A flexible bismuth-based Hall sensor is realized with a total thickness of only 80 μm including encapsulation. After wiring, the sensors have a maximum height of 280 μm and could be mounted onto curved surfaces with radii down to 5 mm without degradation of its performance. These flexible sensors allow one to measure time-varying magnetic fields and are applied to realize flux-based control strategies for magnetically suspended systems, which is demonstrated by means of a single-axis magnetic levitation setup.


This paper discusses F. A. Hayek's theory of spontaneous order and cultural evolution. After briefly outlining the main elements of Hayek's approach, we review some of the criticisms addressed to his evolutionary theory. In particular, we discuss a number of paradoxes generated by his view of spontaneous cultural evolution. In our view, these paradoxes result from an insufficiently specified theoretical environment in which cultural and social evolution are taking place. Namely, Hayek does not spend much time discussing the precise nature of political markets that are nonetheless crucial for the persistence and the change of institutional outcomes. Likewise, Hayek places himself outside of his own theory of cultural evolution, for he lacks a model of how ideas and intellectuals affect the choice of one of the multiple evolutionary equilibria. We outline one such model, which uses the notion of sympathy as its main driving mechanism. Taken together, we claim that an explicit analysis of politics and a model of influence of ideas would have helped to resolve some of the key incongruities in Hayek's evolutionary work.


Yi Chungjun's 'Sopyonje' of space, rather than as a realistic spatial unreal, surreal, but also shows an idealized spatial properties. space than nature ever place emphasis on characteristics, time characteristics will be emphasized more period Characteristics. I 'Sopyonje' This property of 'anti-modernity' and the connection characteristics and place the period ever looked at the features. Discours-time for story-time as well as the modulation and is focalization, story-space and discours-space implementation of the condensation and unity of the place as well as highlight the importance of space and more places that could be revealed. Also, when you need to talk. space, as mentioned in the rest. spaces are cleared. Mentioned in the tex tof the time and space, reality and unreality(or surreal) to the intersection with the reorganization of time and space, time and space, or anecdotal transcendent of time and space to have property and found that the viscosity. This author's narrative strategy, specific and realistic than the abstract and the ideal time and space, time and space that the regression, 'a return. to primitive time and space' desire to express the thought that human nature. Yi Chngjun the 'Sopyonje' time and space gives the impression that is atomized. Specific places('inn') recalls the time in the past, but that time is not an objective and a specific time. Subjective and vague abstract time period it. It entered into an allegory, and also deeply involved in the matter, the specific time and space, placing it into a universal story has the intention to expand. Of the modern age of modern refusal to 'cool-society' pursuit of the artist's intentions and are closely related.


Starting from the definition of critical thinking,the p resent paper gi ves an account of some aspects of pedagogy of critical thinking such as teaching objectives,contents, principles and methods.A survey is also made by the author to some extent on pedagogic practice of critical thinking.


We consider the problem of managing demand risk in tactical supply chain planning for a particular global consumer electronics company. The company follows a deterministic replenishment-and-planning process despite considerable demand uncertainty. As a possible way to formally address uncertainty, we provide two risk measures, "demand-at-risk" (DaR) and "inventory-at-risk" (IaR) and two linear programming models to help manage demand uncertainty. The first model is deterministic and can be used to allocate the replenishment schedule from the plants among the customers as per the existing process. The other model is stochastic and can be used to determine the "ideal" replenishment request from the plants under demand uncertainty. The gap between the output of the two models as regards requested replenishment and the values of the risk measures can be used by the company to reallocate capacity among different products and to thus manage demand/inventory risk.


This article presents the hardware-in-the-loop simulation of an impedance control applied to a virtual robot acting on a stiff environment. A test bench, which is composed of a direct-drive manipulator and a stiff environment, is used as the hardware part. A hardware-in-the-loop controller is used to command the manipulator so that it reproduces the virtual robot dynamics. Hence, the latter virtually acts on the real environment. Experimental results of the hardware-in-the-loop simulation are compared to pure simulation. It shows that both results are very similar and therefore the real robot can accurately reproduce the virtual robot dynamics.


Either by screen-printing or sputtering, sensitive layers of tin oxide were deposited on silicon micromachined substrates (four-element integrated microarrays). The procedures allow the deposition of sensing layers before membranes have been etched, which leads to gas micro-sensors with an excellent fabrication yield. The response of the different microarrays to ethanol, acetone and ammonia vapours and their binary mixtures was studied. The influence of ambient humidity was also investigated. By using an integrated array of four integrated microsensors operated at two different temperatures and a fuzzy ARTMAP neural network, it was possible to simultaneously identify and quantify the different species (success rate was 100%). These results confirm the viability of the techniques introduced to obtain micromachined sensors suitable for battery-powered gas/vapour monitors. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


A four‐pole elliptic function bandpass filter is designed using compact miniaturized microstrip interdigital hairpin resonator. Miniaturization hairpin resonator is realized by using an interdigital structure having parallel coupled lines. The full‐wave simulator IE3D is used to design the interdigital hairpin resonator and to calculate the coupling coefficient of the basic coupling strictures. The response of the fabricated filters using FR4 substrate is designed at a centre frequency of 1.8 GHz. The compact size and the performance of this class of filter have been demonstrated. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 51: 1363–1366, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.24314


We study infrared (IR) divergences in light front quantum chromodynamics using a coherent state basis in light front time-ordered Hamiltonian perturbation theory. In computation of the S-matrix elements in Hamiltonian formalism, the IR divergences appear in the form of vanishing energy denominators. We consider the process e + e − → 2 jets at O ( g 2 ) in strong coupling, construct the coherent state representing the outgoing particles, and explicitly show that the 'true' IR divergences cancel to this order when the matrix elements are calculated between coherent states instead of Fock states.


The anisotropic resistivity rho/sub ..cap alpha..//sub ..cap alpha../ and Hall coefficient R/sub ..cap alpha..//sub ..beta..//sub ..gamma../ of La/sub 2-//sub x/M/sub x/CuO/sub 4/ are analyzed as a function of x, using a rigid-band treatment of the previously given linearized augmented plane-wave (LAPW) bands of tetragonal La/sub 2/CuO/sub 4/. The experimental rho/sub x//sub x/(T) is used to extract lambda/sub tr/approx. =3.8, which permits a conventional electron-phonon interpretation of the high T/sub c/. The Hall coefficients are qualitatively explained, including sign discrepancies in published measurements.


Currently, the creation of strong artificial intelligence (eng. Strong Artificial Intelligence (AI)) to ensure the required cybersecurity of digital platforms Industry 4.0 is one of the most interesting scientific and technical problems of our time. In the 1940s, when Norbert Wiener's book Cybernetics, or Control and Communication in the Animal and in the Machine, and other scientific papers on this topic were published, when the first computers of the von Neumann architecture appeared and began to be distributed. The mentioned problem was transferred from the field of science fiction to the field of real theoretical research and engineering developments. Since then, experts in the field of cyber security have been eagerly awaiting the emergence of fundamentally new technical information protection systems, the level of intelligence of which will be comparable to that of humans. That is, such engineering solutions, the distinctive ability of which will be the independent association and synthesis of new knowledge. Let's take a brief look at the history of the issue and dwell in more detail on the possible formulation of tasks for creating strong cybersecurity artificial intelligence.


A causal set C can describe a discrete spacetime, but this discrete spacetime is not quantum, because C is endowed with Boolean logic, as it does not allow cycles. In a quasi-ordered set Q, cycles are allowed. In this paper, we consider a subset QC of a quasi-ordered set Q, whose elements are all the cycles. In QC, which is endowed with quantum logic, each cycle of maximal outdegree N in a node, is associated with N entangled qubits. Then QC describes a quantum computing spacetime. This structure, which is non-local and non-casual, can be understood as a proto-spacetime. Micro-causality and locality can be restored in the subset U of Q whose elements are unentangled qubits which we interpret as the states of quantum spacetime. The mapping of quantum spacetime into proto-spacetime is given by the action of the XOR gate. Moreover, a mapping is possible from the Boolean causal set into U by the action of the Hadamard gate. In particular, the causal order defined on the elements of U induces the causal evolution of spin networks.


The local field potential (LFP) is the low frequency part of the extracellular electrical potential in the brain and reflects synaptic activity onto thousands of neurons around each recording contact. Nowadays, LFPs can be measured at several hundred locations simultaneously. The measured LFP is in general a superposition of contributions from many underlying neural populations which makes interpretation of LFP measurements in terms of the underlying neural activity challenging. Classical statistical analyses of LFPs rely on matrix decomposition-based methods, such as PCA (Principal Component Analysis) and ICA (Independent Component Analysis), which require additional constraints on spatial and/or temporal patterns of populations. In this work, we instead explore the multi-fold data structure of LFP recordings, e.g., multiple trials, multi-channel time series, arrange the signals as a higher-order tensor (i.e., multiway array), and study how a specific tensor decomposition approach, namely canonical polyadic (CP) decomposition, can be used to reveal the underlying neural populations. Essential for interpretation, the CP model provides uniqueness without imposing constraints on patterns of underlying populations. Here, we first define a neural network model and based on its dynamics, compute LFPs. We run multiple trials with this network, and LFPs are then analysed simultaneously using the CP model. More specifically, we design feed-forward population rate neuron models to match the structure of state-of-the-art, large-scale LFP simulations, but downscale them to allow easy inspection and interpretation. We demonstrate that our feed-forward model matches the mathematical structure assumed in the CP model, and CP successfully reveals temporal and spatial patterns as well as variations over trials of underlying populations when compared with the ground truth from the model. We also discuss the use of diagnostic approaches for CP to guide the analysis when there is no ground truth information. In comparison with classical methods, we discuss the advantages of using tensor decompositions for analyzing LFP recordings as well as their limitations.


Simulations were run varying drug usage (i.e., proportion of infections treated) and fitness penalty between 0.0 and 1.0 in increments of 0.02 for both parameters. The models were run with constant MOIs of 1 (100 % selfing), 2, 3 and 4. The application to perform these simulations is made available in http://popgen.eu/soft/ogaraK. In order to facilitate understanding of the resistance profile of each clone we will use, whenever pertinent, a binary representation per locus where 0 represents a locus that is sensitive and 1 when a locus might confer resistance. As an example, in a case where we model two drugs and 1 resistance locus per drug, the totally sensitive clone can be represented by c0,0; clone c0,1 is sensitive to drug 1 and resistant to drug 2. For clarity and unless otherwise stated, all textual examples presented below will assume 2 drugs with 1 locus per drug. The following symbols are also employed:


This book touches upon some of the problems concerning controlling the business process of an organisation. Uncontrolled deviations of that business process can result in unwanted outcomes like safety, health and environmental problems. Several factors are needed to improve that business process. These have been identified as a sequence in which each step necessarily requires the previous ones, but in which it can be seen that earlier steps are not, by themselves, sufficient to reach the ultimate goal of complete control over the business process. The steps are: commit management, identify hazards, eliminate non-essential hazards, maximize containment and correct handling, control changes, assess risks, upgrade/prevent and ensure follow-up. Based upon a theoretical framework, the so-called Tripod condition survey has been developed by researchers at Leiden and Manchester University for the Shell Exploration and Production Department. It provides ways of detecting, measuring and eliminating the deficiencies in the business process of a company.


Distillation separation sequence synthesis problem has been further researched with combinatorial mathematics theory, and the computing complexity of sequence decomposition problem has been concisely analyzed; with binary tree this data structure in feasible region, random search for distillation separation sequence has been implemented, what's more, through the change of an internal node and a leaf node, a kind of high effective evolutional neighborhood (super) structure has been constructed,


In response to the turmoil and the anxiety created by the COVID-19 pandemic, many universities transitioned to online delivery with limited support and resources. University teachers adapted to the online environment to ensure the effectiveness of students' reaching their outcomes. Using the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as a framework, this study analysed ethnographic data from two experienced university teacher narratives about their online teaching strategies in two different university settings, in a developed and a developing country. The results showed that teachers used more or less similar strategies based on the affordances provided within the Learning Management Systems (LMS) and by also accessing other existing technological tools. However, the results showed inequalities in students' participation due to their financial, economic, and socio-cultural backgrounds. This paper emphasises the need for investigation into personalised and inclusive learning for consolidating and accommodating social and geographical barriers to minimise inequalities in students' access to education. Students should not be deprived by the digital and technical divide limiting equal opportunities for learning and development in the so-called 'global village' in the 21st century and beyond.


Cell-free fetal DNA in the maternal circulation holds great potential for noninvasive prenatal diagnosis (1)(2). However, the manual isolation of cell-free DNA from plasma can be a time-consuming process, and current techniques involving spin columns usually require multiple reloadings of the columns with sample material, increasing the risk of contamination (3)(4)(5). Use of an automated system for DNA isolation can reduce the time involved, increase the throughput, and help reduce inconsistencies resulting from human error in processing of different plasma samples. We compared 2 techniques for extracting cell-free DNA from maternal plasma: the MagNA Pure™ LC Instrument (Roche Applied Science), an automated DNA isolation system; and a frequently used manual technique involving spin-column technology (High Pure PCR Template Preparation Kit™; Roche Diagnostics).

After approval was granted from the Cantonal Institutional Review Board of Basel, we obtained 9 plasma …


A quantum genetic algorithm is introduced for load distribution of tandem cold rolling mill in order to avoid the shortcomings of genetic algorithm,such as more iterations,slow convergence and easily trapped into local minima.A new adjusting strategy of quantum rotational gate is proposed for improving the performance of quantum genetic algorithm.It is shown by standard function tests and data comparison that the improved quantum genetic algorithm can avoid the premature convergence,has stronger ability of global optimization,and is an effective method for the optimization of the load distribution of tandem cold rolling mill.


An official United States Government Memorandum written by Thomas Stafford regarding the Pilot Information File for any cross country flight


Declarations of interests made at meetings in the period 26 March 2017 - 6 April 2018. This indicate a conflict of interest with respect to one of the topics being discussed.


Objective:To investigate the potential association between rs7580433 markers in SUMO-1 (the small ubiquitin-like modifier-1) and the risk of human NSCLP (Nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate). Methods:rs7580433 in SUMO-1 from HapMap data on Chinese Han from Beijing was analysed in 183 patients and 162 healthy controls. Results:There was statistically difference in the GA genotypes between the cases and the control. (P=0.025). Conclusion:SUMO-1 gene variation was associated with the NSCLP developmentof Chinese Han.


A kriging model can be used as a surrogate to a more computationally expensive model or simulation. It is capable of providing a continuous mathematical relationship that can interpolate a set of observations. One of the major issues with using kriging models is the potentially computationally expensive process of estimating the best model parameters. One of the most common methods used to estimate model parameters is Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE). MLE of kriging model parameters requires the use of numerical optimization of a continuous but possibly multi-modal log-likelihood function. This paper presents some enhancements to gradient-based methods to make them more computationally efficient and compares the potential reduction in computational burden. These enhancements include the development of the analytic gradient and Hessian for the log-likelihood equation of a kriging model that uses a Gaussian spatial correlation function. The suggested algorithm is very similar to the Scoring algorithm traditionally used in statistics, a Newton-Raphson gradient-based optimization method.


The spread of a matrix has been introduced by Mirsky in 1956. The classical theory provides an upper bound for the spread of the shape operator in terms of the second fundamental form of a hypersurface in the Euclidean space. In the present work, we are extending our understanding of the phenomenon by proving a lower bound, inspired from an idea developed recently by X.-Q. Chang. As we are exploring the very concept of curvature on hypersurfaces, we are introducing a new curvature invariant called amalgamatic curvature and we explore its geometric meaning by proving an inequality relating it to the absolute mean curvature of the hypersurface. In our study, a new class of geometric object is obtained: the absolutely umbilical hypersurfaces.


DPs such as the tallest boy, whose head noun is preceded by a superlative adjective – henceforth, the A-est NPs – and DPs such as the only boy, whose head noun is preceded by only – henceforth, the only NPs – are definite in the morpho-syntactic sense because their determiner is the (and not some indefinite determiner such as a or some). But as is well-known (at least since Higgins 1973), the A-est NPs and the only NPs are sometimes semantically non-definite. The following contrasts illustrate this: unlike the tall boy, the tallest boy need not imply existence of a unique boy who is taller than all the other boys; and unlike the boy, the only boy need not imply existence of a unique boy.


Renal caliceal diverticuli-deafness syndrome is a rare, syndromic, developmental defect during embryogenesis characterized by urinary tract and kidney anomalies, such as renal pelviocaliceal attenuation with multiple tiny caliceal diverticula, associated with sensorineural hearing loss. There have been no further descriptions in the literature since 1981.


A mail survey of Alabama logging firms was conducted in collaboration with the Alabama Loggers Council (ALC) in the spring of 2023 to gather data for current and future assessments of the logging industry's status and challenges. The response rate was 23.02% after two mailings. The average age of the business respondents was 56 and the average age of employees was 48. About 35% of owners expected to exit the industry within five years, with one-third of those reporting that their business would cease to operate. Most owners who plan to continue operating after five years expect to maintain the same production level. The primary challenges facing logging businesses are increasing operating and equipment costs, the lack of labor and truck drivers, and mill issues (including quotas, shutdowns, and slow operations). COVID-19 has had some effects on Alabama logging operations, including reducing production for a majority of businesses.


The differential cross section for the process du-bar..-->..W/sup -/..gamma.. is computed with both arbitrary K for the W boson and arbitrary a for the quarks. We find that the radiation amplitude zeros occur only if both K = 1 and a = 0.


An analytical model is presented for the mobility analysis of the tumbleweed ball, which could be a new way to explore planets in the future. Based on the model, the shape and gravity center of a ball and area of contact between the ball and ground are determined as functions of the internal pressure. Conditions of sliding and rolling motion of the ball on slopes under wind loads are quantified. Numerical results from a case study are provided, which are useful for the design of this type of flexible structures.


The energy stability of the 4MV accelerator has been measured by monitoring the r-ray yields of the 27Al(p,p' r )27A1 reaction. The energy stability became better after replacement of power supply for the focusing lens of the accelerator.


The recent framework established by the European Union for the promotion of biofuels is expected to encourage the energy crops sector. In Spain, the share of bioethanol in the transport sector is nearly ten times the share of biodiesel; hence a renewed interest in research and development in energy crops for bioethanol has arisen. In this work four non-conventional crops with potential for bioethanol are reviewed. Jerusalem artichoke and sweet sorghum are proposed as potential crops for irrigated lands while prickly pear and tree tobacco are suggested for hot arid lands.


The low‐temperature orbital ordering structure of Nd0.5Sr0.5MnO3 thin film on SrTiO3 (011) substrate (NSMO/STO011) has been clarified by resonant x‐ray scattering. This thin film is the first example of the manganite thin film that has sharp metal‐insulator transition, and synchrotron x‐ray diffraction reveals the structure of the low‐temperature orbital ordered phase. The orbital order structure was found to be the same as the structure of bulk Nd0.5Sr0.5MnO3, while the tilt/rotation of the MnO6 octahedra were different.


Background: Patients who received emergency abdominal surgery. Often affected by the surgery because they were not planed ahead.Affected postoperativerecovery delay and  the  risk  of  complications. Therefore, postoperativeactivity ofdaily livingability regularly and always for the period necessaryfor thepatients. We also interested tostudy onNursing activities that patients receivedand qualityof recovery aftersurgery. To evaluate the results analyzed and nursing guideline for patients receiving abdominal surgery to others. Objective: To studythe qualityof recovery after emergency abdominalsurgery and Nursing Activities Design : Descriptive study Setting: Meal surgical unit  at Phrae Hospital Methods : The study is based on emergencyabdominal surgerypatients with upperandlower  longitudinal  midline  incision ,  the  particular  sample,study  on  May-October,2010. Statistical analysis of the data was descriptive statistic. Results: Sample of 33 patients, most aged 35-59 years, mean age of  54.8 years. Disease declined 81.9percent. Rejection of major surgery 84.9percent.Quality of recovery score 1 day aftersurgeryat overall average was 164.4. When classified based on factor that affected postoperative recovery. Found that the period of anesthesia and surgery duration greater than 120 minutes with the lowest score was 159 and 153.5. By age group, found that aged 36-59 years was the lowest score161.9. By the blood loss during surgery, 200-500 c.c. ofblood loss grouplowest total score was 163.3. Nursing activities often include the history of illness   taking   87.9percent.Encouragement andwillingness to provide90.9 percent to87.9 percent of instructional change stance. Assessment of physical condition after surgery, continuing the first 24 hours and once a day was100 percent, fed diettype and description 87.8 percent. NursingActivities those patients receivedless than 65 percent, including adescription of the risks and complications that may occur during surgery and after surgery. Reason for the surgery to prepare skin.The opportunity to ask questions. Answer questions or vent. Instruction on postoperative respiratory training. Effective cough, leg exercise in bed and how to assess pain compared to a number0-10. Description of how to get help and how to use analgesic drug.How to relieve pain by changing posture and distraction. Complication that found in this study is flatulence 72 hours after surgery, 42.4percent. Conclusion: Experimental studies should be or program of effective patient care. The information obtained from this study is the basic information improvesthe quality of care for patients following abdominal surgery. Keywords: Nursing activities, postoperative recovery, abdominal surgery


The invention discloses a manufacturing method of an electromagnet. The manufacturing method comprises the following steps of: (1) preparing 6-10 E-shaped electrical pure iron sheets, wherein DT4E is adopted for the E-shaped electrical pure iron sheets; (2) stamping a lug boss and a groove at the same position of the middle sheet column of each E-shaped electrical pure iron sheet; (3) performing heat treatment on each E-shaped electrical pure sheet; (4) stacking the E-shaped electrical pure iron sheets and putting the stacked E-shaped electrical pure iron sheets into a framework to obtain an electromagnet self-finished product; (5) performing a blackening treatment; and (6) rinsing the electromagnet self-finished product with hot soap water after the blackening treatment, then fully stirring and flushing with cold water and drying to obtain the electromagnet finished product. The manufacturing method of the electromagnet has the beneficial effects that: as the 6-10 DT4E electrical pure iron sheets are stacked together, deviation generated in the stamping process is reduced, deviation generated in an assembling process is removed, a suction force of the electromagnet is increased, a residual magnetic force is reduced, and the requirement that the suction force of not less than 30 N and the residual magnetic force of not greater than 0.6 is realized.


The text introduced ingredients and preparation of 4.5% β-cypemethrinoProclaimOR(banleptm) emulsion in water.According to standards of appearance,dispersity,stability,cold storage and heat storage,we have tested recipes of 4.5% β-cypemethrinoProclaimOR(banleptm) emulsion in water using different solvent,emulsifier,antifreeze and defoamer.Tests showed that: β2cypemethrin 4%,emamectin benzoate 0.5%,dimethylbenzene 10%,surfactant 600 # 3%,DMF5%,methyl alcohol 4%,sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate 4%,Glycerin 2%,Defoamer S 0.5%,water else.The performance indexes of the emulsion are up to standards.


The Hidaka region in the central part of Hokkaido Island, Japan is known as an arc-arc collision zone where the Kuril Arc (southern part of eastern Hokkaido) has been collided against the NE Japan Arc (western Hokkaido) since the middle Miocene. This collision is a controlling factor for the formation of the Hidaka Mountains, the westward obduction of the middle/upper part of lower crustal rocks of the Kuril Arc (the Hidaka Metamorphic Belt) and the development of the foreland fold-and-thrust belt. A series of seismic reflection/refraction surveys from 1994 to 2000 revealed the collision and deformation processes occurring in this region (e.g. Arita et al., 1998; Tsumura et al., 1999; Ito et al., 2002). As indicated by Tsumura et al. (2013, this symposium), the high quality of these data sets has large potentiality to provide more clear collision image and new geological finding with the use of more advanced processing and interpretation techniques including CRS/MDRS method. This paper focus on the reanalysis for the data sets from "the Hokkaido Transect Project from 1998 to 2000", which was mul-tidisciplinary effort intended to clarify the structural deformation process associated with the arc-arc collision. The element of the active source experiment in this project was composed of a 227-km seismic refraction/wide-angle reflection profile running middle part dipping lower crust and Moho of the NE Japan Arc as indicated by the CRS/MDRS imaging.


This contribution has as its primary objective to interpret, at least, three key aspects of classroom work. In this way, we advance towards a social emancipatory perspective of the pedagogical act, in which the individual is recognized as having potentialities and capacities to transform him/herself and also his/her immediate context. These aspects are: a) The construction of knowledge, supported by the actions and reflections of the students as authors of their own learning; b) the development of critical thinking, as an instrument to liberate the individuals so that they may become thinking, questioning, , searching, and purpose finding persons in their real context; and c) it also builds on the assumption that real education must offer the student a self transformational experience as well as a social transformational experience. Therefore, we come close to a revaluation of the pedagogical action, under the premise of the new conceived interactive roles both of teacher and student, that today offer an optimization of academic experience inside the classroom. Critical pedagogy is the theoretical basis of this stance, from which we propose the putting into practice of academic instruments aligned with liberating educational policies and positive social transformations.


This paper presents a simulation case study of an active thermal energy storage device with phase-change materials (PCM) for free-cooling purposes. The charging/discharging of the PCM, arranged in layers in a heat exchanger, is done through a controlled air stream passing through these layers. First, the effect of airflow rate on charging/discharging time is investigated. Then, different control strategies targeting reduction in peak demand and HVAC system sizing are evaluated. Results show that for the present case-study 14% reduction in energy consumption and 10% enhanced energy flexibility could be achieved using the PCM heat exchanger (PCM-HX) for free cooling.


Introduction Multiple sclerosis (MS), the most common neurological disease causing disability in young adults, is widely recognised as a major stress factor. Studies have shown that the first years after the diagnosis are distressing in terms of adjustment to the disease and that MS negatively affects patients' psychological well-being, quality of life (QoL) and social functioning. However, the links between disease-specific variables at diagnosis, resilience and psychological adjustment of patients with MS remain largely unexplored, especially in adolescents and young adults. This observational study aims to fill the gap of knowledge on biopsychosocial characteristics and resilience of young adults with MS to evaluate the relationship among these variables and to develop a biopsychosocial model of resilience. Methods and analysis Biological and clinical characteristics of young adults newly diagnosed with MS will be investigated by collecting clinical information, performing neurological examinations, MRI and analysing cerebrospinal fluid and blood biomarkers (eg, measures of inflammation), body composition, gut microbiota and movement/perceptual markers. Psychosocial characteristics (eg, psychological distress, coping strategies), QoL, psychological well-being and resilience will be assessed by self-report questionnaires. Comparative statistics (ie, analysis of variance or unpaired samples t-test, correlation and regression analyses) will be applied to evaluate the relationship among biological, psychological and social factors. The results are expected to allow a comprehensive understanding of the determinants of resilience in young patients with MS and to inform resilience interventions, tailored to young patients' specific needs, aiming to reduce the risk of maladaptive reactions to the disease and to improve psychological well-being and QoL. Ethics and dissemination The study has been approved by the Verona University Hospital Ethics Committee (approval number: 2029CESC). The findings will be disseminated through scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals, conference presentations, social media and specific websites. Trial registration number ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03825055).


Over the past few decades, a large number of rural residents have migrated to cities in China and left their children behind. This study estimated how many 10‐ to 14‐year‐old children in rural Anhui drank alcohol and examined the association between parental migration and children's alcohol use.


The purpose of this study was to identify how coordination variability of the shooting arm varied as a function of interacting task constraints of expertise and shooting distance. Skilled, intermediate and novice male basketball players (n=9 in each group) performed 30 shots from three distances (4.25, 5.25 and 6.25 metres). The dependent variables included shooting performance scores and measures of coordination variability in three joint couplings: wrist-elbow, elbow-shoulder and wrist-shoulder. A main effect for distance was observed for shooting performance, with a reduction in score occurring with increasing distance. Significant main effects for expertise were also apparent for shooting performance together with coordination variability for all three joint couplings. Regression analyses revealed significant, negative relationships between shooting performance and coordination variability for all three joint couplings irrespective of shooting distance. The findings corroborated extant data on changes in movement variability with practice, demonstrating how skilled performers assemble stable movement solutions to satisfy changing task constraints, in contrast to novices and intermediates.


Using soybean meal as raw material,soybean peptides were produced by solid state fermentation of Aspergillus oryzae.Based on the optimum temperature for protease production and the optimum hydrolysis temperature for soybean meal during fermentation,the production processing of soybean peptides was optimized.The effects of temperature changes on the production processing of soybean peptides by solid state fermentation of soybean meal were investigated.


In cases of child abduction that the Spanish courts must resolve as the country of destination of the minor, the correct interpretation of the international obligations assumed by our State in this area is required. The fundamental instrument in a case of international child abduction from a non-EU country is the 1980 Hague Convention. This convention obliges all contracting States to order the return of the child forthwith -who has been illegally transferred or detained in their territory- if no more than one year has elapsed since the wrongful removal or retention took place. This general rule -the main one- has a significant exception that allows order the return of the child even after that period unless the minor is now settled in its new environment. In practice, the computation of the term regulated by the general rule raises different non-standardized interpretive issues for the Contracting States, what conditions the result of the restitution process. The application of the national - procedural – measures regulated to comply with the Convention´s provisions, should not affect, by itself, that term to base decisions on the refusal of restitution, as seems to be the national case law approach using principle of the best interests of child. Other considerations may carry the risk of contravening the purposes of the international instrument.


Computer technology has the potential to provide rich resources for language teaching and learning. As computer access increases, so do new learning technologies in education. This paper is specifically interesed in the case of English language instruction in a Teacher Training Faculty, and blended e-learning components as tools for supporting English language acquisition. Through the analysis of a researcher-developed survey, this study examines and compares students' feelings and perceptions towards their participation in class and their participation in the online environment with the aim of detecting whether major differences between the two contexts exist. It also seeks to discover the extent to which learners value the online environment within the whole language learning process. The paper concludes by emphasizing the need for and relevance of research focusing on this learning format, given the specific characteristics of University education today, in the light of the recent implementation of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) at University.


The author recounts some of the observed actions of drivers which could have led, directly or indirectly, to accidents with fatal or serious consequences. (non-author abstract)


After analyzing unsuccessful causes on area-based stereo matching methods,we find that there is a close relation between image area speciality and its correspondence peak image shape.An adaptive arithmetic to choose correspondence windows sizes is proposed through watching correspondence peak image shapes according to input window sizes.In addition,a support-weight way based of gray difference and distance is adapted,which overcomes the flaw of disparity discontinuities in matching windows in a certain extent.A good result has been obtained.


Fountain House, Lahore, has the distinction of being a unique project in the developing countries in the challenging area of the Psychiatric Care and Rehabilitation. The original model of psychiatric services associated with Fountain House model was developed in the 50s and 60s at Fountain House, New York. When Lahore Mental Health Association sought financial and technical assistance from the Department of Health, Education and Social Welfare, Washington, U.S.A. for the establishment of a special Rehabilitation Project for the mentally ill in Lahore, Pakistan, a collaborative link was established with Fountain House, New York.


Deep learning has made remarkable progress in computer vision and neural language processing tasks. CNNs has become the most popular structure due to its high accuracy and end-to-end training ability. However, the complex CNNs models bring high computing and storage cost which make it difficult to be deployed on various hardware platforms. Tremendous computations also become a barrier in achieving real-time performance. In order to solve these problems, recent studies have proposed significant techniques to compress the model to minimize the computation and storage intensity. Popular model optimization techniques include network pruning, low precision quantization and dynamic inference. In this paper, we compare and discuss state-of-the-art methods within the range of these three methods as a way to guide software and hardware developers to select the best method for their objective.


A novel oxygen negative ion source named solid oxide ion source (SOIS) is proposed. To demonstrate its concept, thermionic emission of oxygen negative ions, O - , from a bare surface of yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) was studied with a mass spectrometer capable of detecting negative ions. The emission current was investigated at the temperature range 750 to 950°C under pressures of about 2 x 10 3 to 4 x 10 4 Pa. O ions proved to he emitted into a vacuum from the hare YSZ surface at elevated temperatures. The emission current increased with temperature and applied voltage. From Richardson-Dushman plots, activation energy of the thermionic emission was estimated to be about 2 eV. In continuous operation, the emission current decreased with time, finally approaching zero; however, after intervals, the current recovered. On the basis of the results, a model for explaining the emission mechanism of O ions is proposed. The model is based on three key processes occurring on the surface of electrolytes: (1) formation of O ions on the surface by electron capture of oxygen atoms provided by the migration of oxide ions across electrolytes, (2) accumulation of O ions on the surface, and (3) emission of O ions from the surface.


Students have experienced incredible shifts in the in their learning environments, brought about by the response of universities to the ever-changing public health mandates driven by waves and stages of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Initially, these shifts in learning (mode of course delivery, course availability, etc.) were considered emergency responses. However, as the pandemic presses on, students have had to repeatedly adapt to the continuously evolving educational landscape as this global health crisis forced an "unprecedented global shift within higher education in the ways that we communicate with and educate students". This working group builds upon foundations and structure created by a 2021 ITICSE Working Group exploring the effects of COVID-19 on teaching and learning from a faculty perspective. That Working Group identified the incorporation of some pandemic-induced changes into future teaching practices. In this Working Group, we explore existing literature regarding the student experience in response to the evolving teaching practices catalyzed by COVID-19). Traditionally, computing is a subject full of experiential learning opportunities, rich with in-person labs and exercises. We explore how the changes within the COVID-affected academic landscape have altered that student experience. The current group of computing students will have had experiences under both typical (i.e. pre-pandemic) and COVID-affected teaching practices. It is, therefore, timely that we understand how each has impacted how they perceive their learning environment and educational experience. In turn, identifying those practices that have most benefited the student learning experience will help computing faculty improve their practices going forward.


We discuss solvability conditions of the generalized Dhombres functional equation in the complex domain. Our focus lies on the so-called 'infinity' case, but also the z0–case is investigated. That means that we consider solutions of a generalized Dhombres equation with initial value f(∞) = w0, w0 6= 0, or f(∞) = ∞, or f(z0) = 1 for z0 6= 0,∞. For both situations we give a characterization of the generalized Dhombres equations which are solvable.


It was found that, by using ion analysis technique, the chlorine existing in enamel and dentine purified from human tooth (mandibular third molar) was highly soluble in an aqueous solution so that the amount of chlorine in the enamel and dentine dissolved as chloride ion was measurable. When the measurements were carried out in 0.25 M acetate (pH 4.0), the results showed that both noncarious enamel and dentine, and carious enamel and dentine contained 708•}14 ƒÊg/g (Mean•}S. E., n=4), 11,168 •} 124ƒÊg/g (Mean•}S. E., n=4), 718•}4 ƒÊg/g (Mean•}S. E., n=4) and 5,814•}193 ƒÊg/g (Mean•}S. E., n=4), respectively. Thus, each noncarious and carious dentine contained a much larger amount of chlorine than enamel and carious dentine contained only half the amount of chlorine as compared with noncarious dentine. The solubility of chlorine in the enamel and dentine was unchanged in the region of pH of 4.0 to 9.0, but was strongly affected by ionic strength in the solvent. That is, accompanied by decrement of ionic strength the amount of chloride ion released from the enamel decreased, while contrarily it increased in the case of dentine. The present result suggests that chlorine in the human dental enamel and dentine exists in "salt form". Furthermore, we found that in the oxidation reaction of aflatoxin B1 and tetracycline by myeloperoxidase, H2O2 and chloride ion the supernatant of suspension of dental hard tissue, especially of the *北 海 道 石 狩郡 当別 町 字 金 沢1757番 地(〒061-02) 644 歯 基 礎 誌  25:643-648,1983. dentine, could be substituted for chloride ion in the myeloperoxidase system. On the contrary, however, the supernatant in the suspension of enamel exhibited less activity. This difference may be dependent upon the concentration of chloride ion released from the enamel and dentine.


Traditionally, compound splitters are evaluated intrinsically on gold-standard data or extrinsically on the task of statistical machine translation. We explore a novel way for the extrinsic evaluation of compound splitters, namely recognizing textual entailment. Compound splitting has great potential for this novel task that is both transparent and well-defined. Moreover, we show that it addresses certain aspects that are either ignored in intrinsic evaluations or compensated for by taskinternal mechanisms in statistical machine translation. We show significant improvements using different compound splitting methods on a German textual entailment dataset.


Homogeneous catalytic oxidations of cyclohexene by transition‐metal‐substituted phosphotungstates [PW11M(L)O39]m− (PW11M, M=CoII, CuII, FeIII, NiII, MnII, L=H2O or absence) with hydrogen peroxide in acetonitrile were experimentally studied. The catalytic activities of allylic oxidation were found to strongly depend on the transition metals, and PW11Co showed the highest activity. The product distribution and the catalyst stability were dominated by mole ratio of hydrogen peroxide to PW11M, whereby low or high mole ratios led to stable structure of PW11M and predominant formation of allylic oxidation products or decomposition of PW11M, respectively. Different from the activation of the allylic C−H bond by radicals, the oxidation of C=C double bond was based on tungsten‐peroxo species. A reaction mechanism composed of radical and nonradical processes was proposed from NMR, EPR, and kinetic data, to describe the reaction pathways of cyclohexene oxidation.


In this article are presented some studies on libraries undertaken by the DGXIII-B of European Communities Committee, according to the resolution of the Council of Ministers of Culture in 1985, concerning the collaboration between libraries of the mber countries in the field of informatica. The author also goes into some preliminary investigations, in particular the LIB-2 study, in order to present data on the state of automation in libraries of the 12 member countries, as basis for future studies in greater depth


Preservice teachers develop valuable knowledge and skills when they get opportunities to collaborate with classroom teachers in a field experience program designed to implement and assess a variety of instructional practices in media literacy education. This article describes a university–school partnership that supports the professional development of preservice teachers and elementary teachers. To promote global understanding while developing critical thinking skills about mass media and popular culture, this program used a range of specific instructional practices to help combat negative media stereotypes and increase knowledge, tolerance, and acceptance of the peoples and cultures of the Middle East. Grade 3 and 4 children learned to identify inaccurate visual stereotypes of the Middle East and strengthened message analysis skills through asking critical questions about the representation of Arab people in popular culture, including advertising and animation. They gained knowledge about the many nations and cultures of the Middle East through the use of library resources and online databases. After creating simple videos to represent their own cultural heritage to others, they participated in an online collaborative forum sharing their work and responding to questions through a collaborative wiki with students from Kuwait, who shared their culture and family traditions. Students and teachers decreased their reliance on cultural stereotypes and increased their knowledge and appreciation of the peoples and cultures of the Middle East.


Background and Purpose—We aimed to determine a possible synergistic effect of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) and bone marrow–derived mononuclear cells (BM MNC) after stroke in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Methods—Male spontaneously hypertensive rats were subjected to middle cerebral artery occlusion and randomly assigned to daily injection of 50 μg/kg G-CSF for 5 days starting 1 hour after stroke (groups 1, 2, and 3) with additional intravenous transplantation of 1.5×10E7 BM MNC per kilogram at 6 hours (group 2) or 48 hours (group 3) after stroke, or control treatment (group 4). Circulating leukocyte counts and functional deficits, infarct volume, and brain edema were repeatedly assessed in the first week and first month. Results—G-CSF treatment led to a significant neutrophilia, to a reversal of postischemic depression of circulating leukocytes, and to a significantly improved functional recovery without affecting the infarct volume or brain edema. BM MNC cotransplantation was neutral ...


Objective To understand the sleeping time and the prevalence of sleep disturbances in children aged 3-12 years in Wuxi city.Methods Two thousand and three hundred seventy six children aged 3-12 years were investigated with questionnaires from June to September 2003.Results The average sleep time of 1 day in each age group was 11.61,10.91,10.68,10.27,9.81, 9.67,9.61,9.57,9.60,9.61 hours, respectively. The total prevalence of sleep disturbance was 25.5%. Among them, the sleep snoring prevalence was 7.8%; choke/gargling was 0.63%;mouth breathing was 6.6%;sleep apnea was 0.34%;rubbing teeth was 7.7%;sleep talking was 4.2%;somnambulate was 0.63%;enuresis was 1.4%;limber spasm was 3.2%;sleep inquietude was 6.2%。Conclusion Prevalence of sleep disturbance in children age 3-12 years was high and sleep time was shorter in Wuxi than that in other cities.


A model is developed, enabling the intensities of diffracted beams to be calculated in closed form, starting from a pairwise (Yukawa‐type) interaction law between a gas atom and a solid atom. The treatment is more satisfying than most previous treatments, which calculate the diffracted intensities as functions of empirical parameters describing the over‐all gas‐solid interaction, without reference to the microscopic (pairwise) interaction. The model is illustrated by an application to the He–LiF system.


A detailed examination of the physics of the InP based heterostructure bipolar transistors is reported. The governing drift and diffusion and Poisson's equations are solved numerically in two dimensions. The results show current gain as high as 26300 and an fT of 78.6 GHz for an InP/InGa As/InP double heterostructure. The electric field profiles from the simulation are used in an adjunct Monte Carlo procedure to assess the effects of velocity overshoot. The Monte Carlo results indicate a substantial reduction in base and collector transit times from the corresponding drift and diffusion equation (DDE) simulations.


maintenance costs, essentially all steel structures, bridges, wind power plants, electricity pylons, gas cylinders, air conditioners and heat exchangers need to be coated for protection ugainst corrosion ofvarious kinds. Due to size limilations, galvanizing is often not feasible, therefore large structures are usually painted or thermal sprayed with zinc or aluminium depending on the requirements. Thermal sprayed metal coutings protect the base muterial longer than paints, and they also can withstand highly corrosive environments. The qaality of metol sprayed coatings depends mainly onthethermal ondkinetic energy of the spray particles. High particle velocities result in dense coatings with higher bonding strength due to improved metallurgical bond between the substrate und the spruyed materiul. Traditional metal spraying techniques, which have been used in industry for decades, such as wire flame and twin-wire arc are clussffied as low velocity processes because the sprayed material is conveyed by compressed air having subsonic velocity. Recentl!, a new method, namely the high velocity air flame (HVAF) process, wos introducedfor thermal sprayingfor anticorrosion protection. In this pnper, zinc-aluminium (Zn-Al) coatings thermal sprayed using the HVAF method are analysed. The thermal sprayed coatings were characterized by the standard techniques, such as light miuoscopy, scunning electron miuoscopy with energy-dispersive spectroscopy, X-ray dffiaction, salt spray and bond strength tests. The results show that thermal sprayed coatings have a dense structuFe, a high bonding strength,low presence of oxides and high resistance to cowosion. This is ottribated to high fl ow/p articl e v el o citie s an d r el ativ ely I ow c o mb us ti o n


A review of the 30-year development of bend-insensitive, 'low-profile' (reduced glass diameter), polarisation maintaining and 'spun' (circularly-birefringent) optical fibers from demonstration of concept, through design optimisation and environmental hardening to production and application-readiness


RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology is well known for being easy to use and the features possessed. Mostly it is used for security or authentication purpose as each RFID contains a unique identification code. This unique identification feature can also be used in different ways. The study of other RFID techniques will be helpful for better service and security. The navigation system for robots using RFID is proposed in this paper. The movements of the robots completely depend on the RFID tags which are to be scanned. In addition to this, another feature of changing the duties, which are assigned to the particular RFID's identification, is also added. Keywords: RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), LPC2148, RFID tags, CC2500 tran-receiver  Cite this Article Asha Gaikwad, Nikita Satpute, Prachi Jeevane et al. Navigation System for Robots Using Passive RFID with Wireless Feature Changing on ARM7 (LPC2148) Platform. Trends in Electrical Engineering. 2016; 6(3):    58–66p.


Optical Code Division Multiple Access (OCDMA) is one promising candidate for the provision of moderate security communications with large dedicated bandwidth to each end user. We present a new teletraffic model for the call-level performance of an OCDMA Passive Optical Network (PON) configuration that accommodates multiple serviceclasses. Parameters related to the local blocking, Multiple Access Interference (MAI) and user activity are incorporated to our analysis, which is based on a two-dimensional Markov chain. In this paper we focus on the derivation of recursive formulas for the efficient calculation of blocking probabilities. To evaluate the proposed model, the analytical results are compared with simulation results to reveal that the model' s accuracy is quite satisfactory. Keywords-PON; OCDMA; Multiple Access Interference; Loss; Blocking Probability; Recursive Formula; Markov chain.


In this paper, the authors present quantitative experimental results of the amplitude and rate of bearing current pulses emerging in common use PWM drives configurations. Based on measurement data and a simulation model, it has been shown that a whole path of bearing currents is closed inside of the motor and that these currents do not flow to a grounding arrangement as had been suggested in previous works.


This paper examines urban environmental traffic management as a vital strategy based on the green transport system for achieving and sustaining urban sustainable development in Germany.Traffic management is discussed with a series of instruments that includes public transport,area-ride traffic calming,bicycle use,parking management etc.It explores the role of environmental traffic management for the German city to escape the dependence of car traffic.


Twelve Zn(II) frameworks with furan, thiophene, and selenophene dicarboxylate and dipyridyl ligands have been synthesized by solvothermal methods in both the presence and the absence of water to investigate the subtle differences in structure and properties of the framework with changes in the linearity of the ligands. The large change in the ligand bend angle (10°) of the furan ring when compared to either thiophene or selenophene results in the formation of a number of frameworks with unexpected topologies. By using only ligands containing thiophene and selenophene, which differ in their ligand bend angle by only 2°, a series of four isostructural Zn(II) paddlewheel frameworks were obtained and their subtle differences investigated using UV/vis/NIR spectroscopy and gas adsorption experiments with N2, H2, and CO2.


Objectives: Echogenic and/or dilated bowel is often encountered on prenatal ultrasound and may represent a feature of gastrointestinal pathology, chromosomal abnormality or sign of prenatal infection. Prenatal differentiation between transient, physiological versus pathological manifestation is often difficult and remain uncertain. As a consequence, patients' counselling and timely involvement of pediatric surgeons is challenging. We aimed to review prenatal cases with echogenic or/and dilated bowel and analyse their neonatal outcomes. Methods: This is a retrospective observational study. All ultrasound scans demonstrating fetal echogenic and/or dilated bowel were retrieved from the viewpoint and grouped into three categories: 1. echogenic; 2. dilated and 3. combined cases. Bowel echogenicity has been defined as grade 1 to 3, in relation to the surrounding liver or bone echogenicity. Bowel dilatation is defined as the largest diameter measuring > 7mm during second and third trimester. Results: Out of 26,353 screened prenatal ultrasound scans: 30, 3 and 8 cases were identified with bowel echogenicity (grade 2 or 3), dilatation and their combination respectively. 9/41 (21%) neonates had confirmed gastrointestinal related pathologies; 5 with echogenic and 2 from each, dilated and combined bowel abnormalities group. 3/30 (10%) cases with echogenic and 1/8 (13%) case with dilated bowel required postnatal intestinal surgery. None among neonates with combined echogenic and dilated bowel exhibited structural intestinal abnormality that needed surgical correction. Conclusions: Prenatal diagnosis of isolated echogenic and/or dilated bowel carries overall favourable neonatal outcomes. However, still minority of cases with fetal echogenic or dilated bowel may elucidate of possible gastrointestinal abnormalities that require thorough parents' counselling, prenatal work up and multidisciplinary team involvement. Further research is needed to more precisely define prenatal ultrasound features of severe gastrointestinal abnormalities that require neonatal interventions. Objectives: To explore the performance of prenatal ultrasonogra- phy in the differential diagnosis of cystic biliary atresia (CBA) and choledochal cyst (CC). Methods: Fetuses diagnosed with hepatic hilar cyst in the 2nd trimester were included in this study, and a series of prenatal ultrasound examinations were performed in the 2nd and 3rd trimester. The two diameters of the gall bladder (GB) and hepatic cyst were measured, as well as the wall thickness of GB. Colour Doppler was used to evaluate the visibility of right hepatic artery (RHA). Transabdominal ultrasound was performed in 1week after birth, and besides the traditional parameters, liver elasticity was also evaluated by real-time ultrasound elastography. Reference standard diagnosis was based on one or more of the following Results: surgery, liver biopsy, cholangiography, and clinical follow-up. Results: Between Jan 1, 2016, and Jan 31, 2020, 51 fetuses diagnosed with hepatic hilar cyst were recruited, 8 were excluded because of lost follow-up. Among the 43 cases included in this study, 10 were diagnosed with CBA and 33 with CC after birth. There were statistical differences in GB width, wall thickness and change in GB width between CBA and CC groups. AUCs of GB width, wall thickness and change in GB width were 0.915, 0.865, and 0.730, respectively, and their combination could yield a comparable AUC of 0.971. RHAs were visible in 5 cases of BA fetuses in the 3rd trimester, there were significant differences in the liver elasticity postnatally between the RHA visible group and RHA non-visible group. Conclusions: Fetal GB should be well-evaluated in fetuses diagnosed with hepatic hilar cyst, which could provide suggestive parameters for the differential diagnosis of CBA from CC. The visibility of fetal RHA may be of help in the prediction of liver cirrhosis. A 23-year-old gravida 4, para 0 pregnant patient presented for her follow up antenatal ultrasound at 33weeks. Prior imaging showed a dichorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy with normal anatomy for both fetuses. Ultrasound at follow up showed an enlarged abdominal aorta (image 1 and 2) seen in twin B along with right ventricular hypertrophy and small pericardial effusion. The aneurysm extended from the diaphragm to the aortic bifurcation. A small intraluminal membrane was seen at the level of the aortic bifurcation suggesting possible dissection (image 3). The twins were delivered by Caesarean section due to patient's morbid obesity and other risk factors. A postnatal ultrasound confirmed the abdominal aortic aneurysm with dissection which extended into the mesenteric vessels and renal arteries (image 4 and 5). CT angiogram was performed for planning for repair of the abdominal aortic aneurysm (image 6). The baby expired after 3weeks in the hospital and genetic consult was obtained in the interim which suggested the possibility of Loey Dietz syndrome. Aneurysms detected in fetal life most commonly affect the vein of Galen, the ductus arteriosus and, rarely, the vessels of the umbilical cord. Congenital aneurysms of the aorta are a rare and can affect the abdominal as well as the ascending aorta.


Only a few years have passed since SCM has been considered just as an extension of logistics or procurement management. Nowadays, the understanding of SCM as a wider concept and, actually, as an independent scientific discipline and as one of the key management functions in enterprise is widely understood. SCM integrates, coordinates and harmonises partial logistics processes and their links to the corresponding production processes from the perspective of improving the total value-adding chain performance. Optimising links between local problems, structures and decision-makers in SC dynamics with regard to total SC performance is the main message of SCM. With this message, SCM has become one of the key components of enterprise competitiveness in the 21st century. This book reflects the rapid change that has taken place within supply chains and their environment. The book gives an insightful overview of the conceptual foundations of SCM as well as examples and case histories to outline up-to-date approaches to achieve supply chain integration and coordination. This text sets out to provide a systematic understanding of all the essential facets of the supply chains and its management focusing on the customer and working backwards through distribution and manufacturing. To accomplish this, the design and operation of supply chains is presented as threefold: customer perspective, supply chain perspective, and integrated supply chain perspective. This helps in furthering the reader's understanding of SCM issues beyond conventional and impersonalised division of SCM tasks into supply chain design, planning, and execution. The book begins by discussing the evolution of supply chains and by analysing supply chains as input-transformation-output systems. Such a framework helps clarify supply chain goals and identify managerial actions that improve supply chain performance The second part discusses the customer perspective of SCM. Identification of customer needs, forecasts of demand, customer relationship, product lifecycle, and demand management are under consideration in this section. The third part deals with the supply chain perspective and its basic components: distribution and retailing, production and services, procurement/purchasing and reverse logistics. Along with numerous examples, basic methodical issues and tools are discussed here, compact but representative. The fourth part integrates the broader SCM elements such as organisational issues, trust and collaboration and performance assessment into the perspective of integrated supply chains. An extensive discussion on supply chain collaboration is provided. The fifth part examines, although not particularly insightful, the integration of information and financial perspectives into SCM. It discusses information tools to


Study of a previously unidentified dinosaur basicranium shows that it belongs to Triceratops sp., probably Triceratops horridus. The occipital condyle can be used to predict body size and skull size in extant reptiles, as illustrated here by study of Basiliscus vittatus and Alligator mississippiensis. Occipital condyle size is now known for 35 Triceratops specimens, and these can also be used to predict body and skull size. Comparison based on the size of the occipital condyle shows that there is no significant increase in size of Triceratops with increasing latitude. Previously postulated allocations of Triceratops specimens to sex or species groupings involve no significant differences in size. Finally, variability of occipital condyle size in Triceratops is no greater than that observed in growth series of adults of other species.


A new method for quinalphos synthesis in a single step at low temperature is described, using liquid alkalias an acid acceptor, and tertiary amines and quaternary ammonium salts as binary phase transfer catalysts. Experimen-tal yields were greater than 93.6%, and the new method has the advantages of short reaction time, consistent yields,low production costs, lends itself to pilot-scale production.


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Studies of the prognostic value of Ishak fibrosis stage are lacking. We utilized multi-year follow-up of the Hepatitis C Antiviral Long Term Treatment Against Cirrhosis (HALT-C) Trial to determine whether individual Ishak fibrosis stages predicted clinical outcomes in patients with chronic hepatitis C.


Abstract : This monograph explores both U.S. Army and Israeli Defense Force battalion level, battle staff doctrine within the framework of the battlefield operating systems. The principle research question is 'What is the optimum battle staff organization to synchronize combat operations within the heavy task force?' Lessons learned at the National Training Center indicate U.S. heavy battalions have difficulty synchronizing the battlefield operating systems. Command and control (C2) is a key component of the synchronization process. The exercise of C2 in the battalion task force is focused in four major command posts (CPs) - the tactical CP, the main CP, the combat trains CP, and the field trains CP. Israel's battalion staff doctrine is significantly different from our own and recent combat experience tempers their outlook. They fight with different C2 nodes and they train and use their officers differently. Keywords: Battle group level organizations; Defense systems; Israelis; Military forces(Foreign); Military forces(United States); Battalion level organizations.


This study aims to prepare GO and RGOfilled LDPE composites to investigate their barrier properties in hopes to use RGO-filled LDPE as an economical and efficient liner for oil and gas pipelines to prevent corrosion. Graphene oxide (GO) was synthesized from natural graphite flakes by using an improved Hummers method and reduced into reduced graphene oxide (RGO) by chemical reduction using ascorbic acid. FTIR analysis revealed the presence of oxygenated functional groups in the GO and the removal of oxygenated functional groups in the RGO. RGO showed a reduction in hydroxyl groups. LDPE composites containing 0.5 wt% and 1 wt% of GO and RGO were developed through melt mixing. TGA results showed that there was an increase in thermal stability with the addition of filler and that the 1 wt% RGO/LDPE composite had the greatest thermal stability. The mechanical strengths of the composites improved with GO and RGO filler addition. The RGO/LDPE composites exhibited increased tensile strength and Young modulus as well as comparable elongation at break as compared to 100 wt% LDPE and GO/LDPE composites. Morphological analysis through SEM confirmed the presence of agglomeration for both 0.5 wt% and 1 wt% GO/LDPE composites, while both 0.5 wt% and 1 wt% RGO/LDPE composites showed smoother structural morphology with no agglomeration. The RGO/LDPE composites had the best moisture and solvent resistance as compared to the 100 wt% LDPE and GO/LDPE composites. A corrosion test conducted proved that metal plates coated with the 1 wt% RGO/LDPE composite exhibited the best corrosion resistance ability with a corrosion rate of 0%. Thus, the RGO/LDPE composites at 1 wt% RGO loading is the most optimum filler and composition to be used as coating material for carbon steel metal pipelines.


Environmental protection is now a hot topic. The international community has also signed many international documents in different fields to strengthen the synergy of environmental issues. After years of capacity, China's environmental problems have improved. This is due to the country's efforts to solve this problem. On the other hand, we continue to learn from the practices of some advanced countries and apply it to our country's environmental protection practices. A typical example of absorbing advanced experience and practices is the exploration of financing. It breaks the original single investment and financing system and adopts financing methods such as stock financing and BOT mode. This is also an innovation of our country in exploring the environmental protection system. As far as the current situation is concerned, BOT has been relatively mature due to its wide range of applications, and it has also accumulated some mature practices. As far as the actual situation is concerned, the BOT model has its own characteristics, and its application in the field of sewage treatment is relatively concentrated and extensive. After introducing the role of the BOT model in China's environmental protection field, this paper focuses on the role of the BOT model in wastewater treatment enterprises and some issues that should be noted, and finally proposes countermeasures.


Microsatellite instability (MSI) is a favorable prognostic marker but is present in less than 10% of gastric cancers. Given the uncommon presence of


In this article I have tried to highlight the many criteria according to which tourism is classified and what are its main forms. Tourism is considered to be the most developed industry at the European level with a strong economic impact and the highest annual growth rate. Because of its scale and its various elements , but also because of the value and originality of these elements, tourism is the main motivation of all that is tourist traffic . A particular area or landmark is an interest to travel as far as that can provide tourist activity. The tourism potential of an area can be defined as all the elements that make up the sights with facilities to receive tourists representative. The main types of tourism that will be detailed in this article are: tourism, recreation and leisure, healthcare tourism, tourism or curative spa, cultural tourism, educational, social, or complex-type shopping tourism. The criteria according to which can be classified tourism are: distance, length of stay, geographic origin of tourists, type of transport used, how to organize your stay, the conduct of the stay, peculiarities destination, interaction travelers with the destination, the price paid, tourist`s age, the number of tourists. Depending on the area of origin, tourism and domestic tourism are classified in international tourism. Such, international tourism is classified in inbound tourism and outbound tourism. Any travel between these two forms is particular between which there is no definite boundary but some interdependence that helps promote tourism activities. Depending on the degree of mobility of tourists, tourism classified in tourism accommodation and tourism traffic. Tourism residence has three forms, namely long-stay tourism, tourism stay average stay lasting tourism and stay for a brief stay. Seasonality is another factor that affects tourist flows. This tourism classified into 3 types: winter tourism, summer and circumstance. Depending on the means of transport used distinguish the following forms of tourism: hiking, tourism, rail, road, sea and air. Tourism travel motivations of tourists divided in the following forms: leisure tourism, leisure and recreation, spa treatments or cures, sports, shopping, technical or scientific or religious. Specific forms of tourism based on the socioeconomic characteristics of the application are: tourism, particularly social tourism and business tourism or congresses. A particular form of social tourism is tourism for youth which is addressed to students, students or young people, usually with a educational purpose. Tourism forms are holidays for young people, educational tourism, international camps, Work and Travel, volunteer camps, or tourism practiced to learn some foreign language. Depending on the age tourists have youth tourism, for the active and the elderly.


In a recent decade in the countries which increased th volume of solid mineral resource production th e vector of mining equipment upgrading for overburden and resource extracting op erations was directed towards the replacement of de preciated shovels with more productive and flexible in operation hydraulic exca vators. Their mass introduction at coal open pit mi nes of Russia, China, Australia and Canada is expected to increase the efficiency of ex cavation and loading operations and reduce the tota l cost of rock mass extracting. This can be achieved by reducing coal losses during mini ng operations and faster loading the volume of the blasted rock mass when the best configuration of excavator's face and dump track po siti ning is provided. The key parameter of selecti on of hydraulic backhoe model and optimising the technological schemes of its applica tion, along with mining and geological conditions, i the backhoe's performance. For calculating the performance of the hydraulic backho e the parameterisation of technological schemes of excavator using has the particular importance for mining and overburden removing works . In particular, it is necessary to determine the m ini um duration of a single face block mining during a single pass of the excavator, and the height of processed layer in order to achi eve maximum efficiency of the hydraulic backhoe. This article describes the method of deter mining the effective productivity of hydraulic exca vator when developing face unit in a single pass, depending on the layer's thickness a nd loading dump truck position respectively to the level of excavator's installation.


Objective:To observe the curative treatment of Tripterygium Glycosides treating children anaphylatic purpura nephritis.Methods:80 children with anaphylatic purpura nephritis were randomly allocated to treatment group and control group,40 cases in each group,two groups were both treated with dipyridamole,vitamin C and vitamin E orally,the control group with prednisone orally and Tripterygium Glycosides,the treatment group used self-made Shenfukang Decoction combined with Tripterygium Glycosides orally.The treatment regimen was 3 months,following up for 1 year.Results:The total effective rate was 93.0% in the treatment group,in control group was 62.5%.The treatment group was superior to the control group,with a significant difference(P0.01).Conclusion:Treatment of Shenfukang Decoction combined with Tripterygium Glycosides orally has obvious effect on treating children with anaphylatic purpura nephritis and without apparent side effects.It is worthy of clinical application.


AND BREAST CANCER A single nucleotide polymorphism of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene has been linked with reduced breast cancer risk in a case-control study presented by Austrian scientists in this issue. Krippl and colleagues (pages 468 – 471) determined the frequency of the 936 C/T polymorphism in women with breast cancer or healthy controls using a PCR-based analysis. Carriers of the T allele were found more often in the control group than in patients, indicating a protective effect of this polymorphism for breast cancer (odds ratio 0.51). Interestingly, the C3T substitution alters a potential binding site for the activator protein 4 (AP-4) transcription factor in the 3' untranslated region of the VEGF gene and has been linked with reduced VEGF plasma levels in healthy young men. In the present study, carriers of the T allele showed lower circulating VEGF plasma levels than carriers of the C allele as determined in the control group. These results underpin the role of VEGF as an important regulator of tumor angiogenesis and establish the 936 C/T polymorphism as a potential genetic marker in breast cancer.


This abstract describes ongoing work at L-3 Communications Electron Devices on the development of high performance millimeter wave power modules (MMPMs). Operation of a 60 watt Q-band MPM TWT is described followed by recent results on the operation of a linearized Ka-band MPM, combining a MPM and predistortion linearizer. These small, lightweight, robust millimeter-wave MPMs are well-suited for use in mobile and man-portable data link and Mil-Satcom communication terminals. The Q-band MMPM is capable of delivering 60 watts of CW power from 43 GHz to 46 GHz. The measured output power of the vacuum power booster TWT is shown. The small signal gain at mid-band is 45 dB. The Q-band TWT operates at a cathode voltage of 7.7 kV and a cathode current of 110 mA. A conduction-cooled three-stage collector provides an overall TWT efficiency of 33%. When integrated into an MMPM, the unit measures 8.5" times 7.5" times 1.25" and weigh around 5 lbs


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Massive Open Online Courses are an exciting new avenue for instruction and research, yet they are full of unknowns. In the Spring of 2013, MITx released its first introductory physics MOOC through the edX platform, generating a total enrollment of 43,000 students from around the world. We describe the population of participants in terms of their age, gender, level of education, and country of origin, highlighting both the diversity of 8.02x enrollees as well as gender gap and retention. Using three midterm exams and the final as waypoints, we highlight performance by different demographic subpopulations and their retention rates. Our work is generally aimed at making a bridge between available MOOC data and topics associated with the Physics Education Research community.


Sophisticated software is widely available in the form of mathematical and circuit analysis packages. This computing power can be harnessed to assess the electromagnetic coupling between signals in a system and currents in the structure. To achieve this objective, it is necessary to have reliable circuit models of the coupling parameters. A method of formulating such models is described, illustrating key relationships between circuit theory and electromagnetic theory. It is shown how general-purpose testing can be used to refine any model, and how the results of formal testing can be predicted.


Equity and Justice embody essence and core value of harmonious society of socialism,which are the fundamental condition of harmonious society.On lack in equity and justice in distribute territory,we should advance equity and justice,impenetrate every territory with social equity to build harmonious society of socialism.


Au18Sb23Te59 and Au19In26Te55 have been investigated to determine their suitability as phase change recording alloys. Recrystallization experiments identify Au18Sb23Te59 as a suitable phase change material with a recrystallization time of 110 ns and high optical contrast. Coupled to the high optical contrast is a considerable density increase of 4% upon crystallization which allows phase change recording for the Au18Sb23Te59 alloy. On the other hand no recrystallization has been observed optically for Au19In26Te55 due to its low optical contrast of less than 1%. This is related to a lower density contrast of 2%. The crystallization for the Au18Sb23Te59 and Au19In26Te55 alloys observed from temperature-dependent sheet resistance measurements have yielded transition temperatures of 113 and 175 °C, and activation barriers of 1.61±0.01 eV and 2.42±0.02 eV, respectively. We report a cubic structure (a=2.99±0.002 A) for the Au18Sb23Te59 alloy and a chalcopyrite structure (a=6.50±0.018 A and 12.27±0.025 A) for t...


It is essential to intensify the socialist ethical improvement, and especially improve civic morality. To this end, we need to pay special attention to four points:(1)this should be based on a better understanding of its importance;(2)its goal is to arouse people's enthusiasm;(3)it should be with clear aims, that is, in accordance with the levels of different people; and (4)pragmatic conduct should be emphasized.


This study describes the pedagogical principles, modes of learning and gender roles in the fishing vocation at Kigungu. Data were collected using participant observation and standardized interview guide from twenty one fishers and eight women. The study aimed to find out the fishers indigenous knowledge contents and how such knowledge is preserved and passed on to the next generation. Findings revealed that fishers who were only male learnt gear construction, fishing, boating, weather, safety at sea, while women provided auxiliary services and employment to fishers. Teachers of the vocation were relatives and the fishers joined the vocation at early ages from ten years. Learning was by doing, physical demonstration and verbal instructions from skills masters. The present study highlighted contributions that local fishers "curricular "could make to improve the training of vocational fisheries scientist in formal institutions. Further investigation on whether living close to urban dwellings and absence of elderly fishers could limit the transfer of indigenous knowledge among fisher is recommended.


Since Chacholiades (1971) determines the necessary condition and sufficient condition for the establishment of consistent exchange rates, Moosa (2002) shows that the effect of triangular arbitrage in the forward market is similar to the combined effect of triangular arbitrage in the spot market and covered interest arbitrage. Akram, Rime and Sarno (2007) provide real-time evidence on the frequency, size and duration of arbitrage opportunities and deviations opportunities and deviations from the law of one price in the foreign exchange market. Here an N*N matrix approach is employed to identify foreign exchange arbitrage opportunities. Foreign exchange quotes are re-arranged as matrix, the eigenvalue λmax is an indicator for arbitrage opportunities, and the correspondent eigenvector facilitates seeking of arbitrage path, much easier and faster than enumeration method. Due to the difficulty of obtaining real-time data, simulation data are used to test the model.


The beneficial effects of androgen deprivation in metastatic prostate cancer were discovered by Charles Huggins in 1940. Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), via action on apoptosis (programmed cell death), can produce dramatic regression of prostate cancer at the cellular level although initially androgen-dependent prostate tumours inevitably progress to an androgenindependent phenotype eventually. The precise underlying molecular and cellular events associated with the progression from the androgen-dependent to the androgenindependent state are unknown, and are almost certainly multifactorial. There are two main theories, however. The first proposes that androgen independence occurs as a consequence of ADT. In essence prostate cancer begins as a heterogeneous collection of androgen cells and ADT results in either mutation of the androgen receptor or the derepression of other receptor types. In contrast, the second theory is based on evidence that androgen-independent cells are present at the time of diagnosis, as a minority. Almost by analogy with bacterial resistance, ADT creates an environment in which only the hormone-resistant cells can continue to grow, thereby quickly becoming the dominant cell type.


ABSTRACT This paper presents a neuro fuzzy clustering algorithm, Fuzzy Kohonen Local Information C-Means (FKLICM), for classification of remote sensing images. The proposed algorithm is a hybridization of the conventional Kohonen clustering network and Fuzzy Local Information C-Means (FLICM) to produce a much more efficient and accurate clustering algorithm. The proposed algorithm first forms a fused image with three Multispectral bands and pan band of Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) using the Brovey transform. The fused image is a three band image with higher resolution and better visual perception. The fused image is reduced to a one-dimensional image using principal component analysis (PCA). The FKLICM algorithm is applied on the PC-1 image to classify the remote sensing image into different land cover types. Integrating the neural network with a fuzzy system combines the advantages and overcomes the limitations of both technologies. The experimental results of the proposed algorithm are compared with two other algorithms, FCM and GIFP-FCM. The classification results and accuracy assessment show that FKLICM yields better results than the other methods.


s. These patterns of rejection for the mentally ill descriptions are not surprising, since the respondents' interpretations of an individual's behavior may change considerably with the added knowledge that he has been in a mental hospital. What might previously have appeared as deviant behavior now appears as mental illness. Hence, they are not only rejected for their objectionable behavior, but are further rejected for having been hospitalized. But what of the normal individual? Why should he be rejected so strongly? Even with the added information that he had been in a mental hospital, there is little likelihood that he is going to be defined as presently being mentally ill. Therefore, we must attribute his rejection entirely to the stigmatizing influence of mental hospitalization. In order to focus more easily on the differences in the respondents' willingness to associate with the normal person when he is and is not described as having been hospitalized, the relevant data from Tables 2 and 3 have been abstracted and are presented separately. It can be seen in Table 4 that only 17 per cent of the respondents would allow (or at least not discourage) their children to marry this person-if they knew that he had once been in a mental hospital. However, when he was not described as having been hospitalized, more than 98 per cent were willing to allow marriage to take place. Similarly, with the question of whether to rent this person a room, only 40 per cent would be willing to do so if he were an ex-mental patient. When this information was not available to the respondents, there was complete willing. ness to rent him a room. The same pattern is found with respect to each of the other hypothetical relationships that the respondents were asked about. Table 4-Per cent willing to associate with a normal individual when he has, and has not, been hospitalized* Not HosAssociation pitalized Hospitalized


The present study was designed to examine the fate and effect of various nitrogen sources in oil-contaminated sediments in a continuous-flow seawater column system fed with nutrient-enriched seawater. Degradation of oil components is stimulated by a supply of an enhanced concentration of nitrogen. The most pronounced effect was found with nitrate, compared to ammonium and organic nitrogen. Ammonium was more readily sorbed by the sediment system, either by chemical adsorption or by microbial immobilization.


The fundamental problem of the existing Activity Recognition (AR) systems is that these require real-world activity data to train the underneath activity classifier. It significantly reduces the applicability and scalability of the system. An AR system trained in an environment would only be applicable to that environment and would not be able to recognize new activities of interest. To overcome such difficulties, in this paper we propose a simple and ubiquitous sensor based AR system that uses web activity data to train its classifier. It would work to almost any environment and would be scalable by its very design. Given a set of activities to monitor, object names with embedded sensors and their corresponding locations, the ARHMAM first mines activity data from web, and uses these to build a Hidden Markov Model (HMM). In comparison with the existing web data based AR systems, it has the following advantages: (1) it uses more strong activity model, (2) it reduces the mining time significantly. It is observed that the class accuracy of activity recognition of our system for a real-world dataset is more than 64%, which is 20% more in comparison with its counterpart. Additionally, the mining time complexity is far better than its counterpart.


The paper presents the results of an experimental study of heat and mass transfer during the sublimation of single spherical particles of metal-organic compounds in an inert gas flow. A technique for manufacturing samples of a binary mixture of Y(dpm)3 and Zr(dpm)4 is shown. As a result of the research, it was found that heat transfer does not depend on the method of sample preparation, but the front of sublimation becomes three-dimensional much faster for the samples prepared without solvent. It should be noted that after reaching thermal equilibrium, the size of the sample stabilizes and subsequently changes only slightly.


Presence information contains all the context about users, services and devices that applications need to take more proactive and intelligent decisions. SIP/SIMPLE is the de facto framework for initiating, managing and personalizing presence-based communications in the Next-Generation Networks. However, SIMPLE subscription model generates a traffic overload that is restraining mobile operators from implementing advanced presence-based applications. RLS is a widely-adopted optimization of SIMPLE subscription traffic in mobile applications. We analytically measure the presence traffic on the access link between an end-user and the network with and without an RLS. We present the parameters that affect the RLS' performance and give some guidelines when considering whether or not to use an RLS.


In a recent BJHCM article, Alan Maynard (2004) likened the NHS to a crematorium - lots going in but little coming out. This choice and use of metaphor is illuminating, offering new insights as it asks us to consider one thing in terms of another.


The end of radical feminism – the rise of the signification of pro-life movements in the context of the contemporary international situation. The term 157 Schyłek feminizmu radyklanego – wzrost znaczenia ruchów pro-life... "feminism" is an ideology, a socio-political movement promoting emancipation, equality, counteracting discrimination, increasing women's participation in public life. In addition, it promotes femininity and cultural sex, which is connected to gender. In particular way, liberal, socialist and radical feminism are able to be pointed out. Although there are a number of other variants. It is worth emphasizing that the Church promotes so-called "new feminism," based on Revelation. Nowadays radical feminism has come to the bottom line. It is supported by left-wing journalists, hence it is the most recognizable, lurid and emotional movement. Radical feminism addresses a number of issues related to the lives of the women in the 21st century, focusing primarily on the abolition of the patriarchate, promoting unconstrained freedom, in the context of sexuality and customs. Feminists also struggle with many Church assumptions, such as the ban on abortion, contraception, euthanasia, and in vitro. In the following article radical feminism is presented. The ideology seems to be in the decline phase, in the context of dynamic socio-political changes in the world. The movements of life defenders, supported by conservatives from Europe, USA and other countries, are growing in strength. In these changes can be seen a clear plan of the Creator, who wants to save the sinful world and save every human being.


English: This article proposes a self-provisioned, Squatting and Kicking bandwidth resource sharing strategy for multiclass networks where differentiated services are not natively built. Moreover, this article provides a summary of the bandwidth constraints models and shows how the squatting and kicking strategies can be adapted to be the basis for a new bandwidth constraint model, which widens the range of techniques available to operators for bandwidth resource management in multiclass networks.


Aims  Patients with Type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease (CHD) have an excess cardiovascular risk. The relationship of both other sites [cerebrovascular disease, peripheral arterial disease (PAD)] and the extent of clinically evident cardiovascular disease (CVD) with the occurrence of new cardiovascular events have not been investigated previously in patients with diabetes. We aimed to quantify this relationship and to assess the additional influence of atherosclerotic burden.


Objective The evaluate the use of miRNA as biomarker for the early diagnosis of primary hepatic carcinoma(PHC).Methods Three representative miRNAs(miRNA-125a,-200a and-199a) were selected in this study.Their expression in serum and tissues was monitored by real-time PCR.Results The expression levels of all the three miRNA in serum from PHC patients were about 10%~15% of the normal serum.Similarly,their expression level in PHC tissues was also 10%~20% lower than their adjacent tissues.Conclusion The level of serum miRNA125a,-200a and-199a can be used as biomarkers for the early diagnosis of PHC.


Microcontrollers are capable of digitizing conventional equipment so that it will make it easier for practitioners to carry out experiments. The aim of this research is to determine the use of microcontrollers in physical mechanics experiments using the Systematic Literature Review method. The data collected was in the form of national and international journal articles from accredited and indexed electronic databases and then extracted. The research results show mechanical experiments using microcontroller-based experimental tools, supporting sensors used in these tools, the learning models applied, learning achievements that can result from activities and the types of research used to discuss these experimental tools


This study evaluated the removal of viable Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts and changes in zeta potential during alum coagulation and sedimentation. Experiments were designed to evaluate oocyst remov...