With the rising number of obesity at the world level, several researches are carried out for the purpose to identify the other causes and alternative treatment of this disease. This paper relates to the process of human mastication levels of obesity, based on the literature that discusses this relationship. In it, we propose a model of dynamic control of the human masticatory process applied to an intelligent fork, which, in addition to also identifies the speed and amount of food ingested.


Drawing on extended ethnographic research in Agbogbloshie, an urban scrapyard in Accra, Ghana that has become the subject of a contentious electronic waste (ewaste) narrative, this chapter explores the extent to which citizen photography and similar participatory visual research efforts augment contemporary toxic studies in general and ewaste studies in particular. Attuned to the visual promises, politics, and possibilities of photography in toxic landscapes (Peeples 2011; Davies 2013; Barnett 2015; Rosenfeld et al. 2018), the chapter contends that engaging with participatory visualization and documentation can provide vital contextualization for debates grappling with the toxic injustices and environmental politics of ewaste labor. I explore how and why visual techniques in participatory action research matter in global environmental justice studies in general and postcolonial ewaste studies in Ghana in particular. This participatory ewaste visualization project accounts for the critical role of researcher positionality and reflexivity in efforts to bear witness to and make sense of lived experiences of ewaste. Taking a participatory photography approach that recognizes embodied ways of knowing ewaste, this project attempts to go beyond the massive archive of contentious natural and humanist photography focused on Africa and the "prism of misery" (Keane 1998, 2) that


Background: Vitamin D3 is produced in the epidermis by ultraviolet (UV) radiation (290–315 nm) of 7‐dehydrocholesterol. A similar range of 290–320 nm (broadband UVB) has been successfully used for years to treat psoriasis. The aim of this study was to investigate whether UVB therapy was able to influence vitamin D synthesis in psoriasis patients.


In weak acid medium,tetra-carboxylic copper phthalocyanine reacts with gentamycin sulfate form an ion association complex and its resonance light scattering(RLS) intensity enhances greatly.Based on this phenomenon,a novel method for the determination of gentamycin sulfate was developed.The RLS signal reached to the highest intensity at the wavelength of 362 nm,and the intensity of which was proportional to the gentamycin sulfate concentration in the range of 0.05 to 1.50 μg/mL,with a detection limit of 0.044 μg/mL.The proposed method has been applied to the determination of gentamycin sulfate injections with satisfactory results.


Results of mathematical modeling and experimental researches of semi-continuous casting of steel spent electrodes for vacuum-arc remelting with electroslag heating are given. Data on quality of electrodes and their influence on process of vacuum-arc remelting are submitted.


The GSM-R (Global System for Mobile communications - Railways) is a communication system under deployment in Europe to transmit voice exchanges and data signalling information between the trains and the control centres. This system consists in a network of Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) located on the track side and the trains are equipped with an antenna on the locomotive connected to an embedded mobile. The GSM-R antenna receives the signals sent by the BTS but can also receive in-band electromagnetic (EM) interferences present above the train. These interferences have therefore to be controlled to verify that their levels do not affect the quality of the GSM-R reception. This paper is focused on the research of observables and measurement methods efficient to control the EM disturbances produced on board the trains, in order to warrant the protection of the GSM-R communications.


Using robotics platforms for kindergarten children to interest them for computer science is a rather new idea in educational robotics. In this paper we present two different robotics projects in kindergartens. The Department of Computer Science at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien established a course setting for children aged four to six years. Within the project they compared the performance of those kindergarten kids who received the robotics workshop with those who did not attend the training in order to analyze the effects of the course on the children's cognitive processes. The second project, initialized by the Graz University of Technology and the University of Teacher Education Styria, focuses the cross-generational aspect involving kindergarten kids, pupils as well as senior citizens. Within the project a robotics day in a kindergarten offering eleven different hands-on experiments for children was organized and a first qualitative feedback was obtained.


Cape San Bias is located on a barrier spit, St. Joseph peninsula, between St. Joseph Bay and the Gulf of Mexico in Gulf County, Florida (Fig. 1). Locally, the name of the cape is often used to refer to the entire peninsula. St. Joseph
Peninsula State Park (SJPSP) comprises the northern 10 miles of the 22 mile-long peninsula. This section is closed to development and provides protection for representative coastal habitats, including sand dune and scrub pine. Two other parks are found on the peninsula, Joe B. Rish Park, a state-managed facility for the handicapped, and county-managed Salinas Park. Much of the cape itself falls
under the domain of Eglin Air Force Base (AFB) (775 acres), and includes 2.8 miles of shoreline. The remainder of the peninsula is privately owned land developed principally for beach residences. All beach on the peninsula below mean high
water is state-owned with Gulf County exercising proprietary jurisdiction. Cape San Bias (outside the state park) is the only area in the Florida panhandle, other than short stretches of shore in Walton County, where beach driving is still allowed. Vehicular access to the shore is managed by Gulf County under a permit system. Although beach driving is valued by local surf anglers and beachfarers, concerns have been raised regarding its effects on beachfarer safety, habitat quality, and wildlife, particularly locally occurring species that are federally listed as endangered or threatened. Eglin AFB property on the cape is believed to provide important regional habitat for a variety of nesting and migrant shorebirds, as well as nesting loggerhead marine turtles (Caretta caretta). The objectives of this study were to (1) determine the magnitude and types of vehicular traffic on Eglin AFB property; (2) assess current knowledge of federally listed species on Cape San Bias to determine distribution, habitat needs and other biological requirements; (3) conduct surveys of marine turtle nesting activities in cooperation with other entities on the peninsula; (4) assess the relationship between human/vehicular disturbance and the federally listed species; (5) conduct a winter survey of federally listed shorebirds on Air Force property; and (6) provide
management options. (Document has 58 pages)


The admixture of spin-singlet and spin-triplet pairing states in superconductors can be typically induced by breaking spatial inversion symmetry. Employing the {\it numerically exact} auxiliary-field Quantum Monte Carlo method, we study such mixed-parity pairing phenomena of attractive fermions with Rashba spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in two-dimensional optical lattice at finite temperature. We systematically demystify the evolution of the essential pairing structure in both singlet and triplet channels versus the temperature, fermion filling, SOC and interaction strengths, via computing the condensate fraction and pair wave function. Our numerical results reveal that the singlet channel dominates in the fermion pairing and the triplet pairing has relatively small contribution to the superfluidity for physically relevant parameters. In contrast to the singlet channel mainly consisted of the on-site Cooper pairs, the triplet pairing has plentiful patterns in real space with the largest contributions from several nearest neighbors. As the SOC strengh increases, the pairing correlation is firstly enhanced and then suppressed for triplet pairing while it's simply weakened in singlet channel. We have also obtained the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition temperatures through the finite-size analysis of condensate fraction. Our results can serve as quantitative guide for future optical lattice experiments as well as accurate benchmarks for theories and other numerical methods.


The research determines the system is composed of air supplying device,air diffuser and switch according to the protection function of the air curtain system of refuge haven.The best pore diameter of the air curtain is 1.2mm and the best hole spacing is 40mm according to the theoretical calculation and comparison test.The research determines the air attenuation function of distance x by establishing SPSS model.The minimum oxygen supplying quantity of the system is 1.61×10-3m3/s which is calculated according to the best pore diameter,the best hole spacing and the curtain size.The maximum barrier efficiency can reach more than 90% and the barrier efficiency decreases as the initial concentration of carbon dioxide increases,which is proved by barrier property test.


The paper highlights the relative neglect by educational planners of a socio- cultural analysis of the context surrounding the implementation of educational reforms designed to promote rural development in Third World countries. An examination of the sociological and anthropological literature pertaining to both village culture and rural development in Papua New Guinea suggests that there are powerful cultural constraints on schools leavers applying practical skills learned in school on their return to the village. These are exemplified by a discussion of the role of sorcery, the subordinate position of youth, and the divergence between planners' and villagers' priorities, and are illustrated with reference to the Secondary Schools Community Extension Project (SSCEP).


The usage of mobile phones and Internet around the world has grown nowadays, this is causing a continuous increase in adoption of M-commerce. Users' intention of M-commerce can be considered through theoretical and practical understanding of factors which are m-commerce ubiquity, habits and others related to cultures and demography. Firstly, the availability of mobile phones and internet can support using M-commerce of consumers. This research uses ubiquity as a multidimensional construct and measure it through Immediacy, Portability, Continuity, Search-ability across China and South Korea. Current study attempts to fill out the research gap by considering to consumer behaviors in using M-ecommerce across China and South Korea through evaluating some more key factors that drive M-commerce such as perceived usefulness and perceived


The Authority for Electricity Regulation (AER) Oman is addressing the nationally important issue of energy efficiency in residential premises. Reducing energy use in Oman's residential sector has the potential to reduce the cost of energy subsidies, the consumption of indigenous gas resources and the cost of constructing the infrastructure required to meet growing peak demand. Improving the efficiency of the residential stock may also create benefits for the Omani public through more comfortable living conditions and reduced energy costs. In order to deliver these benefits, it is first necessary to measure and evaluate the current state of the built stock to understand how energy is used. This is not a simple task because energy use at the residential level is driven by the complex interaction between the household's demands for energy services, the building fabric and its systems. In recognition of this challenge, AER contracted PassivSystems (an innovative home energy management services company) and the Energy Institute, University College London (a world-leading centre of energy research) to carry out a


FENNY AGUSTINA. Study of Formulation and Water Sorption Isothermic of Instant Corn Porrigde. Supervised by Dr. Ir. SUGIYONO, M.App.Sc and Dr. Ir. BAMBANG HARYANTO, M.Si. The objectives of the research were to find the best formulation of instant corn porrigde and to study the water sorption isothermic of the product to predict its shelf life. The material used was corn (Zea mays L.) var Pioneer 11. This research consisted of dry instant corn grits production, instant corn flour production and instant corn porridge formulation. Product analyses were physical analyses (yield, bulk density, porosity, rehydration, sorption and volume swelling, viscosity, wettability and colours), chemical analyses (moisture content, ash content, protein content, carbohydrate content, fat content, and calorie value), sensory evaluation (hedonic), and water sorption isothermic. Pre-gelatinization process using a drum dryer significantly affected the chemical and physical characteristis of the instant corn flour produced. The best instant corn grit was produced through slow freezing process followed by oven drying. The best instant corn flour was produced by pre-gelatinization process using a drum dryer at 4 rpm speed. The most accepted instant corn porridge formulation had the composition of : 35 g of dry instant corn grits, 10 g of instant corn flour, 25 g of maltodextrin and 30 g of milk powder. The instant corn porridge had a sigmoic isothermic sorption curve. The isothermic sorption curve implied three fractions of bound water, the first fraction (Mp) was 3.43% (db) to be equivalent to Aw = 0.13, the second fraction (Ms) was 20.78% (db) to be equivalent to Aw = 0.86 and the third fraction (Mt) was 37.83%(db) to be equivalent to Aw = 1. The product packaged in alufo had a longer shelf life than those package in PP and PE. Instant corn porridge product was predicted to have a 4.5 years shelf life in 85% storage RH .


The researches on Mohism culture has always been attached great importance to. In particular, Zaozhuang University, located in the hometown of Mozi, even runs school based on the school motto of "universal love, advancing talents, exploring humanity and nature, and always loving the people and benefiting the people" and has held various academic activities under this theme. But currently, how to better communicate Mohism culture in the digital information society is still a difficult problem. Based on the theory of Mohism research in Zaozhuang University, this paper explores the inheritance and innovation of Mohism culture in the big background of digital information from the perspective of communication and visualization. In view of the lack of visual information on Mohism, this paper makes a discussion on Mohism from the perspective of visualization, such as the visual image of Mozi, "universal love", "Condemnation of Offensive War" and other auxiliary graphics, primarily visualizes the theory into practice and puts forward the aspects to be noted in the future. Keywords—digital information; Mohism; innovation;


The educational goal of teaching fine arts is to adopt visual literacy and visual expressiveness. Learning by means of information and communication technologies (ICT) involves the use of digital devices for the effective and creative extension of knowledge. The production of electronic educational materials is increasing daily, and thanks to the Internet, it is available on almost all ICT devices. In this paper virtual museums are presented as educational contents of ICT in the teaching of fine arts, as well as their method of application in teaching. The contents presented by virtual museums provide an interactive and non- interactive method of learning and exploration. The interactive educational content of virtual museums is often in the form of educational applications or websites that can be found on ICT and have well-intended educational goals. The contemporary approach and use of ICT in the teaching of fine arts provides new learning opportunities that focus on the aesthetic experience and theoretical aspect of visual content. Given that it takes less time to adopt pictorial content than to adopt verbal content, today's approach to fine arts education involves the use of ICT.


Ranking techniques have been widely used in ubiquitous applications like recommendation, information retrieval, etc. For ranking computation hostile but human friendly items, crowdsourcing is considered as an emerging technique to process the ranking by human power. However, there is a lack of an easy-to-use toolkit for answering crowdsourced top-
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 In this work, we demonstrate an interactive programming toolkit that is a unified solution for answering the crowd-sourced top-
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 queries. The toolkit employs a new confidence-aware crowdsourced top-
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 algorithm, SPR. The whole progress of the algorithm is monitored and visualized to end users in a timely manner. Besides the visualized result and the statistics, the system also reports the estimation of the monetary cost and the breakdown of each phase. Based on the estimation, end users can strike a balance between the budget and the quality through the interface of this toolkit.


The grave finds from an Iron Age cremation in southern England include a group of iron implements and a copper pin. The condition of the metalwork is quite exceptional. Surface deposits on the iron implements reveal traces of haematite, whereas the copper pin is covered in a thick layer of tenorite. These deposits are high temperature oxidation products deriving from the cremation pyre rather than from corrosion processes.


Previous retailer–supplier research reports both positive and negative collaboration outcomes. Resource alignment, or how collaborating actors' resources affect each other, is a concept that has been brought forward to explain when collaboration increases performance. As the category management of builders' merchants (BMs) involves actors with different sets of resources, the resource alignment framework can be used to better understand the outcomes of collaboration in category management. The aim of this paper is to explore resource alignment among actors involved in the category management of BMs. The paper is based on interviews with top managers in Swedish BMs. Complementary and supplementary resources held by the involved actors are identified for four distinguished category management activities. Resources needed to further improve the business are also identified. Three propositions are formulated, explaining how supplementary and complementary resources are interrelated and how the situation influences the need for supplementary resources. The description of resource alignment supports retailers and their suppliers concerning how to assign roles and responsibilities in category management activities. While the retailers themselves are often well equipped to manage pricing and inventory management, the supplier can support assortment and marketing management.


Ovarian collision tumors are uncommon and reports of their radiological appearance are even less frequent. The present study reported the world's first case of an ovarian collision tumor consisting of an ovarian sclerosing stromal tumor and a mature cystic teratoma and its imaging presentation. When a cystic solid ovarian mass combined with ascites and elevated CA125 is encountered it is frequently diagnosed as a malignant tumor, but the present case was a benign tumor. Therefore, when encountering similar cases, clinicians should not limit the diagnosis to malignant tumors to avoid rashly expanding the surgery and causing unnecessary harm to the patient. The combination of computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and pathology findings presented in the current study enable radiologists to learn about this disease and further assist clinicians in developing the best treatment plan.


Excerpt The widespread use of barbiturates has resulted in numerous reports of reactions following their use. The type of reactions following ordinary doses of barbiturate is usually a form of derm...


The present invention includes a compacted hemostatic aggregate of cellulose fibers, for the purpose of hemostatic material. In some embodiments, the hemostatic material further comprises carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) or other polysaccharides, calcium salts, anti-infective agents, hemostatic agents, gelatin, collagen, or additives such as combinations thereof. In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a method of making a hemostatic material described above by compacting the cellulosic material in hemostasis aggregates. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a method of treating a wound by applying a hemostatic material described above in on and / or the patient's wound.


Fly-paper and super fly-paper or fiscal replacement effect for years has been seen as anomaly of model s presenting local government spending. However in re cent years they are recognized as obvious factor of this policy. From the point of view of central governmen t it is worth to understand those effects and take hem into account in transfers policy. It is important to und erstand their power and in case of changing grantstheir sign of asymmetry. There are many theoretical explanations of these ph enomenon's. In our study we suggest that the most i mportant is politics. In case of education expenditure and grants in Polish municipalities, we have found supe r-fly paper effect in urban local units and fiscal replacement in small rural areas. In rural municipalities go vernors are closer to the society, and it is more difficult for them to change socially important tasks. So even l ess elastic budgets in these areas do not limit expenditure vit al for the citizens. In opposite in urban areas, w here politicians are more anonymous, it is easier for them to adopt ex enditure to political needs, not taking much car e of the local opinions.


The KINO Russian Cinema series has been expanding to provide students and general readers with readable, companion handbooks to important and interesting films of Russian cinema from its beginnings to the late 1990s. This volume investigates the production, context and reception of the film "Battleship Potemkin", the people who made it, and the film itself, including its place in Russian and World cinema.


With the rapid development of information technology, the security of images has emerged as a significant area of research. This study presents an algorithm that integrates chaotic image encryption and a convolutional neural network (CNN) to enhance security and efficiency. The algorithm applies the properties of randomness and nonlinear mapping of chaotic sequences with the advanced feature extraction capabilities of a CNN model to achieve robust image encryption. First, we outline the fundamentals of chaotic image encryption and CNN. Chaotic image encryption employs chaotic sequence generation and nonlinear mapping to scramble pixel values for encryption purposes, while a CNN, as a deep-learning model with a local perceptual field and weight sharing, effectively extracts high-level image features. Subsequently, we provide a detailed description of the specific steps involved in combining chaotic image encryption and the CNN. These steps include chaotic sequence generation, pixel value mapping, feature extraction, and key management. The algorithm achieves high-strength encryption by performing dissimilarity operations between the chaotic sequence and image pixel values, as well as extracting high-level image features using the CNN. Finally, we conduct experimental evaluations of the algorithm and compare it with traditional chaotic image encryption methods. The experimental results demonstrate that the image encryption algorithm exhibits significant improvements in encryption quality and security while offering advantages in computational performance and encryption/decryption speed.


Preface 1. Five Plausible Premises and One Implausible Conclusion 2. Rejecting the First Premise 3. Rejecting the Second Premise 4. Rejecting the Third Premise 5. Rejecting the Fourth Premise 6. Rejecting the Fifth Premise 7. Accepting the Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index


This article presents the Audiovisual Design as a workflow of processes for planning the creation, production and analysis of radio programs. In the contemporary digital media environment, institutionalized forms of radio are being challenged by the introduction of new technologies. The new available tools and new audience behaviors require radio stations, producers and researchers to become aware of productions that can address both the maintenance of the radio's characteristics and the incorporation of the emerging possibilities. Using simulated and real examples, this essay proposes the Audiovisual Design as a possible and viable tool in the development and study of media-convergent and interactive radio productions.


Accurate, fast, sensitive, and safe imaging of the cardiovascular system has major societal benefits owing to the high prevalence of cardiovascular disease. This is particularly challenging in imaging the peripheral vasculature, defined as extending from the renal artery origins to the ankles, because of the long (>120 cm) superior-inferior (S/I) field of view. Contrast-enhanced MR angiography provides major advantages compared to other imaging methods because it uses no ionizing radiation, provides 3D images, and requires only a relatively benign intravenous injection of contrast material. However, such imaging has major technical challenges in that the speed of passage of the contrast-enhanced blood through the vasculature is highly variable from patient to patient and the potentially rapid enhancement of veins can interfere with the radiological interpretation of disease in the companion arteries. The purpose of this work is to describe MRI physics and engineering methods designed to rapidly acquire high spatial resolution images of the peripheral vasculature at individual table positions or "stations," and then to integrate these methods with real-time signal processing to allow interactive control of the MRI patient table, allowing it to advance in synchrony with the advancing contrast on a patient-specific basis. Results are presented with single station techniques to illustrate the potential image performance as well as in the more demanding and desired multi-station application in which the time available for data acquisition is limited at each station.


Argyrodites are a wide class of tetrahedrally close–packed ternary and quaternary compounds that have a large number of representatives. Argyrodite family compounds always include two types of cations: univalent (type A) and multivalent (type B). B type multivalent cations (3–5) are tetrahedrally coordinated by anions and form a rigid anionic framework, and the univalent A type cations are located in the cavities between them and have different occupancy of crystallographic positions (disordered sublattice). The most common are argyrodites based on four and five valence p–elements. Type A and B cations are subject to isomorphic substitution, which in combination with the proximity of the crystal lattice parameters causes a significant number of solid solutions between the compounds with the structure of argyrodite. These solid solutions are formed by both isovalent and heterovalent substitution, which is used to optimize the functional parameters of the studied materials. Argyrodite structure compounds can be used as optical, superionic, and thermoelectric materials. This work aims to study the physico–chemical interaction at isovalent Si4+↔Ge4+and heterovalent substitution of P5+↔Ge4+ within the Ag7SiS5I–Ag7GeS5I and Ag6PS5I–Ag7GeS5I systems. Several alloys in the Ag6PS5I–Ag7GeS5I and Ag7SiS5I – Ag7GeS5I systems were synthesized by a direct single–temperature method using the pre–synthesized quaternary argyrodites. The obtained samples were investigated by the methods of differential thermal (DTA), X–ray diffraction (XRD), and microstructural (MSA) analyses. Based on the obtained results, it was found that the Ag6PS5I–Ag7GeS5I section is partly quasi–binary due to the incongruent melting of Ag6PS5I. The liquidus of the system is formed by lines of primary crystallization of Ag2S and Ag7GeS5I crystals, which intersect at the point with coordinates: 6 mol. % Ag7GeS5I, 1009 K. The subsolidus part of the Ag6PS5I–Ag7GeS5I system is characterized by the formation of a continuous series of solid solutions. The phase diagram of the Ag7SiS5I–Ag7GeS5I system is characterized by unlimited solubility of components in liquid and solid phases. In the Ag6PS5I–Ag7GeS5I system a positive deviation from Vegard's law is observed.


In this paper, Frontier Semiconductor will introduce a new technology that is referred to as Virtual Interface Technology (VIT™). VIT™ is a Fourier domain technique that utilizes temporal phase shear of the measurement beam. The unique configuration of the sensor enables measurement of wafer and bonded stack thicknesses ranging from a few microns to millimeters with measurement repeatability ~ nm. We will present data on high aspect ratio via measurements (depth, top critical dimension, bottom critical dimension, via bottom profile and side wall angle), bonded wafer stack thickness, and Cu bump measurements. Another tool developed at FSM is a high resolution μRaman spectrometer useful in measuring stress-change in Si lattice induced by Through Silicon Via (TSV) processes. These measurements are important to determine Keep-Out-Zone in the areas where devices are built so that the engineered gate strain is not altered by TSV processing induced strain. Its stress resolution ~ 20 MPa. Applications include via post-etch; via post fill, and bottom Cu nail stress measurements. The capabilities of and measurement results from both tools are discussed below.


This paper attempts to reexamine the theory underlying gains from international factor mobility. It focuses on a brief but significant contribution by V. K. Ramaswami, who considered a two country, one product, identical technology and two factors of production set up. The issue has received considerable attention in recent literature characterised by complex models and less restrictive assumptions. Providing a synthesis of this literature and its relation to the concept proposed by Ramaswami, the paper highlights that the essence of Ramaswami's argument involves a simultaneous reallocation of both labour and capital across countries. It is also shown that Ramaswami's basic argument survives even when we consider the more complex realities of the world trade.


The observation of safety belt use can be performed at a distance (AMA), or by looking inside the car (IMA). The aim of this study is to get an insight into the reliability of the AMA method in comparison with the IMA method. Both methods were used in 1990 to observe the safety belt use on front seats of cars. These methods were applied simultaneously at 8 locations within and outside built-up areas in the Netherlands. The AMA observer noted: (1) the seat belt use by and sex of both drivers and front seat passengers of cars, as many as possible, while these were waiting at traffic lights; and (2) the first four characters of the cars' licence number. The AMA allows more observations than the IMA method, as the cars waited at traffic lights. The overall results of both methods show that the AMA method appears to be appropriate to carry out overall measurements of seat belt use on the front seats of cars, and possibly of the occupants' sex. However, more certainty is required about the AMA's reliability for a number of specific conditions, for instance, certain road types within built-up areas. More attention should be paid to the observators' instructions. The AMA is a cheaper alternative for the IMA method, provided that its observations' reliability is improved sufficiently.


A case is reported of a 57 year-old woman who suffered a dislocation of the mandibular condyles for 18 months. A new technique is described for the reduction of the mandible. Two screws are fixed in the angles of the jaw and wires are passed extraoraly after connecting them with the screws. Forces can be exercised through these wires.


Cryopreservation is the only alternative for long-term preservation of high-quality biomaterials, where the availability of reliable techniques for preservation of multicellular structures and organs represents an unmet medical need. Developing cryopreservation techniques revolves around controlling the formation of ice crystals, which is known to be lethal to living cells. Cryopreservation is typically achieved in the presence of cryoprotective agents (CPAs), which exhibit a dramatic increase in viscosity with decreasing temperature. Subject to high cooling rates, the rapidly elevating viscosity of the CPA suppresses ice crystallization and promotes vitrification (vitreous means glassy in Latin). Unfortunately, available CPAs are known to be toxic at the relevant concentrations which permit vitrification. One potential method of reducing CPA concentration, and thereby achieving conditions more favorable to the tissue, is with the introduction of the so-called synthetic ice blockers (SIBs)—the subject matter of the current study.© 2011 ASME


The Internet of Things (IoT) technology is an information technology developed in recent years with the development of electronic sensors, intelligence, network transmission and control technologies. This is the third revolution in the development of information technology. This article aims to study the algorithm of the Internet of Things technology, through the investigation of the hazards of athletes' sports training, scientifically and rationally use the Internet of Things technology to collect data on safety accidents in athletes' sports training, thereby reducing the risk of athletes' sports training and making athletes better. In this article, the methods of literature research, analysis and condensing, questionnaire survey, theory and experiment combination, etc., investigate the safety accident data collection of the Internet of Things technology in athletes' sports training, and provide certain theories and methods for future in-depth research practice basis. The experimental results in this article show that 82% of athletes who are surveyed under the Internet of Things technology will have partial injuries during training, reducing the risk of safety accidents in athletes' sports training, and better enabling Chinese athletes to achieve a consistent level of competition and performance through a virtuous cycle of development.


This paper aims to determine the relationship between human resource management and socio-cultural life and the role of human resource management in social development. The research method used is qualitative-descriptive in the form of library research, which focuses on the study of scientific literature, both books and journal articles. The study concludes that the relationship between human resource management and socio-cultural life has a very close bond, social life will be largely determined by the quality of its human resources, while human resource management is a system to improve the quality of human resources. In a socio-cultural perspective, quality human resources are productive, innovative, integrative, and hold tightly to social values ??and norms. So, in the process of developing human resources, humans are no longer considered as production assets or organizational slaves, but more than that, humans are considered as determinants of the quality of social life.


Aiming at the Chinese academic paper plagiarism detection, proposed chunk based plagiarism detection algorithm with chunk extraction method based on character or word. Taken account of that different part of document has different importance, proposed two paragraph weight algorithms and defined three paragraph weight functions. The best chunk lengths are determined by experiments. Experiments show that using paragraph weight can enhance the detection effect.


We consider the problem of designing state observers with guaranteed power-to-power (RMS) gain, for a class of stochastic discrete-time linear systems that possess both measurable parameter variations and Markovian jumps in their dynamics. It is shown in the paper that an upper bound on the RMS gain of the observer can be characterized in terms of robust feasibility of a family of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Any feasible solution to these LMIs can then be used to explicitly construct a parameter-varying jump observer that guarantees the desired performance level. This design framework is then specialized to a problem of state estimation for an LPV plant whose state measurements are available trough a lossy Bernoulli channel. A numerical example illustrates the results.


Abstract In the present study, the nanoindentation creep behaviour of untreated and ultraviolet (UV) treated polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) samples was investigated, accompanied with adhesion analysis and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) characterisation. Different hold times, in the range of 5–2000 s (at 10 μN of applied load), were incorporated into each nanoindentation measurement. The increase in hold time results in an increase in change in depth of the indenter in both samples. The error in hardness/modulus due to creep can be neglected for hold times of ∼400 s or more for untreated PDMS and ∼200 s or more for UV treated PDMS. The FTIR obtained data revealed surface deterioration, while the bulk nanomechanical properties were almost identical. A decrease in adhesive energy in the case of UV treated PDMS was observed, indicating that adhesive forces play a significant role at the nanometre scale in the indentation tests (real contact area determination during nanoindentation measurements).


The possibility of increasing the content of certain biochemical elements and oats yielding capacity as influenced by the growth regulator Circon is shown.


As the inspector of power supply company basic level discovers that the customer has stealing electricity behavior,the phase VA meter method to further confirm the mode of stealing electricity is usually used.How to use the phase VA meter correctly in pratical situation will directly relate to the result of inspection efficiency and correctness.In view of the problems about incomplete recognition of the function and unsuitable use to this meter existing in the inspector,the paper introduced the common function of phase VA meter in detail and gave the procedure of its application to check three-phase meter,and there is strong,practical and directive meaning.


Natural language questions have become popular in web search. However, various questions can be formulated to convey the same information need, which poses a great challenge to search systems. In this paper, we automatically mined 5w1h question reformulation patterns from large scale search log data. The question reformulations generated from these patterns are further incorporated into the retrieval model. Experiments show that using question reformulation patterns can significantly improve the search performance of natural language questions.


Based on the quality,quantity and intermittent discharge of rural domestic sewage,an anaerobic and local circulating oxygen-supply biofilm technology was developed and tested for its nitrogen removal performance.The available volume ratio between the anaerobic tank and the local circulating oxygen-supply tank was 1 ∶ 1.6.An aeration device was located at the bottom center of the local circulating oxygen-supply tank,which was separated by an annular splitter plate to a central aerobic zone and a peripheral anoxic zone.The inclined-tube sedimentation tank was situated between the anaerobic tank and the local circulating oxygen-supply tank.There was a water circulation tank near the effluent outlet.This system ran continuously for twelve months.The average influent was 140 L/d,and the hydraulic retention time in bio-reaction zone was 1.3 d.The average effluent concentrations of BOD5,TN,NH3-N and NO-3-N were 3.38 mg/L,11.98 mg/L,2.69 mg/L and 7.03 mg/L,respectively.NH3-N and NO-3-N were 58.7% and 22.4% of TN.The effluent quality met the first class criteria specified in the Discharge Standard of Pollutants for Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant(GB 18918-2002).The nitrification of the system was strong,but denitrification was restricted by carbon source shortage.


Viscous modifications to the thermal distributions of quark-antiquarks and gluons have been studied in a quasi-particle description of the quark-gluon-plasma medium created in relativistic heavy ion collision experiments. The model is described in terms of quasi-partons that encode the hot QCD medium effects in their respective effective fugacities. Both shear and bulk viscosities have been taken in to account in the analysis and the modifications to thermal distributions have been obtained by modifying the the energy momentum tensor in view of the non-trivial dispersion relations for the gluons and quarks. As an implication, dilepton production rate in the qq̄ annihilation process has been investigated. Significant modifications have been observed in the dilepton production rate in the presence of interactions encoded in the QCD equation of state.


Introduced several conventional classify mode to support vector machines(SVM),analyzed the problem and disadvantage of it,gave a new mode which based SVM to the diagnosis mine hoist fault.This way is simple and frank and only a few training stylebook.After using it in the mine hoist,the result shows this way have more exactness rate than conventional SVM mode and BP nerve net mode.


Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) is believed to be a cause of LRIs mainly in young infants. Close surveillance for LRIs was maintained since birth on a group of 1182 children. Over a period of 17 months, we obtained nasopharyngeal and throat swabs for acute LRI from 340 children. All specimens were cultured for viruses, Ct and Mycoplasma pneumoniae. One or more of these agents were isolated from 67% of LRIs. Ct was isolated from 3/52 (5.8%) of infants ≤6 months of age, 0/61 (0%) infants 7-12 months and 9/227 (4.0%) children 1-3 years with LRI. Infection with Ct in these 9 older children (ages 17-34 mos, med=21 mos) occured from December to April and was associated with a variety of syndromes and with concurrent isolation of other pathogens.Symptoms and signs included cough (9), rhinitis (8), fever (3), abnormal bronchial breath sounds (3), hoarseness (2), shortness of breath (2), stridor (2) and wheezing (1).These results suggest that Ct is associated with a diversity of LRIs in children >1 year of age, and may often be present with other pathogens.(Supported by NHLBI-SCOR Grant HL-14136)


Surveys for Brazil pusley ( Richardia brasiliensis ) and Florida pusley ( Richardia scabra ) in leading citrus producing counties of Florida indicated the presence of only Brazil pusley, where Florida pusley was considered to predominate. Field and greenhouse studies were conducted to evaluate 2,4D and glyphosate, applied separately, or as a tank mixture, or as a commercial prepackage mixture for Brazil pusley control. In separate field studies, tank mixing 2,4-D and glyphosate at 1.2 and 0.68 kg ae/ha provided 95% and 94% control at 5 weeks after treatment (WAT), compared to 85% and 53% control when glyphosate was applied alone at 0.68 kg·ha -1 . The prepackage mixture containing the same concentrations of 2,4-D and glyphosate provided 92% and 79% control of Brazil pusley, in the two field studies, respectively. In greenhouse studies, Brazil pusley control with 2,4-D + glyphosate tank mixed at 1.2 and 0.68 kg ha -1 was 91% and control with the prepackage mixture was 44%. Viability and regrowth of Brazil pusley rootstocks were not affected by the different herbicide treatments. Florida pusley ( Richardia scabra ) is considered to be an economically important weed species in Florida citrus groves (Mersie and Singh, 1989). Brazil pusley ( Richardia brasiliensis ), a member of the same genus, is seldom mentioned in the literature. Both species belong to the family Rubiaceae and are characterized by the presence of hairy stems and leaves and resemble each other during the seedling and vegetative phases. Florida pusley is an annual found in the Southeastern U.S., Central and South America, and can be distinguished from Brazil pusley by the presence of tubercles on fruits (Wunderlin, 1998). Brazil pusley is a perennial species native to South America and prevalent in the disturbed soils of the southern coastal plains of the U.S., Mexico, South Africa, Indonesia, and Hawaii. It is characterized by a hirsute fruit and a thickened rootstock capable of perennating (Murphy et al., 1996). Both species grow year-round in central and southern Florida where most of Florida's citrus groves are located. Florida pusley is considered to be more dominant than Brazil pusley in central Florida 2 and has been studied more extensively than the latter. Effects of environmental factors and chemical scarification on germination of Florida pusley have been documented (Biswas et al., 1975; Paul et al., 1976). Singh and Tucker (1984) listed Florida pusley as one of the common broadleaf weeds in citrus groves. Similar observations were documented by other citrus weed researchers (Reddy and Singh, 1992; Singh and Mack, 1993; Singh and Tucker, 1988; Singh et al., 1990). In a weed population dynamics study in Georgia, Florida pusley was determined to be the most prevalent weed species with densities greater than 300 plants per m 2 (Johnson and Mullinix, 1997). In 1974, Florida pusley was listed among the 10 most common weeds in nine crops in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina (Buchanan, 1974). During 1997-1998, Florida pusley was one of the 10 most common weeds in eight crops in Florida and Alabama (Dowler, 1997, 1998). Webster and Coble (1997) reported a mean decrease of Florida pusley by 0.9 rank units in the troublesome weed index averaged over four crops in the southeastern states between the years 1974 and 1994-1995. However, Brazil pusley is still not listed as a common or troublesome weed in any of the southern states. Changes in weed species composition and population densities resulting from weed management and other cultural practices have been well documented. Conservation tillage systems in corn and soybean increased the perennial weed populations and reduced the densities of large seeded dicot species (Buhler, 1995). Ball (1992) determined a shift in weed seedbank dynamics in favor of weed species which were less susceptible to the herbicides applied. Herbicides are the primary means of weed control in Florida citrus, because tillage and other mechanical measures damage the shallow root system of the crop (Tucker et al., 1980). Biological and cultural methods are not determined to be cost-effective yet. Currently, residual PRE herbicides are applied twice a year during February-April and September-November. Periodically, directed sprays of non-selective POST herbicides are used to control heavy infestations of pusley species, hairy beggarticks ( Bidens pilosa L.), guineagrass ( Panicum maximum Jacq.), spreading dayflower ( Commelina diffusa Burm. f.), and other troublesome weeds. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the relative dominance of Florida and Brazil pusleys in the citrus groves of central Florida, and to determine the efficacy of a prepackage mixture containing 2,4-D and glyphosate, or a similar tank mixture, or the two chemicals applied separately, for the control of Brazil pusley. Materials and Methods Surveys . Two field surveys (Survey 1 & 2) were conducted in 14 leading citrus producing counties of central Florida. The counties included Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Indian This research was supported by the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, and approved for publication as Journal Series No. R-06980. 1 Corresponding author; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. 2 1998, personal communication, S. H. Futch, multi-county extension agent, University of Florida, Citrus Research and Education Center, Lake Al-


This paper proposes a technique to utilize the power of chatterbots to serve as interactive Support systems to enterprise applications which aim to address a huge audience. The need for support systems arises due to inability of computer illiterate audience to utilize the services offered by an enterprise application. Setting up customer support centers works well for small-medium sized businesses but for mass applications (here E-Governance Systems) the audience counts almost all a country has as its population, Setting up support center that can afford such load is irrelevant. This paper proposes a solution by using AIML based chatterbots to implement Artificial Support Entity (ASE) to such Applications.


The purpose of this research is to identify situations where a driver is unable to perform tasks properly because of psychological stress, etc., and devise means to help them. Basic research began with the aim of developing a technology to gauge the mental state of without relying on subjective evaluation of drivers, such as physiological indices and behavioral data. A system that can measure various physiological and behavioral data including electroencephalograms (EEG) was constructed. As a result of experimenting with the system, it was found that the occurrence and recovery of psychological sway appeared in physiological changes such as EEG and pupil diameter.


In this work,a kind of fuzzy system of nonlinear equations is considered.Fuzzy system of nonlinear equations plays important roles in fuzzy controll and in reality.We transfer fuzzy system of nonlinear equations into a nonlinear programming.Then,some methods of nonlinear programming are used.


The effect of strain path in high-pressure torsion (HPT) process on hardening was investigated in commercial purity titanium (Ti-0.03Fe-0.03O, mass%). After monotonic HPT (mHPT) straining up to N ¼ 10 turns at a rotation speed of 0.2rpm under a pressure of P ¼ 5GPa, theobtained Vickers microhardness, Hv, was around 3.5GPa and the microstructure consisted of equiaxed grains of 100 200nm with highdislocationdensity.ThisHvvaluewashardlyincreasedevenwithfurtherstrainandstraingradient(furtherrotation).Toinvestigatetheeffectofstrain path, cyclic (cHPT) and two-steps HPT (2sHPT) processes were carried out. The cHPT-straining performed by repetitive deformation ofN ¼ 1=2. In comparison with the mHPT process, the Hv was attained rapidly to the saturated value (Hv 3.5GPa). However, the maximum Hvvalue was similar to that obtained by mHPT-straining. In the 2sHPT process, first the disk of 20mm in diameter was deformed by HPT-straining. Secondly, the disk of 10mm was cut to contact with the circumference of the deformed disk, and then it was deformed. A higherhardness (Hv 3.8GPa) was obtained than that by monotonic or cyclic HPT-straining. These results indicate that multi-directional deformations(deformations with different strain paths) contribute to the hardening improvement. [doi:10.2320/matertrans.ME200714](Received September 3, 2007; Accepted November 13, 2007; Published December 12, 2007)Keywords: microstructure, hardening, strain path, titanium (Ti), heat generation, high-pressure torsion (HPT), severe plastic deformation(SPD).


Introduction Checklist of constraints Varieties of singularity -Technological singularity | Cognitive singularity | Metasystem transition -Communication singularity | Globality as singularity | Symmetry group singularity -Subjective singularity | Spiritual singularity | Singularity of planetary consciousness -Metaphorical singularity End times scenarios -End of history | 2012 | Timewave theory | Eschatological scenarios | End of science -End of culture | End of religion | End of civilization | End of security | End of privacy -End of intelligence | End of ignorance | End of knowing | End of abundance | End of confidence -End of hope | End of truth | End of faith | End of logic | End of rationality | End of modernism -End of wisdom | End of tolerance | End of nature Black holes and Event horizons Conclusion References


Background: Tibial plateau fractures are common injuries that require anatomic reduction to obtain the best functional results. Advance in mechanization and acceleration of travel has been accompanied by an increase in number and severity of fractures and those of the tibial plateau are not an exception. This fracture constitutes approximately 1% of all fractures. Open reduction and rigid internal fixation for displaced tibial plateau fracture achieves the goals of restoring the anatomic articular congruity and mechanical alignment, while allowing early knee mobilization. Aims and Objectives: To study the results and complications of open reduction and internal fixation by plate osteosynthesis versus closed reduction and percutaneous cannulated screw fixation for tibial plateau fractures. Method: 43 patients with tibial plateau fractures treated either with open reduction and plate osteosynthesis or closed reduction and percutaneous cannulated screw fixation were followed up for a period of 18 months and their functional outcome was assessed according to Modified Delamarter functional scoring system. Results: According to modified Delamater functional score, 90% had excellent to satisfactory result in patients treated with percutaneous screw fixation as compared to 67% in those treated with open reduction internal fixation. In both modalities 9% had poor results due to nonunion. Conclusion: Closed reduction and percutaneous screw fixation for tibial plateau fractures is minimally invasive. It reduces the length of hospital stay and costs, enables early mobilization with minimal instrumentation, and achieves satisfactory outcome as compared to open reduction and plate fixation.


System and method for recommending a package of content items to a user, comprising storing a plurality of content items in a computer system, determining a respective co-selection score for each pair of content items among the plurality of content items, wherein the co-selection score indicating a probability that a given pair of content items among the plurality of content items are both downloaded by a user of the computer system, and outputting a plurality of content elements comprising a subset of the plurality of content items to a first user.


With the globalization and internationalization of markets, companies need to be more competitive and offer high-quality guarantees to consumers, suppliers, banking institutions, and shareholders. Thus, the objective of this paper is to measure the impacts that these guarantees, analyzed through quality management, environmental management, and management of occupational health and safety standards, will have on the return on assets (ROA) of companies classified by sector of activity, considering each of the certifications individually and as a whole. The panel data approach methodology was used for 10 years in Portuguese-certified companies between 2010 and 2019. The Chow test, the Breusch-Pagan, and the Hausman test were applied to identify a more feasible model between the pooled OLS and the random or fixed effects model. Furthermore, the cluster-robust standard errors model was applied.The results show the existence of synergies when adopting more than one certification to improve firm performance. Moreover, the single certification estimate by sector results are significant and can be positive drivers of profitability, but only for companies in the manufacturing industries related to natural resources. However, they trigger negative results in the accommodation, catering, and information and communication sectors.
AcknowledgmentThis paper is funded by National Funds through the FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., within the scope of the project Refª UIDB/05583/2020. Furthermore, we would like to thank the Research Centre in Digital Services (CISeD) and the Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, for their support.


While the majority of the public typically supports environmental policies, if the costs fall on local groups with projects in their backyards, they often resist. In new research that uses Ontario, Canada as a case study, Leah C. Stokes examines how small groups are able to mobilize politically to oppose the location of new wind turbines. She finds that the provincial governing party responsible for introducing wind energy policy lost between 4 and 10 percent of their vote share in areas where turbines were located. She argues that policymakers need to engage citizens more during renewable energy project development to build their support and to minimize potential political barriers.


Atropine, a parasympathetic-blocking drug, has been found to reduce the volume of semen with little or no effect on the total number of spermatozoa ejaculated by the boar (Dziuk & Norton, 1962). Differences in composition of the semen from atropine-treated and control boars indicated that atropine suppressed the secretion of the urethral glands (Dziuk & Mann, 1963). In the bull, atropine has been found to reduce both the volume of semen and the number of spermatozoa per ejaculate (Signoret, 1962; Baker, VanDemark & Graves, 1963), whereas pilocarpine, a parasympathetic-stimulating drug, has significantly increased the volume of semen and total spermatozoa per ejaculate (Baker et al., 1963; J. P. Signoret, personal communication). The purpose of the present study was to determine the effects of pilocarpine


The store atmosphere was proposed by Kotler (1973) as a marketing tool that uses the conscious designing of space to create certain effects in buyers. In clothing stores, the environment is formed by the set of all rooms, which includes the space of the fitting rooms. This study has investigated how the environment of the fitting rooms in clothing stores is related to the stages of evaluation and purchase decision-making. The researcher used a qualitative approach in a fieldwork through interview with customers and sales personnel, direct observation in some spaces of fitting rooms and indirect observation with photos. In the data analyses was used the methods of photo-documentation and content analysis. The main results indicate that, in terms of sensory factors in the environment of fitting rooms, small and hot places can decrease the time that consumers spend in the place, the indirect lighting is preferred by customers and the lack of mirrors, seats or pendants to clothes can irritate buyers. Specifically about social aspects, it was found that it is important to provide privacy to the clients and their purchase decision-making can be affect by the thinking of family, friends and sellers. Besides, in the investigation of divergences between men and women, just a few differences were founded and both can be affected by the intrinsic qualities of the fitting room atmosphere.


The omni directional antennas currently used with Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers can contribute significant errors, particularly when used in high accuracy measurements. Some GPS experiments require signals to be detected with less than 2 degrees of phase error, and with less than 0.1 nanosecond delay error. Antennas must be capable of tracking signals at two L-band frequencies, from multiple satellites, at all elevations above 15 degrees. This paper describes a study by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and by the University of New Brunswick (UNB), to select antenna/backplane configurations with low levels of multipath, and to calibrate the variation of antenna phase delay as a function of observing angle. Measurements of candidate antennas are underway at an antenna range and in field tests.


Background : : One of the most important qualities of a radiation dosimeter is tissue-equivalent, which represents radiation absorption and scattering that is similar to that of human tissue. The goal of this study is to determine the radiological and structural properties of several MAGAT gel dosimeter formulations prior to irradiation. This will provide a basis on how radiation properties altered prior to irradiation, which will later affect radiation absorption behaviour . Materials and Methods : Radiological properties of different MAGAT gel formulations (MAGAT, MAGAT doped methylene blue, MAGAT doped zinc oxide nanoparticles, MAGAT dope methylene blue and zinc oxide nanoparticles) were measured from density, linear attenuation coefficients, mass attenuation coefficients and CT values. The results were compared to soft tissue and water as references. The gel's morphological structures were investigated using electron microscopy for better understanding of gel's absorption mechanism. Results : The mass density of all MAGAT gel formulations differed by up to 2.5% from that of water and are very close to that of muscle tissue. This is due to the high gelatin and monomer concentration used in MAGAT gel formulation. The CT-values, furthermore, are within the soft tissue range. The MAGAT doped with methylene blue and ZnO NPs demonstrated the greatest increase in linear attenuation value, as well as having a nano spider-web morphological structure with a large surface area, which may have increased gel sensitivity and attenuation coefficients of MAGAT gel. Conclusion : Different MAGAT gel formulations were found to exhibit similar radiological properties to soft tissues and water.


This paper presents a study on collaborative manipulation between an autonomous robot and multiple users. We investigate how different motion types impact people's ability to understand the robot's goals in a multi-user scenario. We propose an approach based on Collaborative Probabilistic Movement Primitives to generate the robot's movements, exploiting predictability and legibility of movement to express intentions through motion. We compare the impact on the interaction of using only either predictable or legible movements, and propose a third approach — hybrid motion — that selects, in each situation, whether to execute a predictable motion or a legible motion, depending on what the robot perceives as more efficient for the multi-user collaboration effort. To test the impact of the three motion types in the context of a collaborative task, we run a user study using a Baxter robot that autonomously serves cups of water to three users upon request. Our results show that, in the particular case where all users simultaneously request water, the hybrid motion performs better than the other two.


The study of the relationship between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and attendant issues of periodization and medieval alterity promises to become a major field of inquiry. Andrew James Johnston's Performing the Middle Ages from ''Beowulf'' to ''Othello'' is a timely, and pivotally important, contribution to this burgeoning field, charting a much-needed path beyond approaches that backdate the beginnings of modernity (tacitly reinforcing the binarism), that reaffirm temporal otherness, or that investigate the role of the medieval for Theory. In the introduction, Johnston swiftly surveys accounts of the period divide, contextualizing the twofold purpose of his study: to illustrate medieval texts' cultural self-knowledge and to demonstrate how mechanisms which establish the medieval/modern binary are already tangible in medieval texts themselves. He argues that canonical, aristocratic texts (often associated with a lack of subjectivity)—Beowulf, Chaucer's Knight's Tale, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the Alliterative Morte Arthure, and Shakespeare's Othello—not only critique, but also deploy and undermine notions of alterity. The focus is on (failed) narrative performances, on the ways in which texts thus strive to exclude phenomena, creating fissures that open up vistas on precisely the marginalized, enabling alternative meanings. First, Johnston turns to Beowulf, in particular to controversies surrounding ''Hrothulf's treachery''. Focusing on Wealhtheow and Hygd and their respective attempts to exploit cultural practices of reciprocity in order to control questions of succession, he deftly illustrates how the epic uncovers and protects, beneath a heroic façade, those tactics by means of which heroic culture's unwritten laws can be (and are) manipulated, whereby attempted acts of suppression reveal the very anxieties they aim to eliminate. The second chapter spotlights the differences between The Knight's Tale and Sir Gawain in their overlapping concern with chivalric culture's lack of subjectivity. While the Knight's voyeuristic, narrative performance unmasks the conscious staging of its alleged lack of subjectivity, the narrative concealment of Gawain's confession brings into view the poem's critique of interiority, the poem staging an awareness of its own medievalism. In comparison with the Knight's Tale, then, Sir Gawain almost appears to be a ''conscious attempt to shore up the English Studies Vol. 92, No. 2, April 2011, 226–235


The study aims to know the post-disaster health condition of coastal people in Bangladesh. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used in the collection of data for the study. It is found that a number of the respondents entirely depended on the old age allowance provided by the government. In most affected areas, there was limited rice production since those lands were intensively used for shrimp farming before the cyclone. Majority of the households identified tube wells as the primary water source of water (Koyra 76.82%, and Shyamnagar 85.14%). Study on sanitation practices found insufficient and varying. In both Upazilas, almost half of the households are deprived of regular waste disposal measures (Koyra 59.7%, and Shyam nagar 51.8%). In the same way, they are not aware of waste disposal system and have no plan for it. Health aides have been commonly known as health service providers of public health services in the study areas. Govt. district hospital, upazila health complex and the union health centers were found popular among the respondents. Most respondents were able to remember the messages of the need to wash their hands before eating food (68.75%) and the need to wash their hands after defecation (60.60%). The present study identified that the lack of consciousness about the health and sanitation system and the different types of diseases associated with undernourishment attacked the ordinary people.


THE SOCIOLOGY OF CONSUMPTION HAS tended to neglect the consumption that occurs during interactions with service or sales workers. For instance, in each of Campbell's (1995) and Gabriel and Lang's (1995) overviews of the mainly sociological literature on the consumer, there is reference to only one study that focuses centrally on the customer in interaction with customer-facing, or front-line, service workers.1 As Miller (2001: 2) notes, there is a 'traditional assumption that consumption is about people's relationship with goods obtained in the market place' (emphasis added). This introduction to this part-special issue on consumption in service interaction is written to briefly highlight this neglect, to bring together the existing disparate research literatures in the area, and to sketch an emerging research agenda. This neglect of consumption in service interactions is to be regretted for both empirical and theoretical reasons.Empirically, interactions between front-line workers and customers are important. In contemporary service economies, front line occupations make up the bulk of the labour force, and the bulk of what front-line workers do is interact with customers. When customers shop, dine, go to a bank, or call up a call centre, a significant element of their consumption involves interaction with service workers. We should be seeking to understand what is going on in such a significant slice of social life. Theoretically, it can be argued that it is Journal of Consumer Culture


In our country, because of lacking base of positive analysis, criminologists shall maintain position of neutrality value in order to make up the defect. By replaying the crime and disclosing the reason, the policy maker and publics can be pulled back to the reality and made to treat the degree and way of reaction to crime in a rational manner, and a new vision is provided for the ordinary people. Finally, in the same way, the specific parts of the individuals, country and society, which are easy to incur offence, are revealed and forced to respond to the realistic needs of polity selection.


The development of a new high-fidelity methodology for predicting entry flows with coupled radiation and ablation is described. The prediction methodology consists of an axisymmetric, nonequilibrium, Navier-Stokes flow solver loosely coupled to a radiation prediction code and a material thermal response code. The methodology is used to simulate the 12.6 km/s Earth atmospheric entry of the Stardust sample return capsule at seven trajectory points using ablating and nonablating boundary conditions. These flow simulations are used to size and design the Stardust forebody heatshield and develop arc-jet test conditions and models. The paper describes details of the methodology, results from the flow simulations, and, various heatshield design issues.


Nevin & Grace invoke a behavioral metaphor from the physics of momentum. The idealized assumptions they invoke are argued to translate to behavior only in the limited case of steady-state, constant-probability VI responding. Rather than further refine this limit case, mathematical models should be applied to generalizations of the limit case itself, broadening our understanding of behavioral processes.


The relationship between the partitioning indexes of organ dry matter and physiological development time and environmental factors were systematically studied with the experiment date of different sowing dates, nitrogen levels, genotypes, and a simulation model for shoot dry matter partitioning in rice was developed Partitioning index of green leaf, stem and panicle were the functions of physiological development time, which were also altered by genotype, sowing date and nitrogen nutrient level Effectiveness of various factors on dry matter partitioning was adequately quantified in the model Increase in dry weight of green leaves was regulated by the water deficit factor and the nitrogen nutrient index Factors of high and lower temperature and specific genetic parameter were introduced to regulate dry weight increase in panicle The model was tested using an independent data set and the results showed that the model could well predict the dynamic accumulation of dry matter in different organs under diverse conditions


This study aims to determine the effect of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and subjective norms on purchase intention through the attitude of OLX users (Case study: On UST Yogyakarta students).
The population in this study were all students of UST Yogyakarta who used the OLX application. The number of the study population is unknown. The sample in this study is part of the target population is all students of UST Yogyakarta.
The results of this study indicate that Perceived usefulness has a positive and significant effect on attitude and purchase intention, Perceived ease of use has a positive and significant effect on attitude and purchase intention, Subjective norm has a positive and significant effect on attitude and purchase intention, Attitude has a positive and significant effect on purchase. intention.


Gold nanoparticle-dendrimer conjugate clusters were prepared by a covalent coupling of monofunctional gold nanoparticles with a generation 5 PAMAM dendrimer.


Time-to-Digital Converters (TDCs) are major components for the measurements of time intervals. Recent developments in Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) have enabled the opportunity to implement high-performance TDCs, which were only possible using dedicated hardware. In order to eliminate empty histogram bins and achieve a higher level of linearity, FPGA-based TDCs typically apply compensation methods either using multiple delay lines consuming more resources or post-processing, leading to a permanent loss of temporal information. We propose a novel TDC with a single delay line and without compensation to realize a highly linear TDC by encoding the states of the delay lines instead of the thermometer code used in the conventional TDCs. The experimental results show our states-based approach achieves an improved Differential Non-Linearity (DNL) of [-0.998, -1.533] for time resolution of 5.00 ps, [-0.44,0.49] for 10.04 ps, [-0.16, 0.19] for 21.65 ps, [-0.10, 0.11] for 43.87 ps, [-0.06, 0.07] for 64.12 ps, and [-0.07, 0.05] for 87.73 ps, whilst no empty bins have been observed. To our knowledge, the achieved raw linearity together with the zero empty bins and a simple delay line structure exceeds previously reported of the FPGA-based TDCs.


Zooplankton contained in water have been successfully inactivated by irradiation with a pulsed intense relativistic electron beam (PIREB). A treatment chamber is filled with a solution of 3-wt% salt in water containing Artemia larvae as zooplankton samples and is irradiated using the PIREB (2 MeV, 0.4 kA, 140 ns). We found that up to 24% of the Artemia are inactivated by firing 10 shots of PIREB irradiation.


In this project we explore performance of different approaches to the image caption task and in particular application of GRU units instead of LSTM based architectures. We created a model with modular architecture that allows to easy replacement and testing of different visual, CNN's and language, RNN's networks and made a number of experiments. As a result we found a well performing model with a simple GRU based architecture and rather short training time.


For assessing the adequacy of vital pulp therapy for an inflamed pulp, the use of non-invasive diagnostic tools is necessary to avoid further damage to the teeth. Detection of biomarkers that are indicative of the inflammatory status in pulp can be a promising tool for this purpose. These biomarkers need to be reliably correlated with pulpal inflammation and to be easily detected without pulp exposure. This mini-review article aims to review biomarkers that are present in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) in inflamed pulp conditions. Several studies have reported the availability of various biomarkers including cytokines, proteases, elastase, neuropeptides, and growth factors. Non-invasive pulpal diagnostic methods will be useful as well to determine reversibility, irreversibility, or necrosis of inflamed pulp. These types of molecular diagnoses via analyzing the proteome have revolutionized the medical field, and are one of the most promising empirical methodologies that a clinician can utilize for the proactive identification of pulpal disease.


Background and purpose:Reports showed that berberine not only had an effect of detoxification and in? ammation but also could induce the cell to apoptosis. Berberine may also inhibit the migration and metastasis of tumor. To investigate the effects and mechanism of berberine on migration and metastasis of A549 cells, the proliferation, mobility and adhesion of A549 cells were observed after incubation with berberine. Methods:The proliferation was determined by MTT. Wound healing assay and adhesion test were used to observe the mobility and adhesion rate. The mRNA and protein expressions of MMP2 and MMP9 were assessed by semi-quantitive RT-PCR and gelatin zymography, respectively. Results:Berberine could significantly inhibit the proliferation of A549 within a certain range of treating time and dose (P0.05). The mRNA and protein expression of MMP2 and MMP9 gene were decreased slightly by the treatment of berberine (P0.05), especially at dose of 100 μg/ml. Conclusion:Berberine can inhibit the migration and adhesion abilities of A549 cells, probably by down-regulating the expression and activation of MMP2 and MMP9.


(54) NOVELDERIVATIVES OF TETRAHYDRO-2,3,6,7,1H,5H,11H-(1)BEN ZOPYRANO(6,7,8,IJ)QUINOLIZINONE-11 USABLE AS MARKERS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FOR THE DETECTION OF SAID COMPOUNDS BY CHEMELUMINESCENCE OR FLUORESCIENCE (75. Inventors: Georges Mahuzier; Joseph Chalom, both of Paris; Robert Farinotti, Champigny sur Marne; Michel Tod, Paris, all of France 73) Assignee: Laboratories Eurobio, Paris, France 21 Appl. No.: 613,644 (22) PCT Filed: Jun. 2, 1989 E86). PCT No.: PCT/FR89/00277


A number of large extrachromosomal elements encode prokaryotic type I topoisomerases of unknown functions. Here, we analysed the topoisomerase Topβ encoded by the Gram‐positive broad‐host‐range plasmid pAMβ1. We show that this enzyme possesses the DNA relaxation activity of type I topoisomerases. Interestingly, it is active only on plasmids that use DNA polymerase I to initiate replication, such as pAMβ1, and depends on the activity of this polymerase. This is the first example, to our knowledge, of prokaryotic type I topoisomerase that is specific for a given type of replicon. During pAMβ1 replication in Bacillus subtilis cells, Topβ promotes premature arrest of DNA polymerase I, ≈190 bp downstream of the replication initiation point. We propose that Topβ acts on the early replication intermediates of pAMβ1, which contain D‐loops formed by DNA polymerase I‐mediated strand displacement. The possible role of the resulting DNA Pol I arrest in plasmid replication is discussed.


Sialic acids, which are nine-carbon acidic keto sugar residues, are very often terminally linked to complex oligosaccharide chains in living organisms. Their highly exposed positions allow them to be actively involved in cell-cell and cell-protein recognition processes. Sialidases are enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of natural a linked sialosides of these glycoconjugates with retention of configuration going via a tyrosinyl P-sialoside intermediate. A series of aryl a-D-sialosides were synthesized in order to characterize the wild type M. Viridifaciens enzyme and its mutants Y370G and D92G. The tyrosine residue, the nucleophile, formed the P-linked enzyme-substrate intermediate in the active site while the aspartate residue acted as the general acidhase catalyst. A panel of seven aryl P-D-sialosides, were synthesized and characterized in order to study their hydrolysis mechanisms in aqueous medium. 4-nitrophenyl P-D-N-sialoside was chosen for a comparative mechanistic study with its corresponding a-anomer. It was found that the (3 anomer was more than hundred times more stable than the a-anomer. Detailed kinetic and product studies pointed towards a dissociative mechanism (SN1) for both anomers with solvation of the carboxylate moiety being the driving force in the hydrolysis reaction. Our result disproves the a lactone intermediate proposed for the a anomer by Ashwell et al. The biological significance of these results will be discussed. The aryl P-D-sialosides were screened against the Y370G mutant of M. viridifaciens and it was found that 3-chloropheny! P-D-sialoside was the best inhibitor with a Ki 1.7 pM. iii Finally, the synthesis of a bicyclo[4.l.O]heptyl analogue of glucose-l-phosphate, (lR, 2R, 3 , 4S, 5S, 6S)-5-phosphate-2,3,4-trihydroxy1 -hydroxymethyl)-bicyclo[4.1 .O]heptan-2yl dihydrogen phosphate (4.5) in eleven steps is reported. Methyl a-D-glucopyranoside was used as starting material. Compound 4.5 was tested as a potential substrate of UTP: a-D-glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase, the enzyme that converts a-D-glucose 1phosphate into UDP-glucose. However, compound 4.5 was found to be a weakly binding inhibitor (12% inhibition at a concentration of 0.1 mM). DEDICATION To my parents Vidyotma and Ubhuychand Dookhun who believed in me all the way. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my senior supervisor Dr. Andrew J. Bennet for all his help and guidance during the past 5 years. It has been an honour working for him. A special thank you to members of my supervisory committee Dr. E. Pletter and Dr. S. Holdcroft, my external and internal examiners Dr. M. Tanner and Dr. P. Wilson for their valuable suggestions concerning this thesis. Credit goes to Dr J. N. Watson for providing the enzymes for the kinetic experiments and helping with the enzyme kinetics. I would like to acknowledge Mrs. M. Tracy and Dr A. Tracy for all the NMR work; Dr D. McGillivray from University of Victoria for all the LR and HR MS; Mr P. Ferreira for MS and Mr. M. Yang for elemental analysis. Members of the Bennet lab-past and present and my close friends whose good humour made this journey enjoyable. My heartfelt gratitude to my family (Dookhun and De Camprieu) whose love and support is priceless. TABLE OF CONTENTS APPROVAL ABSTRACT DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF TABLES LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS 1 CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO GLYCOSYLTRANSFER REA CTZONS 1.1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.2.1 Retaining Glycosidases 184.108.40.206 Brcansted Plots 184.108.40.206 Oxacarbenium ion-like transition state 1.2.2 Retaining Glycosidases 188.8.131.52 Brcansted Plots 220.127.116.11 Oxacarbenium ion-like transition state 184.108.40.206 Substrate distortion during catalysis 1.2.3 Retaining PN-a~et~lhexosaminidases 1.2.4 Inverting Glycosidases 1.2.5 Similarities and Differences between aand flGlycosidases i1 i11 v VI VII XI1 XVI XVII 1.3 GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES 1.3.1 Glycosyltransferases: Mechanism 1.3.2 Retaining glycosyltransferases 1.3.3 Inverting Glycosyltransferases 1.3.4 Common Structural Features of Glycosyltransferases 22.214.171.124 D X D D o m a i n 1 .3 .4 .2 A c c e p t o r and D o n o r B i n d i n g S i t e s 188.8.131.52 R e a c t i o n Mechanism 1.3.5 Sialyltransferases 1.4 SIALIC ACIDS: GENERAL BACKGROUND 1.5 BIOLOGICAL ROLES OF SIALIC ACIDS 1.6 SIALIDASE AND INFLUENZA 1.7 INHIBITORS OF THE SIALIDASE 1.8 CHEMICAL 0-SIALYLATION METHODS 1.8.1 2-Halo derivatives 1.8.2 2-Thio Derivatives 1.8.3 2-Phosphite Derivatives 1.8.4 Synthesis of sialosides using neighbouring group participation at C-3 1.9 SYNTHESIS OF CHROMOGENIC ACTIVATED SIALIDASE SUBSTRATES 2 CHAPTER TWO: STUDIES ON THE MECHANISM OF SIALIDASES 2.


The obtainment of natural frequencies of near-wall submarine spanning pipelines is the essential basis of the prediction of vibration response and fatigue life. Nevertheless, published literature has not yet taken into account the pipe–wall impact in free attenuation tests and has not offered a method to identify the impact frequency from natural ones. Therefore, the present work experimentally investigates the free attenuation response of a horizontal flexible pipe positioned adjacent to and parallel to a bottom plane with the consideration of pipe–wall collision, aiming to figure out the influences of wall proximity and wall impact on natural frequencies and to provide a measurement method for attenuation tests of such fluid–flexible-structure–solid interaction issues. The experimental results indicate that setting a horizontal initial displacement is easier than setting a vertical initial displacement to get the vertical natural frequencies of a near-wall flexible pipe. The natural frequency of near-wall flexible pipe is a function of the added mass coefficient, decreasing with the reduction of pipe-to-wall distance. Three main alterations of natural frequencies are introduced in the presence of pipe–wall impact. With the imposition of a horizontal initial displacement, the impact and natural frequencies can be distinguished from the wavelet time-frequency contours because of their participations during different time periods.


This is a study of the demography of Roman Egypt during the first three centuries AD based on surviving census returns on papyri. These records list all household members including lodgers and slaves. The work presents "a complete and accurate catalogue of all demographically relevant information contained in the returns. On the basis of this catalogue the authors use modern demographic methods and models in order to reconstruct the patterns of mortality marriage fertility and migration that are more likely to have prevailed in Roman Egypt. They recreate a more or less typical Mediterranean population as it survived and prospered nearly two millennia ago at the dawn of the Christian era." (EXCERPT)


The general subject of enzymatic transamination has been extensively reviewed by several workers (Braunstein (I) ; Snell (2) ; Meister (3)). Glutamic-aspartic transaminase (L-aspartate : 2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase, EC 18.104.22.168) from pig heart. has been prepared by Jenkins, Yphantis, and Sizer (4) and shown to contain 2 molecules of pyridoxal phosphate per enzyme molecule of molecular weight of about 116,000. Under special conditions the enzyme can be resolved and reconstituted by the addition of pyridoxal phosphate (5-7). In the case of reactivation with pyridoxamine phosphate some workers obtained none, while others found a retarded reactivation (8-10). The addition of dicarboxylic keto acid substrates to the enzyme, which has a maximum absorption at 362 rnp, results in the formation of a complex with a maximum in the region of 430 rnp in which the carboxyl groups are reversibly bound to the enzyme (4, 11). Amino substrates also react with the enzyme as indicated by t.he shift of the maximum absorption peak to 333 rnp (11, 12). This change produced by amino substrates has been interpreted by Jenkins and Sizer (12) and Lis et al. (13) as indicating the formation of a pyridoxamine-P enzyme plus keto acid, and by Evangelopoulos and Sizer (11) as suggesting the formation of a pyridoxal-P enzyme-amino acid complex. The possibility that an enzyme-amino acid complex was an intermediate in the formation of pyridoxamine-P enzyme was suggested previously by Jenkins and Sizer (12). Since there is evidence that both pyridoxamine-P enzyme and a transaminase-amino acid complex absorb at about 330 rnp (11, 14), it is difficult to distinguish between them on the basis of spectral characteristics. In the present paper an attempt is made to obtain further information on the mechanism of transamination by a measurement of the reaction of transaminase with amino substrates to produce enzyme-substrate complex, pyridoxamine-P enzyme, and keto acids. We have also studied the interaction of several vitamin B6 derivatives with apotransaminase in order to correlate spectral changes with restoration of enzymatic activity produced by pyridoxal-P and pyridoxamine-P.


The invention relates to a connecting method of a rotary compressor reservoir and a pump body, which is characterized in that a slot is processed near the suction hole of an air cylinder; a seal ring is pressed in after a pump body and the hot jacket of a motor rotor are cooled; after the pump body is preinstalled in a shell, firstly, the suction hole of the air cylinder on the pump body is fixed; the reservoir is inserted into the suction hole of the air cylinder in the pump body by an inlet pipe on the shell when being installed; and then the inlet pipe and the bent pipe of the reservoir are directly welded. Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages of simple structure, good seal, low cost and the like.


The Cyber Physical System(CPS) is an important concept in achieving SMSs(Smart Manufacturing Systems). Generally, CPS consists of physical and virtual elements. The former involves manufacturing devices in the field space, whereas the latter includes the technologies such as network, data collection and analysis, security, and monitoring and control technologies in the cyber space. Currently, all these elements are being integrated for achieving SMSs in which we can control and analyze various kinds of producing and diagnostic issues in the cyber space without the need for human intervention. In this study, we focus on implementing a production equipment monitoring system related to building a SMS. First, we describe the development of a fog-based gateway system that links physical manufacturing devices with virtual elements. This system also interacts with the cloud server in a multimedia network environment. Second, we explain the proposed network infrastructure to implement a monitoring system operating on a cloud server. Then, we discuss our monitoring applications, and explain the experience of how to apply the ML(Machine Learning) method for predictive diagnostics.


Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) may be defined as the cyclic recurrence in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle of a combination of distressing physical, psychological, and/or behavioral changes of sufficient severity to result in deterioration of interpersonal relationships and/or interference with normal activities. For most women the cyclic upswing in energy and enthusiasm that follows the onset of menstruation each month far outweighs any minor adverse impact that the premenstrual phase may have on physical and emotional well-being. However, it is estimated that approximately 30% of women of reproductive age range experience premenstrual symptomatology that is sufficiently troublesome to provoke a temporary deterioration in interpersonal relationships or on-the-job effectiveness. In 5% of reproductive-aged women symptoms may be severe, and for these individuals and their families the toll in economic and social terms may be substantial. In such cases, PMS has been suggested as a factor contributing to psychiatric admissions for depression or psychosis, suicidal behavior, alcoholism, marital discord, work inefficiency or absenteeism, and antisocial behavior ranging from child battering to murder." Despite the large number of women involved, and the potential far-reaching implications of this disorder, little progress has been made over the past 50 years in unraveling the pathophysiology of PMS or in the development of effective treatment strategies. MANIFESTATIONS OF PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME


The Harper government has shown itself to be fully engaged and willing to take a public leadership position when it comes to the world's response to the Syrian crisis, but Canada has yet to commit to a military intervention. That may well be the most sensible approach. There are many reasons that western countries have resisted a Libyan-style intervention in Syria, though there are compelling arguments on both sides. But with al-Qaida operatives involved in the uprising, uncertainty over how favourable a new regime would be towards the West, and the potential dangers posed by the conflict to Israel, one of Canada's staunchest allies, the Harper government's primary objective must be to ensure that the outcome of the Syrian civil war is compatible with western values. One of Canada's top priorities must be helping to ensure that Syria, after the likely defeat of dictator Bashar Assad, rapidly returns to as much stability as possible, and avoids breaking down further into competing divisions and conflicts. The Harper government must be prepared to lend legitimacy to a new government in Syria, work more systematically with the Arab League to foster security in the region, prepare to be of assistance in a post-Assad reconstruction, and engage with other countries considering imposing a no-fly zone over Syria that might help impede Assad's brutality. There are no simple pathways to securing a peaceful, pro-Western Syria after Assad. But there are things Canada can do, besides military intervention, that can increase the likelihood of it.


The method of Lyapunov is employed to study the singular discrete systems with time delay, the controller of stabilization has been designed to realize the singular discrete system with delay. At last, financial risk factors and uncertainties of parameters were discussed.


Apatite containing-polymer beads have been prepared using two methods. The first series of scaffolds is obtained using an effortless procedure consisting in mixing the mineral phase in the polymer precursors, followed by crosslinking. The resulting materials contained agglomerates of inorganic particles. The second series of materials is generated through a more complex synthesis involving the alternate Ca2+/PO43- soaking of the polymer beads. This leads to formation of nanometric apatite phase homogeneously distributed within and on the surface of the polymer substrates. The resulting materials have been characterized by infrared spectrometry, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy.


As the society evolves it generates transport demand. An estimate of the volume of trips between zones is a necessary step in transportation studies. The classical transportation planning methods are based on simple extrapolation of trends. Mathematical model like Gravity model in which the spatial configuration of destinations are incorporated in the modelling process (Veenastra S. A., T. Thomas & S. I. A. Tutert, 2010). This paper presents a model for trip distribution for Anand agglomeration using Gravity model. This model is also applicable for all the Indian cities which have population range nearby Anand agglomeration population. This model is applied on the real set of data on persons trips generated and persons trips attracted in all zones of Anand agglomeration, which in turn gives satisfactory results which can be applicable in current and future scenarios.


The combination of very high energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) and high energy (MeV to GeV) gamma-ray observations is a powerful method with which to view the universe. Towards this end, the Fermi and VERITAS projects have established a pilot program to support collaborative efforts to observe Fermi sources which will be awarded on a competitive basis. The programs that will be supported are those that are enhanced by the combination of Fermi observations with VHE observations made by VERITAS. The philosophy of the approach, in keeping with the missions of both Fermi and VERITAS, will be that of maximum scientific return for the entire scientific community.


The whole science of medicine stands on the pillar of disease and patient. Understanding disease is as important as having good acquaintance with patient. Ayurveda the ancient treatise of medical science gives the method for quantification of disease and patient to assist easy diagnosis and proper management. Acharya Agnivesha in Charaka Samhita describes the parameters for the quantification of diseases, and patients. The parameters used for the quantification of diseases are prognosis, intensity, location, nature of causative factors and site of origin. Prakriti is used as the parameter for stratifying and clustering the various types of patients in three major groups namely Vatika, Patikka and Kaphaja. In the contemporary medical system diseases are classified for collection of statistical data to assess morbidity and mortality of disease and to estimate its epidemiological prevalence. An astonishing similarity exists between concept of ancient and contemporary classification of diseases. The paper will explore the existing similarity between the two systems and suggest the benefit of incorporating classification of patients on the basis of their psychosomatic constitution (Prakriti) in the contemporary system to enhance the therapeutic utility of the system.


The community service that will be carried out in this research is entitled "The Use of Information Technology-Based Learning Media to Support Active Learning Activities in Junior High School (SMP) Negeri 2 Pantai Labu", with the aim of helping teachers in a more interesting, interactive and learning process. fun. In this service activity, teachers will be equipped with the ability to make teaching materials based on information technology. Not only that, teachers will also be equipped with teaching aids that will support active learning activities in schools that can be used for learning mathematics and science. This activity is expected to increase interest in learning and the achievement of teachers and students at SMP Negeri 2 Pantai Labu.


A color filter substrate and an LCD panel comprising the same are provided to minimize the variation of common voltage and the variation of storage capacitor voltage, by forming a conductive column spacer on the color filter substrate and electrically connecting a common electrode and a storage electrode using the conductive column spacer. A black matrix(120) is formed on an insulating substrate(110), wherein the black matrix shields light. A plurality of color filters(130) are formed on the substrate and the black matrix. A planarization layer(140) is formed on the color filters. A column spacer(150) is formed on the planarization layer to maintain a cell gap. A common electrode(160) is formed on the planarization layer and the column spacer. The column spacer is disposed in a display area of the substrate.


A 69-year-old man presented with a 7-month history of progressively unsteady gait and imbalance, causing difficulty walking. This was associated with mild leg weakness and short-term memory disturbance. Formal neurological examination was unremarkable. CT scans and MRIs showed a 36 ¥ 35 mm lobulated mass within the left lateral ventricle lying above the trigonal region and causing encystment of the temporal and occipital horns with associated periventricular edema in the posterior frontal and parietal regions. Administration of gadolinium contrast showed homogeneous enhancement of the tumor (Fig. 1). There was also displacement of the splenium of the corpus callosum and slight rotation of the brainstem in the region of the tectal plate. CT angiogram revealed the tumor blood supply was from the anterior choroidal artery. At operation the tumor was located in the trigonal region with no obvious attachment to the ventricular walls; however, there were focal adhesions to the choroid plexus. The tumor was completely removed macroscopically with the aid of an ultrasonic suction aspirator. Postoperative recovery was uneventful and the patient remains well 10 months following surgery. His gait and balance have improved and he has no visual or speech deficit on formal testing.