first observed two days after a three-day' course of sulphadiazine had ended. The only other signs noted were dryness and itchiness of the skin. The condition was rapidly relieved by nicotinic acid in both cases. Recently three more cases of a darkened tongue were reported by Bedford (1946), and the aetiology of two of these cases was discussed. " Black tongue," which is the sign of canine nicotinamide deficiency, has not, so far as we are aware, been previously described as occurring in human nicotinamide deficiency. In this condition other changes in the appearance of the tongue prevail. In none of the volunteers examined by Ellinger et al. (1944, 1945) was black tongue observed after oral administration of succinyl sulphathiazole or sulphaguanidine. The fact that in our case and the three mentioned by Bedford penicillin was in contact with the tongue for a considerable time makes it probable that the changes observed are partly due to a local effect of the drug on the tongue. In the case here described in detail, however, additional signs common in human nicotinamide deficiencies also developed after the oral intake of penicillin. The earlier spontaneous attacks of nicotinamide deficiency and the' low nicotinamide methochloride elimination, and the low response to nicotinic acid before the second course of penicillin, indicated a low nicotinamide status when compared with the normal output and response as described by Ellinger and Coulson (1944), Ruffin, Cayer, and Perlzweig (1944), Coulson, Ellinger, and Smart (1945), and Ellinger, Benesch, and Hardwick (1945). The nicotinamide methochloride output was decreased by the second course of penicillin to a deficiency level, and severe deficiency symptoms were experienced. After discontinuing penicillin the nicotinamide rose to a higher level than before the course. This may have been due to a change of the intestinal flora caused by penicillin. It is now well established that up to two-thirds of orally administered penicillin can reach the colon unaltered (McDermott, Bunn, Benoit, DuBois, and Reynolds, 1946), and the decrease of nicotinamide methochloride output after penicillin is in full agreement with the findings of Ellinger et al. (1944, 1945) after the intake of succinyl sulphathiazole or sulphaguanidine. At the beginning of the third course of penicillin the nicotinamide level was far above the deficiency level, and general deficiency symptoms developed more slowly and were less severe, while the nicotinamide methochloride elimination was similarly depressed but did not fall as low as during the second course owing to the higher initial level. The darkening of the tongue, which had been very marked on the first two occasions when the contact of penicillin with the oral cavity was protracted, was far less noticeable on the third occasion when the contact was only brief. From the biochemical investigation of the case it is evident that penicillin orally administered can produce a nicotinamide deficiency, as Ellinger et al. (1944, 1945) have shown for succinyl sulphathiazole or sulphaguanidine. The degree of the decrease of nicotinamide methochloride output caused by these drugs varies within wide individual limits. Whether a nicotinamide deficiency develops or not depends on the relative contribution of the bacterial flora to the nicotinamide requirements of the person concerned and on the nicotinamide status of that person: this is evident from the varying reactions of our patient to the three courses of penicillin. The local effect causing the darkening of the tongue has still to be investigated; the appearance of the tongue did not suggest that this darkening was due to a bacterial film but rather to a pigmentation of the papillae. The nicotinamide status of patients treated orally with penicillin should therefore be watched, and if necessary nicotinamide should be given parenterally. Summary


This research has a purpose to describe depreciation procedure at Central Archives and Library Office of Central Java Province, and experiment that is in process of depreciation in Central Archives and Library of Central Java Province. Based on the result of the research, it can be concluded that the procedure in the Central Archives and Library of Central Java Province has been running well, in accordance with the provisions or procedures applicable to Governor Regulation No. 54/2012 on Guidelines for Depreciation of Archives and Regulation of Head of ANRI Number 25 Year 2012 on Guidelines for Archive Recovery. But in the implementation also found solutions that become obstacles in the activities of depreciation of the archives, namely: Obstacles caused by the lack of archival knowledge about archive management, Human Resources sources, as well as budgeted funds are not in accordance with the needs of depreciation activities archives. Suggestions that can be conveyed by writer in this research need preparation to create archiver of educated and important, give functional benefit of archivist to improve its welfare so that archivist can perform its duty well and efficient, and open job vacancy in archival field to add Human Resources because The process of shrinking the archive requires considerable energy and needs to be disabled in shrinking the archive only.


Objective: Identify occupational stress factors and health behaviors of nurses in a tertiary hospital in Fortaleza-CE. Method: This is a cross-sectional, developed in a tertiary care hospital in Fortaleza, from October 2018 to March 2019. Result: The sample consisted of 134 nurses who were recruited through convenience sampling. A pre-coded structured questionnaire was used, with 12 closed multiple questions. It was found that 26.1% (n = 35) of the professionals use psychoactive substances and 61.9% (n = 83) had 1 to 5 signs/symptoms of stress. Conclusion: Thus, this study will be useful for managers to reflect on the factors that influence the quality of life of nurses, contributing to the implementation of actions that improve working conditions and favor worker protection. [DESCRIPTORS: Nurse Practitioners; Occupational Stress; Burnout.


Umbilical cord blood is a valuable source of haemopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSC) for transplantation. This study explored the effect of maternal plasma/human serum albumin (HSA) in the purification and culture conditions of CD34+ cells derived from human umbilical cord blood. During CD34+ cell enrichment, including maternal plasma or HSA instead of fetal bovine serum (FBS) in the wash buffer, significantly increased the purity and the fold expansion of CD34+ cells. The increase in fold expansion of CD34+ cells was independent of CD34+ cell purity before expansion. With FBS, the mean fold expansion of CD34+ cells and total nucleated cells on day 7 was 9·7 ± 5·5 and 39·7 ± 13·7 respectively. The use of maternal plasma increased the mean fold expansion of CD34+ cells and total nucleated cells on day 7 to 28·2 ± 6·7 and 71·5 ± 15·4 respectively. When HSA was added to wash buffer, the mean fold expansion of CD34+ cells and total nucleated cells were 30·4 ± 10·5 and 83·5 ± 24·8 respectively. No statistical significance was found between using HSA and maternal plasma on total cell and CD34+ cell expansion. We propose that HSA in maternal plasma was responsible for the positive effect on CD34+ cell enrichment and expansion.


The photon energy dependence of the electron spectra of BF3 was studied. The resonant Auger spectrum was clearly observed when the quasi-discrete transition below the boron K ionisation energy was excited, while the normal Auger spectrum was observed in the case of excitation at the shape resonance above the ionisation energy. Both spectra were analysed in terms of the localised hole states. Enhancement of the valence photoelectron spectrum was found in the excitation at the quasi-discrete transition.


This research develops a model of mobile social network dispersion in rescue communication, and illustrates how people use a combination of mobile and social media, along with real-time communication, in their decision-making process. Guided by established research on smartphones, social media, and affordances, we used a qualitative approach and conducted field interviews that included photo-elicitation interview (PEI) techniques to examine participants' private social media data. Our analysis of these rescue decisions reveals why so few people used the official 9-1-1 system. We show how rescue communication often occurs through a socially constructed assessment of risk that involves persuasion by trusted others in their network, regardless of professional qualifications. Furthermore, trusted others can function as proxies and can draw upon mobile social network affordances, helping to compensate for material limitations. The affordances people drew from can be organized into two sets: foundational and amplification. Hierarchical relationships exist among these sets of affordances, and materiality plays a pivotal role in rescue communication. Ultimately, our analysis uncovers the multimodality around people's decisions to ask for help.


Numerical modeling is a powerful tool to analyze outdoor noise propagation. Specific numerical techniques are needed to simulate the behavior of acoustic waves in the external environment. Ray tracing technique and beam tracing technique represent effective numerical methods, which are used in current simulation software. Several attenuation terms are to be considered during propagation, and their calculation deeply affects the accuracy of the modeling. Sources' characterization and dose-effect correlation are further key elements. In spite of these critical aspects, numerical modeling effectively applies to a number of different situation (roads, railways, airports, harbors, industries) in which noise pollution must be analyzed, predicted or reduced.


Criminal prosecutors often present laboratory reports as crucial pieces of evidence. Overturning ninety years of precedent, the Supreme Court's decision in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts mandates that prosecutors may no longer introduce scientific analysis as evidence without live testimony from the producing laboratory analyst. Prior to this decision, prosecutors were able to introduce scientific evidence into evidence against a defendant without furnishing the analyst who conducted the laboratory analysis as a "witness" because scientific affidavits were not categorically deemed to be testimonial. Regardless of whether one agrees with the outcome of Melendez-Diaz, the Court has made its ruling and prosecutors must now amend the process by which they bring laboratory evidence to trial. The Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment protects the right of a criminal defendant to confront adverse witnesses, and the Court's holding in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts further defines the scope of the Confrontation Clause. Specifically, the Supreme Court held that certificates of analysis are affidavits, and analysts themselves are not beyond the coverage of the Confrontation Clause. The decision swept


The global population of refugees as recorded by UNHCR is at an all-time high of over 90 million people forced to find new homes in a foreign land. Starting a new life can be unsettling for refugees and asylum seekers during the resettling process in their host countries, particularly when it comes to gaining financial independence. This paper used an interview-based study to engage with fifteen refugees and asylum seekers to learn how they achieve entrepreneurial success as they navigate refugee specific barriers in a new economy. The insights showed refugee entrepreneur specific barriers that align with resettlement challenges and the technical and social resourcefulness of this under-resourced community. Our contributions to the CSCW research community are an understanding of how low-socioeconomic entrepreneurs such as refugees, function in their ecosystem and design implications for developing technology to further the efforts of refugee entrepreneurs.


Phytochelatins (PCs) commonly found in plants are verified to be closely related to the phyto-tolerance of metal heavy. Phytochelatins and their complexes are low molecular weight (LMW) complexes which are rich in cysteine analogues. It ha s been proven that PCs is synthesized through enzyme catalysis reaction using gl utathione (GSH) as the substrate and regulated by relevant genes. Genes involved in PC synthesis have been isolated and identified in the mutants of Arabidopsis, a model plant widely used in genetic study. The PCs in plants c an combine with heavy metal ions to form LMW compounds and then be transported i nto vacuole via symplast. The LMW complex may combine with another molecular of PC to form high molecular weight complex (HMW) with lower phytotoxicity which le ads to alleviate the phytotoxicity of heavy metal. In this paper, chemical struc ture, bio-synthesis and genetic regulation of phytochelatins and their compound s, as well as the processes and possible mechanisms related to the alleviation o f phytotoxicity of heavy metal are reviewed.


The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of different lighting programs on performance, carcass yield and commercial cuts and development of the digestive organs. Was used the Cobb 140 chicks distributed in a completely randomized design in two types of lighting programs, continuous and intermittent with 7 replicates. Performance was measured by feed intake, weekly body weight gain, feed conversion, viability and productive efficiency index. Carcass yield was assessed at 42 days old and made the cuts breast, thighs + drumsticks and wings and the carcass and cut trade calculated in relation to body weight. The development of the organs of the digestive system was evaluated by weighing the proventriculus, gizzard, intestine, liver and pancreas. The data were submitted to ANOVA and means compared by Tukey test at 5% probability. The different programs of light did not affect any of the parameters evaluated, showing that the program can replace the continuous intermittent, with economic viability.


The adhesion between zinc borate-containing rubber compounds and brass-plated steel cords was studied to understand the role of zinc borate as an adhesion promoter. No improvement in adhesion after cure was shown with loading of zinc borate in the range 0.5–2 phr, while enhancement of adhesion retention after humidity aging was observed with loading of zinc borate in the range 0.5–2 phr. The adhesion interphase between the brass-plated steel cord and the rubber compound subjected to humidity aging treatment showed, using AES, a stabilized depth profile by a moderate loading of zinc borate, resulting in enhancement of adhesion retention. For the high loading of zinc borate, copper sulfide layer and zinc oxide layer grew excessively in the adhesion interphase under humidity aging.


We present a set of searches for new heavy resonances with the CMS detector at the LHC. Protonproton collision data recorded at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV is used. Specifically, we consider searches for a W ′ boson decaying to a lepton and a neutrino, a Z′ boson decaying to a pair of taus, and a heavy particle (Z′ boson or Randall Sundrum Kaluza Klein gluon) decaying to a pair of top quarks. The searches are performed by measuring the mass distributions of the final state particles and testing for deviations from the expected Standard Model background. In the high mass ranges accessible by the Run II LHC, the final state particles are expected to be produced with high transverse momenta. This leads to dijet event topologies, and the latest reconstruction techniques are employed to separate these signatures from backgrounds. The results are presented in terms of upper limits on the model cross sections.


Professor Faustino Taderera, the celebrity and towering figure, is the finest International Business & Marketing brains ever produced in Zimbabwe and the whole of Africa and the most published business academic, icon and guru in Africa nicknamed, "The Tom Peters of Zimbabwe, Africa and the Middle East." His students call him, "The Rumbler, the Caterpillar, the Rollercoaster and King Solomon," mainly for his passion, depth and incisive research in these areas. This book, Elements of Marketing, his 55th book, deals with key strategies for marketing success whether in the private or public sectors and has eye opening research articles on corporate and national leadership. It is now accepted worldwide that good marketing management is only possible where there is good national governance. Faustino Taderera is now one of the world''s most eminent and distinguished international marketing strategists. Faustino always says, "Golden fish have no hiding place. I am the Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, Solomon and Joseph of my time, the Gift of Zimbabwe, Africa and the World." He is a much sought after global academic and professional BRAND.


In this paper a band-pass filter with a reconfigurable working frequency is presented. The proposed device is based on a signal interference approach combined with micro electro mechanical switches resulting in a high performance and compact device.


Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries attract extensive attention owing to high energy density, low cost, and environment-friendliness. However, Li-S batteries suffer from low conductivity, polysulfide dissolution, and huge electrode expansion. Constructing hierarchically...


The annual migration of monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus, from their summer breeding grounds in North America to their overwintering sites in Mexico can span over 4000 kilometers. Little is known about the aerodynamic mechanism behind this extended flight. This study is motivated by the hypothesis that their flapping wing flight is enhanced by fluid-structure interactions. The objective of this study to quantify the aeroelastic performance of monarch butterfly wings and apply those values in the creation of an artificial wing with an end goal of creating a biomimetic micro-air vehicle. A micro-CT scan, force-deflection measurements, and a finite element solver on real monarch butterfly wings were used to determine the density and elastic modulus. These structural parameters were then used to create a monarch butterfly inspired artificial wing. A solidification process was used to adhere 3D printed vein structures to a membrane. The performance of the artificial butterfly wing was tested by measuring the lift at flapping frequencies between 6.3 and 14 Hz. Our results show that the elastic modulus of a real wing is 1.8 GPa along the span and 0.20 GPa along the chord, suggesting that the butterfly wing material is highly anisotropic. Real right forewings performed optimally at approximately 10 Hz, the flapping frequency of a live monarch butterfly, with a peak force of 4 mN. The artificial wing performed optimally at approximately 8 Hz with a peak force of 5 mN.


Many insects can derive navigation information from skylight polarization within patches of sky. The current methods simulating insect strategy take advantage of the skylight polarization through single numerical values rather than patterns. In this paper, we present a method to get navigation orientations by gradient vectors of skylight polarization maps even if the Sun is invisible or occluded by clouds. The maps are provided by a zenith centered imaging polarimeter with narrow field of view. Navigation orientations can be worked out by the combination of solar azimuths and calendar. We can gain additional insights into the navigation behavior of insects via the experiments.


To clarify transport mechanisms of ions and water molecules in perfluorosulfonated ionomer membranes, various membranes, such as one Nafion, two Aciplex, and four Flemion types, having different equivalent weight values (EW) were examined. H-, Li-, and Na-form samples were prepared for each membrane by immersion in 0.03 M HCl, LiCl, and NaCl aqueous solutions, and their properties in the fully hydrated state were investigated systematically. The water content of the membranes showed the tendency that the size and/or the number of ionic cluster region increases with decreasing EW value and the Li-form membranes have the most largely expanded ionic cluster regions. The ionic conductivity of the H-form membranes was considerably higher than that of the Li- and Na-form membranes. It was suggested that the proton in the membranes transports by the hopping mechanism and the Li+ and Na+ ions by the vehicle mechanism. In addition, the ionic conductivity of all membranes increased with increasing water content wit...


This paper introduces the functions, structures, working processes and calculating results of Microsoft Excel 97 in the calculation of lower chord.


PURPOSE: A system and method for recommending a keyword is provided to recommend keywords or queries for keyword advertisements or query advertisements. CONSTITUTION: A keyword recommendation system comprises the first user(C101), the second user(C102), a query collection server(S101), a keyword recommendation server(S102), a keyword inquiry server(S103), a search engine(S104), a keyword database(D101), and an advertisement unit price database(D102). The first user(C101) accesses the search engine(S104) and searches for information. The second user(C102) accesses the keyword recommendation server(S102) using a web browser, a communication program to access the keyword recommendation server(S102). The query collection server(S101) collects and analyzes queries the first user(C101) used. The keyword recommendation server(S102) provides keyword recommendation service to the second user(C102). The keyword inquiry server(S103) accesses the search engine(S104), asks the search engine(S104) whether a keyword was used, and inquires into advertisement unit prices. The search engine(S104) provides keyword advertisements. The keyword database(D101) stores the keywords collected to provide keyword recommendation service. The advertisement unit price database(D102) manages advertisement prices.


The paper presents a new scalable three-stage motion estimation technique, which includes processing of frames in display order and approximating motion vector fields using multiple references. Quality refinement is added as an optional stage. The complete system provides a flexible framework with a large scalability range in computational effort, resulting in different picture-quality levels or bitrates. Experiments show a scalable computational effort with a factor of 14, resulting in a global variation of 7 dB SNR in picture quality (with the "Stefan" sequence). In high-quality operation, the new method is comparable to a full-search motion estimation with a search window of 32/spl times/32 pixels (or even outperforms it). The innovation provides an excellent starting point for scalability in resource-constrained mobile system design (see Mietens, S. et al., IEEE Int. Conf. on Image Proc., ICIP 2001, vol.3, p.462-5, 2001).


Industrial X-ray inspection plays an important part in X-ray imaging in industry. Digitalization of image is a developing trend of industrial defectoscopy. The advantage and method of industrial inspection, and defectoscopy digitalization are introduced. It's application has brought the X-ray inspection to a new level, resolving many difficulties that traditional X-ray could not transgression, such as imaging without film, digitalization of storage and transmission by computer, low dosage of X-ray, network estimation and judgement of results, improving image resolution and removing noises by many image processing methods. The digital X-ray will be the substitute of the traditional X-ray in the future.


Section 1. Let me begin by borrowing an example from Bain (Logic: B. III. c. 6). The North-East wind is generally detested in this country: as long as it blows few people feel at their best. Occasional well-known causes of a wind being injurious are violence, excessive heat or cold, excessive dryness or moisture, electrical condition, the being laden with dust or exhalations. Let the hypothesis be that the last is the cause of the North-East wind's unwholesome quality; since we know it is a ground current setting from the pole toward the equator and bent westward by the rotation of the earth; so that, reaching us over thousands of miles of land, it may well be fraught with dust, effluvia, and microbes. Now, examining many cases of North-East wind, we find that this is the only circumstance in which all the instances agree: for it is sometimes cold, sometimes hot; generally dry, but sometimes wet; sometimes light, sometimes violent, and of all electrical conditions. Each of the other circumstances, then, can be omitted without the N.E. wind ceasing to be noxious; but one circumstance is never absent, namely, that it is a ground current. That circumstance, therefore, is probably the cause of its injuriousness. This case illustrates:– (I) The Canon of Agreement.


One-dimensional piezoelectric nanomaterials have attracted great attention in recent years for their possible applications in mechanical energy scavenging devices. However, it is difficult to control the structural diameter, length, and density of these fibers fabricated by micro/nano-technologies. This work presents a hollow cylindrical near-field electrospinning (HCNFES) process to address production and performance issues encountered previously in either far-field electrospinning (FFES) or near-field electrospinning (NFES) processes. Oriented polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) fibers in the form of nonwoven fabric have been directly written on a glass tube for aligned piezoelectricity. Under a high in situ electrical poling field and strong mechanical stretching (the tangential speed on the glass tube collector is about 1989.3 mm s−1), the HCNFES process is able to uniformly deposit large arrays of PVDF fibers with good concentrations of piezoelectric β-phase. The nonwoven fiber fabric (NFF) is transferred onto a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate and fixed at both ends using copper foil electrodes as a flexible textile-fiber-based PVDF energy harvester. Repeated stretching and releasing of PVDF NFF with a strain of 0.05% at 7 Hz produces a maximum peak voltage and current at 76 mV and 39 nA, respectively.


A 20-year-old woman was referred to our department for evaluation of multiple persistent erosive lesions of the oral mucosa that appeared 3 months before consultation. She complained of sore throat and a vague local discomfort. Her past medical history was unremarkable. Physical examination disclosed symmetrical erosive serpiginous hypertrophic plaques on the buccal commissures and buccal mucosa, whitish erythematous plaques on the tongue surface and erosions of the lips (Fig. 1). Enanthem and a few small vesicles on the soft palate were also observed. No similar mucocutaneous lesions were present elsewhere. The patient was otherwise in a good general status, with no fever or palpable enlarged lymph nodes. Two 4-mm punch biopsies were performed. Histopathological study showed irregular acanthosis with an intense, diffuse and perivascular infiltrate in the submucosa (Fig. 2). The cellular infiltrate consisted mainly of mature plasma cells. Polymorphonuclear leukocyte exocytosis with intraepithelial pustule formation was also observed, along with isolated apoptotic keratinocytes. A PAS stain failed to show any microorganisms and direct immunofluorescence study was negative. Immunohistochemical staining with a polyclonal rabbit antibody against Treponema pallidum revealed multiple spirochetes, mainly distributed in the lower layers of the mucosa, adopting a honey-comb pattern drawing the keratinocyte walls (Fig. 3). Microorganisms were also evident, although in a much weaker amount, within the infiltrate in the upper submucosa. Specific antitreponemal IgG and nontreponemal tests (VDRL, titre 1/256) were positive, with negative HIV-1/ 2 serology. The diagnosis of oral mucous patches (a form of secondary syphilis) was established, in the absence of other constitutional, genital, or skin manifestations. Treatment with benzathine penicillin (2.4 MU) was prescribed. The patient was lost for follow-up.


Reunification has entailed a radical realignment of the museums at former concentration camp sites in the former German Democratic Republic towards the Western interpretation of the Shoah. In Poland, ideological ambivalence and financial insecurity have stymied attempts at restoring sites of Jewish culture and suffering. Post-communist Holocaust commemoration in Poland – itself victimised by Nazism - is still permeated with ambivalence and tension Paradoxically, in reunited Germany - land of the erstwhile perpetrators – where it is intertwined with broader difficulties associated with reunification, holocaust education is more advanced.


Image based modeling and documentation are become important elements in historical or heritage representation. As an alternative method, The Digital Close-range Photogrammetry (DCRP) approach offers a manual and semi automatic measurement process to provide the digital base drawing for creating the three dimensional (3D) model. In this paper overall view of measurement method, visualization and modeling are presented. The final output is a digital visualization of various angle model, viewing side plan and three dimensional models.


A regenerative braking method using the air control system for an electric vehicle is disclosed. Regenerative braking method for an electric vehicle of the air conditioning system disclosed is, (a) step to read the value from the brake brake for an electric vehicle, and; (B) determining the presence or absence of the brake and; (C) the steps of: if there is break in the step (b), on the basis of the determined break value, the same amount regenerating agent; And (d) reading the battery current limit value received from the battery of the electric vehicle and; (E) the method comprising: a regenerative electric current according to the first regenerative same amount is greater than the battery current limit value is determined; And in that it characterized in that it comprises a; (f) when satisfying the condition in the step (e), the method comprising the replacement of a current generated by the charge current limit value of the battery to be consumed by the air control system of the electric vehicle. According to the invention, it is possible to improve the brake performance, can improve the riding comfort, reduces the parts, so exhibited the same performance without expensive brake control device has the advantage that can contribute to cost reduction.


Objective: To characterize the pattern of biochemical markers of bone metabolism and vertebral bone mineral density in eumenorrheic and oligomenorrheic perimenopausal women and to assess the effects of a combined oral contraceptive (OC) preparation on bone mass and metabolism. Methods: Bone biochemical markers and vertebral bone density were evaluated in a longitudinal 2-year follow-up study conducted in healthy, normally menstruating perimenopausal women, perimenopausal oligomenorrheic women, and age-matched oligomenorrheic OC-treated women (20 μg ethinyl estradiol [E2] plus 0.15 mg desogestrel) (n=27 in each group). The results were analyzed by factorial or repeated-measures analysis of variance, as appropriate. Results: During our observation period, there were no significant modifications in menstrual cycle, plasma FSH and E2 levels, biochemical markers of bone turnover, and vertebral bone density in normal women. Conversely, oligomenorrheic women showed an increase in the cycle length with a concomitant decrease of plasma E2 and a corresponding rise in circulating plasma FSH levels (P<.05). In this group, an increase in both urinary excretion of hydroxyproline and plasma osteocalcin levels paralleled a significant decrease in vertebral bone density (P<.0001). In OC-treated women, the pattern of osteocalcin showed no modification, whereas urinary excretion of hydroxyproline showed a decrease, which paralleled a significant (P <.001) increase in vertebral bone density. Conclusion: Perimenopausal OC administration can prevent the increase in bone turnover and the decrease in bone density that follow the perimenopausal impairment of ovarian function.


Diabetes is a defect in the ability of the body to convert glucose (sugar) to energy. Glucose is the main source of energy in our body. When food is digested it is metabolized into fats, proteins, or carbohydrates. Glucose is then transferred to the blood and is used by the cells for energy production. To investigate the antidiabetic effect ethanolic extracts of flowers of Moringa oleifera against dexamethasone-induced insulin resistance in wistar albino rats. To study the antidiabetic effect, flowers of Moringa oleifera were collected and authenticated, extracted and investigated for acute toxicity and dexamethasone induced hyperglcemia. The animals treated with EEMOF at a dose of 100mg/kg and 200mg/kg prevented the development of hyperglycemia, hypercholesteremia and hypertriglyceridemia in dexamethasone induced insulin resistance models. Oral administration of Moringa oleifera 100mg/kg and 200mg/kg reduces serum glucose, triglyceride, total cholesterols and LDL concentration and improve the concentration of HDL in dexamethasone administered rats. The lignin Moringa oleifera showed significant anti-diabetic effect in rats after oral administration. The present study demonstrated that Moringa oleifera could be useful in Management of diabetes associated with abnormalities in lipid profiles. Further study need to isolate, identify the active compounds and find out the possible mechanism of actions.


In this paper, we propose a location estimation algorithm which improves the positioning accuracy in wireless LAN-based real-time locating systems (RTLS). For location estimation, the proposed algorithm makes use of the received signal strength (RSS) information and the speed information of mobile devices as well. We show that the proposed algorithm can provide better estimation accuracy than conventional ones through experiments, especially in positioning moving mobile devices


Objective To compare clinical efficacy and safety of alendronate sodium tablets and alfacalcidol capsules treatment of senile osteoporosis. Methods 56 senile patients with osteoporosis were randomly divided into two groups. The observation group received oral alendronate sodium tablets 70 mg,once a week; and the control group received oral alfacalcidol capsules 0. 5 μg daily; at the same time all patients were taking calcium 600 mg daily,continuous treatment for 6 months. Bone mineral density( BMD),biochemical parameters were measured and taking VAS pain evaluation method to improve the situation. Results After treatment L 2,L 3,L 4 and femoral neck BMD of observation group increased by 3. 61%,4. 76%,3. 66% and 5. 06%; and that of observation group increased were 3. 57%,4. 71%,3. 61 % and 5. 0%,the difference between the two groups was not statistically significant( p 0. 05). Observation group improvements in pain symptoms better than the control group after treatment( p 0. 05). Conclusion Both drugs treatment of senile osteoporosis had good clinical efficacy,can significantly increase bone mineral density,relieve pain; but taking alendronate sodium tablets convenient,patient compliance is better,maybe more appropriate to the clinical application.


Objective To investigate the feasibility of constructing the biological intervertebral disc using cryopreserved intervertebral disc with injected nucleus pulposus cells(NPCs) expressing bone morphogenetic protein-7(hBMP7) in vitro.Methods The 48 intervertebral discs stored in liquid nitrogen for 2 months were divided into EGFP control,1×104 NPCs,1×105 NPCs and 1×106 NPCs groups.In EGFP group,20 μL cell suspension including 1×105 NPCs expressing EGFP was injected into the intervertebral disc.In 1×104,1×105 and 1×106 NPCs groups,20 μL cell suspension including 1×104,1×105 and 1×106 NPCs expressing hBMP7 by PKH-26 dying were injected into the intervertebral discs respectively.Intervertebral discs injected were immerged into 30 mL culture medium.The cell survival,cell fluorescence intensity,hBMP7 mRNA expression,PG and collagen contents of the intervertebral discs in each group were assessed at culture days 4,7 and 14.Results: Endogeneous NPCs remained alive at 4th,7th and 14th day of culture.Results showed that cell fluorescence intensity in 1×105 NPCs group was higher than that in 1×106 and 1×104 NPCs groups.The hBMP7 mRNA expression levels in 1×105 NPCs group were higher than those in 1×106 and 1×104 NPCs groups at 7th and 14th day of culture.The hBMP7 mRNA expression in EGFP group was not detectable at any time points.Moreover,the PG and collagen contents in 1×105 NPCs group were higher than those in other groups at 7th and 14th day of culture.Conclusion It is feasible that the biological intervertebral disc is constructed to use cryopreserved intervertebral disc with injected NPCs expressing hBMP7,and then cultured for the suitable time in vitro.


The largest atmospheric temperature changes due to the increase of greenhouse gases are expected in the 40 to 60 km altitude region, where enhanced infrared cooling decreases the temperature. Ten-year (1980–1990) temperature trends at 55 km and 0.4 mb, derived using data from the ground-based lidar at Haute Provence, 44°N 6°E, and the SSU channel 47X on several satellites, are presented. These data show temperature decreases that are as large and in some cases exceed predictions based on current models. At 44°N, the ground-based lidar and satellite techniques give a negative trend of −0.10±0.04% per year and −0.14 ± 0.02% per year, respectively. Agreement between these two data sets based on different measurement techniques gives confidence in the detected trends at this latitude. Further analysis of the SSU 47X satellite data between 45°S and 45°N indicates a maximum decline of 0.16% per year near 30°N. A minimum trend decrease of 0.07% per year is detected between 20° and 30°S. Based on NOAA satellite radiance observations, these long-term temperature changes are larger than changes at any of the other stratospheric levels below 55 km monitored during this period.


A method was developed for estimation of flutamide in bulk drug and its tablet dosage form by using methanol as a solvent and shows absorbance maxima at 330 nm and 410 nm respectively.This present work deals with the development of two spectrophotometric methods. The first method is based on diazotization and coupling method using phloroglucinol (METHOD I). The second one is based on formation of schiff's base method using vanillin (METHOD II). In the both methods we are used Perkin Elmer EZ301- UV visible double beam spectrophotometer. Validation study reveals that the methods are specific. Flutamide obey Beer's law in the concentration ranges used for the methods. Validation studies are statistically significant as all the statistical parameters are within the acceptance range (% COV< 1.0 and S.D. <1.0) for both accuracy and precision study. The methods are simple, rapid, accurate, precise, reproducible, and economic and can be used for routine quantitative analysis of Flutamide in pure and tablet dosage form.


Uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics is the basic law of nature.Uncertainty is considered as the root of parallelism and intelligence of natural computation by analyzing the relationship between parallelism and uncertainty. According to this understanding the uncertainty principle of algorithm was proposed,and the uncertainty intelligence model(UIM) of natural computation was established.Shannon entropy principle was used in this model UIM indicates that prior knowledge and uncertainty information constitute the basic intelligent system.Intelligent system is essentially an information system.The information provided by prior knowledge assurances the algorithm in the correct direction of search,and the information provided by uncertainty realizes the parallel search in solution space.So we can conclude that improving the entropy will achieve the high level intelligence.UIM is also verified by Monte-Carlo algorithm of Pi in this paper.


A new video by Julia M Usher that shows how to make hand-piped chocolate lace doilies to dress up cookie plates, cake pedestals, and other dessert presentations.


Objective To investigate the prevalence of AmpC beta-lactamases and extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) produced by Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from children living in Guangzhou and to evaluate the extent of antibiotic resistance of the isolates. Method Antibiotic susceptibility of K.pneumoniae was determined by the Kirby-Bauer methods. AmpC beta-lactamases was detected by three-dimensional extract test. ESBLs was confirmed by dish diffusion test. Result Among the 248 isolates, the prevalence of AmpC and ESBLs producing K.pneumoniae was 18.5% and 63.3%, respectively. 18.1% of the isolates produced both AmpC and ESBL. The percentage of cephalosporins and cefepime, cefoperazone / sulbactam resistant AmpC-producing strains was 56.5%~ 100%, respectively. However, the percentage of Amikacin and ciprofloxacin resistant strains was lower than 30%. The resistant rate of ESBLs producers to cephalosporins, cefoperazone / sulbactam was in the ranged of 50% to 91.7% , to Amikacin and ciprofloxacin was 11.5% and 10.3% , respectively. Imipenem-resistant strain was not detected. The antibiotics sensitivity of ESBLs negative isolates was in the range of 81.2% to 100%. Conclusion The incidence of AmpC and ESBLs-producing K.pneumoniae isolated from children was relatively high in Guangzhou. The beta-lactamases producing strains were highly resistant to the commonly used antibiotics. Carbopenems may be used in the treatment of infections caused by AmpC and / or ESBLs-producing K.pneumoniae.


Semiconductor photoelectrodes for water oxidation that absorb visible light usually have poor electronic transport properties and small optical absorption coefficients near their absorption edge. Therefore, innovative designs that lead to significant optical absorption in relatively thin layers of these compounds are highly desirable. Here, using full-field electromagnetic optical simulations, we demonstrate that a monolayer of resonant-size BiVO 4 ?> spheres can provide enhancement up to a factor of two in solar light absorption relative to dense planar layers. In this monolayer, BiVO 4 ?> spheres do not need to be interconnected; therefore, such monolayers are flexible and their fabrication process does not require the complicated necking steps to establish electrical contact among the nanoparticles. These resonant-size spheres support Mie resonance modes that efficiently trap light and hence significantly increase effective optical path length. Under air mass 1.5 global (AM1.5G) irradiation, the maximum achievable photocurrent density (MAPD) in a monolayer of 250 nm diameter BiVO 4 ?> spheres reaches 4.9 mA.cm − 2 ?> . This is about twofold improvement over the MAPD for a 250 nm thick dense planar layer and well above the 3.8 mA . cm − 2 ?> MAPD for a 1 μm thick dense planar layer. In addition, it is shown that lower-order resonance modes of the spheres are superior to higher-order modes for broadband optical absorption. The insight provided in this work can also be applied to nitride and oxynitride photoanode materials.


Prussian-blue-modified electrodes made by chemical method were researched on electrocatalysis for V(Ⅴ)/V(Ⅳ) in 0.1 mol/L?0.5 mol/L?1.0 mol/L?1.5 mol/L?2.0 mol/L?2.5 mol/L VOSO4 solutions respectively. The results of cyclic voltammograms displayed that they have good electrocatalysis especially in 0.1 mol/L?0.5 mol/L?2.5 mol/L VOSO4 solutions and high stability. It is inferred from the results of cyclic voltammograms that redox of Prussian-blue catalyzes redox of V(Ⅳ)/V(Ⅴ) in the solutions.


Support vector regression (SVR) has been popular in the past decade, but it provides only an estimated target value instead of predictive probability intervals. Many work have addressed this issue but sometimes the SVR formula must be modified. This paper presents a rather simple and direct approach to construct such intervals. We assume that the conditional distribution of the target value depends on its input only through the predicted value, and propose to model this distribution by simple functions. Experiments show that the proposed approach gives predictive intervals with competitive coverages with Bayesian SVR methods. I. I NTRODUCTION In the past decade support vector regression (SVR) [15], [12] has been popular for regression problems. SVR provides only an estimated target value; however, the statement that the future value falls in an interval with a specified probability is more informative. This paper aims to construct predictive intervals for the future values. For conventional linear regression, the prediction interval has been well developed; for example, see [16] for Gaussian noise case and [3], [14] for non-Gaussian case. SVR differs from conventional regression in that it maps input data into a high dimensional reproducing kernel Hilbert space and uses an -insensitive loss function. As a result, SVR has a sparse representation of solutions, and hence is relatively fast in training/testing. However, due to these differences, the existing methods for constructing prediction intervals can not be applied. Recently Bayesian interpretations of SVR have been developed [6], [4], [2] along the ways of Bayesian techniques for Neural Networks [8] and for SVM classification [13], [11]. Using a Bayesian framework, one can determine parameters in SVR by maximizing an evidence function, and at the same time derive an error bar for prediction. Some of these Bayesian approaches perform well, but in several situations they cannot be applied. For example, they may modify the SVR formulation, so it is more difficult to use existing SVR software. In addition, some may prefer using other methods (e.g., cross validation) for parameter selection. As the best parameters are not from


In this paper, a passive mechanism is proposed for regulating the axial forces due to thermal stresses induced in MEMS resonant sensors. It is shown that by using this mechanism, one can control the axial force or thermal stresses to be compressive or tensile, or zero. An analytical model and a finite element model are developed for this study. It is shown that the analytical model is a powerful tool to predict the overall response and/or optimize the design, while the finite element model can be used for fine tuning and obtaining more accurate results.Copyright © 2009 by ASME


Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an autosomal recessive inherited deficiency of hepatic phenylalanine hydroxylase (phenylalanine 4-monooxygenase: EC 188.8.131.52; L-phenylalanine, tetrahydropteridine: oxygen oxidoreductase) which catalyzes the hydroxylation of phenylalanine to tyrosine. When untreated the disease causes mental retardation at a variable degree (1) and all neonates are screened for hyperphenylalaninemia.


The Purpose of this research is to discuss the function mechanism of raspberry ketone on simple obesity and the influence of resistance on obesity relevant insulin. There were 40 SD rats of SPF grade, and the male to female ratio was 1:1. They were randomly divided into 5 groups: NC fed with normal diet. MC fed with high-fat diet. RKL, RKM, and RKH groups fed with high-fat diet and were administered intragastrically with 0.5%, 1%, and 2% of RK for 4 weeks. After 8 weeks, some parameters were tested. The results were processed by statistical analysis. Compared with NC, TG, TC, LDL-C, GLU, INS, IRI, FFA, LEP, TNF-α of MC were significantly increased. Therefore, HDL-C, ISI and APN were significantly decreased. Compared with MC, each parameter in RKL, RKM, and RKH was significantly improved. The results showed that RK have anti-obesity function through combined effects of improving insulin resistance.


As any ordinary person knows, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. What, then, is the shortest distance between three points? Four points? The study reported in this article deals with the observed actions of Turkish student mathematics teachers as they were working with minimal network problems. Having analysed the mathematization processes of student mathematics teachers in computerized environment, I describe here how new mathematical relationships can be discovered from real-world situations. The results showed that using real world situations in computerized classrooms leaves the doors open for the students for decision making, experimental verification, conjecturing and even for construction of proofs.


Based on its excellent tensile strength-ductility property combination,twinning-induced plasticity (TWIP) steel shows great potential in applications for structural components in automobile industry.The aim of this research is to investigate the corrosion resistance properties and corrosion mechanism under room temperature in TWIP steel.The influence of the deformation twin density on corrosion property was primarily considered by salt spray test.The specimens used in the investigation are as-annealed and as-deformed respectively.The microstructure and corrosion resistance property were characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM),optical microscope (OM) and so on.There are some annealing twins distributed randomly in austenitic grains in the as-annealed specimen.After the specimen was subjected to tensile experiment,the density of the deformation twins increased sharply,which are different from the annealing twins in size and morphology.It was found that the corrosion potential of the as-annealed is lower than that of the as-deformed and the corrosion current density behaves contrarily.After immersed in 5% NaCl solution salt spray for 48h,the as-deformed showed a bit better than the as-annealed in corrosion resistance.With the time prolonged,the gap between the two specimens in corrosion resistance increased rapidly.The corrosion morphologies varied in color and shape.Further investigation,carried out by SEM and EDS,indicated that as-annealed and the as-deformed followed pitting corrosion and uniform corrosion mechanism respectively.The reason for the difference in corrosion mechanism is possibly the presence of the deformation twins.The deformation twins formed during the tensile test refine grains by way of segmentation.The twin boundaries largely belong to the coincidence site lattice (CSL),which is on lower energy state.It suggests that the twins not only play a role in strengthening,but also improve effectively the corrosion resistance in TWIP steel.


An investigation was made of the energy parameters of a SF/sub 6/--H/sub 2/ radiation-chemical laser operating at pressures up to 10 atm. The active mixture was initiated by an electron beam formed in a field-emission coaxial diode. The maximum energy of the laser radiation obtained from a SF/sub 6/:H/sub 2/=70:1 mixture at a pressure of 2.7 atm was 0.79 J, which corresponded to a specific energy output of 21 mJ/cm/sup 3/. The efficiency of conversion of the electron beam energy into laser radiation was 5%.


Bile salts, phospholipids, and digestive proteins are amphipathic compounds found naturally in the human gastrointestinal system. Therefore, it is important to consider their effects on the crystallization kinetics and solution behavior of drugs intended for oral delivery. Supersaturating drug delivery systems that employ high energy solid forms and polymeric additives are often hailed as the gold standard for increasing drug concentration in the gastrointestinal system. However, the effects of amphiphilic compounds present in the gastrointestinal system on the crystallization behavior of these systems are often overlooked. In this study, the effects of bile salts, phospholipids, mixtures of phospholipids and bile salts as well as digestive proteins on the crystallization kinetics of the antimicrobial agent clofazimine  were evaluated. The crystallization inhibitory properties of these gastrointestinal amphiphiles were compared with commonly used synthetic polymers, and several of these amphipathic gastro...


SUMMARY Conflict may simultaneously help and hinder the local governance of community forests. Based on 499 observations of forest user groups included in the International Forestry Resources and Institutions (IFRI) database, it is shown here that variables which are associated with good community forestry outcomes also correlate positively with the occurrence of conflict. This finding seems to be incongruent with the notion that conflict undermines collective action and therewith the potential for sustainable governance of community forests. Individual preferences cannot be easily amalgamated into a group preference. Efforts to articulate group preferences depend on the institutions chosen to reach compromises. These institutions are commonly challenged by those whose preferences are poorly served, adding to the potential for conflict. Therefore it is argued here, that the study of conflict in community forest governance should incorporate rules and rule-making procedures in its analyses.


The transmembrane protein CD47 is a potential therapeutic target for treatment of a variety of hematologic malignancies. In this issue of Blood , Chao and colleagues use a human non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) xenotransplant mouse model to demonstrate that CD47 is involved in dissemination of NHL and


AMONG the currently signficant themes in Irish parliamentary democracy are corporatism, clientelism, corruption and centralisation. The last mentioned may seem ironic because the government has made great play of moves to decentralise civil service departments but their proposals envisage no devolving of power — just office relocation. Corruption and clientelism are, however, well established as focal points of comment on Irish politics. Similarly, corporatism has become so embedded in Ireland that the benefits of the social partnership model, as it is called, are evoked at almost all levels of political, social and cultural life. Each of these themes may be related to the size of the Republic, its relative social homogeneity and its pattern of privileged access to power at both an individual and group level. They also resonate with accounts of other small liberal democratic states in the European Union that have to deal with the economic, legal and political constraints on their formal autonomy. Though class differences are downplayed in everyday Irish discourse, the political, administrative and business elites share many social, educational and cultural assumptions. High amongst their common beliefs is a nationalist solidarity that finds expression in the assumption that what is good for business is beneficial to Ireland as a whole. At a rhetorical level, Irish politicians have asked whether the Republic is closer to Boston or Berlin — a dichotomy between low levels of state regulation and taxation on the one hand and comprehensive social welfare provision on the other. The answer is mixed, but it points to some important ambiguities of Irish political life. An understanding of Irish politics is sometimes made more difficult for foreigners by the seeming familiarity of the dominant institutions. The political institutions of Ireland are — for the most part — based on the Westminster model. At its formation in 1922, the Irish Free State inherited an almost complete administrative system, together with other important state agencies. Irish independence has been described as more like a change in regime than a revolution. 1 The Constitution of the Free State was replaced in 1937 but there was significant continuity with the previous one. Each of the institutions referred to in the Constitution — the presidency, the Oireachtas (parliament), the government and the courts — is given specific powers, to be exercised in accordance with the general principles of a British-style parliamentary democracy. However, the Constitution does have some significant non-British features. Most


Patient nonadherence to costly acne medications may be overcome by physicians telling patients upfront that preferred medications might be expensive.


The factors and the problems of the growing outpatiemt number in Ruijin hospital of Shanghai have been analyzed.It is proposed that patients can be distributed through effective government measures,through the establishment of outpatient medical services network,classification tiered service model for the growing number of non-local patients who rely on the establishment of special service channels,as well as the further improvement of computer information systems,positioning and function of the large hospital outpatient services can be further protected and achieved.


Carrier equipment auto exchange board add 4 wire EM interface linked to IRT 2000 point to multipoint microwave communication system, make sure oil field's electric network communication system running safely.


I was surprised and delighted at a recent conference when the complexity class Θ2p suddenly popped up in a talk (by Markus Holzer on work by him and Pierre McKenzie) where it is was not exactly something one would have before-hand expected to come into play. After hearing the rest of Markus's remarkable talk (which he illustrated using toys from his daughter), I was much hoping that the authors would be so kind as to write a guest column; they very generously agreed to, and that column appears below.So, what is Θ2p? Θ2p is the class of languages acceptable via parallel access to NP, and has many equivalent alternate definitions and characterizations (see [KSW87, Hem89, Wag90]), such as the one used in the paper below. This class was first studied by Papadimitriou and and Zachos in 1983 [PZ83] (though in a form that at that time was not known to be equivalent to the definition just mentioned), and has played an important role in complexity theory, e.g., Kadin [Kad89] proved that the polynomial-time hierarchy collapses to Θ2p if NP has sparse Turing-complete sets. Recently, the class has turned out to play other surprising roles, such as in analyzing the complexity of electoral systems (see the survey [HH00]) and in understanding the performance of greedy algorithms [HR98, HRS01]. In fact, a survey column a few years ago was devoted to overviewing such raised-to-Θ2p lower bounds [HHR97].Bill Gasarch and SIGACT News need YOU! That is, the next issue will contain a guest column edited by Bill Gasarch, which will collection opinions on the future of the P-versus-NP question. Bill very much wants a broad range of opinions, and will be setting up a web page (http://www.cs.umd.edu/~gasarch/pnp/) describing how you can get your opinions to him. He may even put up a series of polling questions there, so please go there, vote early, and vote often!And in the issues following that will be articles by M. Schaeffer and C. Umans on complete sets at and beyond the polynomial hierarchy's second level, by A. Nickelsen and T. Tantau on partial information classes, and by R. Paturi on the complexity of k-SAT.


Given a formal context, an ordinal factor is a subset of its incidence relation that forms a chain in the concept lattice, i.e., a part of the dataset that corresponds to a linear order. To visualize the data in a formal context, Ganter and Glodeanu proposed a biplot based on two ordinal factors. For the biplot to be useful, it is important that these factors comprise as much data points as possible, i.e., that they cover a large part of the incidence relation. In this work, we investigate such ordinal two-factorizations. First, we investigate for formal contexts that omit ordinal two-factorizations the disjointness of the two factors. Then, we show that deciding on the existence of two-factorizations of a given size is an NP-complete problem which makes computing maximal factorizations computationally expensive. Finally, we provide the algorithm Ord2Factor that allows us to compute large ordinal two-factorizations.


Background:
 Symptomatic carotid stenosis is associated with elevated myocardial infarction (MI) risk. Better risk prediction and intervention targets may help reduce adverse cardiac events. Coated-platelets, a subset of procoagulant platelets observed upon dual agonist stimulation with collagen and thrombin, predict stroke recurrence in symptomatic carotid disease, but the association with MI risk is unknown. Here we assess whether coated-platelets predict MI or sudden cardiac death (SCD) in symptomatic carotid stenosis.

 Methods:
 Patients with symptomatic ≥50% carotid artery stenosis were enrolled and coated-platelet levels assayed within 92 hours of stroke onset. Demographics, comorbidities and interventions were recorded. MI (4
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 universal definition) and SCD (death from MI or arrhythmia) were determined by chart review and confirmed by blinded adjudication. The Area Under the Curve (AUC) was calculated for coated-platelet levels for predicting MI or SCD and the most sensitive and specific cutoff identified using Youdon's Index. Predictors of MI or SCD were determined by Cox Proportional Hazards analysis.

 Results:
 We enrolled 179 patients (mean age 67, 85% male, 43% diabetic, 44% smokers, 45% with coronary disease, 26% with carotid revascularization at discharge). Eleven MI's (5 fatal) and 4 SCD's without MI (8.4%) occurred over 10.1±3.6 months. Baseline coated-platelets ≥54.6% were associated with risk of MI or SCD (AUC, 0.687±0.0842, p=0.0265, 53% sensitivity, 85% specificity). Age (HR=1.074, p=0.0187) and the interaction between elevated coated-platelets and carotid revascularization at discharge (HR=37.6, p=0.0182) were retained as significant on multivariate analysis.

 Conclusions:
 Our findings revealed a 37.6 increased hazard of MI or SCD among revascularized symptomatic carotid stenosis patients with ≥54.6% coated-platelets. A high rate of often fatal MI was also noted after revascularization, supporting the need to optimize cardiovascular risk management. Our results suggest a role for coated-platelets as biomarkers of perioperative cardiovascular risk and as potential novel treatment targets to reduce perioperative adverse cardiac events in symptomatic carotid stenosis.


Pathan ZA, Chaudappa JS, Parshawnath HA, Lakshmi DKB Cardiac tamponade as the first presenting symptom of metastatic malignancy is very rare. A 45 year male presented with dyspnea and productive cough. Chest X-ray, echocardiogram and ECG showed pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade. Pericardial fluid cytology revealed metastatic adenocarcinoma probably from lung. CT scan of chest showed collapsed lower lobe of left lung with a 2.4x2cm non enhancing hypodense lesion, along with enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes confirming the cytological diagnosis of pulmonary carcinoma. ardiac tamponade, cytology, pulmonary adenocarcinoma


ABSTRACT There are hypes towards blockchain-based traceability systems (BCTS) both from academia and industry. This paper discusses challenges and policy recommendations for BCTS from a viewpoint of industrial application and market competition. First, the potentials of BCTS and the gaps between the ideal and the reality of BCTS are elaborated. Second, we discuss the applicability of BCTS. Third, by a game-theoretic model, we study when supply chains should invest in BCTS. Investment is recommended when investment cost is relatively low compared to the price and market competition is less intense. A prisoner's dilemma arises when investment cost is at a moderate level.


An experiment was carried out to study whether low-light-induced damage to the photosynthetic system in leaves of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum cv. Deltapine) which are below the compensation point in the canopy can be arrested and reversed by increased illumination. In addition it was intended to find out whether the photosynthetic system in leaves of shade plants show a greater resistance to low-light-induced damage than leaves of plants from more exposed habitats.

The plants were grown at high density, and increased illumination to the shade leaves in the canopy was achieved by thinning the stand. Thinning was carried out at two stages and its effects on the decline in the photosynthetic capacity of the 4th leaf were followed. An early thinning was carried out shortly after the 4th leaf dropped below the compensation point and a late thinning 2 weeks later. Comparison was also made between the low-light-induced damage to the photosynthetic capacity of the 4th leaf in plants grown under two light regimes during the progressive increase in self-shading of the 4th leaf within the canopy.

It was observed that both types of thinning arrested the low-light-induced damage to the photosynthetic system in shade leaves. The decline in photosynthetic capacity of the 4th leaf was stopped after both early and late thinning. The dry weight of the shoot system in the early and late thinned plants was not significantly different. It was double that of the control plants. The plants thinned early did not have higher shoot weight than the late thinned plants since there was a rapid shedding of flowers and fruits after early thinning. The 4th leaf in the early thinned plants showed a 30% increase in chlorophyll content and dry weight per unit leaf area. It is suggested that shedding of flowers and fruits, and increases in chlorophyll and dry weight per unit leaf area in the early thinned plants were caused by a change in the hormonal balance of the plants.

The photosynthetic system in leaves of shade plants showed a greater resistance to damage by low light intensity than the photosynthetic system in leaves of plants grown at higher light intensities.


Might a process of e-learning design and development shed light on what students know and understand about learning? Can such insights help regenerate anachronistic notions of assessment, contributing the integrity required to meet changing expectations of education? An opportunity to undertake this doctoral investigation occurred by way of GENESIS (Generating E-learning Systems in Schools): an Australian Research Council funded Linkage partnership with three schools. GENESIS, driven by student inquiry, and comprising teachers, community members, academics and multimedia programmers, is growing a community investigation into hard-to-learn science and technology ideas students are passionate about understanding. GENESIS will design and develop an e-learning environment which provokes and supports deep engagement, and to describe, explain and understand its evolution.


Librarianship is generally considered to be concerned with the principle and practice of selecting, acquiring, organizing, disseminating and providing access to information in accordance with the specific needs of groups of people or an individual. As every practicing librarian knows, rapid developments in the global communication infrastructure in the last decade or so have seriously fudged, loosened and erased the boundaries of librarianship as we know it. Taking a broader perspective of the purpose of librarianship and beyond, this presentation attempts to clarify, redefine, reshape and expand the boundaries of our concerns as we move forward to more disruptive changes. The purpose is not to offer predictions, solutions or answers but rather to initiate and provoke the reflection and discussion that must take place amongst us in order for our profession to meet with the challenges of the future.


There is increasing interest in low-cost, scalable approaches that support parent engagement in their children's learning at home. This study examined the impact of one such approach on pre-kindergarteners' literacy development during an academic year in a suburban public school setting that prioritized enrollment for children living in poverty. Parents were randomly assigned within children's classrooms to receive either: (a) a language and literacy text messaging program or (b) a health and well-being text messaging program. Unexpectedly, findings indicated that children entering the school year with higher skill levels benefited from the language/literacy program while those with lower initial skill levels benefited from the health/well-being program. Although this approach shows promise in impacting some children's literacy skills, it is clear that "one size" does not fit all families and that some families may benefit from text messages on basic needs such as sleep, nutrition, health, and behavior.


World Wide Web (Web) site usability - for better or worse - affects millions of users on a daily basis. As the capabilities of the Web continue to expand through HTML extensions, VRML, Java, and ActiveX, site designers are becoming overwhelmed by a proliferation of viable interaction techniques. Just because a technology is possible, however, does not mean it is desirable, nor that it is being incorporated in a productive manner. Many Web sites, both those connected to the Internet and those available through an institutional intranet, have become cluttered with useless and confusing, albeit cool, new features.


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 Personal observations are given on habits, habitat, and notes of Certlmlauda curvirostris.

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 Certain call–notes may be connected with the feeding of juvenals and the keeping together of family parties.

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 Breeding cycle is correlated with latitude.

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 There are grounds for accepting two forms of Long–bill Lark in South West Africa and all the forms of Long–bill Larks as geographical races of one species, including C. subcoronata Smith and C. falcirostris Reichenow.

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 In all, seven geographical races are recognizable in specimens in the National Collection. Other races have been described whose validity has not been checked.


"Walking, Working, and Tinkering: Perception and Practice in Environmentalism" examines the venerated status of certain practices in the history of American environmentalism, particularly wilderness walking, traditional farming, and the scientific fieldwork of naturalists. These practices, which, following Foucault, I call "environmental techniques of the self," are held up as ways of enacting, restoring, or cultivating a rightful relationship to the natural world. Specifically, I examine Henry David Thoreau on walking, Wendell Berry on work, Martin Heidegger on "dwelling," and Aldo Leopold on ecological fieldwork. Through critical engagements with these authors I show how environmental techniques of the self tend to enact ecological subjectivities with reference to various figurations of perceptual truth, and how in this way they perform "nature" as a normative and critical concept. However, I suggest that traditional ecocritical practices are ill suited to a world that no longer seems holistically natural. Seeking an alternative modality of ecological practice I explore an underacknowledged affinity between environmental philosophy and the practice of tinkering. Dissertation Defense Committee: Professor Jane Bennett, Professor William E. Connolly, Professor Jennifer Culbert, Professor Anne Eakin Moss, Professor Douglas Mao


The STAT3 signaling pathway regulates activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) and promotes its fibrogenic behavior. Using a fragment‐based drug design approach, our group has developed HJC0416, a novel orally bioavailable small‐molecule inhibitor of STAT3. HJC0416 was found to induce apoptosis and decreased tumor growth in breast cancer models. In the present study, we studied the antifibrogenic properties of HJC0416 in activated hepatic stellate cells (HSC), which are the major effector cells of liver fibrosis.


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Potentiodynamic polarization and linear polarization resistance corrosion rate measurements were carried out to study the corrosion inhibition of mild steel in 1% NaCl saturated with CO2 by some novel surfactants type of fatty acids derivatives synthesized based on palm oil and monoethanolamine. The surface tension at 298 K was measured; the critical micelle concentration (CMC) and some surface active parameters were calculated. The inhibition efficiency was found to increase with increasing concentration. The results obtained show that the prepared surfactants act as mixed-type inhibitors. The inhibitive effect of these compounds was explained on the basis of adsorption on the metal surface. The adsorption process follows Langmuir adsorption isotherm. Some activated thermodynamic parameters were computed and discussed.


Bioassay monitoring of occupational workers handling uranium (U) is done by analyzing either overnight or 24 h urine samples. U content in these samples is determined by ion exchange technique followed by alpha spectrometry which has Minimum Detectable Activity (MDA) of about 40 ng for 1 d counting time. The need is to detect daily urinary excretion of 21 ng in case of Type S U(nat.) compounds, so as to record Committed Effective Dose (CED) corresponding to 1 mSv. Fission track analysis (FTA) technique in solution media was therefore standardized using Pnuematic Carrier Facility (PCF) of Dhruva reactor for estimation of low levels U in bioassay samples.


The crystal structure of Fe(CO)4(HgCl·py)2 has been determined by X-ray diffraction analysis: the iron atom is octahedrally co-ordinated by four carbonyl groups and two mercury atoms but the co-ordination of the mercury atoms involving one iron atom, two chlorine atoms, one pyridine nitrogen atom, and a possible mercury–mercury bond is not simple.


Summary form only given, as follows. In Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator-II (PBFA-II) experiments at Sandia National Laboratories, intense beams of 10 MeV Li ions are focussed onto targets, heating them to tens of eV. The pulse width of the Li beams is 15-20 nsec, and the peak power and current densities at the target are 1-2 TW/cm/sup 2/ and 0.2-0.4 MA/cm/sup 2/, respectively. Numerical simulations of the heating of thin (/spl sim/ 1 /spl mu/m) "plastic sandwich" targets composed of CH/Al/Au/CH layers are performed using a 1-D radiation-hydrodynamics code. Energy deposition by the beam is modeled using a stopping power model which includes the effects of both bound and free electrons. A detailed line radiation transport model is used to calculate radiation losses from the lower-Z regions. Plasma temperatures are deduced by analyzing inner-shell (K/sub /spl alpha// satellite) emission spectra observed from the Al. The goal of the study is to develop a good understanding of the essential physics of the experiments by obtaining a consistent picture between the temperature deduced from the Al K/sub /spl alpha// satellite spectra, the ion beam diagnostics, and the radiation-hydrodynamics simulations.


................................................................................................................................ iii Acknowledgements .............................................................................................................. iv Chapter 1: Introduction ......................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Erie ................................................................................ 1 1.1.1 Background ............................................................................................................ 1 1.1.2 Factors Affecting the Buoyancy and Growth of Microcystis ................................... 3 1.2 HAB Tracker forecast model ......................................................................................... 3 1.3 Research Approach ....................................................................................................... 5 Chapter 2: Microcystis Buoyancy ........................................................................................ 6 2.1 Background ................................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Research Objectives & Hypotheses .............................................................................. 8 2.3 Methods ......................................................................................................................... 8 2.4 Results ......................................................................................................................... 14 2.5 Discussion ................................................................................................................... 23 2.6 Conclusion ................................................................................................................... 27 Chapter 3: Hindcast Skill Assessment Using the Fractions Skill Score ........................ 28 3.1 Background ................................................................................................................. 28 3.2 Research Objectives & Hypotheses ............................................................................ 30 3.3 Methods ....................................................................................................................... 31 3.3.1 Data Description ................................................................................................... 31 3.3.2 The Fractions Skill Score Computation Process .................................................. 31 3.3.3 The Modified Fractions Skill Score Method .......................................................... 33 3.3.4 Data Analysis ........................................................................................................ 34 3.3.5 Method Verification ............................................................................................... 34 3.4 Results ......................................................................................................................... 35 3.4.1 Method Verification ............................................................................................... 35 3.4.2 The Hindcast Skill Statistics of the HAB Tracker .................................................. 36 3.5 Discussion ................................................................................................................... 45 3.5.1 Selection of a Useful Neighborhood Size ............................................................. 45 3.5.2 The Advantage of the Model Forecast over the Persistence Forecast ................. 45 3.6 Conclusion ................................................................................................................... 46 Chapter 4: A social science approach to understanding the impact of HABs on Lake Erie anglers .......................................................................................................................... 47 4.1 Background ................................................................................................................. 47 4.2 Research Objectives and Research Questions ........................................................... 47 4.3 Methods ....................................................................................................................... 48 4.3.1 Using Grounded Theory to Understand Angler HAB Forecasting Needs ............. 48 4.3.2 Qualitative Data Collection Using Focus Groups, Polling, and a Survey ............. 48 4.3.3 Focus Group Participants ..................................................................................... 49 4.3.4 Focus Group Structure ......................................................................................... 51 4.3.5 Data Analysis Using Conventional Content Analysis ........................................... 53 4.3.6 Quality Assurance ................................................................................................ 54 4.4 Results and Discussion ............................................................................................... 54 4.4.1 Interpreting Angler Decision-Making through Multiple Variables .......................... 54 4.4.2 Participant HAB Tracker Recommendations ........................................................ 68 4.4.3 Participant Recommendations for Communications about HABs ........................ 73


Users have played a prominent role as "objects of study" in HCI, CSCW, and HRI (Human-Robot Interaction). Researchers have begun to problematize the asymmetric relationship between technical experts and users. In this paper, we focus on how roboticists-borrowing a term from Steve Woolgar-"configure" their robot users. Instead of focusing on what roboticists think of their robots or what users think of robots, we ask, "What do roboticists think of users'" Utilizing two exercises we call futuristic stories and value index cards, we conducted semi-structured interviews with roboticists to examine their discourse on robotics, robots, and users. We found that roboticists framed users as inevitably transforming from a naïve user to a sensible user equipped to handle their ideal, utilitarian robot. Our findings illustrate that roboticists and designers need to make transparent what forms of future users they desire and expect in their design processes.


The average wind speed on the offshore is higher than on the onshore and the change of velocity by warm current, altitude or direction is small. The noise of offshore wind generation is not as big as those on the land. Therefore, is possible to increase the tip speed from 60m/sec to 100m/sec by enlarging and speeding up the fan. This is why the potential of offshore wind generation is enormous. Currently, it became so enlarged rapidly that the unit capacity of wind generators reaches up to 6㎿. Moreover, it is a trend to build huge offshore wind generation park where there is much wind resource not only in Korea but also throughout the world. Then, This paper introduces the current level of domestic and foreign technical development of offshore wind generation, its future value and improvement.


In 2019-2020, studies were conducted in the orchards of Armavir region of Armenia to find out the population of different species and varieties of phytophagous lice. Studies have shown that of all the fruit trees apple tree and plum tree are the most in-habited by the ticks. The apple tree was the most populated by the Star krimson variety – 51.8 and 48.5%, and the plum tree by Wengerka italian variety – 47.5 and 42.2%.


Based on the heuristic nonlinear creep model, the coupled nonlinear differential equations for the motion of a two-axle bogie moving on curved tracks are derived, considering the inertia forces. To illustrate the accuracy of the analysis, the limiting case is examined. Finally, the difference between the influences of the suspension parameters on the critical hunting speed evaluated by the linear creep model and the nonlinear creep model is compared. In addition, the influences of the suspension parameters on the critical hunting speed with various radius of curvature are also presented.


More than 100 pteropod specimens were collected from each of the Eocene Shikiyama and Oniike formations in the Amakusa area, Kumamoto Prefecture, Southwest Japan. These fossils constitute the first Paleogene pteropod record from Japan. The pteropods from the Shikiyama Formation consist of five species, including Limacina canadaensis Hodgkinson, L. pygmaea (Lamarck), and Praehyalocylis annulata (Tate). The pteropods from the Oniike Formation consist of six species, including Limacina canadaensis, L. lotschi (Tembrock), Creseis hastata (Meyer), C. simplex (Meyer), and Praehyalocylis annulata. Both of these pteropod faunas are characterized by the predominance of Limacina in species diversity and specimen abundance. The faunas are similar to the pteropod faunas from the Middle to Upper Eocene of Europe and the east coast of North America in terms of generic composition and the predominance of Limacina.


The singular inner factor of the scattering matrix of a system of ordinary differential equations is computed directly in explicit form in terms of the equation coefficients. It is shown that the set of complex roots of the scattering matrix has a serial structure that is matched with the structure of its singular factor.


A thorough understanding of the decomposition of perfluoropolyether (PFPE) lubricants is crucial to achieve heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR). In contrast to previous studies, which focused o...


Linguistic research benefits from the wide range of resources and software tools developed for natural language processing (NLP) tasks. However, NLP has a strong historical bias towards written language, thereby making these resources and tools often inadequate to address research questions related to the linguistic patterns of spontaneous speech. In this preliminary study, we investigate whether corpora of movie and TV subtitles can be employed to estimate data-driven NLP models adapted to conversational speech. In particular, the presented work explore lexical and syntactic distributional aspects across three genres (conversational, written and subtitles) and three languages (French, English and Taiwan Mandarin). Ongoing work focuses on comparing these three genres on the basis of deeper syntactic conversational patterns , using graph-based modelling and visualisation.


Phase I of the IMIS project examined the feasibility of implementing an Integrated Motorist Information System in a corridor located in New York (northern Long Island). The results are documented in report numbers FHWA-RD-77-47, 48, and 49 Under Phase II of IMIS (the present phase) the methodology for performing an IMIS feasibility study was generalized and put into "Handbook" form for use by practicing traffic engineers. (The Handbook is printed as a separate document). This report reviews the Phase II activities and presents the results of applying the Handbook to a "test corridor" in California and the validation of the benefit assessment methodology. The application provides a complete example of an IMIS feasibility study and should therefore be of particular interest to Handbook users. /FHWA/


In the last years, new approaches for feature extraction from high resolution SAR images have been presented. One of them is the deterministic approach for building height retrieval from double reflection contribution on SAR images of urban areas. Actually, promising results can be guaranteed only if a high aprioristic knowledge of involved radar and scene parameters is available, but this requirement is not always satisfied. For this reason, here we investigate the influence of an imperfect knowledge of the scene on the final result of building height estimation. In particular, by means of sensitivity analyses and simulation examples, the influence on the height retrieval of an error on the knowledge of the angle between the building wall and the radar flight trajectory is investigated and discussed.


has been widely used for bending configurations. Here B is the thickness of the specimen, ( W a) is the uncracked ligament length, a is the crack length and a is the area under the load-displacement curve. For this concept, the basic input required is the area under the load-versus-displacement plot of the cracked specimen. Underwood has recently described a technique for measuring area under a curve by mapping it equal to the area of a trapezoid. The purpose of this paper is to suggest a simple and accurate method for obtaining the area under a curve which will be useful in determining the fracture toughness of a material using the load-versus-displacement plot.


Abstract The problem of phase transition in ferroelectric systems is regarded on the base of non-Gaussian functionals representation. Both short and long range interparticles interactions and external transverse field are taken into consideration. The partition function functional coefficients depends on temperature and energy parameters of a chosen "reference system" (a set of non-interacting with each other intracell groups of particles, so called clusters), while for the usual Ising model they are constants. This circumstance is a source of a rigorous restrictions for the possible reference system parameters, especially, at low temperatures when a quantum peculiarities of the system becomes important. The region of admissible internal and external parameters under which the investigated cluster ferroelectric system remains stable is investigated.


Vol. 29, No. 5, 2017 657 Received September 9, 2016, Accepted for publication October 10, 2016 Corresponding author: Soyun Cho, Department of Dermatology, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, 20 Boramae-ro 5-gil, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 07061, Korea. Tel: 82-2-870-2381, Fax: 82-2-870-3866, E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright © The Korean Dermatological Association and The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology disease (HHD), respectively. SERCA2 and SPCA1 regulate the Ca levels of the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus. Translation, translocation, folding, and processing of adhesional molecule of keratinocyte are closely related with Ca levels; mutations affecting the Ca pumps induce histologically acantholysis and dyskeratosis. An earlier study revealed that SERCA2 and SPCA1 staining was less intense than normal in both DD and HHD skin, but SERCA2 was more affected in DD patients and SPCA1 in those with HHD. We found that the SERCA2 staining intensity was similar in both tissues, but SPCA1 expression level was much reduced in IFAD compared to normal tissue. Thus, IFAD seems to be more closely associated with low-level SPCA1 expression. In summary, to the best of our knowledge, our present IFAD case is the first to be associated with DLE. Although further work is required, our study showed that SPCA1 expression was reduced in IFAD tissue; SPCA1 may thus play a role in disease pathogenesis.


Optical QPSK label recognition using time-to-space conversion, spatial two-dimensional correlation and postprocessing with slits and a delay compensator is proposed. Two-symbol labels at with a reference pulse 160 G baud are numerically proved to be distinguished.


Objective To evaluate the clinical nursing path in laparoscopic ovarian cysts in patients with the implementation of results on how to build a high-quality.High efficiency.The cost of laparoscopic ovarian cyst resection of the patient's nursing path.Methods 84 cases of ovarian cysts resection were randomly divided into experimental and control groups.42 cases of the control group using traditional model of medical care;implementation of the experimental group 42 cases of clinical nursing path.Comparison of the two groups were observed.Results The two groups of patients in the postoperative body temperature,get out of bed the first time activities,exhaust time,the number of days hospitalized,hospital costs,patient satisfaction and health knowledge of the situation and there exist significant differences.Conclusion The clinical nursing path processes reasonable,good results for laparoscopic ovarian cysts in patients with perioperative care,which can effectively improve the quality of care and patient satisfaction,it is widely used.


Crowing evidence indicates that oxidized low density lipoprotein (LDL) nay promote atherogenesis. Therefore, inhibition of LDL oxidation may impede this process. The effect of geraniin on the susceptibility of human low density lipoprotein (LDL) to macrophages-induced oxidation was investigated by monitoring a thiobarbiruric acid reactive substrance (TBARS). The antioxidative activity of geraniin was higher than that of -tocopherol on low density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation by thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS). Geraniin inhibited the C mediated oxidation of human LDL in a dose dependent manner at concentration of 50 and 100 /mL. Geraniin, almost completely inhibited the macrophages mediated LDL oxidation in electrophoretic mobility and conjugate diene of LDL oxidation. Also, geraniin almost completely inhibited 0 at concentration of 100 /mL. The physiological relevance of the antioxidative activity was validated at the cellular level where geraniin inhibited endothelial cell mediated LDL oxidation, When compound with several other antioxidants geraniin showed a high activity equal to natural antioxidants, -tocopherol and ascorbic acid, and the synthetic antioxidant, protocol. These results indicate that geraniin might play a protective antioxidant effects on LDL, probably affecting both the structural properties of macrophage and endothelial cell for the LDL oxidation..


Scenario Based Training In an Aviation Training Environment Trends in aviation training (i.e., the changes in pilot instruction proposed by the industry training standards represent changes in the content and delivery of pilot instruction) indicate a shift from traditional maneuver based training approach to incorporate training that is scenario based, which requires different skills and competencies. In this project, the author attempted to solve this problem by designing a PowerPoint presentation of strategies and techniques that pilot instructors new to the operational training environment can utilize when teaching scenario based training (SBT). The strategies are based on methods and techniques utilized by instructors/researchers who have spent years in the field of aviation education researching topics such as how to develop, implement, or manage SBT in an aviation operational environment.


Abstr act: In today's world, the concept of spirituality – which is more and more complex – has attracted a great deal of interest. As first named and developed in the Roman Catholic context, it now has become universal and nearly all-embracing. Today, not all current conceptions of spirituality are grounded in, or linked to religion. The Western thought has been dealing with it for some time now and the Polish academic milieu is likely to follow suit. Thus helping people mature in their spirituality has become far more demanding than it used to be in the past when one could refer to a set of guidelines, prescriptions or commandments developed within traditional religions. In this paper, we try to describe various concepts of spirituality and analyze some universal theoretical and empirically-based proposals of assessing when someone's spiritual growth is healthy and when it is not.


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In this paper a systematic study begins of the category b-UFIL of buniform filter spaces and b-uniformly continuous mappings. We will show that this construct forms a quasitopos in which quotients are stable under products. Consequently, it is extremely useful for further studies in the realm of Bounded topology.


This study examined the effects of collocation-based instruction on L2 vocabulary acquisition and learners' interests in it. Fifty one students were...


Concern about ambient sulfur dioxide (SO2) concentrations has resulted in restrictions being placed on the combustion of high sulfur coals in many parts of the world. New Zealand coals vary widely in sulfur content, with variations between 0.16% and 5.05% sulfur being reported. Roughly 15% of all coal burnt in New Zealand has a sulfur content in excess of 1.5%. Fly ash slurry from high sulfur (3%) Pirongia coal has a measured pH in excess of 11. The alkalinity of the fly ash presents a potential adsorption/absorption media for FGD. To examine this concept a small scale pilot plant consisting of a fabric filter followed by a packed tower which used alkaline ash pond water as an absorption medium was set up to treat a slipstream flow of boiler flue gas. The tests showed that the fabric filter was capable of removing 30-60% of the sulfur dioxide and that provided the packed tower scrubbing liquor was maintained at a pH greater than 3.5, the removal efficiency of SO2 was greater than 95%.


A series of indoor and outdoor cultivation experiments on Prorocentrum Donghaiense are studied.Through the research on their absorption spectra characteristics with different growth period and different light intensity,the possible mechanisms of their outbreak are discussed.The results show that the difference of absorption spectra characteristics in different period is obvious and it is most suitable for the growth of Prorocentrum Donghaiense when the shading rate is 77.7%.


Abstract Manually building models of complex objects is usually very difficult. 3D scanning can provide accurate models, but the required processing of very large data sets is time-consuming and not suitable for real-time applications. This paper presents a novel method that uses a series of images to represent an object. Initially, we obtain many images by photographing in different spatial directions. Each image matches a vector of an observed direction. During real-time rendering, the image closest to the eye direction is selected and shown. We call this method of model building the image-view pairs (IVP) model. The IVP model can support dynamic shadows in addition to static shadows. This paper proposes a method based upon affine transformation and multitexturing. IVP objects also support collision detection. Experiments show that the proposed IVP objects look realistic and require less processing power and memory. Moreover, the displayed scene runs very smoothly. The proposed method can be very useful for large real-time applications.


We consider differentiable maps having an invariant torus with
normal behavior having a central part. We prove the existence
and regularity of pseudostable manifolds and regularity with respect
to parameters.
Then we prove a lambda lemma in this setting for $C^2$ maps.