Dr. Mary Hooks reminds us that we have achieved the primary prevention of breast cancer (BC) without seeming to have noticed it. The specific estrogen receptor modulators tamoxifen and raloxifene have both been shown to significantly reduce the risk of BC in preand postmenopausal American women; the latter without an increased risk of endometrial cancer. Yet few without a history of BC are receiving these agents. Patients and physicians have conflated tamoxifen with nonspecific cytotoxic drugs and have avoided it. But raloxifene is already used to retard osteoporosis. It is time for primary care physicians to prescribe it for women at increased risk, assuming the same responsibility for primary BC prevention as they already do for secondary prevention by mammographic screening. Dr. Hooks also discusses the graver issue of primary prevention by bilateral mastectomies, for women with family histories implying a germline mutation predisposing to BC. Screening for BRCA mutations is certainly indicated in women with first degree relatives with premenopausal BC. If a woman's mother or sister with BC has a BRCA mutation, genetic studies to rule it in or out are indicated. But the failure to detect a BRCA mutation is not conclusive. Other germline mutations are known for which we cannot screen, while some are yet to be defined. Primary care physicians must assume responsibility for acting on the implications of family history. Genetic screening should be part of general medical training. Dr. Hooks' rational and lucid account of contemporary BC risk determination is a baseline for evaluating some major past accomplishments which are now unraveling. Breast conservation surgery has long since been shown to be therapeutically equivalent to mastectomy, and has immensely enhanced patients' life quality. Yet, as Drs. Morrow and Harris have recently pointed out, the ratio of tumorectomies to mastectomies has been falling recently, especially when final decisions are made by patients rather than physicians. The extension of the prophylactic surgery concept to women with sporadic rather than heritable tumors, and the advent of magnetic resonance (MRI) breast imaging may be responsible. MRI is highly sensitive, especially in premenopausal women with dense breasts, but often yields false positive results. MRI findings in the involved breast have been used to justify mastectomy rather than tumorectomy for prophylactic indications, and similar findings in contralateral breasts are being used to justify surgery for these as well. Yet such surgery may have little impact on recurrence or survival. No randomized, prospective trials have demonstrated the ability of MRI to reduce BC mortality. Until such data is available, we are saddled with a powerful weapon we have not yet learned how to use. Mammography is a scientifically validated method of reducing death from BC. But now, decades after this was demonstrated, its value is once again being challenged. This will not surprise those familiar with the outcome of the 1997 NCI Consensus Development Conference on Mammographic Screening. The panel initially confirmed its value for women over 50 years of age. Public and governmental pressures induced them to expand the indication for mammography to women over 40 years of age without evidence for the procedure's efficacy in that group. Subsequent experience has confirmed the value of mammography in women over 50 and doubts about its value in younger women. It is one thing for a physician to conclude that a younger woman has particular risk factors which justify periodic mammographic studies; to employ the procedure for the mass screening of women over 40 is quite another. The past 12 years have demonstrated the dangers of confusing political and public pressures with evidence. Physician's recommendations should be guided by evidence. They must, in turn, guide their patients. We are obligated to inform patients so that they appreciate the essential rationality of our advice, and are able to participate in complex diagnostic studies and treatments. But patient consent From the Division of Hematology/Oncology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.


The surface-modified technology of pH-sensitive liposomes has become the hot topic in the research of liposomespreparation.The pH-sensitive liposomes after being surface-modified could be recognized by target cells in vivo mediated by thespecific segments so as to targetedly release the drugs and reduce the damage to human normal tissues.The surface-modifiedtechnology has three main purposes:prolonging drug in vivo circulation duration,increasing the pH-sensibility,and enhancing thetargeting.This paper reviews the recent ten-year progresses in the surface-modified technology of pH-sensitive liposomes on thesethree aspects,providing the reference for further study on the surface modification of pH-sensitive liposomes.


These two books should be welcomed enthusiastically by the international relations community. They describe economically the work done in two important and related fields with which scholars of international relations, no matter what their speciality, should be acquainted. This judgement may not, of course, be accepted by everyone, but I hope this review article will provide reasons in support of it. For even if one concludes (as I do not) that the approaches of these books are wrong, they are interestingly wrong.


Abstract: In-depth interviews with nurses who have been bullied depict bullies masking their bullying behavior behind the cloak of legitimate organizational processes, resulting in extensive harm to targets.


The invention provides a foam dressing containing a composite silver-zinc antibacterial material and a preparation method of the foam dressing. The foam dressing containing the composite silver-zinc antibacterial material comprises polyurethane foaming plastic and the composite silver-zinc antibacterial material, wherein the composite silver-zinc antibacterial material is adhered to the inside of the polyurethane foaming plastic, comprises the following raw materials in content: nano silver, nano zinc and a nano inorganic carrier; and the composite silver-zinc antibacterial material contains the following raw materials in percentage by mass: 10%-20% of silver and 20%-40% of zinc. The composite silver-zinc antibacterial material is dispersed into the foam dressing in a manner of foam molding or ultrasonic dipping together with foam. The foam dressing containing the composite silver-zinc antibacterial material is capable of effectively absorbing diffusate of the wound surface, and effectively inhibiting growth and breeding of staphylococcus aureus, pseudomonas aeruginosa and candida albicans.


Recent studies on student learning in higher education have paid attention to the relationships between characteristics of the learning environment and students' study orientations and study success. The purpose of the present paper is to examine these relationships in university level engineering education. The data were collected from Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland, by means of an Internet survey (n=394). Grade point average, credits per semester and students' qualitative evaluation of their learning outcomes were used as indicators of study success. The findings of the study indicate that students' perceptions of their learning environment were related to their study orientations which, in turn, were related to study success. Having a deep study strategy was the most important predictor of study success. Having a surface strategy, doubt about one's abilities and lack of regulation were factors negatively related to study success. Meaning-oriented and self-regulated students using a deep strategy showed the best success in their studies and externally regulated students using a surface strategy the worst. The findings of the study suggest that the learning environments in Lappeenranta University of Technology encourage deep learning.


Abstract : This document contains the proceedings of the workshop 'Advanced Communication Processing Techniques', held May 14-17, 1989, near Ruidoso, New Mexico. Sponsored by the Army Research Office (under Contract DAAL03-89-G-0016) and organized by the Communication Sciences Institute of the University of Southern California, the workshop had as its objective 'to determine those applications of intelligent/adaptive communication signal processing that have been realized and to define areas of future research.' We at the Communication Sciences Institute believe that there are two emerging areas which deserve considerably more study in the near future: (1) Modulation characterization, i. e., the automation of modulation format recognition so that a receiver can reliably demodulate a signal without using a priori information concerning the signal's structure, and (2) the incorporation of adaptive coding into communication links and networks. (Encoders and decoders which can operate with a wide variety of codes exist, but the way to utilize and control them in links and networks is an issue). To support these two new interest areas, one must have both a knowledge of (3) the kinds of channels and environments in which the systems must operate, and of (4) the latest adaptive equalization techniques which might be employed in these efforts. (RH)


Pelvic actinomycosis is a chronic granulomatous suppurative disease caused by actinomyces israelii and usually associated with long-standing use of an intrauterine device. Pelvic actinomycosis can cause tuboovarian abscess, ureteral and bowel obstruction in some rare cases mimicking an ovarian tumor. We report a pelvic actinomycosis case with elevated Ca 125 level and obstructed ureter mimicking an ovarian tumor. The preoperative imaging methods and Ca 125 level indicated an ovarian malignancy, but frozen section diagnosis was benign, and overtreatment was avoided. Pelvic actinomycosis, although is a rare granulomatous suppurative disease, in case of long-standing use of an intra-uterine device and ovarian mass, it should be in the mind of the surgeon as a differential diagnosis to avoid excessive surgery.


For a graph G of order n with normalized signless Laplacian eigenvalues g + 1 ≥ g + 2 ≥ ··· ≥ g + n ≥ 0, the Randić (normalized) incidence energy is defined as ' IRE(G) = ∑ n i=1 q g + i . In this paper, we present a survey on the results of IRE (G), especially with emphasis on the properties, bounds and Coulson integral formula of IRE (G).


This chapter reports on a case study of a 12-week technology course for preservice English language arts teachers in which the teacher educator attempted to shift away from tool-centric approaches by foregrounding purpose-driven tool use and project-based learning experiences. Findings from analyses of classroom, interview, and survey data suggested that specific design choices helped to promote purpose-driven technology use for literacy learning. These included the instructor's articulation and modeling of a "pedagogy first" stance that centered pedagogical reasons for digital tool use and affordances of digital tools, and the organization of a project-based learning environment that engaged preservice teachers in hands-on exploration of digitally mediated ELA learning through continual cycles of making, sharing, and reflecting on digital artifacts.


All the information, provided here or in the various handbooks, is given to describe, with the maximum of precision, the contents of Code_Aster. They do not have as an ambition to deliver a formation with the digital modeling of the behavior of the mechanical structures. Code_Aster is only the establishment of methods described and shown in various works to which the engineer will have to refer, in complement of the reference material, if necessary. Handbooks of Code_Aster suppose acquired in addition a formation with the mechanics of the solids and the finite element method.


Biggar, R.J., Rosenberg, P.S., Coté, T. and the Multistate AIDS/Cancer Match Study Group, Kaposi's sarcoma and non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma following the diagnosis of AIDS. Int. J. Cancer, 68, 754–758 (1996).


Abstract. Plasma lipoproteins and apolipoproteins have been studied in a kindred with familial apolipoprotein CII (apo CII) deficiency. As in two other recently documented pedigrees, apo CII deficiency appeared to be transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait. The homozygous state was characterized by gross fasting hypertriglyceridaemia, complete absence of apo CII from plasma and failure of plasma to activate lipoprotein lipase. Post‐heparin plasma hepatic triglyceride lipase activity was normal. Hypertriglyceridaemia reflected chylomicronaemia and elevated Sf 100–400 and Sf 20–100 lipoprotein concentrations; lipoproteins of Sf 12–20 (LDL1), Sf 0–12 (LDL2), F1.23.5–9 (HDL2) and F1.20–3.5 (HDL3) were greatly reduced in concentration. Low density lipoproteins (1.006–1.063 g/ml), isolated by preparative ultracentrifugation, and high density lipoproteins, isolated by heparin/Mn++, were triglyceride‐enriched. Electroimmunoassays revealed additionally low plasma concentrations of apolipoproteins AI, AII and B and very high concentrations of apolipoproteins CIII and E in the homozygote. The parents of the proband (heterozygotes) were normotriglyceridaemic, and had normal lipoprotein lipid concentrations and normal apolipoprotein AI, AII, B, CIII and E concentrations, in spite of having low apo CII concentrations.


A method was developed for the determination of 12 kinds of female hormones in infant milk powder with ultra high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. The milk powder was dissolved in warm water,12 kinds of female hormones were extracted with ethyl acetate after enzymatic hydrolysis. Then the female hormones were purified by HLB cartridge,separated on an ACQUITY UPLC BEH C 18( 2. 1 mm × 100 mm,1. 7 μm) column and analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively in ESI-mode for estrogen and ESI+mode for progestogen. The results showed that matrix-matched calibrations of 12 kinds of female hormones had good linear relationships in the certain concentration ranges with their correlation coefficients( r2) more than 0. 99. Average recoveries of 12 kinds of female hormones in the spiked samples at three different levels varied from 80. 2% to 108. 7% with the relative standard deviations no more than 7. 9%. In general,the method established in our study is simple,rapid and highly sensitive. The method was suitable for the determination of 12 kinds of female hormones in infant milk powder.


Background  Postoperative wound oedema causing increased suture tension is thought to be a possible cause of scars known as suture marks. Quantification of such oedema has not previously been reported in the literature. Measures to accommodate wound oedema may include the adoption of alternative suture techniques and the use of more elastic suture materials.


This data set contains Composite Block Diagram (CBD) images in Adobe pdf format for areas within the BOEM Alaska Region. Each CBD describes a single block within an Official Protraction Diagram (OPD) and shows the lines (Submerged Lands Act, Limit of '8(g) Zone', maritime boundaries and/or marine sanctuaries), NAD 27 leases, and NAD 27 boundaries which occur within that block and divide it into different areas. The CBD contains additional coordinates and area calculations for an individual block. These data are scanned images of the official paper CBD's produced by the BOEM.


Obama's victory in the 2012 presidential election challenges the standard economic-voting model. How can an incumbent win reelection when economic conditions are as bad as they were in 2012? Indeed, forecasting models that heavily relied on economic variables predicted Obama's defeat. We examine several alternatives to the standard model of economic-voting. One, voters are prospective, not retrospective about the economy; two, voters refrain from holding the current incumbent responsible for economic conditions that are the legacy of the previous incumbent; and three, against the background of generally bad economic times, voters give more weight to good news than bad news. Using the ANES Winter 2012 survey, we find that, while all three propositions are supported, Obama largely escaped punishment for poor economic conditions because voters blamed him less than his predecessor. This proves the importance of responsibility attribution for economic voting.


A nonvolatile memory device according to the invention includes a non-volatile memory device (220) having a first storage area and a second storage area, and a memory control unit (210). The memory controller includes a first register (212) which is configured so that it stores information on a reliable mode, and a second register (214) that is configured so that information on an operating system (OS) representation stores. The storage control unit is configured to receive based on the information about the reliable mode a command from a host, that it determines whether the command is a write request for an OS representation and whether the OS Presentation information that command the accompanied coincides with the OS presentation information that is stored in the second register; that it writes the OS representation in the first storage area when the OS Presentation information accompanying the command coincides with the OS-presentation information stored in the second register, and a block data shift the OS takes place representation from the first memory area in the second storage area.


Patient. —F. D. T., a publisher, arrived in Los Angeles June 10, 1913. He was ill during the night of June 9, with some headache and nausea, but as for years past he had been subject to attacks of "nervous prostration" which were accompanied by headache and vomiting, he did not regard the attack as particularly serious. June 10, during a business interview, he could not express himself as lucidly as was necessary; in consequence he became excited and was removed to his hotel, where I saw him about 4 p. m. I found a healthy, intelligent-looking man, aged 46, of spare build and showing no signs of alcoholism or other degenerative stigmata. He was sitting up in bed, vomiting a watery bile at intervals; he complained of some generalized headache and an inability to find the right word. He had often had these attacks, but never such marked amnesia.


In 1985, the Supreme Court addressed the constitutionality of searches and seizures of students in schools. In New Jersey v. T. L....


We assess a family of ranking mechanisms for search engines based on linkage analysis using a carefully engineered subset of the World Wide Web, WT10g (Bailey, Craswell and Hawking 2001), and a set of relevance judgements for 50 different queries from Trec-9 to evaluate the performance of several link-based ranking techniques. Among these link-based algorithms, Kleinberg's HITS and Larry Page and Sergey Brin's PageRank are assessed. Link analysis seems to yield poor results in Trec's Web Ad Hoc Task. We suggest some alternative algorithms which reuse both text-based search similarity measures and linkage analysis. Although these algorithms yield better results, improving text-only search recall-precision curves in the Web Ad Hoc Task remains elusive; only a certain category of queries seems to benefit from linkage analysis. Among these queries, homepage searches may be good candidates.


Abstract Nitrogen doped graphene quantum dots (N-GQDs) have attracted much attention because of their superior electronic and optical properties. The preparation of N-GQDs can be usually performed via a top-down method using vairous nanocarbon as raw materials. However, most carbon materials are powder, which increases the difficulty of separating quantum dots from the reaction solution. Herein, we verified a feasibility of N-GQDs preparation with a bulk carbon film composed of N-doped carbon nanofibers as raw mateial via an acid vapor cutting approach (only 1 ml nitric acid was used in the method). The synthesis method effectively voids a tedious separation process. And the as-prepared N-GQDs exhibit good dispersion, high photostability and blue-green fluorescence. Subsequently, fluorescence experiments confirmed the fluorescence of N-GQDs was quenched selectively by Fe3+ via the unique coordination interaction between them and recovered with the addition of AA. Based on the quenching (off) and recovering (on) processes, fluorescent sensor for Fe3+ and OFF-ON fluorescent sensor for AA were fabricated, showing good selectivity and wide linear range. Finally, the constructed sensors were successfully applied for Fe3+ and AA detection in real samples such as tap water and human urine.


The breast tumor microenvironment (TME), devoid of nutrients and oxygen, recruits tumor associated macrophages (TAMs) that promote angiogenesis, metastasis and tumor growth. Removal or conversion of TAMs to an anti-tumor phenotype enhances chemo- and immuno-therapy in pre-clinical models and establishes TAMs as targets for anti-cancer therapy. Translation to the clinic has been slow, likely because current strategies broadly target macrophages. Several subsets of TAMs have been identified, yet little is known about their subset diversity in breast cancer and response to therapy. The failure to characterize TAM subsets has likely hindered progress in therapeutic targeting. This educational talk will provide a broad overview of the diversity of TAMs as well as the microbiome and how they are potentially intertwined within the complex breast TME. The talk will incorporate the state of the field to include elucidating the complexity of TAMs in breast cancer including their ontogeny, tissue specificity, phenotype, subset diversity and spatial relationship within the breast tumor. In addition, how the tumor microbiome may influence myeloid function and phenotype will be explored.
 Citation Format: JL Guerriero. Macro and Micro: Macrophage and microbiome diversity in the breast cancer microenvironment [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2021 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2021 Dec 7-10; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2022;82(4 Suppl):Abstract nr ES11-2.


Accurate assessment of atopic dermatitis (AD) severity is critical when initiating and monitoring therapy. Use of existing research tools such as the Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI) and Scoring Atopic Dermatitis (SCORAD) is complex and time‐consuming in clinical practice. A previous analysis found the product of validated Investigator's Global Assessment (vIGA) and affected body surface area (BSA) to be an accurate and practical tool for routine assessment of paediatric AD.


Upon abstracting this phenomenon, the key variables of learning mathematics are: logical sequential pacing (vis-a-vis Zone of Proximal Development), timely expert tutoring as well as feedback, and concerted effort by the pupil. All three have to work in cohesion and do so as a perennial matter. With AI we can provide a high degree of granularity for the math content, expert-level real-time tutorials with feedback, and an effective time-management apparatus. This involves engineering an expertsystem that can simulate an artificial intelligence math teacher.


We show that the time dependent version of Sato's equation, when applied to capacitative rf sheaths is no longer independent of the electric field of the space charge, and discuss the use of the equation for a specific sheath model.


The purpose of this article is to examine the increasing number of new-build market and speculative sector. There is also a buoyant renovation market, and increased installation of retrofit basements, whereby basements are constructed beneath an existing house. This latter option is perhaps three to four times the cost of new-buid, but is economically viable where properties are of high value with restricted garden space, such as within London.


Background: Opioid maintenance treatment is the option of choice to stabilize opioid-dependent patients. Whilst efficacy of methadone and buprenorphine has been studied extensively, fewer data on slow-release oral morphine are available. Aims: This study analyzes the effects of slow-release oral morphine compared to methadone with regard to self-reported mental symptoms, drug use and satisfaction with treatment. Methods: The study was carried out as an open-label randomized crossover trial in 14 treatment sites in Switzerland and Germany. It comprised 2 crossover periods of 11 weeks each. For measuring mental symptoms, the Symptom Checklist-27 (SCL-27) was used. Drug and alcohol use was assessed by the number of consumption days, and treatment satisfaction by a visual analogue scale. Results: A total of 157 patients were included for the analyses (per-protocol sample). Statistically significantly better outcomes for morphine as compared to methadone treatment were found for overall severity of mental symptoms (SCL-27 Global Severity Index), as well as 5 of the 6 syndrome groups of the SCL-27, and for treatment satisfaction. There were no statistically significant differences with regard to drug or alcohol use between groups. Conclusions: This study supports positive effects of slow-release oral morphine compared to methadone on patient-reported outcomes such as mental symptoms and treatment satisfaction with comparable effects on concomitant drug use. Slow-release oral morphine represents a meaningful alternative to methadone for treatment of opioid dependence.


To know the cause of the midday depression which are observed in mature tea garden immediately after the espalier pruning performed after the 1st plucking, two plots were prepared as written below and the diurnal change of photosynthesis of them was observed.1. Upper part plot……All the leaves of the upper 10 cm layer in mature tea garden were left and the lower leaves were all removed.2. Lower part plot……All the leaves of the upper 10 cm layer were removed and the lower leaves were all left.The tendency of the light-photosynthetic curve of the upper part plot did not changed from that of the gardens, of which the leaves were not removed, but in the lower part plot the light saturation point and the maximum photosynthetic rate decreased and rather severe midday depression occured.The same phenomenon was also observed on the young tea plant cultivated under, rather severely screened sun light condition.The leaves of the lower part plot were thin-ner, larger, and had larger content of chloro-phyll than those of the upper part plot, and this result was thought to show the characteri-stics of the shade leaves.Water content, carbohydrate content, and the degree of the stomata opening were also measured, and it was observed that the degree of the stomata opening had closer relation upon the phenomenon of midday deppression written above than other factors.


This study aims to assess the impacts of the Catholic Office for Emergency, Relief and Refugees (COERR) Writing Project (COERRWP) on students' attitudes and their writing performance in correlation with age, gender and language proficiency. In the first stage, a study was conducted to assess 45 students' actual writing performance based on score analysis of their writing test through 2011 to 2014. In the second stage, a quantitative survey questionnaire was administered to a further 80 students from the initial cohort of intermediate, upper and advanced levels. The study found that the COERRWP was effective in improving macro performance such as paragraph or essay structures rather than micro performance or the accurate use of lexico-grammar.


The term "passages" applies to The Scarlet Letter in two rather different but closely related ways. On the one hand, the word can be applied to the novel's overall narrative structure in the sense of a voyage, a one-way progress from one world or from one state of being to another. At the same time, it can also be evoked in the sense of the Parisian passages which intrigued Aragon, as implying a coming and going between separate but connected spaces. The story unfolds according to a linear ch...


The editorial for issue 22.2 announces our 2019 essay prizes (for work published in 2017 and 2018), offers a dedication to the late Stephen K. Wright and David Bevington, and announces founding editor Helen Ostovich's retirement as editor.


Structural control on the development of an anomalous concentration of calderas in the Neuquén Andes: Pino Hachado volcanic complex (38o30 ́S-71oW). One of the most important concentrations of volcanic complexes in the entire Southern Andes, developed during the last 5 Ma, is present at 38o30 ́S next to the drainage divide. These volcanic features, formed calderas and domic complexes which have been amalgamated in a volcanic plateau of 50 x 50 kilometers. Its origin is associated with young activity of one of the branches of the northern intra-arc Liquiñe-Ofqui fault system, as widespread Plio-Quaternary faulting is developed east of the volcanic arc. Moreover, quadrangular geometries in the volcanic complexes, as well as widespread linear controls in fissural monogenetic fields, suggest that additional mechanisms, linked to basement structure, have defined the emplacement of such big volumes of magmas. Aeromagnetic data constitute a first approach to determine basement segmentation active in the region during ancient phases of crustal attenuation. Therefore, final geometry and distribution of the Pino Hachado volcanic complex (38o30 ́S-71oW), eventhough related to Plio-Quaternary tectonics at the arc zone, are deeply influenced by basement structure.


Smart Antenna System (SAS) is one of the latest hot topics in both academic and industry. It is regarded as the antenna solution for the future generations of wireless communication system. Phased array is widely used in SAS. However, problems at size, cost and meeting the industrial regulations, for example, the sidelobe level, remains. Current studies in array pattern optimization is limited to linear array with one dimension in polar space. Such optimizer is not sufficient to cope with current complex array designs. In this paper, a design of 3D pattern optimizer using popular optimization algorithm, namely Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), is presented. The renovated optimizer is put to tests on a complex array setup, which is a dual-layer circular array with center element.


A conceptual approach to estimating the risk of rear-end collisions at a signalized intersection is presented. It is argued that the creation of a large option zone increases the range of the indecision zone, the direction implication of which is an increase in the risk of rear-end collisions. With the aid of field data collected for two warning intervals (3 and 6 sec) before the red light, a large option zone is shown to increase the variance underlying the stopping probability curve, and thus to determine a larger range for the indecision zone. Data from urban intersections support the basic argument that a long warning period causes a significant increase in the number of rear-end collisions.


In this study, the deformation analysis technique by synthesizing digital image to analyze the macroscopic deformation trend of Hanok has been proposed. By using this proposed technique the long-term deformation of four Hanoks, which are, Murujeong, Ongojae, Jeeshinjae and Hwakeongdang have been monitored and the results are analyzed. The monitoring period of Hwakeongdang is 2 years and 9 months and the other three Hanoks are 3 years and 9 months. The monitoring results showed that, the eaves and angle rafters and the overall roof structures showed global downward deformation trends. From this results, it can be ascertain that the proposed technique is useful and has field-applicability in figuring out the overall long-term deformation of Hanok.


We investigate an opinion dynamics model with continuously defined affinities and opinions. We focus here on the effects of the social network's topology on the dynamical evolution and on the scale properties of the model measured through numerical simulations and fittings. We study different network topologies through a set of statistical network measures, namely mean path, mean degree and clustering. We observe that the model's dynamics eventually leads to a uniformization of the different topologies. 1 A model of Opinion Dynamics We hereafter describe and analyze a model of opinion dynamics, already introduced and discussed in [1, 4, 5] in which binary interactions are considered. We call this model α-model. We consider a population made of N fixed agents, i.e. a closed group setting; each agent is characterized by its opinion on a given subject, here represented by a real number Oi ∈ [0, 1], and moreover each agent possesses an affinity with respect to any other, αij ∈ [0, 1], the higher is αij the more affine, friend, the agents are and consequently behave. Thus affinity and opinion are continuous variables. In this paper we focus on the effects of the initial distributions of the first variable on the evolution of the system. In this context the affinities αij∀i, j ∈ N are used in order to build a matrix α that describes the underlying social network. Around these 2 variables we now can detail the dynamics of the model. At each time step an agent m is randomly selected in the population with an uniform probability. Then another agent n is chosen: it is the one who minimizes the social metric constructed as the product between the distance from the opinion of m and the affinity with it. The concept of social temperature is introduced, in the selection of the second agent, with the introduction of a normally distributed stochastic component with mean 0 and variance σ. n is thus the agent selected


The invention relates to a method for adjusting display screen setting and a computer system using the same. The method for adjusting the display screen setting is applied to a computer which is connected with a display device. The method comprises the following steps of: acquiring the data of application software used by the computer; analyzing the data of the application software so as to selecta corresponding display screen setting from a plurality of display screen settings; transmitting a control command to the display device according to the corresponding display screen setting; and adjusting the display device according to the control command. The method can realize display screen setting adjustment which is to adjust image setting according to different kinks of application software used by the computer so as to automatically optimize the frame of the display device.


The method for removing the serious-error and wrong data automatically was studied for the experimental data fitting of engine.Comparing the least-squares method(LSM),the partial weighted LSM,the robust LSM with the MATLAB smooth function,we proposed an improved robust least-square method.Being used in the data processing of the engine,the method can remove the outlier point automatically.The curve obtained has the continual first and second derivative,and provides a feasible method for the engine test result analysis.


Contemporary marketing environment calls for innovative ways of reaching the customers, and Digital Product Presentation (DPP) happens to be one of such ways. DPP in the form of augmented reality or virtual reality has emerged as a potent tool for global marketers to enhance the market share of their products. From the consumers' perspective, it enables them to gauge the usability of a product in a real scenario before the actual purchase. The paper explores these advantages further if DPP based campaigns influence repeat purchase, enabling companies to attain loyal group of customers. Exemplifying through contemporary cases, this paper sheds light on varied aspects of DPP.


Recently, benefiting from the rapid evolution of deep learning technology, hyperspectral image (HSI) classification performance is considerably improved. However, the traditional convolutional analysis resulted in too many learnable parameters of the network, and lots of training samples are required to train the network to avoid the overfitting problem. On the other hand, the 3-D discrete wavelet transform (3-D DWT) can effectively extract both spatial and spectral information, maintaining robust feature representation capabilities and reducing the computational burden of convolutional neural network (CNN) simultaneously. In this letter, the 3-D DWT is adopted to perform preprocessing operations on HSI. Then, 3-D CNN that integrates dense connections attaches great importance to the reuse of features. Furthermore, our approach significantly reduces the network parameters, relieves the training complexity of the network, alleviates the training process from overfitting, and improves classification performance with limited training samples. Three benchmark datasets were used for very rigorous HSI classification experiments to test the performance of the proposed approach. The results demonstrate the superiority of the proposed approach compared with the existing state-of-the-art (SOTA) HSI classification approaches. The source code is publicly available at https://github.com/xujingran/DWTDENSE


Objective To evaluate the clinical efficacy of surgical intervention (ligation, drainage, operation, debridement, and plastic reconstruction of mammilla, etc) combined with the administration of a herbal formula, "jiang ru fang", in the treatment of plasma cell mastitis. Methods A total of 72 cases of plasma cell mastitis received this form of combined therapy. The results of pathological analysis, clinical observation and long-term follow-up were analyzed to evaluate the clinical efficacy of this therapeutic regimen. Results A curative rate of 98.61%(71/72) was achieved, recurrence occurred in one patient only. Conclusions Surgical intervention combined with the administration of the herbal formula "jiang ru fang", demonstrates its significant efficacy in the treatment of plasma cell mastitis by a high curative rate, a low recurrence rate, and a satisfactory shape preservation.


A project to identify hotspot areas in Portugal especially rich in Lepidoptera biodiversity has initiated field work in recent years in the Tejo Internaciona...


Overview— The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate usability of the PERLS (PERvasive Learning System) app and its potential for micro-learning by exploring the nature of Flagship students' engagement with it, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of its content and technological features, and determining how the app can promote and sustain language learning for both preand post-Capstone Flagship students. The pilot study took place during a 2-week period (July 17-August 1, 2017). Participants were 11 pre-Capstone and one post-Capstone Chinese Flagship students who participated in two 30-minute semi-structured interviews conducted at the end of the first week (Round 1) and at the end of the second week of the pilot study (Round 2). Data obtained from 21 interviews (i.e., 12 interviews from Round 1 and nine interviews from Round 2) were summarily transcribed and qualitatively analyzed to identify emergent themes relevant to the purpose of the pilot study. Based on the analysis of the interview data, this report presents an executive summary of the main findings and offers recommendations for improving PERLS.


Nitrate in surface water can have adverse effects on aquatic life and, in drinking-water supplies, can be a risk to human health. As part of a regional study, nitrate as N (NO 3 -N) was analyzed in water samples collected from streams throughout 10 Midwestern states during synoptic surveys in 1989, 1990, and 1994. Data from the period immediately following crop planting at 124 sites were analyzed using logistic regression to relate discrete categories of NO 3 -N concentrations to characteristics of the basins upstream from the sites. The NO 3 -N data were divided into three categories representing probable background concentrations ( 10 mg L -1 ). Nitrate-N concentrations were positively correlated to streamflow, upstream area planted in corn (Zea mays L.), and upstream N-fertilizer application rates. Elevated NO 3 -N concentrations were associated with poorly drained soils and were weakly correlated with population density. Nitrate-N and streamflow data collected during 1989 and 1990 were used to calibrate the model, and data collected during 1994 were used for verification. The model correctly estimated NO 3 -N concentration categories for 79% of the samples in the calibration data set and 60% of the samples in the verification data set. The model was used to indicate where NO 3 -N concentrations might be elevated or exceed the NO 3 -N MCL in streams throughout the study area. The potential for elevated NO 3 -N concentrations was predicted to be greatest for streams in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and western Ohio.


The purpose of this paper is to analyse the role of bovarysme in Zsigmond Moricz's novel Az Isten hata mogott (Behind God's Back). Transtextual relationships between the novel and Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary allow reconstructing Moricz's original understanding of bovarysme and its place it in the broader, socio-literary context of modernising Hungary at the turn of the 20th century.


A simple design of a compact probe-fed stacked patch antenna is proposed for broadband applications. The antenna design is presented on the basis of simulation results. The possibility of achieving as much as 24% impedance bandwidth (SWR<2) from a compact antenna is revealed.


According to evidence‐ and consensus‐based practice guidelines, the majority of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) should receive supportive therapy at present. Once anemia is symptomatic, red cell transfusions are the mainstay of therapy. The life expectancy of patients with isolated erythroid dysplasia aged 70 years or older is not significantly shorter than that of the general population; avoiding disease complication is therefore very important in these individuals. Recently we demonstrated that the development of red cell transfusion‐dependency significantly affects survival of MDS patients (Malcovati et al. J Clin Oncol 2005; 23: 7594–603). This partly reflects the severity of bone marrow failure; however, development of secondary iron overload significantly worsens survival of transfusion‐dependent patients. Considering patients with transfusion needs, iron overload (defined as serum ferritin above 1000 ng mL−1) is developed after receiving a median number of 20–25 RBC units. The effect of iron overload is mainly noticeable among patients with refractory anemia, who have a longer survival and therefore are more prone to develop the adverse effects of iron overload. In contrast, secondary iron overload does not affect the survival of patients with refractory cytopenia, who have a median survival of about 50 months. The negative effect of iron overload is significantly associated with serum ferritin levels, with a 40% increase in hazard for every 500 ng mL‐1 of increase in serum ferritin. According to the currently available therapeutic guidelines iron chelation should be considered once a patient has received 20–50 units of red cells, but only in patients for whom long‐term transfusion therapy is likely, or when an allogeneic stem cell transplantation is planned. The target serum ferritin concentration should be <1000 ng mL‐1. Desferrioxamine 20–40 mg kg‐1 per day should be administered by 12 h subcutaneous infusion or by two daily subcutaneous bolus administrations for 5 days per week. Recently, deferasirox (ICL670) has proved to be an effective oral iron chelator in patients with thalassemia major and in those with MDS. In 2005, the USA Food and Drug Administration has approved deferasirox for treatment of chronic iron overload due to multiple blood transfusions. A European Medicines Agency (EMEA) decision is waited in 2006.


Article history: Received 6 February 2013 Accepted 25 February 2013 Published 20 June 2013  The high efficiency of ordered mesoporous carbon‐based anatase for the visible light‐driven pho‐ to‐degradation of phenol in water is reported. Adsorption‐photocatalysis cycles were used to treat polluted water. Contaminated water containing 200 mg/L phenol can be completely mineralized within 10 cycles, in which each cycle consisted of adsorption for 8 h and visible light‐driven illumi‐ nation for 8 h. The roles of non‐metal doping in the anatase lattice, aggregation‐free confinement of anatase nanoparticles by the carbon pore wall, and adsorption of phenol in the mesopores on the catalytic performance are discussed. The present work provides an effective combination of physi‐ cal and chemical treatments to remove relatively high concentrations of non‐biodegradable organic substances using a mesoporous photocatalyst. © 2013, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


Seven years since its formation, scant academic attention has been paid to how politicians and policymakers have responded to the English Defence League. While a small and fragmented literature has charted some governmental, policing and civil society responses to this form of anti-Islamic protest, little is known about how UK politicians and policymakers have responded to the group where the EDL has demonstrated the most: at the local level. This study aims to address this lacuna. Using semi-structured elite interviews with thirty-four Members of Parliament and local Councillors as well as six behind-the-scenes policy officials, this thesis maps the types of responses issued by local politicians in Birmingham, Bradford, Leicester, Luton and Tower Hamlets. Moreover, it generates a new typology for anti-EDL responses – charting a continuum from 'hard' to 'soft' exclusion and on towards more inclusionary measures. Additionally, it provides the first cross-case analysis of the EDL and its protest – positing de-industrialisation, migration as well as prior histories of extremism and disorder as key contextual drivers when the EDL comes to town. What will be found here is significant. Whilst the majority of political responses towards the EDL have been largely static and exclusionary in nature, how these exclusionary responses manifest themselves and what drives such responses varies greatly. Moreover, some responses have exhibited a more inclusionary character - with a minority of responses involved in engagement and interaction work with both communities prone to and affected by EDL protest. This thesis will argue it is only through politicians' engagement with the politically disaffected and the construction of meaningful forms of interaction between (previously isolated) communities that we can counteract the populist and prejudicial barbs of the EDL and other far-right groups across Europe.


Abstract A review of the literature shows that new construction should be compatible with heritage in historic areas. International standard-setting instruments, national/local conservation policies and other publications are available to guide applicants and evaluators who, respectively, submit and assess proposals for new construction. Many place emphasis on visual and/or tangible design indicators such as form, materials and scale, but overlook evolving human perceptions, needs and values that shape society's understanding of compatibility. This understanding is important as it can reduce the tension between conservation and development to manage change in historic areas more effectively. For this reason, the purpose of this article is to explore what compatibility means to contemporary society. The case study is Kuwait City. The research method is a survey with a sample of the Kuwaiti population. As a result of data analysis and interpretation, key indicators are identified. These indicators elucidate the meaning of compatibility beyond the preservation of visual integrity and tangible heritage. They may also form the basis of new design and assessment tools to inform policy and practice in Kuwait City. The lessons learned from this case are useful to other cases and contribute to broader topics of international interest.


This paper explores the properties of dynamic  ̄ow patterns on two symmetrical networks: an ``eveningrush-hour'' network (E-net) with a one-to-many origin±destination (OD) pattern and a ``morning-rushhour'' network (M-net) with a many-to-one OD pattern that can be obtained by reversing the direction of links and the origin and destinations of the evening-rush-hour network. Although conventional static trac assignment produces exactly the same  ̄ow pattern for both networks, such a simple result does not hold for dynamic assignment. We show this result theoretically by using dynamic equilibrium assignment with a point queue model. Speci®cally, we ®rst derive the closed form solutions of the dynamic assignment for both networks. We then identify the essential di€erences between the two dynamic network  ̄ow patterns by comparing the mathematical structure of the solutions. Furthermore, a type of capacity paradox (a dynamic version of BraessÕs paradox [Braess, D., 1968.  Uber ein paradox in der verkehrsplanung. Unternehmensforschung, 12, 258±268.]) is identi®ed in order to demonstrate the di€erences. Ó 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.


Photograph of an abandoned train engine and attached car, viewed from the side. The number "2" and text "T.P.-M.P.T.R.R. OF N.O." are visible on the car. Tall grass surrounds the front. Trees line the background. Handwritten text below the image says, "(T.P.-M.P.-T.RR of N.O. #2) Abandoned on levee behind Audubon Park, New Orleans LA. At Bisso Coal & Towing Co. Jan 1961 Transfer switcher at New Orleans, LA. Alco Richmond #42929 BLT Jun 1907 for Trinity & Brazos RR #76, sold to Texas Pacific - Missouri Pacific Terminal RR of New Orleans #2, sold to Bisso Coal & Towing Co. N.O. #2."


"p" and a whispered p. Connected with this is the very debatable question of the function of the false vocal cords. Any movement on their part is probably a by-product of the essential movements. Of the 78 pages of Appendices, 35 are given up to the reprinting of Dr. Rae's seventy-year-old article on Polynesian languages, the value of which even as support for the author's gesture theory is not at all evident. If students of psychology and language find the linguistic chapters naive and fanciful, they have their answer on page 171. "For flights of Fancy we are all born fully fledged, but most of us moult early, and our first gay plumage is not renewed. Those who do not moult, are plucked before their education is completed." It is unfortunate for the author that "the shades of the prison house" will have closed on most of his intelligent readers, and those who have not been plucked won't read Acoustics, even when presented as brightly as in this book. j R F l R T H


In the experiment, the effect of the addition of bee pollen, propolis extract and probiotic in a feed mixture for chicken broilers Ross 308 on oxidative stability of breast and thigh muscles during chilled storage was investigated. In the experiment were included 180 pieces of one day-old chicks, which were divided into 4 groups (control, E1, E2 and E3). Chickens were fed by ad libitum system until the age of 42 days. These feed mixtures were made without antibiotics preparation and coccidiostats. Bee pollen extract in amount of 400 mg.kg -1 (E1), propolis extract in an amount of 400 mg.kg -1 (E2) was added into feed mixtures and probiotic ( Lactobacillus fermentum ) (E3) in an amount 3.3 g added daily to the water given the experimental group. During whole period of chilled storage were higher values of MDA determined in control group compare to experimental groups. The higher average MDA value determined in breast muscels of broiler chicken hybrid combination Ross 308 was in samples of control group (0.129 mg.kg -1 ) compared to experimental groups E1, E3 (0.125 mg.kg -1 ) and E2 (0.115 mg.kg -1 ) after 7-day of chilled storage. Significantly higher values of MDA were determined in control group compare to second experimental group on the end of storage. Trend of thigh muscle oxidation stability of chicken hybrid combination Ross 308 was during 7 days of chilled storage similar than in breast muscle. The higher average MDA value determined in thigh muscels was in samples of control group (0.142 mg.kg -1 ) compared to experimental groups E1 (0.137 mg.kg -1 ), E2 (0.125 mg.kg -1 ) and E3 (0.138 mg.kg -1 ) after 7-day of chilled storage. We have not determined statistically significant differences between testing groups on the end of storage. Higher amount of MDA in thigh muscle compare to breast muscle is due to by higher amount of fat occurred in thigh muscle.


IN A recent issue of this Journal, James Van Horne (1965) argued that liquidity premiums are inversely related to the level of interest rates. Even if one were to accept the reasoning he presents in support of the a priori plausibility of such a relation,' the evidence he offers in support of it is far from convincing. As a specific test in favor of his hypothesis, Van Horne (1965, p. 348, Fig. 2) presents a scatter diagram that shows a negative correlation between the residuals from a Meiselman error regression (Meiselmnan, 1962, pp. 19-21) and the beginning forward rate, t+nrt-1. What he seems to have overlooked, however, is the possibility that this negative relation may be entirely a statistical artifact stemming from his use of the beginning forward rate rather than the ending forward rate as the measure of level. More precisely, the regression equation from which the residuals were obtained was of the form: x y = + bz + u,


Let d be a positive real number. An L(1,d)-labeling of a graph G is an assignment of nonnegative real numbers to the vertices of G such that the adjacent vertices are assigned two different numbers (labels) whose difference is at least one, and the difference between numbers (labels) for any two distance-two vertices is at least d. The minimum range of labels over all L(1,d)-labelings of a graph G is called the L(1,d)-labeling number of G, denoted by λ(1,d) (G). The L(1,d)-labeling with d≥1 of graph arose from the code assignment problem of computer wireless network and the L(1,d)-labeling with 0<d≤1 of graph is motivated by channel assignment problem. Let σ and d be two positive real numbers, a circular σ-L(1,d)-labeling of a graph G is a function f: V(G)→[0,σ) satisfying |f(u)-f(v)|σ≥1 if u v∈E(G), and |f(u)-f(v)|σ≥d if u and v are distance two apart, where |f(u)-f(v)|σ=min{|f(u)-f(v)|, σ-|f(u)-f(v)|}. The circular L(1,d)-labeling number of a graph G, denoted by σ(1,d) (G), is the minimum σ such that there exists a circular σ-L(1,d)-labeling of G. In this paper, the code assignment of 3-D computer wireless network is abstracted as the circular L(1,d)-labeling of book graph, and the authors determined the circular L(1,d)-labeling numbers of book graph for any positive real number d≥2 basing on the properties and constructions of book graphs.


Objective: To investigate the curative effects of Huangkui capsule on dampness-heat of chronic kidney disease(CKD) 3 phase. Method: The patients were randomly divided into conventional western medicine treated group(control group,36 cases) and conventional western medicine plus Huangkui capsule treated group(treatment group,37 cases). The serum-creatinine(SCr),blood urea nitrogen(BUN),proteinuria(Pro) and glomerular filtration rate(GFR) were examined in 37 cases,compared with conventional medicine treated group with western medicine. Result: Combined treatment of Chinese and western medicine can improve symptoms and decrease SCr,proteinuria,and increase the level of GFR in the patients with dampness-heat of CKD 3 period patients. Conclusion: Huangkui capsule combined with conventional western medicine can reduce proteinuria and improve renal function,can effectively increased significantly the GFR in the patients with CKD 3 period of chronic nephritis.


Exposure to microgravity results in a rapid reduction of muscle mass. However, few studies exist designed to examine the effects of multiple long-term exposures to microgravity with alternating recovery periods on skeletal muscle. To determine what happens to the recovery of skeletal muscle when faced with subsequent unloading and recovery periods. Male Sprague-Dawley (6 mo) were assigned to the following groups as shown in figure 1 below: 28d hindlimb unloading (1HU), 28d HU session followed by a 56d recovery bout of normal cage ambulation at 1g (1HU+REC), 2 cycles of 28d HU with a 56d recovery period between unloadings (2HU), 2 cycles of 28d HU as in the 2HU group, but followed by an additional 56d recovery at 1g (2HU+REC), and an ageand housing-matched control group (CON). On the final day of the experimental period, plantaris muscles were excised and weighed. The 1HU+REC (0.548 ± 0.012), 2HU+REC (0.562 ± 0.015), and CON (0.550 ± 0.013) showed no statistical difference (p>0.05) between each other. The 1 HU (0.442 ± 0.020) and 2 HU (0.431 ± 0.011) groups were significantly less (p<0.001) than recovery and aged control animals but were not significantly different from each other. The results show that the plantaris muscle presented reduction of muscle mass with initial and subsequent exposures to microgravity. However, with the recovery period, animals were able to regain lost muscle mass, similar to age-matched controls. These findings would be relevant for astronauts participating in multiple long-duration missions throughout their career. Figure 1: Study design. This timeline shows the five experimental groups detailed in the text as carried out through the 180 days study.


In the outer coastal zones, where wave conditions are severe, steel-pipe piles often undergo abrasion due to the collision of sand particles. The abrasion characteristics of steel-pipe piles were clarified from the results of full-scale experiments. The abrasion rate of steel-pipe piles was found to be approximately proportional to the second power of the amplitude of flow velocity. The larger the ratio of sand particle diameter to pile diameter was, the higher was the abrasion rate. As the collision energy of sand particles obtained by numerical analysis was nearly proportional to the measured abrasion rate, it was considered that the abrasion rate can be estimated from the collision energy.


To successfully examine the banking strategies used by transnational Banks in Sierra Leone to improve their performances, the researcher used a longitudinal research method to carry out the study. The method is used so as to achieve the research goals by focusing on the ensuing operating challenges to survive, grow and meets their set goals with the purpose of maintaining their core mandate as financial intermediaries as well as agents of economic growth in Sierra Leone and beyond. The study noted that the transnational Banks in Sierra Leone's organizational strategies support every individual to comprehend where the banking business is moving and how the banks willpower can influence those strategies. Equally, the study further observed that their organizational strategies also explain their market positions and clarify how the transnational banks communicate with customers, competitors, and departmental changing structures to convey success. Based on the entire study, the transnational banks are on the advanced trajectory which can make them continuously achieve competitive advantage in the banking industry in Sierra Leone, since their strategies are positive towards meeting their goals. Although some improvements are needed on their marketing strategies, knowledge about bank products and services, innovation, strategy orientation, as well as wide improvement on employees' satisfaction strategy to increase commitment and loyalty.


In order to represent spatio-temporal data, many conceptual models have been designed and a part of them have been implemented. This chapter describes an approach of the conceptual modeling of spatio-temporal data, called 3SST. Also, the spatio-temporal conceptual and relational data models obtained by following the proposed phases are presented. The 3SST data model is obtained by following three steps: the construction of an entity-relationship spatio-temporal model, the specification of the domain model and the design of a class diagram which includes the objects characteristic to a spatiotemporal application and other needed elements. The relational model of the 3SST conceptual model is the implementation of the conceptual 3SST data model on a relational database platform. Both models are characterized by generality in representing spatial, temporal and spatio-temporal data. The spatial objects can be represented as points or objects with shape and the evolution of the spatio-temporal objects can be implemented as discrete or continuous in time, on time instants or time intervals. More than that, different types of spatial, temporal, spatio-temporal and event-based queries can be performed on represented data. Therefore, the proposed 3SST relational model can be considered the core of a spatio-temporal data model.


Potassium-doped n-type bilayer graphene was obtained. Chemical vapor deposited bilayer and single layer graphene on copper (Cu) foils were used. After etching of Cu foils, graphene was dipped in potassium hydroxide aqueous solutions to dope potassium. Graphene on silicon oxide was characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and Raman spectroscopy. Both XPS and EDX spectra indicated potassium incorporation into the bilayer graphene via intercalation between the graphene sheets. The downward shift of the 2D peak position of bilayer graphene after the potassium hydroxide (KOH) treatment was confirmed in Raman spectra, indicating that the KOH-treated bilayer graphene was doped with electrons. Electrical properties were measured using Hall bar structures. The Dirac points of bilayer graphene were shifted from positive to negative by the KOH treatment, indicating that the KOH-treated bilayer graphene was n-type conduction. For single layer graphene after the KOH treatment, although electron doping was confirmed from Raman spectra, the peak of potassium in the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) spectrum was not detected. The Dirac points of single layer graphene with and without the KOH treatment showed positive.Potassium-doped n-type bilayer graphene was obtained. Chemical vapor deposited bilayer and single layer graphene on copper (Cu) foils were used. After etching of Cu foils, graphene was dipped in potassium hydroxide aqueous solutions to dope potassium. Graphene on silicon oxide was characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and Raman spectroscopy. Both XPS and EDX spectra indicated potassium incorporation into the bilayer graphene via intercalation between the graphene sheets. The downward shift of the 2D peak position of bilayer graphene after the potassium hydroxide (KOH) treatment was confirmed in Raman spectra, indicating that the KOH-treated bilayer graphene was doped with electrons. Electrical properties were measured using Hall bar structures. The Dirac points of bilayer graphene were shifted from positive to negative by the KOH treatment, indicating that the KOH-treated bilayer graphene was n-type conduction. For single layer graphene after ...


Elaine Marjorie Breslow Brody (1922–2014) was a prolific researcher during a career that spanned six decades at the Philadelphia Geriatric Center, now the Polisher Research Institute. She was a trailblazer and visionary who combined practice and research as a social work practitioner. She served as a mentor and role model for many who were taking professional risks when gerontology was a new area of specialization. She leaves an outstanding legacy of scholarship, research, leadership, and service. She brought honor to the profession.


The paper provides a justification of the laws of supply and demand using the concept of a marginal firm (technology) for the case of perfect competition. The ideological factor of excessive attention to the analysis of marginal parameters at the firm level in the introductory economics courses is discussed. The author connects these issues to the ideas of J. B. Clark and gives an alternative treatment of exploitation.


The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the sonographic echogenicity of embryos is associated with cardiac activity in utero.


In his most approachable work, The Coming of the French Revoiution,2 Georges Letebvre, the authoritative marxist historian of the Revolution, sub-divided it thus: an aristocratic revolution (the reform effort by the monarchy) which failed; a bourgeois revolution which succeeded, with the help of a popular urban revolution; and a peasant rural revolution, which was suppressed by the bourgeois state. All the players in this history are social classes, operating through political transformation or insurgency. But the overall course of history is with the bourgeoisie, who were to impose their ascendancy upon the political structure and the aristocratic status hierarchy.


A regular meeting of the AIEE board of directors was held at Institute headquarters, New York, N. Y., on February 3, 1949.


A monolithic combination of an AlGaAs laser and an AlGaInP laser is demonstrated. The two lasers are grown in a stack, in a single metal organic vapour phase epitaxial growth. The two devices can be addressed individually, and exhibit good characteristics: for the AlGaAS laser, the pulsed threshold current density and efficiency are 240A/cm2 and 26%/facet, while the respective values for the red AlGaInP laser are 260A/cm2 and 21%/facet.


Guangxi is a region rich in abundant Karst vegetation and spe ci es,with 96 formations in 8 vegetation types belonging to 5 vegetation type grou ps From south to north are distributed: seasonal rain forest,evergreen deciduo u s broadleaved mix forest (containing tropic component) and evergreen deciduous broadleaved mixed forest,which forms the special tropical subtropical Karst flo ristic because of the complex eco structure and the distinct particular flora c o mponent The natural vegetation is complicated and eco environmental type is mu l tiplicity In the planning of Karst ecosystem rehabilitation and vegetation reco n struction,it's necessary to obey the orderliness of vegetation zonal distributio n and to study the ecological conditions of each zone so as to carry out artific ial community rehabilitation design Base on the method and principles of ecolog i cal,rehabilitate the forest vegetation,to optimize the land internal using propo rtion,explore various effective models for sustainable regions development of Ka rst The human involved temporal and spatial sequences of different species col on ization into the succession processes of restoration are the key factors to the validity of restoration models According as the type of the barren hill and loc al weather pattern The key techniques and principles of plant sociology followe d in vegetation reconstruction in Karst region are: 1) to construct vegetation i n different zones according to zonal distribution pattern of natural vegetation; 2) to select excellent local tree species,especially the fast growing evergree n broadleaved tree species as main species for woodland reconstruction; 3) to si mulate natural vegetation structure to optimize the spatial combination of arbor ,shrub,grass and vine; 4) to improve the technology of afforestating by closing the land taking into account the heterogeneous environmental factors; 5) to dev elop new special local product to promote economic development and environmental improvement


Photoconducting polymers doped with nonlinear optical molecules show important photorefractive properties. These new polymer composites are promising materials for photonic applications such as dynamic holographic storage and image processing. The photorefractive properties of a highly efficient polymer composite based on poly(N-vinylcarbazole) are investigated and discussed.


This paper presents a low-cost bench to provide a comprehensive set of measurement capabilities to train students in RF Integrated Circuits characterization and their enhancement with a focus on Power Amplifier (PA) and its associated Digital Predistortion (DPD). It brings into play two Universal Software Radio Peripherals (USRP) and a user-friendly interface to perform measurements on a radio-frequency (RF) chain and to extract circuit characteristics. The interface was designed on MATLAB App Designer to provide students with an ergonomic and pedagogical user experience. Additionally, DPD software was designed for students to evaluate various PA linearization models and benchmark their performances. Furthermore, students can use this bench to test and validate their own circuit designs, providing hands-on experience and helping them to gain a better understanding of the principles of RF design. Finally, a survey displays feedback on students' pedagogical appreciation of the bench.


ABSTRACT Many historians interpret Hannah Arendt's reflections on imperialism and anti-Semitism in the first two parts of The Origins of Totalitarianism as a conventional narrative account of the'causes''leading up to' totalitarianism. In a recent essay, Christopher Lee challenges this interpretation, arguing that Arendt draws a fundamental methodological distinction between the'causes' of historical phenomena and the'general "conditions" for their occurrence'. Lee is right to stress the fundamentally anti-teleological nature of Arendt's analysis of the'origins' of totalitarianism. However, Lee's own account of Arendt's theory of totalitarianism shows little evidence of having benefited from this important insight. We are told that for Arendt there is a'continuum between colonial and totalitarian states' and that'colonial states were precursors for more totalitarian forms found later in Europe'. This is a feature of the secondary literature analysing Arendt's theory of totalitarianism which is as common as it is erroneous. In this essay I argue that only if we acknowledge the novel features of Arendt's political thought is it possible to understand why, as Lee argues, it is important to'claim a contemporary place for her within the history of political thought on Africa and imperialism more generally'.


In the light of the involvement of information and communication technologies, Teaching the concepts of computer science, programming and algorithms has become necessary.We study in this article the approach of computational thinking and then we develop this approach through a descriptive methodology based mainly on the specification and algorithms and achieve the concepts of computational thinking called Relational Algorithmic thinking Approach and highlight the effectiveness of this methodology in education.


Pathologic scars can lead to itching, erythema, and psychological stress due to cosmetic problems. Bleomycin, one of anticancer agents, has been used for treating keloid or hypertrophic scar. Some studies have shown that bleomycin can induce markedly scar improvement.


When designing hardware accelerators for System on Chips, hardware and software integration can quickly become difficult. Heterogeneity in the interfaces prevents developers from efficiently using available hardware. In this paper, we propose an improved microcontroller approach to Intellectual Property (IP) core integration in System on Chips. This approach is based on an instruction set designed to control communications and execution of integrated IP. It provides memory access offloading, platform independent integration, and dynamic (i.e runtime controllable) pipelining between integrated IPs. As a result, it provides flexibility and simple access to hardware acceleration, with very low overhead. This approach has been validated on a real channel simulation application. Software integration of the approach is available for Linux or baremetal systems. The source code for the proposed solution is freely (as in Free Software) available, in order to benefit the community.


In this study, a new library of1,2,3-triazole arylpiperazine derivatives, possessing propylor butyl carbon chains in between arylpiperazine and 1,2,3-triazole moieties, were designed and synthesized in an effortto further understand the structure-activity relationship, andtheir binding affinities towards dopamine D


This article presents UCFM, a user-centered developing framework for interactive temporal data visualization. UCFM is comprised mainly by software architecture and software development methods. The software architecture describes modules in interactive temporal data visualization system and their relationships. And based on the software architecture and development practice, the software development methods summarize these specific steps to design and develop interactive temporal data visualization system. To demonstrate UCFM's validity, the development process of an interactive temporal data visualization application is illustrated.


For numerical optimization constraints appear in the large-scale,multi-function polymorphism,on global opti-mization with discrete variables under such circumstances,General optimization method,convergence is slow to seek global extremum of low probability.Made with genetic algorithm of numerical optimization constraints problem solution,by numerical simulation experimental results indicates that,the algorithm performance better than existing other algorithm,it not only can processing linear equation constraints,and also can processing nonlinear equation constraints,while improve has convergence speed reconciliation of precision,is efficient sound of intelligent algorithm,has is high of global found excellent ability and soon of convergence speed,on solution complex more peak more State function of optimization constraints problem has feasibility and effectiveness.


This article is dedicated to the phenomenon of iterative nomination of events in the political press of FRG. Logicalsemantic types of relations inside nominative chains are viewed and conclusions about their frequency are made. Lexical, morphological and syntactical features of each type of repetition are also described.


Ten measures of inspection performance are reviewed. The measures are their sample estimates are given. Variances of the estimates are presented under stated conditions. The paper concludes with a discussion of performance characteristics using an examp..


Self-Mixing Interferometry (SMI) is a promising interferometric measurement technology with unique system structure. It has an advantage that conventional two-beam interferometry do not have, i.e., movement directions of the target to be measured can be determined by a single-channel interferometric signal due to the existence of linewidth enhancement factor in lasers. However, movement directions are difficult to be determined when the optical feedback is weak. In this work, an algorithm is proposed for determination of SMI-based displacement directions based on Convolution Neural Network (CNN). We used Python language and the third-party libraries NumPy to complete numerical calculation as well as TensorFlow to establish the CNN. The simulation results shows that displacement directions are able to be determined with the accuracy higher than 94.8% when the optical feedback factor is low to 0.1.


Edward Lorenz used the phrase "deterministic nonperiodic flow" to describe the first example of what is now known as a "strange" or "chaotic" a t t ra~tor . ' -~ Nonperiodicity, as reflected by a broadband component in a power spectrum of a time series, is the characteristic by which chaos is currently experimentally identified. In principle, this identification is straightforward: Systems that are periodic or quasiperiodic have power spectra composed of delta functions; any dynamical system whose spectrum is not composed of delta functions is chaotic. We have found that, to the resolution of our numerical experiments, some strange attractors have power spectra that are superpositions of delta functions and broad backgrounds. As we shall show, strange attractors with this property, which we call phase coherence, are chaotic, yet, nonetheless. at least approach being periodic or quasi-periodic in a statistical sense. Under various names, this property has also been noted by Lorenz ("noisy peri~dicity"),~ Ito et al. ("nonmixing ~ h a o s " ) , ~ and the authors6 The existence of phase coherence can make it difficult to discriminate experimentally between chaotic and periodic behavior by means of a power spectrum. In this paper, we investigate the geometric basis of phase coherence and demonstrate that this phenomenon is closely related to the mixing properties of attractors. The theory of dynamical systems provides two useful measures of chaos: the Kolmogorov entropy' and the Lyapunov characteristic exponent^.^,^ The application of this theory to strange attractors is not well understood, but it is at least a commonly expressed conjecture, supported by numerical evidence," that these quantities can be defined for strange attractors, and that the appropriately normalized Kolmogorov entropy is equal to the sum of the positive Lyapunov characteristic exponents.".'* The presence of chaotic behavior in a dynamical system is signaled by a positive Kolmogorov entropy. We have discovered, however, that neither of these quantities distinguish between phase coherent and phase incoherent chaos. Since attractors with a long term average periodicity are intuitively "more orderly" than incoherent attractors, these quantities provide an inadequate measure of the chaotic properties of a strange attractor. Phase coherent strange attractors may be the correct models for many physical systems. In Couette flow, for example, through certain parameter ranges, wavy Taylor


Supervised and nonsupervised algorithms have been developed for adaptive pattern classiι cation , respectively. These algorithms , however , have been studied under somewhat restrictive conditions on the probability structure , and , moreover , have some clifficult problems in the applications to practical pattern classification systems. This paper describes a un 泊 edalgorithm which combines these two algorithms to remove these problems.


Holthuisana transversa reabsorbs much of its exoskeletal calcium in the last 3 days before ecdysis and stores it in circulating granules in the haemocoel and in non-circulating granules in the subepidermal connective tissue. Calcium enters the epidermal cells from the moulting fluid, probably through their apical microvilli and is either incorporated into intracellular calcium granules or exits the cell via the basolateral membranes to be used in formation of two other granule types. Intracellular granules (0.4–2 μm long) form in large masses in the apical cytoplasm of the epidermal cells. They are formed as membrane-bound vesicles by the Golgi, and calcium and organic matrix material are added from the surrounding cytoplasm. As development proceeds, lamellae appear and calcium carbonate is deposited in the matrix. Granule masses move basally and are stored in the connective tissue. Calcium is also incorporated into extracellular large granules (0.8–3.8 μm long) which are formed in narrow intercellular channels between epidermal cells. A third granule type (small granules, 0.26 μm diameter) is formed in subepidermal connective tissue cells and released into the haemolymph in very large numbers. Calcium was identified in the two larger granule types using X-ray microanalysis and significant amounts of phosphorus and potassium were also present in the large granules. A model for ion cycling between the exoskeleton and granules is presented.


Abstract It is proved that every finite dimensional simple Lie algebra of absolute toral rank 2 over an algebraically closed field of characteristic p  > 3 is of classical or Cartan type or a Melikian algebra.


It is a fact that the role of pronouns, especially personal pronouns, in representing socio-political ideologies is not new as it has been studied extensively in relation to political discourse. However, this role needs to be examined in the newspaper discourse. Consequently, the current paper intends to examine personal and possessive pronouns used in newspaper articles to represent socio-political ideologies. Such a study requires a critical discourse analysis (CDA) to analyse excerpts from news articles in Iraqi English newspaper, known as the Kurdish Globe (henceforth, KG), on the event of American military forces' (henceforth, AMFs') withdrawal from Iraq. Using a qualitative content analysis, the excerpts are categorized thematically in relation to the ideological values found in them. It is revealed that the KG newspaper made use of direct quotation of American politicians' statements which contain plural personal and possessive pronouns when referring to their actions. This has served two aspects; firstly, it showed its objectivity in conveying the news event using quotations of newsworthy value. Secondly, it enhanced its socio-political ideologies through the direct quotations of American politicians whose government has a powerful authority over Iraq. On the one hand, the KG newspaper used personal and possessive pronouns associated with the positive representation of the U.S. government and its forces to show its trust in them. On the other hand, personal and possessive pronouns related to the Iraqi politicians were associated with negative representation to enhance its distrust in the Iraqi government.


By polymerization of droplets of the monomer solution in a gas phase surrounding the droplets, a process for preparing crosslinked water-absorbing polymer particles after having high absorption in the solids content of the monomer solution is at least 35 wt% There, and wherein said polymer particles have an average diameter of at least 150 [mu] m.


[1] Low-grazing angle backscattering data collected by a coherent dual-polarized radar installed on a fixed tower in the ocean are analyzed to investigate the properties of sea spikes attributable to wave breaking. The distribution of breaking wave speed is narrow-banded with an average speed between 2.0 and 2.6 m/s in mixed seas with wind speeds between 7 and 14.5 m/s. The corresponding breaking wavelength is between 2.5 and 4.3 m. The length or velocity scale of wave breaking is not proportional to the length or velocity scale of the dominant wave. This observation reflects the localized nature of the breaking process and may have significant implications on quantifying various breaking properties such as the energy dissipation or area of turnover by breaking waves. The fraction of sea spike coverage generally increases with wind speed but the trend of increase is modified by the intensity and relative direction of background swell. Parameterizations of sea spike coverage needs to take into consideration both wind and wave factors. Similarities and differences between sea spikes and whitecaps are discussed. In particular, while both quantities show a similar power law dependence on wind speed, the fraction of sea spike coverage is considerably higher than that of whitecap coverage. This result reflects the prevalence of steep features that produce quasi-specular facets and short-scale waves bounded to intermediate waves during breaking. These quasi-specular facets and bound waves contribute significantly to enhancing the radar sea return but may not entrain air to produce whitecap signature.


To solve the gengeated error in normal gear processing,the precision grinding of gears processing and advanced detective technology were applied to increase the level of gear,the corresponding relationship between the error factors and gear precision index was established by analyzing the error factors in gear processing production.Combined with the precision grinding gears characteristics and advantages,the method that gear precision be improved by the precision grinding of gears was proposed.On the premise of the gear error,the causes of error,gear grinding principle,modifying method were suggested to get perfect improved method,thus the impact of transmission mechanism precision by the error was avoided.The results suggest that,using precision gear grinding ways to modify the error,it is the shortcut in effective improving the accuracy of the gear,on the basis of the conventional methods,it can improve the level of 2 to 3 grades.


Trypsinogens and PSTI/TATI/SPINK1 are expressed, usually together, at high levels by the pancreas but also by many other normal and malignant tissues. The present review describes studies on the expression and putative functions of trypsinogens and PSTI/TATI/SPINK1 in the human body. The clinical aspects are discussed, including the correlations between expression of trypsinogens and PSTI/TATI/SPINK1 in tissues, serum, and urine of patients with pancreatitis or cancer and clinicopathological characteristics, i.e., the roles of trypsinogens and PSTI/TATI/SPINK1 in spontaneous and hereditary pancreatitis, tumor progression, and prognosis.


I   ntroduction: Both overt hypothyroidism (OH) and subclinical hypothyroidism (SH) have been reported to have side effects on body organs. Hypothyroidism can cause hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia and diastolic hypertension, which are regarded as risk factors in development of coronary heart disease (CHD); on the other hand, the hypercholesterolemia due to hypothyroidism can be easily treated with levothyroxine. This study was performed to determine the prevalence of hypothyroidism in hypercholesterolemic subjects in Mashhad. Material and Methods: This descriptive study was performed in Mashhad City from May to Nowember 2002. A number of 4300 men and women aged 40 year or over in 97 different regions in Mashhad were interviewed and 2222 subjecs volenteerly encountered the study. A sample of 12-14 hr fasting blood was taken from volunteers and the total cholesterol (TC) was determined by enzymatic method (zist chime-Iran) for 2215 (758 men and 1457 women) subjects. Serum FT4 and TSH were determined by radio-immunoassay methods for 89 subjects with TC�310 mg/dl and for 82 subjects with TC: 261-309 mg/dl. Individual and laboratory data were gathered in a questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics and frequency destribution tables and I�2 t-test. Results: The results showed that 4.9 of men had TC �310mg/dl, 11.9, 42.2 ,and 41 had TC concentrations of 261-309, 200-260 ,and 200g/dl. Twelve out of 89 (13.5) subjects with TC>310 mg/dl were hypothyroid; 6 with OH (4women & 2men) and 6 with SH (5women & 1man). Hypothyroidism in women was more frequent than men and the female /male ratio was 3/1. The correlation between hypercholesterolemia and hypothyroidism at TC>322 mg/dl was significant (I�2=4.01, df=1, P=0.045). FT4 level in TC �310mg/dl was 13.05± 3.4, and in TC between 261-309 mg/dl 14.2±2.63; which was significant in the first group (t-test, p=0.024). Conclusion: These data demonstrated that hypercholesterolemia is prevalent in mean-aged and elder people in Mashhad and hypothyroidism, especially. SH form, is also frequent in hypercholesterolemic subjects. Female to male ratio is about 3:1, but seemingly younger women in Mashhad are more affected than what is seen in other studies. Therefore, the screening of thyroid function in hypercholesterolemic subjects especially in women is recommended.


New portal to the O(α,γ )Ne resonance triggering CNO-cycle breakout C. Wrede,1,2,* B. E. Glassman,1,2,† D. Pérez-Loureiro,2,‡ J. M. Allen,3 D. W. Bardayan,3 M. B. Bennett,1,2 B. A. Brown,1,2 K. A. Chipps,4,5 M. Febbraro,4,5 C. Fry,1,2 M. R. Hall,3 O. Hall,3 S. N. Liddick,2,6 P. O'Malley,3 W.-J. Ong,1,2 S. D. Pain,4 S. B. Schwartz,1,2 P. Shidling,7 H. Sims,8 P. Thompson,4,5 and H. Zhang1,2 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA 2National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA 3Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA 4Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA 5Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA 6Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA 7Cyclotron Institute, Texas A & M University College Station, Texas 77843, USA 8University of Surrey, GU2 7XH, Guildford, UK (Received 14 February 2017; published 29 September 2017)


The utility model provides a chain driving device of a saddle-riding vehicle, which can limit oversized displacement of a driving chain by a simple structure and can realize protection of components disposed on a vehicle body and decrease in manufacturing cost. The chain driving device is equipped with an engine hanging bolt (32), wherein the engine hanging bole (32) is extended along the vehicle direction at the position closer to the rear part of the front-rear direction of the vehicle body than a driving chain wheel (29) in order to fix an engine unit (24) on a vehicle body frame (F). A leading cylinder (40) is coaxially installed on the engine hanging bolt (32). The leading cylinder (40) is used to limit the displacement of driving chain (38) to the upper side.


Friend-to-friend (F2F) overlays, which restrict direct communication to mutually trusted parties, are a promising substrate for privacy-preserving communication due to their inherent membership-concealment and Sybilresistance. Yet, existing F2F overlays suer from a low performance, are vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks, or fail to provide anonymity. In particular, greedy embeddings allow highly ecient communication in arbitrary connectivity-restricted overlays but require communicating parties to reveal their identity. In this paper, we present a privacy-preserving routing scheme for greedy embeddings based on anonymous return addresses rather than identifying node coordinates. We prove that the presented algorithm are highly scalalbe, with regard to the complexity of both the routing and the stabilization protocols. Furthermore, we show that the return addresses provide plausible deniability for both sender and receiver. We further enhance the routing's resilience by using multiple embeddings and propose a method for ecient


Abstract: A main thesis of this paper is that one of the ways for Rudolf Steiner research to become more scientific is to proceed in accordance with a genuine historical and critical methodology. It attempts to show that even though some of Steiner's chief critics support this method in theory, they often fall short of a historical-critical approach in practice. Using the example of the unresolved problem of whether Steiner could be a character in his own Mysteriendramen, the author provides a number of methodological, historical and biographical indications for approaching this problem. He tries to demonstrate the fruitfulness of this method by addressing the question of Steiner as a drama character from the new perspective of literary pseudonyms. In conclusion, he maintains that a scholarly historical-critical approach to spiritual science was advocated by Steiner himself. Keywords: Historical-critical Steiner research, methodological example, Mystery Dramas by Rudolf Steiner, Helmut Zander, Plato, pseudonyms, Rosicrucianism, Karl Julius Schroer


Marshall McLuhan was a medium with a message. According to McLuhan, technology was not merely a neutral means to a particular end but itself content, itself the stuff of moment and decision. Consequently for McLuhan the telephone, radio, television, and computer transmitted the same information in extremely different ways because of how each worked. To this add McLuhan's conclusion that in the technological age where information travels at the speed of light, the printed word on the paper page was dead, an antiquated way of telling the story. In the following excerpt from the one-man play I Don't Necessarily Agree with Everything I Say: An Evening Imagined with Marshall McLuhan, writer Miles Beller reanimates the wily "Global Village" guru here puckishly explaining it all, from TV's subsuming part to advertising's Machiavellian heart, from human evolution to the thinking machine revolution. Mixing McLuhan's own words with invented dialogue, a portrait emerges of a whip-smart intellectual provocateur who envisioned our current world long before Steve Jobs or Bill Gates made computing personal, long before books went digital and mail traveled as invisible impulses through the Internet. So, please take your seat. The house lights are dimming, the show about to start. The curtains part and Marshall McLuhan takes center stage, arranges his papers and begins.


Objective To study the influence of right ventricular dysfunction caused by chronic pulmonary heart disease to left ventricular function. Method Analyzing 21 cases echocardiography of chronic pulmonary heart disease,observing diastolic function of left ventricle with A/E ratio of mitral valve as index;measuring EF、CO、SV、CI、FS as index of observing the systolic function of left ventricle;Measuring the diameter of left ventricular cavity and calculating the weight of cardiac muscle in left ventricular.Result The research shows that theA/E ratio of mitral valve in the group of pulmonary heart disease is 1.14±0.14,P0.01 comparing with the control group.EF is 61.90±11.82,CO is 4.47±0.89,SV is 56.71±13.70,CI is 63.20±0.58,and FS is P0.05 comparing with the control group.The weight of cardiac muscle is 83.76±19.10,the same as the control group in statistics.Conclusion Chronic pulmonary heart disease;①the left ventricular injured in the forepart of diastolic filling;②the systolic function of left ventricle has not been found weakened in the research;③there is no expansion of left ventricular cavity or hypertrophy of cardiac muscle in left ventricular.


1Student, Electronics Design and Technology, NIELIT, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. 2Professor, Dept. of Instrumentation, NIELIT, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract Nowadays Automatic inspection plays an important role in Industrial Quality Management. This paper proposes a new computer vision system for automatic painted car body inspection using Beaglebone Black for quality control in industrial manufacturing. In most worldwide automotive industries, the inspection process is still mainly performed by human vision, and thus, is insufficient and costly. Therefore, automatic paint defect inspection is required to reduce the cost and time waste caused by defects. This new system i.e. BeagleBone Black (BBB) analyzes the images acquired from car body to detect different kinds of defects. OpenCV library is used for performing image processing operations. Initially, defects are detected using a camera connected to the beaglebone black and filtered using OpenCV libraries and then localized by using local binary pattern (LBP) and next, detected defects are classified into different defect types by using kNN classifier. A user friendly GUI is made in Qt designer where the entire video stream, captured images, defect area highlighted with name of that defect, etc will be displayed on a remote device. The results show that this method could detect defects and classify them with high accuracy.