Treatment of obstructing ureteral endometriosis has previously required castrating surgery to prevent recurrence. Danazol therapy alone has been unsuccessful in many patients because of subsequent ureteral fibrosis. We report a case in which percutaneous nephrostomy drainage and ureteral dilatation complemented danazol therapy in alleviating an obstructing ureteral lesion secondary to endometriosis.


Background: Laryngoscopy and intubation are associated with intensesympathoadrenal stimulationresulting in hypertension, tachycardia & arrhythmias consequent to the release of catecholamines. Variousdrug regimens and techniques have been used from time to time for attenuating the stress response tolaryngoscopy and intubation, including opioids, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, beta blockers, calciumchannel blockers, vasodilators etc. Dexmedetomidine is a highly selective alpha 2 receptor agonist havingeight times higher affinity and alpha 2 selectivity compared to clonidine and has a shorter duration of actionthan clonidine.Material and Method: 60 patients scheduled for elective surgical procedures under general anaesthesiabelonging to ASA Grade I and II, in the age group of 18 to 60 years were divided into two study groups,D1 and D0.5 received dexmedetomidine 1 µg/kg and 0.5 µg/kg intravenously (iv) over 10 minutes beforeinduction. Hemodynamic responses were compared in both groups by measuring Heart rate (HR),Systolicblood pressure (SBP),Diastolic blood pressure(DBP),Mean arterial pressure (MAP) and SpO2 beforegiving the test drug (base line values),just before induction,during intubation and at 1 minute, 3 minutes, 5minutes,10 minutes after intubation. Statistical data were analyzed by using student's unpaired t test.Observation and Results: Group D1 had 4.70% rise in HR and Group D0.5 had 9.59% rise during intubationwhich was statistically significant(p<0.05). Maximum rise in SBP and DBP in Group D0.5 was 14.53% and12.84% respectively, whereas in Group D1 it was 5.55% and 8.90% respectively. In Group D0.5, rise in BPlasted longer after intubation compared to Group D1.Conclusion: The present study demonstrated that ivdexmedetomidine 1µg/kg was better thandexmedetomidine 0.5µg/kg in attenuation of the pressor response of laryngoscopy and intubation withoutany significant side effects.


Huňady I., Hochman M . (2014): Potential of legume-cereal intercropping for increasing yields and yield stability for self-sufficiency with animal fodder in organic farming . Czech J. Genet. Plant Breed., 50: 185–194. Intercropping of grain legumes and cereals is a promising theme in organic farming for its potential for increasing and stabilizing yields, reducing weed pressure and sustaining plant health. On animal husbandry farms, peacereal mixtures may be an interesting crop harvested for green fodder as well as for feed concentrates. Increasing self-sufficiency with fodder is in agreement with the principles of organic agriculture, and it reduces the risks related to the import of soy protein that may be admixed with GM soya. In 2008–2011, plot trials (PT) with intercropped peas and spring cereals (wheat, barley) were conducted. Varieties and pea-cereal combinations were examined to find suitable varieties for intercropping, and the best pea to cereal ratio in the seed intercrop (pea to cereal ratios 80:20, 60:40, 40:60, 20:80). Results show that intercropping peas and spring cereals may be advantageous compared to monocultures. Pea-cereal intercrops produce high yields of green matter and con centrates especially when intercropped at the pea to cereal ratio of 60:40 and 40:60. In 2009, on five certified


Wire rope comprising at least one metal wire and at least one fluoropolymer fiber. Preferably, the fluoropolymer fiber is present in an amount of less than about 25 wt%, and in another embodiment, 20 wt%, 15 wt%, less than 10 wt% and 5 wt%. The fluoropolymer fiber is preferably PTFE, and most preferably a stretched polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE). The wire rope is useful in tensile and flexural applications.


In this treatise,the college students' talent of information is our country's modernization's needs is discussed.And focus on the compose of information talent and how to improve the college students' talent of information.


Temporal variations of fish yields in four major reservoirs in Thailand (Ubolratana; Sirindhorn; Srinakarin; Vajiralongkorn) were investigated with the use of long-term fish landing data (≥20 years). The long-term variations in fish yield, measured as the coefficient of variation of yearly yield, ranged mostly between 50% and 100%. For short-term variations, the means of the relative variation (85%) were larger than the absolute variation (63%). This finding indicates that short-term variations were inversely related to fish yield and that a higher uncertainty occurs when fish catches are low. The stocked exotic species exhibited higher variations than the indigenous species. The trend analyses indicated some species had sharply declined fish landings, while some species were quite stable (i.e. reservoir-adapted species). Stocked species tended to increase in relatively shallow reservoirs, compared to the deep reservoir. Fish landing data for each reservoir were patternized, using the self-organizing map, indicating temporal trends of chronological order. The differences among clusters in each reservoir were with respect to the weight of each species in the fish landings in each year, and temporal changes in species composition in the reservoirs, which would primarily be attributed to the environmental changes followed by anthropogenic pressures. The mean trophic level (τ) fluctuated, resulting from changes in species composition and weight of fish landing, as well as fish stocking programmes.


Kidney disease is the most generally perceived issue of people in the regular world. The filtration of the kidney occurs in the glomerulus. Nearly one fifth of the blood volume that enters the kidney is filtered. Membranous Nephropathy (MN) is the most progressive reason behind the nephrotic issue and it is a model of immune system glomerular sickness. Around 70-80% of patients with essential MN, a counteracting agent called PLA2R antibodies are found in the kidney. This antibody assigns phospholiphase A2 receptor and causes the ailment. Prediction plays a key role in identifying the disease. Classification makes the disease diagnosis prediction based on the class labels. The proposed work is to analyze the kidney dataset with classification techniques. The meta classifiers bagging and voting method are considered for the reenactment with the dataset [6]. The performance of the meta classifier algorithm is displayed and it is visible that bagging outperforms the voting method and the results show that classification performs well on the dataset for predicting the Membranous Nephropathy (MN).


Macadamia production in South Africa started in the early 1960s when approximately 60 000 seedlings were distributed to growers in subtropical areas of Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal (De Villiers 2003). However, large-scale production of this crop only commenced about 20 years later. It is estimated that South Africa currently has approximately 4 million trees in the ground, of which 41% are still less than 5 years old (Lee 2006). The South African industry has grown by approximately 15-20 % per annum and this growth is conservatively set to continue through to 2010 (Lee 2003). The macadamia crop is a valuable earner of foreign revenue and approximately 97 % of the 2005 / 06 South African crop, valued at ± R300 million, was exported (Lee 2006). South Africa is currently the second largest producer of macadamia nuts after Australia (Piza 2006).


A surface-emitting (SE) laser with a vertical cavity is attractive for lightwave communications, laser disks, and optical parallel processing.1 A circular buried heterostructure (CBH) laser was shown to be helpful in reducing the threshold.2 So far, CBH SE lasers have been fabricated by LPE growth. On the other hand, the MOCVD growth is more effective due to its high producibility and thickness controllability.


Single-shot supercontinuum spectral interferometry is a powerful technique for measuring transient refractive index changes. In principle, its time resolution is limited only by the available probe bandwidth. However, this assumes that the phase extraction has sufficient spectral resolution and that the probe spectral phase is exactly known. Using an analytical model for the spectral phase and amplitude modulation of a chirped probe pulse by a weak transient phase perturbation, we show how the probe chirp and spectral resolution determine the achievable time resolution. A simple, practical technique for precise in situ measurement of the probe spectral phase is described in detail, and the sensitivity of the extracted temporal phase profile to uncertainty in the probe spectral phase is demonstrated in numerical simulations.


Objective To monitor the infectious diseases among international travelers at Jiangxi ports,and to provide a scientific basis for prevention and surveillance of infectious diseases at port.Methods The disease surveillance results among international travelers at Jiangxi port from 2008 to 2011 were retrospectively analyzed by statistics.Results During 4 years,a total of 5 095 cases of infectious diseases were identified among 38 226 international travelers,the detection rate was13.33%.In which,the detection rate of HBsAg positive was the highest(12.59%),followed by syphilis(0.47%),TB(0.24%)and HIV(0.02%).There were statistically significant differences in the detection rates of infectious diseases among the travelers with different occupation(χ2=51.272,P0.01),in which,the laborer was the highest,followed by the group of international marrige.Conclusion Hepatitis B and syphili are the major infectious diseases.The labor and the group of international marrige are the key monitoring groups.It is possible to avoid the spread of infectious diseases through following ways: developing diversity of health education,popularizing the common knowledge of disease prevention,and improving the self-protection awareness,taking the effective measure of prevention methods and behavior interventions.


The creative city has become a very popular, fashionable and yet controversial concept in the last decade. Nevertheless, very little attention has been given to the role that Higher Education (HE) plays in shaping and fostering the creative city. The work of Florida (2002) has put emphasis on the role of HE in regional economy as providers of talent (or as preferred by economists, human capital). Within this broader discourse about the HEIs contribution to local and national economies, the present paper focuses on the contribution of HEIs to a specific sector of the economy: the creative economy and the 'creative city'. We use the concept of 'bohemian graduates' to investigate the contribution of HE to the creative workforce of the city. Using student micro-data collected by the Higher Education Statistical Agency (HESA) in the United Kingdom the paper highlights the role of HE in attracting bohemian graduates to study in specific cities and maps their ability to retain this talent and to offer them work opportunities in the creative sector.


To improve the performance of embedded processors, an effective technique is collapsing critical computation subgraphs as application-specific instruction set extensions and executing them on custom functional units. The problems of this approach are immense cost and long time of designing. To address these issues, an adaptive extensible processor was proposed in which custom instructions (CIs) are generated and added after chip-fabrication. To support this feature, custom functional units are replaced by a reconfigurable matrix of functional units with the capability of conditional execution. Unlike previous proposed CIs, it can include multiple exits. Experimental results show that multi-exit CIs enhance the performance by 46% in average compared to CIs limited to one basic block. A maximum speedup of 2.89 compared to a 4-issue in-order RISC processor, and a speedup of 1.66 in average, was achieved on MiBench benchmark suite


Review of: Dickstein, M., 2009. 'Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression'. New York: W.W. Norton.


We are used to the thoughts that everything has a beginning and an end. We are trained by the surroundings of the world to have beginning-end theory always in the back of our mind. Everything we observe around us has a beginning and an end. All living beings have a beginning and an end. All non-living things of the world also fall into the same category. The beginning-end theory gives us psychological comfort that we are trained to be used to. The theory of general relativity is called low energy theory – because its predictions are fairly accurate in low energy conditions only. So, it can be regarded as a good tool for partial theories which are sufficient to make accurate predictions in all but the most extreme situations. The same thing applies to the quantum mechanics and the Newton's classical theory of gravity. A completely separate identity is necessary before a beginning of anything. For example, every two people are not identical. Everybody has one and unique identity. Thus, everybody has a unique and separate beginning. Everybody has a beginning to perform specific tasks that are unique. A combination of many atoms that are combined to perform specific tasks throughout like respiration can be called intelligent life. Because, intelligent life has one and unique identity, thus, it has a unique beginning. Beginning is a relative word, but if anything that has beginning, it must have an end, that is, the combination of many atoms that are doing specific tasks like respiration, is no more valid. The end is also a relative word. We extend the day to day experience of beginning-end theory with the help of our psychological imagination that the Universe must have a beginning (probably the Big Bang) and it must have an end (possibly the Big crunch). If somehow we can conclude that the Universe has a beginning and an end that resemblance our day to day experiences including our life, we are happy enough with the conclusion. It is as if we started our journey of about investigating the Universe with psychologically predefined conclusion that matches with the beginning-end theory. All physical theories are partial theories because they are valid only on limited observations in the limited or restricted part of the Universe. Then the ultimate unified theory of physics must be predicting everything accurately under all conditions which infers that the ultimate unified theory of physics must also be predicting our future deeds accurately. Thus the theory of determinism must be included at least if not a leading role in the formulation and quest of the ultimate unified theory of physics of the Universe. Keyword: The ultimate unified theory of the Universe, The theory of determinism, The Big Bang and the Big Crunch, the beginning-end theory, The theory of general relativity and quantum mechanics.


TWO IN three patients with Type 2 diabetes do not adhere to their prescribed oral hypoglycaemic treatment, researchers have found.


A new catalyst for selective reduction of NO_x was investigated.Zeolites were in-situ synthesized on the surface of a honeycomb-shaped cordierite under hydrothermal conditions.Investigations on a lean burn engine indicated that NO_x could be removed by using HC and CO in the exhaust gas as reduction agents.When the catalyst was used,the indicated NO_x conversion could reach a maximum of 40% at 450 ℃.At the same time,the HC conversion was about 60%,whereas the CO was hardly converted.


Introduction: Craniofacial growth is a dynamic and unpredictable process influenced by genetic and environmental factors, presenting phenotypic and gender differences. Objective: Evaluate the differences in craniofacial growth and development in a group of Colombian individuals with complete unilateral and bilateral cleft lip and palate (CLP) and without CLP, classified by gender and age. Setting and Sample Population: Five hundred forty-one profile radiographs of 126 patients with unilateral CLP, 126 with bilateral CLP, and 289 without CLP. All patients of affected groups had a history of CLP correction surgery without nasoalveolar molding with orthopedic and orthodontic treatments. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed comparing 8 cephalometric measurements on radiographs, 5 linear/3 angular. Analysis was performed by median and interquartile range for all cephalometric measurements. Comparison between the groups was performed using Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U, with a 95% confidence. Results: Significant differences between the groups of patients with and without CLP, between types of clefts and genders. The skeletal structures of patients with CLP were smaller than those of control but improved with growth. Patients with unilateral CLP presented flat profiles and predominant class III malocclusions, while patients with bilateral CLP, at early ages, were class II and in the prepubertal stage, the values were progressively negative until the end of the growth period, suggesting class III. Patients with CLP presented posteroinferior rotation of the mandible, vertical measurements increased, and deflection of the cranial base. Conclusion: Given their growth alterations, patients with CLP benefit from orthopedic and orthodontic treatment.


In this essay, I critique and critically reflect upon two questions derived from Action Ideal VIII of the MayDay Group: "We commit to understanding the wide range of possi-bilities and the limitations that technology and media offer music and music learning." Before we can address the "how," it is necessary to know the "why," which I offer here. This includes questioning dichotomies based on beliefs that either no longer hold true and/or are based on a presumptive fallacy—first, that making music in the 21st century is an "either/or" proposition—i.e. one either makes music acoustically or digitally but not both, and second, an implicit belief that hands-on acoustic face-to-face music making is always preferable to making music digitally—either by one's self or with others through technological mediation – for various reasons. I conclude with a discussion of the impact that corporate power on the Web has and continues to have on music making, and by extension, music learning, in the 21st century.


Umayyad history. G. R. Hawting is well suited to this task because of his previous detailed work on such subjects as the Islamic sanctuary, and his excellent textbook of Umayyad history (The first dynasty of Islam, London and Carbondale, Illinois, 1987). While he avoids citing his own work here, he is generous in citing that of others, and in giving parallels from the Ansdb of Baladhuri and numerous other medieval texts. The genealogical and biographical information is particularly useful, and would have been enhanced by charts such as those which appear in The first dynasty of Islam. The translation is careful and accurate, but is marred by mistakes in English, such as ' Would that I arrive in Syria' (p. 37), or ' Treat as an enemy he who was the first' (p. 99—there are many examples of this error). Mistakes of this kind do not appear in Hawting's previous work, and their occurrence in other volumes in the series leads one to suspect the presence of an over-zealous copy editor. Also pointing in that direction are exaggerated Americanisms such as ' prizing' for ' prising' [open] (p. 118). Since the Tabari translation is intended as a standard work, more care ought to be taken in this regard. But in any case this volume will be of great use to anyone interested in the second fitna and in the early history of Islam.


In the 1990s, knowledge management originated as a post-Fordist, information society, discourse that stressed the sociotechnical "capture" and distribution of knowledge as a sharable, information resource. Following a postindustrial model, the information/knowledge economy was seen as the leading productive sector. Today's networked systems mix information processing and retrieval and communication technologies in new ways. While such systems demand new tools for capturing, organizing, searching, ranking, and visualizing knowledge, such systems also offer new opportunities for education and for better, shared, research. This article reviews the status of computational technologies in university education in, and since, Jean-François Lyotard's The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge and then offers recommendations on bridging the divide between networked and critical thinking through the reorganization of the university and some of its functions.


BACKGROUND Surgical defects of the convex curve of the central nasal tip have always been difficult to repair. Most dermatologic surgeons use a full‐thickness graft in this region. The pinch modification of the linear advancement flap was described by Peng et al in 1987 as a means of repairing this region. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this paper is to discuss the effectiveness of using the Peng flap for repairs of the convex curve of the central nasal tip. METHODS This flap was used on a series of 25 patients, all of whom had defects of the convex curve of the central nasal tip. RESULTS Because the flap both rotates and advances, it shortens the length of the traditional advancement flap and increases flap survival rate. We found excellent cosmetic results for central nasal tip defects and had no complications of necrosis using this flap. CONCLUSION We have found this to be an excellent flap for repairs of the convex curve of the central nasal tip, as the rotating arms of the flap conform to the three‐dimensional shape and the lateral lines fit well into cosmetic lines of the nose. When repairing central nasal tip defects, we believe the Peng flap to be the flap of choice to re‐create the convex curve of this region.


With growing needs of the global land cover information, high resolution datasets have been released, such as 30m-resolution GLC30 and NLCD 2011. However, these datasets cannot update in time when the ground-truth changes. In this paper, an automatic algorithm is proposed to generate land cover based on convolutional neural network (CNN) using optical image. A land cover translation framework is designed by utilizing the techniques of the fully convolutional network, and it can provide pixel-to-pixel translation of the image. The experiment is carried out on high resolution optical image sourcing from Google earth, and the results demonstrate that the proposed method is able to generate robust and reasonable prediction of the land cover. By testing at several different areas, this methods achieve the average accuracy at 70.2% for 8 types land cover comparing with NLCD 2011 datasets.


THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN SECOND LANGUAGE IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT IN STUDY ABROAD Irwin Compiegne (University of Technology Sydney, Australia) The majority of the studies on Second Language Acquisition (SLA) in study abroad context rely on data collected from participants' self-reported experience using classic methods such as pre and post sojourn interviews. Those data appear to be insufficient to report in depth and in details the changes in students' Second Language Identity (SLI) that occur during study abroad. Widespread use of social media has radically changed not only the ways in which students socialise but also their modes of self-presentation. The aim of this paper is to look at the role of social media in SLI development in study abroad. This research will investigate the impact of these changing modes of engagement with home and host countries on the SLI development during study abroad, focusing on 10 students of French from a university in Sydney, Australia, who are studying in France or Switzerland for one year as a case study. My research draws on pre-departure and post-sojourn semi-structured interviews triangulated with a contextualised discourse analysis of the students' posts, comments and any relevant publications, including pictures on Facebook during their study abroad. This innovative methodology combined with the length of the sojourn abroad and the number of participants will bring a new insight in the field of SLI development in study abroad context. EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF STUDY ABROAD ON THE LISTENERSHIP OF JAPANESE EFL UNIVERSITY


As a new industry, environmental protection is regarded as the most potential industry in 21th century. In this paper,we have introduced the actuality and developmental characteristics of environmental protection industry of China,analyzed the existent problems and put forward the countermeasures to developing the environmental protection industry, such as fastening the legislation of environmental protection industry, adjusting industry structure, establishing statistical market, and promoting technologyprogress of the industry.


As the population of a community grows rapidly, the risk of fire in the community increases. In order to warn or predict the risk of community fire in time and reduce the loss caused by community fire to some extent. We propose a kind of index system for community fire risk assessment, whose data uses sensor data and video data of a community as data sources, labeling to label the image data information and use Faster R-CNN algorithm to process the image data, use the sensor collection data, combined with the index system of community fire risk assessment, to achieve the prediction and evaluation of community fire risk level, before the fire It can effectively improve the level of prevention and control of community fire risk before the occurrence of fire, and facilitate property managers, street and community fire management personnel to carry out daily fire management work, and also play a positive role in reducing the frequency of community fires and reducing the casualties and property losses caused by fire; in addition, it can also identify the flame and smoke in the occurrence of fire, to timely alarm to avoid further expansion of the fire.


A system for fabricating conductive metal plated polyimide film is provided to improve physical properties including releasing strength, to prevent the film from being twisted or distorted, and to smoothly transport the film. A system consists of a processing device part for automatically feeding the polyimide film, and a washing device part. The system comprises: an unwinding part(2) that has an unwinding device(100) for transporting polyimide film(5) from a film roll(111); a cleaning part(10) that has a cleaning device(11) and a washing device(12) to clean and wash surface of the polyimide film; an etching part(20) that repeatedly etches and washes the surface of the polyimide film; a neutralizing part(30) that neutralizes and washes the polyimide film after surface etching; a coupling part(40) that conducts acid coupling and washes the polyimide film by a coupling device(41) and an acid washing device(42); a catalyst adding part(50) that makes catalyst adsorbed and washes the polyimide film by an activation device(51) and a washing device(52); a bottom plating part(60) that forms first conductive metal layer on surface of the polyimide film by a bottom plating device(61); a plating part(70) that forms second conductive metal layer on the polyimide film by a plating device(71); a drying part(80) that dries the polyimide film by a dryer(400); an auxiliary driving part(90) that applies transportation force to the polyimide film; and a winding part(3) that winds the completed film around a winding roll after adding a protective film to the film.


Food and Beverage service is a section in the Hotel that is incorporated in Food and Beverage department. To do the responsibility in Food and Beverage Service Section as a Waiter, language is really important in speech acts that will be spoken by waiter. The writer do the research because, the writer want to describe the utterances expressed by the waiter in the Food and Beverage service section in Lampion Hotel Surakarta. The writer is also want to explain the speech acts for reflecting politeness strategy by the waiter in the Food and Beverage section in Lampion Hotel Surakarta. The writer is used qualitative descriptive method in searching the data. The method of finding the data are observing, interviewing, recording, and doing documentation directly on the field. The research shows that Lampion Hotel has utterances expressed and politeness reflection that are conveyed by the waiter there are greeting, offering, asking, repeating, clarifying, inviting and closing that reflected politeness. The writer summarizes that the politeness strategy in the food and beverage service section in the Hotel is very important for those who are working in the hospitality world because it is the main point of the person attitude that will serve the guest with their good personality.


Ocular myasthenia is not the most severe form of myasthenia but it might cause certain difficulties to diagnose. In this article, we shall discuss the clinical presentations of ocular myasthenia, its differential diagnostics, examinations and management. Keywords: ocular myasthenia gravis, diagnosis, examination, management.


In this diploma paper, we have dealt with the curve called the folium of Descartes, and some of its generalizations. Besides its various interesting characteristics, the folium of Descartes also has a prominent place in the history of mathematics, because it has served as a cause of conflict between the two great mathematicians, Descartes and Fermat, in the mid-17th century. In the example of determining the area enclosed by the "loop" of the curve, it is visible that Fermat has been using methods which have been ingenious and far-reaching for his time, namely before the full development of differential and integral calculus. Therefore, the emphasis of the paper is on the "quadrature" of the loop of the folium of Descartes as well as its generalizations from the 20th century.


We obtain oscillation criteria for a second-order self-adjoint matrix equation on a time scale in terms of the eigenvalues of the coefficient matrices and the graininess and backward graininess functions. We then illustrate these results with some nontrivial examples.


The term native-like proficiency in English refers to the ability to speak the English language like a native speaker. This study was conducted to investigate Afghan English major undergraduate students' attitudes toward native-like proficiency in the English language at two public universities in Afghanistan. The study specifically investigated the attitudes of Afghan English major undergraduate students toward the characteristics of a native speaker of the English language, native speakers' linguistic imperialism, and native-like proficiency in the English language. A mixed research design was used for the study. The quantitative data were descriptively analyzed in terms of frequencies using SPSS and presented in tables. The qualitative data were thematically analyzed and presented. A total of 113 fourth-year (senior students)  voluntarily participated in the study. The findings revealed that perfect pronunciation, fluency, and grammatical accuracy were the defining attributes of native speakers. Similarly, students believed that only native speakers have the right to decide the rules or to standardize the English language and that only a native speaker has better English language skills. Moreover, the results revealed that Afghan English major students' attitudes toward native-like proficiency in the English language were highly positive, and they love to speak with a native-like accent. It is hoped that the current study's findings will help educators and will be a valuable addition to the current mass of data on the subject.


We present in this paper a construction for Gabor-type frames built out of generalized Weyl-Heisenberg groups. These latter are obtained via central extensions of groups which are direct products of locally compact abelian groups and their duals. Our results generalize many of the results, appearing in the literature, on frames built out of the Schr\"odinger representation of the standard Weyl-Heisenberg group. In particular, we obtain a generalization of the result in \cite{PO}, in which the product $ab$ determines whether it is possible for the Gabor system $\{E_{mb}T_{na}g \}_{m,n\in \mathbb Z}$ to be a frame for $L^2(\mathbb R)$. As a particular example of the theory, we study in some detail the case of the generalized Weyl-Heisenberg group built out of the $d$-dimensional torus. In the same spirit we also construct generalized shift-invariant systems.


The invention relates to a device and a method for measuring the Biot coefficient of a poroelastic medium under high temperature and high pressure. The experimental device comprises an autoclave, a pore pressure pump system, a confining pressure pump system, a computer control system, a heating system, a temperature control box and the like, wherein the computer control system is connected with the pore pressure pump system, the confining pressure pump system and the autoclave respectively; a first vent valve and a second vent valve are mounted on the autoclave; the other end of the confining pressure pump system is connected with the autoclave; the other end of the pore pressure pump system is connected with the autoclave; the heating system covers the outer side of the autoclave; the temperature control box is connected with inside and outside of the autoclave respectively. With the adoption of the device and the method, the problem about test of the Biot coefficient of a rock core under the high temperature condition is solved, the temperature pressure condition of the rock core in the stratum can be more really restored, and more guidance is achieved for field application. Main equipment adopted by the device is obtained through renovation based on original normal-temperature triaxial experimental equipment, so that the cost is greatly saved, and the experimental requirements can be met.


Composite materials (GFRP) have shown a significant increase in their use for aerospace and military applications in recent years. Concurrent maturation of the technology in near Infrared High Energy Lasers has proven to be promising for use in directed energy weaponry. The binding matrix of many common aerospace composite materials are made of polymeric materials. The thermodynamics of GFRP as well as the thermo-mechanical behavior of such heterogeneous materials submitted to a typical laser weapon irradiation need therefore to be further explored to understand precisely the deterioration process induced by the illumination. Front and side views during the HEL (High Energy Laser) interaction process with the GFRP target material at different time delays clearly evidence the complicated nature of smoky plume and flame combustion creation during the irradiation process. During the energy deposition rise of the continuous laser wave, the GFRP target heats up due to absorption in the outer epoxy layer. Further increase of the energy reveals a smoky plume optically thin directly above the surface of the GFRP-target. Time resolved emission spectroscopy was used to investigate the chemical decomposition and surface temperature in the low and high temperature regime during the laser matter interaction process. The spectral emission in the visible range is dominated by continuum emission which provides the distribution temperature in time based on Planck`s law. In the low temperature regime (infrared wavelength bands from λ = 2μm up to λ = 11μm) a four channel infrared detector system was designed to retrieve the distribution temperature. The experimental, time resolved signal from four different infrared detectors at center wavelengths of λ = 3.348 μm, λ = 4.49 μm, λ = 7.41 μm and λ = 10.57 μm are used to reconstruct the Planck-function by a fitting routine with the temperature as parameter. The calibration of the system was made with a conventional Black-body source PY5. The obtained temperature distribution in time was then compared to measurements with a conventional pyrometer. With the concept of this four channel detector we overcome the difficulties of acquisition speed and single band nature of conventional pyrometers.


Africa is the biggest continental source of biomass burning (BB) emissions. The large fluxes of chemical pollutants and aerosol emitted during intense BB events can strongly alter tropospheric chemistry and cloud dynamics and can result in widespread air pollution. Available BB emission inventories differ in terms of satellite sensor data and assumptions and methodologies used to estimate emission fluxes, and show substantial differences in emission totals and spatial and temporal patterns. The omission of small fires (<100 ha) by most satellite products is one key factor on the accuracy of the emission inventories.


How should the market be designed to enable effi cient climate protecti on in Germany and drive sector coupling forward? A comprehensive carbon pricing scheme and a reform of taxes, duti es and surcharges are key components. This positi on paper categorises the decisions from the Climate Acti on Plan 2030 and sets out opti ons for how revenue from carbon pricing can be put to use to achieve a double dividend for climate protecti on. The following points are crucial:


It is known that nontrivial ultraproducts of complete partially ordered sets (posets) are almost never complete. We show that complete additivity of functions is preserved in ultraproducts of complete posets.


The stars designated as LS IV -102, LSS 1922, and LSS 4300 in the Case-Hamburg Luminous Stars surveys have been found to be extremely hydrogen deficient. The absorption spectra of these stars appear to form a continuous sequence linking the extreme helium stars with the close binary system ..nu.. Sagittarii.


Abstract : Government, industry, the military, and critical infrastructure may be at risk due to the purposeful manipulation of micro-processing chips during the manufacturing process. Many microchips intentionally provide remote access to systems to allow for monitoring and updating firmware. However, remote access capability also introduces vulnerability. An unauthorized person could take control of a system remotely and shut it down, spy on it, or remove data. If this is occurring, the implications to national and homeland security could be significant. Currently there are no policies and processes to identify purposefully manufactured vulnerable micro-processing chips. If it is determined that vulnerable microchips do exist, a federal government-led effort will be needed to do the following: identify the entities producing these chips, assess the intentions of these entities, inventory vulnerable microchips that are in use, and pursue the development of a remediation strategy. Furthermore, the current supply chain process will have to be reexamined to mitigate current and future concerns. In 2012, the Government Accounting Office recommended that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) create and implement a cybersecurity supply chain vulnerability policy. This policy will assist federal, state, and local governments, as well as private sector entities, in developing guidelines for microchip manufacturing.


An economic model was developed to evaluate cost and value of manure distribution. A 2,500 head feedlot was used as a case study to calculate excretion amounts from cattle fed diets with a range of phosphorus. Diet P and subse-quent costs of distributing that manure were used to analyze the corresponding costs of manure P distribution, in addi-tion to determining the required acres needed to be in compliance with a nutrient management plan (NMP) based on use of manure P by the crops grown. The model illustrated when animals are fed diets of increasing P concentration, total distribution cost increased, ranging from $2.80 - $5.10/head finished/year, but the agronomic and market value of manure produced increased at a rate faster than the rate of increasing costs of distribution for a small feedlot.


Mechanical (direct-drive) systems designed for high-speed and high-accuracy applications require control systems that eliminate the influence of disturbances like cogging forces and friction. One way to achieve additional disturbance rejection is to extend the usual (P(I)D) controller with a disturbance observer. There are two distinct ways to design, represent, and implement a disturbance observer, but in this paper it is shown that the one is a generalization of the other. A general systematic design procedure for disturbance observers that incorporates stability requirements is given. Furthermore, it is shown that a disturbance observer can be transformed into a classical feedback structure, enabling numerous well-known tools to be used for the design and analysis of disturbance observers. Using this feedback interpretation of disturbance observers, it will be shown that a disturbance observer based robot tracking controller can be constructed that is equivalent to a passivity based controller. By this equivalence not only stability proofs of the disturbance observer based controller are obtained, but it also provides more transparent controller parameter selection rules for the passivity based controller.


Objective For understanding the biophysical process of T-cell immune response,to reveal the diffusive features of the adhesion molecules in the complicated topographic cell contact area,and develop a method to estimate the diffusive coefficient.Method In this paper,by taking an account of the crowding effect of the adhesion molecules,we present a porous structural model of the cell contact area,and derived the diffusion equation of the free ligand molecules on the cell contact area.In the cases of the cell contact area being the isotropy porous structure,the diffusive damping factorγis related with the obstruct density o by an analytical expression,and in the case of axial-symmetry,the logarithmic distribution character ofγis obtained too.Results The retardation of the free ligand diffusion will be strengthened as increasing of the diffusive damping factorγand decreasing of the obstruct densityσin the contact area, and using FRAP experiment data,the parameterαγandξhave been estimated as 0.2~0.4,0.40~0.56 and 0.73~0.75 for the adhesion system of CD2/CD58 and CD28-CD80,respectively.Conclusion A new method to estimate the diffusive retardation coefficientξof the adhesion molecules by measuring the fluorescence recovery level on the photobleaching region of the contact area is proposed.


Research on the problems that exist in Batusangkar 1 Senior High School, student learning competencies are still low. The efforts that can be done are to implement a time learning model that contains scientific literacy. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the time token model with scientific literacy on the learning competency of students' in Batusangkar 1 Senior High School. This type of research was experimental research with a randomized control group posttest only design. The population in this study were all class X MIPA Batusangkar 1 senior high school registered in the 2018/2019. Sampling was done using Purposive Sampling techniques. X MIPA 2 as the experimental class and X MIPA 1 as the control class. The instruments used were in the form of posttest questions for knowledge competencies, observation sheets for attitude and skills competencies. Based on the results of the study using the t-test it can be concluded that the knowledge competencies of students t count 3.41> t table 1.67, the attitudes  competency t count 5.95> t table 1.67, and the skills competency tcount 2.34 > t table 1.67. it shows that the hypothesis was accepted. So, the application of the time token model with scientific literacy can improve the competency of knowledge, attitudes, and skills of class X students of  senior high school 1 Batusangkar


Selton & Cantor-Graae ([2005][1]) proposed that long-term experiences of social defeat may sensitise the mesolimbic dopamine system, increasing the risk for schizophrenia. Regrettably they continued the tradition of ignoring the distal evolutionary perspective. An underemphasised observation is that


A technique for lithology/fluid (LF) prediction and simulation from prestack seismic data is developed in a Bayesian framework. The objective is to determine the LF classes along 1D profiles through a reservoir target zone. A stationary Markov-chain prior model is used to model vertical continuity of LF classes along the profile. The likelihood relates the LF classes to the elastic properties and to the seismic data, and it introduces vertical correlation because the seismic data are band-limited. An approximation of the likelihood model provides an approximate posterior model that is a Markov chain. The approximate posterior can be assessed by an exact and efficient recursive algorithm. The LF inversion approach is evaluated on a synthetic 1D profile that is inspired by a North Sea sandstone reservoir. With a realistic wavelet-colored noise model and a S/N ratio of three in the seismic data, the results are reliable. The LF classes and the interfaces between zones are largely correct. The prediction unce...


Alzheimer's disease (AD) is widely aware as a neurodegenerative disease that is characterized as a leading cause of irreversible progressive dementia. From a clinical perspective, it is vital to forecast a patient's progression over time. In that regard, there have been rigorous researches on AD progression modeling with structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Methodologically, there are three major aspects of MRI modeling: (i) variability over time, (ii) sparseness in observations, and (iii) geometrical properties in temporal dynamics. While the existing deep-learning-based methods have addressed variability or sparsity in data, there is still a need to take into account the inherent geometrical properties. Recently, geometric modeling based on ordinary differential equations (ODE-RGRU) has shown its ability in various time-series data by combining an RNN and an ordinary differential equation (ODE) in symmetric positive definite (SPD) space. Despite the success of ODE-RGRU in time-series data modeling, it is limited to estimating the SPD matrix from sparse data with missing values. To this end, we propose a novel geometric learning framework for AD progression modeling to tackle the aforementioned issues simultaneously. And, we also propose training algorithms for manifold mapping on irregular and incomplete MRI and cognitive scores observations. Our proposed framework efficiently learns three major aspects of longitudinal MRI biomarker and cognitive scores by the manifold transformation module, ODE-RGRU, and missing value estimation module. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our method in experiments that forecast multi-class classification and cognitive scores over time. Additionally, we provide a multi-faceted analysis of the proposed method through an ablation study.


Acute appendicitis is the most common cause of acute abdominal inflammatory disease and it is the main reason for emergency laparotomy. The diagnosis is based in the clinical evaluation, white blood cels count and diagnostic imaging exams. The aym of the study is to evaluate ultrasonography as a complemental diagnosis method in cases of acute appendicitis comparing with pathologycal exam. We reviewed promptuaries of 320 patients submited to appendicectomies in Santa Casa Hospital of Porto Alegre between January 2005 and December 2006 to analyse the impression of the ultrasonographist and the pathologycal examination of the surgical material. Of those, 251 patients (78,4 %) were submitet to ultrasonography in the pre-operatory. 216 of those had diagnosticaded acute appendicitis in the pathologycal examination. In 170 patients (78,7%), ultrasonography suggested diagnosis of acute appendicitis. In 21 cases (9,72 %) the exam did not suggest inflammatory process and in 25 patients (11,57%) the ultrasonographist had doubt about the diagnosis. The sensibility verificated was 78% and the specificity was 35%. The positive and negative predictive values were 89,47% and 24,59%, respectively. The acuracy was 73,7%. If we eliminate the doubt, the sensibility was 89%, specificity 35%, positive and negative predictive values were 89,47% and 34,37%, respectively. The acuracy was 81,53%. We concluded that ultrasonography is an important diagnostic tool to the appendicitis and an excelent method to discriminate other acute diseases of the right inferior quadrant. However, the exam should not substitute anamnesis and physical examination to establish the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.


nterototigenic Eschern however, human vdunteer studies have shown that these strains are indeed potentially pathogmic2'. Some CFs exclusively occur on strains producing Sr, others exclusively on strains producing LT and yet others occur on strains producing both types of enters- toxins (Table 1). About 90% of the strains that pro- duce both ST and LT, 60% of the sa4n.s that produce only !!X and 10% of the strains that produce only LT express known CFSZS. Epidemioiogical studies carried out in many geographical areas have shown that the fre- quency with which the different CFs of human E'T'EC ocsur varies (Fig. li (see also Ref. 26 and references therein). although CFA/I and CSl-CS6 seem to occur mosL frequently. In none of the epidemiological studies were all the ETEC strains found to produce CFs. This is probably -mause not atI known CFs were tested for or because hitherto unknown CFs are produced. As the most important somatic antigens in a future vaccine against ETEC diarrhoea are the CFs that oc- cur with high frequency in thd. target population (see below), more detailed information on rhedisqibutionofCFsproduced by ETEC in different geographic regions is required. It has been suggested that the most important bac- terial antigens fo be included in a future vaccine against ETEC diarrhoea are the CFs that occur with the highest frequency in the target population (see below). There- forr more detailed information on the geographical distribution of specific CF-producing ElEC is required. CF udtxsion Pathogenic E. coli has a remarkabk sekctivity for hosts and tissues. The important CFs produced by animal ETEC are never found on human ETEC. This tropism is a result of the expwsion by ETEC of CFs with differ- ent binding specificities. Although the rote of the CFs of human ETEC in attachment to intestinal cells and erythrocytes is well documented, the structures in- volved in binding of these CFs have not been studied as much derail those for CFs of animal JXEC or uro- pathogenic E. cofi. The limited availabifity of human intestinal material is probably the reason for this. In Table 2, a compilation of the methods used to study ETEC adhesion is given. CF receptors The ndecuks to which E77X fimbriae bind are glyco- conjugates. The glycoconjugates on eukaryotic cell membr,nes exhibit an enormous diversity in oligosac- charidesequences.Theoligosaccharidesarcnotdistrib- uted uniformly among species, tissues and cells, hence the preference of pathogens for specific host tissues and the relative specificity of haemagglutination. Most


From the perspective of institutional theory, prior studies mostly focus on the effects of regulatory and normative forces on firms' environmental practices. We argue that, as a cultural‐cognitive force, local community environmental orientation is another key factor determining firms' environmental practices and performance. With data collected from multiple respondents in 372 Chinese firms, this study demonstrates that such orientation affects two other types of institutional forces facing companies, namely, local legislation and community stakeholders' pressures. These two types of forces complement each other and jointly affect firms' environmental actions, such as green investment and environmental operations, which subsequently affect firms' social reputation. However, local environmental orientation does not directly affect firms' environmental actions. These findings suggest that institutional forces interact with each other to shape firms' environmental actions.


Broiler is a readily available meat source catering the need of meat eating people. The disposal of broiler waste such as carcasses, blood, feather and offal produced from slaughtering broiler birds need to be disposed or utilized properly. Considering this, the present study was purposively conducted in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu to identify the existing disposal method and recommend suitable eco-friendly utilization and disposal methods. Sixty butchers were randomly selected from the study area and the data were collected through personal interview and observation method. The study revealed that none of the farmers possessed high level knowledge whereas nearly one-fifth (18.33 per cent) of the butchers possessed medium and a majority (81.67 per cent) possessed low level knowledge in proper disposal and utilization of broiler slaughter waste. In contrast, none of the butcher adopted proper disposal method. It was found that from 36.67 and 8.33 per cents of the butchers shop, broiler slaughter waste was collected by pig farmers and fish farmers respectively to feed their pigs and fishes. The broiler slaughter waste produced from the remaining 55.00 per cent of butchers shop was improperly disposed in road-side. An overwhelming majority (93.33 per cent) of butchers agreed that disposal of broiler slaughter waste was their responsibility and expressed their willingness to learn on proper disposal broiler waste. The results will foster the policy makers and line departments to formulate and implement strategies for adopting the recommended methods of eco-friendly broiler slaughter waste management by initiating the co-operation from and among the butchers, pig and fish farmers and local governing body.


PROFESSOR GALGAN has written a history of modern philosophy. His specific intent and achievement is the telling of a story, a story about that period or epoch of philosophy which defines itself by both following on and setting itself against both ancient philosophy and medieval philosophy (and theology) . Philosophy becomes ancient or old only when there is a sense of newness which sets itself up in difference to what until then was simply philosophy, philosophy tout court, not ancient or old philosophy. And in turn when philosophy sets itself up as new in difference to that first newness, we call the newly new philosophy modern; and the old new philosophy, the philosophy between the old and the newly new, we call the in-between philosophy or middle philosophy or medieval philosophy (and theology). Professor Galgan tells a story. A story in relation to whatever it is a story about, a story in relation to its world, does two things: first, it selects; it limits and trims by selecting; second, it organizes; it tightens the relations among the elements it selects. As Aristotle says in talking about the plot and the action which the plot imitates, the plot or story has a beginning and an end and the elements in the plot or story follow each other with a degree of necessity which is lacking in the imitated actions themselves. The story itself therefore contrasts both with everything that happened and with one thing happening merely after another and not because of another.


The invention contemplates improved techniques for making lens implants for use in ophthalmological surgery, the lens being a replacement for a cataract-clouded natural lens, and the replacement being installed in the pupil at the iris as the operative step following removal of the cataracted lens. The lens produced by the inventive method features adapter structure assembled to an intra-ocular lens element and having first and second pluralities of radially outward stabilizing feet, in angularly spaced and interlaced relation with the feet of the other plurality; and the respective pluralities of stabilizing feet are on opposite sides of the iris, thus enabling the iris to retain and position the implanted lens.


In this paper, the concept and correlative categories of cascade profit of mining resource is discussed, its condition and conformation is analysed, and the calculation method of cascade profit of mining resource is presented from the point of view of mineral resources.


This research was made to determine the actual condition of the green
areas that the city of Zamora has got. The city has got just a few green spots
that need to be administered and maintained urgently. All this green zones
located around the city were registered and studied to determine the actual
condition, after this preliminary study the results were used to implement a
plan to recover and improve them. The results of this study reveals that
these green areas are in a regular condition and such a findings then were
shared with the local authorities and public in general. These green zones
or green spots are necessary to contribute to the well-being of the people in
the city of Zamora, so we need to keep them and good condition for the next
generations that will come


NOVAN EKO KURNIAWAN. Somatic Cell Count of Etawah Cross Breed Goat Post Vaccination with Irradiated Vaccine of Streptococcus agalactiae to Prevent Subclinical Mastitis, Supervised by SRI ESTUNINGSIH and BOKY JEANNE TUASIKAL. Etawah cross breed goat was domesticated to full fill human necessity on meat and milk. As a dairy milk producer etawah cross breed goat are susceptible to subclinical mastitis. Subclinical mastitis mostly caused by Streptococcus agalactiae. Several methode had been developed to combat subclinical mastitis (promoting sanitation and hygiene, teat dipping, including vaccination). Objective of this reseach is to know the efectiveness of irradicated vaccine to prevent subclinical mastitis through somatic cell count. This research used healthy goat in four to five months pregnancy and were vaccinated three times with interval 2 weeks. The vaccine volume was 2 mL contain 10 8 cfu/mL Streptococcus agalactiae iradiated with gamma radiaton with dose rate 112.504 krad/h and doses 17 Gy. Milk samples in this research were taken twice, two weeks after parturation and twelve weeks after parturation. The results showed that the SCC (Somatic Cell Count) from sample 1 lower than the sample 2 and SCC< 1.5 million cells / mL . This indicates that irradiation of Streptococcus agalactiae vaccine is potencial in preventing the incidence of subclinical mastitis in goats caused by the bacterium S. agalactiae by preventing somatic cell desquamation.


AIDS is a worldwide public health issue. As of the 21st century, AIDS pandemic gained visibility with new study subjects – individuals of ages 50 years or over. The need for studies with these subjects involves a better quality of life, increase in the survival rate due to the success of the antiretroviral treatment and efficiency in strategies for facing sexual impotence. Based on this, the objective of this study was to characterize the clinical and epidemiological profile of individuals in their fifties or over with HIV/AIDS being accompanied at an outpatient clinic for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases of a UH, during the time period of 2009 to 2014; verify the occurrence of episodes of hospitalization of these individuals with ages of 50 years or over; evaluate the hospitalization profile of individuals with ages 50 years or over, hospitalized in the course of the illness; compare the gender variables of the study. A descriptive, inferential and sectional study from registers of individuals with ages of 50 or over, with HIV/AIDS, accompanied in an outpatient clinic for infectious and parasitic diseases at a university hospital in the municipality of Niteroi. The results of the study indicate an expressive proximity between the number of men (53%) and women (47%) infected with the HIV virus, accompanied at an outpatient clinic, which corroborates with the feminization process of the epidemic. There was a predominance of single/separated men 40 (74%) and widows 16 (33%), in which a significant statistical difference was observed (Chi-Squared; p =< 0.0001) where many of these women were contaminated through heterosexual relations. In the sexual option of individuals aged 50 or over, a prevalence of heterosexual and homosexual males and heterosexual females was observed, confirming transmission through heterosexual relations (Chi-Squared; p =< 0.0001). With reference to HIV cases in the family there was a significant difference between the genders (Chi-Squared; p = 0.0184), once women presented a significant number of infected husbands/partners 17 (35%). Co-infections/opportunistic infections have been the cause for hospitalization of these individuals with ages of 50 years or over, once they often discover that they are HIV positive, when already manifesting AIDS. The most prevalent causes for hospitalization, in the male and female genders, were pneumocystis, pulmonary tuberculosis, neurotoxoplasmosis and bacterial pneumonia. Many of these individuals discovered that they had HIV before the age of 60, which leads us to think about how people are aging. Ageing population is a fact, summed to the vulnerability of individuals of ages 50 or over to sexually transmitted infections, conveying to the health professionals the responsibility of planning actions aiming to disseminate information guided towards sexual education of this public, once they are sexually active and need to advance in preventive actions in order to reduce infections and transmissibility. Antiretroviral therapy for maintaining the health of these individuals and reducing episodes of hospitalization is of utmost importance, once a change in treatment and non-adhesion could lead these individual to be affected by opportunistic diseases and consequent hospitalization, or even to a poor prognosis.


ABSTRACT This strategic session/article is an update to one given over 10 years ago at the 1994 NASIG Conference. From the publisher's and the subscription agent's view, journal pricing is described for both the traditional print and the electronic formats. The publisher's view includes what factors are considered when setting pricing. How the agent handles journal pricing is discussed in detail as well as the changes caused by the advent of the electronic journal. To complete the business picture, the agent's view shows how the service charges for libraries are calculated as part of the revenue stream for agents.


A neuronal recording system for brain-machine interfaces (BMI) based on asynchronous biphasic pulse coding is described. A recording experiment comparing, in parallel, a commercial recording system (Tucker-Davis Technology) and the UF's custom solution (FWIRE) is set up to compare performance. The novel aspect of the UF system is that the analog signal is represented by an asynchronous pulse train, which provides a low-power, low-bandwidth, noise-resistant means for coding and transmission. Based on different front-end hardware settings, recording bandwidth and corresponding reconstruction accuracy can be varied. Taking advantage of neural firing features, the pulse-based approach requires less than 3 K pulses/second to record a 25 KHz bandwidth signal from a hardware neural simulator. Recording performance has been characterized in the back-end signal processing with the spike sorting method. Two different spike sorting methods are proposed depending on different recording bandwidth constraints.


ABSTRACT:Books' new forms and distribution channels have radically changed how we envision writing and reading, allowing us to see more clearly the textual elements that we tend to take for granted—how books exist in the world, how they are authored, framed, presented, produced, and packaged. As part of these textual developments, numerous experimental works have played with signifying techniques and with textual formats—narrative and plot structures, voice, syntax, print, and orthography—inviting readers to reconsider the ways in which they envision and relate to textuality. Other works have placed materiality at the forefront of the experiment. Many of the authors who participate in this literary research have manipulated the stability of the page, the notion of authorship, and the fictional and poetic medium. In this article, I investigate the configuration of the page, the source and distribution of fiction, and the medium of delivery of the work in order to add an interpretive layer to the current frameworks that guide our understanding of experimental literature. More specifically, in the works of Steve Tomasula, Michael Martone, and Eduardo Kac, the physical realities leading to material and embodied reading practices allow readers to engage in an affirmative mode of experimental politics. What emerges out of these experiments with the physical qualities of literature is a mode of creation that does not provoke a mere momentary evasion of dominant ideology but fosters instead a political practice through its material existence.


Digital techniques and computer-aided surgery have been introduced in the filed of orthognathic surgery and become the future of clinical work. Many cases were reported about this technique. In this article we present the progress and history of digital wafer production technique,its clinical protocol and classification,clinical indications and tried togivesomeclueforclinical use of this technique.


Vietnam has witnessed several droughts over 90 years of which 2014-2016 was a worst drought event with 83 per cent of affected area (FAO 2014). Recognizing the importance of drought, numerous studies on drought events at global, regional and national scales are receiving a lot of interest from researchers around the world(Bayissa et al. 2018). McKee et al.(1993) proposed meteorological drought to be defined in terms of the magnitude of a rainfall shortfall and the duration of this shortfall event. The standardized precipitation index (SPI) was, therefore, developed for predicting meteorological drought and has been successfully applied in many regions in the world (Bateni et al. 2018).One of the advantages of the SPI is that it can be used for different time scales and input data only required precipitation. Another index viz. the reconnaissance drought index (RDI) is also used to define meteorological drought and is very sensitive to drought events (Bayissa et al. 2018).


This is the 1st study of adolescents attitudes toward taking precautions to prevent contracting HIV/AIDS taken from a survey of 370 Australian secondary school students aged 15-16 based on theory of Erikson and Marcia. The 4 stages of Marcia of Eriksons developmental stage of identity development are 1) identity diffusion characterized by apathy; 2) foreclosure with preliminary choices taken from parents peers or fashions; 3) moratorium where teens are searching for direction but need more clarification and may be confused on in conflict over attitudes values and beliefs and 4) identity achievement with choice and commitment. A questionnaire of 19 items was administered to teens with parental permission. While 83% knew that condoms may prevent spread of HIV 38% had never thought about using them. 30-70% answered questions as though they were in the identity diffusion stage. 5% stated they did not intend to use condoms while 63% said they did. Status-linked questions were subjected to discriminant function analysis. Those intending to use condoms tended to be cautious responsible good communicators female more knowledgeable with positive attitudes toward sexual planning and fewer negative attitudes toward condoms. The undecided group scored high on moratorium items suggesting that they would be easier targets for sex education peer group discussions and values clarification. This study suggested that adolescents cannot be considered identical even with 1 sex and that changes in attitudes can be approached in steps.


The article covers a construction diagram and principle of operation of a drum with cylindrical and multifaceted pegs of fibrous material cleaner from fine litter. The parameters of drum and peg have been substantiated by theoretical research. Trajectories of movement of parts of a fibrous material on a flat surface of a drum peg are constructed at different drum rotation frequency and a mass of fibrous material. Based on comparative production tests, the positive results of the cleaning of fibrous material have been received, and recommendations for implementation have been developed.


In order to improve the cycling performance of lithium-ion hatteries with nonflammable trimethyl phosphate (TMP)-based electrolytes, amorphous carbon (AC) was used as the anode material. It was found that the reduction decomposition of TMP solvent, which occurred without limit on a natural graphite anode and concomitantly generated a large amount of methane (CH 4 ) and ethylene (C 2 H 4 ) gases, was considerably suppressed on amorphous carbon anode. This improvement was attributed to the disordered structure of amorphous carbon, which hindered the cointercalation of TMP solvent. The charge/discharge result and cyclic voltammetry further disclosed that a highly stable and passivating surface film, called the solid electrolyte interphase film, was formed on the AC surface at the potential near I V. As a result, an AC/LiCoO 2 ion cell with I mol/dm 3 LiPF 6 /ethylene carbonate (EC) + propylene carbonate (PC) + diethylcarbonate (DEC) + TMP (30:30:20:20) nonflammable electrolyte exhibited promising cycling performance. Furthermore, this electrolyte was also found to have good low-temperature performance with the freezing point of < 40°C. Thermal test results disclosed that a lithium-ion cell with 1 mol/dm 3 LiPF 6 /EC + PC + DEC + TMP (30:30:20:20) exhibited good thermal stability.


The GUPRO approach to support program understanding in heterogeneous software environments is presented. GUPRO is an acronym for Generic Understanding of PROgrams. A tool of the GUPRO family consists of a parsing componentwhich translates source code into a repository together with a source code independent query component. Since the repository can be de ned for di erent languages on arbitrary levels of granularity a generic program understanding tool is given. Thus, also heterogeneous software environments using various programming languages can be analysed.


This paper introduces the history and theory and design project of reverberation chambers, expound the applications in EMC test. Benefits and shortages are also discussed. After investigating and analyzing massive foreign information, some basic principles about reverberation chambers design are given.


By comparing the media administrations of several countries,this article tries to discuss the political environment for the media convergence,and provide a frame for our government.


Published in the series Analyses of Hazardous Substances in Air, Vol. 2 (1993)

The article contains sections titled:

General principles
Equipment, chemicals and solutions
Equipment
Chemicals
Solutions
Calibration standards

Sample collection and preparation
Sample collection
Sample preparation

Analytical determination
Calibration
Calculation of the analytical results
Reliability of the method
Precision
Detection limit
Recovery rate
Sources of error

Discussion

Keywords:

photometry;
workplace measurement;
air analysis;
occupational monitoring;
analytical method;
hazardous substance;
measurement procedure;
uncertainty;
personal sampling


Objective: Low blood pressure is associated with worse outcome in hypertensive patients with coronary heart disease. A J curve phenomenon has been reported between blood pressure and cardiovascular events in those patients. The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between on-treatment BP and cardiovascular outcomes (death or heart transplantation) in hypertensive patients with CAD and impaired left ventricle systolic function. Design and method: We prospectively followed-up 77 hypertensive patients with coronary heart disease and impaired left ventricular function for 28.1 ± 9.9 months. During this period, 15 patients died and 2 underwent heart transplantation. Blood samples for NT-proBNP assessment were taken at baseline and before cardiopulmonary exercise to estimate peak oxygen consumption (VO2). LV cavity diameter, left atrial size and LV ejection fraction were measured by echocardiography. Results: Patients with systolic BP levels < 117 mmHg presented increased NT pro BNP plasma levels (2280 ± 2075 vs 947 ± 877, p = 0.001) at baseline in confront to patients with BP > 117 mmHg, worse peak VO2 levels (13.8 ± 3.9 vs 18.2 ± 4.6, p < 0.0001) and increased VEVC02 slope (41.2 ± 9.1 vs 35.5 ± 7.3, p < 0.01) respectively. In addition, patients with systolic BP < 117 mmHg, were on worse NYHA class (2.4 ± 0.6 vs 1.9 ± 0.8, p < 0.05) and presented decreased inotropic and chronotropic response to exercise (peak SBP at exercise 134.8 mmHg ± 27.6 vs 170.4 ± 24.5 mmHg, p < 0.001) and (peak HR at exercise 123.4 ± 17 bpm vs 137 ± 24 bpm, p < 0.05) respectively. Finally, patients with systolic BP <117 mmHg presented 3 fold increase odds ratio for death or heart transplantation (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Systolic blood pressure levels < 117 are associated with worse clinical condition and worse outcome. More studies with larger sample are needed in order to verify a J curve phenomenon between blood pressure and cardiovascular events in hypertensive patients, with CAD and impaired systolic function.


Objective Isolate and cultivate Feline herpesvirus type 1 from clinical suspected cats.Methods The nasal and conjunctival secretion from the suspected cats were cultivated through 4 passages in FK-81 cells and collected,then identified by electron microscopy,hemocyte agglomeration test,physical and chemical character,the nucleic acid type assay,Polymerase Chain Reaction(PCR) amplification and genomic sequencsing.Results Virion was sphericity,and its diameter was approximately 160 nm with envelope.The isolated virus could agglutinate cat red blood cells,but it could not agglutinate red blood cells of pigs,rabbits,canines,mice and chooks.It was DNA virus and was sensitive to acid,heat,ether and trypsin.The isolated virus nucleotide was extracted and amplificated.it shared 100% homology with the sequence of the Feline herpesvirus type 1 in GenBank(ACCESSION:M26660).Conclusion The Feline herpesvirus type 1 was first isolated in China an dacoordinated with the foreign reports in morphology,hemagglutination,physical and chemical character and gene sequence.This finding will provide further research of Feline viral rhiontracheitis in pathology,molecular biology,diagnosis and vaccine.


Paper coating composition contains an inorganic pigment, an aqueous polymer dispersion containing dispersed polymer particles. This polymer is liquid at room temperature, has a boiling point of at least 50 ° C., and a first monomer having a glass transition temperature of at least 20 ° C. as a homopolymer, a gas at room temperature, of less than 0 ℃ It has a boiling point, and obtained by polymerization of a second monomer having a glass transition temperature of less than -30 ° C. as a homopolymer. Dispersed polymer particles have a glass transition temperature in the average size and range of -10 to + 30 ° C. of less than 150 nm.


Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) is a versatile pathogen capable of causing numerous infections that are becoming increasingly difficult to treat due to increasing antibiotic resistance. Kp strains are categorized into two distinct pathotypes: classical and hypervirulent, which exhibit critical differences in pathogenesis. Despite causing the majority of clinical cases, adaptive immunity resulting from classical Kp infections is poorly understood. Our laboratory has recently developed a model of adaptive immunity to live infection with classical Kp in which wild-type mice surviving primary infection are protected from morbidity and mortality upon rechallenge. Passive transfer of convalescent serum from surviving mice to naïve recipients does not confer protection against cKp infection, suggesting antibody responses alone are inadequate to protect against cKp. CD69+CD4+ T cells and γδ T cells expand dramatically in the lung following primary cKp infection and mice deficient in T cells are not protected from reinfection, indicating a requirement for T cells in the protective response. Further analysis of mice deficient in either classical αβ T cells or γδ T cells indicates that either T cell subset is capable of mediating protective immunity against Kp reinfection. Production of IL-17A by both CD4 and γδ T cells is enhanced during secondary infection. Together these data indicate that a natural course of infection with classical Kp elicits populations of classical T cells and γδ T cells that mediate protection against reinfection, likely through the rapid production of IL-17A. These results will ultimately inform rational design of vaccines and immunotherapies to prevent and treat Kp infection.
 Supported by AAI Careers in Immunology Fellowship


This article describes efforts toward the development of a new core for calamitic mesogens based upon the introduction of an extended heteroaromatic boron-containing ring. A series of tri-catenar mesogenic boronate ester derivatives of the 2-phenyl-1,3,2-benzodioxaborole has been synthesized and characterized. The flat central core appeared to be a suitable feature for these derivatives to support anisotropic alignment. Additionally, these derivatives should possess an inherent dipole in the core. However, thermal analysis (polarized optical microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry) did not reveal any mesophases.


Growing on You The human gut and skin harbor diverse microbial communities that are known to vary strikingly among individuals. Here, Costello et al. (p. 1694, published online 5 November) analyzed microbial diversity among several distinct body habitats (including the gut, mouth, inside the ears and nose, and skin) of the same person at different times. They found that body habitat had more influence on microbial community composition than temporal differences and variation among people. Some skin locations, such as the index finger, back of the knee, and sole of the foot, on occasion harbored higher microbial diversity than the gut or oral cavity. The composition of microbial communities on the human body is primarily determined by their location. Elucidating the biogeography of bacterial communities on the human body is critical for establishing healthy baselines from which to detect differences associated with diseases. To obtain an integrated view of the spatial and temporal distribution of the human microbiota, we surveyed bacteria from up to 27 sites in seven to nine healthy adults on four occasions. We found that community composition was determined primarily by body habitat. Within habitats, interpersonal variability was high, whereas individuals exhibited minimal temporal variability. Several skin locations harbored more diverse communities than the gut and mouth, and skin locations differed in their community assembly patterns. These results indicate that our microbiota, although personalized, varies systematically across body habitats and time; such trends may ultimately reveal how microbiome changes cause or prevent disease.


affected by ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction due to distal posterior descending artery (PD) occlusion and acute right back pain due to spontaneous right renal artery dissection. A 6-month follow-up showed complete spontaneous recanalisation of the affected arteries, with the exception of the distal PD. Despite its exceptionality, this case underscores the need for comprehensive vascular evaluation in young and middle-aged patients presenting with spontaneous cervical artery dissection and clinical symptoms suggesting other organ involvement.


Genuinely entangled subspaces are a class of subspaces in the multipartite Hilbert spaces that are composed of only genuinely entangled states. They are thus an interesting object of study in the context of multipartite entanglement. Here we provide a construction of multipartite subspaces that are not only genuinely entangled but also fully non-positive-partial-transpose (NPT) in the sense that any mixed state supported on them has non-positive partial transpose across any bipartition. Our construction originates from the stabilizer formalism known for its use in quantum error correction. To this end, we first introduce a couple of criteria allowing to assess whether any state from a given non-trivial stabilizer subspace is genuinely multipartite entangled. We then use these criteria to construct genuinely entangled stabilizer subspaces for any number of parties and arbitrary local dimension and conjecture them to be of maximal dimension achievable within the stabilizer formalism. At the same time, we prove that every genuinely entangled subspace is fully NPT in the above sense, which implies a quite surprising fact that no genuinely entangled stabilizer subspace can support PPT entangled states.


We report a review of the developments of the table-top soft X-ray lasers, which have been carried on in the last years utilizing different experimental techniques. A comparison between the performances of the different devices is illustrated.


Using functions of bounded variation, we define a Volterra type derivative of the linear functional associated with a Lebesgue integrable function and show that it is equal to this function almost everywhere. If Q is an open subset of Rm and f E LIc(Q), let ffc F (0) f 0 for each 0 e L? (Q), where L? (Q) is the linear space of all 0 E LO (Q) that vanish almost everywhere outside a compact subset of Q2. It was shown in [P1, Corollary] that the Volterra derivative JF/IO with respect to continuous functions 0 displays a rather special behavior: it is continuous on the subset of Q2 where it exists (cf. also [HN, Theorem 2]). In this note we show that using functions 0 of bounded variation, a more natural type of the Volterra derivative OF of F can be defined. By controling a Vitali type regularity of the functions with respect to which we differentiate, we achieve that SF = f almost everywhere in Q whenever f E L1??c(n). This result is used in [KMP] to show that a certain conditionally convergent integral in Rm is invariant with respect to lipeomorphisms. Throughout, we fix an integer m > 1 and an open set Q2 c Rm . The norms in L1 (Q) and L??(Q) are denoted by I * 11 and I * j,,, respectively. Unless stated otherwise, all functions and functionals we consider are real valued. For x = ( in Rm and e > 0, let Ixi = 2+ .+ and U(X,4) = {y e Rm: Ix-yl 0, we set So(a) = {x E Q : 0(x) > a }; we write S0 instead of So(0) and let d(0) = d(SO). We say that a function 0 E L1 (K2) is normalized whenever loll = ISol. Received by the editors June 7, 1991; presented at the 15th Summer Symposium in Real Analysis, Czechoslovakia, August 1991. 1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 28A15; Secondary 46G05. ( 1993 American Mathematical Society 0002-9939/93 $1.00 + $.25 per page


Three races (race 2, 3 and 4) of Rotylenchulus reniformis were identified using host differential from 20 populations collected from Aligarh, India. Pathogenicity tests were conducted using 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000 and 8000 immature females/kg soil of three races of R. reniformis on castor. The threshold inoculum levels of Race-2, Race-3 and Race-4 on castor were 500, 1000 and 2000 immature females/kg soil, respectively. Out of these three races present in Aligarh district, Race-2 was found more pathogenic followed by Race-3 and Race-4. Infected plants with all the three races of reniform nematode showed stunting, necrosis, leaf shedding and growth reduction at and above the inoculum threshold level of each race. Reduction in castor growth was directly proportional to the inoculum level of R.reniformis. The rate of nematode multiplication was density dependent.


The invention discloses a preparation method for the vapor phase inhibitor for a metal natural gas gathering and transporting pipeline, and relates to a vapor phase inhibitor and a preparation method of the vapor phase inhibitor. The problem that the conventional corrosion inhibitor can not perform corrosion inhibition on a pipeline for conveying oil gas with high CO2 content is solved. The method comprises the following steps of: 1. preparing the component A; and 2. mixing, namely adding the component B into the component A for uniform mixing, and standing the mixture at room temperature for certain time, so as to obtain the vapor phase inhibitor for the metal natural gas gathering and transporting pipeline. The method is mainly used for preparing the vapor phase inhibitor for the metal natural gas gathering and transporting pipeline.


With the development of internet and the rise of artificial intelligence industry, the high performance semiconductor integrated circuits have become a hot product in the semiconductor industry. The 2.5D IC package with ultra-high density I/O is the first structure applied on high performance computing (HPC) like GPU. Applied on GPU or HPC, there is an ASIC die and multiple HBM dice on silicon interposer. Between ASIC die and HBM die, there are lots of high speed signal lines between them and over hundreds of thousands of small vias. But the productivity of silicon interposer is always issue to realize the ultra-high density I/O products. To consider the productivity and performance, TSV-less structure like FOCoS (Fan-Out Chip on Substrate) is proposed by few years ago. There are Chip First FOCoS and Chip Last FOCoS for different process and application. In this paper, a real case with an ASIC die and 2 HBM dice is designed in 2.5D IC and Chip Last FOCoS structures. In this real case, the interposer design and Fan-Out RDL is utilized SiP-id (System in Package intelligent design) design platform to accelerate the ultra-high density I/O routings. In addition, the electrical performance including signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI) are compared between 2.5D IC and Chip Last FOCoS. From the analysis results, the dynamic power noise between the two structures is showed in this paper and the electrical performance of HBM2 and 28Gbps SerDes I/Os are displayed as well.


Human alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs) play important roles in metabolizing alcohol, and several lines of evidence suggest that variations in ADH genes affect the risk for alcoholism. Differences in regulatory sequences could affect the expression of ADH genes and thereby modify the risk for alcoholism. To explore this idea, we sequenced regulatory regions upstream of ADH1C and identified 13 polymorphisms, including one 66‐base pair (bp) insertion/deletion (in/del), one 5‐bp variation, and 11 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), eight of which were newly identified. We examined the effects of naturally occurring haplotypes on gene expression. The 66‐bp in/del alone did not change promoter activity, but when it was combined with three other SNP alleles, a twofold difference in transcription activity was observed in transient transfection assays in H4IIE‐C3 cells. These data imply that there are interactions among polymorphisms in the cis‐acting elements, and highlight the importance of studying regulatory polymorphisms within the context of their naturally occurring haplotypes. We also demonstrated tissue specificity in cis‐acting elements by comparing gene expression in H4IIE‐C3 and HeLa cells. Hum Mutat 25:150–155, 2005. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


Safety culture exists subjectively and objectively in human living and the process of social production.Safety culture construction in colleges and universities is an important part of social safety culture.Colleges and Universities are important base for cultivating high-quality talents.Building the safety culture on the basis of "people-oriented" concept and creating good teaching,research and living environment not only are helpful for cultivating new type of talents,but also is of great significance for building an advanced culture and building a harmonious society.


Direct reprogramming of mesoderm-derived fibroblasts into induced neurons (iNs) by neuronal-specific transcription factors Brn2, Myt1l and Ascl1 is a paradigmatic example of inter-lineage conversion across epigenetically distant cells. Despite tremendous progress on the transcriptional hierarchy underlying transdifferentiation, the concomitant epigenome resetting and its drivers remain elusive. Here we investigated the role of KMT2A and KMT2B, two histone H3 lysine 4 methylases with cardinal roles in development, through individual and compound inactivation. We find that Kmt2b, whose mutations cause human brain disorder dystonia, is selectively required for iN conversion through the suppression of the alternative myocyte program and the induction of neuronal maturation genes. The identification of KMT2B vulnerable targets that are specific to cell fate reassignment allowed in turn the identification of new dystonia-relevant variants and genes in a large cohort of patients, discovering 45 unique protein-impactful alterations in 39 KMT2B-targets that constitute promising candidates for KMT2B-related dystonia causation.


The main important function of wireless sensor networks is coverage, sensing and connectivity. Life time of the network is mainly reduced due to the coverage problem imposed by the densely congested sensors in the wireless sensor networks (WSNs) .To overcome such issues, in this paper the proposed novel maximum connected load balancing cover tree(MCLCT) to get entire coverage and base station connectivity of every node by formulating load balanced routing cover trees. For the limited energy of sensor nodes, we are gathering these nodes in to subgroups, which is efficient of monitoring all discrete point of interest (DPOIs).And it is a maximum cover tree problem, which is non-probabilistic complete problem. The MCLCT consists of two strategies: a coverage optimizing recursive heuristic for coverage and the probabilistic load balancing for the determination of the routing path. By using the MCLCT less amount of energy consumption can be done by balancing the load evenly on the nodes. The simulation results show that the energy efficiency and the connectivity of the nodes.


The putative harmful algal bloom dinoflagellate, Pfiesteria piscicida (Steidinger et Burkholder), frequently co‐occurs with other morphologically similar species collectively known as Pfiesteria‐like organisms (PLOs). This study specifically evaluated whether unique sequences in the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions, ITS1 and ITS2, could be used to develop PCR assays capable of detecting PLOs in natural assemblages. ITS regions were selected because they are more variable than the flanking small subunit or large subunit rRNA genes and more likely to contain species‐specific sequences. Sequencing of the ITS regions revealed unique oligonucleotide primer binding sites for Pfiesteria piscicida, Pfiesteria shumwayae (Glasgow et Burkholder), Florida "Lucy" species, two cryptoperidiniopsoid species, "H/V14" and "PLO21," and the estuarine mixotroph, Karlodinium micrum (Leadbetter et Dodge). These PCR assays had a minimum sensitivity of 100 cells in a 100‐mL sample (1 cell·mL−1) and were successfully used to detect PLOs in the St. Johns River system in Florida, USA. DNA purification and aspects of PCR assay development, PCR optimization, PCR assay controls, and collection of field samples are discussed.


Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to provide evidence that the U-shaped relationship between intellectual property rights (IPRs) and per capita gross domestic product (GDP) observed in the past literature using a panel of data is not a consequence of longitudinal forces, as has been previously postulated, but instead a consequence of cross-sectional influences. Design/methodology/approach - Differences in the longitudinal and cross-sectional relationship between IPRs and per capita GDP are analyzed through a variety of methods, including pooled regression analysis that isolates the regional differences that are critical in making an accurate longitudinal analysis from the panel data. Findings - Analyzing the country data reveals that a longitudinal U-shaped relationship is counterfactual, as countries generally do not weaken their IPRs once they are in place, barring a regime change or other alteration in their political economy. The significant U-shape link between IPRs and per capita GDP empirically observed in preliminary analysis of the panel data is instead a result of cross-sectional influences. Originality/value - Making the distinction between the cross-sectional and longitudinal relationship between IPRs and per capita GDP provides a more accurate insight about how IPRs change in a country as it develops.


We hereby show that Einstein's conformal gravity is able to explain simply on the geometric ground the galactic rotation curves without need to introduce any modification in both the gravitational as well as in the matter sector of the theory. Our result applies to any Weyl conformal invariant theory that admits the Schwarzschild's metric as an exact solution. However, we here mostly consider the Einstein's scalar-tensor theory, which is surely ghost-free. The geometry of each galaxy is described by a metric obtained making a singular rescaling of the Schwarzschild's spacetime. The new exact solution, which is asymptotically Anti-de Sitter, manifests an unattainable singularity at infinity that can not be reached in finite proper time, namely, the spacetime is geodetically complete. It deserves to be notice that we here think different from the usual. Indeed, instead of making the metric singularity-free, we make it apparently but harmlessly even more singular then the Schwarzschild's one. Finally, it is crucial to point that the Weyl's conformal symmetry is spontaneously broken to the new singular vacuum rather then the asymptotically flat Schwarzschild's one. The metric is unique according to: the null energy condition, the zero acceleration for photons in the Newtonian regime, and the homogeneity of the Universe at large scales. Once the matter is conformally coupled to gravity, the orbital velocity turns out to be asymptotically constant consistently with the observations and the Tully-Fisher relation. Hence, in the properly identified effective Newtonian theory, we consider the effect of all stars in a galaxy on a probe star to finally get the physical velocity profile that we compare with the observations in order to fit the only free parameter in the metric and the mass to luminosity ratio for each galaxy. Our fit is based on a sample of 175 galaxies and shows that our velocity profile very well interpolates the galactic rotation-curves data for the most of spiral galaxies. The fitting results for the the mass to luminosity ratio turn out to be close to 1 consistently with the absence of dark matter.


This collection features four peer-reviewed literature reviews on bone health in poultry. The first chapter reviews the literature on genetic mapping of skeletal traits in both broilers and layers, including both the genetics of skeletal defects and bone quality. As the chapter shows, linkage mapping and genome-wide association studies have identified promising candidate genes with potential for breeding more robust birds. The second chapter focuses on bacterial chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis (BCO), one of the most common causes of lameness in broilers. The chapter summarizes the pathogenesis of BCO and reviews the efficacy of probiotics as a prophylactic treatment. The third chapter discusses bone health in laying hens. It reviews bone development, keel and other bone health problems and factors contributing to poor bone health. It also summarises key strategies for improving bone health, including breeding, nutrition, rearing practices and housing. The final chapter assesses the problem of lameness in intensively-reared broiler flocks. The chapter also discusses skin health in broilers. It summarises key risk factors as well as ways of monitoring and reducing the problem, from breeding programmes and enrichment to sequential feeding regimes.


In this paper, a novel robust controller for continuous stochastic polynomial fuzzy systems is investigated. The aim of the proposed method is to eliminate the restrictive assumptions that the local input matrix <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${B}_{{i}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> must be uniform and the sliding mode surface proposed did not consider the stochastic perturbations, which are required in most existing results. At the same time, the proposed method could handle the system with matched external disturbances. First, a novel vector integral sliding mode surface (VISMS) is constructed according to the basis matrix <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mathbb {B}({x})$ </tex-math></inline-formula>. The sliding mode surface parameter matrix <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mathbb {K}({x})$ </tex-math></inline-formula> can be obtained through the provided sum of squares conditions. Second, by using an improved Lyapunov method and a new proposed lemma, a novel sliding mode control law is designed to keep the state of the closed-loop systems on the VISMS approximately since the initial time. Third, a practical example and a numerical one are provided to illustrate the validity of the proposed approach.


SrRuO3 sample was prepared by using a chemical co-precipitation method.The structure was determined by XRD as an orthorhombically distorted perovskite.The Particles morphology of the sample was observed by SEM and basically spherical,particles size distribution in the range of 150 to 300 nm between.SrRuO3 sample is ferromagnetic following the Curie temperature 161K,but SrRuO3 sample showed no metal conductivity.