Two approaches for model development of a smart acoustic box are suggested in this paper: the finite element (FE) approach and the subspace identification. Both approaches result in a state-space model, which can be used for obtaining the frequency responses and for the controller design. In order to validate the developed FE model and to perform the subspace identification, an experimental set-up with the acoustic box and dSPACE system was used. Experimentally obtained frequency responses show good agreement with the frequency responses obtained from the FE model and from the identified model. Keywords—Acoustic box, experimental verification, finite element model, subspace identification.


The purpose of this paper is to investigate the performance and design of Space-Time code in strong correlated MIMO channels environments, such as tunnels, particularly in railway tunnels. In the conventional space-time code designs, it was commonly assumed that the channels associated with different antennas are statistically independent. Experimental results have shown MIMO channels in tunnels have strong correlation. In this paper, a design criterion of space-time coding for correlated MIMO channels is firstly acquired based on pairwise error probability(PEP) analysis. Following this, this paper proposes a new construction space-time block code which can compensate the impact of spatial strong correlation MIMO channels in tunnels on the system. At last, the theoretical analysis and simulation results are also presented to illustrate the performance of the new encoding scheme.


This work was developed with the purpose of analyzing the perceptions of men and women government employees of a university of Rio de Janeiro on the domestic tasks and to identify if these activities trigger conflicts in the conjugal relations. The methodology used for the research was the qualitative one based on the thematic content analysis, using the semistructured interview technique. This was done with 10 technicians administratives of the higher education of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) five men and five women - who live with their partner in the same house. The data collected were separated into thematic axes: domestic tasks routine; care of the children; use of time; conciliation of domestic tasks with formal work; leisure and free time; and conflicts and complaints that were analyzed mainly related to the sexual division of labor and seeking to know how the tasks were divided into the daily life of the interviewed group. Above all, it has been observed that despite the increase participation of men in daily tasks in general the woman remains the main manager and performer of domestic tasks, that is, that there is a maintenance of the sexual division of labor.


AT first blush, the subtitle of the A.R.U. publication, &dquo;The Portrait of a Union&dquo;, seems unduly self-conscious at the head of a collection of reports presented at the 1960 conference of the union's N.S.W. branch. All such reports are in some sense a portrait of the organisation concerned. But in this case the subtitle sits more comfortably than might be expected, largely owing to the centrepiece of the collection, the fifty-page report of the State secretary, written in the unmistakable style of Dr. Lloyd Ross. Taken together, these reports detail the matters with which the union has been concerned in the period under review, from the topics of its high policy decisions to the on-the-job minutiae dealt with daily by organisers and delegates, of which the direction under the photo of a new


The acceptance of democratic traditions misleads some into objecting to economic analysis of law on the basis of a belief in majority rule. The essence of such an objection could be that a proposed interpretation is acceptable only if it follows the majority's will rather than an economic demonstration of its desirability. This chapter shows that majority rule may lead to undesirable outcomes. Thus, legal reasoning that defers to the majority's will may produce undesirable interpretations, whereas legal analysis that relies on economic methods, that is, law and economics, could lead to more desirable ones. Again, Meinhard v. Salmon can illustrate the importance of the difference between political and economic analysis. Salmon received a lucrative offer from Gerry, a business acquaintance. The offer could have expanded Salmon's business. Unbeknownst to Gerry, Salmon's business, which was the reason for their acquaintance, had a secret partner, Meinhard. If Gerry knew that Salmon operated in two capacities, as an individual and as a member of a partnership, then Gerry may have specified which of the two he selected as the recipient of his offer. Meinhard, the invisible partner, claimed the offer should be treated as made to the partnership. The litigation that Meinhard started eventually reached the highest court of the jurisdiction and the famous American judge, Benjamin Cardozo, and his colleague Andrews, who is almost equally famous for his vocal dissenting opinions. Previously established law did not answer the question directly.


IV. Issues Associated with Alternative Views on the Transmission Mechanism 36 1. A Reexamination of Some Wealth Effects 36 2 . The Role of Fiscal Policy 46 3 . The Role of Interest Rates and the Burden of Monetary Policy 53 4 . The Choice of Policy Arrangements and Policy Instruments . . 57 5. The Role of Keynes' Fundamental Problem : The Relative Adj ustment Velocity of Prices and Outputs and the Wage Equation 5 9


The aim of this study is to review phenomenological characteristics in Alvaro Siza's works through his design intention, methods and results. As a Portuguese architect, his personal and local background as well as pursuing the essence of architecture made phenomenological characteristics of his works. The emphasis of the placeness of site and the existence of architecture has close relationship with Heidegger's concept of dwelling and the role of architecture. Although Siza has maintained white plat plane of interior space which is one of features of modern architecture, he provides dramatic and dynamic experiences of space using curved and acute angle of plane in his latter part of works. Another his phenomenological nature of buildings is a striking display of space and light which is remarkable especially in his museum designs. He made this character in adopting various shapes of double ceilings, openings and their combination with natural light which he always emphasizes. As a result, Alvaro Siza's phenomenological characteristics comes not from clear architectural or philosophical theory but from continuous practice based on


The paper presents a model of speculation on financial markets. The model is based on the example by Harrison and Kreps (1978), where speculation is driven by asymmetric initial beliefs and a short sale constraint. The main change is that my model allows for learning and features an additional layer of uncertainty in the form of an unobservable regime process, which has a Markov structure. Adding this feature makes the speculation more persistent even in the presence of Bayesian learning. The Markov structure enables a development of the notion of beliefs based recursive equilibrium, which is a handy tool in solving the problem numerically and also gives an insight into some analytical properties of recursive equilibrium. In particular it leads to an easy check up for the existence of speculation. Using this I show by example that with an underlying regime switch we can obtain long lasting speculation in equilibrium even though agents' beliefs converge.


The synchronization of merging unit in smart substation and limitations of the method of validating whether the current at each side of differential protection is synchronous by using on-site phase and differential current check are analyzed. The design requirements of field testing instrument with merging unit delay characteristics of smart substation is proposed. The system structure and the detailed design of field testing instrument is introduced based on the design requirements. Finally, the detailed calculation and comparative analysis of tester time granularity and the time response with the merging unit is done. Analysis shows that, the tester can validate that the merging unit delay parameters are set correctly, which can prevent incorrect setting and accord with the site acceptance requirements.


AbstractThis review was undertaken with the intention of clarifying the role of marine dinoflagellates and. their varied toxins in the human disease ciguatera. Although progress in this field has been slow, great strides have been made within the last few years in the chemistry of ciguatera toxins. Due to the emphasis on toxin structure, other aspects of the ciguatera problem have received insufficient attention. However, preliminary research on dinoflagellate ecology, physiology, and genetics has provided a sound foundation for future studies. An effort has been made to include all probable dinoflagellate contributors and their respective toxins stressing their possible role in the etiology of ciguatera. Also included are sections covering ecology, culture studies, population genetics, and the physiology of toxin production.


Chronically persistent bacterial infections are an enormous health problem and are prevalent in many medical settings. Often, the bacteria that cause these infections exhibit a small colony phenotype, grow slowly, produce biofilms and are resistant to antibiotics. In this study, I used Providencia rettgeri, an opportunistic human pathogen and a natural pathogen of Drosophila melanogaster. From previous research in the Lazzaro Lab, it was found that Providencia rettgeri also has a small colony variant (S strain) phenotype. Therefore, I hypothesized that our isolated S strain is a canonical small colony variant with an ability to persist in the host, Drosophila melanogaster. After conducting various experiments to determine the growth dynamics, biofilm capabilities and antibiotic resistance of the Providencia rettgeri S strain, I concluded that the S strain (small colony phenotype) of Providencia rettgeri is most likely not a suitable model strain for studying small colony variants and their implication in persistent infections. This is because although the S strain did exhibit slower growth and diminished host lethality compared to the wildtype strain (L strain), its ability to produce biofilms and its antibiotic resistance were either equal to or worse than the L strain. Although this strain may not be a canonical small colony variant, it's slow growth and ability to persist in the host represents an interesting physiology worthy of continued study. A rescue experiment is currently in the works to determine if an identified mutation in the penicillin binding protein gene in the S strain is responsible for the small colony/low host lethality phenotype. The wildtype version of this gene, which is involved in cell wall synthesis and where the gene product is a known target for antibiotics, is hypothesized to restore the large colony size and advanced growth demonstrated by the wildtype strain when expressed in the mutant (S) background. Introduction Chronically persistent bacterial infections are an enormous problem for public health and can be impervious to treatment. Persistent infections tend to be prevalent in medical settings, especially with medical implantations such as pacemakers or urinary catheters and chronic health conditions such as cystic fibrosis (Tümmler, Weißbrodt, Rohde, Häußler, & Steinmetz, 1999). Nevertheless, the study of chronic infections in vivo is currently difficult due to the fact that there is a lack of inexpensive and easily monitored animal infection systems. The bacterium that will be used in this study, Providencia rettgeri, is an opportunistic human pathogen that was also discovered to be a natural pathogen of Drosophila melanogaster, the model host for this study (Galac and Lazzaro 2011). Drosophila flies present a desirable model for infection studies due to their genetic tractability, ease of handling, and homology to mammalian innate immunity (Lemaitre and Hoffmann 2007). Previous research in the Lazzaro lab has shown that P. rettgeri is able to exhibit a bimodal infection in Drosophila melanogaster (where a percentage of flies are killed while the remaining flies survive with a chronic infection), offering a promising host-pathogen dynamic for studying persistent infections (Duneau 2017). A small colony variant (S strain) of Providencia rettgeri was identified by a collaborating lab (Justin Buchanan and Kristi Montooth, University of Nebraska-Lincoln) after isolation from an in vivo infection in Drosophila melanogaster. Figure 1Colony morphology for both the wildtype (L strain) of Providencia rettgeri and the small colony variant (S strain) of Providencia rettgeri. The mutant arose in the gut of a larval fly that had been fed with Providencia rettgeri. Similar to the wildtype (L, large colony) strain, the small colony variant is able to persist in the fly, although it does so with a lower bacterial burden (103 CFU/fly vs 105 CFU/fly for L strain) and kills fewer host flies upon reinfection (10-20% lethality vs. 50-60% lethality elicited L strain). Figure 2Bimodal infection kinetics of L and S strains measuring bacterial burden (left y-axis, black) and fly survival (right y-axis, gray) during infection of D. melanogaster. Solid lines represent pathogen burden (left y-axis) and dotted L (WT) S lines represent fly survival (right y-axis). Blue, L strain: Thick blue line represents L strain chronic infection burden, lighter blue line represents L strain lethal infection burden and blue dotted line represents survival of flies when infected with L strain. Orange, S strain: Thick orange line represents S strain chronic infection burden, lighter orange line represents S strain lethal infection burden and orange dotted line represents survival of flies when infected with S strain. Since small colony variants are often implicated in persistent infections, I was interested to determine if this S strain has any effect on persistent infections in Drosophila melanogaster. Canonical small colony variants have many common unique features including slow growth, ability to form biofilms and increased antibiotic resistance, which are all factors that could be implicated in the potential for the S strain to maintain a persistent infection (Santos and Hirshfield 2016). Given the preliminary data supporting its retention of persistence in the host, I hypothesized that our isolated S strain is a canonical small colony variant with an ability to persist in the host, Drosophila melanogaster. Methods: In vitro growth curves of S and L strains In vitro growth curves were performed in 96-well plates by measuring optical density (OD with absorbance wavelength of 600) over 24 hours using a SpectraMax 384 Plus (Molecular Devices) plate-reader. To initiate the growth curve, I inoculated 2 μL of an overnight culture of S or L into 198 μL of LB in wells of a clear flat-bottom 96-well plate (Globe Scientifics), resulting in a starting concentration of ~2x107 cells/well. A subset of wells was used as a control with only LB. I incubated the plate at 37°C with intermittent shaking for 24 hours. I acquired OD measurements every 15 minutes and plotted it as OD vs. time. I also performed additional in vitro growth curves by culturing S and L strains in Erlenmeyer flasks containing LB. This approach allowed for samples to be extracted for both OD readings and viable counts (CFU/mL). I started flask cultures by transferring 1 mL of OD 1.7 S or L to a 500 mL flask containing 100 mL LB, resulting in a starting concentration of ~ 1x107 cell/mL. Cultures were incubated at 37°C, 200 rpm for 8 hours. At each hour interval, I removed 400 μL from each flask used to measure OD while I removed another 100 μL and plated onto LB agar for viable counts using a spiral plater (Don Whitely Scientific). In vivo growth curves of S and L strains I performed In vivo growth curves of the S and L strains by independently infecting flies with each strain and plating bacterial cells of infected flies over the course of infection. I counted the resulting colonies to determine bacterial load (colony forming units (CFU)/fly). The experiments were performed in duplicate in both wildtype Canton S D. melanogaster, as well as in Relish mutant flies, which have a severely diminished immune response (Ertürk-Hasdemir 2009). I infected Relish mutant flies and wildtype Canton S D. melanogaster flies with PBS (as a control), S strain or L strain (OD1 in PBS) using a pinprick infection (Khalil 2015) resulting in an initial administration of ~103 cells per fly. Fly survival was recorded over 72 hours by visual inspection. I measured bacterial load (CFU/fly) at 0, 4, 8, 24, and 48 hours by depositing single flies (10 per time point) into microfuge tubes containing 500 μL PBS and a 2.3 mm chrome steel bead (Biospec Products), homogenizing for 2 minutes (Talboys high throughput homogenizer), and plating onto LB agar with spiral plater (Don Whitely Scientific). Bacterial growth was plotted as CFU/fly vs. time, which was calculated by taking the estimated CFU/mL value and multiplying it by 0.5 to adjust for the PBS volume that contained a single homogenized fly. To determine whether a higher concentration of S would facilitate a more L-like infection (more lethality and higher bacterial burden in chronic phase), I performed in vivo infections with the S strain at increasing ODs (1, 2, 5 and 10) and monitored fly survival over 1 week. Fly survival from S strain infections were compared to infections with the L strain at OD1 (control) and flies infected with sterile PBS (control). I examined bacterial load immediately upon infection (T0 ) to verify that infecting with increasing concentrations of S resulted in increasing bacterial load in the fly. I performed an additional experiment assessing bacterial load during the chronic phase (48 and 72 hours post infection) to determine if the higher doses of S increased fly lethality and bacterial load. For statistical analysis, I performed a Welch's twosample t-test (unequal variance) for the in vivo infections in both Canton S D. melanogaster flies and relish mutant D. melanogaster flies. I also performed t-tests between the S and L strains to determine statistical significance between S and L bacterial load at 0, 4, 8, 24 and 48 hour marks post-infection (8-hour mark was excluded from relish mutant experiment). These were adjusted for a multiple-test correction. For the concentrated S infection experiment, I performed t-tests to determine statistical significance in bacterial load differences among different concentrations of S. In vitro biofilm assay To determine the relative capability of the S and L strain strains to form biofilms, I used a staining method to quantify the biofilm size of each strain. I performed the assay according to O'Toole 2011 (O'Toole 2011). Briefly, 1:100 dilutions of overnight S and L cultures were used to seed a 96-well plate that was then incubated at 37°C for ~24 hours. I washed wells


Quality of Service (QoS) for Device Assisted Services (DAS) are provided. In some embodiments, QoS for DAS includes providing a wireless communications device configured to determine a QoS request for a service over a wireless network; and verify the QoS request for the service over the wireless network using one or more verification techniques.


Objectives The purpose of this study is to report two cases of epileptic children who were diagnosed as Sik-Gan(食癎) and were treated by oriental medical treatment. Methods We diagnosed the patients as Sik-Gan(食癎) and treated them with herbal medicine, acupuncture, moxa and oriental physical therapy. We observed the improvement of patient's disease by checking seizure frequency and clinical progression of gastrointestinal symptoms. Results Oriental medical treatment reduced patients' the number of seizures, and improved gastrointestinal symptoms. Conclusions This study showed that the oriental medicine can be a meaningful treatment for epileptic children who were diagnosed as Sik-Gan(食癎), but more relevant studies on epileptic children diagnosed as Sik-Gan(食癎) are needed.


In this paper, the queuing theory model of the air fleet sortie ability, in which that backup aircrafts were available, was presented, and the analysis method for the amount of the backup airplanes and the number of the maintaining groups, which were changed according to the fault rate and the amount of the sortie airplanes, was derived. The simulation results accorded with the facts. The model can be used in the air fleet sortie ability evaluation based on the land and warship, and the optimization of the aircrafts maintenance resource.


OBJECT
We report a patient with cystitis follicularis and review the literature about it.

CLINICAL CASE
A man 78 years old with prostate cancer, who need a permanent bladder catheter. We make a desobstructive TUR, prostate resection and many nodular lesions in the lateral walls and bladder down. The diagnostic was cystitis follicularis.

CONCLUSIONS
The cystitis follycularis is a cystitis inespecific and chronic kind with a important inflammation made of lymphocytes and plasmatic cells. Its makes lymphocytes foliculos in the bladder subepithelial wall. The indefination its alive about cystitis follicularis etiopageny, treatment and prognostic. The histopathology study is neccessary.


This paper presents a kind of activity-based workflow modeling approach described by extended-directed-graph, and proposes a heuristic dynamic implementation algorithm by using artificial intelligence (AI). The methodology proposed in the paper takes into accounts the resources, rules, time, and cost of processes in project implementation. Moreover, the workflow model and its implementing algorithm are integrated seamlessly, and all can be realized easily. At the end of the paper, an illustrative example is provided for understanding the implementation procedure.


Recently, several researchers have developed wearable power-assist suits to assist human motion and reduce loading. However, these devices prioritize the provision of a large force for special tasks. Hence, it is inconvenient to use the same in daily activities such as working in an office, driving an automobile, riding on a train, and visiting a café. In this study, with respect to the purpose of power assist in daily life, the aim is to realize a wearable assist suit that does not impose any physical burden on the wearer or an appearance discomfort. We propose a pneumatic artificial muscle with a surface shape composed of leather material that can be worn on the body, and propose a jacket with a lumbar assist function. The leather actuator achieved an output close to the design value, and the output of the artificial muscle of width 200 mm at a low pressure drive of 0.07 MPa was approximately 50 N. The results of the questionnaire showed that leather actuators were more favorably accepted for use in daily life than those using exoskeletons and motors.


Object: Construct the region physical education teaching alliance among the colleges and universities, it can make the physical education teaching resources of colleges and universities be integrated and optimized, sharing the resources, changing the past situation that colleges were separated from each other and fought alone. Methods: In this paper, by the literature review, expert interview, questionnaire survey, mathematical statistics and logical analysis, the authors study the advantages, problems and development strategies of buildinging the college physical education alliance. Conclusion: It is beneficial to students, teachers and schools of constructing regional physical education alliance among colleges and universities, there are practical effect of cultivating students who are developed in both physically, mentally and spiritually. At present, China's higher education has entered the stage of popularization. With the continuous expansion of colleges and universities, the number of students increase sharply, the development of physical education in colleges and universities is facing many difficulties and challenges, which can not fully meet the needs of most students because of sports diversification, multi-level, personalization and diversification, and facing the danger of further marginalization. Under this new situation, how to break the misunderstanding of 'mending' in the traditional framework of college physical education curriculum reform, overcome the situation of self-closure within a certain time and space limit of traditional college physical education, eliminate the existing barriers among college physical education departments, surpass the dilemma of realistic development, develop new college physical education situation ,so many problems have become an urgent topics we have to studying and facing. For this reason ,the author make an investigation and analysis on the practical difficulties of physical education in colleges and universities in China, and explores the adaptive development path of physical education teaching under the new situation from the perspective of regional sports teaching alliance construction, in order to provide useful references for the sustainable, healthy and rapid development of physical education in China's colleges and universities. With the increasing number of students, physical education teaching resources in colleges and universities are in a dilemma. Without breaking the existing sports resources of colleges and universities, share sports resource, how to finding a way to making the college physical education rich and colorful? Construction region physical education alliance is the best way. By constructing region physical education alliance, it can not only realize the sharing of physical education teachers, stadium facilities and superior physical education curriculum resources, but also achieve the mutual win of physical education among colleges and universities and improve the quality of physical education. Through the construction of physical education teaching alliance, we can not only realize the sharing of physical education teachers, sports facilities and superior sports curriculum resources in colleges and universities, but also achieve mutual success of physical education among colleges and universities and improve the quality of physical education. Region physical education alliance in colleges and universities refers a kind of physical education teaching mode formed between two or more colleges and universities in a certain region (including different campuses of 2019 International Conference on Social Science and Education (ICSSAE 2019) Copyright © (2019) Francis Academic Press, UK DOI: 10.25236/icssae.2019.130 691 the same university) ,in order to achieve the goal of optimizing physical education. Region physical education alliance is an important form to strengthen and enhance the competitiveness of college physical education. The 21st century is an era of great economic, political and cultural prosperity and development, and higher education has entered a "fast lane" stage[1]. Social progress, human are thirst for knowledge, and the popularization of higher education have made it possible for more and more people to enter higher education institutions and receive higher education. At the same time, the shortage of educational resources in colleges and universities, the unbalanced development of regional educational resources are also highlighted. With the increasing number of students, physical education teaching resources in colleges and universities are in a dilemma. Therefore, without breaking the existing sports resources of colleges and universities, through mutual cooperation between colleges and universities, learn from each other, share the sports resources to achieve the effective development of college physical education, there are great era significance. Based on this, this paper puts forward the idea of constructing regional sports teaching alliance in colleges and universities. Through the sports teaching alliance, it can share the sports teachers, sports facilities and superior sports curriculum resources in colleges and universities, achieve mutual success of physical education among colleges and universities, improving the quality of physical education. General Secretary Xi Jinping once summarized the situation of higher education resources as "the theory of cutting cake". The situation of the division of higher education resources is like cutting a cake, which is cut crosswise, vertical, left and right, and finally cut into cake crumbs[2]. Through the construction of sports teaching alliance, optimizing the integration of sports resources and rational distribution, we can avoid the emergence of "cake crumbs" and achieve the optimal allocation of sports resources. Constructing the regional alliance of physical education teaching and realizing the integration and sharing of physical education teaching resources in colleges and universities, has become the most adaptable and effective way of development. In the process of constructing the physical education alliance in colleges and universities, regional innovation should be taken as the theoretical basis for its construction[3]. Regional innovation plays a catalytic role in achieving regional social development goals. Innovation has always become a key factor in measuring regional competitiveness. In order to realize the optimization and integration of regional higher physical education resources ,improve the competitiveness of regional benefits, under the guidance of regional innovation theory, different colleges and universities must strengthen the cooperation, work jointly for the development, utilization and management activities of physical education teaching resources, and hold regular innovations on Regional Higher Physical Education teaching. In order to promote the construction, development and perfection of university sports teaching alliance.


Yoga therapy continues to flourish, thanks in part to the growing body of research evidence supporting its effectiveness in a variety of settings. This issue of IJYT advances the trend through articles that demonstrate the value of yoga therapy in improving the physical and psychological status of individuals with Parkinson's disease, in easing the transition of teenage girls from incarceration to participation in society, and in improving the flexibility of elderly individuals. As with the majority of articles accepted (and, alas, rejected) for acceptance into the Journal, the bulk of yoga therapy research has focused on the use of asana to address challenges ranging from the physical to the psychological.


In this research, the integration of the GaN micro-LEDs with a-Si:H TFTs on plastics substrate is demonstrated. Considering the thermal limit of the plastic materials, a low-temperature process was developed to fabricate an array of a-Si:H TFTs on a flexible substrate. A wafer bonding and laser-liftoff procedure was used to integrate the LEDs onto the array. The electrical and optical characteristics of the micro-LEDs on flex showed no degradation before and after the transfer process. The electroluminesce of the diodes, within a two-TFT pixel circuit, showed no measurable change in both flat and bent conditions. The proposed methodology may enable the integration of largescale flexible TFT driving circuit with micro-LEDs for deformable display applications.


In a field where analyses can rarely keep pace with the events, a book needs more than factual information to stand the test of time. In this particular case, what has made this book a standard reading in Romanian academic field and is now launched on an international market is neither relevant data (although the book abounds in spectacular facts), nor the impressive list of recent bibliography. It is the particular quality of what over the years has grown into a powerful, unapologetic and balanced perspective over contemporary developments in the field of global economy and politics.


Lasers used in the treatment of periodontal therapy are becoming more prevalent in dental offices. Patients with periodontal disease see extensive improvements in their periodontal status and overall health with laser therapy. Studies have shown a decreased prevalence in oral bacteria following these treatments (Moritz et al., 1998). Dental lasers in the treatment of periodontal disease can reduce significantly the bacterial population in the gingival tissue, theoretically reducing the need for antibiotic premedication (Kamma, Vasdekis, & Romanos, 2006). Future research in this area can provide the groundwork for the advancement of laser therapy in all aspects of medicine as well.


Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to consider the problem of using the Value-at-Risk (VaR) technique and examine its practical implementation by Swiss Private Banks. Design/methodology/approach - The paper is based on a survey originally undertaken in 2003 and updated in 2005. The research results provide details on how asset and portfolio managers understand and apply VaR methodology in their daily business. Findings - From the banks' perspectives, VaR has both positive and negative points. It is like a common denominator for various risks. The reason is that VaR is used by portfolio managers as comparable risk measurement across different asset classes and business lines. Originality/value - This analysis shows how banks can implement VaR concept more effectively through its practical implementation areas in: portfolio management decisions and asset allocation; the "what-if" modeling of candidate traders; and measuring and monitoring market risk.


Abstract BACKGROUND: Carbapenems are used for the treatment of serious infections caused by multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. Resistance to carbapenems in K. pneumoniae is mainly due to metallo-beta-lactamases (NDM, IMP, and VIM) and class D oxacillinase (OXA-48-like). AIM AND OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to detect the genes encoding for carbapenemase in K. pneumoniae and to determine the clonal relatedness of selected isolates of K. pneumoniae producing NDM and OXA-48 by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis method (PFGE). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The isolates were collected over a period of 1 year. A total of 370 clinically significant, nonduplicate isolates of K. pneumoniae were included in this study. Phenotypic tests for the detection of carbapenemases were performed for all the isolates. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was carried out for the detection of carbapenemase genes such as blaKPC, blaIMP, blaVIM,blaNDM, and blaOXA-48. PFGE was performed, and the PFGE profiles were analyzed and compared using BioNumerics version 7.6. RESULTS: Of the 370 isolates of K. pneumoniae, carbapenemase genes were detected in 13.78% (51/370). blaOXA-48was the prevalent gene detected followed by blaNDMand blaKPC. Thirty strains of K. pneumoniae selected by PFGE analysis were divided into five clusters (A, B, C, D, and E). Cluster C was the major type detected carrying blaNDMand blaOXA-48genes. CONCLUSION:blaOXA-48was the most prevalent gene detected in this study. PCR is useful in detecting carbapenemase genes, especially blaNDM, which may show false susceptibility to carbapenems. There was no direct correlation detected between PFGE profiles and antibiotic susceptibility pattern. PFGE has revealed the genomic diversity among isolates, thereby suggesting heterogeneity in strain circulation within intensive care unit and wards of the hospital. Monitoring and molecular typing is essential to curtail the spread of multidrug-resistant strains and control the outbreaks of infection.


We apply the Lie bracket approach to characterize the semi-derivations on the positive integers. The approach is motivated by the Stroock-Lie bracket identity commonly used in Malliavin calculus.


Based on several 300m high core rockfill dam in Southwest China, through studying the stress distribution, shear deformation and stress level of different gravel soil core walls, combined with the mechanical test results of contact clay under different compactness and moisture content, the compactness control standards for different contact clay areas of high core rockfill dam are proposed. The results show that for the contact clay area of dam slope on both banks, for the area where the stress level exceeds 0.9, the compaction degree should be increased, so as to improve the shear strength of the soil in the area; for the area with large shear deformation, the compaction degree should be reduced, so as to adapt to the larger shear deformation with larger allowable shear strain. During the filling of contact clay, the water content should not be too low or too high, and should be controlled in an interval near the optimal water content. Taking the test soil materials of the project as an example, it is suggested that the lower limit of filling water content should be controlled at 1% of the optimal water content, and the upper limit should be controlled at 3.5% of the optimal water content.


This thesis examines Victoria's plea bargaining process and argues that significant benefits would flow from formalisation, in the form of statutory recognition and control. Drawing upon the responses of 42 participants obtained from 57 semi-structured interviews, and the observations of 51 participants, it identifies and analyses the justifications driving the formalisation of Victoria's plea bargaining process, and discusses the practical and policy implications of formalisation for the adversarial legal culture, the actions of counsel and the judiciary, the pre-trial process and the Legal Aid funding structure. The interview data sheds light on judicial, prosecutorial, defence counsel and policy advisor perspectives, while the observations of legal participants in Victoria's criminal justice process, which focus on pre-trial hearings, facilitates a direct and engaged discussion of the policy implications and practicalities of formalisation. The intention of this thesis is to stimulate debate about the lack of transparency, scrutiny or control in plea bargaining and the Crown's discretionary powers in making prosecutorial concessions. This thesis also aims to highlight the extent of inefficiency confronting the stability and effectiveness of Victoria's criminal justice system, and to demonstrate the importance of accountability and transparency in efficiency-driven processes, such as plea bargaining and pre-trial reform. This thesis responds to a significant gap in the literature and in legal policy, and offers a vital contribution to criminology scholarship with a detailed analysis of a highly under-examined area in the Victorian context. In particular, the qualitative data and penetration of Victoria's legal culture provides a unique opportunity to examine the contentious and significant issues surrounding plea bargaining, which are often beyond the reach of researchers and the general public. Importantly, while this thesis examines plea bargaining in the Victorian context, increasing movements towards court efficiency and transparency across common law systems means its findings resonate with the wider Australian and international adoption of efficiency-driven processes. Furthermore, this thesis will inform broader discussions about plea bargaining, prosecutorial discretion, conflicts in adversarial traditions and efficiency-driven reform in a global context.


Ocimum basilicum (Ob) was subjected to elemental analysis using X-ray fluorescence (XRF), and the results revealed the following concentrations of the elements : sulphur (2.976 mg/kg), potassium (73.360 mg/ kg), calcium (19.617 mg/kg), scandium (0.132mg/kg), titanium (0.150 mg/kg), iron (0.577 mg/mg), zinc (0.034 mg/kg), rubidium (0.038 mg/kg), strontium (0.084mg/kg), zireonium ((0.021mg/kg), molybdenum (0.005 mg/kg), and thorium (0.005) respectively. All elements analysed above were within the permissible limit set by World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO).Vanadium, chromium, manganese, cobalt, nickel, copper, arsenic, selenium, palladium, silver, cadmium, tin, antimony, tellurium, caesium, barium, tungsten, gold, mercury, lead and  uranium were not detected in the sample . Key words: Ocimum basilicum (Ob), elements, X-ray fluorescence (XRF).


The human-machine interfaces are tools used in daily life in industries worldwide for monitoring and data collection in production processes. In this case an investigation is presented taking into account the business aspects of the city of Tijuana, Baja California and the academic field of technological universities in Mexico in order to analyze the types of industries in the city, marks the predominant HMI in them, the types and levels of implementation, as well as the degree of obsolescence and knowledge engineers who are in contact with them have.
Also provides an overview of the way these subjects were taught in universities with an engineering degree in mechatronics in UUTT as part of the generation of HMI trained human capital and thus to determine whether there is a deficiency in the amount of literary material for further development of a manual.


A proven technology for the shape control of large secondary deformable mirrors employs a magnetically levitated contactless solution and relies on voice-coil actuators co-located to capacitive position sensors. The present work focuses on the description of the latest upgrade of this technology, as applied to the Very Large Telescope Deformable Secondary Mirror, the largest continuous facesheet adaptive mirror ever manufactured. The controller is based on a completely decentralized high frequency feedback coupled to a lower frequency improved feedforward. The system enhancements and performances are verified through electromechanical tests.


The research project MoGul (Large-scale Monitoring of Gully Erosion in Semi-Arid Landscapes) at Trier and Frankfurt University investigates the various types, development and dependencies of gullies as well as geomorphological processes involved in gullying. The investigations are carried out at different sites following a transect from the semi-arid Ebro Basin in Northeast Spain, via the sub-humid Baza and Guadalentín Basins in Southeast Spain and the arid Drâa Valley in South Morocco to the semi-arid Oudalan in Sahelian Burkina Faso. Investigations on short-term gully change are mostly realised using field methods for quantification of linear headcut retreat rates. The lack of image resolutions corresponding to the magnitude and dynamics of gully erosion usually prevents the use of remote sensing data, which in contrast to field measurements allow for the rapid and spatially continuous coverage of a site (Marzolff, 1999; Ries and Marzolff, 2003). The objective of this paper is to present an overview of the first results of the MoGul project on gully monitoring which employs large-scale aerial photography taken from remote-controlled platforms (hot air blimp and kites).


Two factors of the compensation of yield loss random block experiment was carried at Sihui City in 1986 The results showed that the compensation capacity of tillers on lower position was larger than that of tillers on higher position In the middle and the late tillering stage, following the reduction of capability of tillering, the effective ear has been found to be reduced too The compensation of yield loss by enlarging the filled percentage and 1 000 grain weight, the older the ages of leaves, the highter the percentage of compensation The yield of rice was integrated results of the compensation and the rice has the compensative capability to the yield loss, while the damage of stem borers was lower density during the early stage


Federated, secure, standardized, scalable, and transparent mechanism to access and share resources, particularly data resources, across organizational boundaries that does not require application modification and does not disrupt existing data access patterns has been needed for some time in the computational science community. The Global Federated File System (GFFS) addresses this need and is a foundational component of the NSF-funded eXtreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) program. The GFFS allows user applications to access (create, read, update, delete) remote resources in a location-transparent fashion. Existing applications, whether they are statically linked binaries, dynamically linked binaries, or scripts (shell, PERL, Python), can access resources anywhere in the GFFS without modification (subject to access control). In this paper we present an overview of the GFFS and its most common use cases: accessing data at an NSF center from a home or campus, accessing data on a camp...


I very much acknowledge the constructive response of Aggarwal and Dupont to my criticism of their article on 'Goods, Games, and Institutions'. Like Aggarwal and Dupont, I think that 'our agreements are much deeper than our differences' and I hope that others will contribute to a research programme that links collective action problems, matrix game analysis and institutions. The remaining disagreements are of a technical nature. In the following I respond to the points Aggarwal and Dupont address in their comment.


Positioned in the midst of the heated debate about the production of relevant and usable knowledge for practitioners in the nonprofit sector and a serious shortage of high-impact research that speaks to practice, the purpose of this Research Note is to direct nonprofit scholarship toward embracing "abduction," which is the initial creative stage in scientific inquiry that facilitates the formulation of testable explanatory hypotheses and makes new discoveries in a sensory and logically structured way. We use an emerging interest in social innovation by the nonprofit sector as an illustrative example to show the advantages of using abductive reasoning as the primary method of reasoning for discovering new knowledge of a nascent but vital phenomenon. The novel contribution of this Research Note lies in encouraging scholarship on the nonprofit sector to an applied "practice-led" research process that is intellectually relevant and has the potential to bridge the scholar–practice divide.


Matsui et al. report a patient with attacks of paroxysmal dysarthria and ataxia after midbrain infarction. SPECT showed hypoperfusion in the parietal lobe contralateral to hemiataxia during the period of paroxysmal attacks.⇓

Finger-nose test with penlight attached to tip of a finger, during an attack (A) and between attacks (B).

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The participation of the cerebellum in various feedback circuits involving sensorimotor pathways ensures smooth and precise voluntary and involuntary movement. The superior cerebellar peduncle carries efferent cerebellar projections to the red nucleus and thalamus, as well as the reticular formation. Ascending fibers project to the cortex, from which corticopontine fibers originate to descend …


In order to push forward the sport industrialization in Guangdong and accelerate the construction of powerful province in sports,this study analyzed the advantages and restricting factors on the industrialization way and proposed the corresponding countermeasures with a start from the connotation elaborating and significance presenting of sports industrialization,aiming to be helpful for the institutes concerned.


Ten years ago, the member states of the European Union decided to embark upon a new policy. An agreement between Helmut Kohl and Francois Mitterand in the spring of 1990 cleared the way for the Treaty of Maastricht. This agreement was based on the assumption that monetary policy could be centralized without any comparable centralization having to take place in the management of tax bases of the member states. In this way, a feared democratization of the provisionally established suprastate could be averted. As long as it was just the market and the currency that were centralized, it would be enough that democracy obtained within each member state. The democratic deficit would only become a problem for the Union when power over taxes and expenditures had become centralized too. Thus, contrary to earlier fears, monetary union need not call forth fiscal union. The governments believed, then, that they could institute the one without risking the establishment of the other.


Critical Care Medicine www.ccmjournal.org 779 Despite decades of progress, sepsis remains a major cause of death and disability (1). Recognizing the high burden of sepsis, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented the Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Early Management Bundle (SEP-1) in 2015. This measure generated strong reactions from many clinicians, administrators, and policymakers. SEP-1 brought welcome attention to sepsis, created more accountability for sepsis care, and catalyzed numerous quality improvement initiatives. At the same time, there is growing concern that there may be unintended consequences of sepsis mandates and the culture of "treat first, ask questions later" that they encourage. Critics of SEP-1 recall the well-intended but ill-fated CMS community-acquired pneumonia measure requiring clinicians to give antibiotics to patients within 4 hours of hospital arrival. This measure led to an increase in inappropriate antibiotic prescribing but no appreciable decrease in mortality (2). Over the past several years, we have seen a similar effect at sites seeking to comply with the antibiotic time threshold in SEP-1; this is magnified by the Surviving Sepsis Campaign's recent recommendation to target even shorter goals (3). Setting aggressive time-to-antibiotic targets for all patients with sepsis risks causing more harm than time-to-antibiotic targets for pneumonia because sepsis is even more complicated and prone to misdiagnosis than pneumonia. Clinicians are faced with the challenge of differentiating infected patients from uninfected patients despite the fact that their presentations are often similar. Pressure to administer antibiotics quickly risks forcing premature diagnostic closure, overclassification of patients as infected, and ultimately administration of antibiotics to patients who will not benefit from them and may be harmed by them. Importantly, up to 40% of patients initially treated for sepsis turn


According to characteristics of the university building,it describes on the basic situation,general layout,function design and building modeling of the medical college teaching center building in Shanghai Traffic University,combines with work practice,gets understanding on this teaching center building design,so as to establish bases for similar single building design.


This paper qualitatively and quantitatively compares three classes of metro area data transport networks: Next Generation SONET/SDH, Metro Ethernet ring, and RPR. The quantitative results show that RPR and Ethernet rings have higher transport efficiency, while the qualitative discussions show that RPR has advantages in terms of provisioning, protection, and multi-service transport.


To investigate the prevalence of Canine distemper virus(CDV) and Canine parvovirus(CPV) in Shanghai,samples were collected from 106 diseases dogs and 232 clinical healthy dogs and tested using Real-time fluorescent PCR.The positive rates of diseased dog samples were 50.0% and 72.6% for CDV and CPV,respectively.In clinical healthy samples,the CDV and CPV positive rates were 4.74% and 3.88%,respectively.These investigations illustrated the prevalence of CDV and CPV in dogs in Shanghai area.


Properties of fresh concrete play a relevant role on placing and consolidation; and its design strength and durability depends on them. It is well known too that the concrete temperature during placing affects all its properties in different ways and extent. This paper presents the influence of placing temperature of concretes made with portland cement, limestone filer cement and blended cement, commercially available, on slump, slump loss, setting time and bleeding. The results show that generally when concrete temperature rises, the bleeding and slump fall down and the slump loss and setting time are accelerated. However, regardless of the strength class the type of cement affects the value of these variations


This position statement, which begins on page 25, has been designated a continuing medical education (CME) activity from The North American Menopause Society (NAMS). GOAL To demonstrate an increase in, or affirmation of, current knowledge regarding the management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. & Describe the effect of menopause and aging on bone health. & Identify risk factors that contribute to fracture risk. & Discuss the assessments of risk factors for fracture and how to rule out secondary causes of osteoporosis. & Identify nonpharmacologic and lifestyle approaches to prevent bone loss and fractures. & Review the effects of various therapeutic agents on preventing osteoporotic fracture; understand their effects on bone density and turnover. & Develop individual treatment strategies to reduce morbidity and improve quality of life based on results of clinical trials. & Understand the clinical effects of discontinuing different antiresorptive and anabolic therapies. TARGET AUDIENCE This educational activity has been developed to meet the educational needs of healthcare professionals who provide care to postmenopausal women. ACCREDITATION The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. NAMS designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)i. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. INSTRUCTIONS Program participants should complete the CME self-assessment examination provided on page 55. COMMERCIAL SUPPORT The CME activity is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from the Alliance for Better Bone Health, a collaboration between Warner Chilcott plc and its affiliates and sanofi-aventis (US). DISCLOSURE NAMS is committed to ensuring balance, independence, and objectivity in all its educational activities. All those involved in the development of a continuing medical education (CME) activity are required to disclose financial relationships they or their spouse/partner have had during the last 12 months with a commercial interest whose products or services are discussed in the CME activity content, or with any commercial supporters of the activity, over which they have control. Abstract Objective: To update the evidence-based position statement published by The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) in 2006 regarding the management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Methods: NAMS followed the general principles established for evidence-based guidelines to create this updated document. A panel of clinicians and researchers expert in the field of metabolic bone diseases and/or women_s health was enlisted to review …


Using the self‐consistent polarization propagator approximation we have calculated the spectroscopic constants for the following bound states in silicon monoxide: a 3Σ+, b3Π, d3Δ, e 3Σ‐, C 1Σ+, D 1Δ, A 1Π, E 1Σ+, 3Σ+(II), 3Σ+(III), 3Π (III), F 1Σ+, H 1Σ+, and G 1Π. The molecular parameters for the seven lowest states agree very well with experiments, whereas the seven remaining levels were determined less accurately. The electronic transition moments were calculated for the dipole allowed transitions. The calculated radiative lifetime for the A 1Π state was found to be 49.5 nsec. With the experimental potential energy curves the corresponding lifetime was 31.6 nsec.


Purposes. Cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease and related dementia places elders at a high risk for abuse and neglect. This study aims to identify risk factors for abuse and neglect of elders with dementia or cognitive impairment, and to develop strategies to prevent abuse and neglect from integrated perspectives of patients, family caregivers, and helping professionals. Method. Using semi-structured interviews, six focus group discussions were conducted consisting of fourteen service professionals (Mage=55.7), fifteen caregivers (Mage=68.7), and six patients (Mage =70.7) at early stages of dementia. Interviews were audiotaped and then transcribed for analysis. Based on the constant comparative method, three research members independently coded data and collectively developed the themes. Results. Care recipient related risk factors included reduced cognitive capability, limited physical health, social restriction, and the lack of participation in decision making. Risk factors associated with caregivers included caregiver burden and poor coping skills. Community factors consisted of lack of a dementia friendly community that respond to elder abuse and neglect in a preventive manner. Recommended strategies to prevent abuse and neglect included dementia education, more opportunities for social participation, more affordable and accessible long-term care, and training for community service professionals to work with adult protective services. Discussion. Elder abuse and neglect across individuals with dementia or cognitive impairment may occur because of lack of education and skills about coping with dementia. Thus, a dementia-friendly community should be developed by providing more opportunities regarding education and trainings for care recipient, caregivers, and service professionals and changing policies.


Abstract We have studied the applicability of Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (NEXAFS) and Angle-Resolved Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy (ARUPS) on insulating organic molecular crystals, using single crystals of α-perylene as an example. The influences of sample charging were investigated. By employing suitable compensation techniques in combination with partial yield detection, the charging problem could be solved satisfactorily for NEXAFS and partially for ARUPS. The techniques to be described allowed us to obtain NEXAFS spectra with a fairly high energy resolution of δE = 0.4 eV. The spectra so obtained for α-perylene single crystals display several sharp peaks whose intensities strongly depend on the polarization angle of the incident synchrotron radiation. From the angular dependence we derive an average angle of inclination of the molecular planes relative to the (001) cleavage plane of 85°±5° which is in excellent agreement with the angle determined from a full X-ray crystal structure analysis. The various peaks are tentatively assigned to different transitions from C Is levels to π* and [sgrave]* final states; some spectral details even reflect influences by the crystal structure. It is noteworthy that useful sample thickness can be anywhere between monolayer and macroscopic dimensions.


In most transportation studies the availability of data on transport flows is of crucial importance. In particular, origin-destination (O-D) data are needed to carry out such studies as cost/benefit analyses of planned infrastructure.


T cell activation‐induced cell death (AICD) during tumor pathogenesis is a tumor immune escape process dependent on dendritic cells (DCs). Proper immune‐modulatory therapies effectively inhibit tumor‐specific CD8+ T cell exhaustion and enhance antitumor immune responses. Here, high‐pressure homogenization is utilized to drive immunomodulator IL10‐modified bacteria to extrude through the gap and self‐assemble into bacterial biomimetic vesicles exposing IL10 (IL10‐BBVs) on the surface with high efficiency. IL10‐BBVs efficiently target DCs in tumor‐draining lymph nodes and thus increase the interaction between IL10 on BBVs and IL10R on DCs to suppress AICD and mitigate CD8+ T cell exhaustion specific to tumor antigens. Two subcutaneous peripheral injections of IL10‐BBVs 1 week apart in tumor‐bearing mice effectively increase systemic and intratumoral proportions of CD8+ T cells to suppress tumor growth and metastasis. Tumor‐specific antigen E7 is enclosed into the periplasm of IL10‐BBVs (IL10‐E7‐BBVs) to realize concurrent actions of the immunomodulator IL10 and the tumor antigen human papillomavirus (HPV) 16E7 in lymph nodes, further enhancing the antitumor effects mediated by CD8+ T cells. The development of this modified BBV delivery platform will expand the application of bacterial membranes and provide novel immunotherapeutic strategies for tumor treatment.


Objective:To determine the location of coumarins in the root of Anglica dahurica,so as to provide scientific basis for the research on relevance of Coumarin and structure in the root of Anglica dahurica.Methods:The histochemical allocation of the Coumarin in the root of the Anglica dahurica was studied by using the frozen section method and the fluorescent microscopy.Results:Under fluorescent microscope,the cork,xylem and the secretory tissue where distribute in cork and phloem exhibited clear blue fluorescence,and the blue fluorescence of secretory tissue was similar with fluorescence of imperatorin.The results of simultaneously negativecontrol experiments showed that the fluorescence of secretory disappeared after treatment with Ethanol.Conclusion:In the root of Anglica dahurica,the Coumarin exists in secretory tissue.


Analysis of large frond fragments of Barthelopteris germarii, from the Late Pennsylvanian (Stephanian) of the Blanzy-Montceau Basin (Massif Central, France), shows that the frond is of the bifurcate "outer" semi-pinnate type. Frond reconstructions of this species are proposed. A few preliminary comments on the various morphological characteristics of the fronds within the Neuropterids and the Odontopterids are presented.


The organizing committees of 2021 International Conference on Advances in Optics and Computational Sciences (ICAOCS 2021) are proud to present the proceedings. ICAOCS 2021 was successfully held on January 21-23, 2021 in Ottawa, Canada. The proceedings contain a permanent record of what had been presented at the conference. We hope that you will find these proceedings volume inspiring, beneficial and exciting. ICAOCS 2021 intends to be a global forum for researchers and engineers to present and discuss recent innovations and new techniques related to optics, electricity, magnetics, structural mechanics, applied physics and computational science, as well as their analytical techniques and applications in engineering. Due to the prevention and control of COVID-19 and travel restrictions worldwide, ICAOCS 2021 adopted the format of virtual conference through network technology to provide a forum for experts and scholars to share real-time information and discuss. The conference included keynote speeches and online discussion, and each presenter has 25-30 minutes (including Q&A). List of Committees are available in this pdf.


A handbook for the political history of prehellenistic Syria, informing on all pertinent sources and giving an outline of about two millennia of Syrian history. It offers a concise survey of the history of Syria from the first written testimonies to the time when the Orient was conquered by Alexander the Great. Each chapter starts with an introduction into the pertinent archives and continues with an outline history referring to all relevant textual sources and to the scholarly discussion. Material from the cuneiform texts of Ebla to the testimony of the Bible is presented as clearly as possible.


This brief addresses the leader–follower (L-F) tracking control problem for multiple nonholonomic mobile robots in unknown obstacle environments. Unlike most of the existing approaches investigating similar problems, a series of practical issues is considered and tackled in the proposed scheme. For leader tracking, a class of bounded barrier functions are employed to formulate distance and bearing angle constraints introduced by sensor limitations and L-F collision avoidance requirement. To ensure robot safety in unknown environments, a multiregion obstacle avoidance algorithm is proposed which prioritizes different control objectives in different regions. This brief also studies the leader-loss situation, which may be caused by illumination variation, motion blurring, or visual occlusion by obstacles. To deal with this case, a fault-tolerant strategy is designed to drive <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$F$ </tex-math></inline-formula> to the place where <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$L$ </tex-math></inline-formula> was lost immediately. The control scheme proposed in the brief is primarily designed for a communication-free environment where only local state measurements are available. Furthermore, it has control input constraints explicitly taken into account. Real robot experiment has been performed to validate the proposed method.


A broadband quadrature hybrid coupler is designed and fabricated. In the technical points of suppressing unwanted resonances and improving hand-soldering workability, a transition composed of a coaxial line, a microstrip line (MSL), and a stripline (SL) is proposed and configured. It has better frequency characteristics than a transition composed of a coaxial line and an SL. The quadrature hybrid structure with proposed transitions is fabricated. It is found that negative effects of air-layer in SL structure strongly influence the broad frequency characteristics. Although it is necessary to improve them in the future, it is in almost agreement with the simulated frequency characteristics by an electromagnetic simulator.


The role of agency, solidarity, and resistance, on the part of United Methodist Women and their predecessor organizations, in effecting social change is one side of the story of women in mission. Equally important is the reflexive impact of engagement in mission on shaping the collective identity of these lay women in mission. This twin story of agency and reflexivity is a multiyear, multilayered, and multistage formation in mission narrative. Methodist women responded to the sacred gospel call as well as the "woman question" by an ongoing process of negotiating their countless individual identities into a collective agency for social responsibility. A key struggle for social change is how lay women organized for mission in the Methodist Church addressed the issue of differences among women, with particularities of race and ethnicity in the U.S. while striving to expand their own collective identity. It is a story of a multipronged strategy of operating from the margins and along with the margins, in order to bring about change in the center.


In the past decade, a computer aided method for design evaluation of high-speed tracked vehicles with flexible tracks (or tracks with relatively short track pitch commonly in use in tracked transport vehicles and military vehicles) has been developed. It has been successfully used in assisting vehicle manufacturers in the development of new products and governmental agencies in the selection of vehicle candidates. For low-speed tracked vehicles commonly in use in agriculture, construction and logging, rigid tracks with relatively long track pitch are employed to achieve a more uniform ground pressure distribution. To assist manufacturers of this type of vehicle to expedite the development of new products in a cost effective manner, a computer aided method for design evaluation of tracked vehicles with rigid links has recently been developed. It treats the track as a system of interconnected rigid links and takes into account the characteristics of the interaction between track links and deformable terrain. The basic features of the method have been verified by field test data. The method can be an extremely useful tool for the engineer to optimize vehicle design and for the procurement manager to select appropriate vehicle candidates to meet specific operating requirements.


The rates of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnoses
have increased rapidly in the past few years. This increase is
affecting many American families but the current research
literature fails to evaluate the needs of parents who are raising
children on the spectrum. Parents of children with Autism
experience grief, denial, anger, guilt, depression, isolation,
stress, financial difficulties, and marital struggles. The author
proposed a mixed methods study to determine services received and
satisfaction with those services; level of parental interest in
specialized services; how well parents' needs had been met with
existing services; and what services parents of autistic children
find they need the most. To answer these questions, parents of
children on the autism spectrum were asked to complete a
questionnaire about their interests, needs and the usefulness of
existing services.


Results of experimental work in which plain bearings of various materials were operated under oscillatory motion and heavy loads are described. Bearing stress (based on projected area) covered the range 69 MN/m2 to 620 MN/m2. The effect of different grease lubricants, temperature, bearing stress, and oscillatory mode on wear and friction characteristics was studied. Maximum load capacity of a number of bronze and steel bearing materials has been determined. Recommendations for selection of materials and design of bearings for oscillatory motion and heavy loads are given along with design charts and tables. Presented at the 31st Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 10–13, 1976


: In this paper, modeling of doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) based wind energy conversion system (WECS) and generator speed controller are presented. The System Identification Toolbox of MatLab is used to develop the linear model of the WECS by considering the wind speed as input and speed of the generator as output. Two models, namely Auto Regressive with eXogenous Input (ARX) and Auto-Regressive Moving Average with eXogenous Input (ARMAX), are estimated. We used the ARX221 model structure with the best fit of 84.31%, Final Prediction Error (FPE) of 0.0433 and Mean Square Error (MSE) of 0.0432. The Ziegler-Nichols (Z-N) method and the fuzzy logic technique are employed in the proportional integral derivative (PID) controller design to control the speed of the generator. The classical Z-N PID used for the responses of the system is observed to be insufficient for both uniform and variable inputs, hence, a better response has been obtained by applying the fuzzy logic-based PID controller. The present study proves that the fuzzy logic based control enhances the speed regulation of generator in the WECS by overcoming the effect of varying wind speed.


Numerical studies of the ablation of pellets and shattered pellet injection (SPI) fragments into a runaway electron beam in ITER have been performed using a time-dependent pellet ablation code [Samulyak et al., Nucl. Fusion, 61(4), 046007 (2021)]. The code resolves detailed ablation physics near pellet fragments and large-scale expansion of ablated clouds. The study of a single-fragment ablation quantifies the influence of various factors, in particular, the impact ionization by runaway electrons and cross-field transport models, on the dynamics of ablated plasma and its penetration into the runaway beam. Simulations of SPI performed using different numbers of pellet fragments study the formation and evolution of the ablation clouds and their large-scale dynamics in ITER. The penetration depth of the ablation clouds is found to be of the order of 50 cm.


Introduction: A palpable breast lump is a common clinical problem that needs thorough evaluation by clinical examination, FNAC, mammography and biopsy if required. Aim of the Study: To study the accuracy of fine needle aspirations in breast diseases and compare it with histopathology. Materials and Methods: This was a prospective study carried out in the department of Pathology, Shadan Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Hyderabad. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and corresponding histopathology were studied in 81 cases over a three year period. Results: The patient age ranged from 12 to 64 years. Non – neoplastic lesion constituted 12%, benign tumors 47% and malignant tumors 40% on FNAC. Failed aspiration was 1%. There were one false positive and four false negative cases on FNAC. This was mainly due to limitations in FNAC, both in interpretation and nature of lesion. The overall diagnostic accuracy of FNAC was 93.8% with accuracy rate of 90% in non–neoplastic, 73.7% in benign and 93.8% in malignant lesions. Overall sensitivity and specificity were 88.5% and 97.7% respectively. No significant complication was observed in any of the cases investigated by fine needle aspiration cytology. Conclusion: FNAC as an OPD procedure is simple and easy to perform, takes less time gives quicker results. FNAC procedure has no significant complications. It can be used for diagnosis in non-neoplastic and benign proliferative conditionswith reasonably good diagnostic accuracy.


Based on the application of the Sum-Product algorithm (SPA) over factor graphs, this paper presents a graphical representation of generalized frequency division multiplexing (GFDM) and filter bank multicarrier with offset QAM (FBMC-OQAM). FBMC-OQAM was chosen because it has the advantage of reducing the algorithm's complexity, since it is directly related to the number of possible values assumed by the transmitted data symbols. The receiver algorithm performance is evaluated by the bit error ratio (BER) estimation considering two channel models, additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) and flat-fading time-variant (Rayleigh). Likewise, a computational complexity analysis is presented. Numerical results show that the BER curves of the proposed scheme present a good match compared with theoretical bit error probability curves.


The definition of the genus Asquamiceps, as here understood, is fully expressed in the key to the genera of the Alepocephalidae previously published by the author (Parr, 1951, pp. 4-7). The genus was first introduced by Zugmayer (191la, p. 2; 1911b, p. 10), for A. veloris. A second specimen was tentatively referred to A. velaris Zugmayer by Norman (1930, p. 267). Koefoed (1927, p. 43), using a simplified classification of the family, described a second species of Asquamiceps under the designation of Alepocephalus hjorti. Finally Fowler (1934, p. 248) added a third species, Asquamiceps longmani, for which he introduced a separate subgenus, Megalepocephalus. Up to the present the literature thus records only four specimens of Asquamiceps, referred to three different species, and it seems evident that the genus must represent an assembly of very rare species. Actually no species is known from more than a single specimen of unquestionable identity. The supposed second specimen of A. velaris (Norman, 1930) is herein described as a new species, A. indagatio, and a specimen from the "Dana" collection is made the type of a fifth species, A. pacificus, new species. The author has also had opportunity to examine the types, and only known specimens, of the three species previously described. The genus has already been divided into two subgenera with the introduction of subgenus Megalepocephalus by Fowler (1934). The new species pacificus, herein described, makes a further subdivision desirable


Coordination among computer integrated manufacturing databases has become one of the key difficulties in the implementation of an integrated system. The issue of how to implement interdependency among CIM databases has some alternative technological solutions, trading off various levels of mutual consistency against various levels of the system throughput. Although these alternatives and their formalization are important issues in the database theory perspective, this research deals with an engineering issue of devising a methodology to select among these alternatives in any given case. A heuristic optimization model, with worst time complexity of O(N 2) is presented. Its effectiveness is analyzed with a case study and a series of sensitivity analysis activations. This is a first attempt to solve this problem. Our empirical results show that the overall system performance, as reflected by a system's goal-function, is substantially improved by the use of our model, relative to intuitive or trivial solutions.


In this paper, we propose a novel structure recovery algorithm in the projective space using image feature points. We use normalized image feature coordinates for the numerical stability. To acquire an initial value of the structure and motion, we decompose the scaled measurement matrix using the singular value decomposition. When recovering structure and motion in projective space, we introduce matrix decomposition constraints. In the reconstruction procedure, a nonlinear iterative optimization technique is used. Experimental results showed that the proposed method provides proper accuracy and the error deviation is small.


The crystal structure of the title compound, C26H31N2O5S2+·C7O2H5−, also known as AR-C69457CC, was solved by simulated annealing from laboratory X-ray powder diffraction data collected at room temperature to 2.1 A resolution. Subsequent Rietveld refinement yielded an Rwp of 0.038 and site-occupancy factors for the disordered anion components of 0.5.


Background: Nowadays, the high prevalence of hypertension and its serious complications for affected patients have made this disease a major health issue worldwide. Hypertension, like other chronic diseases, reduces the patients' quality of life. Maintaining and improving their lifestyles requires the serious support of families. Objectives: This study aimed to explore the effect of the family-centered empowerment model on the quality of life of patients with hypertension. Methods: This clinical trial was performed on 70 hypertensive patients who were referred to two comprehensive health centers in Zahedan University of Medical Sciences in Zahedan, southeastern Iran, in 2020. The participants were selected and randomly allocated based on the inclusion criteria to the intervention (n = 35) and control (n = 35) groups using the consort. The participants in the intervention group received training in four 60-min sessions individually based on the family empowerment model. To collect data, a personal information form and the Quality of Life Questionnaire for hypertensive patients were used. The questionnaire was completed before the intervention and one and three months after the intervention by a self-report method. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS-22 using the independent samples t test, chi-square test, and repeated-measures analysis of variance. Results: The results of repeated-measures analysis of variance regarding the effect of time and group on the quality of life showed a statistically significant difference in the second and third phases between the two groups. In other words, the two variables of intervention and time affected the mean score of quality of life, and a statistically significant difference was observed in the measured time intervals (P < 0.001). Conclusions: This study showed that implementing the family-centered empowerment model improves the quality of life of patients with hypertension. Therefore, we recommend employing this method by nurses to engage the patients with chronic diseases and their families in the process of treatment.


Leishmania donovani promastigotes in late‐stationary phase incorporated label from [2‐14C]acetate and [1‐14C]laurate into the mannose residues of mannan, thus confirming the presence of a functional glyoxylate bypass in these parasitic protozoa. Isolated, washed calls also incorporated label from [2‐14C]acetate and [1‐14C]laurate into mannan during a 1‐hr incubation in buffer. Glucose had no effect on label incorporation into mannan, but glutamate caused over a four‐fold increase in incorporation from [2‐14C]acetate and a 2.4‐fold increase from [1‐14C]laurate. Staurosporine, a protein kinase inhibitor that inhibits glutamate and alanine oxidation, did not inhibit label incorporation from [2‐14C]acetate into mannan. Hyperosmolality caused about a 33% inhibition of label incorporation into mannan. These results show the glyoxylate cycle and/or the subsequent biosynthetic pathway from fructose‐6‐phosphate to mannan are subject to regulation.


A pathologic study was done on 53 patients who had received 86 saphenous vein grafts to bypass obstructive coronary arterial lesions. The periods of study after operation ranged from failure to survive the operation to three and one-half years. Of significance was the high incidence of residual obstructive disease in nongrafted arteries (38 of 53 patients) and in grafted systems (graft and distal artery) (55 of 86 grafts; 64 percent). The residual obstructive disease in the graft systems increased with time after operation. Obstruction was observed in 30 of the 86 grafts, and in 17 of these 30 the distal artery was also obstructed (usually by residual atherosclerosis). The characteristic basis for occlusion of a graft one month or less after operation was thrombosis. In longer range grafts, occlusion was most commonly caused by fibrous intimal proliferation, although in a small number, organized thrombosis alone or with fibrous intimal proliferation was the basis. In 28 of the 43 patients who survived one month or less, acute myocardial infarction was present at operation or afterward; that is, in 65 percent of the patients who died during the period of hospitalization. Of the 29 acute infarctions, after operation 23 were in a zone supplied by a grafted artery, and six were in a zone supplied by an artery not receiving a graft. In six of the 14 cases of acute infarction in the distribution of an obstructed graft system, the artery proximal to the graft was also occluded by a recent thrombus. Thrombosis in an artery proximal to a graft was observed in one or more vessels in 12 patients who survived the first month after operation. In these, there were ten acute myocardial infarcts, seven of which were in the distribution of the occluded artery.


Misclassification costs of minority class data in real-world applications can be very high. This is a challenging problem especially when the data is also high in dimensionality because of the increase in overfitting and lower model interpretability. Feature selection is recently a popular way to address this problem by identifying features that best predict a minority class. This paper introduces a novel feature selection method call SYMON which uses symmetrical uncertainty and harmony search. Unlike existing methods, SYMON uses symmetrical uncertainty to weigh features with respect to their dependency to class labels. This helps to identify powerful features in retrieving the least frequent class labels. SYMON also uses harmony search to formulate the feature selection phase as an optimisation problem to select the best possible combination of features. The proposed algorithm is able to deal with situations where a set of features have the same weight, by incorporating two vector tuning operations embedded in the harmony search process. In this paper, SYMON is compared against various benchmark feature selection algorithms that were developed to address the same issue. Our empirical evaluation on different micro-array data sets using G-Mean and AUC measures confirm that SYMON is a comparable or a better solution to current benchmarks.


This paper introduces a method of posture control for jumping robot on the frontal plane. Human beings can perform the dynamic motion (e.g. running, jumping) by taking an advantage of muscle elasticity. Biped robots with this feature, therefore, have been studied, recently. Especially among them, many robots implemented pneumatic artificial muscles to adopt this feature. These robots have achieved the jumping motion or running motion. Although, a stable dynamic motion has not been achieved yet. Therefore, a control for the stable motion is desired. In the jumping motion, many researches have verified the stabilization on the sagittal plane. Nevertheless, these robots have fallen down after some jumps. One reason is that they cannot deal with the disturbance on the frontal plane. In this paper, a frontal posture control of a jumping biped robot is proposed. This control makes difference between the stiffness of both legs depending on an inclination and an angular velocity of the robot. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed method, we propose a model using this method. Then, this model is examined by a jumping simulation with various disturbances. The results show that this model with the proposed method improves the robustness against the large disturbance.


An important portion of end–to–end latency in data transfer is spent in address computation, determining a relation between sender and receiver addresses. In deposit model communication, this computation happensonly on the senderand some of its results are embeddedin the message. Conventionally, address computation takes place on–line, as the message is assembled. If the amount of address computation is significant, and the communication is repeated, it may make sense to remove address computation from the critical path by caching its results. However, assembling a message using the cache uses additional memory bandwidth. We present a fine grain analytic model for simple address relation caching in deposit model communication. The model predicts how many times a communication must be repeated in order for the average end–to–end latency of an implementation which caches to break even with that of an implementation which doesn't cache. The model also predicts speedup and those regimes where a caching implementation never breaks even. The model shows that the effectiveness of caching depends on CPU speed, memory bandwidth and the complexity of the address computation. We verify the model on the iWarp and the Paragon and find that, for both machines, caching can improve performance even when address computation is quite simple (one instruction per data word on the iWarp and 16 instructions per data word on the Paragon.) To show the practical benefit of address relation caching, we examine the performance of an HPF distributed array communication library that can be configured to use caching. In some cases, caching can double the performance of the library. Finally, we discuss other benefits to caching and several open issues. This research was sponsored in part by the Advanced Research Projects Agency/CSTO monitored by SPAWAR under contract N00039-93-C-0152, in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant ASC-9318163, and in part by a grant from the Intel Corporation. The authors' email addresses are: email@example.com and email@example.com.


A web based visualization solution for three dimensional simulation results of COMSOL Multiphysics is described. With it, mobile clients with low bandwidth as well as desktop computers with high bandwidth connections get able to show simulation results without the need of installing specialized software. To do so, a modern web browser is required. Both touch gestures and common input techniques supports real time interaction with the visualization. The required web application, the web server and the data evaluation at a COMSOL Server is described. Details about data handling and rendering are also discussed. The performance of the system is shown for different computer systems and different simulation results.


The 2016 New York Declaration,1 for the first time in United Nations (UN) history, coalesced a diverging palette of regional and a few multilateral efforts before the UN General Assembly [...]


Successful creation of cartilaginous engineered tissues is often limited by insufficient cellular proliferation and formation of extracellular matrix. Stress conditioning protocols using heat have been shown to induce up-regulation of molecular chaperones called heat shock proteins (HSP) [1]. These proteins have been linked to enhanced cell proliferation and collagen synthesis which is critical for formation of the extracellular matrix. Therefore, identification of effective thermal stress preconditioning protocols that enhance HSP expression could substantially advance development of replacement tissues for cartilaginous tissues [2]. Our project focused on identifying thermal preconditioning protocols that enhance HSP70 expression while minimizing cellular injury for ultimate use in improving cell proliferation and extracellular matrix formation for cartilage.Copyright © 2008 by ASME


The frame form of asynchronous serial communication is analyzed, and VHDL isused to design the circuit for asynchronous serial communication. Finally, the circuit is right proofedby computer simulation and experiment.


The effect of a temporary dietary restriction (10 g/day) duirng gestation or lactation on the subsequent maturation of female offspring was examined. Mother rats were divided into 6 groups according to the period of restriction: namely, Group A (between days 0 and 7 of gestation), Group B (between days 8-14 of gestation), Group C (between days 15-21 of gestation), Group D (between days 1-7 of lactation), Groupt E (between days 8-14 of lactation), Group F (no restriction). In Group E, the mother's body weight decreased by 17% compared to that on day 0 of gestation. Female pups in this group showed retardation in growth rate concurrent with a delay in vaginal opening. No significant effects were found in any other groups. These results suggest that adequate nutrition during midlactation is critical for optimal growth of female pups and subsequent opening of the vagina.


Background: While chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR T-cells) induce dramatic remissions of refractory or recurrent B cell malignancies, the durability of these remissions is frequently limited by subsequent reduction in circulating CAR T-cells and/or by diminution of their effector function. We hypothesized that we could overcome this therapeutic limitation and increase the functional activity and longevity of CAR T-cells by selectively deriving them from virus-specific effector memory T cells. We have developed biologics we termed synTacs (artificial immunological synapse for T-cell activation), which selectively activate and expand antigen-specific CD8+ T cells in vitro and in vivo by recapitulating signals delivered at the immunological synapse. The synTacs consist of dimeric Fc domain scaffolds linking CD28- or 4-1BB-specific ligands to HLA-A2 MHC molecules covalently tethered to virus-derived peptides. Treatment of PBMCs from CMV-exposed donors with synTacs presenting a CMV-derived peptide (pp65-NLVPMVATV) induce vigorous and selective ex vivo and in vivo expansion of highly functional CMV-specific CD8+ T cells, with potent antiviral activity. We used these synTacs to selectively generate CAR T-cells from CMV-specific effector memory CD8+ T cells, which could be further expanded by restimulation with the CMV-specific synTacs.
 Methods: We treated PBMCs from CMV-exposed donors in media supplemented with either IL-2 or IL-7/12/15 with a synTac containing the CMV-derived pp65 peptide presented by HLA-A2 MHC molecules linked to ligands capable of stimulating CD28- or 4-1BB-dependent costimulatory pathways. PBMCs activated either with anti-CD3/CD28 or the CMV-specific synTacs were transduced with lentivirus expressing an anti-CD19 CAR and a GFP reporter gene. CMV-specific CD8+ T cells were quantified by tetramer staining and CAR T-cells were detected by GFP expression determined by flow cytometric analysis. The functional activity of the CD19 CAR T-cells was determined by a B cell-specific cytotoxic assay.
 Results: After 7 days, treatment of PBMCs with CMV-specific synTacs rapidly induced robust activation and >50-fold expansion of CMV-specific CD8+ T cells expressing effector memory markers. Treatment of the PBMCs with CMV-specific synTacs selectively activated CMV-specific T cells and enabled them to be specifically transduced with a CD19-specific CAR lentivirus and converted into CD19 CAR T-cells. These CMV-specific CD19 CAR T-cells displayed potent dose-responsive cytotoxic activity targeting purified primary B cells. Furthermore, these CMV-specific CD19 CAR T-cells could be selectively expanded by in vitro treatment with CMV-specific synTacs.
 Conclusions: SynTacs are versatile immunotherapeutics capable of selective in vitro and in vivo activation and expansion of virus-specific CD8+ T cells with potent antiviral cytotoxic activity. After selective lentiviral transduction and conversion into CD19 CAR T-cells, their co-expression of the CMV-specific T cell receptor enabled them to be potently stimulated and activated by in vitro treatment with CMV synTacs. The modular design of synTacs facilitates efficient coupling of other costimulatory ligands - such as OX40 or GITRL - or cytokines, such as IL-2, IL-7, or IL-15, to enable the selective in vivo delivery of defined costimulatory signals or cytokines to the CAR T-cells expressing CMV-specific TCR. This strategy has the potential to boost the in vivo activity of tumor-specific CAR T-cells after infusion and enable more durable and potent treatment of refractory/recurrent B cell malignancies.

 Almo: Cue Biopharma: Current equity holder in publicly-traded company, Patents & Royalties: Patent number: 62/013,715, Research Funding. Goldstein:Cue Biopharma: Research Funding.


Adapted wave form analysis, refers to a collection of FFT like adapted transform algorithms. Given a signal or an image these methods provide a special orthonormal basis relative to which the image is well represented. The selected basis functions are chosen inside predefined libraries of oscillatory localized functions (waveforms) so as to minimize the number of parameters needed to describe our object. These algorithms are of complexity N log N opening the door for a large range of applications in signal and image processing, such as compression, feature extraction and enhancement. Our goal is to describe and relate traditional Fourier methods to wavelet, wavelet-packet based algorithms by making explicit their relative role in analysis. Starting with a recent refinement of the windowed sine and cosine transforms we will derive an adapted local sine transform, show it''s relation to wavelet and wavelet- packet analysis and describe an analysis tool-kit illustrating the merits of different adaptive and non-adaptive schemes.


In this paper, we propose one efficient algorithm for the transient analysis of RLC trees. Based on MNA equations, we derive the recursive formulas for the coefficients of Laguerre polynomials. Via Arnoldi algorithm, we can reduce the order of matrix directly in the time-domain instead of frequency-domain, which is often more time-consuming because inverse Laplace transformation or inverse fast Fourier transformation is needed. Furthermore, the passivity of the network reduced by our method is guaranteed because of the congruence transformations. It is shown through one example on the transient analysis of one RLC tree that the average error by our method is within 10% in comparison with results by HSPICE and our method can run faster than HSPICE.


Present days witnessed extensive use of Analog to Digital Converters (ADC) in different fields of applications, as an interface between the analog world and the digital world. However, in most cases, external ADCs are employed to meet the purpose. This eventually makes the system bulky, power-consuming, complex, and costly. Implementation of reconfigurable ADC programmed inside Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) could reduce the system cost and power consumption substantially. Furthermore, this will make the system simple as it does not require any external circuitry for the conversion of analog input data into digital form for processing. Thus, in this paper, a multichannel reconfigurable ADC is designed, with an additional feature of time multiplexing for efficient data acquisition. The design is being implemented using 100MHz FPGA clock frequency thus can achieve a sampling rate of 100 MS/s with a resolution of 10bit for 0-2.5V signal range. The FPGA resource utilization for the complete ADC model consists of 341 FFs and 265 LUTs, with total on-chip power consumption of 14.428 W. The proposed system can also be implemented for different analog signal from transducers, depending upon the demand and requirement of sensing parameters the data collection time can be varied for transducer to transducer.


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This position paper presents our preliminary results of the analysis of how "influence" spreads in the Twitter communication network around the 2011 Canada Games – an annual national sport competition among youth in Canada. We concluded that "influence" in the 2011 Canada Games Twitter network was not a discrete resource wielded by a single, central actor or actors. Rather, influence appeared here as a distributed function of the network itself: an emergent property more or less aligned with diverse actors" competing and collective goals and interests over time. The paper also makes a number of methodological observations regarding studying social media campaigns.