Objective To investigate the early rheumatoid arthritis(RA) disease activity in patients with abnormal serum lipid metabolism and associated factors. Methods from January 2011 to December 2012 were treated 50 cases of active disease not use hormones and early RA patients treated with immunomodulatory drugs observation of serum lipids in patients with active RA qualitative metabolic characteristics. Results(1) disease activity of untreated abnormal metabolic acidosis total number of cases occurred in patients with RA in 45 cases, accounting for 90% incidence of abnormalities were: high LP(a) 68% hypertriglyceridemia, low blood apoAI disease was 40%, low HDL-C viremia was 30%, 22% high TG hyperlipidemia, hypertriglyceridemia high apoB was 22%, 16% higher TC hyperlipidemia, high LDL-C viremia was 16 %.( 2) early RA disease activity of 42 cases of female patients and eight cases of male patients on lipid difference was not statistically significant;( 3) early RA disease activity of Tc, LDL-C, apoB and age, BMI was positively correlated; TG and BMI was positively relevant; HDL-C and CRP, DAS28was negatively correlated, apoAI negatively correlated with DAs28. Conclusion RA patients with abnormal blood lipids affect the occurrence and development of AS, age, duration, BMI and other factors affecting the prognosis of RA, early diagnosis, early treatment is an important measure to reduce the RA hazards


research grants program. Under this program, the grants are given by the Social Security Administration to nonprofit organizations for research in the broad area of Social Security. To provide readers with an overview of the purpose and findings of the research conducted under this program, the Executive Summary from completed research reports will be published in the Bulletin. Two summaries from recent projects are reprinted below. The same kinds of factors that cause husbands and wives to coordinate their work effort at younger ages should cause them to coordinate their retirement choices. The coordination could lead to specialization in which one of the spouses works on the job and the other works at home; their retirement dates would be very different. Alternatively, the coordination could lead them to retire at about the same time because the pleasure of each spouse from retirement years is enhanced by the retirement of the other; that is, their retirement years are complementary. Theoretical considerations cannot say which tendency dominates, and, in fact, in a heterogeneous population probably both decisions are found. The objective of the research reported here is to find empirically whether or not husbands and wives tend to retire at the same time and, if they do, to give some indication of the explanation. One kind of (SUNY) at Stoney Brook. explanation is assortative mating: If men who enjoy working marry women who also enjoy working, one would observe a positive correlation between retirement dates. For example, a man who enjoys working will retire later than average; he will tend to be married to a woman who likes to work, and she would retire later than average. This explanation differs from the kind of explanation of retirement coordination that is based on complementarity of retirement years because a change in the environment that causes one spouse to retire earlier would not necessarily have any effect on the retirement of the other. Economic variables may induce coordination of retirement. For example, if a couple has substantial assets, both the husband and wife may retire early. Another example would come from the Social Security system: If the wife's Social Security benefit is based on the husband's earnings record, she may retire when the husband retires so that she can draw benefits. In this case, some policies that cause the husband to retire would also cause the wife to retire.


Gastroenterology 2015;149:e12–e13 Question: A61-yearold man with recurrent small bowel obstruction, hematochezia, and terminal ileal ulcerations seen on colonoscopy was referred to our institution for suspicion of inflammatory bowel disease. On physical examination, the patient was afebrile without abdominal distention, tenderness, organomegaly, or palpable masses. Laboratory assessment was notable for an elevated C-reactive protein of 40 mg/L (normal, <5 mg/L) and elevated serum chromogranin A of 196 ng/dL (normal,<93 ng/dL). CT of the abdomen and pelvis with contrast demonstrated a 3.6 2-cm, ill-defined mesenteric mass with central calcification, adjacent linear fibrosis, and scarring, as well as dilated loops of small bowel consistent with obstruction (Figure A). Subsequent exploratory laparotomy was performed with resection of the mesenteric mass (arrowhead) and associated small bowel (Figure B). Intraoperative findings included an associated 8-mm endophytic ileal mass, which was resected. What is the cause for the recurrent small bowel obstruction and associated intraoperative findings? See the Gastroenterology web site (www.gastrojournal.org) for more information on submitting your favorite image to Clinical Challenges and Images in GI.


AbstractReverse osmosis (RO) has developed into one of the most commonly applied technologies for the reduction of the salt content of a feed stream. While it is a widely applied purification process, the market is continuously challenging suppliers for innovation to increase the economics and sustainability. This paper will review and analyse the field performance of Dow FILMTEC™ new high-flow/low-energy seawater reverse osmosis elements—SEAMAXX™. This new seawater RO membrane, which has the highest permeability currently available, is based on innovation related to membrane chemistry. SEAMAXX can be used to increase the recovery of an existing system or to decrease the energy consumption. In either case, the final cost of water is estimated to be between 10 and 15% lower compared to previously available state of the art RO elements. This paper will focus on three different cases studies where the expected performance of SEAMAXX has been validated. Two of these cases correspond to small-size and medium-s...


In this paper we examine the relationships between news comment topicality, temporality, sentiment, and quality in a dataset of 54,540 news comments. Initial observations indicate that comment sentiments, both positive and negative, can be useful indicators of discourse quality, and that aggregate temporal patterns in positive sentiment exist on comment threads.


Building on previous work, we explore the parameter space of general free functions in non-relativistic modified gravity theories motivated by k-essence and other scalar-tensor theories. Using a few proposed tests, we aim to update Solar System based constraints on these ideas in line with previous theories and suggest their utility in constraining modification to GR, potentially even being able to test k-essence type theories.


ALUMINUM DOME, 87 feet high, houses largest entirely industry-owned research reactor. Constructed by 10 companies in noncompeting fields to conduct basic research, the Plainsboro, N. J., installation is called Industrial Reactor Laboratories, Inc., and is jointly owned.


Coral reefs ecosystem has great value in terms of economy, culture, and biology for the global society and is the most productive and diverse biological ecosystem in the world. Earth observation from space so called remote sensing technology by using high-resolution Satellite, offers powerful capabilities for understanding, forecasting, managing, monitoring and decision making about coral reefs ecosystem. This study focuses on the comparison analysis between Object Base and Pixel Base image classifications of remote sensing imagery for Mapping Coral Reef Geomorphic Zones in the Karimunjawa National Park. The accuracy of each method was assessed using reference data sets derived from high-resolution satellite images, aerial photograph and field investigation. The accuracy of geomorphology zone mapping used Object Base Classification technique indicates that the overall accuracy (OA) was 88,62%. while the pixel-based classification produces the low overall accuracy was 73%. This research suggest that the object-based technique could be a promise approach for mapping coral reef geomorphic zones, where the information obtained from this research was more accurate. In paper, we observed that the object-based technique shows higher accuracy in classification process than the pixel-based technique because pixel based can't satisfy the high-resolution satellite data properties and it produced data redundancy.


! Received 6 January 2007; revised manuscript received 20 March 2007; published 23 May 2007" In the density functional ! DF" theory of Kohn and Sham, the kinetic energy of the ground state of a system of noninteracting electrons in a general external field is calculated using a set of orbitals. Orbital-free methods attempt to calculate this directly from the electron density by approximating the universal but unknown kinetic energy density functional. However, simple local approximations are inaccurate, and it has proven very difficult to devise generally accurate nonlocal approximations. We focus instead on the kinetic potential, the functional derivative of the kinetic energy DF, which appears in the Euler equation for the electron density. We argue that the kinetic potential is more local and more amenable to simple physically motivated approximations in many relevant cases, and describe two pathways by which the value of the kinetic energy can be efficiently calculated. We propose two nonlocal orbital free kinetic potentials that reduce to known exact forms for both slowly varying and rapidly varying perturbations and also reproduce exact results for the linear response of the density of the homogeneous system to small perturbations. A simple and systematic approach for generating accurate and weak ab initio local pseudopotentials which produce a smooth slowly varying valence component of the electron density is proposed for use in orbital-free DF calculations of molecules and solids. The use of these local pseudopotentials further minimizes the possible errors from the kinetic potentials. Our theory yields results for the total energies and ionization energies of atoms, and for the shell structure in the atomic radial density profiles that are in very good agreement with calculations using the full Kohn-Sham theory.


Abstract The purpose of this research is for knowing about profit and R/C ratio value of soybean farming. Also for analiyzed about price efficiency for soybean farming in Purwodadi subdistrict, Grobogan Regency the Central of Java. This research has been done in the District of Purwodadi, Grobogan Regency using random sampling methods with 50 sample of soybean farmers. Analysis of data used descriptive analysis and analysis of frontier production function and Maximum Likelihood Estimation(MLE) methods. The result of this research showed that the value of R/C ratio are 2,0 its mean that this farming are feasible cultivated. And the production factor thats influence for soybean farming are all of the fertilizer (Urea, TSP, and Phonska). The soybean farmer in allocating the factor of production is not efficient because the NPM/PX value of all the fertilizer are <1. So, the soybean farming in the district of Purwodadi have not been pricely efficient yet. Keywords: price efficiency, factor of production


Recently, cross-linguistic polysemies have been discovered as a valuable resource for lexical semantics. Co-occurrences of gloss lexemes in multilingual wordlists can be summarized into polysemy networks, a new type of semantic resource. In this work, this relatively new paradigm is applied to an entire dictionary database, resulting in a polysemy network that spans more than 30,000 German lexemes. Within computational historical linguistics, polysemy networks have been discussed as a possible computational model of semantic change, where short paths in such networks are expected to express possible semantic shifts. To assess the validity of the polysemy network for this purpose, I apply it to the task of finding cognate candidates, i.e. words in related languages which might have developed from the same word in a common ancestor language. On a test set of cognates shared between Finnish and Hungarian, I investigate the number of true cognate pairs whose translations are connected in the polysemy network by shortest paths of different lengths. The results are very promising, providing evidence that cross-linguistic polysemies are indeed closely connected to plausible semantic shifts.


Elliptic curve cryptography was introduced in the mid 1980s as a promising alternative for cryptographic protocols based on the discrete logarithm problem in the multiplicative group of a finite field (e.g., Diffie-Hellman key exchange or ElGamal encryption/signature). The security of elliptic curve cryptosystems relies on the hardness of solving the elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem (ECDLP). However, there is no need to make use of strong cryptographic techniques if they are poorly implemented. This talk surveys various fault attacks against elliptic curve cryptosystems. It also presents a number of countermeasures developed so far as well as new ones by exploiting the rich underlying mathematical structure. Finally, several research problems are listed.


Objective:To establish the qualitive and quantitative methods for Qiangli Jianshen capsules.Methods:Ligustri Lucidi Fructus,Polygalae Radix,Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma in the formula were identified qualitatively by TLC and the content of icariin in capsules was determined by HPLC:Kromasil 100-5C18(250 mm×4.6 mm,5 μm) was adopted.The mobile phase consisted of acetonitrile-water(24:76) at a flow rate of 1 mL·min-1.The UV detection wavelength was at 270 nm.Results:TLC spots developed were fairly clear,and the negative control showed no interference.The standard curve of icariin was linear over a range of 0.041-3.318 μg(r=0.9999).Conclusion:The method is simple,accurate and can be applied to the quality control of Qiangli Jianshen capsules.


Spin-triplet superconductivity is actively pursued in condensed matter physics due to the potential applications in topological quantum computations. The related pairing mechanism involving the interaction remains an important research topic. Here we propose a universal approach to obtain p-wave triplet superconductivity in the Hubbard models by simply changing the sign of the hopping amplitudes of the spin-down electrons, and apply it to three prototype two-dimensional lattices (honeycomb, square, and triangular). The parent Hamiltonian at half filling has long-range magnetic order, which is ferromagnetic in all three directions for the frustrated triangular lattices, and ferromagnetic (antiferromagnetic) in the xy plane (z direction) for the bipartite honeycomb and square lattices. The magnetic transitions occur at some critical interactions on honeycomb and triangular lattices, which are estimated by finite-size scalings. When the systems are doped, we find the triplet p-wave pairing is a dominating superconducting instability. We demonstrate its emergence is closely related to the strong ferromagnetic spin fluctuations induced by the doping. Our results provide an understanding of the microscopical triplet-pairing mechanism, and will be helpful in the search for spin-triplet superconducting materials.


The victory over the Axis powers had virtually preserved Russia in world history. It was a great celebration not only of the armed forces, but also of ideas. The article widely uses Soviet and modern publications, by both Russian and foreign scientists, dedicated to the East Front of World War II. The criminal essence of Adolf Hitler's personality, his personal traits, way of thinking is shown, the analysis of his statements, offi cial speeches, private conversations, «table speeches», «Mein Kampf» is carried out. It also reconstructs the thinking process of other Nazi civil and military leaders who acted together with their Führer in pursuit of the common goal. The article for the fi rst time, taking into account the logic of thinking of the leadership of the third Reich, traces literally by years that the war against the USSR was conceived as a total genocide and carefully worked out in all directions. The author concludes that the bloody and inhuman logic of the leadership of the German Reich, big entrepreneurs and bankers, members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party and the Schutzstaffel, generals and soldiers of the Wehrmacht, and a virtual legion of various offi cials clearly shows that they were all united in their desire to «stop Russian history».


The contamination of groundwater by hexavalent chromium is a worldwide problem that has resulted mainly from the poorly managed disposal of hexavalent chromium wastes. Numerous different sources of wastes can produce Cr(VI)-contaminated groundwater with a wide range of pH values. The reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III) is of great importance because the hazard of Cr(VI) decreases when it is reduced to the less toxic form, Cr(III). Humic acids obtained from different sources are capable of Cr(VI) reduction. This study compared Cr(VI) reduction over a wide range of pH values (3-11) using humic acids extracted from lignite, peat, soil, and sludge phyto conditioning residue. The reduction of Cr(VI) by all humic acids was pH dependent.
All humic acids reduced Cr(VI) to Cr(III) in a first-order reaction with respect to Cr(VI) concentration but exhibited a partial order of approximately 0.5 with respect to [H+]. Among the humic acids, peat humic acid showed the highest rates of reactions, where Cr(VI) reduction was observed at all pH values investigated (3-11). 13C NMR and pyrolysis GC-MS spectroscopy indicated that the reduction of Cr(VI) into Cr(III) by the humic acids resulted in a loss of aromatic compounds and hydroxyl groups. X-ray absorption spectroscopy indicated that at all pH values the resulting Cr(III) was associated with the partially degraded humic acid in an inner sphere adsorption complex. The reaction mechanism of Cr(VI) by the humic acid's functional groups is likely to be similar to that by simple organic moieties, which controlled by chromate ester formation followed by the electron transfer decomposition step. The initial step is rapid in acidic systems but far less favourable in alkaline conditions. The finding of this study highlights the potential use of organic matter rich with humic acids for the in-situ reduction of Cr(VI) from aqueous systems over a broad range of environmental conditions.


The Medicines Control Council of South Africa recently lifted the suspension on the use of all medicines containing hydroxyethyl starch (HES), with the exclusion of, among other contraindications, patients with severe burns. A circular from the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health furthermore restricts the use of HES-containing products to specialist anaesthetists, advising the use of Gelofusine for the 'general resuscitation of hypovolaemic patients in intensive care' or for the 'acute resuscitation of patients with severe, source-controlled haemorrhagic shock in theatre by a specialist anaesthetist'.


Fast quench detection is a key requirement for the successful implementation of superconducting magnet technology. In high temperature superconductor magnets, this issue is especially challenging due to the low quench propagation velocity, and presently represents one of the main factors limiting their application. A new detection technique based on stray-capacitance monitoring is proposed. The capacitance between electrically-insulated magnet elements, such as magnet structure and end parts, is utilized as an indication of local heat deposition in the conductor. In fact, the relative permittivity of helium drops when it changes from the liquid to the gaseous phase. Thus, when heating occurs, part of the helium impregnating the insulation layers boils off, and the monitored stray-capacitance decreases. The proposed technique is successfully demonstrated on three small-scale Bi-2212 magnets manufactured at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Results from the detection of thermal runaways and spot-heater induced quenches are reported and discussed. Advantages and limitations of the stray-capacitance method with respect to conventional quench detection methods are assessed.


The discovery of the accelerated expansion of the universe using Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) has stimulated a tremendous amount of interest in the use of SNe Type Ia events as standard cosmological candles, and as a probe of the fundamental physics of dark energy. Recent observations of SNe Ia have indicated a significant population difference depending on the host galaxy. These observational findings are consistent with SNe Ia Ni-56 production in star-forming spiral galaxies some 0.1 solar masses higher - and therefore more luminous than in elliptical galaxies. We present recent full-star, 3D simulations of Type Ia supernovae which may help explain the nature of this systematic variation in SNe Ia luminosities, as well as the nature of the Ia explosion mechanism. These insights may in turn eventually shed light on the mystery of dark energy itself.


The present invention provides a method for producing a viscoelastic treating fluid comprising a viscoelastic agent and uniformly distributed therapeutically active agent, which method comprises distributing the therapeutically active agent in the viscoelastic compound in dry form. In one embodiment of the present invention, mixing the viscoelastic compound of dry form and an aqueous solution of the therapeutically active agent. The present invention, in therapeutic applications including ophthalmic surgery, relates to the use of homogeneous viscoelastic composition.


In this paper, we propose a composite right/left handed two port leaky-wave antenna (CRLH-LWA) having reduced size and enhanced beam steering capabilities. The antenna is made of a cascade of metamaterial CRLH unit cells, populated with varactor diodes. By properly designing the CRLH unit cell, the propagation constant has been optimized within the radiated zone achieving maximum beam steering and keeping a nearly constant gain for all of the beam configurations. Through a modified multiple signal classification (MUSIC) algorithm, we employed the antenna for direction of arrival (DoA) estimation. Validation of the algorithm along with the proposed CRLH-LWA has been conducted in an anechoic chamber and the estimated DoA results are in good agreement with the predicted angles.


A pot experiment was carried out in greenhouse to study the effect of lead (Pb) applied as a toxic metal with and without molybdenum (Mo) on growth, dry matter yield of chickpea plants and N fixation using 15 N dilution technique. The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design in three replicates of each treatment. Before sowing, the legume chickpea seeds inoculated with Rhizobium Leguminesarum . Lead was applied as lead sulfate at rates of 0,50 and 100 mg Pb kg -1 soil, while, molybdenum was applied as molybdenum sulfate at levels of 0, 1, 2 and 3 mg Mo kg -1 soil. Results demonstrated that, in general trend, the highest weights of seeds and shoots were 15.36 g pot -1 and 19.68 g pot -1 observed in the pots received rate of (Pb 0 + Mo 3) ratio, respectively. For N-uptake by seeds and shoots, the highest values were 763.87 mg pot -1 and 324.34 mg pot -1 achieved in the pots received rate of (Pb 0 + Mo 3) ratio. While for pb-uptake by seeds and shoots, the highest values were 8.0 mg pot -1 and 43.0 mg pot -1 achieved with the rate of (Pb 100 + Mo 0) ratio. Using 15 N dilution technique, in seeds, the highest value of (Ndff%) was (11.85%), achieved with rate of (Pb 50 + Mo 3) ratio and dose of (Pb100 + M 1) ratio while, the highest value of (Ndfa%) was (40.21%), achieved with rate of (Pb100 + Mo 1) ratio and followed by (39.81%) with dose of (Pb100 + Mo 2) ratio, respectively . ABSTRACT Low Caloric Cake, Replacement, Total Phenolic Compounds, Antioxidant, Physical Properties, Sensory Properties. J. Nucl. Tech. Appl. Sci, Vol. 6, No. 1, PP. : The present study aims to improve the antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of cake and produce low calorie cake through substitution of wheat flour (WF) by irradiated broccoli ( Brassica oleracea L.var italica ) powder. In this study broccoli heads powder and broccoli leaves pow der were gamma irradiated at dose levels of 0, 3, 5 and 7 kGy. Results showed that ethanolic (70%) extract of irradiated broccoli heads powder (IBHP) and irradiated broccoli leaves powder (IBLP) at a dose level of 5 kGy had higher total phenolic compounds (TPC) and antioxidant activ ity (AOA) compared to control and other doses. Thus, IBHP and IBLP at dose level of 5 kGy were selected for fortification of cake. IBHP was used to substitute (0, 1.5, 3, and 4.5 %) of WF in making cake, as well, replacement of WF (0, 1, 2 and 3%) by IBLP. The results showed that the cake processed from IBHP and IBLP had pronounced improvement (%) in its chemical composition (protein, lipids, ash and fiber content) while, the energy value and carbohydrate content decreased with increasing the replacement level. Also, the results showed that the TPC content, AOA, volume and specific volume were increased by increasing substitution level of IBHP and IBLP compared to control samples. On the other hand, total intensity, L*and a* values of the crust and crumb were decreased, whereas Chroma and b* values were increased for crumb and decreased for crust for all cake treatments by the addition of IBHP and IBLP com pared to control sample. For microbiological properties, the results


Objective To understand the mother's pregnancy with preeclampsia the prevalence of newborns born to mothers with newborn levels in preeclampsia pregnancy disease,brain damage,the relationship between brain development.Methods Collection in January 2008~May 2010 hospital maternal preeclampsia during pregnancy and neonatal data were analyzed,and maternal preeclampsia pregnancy divided into mild,moderate and severe,premature infants from birth to their children,the incidence of small for gestational age children,newborn brain injury and brain retardation were analyzed.Results The mothers of severe preeclampsia in preterm infants born child,small for gestational age children,brain damage,brain retardation were higher than the incidence of mild group(P0.05).Conclusion Pregnant women with preeclampsia can cause a variety of neonatal diseases,severe neonatal disease and maternal pre-eclampsia is related to brain injury and brain development in premature concern.


The effectiveness evaluation index system of construction enterprise management system is constructed on the basis of the following four aspects: business development, social satisfaction, financial evaluation, internal management and learning evaluation. By using TOPSIS-GAHP method, effectiveness evaluation model of construction enterprise management system is constructed.


Polyacrylamide gel isoelectric focusing (PAGIEF) of EDTA plasma and neuraminidase-treated plasma samples at pH 3.5–9.5 containing 8.0 Murea followed by an electroblotting with enzyme immunoassay was a


This paper proposes an optimal admission and placement stochastic controller that inserts security and depend-ability in the operational aspects of edge-cloud system under a 5G deployment. The proposed mechanism uses the frame-work of Semi-Markov Decision Making Process (SMDP) and seeks for an optimal policy that efficiently allocates the virtual resources to secure and run the services across the cloudified infrastructure. Driven by a new latency-oriented cost structure, the optimal controller achieves a dependable and secure operation by optimally balancing the service requests between the edge and the cloud system taking into account the service profile, the workload, and the traffic load. A structural analysis of the optimal policy reveals its implementation friendliness while a cloudnomics analysis shows that the optimal cost can be further optimized by fine tuning the parameters of the proposed cost structure.


The current study was conducted in the animal house of the Faculty of Education for Girls / University of Kufa, and the study aimed to know the effect of the nano-extract (zinc oxide) of the seeds of the Prunus persica and Prunus armeniaca seeds on the histological structure of the lungs in male white rats with ages ranging (6-10) weeks and weights (200-250 g). Which were divided into ten groups, each group included 5 rats. The first group is the control group and the second group is the group that was treated with the nano-extract of the seeds of the P.persica plant at a concentration (10 mg/kg) then (DENA+Ccl4), the third group is the group that was treated with just the nano-extract from the seeds of the P.persica plant at a concentration (15 mg/kg),the fourth group is the group that was treated with the nano-extract from the seeds of the P.armeniaca plant at a concentration (10mg/kg) then (DENA+Ccl4), the fifth group is the group that was treated with just the nano-extract from the seeds of the P.armeniaca plant at a concentration (15 mg/kg) and the sixth group was the infection group with cancer which treated with (DENA+Ccl4),,,,


The invention discloses medical devices for blood reflux prevention and methods of use. Described is a catheter patency maintenance device comprising of a flush syringe, an elongate plunger rod with a stopper slidably positioned within the barrel, a cap, disinfectant and a valve movable between an open position and a closed position. The valve may include a valve stem and/or openings in the valve to permit fluid flow. Methods of using the flush syringe assemblies are also described.


We address the problem of action detection in continuous untrimmed video streams, based on the two-stage framework: one stage for action proposals generation and the other for proposals classification and refinement. The context features inside and outside a candidate region (proposal) are critical for classification in action detection. Therefore, effective integration of these features with different scales has become a fundamental problem. We contend that different action instances and candidate proposals may need different context features. To address this issue, we present a novel multiple scales based context-aware net (MSCA-Net) to effectively classify the action proposals for action detection in this paper. For each candidate action proposal, MSCA-Net takes its multiple regions with different temporal scales as input and then generates suitable context features. Based on the "candidate-control" mechanism of LSTM, the proposed MSCA-Net specially adopts the two-branch structure: Branch1 generates multi-scale context features for each candidate proposal, whereas Branch2 utilizes the context-aware gate function to control the message passing. Extensive experiments on THUMOS'14, Charades daily and ActivityNet action detection datasets, demonstrate the effectiveness of the designed structure and show how these context features influence the detection results.


BackgroundDespite the widespread use of autologous fat grafting in both reconstructive and cosmetic surgery, volume retention remains a significant problem. We aimed to critically appraise the current body of literature in fat grafting to provide a framework to guide application and comparison. MethodSearch of scientific databases and gray literature was conducted. Articles examining nonadipogenic applications of adipose tissue and those specific to breast reconstruction were excluded. ResultsOne hundred three articles were included. These fell under the headings of donor site, effect of infiltration solution, harvest method, effect of centrifugation, reinjection method, supplementation, the role of adipose-derived stem cells, and scaffolding. ConclusionsDespite the significant research effort in this field, there remains no consensus as to the optimum technique. This stems from the vast array of research methods and short follow-up durations. Further, extrapolation of in vitro results to clinical settings has led to many conflicting practices.


This paper presents a new approach to active sub-threshold leakage reduction using task migration. The main idea is to replicate a hot module in a design so as to actively migrate its computation at regular intervals, reducing the on-chip temperature and thereby the sub-threshold leakage. We observe that choosing which blocks to migrate and their placement in a floorplan is a chicken-and-egg problem. To solve this, we propose a two step floorplanning methodology, wherein, given a base floorplan, we first choose the modules to replicate and then effectively utilize the deadspaces in it by exploiting the lateral conduction of heat in the floorplan to place a modulepsilas replica. With an optimized floorplan, using task migration we obtain an average savings of 29% in the active sub-threshold leakage at the expense of about 6% additional area.


Herein are discussed briefly the mechanisms theorized and supported by experiments or calculations pertaining the adsorption of hydrogen into carbon nanotubes. Affects of tube size, pressure, and temperature on hydrogen uptake in carbon nanotubes are also discussed. In particular, single-walled carbon nanotubes are discussed because of their promising hydrogen adsorption characteristics. Also, alkali-doping of carbon nanotubes and its benefits are discussed.


Using the common classical turbulence model, k-ε turbulence model which has fairly common usability,CFD simulations for group high-rise building and wind-induced static interference between tall buildings, are conducted. Based on the comparison between the CFD and relative wind tunnel test ,it shows that: the method of numerical simulation have better accuracy, could be used for group high-rise buildings study of static interference.


Transmission/reflection-band centre ratios of about 1.3 can be attained with multiple layers of inductive or capacitive grids, or with single-layer arrays of more complex elements. The copolar losses and the linear crosspolar performance of a 4-layer inductive grid and a 2-layer array of concentric rings are compared to illustrate some of the problems that can arise experimentally.


Objective To explore the relationship between interleukin-18 (IL-18) level and pathogenesis of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), and study the effect and clinical significance of IL-18 in ITP. Methods The plasma IL-18 in 36 ITP patients and 36 normal controls were detected by enzyme linked immu-nosorbent assay (ELISA). Results That the level of IL-18 in ITP was( 538.31±111.33) pg/ml, and that in controls was(489.44±49.07)pg/ml. The level of IL-18 was negative correlated to the platelet quantity (r = - 0.395, P 0.05) in ITP patients. Conclusion The IL-18 level in ITP patients is obviously higher than that in normal controls. IL-18 may be closely associated with the pathogenesis of ITP.


The index of a Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ is defined by ind $\mathfrak{g}=$ $\min_{f\in \mathfrak{g}^*}\dim(\ker (B_f))$, where $f$ is an element of the linear dual $\mathfrak{g}^*$ and $B_f(x,y)=f([x,y])$ is the associated skew-symmetric Kirillov form. We develop a broad general framework for the explicit construction of regular (index realizing) functionals for seaweed subalgebras of $\mathfrak{gl}(n)$ and the classical Lie algebras: $A_n=\mathfrak{sl}(n+1),$ $B_n=\mathfrak{so}(2n+1)$, and $C_n=\mathfrak{sp}(2n)$. Until now, this problem has remained open in $\mathfrak{gl}(n)$ -- and in all the classical types.


The nitrogen balance of two groups of patients, A and B, was studied during the first four post-operative days. Groups A (31) received a daily intake of one liter of Totamine concentrée glucidique with glucose 10 p. 100 1,5 liter. Groups B received Totamine concentrée glucidique with glucose 30 p. 100 1,5 liter. There was no statistically significant difference in nitrogen balance between both groups. On the other hand, the cumulative nitrogen balance was positive for both groups for the first four post-operative days.


It is a difficult task to assess the quality of an interpretive educational technology research. As the field of educational technology emerges, there is an increasing need for guidelines on how to conduct an interpretive research and assess its quality. Although interpretive research enriches the understanding of a social phenomenon, the prevalence of questionable and unreliable conclusions is a problem in educational technology research. Thus, this paper discusses two levels of problems: firstly, the social phenomenon for which an interpretive research provided useful insights; secondly, the research design process regarding how to conduct and assess the quality of research findings. With the help of Klein and Myers' seven principles, the paper demonstrates how to conduct an educational technology interpretive research and assess its quality. The paper concludes that the use of Klein and Myers' seven principles of evaluating interpretative research has potential for improving the quality of interpretive research in the emerging field of educational technology. Key-Words: interpretive research, knowledge sharing, Dynamic FAQ


In the new situation,the territorial Party Organ does not only play an important role in giving publicity to Party's ideas,expanding healthy social trends,understanding social conditions and public opinions,and guiding public voice as the government and party's spy and voice,but also highlight the characteristics of peasants' newspaper,give good service to provincial "Three Nong" Work,which is about the problems of agriculture,rural areas and peasantry.And in increasing agricultural efficiency and the peasants' income,the territorial Party Organ can play a role as a bridge as well.


The purpose of this study was to evaluate the nanohardness (H) and Young's modulus (Y) of the adhesive interface and the adhesive bond strength immediately and after submitted to 10,000 thermal cycles. One hundred and sixty non-carious human third molar were randomly divided in eight groups according to the adhesive system and dentin approach (Scotchbond Universal self-etch; Scotchbond Universal etch-andrinse; Prime & Bond Elect self-etch; Prime & Bond Elect etch-and-rinse; Clearfil Universal Bond self-etch; Clearfil Universal Bond etch-and-rinse; All-Bond Universal self-etch and All-Bond Universal etch-and-rinse), and posteriorly subdivided according to the storage period of 24 h or 10,000 thermal cycles (n=10). Three teeth were selected for nanoindentation test and seven for the microtensile test. The teeth were prepared to obtain flat dentin surfaces. The adhesive systems application and photoactivation followed the manufacturer's instructions. The composite resin restoration was incrementally constructed, and the restored teeth were submitted to the respective aging protocols. For the microtensile bond strength test, the samples were sectioned to obtain dentin-resin sticks with a sectional area of 1 mm. For the nanoindentation test, samples were sectioned to obtain 1.5 mm-thick bonded slices, embedded in epoxy resin and manually polished using wet SiC papers. Five nanoindentations were made in each adhesive layer, hybrid layer and dentin with load of 1000 μN in trapezoidal cycle mode. The bond strength values (μTBS) did not show statistically significant difference among the four adhesive systems tested after 24 h and submitted to 10.000 thermal cycles for any application mode (PBE E&R 33,85 29,62; PBE SE 21,74 22,65; SBU E&R 33,40 31,63; SBU SE 27,82 27,03; ABU E&R 34,09 29,73; ABU SE 23,85 26.88; CUB 34,62 27,59 and CUB 28,64 24,06). Application mode (etch-and-rinse E&R/self-etch SE) has significant influences on μTBS of Prime & Bond Elect and All-Bond Universal adhesives only for no thermocycling condition. The test condition (with/without thermocycling) was statistically significant only for Clearfil Universal Bond with etch-and-rinse technique. Scotchbond Universal applied in the E&R and SE modes showed stable bond strength values after storage for 24 h or after thermal cycling. For nanohardness and Young's modulus were not found statistically significant difference among the Universal adhesives systems immediately tested. After thermocycling, Prime & Bond Elect applied in E&R mode showed significantly lower values for H and Y than other systems, and All-bond Universal in E&R mode showed the lowest H values in adhesive layer for both aging protocols. Young's modulus values were significantly different among dentin, hybrid and adhesive layers (dentin>hybrid layer>adhesive layer). The application mode showed significant influence on μTBS values for Prime & Bond Elect and All-Bond Universal adhesives only when no thermocycled. The test condition was statistically significant in the μTBS values for Clearfil Universal Bond in E&R mode, and in the H and Y values for PBE in E&R mode.


This article presents the results of an empirical study of the marketing-accounting interface in the hotel industry. Results indicated that the perceived satisfaction of marketing managers with respect to the marketing-accounting interface was lower than that of accounting managers. General dissatisfaction with the quality of two functions' communication was found among both marketing and accounting managers. Significant associations were found between the quality of interface development and the degree of marketing performance. Understanding and communication of marketing-related the accounting information between accounting and marketing department is one of the vital means to improve marketing performance.


Full adder is the basic block of arithmetic circuit found in microcontroller and microprocessor inside arithmetic and logic unit (ALU). Improvement of the adder is thus essential for upgrade the performance of those circuits where adder is employed. Full adders, till now, have been designed using wide range of structures for improvement of various parameters like power consumption, speed performance and structure size. This paper described a comparative analysis of 28T and 14T full adder with the aim of increasing power efficiency and reducing structure size at 180nm technology. In this paper, the simulation results have been obtained for power by varying different parameters of the designed circuit using 180nm technology with Empyrean Aether. KeywordsFull Adder, Low Power, Cache Memory, Arithmetic Operation, Leakage Power


Analysis and design optimization are carried out based on frequency,mass and volume for the frame,which is the key structure part of large and middle Magnetically Suspended Control Moment Gyroscope(MSCMG).The characteristics of the design schemes of cylinder-belly frame,two-part sphere frame and tri-part sphere frame are discussed.The Or thogonal Experiment Design(OED)is applied to recognize the primary factors of the geometry parameters of the twopart sphere frame.The design optimization model is established with the constraint of frequency,the objective of mini mum mass and the design variable of the primary factors.Results of the design optimization indicate that the mass is reduced by 0.54kg and the frequency is above 1000Hz,which satisfy the stability requirement of the control system.Product examples and pictures of magnetic bearing displacement are presented.


Inflation has produced profound influences on the production,management and finance of enterprises.Enterprises should draw up appropriate financial strategies to deal with the negative influences of inflation.In operation strategy enterprises should adjust accounting treatment methods and product pricing strategy and strengthen working capital management;in investment strategy enterprises should optimize compound mode and disperse investment risks to ensure maintenance and appreciation of value;in financing strategy enterprises should try to choose methods with low cost and high availability to efficiently attract capital and prevent inflation risk.


Gutian Conference in 1929 made much useful exploration of the construction of primary party organization.The sprit of Gutian Conference consists of two core principles: building party ideologically and building army politically.Following practical and innovative approach and insisting on the principle that army should be ruled by Party are the quintessence of Gutian Conference spirit.The explorations and spirit have an important guiding and pushing effect on strengthening the construction of primary party organization in the colleges and universities in new period.


The historic range of the Arabian Leopard presumably extended over a large part of Saudi Arabia. Analysis of the scarce historic and recent records suggests that the range has decreased by 90 % since the beginning of the 19th century, with an annual rate of range loss close to 10 % in the last 15 years. During the period 1998-2003, 19 reports were recorded, of which only 4 can be confirmed, distributed in 2 main areas. 1) the escarpment of the Asir Mountains between Al Baha and Abbah (600-2400 m), where high prey density may still be found near permanent water flows, and 2) the drier Hijaz Mountains north of Madinah (< 2000 m), where potential prey density is low. Considering home range sizes and densities calculated for other leopard populations in different ecological contexts, the potential population was estimated at 60-425 individuals in a range of 4000-19,635 km. Population viability analysis projected a mean time for first extinction of 11.3 years from 1998. The decline is mainly attributed to habitat fragmentation and degradation and direct persecution. The increase in over-grazing, and encroachment into once remote areas by road construction since the 1970s have induced important biodiversity loss affecting the whole food chain. Prey availability has decreased throughout leopard range, which has presumably led the leopard to alter its diet towards livestock and other domestic animals. This increases the unpopularity of the species, and persecution by local people. The leopard is officially protected in Saudi Arabia; however, despite the high proportion of land protection (4.1 % of the country), there is an obvious lack of protected areas that encompass the leopard's remaining range. Recommendations stress the need for extensive surveys to update current status and distribution of the Leopard, and to develop ex situ and in situ conservation programs.


A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Accounting and Finance of Addis Ababa University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Arts in Accounting and Finance.


We thank Drs Lei and Li for their interest in our study on the incidence, clinical features and perinatal outcome of anomalous late-onset fetal growth restriction (FGR)1. We strongly believe that our findings may assist in parental counseling, despite the absence of the 'basic information' to which the authors refer and which are acknowledged as limitations in our manuscript1. We respectfully disagree with the assumption of Drs Lei and Li that the removal after birth of the pathogenic factor determining FGR in the non-anomalous group, i.e. placental insufficiency, is associated with improved prognosis in all circumstances. Indeed, this was shown to be the case for late-onset FGR fetuses1 but not for those diagnosed earlier in gestation2. Moreover, given the fact that fetal anomalies were found in approximately one in 10 fetuses diagnosed with FGR beyond 32 weeks, in our paper we discussed the importance of the systematic assessment of fetal anatomy in pregnancies at risk for late-onset FGR1. The diagnostic yield of prenatal ultrasound in the identification of fetal anomalies in the third trimester has been demonstrated by several groups3–5. In addition, the recent guidelines of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology6 and those of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine7 endorse the detailed assessment of fetal anatomy following the diagnosis of FGR at any gestational age. The fact that some anomalies may be diagnosed at the midtrimester scan while others may be overlooked or become evident at a later gestation is representative of real-life clinical practice, hence, we argue that this does not limit the validity of the study findings1. Likewise, some women may decline screening tests for aneuploidies or refuse invasive procedures despite a high-risk screening test result, while others may wish to undergo all available tests regardless of the presence or absence of an underlying genetic abnormality or aneuploidy. Again, the fact that not all fetuses and neonates in our cohort underwent genetic testing (which is acknowledged as a limitation in the Discussion section of the study1) should be regarded as part of real-world clinical practice and not as a factor limiting the generalizability of our findings1. Finally, Drs Lei and Li criticize the fact that we could not provide information on how many cases underwent invasive testing. As mentioned in our paper1, we agree that the antenatal identification of fetal anomalies may represent an indication for performing invasive testing for fetal karyotyping with comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) array. However, we also believe that invasive testing should be considered only in settings in which clinical management may differ in the event of abnormal findings. In such context, it is worth


This paper seeks to explore the roles that development plans play in relation to formal urban regeneration processes. It takes the normative position that development plans ought to support these types of urban regeneration processes effectively, and it also takes the pragmatic position that this would be consistent with current government rhetoric about development plans as well as offering potentially valuable support for regeneration initiatives. Since the case studies presented as the core of this paper do not illustrate a relationship in practice which is fully congruent with these stances, however, the paper also addresses the question of what might be done to move the observed reality closer to this desired state.To these ends, after an initial examination of how this relationship is viewed in the extant literature, the central feature of the paper is the presentation of three case studies of urban regeneration processes carried out under the umbrella of City Challenge. The purpose of these case studies is to try to establish the nature of this relationship in recent practice, since there are few published studies of this kind, exploring both how development plans performed in these situations against some normative tests and how these relationships were perceived by key players. The concluding section of the paper looks at the similarities and the differences between the cases in these terms, suggests some possible explanations for these findings and comments on the practice and the research implications of these conclusions.ContextWhile both development plans and urban regeneration have extensive literatures in their own right, perhaps surprisingly there is a dearth of literature which examines the interface between purpose-constructed urban regeneration processes and the statutory development plan (Lang, 1998). Some attention has been given to the limitations of land use plans and their non-statutory local planning manifestations in advancing physical, social and economic policy in inner-city areas (Healey, 1983; Bruton and Nicholson, 1990), and some of the main barriers to a better linkage between development plans and the broad thrust of regeneration efforts have been highlighted in the study by Healey and her colleagues of Greater Manchester and the West Midlands in the mid-1980s (Healey et al., 1988). Even this, however, tends to deal with 'regeneration' as a portfolio concept to do with actions to improve inner-city areas as places and in terms of the quality of life of their residents and users, and as Furbey (1999) argues 'regeneration' when used like this can actually convey a broad range both of meanings and of implied policy stances.When the focus shifts to 'regeneration' in the sense of specific area-based initiatives with particular organisational and financial characteristics (Atkinson and Moon, 1994; Oatley, 1998) as distinct from a general concern with how development plans are faring in the face of the inner-city problem, reviews tend either to be silent or to present the relationship in negative terms. Examples of the former include the work of Robson et al. (1994), Blackman (1995), Newman and Thomley (1996) and Rydin (1998). Examples of the latter include the work of Healey et al. (1992) which raises concerns about whether the property-led stances which typified the specific urban regeneration initiatives taking place at that time were compatible with the regulatory style of development plan making; Deakin and Edwards (1993) who presented local planning authorities as having failed to rise to this challenge to their traditional ways of thinking; and Roberts et al. (1998) who see development plans as having been bypassed by major regeneration initiatives notwithstanding the potential of these two spatially defined policy instruments to operate in mutually reinforcing ways. The advent of Section 54A of the Planning Act with its presumption that planning decisions will be led by the policies of the development plan, and with the potential corollary that this framework could either advance or obstruct area-based regeneration initiatives, does not appear to have made much difference to the broad thrust of these arguments (Macgregor and Ross, 1995). …


Prior work investigating whether or not organizations should strive to be moderately different from others in their market category has yielded fundamentally contradictory results, with some identi...


Employment status may have implications for an individual's health status. A review of the literature on the relationship between employment and health demonstrates a consistent association between employment and better health and unemployment and poorer health. This association has been found for men, women, younger adults, older adults, and people with disabilities. The relationship between employment and better health appears to be bidirectional, with some evidence of health affecting employment and further evidence that employment, in turn, affects health. One possible cost-effective way to increase the health of members of Managed Long Term Care Systems is to promote and support the competitive employment of members. Employment and Health 3 A Literature Review on the Relationship between Employment and Health: How this Relationship may Influence Managed Long Term Care Managed Care continues to expand across the United States. For example, the state of Wisconsin is in the process of expanding a Managed Long Term Care System, Family Care, across the entire state of Wisconsin (http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/ltcare/INDEX.HTM). In Wisconsin each Family Care member is part of their own care team, which also includes at least a registered nurse and a care manager. These care teams help to determine how to best support the health and long term care outcomes the Family Care member needs and wants. Like other Managed Care Systems, Family Care functions to improve the health and safety of its members in the most cost-effective way. Managed Long Term Care Systems provide a unique environment where many individuals in the long term care system have disabilities. In a health care focused environment, such as Managed Long Term Care, employment may only be addressed when there is a question about whether or not an individual is healthy enough to work. The assumption may be that poor health (albeit physical or mental health) limits employment. In other words, poor health limits employment and better health facilitates employment. But there is another possibility. Employment may actually improve health and unemployment may deteriorate health. If the goal is to improve health in the most cost-effective way, it is important to understand how an individual's employment may affect their health. If employment contributes to improving health status, efforts to increase participation in employment could reduce health care costs. In order to determine whether health does in fact affect employment and/or employment improves an individual's health, the research literature was reviewed. Articles for this literature review were found via PsychInfo Index using EBSCOhost by simultaneously searching the keywords "employment" and "health". Any articles that were found using this technique and that studied the relationship between employment and health, specifically the direction of this Employment and Health 4 relationship were included in this literature review. Also, any additional articles found in the reference section of these articles and that also studied the relationship between employment and health were included in this literature review. Employment is Related to Health In this review of the literature, 33 different studies demonstrated that employment is related to health. These studies included 173,871 participants from 24 different countries. For example, the relationship between employment and health has been demonstrated with large samples of adults including 20,000 British individuals (Arber, 1997), 38,472 Europeans (Olsen & Dahl, 2007), 8,747 Austrians (Rasky, Stronegger, Freidl, 1996), 15,468 Finnish employees or job seekers (Virtanen, Liukkonen, Vahtera, Kivimaki, & Koskenvui, 2003), and 270 Norwegians (Claussen, Bjorndal, & Hjort, 1993). Furthermore, this relationship has also been found in young adult populations including British 16 and 17 yr olds who left school (Jackson, Stafford, Banks, & Warr, 1983; Stafford, Jackson, & Banks, 1980; Warr, Banks, Ullah, 1985), Australian school leavers (Winefield, Winefield, Tiggemann, & Goldney, 1991), and Dutch 18 to 26 yr olds (Taris, 2002). For aging adults (specifically individuals 60 years and older) engagement in productive activities (including paid employment, caregiving, volunteering, informal social assistance) has been shown to be associated with better functional status (ability to engage in activities of daily living) and better self-rated health (Hinterlong, 2006). Similarly, unemployed British older adults (ages 50 to 74) reported lower well-being than did those who were employed (Warr, Butcher, Robertson, & Callin, 2004). Women. Many studies explored the relationship between employment and health with women only samples. Some women chose not to work, not due to ill health, but because they chose to spend their time taking care of their children and/or their household. Still other women chose to work and to take care of their children and/or their household. Some people may assume that multiple roles (e.g., being a housewife and having a career) would decrease a women's health due to stress and limited time to engage in healthy behaviors such as exercise Employment and Health 5 and sleep. Yet, when comparing employed women to women who are not working (including non-working housewives and the unemployed women), employment has not been found to be related to poor health (Repetti, Matthews, & Waldron, 1989). Rather, employment among women has been found to be related to better health (Adelmann, Antonucci, Crohan, & Coleman, 1990; Arber, Gilbert, & Dale, 1985; Jennings, Mazaik, & McKinlay, 1984; Roos, Bursrom, Saastamoinen, & Lahelma, 2005; Waldron & Herold, 1986; Waldron & Jacobs, 1988). In addition, Passannante and Nathanson (1985) found that Wisconsin women in the labor force had a lower death rate than Wisconsin housewives. Some may argue that the detrimental effects of employment on health were not observed because, in a more modern society, men are helping women out with household duties; but even in more traditional cultures (e.g., Spain) female workers have been found to have better health status than housewives (Artazcoz, Borrell, Benach, Cortes, & Rohlfs, 2004). Furthermore, unemployed British single mothers (Baker, North, & The ALSPAC Study Team, 1999), unemployed British working class mothers (Parry, 1986), and unemployed American women on welfare (Chandler, Meisel, Jordan, Rienzi, & Goodwin, 2005; Corcoran, Danziger, & Tolman, 2004) had more mental health problems (including depression) than those who were employed. The findings on physical health have been somewhat more mixed. The British employed single mothers reported more cough/cold symptoms than did those who were unemployed (Baker et al., 1999), whereas employed American women on welfare reported better physical health than those who were unemployed (Corcoran et al., 2004; Horwitz & Kerker, 2001). In any case, employment does not appear to worsen the health of women with major disabling health conditions. Rather, the perceived health status was higher among women with major disabling health conditions who were employed than among those who were unemployed (Kutner, 1984). People with Disabilities. The relationship between employment and health has also been demonstrated within populations of people with specific disabilities and overall, across Employment and Health 6 people with a variety of different types of disabilities. Overall, of the 47,377 adults (25 to 64 yrs old) with disabilities across the United States surveyed via the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System those who were employed had less frequent mental distress (18%) than did unemployed individuals (40%). This relationship held up even when controlling for demographics and individual characteristics including age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, marital status, health risk behaviors, body mass index, health care coverage, and self-rated health (Okoro, Strine, McGuire, Balluz, & Mokdad, 2007). Other studies provided further examples of the relationship between health and employment. For example, when health related quality of life (HRQOL) was measured via the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), employed Canadians with spinal cord injury (Leduc & Lepage, 2002) and employed Multiple Sclerosis outpatients (Miller & Dishon, 2006) reported a better HRQOL than did unemployed individuals with the same conditions. Likewise, employed Australian men living with HIV/AIDS had a higher self-reported health, whereas those who were unemployed were more likely to have experienced HIV/AIDS related illness and have a higher score of psychological distress (Fogarty, Zablotska, Rawstorne, Prestage, & Kippax, 2007). Furthermore, in a literature review on the effects of employment on people with Schizophrenia, Marwaha and Johnson (2004) concluded that work was related to a decrease in symptoms and a higher quality of life. A relationship between unemployment and poorer mental health (more specifically depression) was also found for adults with physical disabilities (Turner & Turner, 2004) and for young adults (20 to 25 yrs old) both with and without intellectual disabilities (Jiranek & Kirby, 1990). More specifically, young adults who were competitively employed (as compared to those who were unemployed) had higher psychological well being (Jiranek & Kirby, 1990). With the association between employment and better health (including physical health, mental health, and well being) demonstrated across a variety of populations, including adults, women, youth, older adults, and people with disabilities, the direction of the relationship needs Employment and Health 7 further clarification. More specifically, are healthier people more likely to work and unhealthy people less likely to work, or does employment actually improve health while unemployment decreases health? The Effect of Health on Employment: The Healthy Worker Effect Eight of the reviewed studies, with


Techniques and tools for application parallelization and performance analysis; Tools for effective load balancing, and high reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) in commodity clusters and other large-scale computing systems; and Novel supercomputing approaches using FPGAs, graphics processors, and other novel architectures and technologies.


A generalized state estimation approach is presented in this paper for accurately estimating the states of an barrel roll maneuver aircraft. A nine state Unscented Kalman filter (UKF) formulation is presented here with three relative positions, three relative velocities, barrel frequency of aircraft, axial acceleration and maneuvering coefficient. A new nonlinear predictive zero-effort-miss based guidance algorithm is also presented in this paper. Extensive six degree-of-freedom simulation experiments, which includes noisy seeker measurements, a nonlinear dynamic inversion based autopilot for the interceptor along with appropriate actuator and sensor models, magnitude and rate saturation limits for n deflections etc., show that near-zero miss distance (i.e. hit-to-kill level performance) can be obtained when these two new techniques are applied together.


SUMMARY A study has been carried out to determine the reason for the permanent survival of large skin grafts exchanged between animals differing at the H-1 locus. Grafts that carried only a single gene difference (heterozygous) often showed permanent survival, whereas grafts having double the allelic dosage (homozygous) did not. The results indicate that the difference in skin graft survival times for the two allelic types is not attributable to a change in antigenic specificity when the allelic dosage is doubled, to surgical stress and postoperative trauma, or to graft adaptation, but, rather, to the induction of immunological tolerance by the large heterozygous skin grafts. It is suggested that the results demonstrate that, by simply manipulating the allelic dosage, the tolerogenic and immunogenic properties of the same antigenic specificity are greatly altered in the skin graft. These results are used as a model to provide a somewhat different interpretation of the concept of antigen strength for histocompatibility antigens.


This study investigate the performance of a portfolio based on capital asset pricing model using a Bayesian statistics approach. We use a hierarchical model robustly to estimate the systematic risk of an asset. We assume that the returns follow independent normal distributions. MCMC sampling is applied to calculate all the parameters in the model. Finally, the Bayesian method gives us the probability of every possible asset returns, given the market returns and also the posterior predictions is a clue that the model could be improved.


Management liquidity, an opportunity or a challenge of the Albanian firms, is a book that speaks about cash holdings of Albanian firms,but not only, an approach to find an optimal cash report for the small and medium enterprises that operate in Albania.The results of this work will come in help the managements work and financial leaders in the Albanian companies, but also the other people interested in the field of financial management and cash management, at a time that the main reason of the financial crises all over the world is precisely the lack of liquidity.


trars would require the MRCP, the acknowledged entrance to higher medical training (HMT). It was recognised that all training programmes would be rotational and that career and visiting registrars would be totally integrated. In addition, all programmes would provide HMT, usually based on a specialty, while continuing to offer experience and training in general (internal) medicine. In planning rotations between teaching and district general hospitals, we were in


There exist some worrying problems in safety,psychology,virtue and study among children in rural areas who stay at home separated from their parents working outside.Solving the problems is crucial to safeguarding the children's education rights,keeping sustainable development of rural areas and maintaining harmony and stability of the whole society.The whole society should put emphasis on and pay much more attention to the children's healthy growth.


Chickpea (Cicer arietinum ) is the most important pulse crop in world and account for12% of the world production. India is the major growing country of the world, accounting for 61.65% of the total world area under Chickpea and 68.13% of the total world production. Chickpea has mor e nutritive value than that of other pulses. The objective of this study was to qualification of antinutritionl factor and characterization of Chickpea cultivars by SDS PAGE of soluble seed protein. For this purpose four chickpea variety were used under th e cultivation in India as contrasting characters. Separated protein examined for to show the difference in number of polypeptide bands In variety Digvijay and Vijay maximum number of bands were observed (9 bands) as well as in Virat 8 bands and in Vishal 7 bands were observed. The maximum similarity between variety Virat and Vijay as well as Vijay and Digvijay were observed with six similar bands. As comparing to other the minimum similarity were observed in between two varieties (Vishal and Vijay, Vishal a nd Digvijay). From quantification the amount of antinutritional factor that is phytic acid were obtained more in variety Digvijay and Vijay (4.5gm/kg), very low amount obtained in variety Virat (1.1gm/kg)


Some traditional sports are dying as traditional protection methods fail to preserve them for the lack of time,fund and the limitation of the methods adopted.Therefore,in their digital protection,fund should be quarantined and emphasis should be given to systemization of digitalized sports.Besides digital simulation and digital restoration,a digital exchange platform should be constructed.


Variation laws of conductivity of flow line magnesium cell electrolyte under different temperature,different content of electrolysis residue,and electrolyte component were investigated.The results show that in MgCl2-NaCl-KCl ternary system,rising of temperature and amount of electrolytic residue will cause increase of conductivity while rising of MgO content and MgCl2 concentration will cause drop of conductivity.The conductivity drops first and then rises when KCl content increases with constant MgCl2 concentration.


Innovative technologies are increasingly determining the competitive advantage of enterprises. They also form the basis for modern manufacturing processes, enabling them to meet the needs of society. Awareness of the need for technological development has become widespread, which has been confirmed by international and national programs, scientific and research activities, as well as emerging institutions. Considering the increasing demand for innovative technologies and the developed market, it appears important to use specific methods and tools for the effective analysis and selection of technologies. This paper presents a proposal to use multi-attribute decision-making methods during technology assessment and selection. The proposed concept combines an S-life-cycle analysis (S-LCA), which determines the performance of a technology, the method of Technology Readiness Levels (TRL), which examines the technological maturity, and the TOPSIS method, which allows for developing a technology ranking. To verify this approach, the example of a ranking and selection of the best road technology in Poland is presented, considering the proposed set of criteria and sub-criteria. In the technology assessment, the criteria for innovation, competitiveness, and usefulness of this technology were used in addition to S-LSA and TRL methods.


Objective:To observe and analyze the different operation to the clinical effect of treatment of acute gastric perforation. Method:To clinical selected 120 acute hospital medical records patients with gastric perforation analysis grouping,who were divided into two groups,60 patients with simple repair for the experimental group;gastrectomy 60 patients were in the control group. Contrast the two groups of patients the clinical indicators such as the treatment effect,ulcer recurrence Visick grading,complications recorded. Result:The different groups of patients were compared we can see that the treatment of patients of the control group,ulcer recurrence and clinical parameters of the were significantly less than the experimental group,and statistical analysis( P 0.05),the difference was statistically significant. Conclusion:The more obvious in the treatment of acute gastric perforation using method operation simple repair.


Introduction: Cardiac aging is characterized by cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and myocardial interstitial fibrosis with impaired contractility and relaxation. Recent metabolomics studies revealed an ag...


The problems of the intergenerational transmission of culture of Old Believers from the Lower Volga Region are considered. The author takes into account data of the authors research expeditions and analyses the means of preservation and inheriting of the religious culture.


1. Technical Field of the invention defined in the claims The present invention IP streams that particular burst (Burst) reduce the influence of the jitter (Jitter) in an IP network having the properties and reduce the transmission loss to be for transmitting a live broadcast through the IP (Internet Protocol) network (Network) ( streaming) will on the transfer unit. 2. The invention attempts to solve the technical challenges The invention facilitates synchronizing the audio and video, and multimedia streams smoothing is IP (Internet Protocol) streaming device capable of the multimedia streaming service to output buffers in units of PES (Packetized Elementary Stream) packet to be suitable for real-time multimedia streaming service It provides that its purpose. 3. Resolution of the subject matter of the invention, The present invention according to the IP (Internet Protocol) streaming device is a multimedia stream smooth as possible, the base stream encoder that provides the main stream receives the multimedia data; PES packetizer for packetizing the elementary streams received from the base stream encoder into a plurality of PES packets; TS packetizer to screen TS packet by receiving the PES packet from the PES packetizer; A clock for providing a time stamp value for synchronization with respect to the PES packetizer and the TS packetizer; A first switch for switching transmission and receives the TS packets output from the TS packetizer; First and second buffer for storing the TS packet transfer unit to the emitter of the first switch; To the first buffer or switching to one of the second buffer for receiving the second switch transferring the TS packets stored in the buffer; An IP encapsulator for the TS packets transmitted via the second switch IP Streaming; And also it receives the PES packetized information from the PES packetizer a control unit for controlling the second switch and the first switch. 4. An important use of the invention, The invention yiyongdoem like IP multimedia services. IP, multimedia services, smoothing, motivation, PES


We report the direct measurement of the excitation of electron-hole pairs at a single-crystal InP (100) surface, induced by the scattering of ground-state Xe atoms over an incident energy range 2eV


Sir, I Fancy I can now satisfy your curiosity as to a place in the northern limit of the path of the Moon's shadow, int he eclipse we observed at your house; that is, where the lower limbs of the Sun and Moon coincided, by the following abstract from a letter I received from my friend Mr. Mungo Murray of Chatham, a good mathematician, and author of an excellent work on ship-building.


Teacher is the main role in guiding and developing children to reach the
adultery. Teacher's preference is very influential for each students mentality, because
teacher is a role model for students, therefore every act and behavior of teacher will
be watched and be imitated. MTs Negeri 2 Surakarta is a school where students are
not behaving according to syariat Islam. Whereas, teachers as the role models in the
school, have been act nicely, such as wearing tidy uniform, doing polite things and
obeying the rules. But in reality, there are still many students those have not followed
the examples. So that, in this study the researcher will discuss about the influence of
teacher as a role model in implanting student's moral values in MTs Negeri 2
Surakarta.
In this study, the researcher formulated 2 problem statements, as follow: (1)
what kind of exemplary behaviours do the teachers give in instilling moral values to
the students of MTs Negeri 2 Surakarta?(2) what are the impacts? This study is aimed
to know and describe the teachers" exemplary behaviours in instilling morals values
to the students of Mts Negeri 2 Surakarta, and their impacts.
This research is a field one by using qualitative approach, which has taken place
at MTs Negeri 2 Surakarta. The subject of this research are the headmaster, the
teachers, and the students of MTs Negeri 2 Surakarta. The methods used in collecting
data are deep interview, observation, and documentation. The data are analyzed by
using descriptive qualitative, thus data collected are cited ones. After that, the data
collected are described in words.
The results of this study conclude that the exemplary teachers in instilling
moral values to students at MTs. Negeri 2 Surakarta are already good and influential.
There are two forms of exemplary teachers in instilling moral values of students,
namely words aspect and deed aspect. While the impacts of exemplary teachers
toward instilling moral values of students have been influential and positive, since
students already have akhlaqul karimah according to the teachings of Islam.


THE ARMED FORCES during the British Raj were expected to be politically neutral, but the politics of colonialism itself was against such bureaucratic neutrality. In the post-independence era of the former colonies, the gap between what was expected of the military bureaucracy and what was happening in reality continued to widen. In the subcontinent, Pakistan during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s and Bangladesh in the 1970s have epitomized this trend. The process of politicization of the armed forces was associated with three main factors. First, the "aid to civil" phenomenon occurred at regular intervals after 1949 in Pakistan whenever the civil administration failed to tackle a crisis, no matter what the source. Whether the crisis was caused by communal riots as in 1950, 1952, 1954, 1963, and 1970, by a devastating flood, by periodic epidemics, or by food shortages and near-famines, the army had always been called into action to provide the necessary administrative and logistic aid to the civil administration.1 As in any culture of poverty dominated by the politics of


The filtering of a continuous, convergent semimartingale, observed via a noisy linear sensor is considered. Specifically, conditions ensuring the consistency of the Bayesian estimator are sought after. These are derived in the form of a persistence of excitation (PE) property. This PE condition is stronger than the one required in the case of the estimation of a constant random vector. It coincides with the latter, when the unobserved semimartingale has a finite quadratic variation over [0, /spl infin/]. Application examples are provided.


This paper discusses legal protection for Notaries-Function; in terms of the request upon the copies of the deed minuta, Notarial-deeds protocol, and the calling of Notaries-vocation in legal processes. The identification of the problemis to understand mechanisms of legal protections for Notaries and MKN's roles and to discussnotaries' refusal rights and refusal obligation. Based on the literature review and studies on the literatures and legal resources, it can be concluded that: First, the mechanisms of legal protection for request upon the copies of the minuta, the protocol takin of the notary, and the calling of notary for investigation purposes, by investigating-officers, public-prosecutors and judges- require approval of the Regional Supervisory Council as stated in Article 66 paragraph (1) Act Number 30 2004. In 2013 "the phrase of the MPD's approval" is canceled by Constitutional Court through the decree number 49/PUU/X/2012 for not having legal binding. Second, the MKN is a new agency formed with the establishment of the Act Number 2 2014 concerning the amendment of the Act Number 30 2004 concerning Notaries' functions (UUJN-P). One of MKN authorities was similar with authorities of the MPD before it was revoked by the MK in 2013. However, the MK had not been established because the Permenkumham on MKS was still being harmonized. Third, the Refusal-Rights are rights for not speaking and giving any statements related to deeds, as a witness in prosecutions and courts. These rights are based on Articles in the Acts, such as the KUHAP, KUH Perdata, HIR and the Act Number 5 1986 concerning state administrative law. The Act Number 30 Year 2004  concerning Notaries-functions (UUJN-P) stipulates this provisions as refusal-obligations which mean that it must be executed imperatively, based on the Article 4 paragraph  (2), the Article 16 paragraph  (1) letter f, and the Article 54 clause (1). The violation of these obligations shall be the subject to administrative sanctions ranging from warning up to dishonorable discharge by the UUJN-P. Criminal sanctions rely on general provisions of through KUHAP, especially the Article 322 concerning violations for divulging confidential information giving away in functions.


The first simultaneous determination of the absolute value of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element $V_{ub}$ using inclusive and exclusive decays is performed with the full Belle data set at the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 711 fb${}^{-1}$. We analyze collision events in which one $B$ meson is fully reconstructed in hadronic modes. This allows for the reconstruction of the hadronic $X_u$ system of the semileptonic $b \to u \ell \bar \nu_\ell$ decay. We separate exclusive $B \to \pi \, \ell\, \bar \nu_{\ell}$ decays from other inclusive $B \to X_u \, \ell\, \bar \nu_{\ell}$ and backgrounds with a two-dimensional fit, that utilizes the number of charged pions in the $X_u$ system and the four-momentum transfer $q^2$ between the $B$ and $X_u$ system. Combining our measurement with information from lattice QCD and QCD calculations of the inclusive partial rate as well as external experimental information on the shape of the $B \to \pi \, \ell\, \bar \nu_{\ell}$ form factor, we determine $\left|V_{ub}^{\mathrm{excl.}} \right| = (3.78 \pm 0.23 \pm 0.16 \pm 0.14)\times 10^{-3}$ and $\left|V_{ub}^{\mathrm{incl.}} \right| = (3.88 \pm 0.20 \pm 0.31 \pm 0.09)\times 10^{-3}$, respectively, with the uncertainties being the statistical error, systematic errors, and theory errors. The ratio of $\left|V_{ub}^{\mathrm{excl.}} \right| / \left|V_{ub}^{\mathrm{incl.}} \right| = 0.97 \pm 0.12$ is compatible with unity.


India, with its long-established image of mystery and exoticism, has, from time immemorial, attracted countless numbers of overseas visitors. This entertaining and instructive anthology contains nearly 400 extracts from over 170 accounts of India left by travellers to the country from ancient times to the early twentieth-century. Most of the extracts are from writing in English, but the book also includes observations of travellers from Africa, West and Central Asia, China, the USA and Europe. The volume is arranged according to subjects providing a comprehensive picture of India through the ages.


Prompt diagnosis and treatment of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) often are complicated by the most mundane of difficulties: obtaining adequate stool specimens. Hospitalized patients with severe infections might have ileus and produce no stool, or they might be too confused to cooperate. Outpatients might not be able to produce or deliver samples on …


Objective: To investigate the maternal health care situation in rural area in recent five years,explore the strategies to improve the quality and coverage of maternal health care. Methods: Gansu province,Guizhou province,Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,and Shaanxi province were selected as study places,maternal and child health care basic criteria of Lives Saved Tool software were designed as the frame to compile basic questionnaire,an one- time cross- sectional household survey was conducted in the four study places from September to December in 2012 to collect maternal and child personal information data. Results: Maternal basic health care work had been conducted in rural area of central and western China; maternal system management rate,examination rate during the first trimester of pregnancy,and postpartum visit rate increased; the supplementation rate of trace elements in pregnant women was generally low,the proportion of pregnant women choosing health care institutions at county level or above county level to give birth to their babies increased; the prenatal examination rate and delivery rate in township health centers showed a significant decreasing trend; the health consultation provided by medical staff and maternal individual health behavior didn't be improved significantly. Conclusion: The system of obstetrical examination items should be enhanced,especially standardizing the routine examinations with relatively low technical content. Expanding the accessibility of maternal health care service,enhancing basic health education,and improving individual health behavior are still important contents of further rural maternal and child health care development.


TPS2618Background: Tipifarnib is a potent and highly selective inhibitor of farnesyltransferase (FT). FT catalyzes the post-translational attachment of farnesyl groups to signaling proteins that are requisite for localization to the inner cell membrane. While all RAS isoforms (KRAS/NRAS/HRAS) are FT substrates, only HRAS is exclusively dependent upon farnesylation for membrane localization and signaling activation, making HRAS mutant tumors uniquely susceptible to tipifarnib mediated inhibition of FT. Tipifarnib has demonstrated robust activity in HRAS mutant head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and HRAS mutant squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patient derived xenograft (PDX) models resistant to standard therapies. Methods: This is a multi-institutional, open-label Phase II trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of tipifarnib for pts with HRAS mutant solid tumors. Pts must have either unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic non-hematological malignancies that harbor a missense HR...


In this paper, an endeavour has been made to indicate the present position in this country of the insulating oils and compounds which are available for cables, and to describe their behaviour in impregnating plants.The oils are of the paraffinic and naphthenic types and either class may be used in oil-rosin compounds.


ABSTRACT Aim: DSRCT is a rare and aggressive cancer that affects children and young adults with a predominance of males. There is no standard treatment, and the prognosis is poor. In this retrospective study, we analyzed epidemiologic data, treatment and the overall survival of patients (pts) treated at two Brazilian oncology centers: Instituto do Câncer do Estado de Sao Paulo and Hospital Sirio-Libanes. Methods: Retrospective analysis of pts with DSRCT treated between January 2007 and November 2012. Overall survival was estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method. The probability of a type I error was specified at 0.05 with use of a stratified log-rank test. Results: In this period, 11 pts were evaluated. The median age was 25 years, most pts were male (81%), ECOG were 0-1 in 8 and 2 in 3 pts. The primary tumor was mostly in the peritoneum (82%), and other sites were mediastinum and uterine cervix. The initial disease was limited to the peritoneum in 18%. The more frequent metastatic sites were liver (n=5), pleura (n=5), lung (n=3) and lymph nodes (n=3). Most pts received chemotherapy (10 in 11) and 7 were exposed to the regimen VAC (vincristine, doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide) in first line. Other regimens were platinum doublets and ifosfamide plus etoposide. The chemotherapy regimen used was not predictive of improved survival. The time free of progression for the first line was 19.4 weeks. Pts had a median of 3 lines of treatment, and some received radiation therapy (n=3). Survival from diagnosis was 113 weeks and the median overall survival from beginning of treatment was 108 weeks, with a favorable trend for pts with better performance status (ECOG 0/1=180 weeks; 2= 70 weeks p=0,134). Cytoreduction surgery was performed in 5 patients, with no statistical difference in survival (85, 4 vs. 70 weeks; p=0,554). Conclusions: This is the largest series of Brazilian DSRCT reported. We confirmed that this is a highly aggressive neoplasia. Despite the lack of a standard treatment, our study suggests that surgical treatment and multiagent chemotherapy might yield better disease control, with a propensity to better survival. Disclosure: All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.


1. Introduction 2. Getting Ready to Implement GTI for Children 3. Practitioner Support 4. Screening and Evaluating 5. Parents and Other Important Adults 6. GTI for Children Sessions 7. GTI for Children in Action 8. In-Sessions Guidance 9. Treatment Adherence Index Appendix: GTI for Children Activity Sheets


To examine the possibility of metal bioaccumulation by Sphaeotilus natans,its ability to absorb Cu2+ and its biosorption mechanism were studied.FITR,SEM-EDX and ion exchange were applied to investigate the biosorption of Cu2+ by Sphaeotilus natans.The results show that the sorption is mainly influenced by the pH.Sphaeotilus natans adsorbs the most Cu2+ at pH 5.5.Ion exchange between Cu2+and cellular Ca2+ or Na+ occurs on the cell surface and electrostatic attraction may coexist with the sorption process.The principal activated groups on the cell surface were —CONH2 and —OH.Microprecipitation of Cu2+ may occur on the Sphaeotilus natans cell surface at pH 5.5.


In this paper we describe a low-cost spectrometric detector that can be easily assembled in a laboratory for less than €80 with a minimal number of optical components and which has proved sensitive and flexible enough for real-life applications. The starting point for the idea to construct this small, compact low-cost spectrometric detector was the decision to use a tri-colour light-emitting diode (LED) of the red-green-blue (RGB) type as a light source with the objective of achieving some flexibility in the selection of the wavelength (430 nm, 565 nm, 625 nm) but avoiding the use of optical fibres. Due to the dislocation of the emitters of the different coloured light, the tri-colour LED-based detector required an optical geometry that differs from those that are described in literature. The proposed novel geometry, with a coil-type glass flow-through cell with up to four ascending turns, proved useful and fit for the purpose. The simplicity of the device means it requires a minimal number of optical components, i.e., only a tri-colour LED and a photoresistor. In order to make a flow-injection analysis (FIA) with the spectrometric detector even more accessible for those with a limited budget, we additionally describe a low-cost simplified syringe-pump-based FIA set-up (€625), the assembling of which requires no more than basic technical facilities. We used such a set-up to test the performance of the proposed spectrometric detector for flow-injection analyses. The tests proved its suitability for real-life applications. The design procedures are also described.


The prevalence of cancers increased up to 53% from 2016 to 2018. Due to growing number of patients with cancer, palliative needs and end-of-life care also get increasing. Patients with cancer who received palliative care in 2017 were 3.42%. This shows that cancer patients are not fulfilled the needs during hospital treatment, and some oncology specialists still handle without consul to the palliative team. This study aims to evaluate of Palliative Care Implementation for patients with cancer at the General Hospital of Dr. Kariadi Semarang. Qualitative research through case study approach was utilized. Eight respondents were used as sample. In-depth interviews and document analyses were the instrumens used. The results show that no regulation is applied by palliative care teams, the organizational structure is not clear, the policy for palliative care is not integrated, and oncologists lack of commitment. Moreover, the funding for palliative team are not available, and the oncologists lack of collaboration and cooperation because they reluctantly refer a patient. The screening on standard assement is still inadequate for palliative patients with cancer. Moreover, there is no managerial supervision to follow up the palliative care. Education on patient prognosis delays because the doctor in charge do not give information as early as possib le. Patient family feel satisfied about the palliative care for the psychological support and end-of-life care. In conclusion, the palliative care implementation at the General Hospital of Dr Kariadi has not been integrated with oncology services. The oncologists lack of commitment, collaboration, and communication with providers. Keywords— Evaluation, Palliative Care, Cancer.


This paper presents the modelling of a Cu-W composite material stressed by important heat fluxes. The main physical phenomena taken into account are: heat diffusion, copper phase changes (while tungsten remains solid), dependance of vapour production rate on local temperature, and diffusion of liquid copper. Numerical modelling is based on a finite volume technique. The developed model allows one to compute the evolution of thermal quantities inside the material, to predict the erosion rate, ... Finally, comparison of different simulations emphasises the importance of the liquid mass diffusion.


Background
Self-sampling for human papillomavirus (hpv) has the potential to reach marginalized populations that are underserved for cervical cancer screening. However, before implementing an alternative screening strategy such as self-sampling for under- and never-screened women, the key processes, facilitators, and barriers to reform need to be understood.

Methods
A descriptive qualitative study was conducted that involved semi-structured interviews with Canadian and international cancer screening health care providers and policy-makers. Respondents were purposively selected from a list of thirty stakeholders generated through an environmental scan. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using directed content analysis.

Results
Nineteen stakeholders participated in the interviews. Most respondents thought that self-sampling was an appropriate cervical screening alternative for hard-to-reach populations, as it addressed barriers to cervical screening related to various social determinants of health. All respondents emphasized that transitioning to hpv primary screening would catalyze a policy shift towards self-sampling. Clinician respondents were less enthusiastic about self-sampling strategies since that discouraged women's appointments with primary care providers, because cervical screening offered an opportunity to discuss other preventive health topics. There also was little consensus between respondents on whether the state of evidence was satisfactory to integrate a self-sampling option into policy, or whether more Canadian research was needed.

Conclusion
Canadian cervical cancer screening stakeholders should collaborate to identify the knowledge gaps that researchers should address and leverage the existing literature to implement tailored, patient-centred alternative cervical screening strategies. The transition to hpv primary screening would be a key first step in the broad implementation of hpv self-sampling in Canada.


The reset condition of a transformer core flux is analyzed for a single-ended forward converter operating in a resonant reset mode. Relationships between reset time and device parameters such as the main switch output capacitance are derived. As a result, the maximum frequency in a resonant reset mode can be predicted. The main results are: the resonance period of the main transformer flyback voltage is mainly determined by transformer magnetizing inductance, main switch output capacitance, and diode junction capacitance; the main transformer flux excursion is between the first and third quadrant in B-H characteristics; and the maximum operating frequency in the resonant reset mode is determined by the above parameters and volt-second products during main switch on-time. The validity of the analysis is confirmed by comparison with experimental results for a low-power DC-to-DC converter with a 50 V input and a 5 V, 2 A maximum output.<<ETX>>


This paper presents the use of structural assessment techniques (Non-destructive testing and numerical modelling) and reinforcement technologies for the restoration of the Vistabella Church's Tower (La Secuita, Tarragona). The intervention was carried out due to evident construction pathologies that affected the resistant behaviour and stability of the steeple. The first step was to have the mechanical characteristics of the resistant elements that conform it. In this case, through the use of the Hole-drilling test such as Non-destructive techniques (NDTs), applied on four resistant ribs of brick masonry to establish the mechanical characteristics in combination with a numerical modelling with the objective of determining its structural behaviour and the evaluation of the steeple's structural damage of the building studied. This information was necessary to determine the reinforcement needed, according to the observed pathologies. In order to provide additional vertical load without substantively modifying the structural scheme, a solution based on external prestressed bars (strengthening technology), was implemented. The procedure and the results of the follow-up are described in detail, these being the objective of the paper.


The study is carried out in the framework of social psychology, and aims at revealing of the youth's selfidentity development and related risks of coming under the influence of the protest social groups, including the religious sects. The analysis of the literary data has shown that the young people found the religious organizations of closed type (sects) attractive for their small social groups, and the risk of joining them is quite high. The author makes an assumption that in order to prevent the process of desocialization, which is typical for these groups, there should be directed comprehensive efforts at the creating a negative image of the closed religious organizations and the formation of a positive image of the groups promoting socialization.