Aim: To determine acceptance of telerehabilitation, accessibility to technological resources, and technical literacy, and determine the relationship between mentioned variables among older adults with hypertension.
Methods: This cross-sectional analytic study collected data through an online survey using the Web-Based Patient-Reported Outcomes Capture System-Needs, Acceptance, and Readiness Assessments questionnaire. Purposive sampling was used through the assistance of partner communities from UST Simbahayan. Relationships between independent (socio-demographics and readiness) and dependent variables (acceptance) were analyzed through robust regression (p-value<0.0001) using STATA.
Results: Most older adults (n = 174) were female and had secondary schooling. The overall acceptance of telerehabilitation was measured through a 4-point Likert scale (Mean = 3.42; Median = 3.57). In terms of readiness, the majority have computer access and internet access at home but have a frequency of use of less than a month. Younger age increased acceptance by 0.48%, while a college graduate increased acceptance by 13%. Living in Laguna and Rizal also increased acceptance by 13% and 26%, respectively. In contrast with past studies, this research revealed that frequency of ICT use and Internet access are not predictive of acceptance of telerehabilitation.
Conclusion and Implications: Younger age, higher educational attainment, place of residence, and computer access at home were predictive of acceptance of telerehabilitation. The results suggest the need to include other quantitative aspects of telerehabilitation readiness. The findings of the study may aid in identifying the readiness of other communities in receiving telerehabilitation and addressing the barriers to implementing telerehabilitation.


A dual-channel FF-OCT was implemented using carrier modulation. This can be used to inspect the scattered light of the sample, such as its spectrum, polarization, or directionality. The latter was explored in this work.


The current article contributes to student engagement literature in higher education in line with the paradigm shift taking place in college teaching in India. The aim of this article supports that the collaborative approach does lead to active student engagement. The findings reflect the success of this Mumbai college in ensuring that each student participates in an active learning experience. This had clearly produced a level of engagement that other forms of learning cannot. As this study shows, in the Indian context, the collaborative approach turns out to a great answer to the present theoretical method of teaching and learning.


Service-oriented architecture (SOA) has gained much popularity lately, in both practice and academia. Since SOA concepts and technology are maturing, companies have started to engage in larger projects that will fundamentally transform their IS landscapes over the next decade. While the continuously growing body of SOA research is mostly technology-oriented, there is a need to review the current state of SOA research in light of the strategic, organizational, and technical issues associated with SOA implementation in practice. This paper profiles SOA and Web services research since 2000 with a focus on SOA practices, adoption, and impact. Drawing on a sample of 175 papers in academic journals and conference proceedings, we classify the research themes and explore the most salient topics. Our analysis finds that SOA research is still at an early stage, thereby reflecting the novelty of the underlying technologies. We conclude that business aspects remain underserved, highlighting a number of research opportunities for the IS community.


Objective  To test hypotheses regarding the longitudinal effects of problem‐based learning (PBL) and conventional learning relating to students' appreciation of the curriculum, self‐assessment of general competencies, summative assessment of clinical competence and indicators of career development.


ABSTRACT There are increasing concerns over the environmental implications involved in battery plant due to the elevated metal concentrations in the surrounding soils. Earthworms are regarded as a model organism for evaluation of terrestrial environmental pollution. The biochemical responses in the earthworms, Eisenia fetida, exposed to polluted soils were investigated. Soil samples at 0, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 m from a battery plant were collected and used to assess the relationship between sampling distance and biochemical responses in E. fetida. Biochemical alterations were carried out on 1, 3, 7 and 14 d of exposure. The metallothionein (MT), malondialdehyde (MDA) and antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and peroxidase (POD)) were measured. The results demonstrated that concentrations of heavy metals, especially Pb, decreased sharply with increase in distance, which may be due to the leaching and accumulation of Pb in soil during production processes. The concentrations of MT and MDA increased with exposure (dosage and time), indicating that E. fetida presented dose and time dependence after heavy metal exposure. The activities of SOD and CAT increased after heavy metal induction, while the activity of POD was lower than that of the control group. The SOD, CAT and POD present a cooperative effect for the protection of lipids and enzymes due to the pollution. The soils around the battery plant were polluted with metals giving rise to adverse biological effects.


The invention relates to a processing station for flat substrates with at least two processing units and at least two mutually parallel transport lines for substrates, with the two machining units are placed between the two conveyor lines, and means being provided for moving the substrates from the transport lines to the processing units and back are provided. The means for moving the substrates have four linear transport units, each with at least one substrate support, wherein a first linear transport unit of the second transport line leading to the first processing unit, a second linear transport unit from the first conveyance line leads to the first processing unit, a third linear transport unit from the first transport line leads to the second processing unit, and a fourth linear transport unit of the second transport line leading to the second processing unit.


To tile Editor:-l have read with interest the report by Ghezzi and coworkers of their fetal Doppler sonographic studies during premature labor between the 25th and 35th weeks of gestation. In these cases, the estimated fetal weight was above the 5th percentile for gestational age based on the 1984 standards Hadlock and colleagues.2 Their data indicate a decreased impedance to flow in the cerebral circulation of those fetuses delivered within 24 hours of the examination. The pulsatility indices of the middle cerebral artery were significantly higher in fetuses delivered at term and not less than 4 weeks after examination. The results of our own investigations, conducted on patients in premature labor, differed somewhat form those reported by the quoted authors. We made observations on 70 women within 24 hours of premature delivery but still prior to the onset of active labor.3 Growth retardation was defined as a birth weight under the 10th percentile, based on the Hadlock et al 1991 curve.4 In our study, only fetuses under the 10th percentile of fetal growth displayed in the middle cerebral artery a pulsatility index and systolic-diastolic ratio lower than that of the controls. The discrepancy between the findings of Ghezzi and coworkers and our own may derive from the difference between our respective definitions of growth retardation and 5th versus lOth percentile. The experience of other authors appears to be in keeping with that of Ghezzi and colleagures with regard to the absence of difference between the arterial systolic-diastolic ratios in the umbilical cord before, during, and after uterine contractions.5-7 We found the velocimetry indices in the umbilical artery before uterine contractions similar to those noted by Ghezzi and coworkers in premature appropriate for gestational age fetuses as well as in those who were small for dates for reasons other than placental insufficiency. Maese! and colleaguesB found the impedance in the middle cerebral artery to be unchanged during normal labor before, during, and after uterine contractions. Ghezzi and associates had noted no change in the pulsatility index of the middle cerebral artery when the delivery followed the examination by as much as 4 weeks or at term. According to their Figure 1, among the 194 patients, 30 gave birth within 24 hours. Of these, eight displayed a middle cerebral artery pulsatility index on or under the lowermost limit of normal. Apart from these, other fetuses also may have been born prematurely due to placenta insufficiency. In my opinion, the reduced cerebral artery pulsatility index in the eight previously mentioned, premature fetuses represented a brain sparing effect rather than being the result of uterine contractions. It is also believed that the documented normal cerebral artery pulsatility indices observed in most fetuses do not exclude growth retardation. Indeed, we have seen maintained resistive indices in the middle cerebral artery in fetuses that were definitely growth retarded. This indicates that under the circumstances of the examination, the circulation remained unchanged.9 In 39% if all growth retarded fetuses, the blood flow in the umbilical artery remains normaJ.lO It is understood that growth retardation is more frequent among prematurely born infants than among those delivered at term. In the former group, about every fourth neonate is growth retarded.3,11 I am indined to believe that the abnormal pulsatility index of the middle cerebral artery in the eight cases described by Ghezzi and coworkers is attributable to growth retardation. It would be interesting to know what the blood flow velocity indices in the renal arteries may have been in those fetuses that Ghezzi and coauthors described.


Approximate solutions from classical plasticity have in the past been used to describe the process of orthogonal machining. Recently, numerical methods using more complex constitutive models have provided more accurate data on the state of deformation near the tool tip and the generated new surface in a conventional machining process. In this study we have used a viscoplastic material model and an efficient finite element approach to examine the process of orthogonal ultraprecision machining. In contrast to previous numerical studies the cutting thickness to tool tip radius ratio is finite, which requires the use of highly refined finite clement meshes to produce accurate solutions. Results are presented showing the effects of tool edge geometry, material constants, the coefficient of friction, and depth of cut. The numerical results are compared with ultraprecision machining experiments on fine grain copper where thrust and cutting forces and the damaged region around the tool tip (whose profile was characterized by atomic force microscopy) were carefully measured as a function of the uncut chip thickness.


Field experiments to study the effect of time of weed removal on performance of upland lice were conducted in randomized block design with four replications under the Co-ordinated Research project on Dryland Agriculture at the Research Farm of the Faculty of Agriculture, Banaras Hindu University. It was found that the weeds could be permitted 1:0 grow in the crop at the most for 10 days after seeding Any further competition is likely to reduce ihe yield significantly. Keeping the crop of rice weed free from 10 days after seeding up to maturity can mike maximum possible yield. The period beiween 10 days to 30–40 days after seeding appeared the most vulnerable when serious reduction in yield occurred in the weedy plots.


Globalization and Regionalization are two key words about China's arts since the late 1990s,which has four discourse types.First,China's traditional culture,cultural self-consciousness and national self-confidence will be improved through post-colonial theory.Second,China's arts are examined in the contexts of globalization,modernity,post modernity,regionalization,traditionalization and national discourse.Third,China's arts since modernity are synthesized including two types of arts mentioned above.Fourth,the world arts are again examined in the global context,and China's arts will merge into the world arts.


We propose a gate-passing detection method based on WiFi signal strength and the accelerometers of user smartphones. Since doors divide such physical areas as rooms and hallways, the WiFi environments tend to greatly vary. A gate should exist when the points in the WiFi environments vary on a large scale. We define such points as WiFi significant points and propose a detection method based on a WiFi distance function and estimated moving distance according to an accelerometer. We evaluated our proposed method and found out that most door passings can be detected. We also found that we can estimate the existence of doors that have identical door passings with a high degree of accuracy.


Permission to make digital or hard copies of part or all of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. Copyrights for third-party components of this work must be honored. For all other uses, contact the owner/author(s). Copyright is held by the author/owner(s). CHI 2015 , April 18-23, 2015, Seoul, Republic of Korea. ACM 978-1-4503-3145-6/15/04. Abstract In this paper, we explore the topic of games as research methods, which has received little attention and has much promise. More specifically, our aim is to provide insight into what design considerations are made for creating game-based social experiments. In order to achieve this, we discuss our experiences of translating a traditional experiment focused on the decoy effect into a game-based experiment. Our preliminary results suggest that monetary incentives with no real-world consequences can affect behavior even when time delays with real-world consequences were a competing factor. This has implications for how research can be gamified.


A common trend in power management systems is miniaturization of the system size while maintaining efficiency and maximizing battery life. The results of this trend are higher switching frequencies, smaller external components, and more integration of components onto the IC. These results pose many challenges in the design of both switching and linear power supply circuits and the papers in this session address many of these challenges.


The formation of new Tm3+ tetragonal optical centers with spectroscopic properties different from those for regular ones in hot-formed CaF2 ceramics is observed. The influence of the new centers' formation on the fluorescence and laser properties of the 2 μm 3F4–3H6 transition under ~795 nm laser diode excitation is studied.


We show that interfirm collaboration both leads to increased sales and results from greater business sales. Collaboration during or after entry into an industry often increases sales. Collaboration with incumbents has immediate impact on sales, while collaboration with entrants has longer-term impact. Large and growing businesses then tend to collaborate with incumbents and entrants. Thus, interfirm collaboration facilitates success and results from past success. The results provide insights into how firms benefit from collaboration and contribute to dynamic views of strategy.


A field experiment was initiated to determine herbicidal activity on large crabgrasses (Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.] when core cultivation was performed in a common bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.] turf after herbicide application. Core cultivation treatments were made prior to preemergence herbicide application or at 1, 2, 3, or 4 months after the chemicals were applied. Where oxadiazon (4.4 kg·ha−1), bensulide (11.2 kg·ha−1), bensulide + oxadiazon (6.7 + 1.7 kg·ha−1) and benefin (3.4 kg·ha−1) were applied, the timing of core cultivation had no significant influence on preemergence large crabgrass control. DCPA (14.0 kg·ha−1) was ineffective in controlling large crabgrass, regardless of core cultivation parameter. Chemical names used: 3-[2,4-dichloro-5-(1-methylethoxy)phenyl]-5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2(3H)-one (oxadiazon); 0,0-bis(1-methylethyl)S-[2-[(phenylsulfonyl)amino] ethyl]phosphorodthioate (bensulide); N-butyl-N-ethyl-2,6-dinitro-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzenamine (benefin); dimethyl 2,3,5,6-tetrachloro-1,4-benzenedicarboxylate (DCPA).


A discussion of Fermi's calculation using the pseudopotential approach is given. This is followed by a brief review of some of the principal extensions and applications of atomic pseudopotentials to condensed matter physics in the following 50 years.


Since Annual ryegrass(Lolium multiflorum) belongs to the typical cross-pollinated species,the sampling strategies are closely related to the authenticity and the efficiency of molecular genetic diversity analysis.Two Annual ryegrass varieties,Changjiang No.2 and Tetragold were selected and their bulked DNA samples obtained from 5,10,15,20,25 and 30 individual plants respectively.The result of genetic diversity analysis based on simple sequence repeat(SSR)markers showed that there were no differences in the PIC index among seven sampling methods,PIC reached the highest when bulked plant sample were 20.The number of average allele and the alleles,types of per SSR loc increased along with the plant number in the bulked plant samples increasing,which kept relatively steady when bulked plant samples surpassed 20(including 20) plants,meanwhile the SSR banding patterns were relatively uniform.The bulked samples 20 were able to detect the most high frequency(10%) alleles with excellent reproducibility,if disregard the undetection of rare alleles(≤10%).It could be concluded that 20 individual plants was the suitable sampling size in genetic diversity analysis of annual ryegrass based on SSR markers.


Objective To investigate the expression of Survivin in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)and its relationship with the invasion and metastasis of HCC.Methods Four HCC cell lines and 35 HCC specimens with their neighboring noncancerous tissues were obtained.Semi-quantitative RT-PCR was used to detect Survivin mRNA levels.Western blot was used to assay the protein expression of Sur- vivin.Results Survivin mRNA expression was gradually increased with the increase of invasion and me- tastasis ability in four HCC cell lines(P0.01).The expression of Survivin mRNA was highest in the cell line HCCLM6.Survivin mRNA expression was detected in HCC tissues,in contrast,no expression of Survivin was detected in corresponding noncancerous tissues.Survivin expression relative amount in cases of intrahepatic metastasis was 1.082±0.213,higher than that without intrahepatic metastasis(0.799± 0.324,P0.05).The levels of Survivin protein in cases of intrahepatic metastasis(0.892±0.198)were significantly higher than those without intrahepatie metastasis(0.342±0.237,P0.05).Conclusion The expression of Survivin in HCC might have a close relationship with invasion and metastasis.The high expression of Survivin may act as an important index to indicate the process of the invasion and metastasis in HCC.


Information technology greatly affects the academic activities in particular and is currently one of the resources at the College to manage data integration, improving the effectiveness, efficiency in the academic process. This study aims to measure the level of maturity (maturity level) of academic information systems governance particularly domain Delivery and Support, and Monitor and Evaluate this measurement Method, using Cobit (Control Obejctive for Information and Related Technology). The calculation of the maturity level of the selected processes based on Renstra Muhammadiyah University of Bengkulu is done by analyzing the berdasrkan importance of akadamik information in data integration for academic reports, identification of the questionnaire is carried out using the Raci Chart. With this research in mind the level of maturity of the academic information system governance is on the level of maturity of 2, for the proposed increase in adjustments to the rekomndasi level 3 . Keywords:  Governance, Cobit, Maturity Models.


The invention provides a converter for linear motion and rotary motion. The converter for the linear motion and the rotary motion comprises a machine shell (10), a magnetism regulation mechanism which is arranged in the machine shell and is connected with the machine shell, a rotor which is arranged in the magnetism regulation mechanism and an active cell which is arranged outside the magnetism regulation mechanism, wherein an inner air gap is formed between the magnetism regulation mechanism and the rotor, an outer air gap is formed between the magnetism regulation mechanism and the active cell, the rotor is connected with the machine shell (10) through a bearing and rotates freely around the axis, the active cell is connected with the machine shell (10) through a guide rail or an idler wheel and moves in a translational mode along a plane, the magnetism regulation mechanism comprises magnetism regulation blocks (4) and non-magnetic packing media (5), the space between every two adjacent magnetism regulation blocks (4) is filled with the non-magnetic packing media (5), and the magnetism regulation blocks (4) and the non-magnetic packing media (5) are arranged integrally in a staggered mode. The converter for the linear motion and the rotary motion has the advantages of being capable of achieving interconversion between the linear motion and the rotary motion and adjusting the relative speed of the linear motion and the rotary motion, free of contact, low in noise, high in efficiency and the like.


In this paper, the model for bovine babesiosis epidemic transmission is analyzed using a fractional operator with a Mittag-Leffler kernel. The existence and uniqueness of the solution of the considered model is studied using real analysis. The Hyers–Ulam (HU) stability is investigated with the help of nonlinear functional analysis. The numerical results of the proposed model are deduced through the Adams–Bashforth technique, which is based on the two-step Lagrangian interpolation method. All results are simulated for a few fractional orders to observe the dynamics of the proposed model.


There is a close relationship between the development of theoretical research on intelligence and the research paradigm,between the development of intelligence and the research method amelioration.This paper attempts to explore the evolution of research paradigm of intelligence,focusing on three major research paradigms: intelligence test model,information processing model of intelligence,and biological model of intelligence.The article also makes a brief comment on the development of intelligence paradigm.


The sociological study of education in Russia and the Soviet Union has made great contributions to knowledge and to the creation of policies, but there is still a lot of ambiguity in the interpretation of research data. More consideration needs to be given to improving the scientific status of this research.


In order to improve the operator's work conditions of the hydraulic haulage coal shearer and to exchange the present operation way of the operator walking followed with the coal shearer walking,a wireless remote control device was installed on the hydraulic haulage coal shearer.The control device was consisted with the electric device and the hydraulic device and could have a remote adjustment of the cutting boom up and down,the remote start or stop control,the remote power off control,the remote haulage control and other functions of the coal shearer.Meanwhile in order to improve the reliability,the previous manual control function was kept in the coal shearer.The set alternative and the alternative site practices of machine to the arrangements,receiver,wireless remote control theory,and so on showed that the application of the remote control device could highly improve the safety of the operator and could avoid the human injured accidents by the coal or rock spalling.


Abstract Background Advanced modalities such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion MR tractography offer in vivo information about brain networks and are therefore increasingly used for neurosurgical planning in children also. Aim This study aims to study the application of routine and advanced tractography algorithms and its comparison with intraoperative subcortical electrical stimulation. Method Presurgical functional MRI and MR diffusion tractography were performed on a 6-year-old patient presenting with seizures, but no motor symptoms, due to a neuroectodermal tumor in the left central region. Three different tractography algorithms were compared: deterministic diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)-tracking, probabilistic DTI-tracking, and probabilistic constrained spherical deconvolution tracking (pCSD). Results All three tractography algorithms could localize the core of the corticospinal tract with good agreement. The pCSD-tracking algorithm was more sensitive in revealing the anatomically most realistic fiber distribution and a proportion of fibers traversing a solid part of the tumor. Intraoperative stimulation confirmed these fibers close to the tumor. As a result, only a subtotal resection was performed, preventing postoperative sensorimotor deficits. Conclusion Although, all tractography algorithms successfully identified the core of the corticospinal pathway, deterministic DTI-tractography, as widely used in clinical neuronavigation software, only insufficiently visualized critical fibers here. We believe these results argue for a stronger consideration of advanced tractography approaches in neurosurgical planning.


A robust version of the adaptive control algorithm established by G. Kreisselmeier (1989) is presented. If the conventional dead-zone adaptive law is used in the adaptive system, it is troublesome that the size of the unmodeled dynamics, denoted by in , must be within the chosen dead-zone size for robustness. In this robust version, by introducing a positive design parameter, the robust stability can be achieved without this constraint. It is also shown that the plant output and control input will converge asymptotically within a certain bound. Moreover, in the ideal case, the plant output and control input will converge to zero under some condition. >


This paper applied the cognitive diagnostic theory and technology to the diagnosis of a language cognition test of middle school students. The results showed that there were some differences between the experts' definition and derivation from data on attribute- level relationships and Q matrix,this difference will affect the attribute mastery pattern classification of examinees,and getting the Q matrix and the hierarchical relationship by derivation methods will be a good reference for the subject matter expert and test developers,and it can be a good complement with the method defined by the experts.


Interfacial friction is one of the oldest problems in physics and chemistry and certainly one of the most important from a practical point of view. Due to its practical importance and the relevance to basic scientific questions, there has been a major increase in the activity of the study of interfacial friction on the microscopic level during the last decade. New experimental tools have been developed that allow for detailed investigations of friction at nanometer length scales, a range of related processes which have been termed nanotribology. Intriguing structural and dynamical features have been observed experimentally in nanoscale molecular systems confined between two atomically smooth solid surfaces. These include, for example, stick−slip motion, intermittent stick−slip motion characterized by force fluctuations, transition to sliding above the critical velocity, and a dependence of friction on the history of the system. These and other observations have motivated theoretical efforts, both numerica...


Let / be an ideal in a local Cohen-Macaulay ring (A, m). Assume / to be generically a complete intersection of positive height. We compute the depth of the Rees algebra and the form ring of / when the analytic deviation of / equals one and its reduction number is also at most one. The formulas we obtain coincide with the already known formulas for almost complete intersection ideals.


The progress of the research on plant induced resistance and plant-induced insect resistance in the application of pest management was reviewed.


I examine here Dummett's views on inference in the light of Carroll's paradox of Achilles and the Tortoise. Various readings of the paradox are reviewed, and the one which is favoured is that the Tortoise questions the normative force of logical laws and rules. Dummett's analysis of the epistemology of understanding provides the ints of a solution to this problem, but it is agued that this solution is still incomplete.


Image Restoration is one of the challenging and essential milestones in the image processing domain. Digital image processing is a technique for manipulating digital images using a variety of computer algorithms. The process of transforming the degraded or damaged image to the original image can be known as Image Restoration. The image restoration process improves image quality by converting the degraded image into the original clean image. The techniques for image restoration are comprised of predefined parameters through which digital image gets processed for refinements. The purpose of restoration is to start with the acquired image and then estimate the original image as accurately as possible. A degraded image can be contaminated by any of a blur or noise or both. Many factors can contribute to image degradation, including poor capture, poor lighting, and poor eyesight. Medical science, defensive sensor systems, forensic detections, and astrology all rely on image restoration for accuracy. This paper discusses various image restoration techniques using recent trends for performance improvements.


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Nondestructive tests (NDT), because they cause no physical damage to structures, are widely used to evaluate physical and chemical properties of concrete pavement. However, due to the prohibitive cost of equipment and lack of experience in the field, the most commonly used NDT methods for estimating material characteristics of concrete pavement utilizing falling weight deflectometer or wave propagation techniques such as SASW are less effective than existing destructive tests. Therefore, Korea still depends on destructive tests conducted on a sample core of the highway. This experimental study was performed to estimate the flexural strength and Young's modulus of the specimen by using both a destructive test and an impact echo test. Six coarse aggregates commercially available in Korea were selected for the lab test. A total of 360 samples were manufactured to compare material properties. The study found that the NDT approach was more practical than a destructive test considering the fact that the variation in the Young's modulus when using the impact echo was much smaller than when using a destructive test. In particular, a significant correlation was found between strength and Young's modulus when using the NDT. It was also found that an exponential regression equation between flexural strength and velocity of wave could be established, implying wave propagation technology can be used to predict the strength of concrete pavement. Findings from this study could be used in estimating at an early stage when a particular stretch of highway could be opened to traffic, provided that practical equipment that can directly measure the velocity of rod waves in the field is developed.


Objective To improve the quality of medical care and ensure medical safety by strengthening hospital infection control.Methods Propaganda and training,supervision and evaluation,the implementation of the responsibilities and effective communication were used in the management.Results The infection rate of urinary tract catheter kept zero continuously for 10 years,the infection rate of neonatal ward kept zero continuously for 8 years,and among the 953 cases,the infection rate of laparoscopy and Mammotome minimally invasive surgeries were zero.And the incidence rate of hospital infection kept zero continuously for 2 years.Conclusions It is important to adopt suitable management measures for this hospital,to strengthen hospital infection control,and these will improve the quality of medical care and ensure medical safety.


Abstract. We shall show that the spectrum of Laplacian depends continuously on the parameter for one parameter degeneration of projective algebraic manifolds.


Consumption of information includes more activities, and its factors can be divided into information consumer, information products and its service, and information policies. This paper explores how to measure their levels.


This paper presents the experimental investigations in studying the durability performance of normal concrete and engineered cementitious composite (ECC) under varying key influencing factors. To this end, direct measurements on sorptivity, water absorption and rapid chloride penetration were undertaken for both normal concrete and ECC; each of which was tested using 67-mm thick sliced cylinder specimens with a diameter of 100 mm. The results from this studies highlight that the inherent low permeability properties in ECC are shown to provide excellent durability performance, in particular to the improvement of sorptivity rate and water absorption which is twice higher than that of normal concrete, indicating the very dense capillary pores microstructure. It is also found that chloride concentration on the surface of ECC is twice lesser than normal concrete, owing to the fact marginal manifestation of the electrical conductance.


This article discusses the capabilities, economy and performance requirements of commerical and public service helicopters. Public service needs especially in the area of law enforcement work are highlighted. Lower external noise, night-vision devices, and improved hovering capability on hot days are examples of areas in which helicopters could be improved. It is noted that public service is one of the fastest growing operating fields for helicopters. The need for civilian heavy-lift operations include better engine specific fuel consumption, head-up displays, improved overall helicopter reliability, improved means for static dissipation, improved quality control for spare parts, and improved flight manuals. Other suggestions include increasing the cruise efficiency of helicopters, reducing helicopter vibration, using fly-by-wire control systems to enhance safety, dynamic systems designing to fail safe, and future large civil wide-body helicopters should have three engines for safety of operations.


The spectra of invertible weighted composition operators $uC_\varphi$ on the Bloch and Dirichlet spaces are studied. In the Bloch case we obtain a complete description of the spectrum when $\varphi$ is a parabolic or elliptic automorphism of the unit disc. In the case of a hyperbolic automorphism $\varphi$, exact expressions for the spectral radii of invertible weighted composition operators acting on the Bloch and Dirichlet spaces are derived.


(57) Abstract: mixed homogeneous suspension (349) is the concentration of test compound of each part included in a series of cell types with (303), is guided to the detection zone (355), the further test mixture cells are cellular response of living cells as it flows through the detection zone (355) is measured in real time, the test compound on cell suspension is flowing (349) or series of test compounds (303) apparatus and methods for measuring cellular responses in real time. The apparatus can be used for automated screening of libraries of compounds, the concentration of the test compound and standard compounds are changed in real time, can be further short time generate dose / response profile.


Cryptococcal meningitis is a rare infection in immunocompetent patients and it is mainly a disease of immuno compromised patients. It is an infection of the central nervous system caused by an encapsulated yeast like fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. It is a saprophyte and is found in soil contaminated with pigeon droppings. Prognosis is usually considered good in patients with intact immune system. Since the outcome of the disease can be fatal a high index of suspicion, rapid diagnosis and initiation of the specific antifungal therapy is very important. We report a case of meningitis in an immunocompetent adult female caused by Cryptococcus neoformans.


INTRODUCTION 41 years after the publication of the Smeed Report[1] and two years after the successful introduction of central London's congestion charge, Alistair Darling as Transport Secretary in Spring 2005 formally adopted road user charging as the only long term solution to traffic congestion on Britain's road system. Apart from the special case of Singapore, this was the first time a national government had made such a policy commitment. It followed the publication in July 2004 of the DfT's Feasibility Study of Road Pricing in the UK[2] which set out to show how a distance-based form of charging could work and what benefits it could deliver, as well as the successful introduction of the London Congestion Charging scheme in early 2003.


It is anticipated that future skies over urban areas will be busy with drones flying back and forth delivering packages. Taking New York City as an extreme example, it is estimated that by 2026, 2600 delivery drones could simultaneously populate the city's airspace. The drone–drone collision rate of "dumb" drones can be calculated by treating them as a gas of large, randomly moving, spherical molecules, using the kinetic theory of gases. Collisions can be avoided by making each drone "smart," i.e., by giving each a "sense and avoid" capability for detecting and avoiding a potential collision. For smart drones over New York City, the rate of potential collisions, or encounter rate, extends over a surprisingly large range: from 1 to 170,000 encounters/day, depending on input assumptions. This places stringent constraints on the probability that a smart drone encounter will result in a collision, constraints that must be met by the drone operator. Policy implications are discussed.


Abstract. An analysis is carried out of the snow characteristics, distribution and disappearance on a subtropical volcano. Teide (28° 16′ N–16° 38′ W), is a stratovolcano with the highest altitude in Spanish territory at 3718 m a.s.l. It is characterized by an arid climate, with only 12.7 days of snow per year and very clear skies during most of the year. The snow cover is rarely continuous even during the cold season. In addition, the particular geothermal conditions of its ground, the layout of the lava flows from the crater, and not only its subtropical latitudinal position, are responsible for its special snow distribution and ablation processes, such as the banded and radial snow pattern, the hollows in the base layer of the snowpack and snow penitents. These features create a unique snow cover within the high mountain environments.


For about 1800 years, tongue inspection has been one of the four major diagnostic methods in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The tongue is believed to be able to reflect the health status of the human body. However, making an accurate diagnose with the tongue is not a trivial task. It usually requires enormous training on the TCM doctor before he can make a reasonable diagnosis. Recently, image processing methods have been proposed to automatically process the tongue images and make diagnosis. This study proposes a k-means clustering and adaptive active contour model based automatic tongue region segmentation algorithm. This study is the first step towards the automatic tongue diagnosis. The method was applied on a set of real tongue images. To quantitatively evaluate the segmentation results, the automatically extracted boundaries were compared to the tongue boundaries drawn by experts. An average coverage ratio of 92% was found, indicating the accuracy of the proposed algorithm.


The derivation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) from patient‐specific sources has allowed for the development of novel approaches to studies of human development and disease. However, traditional methods of generating hiPSCs involve the risks of genomic integration and potential constitutive expression of pluripotency factors and often exhibit low reprogramming efficiencies. The recent description of cellular reprogramming using synthetic mRNA molecules might eliminate these shortcomings; however, the ability of mRNA‐reprogrammed hiPSCs to effectively give rise to retinal cell lineages has yet to be demonstrated. Thus, efforts were undertaken to test the ability and efficiency of mRNA‐reprogrammed hiPSCs to yield retinal cell types in a directed, stepwise manner. hiPSCs were generated from human fibroblasts via mRNA reprogramming, with parallel cultures of isogenic human fibroblasts reprogrammed via retroviral delivery of reprogramming factors. New lines of mRNA‐reprogrammed hiPSCs were established and were subsequently differentiated into a retinal fate using established protocols in a directed, stepwise fashion. The efficiency of retinal differentiation from these lines was compared with retroviral‐derived cell lines at various stages of development. On differentiation, mRNA‐reprogrammed hiPSCs were capable of robust differentiation to a retinal fate, including the derivation of photoreceptors and retinal ganglion cells, at efficiencies often equal to or greater than their retroviral‐derived hiPSC counterparts. Thus, given that hiPSCs derived through mRNA‐based reprogramming strategies offer numerous advantages owing to the lack of genomic integration or constitutive expression of pluripotency genes, such methods likely represent a promising new approach for retinal stem cell research, in particular, those for translational applications.


An approach based on limited-angle transmission tomography for reconstruction of the sound velocity distribution in the breast using linear arrays was proposed and evaluated by simulations last year. In this study, we investigate performance of the approach using experimental data. The experimental setup consisted of a 5 MHz 0.3-mm-pitch, 128-channel linear array, a programmable digital array system that was used to acquire radiofrequency channel data, a custom made tissue-mimicking phantom, and a personal computer for central control. A total of 9 different cases were evaluated and the experimental results show that obtaining the sound velocity distribution is feasible with the proposed reconstruction algorithm under current B-mode imaging setup with linear arrays. Therefore, this approach can be used to complement conventional B-mode imaging to enhance the detection of breast cancer.


Spatial and temporal variation of N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Mn, Zn, B and Al concentrations in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) bark and stemwood was studied in three stands at different stages of development. Concentrations of the mobile nutrients N, P and K increased in stemwood and inner bark towards the youngest tissues vertically towards the top of the stem, and horizontally from the pith to the youngest annual rings. The concentrations of Ca, Mg, Mn and Zn were greatest in the oldest tissues and decreased horizontally towards the youngest annual rings. There was a slight increase of most nutrients near the divide between sapwood and heartwood. Seasonal nutrient variation was greatest in the inner bark. The highest nutrient concentrations occurred in winter and spring. Concentrations also varied with stand age, especially in the inner bark, being lowest in the oldest stand.


The action recognition for upper arm training, in low-cost and effective way, has great application in both sport training and rehabilitation training. However,they almost require extra and expensive equipments. This paper proposes an approach for real-time recognition of upper arm actions based on Hidden Markov Model (HMM) only one sensor and one smartphoneare needed. Data collected by a sensor and Action Pattern Sets are established with HMM training. Empirical Results with the smartphone, one for self-coaching for badminton technique improvement and another for arm injuries rehabilitation, validating the effectiveness and usability. Some problems found on site show that the next step is to further optimize the Action Pattern Sets to improve the overall accuracy and users'subjective satisfaction.


Researchers of second language acquisition have investigated the system of learner language at the different stages of acquisition. Such researches have focused on examining the system of the transitional structures and aimed to explain its developmental process. This study aims to examine the general tendencies and differences in the use of English verbal complements by adult Korean learners of English at the different levels of proficiency. It also tries to ascertain if there is any common order of accuracy among the various types of English verbal complements and compare it with the findings of the previous studies. The accuracy order found in this study is very similar to the findings in the previous studies.


The present invention relates to a disposable set (5) for establishing a fluid connection between a fluid dispensing unit (17) and a dosing device adapted to dispense the fluid into a patients' vein. The disposable set comprises a length of a tubing (15) for establishing a fluid connection from the dispensing unit towards and into the dosing device, wherein the tubing (15) comprises a first (1) and a second (10) tubing part. The first tubing part (1) is provided to establish a connection to the second tubing part (10) and to the fluid dispensing unit. The second tubing part (10) is provided to establish a connection towards the dosing device and the patient and to the first tubing part (1). The first tubing part (1) comprises a one-way valve (3) which permits a fluid flow from the dispensing unit (17, 18) towards the dosing device and the patient and to prevent a backward fluid flow from the dosing device towards the dispensing unit. The first and second tubing part are in fluid connection with each other in a liquid tight manner by means of a releasable connection device (11, 12), which is adapted to permit a back flow from the patient in the direction of the releasable connection device in the released position of the releasable connection and to prevent a back flow from the patient in the direction of the releasable connection device (11, 12) in the closed position of the releasable connection.


Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the hypothesis that non-purge-related binge-eating in obesity is maintained by a 'trade-off' in which a highly aversive emotional state is exchanged for a less aversive state. Method: Ninety-eight obese binge-eaters meeting the DSM-IV criteria for binge-eating disorder [1] were contrasted with 65 non-binge-eating controls on their perceived distress associated with negative mood states usually experienced before and after binges. Results: Binge-eaters reported significantly greater distress and lower tolerance of negative mood compared to controls. Furthermore, when compared with controls, binge-eaters reported that emotions typically reported before binges (e.g. anger) were more aversive than those reported after (e.g. guilt). Conclusions: These results were interpreted as supporting the 'trade-off' theory and have implications for the treatment of binge-eating disorder.


Abstract A method was developed allowing the reconstruction of the form of the weld pool after laser beam welding, using texture measuring. The effects of the process parameters (laser power and welding velocity) on the formation of the solidification front could be determined. The method was applied to aluminium, steel and titanium; the influences of the type of solidification, the amount of alloying additions and the number of transformations in the solid state being equally subject of the analysis. Additional metallographic examinations indicated the microstructure formation and grain orientation. The results of the practical examinations formed the basis of a subsequent, more detailed theoretical simulation.


It is hard to use a single label to describe an image for the complexity of remote sensing scenes. Thus, it is a more general and practical choice to use multilabel image classification for high-resolution remote sensing (HRS) images. How to construct the relation between categories is a vital problem for multilabel classification. Some researchers use the recurrent neural network (RNN) or long short-term memory (LSTM) to exploit label relations over the last years. However, the RNN or LSTM could model such category dependence in a chain propagation manner. The performance of the RNN/LSTM might be questioned when a specific category is improperly inferred. To address this, we propose a novel HRS image multilabel classification network, transformer-driven semantic relation inference network. The network comprises two modules: semantic sensitive module (SSM) and semantic relation-building module (SRBM). The SSM locates the semantic attentional regions in the features extracted by a deep convolutional neural network and generates a discriminative content-aware category representation (CACR). The SRBM uses label relation inference from outputs of the SSM to predict final results. The characteristic of the proposed method is that it can extract semantic attentional regions relevant to the category and generate a discriminative CACR and natural and interpretable reasoning about label relations. Experiments were performed on the public UCM multilabel and MLRSNet datasets. Quantitative and qualitative analyses on state-of-the-art multilabel benchmarks proved that the proposed method could effectively locate semantic regions and build relationships between categories with better robustness.


Purpose To prepare 1-methyl-3-ethyl-3-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-hexahydro-1H-azepin hydrochloride (Ⅰ) from m-methoxyacetophenone. Methods 1-methyl-3-ethyl-3-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-hexahydro-1H-azepin hydrochloride(Ⅰ) was synthesized by eight steps with m-methoxyacetophenone as starting material.The eight steps were Willgerodt rearrangement,formation of acyl chloride,acylation,cyclization,C-ethylation,Wolff-Kishner-Huang reduction and reduction by Lithium aluminium hydride and salt formation. Results 1-methyl-3-ethyl-3-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-hexahydro-1H-azepin Hydrochloride(Ⅰ) was prepared in eight steps from cheap material and reagent on normal condition. Conclusions This method is applicable to industrial production.


Background: Yang-na tree has a scientific name as Dipterocapus alatus Roxb. Ex G.Don in family Dipterocarpaceae. Many parts of this tree can be used especially for D. alatus oil. Objectives: To develop basic formula of ibuprofen gel composed of D. alatus oil as a permeation enhancement agent from natural source. Materials and Methods: This study composed of formulation development, physico-chemical property testing, permeation study and stability study. Results: The suitable ibuprofen gel formulation consisted of 0.5 percent D. alatus oil for carbopol and 1 percent D. alatus oil for carboxymethylcellulose as gelling agent when evaluated by side-by-side diffusion cell and physico-chemical properties. Conclusion: This study could get the basic ibuprofen gel formula containing D. alatus oil as the permeation enhancer which gave the value added of this oil to apply and use in pharmaceutical.


This paper presents a kind of fuzzy logic controller for urban transportation.And a kind of short-term traffic prediction method based on ARIMA is combined with it,which makes traffic signal cycle adapted to the dynamic requirement of traffic flow.Finally,the results of its simulation show that this fuzzy method overmatches traditional time method.


Kanbay and Coll.1 have reported a study showing that the acute ef‐ fect of salt supplementation on blood pressure (BP) increase is de‐ pendent on plasma osmolality and that can be partially prevented by coadministration of water. The regulation of plasma volume is complex and involves many factors interplaying each other, in particular the water‐electrolyte bal‐ ance, osmoreceptors, osmolality, vasopressin, the renin‐angiotensin‐al‐ dosterone system (RAAS), prostaglandins, and natriuretic factors. The physiological equilibrium of these factors is able to keep BP within the normal range through the action of acute compensatory mechanisms. However, genetic/epigenetic and alimentary factors or organic diseases can affect the regulation of these factors leading to sodium and water unbalance or vascular reactions and developing hypertension.2 For example, some people, as the African Americans, are predisposed to sodium retention showing low renin essential hypertension. Even the consumption of foods rich in soy or glutamate can be another cause of volume‐dependent hypertension, as in Asiatic people. The early management of predisposed subjects and the preven‐ tion of acquired factors are therefore necessary to avoid future car‐ diovascular risk.


In the context of cultural and socio-economical changes, emerging from the per cent of high school students declared a completely sedentary lifestyle (12 hours or more in a sitting position). Almost 38% of the respondents reported on average, 32% low and 30% of the high level of satisfaction with their own lives. There was no statistically significant difference ( p <0.05) due to the gender of the respondents. There was no significant correlation ( p <0.05) between the degree of satisfaction with life and the amount of time spent in a sitting position: for the total sample ( r =0.0311, p =0.591), in women ( r =0.018; p =0.812) and men ( r =0.046; p =0.625). Organized forms of physical activity, health training and recreational sport serve valuable purposes which may be an individual challenge that provides to an opportunity to increase life satisfaction.


It is known that maternal diabetes induces a premature delivery and a congenital malformation. Although it was suggested that hyperglycemia is a main cause, little has been known. The effects of subtotal pancreactomized animal as a diabetic model on the embryo and the offspring were investigated. 1) Although survival rate of offsprings from the 90% pancreactomized female was lower than that of control, body weight of the survived offsprings was similar to that of control until 6 weeks after birth. When the liver was investigated, abnormal tissue was observed in both female and male offsprings from the pancreactomized mother. The level of major urinary protein(MUP) that is synthesized in the liver and secrets into urine was decreased in both female and male, supporting the liver abnormality. 2) In the pancreactomized female, size of the Langhan's island was increased and the liver also was observed abnormal. However, blood glucose level of the pancreactomized mother was not different from that of control. The low body weight and survival rate of offsprings from the inhibin-α overexpressed mice was very similar to those of the offsprings from diabetic mother. Thus when the mother itself was investigated after DNA injection, blood glucose level in the inhibin-α overexpressed mice was not different from that of control although size of the Langhan's island was decreased. Taken together, subtotal pancreactomy affected the offspring and embryo and influenced deeply the mother itself. However glucose level of the mother was not changed during investigation. It suggested that the relationship between the diabetic mother and embryo through offspring is very complex.


Depending on breed and variety, porcine genomes contain different numbers of copies of proviral genomes of Porcine type C oncovirus (previously: porcine endogenous retrovirus, PERV) [1; 2]. Only a few of the proviral sequences encode replication-competent viruses [3]. PERV belong to the genus Gammaretrovirus within the Retroviridae family. They have a simply constructed (+)ssRNA genome with a total length of about 8 9 kb [3]. The genome contains the genes gag, pol and env, which are flanked by the long terminal repeats. So far, three different PERV subtypes (PERV-A, PERV-B and PERV-C) are described which are widely distributed. While PERV-A and PERV-B are found in all pigs, the phylogenetically younger PERV-C is present in about 90 % of all pigs [4; 5]. The three subtypes differ mainly in their envelope proteins so that they bind to different cellular receptors [1; 6].


The purpose of this paper is to examine the differences of VR acceptance rates when comparing race and gender within the Latino ethnicity. Disparities due to race exist in the Latino populations, some of which are consistent with racial disparities in the non-Latino population. Research on racial disparities and gender disparities in state Vocational rehabilitation (VR) has shown differences in the access to services and the outcomes of those services. Gender research has shown that women with disabilities tend to be accepted for services more frequently if their disabilities are less than severe. Research also shows that although women are accepted more frequently than men with disabilities, their cases are closed more as homemakers and less consistently with their goals than are men's cases and more often in a non-goal-related status of homemaker (Danek & Lawrence, 1985). Findings suggested that while no main effect for gender or race existed in VR acceptance rates of Latino/as with disabilities in the 2007 fiscal year, the likelihoods of interaction effects (on VR acceptance rates) between gender and race, gender and severity of disability, race and severity of disability, and race and primary source of support were highly significant.


This text is the write-up of a series of lectures on the asymptotic mixed Hodge theory of isolated hypersurface singularities, held at the Third Latin American school on Algebraic Geometry and its applications (ELGA 3) in Guanajuato, Mexico, in august 2017. Its focus is on the classical application of the semi-continuity of the spectrum due to Varchenko and Steenbrink to the problem of bounding the possible singularities on a projective hypersurface.


The article is devoted to the description of the work and the research of text generators generate longer texts with a minimum input of primary information. The research is interdisciplinary of NLP and carried out at the intersection of Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics. The emergence of the growth of web-based textual information has significantly accelerated the development of some scientific fields that have existed for many decades, but in the absence of much access to input data, they have not developed as rapidly as in the past two decades. There have been several promising ideas and experiments in this field for the automatic processing of natural language texts, which have already been implemented in many of the systems used, including many commercial systems. In my research, I try to better understand and compare existing CL applications and their operation in each topic. However, specific applications fall into one topic, with little or no difference in their area of operation and application. The methods NLP in the field of artificial intelligence were described. The most important and traceable form of communication is writing. Artificial intelligence and automation are at the heart of the ongoing fourth industrial revolution. During the research process, the author drew several conclusions during the research process. Among other things, he understood the importance of data vectorization and that any abstract process can be well modelled with mathematical processes. Although the use of different text generators are based on AI, the role of man is not negligible, as setting input parameters and checking output results for different methods still requires human control to this day. The layout and "quality assurance" of the text is the responsibility of AI researchers. Various techniques and methods have evolved and supplemented significantly over the past 20 years, with the latest text generators almost surpassing the framework and quality of text written by a person. This does not mean that in the future we will only read machine-generated text. Intuition and creativity still require the presence of man to this day, the machine processes the set of information we enter or enter and processes the various patterns and then generates texts using them.


The level density and the γ‐strength function have been extracted experimentally. From the level densities thermodynamical quantities such as temperature and heat capacity can be found. Structures in the micro‐canonical temperature are interpreted as the onset of new degrees of freedom by the breaking of Cooper pairs. The S‐shape in the heat capacity curves, found within the canonical ensemble, indicates the pairing‐phase transition, and a critical temperature for the quenching of pair correlations is found. The pygmy resonance at 3.3(1) MeV in 172Yb has now been established with a strength of B(M1)=6.5(15)μN2 and M1 multipolarity, the so‐called scissors mode. In addition, a strong unexpected enhancement of the radiative strength function (RSF) has been found at low γ‐ray energy in medium light Fe nuclei and also in the heavier Mo nuclei.


Pathogenesis of gastro-duodenal ulcer formation is a complex mechanism due to an imbalance between increased aggressive and decreased defensive factors (Sarkar et al., 2006) which are responsible in the loss of gastric mucosal integrity (Ray et al., 1990). Many complex and complicated neurogenic mechanisms and their involvement in ulceration have been suggested (Nobrega and Wiener, 1983; Hernandez et al., 1985; Ferri et al, 1983; Bhargaba et al., 1980; Spadaro et al, 1987). Cerebellar nodular lesion (CNL) is also involved and responsible for the pathogenesis of gastro-duodenal damage by decreasing the mucus secretion (Guha and Ghosh, 1995; Wolf, 1969). Complex neurotransmitter mechanisms are also involved during such gastric pathology (Grundy, 2006). Serotonin or 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) is a monoamine neurotransmitter which is localized in the enterochromaffm (EC) cells of the gastric and duodenal mucosa (Racke et ah, 1988). It is reported that serotonin (5-HT) is the specific substance in the enterochromaffm (EC) cells (Gershon, 1999) which are distributed throughout the alimentary canal (Tack and Samelli, 2002). Serotonin (5-HT) has also been shown to stimulate mucus production in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and it protects gastro duodenal mucosa against cerebellar nodular lesion (CNL)-induced ulceration (Guha and Ghosh, 1995).


We propose a new color image segmentation algorithm by unsupervised classification of pixels. This procedure iteratively constructs the classes by histogram multi-thresholding. For this purpose, the procedure selects different color spaces in which the modes of the 1D-histograms are separated as well as possible, so that each mode corresponds effectively to a region in the image.


A control system is described with which it is possible to regulate the pressure in a vacuum system over the range of 1 atm to less than 1 × 10−8 torr within ±5% of the desired pressure. An electrical signal, arising because of a deviation from the prescribed pressure, is used through a servo system, to pulse sequentially solenoid valves which control pumping speed and leak rate. Subsequent to initial adjustments, operation for extended periods is possible without operator attention.


Alone is an American reality television series on the History Channel. The show features 10 contestants who are vying to outlast each other while living off the land. Notably, there is no camera crew, and the contestants must film themselves everyday; the production team creates a weekly program that marks the journey of each individual. This study sought to understand the degree to which participants are able to shape their public identities through the video footage they shot and that was subsequently edited in Alone's cutting room. The research team employed an explorative case study methodology, which allowed them to watch hours of publicly available official video clips from the History Channel's Alone YouTube channel. The analysis was driven by theory (Goffman's The Presentation of Self conceptual framework) and an inductive thematic analysis, which took place in a cyclical fashion through interpretation meetings at the end of each of the six series that were watched. The findings first showed that the contestants were performing to multiple audiences, such as their families, the public, the producers, and even God. Second, the boundary between the frontstage and the backstage was highly blurred. Third, the contestants were able to continue shaping and "repairing" their identities through their own social media outlets after the program. Finally, the theme of gendered approaches to living outdoors shone through in ways that were very complex, overlapping, and non-binary. There is an undeniably strong "impression management tension" between the selves that participants wanted to project and the narratives that were constructed by the Alone program's producers.


Data mining is a process that involves identifying patterns and insights in large datasets through the use of statistical techniques and computational tools. This process can help researchers make more informed decisions. A subset of data mining known as predictive analysis is used to identify trends and patterns and make predictions about the future. This process is carried out using machine learning techniques and involves identifying relationships and patterns in the data. It is commonly utilized in sectors such as healthcare, marketing, and finance to identify potential opportunities and risks, as well as improve decision-making. The paper compares and contrasts the performance of different data mining methods for predictive analysis, namely, Random Forest, Naive Bayes, and Decision Tree. It also aims to identify the weaknesses and strengths of these techniques. This study is based on the "Iris" data set, which includes information about the petals, sepal length, width, and length of three different iris species. The evaluation metrics used in this research were precision, recall, AUC, and F1. According to the study's results, SVM performed well in terms of its precision, recall, accuracy, and F1 score. Random Forest also had a high AUC score. Although Naive Bayes and Decision Tree showed slight declines, they still managed to achieve high AUC and accuracy. Although the results of the study indicate that SVM and RF are suitable for performing predictive analysis on the Iris dataset, further testing and evaluation are needed to confirm their capabilities for other applications. The importance of choosing the appropriate evaluation metrics is also acknowledged. The findings of this study provide valuable insight into the performance of various data mining techniques when it comes to performing predictive analysis. It is important for researchers to consider the advantages and disadvantages of each method when choosing one for their specific applications.


This article shows the problems in the defense of human rights in a globalized world. It makes clear that human rights, despite the theoretical controversy, may be conceived as a moral category, made up of values that are interrelated with human dignity. It also shows that though they are classified as supralegal, because they exist independently of the legal recognition of States, their warranty and operation depend on the incorporation of these values to the national and international legal systems, so that they commit the centers of power to their observance and protection.


PURPOSE: To prevent large power consumption due to the capacitance-based operation and damage of a component of a DC-AC converter by arranging so that a change in the operating condition of the DC-AC converter puts each switching element out of electric continuity during the residual portion of the period belonging to the frequency of this switching element. CONSTITUTION: When input terminals 1 and 2 are connected with the electrode of a DC voltage source, a driver circuit turns switching elements S1 and S2 in circuit A into two conditions, in electric continuity and out of continuity, alternately with a frequency (f). As a result, a current J flows through a load circuit with polarities changing with the frequency (f), and meantime, a periodic voltage exists between the ends of the load circuit B, and there is a phase difference between the periodic voltage Vp and current J. A measuring circuit I generates a control signal depending upon the phase difference, and in conformity to the control signal, a control circuit II turns the switching elements S1 and S2 out of continuity during the residual portion of the period belonging to the frequency (f) of the switching element S1 /S2 . This allows preventing a large power consumption due to the capacitance-based operation and damage of a component of a DC-AC converter.


Wireless sensor networks need energy-efficient mechanisms to measure topology for various aspects of network management, such as resource scheduling, performance evaluation and optimization. In this paper, we take into account the unique data aggregation communication paradigm of sensor networks: the sink node can infer the topology by exploiting whether data from various sensor nodes are received, without incurring any additional burden on the network. Then we present a practical algorithm for topology measurement based on network tomography technology that exploits the monotonicity of end-to-end loss with increasing path length. Finally, we validate the algorithm through simulations and it exhibits good performance and scalability.


Abstract An important issue closely related to social equity in public service delivery is the teaching of diversity/diversity management in public administration education.This essay addresses this observation in two ways. First, it provides an overview of the traditional cultural environment of public organizations and offers a view of a social equity subculture. Second, the essay presents a perspective on teaching diversity in public administration education as a way of enhancing a social equity focus in the classroom. The premise of this essay is that social equity can best be achieved if public administrators, public managers, and public service delivery personnel have a clear understanding and appreciation of diversity and diversity management that is built into the organization's culture. If social equity is seen as having a connection to diversity within a public organization, it may affect how well the organization advances social equity in the public service delivery process. A concluding thought of the essay is that the teaching of social equity and diversity must be included in public administration education coursework and curricula and that a concerted effort should be made to diversify—racially and ethnically—public administration faculty.


A photographic observation of periodic comet Encke is analyzed which reveals the emission of large dust grains from the comet. Photometric reduction of the photographic plate is described, and a two-dimensional isodensitometer scan of P/Encke is presented. An analytical expression is obtained for the average mass-loss rate of the dust over the revolution period of about 1200 days. A comparison of the results for P/Encke with previous results for P/d'Arrest indicates that both comets shed dust at just about equal average rates. It is concluded that the current contribution of P/Encke to the interplanetary dust is quite negligible if the dust particles reflect more than 1% of light and that smaller dust grains probably tend to contribute more mass than larger grains.


Formation of fast particles carrying multiple charges by the splitting of light nuclei by high-energy protons is of great interest for the theory of direct interactions, therefore, the angular distribution and the energy spectra of /sub 3/Li/sup 8/ fragments, emitted at various angles with respect to the incident protons were investigated for the case involving the splitting of the / sub 6/C/sup 12/ nucleus. Thin polystyrene and polyethylene films were exposed in a vacuum chamber to a 10/sup 13/ cm/sup -2/ proton flux in the extracted beam of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Studies phasotron, using a proton energy of 660 Mev. The Li/sup 8/ fragments were recorded by means of a low-sensitivity nuclear emulsion in the angular range from 20 to 160 deg . Results revealed the formation of T-shaped tracks which in principle could be formed by clei at 20, 47, 90, and 137 deg . They were due mostly to /sub 3/Li/sup 8/ and to a slight degree to /sub 3/Li/sup 9/, the i sobar /sub 5/B/sup 8/ was absent. This indicated a substantially asymmetric structure of /sub 6/C/sup 12/ in relation with the mirror symmetry of the /sub 5/B/sup 8/ and /sub 3/Li/sup 8/ cluster. Whilemore » this supports the assump tion that the incident protons split the clusters quasi-elastically, it is contradicted by the energy measurements as a function of the angle of observation and the energy of the incident particles. It was concluded that the softest portion of the /sub 3/Li/sup 8/ spectrum is due to the formation by an (n,2n) reaction of an intermediate /sub 4/Be/sup 9/ particle and to the decay of the residual nucleus. (TTT)« less


Tourism is the sector of the UN and industry A paragraph Many National and Regional Economics . Important link can be UN Development When projecting Towards the Importance of User Satisfaction Product Service medium- and long-term properly managed there.


ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on people's professional and personal lives is ongoing. The transition to remote teaching has particularly affected social work education due to its experiential methods incorporating a direct experience whereby students "learn by doing." This study examined the impact of the global pandemic and the transition to remote teaching on the emotional and cognitive experiences of 144 social work instructors in Israel. The results indicated that they quickly adapted to remote teaching. Furthermore, the instructors reported a mixed effect of the transition to remote teaching on their work – life balance. This study suggests that institutions should provide their instructors with sufficient time and tools to design remote classes in order to better engage their students in the learning process. The findings provide the foundation for understanding the complexity of remote teaching in the social work profession and offer opportunities to learn from experience. This study suggests that institutions should provide their instructors with sufficient time and tools to design their remote classes in order to better engage their students in the learning process.


A series of novel porous polymer frameworks (PPFs) with [3 + 4] structure motif have been synthesized from readily accessible building blocks via imine condensation, and the dependence of gas adsorption properties on the building block dimensions and functionalities was studied. The resulting imine-linked frameworks exhibit high surface area: the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) specific surface area up to 1740 m2 g–1, and a Langmuir surface area up to 2157 m2 g–1. More importantly, the porous frameworks exhibit outstanding H2 (up to 2.75 wt %, 77 K, 1 bar), CO2 (up to 26.7 wt %, 273 K, 1 bar), CH4 (up to 2.43 wt %, 273 K, 1 bar), and C2H2 (up to 17.9 wt %, 273 K, 1 bar) uptake, which are among the highest reported for organic porous materials. PPFs exhibit good ideal selectivities for CO2/N2 (14.5/1–20.4/1), and CO2/CH4 adsorption (8.6/1–11.0/1), and high thermal stabilities (up to 500 °C), thus showing a great potential in gas storage and separation applications.


ABSTRACT This paper presents findings from a small-scale pilot evaluation of the Silver Stories programme. Silver Stories involves school-age children reading to older people in the community and is a way of addressing literacy and emotional difficulties, as well as enhancing wellbeing. The authors collected and analysed questionnaire and interview data after a school term of programme implementation, across five schools in England and Wales, during the period of the third lockdown. The main finding was that participants experienced the programme as an opportunity for relationship-building between generations, highlighting the relational nature of reading as a 'literacy event' and wellbeing as a product of social interaction rather than an individual attribute. The pilot also indicated that school priorities might have shifted due to COVID-19 from academic attainment to a focus on social and emotional support. Although this was likely a temporary phase, it is also an opportunity to build back better.


Reducing unnecessary fluid stagnation volume while maintaining the desired flow rate and pressure and a filter assembly for providing a uniform flow of the housing, a first end and a second end, and a filter element sandwiched between the first end and a second end, and a sleeve and a Eve. The sleeve may be coupled to the first and second dankaep dankaep to form a single aggregate as a structure of which is located around the filter, located in the housing.


This largely speculative review historicises the current era of 'Springs' through the lens of partition. I offer a critique of political modernity and the modern nation-state through analysis of the turn to border politics in colonial conquests, decolonisation efforts, Cold War politics and other instances of international relations across the long twentieth century. The pervasiveness of such plans across late modernity marks the beginning of the end of the nation as a single, reifiable, imaginable structure. With Ireland as exemplar, I posit national dividedness —a generally underestimated paradigm shaping our time— as spurring a decline in state authority and a new, radical "consciousness of streets." Together with other defining political structures, it participates in transforming the postmodern map of nation into a conflicted network, an imagined community as metropolitan circuit. I take recourse to theories of partition and nation and work by geographers, historians and postcolonial theorists including Joseph Cleary, Benedict Anderson, Monica Duffy Toft, Etienne Balibar and Michel Foucault.


While often studied in isolation and treated as exceptional, civilmilitary relations in the United States under President Donald Trump exhibit many patterns and problems found globally. This article explores these similarities, drawing from four sets of scholarship in comparative politics: societalmilitary pacts, militarization of politics and society, regime security, and coups d'états. Applying these concepts to the Trump era, the article contends that some of his actions were fueled by trends and patterns in society and the military that predated his presidency. Other actions significantly departed from modern conventions of US civilmilitary relations. Neither the trends nor Trump's specific actions, however, are especially novel when viewed through the lens of comparative politics.


Simple Summary Wilms tumor (WT) is the most frequent pediatric tumor in children and shows highly variable histology, leading to variation in classification. Artificial intelligence-based automatic recognition holds the promise that this may be done in a more consistent way than human observers can. We have therefore studied digital microscopic slides, stained with standard hematoxylin and eosin, of 72 WT patients and used a deep learning (DL) system for the recognition of 15 different normal and tumor components. We show that such DL system can do this task with high accuracy, as exemplified by a Dice score of 0.85 for the 15 components. This approach may allow future automated WT classification. Abstract (1) Background: Histopathological assessment of Wilms tumors (WT) is crucial for risk group classification to guide postoperative stratification in chemotherapy pre-treated WT cases. However, due to the heterogeneous nature of the tumor, significant interobserver variation between pathologists in WT diagnosis has been observed, potentially leading to misclassification and suboptimal treatment. We investigated whether artificial intelligence (AI) can contribute to accurate and reproducible histopathological assessment of WT through recognition of individual histopathological tumor components. (2) Methods: We assessed the performance of a deep learning-based AI system in quantifying WT components in hematoxylin and eosin-stained slides by calculating the Sørensen–Dice coefficient for fifteen predefined renal tissue components, including six tumor-related components. We trained the AI system using multiclass annotations from 72 whole-slide images of patients diagnosed with WT. (3) Results: The overall Dice coefficient for all fifteen tissue components was 0.85 and for the six tumor-related components was 0.79. Tumor segmentation worked best to reliably identify necrosis (Dice coefficient 0.98) and blastema (Dice coefficient 0.82). (4) Conclusions: Accurate histopathological classification of WT may be feasible using a digital pathology-based AI system in a national cohort of WT patients.


Based on the traditional optical scanning and the effective combination of a high-frequency resonant scanner and a galvanometer scanner,a novel high-speed laser scanning method with sampling rate of 4M/s was proposed.The hardware platform of control system was built,the PC-client and microcontroller software were designed.The experimental results prove that the control system is rapid and stable,can realize real-time confocal scanning imaging.


It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 1st ACM Workshop on AISec -- AISec '08. The mission of this new workshop is to stimulate increased collaboration between the Security and AI communities. It is our strong belief that such collaboration is the best route towards fully realizing the security and privacy benefits of today's ubiquitous information.

The call for papers attracted 20 submissions from Asia, Canada, Europe and the United States. The program committee accepted 7 research papers and 2 position papers covering a variety of topics, including usable access control and authentication, malware and network attack defense and reputation systems. In addition, the program includes two exciting invited talks. The first is by Dr. Chris Clifton of Purdue University; a prominent leader in both the privacy and data mining communities. The second is by Dr. Carl Landwehr, IARPA and University of Maryland. Dr. Landwehr is very well-known for his information assurance research and currently is the Program leader for the National Intelligence Community Information Assurance Research at IARPA, a program with many challenging problems intersecting both Security and AI.

We give our heartfelt thanks to the program committee and external reviewers. It is quite challenging crafting a program for a cross-disciplinary conference. The program committee made significant strides in defining this largely new field of research and in soliciting relevant and novel research contributions, and all the reviewers worked very hard to give useful and insightful feedback to the authors.


On behalf of the officers of the Association of American Indian Literatures (ASAIL) and the editorial board of SAIL, I would like to thank our 2005 patrons and sponsors for their support of ASAIL, SAIL's parent organization, as their generous contributions assist us to continue to our mission: "to promote study, criticism, and research on the oral traditions and written literatures of Native Americans; to promote the teaching of such traditions and literatures; and to support and encourage contemporary Native American writers and the continuity of Native oral traditions."


Background: Epidemiological studies found that depression was associated with subsequent risk of cognitive decline (Sephton et al., 2003 ; Andel, Hughes & Crowe, 2005). The nature of this association remains unclear, as incipient AD may be a risk factor for depression. The aim of this study was to determine the possible association between depression and cognitive impairment in old institutionalized people of both sexes and different ages. Methods: Subjects were 300 older people, residents of 11 older people' s homes in Zagreb, of both sexes, aged 65-90 years, grouped in four 5-year range age groups. Beck' s Depression Scale and Cognitive Function Scale – CAPE were administered. Subjects' objective health status, self-perceived health and functional ability were controlled for. Findings: Results showed different correlations between depression and cognitive impairment in different age groups. Discussion: The implications of these findings are interesting in terms of intervention and better identification of groups particularly susceptible to cognitive decline.


Abstract The goal of this work was to design an adaptive nonlinear proportional–integral (PI) controller to regulate the dynamics of an aerobic wastewater bioreactor, providing a mathematical sketch of proof of the convergence of the control scheme. Adequate operating regions were determined and the corresponding steady-state points were studied via phase portrait and bifurcation analysis. The proposed controller was applied to a wastewater treatment plant to regulate dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration and, indirectly, the concentration of chemical oxygen demand (COD) in the bioreactor; the recirculation flow rate was considered as the manipulated variable. The implementation was based on the mathematical bioreactor's model, which was experimentally verified; it describes COD dynamics, DO, biomass, recirculation biomass concentrations, and temperature. The obtained results, via numerical simulations, showed that the proposed control law is able to control DO concentration; this control exhibited better performance in comparison to a linear one.


Emerging educational literature suggests that the teacher identity invoked as pre-service teachers (PSTs) greatly contributes to how roles and responsibilities are viewed and prioritized in the teaching field. This book aims to explore factors that shape PST identities, specifically in response to the government prescribed teaching roles and responsibilities in the context of South Africa's HIV/AIDS epidemic. Findings from this study indicate that PSTs bring an array of their own experiences, knowledge and perceptions to the teacher-training program which ultimately shape their teacher identity. The contribution of this study lies in its innovative approach to teacher training: it moves beyond looking at the knowledge PSTs require to equip them in their teaching capacity, to a deeper exploration of how PST training can unearth aspects of their lives that will preclude or encourage them to teach effectively. Based on evidence from the study, this book argues that the PST's experience, knowledge and perceptions should be considered when developing teacher-training programs in order to promote a comprehensive and effective educational response to HIV/AIDS and other societal concerns.


This study is for the application of functional antibacterial packaging to fresh food. Zeolite/Zinc-polypeptide was coated on PP film at concentrations of 5%, 10%, and 15%, degree of dispersion was verified through FESEM and FT-IR analysis. In addition, the antibacterial and antifungal properties of the films were analyzed according to the control group and the concentration of coating materials. As a result, the degree of dispersion of coating material was irregular but wide, depending on the concentration of Zeolite/Zinc-polypeptide on the surface of PP film. The antibacterial effect against E. coli was over 99.9%, and the growth of R. oryzae was inhibited about 70%. Therefore, it was confirmed that Zeolite/Zinc-polypeptide had antibacterial and antifungal properties against E. coli and R. oryzae even after coated on PP film. In conclusion, Zeolite/Zinc-polypeptide coating film is expected to be effective in preventing corruption and improving the shelf life of fresh food as a functional packaging material. In order to be applied to various fresh foods in the future, storage experiments are additionally required with temperature and humidity conditions according to fresh foods.


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Learning a musical instrument is associated with hours of practice for the technical improvement and musical evolution on the part of the student, leaving out many of those who have interest, but cannot dedicate themselves so thoroughly to the process. This is due to the physical characteristics of each instrument and their particular way of generating sound. With new computer technologies, such as ubiquitous computing, other ways of generating sound allow for new approaches in musical creation and education. This article describes an investigation of the use of ubiquitous computing in the context of an elementary school classroom with the intent of promoting the learning and experiencing of musical concepts. In an exploratory case study, done in 2 municipal public schools in Rio de Janeiro with 2 elementary school 7th grade classes, the school environment was transformed into a sound laboratory, whose sounds were activated using body movements that the students were already familiar with, such as clapping hands. Thus, the classroom is presented as a collective musical instrument, lessening the technical barriers that are necessary to musical execution.


Abstract The purpose of this paper is to describe the different grain boundary structures and kinds of dislocations which can arise in the {510} Σ13 grain boundary in diamond cubic materials. Firstly, the different possible grain boundary structures are derived within the framework of group theory, and then general expressions for the Burgers vectors of the grain boundary dislocations which separate these structures are obtained. These grain boundary dislocations are of three kinds: (1) perfect grain boundary dislocations (also called DSC dislocations), which do not change the grain boundary structure, (2) imperfect grain boundary dislocations, which relate different, but equivalent, grain boundary structures, and finally (3) partial dislocations, which separate two non-equivalent grain boundary structures. Transmission electron microscopy is then used to show that imperfect dislocations are indeed present in a Σ13 (22·6°/[001]½) grain boundary in Si, and have Burgers vectors consistent with ¼[001]½.


Objective:To understand the patient journey and unmet medical needs of patients with systemic/cutaneous lupus erythematosus(SLE/CLE)in Japan.   Methods:Qualitative data were collected through semi‒structured, 45‒minute telephone interviews from Japanese patients with SLE/CLE(n=10/n=5)and medical specialists(dermatologists, nephrologists, rheumatologists)primarily responsible for SLE/CLE patient care. Interviewees were asked for their views and experience with regard to current care.   Findings:Only 3/15 patients suspected SLE/CLE and often delayed consultation of physicians. Three patients(1 SLE;2 CLE)presented directly to the diagnosing specialist, while 12 patients were referred from other departments, not being presented directly to specialists. Among the SLE/CLE patients, the time from the appearance of first symptoms to diagnosis ranged from 1 month to 18 years(mean 2.7 years)and from 2 months to 17 years(mean 3.7 years), respectively. Oral and/or topical steroids were base medicines for both SLE and CLE patients. Immunosuppressants were used in 60% and 0% of SLE/CLE patients, and hydroxychloroquine in 30% and 60% of SLE/CLE patients, respectively. Key unmet needs highlighted by the specialists and patients were a lack of awareness about SLE/CLE, limited methods for early diagnosis, a lack of alternative to steroids and treatment effective for chronic symptoms, lack of tools/support aimed at improving education and patient quality of life.   Conclusions:In our sample, the mean time from the appearance of the first symptoms to diagnosis according to the SLE and CLE patients was 2.7 and 3.7 years, respectively. Improvements in awareness of SLE/CLE and the provision of accurate information and educational programs/materials for patients and non‒specialists are needed.


A retrospective evaluation of flowmetry as single urodynamic technique in the diagnosis of lower urinary tract obstruction was performed in 130 male patients. A statistically significant difference was observed for maximum urinary flow minus mean urinary flow in the presence of obstruction. Analysis of the morphology of the flowmetry curve could orient the diagnosis of the underlying condition. Measurement of post-micturitional residual urine appears to have no statistical value. The detrusor pressure/urinary flow test continues to be the most reliable in the diagnosis of male lower urinary tract obstruction.


A frequency domain thickness measurement approach for multilayered structures consisting of micrometer-scale viscoelastic thin layers is introduced. The technique presented in present work is based on a transfer matrix formulation and pulse/echo boundary conditions. The algorithms are developed from a first-principle-based analysis of linear elastic wave propagation in layered structures. An experimental procedure is introduced for determining the natural frequencies of a multilayer structure consisting of highly attenuative layers. Extraction of layer thicknesses from a set of natural frequencies is also demonstrated. One unique feature of the current technique is that it requires acoustic equipment operating at relatively low frequency. Specific challenges due to strong frequency-dependent attenuation in viscoelastic materials are discussed and addressed.


The rate for Z 0 → J/ψ + ℓ + ℓ − is suprisingly large with about one event for every million Z 0 decays. The reason for this is that there is a fragmentation contribution that is not suppressed by a factor of M 2 ψ /M 2 Z. In the fragmentation limit M Z → ∞ with E ψ /M Z fixed, the differential decay rate for Z 0 → J/ψ + ℓ + ℓ − factors into electromagnetic decay rates and universal fragmentation functions. The fragmentation functions for lepton fragmentation and photon fragmentation into J/ψ are calculated to lowest order in α. The fragmentation approximation to the rate is shown to match the full calculation for E ψ greater than about 3M ψ .


Experience over the past year with administra tion and congressional efforts to restrain federal expenditures has emphasized the need for better budget control procedures and mechanisms than now exist. Although expenditures can only be made on the basis of prior authorization of Congress, primary control of the levels of annual spending is exercised by the Executive. Item-veto authority would strengthen its con trol. Congressional control of a given year's expenditures through the conventional appropriations process is limited to a small portion of the total budget—about one-third of total for nondefense programs. Congress could increase its control over annual expenditures by adopting the practice of setting ceil ings on expenditures or at least on obligations, and preferably in conjunction with a single-package appropriations bill in place of the present multibill practice of appropriating. The making of decisions by the Executive and Congress on budget priorities, with respect to both the total and its individual parts, could be improved by creation of a program-evaluation commission. Finally, creation of a joint congressional budget committee consisting of a relatively small number of majority and minority members of the appropriations and tax-writing committees would encourage over-all budget decisions by the Congress instead of piecemeal decisions alone.