A novel algorithm for robust RANSAC-like estimation of epipolar geometry (of uncalibrated camera pair) from two correspondences of local affine frames (LAFs) is presented. Each LAF is constructed from three points independently detected on a maximally stable extremal region. The algorithm assumes that a sufficiently accurate approximation of the fundamental matrix is obtained from two LAF correspondences by the 6-point algorithm of Stewenius et al. The so-far-the-best hypotheses are further processed by so-called local optimization to estimate the epipolar geometry. Special attention is paid to planar sample degeneracy, since the probability of drawing two coplanar LAF correspondences is not negligible. Combining the 6-point solver, local optimization, and the degeneracy test enables RANSAC to draw samples of only two LAFs to generate hypotheses and thus to reduce the number of samples drawn. We experimentally show that using the 6-point algorithm (approximating the real camera by camera with unit aspect ratio, zero skew, principal point in the center of image, and a common unknown focal length) generates hypotheses that are sufficient for EG estimation in LO-RANSAC framework


Monoclonal immunoglobulin free light chains (FLC) are found in the serum and urine of patients with a number of B‐cell proliferative disorders, including multiple myeloma. Automated immunoassays, which can measure FLC in serum, are useful for the diagnosis and monitoring of light chain (AL) amyloidosis, Bence Jones myeloma and non‐secretory myeloma patients. We report the results of a study investigating the utility of serum FLC measurements in myeloma patients producing monoclonal intact immunoglobulin proteins. FLC concentrations were measured in presentation sera from 493 multiple myeloma patients with monoclonal, intact immunoglobulin proteins. Serial samples were assayed from 17 of these patients and the FLC measurements were compared with other disease markers. Serum FLC concentrations were abnormal in 96% of patients at presentation. FLC concentrations fell more rapidly in response to treatment than intact immunoglobulin G (IgG) and showed greater concordance with serum β2 microglobulin concentrations and bone marrow plasma cell assessments. It was concluded that serum FLC assays could be used to follow the disease course in nearly all multiple myeloma patients. In addition, because of their short serum half‐life, changes in serum FLC concentrations provide a rapid indication of the response to treatment.


Available from PALS Publishing, www.palspublishing.com/smallsteps, Ph: 607-255-7654 Health and wealth are both important resources for living a happy and successful life. People in poor health often die young and spend thousands of dollars (that could have been invested) on health-care costs. On the other hand, those who practice recommended health behaviors are more likely to exceed average life expectancy and need a large nest egg to insure that they don't outlive their assets. Health and personal finances are both closely associated with happiness. Research data indicate that four factors strongly predict happiness and well-being in most cultures: health, economic stability, work/productive pursuits, and family relationships. Studies indicate that people are happier when they are healthy, employed or doing something productive, married or in a longterm committed relationship, and financially secure. This chapter describes 20 similarities between health and financial issues. These common characteristics support the premise that the same behavior-change strategies can be used to improve one's health or personal finances or both.


Mucinous adenocarcinoma is a rare malignant neoplasm that occasionally occurs in gastrointestinal tract and mammary glands. It is characterized by large amounts of extracellular epithelial mucin that contains solitary epithelial cells, cords and nests. Mucinous adenocarcinoma of the major salivary glands is extremely rare, and only 10 cases have been reported. Recently, we experienced a case of mucinous adenocarcinoma of the parotid gland treated with total parotidectomy and postoperative radiotherapy. The patient has been free of disease for 2 years after treatment. So we report the case with a brief review of literature. (Korean J Otolaryngol 1999;42:1326-8


Surface laser irradiation of tissue often produces a fluence rate that varies only with depth. Modeling of laser‐induced fluorescence involves an expression for the fraction of fluorescence emitted per unit depth that escapes from the medium. We present accurate expressions for fluence rate and escape function for the one‐dimensional case based upon Monte Carlo simulation results.


Enzymes that produce or recycle folates are the targets of widely used antimalarial drugs. Despite the interest in the folate metabolism of Plasmodium falciparum, the molecular identification of ADCL (aminodeoxychorismate lyase), which synthesizes the p-aminobenzoate moiety of folate, remained unresolved. In the present study, we demonstrate that the plasmodial gene PF14_0557 encodes a functional ADCL and report a characterization of the recombinant enzyme.


PURPOSE
This study aims to analyze prisoners' experiences of prison drug-treatment programs in Sweden. How do they describe their personal relationships with the prison staff and with other prisoners in the wings? How do they describe the social climate and the control in drug-treatment wings? How could differences between these wings be understood?

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH
The data consist of observations and face-to-face interviews with male and female prisoners in three Swedish prison drug-treatment wings. Analytical concepts used are roles, relationships and rituals.

FINDINGS
The prisoners' relationships with prison officers seemed connected to what kinds of rituals the prisoners and staff engaged in. In all three treatment wings, the staff and prisoners were involved in natural rituals. This was most frequent in the women's prison with a 12-step program. The prisoners were frustrated with control measures but were mainly positive to the measures as preventing drugs from coming into the wing.

RESEARCH LIMITATIONS/IMPLICATIONS
Only three prison wings, however in varying prisons, have been studied.

ORIGINALITY/VALUE
These results gives a useful prisoners' perspective on the development of drug-prevention and treatment in different kinds of prisons.


This paper presents many control algorithms using microcontroller for an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) inverter, in order to provide pure sinusoidal wave 50 Hz, controlled by the PIC-microcontroller. The strategy is to utilize the PIC microcontroller and its special features in controlling the UPS inverter. The first approach accomplished with a classical control Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) algorithm. The second approach accomplished with the Fuzzy Logic Control (FLC). The third approach accomplished with nonlinear PID-fuzzy logic controller. The ability of the proposed scheme is validated via a successful implementation on a microcontroller-based UPS inverter. The proposed scheme has shown its robustness on low output voltage distortion, excellent voltage regulation, and it is insensitive to load variation, even under nonlinear loads. Experimental studies are performed to further validate the effectiveness of this scheme. This system may be used with grid-solar energy systems. Keywords: PID Controller, Fuzzy Logic Control, Nonlinear PID-Fuzzy Logic, Takagi Sugeno, Microcontroller Applications


The mechanisms for deformation behaviors of rubber-toughened plastics are summarized in terms of their evolution,limitations and relationship with the failure behaviors of glassy polymer matrices.The difference between craze and crack is explained in detail using many experimental evidences in literature.In particular,Souheng Wu′s quantitative method is systematically explained,which is derived from this yielding-crazing competition theory and reveals the quantitative relationship between molecular chain parameters of the matrices and morphological parameters of the dispersed rubber phase.In addition,Wu′s view is emphasized that chain parameters of the matrices control the intrinsic brittleness and toughness of both matrix and its blend with rubber,and determine the favorable morphology of rubber phase as well.


The "disorder of the discourse" of constitutional law has never been as much worrying as nowadays when some African heads of state intend to amend or change the constitutions of their countries in order for them to remain in power beyond the constitutional terms. As under the military or one party regime, some studies have been commissioned and some constitutional scholars advocating a "constitutional law of the belly" have been requisitioned to clean the "dishes" and are already busy at work. In the DRC, for instance, people have been taught that "to amend the Constitution (including its intangibles provisions prohibiting a presidential third term), is also to respect it" as if "to rape his own mother (the Constitution is the mother of all our laws) would be tantamount to proving his maternal love". It is therefore not surprising that criminal law and criminal lawyers have found themselves duty bound to intervene and end with what appears to be a betrayal or a resignation of a number of African constitutional lawyers. Criminal law responses are constitutional and also challenge the newly appointed members of the Constitutional Court at a time when many wonder whether they will be able to discharge their duty to uphold the Constitution and protect human rights independently, without fear or favour to the President and the ruling coalition.


This article intends to reiterate from the theoretical and academic contributions the impact that supposed the consolidation of the rule of law in Economic, Social and Cultural Rights that allows the construction of a democratic model having as central the human, their needs and dignity as the supreme value of being born all other freedoms. A descriptive methodology to accurately collect the different theoretical proposals about the above two premises raised is proposed. The ideas and theoretical here addressed and resumed discussions are the result of the research performance of academic nature of seedling Human Law St. Thomas University - Medellin within the project " Incorporation of international legal instruments relating to Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in judgments of the Constitutional Court on Social Rights as a trend towards recognition of DESC as autonomous fundamental right."


Objective To analyze the clinical characteris tics and diagnostic outline and to elucidate the effects of different managements of femoral shaft fractures with ipsila teral femoral neck fractures.Methods A retrospective study was carried out in 18patients with ipsilateral femo ral neck and femoral shaft fractures from 1998to 2001,and their managements and final clinical outcomes were reviewed.Results The follow -up ranged from8to 40months with an average of 16mon ths.All the fractures united except one femoral shaft fracture and one femoral neck fracture.Conclusion Retrograde intramedullary nailing with multiple cancellous screws to t reat ipsilateral femoral neck and femora l shaft fractures has been proved an e ffective technique.For the cases overlooked initially,treatment with multiple nailing around the intramedullary n ail is a good choice.[


In Ecuador, one of the most consumed animals, both in their direct form and in their derivatives, is poultry; the statistics prepared by CONAVE indicate that in our country there are around 230 million broilers and 9.5 million layers in production which supplies the 100% of the national market. Chickens, hens and eggs are present in most households. In the field, the breeding is carried out in an artisan way and in certain cases it is technified to optimize the resources involved and to improve the productive processes.
Poultry companies, when handling a higher volume of production, have the need to technify the breeding process in order to avoid losses, optimize resources and manage data in real time of production, always maintaining the comfort of the birds, which is reflected in better production.
A person cannot give immediate response and control to factors such as temperature, humidity, water dosage, by the massive amount of birds under care; automation allows efficiency and effectiveness together with an immediate response to maintain the proper conditions they require within the sheds
The control of temperature and humidity must be linked because they are proportional; the temperature must be the ideal with respect to the age of the layers to avoid stress levels and to maintain the comfort, besides to avoid diseases by abrupt changes in the environment that can even lead to the death of baby chickens. Also the dosage of water must have a constant flow inside the process of raising the layers, since the water is present in their bodies around 75%; for this reason they must have quality water for their optimum development. With this background, an automatic process is implemented which allows the operation of the variables from a control point by means of the transducer and controller actuator sensors, to quantify them to analyze them, or to keep them according to the situation. In this way, a higher yield of the factors involved is achieved, maintaining the conditions of comfort and well-being for the birds through an immediate response to the temperature variations, which reduces the expense for the control of climatic diseases and reduces the rates of mortality of the chicks.


PURPOSE
This study aimed to reveal the effects of discrimination perceived by Turkish immigrants on their mental health.

DESIGN AND METHODS
The participants of this pilot study were 111 Turkish immigrant patients treated at the Neuro-Psychiatrisches Zentrum Riem.

FINDINGS
The preliminary findings illustrated that perceived individual discrimination was significantly correlated with three coping strategies, namely, substance use, friend support, and personal support.

PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS
This study contributes to the literature by highlighting the coping strategies and social support mechanisms of Turkish immigrants who perceived discrimination and employed strategies to combat it.


Although male aedeagus is a useful taxonomic character, S. oryzae and S. zeamais are hard to distinguish effectively by other external characters. We therefore examined their spermatogenetic cells and chromosomes


The study of the history of the Byzantine minor arts is considerably impeded due to our lack of a sufficient number of objects that can be associated with any particular date. In their excellent corpus of Byzantine ivories of the tenth to thirteenth century, Professor Adolph Goldschmidt and Dr. Kurt Weitzmann1 have brought together a body of material with which we are able to work. To the information gathered by these two scholars, I would like to add one more ivory with a probable ante quem date that bears out their revised dating of the boxes with animal decorations.


The aim of this project was developed the full design of cruiser racer yacht with stylish design as priority. The purpose of the yacht was to be mainly a cruiser, but also IMS Rules and Regulations had been considered. The length had to be sufficiently large to have a volume inside for 6 peoples. A small market analysis was done to try to know what the customers want for a sail cruiser now and in the near future.


In the racemic title compound, C14H16O3, the dihedral angle formed by the mean planes of the cyclopropane and benzene rings is 5.0 (2)°. In the crystal, a pair of weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds connect two molecules related by a twofold rotation axis, thus forming a dimer with an R22(10) motif.


A spin hamiltonian formalism is used to develop the theory of spin-lattice relaxation by the direct process in a system S=1/2, I=1/2 with hyperfine coupling in cubic symmetry. It is shown that when J is a good quantum number the probabilities for the direct ( mod Delta m mod =1, Delta M=0) as well as the 'skew' ( mod Delta (m+M) mod =0,2) transitions can be expressed for all orientations of the magnetic field as a function of three parameters. A new experimental method is devised for measuring the 'skew' transition probabilities, effective only when high fields and low temperatures are used. The results of such measurements are presented for Tm2+ ions in CaF2 and SrF2.


We show that even for subsets X of the real line that do not contain perfect sets, the Hurewicz property does not imply the property S 1 (Γ, Γ), asserting that for each countable family of open γ-covers of X, there is a choice function whose image is a γ-cover of X. This settles a problem of Just, Miller, Scheepers, and Szeptycki. Our main result also answers a question of Bartoszynski and the second author, and implies that for Cp(X), the conjunction of Sakai's strong countable fan tightness and the Reznichenko property does not imply Arhangel'skii's property α 2 .


The authors summarize the role of computational techniques in modeling the defect and electronic properties of oxides that are currently, or may in future be, used as oxidation catalysts. The formation and migration of defects can be accurately modeled, as can the segregation of defects to surfaces. The authors also demonstrate the ability modeling techniques to calculate solution and redox energies in doped and oxidized catalysts. Special attention is focused on oxides possessing the rock-salt, perovskite, or pyrochlore structures, and quantitative data are presented on the following systems: (a) MgO doped with Li{sub 2}O and CaO doped with either Na{sub 2}O or La{sub 2}O{sub 3}, all three of which are proven oxidation catalysts; (b) SrTiO{sub 3} and BaTiO{sub 3} doped with a trivalent cation M{sup 3+} (M = La, Nd, Eu, Y, Fe, Mn, or Al); and (c) Y{sub 2}X{sub 2}O{sub 7} and Gd{sub 2}X{sub 2}O{sub 7} (X = Zr or Ti).


Introduction Global economic, political and technological trends assure the potentials for the "institutional crises" of such magnitudes that international cooperation is likely to be needed to limit their damage and possibly their frequency. The emerging literature about institutional responses to emergencies, disasters and crises signals both an intensifying expectation that political and economic institutions should be able to limit societal damage and speed recovery, and a sense that such capabilities are far more complex and demanding than formerly recognized. Preparing to respond to crises, then, calls for much better understanding of the phenomenon as they are experienced by institutions. Especially wanting are searching evaluations of recent history with cogent applications to training practitioners and to institutional planning processes. An overview that animated a recent conference on the topic proposed that this sprawling literature could be oriented "around four research traditions in the study of crisis management that (combine) somewhat different analytical emphases: (those that stress) threats originating from 'people and groups', or those originating from 'macro-structural' characteristics of the institutional/ organizational systems involved, as viewed from 'operational/technical perspectives' or 'political/symbolic perspectives.' " Table 1 below arrays a preliminary ordering attempt. Its vectors splay out across much of organization and management literature as one moves from the practices of normal operations, to emergency response, and then to the extraordinary dynamics of crisis containment and recovery. Herein, I take an outsider's view, puzzling about the question in terms of institutional responses to serious surprises as seen mainly through the prisms of studying highly reliable organizations.


Abstract There is a limited understanding of how forest structure affects the performance of methods based on terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) in characterizing trees and forest environments. We aim to improve this understanding by studying how different forest management activities that shape tree size distributions affect the TLS-based forest characterization accuracy in managed Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stands. For that purpose, we investigated 27 sample plots consisting of three different thinning types, two thinning intensities as well as control plots without any treatments. Multi-scan TLS point clouds were collected from the sample plots, and a point cloud processing algorithm was used to segment individual trees and classify the segmented point clouds into stem and crown points. The classified point clouds were further used to estimate tree and forest structural attributes. With the TLS-based forest characterization, almost 100% completeness in tree detection, 0.7 cm (3.4%) root-mean-square-error (RMSE) in diameter-at-breast-height measurements, 0.9–1.4 m (4.5–7.3%) RMSE in tree height measurements, and


This study attempts to identify the predominant learning style Undergraduate Course Students in Accounting in the modalities of classroom learning and distance education in public and private institutions in the state of Bahia. To achieve the proposed objectives we used the Learning Style Inventory (LSI). Study participants consisted of 459 students of the Accounting course. In the statistical analysis, it was found there was a predominance of assimilating learning style, represented by people who learn through reflective observation and abstract conceptualization. Thus, this study contributes to improving teaching and learning in Accounting, as it enables the institutions involved know the learning style of the student and thus create cognitive mechanisms that facilitate the processing of information at the same time allowing direct their leading methodology into account the predominant style and the stimulation of secondary styles.


Objective The aim of this single – blind, multicenter, parallel, randomized controlled trial was to evaluate the effectiveness of the application of a high-fluoride toothpaste on root caries in adults. Methods Adult patients (n = 130, ♂ = 74, ♀ = 56; mean age ± SD: 56.9 ± 12.9) from three participating centers, diagnosed with root caries, were randomly allocated into two groups: Test (n = 64, ♂ = 37, ♀ = 27; lesions = 144; mean age: 59.0 ± 12.1; intervention: high-fluoride toothpaste with 5000 ppm F), and Control (n = 66, ♂ = 37, ♀ = 29; lesions = 160; mean age: 54.8 ± 13.5; intervention: regular-fluoride toothpaste with 1350 ppm F) groups. Clinical examinations and surface hardness scoring of the carious lesions were performed for each subject at specified time intervals (T0 – at baseline before intervention, T1 – at 3 months and T2 – at 6 months after intervention). Mean surface hardness scores (HS) were calculated for each patient. Statistical analyses comprised of two-way analysis of variance and post hoc comparisons using the Bonferroni–Dunn correction. Results At T0, there was no statistical difference between the two groups with regard to gender (P = 0.0682, unpaired t-test), or age (P = 0.9786, chi-squared test), and for the overall HS (Test group: HS = 3.4 ± 0.61; Control group: HS = 3.4 ± 0.66; P = 0.8757, unpaired t-test). The anova revealed significantly better HS for the test group than for the control groups (T1: Test group: HS = 2.9 ± 0.67; Control group: HS = 3.1 ± 0.75; T2: Test group: HS = 2.4 ± 0.81; Control group: HS = 2.8 ± 0.79; P < 0.0001). However, the interaction term time-point*group was not significant. Conclusions The application of a high-fluoride containing dentifrice (5000 ppm F) in adults, twice daily, significantly improves the surface hardness of otherwise untreated root caries lesions when compared with the use of regular fluoride containing (1350 ppm F) toothpastes.


PTPG, the gene for protein-tyrosine phosphatase y(PTPy), maps to a region ofhuman chromosome 3, 3p2l, that is frequently deleted in renal cell carcinoma and lung carcinoma. One of the functions of protein-tyrosine phosphatases is to reverse the effect of protein-tyrosine kinases, many of which are oncogenes, suggesting that some protein-tyrosine phosphatase genes may act as tumor


The proximate composition of Camellia chekiangoleosa Hu fruit was determined by chemical analysis,and its oil fatty acids were measured by capillary gas chromatography.The morphological structure of C.chekiangoleosa cotyledon cells was observed under the microscope.The results showed that C.chekiangoleosa kernel contained 60.3% crude fat,8.8% crude protein and 10.34% camellia saponin on dry basis.C.chekiangoleosa testa held 2.5% crude protein,73.4% crude fiber,and 4.08% camellia saponin on dry basis.C.chekiangoleosa pericarp had 4.0% crude protein,31.3% crude fiber,and 20.05% camellia saponin on dry basis.The average size of C.chekiangoleosa cotyledon cells was 64.2 μm×60.8 μm.The average thickness of their cell wall was 3.03 μm and the ratio of cell wall thickness to cell size was 7.76×10-4.The lipid bodies observed in C.chekiangoleosa cotyledon cells were elliptic with a particle size of 1.0 to 1.3 μm.The data suggested that C.chekiangoleosa fruit could contribute to the industries of food,chemistry,cosmetic,etc.In addition,the analysis of capillary gas chromatography showed that C.chekiangoleosa seed oil belonged to oleic acid-type oil with 84.83% unsaturated fatty acids,indicating its fatty acid composition was coincided with the modern standards for a healthy vegetable oil.


Currently, flight testing of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) outdoors is heavily restricted and obtaining a certificate of authorization from the FAA is quite cumbersome, and indoor flight testing can be cost prohibitive because of the relatively high expense of motion capture systems. An alternative solution was developed and tested in which an on-board camera is used to provide the absolute position of the vehicle in an indoor environment for significantly less cost than any commercial motion capture system. For this system, an on-board camera is attached to the underside of a UAS and is used tracks markers that are placed on the surface below the UAS in a known pattern. Using the camera and developed software, the UAS can gather absolute positioning information by measuring its position relative to the markers. One of the discussed configurations of the system can be implemented for $119.99 on nearly any UAS capable of lifting a 0.26 kg payload. Flight test verification was performed in which the inexpensive positioning system was compared with a commercial motion capture system. Results demonstrate the camera system is capable of providing high accuracy at a fraction of the cost of other systems.


Distribution as a function of marketing, consisting distribution channel management and physical distribution, has significantly improved the physical distribution as a result of developments in the field of information and communication technologies. In this sense, the companies are working towards establishing alternative distribution channels. The most important tool strikes us in this sense is technology. This research provides examples of the innovative distribution systems enabled by ICT and the role and importance of ICT in these systems. Applications from the practice are also presented to exhibit the positive results achieved through the use of technology.


The geometrical and electronic structures of a thin SiO 2 film epitaxially grown on a Mo( 112) substrate have been determined by first-principles density-functional theory calculations. β-cristobalite, β-tridymite, α-quartz, and β-quartz phases were considered. The film grows initially with an OH-terminated β-cristobalite structure which provides the strongest adhesion energy to the Mo substrate. High-temperature annealing results in a complete dehydroxylation and reconstruction of the top layer of the cristobalite film with the formation of two-membered silica rings. This accounts for a specific band at 795 cm - 1 observed in the Fourier transform infra-red (FTIR) spectrum of the annealed epilayer.


This chapter addresses the following question: 'Is the minimal sufficient condition for the possession of a capacity to think of oneself as oneself also a minimal sufficient condition for the possession of a self?' It examines a number of thinkers who have answered this question in the affirmative, both in the recent Western phenomenological tradition and among the schools of classical India. It tries to establish whether there are any good reasons for answering in the negative.


Abstract We discuss the continuum medium theory that enables us to find the defect contribution to phase transition anomalies with the use of only a few phenomenological parameters. The theory is invalid in the immediate vicinity of the phase transition temperature and for high concentration of defects. The possibilities of interpretation of experimental data on the basis of the theory are also discussed.


It is demonstrated that a number of the difficulties which have thus far limited the application of the TRAPATT oscillator may be overcome by optically generating carriers within the device's active region. Illumination with a short light pulse at the beginning of the bias pulse extends the ranges of (i) bias, (ii) circuit tuning, and (iii) temperature over which the duration of leading edge jitter is short. Illumination during the application of the bias pulse significantly shifts the oscillation frequency. It is shown that this effect may be used to eliminate undesirable intra-pulse frequency drift with shaped light pulses. Also, frequency switching in time-frames approaching one RF period are accomplished, which opens up new applications for the TRAPATT oscillator.


Analysing the innovation policy of the European Union research and knowledge production the changing regime of intellectual property rights building the information society the world of standards risk and social sustainability of innovation conclusion.


Antidiarrheal effective amount of glutamine, the antidiarrheal effective amount (of one or more kinds) fermentable fiber, the antidiarrheal effective amount (of one or more kinds) antioxidants, and antidiarrheal effective amount of (s of) an omega-3 fatty acids, compositions suitable for oral administration to a mammal of the GI tract inflammation.


An affordable system level design of a practically prototyped computer-based desktop video conferencing (DVC) system that is capable of delivering full motion analog audio and video is presented. The DVC system is designed to exchange full motion analog video and audio among conference participants using point-to-point and multipoint communication. It is capable of interfacing directly with a codec for video conferencing in the digital domain. The main advantages of this system are low cost, flexibility, and the ability to share applications in an effective manner. The proposed DVC system has been implemented to support 12 users and one additional video/audio input for viewing external television broadcasts. >


The Blackford North Bridge design team was the first chipset project in Intel's Advanced Components Division to seriously utilize Formal Property Verification (FPV). Over the course of the project we learned a lot about the challenges of deploying FPV to an ASIC team. Overall our use of FPV in Blackford was very successful, having helped us find approximately 24 logic bugs, and significantly increased confidence in our design. We have a number of methodology recommendations for future ASIC projects, including early introduction of FPV; the assigning of central FPV owners; FPV-friendly RTL standards; leaving ownership primarily with each DE; and the encouragement of assertion development through density checks. We think that by learning from our experiences and following our recommendations, other ASIC teams will be able to expand their use of FPV as well, for a significant increase in design confidence.


Abstract The electrical and optical properties of semiconductive compounds of InAs and InP were studied in wide concentration (2 × 1016−2 × 1018) cm−3 and temperature (4.2–300) K ranges prior to and after electron irradiation with 50 MeV energy. The performed analysis enables us to conclude that the electrical properties of the irradiated InAs crystals are mainly determined by point type defects and those of InP by disordered regions. Optical absorption near the threshold is well explained on the basis of the concept of "radiation tails" of the density of states. Irradiation with a maximum dose up to 6 × 1017e/cm2 does not cause any appreciable change in the dynamics of lattice vibrations.


In this paper, we present a computational study of the measurement of motion. Similar to other visual processes, the motion of elements is not determined uniquely by information in the changing image; additional constraint is required to compute a unique velocity field. Given this global ambiguity of motion, local measurements from the changing image cannot possibly specify a unique local velocity vector, and in fact, may only specify one component of velocity. Computation of the full two-dimensional velocity field generally requires the integration of local motion measurements, either over an area, or along contours in the image. We examine the integration of local motion measurements along contours, using an additional constraint of smoothness of the velocity field. The predictions of an algorithm based on this constraint are compared with human motion perception on a few demonstrations.


Foreword by Robert Denton Introduction: The Importance of Candidate Images by Kenneth L. Hacker Campaigns and Candidate Images in American Presidential Elections by Susan A. Hellweg Political Images and Voting Decisions by Kathleen E. Kendall and Scott C. Paine Creating the Eye of the Beholder: Candidate Images and Political Socialization by Robert L. Savage The Formation of Candidate Images during Presidential Campaigns by Dan Nimmo Interpersonal Communication and the Construction of Candidate Images by Kenneth L. Hacker Changing Candidate Images: The Effects of Political Advertising by Lynda Lee Kaid and Mike Chanslor Televised Presidential Debates and Candidate Images by Walter R. Zakahi and Kenneth L. Hacker Meta-analysis of Candidate Images by Susan A. Hellweg and Brian H. Spitzberg Measuring Candidate Images with Semantic Differentials by Lynda Lee Kaid Intensive Analysis and Candidate Images by Dan Nimmo A Rashomonian Approach to the Study of Image Construction by Doug Kruse and Kathleen E. Kendall Linguistic Discourse Analysis of Candidate Image Formulations by Kenneth L. Hacker References Index


A student enters your office or classroom and closes the door. "What's on your mind?" you ask. After an awkward pause, the student discloses a sensitive problem and begins to cry. You offer a tissue. The student waves you off and claims to be okay, but while explaining the problem further breaks down and sobs. You put your arm around the student's shoulder and say, "Everything will be all right." Chances are, however, that everything may be all wrong, for you and your school district. Without a witness to your act of compassion, and even with one, you could find yourself in a legal bind. Your career could be finished, your personal life undone, and a child's life upended all because of a single, misinterpreted touch. Until this very moment, you might not have given much thought to what you would have done in that situation. Most of us wouldn't think twice about doing what appears to be the "right" thing. However, in light of increasing lawsuits, accusations of molestation, and sensationalized news reports, we might want to start thinking about whether it's ever appropriate to touch a student. HANDS OFF, OR ALL HANDS ON DECK? In recent years, there has been great controversy and debate over the use of touch in our schools. Some experts claim that "appropriate" touching should be allowed in special instances (e.g., consoling or praising). Others believe that because of past abuses and current risks of litigation, under no circumstances should adults touch children. Today, the trend toward abstaining from touch in schools is growing in direct response to awareness-building and heightened sensitivity toward sexual molestation and abuse that has occurred over the past 20 years. In an effort to keep one step ahead of sexual offenders (who are also aware of what we're teaching our children), more and more schools are sending the message to adults everywhere, "Hands off!" It's almost as if touching has become taboo. However, not touching children could be considered another form of abuse-neglect, which may create a whole new set of problems for our children as they wrestle with what is and is not acceptable social behavior. By modeling an aloof interpersonal style and becoming less humanistic with our youth, we may be sending the message that violent and aggressive touching (as seen on TV movies, and video games) is acceptable, but hugging or patting someone on the back is not. This paradox is like a slap in the face of healthy touching. Compounding this issue are laws and ethical codes that interpret touching in vague and sometimes unrealistic ways. For instance, according to the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA), adults in school settings would be best served "never" to touch students. Other organizations and associations such as the ACA and ASCA (1992) neither firmly condemn or condone touching. And although ethical standards like these have established guidelines around inappropriate touching, little attention has been paid to nonerotic contact (Holub & Lee, 1990) and appropriate touch. Is it any wonder that most teachers, counselors, and even parents refrain from adding that personal touch to their interactions with children? Many theorists, clinicians, and educators contend that physical contact is critical to human development and is necessary to ensure proper growth. Holub and Lee (1990) also point to studies and research such as that conducted by Field, Schanberg, & that suggest "the absence of touching [also] may account for an infant's failure to thrive." Others in the community believe that in order to win the war on child abuse and molestation, we cannot afford to allow for even the slightest ambiguity in what defines appropriate and inappropriate touching. Their edict may well be "To touch is just too much." This article, then, looks at the merits and drawbacks of various approaches to appropriate touching and attempts to determine whether we should teach children that some forms of touching are acceptable and even encouraged. …


Abstract : Frequency analysis of the electromyogram has been shown by clinical investigators to have some usefulness in diagnosing muscular and nerve disorders. The same methods employed following diving exposure were used to evaluate muscle frequency discharge. This was done with the idea of early diagnosis and evaluation of decompression sickness. The results of this experiment were such that no definite conclusion could be made although the feasibility of the approach could be evaluated as promising.


Because the failure data of long lifetime and high reliability item are rare in the safety-critical system,we put forward a bootstrap for lifetime forecasting.We firstly proposed a performance degradation model based on Gamma process.Then,taking account of difference between manufacture and run condition among individuals,we adopted bootstrap on degradation data to get shape parameter α and scale parameter β.Thereby,bootstrap on α,β for shape parameter and scale parameter of population was adopted.According to this model,lifetime probability distribution of population task reliability can be gained.Lifetime forecasting of metallized film capacitor is analyzed,and the results show that the model is beneficial to finding lifetime characteristic of items and improving system reliability and safety.


Neural circuits in the central nervous system are the substrate of various high‐order brain functions. However, little is known about the mechanisms underlying neuronal information processing in the brain. Anatomical and functional graph structures of neural networks with actual connections will provide us with perspectives to elucidate the brain complexity. Here, we aim to develop a three‐dimensional mouse brain atlas of neural circuits using nano‐resolution x‐ray tomography by synchrotron radiation. In addition to identifying a large number of synapses, our research will also clarify the structure of neuronal networks for understanding the most complex organ in the body. In this study, we observed metal‐stained biological tissues of the mouse brain using hard x‐ray Zernike‐type phase‐contrast microscopy with 60‐nm resolution at SPring‐8. As a result, the nano‐resolution hard x‐ray phase‐contrast microscope revealed nerve fibers and organelles including mitochondria and synapses in the neural tissue. In ...


This study was conducted to detect the ability of an alkaloid extracted from Equisetum arvense to induce apoptosis on MCF7 cancer cells. The IC50 concentration was employed in these experiments (325 μg/ml at 24hr), it was obtained from studying the effect of the alkaloid extract on the growth inhibition of cancer cells after 24 hours of exposure. genes involved in apoptosis (P53, BAX, Caspase8, and Caspase9) were assessed on the mRNA level.besides that, a study for the cells morphological changes that occurred via apoptosis was carried out by staining with a mixture of two fluorescence dyes acridine orange and propidium iodide. Mitochondrial membrane potential was also assessed. The results showed that the expression level of apoptosis genes was elevated. Apoptosis like morphological changes was noticed in cellular membranes and nucleus. Apoptosis characterization of the mitochondria membrane was detected as well. These results revealed the capability of this alkaloid extract to induce apoptosis in this breast cancer cell line. This study confirmed the substantial cytotoxic and pro-apoptotic activity of Equisetum arvense alkaloid extract toward the studied cell line, which indicates the utility of this substance in anticancer therapy.


In addition to reducing noise and track wear there are indications that a considerable amount of fuel savings can be realized by using flange lubricants around track curves, and also applying it to straight-aways. Given the amount of fuel consumed, these savings are substantial relative to the cost of applications. One concern however relates to long-term build up and or seepage of the grease and the liability potential associated with existing or prospective regulatory actions. Using soybean oil, which is considered "readily" biodegradable according to EPA standards, improves the long-term cost potential of using flange lubricant. More importantly, soybean base oils have been proven to provide higher lubricity, better adherence to metal, better trackification, higher than-film strength, higher flash and fire points, and higher viscosity index that conventional base oils. UNI-ABIL has developed and tested soybean-based high-rail flange lubricants that in field tests demonstrated superior features, thin-film durability that lasted longer than conventional greases, and high-temperature performance that resulted in stable performance in high summer temperatures. The aluminum complex formulation appears to be cost competitive when evaluated on the basis of operating life, and also has very acceptable environmental and toxicity features. With guidance form a leading Class I railroad company, a key equipment supplier, and a major lubricant manufacture, the high-rail blend for wayside applications has been reformulated Filed studies of this version are expected to demonstrate similar performance, and large-scale commercialization is expected.


A series of four polymers containing benzo[1,2‐b:4,5‐b′]dithiophene (BDT) and 5,6‐difluoro‐4,7‐diiodobenzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole (2FBT), PBDT2FBT, PBDT2FBT‐O, PBDT2FBT‐T, and PBDT2FBT‐T‐O, are synthesized with their four different side chains, alkyl‐, alkoxy‐, alkylthienyl‐, and alkoxythienyl. Experimental results and theoretical calculations show that the molecular tuning of the side chains simultaneously influences the solubilities, energy levels, light absorption, surface tension, and intermolecular packing of the resulting polymers by altering their molecular coplanarity and electron affinity. The polymer solar cell (PSC) based on a blend of PBDT2FBT‐T/[6,6]‐phenyl‐C71‐butyric acid methyl ester (PC71BM) exhibits the best photovoltaic performance of the four PBDT2FBT derivatives, with a high open‐circuit voltage of 0.98 V and a power conversion efficiency of 6.37%, without any processing additives, post‐treatments, or optical spacers. Furthermore, PBDT2FBT‐T‐O, which has a novel side chain alkoxythienyl, showed promising properties with the most red‐shifted absorption and strong intermolecular packing property in solid state. This study provides insight into molecular design and fabrication strategies via structural tuning of the side chains of conjugated polymers for achieving highly efficient PSCs.


The Radiology Workload Measurement Study, being conducted at the Center for Cost-Effective Care at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, has reviewed its Phase I data. As reported at the National American Hospital Radiology Administration Meeting in Nashville, TN, August 23, 1986, the total test times for two nuclear medicine imaging modalities are: for bone scan, spot imaging for whole body = 58 min;


The work developed in this article consists of the optimization of the modified Lichtenecker model (MLL) and its validation using experimental data from a time domain reflectometry measurement bench. This model will allow the prediction of the dielectric behavior of ternary mixtures and the simplification of ternary model into that of the binary. The practical results taken for this type of composites concern the evolution of the permittivity over a broad frequency spectrum that ranges from DC to 10GHz. The use of the modified Lichtenecker law allowed us to find the shape factor which by different methods of approximation we managed to optimize this theoretical model. This performance was confirmed by the low relative errors obtained. The focus of this research is on the use of these materials in the downsizing of telecommunications and microelectronics components.


The aim of this study was to compare vascular plant species-richness and composition in 26 dune-slacks in Birkdale Sandhills, Merseyside during 2003 with the results of a similar survey conducted in 1983. A total of 213 taxa was recorded, as opposed to 150 in 1983, a 42% increase. There is a significant positive correlation between the number of taxa per slack in the two surveys and a significant relationship between species-richness and slack area in both years. Thirty-six notable taxa were recorded in 2003, an 80% increase on the 20 found in 1983. Fifteen taxa have undergone major increases in frequency, while seven, particularly maritime species, show major declines. reasons for these changes are discussed and recommendations made for the conservation of the slack flora.


Staff Working Papers are working documents. They present new ideas, innovative approaches, case studies, bibliographies and research results, prepared either by UNICEF staff or by consultants or others supported by UNICEF. Their purpose is to facilitate the rapid exchange of knowledge and perspectives among field offices and to stimulate discussions. The contents of this working paper do not necessarily reflect the policies or the views of UNICEF. The typescript has not been edited to official publications standards, and UNICEF accepts no responsibility for errors. The designations employed in this publication and the presentation of the material do not imply on the part of the United Nations Children's Fund the expression of any opinion whatsoever concerning the legal status of any country or territory, or of its authorities, or the delimitations of its frontiers. Introduction The objective of the present review was to summarize available information on diarrhoea morbidity and mortality, preventive strategies, case management and national programmes, from 1980 to 1992, for the Americas, South Asia, East Asia, Middle East and North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa, and to propose recommendations to UNICEF. Methods The review process included computerized literature searches and contact with international agencies and with individual researchers in the regions. UNICEF also commissioned five expert groups to prepare a comprehensive regional report, which was presented to a meeting of interested parties at UNICEF/New York in April 1993. Subsequently, these have been collated as a single global report. Lessons learned 1. Morbidity and mortality Diarrhoea remains a major cause of child morbidity and mortality globally. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that there are approximately 1.3 billion episodes and 3 million deaths annually in children under five years of age. Although there have been a few reports of declines in incidence rates in some specific countries, for most regions, no decline in the incidence of diarrhoea was observed over the past five years. Nevertheless, in most countries, diarrhoea mortality has been falling over the past 10-20 years, as well as diarrhoea admissions to hospitals and the case-fatality rate. In some countries, the fall in the last decade has been of up to 20 per cent per year. A number of local studies have attempted to document associations between reduction in diarrhoea mortality and improvements in case management or in preventive strategies conducted by the national control of diarrhoeal diseases (CDD) programmes. Although the role of national programmes is in …


1 Fujimoto A, Takata M, Hatta N, Takehara K. Expression of structurally unaltered androgen receptor in extramammary Paget's disease. Lab Invest 2000; 80:1465–71. 2 Diaz de Leon E, Carcangiu ML, Prieto VG et al. Extramammary Paget disease is characterized by the consistent lack of estrogen and progesterone receptors but frequently expresses androgen receptor. Am J Clin Pathol 2000; 113:572–5. 3 Goldblum JR, Hart WR. Vulvar Paget's disease. a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 19 cases. Am J Surg Pathol 1997; 21:1178–87. 4 Shirasaki F, Takata M, Ishii T et al. Total androgen blockade therapy for an advanced case of extramammary Paget's carcinoma. Skin Cancer 2001; 16:247–50 (Japanese). 5 Gaddipati JP, McLeod DG, Heidenberg HB et al. Frequent detection of codon 877 mutation in the androgen receptor gene in advanced prostate cancers. Cancer Res 1994; 54:2861–4. 6 Kovisto P, Kononen J, Palmberg C et al. Androgen receptor gene amplification: a possible molecular mechanism for androgen deprivation therapy failure in prostate cancer. Cancer Res 1997; 57: 314–19.


The theme of this work is the study of illusion in puppet theatre. In the first part I will try to explain the notion of illusion in art in general. The main assumption is that art and illusion are two inseparable concepts. Illusion in a surreal way it helps the experience of the real and surreal world. A viewer, together with an artists, participates in that experience : the effect of that very illusion depends on the ability of the viewer to perceive the artist´s illusion. In theatrical art, illusion happens in one moment and in space, before the eyes of the audience. The miracle of illusion is created before us and we forget it is here. In theatrical art, illusion happens in one moment and in space, before the eyes of the audience. The miracle of illusion is created before us and we forget it is here.In puppetry, a puppet, as an artificially created stage figure, in its essence has an illusory character. A puppet owes its origin to a man?s need to create and its attempt to change the reality. Even in the pre ? historic period, a puppet was a means to make contacts with God. In Romanticism artists developed this metaphorical relationship and raised a puppet theatre as an artistically valuable form. The period of Modernism brought new thinking about the puppet theory. The modernists started to recognize new, symbolic possibilities in a puppet. This contributed to the development of a puppet theatre which requests its own language of illusion. A puppet doesn?t imitate reality any more, it creates a new reality. A further development of a puppet theatre takes the direction of experimenting with various possibilities of expression in puppetry. A partition screen has been rejected. Illusion is questioned because of the presentation of reality of creation. In search of poetic language of expression in a puppet theatre, the parts of a body, materials and objects start to be animated? Real objects assume a surreal meaning, and the illusion of metamorphosis happens before our eyes. At the end of this work I?ll pay attention to a puppet theatre in Croatia. In that short review I will try to give a summary of the development of puppetry and its illusion and to explain the influences which have contributed to that development.


Introduction D.Lacorne & T.Judt A New Master Narrative?: Reflections on Contemporary Anti-Americanism T.Judt Anti-Americanism and Americanophobia: A French Perspective D.Lacorne Anti-Americanism in French and European Public Opinion G.Grunberg Is There a New Anti-Americanism?: Reflections on Germany in Times of Global Simultaneity D.Claussen America's Best Friends in Europe: East-Central European Perceptions and Policies Toward the United States J.Rupnik The Special Russian Way: The Origin and Evolution of Russian Perceptions about the United States N.Zlobin Saudi Perceptions of the United States Since 9-11 G.Gause The Palestine Perception of America After 9-11 C.Mansour Anti-Americanism in Pakistan M.Waseem Three Sources of Anti-Americanism in Iran M.Saghafi Uncle Sam to the Rescue?: The Political Impact of American Involvement in ASEAN Security and Political Issues in the Wake of 9-11 F.Noor


The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of home-connected praise programs on children's ego-resilience and their peer competence. To that end, the following research problems were established. 1) Does the home-connected praise program influence the child's ego-resilience? ...


This study aims to influence the compensation on work performance at PT.  Garuda Agung Kencana. The research design used in this study is causal quantitative. The subjects of this study were all employees of PT.  Garuda Agung Kencana The object of this study focuses on the variables of compensation and work performance. The population of this study was 55 people. Data collection was performed by questionnaire method, which was then analyzed by simple linear regression. The results obtained in this study indicate that compensation  has a positive and significant effect on work performance at PT.  Garuda Agung Kencana by 64.6%


Nicola's CVIs have meant many sacrifices, including her beloved mall, which try as she did, she simply couldn't cope with any more.


Many methods are available for transferring foreign genes into mammalian cells (transfection). The advantages of ultrasound‐mediated transfection are that it can be controlled in both space, by focusing, and time, by exposure. It was tested whether ultrasound‐mediated gene transfection in cultured immortalized human chondrocytes would be enhanced using artificial cavitation nuclei in the form of Albunex®. Here 1.0 MHz ultrasound transmitted through the bottoms of six‐well culture plates containing media with green fluorescent protein reporter gene plasmids at a concentration of 40 μg/ml and Albunex® at 50×106 bubbles/ml produced a peak transfection efficiency of about 50% of the living cells when exposure was 4×105 P spatial average peak pressure (SAPP) for 20 mins. Using these parameters, transfection efficiency increased linearly with ultrasound exposure pressure with a transfection threshold observed at a SAPP of 105 P. Adding fresh Albunex® at 50×106 bubbles/ml prior to sequential one second 3.2 or 4....


This paper presents an algorithm for strategic decision making regarding when lane change and overtake manoeuvres are desirable and feasible. By considering the task of driving on two-lane, one-way roads, as the selection of desired lane and velocity profile, the algorithm provides useful results in terms of velocity control as well as a decision variable corresponding to whether a lane change manoeuvre should be performed. The decision process is modelled through a mixed logical dynamical system which is solved through model predictive control using mixed integer program formulation. The performance of the proposed control system is explored through simulations of varying driving scenaria on a two-lane, one-way road, which shows the capability of the system to achieve appropriate longitudinal and lateral control strategies depending on the traffic situation.


Clinical decision making is vital for healthcare provision. Sound clinical decision support systems (CDSS) have therefore become crucial for healthcare delivery. This research aims to develop a rubric to guide the design, development and assessment of mobile (i.e., Smartphone or Tab-based) CDSS, combining socio-technological factors and decision-making principles. 778 35 TH BLED ECONFERENCE DIGITAL RESTRUCTURING AND HUMAN (RE)ACTION


In May, 2007 two factions of the Gangster Disciples street gang were at war on the far Southside of Chicago. One gang member fired multiple gunshots on a crowded bus. He missed his intended target and killed Blair Holt, a 16year-old honor student. Holt was killed when he threw himself on a friend to protect her. Five other passengers were wounded. Two gang members were arrested (Hussain & Goldberger, 2007; Patterson, Herman, & Fusco, 2007; Konkol, Main, O'Donnell, & Herman, 2007). In June 2007, two rival gangs—the YLO Cobras and the Imperial Gangsters—were in a territorial dispute on the Northwest side of Chicago. The gang members shouted at each other and flashed gang signs. Witnesses heard one of the gangs yelling, "Get the gun" and "Light it up." One gang member then fired several shots from a 9-mm handgun at his rivals. He missed his intended target and struck Schanna Gayden, a 13year-old girl who was buying fruit from a street vendor. She was killed. Two gang members were arrested for her murder (Sweeney & Main, 2007; Sweeney & Parish, 2007; Zorn, 2007; Aquilar & Rozas, 2007; Herman, 2007a, 2007b.) Thirty-two other Chicago public school students have been killed this year (Herbert, 2007; see also Wagner & Kirby, 2006, p. 205–209). Such crimes are a tragedy. But one must also examine the broader impact of violent crime on the United States. Violent crime has declined in recent years (Blumstein, 2000; Butterfield, 1998). Yet, yearly, there are about 6 million victims of violent crime. In 2003, there were 1.4 million violent offenders reported to the police. In 1999, there were over 10,000 persons murdered with guns. These crimes cost the U.S. $100 billion annually in property loss, medical care, mental health treatment, productivity loss, and crime victim compensation. If we were to add to that amount the pain,


Atlantic salmon smolts (Salmo salar L) were exposed to periodic (6 hourly) sub-lethal levels of hydrogen sulphide over 20 weeks. Histological examination of gill tissues showed that after an initial period (6 weeks), during which the condition of the gills deteriorated, there was a gradual recovery. By the end of the experiment (20 weeks) gill tissues appeared normal. Fish growth was not significantly affected except during the period of maximum gill Damage (6-8 weeks) when there was a small but significant decrease in growth rate with respect to the control group


Overall, Australia is well endowed with data and evidence about the health and wellbeing of its citizens. There are extensive data series such as the National Health Survey, administrative data collected through the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), and hospital inpatient data. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Australian Bureau of Statistics are adept at providing these data to the public and, to the extent that their resources permit, publishing regular data series which permit longitudinal study and which service particular purposes. In December 2015 Prime Minister Turnbull launched a Public Data Policy Statement. It said in part:


We study the symmetry resolved entanglement entropies in gapped integrable lattice models.
We use the corner transfer matrix to investigate two prototypical gapped systems with a U(1) symmetry: the complex
harmonic chain and the XXZ spin-chain.
While the former is a free bosonic system, the latter is genuinely interacting.
We focus on a subsystem being half of an infinitely long chain.
In both models, we obtain exact expressions for the charged moments and for the symmetry resolved entropies.
While for the spin chain we found exact equipartition of entanglement (i.e. all the symmetry resolved entropies are the same),
this is not the case for the harmonic system where equipartition is effectively recovered only in some limits.
Exploiting the gaussianity of the harmonic chain, we also develop an exact correlation matrix approach to the symmetry resolved entanglement that allows us to
test numerically our analytic results.


--The Universal Soil Loss Equation has been revised to accommodate field conditions found throughout the western United States. The revision uses a subfactor approach to evaluate the "C" factor and additional algorithms to describe the "LS" and "P" factors. The revised "C" factor is now the product of subfactors: PLU (prior land use), CC (vegetation canopy cover), SC (surface ground cover), and SR (surface roughness). Included in these subfactors are conditions for vegetation canopy height and root biomass. Algorithms for "LS" consider non linear interactions between slope steepness and length. The algorithms for "P" are based on surface roughness, slope steepness, and runoff reduction. A procedure is presented for estimating, from above ground biomass, the root biomass in the upper 100 mm of the soil profile of various rangeland vegetation types. A sensitivity analysis of the root biomass input to the subfactors PLU and SR is presented to illustrate the importance of root biomass to erosion from rangelands. Rangeland soil loss estimates are made from a wide range of assumed factor values using the old and revised USLE. Also, each equation is used to estimate soil loss and the results are compared to actual soil loss measure ments from simulated rainfall plots.


The aim of this study is to enhance conceptual understanding of undergraduate students in the Calculus, a vital branch of mathematics and to find out how students may use different kinds of representations for thinking about the concepts in Calculus. To achieve this, I designed a three level teaching experiment to study the effects of computer assisted interactive teaching of calculus course at undergraduate students. At level one, students' conceptions/misconceptions about calculus especially function concept, ε-δ definition of limit of a function, continuity/discontinuity of function, derivability of function in an interval and at the endpoints were investigated through the activities like diagnostic test (pre-test). At the second level, Calculus Education Software (CES) was developed to get rid of misconceptions and to improve conceptual understanding of the students. After pre-test, three groups of students; control group, experimental group and cooperative group were formed. All the three groups were demonstrated the same topics of calculus using different teaching methods and learning effect was calculated using t-test by comparing mean scores of posttest administered after the treatment.


Disclosed are a hopper car body and a hopper car for railway coal transportation, comprising a chassis assembly (11), a touch-type bottom door opening and closing mechanism (12), a first side wall assembly (131), a second side wall assembly (132), a hopper assembly (14), a support bar assembly (15), a first end wall assembly (161), and a second end wall assembly (162); the touch-type bottom door opening and closing mechanism (12) is arranged at the bottom of the chassis assembly (11); the first side wall assembly (131) and the second side wall assembly (132) are arranged respectively on the two side edges of the chassis assembly (11); one end of the support bar assembly (15) is connected to the first side wall assembly (131), and the other end of the stay bar assembly (15) is connected to the second side wall assembly (132); the first end wall assembly (161) and the second end wall assembly (162) are arranged respectively at two ends of the chassis assembly (11); adjacent ones of the first side wall assembly (131), the second side wall assembly (132), the first end wall assembly (161) and the second end wall assembly (162) are connected to each other, so that a receiving chamber is formed; and the hopper assembly (14) is arranged in the receiving chamber. The self weight of the hopper car body is reduced, the carrying capability of the car is increased, unloading operation is simple, and unloading speed is increased.


Introduction The main teaching of economics about the influence of interest rates on prices can be summarized in the proposition that cheap money makes dear bread. More precisely this may be interpreted to mean that if the level of interest rates is determined exogenously by the monetary authorities, any lowering of this level will make the development of prices more inflationary (or less deflationary) than it would have been at the old level. In mathematical terms this can be expressed by saying that the derivative of the rate of price change with respect to the rate of interest is negative. This general proposition will, for the purpose of this paper, be called the" classical" doctrine. Though seldom precisely stated or analyzed, it is probably one of the most universally accepted propositions of economics. Outside the economic profession, however, things are different. In particular, one often finds the argument that the classical doctrine, while valid in the short run, may be invalid in the long run. To the best of my knowledge, this argument has never been analyzed in detail. The present paper thus addresses itself to the question whether in the long-run context of economic growth lower interest rates might conceivably lead to lower prices. The causal chain from interest rates to prices may involve many different elements, some of which have been discussed in recent contributions, particularly by Solow [9], Tobin [11], and Hahn [3].1 Looking back on the long history of the classical doctrine one finds, however, that a dominant role was traditionally accorded to what was often called" forced saving".2 It is on this element that the present paper will focus attention, while other mechanisms, interesting and important as they may be, are left out of account. It will be shown that in the long run the effect of interest rates on prices by way of forced savings may be the opposite from what the classical doctrine asserts. Classical assumptions may thus lead to unclassical results." The argument will be developed in four stages. The problem is first considered in the context of a stationary model in which investment has no capacity effects. It may fairly be called a Wicksell-type model. In the second model there is still no growth, but the capacity effects of investment now become important. Since it was Cassel who emphasized these effects, it may be said to be a Cassel-type model. The stage of Solow-type models is reached with the introduction of long-range growth at an exogenously given rate. In the fourth section the growth of the labor force will finally be considered as endogenous, its rate being determined in a Malthusian fashion by per capital real income. It will be seen that each of these changes in the underlying" vision" of the process has important consequences for the long-run effect of interest rates on prices. I. The Wicksell-Type Model: Stationary Economy without Capacity Effects Wicksell may be called the leading protagonist of the classical doctrine in modern economics. His position can be summarized in the following two statements:


A series of tip-over and off-the-dock impact tests were performed with stand-up forklifts to investigate the potential for injury to the operator of a forklift in these types of accidents, when the...


Abstract Two characterizations of semisimple classes of associative and alternative rings (and semigroups with 0) are given: (i) A class is a semisimple class if and only if it is hereditary, closed under extensions and subdirect sums; (ii) A class is a semisimple class if and only if it is hereditary, closed under extensions, and has the co-inductive property. The first characterization sharpens Armendariz's (1968) result proved for associative rings, the second one is categorically dual to a characterization of radical classes due to Amitsur (1954).


Plated copper on ceramic has been evaluated for fabrication of power hybrid circuits. The copper is plated using a semiadditive process that yields rectangular conductor cross sections. Copper thicknesses can be varied from 12 to 150 mu m depending on electrical current requirements. Typically, a 2.5- mu m nickel barrier layer and a 1.25- mu m gold layer are plated onto the copper metallization. The soldered adhesion (62Sn/36Pb/2Ag) of the metallization has been studied. No adhesion degradation was observed after storage for 1000 h at 150 degrees C or after 118 thermal cycles between -65 degrees C and 125 degrees C. The bonding of small-diameter gold-wire bonding to the Au/Ni/Cu metallization was evaluated. No reduction in bond strength ( approximately=7.5 gf) was observed after 1000 h of storage at 150 degrees C. The bonding of large-diameter aluminium wire to the Au/Ni/Cu metallization was also studied. The average initial pull strength was 560 gf. After 2050 h at 150 degrees C, the average pull strength was 499 gf, while the average after 2050 h at 200 degrees C was 438 gf. Screen printable polyimide encapsulants were used for solder masking and high voltage insulation. Electrical properties were measured. To demonstrate the use of plated copper on ceramic, the power section of a 100-W DC-DC converter was fabricated. >


Schools have recently begun testing and exercising their plans for high-impact, low-probability events, such as school violence. This provides an effective test for lockdown procedures. But equally important will be the allhazards testing of evacuation strategies for natural weather occurrences. These include transportation strategies for evacuations from flooding, wildland fires, hurricanes, chemical releases, or other hazards prevalent in your community. Language: en


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This paper develops Lyapunov functions for power systems which have dynamic reactive power loads. These functions are extensions of earlier Lyapunov functions derived for structure preserving power system models having static loads. In order to obtain strict Lyapunov functions, the transient response of the dynamic load must have a logarithmic dependence on voltage. A Lyapunov function is initially generated using a "first integral" analysis. A Popov criterion analysis is then undertaken for comparison. The developed Lyapunov functions enable the investigation of the interaction between generator (angle) and load dynamics in multimachine power systems.


The photocatalytic activity of materials synthesized by titanium dioxide impregnation with chromates(VI) was studied in the processes of 4-chlorophenol oxidation and photocurrent generation. The materials show measurable activity when excited with visible light. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) studies revealed the presence of chromium(V) species even without irradiation. Detection of photogenerated reactive oxygen species, together with elucidation of electrochemical properties of the materials, enabled assumption of a very unique mechanism of TiO2 photosensitization, involving a photoinduced hole injection from the excited photosensitizer species to the valence band. Photoelectrochemical studies revealed that visible light induced both hole injection to the valence band and electron injection to the conduction band, depending on the electrode potential. The former process is responsible for anodic, whereas the latter is responsible for cathodic photocurrent generation. This counterintuitive behavio...


In image fusion, information from a set of images is extracted and then combined intelligently to form a new composite image with extended information content. The original data may come from different viewing conditions (bracketed focus or exposure) or various sensors (visible and infrared or a cat scan and magnetic resonance imagery). Uninhabited Airborne Vehicles (UAVs) often have visible, infrared and synthetic aperture radar imaging sensors, so image fusion is an appropriate onboard processing task for UAVs. Some forms of image fusion are computationally intensive tasks, but like many other image processing applications are naturally suited to acceleration in hardware. This potential for hardware acceleration, and the ability to reconfigure the UAV to implement new algorithms as it moves towards objects of interest make reconfigurable computing a natural route for a hardware implementation. In this paper we present what we believe is the first implementation of image fusion on a reconfigurable platform alone, and the first investigation of adaptive image fusion which makes use of dynamic reconfiguration to change the fusion algorithm as the UAV approaches an object of interest.


A multi-model frequency regulation strategy based on the MPC(Model Predictive Control) technology is proposed for the wind turbine-generator set in the weakly-synchronized grid with large-scale wind farms,which sets the prediction model base according to the wind speed conditions. It can coordinate the pitch angle control and the generator torque control in different wind speed conditions to regulate the active power output of generation set for responding to the frequency variation of weak grid and improving the frequency regulation capability of wind turbine-generator set. A central control system with STATCOM is established for the voltage stability of weak grid,which coordinates the active power control and the reactive power control in real time to ensure the ride-through of wind turbine-generator set and the voltage and frequency stability of weak grid in the conditions of load fluctuation and fault. Simulative results show the effectiveness of the proposed strategy.


A wide-beam area X-ray source has been proposed as a practical replacement for synchrotron sources in clinical DEI applications. Due to a wide X-ray illumination area, a decrease in X-ray flux is expected and thus high electron beam currents up to 3A are considered. To ensure the target performance without deterioration, melting, cracking, or even evaporation, an active cooling system is required for the target block in order to remove the heat and allow for sufficient scanning time. In this study, jet cooling of the target back is investigated for a prototype proof-of-principle target. The prototype target was simulated with the transient k- ɛ turbulence multiphysics model in ANSYS CFX. The simulations were conducted at a heat flux of 1.8 × 10 7  W/ m 2 , consistent with values anticipated for a full scale target. The simulation results show that the target temperature exceeds the copper melting point in 2 seconds at inlet velocities below 2 m/s. Also, critical heat flux calculations show that a 1.5 m/s inlet velocity at atmospheric pressure is a lower limit for prevention of target burnout using water as a coolant. Inlet velocities in excess of 2 m/s allows for steady-state operation while satisfying all thermal design constraints.


Plant nucleotide-binding, leucine-rich repeat (NB-LRR) proteins confer immunity to pathogens possessing the corresponding avirulence proteins. Activation of NB-LRR proteins is often associated with induction of the hypersensitive response (HR), a form of programmed cell death. NRC1 (NB-LRR Required for HR-Associated Cell Death-1) is a tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) NB-LRR protein that participates in the signalling cascade leading to resistance to the pathogens Cladosporium fulvum and Verticillium dahliae. To identify mutations in NRC1 that cause increased signalling activity, we generated a random library of NRC1 variants mutated in their nucleotide-binding domain and screened them for the ability to induce an elicitor-independent HR in Nicotiana tabacum. Screening of 1920 clones retrieved 11 gain-of-function mutants, with 10 of them caused by a single amino acid substitution. All substitutions are located in or very close to highly conserved motifs within the nucleotide-binding domain, suggesting modulation of the signalling activity of NRC1. Three-dimensional modelling of the nucleotide-binding domain of NRC1 revealed that the targeted residues are centred around the bound nucleotide. Our mutational approach has generated a wide set of novel gain-of-function mutations in NRC1 and provides insight into how the activity of this NB-LRR is regulated.


The experiment was conducted at Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, India to evaluate variability among 188 Indian mustard genotypes based on diverse biochemical parameters viz., palmitic, oleic, linoleic, linolenic and erucic acids along with oil content. Analysis of variance indicated the existence of substantial magnitude of variability among studied Indian mustard genotypes which suggest better possibilities for their improvement. Genotypic and phenotypic coefficient of variation was found to be higher for oleic acid tracked by erucic and palmitic acids. Erucic, oleic, palmitic, linoleic and linolenic acids had maximum heritability and genetic advance. Significant negative correlation of erucic acid was documented with palmitic, oleic, linoleic and linolenic acids. Genotypic and phenotypic path coefficient analysis had the higher positive direct effect of palmitic acid on erucic acid, whereas highest negative direct effect on erucic acid was evidenced by linoleic, oleic, linolenic acids and oil percentage. Genetic divergence using Euclidean distance cluster grouped the genotypes into eighteen different clusters. Among all studied biochemical parameters, erucic acid was found to be low in 9, moderate in 57 and higher in 122 genotypes. In cluster analysis of qualitative traits, maximum inter cluster distance was observed between cluster 18 (Karishma) and cluster 12 (Maya). Thus, these genotypes may be utilized as parents in Indian mustard breeding scheme for improvement of diverse qualitative traits.


To intelligently create policies governing the anonymization of network logs, one must analyze the effects of anonymization on both the security and utility of sanitized data. In this paper, we focus on analyzing the utility of network traces post-anonymization. Any measure of utility is subjective to the type of analysis being performed. This work focuses on utility for the task of attack detection since attack detection is an important part of an incident responders daily responsibilities. We employ a methodology we developed that analyzes the effect of anonymization on Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), and we provide the first rigorous analysis of single field anonymization on IDS effectiveness. Through this work we can begin to answer the questions of whether the field affects anonymization more than the algorithm; which fields have a larger impact on utility; and which anonymization algorithms have a larger impact on utility.


Let [Formula: see text] be an associative ring with an identity and suppose that [Formula: see text] satisfy [Formula: see text] If [Formula: see text] has generalized Drazin (respectively, p-Drazin, Drazin) inverse, we prove that [Formula: see text] has generalized Drazin (respectively, p-Drazin, Drazin) inverse. In particular, as applications, we obtain new common spectral property of bounded linear operators over Banach spaces.


Two distinctly different kinds of Chinese activities occur in the mining sector of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): state-led, large-scale investment fi nanced by China Export-Import (EXIM) Bank; and private investment in mineral processing, trading and, to an extent, mining.1 While the minerals that interest the various Chinese actors are mostly located in the DRC's mineral-rich south-eastern Katanga province,2 the nature of Chinese engagement differs greatly between the two categories. This policy brief seeks to outline these two strands of engagement and to discuss the different Chinese actors' commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR). The questions that this policy brief seeks to answer are:


An infrared real time monitoring system was designed to obtain thermal images of H_3PO_4 layer profile during laser assisted chemical etching of high temperature superconducting film (YBa_2Cu_3O_ 7-δ film). The temperature distribution and heat diffuse of solution were studied, as well as the relation between infrared monitoring data and YBa_2Cu_3O_ 7-δ laser assisted chemical etching characteristics was analyzed. The major experimental conclusions include: The temperature distribution and heat diffuse of solution can be truly reflected by infrared thermal image, which is valuable for the analysis of thermal circumstance of laser assisted etching; the created heat diffuse height on YBa_2Cu_3O_ 7-δ film surface and corresponding infrared grey-scale can be achieved at any time to analyze the differences between etching starting duration and etching degree of any small regions on YBa_2Cu_3O_ 7-δ film surface, which provides a new method for the real time monitoring of laser assisted etching properties of YBa_2Cu_3O_ 7-δ and other materials.


The efficiency of Fast Wave (FW) mode conversion to Ion Bernstein Wave (IBW) is studied for two-component ion species plasmas with high minority concentration. The analysis of the mode conversion efficiency is carried out, as an example, for D(H) plasmas of tokamak JET. The 1D wave code consideration is based on the developments of the Budden [1] and triplet [2] approximations taking into consideration the treatment by [3]. It is shown how to choose the antenna phasing to reach the most effective mode conversion for a given plasma density profile. At the same time, there is no important dependence of the efficiency on the minority concentration, when it exceeds some value (about 10 % for D(H) plasmas of tokamak JET). The reaching of the effective mode conversion is easier in the layer at High Field Side (HFS). The obtained results are important to study a local electron heating in the discharges with a minority concentration which is higher than that in the usual mode conversion regimes.


Abstract.  1. We carried out rapid assessments of the richness and diversity of fruit‐feeding butterflies (sampled with baited traps) and dung beetles (sampled with buffalo dung‐baited pitfall traps) at 20 sites across an anthropogenic forest disturbance gradient in Ba Be National Park, Vietnam.


Summary Objective: To evaluate retrospectively the effectiveness of the Locking Compression Plate® (LCP), in the form of either a straight or notched head T-plate, for the treatment of fractures of the distal radius and ulna in a series of 20 toy and miniature breed dogs. Methods: The medical records of toy and miniature breed dogs (<6 kg), greater than six months of age, with fractures of the distal radius and ulna from two veterinary hospitals were reviewed. The inclusion criteria included: fractures of the distal 1/3 of the radius and ulna and repair with open reduction and internal fixation utilizing an LCP (straight or notched head T-plate). Results: Twenty fractures (20 dogs) satisfied the inclusion criteria; eight straight and 12 notched head T-plates were used, either 2.0 mm (n = 13) or 2.4 mm (n = 7). Hybrid fixation was performed in all dogs in one or both fragments. Mean time to radiographic union was 6.9 ± 2.5 weeks (range: 4–12 weeks) in 18/20 dogs with radiographic follow-up. One complication was observed: infection that resolved with antibiotic medication and implant removal. No other major complications occurred by the time of last follow-up. In all cases (mean follow-up: 15 ± 7 months), the reported limb function as evaluated by the referring veterinarian or owner was excellent. Clinical significance: The LCP, used as a hybrid construct for the treatment of distal radial and ulnar fractures was shown to yield excellent clinical results with both uncomplicated healing and excellent functional outcomes in this series of toy and miniature breed dogs.


This study examines the experience of a Natal, British colonial, civilian woman caught up in the trappings and repercussions of war as she faithfully carried out her duties as teacher and headmistress in an Anglican girls' school in Pietermaritzburg. Throughout the South African War, Mary Moore recounted this experience in her weekly, often daily, letters written from St Anne's Diocesan College to her mother and sister in Lincoln, England. The letters form a substantial personal narrative, a key primary source for understanding how this essentially nineteenth-century woman made sense of her world in the circumstances of war. The use of personal narrative in constructing historical meaning is a favoured feminist method. It allows for the expression of women's lived experiences, feelings and opinions, which are often perceived to be hidden from history. Salvaging women's testimony is crucial to reconstructing a historical record which has tended to be dominated by the more public and powerful role of men. Women's 'different' experience and consciousness are necessary to dispel the myth that mainstream accounts are representative. Discussion of the personal narrative is thus an important strategy in the pursuit of gender justice. It can take various forms: biography, autobiography, diaries, journals, letters and life history - a life story told to a second person who records it. As a method in sociological, cross-cultural and historical research it requires cautious interpretation especially in the oral interview where the researcher's presence is critical to the recovery of the story.' The use of the personal narrative is a technique well-suited to writing


The Russian law of criminal procedure has accumulated plenty of special criminal proceedings that claim to have independent significance and doctrinal recognition. They all are based on the agreement of the parties: the state prosecution represented by the prosecutor (investigator), on the one part, and the defense and the accused on the other. Meanwhile, the disposal of the accusation and its grounds is limited both at the doctrinal, theoretical, and ideological levels, and in the positive legal model. There is a need for a more consistent introduction of the contractual model into the criminal proceedings, which implies that the parties are no longer limited in their disposal of procedural and material components of the accusation as well as of the factual basis elements. Specifically, the Russian law of criminal procedure should allow and then spell out the possibility and forms of its implementation to mitigate the accusation by consent of the parties. In turn, the accused, by agreement, is obliged to carry out post-criminal actions in favor of the prosecution, including assisting in criminal prosecution, compensation for damages, etc.


The backdoor or information leak of Web servers can be detected by using Web Mining techniques on some abnormal Web log and Web application log data. The security of Web servers can be enhanced and the damage of illegal access can be avoided. Firstly, the system for discovering the patterns of information leakages in CGI scripts from Web log data was proposed. Secondly, those patterns for system administrators to modify their codes and enhance their Web site security were provided. The following aspects were described: one is to combine web application log with web log to extract more information,so web data mining could be used to mine web log for discovering the information that firewall and Information Detection System cannot find. Another approach is to propose an operation module of web site to enhance Web site security. In cluster server session, Density-Based Clustering technique is used to reduce resource cost and obtain better efficiency.


At present,researches on estuarine water resources are focused on seawater intrusion,water quality and ecological environment. In this paper,the characteristics of estuarine water resources are summarized,and the recent research progresses on estuarine water resources are presented from the following four aspects: seawater intrusion,adverse impact of human activities,evaluation of estuarine river health,and estuary management. As the economy grows,increasing attention will be paid to estuarine river health. Researches on the characteristics of estuarine water resources and the estuarine region's socioeconomic demand should be strengthened to support the socioeconomic development and eco-environmental protection.


Human monkeypox disease, a rare zoonosis endemic in Western and central Africa emerged in 56 different countries around the world with an increase of 77% in cases is a global concern. Natural animal reservoir of monkeypox virus is still unknown; rodents and primates except human are the probable source of virus introduction to human. A clear and sufficient data about the virulence and transmissibility of human monkeypox disease is limited due to inconsistence in the epidemiological studies. As per World Health Organisation and Centre for Disease Control status report smallpox vaccine is found to provide 85% immunity against human monkeypox disease. There is currently no specific treatment available and two antibiotic drugs tecovirimat and brincidofovir can be used as supportive treatment for time being. ©2022iGlobal Research and PublishingFoundation. All rights reserved.


In this paper we present a composite non‐linear transformation of a polynomial transformation (PT) and a sigmoidal transformation (ST) by the name of CT_PS (composite transformation with polynomial and sigmoidal transformations). This new transformation can be used for both Cauchy principal value (CPV) integrals and weakly singular integrals with interior singularities. Moreover, it is implied that the numerical evaluation using CT_PS would be more efficient than either PT or ST used alone. By numerical examples, we show that the presented CT_PS method, with the Gauss–Legendre quadrature rule, improves the approximation errors of the existing methods effectively. In particular, it is demonstrated that the results of the present method are excellent for CPV integrals with near end point singularities. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


In multi-objective engineering optimization, it is very rare that there exists a unique ideal solution that covers every aspect of the problem. Thus, it is very useful for the decision maker to have multiple options prior to the selection of the best solution. In this work, a novel evolutionary normal boundary intersection (ENBI) method is introduced to identify optimal solutions to the green sand mould system problem. The ENBI method provides a uniform spread of the Pareto frontier in which multiple solutions with gradual trade-offs in the objectives are obtained. Some comparative studies were then carried out with the previous work. Analysis on the performance of the algorithm as well as the solution spread was done.


In the age of liberalilsation, globalisation and dormation technology the pace of change has become phenomenal. It is almost a decade since the new economic policies were initiated in India. The contradictions are bound to become more and more pronounced over time. While Beteille rightly points out to the limits of protective discrimination and empowerment in order that our institutions play their role efficiently within a secular fiamework, this point gains considerable significance in the wake of emergmg economic institutions which have to perform in a global competitive system of production. It will be welcome if Beteille touches on these issues. Needless to say that clarity and lucidity of communication which are the hallmarks of Beteille's writings are ever present in the present volume.


By means of the nonequilibrium Green function and equation of motion method, the electronic transport is theoretically studied through a parallel-coupled double quantum dot (DQD) in the presence of on-dot Coulomb interaction U. With focus on the quantum interference in the U-dominant parallel-coupled DQD, we find two types of Fano interferences in the conductance spectra. If the one-particle DQD bonding and antibonding bands are well separated from their Coulomb blockade counterparts, the main features of Fano interference in usual DQD systems are recovered with minor revisions. The most interesting is the hybridization between the antibonding state and the Coulomb counterpart of the bonding state, which gives rises to two new channels for Fano resonance. The Fano interference in the Coulomb hybridized systems can be controlled by the electrostatic and magnetic approaches, and exhibits properties quite different from what are reported in the noninteracting Fano–Anderson model.


The Pomeranz–Fritsch reaction and its Schlittler–Müller modification were successfully applied in the Ugi postcyclization strategy by using orthogonally protected aminoacetaldehyde diethyl acetal and complementary electron rich building blocks. Several scaffolds, including isoquinolines, carboline, alkaloid-like tetrazole-fused tetracyclic compounds, and benzo[d]azepinone scaffolds, were synthesized in generally moderate to good yield. All our syntheses provide a short MCR-based sequence to novel or otherwise difficult to access scaffolds. Hence, we foresee multiple applications of these synthesis technologies.


The research that is outlined here seeks to develop from a critical perspective the novel theoretical and practical repercussions presented by the procedural institute of prejudiciality within the new Costa Rican civil process, as a result of the enactment of Law N ° 9342 published in the past April 8 of the year two thousand and sixteen, in the Gazette No. 68, reach N ° 54 and that will come into force on Monday, October 8, year two thousand and eighteen.


(Talk given at Strings '93, Berkeley, and at XXVII. Internationales Symposium \"uber Elementarteilchentheorie, Wendisch-Rietz, 1993) We review the superconformal properties of matter coupled to $2d$ gravity, and $W$-extensions thereof. We show in particular how the \nex2 structure provides a direct link between certain matter-gravity systems and matrix models. We also show that much, probably all, of this can be generalized to $W$-gravity, and this leads to an infinite class of new exactly solvable systems. These systems are governed by certain integrable hierarchies, which are generalizations of the usual KdV hierarchy and whose algebraic structure is given in terms of quantum cohomology rings of grassmannians.


commonly utilized (1) therapeutically as adjunct treatment of chronic renal failure patients and (2) to increase or enhance the elimination or removal of a drug in the acute overdose/intoxication situation. In die former case, the removal of a drug by dialysis may be significant enough to require replacement of the amount removed in order to maintain the drug's therapeutic effect. In the latter situation, removal of drug may be significant enough to increase die drug's rate of elimination to assist in the treatment of a serious drug overdose or intoxication. Knowledge of the impact of dialysis on the elimination of specific drugs or how this might be predicted from pharmacokinetic data is essential to the rational application of this information in patients on dialysis.


A new fluorescence quenching method for the determination of trace molybdenum is proposed in hydrochloric acid medium and in the presence of Tween80 and β-CD,and a ternary complex is formed by Mo(Ⅵ) and Salicylfluo-rone leading to fluorescence quenching.The maximum excitation and emission wavelengths are 455 nm and 522 nm,respectively.The linear range is 0.0~3.0 μg/25 mL.The linear regression equation is ΔF=31.839c(μg/25 mL)+29.726,The correlation coefficient is R2=0.9996,The detection limit is 1.53 μg/L.The method is selective and highly sensitive to molybdenum.The method has been applied to the direct determination of trace Mo(Ⅵ) in water samples with satisfactory results.


Abstract: Most of the doctors face problem while giving dose of medicine using syringe to patients who have darker skin tone, have wrinkled skin, small children's and people who have scorch marks or burned skin. Due to such problems, doctors may insert the syringe in wrong place or it may become harder for doctors to find veins of such patients. This Paper presents a new methodology of Vein Finder Which avoid these problems which many doctors are facing regarding insertion of dose. Vein Finder contains Infrared Camera, Infrared LEDS, Raspberry Pi where the image of particular part of body where the dose is to be inserted is captured and processed digitally which helps to detect the particular vein. This system helps to reduce the stress, trauma and injuries experienced while giving dose. Keywords: Raspberry Pi, Infrared camera, Infrared LEDs, Veins, Processing Cite this Article Rohini Mergu, Vaibhavi Birajdar, Rubina Bagwan, Samprita Batgeri. Vein Detector using Image Processing. Recent Trends in Electronics & Communication Systems. 2019; 6(1): 31–34p.