A method for authenticating a user (1) with respect to an acceptance point (3), wherein the authentication is performed in that a transaction number (Trxld) with a determined or stored transaction number (Trxld) is compared with the acceptance point (3) and / or a user terminal (2) a request message to a central station (4) is sent to and from the central office (4) a temporarily valid transaction number (Trxld) is provided and communicates, by means of which an authentication of the user (1) with respect to the acceptance point (3) may or that from the point of acceptance and (3) a temporarily valid transaction number (Trxld) is provided, can be done by means of which an authentication of the user (1) with respect to a central station (4), wherein a release after authentication with respect to the central station (4) by generating and sending an enable message from the central office (4) is made to the acceptance point (3).


Shia militias, some backed by Iran, are now playing an essential role in ejecting the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, from Iraq. There remain stiff challenges associated with the militias' post-ISIS integration into the regular Iraqi security forces and potential availability for other more destabilising Iranian missions. Reining in the Iran-supported militias will be especially difficult.


An experimental device that additional chambers were mounted on a barrel of 14.5 mm ballistic machine gun was adopted in order to study the pressure platform-like effect of increasing muzzle velocity with a barrel additional charge.The 6/7-XDGZB gun propellant was used as the main charge,and the 4/1-XDZJ was used as the additional charge.The results of closed bomb experiment and interior ballistic experiment show that the 6/7-XDGZB gun propellant has the characteristics of lower initial burning rate,and the 4/1-XDZJ gun perpellant with higher burning rate has property of regressive burning.The two charges burn in coordination in their respective chambers,and the muzzle velocity of the additional charge can rise from 981 m·s-1 to 1063 m·s-1 compared to the blank charge(i.e.main charge only,no additional charge)under the condition in keeping the maximum pressure unchanged,and piezometric efficiency can rise from 0.47 to 0.58.


Given a collection of t subspaces in an n-dimensional K-vector space W , we can associated to them t vanishing ideals in the symmetric algebra S(W ∗) = K[x1, x2, . . . , xn]. As a subspace is defined by a set of linear equations, its vanishing ideal is generated by linear forms, so it is a linear ideal. Conca and Herzog showed that the CastelnuovoMumford regularity of the product of t linear ideals is equal to t. Derksen and Sidman showed that the Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity of the intersection of t linear ideals is at most t. We show that analogous results hold when we replace the symmetric algebra S(W ∗) with the exterior algebra ∧ (W ∗) and work over a field of characteristic 0. To prove these results we rely on the functoriality of free resolutions and construct a functor Ω from the category of polynomial functors to itself. The functor Ω transforms resolutions of ideals in the symmetric algebra to resolutions of ideals in the exterior algebra. We use our regularity bound on the intersection of t linear ideals to prove Noether's degree bound on the minimal generating invariant polynomials of a finite group acting on ∧ (W ∗). We also provide a fast algorithm to compute the invariant monomials of a finite abelian group.


Eighty-six strains were isolated and selected from the healthy tobacco leaves collected from Liuyang area of Hunan Province by using confront culture method,in which the B17 showed the strongest antagonism to Alternaria alternata(Fries) Keissler with inhibition rate of 72.1%.Through physiological and biochemical experiments and morphologic observation,the B17 was identified as Bacillus brevis.The control efficacy tests of in vitro culture and green house culture for B17 zymotic fluid showed that the B17 zymotic fluid can obviously reduce the incidence of disease.In pot experiment,the control efficacy of the B17 zymotic fluid reached 71.2%.


We find that debt downgrades of money center banks elicit negative stock price responses in nondowngraded money center banks. Stock prices of larger regional banks also react to these downgrades. Although downgrades of regional banks evoke negative stock price responses for regional banks in the same geographic region, the importance of geographic region as a factor determining the extent of intra-industry reactions has diminished since 1989. Our results indicate that the merger and expansion activities triggered by interstate banking have blurred differences between regional and money center banks as interstate banking activity has moved towards nationwide banking. Copyright 2001 by MIT Press.


This paper presents an adaptive fuzzy control scheme for a class of nonstrict‐feedback nonlinear systems with dead zone outputs and prescribed performance. By utilizing the monotonically increasing property of system bounding functions and the Nussbaum function, the design difficulties caused by the nonstrict‐feedback structure and dead zone output are overcome. Combining backstepping technique with prescribed performance algorithm, a feasible adaptive fuzzy controller is designed to guarantee the boundedness of all signals of the closed‐loop system and the prescribed tracking performance of the system. Finally, simulation results are depicted to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed control approach.


The current-voltage characteristics of a low-capacitance Josephson junction are calculated on the basis of the well developed theory of the Josephson effect in tunnel junctions. The possibility of applying this theory to a description of Josephson junctions with indirect conductivity is evaluated.


New technology of silicone rubber anti-pollution-flashover is an effective measure to antipollution reconstruction for transformer substation.For the support insulator,changing the creep distance is limited,so,the effective ways are sweep,adopting organic insulation,and adding creepage extenders.The antipollution mechanism of creepage extenders and the experimental study are introduced in this paper.The impact on antipollution performance is analyzed in the installation quantity and installation position of the creepage extenders.


The scale of migratory movements in recent years around protected areas is exerting unprecedented pressure on natural resources. Therefore, this study analyzes the evolution of the North-West sector of the Wari-Maro classified forest in relation to the massive influx of rural migrants. The methodological approach used includes documentary research, socio-economic surveys, processing of planimetric and socio-economic data for the sector from 2005 to 2020, analysis and interpretation of the results following a cartographic approach. The exploration of rural migrations and their involvement in the dynamics of land use were carried out along the two axes Oubérou-Wari-Maro-Kikélé and Wari-Maro-Manigri bordering the FCWM. Given the natural potential that abounds in the sector, it is one of the most coveted landscapes by 72% of rural migrants, mainly made up of Yom and Lokpa socio-cultural groups. Agriculture, pastoralism and forestry are the main rural activities. The diachronic analysis of the occupation using satellite imagery (2005-2020) reveals a reduction in natural areas in favor of an increase in agricultural and inhabited areas. It is therefore urgent to encourage natural resource conservation methods in the northwestern periphery of the Wari-Maro Classified Forest.


A system design is presented for radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting on wireless sensor network (WSN) nodes, where all electronics reside inside a 3D structure and the antennas lie on the surfaces of it. Additive manufacturing techniques are used for the packaging and antenna fabrication: A 3D-printed cross-shaped structure is built that folds to a cuboid in an "origami" fashion and retains its shape at room temperature. Inkjet printing is used to directly fabricate antennas on the surfaces of the 3D-printed plastic, enabling a fully additive manufacturing of the structure. Multiple antennas on the cube's surfaces can be used for RF energy harvesting of signals arriving from totally orthogonal directions, with the use of an appropriate harvester. The system modules (cube, antenna, harvester) are described and characterized, offering a proof-of-concept for the combination of fabrication techniques to build systems for demanding RF applications.


In the literature of fisheries economics there is a noticeable preoccupation with the phenomenon of resource rent dissipation. The common property nature of most fishery resources-with the attendant free entry of labour and capital-gives rise to 'problems' of 'overfishing'. If a t any given level of fishing effort the resource should yield a rent to the marginal operator, additional factor inputs of labour and capital will be attracted that will depress the catch per unit of effort and lower returns to all operators. This process will continue until the revenue per unit of fishing effort is reduced to the level of its marginal opportunity cost. Thus the rent attributable to the resource, that formerly accounted for the excess of revenue over marginal opportunity cost, is eliminated.


Methods for automated collection and annotation are changing the cost-structures of random sampling surveys for a wide range of applications. Digital samples in the form of images, audio recordings or electronic documents can be collected cheaply, and in addition computer programs or crowd workers can be utilized to provide cheap annotations of collected samples. We consider the problem of estimating a population mean using random sampling under these new cost-structures and propose a novel `hybrid' sampling design. This design utilizes a pair of annotators, a primary, which is accurate but costly (e.g. a human expert) and an auxiliary which is noisy but cheap (e.g. a computer program), in order to minimize the total cost of collection and annotation. We show that hybrid sampling is applicable under a key condition: that the noise of the auxiliary annotator is smaller than the variance of the sampled data. Under this condition, hybrid sampling can reduce the amount of primary annotations needed and minimize total expenditures. The efficacy of hybrid sampling is demonstrated on two marine ecology data mining applications, where computer programs were utilized in a hybrid sampling designs to reduce the total cost by 50 - 79% compared to a sampling design that relied only on a human expert. In addition, a `transfer' sampling design is derived which use the auxiliary annotations only. Transfer sampling can be very cost-effective, but it requires a priori knowledge of the auxiliary annotator misclassification rates. We discuss specific situations where such design is applicable.


Antimicrobials (AM) play a critical role in the treatment of human and animal (aquatic and terrestrial) diseases, which has led to their widespread application and use. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the ability of microorganisms (e.g. bacteria, viruses and some parasites) to stop an antibiotic, such as an antimicrobial, antiviral or antimalarial, from working against them. Globally, about 700 000 deaths per year arise from resistant infections as a result of the fact that antimicrobial drugs have become less effective at killing resistant pathogens. Antimicrobial chemicals that are present in environmental compartments can trigger the development of AMR. These chemicals can also cause antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) to further spread antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) because they may have an evolutionary advantage over non-resistant bacteria. Thus, AMR is a global threat to health, livelihoods and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, both in developing and developed countries. For some time now, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been approached mainly from the human and animal health angles, however little is known about the impacts that AMR in the environment may have on health. A better understanding of how antimicrobial resistance moves from agricultural areas to the environment through soil and water is important if we are to develop guidance to managing it cost effectively. We examined the potential of nuclear techniques—the application of compound-specific stable isotope analysis (CSIA)—as a powerful tool to determine the source and fate of antibiotics in the environment and detect the degradation of antibiotics by transformation-induced isotopic effects. CSIA can be used to qualify and quantify in situ transformations. The latest methodological advances even allow the analysis of several elements (H, C, Cl, N) within a molecule This multi-element isotope information is used to elucidate in-situ transformation pathways and underlying reaction mechanisms.


The sensitivity of altitudinal and latitudinal tree-line ecotones to climate change, particularly that of temperature, has received much attention. To model the possible effects of climate change and improve our understanding of the factors affecting treeline position and movements, we used the spatially-explicit dynamic forest model TreeMig. Although well-suited because of its landscape dynamics functions, TreeMig features a parabolic temperature growth response curve, which has recently been questioned, and the species parameters are not specifically calibrated for cold temperatures. Our main goals were to improve the theoretical basis of the temperature growth response curve in the model and to develop a method for deriving that curve's parameters from tree-ring data. We replaced the parabola with an asymptotic curve, calibrating this for the main species at the subalpine (Swiss Alps: Pinus cembra, Larix decidua, Picea abies) and boreal (Fennoscandia: Pinus sylvestris, Betula pubescens, Picea abies) tree-lines. After adjustment of its parameters, the new growth curve fitted the field measurements (tree-ring widths) better. For the subalpine species, the minimum degree-day sum was lowered by around 100 degree-days; in the case of Larix, the maximum ring-width was increased to 5.19 mm. At the boreal tree-line, the minimum degree-day sum for Pinus sylvestris was lowered by 210 degree-days and its maximum ring-width increased to 2.943 mm; for Betula (new in the model) the minimum heat sum was set to 325 degreedays and the maximum ring-width to 2.51 mm; the values from the only boreal sample site for Picea were similar to the subalpine ones, so the same parameters were used. However, adjusting the growth response alone did not improve the model's output concerning species' distributions and their relative importance at tree-line. Minimum winter temperature, which controls seedling establishment in the model, proved more important for determining distribution. Picea, P. sylvestris and Betula did not have minimum winter temperature limits, so these values were set to -7, -11 and -13 respectively. In a case study for the Alps, the original and newly-calibrated versions of TreeMig were compared with data from the National Forest Inventory (NFI). Both models gave similar, reasonably realistic results.


The invention provides a book outputting window of a full-automatic closed shelve stack. The book outputting window of the full-automatic closed shelve stack comprises a book outlet support frame. A book conveying device is arranged at the side of the book outlet support frame. A translation mechanism is arranged above the book outlet support frame, the translation mechanism extends from the above of the book outlet frame to the above of the book conveying device, and the translation mechanism is connected with a book clamping mechanism. Further, the book conveying device is a two-way transmission line, one end of the book conveying device is connected with a book outlet, and the other end of the book conveying device is connected with a book recovering device. And a book detection device is arranged above the book conveying device. A rotary mechanism is arranged between the translation mechanism and the book clamping mechanism. Compared with the prior art, books outputted from a stack through the book outlet support frame can be completed with the added book conveying device. The book detection device is added on the book conveying device and the book conveying device is designed with the two-way transmission line, so books with damaged labels can be effectively prevented from outputting from the stack, and absolute qualified books outputted from the stack can be ensured. The book recovering mechanism is simple in structure and high in efficiency.


Electron micrographs of highly crystalline PTFE crystallized by slow cooling from temperatures not far above the melting point show well-marked bands, often with striations perpendicular to the bands; optical evidence shows that the chain molecules are parallel to the striations. The structure is in marked contrast to the spherulitic structure of most polymers; it appears that in PTFE the molecules are straight and parallel for much greater distances than in other polymers, and it is suggested that the width of the bands is a measure of molecular length. The unusual structure is attributed to the unusual stiffness of the fluorocarbon chain; the molecules in the liquid are straighter and less tangled than in other polymer melts. Heating to 500°C., followed by slow cooling, gives a modified structure approaching the spherulitic type found in other polymers; it is suggested that this is due to increased molecular tangling in the melt at higher temperatures. One type of polymer shows bands of remarkably uniform thickness, suggesting unexpected uniformity of molecular length. PTFE wax made by thermal or radiation degradation of the high polymer shows well-defined spiral growth steps due to dislocations; the step heights suggest an unexpected uniformity of molecular length.


The article deals with covering some aspects of the investigation of a group violation of public order. Organizational and tactical measures for interrogation of the suspect are considered for faster and more effective investigation. The author has noted that the group violation of public order is characterized by a large number of its participants. Therefore, the interrogation is a very typical investigative (search) action in its investigation. In addition, the effective conduct of interrogation makes it possible to further qualify the act in accordance with the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Because along with the specified structure of a criminal offense mass riots and group hooliganism are constantly committed. The author supports the position that the interrogation is a regulated by criminal procedure information and psychological process of communication of persons involved in it, aimed at obtaining information about the facts known to the interrogated that are important for establishing the truth in criminal proceedings. It has been determined that interrogation is the most common way to obtain evidence in the investigation of a group violation of public order. Of course, a necessary precondition for interrogation is preparation for it. It covers a number of specific activities: study of the materials of the proceedings; acquaintance with the data on the identity of the interrogated; if necessary - drawing up an interrogation plan. The greatest difficulty in investigating cases of this category is the organization of interrogations in the context of the need to gather information about the event, which was witnessed by a large number of people, many of whom could be participants. Based on the analysis of the survey of police investigators, the author has identified the main tactics of interrogation in the investigation of group violations of public order, in particular: establishing psychological contact with the interrogated (100%); teaching testimony in the form of a free story (88%); asking questions (92%); application of scientific and technical means (65%); presentation of evidence (49%); creating an idea of the investigator's awareness (47%).


statastates is a simple Stata module for adding U.S. state identifiers (abbreviation, name, and FIPS code) that may be missing from your dataset.


There is no description in the Swedish grammar regarding how adjectives can be reinforced with prefixes, also known as intensifiers. Research shows that this phenomenon have recieved greater attention in other languages. The purpose of this study was to describe and map the use of prefix reinforcements, and see if any patterns or rules could be found. The quantitative research is based on statistical data collected from informal blog texts in two Swedish corpora. Adjectives on two types of mood, solid and temporary, as well as positive and negative, were investigated. The results showed that some types were more inclined to take reinforcements than others. Temporary adjectives took on more than solid ones, negative more than positive, as well as the short and frequent adjectives where more often reinforced than the longer and uncommon ones


The catalytic insertion polymerization of substituted norbornenes (NBEs) leads to the formation of a family of polymers which combine extreme thermomechanical properties as well as unique optical and electronic properties. However, this reaction is marred by the lack of reactivity of endo substituted monomers. It has long been assumed that these monomers chelate the metallic catalyst, leading to species which are inactive in polymerization. Here we examine the polymerization of cis-5-norbornene-2,3-dicarboxylic anhydride (so-called carbic anhydride, CA) with a naked cationic Pd catalyst. Although exo-CA can be polymerized, the polymerization of endo-CA stops after a single insertion. Surprisingly, no chelate is formed between the catalyst and endo-CA. Using DFT calculation, it is shown that while the insertion of exo-NBEs is exergonic, the insertion of two endo-CA in a row is endergonic. In this latter case, the enthalpy gain corresponding to the insertion of a double bond is not sufficient to overcome th...


In a matrix containing a resin component having an ion-conducting, substantially no ion-conducting group does mean particle size 20 ㎚ ~ 1 ㎛ of the rubber particles are uniformly dispersed in the electrolyte membrane having the structure. And bonding properties of the electrolyte membrane electrode is excellent, and maintains flexibility even in low humidity or jeolgeon state does not occur, cracks or thermal insulation. Further, since the matrix having an ion conductivity, and a continuous, low humidity or shows a high ion conductivity in jeolgeon state.


This paper discusses the reasons for the decline of rational architecture,and the challenges of traditional HVAC engineers faced when the non-linear building is rising,to study the ways of working of HVAC Engineer for nonlinear building,and the characteristics of the HVAC technical methods and measures for non-linear building.


Summary In Doctor Emil Hultmarks collection of pictures and Chinese pottery recently exhibited in the Academy of Art there were many interesting paintings worth mentioning. Especially one of them attracted our attention. It showed the siege of a town enveloped in the smoke from the attacking artillery. In the foreground of the picture the Commanding General, John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, was to be seen in a red uniform on a white horse. Consequently the picture is of great historical value, showing the eminent ancestor of the present Prime Minister of England. The picture is, however, important also from an artistic point of view. It has been painted by the Dutch painter Jan van Wijck, who came to England with his father Thomas Wijck about 1660. It is one of the rare works left by that artist and shows him as a great colourist and draughtsman. His manner of working is rather difficult to distinguish from that of his father; if there is a difference between the two painters, it can be noticed in a s...


This study of attenuation of Modified Mercalli intensity in New Zealand earthquakes used a carefully selected set of isoseismal maps from 30 events with magnitudes ranging from ML= 5.0 to Ms = 7. 8, and depths ranging from very shallow to 65 km. A completely revised set of magnitudes was used. A two-step stratified regression analysis was used to evaluate the coefficients of the expression for intensity


Using the example of the oxygen content in the boiler exhaust gases automatic regulation system of, the problem of the influence the object approximating model choice on the efficiency operation is considered. It is based on the experimental transient characteristic of the channel "position of the fan guide - oxygen content" For it, the least squares approximation was performed by five different models, differing in order and the presence of a delay. Optimal settings of the PID controller are obtained for each model and transients of the real system are modeled. It was revealed that the choice of the object model approximating structure significantly affects on the efficiency of the automatic control system. The first-order model with a delay is not suitable for describing the real object dynamics, as it leads to a noticeable decrease in the system stability margin. However, models of the second or third order with a delay may well be used in an adaptive control system with identification.


Objective: to investigate the effect of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching on force-time curve and EMG Parameters in competitive aerobics athletes. Methods: we take 36 competitive aerobics athletes as participants, and they were tested after bicycle exercise and bicycle exercise/PNF stretching protocol,then the data were compared and analyzed.Conclusion: PNF stretching for lower extremity will not cause the maximum muscular strength and force - time curve parameters (MVC,F100,IRF,and TMVC) significantly decreased in competitive aerobics athletes, however,EMG voltage of rectus femoris has undergone a significant decline,which is showed that PNF stretch will cause change in excited mode,but force - time curve parameters will not be affected significantly.EMG showed that neural inhibition did not affect the maximum isometric muscle strength and characteristics of time - the power curve parameters, indicating PNF stretching can improve capability of muscle coordination.To take full advantage of PNF stretching exercises, changes of muscular strength and force - time curve parameters caused by PNF stretching should be studied in a more comprehensive, in-depth detail.


With the continuous development of modern teaching technology, in today's classroom often see the use of multimedia to teach, and this kind of multimedia teaching method by teachers and students welcome. Compared with the previous traditional teaching methods, multimedia teaching has shown incomparable advantages and is gradually entering the dance classroom teaching, which is not only conducive to improving the quality of dance teaching for kindergarten teachers, but also can stimulate children's interest in dance learning. This paper mainly discusses the role of multimedia technology in the dance teaching of kindergarten teachers and the continuous improvement of multimedia teaching technology. All these make the teaching resources of teachers of various subjects have more space to play, especially in the dance teaching of preschool teachers, and multimedia teaching plays a very important role.


— Throughout the past periods the construction field has experienced a growing interest in the advantages offibre reinforcement in concrete. Amongst the diverse fibres available, worldwide, a great deal of research is currently being conducted concerning the use of glass fibre as reinforcement in concrete. Glass fibre reinforced concrete composites contain high strength glass fibres that are surrounded by a cementitious medium. In this shape, both the fibres and the environment maintain their natural individual chemical characteristics.In the present experimental investigation the alkali resistance Glass Fibres has been used to study the effect on compressive strength and spilt tensile strength on M60 grades by 0.01%, 0.03%, 0.06%, 0.1% of concrete Keywords –strength properties.


Funding information National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant/Award Number: No.52278145; Graduate Research and Innovation Foundation of Chongqing, China, Grant/Award Number: CYB21030 Abstract Polyvinyl alcohol-engineered cementitious composite (PVA-ECC) exhibits strain hardening and multiple cracking characteristics under tension. Its superior tensile behavior may also influence the flexural behavior of reinforced PVA-ECC beams. This paper investigates the load capacity and failure mode of reinforced PVA-ECC beams in bending. Seven beams with different tensile reinforcement ratios, including six PVA-ECC beams and one conventional concrete beam, were tested in the experimental program. The influence of reinforcement ratio on load capacity and failure characteristics was discussed in detail. Test results showed that with increasing reinforcement ratio, the ultimate load of beams was increased, but the failure mode was changed from fracture of PVA-ECC in the tension zone to crushing in the compression zone, thereby limiting the full development of beam ductility. An analytical model is proposed to calculate the load and the vertical deflection of beams. In the model, the tension-stiffening effect of reinforcement after cracking of PVA-ECC is considered by defining the bond–slip relationship of reinforcement embedded in PVA-ECC. Comparisons are made between experimental results in the literature and those calculated by using the analytical model to show the accuracy of the model in predicting the load– deflection relationship, the moment–rotation relationship, and the moment–curvature relationship.


Due to respectively limited training data, different entities addressing the same vision task based on certain sensitive images may not train a robust deep network. This paper introduces a new vision task where various entities share task-specific image data to enlarge each other's training data volume without visually disclosing sensitive contents (e.g. illegal images). Then, we present a new structure-based training regime to enable different entities learn task-specific and reconstruction-proof image representations for image data sharing. Specifically, each entity learns a private Deep Poisoning Module (DPM) and insert it to a pre-trained deep network, which is designed to perform the specific vision task. The DPM deliberately poisons convolutional image features to prevent image reconstructions, while ensuring that the altered image data is functionally equivalent to the non-poisoned data for the specific vision task. Given this equivalence, the poisoned features shared from one entity could be used by another entity for further model refinement. Experimental results on image classification prove the efficacy of the proposed method.


A fishery monitoring and enhancement plan has been worked out for the Twin Falls Hydroelectric Project which diverts water from a one mile reach of the South Fork Snoqualmie River in Washington State. According to the Twin Falls Mitigation Plan (TFMP). instream flows may be reduced to 75 cfs (2.1 m 3 /s) during May, June and July if surveys indicate that numbers of trout in areas affected by the project are not significantly lower than pre-project levels Modification of the instream flow regime would take place following two years of post-project monitoring. Pre-project and post-project monitoring is described. Final conclusions have not yet been reached.


In this work, a methodology for the characterization of sugar cane bagasse was validated. Bagasse pre-treated with steam in a 5000 L reactor at a pressure of 15.3 kgf/cm2, during 7 min, was used to test the methodology. The methodology consisted of the hydrolysis of the material with H2SO4 at 72% v/v, for the quantification of carbohydrates, organic acid, furfural and hydroxymethylfurfural by HPLC; insoluble lignin and ash by gravimetry; and soluble lignin by spectrophotometry. Linearity, repeatability, reproducibility and accuracy of the results obtained in two Research Laboratories were determined, and were considered to be suitable for the validation of the methodology.


In this paper, we address the problem of computing the probability that $r$ out of $n$ interfering signals can be correctly received in a random access wireless system with capture and capable of performing up to $K$ successive interference cancellation (SIC) iterations. We provide an expression for the distribution of the number of captured packets that is scalable with $n$ and $r$. We also provide an approximate expression for the mean number of captured signals, which gives the system throughput as a function of $K$ and $n$. The approximation is much easier to compute than the exact mean and provides good results for reasonable values of $K$. Finally, we present some selected results for a case study with the purpose of illustrating the potentialities of the proposed mathematical framework and validate the approximate method to compute the system throughput.


Within the limits of the Flora, Brit. Ind. Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. (Compositae) has been recorded from West Punjab, Hazara, Peshawar, Jammu and Kashmir. Afterwards, it has occasionally been collected from Chamba and Kulu. Recently it has been found to be naturalising in the Doon Valley on few localised spots. Its sporadic occurrence abruptly in Dehra Dun has been attributed to the possibility of its seeds having accompanied the immigrants from West Punjab, etc., who have settled around the place where it is now spreading. There is similar instance of Lepidium perfoliatum L. recorded before, where the plant, otherwise native of Afghanistan and Baluchistan has been suddenly found growing in Dehra Dun.


The 2-year-old grafts of 11 flare tree peony (Paeonia rockii) cultivars and 5-year-old seedlings were firstly introduced to Chifeng district of Inner Mongolia from Lanzhou of Gansu Province,China,and their cultivation,domestication and observation were carried out for three years.Comparing with P.suffruticosa 'Luo Yang Hong',a traditional cultivar of common tree peonies,the cold resistance of P.rockii was studied.The results showed that:1) flare tree peonies were able to adapt to the cold climate in Chifeng and normally grow and overwinter in open field under appropriate winter protection.The growth was obviously increased from the second year after introduction and in the third year most of cultivars except for only one had bloomed with a good quality of flowers.The plants sprouted from late March to mid-April,flowered at mid-May and fell into dormancy from early November to the next sprouting.Compared with the place of origin of the species,the dates for sprouting and flowering were delayed for one month and 20 days,respectively.The time interval from sprouting to flowering was shortened and the period of dormancy was prolonged significantly.2) The thickness ratio of the palisade tissues to spongy tissues in the leaves of P.rockii reflected a link with the cold resistance of the species and could be used anatomically to evaluate the cold resistance of the cultivars.3) The relative conductivity of leaves was increased with the decreasing temperature and the cultivars with lower leaf conductivity were more resistant to coldness.4) Adaptability and cold resistance of P.rockii were apparently different from P.suffruticosa 'Luo Yang Hong'and the former was stronger than the latter.The adaptability and cold resistance of tested cultivars ordered from high to low as 'Lan He','Mei Gui Hong','Zi Guan Yu Zhu','Qing Chun','Zi Lou Shan Jin','Tao Hua San Zhuan','Yu Ban Xiu Qiu','Gao Yuan Sheng Huo','He Ping Lian','Xue Li Cang Jin','Hong Lian'and 'Luo Yang Hong'.


The appropriate use of antithetic random variates has been shown to improve the precision of response surface model estimation for simulation. We apply this approach to simulation experiments designed to determine operating conditions that reduce response variability by using Genichi Taguchi's parameter design framework. Antithetic random number streams can be viewed as another level of complexity in the experiment design: we call this class of simulationspecific factors artificial factors. A simple example illustrates how antithetic random variates may be beneficial for robust design in simulation settings.


A three-dimensional model of an annular viscous liquid jet injected in a compressible gas media was developed,and its spatial stability analysis was conducted.The primary parameters that govern the growth rates of disturbances are the Reynolds number,the Weber number,the density ratio between the gas and liquid, the Mach number of the gas with respect to the frame of reference moving jet and the ratio of inner radius to the thickness of liquid sheet.The Reynolds number always tends to promote the instabilities of liquid jets,but it has no effect on the range of unstable wave numbers.The growth rates of disturbances and the range of unstable wave numbers are increased remarkably with the Weber number increasing.The density ratio plays an action to improve the atomization of liquid jets.As the Mach number of the ambient gas is increased, the instability of liquid jets is increased,namely the compressibility of the gas media enhances the jet instability.When the ratio of inner radius to the thickness of liquid sheet is small,it acts on the instability in the process of the jet,while becomes larger,it reduces the jet instability.


The Introduction to Programming course is one of the most difficult subjects for the students in their first year of engineering career at Technological University of Panama. In introductory programming courses, students learn the logic for algorithm development. In these courses the usual methodology is to teach students the logic for the construction of algorithms in Spanish using paper, later in a second course a specific programming language is taught, usually C or Java. However, the syntax and instructions of the latter is in English. In this study, the use of PSeInt is analyzed as a support for teaching programming with syntax and instructions in Spanish.


Rifampicin and D-threo-chloramphenicol inhibited the incorporation of [35S]methionine into purified bacteroid suspensions, and into the bacteroid fraction but not the plant cytoplasmic fraction of cultured nodules. Cycloheximide and anisomycin inhibited [35S]methionine incorporation into the plant cytoplasmic fraction of cultured nodules; at early times they inhibited incorporation into the bacteroid fraction, but at later times this effect was reversed. Chloramphenicol, rifampicin, spectinomycin, cycloheximide and anisomycin all prevented the induction of acetylene reduction activity in immature nodules; spectinomycin did not prevent induction in nodules containing a spectinomycin-resistant Rhizobium. Neither rifampicin nor chloramphenicol inhibited the acetylene reduction activity of mature nodules, but cycloheximide and anisomycin caused rapid loss of activity. Cycloheximide did not inhibit the acetylene reduction activity of Rhizobium strain 32H1 in pure cultures. The results suggest that both plant cytoplasmic protein synthesis and bacteroid protein synthesis are needed for the induction of nitrogenase activity in developing lupin nodules, and that plant cytoplasmic protein synthesis but not bacteroid protein synthesis is needed for the maintenance of nitrogenase activity at high levels.


The concentration of industry within Cleveland, particularly the chemically orientated variety, results in an above average movement of hazardous substances. Public authorities, particularly the police and fire service, have played a conspicuous role in adopting systems which ensure that such movements take place with maximum safety within this, largely urbanised, county. Close co-operation with the highway authority in determing "tanker routes" and in dealing with incidents has resulted in highway authority staff becoming acquainted, albeit perhaps superficially, with some of the increasingly complex law relating to the conveyance of hazardous substances. This paper summarises the present statutory requirements and at the same time examines various practical situations which may confront the highway engineer. Since its presentation in October, 1979 to a joint meeting of the institution and the society of chemical industry, there have been further moves with regard to the draft regulations on dangerous substances (conveyance by road) regulations, 1980. A second consultative document was published as a green paper in July, 1980. It was originally anticipated that these regulations would become operative on January 1St, 1981, but it is now doubtful whether this data will be met. (a) (TRRL)


This chapter is based on Plato's Counterfeit Sophists . The main part of the Plato's Counterfeit Sophists consists of an exploration of the traditional elements in the sophists' intellectual practices and highlights how deeply embedded they were in the Greek wisdom tradition. One might speculate that the Platonic rejection of the sophists is also a rejection of the different articulations of philosophy that some of them championed. On this point, perhaps Edward Schiappa is right when he argues that the founding act of philosophy requires a negative double. It is well known that Plato takes great liberties when fashioning a historic lineage for his own intellectual practices. Similar strategies might be at work when dealing with his intellectual rivals. An indispensable part of the Platonic articulation of philosophy was accomplished by repressing or misrepresenting rival claims. Keywords: Edward Schiappa; Greek wisdom tradition; historic lineage; negative double; Plato's Counterfeit Sophists


The present invention damage to the medium by to receive it by as the medium for communication methods and apparatus for medium naeoegan using a communication line, in particular, by placing the transmitter within the medium, energizing the electric signal the transmitter via the medium without causing, the present invention relates to a medium for improving the reception of signals in a communication method and apparatus using the medium naeoegan communication line. The communication method of the medium using the present inventors naeoegan medium as a communication line comprising the steps of receiving an electrical signal containing information regarding the medium from a number of sensors in the internal medium and; And the step of energizing the electrical signal directly to the medium; Medium and a step of detecting the electric signals flowing to the outside. The invention without causing damage to the media, there is an effect that it is possible to reduce the power consumption in the transmitting step and downsizing solve the directional problem of the antenna, and.


Aiming at the problem about CVT automotive on long downhill,engine brake was used to control automotive velocity.At the diverse engine speed,the engine brake torque was obtained by test.The engine brake capacity was analyzed on the change of road gradient and speed ratio.On the basis,the PID controller was designed to control automotive velocity on long downhill.The results show that the control system designed can control automotive velocity with definite response speed at the less gradient,and it helps automotive brake at the biggish gradient.


Respiratory disorders in obesity occur even in the absence of bronchopulmonary pathology, and in their presence, an excess of adipose tissue worsens the prognosis of the disease. Obese people have a high risk of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, hypoventilation syndrome, bronchial hyperreactivity, pneumonia, pulmonary hypertension. The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of using physical therapy in the correction of signs of respiratory system dysfunction in women with abdominal obesity. Material and methods. The study involved 172 women with abdominal obesity of I-III degrees, diagnosed by body mass index and the ratio of waist and hip circumferences. According to the results of the definition of the rehabilitation (therapeutic) alliance, they were divided into two groups. The comparison group consisted of women with a low level of alliance that refused to actively participate in the program of weight loss. The main group consisted of women with a high level of alliance; they underwent a one-year correction program using nutritional modification, increased physical activity, lymphatic drainage, psychocorrection, and elements of respiratory physical therapy. The control group consisted of 32 women with normal body weight. Subjective state, dyspnea intensity, pulsоoximetry and spirometry parameters were studied. Results and discussion. We revealed the respiratory system dysfunction in women with abdominal obesity: subjective signs of impaired respiratory function, a decrease in arterial blood oxygenation, and a decrease in spirometry volumes. Their content and severity were proportional to the severity of obesity. Using respiratory therapy elements in the program of complex physical therapy aimed at reducing body weight let us normalize the studied parameters of the respiratory system function in women of the main group. The low level of the rehabilitation alliance of women in the comparison group led to unsatisfactory implementation of the recommendations provided and was associated with a lack of rehabilitation effect. Improvement in the state of the bronchopulmonary system in women with abdominal obesity is justified both by primary changes in the respiratory system – an increase in spirometry volumes and reserves, improved blood oxygenation, and indirectly – by an increase in the range of motion of the diaphragm, a decrease in the amount of visceral fat and general fitness, which is confirmed by the leveling of signs of restrictive and mixed respiratory failure. Conclusion. It is advisable to include the elements of respiratory rehabilitation in the programs for restoring the health of women with abdominal obesity


The mechanical properties of polystyrene (PS) nanospheres of ca. 50-1000 nm in diameter were evaluated by using an atomic force microscope (AFM). The compressive elastic moduli of individual nanospheres were obtained by analyzing the AFM force-displacement curves on the basis of the Hertz and JKR contact theories. The results showed that the elastic moduli of PS nanospheres of different sizes were in the range of 2-8 GPa. The elastic modulus of PS nanospheres increased with the decrease of the sphere diameter, especially when the diameter was less than 200 nm. The measurement errors due to tip wear and the deformation at the bottom of the sphere were analyzed. Mechanisms for the size dependence on the elastic modulus of PS nanospheres were also discussed.


Commercial stoned table olives named "alcaparras" from Trás-os-Montes (Portugal) were chemically characterized. During three consecutive years (2004–2006) 30 samples (10 per year) were examined for their nutritional value (moisture, crude protein, total fat, ash, carbohydrates, and energy), with a detailed report of the fatty acids and tocopherols composition. Water was the major constituent (72.5 ± 5.5%), followed by fat (14.6 ± 5.1%). The average amount of protein and ash were 1.1% and 3.4%, respectively, reporting unusual ash values for table olives, related to the technological process. One hundred grams of fresh stoned table olives presented an average energetic value of 156 kcal, lower than most table olives. The lipids are rich in oleic acid (average of 77.7 ± 2.0%), followed by palmitic acid and linoleic acid. Samples showed an average of total tocopherols of 1.2 mg/100 g of fresh weight, being α-tocopherol the most abundant. Table olives are important sources of MUFA, as olive oil, recognized as a preventive factor in diseases in which free radicals are implicated, complemented by the amounts of vitamin E, with both antioxidant and vitamin action.


NE OBVIOUS WAY of defeating the purposes of legislation with ~ ~ which one is not in agreement is to obtain its repeal. This wipes 0 out the obnoxious statute; thus, it is an effective method, capably exercised by legislative bodies in the past. But what does one do if it is not possible to obtain the cancellation of the law in question? Suppose and this is by no means far-fetched in view of current happenings that the legislature itself does not want to revoke the statute in question. Assume and this brings us squarely up to date that the


The utility model mainly relates to a device for water treatment, in particular to a structure of a clarification pool for treating original water. A high efficiency clarification pool applied to Yellow River water comprises a water collecting through (3) arranged above a pool body (2); the lower part is connected with a gravity mud discharge bucket (11); a middle cylinder (6) is arranged in the pool body (2); the middle cylinder (6) is connected with the side wall of the gravity mud discharge bucket (11); the periphery of the middle cylinder (6) is provided with a water guide plate (7); an umbrella-shaped plate (8) is arranged between the water guide plate (7) and the pool body (2); the lower edge of the water guide plate (7) and the lower edge of the umbrella-shaped plate (8) are horizontally arranged or are extended out of the umbrella-shaped plate (8). The high efficiency clarification pool is mainly characterized in that a water inlet pipe (1) is arranged between the middle cylinder (6) and the gravity mud discharge bucket (11) through the pool body (2) and the gravity mud discharge bucket (11). The high efficiency clarification pool has the advantages that original water can fully stir the upper part of the gravity mud discharge bucket (11), namely, a middle settling zone 2; a lot of sediment in the middle cylinder (6) obtains good treatment. The middle part of the gravity mud discharge bucket (11) is provided with a mud collecting bucket (10); the sediment settled in the middle settling zone 2 is directly centralized in a concentrated zone 3 through the mud collecting bucket (10), so the sediment of the bottom is smoothly discharged.


Questionnaires were administered to 295 students in summer programs for 9-15 year old academically gifted and artistically talented students, asking for their conceptions of giftedness and talent and their perceptions of the causes and consequences of being so identified. Findings suggested that their stereotypes regarding gifted and talented students were highly positive. These students reported that giftedness can be attained by hard work, that they are not very different from others, and that others treat them well. A minority reported negative reactions from peers.


In order to test the spatial uniformity of the Southeast region of Spain with respect to precipitation the auto- and cross-spectral functions have been computed for several chosen observatories. The results indicate a variation of spectral features at different locations. Thus, at distances of about 250 km the annual cycle and its second harmonic cannot be considered strictly the same for all stations. This denotes some degree of spatial inconsistency. Furthermore, the cross-spectral function changes along the coastline as the influence of the Atlantic increases. By splitting the total data sample into three subsamples (1st, 2nd and 3rd data thirds) and then testing the cross-spectral functions for the first and final subsamples, the detection of long-term changes has become feasible. To further analyse these long-term changes we applied a non-parametric methodology based on the study of an empirical cumulative distribution function, known as a quantile-quantile plot. Different variations are registered in the monthly totals. The results raise serious questions about spatial and temporal consistency in the climate subregion of Southeast Spain


The present invention is free of zinc di-acrylate of the polybutadiene for use in the golf ball, and provides a method for providing a dust homogenous dispersion and the product, wherein the first and second and processing promoter is used in the preparation of the dispersion incorporated into the dispersion It is, the first processing promoter is a low molecular weight polyethylene, fatty acids, and metal oxides including zinc salts of fatty acids, and the second processing accelerators, including zinc oxide, magnesium oxide and calcium oxide.


The nanoemulsion formulation containing clobetasol propionate (CP) was prepared by spontaneous emulsification method. For the formulation of nanoemulsion Tea tree oil, Tween 80, transcutol P, and distilled water were used. Drug was incorporated in oil phase in 0.05% w/v. The lipohilic nature of drug leads to O/W nanoemulsion formulation. These were characterized by droplet size, pH, viscosity, conductivity and refractive index. Stability studies were performed as per ICH guideline for a period of 3-months. Shelf-life of nanoemulsion formulation was also determined after performing the accelerated stability testing. It was found that the droplet size, conductivity and refractive index were slightly increased while viscosity and pH, slightly decreased at refrigerator (4oC), room temperature (25oC) and 40°C during 3 months of storage period. However, the changes in these parameters were not statistically significant (p≥0.05). The degradation (%) of optimized nanoemulsion of CP were determined and the shelf-life was found to be 13.28 months at room temperature. These results indicated that the physical and chemical stability of CP were maintained in nanoemulsion formulation.


The material covered in an earlier paper is re-examined in the light of the analysis of the electron microscope intensity data by Bird and co-workers (1985) that a new type of delta delta structure forms the ground state in 2H-TaSe2. By examining the characteristics of the most stable alpha alpha , beta beta , gamma gamma and delta delta structures, guidelines are established on the electronic factors enhancing the stability of a particular choice of phasing. In particular, attention is drawn to the symmetry breaking, a delta delta structure implies at the single-sandwich level, and the effect this will have on the important Gamma K saddle points in the band structure. With regard to the discommensuration arrays above lock-in the structure delta delta 3(+) has the unique characteristic of forming 1/2a0 discommensurations with itself rotated through 120 degrees . This minimises the drive to DC partialisation through alpha alpha 3(+). Further refined band-structural work is now required to see why delta delta 3(+), not delta delta 3(-), is the ground state in 2H-TaSe2. Perhaps it is at this level that finally disproportionation and cation cluster formation play a role.


Are market-based or bank-based financial systems better at financing the expansion of industries that depend heavily on external finance, facilitating the formation of new establishments, and improving the efficiency of capital allocation across industries? We find evidence for neither the market-based nor the bank-based hypothesis. While legal system efficiency and overall financial development boost industry growth, new establishment formation, and efficient capital allocation, having a bank-based or market-based system per se does not seem to matter much.


The estimation of the quality properties of the paper web is mainly based on sparse scanning measurements. This measurement system has some wellknown disadvantages, but the solutions for alternative measurement principles have been found expensive. The recent development in imaging technology and data processing enables web imaging with a current web inspection system. The resulted transmittance data correlates with paper web quality properties and may provide new information of some of those properties. Simulations performed in this study aim to demonstrate the potential usage of the imaging measurement principle in the estimation of paper properties. A set of different types of disturbance scenarios are reconstructed by imaging and scanning measurement principles. Most scenarios concern disturbances that can be classified as a residual variation of a paper web. Image-based estimation was found to be able to detect types of variations impossible to identify with scanner-based estimation. The results also show that image-based estimates may provide additional insight on paper web variations even with sufficiently high noise content in the measurement.


Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy in combination with site‐directed spin labeling (SDSL) is a powerful tool in protein structural research. Nitroxides are highly suitable spin labeling reagents, but suffer from limited stability, particularly in the cellular environment. Herein we present the synthesis of a maleimide‐ and an azide‐modified tetraethyl‐shielded isoindoline‐based nitroxide (M‐ and Az‐TEIO) for labeling of cysteines or the noncanonical amino acid para‐ethynyl‐l‐phenylalanine (pENF). We demonstrate the high stability of TEIO site‐specifically attached to the protein thioredoxin (TRX) against reduction in prokaryotic and eukaryotic environments, and conduct double electron–electron resonance (DEER) measurements. We further generate a rotamer library for the new residue pENF‐Az‐TEIO that affords a distance distribution that is in agreement with the measured distribution.


To discuss ulcerative colitis(UC) based on etiology,pathogenesis and prognosis of UC in The HuangDi's Classic of Internal Medicine,it is thought that etiology,pathogenesis and prognosis of UC is Yin-Yang disharmony,pathogen dampness invading Yin.Five viscera disease can caused by the occurrence of intestinal abscess due to the five internal organs damaged,and cause internal injuries.Chronic illness is hot and humid contact bad blood.The prognosis of intestinal abscess is determined according to body heat or not,and pulse to determine.


The eighth edition of the Institute of Traffic Engineers' (ITE) Trip Generation publication includes two similar categories of land uses: convenience markets with gasoline pumps and gasoline/service stations with convenience markets. The trip generation rates for each are very different, but the distinction between the two is ambiguous. This study investigates trip generation characteristics for a chain of convenience market/gasoline pump retail facilities that are considerably larger (both in square footage of the convenience market and larger average number of fueling stations) than the facilities included in Trip Generation. Trip generation data was gathered for eight sites in Maryland and three sites in New Jersey. The results show that the number of vehicle fueling stations and the size of the convenience market had no significant effect of trip generation when a single-variable regression analysis was performed. A multiple regression analysis that considers other factors, such as traffic volumes on adjacent streets or site location characteristics, may be needed. Trip generation characteristics of the study sites were significantly higher than those of similar land uses included in Trip Generation, suggesting the need for consideration of a new land use code in the report. Directions for future research are discussed.


Phineas P Gage was a railway construction workman who, in 1848, received a devastating penetrating head injury. A 4 ft long tamping iron was fired by accident through his skull destroying both frontal lobes. He survived the accident through luck, the care he received from colleagues at the scene and through medical care received from doctors. This article examines closely the injury pattern, prehospital care, trauma care and medical and psychiatric sequelae Gage received.


Objective: To review the effects of androstenedione supplementation on serum gonadal hormones. Data Sources: Biomedical literature was accessed via PubMed through September 2007; MeSH terms included androstenedione and gonadal hormones. Study Selection and Data Extraction: Studies were limited to those published in English, with the primary outcome of change in serum gonadal hormone concentrations following multiple-dose oral androstenedione supplementation. Articles that reported only effects on muscle strength were excluded because our review focuses on the biochemical, not physiological, effects of androstenedione. For studies that evaluated multiple outcomes of therapy that were published in more than one journal, only the article reporting serum gonadal levels was selected for this review. Data Synthesis: We reviewed 8 unique studies that evaluated the effect of oral androstenedione supplementation on serum gonadal hormone concentrations. Critical comparison of the studies is challenging due to heterogeneity in methodology and outcomes measured, small sample sizes and short durations, and lack of complete data. The timing of serum gonadal hormone measurements, which is of critical importance, is not standardized among the studies. Subjectively evaluated, these studies suggest that androstenedione supplementation may cause a small, transient increase in serum testosterone. However, this effect is very short (<24 h) and may be completely negated by conversion to estrogens and through feedback inhibition of endogenous testosterone production with long-term use (≥28 days). Conclusions: The findings of the studies reviewed suggest that androstenedione supplementation may cause a small, transient increase in serum testosterone levels. More importantly, estrogen-related hormones were also increased. Although androstenedione supplements are no longer available in the US without a prescription, they are available in other countries and potentially via the Internet. Clinicians should be aware of the potentially harmful effects of androstenedione on gonadal hormones in the event that they are involved in the care of a patient who may be using an androstenedione-containing product.


The high-resolution proton magnetic resonance spectra of 6- phenylfulvene, 6-methyl-6-phenylfulvene, and 6-dimethylaminofulvene have been studied in detail. The aromatic character of the fulvenes is discussed in terms of the derived parameters, and observations, in general, indicate that these compounds should be regarded as cyclic dienes. Long-range coupling constants involving protons separated by five and six bonds have been observed.


Shaping of the difficult-to-machine non-conductive materials such as glass, quartz and ceramic is much difficult and uneconomical by existing machining processes. As a result, wide applicabilities of these materials are still limited. Even though these materials are highly required in the field of the modern industries. To overcome the problem, a new machining method has been proposed by researchers by combining the features of electro-chemical machining and electro-discharge machining. Such combined machining process is called as electro-chemical spark machining process. Such developed machining method becomes an appropriate process for machining of non-conductive materials with significant improvement in productivity as compared to the electro-discharge machining and electro-chemical machining processes. In this article, the role of electro-chemical spark machining for machining of the non-conductive materials has been summarized and focused on the future research possibilities in the same area. This article also focuses on mechanism, process and performance parameters, variants and new developments related to the electro-chemical spark machining. As a result, this review article becomes beneficial for researchers to understand the phenomena of the electro-chemical spark machining process as well as further development in the same area.


A speech enhancement method based on the combination the subspace and wavelet is proposed. Using this method, the disadvantages which will occur in the subspace approach and wavelet method respectively are overcome, and the advantages in both methods are utilized. The experimental results show that the distortion of the recovery speech is small, that the noise is also depressed, and that the music noise is removed effectively.


This paper addresses the problem of the denition of a semantic relation set which can be hopefully applied to more than one language. Here I propose a very simple framework with three general semantic relation classes: association, taxonomy and space. In order to train a classier for those classes in italian and english I run an experiment with PartOf-Speech, End-of-Sentence and Named Entity features from TextPro, a text tool suite for italian and english, and I compared three machine learning algorithms (decision lists, decision trees and support vectors) to retrieve if-then rules that worked best on general-purpose datasets (BNC for english and CORIS for italian). From the rules I developed a software, called RA (Relation Annotator), that is compatible with TextPro itself, it obtained an average F1-measure of 0.789 for english and 0.781 for italian with decision lists rules.


In this paper we issue the camera form factor and look into the optical limitations of the conventional camera system. Our research objective is to develop a planar (very thin) form factor camera. We proposed a multi-aperture optics, which is inspired by the compound eyes of insects, and a light field mixture model that describes how the light field information is captured and mixed by a geometric relation between the sensor and the lens. We verified the feasibility of the proposed idea at the thin camera design with a total track length less than 1 mm.


In this paper we present the modeling by a class of object based Petri net, named G-CPN, of a cooperative editing environment for hierarchical diagrams. First, we define the specification of this editor, and introduce an agent based architecture to support its realization. Also, we introduce the G-CPN model as a formal approach to the modeling of object based systems.


With rapid development of cloud computing to a greater extent IT industries outsource their sensitive data at cloud data storage location. To keep the stored data confidential against untrusted cloud service pr oviders, a natural way is to store only encrypted data in th e cloud severs and providing an efficient access co ntrol mechanism using a competent cipher key-Cmxn , which is becoming a promising cryptographic solut ion. In this proposed model the cipher key is generated bas ed on attributes of metadata. The key problems of t his approach includes, the generation of cipher key-C mxn and establishing an access control mechanism for t he encrypted data using cipher key, where keys cannot be revoked without the involvement of data owner and the Metadata Data Server (MDS), hence makes data owner feels comfortable about the data stored. From this study, we propose a novel Metadata driven effi cient key generation and distribution policies for cloud data security system by exploiting the characterist ic of the metadata stored. Our design enforces secu rity by providing two novel features. 1. Generation of Ciph er key-Cmxn using modified feistel network, which holds good for the avalanche effect as each round of the feistel function, depends on the previous round. 2. A novel key distribution policy is designed where the encryption and decryption keys cannot be compromised without the involvement of data owner and the Metadata Data Server (MDS), hence makes data owner comfortable about the data stored. We have implemented a security model that incorporates our ideas an d evaluated the performance and scalability of the se cured model.


With an antibody specific for L‐histidine decarboxylase (HD) in combination with immunohistochemical techniques and retrograde fluorescent tracing, the morphology, distribution, and projections of the histamineragic neurons of the posterior hypothalamus were studied in the adult male rat.


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Sacroiliac joint dysfunction(sijd) is created by repetitive stresses and is ligaments and muscles cause compressive and elastic forces [1].Muscles ligaments and joints are mechanoreceptors and retains stability and bearings of the body movements sense proprioception. [9].However there is a little research investigating the relationship between sijd and balance.

Aim: To investigate the relationship between sijd and static/dynamic balance.

Methods: 20 subjects with sijd and 20subjects without SIJ dysfunction(control group-CG)were evaluated by standing flexion,sitting flexion and Gillet's Test.In addition to sociodemographic features, visual analog scale(VAS) was used for pain assessment.Manuel Muscle Testing (MMT) was used for assessing strength of rectus abdominis and lumbar extensors.Static balance was evaluated by single leg stance test (SLST) with open and closed eyes.Dynamic balance was evaluated by Prokin PK200.

Results: For statistical analysis SPSS program was used.There were significant difference in static balance of the lower extremities without visual feedback between subjects with sijd and CG(p


A system for surgical tool or expand anastomotic ring applier comprising a handle connected to the elongate shaft, said elongate shaft terminates in an anastomotic ring deployment mechanism. The ring deployment mechanism from an unactuated position to the actuated position. In order to prevent insertion or retraction of the tool during tissue is trapped in the ring deployment mechanism, a plurality of panels arranged to surround the ring during insertion and retraction portions of deployment mechanism, wherein the ring deployment mechanism is unactuated position. The panel may move together with the ring deployment mechanism to an actuated position, the actuating ring in this position can be deployed anastomotic ring deployment mechanism.


Today the development of upland quarries with the formation of multi-tiered dumps of overburden rock mass in complex conditions of mountainous terrain and limited land resources still remains a problem. The conducted analysis has shown that the practice of designing of multi-tiered dumps in gorges lacks detailed consideration of the issues determining the stress distribution in the dump body depending on the dihedral angle formed by the slopes of the side faces of the gorge. The point is that the process of overburden dumping is accompanied with the transmission of stress forces to the central axial plane of the dump body formed in the gorge from the side of the gorge inclined surfaces. At the same time, the inclined component of stresses is due to the mass of overburden rocks dumped onto the inclined side surfaces of the gorge. Being directed at an angle to the shear forces acting in the dump, these lateral stresses play a positive role in the acceleration of rock mass consolidation in the clamped environment during the overburden dump formation. The decrease in dump shear forces leads to the increase in dump stability. It also allows to determine the rational volumes of overburden to be laid as well as the main parameters of a multi-tiered dump. It should be noted that there are significant difficulties in identifying and objective assessing the nature of occurrence and distribution of stress forces in the dump being constructed in the gorge using graphic-analytical methods. In the course of the presented study, the author made an attempt to identify and register stress forces in the body of a multi-tiered overburden dump formed in the gorge using physical modeling methods. For this purpose, a three-dimensional model test bench of a multi-tiered dump has been developed. This test bench allows to solve a three-dimensional problem using the method of physical modeling and, identify the stress variation patterns in the central axial plane of the dump model depending on the inclination angles of the side surfaces of the gorge.


It has recently been shown by Wei and Klewicki Phys. Rev. Fluids 1, 082401 (2016)2469-990X10.1103/PhysRevFluids.1.082401 that in a zero-pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layer flow, the product of the nondimensional free-stream velocities in the streamwise (U�+) and wall-normal (V�+) directions is the flow shape parameter (H): U�+V�+=H. It is suggested here that this result is a consequence of the variation of the Reynolds shear stress with U�V in the outer region of the boundary layer. © 2019 American Physical Society.


The free market allows inventors and investors to reap the rewards of high-tech creativity and risk of capital. But under the regime of the market economy, those who gain most from the technological advances conceived of and designed by creative engineers and funded by entrepreneurs are those least weU off. Let us examine several technological advances and see to whom the benefits most accrue. Consider first the printing press of centuries ago. The very rich had scribes and private secretaries to keep their accounts and manage their affairs, but it is the poor who are now literate in numbers once deemed impossible. Nor is such litemc 3' limited to reading, writing, and the basics of arithmetic. An inner-city schoolboy with a PC has the computing power of the best-connected scientists and engineers at the top government labs of just thirty years ago. And, with the many articulation programs that now exist between secondary schools and institutious of higher learning, all it takes is a modem and a local phone call for him to tap into the vast resources of human knowledge in on-line databases such as OCLC or on CD-ROM, a cornucopia of information that an Ivy-league professor could only dream of a mere decade ago. Or to move to less serious pursuits, consider the television and computer talk. The idle rich always had hours of leisure for conversation and plenty of resources for private entertainment: Their properties generated income, while they amused themselves. The unpropelrtied, however, now have an entertainment cornucopia undreamt of in earlier ages-and conversation b.v network e-mail has led marly an ordinary kid to a lifelong friendship. Or. consider antibiotics, surely one of the twentieth's century's greatest miracles. Those fortunate enough to live in sanitary, spacious quarters have less need of these wonder drugs than those who must occupy crowded, unsanitary slum areas. Finally, consider that mundmle housekecping appliance, the vacuum cleaner. The rich are often able to pay others to mind their homes. Those others, in contrast, have had their jobs lightened and their hourly outpm increased by the invention of this simple yet elegant device. From small matters to large makers, the principle holds true: Technological advances help everyone~ but most of all the less well off. Nor is this principle limited to inventions and discoveries, but also to improvements in the methods and means of production. Who has been helped most by specialization, …


Caching popular contents at the network edge is promising to reduce the retrieval latency, the network congestion, and the number of requests to the remote content provider during peak hours. In general, edge caching resource is costly and highly limited. Nevertheless, it is possible to provide cost-effective caching services using unreliable resources, which are resources reserved for other applications but have not been fully used or resources on vulnerable servers. In this paper, we consider the problem of caching popular contents over unreliable resources as a less expensive solution to limited edge caching capacity. In particular, to address the unreliability of edge resources, erasure coding is leveraged to increase the availability of cached contents. We formulate the problem as a discrete optimization problem and prove it is NP-hard. We start with two special cases of the problem and provide optimal algorithms for them. We then design an algorithm for the general version of the proposed problem and provide a provable performance guarantee. Real-world data-driven simulations demonstrate that the proposed algorithms significantly outperform popular baselines, and the rewards for the general version of the problem are near-optimal.


The effects of nitrobenzene on the micronuclear cells and chromosome aberration were investigated by using the root apex cells of Vicia faba L.The results indicated that nitrobenzene can cause the genetic aberration,such as micronuclear,chromosomal segments,bridges and laggards.The inducing mechanism of the genetic aberration is considered as that nitrobenzene may arouse DNA breakage directly or induce chromosome aberration by stimulation of the free radical reaction in cells indirectly.


Ahmadiyya is a sect by most Muslims in the world are considered
heretical. In Indonesia, through the SKB (Joint Decree) Three ministers said that
the Indonesian Ahmadiyah is deviant, however, this decree returned to the area to
be used or not, according to the circumstances of the country. This poses a
problem to create a conflict between Ahmadis and non - Ahmadis. In Yogyakarta,
in 2012 and had been a tension between the MUI (Indonesian Ulema Council)
with the Indonesian Ahmadiyah Movement (GAI) in Baciro. This is caused by the
GAI hold annual grand recitation. MUI demanding the dissolution study with
allegations that Ahmadyah GAI heresy, as outlined in the 2005 MUI fatwa of
apostasy GAI and JAI. Although it is not until there is violence, but it is becoming
a \" shock \" to Yogyakarta that before this looks serene in religious life.
Kababir in Haifa is the \" hometown \" of Ahmadiyah followers in Israel.
Kababir considered a mixed environment, and Haifa city officials see it as a
model of coexistence. Most Israelis know very little about this sect, which is
considered to be peaceful and non - proselytizing. Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav so
far to call them \" Arab Reform. \" Society motto is \" Love for all , hatred for
none.\"


China is in a transition period—its government has been expanding imports and pushing itself to shift from a world factory to a world market. One of the aims is to promote energy reform and ensure energy security. Taking the resource-based regions of China as objects, based on 2003–2017 panel data, this paper investigates energy efficiency loss by the stochastic frontier approach and the effects of different technical inefficiency items. Surprisingly, quantitative results show that 99.9% energy efficiency loss in these regions is caused by technical inefficiency (which had never been found and discussed in previous studies). However, this does not mean that China's efforts to expand imports as a way to improve energy efficiency and energy security are undesirable. Instead, interestingly, it is import (−0.083***) rather than industrial structure (0.524***) that can significantly reduce energy efficiency loss. Then, it employs the counter-fact test to quantify the positive accelerating effect of human capital (average as high as 4.1%) as a key factor of absorptive capacity in the technology spillover. Lastly, it puts forward the corresponding policy suggestions in energy fields, to solve the problem effectively, especially the "comprehensive technology spreading center" and "innovative three-dimensional talent supplementary and flow mechanism."


Objective To investigate the clinical value of 64-multislice spiral computed tomography(64-MSCT) combined with high-sensitivity C-reactive protein(hsCRP),D-dimer and homocysteine(Hcy) for detecting the stability of coronary artery plaques of patients with acute coronary syndrome(ACS).Methods Ninety-six patients conducted with coronary angiography and CT tomography were divided into ACS group(n=31),stable angina pectoris(SAP) group(n=35) and control group(n=30).According to the results of coronary artery plaques detected by MSCT,both ACS and SAP groups were further divided into vulnerable plaque group,mixed plaque group and stable plaque group,22 cases in each group.The levels of serum hsCRP and Hcy,plasma as well as D-dimer were detected,and 64-MSCT was used to judge the nature of coronary atherosclerotic plaques.Results The distribution of vulnerable and mixed plaques in ACS group was dramatically higher than that in SAP group,while that of stable plaques lower than in SAP group.The levels of hsCRP,D-dimer and Hcy in SAP and ACS groups were conspicuously higher than those in control group,and there was significant difference between SAP and ACS groups.The levels of hsCRP,D-dimer and Hcy in every plaque group were all obviously higher than those in the control group,and those in vulnerable and mixed plaque groups were also distinctly higher than those in stable plaque group.The levels of hsCRP and D-dimer in vulnerable plaque group were clearly higher than those in mixed plaque group.Conclusion The detection of 64-MSCT combined with hsCRP,D-dimer and Hcy can be considered as a predictive indicator of unstable coronary artery plaques.


Objective To know the infection status and influence factors of intestinal parasites among population after the newly-built Three Gorges Reservoir area and provide information for control of intestinal parasitic diseases in this area.Methods Wanzhou District in Chongqing Municipality was chosen as the pilot for the investigation after the construction of Three Gorges Dam.Production,life style and behavior of the residents were surveyed and fecal examination of parasites was carried out.Results The main source of drinking water there is river(68.7%),hand-pressed wells(7.7%) and tap water(23.6%).In this area,hygienic lavatories is only used by 13.5% households,coarse lavatories without the function of killing parasitic eggs and bacilli were used by the rest majority(86.5%).Total prevalence of the intestinal parasites was 45.4%,with 42.9% in males and 48.0% in females.Five kinds of intestinal parasites were detected by fecal examination.Among them the prevalence rate of ascaris,fasciolopsis,hookworm,trichuris and enterobius was 10.9%,26.2%,16.9%,3.3% and 0.3%,respectively.People that infect one,two and three kinds of parasites accounted for 71.7%,23.5% and 4.8%,respectively.The age group with the highest infection rate of ascaris was from 10-14 years of age,fasciolopsis,30-39 years,and hookworm,between the age of 30 and 59 years.Conclusion After the construction of Three Gorges Reservoir,although a distinct change on environment has shown,the sanitation has not been improved as a whole.And,as a result,intestinal parasitic diseases are still one of the main diseases causing morbidity of the residents.So surveillance and control of the parasitic diseases in the area need to be strengthened,especially health education should be provided to the local residents so as to change their unhealthy life style as well as behavior.


As airlines continue to expand outside their home markets, can they solve their differences with unions over offshore bases, affiliates and alliances?


The invention relates to aldonic acid esters of starch fractions or starch fraction derivatives which are selectively oxidised on the reducing chain end to form aldonic acids, and to solids and solutions containing said aldonic acid esters. The invention also relates to methods for producing said aldonic acid esters, to methods for producing pharmaceutical active ingredients coupled to polysaccharides or polysaccharide derivatives on free amino functions, and to pharmaceutical active ingredients thus obtained.


The non‐local effects of turbulence can affect the transport especially in devices when the ration of ion gyroradius to plasma size (ρi*) is large. We show how the local linear and nonlinear ITG flux‐tube results are modified when the simulations are done with finite ρi* in a global code.


PurposeThe fear of COVID-19 has been identified as a significant predictor of adverse work-related outcomes. Grounded on conservation of resource theory, this study examines the impact of fear of COVID-19 on faculty members' job turnover intention (TI) and job insecurity, as well as the relationship between job insecurity and TI. Additionally, the authors investigate job insecurity as a potential mediating variable between the fear of COVID-19 and TI.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from faculty members (n = 226) working in Pakistan's public sector universities and analysed through PLS-SEM using SmartPLS software.FindingsThe results indicated that fear of COVID-19 was positively and significantly associated with both TI and job insecurity. Furthermore, the results demonstrate that job insecurity has a positive correlation with TI. In addition, the study's findings endorsed the mediating role of job insecurity between fear of COVID-19 and TI.Practical implicationsThe study highlights the importance of addressing the fear of COVID-19 and job insecurity among faculty members, as they are significant predictors of TI. The findings suggest employers should prioritise providing a safe work environment and reducing uncertainty to retain their workforce during the pandemic.Originality/value This study adds to the literature as it conceptualises the indirect mechanism that links fear of COVID-19 to TI and job insecurity and provides practical implications that may reduce faculty members' TI.


Objective:To observe the expression of Bax and Bcl-2 of articular cartilage in the castration osteoarthritis rats,which were treated by the Guilu Erxian glue and its disassembled prescriptions,and to compare the inhibition of chondrocyte apoptosis among different prescriptions.Methods:Establish the castration model of osteoarthritis with four months female SD rats.The expression of Bax and Bcl-2 of articular cartilage were detected by immunohistochemistry method 2,4,and 8 weeks after treating with Guilu Erxian glue and its disassembled prescriptions respectively.Results:All of Guilu Erxian gelatin group,Guilu group,Guilushen group,Guiluqi group and GHC could inhibit the expression of Bax and promote the expression of Bcl-2 in model rats.Guilu Erxian gelatin group showed no difference with Guiluqi group,and both of them were better than Guilu group and Guilushen group.Conclusion:This study indicated that Gouqi combined with Guijia and Lujiao can inhibit effectively the apoptosis of chondrocyte.Guiluqi plays the first important role,but renshen is ineffective.


Abstract This paper examines welfare effects of asset bubbles in an endogenous growth model with overlapping generations. In our model, a steady-state equilibrium with bubbles exists only if the presence of bubbles raises the welfare level of the initial generation. Bubbles can be beneficial to generations born at relatively early dates, whereas they reduce the welfare level of sufficiently distant future generations. Increasing the rate of supply of the useless asset improves the lifetime utilities of future generations.


Studying a religion imposes two sorts of definitions. First, what religious phenomena does one consider worth studying? Second, what does one find sufficiently important for study in a limited framework? Judaic religious and historical phenomena, like those of other religions, may seem to defy adequate description at the outset. The varieties of historical setting, intellectual and religious expressions, literary and theological literature-these can scarcely be satisfactorily apprehended in the modest framework of a lifetime of study. In working toward a definition of religion, one has to confront the same formidable complexities. The problem is cultural and philosophical. The operative criteria of selection ought to be: What phenomena are universal, everywhere present, and meaningful? What, further, is important as a representation of the reality both viewed and shaped by "Judaism"? The answers surely cannot be found in literature produced by, and for, a religious elite, for the sophisticated conceptions of extraordinary men cannot be supposed to have been grasped by common folk. Theological writings, while important, testify to the conception of reality held by a tiny minority. In the case of Judaism, legal ideals and values were shaped by a class of religious virtuosi to begin with, then imposed upon the life of ordinary people. Excluding these two classes of data, we may imagine that the religious materials that best conform to our criteria are liturgical. The myths conveyed by prayer and associated rituals were universal, everywhere present, and meaningful in the history of Judaism from A.D. 70 onward. Of greatest importance, they provide the clearest picture of how Jews in archaic times envisioned the meaning of life and of themselves. If a myth is present, it must be everywhere present, hidden in every ceremony and rite, every liturgy, every sacred gesture and taboo. We must be able to locate it in commonplace, not merely extraordinary, events of piety. In my view, Jewish liturgy provides the clearest, and at the same time


UiO-66 is a potential material for adsorption heat transformation (AHT) with high specific surface area, and excellent thermal and chemical stability. However, the low water adsorption capacity of UiO-66 in the low relative pressure range (0 < P/P 0 < 0.3) limits its application in AHT. We prepare the UiO-66 modified by MgCl2 through using the solvothermal method and impregnation method, and study their water vapor adsorption performances and heat storage capacities. Attributed to the extremely high saturated water uptake and excellent hydrophilicity of MgCl2, the water adsorption performance of UiO-66 is improved, although the introduction of MgCl2 reduces its specific surface area and pore volume. The water adsorption capacity at P/P 0 = 0.3 and the saturated water adsorption capacity of the UiO-66 (with MgCl2 content of 0.57 wt%) modified by the solvothermal method are 0.27 g/g and 0.57 g/g at 298 K, respectively, which are 68.8% and 32.6% higher than the counterparts of pure UiO-66, respectively. Comparing with pure UiO-66, the water adsorption capacity of the UiO-66 (with MgCl2 content of 1.02 wt%) modified by the impregnation method is increased by 56.3% and 14.0% at the same pressure, respectively. During 20 water adsorption/desorption cycles, the above two materials show high heat storage densities (∼ 1293 J/g and 1378 J/g). Therein, the UiO-66 modified by the solvothermal method exhibits the excellent cyclic stability. These results suggest that the introduction of an appropriate amount of MgCl2 makes UiO-66 more suitable for AHT applications.


We argue that the global spread of ideas contributes to trade liberalization. Building on insights from a rich case-based literature, we suggest an explicit mechanism of trade policy diffusion: US-trained Ph.D. economists, who share a common belief in the benefits of free trade, and who operate with varying degrees of political influence around the world. We offer the first cross-national test of the impact of economists on trade liberalization using a unique dataset recording the country of residence of all 6,493 foreign-based, US-trained American Economic Association (AEA) members over the period 1981–1997. Specifically, we measure the influence of economists on the timing and extent of trade liberalization. First, we endogenize the date of trade liberalization using hazard and probit models. Controlling for alternative diffusion mechanisms and other confounding variables, our results suggest that economists significantly speed up the reform process. Second, we find that countries with greater numbers of economists are more open to trade at the end of the period. All of our results are robust to an instrumental variables strategy that employs the number of Fulbright grants allocated by the United States as an instrument for the number of US-trained economists.


A quantum deformed theory applicable to all shape-invariant bound-state systems is introduced by defining q-deformed ladder operators. We show that these new ladder operators satisfy new q-deformed commutation relations. In this context we construct an alternative q-deformed model that preserves the shape-invariance property presented by the primary system. q-deformed generalizations of Morse, Scarf and Coulomb potentials are given as examples.


Exports have long been assumed by many to be the most important variable in driving regional growth, although factors such as government expenditure, investment demand, and remittances, among others, have also been recognized as significant. In addition, supply-side constraints to the promotion of regional growth and development have recently received increased attention in the literature. This paper evaluates the relative importance of exports, investment demand, and remittances, as well as supply-constrained agricultural production, in determining levels of regional output, value added, and household income in a single region in Kenya. The analysis is based on a mixed endogenous/ exogenous model derived from a social accounting matrix (SAM) which allows for incorporation of both demand and supply-side considerations. The paper finds that exports are, in fact, the most important factor in explaining regional output and wage income in the region studied, although not overwhelmingly so. In addition, the analysis demonstrates the importance of supply-constrained agricultural production as a determinant of income at the household level.


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Objective: To explore the effect of external fixator and reconstituted bone xenograft(RBX) in the treatment of tibial bone defect,tibial bone nonunion and congenital pseudarthrosis of tibia with limb shortening. Methods: Twenty cases, with tibial bone defect, tibial bone nonunion or congenital pseudarthrosis of tibia with limb shortening were treated with external fixator. The shortened length of the tibia was in the range of 2~9cm with an average of 4.8cm. For bone graft, RBX was used in 12 cases. Result: All the 20 cases were followed up for 8 months to 7 years, 4 years and 3 months on average, with satisfactory function of the affected extremities. The average healing time of 12 cases with RBX was 4.8 months. Conclusion: The operative method has superiority of little trauma, simple operation and satisfactory functional recovery of the affected extremities. RBX is safely used in the treatment of bone nonunion and has reliable effect in promoting the healing of bone.


Objective: To investigate the clinical treatment results of combined Tretinoin-chemotherapy protocol and kinetics of PML-RAR α fusion gene in childhood acute promyelocytic leukemia(APL). Methods: Ten children with APL were involved in this study. Induction therapy was Tretinoin alone(6 cases),Tretinoin plus chemotherapy(3 cases) and arsenic trixode(1 case). Postremission therapy consisted of three consolidation courses with DA,MA or HA and a monthly maintenance therapy over 4-5 years. Monitoring of minimal residual disease was performed regularly by RT-PCR assay for PML-RAR α at differential clinical stages. Results: Clinical complete remission(CR) was obtained in 9 cases (90%).After a median follow-up of 42 months(14-156 months), the estimated 5-year event-free survival was (56± 16.5)%.Four cases relapsed at 14-42 months after achieving CR and 5 cases remained continuing CR. PML-RAR α fusion gene was positive in all cases at CR and turned negative gradually during consolidation and maintenance treatment. The duration of conversion to RT-PCR negative status varied from 6 to 42 months.Four patients who were persistent positive(2 cases) or converted to positive(2 cases) for PML-RAR α relapsed. Conclusion: Continuous negative RT-PCR results are associated with long-term disease-free survival and may be considered as potentially curative. RT-PCR assay for detection of PML-RAR αshould be performed regularly during post-remission period. The hematological relapse could potentially be averted through treatment modification according to molecular monitoring results of PML-RAR α.


THE INVENTION OF RESPECT NOVEL 3-METHYLENE AZETIDINE TYPE AND ESPECIALLY DIPHENYLMETHYLIQUES DERIVATIVES SUCH AS ISOPROPYL OXALATE-1-diphenylmethylene AZETIDINE 3. COMPOUNDS OF THE INVENTION pRESENT OF PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES THAT MAKE DRUGS USEFUL PARTICULARLY AS HUMANS ANTIDEPRESSANTS; THE ILLUSTRATED COMPOUND OF ONE (TEST CAUSES tetrabenazine ptosis) 2,18MGKG OF MICE.


An RLS-based adaptive equalizer with diversity combining was previously proposed for use in the US TDMA digital cellular system. The present authors investigate the performance of this equalizer in conjunction with channel coding. The channel coding scheme used is the rate-1/2 convolutional encoding and Viterbi decoding as proposed in EIA/TIA standard IS-54 for the North American digital cellular system. Adaptive equalization, diversity reception, and error correction coding are effective solutions for overcoming the problem of multipath fading observed in mobile radio communications. The authors study a combination of all three of these techniques along with a longer training sequence obtained from the TDMA frame structure and present simulation results.


This paper describes a course designed to prepare dual MSW/MPH program students and other students in schools of social work and public health to take active roles in promoting social change to improve the health status of women and people of color. The course embodies the belief that the curriculum must be transformed in fundamental ways, so that non-dominant groups are the central focus. Didactic and experiential teaching strategies are described, and barriers to teaching content about race and gender are addressed.


The aerobic aquatic soil metabolism of pyriproxyfen [(4-phenoxyphenyl (RS)-2-(2-pyridyloxy) propyl ether] was examined in a UK lake water-sediment system together with the effect of illumination on its degradation profile. The partition of pyriproxyfen in water to the bottom sediment was more rapid under illumination with concomitantly enhanced degradation in the total system. The main photoproduct of pyriproxyfen in sterile water, 2-(pyridin-2-yloxy) propan-1-ol, formed via cleavage of the central ether bond, was further degraded via oxidation in the illuminated water-sediment system and no degradate was found to be accumulated. Hydroxylation at the 4′-position of the phenoxyphenyl moiety dominantly proceeding in darkness was observed as a transient reaction in the early period of illumination.


Light-induced formation of fullerene/BCP CT complexes results in new electronic states which enable efficient electron-transport through BCP to the electrode.