cial Libraries cover a wide array of specialized services offered to a variety of populations. For example, a special library and a public library system in upstate New York partnered together to address the information needs of local farmers. In Colorado, two academic librarians created a hip, online information literacy=research tutorial geared towards both collegeand workforce-bound high school students. College faculty members who teach in unique programs or work closely with special populations may be spurred by this book to look into the services their own campus libraries can offer to them and their students. Non-librarians, however, should note that Outreach Services in Academic and Special Libraries is a highly specialized resource that may be too narrowly focused to be useful across a broad range of disciplines. For instance, one article in the volume tackles the issue of recruitment of future librarians through the development of Fellows programs. That would be useful information for college and=or career advisors to know, but it would be irrelevant to most faculty members. Similarly, another chapter (''Faculty Outreach: A WinWin Proposition'') provides readers with insight into the inner workings of one library's outreach efforts to all faculty (new, temporary, adjunct, and otherwise); however, that content is aimed at other librarians, not teaching faculty. Outreach Services in Academic and Special Libraries is a worthy addition to an academic or special library collection if the library does not already subscribe to the research journal, The Reference Librarian. (As noted, the monograph was published as a special volume of the journal.) Searches in the ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) and Library Literature databases yield little in relevant sources beyond a few ERIC documents and individual journal articles that can be compared to this one discrete volume edited by Paul and Sigrid Kelsey. This book, therefore, proves to be an excellent resource for librarians to turn to find out what their peers are doing to promote programming, information literacy, and the profession in general across a broad spectrum of libraries around the United States.


Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) can change polyadenylation signals. Poly(A) signal (PAS) plays an important role during polyadenylation process. Therefore, the selection of poly(A) sites may be affected by the appearance of SNPs. With the rapid development of the next-generation high-throughput DNA sequencing techniques, more and more SNPs are discovered, but not all the SNPs can lead to the change of the poly(A) sites. Here a pipeline named ESAP (extract SNPs associating with polyadenylation) was designed that can extract the SNPs affecting poly(A) sites. ESAP uses poly(A) prediction program PASS to compute the base prediction scores which are used to identify the difference of poly(A) sites because of the existence of SNPs. Finally, the SNPs are classified into "likely", "probable", "unlikely" according to their effect on poly(A) sites. 569,859 SNPs fromArabidopsis…Bur-0 and 40,026 poly(A) site clusters (PACs) from Arabidopsis Thaliana are analyzed. Total 160 SNPs that can affect PAS (PAS-SNPs)were found, including 84 "likely", 38 "probable".


Introduction: Thrombolytic therapy using tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) has been proven to be a cost-effective means of treating acute stroke. However, several factors lead to the underutilization of this treatment. This study was undertaken to assess the knowledge of emergency nurses regarding t-PA therapy and to identify the barriers perceived by them in the utilization of thrombolysis in acute stroke. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 30 nurses working in the emergency department of a tertiary level public hospital in India. A self-administered questionnaire was used to assess their knowledge and perceived barriers. Results: Against a total score of 26, the score of the sample ranged from 13 to 22 with a mean score of 17.9 ± 2.4. The mean accuracy rate of the questions was 68.6 ± 25.3. Three major categories of barriers were identified in the efficient utilization of thrombolytic therapy. These were patient-related barriers, organizational barriers, and behavioral barriers. "Unaffordability of t-PA therapy due to financial constraints" and "patients not reaching the facility in the window period" were the two topmost barriers for thrombolysis identified by the nurses. Conclusion: Ongoing continuing nursing education is essential to fill the knowledge gap of nurses regarding thrombolysis. Sufficient measures need to be taken at prehospital, institutional, and personnel levels to mitigate the barriers for thrombolysis so that no eligible patients are left without the benefits of the treatment.


INTRODUCTION
New decades introduce more and more new medical specialties with the inevitable progress of medical science. This is due to the increasing amount of knowledge, and in opposition to the physical and intellectual faculties of a single man. In contrast to the time of Hippocrates, today one cannot be an expert in every field of medicine. We need to consult with specialists in various fields, in order to properly diagnose the patient. Without this the final diagnosis is often impossible.

SUBJECT AND METHODS
The objective of our survey was to check how often psychiatrists use consultation with physicians in other specialties, and whether there is a relationship between the place of work, academic degree, work experience in the profession, and the number of commissioned consultations. It was also important for us whether consultations affect the final diagnosis.

RESULTS
Most of the respondents are young doctors, specialists from big cities. They rarely consult with doctors of other specialties - 1/10 cases. However they are skeptical about the opinions of other psychiatrists. In contrast the proctologist and the pathologist are the least frequent groups of specialists who are requested for a consultation by psychiatrists. Specialists consulting the most often are internists and neurologists.

CONCLUSIONS
The key to a diagnostic success is a holistic view of the patient. It is necessary therefore to develop the most effective cooperation between doctors of various specialties.


After the original description of the 'anticardiolipin syndrome' I, it became clear that antibodies from affected patients could bind to phospholipids other than cardiolipin; therefore the term 'antiphospholipid syndrome' (APS) seemed more appropriate. The recent demonstration that patients may have phospholipid independent binding antibodies to beta-2-glycoprotein 12, together with the description of few cases of a complete APS in the absence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLS)3.4, has led to the unusual term seronegative APS. Initially described as the association of anticardiolipin antibodies and/or lupus anticoagulant with arterial and venous thrombosis, recurrent fetal losses and thrombocytopenia, the APS includes a spectrum of predominantly vascular manifestations, ranging from deep vein thrombosis to the so called 'catastrophic APS' with multiorgan failure and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura". Initially the APS was closely associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but subsequently the same syndrome could be found in subjects who had no disease other than the presence of the aPLs, allowing the definition of a primary 'APS'. Although a set of exclusion criteria has been proposed to distinguish primary APS from APS secondary to SLE6, an international multicentre study has recently shown that primary and secondary APS share most clinical and laboratory features apart from autoimmune haemolytic anaemia, endocardial valve disease, neutropenia and C4 levels, which are more common in the secondary form? However, APS-related features such as arterial thrombosis, thrombocytopenia and haemolytic anaemia may have an adverse influence on survival when present in patients with SLE8.


This research investigates whether a program utilising a full commercial marketing mix
(4P) is more effective than a program using a promotion-only approach in increasing fruit
and vegetable (FV) intake of children. Additionally, this research examines the
effectiveness of the parental component of the same program examining the attitudes,
subjective norms, behavioural control and intentions of parents for serving more fruit and
vegetables to their children. Finally, the last study investigates the benefits and barriers
of parents for serving fruit and vegetables, as separate groups of food, to their children as
a first step to enhance the effectiveness of the parent component of the program.
This research program responds to previous criticisms in social marketing about the
relevance of the marketing mix. While social marketers such as Gordon (2012), Peattie
& Peattie (2003), Wood (2008) and Tapp & Spotswood (2013) have criticised the
marketing mix their criticisms are not founded on empirical data examining the
effectiveness of the 4Ps. Further, systematic social marketing literature reviews show that
most social marketing programs do not use the full marketing mix (4P) and most
programs rely on promotion strategies (Carins & Rundle-Thiele, 2014b; Kubacki, Ronto,
Lahtinen, Pang, & Rundle-Thiele, 2017; Kubacki, Rundle-Thiele, Lahtinen, & Parkinson,
2015; Kubacki, Rundle-Thiele, Pang, & Buyucek, 2015). Therefore before one can
criticise the marketing mix or develop new models (see Tapp & Spotswood, 2013) and
move beyond the 4Ps altogether, fundamental field experimental research is required to
test whether a 4P approach is superior to a 1P approach. As a result, the first research
question in Study 1 is:
RQ1: Is an intervention using 4Ps more effective than an intervention using only 1P in
increasing FV intake for Finnish children?
The study demonstrated that the program using a full commercial marketing mix (4Ps)
was more effective than the program using a promotion-only approach in creating
behaviour change. The children participating in the 4P program showed a significant
increase in FV intake at breakfast and breakfast and dinner combined. The children in the
1P program and control group showed no significant differences. Future research could
benefit from empirically testing alternative marketing mix models. The second study aims to expand views beyond the downstream audience (children) and
focus on an important midstream audience, the parents, who have a significant impact on
their children's FV intake. The social marketing discipline has been known for focusing
on downstream audiences, while the importance of midstream and upstream audiences
has been recently acknowledged (Gordon, 2013; Hoek & Jones, 2011; Russell-Bennett,
Wood, & Previte, 2013). To contribute to the midstream literature in social marketing,
the second research question asks:
RQ2: Can a social marketing FV campaign increase the attitudes, subjective norms,
perceived behavioural control, and intentions for parents to serve more FVs to their
children?
The results of the study showed some promising effects for the parent component, as there
was a significant increase in subjective norms and behavioural control towards parents
serving more FV to their children. The control settings showed significant decreases in
attitudes and subjective norms of parents when considering to serve FVs to the children.
While the results showed some promise, future research is needed to build a more
effective parent program component.
Finally, Study 3 investigates the barriers and benefits for parents for serving fruits and
vegetables for their children. While the previous literature has examined the barriers and
benefits of fruits and vegetables as one single group; this study aimed to understand if the
barriers and benefits were different for fruits and vegetables. This led to the last two
research questions:
RQ3a: What are the perceived benefits and barriers for Finnish parents when serving
fruit for their children?
RQ3b: What are the perceived benefits and barriers for Finnish parents when serving
vegetables for their children?
The results showed that the benefits and barriers are very different for fruits than they are
for vegetables. Additionally, most of the benefits and barriers were fruit or vegetables
specific, and cannot be generalised to a whole fruit or vegetable category. Limitations of
the research and future research directions are outlined.


The present invention relates to the use of xanthohumol with formula (I) as an agent for the production of a preparations for preventing and/or combating liver diseases.


Glass-coating layer of Co-based glass-coated amorphous microwire Co68.15Fe4.35Nb1Si11.5B15.0 with total diameter 47μm and metallic core diameter 13μm was removed by mechanical method and HF chemical corrosion,respectively.It is found that the maximum magnetic sensitivity of GMI for microwire with glass-coating layer removed by HF chemical corrosion is higher than that by mechanical mehod,and the former can reach ξ =105.02%/Oe.Maximum giant magnetoimpedance ratio can be reached at lower applied magnetic field for microwire without glass-coated layer than that with glass-coated layer.Amorphous microwire without glass layer The maxmum giant magnetoimpedance of 113.6% and magnetic sensitivity of 42.9%/Oe are obtained at frequency 4.07MHz and magnetic field Hdc=2.2Oe.


We construct protocols for secure multiparty computation with the help of a computationally powerful party, namely the "cloud". Our protocols are simultaneously ecient in a number of metrics: • Rounds: our protocols run in 4 rounds in the semi-honest setting, and 5 rounds in the malicious setting. • Communication: the number of bits exchanged in an execution of the protocol is independent of the complexity of function f being computed, and depends only on the length of the inputs and outputs. • Computation: the computational complexity of all parties is independent of the complexity of the function f, whereas that of the cloud is linear in the size of the circuit computing f. In the semi-honest case, our protocol relies on the "ring learning with errors" (RLWE) assumption, whereas in the malicious case, security is shown under the Ring LWE assumption as well as the existence of simulation-extractable NIZK proof systems and succinct non-interactive arguments. In the malicious setting, we also relax the communication and computation requirements above, and only require that they be "small" ‐ polylogarithmic in the computation size and linear in the size of the joint size of the inputs. Our constructions leverage the key homomorphic property of the recent fully homomorphic encryption scheme of Brakerski and Vaikuntanathan (CRYPTO 2011, FOCS 2011). Namely, these schemes allow combining encryptions of messages under dierent keys to produce an encryption (of the sum of the messages) under the sum of the keys. We also design an ecient, non-interactive threshold decryption protocol for these fully homomorphic encryption schemes.


The objective of this paper is to propose a repositioning strategy that allows Bancolombia to have a greater
approach to the Colombian youth segment between the ages of 14 and 25, in order to double the number of
clients belonging to that segment in a 3-year period. For this, we intend to answer the following research
question: How to position Bancolombia as the favorite Bank of young Colombians between 14 and 25 years
old, doubling the number of clients of that segment in a period of 3 years?
To answer this, a mixed research methodology was used, where quantitative and qualitative variables were
studied. Initially a review of secondary sources was made to obtain general market information, such as the
behavior of young people with banking entities and products, and information on competitors and the products
they offered. Additionally, the DOFA Analysis methodology was used, where the strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities and threats that Bancolombia had when approaching Colombian youths were identified, and
which factors could favor their repositioning strategy in order to achieve a greater capture of said segment.


3D surface measurements have many industrial and medical applications. We have previously used 3D surface deformation and tracking to identify mechanical properties of the skin. To be able to detect dynamic changes in the surface of the skin we need to have a real-time 3D measurement system. A significant portion of the computation time for tracking the changes is spent during 2D cross-correlation of surface images. This study focuses on improving cross-correlation speed by taking advantage of parallel computation in field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). We have implemented variable size 2D cross-correlation computations using the Xilinx System Generator tool in the Virtex-6 LX240T FPGA. We have also proposed a hierarchical approach for finding the cross-correlation peak in order to efficiently use our method for different image sizes. Furthermore, the use of RAM blocks instead of shift registers in our design has lowered the resource requirements compared with other FPGA implementations. Preliminary results for our special design indicate better than 200 times speed up compared with a PC with an Intel Xeon E5620 CPU (2.4 GHz clock speed, 4 cores and 8 threads) and 12 GB DDR3 RAM and also 190 times speed up in comparison to an NVidia GForce GT 525M as the graphics processing unit (GPU).


Diagrams for constant pulse current of the rectangular and sinusoidal wave forms were calculated. Current frequency is limited by the amount of switching losses, the relative duration of current pulses within a period being arbitrary. where 6 = The diagrams are valid for all semiconductor components whose thermal circuit is capable of electric modelling by the serial RC-pair connection and whose forward characteristic can be represented by a line or exponential curve. An example is given for use of diagrams. It compares the results obtainable by the linear and exponential approximations of the forward characteristic. 1. THE CONCEPT OF THERMAL IMPEDANCE CALCULATION FOR PULSE CURRENT Figure 1 clarifies the definition of thermal impedance for pulse current /1/ Thermal impedance for pulse current Z (t') differs from the thermal impedance for constant current (i.e. thermal resistance) Rth by addend ARth(t') th The relative thermal resistance increment of the vth RC-pair of the electrical model of the device's thermal circuit, Fig. 2 , due to pulse current is A 'Vt A V , P V M 6.1.4


Most of the existing coal fired power plants in Indonesia that have capacity of 400-600MW is designed using sub-bitumonous coal intake. This coal has a caloric value of 5,000 kcal/kg (a.r.). Considering the coal price of sub-bituminous tends to raise, some power plant have switched to use a low rank coal having a caloric value of 4,200 kcal/kg (a.r.). Indonesian Coal Index (ICI), in November, 2008 indicated that the coal having caloric value of 5,800; 5,000 and 4,200 kcal/kg (a.r.) are US$ 93, 68 and 41 per ton (FOB) respectively .  Low rank coal utilization in the existing coal fired power plant that was designed for the  sub-bituminous coal intake are reviewed both in technical and economic aspect and its impacts on the power plant performance.


Radiation protective effect of the breaking of secondary bonding in protein was examined with sodium benzoate, monosodium 1-glutamate, 1-arginine, and thiourea, and the behavior of viscosity against the protector was obtained. An experimental equation for the viscosity change is given by ηred = b − a log X, where ηred is the reduced viscosity of the solution, X is the protector concentration, and a and b are adjustable constants.


The catalogue contains; an article by Brown, four b&w images of ceramic pieces and two b&w portraits of Constant with her work.


Source Citation Bernard GR, Vincent J-L, Laterre P-F, et al., for the Recombinant Human Activated Protein C Worldwide Evaluation in Severe Sepsis (PROWESS) Study Group. Efficacy and safety of recom...


The Fermat's Last Theorem is proved by means of general algebra in four major steps. a)The expressions for a, b, c of type a=uwv+v^n;b=uwv+w^n; c=uwv+v^n+w^n required to satisfy equation a^n+b^n=c^n deduced for two main versions of the equation. b)The existence of positive integers u_p and c_p such that a+b is divided by u_p^n and c is divided by c_p u_p proved to be required. c)Polynomial a^n+b^n presented through expressions for a and b proved to be a sum of three divisible by c polynomials. d)The long division of one of them w^(n∙n)+v^(n∙n) by either of two other gives remainder not divisible by c. This contradiction proves the Theorem.


1. Cook MB, McGlynn KA, Devesa SS, Freedman ND, Anderson WF. Sex disparities in cancer mortality and survival. Cancer Epidemiol Prev Biomark. 2011;20:1629–37. 2. Boyd KD, Ross FM, Chiecchio L, Dagrada G, Konn ZJ, Tapper WJ, et al. Gender disparities in the tumor genetics and clinical outcome of multiple myeloma. Cancer Epidemiol Biomark Prev Publ Am Assoc Cancer Res Cosponsored Am Soc Prev Oncol. 2011;20:1703–7. 3. Bird SA, Cairns D, Davies FE, Boyd K, Cook G, Drayson MT, et al. Sex Differences in Multiple Myeloma Biology and Clinical Outcomes: Results from 3894 Patients in the Myeloma XI Trial. Blood. 2019 Nov 13;134(Supplement_1):4374. 4. Thompson AE, Anisimowicz Y, Miedema B, Hogg W, Wodchis WP, Aubrey-Bassler K. The influence of gender and other patient characteristics on health care-seeking behaviour: a QUALICOPC study. BMC Fam Pract [Internet]. 2016. Mar 31 [cited 2020 Sep 7];17. Available from: https:// www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4815064/. 5. J€ager U, Fridrik M, Zeitlinger M, Heintel D, Hopfinger G, Burgstaller S, et al. Rituximab serum concentrations during immuno-chemotherapy of follicular lymphoma correlate with patient gender, bone marrow infiltration and clinical response. Haematologica. 2012;97:1431–8. 6. Afshan G, Afzal N, Qureshi S. CD4+CD25(hi) regulatory T cells in healthy males and females mediate gender difference in the prevalence of autoimmune diseases. Clin Lab. 2012;58:567–71. 7. Muthu Raja KR, Rihova L, Zahradova L, Klincova M, Penka M, Hajek R. Increased T regulatory cells are associated with adverse clinical features and predict progression in multiple myeloma. PLoS One. 2012;7:e47077. 8. Derman BA, Zha Y, Zimmerman TM, Malloy R, Jakubowiak A, Bishop MR, et al. Regulatory T-cell depletion in the setting of autologous stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma: pilot study. J Immunother Cancer [Internet]. 2020. Jan 1 [cited 2020 Jan 21];8(1). Available from: https://jitc.bmj.com/content/8/1/e000286. 9. Pessoa de Magalh~aes RJ, Vidriales M-B, Paiva B, Fernandez-Gimenez C, Garc ıa-Sanz R, Mateos M-V, et al. Analysis of the immune system of multiple myeloma patients achieving long-term disease control by multidimensional flow cytometry. Haematologica. 2013;98:79–86. 10. Derman BA, Kordas K, Ridgeway J, Chow S, Dale W, Lee SM, et al. Results from a multidisciplinary clinic guided by geriatric assessment before stem cell transplantation in older adults. Blood Adv. 2019;3(22):3488–98.


Purpose: Horizontal strabismus is commonly associated with vertical deviations which can be a result of a dysfunction of the vertical rectus, oblique muscle or both. Overaction of the superior oblique muscle (SO) results in hypotropia (HoT) in primary position of gaze (PP). The aim of this study was to evaluate the correction of HoT in PP after unilateral tenectomy of the superior oblique muscle close to its scleral insertion. Patients and Methods: We retrospectively studied, from 1977 until 1996, charts of 15 patients with SO overaction and hypotropia in PP greater than 4D who underwent unilateral superior oblique tenectomy close to its insertion at Hospital Santa Casa de Sao Paulo (12 patients), University of Santo Amaro (2 patients) and private clinic of one of the authors (CSD, 1 patient). The mean preoperative deviation in PP was 9D. The mean preoperative superior oblique overaction was 1.7 (measured by a cross system rating). Results: The mean correction of the HoT was 4.67D ± 5.09D (-5D to 15D), (H = 6.032; p = 0.014). The mean correction of SO overaction was 0.87 ± 0.88 + (0 - 2). According to the horizontal deviation, ET and XT, there was no significant mdifference in the correction of the HoT. Conclusion: For HoT of 15D or less we found a mean correction of 51.82% of its preoperative value. Unilateral tenectomy has shown to be an effective technique for the correction of vertical deviation in PP in our study.


ABSTRACT
Name of Institution: De La Salle University-Dasmarinas
Address: Dasmarinas, Cavite
Title: The Impact of Absentee Father on the Psychological Well-being of his
Daughter
Researchers: Julianne Marie R. Diangson
 Maureen Anne M. Valdez
Funding Source: Parents Cost: Php 5,000.00
Date Started: July 2006
Date Finished: February 2007
Objective of the Study:
A. General Objective
This study aims to know how the absence of a father in
the home affects the psychological well-being of the
respondents.
B. Specific Objective
This paper aims to identify the psychological effects of an
absent father in the lives' of their daughters. Likewise, this paper
will also explore the issues on the academic performance, the
psychosocial condition, the heterosexual relationship, and the
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sex- role typing of daughters in a household without a father
image.
Scope and Coverage: The researchers selected nine adolescent females
whose ages ranging from 16 to 23 years old. They must have at least reached
tertiary level. These are adolescents who grew-up without a father at home
from birth up to age seven.
Methodology: This paper is a descriptive study. Specifically, the case study
method is used to describe the impact of the phenomena of absentee father
on their daughters' psychological well-being, such as on their academic
performance and psychosocial adjustment (heterosexual relationship and sexrole
typing). The researchers used a non- probability sampling. This purposive
sampling design is deemed effective on the selection of the respondents.
Findings: Based on the results rendered in this study, the absentee father has
an impact on the psychological well-being of their daughters, especially on
their academic performance and psychosocial adjustment: heterosexual
relationship and sex-role typing.
Conclusion: The absence of a father figure/ image in the household has a
tremendous effect on the lives of the female adolescents. The effect on the
academic performance, sex-role typing, and heterosexual relationship varies.
Early heterosexual relationships and aloofness towards the members of the
opposite sex are some of the occurrences in the lives of the female
adolescents in the absence of their father.
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Recommendation: The study was recommended for the researchers,
psychologist, guidance counselor, family members, parents, mothers, fathers,
and daughters. The paper may aid them to have a better understanding on the
impact of absentee father.


Hyperglycemic condition was induced in male mice by injecting Alloxan Monohydrate which led to deficiency in insulin secretion in the mice followed by offsprings of F1 generation, obtained after mating diabetic male with normal female.
The aim of study was to investigate the ameliorative effect of Syzigium cumuni seed powder on blood glucose level of F1 male generation obtained when diabetic male mice was mated with normal female .Fixed dose of syzigium cumuni seed powder were given along with food to F1 generation and blood glucose level were observed at a regular intervals for three weeks.
Syzigium cumuni seed powder restores the histoarchitecture of pancreatic β cells and stimulates the secretion of pancreatic insulin in F1 generation of male mice. Blood glucose level were found to return to their normal levels. Significant reduction in the alterations or abnormalities (i.e. smaller and more irregular shaped islets) in F1 male mice generation were noticed.
Hyperglycemia may influence the epigenetic modifications during spermatogenesis and these epigenetic alterations in pancreatic structures cannot be normalized by providing normal diet implying that these changes were trangenerational and may be inherited through male germ line and passed onto more than one generations.
In near future, transgenerational /epigenetic factors may be regarded as important aspect in determining risk of diabetes.


OBJECTIVE
to assess quality of life (QOL) in patients with intermittent claudication.

DESIGN
a prospective, open study.

MATERIAL AND METHOD
one hundred and fifty-one consecutive claudicants (100 men, 51 women), and 161 healthy controls (70 men and 91 women) completed an adapted version of the World Health Organisation Quality of Life Assessment Instrument-100.

RESULTS
patients scored significantly worse on the domains Physical health and Level of independence, as well as on the facets Pain and discomfort, Energy and fatigue, Mobility, Activities of daily living, Dependence on medication and treatments, Working capacity, Negative feelings, Recreation and leisure and Overall QOL and general health. Increasing disease to incapacitating claudication affected only the facet Mobility and the domain Level of independence.

CONCLUSION
QOL in patients with intermittent claudication is reduced in many aspects. Where co-morbidity seems to affect QOL strongly, the effect of walking distance on QOL might be small. These findings may justify a reserved attitude towards invasive, even minimally invasive treatment of these patients.


A study has been under taken to set up a benchmark on the performance of Daothigir birds under intensive system of management. The different traits measured were body weight of the birds at various week of age. Conformation traits and FCR at 5th week of age, age at maturity, egg weight at 32nd, 42nd, 52nd, 72nd weeks of age, egg production upto 72nd week, fertility and hatchability of egg, carcass characteristics and egg quality. Body weight at day old of combined sex was recorded as 25.50±0.95 g. Daothigir breed attained 1020.70±108.90 g body weight at 20th week of age. The Feed Conversion Ratio, breast Angle, shank length and keel length recorded at 5th week of age were 3.10, 41.5°, 5.06±0.05 cm and 5.45±0.20 cm respectively. At the end of 72nd week the egg production was recorded as 124.60±6.90 numbers. Albumen index, yolk index and haugh units recorded at the end of 72nd week in the present study were 3.85±0.93, 0.49±0.43 and 83.16±3.34 respectively. The dressing and giblet percentage for both male and female recorded in the present study are 73.88±2.68, 72.22 ±3.51 and 5.76±0.67, 6.75±1.02 respectively. Therefore it can be concluded that Daothigir has the production potential for higher production.


The art of classical ballet requires the repetition of technical movements that cause high stress to the musculoskeletal system. Considering that the posture is influenced by forces which they are submitted to, the ballet practice can promote the acquisition of postural tendencies. Thus, the present study investigated the occurrence of postural changes in classical ballet dancers. The study group was composed by 10 dancers with more than three years of classical ballet practice. For postural analysis, the computerized photogrammetry method through postural assessment software was used. It was found that there are trends in the posture in the dancers group studied, such as anterior pelvic tilt and trunk extension and some of them are related to long practice time such as valgus ankles. It was observed that the postural analysis is very important in such population, seeing that the repetition of classical ballet movements may cause postural changes and injuries.


In modern communication systems,the equipment is often shielded with metal enclosure for theprotection from external electromagnetic pulse(EMP)interference. However,different kinds of slots andgaps may still exist on the enclosure and affect the overall shielding effectiveness. This paper investigatesthe shielding effectiveness of the metal enclosure when EMP propagates into slots with a certain angle,which is then compared to the results obtained when the direction of EMP's propagation is vertical to theslot. The specific calculating approach is presented,and the shielding effectiveness of the metal enclosurewith slots in different shapes and numbers is analyzed.


Abstract : This report presents the results of a laboratory investigation that was conducted for the purpose of validating mixer- uniformity requirements for roller-compacted concrete. The purpose of the investigation was to verify existing guidance or, if necessary, recommend changes to existing guidance. The investigation included both air-entrained and nonair-entrained concrete. The results indicate that existing guidance is appropriate for Vebe consistency, water content, coarse aggregate content, compressive strength, and air-content determinations. However, the results indicated that existing guidance could he too restrictive for the unit weight of air-free mortar determinations. A recommendation was made to consider revising current guidance on the allowable range for unit weight of air-free mortar.


This draft describes the Delay/Disruption Tolerant Network Management
Protocol (DTNMP). The DTNMP provides monitoring and configuration
services between managing devices and managed devices, some of which
may operate on the far side of high-delay or high-disruption links.
The protocol is designed to minimize the number of transmitted bytes,
to operate without sessions or (concurrent) two-way links, and to
function autonomously when there is no timely contact with a network
operator.


In the complex procedure for the conservation of a work of art, the effective monitoring of the surface treatment is an important step in order to establish a conservation protocol. The evaluation of the effects of the cleaning requires the inspection of the outermost layer with complementary diagnostic techniques to obtain information on both materials and surface morphology. In this interdisciplinary work, a custom optical micro-profilometry device based on laser conoscopic holography was used for testing the performance of different mechanical procedures for the cleaning of silver alloy objects. Tarnishing is the main alteration phenomenon for silver alloy artworks. Even if such modification does not affect the long-term preservation of the objects, it heavily influences aesthetical features, making the removal of tarnishing one of the most important conservation treatments of the case. The mechanical cleaning procedure based on abrasive powders suspended in a liquid matrix is of widespread use. Recently, a novel dry cleaning procedure based on the use of erasers was proposed as alternative method and tested for both the efficacy of tarnishing removal and effects on the surface appearance using optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. However, the employed laboratory techniques cannot provide an objective measure of the roughness at micrometric scale over the sample. In this work, the effects on the surface structure of traditional and innovative silver treatments was investigated with multiscale profilometry, using scanning conoscopic holography and atomic-force microscopy. 3D surface metrology was carried out using standard areal amplitude parameters and a multiscale approach. Preliminary results are presented, addressing two aspects: 1) the validation of laser optical micro-profilometry for the diagnostics of silver objects, which are challenging due to the highly specular surface; 2) the validation of the dry-cleaning treatment based on rubbers, by adding to the previous study the complimentary analysis of the micro-surface. The results obtained on silver mockups confirm that the proposed dry cleaning methods produce surface variations less or similar to traditional methods. The optical micro-profilometry results are of particular significance since this technique is portable with wide field capability, thus allowing an in-situ use and a real monitoring of actual artwork surfaces.


Between January 1989 and June 1993, a total of 470 liver transplantations were performed at King's College Hospital. Thirty-seven transplantations were performed in 34 patients with liver-based metabolic disease. There were 16 females and 18 males with a median age of 19 years (range 1 month to 62 years). There were 14 patients under 16 years of age. The indications for liver transplantation were Wilson's disease (n=16), alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency (n=10), tyrosinaemia (n=2), primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1; n=2), congenital haemochromatosis (n=1), familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP; n=1, familial hypercholesterolaemia) (n=1) and Crigler-Najjar syndrome type I (CNS1; n=1). These included two patients who received combined heart-liver grafts for familial hypercholesterolaemia and FAP, respectively. Two patients received combined liver-kidney transplants for PH1. There were four deaths: from sepsis (n=2), acute hepatic vein obstruction in a left lateral segment graft (n=1) and portal vein thrombosis with liver necrosis (n=1). Three patients were retransplanted, one for chronic rejection and two for hepatic artery thrombosis, giving an overall graft survival of 81% and patient survival of 88% (30/34), at a mean follow-up of 34 months (range 10–64 months).


This paper is focused on the description of modified clustering algorithm for PART neural network with multidimensional real-world data. The advantages of the modified algorithm are the elimination of the unassigned patterns into outlier cluster; the ability of algorithm to create projective clusters without generating PART recursive tree; the introduction of centroids and Euclidean metric in the proposed algorithm and finally the small number of learning iterations.


An abrasive article including an abrasive body having abrasive grains made of microcrystalline alumina contained within a bond material, wherein the bond material comprises a total content of alumina of at least about 15 mol %.


Acoustic fields radiated by vibrating elastic bodies immersed in an infinite fluid domain are, in general, quite difficult to compute. This paper demonstrates in the two‐dimensional (2‐D) case that the radiated near field can be easily obtained using the finite element method if dipolar damping elements are attached to the mesh external circular boundary. These elements are specifically designed to absorb completely the first two components of the asymptotic expansion of the radiated field. Then, the paper provides a new extrapolation method to compute far‐field pressures from near‐field pressures, using the 2‐D Helmholtz equation and its solution obeying the Sommerfeld radiation condition. These developments are valid for any radiation problem in 2D. Finally, two test examples are described, the oscillating cylinder of order m and a finite width planar source mounted in a rigid or a soft baffle. This approach is the generalization to 2‐D problems of a previously described approach devoted to axisymmetrical and three‐dimensional (3‐D) problems [R. Bossut et al., J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 86, 1234–1244 (1989)]. It has been implemented in the ATILA code. It is well suited to the modeling of high‐frequency transducers for imaging and nondestructive testing.


To address the performance and miniaturization challenges being faced by the packaging industry, a novel packaging methodology is presented in this paper. A 3D packaging methodology that leverages the existing CSP (Chip Scale Packaging) infrastructure to design and build memory solutions that is high performing and highly dense is presented. The design includes the individual device package design, the 3D package design and module design. Both the electrical and thermal performance is optimized by modifying the three levels of design. The design trade-offs are studied in terms of performance and compared to the performance of single device packages. The 3D packages are analyzed electrically and thermally using finite element and finite difference-based commercial software. The electrical performance results are presented at a single device level and at the 3D package level. The thermal performance is determined under standard test conditions and actual operating environments. Finally, to illustrate the 3D packaging technique, a compact memory module is presented that offers high performance, has a low profile and enables dense memory systems.


We study the model uncertainties on limits for quantum black hole production in dijet events from ATLAS. For models that assume a hard-disk cross section, the model uncertainty on the threshold mass limits is about 5%. If the trapped surface calculation is used for the cross section, the ATLAS mass threshold limits are below 2 TeV for all number of dimensions. Using the ATLAS data in the context of the Randall-Sundrum type-1 model gives a threshold mass lower limit of 2.84 TeV.


Articles on qualitative data analysis methods as well as groups' case studies are presented in this part of the volume. Case studies of different subcultural groups performed by SAL researchers reveal a wide range of segments (communities, "scenes", networks) of contemporary post-Soviet societies and help to identify power interactions specific to these societies which influence the formation of different groups. Different discourses and meanings explored by the researchers based on fieldwork materials assist in a better understanding of the subjects and groups which arise and act in post-Soviet countries. This brief overview of the SAL project case studies highlights findings which, in our opinion, help to approach issues on the behaviours of members of different groups. Thereby attention is on the values/ideologies of groups' members and their modes for generating such ideas internally as well as for influencing society, the environmental influences on groups' members and, finally, the forms and situations for public ideological expressions along with the reactions groups' members experience from the environment (other groups, society-at-large). SAL research shows that a value orientation (systems of values in general) is the main impetus for forming a subcultural identity. Moreover groups members are sensitive to influences from a meaningful environment with which they communicate and react to. This results in varying behaviours by similar groups in different societies. The value orientations of groups' members that SAL research discovered are summarised below: - Eastern religious values and identities vs. Western pragmatism - Mysticism and esoteric practises -Different forms of "ethnic/national revival" relating to culture and religion and, possibly, aggressive nationalism and racism as well -Churches with entrenched pro-Soviet powers such as the case of the Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia and Metropolitan Church of Moldova -Youth anti-fascist movement in Russia signalling emerging fascist ideas in its social environment Youth and their spirituality while using drugs -Adaptation of youth subcultural forms for self realisation via contrived lifestyles and arts -Ecological/nature-oriented, "sustainable lifestyle" versus negative powers of civilisation The above-mentioned values signal the presence of social and cultural processes which are, more or less, active nowadays but, under favourable circumstances, can lead to highly diverse outcomes. Some of them highlight tensions which can arise among different groups and those which can appear between groups and the society-at-large.


The temperature dependence of the threshold current Ith in visible vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) is investigated. To separate the intrinsic, material effects such as carrier leakage into the X-minima from the structurally induced gain-cavity alignment effects of the VCSEL structure, simple equivalent edge emitting lasers (EELs) are considered in conjunction with full VCSELs. From measurements as a function of temperature and pressure, it is deduced that carrier leakage accounts for approximately 20% of Ith at room temperature, increasing strongly with an activation energy of 267 meV. Measurements performed on full VCSEL structures containing the same active region as the EELs show similar behaviour around room temperature, clearly indicating that under normal operating conditions the temperature dependence of the VCSELs is also dominated by carrier leakage. At higher temperatures, carrier leakage coupled with gain-cavity detuning gives rise to a further increase in Ith . The effect of detuning at low temperatures (<200 K) is also observed, where Ith again increases for the VCSEL. Interestingly, while the maximum output power of the VCSEL strongly decreases at elevated temperatures, it shows no such decrease at the lowest temperatures, confirming that carrier leakage also limits the maximum power output of visible VCSELs.


A process for doping the monosilicon in its vertical pulling procedure includes such steps as loading the element to be doped in the internal cylinder of doping apparatus, lowering the doping apparatus to the level of molten monosilicon, rotating quartz crucible to voltilize all said element, installing the seed crystal with particular crystal orientation, and pulling. It has high doping efficiency.


The present invention provides a semi sieve feeding combine harvester threshing system disassembly cleaning method, as follows: (1) the left side of the board with respect to a single threshing separated the indoor side of the wear of a lip portion plate, lower lip and the left side plate is detachably connected to the replacement; front and back mesh filter support is mounted with sliding fit, so that disassembly lower lip, notch filter can be removably detached from the lower lip , easy maintenance and replacement of the filter degranulation; (2) below the lower lip of the plate with respect to the left of the screen is also provided with a local notch, by a removable closure sealing plate; when cleaning the filter, directly Removing the sealing plate, from the clean break. In the case of an overall configuration of the combine harvester threshing system invariant half-feed formula, by optimizing the structure of the left side plate and the mating structure of the filter and filter holder to be disassembled from the left side panel gap disassembly, filter cleaning network, to facilitate disassembly clean-up purposes.


Acoustic metamaterials, which manipulate acoustic propagation using architected, discrete structures, have wide ranges of applications but typically have a fixed response upon design and fabrication. We present a novel tunable acoustic structure with a granular jamming-based approach, where the jammed state acts as a solid with a well defined resonant response and the unjammed state acts as a liquid with a broad, weakly resonant response. In between these two extremes, resonance peak tuning is observed. Our approach to particle jamming is uniquely controlled with a dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA), whose applied confining pressure is governed by voltage. Mathematical modeling of the DEA and the confining pressure is used to understand the device behavior. Samples are fabricated and tested acoustically, revealing a novel solid–liquid like transition at an applied voltage of about 6.0 kV and a preceding "rattler" behavior at around 4.25 kV.


This paper provides a summary of the damage to bridges in the Mw 8.8 Chile earthquake of 27 February 2010. Lessons from the different types of structural damage observed on concrete and steel bridg...


C URRENTS in the open sea, particularly those in the areas adjacent to the continental coasts, are exceedingly complex in character. Numerous forces, astronomical and meteorological, are reflected in these ceaseless and ever varying horizontal movements of the water. Tidal currents, into which are woven all the periodic gravitational pulls resulting from the changing relative positions of sun, moon, and earth, combine with wind currents, erratic or continuous, and with the permanent drifts of large masses of water known as ocean currents. Currents also result from the discharge of rivers into the sea, from the melting of ice, unequal precipitation, barometric changes, and other causes. A rotary wind current at St. Johns Lightship, off the mouth of the St. Johns River, Florida, has been revealed through an analysis of current observations, and it is shown that the wind that sets up this current is itself rotary.' The observations on which the evidence of this cyclic wind current is founded were begun in December, 1933, and were continued through the entire calendar year 1934.2 Measurements of the velocity and direction of the current were taken and recorded at the beginning of every hour. The velocity and direction of the current were determined by means of a 15-foot wooden current pole so weighted at one end that it floated vertically with 14 feet of its length submerged. Attached to the pole was a light line so marked that, by allowing the pole to drift for a given period of time, the velocity could be read directly from the line in nautical miles an hour or in knots. To determine the direction of the current, the direction of the ship's head and also the angle that the current line made with the fore-and-aft line of the ship were noted and recorded. These two values properly combined gave the direction of each observed velocity. At the time of each current observation the direction and estimated velocity of the wind were entered in the record.


Remaining useful life (RUL) estimation is the key of prognostics and health management (PHM) technology and is an effective way to ensure the safe and reliable operation of equipment. Aiming at the lack of historical data and prior information for the newly developed small-sample systems, an adaptive RUL estimation method based on the expectation maximization (EM) algorithm is proposed with three-source variability. First, a degradation model based on a Wiener process is established to incorporate three-source variability and dynamic sampling interval, and the analytical solution of RUL distribution is derived in the sense of the first hitting time. Second, an adaptive parameter estimation method based on the EM algorithm is proposed to update the model parameters by using the condition monitoring (CM) data from one working system running up to the current moment. Finally, a practical example of a gyroscope in an inertial navigation system is provided to substantiate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method. The results indicate that the proposed method can efficiently improve the accuracy of the RUL estimation.


The petroleum industry has fewer analysts, engineers, and technicians than it did a decade ago. To handle this increased workload, the remaining individuals use a variety of computing options. The question under consideration here is how to most effectively train the right people to use the appropriate computing tools to solve corresponding problems. As the authors have planned the software training at Oil and Gas Consultants Intl. Inc. (OGCI), they have found it useful to divide computing skills into three levels--tools, processes, and systems. These levels are progressively more complex; they build on each other, and represent increasingly higher levels of analysis. This paper draws from their experience training nearly 800 people around the world, in 1993 alone, to better use petroleum software. They use the multi-level approach to highlight training challenges and to suggest possible improvements.


This paper presents the results of a survey conducted on public perception of genetic engineering in Jamaica. Our findings suggest that the safety of genetically modified foods is a major concern for consumers and that the perception of the prospects for genetic engineering to improve the quality of life represents a major factor in a consumer's decision to purchase GM foods.


Conventional wireless chargers typically utilize a traditional architecture in the receiver to convert RF signals to dc power, which includes rectification of the resonant current, a dc–dc conversion, and finally a battery charging stage by either a linear or switching regulator. Such implementation requires multiple stages and associated components, while in many new applications, both size and efficiency are critical, and a new solution is required. In this paper, the newly proposed architecture aims at improving both parameters by directly controlling the reactive impedance of the receiver and thus eliminating the dc–dc converter with its associated losses. The whole system can be integrated in a standard 180-nm CMOS process.


The 2009 Virginia Library Association Paraprofessional Forum Conference was held May 17–19 at the Holiday Inn/Koger South Conference Center in Chesterfield County. This year's theme was "The Neighborhood Library: Your Connection to the World," and the conference provided informative sessions that reflected this theme. Conference attendees numbered 284, with the six VLA regions being represented. Out-of-state attendees were from Colorado, New York, North Carolina, and Washington DC. With a variety of concurrent session topics, an author banquet, interesting keynote speakers, and many opportunities for networking and professional development, this conference provided all attendees with something of interest and value to take back to their respective libraries.


This article identifies an overlooked strand of post-secular thought, which I call "transformational." Transformational post-secularism differs from other prominent post-secularisms by envisioning the emergence of a new socio-spiritual order that transcends modern secularism without abandoning its commitment to diversity. This article clarifies the main features of transformational post-secularism and identifies the historical context in which it arose. As part of this analysis, I argue that, contrary to Khaled Furani's claim that post-secular discourse arose in the late 1990s, it actually began in the 1950s as part of a wider "crisis of man" debate. I also suggest that the axial age discourse, which crystallized at the same time and has gained significant influence in recent years, constitutes a main arena in which transformational post-secular thinking has, over the last seven decades, evolved. I conclude by considering the plausibility and potential applications of the idea of transformational post-secularism, which includes responding to Mahmood's and Furani's suggestion that scholars drop the term "post-secular" from their lexicon.


In this article we present a probabilistic-based method to construct a t chart to monitor the stability of a process. Assuming that the time between events can be modeled with an exponential distribution, we show how to apply the supplementary runs rules to identify whether the process is out of control. We compare the exact average run length (ARL) when the process is stable and under control, as well as the ability of this chart to identify a shift in the process to other charts currently used to monitor the same type of processes. Similar charts are applied in health care to monitor the rate of infections and other adverse events. However, some existing methods provide undesirable behavior when attempting to detect shifts and may hide or incorrectly demonstrate the nature of such shifts.


Endometriosis is defi ned as the existence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus. It is commonly localized to the adjacent pelvic viscera and the peritoneum in women particularly during the reproductive term. It may also be present in the inguinal pouch or canal after gynecological operations and cesarean section. We report an unusual case of a 28-year-old woman who developed an inguinal endometriosis 5 years after a cesarean section. The purpose of this case report was to evaluate this rarely seen inguinal endometriosis and thus, make some contribution to the literature.


The effect of In-flush technique application to the MBE-grown structure with self-assembled quantum dots is investigated in this work. The microphotoluminescence from structures with the InAs/GaAs dots grown with and without the In-flush has been investigated. We focus our attention on "not fully developed" dots, which can be clearly distinguished in the spectrum. The dots have also been identified in the transmission electron microscopy analysis of the structures. The In-flush does not influence a broad energy range of those features. Instead we have found that the anisotropic exchange energy splitting of neutral excitons confined in those in the structure grown with In-flush is substantially lower that the splitting in the structure with no In-flush. This observation confirms that the In-flush leads not only to better uniformity of self-assembled quantum dots but also to reduction of lateral potential, anisotropy, which is believed to result in the neutral exciton splitting.


The idea and process of micro-tension control of rod continuous-rolling line for special automobile steelare introduced as well its calculation, its operation conditions stated.


Abstract Genetically modified lipid-producing sugarcane (lipid-cane) and lipid-producing sorghum (lipid-sorghum) have great potential for producing biodiesel due to their ultra-high yields compared to traditional oil seeds. Meanwhile, the remaining sugar in lipid-cane and lipid-sorghum can be used to produce ethanol, another important biofuel. This study proposes an integration of lipid-sorghum into a lipid-cane processing plant by using the existing machinery during the lipid-cane off-season. Technoeconomic models were developed to estimate the technical and economic feasibility of producing biodiesel and ethanol from lipid-cane and lipid-sorghum. Different lipid concentrations in harvested stems (0, 5, 10, and 20%, dry basis) were assumed based on the current research and future predictions to improve lipid concentrations in lipid-cane and lipid-sorghum. By integrating lipid-sorghum into the lipid-cane processing plant for 60 days during the lipid-cane off-season, the production costs of biodiesel and e...


Abstract In Communication Linguistics the words genre and register are used interchangeably. Genre or register reflects what we know about, and do with, language in specific situations in a particular culture. We talk about genre/register as a potential in terms of the ways it encodes the relationships involved in the situation (Generic Situation) and culture (Communicator's Communicating Context). Register encodes the representational (field), interactional (personal tenor), medium (mode) and functional relationships at risk in the generic situation, by means of the systems of language that realize experiential, interpersonal and textual meanings in the discourse. We know how to encode various registers in particular situations in a given culture because we have knowledge of both the relationships and purposes involved in such communicative situations and the codal resources that are available to encode them. Both types of knowledge, available to us through personal experience and secondary accounts of such experience, are stored in our gnostology. In this sense, language is both a social and cognitive phenomenon. It is socially and culturally appropriate (or not, as the case may be), and cognitively informed. Although communication linguists talk of register as non-instantial, or potential, in terms of the relevant knowledge available to them as encoders which enables them to interact in a great variety of communicative situations, they also use register to describe the discourse in instantial, or actual, communicative situations. Once they have analyzed a text multi-stratally (lexically, semologically, syntactically etc.) and tri-functionally (experientially, interpersonally and textually), they are able to describe the text as an instance of a particular register with its predictable reoccurring patterns. When the analyst has completed an analysis of a specific text, she compares it to the expectations she held of its register, based on those generalizations stored in her gnostology. This enables her to discuss whether the text under consideration is a predictable unmarked instance of the register or an unpredictable marked instance of the register. It also enables her to refine her understanding of the particular register, which she subsequently adds to her gnostological awareness for future comparison. Further analyses increase the sophistication with which the analyst understands the intricacies of registerial configurations. The form of analysis introduced by communication linguists Gregory and Malcolm in the eighties, called phasal analysis, has proven of great value in probing the linguistic composition of both literary and non-literary discourse (1981/95). Phases describe the dynamic instantiation of registerial consistency on a micro-level. Over years of exploration, Malcolm has used phase and phasal analysis to come up with a replicable and exhaustive approach to mapping the discoursal structure that results from the continual, albeit intermittent, fluctuations of such polyregisters as casual conversation (1985, 1986). In the last few years she has redefined a traditional tool with which to investigate complex registers: rhetorical strategies. In her exploration of literary discourse she found that authors seemed to alternate passages of description, narration, dialogue and interior monologue in various ways, and to various degrees, depending on the particular genre they were encoding e.g. science fiction, romances, thrillers etc. Multi-stratal and tri-functional analyses reveal that the character of each of these rhetorical strategies is quite distinct. Such linguistically-specific strategic identities enable the analyst to see very clearly how an author develops one register differently than another. Elements of description and narration, for instance, are kept quite separate (pages apart) in some genres of literary discourse, while they are intertwined in others, even within the same sentence. The value of using rhetorical strategy as a tool to probe the nature of literary genres has motivated her exploration of the rhetorical strategies that develop non-literary discourse. There are, of course, many more rhetorical strategies used in non-literary discourse: comparison, classification, cause and effect, problem-solution, to name a few. And these are not necessarily as stylistically distinct, nor as consistent, as those used in literary fiction. Some seem to operate more in broader structural ways than the consistent linguistic combinations of the literary strategies. However, it would appear that rhetorical strategies offer the analyst a valuable tool, in addition to phase, with which to explore the intricacies of register.


Objective: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of Shengmai Powder (SMP, 生脉散) in treating acute viral myocarditis objectively. Methods: One hundred and twenty-four patients with acute viral myocarditis were randomized into the treated group (SMG, n=64) and the control group(CG, n=60 ). Such myocardial nutrient medicine as ATP, CoA, Vit-C, were given to both groups. And to the treated group, 40 ml of Shengmai Injection per day was given intravenously for 2 weeks, which was followed by oral intake of Shengmai granule, one package three times daily for another 2 weeks in total. The same anti-arrhythmia agents were applied to both groups, and no fructose-1, 6-diphosphate (FDP) for either. Semi-quantitative scoring method was adopted to observe such symptoms as chest stuffiness, palpitation and chest pain before treatment and four weeks after treatment. Meanwhile, ECG, dynamic ECG by Holter monitor, left ventricular enddiastolic dimension (LVEDD), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), serum neutralizing antibody of virus Coxsackie B, cardiac troponin I (cTnl) and cardiac troponin T (cTnT) were examined. Results: (1) Compared with the control group, more significant improvement was got in SMG in respects of chest stuffiness, palpitation, chest pain and arrhythmia ( P<0.05 or P<0.01). (2) Negative converting rates of cTnl , cTnT in the two groups were 59.46% vs 35.48%, 68.75% vs 42.31% respectively (P<0.05). (3) LVEDD before and after treatment in SMG was 52.44±3.40 mm and 48.81± 2.23mm respectively, while that in the control group was 52.31±3.74 mm and 49.92±2.67mm respectively; LVEF before and after treatment in SMG was 60.67±4.62 % and 65.02±4.16 % respectively, while that in the control group was 60.91± 4.26 % and 63.67±3.17 %. There was obvious improvement in the two parameters in both groups, but the improvement in SMG was superior to that in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion: SMP shows a good effect in improving clinical symptoms and signs, heart function, abnormal ECG and inflammator


Firms want to hire the best worker for the job, and they choose strategies to select an employee accordingly. This paper analyzes how the speed of learning about the compatibility of an employee could aect these strategies. The longer it takes to learn, the harder it becomes to detect the mistake of hiring the "wrong" worker, thus, the more likely it is that the rm invests more in selection. The speed of learning would depend on the skill requirement of a job, so would the decision about hiring strategies. Hence, dierences in speed of learning across skill groups would contribute towards inequalities in their labor market outcomes.


The use of hydrogen as an automotive fuel requires storage systems that have inherent safety as well as volumetric and gravimetric efficiency. While the market for composite pressure vessels is continuously growing, metallic and hoop wrapped metallic pressure vessels are more and more substituted by fully wrapped metal liner and all-composite pressure vessels, which bring weight savings of up to 75%.

Different types of composite pressure vessels are described in the following. Also equations for the estimation of the density of hydrogen gas and its energy content at different pressure levels are given. The description of design principals of pressure vessels is followed by the overview of manufacturing techniques and filament winding theory underlined by some typical examples taken from actual manufacturing. Future development of high pressure storage is also given within this contribution.

Keywords:

composite;
high pressure storage;
pressure vessels;
filament winding;
carbon fiber


At present, the main research in Evolvable Hardware (EHW) field is focused on the intrinsic evolution based on the virtual reconfigurable circuit. On the basis of previous researches, we take a further explore on designing a virtual reconfigurable architecture for intrinsic evolvable hardware, and propose a virtual circuit architecture based on Look-Up-Table, each evolution module of which can be configured more functionality and more connectively. Then a parallel fitness evaluation module will be introduced for fast fitness computation – normally the most time consuming part of evolution. This intrinsic evolution architecture is implemented in a Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGA (XC2VP30) with an embedded PowerPC processor which allows for the processing of hardware software co-evolution. The experimental results show that the new architecture can bring higher evolutional ability and more generality and flexibility than traditional approach to intrinsic EHW.


One embodiment of the present invention is a method in a radio communication system STA (Station) performs access the medium (medium), and performing a carrier sensing to the medium in order to transmit a predetermined frame, the If the medium is busy (busy), comprising the steps of performing a random backoff procedure, the starting point of the random backoff procedure is indicated by the second parameter is selected at random within the range of the first parameter it is, is the access method. .The 17


Schwimmer, Brian E. and D. Michael Warren, eds. Anthropology and the Peace Corps: Case Studies in Career Preparation. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 1993. xvi + 255 pp. including bibliography and list of contributors. $32.95 cloth. Devereux, Stephen and John Hoddinott, eds. Fieldwork in Developing Countries. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1993. xvi + 229 pp. including references and index. $45.00 cloth, $18.00 paper.


This paper explores whether and why the pandemic differentially altered women's and men's consumption behavior. After the 2020 wave of lockdown restrictions were lifted, women reduced consumption more than men. Data on self-reported reasons for consuming less reveals that gender differences in infection risk aversion and precautionary saving motives are small. I find considerable gender differences in the reporting of affordability constraints and consumer preference shifts. Women report financial constraints more frequently. Men adapted more to the limited consumption possibilities during the lockdown and frequently reported "not missing" various items as the primary reason for spending less than pre-pandemic.


The Silkstone pits of Altoft's Colliery, near Normanton, in Yorkshire, in which the explosion took place, are 420 yards deep. Both shafts are round, the down-cast being 12 feet and the up-cast 10 feet in diameter. The thickness of the working, including a bed of soft shale below the seam, used as a holing, is 4 feet 6 inches. The system of working is longwall. The number of men and boys employed.underground in the day shift was about 350. The colliery is now twenty-one years old.


Photoluminescence (PL) modulation in molecular or supramolecular level can provide potentials for high density data processing by combining chemical and photonic input/output signals together in a nanoscale integrated system. Herein, a PL-responsive supramolecular coordination cage has been applied for interactions with redox-active guests. PL signals of the cage can be switched and modulated by adding/retracting Fc derivatives or converting TTF into different oxidation states via chemical or photochemical pathways. As a result, reversible or stepwise PL switches are displayed by these host-guest systems due to occurrence of PET (photoinduced electron-transfer) or FREnT (fluorescence resonance energy transfer) processes, providing nano-device models for off/on logic gate or memristor-like sequential Boolean operation functions.


It is difficult to install the effective stress meter or strain gage for ECL(Extruded Concrete Lining)method with the continuous concrete placing compared with the case of the conventional concrete lining . The strain releasing method has been firstly introduced to the stress measurements in ECL and authors discuss about the corresponding results. The three-axis rosette gauge is installed on the surface of concrete and acting stresses are released through cutting of its surrounding. The major and minior principal stresses are evaluated based upon the measured strains.


The understanding of long-term behavior and life prediction under creep-fatigue loading conditions are important subjects. It is considered that life prediction under creep-fatigue loading conditions should be related to the creep properties, because the long-term creep-fatigue behavior might be dominated by the creep properties. It was found from the combined creep-fatigue loading tests on SUS 316 stainless steel that the fracture criteria were correlatable to the creep fracture modes of the static creep tests performed under the creep loading condition of the combined creep-fatigue loading tests. A new life prediction method was proposed according to this result.In order to verify this life prediction method, the fatigue tests with tensile strain holding wave form were carried out on SUS 316 stainless steel at 550, 650 and 750°C.The predicted rupture life agreed well with the observed one. This life prediction method was more accurate than the method in which the life is predicted using only one fracture criterion (ex. φc+φf=1). The dominant fracture modes under creep-fatigue loading conditions could be predicted using this method.


In this paper, a block version of the orthogonal matching pursuit with thresholding algorithm is proposed. Compared with the block version of the orthogonal matching pursuit algorithm, the block orthogonal matching pursuit algorithm works in a less greedy fashion in order to improve support estimating efficiency in each iteration. The lower and upper bounds of the threshold are theoretical derived for exact recovering the block-sparse signal in noiseless environment. When the noise is bounded with unknown distribution, the algorithm can also estimate the support exactly under certain ssumptions. Experimental results are provided to illustrate the validity of our main results.


Abstract Palantir is among the most secretive and understudied surveillance firms globally. The company supplies information technology solutions for data integration and tracking to police and government agencies, humanitarian organizations, and corporations. To illuminate and learn more about Palantir's opaque surveillance practices, we begin by sketching Palantir's company history and contract network, followed by an explanation of key terms associated with Palantir's technology area and a description of the firm's platform ecosystem. We then summarize current scholarship on Palantir's continuing role in policing, intelligence, and security operations. Our primary contribution and analysis are a computational topic modeling of Palantir's surveillance patents (n = 155), including their topics and themes. We end by discussing the concept of infrastructuring to understand Palantir as a surveillance platform, where we theorize information standards like administrative metadata as phenomena for structuring social worlds in and through access to digital information.


Complex anal fistula are a challenge for colorectal surgeons. It is a common pathology in population. Pathogenesis is still unclear, it would be involved citokines and the process of epitelial to eesenchymal transition. The gold standard for study is MRI, its use reduces recurrences. The goal of treatment is heal the fistula without damaging the function of the sphincter and avoid recurrences. There are multiple techniques, the most accepted is ligation of intersphincteric fistula tract with cure rate over 70%, with minimal impact in continence. This review includes other techniques like rectal advancement flap, fibrin glue, permacol, stem cells, anal fistula plug, video asisted anal fistula treatment, over the scope clip and fistula laser closure.


This thesis studies methods to take acoustical measurements of wind instrument bodies and mouthpieces. Acoustic responses and existing measurement methods are reviewed. Multipleand single-microphone measurement techniques are compared with a discussion of object-length limitations and frequency response. Impulse response measurements using a complex input signal are discussed and signals used for measuring room acoustics are reviewed. Construction and deconvolution methods for several types of signals are specified and the effects of signal degradation on measurements are discussed. A novel pulse reflectometry technique that can use these signals as stimulus is presented. The signals are used in a waveguide model which simulates adverse measurement scenarios and calculated impedances are compared. Model measurements are then compared with actual reflection function measurements of two fabricated test objects to show the limitations of pulse reflectometry when calculating the impedance of long objects. Viscothermal losses and open-end radiation characteristics measured using a pulse reflectometry setup are then compared with their theoretically predicted values. Finally, the input impedance calculated from several saxophone mouthpieces are presented and a novel method for measuring the reed resonance frequency of a mouthpiece is shown.


Nano-porous transition metal oxides, hydroxides and carbonate hydroxides based nanomaterial have received increased attention especially due to its electrochemical properties and potential applications and their wide application in many fields. In this work, we focus our investigation on the synthesis of Ni and Ni/Zn based nanocomposites as mono and bi-phase nanoelectroactive materials based of α-Ni(OH) 2 . 2H 2 O and α * -Ni(OH) 2 0,75H 2 O /Zn 4 (CO 3 )(OH) 6 .H 2 O, respectively, using a simple and low cost free template urea based hydrothermal process at 120 °C growth temperature during 18 hours. The morphological, textural and the structural selectivity of the as-prepared materials were characterized with different techniques such as: XRD, FTIR, FESEM, BET and Raman analysis in order to investigate their physico-chemical properties. These obtained mono (Ni) and bi-phase (Ni/Zn) nanohybrids have shown the formation of heterostructures based of quasi-microsphere-like structure consisting of overlapping filaments and regular or irregular nanoflakes shape with two kind of pores with an important specific surface area around 97 m 2 /g and 34.64 m²/g, pore volume around 0.38 cm 3 /g and 0.10 cm 3 /g and pore size around 12 nm and 14.86 nm, respectively. Keywords: Nanohybrid, Nanocomposite, Hydroxide, Hydrothermal synthesis, Energy storage. References [1] Ayasha Nadeema, Vishal M. Dhavale, Sreekumar Kurungot. NiZn double hydroxide nanosheet-anchored nitrogen-doped grapheme enriched with - NiOOH phase as an activity modulated water Oxidation electrocatalyst. The Royal Society of chemistry 20xx (2017): 1-3/10. [2] Jiexiang Liu, Jianlong Wang, Xiaoguang Zhang and Bibbin Fang, Preperation and structural characterization of switterionic surfactant intercalated into NiZn-layerd hydroxide salts. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of solids 85 (2015): 180-187. [3] Roussin Lontio Fomekong, Patrice Kenfack Tsobnang and Dalphine Mgnin, Coprecipitation of nickel zincmalonata : Afacile and reproducible synthesis route for Ni 1-x Zn x O particles and Ni 1-x Zn x O/ZnO nanocomposites via pyrolysis, Journal of Solid State Chemetry0022-4596/2015. [4] O. Guellati, A. Harat, D. Momodu, J. Dangbegnon, T. Romero, D. Begin, C. PhamHuu, N. Manyala, M. Guerioune, Electrochemical measurements of 1D/2D/3DNi-Co bi-phase mesoporous nanohybrids synthesized using free-template hydrothermal method, Electrochimica Acta, v ol. 275 (2018) 155-171 DOI : 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.04.112 [5] H. Kennaz, A. Harat, O. Guellati, D. Y. Momodu, F. Barzegar, J. K. Dangbegnon, N. Manyala, M. Guerioune, Synthesis and electrochemical investigation of spinel cobalt ferrite magnetic nanoparticles for supercapacitor application, J Solid State Electrochem, vol. 22, pp. 835-847 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-017-3813-y .


Abstract We determine and compute the fatigue remainder life of sucker rod body with par-tial surface crack, using the theory and method of fracture mechanics. The results indi-cate that the computation coincide with the experinlental data.SUBJECT TERMS:sucker rod,surface crack,stress intensity factor,remainder life


The concept of the product demand-forecasting is introduced and different methods of product demand-forecasting are compared. Taking a television plant for example, various predict models are used for forecasting the sales volume of product of the TV plant from the year of 2001 and 2003, compared with the actual sales volume. Then, the basic theory and the steps of establishing combined forecasting model are introduced in detail. Finally, the practical effects according to the scientific research item are given.


In recent years, two-dimensional arrangements of metamaterial particles have been used as superstrates to overcome the main disadvantages of planar antennas (mainly patch antennas or printed dipoles) such as, low directivities and bandwidths. These structures can be used either as metasurfaces or partially reflecting surfaces (PRS) of Fabry-Perot cavities, In this way, the radiation performance of planar antennas, [1], [2] such as directivity, mutual coupling on array configuration and bandwidth, can be improved. Most these superstrates usually work in a single frequency band and a single linear polarization. The increasing number of applications require dual-frequency, dual-polarization or circularly polarization operation. For these reasons, in this paper, we propose two superstrates to improve the directivity of patch antennas. The first one works with dual-polarized and dual-frequency patch antennas (rectangular patch excited orthogonally for instance) while the second one works with circularly polarized patch antennas.


ABSTRACT A stratosphere-troposphere (ST) wind profiler at 205 MHz is operational at the Advanced Centre for Atmospheric Radar Research (10.04N; 76.33E), Cochin University of Science and Technology, India. This profiler provides accurate three-dimensional wind profiles for an altitude range of 315 m to 20 km. In this paper, we present the characteristics of inertia-gravity waves (IGWs) observed in the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere from uninterrupted observations of wind profiles taken from 22–27 October 2016. The propagation properties of the waves were derived using hodograph analysis. The intrinsic period of the IGWs is found to be 28.75 hours, and the vertical and horizontal wavelengths of the wave are 3.74 and 1221 km, respectively. The hodograph shows a clockwise rotation of the ellipse, which indicates an upward propagation of energy from the upper troposphere to the lower stratosphere. These waves were observed in conjunction with a persistent deep depression over the Bay of Bengal.


E-mail: email@example.com June 2, 2014, Accepted July 21, 2014Key Words : Antibacterial, Secosterol, Marine, Sponge Marine sponges are a rich source of structurally diversenatural products and about 35% of marine natural productshave been found from this chemically rich phylum of marineorganisms.


A fcw years ago during a casual study of the naso-lacrimal fossa and canal in the skull, it occurred to the writer that it might be advantageous in some pathological conditions to use a modified dental x-ray film within the nasal chamber. By this procedure one might eliminate the confusing interposed bone shadows such as one encounters in the usual lateral view after injection of radiopaque material into the efferent naso-lacrimal apparatus. By so doing, one can procure a more detailed and intimate picture of the naso-lacritnal duct in health and disease.


As the popularity of small-scale farmer-managed irrigation schemes grew during the eighties, the development of appropriate feasibility studies did not keep pace.


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This paper aims at enriching the literature on international business (IB) studies to include insights from Global Value Chain (GVC) analysis to better explain how MNCs can orchestrate a global network organization. A first important contribution of the GVC literature is that it shifts the focus from single firms to their value chains, providing instruments to study how activities are split and organized among different firms at the industry level, and how MNCs can implement different governing mechanisms within a network-based setting. The GVC literature also highlights that retailers (as global buyers) often act as 'lead firms' in shaping the trajectories of global industries, while IB studies have so far focused predominantly on manufacturing firms. A fine-grained analysis of alternative forms of governance characterizing value chains can offer additional elements in explaining how MNCs can manage their network relationships in a global scenario. Finally, through their focus on upgrading, GVC studies suggest that knowledge flows and innovation dynamics taking place within value chains are as important as those taking place within the MNC's organizational border. We conclude by arguing that these insights can help the IB literature to examine the challenges and opportunities MNCs face in engaging with suppliers and to explain the dynamic evolution of orchestrating global activities at the global level.


Particle filter is a non-linear and non-Gaussian filter based on Monte Carlo Methods.Important sampling is usually adopted to sample the particles,but it is difficult to tackle the problem of particle degeneracy.Re-sampling is proposed to tackle the degeneracy phenomenon,however at the meantime the sample impoverishment that leads to the loss of effectiveness and diversity among the samples arises.In this paper,an improved particle filter based on constant false alarm rate(CFAR) sampling is proposed.The effective sampling method clusters the particles around the target as much as possible,thus better representing the posterior density,improving the sampling efficiency and decreasing the computational load.The proposed Particle Filter is used in sonar target tracking,which overcomes the shortcomings of traditional Kalman Filter and classical particle filter.Experimental results based on a set of high resolution sonar data demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed particle filter.


Botul inum tox in A (BTX-A) is known to dermatologists as an effective treatment for hyperhidrosis. Its long-lasting action (maximum: 6 months; median: 3-4 months) makes it suitable also for management of chronic pain such as postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), that often leads to many visits to the dermatology clinic. Moreover, its dosedependent side effects, as is well known, are temporary and reversible.1 Herein, we present a case of an elderly patient with comorbidities and years of chronic pain due to PHN, based on which we recommend that subcutaneous BTX should take priority over the other therapies for intractable PHN.


Recent scientific advances have greatly increased the available means of plague control. The sulfonamides and antibiotics, new rodenticides, and more effective pulicides have led to rapid progress in the treatment and the prevention of this disease, in the protection of contacts, in the extermination of rats, and in flea control.
The second report of the Expert Committee on Plague summarizes in concise form the results of plague-control experience in recent years. In certain regions these results have been most impressive. The report also gives an account of surveys on the role of wild rodents in the transmission of plague, enumerates the procedures for distinguishing the plague bacillus from the pseudotuberculosis bacillus, and describes the basic methods for the laboratory diagnosis of the disease.


The most commercial search engines return the search list by matching the user query terms with the documents available in its database. The relative effectiveness of search list is highly affected by the extent to which the query keywords map to the actual need of user. User generally forms the short, ambiguous and instant queries which lead to inclusion of irrelevant documents in the search list. One well known solution to this problem is query suggestion also known as query recommendation. For query recommendations, the search systems maintain the query logs at server sites to better understand user's information need. But till now, the current search systems have partially solved this problem as they roughly offer the similar queries to all the users regardless of their actual interests. In this paper, A novel query recommendation technique based on user browsing patterns is proposed where user interest factor in different domains are computed and used to recommend personalised queries to each individual. The experimental evaluation shows that system is able to assist user in query formation phase and efficiently reduces the search space and time required to get the desired information.


PURPOSE: A system and a method for providing the contents through the Internet are provided to make a portable wireless terminal receive the contents in an optimal state by processing the contents and to easily pay the charge for the provided contents. CONSTITUTION: The system connects to the portable wireless terminal(30) and a plurality of web servers(40) providing the contents through the Internet(20). The system transmitting the contents provided from the web server to the portable terminal and processing the payment of the contents charge includes a user information database(11), a certification server(12), a billing server(13), an advertisement server(14), a data server(15) and a payment information database(16). The user information database stores the information for the user registered as a member receiving a contents providing service. The payment information database stores the payment information for the contents charge provided to the portable terminal. The certification server judges that the user information provided from the portable terminal is stored in the user information database.


Purpose mTORC1 is a master regulator of anabolic cell growth and proliferation that is activated in the majority of human tumors. We recently demonstrated that elevated mTORC1 activity in cells and tumors can confer dependence on IMPDH, the rate-limiting enzyme in de novo guanylate nucleotide synthesis, to support increased ribosome biogenesis and cell viability. Pharmacological agents that inhibit IMPDH, such as mizoribine and mycophenolic acid (CellCept), are in wide clinical use as immunosuppressants. However, whether these agents can be repurposed for anti-tumor therapy requires further investigation in preclinical models, including direct comparisons to identify the best candidate(s) for advancement. Experimental Design Distinct IMPDH inhibitors were tested on cell and mouse tumor models of tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), a genetic tumor syndrome featuring widespread lesions with uncontrolled mTORC1 activity. Growth and viability were assessed in cells and tumors lacking the TSC2 tumor suppressor, together with drug pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, target inhibition, and effects on tumor, tissue, and plasma metabolic biomarkers. Results Mizoribine, used throughout Asia, exhibited greater selectivity in specifically targeting TSC2-deficient cells with active mTORC1 compared to the FDA-approved IMPDH inhibitors mycophenolic acid or ribavirin, or approved inhibitors of other nucleotide synthesis enzymes. In distinct tumor models, mizoribine demonstrated robust anti-tumor efficacy that is superior to mycophenolic acid, despite similar immunosuppressive effects. Conclusions These results provide pre-clinical rationale for repurposing mizoribine as an anti-tumor agent in tumors with active mTORC1, such as in TSC. Our findings also suggest that IMPDH inhibitors should be revisited in cancer models where MMF has shown modest efficacy. Statement of translational relevance IMPDH inhibitors have been used clinically for decades as safe and effective immunosuppressants. Recent studies in pre-clinical tumor models establish IMPDH as a viable target for anti-tumor therapy, but the relative efficacies of approved IMPDH inhibitors in tumors have not been directly compared. Our data demonstrate a clear advantage of the IMPDH inhibitor mizoribine, used clinically throughout Asia, over the FDA-approved IMPDH inhibitor mycophenolate mofetil (or CellCept, a prodrug of mycophenolic acid) in mouse models of tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) exhibiting mTORC1-driven tumor growth. While these IMPDH inhibitors elicit similar immunosuppressive effects, mizoribine has far superior anti-tumor activity in these models, indicating the potential for repurposing this drug for TSC and perhaps cancer treatment. We also identify the purine synthesis intermediate AICAR as an in vivo metabolic biomarker specific for effective inhibition of IMPDH with mizoribine, which can be readily detected in blood plasma shortly after mizoribine administration.


This study aims to examine the social stigmatization and punishment of women in The Fall of the Imam by Nawal El Saadawi, iconic Egyptian feminist writer who could not remain apathetic to the violence, exclusion and punishment methods developed by the society against women in an environment where people are afraid to speak. In conservative and authoritarian societies, it is quite common for individuals to be restricted and required to live according to strictly defined social norms. If a person acts or behaves in ways outside the boundaries and limits demanded by society, it is highly probable that they will be stigmatized and perhaps even punished by their milieu. On the other hand, the group most adversely affected by this circumstance is women because they are subjected to much more noticeable extent of coercion and oppression than men are. Patriarchal perception lies on the ground of this domination against women. The restrictive structure of patriarchy prevailing in the society is utilized as a kind of control mechanism. Referring to the atmosphere in her country, in particular for women, Saadawi expressly emphasizes that the oppression and domination in her society negatively affect women's lives, the court system is biased against women, and religion is manipulated in favor of men. Women are victims in a male-dominated religious society, they are judged and punished by men in an unfair way, which Saadawi criticizes in her work. The systematic exposure of women to violence, sexual assault and rape, and ultimately death penalty is a stark manifestation of the corruption in society. The unfair punishment practice imposed against women is the key factor triggering this deterioration. Accordingly, Saadawi dwells on the unfair/cruel physical punishment method of stoning in the penalization of women and sheds light on the problem of violence in her novel. On the axis of violence, Saadawi severely criticizes the stereotypical religion-referenced patriarchal structure manipulated against women. By taking into consideration all these elements, in this paper, it is aimed to investigate and represent how women are stigmatized and penalized with death. Accordingly, it is concluded that the stigmatization, marginalization, and ultimately death penalty generated against women as a result of their sexes are based on the patriarchal notion enforced by religion.


This paper demonstrates four analytical methods for evaluating the impact of full-coverage communication programs with cross-sectional survey data: propensity score matching (PSM), sensitivity analysis, biprobit regression, and triprobit regression. PSM adjusts for measured covariates and assumes that unmeasured covariates can be ignored; sensitivity analysis helps to test the validity of the assumption that unmeasured covariates are ignorable. Biprobit tests and corrects for endogeneity between two outcomes, and triprobit does so for three outcomes. Estimates from these methods using the same data are different, although they all indicate that exposure significantly increases the probability of consistent condom use and having a high level of ideation for condom use. Compared to triprobit regression and PSM, biprobit regression appears to overstate the impact of exposure. The study underscores the importance of taking theoretical pathways of influence into account when evaluating the impact of communication programs on a population.


In this paper, we present a new position-based routing algorithm for mobile ad hoc networks. The proposed algorithm minimizes the effect of inaccurate location information on routing, which is caused by periodical updates of the node location information in the network. The algorithm achieves low communication complexity of O(/spl radic/n), compared to other existing position-based algorithms with O(n) complexity, where n is the number of nodes in the network. In addition, unlike some existing routing algorithms, the new algorithm is insensitive to the mobility of mobile nodes and consistently performs well for various mobilities.


Some of applications need multi-level security. The paper proposes a novel approach IEEE 802.15.1 Bluetooth network to provide better secure link for essential applications. It proposes a new approach for audio watermarking using the singular value decomposition (SVD) mathematical technique. This approach is based on embedding the encrypted image in the singular values of the audio signal after transforming it into a 2D format. After watermark embedding, the audio signal is transformed again into a 1-D format. The 1-D audio signal is segmented to Bluetooth packet payload length. That leads to the needs of fragmentation of the image to small segments. In the proposed technique the chaotic encryption is used for encrypt the image. It improves the quality of extracted images as proved experimentally, where it resists the noise and different attacks. The paper uses two type of Bluetooth packets (2DH1 and 2DM1), uncoded Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) and encoded EDR packets respectively. At the receiver the segments are recollected to construct watermark signal. The final step is extracting the image. Experiments of the simulation are carried over fading channel. Experimental results show that the proposed audio watermarking approach maintains the high quality of the audio signal and that the watermark extraction and decryption are possible.


Using social networks and applications, which are the representative services of Smart Learning, educationally, it enhances the interest of learners and motivates learners anytime and anywhere, and breaks the boundaries between teachers and learners through active interaction and communication. It is anticipated that a new chapter of education will be unfolded so that it can meet more easily. This is a trend that must be actively pursued and accepted even in the field of Chinese language education. In particular, I have focused on finding out where teachers can directly and easily approach the class. Therefore, we propose a free application that matches the Chinese standard of middle school life among the representative social network Facebook, the application service which can be produced simply by clicking, and the Chinese education application which is distributed in the existing App Store. We hope that middle school Chinese language education in the smart learning market, which is still in a hurdle, can be improved to a new level through blended learning that incorporates my suggestion of smart learning.