.................................................................................................................................. III SAMMENDRAG (NORWEGIAN SUMMARY) ................................................................................... V ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .............................................................................................................. VII LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................ XIII LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................................................... XIV ABBREVIATIONS ......................................................................................................................... XV INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 UNSTABLE ROCK SLOPES IN NORWAY ................................................................................................. 1 1.2 AIMS AND RESTRICTIONS OF THE STUDY .............................................................................................. 3 1.3 AVAILABLE DATA ............................................................................................................................ 4 1.4 LOCATION AND GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ........................................................................................... 5 1.4.1 Geological conditions ........................................................................................................ 7 1.4.2 Precipitation ...................................................................................................................... 7 1.4.3 Historical events ................................................................................................................ 8 THEORY ............................................................................................................................. 11 2.1 LARGE ROCK SLOPE INSTABILITIES .................................................................................................... 11 2.1.1 Controlling factors ........................................................................................................... 11 2.1.2 Landslide research ........................................................................................................... 11 2.1.3 Classification and terminology ........................................................................................ 12 2.1.4 Deep seated gravitational slope deformation (DSGSD) .................................................. 13 2.2 SECONDARY EFFECTS ..................................................................................................................... 13 2.2.1 Displacement waves ........................................................................................................ 14 2.2.2 Modelling of displacement waves ................................................................................... 15 2.2.3 Previous work to develop an empirical run-up relationship ............................................ 16 2.3 CASE STUDIES – DISPLACEMENT WAVES ........................................................................................... 20 2.3.1 Aysén events, Chile .......................................................................................................... 20 2.3.2 Chehalis Lake event, Canada ........................................................................................... 21 2.3.3 Tafjord event, Norway ..................................................................................................... 22 2.4 LIDAR SCANNING ......................................................................................................................... 23 2.5 NGU MAPPING APPROACH ............................................................................................................ 24


Indonesian migrant workers are foreign exchange heroes, and their presence can get better welfare for their families and surrounding communities. However, the state's contribution to Indonesian migrant workers is still not maximized. It can be seen in several cases faced by Indonesian migrant workers in destination countries. One of the main factors causing various legal problems faced by migrant workers is the lack of knowledge and skills in the practical field of law related to their work and work environment. This paper will discuss legal literacy as the determinant factor to be mastered by Indonesian migrant workers to survive working in other countries. This socio-legal research uses a qualitative approach; the data used are primary that have been collected for the last three years (2020-2022, and secondary data. Primary data is based on survey results (2020) and FGDs with experts conducted in the previous three years. The secondary data comes from journals, books, reports, and other related articles. This paper concludes that the distance education and learning platform with continuing education (non-degree) service format is the most suitable and efficient design for providing access to education for migrant workers to survive their life in overseas.


Legal system is used to make political power standard and limited,and like nature has its own ecological system.As a political ecological system,legal system has significance more than law and justice because it cannot be from itself,but closely related with democracy,human rights,freedom,constitution and others.The thought of the natural law is the theoretical cornerstone of legal system.Through effective limitation of power,the balance of political ecology can be reached.


Traffic jams often occur without any obvious reasons such as traffic accidents, roadwork, or closed lanes. Under moderate to high traffic density, minor perturbations to traffic flow (e.g., a strong braking motion) are easily amplified into a wave of stop-and-go traffic. This is known as a phantom jam. In this paper, we aim to mitigate phantom jams leveraging the three-phase traffic theory and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication. More specifically, an efficient phantom jam control protocol is proposed in which a fuzzy inference system is integrated with a V2V-based phantom jam detection algorithm to effectively capture the dynamics of traffic jams. Per-lane speed difference under traffic congestion is taken into account in the protocol design, so that a phantom jam is controlled separately for each lane, improving the performance of the proposed protocol. We implemented the protocol in the Jist/SWAN traffic simulator. Simulations with artificially generated traffic data and real-world traffic data collected from vehicle loop detectors on Interstate 880, California, USA, demonstrate that our approach has by up to 9% and 4.9% smaller average travel times (at penetration rates of 10%) compared with a state-of-the-art approach, respectively.


The invention discloses an automatic pseudo base station recognizing method and system. According to the method, firstly, base station information tables are established in mobile phones, then, the mobile phones obtain base station serial numbers periodically, the obtained base station serial numbers are compared with data in the base station information tables, and whether the base stations which the mobile phones have access to are pseudo base stations or not is automatically judged according to the comparing result and abnormal phenomena occurring in the mobile phones. Thus, users can judge whether smishing messages or spams are received or not as soon as possible, self-interest is protected, the users can also choose to report the location and pseudo base station information to a telecom operator, the telecom operator can determine the activity areas of pseudo base stations according to the information reported by the users so as to assist the law-enforcement department to investigate the pseudo base stations.


Choroidal melanoma (CM) is the most common primary ocular malignancy in adults. This study reviewed the Dunedin Hospital (DH) experience in the treatment of CM with stereotactic fractionated radiotherapy (SRT) and the outcome of prophylactic use of intravitreal injection bevacizumab (PIB) in preventing radiation retinopathy (RR).


Several types of cannabinoids have been halogenated in the aromatic ring in good yields with metal halide in the presence of 18-crown-6 on oxidation with m-chloroperbenzoic acid. This reagent system effects the regiospecific halogenation of activated aromatic ring over olefinic double bond.


Abstract The first biomedical images to be produced by the new high-speed echo-planar imaging technique are presented. Clear anatomical detail is revealed in both human and animal studies performed in vivo. The potential for imaging moving objects and flow is briefly discussed.


The redox reaction between t ris(I,10–phenanthroline)iron(III) complex ion, [Fe(phen) 3 ] 3+ , and thiourea (H 2 NCSNH 2 ) in aqueous perchloric acid media has been investigated at temperature of 26.0 ± 1.0 o C over the hydrogen ion concentration range 0.50–1.0 mol dm -3 using a UNICO UV–2102PC Spectrophotometer at 510 nm, the visible absorption maximum (λ max ) of the product iron specie, [Fe(phen) 3 ] 2+ (tris(1,10–phenanthroline)iron(II) complex ion). The ionic strength was maintained at 1.0 mol dm -3 using sodium perchlorate salts, except for the determination of the effect of ionic strength on the rate of the reaction were it was varied between 0.50 and 1.0 mol dm -3 . One mole of thiourea was consumed per mole of [Fe(phen) 3 ] 3+ with the formation of [Fe(phen) 3 ] 2+ and formamidine disulphide (H 2 N)HN=C–S–S–C=NH(NH 2 ) as products. Under the conditions in which the reaction was carried out, the reaction is of the first order in each of the reactants in aqueous perchloric acidic solutions, and second orders overall. The kinetics of the oxidation obeys the empirical rate law:  with the rate constant, k 2 , found to be 19.01 ± 0.21 dm 3 mol -1 s -1 . Taking into account the kinetic data and general observations, a five–step outer–sphere mechanism which lack intermediate complex was proposed for the redox reaction.


Most existing designs for two-way cryptographic authentication protocols suffer from one or more limitations. Among other things, they require synchronization of local clocks, they are subject to export restrictions because of the way they use cryptographic functions, and they are not amenable to use in lower layers of network protocols because of the size and complexity of messages they use. Designing suitable cryptographic protocols that cater to large and dynamic network communities but do not suffer from these problems presents substantial problems. It is shown how a few simple protocols, including one proposed by ISO, can easily be broken, and properties that authentication protocols should exhibit are derived. A methodology for systematically building and testing the security of a family of cryptographic two-way authentication protocols that are as simple as possible yet resistant to a wide class of attacks, efficient, easy to implement and use, and amenable to many different networking environments is described. Examples of protocols of that family that presents various advantages in specific distributed system scenarios are discussed. >


In this global era, communication, interaction and intercultural encounters happen every second.
Technology expands the ability of people throughout the world to connect to each other for vacation or for
business purpose. Intercultural communication skills will be critical necessity. The ability to work in
multicultural workforce and interact with people from other cultures, often in other languages, is inherent to the
success of a multinational business. Effective global enterprise communication skills are the backbone that
supports the transaction of business around the world. This paper highlights the importance of intercultural
awareness and the need for intercultural communication competence training for all local and multinational
companies. Therefore, intercultural cooperation and synergy become an important aspect in this era. Companies
that have intercultural competence will be able to succeed and sustain success in global business.


Abstract. Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) profile retrievals were performed by ship-borne Multi-Axis Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (MAX-DOAS) using a compact/low-power spectrometer on the Japanese research vessel Kaiyo during two ocean cruises around Japan and Japan–Bali (Indonesia)–Indian Ocean. DOAS analysis using a 425–450 nm fitting window revealed a clear land–ocean contrast in NO2 differential slant column densities (DSCDs) but poor fitting results and negative values, especially at low elevation angles at low latitudes (


Occidental type cerebromuscular dystrophy (OCMD) forms a substantial distinct group within congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD). These patients invariably present with amyotrophy, multiple joint contractures, facial muscle involvement, normal or nearly normal intelligence, leukodystrophic appearance on CT scan, and dystrophic changes in muscle.


The present invention relates to a process for producing and imprinting a retrievable cryptographic key in the production of a topographical structure, in particular for microelectronic or micromechanical components. In the method a plurality of measurement circuits are generated in the topographical structure at least in each case generate a function of a size of an electrical or physical property in the topographical structure is subjected during the production of the topographic structure with the measuring circuits random variations, a measured value. The cryptographic key is formed from the measured values of the measuring circuits or derived.


Time-dependent orbital-free density functional theory (TD-OFDFT) is an efficient ab-initio method for calculating the electronic dynamics of large systems. In comparison to standard TD-DFT, it only requires the computation of a single electronic state regardless of system size, therefore ridding the computation of many electronic states. In addition to the usual effective, time-dependent Kohn-Sham Hamiltonian, the time-dependent Pauli potential is needed. Based on our recently proposed nonadiabatic Pauli kernel, we present a nonadiabatic correction to the Pauli potential whose main ingredients are the time-dependent particle and current densities. Our calculations of the optical spectra of metallic and semiconductor clusters indicate that TD-OFDFT recovers the overall spectral envelope for these systems provided that space and time nonlocality are both included in the model.


The 4-probe method for resistivity measurements on semiconductors, though widely used, is subject to various kinds of error which are more serious at the higher resistivities. In this paper the causes of error are elucidated, and the method is shown to be capable of accuracy provided suitable precautions are taken, namely: limiting the electric field at the centre probes to 100 mv mm-1; controlling the ambient temperature; and enclosing the measuring circuit in a separately balanced screen.


Based on the satellite remote sensing data of SST collected by TRMM/TMI and 850 hPa air temperature of NOAA/NCEP reanalysis data,intra-seasonal variability of 850 hPa air temperature is analyzed with EOF method,then the correlation between the intra-seasonal variabilities of the SST and 850 hPa air temperature in the East China Sea(ECS) and the Yellow Sea(YS) is analyzed with singular value decomposition(SVD) method.The analysis of intra-seasonal variability of 850 hPa air temperature reveals that the first 4 EOF modes account for 86.51% of total variance,in which the first EOF mode accounts for 44.49% of the total.Its spatial modality presents obvious anti-phase distribution feature with positive values in the southeastern sea area and negative values in the northwestern sea areas.The significant cycle of this modality is 6.6(about 46 days) and 2.8(about 19 days) weeks.The result of SVD analysis shows that the covariance interpretation rate of the first pair of modality is 83.6%,which basically reveals the correlation between the SST variation and the intra-seasonal variability of 850 hPa air temperature.The first coupled pattern demonstrates that the intra-seasonal variabilities of the SST in the northern ECS and coastal areas of the YS presents significantly positive relation to the intra-seasonal variability of 850 hPa air temperature to the south of 30°N in the ECS,and the coefficient of the first coupled pattern is 0.29.


The piston-cylinder assembly design method of digital piston pressure gauge is introduced.The design principle,material selection and design of critical dimension are introduced in detail.The result is certified by the performance index of the piston-cylinder assembly and digital piston pressure gauge.Theoretical basis is provided for the rapid development of digital piston pressure gauge.


Abstract Human coders, in many organizations conducting injury surveillance, routinely assign External-cause-of-injury codes (E-codes) to short narratives describing the incident, transcribed by triage nurses or others in hospital emergency rooms or other settings. Machine learning (ML) models trained on coded injury narratives can accurately assign E-codes to a large portion of the data, but tend to poorly predict cases falling into rare categories. In this study, we examined several ways of filtering out cases for human review that were likely to belong to rare categories from the predictions of Logistic Regression and Naïve Bayes classifiers for a manually-coded emergency department triage dataset of approximately 500,000 cases, collected between years 2002–2012, provided by the Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit. The ML models were trained using 90% of the data and the filtering approaches were evaluated on a prediction set comprised of the remaining cases. Cost analysis was also performed to compare the efficiency of each filtering method. The results showed that each filtering method greatly improved the ability to detect rare categories. Filtering using expert-designed causal linguistic rules combined with Logistic Regression prediction strength was found to be the most efficient approach. Several completely automated filtering approaches were also found to be effective.


From the pedagogy sense,"adaptation" refers to one kind of ability of education subject that could actively respond to adjusting and changing its feature according to present request,development and future tendency.Higher education system recovers the stable state by information communication with politics,economy,culture,science,etc.,automatic adjustment,optimizing structure to adapt to the change of external environment.Therefore,adaptation of higher education to the ecological environment is a dynamic process of "adaptation-inadaptation-adaptation".The status of western higher education is that:fewer in numbers;smaller in size;lower in competitiveness;inconsistent development between higher education and regional economy development;unbalance of national key disciplines distribution and subject setting.To strengthen the ecological adaptability of higher education,we must construct a long-effect mechanism-"government control,social leading,higher school administration".


INTRODUCTION Pedicle screw fixation in a severely osteoporotic spine remains a challenge for orthopaedic surgeons. Previous studies have demonstrated that pedicle screw fixation is highly correlated to the bone mineral density [1], and increasing the screw's pullout strength can be achieved using a variety of methods, these include the use of pedicle screws with various designs [2,3]. However, the literature on the effects of radial holes for cannulated screws with cement injection and pilot-hole tapping on the bone/screw interfacial strength is lacking. To increase the effectiveness of securing a pedicle screw on severe osteoporosis patient, this work examines how a self-designed cannulated pedicle screw with various numbers of radial holes injected with bone cement can increase the interfacial strength. The effect of pilot-hole tapping prior to screw insertion was also examined.


We show that the Flatte formula is not adequate to interpret precision data on a resonance production near an inelastic threshold. A unitary parameterization, satisfying generalized Watson's theorem for the production amplitudes, is proposed to replace the Flatte parameterization in the phenomenological analyses of the experimental data.


A new technology is proposed based on the hydration heat of concrete.Compared with normal concrete,no matter what kind of pile defects,the release of the heat is on the low side generally in the hydration,setting and hardening process.Mud and other pile defects do not even release heat.Meanwhile,the thermal conductivity of pile defects is poor generally.Concrete hydration heat and the resulting temperature gradient of the large-diameter cast-in-situ piles can be measured accurately,and thus the pile integrity is determined.The technical feasibility has been demonstrated by field trials,which is worth of application and extension based on next thoroughgoing research.


The solid state reaction between thin Fe-films and β-SiC (100) in UHV has been studied using AES. Even at room temperature, the reaction between the thin Fe-film and SiC occurred and formed Fe-silicide and graphite with a minor product of Fe-carbide (Fe3C). The reaction proceeded with an increase of Fe-coverage to some extent. With annealing of 15 Å-Fe-film/SiC below 540°C, the Fe-silicide formation was accelerated, but because the amount of available Fe was small, the dissolved carbon atoms were forced to form not the Fe-carbide but the graphite phase. Above 640°C, the Fe-silicide started to decompose and the carbon atoms diffused to the surface and formed surface graphite layers. With annealing at 1080°C, the free-Si segregated at the surface and formed Si-Si bonds, as well as the Si-C bonds consuming the surface graphite phase.


The notion of belonging to a nationality was introduced in rural Macedonia during the late nineteenth century. This paper examines the process according to which Greek national identity developed during that period. Applying a "modernist" approach on nation building and examining the issue at the level of the individual by using an anthropological methodology, reveals the incompetebility between ethnic,  cultural and national identities. People who belonged to the same ethnic  group or shared the same culture in Macedonia during the period under  examination, very often identified themselves with different nations. T he decision of identification with a nationality during the late  nineteenth-early twentieth century was a political one, very often  irrelevant to the ethnic or a cultural identity of individual actors. It was  taken according to the needs, priorities, beliefs and fears of those who conducted it.


O: Review.- 1. Solution of second order ordinary differential equations by series.- 2. Regular singular points.- 3. Series solutions near a regular singular point.- 1: Boundary Value Problems.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Adjoint differential equations and boundary conditions.- 3. Self -adjoint systems.- 4. A broader approach to self-adjoint systems.- 5. Sturm-Liouvi1 le theory.- 6. Introduction to orthogonality and completeness.- 2: Special Functions.- 1. Hypergeometric series.- 2. Bessel functions.- 3. Legendre polynomials.- 4. Gamma function.- 3: Systems of Ordinary Differential Equations.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Method of elimination.- 3. Some linear algebra.- 4. Linear systems with constant coefficients.- 5. Linear systems with variable coefficients.- 6. Elements of linear control theory.- 7. The Laplace transform.- 4: Applications of Symmetry Principles to Differential Equations.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Lie groups.- 3. Lie algebras.- 4. Prolongation of the action.- 5. Invariant differential equations.- 6. The factor ization method.- 7. Examples of factorizable equations.- 5: Equations with Periodic Coefficients.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Floquet theory for periodic equations.- 3. Hill's and Mathieu equations.- 6: Green's Functions.- 1. Introduction.- 2. General definition of Green's function.- 3. The interpretation of Green's functions.- 4. Generalized functions.- 5. Elementary solutions and Green's functions.- 6. Eigenfunetion representation of Green's functions.- 7. Integral equations.- 7: Perturbation Theory.- 1. Preliminaries.- 2. Some basic ideas-regular perturbations.- 3. Singular perturbations.- 4. Boundary layers.- 5. Other perturbation methods.- *6. Perturbations and partial differential equations.- *7. Perturbation of eigenvalue problems.- *8. The Zeeman and Stark effects.- 8: Phase Diagrams and Stability.- 1. General introduction.- 2. Systems of two equations.- 3. Some general theory.- 4. Almost linear systems.- 5. Almost linear systems in R2.- 6. Liapounov direct method.- 7. Periodic solutions (limit cycles).- 9: Catastrophes and Bifurcations.- 1. Catastrophes and structural stability.- 2. Classification of catastrophe sets.- 3. Some examples of bifurcations.- 4. Bifurcation of equilibrium states in one dimension.- 5. Hopf bifurcation.- 6. Bifurcations in R.- 10: Sturmian Theory.- 1. Some mathematical preliminaries.- 2. Sturmian theory for first order equations.- 3. Sturmian theory for second order equations.- 4. Prufer transformations.


Moving beyond Beck's explicit opposition to Marx's understanding of society, this article proposes to explore some of the deeper commonalities between Marxism and Beck's theory of risk society. Rather than remaining at the level of propositional claims about society, at which Marx and Beck are opposed in several important ways, this article proposes to analyze these theories in terms of their key commonalities in the problem situations they address. In particular, this article identifies how both of these theories explore the implications of the development of productive forces and the resulting humanisation of nature in the context of widespread social estrangement. This article then identifies key commonalities in the structure of the theoretical solutions that each theory employs to address their commonly held problem situation. In this way, this article rethinks the relationship between Beck and Marx, as well as suggesting alternative ways of re-appropriating classical social theory.


Former American vice-President Al Gore, once widely written off as a loser and a rather dull one at that, has been riding high of late. He was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in this autumn for his campaigning about the threat from global warming. He also won the Documentary Award at the 2007 Oscars for his film An Inconvenient Truth. A Quill award went to his book The Assault on Reason. Gore also made a dramatic appearance at the 2007 Bali Conference on Climate Change where his contribution shone in contrast to the dismal role of the official United States delegation. It would seem that, at a time when the latest Global Outlook report from the United Nations has, demonstrated the already dire and rapidly worsening state of the Earth's life-support systems, the planet has found a true champion. Gore's current status is a remarkable come-back. Having been comprehensively outmanoeuvred in the Presidential election that brought George Bush to power in 2000, Gore was subsequently cast into the political wilderness. He further alienated many sympathisers by what they saw as his failure to really challenge electoral irregularities. Whatever Gore's failings, however, he shines in comparison to the vast majority of his political peers. His books, his film, his scientific training, indeed his refusal to just go home and sulk are all achievements that show up the ignorance, laziness and all too common venality of many politicians inside and outside the USA. Gore's high public profile demands a robust assessment of whether his diagnosis of the global crisis and the prescriptions he touts do make a true friend of the Earth.


We consider the CGNN model of neural networks (Cohen and Grossberg, 1983) and cellular neural network (CNN) model (Yang and Chua, 1988) with asymmetric weights. Using Lasalle's invariance principle, we proved that if the weight matrix in CGNN can be decomposed as the product of a symmetric matrix and a positively definite diagonal matrix, then all bounded orbits of the above model converge to equilibriums (as t/spl rarr/+/spl infin/). By piecelinear stable analysis we discussed the stability of CNN with asymmetric weights and the weight design for image thinning.


Dear Editor, Short-tailed sperms are rarely encountered in clinical practice, but they make achieving fertilization difficult. We encountered a very rare case of an infertile man having short-tailed sperm. A 32-year-old Chinese farmer and his 27-year-old wife were referred to Xiamen Maternity and Child Care Hospital for a fertility evaluation. They were married in March 2008, and after 3 years, his wife became pregnant. However, spontaneous abortion occurred 40 days later. Afterward, pregnancy was not achieved despite 4 years of unprotected coitus. The man reported that he had been smoking 10 cigarettes per day for the past 10 years. A semen sample was collected by masturbation after 4 days of sexual abstinence. The ejaculate was fully liquefied in 20 min, and a semen analysis was performed in our laboratory according to the standard World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. Through light microscopic evaluation, we found that the sperm concentration was 15.5 × 106 per ml, and the percentages of progressive (PR), nonprogressive (NP), and immotility (IM) were 14.5%, 11.7%, and 73.7%, respectively. Morphology analysis revealed that 99.5% of the spermatozoa showing a short-tail phenotype (Figure 1a) compared with normal sperm morphology (Figure 1b). Based on the results of the semen analyses, the patient was diagnosed with asthenoteratozoospermia. Because of the patient's asthenoteratozoospermia, we chose to perform intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) to fertilize oocytes. Twelve oocytes were obtained from his wife on day 0, and all oocytes were mature (MII). For the ICSI procedure, we prefer ejaculated spermatozoa that were fast-moving and had long tails. Eighteen hours after ICSI, a fertilization check was performed. Eight of the embryos had two pronuclei (2PN) (Figure 2a), one had 0 pronuclei (0PN) (Figure 2b), and the remaining three each had one pronucleus (1PN) (Figure 2c). On the second day after ICSI, cleavage was observed in nine embryos; one was grade 2.5 and the others were grade 3 or 3.5. Two embryos (Figure 2d and 2e) were transferred on day 2. The other embryos were frozen. Pregnancy did not occur, as evidenced by the low levels of βhCG 15 days after transfer. Five months later, we thawed three embryos (Figure 2f–2h) (10C3.5; 9C3; 7C3) and transferred them to his wife's uterus. Fortunately, pregnancy was successful and the wife delivered a live baby. To our LETTER TO THE EDITOR


The article describes influence design heat exchangers to efficiency condensation liquid ammonia in the gravitational heat pipe. Analyse adverse factors in the operation and flow of ammonia in heat pipe. Also describes heat transfer characteristics of heat pipe in low-potential geothermal heat transport simulations.


The ordinary method of testing the toxicity of substances by ad ministering them intravenously or in some other way until they reach a certain concentration in the blood is generally unsuitable for assessing their toxic effect on the blood-brain barrier; the organism is often seriously intoxicated before the concentration which damages the barrier is reached. Furthermore, it often needs a great deal of work to determine the active concentration of the substance in the blood, which makes it difficult to work with large experimental series. A convenient way to test the barrierdamaging effect is to introduce a solution of the substance into a vascular region which is emptied of blood during the test. The exact active con centration is then known and there are no reactions between the blood and the substance, the effect of which may be hard to judge. I t is true that ischemia damages the vessels, but it has been shown that when the vessels are emptied only for a few minutes the damage is insignificant in degree and constitutes a factor largely constant from test to test (2). BROMAN and OLSSON described a method based on these principles in 1948 and 1956 and also reported their procedure for demonstrating barrier damage with a vital dye test (3, 5). I used this method in rabbits


In this paper, we propose the use of a cross-flow turbine for e tidal or wave power plant. This turbine can rotate in the same direction, even in reciprocating water or air flows produced by an oscillating water flow. This turbine has two symmetrical nozzle shapes around its axis. In order to investigate the feasibility of this kind of turbine the expriments were carried out in steady water flow. It is presented that the symmetrically shaped turbine can rotate in the same direction in reciprocating flows. A vortex is formed inside the runner similar to a cross-flow fan and asymmetry flow is produced. Its efficiency is about 54%. Improvement is expected by use of the experimental data for the condition inside the turbine.


The 9th annual Kenton Street Fair will be held on May 20, 2018. There will be food, music, crafts and fun. Hours: 10am-6pm Find OR craft shows, art shows, fairs and festivals


Atypical myopathy, or perhaps more correctly hypoglycin toxicity, is a distressing condition that is associated with a high fatality rate. The onset of signs can be dramatic or more insidious and a range of clinical signs related to muscle weakness develop. Outbreaks are common and a clinical case should prompt blood testing of cohorts to check for subclinical cases that may go on to develop signs. A suggested protocol for managing clinical cases and in-contacts is outlined. Horses with clinical signs should ideally be hospitalised to somewhere that they can receive 24-hour care and multimodal analgesia. Even cases which appear mild often deteriorate before they improve and it is therefore prudent to transport while they are standing and mobile. Prognosis is exceedingly hard to predict.


Current work has been done, with the aim of testing the strength of groundnut shell & Coir fibre polymer composites and studying the mechanical properties of composites. Current work reports the use of groundnut & Coir fibres, as reinforcement in the polymer matrix. This review focuses on providing information to improve ongoing research in this area. The potential for surface chemical conversion of groundnut & Coir fibres has been widely used in a variety of applications, e.g., packaging, furniture etc. The current offering describes some of the selected functions in the field of groundnut shell and Coir fibres. The influence of the source of the groundnut shell & Coir fibre is reported on organic material. Several natural compounds of fibre complement the properties of fiberglass machinery and have already been used, e.g., in the furniture industry etc. Currently, the most important and cheap natural fibres are Jute, flax, bagasse and coir. The future of the groundnut shell & combination of coir fibre seems bright. The production of composite materials is therefore planned by mixing coir fibre and earth shell in epoxy and Araldite and testing its strength at UTM.


Teaching-style preference was examined as a function of individual differences in physiological arousal and stimulation seeking. Twenty-nine school teachers were given the Sensation Seeking Scale, the Two-Flash Threshold (TFT) measure of trait arousal and a teacher questionnaire designed to measure teaching-style preference from a range of traditional (formal) to open (informal). A statistically significant correlation between the TFT and the teacher questionnaire indicated that teachers identified as low arousal tended to prefer a "traditional style" and those identified as high arousal tended to prefer an "open style" of teaching. Implications of the above findings are discussed.


Analytical solutions to Richards' equation are valuable in testing numerical models of water movement in soils, but few such solutions are available, especially for general soil hydraulic properties. We present such a solution, valid for restricted boundary conditions during infiltration and drainage, and illustrate its use by comparing numerical and analytic solutions. In the case of infiltration the solution is based on an earlier result which is extended here to describe drainage from soil with a uniform initial water content. Accurate numerical solutions could be obtained with a coarse spatial grid of eleven points.


Taiwan is located in the subtropical area of the Far East. With the benefit of suitable weather, average temperature just under 71 F in the north and nearly 76 F in the south, and with the yearly precipitation around 75 inches, rice has been the self sufficient staff crop in Taiwan. Even in the early eighteenth century, Taiwan exported rice to support the supply in Mainland China. Rice is a necessity for Taiwanese. A sufficient supply and stabilization of its price are relevant to the whole economy and society. Because of the development of industry and economic growth, a lot of cultivated land has been transferred from rice production to industrial or architectural utilization under the principle of comparative advantage since 1958. The benefit per hectare for industrial utilization is much higher than that of rice production under some circumstances. Therefore, the production area of rice changes annually are at a different rate. The major purpose of this study is to analyze rice prices in Taiwan. The market mechanism still prevails even with government intervention. It is not a study to examine or evaluate existing rice programs or policies, but rather an analysis of the equilibrium demand and supply relations according to the economic theory and to predict prices from equations specified to define these relations.


I discuss the resummation of soft gluon contributions to direct photon and W + jet production and I present some results for the next-to-next-to-leading order expansions of the resummed cross sections for these processes near threshold.


In the early 1990s,Soviet Union and its allies launched large-scale reform of marketization and democracy,from the transition process of Soviet Union and its allies,we can find that there is a certain correlation between marketization reform support rate and democratic development satisfaction rate of the masses,because of different transition modes and different social and economic basis of different countries,however,there are different changing trends between the marketization support rate and democratic satisfaction rate of the masses when the reform brought many economic problems,those countries which have high rate of marketization reform support rate have made great progress in marketization reform,however,the satisfaction with the democracy more reflects the estimate on governmental performance by the masses but not on the evaluation on the political system.China's transition development must consider the interactive influence between economic reform and democratic development and properly rationalize the relationship between reform and stability.


Objective To evidence the excellency of the means of applications of peripherally inserted central catheters(PICC) by the site 2~3 cm above the elbows,and to provide clinic foundation for nursing care.Methods Convenience sampling was used to separate the 100 patients into two groups.One group was patients who were taken in the PICC above the elbows,the other was the patients who received the PICC below the elbows.Results The complication incidence of exudation in point of puncture,phlebitis,catheter displacement,and accidental tube drawing in experimental group was significantly lower than those in the control group(P0.05).Conclusion It is a better method to apply PICC above the elbows.This method should be promoted to be widely used in the clinic works.


Based on analysis of the current typical swing hydraulic control systems for a roadheader cutting-head,an electro-hydraulic proportional improvement scheme is proposed. The time-domain mathematical models and the Laplacian transform-domain mathematical- models of the improved cutting-head swing control system are built,which provides a theoreti- cal basis for pe,rformance analysis of the improved hydraulic system,and a reference for electro- hydraulic proportional improvement of other types of roadheaders.


We establish a universality law for sequences of functions $\{w_n\}_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ satisfying a form of WKB approximation on compact intervals. This includes eigenfunctions of generic Schr\"odinger operators, as well as Laguerre and Chebyshev polynomials. Given two distinct points $x, y \in \mathbb{R}$, we ask how often do $w_n(x)$ and $w_n(y)$ have the same sign. Asymptotically, one would expect this to be true half the time, but this turns out to not always be the case. Under certain natural assumptions, we prove that, for all $x \neq y$, $$ \frac{1}{3} \leq \lim_{N \to \infty} \frac{1}{N} \# \left\{0 \leq n < N: \mathrm{sgn}(w_n(x)) = \mathrm{sgn}(w_n(y)) \right\} \leq \frac{2}{3}, $$ and that these bounds are optimal, and can be attained. Our methods extend to other questions of similar flavor and we also discuss a number of open problems.


Spina bifida and myelomeningocele, although frequent, present difficulties when it comes to diagnosis and clinical management. The recent developments in ultrasound and MRI technologies and software, allow for an easier and more precise diagnosis. As such, in the first part of our chapter we will present general information, such as etiology, pathophysiology and methods of diagnosis. Fetal surgery, open or fetoscopic, represents a cure in most cases of spina bifida and in other cases reduces the chances of major developmental issues in babies born with this affliction. In the second part of our chapter, we will present the surgical protocols for both procedures, the indications, and the statistics that we have acquired in the cases we have diagnosed and operated on in the Regina Maria Maternity Hospital, Bucharest, the only center in Romania where these procedures are available.


To assess the implementation of the current guideline and identify potential underlying causes for late surgery in children with undescended testis (UDT) in Germany. UDT is the most common surgical issue in paediatric urology and to avoid malignant degeneration and subfertility current guidelines recommend orchidopexy during the first year of life; however, this seems not to be implemented in practice.


A portable apparatus (8) for measuring the effectiveness of vehicle suspension system dampers comprises two accelerometers (10,12) for mounting on opposing wing portions (11,13) of a vehicle body (2), above opposing wheels (3,4) of the vehicle each having a respective damper(s) associated therewith. The accelerometers (10,12) are connected to a signal processing unit (18) which rests on the bonnet (19) of the vehicle during use of the apparatus. By pushing down on the bonnet (19) the body of the vehicle is caused to oscillate up and down relative to the wheels (3,4), producing oscillatory output signals from the accelerometers (10,12). The amplitudes of the output signals from the two accelerometers are compared, graphically and/or by comparator means in the processing unit (18), so as to produce at least one damper condition signal indicating the effectiveness of the damper(s) associated with one wheel of the vehicle relative to the damper(s) associated with another wheel.


Objectives : The purpose of this study was to evaluate the body shape of Sasang Constitutions by body composition and body measurement. Methods : This study was carried out 98 cases(68 males and 30 females)of Oriental Medical College at Kyunghee University. After determining the Sasang Constitutions(Soeumin, Soyangin, Taeumin) by QSCCII, the body shape of each group were analysed by body composition(INBODY 2.0, Biospace, seoul, korea) and body measurement. Results : 1) The result of Sasang Constitution analysis of 98 cases were classified as Soumin(52%), Soyang(24.5%), Taeumin(23.5%). 2) In the body composition and body measurement, there were significant difference from intercellular fluid, protein, mineral mass, weight, percent body fat, body water of left arm and BMI between Taeumin, Soyangin and Soumin. 3) In the body composition of male, Taeumin group showed that the arms were more developed than the legs and the upper trunk were more developed than the lower trunk. Soumin group showed the asymmetry of the right and left limbs. Soyang group showed the asymmetry of the right and left arms. In the body composition of female, Taeumin group showed the asymmetry of the right and left upper limbs. Conclusion : There are significant relationships between Sasang Constitutions, Body composition and BMI. The findings indicated here Body composition could be useful mean to make a diagnosis of the body shape, body type, physical constitution of Sasang constitutions.


6614 Background: Clinical trials have shown that newer tyrosine kinase inhibitors provide higher rates of molecular responses in CML patients. This study assessed patient's awareness of CML treatment response categorizations and the association between treatment responses and satisfaction, functioning, and QOL.

METHODS
CML patients were invited to participate in an online survey through the Association for Cancer Online Resources. Respondents answered questions on demographics, CML disease history, and awareness of treatment responses. Current health status information was collected using a 5-item Likert scale question and a health status thermometer. Chi-square, Fisher's test, and multivariate regressions were used for statistical comparisons.

RESULTS
Overall, 123 patients responded to the survey. The mean age was 63 years (range 20-86), 49% were male, and 96% had some level of college experience. Nearly all respondents reported to be currently in complete hematological response, 71% in complete cytogenetic response (CCyR) and 68% in major molecular response (MMR). The median duration of CML diagnosis was 8 years. In this well-educated population, 90% of patients were aware of the different CML treatment response categories. However, 71.5% of respondents felt CML patients need more information on the types of responses, with the desire for information to come from their physicians (67%) versus other staff (28%) or pamphlets (24%). Respondents indicated that achieving MMR generates the greatest improvement in daily functioning (86%), satisfaction with medication (87%), satisfaction with physician (79%), and outlook on life (86%). Patients achieving MMR had higher overall self- reported health status versus patients in CCyR (P = 0.032).

CONCLUSIONS
From a patient's perspective, achievement of MMR is an important milestone associated with improved satisfaction with their physician, medication, daily functioning, and outlook on life. Respondents in MMR reported higher overall self-reported health status. Additional research is needed to assess the best ways to help patients understand different response categories.


A simple test of ocular dominance in infants is described. In the test, a small point of light is gradually brought closer to the observer along the medial plane. As the light draws closer, in typical cases, one eye will cease to converge, or frequently, it will break from convergence suddenly. The eye which ceases converging or breaks away from convergence is scored as the non-dominant eye. To determine if the test would be applicable to infants, a group of 68 ten-month old were tested. All children converged on the approaching light, and a scoreable uniocular cessation of convergence or sudden divergence were found in all cases. For comparison purposes, 62 nine-year-old children and 86 twenty-five year old adults were tested. Data from these tests appear to indicate that the convergence test does provide a useable index of ocular dominance in infants. (DB) U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EDUCATION & WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION The Measurement of DOC,vE". ,,,S BEE,. 41440 EXAC._, AS OECF:ED 140v '.4f Pr 45(... 04 0,,GA% /47,0..04 40 hS 04 04,.0%5 ,4ED DO +.0 NECESS441Lv gFogE ,E% 0; r.0 AL A' %ST ','E Or EDJCA7.0% POS,' 04 04 PO; Cv Ocular Dominance in Infants Stanley Corenl CO Paper delivered at Society For Research in Child Development co Philadelphia, 1973 CD C=I w Dominance of any member of a bilateral pair of organs refers to any sort of physiological preeminence, priority or preferential activity of that organ relative to the other member of the pair. Thus if you consistently write with your right hand, you have a dominent right hand. If you consistently kick a ball witsyour left foot, you have a dominent left foot. In similar terms, if you sight down a telescope consistently with your right eye you may be displaying a behavior which indicates that you have a dominent right eye. Although the definition of tne behaviours which define a dominent hand or foot is fairly clear, much ambiguity exists about the behaviours which define the dominent eye. Walls (1951) for instance lists some twenty-five tests of ocular dominance, and to this list another dozen or so could easily be added. As if to increase the confusion, there appears to be only a moderate correllation amongst measures of ocular dominance as displayed by Washburn, Faison and Scott (1934), Buxton and Crosland (1937) or Crider (1944). The existence of such apparent inconsistency is explained by the fact that ocular dominance appears to be composed of three reasonably independent factors. Coren and Kaplan (1973), using a battery of some 13 tests of dominance, isolated these factors which are 1) acuity dominance, 2) sensory dominance, and 3; sighting dominance. FILMED FROM BEST AVAILABLE COPY


During the 1994/1995 growing season at Goiânia, GO, Brazil (altitude 730 m, 16o41'S, 49o17'W), a field experiment was carried out to study spraying nozzles in post-emergent herbicide spray on soybean crop, and their effects on weed control. Droplets were obtained by hydraulic nozzles 110-SF-01 (70 L.ha -1 ), D2-23 (75 L.ha -1 ), 110-SF-02 (139 L.ha -1 ), D3-25 (132 L.ha -1 ), 110-SF-03 (208 L.ha -1 ) and D5-25 (200 L.ha -1 ). Acifluorfen and bentazon were applied with total coverage on soybean and weed plants. Treatments were assessed by measurements of weed control, phytotoxicity, soybean plant height and grain yield. The variation on spraying nozzles did not influence the weed control among studied plants. Although acifluorfen showed better weed control than bentazon, it was more phytotoxic to soybean plants. The different treatments did not show any harmful effects on grain yield or plant height on the soybean crop. KEY-WORDS: Volume of spray; chemical control; sprayer.


Actual reserves-to-production ratio is significantly decreased due to high reserves production of large and high production fields. Development of so-called complicated reserves is inefficient without new innovative technologies, one of which is multi-stage hydraulic fracturing (MSHF). The technologies of microseismic emission monitoring in the geological environment are widely used to solve problems of the oil fields development in Russia and abroad. Their use requires the crack evolution process detailed analysis and the incipient crack geometrical parameter forecast. Solution of this multiparameter task requires source data large volume, that is why in addition to the traditional data sources (core, well log interpretation data (WLID)) it is necessary to use the registration data of elastic oscillations generated within the tension crack formation process registered both in the adjacent well and on the daylight surface. This MSHF process control method is called microseismic monitoring. Microseismics allows for determining the hydraulic fracturing geometry at quite large distances from the observing site (in the wells or on the surface) and for obtaining a diagnostic 3-D image during fracturing formation and development. The data on the crack dimension control obtained by means of microseismic monitoring allows for making current design changes of the next MSHF stages. The microseismic well monitoring technology is frequently a single MSHF control tool notwithstanding the higher cost of works in comparison with the surface technology. A wider use of MSHF monitoring through the innovative microseismic technologies is recommended for the purpose of MSHF performance geological risk decrease.


The presented thesis aims on finding out whether it is possible to substitute conventional annual mowing by less costly alternative management strategies, i.e. permanent pastures with low stocking densities and massive cyclic disturbances of the vegetation cover by roto-tilling, to preserve the local and regional floristic species pool. For this purpose presence/absence data of the occurring plant species were recorded along with abiotic parameters such as soil and climatic factors and management strategy on variously utilised investigation plots. For selected species biological traits were recorded. On their basis species were grouped into biological types. With the aid of stepwise logistic regression the most important habitat factors were identified determining the occurrence of these plant functional groups (PFGs). Furthermore, habitat models were developed. With these models it is possible to predict the probabilities of occurrence for the PFGs under certain environmental conditions and utilisation regimes, and statements can be made on the probability of extinction of PFGs under the investigated management practices.


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article introduces the application of Delphi 3.0 in industrial control communication programe in
detail.Assembler language and OCX component are mainly used.The authors mainly deal with the
BIOS interruption using assem bler language,and communication component of VB in Delphi 3.0.


Keratitis caused by Pseudomonas spp is characterised by a rapidly progressive course, with suppurative infiltrate that results in the breakdown of collagen with subsequent melt and perforation.1 Satellite lesions, which are a characteristic of fungal keratitis,2 have not been described with this organism. We report three cases of culture proven Pseudomonas keratitis that presented with satellite lesions (figures 1 and 2).

Figure 1
Slit-lamp photograph (of the right eye) of patient 1 showing satellite lesions. The superior lesion was superficial; others are at a deeper level.

Figure 2
Slit-lamp photograph (of the right eye) of patient 2 showing multifocal lesions.

All three patients presented with complaints of pain, redness, watering and decrease in vision (table 1). None of them were contact lens wearer. Slit-lamp biomicroscopic examination showed central epithelial defect associated with underlying stromal infiltrate. The surrounding cornea showed intense cellular reaction …


The problem of developing an online video platform with a context-aware content-based recommender system has been considered. Approaches to developing online video platforms have been considered. A comparison of popular online video platforms has been presented. A method of context-aware content-based recommendation of videos has been proposed. A method involves saving information about user interaction with video, obtaining and storing information about which videos the user liked, determining user context, composing a profile of user preferences, composing a profile of user preferences depending on context, determining the similarity between the video profile and a profile of user preferences (with and without context consideration), determining the relevance of the video to the context, the conclusive estimation of the relevance of the video to the user's preferences based on the proposed composite relevance indicator. The developed structure of online video platform has been presented. The algorithm of its work has been considered. The structure of the online video platform database has been proposed. Features of designing the user interface of the online video platform have been considered. The issue of testing the developed online video platform has been considered.


A method for scalable confocal interferometry in the transmitted or reflected light in a scanning measurement operation for the relative or absolute depth measurement or distance measurement of a technical or biological object or object elements, for microscopic, mesoscopic or macroscopic 2D or 3D recording of technical or biological objects or OC tomography or dissolved or OC microscopy or for endoscopic 2D or 3D metrology technical or biological objects or measuring layer thicknesses, laterally or about the time the lateral or temporal changes, wherein in an arrangement having - a confocal object-imaging interferometer with at least approximate two-beam characteristic, - at least one light source which is designed as a frequency comb light source whose frequency comb Δf_Quelle distances are variable, in which case light in the sense of terahertz electromagnetic radiation, via IR, VIS is to be understood to UV radiation, - and at least one integrally spectrally detected at least in spectral partial regions rasterized detector (23) for said electromagnetic radiation while maintaining a minimum optical-path difference x_O of ...


The purpose of this study is to indicate that oxidative stress may contribute to occurrence of meningiomas. Recently, it was reported that aside from the neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) gene mutations, the calpain‐dependent proteolysis of the NF2 gene product, merlin might be closely related to the development of certain NF2‐related tumors. Although meningiomas are well known to occur more frequently in aged persons, it still remains unknown why calpain activation occurs predominantly in them. Because the production of free radicals with aging might be one of the causes of calpain activation especially in leptomeningeal cells being devoid of blood supply, the authors examined the relations between μ‐calpain activation and merlin proteolysis induced by the oxidative stress.


The improvement of dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) performance can be realized by using rare‐earth and Nb‐doped TiO2 mesoporous photoelectrodes. The undoped, Nb‐doped, and rare‐earth‐doped TiO2 mesoscopic layers were prepared using a sol–gel method followed by a hydrothermal treatment. The Nb content was varied from 0.7 to 2.7 mol.%. The samples of complex rare‐earth titanium oxides with fluorite‐like structure containing Nb were synthesized using mechanical activation method. A series of fluorite‐like Sm2[TixNb1–x]2O7 compounds with varied Nb content was synthesized. The structure and morphology of obtained materials were characterized using XRD, SEM, and optical absorption spectroscopy. The prepared TiO2 mesoscopic layers were used for fabrication DSSCs. We have found that the photovoltaic parameters of DSSCs based on TiO2 sensitized with N719 dye, are closely related to the electronic structure of the Nb‐doped TiO2 electrodes. The changes of short circuit current of DSSCs were explained in relation to the electronic structure of the TiO2 electrodes. We have shown that the Nb doping enhances the junctions between neighboring nanoparticles and decreases the bulk electrical resistivity of the TiO2 electrodes. For the TiO2 electrodes doped with Nb the best DSSC performance with the energy conversion efficiency of 9.7% was obtained for Ti0.983Nb0.017O2 compound with 1.7 mol.% of Nb. Thus we have improved the device efficiency by 9% in comparison with the DSSC based on undoped TiO2 electrode. The developed rare‐earth doped compounds SmTiNbO were also used for fabrication and characterization of DSSCs. However, unlike Nb‐doped TiO2 layers, the efficiencies of DSSCs based on Nb‐doped complex rare‐earth titanium oxides were low in comparison with undoped TiO2.


This study investigated the implementation of Namibia's Language Policy in Grades 1-4 in selected schools in the Windhoek area. Thirty-six teachers of Grades 1-4 in nine schools were individually interviewed. Seven principals were also interviewed. Namibia's Language Policy states that English is the offi cial language of the country and that instruction for primary learners Grades 1-3 be delivered in the mother language. The issues investigated in this study were: 1) how does this mother tongue implementation occur in a heterogeneous classroom where there are learners with a variety of mother languages and where the teacher's mother tongue may not be that of the learner? 2) What are the social dynamics in a school where the learners and the teachers are from diff erent ethnic groups? The fi ndings indicate that only eight of the 36 teachers had a medium of instruction in one of Namibia's native languages (six in Afrikaans, one in Khoe-Khoe and one in Oshiwambo). English supersedes mother language teaching as the default medium of instruction in many heterogeneous classrooms even though it is not a mother language. Furthermore, parents are requesting that their children be enrolled in the English medium of instruction streams as opposed to the mother language streams. 1.0 Introduction and background Namibia is a vast country covering approximately 823,680 km. The population is relatively small, 2,030,692 as of July 2005. The majority of this population, over 60%, resides in the North. The other region with high population density is Khomas, in the center of the country, where the capital city, Windhoek, is located (Matengu, 2006). Despite this relatively small population, Namibia has a rich diversity in languages, with 15 recognized languages. Urban areas, especially Windhoek, have a large mix of people speaking diff erent languages, largely due to migration and urbanization. There has been little migration from the Caprivi and Kavango regions in the Northeast part of the country, whereas speakers of Oshiwambo, Otjiherero, Nama Khoe-Khoe and Damara Khoe-Khoe have moved in urban areas in large numbers. According to Mendelsohn, Jarvis, Roberts and Robertson (2002), over half the people who had moved to Windhoek in the few years prior to 2002 have been Oshiwambo speaking. Namibia gained independence from South African rule on the 21st of March


RATIONALE
the characterization of new genetic alterations is essential to assign effective personalized therapies in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Furthermore, finding stratification biomarkers is essential for successful personalized therapies. Molecular alterations of YES1, a member of the SRC family kinases (SFKs), can be found in a significant subset of lung cancer patients.

OBJECTIVES
to evaluate YES1 genetic alteration as a therapeutic target and predictive biomarker of response to dasatinib in NSCLC.

METHODS
functional significance was evaluated by in vivo models of NSCLC and metastasis and patient-derived xenografts (PDX). The efficacy of pharmacological and genetic (CRISPR/Cas9) YES1 abrogation was also evaluated. In vitro functional assays for signaling, survival and invasion, were also performed. The association between YES1 alterations and prognosis was evaluated in clinical samples.

MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS
we demonstrated that YES1 is essential for NSCLC carcinogenesis. Furthermore, YES1 overexpression induced metastatic spread in preclinical in vivo models. YES1 genetic depletion by CRISPR/Cas9 technology significantly reduced tumor growth and metastasis. YES1 effects were mainly driven by mTOR signaling. Interestingly, cell lines and PDX models with YES1 gene amplifications presented a high sensitivity to dasatinib, a SFK inhibitor, pointing out YES1 status as a stratification biomarker for dasatinib response. Moreover, high YES1 protein expression was an independent predictor for poor prognosis in lung cancer patients.

CONCLUSIONS
YES1 is a promising therapeutic target in lung cancer. Our results provide support for the clinical evaluation of dasatinib treatment in a selected subset of patients using YES1 status as predictive biomarker for therapy.


An electrical energy is and would be one of the most important energy sectors. By accepting green resolutions to generate electricity, researchers are giving their best to get the most reliable and efficient way to generate electricity with renewables. As renewables are intermittent in nature healthy management system is very important. In this article, we have demonstrated 2-way energy and communication flow with peer-to-peer energy transfer. Users and utility connection is distinguished with the Smart Control Panel in the street, which empower small prosumer to participate in the market. To identify algorithm and system management, two cases are considered. Normal Gird operation and Faulty Grid. The result shows that systems have the potential to withstand for a quite long time to get supplied to the street even without taking electricity from the main grid. This system saves user rights to use electricity anytime in a day with a full load and including cost-saving phenomena.


The understanding and evaluation of the Auger coefficient, C, and its variation with band structure is essential for accurate device modeling of long wavelength quantum well devices. We have developed a calculation of the Auger coefficient C for both 'band-to-band' processes, which involve strict k-selection rules, and 'k-relaxed' processes, where the strict k-selection rule is relaxed by momentum from phonons. To identify which process is dominating in 1.5 micrometers QW devices we have compared hydrostatic pressure measurements of the lasing threshold current with theoretical predictions for each process. We find that the 'k-relaxing' models are in good agreement with experiment as a function of pressure while the 'band-to-band' processes overestimate the reduction of the non-radiative component of the threshold current with pressure. Based on these results, we predict the threshold current for a number of well characterized 1.5 micrometers QW devices in the literature with a variety of strains and well widths.


An action research, with the implementation of lesson study in numbered heads together method combined with team games tournament method for character development, the increasing of learning activity, motivation, and the students' learning achievement in biology at SMA Negeri 1 Kepanjen, is done with the purpose to develop the character of the students in learning biology. The implementation of Numbered Heads Together is combined with Team Games Tournament and it can develop students' characters. The indicator of friendship has increased until 5.07% from cycle I to cycle II and has increased again in cycle III as much as 17.51%. The indicator of discipline has increased until 4.03% from cycle I to cycle II and has increased again in cycle III as much as 13.13%. The indicator of work hard has increased until 8.69% from cycle I to cycle II and has increased again in cycle III as much as 10.48%. The indicator of students' independent has increased until 9.67% from cycle I to cycle II and has increased again in cycle III as much as 9.79%. Kata kunci : Lesson study , Numbered Heads Together , Team Games Tournament , Karakter Siswa


Significant tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is related to poor prognosis independently of the etiology. TR severity and right ventricular (RV) size and function are determinant in the evaluation of patients with RT and are independently related to outcomes. While TR severity is commonly evaluated with echocardiography (echo), cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is the gold standard to study the RV. The association between CMR and echocardiographic measures of quantitative TR is unknown.

 Our aim was to evaluate the association between the most commonly used methods in both techniques: biplane vena contracta (VC) and effective regurgitant orifice (ERO) parameters evaluated by echo and TR volume (TRV) and TR regurgitant fraction (TRF) by CMR; secondly we aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of each parameter.

 Consecutive patients in stable clinical status with significant TR evaluated in the Heart Valve Clinic between 2015–2018 with a contemporaneous echo and CMR were included. TR severity was evaluated by VC and ERO method, using EPIQ system and by VRF and TRF using a 1.5 Tesla CMR Philips scanner. End-point included cardiovascular mortality, tricuspid valve surgery or heart failure.

 A total of 36 patients were included (mean age was 72±7 years, 72% females, 94% functional TR). Both VC and ERO showed moderate to strong and significant correlations with VRF and TRF (table). During a median follow up of 20 months [IQR: 10–29], 38% of the patients reached the combined end point (n=7 developed right heart failure, n=11 underwent tricuspid valve surgery, and n=2 died). Patients with events showed a larger ERO and higher VRF and TRF (p<0.01 for all) and a tendency to larger VC (p=0.06). PISA, VRF and TRF were prognostic factors of the combined endpoint (PISA per 0.1 cm2, HR: 282 [3.9–20362], p=0.01; VC per 1 mm, HR 1.27 [0.98–1.64] p=0.06; VRF per 1ml: HR: 1.02 [1.005–1.025], p=0.003; FRT per 1%, HR: 219.5 [4.8–9897], p=0.06). A value of PISA of 0.42, of VRF of 46 ml and FRV of 43% reached the best accuracy to predicted poor outcomes (p<0.01 for all).
 Table 1. Bivariate correlations ERO VC Regurgitant volume by CMR R=0.57, p=0.004 R=0.55, p=0.003 Regurgitant fraction by CMR R=0.61, p<0.001 R=0.56, p=0.01

 Validated echocardiographic parameters of TR are significantly correlated with quantitative measures by CMR. PISA by echo, and VRF and FRV by CMR are predictive of impaired prognosis. Further studies confirming our CMR cut-off values of poor outcomes are needed for clinical implementation.


The best option for organizations in Indonesia to get by amidst worldwide financial vulnerability is by changing their business and HR, given that adjustments in business ideas are profoundly determined and designed by propels in data innovation that are dramatically expanding. The imaginative strides of change, be that as it may, ought to allude to Good Corporate Governance, as an operational establishment and assurance trust from partners. The period of financial interruption requires organizations in Indonesia to consistently produce new qualities in all angles with the goal that presentation can increment and the organizations are ready to make due in the market by acquiring positive benefits. HR the executives is likewise vital, particularly when there is representative commitment in confronting dangers beginning from the outer climate. This examination is subjective exploration with the interpretive worldview, in light of the real world or the wonder that happens. The discoveries were as complete examination as indicated by the essential and optional information that the scientists have effectively investigated.


A statistic analysis was made on Chinese women's volleyball team technical and tactical indicators in Grand Prix in 2012 and the London Olympic Games to study the technical and tactical applications in recent international competitions.The multivariate analysis method was used to identify the technical and tactical problems and shortcomings of Chinese women's volleyball team.The conclusions showed that the factors affecting the results of the competition mainly focused on 4 aspects:the cooperation ability,offensive capability,offensive efficiency ability and defensive ability;technique and tactic instability in the game focused on different opponent's defensive ability and players' moving,showing a lack of offensive scoring efficiency.Therefore,to strengthen the offensive effect,the ability to improve the overall defensive moves after the Olympic Games are the key to solve the technical and tactical problems of Chinese women's volleyball team.


Matt Green from BPP University College School of Health explores what steps you should take to prepare for your approaching specialty training interview. He has been helping doctors to progress in their career for the past six years and will be speaking at this year's BMJ Careers Fair.


Magnetic skyrmions are envisioned as ideal candidates as information carriers for future spintronic devices, which have attracted a great deal of attention in recent years. Due to their topological protection, the creation and annihilation of magnetic skyrmions have been a challenging task. Here, we numerically demonstrate that a magnetic skyrmion can be created by chopping a chiral stripe domain with a static uniaxial strain/stress pulse. This mechanism not only provides a method to create skyrmions in magnetic nanostructures but also offers promising routes for designing tunable skyrmionic-mechanic devices.


Dozens of image features have been proposed in recent decades, which could measure the similarity of images and promote the improvement of performance in image retrieval. Different features focus on different views of the image, where two image quite distant with one feature may close with another. In this paper, we attempt to integrate different measures together to improve the image retrieval accuracy. Main point of which is fusing several given measures into one and then propagating on the resulted data space. As different features are involved in the similarity measurement, it would help to retrieval more similar image for the query from the dataset. Experiment results on several image dataset show the benefit of the proposed algorithm.


The problem investigated in this research is the statistical classification of binary images of ice particles and raindrops taken from cloud samples. These images have been recorded by an airborne two-dimensional probe in order to provide information leading to an understanding of the important physical process in clouds. Detailed explanation of the data acquisition system and image preprocessing is given.
A synthetic image set was generated using an Environmental Interfaces Video Digitizer and an IMSI 8080 Microcomputer to ease feature extraction process. New feature extraction techniques are developed for such images (both complete and fractional) to classify them into the seven most common classes by pattern recognition techniques. Moment normalization and rotation normalization are employed to convert all images to a common size and orientation.
Ten time domain features are explored including a new development (Circular Deficiency) and a new application (Cross-correlation). Three frequency domain features are investigated including a new Fourier descriptor (Centroid Distance). An original method of reducing aliasing due to binary quantization is tested. Minimum average probability of classification error is employed as the performance criterion with informal minimization of computing time. A Bayes decision function which minimizes the probability of misclassification is used for classification by time domain features and a simple decision function is developed for classification by frequency domain features. Final features are selected on the basis of classification performance when applied to the synthetic image set. Bayes classification with four selected time domain features (independent of size, position and angular orientation) was found to be twenty times faster than frequency domain classification.
Bayes Theorem is employed to update mean vectors and covariance matrices involved in the decision function. A discrete Kalman filtering algorithm is developed for the on-line estimation of the probability of occurrence of each class. These probabilities are also to be employed in the Bayesian decision function. This technique was shown to work well with suboptimal filter gains but an adaptive Kalman Filter was developed which adjusts the filter gain matrix such as to whiten the innovations sequence and it was found to converge to the correct probabilities more rapidly.
The classification algorithm was modified to classify incomplete or fractional images and two metrics were successfully developed to detect the unclassifiable images. The adaptive Kalman filter with the Bayes decision function was employed to classify about two thousand images per minute of CPU time with about ten percent error. The error is mainly contributed by the fractional images present. No effort is made to reduce computing time by giving it special consideration from either the hardware or software point of view.


AN ACCURATE DETERMINATION of the vertical structure of the atmosphere in the vicinity of a hurricane is difficult to obtain because of the scarcity of data. However, in recent years enough reliable radiosonde ascents have been obtained to warrant the computation of a mean hurricane sounding. The purpose of this paper is to present such a sounding and to compare it with the mean tropical atmosphere. This computation was confined to the Caribbean area, and to the months of August, September and October of the years 1941 through 1944. The data were divided into two groups:—"midnight" and "noon" . The midnight group consists of 14 reliable soundings whose average time of release is 2330 LST. The noon group consists of 11 soundings whose average time of release is 1030 LST. All soundings considered were within a radius of 200 miles of a tropical cyclone of hurricane intensity (FIGURE 1). None used were in the vicinity of a hurricane which seemed to possess extra-tropical characteristics. From 15 to 18 km the data became sparse and the means obtained may not be representative. Above 18 km there was too little data to justify the inclusion of these levels in the means. The means obtained from the above soundings appear in TABLES 1 and 2. For purposes of comparison, mean soundings, both midnight and noon, of the undisturbed atmosphere in the Caribbean were computed. Approximately 300 radiosonde ascents were used. These ascents were from the same periods as those from which the mean hurricane soundings were obtained. Data were used from Miami, San Juan and Swan Island. These means also appear in TABLES 1 and 2, as well as the differences of the mean hurricane soundings from the mean tropical atmospheres. The midnight mean hurricane sounding (FIGURE 2) shows higher temperatures than the midnight mean tropical sounding (FIGURE 3) at nearly all levels. Radiation errors in the noontime radiosondes are suspected, but the means computed seem to agree quite well with those of the midnight soundings. The noon mean hurricane sounding shows lower temperatures than the noon mean tropical sounding up to 6 km and higher temperatures from this level up to 15 km where the differences again change sign. This agrees with the fact


Based on saliency and grayscale morphological reconstruction, a new detection algorithm for infrared dim and small targets is proposed in this paper. The saliency of the original image to obtain the region of interest (ROI) is analyzed, then the spatial domain characteristic of dim and small targets is introduced into the marker image. Grayscale morphological reconstruction is based on the marker image and the mask image (the original image). Because saliency efficiently concentrates the gradient difference of the targets, detection probability is improved also with little false alarms. As the role of recognition, spatial domain characteristic of target reduces false alarm probability with the same detection probability, and background can be well estimated by grayscale morphological reconstruction, after subtraction, dim and small targets are detected. Experiments of real data prove the better detection performance, especially higher signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).


The debate on language preference in English language teaching in a multilingual setting has stirred the traditional monolingual "English Only Policy" in the Philippines. As a result, the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) was institutionalized in 2009. The question still lies as to the multilingual teaching practices employed in the Philippine schools. This study was conducted in order to review the translanguaging strategies of teachers in teaching English in the Philippines. It utilized the qualitative approach using systematic literature review. 14 papers were initially examined using 4 inclusion and exclusion criteria. 7 papers have qualified and selected as samples. The findings of the literature review showed that: 1.) Both natural and official translanguaging are employed in ELT and 2.) Translanguaging bridges the linguistic gap of learner's L1, L2 and the target language, which in common in a linguistically diverse country such the Philippines. Future researches may look at building a theoretical framework of translanguaging as a language teaching pedagogy in mainstream education.


The importance of a land-based gas turbine has been increased in order to maintain energy security in Japan. Since our country has been always exposed to a natural disaster, it is necessary to consider about influence of air intake of volcanic ash spouted from a volcanic explosion on high-temperature components in gas turbine as well as vibration by an earthquake event. In this study, a high-temperature exposure tests were conducted for 8YZ/CoNiCrAlY/IN-738LC sample on which volcanic ash was deposited. Here, we selected the natural ash picked up from Shin-moe mountain where had been exploded in 2011. As a result, it was found that the top coating was peeled completely off at the exposure condition 1273 K for 100 hours, which means that volcanic ash deposition brings about some acceleration for the delamination life of TBC. The microstructure observation after the exposure tests revealed that Si and Ca contents involved in the volcanic ash was detected inside open-pores. Thus, it was identified that those ashes infiltrated into open pores along splat boundaries under a high-temperature exposure environment. The damage model for explaining degradation induced by volcanic ash deposition was developed based upon micromechanics. The formulae for constitutive equation of TBC was done by considering about influence of both crystal distortion by tetragonal to monoclinic phase transformation and thermal shrinking by temperature drop in the heat exposure treatment. Residual stress and interfacial energy were evaluated using the proposed constitutive equation in order to clarify degradation mechanisms for ash attack to TBC.


Positron lifetime quantum‐mechanical calculations were carried out for investigation of point defects in α‐Fe containing hydrogen atoms. The electron wave functions have been obtained in the local density approximation [LDA] to the density functional theory [DFT]. On the bases of calculated results, the behavior of empty nano‐voids and nano‐voids with hydrogen were discussed. It was found that hydrogen in larger three‐dimensional vacancy clusters changes the annihilation characteristics dramatically. The hydrogen atoms are trapped by lattice vacancies. These results provide physical insight for positron interactions with defects in α‐Fe and can be used for prediction of hydrogen generation for the design of fusion reactors.


Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) significantly promoted chemotaxis in three separate endothelial cell lines at concentrations ranging from 4 to 150 ng/ml. When added to minimum essential medium (MEM) supplemented with 1% fetal calf serum, IGF-I augmented chemotaxis to a level equalling the maximal chemotactic effect obtainable with MEM supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum (FCS 10%). The data are compatible with a potential role for IGF-I in neovascularization.


This paper surveys the development of language policy over the last 40 or more years, particularly with respect to linguistic minorities and the attendant problems of illiteracy and lack of access to basic education among these groups. While there are discernible, emerging trends in the area of language policy, we make considerable effort to point out that the evolution of such policy in the past has often been the product of an unpredictable confluence of national and international politics, economics (at all levels), social, cultural, and religious differences, intrigue, historical accident, human perversity, and serendipitous circumstances. Copyright 1994 by The Policy Studies Organization.


We present an assessment and enhancement of the hybrid two-level large-eddy simulation method (A.G. Gungor and S. Menon, A new two-scale model for large eddy simulation of wall-bounded flows, Prog. Aerosp. Sci. 46 (2010), pp. 28–45), a multi-scale formulation for simulation of high Reynolds number wall-bounded turbulent flows. The assessment of the method is performed by examining role of static and dynamic blending functions used to perform hybridisation of two-level simulation (K. Kemenov and S. Menon, Explicit small-scale velocity simulation for high-Re turbulent flows, J. Comput. Phys. 220 (2006), pp. 290–311; K. Kemenov and S. Menon, Explicit small-scale velocity simulation for high-Re turbulent flows. Part 2: Non-homogeneous flows, J. Comput. Phys. 222 (2007), pp. 673–701) and large-eddy simulation methods. The sensitivity of first- and second-order turbulence statistics to the type of blending functions is investigated by simulating a fully developed turbulent flow in a channel at a friction Reynolds number Reτ = 395 and comparing the results with those obtained using a direct numerical simulation. The first-order statistics do not show any significant differences for different blending functions, but the second-order statistics show some minor differences. The dynamic evaluation of the hybrid region and the blending function is necessary for non-equilibrium and complex flows where use of a static blending function can lead to inaccurate results. We propose two criteria for the dynamic evaluation; first evaluates extent of the hybrid region based on the subgrid turbulent kinetic energy and the second estimates the blending function based on a characteristic length scale. The computational efficiency of the method is enhanced by incorporating a hybrid programming paradigm where a standard domain decomposition by the message-passing-interface library is combined with the open multi-processing based parallelisation. A further enhancement of the method is achieved by incorporating a closure model for the unclosed hybrid terms in the governing equations, which appear due to hybridisation of two-level- and large-eddy-simulation methods. The model is based on an order of magnitude approximation and a preliminary assessment of the model shows improvement of turbulence statistics when used to simulate turbulent flow in a periodic channel. The assessment and improvements to the multi-scale method make it more suitable for simulation of practical wall-bounded turbulent flows at higher Reynolds number than a conventional large-eddy simulation. This is demonstrated by simulating two representative cases; turbulent flow at high Reynolds number in a periodic channel and flow over a bump placed on the lower surface of a channel, where a relatively coarser computational grid is found to be sufficient for reasonably accurate results.


The methods for building the tree-like index system are for system evaluation dependent on the experts' knowledge now.So we need some methods with some theory support.ISM method can provide the net-like indent system.Under the idea of duplicating and dispatching,we develop one method for building the tree-like index system based on the ISM method.The sensitiveness analysis is introduced to our method.In practice,the evaluators should pay more attention to the factor with high sensitiveness.


Submitted for the MAR11 Meeting of The American Physical Society Molecular Dynamics of Colloidal binary mixtures in an electric field MANUEL VALERA, ATHULA HERAT, ETHAN CORLE, Slippery Rock University — We have studied a system of colloidal binary mixtures in an external electric field. The simulations were performed in the string fluid regime, low packing fraction, and high density regime under the influence of a strong electric field. In the dilute regime we studied the system structure for different concentrations and size ratios. For the high density regime we studied a 50:50 concentration with a size ratio or 1.2/1.0. We show the pair correlation function and diffusion coefficient. A partial phase diagram for the 50:50 concentration and 1.2/1.0 size ration is also presented. Manuel Valera Slippery Rock University Date submitted: 29 Dec 2010 Electronic form version 1.4


A coherent conception of dyslexia has been difficult to arrive at because research findings have continually created logical paradoxes for the psychometric definition of reading disability. This paper develops the phonological-core variable-difference model. This model of the cognitive characteristics of dyslexic children is one of the few that does not create psychometric paradoxes of the type that have plagued the learning disabilities field. The model provides a way to conceptualize the differences between dyslexic and garden-variety poor readers. The model highlights the importance of viewing the concept of dyslexia as the outcome of the application of an arbitrary criterion in a continuous distribution, thus avoiding the connotations of discreteness that have continually undermined our understanding of reading disability.


The transformed Trichoderma strains Ttrm31, Ttrm34 and Ttrm55 were obtained from Trichoderma wild strain T21 mutated by REMI technique for more effective biocontrol of tomato gray mold (Botrytis cinerea) with Trichoderma agent. Those transformants appeared much better in biocontrol activity in vitro or in vivo against tomato gray mold were better than that of wild strain T21. The main results were as follow:


Authorisation was issued in late 2007 for four air gun models to be used to tattoo the ID code marking behind the shoulder on piglets. This article sets out the characteristics of each model. These air guns can only be used on grower-finisher farms that fatten all their porkers on the same site. This hardware proves more expensive than purchasing a straightforward slapmarker, but the initial investment can quickly pay off, especially given the time savings made. Nevertheless, in order to guarantee that the tattoos are 100% readable when the pig arrives at the slaughterhouse, it is essential to follow the manufacturer's guidelines given in the instructions for use accompanying the authorised hardware.


Modern military and civic applications require broadband microwave multilayer radar absorbing material (MRAM), which typically consists of multiple layers that increase the thickness of platforms like aircraft, ships, and vehicles, thereby adding to their weight. To address this, MRAM design methods strive to optimize layer parameters to reduce thickness. In this article, we emphasize the importance of the cost function used in the optimization process, which can significantly affect the outcomes. This article investigates the impact of common cost function formulations on achieving global optima and proposes a new cost function that produces thinner MRAM designs without increasing algorithmic complexity. The new formulation works as a two-step optimizer and yields thinner results. The article compares the results for twelve different MRAMs with those of previous literature, and achieves maximum and minimum thickness reductions of 22.9562% and 0.009%, respectively. The findings highlight that the cost function formulation significantly impacts the design outcome and can be used to obtain thinner designs. Additionally, the proposed approach is more effective than other commonly used formulations for finding the optimal layer sequence and minimizing thickness using a given search algorithm.


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With the development of economy and more attention to the problem concerning agriculture , rural and peasants in recent years. the income of peasants increased rapidly. But because of its own factors and the institutional system, there are great distances between the central - western and the eastern regions in peasants' income. To improve peasants' income is the key to accomplish the task of building the whole nation's well -to-do society. This study carried out clustering analysis and differential analysis by SPSS software, and discussed the main factors of the difference between the central -western and east regions, and then it provided some suggestions to the main problems of presents.


Based on the gravity model, this paper presents a combinational algorithm with high-precision for the forecast of Sino-US bilateral trade. Taking into account the non-stationarity of trade data, we propose a combined model based on complementary ensemble empirical mode decomposition (CEEMD) and NARX neural network (NARX) to forecast Sino-US trade volume. The CEEMD-NARX model can effectively solve the problem of non-stationary of the original data, and has higher prediction accuracy than the traditional statistical model. The simulation results show that this model is superior to NARX model, SVM model, BPNN model, Multiple Regression, etc. Hence, it is one of the most effective methods in the field of economic forecast with non-stationary data.


Realizing that worldwide longitudinal television research has exclusively been based on short sequences of cross-sectional data, it is argued that future developmental television research should use people-meter data in combination with time-series methods. To support this claim, several issues are investigated. It is demonstrated how telemetric TV data, which are collected continuously in all industrialized countries, can be used not only to validate findings based on cross-sectional data but also to expand our knowledge about developments in TV use by individuals and groups. This is an implicit plea to use these already-existing data pools for social and media scientific purposes. The examples presented are based on individual and aggregated trajectories of daily television viewing time covering a period of three years.


An 18-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because he had a high fever and a severe cough with hemoptysis. A chest X-ray examination demonstrated a fluid-filled cyst measuring 4×4cm in the middle field of the right lung. He was allergic to house dust, ticks, and several kinds of foods and plants. He had been suffering from chronic rhinorrhitis for a long time, but he did not have asthma. After administration of CLDM (1.2g/day) and CTM (2.0g/day) for eight days, the infection of the cyst subsided, but the cyst itself remained as it had been. A few weeks after he was discharged from our hospital, he had a second infection of the cyst. During the second hospitalization, a diagnosis of infected bronchogenic cyst was made and surgery was eventually indicated. A partial resection of the right lung, including the cyst, was performed under thoracoscopic control. As a result of the resection, an actual pathological diagnosis was made to be allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis (ABPM) with cryptococcus instead. Histology revealed bronchocentric granulomatosis with epitheloid granuloma and necrotic eosinophils. We had been unable to accurately diagnose the ABPM before surgery because the symptoms and findings obtained by diagnostic examinations had not fulfilled Rosenberg's criteria. However, the findings obtained by histological and immunological examinations of resected specimen were consistent with the Bosken's criteria of ABPM.


The ElectroMagnetic Flux Compression (EMFC) has important applications in solid-state physics (ultrahigh magnetic field physics, high pressure science), and is also likely to find applications in fusion and high-energy density researches. In the Institute of Fluid Physics (IFP), Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP), a mediumsized EMFC device has being developed to carry out some extreme physics researches. The device includes a 1 MJ main capacitor bank and a 200 kJ initial field capacitor bank. A 2D numerical model is developed to estimate the performance of the device. In the model, the filamentary method was employed to solve the electromagnetic problem of the EMFC process, while the mechanical part was calculated by the commercial software. The numerical simulation estimated that the peak current of main bank is over 3 MA, and the peak field is about 350 T Φ11mm) and 550 T Φ6mm) respectively.


The distribution of neutrons produced by the reaction of 50MeV/u ^12C-ion on a thick Cu target are studied.The neutrons are measured with threshold activation detectors.Al.F,C,Al and In activation samples were used to measure neutrons with energy greater than 7,11,20,50MeV and thermal neutrons,respectively,The fluence rate,energy and angular distributions of neutrons,total neutron yield of 12C-ion and the emission rate in the forward direction of neutrons over 11 and 20MeV were obtained.


IS EXPECTED SHIP CARRYING CHALANDS P, P, P, P WITH OPEN DECK LOADING SIDE OR BACK AND AHEAD FOR BELOW THE LEVEL OF WATER FILLING THE TANKS LEST SHIP AND DOWN SO THAT THE CHARGES CHALANDS P, P, P, P FLOATING ON THE BRIDGE TO BE OUTSIDE toues SIDE FOR DISCHARGE OR BE HALES FOR LOADING OR TO BE toues OUTSIDE THE BACK AND BE HALES THE BACK IN THE DIRECTION OF THE BOW F; HULL SHIP S BELOW DECK LOADING IS SUBSTANTIALLY TRAPEZOIDALE CUT TO INCREASE THE STABILITY OF THE SHIP UNDERWATER; BOTTOM SHIP S COICIDE WITH SHORT SIDE PARALLEL KEYSTONE. FROM THAT BOTTOM SIDE INCLINED SURFACES CUP TRAPEZOIDALE extend obliquely UP, PREFERABLY TO LOAD BRIDGE.