The invention relates to a sub-gluteal operative field (1) for delivery, intended to be arranged on an operating table (T) comprising at least one stirrup (E) adapted to maintain a height of the leg of the parturient and a passage (20). ) for the stirrup (E).


Neutron diffraction experiments were performed on dual-phase steels to determine the feasibility of measuring the martensite volume fraction through ferrite peak broadening. Mechanical properties were also investigated to determine if a correlation exists with ferrite peak broadening. Results indicate that the correlation between martensite volume fraction and ferrite peak broadening is carbon dependent. Furthermore, two mechanisms regarding the nature of the ferrite peak broadening in dual-phase steels are proposed. Tensile testing demonstrated that a correlation between peak broadening and mechanical properties exists for dual-phase steels.


This paper proposes a kind of H∞ fuzzy PID control synthesis method for Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy systems. The basic idea of the presented method is to transform the fuzzy PID controller design problem into that of the fuzzy static output feedback (SOF) controller design. Based on an iterative linear matrix inequality (ILMI) algorithm, the fuzzy SOF control laws can be obtained. After that, the fuzzy PID controller is recovered from the fuzzy SOF controller. Simulation examples are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.


This article describes the purpose, program and architectural plan, as well as the final design, system of construction, calculations and tests connected with this important office building, which has a finely evolved and modern style, and an interesting structure, affecting its five basements and ten floors above ground level.


To the Editors: Sevcencu and Struijk (2010) should be commended for their excellent review of ''autonomic alterations and cardiac changes in epilepsy,'' which also details ictal tachycardia, ictal bradycardia, and asystole. The autonomic system involvement, its interactions with various types of epilepsy, and underlying mechanisms are, as the authors conclude, complex and often with no definite answers. Conspicuously, relevant data of Panayiotopoulos syndrome (PS) are not considered in this review, although this syndrome is a primary autonomic epilepsy with welldocumented numerous ictal autonomic manifestations, including frequent tachycardia and more rarely bradycardia, asystole, and cardiorespiratory arrest (Parisi et al., 2005; Verrotti et al., 2005; Ferrie et al., 2006, 2007; Panayiotopoulos et al., 2008). PS is a common childhood-related epilepsy with lengthy and infrequent autonomic seizures and autonomic status epilepticus that may last for many hours. All functions of the central autonomic nervous system may be affected, although emesis is more prominent. Seizures may remain purely autonomic. Ictal tachycardia is a symptom in all electroencephalography/electrocardiography (EEG/ECG) recorded seizures, and may be the first detectable clinical manifestation (Parisi et al., 2005), or occur later in the course of the seizure with heart rates as high as 240 bpm (Specchio et al., 2010). This has occurred in rightor left-sided seizures with posterior or anterior ictal onsets. Bradycardia and asystole are probably very rare. There are four reported cases with documented cardiorespiratory arrest of approximately 1,000 cases with PS; all of them had an uneventful recovery (Ferrie et al., 2006). Syncopal-like attacks (or ictal syncope) are another intriguing and common ictal manifestation of PS. In these attacks the child becomes totally unresponsive and flaccid ''like a rag doll'' prior to or without convulsions. Syncopal-like attacks may be a distinct seizure-type symptom similar to atonic seizures, but on some occasions they may be due to transient cerebral ischemia (owing to, for example, apnea or bradycardia/asystole) as in true syncope. The EEG during one such episode showed ictal epileptiform activity, rather than diffuse slowing. As regards to the ''autonomic neurobiological structure'' and the lack of the clinical–anatomic–EEG correlations in epileptic patients, this is even more complex in PS, where ictal epileptic autonomic symptomatology appears to pertain to any epileptogenic cortical onset zone, be that occipital, frontotemporal, or frontal (Panayiotopoulos et al., 2008). The autonomic clinical manifestations of PS are likely to be generated by variable and widely spread epileptogenic foci acting upon a temporarily hyperexcitable central autonomic network. It is hypothesized that central autonomic networks have a lower threshold to epileptogenic activation than those producing focal cortical semiology. Therefore, seizures might remain purely autonomic if ictal neuronal activation of nonautonomic cortical areas fails to reach the symptomatogenic threshold. In conclusion, I believe that expert reviews on this important topic should consider PS as a common and important model of autonomic epilepsy to study.


The aim of the study is to present the current state of research on the models of e-learning systems architecture designed using Artificial Intelligence (AI) components. To achieve this goal, the literature of the subject selected from the databases: LISA, LISTA and ERIC and other internet sources were researched. The test results are presented in the following order: (1) Introduction. (2) Basic concepts. (3) Models of e-learning systems architecture. (4) Architecture of e-learning systems with AI elements. (5) Conclusions are presented at the end of the article.


The collaborative is a skill needed in facing challenges and opportunities in the era of industrial revolution 4.0. Therefore, universities must prepare prospective graduates to have collaborative skills. The purpose of this study was to describe collaborative skills that are trained and developed through laboratory activities. This study used descriptive quantitative methods. The research sample amounted to 250 teacher candidates from several Islamic Universities in Indonesia. The sampling technique used random sampling, which represents Islamic universities on four islands in Indonesia. The research instrument used was a performance assessment supplemented by a rubric of assessment. The results of research prospective teacher collaboration skills were a good category. Thus, laboratory activities can train and develop collaborative skill skills of prospective teachers.


This paper deals with an autonomous external glass cleaning robot that can perform the operation by ensuring proper adhesion to the glass as well as movement along the entire window without colliding with the window pane or any other obstacle. The concept used in this work to actuate the robot is pneumatics wherein a pneumatic cylinder is coupled with a linear channel made up of stainless steel. It has a guide and a block which are connected through a chain and sprocket. The block can move along the guide. The piston of the cylinder is coupled with the block while the cylinder barrel is coupled with the guide. Adhesion of the robot to the glass is ensured using the vacuum technology. Four suction cups are used to make the robot adhered to the glass. Two channels are placed at right angle with each other, one for horizontal motion and one for vertical motion. Stepwise movement of the robot is achieved by individual control of suction cups. This is done using the software Arduino and Arduino UNO R3 microcontroller. Ultrasonic sensors are used to measure the dimension of the window pane as well as detect the obstacle/edge of the window. The cylinders and vacuum generators are actuated using solenoid DCV's. As the robot moves, a rotating disk located at the bottom of the robot has a cleaning brush/sponge attached to it which cleans the glass as the robot and hence the entire glass surface is covered and cleaning operation is performed autonomously. The advantage of this robot is its simple design and its feasibility. The fact that we are able to successfully move the robot on a vertical glass frame without damaging it allows us to use it for several other applications too such as inspection.


Bei-Dou (BD) passive locating has been widely used with the successful launch of BD navigation satellites. This paper analyzes BD passive locating, GSM wireless location and dead reckoning (DR) and proposes an integrated navigation based on these three low-cost location technologies by Federal Kalman Filtering (FKF), which makes full use of their own advantages. The FKF applies both the GPS and GSM locating information to solve the equation of position, thus the state of DR system is modified in the process of filtering, and the output of integrated position can provide accurate initial location and direction.


In this talk we introduce new characterizations of spectral fractional Laplacian to incorporate nonhomogeneous Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions. The classical cases with homogeneous boundary conditions arise as a special case. We apply our definition to fractional elliptic equations of order s ∈ (0, 1) with nonzero Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions. Here the domain Ω is assumed to be a bounded, quasi-convex Lipschitz domain.


Objective Ongoing advancements in single photon emission computed tomography with on-board X-ray computed tomography (SPECT-CT) hardware and software raise important questions regarding the relative performances of various cameras and their respective image-processing software. This phantom-based study compares images produced from three state-of-the-art cameras using four image quality measurements. Methods A thorax phantom modeling the spine, lungs, a healthy heart, and three tumors (cylindrical bottles) was scanned using the following SPECT-CT systems: Philips' Precedence (PP), GE's Infinia-Hawkeye (GH), and Siemens' Symbia-T6 (SS). For each scan, Tc-99m solutions were injected into the heart, three bottles, and thorax to yield activity concentration ratios of roughly 6 : 1 for both heart : thorax and tumor : thorax. The data were reconstructed using the most advanced software available on the cameras, namely, Evolution for Bone and Evolution for Cardiac (EVB and EVC, respectively), Astonish (AST), and Flash3D (FLA) for GH, PP, and SS, respectively. In addition, all sets of data were reconstructed using our in-house software. The mean values of activity error, uniformity, signal-to-noise ratio, and contrast error were used as figures of merit (FOM). Results No significant differences were observed for all FOM between all in-house reconstructions using PP, GH, and SS acquisition data. The mean activity error for the AST reconstruction (−24.0±1.6%) was significantly closer to the truth relative to EVB (−38.0±1.6%), EVC (−34.5±2.3%), and FLA (−33.8±1.6%). No significant differences were found between EVC and FLA for all FOM. Conclusion In this phantom-based study, Philips' AST provided the most quantitatively accurate and highest contrast images, whereas Siemens' FLA and GE's EVC provided relatively higher signal-to-noise ratios and more uniform images.


Our findings indicate that doctors' decision-making about slow labour is influenced by the way in which information is presented graphically. Doctors are less likely to intervene during labour if the cervical dilation is drawn on a partogram with a low x to y ratio so that the progress line has a steep gradient than if the x to y ratio is higher so that the line is flatter. Moreover, if the latent phase of labour is drawn on the partogram labour seems longer with slow progress, and doctors are again more likely to intervene than if the information is omitted from the graph. Since the rate of progress is the same in both cases, the difference in decision-making must be due to a change in perception.


platelets. endothelial loss a prostxyclin component of artcry (7,8), platelet aggregation and constriction. Thus, a local regulatory mechanism involving the antagonistic proatanoids thromboxane A2 and Xl, may be unfavorably altered and could theoretically account for both extensive platelet dep osition and localized vasoconstriction after arterial injury Independent of the prostanoid mechanism, the loss of the endothelial cells and their release of the endothelium- derived relaxing factor, which also has powerfut antiplatelet effects (IO), exacerbate vasoconstriction and platelet deposilion In this study we investigated a major prostanoid v&i- later and platelet inhibitor. PG12, and the relation between vasoconstriction and platelet deposition in a pip; model of acute arterial injury in vivo (1.2): We specifi& examined the effect of exogenous infusions of PC& on platelet dew sition, vasoconstriction and their inremelation. Methods Experimental procedure. Forty-three normal pigs of the Babcock four-way cross stock (mixture of Landrace. York-0735.lc57!93iE6.M


In this report the investigators present a brief description of the research carried 'aft by faculty, staff, and students in the MIT Laboratory for Information & Decision Systems under Grant AFOSR-82-0258. The for this research is and the


Research purposes:As the structural characteristics of metro vehicles,the train should be jacked by the equipment for jacking the train in fixed formation to improve the work efficiency of maintenance operation.Through analyzing and comparing the different methods of jacking train,this paper researches on the performance and mechanism of equipment for jacking the train in fixed formation in order to choose the reasonable type of the equipment for jacking the train in fixed formation in metro depot.Research conclusions:The paper suggested that the equipment for jacking the train in fixed formation was the indispensable equipment in metro depot.And we should pay attention to the issues that refereed to the equipment for jacking the train in fixed formation in the process of the technical design in metro depot.When we chose the type of equipment for jacking the train in fixed formation,we should pay attention to the synchronization of operation of the equipment to ensure safe operation.When train was long,it could be divided into two units for maintenance operation to improve the safety coefficient of maintenance operation.


We define a bi-skew brace to be a set $G$ with two group operations $\star$ and $\circ$ so that $(G, \circ, \star)$ is a skew brace with additive group $(G, \star)$ and also with additive group $(G, \circ)$. If $G$ is a skew brace, then $G$ corresponds to a Hopf Galois structure of type $(G, \star)$ on any Galois extension of fields with Galois group isomorphic to $(G, \circ)$. If $G$ is a bi-skew brace, then $G$ also corresponds to a Hopf Galois structure of type $(G, \circ)$ on a Galois extension of fields with Galois group isomorphic to $(G, \star)$. Many non-trivial examples exist. One source is radical rings $A$ with $A^3 = 0$, where one of the groups is abelian and the other need not be. The left braces of degree $p^3$ classified by Bachiller are bi-skew braces if and only they are radical rings. A different source of bi-skew braces is semidirect products of arbitrary finite groups, which yield many examples where both groups are non-abelian, and a skew brace proof of a result of Crespo, Rio and Vela that if $G = H\rtimes J$ is a semidirect product of finite groups, then a Galois extension of fields with Galois group $G$ has a Hopf Galois structure of type $H \times J$.


Today consumer is the king. Gone are the days when encashment of consumer was an easy task. Today its takes a lot of efforts for the company to keep consumer engaged and pursue them to buy their company's product. Advertisement is one of the mode by which the company can alter consumer perception. The paper is an attempt to measure consumer perception towards online advertisements. The study takes into consideration the effect of demographic variables on consumer perception with respect to FMCG sector. The sample of 200 online consumers is taken for study from Ahmadabad region. The paper measures the perception taking into consideration four aspects: preference for various features, utility, purchase intention and preference for online as well as offline advertisement. The foray of the research is into measuring of these variables taking into consideration the demographic factors like age, gender, monthly income, qualification and profession. Future research with larger sample size and in depth analysis of consumer perception is advocated.


Objective:To evaluate the effect of ultrasound-guided percutaneous ethanol injection(PEI) on ethanol metabolic enzymatic activity for patients with primary liver cancer(PLC).Methods:30 patients with PLC who underwent PEI were in treatment group.30 healthy individual outpatients were used as control groups at the corresponding period.Before treatment,the transaminase and ethanol metabolic enzyme of all participants in two groups were compared.We observed and compared the changes of patients' transaminase and ethanol metabolic enzyme before and after the third,the sixth and the eighth PEI treatment.Results:Patients before PEI treatment showed statistically significant higher serum transaminase and ethanol metabolic enzymatic activity than patients in control group(P0.001),lower than after the third,the sixth and the eighth PEI treatment(P0.001).The serum concentration of transaminase and ethanol metabolic enzymatic activity reached peak value after the third,degraded gradually after the sixth and descended after the eighth PEI treatment.Conclusion:Some of the hepatocytes of patients with PLC are injured before PEI treatment.PEI treatment may damage the peficancerous tissues,consequent on rising ethanol metabolic enzymatic activity.Nevertheless,it is appreciate that PEI treatments do not damage the liver function indefinitely.The ethanol metabolic enzymatic activity may be an indicator for evaluating the extent of damage of PEI treatment for normal liver tissues.


Focal modulation microscopy (FMM) is an emerging single-photon fluorescence microscopy technique that can provide superior image contrast with sub-micron spatial resolutions at large penetration depths in highly scattering media such as biological tissues, mainly by preserving the signal-to-background ratio (SBR). To achieve this, FMM utilizes the coherence property of the light source, through a spatio-temporal modulation scheme to differentially phase modulate segments of the excitation beam. These segments of the beam, when being focused by the objective lens, generate an intensity modulation exclusively at the focal region. Demodulation of the collected fluorescence signal at the designated modulation frequency could allow us to discriminate the in-focus fluorescence from the multiple-scattered background, hence greatly enhance the SBR compared to confocal microscopy. More importantly, the penetration depth of FMM can be significantly improved as the degradation of the image contrast is considerably much slower, and thus could potentially revolutionize the clinical and biomedical applications of FMM for in vivo highresolution visualization of biological specimens. Up to date, a penetration depth up to はどど 航兼 has been demonstrated with biological specimens.


Created and executive produced by Sarah Treem, Hagai Levi, Directed by Jeffrey Reiner and others. Network name: Showtime. First episode of four seasons aired October 12, 2014.

Despite the title, Showtime's The Affair is more about telling a story from different viewpoints than dramatizing an affair


Plates of Zr-base bulk metallic glass were prepared by melt spurt casting method,and the dynamic mechanical property of the Zr55Al10Ni5Cu30 was investigated.Below the glass transition temperature,a large quantity of atoms are at the stage of "frozen",and their internal friction is weak.In the supercooled liquid state,as the atom becomes free,the alloy changes into viscous flow.During the transition process,internal friction increases and the storage modulus drops sharply.At the glass transition temperature,the modulus reaches the peak.As the viscous component tendency of the Zr55Al10Ni5Cu30 itself is relatively larger,the glass transition temperature determined by storage modulus and loss factor are apparently not identical with about 50℃ difference.


The state of scandium in aluminium as cast condition is studied by X-ray diffraction compounds analysis. The results indicate that a part of scandium is solid solution in aluminium, a part is Fe2Sc phase.


Summary Efforts have been made to integrate homeopathy into the system of natural sciences. In this article an alternative approach is offered. The very base of physics and mathematics, on which natural sciences are grounded are time, space and number. Since Immanuel Kant they are believed to be a priori given. Alternatively they can be explained as a consequence of life, such that the outside world in the form, as we perceive it, should no longer be considered independent from us as living beings. Having understood the base of physics, homeopathy does not have to be integrated into an existing system of natural sciences, but can be allowed to be more closely connected to the proper origin of physics, which is life itself.


The temperature dependence of the chlorine-35 nuclear-quadrupole-resonance (NQR) parameters has been studied in the mixed-stack charge-transfer complex tetrathiafulvalene-chloranil and discussed with reference to spectroscopic and neutron-diffraction results. The NQR spectrum changes conspicuously at the neutral-to-ionic transition temperature, ${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{N}\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}\mathit{I}}$=79.2 K. The changes have been analyzed in terms of the symmetry breaking occurring at the transition. Below, coexistence of the neutral and ionic phases has been observed down to the limit of metastability of the neutral phase (${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{c}}$\ensuremath{\sim}69 K). Spin-lattice relaxation rates reveal the existence of highly anisotropic critical fluctuations with a predominantly one-dimensional character.


This is an innovative idea to design a dynamic database to hold and dissimilate information, particularly related to healthcare industry. If implemented, the idea would help healthcare industry by saving time and expand its horizon in all levels. It is recommended to collect details of doctors dynamically from cell phone service providers who are in an area and provide the same to stake holders through Smart phone (Android) applications.


According to thedevelopment of dyeing and finishing industry in our country and the needs of sustainable development,the paper points out that it is necessary to strengthen education of environmental protection among dyeing and finishing major students of higher vocational education.It puts forward the measures of carrying out environmental protection education in teaching,experimenting and social practice to make students have both professional knowledge and environmental protection consciousness of high-quality skilled talents for dyeing and printing industry,and contribute to the sustainable development of dyeing and finishing.


[Objective] In order to find out the main death causes, the tendency of changes and regular pattern of death of the residents from 1991 to 2005 and to provide scientific bases for the important points and strategies of disease control. [Methods] Analyzed people's causes of death by mortality rate, standardized mortality rate, cause-specific death rate, pro-portion of death cause, life expectancy, etc. [Results] The mortality rate of residents was 491.72 / 105, the standardized mor-tality rate was 297.75 / 105 and in the rise. The standardized one in male was higher (300.71 / 105) than in female (280.89 / 105) (χ2 = 9.558, P = 0.002). The mortality rate in 0-14 year old, 15-64 year old and 65 year old and above the group was 27.07 / 105, 176.98 / 105, 4161.45 / 105. The first five kinds of death causes were diseases of circulatory system, neoplasms, diseases of respiratory system, injury and poisoning and endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders. The life expectancy of 15 years was 76.61, one in male was 75.42 and one in female was 77.97. They were higher than the level of the country obviously. The results of analysis by cause elimination life table indicated that diseases of circulatory system harmed the health of residents severely. [Conclusion] The chronic diseases, especially diseases of circulatory system should be determined as focal point in prevention and treatment. The health work for man and old people should be paid more attention.


Contaminations of the population lens and transient absorption in thc obsened thermal lens signal sometimes cause a misinterpretation of the signal. Rcccntly, we ha1.c developed several methods to evaluate the relative contributions of these components in thc observed thermal lens signal. These methods with reccnt results are sumtnarizcd, and mcrits and limitations of each method are discussed.


The 20th century saw rising levels of per-capita incomes worldwide, but also phases of enormous human killings. The number of people killed annually in war and genocide across the world increased up until the mid 20th century and has since then been declining. Here a growth model is set up to explain these joint trends in killings and economic development. Agents compete for food for their survival. In environments with scarce resources — meaning high population density, and/or low levels of technology — agents allocate more of their time to Þght over resources, which can result in war and killings. Technological progress exerts two opposing effects. On the one hand, it mitigates resource scarcity, making conßict less likely; on the other, if war breaks out, it is deadlier if technologies are more advanced. An economy can transit onto a path of peaceful prosperity, but in the transition it may pass a phase of excessive killing, as rising living standards have not yet made war an impossible (or improbable) event, but rising levels of technology have made war extremely lethal if and when it breaks out. Quantitative analysis veriÞes that the model generates an inversely U-shaped time trend in war and genocide deaths, simultaneously with a take-off from stagnation to growth. The underlying mechanisms are consistent with several stylized facts of growth and conßict, in particular from European history.


The β-deuterium isotope effect in the solvolysis of β-styryl trifluoromethanesulphonate (1), kH/kD= 1·42, is much larger than in normal carbonium ions.


The tremendous importance of dirhodium paddlewheel com-plexes for asymmetric catalysis is largely the result of anempirical optimization of the chiral ligand sphere aboutthe bimetallic core. Only recently, a H(C)Rhtriple resonance 103Rh NMR experiment provided the long-awaited opportunity to examine - with previously incon-ceivable accuracy - how variation of the ligands impacts onthe electronic structure of such catalysts. The recorded ef-fects are dramatic: formal replacement of one out ofeight O-atoms in a dirhodium tetracarboxylate by an N-atom results in a shielding of thecorresponding Rh-site of no less than 1000 ppm. The cur-rent paper provides the framework that allowsthis and related experimental observations made with a setof 19 representative rhodium complexes to be interpreted.In line with symmetry considerations, it is shown that theshielding tensor responds only to the donor ability of theequatorial ligands along the perpendicular principal axis.Axial ligands, in contrast, have no direct effect on shield-ing but exert an electronic cis-effect that onto the neighboring equatorial sites. Furthermore, charge redistribution within the core as well as the electronic trans-effect of ligands ofdifferent donor strengths is reflected in the 103 Rh NMR shifts.


Ordinal classification (OC) is a sub-discipline of multi-class classification (i.e., including at least three classes), in which the classes constitute an ordinal structure. Applications of ordinal classification can be found, for instance, in the medical field, e.g., with the class labels order, early stage-intermediate stage-final stage, corresponding to the task of classifying different stages of a certain disease. While the field of OC was continuously enhanced, e.g., by designing and adapting appropriate classification models as well as performance metrics, there is still a lack of a common mathematical definition for OC tasks. More precisely, in general, a classification task is defined as an OC task, solely based on the corresponding class label names. However, an ordinal class structure that is identified based on the class labels is not necessarily reflected in the corresponding feature space. In contrast, naturally any kind of multi-class classification task can consist of a set of arbitrary class labels that form an ordinal structure which can be observed in the current feature space. Based on this simple observation, in this work, we present our generalised approach towards an intuitive working definition for OC tasks, which is based on the corresponding feature space and allows a classifier-independent detection of ordinal class structures. To this end, we introduce and discuss novel, OC-specific theoretical concepts. Moreover, we validate our proposed working definition in combination with a set of traditionally ordinal and traditionally non-ordinal data sets, and provide the results of the corresponding detection algorithm. Additionally, we motivate our theoretical concepts, based on an illustrative evaluation of one of the oldest and most popular machine learning data sets, i.e., on the traditionally non-ordinal Fisher's Iris data set.


Acanthamoeba species are ubiquitous, free‐living protozoa that can invade the cornea and result in Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), a painful progressive sight‐threatening corneal disease. Disease progression in current animal models is too rapid to mimic AK in humans accurately. This study provides a novel method for establishing AK in rabbits and compared it with the conventional method with regard to pathogenesis and immune response in humans. The New Zealand white rabbits were randomly divided into two experimental groups (Groups A and B). Rabbits in the Group A (n = 14) received intrastromal injections of 1 × 104/100 µL Acanthamoeba healyi trophozoites (conventional AK model). The Group B animals (n = 14) received microinjections of 1 × 104/10 µL A. healyi trophozoites between the corneal epithelium and Bowman's layer, anterior to the corneal stroma (novel AK model). In addition, two rabbits were left untreated as normal controls. AK in the treated rabbits was evaluated clinically, histopathologically, and immunologically for 35 days. AK was successfully established in both the conventional and novel model groups. Compared with the Group A, AK in the Group B displayed an efficient immune response with less severe pathology. Moreover, the self‐limiting but chronic nature of the infection in the Group B was strikingly similar to that of AK in humans. The novel animal model for AK described here more closely simulates the pathogenesis and immune response of Acanthamoeba corneal infection in humans than the animal models currently in use. Anat Rec, 298:1509–1517, 2015. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


Joao Carlos Correia Baptista Soares de Mello firstname.lastname@example.com Federal Fluminense University, Niterói, RJ, Brazil ABSTRACT Goal: This paper presents an analysis of the Brazilian air network based on the measure of h centrality. Design / Methodology / Approach: The purpose of this study is to define and determine the central network using the concepts of h-centrality. Method adapted from graph theory concepts with bibliometrics, especially the h-index. From the center of this index will be listed the most used airports to define the Brazilian central network and thus determinate the type h-index of Brazil. Results: The main airports in the results represent more than 50% of the homologated flights in Brazil. Limitations of the investigation: The centrality measure presents the situation at the moment when the data were analyzed. In the original h-index this notion reflects a history of the articles published by each author, but in the case of airports the market dynamics changes the behavior of the network. Practical implications: This model of air flight frequencies assists in public policy guidelines and planning both in air traffic control and in the verification of system impacts. Originality / Value: The method seeks to provide the list with main important airports without any prior definition by a decision maker.


Characterised by discourses about ethnic tension and integration in relation to Turkish Germans, the German media has created a negative public image of this very group, portraying them as 'the Other'. Such a portrayal has detrimental effects on this group, exposing them to discrimination and racism, and ultimately impacting their social integration. Using a discourse–analytical approach, this paper examines narratives from focus groups to explore the discursive and pragmatic processes through which Turkish Germans construct their identities by Othering either 'the Germans' or 'the Turks', while embracing and/or rejecting membership in these larger groups. Findings reveal that the highly dynamic nature of otherness/othering is closely intertwined with issues of social integration. Findings further illustrate how mainstream discourses about Turkish Germans enter and manifest themselves in both public perception of the constructed 'Other' and self-perceptions of this stigmatised group, and provide empirical evidence about the (discursive) processes through which social integration takes place.


PSEUDORANDOM .signals have been used quite Cj jth ~~~~i~~ coefficient of v(t) during the last few years. These signals are essentially wp 2?r/T, ~-~~~i~d of ~(t) periodic piecewise constant functions, which are statistically similar to "noise," although they are fully deterministic. extensively in communication and radar systems +j jth ~~~~i~~ phase of ~(t) see Appendix. Expression (4) shows the double-sideband nature of the modulation. The amplitude of the jth sideband is This paper describes the properties of RF mixers driven by such signals. The loss of the mixer and matching conditions are derived, thereby demonstrating the possibility of using conventional RF mixers in systems utilizing pseudorandom signals. The analysis method described is general and applicable to different driving conditions. As an example a mixer in a Doppler radar system using pseudorandom modulation is analyzed. THE DRIVING SIGNALS The definition and properties of the pseudorandom signals are described in the Appendix. The driving signals of the mixers considered are sinusoid at the RF frequency modulated by pseudorandom signals. These can be described as follows : x (t) = v (t) - VO'COS wot (1) where X(t) driving signal; V(t) pseudorandom signal; Vo RF signal amplitude; wo RF frequency.


Broadband ATM networks at multi-megabit data rates will provide the necessary bandwidth for high-quality interactive video applications. Performance requirements for high-quality video services are introduced. Results of statistical simulations of broadband networks transmitting video signals are shown to demonstrate that VBR coding provides gains in multiplexed channel utilization and in access link capacity. Issues relating to protocol design for ATM networks, particularly congestion control and error control, are introduced. Various techniques for handling cell loss are compared.<<ETX>>


A method for functionalizing the sidewalls of HiPco SWNTs via electrophilic addition is presented. Further organic transformations were carried out on free functional groups present onto the surface of nanotubes in order to analytically characterize and directly image the new material.


This paper proposes a design method and a tool reuse scheme for the rapid prototyping of application-specific instruction-set processors (ASIPs). We propose a three-level hierarchical architecture abstraction method for top-down processor design. We also propose a reusable architecture description language (READ) and a family of retargetable simulators that allow top-down processor description and prototyping from instruction-set design to RTL implementation.


As technology progresses, the growing demands of long life batteries in battery operated devices have set ways for new ideas that reduce the power consumed in these devices. As we know that during testing when the device's normal functioning mode is off, the dissipation of power is approximately 200% more than that of normal functioning mode. So a method is proposed to minimize the concerned power at testing mode itself in the very beginning. This paper proposes a new design of "Test Pattern generator" for testing the circuits. The author has proposed a design which is quite different from the LFSR used till now. The test pattern generator proposed here has involved the use of a gray code generator together with a modified clock scheme. The circuit as a whole will generate exhaustive set of test patterns with hamming distance of one in between two consecutive sets. The idea behind this logic is to minimize dynamic power consumption which occurs because of increase in switching activity of the transistors at gate level. The modified clock will activate the clock only for that flip-flop where the logic changes from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0. The power obtained using this design is about 36 mw.


In Model Driven Development (MDD), invariant checking involves determining whether a model is consistent with invariants defined in a metamodel. Such checking can improve developers' understanding of modeled aspects of complex systems and uncover structural errors in design models during the early stages of software development. General-purpose rigorous analysis tools that check invariants are likely to perform the analysis over the entire metamodel and model. Their scalability thus becomes an issue (e.g., the time used for checking can be up to several hours) with very large metamodels and models (e.g., more than 500,000 elements). In this paper we introduce model slicing within the invariant checking process, and use a slicing technique to reduce the size of checking inputs to improve the scalability of existing invariant checking tools. The evaluation we performed provides evidence that model slicing can significantly reduce the time to perform the invariant checking while preserving the checking results.


We investigate the relationship between the information gain and the interaction strength between the quantum system and the measuring device. A strategy is proposed to calculate the information gain of the measuring device as the coupling strength is a variable. For qubit systems, we prove that the information gain increases monotonically with the coupling strength. It is obtained that the information gain of the projective measurement along the x-direction reduces with the increasing of the measurement strength along the z-direction, and a complementarity of information gain in the measurements along those two directions is presented.


A study on the mitotic effects on plant Allium cepa have been carried out by giving special attentton to chromosomal abnormalities induced by some selected commercial organophosphorus pesticides and also a newly synthesized organophosphorus compound. The percentage of aberrant cells found were (1.95–14.8), (1.95–9.5) and (3.0.-10.94) for CL-6 [2-N, N-diisobutyl amido-6-chloro-4H-l,3,2 ben-zodioxa phosphorin-2-sulphide], Ediphenphos [0-ethy-S,S-diphenyl dithiophosphate] and Rogor [O, 0-dimethyl-S-(N-methyl carbamoyl methyl) phosphate] respectively for different hours of treatment.


Abstract Background: Pyrogenetic liver abscess is often caused by gram-negative bacilli, including Escheria coli or Klebsiella pneumoniae, but rarely by Streptococcus constellatus. Streptococcus constellatus is a commensal of the oral cavity, respiratory tract system, intestine, and urogenital organs. Herein, we report a case of multiple liver abscesses caused by Streptococcus constellatus. Case Presentation: A 66-year-old male presented with a high-grade fever with no known source. Laboratory analysis revealed severely elevated inflammation levels, moderately increased liver and biliary enzymes, and moderately worsened renal function. Sonazoid®(GE Healthcare AS, Oslo, Norway)-enhanced sonography revealed marginally contrast-enhanced masses with a non-contrast−enhanced center. On the basis of these results, the patient was diagnosed with multiple liver abscesses. Subsequently, meropenem 1 g/d was prescribed. On day two, percutaneous abscess drainage was performed. Culture from abscess drainage and blood c...


The perceived risk of being infected at work (PRIW) with COVID-19 represents a potential risk factor for workers during the current COVID-19 pandemic. In line with the job demands-resources (JD-R) model applied to safety at work, in this longitudinal study we propose that PRIW can be conceptualized as a job demand, whereas communication (i.e., the exchange of good-quality information across team members) can be conceived as a job resource. Accordingly, we hypothesized that PRIW at Time 1 (T1) would positively predict psychophysical strain at Time 2 (i.e., four months later). Furthermore, we hypothesized that communication at T1 would negatively predict psychophysical strain at T2. Overall, 297 workers took part in the study. The hypothesized relationships were tested using multiple regression analysis. Results supported our predictions: PRIW positively predicted psychophysical strain over time, whereas communication negatively predicted psychophysical strain over time. Also, results did not change after controlling for age, gender, and type of contract. Overall, this study suggests that PRIW and communication can be considered as a risk and a protective factor for work-related stress, respectively. Hence, to promote more sustainable working conditions, interventions should encourage organizations to optimize the balance between job demands and job resources related to COVID-19.


A highly sensitive electrochemical sequence-specific DNA detection strategy is demonstrated by coupling N.BstNB I (a nicking endonuclease)-assisted target recycling amplification with DNA supersandwich assembly signal enhancement. The proposed method avoids any extra chemical labeling steps and offers high selectivity against single-base mismatch sequences and a low detection limit down to 0.36 fM.


ABSTRACT This article explores the concept of hybridity and its relations with several analytical categories – 'home', space (private/public), 'essences', and the Bakhtin concept of heteroglossia – as they occur in Gurinder Chadha's Bhaji on the Beach. Although perceived as a director who idealises hybridity and multiculturalism due to the happy endings of her comedies, the variety of characters and their interactions portrayed in this film requires a close look at the circumstances that bring them together in a multi-layered space. Space, either enclosed or in the open, private or public, is a constant element in the film grammar and contributes to defining hybridity and the British multicultural society of the 1990s. Interconnected with space, cultural essences (British-ness, English-ness, Indian-ness) are also analysed here.


An irrigated rotation has supported high crop yields for 66 yr without the benefit of K fertilizer because of the relatively high total K status (14 392 ppm in the 0- to 15-cm layer and 11 183 ppm in the 15-to 30-cm layer) of the soil. This K status, under native conditions, was due to the nature of the parent material, biocycling and minimal leaching. After two-thirds of a century of intensive cropping, the exchangeable K was reduced by 28% in the 0- to 15-cm layer. Extractable K (NaTPB method) decreased progressively from 2023 ppm in the 0- to 15-cm layer to 1368 ppm in the 45- to 60-cm layer in the native sod soil but there was no appreciable change in levels of NaTPB-K in the cropped soil. Apparently, some of the readily extractable K. from micaceous minerals or feldspars, or both, was converted to exchangeable K as the latter pool was depleted through continued cropping. Critical levels of exchangeable and extractable K have not yet been reached.


Pulsed photoacoustic measurements have been carried out in liquid CS2 using 532 nm radiation from a frequency doubled Nd:YAG laser. Variation of signal amplitude with laser fluence clearly indicates the role of multiphoton processes in the generation of photoacoustic effect. It is also shown that four photon induced dissociation and five photon induced ionization are likely processes in CS2 and 532 nm radiation.


Reynolds, Douglas A., Quatieri, Thomas F., and Dunn, Robert B., Speaker Verification Using Adapted Gaussian Mixture Models, Digital Signal Processing10(2000), 19Â?41.In this paper we describe the major elements of MIT Lincoln Laboratory's Gaussian mixture model (GMM)-based speaker verification system used successfully in several NIST Speaker Recognition Evaluations (SREs). The system is built around the likelihood ratio test for verification, using simple but effective GMMs for likelihood functions, a universal background model (UBM) for alternative speaker representation, and a form of Bayesian adaptation to derive speaker models from the UBM. The development and use of a handset detector and score normalization to greatly improve verification performance is also described and discussed. Finally, representative performance benchmarks and system behavior experiments on NIST SRE corpora are presented.


In context of an increasing interest in immunotherapeutic treatments, the work described in this thesis expands the current knowledge of several potential antibody-based therapeutic approaches. A new development is the use of bispecific antibodies (BsAb). To introduce BsAb, chapter 2 describes the different platforms currently used to generate IgG-like and non-IgG-like BsAbs, as well as the strategies to gain clinical approval for the different BsAbs. A highly selective binding, as can be achieved with BsAbs, could be beneficial to 'target' certain cell populations, such as Tregs, against which current treatments appear to be insufficiently specific. Focusing on BsAb-based therapeutic approaches, in chapter 3 we investigate a novel strategy to optimize a T-cell redirecting bispecific antibody. Two Fab x sdAb-Fc, directed against CD3 and EGFR, with different lengths of the hinge region, were compared. The results show that a shorter hinge design improves BsAb-induced anti-tumor activity, induces more effector cell/target cell clustering and activates T cells more efficiently. In addition, we show (chapter 4) how important it is to select the right isotype antibody. In a mouse tumor model, only IgG2a antibodies were found to exert anti-tumor function, achieving a survival rate of approximately 50%. None of the isotypes tested showed a synergistic effect with adoptive T-cell therapy. An increasing interest in the costimulatory receptor TNFR2 in cancer has prompted us to design, generate and produce novel anti-mTNFR2 antibodies (chapter 5). The characterization and different features of these antibodies are described in this chapter, and they could be used as tools in follow-up studies to further investigate i) the role of TNFR2 in cancer, and ii) how TNFR2 targeting with different antibody candidates that either block or activate this receptor could improve immunotherapy. In chapter 6, two anti-mTNFR2 antibodies were selected for assessment of their application in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo, which revealed their capacity to bind to Tregs but also to CD4+ effector T cells.

Taken together, the results presented in this thesis highlight the progress achieved in immunotherapy approaches, with focus on BsAbs and novel strategies to improve cancer treatments. Furthermore, novel anti-mTNFR2 antibodies were developed and featured as useful tools to unravel the role of this receptor in tumor growth.


We address the problem of automatically predicting the quality of a conclusion given a set of (textual) premises of an argument, focusing in particular on the task of predicting the validity and novelty of the argumentative conclusion. We propose a multi-task approach that jointly predicts the validity and novelty of the textual conclusion, relying on pre-trained language models fine-tuned on the task. As training data for this task is scarce and costly to obtain, we experimentally investigate the impact of data augmentation approaches for improving the accuracy of prediction compared to a baseline that relies on task-specific data only. We consider the generation of synthetic data as well as the integration of datasets from related argument tasks. We show that especially our synthetic data, combined with class-balancing and instance-specific learning rates, substantially improves classification results (+15.1 points in F_1-score). Using only training data retrieved from related datasets by automatically labeling them for validity and novelty, combined with synthetic data, outperforms the baseline by 11.5 points in F_1-score.


The aim of this work is to describe the behavior of a device capable to generate high frequency ( ∼ T Hz ) acoustic phonons. This device consists in a GaAs-AlGaAs double barrier heterostructure that, when an external bias is applied, produces a high rate of longitudinal optical LO phonons. These LO phonons are confined and they decay by stimulated emission of a pair of secondary longitudinal optical ( g LO ) and transversal acoustic ( T A ) phonons. The last ones form an intense beam of coherent acoustic phonons. To study this effect, we start from a tight binding Hamiltonian that take into account the electron-phonon (e-ph) and phonon-phonon (ph-ph) interactions. We calculate the electronic current through the double barrier and we obtain a set of five coupled kinetic equations that describes the electron and phonon populations. The results obtained here confirm the behavior of the terahertz phonon laser, estimated by rougher treatments [1].


Blending lignin with industrial degradable polyester is a sustainable and economically competitive strategy for biodegradable plastics production, but the miscibility of composite remains a great challenge. In this study, the...


Laterite nickel deposits are formed from the intense weathering of ultramafic igneous rocks. The distribution of Ni content in an area does not always have a stationary data. One method of resource estimation and precise geological modeling is the Empirical Bayesian Kriging (EBK) method which is known to be able to perform precise estimates for stationary and non-stationary data. The results of this study were found that thickness of the limonite layer will increase as the slope decreases, while in the saprolite zone the thickness will increase with increasing the degree of slope up to the limit of 16°-25° then the thickness will decrease when crossing that limit. In the limonite zone, the concentration of Ni is maximally concentrated at a high degree of slope (>16°), while in the saprolite zone, Ni content is maximally concentrated on a slope of 16°-25° and then decreases in Ni content when passing through a slope of 25°. Validation of the estimation results and geological modeling using RMSE, MAE, MAPE, and linear regression in the limonite and saprolite zones indicate that the EBK method is a precise method for resource estimation and geological modeling.


Treatment with mechanical ventilation is associated with chronic lung disease and poor neurologic outcomes in very premature neonates. Surfactant replacement in patients with respiratory distress syndrome reduces need for mechanical ventilation and may be most beneficial when performed early.


The synergistic combination of polymers and inorganic compounds via sol-gel process has attracted great attention, by manipulating structure at molecular level, for developing new materials with desired properties. These new hybrid materials could have a controllable combination of the benefits of polymers (flexibility, toughness, ease of processing) and those of ceramics or glasses (hardness, durability, thermal stability). The microstructures and the properties of hybrid materials depend on the particle size of inorganic phase, the uniform distribution of inorganic phase within the organic phase and the interfacial force between the two phases. The paper presents research concerning the obtaining of composite coating nanomaterials consisting of an organic component (functionalized acrylic copolymers in water dispersion and iron and chromium lignosulfonate) and inorganic component nano aluminium oxide. The formation of a crosslinked nanometric network of inorganic and organic domains was evidenced by AFM analysis.The interphase characterization of the nanostructured materials was performed using FT-IR analysis.


An intelligent progressive transmission strategy was proposed,which made the download accuracy more pertinently according to different requirements of different users.The limited bandwidth can be used reasonable and effectively.And network delay can be reduced.The strategy bases on the DOP-SLOD model coding method.3D models can be rendered smoothly through the network when browsed by users.Transmission accuracy is determined by the needs of users that could avoid the downloading of useless model data.As the experiment shows,the strategy can realize the streaming transmission of model on network and reduce the network delay of data transmission.


Acknowledgments Introduction: The Problem with Purgatory 1. When Purgatory Was a Place on Earth: The Purgatory Cave on the Red Lake in Ireland 2. Lough Derg: Moving Purgatory Off the Earth 3. Exile from Ireland: Bishop John England's Republican Apologetics of Purgatory 4. That Sensible Neighborhood to Hell: Providence and Materiality within the Periodical (1830-1920) 5. The Ghosts of Vatican II: Purgatory Apostolates and the Lexicon of the Supernatural Conclusion Notes Index


The present invention relates to a protection circuit for protecting a user from overvoltage and overcurrent, in particular, to a protection circuit for a communication device. Conventional protection circuit crossing between the heat-sensitive protection device for hagoseo comprising a surge arrester with a fuse and a thermal protection device connected to a connection line, cutting the crossover passage when the current path and the ground conductors, power to the connection lines excessive forming a passage, and is adapted to connect it to the grounding conductor. In the protection circuit according to the present invention, the thermal response of the protective device (5, 6) is cut and a cross-passage of the surge arrester (1,2), (a, a '; b, b') to the connecting line and the ground is opened the fuse (3, 4) short-circuit cross path (7, 8) on the back between the conductor (E). The protection circuit may be a small plug for the application to the communication device.


We evaluate the effects of high pressure during annealing on the structural and superconducting properties of Ag-doped FeSe bulks. The results obtained in this work indicate that the annealing at high pressure increases the critical temperature, upper critical field and irreversibility field due to the improved uniformity and grain connectivity.


Territorial disputes are diplomatic and military conflicts between countries over their territorial boundaries. Recently, the disputes over islands of Dokdo (Takeshima in Japanese) and Senkaku(Diaoyudao in Chinese) have been hot issues. There have been frequent confrontations over Dokdo/Senkaku between the adjacent countries. The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the tendencies in the reporting on islands of Dokdo and Senkaku in Korean newspapers. This study deals with the reporting tendencies of two major daily newspapers (Chosu Ilbo and Hankyoreh Sinmoon) and examines their points of view on the dominium problem over Dokdo and Senkaku in 2013 through content analysis. The results are listed as follows. Firstly, in the analysis of the coverage on the Dokdo issue, the news media reported more of the issues from the political frame, sociocultural frame, and political conditions on Northeast Asian frame. Meanwhile, in the analysis of the coverage on the Senkaku issue, the news media reported more issues from the political frame, political conditions on Northeast Asian frame, and military frame. Secondly, Korean newspapers showed more negative views toward Japan than China when dealing with the conflict between them owing to historical reasons related to the colonization of Japan. Thirdly, the topics of the news reports moved from inter-national conflicts to international relationships in Northeast Asia. Fourthly, the tones of the arguments on territorial disputes moved from calm response to positive action.


Radioactive 119Snm has been implanted in GaAs single crystals at room temperature with an energy of 60 keV. The creation and annealing of impurity-defect structures has been studied by means of Mossbauer spectroscopy on the 24 keV gamma -transition of 119Sn. The distribution of defects surrounding the Sn impurity atoms in the amorphous phase has been characterised by an analysis of the measured Mossbauer spectra in terms of four lines. The formation and annealing of impurity-defect structures during the recrystallisation of the host crystal between about 200-400 degrees C has been followed by Mossbauer spectroscopy.


In the paper on the association of Rickettsia with Trench Fever, by Arkwright, Bacot and Duncan (1919) mention is made of a bacillary infection of the excreta and guts of lice (Pediculus humcmus). A Gram-negative cocco-bacillus was isolated in pure culture. It was non-motile, fermented glucose, mannite and lactose very slowly, and formed acid and clot in milk in about 14 days.


BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
One third of the world population are at risk of developing active tuberculosis (TB), resulting in significant mortality and morbidity. The reported low patronage in many TB clinics may not be unrelated to the quality of services received by clients. The objective of this study was to determine clients' perception of and satisfaction with quality of DOTs treatments in private and public health facilities in Oyo State.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
A descriptive cross sectional study among 410 eligible clients selected using the multistage sampling method was conducted in Oyo State. Research instrument used were a structured pre-tested interviewer-administered questionnaire. Data was analyzed using the SPSS software version 17.0.

RESULTS
Mean age of respondents was 39.0 + 0.68 years, 211(51.5%) were male while 199 (48.5%) were females. 321(78.3%) worked in public health facilities. Majority of the respondents, 385 (94.0%), had good perception of quality of DOTs treatment received. These include good perception of communication (96.0%); of quality of care (90.4%), and good perception of staff attitude among 93.9% of respondents About 97% of the respondents had good satisfaction with the quality of DOTs treatment received. Good satisfaction was found among 98.3% in terms of adherence counseling received, 98.7% on TB treatment received and 98.7%, on waiting time spent, and these were far higher among private than public health facilities. Statistically significant association was found between the type of facility attended by respondents and having adherence counseling service and waiting period experienced (P-values < 0.05). Having received services in a private health facility is the major predictor of favourable perception and good satisfaction with quality of DOTS treatment among respondents studied.

CONCLUSION
Though perception of and satisfaction with service delivery were good, this was better in private than in public; thus stressing the need for better monitoring and evaluation of services rendered by health care workers in order to encourage patronage by clients.


The layered chalcogenide Ta2NiSe5 has recently attracted much interest as a strong candidate for the long sought excitonic insulator (EI). Since the physical properties of an EI are expected to depend sensitively on the external pressure, it is important to clarify the pressure evolution of microscopic electronic state in Ta2NiSe5. Here we report the optical conductivity [s(w)] of Ta2NiSe5 measured at high pressures to 10 GPa and at low temperatures to 8 K. With cooling at ambient pressure, s(w) develops an energy gap of about 0.17 eV and a pronounced excitonic peak at 0.38 eV, as already reported in the literature. Upon increasing pressure, the energy gap becomes narrower and the excitonic peak is broadened. Above a structural transition at Ps~3 GPa, the energy gap becomes partially filled, indicating that Ta2NiSe5 is a semimetal after the EI state is suppressed by pressure. At higher pressures, s(w) exhibits metallic characteristics with no energy gap. The detailed pressure evolution of s(w) is presented, and discussed mainly in terms of a weakening of excitonic correlation with pressure.


In order to investigate the role of aldosterone in the pathogenesis of hypokalemic periodic paralysis, changes in serum cortisol (SC), aldosterone (SA) and plasma renin activity (PRA) were observed during 4 spontaneous attacks of paralysis in 3 thyrotoxic patients. The patient, H.I., a 26-year-old man, was admitted to Ito Hospital in April, 1977, for paralysis of the extremities. He had a subtotal thyroidectomy for Grave's disease in June, 1974. Physical examination revealed that he had a clear consciousness and no speech disturbance, but he was unable to lift his extremities againstgravity. Laboratory findings on admission showed that serum thyroxine (T4) was 25.0-big/ dl, triiodothyronine (T3) 720 ng/dl, K 2.4 mEq/L, SC 8.1 ug/dl, SA 2.0 ng/dl and PRA 5.3 ng/ml/hr. Immediately after recovery from the paralysisby the oral administration of aspara K 20 mEq, serum K was 3.4 mEq/L, SC 8.1 μg/dl, SA2.0 ng/dl and PRA 3.9 ng/ml/hr. The next morning, serum K was 4.5 mEq/L, SC 8.7 mg/di, SA 5.0 ng/dl and PRA 1.0 ng/ml/hr. A similar attack of paralysis was observed after 6 months with serum K 2.0 mEq/L and SA 5.0 ng/dl. The patient, M.O., a 32-year-old man, was admitted to Ito Hospital in January, 1978, by ambulance for paralysis of the legs. Physical examination revealed a well-nourished man with a diffuse goiter. He had normal strength in the upper extremities but was unable to lift the lower extremities against gravity. Laboratory findings on admission showed that serum K was 1.8 mEq/L, SA 6.0 ng/dl, PRA 3.3 ng/ml/hr, T3 365 ng/dl and T4 25.0-pg/dl. Immediately after recovery from the paralysis by drip infusion of aspara K 6 mEq dissolved in 150 ml of 10% maltose,


Abstract Background Numerous studies have shown a correlation between high autoantibody titers and subsequent autoimmune disease in patients with psychiatric disorders compared to healthy individuals. In this study we used a targeted affinity proteomics approach to investigate these autoantibody repertoires. We therefore obtained serum samples from patients diagnosed with various psychiatric disorders and compared these with samples of healthy volunteers. Additionally we used our approach to identify autoantibodies in post mortem brain tissue from patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. Methods In this study we utilized a well characterized cohort of patients with psychiatric disorder to study the autoantibody repertoire. From this sample set we analysed more than 600 serum in a first discovery approach. Based on the in-house screening and previous external published studies of autoantibodies within psychiatry we selected a set of 231 protein fragments from the Human Protein Atlas with a length of roughly 80 amino acids. With this selected panel we screened additional 130 post mortem brain tissue samples. Autoantibody profiling was performed using suspension bead array technology and IgG reactivity was measured in patients and controls. Results Our findings could indicate altered immune response in patients with psychiatric disorders compared to healthy controls. In our study we identified potential predictive autoimmune signatures. Those were presented with higher IgG reactivity in patients compared to healthy control samples. Discussion With our approach we were able to profile autoantibody repertoires in patients with psychiatric disorders. Additionally, we were able to use our approach to profile brain tissue using a multiplexed affinity proteomics approach. By further validating these putative autoimmunity targets, we could gain insights into the autoantigens associated to chronical mental illnesses.


For the impact assessment of high-penetration photovoltaic power generation systems (PVS) on the electric power system, the proper estimation of total power output fluctuation of PVS is es-sential, considering the so-called smoothing e ff ect among a number of PVSs. By using the irradiance data observed at 61 points for a year, we statistically evaluated the fluctuation characteristics of spatial average irradiance in the Chubu region, Japan. The smoothing e ff ect around individual observation point was taken into account by using a low-pass filter developed based on the so-called transfer-hypothesis. The filter characteristic is adjusted according to the size of individual observation point-representing area. We calculated the weighted ensemble average value of filtered irradiance of 61 points as the spatial average irradiance in the Chubu region. First, we calculated the maximum fluctuation width (MFW) of spatial average irradiance in 20min, 60min, and 120min for each single day. Figure 1 shows the cumulative frequency distribution of MFW. The main results regarding long cycle fluctuation evaluated with 120min window are as follows. The absolute value of MFW calculated is around 350W / m 2 on many days due to the sun-rise or sunset. As a result of MFW evaluation regarding sun-position independent spatial average irradiance, the fluctuation larger than 350W / m 2


Objective:To study the relationship between peroral 50g glucose screening test(GST)positive and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).Methods:From March 1997 to June 2000,216 pregnant women who showed 50g GST positive were studied in Gongli Hospital of Pudong.According to oral glucose tolerance test OGTT,we divided the pregnant women into normal OGTT,abnormal OGTT(IGT) and GDM groups.Results:Positive GST was closely correlated with abnomal OGTT.Women who had GDM high risk factors and GST positive existed a high rate of abnomal OGTT.Woman with 50g GST≥10mmol/L had a high rate of GDM.Conclusion:50g GST is a useful method of predicting gestational diabetes mellitus.


ANNOTATED SUBJECT INDEX ....................... .493 Advertising and Media Research ........................ .493 Attitude Theory Research ............................... 494 Brand Choice ........................................ .494 Buyer Behavior ....................................... 495 Econometric Models .................................. .496 Industrial Marketing .................................... 496 Information Processing ................................ .497 International Marketing ................................ .497 Marketing Management ................................ .497 Measurement ........................................ .497 New Product Research .................................. 497 Pricing Research ....................................... 497 Regression and Other Statistical Techniques ................ 498 Research Design ....................................... 498 Research Ethics ...................................... .498 Salesforce Research ................................... .498 Sampling and Survey Methods .......................... .499 Scaling Methods ...................................... .499 Segmentation Research ................................. 499 Social Issues and Public Policy .......................... .499 Strategy and Planning .................................. 500 AUTHOR/TITLE INDEX ............................... 500 BOOKS AND SOFfW ARE REVIEWED .................. 502


Automobile exhaust purification by catalysts is one of the most effective way to control auto emission pollution.In this paper,progress of catalysts for purifying auto emission and its supporters were summarized and developmental direction for purification of auto exhaust was also illustrated.


The isolated products from the reactions of (1) with = (2) and trans- = (3) contain 80∼ 90% of (4) and [Rh(trans- (5), respectively where 2 and 3 seem to be coordinated through the carbonyl oxygen. It has been found that complex 1 catalyzes the isomerization of (6) to (n = 0∼7) under nitrogen at 25. The isomerization of 6 is slower than that of to = (n = 0∼8), which is understood in terms of the interactions between the carbonyl oxygen of 6 and the catalyst. It has been also observed that complex 1 catalyzes the hydrogenation of 2, 3, 6, trans- (7), (8) and (9), and the isomerization (double bond migration) of 6 and 9 under hydrogen at 25. The interactions between the carbonyl oxygen of the unsaturated esters and the catalyst affect the hydrogenation in such a way that the hydrogenation of the unsaturated esters becomes slower than that of simple olefins.


left-hand bottom corner inside the ruled lines. Each double leaf seems to have been formed of three sheets of white paper pasted together, but the folded fore-edges have been cut open by the European binder. The book is, as far as I could judge from memory, very much like the Kuang yii t'u, but it is in fact called M if| J|f | l | Sj Hsin tseng kuang yii k'ao (" The Kuang yii ¥ao newly enlarged "). I t begins with eight pages of contents followed by the description of the Map of China. The map itself is missing. At the end of the second volume is a final note (g£ ]gf ^ . 3f) which occupies 36 columns. It is dated the tenth month in the winter, i-wei, 23rd Wan-li year (November, 1595), and signed by ^ j£ 8E f£ M Pu-ch'iu Wang Tso-chou, with seal " Pu-ch'iu". The name Camse, which first drew attention to the Atlas, is written by Carletti in the map of China in vol. ii touching the name Chiang-hsi and quite 25 mm. from Hang-chou, so that Baldelli-Boni really had no excuse for supposing that i t stood for Hang-chou or Quinsai. A. C. M.


The partition function of a relativistic invariant quantum field theory is expressed by its vacuum energy calculated on a spatial manifold with one dimension compactified to a 1-sphere $S^1 (\beta)$, whose circumference $\beta$ represents the inverse temperature. Explicit expressions for the usual energy density and pressure in terms of the energy density on the partially compactified spatial manifold $\mathbb{R}^2 \times S^1 (\beta)$ are derived. To make the resulting expressions mathematically well-defined a Poisson resummation of the Matsubara sums as well as an analytic continuation in the chemical potential are required. The new approach to finite-temperature quantum field theories is advantageous in a Hamilton formulation since it does not require the usual thermal averages with the density operator. Instead, the whole finite-temperature behaviour is encoded in the vacuum wave functional on the spatial manifold $\mathbb{R}^2 \times S^1 (\beta)$. We illustrate this approach by calculating the pressure of a relativistic Bose and Fermi gas and reproduce the known results obtained from the usual grand canonical ensemble. As a first non-trivial application we calculate the pressure of Yang-Mills theory as function of the temperature in a quasi-particle approximation motivated by variational calculations in Coulomb gauge.


In this paper we provide reliability and validity data on the German language version of the Trait-Self-Regulation Questionnaire and report on the use of self-regulation as an outcome variable in training. The notion of self-regulation defines a comprehensive field of research and of theory development within educational psychology (Bandura; Deci & Ryan). A major area of interest is self-directed learning (Simons; Boekarts). The focus of this paper is on the development of traits of self-regulation within vocational education and training (VET). This perspective is in accordance with the general objective of VET within the German speaking world. In Germany, it is addressed by means of the phrase 'training for the ability of self-directed planning, regulation and evaluation of vocational performance'. In Switzerland the notion of the 'life-time entrepreneur' is discussed. In order to foster related abilities useful on the job site, specific vocational training programs were implemented in a training center in Switzerland. One of such approaches is under evaluation in this longitudinal study. From 1999 to 2003, a cohort of more than 100 apprentices has been monitored in respect to the development of vocational skills and traits. One of the trait instruments used is a German language version (Breuer) of the Trait Self-Regulation-Questionnaire (TSRQ). The English version of this questionnaire is documented by O'Neil and Herl (1998) and Hong, O'Neil, and Feldon (in press). The instrument covers four aspects of self-regulation: planning, self-monitoring, effort and self-efficacy. Data have been collected over 5 points of measurement covering the full apprenticeship program of 4 years. The focus of the data analysis is on the development of the traits over time. Results indicate support for the factor structure of the questionnaire, sufficient internal consistency, and differential effects of training for subgroups among the trainees. As to our knowledge there is no other data set that has been published for vocational education and training using such approaches to both measure self-regulation in the German dual vocational system of training and attempt to train it in realistic, applied settings.


In this article, cross-border effects of different market design options are analyzed using Switzerland as a case study, which is strongly interconnected to larger neighboring markets. An investigation is conducted with an agentbased model where in one scenario all market designs are represented according to the current legislation, and in another, energy-only markets (EOM) are assumed in all considered countries. The results show that wholesale electricity prices are highly dependent on the chosen market design and in the annual average up to 27% higher in the EOM scenario. Due to expected larger interconnector capacities, this increase is evident in all simulated markets. Further, the results indicate that the planned market design changes in the neighboring countries decrease investments in Switzerland. However, generation adequacy is still guaranteed due to the high Swiss hydropower storage capacity. Our results suggest that, under the current circumstances, a domestic mechanism in Switzerland is not required.


Successful tracking of commitments to ensure they are met as projects proceed is key to successful execution of an environmental management strategy in public organizations. For DOTs and federal agencies, the value of successful tracking and execution of all agreed actions is fundamental to maintain the public trust and follow progressive environmental stewardship practices while effectively using available resources. This paper explores recent and best practices in commitment tracking systems (CTS) and illustrates how and illustrates how the state of the art is evolving and expanding. In the benchmarking process, several areas emerged as the future direction for state DOT environmental commitment tracking. These areas reflect both technology and business process trends, and include: (1) Explicit goals set by the DOT to meet or exceed all environmental commitments, with use of CTS systems to measure and communicate performance. (2) Clearly defined business processes, staff training, and management support to institutionalize commitment tracking. (3) Enterprise system deployments providing consistency and reporting across internal divisions. (4) Business process integration and defined "hand-off" points with the larger project life cycle process. (5) IT systems integration with project management systems; or building the CTS functionality as functionality within the project management system. (6) Web-based, centralized IT systems. (7) Geospatial reporting and analysis capability (GIS). (8) Integration with document management systems. (9) Web-based views of a subset of the data for public information.


Keyfitz' idea of Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) found in his "The Limits of Population Forecasting" is applied to the Population Projections published by Institute of Population Problems in Japan in 1986. UN and US population projections in connection with RMSE are also presented in comparison. Japanese population projections presented here consist of 8 sets: I (1950), II (1955), III (1958), IV (1962), V (1968), VI (1973), VII (1975) and VIII (1980). Each set consists of projected annual increase rate (ri) for each year of the projected period of 10 years and the 15th year; actual annual increase (Ri) for the corresponding periods; difference between the two (di). The 10-year period (62-72) and the 15-year period (60-75) in IV, 4 and 8 year periods (68-72; 68-76) in V saw the greatest di because of the return of Okinawa to Japan. Ri for the above period without the Okinawan population was used for the calculation of di (b) and RMSE (b) in Table 4. RMSE in Japanese population projections was much smaller than those of UN and US, which means the projection is reliable. It was also found that the longer the projection period was, the larger RMSE tended to be. This was true of US projections. When the difference between high and medium variants and medium and low variants are about the same as RMSE, projections may be said to be reliable. The Japanese population projections in the future should include high and low variants of survival rate as well as those of birth rate. The smaller the population increase rate is, the smaller RMSE is, and the greater the accuracy of projections is.


Molecular inductive effect index was proposed for the first time using group inductive effect index (MI). Effective length of carbon chain (N-C) was calculated by N-C = (MIs,N/MIb,N) . N for the paraffinic hydrocarbons, where MIs,N, MIb,N were the molecular inductive effect index of straight chain and branched chain paraffin, respectively. The results showed that the relationship between the boiling point (T-b) of paraffinic hydrocarbons and the effective length of carbon chain(N-C) was: In ( 806.5 - T-b) 6.98240-0.11431 N-C(2/3).


What's the story? What happened here, you ask, as you finish Catherine Belsey's article and come to the end of an arc that began with Paul Simpson (an urgent start, making us think about how we sided a bit with Norman Bates watching Marion Crane go to her watery grave, coffined in chrome), then had us think (with Gerald Prince) about how the affordances of film can convey Bates's anxiety and subsequent naïve relief through direct facial expression, while in writing these could really only be clumsily told rather than shown? If that was enough establishment of the situation, then we came to the terrible complicating action of Angelo's first telling, and much later retelling in obviously changed circumstances, of his ordeal in the 2005 London tube bombings in Lambrou's article. Angelo's tellings are oral ones of personal experience, and that first-person subjectivity is at the heart of Jim Phelan's argument that we need especially to attend to the voice of the implied author when we read the narration in novels and memoirs. His examples include The Sound and the Fury and Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking. Didion writes of the sudden death, barely comprehensible, of her beloved husband of 40 years, and every word is hers alone, as it were (including the direct speech of others, which of course she frames and at least implicitly evaluates). By contrast, the story of a death that Ruth Page analyses is being written (the progressive aspect applies) by an untraceably large and dispersed variety of authors or contributors, being a Wikipedia article attempting an objective summary narrative of the murder of Meredith Kercher. This story-development is not a free-for-all, an online version of a public meeting shouting match, being significantly constrained by procedures that govern any revisions, additions and subtractions. As Page shows, we are still adjusting to the affordances of social media of this kind, and their cultural and political implications. If anyone clicks on the Wikipedia article seeking to learn 'what finally happened' in the Kercher murder trial, resolution and coda, then it is fitting that there is only a temporarily final version, as it were. Because this issue's story arc comes to an unforeseen close, a narrative twist that is more surprise than suspense, with Catherine Belsey's reminders of how so much storytelling (crossing all boundaries like film/prose, fictional/real, personal/vicarious, etc.) is driven by awareness of loss, and unsatisfiable desire (the desire not to lose, not to change, always to have and to hold, always to survive, to know, to love and be loved and be happy). 519721 LAL0010.1177/0963947013519721Language and LiteratureToolan research-article2013


The stability of two-layer stratified flow is analyzed utilizing as a stability criterion the condition that the celerity of kinematic internal waves dominated by friction and/or exchange of mass, be less than the celerity of intertia-dominated internal waves. This criterion for stability on scales large with respect to the depth is related to the well-known Vedernikov criterion for open-channel flow. The influence of bottom and interface friction on stability is examined for underflow. overflow, exchange flow and the case of coflowing layers. Taking into account non-uniformity of the velocity profiles is shown to increase the stability. Non-uniformity of the density profiles produces the opposite effect. The influence of small-scale mixing (entrainment) on the stability of underflow is also analyzed.


At present, the production of high-quality construction materials is closely related to the development of microalloying technologies and the modification of steel with alloys of alkaline earth (AEM) and rare earth (REM) metals in a ladle furnace. Rationally selected compositions of refining and modifying additives can affect the microstructure of the metal, increase the strength and ductility of rolled steel, increase the cold resistance and corrosion resistance of steel, as well as globularize non-metallic inclusions, and drastically reduce their number and size. It is believed that the most effective modifiers are complex alloys containing, along with calcium, barium and strontium. The modifying ability of alkali earth metals in liquid iron increases in the order of Ca, Sr, and Ba, therefore, in terms of modifying ability, calcium is inferior to strontium and barium. At the same time, the processes of deoxidation of steel with alloys containing alkali earth metals, especially deoxidation with strontium, have not been sufficiently studied. For the development of scientifically grounded compositions of refining alloys for deoxidation and modification, it is necessary to carry out calculations that make it possible to assess, in particular, the deoxidizing ability of alkaline earth elements, including strontium. In this paper, using the method of constructing the surfaces of solubility of components in a metal (SSCM), the refining effect of strontium-containing alloys is considered. Calculations for the construction of the phase diagram of the FeO–SrO–CaO system and the SSCM of the Fe–Sr–Ca–O–C system have been performed. According to the calculation results, it is shown that with the simultaneous presence of calcium and strontium in liquid iron, a complex deoxidation mechanism is implemented with the formation of particles of a solid solution of |SrO, CaO (FeO)|ss oxides with a minimum content of iron oxide (about 0.001 wt%).


Knotted trivalent graphs (KTGs) form a rich algebra with a few simple operations: connected sum, unzip, and bubbling. With these operations, KTGs are generated by the unknotted tetrahedron and Mobius strips. Many previously known representations of knots, including knot di- agrams and non-associative tangles, can be turned into KTG presentations in a natural way. Often two sequences of KTG operations produce the same output on all inputs. These \elementary" relations can be subtle: for instance, there is a planar algebra of KTGs with a distinguished cycle. Studying these relations naturally leads us to Turaev's shadow surfaces, a combinatorial representation of 3-manifolds based on simple 2-spines of 4-manifolds. We consider the knotted trivalent graphs as the boundary of a such a simple spine of the 4-ball, and to consider a Morse-theoretic sweepout of the spine as a \movie" of the knotted graph as it evolves according to the KTG operations. For every KTG presentation of a knot we can construct such a movie. Two sequences of KTG operations that yield the same surface are topologically equivalent, although the converse is not quite true. AMS Classication 57M25; 57M20, 57Q40


THE USE OF active chemicals in many areas of industry, agriculture, and medicme to maintain control over the environment is often inefficient and wasteful. The major reasons for this waste are inaccurate targetting of the active agent and the application of overdoses with long intervals between each application. This paper describes a new range of acrylic-based fibres (ACTIPORE) which are being developed to act as a support medium for chemical reagents. The porosity of these fibres is tuneable which allows the chemical species,


Purpose: The objective of this study is to propose an alternative QA technique that addresses concerns of conventional IMRT QA. Methods and Materials: During IMRTpatient treatments, delivered doses were measured using film and MOSFET detectors. Film was placed under the patient sandwiched between the patient and 1‐cm bolus; MOSFET detectors were placed on the anterior skin near the central‐axis under 0.5‐cm bolus. IMRT QA was also performed by exporting the patient plan into a 30×30×30 cm3 cubic phantom. In addition to the central axis dose, relative dose distributions were measured using XV films placed near the anterior and posterior surface of the QA phantom. Results: The results of in‐vivomeasurement with film placed under the patient indicate good agreement between planned and measured doses with gamma index of 0.8. Anterior surface doses measured with MOSFET detectors however deviated from planning dose around 10–15%. For comparison, the same patient plan was also exported into the phantom for IMRT QA. The ion chambermeasurement at the phantom's center showed good agreement with TPS (measured dose = 197±1 cGy). Results of surface doses measured with film in phantom agree with planned doses. This is consistent with in‐vivomeasurement of dose distribution during patient treatment. The surface dose measured with film placed under the patient samples doses at different depths from various beams. The quality of agreement seen with films is consistent with the ion chamber data at the central axis. Thus, film based surface dose measurement is a good manifestation of central axis dose. Conclusion: An in‐vivoIMRT dose measurement is proposed as an alternative QA procedure. Based upon our measured data, proposed method is an accurate and reliable verification of patient dose. The technique is quick, efficient, and directly measures actual dose received by patient during IMRT delivery.


In this article spaces of affine connectivity $A_n ( x )$ are considered. They are supposing group of motion of the maximum order $r=n^2$. In this maximally mobility spaces independent covariantly constant vector fields are found.


EFFECT OF CARBON NANOTUBE CONTENT ON THE NATURE OF BIOPLASTIC FROM CASSAVA STARCH. Bioplastic is a starch-based plastic that is easily degraded by microorganisms, so it can be used as an alternative to conventional plastics. In this research, the process of making bioplastic is made from starch cassava using glycerol as a plasticizer and used CNT type MWCNTs (Multi-Wall CNTs) as an amplifier with variations in composition 0%, 1%, 2%, and 3%. Bioplastics are made by dry blending method with pre-mixing, mixing, hot press and cold press. Bioplastics characteristics of starch/CNT include strong tensile, biodegradation and morphology. The test results showed that the addition of CNT composition affects bioplastic mechanical properties. The optimum tensile value of drag occurs in the addition of a 2% CNT of 13.52 MPa. Biodegradable test result use of Aspergillus Niger mushroom to prove bioplastic starch/CNT can be degraded well. The morphological characteristics result in the form of SEM results suggests that the bioplastic starch/CNT 3% have cracks and result in a strong tensile decline. FTIR test results showed a new function group C a" C due to the addition of CNT.


WHO defines adolescent as an individual between 10 to 19 years of age. There are 1.2 billion adolescents across the world; or 1 in 6 of the world's population are adolescents aged 10-19. According to census 2011 report, 20.9% of population in India comprise of adolescents. Body image is what a person think and feel when one look in the mirror or when one picture oneself in mind. Body image issues among adolescents are a common problem. These issues affect adolescent girls more than the boys. Several media platforms these days promote thin female body as ideal and young girls end up comparing themselves to these unrealistic standards. As a result, many girls may experience depression, anxiety, anger and even self-loathing. In addition to affecting an ABSTRACT


The traditional contour coating unit is the air knife. Well-known disadvantages of the air knife are the high investment and operating costs and also limitations concerning production speed and solids content. Because of these disadvantages the papermakers' demand for new board coating technologies is steadily increasing. This article describes modern alternatives to the air knife concept. The film application methods as well as the free-jet application principle by means of Jetflow Fare dealt with. On the basis of trial results it will be shown how the free jet application principle, for example, can be used advantageouly for the pre-coat as well as for the middle and top coat. This permits avoidance of the disadvantages of the air knife without loss of quality and with higher flexibility of operation and offers at the same time new perspectives for fast and wide board machines.


The latest releases of SAS® Data Integration Studio, SAS® Data Management Studio and SAS® Data Integration Server, SAS® Data Governance, and SAS/ACCESS® software provide a comprehensive and integrated set of capabilities for collecting, transforming, and managing your data. The latest features in the product suite include capabilities for working with data from a wide variety of environments and types including Hadoop, cloud, RDBMS, files, unstructured data, streaming, and others, and the ability to perform ETL and ELT transformations in diverse run-time environments including SAS®, database systems, Hadoop, Spark, SAS® Analytics, cloud, and data virtualization environments. There are also new capabilities for lineage, impact analysis, clustering, and other data governance features for enhancements to master data and support metadata management. This paper provides an overview of the latest features of the SAS® Data Management product suite and includes use cases and examples for leveraging product capabilities.


According to the catch data and fishing times of skipjack in the purse-seine fishery in the Western-central Pacific Ocean(WCPO)(20°N-25°S,120°E-175°W),and the environment data of different water layer temperature(sea surface temperature,water temperatures of 12.5 m,237.5 m and 287.5 m layer,temperature difference per meter between 137.5 m and 187.5 m layer),the relative ratio of fishing times with high yield was considered as the habitat suitability index(SI),and SI model with single variable is established by nonlinear regression methods.Five methods(Continued product,Minimum,Maximum,Arithmetic mean and Geometric mean) were used to establish the multi-factor habitat suitability index(HSI) model.The results indicated that when Continued product and Minimum method were applied,the yield of skipjack was mainly located in the area with HSI0.5.When Geometric mean and Arithmetic mean method were applied,the yield of skipjack was mainly distributed in the area with HSI ranging from 0.3 to 0.8.When Maximum method was used,the yield of skipjack was mainly located in the area with HSI0.8,which occupied 87%of the total catch.We found that the Maximum method could best fit the fishing ground of skipjack distribution.Based on the data of water temperature in 2003,the monthly HSI was estimated by the Maximum method and verified by the catch distribution of skipjack,which showed that it was feasible to forecast the fishing ground with HSI method.


Magnetization, resistivity, and specific-heat measurements have been performed on a high-quality single crystal of (tetragonal) ${\mathrm{UIr}}_{2}$${\mathrm{Si}}_{2}$. In all physical quantities anomalies are found related to an antiferromagnetic transition at ${T}_{N}$+4.9 K. No superconductivity was observed down to 40 mK. The magnetization and resistivity are strongly anisotropic. Below 4.9 K a metamagnetic transition occurs along the c axis at a field of 2.2 T. For Tg${T}_{N}$ the specific heat yields an electronic constant \ensuremath{\gamma} of 105 mJ/mol ${\mathrm{K}}^{2}$, whereas below ${T}_{N}$ a much higher value (290 mJ/mol ${\mathrm{K}}^{2}$) is found. The magnetic entropy related to the transition is too small to be explained by an ordering of localized moments. A crystal-electric-field level scheme involving three singlets and a doublet is used in an attempt to interpret the data, but clearly effects of the heavy electrons and their hybridization must be considered.


This study focused on testing the toxic genetic effect of an anti-cancer drug, namely "Taxol". It is a drug extracted from a tree called "Taxus brevifolia ". It is one of the latest treating drugs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The mechanism of its action lies in the polymerization of Tubulin threads, which leads to its stabilization and thus stops their work, especially as a stimulus of chromosomes. Three doses were selected to measure the genetic toxicity of this drug, i.e. a therapeutic dose (0.6mg/kg), double of the therapeutic dose (1.2mg/kg) and three limes of the therapeutic dose (1.8mg/kg). The treated mice were used for testing "Chromosomal Aberration " and the " micronuclei ", then anatomizing, 12, 18, 24 hours after the peritoneal injection. The results showed a high significant increase in the total number of the chromosomal aberrations; (structural and numerical). This increase may be either due to the increase in the total of structural chromosomal aberration, represented in the chromosomal abnormality increase (PCD), or due to the increase in the numerical chromosomal aberration, often represented in the chromosomal abnormality (En.m). This increase also appeared in the micro-nuclei. This study pointed to the possibility of the occurrence of chromosomal aberration and micro-nuclei in the bone marrow cells of the mice treated with the " Taxol " drug in triple therapeutic dose.


The utility model relates to a semi-fixed nasal sinus balloon dilatation suction device and belongs to the field of medical devices. The semi-fixed nasal sinus balloon dilatation suction device comprises a balloon catheter and a suction tube. The semi-fixed nasal sinus balloon dilatation suction device is characterized in that the balloon catheter and the suction tube can be fixed together through a fixing buckle. The fixing buckle is arranged at the near end of the suction tube, the catheter is provided with a ring-shaped baffle, and color difference marks are arranged at two ends of a balloon. The semi-fixed nasal sinus balloon dilatation suction device can be placed in a nasal cavity in one time to simultaneously have effects of dilatation and suction, is simple in structure, has accuracy in location, is free of radiation and safe and convenient to operate and can effectively improve operational effect and quality.


How do men negotiate the boundary between romantic and creepy behavior in initial, sexualized interactions with women? In this paper, I argue that the discourse of "the creep," a stigmatized sexual figure, functions as a disciplinary mechanism that both creates and limits men's desire and sense of self in the tense initiation of a sexual moment. My analysis of 244 articles from 3 popular men's magazines suggests that an idealized sexual moment, as it is imagined in the pages of popular men's magazines, is fraught with the risk of miscommunication and the potential for failure. The figure of the creep on the cusp of a sexual moment signals a tension in the masculine self that, if resolved successfully, produce a particular heterosexual masculinity and access to women's bodies in an idealized sexual interaction. Furthermore, the discourse of the creep helps men manage these risks as they relate to feminist discourses about sexual harassment and violence. Ultimately, analyzing popular discourses of the creep reveals a set of cultural ten-sions threaded through heterosexual men's romantic interactions.


Abstract A general simple wave equation in nematic media aligned with an arbitrary twist distribution is obtained. An approximate solution for smoothly varying media is obtained and applied to the study of optically induced twist distortion. The adiabatic rotation of the polarization displayed by twisted nematics is a common argument to assume that such a distortion is not possible. In this paper, the impossibility of such a distortion is more accurately demonstrated.


This article provides an overview of the recent developments in the area of transition metal complexes featuring metal-boron double bonds. In particular, emphasis has been placed on studies focused on the exploration of patterns of reactivity.