FMS) that consisted of two detectors placed symmetrically with respect to the beam line at a distance of 7.4 m from the interaction point. Readout of the FPD++ was triggered when the sum of energies in the central module of the calorimeter used for π0 measurements was larger than a threshold. This trigger minimizes the bias for "jet-like" events, making it appropriate to disentangling contributions to the forward transverse spin asymmetries. We report on the status of the analysis.


The concurrency control is that portion of a database system that is concerned with deciding what actions should be taken in response to requests by the individual application programs to read and write into the database. We are interested in those database systems in which concurrency control is performed at the system level and is invisible to individual uS'ers. Individual application programs do not lock and unlock database entities they access, and in fact each application program is written as if it were the only program running on the system.


Atheroma is the main cause of mortality and morbidity in patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Endothelial dysfunction underlies atheroma formation. Flow mediated vasodilatation is a measure of endothelial function as well as a determinant of arterial distensibility,1 measurements of which have not previously been reported in patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes.

We studied 12 symptom free, non-smoking, healthy patients (six men) with well controlled non-insulin dependent diabetes diabnosed 1-7 (mean 3.8) years previously (mean age 50 (SD 9) years, body mass index 26.9 (4.8) kg/m2, serum cholesterol concentration 5.8 (0.5) mmol/l). Patients with known causes of endothelial dysfunction were excluded. All patients had insulin resistance with basal hyperinsulinaemia,2 no biochemical evidence of renal impairment, and no microalbuminuria. A group of 12 normal non-smoking subjects was matched for sex, age, body mass index, blood …


Objective To investigate the visit rate of neurology outpatients with dementia over 55 years,the distribution and clinical feature of its subtypes,the association between APOE genotypes and Alzheimer' s disease. Methods To detect APOE genotypes in the blood of dementia patients,diagnosed by cognitive function decline insiders questionnaire ( IQCODE ) ,Mini Mental State scale ( MMSE ) ,Hachinski Ischemic Index Scale ( HIS ) , activities of daily living scale( ADL) ,Neuropsychiatric Questionnaire( NPI) ,Hamilton Depression Scale,spontaneous clock drawing test( CDT) and clinical Dementia Rating Scale( CDR) ,in 14 286 outpatients at the Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital Neurology Clinic from September 25 2009 to December 25 2009. Results Alzheimer' s disease ( AD) accounted for 1. 99% in all neurology outpatients,followed in order by vascular dementia( VD) 0. 95%,mixed dementia 0. 47% ,frontotemporal dementia 0. 19% ,other types of dementia 0. 19% ; in patients of dementias,AD accounted for 52. 5% ,VD 25% ,mixed dementia 12. 5% ,frontotemporal dementia 5% ,other types of dementia 5% . The scores of immediate memory,delayed memory,long-delayed recognition in AD and mixed dementia patients were lower than VD patients; No difference in AD,VD,mixed dementia patients' scores of orientation,judgment and calculation,the activities of daily living; Hamilton depression scale scores in Mild AD,mixed dementiapatients were higher than the moderate to severe AD and VD patients; the mental test score of moderate and severe AD,VD patients,were higher than mixed dementia and mild AD; scores of Clock Drawing Task in VD patients were higher than AD patients. ApoEe4 allelic was closely related to AD. Conclusions AD is the main type of dementia,followed successively by VD,mixed dementia,frontotemporal dementia,other types of dementia. AD,VD and mixed dementia patients have differences in cognitive impairment. APOE gene is related to AD.


In this letter, we propose a global model to solve the expansion problem of universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) networks. Since the network expansion problem is a generalization of the network design problem, the proposed model can be used for the design of UMTS networks. The proposed model deals simultaneously with the cell, the access network and the core network planning subproblems. This global approach has the advantage of providing better results since, in general, optimal solutions to all subproblems do not provide an optimal solution to the global problem. Moreover, this model fits real life situations in which mobile users have the choice to subscribe or to leave a service providers. Numerical results are presented and analyzed


We have found that superconducting properties such as a critical current for bronze route Nb3Sn superconducting wires were enhanced by prebending strain (epsivpb), which is the repeated bending strain at room temperature. In this study, four kinds of react and wind (R&W) processed CuNb reinforced bronze route Nb 3Sn coils with epsivpb=1.0, 0.8, 0.5 and 0% were prepared. We investigated the effect of prebending strain for the coils. In the electromagnetic compressive stress condition, a critical current (Ic) of the R&W processed coil was enhanced by the prebending strain. These Ic values are larger than those of a short sample wire without prebending strain. In the hoop stress condition, the Ic of four coils revealed a similar value. Therefore, it is considered that the Ic was limited by the large tensile stress for all coils in the hoop stress states. These results suggest that the Ic enhanced by the effect of prebending strain is applicable for the R&W coil design without degradation in large stress and strain states


We report a new clathrate phase composed of europium atoms occupying cage voids in a gallium/germanium tetrahedral cage network. Eu4Ga8Ge16 crystallizes in orthorhombic space group Cmcm with a = 4.1349(6), b = 11.2842(15), and c = 13.2408(18). The compound is believed to satisfy the Zintl−Klemm concept of bonding to form a network solid with a unique one-dimensional line of Eu atoms aligned along the crystallographic a-axis, charge balancing an electron-deficient Ga/Ge framework. The compound was observed to melt incongruently at 684(1) °C by differential thermal analysis (DTA). Single-crystal electrical conductivity measurements gave 130 S/cm at room temperature with a metallic temperature dependence. The room-temperature thermopower (Seebeck coefficient) was measured to be 40 μV/K.


Solid illuminator and display means for facilitating accurate determination of the water level in the device, is provided for water equipped with a 2-color ports suitable for use in high-pressure steam drum or similar water / steam equipment . The illuminator consists of a sequence of two-color solid-emitting diode as a light source (LED), the light provided from the LED and precision lenses for focusing on the viewing screen through water gauge body.


It is important to determine the web width because the high and thin web was used to be taken in order to save steel quantities.The web limitation of height-width ratio was analysed by using sheering action, bending action,sheering and bending action and using strength after web-yielding.All of the data is for designers' reference.


Abstract Eight substituted bidentate Schiff base ligands HOC6H4CH=N-R (HL) (HL1: R = 4-ClC6H4, HL2: R = 2-ClC6H4, HL3: R = 4-NO2C6H4, HL4: R = 4-MeC6H4, HL5: R = 2,6-Me2C6H3, HL6: R = 2,46-Me3C6H2, HL7: R = CH2C6H5, and HL8: R = n-Pr) were synthesized by the typical condensation reaction. Interaction of cis-[Ru(bpy)2Cl2]⋅2H2O (bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine) with one equivalent of HL ligand in the presence of KPF6 afforded the cationic ruthenium(II) complexes of the type [Ru(bpy)2(L)](PF6) (1–8). The reaction of cis-[Ru(phen)2Cl2]⋅2H2O (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) and HL1 under similar condition gave complex [(phen)2Ru(L)](PF6) (1a). Treatment of cis-[Ru(phen)2Cl2]⋅2H2O with two equivalents of HL in the presence of KPF6 resulted in isolation of the cationic ruthenium(III) complexes of the type [Ru(phen)(L)2](PF6) (9-16). All complexes have been spectroscopically characterized. The structures of 1a⋅CH2Cl2, 2⋅½CH2Cl2, 3⋅CH3CN, 5⋅½H2O, 6, 12⋅½HOCH2CH2OH, 13⋅CH3CN, 15⋅H2O, and 16 have been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.


Caterina Albano wrote this chapter and is also co-editor of the volume that it appears in.

Developed in association with the Institute of Psychoanalysis, the exhibition catalogue expanded on the topics dealt in the exhibition with contributions by leading psychoanalysts who have published in the field. The catalogue was meant to relate to the exhibition and also stands as a publication in its own right for an interest audience of non-specialist.

Albano's own essay reflected upon the curatorial concepts that informed the exhibition and their links to psychoanalytical theory using Freud's concept of representability in dream work.


Trichoderma spp. are beneficial endophytic plant symbionts known as plant growth improving factors and control agents for plant pathogens. We report in this study that the mechanisms for biological control of T. asperellum was the inducing of increases of crucial defense-related enzymes SOD, POD, PPO and PAL, and increasing the soluble protein level in leaf. Four T. asperellum strains each had slightly differential effects but all have positive effects. T. asperellum ACCC30536 had the best promoting effects. The activities of SOD and POD in poplar leaf responded to T. asperellum inducing as early as four hours after inoculation and both reached peak on the third day after inoculation. In contrast, the activities of both PPO and PAL in poplar leaf shortly showed suppression within one day after inoculation before the following drastic increase both peaking on the sixth day after inoculation. On the gene expression level, the regulation of SOD, POD and PAL in leaf showed consistent patterns with enzyme activities while PPO in leaf and the four enzymes in root indicated more complex regulatory mechanisms. Leaf soluble protein level were highly induced by each of the four T. asperellum strains and maintained almost stable from four hours after inoculation.


The present invention discloses a three-dimensional non-volatile memory device, the storage system and manufacturing method of the three-dimensional nonvolatile memory device comprising: a substrate having a first region and a second region; channel thin film conduit, said channel thin film formed on the substrate in the first conduit region; pipe gate, said gate substantially surrounds the pipe conduit channel thin film; and a gate driver, the gate driver is formed on the substrate in the second region, and having at least one dummy pattern.


Wideband interference (WBI) may severely affect the imaging quality of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems. Since it highly overlaps with useful signals in the 1-dimensional (1-D) time or frequency domain, the existing WBI mitigation methods usually transform 1-D echoes into a 2-D transform domain. However, they usually suffer from a model mismatch, which results in the loss of the useful signal. To tackle this problem, a novel algorithm combining time-frequency-pulse (TFP) joint characteristics and robust principal component analysis (RPCA) is proposed for WBI mitigation. The TFP joint feature of SAR echo is introduced for interference mitigation for the first time. We first transform the SAR echoes into the time–frequency domain and construct a new TFP matrix by reshaping the STFT matrices between adjacent pulses. In terms of WBI-occupied SAR echoes, the short-time Fourier transformation (STFT) in adjacent pulses can be modeled as a combination of a low-rank part (i.e., useful SAR echoes) and a sparse counterpart (i.e., WBIs), which well fits the assumption of RPCA. Then, the TFP matrix is decomposed into the useful signal TFP matrix and the WBI TFP part by taking full advantage of the low-rank and sparse properties. Finally, the WBIs can be reconstructed and subtracted from the echoes to realize interference mitigation. Experimental results on both simulated and measured datasets show that the proposed algorithm not only suppresses WBIs effectively but also preserves useful information as much as possible.


Cancerology is, by all counts, a non-science, which may be defined as a so-called scientific pursuit in the teeth of obvious proofs to the contrary. Not one facet of current cancerology-etiology, diagnosis, therapy, prevention, and its latest fad, immunology enjoys any clear, rational basis. No wonder that the outcome of the whole gargantuan effort is "precisely nil", with possibly more people living on, than dying of, cancer. The pathway to the logically acceptable and comprehensible science is simple-to give cancer its due place in biology, to give the cancer cell its rightful place of but a form of cytodifferentiation, and to give the cancer therapist the supremely relevant role of a palliator. To talk of cancer cure is to deny - the cytosomatic reality that cancer is one's own flesh and blood. Being a part of one's self, cancer need not always be treated. I f a therapist has the right and obligation to diagnose, treat, and prognose upon a cancer patient, he has, hitherto unrecognized, equal right and obligation, not to do one or all of these. Cancerrealism offered in this article can guide a therapist to this often necessary path of inaction.


The aim of this project was to study the state of mitochondrial electron-transport chain components, CoQ content and sensitivity of mitochondrial permeability transision pore in rat heart mitochondria under treatment with adrenaline, doxorubicin, and complexes of modulators and precursors of CoQ biosynthesis. Subsequent application of complexes of precursors and modulators of ubiquinone biosynthesis under the adrenaline treatment decreases in sensitivity of mitochondrial permeability transition pore to inductors of its opening, improves activities of the mitochondrial electron-transport chain complexes I, II and IV. These complexes can act as effective anti-hypoxic remedies that promote normalization of the energy metabolism in heart. In the series of studies on rats treated with doxorubicin the administration of complexes of precursors and modulators of ubiquinone biosynthesis leads to significant decrease sensitivity of mitochondrial permeability transition pore to inductors of its opening and normalization of mitochondrial electron-transport chain function, which may lead to notable reduction of doxorubicin toxicity. The expiremental data obtained may become the basis of development of approaches to correction of adverse effects of doxorubicin by treatment with the complexes of precursors and modulators of its biosynthesis. These data may be used to substantiate the application of these biologically active substances within frameworks of complex treatment of cardiovascular pathologies.


The article presents the pedagogical experience of supervising the writing of coursework and final qualifying work, united by the issues of organizing nursing care and medical rehabilitation of patients with stroke.


At present, telecommunication industries are highly concerned with the wireless transmission of data which can use various transmission modes, from pointto-multipoint links. It contains full mobile internet access. Various applications have already been applied so far using WiMAX, as alternative to 3G mobile systems in developing countries. The paper built a simulation model based on 802.16 OFDMPHY baseband and demonstrated in different simulation scenarios with different modulation techniques; BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM and 64-QAM to find out the best performance of physical layer for WiMAX Mobile. The Stanford University Interim (SUI) channel model under varying parameters is selected for the wireless channel in the simulation. The performance is recorded on the basis of BER, and SNR output through MATLAB Simulation.


Background: Hereditary haemochromatosis (HH) is an inherited disease in which gene mutation leads to excessive iron absorption and accumulation in different organs, including the heart, which causes damage. Whether the age of patients with HH at the moment of their first diagnosis has an additional effect on the standard echocardiographic parameters was the aim of the study. Material and methods: We prospectively enrolled 20 HH patients, and 20 healthy ageand sex-matched volunteers. Analysis of standard echocardiographic parameters was performed and compared in subgroups of ≥50 and <50 years old (yo). Results: Comparing HH patients with healthy volunteers in ≥50 yo subgroup, significant differences were found in parameters regarding diastolic function (IVS thickness, LVM index, Em, E/Em, PV S/D, LAA index and LAV index). In the <50 yo subgroup we did not find the abovementioned differences, however LVEF appeared to be lower in the HH patients. Conclusions: Despite the lack of clinical symptoms of cardiovascular disease and the lack of deviations in the standard echocardiographic examination, there were a number of differences regarding LV diastolic function parameters in HH patients ≥50 yo, whereas differences regarding LV systolic function were more prominent in HH patients <50 yo when compared with healthy subjects.


The progress of cell engineering of cucurbits in China, including tissue culture, cell and protoplast culture, mutant screening in vitro, transgenic research and their applications in breeding were reviewed . The problems exsited and the aspects of future research were discussed. It was suggested that the studies of cell engineering, such as mutant screening in vitro, microspore culture and unpollinated ovaries culture, and their applications in cucurbites breeding should be strengthened.


The article concerns P.A. Kulakovsky (1848–1913), one of the founders of the tradition of teaching Russian in Serbia. He taught in the future University of Belgrade for four years, wrote textbooks and raised pupils. At the same time, he acted as a champion of the unity of Slavs, and therefore he reacted negatively in his academic work to the reforms of Vuk Karadzhich, and in his published work aired his anger at supporters of Polish independence.


Many studies of possible new physics employ effective field theory (EFT), whereby corrections to the Standard Model take the form of higher-dimensional operators, suppressed by a large energy scale. Fits of such a theory to data typically use parton level observables, which limits the datasets one can use. In order to theoretically model search channels involving many additional jets, it is important to include tree-level matrix elements matched to a parton shower algorithm, and a suitable matching procedure to remove the double counting of additional radiation. There are then two potential problems: (i) EFT corrections are absent in the shower, leading to an extra source of discontinuities in the matching procedure; (ii) the uncertainty in the matching procedure may be such that no additional constraints are obtained from observables sensitive to radiation. In this paper, we review why the first of these is not a problem in practice, and perform a detailed study of the second. In particular, we quantify the additional constraints on EFT expected from top pair plus multijet events, relative to inclusive top pair production alone.


In this paper, we study a strategic model of marketing and product consumption in social networks. We consider two competing firms in a market providing two substitutable products with preset qualities. Agents choose their consumptions following a myopic best response dynamics which results in a local, linear update for the consumptions. At some point in time, firms receive a limited budget which they can use to trigger a larger consumption of their products in the network. Firms have to decide between marginally improving the quality of their products and giving free offers to a chosen set of agents in the network in order to better facilitate spreading their products. We derive a simple threshold rule for the optimal allocation of the budget and describe the resulting Nash equilibrium. It is shown that the optimal allocation of the budget depends on the entire distribution of centralities in the network, quality of products and the model parameters. In particular, we show that in a graph with a higher number of agents with centralities above a certain threshold, firms spend more budget on seeding in the optimal allocation. Furthermore, if seeding budget is nonzero for a balanced graph, it will also be nonzero for any other graph, and if seeding budget is zero for a star graph, it will be zero for any other graph too. We also show that firms allocate more budget to quality improvement when their qualities are close, in order to distance themselves from the rival firm. However, as the gap between qualities widens, competition in qualities becomes less effective and firms spend more budget on seeding.


In order to analyze vehicle shared chassis of suspension ride comfort on adaptability to different types of cars,using VC++ and ADAMS/Car as platform,a shared chassis of suspension ride comfort analysis of specific module was developped,which can not only carry through parametric modeling of share chassis's front and rear suspension,and other subsystems function quickly and simply,but also has the function of analysis and optimization various factors which has an impact on ride comfort.Finally,the module was applied to test the two types of the vehicle which used shared chassis of front and rear frequency,pulse inspire simulation and B-road simulation.The results show that the share chassis' two types of vehicle meet the ride comfort requirements.


Abstract Abstract. Female zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata , from one population were given a choice between males from their own population reared in aviaries, males from a different population reared in aviaries, or males from their own population reared without adult song tutors. Aviary-reared males from the same population as the females had higher reproductive success than did untutored males from the same population or aviary-reared males from a different population. Salience as a song model was related to the song type of the adult male as well as to the total number of young the adult male fledged. All male offspring copied significantly more syllables from their fathers' songs than from others' songs, but the sons of untutored males were the least likely to copy syllables from males other than their father. Young males copied qualities characteristic of untutored song both from their fathers and from other males. Although untutored song was associated with inferior reproductive success, it was accepted by young males as a valid song model.


The tolerance of Setaria viridis (S. viridis) in iron mine tailings was investigated in greenhouse by pot experiment. S. viridis seeds collected from iron mine tailings was sown in pots containing iron mine tailings (0% vermicompost, as control) or mixture of various cow manure vermicompost with iron mine tailings, such as 10%, 20%, and 30%(volume ratio of vermicompost to mixture). The emergency of S. viridis in various substrates of iron mine tailings was significantly different and the sequence of emergency rate of seeds was control, 10% >20% >30%. Vermicompost inhibited seeds emergency from iron mine tailings. While it stimulated survival rate, plant height, root length and fresh and dry matter accumulation of shoot of S. viridis especially at level of 20% vermicompost. At the same time plant growth stimulated microbial thrive in iron mine tailings such as bacteria, fungi, and actinomyces. Typically, the bacteria populations in three iron mine tailings with vermicompost were significantly more than that of in control. So did the actinomyces population. Bacteria and actinomyces are benefit for plant growth. The fertility of iron mine tailings was improved by plant growth especially available P. It can be concluded that Setaria viridis could germinate, grow, and establish in iron mine tailings and vermicompost application could stimulation the growth and establishment in iron mine tailings which meant it can be a pioneer plant in restoration of iron mine tailings.


A RAPPROCHEMENT between learning in a laboratory setting and learning in a classroom setting is rarely accomplished because the content and context of the two learnings are not identical. Yet, theoretically, one might expect that the principles derived in the laboratory are actuated in the classroom. Classroom experiments, however, differ from laboratory procedures in that they lack the refinement of its instruments.


It is complicated and challenging to conduct comprehensive appraisal of undergraduates' constitution. Applying the optimized RBF neural network model,the author makes use of LM algorithm to optimize the weights of RBF neural network so as to achieve better network output. And the experimental results show that the model can better evaluate the undergraduates' constitution.


Precision medicine refers to the "tailoring of medical treatment to the individual characteristics of each patient." Because cancer is a disease of the genome, molecular profiling often informs diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic decision making. Biomarker development generates actionable, reliable information for therapeutic development and clinical decision making. However, therapeutic development only requires biomarker to identify populations where a drug will be effective. Companion diagnostic development through categorical biomarker definitions may, therefore, not be ideal for biomarker development.


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We propose a scheme of stabilizing the persistent-current Rabi oscillation based on the flux qubit-resonator-atom hybrid structure. The LC resonator weakly interacts with the flux qubit and maps the persistent-current Rabi oscillation onto the intraresonator electric field. This field is further coupled to a Rydberg-Rydberg transition of the $^{87}$Rb atom. The Rabi-frequency fluctuation of the flux qubit is deduced from measuring the atomic population and stabilized via feedback controlling the external flux bias. Our numerical simulation indicates that the feedback-control method can efficiently suppress the background fluctuations in the flux qubit, especially in the low-frequency limit. This technique may be extensively applicable to different types of superconducting circuits, paving a new way to long-term-coherence superconducting quantum information processing.


Talking about language as an exclusive art of the human beings means to embrace an exciting topic in which brain functions are related. They determine the cognitive and moving development of learning; the cultural environment which is responsible of the mother tongue that is taught by imitation and subsequently ruled by the educational institutions. When combining the cognitive development with the cultural environment of individuals, the development of a native language is obtained. Therefore, it will be used as a communicative tool in a written and oral way.


The pesticides is vidly used to agricultural production and play important roles.At the same time,the water、soil and environment was polluted seriously.The factors of the pesticide pollution was mainly analyzed in this paper,and the way to control the pesticide pollution and scientific countermeasures was put forward to reduce the environmental pollution by using chemical pesticides in the future.


A pair of stimulating and recording wire electrodes were implanted in the stratum radiatum of the CA1 region of the dorsal hippocampus of pentobarbitone (40 mg/kg, i.p.) anaesthetized male Wistar rats (200-250 g). Animals were allowed at least 1 week to recover before electrically evoked population excitatory post-synaptic potentials (EPSP) were recorded whilst lightly restrained in a hammock. Changes in tie amplitude of the EPSP (60% maximum) were recorded after i.p. injection of the drugs.


The author examines the evolution of digital network performance monitoring capabilities from the early point-to-point single DSI circuits used internally by the operating telcos, through today's advanced ESF (Extended Superframe) techniques and projects, and ahead to the rapidly approaching FT1, DS3, ISDN, and SONET capabilities. It is pointed out that, although T1 circuits were initially installed with minimal performance monitoring capability, particularly for the end users, these are being upgraded to the current ANSI ESF, which does an adequate job. The future network standards of ISDN primary rate access (PRA) and of SONET will have even better performance monitoring capabilities.<<ETX>>


Objective To investigate the curative effect and key technical points of humeral head replacement in elderly patients with proximal humerus comminuted fracture. Methods 25 cases of elderly proximal humerus comminuted fracture patients with humeral head replacement surgery admitted in our hospital from March 2005 to December 2011 are studied in this paper. There were 12 males and 13 females, with the average 67.5 years old (ranged from 45 to 82 years old). According to Neer classification, 7 cases fracture were Neer Ⅲ, 18 cases were Neer Ⅳ. All patients underwent Thompson exposure and using the unipolar cement humeral head. Results All patients were followed up from 1.5 years to 5 years, with the average of 3.9 years. X-ray showed the humeral head prosthesis positions of the patients were good, no loose and their daily life had no difficulties. According to Neer Scoring Criteria, there were 9 cases excellent, 14 cases were good, 2 cases were fair, 0 case was failing on the effect of the opera- tion, the excellent and good rate was 92%. Conclusion Humeral head replacement is a credible method for the treatment of elderly patients with proximal humerus comminuted fracture, its indications including some Neer Ⅲ and all the Neer Ⅳ fractures for its mature technology and good therapeutic effect. Accurate intraoperative humeral prosthesis implantation, humerus length recovery and soft tissue reconstruction technique and postoperative individualized rehabilitation are the crux of functional recovery.


1. Evaluating the fitness of organisms is an essential step towards understanding their responses to environmental change. Connections between energy expendi ture and fitness have been postulated for nearly a century. However, testing this premise among wild animals is constrained by difficulties in


test trials for genocide. We have the Permissive Society and the &dquo;generation gap.&dquo; And we have the computer that comes close to serving as 1984's &dquo;Big Brother,&dquo; which monitored the daily routine of ordinary citizen Winston Smith. In short, for the &dquo;average&dquo; human it may be that the hardworking, creative individual of the past who strove for what was considered &dquo;progress&dquo; more worldly goods and a greater display of wealth may be tomorrow's villain~ while the individual who works and enjoys bis leisure time


The Y chromosome has provided one of the greatest challenges in finalizing complete mammalian genome sequences in part because of its unusual relationship with the X chromosome. Part of the Y chromosome, known as the pseudoautosomal region, must pair with the complementary region on the X chromosome and undergo recombination, so that the resulting crossovers stabilize the sex chromosomes for proper separation during meiosis. The Y chromosome also bears at least one gene that is male-determining, and this region of the Y chromosome must not recombine with the X chromosome or sterility or intersexuality may result. Apart from these two rules, the gene content of the pseudoautosomal and nonrecombing parts of the Y chromosome are subject to relatively weak evolutionary forces. Iwase et al. (1), in this issue of PNAS, describe a remarkable finding that the boundary between these two portions of the Y chromosome moved relatively recently, and that there appears to be considerable opportunity for chance to play a large role in gene content of these two very different segments of the Y chromosome.


The one-child policy as central family model that was instituted starting in 1979 the time of reform in China proved to be successful along with the economic and agricultural upswing in the 1980s. The population of China should have been 1069 million by the end of the 1981-85 period but in reality it was 1046 million. The natural increase during this period was 11.7/1000 which was below the target of 13/1000. However after 1985 25 million people reached the age of marriage and fertility and the natural increase in the 2nd half of the 1980s rose over 14/1000. While urban population growth was 11.6/1000 in 1986 and 10.2/1000 in 1989 in the rural areas it was 15.2/1000 in 1986 and 15.6/1000 in 1989 and even higher in the western Islam-influenced parts of the country. China expects not to exceed 1294 million by the end of the century only 151 million more than the figure of the 1990 census. In 1989 the population was 1112 million and in 1990 1143 million. However this plan can only be realized if the fertility rate of 1990 with 2.3 will drop to 2.1 in 1995 and less than 2 by the end of the century the total fertility rate of developed countries. This task will be difficult in view of the size of the young population and the birth rate of 19.68/1000 and mortality rate of only 6.7/1000 in 1991 which yields a difference of 12.98/1000 for natural growth. Calculations showed that the Chinese population was 1158 million at the end of 1991 which was 15 million more than in 1990. In the summer of 1990 a document was published on the strengthening of family planning (FP) strict control of population growth especially in rural areas and education of people about the detriments of overpopulation. The role of women is decisive in FP and in public life: 35.4% of them were employed in 1980 and 37.6% in 1990 with similar educational advancement. Chinese success with population control could exert a favorable effect on the rest of the world.


Measurement of the liver requires optimal cute, accurate and speedy. The scaling non-geometric soft organs in the human body using algorithms bank method to achieve the measuring liver volume with high efficiency, reducing the error rate. In the realization of the paper aspirations, the developing a platform, designing and developing the algorithms to calculate the organ. The analysis approach divided into image origin from CT, software application and development, prototype implementation and measurement, and associate the liver mass amount with Gold standard reading. The framework represents in three layers, technique, image, and application layer. The research focusing on the application layer. To make sure the fading of error and access to the value is equal to zero, use Artificial Neural Network.


Needle-like probe holds fine objects by adhesions without any holding devices. It can not pick up heavy and large objects, because the gravity rivals the adhesions. Referring to electrostatic chucks (ESCs), we fabricated two needle-like probes, of which adhesions are assisted by the electrostatic force, a monopole probe and a dipole probe. The former corresponds to monopolar ESCs and the latter corresponds to dipolar ESCs. By the assistant of an external electric power, both can pick up heavy and large objects. The monopole probe, which is a tungsten needle, can manipulate 40-80μm gold particles on a gold substrate as follows. The probe is lowered until it touches the particle. After 20-50V is applied between the probe and the substrate, the probe is pulled up. Then the particle is picked up with the probe. Once the particle is in the air, it stays at the tip of the probe even if the voltage is reduced to 0. For release of the particle, the probe is lowered until the particle touches the substrate and is pulled up without applying voltage. The dipole probe is made of two electrodes embedded in an epoxy resin. Different from the monopole probe, the dipole probe attract both conductive and dielectric objects over a gap. The probe jumps up a styrene particle of 3mm over the gap of 1mm by applying 2kV, and it jumps up a gold particle of 0.4mm over the gap of 0.5mm by applying 5kV. The release is possible only by turning the applying voltage off. As the gravity is greater than the adhesions, the objects adhered falls. The assistant electrostatic force of the monopole probe is Johnsen-Rahbek force same with the clamping force of monopolar ESCs, and that of the dipole probe is gradient force same with the clamping force of bipolar ESCs.


Thiolate-protected gold clusters with precisely controlled atomic composition have recently emerged as promising candidates for a variety of applications because of their unique optical, electronic, and catalytic properties. The recent discovery of the Au44(SR)28 total structure is considered as an interesting finding in terms of the face-centered cubic (FCC)-like core structure in small gold-thiolate clusters. Herein, the unique bonding properties of Au44(SR)28 is analyzed using temperature-dependent X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) measurements at the Au L3-edge and compared with other FCC-like clusters such as Au36(SR)24 and Au28(SR)20. A negative thermal expansion was detected for the Au–Au bonds of the metal core (the first Au–Au shell) and was interpreted based on the unique Au core structure consisting of the Au4 units. EXAFS fitting results from Au28(SR)20, Au36(SR)24, and Au44(SR)28 show a size-dependent negative thermal expansion behavior in the first Au–Au shell, further highlighting the imp...


Educational attainment (EA) is influenced by cognitive abilities and by other characteristics and traits. However little is known about the genetic architecture of these "non-cognitive" contributions to EA. Here, we use Genomic Structural Equation Modelling and results of prior genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of EA (N = 1,131,881) and cognitive test performance (N = 257,841) to estimate SNP associations with variation in EA that is independent of cognitive ability. We identified 157 genome-wide significant loci and a polygenic architecture accounting for 57% of genetic variance in EA. Phenotypic and biological annotation revealed that (1) both cognitive and non-cognitive contributions to EA were genetically correlated with socioeconomic success and longevity; and (2) non-cognitive contributions to EA were related to personality, decision making, risk-behavior, and increased risk for psychiatric disorders; (3) non-cognitive and cognitive contributions to EA were enriched in the same tissues and cell types, but (4) showed different associations with gray-matter neuroimaging phenotypes.


In the article inconsistent process of formation of the legislation on local government in Russia the XX century and formation of institute of legal guaranteeing local government is considered.


The complete Velazquez in one volume. All the paintings are reproduced with detailed explanations. The text contains biographical data, including references to contemporary sources and re-evaluated historical documents. A register of his work with scholarly analysis is also included.


SUMMARY This article presents the results of a case study of editing required on OCLC bibliographic records for print monographs and video/DVD monographs during a three-month test at two mid-sized academic libraries. First, the authors reviewed the literature of cataloging/catalog quality and consider the problems this literature presents in terms of creating meaningful and measurable standards of "quality." Next, they define "quality" for the purposes of the case study and describe case-study procedures for determining and comparing extent of editing required for records to meet comparable standards. They then present results indicating that records for print monographs acquired at the two institutions usually required little or no editing (many of these records were U.S. national-level records), while records for video/DVD monographs required considerably more editing (U.S. national-level records for this category of acquisition were not available). Finally, the article proposes establishment of a cooperative program to create U.S. national-level bibliographic records for videorecordings/DVDs as a means of reducing redundant institution-level editing and ensuring availability of comparable records across formats.


Abstract : This report summarizes analyses on the non-operating reliability of missile ordnance devices. The analyses are part of a research program being conducted by the U.S. Army Missile R and D Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL. The objective of the program is the development of non-operating (storage) reliability prediction and assurance techniques for missile materiel. Included are analyses of solid propellant rocket motors, gas generators, igniters, safe and arm devices, and other explosive devices. Reliability models are developed for each component type. This report updates and replaces Report LC-76-2 dated May 1976.


Andaman and Nicobar Islands, considered as one of the important marine ecosystem in India and being considered as the richest source for microbial community. The marine microbial taxa and actinomycetes diversity are not been fully explored. Actinomycetes were isolated from marine soil samples and screened for antibacterial activity. Out of eight isolates, the isolate AN1 isolated from soil sample collected from Elephanta beach showed significant antibacterial activity against ATCC strains Staphylococcus aureus (19 mm), Bacillus cereus (17 mm) and Salmonella paratyphi A (16.5 mm). The ethyl acetate (EA) extract of the isolate showed increased activity against Staphylococcus aureus (22.1 mm), Bacillus cereus (19.5 mm) and Salmonella paratyphi A (19.6 mm). The standard antibiotic streptomycin disc (25µg) was used as positive control. The isolate AN1 were subjected to biochemical characterization and identified as Streptomyces species. The result of this study suggests that the Streptomyces species could be a promising source for potent antibacterial agents.


We describe a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiment which implements an efficient one-to-two qubit phase-covariant cloning machine(QPCCM). In the experiment we have achieved remarkably high fidelities of cloning, 0.848 and 0.844 respectively for the original and the blank qubit. This experimental value is close to the optimal theoretical value of 0.854. We have also demonstrated how to use our phase-covariant cloning machine for quantum simulations of bit by bit eavesdropping in the four-state quantum key distribution protocol.


Objective To analyses the distribution and types of diseases for serum amylase critical value report in order to further evaluate the clinical significance of serum amylase critical value report. Methods Serum amylase critical value data of patients in our hospital from May to July in 2013 were collected through our hospital laboratory information management system. Results There were 193 cases reported for serum amylase critical value in our hospital,including 66 cases of emergency department,37 cases of hepatobiliary surgery,15 cases of gastroenterology,12 cases of oncology surgery,9 cases of general surgery,7 cases of surgical intensive care,7 cases of respiratory,6 cases of Otorhinolaryngology,5 cases of orthopedics,29 cases of other departments.There were 153 cases of hospitalized patients,including 89 cases( 58%) of a variety of surgical procedures; 30cases( 20%) of pancreatitis,6 cases( 4%) of non-pancreatic disease,6 cases( 4%) of car accident injuries,4 cases( 3%) of renal dysfunction,4 cases( 3%) of lung disease,3 cases( 3%) of heart disease,11 cases( 6%) of others cases such as diabetes,inflammation and leukemia. Conclusion The top three distribution departments for serum amylase critical value reports are emergency department,hepatobiliary surgery and gastroenterology. Serum amylase levels could be an indicator in predicting disease change and prognosis in clinic.