In petroleum exploration and production, porosity, permeability and fractures are most important parameters petrophysical for the evaluation hydrocarbon reservoir. This study presents aims to investigate types and quality of porosity distribution, permeability, and effect of diagenetic processes on them by combining the result of core analysis, well logging and the study of thin section in two wells of Asmary formation. Also, fractures, diagenetic processes extention, types porosity, procedure permeability identification, of Asmari reservoir using velocity-deviation log. VDL is calculated by first converting porosity log data to a synthetic velocity log using the time-average equation of Wyllie. The difference between the real sonic log and the synthetic velocity log from porosity logs can be shown as a VDL. According, 6 types of porosity were recognized in the formation under investigation. We recognized that fracture porosity is among the most important factors that increase permeability and quality reservoir, by connecting the pores to each other. Oslo diagenetic processes have their influence in different intervals of reservoir. Dolomitization and Cementation are the most important factors in the increase and decrease of the Asmary reservoir quality respectively. This study showed that there are acceptable accordance between the results from the petrophysical and petrographica investigation.


Aims. Evidence is beginning to be put forward that demonstrates the role of the chromosphere in supplying energy and mass to the corona. We aim to asses the role of chromospheric jets in active region dynamics.

Methods. Using a combination of the Hinode/SOT Ca II H and TRACE 1550 A and 1600 A filters we examine chromospheric jets situated at the edge of a sunspot.

Results. Analysis reveals a near continuous series of jets, that raise chromospheric material into the low corona above a sunspot. The jets have average rise speeds of 30 km/s
and a range of 10−100 km/s. Enhanced emission observed at the jets leading edge suggests the formation of a shock front. Increased emission in TRACE bandpasses above the sunspot and the disappearance of the jets from the Ca II filter suggests that some of the chromospheric jet material is at least heated to ∼ 0.1 MK. The evidence suggests that the jets could be a mechanism which provides a steady, low-level heating for active region features.


A new design for a photovoltaic concentrator, the most recent advance based on the Kohler concept, is presented. The system is mirror-based, and with geometry that guaranties a maximum sunlight collection area (without shadows, like those caused by secondary stages or receivers and heat-sinks in other mirror-based systems). Designed for a concentration of 1000x, this off axis system combines both good acceptance angle and good irradiance uniformity on the solar cell. The advanced performance features (concentration-acceptance products –CAP- about 0.73 and affordable peak and average irradiances) are achieved through the combination of four reflective folds combined with four refractive surfaces, all of them free-form, performing Köhler integration 2. In Köhler devices, the irradiance uniformity is not achieved through additional optical stages (TIR prisms), thus no complex/expensive elements to manufacture are required. The rim angle and geometry are such that the secondary stage and receivers are hidden below the primary mirrors, so maximum collection is assured. The entire system was designed to allow loose assembly/alignment tolerances (through high acceptance angle) and to be manufactured using already well-developed methods for mass production, with high potential for low cost. The optical surfaces for Köhler integration, although with a quite different optical behavior, have approximately the same dimensions and can be manufactured with the same techniques as the more traditional secondary optical elements used for concentration (typically plastic injection molding or glass molding). This paper will show the main design features, along with realistic performance simulations considering all spectral characteristics of the elements involved.


The graphene oxide-deionized water (GO-DW) and graphene oxide-ethylence glycol (GO-EG) nanofluids were synthesized. The better suspension of nanofluids was achieved. The thermal conductivity of both nanofluids was analyzed. It indicates that GO nanoparticles can strengthen the thermal conductivity of DW base fluids by 22.6%–61.7% and EG base fluids by 15.3%–32.8%. Four copper heat pipes charged with GO-DW and GO-EG nanofluids as well as DW and EG base fluids were experimentally researched, it is discovered that the addition of GO nonoparticles in heat pipe can elevate the condenser wall temperature and reduce the temperature difference. Future analysis finds that, with respect to DW and EG fluids heat pipe, the thermal resistances of GO-DW and GO-EG nanofluids heat pipe are respectively decreased 42.6–52.4% and 31.9%–38.4% for air cooling, and 15.5–16.7% and 11.5%–18.9% for water cooling at condenser section. Besides, the wick structure of GO-DW nanofluids heat pipe was examined by Scanning Electron Microscope, and the effective thermal conductivity of fluid-wick combination was evaluated. The outcomes demonstrate that the evaporator wick surface contains about 0375–1.24μm coating film of GO nanoparticles. Assumed the coating film is 0.75μm, the effective thermal conductivity of fluid-wick combination is respectively enhanced by 66.92 % for GO-DW nonofluids heat pipe and 37.32% for GO-EG nonofluids heat pipe at 70 °C.


Because of the rapid uptake of information and communication technology (ICT), understanding the ways in which information seeking has changed over the past decade is crucial to gaining a picture of how information literacy needs may also be changing in the electronic age. This qualitative research took an interpretivist/ constructivist approach in examining the ways in which access to electronic information-seeking affects the information literacy needs of 15 research students in an Australian university setting. An ethnographic technique, the interview, was used for the data collection. Three particular areas, related to information seeking and use, were selected: (1) information source use because of the burgeoning availability of electronic sources; (2) knowing when to stop collecting information because the advent of the Internet has the consequence of greater quantities of information being more easily available than was the case in the past; and 3) managing information following its collection, which has also been affected by the vast amount of information that is now accessible. The conclusion points to enhanced roles for both supervisors and academic librarians, with the need for the latter to become perceived as educators within their university communities.


The lack of resources has driven healthcare management studies to recognise Private and Public Partnerships (PPP) as the solution in managing efficiency, effectiveness and profitability of technological innovation. Recent researchers have identified the buying model called Managed Equipment Service (MES), in which purchaser and seller share the risks of technology's management and use, as an optimal problem-solving method. The aim of this research is to analyse the potential economic-financial and organizational benefits of MES introduction in healthcare, in particular for the acquisition of the diagnostic imaging technologies. The research applies the case study method. We have examined a representative Italian Local Health Authority for its dimensions, managerial characteristics and case-mix offered but, especially, for its high health standards. In the study we have involved the strategic figure of radiographer in diagnostic imaging. The data has been elaborated through statistical analysis to observe the correlations. Evidence demonstrates that MES costs are lower than all the other planning and purchasing methods analysed (between 11% - 239%). When correlations between age of facilities and effectiveness of provided services is strong, MES grants the maintenance of a lower average age of technologies and a more efficient use of resources and significant margins of profitability. The emerging model of PPP is a possible solution to the current issues surrounding economic and financial sustainability of healthcare systems, considered the fewer resources and the technological progress. MES in healthcare appears to be a highly efficient way of managing innovation, in particular for diagnostic imaging technologies.
Keywords: Public Private Partnership (PPP), Managed Equipment Service (MES), middle-high technologies, diagnostic imaging.


We investigate how carbon taxes combined with output-based rebating (OBR) in an open economy perform in interaction with the carbon policies of a large neighboring trading partner. Analytical results suggest that whether the purpose of the OBR policy is to compensate firms for carbon tax burdens or to maximize welfare (accounting for global emission reductions), the second-best OBR rate should be positive in most cases. Further, it should fall with the introduction of carbon taxation in the neighboring country, particularly if the neighbor refrains from OBR. Numerical simulations for Canada with the US as the neighboring trading partner, indicates that the impact of US policies on the second-best OBR rate will depend crucially on the purpose of the domestic OBR policies. If the aim is to restore the competitiveness of domestic emission-intensive, trade exposed (EITE) firms at the same level as before the introduction of its own carbon taxation for a given US carbon policy, we find that the domestic optimal OBR rates are relatively insensitive to the foreign carbon policies. If the aim is to compensate the firms for actions taken by the US following a Canadian carbon tax, the necessary domestic OBR rates will be lower if also the US regulates its emissions, particularly if the US refrains from OBR. If the goal is rather to increase the efficiency of Canadian policies in an economy-wide sense by accounting for carbon leakage, the US policies have but a minor reducing impact on domestic optimal OBR rates.


Halogen bonding is a noncovalent interaction where an electrophilic cap on a halogen atom, the so-called σ-hole, attracts a nucleophilic site on an adjacent molecule. The polarizability of halogens relates to the strength of the σ-hole, and accordingly the halogen-halogen distance becomes shorter in the order of Cl, Br, and I. Fully fluoro-substituted aromatic molecules, on the contrary, are generally believed not to form halogen bonds due to the absence of a σ-hole. Here, we study atomic-scale in-plane F-F contacts with high-resolution force microscopy. Our ab initio calculations show that the attractive dispersion forces can overcome the electrostatic repulsion between the fluorine atoms, while the anisotropic distribution of the negative electrostatic potential leads the directional bond and even changes the gap. The coexistence of these two competing forces results in the formation of a "windmill" structure, containing three C-F···F bonds among neighboring molecules. While the σ-hole is absent, the scheme of the C-F···F bonding has a high similarity to halogen bonding.


The objective of the present work was to develop LC-MS/MS method for the determination ofMethyl-3-N [4-(3-Pyridinyl)-2-pyrimidinyl]-1,3-benzenediamine(PNMP) and 4-(4-Methylpiperazinomethyl) benzoic acid dihydrochloride(MPBA) content in Imatinib Mesylate on YMC –Basic, 250 X 4.6 mm 5mm column using a gradient mixture of solvent A ( 10mM ammonium formate , adjust the pH of the above solution to 7.0 using Aq.NH3) and solvent B (Methanol(70): Acetonotrile(30)). The flow rate is 1.0ml/min. Statistical analysis proved the method to repeatable, specific and accurate for estimation of PNMP and MPBA content. It can be used as a LCMS/ MS method due to effective quantification method for trace level potential genotoxic impurities.


We present Shap-E, a conditional generative model for 3D assets. Unlike recent work on 3D generative models which produce a single output representation, Shap-E directly generates the parameters of implicit functions that can be rendered as both textured meshes and neural radiance fields. We train Shap-E in two stages: first, we train an encoder that deterministically maps 3D assets into the parameters of an implicit function; second, we train a conditional diffusion model on outputs of the encoder. When trained on a large dataset of paired 3D and text data, our resulting models are capable of generating complex and diverse 3D assets in a matter of seconds. When compared to Point-E, an explicit generative model over point clouds, Shap-E converges faster and reaches comparable or better sample quality despite modeling a higher-dimensional, multi-representation output space. We release model weights, inference code, and samples at https://github.com/openai/shap-e.


High performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) procedures were utilized for the rapid and efficient separation and characterization of the aromatic heptaene macrolide group of antifungal antibiotics. The instrument utilized a 350 nm phosphor converted ultraviolet detector and a mu Bondapak C18 column packing. Optimum resolution of eleven commercial aromatic heptaene macrolide preparations was obtained with solvent systems consisting of mixtures of acetonitrile and 0.05 M aqueous sodium citrate buffer, pH 5.3. The presence of two distinct types of aromatic heptaene macrolides with numerous well-defined individual components has been established.


There are two ways of prediction broke or not broke. From number of research that occurred related with broke prediction, can be devided to two big groups, which are: (1) statistic analysis technique, such as linier regression, discriminant analysis, (2) computer base analysis, such as trait recognition, fuzzy system, etc.

In prediction of company bangkruptcy, researcher use one of prediction methods to proved accuracy level as the prediction instrument of company's bangkruptcy. Partial research compares accuracy level of prediction among the analysis model. The company does not conclude yet, whether there is a prediction model that best suit the measurement. This cause by: (1) every model have its own superiority and weakness, (2) the company sample characteristic differences (company sector, company size) also influence the choice of prediction model being used, (3) the company financial ratio as independent variable used in bangkruptcy prediction analysis are various and also different in the characteristic between any country.

Key words: bangkruptcy, accuracy model, prediction


The goal of this work is to find all occurrences of a particular person in a sequence of photographs taken over a short period of time. For identification, we assume each individual's hair and clothing stays the same throughout the sequence. Even with these assumptions, the task remains challenging as people can move around, change their pose and scale, and partially occlude each other. We propose a two stage method. First, individuals are identified by clustering frontal face detections using color clothing information. Second, a color based pictorial structure model is used to find occurrences of each person in images where their frontal face detection was missed. Two extensions improving the pictorial structure detections are also described. In the first extension, we obtain a better clothing segmentation to improve the accuracy of the clothing color model. In the second extension, we simultaneously consider multiple detection hypotheses of all people potentially present in the shot. Our results show that people can be re-detected in images where they do not face the camera. Results are presented on several sequences from a personal photo collection.


BACKGROUND
A dengue fever outbreak occurred in the interior of French Guiana from November 2005 onwards. An investigation, with epidemiological, entomological and public health inputs, was initiated. Its objectives were to confirm the outbreak, to describe the emergence of dengue fever in the High Maroni area and to initiate a specific public health response.

METHODS
The investigation was conducted in Maripasoula in February 2006, the biggest community in that part of the country. Definition criteria were used for suspected, probable and confirmed cases of dengue fever. An entomological evaluation for larvae and adult mosquitoes was carried out. Some personal and collective vector control measures were set up by the vector control team.

RESULTS
This survey identified 127 suspected dengue fever cases, whereas the epidemiological surveillance system detected only six probable and confirmed cases from the same place and for the same period. The proportion of dengue fever was higher in those people who had not travelled (23.5%) than within the population that had travelled (15.3%) in the three previous months (P = 0.01). Larvae of Stegomyia aegypti were found throughout the town, and adults were captured in 90.9% of the houses.

CONCLUSION
This is the first time that a dengue fever outbreak has been described beyond the coastal region of this French overseas Department.


Since the implementation of the congestion charge in Gothenburg on the first of January 2013, there has been a debate whether or not the congestion charge would harm the retail business. This concerns, in particular the retail stores located in the charging zone. The general aim of this study was to investigate attitudes and consumer behavior related to the recently introduced congestion charge in Gothenburg and to illustrate the possible impact the congestion charge may have had on retail business performance. In order to do this we conducted a questionnaire survey of visitors to Backebol shopping center (n=335). The questionnaire consisted of 24 questions and the response rate was 76 %. In addition, we performed two extensive interviews with key representatives for the local retail business in order to add context and background to the questionnaire findings. In the questionnaire, consumer behavior was investigated by questions on time of visit, destination, and means of transport. In the analyses we assessed associations between changes in consumer behavior, acceptance and demographic factors. The results of this study showed a low level of acceptance of the congestion charge in the study population. Furthermore, we found a high proportion of subjects reporting a behavioral change related to the introduction of the congestion charge. This was associated to but not explained by a low level of acceptance. It was also related to residency outside the inner parts of Gothenburg. In this way our results support the theory of an association between behavioral change, degree of acceptance as well as demographic factors. However, in a comparison of certain aspects of behavioral change to a previous study conducted prior to the introduction of the congestion charge we found no difference. It is likely that behavioral changes related to the congestion charge have taken place but they may have been exaggerated in the questionnaire responses. The interviews implied that the congestion charge has had an effect on business performance in Gothenburg but in this investigation we have not been able to find firm proof of this. We can conclude that there appears to be a low acceptance of the congestion charge in particular in suburban areas of Gothenburg and this is most likely associated with a consumer behavioral change. For further research it would be interesting to obtain information on business performance and customer frequencies before and after the introduction of the congestion charge. In addition it would be of interest to investigate in greater detail the association between acceptance and behavioral change and if retail stores that handle bulky goods are more likely to be affected by a congestion charges than other businesses.


The present study was conducted on five clinically healthy non descript, male buffalo calves aging 6 to 8 months to evaluate the efficacy of xylazine, ketamine alone and in combination with xylazine and ketamine for lumbar epidural analgesia. The calves were randomly divided into three group viz- Group A xylazine alone, Group ketamine B alone and in Group C xylazine and ketamine. The onset of analgesia was significantly higher in Group C (3.92±0.16 minutes) as compared to Group B (6.20±0.59 minutes) and Group A (12.64±0.41 minutes). Xylazine alone and in combination with ketamine induced very mild to mild analgesia between 10 to 20 minutes and moderate analgesia between 30 to 60 minutes of thorax and flank while very mild to mild analgesia from 20 minutes to the end of observation in inguinal, perineum, hind limbs and tail region.
Duration of analgesia was also significantly higher in Group C animals (144.80±2.26 minutes) as compared to Group A (131.80±3.42 minutes) and Group B (28.60±1.85 minutes). Salivation was observed in all the groups whereas, it was mild to moderate in Group A, moderate to mild in Group B and extreme in Group C animals. The recovery time was the highest in Group C animals (195±2.83 minutes) followed by Group A (149.60±1.74 minutes) and Group B (39.40±1.42 minutes). The mean respiration rate and heart rate decreased significantly (P<0.05) in Group A and C. Whereas respiration rate and heart rate increased significantly (P<0.05) in Group B.


Abstract. Gas-to-water equilibrium coefficients, KeqS (in M atm−1), of difluoromethane (CH2F2), a hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant (HFC-32), in aqueous salt solutions relevant to seawater were determined over a temperature (T) range from 276 to 313 K and a salinity (S) range up to 51 ‰ by means of an inert-gas stripping method. From the van't Hoff equation, the KeqS value in water, which corresponds to the Henry's law constant (KH), at 298 K was determined to be 0.065 M atm−1. The salinity dependence of KeqS (the salting-out effect), ln(KH∕KeqS), did not obey the Sechenov equation but was proportional to S0. 5. Overall, the KeqS(T) value was expressed by ln(KeqS(T))  =  −49.71 + (77.70 − 0.134  ×  S0. 5)  ×  (100∕T) + 19.14  ×  ln(T∕100). By using this equation in a lower-tropospheric semi-hemisphere (30–90 °S) of the Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment (AGAGE) 12-box model, we estimated that 1 to 4 % of the atmospheric burden of CH2F2 resided in the ocean mixed layer and that this percentage was at least 4 % in the winter; dissolution of CH2F2 in the ocean may partially influence estimates of CH2F2 emissions from long-term observational data of atmospheric CH2F2 concentrations.


Modeling consumer choice in different areas has lead to an increase use of discrete choice models. Probit or Multinomial Logit Models are often the base of further empirical research of consumer choice. In some of these models the equations to solve have no closed-form expression. They include multi-dimensional integrals which can not be solved analytically. Simulation methods have been developed to approximate a solution for these integrals. This paper describes the Standard Halton sequence and a modification of it, the Shuffled Halton sequence. Both are simulation methods which can reduce computational effort compared to a random sequence. We compare the simulation methods in their coverage of the multi-dimensional area and in their estimation results using data of consumer choice on grocery store formats.


The archaeological site in Murr, Upper Bavaria, was settled throughout the entire Neolithic period, between 5500 and 2700 BC. Various pits and a ditch found in the area are distinct from the surrounding loamy soil because of the dark brown color of their filling materials. Although several artifacts have been discovered, at the present stage of research neither the nature of the filling material nor the function of pits and the ditch are well understood. Thus, the organic matter composition of 30 filling layers from 11 Neolithic pits found in this settlement was investigated and compared with that of a nearby Luvisol profile and two A horizons from contemporary Phaeozems. All samples were subjected to C and N analysis, soil lightness measurements, solid-state 13C CPMAS nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, and polysaccharide and lignin analysis. The organic carbon contents are higher in the Neolithic samples than in the Luvisol horizons, but they are generally lower than in the A horizons of contemporary phaeozemic soils developed from loess. The Neolithic samples have a much higher intensity in darkness than do the surrounding Luvisol horizons. The organic carbon content of the Neolithic samples correlates with the lightness value. Solid-state 13C NMR measurements revealed that this correlation is primarily because of their aromatic C content, which is considerably higher in the Neolithic samples than in the contemporary soils. Small polysaccharide amounts and no lignin-derived phenols were found in the Neolithic samples. Thus, the organic material filling the Neolithic pits is significantly different in overall chemical composition from the surrounding soil. It represents a highly altered, highly aromatic material showing no evidence of lignin degradation products and probably deriving from nonsoil origins.


This chapter raises the question whether the current Afro-optimism can be considered a construction of a realistic image (situational) and a narrative (process) of Africa. It does so primarily by analyzing the 180 degree turn-around of the prestigious and influential magazine, The Economist, on Africa within the time span of a decade. In May 2000 the magazine claimed that Africa was a continent without hope, whereas in December 2011, Africa, according to The Economist, could be considered a continent of hopeful economies – where "the sun shines bright." The chapter identifies and analyses the key editions of The Economist with reference to this complete turn-around on Africa. Three major pillars are identified in the analysis of The Economist in relation to the changes in Africa, (i) the economic pillar (economic growth, investments and trade), (ii) demographic change and (iii) conflict, governance and democratization. Within each pillar a presentation of The Economist's description and analysis is put forward to be followed by critical reflections by the author. The presentations and reflections also have reference to the analysis/empirical studies on Africa by key research institutions. In the concluding reflections of the chapter, the importance of culture for the understanding of African change - only mentioned in passing by The Economist - is put forward through concrete examples. The findings are that the Afro-optimist images/narrative put forward by The Economist and others do not hold together even if analysed from within its own frame. The analysis of The Economist and the Afro-optimist narrative also shows that it becomes fragile when confronted with an understanding of Africa that integrates cultural perspectives. The Afro-optimist narrative of The Economist has been constructed within a limited knowledge and timeframe that has restricted a deeper understanding of Africa. The conclusion of the chapter is that the way The Economist has constructed its arguments for Africa-optimism has helped create a narrative that aims at legitimising the continued exploitation of Africa.


We investigate the nature of dense gas in the 3–10 pc circumnuclear ring (CNR) in the galactic center of the Milky Way, which is a structure that may be dynamically connecting the supermassive black hole Sgr A* with the central molecular zone at the 100 pc scale, and is the closest reservoir of molecular gas to the massive stars located within the central cluster. In the first of several papers addressing open issues with the CNR, we use far-infrared (FIR) diagnostic emission lines to probe the hot and dense phase of the photodissociation region (PDR) exposed to the radiation field of the central population of massive stars. We use the Far Infrared Field-Imaging Line Spectrometer (FIFI-LS) instrument on board the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy airborne observatory to obtain spatially resolved maps of FIR emission lines of the region with an angular resolution approximately 4 times higher than previous published data. We complement our data with archival continuum images at 19.7, 31.5 and 37.1 μm obtained with FORCAST and 70, 100 and 160 μm archival continuum images from PACS. We use the FIFI-LS emission line flux maps from ionized ([C ii] 157.7 μm), atomic ([O i] 63.2 μm, [O i] 145.5 μm), and molecular (CO J = 14–13 186.0 μm) species for a comparison with model predictions for PDRs. We present a method that dissects emission from the low and from the high excitation phase of the PDR and that also accounts for, e.g., absorption especially in the [O i] 63.2 μm transition. We present spatially resolved maps of dust temperature, atomic hydrogen column density, and FIR flux. The derived atomic hydrogen column density map is aligned with the galactic plane and extends spatially beyond previous near-infrared and radio based Av determinations. The atomic hydrogen column densities range from 1022.5 to 1023.1 cm−2 resulting in a total enclosed mass of the order of 103.5 M⊙. We derive a [O i] 63.2 μm absorption map that is aligned with the galactic plane with no or little absorption in the northern lobe of the CNR but moderate absorption in the southern lobe of the CNR, which is consistent with the picture where the illuminated front surfaces of gas clouds in the northern lobe are directly visible to us, while in the southern lobe the illuminated surfaces are hidden by the clouds within the lobe itself. Local gas densities in the CNR are generally below the Roche limit.


To the Editor.—I read with great interest the article by Littooy et al,1which appeared in the April 1989 issue of theArchives, on the use of sequential B-mode ultrasonography to manage abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). A majority of vascular surgeons would agree that selective management of AAAs in high-risk patients is appropriate. B-mode ultrasonography has certainly proved to be a very accurate way of initial assessment and sequential follow-up of infrarenal AAAs. Their conclusions, however, I feel are incomplete. A combination mortality rate of ruptured AAAs during follow-up and perioperative mortality for those operated on is interpreted as 7.4%. This includes 11 patients of the total group of 149 patients. I would like to point out that 86 of these patients have not received definitive treatment. If we project their results for those 86 patients, then their combined mortality rate is 17.5%. This is not an acceptable


Combustion of fossil fuels like oil and gas is still the primary energy source in our society. Due to the tightening of environmental legislation, treatment
 of waste material has become an important scientic issue. The processing of hydrocarbons leads to big amounts of waste water. The waste water contains carbon dioxide, ammonia and hydrogen sulde. The waste water is stripped
 for contaminants in a collumn. In order to optimize the process it is necessary to be able to simulate it. For this matter, the extended UNIQUAC model is used.
 In total 948 points of measured data have been obtained from the litterature.
 All of the data contains information on the vapor-liquid equilibrium for the quartenary H2S-NH3-CO2-H2O system and its subsystems containing H2S. The data represents a broad range of temperatures (203-453 K), pressures (0,40 mbar - 89 bar) and concentrations of H2S (0,027-14 molal), NH3 (0,28-52 molal) and CO2 (0,027-3,0 molal).
 The modelling is based on estimation of parameters for the extended UNIQUAC model. The parameters are the volume and surface parameters ri and qi, and the interaction parameters u0 ij og ut ij . In order to determine these a Bjerrum diagram has been constructed. Hence, it is possible to determine which species that can co-exist.
 A number of graphs have been made in order to illustrate the t of the model to the experimental data. Furthermore, the results of the models have been compared to results obtained from models made by van Krevelen et al., 1949,
 Edwards et al., 1978, Beutier & Renon, 1978 and Wilson, 1978.
 It is shown, that the model is able to reproduce the experimental values with a good correlation. Furthermore, the comparison with other models show that
 the extended UNIQUAC model is superior. The extended UNIQUAC model is a suitable solution for the simulation of the stripping process of sour water.


ABSTRACT Despite technological advancements, REBOA is associated with significant risks due to complications of vascular access and ischemia-reperfusion. The inherent morbidity and mortality of REBOA is often compounded by coexisting injury and hemorrhagic shock. Additionally, the potential for REBOA-related injuries is exaggerated due to the growing number of interventions being performed by providers who have limited experience in endovascular techniques, inadequate resources, minimal training in the technique, and who are performing this maneuver in emergency situations. In an effort to ultimately improve outcomes with REBOA, we sought to compile a list of complications that may be encountered during REBOA usage. To address the current knowledge gap, we assembled a list of anecdotal complications from high-volume REBOA users internationally. More importantly, through a consensus model, we identify contributory factors that may lead to complications and deliberate on how to recognize, mitigate, and manage such events. An understanding of the pitfalls of REBOA and strategies to mitigate their occurrence is of vital importance to optimize patient outcomes.


Quality of life is a concept that reflects the subjective perception of individuals in relation to their degree of satisfaction with their living conditions. It is a concept that involves putting the individual at the forefront, talking about the quality of the professionals involved and influencing the development of programs and the provision of services. The article reflects the opinions that different agents have in relation to disability on given topics related to the model of quality of life such as: the relationship between different agents; the necessary training of professionals in the field of health and/or disability; and the existence of the presence of the participation in society of people with disabilities. Using qualitative methodology, the arguments of the participants in these three issues are discussed. The verbiage, the conceptual map and the analysis of content, performed after the encoding of information, made it possible to detect the perceived needs and satisfaction with the care of the different services. The profile of the qualified professional within the scope of disability is outlined. Proposals for the future are contained in the conclusions, ensuring the improvement of the quality of life of people with disabilities.


This paper examines the causes of the resurgence of populism and nationalism in status quo Central and Eastern Europe. It analyzes the case studies of Poland, Hungary, and Czech Republic in order to test the two explanations of this resurgence. The proposed explanations include effects of transition as the causes of the observed phenomenon, while the second one emphasizes the process of EU accession as the primary cause. The findings support that the loss of social welfare benefits during transition contribute to the success of populist parties. In addition, the unique political situation of CEECs that had allowed populist parties to gain opposition spots through which it was convenient to promote an anti-establishment agenda. The accession to the EU in 2004 did not directly contribute to a negative perception of democracy or support for populist parties, however, democratic deficit of the EU and lack of coherent and sensible policy allowed the populist parties to use the EU as "the elite" against which they could mobilize support. I conclude that support of populist and nationalist parties heavily depends on post-truth and construction of economic issues, which is the same political strategy used by parties and politicians both in CEECs and other European states.


Methods for destroying dead stars are shown. Some methods leave rings and disks, some asteroids, some meteorites, some giant interstellar dust clouds. This is all based on the discovery outlined via stellar metamorphosis. All stars evolve into what scientists call "planet/exoplanet". This means planets are ancient stars, and nature destroys and recycles them.


OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the relationship between the behaviors of salt consumption and socio-demographic and clinical variables.

METHOD
Sodium consumption was evaluated using the methods: self-reporting (considering 3 different behaviors related to salt consumption), 24- hr dietary recall, discretionary salt, food frequency questionnaire, estimation of total sodium intake and 24-hr urinary excretion of sodium (n=108).

RESULTS
Elevated salt intake according to the different measurements of consumption of the nutrient was associated with the variables: male sex, low level of schooling and monthly income, being Caucasian, and being professionally inactive; and with the clinical variables: elevated Body Mass Index, tensional levels, ventricular hypertrophy and the number of medications used.

CONCLUSION
The data obtained shows a heterogenous association between the different behaviors related to salt consumption and the socio-demographic and clinical variables. This data can be used to optimize the directing of educational activities with a view to reducing salt consumption among hypertensives.


This paper aims to forecast the long term behavior of tourist arrivals and analyze the gap between supply and demand for the hotel/accommodation sector of the city of Addis Ababa. It also intends to provide vital information in regards to the sparse knowledge in the subject of forecasting tourist arrivals in Ethiopia. The research is largely conducted based on the secondary data obtained from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MOCT) in the tenth edition of the Policy, Planning, Evaluation and Monitoring Directorate's bulletin publication on Tourism Statistics (2009-2012),(MOCT, 2013). Theoretical assessments of the requirement of a forecasting process and a critical analysis of available forecasting methods have been carried out to fit the profile of long term tourist arrivals. Based on the assessments and analysis, the Box-Jenkins process was selected. Furthermore, the gap analysis is done using the Funneling Technique. The method has also determined that the annual tourist arrivals for the country in the year 2015 will be 798,157 and for the year of 2020, it is expected to be 1,130,971 and finally in 2025, the annual tourist arrivals are expected to climb to 1,463,743. The use of the Funneling Technique in combination with the Stepped Function Intervention Model establishes a different case scenario (positive, negative and starched intervention) which has then been studied to foresee the relationship between supply and demand of the accommodation sector under different circumstances. Keywords : Forecasting, tourist arrival, X-12-ARIMA, Supply, demand.


When evaluating the impact of a program, the effects of interventions on program outcomes must be measured against a valid counterfactual case. Constructing a valid counterfactual is especially important when experimental data is not available. Building a baseline ensuring that treatment and comparison groups are similar as well as identifying potential sources of bias are essential first steps towards constructing a valid counterfactual. This paper assesses the comparability of groups of participants and non-participants for conducting an impact evaluation of the Agriculture for Basic Needs (A4N) program in Nicaragua. We examine the degree of similarity between A4N participant and non-participant comparison households using propensity scores (estimated probability of program placement). Propensity scores are matched for the two groups, comparing results from using caliper matching and nearest neighbor matching without and with replacement. The analysis uses the pretreatment characteristics of households belonging to the treatment (participant) and comparison (non-participant) groups in order to verify whether the comparison group is statistically similar to the treatment group.


The evaluation of the potential impact of strong seismic events shortly after their occurrence is a critical step to organise emergency response and consequently minimise the adverse effects of earthquakes. The estimation of the impact from earthquakes considering the observed ground shaking from past events can be useful for the calibration of existing exposure and/or fragility and vulnerability models. This study describes a methodology to combine the publicly available information from the USGS ShakeMap system and the open‐source software OpenQuake engine for the assessment of damage and losses. This approach is employed to estimate the number of structural collapses considering the 2012 Magnitude 5.9 Emilia‐Romagna (Italy) earthquake and the aggregated economic loss because of the 2010 Magnitude 7.1 Darfield (New Zealand) event. Several techniques to calculate the ground shaking in the affected region considering the spatial and interperiod correlations in the intra‐event ground motion residuals are investigated and their influence in the resulting damage or loss estimates are evaluated.


This dissertation examines eighteenth-century English essay periodicals in the context of Jurgen Habermas' influential work, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere. It has become generally accepted that journals like the Tatler and the Spectator were vital to the construction of the bourgeois public sphere; I investigate these journals' formal nature in order to understand why they, rather than another genre, played this constitutive role. Emphasizing the public sphere's textual and conceptual nature, I argue that essay periodicals themselves distinguish between the non-existent idealized public sphere and its very real ideological power, a power literally represented on the pages of these journals.The introduction surveys these journals' history and critical reception; their simultaneous popularity and failure to survive into the next century indicate their pivotal historic role. Focusing on the figure of the essay periodical eidolon, the eponymous authorial persona that is the genre's most characteristic formal feature, the second chapter examines the Tatler 's Isaac Bickerstaff in detail, finding that by printing letters and submissions and responding to readers' suggestions for character development, Steele establishes the Tatler as a uniquely collective and public literary form, establishing a pattern that conditions readers' response to the Spectator and subsequent essay periodicals. The next chapter surveys a number of the Tatler's early imitators, discovering two leading devices for establishing generic identity: the "family metaphor" and "rhetorical femininity." In the context of shifting meanings of "family," authors who employed female persona enjoyed distinct advantages, including the ideological belief that women are never fully autonomous, a belief that in a rhetorical context has the advantage of reinforcing the importance of dialogue and exchange. Like my approach to the public sphere itself, this reading distinguishes between actual and rhetorical women, a separation that offers suggestive possibilities to feminist criticism of Habermas' work. The final chapter argues that the essay periodical eidolon helped authors professionalize by distinguishing between the writer's commercial interests and the author's literary ones, while at the same time demonstrating that the two were mutually supporting, just as writer and author were in reality one and the same person, though conceptually distinct. URI http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9382 Collections English [251] DSpace software copyright © 2002-2015 DuraSpace Contact Us | Send Feedback Theme by The ghost writer: English essay periodicals and the materialization of the public in the eighteenth century ResearchWorks Archive


This book chapter - part of a larger, interdisciplinary collection of scholarship on lawsuits against the gun industry - situates gun litigation within the larger context of mass tort litigation. The chapter explores the implications of gun litigation as a species of "social policy tort" litigation. The defining feature of such litigation consists of its objectives not only to seek conventional damages for past misconduct but also to precipitate prospective changes in product marketing in a manner independent from conventional regulation. The chapter initially places gun litigation within two longer-term trends: developments in tort theory and a roughly contemporaneous transformation in the political landscape for regulatory programs in the public sector. The chapter then argues that gun litigation seeks to implement its prospective regulatory program in a manner strikingly unmindful of the lessons learned about conventional regulation in the public sphere - lessons that transcend partisan lines. Public regulation has increasingly focused on systematic comparison of proposed regulatory interventions based upon their relative cost-effectiveness and on political accountability in regulatory policy decisions. By contrast, gun litigation by municipalities seeks to frame questions surrounding industry marketing practices on a stand-alone basis, as matters to be addressed irrespective of other possible interventions to protect public safety and through arrangements of litigation finance that often are removed from the conventional budgetary process. The chapter further compares the negligent marketing claim in gun litigation with the longstanding difficulties associated with the handling of tort claims for latent disease.


The report covers the initial steps in construction of a mathematical model, namely a conceptual description of antiviral immune response regulation. The model describes cellular and molecular levels of the basic mechanisms: interaction of virus with a sensitive cell; action and activation of nonspecific resistance factors (phagocytosis, antiviral action of interferon, humoral inhibitors, and natural killer cells in the course of the immune response; humoral and cellular immune response induction and the specific antiviral defence mechanisms. Two helper cell subpopulations are considered explicitly: cellular immune response T helper cells, also named inflammatory cells (TH1) and humoral immune response T helper cells (TH2). Regulation of interleukin 1-, 2- and 4-induced lymphocyte progression through cell cycle phases is described.


The, primary aim of this study is to investigate hotel industry participation in environmental management practices in Kuala Lumpur and the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The study attempts to achieve three main objectives: (1) to identify the current environmental management practices been implemented by hotel organisations; (2) to examine the factors related to the implementation of sustainable tourism initiatives; and, (3) to identify the perceived benefits in adopting sustainable tourism programs. Therefore, this study provides a focused academic analysis of these issues within the context of the hotel industry. This study employs a quantitative approach in which data are collected by distributing questionnaires as the primary data collection method. In line with the first objective, descriptive statistics were used to determine the level of sustainable tourism practices among the sample hotels. The findings revealed that, generally, 68% of the environmental practices investigated (which consists of energy, water and waste management), in the study has been widely adopted by the hotels. Therefore environmental management system (EMS) that supports sustainable management has been widely practiced. The second objective focuses on examining the factors influencing hotels' participation in sustainable tourism initiatives. The Spearman rho correlation analysis was performed to conduct the hypothesis testing on the factors related to the implementation of Sustainable Tourism Practices (STP). The correlation results confirmed that there were significant positive relationship between training and STP (rs=. 504, p= .000); and between policy and STP (rs= .362, p= .005). Similarly, results of correlation analysis revealed a significant positive correlation between knowledge and STP (rs= .400, p= .002), also, the study found a significant positive correlation between incentive and STP (rs= .530, p= .000). Therefore, the results have found new evidences that training, policy, knowledge, and incentives are related to STP. As for the third objective, this study found that most of the hotel managers indicated the benefit of improved image as their major reason for implementing sustainable tourism practices. This study has made contributions to both academic and industry practices. Based on the study findings, it is suggested that government and other stakeholders in tourism development should intensify efforts to educate hoteliers on the importance of implementing STP in their hotels. It is therefore expected that hotel managers in Malaysia will utilise the findings of this study to improve on environmental management practices in their hotels.


ABSTRACT Fructose and ethanol are metabolized principally in the liver and are both known to contribute to the development of hepatic steatosis that can progress to hepatic steatohepatitis. The present study indentifies a synergistic interaction between fructose and ethanol in promoting hepatocyte sensitivity to TNF&agr;-induced necroptosis. Concurrent exposure to fructose and ethanol induces the overexpression of the CDGSH iron-sulfur domain-containing protein 1 (CISD1 or mitoneet), which is localized to the outer mitochondrial membrane. The increased expression of mitoneet primes the hepatocyte for TNF&agr;-induced cytotoxicity. Treatment with TNF&agr; induces the translocation of a Stat3–Grim-19 complex to the mitochondria, which binds to mitoneet and promotes the rapid release of its 2Fe-2S cluster, causing an accumulation of mitochondrial iron. The dramatic increase of mitochondrial iron provokes a surge in formation of reactive oxygen species, resulting in mitochondrial injury and cell death. Additionally, mitoneet is constitutively expressed at high levels in L929 fibrosarcoma cells and is required for L929 cells to undergo TNF&agr;-induced necroptosis in the presence of caspase inhibition, indicating the importance of mitoneet to the necroptotic form of cell death.


A cache consistency scheme is presented for a class of multiprocessors based on a hierarchy of rings. By taking advantage of the natural broadcast and ordering properties of rings, cache consistency is achieved via a simple, selective-broadcast based protocol requiring no complex hardware. Using address-trace driven simulations of the Hector shared-memory multiprocessor, it is shown that the scheme performs well.<<ETX>>


TWO MAJOR facets of the pediatrician's role in practice have been presented in previous messages: as a child's specialist and as family medical advisor and counsellor. The bases of these observations, previously detailed, are the author's experiences in practice and the reported experiences of a panel of 20 of his peers from various parts of this country.
 A third characteristic of the pediatrician, less frequently recognized but all-pervasive, is that of teacher. The image immediately evoked by this term is of university connection, of medical school faculty. Indeed, pediatricians are justifiably proud of the rapid rise in status of pediatric teaching from a part-time or subsidiary position in most faculties 40 years ago to the present full-time status co-equal with surgery, medicine, and obstetrics. We are further gratified by the increasingly large corps of expert pediatric teachers throughout the country. Despite the fears sometimes expressed that the sudden outpouring of funds for research—long overdue—may shift the medical school emphasis away from the primary function of instruction, the probabilities are that a balance will be struck between teaching and research. Effective pediatric instruction will be likely to continue in the medical school and residency setting.
 My thought, however, is of the teaching which the practitioner of pediatrics does, which extends pediatric thought to a widening circle. The attitude of instruction is inherent in all physicians, recognized from the earliest days of medicine and reflected in the Oath of Hippocrates. The pediatrician has an extra missionary zeal because he deals with the young impressionable individual and the developing family, wherein he seeks to establish attitudes and practices which will benefit the child.


Religious and ethnic minorities often face partisan treatment with regard to provision of public goods. This may be due to discriminatory practices or historical antecedents, like caste divides in India. We measure access to public goods in eleven districts of West Bengal in India where rural concentration of religious minorities, namely Muslims is higher than the state and country-level averages. We look at the contemporary socio-economic conditions of religious minorities in the state and the outcome regarding access to public good. The evidence as presented in this paper is based on cross-section data collected between Censuses of India. This is unavailable in the extant literature. Our unit of analysis for the econometric exercise is the village. We calculated average values of the relevant variables for each village from household responses, and the aggregate village level information from the village survey data. To this end, we adopted a stratified multistage sampling design in which households are the targeted sampling units chosen from rural areas only. The first stage units are the 2001 Census villages constituting the primary sampling units. The development blocks as comprising of Census villages have been classified into three strata on the basis of the percentage of Muslim population. Subsequently, using Generalized Linear Models we find evidence of strong horizontal inequality against Muslims in terms of access to public goods. We estimated the access to targeted and non-targeted public goods such as drinking water, distance to hospitals, distance and quality of educational facilities, transport, condition of roads, etc, based on the level of concentration of Muslim population. We use percentage of Muslim population at the village level and the highest concentration dummy as key explanatory variables. Provision of public goods seems to have a negative relation with the rise in concentration of minority population. Further, to decompose the outcome variables in terms of explained (viz. education and occupation) and unexplained (viz. discrimination) variations, we use Blinder-Oaxaca technique. In particular, the minority population in concentrated districts face poorer access to infrastructure, health and transport facilities. As policy, the district level plans need to address deficits in identifiable pockets of underdevelopment with respect to some of the variables discussed here. Moreover, the persistence of information gaps and poor implementation of policies in several parts, including the region under study, despite elaborate decentralization of governance in the country needs to be addressed from institutional perspectives in future analyses.


This paper reassesses the importance of the League of Nations loans of the 1920s. These long-term loans were an essential part of the League's strategy to restore the productive basis of countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Whereas the literature is not conclusive as to the final result of this experience, we argue that the League Loans were successful because they accomplished the task for which they were conceived—namely, to allow countries in financial distress to access capital markets. This success rested on the sustained efforts of the League of Nations to gather support from creditor countries' governments and financial intermediaries, as well as its efforts to develop plans for economic reform for borrowing countries. We provide quantitative and qualitative evidence to show that the League provided market access in a difficult and hostile environment, and did so by building its own reputation as an actor that provided a credible commitment to economic and institutional reforms. Through the success of the placement of the initial issues, the League became capable of influencing borrowing costs, even if they continued to be predominately determined by the secondary market and remained high as a result of the risk involved. Much of the confusion in the literature is explained by the fact that the League lacked its own capital, which impeded its ability to act as a lender of last resort once the great depression hit Europe.


Background: Klebsiella pneumoniae has gained recognition for its association with invasive liver abscess syndrome (ILAS). ILAS is associated with a hypervirulent strain of K pneumoniae and can impact immunocompetent as well as immunocompromised patients. Case Report: A 42-year-old Hispanic male with no significant past medical history was admitted with complaints of subjective fevers and worsening fatigue. The patient was found to have multiple septic pulmonary emboli, a prostate abscess, a seminal vesicle abscess, bilateral frontoparietal and left temporal infarcts thought to be due to septic emboli, pyelonephritis, endophthalmitis, and hepatic abscesses. Cultures grew K pneumoniae that was determined to be the hypervirulent strain associated with ILAS. The patient was treated for a total of 71 days, including ceftriaxone and multiple intravitreal injections with ceftazidime. Conclusion: Notably, this case report details a disease state new to Colorado. Pharmacists are able to assist in the care of ILAS with antibiotic selection, considering sites of infection and encouraging appropriate consultation of specialized care teams.


Gary Minda's critical study of boycotts in American law and culture focuses on how the word boycott has developed as a metaphoric, rather than as a rational or logical, form of reasoning. Minda first discusses the history, interpretation, and understanding of boycotts. He then turns to the role of metaphor in the interpretation of boycotts and of boycott law.Drawing on cognitive psychology and linguistic theory, Minda argues that the metaphors judges choose in describing boycotts determine how they view boycotts: "[F]rom the very first time the word boycott appeared in a reported decision in America, judges have used the word to signify inflammatory, as well as sublime, legal meanings and connotations. Judges have compared group boycotts to 'bloodthirsty tigers' and they have analyzed boycott activity as if it were a 'disease' infecting the internal biological system of the body. Judges have compared group boycotts to 'soapbox oratory, ' and they have concluded that boycott activity is a 'special form of political communication.'"For lawyers, judges, and legal scholars, this book provides a clear and cogent examination of boycott law. Linguistic and cognitive theorists should find the book useful for illustrating how metaphor and cognitive theory can be used to analyze legal opinions. Historians will find new histories of boycott. Lay readers interested in understanding the role of boycotts in American law and society will find the book insightful.


Along with formal knowledge and technology, individual, professional and societal value systems are fundamental determinants of numerous aspects of the built environment. Despite this importance, there appears to be no wellestablished, coherent and systematic framework for a discussion of value related issues in environmental analysis. This paper addresses the problem by considering the fundamental concepts that may be used in a discussion of values and interrelates them to form a conceptual framework. The preliminary discussion is centered around the need for and the importance and effect of value systems in the activity of designing, constructing and using the built environment. The concepts that form the elements of the framework are based on a process model describing the life-cycle of the built environment. It is claimed that the values held by planners, designers, builders and users have significant effects on this process. Concepts such as value, value judgement and value system are discussed and illustrated in environmental terms through examples. Further discussion concerns the origin and formation of values, their nature and types, codification; the expression and transfer of value judgements, changes in and conflicts between value systems. The paper concludes with suggestions for possible topics of research related to values in the built environment.


Recently, many studies have been conducted on how to manage and analyze various types of health data such as clinical data, genomic data, and wirelessly collected multiple sensory data. In this paper, we propose a web-based healthcare data integration and management platform that collects heterogeneous types of health-related medical record as well as real-time lifelogging data. This platform provides flexible architecture to different types of data exchanges. The platform manages real-time data such as heart rate, blood pressure, and activity information extracted from various healthcare devices and provides functions to transmit them to the server. Then it analyses the risk based on a domain knowledge and individual differences by applying machine learning tools, then visualizes the result to the patient and doctor dynamically based on information simplification method. It also controls the data access authority concerning the level of expertise and role. For evaluation of integrated data analysis, we apply open database and evaluate the proposed risk analyser result. The proposed platform could be utilized for future healthcare service to share accumulated healthcare data in various situations.


Abstract Buskard, AN, Oh, J, Eltoukhy, M, Brounstein, SR, and Signorile, JF. A novel method to determine optimal load in elastic-based power training. J Strength Cond Res 32(9): 2401–2408, 2018—The benefits of muscular power on sport performance and older adults' abilities to live independently and resist falls is well documented. Consequently, a substantial volume of research has focused on establishing the optimal loading patterns for improving muscular power using resistance exercise; however, to date, this research has only targeted optimal loading during training with free weights or selectorized exercise machines. Conversely, no approach has been developed to establish optimal loads for elastic modalities, such as tubes and bands, commonly used for sports rehabilitation, injury prevention, and training older adults. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate a new method for determining the optimal tubes to use in power training performed with elastic resistance. Thirty-eight recreationally active college students (age, 23.7 ± 4.5 years) were recruited to perform 3 single-arm bicep curls at a maximum intended velocity using 6 elastic tubes of varying resistance. Testing was performed in a 3-dimensional (3D) motion analysis laboratory using a specially constructed platform with an integrated strain gauge to which each tube was anchored. Force data from the strain gauge and velocity data from the 3D motion capture system were then used to compute power for each tube. An analysis based on individual's cable arm curl 1-repetition maximum (1RM) was then used to generate general guidelines for the most appropriate tube to use for arm curl power training based on upper arm 1RM. Our results demonstrate the feasibility of using this methodology for other exercises, thereby establishing optimal tube use for power training based on each exercise's 1RM.


An event-driven prototyping and simulation framework to support the design and early development stages of an heterogeneous multi-core processing architecture is presented in this manuscript. The main focus of this parallel structure is to efficiently execute a set of widely used bio-informatics algorithms for DNA sequences alignment and processing. The conceived framework was entirely developed using the SystemC description language and allows a full parametrization of the prototyped multi-core architecture, such as the amount of computing nodes, the effective alignment throughput of each node, and the capacity and access time of the memory devices. The presented experimental results demonstrate that the conceived framework provides the system designer with a very useful preliminary evaluation of the prototyped architecture. In particular, the included evaluation demonstrates the relation between the number and performance of the computing nodes and the resulting alignment performance gain (speedup), as well as the inherent bus contention losses in the shared resources (bus and shared memory).


The first records from samples from the IceAGE cruise ME85/3 in 2011 include seven species of Caudofoveata with a distribution range in Icelandic waters. From this first cruise of the project, two new records for Iceland have been registered. Psilodens balduri sp. n. is new to science and Falcidens halanychi, with a known distribution in the American North−Atlantic, is new to Iceland. The current study thus increases the number of known caudofoveate species around Iceland to nine.


TD-LTE has become one of the mainstream technology for 4G. Novel technologies such as orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) and multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) have been selected for LTE downlink to improve the performance of the current wireless communication systems. In TD-LTE system, channel estimation is an important basis to obtain channel information, proceed channel equalization and choose transmission modes. Some channel enstimation algorithms for LTE downlink, i.e. the least square (LS), liner minimum mean squared error (LMMSE) and singular value decomposition (svd) are studied in this paper and the simulation of their performance is given.


Over the last thirty years Nan Goldin has achieved international fame as a photographer who, building on the tradition of Robert Frank and Diane Arbus, chronicles the lives of outsiders. In Goldin's case, those outsiders are her friends and acquaintances, the inhabitants of a bohemian demi-monde where divisions between gender and sexual orientation are blurred. Tenderness is coupled with a brutal honesty only possible through the empathy that exists between photographer and subject. Instead of concentrating on the documentary aspect of Goldin's work, as many previous authors have done, Jonathan Weinberg examines the way in which her photographs operate as 'Fantastic Tales', each containing the seed of a story for the viewer to explore, including many iconic images, as well as more recent forays into landscape photography. Produced in a luxuriously bound, eminently collectable edition, this is a fitting tribute to one of the masters of the modern-day photographic image.


is the fi rst patient in Australasia to be treated with Leniolisib, a small molecule inhibitor of the p110 δ catalytic subunit of PI3K. Method : Clinical manifestations and blood samples were collected prospectively at multiple time points before and following Leniolisib with a follow up duration of 8 months post-Leniolisib. Multiparameter fl ow cyto-metry was used to track B and T cell phenotypes in response to Leniolisib treatment. Results : Our patient demonstrated signi fi cant clinical improvement with reduced infections, improvement of lung function and control of her lymphoproliferation. Laboratory data supported correction of B cell dysfunction with improvement of her dysregulated B cell subsets and dysgammaglobulinaema, and of T cell activation exhaustion. Conclusion : This case demonstrates the ef fi cacy of precision medicine in controlling the clinical features of APDS1 including its effects on lung function and demonstrates the immune mechanisms that may underly the response to therapy.


The delivery of service differentiation in mobile ad hoc networks presents a number of technical challenges because of the inherent constraints due to the dynamic nature of these environments, such as limited bandwidth and energy capacity. This paper proposes a cross-layer architecture for implementing DiffServ (CLAD) in IEEE 802.11 based mobile ad hoc networks. This provides differentiated services to four types of applications: conversation, streaming, interactive, and best-effort, by defining per hop behaviours (PHBs). Novel features of CLAD include a least busy routing protocol (LBRP) which is designed to discover the least busy routes and evenly distribute the network load; a hybrid signalling system which is used to dynamically monitor route states and to regulate adaptive real time applications; and an adaptive rate controller which controls traffic rate. Preliminary simulation results demonstrate that CLAD can provide efficient service differentiation in MANETs.


Adansonia digitata (Bombacaceae) and Tamarindus indica (Fabaceae) are the most popular herbal products in Sudan; they are used as food ingredients and in traditional treatments of various diseases. The aim of this study is to investigate phytochemical contents, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activities of plants fruit, leaf and bark ethanolic extracts. The phytochemical screening of different extracts revealed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, sterols/triterpens, tannins, saponins, coumarins, glycosides, reducing sugar, lignin and carbohydrates. The results indicate that all the extracts have reducing power DPPH radical scavenging abilities. The highest antioxidant activity showed in A. digitata parts. The fruit extracts of both plants showed the highest antioxidant activity (84.07 and 83.98% for A. digitata and T. indica, respectively). The in vitro anti-inflammatory effects have been studied by human albumin denaturation, and both plant extracts showed remarkable activity. Leaf extracts showed highest anti-inflammatory activity (76.714, 62 and 82.71% for A. digitata, T. indica and mixture of both respectively). The results of antimicrobial activity showed the effectiveness of mixture extracts against tested standard pathogens. Fruit mixtures showed the highest activity against B. subtilis (19 mm), S. aureus (35 mm) and S. typhi (21 mm), while the mixture of bark extracts showed the highest activity against E. coli (19 mm). It is noteworthy that higher antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activities have been observed by blends in the ratio 1:1 of fruit, leaf and bark extracts of both plants.

 Key words: Adansonia digitata, Tamarindus indica, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, combination.


Background Neurology is one of the medical specialities in which botulinum toxin (BT) provides greater therapeutic benefits due to its ability to produce muscle paralysis, which can be used to treat certain neurological diseases involving muscle hyperactivity. Purpose To analyse the prescription profile of BT type A in neurological diseases and prescription suitability based on the data sheet, comparing the frequency of administration between the different approved indications. Material and methods A retrospective observational study of the prescription profile and frequency of administration of BT was conducted in the neurology department of a third level hospital. All patients with at least two administrations of BT were included during the period January and September 2016. Prescription suitability was determined based on the approved indications in the drug data sheet of the three BT type A available in the hospital: Botox, Dysport and Xeomin. Data were collected from clinical histories and outpatient dispensing software Farmatools. ANOVA test (SPSS) was used to compare differences between the frequency of administration of each approved indication. Results 83 patients were included. 79% received BT for one approved indication. Hemifacial spasm was the most common authorised diagnosis (31%), followed by blepharospasm (13%), different types of spasticity (13%), migraine (12%) and cervical dystonia (10%). The average frequency of administration in patients with hemifacial spasm, cervical dystonia, spasticity (stroke or cerebral palsy origin) and blepharospasm were 6.1 months (95% CI 5.1–7.0); 5.0 months (95% CI 4.1–5.9); 4.6 months (95% CI 3.5–5.7); and 4.6 months (95% CI 3.9–5.7), respectively (p=0.332). The frequency of injection in patients with migraine was 3.8 months (95% CI 2.9–3.9), existing differences that were statistically significant with the hemifacial spasm indication (p=0.009). In 17 patients, BT was used in off-label indications: dystonia (generalised, cranial and oropharyngeal) (n=9); writer's cramp (n=5); bruxism (n=2); and facial pain (n=1). Conclusion BT was used in a high percentage for approved indications (79%), hemifacial spasm being the most prevalent. Significant differences in the frequency of administration between migraine and hemifacial spasm were observed. The more common off-label indications were dystonia and writer's cramp. References and/or acknowledgements Botox, XeominandDysport data sheet (available at https://www.aemps.gob.es/cima). No conflict of interest


In this paper, the FLC based OCLMS algorithm is proposed for the estimation of pathological hand tremor signals. The proposed FLC-OCLMS algorithm has been tested on the well-known pathological hand tremor signals in the literature and its convergence and computational complexity performances are compared with that of the classical FLC-LMS algorithm. Simulation results show that the proposed FLC-OCLMS algorithm has significantly reduced computational complexity because it does not use unnecessary data in the update rule thanks to the online data censoring technique and has a similar convergence with the conventional LMS algorithm.


Garden-center businesses have unique challenges related to the marketing of products. New and social media offer a way for garden-center operators to connect with customers and market products online in an effort to compete with box stores. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore how some garden-center businesses use social media and email marketing to build relationships with customers. Findings from eight in-depth interviews indicate garden-center stakeholders believe they are practicing relationship marketing through their e-newsletter and Facebook accounts. However, strategic planning is limited to an e-newsletter, marketing efforts show characteristics of one-way communication, and strategic measurement is absent. Lack of measurement could hinder the formation of profitable relationships. Owners, employees, and customers place high importance on educational content shared via social networks, but view advertising through new media differently. It is recommended garden-center owners and employees implement relationship-marketing techniques based on strategic measurement and planning to produce loyal brand advocates.


In order to improve the Cd2+ adsorption ability, the granular activated carbon (GAC) was modified with different treatments, and the Cd2+ removal efficiencies (REs) by the treated GACs were then comparatively investigated under different conditions. The surface physical-chemical properties of these carbons were further characterized in virtue of BET and Boehm's titration, etc. The results demonstrate that the specific surface area and surface oxy acidity functional groups of GAC changed to some certain after the different treatments, especially for that with HNO3 oxidizing. It therefore led to an improvement of Cd2+ adsorption ability, and the corresponding REs by the N-GACs that were respectively modified with 10% and 70% HNO3 were significantly higher than that by the original GAC (i.e., 41% and 57% vs. 10%). pH was found to be the most vital influencing factor for the Cd2+ adsorption, and the Cd2+ REs by the tested GACs were all increased with an elevation in the pH value.


OBJECTIVE
To determine if manual dexterity and visuospatial skills can be used to predict baseline laparoscopic surgery skills in veterinary students.

STUDY DESIGN
Pilot study.

METHODS
Veterinary students (n = 45) from years 1-4 volunteered for this study. An hour-long electronic questionnaire was completed by participants. The first section was used to collect demographics and information about prior nonsurgical experiences. The second section included 3 tests of visuospatial skills, including the Purdue Visualization of Rotations Test, Mental Rotations Test, and Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices Test. Multiple tests were administered to assess innate dexterity, including the grooved pegboard test, indirect and direct zigzag tracking tests, and the 3Dconnexion proficiency test. Each dexterity test was performed once with the left hand and once with the right hand. The order of task performance was randomized. Basic laparoscopic skills were assessed using the validated fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery (FLS) peg transfer task.

RESULTS
There was an association between left-handed grooved pegboard scores (95% CI -10046.36 to -1636.53, P-value = .008) and left-handed indirect zigzag tracking task (95% CI -35.78 to -8.20, P-value = .003) with FLS peg transfer scores. Individuals who reported playing videogames achieved higher scores on the FLS peg transfer task than those without videogame experience (95% CI 583.59 to 3509.97, P-value = .007).

CONCLUSION
The results of this study suggest that dexterity was a better predictor of baseline laparoscopic skills than visuospatial skills in veterinary students.


This book is concerned with a fundamentally novel approach to graph-based pattern recognition based on vector space embedding of graphs. It aims at condensing the high representational power of graphs into a computationally efficient and mathematically convenient feature vector. This volume utilizes the dissimilarity space representation originally proposed by Duin and Pekalska to embed graphs in real vector spaces. Such an embedding gives one access to all algorithms developed in the past for feature vectors, which has been the predominant representation formalism in pattern recognition and related areas for a long time.


Despite the proliferation of new digital musical instruments (DMIs) coming from a diverse community of designers, researchers and creative practitioners, many of these instruments experience short life cycles and see little actual use in performance. There are a variety of reasons for this, including a lack of established technique and repertoire for new instruments, and the prospect that some designs may be intended for other purposes besides performance. In addition, we propose that many designs may not meet basic functional standards necessary for an instrument to withstand the rigors of real-world performance situations. For active and professional musicians, a DMI might not be viable unless these issues have been specifically addressed in the design process, as much as possible, to ensure troublefree use during performance. Here we discuss findings from user surveys around the design and use of DMIs in performance, from which we identify primary factors relating to stability, reliability and compatibility that are necessary for their dependable use. We then review the state of the art in new instrument design through 40 years of proceedings from three conferences ICMC, NIME, and SMC to see where and how these have been discussed previously. Our review highlights key factors for the design of new instruments to meet the practical demands of real-world use by active musicians.


We studied three eelgrass (Zostera marina) beds in the City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ), Alaska, to track changes associated with coastal development. These beds were initially sampled as part of a baseline eelgrass inventory from 2004 to 2007. Between 2008 and 2011, beds were remapped and resampled for eelgrass variables (e.g., percent cover, faunal assemblage). Eelgrass area declined at all beds from baseline (2004 to 2007) to postbaseline (2008 to 2011) years. Areal loss of eelgrass was twice as great at the bed with the most recent and intense development (Auke Nu Cove, 61% loss) compared with losses at the previously developed Bay Creek (29%) and undeveloped Bridget Cove (30%) beds. The largest loss of eelgrass at Auke Nu Cove was along the seaward edge of the entire bed and was probably related to increased turbidity. In contrast, the seaward extent of eelgrass at Bay Creek and Bridget Cove remained relatively stable. Differences in eelgrass characteristics between baseline and post-baseline years in developed and undeveloped beds were also apparent. Mean percent eelgrass cover and shoot density declined from baseline to postbaseline years at all beds, but declines at developed beds (42% to 51%) were approximately twice those at the undeveloped bed (23% to 25%). Additionally, biomass declined 45% to 48% at developed beds but increased 17% at the undeveloped bed. Faunal assemblages changed with eelgrass loss. Coincident with the complete loss of eelgrass at one seine site, mean catch-per-unit-effort of fishes declined from 401 to 140, and the number of fish species declined from 19 to 16. The most sensitive species to eelgrass loss was tubesnout (Aulorhynchus flavidus). Seine catch of green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) increased from baseline to post-baseline years at Auke Nu Cove; urchin grazing likely accounted for some of the observed loss of eelgrass at the cove. Monitoring of these three eelgrass beds will provide resource managers with useful information to evaluate possible effects of future coastal development upon this important nearshore habitat. Careful consideration of development is especially warranted because eelgrass distribution is limited in the CBJ. We recommend biennial monitoring of these beds that includes, at a minimum, mapping seaward eelgrass boundaries and sampling percent eelgrass cover by tidal elevation. Coincidently, fauna should be sampled with a beach seine to monitor abundance of indicator fish (e.g., tubesnout) and invertebrate (e.g., green sea urchin) species. Seawater temperature and ambient light dataloggers should also be placed at monitored areas. iii


Fine-grained data on religious communities are often considered sensitive in South Asia and consequently remain inaccessible. Yet without such data, statistical research on communal relations and group-based inequality remains superficial, hampering the development of appropriate policy measures to prevent further social exclusion on the basis of religion. The open-source algorithm introduced in this article provides a workaround by probabilistically exploiting the communal connotations of names; it transforms name lists—which are readily available—into a new source of demographic data. The algorithm proves highly accurate in identifying Muslim population shares in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, but could be employed more widely across South Asia. It potentially enables more detailed analyses in economics, development studies, and political science as well as better sampling procedures in sociology and anthropology. This article describes the algorithm, evaluates its accuracy, reflects on ethical implications, and introduces a sample data set; the software itself is available in an online supplement to this article.


We use exchange-traded options to identify risks relevant to capital structure adjustments in firms. These forward-looking market-based risk measures provide significant explanatory power in predicting net leverage changes in excess of accounting data. They matter most during contractionary periods and for growth firms. We form market-based indices that capture firms' magnitudes of, and propensity for, net leverage increases. Firms with larger predicted leverage increases outperform firms with lower predicted increases by 3.1% to 3.9% per year in buy-and-hold abnormal returns. Finally, consistent with the quality, leverage, and distress risk puzzles, firms with lower predicted leverage increases are riskier but earn lower abnormal returns.


A sensitive liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) method for determining the type B fumonisin mycotoxins in corn-based foodstuffs is described. Fumonisins FB1 and FB2 were extracted from a 1 g sample by homogenization with acetonitrile/water (75:25, v/v, 50 mmol/L formic acid, 25 mL final volume) and the extract was defatted on C18 phase. Volumes of 5 mL of crude extracts were cleaned up on Carbograph-4 cartridges. The final solution was analyzed by HPLC with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry in positive ion mode using multiple reaction monitoring with a QqQ linear ion trap mass spectrometer. Recoveries for spiked corn-based foodstuffs ranged from 91-105% (RSD% < or =8%), and method detection limits were < or =2 ng/g for FB1 and < or =1 ng/g for FB2. Two different spiking levels were tested (5000 and 100 ng/g for FB1, 1000 and 20 ng/g for FB2). Quantitation was achieved by an external calibration procedure using matrix-matched standards, with diclofenac added post-cleanup as internal standard for the LC/MS/MS analyses. Calibration curves showed linearity in the concentration range 0.005-5 ng/microL of final extract (0.992 < or = R2< or =0.995). Two other fumonisins, FB3 and FB4, were identified in naturally contaminated samples of corn meal using an information-dependent acquisition protocol that looped three experiments, including neutral loss scan, enhanced resolution scan, and enhanced product ion scan. FB3 and FB4 quantitation was estimated as peak area ratios relative to the FB2 response in view of the lack of both standards. This work also includes an application of the present LC/MS/MS method to some maize and maize-based product samples (corn meal, cornflakes and popcorn) collected from Italian stores. FB1 and FB2 contamination levels exceeding the European Union recommendation were found in 8 out of 15 corn meal samples.


The urine from 35 giraffes was studied by untargeted 1H-NMR, with the purpose of obtaining, for the first time, a fingerprint of its metabolome. The metabolome, as downstream of the transcriptome and proteome, has been considered as the most representative approach to monitor the relationships between animal physiological features and environment. Thirty-nine molecules were unambiguously quantified, able to give information about diet, proteins digestion, energy generation, and gut-microbial co-metabolism. The samples collected allowed study of the effects of age and sex on the giraffe urinary metabolome. In addition, preliminary information about how sampling procedure and pregnancy could affect a giraffe's urinary metabolome was obtained. Such work could trigger the setting up of methods to non-invasively study the health status of giraffes, which is utterly needed, considering that anesthetic-related complications make their immobilization a very risky practice.


Summary Background Noise has different auditory and non-auditory effects on human. In noisy environments, noise as a non-specific stressor can activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA, cortisol). The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of chronic exposure to noise on salivary cortisol on industrial workers. Methods This cross-sectional study had a case/control design. 136 male workers (68 workers were exposed to chronic industrial noise, and 68 other workers were exposed to background noise) voluntarily enrolled in the study. The equivalent noise level was measured at workstations and salivary cortisol for both case and control groups was measured at the beginning (6 AM) and also at the end of work shift (4 PM). The amount of change in the average of the values of the two groups were compared with each other. Results The measured Leq8h (equivalent continuous sound level) in case and control groups were 87.43 dB-A and 67.6 dB-A, respectively. Comparison of salivary cortisol levels change in groups shows a significant differences in control groups for salivary cortisol in the morning and in the evening samples (p < 0.05); but not in the case group (p = 0.052). Also, comparison of salivary cortisol levels changes with noise exposure experience in the case subgroups revealed no significant difference (p > 0.05). Conclusion This study showed that chronic exposure to industrial noise can lead to a change in pattern of salivary cortisol secretion especially in the evening (at the end of the work shift), in a way that instead of its normal decrease, an increase happened.


Construction projects are risky. However, the characteristics of the risk highly depend on the type of procurement being adopted for managing the project. A build-operate-transfer (BOT) project is recognized as one of the most risky project schemes. There are instances of project failure where a BOT scheme was employed. Ineffective rts are increasingly being managed using various risk management tools and techniques. However, application of those tools depends on the nature of the project, organization's policy, project management strategy, risk attitude of the project team members, and availability of the resources. Understanding of the contents and contexts of BOT projects, together with a thorough understanding of risk management tools and techniques, helps select processes of risk management for effective project implementation in a BOT scheme. This paper studies application of risk management tools and techniques in BOT projects through reviews of relevant literatures and develops a model for selecting risk management process for BOT projects. The application to BOT projects is considered from the viewpoints of the major project participants. Discussion is also made with regard to political risks. This study would contribute to the establishment of a framework for systematic risk management in BOT projects.


Background Frida Kahlo was able to showcase her suffering through her work, oil paints, many of which self-portraits. Her pain allowed her to express her emotions too. Unhappiness, suffering, as well as joy and life's natural discourse strengthens artists' spirit giving way to their best works (Van Gogh, Beethoven, Frida Kahlo, Cervantes, etc). Does unhappiness generate art? Art therapy uses artistic expression as a vehicle to improve social, physical, emotional and personal dimensions. Aim To establish whether palliative care professionals feel the need to express emotions surfacing from professional activities, To establish the means used To know how they were helped by them. Method A questionnaire was designed and sent to different care levels PC teams. Descriptive study to analyse results PC professionals need a way to express their feelings and emotions and if so, how they go about it. Permission was sought from all respondents to use their responses. Results A total of 44 professionals responded (out of) 81.8% females and18.2 males, 79.5% chose their current job and 20.5% did not 93% had experienced the need to express their emotions brought about by professionals experiences. 75% expressed them verbally at work, 54% outside work and l 27% through art including painting, poetry, narrative and music. Of those who used art to express themselves: 19.5% were able to enter a creative process, 9.8% to reflect, 4.9% and 100% to Explore and pay better attention to own ideas and feelings. Conclusions (1) It is worth therefore to help PC professionals to express their inner me/self. (2) Organise workshops directed to gain insight into relationships with their own emotions. (3) Art can help PC professionals express their own spirituality and find solace.


BACKGROUND
The growing aging population, with its associated complex needs and illnesses, will in the future become an even more important challenge for the Nordic countries.

AIM
The aim of the study was to describe and explore the perceptions and views of top-level managers and politicians in regard to an optimal future care for older people during the next decade.

DESIGN
The study has a qualitative, descriptive design.

METHODS
Top-level managers (n = 11) and politicians (n = 8) were interviewed in Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway in 2009. The data material was analysed through manifest and latent content analyses.

RESULTS
Future care should substantially focus on the individual needs and dignity of older people. The respondents also recommended a preventive perspective on future care. They anticipate that older people's needs will be complex, requiring nursing competence on an advanced level within home care and nursing homes, and point to the importance of leadership abilities and workplace image. Limited resources and the use of health technology will be dominant issues, entailing the need for open-mindedness to reorganise future care. The latent theme expressed was 'A creative willingness to act - but with an underlying worry about the future'.

CONCLUSIONS
The findings reveal a multifaceted scenario of optimal future care; older people will have significant, acute and complex needs but resources will be limited. In the near future, medical treatment and nursing care for older people at advanced and specialised levels within primary health care will be needed.

IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE
To meet demands, a clear need exists for the advanced clinical competence of nurses. There is also a clear need to reorganise health care services for older people, develop the leadership abilities of nurse managers and make workplaces more attractive.


In this paper investigation in the end bearing and shaft resistance of bored piles embedded in medium sand and subjected to axial load for wide rang of stress levels starting from laboratory dimensions and go toward field dimensions were made by utilizing the finite element method. The soil is modeled using hyperbolic soil model with empirical equation account for reduction of angle of internal friction O with increase in stress level while the bored pile assumed as a linear elastic material. It was found that the stress level has a significant effect on pile's behavior and the small scale model in laboratory dimension not represent the real behavior of pile in field dimensions and if the results from such dimensions are adopted, it will lead to overestimate of bearing capacity factor Nq. Also, the effect of embedment ratio (L/D) on pile's behavior is examined in this study and the results showed that the embedment ratio (L/D) increases the bearing capacity factor Nq up to a certain length beyond it the effect of embedment ratio (L/D) diminished.


During the last years large efforts were made, to get able to supply large and complex components made of gas pressure sintered silicon nitride. This opened new applications for such ceramic materials in ambient and very harsh environment and generated new markets for ceramic producers. The paper presents, a newly developed rapid prototyping routine for complex components as well as the properties of corresponding materials. Components for innovative avionic and space applications, dynamic materials testing, liquid metal processing, metal forming and mechanical engineering are shown. Not only unique properties of the material itself, but also newly developed and adopted shaping and machining technologies for this specific ceramics have let to highly valued products. Due to its very specific set of material properties, silicon nitride has gained a lot of interest. New approaches in technical equipment were undertaken with corresponding research. However, except of seals, bearings and cutting tools, none of all expected high volume applications is industrialized. On the other side, a lot of less spectacular applications are state of the art today. They have opened a wide field for niche products and lead to technical solutions with less wear and corrosion but improved products.


Background: Age-related reduction in bone mineral density (BMD) is generally accelerated in women after menopause, and could be even more pronounced in individuals with sarcopenia. Light-load power training with a low number of repetitions would increase BMD, significantly reducing bone loss in individuals at risk of osteoporosis. This study investigated the effects of low-repetition, light-load power training on BMD in Japanese postmenopausal women with sarcopenia. Methods: The training group (n = 7) followed a progressive power training protocol that increased the load with a weighted vest, for two sessions per week, over the course of 6 weeks. The training exercise comprised five kinds of exercises (squats, front lunges, side lunges, calf raises, and toe raises), and each exercise contained eight sets of three repetitions with a 15-s rest between each set. The control group (n = 8) did not undergo any training intervention. We measured BMD, muscle strength, and anthropometric data. Results: Within-group changes in pelvis BMD and knee extensor strength were significantly greater in the training group than the control group (p = 0.029 and 0.030 for pelvis BMD and knee extensor strength, respectively). After low-repetition, light-load power training, we noted improvements in pelvis BMD (1.6%) and knee extensor strength (15.5%). No significant withinor between-group differences were observed for anthropometric data or forearm BMD. Conclusions: Six weeks of low-repetition, light-load power training improved pelvis BMD and knee extensor strength in postmenopausal women with sarcopenia. Since this training program does not require high-load exercise and is therefore easily implementable as daily exercise, it could be an effective form of exercise for sedentary adults at risk for osteoporosis who are fearful of heavy loads and/or training that could cause fatigue. Trial Registration: This trial was registered with the University Hospital Medical Information Network on 31 October 2016 (UMIN000024651).