Hybrid data analysis systems integrate an analytic tool and a data management tool. While hybrid systems have benefits, in order to be effective data movement between the two hybrid components must be minimized. Through experimental results we demonstrate that under workloads whose inputs vary in size, shape, and location, automation is the only practical way to manage data movement in hybrid systems.


Buffer, or high-resistance transparent (HRT) layers have been shown to increase the efficiency of CdS/CdTe solar cells. CdS/CdTe cells were fabricated on numerous float-line-manufacturable TCO and TCO/HRT-coated substrates. The behavior of the best-performing buffer layer was examined over a range of CdS thickness, and the device performance data show gradual dependence of open-circuit voltage and fill factor on CdS thickness below a critical value. The effect of fractional pinhole area is modeled, and it is proposed that pinholes do not dominate device behavior with thinner CdS, and instead band alignment effects explain the observed phenomena. Modeling indicates that the ohmic behavior of the buffer has a relatively small effect on devices with pinholes; instead, improving the diode quality of areas with thin or no CdS has a dominant effect.


The practical use of the CCD linear image sensor ILX511 for scanning of light in some optical applications (spectroscopy) is presented. Communication of the equipment (CCD linear image sensor) with a computer is realized with the help of a parallel interface of a personal computer without an additive interface card. The use of the line detector is presented on the example of detecting the optical spectrum of a mercury lamp.


Received: 28 May 2021 Accepted: 29 May 2021 The present study is an investigation of the advertisements of Kool shaving foam/cream to find out the masculine biases and discourses by analyzing the speeches, linguistic and literary devices, character portrayal and physical setting of the advertisements. Three advertisements of Kool shaving cream, which are retrieved from the YouTube, are taken as samples in this research. Qualitative approach has been adopted to interpret the data. For the findings, analysis and discussion critical discourse analysis (CDA) based on Fairclough"s three-dimension approach is applied. The analysis reveals that while circulating and advertising of Kool shaving foam/cream the advertisers have concurrently disseminated patriarchal ideologies and masculine discourses that have long been being lived out in our society as discursive practices. It is also found that at the end of each sample advertisement it is the veneration of masculinity, not the circulation of the product, which is significantly highlighted. The research carries significance for the academia of media studies, gender studies and other related fields. Keywords


The covid-19 pandemic has revealed the need for alternative production approaches with low startup costs like electrospinning for filter needs, the most imperative element of the personal protective equipment (PPE) Current attempts in advancing melt electrospinning deal with developing strategies for fiber diameter attenuation toward sub-micron scale Here, the attunement in the spinning-zone temperature known as ''spin-line temperature profile'' was utilized as a baseline for fiber diameter reduction The mechanical performance of the melt-electrospun linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) fibers is reported to characterize their structural transformation with respect to various spin-line temperature profiles With an increase in the spin-line temperature to above 100°C in the area of cone formation, an increased tensile and yield strength along with fiber diameter reduction by four-folds was demonstrated A significant increase in toughness, by almost three times, without compromising the stiffness and Young's modulus was observed The dynamic mechanical analysis revealed that spinning in high temperatures produces changes in the alpha (α) relaxation, contributing to the significant increase in strain at break These results are significant because polyolefin fibers are an imperative element of medical textiles and PPE Therefore, developing a correlation for process-structure-properties for emerging production techniques like melt electrospinning becomes critical © 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC


In this paper an exploration is made of the problem of multi-channel assignment and switching based routing for mobile internet,A new routing schema to solve this problem is presented,which is called multi-channel assignment and switching based routing(MASR).In this method,node-based channel assignment is considered,and we introduce the concept of dependent router,with which a hierarchical and fragmented routing protocol is proposed.Extensive simulation is conducted and the results have shown that compared with MCRP and MCP-LB,our schema has better performance.It can improve the total throughput of the network greatly.


The integration of electronic effects into complexes for the construction of novel materials has not yet attracted significant attention in the field of energy storage. In the current study, eight one-dimensional (1D) nickel-based salicylic acid (SA) complexes, Ni-XSAs (X = pH, pMe, pMeO, mMe, pBr, pCl, pF, and pCF3 ), are prepared by ligand engineering. The coordination environments in the Ni-XSAs are explored using X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy. The charge transfer of the complexes is modulated according to the difference in the electron-donating ability of the substituents, in combination with frontier orbital theory. Furthermore, density functional theory (DFT) is used to investigate the effect of the substituent position on the electronic properties of the complexes. Ni-mMeSA exhibits better electrical conductivity than Ni-pMeSA. The electrochemical performance of Ni-mMeSA as an aqueous battery cathode is remarkably improved with a maximum energy density of 0.30 mWh cm-2 (125.00 Wh kg-1 ) and a peak power density of 33.72 mW cm-2 (14.03 kW kg-1 ). This study provides ideas for the application of new coordination chemistry in the field of energy materials science. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.


One of the main challenges in the field of 3D printing/vat photopolymerization is the poor adaption of existing commercial photoinitiators (PIs) for the recently popular 3D printers with the irradiation wavelength at 405 nm. It is thus desirable to design and develop high-performance PIs which can work efficiently at this wavelength. In this work, ten different ketones showing violet/blue light absorption are selected in conjunction with different tertiary amines (e.g. ethyl dimethylaminobenzoate EDB or triethanolamine TEA) and iodonium salt as photoinitiating systems (PISs) for the photopolymerization of trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA) and Ebecryl 40 (a tetrafunctional polyether acrylate) via an oxidation-reduction reaction mechanism. The results demonstrate that several ketone-based PISs can initiate the free radical photopolymerization. The final conversions of Ebecryl 40 resin are higher than those of TMPTA, particularly in the presence of TEA. In addition, the light absorption properties and the photoinitiation mechanisms are also


In article attempt to reveal the systemic problems of the process of realization of the population before the foundation of the development trajectory of the Russian society. Among the problems observed: the passivity of civil society, lack of social and individual identity, high social differentiation, political inertia, and, as a consequence, the lack of a clear life strategy. Shows that Russians generally carry out self-realization through the satisfaction of lower needs. As a result, it is ascertained that the process of self-realization of Russians in general is characterized by one-dimensional and individualistic intention, thereby inhibiting the development of Russian society.


The present invention relates to a composite of a substrate, a plasma polymer layer, a cover layer and, arranged between the cover layer and the plasma polymer layer mixed layer. It further relates to the use of a plasma polymer layer and a mixed layer to improve the adhesion between a substrate and a covering layer and a method for generating a corresponding mixed layer.


Patriotism was a kind of deepest affection to the motherland that people had fixed down for thousand years.Chinese traditional patriotism contained rich contents.Chen Dduxiu had carried on the critique to them.He proposed and used own motion to practice the new patriotism thought.


A study was conducted to determine the affect riparian buffers have on water quality in perennial streams in southern Minnesota. A report from the Environmental Working Group was used to determine how well each county maintained a 50 ft. buffer on perennial streams. Six counties were chosen from across the southern half of Minnesota, three counties receiving a passing grade from EWG and three receiving a failing grade. The counties were paired (one passing, one failing) based on soil type, stream size, and hydrology. Monthly averages for total suspended solids (TSS) and turbidity were determined over a period of four years. The data was plotted to reveal seasonal trends and variations. Statistical analysis, specifically a t-test, was performed for all three comparisons. Counties that maintained their riparian buffers well were found to have lower and less variable TSS and turbidity levels overall compared to the counties with poor buffer maintenance. The results suggest that enforcing the current 50 ft. riparian buffer law in Minnesota is necessary to improve and protect the state's perennial streams.


A general study of the morphology, evolutionary trends and intrageneric taxonomy of the genus Tylencholaimellus Cobb in M. V. Cobb, 1915 is presented. Variability of its main morphological features is described and illustrated, and their possible evolutionary trends are discussed. The subgenera Tylencholaimellus (Tylencholaimellus) Cobb in M. V. Cobb, 1915 and Tylencholaimellus (Coronatylencholaimellus) Jairajpuri & Ahmad, 1992 are considered synonyms, and consequently not retained. A diagnosis of the genus, a list of its species and a polytomous key to the species are given. Le genre Tylencholaimellus Cobb in M. V. Cobb, 1915 (Nematoda: Dorylaimida): morphologie generale, taxonomie, compendium et clef polytomique des especes - Une etude generale de la morphologie, des tendances evolutives et de la taxonomie intragenerique du genre Tylencholaimellus Cobb in M. V. Cobb, 1915 est presentee. La variabilite de principales caracteristiques morphologiques du genre est decrite et illustree et leurs tendances evolutives possibles sont discutees. Les sous-genres Tylencholaimellus (Tylencholaimellus) Cobb in M. V. Cobb, 1915 et Tylencholaimellus (Coronatylencholaimellus) Jairajpuri & Ahmad, 1992 sont consideres comme synonymes et en consequence non conserves. Une diagnose du genre ainsi qu'une liste et une clef polytomique de ses especes sont donnees.


A method and apparatus for measuring linear spot velocity or position variations in the scanning system is provided. This way, a) can be moved side by side along the scan line, the method comprising: providing at least two radiation detectors spaced by a distance d; b) the step of placing the at least two radiation detectors to a first point on the scan line; c) while the at least two said first point radiation detector, scanning the at least two radiation detectors with scanning radiation and position, and the scanning radiation of the at least two radiation detectors along the scan line in which the the step of recording the scanning time of a second radiation detector 2 from the first radiation detector of the at least two radiation detectors; d) the step of maintaining the distance d between the at least two radiation detectors to move the at least two radiation detectors to a second point on the scan line; And e) the at least two radiation detectors is the first for which the two points, again scanning the at least two radiation detectors with scanning radiation and the position of the at least two radiation detectors along the scan line, and the scanning radiation that includes the step of recording the scanning time of the second radiation detector from the first radiation detector of the at least two radiation detectors.


Cathodic protection allied to a polymeric coating is one of the most employed techniques to protect buried steel pipelines against corrosion. Nevertheless, cathodic disbondment, a phenomenon associated with such protection in high‐performance coatings such as (three‐layer polyethylene [3LPE]), still concerns the oil and gas segment regarding pipeline integrity. The present work was part of a Program of Integrity Management and studied in field‐like conditions the influence of cathodic potential, type of soil and coating system on the coating disbondment of buried pipelines for 450 days. The coating systems herein studied simulated the patching between aged (coal tar) and new coatings (3LPE), a standard procedure during damaged pipeline repair. Results pointed out that the combination between aged (coal tar) and new coatings (3LPE) in a pipe segment reduced coating disbondment when compared to the systems where 3LPE was the sole type of coating. Moreover, it was shown that more cathodic potentials (<−1100 mV) and the aggressiveness of the industrial soil herein tested induced disbondment diameters as high as 15.5 mm.


Titanium-based carbon-fibre/epoxy laminates (TI-CF FMLs), are layered materials based on stacked arrangements of titanium alloy layers and carbon-fibre/epoxy laminated layers, having benefits over both constituent materials. In this study, the tensile properties of the TI-CF FMLs were investigated under quasi-static loading. A comprehensive experimental study was conducted for nine different types of the TI-CF FMLs (considering various metal sheet thicknesses, metal volume fractions and fibre orientations) as well as their associated constituent materials (i.e., Ti-6Al-4V and CF/E laminates). The stress-strain curves of the TI-CF FMLs, which characterized into three stages, were analyzed. Each stage of failure were explained in detail. In addition, the specific energy absorption of the TI-CF FMLs were evaluated in this study.


The urgency of the implementation of environmental engineering work of materiel was introduced.Suggestions on promoting the application of environmental engineering work of materiel was put forward from the aspects of cognition,working mechanism,data application,and technical and standard supports.


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The mind evolutionary algorithm is combined,the rough set and the neural network,and a rough set-neural network based on MEA is proposed applying in transformer fault diagnosis.This model uses global optimization characteristics of the mind evolutionary algorithm to search rough set discrete breakpoints and neural network connection weights and thresholds,it avoids the conventional rough set complex handwork reduction and slow convergence and low precision of BP neural network,and benefits to find the global optimal solution quickly and improves the diagnostic speed and accuracy.Simulation experiment verifies the validity of this method.


In this paper, we examine the optimal power allocation of a multicarrier waveform for a dual-function radar-communication system. We derive an information theoretic optimization problem to enhance radar estimation while fulfilling a communication information rate constraint. We use Jensen's inequality to approximate the latter intractable problem. We illustrate the benefits of the proposed method, in terms of con-ditional mutual information, compared to that based on low and high signal-to-noise ratio approximations. We also demonstrate the trade-off between radar and communication metrics.


Observation of high temperature ferromagnetism in Ni-doped In2O3 and indium-tin-oxide (ITO) samples prepared by a solid state synthesis route is reported. Both Ni-doped compounds showed a clear ferromagnetism above 300K with the magnetic moments of 0.03–0.06μB∕Ni and 0.1μB∕Ni at 300 and 10K, respectively. Ni-doped In2O3 samples showed a typical semiconducting behavior with a room temperature resistivity of ρ∼2Ωcm, while Ni-doped ITO samples were metallic with ρ∼2×10−2Ωcm. Analysis of different conduction mechanisms suggested that variable range hopping model explains our ρ-T data for the Ni-doped In2O3 sample the best.


The distribution of the beta, ((3,) and beta, (p,) subtypes of the p-adren- ergic receptor was examined in rat and nondiseased control human tissue. The distribu- tion of the and p, receptors was also examined in schizophrenic cases, with additional studies in schizophrenic suicide and nonschizophrenic suicide cases. Scatchard analysis of the binding of (1251)iodopindolol (IPIN) to cortical membranes showed a similar Kd in human (177 pM) and rat (161 pM), but a lower maximum binding site (Bmax) in the human tissue (18.7 fmoWmg protein and 55.6 fmoWmg protein). For the autoradiographic studies (1251)IPIN was used to visualize both subtypes (total) or was displaced with the selective &-receptor antagonist ICI-89,406 to visualize (3, sites, or with the selective 6,-receptor antagonist ICI-118,551 to visualize p, sites. Important differences in the regional distribution of the two subtypes of the p-adrenergic receptors were noted between rat and human. In the nucleus accumbens and ventral putamen (ventral striatum), a patchy distribution of p, receptors was observed that was not evident in the rat. These patches were aligned with markers of the matrix compartment of the striatum. The schizophrenic cases showed significant increases in the labeling of the P,-receptor patches with (1251)IPIN. In contrast to the frontal cortex of the nondisease controls, the parietal and temporal cortex showed a high ratio of to p, receptors and a highly laminar organization of the subtypes. (1251)IPIN binding to p1 receptors was highest in the external laminae with the reverse gradient for the p, subtype. The medial temporal cortex displayed an alteration in the ratio of the 2 subtypes of the p-adrenergic receptor, with the parahippo- campus and hippocampus of the human, in contrast to the rat brain, predominantly expressing the p2 receptor. Moreover, there were consistently higher densities of p, receptors in the hippocampus of the right hemisphere than the left hemisphere of the nondisease controls. There was not a left and right hemispheric asymmetry of p, receptors in the hippocampus of elderly schizophrenics or in young schizophrenics who committed suicide. The asymmetry was evident in nonschizophrenic suicides, suggesting that the lack of asymmetry in the hippocampus of schizophrenics is evident early in the disease process. Thus limbic structures show alterations in the patterning of PI and p, receptors in the schizophrenic cases.


At the leading order, M‐theory admits minimal supersymmetric compactifications if the internal manifold has exceptional holonomy. The inclusion of non‐vanishing fluxes in M‐theory and string theory compactifications induce a superpotential in the lower dimensional theory, which depends on the fluxes. In this work, we check the conjectured form of this superpotential in the case of warped M‐theory compactifications on Spin(7) holonomy manifolds. We perform a Kaluza‐Klein reduction of the eleven‐dimensional supersymmetry transformation for the gravitino and we find by direct comparison the superpotential expression. We check the conjecture for the heterotic string compactified on a Calabi‐Yau three‐fold as well. The conjecture can be checked indirectly by inspecting the scalar potential obtained after the compactification of M‐theory on Spin(7) holonomy manifolds with non‐vanishing fluxes. The scalar potential can be written in terms of the superpotential and we show that this potential stabilizes all the moduli fields describing deformations of the metric except for the radial modulus.


Major environmental risk and safety hazard can be caused by marine oil terminals that are improperly designed and maintained. Yet there are currently no requirements, regulations or standards anywhere in the United States to define what constitutes proper engineering practice in this area. The California State Lands Commission (SLC) created a Marine Facilities Division in 1990 to oversee the more than 60 marine oil terminals throughout the state for the purpose of protecting the environment and to ensure safe practices. This paper examines the comprehensive engineering standards being developed with the goal of protecting public health, safety, and the environment. Also discussed is the process that has included formal workshops in which draft regulations were presented, discussed and a general consensus was reached.


This paper addresses the state-of-the-art in microwave and millimetre-wave power transistor technology. The relative performance of microwave power transistor technology from 1 GHz to 60 GHz is reviewed. The fundamental technological drivers in the design of microwave compound semiconductor power transistors are discussed as the basis for developing optimum designs. A new high yield power GaAs pHEMT process is described and the application of this technology to multi-carrier microwave power amplifiers is discussed, achieving state-of-the-art performance, with output powers of up to 120 W with 70% efficiency at 2.1 GHz. Solid-state microwave power amplifiers are required to deliver RF power levels between a few Watts at millimeter-wave frequencies to peak powers of over a kilowatt at 1 GHz, in communications and Radar applications. The design of high performance microwave power amplifiers for future communications systems requires very low levels of distortion, high efficiencies and the ability to handle multiple carriers whilst simultaneously operating at very low levels of intermodulation distortion. The performance of the power amplifier depends critically upon the choice of active device and the embedding circuit design. Recent high efficiency designs, require power transistors with very high cutoff frequencies and very low 'on' resistances. This has led to an upsurge of interest in using compound semiconductor 2 transistors, and in particular pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistors (pHEMTs) and heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs), which can achieve higher efficiencies and improved linearity at these frequencies [1,2]. Choice of Technology. The choice of power transistor for a given application strongly depends on the mode of operation at the required frequency. Key performance parameters are the power output and power added efficiency, which in turn relate to the maximum operating voltage and current handling capability of the transistor and its large-signal gain. A comparison of the power output and power added efficiency (PAE) performance of a variety of popular RF technologies is shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2. In the frequency range 900 MHz to 1.8 GHz LDMOS has the lowest output power density (power per gate/emitter periphery), whilst the HBT has the highest power density. This apparent potential size advantage of HBTs is partially mitigated by the need for ballast resistors and thermal management on the smaller die. LDMOS is well established in both infrastructure and handset applications. Recently, pHEMT and HBTs have achieved significant levels of penetration into new designs of handset power amplifier, offering improved efficiency. PHEMT (and …


Green Design of mechanical product is being paid more attention and becoming a new design method while environment problem is becoming more serious. In this paper,the concept of green design is first given. The main contents and methods of green design based on mechanical product on whole life cycle are mainly analyzed,which are given a basis on mechanical product design.


fuzzy logic for business finance and management is available in our book collection an online access to it is set as public so you can get it instantly. Our digital library spans in multiple locations, allowing you to get the most less latency time to download any of our books like this one. Merely said, the fuzzy logic for business finance and management is universally compatible with any devices to read.


We study the coherence properties of an atom laser, which operates by extracting atoms from a gaseous Bose-Einstein condensate via a two-photon Raman process, by analyzing a recent experiment [(Hagley et al., submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. (1999)]. We obtain good agreement with the experimental data by solving the time-dependent Gross-Pitaevskii equation in three dimensions both numerically and with a Thomas-Fermi model. The coherence length is strongly affected by the space-dependent phase developed by the condensate when the trapping potential is turned off. Typeset using REVTEX


Objective To compare neuromuscular blockade of rocuronium of target controlled infusion based on Szenhradszky pharmacokinetic parameter set with intermittent bolus injection. Methods Thirty patients scheduled for abdominal surgery undergoing general anesthesia were divided into two groups. After loss of consciousness, a target blood concentration of 3 μg/mL rocuronium was administered with a TCI syringe driver based on Szenohradszkay pharmacokinetic parameter set and maintained T 110% throughout surgery in TCI group (n=15). Bolus dose of 0.6 mg/kg rocuronium was injected intravenously for trachea intubation. 0.15 mg/kg rocuronium was given whenever T 1 restore to 25% in control group (n=15). Results Onset time of control group was significantly faster than that of TCI group (P0.01).The rocurionium consumption of TCI group was more than control group significantly (P0.01).There were no significant difference of total dose,recovery time to 75% of T 1,recovery index and recovery time to T 4/T 10.7 between two groups (P0.05). Equal intubation condition and maximum neuromuscular block of T 1 were obtain in two groups. Conclusion Target control infusion of rocuronium can obtained equal neuromuscular blockade comparing with intermittent bolus injection during short surgery, and muscle relaxation is more stably maintained.


A method for controlling water hardness of washer is used for automatic washer with ion-exchange resin water softener and controller. The process is carried out by inspecting water hardness by inspector, controlling softened-water electromagnetic valve, softened-water discharge electromagnetic valve and water-intake pipe electromagnetic valve turnoff/turn-on, passing running-water into washing drum or passing into washing drum by water softener, ion-exchange resin salt brine reclaim treating, recording treating time by controller, accumulating, displaying, storing, alarming while reaching accumulation end to a certain value, reminding users to add into salt and judging running-water hardness. It saves resources and has better softened water quality.


For the documents published do not give the effect value of structural deformation package on the piezoresistive accelerometer,the package model of finite element analysis software Coventor Ware is introduced into quantitative analysis.The effect of package structure deformation on piezoresistive accelerometer performance is analyzed under conditions of different temperatures and different impact directions by using the Coventor Ware.The results show that the effect of the package structure deformation on the piezoresistive accelerometer caused by temperature and impact is on the order of magnitude of ten-thousandth,which is consistent with precious test results.


The effect of the supergranulation velocity field combined with seeing smearing of the solar image on the measurement of solar oscillations is discussed. Depending on the nature of the observational velocity determination scheme, the image motions can shift the background velocity pattern and produce a source of noise that reduces the quality of the observations. The magnitude of this effect is estimated and observational results which are consistent with this estimate are presented.


This paper introduces two gametic selection coefficients and three gene interaction coefficients and a jump-function of gene interaction into theory described segregational load, and unites confused wrangling in theory lasted nearly forty years, and obtains such results as below: 1) For an equilibrium population the past conclusions about segregational load are no fault with a few exceptions, the equilibrium is probable only when S_1 = S_2 and the fitness of population is unchangable. 2) If S_1 ≠ S_2, the equilibrium is unprobable. For nonequilibrium population ever since F_1-generation the segregational load decreases from one generation to next generation under the selection, the population is able to rise in power once again for short time. This way, many phenomenon what was no able to explain in past are explained.


A high performance capillary electrophoresis(HPCE) method has been developed for detection of milk protein,soy protein isolate and glutin and whey protein.The melt quarz capillary without coating was used in 0.1 mol/L phosphate buffer system,the test UV wavelength is 214 nm and the separation voltage is 26 kV.Then the five proteins of milk were detected in above conditions.The liner correlations of all proteins are greater than 0.997 and the recoveries range of them is 86%~102%.The relative standard deviation(RSD) of the migration time and peak area are all less than 0.33% and 4.65% respectly.Comparing the figures of milk protein,soy protein isolate and glutin and whey protein,the characteristic peaks of different proteins could be confirmed and quantified,the reproductivity of the method is quite good.This method is rapid and accurate in detecting milk protein.


A novel approach to heteropolymer design is proposed. It is based on the criterion by Kurosky and Deutsch, with which the probability of a target conformation in a conformation space is maximized at low but finite temperature. The key feature of the proposed approach is the use of soft spins (fuzzy monomers) that leads to a design equation, which is an analog of the Boltzmann machine learning equation in the design problem. We implement an algorithm based on the design equation for the generalized HP model on the 3×3×3 cubic lattice and check its performance.


Efficient persistent spectral hole burning in Eu3+-doped sulfide glasses was observed with the addition of CsBr or KBr. Holes in these glasses showed high initial growth rates, thermal barrier heights, and low relaxation rates. It was also possible to form independent multiholes on the inhomogeneously broadened absorption spectrum. One-photon absorption of the burning light and corresponding reduction of Eu3+ into Eu2+ via interaction with local conduction (or charge transfer) bands are the main processes for hole burning.


Lysozyme participates in many immune responses,and its content in serum is an important indicator of immune function of the animal.In the study,the lysozyme in serum of 36 piglets(20 day after birth) was measured with two methods,nephelometry and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA).The results showed that both the coefficients of variance(C.V.) among the three tests of the same samples of ELISA and that of the testing results of 36 samples were significantly lower than those of nephelometry,indicating the higher testing precision of ELISA than nephelometry.The coefficient of correlation between the results of two methods was 0.33,which was not significantly correlated(P0.05).Nephelometry tests the enzyme activity of lysozyme,and ELISA tests the actual net content in serum.Hence,the two methods have different testing principles,which lead to their low coefficient of correlation.Additionally,ELISA was less affected by the color of serum and easier to test large sample in one operation,but it needs microplate reader and washer specific for the ELISA.In the actual study,researcher should select the optimal method according to the study aim,sample number and cost.


Application of fungicides to small plots in fields of cereals can playa useful part in the study of effects of disease on crop yield. To suit the scale of this work , I have built a sprayer that can be carried and operated by one person. The spray tank holds 4.6 lit res of fungicide. In my work 4 litres is suff icient for one plot of 100 rn",The nozzles are to one side of the operator, along 2.5 m of the boom, so that a plot 5 m wide is sprayed in two swathes from its opposite edges. The sprayer was adapted from one developed by the New Zealand Forest Research Institute for precision spraying of herbicides. The main changes that were made included the use of compressed air in place of CO2 , and a more flex ible , cheaper, tank design. Various mod ifications to the boom included the use of one delivery line to all nozzles , instead of a separate tube to each nozzle, leg stands to protect the nozzles, and a harness to aid precision of application. The spray tank and compressed air source were mounted on an alumin ium alloy "Mountain Mule" pack frame (Figure 1). The 4.6 litre capacity tank was a 26 em leng th cut from 15 cm (outside-diameter) alum iniu m irrigation pipe. The tank bottom was a dis c of plate alurnlnlu rn 1 em th ick welded to U1e pip e, wit h a 20 mm hose fitting fer the outlet. The iid was a similar disc, secured by a nut to a threaded stee l rod passing up through the centre of the tank from the bottom plate. An '0 ' ring in a groov e mach in-


Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a relatively new area of research that utilises multidisciplinary and holistic approaches to develop smart solutions for complex problems in industrial environments. Designing applications for the IIoT is a non trivial issue and requires to address, among many others, technology concerns, the protection of personal data, and the privacy of individuals. In this review paper, we identify privacy-preserving solutions that have been proposed in the literature to safeguard the privacy of individuals being part, or interacting with, the IIoT environment. As such, it considers two main categories of the analysed protocols, i.e., the privacy-preserving data management and processing solutions, and the privacy-preserving authentication methods.


In practical optimization tasks, it is more and more frequent that the objective function is black-box which means that it cannot be described mathematically. Such functions can be evaluated only empirically, usually through some costly or time-consuming measurement, nu- merical simulation or experimental testing. Therefore, an important direction of research is the approximation of these objective functions with a suitable regression model, also called surrogate model of the objective functions. This paper evaluates two different approaches to the con- tinuous black-box optimization which both integrates sur- rogate models with the state-of-the-art optimizer CMA- ES. The first Ranking SVM surrogate model estimates the ordering of the sampled points as the CMA-ES utilizes only the ranking of the fitness values. However, we show that continuous Gaussian processes model provides in the early states of the optimization comparable results.


This study was conducted to investigate physico-chemical changes of pork prepared by Korean traditional 3 types seasoning such as soybean sauce(T1); garlic sauce(T2); red pepper sauce(T3). The seasoned samples were aged at 0 ± 1 for 30 days. The results obtained were as follows; Salinity(%) and saccharinity(%) of sauce ℃ were significantly decreased(P < 0.05) among the all treatments during aging periods, whereas fermented meats were significantly increased(P < 0.05). pH of sauce and fermented meat were tended to increased as aging period. Water-Holding Capacity(WHC) and shear force of fermented meat increased(P < 0.05) among the all treatments at 20 days of storage, and decreased after that period. In color, L * and b * value of T3 were lower, while a * value was higher than other treatments during aging period. Volatile Basic Nitrogen(VBN) value of all treatments were increased(P < 0.05) after 20 days of storage. VBN value of T3 was significantly higher(P < 0.05) compared with other treatments. Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances(TBARS) was rapidly increased until 10 days of storage and somewhat decreased up to 20 days after 10 days in all treatments, it was re-in- creased after 20th days. T3 showed the highest TBARS among the all treatment groups. Total bacterial and Lactobacilli spp. were significantly increased(P < 0.05) in all treatments at 10 days of storage and decreased af- ter that period, however it tended to increased at 30 days of storage. In sensory evaluation, overall accept- ability in all treatments were increased after 20 days of storage compared to initial storage and it score was similar thereafter.


In the processing of getting the trace to measure the moving objects with several optics-measurement instruments,it is necessary to equip them on a optics platform,and can be adjusted the consistent of their optics axis with the aid of standard aim-paid.It needs special optics meter instrument such as parallel optics-tube to measure the consistent of their optics axis and gives detail adjustment.The characteristic of the consistent of several optics-measurement instrument is analysed,and by means of image capturing and image analysis to calculate as well as gives out the consistent of three optics-measurement instrument when set up on the tracing optics platform.


In this work, a novel fusion scheme for efficient representation of a hyperspectral dataset in an informative color image is proposed using 2D-PCA. The fusion approach is based on partitioning the hyperspectral dataset into subgroups of bands, and image covariance matrix is directly applied on the 2D matrices of each spectral band. The resulting image representation offers the ability to effectively discriminate information, providing advanced performance in terms of multiband representation. Experimental results, provided on two hyperspectral dataset acquired by CHRIS sensor and the AVIRIS instrument, demonstrate the advantage of the proposed work.


We employed the Theil index in a comparative analysis of regional carbon emission intensity based on carbon emissions,per capita carbon emissions and carbon intensity concerning various regions in China from 1997 to 2010,followed by an inter-regional comparison based on variation coefficient and a Gini-based analysis of regional carbon emission fairness.A comprehensive study on how China' s regions differ in carbon emission was conducted at macro-,medium-,and micro levels.Next,a cluster approach was adopted and the 29 provinces were grouped in accordance with total carbon emission volume of each.From 1997 to 2010carbon emissions and per capita carbon emissions grew gradually in Eastern China,Central China and Western China.The carbon emissions of Eastern China were larger than that of Central China,and that of Central China were larger than Western China.However,Western China intends to catch up with Central China in this respect.The situation of per capita carbon emissions is identical to carbon emissions.Eastern China,Central China,and Western China were ranked the first,the second,and the third in the per-capita carbon emissions,whereas in 2009,the ranking changed to be Eastern China,Western China,and Central China.In addition,the per-capita carbon emissions in Western China exceeded those of Central China in 2009.The carbon intensity of Eastern China was much lower than that of Central China and Western China,while Central China was close to Western China.There appeard a downward trend of the carbon intensity.As the Theil index showed,the China-wide carbon emission intensity is characterized by regional diversity,which mainly results from the gap existing inside a region.Inter-regional differences are the secondary causes,of which Eastern China and Central China contributes more greatly to the overall differences,with a contribution rate of nearly 25%.Whereas the contribution rate of Western China is relatively low.The variation coefficients indicate that Eastern China ranked the first but Central China the last in carbon emission volume,Western China the first but Eastern China the last in per capita carbon emissions,and Central China the first but Eastern China the last in carbon emission intensity.As the calculation result shows,the Gini coefficient is 0.154 3in Eastern China,0.249 2in Central China,0.315 2in Western China,and 0.244 6in the whole nation.Among them,Western China has the highest Gini coefficient,followed by Central China and Eastern China in sequence.Gini coefficient demonstrates that Central China is in the first place and Eastern China in the last with respect to carbon emission diversity,of which the differences inside Inner Mongolia,Ningxia,Shanxi,Guangxi contribute greatly to the diversity of the regions they are related to.Furthermore,the cluster analysis classifies all provinces into four levels of excellent,good,moderate,and poor.Cluster analysis demonstrates that Hainan and Qinghai are excellent in carbon emission situation;18provinces represented by Beijing,Tianjin and Jilin are graded as good;other 8provinces represented by Hebei and Shanxi are proved as moderate;only Shandong belongs to poor region in carbon emission situation.Finally,the authors suggest formulation of diverse objectives and strategies aimed at emission reduction.


Summary A number of geophysical surveys were conducted over two controlled releases of about 100 gallons each of gasoline. In order to clearly identify the responses associated with the gasoline plume, measurements were made before, during and after the injection. The two experiments were conducted about three years apart in the same geologic cell at the controlled tank facilities at the Oregon Graduate Institute in Beaverton , OR. The results of high resolution (2.5 cm spacing) downhole electrical resistivity measurements are presented in this paper. An increase in the electrical resistivity in the capillary zone above the water table was observed with the injected gasoline plume in both experiments. However, the magnitude and shape of the anomaly were considerably different in the two experiments and appear to be associated with the properties of the capillary zone and history of water infiltration prior to the gasoline injection. In order to study longer term responses, measurements were taken 7 months later in the second experiment. These results proved difficult to interpret because considerable rainfall in the area flooded the cell a number of times, causing movement and smearing of the gasoline plume.


— J. P. Spencer et al. (2009) ask readers to reject the nativist–empiricist dialogue and adopt a new theoretical perspective on cognition, focusing on "developmental process." This commentary argues that the dialogue between nativism and empiricism is a rich source of insight into the nature and development of human knowledge. Indeed, the dialogue is entering a new and exciting phase, in which new methods of controlled rearing and of cognitive neuroscience, and new conceptual tools for understanding learning, allow exploration of how human concepts emerge through the interaction of innate cognitive structures shaped by natural selection, with statistical learning processes shaped by specific encounters with the world. This approach fosters new, interdisciplinary research that promises to increase dramatically understanding of human knowledge.


NKT cells are a unique immunoregulatory T cell population that produces large amounts of cytokines. We have investigated whether stimulation of host NKT cells could modulate acute graft-vs-host disease (GVHD) in mice. Injection of the synthetic NKT cell ligand (cid:1) -galactosylceramide ( (cid:1) -GalCer) to recipient mice on day 0 following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation pro-moted Th2 polarization of donor T cells and a dramatic reduction of serum TNF- (cid:1) , a critical mediator of GVHD. A single injection of (cid:1) -GalCer to recipient mice significantly reduced morbidity and mortality of GVHD. However, the same treatment was unable to confer protection against GVHD in NKT cell-deficient CD1d knockout (CD1d (cid:2) / (cid:2) ) or IL-4 (cid:2) / (cid:2) recipient mice or when STAT6 (cid:2) / (cid:2) mice were used as donors, indicating the critical role of host NKT cells, host production of IL-4, and Th2 cytokine responses mediated by donor T cells on the protective effects of (cid:1) -GalCer against GVHD. Thus, stimulation of host NKT cells through administration of NKT ligand can regulate acute GVHD by inducing Th2 polarization of donor T cells via STAT6-dependent mechanisms and might represent a novel strategy for prevention of acute GVHD. The Journal of Immunology, 2005, 174: 551–556. either syngeneic (B6) or allogeneic (BALB/c) donors. Immediately after BMT, B6 recipients were injected i.p. with either (cid:2) -GalCer or diluent. Six days after BMT, T cells isolated from mesenteric LN of recipient mice were cultured with irradiated B6 peritoneal cells or with anti-CD3 (cid:5) mAbs and anti-CD28 mAbs for 48 h, and cytokine levels in the supernatant were determined. Flow cytometric analysis showed that (cid:5) 97% of LN T cells from both control recipients and (cid:2) -GalCer-treated recipients were donor derived, as assessed by H-2 d vs H-2 b expression. T cells from (cid:2) -GalCer-treated mice secreted significantly less IFN- (cid:1) , but more IL-4, in response to host alloantigens (Fig. 2, A and B ) or to CD3 stimulation (Fig. 2, C and D ) compared with those from controls. Similar results were obtained when T cells isolated from spleens were stimulated by anti-CD3 (cid:5) and anti-CD28 mAbs. T cells from (cid:2) -GalCer-treated mice secreted significantly less IFN- (cid:1) (18 (cid:6) 2 vs 164 (cid:6) 6 ng/ml), but more IL-4 (1022 (cid:6) 114 vs 356 (cid:6) 243 pg/ml), compared with controls. These results demonstrate that a single injection of (cid:2) -GalCer to BMT recipients polarizes donor T cells toward Th2 responses after allogeneic BMT.


In this study, it was aimed to produce composite laminates of boronized AISI-1010 steel plates as an alternative protection against the threat level BR-2 defined in the EN-1063 standard. Cold rolled AISI-1010 steel plates were cut into hexagonal plates with 45 mm diagonals. These hexagonal plates were boronized by pack boronizing method at 950◦C for 3 h. The characterization of the boronized samples was carried out by SEM-EDS, XRD, and Vickers microhardness measurement. Composite laminates having two different thicknesses were produced by bonding boronized AISI-1010 steel plates with a binary component acrylic adhesive and pressing. Armor plates were produced by combining hexagonal composite laminates together on a thin kevlar sheet to provide the necessary integrity. The ballistic tests of these plates were performed for the threat level BR-2 defined in the EN-1063 standard. K e y w o r d s: armor, laminated composite panel, ballistic damage, boronizing, iron boride


Smooth nonparametric estimators of a quantile function based on symmetric kernels suffer from spill-over around the boundaries which leads to boundary bias. Based on a beta probability density as a kernel function, a new nonparametric estimator of a quantile function under right censoring is proposed. This new quantile estimator is free of spill-over around the boundaries. Asymptotic properties of the proposed quantile estimator are studied. An illustrative example and Monte Carlo simulation results are presented to compare the proposed method with existing estimators and show the substantial improvement.


In the modern society,the development of traditional arts and crafts is in the trouble.In order to prosper in the future,personnel in the arts and crafts field should adopt the proper strategies to combine artistic inheritance and moderate development so as to broaden the market space for the rehabilitation and development of traditional arts and crafts taking into account the principle of "market segmentation" in the marketing theory.


Solenopsis japonica, which is belonging to Formicidae in Hymenoptera, is a native ant species in Korea. However, it had not been studied for cold hardiness of S. japonica to understand on its overwintering mechanisms in field so far. Cold tolerance on developmental stages was measured at different cold temperature with various exposure times. Workers showed more survival at 5°C and 10°C compared with other stages and elevated cold tolerance when workers were exposed at 15°C for more than 12h incubation as a rapid cold hardening (RCH) condition. RCH treatment not only increased survival of workers at cold temperatures, but also decreased supercooling point (SCP) and freezing point (FP). RCH group increased the survival rate by 44% at 10°C compared with Non-RCH group. SCP and FP were depressed from -10.0 to -14.2°C and from -11.3 to -15.3°C, respectively, after RCH treatment. Cold temperature increased expression level of coldand stress-related genes such as glycerol kinase and heat shock protein. These results indicate unacclimated cold tolerance of S. japonica and its acclimation to low temperature by RCH.


Introduction: At the very beginning of the rover Opportunity mission on Mars in January 2004, it has been obvious that one of the most striking features of the landscapes at Meridiani Planum is the presence of billions of spherules of sub-centimeter size scattered on the soil and on the rocks. Their shape is nearly spherical. The question arose of their origin and of the processes of their formation. Soon, work began on the Mars Forum [1] to measure the size distributions (SD) of the spherules. Using close-up images from the Microscopic Imager (MI), it rapidly appeared that the SD is narrow and asymmetric with a tail towards lower sizes. This is an unexpected feature; on Earth, geological analogs show a right-tailed distribution while in biological structures the logistical growth curve has some similarities to the Mars spherules distribution [2]. It was then desirable to confirm these findings with an independent approach. It is the scope of this paper to report on the use of larger field Panoramic camera (Pancam) images from NASA [3] to determine the SD. Pancam images processing: Suitable Pancam images have a resolution of about 0.5 mm/pixel, and a spherule is no more that 10 pixels wide. With thousands of spherules on an image it is very difficult to measure them by hand. We have investigated the use of ImageJ software [4] to measure the diameters of a great number of spherules on an image. The use of 4x to 8x enlarged and interpolated images have been proven necessary in order to avoid aliasing effects. The software provides automatically a list of the spherules with the area of their illuminated portion. As the work on the MI images features the diameters, for the convenience of the comparisons we have converted the area into equivalent diameter (i.e. the diameter of the circle with the same area). The effect of perspective, defined as the maximum of the difference of the apparent diameters of identical spherules in different locations on the image is calculated as 18 % for sol 188 and 3 % for sol 202. The effect has been taken into account in both images and the individual diameters corrected. The measurements obtained that way suffer from two difficulties. First, the automated process selects only the illuminated portion of the sphere, and the resulting area is lower than the full hemisphere area. The error in relative terms is the same for all the spherules, being dependant only on the sun incidence angle. Figure 1: Image 1P144875265ESF3416P2547R1M1-BR taken with the R1 (436 nm) filter on sol 188. The RAT hole provides an absolute size calibration of the image. The camera axis intersects the ground at an incidence angle of 36 degrees. The resolution is 0.75 mm per pixel and the sun incidence angle correction factor (see text) is 1.10.


In order to research pathogen during preservation as well as makes a comparison based on the statistics of main diseases that takes the samples of original-processed fresh grape. The separating, cultivating, and re-inoculating of the pathogen has been tested, finally the species of the pathogen has been identified. The pathogen of the diseases are A. tenuis Nees , P. simplicissimum(Oud..Thom, F. avenaceum( Fr.. Sacc and B. cinerea Pers.ex Fr. And the diseases could be concluded as a mix- infection.


The decrease of proprioception is a common consequence of neuromuscular and musculoskeletal diseases, and a rehabilitation treatment is needed to recover proprioceptive abilities. Many studies demonstrate that biofeedback training of sensory-motor functions can improve the outcome of rehabilitation. The combined use of biofeedback, wearable sensors and Internet of Things represents a very useful solution to develop smart wearable devices to be used for augmenting rehabilitation, both in clinics and at home. This paper proposes and validates a smart and easy-to-use system for proprioceptive training, which provides biofeedback to the patient thanks to a custom-designed Virtual Reality game. Attention is paid to reduce the complexity of the system and the amount of data to be exchanged for controlling the game and to be stored for assessing the patient's progresses, still ensuring the effectiveness of the system to monitor the patient also in home-rehabilitation scenarios. The system was experimentally validated on 8 healthy subjects and the obtained results demonstrated that the Virtual Reality game is easy and intuitive, as confirmed by the high performance of the subjects (success rate > 90%), and that allows training different features of limb proprioception.


Supposing that there are two dissimilar sensor (e.g. radar and infrared detector), a multi-sensor data sequential fusion filter (MSDSFF) has been proposed. For maneuvering target tracking, an interactive acceleration compensation (IAC) algorithm has been introduced into the MSDSFF (IAC/MSDSFF). Considering the performance and the computational requirement, the IAC/MSDSFF is an effective approach.


A lattice formulation of a three dimensional super Yang-Mil ls model with a twistedN = 4 supersymmetry is proposed. The extended supersymmetry algebra o f all eight supercharges is fully and exactly realized on the lattice with a modified "Leibniz rule ". The formulation we employ here is a three dimensional extension of the manifestly gauge covar iant method which was developed in our previous proposal of Dirac-Kähler twisted N = 2 super Yang-Mills on a two dimensional lattice. The twistedN = 4 supersymmetry algebra is geometrically realized on a thre e dimensional lattice with link supercharges and the use of "shifted" (ant i-)commutators. A possible solution to the recent critiques on the link formulation will be discuss ed.


Background: East Java Province is a province on the island of Java with a high incidence of leprosy. Daha Husada Kediri General Hospital is a hospital that provides health services to leprosy patients. Objective: To analyze the risk factors for leprosy in Daha Husada General Hospital, Kediri City. Methods: This study used a case-control research design to use an analytic observational method. The case group was patients diagnosed with leprosy and treated at Daha Husada General Hospital. In contrast, the control group was patients who were not diagnosed with leprosy and were treated at Daha Husada General Hospital. The variables used are age, education level, occupation, gender, and contact history. The number of respondents was 362 respondents divided into case and control groups, each of which was 181 people. Data collection is done through medical records. Results: The p-value for age 0.01<0.05 with OR 2.60 and 95% CI (1.64-4.14), the p-value for educational level (0.01)<0.05 with OR 2.99 and 95% CI (1.93-4.60), the p-value for sex (0.00)<0.05 with OR 0.43 and 95% CI (0.27-0.68), the p-value for history contact (0.01) <0.05 with OR 5.56 and 95% CI (2.51-12.31) which means that age, educational level, gender, contact history are related to leprosy. Conclusion: Age, education level, gender, and contact history determine the transmission of leprosy at Daha Husada General Hospital, Kediri.


The invention relates to a fluoridated polyimide film for thin-film solar cells and a preparation method thereof. The film is prepared from fluoridated polyimide and nano aluminum powder. The preparation method comprises the following steps: blending and extruding the fluoridated polyimide, nano aluminum powder and the like by a screw blending and extrusion apparatus, filtering, introducing into a running die head, cooling, drawing, coiling and the like to obtain the fluoridated polyimide film for solar cells. The product is attached to the photic surface of the thin-film solar cell or used as an upper packaging film of the solar cell to directly enhance the generating efficiency of the flexible or thin-film solar cell.


Background Laser treatment of venous malformations is a major challenge because of the large variations in skin pigmentation, anatomic location, and vessel size and depth. Objective To determine the safety and effectiveness of electro-optical synergy, a new technology that combines the 900 nm diode laser with radiofrequency current for the treatment of facial venous malformation. Methods Fourteen patients with Fitzpatrick skin types II to IV were treated for facial venous malformations with simultaneous radiofrequency energy (60–80 J/cm3) and optical diode laser energy (fluence 80–100 J/cm2) in one to three sessions. All lesions measured less than 100 cm2. Lesion clearance was evaluated by three specialists on the basis of digital photographs taken before the first treatment and 1 and 2 months after the last treatment. Results Thirteen patients showed a complete response and one patient a partial response. The results were rated excellent in the 13 patients and good in one patient. Transient swelling, erythema, and pain were present in all patients, with permanent scarring in only one patient. Conclusion The combination of laser light and radiofrequency energy is effective and safe for the treatment of facial venous malformations. It provides additional heating of the vessels without increasing laser intensity. The side effects are minimal.


The persons living with Diabetes in the community does not realize their actual situation. The knowledge levels of persons with acute diabetes infuse insulin and in case of Type 2 diabetes patients is comparatively moderate in symptoms of common men and experts. Individuals with diabetes survive in a community that does not realize their ailment. The complete opinion that persons with severe diabetes infuse insulin and that Type 2 diabetes is minor persists prevalent within the common people and still with certain health care specialists. The Diabetes attitudes, wishes, and needs study, underlined that emotionalassistance in this unit of patients is lower than source and ineffective, causing in weak quality of life (QoL) and decreased common wellbeing. It is frequently tricky for much to agree that they must take medicines consistently during their life cycle, causing in weak medication adherence and diabetes personal administration. These psycho social problems can eventually develop into depressive or other psychological disorders that are associated with poor self-care behavior, poor metabolic outcomes, increased mortality, functional limitations, increased health-care cost, loss of productivity, and reduced QoL. To make the situation worse, only few people understand that diabetes is a condition that cannot be simply controlled by medications and that the existence of diabetes evidently modifies the lives of persons and their dependents. Consequently, during this article we will be reviewing the scientific evidence of the consequences of impaired psychological wellbeing and poor perception of quality of life on patients with diabetes. We will be enlightening the importance of social work and self-empowerment on this aspect of management, which is crucial for the improvement in the physical, psychological, and social wellbeing of every patient suffering from this disease. Keywords: Diabetes; psychological; wellbeing; quality of life


Microprobing attacks against integrated circuits used in security-critical systems have become a serious concern. With the help of advanced circuit editing technology, an attacker can remove layers of materials and expose wires carrying security critical information for probing. Active shields constitute the most widely used approach to deter microprobing attacks. However, a number of vulnerabilities have been found in existing active shield designs; in particular, their weakness to tilted bypass attacks has yet to be addressed. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive investigation on tilted bypass attacks with a mathematical model to investigate how best an attacker can exploit geometric weakness of shield designs in three dimensions, as well as shield design techniques informed with such observations. We also include a numerical analysis with realistic parameters to validate theoretical predictions.


While thermal optical registered datasets are becoming widely available, most of these works are based on image pairs which are pre-registered. However, thermal imagers where these images are registered by default are quite expensive. We present in this work, a thermal image registration technique which is computationally lightweight, and can be employed regardless of the resolution of the images captured. We use 2 different thermal imagers to create a completely new database and introduce it as a part of this work as well. The images captured are based on 5 different classes and encompass subjects like the Prayagraj Kumbh Mela, one of the largest public fairs in the world, captured over a period of 2 years.


A versatile pin-on-disk-type friction and wear apparatus is described which permits close control of environments both in vacuo and mixed gas atmospheres. By using this apparatus, the role of dissolved oxygen in friction and wear under boundary lubrication condition was studied by sliding a OFHC copper pin against a disk of the same metal in n-hexadecane. Three types of wear curves were observed; it was found that there was a transition in wear rate as a function of oxygen content and a corresponding friction transition. This transition was temperature dependent. The wear rates at both below and above the transition were independent of temperature while the friction was sensitive to temperature. Cu2O was found in a surface film of wear debris by means of X-ray diffraction analysis in the oil saturated with oxygen gas at 120°C. Presented as an American Society of Lubrication Engineers paper at the ASLE/ASME Lubrication Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 24–26, 1978


We report on a method to evaluate thin film barriers for direct encapsulation of OLEDs. Based on the corrosion of reactive metal films and modeling thereof, this method is used to quantify the water permeation rate of high‐performance diffusion barriers. This method was first used to measure the barrier properties of flexible plastic substrates for display applications [1]. In the present work the system has been automated for improved repeatability and optical calibration has been performed to assess the sensitivity. Effective water vapor transmission rates down to 10−6 g/m2/day can be detected. Permeation data on a multi‐layer thin film encapsulant was obtained at three temperatures. To demonstrate compatibility in the application, the same thin film encapsulant was used to package actual passive matrix devices. This is the first report of a quantitative measure of an OLED compatible thin film encapsulant.


The objective of this research was to determine if consumers utilized their interactions with a service provider while awarding the service establishment a star/diamond rating. A repeated measures experimental design was adopted and participants subject to four different service interaction manipulations. Participants were required to award star/diamond ratings to the establishment after each manipulation. The results show that individuals use their interaction to differentiate among the simulations irrespective of the tangible elements of the service setting. The study results reveal that personal interaction with the service provider forms an important component of star/diamond ratings. Implications for managers are discussed.


The aim of the study was to determine the ability of the four porous materials: birch bark, cork, glass wool, and polyurethane foam to reduce the mineral oil index and the concentration of n-alkanes C 7 H 16 -C 38 H 78 as well as to select the most efficient materials. Model solutions of gasoline, diesel oil, and distilled water with the following values of mineral oil index were prepared to tests: 52 μg/dm 3 , 68 μg/dm 3 and 73 μg/dm 3 . Then, studies were carried out using a dynamic method, wherein the columns were filled with adsorbents tested, and in each of three testing series, 500 mL of the model solution at constant bed load of 1,0551 m3/m2h was filtered through the column. After filtration, the collected sample had volume of 250 mL. The collected samples were subject to determination of mineral oil index and concentrations of n-alkanes from C 7 H 16 to C 38 H 78 . Studies have shown that the most effective materials to lower the mineral oil index and the concentrations of n-alkanes in water are birch bark and glass wool.


Beauvoir's thinking on women's liberation is based on a free issue analysis. She thinks women should become themselves, and freedom of her own choice needs her own design to implement. Women's liberation doesn't mean surpassing men, but liberating both.


Requirement of cholesterol or related sterols for growth might serve as a property distinguishing Mycoplasma from other bacteria, were it not for a number of strains of the species M. laidlawii which form an exception in being able to grow in the absence of cholesterol (S. Razin and B. C. in the other mycoplasmas. The arguments in favor of this hypothesis have been recently summarized by P. F. Smith and C. V. Henrikson (J. Bacteriol. 91:1854, 1966). Carotenoid biosynthesis would accordingly be essential for the growth of M. laidlawii in a cholesterol-free


Noninvasive imaging with hyperpolarized (HP) pyruvate can capture in vivo cardiac metabolism. For proper quantification of the metabolites and optimization of imaging parameters, understanding MR characteristics such as T2∗ s of the HP signals is critical. This study is to measure in vivo cardiac T2∗ s of HP [1‐13C]pyruvate and the products in rodents and humans.


Simple Summary Plants often harbor persistent plant virus infection transmitted only vertically through seeds, resulting in no obvious symptoms (cryptic infections). Several studies have shown that such cryptic infections provide resilience against abiotic (and biotic) stress. We have recently discovered a new group of cryptic plant viruses infecting mitochondria (plant mitovirus). Mitochondria are cellular organelles displaying a pivotal role in protecting cells from the stress of nature . Here, we look at the proteomic alterations caused by the mitovirus cryptic infection of Chenopodium quinoa by Systems Biology approaches allowing one to evaluate data at holistic level. Quinoa is a domesticated plant species with many exciting features of abiotic stress resistance, and it is distinguished by its exceptional nutritional characteristics, such as the content and quality of proteins, minerals, lipids, and tocopherols. These features determined the growing interest for the quinoa crop by the scientific community and international organizations since they provide opportunities to produce high-value grains in arid, high-salt and high-UV agroecological environments. We discovered that quinoa lines hosting mitovirus activate some metabolic processes that might help them face drought. These findings present a new perspective for breeding crop plants through the augmented genome provided by accessory cryptic viruses to be investigated in the future. Abstract Plant mitoviruses belong to Mitoviridae family and consist of positive single-stranded RNA genomes replicating exclusively in host mitochondria. We previously reported the biological characterization of a replicating plant mitovirus, designated Chenopodium quinoa mitovirus 1 (CqMV1), in some Chenopodium quinoa accessions. In this study, we analyzed the mitochondrial proteome from leaves of quinoa, infected and not infected by CqMV1. Furthermore, by protein–protein interaction and co-expression network models, we provided a system perspective of how CqMV1 affects mitochondrial functionality. We found that CqMV1 is associated with changes in mitochondrial protein expression in a mild but well-defined way. In quinoa-infected plants, we observed up-regulation of functional modules involved in amino acid catabolism, mitochondrial respiratory chain, proteolysis, folding/stress response and redox homeostasis. In this context, some proteins, including BCE2 (lipoamide acyltransferase component of branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase complex), DELTA-OAT (ornithine aminotransferase) and GR-RBP2 (glycine-rich RNA-binding protein 2) were interesting because all up-regulated and network hubs in infected plants; together with other hubs, including CAT (catalase) and APX3 (L-ascorbate peroxidase 3), they play a role in stress response and redox homeostasis. These proteins could be related to the higher tolerance degree to drought we observed in CqMV1-infected plants. Although a specific causative link could not be established by our experimental approach at this stage, the results suggest a new mechanistic hypothesis that demands further in-depth functional studies.


The comprehensive English competence of college graduates can not meet the needs of social developmentVia the psychological system, the authors make a deep analysis that motivation plays an important role in improving students'pragmatic competence They also put forward some valid methods which may help develop students' pragmatic competence to the largest extent


We report the discovery of 44.7 ms pulsations from the X-ray source CXOU J181335.1−174957 using data obtained with the XMM-Newton Observatory. PSR J1813−1749 lies near the center of the young radio supernova remnant G12.82−0.02, which overlaps the compact TeV source HESS J1813−178. This rotation-powered pulsar is the second most energetic in the Galaxy, with a spin-down luminosity of erg s−1. In the rotating dipole model, the surface dipole magnetic field strength is Bs = (2.7 ± 0.6) × 1012 G and the spin-down age –7.5 kyr, consistent with the location in the small, shell-type radio remnant. At an assumed distance of 4.7 kpc by association with an adjacent young stellar cluster, the efficiency of PSR J1813−1749 in converting spin-down luminosity to radiation is ≈0.03% for its 2–10 keV flux, ≈0.1% for its 20–100 keV INTEGRAL flux, and ≈0.07% for the >200 GeV emission of HESS J1813−178, making it a likely power source for the latter. The nearby young stellar cluster is possibly the birthplace of the pulsar progenitor, as well as an additional source of seed photons for inverse Compton scattering to TeV energies.


As the production of advanced technology and test theory,test database has attracted the education experts.The structure of test database has been introduced,the character has been analyzed,and proposed some mends.The quality of the system has been notable improved.It can content the requirement of automatic select the problems,make the proposition randomization and automatization,create the condition for the standardization and science.In the local area network it has made good winning.


Histogenesis of cerebrum in mammalian fetus has been studied electron microscopically. (Pappas and purpura 1964, Holmes and Berry 1966, Miller et al. 1966, Stensaas and Stensaas 1968, Vaughn 1969, Hinds and Ruffett 1971, Rakic 1972). However, chronological analysis on developing each tissue component is not available. On this connection it is the purpose of this study to describe development of the dorsolateral region of the telencephalic wall from the beginning of its formation to just before birth as normal control for further experimental study.


The quark quasiparticle model is extended to study the prope rties of color-flavor locked strange quark matter at finite chemical potential and in a strong magnetic field. We present a self-consistent thermodynamic treatment by employing a chemical potential dependent bag function. I t is found that the magnetized color-flavor-locked (MCFL) matter is more stable than other phases within a prope r magnitude of magnetic field. The stability window is graphically shown for the MCFL matter compared wit h ordinate magnetized matter. The anisotropic structure of MCFL matter is dominated by the magnetic field anlmost independent of the energy gaps. A critical maximum magnetic field of about 1 .56×1018 G is found, under which MCFL matter is absolutely stable with respect to nuclear matter.


Contents: The application of the convention to children Definition and status of the child Juvenile justice and detention Education Identity Participation rights Life, health and health care Abuse and neglect Definition and treatment of the family Immigrant and refugee children Custody and contact Alternative care Adoption Bibliography Index.


Colonies of diploid Chinese hamster lung cells (strain V) surviving large doses (1500 r) of 250-kvp x rays have a broad size spectrum which is shown to be due to the variable growth rate of the colonies. The properties of large and small colonies were corapared after isolation and subcultivation. Large colonies give rise to fast-growing populations of high plating efficiency which have the same radiosensitivity as the parent unirradiated cells. Small colonies of 50 cells or more at 12 to 14 days are viable and give rise to sublines which have slow growth rates, poor plating efficiency, and increased radiosensitivity (D/sub 0/ changed from 205 rads to approximates 145 rads, n unaltered). The chromosome number spectrum is broadened for all surviving colonies, severely in some cases to modal tetraploid numbers; but neither this, nor the high frequency of chromosome aberrations, appears to be involved in the radiosensitivity of the survivors. Reirradiation of smallcolony populations appears to produce a further spread in clone size but no further changes in the radiosensitivity of individual clones.


In this work, we study Fe viii lines emitted in the 1000–1200 Å wavelength range that originate from levels that also emit transitions observed in the 190–200 Å wavelength range. The intensity ratios between such lines depend on atomic physics parameters only and not on the physical parameters of the emitting plasma: they are excellent tools to verify the relative intensity calibration of instruments operating in those wavelength ranges. We first carry out extensive atomic physics calculations to improve the accuracy of the predicted intensity ratios of those lines. We then compare the results with simultaneous Hinode/Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer and SOHO/SUMER observations of an off-disk quiet-Sun region, identify four new lines in the 1000–1200 Å range, and discuss their use for instrument calibration purposes.


This paper presents the reception of mathematical logic (semantics and methodology of science are entirely omitted, but the foundations of mathematics are included) in Poland in the years 1870–1920. Roughly speaking, Polish logicians, philosophers and mathematicians mainly followed Boole's algebraic ideas in this period. Logic as shaped by works of Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell became known in Poland not earlier than about 1905. The foundations for the subsequent rapid development of logic in Poland in the interwar period were laid in the years 1915–1920. The rise of Polish Mathematical School and its program (the Janiszewski program) played the crucial role in this context. Further details can be found in [8]. This paper uses the material published in [20‒24].


Background: Clinical training provides many opportunities to acquire complex skills safely. The cognitive apprenticeship (CA) model advocates six teaching methods: modelling, coaching, scaffolding, reflection, articulation and exploration, which are useful teaching strategies. Little is known about how these strategies best fit into pharmacy clinical teaching.
Methods: This study used a qualitative research approach using individual interviews and focus groups. All interviews were audio recorded, transcribed verbatim and thematically analysed.
Results: Twenty students participated in six focus groups and three interviews. Two major themes were identified: the value of teaching and the influences of teaching methods and learning. Results indicated that coaching was predominantly applied in pharmacy clinical teaching. Other teaching methods were inconsistently applied.
Conclusion: The findings support the use of cognitive apprenticeship teaching methods in pharmacy skills teaching, but the effective application of these methods hinges on instructional design and teacher development. Guided by the literature and the findings, a teaching framework may be tested in further research and used for teacher development and evaluation.


This study has the objective to answer the research question how the position of Corporate Social Responsibility from the strategy perspective by HOLCIM. Object of study is the text of Corporate Sustainable Development Report, published by HOLCIM in 2008- 2009. This study used a qualitative approach in which, the review conducted by multipers pective problems or multipoint of view. Phenomenology was chosen with the aim of the study of the phenomenon. The results obtained in this study that the Corporate Social Responsibility is a program that embedded with corporate strategy. Position of Corporate Social Responsibility as a shift from just a charity effort into a mindset that must be developed by the company. Based on the research Linda & Jenny (2008) developed the mindset that the 2009 Sustainable Development Report categorized as an alternative that supports the value of the company in corporate strategy development phase. Hope is to be achieved related to the recognition of the legitimacy of the activities carried out under achieving not only economic, but also social and environmental compliance objectives aimed at continuity of the company as well as providing a positive impact in the form of a better life for the community. It was an effort to take into account the company's presence in this community stakeholders around because stakeholders have the power to influence survival. Key words: phenomenology, corporate social responsibility, corporate strategy


Ever since the discovery of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), this lipid mediator has been the focus of intense research. The diverse biological effects of PGE2 are due, at least in part, to the existence of four distinct receptors (EP1–4). This can complicate the analysis of the biological effects produced by PGE2. While there are currently selective pharmacological tools to explore the roles of the EP1,3,4 receptors in cellular and tissue responses, analysis of EP2 receptor‐induced responses has been hampered by the lack of a selective EP2 receptor antagonist. The recent publication in this journal by af Forselles et al. suggests that such a tool compound is now available. In their manuscript, the authors describe a series of experiments that show PF‐04418948 to be a potent and selective EP2 receptor antagonist. The discovery of this tool compound will interest many scientists and through collaborations with Pfizer they may have access to PF‐04418948 to facilitate further investigation of the biology of this fascinating lipid mediator.


A registered nurse, specifically trained for the telephone evaluation and management of the health problems of children, is a valuable addition to a pediatric office staff.
 The training of the nurse by the physicians, through a series of teaching sessions, is described here.
 To evaluate the results of her training, more than 16,000 incoming telephone calls were tabulated over a period of 1 year. Approximately half were administrative calls and half medical calls. An average of 25 medical calls daily were taken by the nurse. In 92% of the cases she was able to manage the problem either directly or after consulting with the physician.
 Patient acceptance was excellent.
 The expansion of the nurse's role broadened the scope of services and significantly increased and improved pediatric care in our office. The nurse provided prompt, accurate advice which met the patient's specific needs and resulted in more efficient use of the physician's time in providing direct care to the patient. Through her assistance, an additional 2 to 3 hours of physician's time became available for patient care.


In this study, we evaluated the antioxidant activity and anti-inflammatory effects of Abeliophyllum distichum (A. distichum) leaves that were prepared via air-drying. Fresh and air-dried A. distichum leaves were examined via 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl hydrazyl (DPPH) radical, and 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) diammonium salt (ABTS) radical scavenging assay and measurements of the reducing power. The suppression effects on inflammation of the leaves were analyzed by a western blot and RT-PCR on LPS-induced RAW 264.7 cells. As a result, the antioxidant activity of the fresh leaves was found to be more effective than that of the air-dried leaves. Also, the fresh leaves were more effective in suppressing the protein and mRNA levels of iNOS and COX-2 than the air-dried leaves, thereby indicating the better anti-inflammatory effects. In addition, the contents of phenolic compounds and acteoside were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The results showed that the acteoside content decreased with the use of the air-drying method, while there was no change in the content of phenolic compounds. Therefore, this study indicated that fresh A. distichum leaves potential antioxidant and suppression activities of various factors that are involved in the production of NO, which were found to be better than those of air-dried A. distichum leaves. These biological activities were also found to be independent of the content of phonolic compounds and were assumed to be directly or indirectly related to the content of acteoside.


We investigate the use of differential phase-shift keying (DPSK) in multiwavelength spatial diversity transmitters for mitigation of atmospheric fading. By selecting the transmitter wavelengths to coincide with the transmission peaks of the delay-line interferometer in the receiver, the only modification required to a standard DPSK receiver is a wider optical filter. We examine the wavelength separation required to minimize penalties from beating between the wavelengths and find that a separation of twice the data rate is sufficient for a four-wavelength system with narrow filtering. We also demonstrate a reduction in scintillation loss for a four-wavelength DPSK system in a fading channel.


Operating Doctrine (OD) has been defined as technology and its use. This term is borrowed from Naval and Military Service, where it is formally applied to the means and methods of accomplishing an objective and their relationship to existing and evolving technologies. While not formally used in the railway industry, its application has been implied since the industry's early days and continues today with manifestations as diverse as run-through unit trains or the Northeast Corridor's High-Speed Rail. Currently a new challenge faces the railway industry; this is the development of technology which is suitable to permit some level of operation of passenger rolling stock which does not fully comply with all of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) standards for rail vehicles (specifically for buff strength) operating on FRA-regulated railroads. Many of these vehicles which do not fully achieve the FRA-mandated minimum buff strength come reasonably close and some also offer a high degree of crash energy management. Such vehicles are termed as near compliant, and to a great extent, reflect the old Interurbans. A railway which combines compliant with near-compliant vehicles requires an operating waiver from the FRA; such an operation is commonly (but not with complete accuracy) referred to as a shared-use railway. The challenges associated with this potential opportunity for rail industry growth include the development of appropriate mission statements (e.g., capacity requirements), business cases (which will clearly be railroad and location specific), and the formulation of suitable OD (which, due to uniformity in FRA regulations and the great commonality in railroad operating practices, is not likely to be as location specific as the business case.) This paper advocates the adoption of a more formal statement and approach to the development of railway OD in evaluating opportunities and requirements associated with the anticipated growth of shared-use railways.


This article explores the political ideologies of graduate social work students and examines whether political views differ based on political party, religious affiliation, or other demographic characteristics. Results of surveys completed by 127 MSW students reveal that most are moderate or liberal. Political views do differ on sense of social responsibility based on political party and on respect for basic rights based on religious affiliation. No evidence was found that religious affiliation or political ideology changed during students' time in the educational program.


A single chip microcomputer is defined as a complete microcomputer housed in a single integrated circuit package, and containing a CPU, clock circuitry, ROM, RAM and I/O circuitry. A selection of single chip microcomputers is presented, along with details of their salient features. User related problems with 'mask programmed single chip microcomputers' are discussed, as are the advantages and disadvantages compared with multi-chip devices.


This paper describes one speciic aspect of the software component construction in the life cycles of computer based systems. The construction is located following the requirements analysis, conception and design. Systems are designed as within the ECBS process so called services which consist of a set of objects working together, keeping the states of the system. To ensure an eecient and rapid construction of systems an easy to use mechanism to store and retrieve objects together with their relations is necessary. This demands an embedded method of keeping objects in a database | the persistence. The described mechanism is implemented using C++ and veriied in some projects. In this paper a man machine service is used as an example to show the application of this approach. 1 Overview Booch 2] writes, that object persistence is the property of on object through which its existence transcends time and/or space. This rst allows an object to survive the lifetime of an application, the second enables an object to move from one address space to an other. This paper describes an approach for persistence in time together with a subset of persistence in space: Objects can be located somewhere on a distributed system, but there is no mechanism realized to move them around. Object persistence is necessary for several reasons: Reusability After the restart of a system it could be necessary to reuse precalculated or entered states. Memory restrictions Many systems consists of very large state values. Due to memory restrictions it is sometimes not possible or signiicant to hold the entire state in memory. Safety A fatal system error often causes a total lost of information. This is in most applications not tolerable. Relations In addition to Booch we demand the possibility to keep the relations between objects persistent. Data sharing allows diierent applications to use the same information. Together with a suitable access management this results in an object oriented database. To assure this functionality in traditional systems, often an application dependent store-and-load mechanism is used to write and restore the object's contents. This can be done by placing objects into a special container object, which itself is responsible for the object management. This has one major disadvantage: Persistent objects cannot be treated like other non-persistent objects. A much better approach is to request an object to save its own state or to restore it, because of the following main advantages: …


most fascinating and controversial socio-political phenomena of the immediate post-Soviet era. In this case study of the neo-Cossack movement of the Kuban region, an example of an ethnonationalist movement that faced the curious choice of its ethnic identity is discerned.' Owing to the rather mixed and intricate historical legacies of the region, it could have become Russian, Ukrainian or neither: presumably a new Slavonic (or even multi-ethnic) nation of Free Cossacks. The main intention of this study is the investigation of how the ultimate choice-or choices (since all three possible options were adopted by different Cossack organisations)was developed in recent post-Soviet history.2 The socio-political factors that affected the choice are evaluated, with particular attention devoted to the historical circumstances, the social background of the key participants, and current political conjunctures in Russia, Ukraine and within a diaspora abroad, as the determinants. Krasnodar territory (krai) is often referred to unofficially as the Kuban, this historical designation being inspired by the river that flows through the region. One of the largest provinces (second only to Moscow), the Kuban's inhabitants number five million.3 The balmy southern climate and relatively developed infrastructure of Krasnodar krai has contributed to the demographic and social peculiarities of the region. The province, especially its towns, traditionally attracted retired citizenry from among the more affluent and geographically mobile professional strata of the population, mostly former military officers and employees of the hitherto highsalaried industrial sectors of the Soviet Far North. In 1994 as many as 1 249 900 of the region's inhabitants, or nearly one-quarter of the total population of Krasnodar krai, were pensioners.4 In this respect, Krasnodar krai has not only been the 'Soviet Iowa', as Nikita Khrushchev once dubbed the fertile region, but also the former Soviet Union's Florida. Even more than elsewhere in Russia, these once privileged pensioners today tend to support the political forces of an overtly nostalgic orientation, particularly Zyuganov's neo-communists and the imperial ultra-patriots. The parallels to Florida can further be reinforced when the influx of legal and illegal immigrants of mostly non-Russian origin is considered. Despite increasingly stringent curbs on immigration from the Transcaucasian and Central Asian states,


Misplacement of nasogastric tubes occurs in 1% of cases, as positioning of tubes is mostly performed "blindly." Confirmation of correct positioning via chest X‐ray is mandatory to avoid fatal complications such as intra‐pulmonary feeding. This is a 71‐year‐old male patient on the third postoperative day after mitral‐valve repair who was readmitted to the intensive care ward due to respiratory failure requiring intubation and placement of a nasogastric tube. Initial epigastric auscultation did not raise suspicion of incorrect tube placement. On the first chest x‐ray, mispositioning of the nasogastric tube in the right lower pulmonary lobe can be seen (Figure 1A, *). However, this went unnoticed and feeding was administered through the tube. A second chest X‐ray was performed several hours later, with progressive pulmonary infiltrates visible around the mispositioned tube (Figure 1B, arrows). The tube was repositioned thereafter. Due to worsening hypoxemic respiratory failure secondary to the progression of ARDS and hemodynamic instability the patient eventually required AV ECMO support. Although weaning from ECMO therapy was possible, the patient ultimately died from multiorgan failure. Even when performing common interventions such as nasogastric tube placement, one must remain alert and react immediately to avoid potentially fatal outcomes. Epigastric auscultation after air‐infusion through an oro‐ or nasogastric tube may indicate a mispositioning early on but can be misleading due to good thoracoabdominal sound transmission. Therefore, careful review of radiographic imaging to visually confirm placement below the diaphragm is mandatory in preventing adverse events.


R~:SEARCII studios uf the deaf which huve been made scientifically, and reported in available form have been comparatively few within the pust five years recorded in this report. In fad, there is a great need for more such studies to bring the education of the deaf out of tho doldrums of merely carrying on some very brilliant beginnings made within tho last 25 to 50 years by a score or more of educators who created and initiated the modern program of educating the deaf to become members of society at large rather thnu a sogregatcd litttethought-of-group. The studies which huve been made seem to fall under such heads as: general problem" of the deaf; deafness, its causes, prevention, and treatment; cdueat.ioual methods and experiments; languages and speech tests and surveys. This report will attempt to summarize only the most outstanding research studies under 1he topics listed a bove.


To evaluate the safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of INO‐3107, a DNA immunotherapy designed to elicit targeted T‐cell responses against human papillomavirus (HPV) types 6 and 11, in adult patients with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP; NCT04398433).


The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 affects the respiratory tract and is highly infectious. Those patients who knew that the disease could cause death or that their healing process is quite painful because of the symptoms and conditions developed extreme stress, anxiety, and depression, which aggravated the effects of the disease. Therefore, it is vital to conduct research to analyze these effects and generate self-help and support mechanisms during the disease process. This paper presents exploratory analysis related to stress, coping attitudes, emotional responses, and sources of support that were vital in patients affected by COVID-19; the focus of this study is the consideration of the spiritual factor, which may influence religious resilience that allows for a positive attitude and tenacity. To carry out this research, interviews were conducted with patients who had suffered from COVID-19 disease, and the collected information was processed using text-mining techniques using a two-phase methodology. The first phase is based on the Colaizzi method. Interview responses were coded through the search for patterns in the key phrases, and these codes were grouped, forming semantic relationships. In the second phase, natural-language processing algorithms (WordCloud, WordEmbedding, sentiment analysis of opinions) were used, summarizing the interviews in relevant factors of the patient's experience during the disease. Spiritual resilience stood out the most of all key phrases of the code group tables. Likewise, words such as security, confidence, tranquility, and peace indicated that the patients took a positive attitude towards the symptoms and complications of the disease. Therefore, it is important to be the resilience to face a crisis process, and one of the factors that generated such resilience in COVID-19 patients was religious faith, which was expressed in the interviews using the factors of security, trust, promises of healing, tranquility, and the impossibility of discouragement. All this contributed to the positive attitude of the interviewees during the process of recovery from the disease.