In the above article, we – the authors – described recent advances in the identification and characterisation of schistosome tyrosine kinase and signalling pathways, notably the potential intervention value of insulin signalling in schistosomes. For greater completeness of relevant references, we would like to acknowledge additional research that supports the therapeutic potential of schistosome kinases, namely in papers published by our colleagues Drs Colette Dissous, Stephen Davis and Christoph Grevelding: Knobloch, J., Beckmann, S., Burmeister, C., Quack, T., and Grevelding C.G. (2007) Tyrosine kinase and cooperative TGFß signaling in the reproductive organs of Schistosoma mansoni. Experimental Parasitology 117, 318–336 Swierczewski, B.E. and Davies, S.J. (2009) A schistosome cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit is essential for parasite viability. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 25;3(8):e505 Beckmann, S., Grevelding, C.G. (2010) Imatinib makes a fatal impact on morphology, pairing stability, and survival of adult S. mansoni in vitro. International Journal for Parasitology 40, 521–526. Dissous, C., Grevelding C.G. (2011) Piggy-Backing cancer drugs for schistosomiasis treatment, a tangible perspective? Trends in Parasitology 27, 59–66


Social organization in primate societies is a complex and self-organized phenomenon that integrates kinship, competition and cooperation behaviors, and which can be explained using simple rules according to the adaptive behavior approach. Although it is not currently a common approach in Primatology, some incipient agent-based simulations have been used in order to study the emergence patterns of social organization in primates. Hemelrijk [1] presented an agent-based model, called DomWorld, where dominance interactions (i.e., dyadic agonist encounters between two agents) determines both the dominance hierarchy and the spatial distribution of group members observed in macaque societies. More recently, and based on the co-variation hypothesis [2], Puga-Gonzalez et al. [3] developed GrooFiWorld, an agent-based model that is an extension of DomWorld and includes agonistic and affiliative behaviors in order to reproduce the emergence of patterns of social organization observed in macaque societies. Dolado & Beltran [4] obtained data from observation of a captive group of Cercocebus torquatus (a species that is phylogenetically close to macaques) and compared them with data from GrooFiWorld agent-based simulations [3]. The results suggested that, although the GrooFiWorld model can be used as a starting point to study the flexibility observed in behavior patterns in macaques and close species, some other parameters should be taken into account in order to determine the emergence patterns of social organization in primates. A good candidate to include as a factor in GrooFiWorld model is kinship. Many studies have identified kinship (i.e., the genetic relationship among group members) as a factor that can account for certain individual differences in aggressive and affiliative patterns observed among members of the same group [5]. Moreover, the females of the macaques, baboons or mangabeys remain in their natal groups and spend much time in contact with their relatives searching for food, in grooming sessions or by taking care of offspring . Therefore, including kinship in a model of social organization may modify the durations and frequencies of affiliative interactions in the group [6] and contribute to achieve a better fit of the model. We have developed an agent-based program called A-KinGDom, which is written in C and Delphi and Open GL, and runs in Windows. The program implements DomWorld [1] and GrooFiWorld [3] models, plus a new KinWorld model that is an extension of GrooFiWorld which includes the kinship factor in order to modulate affiliatives interactions. The simultaneous application of dyadic interaction rules for all agents in the current model allows us to simulate the emergence of patterns of social organization in a group of primates. The KinWorld model includes dominance and affiliatives interactions, as well as kinship relations between agents (see Figure 1). According to the DomWorld and GrooFi World models, whenever an agent does not perceive any other agent within its personal distance, grouping rules come into effect. However, if one agent enters the personal distance of another, a social interaction may or may not take place. When two agents meet, one of them decides whether or not to engage in either a dominance or an affiliative interaction. Then, if an agent expects to win, dominance interaction takes place: if the agent's current dominance value is greater than a random value, it wins the interaction. If its dominance value is lower, it loses. An agent only considers grooming its partner if it expects to be defeated. Grooming behavior is modeled according to the level of anxiety: when the agent's anxiety value is greater than a random value, the agent grooms its partner; otherwise, the agent displays nonaggressive proximity without interacting socially with the other agent. In the KinWorld model, kinship is defined as kinfactor =1+ r 2 , where r is the coefficient of relatedness or the level of consanguinity between two given


This paper presents an integrated broadband balun probe for differential circuit measurements. The balun consists of the two broadside coupled coplanar strips with a finite ground plane. A new analysis method for the Marchand balun is developed for optimizing design parameters. The design parameters are calculated from newly developed conformal mapping analytic expressions. This method verifies the serious effects of the ground plane width variation in a broadside coupled CPS. Final balun design shows a very wide bandwidth (20∼100GHz) with small phase difference (≪5°).


Through in-depth analysis of stable reservoir Yan 9 ZJ2 main problem,the third oil extraction plant in the Changqing oil field microbial enhanced oil recovery technology was first proposed;through the mechanism of microbial oil,strain selection,performance,research and extension 9 Oil ZJ2 Possession of microbial communities were studied to determine the experimental area.At present,the microbial oil pilot phase has been completed, the second phase which is also organized preparation;from the first stage results,the microbial oil technology to improve the situation of high permeability of water flooding,flooding slug a prominent role,plugging effect is more significant for the smooth development of subsequent microbial oil basis.


Adequacy of clinical information on the specimen request forms in histopathology datasets provide guidelines for items to be included on the histopathology request forms. These include full name, date of birth (DOB), NHS number or hospital number, specimen type, and date of procedure. According to the histopathology handbook at our trust, referring consultant and location are …


The article presents an analysis of the post-Soviet collections preserved in the Hoover Archives conducted through the lens of Polish issues. In the proposed approach, the history of the Polish nation in the twentieth century is not limited to the history of the Polish state and Polish citizens. The research possibilities offered by the Hoover Institution make it possible to broaden the field of research into the Soviet issues based on materials of the Soviet provenance difficult to access in their place of permanent storage.


The cold spray coating process involves many process parameters which make the process very complex, and highly dependent and sensitive to small changes in these parameters. This results in a small operational window of the parameters. Consequently, mathematical optimization of the process parameters is key, not only to achieving deposition but also improving the coating quality. This study focuses on the mathematical identification and experimental justification of the optimum process parameters for cold spray coating of titanium alloy with silicon carbide (SiC). The continuity, momentum and the energy equations governing the flow through the low-pressure cold spray nozzle were solved by introducing a constitutive equation to close the system. This was used to calculate the critical velocity for the deposition of SiC. In order to determine the input temperature that yields the calculated velocity, the distribution of velocity, temperature, and pressure in the cold spray nozzle were analyzed, and the exit values were predicted using the meshing tool of Solidworks. Coatings fabricated using the optimized parameters and some non-optimized parameters are compared. The coating of the CFD-optimized parameters yielded lower porosity and higher hardness.


One frequently suggested motive for creative work is awareness of mortality. This article reviews some suggestions about ways in which death might serve as such a motive, and also proposes other motives. It is hypothesized that death might provide both a drive that initiatives creative activity, and also incentives that finished products try to achieve, As well, its specific role and importance probably changes with age.


Recognition of mortality-related factors in intensive care units (ICUs) could increase the efficiency and effectiveness of these units. The purpose of this research is to investigate the recorded data of the patients admitted in ICU with clinical analysis, in order to find indices of mortality. The long-term goal of this study is to develop an algorithm that is able to anticipate the mortality risk of ICU patients. Extracted features included time and frequency domain analysis of ECG and some of the physiological variables. The results showed that heart rate variability (HRV) and blood pressure are the most important parameters in ICU mortality risk assessment and anticipation for cardiovascular patients.


Abstract IT WAS pointed out in a previous report (Johnson, Pilkey, and Edson, 1935) that the feeding of iodine to White Leghorn hens did not improve total egg production, fertility, hatchability, or adult mortality. Subsequent trials to those described therein have been completed and data have been collected regarding the effect of supplementary iodine on egg size and quality. Kelly (1930), presenting the findings in three hitherto unpublished experiments, showed that Orr in one trial was able to definitely increase egg size upon the addition of iodine to the diet of the hen; whereas in a second trial he was unable to repeat the results, the eggs from the hens not receiving the supplement being somewhat larger than those from the iodine-fed hens. The third experiment described by Kelly, and conducted by Robertson, gave inconsistent results. One lot of hens receiving iodine produced larger, and another lot of iodine-fed hens laid . . .


Solar wind turbulence is dom inated by Alfv enic uctuations but the power spectralexponents som ewhatsurprisingly evolve toward the K olm ogorov value of 5=3,thatofhydrodynam ic turbulence. W e show that at 1AU the turbulence decom poses linearly into two coexistent com ponents perpendicularand parallelto the localaverage m agnetic eld.The rstofthese isconsistentwith propagating Alfv en wavepackets and shows the scaling expected of Alfv enic turbulence,nam ely Irosnikov-K raichnan.The second showsK olm ogorov scaling which we also nd in thenum berand m agnetic energy density,and Poynting ux.


The COVID‐19 omicron variant surge highlighted the evolving impact of COVID‐19. Febrile infants <60 days old are high risk for serious bacterial infections (SBI). This study evaluated the rate of SBI based on COVID‐19 infection.


A radio spectrum is a shared, limited, and expensive resource in cellular networks. A network allocates a channel from this spectrum to provide connectivity to a user. With the ever increasing number of users, it is a challenge and a business opportunity to support as many simultaneous users as possible. Hence, designing better channel assignment algorithms remains a topic of continued research interest. In this paper, we propose a new technique to reduce the failure rates of a class of dynamic channel assignment algorithms, namely, channel assignment without measurement (CAWM). The technique is in the form of assuming that all the base stations in a network are synchronized. By synchronized base stations, we mean the channels on different used carriers in all the cells have the same start time. This assumption allows a base station to acquire one channel when there is a need, rather than acquire all the channels on a carrier when there is a need for just one channel. This is expected to lead to better availability of channels in the entire network when there is a need, because channels are not held up without any use. By using this assumption, we have redesigned four dynamic channel assignment algorithms, namely, the Nanda-Goodman strategy, the Geometric strategy, the bidirectional channel locking (BDCL) strategy, and the two-step dynamic priority (TSDP) strategy. Simulation results confirm our initial expectation. There is significant improvement in the failure rates of the Nanda-Goodman and the TSDP strategies, whereas the Geometric and the BDCL strategies show significant improvements up to certain call arrival rates.


The research of humanoid robot and intelligent prosthesis is integrated and a new-style humanoid robot named biped robot with heterogeneous legs (BRHL) is proposed to provide an ideal test-bed for intelligent bionic leg (IBL). The research background and concept of BRHL are introduced. The existed problems of common humanoid robot leg are analysed in detail. Based on bionics, the joint structure and driving scheme of artificial leg with pneumatic muscle actuator and bionic leg with magneto-rheological damper are designed. Using Pro/E, the virtual prototypes of artificial leg, bionic leg and BRHL are established. The bionic characteristics of artificial leg and bionic leg are analysed and the motion simulation of BRHL using ADAMS is done. The simulation indicates that BRHL can simulate amputees with IBL well and is an ideal test-bed for IBL.


Traditional travel diary surveys collect 1 or 2 days of travel data from participant households. Although useful in determining the overall average travel behavior of a regional population, cross-sectional travel diary surveys provide little insight into intrahousehold and intraperson trip variability. Longitudinal surveys are generally preferred for examining travel variability. The objective of the research is to examine the intrahousehold travel variability in the Commute Atlanta, Georgia, study, a Global Positioning System–based instrumented-vehicle monitoring study that collected vehicle trips from approximately 500 vehicles in 260 representative households. The research effort uses 2004 travel data collected for the Commute Atlanta study, in which the average variability or deviation in the number of trips by a household was 3 trips/day. Demographic variables (e.g., household size, household income, vehicle ownership, number of children, number of workers, and number of students) significantly affect the day-to-day variability in the total number of household trips per day. The variability due to seasonal effects is controlled by separately analyzing travel data during specific months in spring, summer, and fall. Results indicate that demographic variables have a significant effect on the day-to-day variability of the household number of trips when the variability associated with seasonal effects is excluded. Vehicles identified by participants as being used always or occasionally for business or commercial purposes have travel patterns different from those of other vehicles, and their presence in the sample will significantly bias analytical results in the analysis of longitudinal data. Commercial use vehicles are excluded from travel variability analysis, and the argument is made that households with such vehicles must be treated as an independent sample in future travel diary data collection and longitudinal studies.


Photoluminescence studies of the quasi-two-dimensional hole gas (2DHG) at a single Be-\ensuremath{\delta}-doped layer in GaAs reveal Fermi-edge enhancement and photoinduced band filling in the low-temperature emission spectra. Strong radiative recombination is observed of the 2DHG with the photocreated electrons confined by GaAs/${\mathrm{Al}}_{\mathit{x}}$${\mathrm{Ga}}_{1\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}\mathit{x}}$As heterointerfaces placed at both sides of the doping spike. For optical excitation with a sufficiently large penetration depth to generate electrons on both sides of the doping spike, a filling of the valence subbands with photocreated holes is found for excitation power densities exceeding a certain threshold. Excitation with light generating electrons only at the near-surface side of the doping spike does not lead to such band filling, but yields luminescence spectra which show a strong enhancement in intensity at the Fermi edge. The observation of a Fermi-edge singularity is indicative for non-k-conserving recombination of electrons weakly localized at the topmost heterointerface.


The article presents a philological analysis of metaphorical linguistic means in the novelette of Vladimir Grigor'yevich Kornilov, the significant Soviet prose writer of the 2nd half of the 20th century. The purpose of the study is to identify the structural-semantic and communicative-pragmatic properties of the key metaphors actively involved in the organisation of narration, the creation of narrative polyphony and psychologism in the depiction of characters and events, the formation of textual meanings, and the explication of the conceptual content of the work. The study of metaphors in a contextual environment is based on the genre and stylistic features and narrative characteristics of literary prose. Key metaphors with a high narrative potential serve as important means of forming a narrative structure: with their help, character and event development is carried out, the action is put forward in time and space, and the semantic dominants of the text are created. The author of the article gives a brief review of linguistic studies of metaphors in the system of language and speech, and she outlines the theoretical foundations of modern narratology. The article also singles out the main features of metaphors and looks into the key metaphors in different fragments of the text. The author of the article elicits numerous comparative constructions, built on the man vs. wildlife likening. The article also characterises phraseological metaphorical means of creating psychologism of the narrative. Creative transformations of fixed expressions carried out by replacing components within the expression, reflect the individual speech features of the characters of the story. In conclusion, the article underlines the role of the key metaphors in the formation of the narrative characteristics of the text and the structural and semantic organisation of literary prose. Semantic synergy of lexico-phraseological and syntactic figurative means creates the metaphorical field "Man and Nature" explicating the conceptual content of the work, reflecting the author's position and forming text modality.


Alliance and NPD evolve in a dynamic and interrelated manner so that the management of collaborative NPD alliances becomes the management of an evolving cycle of two interrelated process loops.


The period of the beginning of the 21st century is typical for the situation characterized by minimization of a global conflict and by decreasing risks of a direct aggression among neighbouring countries. Nonetheless, the occurrence and permanent existence of mass destruction weapons and industrial accidents caused by human beings, natural disasters produced by leakages of toxic industrial materials, are considered as a global problem that determinates not only the activities of national armies, but also activities of civil population. The danger of WMD deployment is especially high at time of danger, when forces are to be used or misused, and terrorist activities might multiply in some world's regions, even in technologically underdeveloped countries. Klíčová slova: Ochrana osob, zbraně hromadného ničení, CBRN, průmyslové nebezpečné látky, prostředky individuální ochrany, hrozba, riziko.


Background: Assessing physical performance is essential to improve planning and training processes. This assessment is essential in lifesaving, both in its sporting and professional aspects.
Objectives: The objective of this study is to explore the suitability of a propulsive force measurement test battery and the usefulness of an experimental power test in lifesaving that yields data on force, power and technique.
Method: A world-class athlete has participated in this project. The same battery of tests has been carried out at three times of the season. The tests correspond to the maximum propulsive force test, the average propulsive force test and the experimental power test.
Results: The maximum propulsive force (299.75 N - 332.13 N) has improved throughout the season, as well as the mean propulsive force (94.26 N - 94.96 N) and power (25.21 - 37 .59w). Also other parameters such as kick amplitude (164.66 N ± 29.31 - 228.10 N ± 20.07) have increased, while frequency (1.6 Hz - 1.2 Hz) has decreased throughout the season.
Conclusions: The tests carried out provide relevant information and they are correlated with each other. The maximum propulsive force test and the experimental power test could provide the most relevant information to prescribe subsequent training.


The present invention discloses a web unwind stand (10) for obtaining, loading, splicing, and unwinding convolutely wound rolls (112a) of web material and forwarding the web material unwound from each of the convolutely wound rolls (112a) uninterruptedly to a downstream apparatus. The unwind (10) stand comprises splicing means (42), a first positionable roll grasping apparatus (100) for obtaining and disposing a first of the convolutely wound rolls (112a) proximate to, and relative to, the splicing means (42), and, a second positionable roll grasping apparatus (100) for obtaining and disposing a second of the convolutely wound rolls proximate to, and relative to, the splicing means.


There is proposed a method (400) for producing an electrochemical energy storage device. In this case, the electrochemical energy storage device to an electrode assembly and a housing. The method (400) comprises a step of introduction (410) of an aerosol to a surface to be coated of the electrode assembly. In this case, particles of the aerosol are precipitated on the surface to be coated to form an ion-conducting and electrically-insulating separator layer. Also, the method (400) to a step of installing (420) of the electrode assembly having the separator formed in the housing of the electrochemical energy storage device to produce the electrochemical energy storage.


The 1990s have witnessed three distinct regional currency crisis: The European crisis of 1992-93, the Latin American crisis of 1994-95, and the Asian crisis of 1997-98. The Asian one is analyzed in the light of the developments in international monetary system and the role of International Monetary Fund. This paper claims that IMF\'s role in coordinating macroeconomic policies and in developing and implementing monetary reform over the world is not as effective as it is expected.


We investigate the occurrence and size of knots in a continuum polymer model with finite memory via Monte Carlo simulations. Excluded volume interactions are local and extend only to a fixed number of successive beads along the chain, ensuring that at short length scales the excluded volume effect dominates, while at longer length scales the polymer behaves like a random walk. As such, this model may be useful for understanding the behavior of polymers in a melt or semi-dilute solution, where exactly the same crossover is believed to occur. In particular, finite memory walks allow us to investigate the role of local interactions in the transition from highly knotted ideal polymers to almost unknotted self-avoiding polymers. Even though knotting decreases substantially when a few next-nearest neighbor interactions are considered, we find that the knotting probability of a polymer chain of modest length of 500 steps only decays slowly as a function of the range of the excluded volume interaction. In this context, we also find evidence that for length scales up to the interaction length the knotting behavior of the finite memory walk resembles that of a self-avoiding walk (effectively suppressing small knots), while for larger length scales it resembles that of a random walk.


Behavior and mechanism of HR3C to resist high temperature sulfate corrosion were investigated under alkali metal sulfate deposits at 750 ℃ by means of XRD,SEM and EDX.The experimental results show that corrosion kinetic curve of HR3C with Na2 SO4 +K2 SO4 coating at 750℃ could be divided into two stages.High temperature oxidation occurs at the first stage of corrosion and the curve grows because of the formation of Cr2 O3 oxide film.With time increasing,the curve indicates a decreasing trend due to the damage of Cr2O3 oxide film caused by alkali metal sulfate and the evaporation of corrosion product Na4(CrO4)(SO4).Sulfates come through the fluxing Cr2O3 oxide film and react with the matrix,which causes the severe internal sulfuration and defects,such as cracks and holes in the matrix.


The process of creating new forms is the key to choosing the combination of different textures for a unique aesthetic effect. Currently, various elements of the interior, including furniture and other decorative additions, are the basis for obtaining emotional balance, which is achieved between the functional purpose of the interior and its artistic and figurative concept. The main task in creating such objects is to create the most comfortable and harmonious atmosphere in the interior, regulating the mental processes of a person, which would cause exceptionally positive emotions and stimulate the creative development of users. The purpose is to consider the features of the use of epoxy resin in the design of interior objects and to study the importance of synthetic resins as a modern material for new ways of shaping in interior design and decoration. The methods used are: the use of formaldehyde resins as a modern, affordable, multifunctional material, the combination of resin with coloring and the use of various textures. Expansion of the range of interior elements in the manufacture of which epoxy resin is used. In this regard, it should be noted that the use of various resin compositions when creating design objects meets consumer requirements and complies with modern and latest trends. In this article, a brief study of such a polymeric material as epoxy resin was carried out. The properties of epoxy resin and how they affect the compositional solution, methods of its modification, and functional aspects of design from the point of view of manufacturing interior elements are described. The technologies for manufacturing modern products for decorative and applied purposes coated with epoxy resin are considered. In the process of researching technologies, a series of experiments are carried out to determine the structure of possible sequential actions, within which a technology will be studied and designed to ensure the safety of a new design product made of synthetic materials, then a constructive logic will be provided in which not only the functional properties of the object will not suffer, but also acquire valuable innovative value.


We present several methods for deriving the point estimates for geometric distribution under Type-Ⅱ censored life testing in the present paper;afterwards we examine the accuracy of the estimates by Monte-Carlo simulations.


OF DISSERTATION STATISTICAL METHODS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE DATA SUBJECT TO DETECTION LIMITS In this dissertation, we develop unified and efficient nonparametric statistical methods for estimating and comparing environmental exposure distributions in presence of detection limits. In the first part, we propose a kernel-smoothed nonparametric estimator for the exposure distribution without imposing any independence assumption between the exposure level and detection limit. We show that the proposed estimator is consistent and asymptotically normal. Simulation studies demonstrate that the proposed estimator performs well in practical situations. A colon cancer study is provided for illustration. In the second part, we develop a class of test statistics to compare exposure distributions between two groups by using the integrated weighted difference in the kernel-smoothed estimator proposed in the first part. We study the conditions on the weight function such that the test statistics are stable, i.e. the asymptotic variances are finite. Simulation studies demonstrate that the proposed tests preserve type I errors regardless whether the distributions of the detection limit in the two groups differ or not and are more efficient than current methods in certain situations. A colon cancer study is provided for illustration. In the third part, we extend the estimation and testing methods developed in the part one and two to survey data by incorporating sampling weights. The results of several simulation studies are reported to demonstrate the performance of the proposed methods. The Jackknife method is utilized for the variance estimation to account for complex sample designs.


Post Keynesians Meet in Kansas City By Fadhel Kaboub (UMKC) A Modest Proposal By D. Marshall Meador (UMKC) The Perfect Fiscal Storm By Fadhel Kaboub (UMKC) Articles Uzbekistan's Financial System: Ten Years of Transition By Alexandr Akimov (Tashkent Automobile and Road Construction Institute, Uzbekistan) When Math is Not Enough: Kalecki's Place in The History of Economics By Gilberto de Assis Libanio (University of Notre Dame)


This Thesis concerns the development of fullerene-like (FL) carbon nitride (CNx) thin films and the discovery of phosphorus-carbide (CPx) compounds. The work dedicated to CPx include first-principles theoretical simulations of the growth and properties of FL–CPx structures. I have employed DC magnetron sputtering methods to synthesize both CNx and CPx thin films. The deposition conditions for CPx films were chosen on the basis of the theoretical results as well as from the experience from the deposition of FL–CNx thin films. The characterization of the CPx films is divided into three main directions: structural characterization by transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, analysis of the amount of elements and chemical bonds present in the structure by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Auger spectroscopy, and mechanical property analysis by nanoindentation. The CPx films exhibit a short range ordered structure with FL characteristics for substrate temperature of 300 °C and for a phosphorus content of 10–15 at.%, which is consistent with the theoretical findings. These films also displayed the best mechanical properties in terms of hardness and resiliency, which are better than those of the corresponding FL–CNx films. For the FL–CNx thin film material, I find that the surface water adsorption is lower compared to commercial computer hard disk top coatings. Following that line the dangling bonds in FL–CNx coatings have been investigated by electron spin resonance (ESR). The absence of ESR signal for FL–CNx indicates very low density of dangling bonds in the material, which explains the low water adsorption tendency. The potential for using highly elastic FL–CNx coatings in an automotive valvetrain environment has also been investigated. CNx coatings of different nitrogen content were investigated using microscopy, wear testing, nanoindentation testing, and in an experimental cam-tappet testing rig. The FL–CNx coating with the higher value of hardness/elastic modulus showed greater durability in cam-tappet wear testing. Thin Film Physics Division Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM) Linköpings universitet, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden


Patient: Female, 58 Final Diagnosis: Endometrial poorly differentiated adenosquamous carcinoma • glassy cell carcinoma tumor Symptoms: Postmenopausal spotting Medication: — Clinical Procedure: Endometrial biopsy then robotic total hysterectomy • bilateral salpingooophrectomy • pelvic lymph node mapping and bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy Specialty: Obstetrics and Gynecology Objective: Rare co-existance of disease or pathology Background: Glassy cell carcinoma of the endometrium is an extremely rare variant of adenosquamous carcinoma, and it has a poor prognosis. In postmenopausal women it typically presents as unprovoked, painless uterine bleeding. Tissue sampling is necessary to establish the diagnosis. Case Report: A 58-year-old postmenopausal woman on no hormone replacement therapy experienced 2 months of intermittent uterine bleeding. An office transvaginal ultrasound discovered a 1.7-cm intracavitary leiomyoma, but because the endometrial stripe was not visualized, an endometrial biopsy was performed. She was found to have a Stage 1 A endometrial poorly-differentiated adenosquamous carcinoma, glassy cell carcinoma tumor of 1.5 cm in greatest dimension. She underwent a robotic total hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, pelvic lymph node mapping, and bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy. Conclusions: Glassy cell carcinoma of the endometrium can present as an intracavitary leiomyoma in postmenopausal women.


Since results of fatigue tests show considerable scatter, any resonable estimate of fatigue strength has to be made on a statistical basis. The statistical method developed is considered to yield optimum accuracy in determining the fatigue strength at a given number of cycles with a limited number of specimens. By the proposed method specimens are tested in sequence using a slope-intercept device to insure convergence of the data about a predetermined number of cycles to failure. The method of least squares is then employed to estimate the mean value of the fatigue strength. The relative error of the estimate is determined by use of the Student t-distribution. Possible variations of the method are discussed. Application of this procedure to SAE 1020 steel is presented. (auth)


The seismic and program improvements to the Hearst Memorial Mining Building on the University of California, Berkeley campus, will be the first project in which Guastavino construction is deliberately strengthened for improved seismic performance.


BACKGROUND
Chemical chitin extraction generates large amounts of wastes and increases partial deacetylation of the product. Therefore, the use of biological methods for chitin extraction is an interesting alternative. The effects of process conditions on enzyme assisted extraction of chitin from shrimp shells in a systematic way were the focal points of this study.

RESULTS
Demineralisation conditions of 25 °C, 20 min, shells–lactic acid ratio of 1:1.1 w/w; and shells–acetic acid ratio of 1:1.2 w/w, the maximum demineralisation values were 98.64 and 97.57% for lactic and acetic acids, respectively. A total protein removal efficiency of 91.10% by protease from Streptomyces griseus with enzyme–substrate ratio 55 U g−1, pH 7.0 and incubation time 3 h is obtained when the particle size range is 50–25 µm, which was identified as the most critical factor. X-ray diffraction and 13C NMR spectroscopy analysis showed that the lower percentage crystallinity and higher degree of acetylation of chitin from enzyme assisted extraction may exhibit better solubility properties and less depolymerisation in comparison with chitin from chemical extraction.

CONCLUSION
The present work investigates the effects of individual factors on process yields, and has shown that, if the particle size is properly controlled, a reaction time of 3 h is more than enough for deproteination by protease. Physicochemical analysis indicated that the enzyme assisted production of chitin seems appropriate to extract chitin, possibly retaining its native structure. © 2015 Society of Chemical Industry


The fast and high reliable transmission system based on CAN network is introduced in this paper, and the method to realize the system is also explained.


Needled carbon fibre integrated preforms were densified by directional flow thermal gradient CVI process from carbon source gas C_3H_6,and the effects of introducing active carrier gas(H_2) and inert carrier gas(N_2) on the bulk density and microstructure distribution of C/C composites obtained were investigated,respectively.The results show that the type of carrier gases has noticeable influences on the radial distribution of density and microstructure of C/C composites.When N_2 is used as carrier gas,the average bulk density of the resultant disk is 1.54g/cm~3 after 400h infiltration,and the density distribution discrepancy(Δρ) of the disk along the radial direction is(0.24g/cm~3).Furthermore,the smooth laminar pyrolytic carbon is subjected to form at the exterior part of the C/C disks.Unlike N_2,when H_2 is used as carrier gas,a complete rough laminar pyrolytic carbon matrix and C/C disks with average bulk density of 1.67g/cm~3 can be obtained within the same time,and the density distribution discrepancy of the disk along the radial direction is only 0.11g/cm~3,which means the density homogeneity of the radial distribution of C/C disks is more than doubled.It is also shown that no matter what type of carrier gas is employed,the circumferential density profile is very homogeneous(Δρ≤0.02g/cm~3) and the lower density zone is found to be the middle position which is adjacent to the inner part of the C/C disks.


This study analyses the reasons for low levels of trade, the nature of trade in this sector and the intra-industry trade between the countries. The study also throws light on the informal trade in textiles between the countries and views from industry stakeholders, thereby suggesting removal of the negative list by Pakistan and sensitive list by India that hinder bilateral trade. [Working Paper 326]


Constructed wetlands have proven their effectiveness for treatment of a variety of wastewaters, however little practical information is available regarding the use of constructed wetlands (CW) in cold climates. A study was initiated at Montana State University to assess the use of CW for treatment of secondary wastewaters in a cold climate. Eight bench-scale horizontal subsurface-flow wetlands were constructed in late 1995 and placed in a climate-controlled greenhouse. Three each were planted with typha (cattail) and scirpus (bulrush) while two remained unplanted. Application of a synthetic secondary wastewater was maintained to these flow cells for nearly three years, beginning in April 1996. Samples of influent and effluent were analyzed for parameters of concern, including chemical oxygen demand (COD), nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur. A second research system consisted of 16 batch-mode CW columns, planted with typha, scirpus, or carex (sedge), or left unplanted as controls. These were placed in the same greenhouse as the subsurface flow wetlands in April 1997 and received an identical wastewater. Samples were extracted during each 20-day batch application and analyzed for COD. Greenhouse temperature was modulated between 4 and 24 °C on an annual cycle in . increments of 4 °C lasting approximately one month each. COD data from the columns were fitted to a first-order model, modified to include a nonzero asymptote. Assessments of other data were performed using effluent-to-influent concentration ratios and moving average plots of influent and effluent concentrations. The modified model fit the data well. Plant effects on COD kinetics were noted in many cases, with carex and scirpus generally producing better degradation than typha or control treatments. Effects of temperature on kinetics were substantial, although the carex and scirpus treatments seemed less sensitive. Plant effects on COD removal were less noticeable in the subsurface-flow wetlands, but temperature effects were apparent. The subsurface-flow wetlands showed excellent removal of COD and sulfate, Phosphorus removal was of short duration, and nitrogen removal results varied. The behavior of both systems continued to change after several years of operation.


Display source unit for a display device in a vehicle, by which the driver is formed when getting in or out of the vehicle no physical or mental oppressive feeling on his or her head. The display source unit 9, which irradiates an instrument information-containing display image light to a combiner 7, located in front of an eye position I, so that the radiated light can be seen as a virtual image S from the eye point I of is provided with a cover 13, comprising: a front cover body 15 on which an optical element 21 is set to the image magnification, and a rear cover body 17 which is pivotally connected to the front cover body 15 which has a display device therein 23rd The cover member 13 is in the folded state, wherein the is reflected on a display surface 23a of the display device 23 displayed display image light on a reflector 25 which is disposed in the cover 13 to the optical element 21 out passes through the optical element 21 and in the direction of the eye point I goes after it has been reflected by the Kobinator 7th


Senescence is a state of stable cell cycle arrest that can escape apoptosis and lead to aging and numerous age‐related diseases. In this study, an upconversion‐nanoparticle (UCNP)‐centered Au20–Au30 nanoparticles tetrahedron (UAuTe) is prepared by DNA hybridization, which can selectively accelerate the clearance of senescent cells. When the beta‐2‐microglobulin antibody (anti‐B2MG) on the Au NPs recognizes senescent cells, the application of near‐infrared (NIR) light induces the disassembly of the UAuTe by breaking the boronic ester linkage. Subsequently, the Granzyme B exposed on the UCNPs induces apoptosis in senescent cells, which can then be tracked by changes in fluorescence. It is found that, as compared to single Granzyme B, the UAuTe can not only control the Granzyme B delivery by NIR‐responsivity, but also synergistically target and activate the Granzyme B in the senescent cell without the need of perforin. Moreover, this tool is applied successfully in vivo; the results demonstrate that the NIR‐responsive tetrahedron can restore renal function, tissue homeostasis, fur density, and athletic ability in a mouse model of senescence after 30 d of treatment. The NIR‐induced tetrahedron provides a practical strategy for clinical diagnosis and therapy, particularly for aging and age‐related diseases.


Trichocolea argentea Herzog, a little known South American species, is critically reviewed, based on the type material. Detailed morphological observations reveal the plants show (1) regularly 1-pinnate ramification pattern, (2) sublongitudinal leaf insertion, (3) poorly developed thick-walled stem cortex, and (4) shoot calyptra with well-developed perianth and calyptra, all character states typical of the genus Leiomitra (Trichocoleaceae), and so a new combination Leiomitra argentea (Herzog) T.Katag. is proposed.


Many important problems in the processing of Magnetic Resonance data can be reduced to well known ill-posed inverse problems. MR relaxometry, spectroscopy and MR image formation problems can be formulated respectively as the numerical inversion of Laplace transform, the modal analysis problem and the truncated trigonometric moment problem. A unified framework to efficiently solve these problems is provided by considering random Pade' approximants to the Z-transform s(z) of the measured signal. It turns out that the singularities of s(z) on the complex plane are the key quantities to make inference. Their location can be estimated from the logarithmic potential of the condensed density of the Pade' poles or, equivalently, of the eigenvalues of a random pencil of Hankel matrices. Several alternatives to compute these quantities are discussed and compared by numerical examples.


The research on AI DS with the Traditional Chinese Medicine is one of the common interests.How to use of limited resources for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment on the research of the Key technology of AIDS with traditional Chinese medicine is one of the important questions since "11th-five-years"in China.In the article.the authors had explored the questions in order to improve AIDS research of the Traditional Chinese Medicine.


Chapter 1. The Financial Accounting Research System (FARS) Primer. Chapter 2. Resources Beyond the Financial Accounting Research System (FARS). Chapter 3. Building Your Business Vocabulary: Defining Terms and Solving Problems Through FARS. Chapter 4. Brain Teasers: Using FARS to Untangle the Mystery. Chapter 5. Cases to Accompany FARS.


We trace the connections back from the paper by D. J. Korteweg and G. de Vries of 1895 to the sequence of events which began in August 1834 when J. S. Russell observed the soliton and so explain why KdV's paper was so much concerned with 'change of form of long waves'. From this we trace a forward path which since 1895 has seen the discovery of the inverse method, associated with this a far-reaching mathematical structure, and at 1995 found a basis for two-dimensional quantum gravity intimately connected with the Korteweg-de Vries equation. Mathematics Subject Classification (1991): 58F07.


In this study, hollow square rodlike microtubes composed of anatase nanocuboids with coexposed {100}, {010}, and {001} facets were successfully synthesized via a mild hydrothermal treatment method in the presence of NH4F by using layered H2Ti3O7 ribbons as the precursor. The precursor H2Ti3O7 ribbons were prepared from H+/Na+ ion-exchanged Na2Ti3O7. The suspension solution of protonated H2Ti3O7 ribbons was adjusted to desired pH values (0.5–13.0) prior to hydrothermal treatment. The elongated direction of the microtubes is along the b axis, according to the profile of the H2Ti3O7 ribbons. The transformation from staggered [Ti3O7]2– sheets to hollow square rodlike microtubes contained the formation and recombination of the dispersed octahedral [Ti(OH)2(OH2)4]2+ monomers, the formation and growth of the initial anatase nuclei, and the reassembly of the anatase nanocuboids along the b-axis direction during the continuous hydrothermal process. The degradation rate of pH 0.5-TiO2 was the highest at 1.66 × 10–2 min–1, which was 1.3, 1.5, 2.0, 2.3, and 18.4 folds higher than that of pH 3.0-TiO2 (1.27 × 10–2 min–1), pH 7.0-TiO2 (1.11 × 10–2 min–1), pH 5.0-TiO2 (0.83 × 10–2 min–1), P25–TiO2 (0.73 × 10–2 min–1), and the blank sample (0.09 × 10–2 min–1), respectively. Compared with P25–TiO2 and the other anatase TiO2 samples, pH 0.5-TiO2 exhibited the best photocatalytic activity, which was mainly attributed to its larger proportion of {010} (or {100}) facets, smaller crystalline size, higher band gap, and larger specific surface area.


Abstract Differential scanning calorimeter measurements have defined the phase diagram and enthalpic values of the disodium cromoglycate-water lyomesophase transitions. Addition of ethylene glycol and glycerol (up to 43.5 weight %) modifies these phases, extending significantly the temperature range of recently reported smectic-like Phase III.


In the present work, an experimental investigation has been made to analyze the performance of microchannel heat sink under transient operating conditions. The transient analysis has been made by estimating the response time for different input heat flux and coolant mass flow rate. Analysis has been made for rectangular cross-section microchannels fabricated on a copper block of size 25.7 × 12 × 10 mm3. Twelve (12) numbers of microchannels are fabricated in the copper block. The width and depth of individual channels are 400 μm and 750 μm respectively. Performance analysis has been made for both single phase and flow boiling conditions of the coolant flow using deionized water as coolant. Experiments have been performed for coolant mass flux (G) range of 90 - 250 kg/m2s and input heat flux (q) range of 20 - 300 kW/m2 respectively. It has been observed that at constant input heat flux, response time decreases with the increase in coolant mass flux during single phase cooling. However this trend is not strongly followed during the two-phase or flow boiling cooling condition.


Umm Zakiyyah is one of the most prominent African-American Muslim writers writing about Muslims and Islam in the post-9/11 period. Her novels touch on the interfaith struggles of Muslims and Christians in a post-modern world and on the moral, spiritual and intercultural struggles of Muslims as minorities in a country where Muslims have been systematically marginalised after twin-tower attacks in 2001 and the subsequent American invasions of Afghanistan (2001) and Iraq (2003). She also writes about racism, women's issues, the practice of Muslim women wearing headscarfs, and polygamy. In this interview, Umm Zakiyyah talks about her favourite writers, about the function of the writer in general, about the critical reception of her novels and about the influence of Islam on her imagination. She also addresses the issues of Islamophobia in the West, the future of Islamic fiction and questions pertaining to If I Should Speak and other novels.


Internet of Things (IoT) is a rapidly growing industry currently being integrated into both consumer and industrial environments on a wide scale. While the technology is available and deployment has a low barrier of entry in future applications, proper security frameworks are still at infancy stage and are being developed to fit varied implementations and device architectures. Further, the need for edge centric mechanisms are critical to offer security in real time smart connected applications with minimal or negligible overhead. In this paper, we propose a novel approach of data security by using multiple device shadows (aka digital twins) for a single physical object. These twins are paramount to separate data among different virtual objects based on tags assigned on-the-fly, and are used to limit access to different data points by authorized users/applications only. The novelty of the proposed architecture resides in the attachment of dynamic tags to key-value pairs reported by physical devices in the system. We further examine the advantages of tagging data in a digital twin system, and the performance impacts of the proposed data separation scheme. The proposed solution is deployed at the edge, supporting low latency and real time security mechanisms with minimal overhead, and is light-weight as reflected by captured performance metrics.


The invention relates to a transmission device for the reference variable of a driving speed control device for a motor vehicle, comprising on the guide portion of at least one adjustable and ubergehbaren, disconnectable haptic Wegbegrenzungsanschlag and also with at least one means for generating a force-displacement hysteresis. It is characterized in that the means for generating the force-displacement hysteresis is at least partially switched off.


With the expanding of the scales of higher institutions,the construction of campus culture is facing new demands.The libraries of colleges and universities should play a leading role in the construction of campus culture,and undertake more social obligations by binging their unique function and role into full play.Based on the full awareness of the important position of academic libraries in the construction of campus culture,the channel to realize the leading function should be scientifically chosen,and the necessary support to the construction of campus culture should be provided by the academic libraries.


making. The need for accurate climate prediction becomes increasingly important as we better understand these implications. Currently, the most widely used climate prediction relies on the synthesis of climate model simulations organized by the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP); these simulations are ensemble-averaged to construct projections for the 21 century climate. However, a significant degree of bias and variability in the model simulations for the 20 century climate is well-known at both global and regional scales. Based on this insight, the following study provides an alternative approach for constructing climate projections that incorporates knowledge of model bias. The approach is implemented on a global scale with an emphasis on semiarid regional studies for their particular vulnerability to water resource changes. The new scheme is tested on the former CMIP Phase 3 (CMIP3) and current Phase 5 (CMIP5) model archives. This investigation is accompanied by a detailed analysis of the dynamical processes and water budget to understand the behaviors and sources of model biases. Sensitivity studies of selected CMIP5 models are also performed with an atmospheric component model by testing the relationship between climate change forcings and model simulated response. The information derived from each study is used to determine the progressive quality of coupled climate models in simulating the global water cycle by rigorously investigating sources of model bias related to the moisture budget. As such, the conclusions of this project are highly relevant to model development and potentially may be used to further improve climate projections. Mechanical Engineering Doctoral Defense Improving Climate Projections Through the Assessment of Model Uncertainty and Bias in the Global Water Cycle


ABSTRACT Food sovereignty has been the focus of much academic attention in recent years, in both the global South and the North. As yet, very little research has been published exploring food sovereignty in a New Zealand context. This article presents some preliminary findings from my doctoral research, which has focussed on food sovereignty in New Zealand. Data were gathered through ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth interviews with people who produce, organise and distribute local food. I examine how various conceptions of food sovereignty are being enacted in a small coastal town in rural New Zealand. This article argues that despite the general absence of the term 'food sovereignty' in this community, many practices, foci and values associated with the global food sovereignty campaign resonate with local food providers, including the significance placed on indigenous Māori values. This is indicative of food sovereignty as a spontaneous grass-roots movement that springs forth from the needs of a community, rather than being imposed from the top-down.


This paper describes an parallel semi-Lagrangian nite diierence approach to the pricing of early exercise Asian Options on assets with a stochastic volatility. A multigrid procedure is described for the fast iterative solution of the discrete linear complementarity problems that result. The accuracy and performance of this approach is improved considerably by a strike-price related analytic transformation of asset prices. Asian options are contingent claims with payoos that depend on the average price of an asset over some time interval. The payoo may depend on this average and a xed strike price (Fixed Strike Asians) or it may depend on the average and the asset price (Floating Strike Asians). The option may also permit early exercise (American contract) or connne the holder to a xed exercise date (European contract). The Fixed Strike Asian with early exercise is considered here where continuous arithmetic averaging has been used. Pricing such an option where the asset price has a stochastic volatility leads to the requirement to solve a tri-variate partial diierential inequation in the three state variables of asset price, average price and volatility (or equivalently, variance). The similarity transformations 6] used with Floating Strike Asian options to reduce the dimensionality of the problem are not applicable to Fixed Strikes and so the numerical solution of a tri-variate problem is necessary. The computational challenge is to provide accurate solutions suuciently quickly to support real-time trading activities at a reasonable cost in terms of hardware requirements. 1.2 American options with stochastic volatility American Asian options with a stochastic volatility contain the vanilla American stochastic volatility option as a sub-problem; consequently the solution of this sub-problem (see 4] for more details) is summarised here. A standard American option with a stochastic volatility has a share price process S t and its variance process Y t (the variance has been used rather than the volatility p Y t) which satisfy dS t = S t dt + p Y t S t dB 1 t (1) dY t = (? Y t)dt + p Y t dB 2 t (2)


An approach to call access control based on soft handoff/double queue for multi-class traffic in 3G systems is proposed to give different priorities in accordance to different traffic.The different calls are controlled to enter into the networks according to different network conditions.And,especially,a soft-handoff/double queue model is used to ensure that the useful false soft-handoff requests not to be lost,so as to decrease the soft-handoff failure probabilities.Experimental results showed that the control model can allocate bandwidth dynamically and utilized network resource effectively and be realized easily on hardware to ensure effectively the QoS of different soft-handoff traffic.It has advantages of low soft-handoff call drop ratio and shorter time for waiting.


This study assessed the clients' perception of the role of marketing strategies on the profitability of SACCOS in Dodoma city, Tanzania. The study specifically examined the influence of product, service delivery, price, promotion, and place strategies on the profitability of SACCOS. This study used the descriptive and explanatory design where the regression analysis was used to determine the relationship between the marketing strategies and profitability of SACCOS. The information was collected from the 112 clients of SACCOS using the systematic sampling technique. Data were collected through a questionnaire and were analysed by Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). The findings revealed that clients perceived that the product, service delivery, pricing and place strategies influenced negatively and significantly the profitability of SACCOS in Dodoma City. Therefore, this study recommends that the SACCOS management continue improving the marketing strategies tools for sustainable profitability of SACCOS in Dodoma City.


Concerning on the problem of poor reliability and low measurement precision of traditional volumetric fuel consumption meter, a ball float fuel consumption meter is designed. This instrument, which creatively uses the method of a floating ball covering light to monitor liquid signal, improves the reliability of volumetric fuel consumption meter.


The long-distance ore pipeline transportation is a new and high-tech industry, which is non-polluting, zero emissions, and in line with the strategy needs of national low-carbon economy and energy demand reduction. The long-distance ore transport needs multi-station pumping station transportation, however, the low concentration slurry that does not match the technological requirements, such as slurry head and so on. This paper designs a circulation mud system used in long-distance pipeline transportation, which solves the following issues: (1) the technical pool can't storage water during the period of cleaning mine, so can't meet the needs of non-suspension production; (2) slurry spot cool dry easy to bring serious environmental pollution; (3) the refined iron dug out from the process pool need transport to iron and steel industry, trucking transportation needs a huge costs. Experience has shown that the system effectively improve the production efficiency and propagate.


The tradeoffs in the ESD protection device for RFCMOS circuits are described, and the characteristics of an SCR-based ESD structure are presented. The parasitic capacitance of the ESD structure is reduced to /spl sim/150 fF. 3 kV HBM and 750 V CDM are achieved in a LNA working at 2.5 GHz with NF<4dB, applicable for Bluetooth wireless transceiver.


Aspirations and expectations form part of our development and daily living, and can lead to a lot of frustration. As young and developing individuals we have certain goals, such as schooling and training, to prepare us for our chosen careers, as well as social and sporting achievements. Some individuals do well at school and their main goal is to excel in academics. Others do well in sport, participate competitively, and their goal is to play for the first team and to be a national representative, e.g. a Springbok rugby player. As with everything in life, hurdles and obstacles appear, such as backache or head injury after an accident which will have an effect on the individual's physical and/or intellectual ability and therefore on their development and career prospects. This is an area where lawyers get the most out of it as it can lead to expensive lawsuits and costs, based on assumptions. On the other hand young individuals in the growing phase are pushed to extremes to perform in sport. The result is musculoskeletal failure, especially backache. Despite several and very expensive investigations the advice is – scale down on the exercising programme. The parents, teacher and the individual often find this unacceptable and place the burden on the doctor to find another solution. It can lead to a surgical procedure which alters the natural history of the condition completely and inevitably leads to frustrations, second opinions and maybe further surgical procedures. It is therefore quite clear that aspirations, and parental and teacher pressure can be good, but can lead to unnecessary frustration and problems due to complete lack of insight. It is difficult to address the above, but a team approach which includes a clinical psychologist, sport advisor and medical experts can address the problem. As we grow older expectations, especially towards our medical problems and their solutions, become part of our counselling and treatment programmes. Older people have high hopes and expectations for treatment of their degenerative joint and back pathology and the outcome thereof. This is where the expectations and what the effects of surgical treatment will be, become a problem. Communication through several consultations and discussions is necessary. Insight is our biggest problem and can only be addressed by repeated consultations. If their expectations, such as a pain-free, mobile back are not met, it leads to disappointment, second opinions, more surgical procedures and even lawsuits.


ABSTRACT Purpose To describe the characteristics seen on multispectral imaging (MSI) in patients with punctate inner choroidopathy (PIC) and choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) and compare the findings with current standard multimodal imaging techniques. Methods This is a retrospective observational case series of 10 patients with PIC complicated by CNV that underwent multimodal retinal imaging examinations. Results Twelve eyes of 10 patients were included. CNV was identified in 11 of the 12 eyes (91.7%) by MSI with nodular or trunk-like hyperreflectance on retinal oxy/deoxyhemoglobin map. MSI revealed choroidal vasculature around CNV in 91.7% eyes and pathological changes including retinal pigment epithelial atrophy and melanin disruption of punctate lesions in all eyes. Conclusion MSI helps in noninvasively detecting CNV in PIC patients and observing associated changes in choroidal vasculature. This imaging technique is also a promising tool for better tracking pathological changes of PIC lesions complementary to current standard multimodal imaging modalities.


For the implementation of stereo image-based visual servoing algorithm in the eye-in-hand robotics applications, one of the main concerns is the accurate point feature detection and matching algorithm. Since the visual servoing is carried out in the textureless environment, the feature detection process is even more challenging. To fulfill the requirement of a robust and reliable point feature detection process, in this paper we present the novel deep learning-based algorithm. The approach based on convolutional neural networks and algorithm for detection of manufacturing entities is proposed and detected regions of interest are utilized for the improvement of the point feature detection algorithm. The proposed algorithm is experimentally evaluated in real-world settings by using wheeled nonholonomic mobile robot RAICO equipped with stereo vision system. The experimental results show the improvement of 58% in the accuracy of matched point features in the images obtained during the visual servoing process. Moreover, with the implementation of the proposed deep learning-based approach, the number of successful experimental runs has increased by 80%.


Abstract Bearings, which were initially designed to support loads, are nowadays being used more and more in machines and most of them are subjected to severe operating conditions as far as temperature or minimum film thickness are concerned. This can be considered as the result of the increases in speed and load, which increase the dissipated power in the lubricant, and also the temperature, thus significantly modifying the lubricant characteristics and bearing performance. This leads, on the one hand, to a decrease in the lubricant viscosity, and therefore the load capacity, and, on the other hand, to mechanical and thermal deformations of the contact surfaces which can, under severe operating conditions, be greater than the minimum film thickness. The present study investigates the relevance of taking into account the deformations and how they can influence bearing performance prediction. The operating conditions are variable, with the radial load ranging up to 150kN and the rotational speed ranging up to 15000r/min. The thermoelastohydrodynamic (TEHD) model is compared to an existing thermohydrodynamic (THD) model in order to find the point at which it is necessary to take into account deformations in the numerical simulation and thus ensure good prediction of bearing behaviour. Under severe conditions, the THD model was found not to give good results for bearing performance and geometry; i.e. the hydrodynamic pressure can be dangerously overestimated, the minimum film thickness can be underestimated and the bearing operating radial clearance can be increased by over 10 per cent.


This course/program is for K-12 school staff teaching linguistically and culturally diverse students in the school setting. During this course, participants will learn practical information about how to meet the social, academic, and emotional needs of English language learners. Participants will leave with ready-to-use materials for teaching students of all English language proficiency levels. ONE Graduate Credit


A simple and low cost mesurement method for determination of bisphenol A (BPA) in drinking water and river water by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with an ultraviolet detecter (UV) has been studied. As a result, good linearity of the calibration curve was obtained in the concentration range from 0.01 mg/l to 1 mg/l. The detection limit, based on S/N=3, was 0.0065 μg/ml for BPA. Acetone was recommended for the elution of BPA from the solid phases. The recoveries for BPA from river water spiked at a mesurement concentration of 0.1 mg/l was 55.3∼78.7%, and the relative standard deviations was 5.2∼7.1% by an activated carbon column method. This measurement method could be successfully applied to the determination of BPA in drinking water and river water.


The Src homology domain 2 (SH2)‐containing tyrosine phosphatase‐1 (SHP‐1) plays a key role in apoptosis and decreases phosphorylation of Akt. Apoptosis of cardiomyocytes is thought to contribute to the increased area of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and Akt activation exerts a powerful cardioprotective effect after ischemia. Thus, a therapeutic strategy designed to inhibit expression of SHP‐1 would be beneficial in AMI. Here we report that siRNA targeting SHP‐1 reduced infarct size in a rat model of AMI. Upon injection into the ischemic left ventricular wall, the vector‐based siRNA significantly suppressed the increase in the SHP‐1 mRNA and the SHP‐1 protein levels. The siRNA vector also significantly reduced the SHP‐1 that bound to Fas‐R. The SHP‐1 siRNA vector increased phospho‐Akt and reduced DNA fragmentation and caspase activity compared with the scramble siRNA vector. Finally, the area of myocardial infarction was significantly smaller with the SHP‐1 siRNA vector than with the scramble siRNA vector at 2 days after LCA ligation. In conclusion, SHP‐1 in the heart increased from the early stage of AMI, and this increase was thought to contribute to the increased area of myocardial infarction. Suppression of SHP‐1 with the SHP‐1 siRNA vector markedly reduced the infarct size in AMI.


The rapid lateral variation of fluvial sand-bodies seriously affect the development of oil and gas field. One long-term base-level cycle (LSC), four middle-term base-level cycles (MSC) and nine short-term base level cycles (SSC) are recognized by researching the stacking patterns and volumetric partitioning according to the core, well log and seismic data in He8 member of A gas field, Ordos basin. The base level cycles which are mainly base level rise half cycles are mainly composed of braided and meandering river deposits. The evolution of depositional system has experienced three stages: braided river deposition in the earlier stage, braided and meandering river transition coexistence in the middle stage and only meandering river deposition in later period. The braided channel sand, mid-channel bar and point bar are mainly reservoirs which show belt and ribbon along the SEE trending. These sand-bodies are vertically and laterally stacked with good continuity in the early MSC1, MSC2 and MSC3, while isolated and with poor continutiy in the early MSC4. The sedimentary microfacies and diagenesis affect the fluvial reservoir quality including lateral continuity, porosity and permeability and the buried depth of the good reservoirs with development of secondary solution pores is less than 3500m in this area.


At present, lots of foreign famous IC producers are energetically developing the low consumption, energy-saving type single-chip switching power integrated circuits. The performance characteristics and operation principle of TEA1520 series single-chip switching power supply which Philips company produces newly is introduced.


At present, all historians and archaeologists concerned with historical events of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries connected to the city of Taraz use its name only in reference to the medieval site whose occupation layers are located under buildings of the modern city of Taraz in Kazakhstan. The name of Yangi Taraz is also attributed to this medieval site. This surprising identification arose in connection to studying of monetary production and its circulation from Taraz in the period of interest. By studying the volume of coins issues in Taraz city in the last third of the thirteenth century and establishing that monetary production was very considerable even on the scale of the entire state, there arose a question – Why are these coins not found in occupation layers in the territory of Taraz studied by archaeologists at all? And in that case where was the Yangi Taraz of the Mongol period located? The purposes of the present article are: 1) To identify the locations of high concentration the Chagataid's coins of Taraz – both copper and silver ones – that is, to determine the location of the Taraz monetary production in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries; 2) To make an attempt to understand the notions of modern scholarly historians regarding the functioning of Taraz during this period. The study of numismatic finds from the territory of the Talas valley in Kyrgyzstan made it possible to locate a cluster of coins originating from the cities of Taraz, Yangi Taraz and Ordu Bazar near the medieval site of Pokrovsk II. Numismatic finds both from Pokrovsk II and Taraz in Kazakhstan are considered in detail in this article. Thus, it was established that the location of the mint of Yangi Taraz was if not for the most part located at Pokrovsk II, then it was at least somewhere nearby. Narrative sources report that there were two cities of Taraz – Ulug Taraz and Kami Taraz. Some mistakes of different authors in their historical interpretations and conclusions have been caused by the existence of two closely located cities with same name of Taraz in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.


E-transformation in container ports means a comprehensive improvement in information system, which effectively meets customers' requirements and needs by timely providing them with useful terminal management information. There is a considerable theoretical literature on the impact of e-transformation on business performance but there is very little empirical study on its impact on ports. The main objective of this paper is to empirically investigate how e-transformation in container port management can influence customer satisfaction and port competitiveness. The findings reveal that e-Transformation in container ports can affect customer satisfaction and port competitiveness through eWorkplace, customer relationship management and security, implying that container ports should make every effort to focus e-transformation in these critical areas. Due to limited empirical studies in this area, the findings have provided an empirical support for the importance of e-transformation in container terminal management and shed more light on how e-transformation can affect customer satisfaction and port competitiveness.


Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the evaluation of criteria for the recognition of Diphyllobothrium species. Reliable data about intraspecific variations are needed before proper assessment the relative stability of size or any other taxonomic character in classification. Not only are data required on the kinds of variants and the frequency with which they occur but to properly evaluate them it should be determined if the characters involved are hereditary or nonhereditary. The dimensional and morphic characters of internal and external characters are probably sufficiently stable to serve as specific diagnostic characters if the material being compared is from the same specific final host of comparable age, sex, and host diet, harboring an equal number of worms of the same postinfection age. While the basis for identification at the species level, regardless of the category definition, is being sought within the context of the anatomical concept, even when the limits of variations have been established, all available criteria should be taken into account.


This work examines an electrostatic charging/discharging cycle of a populated circuit board inside an equipment housing of a satellite at GEO. Component potentials and electric field strengths are examined before and after a structure ground discharge event. Field reversal after the discharge suggests that favourable conditions exist for charge dissipation from the internal dielectrics at this point in time. Electric field strength dependent, this can be either spontaneous or drift related. This work was realized using a tool of two components. The charging cycle is calculated using a modified ITS-ACCEPT code. The resulting charge distribution is used as input to a 3D Poisson equation solver.


Second generation anticoagulant rodenticides bromadiolone (0.005%) and difethialone (0.0025%) were eva luated in the sugarcane fields at two different crop stages viz., cane growth stage and cane maturation stage. The results revealed that the difethialone (0.0025%) is a potent anticoagulant rodenticide and can prove more effective if applied at cane growth stage of sugarcane. Rat damage of Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum), a major cash crop of India, has always been a matter of economic concern. In India, rodents eat about 1250 to 1500 tonnes of sugarcane, inflict ing a loss of RS.257.4 crores annuaIly1.2 not withstanding the secondary infection of canes with bacterial and fungal dis eases after rodent damage 3 . Rodenticidal baiting


The article presents the results of studies of the effect of different doses of mineral fertilizers N90P90K90 and N120P120K120 on the productivity of corn. We studied the formation of green mass yield of corn in the following groups of maturity: medium-early hybrid Svityaz FAO 250, medium-ripe Aquazor FAO 320 and late-ripe Hetera FAO 420. During the growing season, corn plants were exposed to adverse weather conditions. The best weather conditions were observed in 2018 (SCC 1.34) and the worst were in 2016-2017 (SCC 0.64-0.81). Such weather conditions affected the growth processes of the crop in height, the indicators of which differed over the years and had the form of a sinusoidal depending on the phase of growth and development. In the ejection phase, the height of maize plants in the hybrid Svityaz FAO 250 was 197 cm, Aquazor FAO 320 - 199 cm and Hetera FAO 420 - 203 cm, which in the phase of wax grain ripeness increased to 262 cm, 263 and 276 cm, respectively, against N120P120K120. One of the indicators that characterize the green mass yield is the height of plants and the percentage of cobs and stems in the structure of biomass. According to our data, the largest share of cobs was on the variants without fertilizers, which was 40.6-43.1 and 37.3-42.1% on the maximum background of fertilizers. In this case, the cobs by weight were the heaviest and reached 197.0-216.7 g per plant using mineral fertilizers at a dose of N120P120K120. The increase in the yield of green mass of corn in the phase of wax ripeness by 1.29-1.58 times compared to N90P90K90 and N120P120K120 - 1.33-1.48 times, compared with harvesting in the phase of ejection of panicles. The highest yield of dry matter of corn was found by applying mineral fertilizers at a dose of N120P120K120, which was in the hybrid Svityaz FAO 250 - 22.46 t / ha, in hybrids Aquazor FAO 320 and Hetera FAO 420 - 25.13 and 28.03 t / ha, respectively. High digestibility of green mass of corn from the phase of ejection of panicles to milk ripeness, where the content of feed units in 1 kg of dry matter increases from 0.93 to 1.04.


The development of a social market in education in England and Wales since 1988 has required schools to develop strategies to competition for pupils. They have done so within a context in which such concepts as `the market' and `marketing' have been alien. This paper develops an analytical methodology based on Cowell's interpretation within service organizations, through the examination of four key cultural and managerial developments the range of understanding of markets and marketing held within the school; their organizational responses to the market; their use of market analytical tools; and their development of appropriate marketing strategies. By applying this methodology to a sample of schools, the paper shows the variation in the development of a market culture between them, and derives an Index for Marketing Cultural Development. From this, a simple typology of cultural responses to marketization is derived.


Tomato plants were grown in nutrient solution four times in two years on a practical scale in order to study the effects of NO3/NH4 ratios and temperature of the nutrient solution on growth, yields, and blossom-end rot (BER) incidence.In spring season crops, growth was best at 25°C. Combined application of NO3 and NH4 produced better growth than did NO3 alone except when plants were grown at low solution temperature and high NH4 ratio. However, the incidence of BER increased with the combined application of NO3 and NH4, and especially, the yields of normal fruits which had no BER were significantly decreased at high solution temperature and high NH4 ratios because of increased incidence of BER. Without exception, leaf Ca concentration was lower when plants were supplied with NO3 and NH4 than with NO3 alone; this seemed to be related to the incidenceof BER.In fall season crops, the yields of normal fruits were proportional to plant growth because of a low rate of BER incidence. Namely, in the low solution temperature the growth was better with a combination of NO3 and NH4 than with NO3 alone, and the yields of normal fruits were higher when plants were supplied with 12 me/l of N as a mixture (10/2 or 8/4) rather than the same amount of NO3. However, in the high solution temperature, increased ratios of NH4 to NO3 resulted in reduction of plant growth and of the yields of normal fruits. Leaf Ca concentration was decreased with increasing ratios of NH4 to NO3 in the solution, but no relationship between leaf Ca concentration and plant growth or BER incidence was observed.Thus, in practical hydroponic production of tomato, the nutrient solution should exclude NH4 in the warm season when BER may easily occur. In the cool season with low light intensity, however, solutions containing NH4 up to about one-third of total N may be recomended for promoting plant growth, keeping plant vigor, and increasing the yields of normal fruits.


Two isolates of Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) originated from lily plants, named Ly2-CMV and Ly8-CMV, were compared with their pathological features in several host plants. Ly2-CMV and Ly8-CMV could induce systemic mosaic symptom in Nicotiana benthamiana, but Ly2-CMV could not systemically infect tomato and cucumber plants that have been used for CMV-propagative hosts. While Fny-CMV used as a control infected systemically the same host plants, producing typical CMV symptoms. Ly8-CMV could infect systemically two species of tobacco (N. tabacum cv. Xanthi-nc and N. glutinosa) and zucchini squash (Curcubita pepo), but Ly2 failed systemic infection on these plants. As resulted from tissue-print immunoblot assay, different kinetics of systemic movement between Ly2-CMV and Ly8-CMV were crucial for systemic infection in tobacco (cv. Xanthi-nc). Sequence analysis of full-length genome of two lily isolates showed Ly2 and Ly8 belonged to subgroup IA of CMV. The lily isolates shared overall 98 % sequence identity in their genomes. Coat protein, 3a protein, and 2b protein involved in virus movement was highly conserved in genomes of the isolates Ly2 and Ly8. Although there is the low frequency of recombinants and reassortants in natural CMV population, phylogenetic analysis of each viral protein among a number of CMV isolates suggested that genetic variation in a defined population of CMV lily isolates was stochastically produced.


The numerical simulation about riblet surfaces with different spacing was carried out at different velocities.Some rules about riblet surface's drag reduction effect influenced by spacing were found out primarily.According to the characteristic of riblet surface's flow field,computation region,grids and flow parameters were dealt with reasonably.Results are as follows.Riblet surface with spacing has better drag reduction effect than that without spacing.Drag reduction effect reaches the best while the spacing size is equal to riblet structure.The reason that drag reduction effect of riblet surface could be influenced by spacing is that the spacing can restrain the increase of pressure drag.


Purpose
This study aims to conduct a systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis on the topic of digital labour. The study also identifies the future research directions for the topic.

Design/methodology/approach
In total, 118 research papers were identified and reviewed from 11 established research databases and A*, A and B category journals from the ABDC journal list. The papers covered a timespan between 2006 and 2023. Bibliometric analysis was conducted to identify key research hotspots.

Findings
The emergent themes and associated sub-themes related to digital labour were identified from the literature. The paper found three significant themes that include digital labour platform, gig economy and productivity. This study also acts as a platform to initiate further research in this field for academicians, scholars, industry practitioners and policymakers. The future research scope in the topic is also presented.

Originality/value
The present study is unique in its nature as it approaches the topic of digital labour from all relevant perspectives.


ABSTRACT Song structure can be constrained by morphological characters such as beak size. Studies have shown that songbirds with larger beaks produce songs with a lower frequency, narrower frequency range and lower note rates than birds with smaller beaks. We tested whether beak volume and bite force constrain song parameters in three Neotropical seedeaters that show a gradient of beak size and force (Sporophila beltoni, S. caerulescens and S. hypoxantha). We also determined the relationship between body size and song structure. We evaluated the song structure of these species, measuring differences that may help them to segregate the acoustic space, since they occur in sympatry. These birds can be predicted to segregate the acoustic space to reduce overlapping of their songs, which is a possible result of the force of sexual selection. Individuals of each species had their beaks and bite forces measured and their own territorial songs recorded in the field. Only S. caerulescens showed a positive relationship between beak volume and song parameters (maximum frequency and frequency bandwidth). No song parameters showed an association with bite force or body size. The use of acoustical space seemed to be unique to each species with respect to note rate and song duration. Sporophila beltoni and S. hypoxantha showed the most differences from each other in all song parameters analysed. In contrast to other studies of finch species with conical beaks, our findings suggested that for these three species, beak volume and bite force do not limit the song structure.


Using the documentation method fieldwork method,interviewing method and so on,focus on bringing nature environment and human environment of the course's resource's development,and its School-Based Sports curriculum into the research of the effects colleges and universities physical education,the research shows that the development of school-based curriculum should be combined with school characters,and should take the"ordinary college sports Teaching Instruction Summary"as a key link.The development should reflect teaching's scientific and advanced nature,combine with marketization,offer social services and expand schooling notion.The research of school-based curriculum expand sports teacher's curriculum conception,and change their teaching conception,The research have positive effects on carrying ocean culture forward.


Low molecular weight polyester-amide prepolymers have been synthesized by melt polycondensation from succinic acid,1,4-butanediol,1,3-propanediol and urea,and the chain extension of polyester-amide prepolymers was conducted with toluene diisocynate. A series of novel biodegradable succinic acid-1,4-butanediol-1,3-propanediol-urea copolymers with Mwfrom 1. 0 × 105 to 1. 7 × 105 were synthesized,and then the polyester-amide films were prepared by tape casting. The effect of urea amount on the thermal properties,crystallinity,mechanical properties and biodegradation of the polyester-amide were studied. The polyester-amide were characterized by FT-IR,1H NMR spectroscopy,GPC,TG,DSC and XRD. The results showed that the melting point and thermal stability of polyester-amide decreased with the increase of urea content. The addition of urea unchanged the crystal form of polyester phase in polyester-amide,but destroyed the regularity of the polyester chain segment,which led to the decreased crystallinity. With the increase of urea content,the mechanical properties and biodegradation of polyester-amide films were improved.


Based on the analysis on the signal feature of vibration from hydro-turbine,the method of Hilbert-Huang Transform is introduced into the analysis on the vibration signal from the prototype of the hydro-turbine,and then the vibration signal is decomposed into the intrinsic mode function at all the time scales with the Empirical Mode Decomposition(EMD) method,finally,the method for the identification of the vibration status based on HHT is discussed through Hilbert Spectral Analysis.On the basis of the analysis on the prototype of the hydro-turbine,a new approach and trial is made for extracting the feature of the vibration signal from hydro-turbine generating unit with the method of Hilbert-Huang Transform.


This paper mainly discusses basic characteristics and trade areas,function of finance and price discovery and to increase the efficiency in business trade and lower its cost of the warehouse receipt market.It offers several proposals in this respect.


The basic approach for handling unmanned railway level crossing is to automate the process of railway gate closing and opening as and when a train arrives and leaves. This paper provides the details about the prototype model which aims at exploiting the existing mobile & satellite communication infrastructure for mutual exchange of control signals between the embedded systems in the train and the level crossing.


Using the phase‐shift technique to measure excited‐state lifetimes, upper limits of 1.5 × 10−14 cm3/sec and 3 × 10−14 cm3/sec have been established for the Cs(62P1/2re3/2) + He → Cs(62S1/2) + He quenching rate constants at 350° and 820°K. (In "cross‐section" units these are equivalent to 10−19 cm2 upper limits.) The natural lifetimes were measured to be 30.8 ± 1.5 × 10−9 sec and 35.2 ± 1.5 × 10−9 sec for the Cs 62P3/2 and 62P1/2 states.


Anatomical and morphological details are recorded for the species Davallia denticulata (Burm. f.) Mett., D. solida (Forst.) Sw., Humata repens (L. f.) Diels, Araiostegia membranulosa (Wall. ex Hook.) Holtt., A. multidentata (Wall. ex Hook.) Copel. and Davallodes borneense (Hook.) Copel. The distinctive characters of the genera are discussed, based on the details described and also on a consideration of other species. A new assessment is made of the distinctions between Araiostegia and Davallodes; this involves consideration of Paradavallodes Ching, a genus established to include Araiostegia membranulosa and A. multidentata. It is concluded that the species included by Ching in Paradavallodes are not sufficiently distinct from those left by him in Araiostegia to warrant recognition of the new genus. The species originally named Davallia membranulosa Wall. ex Hook., placed by Copeland in Davallodes and by Ching in Paradavallodes, is therefore here transferred to Araiostegia. The concluding discussion includes reference to the status and contents of the family Davalliaceae and its possible relationships to other families; it is suggested that (as here delimited) it is an epiphytically adapted offshoot from the terrestrial group of ferns which includes Tectaria.


In Part 1 (1) , we looked at why minimum reinforcement is needed for bending and shear, and found that the reason is to prevent brittle failure in the event of an accidental overload. The reason for requiring minimum reinforcement in direct tension is very different, as will be seen below.


Background and Objectives: Finite Element Methods (FEM) and Monte Carlo (MC, FullMonte) simulations are employed to compute light propagation during interstitial photodynamic therapy. FullMonte models the light source as a fixed number of photons emitted from the center of the catheter. In the FEM, the light source is modeled as a flux of photons emitted from the outside diameter of the catheter. The objective of this study was to compare the FEM and MC computed light fluence rate distributions.

Methods: A solid phantom with tissue optical properties was used to compare MC simulations conducted using FullMonte and FEM using COMSOL Multiphysics. A tetrahedral mesh of approximately 400,000 elements was created to mimic experiments in the phantom with one central 2 cm cylindrical diffuser fiber, and five IP85 detector fibers were inserted 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 mm from the light source. FEM and FullMonte simulations were conducted for 50 and 100 mW/cm source power, and the resulting fluence rates were compared, at the detector locations.

Results: Initially, the computed fluence rates differed significantly between the MC and FEM simulations. However, the light gradient was comparable between both methods. Changing the FEM boundary conditions such that the light source was modeled as a flux of photons emitted from inside the catheter approximately 0.6 mm from the outside diameter resulted in a better agreement (16% difference).

Conclusions: The light source boundary condition is a major contributor to the difference between FEM and FullMonte computed light distributions.

Acknowledgements: This work was supported in part by National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01CA193610 to G. Shafirstein


In what follows, we want to describe a system for the automatic abstracting of textual material. In designing the system, major theoretical questions have arisen not unlike those that arise in dealing with any natural language system. In addition, we want to describe some proposed revisions which have important theoretical implications and which should lead to significant improvements in the capabilities of the present system.


The parameter-uniform convergence of a fitted operator method for a singularly perturbed differential equation is normally available only for uniform meshes. Here we establish the parameter-uniform convergence of a fitted operator method on a non-uniform mesh for a singularly perturbed initial value problem. This is obtained by a new method of proof.


Ag2O-B2O3-Al2O3 glasses were prepared by melting and quenching method and the state of silver in the glasses was examined by optical absorption spectra. These glasses have two absorption peaks at less than 300nm and 320nm, which correspond to Ag+ ion and atomic Ag, respectively. The content of atomic silver increased with the increase of temperature. Metallic Ag (Ag colloid) precipitated at the glass surface by the heat-treatment at 400•Ž which causes the absorption peak at 440nm. The origin of the precipitated colloid was considered to be atomic Ag dissolved in the glass because the intensity of the absorption peak at 320nm decreased by the heat treatment. However, the precipitation mechanism is not clear. Since the peak of atomic silver was not observed for the slowly cooled glass, it is considered that the free volume at the glass surface which have high fictive temperature plays an important role for the precipitation of silver.


A study was conducted to analyze the seasonal angiospermic wall floristic composition of city Buxar of state Bihar (India) covering the total land area of 24.7 km 2 . A total of 78 angiospermic wall flora was recorded. The angiospermic wall flora was represented by 64 genera belonging to 29 different families. Asteraceae, Poaceae and Amaranthaceae were dominant families of the angiospermic wall flora of city Buxar. Majority of the non woody wall flora appear in the rainy and winter seasons of the year. Among the woody perennials Azadirachta indica, Ficus benghalensis and Ficus religiosa were the most common wall flora of city Buxar [1] .


An efficient multi-code CFD solver was designed to simulate the integrated flowfields in a ramjet engine in a loosely coupled manner.The multiblock,multigrid,single-species,turbulence flow solver was used to simulate the flows in the inlet,while a multi-species one to simulate the flows in the combustor and nozzle.The k-g turbulence model was used in the calculations.By means of carefully designed message feedback of mass flow rate,static pressure,etc.,on the inlet-combustor interface,the flowfield of inlet and combustor can be solved efficiently.The turbulent flowfields obtained are reasonable.


Cloud storage service is a prominent application for recent years. Several famous cloud service providers (CSPs) offer some free volume to users and provide the file synchronization as a convenient function. However, whether the files stored at a CSP are secure or not is a main concern for users. However, it is reported that some famous CSPs lack sound security protection, like no password verification or the missing of stored files. Therefore, how to ensure the security strength of CSPs is an important issue. Nevertheless, most of current CSPs did not provide convictive security mechanism to beef up their security. For example, most of CSPs only claim that they will encrypt the stored files in their storage servers, but the encryption key are picked by the CSPs themselves. In this paper, a practical third-party auditor (TPA) prototype for cloud storage service is proposed to strengthen the properties of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Moreover, the TPA cannot realize the content of the stored file during verification. Our scheme also provides a useful function to measure the failure time of the CSP.


Abstract We tested whether a complex model of human cognitive abilities based on Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) theory, developed in English-speaking samples, adequately describes correlations among tests in the Longitudinal Aging Study in India-Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia (LASI-DAD) (N=3,224). Tests in the neuropsychological battery were chosen for their appropriateness for measuring cognition in older adults in India and suitability for co-calibration with the core LASI survey (N=72,000). We evaluated the factor structure and its conformity with a classical CHC factor model incorporating measurement models for general cognition, 5 broad domains (orientation, executive functioning, language/fluency, memory, visuospatial), and 5 narrow domains (abstract reasoning, attention/speed, immediate memory, delayed memory, recognition memory) of cognitive performance. Model fit was adequate (RMSEA:0.051; CFI:0.916; SRMR:0.060). We demonstrated configural factorial invariance of a cognitive battery in the Indian LASI-DAD using CHC theory. Broad domain factors may be used to rank individuals with respect to cognitive performance and classify cognitive impairment.