In order to manage universities efficiently, it is inseparable from the construction of the rule of law. By discussing the necessity of the construction of rule of law in colleges and universities and the existing problems, the author points out that the rule of law in colleges and universities must be student-oriented, and it is necessary to cultivate their all-round development as the starting point of the rule of law. Supplemented by punishment, it is necessary to accept the supervision of the masses and ultimately make the rule of law effective in colleges and universities.


The utility model discloses a core strip rapid locating device which comprises a worktable, two guide rails and a plurality of air cylinders. The two guide rails are arranged on two sides of the worktable in parallel. A plurality of sliding blocks matched with the guide rails are arranged on the guide rails. Sliding block locking mechanisms are arranged between the sliding blocks and the guide rails. The air cylinders are fixed on the sliding blocks. Piston rods of the air cylinders face towards the inner sides of the two guide rails. Locating blocks are arranged at the front ends of the piston rods. Spaces capable of accommodating planks are reserved between the locating blocks and the worktable. Check blocks used for locating the planks are further arranged on the worktable. The core strip rapid locating device solves the problems that manual locating of core strips at present is tedious in process and low in efficiency. The core strip rapid locating device is convenient to operate and improves efficiency.


By analysis of the present situation and the major problems existed in the socialization financial control of the universities rear service,the paper shows that it is necessary to reinforce the finance control and improve the economic benefit.Accordingly,it brings forward some countermeasures to the problems existed in the socialization financial control of the universities rear service.


More and more universities are looking for solutions to integrate virtual reality (VR) into teaching and research. But most of the VR systems available for educational purposes are difficult to use without technical expertise, yet. This ability to operate easily, however, would make VR particularly valuable in the classroom. Therefore, this paper describes an exploratory study of university teachers' perceptions on authoring tools in an immersive virtual reality environments. The goal was to get an overview which of these tools, e.g. creation of 3D objects and annotations, teachers consider usable and useful. Overall, all 14 participants in the study were enthusiastic about the possibilities of content creation in VR. For the most part, they found the authoring tools easy to use and see their usefulness for teaching with respect to this first impression.


In this paper, the thermal performance of a 4U drawer-type chassis being used in the cabinet of a kind of supercomputer system was simulated so as to evaluate and optimize the primary design and subsequently arrange for mock-up. This study focuses on the 128 ASIC chips, which generate approximately 700 watts of power. This study described the process of using the FLOTHERM simulation software to evaluate the pressure, velocity of airflow and the temperature distribution especially maximum chip temperature in chassis. In this modeling three-dimensional, steady state and forced wind cooling is assumed. The rigorous three-dimensional finite element thermal model is established. The significant variables of the chassis, such as the layout of PCB, parameters of heatsink and fans, clearance spacing between PCBs, chip power dissipation, ambient temperature and air refrigeration mode etc. are analyzed and optimized. The dependency relationship of maximum chip temperature vs. fin-pitch, fin-thickness and clearance space between PCBs are given quantitatively and qualitatively, respectively. The actual chassis mock-up in accordance with the optimized result is in process.


The interaction of low-energy electrons with eight phthalates was studied using an electron monochromator−mass spectromer (EM−MS). Each phthalate captures electrons of discrete energy to yield negative ions by resonance or dissociative electron capture. Two negative ion resonances are generally observed for each ion. Electrons with energies of ∼0.6 and ∼1.1 eV result in maximum molecular ion intensity for o-phthalates, while higher energy electrons produce (M−R1)-, (M−R1−R2 + H)-, and phthalic anhydride ions. m-Dimethyl phthalate yields a molecular ion with electrons of energies 0.19 and 0.87 eV, but no fragment ions. Electron attachment energies calculated with the HF/D95//HF/6-31G basis set and a scaling constant are in reasonable agreement with the experimental values for the first molecular ion state of each phthalate. Semiemperical calculations show that the optimum geometry for m-dimethyl phthalate results when both ester groups are coplanar with the benzene ring, while steric interactions force the...


This article describes how a team of Conrail executives used GPS-generated data to improve asset utilization, reduce fuel consumption and monitor crew performance. In the past, this type and amount of data did not exist. The article describes the cross-functional team of executives at Conrail that met weekly to learn how to use the data to improve productivity. In Spring 2006, Conrail IT planners developed software to generate a variety of reports: daily crew mobility, fuel conservation, locomotive utilization, locomotive situation, offline locomotive reports, and three management reports. The article describes how they used the information to not only boost security and safety in the event of an accident, but to improve customer service and efficiency by monitoring equipment use and crew utilization.


Medical literature indicates that permanent tissue damage can occur when exposed to temperature elevations of as little as 5°C for times as short as a few seconds. Clinically, it has also been observed that during surgical osteotomies (bone cutting procedures) significant amounts of heat are typically generated. We present experimental data that suggests critical conditions for thermal injury are regularly exceeded during simulated surgical procedures using cadeveric metatarsal bones.Copyright © 2002 by ASME


It can be upsetting and unsettling to receive a complaint from a patient online. Abi Rimmer speaks to experts on how best to deal with it


Different factors often make the surface and ground water sources unfit for drinking purpose. Arsenic is often found in natural waters and makes it unsuitable for consumption without special treatment. Arsenic is released into water bodies as a result of human activity and natural processes. There are the following natural ways of arsenic release into ground water and atmosphere: volcanic activity, forest fires and leaching from arsenic rocks and minerals. The use of arsenic pesticides, processing of sulphide ore production, arsenic dyes and pigments production, producing of arsenic are encountered among anthropogenic sources. The terrible influence of long-acting arsenic compounds on the body (cancer, endocrine and neurological disorders, etc.) make dearsenication the necessary stage of the drinking water treatment. The problem of arsenic compoundspresence in natural waters is the challenge not only for underdeveloped countries where water treatment is performed using outdated methods, but also for many developed countries which require more economically and environmentally effective methods of water purification from arsenic compounds.


Networks-on-Chip (NoC) communication architectures have emerged recently as a scalable solution to on-chip communication problems. While the NoC architectures may offer higher bandwidth compared to traditional bus-based communication, their performance can degrade significantly in the absence of effective flow control algorithms. Unfortunately, flow control algorithms developed for macronetworks, either rely on local information, or suffer from large communication overhead and unpredictable delays. Hence, using them in the NoC context is problematic at best. For this reason, we propose a predictive closed-loop flow control mechanism and make the following contributions: First, we develop traffic source and router models specifically targeted to NoCs. Then, we utilize these models to predict the possible congestion in the network. Based on this information, the proposed scheme controls the packet injection rate at traffic sources in order to regulate the total number of packets in the network. We also illustrate the proposed traffic source model and the applicability of the proposed flow controller to actual designs using real NoC implementations. Finally, simulations and experimental study using our FPGA prototype show that the proposed controller delivers a better performance compared to the traditional switch-to-switch flow control algorithms under various real and synthetic traffic patterns.


Background: The most common type of neuropathy in adults is carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) which is caused by compression of the median nerve at the wrist.
Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted to determine the efficacy of gabapentin on nerve conduction studies in patients with mild CTS. The patients with mild CTS were randomly allocated into two groups. Group A received naproxen alone (500 mg/day, orally) while group B received both gabapentin (100-300 mg) and naproxen (500 mg/day, orally) for two months. Sensory nerve conduction velocity (SNCV) and distal motor latency (DML) were performed at baseline and two months after treatment.
Results: There were no significant differences between the two groups with regards to the outcome parameters before initiation of intervention. The SNCV and DML showed no significant improvements in group A (p>0.05), whereas for group B the SNCV and DML of the median nerve were significantly improved at two months after treatment (p<0.001).
Conclusion: Gabapentin was found to be effective for SNCV and DML in patients with mild CTS over a two-month period.


The IUBMB enzyme classification system, available at the IUBMB ExplorEnz website, uses a four‐component number (the EC number) that identifies an enzyme in terms of reaction catalysed. There were originally six recognized groups of enzymes: Oxidoreductases ( EC 1 ), Transferases ( EC 2 ), Hydrolases (EC 3), Lyases ( EC 4 ), Isomerases ( EC 5 ) and Ligases ( EC 6 ). Of these, the lyases, which are defined as 'enzymes that cleave C‐C, C‐O, C‐N and other bonds by means other than by hydrolysis or oxidation', present particular recognition and classification problems. Recently, a new class, the Translocases ( EC 7 ), has been added, which incorporates enzymes that catalyse the movement of ions or molecules across membranes or their separation within membranes. A new subclass of the isomerases has also been included for those enzymes that alter the conformations of proteins and nucleic acids. Newly reported enzymes are being regularly added to the list after validation and where new information affects the classification of an existing entry, a new EC number is created, but the old one is not reused.


The aim of the study is to assess the satisfaction of the population of the Lviv region with the work of the diagnostic radiology service, to identify problems and ways to solve them.
Materials and Methods. A sociological survey involved 409 individuals who underwent diagnostic X-ray examinations at medical institutions in Lviv and the Lviv region.
Results and Discussion. Patients rated the quality of examinations in private medical institutions higher than in public ones. In general, 64.79% [60.1-69.34] of the respondents were completely satisfied with the provided medical diagnostic services, and 25.67% [21.56-30.01] were partially satisfied. Patients had comments regarding the quality of medical equipment, privacy during inspection and examination, as well as cleanliness and comfort in the office/department. There is a need to improve communication between the doctor and the patient: about a quarter of the respondents (23.72% - 28.61%) emphasized that they did not have the opportunity to communicate with the doctor and freely ask questions, and the doctor's explanation of the examination and the algorithm of the procedure were not fully understood and accessible. It was determined that after the introduction of martial law (since February 24, 2022), patients began to complain more often about the inconvenient appointment schedule (10.02% [7.31-13.12]), the impossibility or difficulty of making an appointment (11.25% [ 8.37-14.49]), difficulty in getting a referral for an examination (12.71% [9.67-16.11]), psychological problems (fear, anxiety about the examination result) - 15.16% [11.85-18.79], the distance of the required diagnostic facility from the place of residence (15.40% [12.07-19.06]). Instead, long queues (12.96% [9.88-16.38]), the need to have personal arrangements and contacts with radiologists (4.16% [2.44-6.30]), the inconvenience of the waiting room (3.42% [1.88-5.40]), as well as the duration of the examination itself (2.69% [1.35-4.48]) became less of a concern for patients.
Conclusions. The results of the conducted sociological survey proved the appropriate level of availability, promptness, and compliance with standards in the provision of medical diagnostic services. At the same time, several issues were identified in the work of the diagnostic radiology service. It is necessary to focus the attention of heads of medical institutions on the specified blocks of issues since most of them require an organizational solution and do not require additional funding.


Several soils were examined in detail by electron microscope and microprobe to assess the nature of clay size particles and microaggregates. Morphology, analytical composition, identity and association between particles were determined. Of the mineral oxides, pellets of goethite and hematite about 1 µm in size were most distinctive. They were found in all the soils examined except one. They contained both aluminium and silicon, sometimes in fairly constant proportions, but the presence of adhering fine material made it difficult to assess the extent to which these elements were part of the iron oxide structure. Discrete gibbsite particles of micron size were rarely encountered, although some soils contained appreciable quantities of it in much smaller form. At least a few rutile or anatase particles were found in all soils, while they were common in some. They also were usually contaminated by surface deposits, in contrast to ilmenite and quartz grains which were always relatively clean and were often isolated from other particles. The ratios of ironltitanium in ilmenites were well defined but different from soil to soil. Uncontaminated clay mineral particles were rare. Most had substantial deposits of fine-grained material upon their surfaces, much of it < 200 A in diameter. The most easily detected components of these surface deposits were goethite and hematite, and often they were dominant. Finely divided clay minerals were usually present as well, together in some soils with gibbsite and occasionally with titanium oxides. In one soil where coarser (1 µm) host particles were not readily available to carry it, the fine-grained material formed microaggregates consisting of kaolin, gibbsite and hematite, all of comparable size. Soils containing both kaolin and illite were composed mainly of compact microaggregates of the two clay minerals, which had the appearance of single particles. These results demonstrate the close association frequently existing between micron and submicron soil particles and between submicron particles themselves. The structural units of soil particles were often much smaller than generally supposed.


This article breached traditional disposal way about workshop extension crack and handled design methods of "resisting " and "setting free" to deal with extension crack in unite workshop structure in the Tyre Factory on the South-West of China , it gained favourable effect and took some references to its next developing .


In this final contribution, the authors of the Special Issue reflect collaboratively on the work gathered in the Special Issue [...]


A one translation three rotation (1T3R) four-freedom-degree parallel mechanism achieving complete decoupling of rotating and moving comprises a moving platform, a base and three branch chains. One end of each branch chain is movably connected with the base, and the other end of each branch chain is movably connected with the moving platform. Each of the three branch chains is a two-rotation-freedom-degree branch chain. At least one branch chain is movably connected with the base in a one-dimensional mode, so that the moving platform moves in one dimension and spherically rotates around a fixed point O by three freedom degrees. The rotating characteristic of the moving platform has the advantage that complete decoupling of rotating and moving is achieved. Meanwhile, the 1T3R four-freedom-degree parallel mechanism has the advantages of comprising a few branch chains and being simple in structure, easy to assemble, high in mechanical performance, and easy to control.


Four species of Tineidae (Niditinea baryspilas (Meyrick), Monopis pavlovskii (Zagulajev), Mon. flavidorsalis (Matsumura), Mon. sp.) and one species of Oecophoridae (Martyringa ussuriella Lvovsky) were reared from the detritus found in four Ural owl (Strix uralensis Pallas) (Strigidae) nest boxes that had been abandoned by young birds in Wakayama, Osaka, and Shiga Prefectures, Japan. This is the first report of moths from owl nests in Japan. Tineid larvae feed on keratin sources in the detritus of the nest boxes that include pellets, fur, and feathers; the oecophorid possibly feed on decaying wood chips. Biological information regarding N. baryspilas and Mon. pavlovskii are presented for the first time, accompanied by photographs of their immature stages. It is likely that owl nests provide a suitable habitat for keratophagous tineids in nature because of a wide variety of keratin sources in the nests.


Improving maternal health was one of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and now it is one of the targets of 17 point Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The utilisation of Maternal Health Care Services (MHCSs) is a complex phenomenon and it is influenced by several factors, like-health care seeking behaviour of the cohorts belonging to different socio-economic and cultural background, distance of the facility centres, type and conditions of the roads including undulating surface, transportation cost, type and availability of transportation mode along with the factors related to the accountability and surveillances of the health care services. Therefore, clear understanding and discussion is needed to draw an association between MHCSs and its influential factors. The objectives of the study are to estimate the impact of accessibility on the underserved status of MHCSs and on the utilisation of MHCSs through paucity index. In addition, the study aims to evaluate the causal relationships between underserved situation and obstacle score with the paucity index of MHCS utilisation.The empirical observation unfolds that the provision and utilisation of MHCSs are strongly dependent on accessibility and distance. The situation is aggravating for proper delivery of services, which is responsible for the increasing obstacle score and paucity index, especially in remote sub- centres of Murarai-II C.D. Block of Birbhum District.


Diagnosis of patients suffering from small-fiber neuropathy is a challenging task and requires accurate measurement of the density of nerve fibers crossing the dermal-epidermal junction in the skin. Currently this is typically done by expert manual counting in microscopy images of sliced and stained skin biopsies. It is a rather subjective and labor-intensive process that would benefit greatly from more automated approaches. Previously we have explored classical image processing methods for this, with very limited success. Here we explore the potential of convolutional neural networks and deep learning for the task. The results of preliminary experiments show the networks perform close to the expert and outperform novices and our previous method.


that helps to validate the model and methodology. It further provides the reader with greater insights into how the methodology can be applied to other safety-critical domains. Overall, this book provides a detailed and defendable argument for the new model of fratricide as well as a method that explores the complex interactions between causal factors associated with fratricide from a systems perspective, embracing different scales of resolution. It achieves its objective and stays within its intended scope. A good mix of theory, methodology and relevant practical examples derived from the research is distributed throughout the chapters. This allows the reader to better understand the supporting argumentation that is structured within the text. Well referenced and supported by a comprehensive bibliography, the reader can further probe the details of the methodology, case studies and supporting research literature. The systems lens applied to the research topic of fratricide is well articulated, showing that multiple causal factors interact in complex and nonlinear ways in the accident aetiology. The book is a must read for human factors specialists and in particular those interested in understanding accident aetiology of complex socio-technical systems.


The security of mobile agent is very important to the security of mobile agents system. It is difficult to protect an agent, from the theory and practice. From agent's aspect, the agents platform is a trustable base for computing. Only the trustable base for MA's computing is available, and a secure close agent space is provided, can it be said that the agents are secured. In this paper, the authors discuss the mobile agents security problems and some present protection mechanism, and advise that the using of Close Agent Space to protect mobile agents should be an possible method currently. The security of the model is also analyzed. The authors also advise that the least and simplest technologies should be used to implement a close agent space, and that the dependency on each methods should be reduced to provide a steady and secure environment for a secure applications based on mobile agents.


Summary Local authorities have been seen as an important agent in the development of more sustainable economies. This paper explores the level and form of 'greening' taking place amongst local authorities in the Midland region of the UK. Particular attention is paid to intra-regional variations in environmental policy-making.


This Discovery is brought to you for free and open access by Iowa Research Online. It has been accepted for inclusion in Walt Whitman Quarterly Review by an authorized administrator of Iowa Research Online. For more information, please contact email@example.com. Recommended Citation Folsom, Ed. ""till the simple religious idea": An Unpublished Whitman Manuscript Fragment." Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 18 (Summer 2000), 63-64.


Heterocyclic ketene aminals 1 react with aryl azides 2 to give the titled compounds 3,and in some cases also with the formation of fused heterocycles 4.


It is necessary to reduce current launch costs to 1/100 or less for the successful achievement of Space Solar Power Systems (SPS). Obtaining cheap space access by Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLV) that can fly many times becomes indispensable for that. It is also understood that large-scale demand is necessary to achieve sufficient economies of scale. Space tourism has greatest potential as a candidate to achieve this. Space tourism could have been achieved before now since technology was able to go to the about 40 years ago. This paper therefore discusses the questions: "Why can space tourism and cheap space access still not be achieved yet? How can it be achieved?", and makes proposals for achieving these.


At present,more and more serious soil salinization is one of the main environmental factors that limit plant growth and crop yield. Many halophilous plants often grow in the saline-alkaline land. In order to better understand the salt tolerant mechanism of halophytic plants,this paper mainly explored some physiological characteristics of the halophytic plant Kalidium foliatum to salt stress according to some physiological indexes. The halophyte K. foliatum is a kind of very salt-tolerant shrub belonging to Chenopodiaceae with high succulence and grows commonly in saline and alkaline arid-desert regions in Xinjiang. Some physiological parameters were detected including the contents of Na+,K+,Ca2 +and proline,the water potential of plant leaf tissue,the content of membrane lipid peroxidation( MDA) and phenotype observation; gene expression of Kf P5 CS,encoding protein( pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase) as a key enzyme catalyzing to synthesize proline by semi-quantitative RT-PCR were assayed to salt stress. The results were as follows:( 1) Na+could accumulate significantly in succulent leaves and roots of K. foliatum,and even the content of Na+in leaves was more than roots;( 2) With increasing salt concentration,the content of proline and the gene expression of Kf P5 CS were enhanced significantly under salt stress conditions;( 3) Na+and proline as plant effective osmotic regulators,could make the plant cells be still able to absorb water at low water potential from the highly concentrated salt solution,extracellularly;( 4) Under 0 and 700 mmol·L- 1Na Cl treatments,the contents of MDA in the leaves of K. foliatum were higher than other salt treatments,suggesting that the plants might be subjected to oxidative stress under the both treatments. This phenomenon indicated that the growth environments with the both treatments might be adverse for the plants;( 5) From the growth phenotype to salt stress,the biomass of K. foliatum was more under low salt treatments,and the plant growth was better and stronger,indicating the low salt environment seemed to be beneficial to the K. foliatum growth. In summary,the results of the investigation of the K. foliatum plant growth in wild grown environment and under long-term salt stress in our lab showed that it was necessary for the good growth of K. foliatum in a certain salt concentration condition. A relative low salt concentration environment is very optimal for the growth of some very salt-tolerant halophytes like K. foliatum. However,we can also speculate neither salt nor high concentration salt conditions is the stressed environment for the K. foliatum plant growth. The study could provide primary reference for understanding the salt tolerance of K. foliatum and it is also very promising to improve salt tolerance in crops and woods by making use of gene resources of this species and the halophyte K. foliatum could be also used to ameliorate saline-alkaline land by reducing the salt content of soil.


We evaluate the influence of several antenna array topologies and channel models on the performance of a S-ALOHA MAC based network equipped with a smart antenna system at the base station. Two transmission scenarios are considered: an environment without angular dispersion and another where the angular spread is higher. Important behaviour differences between the two scenarios are observed when the network comes from an underloaded region to an overloaded one. A successive interference cancellation algorithm is used as a mean of enhancing network throughput in the overloaded regions.


This paper proposes a touchless fingerprint acquisition device for five fingerprints. In conventional devices, they are focused for taking 1 touchless fingerprint image. But this device is taking 5 fingerprint image at a time. Also, it considers problems for focus and rolling in touchless fingerprint recognition for using camera. They affects fingerprint recognition, so this research is performed to measure and analyze these problems.


The increasing popularity of internet-accessing smart devices and fast growth of music streaming platforms has greatly changed the way people consume and share music. Thus, music recommender systems got in the focus of research in academia as well as industry. However, the standardization of the number of users listening to music has been directly used in decomposition of collaborative filtering recommendation algorithm, which ignores the user listening to recorded tracks of the actual distribution and leads to failure to fully exploit this information for making the personalization recommendation. In addition, while music content analysis has been an active research topic for decades, the technologies are still in their infancy. The melody, rhythm, timbre and other important characteristics of the music is difficult to extract and process, as a result, the content features of music itself is not fully considered in most of the personalized music recommendation system for users, causing they are not satisfied for the music recommendation. In order to solve the above problems, our method RTCF (Tag-driven Collaborative Filtering Recommendation System), by analyzing the historical records of tracks of users in the data sets, we set up a reasonable scoring mechanism for users based on the training statistical language model (Good-Turing Estimate). In addition, we found that the tag has a related count when describing a song or an artist, which means that different tags can describe the characteristics of the track and the artist in varying degree. In combination with our analysis of the listening records of each user, the tags not only serve as additional information to broaden the content of the music but build the personalized music recommendation for users. According to the experimental results of users on the dataset containing tags, it indicates that our proposal method has a great advantage over other tag-based methods in making personalized recommended performance.


On the occasion of a stay in Chile, I attend and live with the awakening of the Chilean people that took place during October 2019. An awakening that silenced completely the University and almost all the institutions inherited from Modernity. With this text, I want to reflect on the scope of this silence and this difficulty of the aacademia to participate more actively in the debates of the present.


Based on the review on related researches of land cover both at home and aboard,this article explains some important concepts such as the national history cities,city region and even the data sources for this article.It then gives a brief analysis to the national history city regions regarding their land cover structure and land cover characteristics.Finally,it divides them into four types in accordance with the land cover classification system by the UNEP and the FAO,that is,vegetated terrestrial type,vegetated aquatic or regularly flooded type,non-vegetated terrestrial type,non-vegetated aquatic or regularly flooded type.


The study tour to Yogyakarta is an annual activity carried out by several Depok, West Java schools. This activity aims for cultural tourism, nature tourism, as well as refreshments for students. The article focuses on how the use of study tour activities as a medium for writing book manuscripts for junior high school students is correlated with the school's literacy program. The method used is the participatory method, involving 74 students of SMP Negeri 10 Depok. The steps taken were (1) discussions with school partners, (2) nonfiction writing workshops, (3) writing assistance, and (4) an editorial process. School partners support this activity by assigning four teachers as facilitators or accompanying teachers. The nonfiction writing workshop is in the form of a webinar and was held before the study tour. Writing assistance is provided by the team to students both individually and in groups. The finished manuscripts written by students then enter the editorial process, including the editing and graphic design processes. The book Healing and Exploring Yogyakarta is the outcome of this activity and will be published by Shinna Media Publishing.


One kind predissolved detergent composition (14) of the hand-held container (10) for the container comprises a housing (12) and the hole cover (26). The housing (12) containing a predetermined amount of a detergent composition and a solvent, further comprising a distribution channel (18). This dispensing channel (18) comprises a tip (20) and a flow restrictor portion of this tip (20). This flow restrictor portion includes at least one aperture (24). Hole cover (26) each comprising a hole (24) corresponding to the plug hole (28). When this hole cover (26) covering the end (20), each vent plug (28) substantially passes through a hole (24).


This study was conducted to determine the methods used in the purchasing, storing, budgeting, accounting, distributing, and inventorying of woodworking materials by industrial arts instructors in secondary schools in the state of Texas.


The present invention relates a motor, a method for fabricating the same and a home appliance with the same. The motor includes a stator having a coil wound thereon, a rotor mounted to be rotatable with respect of the stator, a tap terminal positioned at a terminal of the coil, a magmate placed in the tap terminal for electric connection to a core line of the coil and fastening the coil to the tap terminal, and an insulation portion at the magmate for forming an insulation coating at an exposed portion of the core line, thereby reducing a production cost and improving productivity and reliability.


Abstract This paper proposes a Fuzzy Inference Net (FIN) method for electricity price zone forecasting. Under smart grid environment, it is important for players to maximize profits and minimize risks though power markets while introducing renewable energy into grids. The time series of electricity price becomes more complicated due to the nonlinearity and uncertainties. To capture the behavior of the time series appropriately, more sophisticated methods are required to overcome them as a prediction tool. In this paper, a new method is proposed for price zone forecasting. The proposed method makes use of FIN that evaluates the association probability of unknown data to predetermined clusters with fuzzy inference and self-organization. The selection of input variables is determined by the variable importance of the CART algorithm of data mining. The association probability is used determine which zone the one-step ahead electricity price belong to. The proposed method is tested for real data in comparison with the conventional artificial neural network.


The Douglas-Rachford algorithm is widely used in sparse signal processing for minimizing a sum of two convex functions. In this paper, we consider the case where one of the functions is weakly convex but the other is strongly convex so that the sum is convex. We provide a condition that ensures the convergence of the same Douglas-Rachford iterations, provided that the strongly convex function is smooth. We also present a modified Douglas-Rachford algorithm that does not impose a smoothness condition for the convex function. We then provide a discussion on the convergence speed of the two types of algorithms and demonstrate the discussion with numerical experiments.


Diabetic retinopathy is a disease, caused by alternation in the retinal blood vessels. It is a strong sign of early blindness and if it is not treated may tend to complete blindness and the vision lost once cannot be restored once again. In this paper different image processing techniques are used to differentiate between the normal and the diseased image. The attempt is made to see where the problem actually lies so that proper diagnosis of patient can be done. Pre processing of an image, optic disk detection, Blood vessels extraction, Exudates detection are some of the methods that are applied here. Other algorithms are designed to obtain the desired result. A large number of populations are affected by this disease around the world.


Background: The purpose of this prospective study was to asses the reliability of image-free navigated cup positioning and its correlation with biometrical parameters (age, sex, body mass index, soft tissue thickness overlying anterior superior iliac spine and symphysis pubis, and lumbar lordosis) and three different orientations of pelvis (tilt, obliquity, and rotation) in patients of Asian ethnicity. Methods: Intraoperative data was obtained from 50 consecutive total hip arthroplasties in which acetabular cup implantation was done with a cementless cup (Plasma Cup SC ® , Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, Germany) using Orthopilot ® image-free navigation system. The data was then compared with mathematically calculated synchronized anteversion and inclination obtained postoperatively through computed tomography and 3-dimensional processing. Results: Mean navigated and synchronized inclination obtained were 40.1°±5.34° and 41.79°± 7.96° respectively (mean difference 1.69°±6.95°, range −20.72° ~ 18.47°), while the mean navigated and synchronized anteversion were 19.98°± 6.44° and 20.00°± 6.33° (mean difference 0.01°±6.35°, range −15.15° ~ 11.10°). A discrepancy of > 10° was observed in 5 hips in inclination and 5 hips in anteversion. No correlation was found between all of biometrical parameters and discrepancy of cup orientation. A statistically significant correlation was found between discrepancy of anteversion and pelvic tilt (1.78 + 0.55 x pelvic tilt°, r=0.493, p=0.0016). Conclusion: In spite of variations in pelvic geometry, image-free navigation assisted acetabular cup positioning showed the significant reliability. The next generation of navigation systems must be combined with data on precision of pelvic orientation intraoperatively for complete validation. *Index; Synchronized Inclination = arctan [tan (Operative AV) ÷ tan (Anatomic AV)] Synchronized AV = arctan[tan (Anatomic AV) x sin (synchronized Inclination)] or arctan[tan (Operative AV) x cos (Synchronized Inclination


The RAPid Telescopes for Optical Response (RAPTOR) system at Los Alamos National Laboratory observed GRB 060206 starting 48.1 minutes after γ-ray emission triggered the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) on-board the Swift satellite. The afterglow light curve measured by RAPTOR shows a spectacular re-brightening by ∼1 mag about 1 h after the trigger and peaks at R ∼ 16.4 mag. Shortly after the onset of the explosive re-brightening the OT doubled its flux on a timescale of about 4 minutes. The total R-band fluence received from GRB 060206 during this episode is 2.3 × 10 −9 erg cm −2. In the rest frame of the burst (z = 4.045) this yields an isotropic equivalent energy release of E iso ∼ 0.7 × 10 50 erg in just a narrow UV band λ ≃ 130 ± 22 nm. We discuss the implications of RAPTOR observations for untriggered searches for fast optical transients and studies of GRB environments at high redshift. Since the launch of the Swift satellite (Gehrels et al. 2004) in the fall of 2004, the number of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) with known high redshifts has been rapidly increasing. The sample of classical long-soft GRBs with z > 2.5 includes at least 10 objects (Jakobsson et al. 2006, 2005). The current record holder, GRB 050904 at z = 6.295 (Kawai et al. 2005), is located close to the boundary of the reionized Universe (Watson et al. 2006; Totani et al. 2005), on par with the most distant galaxies and quasars known today (e.g. Kodaira et al. 2003; Fan et al. 2003). These developments are due to both Swift's sensitivity to high-z events and high precision rapid local-izations from the BAT instrument (c.f. Berger et al. 2005). The immediate self-followup capability of Swift in X-ray and optical/UV bands (Gehrels et al. 2004) combined with observations from fast-slewing robotic telescopes on the ground (e.g. Akerlof et al. greatly improves the probability of catching an optical counterpart before it is too faint to grant a high resolution spectrum. An equally important outcome is well sampled, multi-wavelength light curves that enable studies of broad-band spectral evolution reaching into the critical first minutes of the explosion (e.g. Fast response technology played an important role in recent discoveries of the prompt optical/IR light in GRBs (Vestrand et al. 2005, 2006; Blake et al. 2005), the X-ray flares (e.g. O'Brien et al. 2006; Burrows et al. 2005a,b), the …


In this paper, we investigate the decentralized control of networked agents with unknown control directions, i.e., the sign of high-frequency-gain in agent's dynamics is unknown. Meanwhile, uncertain nonlinearity also appears in agent's dynamics. A Nussbaum-type adaptive controller is designed with the aid of nonlinear damping technique for each agent such that consensus of the network can be achieved while all signals in the overall system maintain bounded. The controller for each agent is composed by a Nussbaum-type item which seeks the control direction adaptively and a distributed item to drive the system to consensus state, in which a nonlinear damping item is added. It is proved that consensus of the network can be realized via the proposed controller. Moreover, the final consensus state is indicated, which is significant for consensus of networked nonlinear systems. Simulation results are presented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed controllers.


In this work, we study the supersingular locus of the Shimura variety associated to the unitary group $\mathrm{GU}(2,4)$ over a ramified prime. We show that the associated Rapoport-Zink space is flat, and we give an explicit description of the irreducible components of the reduction modulo $p$ of the basic locus. In particular, we show that these are universally homeomorphic to either a generalized Deligne-Lusztig variety for a symplectic group or to the closure of a vector bundle over a classical Deligne-Lusztig variety for an orthogonal group. Our results are confirmed in the group-theoretical setting by the reduction method \`a la Deligne and Lusztig and the study of the admissible set.


The first plenary session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) initiated the sixth round of China's administrative reforms. Five "super ministries" were established, and the number of ministries and commissions was reduced from 28 to 27. Last year's high expectations of a drastic reform of the State Council organs did not come true as many plans met with resistance from the departments concerned. The conflict between sweeping reform plans and the vested interests of the departments concerned – especially those of the oil, gas, and power monopolies – resulted in a compromise and will most likely lead to a new round of institutional reform at the 12th NPC in 2013.


Inetlligence fruit case is a difficult point in trade seccret infringement lawsuit.How to distribute the burdens of citing evidence is the key to protect the rights and interests of both parties.Due to the plaintiff′s burden is heavier than those in other cases,and to complexity of the cases any single method of citing evidence is not enough,we must try to produce evidence in all ways and reduce the plaintiff′s burden,so as to ensure the adjudiction fair,square nd efficient.


it is a concise and easily understandable textbook. It establishes a specific terminology which strengthens die reputation of ultrastructural pathology as an exact science. Until recently, biochemistry enjoyed excessive prestige, while morphological investigations had to constantly justify dieir existence. Many important concepts in cell biology (e.g. autophagy, muscle contraction) are based on correlation of structure and biochemistry. AU the thousands of forms illustrated in Ghadially's book are undoubtedly associated widi yet unknown chemical composition and processes. The research biochemist should be challenged by this variety of structure and routinely include ultrastructural studies widi each biochemical study he performs.


Conventionally, a pinhole SPECT acquires data by rotating the Gamma-camera in a circular orbit. However, such a acquisition method could merely scan a very limited field-of-view (FOV). For a longer object, it requires several circular acquisitions over various bed positions to cover the entire object. Multiple-bed acquisition also requires a high accurate movement control to avoid the overlapping or gap between any adjacent bed positions. In this work, we propose a voxel-driven (VD) system model (projection matrix) for iterative helical pinhole SPECT image reconstruction. The photon detection along helical trajectory can reduce acquisition time without multiple-bed overlapping and gap problems. However, the most challenging part for helical pinhole SPECT is the increase in image volume. For efficient computation and matrix storage reduction, the geometric symmetries derived from helical trajectory shall be fully utilized. By using a 16-fold symmetry derived from helical trajectory, the system matrix requires only 90 degrees information of projection geometry. A multi-threaded code can be implemented to accelerate the projection computation. The result for a two line sources phantom study shows that the VD model is efficient and suitable for iterative helical pinhole SPECT. The VD matrix could model the helical trajectory pinhole SPECT efficiently and handle a longer object without increasing any storage space of system matrix. The proposed model is also ready to be extended multiple-pinhole system for to better sensitivity as well as other fast reconstruction algorithms.


A novel hybrid ultrafiltration membrane was prepared by incorporating hollow mesoporous silica spheres (HMSS) into a polymer matrix of brominated polyphenylene oxide (BPPO) using triethanolamine as the amination agent. The hybrid membrane exhibits improved water permeability, thermal stability, and water content, while the rejection to egg albumin maintaining at a high level (>90%). Especially when the addition of HMSS is 1.0 wt %, the water flux of the hybrid membrane reaches a maximum that is almost two times that of the BPPO membrane. The unique properties of HMSS and good interaction between HMSS and polymer contribute to the improvement of membrane performance. The effect of the structures of silica particles on the membrane performance was also investigated, and the results suggest that HMSS with moderate wall thickness is more suitable for the optimization of hybrid membrane properties.


Retinal images are widely used to manually or automatically detect and diagnose many diseases. Due to the complex imaging setup, there is a large luminosity and contrast variability within and across images. Here, we use the knowledge of the imaging geometry and propose an enhancement method for colour retinal images, with a focus on contrast improvement with no introduction of artifacts. The method uses non-uniform sampling to estimate the degradation and derive a correction factor from a single plane. We also propose a scheme for applying the derived correction factor to enhance all the colour planes of a given image. The proposed enhancement method has been tested on a publicly available dataset. Results show marked improvement over existing methods.


The detection limits of the water quality analysis method were calculated and discussed with case. The conclusions were that at the present,the detection limits of the method were mainly calculated by the standard deviation of parallel determination of multiple blank samples; as a study case,the detection limits of alkaline potassium persulfate digestion UV spectrophotometric method which detected total nitrogen in water was calculated,the three times the standard deviation of 0. 049 mg/L of blank samples concentration was regarded as the detection limits of the method,which was equal to that in the standard method of 0. 05 mg/L; the concentration of 0. 01 absorbance excluding blank value was also regarded as the detection limits,different calibration curve which were different; and the detection limit of ion-chromatography was 0. 002 mg/L,which was lower than that of Mo-Sb anti-spectrophotometer(0. 01 mg/L), decreasing one order of magnitude.


[Background] Sugar derivatives, whose oxygen atom in the hemiacetal ring is replaced by a carbon, nitrogen, sulfur atom, and etc., are celled as pseudo sugars. The synthesis and bioassay of these pseudo sugars are well investigated and are known as potential bioactive materials. Phospha sugar, which is one of pseudo sugars, having a phosphorus atom instead of the oxygen atom in the hemiacetal ring, is little known. The synthesis and bioassay of phospha sugars are not well studied in detail. We synthesized the 2,3,4-tribromo-3-methyl-1-phenyl phospholane 1-oxide (TMPP) and 2,3-dibromo-3-methyl-1-phenyl phospholane 1-oxide (DMPP) by the nucleophilic substitution reactions, and found their anti-leukemic activities. [Purpose] The aims of the present study were to evaluate the inhibition of proliferation and induction of apoptosis in leukemia cell treated with TMPP or DMPP, and defines the target molecules for TMPP in leukemia cells. [Methods] The cells used in this study were human leukemia cell lines, K562, U937, and YRK2 cells. For proliferation analysis, MTT assays were performed in leukemia cells treated with TMPP. For cell cycle analysis, flow cytometory analysis was performed in leukemia cells treated with TMPP or DMPP by PI staining. For analysis of mitotic regulatory proteins (p27, p21, Skp2, Cdc25B, Cyclin D1, Survivin, and Aurora kinase B), Western blotting was performed in leukemia cells treated with TMPP. For colony analysis, the colonies of CFU-GEMM, CFU-GM, and BFU-E were counted in AML stem/progenitor cells treated with TMPP. [Results] In leukemia cell lines, DMPP and TMPP significantly inhibited the cell proliferation, and TMPP more strongly inhibited the cell proliferation than DMPP. 10 μM TMPP significantly induced G2/M phase arrest, and 25 μM TMPP induced apoptosis in leukemia cells. In leukemia cells, 10μM TMPP reduced protein of Aurora kinase B, Survivin, Cyclin D1, Skp2 KIS, and FoxM1, while increased protein expression of p21and p27 by western blot analysis. Moreover, 25μM TMPP activated caspase-3 and caspase-9, cleaved PARP, and reduced Bcl-2. Moreover, the treatment with TMPP decreased the counts of CFU-GEMM, CFU-GM and BFU-E by depletion of FoxM1 expression. [Conclusions] In this study, we report in the first time the possibility of phospha sugar derivatives as anti-leukemic agents in therapy for leukemias, and analysis of their characterizations. DMPP and TMPP significantly inhibited the proliferation, and induced apoptosis of leukemia cells. DMPP and TMPP induced cell cycle arrest by suppression of FoxM1 expression and apoptosis by Bcl-2 down-regulation in leukemia cells. Moreover, TMPP inhibited colony formation of leukemia progenitors. Therefore, TMPP has new agents with anti-leukemic effects by regulation of cell cycle and apoptosis in leukemia therapy.


Objective To investigate the expression of costimulatory molecules OX40/OX40L on peripheral blood mononuclear cells(PBMC)in patients with Henoch-Schnlein purpura(HSP),and to explore their clinical significance.Methods Thirty-four HSP patients were selected as research subjects and 20 healthy children were selected as controls.Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR)was used to quantitate the expression of OX40/OX40L mRNA on PBMC.The association between their expression and urine microalbumin within 24 hours(24 h UMA)was analyzed.Results Compared with normal controls,the PBMC expression of OX40/OX40L mRNA was increased obviously in HSP patients.The expression of OX40/OX40L mRNA in 15 HSP patients with elevated 24 h UMA was significantly higher than that of other HSP patients with normal 24 h UMA.Positive correlation was observed between the PBMC expression of OX40/OX40L mRNA and 24 h UMA quantity in HSP patients with elevated 24 h UMA.Conclusions The expression of OX40/OX40L mRNA was increased on PBMC and positively correlated with 24 h UMA in HSP patients.OX40/OX40L may play a critical role in the pathogenesis and development of HSP,and are promising to be utilized as immunological indicators to evaluate the condition of HSP patients and detect the renal injury at early stage.


Downslope flows into density-stratified environments have been observed to have the character of detraining gravity currents on small slopes, and of entraining plumes on steep slopes. In this paper, observations of flows on slopes of intermediate (20$^{\circ}$–30$^{\circ}$) steepness are described, and their mixing properties quantified. Both gravity-current-like and plume-like flows are observed, and an observational boundary between these two types is identified. Theoretical models for the bulk properties of these flows are presented, and their predictions are compared with the observations. A theoretical criterion is derived for the limit of applicability of the gravity-current model in terms of the Buoyancy number, the bottom slope and the bottom drag coefficient. This provides a criterion for the boundary between the plume-like and gravity-current-like flows, which is consistent with the observations. These results have implications for the modelling of downslope flows in nature, and indicate where the appropriate dynamical model may change from one type to the other.


Many research studies show that schools play an important role in constructing gendered identities of girls and boys in western contexts. In Pakistan, there are research studies on the construction of gender in textbooks but studies on the role of schools are either unreported or unavailable. To address this gap in the literature, an exploratory study was carried out in public sector schools in the urban and semi-urban areas of Karachi. The findings indicate that the inter-relationship of the structure of schools, the official curriculum, teaching and learning practices and teacher beliefs result in a gendered division of labor, gendered bodily and disciplinary regulations, gendered control of space, bodies and behavior, and teaching to perceived gender differential characteristics which serve to develop gendered identities of girls and boys.


BACKGROUND
Ischemic stroke is featured with high incidence, mortality and disability. The aim of this study is to use Global Burden of Disease (GBD) database to describe and compare the burden of ischemic stroke in mainland China and Taiwan province, and to further predict the expected changes in the next 11 years using statistical modeling methods.

METHODS
Information on ischemic stroke incidence and mortality in China (mainland and Taiwan province) during 1990-2019 was obtained from the GBD database to analyze the trends of regional, gender and age on the incidence and mortality of ischemic stroke in China. Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) model was used to predict the age-standardized incidence rate (ASIR) and age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR) of ischemic stroke in males and females in mainland China and Taiwan province in the next 11 years.

RESULTS
: The period from 1990 to 2019 witnessed an overall upward trend in the number of incidence and deaths in mainland China and Taiwan province. In 2019, there were nearly 2.87 million ischemic incidence cases with stroke in mainland China, with more female patients than male in the age group of over 60 years old. Among the nearly 1.03 million deaths, the death toll of men under the age of 85 was higher than women. While in Taiwan province, the number of incidence was 28,771, with more female patients of all ages than male. Among the 6,788 deaths, the death toll of men under the age of 80 was higher than women. In 2019, the age group with the highest number of patients in the two regions was 65-69 years old, while the highest number of deaths was found in people aged 85 and above. As our ARIMA model predicted, the ASIR value of ischemic stroke is expected to be 163.23/100,000 persons in mainland China by 2030, which would continue to increase, while ASMR value of ischemic stroke is expected to be 16.41/100,000 persons in Taiwan province by 2030, which showed a decreasing trend.

CONCLUSION
Disease burden of ischemic stroke is still increasing in mainland China and Taiwan province, and health resources should be deployed to implement effective prevention and control strategies, taking into account region, gender, and age.


In my first year as an assistant professor, I commuted to and from campus on the regional rail.

In the mornings, as I walked from the train station to the office, I planned my day by making a to-do list in my head: the scientific journals I would read, the papers I would write, and—most important—the piercing flashes of insight I would have about human nature.

Each evening, I walked back to the station, again ticking through my mental checklist, but this time sizing up my performance against the expectations I had set for myself that morning.

As the months passed, I realized that the grace period when I could call myself a rookie was evaporating. And that terrified me. Because time and again, when comparing my to-do list with my got-done list, I was falling short. And each night, as I trudged back to the station, I ruminated about my lack of progress.

But then something very strange happened. At the midpoint in my commute, without any conscious intent, my thoughts began to shift. Instead of cursing my weaknesses, I thought, and even said aloud sometimes, very softly: I'm a nice person. I'm a nice person. I'm a nice person.

By the time I boarded my train, I was done with my little mantra—until the next day when I walked home. After inventorying my failures, I'd repeat: I'm a nice person.


A new class of hole-transporting spirothioxanthene derivatives has been synthesized and characterized. Their photophysical, electrochemical and thermal properties have been studied. These compounds exhibit high hole mobilities of up to 1 × 10–3 cm2 V–1 s–1, determined by using thin film transistor technique. In addition, these spirothioxanthene derivatives are promising donor materials in the construction of high performance organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices. With a very low dopant concentration of 7%, highly efficient small molecule-based OPV devices with high short-circuit current density of 10.83 mA cm–2, open-circuit voltage of 0.94 V, and high power conversion efficiency of 5.40% (the highest PCE of 5.46%) have been realized.


In this paper, the folding methodology developed in the context of univariate Extreme Value Theory (EVT) by You et al. is extended to a multivariate framework. Under the usual EVT assumption of regularly varying tails, our multivariate folding allows for the estimation of the spectral probability measure. A new weakly consistent estimator based on the classical empirical estimator is proposed. Its behaviour is illustrated through simulations and an actuarial application relative to reinsurance pricing in the case of an insurance data-set.


Objective To develop a double antibody sandwich ELISA for WuTac concentration in serum and preliminarily apply in clinic. Methods The WuTac concentration in sera was determined quantitatively by double antibody sandwich ELISA, based on which the concentration of coating antibody and the dilution of enzyme-labeled antibody were optimized and a standard curve was plotted. The developed ELISA was verified and used for the determination of serum specimens from 36 healthy volunteers at 14 time points before and after injection with WuTac at various dosages(0. 05, 0. 1 and 0. 2 mg / kg). Results The optimal concentration of coating antibody was 0. 2 μg / ml, and the optimal dilution of enzyme-labeled antibody was 1 ∶ 15 000. The correlation coefficient (r value)of standard curve was not less than 0. 99. The linear determination range of developed double antibody sandwich ELISA was 3. 9 ~ 125 ng / ml. The variation coefficient(CV)of determination results of high concentration WuTac standard by the developed ELISA was less than 15%. The developed ELISA showed a accuracy of 99. 05% ± 5. 00%(92. 43% ~ 110. 02%)and good specificity. The determination results of clinical serum specimens proved that WuTac showed a characteristic of linear pharmacokinetics within a concentration range of 0. 05 ~ 0. 2 mg / kg. Conclusion A double antibody sandwich ELISA for WuTac concentration in serum was developed, with sensitivity, precision and accuracy meeting the requirements of pharmacokinetic study on biologics.


OBJECTIVE
Some studies in the literature indicate that ADIPOQ rs266729 polymorphism functionally regulates adiponectin promoter activity and secondarily adiponectin levels. The aim of the present investigation was to describe the association of rs266729 with diabetes mellitus (DM2), components of Metabolic syndrome (MS) and serum adiponectin levels.

PATIENTS AND METHODS
The study involved a population of 1004 adult obese subjects. Measurements of anthropometric parameters, blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, C-reactive protein (CRP), insulin concentration, insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), lipid profile, adipokines levels and prevalence of MS and DM2 were recorded. The genotype of ADIPOQ gene polymorphism (rs266729) was evaluated.

RESULTS
The distribution of the rs266729 polymorphism in this population was 56.7% (n=569) (CC), 33.1% (n=332) (CG) and 10.2% (n=103) (GG). Insulin and HOMA-IR levels were higher in G allele carriers than non G allele carriers. Adiponectin levels were lower in G allele carriers than non G allele carriers. In total group carriers of G allele, logistic regression analysis showed an increased risk of hyperglycaemia (OR=1.70, 95% CI=1.19-2.76, p=0.03) and prevalence of diabetes mellitus type 2 (OR=1.81, 95% CI=1.13-5.14, p=0.04), after adjusting by body mass index and age CONCLUSIONS: G allele of SNP (rs266729) of the ADIPOQ gene showed high values of insulin and HOMA-IR, and low values of adiponectin levels than non G allele carriers. G allele carriers showed higher rate of diabetes mellitus and hyperglycemia.


Northwestern extension of the Claromeco Paleozoic Basin, province of Buenos Aires. The study area extends to the north and western of Sierras Australes. It has been surveyed 700 stations for gravimetry and magnetometry and the calculated anomalies were positioned in the Tornquist, Pigue, Guamini and Coronel Suarez map sheets. The survey was done at 1: 200,000 scale. Gravimetric sections were made in W-E and SW-NE directions in order to get an estimation of the sediment thickness. Based on these date the extension of the Paleozoic was determined. The thickness reaches up to 6,000 m and 5,200 square kilometers. The Claromeco basin extends to the NW in the wes- tern side by 145 km with a width of 48 km. The observed magnetic anomalies of the total field magnetic map are small pointing out the presence of moderate magnetic minerals. The existence of refraction seismic lines provided by Y.P.F. and DYMAS for the neighboring areas of Carhue allows a precise thickness of the Tertiary sediments.


'Opihi is a 0.43 m, 32′ field of view (FOV) finder scope that rides along with the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF), a 3.2 m infrared-optimized telescope near the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawai'i. The main purpose of 'Opihi is to recover Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) with positional uncertainties larger than can feasibly be found with the 1 ′ FOV of IRTF. Automated data collection with 'Opihi will be useful for bootstrap photometry and can provide general context observing images. We present the design and commissioning process for 'Opihi, including its photometric performance and first asteroid detection results


Angiomyolipoma (AML) is a mesenchymal tumour composed of variable proportions of adipose tissue and vascular and smooth muscle elements. It can cause potentially life-threatening complications.
This report aims to describe a bilateral angiomyolipoma associated with tuberous sclerosis of Bourneville; the second aim is to discuss the treatment modalities of this disease.
A 51-year-old woman with abdominal mass and characteristic triad: Epilepsy, mental retardation and skin lesions (adenoma) (Fig. 1), with no notion of hematuria or abdominal pain, abdominal ultrasonography and computed tomography showing bilateral renal masses of 28.4×17 cm on the left kidney and 22× 11.7 cm on the right, respectively (Fig. 2-3). Serum creatinine was 13.4g/l.
Body-scan imaging finds cardiac rhabdomyoma (Fig. 4) and brain calcifications (Fig. 5). the patient underwent surveillance with scan imaging every month, and at the last control, she was asymptomatic, serum creatinine was still normal. The management of giant bilateral AML is a complex and multifactorial decision. Patients can knowingly choose an active surveillance program, even with giant AML, but the economic situation and mental status can limit the therapeutic choice.


Automatic tracking of vehicles is important to accurately estimate the vehicle speeds in video-based traffic measurement systems and to analyze traffic flows for road construction. This paper proposes a carefully designed rule-based tracking scheme that considers the possible cases that can be appeared in the video-based vehicle racking. The proposed scheme is fast and outperforms the Mean-Shift scheme in terms of accuracy. The accuracy and the speed of the scheme would be increased by combining it with color-based searching and Kalman filters.


With the protection of photoresist sidewall,the emitter passivation ledge is fabricated by wet etch.This process is so simple and needs no additional dielectric etch masks or dual etch-stop layers.The GaInP/GaAs SHBTs are fabricated and the characteristic of the SHBTs with and without emitter passivation ledge are compared.The results show that DC characteristic of smaller device is improved effectively by the passivation ledge,but their high frequency performances have no difference.


We investigated the chemical composition of ρ Pup using high-resolution spectral observations taken from the Very Large Telescope and the IUE archives and also spectra obtained at the 1.8 m telescope of the Bohyunsan observatory in Korea. The abundances of 56 chemical elements and the upper limits of Li and Be abundances were determined. The abundance pattern of ρ Pup was found to be similar to that of Am-type stars. The possibility of the influence of the accretion of interstellar gas and dust on the abundance patterns of B–F-type stars is discussed. The plots of the relative abundances of chemical elements in the atmospheres of ρ Pup and δ Sct versus the second ionization potentials of these elements show the correlations. The discontinuities at 13.6 and 24.6 eV—the ionization potentials of hydrogen and helium, respectively, are also exhibited in these plots. These discontinuities can be explained by interaction of the atoms of interstellar gas, mainly hydrogen and helium atoms, with the atoms of stellar photospheres (so-called charge-exchange reactions). Note that only the jumps near 13.6 and 24.6 eV were pointed out in previous investigations of relative abundances versus the second ionization potentials for Am-type stars. The dependencies of the relative abundances of chemical elements on the second ionization potentials of these elements were investigated using the published abundance patterns of B–F-type stars. The correlations of relative and absolute abundances of chemical elements, second ionization potentials, and projected rotational velocities are clearly detected for stars with effective temperatures between 7,000 and 12,000 K. If the correlation of relative abundances and second ionization potentials can be explained by the accretion of interstellar gas on the stellar surfaces, the investigation of these correlations can provide valuable information on the density and velocities of interstellar gas in different regions of the Galaxy and also on the influence of this phenomenon on stellar evolution. The dependencies of the relative abundances of chemical elements on the condensation temperatures of these elements were also found in the atmospheres of ρ Pup, δ Sct, and other B–F-type stars. Ten possible λ Boo-type stars were detected. The effective temperatures of these objects are between 10,900 and 14,000 K.


The frequency selectivity for formant peaks in a synthetic continuous vowel was measured on a nonlinear model for motion of the basilar membrane. In spite of the fact that the model becomes more broadly tuned at high levels, the formant peaks in the model response become more sharply defined. This effect is caused by nonlinear suppression of the response to frequencies between adjacent formant peaks.


OBJECTIVES
The "Coffee Stands" project was developed to provide a work place where individuals with long term mental illness can receive job training within the community. It is similar to a supported employment program, except that it does not provide individual job placement services. The objective of the study was to describe the participants who worked at the "coffee stands", with respect to their participation in occupations, functional cognition, executive functions and awareness, perception of their quality of life (QoL), satisfaction and self esteem. Moreover, the study aimed at examining whether changes occurred in these variables during the 6-month period in which participants worked at the coffee stands.

METHODS
Participants included 44 people with chronic mental illness; 27 men and 17 women, mean age 43.43 (SD = 9.02); mean years of education 11.81 (SD = 1.83); mean age of illness onset 27.72 (SD = 11.12) and mean number of hospitalizations 3.27 (SD = 2.64). All signed an informed consent to participate in the study. A battery of eight instruments measuring the various variables was administered at two points in time; at the beginning of the work at the coffee stands and 6 months later.

RESULTS
Indicated that the training was successful and that participants were able to maintain an average 3 hours of work daily, demonstrating an improvement in their perception of their ability to work. In the area of planning, they needed structure, suggesting some difficulties in executive functions, but they seemed to be aware of their difficulties. After 6 months, participants showed improvements in health related measures of QoL and satisfaction, but not in self esteem.

CONCLUSIONS
The findings strengthen the premise that people coping with an emotional disorder place great importance on working, are able to work and derive satisfaction from their work.


Biology in a Nutshell.- Words.- Word Distributions and Occurrences.- Physical Mapping of DNA.- Genome Rearrangements.- Sequence Alignment.- Rapid Alignment Methods: FASTA and BLAST.- DNA Sequence Assembly.- Signals in DNA.- Similarity, Distance, and Clustering.- Measuring Expression of Genome Information.- Inferring the Past: Phylogenetic Trees.- Genetic Variation in Populations.- Comparative Genomics.


The crucial issue of the role of metacognitive awareness in reading will be stated by knowing and understanding two dimensions of metacognitive ability: "knowledge of cognition and regulation of cognition". Students who metacognitively active will aware of their own cognition and demonstrate strategy consciously in the learning process in order to accomplish the learning goals. Therefore, metacognition will likely to give beneficial phases in the learning process, particularly by helping students to plan and use resource more effectively, to monitor their learning progress accurately, and to evaluate their performances. This study is descriptive qualitative which is designed to (1) know the students' difficulties, both from high and low level achievement in reading academic text and (2) what metacognitive strategies the students used to overcome their problems in reading academic text. This study employed two questionnaires to collect the data respectively; the MRAQ (Metacognitive Reading Awareness Questionnaire) and the MRSQ (Metacognitive Reading Strategies Questionnaire). This study found that each group of students with different level of reading achievement described the various different metacognitive strategies to overcome problem in reading academic text.


Abstract : This paper presents an approach for designing information technology-based work aids to enable high work efficiency and effectiveness (E&E) for a distributed and networked command and control (C2) team. The authors believe this approach can be utilized to achieve these high-efficiency goals for other C2 teams as well. A common approach to supporting distributed teams is with general purpose collaboration tools (such as chat, whiteboards, file sharing, etc.). Because of the general nature of these tools and because they support only selected aspects of holistic work, the level of work efficiency that can be achieved by these means with teams in the C2 domain is limited. To achieve higher levels of efficiency and effectiveness, they believe holistic, coherent work aids tailored to the specific work of the team are necessary and can better enable Network Centric Warfare tenets. This paper presents an approach to scoping, analysis, and concept design aimed at achieving those objectives. It also provides an application example of the analysis and design of a demonstration concept developed to support a distributed team of 10 different C2 operators geographically distributed between two Air Operations Centers.


Gravitational radiation and some global properties of spacetimes can only be unambiguously measured at future null infinity (ℐ+). This motivates the interest in reaching it within simulations of coalescing compact objects, whose waveforms are extracted for gravitational wave modeling purposes. One promising method to include future null infinity in the numerical domain is the evolution on hyperboloidal slices: smooth spacelike slices that reach future null infinity. The main challenge in this approach is the treatment of the compactified asymptotic region at ℐ+. Evolution on a hyperboloidal slice of a spacetime including a black hole entails an extra layer of difficulty in part due to the finite coordinate distance between the black hole and future null infinity. Spherical symmetry is considered here as the simplest setup still encompassing the full complication of the treatment along the radial coordinate. First, the construction of constant-mean-curvature hyperboloidal trumpet slices for Schwarzschild and Reissner-Nordström black hole spacetimes is reviewed from the point of view of the puncture approach. Then, the framework is set for solving hyperboloidal-adapted hyperbolic gauge conditions for stationary trumpet initial data, providing solutions for two specific sets of parameters. Finally, results of testing these initial data in evolution are presented.


This article attempts to define and categorize rhetorical hermeneutics as a model for enhancing of creativity in teaching and learning at General...


For drop of deterioration of the cylindrical part of buckets and ring flutes on surfaces of buckets of diesel engines of ЧМЭ-3 diesel locomotive it is formed an anti-wear corundum layer. Buckets with corundum layer have fulfilled more than 114 thousand motor-hours and are suitable for further operations.


As organisms continue to age, the number of age related diseases such as cancer and neurodegenerative diseases increases. By stopping or stalling the aging process, the onset of these diseases will be slowed thus allowing people to live a longer, healthier life. To study the aging process, a novel method to study post mitotic cells needs to be designed. Post mitotic cells, such as neurons, model the aging process because these cells are no longer dividing. The cells that will be used to construct this method are yeast because yeast are a single eukaryotic celled model organism that has similar cell machinery compared to the human cell. This makes yeast, specifically Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a good cellular aging organism. The current methods that describe the lifespan of yeast are Replicative life span (RLS) and Chronological life span (CLS). These two methods are not sufficient to study the aging process because the yeast cells used in the RLS are mitotic cells, meaning these cells are still dividing. The yeast cells used in CLS are post mitotic cells, but they do not have an unlimited nutrient supply unlike post mitotic cells in humans (Postnikoff & Harkness et al., 2014). For these reasons, neither the RLS or CLS should be used to study the aging process in humans, which is why a novel method needs to be invented. Our proposed aging model will use the temperature-sensitive CDC28-4 strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae which will be arrested in the cell cycle (post mitotic) and be provided with an unlimited source of nutrients by replacing the media every other day. We will measure the amount of time it takes for the yeast to die. Then, known lifespan-extending compounds such as dinitrophenol, metformin, rapamycin, resveratrol, sperimidine, will be added to test if these compounds will extend the life span of the yeast (Madeo et al., 2019). The CDC28 gene encodes for a cyclin-dependent protein kinase that needs to be present for the cell to enter the S phase of


It is necessary, industrial practical use of the biodegradable plastic material with few environmental impacts is studied. We investigated the resolvability of biodegradable resin using soil and sludge. As the result, the decomposition of the biodegradable material was most efficient when it was cultured in anaerobic sludge. In this paper, the optimal decomposition temperature using the sludge anaerobic conditions of a biodegradable plastic material was investigated. The biodegradable plastic material was decomposed early, without mass increasing above 60 °C. Furthermore, the hydrogen fermentation using a biodegradable plastic material was considered. The cultivation using a biodegradable plastic material produced hydrogen 4 times as compared with using only sludge.


Objective To explore the expression of C3 in ischemic reperfused myocardium and the protective effect of C1 inhibitor (C1INH) on ischemic myocardium. Methods Rat heart ischemia/reperfusion injury was induced by occluding the left anterior descending coronary artery for 30 min and reperfusion for 3 h or 72 h. C1 inhibitor or NaCl was administrated intravenously 5 min before surgery. The rats were divided into three groups, the false surgery group, the NaCl group and the C1INH group, each with 5 cases. The effect of C1INH on cardiac function and infarct size was measured, and the expression of C3 in ischemic myocardium was detected by immunohistochemistry and western blot. Results 3 h and 72 h after reperfusion, the NaCl group and the C1INH group had worsened cardiac function and increased infarct size, as well as increased expression of C3, compared with the false surgery group. 72 h after reperfusion, the C1INH group had significantly improved cardiac function and significantly reduced infarct size [(36.28±0.99)% vs (50.58±0.24)%], compared with the NaCl group (P0.05), as well as suppressed expression of C3. Conclusion C1INH protects against I/R-induced myocardial injury via inhibition of C3 protein expression in ischemic myocardium.


In order to improve the recognition accuracy of partial discharge (PD) by making full use of the time-frequency characteristics of PD signals and employing deep learning theory, a kind of PD pattern recognition method based on variational mode decompositon (VMD)-Choi-Williams distribution (CWD) spectrum and optimized convolutional neural network (CNN) with cross-layer feature fusion is proposed in this paper. Firstly, a PD signal is decomposed into several components by VMD algorithm, and the CWD analysis of the obtained components is carried out to obtain the VMD-CWD time-frequency spectrum. Secondly, the cross-layer feature fusion and optimization CNN (CFFO-CNN) is constructed by introducing cross-layer connection and optimization algorithm. Thirdly, the VMD-CWD is regarded as the input vector to train CFFO-CNN to learn and extract the intrinsic features of the spectrum. Finally, the trained network is used to recognize the PD types of the testing samples. The proposed method is compared with traditional recognition methods such as BP neural network (BPNN) and support vector machine (SVM), as well as some commonly used deep learning algorithms. The experimental results indicate that the recognition performance of the proposed method is significantly better than that of existing recognition methods with accuracy up to 99.5%. It is proved that CFFO-CNN has superior feature extraction ability, which can extract the internal features of the VMD-CWD spectrum independently with higher recognition accuracy and wider application prospect.


Performance appraisal is widely considered to be the critical factor of construction enterprise informatization. The 0-1 three scale method is used to determine the weights of factors to enhance convergence rate and uniformity of judgment matrix, the fuzzy consistent matrix is applied to decrease subjectivity, and fuzzy comprehensive evaluation is utilized to realize the appraisal at last. Use case to prove the method applicability of performance appraisal of construction enterprise informatization. The results show that the method established is more scientific and reasonable.


Fault-based testing selects test cases to detect hypothesized faults. In logic expression testing, many fault classes have been defined by researchers based on the syntax of the expressions. Due to the syntactic nature of the logic expressions, some fault classes may exist in one form (say, disjunctive normal form - DNF) of the logic expressions but not in other forms (say, general form). As a result, different fault-based testing techniques have been developed for different types of logic expressions and these techniques have different fault detecting capabilities. For example, some have high detecting power in DNF but low detecting power in the general form. Another complication arises when software developers decide which forms of logic expressions should be used in the first place. Should software developers use the general form for flexibility but compromise that with fewer fault classes and less fault detection? Or should they use DNF for more fault classes and, hence, better fault detection (because software developers have more ''hypothesized faulty'' scenarios to test) but sacrificing the generality of the expressions. In this paper, we propose a set of uniform definitions of fault classes such that they can be applied irrespective of the syntactic nature of the logic expressions, to produce consistent fault-based testing techniques and fault detection capabilities.


A composite largely Middle Jurassic succession spanning the Toarcian-Aalenian transition to the lowermost Bathonian exposed at Cabo Mondego and Sao Giao in the northern Lusitanian Basin, western Portugal, was examined palynologically. The 129 samples are correlated to ammonite biozones spanning Pleydellia aalensis to Zigzagiceras zigzag. The Cabo Mondego succession comprises the type section of the Cabo Mondego Formation and spans virtually the entire interval studied. This is a significant interval because it includes the Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) and the Auxiliary Stratigraphical Section and Point (ASSP) for the Bajocian and Bathonian stages respectively. The Cabo Mondego Formation largely yielded relatively abundant palynomorph associations in the 68 productive samples recovered. By contrast, the Povoa da Lomba Formation at Sao Giao only includes the Toarcian-Aalenian transition; the 21 productive horizons produced sparse assemblages. The uppermost Toarcian to lowermost Bajocian is characterised by a low diversity dinoflagellate cyst association, typified by Nannoceratopsis. Above this is a markedly more diverse assemblage. This influx, in the Witchellia laeviuscula ammonite biozone AB, represents a global evolutionary radiation which may be linked to sea level rise. The trend of increasing dinoflagellate cyst diversity continued at the Bajocian-Bathonian transition. The Middle Jurassic dinoflagellate cyst assemblages of the Lusitanian Basin are significantly less diverse than coeval palynobiotas from eastern and northern Europe, and the Arctic. The Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (T-OAE) profoundly inhibited cyst-forming dinoflagellates in this depocentre, and the recovery was protracted. Hence the T-OAE may have suppressed dinoflagellate cyst diversity well into the Middle Jurassic. This phenomenon may have been exacerbated by the absence of typically Arctic taxa through latitudinal controls and/or global cooling during the early Aalenian. These low levels of dinoflagellate cyst species richness may also be related to the palaeogeography of the Lusitanian Basin. This relatively isolated deepwater depocentre close to the Proto Atlantic, may have precluded extensive biotal exchange with the widespread shelfal areas of the western Tethys. The absence of Dissiliodinium giganteum in the Lusitanian Basin is consistent with this scenario. The pollen and spores observed in this study are typical of Middle Jurassic assemblages worldwide. Araucarian pollen, largely Callialasporites, diversified and became prominent during the Aalenian.


To help the forecasters deepen the knowledge of disaster weather and improve its forecasting accuracy,the existing problems and its causes are analyzed with the disaster weather concluded by forecasters in Wuhan Central Meteorological Observatory in recent 2-3 years.The key points concluded in summarizing disaster weather are abstracting scientific issues from the weather forecasting operation,applying multiple detected data comprehensively,paying more attention to the numerical simulation and experimental research,enhancing the investigation of its formation mechanism,attempting the conclusion of its three-dimensional structure and physical images,investigating its predictability and deducing the forecasting methods,clues and respect.Lastly,several suggestions are proposed for making the the disastrous weather conclusion best and effectively.


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The natural gas produced from subsea wells is processed through different stages before being supplied through pipelines for local market or export. Processing of the produced natural gas is started with separation of gas and liquid using a slug catcher that is connected to a flare system. The flare system consists of piping made of 16" diameter branches connected to 20" diameter header using circumferential weld with a total of seven joints. The pipe work of the flare system is made of 316L stainless steel and it is operated in an interrupted mode. Design and operation pressures are 142 bar g and 88 bar g while design and operation temperatures are -40C and 20C, respectively. After five years of normal service, one of the seven joints of 16" branch/20" header has experienced failure. Based on different non-destructive and destructive tests, it is concluded that this premature failure is attributed mainly to fatigue damage. It is believed that acute or sharp angle of 16" branch/20" header connection that acts as a local stress raiser played a remarkable role in initiation of fatigue damage on outer surface, just beside circumferential weld. In addition, low stress high frequency vibration of the subject pipe work, due to mainly several emergency shut down operations, has accelerated initiation of fatigue damage. In order to minimize the possibility of such failure in future, design of 16" branch to 20" header connection was modified where a compensation plate fitted was used to minimize stress concentration at this connection zone.


As staff came in, they were treated to a running slide show of photos of ACIS staff taken at various functions / teambuilding sessions, etc. held over the year. Following the slide show, Mr William Chew (Centre for User Support, CUS), organised a couple of ice-breaker games. The second one especially involved quite a bit of running around, so staff got in some exercise! Divisional Director, A/P Philip Wong then gave a short address and presented appreciation awards to selected staff in recognition of their hard work throughout the year. Deputy Divisional Director, Mr Tan Hoon Chiang cut a cake to mark the occasion, and then the games commenced! Staff members were divided into various groups comprising colleagues from the different departments. As the party was part of ACIS teambuilding efforts, some elements of teambuilding were incorporated into the games. Groups were tasked with various challenges which required teamwork and creativity as well as some knowledge of colleagues' hobbies and the campus layout. The top three groups came away with well-deserved prizes.


In large-scale distributed information systems, where participants (consumers and providers) are autonomous and have special interests for some queries, query allocation is a challenge. Much work in this context has focused on distributing queries among providers in a way that maximizes overall performance (typically throughput and response time). However, participants usually have certain expectations with respect to the mediator, which are not only performance-related. Such expectations mainly reflect their interests to allocate and perform queries, e. G. Their interests towards: providers (based on reputation for example), quality of service, topics of interests, and relationships with other participants. In this context, because of participants' autonomy, dissatisfaction is a problem since it may lead participants to leave the mediator. Participant's satisfaction means that the query allocation method meets its expectations. Thus, besides balancing query load, preserving the participants' interests so that they are satisfied is also important. In this thesis, we address the query allocation problem in these environments and make the following main contributions. First, we provide a model to characterize the participants' perception of the system regarding their interests and propose measures to evaluate the quality of query allocation methods. Second, we propose a framework for query allocation, called SbQA, that dynamically trades consumers' interests for providers' interests based on their satisfaction. Third, we propose an query allocation approach, called SbQA, that allows a query allocation method (specifically SbQA) to scale up in terms of the numbers of mediators, participants, and hence of performed queries. Fourth, we propose a query replication method, called SbQR, that allows to support participants' failures when allocating queries while preserving participants' satisfaction and good system performance. Last, but not least, we analytically and experimentally validate our proposals and demonstrate that they yield high efficiency while satisfying participants


Learning history of national heroes is pivotal as a form of respecting people who had scarified their life for the nation and country. However, mostly national heroes history books have not attracted high interest from the community, due to its presentation with a lot of information in text form. With the advancement in new media technology, this study has proposed to utilize augmented reality (AR) book as a media for learning history of Indonesian national heroes. This study is a preliminary study that also tried to analyze its impact on audience's interest and understanding as well the effectiveness of the AR book as media for transferring information or knowledge. This study was conducted by doing interview and low fidelity prototype demonstration of Rasuna Said on 15 participants from different walk of life. The result revealed that participants showed more interests on the history, as well it seems to help them in understanding the presented history better. Furthermore, the participants believed that AR book is an effective media for knowledge transfer. This is a promising result that could be used as supporting information for further study in developing AR book to fulfill the needs of learning history.


The present study examines the ability of detecting short-cycles and global minima of solar activity by analyzing dendrochronologies. Starting with the study of Douglass, which was devoted to the question of climatic cycles and the growth of trees, it is believed that the analysis of dendrochronologies allows to detect the cycle of WolfSchwabe. According to his results, the cycle was absent during Maunder's minimum and appeared after its completion. Having checked Douglass's conclusions by using 10 dendrochronologies of yellow pines from Arizona, which cover the time period from 1600 to 1900, we have come to the opposite results. The verification shows that: a) none of the considered dendroscale allows to detect an 11-year cycle; 2) the behaviour of a short peroid-signal does not undergo significant changes before, during or after Maunder's minimum. A similar attempt to detect global minima of solar activity by using five dendrochronologies from different areas has not led to positive results. On the one hand, the signal of global extremum is not always recorded in dendrochronology, on the other hand, the deep depression of annual rings allows to suppose the existence of a global minimum of solar activity, which is actually absent.


Objective—Diplopia after endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) is rare but very serious. In this study, we investigated the characteristics, prognosis and treatment of diplopia occurring after ESS. Material and Methods—A retrospective analysis was carried out to investigate three patients with diplopia after ESS referred to us from other hospitals. Results—In one case, an improvement in ocular motility was seen after surgical treatment. In the other cases, no improvement was observed, despite surgical treatment. Conclusion—In order to prevent diplopia after ESS, the surgeon must possess a complete anatomical knowledge obtained by means of cadaveric dissection, the ability to carefully read preoperative CT scans and the necessary surgical experience.


In this presentation I will: (1) Provide a general overview of the indications and use of foot orthoses in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) 1, (2) Explore mechanisms of action with respect to preserving, maintaining and restoring foot biomechanics 2, (3) Summarise current evidence on the use of foot orthoses for managing foot pain, disability, deformity and quality of life by drawing on recently published systematic reviews and meta-analyses3. Further I will direct delegates to national, European and International evidence-based clinical guidelines where they exist1,4, and (4) Introduce new technology advances with regards to materials and digital design and manufacturing concepts2. I will conclude the presentation by setting out future directions and priorities for both clinical practice and research and innovation. References: [1] Hennessy K, Woodburn J, Steultjens M. Clinical practice guidelines for the foot and ankle in rheumatoid arthritis: a critical appraisal. J Foot Ankle Res. 2016 Aug 19;9:31. [2] Gibson KS, Woodburn J, Porter D, Telfer S. Functionally optimized orthoses for early rheumatoid arthritis foot disease: a study of mechanisms and patient experience. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2014 Oct;66(10):1456-64. [3] Hennessy K, Woodburn J, Steultjens MP. Custom foot orthoses for rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2012 Mar;64(3):311-20. [4] Chapman LS, Redmond AC, Landorf KB, Rome K, Keenan AM, Waxman R, Alcacer-Pitarch B, Siddle HJ, Backhouse MR. Foot orthoses for people with rheumatoid arthritis: a survey of prescription habits among podiatrists. J Foot Ankle Res. 2019 Jan 25;12:7. Disclosure of Interests: None declared


Wideband Digital Array Radar(WDAR) is an important development trend of radar.In wideband signal,the traditional phase-shift method causes pattern pointing deviation and mainlobe widening,so the true time delay should be used to compensate the channel dispersed delay accurately.This paper analyzes instantaneous bandwidth theory and introduces fractional delay filter(FDF) design which is used to realize true time delay.The simulation result indicates that,in line arrays,using FDF in every subarray to realize DBF can solve effectively the pattern pointing deviation and mainlobe widening problems.


Background: Teratoasthenozoospermia (TA) is a severe form of male infertility with no clear etiology. Objective: To compare the level of intracellular anion superoxide (O2–), heat shock protein A2 (HSPA2) and protamine deficiencies in ejaculated spermatozoa between teratoasthenozoospermic and normozoospermic men. Materials and Methods: In this case- control study, semen samples of 20 infertile men, with TA (with normal morphology lower than 4%_ and total motility lower than 40% ) as the case group and 20 normozoospermic fertile men as the control group were evaluated for intracellular O2– and HSPA2 by flow cytometry and protamine deficiency by Chromomycin A3 (CMA3) test. Results: The rate of CMA3+ spermatozoa in the case group was higher than controls (p=0.001). The percentages of HSPA2+ spermatozoa in the cases were significantly lower than controls (p=0.001). Also, intracellular O2– levels in the case group were significantly higher than controls (p=0.001) and had positive correlations with sperm apoptosis (r=0.79, p=0.01) and CMA3 positive sperm (r=0.76, p=0.01), but negative correlations with normal morphology (r=-0.81, p=0.01) and motility (r=-0.81, p=0.01). There was no significant correlation between intracellular O2– and HSPA2 in the case group (r=0.041, p=0.79). Conclusion: We suggest that the increase in intracellular O2–, decrease in spermatozoa HSPA2+, and high percentages of spermatozoa with immature chromatin might be considered as etiologies of infertility in TA patients.