Abstract This article discusses a "perfect storm" that has evolved in recent years related to the composition of the U.S. Latino population—a dramatic demographic shift that threatens the economic stability of supermarkets and other retailers that have traditionally focused their services or products on the foreign-born segment of the Latino population. Using spatial analysis of recent data provided by the American Community Survey and the Consumer Expenditure Survey, the study identified four distinct segments of U.S. counties that provide different levels of market potential related to the concentration of native-born and foreign-born Latinos, their English-language proficiency, and their estimated food-at-home expenditures. Based on these findings, suggestions are made for marketers to re-align their marketing strategies to minimize the potential negative consequences of the developing perfect storm.


A formula of Froude number at the section of starting flare is deduced in this paper.It is shown that the relationship exists among the location of the flaring gate piers,the Froude number at the section of starting flare,the weir head,the head loss and the gate width.Collection of several local water plants'data is carried out and the Froude numbers are calculated by the formula.The result shows that these Froude numbers distributes between 1.7~2.3 and the average value is 2.042.Based on actual projects,the influence of the flaring gate piers location to the Froude number is discussed.The calculated results agree well with those of the numerical stimulations.


The utility model discloses a rotating coupler lock, relating to a fixed connection device, and consists of a coupler locking plate and a pin locking plate. The coupler locking plate comprises a lock shell, an eccentric cam, a stopper, a locking rod and a plate spring; the pin locking plate comprises a lock shell and a pin; the eccentric cam is rotated to drive the locking rod; a rotating shaft is eccentrically rotated, so the locking rod rises from the bottom up, when the locking rod rises to the peak, the locking rod is positioned over the pin, the plate spring of the locking rod partially enters into the indentation of a cutaway disk from a spring hole, the locking rod is slightly pulled downward, a coupler of the locking rod hooks the pin to finish the closure of the coupler and the pin; an eccentric rotating wheel is reversely rotated, the non-indentation part of the eccentric rotating wheel extrudes the plate spring out of the indentation of the cutaway disk to the spring hole, at this time, the locking rod is slightly lifted upward, the coupler of the locking rod returns to the lock shell of the coupler locking plate from up to down.


The objective of this work was to determine the adequate stocking density to second growth phase of tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum ) juveniles in cage. Twelve cages of 1 m 3 were used to stock fish in four different densities, with three replicate: 200, 300, 400 and 500 fish/m 3 . Fish were fed with commercial diets with 36% of crude protein six times a week, in three daily meals during 60 days. The growth in weight and in length, coefficient of variation of length, specific growth rate and glucose were analyzed at 30 and 60 days of rearing. At the end of the experiment final productivity parameters were evaluated: survival, feed conversion, weight gain and production per area. Physical-chemical parameters of water were evaluated each seven days. After 60 days, the growth in weight and length was higher in the density of 200 fish/m 3 compared to the density of 500 fish/m 3 . The coefficient of variation of length, specific growth rate and glucose present no significant differences among the treatments at 30 and 60 days. Survival, feed conversion and weight gain were similar for all densities. The production per area was higher in the two highest densities. Results indicate that the density of 400 fish/m 3 is


Urban
landuse change is one of the main driving forces of global environmental
change. It is central to the sustainable development debate. The aim of this
research is to examine the effects of urban landuse and its impact on selected
public utility services in Akure with a view to improve strategies to protect
these utilities for sustainable development. The research was conducted using
remote sensing, Geographical information System and questionnaire to collect
the required data for the purpose of fulfilling the objectives of this study.
In this study of analyzing the urban landuse change, 2010 and 2018 IKONOS are
used in a post classification comparison analysis to map the landuse changes
and identify the conversion process in Akure. The landuse change statistics
results obtained revealed that residential landuse has changed rapidly for the
periods (2010-2018). The results also show increase in commercial landuses
between the same periods. The results of the analysis reveal that the built-up
area has been growing rapidly for the periods (2010-2018). Findings show that,
housing provision (residential), business purpose (commercial) and educational
(institution) are the major causes of land use change in the study areas. To
reduce the effect of land use expansion in the study areas, policy measures
were recommended which include regulating the growth and spread of development,
regional development programs. In our opinion, the information provided by
these technologies could help city planners and policy makers to attain and
sustain future urban development.


Ground tilt measurements made once each year near the Myrdalsjokull ice field show an annual variation of tilt of 1.4–4.5 μrad. The direction of observed tilt is either toward or away from the central part of the ice field. The observed tilt correlates closely with the amount of snow on the ice field and is interpreted as the response of variable load on an elastic plate floating on liquid substratum. The thickness of this elastic crustal plate is found to be 6.5–8.5 km, and the relaxation time for the underlying liquid appears to be less than 2 weeks, and thus its viscosity is required to be less than 1013 poises, or less than that found for the earth's mantle from uplift of recently glaciated areas by about 8 orders of magnitude.


Photograph of Ann Marston as she prepares to take a shot with her bow and arrow. Ann Marston was a competitive junior archer from Detroit, Michigan. This photograph is taken from a series that was published in Life magazine.


Properties of Snow and Ice (E. Lewis, et al.) Acoustic and Seismic Sensing Techniques (D. Farmer & Y. Xie) Ice-Thickness Measurement (J. Rossiter & J. Holladay) Passive Microwave Systems (I. Rubinstein, et al.) Active Microwave Systems (R. Raney) Over-the-Horizon Radar (S. Srivastava & J. Walsh) Surface-Based Radar: Noncoherent (E. Lewis, et al.) Surface-Based Radar: Coherent (S. Haykin, et al.) Operational Airborne Radars (R. Lowry) Synthetic Aperture Radar Images of Sea Ice (C. Livingstone) RADARSAT and Operational Ice Information (R. Raney & J. Falkingham) Supplementary Topics and Future Diretions (S. Haykin & R. Raney) Index.


The large amount of patient data amassed in the Electronic Patient Record systems are of great value for medical research. Aggregating research-grade data from these systems is a laborious, often manual process. We present a semantic framework that incorporates a data semantic model and validation rules to accelerate the cleansing process for data in Electronic Patient Record systems. We demonstrate the advantages of this semantic approach in assuring data quality over traditional data analysis methods.


This article makes a rough study into the nasal and the block sounds in Maonan language,and makes a comparison with the English plosive and nasal consonants.It aims to show some hints to the minority students in English study when they meet difficulties in pronunciation.


This paper is based on research funded by grants from UK Economic and Social Research Council (RES-000-22-2191) and Leverhulme Trust (F008281G) to KG.


BACKGROUND: Fibrolamellar hepatocarcinoma is rare and responsible for 2% of the hepatocarcinomas. CASE REPORT: Man with 24 years old was attended by medical institution with abdominal pain, abdominal tumor mass, vomiting and bad general conditions. MRI showed hepatic tumor suggesting hepatocarcinoma. An hepatectomy (segments VI, VII, VIII) was done. It was confirmed malignancy with fibrolamellar hepatocarcinoma. In six months follow-up ultrasonography showed normal aspect of the remained liver. CONCLUSION: Although the bad prognosis of the tumor, hepatectomy should always be tried, if technical resection is feasible.


Focal acral hyperkeratosis is a rare skin disorder, initially described by Dowd et al., which is sporadic or inherited in an autosomal dominant way. Clinically, the condition presents with small yellowish to white papules located on lateral aspects of the hands and feet. Histopathological alterations are limited to the epidermis and there are no changes in the elastic fibers of the dermis. In this case report, a 14-year-old girl had a two-year history of persistent, asymptomatic, multiple papules along the border of the hands and feet. A histologic section of papules from the left hand and foot showed marked hyperkeratosis and hypergranulosis of epidermis. (Korean J Dermatol 2015;53(5):384∼387)


This paper presents the current trends and features of innovative technology and interactive teaching methods of medical intern training in the cycle of "Surgery" in the specialty «General Practice - Family Medicine" according to the medical education reform in Ukraine at the Department of Surgery in IFNMU. The basic directions of the study optimization and implementation of innovative, interactive modern forms have been defined. These include problematic lectures with video presentations, situational learning technology (case-management), testing system for knowledge evaluation and organization of practical training by mastering the techniques in shared surgerycal gym and working directly with patients under supervision of a teacher by mastering skills and professional manipulations to provide emergency care to patients with surgical disorders in the prehospital phase.


The invention provides a memory card fixing unit used for fixing memory cards in a mobile communication device. The memory card fixing unit comprises a memory card holder, a memory card pad and a memory card cover, wherein, a memory card slot is formed in the memory card holder for a first end portion of a memory card to be inserted in; the memory card pad is arranged below the memory card to support the memory card; the memory card cover is in rotary connection with the mobile communication device and can rotate relative to the memory card pad to be opened or closed, and the memory card cover is covered on the memory card and clamped with the memory card pad to fix the memory card when closed. The invention further provides the mobile communication device comprising the mobile communication device fixing unit. According to the mobile communication device and the memory card fixing unit, the structure is novel, the card clamping is stable, and the card withdrawing is easy.


In this study, it was observed how the supply of highly concentrated oxygen(40%) could affect HR while performing the addition tasks in a vehicle graphic simulator. The subjects of this study were 17 males in their twenties, and the addition tasks were performed in oxygen concentration(21%, 40%). For the performance of double-digit addition tasks in the straight course of two-lane road, its data was extracted by 30sec section from the start of the task and was analyzed. The test was proceeded in the order of Control (5min), Driving (2min), Driving + Task (1min), and Rest (10min). As a result of analyzing HR, there was a significant difference (p<0.01) between 21% oxygen concentration and 40% oxygen concentration, and HR increased during 21% oxygen concentration. Also, the significant difference between stimuli(Control, Driving, Driving+Task) was recognized, and as a result of the posteriori test, compared with Control, HR increased in Driving+Task, showing a significant difference(p<0.01). That is, the sympathetic nerve of the drivers were activated while performing the addition tasks during driving performance. Especially, when highly concentrated oxygen(40%) was presented, HR reduced. And thus, it was found out that highly concentrated oxygen(40%) had a positive effect on performing addition tasks while driving.


A technique is presented to evaluate the performance of a wireless link with a multi-antenna linear Minimum-Mean-Square Error (MMSE) receiver in the presence of interferers distributed according to non-homogeneous Poisson processes or Poisson cluster processes on the plane. The Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF) of the Signal-to-Interference-plus-Noise Ratio (SINR) of a representative link is derived for both types of networks assuming independent Rayleigh fading between antennas. Several representative spatial node distributions are considered, for which the derived CDFs are verified by numerical simulations. In addition, for non-homogeneous Poisson networks, it is shown that the Signal-to-Interference Ratio (SIR) converges to a deterministic non-zero value if the number of antennas at the representative receiver increases linearly with the nominal interferer density. This indicates that to the extent that the system assumptions hold, it is possible to scale such networks by increasing the number of receiver antennas linearly with user density. The results presented here are useful in characterizing the performance of multiantenna wireless networks with non-homogenous spatial node distributions and networks with clusters of users which often arise in practice, but for which few results are available.


Summary form only given. A new maximum likelihood sequence detection (MLSD) technique to reduce the effects of inter-track interference (ITI) is presented in this paper. As track densities increase, ITI and off-track interference (OTI) occur, and have detrimental effects on the performance of current MLSD decoders. A solution is to perform MLSD with an adaptive ITI equaliser constructed within the decoder trellis.


This paper integrates the theoretical framework for research conducted about developing policies on digital inclusion and its reflections on formal education. Concerning to the method, the paper presents a literature review. The text seeks to show consistencies and weaknesses in the context of digital inclusion by a discussion centered on two semantic fields: cyberculture and constitution of social subjects; digital inclusion and empowerment. In the discussion, the article argues for the expansion of the concept of digital inclusion that transcends technological fluency and access to technological resources and networking. The expanded concept of digital inclusion belongs to the major field of social inclusion. To do so, it articulates digital inclusion and the Freire's concept of empowerment of social groups, so that they see themselves as critical readers of their circumstances, to intervene in them, with more awareness and consistency.


Foreword. The multidimensional phenotype of schizophrenia. Implications of early sensory processing and subcortical involvement for cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia. Functional neuroimaging in schizophrenia: symptom, treatment, and etiology. Disruption of information flow within cortical-limbic circuits and the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Molecular biology and antipsychotic medications. Index.


A study has been made of the parameters affecting chemical
reactions in a microwave discharge. Emphasis was placed upon
investigating the possibility of promoting selective reactions
and their application to chemical processing. [Continues.]


As the ways,means and art of bidding victory, the bidding strategy is plenty of substance which passes through the whole bidding competition.It embodies in many aspects such as whether to bid or not,the selection of bidding project,bidding quotation.This writings introduces how to use unbalanced quotation measure to beautify the strategy on the engineering quantity quotation list on the ground of funds value and influences of bidding competition environment.


Large scale multiview reconstruction is recently a very popular area of research. There are many open source tools that can be downloaded and run on a personal computer. However, there are few, if any, comparisons between all the available software in terms of accuracy on small datasets that a single user can create. The typical datasets for testing of the software are archeological sites or cities, comprising thousands of images. This paper presents a comparison of currently available open source multiview reconstruction software for small datasets. It also compares the open source solutions with a simple structure from motion pipeline developed by the authors from scratch with the use of OpenCV and Eigen libraries.


Background and study aim. The purpose of this study was to determine the relative contribution of energy systems in a freestyle (FS) and a Greco-Roman (GR) wrestling match, quantity and quality of obtained scores, and the competition efficiency of winners in the 2017 Wrestling World Championships (WCh) through analysing the recorded videos of all the matches of this event.
Material and method. The materials of the present study were 295 FS and 266 GR recorded videos of the 2017 WCh, a multimedia player (lap top) for watching and analysing them, and a chronometer for recording the different duration of activities happening during these matches. In addition, special papers were designed in advance to make sure that all the required data were recorded properly.
Result. The percentages of ATP-PC (ATP), lactic (LAC), and aerobic (AERO) energy systems were 6.66, 62.74, and 30.60 in FS, and 5.94, 67.53, and 26.53 in GR. Quantity and quality analysis of scores showed that FS wrestlers significantly scored more 1- and 4-point, while GR wrestlers were superior regarding the quality 2-point. The average competition efficiency of gold medallists was 18/43±4/67 in FS and 15/87±3/18 in GR which were statistically significantly greater than that of all other placers.
Conclusion. This study showed the dominance of LAC in a wrestling match in both styles, although their relative contribution was significantly different between styles. In addition, FS wrestlers significantly scored more points, and Gold medallists demonstrated the greatest average competition efficiency compared to other medallists.


Separation of mixtures Sr/sup 90/-Y/sup 90/, Sr/sup 90/-Y/sup 90/-Ce/sup 144/ focusing ion exchange metbod was studied. It was established that the mixtures Sr/sup 90/--Y/sup 90/-Sr/sup 90/-Y/sup 90/-Ce/sup 144/, and Ce/sup 144/- La/sup 1 40 can be separated in 5 min with the use of citric acid or complexone III; the separation of the Ce- Pr mixture at the concentrations up to 0.5 mg/ml is not complete. (auth)


Animal and plant biodiversity is decreasing. In contrast, the global direction and the pace of change in microbial, including viral, biodiversity is unknown. Important niches for microbial diversity occur in highly specific associations with plants and animals, and these niches are lost as hosts become extinct. The taxonomic diversity of human gut bacteria is reported to be decreasing. On the other hand, SARS-CoV-2 variation is increasing. Where microbes are concerned, Darwin's "tangled bank" of interdependent organisms may be composed mostly of other microbes. There is the likelihood that as some classes of microbes become extinct, others evolve and diversify. A better handle on all processes that affect microbial biodiversity and their net balance is needed. Lack of insight into the dynamics of evolution of microbial biodiversity is arguably the single most profound and consequential unknown with regard to human knowledge of the biosphere. If some or all parts of microbial diversity are relentlessly increasing, then survey approaches may be too slow to ever catch up. New approaches, including single-molecule or single-cell sequencing in populations, as well as focused attention on modulators and vectors of vertical and horizontal evolution may offer more direct insights into some aspects of the pace of microbial evolution.


In the majority of cases, the correlation of a persons's age and number of teeth - with due consideration of the clinical picture - will lead to correct identification.


Psychopharmacotherapy in Cardiovascular Diseases. Many psychiatric disorders are associated with cardiovascular diseases. On the other hand, cardiac conditions such as ischemic heart disease promote increased vulnerability to psychiatric complications which may in turn worsen the cardiologic


One of the techniques known in Data Mining namely clustering. Image segmentation process does not always represent the actual image which is caused by a combination of algorithms as long as it has not been able to obtain optimal cluster centers. In this research will search for the smallest error with the counting result of a Fuzzy C Means process optimized with Cat swam Algorithm Optimization that has been developed by adding the weight of the energy in the process of Tracing Mode.So with the parameter can be determined the most optimal cluster centers and most closely with the data will be made the cluster. Weigh inertia in this research, namely: (0.1), (0.2), (0.3), (0.4), (0.5), (0.6), (0.7), (0.8) and (0.9). Then compare the results of each variable values inersia (W) which is different and taken the smallest results. Of this weighting analysis process can acquire the right produce inertia variable cost function the smallest.


The working theory and advantages of resonance water level sensor for washing machine over other water level measuring instruments were analyzed in this paper.When used in vehicular mass sprayer pesticide container water level measurement,its scale was limited.Some improvement in its inside structure had been taken out so that the measuring scale increased from 600 mm to over 1 200 mm.Based on the AVR microchip controller ATmega8,the measuring circuit was figured out as well as some corresponding program.By installation design,the risk that severe water shaking may cause damages to the sensor was efficiently avoided.Results showed that,scale of the sensor fulfilled requirements and the R square(R2) between liquid level and sensor output frequency was 0.989.


Operational diagnostic systems like ICD-10, Chapter V (F) are introducing the concept of comorbidity covering the symptomatology of patients with multiple descriptive diagnoses. Focusing on this concept, the relevance of rater variables in the diagnostic assessment with ICD-10 is studied. Based on data from the German ICD-10 Research Criteria Study in 11 centres of psychosomatic medicine, diagnostic ratings of 129 clinicians for 20 patients are discussed. Significant differences concerning the agreement of the clinicians with expert main diagnoses are correlated with their familiarity with DSM-III-R, the age of the clinicians and subjective ratings of the diagnostic process. Clinicians with a greater familiarity with DSM-III-R and ICD-10 and older diagnosticians with more professional experience in psychosomatic medicine show a better ability to cover comorbidity in their diagnostic assessments. Furthermore, behavioural therapists are assessing comorbidity more adequately than psychoanalytic therapists.


Alternatives to the "rule of a half" are needed if there is to be truly general appraisal methods. However, substantial progress can be made by extending the logic of the rule of half and using the technique of 'numerical integration' in selected cases where the RoH breaks down. For large cost changes (>33%) in matrix based appraisal, the authors recommend that numerical integration be used with 1-3 additional points. It appears that with 1 point the NI error is about 1/4 that of the RoH, whilst with 3 points it is 1/16 that of the RoH. For new modes, the authors recommend that numerical integration be used with 3-5 additional points. This should be sufficient to obtain results accurate to +/-10-20%, a substantial improvement over the other techniques tested. With regard to new generators and attractors, the RoH and NI should be applied as usual, with the land use strategy in place in the do-something if it forms part of an integrated regional strategy. Whatever the land use benefits are, it appears that the transport benefits can be estimated separately using TUBA/NI methods. Similarly, even when the price of the own mode affects the demand on another mode, it is legitimate to add the benefits of one mode to another. Some refinement of the rules for application may be desirable in the light of experience. Nevertheless, application of these methods should help to ensure that we do not overestimate the benefits of new modes, including LRTs, and conversely that we do not overestimate the disbenefits from large cost increases - eg. due to road user charging - in the future. For the covering abstract see ITRD E115303.


A method of hard microneedle array fabricated on the surface of the flexible substrate, comprising: a first layer of Parylene after growing a thin film on a silicon wafer and spin-coated polymer layer of flexible, heat curing; which was peeled off; and in after growing a second layer of Parylene film spin-coated on that side of a first polyethylene film Parylene polymer layer in contact with the flexible layer dimethylsiloxane, heat curing; duplex grown on a metal or semiconductor material layer the silicon dioxide film; silicon dioxide film and the PDMS layer bonded together; which was peeled off; spin-coated on a silicon oxide film of a uniform layer of photoresist, photolithography; hard fine to obtain a flexible substrate pillar array formed substrate; the surface of a photoresist spin coating, the substrate in the etching solution, the micro-pillar array on a hard substrate etched tip shape, the preparation is completed. The present invention greatly improves comfort when using microneedles, reduces the risk of broken hard microneedles to improve the life of the microneedle array.


Martino Stierli Montage and the Metropolis: Architecture, Modernity, and the Representation of Space New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2018, 320 pp., 72 color and 85 b/w illus. $60 (cloth), ISBN 9780300221312

Both instrumental technique and potentially radical political critique, montage occupies a crucial place within architectural culture. From August Schmarsow to Manfredo Tafuri, Le Corbusier to Colin Rowe, a wide array of architects, theorists, and historians have used montage while seeking to comprehend and reshape modern urban space. El Lissitzky's 1924–25 Wolkenbugel (Cloud Hanger) is a paradigmatic example (Figure 1). The term montage refers generally to a technique involving the synthetic spatial and temporal arrangement of image fragments, whether from still photography or moving pictures. It is difficult to pin down, however: while constructed primarily from photographic fragments, montage imbricates multiple media, as evidenced by its centrality to cinematic discourse. Its importance to the formation of modernism is indisputable, and alongside collage and assemblage, montage remains a paradigmatic type of modern image making charged with the symbolic representation of twentieth-century experience.

Figure 1
El Lissitzky, Wolkenbugel, 1924–25, photomontage.

In Montage and the Metropolis , Martino Stierli demonstrates that montage served as twentieth-century modernity's "symbolic form." Echoing Erwin Panofsky, Stierli argues for montage as the visual schema par excellence through which the mobile and fragmented heterogeneity of modernist production supersedes the monocular spatial continuity of Renaissance art. As such, it is a cultural technique capable of representing the traumas inflicted on the metropolitan subject by modernity and of reconciling that subject to the modern world.

In his introductory chapter, Stierli defines montage according to five characteristics. The first three concern montage's formal properties and their relationship to a viewing subject. First, montage produces representations through the spatial or temporal juxtaposition of fragmentary images; meaning is produced through the active participation of the viewer who apprehends them. Second, montage operates spatially, ordering the disordered world upon the image surface. Third, it presupposes a mobile observer whose embodied perception generates a polyfocal and antiperspectival view of …


It is well known that man-assisted revegetation is one of the most effective methods to stabilize sand dunes, promote biodiversity, reduce the damages of desertification and hence reverse the course of desertification. The objectives of this study were to monitor the succession and changes in spatial structure of the vegetation after establishment of revegetation on windward sand dunes in arid area of Northwestern China, where the average annual rainfall is 160 mm. Field observations revealed that during the past 20 years, the main vegetation community has undergone a series of changes from herbages to herbages + Hedysarum scoparium to herbages + H. scoparium + Artemisia ordosica to Artemisia ordosica + herbages. In the diluvium and alluvium based sandy areas where the Nitraria tangutorum was the dominant species, the vegetation have had the succession from Nitraria tangutorum + herbages to Nitraria tangutorum + herbages + Artemisia ordosica to Artemisia ordosica + herbages + Nitraria tangutorum to Asterothamnus centrali + Stipa gobica + Artemisia ordosica. It is clear that, with the degradation of the man-assisted revegetation, e.g. H. scoparium, the natural species, such as Artemisia ordosica and herbages have dominated the communities. With the succession of the dominant species, the spatial structure of the plants has tended to concentrate to the height of 20-60 cm. Results revealed that the feasibility of sand dune fixation not only relates to the coverage of vegetation, but also to the spatial structure of the plants.


The invention relates to a waterborne ultraviolet (UV) coating for the roll coating of a wood product surface and a method for preparing the same. The waterborne UV coating for the roll coating of the wood product surface is prepared from the following components according to the weight ratios: 25.0%-55.0% of waterborne urethane acrylate, 1.0%-15.0% of waterborne epoxy resin, 0.4%-10.0% of hydroxyl silicone oil, 1.0%-10.0% of photoinitiator, 1.0%-15.0% of spherical nano-type filler, 0.05%-3.0% of leveling agent, 1.0%-2.0% of talc powder, 1.0%-10.0% of ethanol and 10.0%-20.0% of deionized water, wherein the photoinitiator is thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO). Raw materials of the waterborne epoxy resin, the hydroxyl silicone oil, the spherical nano-type filler and the like are introduced into the waterborne urethane acrylate, thus, a coating has the excellent performances of temperature resistance, weather resistance, low surface energy, physiological inertia and the like after epoxy and organosilicone modification, and the solid content of the coating is increased through the spherical nano-type filler; and the problems of wet coating, serious finger adhering and the like can be effectively improved under the common action of the three components.


Alteration in Apparent Asymptomatic People Living with HIV Martín G. Rosario PT, PhD, CSFI, ATRIC*, Jonathan Marshall, SPT, Aaron Herkert, SPT, Bincy Binoy, SPT, Hannah Windham, SPT, Elizabeth Orozco PT, DPT Physical Therapy Program, Texas Woman's University, Dallas Campus; Texas, United States. Journal of Rehabilitation Practices and Research Rosario, M.G., et al. J Rehab Pract Res 2020, 1: 102 https://doi.org/10.33790/jrpr1100102


Laboratory work has established that PO is likely to be the most abundant molecule containing phosphorus in dense interstellar clouds. Recently measured microwave frequencies were used in a search for the J = 5/2 yields 3/2 transition of PO at 109 GHz in four galactic sources. The limit in DR 21(OH), in particular, suggests that phosphorus may be severely depleted in dense molecular clouds. 23 references.


IN REVIEWING discussions on intra-partum and post-partum complications in the obstetric textbooks one finds little space allotted to hematomas. A survey of the literature discloses 188 cases of paravaginal hematoma reported from 1554 to 1948. The incidence varies from 1:1951 deliveries reported by Moschkow1 to 1:7000 by De Lee.2 The immediate vulvar type is the most common. In a review of 1250 deliveries 3 cases of hematoma were found: the first was vulvar, requiring removal of episiotomy sutures, evacuation of the clot and resuturing two hours after delivery; the second was vulvar, requiring removal of sutures, evacuation of the clot . . .


Abstract Bipalium adventitium Hyman, 1943, an exotic terrestrial flatworm that is predatory on earthworms, is reported from Illinois for the first time. No-choice laboratory feeding tests were performed to test the acceptability of several lumbricid earthworm species as prey for B. adventitium and to compare the mass gained by B. adventitium in feeding bouts on different species of lumbricid earthworms. All species of earthworms (Allolobophora chlorotica (Savigny, 1826), Aporrectodea rosea (Savigny, 1826), Ap. turgida (Eisen, 1874), Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826) and Octolasion tyrtaeum (Savigny, 1826)) presented to B. adventitium were attacked and consumed. Allolobophora chlorotica, Aporrectodea rosea and Eisenia fetida are added to the list of potential prey species of earthworms in North America. Bipalium adventitium readily attacked and fed on earthworms up to 55 times larger than themselves in mass and they gained 52% of their prefeeding live mass during feeding bouts. Prefeeding live mass of flatworms was a significant predictor of the mass gained by feeding flatworms, but prey mass was not, possibly because all flatworms fed on earthworms at least 1.9 times larger than themselves in mass. Earthworm prey species had no influence on the mass gained by feeding flatworms.


Under high stress or low stress abrasion working conditions, high Cr white cast iron can be used just after it having been air quenched. Tempering treatment caused decreasing of abrasion resistance. Tempering treatment resulted in formation of tempered martensite and the spalling resistance under repeated strong impact abrasion working conditions was largely improved.


Objectives: Free carnitine is reported to decrease in normal pregnancies whereas data on the effect of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) on maternal and offspring carnitine status are lacking. This study aimed to assess changes in carnitine status in mothers with GDM and the offspring.
Subjects/methods: Prospective case-control study of 54 pairs of mothers - neonates (27 with GDM and 27 with normal pregnancies) and 26 non-pregnant controls. Serum glucose, lipids, and total fatty acids, blood β-hydroxybutyric acid, and whole blood carnitine were assessed in mothers before labor and neonates at birth. Carnitine was assessed in dried blood-spots on Guthrie paper using Tandem Mass Spectrometry.
Results: Compared to the controls, both groups of mothers had lower free carnitine and acylcarnitine and higher triglyceride and fatty acid levels. Compared to their respective maternal group, both groups of neonates had significantly higher free carnitine and acylcarnitine and lower triglyceride and fatty acid levels. Free carnitine and acylcarnitine, were comparable between the two maternal groups, whereas they were significantly higher in neonates of GDM mothers versus healthy neonates.
Conclusions: Well controlled GDM does not exacerbate changes in free carnitine, acylcarnitine, and fatty acid levels in pregnant women, albeit it is associated with increased carnitine in the newborn indicating enhanced fatty acid oxidation. The potential association of carnitine changes with macrosomia and long-term consequences in the offspring of GDM needs further investigation.


Photonic Research Lab (PRL) Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Technology, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Alexandria, Egypt a Mathematicaland Physical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt b Photonics Group, Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt # Member of OSA


The rapid development of information and communication technologies has revolutionized the lifestyles and learning practices of the younger population worldwide. Various new mobile platforms and forms of social media have been so pervasive and influential in the world of higher education that they have contributed much to the training of the next generation of medical professionals. As such, the current study aimed to compare the adoption of mobile learning amongst three groups of medical science students at the University of Hong Kong – namely, students majoring in Clinical Science, Chinese Medicine and Nursing. For this study, the authors used a questionnaire survey to collect a total of 150 responses. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation test and multiple regression analysis. The results from the study revealed that the students in the three different medical majors at the University of Hong Kong engaged with their mobile devices at slightly different levels. Although a few significant differences were found, Clinical Science students tended to have more diverse information needs and use their mobile devices for a variety of learning-related activities. In comparison, Chinese Medicine students indicated that they were less active users of mobile devices in terms of both learning and non-learning activities.


IntroductIon: The use of mandibular distraction osteogenesis for tissue replacement after oncologic resection or for defects caused by osteoradionecrosis has been described in limited clinical utility. Previous laboratory work has shown that radiation causes decreased union formation, decreased cellularity and decreased mineral density in an animal model of mandibular distraction osteogenesis. Our global hypothesis is that radiation induced bone damage is partly driven by the pathologic depletion of both the number and function of osteogenic cells. Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) is an FDAapproved anabolic hormonal therapy that has demonstrated efficacy for increasing bone mineral density for the treatment of osteoporosis. We posit that intermittent systemic administration of PTH will serve as a stimulant to cellular function which will act to reverse radiation induced damage and enhance bone regeneration in a murine mandibular model of DO.


Although the benefits of regular physical activity for physical and mental health are widely accepted, a majority of the population fails to meet the recommended levels of activity. This report provides an outline of the challenge associated with enhancing levels of physical activity and concludes with some recommendations for physical activity promotion in the UK.


An automatic transmission comprises a torque converter, a torque converter case for accommodating the torque converter, a transmission, an input shaft for connecting the torque converter with the transmission, a forward and reverse changeover apparatus including a planetary gear, a planetary carrier and a reverse brake, comprising, a forward clutch drum connected with the input shaft, a forward clutch plate provided between the forward clutch drum and the planetary carrier, a lock-up clutch drum connected with the torque converter case, a lock-up clutch plate provided between the forward clutch drum and the lock-up clutch drum, a lock-up clutch piston slidably fitted to the input shaft for engaging and releasing the lock-up clutch plate and provided inside of said forward clutch drum between the forward clutch drum and the forward and reverse changeover apparatus, a forward clutch piston slidably fitted to the input shaft for engaging and releasing the forward clutch plate and provided inside of the forward clutch drum between the lock-up clutch piston and the forward and reverse changeover apparatus, a first pressure chamber provided between the forward clutch piston and the lock-up clutch piston for operating the forward clutch piston, and a second pressure chamber provided between the lock-up clutch piston and the forward clutch drum for operating the lock-up clutch piston.


The existing social insurance model was devised during the Beveridge era, which was premised on 'male breadwinners' and full-time employment. Since then, flexible labour markets have resulted in the erosion of the standard employment relationship and a rise in self-employment and other entrepreneurial forms of work. "Atypical" work, including zero hour contracts and agency work, have fragmented the labour contract and denied workers employment status. When coupled with forced self-employment in the gig economy, it is arguably the case that flexible labour markets demand equally flexible protections if the new 'entrepreneurial' workers are to fulfil their productive capacities. And yet, the social insurance system has not adapted to these changes.
The concept of 'flexicurity' has been utilised with varying degrees of success in different European countries to make adaptations to production and labour market systems. The aim of this chapter is to re-examine social security aspects of this formula in order to re-calibrate the scope of social protection in developed economies in order to benefit all labour market participants. The chapter examines the legal and philosophical nature of social insurance as a species of social rights based on universal human rights that guarantee participation in the production and distribution of society's welfare. The transformation of social and employment policy to manage the risks in the new economy will require a re-configuration of the institutions of social protection to re-align techniques of intervention with the nature of the risks they are intended to cover.


Kinship with Monkeys examines the relationship between a foraging society—the Guajá people of eastern Brazillian Amazonia—and primates, particularly howler monkeys, which are both their favorite pets and their preferred prey. The dual role of primates in the material and spiritual life of the Guajá is the central theme of this work. The book is introduced by Cormier's account of how she became involved in research on the Guajá and some of her experiences in the field and an overview of the seven chapters. Background information about the Guajá is provided in chapter 1. They are members of the Tupı́Guarani linguistic group, but their early history is little known. Whether their hunter-gatherer economy is traditional or whether they were horticulturalists in the past is unclear. Primates, particularly howler monkeys (Alouatta belzebul), represent a major proportion of the Guajá hunting game. Monkey hunting and other aspects of Guajá subsistence ecology are described and partially quantified in chapter 3. Dietary assessment through weighing animals killed during hunts and random spot checks was conducted during a seven month period from the late wet through the early dry season. I have some doubts about how representative figures derived from such a relatively short period can be, given likely seasonal and interannual variation in both hunting efforts and the availability of game. However, Cormier provides additional evidence for the the superiority of primates as game by showing that Guajá ethno-botanical knowledge is strongly skewed towards plants utilized by these primates. Primates are not only important prey but also preferred pets. Chapter 6 describes this role in some detail Guajá are not unusual in keeping monkeys as pets; rather, this custom is found throughout Amazonia, both among traditional people and among colonos. The Guajá keep pets from all seven species of primates known to them. While


The invention relates to nanoparticle conjugates, which are used as radioactive tracers in engine oil use. The nanoparticle conjugates, nanoparticles of a metal of the platinum group and a halide with an apolar end group, whose halogen atom is radioactive.


Netherlands had been able to uphold its neutrality during World War I, but only been by a narrow margin. Prospects for escaping total war in a next round of war between the Great Powers seemed rather bleak. The question now was how to harmonize a credible strategic defence with a lower budget. Would modern technologies like bomber and torpedo aircraft, in combination with submarines, offer a solution or would it be wiser to fall back on more and larger cruisers as core capabilities of a harmonious fleet? The objective of this chapter is to compare between these two options as potentially viable solutions for the strategic dilemma of the Netherlands for the Netherlands East Indies (NEI) in the late inter-war years. The chapter also reveals the extent the army and the navy were inclined to fight each other instead of making joint preparations for meeting the enemy. Keywords: Netherlands East Indies (NEI); strategic dilemmas; World War I


Particle swarm optimization(PSO) approach is applied for semiconductor manufacturing batch scheduling problem in the thesis.The detailed realization of the algorithe was illustrated.The computational results show that the PSO is a viable and effective approach to solve the semiconductor furnace batch scheduling problem.


Stone axes are a major feature of the archaeological evidence for Ireland's prehistory, with over 20,000 examples recorded by the Irish Stone Axe Project (ISAP). Porcellanite was the single most important raw material used in the manufacture of stone axes in Ireland, accounting for more than half of the total. Of the two known sources in Co. Antrim, north-east Ireland, the mainland site at Tievebulliagh has traditionally been considered the more important, with the site at Brockley on the offshore Rathlin Island seen as a minor source. Trace element geochemical analysis of samples taken from the sources has resulted in the identification of a discriminant that can be used to separate the two sites. This has very significant implications as it is now also possible to distinguish their products, thus allowing the assessment of the relative importance of the sources. Initial results from the analysis of porcellanite axes, coupled with evidence from field work at the source sites, suggest that Brockley was as important a source as Tievebulliagh.


Horizontal and vertical dam displacement meter is improved in its two parts. In the horizontal part, the weight to the measuring steel wire is changed into electric one controlled by built-in small hoise and the displacement is read out by an encoder. In the vertical part, there are increased liquid supplying tank, solenoid valve connected to liquid level meter and controller to control the solenoid valve for making up liquid. When the measuring weight driven by a step motor descends to contact liquid surface, it constitutes one loop together with the liquid column of the liquid level meter and the controller is used to stop its descending, so that the displacement is obtained from the rotated angle of the step motor. The present invention can measure horizontal and vertical displacementautomatically with high remote measuring and controlling accuracy.


Since the 1980s,economic globalization is the most important trends in the development of world economy.The main manifestations of economic globalization,international trade and development,as well as the rapid increase of financial globalization,multinational corporations and so on.For developing countries,economic globalization is a double-edged sword,it has brought new development opportunities for developing countries,but also developing countries suffered from the unprecedented impact.Developing countries should actively participate in the globalization process,but also adopt a cautious approach to WTO.


We randomized half of the 58 stage IV breast cancer patients we treated to receive no marrow infusion and half to receive marrow on day 8 after each high-dose chemotherapy regimen. Preliminary results show that in 25% of the patients randomized to the no-marrow arm hematopoietic recovery was delayed, almost always during the second course of intensive chemotherapy, necessitating salvage marrow infusion, as in our patient


Cotton producers participating in the Federal Crop Insurance Program pay significantly higher premiums and receive a lower indemnity per dollar of coverage when compared to other major commodities. In addition, cotton insurance premiums vary greatly among otherwise similar regions with little explanation. Within available funds, the Committee directs the agency to carry out a study to review current cotton crop insurance rates, rating practices, and compare current rates to other major commodities. The Committee urges the agency to use independent experts representing all geographic cotton-growing areas. (Report accompanying S. 2159 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriation Bill, 1999)


The mass transport and the evolution of related phase transformation in poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) were studied. Solvent-induced crystallization, which occurs during the transport process in PET, is mainly explained as the result of plasticization. The degree of plasticization depends on the concentration of solvent. Therefore, the behavior of crystallization can be closely related to the mechanism of mass transport. The evolution of transformation was studied by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, optical microscopy (OM), and the density gradient column. During the process of transport, the Fickian mechanism dominated during the first stage of crystallization, and swelling was found to be responsible for the occurrence of most crystallization in the second stage. The first two processes can be classified as the "primary crystallization". The last stage is associated with the "secondary crystallization".


In order to study the correlation of the pressure-sensitive lightningproof chip between power frequency over-voltage withstanding capability and the 8/20 μs surge absorption capability,the tolerance over-voltage test and 8/20 μs flux test of the ZnO-based varistor products selected randomly in line with the batch were tested.The results show that,the surge absorption capability of varistors is decreased when the power frequency over-voltage is aged.But after the pulse of 20 kA with the 8/20 μs peak lightning current,the power frequency over-voltage withstanding capability of varistors is increased,and the maximum is obtained when the pulse times reaches about 15.With the pulse times increasing,the power frequency over-voltage withstanding capability is reduced.


Author(s): Aaron Benavot, David Archer, Stephen Moseley, Karen Mundy, Felix Phiri, Liesbet Steer, David Wiking Reviewed work(s): Source: Comparative Education Review, Vol. 54, No. 1 (February 2010), pp. 105-124 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Comparative and International Education Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/649052 . Accessed: 28/10/2011 16:00


It is well known that 18F-fluo-rodeoxyglucose(18F-FDG) is not a universal tracer because tumor kinetics may vary and increased glycolysis may not be the preferred kinetic pathway in some tumors.In this paper,we discussed the complementary role of 11C-acetate to 18F-FDG in detecting hepatocellular carcinoma,renal cell carcinoma,prostate carcinoma,angiomyolypoma and focal nodular hyperplasia.


This study develops a hard systems model for learning that differs from traditional or intuitive models. Research in educational psychology and cognitive science provides the basis for the model. The paper also presents a traditional soft system view of the craft of teaching. Perception, memory, and concept formation are presented as the essential ingredients for effective learning. The systems models for learning and teaching are defined and contrasted, and instructional implications are discussed. Agricultural educators teach; they train prospective teachers, and they offer inservice to practicing teachers. This is education. These educators have historically spent the majority of their research and instructional time studying and teaching the craft of teaching. University professors, who may or may not have had any formal teacher training, practice the craft of teaching. This paper presents a review that moves toward a scientific basis for the craft of teaching.


Eight 1-(5-aryltetrazool-2-ylacetyl)3-substituted carbamides were synthesized as possible anticonvulsants. The anticonvulsant activity possessed by these substituted tetrazolylacetylcarbamides was reflected by their ability to provide 10-50% protection against pentylenetetrazol(1,5-pentamethylenetetrazol)-induced convulsions in mice. These substituted tetrazolylacetylcarbamides possessed low monoamine oxidase inhibitory activity, and the degree of enzyme inhibition ranged from 22-47% at a final concentration of 1 mmole using kynuramine as the substrate.


Synthesis of U-type hexaferrite was investigated in the various strontium-based systems (Sr-Me-Fe-O system, Me = Co, Zn, Cu, and Ni). Precursors of ferrites were prepared by polymerizable complex method. Sr4Me2Fe36O60 (Me = Co and Zn) U-type hexaferrites were synthesized at the temperature range between 1423 and 1483 K in air. Coercivity of obtained ferrite was decreased with increasing heat treatment temperatures. Cu substitution reduced formation temperature of U-type hexaferrite.


An eco-friendly attapulgite-base inner wall brick and a production method thereof. The brick is characterized by comprising the following raw materials by weight: 55-70 parts of attapulgite, 15-30 parts of sepiolite clay, 5-10 parts of electrical powder, 5-15 parts of diatomaceous earth, 10-20 parts of an enhanced cooling agent, and 0.2-0.5 parts of iron-based nano titanium dioxide. The invention has the characteristics that: the method has advanced technology and does not produce any pollution; the raw materials are non-toxic, harmless, radiation-free and pollution-free; the product has strong adsorption capacity, ability to regulate humidity, some insulation and acoustic performance, and strength meeting the relevant standards, and has the functions of sterilization, deodorization, mildew resistance, fouling resistance and self-cleaning, and is an eco-friendly interior decoration material.


High temperature during imbibition of lettuce seeds can inhibit germination. Several methods to circumvent thermoinhibition and, or thermodormancy have been proposed including resistant germplasm, adjusting the seed production environment, the use of growth hormones and seed priming. The mechanism of action for each of these methodologies appears to be related specifically to endosperm loosening which allows the embryo to grow under high temperature. Endosperm loosening has been associated with the induction of endo-b-mannanase at the micropylar end. Ethylene may also play an important role in controlling this process.


We have investigated a new mechanism for creation of relativistic electrons via the acceleration by the resonant field of laser excited surface plasma waves in sharp-edged overdense plasmas. This mechanism consists in a generalization to high-intensity laser fields of an effect recently observed in the context of short-pulse laser metal interaction. As it is well known, a p-polarized laser impinging onto a structured metal surface creates a plasma during the rise time of the laser pulse, which can reach temperatures of several hundreds of eV. If the pulse duration (<~ 100 fs) is such that the interaction of the electrons with the surface plasma wave occurs before the hydrodynamic expansion has time to smooth the plasma density sharp edge, the conditions for resonant excitation of surface plasma waves by the laser can be fulfilled. We show that in this case the strongly inhomogeneous enhanced electric field located near the plasma surface may accelerate the electrons toward the vacuum, the efficiency of this mechanism depending on the ratio RL between two characteristic lengths: the extension length of the surface wave field in the vacuum and the typical distance covered by the particles in the high-frequency high-amplitude field. We find an optimum regime for RL of the order of unity, in which case the electrons can be accelerated up to a momentum of the order of magnitude of the high-frequency momentum posc in the enhanced field of the surface plasma wave. The results of a 1D relativistic test-particle simulation modeling the interaction of the electrons with the plasma wave field are presented. In particular, we show that electron energies of some MeV may be reached for laser intensities of the order of 1018W/cm2. The resulting electron energy distribution function is numerically calculated for the optimum case. The spectrum shows a well-defined peaked structure due to the dependence on the phase of the plasma wave field experienced by the accelerated electrons. This study suggests a novel possibility of high-current energetic pulsed electron sources.


Critics often charge the press with being static. For example, Carl Lindstrom wrote in 1960 that "journalism (the recorder of change) has feared change, as if it meant death."' Not surprisingly, publishers view themselves as being innovative. Robert U. Brown, the editor of Editor & Publisher, has remarked that "newspapermen, contrary to assertions, have not been complacent, they have not resisted change. To the contrary, they have been improving their plant and equipment to the tune of $100,000,000 per year."2 Technical change is not entirely what the critics have in mind. They worry about journalistic enterprise and responsiveness to public needs. They are more concerned about editorial excellence than mechanical quality. The dialogue raises some basic questions about changes in newspapers and suggests that a change might be evaluated on two dimensions, editorial and economic. To explore the question, the author queried the editors or publishers of 60 West Coast dailies of moderate size for their recollections of leading changes that had occurred on the editorial side of their newspapers during one calendar year. A "change" was loosely de-


Many of those who kept an eye on developments in the publishing industry 10 years ago, anticipated the emergence of an integrated media industry dominated by major international conglomerates.1 A handful of companies would meet the demand of all the different media and distribution channels. It was expected that there would be an utterly oligopolistic system based on mergers and acquisitions across established media boundaries. Converging media technologies revealed the contours of new business models, in which company size and media mix would be critical. From the book publisher's point of view, the situation appeared ominous: in an integrated media industry, the book would be just one of many distribution platforms for digital content. Traditional publishing would survive merely as a sub-set of converging multinational media groups.2 One of the more outspoken critics of the international development of converging media conglomerates was American publisher André Schiffrin. In 2001 Schiffrin described how book publishers were on the brink of adopting the same commercial logic that previously had spread throughout other types of media. Books were now expected to comply with the same performance indicators as magazines, newspapers and television channels. According to Schiffrin (2001), traditional publishers of quality material had so far managed well with an annual profit margin of 3–4 percent. Suddenly, everything was weighed on a financial scale, and Schiffrin identified a number of potentially negative consequences. Publishers would have to abandon their cultural and literary value systems. Outright commercial titles and projects suitable for combination with other media


A denoising technique for acoustic signals is analyzed. Previous work derived a methodology where three microphones are assumed to view a single signal field, each under the influence of independent channel noise. Statistical relations are used to determine the coherent acoustic field at each microphone [J. Y. Chung, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 62, 388–395 (1977)]. The technique is validated using a simulation of a directive acoustic source, specifically a baffled piston, with multiple microphones placed in an arc array in the far field. While the solution is analytically exact for truly incoherent noise, weakly coherent noise is shown to have a significant impact on the technique output. The sensitivity of the denoised output to signal‐to‐noise ratio and cross‐channel noise coherence is studied. In a high‐channel‐count array, different microphone combinations may be used for the technique. Different microphone selection algorithms are studied to find a rule set most likely to determine the true acoustic signal s...


C hronic hear t failure (CHF) is undeniably a major health problem in the United States. Over 4 million adults suffer from it, I and as m a n y as 465,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. 2 Chronic heart failure severely undermines overall heal th status. Of people with chronic conditions, people with CHF report among the worst physical and social functioning. 3 One-third die within 2 years of being diagnosed with CHF, 4,5 and two-t_bards die within 5 years of their initial hosp|t~liTation for CHF. 6 People with CHF are heavy users of health services. One of every 100 doctor visits is for CHF, 7 and in 1995, 6.5% of all the hospital stays and all the hospital days provided to the nation's 29 million fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries were for CHF. 3 By themselves, these statistics lead to the conclusion that whatever the medical care system is doing for people with CHF, it is not enough. The data on quality of care for people with heart failure suggest that significant proportions of pat ients do not receive advice on salt restriction a n d / o r have poorly controlled high blood pressureg; angiotensin converting enzymes inhibitors or other afterload reducing agents, which have well-documented benefits on survival, ~~ are often not prescribed or are prescribed at suboptimal doses. H-14 Clinical practice in CHF is clearly in need of an overhaul. If the statistics given above are a commentary on the sad state of clinical practice in CHF, Edward Philbin's review of the impact of comprehensive, multidisciplinary management programs for CHF, Is published in this issue of JGIM, has exposed, perhaps inadvertently, how th in and threadbare health services research is in this area. Philbin set out to summarize what is known about the effects of comprehensive CHF management programs on outcomes and costs, and his paper, the first systematic review in this topic area, provides valuable information. What strikes the reader, though, is not the conclusions Phflbin draws from his review, bu t how little published research he had to work with, given the high prevalence and serious morbidity of this disease. All systematic reviews reveal gaps and methodologic weaknesses in the state of research in their content area, and yet one of the services a systematic review should perform is to set the methodologic bar higher for later researchers. Philbin's search turned up a mere seven studies that met his rather loose inclusion criteria. Had he required studies to include randomized, contemporaneous controls---surely a minimal s tandard for drawing cause-effect inferences---as a methodologic criterion of acceptability, only two of the studies he found ~6.1~ could have been included. (A third small s tudy from Australia Is has appeared subsequently.) Five of the studies Philbin included used a simple before-after design, which cannot eliminate bias or chance as the explanation for the observed "effects" of the CHF program unde r study. Health services researchers should see Philbin's review as a call for more and better


The invention relates to an inspection module for flat, sheet-like material made of paper, cardboard or the like with a control system consisting of a camera, a light source and a housing. The control system is arranged above and / or below a transport device for the sheet material. The camera angle with respect to the surface to be inspected and / or the angle of incidence of the rays of the light source can be varied by an adjustment of the camera and / or the light source and / or the transport device.


Carbon and oxygen isotope of marine carbonate rocks had significant meaning of paleoceanography, its composition varied with geological evolution history, but the composition was differed in different depositional environments. By using the method of isotope geochemistry, the paleoenvironment of Wenxingchang Area and the relationship between carbon and oxygen isotope and organic reefs were discussed. The results of data analyzing showed that all the samples were marine carbonate and kept the original composition of carbon and oxygen isotope and they were obviously cyclical, the carbon and oxygen isotope was differed in different depositional environments and regions. Therefore the average value of δ (13CPDB) and δ (18OPDB) in organic reef facies was higher than that of δ (18OPDB) and δ (13CPDB). The above analysis indicates that first, the δ (13CPDB) changes with the change of sea level and also presents strong cyclical and the value of δ (18OPDB) also presents cyclical fluctuation, which shows that the temperature and salinity of sea water are affected by the change of sea level so that it appears fluctuations during the cyclical period. Secondly, the low paleogeomorphology of Wenxingchang Area and the Ermei movement and the source body of siliceous including hydrotherm, basalt leaching and upwelling are the reasons that the average value of δ (13CPDB) and δ (18OPDB) in organic reef facies is higher than that of no-reef facies δ (18OPDB) and δ (13CPDB).


In ""Indian Communities in Southeast Asia"", thirty-one scholars provide an analytical commentary on the contemporary position of ethnic Indians in Southeast Asia. The book is the outcome of a ten-year project undertaken by the editors at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. It is multi-disciplinary in focus and multi-faceted in approach, providing a comprehensive account of the way people originating from the Indian subcontinent have integrated themselves in the various Southeast Asian countires. The study provides insights into understanding how Indians, an intra-ethnically diverse immigrant group, have intermingled in Southeast Asia, a region that itself is ethnically diverse.


Image feature point extraction and matching are important branches in the field of computer vision. Based on the extracted image feature points, the image descriptor is calculated, and the matching information between two images is generated using the image descriptor. The relative position relationship between the two images is then recovered using homography transformation, which is the basis of monocular visual odometry. In this study, the Key.Net method is used to extract image feature points, and SIFT and SURF methods are used to calculate feature point descriptors. The images are matched using a brute-force matching method, and the relative position relationship between the two frames is solved. Multiple image feature point extraction and descriptor calculation methods are compared on the KITTI dataset using the distance information between two frames as the error benchmark. The proposed method has the lowest total error and the best performance, and it has good robustness, laying a foundation for visual navigation algorithms.


We present our current work on high electron mobility Cd1-xMnxTe quantum well (QW) structures. Those structures show very interesting properties such as large and tunable electron g-factor [1] and presence of the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect states [2]. Previously the quantum point contact (QPC) devices were produced from CdTe QWs by wet chemical etching where the side gates, made of the same material, were separated from the constriction area by narrow etched grooves. However, clear one dimensional conductance quantization was not observed [3]. The aim of this work was preparation of split-gate QPC devices with the use of electron beam lithography followed by deposition of metal on the surface and liftoff. The devices are to be used for the observation of both conductance quantization and exchange enhanced spin splitting of one dimensional states. We developed the multilevel electron beam lithography process to produce the electrostatically defined conducting channel. Patterned top gates create the electric potential which restrict movement of two dimensional electron gas to a narrow channel. Advantage of using split-gate is the smoothness of confining potential, that allows to produce less disordered 1D channel and without charged surface states, normally present on the etched mesa walls. We prepared series of samples with various distances between split-gates to study the confining effect. The final device was the quantum point contact made of Cd1-xMnxTe QW. At the low temperatures (down to 0.8K) electron transport measurements show the confinement of current and closing of the conducting channel for high negative potential applied to the gates. We show results for both nonmagnetic and magnetic QW devices having various distances between split-gate and obtained for different magnetic field values. Moreover, we observe conductance plateaus for quantized values. Experimental results are supported with numerical simulations. Current distribution and density is calculated within the tight-binding approximation with the use of Kwant code [4].


After an alysing weak current measurement method in electrical propertities test of material,an measurement circuit based on operational amplifier is designed in this paper,and this circuit can be used in electrical performance test of high resistance materials.


This research was motivated by the fact that most of the learning processes were not in accordance with the characteristics of elementary school students so that it had an impact on the quality of learning at schools that did not achieve the goal. The learning process included the process of planning, implementing, and assessing of the primary school teacher. The purpose of this study was to improve the teachers' skills in carrying out the learning process by using a cooperative model of Think Talk Write type. This research was a school action research that adapted Mc Taggart and Kemmist's classroom action research design. This research consisted of stages of planning, implementation, observation and reflection. This research activity was carried out at SDN 23 Ujung Gurun Padang involving 10 teachers. The data collection technique was an observation sheet measuring the results of the learning process which including planning skills, implementation abilities, and assessment abilities. The data analysis technique consisted of quantitative data. The research found that the teacher's average score in carrying out the learning process using the Think Talk Write type cooperative model in cycle 1 was 68.30 and got an average score of 85.46 in cycle 2. This proved that there was an increase in teachers' skills in carrying out the learning process by using a Think Talk Write type cooperative model through academic supervision activities. The implications of this research was that this model could be used as a reference for academic supervisors to improve the quality of learning for elementary school teachers.


The Xu-6 reservoir of Xujiahe formation in Guang'an area are fluvial sendiments,and the reservoir with best physical property are developed on the main branch river channel of the deltaplain.The reservoir rocks are mainly arcose and lithic sandstone,which are of low porosity and low permeability characteristics.The reservoir spaces are mainly original residual intergranular pores,and the secondary intergranular or intragranular pores.The study shows that the affection on reservoir of sedimentation are mainly by the controlling of sand distribution,rock fabric and physical property and so on.The physical property obviously decreased by the reconstruction of intensely compaction,pressolution and cementation,but the dissolution of feldspar in buried period improved the spaces.


This poster abstract describes the seamless integration of uninstrumented mobile devices into an interactive surface environment. By combining a depth camera with a RGB camera for tracking, we are able to identify uninstrumented mobile devices using visual marker tracking. We describe the technical details of combining the two cameras and an example application for the integration of mobile devices.


A theory is constructed of three-dimensional, relativistic electron flows formed by a set of initially circular microflows, whose axes have the form of spatial spirals situated on the base surface of rotation. When the magnetic field component, which is perpendicular to the base surface, is not equal to zero, the trajectory of the central electron is represented by a similar curve. The microflow interaction is described within the framework of the model of an effective, thin, twisted, tubular macroflow with azimuthal and longitudinal intrinsic magnetic fields. The transformation of the microflow transverse cross section from a circle to an ellipse with the varying axes, revolving with respect to the spatial microflow axis, is calculated on the basis of the three-dimensional, paraxial theory of relativistic beams. The approach is based on asymptotic methods that describe the system with the help of ordinary differential equations and enable, in particular, to estimate the error that arises in the early theory of multibeam systems due to the difference between a set of microstreams and an axial-symmetric macroflow in the mode of the magnetic accompaniment.


With the request of the automatization, of paper making industry currently, this paper introduce the design and realization of paper pulp control system. This system have virtues thereinafter, powerful function, friendly interface, easy debug, convenient configuration and steady run etc.


A transcript of a discussion on earthquake hazard analysis, and what is needed to thoroughly carry out a seismic zoning, in the aftermath of the Newcastle earthquake of 1989.


The application of parameter design methodology has been considerable in recent years to make system performance robust over a wide range of input conditions. This notion has been referred to as a robust design with dynamic characteristics. Due to product complexity, multiple correlated characteristics must be simultaneously evaluated for improving product quality. Multi-response optimization is becoming an important issue to contemporary industry. The methodology that utilizes both Taguchi method and principal component analysis (PCA) is a quite practical and effective procedure for tackling multi-response problems. By using PCA, a set of original responses is transformed into a set of uncorrelated components so that the optimal factor/level combination can be found. However, there are several limitations that may come across when we deal with real applications. Those cases studied in the published literature have had one Eigen value larger than one; and thus, the first principal component has been the only component extracted. This does not occur in the majority of cases in today's complex manufacturing processes we have.


Background: Externalizing disorders affect the pediatric psychosocial development and mother-child relationship. The quality of mother-child relationship has a pivotal role in formation of the social personality, cognitive function, and mental health of a child.
Aim: Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of training positive parenting program (Triple P) on improvement of the mother-child relationship in mothers of children with externalizing disorders.
Method: This randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on 60 mothers of children with externalizing disorders, who referred to the children and adolescent psychiatric clinic of Ibn-e-Sina Hospital and Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC) affiliated to Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in 2015. For the intervention group, Triple P was implemented as eight training sessions of 120 minutes during two months. The mother-child relationship was evaluated by Mother-Child Relationship Evaluation questionnaire. All the data were analyzed by SPSS using paired t-test, Wilcoxon test, and analysis of covariance.
Results: In the pre-intervention phase, the two groups were homogeneous in terms of mother-child relationship aspects, including overprotection, radical underestimation, and child rejection. Immediately post-intervention, the mean scores of all mother-child relationship dimensions in the intervention group were significantly higher than the control group (P<0.05). Concerning the acceptance item, the analysis of covariance test by eliminating the effect of pre-intervention score showed a statistically significant difference between the two groups after intervention (P<0.001).
Implications for Practice: The Triple P training can lead in improved mother-child relationship in mothers of children with externalizing disorders. Consequently, this approach is recommended to promote the mother-child relationship.


manthys with the Egyptian god Montu forms a slendei basis for proposing that an Egyptian bull cult was introduced into Crete during the Egyptian i ith Dynasty. Under these circumstances the ability to generate a large number of comparisons, even when they form intriguing pattems, does not necessarily strengthen a argument. Finally, Bernal, along with a growing number of anthropologists, expresses opposition to an evolutionary view of human history. He traces the origins of Greek religion and philosophy to Egyptian sources. It is probable that some schools of Greek philosophy were influenced by Egyptian ideas much as modern Western philosophy is by Hindu and Buddhist thought. Yet it is impossible to find in the surviving corpus of ancient Egyptian writings evidence of the divergent basic postulates, scepticism, materialism, and human-centeredness that characterize post-Ionian Greek philosophy. Like other early civilizations, the ancient Egyptians did not differentiate between what we see as natural, supernatural, and social realms but sought to understand all of them as an extension of human relations. To deny the intellectual changes of the "axial era," which in any case was not an exclusively Greek phenomenon, is seriously to call into question the capacity of human understanding to keep abreast of economic and social changes. To make his point, Bernal is going to have to do more than propose that the "real" wisdom of ancient Egypt was oral and esoteric and therefore will not be found in their written records, an approach that violates his own strictures against arguments from silence. At the midpoint in his project Bemal has made a significant contribution to the history of archaeology and offered a wide range of evidence that has challenged the complacency of Renfrewian autochthonism as applied to the ancient Aegean area. He himself has been surprised by the relatively positive response that his work has received. Yet, as his program develops, its methodological weaknesses are becoming more apparent. However his specific arguments about the origins of Greek civilization are evaluated, Bernal has drawn attention to the severe theoretical limitations of the neoevolutionary approach to prehistory and to its bad effects on the discipline as a whole. There is an urgent need for archaeologists to pay more attention to problems relating to diffusion and migration as well as to how archaeological data can be combined with those from other fields, such as physical anthropology, linguistics, documentary and oral history, and mythology, in order to gain a more complete understanding ofthe past. No matter how professional archaeologists may judge Bemal's work in the future, his multifacetted assault on academic complacency is an important contribution to the development of a more open, historical, and culturally oriented postprocessual archaeology.


Establishing demarcation zone between intact and injured tissue is of most importance because it determines volume of the tooth tissues resection and its treatment character. Methods of optical diagnosis based on the analysis of characteristics of spectral indicators of laser-induced fluorescence for many practical areas of science are successfully developed. Currently, experimental specimen of DIAGNODENT which was created on the basis of fluorescent diagnosis are under clinical testing.


We measured survival, growth, stem volume, bark thickness, crown area, and stem specific gravity of 10-year-old loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.), shortleaf pine (P. echinata Mill.), and pitch X loblolly pine hybrid (P. rigida Mill. X P. taeda L.) stands planted at four sites in southeastern Oklahoma to determine the best species for expanding the commercial pine range. Loblolly pine and the pitch X loblolly pine hybrid plantations had greater survival (70%) than shortleaf pine (59%). After 10 growing seasons, loblolly pine reached an average height of 9.4 m and dbh of 16.5 cm, outgrowing both the pitch X loblolly pine hybrids (8.3 m and 14.2 cm height and dbh, respectively) and shortleaf pine (6.8 m and 11.8 cm, height and dbh, respectively). We did not observe any statistical differences in stemwood specific gravity among the pine species when measured near ground level (overall mean of 0.50). Although crown area and bark thickness increased with tree size, loblolly, shortleaf, and pitch X loblolly pine did not differ when compared at the same dbh. We conclude that planting loblolly pine has the highest potential for extending the commercial pine range in the region tested.


Most clinical guidelines are developed by high‐income country institutions with little consideration given to either the evidence base for interventions in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), or the specific challenges LMIC health systems may face in implementing recommendations. The aim of this study was to prioritize topics for future global surgery guidelines and then to develop a guideline for the top ranked topic.


There are an array of reasons why instructors view personal disclosures as beneficial for the classroom, including to demonstrate caring and to make content relevant. Using the rhetorical and relational goals of instruction theory as the theoretical model, this study tested the potential for the three dimensions of disclosure (i.e., amount, negativity, relevance) to account for variance in instructor rhetorical goals (i.e., relevance) and relational goals (i.e., caring). The results highlight the importance of relevant instructor disclosures to perceiving an instructor as achieving rhetorical and relational goals within the classroom.


kicking sports such as soccer and football. Among the muscles in the quadriceps group, the rectus femoris, with its unique biarticular span across the hip and knee joints, is selectively predisposed to stretching injuries during kicking. Although the literature is replete with information on the diagnosis, natural history, treatment, and clinical outcome for quadriceps muscle strains, reports of proximal avulsions of the rectus femoris are rare. To our knowledge, the natural history and clinical outcome of proximal tendon avulsion of the rectus femoris in professional athletes have not been reported. We report 2 cases of rectus femoris avulsions in National Football League (NFL) kickers and describe the treatment and outcome.


As a more specialized division of labor means outsourcing is being attached importance by more and more business organizations and has become an important choice to obtain ability of competitiveness in the era of knowledge economy.At the same time,outsourcing is also an important mechanism of knowledge spillover.The article analyzes the relationship between the contracting organizations choice of strategies and knowledge spillovers through the two-stage game model.The result shows that if the knowledge gap between the contracting organization is large enough,the choice of cooperative strategy will expand the spillover effects and bring higher income levels.


This paper reports an empirical test of the usefulness of a prediction method for multivariate budgets suggested by Theil.' The method, based on information theory concepts, is described in the first three sections, and results of the test are presented in the remaining sections. These results show that the suggested prediction method outperforms both the actual forecasts made by the firms who provided the data and two naive forecasts.


Federated learning is a distributed learning technique where machine learning models are trained on client devices in which the local training data resides. The training is coordinated via a central server which is, typically, controlled by the intended owner of the resulting model. By avoiding the need to transport the training data to the central server, federated learning improves privacy and efficiency. But it raises the risk of model theft by clients because the resulting model is available on every client device. Even if the application software used for local training may attempt to prevent direct access to the model, a malicious client may bypass any such restrictions by reverse engineering the application software. Watermarking is a well-known deterrence method against model theft by providing the means for model owners to demonstrate ownership of their models. Several recent deep neural network (DNN) watermarking techniques use backdooring: training the models with additional mislabeled data. Backdooring requires full access to the training data and control of the training process. This is feasible when a single party trains the model in a centralized manner, but not in a federated learning setting where the training process and training data are distributed among several client devices. In this paper, we present WAFFLE, the first approach to watermark DNN models trained using federated learning. It introduces a retraining step at the server after each aggregation of local models into the global model. We show that WAFFLE efficiently embeds a resilient watermark into models incurring only negligible degradation in test accuracy (-0.17%), and does not require access to training data. We also introduce a novel technique to generate the backdoor used as a watermark. It outperforms prior techniques, imposing no communication, and low computational (+3.2%) overhead11The research report version of this paper is also available in https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.07298, and the code for reproducing our work can be found at https://github.com/ssg-research/WAFFLE.


Objective To assess the effectiveness and safety of combination therapy of zidovudine and lamivudine (ZDV+3TC)for preventing mother-to-child transmission (MTCT)of HIV.Methods A systematicreview of randomized controlled trials(RCTs)was conducted using the methodology of The Cochrane Collaboration.PUBMED,EMBASE,CINAHL, AIDSearch,AIDSLINE,AIDSTRIALS,The Cochrane Library (Issue 2,2007),AIDSDRUGS,AIDSinfo,CRD(Center of Review and Dissemination)databases and three Chinese Databases(CBM,CNKI,VIP)were searched from their establishment to 31 May 2007.We also searched documents of governmental and non-governmental organizations(NGOs), and the proceedings of relevant conferences,including the International AIDS Conferences,and the annual Conference on Retroviruses and OpportunisticInfections.RCTs assessing the effects of ZDV+3TC for preventing MTCT were included. Trial selection,qual ity assessment and data extraction were done by two reviewers independently.Different opinions were resolved by discussion with a third party.Meta-analyses were conducted using The Cochrane Collaboration's RevMan 4.2.9 software.Results Three studies in breastfeeding populations were included.One trial(PETRA,1 797 partici pants)foundthat ZDV+3TC decreased the risk of transmission by 35%-65% within 15 months compared with placebo.However,there was no evidence that ultra-short course ZDV+3TC(during labor) decreased the risk of transmission,compared with placebo. The safety of different courses of ZDV+3TC and placebo were similar(P0.05).Another trial(SAINT,1 317 partici pants) found that short course ZDV+3TC(from 36 weeks gestation to labor)did not significantly reduce HIV infection among children at 8 weeks after del ivery,when compared with single dose nevirapine given to the mother and the infant(P0.05). No significant difference was found in the maternal and infants mortal ity and side effects of two groups.One small trial(Moodley1998,20 partici pants)found no infant infection in both ZDV+3TC and 3TC alone within 2 weeks after birth. Conclusions Long course(from 36 weeks gestation to 1 week after delivery)and short course(from 36 weeks gestation to labor)ZDV+3TC were more effective than placebo in preventing MTCT of HIV in breastfeeding women with a similar safety profile.Short course ZDV+3TC had similar effects to single dose nevirapine,and long course ZDV+3TChad similar effects to lamivudine alone.


This pasty coating used for indoor decoration of building is synthesized with synthetic base materials A and B of polyvinyl alcohol and saccharide, and then the synthesized compound has the adhesive formed by sodium silicate added drop by drop, and is further compounded with filler to make up the coating.


Abstract Trauma remains one of the major causes of death and disability in the 'developed' world. Recent estimates indicate that up to 7% of all hospital care and UK NHS expenditure is due to trauma care. The management of trauma patients has been refined with the use of the Advanced Trauma Life Support® framework with the aim of early clinical intervention to prevent a cascade of metabolic events that can threaten the patient's life. Trauma encompasses a wide range of mechanisms of injury. Components of the response to trauma are also seen in patients with severe infections and in individuals undergoing major surgery (Figure 1). The extent of the response is generally proportional to the severity of the insult and therefore an understanding of the pathophysiology following the initial insult is vital in order to improve long-term outcomes. This contribution will describe the metabolic, endocrine, vascular and inflammatory changes that occur in response to severe trauma, as well as the interactions between these systems.


Uncontrolled natural killer (NK) cell activation during the early response to acute viral infection can lead to severe immunopathology, and the mechanisms NK cells use to achieve self‐tolerance in such contexts are currently unclear. Here, NK cells up‐regulated a coinhibitory receptor, T‐cell Ig and ITIM domain (TIGIT), during challenge with the viral double‐stranded RNA (dsRNA) analog poly I:C. Blocking TIGIT by antibody treatment in vivo or a genetic deficiency in Tigit enhanced NK cell activation and aggravated liver injury in a poly I:C/D‐GalN‐induced model of acute fulminant hepatitis, suggesting that TIGIT is normally required for protecting against NK cell‐mediated liver injury. Furthermore, adoptively transferring Tigit−/− NK cells into NK cell‐deficient Nfil3−/− mice also resulted in elevated liver injury. Reconstituting Kupffer cell‐depleted mice with poliovirus receptor (PVR/CD155, a TIGIT ligand)‐silenced Kupffer cells led to aggravated liver injury in a TIGIT‐dependent manner. Blocking TIGIT in an NK‐Kupffer cell coculture in vitro enhanced NK cell activation and interferon‐gamma (IFN‐γ) production in a PVR‐dependent manner. We also found that TIGIT was up‐regulated selectively on NK cells and protected against liver injury in an acute adenovirus infection model in both an NK cell‐ and Kupffer cell‐dependent manner. Knocking down PVR in Kupffer cells resulted in aggravated liver injury in response to adenovirus infection in a TIGIT‐dependent manner. Conclusion: TIGIT negatively regulates NK‐Kupffer cell crosstalk and alleviates liver injury in response to poly I:C/D‐GalN challenge or acute adenovirus infection, suggesting a novel mechanism of NK cell self‐tolerance in liver homeostasis during acute viral infection. (Hepatology 2014;59:1715–1725)


This bibliography lists 584 reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system from October 1, 1976 through December 31, 1976.


The study of anxiety in content-and-language-integrated-learning (CLIL) contexts is an emerging theme in current literature. To advance research in this area, the present article analyses the influence of the educational model (CLIL and English formal instruction, EFI/non-CLIL) in the anxiety levels of language learners of English as a Foreign Language. The sample consisted of 185 secondary-education students from three semi-private schools in Mallorca. For data collection, we used the Spanish version of the FLCAS (Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale) and the STAI-S (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Our results show that anxiety levels are higher for CLIL students in CLIL contexts than in EFI contexts, while non-CLIL students feel more anxious than CLIL students in EFI contexts.


Based on power system protective plate common signal charge modular design, technical field signal belongs to an excess electric power system protection circuit in a power conversion control system voltage and current. Jumper means includes a signal input, core protection module unit, a signal isolation means, a signal output patch section, the bottom plate; patch signals input unit, a signal isolation means, a signal output patch design directly on the base unit, the core protection module It is connected to the bottom plate through the receptacle. Jumper input signal through the signal input unit, the collected signals to monitor core protection module unit, through the logic processing of the signals, the core unit through the protection module jumper signal output unit, the isolation unit fault signal via a signal isolation and filtered output. Advantage is that by the core circuit design and configuration, to maximize the protection circuit to achieve a good versatility, selectivity and flexibility.


To obtain the optimal conditions of ever-fresh lactone tofu and simplify the evaluation and prediction of fresh preservation effect,single-factor experiments and orthogonal design L9(34) were conducted involving sterilization temperature,sterilization time,consumption of coagulation.The results showed that:the preservation period could be improved significantly at the sterilization temperature of 87 ℃ with sterilization time of 30 min,with coagulant(GDL) concentration at 0.4% and preservative addition at 0.45 g/kg,natural pH and refrigerator temperature at 4 ℃.Preservation index was determined by the two main indicators through factor analyses followed by reducing dimensionality of original amount.The equations we found in the process are Z1=-0.962X1+ 0.883X2+0.785X3-0.302X4+4.594E-02X5,and Z2=0.246X1-0.395X2+0.545X3+0.934X4-0.932X5.It is not only just providing a feasible technical way to keep lactone tofu fresh,but also convenient for quality evaluation and prediction.


Apathy is characterised by clinically significant decrease in goal
directed act, due to lack of motivation. Apathy could be seen both as a
symptom of other syndromes or as a syndrome per se. It has been
reported that, apathy is caused by affected especially frontal and basal
fore brain systems. Neuropharmacology of apathy is very complicated
and many neurotransmitters and neuro-modulators can play a part in
apathy. Dopaminergic drugs like amantadine, amphetamine,
bupropion, methylphenidate, levodopa/carbidopa have been used in
the treatment of apathy. In this case report, treatment of apathy due to
colloid cyst operation with bromocriptine is presented. Treatment
resistant obsessive compulsive syndrome and apathy symptoms were
emerged after the operation of colloid cycstectomy in a 44 years old
female patient. Although obssesive compulsive disorder was treated;
there was not any change in apathy symptoms. Apathy symptoms
were treated by gradually increasing bromocriptine.


Study was conducted to determine the bio-efficacy of seven insecticides against sucking insect pests viz., thrips (Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood) and whitefly (Bemisia tabaci Gennadius) in chilli variety GVC-111 during kharif and rabi 2013. Among the different insecticides, imidacloprid 17.8 SL @ 0.005% (5.12 thrips/3 leaves and 0.96 whiteflies/leaf), acetamiprid 20 SP 0.004% (0.58 whiteflies/leaf) and triazophos 40 EC @ 0.04% (1.09 whiteflies/leaf) found most effective. Highest green chilli fruit yield (110.25 q/ha) was harvested from crop treated with imidacloprid followed by thiamethoxam (106.55 q/ha), triazophos (103.79 q/ha) and acetamiprid (102.91 q/ha). The highest Incremental Cost Benefit Ratio (1:23.17) was registered in imidacloprid followed by thiamethoxam (1:20.45), acetamiprid (1:19.60) and triazophos (1:17.69).


This paper presents a printed dipole antenna with a parallel metal plate, exploring the impact of the distance and relative position between the metal plate and the printed dipole antenna. The characteristics of the antenna such as reflection coefficient S11, radiation patterns, and realized gain are given. There are many differences between the printed dipole antenna with a parallel metal plate and without a metal plate. Our paper also presents these differences.