Background: A hepatic resection of Couinaud's segment I is a challenging procedure because it is located deep in the abdominal cavity and surrounded by large blood vessels. A new technique, called the 'two-step hanging maneuver,' was applied to completely resect Couinaud's segment I. Methods: A 59-year-old male was diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma in Couinaud's segment I. A hanging tape was positioned from the groove between the middle and left hepatic veins to the groove between the right and left Glisson sheaths via the posterior hepatic surface after all short hepatic veins were divided. The liver was split into the left and right hemilivers (step 1). The hanging tape was positioned into the fissure of the ligamentum venosus, then Couinaud's segment I was completely resected after dividing the liver parenchyma between segments I and IV by hanging the tape medially (step 2). Results: The operation time was 435 min. No blood transfusions were necessary and there were no complications. Conclusion: This technique allowed resection of a tumor located in Couinaud's segment I without mobilization of the tumor and safely divided the liver parenchyma via only an anterior approach.


Objective: To understand the psychological state of anxiety and depression in primiparas before and after delivery. Method:The primiparas were evaluated with self-rating anxiety scale(SAS),self-rating depression scale(SDS)and edinburgh postnatal depression scale(EPDS)and their plasma estradiol and progesterone were measured. Results:Symptoms of anxiety and depression were seen in some primiparas before and after delivery. Conclusion: Attention should be paid to women psychological state in period of pregnancy and postpartum.


This article considers the question of land demand and land reform in relation to traditional authorities in KwaZulu Natal. The article has three sections. The first section analyses the current status and position of traditional leaders in the province. This provides a background for the second section, which appraises the attitudes of traditional leaders and their councils to the status quo and to future land reform and land management. The attitudes and opinions appraised emerged in workshops and in‐depth interviews conducted with traditional leaders between August 1994 and January 1995 in the two district study areas selected as provincial research sites for the Land Reform Research Project. These districts are the Estcourt‐Weenen area (also the site of the province's Land Reform Pilot Project) and the Mhlatuze catchment. In Estcourt‐Weenen, a central issue is the relationship of the traditional authorities to the community trusts which have been established to acquire and administer new land. In the ...


In this paper, −10 μm rutile and −30 μm garnet particles were selected as samples. The effects of different reagents on the flotation of rutile and garnet single minerals were studied, and the mechanism was analyzed by the contact angle, zeta potential, and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) measurements. The flotation results show that an optimal recovery is obtained with benzohydroxamic acid (BHA) as the collector for rutile and sodium silicofluoride (SSF) as the inhibitor for garnet. Even with BHA having a good collecting performance for both rutile and garnet, there are still some differences. BHA greatly improves the hydrophobicity of rutile and garnet, and changes the chemical environment of rutile but not garnet. SSF significantly reduces the hydrophobicity of rutile and garnet, and slightly affects the environment in which BHA interacts with rutile. However, the above reagents and combinations have little effect on the surface chemical environment of garnet.


EEG signal analysis has been proposed for early warning of an epileptic seizure. A number of different signal analysis techniques are examined and compared using an example EEG signal. The objective of this comparison is to determine which analysis technique to use in an automatic, real time early warning system for epileptic patients.<<ETX>>


Recent analyses by polarization resolved second-harmonic (SH) microscopy have demonstrated that ferroelectric (FE) domain walls (DWs) can possess non-Ising wall characteristics and topological nature. These analyses rely on locally analyzing the properties, directionality, and magnitude of the second-order nonlinear tensor. However, when inspecting FE DWs with SH microscopy, a manifold of different effects may contribute to the observed signal difference between domains and DWs, i.e., far-field interference, Čerenkov-type phase-matching (CSHG), and changes in the aforementioned local nonlinear optical properties. They all might be present at the same time and, therefore, require careful interpretation and separation. In this work, we demonstrate how the particularly strong Čerenkov-type contrast can selectively be blocked using dark- and bright-field SH microscopy. Based on this approach, we show that other contrast mechanisms emerge that were previously overlayed by CSHG but can now be readily selected through the appropriate experimental geometry. Using the methods presented, we show that the strength of the CSHG contrast compared to the other mechanisms is approximately 22 times higher. This work lays the foundation for the in-depth analysis of FE DW topologies by SH microscopy.


Methods of superpressure balloon design are discussed.Superpressure balloon is enclosed with a considerable differential pressure,and determinations of the stress and parameters are more complex than zero pressure balloons and traditional design methods are not suited.The process was designed based on identifying inputs,and differential pressure,volume and stress were calculated to determin parameters.Based on a certain shape,theoretical analyses of stress were carried out.Matlab was introduced for programming and designing GUI interface,and the results were checked using Abaqus.Design methods and formulas were acquired,and an example was given.The design and the Matlab programming methods are basically right after calibration and can be used for preliminary design work.


Among the many nonlinear loads, electric arc furnace (EAF) is a potential source of sub-harmonic currents. Again, turbine-generator (T-G) shaft possesses natural frequencies in the sub-synchronous/subharmonic range. If those sub-harmonic frequencies match to natural frequencies there occur amplification of torsional oscillating torques transmitted among the masses of T-G shaft. This may lead to damage rotating shaft, especially T-G shaft, in the system. This paper assesses the severity of amplified oscillating torques on TG shaft due to multiple EAFs connected to same point of common coupling (PCC). This paper also assesses the impact due to relative location of EAFs from power stations. For this purpose, a lumped-mass model of T-G shaft and mathematical model of electric arc have been considered. EAFs have been connected to the same PCC and their effects on T-G shaft have been measured with/without resonant excitation of torsional modes.


Introduction: Individuals differ by their circadian rhythms from extreme morning types to extreme evening types, referred to as chronotypes. Evening types tend to consume unhealthier foods and nutrients which may predispose them at higher risk of obesity as compared to the morning types. Recently it has been suggested that food timing may play a role in weight regulation. However, the association between chronotype, food timing and obesity is not well known.

Study aims: The aim of this study was to describe energy and macronutrient intake timing by chronotypes, especially the intakes by 10 a.m. and after 8 p.m. and the differences between weekdays and weekends. In addition the association between energy intake timing and obesity was investigated.

Materials and methods: The study population included 847 subjects aged 25-74 years from the National FINRISK 2007 and FINDIET 2007 studies. Of the participants 293 were evening, 308 intermediate and 248 morning types, based on validated Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire. Diet was assessed using 48-hour recalls and 3-day food logs. Statistical analyses were conducted using general linear model, logistic regression and Mann-Whitney's U-test. Analyses were adjusted for age, sex, education, smoking, leisure-time physical activity and sleep duration.

Results: Evening types had later energy and macronutrient intake timing than the morning types. Evening types had 400 kJ lower total energy intake by 10 a.m. and 500 kJ higher total energy intake after 8 p.m. as compared to the morning types (p<0.001). Significant differences in macronutrient intake timing was found at the weekend. By 10 a.m. evening types had less sugar, fiber, fat, saturated fat and protein than the morning types (p<0.05). After 8 p.m evening types had more carbohydrates, sugar and fiber than the morning types (p<0.05). Higher energy intake after 8 p.m. was associated with obesity in the evening types but not in the morning types. The evening types who had more than 16% of their daily energy intake after 8 p.m. were twice as likely to be obese as compared to those evening types who had less than 16% of their daily energy intake after 8 p.m. (odds ratio 2.13, 95% CI 1.09 to 4.17).

Conclusions: Chronotype was associated with food timing. Evening types had later energy and macronutrient intake timing than the morning types. By 10 a.m. and after 8 p.m. most significant differences were found in energy intake. Macronutrient intake timing differed at the weekend. Higher energy intake after 8 p.m. was associated with obesity in the evening types. Higher energy intake after 8 p.m. may put especially the evening types at higher risk of obesity. However, the cross-sectional design cannot reveal causality and therefore this hypothesis require further studying.%%%%Johdanto: Aamu-iltatyyppisyys eli kronotyyppi luokittelee ihmiset jatkumolla aamutyypeista iltatyypeiksi vuorokausirytmin ajoittumisen mukaan. Iltatyypeilla on havaittu aamutyyppeja epaterveellisempia syomistottumuksia, jotka voivat lisata heidan…


The invention discloses a jacquard needle block for a warp knitting machine, which comprises a supporting seat which is formed by detachably connecting a baseplate, a needle inserting block and a limit block, wherein the needle inserting block is a plastic piece; the front side face of the needle inserting block is provided with a U-shaped groove in the left and right direction; the fronts of theupper and lower surfaces of a needle inserting block are provided with an arc upper positioning protrusion and an arc lower positioning protrusion; a part of the needle inserting groove into which a jacquard needle is inserted is provided with a positioning sleeve which is a plastic piece; the left and right side faces of the positioning sleeve are provided with an upper positioning edge and a lower positioning edge; and jacquard needles are positioned on the rear sides of the upper and lower positioning protrusions of a side needle inserting block through the upper and lower positioning edges on the two sides of the positioning sleeve, and are respectively pressed on the upper and lower surfaces of the side needle inserting block so as to be fixed in the needle inserting groove of the needle inserting block. The supporting seat is an assembly; the baseplate, the needle inserting block and the limit block are convenient to machine; and the limit block serving as a wearing part is replaced by only detaching screws, and a jacquard guide needle is only pulled out and replaced, so that the wearing parts are convenient to replace.


With the evolution of the IoT initiative, data security has become of utmost importance, especially in the area of Smart Metering. The data being transferred across the smart Grid contains sensitive information, which, if not protected from the hands of data thieves would pose a serious security threat. The threat would primarily come in form of informed predictions of the lifestyles of their victims i.e. when they watch TV, when they switch off their loads to go to work and so on. Due to this security threats, the network on which this data transfer is performed will have to be secured. The 6LoWPAN is the network on which the metering devices (which are basically low-power, low-processing devices) will communicate with each other and the Data Analysis Module. Since the 6LoWPAN is the IPv6 for low power devices, it inherits the security and privacy functionalities of the IPv6. This paper will be focused on the techniques of protecting the 6LoWPAN from attacks. It will also talk about the different attacks as well as their methods of protection as regards to the Routing Protocol Layer.


Ulcerative colitis is now considered to be one of intractable diseases,and may be the precancerous lesions of colon cancer. In clinical treatment,Western medicine with salicylic acid preparations,immunosuppressant and corticosteroids can achieve a certain effect,but there are more adverse reactions,and it cannot maintain remission for a long time. Oral administration,enema,massage, acupuncture and other treatment of the disease have unique advantages,such as fewer adverse reactions, being inexpensive and effective,and so on.


Each of the methods that are to be or have been discussed this morning deal with the methods and approaches to provide a pool of information which, when accurately interpretated, really indicate one of three or four things. First, a list of diagnoses to be considered. And if you have a list, then obviously you need to find out more before you can decide which one on the list is the diagnosis. Secondly, it may indicate a provisional diagnosis, which most of us operate by. You know, we make a judgment decision aand then go. Third, the diagnosis, or the right one or the right two or however many things are involved. Actually a diagnosis in clinical practice is truly an intermediate goal. The ultimate goal, it seems to me in clinical practice, is to use the diagnostic decision to determine a rational and economically feasible management or therapeutic scheme to solve whatever the diagnostic problem is.


This article describes a model that integrates an at-home preparation intensive summer program with a short-term, study abroad summer program to increase students' Chinese-language proficiency, cul...


I. INTRODUCTION As the Committee reported one year ago, a five-year process finally yielded passage of a lengthy and comprehensive national energy policy bill during 2005. Given this feat, few expected the extent to which Congress would revisit energy issues in 2006. Nevertheless, Congress addressed three major energy issues in the second session of the 109th Congress. II. PIPELINE SAFETY On December 29, 2006, the President signed into law H.R. 5782, the "Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement, and Safety Act of 2006" (Act), also known as the "PIPES Act."1 The Act was passed by Congress in the last week of the lame duck session that closed the 109th Congress. The Act reauthorizes and amends the Department of Transportation's (DOT) natural gas and oil pipeline safety programs, and it authorizes appropriations for DOT pipeline safety oversight from fiscal years 2007 through 2010. Pipeline safety regulation under the Act will largely be carried out through DOT's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. The Act includes several key provisions that will enhance pipeline safety. DOT is required to take several actions, many of which must be completed by December 31, 2007, approximately one year from passage of the Act. The provisions generally fall under the following categories: (1) increased regulation of low-pressure pipelines; (2) excavation-related prohibitions and penalties; (3) increased transparency of DOT enforcement; (4) other rulemakings and similar actions; (5) expanded DOT enforcement and other authority; (6) studies and reports; (7) grants and research and development; and (8) waivers from DOT regulation. A. Increased Regulation of Low-Stress Pipelines The Act directs DOT to issue regulations by December 31, 2007, that will increase the regulation of low-stress hazardous oil pipelines by subjecting such pipelines to the same standards as other hazardous pipelines, with limited exceptions.2 This section was enacted in the wake of the much-publicized leak of a low-pressure pipeline operated by BP in the Prudhoe Bay, Alaska oil field, which resulted in a partial shutdown of the pipeline in 2006. Under the Act, DOT's new regulations must extend heightened regulation to the same type of low-pressure pipeline as was operated by BP in the Prudhoe Bay incident. B. Excavation-Related Prohibitions and Penalties The Act creates certain prohibitions and penalties with respect to pipeline excavation-related damage prevention. An excavator must first use a state's "one-call notification system . . . to establish the location of underground facilities"3 before excavation can occur. Excavation may not proceed in disregard of pipeline operator markings, and pipeline facility damage must be reported promptly.4 A pipeline "owner or operator [that] fails to respond to a location request,"5 or to ensure accurate marking of a pipeline location, will be subject to a civil action or a civil penalty. C. Increased Transparency of DOT Enforcement The Act requires transparency of DOT enforcement.6 By December 31, 2007, DOT must begin posting on its website summaries of all of its gas and hazardous liquid pipeline enforcement actions.7 Enforcement action summaries must be posted monthly, and the information provided must include operator name, violation type, case status updates, proposed penalties, final penalty assessment, and reasons for any reduction in a final penalty.8 DOT must also provide a means for named pipeline operators to make information available to the public that the operators believe is responsive to DOT's enforcement action.9 D. Other Rulemakings and Similar Actions The Act also requires DOT to promulgate several rulemakings and to make changes to its other regulations. By December 31, 2007, DOT must establish "minimum standards for [distribution] integrity management programs for [gas] distribution pipelines."10 The standards are to include a requirement that excess flow valves be installed on gas lines that serve single-family residences in certain circumstances. …


DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.31642/JoKMC/2018/060101 Abstract-Web exchanges are conducted through an open network that lacks central management; it is, therefore, impossible to identify a communication partner, especially in a distributed system. Authentication is the basis of security in such systems. Providing secure communication becomes problematic in CRN because cognitive node can join and leave network dynamically that leading to be many threats targeting this kind of network. In this paper, we are using analysis authentication protocol of RSA algorithm by BAN logic also It using C# programing . By analyzing via BAN logic, we will see if this protocol is confidential, and can it be used in cognitive radio networks.


ABSTRACT The continuous steel casting process is characterised by physico-chemical phenomena that are considered in the macro- and microscale. This paper attempts to assess the impact of local changes in the hydrodynamics of liquid steel flow in a one-strand slab tundish on the behaviour of the alloy addition, and consequently, the chemical homogenisation of the liquid steel entering the mould. Four variants of feeding the alloy addition to the liquid steel were considered. Water glass model was used for laboratory experiments. A tracer was fed into the water using the pulse-step method. Based on the mixing curves, the mixing time was calculated. Based on the laboratory experiments carried out, it has been found that, the alloy addition feeding site affects the mixing time, both for symmetric and asymmetric feeding relative to the longitudinal axis of the tundish.


Immune haemolysis in liver transplant (LT) can occur due to autoantibodies and alloantibodies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and risk factors for immune haemolysis in LT.


1. An isolated human or humanized antibody or its functional fragment comprising the antigen-binding region that is specific for c-Met-target protein, wherein the antibody or functional fragment binds to c-Met. ! 2. The antibody or functional fragment thereof according to claim 1, wherein the antibody or functional fragment binds the target protein c-Met with a KD 2.0 × 10-5 M or less, 2.0 × 10-6 M or less, 2 0 × 10-7 M or less, 2.0 × 10-8 M or less and 2.0 × 10-9 M or less. ! 3. The antibody or functional fragment thereof according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the antibody or functional fragment thereof has a dissociation rate (Koff) for protein target c-Met 1,0 × 10-2 sec. or less, 1.0 × 10-3 sec. or below 1 × 10-4 sec. or below, or 1.0 × 10-5 sec. or lower. ! 4. The antibody or functional fragment thereof according to claim 1, wherein the antibody or functional fragment binds the target protein c-Met with a KD 2.0 × 10-5 M or less, 2.0 × 10-6 M or less, 2 0 × 10-7 M or less, 2.0 × 10-8 M or less and 2.0 × 10-9 M or less and inhibits HGF binding to c-Met. ! 5. The antibody or functional fragment thereof according to claim 1, wherein the antibody or functional fragment binds the target protein c-Met and modulates the phosphorylation of c-Met. ! 6. The antibody or functional fragment thereof according to claim 5, wherein the c-Met phosphorylation stimulates at least one of the activities selected from the group of organ regeneration, wound healing and tissue regeneration. ! 7. The antibody or functional fragment thereof according to claim 6, wherein the organ is selected from the group of kidney, liver, pancreas, heart, lung, intestine, skin, thymus, and thyroid. ! 8. The antibody of claim 1, wherein the binding of the antibody to c-Met is determined by at least one assay,


The relationship between the notion of pseudorandomness and the notion of hard instances is investigated. It is proved that if A is random (or pseudorandom), then most instances to A are hard instances (or, respectively, have nontrivial instance complexity). These results are used to show that if one-way functions that are secure against polynomial-size circuits exist, then an NP-hard problem A must have a nonsparse core of which all instances have nontrivial instance complexity.<<ETX>>


Significance The inner ear is a vertebrate organ of delicate and complex architecture that translates sound into electrical signals deciphered by the brain. This study utilizes a genetic approach to associate a mutation of ROR1 (receptor tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor 1) with inner ear anomalies and deafness in humans. Characterization of Ror1 mutant mice reveals fasciculation deficiencies of spiral ganglion axons and disruption of sensory hair cell synapses and peripheral innervations. The molecular basis of this phenotype involves alterations of the NF-κB pathway. Thus, we present ROR1 as a previously unrecognized gene that is essential for the development of the inner ear and hearing in humans and mice. Hair cells of the inner ear, the mechanosensory receptors, convert sound waves into neural signals that are passed to the brain via the auditory nerve. Little is known about the molecular mechanisms that govern the development of hair cell–neuronal connections. We ascertained a family with autosomal recessive deafness associated with a common cavity inner ear malformation and auditory neuropathy. Via whole-exome sequencing, we identified a variant (c.2207G>C, p.R736T) in ROR1 (receptor tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor 1), cosegregating with deafness in the family and absent in ethnicity-matched controls. ROR1 is a tyrosine kinase-like receptor localized at the plasma membrane. At the cellular level, the mutation prevents the protein from reaching the cellular membrane. In the presence of WNT5A, a known ROR1 ligand, the mutated ROR1 fails to activate NF-κB. Ror1 is expressed in the inner ear during development at embryonic and postnatal stages. We demonstrate that Ror1 mutant mice are severely deaf, with preserved otoacoustic emissions. Anatomically, mutant mice display malformed cochleae. Axons of spiral ganglion neurons show fasciculation defects. Type I neurons show impaired synapses with inner hair cells, and type II neurons display aberrant projections through the cochlear sensory epithelium. We conclude that Ror1 is crucial for spiral ganglion neurons to innervate auditory hair cells. Impairment of ROR1 function largely affects development of the inner ear and hearing in humans and mice.


The goal of this research is to explain the word formation, prefix, of the Mongondow language. The method used in this study is a taxonomic descriptive method, namely exposure by classifying language elements according to hierarchical relationships. The results of the research show word formation patterns are done by adding prefixes, infixes, suffixes, confixes, and clitics. In this pattern of word formation, a morphophonemic process occurs, resulting in new forms like phoneme modifications or deletions. Reduplication and compounding procedures can also result in word formation patterns. As a result of forming words with these patterns a new class of words is formed. The focus of this research is to reveal the prefix in Mongondow Language. The result show there are Prefix {moN-}, {mo-}, {no-},{poN-}, {ko-} ,{mopo-}, {nopo-}, {popo-}, {moko-}, {noko-}, {poko-}, {mogi- , {nogi-}, {pogi-}, {mojiN-}, {pongiN-}, {moki-} {poki-}, {moliN}, {noliN-}, {moi-}, {noi-}, {monoN-}, {nonoN-}, {mopoko-}, {nopoko-}, {mopopo-}, {mopoko}, {poro-} , {pinoro-}, {pinoro-}, {pino-}, {pinopo-}, {poR-}, {toR}, {kinoR-} iand those prefixes depict process with root morphemes functions and  form specific categorical word class


In order to identify morphological characteristics in soybean plants that define greater competitive ability against weeds, two experiments were carried out. The first experiment was installed in Cruz Alta, RS, where soybean competed against forage radish (Raphanus sativus), and the other in Eldorado do Sul, RS, where the crop competed against beggar ticks (Bidens spp.) and arrow leaf sida (Sida rhombifolia). Results multiple linear regression and correlation analysis demonstrated that soybean plants holding with higher stem dry matter of (including leaves) at 45 days after emergency, higher dry matter of shoot at 60 days after emergency, and greater grain yield, granted superior competitiveness of soybean with forage radish. When competitors were weeds hairy beggarticks and arrowleaf sida, soybean stem dry matter (with the leaves), soil coverage by crop canopy, and grain yield, arose as the traits that conferred greater competitive ability to the crop. Plant height, branch number and branch length have also contributed for higher competition ability in soybean.


compatibility in steel and concrete as well as geometric design constraints are derived and implemented within the Generalized Reduced Gradient optimization algorithm. Particular attention is paid to problem formulation, solution behavior and economic considerations.


A separator (24) is provided with heat-resistant layer containing inorganic oxide particles and a binder (241) on at least one side, the component of the inorganic oxide particles, aluminum oxide in the range of 5 to 200 ppm by weight those which contains gallium. Lithium ion secondary battery is one having an electrode body formed by laminating while sandwiching the separator (24) between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate, and impregnating the electrode member nonaqueous electrolyte. Thus, while using a separator (24) having a heat-resistant layer (241), it is the resistance increases unlikely lithium ion secondary battery is used in high-rate conditions, the separator, and methods for their preparation are provided.


The seven strains, Pseudomonas paucimobilis, Pseudomonas cepacia, Staphylococcus auricularis, Staphylococcus saprophyticus, Acidovorax spp., Acinetobacter calcoaceticus, and Actinobacillus capsulatus were tested with three slimicides. Most of the tested bacteria were inhibited with slimicide K (an isothiazolin based compound), even at its low concentration, except for Actinobacillus capsulatus and Staphylococcus auricularis. Both limicides B (an organic bromine based compound) and S (aldehydes) also couldn't prevent these two strains even at their highest concentration. Five different sizes of plasmid DNA were isolated from Actinobacillus capsulatus. Staphylococcus auricularis, a gram-positive bacteria, showed the slimy substances around its cell distinctively. The results suggest that two strains, Actinobacillus capsulatus, Staphylococcus auricularis, have presumably developed a resistance to the slimicide, by plasmid DNA or slimy substance. Our findings also suggest that not only gram-negative bacteria, but also gram-positive bacteria should not be neglected


We present longitudinal-field muon-spin relaxation (LF $\mu$SR) measurements on two systems that stabilize a skyrmion lattice (SkL): Cu$_2$OSeO$_3$, and Co$_x$Zn$_y$Mn$_{20-x-y}$ for $(x,y)~=~(10,10)$, $(8,9)$ and $(8,8)$. We find that the SkL phase of Cu$_2$OSeO$_3$ exhibits emergent dynamic behavior at megahertz frequencies, likely due to collective excitations, allowing the SkL to be identified from the $\mu$SR response. From measurements following different cooling protocols and calculations of the muon stopping site, we suggest that the metastable SkL is not the majority phase throughout the bulk of this material at the fields and temperatures where it is often observed. The dynamics of bulk Co$_8$Zn$_9$Mn$_3$ are well described by $\simeq~2$ GHz excitations that reduce in frequency near the critical temperature, while in Co$_8$Zn$_8$Mn$_4$ we observe similar behavior over a wide range of temperatures, implying that dynamics of this kind persist beyond the SkL phase.


The building process of the integral equation is given. The one dimensional PM above the rough sea surface and the composite ship target electromagnetic scattering characteristics of two-dimensional conductors are studied. Based on the method of moments block matrix and the information of the rough surface,the composite scattering coefficient is obtained,the effect of the wind speed,angle of incidence and the ship's draft depth on which the results is studied. Results analysis verifies the effectiveness of the proposed method.


COMPOSITION OF FORMING ARTICLES WITH CAPABLE dimensional stability MATTER. COMPRENS: A) destructurized starch, b) at least one polymer selected from the group of polysaccharides which have been chemically modified to contain hydroxy GROUPS ADDITIONS AND / OR CONTAINING GROUPS alkyl ether, and / or contains ester groups; Said polymer is present in an amount effective to improve the physical properties of these items. The composition may contain other conventional additives and hydrophobic polymers substantially water-insoluble.


The author would like to express his sincere thanks to H.T. Dickinson, Matthew Dziennik, Richard A. Gaunt, Gordon Pentland, and Koji Yamamoto for their comments on the ideas presented in this article. He is also grateful to the audience and organisers of the Political Economy Tokyo Seminar, the Voluntary Action History Society's 25th Anniversary Conference, and the 46th Annual Conference of the British Society for Eighteenth‐Century Studies.


Calcinosis is a devastating complication of juvenile dermatomyositis and a challenging therapeutic problem. We report the use of an external Ilizarov fixator for the treatment of Achilles tendon calcinosis causing severe disability in a young girl with juvenile dermatomyositis.


1 The involvement of endogenous platelet activating factor (PAF) and thromboxane A2 in the acute microvascular damage in the ileum and colon induced by the nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor, NG‐nitro‐L‐arginine methyl ester (1‐NAME) following endotoxin administration was investigated in the rat over a 1 h period. 2 Administration of 1‐NAME (1–10 mg kg−1, s.c.) concurrently with E. coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS; 3 mg kg1, i.v.) dose‐dependently increased vascular permeability in the ileum and colon, as determined by the leakage of radiolabeled albumin, and caused macroscopic mucosal damage in the ileum determined 1 h later. Neither LPS administration nor 1‐NAME (5 mg kg1) alone affected resting vascular permeability. 3 Infusion of phenylephrine (lOμg kg−1 min−1, i.v. for 1 h) caused an elevation in blood pressure similar to that found following 1‐NAME administration (5 mg kg−1, i.v. or s.c), but did not increase intestinal vascular permeability, when administered with LPS (3 mg kg−1, i.v.). 4 The increased vascular permeability in the ileum and colon and macroscopic damage in the ileum, induced by 1‐NAME (5 mg kg−1, s.c.) and LPS (3 mg kg−1, i.v.) was dose‐dependently inhibited following s.c. pretreatment (15min before challenge) with the thromboxane synthase inhibitors, OKY 1581 (5–25 mg kg−1) or 1‐benzyl‐imidazole (1–50 mg kg−1), or with the thromboxane receptor antagonist, BM 13177 (0.2‐2 mg kg−1). 5 Pretreatment with the cyclo‐oxygenase inhibitor, indomethacin (2‐5mg kg−1, s.c, 15min before challenge) reduced the microvascular injury in the ileum and colon and macroscopic lesions in the ileum, observed after the concurrent administration of 1‐NAME and LPS. 6 Pretreatment (15min) with the PAF‐receptor antagonists, WEB 2086 (0.5‐1 mg kg−1, s.c) or BN 52021 (2.5–10 mg kg−1, s.c.) likewise attenuated this intestinal vascular injury. 7 Combined administration of low doses of 1‐benzyl‐imidazole (1 mg kg−1) with WEB 2086 (0.5 mg kg−1) 15min before 1‐NAME and LPS challenge, abolished this vascular damage and macroscopic injury. 8 These results suggest that PAF and thromboxane A2 are released acutely following challenge with a low dose of endotoxin. However, these mediators do not appear to injure the intestinal microvascular bed unless NO synthase is concurrently inhibited. Such findings support the protective role of constitutively‐formed NO, counteracting the injurious vascular actions of cytotoxic mediators released under pathological conditions.


PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a random propylene copolymer exhibiting relatively high melting point and relatively low sealing temperature. SOLUTION: This propylene polymer-based composition contains 68-80wt.% of a random propylene copolymer containing 12-20wt.% of a unit derived from 1-butene and 0-2wt.% of a unit derived from ethylene and 32-20wt.% of a random propylene copolymer different from the above copolymer and containing 0-15wt.% of a unit derived from 1-butene and 1-8wt.% of a unit derived from ethylene. COPYRIGHT: (C)1997,JPO


The text gives an over all view of recent studies in postcolonial theory and analyzes in depth the influence posed by it on the translation theory.The postcolonial translation theory can illuminate the development of loanwords in several ways.


The allergenic capabilities ofthe poli en of Fraxinus sinensis (Urapan) and Cecropia sp. (Y arumo) were determined in patients with respiratory allergies in the city ofBogota. Of a total of207 patients wbo were subjected to therelevant allergy skin tests, 20 (9.66%) were positive for F. sinensis and 6 (2.9%) for the extract from Cecropia sp. The allergenicity was confirmed by the determination of specific Iinmunoglobulin E (lgE). Of the twenty patients positive for F. sinensis, only 6 ofthem allowed fora blood test, and5 oftheseshowed a positive reaction to the extract. The bands mainly detected by IgE, using immunodetection after separation by SDS-PAGE and IEF, had molecular weights of95 and 64 kd and IP's of 6.3 and 5.6. When compared to other allergenic proteins according to their crossreactivity, the extract from Olea europaea was found to contain a bigher concentration of relevant allergens than the extracts from F. vlilutina, F. pennsylvanica, F. latifolia and F. mericana. Dueto the small number of serum samples obtained from allergic patients, it is not possible todo an allergogram for the pollen extract of Fraxinus sinensis. As for Cecropia, none of the in vitro tests that were done showed positive resultS, wbich makes it impossible to draw relevant conclusions. These results demonstrate the need of more research that characterizes the allergens peculiar to our atrnosphere in order to optimize the diagnosis and treatrnent of allergy patients in Colombia


This paper will present the implementation of QoS policy based system by utilizing rules on Access Control List (ACL) over Layer 3 (L3) switch. Also presented is the architecture on that implementation; the tools being used and the result were gathered. The system architecture has an ability to control ACL rules which are installed inside an external L3 switch. ACL rules used to instruct the way of access control being executed, in order to entertain all traffics through that particular switch. The main advantage of using this approach is that the single point of failure could be prevented when there are any changes on ACL rules inside L3 switches. Another advantage is that the agent could instruct ACL rules automatically straight away based on the changes occur on policy database without configuring them one by one. Other than that, when QoS policy based system was implemented in distributed environment, the monitoring process can be synchronized easily due to the automate process running by agent over external policy devices. Keywords—QOS, ACL, L3 Switch.


We consider a problem motivated by an attempt to generalize Szemeredi's theorem in the finite field model: Given a set $S \subseteq \mathbb{Z}_q^n$ containing $|S| = \mu \cdot q^n$ elements, must $S$ contain at least $\delta(q, \mu) \cdot q^n \cdot 2^n$ arithmetic progressions $x, x+d, \ldots, x+(q-1)d$ such that the difference $d$ is restricted to lie in $\{0,1\}^n$?
We provide an affirmative answer to this question for symmetric sets, i.e., sets $S$ where membership $x \in S$ depends only on the number of zeros, ones etc. in $x$. The proof proceeds by establishing equivalence to a certain additive combinatorial statement over integers and then applying the hypergraph removal lemma.


The article contains a brief review of the concept «context» which is becoming one of key concepts of modern theoretical and empirical psychology. On the basis of the analysis of the scientific literature the authors allocate two complementary understandings of the context – structural (a fragment of the text as a semantic system) and functional (generation of sense mental mechanism). The authors suggest understanding mentality as a recursive-contextual phenomenon in which each fragment of its maintenance exists in the context of previous fragments and represents the context for fragments of the subsequent. Such understanding can become a basis of the contextual approach in psychology.


The aim of the Paper is to design a hysteresis band PWM (HBPWM) current controller for a three level voltage source inverter (VSI) through a fuzzy approach. The fuzzy approach has been selected for the Paper since it has the potential to provide an improved method of deriving non-linear models which is complementary to conventional techniques. A Sugeno type fuzzy inference system is used in the proposed fuzzy controller. To illustrate the validity of this approach, an indirect vector controlled induction motor (IVCIM) drive has been considered as its application. The vector control scheme essentially attempts to decouple the torque and flux controls of an induction motor. In order to carry out this decoupling of torque and flux, the space vector model is implemented and a HBPWM current controlled inverter is used in order to supply variable voltage, variable frequency to the motor. Fuzzy set theory has been applied to the HBPWM controller. The proposed fuzzy controller in which the change of current and rate of change of current have been used as inputs. A set of decision rules expressed in linguistic variables are established to relate input signals to the output (control) signal. A comparison between conventional controller and the proposed fuzzy controller reveals that the effectiveness of fuzzy controller.


Purwodadi Botanic Gardens-LIPI (The Indonesian Institute of Sciences), East Java, is an ex-situ conservation area accommodating various living plant collections.Identification of the parasitic plants conducted in August 200S found five species parasiting 10S trees belonging to SI species of 24 genera. The highest parasite frequency was found on Ficus (Moraceae). The mistletoes found in the study area were Dendrophthoe pentandra (L.) Miq. (Loranthaceae), Macrosolen tetragonus (Bl.) Miq. (Loranthaceae),Scurrula atropurpurea (Bl.) Dans. (Loranthaceae), Viscum articulation Burm. f. (Viscaceae), and Viscum ovalifolium DC. (Viscaceae).The damaging effect of the parasitic mistletoes generally occurred on the distal part of branches or twigs of the host tree species.


Based on characteristics of remote sensing images, with high spatial resolutions and mathematical morphology (MM) methods, MM edge detection algorithm were developed to process remote sensing images using multi-scale omni-directional structure elements. In this algorithm, the peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) technique was created to acquire the self-adaptive scale weights and replace the method with fixed mean. Results suggest that: the purposed algorithms, compared with the traditional Canny edge detection operator and MM edge detection algorithm with simplex scale figure structure elements, can successfully resolve the contradictions between noise suppression and extraction of fine edge excellently, and anti-noise performance is strong. The image edge information can be used in extraction geometrical and texture features.


Papillary glioneuronal tumor (PGNT) is a rare cerebral tumor that is most commonly found in the frontal lobe of young adults. It has been designated as a World Health Organization (WHO) grade I lesion because it usually shows low Ki-67 labeling indices of 1% to 2% and generally does not recur after resection (1). Here we report follow-up data on a patient with an unusual atypical PGNT with anaplastic histologic features. The case was first diagnosed by the late Dr. Allan J. Yates and was the subject of a case report in 2008 (2).

A 19-year-old woman presented with a 5.0-cm left parietotemporal contrast-enhancing lesion (Fig. 1A). The gross total resection specimen showed typical PGNT histology, ie, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-immunoreactive papillary regions (Fig. 1B–D) and synaptophysin-positive solid regions containing scattered NeuN-immunoreactive ganglion-like cells (Fig. 1E–G). Neurofilament immunostain was negative. The tumor also demonstrated a high Ki-67 labeling index of 26%, mitotic activity, focal vascular proliferation (2), fibrin thrombi and necrosis (Fig. 1D). Postoperatively, the patient was treated with conformational radiation and low-dose temozolomide (TMZ) for 4 weeks; this was followed by standard-dose TMZ for 13 months (2).

FIGURE 1
Imaging and histology of the intracranial tumor (A–G) , intracranial recurrence (H) , …


Most of the structural topology optimization problems involved in practical engineering applications are problems with many constraints. Thus, this paper presented an improved bi-directional evolutionary structural optimization (BESO) method for problems with many constraints. Slack variables were introduced to transform the inequality constraints into equality constraints. Then the Lagrange multiplier method converted the multi-constrained optimization problem to an unconstrained optimization problem and an advanced multiplier calculation was proposed. Elemental sensitivity numbers were derived according to the obtained multipliers. The design variables were updated by the BESO method. One numerical example that aimed to minimizing the structural mean compliance and involved volume, fundamental frequency and displacement constraints was used to validate the proposed method. The new method extends the BESO method to topology optimization that has a number of constraints, such as volume, displacement and frequency constraints.


Modulation recognition technology based on deep learning (DL) has great advantages in feature extraction and recognition. However, due to the vulnerability of deep neural network (DNN), the automatic modulation recognition model based on DNN is vulnerable to attacks. Some researchers have successfully attacked automatic modulation recognition model-s using adversarial techniques, but the resulting adversarial samples have poor attack performance on high-performance recognition models. Therefore, this paper proposes an attack method based on double loop iteration, which can update the initial conditions of each iteration with the change of the number of iterations when generating adversarial examples. Simulation results show that the proposed attack method has better attack performance than the traditional attack methods.


A wireless communication receiver comprises a SNR measurement logic (112) for measuring a SNR value of the received signal and signal processing logic (108) arranged to process the received wireless signal (Fig. 1, not shown). The signal processing logic (108) comprises demodulator logic (255) operably coupled to log likelihood ratio (LLR) logic (262) and decoding logic (265). A scaling factor (Q), dependent upon the measured signal-to-noise ratio, is applied to the vector of LLR values provided by de-mapping unit (260). The values are then saturated by converting any values outside the range [-A...+A] to one of -A or +A. The values are then quantized prior to input to a FEC decoder. Scaling factors corresponding to SNR values may be stored in a memory element. Applications include dual-mode TETRA-1 and TETRA-2 receivers.


The kinetic-energy distribution of D{sup +} fragments obtained from the ionization of D{sub 2} molecules with intense 20-fs pulses includes a high-energy component extending up to {approx}10 eV. These fragments are only present for linearly, or slightly elliptically, polarized light. Both the maximum kinetic-energy and the ellipticity dependence are consistent with nonsequential double ionization caused by recollision.


A common intervention to address women's underrepresentation in governance has been the introduction of gender quotas. This study examined the impact of gender quotas on gender equality in governance among boards of National Sport Organizations (NSOs) in Australia. Central to the study was the theoretical concept of a gender regime. Part of a larger study, the research design comprised a comparative case study of five NSOs with data collected mainly through semistructured interviews with directors and CEOs. The findings suggest that a quota of a minimum of three women was a first condition to advance gender equality in governance. It needed to operate, however, in conjunction with other gender dynamics to move toward equal participation by men and women in board decision making. These included women in influential board positions, solidaristic emotional relations between men and women directors, and directors' adoption of gender equality as an organizational value.


A variety of biochemical and pathophysiological processes in the human body could produce oxygen free radicals and other reactive oxygen species as by-products which may cause oxidative damage of most important biomolecules such as nucleic acids, lipids and proteins. Thus, oxidative damage of biomolecules eventually leads to several chronic diseases including cancer, diabetes, aging and other degenerative diseases.[1] Herein we present the synthesis and potential antioxidative and antiproliferative activity of novel methoxy amidino substituted bezamides and benzimidazoles. For the synthesis of novel targeted compounds, classical organic synthesis reactions were used.[2] Their antioxidative potency has been evaluated by in vitro spectrophotometric assays and preliminary structure-activity relationships among the synthesized compounds are discussed.[3] The compound bearing three methoxy groups and imidazolynyl amidine groupe exhibited the most prominent reducing activity as well as free-radical scavenging activity. Furthermore all novel compounds were tested against three human cell lines: HCT 116 (colon carcinoma), H 460 (lung carcinoma) and MCF-7 (breast carcinoma).


The title of this collective work on the anthropology of Africa is remarkably clear in identifying for the reader the intended aims and significance of the eight original and interpretative, from both the field research and theoretical standpoints, articles it contains. Although the apparent focus is on healing rituals this book is of interest far beyond the bounds of medical anthropology. Those familiar with this field and African studies in general will immediately recognize the reference to the work of John Janzen in developing a regional healing cult construct for Bantu-speaking Africa, primarily in his watershed 1992 publication entitled Ngoma. Discourses of Healing in Central and Southern Africa. It equally refers to Janzen's career in developing a unique approach to the interpretation of healing in Africa by borrowing on the title of his earliest monograph, TheQuest for Therapy in Lower Zaire (1978). Given the editors' intention to critically engage with Janzen's hypothesis on ngoma, it is only fair that they have allowed Janzen himself the opportunity to respond to the other contributors in an 'Afterword,' in itself a valuable retractiones_ (an up-dated review, not a retraction) of his own work and views.


This is a research paper written by 3 midwife students in Kanazawa University. Their research is based on a survey of 88 elementary school girls, 86 junior high school girls, 145 senior high school boys and girls, and 85 teachers, concerning sex and sex education in Kanazawa City, Japan. The authors concluded that: 1) sex education should start from the first grade in the elementary school and the contents should be prepared according to their developmental stage and age; 2) the places of education should be both at school and at home; 3) the entire teachers of a school should take a college level course on sex education and at home, the educators should be guided by specialists and school teachers and they should be able to consult with children when needs arise; 4) the contents of sex education should be physiological facts of both male and female sex, anatomy of sexual organs, the values of life, and practical daily life in marriage; and 5) one should not use the title, sex education in the school, but instead wheneven the opportunity arises in any subject, teachers should educate children little by little, on human nature. In conclusion, the authors think that people's attitude towards sex education in both school and home is still conservative in the Kanazawa City.


Introduction: Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) is a endogenous competitive inhibitor of endothelial NO synthase leading to a decreased NO bioavailability, increased oxidative stress, resulting in an endothelial dysfunction. Recent data suggested its implication in cardiovascular pathologies and its association with a worse prognosis after ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The aim of our study was to assess the potential difference between systemic and local plasma levels of ADMA in patients after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI).

Methods: Blood samples from 38 consecutive patients hospitalized <24 hours after symptom onset for STEMI and admitted to the coronary care unit of from the University Hospital, Dijon were taken from the peripheral vein, the culprit artery using thrombectomy aspiration catheter and the non culprit artery. Plasma levels of ADMA were determined using high-performance liquid chromatography.

Results: Patients were pretty young (55 (47-64), most were men (33 (72.8%), and smokers (31 (81.6%), and more than 13% arrived with a Killip score >1. Left anterior descending artery was the culprit artery in 21 patients (55.3%). The median left ventricular ejection fraction was 55% (45-60). ADMA plasma level in the culprit and non culprit arteries were significantly lower than in the vein (0.34±0.08 and 0.37±0.09 vs 0.43±0.11mmol/L; p<0.05). Thus, there was a trend for a lower ADMA plasma level in the culprit artery than in the non culprit artery (p=0.071).

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ADMA plasma level in groups

Conclusion: Our prospective study showed for the first time that in patients after PPCI, there is a lower plasma level of ADMA at the culprit lesion site of an acute myocardial infarction. Modulation of nitric and oxidative stress at the culprit lesion site could explain these differences.

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The authors describe a parallel frame-synchronous level-building algorithm, utilizing HMM word-models, for connected-speech recognition on a tree-structured parallel computer. The algorithm is scalable in the sense that the source code and execution time remain essentially the same as vocabulary size increases, so long as the hardware is scaled proportionally. An illustrative sizing and timing analysis of a speaker-independent connected-digit recognizer on the ASPEN tree-machine is described. This algorithm executes in real-time and achieves 98.3% string accuracy on the Texas Instruments digit data base.<<ETX>>


After the spontaneous combustion simulation tests with 8 different rank typical coal samples,the qualitative and quantitative analyses on the oxidized spontaneous combustion gas products of the coal samples were conducted.The sensitive gas indexes from the gently slow oxidization stage to the accelerated oxidation stage of the different coal were obtained.The sensitive gas of lignite,long flame coal,gas coal and fat coal,the olefin or the ration of olefin and alky were firstly selected and the CO and derive indexes were as the second.The coking coal,meager coal and lean coal as well as CO derive indexes were firstly selected and the C2H4 and the olefin and alkyl ratio were secondly selected.Anthracite coal and high sulfur coal were only base on CO and the derive index.C2H4 was the index of coal in serious combustion stage.The research provided that the index system of the coal spontaneous remarkable gas should include the main indexes of the heat accelerated stage and the serious combustion stage.The first index was a pre-warming index of the fire disaster and the second index was the alarm index of the firing.Both indexes could be the index of the spontaneous combustion extinguishing.


Sediment provenance studies have proven to be an effective method to extract the sediment provenance and tectonic process information recorded by detrital minerals. In this contribution, we conducted detrital monazite and zircon U‐Pb geochronology and detrital Cr‐spinel major element chemistry analyses on samples from the Qaidam Basin to reconstruct the spatial and temporal evolution of the Altyn Tagh Range and the Qimen Tagh Range in the northern Tibetan Plateau. Based on the significant variation in [Th/U]N, [Gd/Lu]N and [Eu/Eu*]N and the U‐Pb ages of the monazite and zircon, the South Altyn Tagh subduction‐collision belt and the North Qimen Tagh Range were, respectively, the main provenances of the Ganchaigou section and the Dongchaishan‐Weitai section in the Qaidam Basin in the Cenozoic. Paleozoic peak metamorphism, retrograde granulite‐facies metamorphism and amphibolite‐facies metamorphism in the South Altyn Tagh subduction‐collision belt were well recorded by the detrital monazite. In comparison, the detrital zircon is a better indicator of igneous events than detrital monazite. Synthesizing the detrital monazite, zircon and Cr‐spinel data, we concluded that the South Altyn Tagh Ocean and Qimen Tagh Ocean existed in the early Paleozoic and that the Altyn Tagh terrane and Qimen Tagh terrane experienced different Paleozoic tectonothermal histories. The collision between the Qaidam terrane and the Azhong terrane occurred at ca. 500 Ma. The Middle Ordovician was the key period of transformation from the collision‐induced compressional environment to an extensional environment in the area of the South Altyn Tagh Range. In the early Paleozoic, the Qimen Tagh area was characterized by the subduction of oceanic crust.


The following new cryptand 221 complexes of lanthanides(Ⅲ) and dioxouranium(Ⅵ) nitrate have been synthesized: . These complexes have been identified by elemental analysis, moisture titration, conductivity measurements and various spectroscopic techniques. The proton and carbon-13 NMR as well as calorimetric measurements were used to study the interaction of cryptand 221 with La(Ⅲ), Pr(Ⅲ ), Ho(Ⅲ) and ions in nonaqueous solvents. The bands of metal-oxygen atoms, metal-nitrogen atoms and O-U-O in the IR spectra shift upon complexation to lower frequencies, and the vibrational spectra () of metal-amide complexes in the crystalline state exhibit lattice vibrations below 300 . The NMR spectra of the lanthanides(Ⅲ) and dioxouranium(Ⅵ) nitrate complexes in nonaqueous solvents are quite different, indicating that the ligand exists in different conformation, and also the and studies indicated that the nitrogen atom of the ring has greater affinity to metal ions than does the oxygen atom, and the planalities of the ring are lost by complexation with metal ions. Calorimetric measurements show that cryptand 221 forms more stable complexes with and ions than with ion, and and selectivity depends on the solvents. These changes on the stabilities are dependent on the basicity of the ligand and the size of the metal ions. The absorption band (230-260 nm) of the complex which arises from the direct interaction of macrocyclic donor atoms with the metal ion is due to n-{\delta}*$ transition and also that (640-675 nm) of -cryptand 221 complex, which arises from interaction between two-dioxouranium(Ⅵ) ions in being out of cavity of the ligand ring is due to d-d* transition.


When T cells from a bone marrow donor begin to attack the host within 3 months after hematopoietic-cell transplantation, acute graft-versus-host disease results. The disease mainly affects the skin, liver, and gastrointestinal tract and is treated with immunosuppressive drugs.


Much effort has been recently directed to investigate how soluble factors in the local cellular microenvironment of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) regulate their fate decisions [1]; however, effects of mechanical signals in the local cellular microenvironment on the fates of ESCs are still not yet well understood. Early experimental evidence established in recent years has shown that mechanical signals and external forces experienced through interactions with extracellular matrix (ECM) mechanics can play critical roles in regulating survival, proliferation and differentiation of ESCs. However, there is still limited knowledge of how mechanical signals in the local cellular microenvironment regulate the fate decisions of human ESCs (hESCs), and advancing such knowledge will be critical for both fundamental understanding and clinical applications of hESCs. This work was thus set to explicitly investigate the mechanosensitive properties of hESCs.Copyright © 2012 by ASME


Increased arginase activity has been implicated in diabetes-induced vascular dysfunction by reducing L-arginine bioavailability and nitric oxide production. Our lab previously reported that inhibit...


Effects of maintained airway positive pressures of 5 and 10 cm H2O on standard lung volumes and on closing volume (CV, the lung volume at which airway closure begins) were studied in ten healthy volunteers 24 to 47 years old, in the seated and supine positions. Positive pressures were achieved using a weighted bell spirometer. During breathing with 10 cm H2O pressure FRC's increased 1.78 I (seated) and 1.64 I (supine) above the FRC's at ambient pressure. CV increased with added pressures, but to a lesser extent than FRC In the seated subjects the differences between FRC and CV (FRC— CV) were 1.00 I (ambient), 1.02 I (5 cm H2O) and 2.31 I (10 cm H2O), while in supine subjects they were 0.14 I (ambient), 0.43 I (5 cm H2O), and 1.12 I (10 cm H2O). This relationship of FRC to CV, previously shown to be an important determinant of pulmonary gas exchange, was thus favorably affected by breathing with maintained airway pressures, suggesting one explanation for the observed clinical benefit of such maneuvers.


' of the total vote gained in the same elections by government candidates in twenty-six &dquo;barometer constituencies.&dquo; A final map presents a composite of the party results by constituency in all four general elections. There is, perhaps wisely, little direct attempt to analyze the data presented. The purpose of the book would seem to be to make available in convenient tabular and graphic form a considerable amount of statistical information about recent British elections. It should prove of interest and value to political analysts, professional politicians, and those with a general interest in British politics. Since its publication antedated the 1950 elections, the book is to that extent already out of date, and the American reader will be curious to know how the 1950 results compare with previous elections, especially in the &dquo;barometer constituencies.&dquo;


The business of video games has become a billion dollar industry. For the past 3
decade, education games have become a vital part of our culture. Playing
computer and video game can immerse people fantasy. Playing computer and
games can build the mind of people from all sorts of ages. This is why
educational game is important in our daily life. It can help the children to learn
something new and to gain more knowledge. The main focus of this research is
to find the fundamental of an education game. In addition, this research also
focuses on finding the all the criteria in an education game. This research also
will test all the criteria of education game with the online education game web.


Objective: To prospectively investigate the occurrence of respiratory symptoms related to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) following primary palatoplasty in children with cleft palate (CP). Method: Fifty-six nonsyndromic children presenting CP with a previously repaired cleft lip (CL) or without CL were assessed before and after palate repair. Twenty nonsyndromic children with isolated CL were analyzed as controls before and after lip repair. Respiratory symptoms were investigated preoperatively, and at early and late postoperative periods. Based on the parent reports of "difficulty of breathing (D), apnea events (A) and/or snoring (S) during sleep, a validated OSA index (1.42D + 1.41A + 0.71S – 3.83) was used to predict absence of OSA, possible OSA, and presence of OSA, at the 3 periods analyzed. Results: Screening for OSA showed that the CP group exhibited an increased mean index at the early postoperative assessment, suggesting "possible OSA," and a higher frequency of snoring at the early and late postoperative assessments, as compared to the CL group (P < .05). Sleep apnea events were not reported. Conclusions: Surgical closure of the palate has an obstructive effect on the upper airway in the short term, causing OSA-related respiratory symptoms, mostly transient. However, the high prevalence of snoring still observed in the long term indicate that children with a palatal cleft who undergo surgical repair are at risk for OSA. The results support the conclusion that OSA is underappreciated in this population.


The amount of seed available in the seed tank of Pneumatic Precision Seeder is controlled by the operator. This case increases the operator's task load during the sowing process. Additionally the absence of the operator's carefulness would cause unsowed lines. In this study, the seeds volume in the seed tank could be observed by operator with a display as the percentage of fullness of tank. The measurement is done by a HC-SR04 ultrasonic distance sensor which is plugged to the cap of seed tank. The Arduino Mega 2560 microcontroller is used in the control unit. HC-SR04 ultrasonic distance sensor creates an audio signal at the 40kHz towards seeds. This audio signal reflects from seeds and back to sensor. Arduino Mega 2560 measures the time of audio signal travel and calculates the distance between sensor and seeds in the seed tank. The volume of the seeds in the tank is estimated by comparing this distance with the dimensions of seed tank. The amount of remaining seed in the seed tank is shown as a percentage on the LCD screen placed in front of the operator. The control circuit alerts the operator with audible warning buzzer when the seed volume in the tank is under 10%. In the system the communication between the pneumatic precision seeder and tractor where the display is placed is done by using Bluetooth module HC05.


Objective: Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is the most important cause of neonatal encephalopathy. Worldwide, Incidence of HIE is approximately ‰ 2-9 of live births. Aur aim is to analyse the neonatal encephalopathy cases treated with hypothermia and to evaluate the correlation between cesarean and Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy rates. Methods: This cross sectional descriptive retrospective study was performed on HIE cases treated with hypothermia in the neonatal intensive care unit. We compared the caesarean section and HIE rates between May 2015-December 2016 and January 2017-August 2018 during which effective methods for decreasing caesarean section rates used. We also analysed the maternal and neonatal characteristics, delivery methods, caesarean indications of neonates treated with hypothermia because of HIE between January 2017-August 2018. Results: Despite 4,4 % decrease in primary caesarean section rates between May 2015-December 2016 and January 2017-August 2018 (23,6% versus 19,2%), HIE ( 3.01‰ versus 3,26‰) didn't change significantly (p> 0,05). The number of HIE cases treated with hypothermia between January 2017-August 2018 were 102. Delivery methods of 52,9 % were vaginal birth and 47,1 % primary caesarean section birth. All caesarean section births were emergency caesarean and indications of all were fetal distress. 14,8 % of vaginal births were operative vaginal birth. Convulsion was seen in % 45,1 of cases and %17,6 of cases died before discharged. There were'nt sitatistically significant differance between blood parameters of died and survived HIE cases (p>0.05). Conclution: HIE is complex, multifactorial and unexplained chain of events. We think that heading to emergency caesarean birth because of decreasing neonatal morbidity don't have positive effect on neonatal morbidity and also lead to increase in the number of caesarean births.


Measurements of plasma parameters by Langmuir probes are influenced by the probe system itself. This article considers the deviation of plasma parameters determined by probe measurements from those in the undisturbed plasma. For this reason the particle density of the excited atoms of a neon plasma in the very vicinity of the probe is compared with the particle density in the undisturbed case. The densities of the excited metastable 1s5 level were measured by laser absorption spectroscopy. By solving the plasma balance equations the deviation of the electron density and the deviation of the electric field could be deduced.


Shutdown of heat oil pipeline is inevitable in its operation process and lack of heat preservation of exposed pipeline is often main cause of its shutdown.Shutdown simulation has been conducted by using CFD software on thermal properties of exposed pipeline.In order to simulate its shutdown process more realistically,calculated firstly was the temperature field in the pipeline before shutdown,simulation was conducted in invariant and variant environment temperature conditions respectively and simulation results show that shutdown period is 8 days if environment temperature change is not considered and shutdown period is longer if environment temperature change is considered and the temperature field in the pipeline is higher than no environment temperature change,which can provide guidance for actual intermittent pipeline transportation.


materials. Thus, the book ends on a slightly speculative note: how far is the current state of the art in crystal engineering from being able to design – and produce – the structure of the most thermodynamically stable aggregate of a molecule or solvate crystal? The book is well written and sensitively edited; despite the large number of authors involved, the text flows and one can read consecutive chapters without particularly noticing the change in authorship. The number of illustrations is reasonable, and they are clear and informative. Topical, and up to date, it includes chapters on relatively new techniques and those recently applied to solid-state interactions (molecular beam spectroscopy, SSNMR, charge density methods), as well as on relatively recently recognized and often underreported interactions such as hydrogen–hydrogen bonding and beryllium bonding. Keeping the focus firmly on the interactions that occur in crystalline systems, the editor has ensured that crystal engineering remains the clear goal to work in this area. As he states in the preface, 'Improving our control of the outcome of crystallization will only be possible after improving our control of the mechanism by which intermolecular interactions compete'. While no one book can provide a complete overview of a field as broad as intermolecular interactions, this text is an essential addition to any library in the field. It works equally well as a book to be read in sequence or as a text to dip into and will augment any collection on supramolecular or crystal chemistry.


Objective: To study the effect of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on cord blood hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells proliferation in vitro, and explore the new way of proliferation in vitro. Methods: Selfmade-lipopolysaccharide and standard-lipopolysaccharideat different concentrations were added into cord blood CD34(superscript +) cells liquid culture system respectively, the cord blood hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells was analyzed by MTT. Results: Selfmade-lipopolysaccharide and standard-lipopolysaccharide at different concentrations could promote proliferation of cord blood CD34(superscript +) cells in LPS at low concentration, and were inhibited in high concentrations LPS. The best concentration were 30 U/mL and 10 mg /L respectively. Conclusion: Lipopolysaccharide may play a role in regulating the cord blood hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells proliferation in vitro.


Through using the method of literature review,investigation and mathematical statistics,and from the different aspects of urban and demographic variables such as age,gender,education level,income and types of disabilities,this paper makes discussion on motivation,consumption level,behavior and content of disabled people participation in sport activity in Shandong province,analyzes the main factors that influence the exercises participation of?disabled people from the aspects of management,oneself,society,economy,emotion and education and put forwards developing strategies for disabled sports under the background of constructing harmonious society.The main purpose is to provide scientific foundation and theoretical references for the development and widespread of the mass sports of the disabled in Shandong province.


By: Fasil Tefera Tassew (BSc) Advisor: Jigsa Girma (MSc, PhD fellow) Co-advisor: Dr. Wondimagegnew Tigneh (MD, M Med (RT), FC Rad (One) A research Thesis submitted to the department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, School of graduate studies, Addis Ababa University. In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master in clinical laboratory sciences (CLS), clinical chemistry specialty Track.


In this paper, one dimensional stationary state Schrdinger equation is transformed to Hamiltonian canonical equation by Legendre transformation, and compute the energy eigenvalues of Morse potential for 7Li 2 molecules by symplectic schemes.


Introduction The superior suspensory complex (SSSC) described by Goss, is a ring composed of the glenoid, the coracoid process, the coracoclavicular ligaments, the distal clavicle, the acromioclavicular joint and the acromial process. A double disruption of the upper suspensory complex of the shoulder produces an instability between the complex of the scapular waist and the axial skeleton, called "floating shoulder". Objective. It establishes the importance of the study of cases concerning the instability of the shoulder girdle Materials and methods Here is shown the case of a patient with double disruption of the SSSC, Results for displaced fracture of acromion associated with acromioclavicular dislocation, treated surgically with satisfactory results. Discussion Although surgical indications have been reported, the fixation techniques of these fractures is limited. Conclusions We present this case that is not frequent in our professional practice.


—This paper proposes a Decentralized Stochastic Gra- dient Descent (DSGD) algorithm to solve distributed machine-learning tasks over wirelessly-connected systems, without the coordination of a base station. It combines local stochastic gradient descent steps with a Non-Coherent Over-The-Air (NCOTA) consensus scheme at the receivers, that enables concurrent transmissions by leveraging the waveform superposition properties of the wireless channels. With NCOTA, local optimization signals are mapped to a mixture of orthogonal preamble sequences, and transmitted concurrently over the wireless channel under half-duplex constraints. Consensus is estimated by non-coherently combining the received signals with the preamble sequences and mitigating the impact of noise and fading via a consensus step- size. NCOTA-DSGD operates without channel state information (typically used in over-the-air computation schemes for channel inversion) and leverages the channel pathloss to mix signals, without explicit knowledge of the mixing weights (typically known in consensus-based optimization). It is shown that, with a suitable tuning of decreasing consensus and learning stepsizes, the error (measured as Euclidean distance) between the local and globally optimum models vanishes with rate O ( k − 1 / 4 ) after k iterations. NCOTA-DSGD is evaluated numerically by solving an image classification task on the MNIST dataset, cast as a regularized cross-entropy loss minimization. Numerical results depict faster convergence vis-`a-vis running time than implementations of the classical DSGD algorithm over digital and analog orthogonal channels, when the number of learning devices is large, under stringent delay constraints.


Fibrin glue has recently been shown to be a successful modality for treatment of complex perianal fistulas and is associated with a higher degree of patient satisfaction. Fistula healing after fibrin glue application can only be determined by adequate follow-up, with consideration of underlying tract activity not just skin healing which can be achieved by MR imaging. This study was designed to evaluate the role of MR imaging in patient selection and prediction of outcome of fibrin sealant treatment in patients with complex perianal fistulas. Twenty-four patients underwent fibrin glue after fistula tract preparation and followed up for a median of 16 months. Clinical and MRI assessment were performed to patients who had early signs of skin healing. Based on their preoperative MRI appearances, 17 patients (70.8%) had transsphincteric fistula, 5 (20.8%) had suprasphincteric fistula and 2 (8.4%) had extrasphincteric fistula. Twenty cases (83.3%) showed skin healing at a median of six (range, 2-15) weeks, 14 cases out of them remained healed till the end of follow up period (range 9-26 months) while10 cases had relapses and fistula recurrence. The success rate was 58.3% while recurrence was reported in 41.7%. In conclusion, fibrin sealant injection is a safe and useful treatment in the management of complex perianal fistula and precludes the need for more extensive surgery. MR imaging can accurately predate the clinical assessment in prediction of the outcome at an earlier stage. More than one half of the patients can actually be cured with fibrin glue when considering combined clinical and radiological evidence. Ain-Shams J Surg 2010; 3(2):183-188 183 Introduction: Surgical management of complex perianal fistulas is challenging and may be associated with the risk of sphincteric injury. Fibrin sealant has been used in many surgical conditions. Several successful trials of using fibrin sealant in the treatment of fistula in ano have been performed.1,2 By using fibrin sealant in treating complex perianal fistula, patients can avoid the risks of staged seton procedure and the morbidity associated with operative treatment such as fecal incontinence, wound pain and discomfort associated with post-operative wound dressings.3 Fibrin sealant is a tissue sealant that uses the activation of thrombin to form a fibrin clot, which mechanically seals the fistula tract. The clot undergoes gradual fibrinolysis while promoting tissue healing processes to permanently obliterate the fistula tract. Over the past few years, imaging, notably MR, has revolutionized the treatment of patients with fistula in ano.4,5 Recently, MR imaging has emerged as a promising tool for preoperative classification of fistula in ano. The ability of MR imaging to help not only accurately reveal the location and extent of the disease, including a clinically undetected fistula or abscess but also influence the subsequent surgery and patient outcome.6 Aim of the work: This study was designed to evaluate the role of MR imaging in patient selection and prediction of outcome of fibrin sealant treatment in patients with complex perianal fistulas. Patients and methods: Twenty-four patients participated in our study suffering from complex perianal fistula. They were 19 males and 5 females, (their ages 32-55 years; mean age 43±9.3 years). All


This paper deals with the methods for estimating credit risk parameters from market prices, e.g. Probability of Default (PD) and Loss Given Default (LGD). Precise evaluation of these parameters is important not only for bank to calculate their regulatory capital but also for investors to price risky bonds and credit derivatives. In this paper, we introduced reduced-form analytical methods for the calculation of LGD to pricing Credit Default Swaps. Reduced-form credit risk models were introduced as a reaction to structural approach, especially trying to decrease informational difficulty when modelling credit risk. In the reducedform approach, the market value of defaulted bonds is the same as in the fraction recovered from the exposure at default. We use the face value convention, which Hull & White (2000) presented in their model which extended recovery of face value convention for coupon bonds. © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Selection and/ peer-review under responsibility of Academic World Research and Education Center.


The invention discloses a C3N4 nanosheet with a molecular-scale thickness as well as a preparation method and an application thereof, which belong to the technical fields of material preparation and photocatalysis. The C3N4 nanosheet photocatalyst with a molecular-scale thickness disclosed by the invention is prepared in a water/ethanol mixed system via an ultrasonic treatment-stirring combination method. The preparation method of the catalyst comprises the following two steps of: step 1, synthesising a bulk-phase C3N4 precursor via a solid-phase thermal polymerization method; and step 2, stripping via ultrasonic treatment-stirring combination to prepare the C3N4 nanosheet. The C3N4 nanosheet photocatalyst prepared by the preparation method is high in specific surface area and photon-generated carrier separation efficiency, capable of efficiently degrading organic pollutants, and particularly efficiently decolouring printing and dyeing wastewater, and high in activity in the aspects of hydrogen production from photocatalytic water splitting and photocatalytic selective oxidation for alcohols simultaneously. The catalyst is simple in preparation process, low in cost, green and environment-friendly in production process, high in stability, capable of meeting actual production needs, and high in application potential.


Activated carbon was obtained from sugarcane bagasse was studied and comparing with commercial activated carbon from coconut shell. Porosity parameters of the samples were calculated by low temperature nitrogen adsorption by using some theories. Adsorption of phenol on sample was studied in comparing with commercial activated carbon. Effect of salinity on phenol adsorption was studied by assessment effectivity of phenol removal from aqueous solution. It has been shown that the presence of sodium chloride in solution can increase adsorption of phenol by activated carbon.


Diffusion coefficients and effective, or transport, porosities are important parameters in the assessment of the fate and transport of contaminants in fractured rock systems and when contaminant transport needs to be considered in zones of low to negligible advective flows. This study presents and discusses various solutions, analytical and semianalytical, to Fick's law for the typical through‐diffusion experiment and applies these solutions to the results of three through‐diffusion experimental data sets. These through‐diffusion experiments were conducted on two natural breccia samples, with bulk measured porosities of approximately 13.7% and 16.8%, and one manufactured porous plate sample with a bulk measured porosity of 40.9%, such that the samples displayed order of magnitude differences in their diffusivities. For each experiment, the derived effective porosities and intrinsic diffusion coefficients for each method are compared. It was shown that the semianalytical solution provides an improved method for reliably estimating the effective porosity from through‐diffusion experimental data; however, there is little difference between methods in the derived intrinsic diffusion coefficients.


Energy is one of the most important influential factors on economic growth. Water is one of the main inputs for many other sectors. In this study, in order to see the effects of water sector investment from production function, we use economic time series database of national accounts in central bank, vice-presidency for strategic planning and supervision, and Iran water resources management co., which were gathered during 1980-2010. As economic growth and different sectors value added (agriculture, industry and mine, services, and petroleum sectors) variables used in empirical analysis was integrated of order one, employed Granger causality test. Results show for different sectors (agriculture, industry and mine, services, and petroleum sectors) in Iranian economy implies that the elasticity of water investment in agricultural sector is significant, and positive, and for the rest of the other sectors is non-significant. Also results show that in the short-run and long run, the Granger causality runs from economic growth to water resource investment and vice versa in Iran. Key words : water investment, economic development, cointegration;


Estimating the primary productivity of phytoplankton as they are mixed through the surface layer is often hampered by methodological or conceptual constraints. Fast Repetition Rate Fluorometry (FRRF) allows some of these constraints to be overcome by providing measurements of the instantaneous, depth-dependent rates of primary productivity of phytoplankton in situ. Data acquired by FRR fluorescence is used in this paper to determine the parameters of the photosynthesis‐irradiance curve and the instantaneous photosynthetic rates for phytoplankton from the mixed layer during a cruise in the Celtic Sea in May 2000. FRR fluorescence-based estimates of the initial slope of the photosynthesis‐light curve (� B ) ranged from 7.5 in well-mixed conditions to 12.7 g C (mol photons) � 1 m 2 (g Chl a) � 1 under stratified conditions. FRR fluorescence-based estimates of the light saturation parameter, Ek, were strongly correlated with the logarithm of the surface PAR. FRR fluorescence-based estimates of the Chl a-specific, light saturated photosynthesis rate (Pm B ) ranged from 1.4 to 2.8 g C (g Chl a) � 1 h � 1 . The FRRF determined values of Pm B were consistent with those measured using radiocarbon techniques, however, there were systematic differences


This article aims to present the trajectory and the directions of the Irrigation National Policy, pointing out the way that this State policy assumed a specific outline in the Northeastern Brazil and the Sao Francisco Valley related to the aspiration of the modernizing process that took place in the actions of the Brazilian State since de 1950's. Based on discussions about the nature and the State role in the space production, processes identification undertaken, programs and actions of the Irrigation National Policy put into practice in the national territory, trying to reveal the logic, the guideline, the strategic, the discusses and the space and socio-economics' implications. The text line follows a criteria in scale not only geometrical, but corresponds the interdependence of the processesand the facts that will be described, approaching the Brazilian irrigation policy and the consequences in the Northwestern Brazil and the Sao Francisco Valley.


Purpose : Studies on temporal changes in incidence of lower limb amputations (LLA) and their regional variation in Sweden are scarce and have sometimes excluded partial foot amputations. The study aim was to examine the national time trend and regional variation in incidence of LLA in Sweden over the recent 10 years. Methods: Data on all incident (lifetime first) LLA on people 18 years and older were identified using relevant procedure codes recorded in the national inpatient register between 2008 and 2017. Amputations were categorized into three levels: 1) high proximal (through or above the knee), 2) low proximal (below the knee), and 3) partial foot amputations (excluding toe amputations). Poisson regression models were fitted to estimate amputation incidence rates and their annual changes with adjustment for age (10-year groups) and sex. Regional variation was examined at county-level, which divides Sweden into 21 regions. Rates are shown by per 100,000 inhabitants. Results: The LLA incidence (all levels combined) significantly decreased annually by 1.6% during the period, and this trend appeared to be driven by decreases of high proximal and low proximal amputations (Table 1). No statistically significant change of partial foot amputations incidence was observed. The decline in the incidence of all LLA were, however, not shared by all regions; 9 regions showed declines but 12 regions showed stable trends. The ratio of the highest to lowest amputation incidence among regions was 1.9 for all LLA levels combined, 2.6 for high proximal


This study was carried out in two stages: in 2006 with the formation of crosses in the experimental station of the Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro Unidad Laguna (UAAANUL) and their evaluation in two localities with three environments in 2007, in the experimental station of the UAAANUL during the spring and summer seasons and in El Niagara, municipality of Aguascalientes, Ags., during the spring. The genetic material used included 24 breeding lines, seven from the programme of the UAAANUL, four from the INIFAP and 13 from the CIMMYT. The objective was to estimate the effects of the general combining ability (ACG) of the breeding lines and the specific combining ability (ACE) of the crosses, as well as to quantify the capacity to inherit and the degree of dominance of the 128 resulting crosses. With respect to the yield of green forage, for the general combining ability (ACG) the male testers B-40 (52.0 t ha−1), CML-311 (49.0 t ha−1) and AN-447 (45.2 t ha−1) stood out, whereas for the specific combining ability (ACE) the highest values were recorded for the crosses B-40xCML-319 (30.8 t ha−1), B-40xCML-254 (30.7 t ha−1), CML-311xCML-254 (30.0 t ha−1) and CML-311xCML-319 (29.7 t ha−1), which were also the best regarding the yield of green forage with 123, 123, 120 and 119 t ha-1 respectively. Among the genetic parameters for yield, the dominance variance was 210, greater than the additive variance of 154, the capacity to inherit was 73% in a broad sense and 30% in a strict sense, and the overdominance was 1.7.


Optical diagnostics provide the capability for nonintrusive, on-line, real-time analysis of chemical process streams. Several laser-based methods for monitoring fossil energy processes have been evaluated. Among the instrumentation techniques which appear quite promising are coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy (CARS), laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), and synchronous detection of laser-induced fluorescence (SDLIF). A CARS diagnostic was implemented on a coal gasifier and was successfully employed to measure species concentrations and temperatures within the process stream. The LIBS approach has been used to identify total trace impurities (e.g., Na, K, and S) within a gasifier. Recently, individual components in mixtures of aromatics hydrocarbons have been resolved via the synchronous detection of laser-induced fluorescence.


As we hear from German ideologists, Germany has in the last few years gone through an unparalleled revolution. The decomposition of the Hegelian philosophy, which began with Strauss, has developed into a universal ferment into which all the "powers of the past" are swept. In the general chaos mighty empires have arisen only to meet with immediate doom, heroes have emerged momentarily only to be hurled back into obscurity by bolder and stronger rivals. It was a revolution beside which the French Revolution was child's play, a world struggle beside which the struggles of the Diadochi [successors of Alexander the Great] appear insignificant. Principles ousted one another, heroes of the mind overthrew each other with unheard-of rapidity, and in the three years 1842-45 more of the past was swept awa y in Germany than at other times in three centuries.


We present and study the infinite-dimensional limit of the Hubbard model on a class of nonnested bipartite lattices which generalize the two-dimensional honeycomb and three-dimensional diamond lattice, and are characterized by a semimetallic noninteracting density of states. The infinite-dimensional limit is studied by the well-known mapping onto a self-consistent one-impurity problem. This is solved using quantum Monte Carlo and second-order perturbation theory. The (U, T) phase diagram at half-filling shows a nonmagnetic semimetallic region and an antiferromagnetic insulating phase with a critical value of U for the transition at T=0 which is strictly positive, U c /t≃2.3, in contrast with the hypercubic lattice, where antiferromagnetic order sets in at U c =0


Introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy has altered the course of disease for persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus by elevating CD4+ T‐lymphocyte levels. Changes in the spectrum of systemic diseases encountered in human immunodeficiency virus‐positive individuals are reported in the general medical literature.


Abstract The reorientation times of a side chain nematic polymer have been measured. The polymer samples were oriented in magnetic fields of 2·1 T and the reorientation experiments were carried out using a NMR spectrometer operating at 1·5 T. Temperature and twist angle dependencies of the proton NMR spectra were studied in detail and discussed with regard to the alignment of the mesogenic molecule groups in the polymer medium. An additional result concerns the homogeneous or inhomogeneous reorientation.


Genetic Programming (GP) may dramatically increase the performance of software written by domain experts. GP and autotuning are used to optimise and refactor legacy GPGPU C code for modern parallel graphics hardware and software. Speed ups of more than six times on recent nVidia GPU cards are reported compared to the original kernel on the same hardware.


Neighborhood income and social capital are considered important for child development, but social capital has rarely been measured directly at an aggregate level. We used Canadian data to derive measures of social capital from aggregated parental judgments of neighborhood collective efficacy and neighborhood safety. Measures of neighborhood income came from Census data. Direct measures of preschoolers' school readiness were predicted from neighborhood-level variables, with regional indicators and household/parental characteristics taken into account. Our findings show that (1) residing in Quebec, being Black, and having a parent who was born outside Canada are positively associated with children's living in disadvantaged or low collective efficacy neighborhoods as well as with their living in low-income households. (2) Children's odds of residential mobility were reduced when the origin neighborhood had higher collective efficacy but increased when the family rented rather than owned. (3) Both neighborhood collective efficacy and children's ever having lived in a poor neighborhood were correlated with receptive vocabulary scores, but results were mixed for other cognitive dimensions. Children of younger mothers scored worse on receptive vocabulary. There were similar patterns for demographic predictors related to visible minority status, sibship size, and birth order. Neighborhood average income had no effect on cognitive outcomes when the region was controlled.


In undergoing this life, many people always try to do and get the best. New knowledge, experience, lesson, and everything that can improve the life will be done. However, many people sometimes feel confused to get those things. Feeling the limited of experience and sources to be better is one of the lacks to own. However, there is a very simple thing that can be done. This is what your teacher always manoeuvres you to do this one. Yeah, reading is the answer. Reading a book as this the relative mortality after amputations of large and small hospitals and the influence of the anti and other references can enrich your life quality. How can it be?


Writing on aikido is usually a fog of esoteric maxims and cryptic teachings. Some people like it that way. But aikido practitioners have long felt the need for a book that would explain in simple and ordinary terms the philosophy that shapes the art they enjoy. This is that book.Everyone from beginners to advanced students will find this book enlightening. It traces the influences on aikido of Shinto, Tantra, Shingon Buddhism, Omoto-kyo esotericism, Christianity, Western mystical systems such as alchemy, and modern scientific thought. It also describes the relationship of aikido to health and healing, to the visual arts, to conflict resolution, and to issues of global environmental responsibility.The Philosophy of Aikido is an indispensable source of information for anyone who wants to know more about how aikido came to be, and what its implications are for the world now and in the future. The author is the foremost non-Japanese expert in the field and well known for the wealth of information and straightforward language his books offer. The informative text is supported by 70 black-and-white illustrations of ukiyo-e, calligraphy and photographs from the author's extensive collection.


In recent decades, migration has come into increasing scholarly focus as both a historical and a transhistorical phenomenon, with particular periods emerging as foci for migration activity. The latter go hand in hand with high incidences of migrant deaths, responses to which remain swathed in the politics of remembrance and recovery. Both the grave vulnerabilities of migrants and the efforts surrounding their recollection find their echoes not only in the contemporary United States but in earlier historical eras and other regions as well. This article examines one such period: that of the fifth and sixth centuries CE, when wars, natural disasters, and shifts in imperial allegiances both shaped another "age of exile" and precipitated religious responses thereto. By investigating Eastern Christian narratives around the care for the bodies and souls of migrants, this article considers the challenges that afflict efforts to remember the migrant in both late ancient and contemporary practice.


Three sorting algorithms are given for hypercubes with d-port communication. All of these algorithms are based on binsort at the global level. The binsort allows the movement of keys among nodes to be performed by a d-port complete exchange rather than a sequence of l-port exchanges as in other algorithms. This lowers communication costs by at least a factor of d compared to other sorting algorithms. The first algorithm assumes the keys are uniformly distributed and selects bin boundaries based on the global maximum and minimum keys. The other two algorithms make no assumption about the distribution of keys and so they sample the keys before the binsort in order to estimate their distribution. Splitting keys based on that estimate reduce the variance among the lengths of the subsequences left in the nodes after the complete exchange of bins which in turn helps to balance the computational load in each node. The performance of two of these algorithms on an FPS T-40 is given for data of various distributions and is compared to the performance of bitonic sort and hyperquicksort.


We studied the population and nesting records of House Sparrow Passer domesticus during winter in Yellampet village, Telangana. The ecological density of House Sparrow was investigated using fixed width transects. The density of sparrow vary from 15 to 335 per hectare in different transects. Bonferroni confidence interval was used to know the preference of location types i.e., houses, shops and hotels for foraging and nesting. Shops were used significantly more than expected according to availability of nest sites and also for foraging. A total of 81 active nests were recorded. The present study shows that a handful breeding population of House Sparrow harboring in Yellampet village.