The invention relates to a device (40) and a method for navigating a vehicle along a route (25) from a starting position or a current position (02) to a target position (03). For this purpose, calculates a route calculating means (42) of the navigation device (40) a route profile (04, 10, 12), which is composed as a sequence of several contiguous, on a digital map (01) memory means (52) stored routes, as a first route ( 04), and further calculates at least an alternative route (10, 12) by coating of at least one distance of the first route (04) with a punitive, in particular an increased average driving time, distance or the like. The method comprises at least the steps of: S1: input at least one target position (03); S2: calculating a first route (04); S3: punitive occupancy at least a distance of the first route (04); S4: calculating at least one further route (10, 12); S7: Display of the routes and selecting a route (25); S8: navigation guidance along the selected route.


By using Italian provincial level data, this paper aims to examine the effects of environmental regulation on international trade flows. The empirical analysis has been organized into two steps. Firstly, we have classified the manufacturing sectors in "clean" and "dirty" according to their air emissions. Secondly we have identified the kind of productive specialization in these sectors of each province. The econometric analysis - executed by using data panel technique - has highlighted that a stricter environmental regulation determines a loss of competitiveness in the production of the pollution intensive goods and, as consequence, an increase of imports from foreign countries. In this way we support the evidence of "pollution haven hypothesis" at decentralized level.


28 ABSTRACT In this paper we present a proposed work of projector interface device using ARM. Embedded system substitutes for the personal computer system, the latter usually plays role of player for projector nowadays. The projector interface device solves the problem of cable complex layout of projector . Though Now a days USB projectors are available but we will implement projector interface device which can support every kind of projectors so that mostly PC dependent projectors become laptop or personal computer independent. Our projector Interface device will support SD Card, USB interface. It has advantages of no PC, low cost, low power consumption, and high convenient. This paper gives the hardware and software architecture of the projector interface device, and discusses the design in detail. At last, we show a prototype and the validity of the proposed system.


A kinetic study of the silver(I)-catalyzed oxidation of tris(1,10-phenanthroline)iron(II) with peroxodiphosphate was carried out by estimating tris-complex at 510 nm. The reaction is found to conform to the rate law (i).

with K2 and K3 being the acid dissociation constants of H3P2O8− and H2P2O82−, respectively. The silver(I) catalysis in the reaction has been explained on the basis of complex formation between pdp and silver(I).


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PEPPSI complexes incorporating chiral N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands based on 2,2-dimethyl-1-(o-substituted aryl)propan-1-amines were synthesized. Two complexes, with one saturated and one unsaturated NHC ligand, were structurally characterized. The chiral PEPPSI complexes were used in asymmetric Suzuki–Miyaura reactions, giving atropisomeric biaryl products in modest to good enantiomeric ratios.


To the Editor: Brucellosis is a zoonotic infection transmitted from animals to humans by ingestion of infected food products, direct cont tact with an infected animal, or int halation of aerosols.1 The disease remains endemic in many countries, mainly in the Mediterranean basin, the Middle East, India, Mexico, Central and South America and, currently, central and southwest Asia. Soft tissue involvement is an uncommon occurrence of the dist ease. Breast involvement in animals is common, whereas in humans it is an extremely rare manifestation.2t5 We report a case of bilateral brucelt lar breast abscess, which was succest fully treated through abscess draint age and antibiotic therapy. A 48tyeartold woman was adt mitted to our department with pain, swelling, erythema, and an odorless nipple discharge in both breasts for 10 days. She was involved in stockt breeding on a farm and was suspectt ed of having a history of consumpt tion of unpasteurized cheese. She had also been suffering from night sweats for the previous 2 years. Physical examination revealed a 5×3 cm, indurated, erythematous, and painful mass in the upper left quadrant of the breast on the left side and 3×3 cm periareolar paint ful mass in the right breast. Bilateral abscess formation with cystic and solid components were detected through ultrasonographic examinat tion of both breasts. Needle punct ture of the lesions revealed an obt vious purulent material. Bilateral surgical drainage was performed. Oral antibiotic therapy with cefut roxime axetil was began immedit ately due to a suspected pyogenic abscess. Despite daily wound dresst ing changes of the abscess cavities and scheduled antibiotic therapy, the patient did not improve. Approximately 2 weeks after primary abscess drainage, bactet rial culture of the purulent material revealed Brucella species. Following the positive culture for Brucella, the Wright and RosetBengal tests were also found to be positive, which confirmed the diagnosis of human brucellosis and bilateral brucellar breast abscess. After replacing the ongoing antibiotic therapy with combined regimen of oral doxycyt cline (200 mg/day) and rifampin (600 mg/day), dramatic regression of both of the abscesses and rapid improvement in clinical symptoms were observed, which also cont firmed the diagnosis of human brut cellosis. The 6 month followtup was uneventful. Brucellar infection of the human breast is extremely rare. Clinical symptoms of brucellosis are nont spesifics and include fever, malt aise, sweats, arthralgias, lower back pain, and headache. Based on the series of Andriopoulos et al, the prevalence of human brucellosis as a breast abscess is only 0.7%.6 Our case presented with bilateral breast abscesses first though to be pyogenic. Unfortunately, bilateral surgical abscess drainage followed by broadtspectrum oral antibiotic therapy did not heal the abscesses. The delay in the definitive diagnosis of the causative agent of the breast abscess was the most likely reason for failure of treatment. The clinit cal management of brucellosis is of particular concern because of high initial treatment failure and relapse rates.7 Two weeks after initial treatt ment we were able to replace our initial treatment regimen with apt propriate combined antibiotic thert apy based on the definitive isolation and positive culture for Brucella spet cies as the causative agent in our pat tient. Although the breast abscess is a very rare complication of systemic brucellosis, the physician should be aware of this unusual manifestat tion of human brucellosis. We cont cluded that repeated cultures from purulent material in an unhealing breast abscess, despite the broadt spectrum antibiotic therapy and surgical drainage, may eventually show underlying systemic brucelt losis, especially in endemic areas of the world.


The hydrodynamics of packed fluidized beds is investigated by employing open ended mesh cylinders and nonmetallic fluidized solids. The experiments were conducted for a fairly wide range of air flow rates, the size of fixed packing and fluidized solids. Considerable effects of the parameters were found on pressure drop, velocity of minimum fluidization, interstitial and beds porosities, whereas mesh number of fixed packing has no significant effect on hydrodynamics of packed-fluidized beds. Prior to the onset of fluidization, the experimental pressure drop across the packed-fluidized beds is correlated by Carman equation. Beyond the point of minimum fluidization, the experimental pressure drop is compared with pressure drop calculated by an equation normally used for conventional fluidized beds.


Pyroptosis is associated with various cardiovascular diseases. Increasing evidence suggests that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been implicated in gene regulation, but how lncRNAs participate in the regulation of pyroptosis in the heart remains largely unknown. In this study, we aimed to explore the antipyroptotic effects of lncRNA FGF9‐associated factor (FAF) in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The expression patterns of lncRNA FAF, miR‐185‐5p and P21 activated kinase 2 (PAK2) were detected in hypoxia/ischaemia‐induced cardiomyocytes. Hoechst 33342/PI staining, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release assay, immunofluorescence and Western blotting were conducted to assay cell pyroptosis. The interaction between lncRNA FAF, miR‐185‐5p and PAK2 was verified by bioinformatics analysis, small RNA sequencing luciferase reporter assay and qRT‐PCR. The expression of LncRNA FAF was downregulated in hypoxic cardiomyocytes and myocardial tissues. Overexpression of lncRNA FAF could attenuate cardiomyocyte pyroptosis, improve cell viability and reduce infarct size during the procession of AMI. Moreover, lncRNA FAF was confirmed as a sponge of miR‐185‐5p and promoted PAK2 expression in cardiomyocytes. Collectively, our findings reveal a novel lncRNA FAF/miR‐185‐5p/PAK2 axis as a crucial regulator in cardiomyocyte pyroptosis, which might be a potential therapeutic target of AMI.


This paper explores one possible approach to caring, in a community setting, for people with mental handicaps who exhibit challenging behaviour. The advantages and disadvantages of a special unit and the flying squad approach are addressed. One model of care which attempts to use both approaches is discussed, with the emphasis on individual case management.

The model suggested is underpinned by the philosophy of normalisation which seeks to enable service users to participate in community activities as fully as possible. One method of preventing unnecessary admission to a special unit is explored, and the use of a checklist and flowcharts suggests alternative methods of managing individual service users.


An experiment was conducted to examine the change in the relation between programming and "on-line" correction as a developmental explanation of children's arm movement performance. Each of 54 children in three age groups (5. 8, and 10 yr.) completed two types of rapid aiming arm movements in the longitudinal plane on the surface of a digitizer. Percent primary submovements and timing variability were dependent variables. Analysis suggested that the 5-yr.-olds used "on-line" monitoring during the arm movement and did not perform the movement sequence as a functional unit. Compared with 8- and 10-yr.-olds, the 5-yr.-olds planned a smaller portion of movements, executed the arm movements with more variability in time to peak velocity. The 8- and 10-yr.-olds appeared to plan their movements and execute the sequence as a unit. The developmental implications were discussed.


Incorporating morphological data into modern phylogenies allows integration of fossil evidence, facilitating divergence dating and macroevolutionary inferences. Improvements in the phylogenetic utility of morphological data have been sought via Procrustes-based geometric morphometrics (GMM), but with mixed success and little clarity over what anatomical areas are most suitable. Here, we assess GMM-based phylogenetic reconstructions in a heavily sampled source of discrete characters for mammalian phylogenetics—the basicranium—in 57 species of marsupial mammals, compared with the remainder of the cranium. We show less phylogenetic signal in the basicranium compared with a 'Rest of Cranium' partition, using diverse metrics of phylogenetic signal (Kmult, phylogenetically aligned principal components analysis, comparisons of UPGMA/neighbour-joining/parsimony trees and cophenetic distances to a reference phylogeny) for scaled, Procrustes-aligned landmarks and allometry-corrected residuals. Surprisingly, a similar pattern emerged from parsimony-based analyses of discrete cranial characters. The consistent results across methods suggest that easily computed metrics such as Kmult can provide good guidance on phylogenetic information in a landmarking configuration. In addition, GMM data may be less informative for intricate but conservative anatomical regions such as the basicranium, while better—but not necessarily novel—phylogenetic information can be expected for broadly characterized shapes such as entire bones. This article is part of the theme issue 'The mammalian skull: development, structure and function'.


The invention relates to a high-accurate angle measuring device, in particular to an absolute intersection angle measuring device with large scale and high accuracy. The absolute intersection angle measuring device with large range and high accuracy is provided with a main gear connected with a rotation body as well as a first follow-up gear and a second follow-up gear engaged with the main gear; magnets for generating a magnetic field are embedded in the first follow-up gear and the second follow-up gear, and giant magnetoresistance chips for probing the change of a direction of the magnetic field are arranged on the first follow-up gear and the second follow-up gear. The device has the advantages of simple structure, convenient and rapid measurement, and strong error correction capacity through combining a related error correction algorithm.


Within the framework of this article, a comparative analysis of existing approaches to the implementation of technical regulation of artificial intelligence in the public law of Russia and foreign countries is carried out. As part of the comparative analysis, the basic problems in the field of proper technical and public regulation of artificial intelligence in the world practice are identified, the practice of technical regulation in Russia is considered separately, and possible compensatory legal measures are proposed to ensure transparent and proper practice of technical regulation of artificial intelligence in the field of public administration in Russia. The subject of the study is the legal relations of public authorities in the field of technical regulation in relation to artificial intelligence. The object of the study is the regulatory documents, recommendations and other documents regulating the implementation of the autonomy of artificial intelligence for the purposes of public legal relations in Russia and foreign countries, academic publications and analytical reports on the issues under study. The research methodology integrates a complex of modern philosophical, general scientific, special scientific methods of cognition, including dialectical, systemic, structural-functional, hermeneutical, comparative legal, formal legal (dogmatic), etc. Within the framework of this study, special emphasis is placed on the implementation of a comparative legal study of the problems of ensuring the proper quality of technical regulation of artificial intelligence through the prism of the actions of standardization bodies and other public authorities. The considered typical situations, the current practice of technical regulation of artificial intelligence, as well as the methods proposed by the author can be reflected in the legislative and law enforcement practice of relevant authorities responsible both for technical regulation and for ensuring the integration of this technology into the sphere of public legal relations.


Two chemical sorption models, a two-site equilibrium-kinetic sorption model (E-K) and an instantaneous equilibrium sorption model (I-E), were used to describe pesticide leaching and runoff. Concentrations of bromide, atrazine, and fenamiphos in leachate and runoff water from 1.0 m X 0.5 m X 0.1-m boxes of packed air-dry Tifton loamy sand (fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Plinthic Kandiudults) were compared with simulated concentrations predicted by the Root Zone Water Quality Model (RZWQM). Atrazine and bromide (as KBr) were applied to the soil surface and fenamiphos was incorporated into the top 7 cm.Water (100 mm in 2 h) was applied using sprinkler rainfall simulator 24 h later. The E-K model and the I-E model, which are the two submodels for chemical sorption in RZWQM, were used for pesticide sorption simulations, and a nonuniform mixing model was used for pesticide runoff simulations. Model parameter values were obtained by measurements, from the literature, and by calibration with measured atrazine and fenamiphos breakthrough curves (BTCs) and a runoff chemograph from an independent experiment. Results showed that the E-K model simulated atrazine and fenamiphos leaching and atrazine runoff better than the I-E model. The I-E sorption model underestimated pesticide leaching and overestimated atrazine runoff. Compared with previous studies showing that the E-K model simulated pesticide sorption and leaching better than the I-E sorption model with initially saturated soils and under steady state water flow conditions, this study showed that the E-K model also worked better than the I-E sorption model for initially air-dry soil and under fast and transient water flow conditions for leaching as well as runoff of a pesticide.


The physical capability and dyeing performance of new-style VILOFT fiber and its producing process are discussed. VILOFT fiber is hygroscopic and soft, the clothes made of it look showily and elegant. Using the performance of the PET fiber,cashmere fiber,Tencel fiber and bamboo fiber in garments, learning from other's strong points to offset one's weakness and consolidating the strongpoint of the fibers, we designed and produced a series of fabrics of VILOFT blending.The clothes made of them have gallant quality, excellent dropping and feel lightly in dressing, and they can give person the feeling of a kind of regression nature.


(1) The extrusion of the genital products of echinoids is due to the contraction of muscle fibres in the gonad walls, more abundant in the ovary than in the testis. The contraction of these muscles can be artificially stimulated.


In 2008 NIST started a competition to find the new secure hash algorithm standard. Many algorithms have been proposed and at the time of writing five finalists remain. In 2012 SHA-3 will be chosen by NIST. For benchmarking purposes, candidates have been implemented and performances of hardware as well as software have been measured. These benchmarks have been compared, as well as the security of the candidates. Yet no general comparisons have been made, examining more than one criterium such as hardware and software performance. Other criteria are the security of the candidates and the ease of implementation of the candidates in the languages C and Java. Based on these criteria it can be deduced which candidates have the best chance of becoming the new SHA. This paper researches the before mentioned criteria and based on that criteria, concludes which two candidate have the best chance of becoming the new standard.


Consciousness is projected as property of a particle termed - "The Conscious Spiritual-Energy Quanta (CSE Quanta)". This paper assumes a correspondence between the physical laws and meta-physical laws. Meta-Wave functions of CSE Quanta, meditative state, rapture, avtar, and creation and annhilation operators for CSE Quanta are proposed. Concept of Meta-Bose-Einstein condensation during meditation is presented. Fractal sub-structure of CSE Quanta and mechanism for storage of an infinite amount of information in it is proposed. This paper is part of a paper presented at, "Conference on Science of Consciousness, Tuscon, Arizona, USA, April 2016". The original paper is entitled - "REVEALING THE REAL SCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS THROUGH A NOVEL DIVINE SACRED GEOMETRICAL STRUCTURE OF CONSCIOUS QUANTA".


In the econometric area and industrial quality improvement experiments,there is a great need to model the mean and dispersion simultaneously.In the process of data collection,we often encounter the problem of missing data.Based on the above two points,we investigate the estimation of mean parameters and dispersion parameters of double generalized linear models with missing data.Using interpolation methods of closest distance and inverse distance weighted,we estimated the unknown parameters using maximum extended quasilikelihood estimation and maximum pseudo-likelihood estimation.Simulation studies and a real example show that this model and methods are useful and effective.


This paper describes progress in the ongoing development of a radar for rotorcraft that utilizes new CMOS ICs that were development for automotive applications. The radar design is discussed, including a lens-based focal plane array that is fed by patch antenna subarray elements. Measured detection pattern data indicates sensitivity sufficient to detect a 1 m2 RCS object at 200 m with a 13dB SNR. Detection pattern data vs. azimuth angle are presented, which indicate a 2.1 deg 3dB beamwidth. Sidelobes are reduced to 30dB below the beam peaks using digital beamforming techniques.


The paper investigates 672 college students' Psychological Capital in Beijing using self-edited questionnaire.The results are shown as follows:(1)The college students' Psychological Capital is good in the actual status,The total score and its dimensions are much higher than the average level;(2)There are significant differences among different grades on college students' Psychological Capital score,i.e.,seniors students get the lowest scores compared to freshmen and graduate students;(3)According to the dimensions,boys get higher scores than girls in self-efficiency,lower scores in gratitude;Students who learn liberal arts get lower scores in self-efficiency and resilience than those who learn science and engineering courses;(4)There are no significant differences on the aspects of gender,family,singleton or not and socioeconomic status in total scores.


In a company or agency, promotion is something that every employee wants to achieve. Especially in one company, PT. Matahari Arengka Central Department Store (SKA), which measures employee performance in the form of rewards. In addition to awarding rewards, the company also provides opportunities for employees to obtain promotions. In the promotion process, there are several criteria set by the company, namely sales targets, cashier sales, leadership, quality, SPV assessment, loss of goods, caring, and customer service. The value format will be filled manually by the Supervisors and will be given back to the Team Personal Award (PA). The value to be calculated is the median value of each criterion, then reprocessed to get the final value. This assessment is considered to be less efficient and less optimal. Therefore, to help optimize it, the author applies the Technique For Order Preference Method By Similarity To Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) into a system that can facilitate the Team Personal Award (PA) and Supervisor in determining promotion. Assessment is carried out by inputting criteria into the system that was built, then the system will immediately provide results in the form of ranking classes consisting of: promotion, consideration, delay, and not recommended. Based on the conclusions of the implementation of the system, this system is considered to have a good performance where it is obtained from the results of the percentage of questionnaires with the largest average percentage of 59% and a very good assessment of performance obtained at 36%. Then it can be concluded that this system is feasible to implement.


Surfactant vesicles can be made substantially stabler by polymerizing them. That's the message coming from a number of laboratories that are using vesicles to study areas as different as artificial photosynthesis, drug encapsulation, and the physical properties of membranes. Vesicles are spherical bubbles made from two layers of surfactant molecules organized with their lipid tails pointing inward. They form rather easily in nature and are interesting to chemists because they represent a simplified chemical model for a biological membrane. They have one major drawback, however, in that they are not very stable. Under the best conditions they break down in a few hours; in the presence of certain solvents, such as ethanol, their breakdown is essentially instantaneous. Now researchers are finding that vesicles can be stabilized by polymerization. One of the first groups to demonstrate this was Steven L. Regen and coworkers at Marquette University, Milwaukee. They reported last year that ammonium ...


. We consider the inverse random potential scattering problem for the two- and three-dimensional biharmonic wave equation in lossy media. The potential is assumed to be a microlocally isotropic Gaussian rough field. The main contributions of the work are twofold. First, the unique continuation principle is proved for the fourth order biharmonic wave equation with rough potentials and the well-posedness of the direct scattering problem is established in the distribution sense. Second, the correlation strength of the random potential is shown to be uniquely determined by the high frequency limit of the second moment of the scattered field averaged over the frequency band. Moreover, we demonstrate that the expectation in the data can be removed and the data of a single realization is sufficient for the uniqueness of the inverse problem with probability one when the medium is lossless.


Intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)‐5 (telencephalin) is unique among the ICAMs, because it is only expressed in somatodendritic membranes of telencephalic neurons. To investigate the fate of ICAM‐5 during focal brain injury, we induced hypoxia‐ischemia (HI) damage in adult mice by right common carotid artery ligation followed by hypoxia. ICAM‐5 was detectable in serum within a 48‐hour window after HI injury. In HI brain, dendritic ICAM‐5 immunoreactivity was abolished, but it was present in the neuropil and soma of hippocampal pyramidal, dentate granule, and some cortical and striatal neurons. After HI injury, levels of ICAM‐5 protein and messenger RNA initially increased, and ICAM‐5 messenger RNA expression then decreased, although protein levels continued to increase. Because HI injury induces microglial activation with increases in CD11a/CD18 (lymphocyte function antigen [LFA]‐1) counterreceptors to ICAM‐5, we investigated whether modulation of interactions between LFA‐1 receptors and brain ICAM‐5 during HI injury are associated with changes in levels of serum ICAM‐5. Intracerebroventricular administration of lipopolysaccharide to activate microglia before HI injury resulted in elevated serum ICAM‐5 levels compared with those in mice with only HI injury. Pretreatment with anti‐LFA‐1 antibodies before HI injury or LFA‐1 receptor knockout mice with HI injury had markedly reduced levels of serum ICAM‐5. Lipopolysaccharide levels increased, whereas LFA‐1 receptor blockade or LFA‐1 knockout decreased HI injury in the first 12 hours. These data suggest that during the necrotic phase of HI injury, serum ICAM‐5 may be a potential marker for somatodendritic neuronal damage. Ann Neurol 2000;48:590–602


The protection of university students' labor rights and interests is a very important but ignorable social problem.In the current situation,this problem is not optimistic.In this paper,the author mainly discusses how to protect the rights of university students during their internships and part-time jobs and puts forward the causes and corresponding countermeasures of this issue.


Photodamage or photoaging refers to the skin changes that are induced by cumulative exposure to UV radiation and are superimposed on the signs of chronologic aging. Histologically, photoaged skin is characterized by keratinocyte atypia, a loss of polarity (orderly maturation of skin layers), degeneration of collagen, and deposition of abnormal elastotic material. These changes can be attributed to the effects of chronic exposure to UVA, including reduction in the amount of type I collagen in the skin, induction of a low-grade inflammatory response and the enzymes responsible for matrix degradation, and impairment of barrier function. The 2 main categories of treatment for photodamage include topical agents and resurfacing procedures. The latter includes chemical peels, dermabrasion, and laser resurfacing, all of which can produce rapid results but are also associated with patient downtime, risk for complications, and significant cost. Topical therapies are simple to use but require good adherence to treatment for some months before measurable improvement is seen. Of all topical therapies available to date, the retinoids, and in particular tretinoin at concentrations of 0.02% or higher, can be prescribed with the most confidence, as the clinical evidence underpinning their use far outweighs that available for other compounds such as antioxidants and a-hydroxy acids. Retinoid therapy has consistently been shown to attenuate and reverse the signs of photodamage, including coarse wrinkling, in controlled trials. The mechanisms of action of retinoids in the attenuation of photodamage include inhibition of the UV-induced upregulation of matrix metalloproteinases, increased production of type I collagen, increased epidermal proliferation and epidermal thickening, compaction of the stratum corneum, and the deposition of glycosaminoglycans. Case RepoRt


Digital technology has created a new playing field for illicit financial transactions. Governments and industry will have to be as fast-moving and adaptable as the criminals and terrorists to meet the threat.


Objective:To evaluate the effectiveness of nano-hydroxyapatite/collagen(nHAC)in repairing defect osteonecrosis of the femoral head(ONFA) by radiographic observation.Method:Aniaml models of ONFH defect were established.They were divided into 3 groups,group A did not infill anything as control,B was nHAC group,C was nHAC+mesen chymal stencell MSC group.Roentgen X-ray and computerized tomography were used for investigation after operation at 4 th,8 th,12 th weeks respectively.Result:Group B and C were different with control group.The difference between A and C group was more significant.Conclusion:nHAC has a strong activity of osteoconduction,MSC can enhance the repairing of the ONFH bone defect.nHAC is a good and valuable material in the treatment of ONFH.


The invasive species Solidago canadensis and S. gigantea are known for having
 the potential to inhibit their neighbours through allelopathy. However,
 there are no data on allelopathic properties of the natural interspecific
 hybrid S. ?niederederi and no investigations comparing the allelopathic
 potential of native and invasive Solidago species. We therefore studied the
 allelopathic effect of aqueous leaf extracts of S. virgaurea, S. canadensis,
 S. gigantea and S. ?niederederi on two congeneric pairs of species (Festuca
 and Solidago) occurring naturally in communities with the tested Solidago
 species. Germination and seedling growth of Festuca rubra were inhibited by
 all Solidago extracts more than were those characteristics of F. pratensis,
 while S. canadensis was more sensitive to its own and congeneric extracts
 than was S. ?niederederi. The effect of leaf type (green or withered) on
 Festuca seedling growth was target species-specific, while seed germination
 was more suppressed by green leaf extracts. The results of this study do not
 support the hypothesis that invasive plant species have stronger persistent
 allelopathic effects on native plants compared to their native congeners.


Measurements of the upper critical magnetic field {ital H}{sub {ital c}2} of single-crystal URu{sub 2}Si{sub 2} are reported for fields {ital H}{le}8 T and temperatures {ital T}{ge}0.5 K. {ital H}{sub {ital c}2} is strongly anisotropic and exhibits pronounced positive curvature for {bold H}{parallel}{bold a} in the tetragonal basal plane. These features can be explained using a theoretical model that assumes a multicomponent superconducting order parameter that is strongly coupled to the antiferromagnetic moment.


Due to the complexity of wind speed, it has been reported that mixed-noise models, constituted by multiple noise distributions, perform better than single-noise models. However, most existing regression models suppose that the noise distribution is single. Therefore, we study the Least square SVR of the Gaussian–Laplacian mixed homoscedastic (GLM−LSSVR) and heteroscedastic noise (GLMH−LSSVR) for complicated or unknown noise distributions. The ALM technique is used to solve model GLM−LSSVR. GLM−LSSVR is used to predict short-term wind speed with historical data. The prediction results indicate that the presented model is superior to the single-noise model, and has fine performance.


In recent decades most countries have implemented significant reforms to foster financial liberalization. This article examines to what extent these reforms have benefited advanced economies and emerging market economies. We focus on four groups of countries: the G-7, other European countries, Latin America and East Asia over the period 1973–2006. We find evidence supporting the hypothesis that the different forms of financial liberalization affected growth differently in the four groups of countries. The main finding is that the benefits of financial liberalization are more important for advanced economies. In contrast, financial liberalization in emerging market economies has a weak positive impact on growth when its scope is limited, whereas full liberalization has been associated with slower economic growth.


The invention discloses a method for detecting and monitoring cracks of mechanical parts by utilizing fluorescent quantum dots, and relates to material detection and analysis by utilizing optical methods. The method comprises the following steps: preparing solidifiable quantum dot film forming resin; solidifying at a part to be detected to form a fluorescent quantum dot resin coated film; carrying out a tensile test on a metal CT (Compact Tensile) specimen coated with quantum dot resin coated film to obtain fluorescence spectrum sample data; irradiating the fluorescent quantum dot resin coated film at the part to be detected by using an excitation light source, monitoring whether fatigue cracks occur at the part to be detected or not, and collecting and storing fluorescence spectrum historical data; if the fatigue cracks occur at the part to be detected, determining the width of cracks, and sending safety pre-warning. By detecting the quantum dot resin coated film solidified on a monitored mechanical part, the method disclosed by the invention has the advantages that tiny fatigue cracks on the mechanical part in an early stage can be discovered, the detection precision is high, the cost is low, influence caused by the appearance of a detected component can be avoided, dangerous parts of important mechanical parts can be subjected to real-time safety monitoring, and the application range is wide.


A hybrid drive, in particular for vehicles has a variable-ratio gear unit with a branch which can be driven by a primary motor. The gear unit is also connected in a rotationally rigid manner to a rotatable part of a first electric machine. A branch of the gear unit is connected in a rotationally rigid manner to a rotatable rotor of a second electric machine. Another branch connected in a rotationally rigid manner to an output shaft and to which the likewise rotatably arranged other machine component of the first electric machine is connected in a rotationally rigid manner. The rotor of the second machine can be fixed or released for rotation by a brake.


The work this period concentrated on packaging RTV silicone fluids in a commercial purchased package-bag. The samples will be stored for a period of six months at ambient temperature. Because of the rigid film of the Bipax Bag, it is doubtful that this method of packaging silicones will develop into an acceptable process. To enhance this process, a more pliable bag should be incorporated into the packaging system.


This study is focus on GCA correlation of main yield characters and the coefficient of correlation between yield characters and its GCA in maize.The results showed that yields per plant's GCA was highly significantly positively correlated with ear length's GCA,ear diameter's GCA,Kernels per row's GCA,cod diameter's GCA,100-kernels weight's GCA respectively,and was not significantly correlated with rows per ear's GCA.The results of path analysis showed that the yields per plant's GCA was mainly dominated by ear length's GCA,ear diameter's GCA,kernels per row's GCA,100-kernels weight's GCA.And yield characters were not significantly correlated with its GCA,so it must identify via test-crossing but not select agronomic characters to enhance GCA.


Chondrocyte ferroptosis contributes to osteoarthritis (OA) progression, and D‐mannose shows therapeutic value in many inflammatory conditions. Here, we investigated whether D‐mannose interferes in chondrocyte ferroptotic cell death during osteoarthritic cartilage degeneration.


1 The technique of transcranial magnetic brain stimulation (TMS) has investigational, indicative, and beneficial potential. Anninos and Tsagas[1] created and designed a pico Tesla-TMS electronic tool that is a modified helmet including up to 122 coils so as to cover up the right and left temporal, right and left parietal, frontal, vertex, and occipital regions of each patient. It generates pT-TMS range modulations of magnetic flux in the patient's alpha rhythm (8–13 Hz) and creates a square wave so as to look like the firing activity of the brain neurons.


A series of ferrocenyl substituted azines ( 1-Fc/Ar, where Ar = 4-NO2C6H4, 4-CNC6H4, 4-OCH3C6H4, C5H4N, ferrocene, anthracene, and pyrene) were investigated by electrochemical and photochemical techniques. All the 1-Fc/Ar exhibited oxidation waves within 60 mV of each other, consistent with the expected oxidation of the ferrocene moiety. The reduction properties of 1-Fc/Ar is governed by the nature of the Ar substituent. The standard reduction potentials suggest that ferrocene has comparable electron donating abilities as a 4-methoxyphenyl and 4-dimethyl - aminophenyl group. The anthracenyl azines exhibit one-electron reversible reduction followed by dimerization of the radical anion resulting in dimerization rate constants ( kd) between 5.1 ◊ 10 4 and 1.5 ◊ 10 5 M -1 s -1 . 1-Fc/Anth and re- lated azines undergo photochemical E/Z isomerization of the C=N bonds to produce E/Z and Z/Z isomers from the thermodynamically most stable E/E form. Fluorescence at 77 K, was observed for these compounds only after long- wavelength irradiation to produce a mixture of E/E, E/Z, and Z/Z isomers. Fluorescence quantum yields of 0.042, 0.090, and 0.176 were determined for 2-Anth/H, 2-Anth/Anth, and 1-Fc/Anth, respectively. The electrochemical, photochemical, and X-ray data suggest that the azine unit is a conjugation "limiter" and may be a general characteristic of azine molecules.


R ecently, the Mayo Clinic proposed criteria for the clin-ical diagnosis of the syndrome of left ventricular transient apical ballooning. This syndrome consists of the acute onset of transient, extensive akinesia of the apical and middle portions of the left ventricle without significant stenosis evident on the coronary angiogram, accompanied by chest symptoms, ECG changes, and limited release of cardiac markers disproportionate to the extent of akinesia. We report a case of a 65-year-old woman with chest pain, new ECG abnormalities (Figure 1), elevations of cardiac biomarker levels, and the absence of obstructive epicardial coronary disease with transient wall-motion abnormalities involving the middle portions of the left ventricle but not involving the left ventricular apex. In this case, the apex and basal segments were hypercontracting (Figure 2 and Movie I in the online Data Supplement). Two months later, a transthoracic echo-cardiographic examination showed recovery of midventricu-lar wall motion (Movie II through Movie V). variant of reversible, severe left ventricular wall-motion abnormalities involving the basal segment with hypercontraction of the apex, but no other occurrence was found in the literature of an atypical presentation of this syndrome. This case shows that this syndrome does not correspond to any well-known pathophys-iological mechanism and therefore, the name of this syndrome may need to be reevaluated in the future.


The influence of erbium on physical and optical properties of calcium sulfate ultra-phosphate glass was investigated using conventional melt quench process. Selected samples of composition 20CaSO4 (80 – x) P2O5– xEr2O3 with 0.1 ≤x ≤ 0.9 mol.% were prepared and assessed. X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques were used to confirm the amorphous nature of the said samples. The structural units of phosphate-based glass were assessed from Raman spectra as ultra-(Q3), meta-(Q2), pyro-(Q1) and orthophosphate (Q0) units. Depolymerization process of the glasses was testified for higher calcium oxide content and UV-visible for optical measurement. Thermal analysis have been investigated by means of thermogravimetric analysis. The results show the decomposition of materials in the temperature range of 25∘C–1000∘C. Er3+ absorption spectra were measured in the range of 400–1800nm. PL measurement was carried out in order to obtain the excitation and emission spectra of the samples. The emission spectra excited at 779nm com...


The tone of the smooth prostate muscle and the presence of hyperplastic tissue represent the dynamic and passive components respectively of the obstructive symptomatology present in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The contractile properties are mediated primarily by the alpha-1 type adrenergic receptors, which are found in great numbers in the stroma of the gland and in the prostatic capsule. The use of Terazosin, a selective alpha-1 blocker, has proved to be effective in the improvement of BPH symptoms associated with the hypertone of the smooth muscle. The assumption that androgens play an important role in hypertrophy of the prostate has introduced drugs into the treatment which are capable of blocking the synthesis and the action of testosterone and, in particular, dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Finasteride is an inhibitor of 5-alpha-reductase, the enzyme inside the prostatic epithelial cells which converts the testosterone into DHT. A multicentre study has therefore been carried out aimed at assessing, after 9 months treatment, the efficacy and tolerability of three pharmacological treatments: Terazosin, Finasteride and a combination of the two, in 146 patients with symptomatic BPH. Results of the study indicate that the drugs were well tolerated and that the efficacy in resolving the obstructive symptomatology was particularly accentuated and rapid in the groups treated with Terazosin, the action of which, in this respect, has proved to be more significant than that of Finasteride.


This paper describes a sequential injection chromatography procedure for determination of picloram in waters exploring the low backpressure of a 2.5 cm long monolithic C18 column. Separation of the analyte from the matrix was achieved in less than 60 s using a mobile phase composed by 20:80 (v v-1) acetonitrile:5.0 mmol L-1 H3PO4 and flow rate of 30 μL s-1. Detection was made at 223 nm with a 40 mm optical path length cell. The limits of detection and quantification were 33 and 137 μg L-1, respectively. The proposed method is sensitive enough to monitor the maximum concentration level for picloram in drinking water (500 μg L-1). The sampling frequency is 60 analyses per hour, consuming only 300 μL of acetonitrile per analysis. The proposed methodology was applied to spiked river water samples and no statistically significant differences were observed in comparison to a conventional HPLC-UV method.


Objective:To explore the effect of Rhizoma bolbostemmae (RB,a Chinese herb) on model rats with benign hyperplasia of prostate and its mechanism.Methods:Forty male rats were administered testosterone propionate 5mg/kg subcutaneous 7 days after castrate.RB of 4mg/kg and 2 mg/kg was injected intraperitoneally to the rats in RB groups of large and small dosage.Qianlie Tongyu (QLTY) emulsion of 100mg/kg was given to the rats in QLTY Capsule group.The rats were killed after 30 days medication to observe the weight of prostate and changes in the structure of tissue cells.Immunohistochemistry was adopted to test expression changes of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF).Results:Prostate weight,PCNA indexes and level of bFGF expression in the three treatment groups were all significantly lower than those in the model group,espe- cially in RB group of large dosage (P0.01).Compared with QLTY Capsule group,there was significant difference in RB group of large dosage (P0.01,P0.05),while there was no significant difference in RB group of small dosage.Conclusion:RB could ob- viously inhibit the hyperplasia of prostate in the model rats.Its mechanism might be achieved through inhibiting the proliferation of prostate cells,lessening bFGF expression in prostate tissue.


Nowadays people manages much of their daily communication via their smartphone, both forleisure and business. Smartphones will therefore play an important role in forensicinvestigations since they contain a large amount of information. There are no mobil forensictools on the market that can extract all of the information. It may differ what differentsoftware may produce and can also be good in different models of phones.This work examined for Skatteverket in Stockholm what method in XRY extracted whatinformation regarding e-mail, SMS, call logs and contacts. Comparison was also performedbetween the tools XRY and Cellebrite to answer the question about which is preferable for theextraction of e-mail, text messages, call logs and contacts. Solution to easily print e-mailmessages obtained were examined.Results from recoveries which then are compiled in tables showing what methods extractwhat information, for e-mail, text messages, call logs and contacts.The results emerging from the work also showed that XRY was better at extractinginformation for all the examined phones except one, primarily in the deleted items. It emergedduring the work with XRY that it had a good reporting feature that facilitate printing thegained information such as e-mail.


In this issue strategies for the identification and remediation of basic cognitive deficits in disadvantaged children are described by Grassi and La MortoCorse. In addition, Vance and Singer report the results of a study investigating the hypothesized pattern of recategorized WISC-R subtest scores, and Millich and Loney explore the intellectual functioning of hyperkinetic, minimally brain damaged boys via an analysis of student test performance as it relates to the factor composition of the WISC. The reader is also provided with strategies for implementing an individualized learning disabilities program in the regular classroom and with a material review of Typing Keys for the Remediation ot Reading and Spelling Difficulties. — D.A.S.


Based on the Box-Behnken Design (BBD) method, the experiment on weld bonding for DP780 high-strength steel was carried out. The failure load, nugget diameter and energy absorption value of the joints were viewed as the target quantities. The welding current, welding time, electrode pressure and interaction between the parameters were defined as the factors to influence the target quantities. The nonlinear multiple regression model of the weld-bonded joints for DP780 high strength steel was established. The experimental verification shows that the model has high saliency and high degree of fitting, which can effectively predict the failure load, nugget diameter and energy absorption value of the joints. With the increase of welding current and time, the failure load of the weld-bonded joints, the diameter of the nugget and energy absorption value increase, while they decrease with the increase of electrode pressure. The optimal process parameters are welding current 8 kA, welding time 150ms, electrode pressure 0.3MPa, which are obtained by the regression model, and the actual value of joint's failure load under the shear test is 17669N. The ultrasonic C-scan image is used to identify the gasification zone of the adhesive layer outside the weld nugget. When the welding time is small, the increase of the welding current will provide more heat input, which will lead to an increase in the burning area of the adhesive layer and reduce the static properties of the joints. [doi:10.2320/matertrans.MT-M2019295]


Availability of iron from food cooked in iron utensils was determined by an in vitro method. Foods were cooked in iron (I) and in noniron (NI) utensils and combined to form meals. Applesauce and the meal contained more iron when cooked in I than in NI. The meals were subjected to simulated gastrointestinal digestion. Iron from the digestion mixture which diffused across a semipermeable membrane was measured calorimetrically and by radioassay. Treatment (cooked I vs NI) did not affect dialyzable iron. The radioassay showed higher dialyzable iron than the calorimetric method. Iron added to food by cooking in iron utensils was as available (as indicated by dialysis) as native food iron.


Objective To explore the effects of sulphamethazine on the early development of SD rats. Methods Dams were given sulphamethazine 0, 50, 100 and 200 mg/(kg ·d) respectively from gestational day (GD) 7 to postpartum day (P) 21. Each offspring were weighted twice per week; the time of eye-opening were recorded. Trunk blood was collected for measurement of serum free T4 and TSH on every 5 day after birth. The function of learning and remembering of offspring was measured by water maze experiment. Results The body weight and serum free T4 level of offspring exposed to 100, 200 mg/kg sulphamethazine were significantly reduced compared with those of controls (P0.05). The delay of eye-openning and the deficiency on learning and remembering, which is dose-related, were observed in offspring exposed to sulphamethazine. Conclusion Developmental exposure to sulphamethazine might affect the development of body and intelligence by disrupting thyroxine.


The use of the term "andragogy" to mean education of adults and the term "pedagogy" to mean education of children is etymologically inaccurate. Although pedagogy derives from "pais," meaning child, from antiquity pedagogy also has stood for education in general--without reference to learners' ages. Andragogy derives from "aner," meaning adult male and not adult of either sex. Given current efforts to purge English of sexist words, introduction of a term that excludes women is nonsensical. A new term based on the Greek could be coined. "Teleios," not aner, is the Greek word for the English "adult." Andragogy could be replaced by "teleiagogy," a term '-.11,... includes adults of both sexes. (YLB) *********************x************************************************* * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. *********************************************************************** TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTER Project Number Twenty-Nine ANDRAGOGY AND PEDAGOGY: A Comment on Their Erroneous Usage Popie M. Mohring January 1989 university of minnesota DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ST. PAUL MINNESOTA U S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Otfce of Educational Research and Improvement ED7ATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) sp! 'Ms doCument r.as been reproduced as received horn the person or organtrabon orromatmg 4 0 PAnor changes have been made to improve revoduchon cwahty pomds 01 new or oprvons slated ovINSdocu meet do not necesSahly represent othvall OEM pos.00n or policy "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY


We report on the first demonstration of a 2D, fiber-optic, true time-delay control system capable of squint-free steering of an ultrawideband array. The system is based on a novel fiber-optic prism technique with separate azimuth and elevation control stages. In this technique, high dispersion fiber is used to provide a wavelength-dependent time-delay between the rows and columns of the array. The fiber-optic control system was used to drive a 4 by 4 array of flared- notch elements. The system was tested in a compact radar range and 2D array patterns were obtained. The system demonstrated independent +/- 30 degrees elevation steering of a 4 by 4 array over a 6 to 18 GHz bandwidth with no observable squint. We believe this is the first demonstration of such a system. The design of the demonstrated system allows for transitioning to larger, real-world ultrawideband array transmitters.


This article discusses comparative studies of the influence of specific pressure and speed of relative motion of tool and item on polishing capacity and quality of processed surface of lithium niobate single crystal. The equation for calculation of total depth of layer destroyed upon finishing and time of polishing required for its removal. Analysis of polishing tool has accounted for strength properties of the polishing material, removal capacity, and quality of processed surface of lithium niobate single crystal. It is experimentally established that upon basic pressure both for woven and unwoven polishers with the highest capacity the lower limit of grain coarseness of polishing suspension is 1/0.5 μm. A reserve of increase in shape accuracy and polishing quality is the use of polishers with equal thickness and structure of working surface.


The aim of this study was to analyse the work of the MultiRAEPro gas detector in terms of its application in monitoring odour emissions from biogas plants processing municipal waste constituting part of a mechanical–biological waste treatment plant. The obtained results provided the basis for formulating conclusions concerning the use of a gas detector in monitoring odour emissions from biogas plants processing municipal waste. The study results can be applied in practice in biogas plants processing municipal waste as well as in other municipal facilities.


Flame retardant behavior of polypropylene compounded with phosphorous-containing flame retardant and Ammonium polyphosphate has been investigated by the cone calorimeter tests and limiting oxygen index (LOI) tests to determine the effect of FR/APP on fire performance. The parameters measured include heat release rate, time to ignition, smoke, and CO yields, on the basis of which fire hazard analysis is carried out. Results show that FR and APP have a better synergistic effect on flame retardance. Because of the introduction of FR and APP into polypropylene, time to ignition (TTI) and Fire Propagation Index (FPI) of polypropylene materials improve evidently. While peak HRR, Fire Growth Index (FGI), Specific Extinction Area (SEA) and concentration CO decrease obviously. And PP4 shows the lowest fire hazard, which contains 15wt% FR and 10wt%APP.


Introduction: 'What's So Critical about Canadian Foreign Policy?' PART I: DOING CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY 1. 'Disciplining Nature of Canadian Foreign Policy' 2. 'Home and Away: Public Diplomacy and the Canadian Self' PART II: FIGHTING THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR 3. 'Canada-US Defence Relations: Weapons of Mass Control and a Praxis of Mass Resistance' 4. 'Constructing Canadian Foreign Policy: Myths of Good International Citizens, Protectors, and the War in Afghanistan' 5. 'Fighting the War and Winning the Peace: Three Critiques of Canada's Role in Afghanistan' 6. 'Canadian Border Policy as Foreign Policy: Security, Policing, Management' PART III: SECURITY AND SELF AFTER 9/11 7. 'Clandestine Convergence: Human Security, Power, and Canadian Foreign Policy' 8. 'No CANDU: The Multiply-Nuclear Canadian Self' 9. 'The Art of Governing Trauma: Treating PTSD in the Canadian Military as a Foreign Policy Practice' 10. '"Happy Is the Land That Needs No Hero": The Pearsonian Tradition and the Canadian Intervention into Afghanistan' PART IV: OTHER DIPLOMACIES 11. 'Youth Ambassadors Abroad? Canadian Foreign Policy and Public Diplomacy in the Developing World' 12. 'About Solitude, Divorce, and Neglect: The Linguistic Division in the Study of Canadian Foreign Policy' 13. 'At Home on Native Land: Canada and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples' Conclusion: 'Critical Conclusions about Canadian Foreign Policy'


The present invention provides a method for updating mobile TV service guide, the mobile phone terminal and television platform, wherein the mobile TV service guide update method comprises: obtaining synchronization platform mobile TV service guide information from the electronic service guide (the ESG), the the service guide information includes channel information and program information; internet according to the mobile television service guide data model to the information the service guide information into a different type of sheet, and based on the different types of fragments for the service guide update information; after the mobile TV platform to send updates at terminal service guide information. Synchronization of the present invention is obtained from a service guide ESG fragment for data processing based on the model information of the service guide, such that the terminal side can update the service guide fragment classified information, greatly reducing the amount of information and the terminal service guide ESG synchronization processing load.


Meeting the challenge of ensuring dependable and secure logistics systems in changing competitive environments necessitates ongoing adaptation of logistics networks. Therefore, suit-able methods of modeling and simulation are needed to support the adaptation process. The mesoscopic approach presented here eliminates the deficits inherent in both the microscopic and the macroscopic approach to simulation. The presented mesoscopic approach monitors quantities of objects that belong to a logical group instead of individual flow objects. The results are not obtained by counting individual objects but by using mathematical formulas to calculate the results as continuous quantities in every step at of the discrete modeling time. Thus, the mesoscopic approach can be described with the phrase "discrete time/continuous quantities". The basic components of the mesoscopic modeling approach are multichannel funnels, multichannel transportation elements, sources and sinks. Furthermore, this approach differentiates different product types.


In the first decades of the twentieth century new realistic tendencies arose in the United States as a reaction to the idealism dominating American academia. The foremost idealist at that time was Josiah Royce and the first realistic tendency against his idealism was directed by Ralph B. Perry and William P. Montague. In 1910 they promoted the manifesto of the American new realism.In this paper I offer an analysis of the debate that led to the birth of the new realism: it will provide a different perspective on the history of American philosophy and will open new reflections on the impact of the debate.In this debate "reality" was faced as an epistemological issue rather than an ontological one: the origin of this trend was an ambiguity in Royce's work. Although initially new realists moved on the ground prepared by Royce, later they attempted to release the notion of reality from epistemology and to return it to metaphysics, claiming the priority of logic in both fields. However, the trend was definitive...


How can a charity ensure that only its most worthy causes are supported? One approach that has proven effective in the past is AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process). Now a new method ? based on a hybrid AHP / Evidential Reasoning (ER) adaptation - has become available, claiming distinct advantages over straight AHP. By contrasting the two procedures for a real-life dataset ? we demonstrate AHP/ER?s superiority in both theoretical and practical respects.


The primary objectives of the Department of Energy's (DOE) coal conversion program are to demonstrate the environmental acceptability, technical feasibility, and economic viability of various technologies for gaseous, liquid, and solid fuels from coal. The Environmental Monitoring Handbook for Coal Conversion Facilities will help accomplish the objective of environmental acceptability by guiding the planning and execution of socioeconomic and environmental monitoring programs for demonstration facilities. These programs will provide information adequate to (1) predict, insofar as is possible, the potential impacts of construction and operation of a coal conversion plant, (2) verify the occurrence of these or any other impacts during construction and operation, (3) determine the adequacy of mitigating measures to protect the environment, (4) develop effluent source terms for process discharges, and (5) determine the effectiveness of pollution control equipment. Although useful in a variety of areas, the handbook is intended primarily for contractors who, as industrial partners with DOE, are building coal conversion plants. For the contractor it is a practical guide on (1) the methodology for developing site- and process-specific environmental monitoring programs, (2) state-of-the-art sampling and analytical techniques, and (3) impact analyses.To correspond to the phases of project activity, the subject matter is divided intomore » four stages of monitoring: (1) a reconnaissance or synoptic survey, (2) preconstruction or baseline, (3) construction, and (4) operation, including process monitoring (prepared by Radian Corp., McLean, Va.). For each stage of monitoring, guidelines are given on socioeconomics, aquatic and terrestrial ecology, air quality and meteorology, surface and groundwater quality, geohydrology and soil survey, and surface water hydrology.« less


As the most dynamic area in higher education research,institutional research in China has gone through three stages——origination,development and prosperity.Explanation and interpretation are the two paradigms in institutional research.The former focuses on the causal explanation to information analysis and the latter on the context interpretation of historical events.The integration of these two paradigms will be beneficial to the future of institutional research.


A large observational study shows a risk of melanoma and nonmelanotic skin cancer associated with biologic use for rheumatoid arthritis; however, this risk is slight, the study's lead author says.


The article discusses the behavior of the "1C platform: Enterprise 8" in different launch environments on devices running Unix, Windows, and Android operating systems. The load testing of the platform was carried out on the example of an application solution for automating the distribution of labor tasks of an organization to determine the optimal hardware and software part of user devices.


Many model pictures will be adopted in the network marketing of garment products because this method is the most intuitive. Human eyes can easily identify the garment styles, while computer programs struggle to automatically do so. This paper proposes a method for garment image segmentation in which the JSEG algorithm is applied to the image salient region segmentation, and the background region and dressing region are identified with the help of face detection. This method was proven effective based on actual image samples tested at an online shopping mall, which lays a foundation for extracting the garment structure and characteristics as well as visualized retrieval.


Five common elements Co, Cr, Fe, Ni and Al were selected, and CoCrFeNiAl was prepared by arc-melting. The microstructure and mechanical properties after spot welding were studied. The results show that the cast microstructure of high entropy alloy CoCrFeNiAl is relatively uniform with a dendritic morphology. The heat is inversely proportional with the alloy grain sizes. The greater the heat is, the smaller the grain size is, which leads to the higher hardness and more uniform tissue. But there is a critical value of the heat(Hcrit) in spot welding. When Hactu(actual heat) exceeds Hcrit, it will adversely affect the performance, resulting in crack, splash and other defects.


Brucellosis is of large economic and management concern in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) where wildlife remain the last reservoir of the disease in the United States. Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) management of brucellosis has focused on separation of elk (Cervus e/aphus) and cattle (Bos taurus) through operation of 22 winter feedgrounds, which originated to prevent elk starvation and elk damage. Although feedgrounds perpetuate the spread of brucellosis among elk, they are largely maintained to prevent disease spillover to cattle. Despite efforts, recent brucellosis occurrences in Wyoming cattle during 2004-2008 were linked to feedground elk. Therefore, numerous research projects conducted during 2006-2008 were aimed at developing feedground management strategies that lead to long-term brucellosis reductions in elk. Major research results lead the WGFD to development of the Target Feedground Project, which manipulates feeding management to reduce brucellosis in elk. This project was first implemented in winter 2007-08 and is conducted exclusively at target feedgrounds, where perceived elk-cattle commingling risk is low and there is a high potential for elk to free range in late winter /early spring. The first objective is to reduce elk densities while on feedgrounds by using low-density feeding. The second objective is to reduce duration of high elk concentration by manipulating end-feeding season date through systematic reductions in hay rations in late winter and early spring, with the goal of ending an average of 3-4 weeks earlier than long-term means. Advantages of this project, if successful, are sustainable reductions in elk brucellosis and decreased risk to cattle, lower elk feeding costs, and continued operation of feedgrounds to minimize elk-cattle commingling, elk damage, and sustain elk numbers that meet public expectation. Disadvantages are that the project is not suitable for all feedgrounds and elk on target feedgrounds remain susceptible to new diseases that may arise. Proceedings of the 13th WDM Conference (2009) 34 J. R. Boulanger, editor


Objective: The aim of this study was to derive reference charts between the 15th and 20th week of gestation for biparietal diameter (BPD), occipito-frontal diameter (OFD), head circumference (HC), abdominal circumference (AC) and femur length (FL) compared to commonly used curves and to evaluate the impact of maternal body mass index (BMI), ultrasound equipment, fetal gender and nicotine abuse. Methods: In a cross-sectional study of 4,265 low-risk pregnancies, biometric data were obtained between the 15th and 20th week of gestation. The statistical analysis included descriptive data, fitting regression curves for the 5th, 50th and 95th quantile as well as multivariate quantile regression analyses. Results: Reference curves for BPD, OFD, HC, AC and FL showed a linear increase between the 15th and 20th week of gestation. New equations and reference charts are presented in this study. In a comparison of influence factors sex, BMI and ultrasound systems have an impact. Conclusion: As a result of the study, we determined current growth curves for BPD, OFD, HC, AC and FL for both sexes as well as for males and females separately. The updated growth curves for all biometric parameters differ from the curves used commonly in the last two decades.


Meeting the benchmarks for social communication skills is a core challenge for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In typical development, young people often learn these skills by observing others in interactions with adults and peers, or through their own interactions.


This paper investigates the issue on channel coordination of crop seed supply chain which consisted of one seed supplier and one seed retailer. Firstly,this paper establishes three models,not allowing return model,part return with wholesale price(PRW) model,part return with wholesale price and return option fee(PRWO)model,to depict the retailer's ordering policies,and analyze them with comparison mode. Then,some numerical examples are simulated to analyze these models. The results show that the PRW policy, which applied by present suppliers,can not ensure the channel coordination,and the PRWO policy can achieve the channel coordination and arbitrarily allocate the coordination profit to the agents on supply chain.


The introduction of intracytoplasmic sperm injection has led to an unfortunate decrease of interest in male fertility. It is apparent that light microscopy provides limited information and molecular techniques show that DNA abnormalities need to be considered further. Abnormalities include, not only Yq11 deletions, but also DNA strand breaks. Increases in advanced glycation end products in sperm from well-controlled diabetics may provide a mechanism for this damage in nondiabetics. In addition, much publicity is given to decreasing male fertility: this is not confirmed and technical variations and differences in study populations make it difficult to draw conclusions. The generation of stem cell-derived germ cells provides hope for men without germ cells but this is currently only experimental.


April 10-15, 2016 Abstract A wide-ranging taxonomy of turbomachinery types is given. The requirements of steam turbines and aircraft engines established a traditional approach to aerodynamic design analyzing orthogonal planes. Computers facilitated this and led to a greater reliance on Computational Fluid Dynamics, offering exciting developments in three dimensional modeling. A balance should be sought between analytical, computational and experimental work. In work on an axial flow pump rig photographic investigations of cavitation over the rotor tip have given insights including the very abrupt collapse of cavitation bubbles. Although essential for supersonic regions blade sweep can also be used effectively at lower speeds and can provide significant performance improvements. Further integration of the design and research communities should lead to an improved understanding and predictability. One such area is the unexpected appearance of streamwise vortices on blade suction surfaces. This provides a good base for understanding blade sweep and its effects.


Education is the most important things for children. Education can be applied in various ways such as learning by playing with educational toys. Currently, there are only a few play area for children at the mall, so it is necessary to create one area that can comply the problems. Some of the existing play areas in Surabaya, especially in malls, still don't have an educational value in it. It is necessary to have an educational value in a play area for children. Lego is one of an educative toys for kids and also a well-known toy brands, known by almost everyone ranging from kids to adults, like Lego House. Besides that, a store is needed to complete this Lego House design. The design method used are design thinking and mind mapping. There are 4 stages in this method which are, observation (this is the stage of collecting data and information about education and lego), brainstorming (this is the stage of a problem solving with concept, mind mapping, and some sketch), prototyping (this is the stage of creating a mock up), and implementation (this is the stage of making the final design). The result of those problem solving are the concept of "play lego on the street" where there's an educational value in it. The meaning of word "play" is playing, and playing can bring out the educational value with educative toys like lego. This concept has its own characteristic in its interior because of the street themes to attract the children.


Liquid-liquid phase separation is the process in which two immiscible liquids demix. This spontaneous phenomenon yields spherical droplets that eventually coarsen to one large, stable droplet governed by the principle of minimal free energy. In chemically fueled phase separation, the formation of phase-separating molecules is coupled to a fuel-driven, nonequilibrium reaction cycle. Chemically fueled phase separation yields dissipative structures sustained by a continuous fuel conversion. Such dissipative structures are ubiquitous in biology but poorly understood as they are governed by non-equilibrium thermodynamics. Here, we bridge the gap between passive, close-to-equilibrium, and active, dissipative structures with chemically fueled phase separation. We observe that spherical, active droplets can transition into a new morphology—a liquid, spherical shell of droplet material. A spherical shell would be highly unstable at equilibrium. Only by continuously converting chemical energy, this dissipative structure can be sustained. We demonstrate the transition mechanism, which is related to the activation of a product outside of the droplet, and the deactivation within the droplets leading to gradients of droplet material. We characterize how far out of equilibrium the spherical shell state is and the chemical power necessary to sustain it. Our work suggests new avenues for assembling complex stable morphologies, which might already be exploited to form membraneless organelles by cells.


: In the ongoing situation, the volume of information utilized straightly increments with time. Long range interpersonal communication locales like Facebook, Twitter found the development of information which will be wild later on. So as to deal with the tremendous volume of information, the proposed strategy will prepare the information in parallel as little pieces in dispersed bunches what's more, total every one of the information crosswise over bunches to get the last handled information. In Hadoop structure, MapReduce is used to play out the errand of sifting, conglomeration and to keep up the productive stockpiling structure. The information are ideally refined utilizing collective sifting, under the expectation instrument of specific information required by the client. The proposed strategy is upgraded by utilizing the methods, for example, supposition investigation through regular dialect handling for parsing the information into tokens and emoticon based bunching. The procedure of information grouping depends on client feelings to get the information required by a particular client. The outcomes demonstrate that the proposed approach fundamentally builds the execution of multifaceted nature examination.


The article reflects the practical experience of the moderator seminars series in the system of teachers' retraining and professional skill improvement in the sphere of general, vocational and further education. It provides logic, content, organization definiteness of the participants' joint activities in the structural, procedural and methodological aspects. The results of the scientific research confirm the effectiveness of Interactive Forms classes with teachers and practitioners.


. In this paper, we focus on the modelling of the wake of a solid body moving through a body of water. To this end, the flow of an inviscid, barotropic and compressible fluid around the solid body regarded as motionless is examined. The dynamic behavior of the fluid is analyzed by means of a two-dimensional Neumann-Kelvin's coupled model enhanced with capillarity and inertia terms. For computational purposes, the unbounded spatial domain has to be truncated by artificial boundaries and appropriate absorbing boundary conditions have to be introduced. Numerous difficulties arise in dealing with short wavelength wave propagation in a stratified convective fluid media with significant differences between layer properties. Numerical illustrations of the results are given and commented.


Street vendors play a vital role in the contemporary business context. However, considerable attention has not been paid to street vendors, and only a handful of studies have been conducted to evaluate the behaviour of street vendors. This study was conducted to analyze the key attributes of street vending in the context of Sri Lanka and the background of street vendors. The triangulation approach, involving qualitative and quantitative data collection methods, was adopted to conduct the study. Accordingly, qualitative tools such as in-depth interviews, observations and disguised customers were used in addition to the survey conducted. The background of street vendors was evaluated in terms of personal & family, educational, social & cultural and economic aspects based on the data gathered from street vendors. Moreover, a few specific features were recognized in the context of street vending in Sri Lanka. As a major outcome of the study, a classification of street vendors was presented based on their behaviour, intention, functions and demographic variables.


The Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award supports independent young physician-scientists conducting disease-oriented research that demonstrates a high level of innovation and creativity. The goal is to support the best young physician-scientists doing work aimed at improving the practice of cancer medicine. The awardee will receive financial support for three years, as well as assistance with certain research costs such as the purchase of equipment. The Foundation will also retire up to $100,000 of any medical school debt still owed by the awardee.


Canine interferon-gamma(CaIFNγ) was expressed efficiently in the 5th instar silkworm(Bombyx mori) larvae by baculovirus expression vector. Optimized canine interferon γ gene was artificially synthesized and cloned into transfer vector pVL1393 to construct the recombinant plasmid pVL-CaIFNγ under control of polyhedron gene's promoter. pVLCaIFNγ and orf1629-defective Bm-Bacmid DNA were co-transfected into BmN cells for homologous recombination. The recombinant virus was harvested and used to inoculate silkworm larvae of the 5th instar. Western blot assay showed that the target protein was detected in hemolymph of the infected silkworm larvae and its molecular weight was about 19 kD. The recombinant CaIFNγ expressed in silkworm hemolymph was further verified to have antiviral activity by mini-cytopathic effect inhibition assay using the MDCK/VSV-GFP system,with a titer as high as 5 ×106U/mL. This result provides a reliable basis for further studying CaIFNγ antiviral activity and producing CaIFNγ using Bombyx mori as bioreactor.


[Objective] The study aimed to develop the new beverage,and further more utilize and extend the medicinal and hygienic value of Smallanthus sonchifolius Poeppig Endlicher.[Method] With Smallanthus sonchifolius Poeppig Endlicher,Citrus reticulate Blangco and Fragaia ananassa Duchesne as raw materials,process and research compound juice.[Result] Juice showed different color,so it had different taste and pH value.When it showed orange,juice had slight flavor of strawberry,and pH value was 4.3.[Conclusion] The best project was that 40% Smallanthus sonchifolius Poeppig Endlicher juice,20% Citrus reticulate Blangco juice,2.5% Fragaia ananassa Duchesne juice,10% sugar,20% honey,0.6% citric acid,3.0% glucose,0.06% CMC-Na.


Objective To evaluate the effect of non-surgical treatment of atlantoaxial fractures without nervous lesion.Methods Seven cases of atlantoaxial fractures without nervous lesion were studied after treatment of traction and head-neck-chest plaster or cervical frame support.One of them was studied after merely treatment of cervical frame support.Results All fractures were clinic healing among follow-up of 3~8 months.Pain of occipitocervical region was dismissed. But the cervical motor range was decreased slightly.Conclusions Non-surgical treatment was a safe and effective method of atlantoaxial fractures without nervous lesion that fit to inferior hospitals.


Background: Poor symptom control is common in asthma, and breathing training exercises may be an effective method of self-management. This study aimed to explore the experiences of participants in the intervention arms of the BREATHE trial, which explored the effectiveness of breathing training as a mode of asthma management.
Method: 16 people with asthma (11 women, 8 per group) who had taken part in the intervention arms of the BREATHE trial (breathing training delivered by DVD or face-to-face sessions with a respiratory physiotherapist) took part in semi-structured telephone interviews about their experiences. Interviews were analysed using thematic analysis.
Findings: Breathing training was perceived positively as a method of asthma management. Motivations for taking part included being asked, to enhance progress in research, to feel better/ reduce symptoms, and to reduce medication. Participants were positive about the physiotherapist, liked having the materials tailored, found seeing her motivational, and liked the DVD and booklet. The impact of breathing training following regular practice included increased awareness of breathing and development of new habits. Benefits of breathing training included increased control over breathing, reduced need for medication, feeling more relaxed, and improved health and quality of life. Problems included finding time to do it, and difficulty mastering techniques.
Discussion: Breathing training was acceptable and valued by almost all participants, and many reported improved wellbeing. Face to face physiotherapy was well received. However, some participants in the DVD group mentioned being unable to master techniques.


IBM has enhanced its Watson supercomputer, famous for its appearance on the quiz show Jeopardy, in an attempt to speed up the pace of scientific breakthroughs.


Hospital‐acquired venous thromboembolism is a major public health concern, particularly in surgical patients. Risk assessment followed by appropriate mechanical or pharmacological prophylaxis will substantially reduce the considerable mortality and morbidity related to this condition. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons


Title of thesis : Effectiveness of agricultural programmes of different channel as perceived by televiewing farmers Name of Student : Vijay Maruti Shinde Regd. No. : 2382 Name of the Research Guide : Dr. P. A. Sawant Degree : M. Sc. (Agri.) Major Subject : Extension Education Year of submission : 2016 The present field study was conducted mainly with the specific objective to study the effectiveness of agricultural programmes of ABP Majha and Sahyadri channel as perceived by the televiewing farmers .The study was conducted in two tahsils namely, Mandangad and Chiplun of Ratnagiri district which were selected randomly. Twenty villages from these two tahsils were selected for the study. The data were collected by taking personally interview of 100 televiewers, 50 each of ABP Majha and Sahyadri channel. The televiewers of ABP Majha and Sahyadri channels differed remarkably with regard to size of land holding, annual income and mass media exposure. However, majority of the televiewing farmers of the two channels perceived "medium" effectiveness of farm telecasts. There was a significant difference in the perception of televiewing farmers of ABP Majha and Sahyadri channel with respect to components of effectiveness, namely understandability, usefulness, demonstration mode of presentation, entertainment and relevancy of pictures. The ABP Majha channel televiewers outscored the Sahyadri channel televiewers in this aspect. The symbolic adoption of the technologies, namely fertilizer dose, improved seed, plant protection measures, scientific cultivation of fruit trees, water management and nursery management was maximum. The personal and socio-economic characteristics of the televiewing farmers namely, size of land holding, annual income, major occupation and mass media exposure were significantly correlated with the perceived effectiveness of agricultural programme. The televiewing farmers would like the telecast presented in the form of demonstration, discussion with farmers, interview of farmers and scientists. Maximum number of televiewers had expectation that duration of agricultural programme should be increased to one hour.


The purpose of the article is to analyse the types of parent pairs in the context of the interdependence of parental attitudes in the dyad. Parental attitudes are one of the basic forms of parental educational influence. They are a tendency for the specific behaviour of mother and father towards the child, a tendency to be care about, think about and behave (verbally and non-verbally) in a certain way towards the child. This tendency undergoes a slow change as the child develops. The article discusses several typologies of parental attitudes and parenting styles, with particular emphasis on the typology of parental attitudes described by A. Roe, which had a significant impact on empirical and theoretical work on parental attitudes and became the basis for creating the research method used in the study of 208 adolescents: 115 girls and 93 boys, the results of which are presented in this article. The results indicate that in the Polish families residing in large cities there are five types of parental dyads that can be reduced to three types: (1) both loving parents; (2) both demanding parents and (3) a loving parent and a rejecting parent.


Summary Apparent photosynthesis, dark respiration, photochemical efficiency of photosystem II and potential respiration, estimated as terminal electron transport system (ETS) activity, were determined under experimental conditions to evaluate physiological differences in two competing species Potamogeton lucens L. and Potamogeton alpinus Balbis. The investigations showed that there are no significant differences in photosynthetic response and ETS activity. In P. lucens ETS capacity highly exceeds dark respiration measured as O2 consumption. Photochemical efficiency of PS II in P. lucens was higher and the recovery after photoinhibition was more effective.


The water resource is a determinant factor in the economic and social development and, at the same time, it fulfills the basic function to support the integrity of the natural environment, in addition for being one of the natural vital resources, turns out to be imperative that the water topics are not treated as an isolated form; for what, so much governmental organisms as of the private sector, they have to take decisions complicated on the assignment of the water, due to the fact that they face an offer that diminishes opposite to an increasing demand. At the same time, the factors like the demographic, climatic changes and the lack of information hidrometeorologica in the basins of capture influence directly to the good integral vision of planning of the water resource especially the zones of irrigation.
In such a virtue, the present study carries when the water availability estimates in the basin of the river Bell up to the site of capture, to analyze the water demand of the cultures; and, to confront the offer and water demand, with ends of irrigation in the perspective to structure alternatives for his optimization. The water availability with ends of irrigation and the water consumption of the cultures in the system of irrigation Campana-Malacatos, located in the canton Loja to the south of Ecuador, they were estimated by means of empirical indirect methods: rational method, ecological polynomial and of the coefficient of run-off calculated, and the adjustment of the method Hargreaves respectively. In addition with the purpose of being able to determine the empirical method that more adjusts to the conditions of the basin of the system of irrigation, appraisals of flow were realized in an interval of time (eight days) in the point of capture.
The methodology that better adjusted to the conditions of the basin in study was the rational method, the same one who allowed estimating a water availability in the point of capture of 0.68 m3/s to a probability of 75 %. The water demand of the crops was of 0.578 m3/s to irrigate 743 hectares.
With the available flow, it is possible to increase, already it is 96,3 it hectares of irrigation for ruts with an efficiency of application of 50 %, 516,0 it hectares of irrigation for aspersion to an efficiency of 75 %; o an area of 767,8 hectares, of irrigation for drip to 90 % of efficiency of application. Finally, the present investigation leaves valuable information for the planning and sustainability of the system of irrigation Campana-Malacatos.


To analyse the aging human eye, we create eye models for several different ages. The geometrical parameters used in these models are based on published experimental evidence for the aging human eye (Navarro, Journal of Vision, 2014). In our modeling, we use an anatomically correct gradient refractive index (GRIN) crystalline lens (Bahrami & Goncharov, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2012). The GRIN distribution within this lens is based on the concept of iso-indicial contours. These iso-indicial contours are obtained by scaling the external surface of the lens. An example of the GRIN lens that we use in our modeling is shown below in fig. 1, where dashed lines illustrate the iso-indicial contours. If the refractive index profile along the optical axis is known, the iso-indicial contours allow the refractive index to be obtained at any point. We define the refractive index along the optical axis by a power law profile. This profile has been shown to give good agreement with experimental measurements. An example of the power law profile is given in fig. 2. The refractive index is lowest at the lens surface and highest at the lens center.


Overview of the competition for the 24th annual Franz Edelman Award for Management Science Achievement, sponsored jointly by INFORMS and its practice section, the College for the Practice of the Management Sciences CPMS. More than 40 entries were submitted. First prize in the competition was given to Harris Corporation-Semiconductor Sector for the innovative use of management science in creating a functioning, companywide integrated manufacturing production-planning and order-quotation system. The system, known as IMPReSS, dramatically improved the on-time delivery of 18,000 products, thereby significantly enhancing the company's global market position and overall profitability.


This paper explores a novel way for analyzing the tournament structures to find a best suitable one for the tournament under consideration. It concerns about three aspects such as tournament conducting cost, competitiveness development and ranking precision. It then proposes a new method using progress tree to detect potential throwaway matches. The analysis performed using the proposed method reveals the strengths and weaknesses of tournament structures. As a conclusion, single elimination is best if we want to qualify one winner only, all matches conducted are exciting in term of competitiveness. Double elimination with proper seeding system is a better choice if we want to qualify more winners. A reasonable number of extra matches need to be conducted in exchange of being able to qualify top four winners. Round-robin gives reliable ranking precision for all participants. However, its conduction cost is very high, and it fails to maintain competitiveness development.


INTRODUCTION: There is a growing body of literature suggests a link between systemic inflammation and acute coronary syndromes (1) . Many immunological changes such as basophils, neutrophils, T-lymphocytes, complement activation, IgG and IgE have been implicated in the aetiopathogenesis of myocardial infarction. The complement system which is composed of >30 serum proteins act as chemotactic stimulatory agents for neutrophils initiate inflammatory process through two pathways (classical and alternative pathways) (2) . These pathways activated by Ag-Ab complexes enhancing the release of mediators such as histamine, leukotriene, prostaglandins with the release of platelets activating factors which produce coronary constriction the final step is lytic stage of myocardial


In the 1920s, the Communist Party of Argentina (PC) went through three major crises that ended in split processes. This article analyzes the origins and development of the second of these factional struggles, which led to the formation of a new political organization, the Com-munist Workers Party. The dissident fraction was called "chispistas" in reference to the name of its newspaper. We are interested in studying the links that the new party established with the labor movement and its union structures. The intention is to contribute to a better under-standing of the communist experience and to contribute to the recon-struction of the history of the Argentine left in its connection with the labor movement.


RAPD was adopted to examine genetic diversity of Petrosimonia sibirica in Oasis-desert Transitional Area of Fukang,Xinjiang and ORIGIN application was used to conduct the regression analysis of genetic diversity and soil factors of P.sibirica.It was shown that P.sibirica had high genetic diversity (P=98.7).In the subspecies populations,Nei's gene diversity (H) was significantly and negatively correlated with soil Na~+ and Cl~- (P=0.042 and 0.040 8),genetic diversity was insignificantly correlated with soil conductivity and moisture,the percentage of polymorphic loci was significantly correlated with the total soil potassium (P=0.011),Shaanon diversity index and Nei's gene index appeared significantly and negatively correlated with soil organic matter (P=0.003 and 0.001 5) and insignificantly and negatively correlated with the total soil phosphorous and nitrogen.As a xerophyte,P.sibirica could use limited water to complete its life cycle and thus water is not one of its constraint factors;soil chloric salts played an important role in maintaining genetic diversity of P.sibirica thereby not only becoming the constraining factor that was significantly correlated with the genetic diversity but also exerting a certain selective pressure on genetic diversity of P.sibirica,and P.sibirica plants growing on barren soil could more thoroughly utilized limited soil nutrients and appeared negatively correlated with soil nutrients.In addition,the test with random primers indicated of the seventy seven loci of the P.sibirica populations,there were 11 loci whose gene frequencies appeared negatively correlated with soil factors in the transitional area and this indicated that these loci were particularly sensitive to the soil factors.Genetic diversity of P.sibirica was probably the result of long-tern adaptation of P.sibirica subspecies to their microhabitats in Oasis-desert Transitional Area of Fukang,Xinjiang.


During 2009‐2010, pandemic influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 virus (pH1N1) infections in England occurred in two epidemic waves. Reasons for a reported increase in case‐severity during the second wave are unclear.


In order to better meet the development needs of interconnection and further improve the core operation capability of hospitals, the research of operation and maintenance interactive system based on artificial intelligence and big data information system is proposed. In the process of building the hospital information operation and maintenance platform, there are still some problems such as insufficient support in technology and operation and maintenance resources. It is necessary to effectively optimize the operation and maintenance system with limited human resources to ensure the stable operation and development of the hospital information system. Under this background, this paper analyzes the problems existing in hospital information management and the current situation of operation and maintenance of information technology, and discusses the mode construction of operation and maintenance platform based on big data artificial intelligence architecture. In the construction of hospital information operation and maintenance platform, we should focus on improving the service level and meeting the needs of patients, so as to continuously enhance the security, integration and interactivity of the system platform, thus promoting the sustainable development of China's medical reform.


Voice use is gaining prominence. However, people feel awkward using voice user interactions (UIs) around others. This is because voice UIs can be particularly embarrassing. Based on two years of research on voice UIs, I suggest some reasons why voice UIs can be particularly embarrassing. I also list research questions that can help guide development of voice UIs. I hope the workshop will provide an interesting forum to discuss challenges as well as opportunities for reducing embarrassment while using voice UIs.


Background: Povidone-iodine (PVI) irrigation is currently used to decrease the frequency of postoperative surgical site infections. Ethanol (EtOH) is sometimes applied to prevent local recurrence after curettage of benign bone tumors. However, the effects of PVI and EtOH on surrounding soft tissue and on bone union are unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine whether PVI or EtOH adversely affects the cancellous bone healing of the osteotomy site at the proximal tibia in rats. Methods: A cancellous bone osteotomy was performed at the right proximal tibia in 4-month-old, female, Sprague Dawley rats. Vehicle, 10% PVI, or 95% EtOH-soaked gauze was inserted into the osteotomy site and maintained for 6 minutes. The rats were euthanized 2 or 4 weeks after the osteotomy. Results: Two weeks after treatment, the bone union rate was significantly higher in the vehicle group than in the PVI group and the EtOH group (p < 0.001). However, the bone union rate was not significantly different between the PVI and EtOH groups. There was no significant difference among the three groups in the bone union rate 4 weeks after treatment. Conclusion: PVI or EtOH delayed bone union of the cancellous bone osteotomy site of the proximal tibia in the early phase (2 weeks), but not at 4 weeks, in rats.