Background:
 Perfusion imaging to guide selection of patients for endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) remains controversial. CT and MR perfusion have been performed at our institution during evaluation of AIS in order to triage patients who are more likely to benefit from endovascular therapy. The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical outcome between patients who did and did not receive advanced perfusion imaging prior to treatment.

 Methods:
 From April 2004 to July 2012, 330 patients with large vessel AIS were retrospectively reviewed and divided into three cohorts: 1) perfusion imaging followed by mechanical thrombectomy (MT) and/or intra-arterial thrombolysis (IAT) (n= 98), 2) no perfusion imaging followed by MT and/or IAT (n= 191) and 3) perfusion imaging without endovascular treatment (n = 41). Cohorts were compared based on neurologic improvement (≥4 point change in NIHSS), successful revascularization (TIMI 2-3), symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH), discharge modified rankin score (mRS) ≤3 and in-hospital mortality. Multivariate regression was performed to determine the predictive value of perfusion imaging prior to endovascular therapy.

 Results:
 Of 289 treated patients, mean age was 67 and median initial NIHSS was 17. The treated groups were matched in baseline characteristics and had no difference in the outcomes of successful revascularization, discharge mRS≤3 and improvement in NIHSS. However, 10 of 98 with perfusion imaging expired compared to 48 of 191 without perfusion (p=0.01). Logistic regression showed patients who had perfusion imaging prior to endovascular therapy were less likely to die during hospitalization (OR = 0.267; 95% CI = 0.170, 0.364) or to develop sICH (OR = 0.269; CI = 0.182, 0.356) Other predictors of mortality included advanced age (OR= 1.08; CI = 1.04, 1.13) and high initial NIHSS (OR = 1.14; CI = 1.09, 1.19). There was no mortality difference between treated and untreated cohorts.

 Conclusion:
 Patients who underwent CT or MR perfusion imaging prior to neurointervention for AIS were significantly less likely to suffer sICH or in-hospital mortality, providing evidence for the positive role of advanced imaging in selecting patients for endovascular treatment.


The present paper considers a WDM optical packet ring in which multiple wavelengths are operated in a synchronous manner. This architecture attempts to blend packet switching techniques with optical transparency in order to offer a flexible MAN architecture able to accommodate large amounts of traffic demands. This architecture also performs traffic "grooming" (aggregation between different flows) but does not necessitate Optical-Electrical-Optical conversion in transit nodes. In each time slot, a station can send a single packet, selecting the wavelength on a per-slot basis. Once inserted on the ring, the packet is transmitted transparently to its destination. We consider 2 cases regarding receivers: in the non-WDM case, a station can only receive packets on a single wavelength whereas in the second case, a station can receive packets on all the wavelengths used in the network. In both cases, wavelengths can be shared between the stations. We address both network dimensioning and network capacity issues. The use of optical packet switching is first shown to greatly simplify the network configuration compared to any circuit-switched solution. We also show that with WDM receivers, a simple strategy of load balancing on all the wavelengths used in the network allows to increase the capacity of the network, with the same number of wavelengths, or even allows to dimension the ring with a smaller number of wavelengths. This shows that, in terms of traffic grooming, the system under study behaves similarly to non-transparent optical packet ring architectures that rely on Optical-Electrical-Optical conversion in transit nodes. On the other hand, it is expected to outperform those architectures in terms of node complexity and power consumption.


By the reaction of water vapor with He+ and He* which were generated by hollow cathode discharge of helium, H3O+(H2O)n(n= 0-4) was produced. We studied the reactions of H3O+(H2O)n(n= 0-4) with methanol and ethanol in a flowing afterglow mass spectrometer. Various ionic products were identified. They were formed by proton-transfer, ligand switching . association and condensation reactions.


Motorcycle tourism is often considered a marginal practice with special habits where taking the road, riding styles and camaraderie play essential roles. These rallies are a good example of the unusual and marginal nature of this tourism. Moreover, motorbike tourism has for a long time been ignored or rejected by regions and tourism professionals who had a negative image of motorcycles and motorcyclists. However, bikers have changed. They are on average older than in the past, well integrated within civil society and often have good incomes. They are therefore high potential tourists who authorities should attract by offering products and services tailored to their needs and specialties. These services, driven by the community, professionals or associations, especially in the form of dedicated routes or accommodation identified or labeled for bikers. Those new customers have also caused a proliferation of specialized tour operators. From simple regional trips to the world tours, motorcycle travels sold by tour operators usually include adventure, sports or are clearly upscale. If many destinations conform to a classic world tourism map, others are more original, more marginal, and are part of a (at least partially) renewed geography.


Despite the prevalence of intimate partner violence and its social costs, we show that many counties lack services to help victims and that community resources play a significant role in determining the likelihood of service provision. Because resources are often generated at the local level and state and federal funding usually require a grant proposal, services for victims of intimate partner violence are more likely to be available in well-resourced areas with a major college or university in the county. Analysis of the changes in the provision of services since the Violence Against Women Act was introduced suggests that funding needs to be specifically targeted to underserved areas.


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Radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology has gained a broad popularity in many application areas including supply chain management, retail shopping and access control. This paper explores the use of RFID at the workplace and its implications to employee privacy. In particular, we discuss the use of RFID for continuous authentication in a corporate environment. Continuous authentication provides the benefit of constant or highly periodic verification that the same authorized user accesses the computer system. In a case study presented here, employees use a knowledge- or biometric-based authentication scheme to gain initial entry to a computer system, while RFID is used subsequently to continuously verify the presence of a valid user. This paper studies the relationship between usability of such an authentication scheme and the degree of protection it provides. We also examine the balance between the increased security brought by adopting an RFID-enabled continuous authentication system and the impact that it could have on employee privacy as a result of increased tracking of many aspects of the users' activity.


A catalog of the type material of 59 taxa of Neotropical Pierinae housed in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, is presented. Each entry includes the species-group name, the original combination quoted from the original publication, the type locality, the type specimens with their labels, and notes about current taxonomic status. One new synonym has been established, Euterpe dysoni Doubleday, 1847 = Leodonta marginata Schaus, 1902. Lectotypes are designated for 5 species group taxa: Archonias intermedia Schaus, 1913, Hesperocharis jaliscana Schaus, 1898, H. paranensis Schaus, 1898, Pieris sublineata Schaus, 1902, and P. limona Schaus, 1913.


The present application describes a class of compounds exhibiting a coronavirus 3CL protease inhibitory effect and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same. The application also provides the synthesis of compounds and efficacy from in vitro and cell- based assays.


A postprocessing methodology is developed to validate abnormal ionospheric spatial decorrelation observed during the equatorial plasma bubble (EPB) events. While the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) remote sensing techniques have been used to measure the ionospheric gradients, the measurements can be easily corrupted during the ionospheric disturbances. Extremely large ionospheric gradients are required to be validated before being declared real ionospheric events as opposed to the artifacts of erroneous measurements. The use of existing methods is however limited due to the small size of EPBs compared with the baseline distances between GNSS network stations in equatorial regions. This paper proposes a new validation procedure which utilizes a time-step method to estimate gradients over any short distance. Equatorial anomaly events are visualized in multiple time series by combining all available sources, including severe gradients observed from the multiple widely spread stations, the estimated EPB and known satellite motions, and the known station locations. A similar ionospheric pattern over multiple station-satellite pairs supports the fact that they are impacted by the same EPB at different times and locations. An extreme ionospheric gradient of 3.09 TECU/km observed in the Brazilian region during the December 31, 2013 EPB event is validated to be real using this methodology. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the methodology for validating EPB-induced ionospheric spatial decorrelation.


Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is a well-known, rapid and sensitive technique used for probing the biomolecular interactions in real time. Several new approaches have been suggested to improve the sensitivity of SPR sensors over the last two decades. Recently, there have been few reports on using graphene on a metal film based SPR sensor in order to improve the sensitivity. The role of incident light wavelength and graphene layers in sensitivity enhancement is unclear. This paper reports computational investigations on sensitivity enhancement of SPR biosensor using tunable wavelength and graphene layers. The reflectivity of p-polarized incident light has been calculated using the N-layer model for the most common Kretschmann configuration. Sensitivity enhancements over a conventional angular interrogated SPR sensor have been calculated within the wavelength range 600 -1600 nm and up to ten graphene layers. Results indicate that the sensitivity can be enhanced by the increasing the graphene layers on conventional gold coating based SPR biosensor. Sensitivity enhancement is highly dominated by the wavelength of interrogation used in this design. By tuning the wavelength and graphene layers sensitivity of the graphene-based SPR biosensor can be increased.


691 patients with clinically and bacteriologically established sepsis were included in three prospective studies conducted at a university hospital with 1,300 beds in 1979, 1982 and 1986. Only 22.4% of the patients did not suffer from severe underlying diseases. There was a fairly even distribution of gram-positive and gram-negative organisms among the isolated pathogens. A marked increase was seen in the incidence of polymicrobic and mycotic infections. The most frequently isolated bacterial species were E. coli (24.9%), Staph. aureus (19.5%), Staph. epidermidis (8%), Enterococci (4.8%) and Klebsiellae (4.6%). 26.8% of the patients died. The mortality rate showed a marked decrease from 33.6% in 1979 to 22.4% in 1986.


Propylene carbonate (PC), which shows high viscosity, is commonly used as a solvent for electric double-layer capacitors (EDLCs). The use of acetonitrile (AN) as an alternative solvent improves the performance of the EDLCs. Partial fluorination of organic solvents often increases their polarity. We focus our attention on the use of fluoroacetonitorile (FAN) as an alternative solvent for the EDLCs. Although electrolytic conductivity of FAN is slightly lower than that of AN, the capacitance of a model cell is higher than those obtained for AN and PC.


Observers viewed two side-by-side arrays each of which contained three yellow Munsell papers, three blue, and one neutral Munsell. Each array was illuminated uniformly and independently of the other. The neutral light source intensities were 1380, 125, or 20 lux. All six possible combinations of light intensities were set as illumination conditions. On each trial, observers were asked to rate the dissimilarity between each chip in one array and each chip in the other by using a 30-point scale. Each pair of surfaces in each illumination condition was judged five times. We analyzed this data using non-metric multi-dimensional scaling to determine how light intensity and surface chroma contributed to dissimilarity and how they interacted. Dissimilarities were captured by a three-dimensional configuration in which one dimension corresponded to differences in light intensity.


Following the previous work by Bajard-Didier-Kornerup, McLaughlin, Mihailescu and Bajard-Imbert-Jullien, we present an algorithm for modular polynomial multiplication that implements the Montgomery algorithm in a residue basis; here, as in Bajard et al.'s work, the moduli are trinomials over F2. Previous work used a second residue basis to perform the final division. In this paper, we show how to keep the same residue basis, inspired by l'Hospital rule. Additionally, applying a divideand-conquer approach to the Chinese remaindering, we obtain improved estimates on the number of additions for some useful degree ranges.


Brambilla et al. (2002) described the new species Halicyne gondwanae (order Cycloidea Glaessner, 1928, family Cyclidae Packard, 1885), based on a sample of three specimens, discovered in some outcrops from the Lower Triassic (Olenekian) and located in the Ambilobe region (NW Madagascar), the first record of this genus in the Gondwana. The morphological description of this species was incomplete due to the bad state of preservation of the specimens. During a recent field research, one of the authors (G. Pasini) discovered a new specimen belonging to this species. Its good state of preservation permitted description of some morphological characters not preserved in the previous specimens and to make a three-dimensional reconstruction of Halicyne gondwanae Brambilla et al., 2002. Finally, the discovery of this new specimen, coming from an outcrop different to the others, enlarges the geographical distribution of this cycloid in Ankitokazo basin.


Operator fusion is essentially and widely used in a large number of matrix computation systems in science and industry. The existing distributed operator fusion methods focus on only either low communication cost with the risk of out of memory or large-scale processing with high communication cost. We propose a distributed elastic fused operator called Cuboid-based Fused Operator (CFO) that achieves both low communication cost and large-scale processing. We also propose a novel fusion plan generator called Cuboid-based Fusion plan Generator (CFG) that finds a fusion plan to fuse more operators including large-scale matrix multiplication. We implement a fast distributed matrix computation engine called FuseME by integrating both CFO and CFG seamlessly. FuseME outperforms the state-of-the-art systems including SystemDS by orders of magnitude.


Information and inventory are alternate approaches to managing uncertainty and coordination among trading partners. Application of these approaches is carried out through business processes that mediate customer/supplier relationships. These business processes vary on a continuum from tight coordination, e.g. vendor managed inventory, to loose coordination, spot-buy auctions. The value of electronic business is that it lowers the cost of implementing these business processes, and thereby expands the range of choices available to trading partners. Ideally, dyadic trading partner relationship management should be extended to whole-system supply chain coordination. Given business realities, however, supply chain change will be limited to better multiple, one-to-one relationships. A powerful mechanism for improving these relationships is the ability to inform local choice with knowledge about system-wide behaviour. To achieve this improvement, collective action is needed to develop standards in support of data interoperability. This work was done under Contract #50SBN7C1249, awarded to the Research Triangle Institute by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.


IT fect has of been averaging generally of agreed negative that and the posieffect of av raging of egative nd positive income through loss offsets for tax purposes will increase the readiness of investors to make investments. It has further been agreed that averaging of positive incomes for tax purposes will increase the readiness of investors to undertake risky as opposed to relatively conservative investments. Such averaging tends to remove the differential tax burden on fluctuating incomes which results from progressivity. Opinion about the effect of averaging on the size of the total investment flow is not so clearly established. On the one hand, it is possible that the risky investment undertaken will be added to a constant amount of the more conservative type of investment; in this case the investment flow will increase. However, the revenue loss resulting from the blunting of the progressivity of the tax system caused by the introduction of averaging must be recovered elsewhere, presumably by raising the rates of


A method for determining the efficacy of a hair treatment substance, wherein a first hair fiber (3) and at least a second hair fiber (4) in a holding device (10) are fixed, wherein the first hair fiber (3) and the second hair fiber (4) at a crossing point (2) intersect, or at least in a region a short distance, wherein the intersection point (2) or in the region of the small spacing, one drop (1) of the hair treatment substance is applied so that the first hair fiber (3) and the second hair fiber (4) from this one drop (1) are wetted, and wherein at least a contact angle (⊝


In most industrialized countries very few natural freshwater habitats are available for the establishment of new fish farms. These limits require regulatory measures, largely depending on local conditions. Regulations on volume and type of water to be extracted from groundwater and/or surface resources exist in Germany on the «Lander» federal level (contained in the «Water Acts» («Wasserhaushaltsgesetz»). These regulations also set water quality criteria for effluent discharge into receiving waters. Site selection criteria are largely determined by the type of aquaculture considered: in extensive, conventional pond farming systems, criteria on natural factors include water resource availability, space and geomorphological (e.g. slope) and geochemical factors (e.g. soils). The appropriate positioning and levelling of ponds will decide on whether excessive energy costs can be avoided. Different site selection criteria will have to be employed for trout and carp culture. For carp, availability of large areas with suitable soil characteristics is essential. Comparably low yields per unit area will be achievable (productivity of the water determines stocking density and yield). Construction costs need to be kept at a minimium, otherwise the operation will never become economically feasible. Exceptions are special ponds for overwintering, or spawning or other special purposes. Trout culture in earthern ponds require different site selection criteria, depending on the volume of water supply, because yield does not depend on area specific productivity of the water body. Water quality management criteria become an overriding issue for this type of culture system. Stocking density will be determined by the permit for extractable water volumes per unit time. (set by the water authorities). Intensification methods for trout farming exist within the range of regulated effluent standards by using specifically designed system components such as concrete ponds, raceways, circular tanks, aeration, oxygenation, etc. The effluents, however, are considered an industrial waste and their release into receiving waters will be under the water management law (7). If standards are not met within the set limits effluents will be charged as the release of any other industrial wastewater


When compared with normal epidermis, basal cell epitheliomas show increased activities of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, isocitric dehydrogenase, and phosphofructokinase. The activities of hexokinase, aldolase, pyruvic kinase, lactic dehydrogenase, and malic dehydrogenase are decreased in basal cell epithelioma as compared with normal epidermis. These latter findings are in contrast to prior studies with psoriatic epidermis in which the activities of all enzymes except phosphorylase were increased.


PURPOSE: A capacitive sensor with a pin useful for a layout is provided to prevent the influence of noises. CONSTITUTION: A first pin group(10) is comprised of internal signal terminals. A second pin group(20) is comprised of a duplicate function terminal used as external and internal signal terminals. A third pin group(30) is comprised of external signal terminals.


Substantial change in perceptions of applied communication research is evident when current views of it are compared with those expressed in the essays Bill Eadie published in the June 1991 issue that inaugurated the National Communication Association's (then Speech Communication Association) sponsorship of the Journal of Applied Communication Research. Most of those essays explicitly or tacitly equated applied communication scholarship with organizational training and consulting. In fact, so assumed was the equivalence of applied communication research and organizational training and consulting that most authors saw no need to justify or even comment on their focus on organizational contexts and issues. As is typical of many newer areas of academic study, the character of applied communication research is emergent. It has been defined—and is yet being defined—in the process of conducting and publishing work. This is to say that research done under the aegis of applied communication, as in other areas of inquiry, defines what that area is, and vice versa. Thus, the representation of applied communication research that held sway in 1991 has evolved as scholars have relied on communication theory and research to conduct studies in contexts other than the paid workplace and to address issues other than training and consulting in for-profit organizations. In turn, evolving views of applied communication research shape the kinds of inquiries that current and future scholars pursue. The Journal of Applied Communication Research is the premier journal dedicated to publishing the best of applied communication research. Thus, reviewing


In this paper,the lead-zinc deposits in the eastern Guizhou are divided into three lead-zinc belts including east rim of Yangtgz para-platform,west rim of the South China folds belt and their transition zone according to the structural framework of controlling,which typical deposits are anatomized and the characteristic are depicted.Furthermore,the feature of lead-zinc metallogenesis is generalized,two types of origin are of the para-synchronic sedimentary lead-zinc deposits and hydrothermal replacement-infill type of lead-zinc deposits,corresponding controlling conditions and deposit origin are synthetically stated.Finally, foreground studies of prospecting for the lead-zinc deposit in the eastern Guizhou is carried out with six prospecting zones presented.


&NA; The authors describe a free‐functioning latissimus dorsi muscle transplantation for reconstruction of hip abduction. A radical "buttockectomy" was performed on a 62‐year‐old patient with recurrent soft‐tissue sarcoma. The patient received a muscle transplantation immediately after resection of the tumor. Until recovery of the muscle, a complete absence of hip abductors resulted in a marked lurch in the patient's gait, requiring him to use walking aids. Reinnervation of the muscle was confirmed via electromyography 6 months after surgery. Hip abduction was restored along with muscle recovery, and walking support was no longer required. Although the strength of the muscle was not sufficiently powerful to overcome gravity fully, the latissimus dorsi muscle improved markedly the performance of an otherwise unstable hip. This patient demonstrates that microsurgical reconstruction is of great value in enhancing the functional outcome of a salvaged limb after tumor surgery. Ihara K, Kishimoto T, Kawai S, Doi K. Reconstruction of hip abduction using free muscle transplantation: a case report and description of the technique. Ann Plast Surg 2000;45:177‐180


The Fuzzy Gene Filter (FGF) is an optimised Fuzzy Inference System designed to rank genes in order of differential expression, based on expression data generated in a microarray experiment. This paper examines the effectiveness of the FGF for feature selection using various classification architectures. The FGF is compared to three of the most common gene ranking algorithms: t-test, Wilcoxon test and ROC curve analysis. Four classification schemes are used to compare the performance of the FGF vis-a-vis the standard approaches: K Nearest Neighbour (KNN), Support Vector Machine (SVM), Naive Bayesian Classifier (NBC) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN). A nested stratified Leave-One-Out Cross Validation scheme is used to identify the optimal number top ranking genes, as well as the optimal classifier parameters. Two microarray data sets are used for the comparison: a prostate cancer data set and a lymphoma data set.


This paper presents the modelling and simulation results of the effects of varying conditions on the characteristic of a PV (photovoltaic) array with due account of its use in residential applications. The varying conditions include insolation, temperature and arbitrary partial shading. A model of a PV array is developed by modifying the model of a basic PV cell found in the SimElectronics toolbox of the Simulink/MATLAB software, which uses the two-diode model of a PV cell. The model parameters were modified to match a given set of parameters provided by a particular datasheet. The simulation results concurred with those found in the relevant datasheets. The software can be used as a computer-aided design tool to aid the design of PV arrays taking into account the effects of the said conditions.


Abstract Broadband pulsed lasers have become an indispensable part in optical communications, biomedical engineering, materials processing, and national defense. Inspired by the broadband and ultrafast optical components, great efforts from the laser and material community have been paid to explore the emerging nonlinear optical materials. Here, we found that the VO2/V2O5 core–shell heterostructures with type-II staggered band alignment exhibit broadband nonlinear optical response towards mid-infrared spectral range. The nonlinear optical characterizations verify that the heterostructures show the modulation depth and saturation intensity of 27% and 42 GW/cm2 at 1064 nm, 23% and 78 GW/cm2 at 1550 nm, and 16.5% and 63.9 GW/cm2 at 2800 nm, respectively. With the nonlinear optical modulator, stable mode-locked Yb-doped and Er-doped fiber lasers have been realized with pulse output as short as 310 ps and 633 fs, respectively. In addition, the stable Q-switched Er-doped fluoride fiber laser has been demonstrated with a pulse repetition rate of 89 kHz and the shortest pulse width of 680 ns, respectively. The experimental results indicate that VO2/V2O5 core–shell heterostructures can be broadband nonlinear optical modulators from the near-infrared to the mid-infrared spectral range, offering opportunities to develop high-performance photonic devices.


The invention discloses an infrared imaging detection chip integrated with a liquid crystal optically-controlled array and area array photosensitive structure. The infrared imaging detection chip comprises a ceramic shell, a liquid-crystal-based infrared imaging detection framework and a metal heat-dissipation plate, wherein the metal heat-dissipation plate is arranged at the rear part of the ceramic shell and fixedly connected to the rear part of the ceramic shell and used for dissipating heat of the chip; the liquid-crystal-based infrared imaging detection framework is arranged in the ceramic shell and comprises a drive control and image pre-processing module, an area array uncooled infrared detector and an area array electrically-controlled liquid crystal micro lens, which are arranged coaxially in sequence; each unit of the electrically-controlled liquid crystal micro lenses corresponds to an infrared detector sub-array consisting of a plurality of uncooled infrared detectors arranged in sequence; and each of the infrared detector sub-arrays has the same number and the same arrangement manner of the detectors. The infrared imaging detection chip integrated with the liquid crystal optically-controlled array and area array photosensitive structure has the characteristics of compact structure, high infrared imaging detection efficiency and good environmental suitability, capability of covering a plurality of infrared spectrum sections, and liquid crystal optically-controlled array-based imaging interference suppression and error correction for rapidly controlling light can be easily coupled with other optical/photoelectrical/mechanical structures.


Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a fermentative product of Acetobacter xylinum characterized by high purity and crystallinity of up to 80%. Due to its excellent physical and mechanical properties, bacterial cellulose is increasingly interested in research, especially in the study of applying BC in different fields. Although it is a potential direction, the large-scale production of BC still has certain limitations, mainly the fermentation medium's high cost. Therefore, this study used pineapple waste as a carbon source for BC fermentation. After investigating the influence of fermentation factors on BC yield, this study focused on evaluating the crystallinity of BC under different fermentation conditions. The X-ray diffraction technique was used to determine the crystallinity, while Scanning Electron Microscopy was used to assess the differentiation of the BC structure. The study results showed that, at different fermentation conditions of temperature (25–35°C), time (5–10 days), and bacterial concentration (5–15%), the bacterial cellulose crystallinity was significantly different and in the range of 40.6 % to 83.4 %. The optimum crystallinity of BC was recorded when the experiment was set up at the fermentation temperature of 30°C, 13 days of fermentation time, and bacterial concentration of 14%, with the BC crystallinity being 82.2%.


The patient is a 17-year-old female with a history of malnutrition and bradycardia secondary to anorexia nervosa who presented to adolescent medicine clinic for follow-up following weight restoration to 102% mean estimated body mass index (MEBMI) and improved disordered eating behaviors. Recurrent bradycardia was noted; she had no recent changes in prescribed medications, exercise intensity, or caloric intake. Daily medications included risperdal 1 mg, zoloft 100 mg, and trazodone 100 mg. Risperdal was started 4 months prior to presentation with no changes in heart rate. The patient reported daily medication adherence. She had a history of recreational marijuana use and at time of presentation admitted to recently doubling her marijuana use. She had gone from smoking 2 "bowls" of marijuana a day to smoking 4 "bowls" a day (estimated 3-4 g/day) for 1 month. The patient denied synthetic cannabis use. The patient endorsed worsening dizziness when standing or sitting up over the past month. Her physical examination was significant for bradycardia and a 2/6 systolic ejection murmur that had been noted intermittently on prior examinations. The remainder of her physical examination was within normal limits. Her renal function, electrolytes, and complete blood count were within normal limits.


GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) IN HISTORICAL RESEARCH
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Four carboxylic azo dyes, with spectroscopic absorption peaks ranging from 400 to 500 nm, are presented as new markers for amino acid and peptide labelling at their N-terminus. Labelling can also be performed at side-chain residues as is exemplified with lysine and serine. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2004)


To provide new ideas for the technology and equipment development by means of reviewing the research status of the vacuum extraction from traditional Chinese medicine( TCM). Through analysis and statistics of the literature,contrast vacuum extraction process with other extraction technology,analyses the advantage and problems of the vacuum extraction,providing thought for the application of vacuum extraction equipment and the development and improvement. Vacuum extraction can be extracted in lower temperature at the same time guarantee the dynamic,improved the extraction yield of heat sensitive drugs,decrease types of impurities dissolution,etc.Vacuum extraction in the application of TCM compound and the drug efficacy of the vacuum extraction should be further research. Vacuum extraction has unique advantages in the TCM extraction,based on the characteristics of drug itself,selecting suitable vacuum extraction process,and can be applied to practical production.


Regarding the drawbacks of several kinds of vibratory hammers in home and abroad,a new type of Hydraulic Vibratory Hammer(HVH) is designed.The hammer has the function of adjusting amplitude independence of frequency,needing no gear transmission,having simple structure and high reliability.Detailed analysis approved the superiority of the HVH.


We report that simple aryl(trialkyl)silanes undergo cross-coupling reaction with alkyl (pseudo)halides in the presence of copper iodide/phenanthroline catalyst and cesium fluoride. Various aryl(trialkyl)silanes and alkyl electrophiles having iodine, bromine, chlorine, and tosyloxy group are applicable to the present reaction. Because such silanes are stable and readily accessible by catalytic C–H silylation, this protocol allows us to synthesize alkylarenes rapidly.


Encapsulation of cytotoxic or labile drugs enables targeted delivery and sustained release kinetics that are not available with intravenous injection. A new liquid-liquid diffusion process has been developed for forming unique microcapsules that contain both aqueous and hydrocarbon soluble drugs. Microgravity experiments, on sounding rockets (1989-92) and Shuttle missions STS-52 (1992) and STS-56 (1993) using an automated Materials Dispersion Apparatus, produced multi-lamellar microcapsules containing both Cis-platinum (anti-tumor drug) and iodinated poppy seed oil (a radiocontrast medium), surrounded by a polyglyceride skin. Microcapsules formed with amoxicillin (antibiotic) or urokinase (a clot dissolving enzyme), co-encapsulated with IPO, are still intact after two years. Microcapsules were formed with the drug so concentrated that crystals formed inside. Multi-layered microspheres, with both hydrophobic drug compartments, can enable diffusion of complementary drugs from the same microcapsule, e.g. antibiotics and immuno-stimulants to treat resistant infections or multiple fibrinolytic drugs to dissolve emboli. Co-encapsulation of enough radio-contrast medium enables oncologists to monitor the delivery of anti-tumor microcapsules to target tumors using computerized tomography and radiography that would track the distribution of microcapsules after release from the intra-arterial catheter. These microcapsules could have important applications in chemotheraphy of certain liver, kidney, brain and other tumors.


The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) works under the Ministry of Defence, Government of India. DRDO, through its network of 52 laboratories, is dedicated towards enhancing self-reliance in defence and also to provide spinoff benefits to society at large. This article describes some of the notable spinoffs from DRDO technologies which have reached the public in the areas of agriculture, agro-animal products, health and hygiene improvement (Malaria control), tele-education and telemedicine, pollution control, energy security, sanitation and waste management. The DRDO libraries in India have not been adequately researched to date. The primary aim of this article is to contribute to the knowledge of the general public about initiatives taken by DRDO in the area of information dissemination.

The Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre (DESIDOC) functions as the publication wing of the DRDO. It provides scientific and technical information via specialised publications, monographs, technical bulletins, online journals and popular science publications, primarily in English, although a few are in Hindi also. A full-fledged high quality in-house publishing facility has also been established, which includes designing, layout, typesetting, processing, and printing units for in-house production of DRDO publications. The DRDO has taken due note of the ICT revolution and has taken initiatives to put all its publications available on 24/7 open access (drdo.gov.in). It is presently moving towards creating digital archives for increased information access through open access dissemination for the public at large. The paper promotes the collection, bibliographic control, preservation and dissemination of information about spinoff benefits of defence technologies for the civilian population.


Abstract Aims To investigate whether endoscopic follow up after a CT proven diagnosis of acute uncomplicated diverticulitis detected additional pathology, specifically colorectal cancer, and if our findings support the European Society of Coloproctology's consensus statement that "a single episode of CT verified uncomplicated diverticulitis endoscopic follow-up remains controversial and may not be necessary". Methods A retrospective study evaluated every General Surgical emergency admission with acute uncomplicated diverticulitis to our unit in a 5 year period (2015–2020) to assess for radiological diagnosis and endoscopic follow up. Results Over the 5 years there were 685 admissions with acute uncomplicated diverticulitis affecting 547 individuals. 74.3% of admissions and 80.3% of individuals underwent a Computerised Tomography (CT) during admission. 244 admissions (48%) went on to have an endoscopic examination, with 12.3% of these being inpatient investigations. 50% (122) of patients undergoing endoscopy had confirmed uncomplicated diverticulitis. Of the remaining patients undergoing endoscopy, 79.5% had no pathology detected. Only 1 malignant polyp was discovered on endoscopy with no tumours detected. Conclusions CT has a high sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of acute uncomplicated diverticulitis. We suggest that it is reasonable not to utilise endoscopy as a screening tool after uncomplicated diverticulitis and the risks versus benefits must be carefully considered, especially in the era of Covid-19 where resources are tight and waiting lists ever growing. An endoscopic procedure is a costly, uncomfortable procedure that puts the patient at risk of morbidity and mortality. Our findings support the European Society of Coloproctology's statement regarding endoscopic follow-up.


Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) increases fracture risk despite normal or increased BMD. Abaloparatide reduces fracture risk in patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO); however, its efficacy in women with T2DM is unknown. This post hoc analysis evaluated the efficacy and safety of abaloparatide in patients with T2DM. The analysis included patients with T2DM from the Abaloparatide Comparator Trial In Vertebral Endpoints (ACTIVE), a phase 3, double‐blind, randomized, placebo‐ and active‐controlled trial. In ACTIVE, participants were randomized 1:1:1 to daily s.c. injections of placebo, abaloparatide (80 μg), or open‐label teriparatide (20 μg) for 18 months. A total of 198 women with PMO and T2DM from 21 centers in 10 countries were identified from ACTIVE through review of their medical records. The main outcomes measured included effect of abaloparatide versus placebo on BMD and trabecular bone score (TBS), with secondary outcomes of fracture risk and safety, in patients from ACTIVE with T2DM. Significant (p < 0.001) improvements in BMD at total hip (mean change 3.0% versus −0.4%), femoral neck (2.6% versus −0.2%), and lumbar spine (8.9% versus 1.3%) and TBS at lumbar spine (3.72% versus −0.56%) were observed with abaloparatide versus placebo at 18 months. Fracture events were fewer with abaloparatide treatment in patients with T2DM, and differences were not significant between groups except nonvertebral fractures in the abaloparatide versus placebo groups (p = 0.04). Safety was consistent with the ACTIVE population. In conclusion, in women with PMO and T2DM, abaloparatide treatment resulted in significant improvements in BMD and TBS versus placebo, consistent with the overall ACTIVE population © 2020 The Authors. JBMR Plus published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.


With funding from 'Kas als Energiebron', ChrIP and suppliers, four chrysanthemums crops have been carried outat the Delphy Improvement Centre in 2017. These crops had the following targets:• A heat use up to 475 MJ/m2.yr.• This heat must be extracted from harvesting heat (cooling).• A CO2-use of 25 kg/m2.yr.• A yearly electricity usage for lighting of 121 kWh/m2.yr.• 5% more production than professional growers.The most important means to achieve this objective are hybrid lighting, diffuse glass with 2 AR-coatings, anextra energy screen, 8 air handling units, well pumps and a heat pump. The crops are run under the name 'ThePerfect Chrysanthemum' (DPC). The realised use of CO2 and heat turn out to be lower than the target. Theamount of heat (cooling) harvested is much higher and the amount of lighting is almost equal to the target.It is concluded that an investment in air handling units, heat pump and source pumps, an extra screen andLED lighting makes it technically possible to grow chrysanthemums without gas, if an alternative is found fordisinfection by steaming.


There is evidence that indicators of male fertility are in decline globally, but the underlying causes to this pressing global concern have yet to be elucidated. While environmental chemicals are likely major contributors, current knowledge of environmental determinants of male fertility is limited and does not adequately explain this phenomenon. Previous studies have typically examined only limited sets of exposures in blood or urine, which may not accurately capture chemical burden in relevant reproductive tissues, and have overlooked a large range of potential concurrent exposures. Here, using an expansive non-targeted analysis to pro�le the exposome, we detected widespread environmental pollutant exposure from common and rare environmental exposures in seminal plasma. Machine learning pattern recognition and mixture models identi�ed Etridiazole and N-nitrosodiethylamine to be negatively associated with semen parameters. Our �ndings suggest that these chemicals are detrimental to sperm and exposomic studies can be used to identify potential reproductive toxicants.


A numerical program is presented which facilitates the computation of the full set of one-gluon loop diagrams (including ghost loop contributions), with M attached external gluon lines in all possible ways. The feasibility of such a task rests on a suitably defined master formula, which is expressed in terms of a set of Grassmann and a set of Feynman parameters, the number of which increases with M. An important component of the numerical program is an algorithm for computing multi-Grassmann variable integrals. The cases M=2, 3, 4, which are the only ones having divergent terms, are fully worked out. A complete agreement with known, analytic results pertaining to the divergent terms is attained.


Point of present examination work was attempted to figure bilayer tablets of lornoxicam through its joining of oral measurements frame that can release lornoxicam promptly in addition maintained sustained release of lornoxicam for 24 hrs to improve oral bioavailability of lornoxicam. Primary target of this work was plan of bilayer tablets utilizing superdisintegrant Kyron 314 for smart discharge layer Polyox 303 for supporting discharge layer made out of two unique classes of medications by utilizing straight forward simple to-scale-up definition system. The in vitro dissolution study of the prepared bilayer tablets showed a controlled release of active drugs over a period of 24 hours Key Words :  Bilayer Tablets, lornoxicam, Superdisintegrant, sustained release


Perovskite lead strontium titanate solid solution phase has been crystallized in the presence of La2O3 in the system [(PbxSr1−x)O∙TiO2]–[2SiO2∙B2O3]–[K2O]–[BaO]–[La2O3] (1⩽x⩽0.5). La2O3 is a donor dopant for (Pb,Sr)TiO3 and can make crystalline phase semiconducting in the glass ceramics. Dispersion of semiconducting perovskite phase in insulating glassy matrix may lead to space charge polarization around crystal glass interface, imparting high value of effective dielectric constant. Glass ceramic samples show a broad Curie peak in their dielectric constant versus temperature plots. The dissipation factor versus temperature plots also show a relaxation peak, which shifts to higher temperature with increasing frequency.


This cohort study of patients with advanced cancer who received palliative radiotherapy within 30 days of death assesses models of prognostic criteria for providing radiotherapy at the end of life and compares outcomes with similar prognostic tools.


A field experiment was conducted in Borki-Wyrki, Zbuczyn Gmina (commune), from 2017 to 2019. The objective was to assess yield performance and morphological characteristics of two spring triticale cultivars as affected by multi-nutrient fertiliser type and rate, the fertilisers being Polifoska 6 and Polifoska Krzem. Three experimental factors were tested: spring triticale cultivar – Milewo and Dublet, mineral fertiliser type – Polifoska 6 and Polifoska Krzem, and mineral fertiliser rate –0 kg∙ha−1, 140 kg∙ha−1, 280 kg∙ha−1, 420 kg∙ha−1. Spring triticale plant development and yield performance were significant affected by experimental factors, that is cultivar, fertiliser type and rate, were shown to influence these characteristics. Superior yields were produced by cv. Dublet compared with cv. Milewo. Cultivars fertilised with Polifoska Krzem produced higher grain yields than Polifoska 6. An increase in fertiliser rate was followed by higher grain yields. Spring triticale cultivar as well as multi-nutrient fertiliser type and rate significantly affected ear length. Significantly longer ears were developed by cv. Milewo. Longer ears were developed by cereal plants fertilised with Polifoska 6. Similarly, higher fertiliser rates had a beneficial effect on ear length. Fertiliser rate contributed to a significant increase in plant height compared with unamended control. Cv. Milewo plants were significantly higher than cv. Dublet plants.


This study explores among others a range of insights synthesized from new ideas and issues to improve the target-culture teaching in Algeria. It is designed to provide a critical account of recent initiatives in the teaching of the African and the target cultures including the Algerian, American and British studies (with a particular emphasis on the American culture in this study), in order to stimulate debate on the current scope of target -culture teaching and its enhancement mainly at the Algerian University. For instance, through different tools, techniques and methods (particularly interviews as tools, content analysis/research synthesis as techniques and exploratory methods) conducted via various research papers at the Higher College for Teacher Training in Constantine; it became clearly notable that cultural themes gained more insights in the field of education, higher education and research. Nevertheless, it requires further investigation that would inquire into the reasons behind the culture-teaching promotion. Accordingly, the study provides practical assistance for those wishing to refresh their critical thinking in the light of recent research in teaching and learning.


Striding Out: Aspects of Contemporary and New Dance in Britain By Stephanie Jordan. Illustrated. 264 pp. London: Dance Books, 1992. £20 cloth; £10 paper. Distributed in the United States by Princeton Book Company, Pen‐nington, N.J. $19.95, paper.


The Vilsmeier-Haack formylation reaction and several additional reactions have been employed to prepare a variety of benz[e]- and benz[g] indole-2- and 3-carboxaldehydes. Similar conditions have been utilized to prepare several 2,3-disubstituted benz[g] indole-5-carboxaldehydes.


S Infertility affects a significance proportion of humanity. Despite the high burden couples, who desires but are not able to achieve and maintain a desired pregnancy, have needs which are not being addressed, especially in lower resource setting worldwide. There are many resones for infertility such as – obesity, smoking, alcohol, improper diet, lifestyle disorders, environmental pollutants, stress, family history etc. The burden of infertility includes psychological, social and physical suffering. Ayurveda provides some principles about treatment and ample information regarding the drugs, panchkarma, no. of ayushadhi yog, Yoga for infertility. It not only offers ample scope for effective treatment in infertility but also improves overall physical and mental health also. INTRODUCTION Today, Vandhyatava (Infertility) is long standing problem. Ayurveda, states that, concepation is the result od healthy sperm, ovum, healthy status of reproductive system & healthy neutrional status. Ayurveda, provides some principles about treatment and ample information regarding the drugs, panchkarma, no. Of ayushadhi yog, Yoga for infertility. It not only offers ample scope for effective treatment in infertility but also improves overall physical and mental health also. General Concept of Vandhyatava It is an independent disease rather than a cardinal feature of so many diseases. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research SJIF Impact Factor 8.074 Volume 8, Issue 9, 1817-1834. Review Article ISSN 2277– 7105 Article Received on 21 June 2019, Revised on 11 July 2019, Accepted on 01 Aug. 2019 DOI: 10.20959/wjpr20199-15615 *Corresponding Author Dr. Madhuri Bhalgat H.O.D., Department of Strirog and Prasuti Tantra, S.V.N.H.T. Ayurvedic College and Nursinghome Rahuri Maharashtra.


This study examined the relationship between heatwaves in Korea and blocking in the Sea of Okhotsk (OK) region, which significantly influences the Korean climate in summer. According to the analysis, negative correlations were observed between the blocking frequency in the OK region and heatwave days (HWD) and the surface air temperature (SAT) in Korea over the past four decades (1979–2018). These negative correlations suggest that when the blocking frequency in the OK region increases in summer, the HWD and SAT decrease in Korea. This study selected 10 years of high blocking frequency years (high BF years) and 10 years of low blocking frequency years (low BF years) and analysed the differences between the two groups to explain the negative relationship between the HWD in Korea and the blocking frequency in the OK region. The difference between the two groups revealed strong anomalous anticyclonic and cyclonic circulations that developed in the north Siberia region and northeast Australia (NEA), respectively, throughout all layers in the troposphere. The large anomalous anticyclonic pattern in the North Siberia region was related to the blocking high, while the anomalous cyclonic pattern that developed in NEA was related to the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) front. The difference in the sea surface temperature (SST) between the two groups was also analysed. In the North Atlantic Ocean, a tripole structure appeared with a cold anomaly in the high latitudes, a warm anomaly in the mid‐latitudes and a cold anomaly again in the low latitudes, which is a typical spatial distribution of the SST anomaly related to the positive North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) phase.


The present invention provides a method involving a femtocell to communicate with the Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network. In one embodiment, the femtocell operates according code division multiple access (CDMA) standard. Method, received from the femtocell, in a first secure entity in the IMS network, using the first random number broadcast by the femtocell in the global challenge, the first authentication information generated by the mobile device including the step of. The method also includes the CDMA-based authentication server connected to the IMS network, the at least one receiving the encryption key formed based on the global challenge. In one embodiment, the second secure entity is a CDMA-based authentication server. The method further includes in response to authenticating the mobile unit based on the second authentication information comprises providing at least one cryptographic key to the femtocell.


The purpose of this paper is to study and observe the behavior of Residual Current Device (RCD) in relation with starting angle variances of the tripping current. Many experiments are carried out by measuring tripping current and type of devices of different typology, produced by different manufacturers. In order to determine the behavior of RCD to the different starting angle of the tripping current comparative analysis were carried out between the real model of the device and the mathematical simulation of the equivalent electrical parameters of the device. The main objective is to identify which parameter of the electrical model has the biggest influence on the behavior of RCD in relation with the starting phase angle of the tripping current.


The objective of this study was to establish methods to extract lipids from abalone (Haliotis discus hannai Ino) gonad. Results showed that enzyme‐assisted organic solvent extraction allowed recovering 60.00 ± 2.16% of abalone gonad lipid from the samples digested with neutral protease. In addition, a lipid yield of 82.56 ± 2.77% was achieved by supercritical carbon dioxide (SC‐CO2) extraction. Thin‐layer chromatography‐flame ionization detection analysis indicated that lipid extracted by soxhlet method from H. discus hannai Ino gonad contained 89.05 ± 0.97% of triglycerides, 7.34 ± 0.80% of phospholipids, 1.46 ± 0.08% of cholesterol and 2.15 ± 0.09% of free fatty acids. The lipid extracted was divided into the unsaponifiable fraction (sterol) and the saponifiable fraction, and analyzed by gas chromatography mass spectrometry. Results demonstrated that the compositions of sterol and fatty acid were different for samples extracted by different methods, indicating that the extraction method could influence the composition of the lipids. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS: Shellfish by‐products, such as viscera, contain high levels of nutrient material, such as protein, fat and polysaccharides, and have certain utility value. So far, there is a lack of utilization methods for the recovery of those substances. In our lab, an enzymatic hydrolysis process has been established to recover polysaccharides and protein (peptide) simultaneously from shellfish by‐product (viscera). However, the enzymatic hydrolysis process did not involve the recovery of another important nutrient content, lipid. In the present study, the lipid was extracted from H. discus hannai Ino gonad by enzyme‐assisted organic solvent method and SC‐CO2 method. The two methods could be combined into the established enzymatic hydrolysis process to accomplish the comprehensive utilization of shellfish viscera.


This volume contains the papers presented at the Seventh Annual International Conference on Computational Biology, also known as RECOMB 2003, which was held in Berlin, Germany on April 10-13, 2003. The RECOMB conference series was started by Sorin Istrail, Pavel Pevzner and Michael Waterman in 1997. It is a tradition that polished versions of many of the papers from the Proceedings appear in the Journal of Computational Biology, which is closely affiliated with the Conference.This year, 175 papers were submitted, of which the Program Committee selected 35 for presentation at the meeting and inclusion in this Proceedings. Each submission was refereed by at least three Program Committee members.RECOMB 2003 had nine invited speakers: Edward N. Trifonov (University of Haifa; The Stanislav Ulam Memorial Computational Biology Address), Christiane Nusslein-Volhard (Max-Planck-Institut fur Entwicklungsbiologie; Distinguished Biology Lecture), Arpad Furka (Eotvos Lorand University: Distinguished New Technologies Lecture), Andrew G. Clark (Cornell University), David Haussler (University of California, Santa Cruz), Arthur Lesk (University of Cambridge), Dieter Oesterhelt (Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry), Terry Speed (University of California at Berkeley), and Kari Stefansson (deCode Genetics).The RECOMB 2003 program had three components: the keynote speakers, the contributed talks, and the poster session. The lively poster session with 183 accepted abstracts was an important ingredient of the conference program. Rainer Spang and Patricia Beziat organized the poster session and coordinated the publication of a separate volume containing the poster abstracts.RECOMB 2003 took place under the patronage of Edelgard Bulmahn, the German Federal Minister for Education and Research, who also opened the conference. The Steering committee wishes to thank the Minister for her efforts in supporting RECOMB 2003 and furthering the field of computational biology.


The first point to clarify, at the beginning of this paper on the subject of religious experience, to save any subsequent confusion, is that Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) did not put himself forward as the teacher of any new religion or sect. His 'Anthroposophy' which forms the basis, e.g. of the Waldorf Education for which he is increasingly well-known, is not, in the strict sense a religious teaching, although it aims to affirm the cognitive value and even, as one might say, evolutionary significance of humanity's religious experience. He began his life's work as an academic philosopher, with a thesis on Fichte, a connection with Nietzsche, and a fundamental book on the relationship between issues of freedom and issues of knowledge.


Metallothionein(MT)is a low molecular weight protein, rich in cystein residues, and induced by stimulation with several stresses such as heavy metals, chemical agents, oxygen radicals and irradiation. It is involved in metal metabolism, detoxification and radical scayenging and also participates in immune responses. In this communication, to study the role of MT in immune responses, we analyzed immune functions, especially macrophage functions in MT-knock out(MT-KO) mice in vitro, When compared with wild type counterpart(MT-WT) mice, macrophages from MT-KO mice showed a defect of phagocytic and antigenpresenting activity. Cytokine productions such as IL-la, IL-6, IL-10 and IL-12 -'ere reduced in macrophages from MT-KO mice. Furtherrnore, the expressions o/F CD80, CD86 and MHC class II molecules were also reduced in macrophages from MT-KO mice. No obvious dysfunction was observed in T cells and B cells. These results suggest that MT plays an important role in the regulation of immune responses, especially macrophage functions. Kk>] veortty: macrophage, metallothionein-knock out m;ce, (Received 5 March 2004, accepted 19 April 2004 ) Introduction Metallothionein(MT)is a low molecular weight(6-7kl)a) protein, rich in cystein residues, and present in many tissues and cells [1]. MT selectively binds heavy metal ions such as Zn, Cd and Cu, and these heavy metals are well known to induce MT [2-6]. Therefbre, MT has beeri thought to be involved in metal metabolism, cellular heavy rnetal distribution and detoxification. However, the intrinsic biological role of MT remains unexplained. Several investigators have demonstrated that MT is induced by a variety of agents such as heavy metal ions, cytokines, growth factors, hormones and irradiation i in vivo and in vitro cultured cellti, and have suggested that MT is one of the stress proteins which protects the host from harmfu1 stresses [7-11], With regard to immune responses, it has been reported that MT is induced in T cells, B cells and macrophages after stimulation with mitogens The UOEH Association of Health Sciences NII-Electronic Library Service he OEHAssociati n fHealth ciences


Bacterial Leaf Blight (BLB) is a severe disease that reduces rice crop yields. It is caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzae (Xoo). The BLB disease can be manage through some ways, such as the adoption of BLB resistant varieties. It is necessary to investigate this disease because of the BLB outbreak cases in several regions in Indonesia, especially in West Java as the center of rice production. This study aimed to identify the Xoo from ten districts in West Java by applying diagnostic molecular markers for Xoo (XO, Xoo4009, and Xoo2976) using colony PCR and assess the virulence level of in vivo pathogenicity test using resistant varieties (IRBB7 and Conde) and susceptible varieties (IR64 and TN 1). The bacterial isolation resulted 50 isolates and detected four positive Xoo isolates i.e. Xoo-6 (Cicalengka, Bandung), Xoo-17 (Sindang Karya, Karawang), Xoo-19 (Rawamerta, Karawang), and Xoo-21 (Teluk Jambe, Karawang) and showed 98% similarities. The highest level of virulence of isolates was found in Xoo-6 and the lowest level was found in Xoo-21 isolates. The BLB disease intensity in the vegetative phased plants was higher than generative phased.


Background and objectives: Supraclavicular brachial plexus block provides most complete and reliable anesthesia for upper limb surgery. Local anaesthetics like bupivacaine and ropivacaine are used frequently for block. To enhance the duration of analgesia different additives have been used. Recently dexamethasone has been studied as an adjuvant to local anesthetic in peripheral nerve block. We observed the effect of addition of dexamethasone to bupivacaine and ropivacaine in USG guided supraclavicular brachial plexus block. The primary objective was the duration of analgesia and secondary objectiveswere onset and duration of sensory and motor block and side effects and complications, if any. Material and method: After institutional ethics committee approval,eighty patients of age group 18-60 years, ASA I-II, undergoing upper limb surgery under supraclavicular block were divided into two groups. Group BD (n=40) received inj. bupivacaine 0.5%, 28 ml + dexamethasone 8 mg and group RD received inj. ropivacaine 0.5%, 28 ml + dexamethasone 8 mg. Onset and duration of sensory and motor block, duration of analgesia and side effects and complications were recorded. Results: Demographic data and duration of surgery were comparable in both groups. Onset time of sensory and motor block was earlier in group RD as compared to group BD (p<0.05). Duration of sensory and motor block was prolonged in group RD as compared to group BD (p<0.05). Duration of analgesia was prolonged in group RD than in group BD (p<0.0001). The difference in HR, SBP, DBP, MBP, mean RR and mean SpO2 were statistically insignificant in both the groups at all time interval. (p>0.05). Conclusion: Dexamethasone as an adjuvant to ropivacaine significantly prolongs the duration of analgesia as compared to bupivacaine. It also provides faster onset of sensory and motor block and prolongs the duration of sensory and motor block with minimal adverse effects.


ery JL, Lamotte M, Sharples L, et al. Exercise testing to predict outcome in idiopathic versus associated pulmonary arterial hypertension. Eur Respir J 2012;40: 1410–1419. 18. Condliffe R, Kiely DG, Peacock AJ, Corris PA, Gibbs JS, Vrapi F, et al. Connective tissue disease-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension in the modern treatment era. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009;179: 151–157. 19. Pettersson I, Wang G, Smith EI, Wigzell H, Hedfors E, Horn J, et al. The use of immunoblotting and immunoprecipitation of (U) small nuclear ribonucleoproteins in the analysis of sera of patients with mixed connective tissue disease and systemic lupus erythematosus: a cross-sectional, longitudinal study. Arthritis Rheum 1986;29:986–996.


Irony is very prominent in Song poetry.Linguistic irony of Song poetry is related to its implicit style;structure irony of Song poetry reflects the turn and contrast of composition;topic irony of Song poetry expresses dialectical attitude.


The question of whether depression contributes to the bladder and bowel complaint in Parkinson's disease (PD) has not been addressed.


The tables of Parts 2 and Part 3 of this volume address different subjects, namely symmetry in Part 2 and the implications of symmetry changes for crystal structures in Part 3. To make the tables as convenient as possible for readers interested in these two different subjects, the presentation of the subgroups differs in the two parts. What the differences are and why there are differences are summarized in this Appendix.


The subject of the work is an investigation of the routes followed by technetium through thePurex process including 1A,1B,1C,2A,2B,2D,contactors by using cascade counter current ex-traction technique.The influence of nitric acid,zirconium nitrate and plutonium nitrate in lAFfeed on the recovery of technetium are studied emphatically for lA contactor. Among those,theconcentration of nitric acid and zirconium nitrate in lAF feed influences the recovery of tech-netium significantly,The results obtained from cascade experiments show that the technetium de-contamination factor(DF_(Tc))is 6.5,1.1,30.3,370 and 1.2 for the 1A,1B,1C,2D,2A and 2Bcontactor,respectively. The gross DF_(Tc) is 1.67×103 for uranium and plutonium,respectively.Theprobable extration behaviour of technetium in each process step for the Purex process are also discussed.


The purpose of this study is to analyze the variables LDR, IPR, NPL, BOPO, FBIR, IRR, and GCG whether have a significant influence simultaneously and partially to ROA in Non-Foreign Exchange National Private Bank. The sample of this study there are eleven banks, namely: Bank Artos Indonesia, Bank Dinar Indonesiaa, Tbk., Bank fama Internasional, Bank Harda Internasional, Tbk., Bank Ina Perdana, Tbk., Bank Jasa Jakarta, Bank Kesejahteraan Ekonomi, Bank Mandiri Taspen Pos, Bank Sahabat Sampoerna, Bank Victoria International, Tbk., dan Prima Master Bank. Data and data collection methods in this study are secondary data taken from the website of the financial services authority as well as the annual reports of each sample bank. Research period is from 2012 until 2016. Data analysis technique is descriptive analysis and use multiple linear regression analysis, f table and t table. The results of this study indicate that LDR, IPR, NPL, BOPO, FBIR, IRR, and GCG simultaneously have a significant influence on ROA in Non-Foreign Exchange National Private Banks. LDR, FBIR, GCG partially have a non-significant negative effect on ROA at Non-Foreign Exchange National Private Bank. BOPO and IRR partially have a significant negative effect on ROA in Non-Foreign Exchange National Private Banks. IPR partially has a significant positive ROA effect on Non-Foreign Exchange National Private Banks. NPL partially has a positive influence which is not significant for ROA at Non-Foreign Exchange Private National Commercial Bank.
Keywords: Business Risk, Good Corporate Governance, ROA.


Recently, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a notice in the Federal Register entitled ''Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants'', (NUREG-0654, FEM REP-1). Modifications of the existing meteorological monitoring system and development of modeling capabilities may be required to comply with new NRC regulations. These requirements are to support real-time assessment of radioactive releases and to aid in the implementation of emergency preparedness decisions following the classification of an accident. The work includes the following: Real-time meteorological data acquisition, data processing, and data archiving. Real-time site-specific modeling for estimating atmospheric transport and diffusion, plume position and dimensions, and radioactivity concentrations (Class A Model). Real-time meteorological forecasting capability (up to 24 hours) for determining predictions of atmospheric transport and diffusion (Class B Model). Simultaneous real-time remote interrogation of meteorological data and /CHI//Q (concentration/source strength) estimates by the plant personnel, NRC staff, and emergency response organizations (e.g.: Ohio Disaster Services).


Aim: The aim was to evaluate the outcome of Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) in post-penetrating-keratoplasty glaucoma (PKPG). Materials and Methods: In this prospective study, 20 eyes of 20 adult patients with post-PKPG with intraocular pressure (IOP) >21 mmHg, on two or more antiglaucoma medications, underwent AG (model FP7) implantation and were followed up for a minimum of 6 months. Absolute success was defined as 5 <IOP <21 mmHg and qualified success as 5 <IOP <21 mmHg with medications or minor procedures. Results: The mean IOP decreased from 42.95 ± 10.24 to 17.69 ± 3.64 mmHg (P <0.001) and the use of medications dropped from 2.92 to 0.39 (P <0.001) after AGV implantation. The absolute success was achieved in 11 eyes and qualified success in 9. There was no significant change in best corrected visual acuity, graft clarity, or graft thickness. Six device-related complications occurred after AGV implantations which were successfully managed with medical or minor surgical therapy. Conclusions: Postkeratoplasty refractory glaucoma managed by AGV implantation revealed a satisfactory outcome up to 6 months of follow-up.


In this paper we identify some challenges in antenna designs both small and large types that we have recently encountered in the process of designing antennas for personal communication, GPS, UWB, millimeter waves, BANs, sensors, RFID, and other similar applications. Needless to say that the topic of metamaterial has attracted considerable attention in recent years, as evidenced by the number of researcher contributing to the subject, who have been very prolific indeed.


Discusses the effect of globalisation of financial markets, especially the effects of international initiatives to improved financial probity and stability in offshore centres, with Jersey as the specific example. Argues that the effect on offshore centres is always positive, and that globalisation in effect makes all financial markets offshore to each other. Focuses on the use of offshore financial centres like Jersey, London, Switzerland and New York by corrupt and powerful public figures to launder stolen money, and briefly suggests how the defences that the international system has to deal with this can be enhanced; no single jurisdiction can hope to manage such situations.


Bauters T, Vinent-Genestar J, Delaney J, et al. Role of the clinical pharmacist in a paediatric haemato-oncology stem cell transplantation ward (Eur J Hosp Pharm 2014;21:309–312). This paper should have been published in this Paediatrics themed issue. Unfortunately, because of a production error this paper was allocated to October's issue. We would like to apologise to the authors for this oversight.


Glasses in the PbO-ZnO-B 2 O 3 system with a lead oxide content of less than 65 mol % are studied. The glass formation region for these glasses is determined. Their crystallization ability, density, and moisture resistance and the thermal, optical, and electrical properties are investigated. The composition-property curves are constructed. It is found that these dependences exhibit anomalies for glasses along the composition joins with constant boron oxide contents of 40 and 50 mol %. These anomalies can be associated with the change in the role of lead ions in the glass structure.


We develop a model of trade between identical countries. Workers endogenously acquire skills that are imperfectly observed by firms, who therefore use aggregate country investment as the prior when evaluating workers. This creates an informational externality interacting with general equilibrium effects on each country's skill premium. Asymmetric equilibria with comparative advantages exist even when there is a unique equilibrium under autarky. Symmetric, no-trade equilibria may be unstable under free trade. Welfare effects are ambiguous: trade may be Pareto improving even if it leads to an equilibrium with rich and poor countries, with no special advantage to country size.


OBJECTIVE
To investigate human cytomegalovirus infection and genetic variations in glycoprotein B (gB) in liver transplant recipients in south-east China.

METHODS
EDTA-blood samples were obtained from 21 liver transplant recipients. The semi-nested PCR was used to amplify a region of high sequence variability in the gB gene of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) followed by direct sequence analysis.

RESULTS
Out of the 21 liver transplant recipients, 5 were proved HCMV positive 62 to 180 days after transplantation. The nucleotide and encoded amino acid sequences were compared with published sequences of AD169 and Towne laboratory strains. Within the region sequenced, 2 out of 5 strains possessed a peptide configuration similar to that of strain AD169, while another 2 strains displayed a peptide configuration similar to that of strain Towne. One strain had amino acid substitution, which was different from those of both AD169 and Towne in the cleavage site.

CONCLUSION
Our results provide molecular epidemiological data for HCMV strains circulating among transplant recipients in south-east China.


I started writing this story on the day after the constitutional referendum in Turkey, which took place on 16 th of April, 2017. The referendum took place under a State of Emergency which meant that the legal structures which could check the elections were not functioning as they should have been. The referendum was about Turkey's state system changing into a presidential system or not; and in the case of "yes" to the presidential system, the parliament would only have symbolic power beginning with the establishment of new constitution and current political power would have the legal basis to stay in power forever. The election turned out to be 51% "yes" after the High Electoral Board decided to accept ballots that had not been officially stamped (which "coincidentally" turned out to be approximately two million new "yes" ballots) a few hours before the election was about to result. I was in Toronto on that day, surrounded with my friends from Turkey working towards their PhDs in Toronto like me. My experience as a young person trying to deal in Canada alone had been deeply traumatizing despite my privileges like being able to speak English (with an accent), not being "illegal", studying at the University of Toronto, and having enough economic sources to live. In Canada I, for the first time in my life, understood what it means to be stripped from my personhood and to negotiate on my own existence. I understood that the best immigrant is the quiet and grateful one, the one who doesn't dare to see herself as equally human; and I was, and am, far away from that. On the day of the referendum my pride and human dignity were severely broken because of the incommunicable situation I was in (both for Canadians and for my friends and family in Turkey), and this story is about that. I hide it in the allegory to make it speakable.


The most sensitive information of virtually every company, is kept within database management systems. These systems can be vulnerable to external or internal attacks and also to human errors. In these cases information could be in danger as non allowed individuals might have access to it.
One of the main tasks of the forensic analysis consists in the development of a study based on the available digital evidences involved in an incident, so a trial can be carried out.
The main goal of this task consists in carrying out a series of attacks against four of the most famous database managers (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server y Oracle), to later analyze them and see if they were able to answer the four key questions in the forensic analysis; what, how, when and who carried out the attack.


Introduction: The objective of this study was to review the literature and analyze the clinical presentation and response to therapy of late onset myasthenia gravis (LOMG) in our center. Methods: Previous reports of LOMG and the records of 24 cases of LOMG seen in our neuromuscular clinic were reviewed, and the demographic data, clinical presentations, and responses to therapy were studied. The definition of LOMG's age of onset varies, but we have defined the cases in our center as LOMG when symptoms first appear at 65 years of age or older. Results: In our center, the age range was 65-82 years--the male sex predominated in 16 patients (67%) while 8 patients (33%) were women; the presenting symptom was ocular in 12 patients (50%), generalized (not confined to a specific muscle group) in 7 (29%), and bulbar in 5 (21%); this is similar to statistics reported previously. The most common comorbidities were diabetes, essential hypertension, and thyroid disease. The treatment consisted of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (monotherapy) in two patients; prednisone plus acetylcholinesterase inhibitors were administered in 20 patients (83%); 17 subjects (71%) needed immunosuppression with azathioprine / mycophenolate mofetil (due to lack of response or for steroid sparing). Ten patients (42%) in our center required plasma exchange or intravenous immunoglobulin infusions; thymectomy was performed in three cases, and one of these had a thymoma; otherwise, no patients experienced thymic hyperplasia. Conclusions: As in the literature, we found LOMG to have a clear male predominance; ocular presentation was the most common manifestation. Clinically, antibody positivity and response to therapy in LOMG were similar to younger myasthenia patients (non-LOMG patients) as evidenced by previous studies. Thymoma was rare. Correspondence to: Tulio E. Bertorini, MD, Wesley Neurology, 1211 Union Avenue, Suite 400, Memphis, TN 38104, USA, Tel: 901-725-8920; E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


In this paper some recent results from the Pierre Auger Collaboration are presented. These are the measurement of the energy spectrum of cosmic rays over a wide range of energies (1017.5 to above 1020 eV), studies of the cosmic-ray mass composition with the fluorescence and surface detector of the Observatory, the observation of a large-scale anisotropy in the arrival direction of cosmic rays above 8 × 1018 eV and indications of anisotropy at intermediate angular scales above 4 × 1019 eV. The astrophysical implications of the spectrum and composition results are also discussed. Finally the progress of the upgrade of the Observatory, AugerPrime is presented.


The present study investigated relations among parenting styles and emotion regulation, trait emotion, and general well-being among 153 emerging adults. Two path models were tested, finding that parenting styles contributed to multiple pathways to emotional regulation. As expected, not only did participants who reported high levels of authoritative parenting endorse high levels of positive emotion, they also reported lower levels of emotional control and emotional self-awareness. These low levels were, in turn, associated with emotional well-being. Permissive parenting positively predicted negative emotion. Because authoritarian parenting did not directly predict trait emotion, a closer examination was conducted, showing that outcomes associated with this parenting style depended upon self-reported emotional control and trait emotion. The findings suggest that the effects of authoritarian parenting depend upon the emotional climate established in the family, a factor that may help to explain variability in outcomes for children of authoritarian parents depending upon socioeconomic status and ethnicity.


With the integration of internet and multimedia applications in next generation wireless communication the demand for wide-band high data rate communication services is increasing. Since the available spectrum is limited and user demand continues to grow this problem could be solved by WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) technology. WiMAX supports high data rate and high capacity in mobile BWA (Broadband Wireless Access). The performance of WiMAX system can be enhanced by incorporating better channel coding technique in the system. It can be further improved by incorporating MIMO (Multiple-Inputs Multiple-Outputs) technique. The introduction of MIMO with STC (Space Time Code) provides a robust platform for space, time and frequency selective fading conditions and increases both data rate and system performance. In this paper, the performance of mobile WiMAX system using LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) coding and MIMO system considering STC techniques under Rayleigh channel is simulated and analyzed.


In this article the comparative study of various Urdu translation of Holy Quran has presented with special reference to "Tarjuma e Quran" an Urdu translation by Ahmed Raza Khan Brelvi for which some important translators/ religious scholars like, Molana Shah Abdul Qadir, Molana Shah Rafiuddin Dehlvi, Molana Abdul Majid Darya Abdi, Molana Fateh Muhammad Jalendhri, Molana Mehmood ul Hassan, Molana Ashraf Ali Thanvi and Molana Syed Abul Ala Modoodi , their work related translation are also discussed and proved that Urdu translations of Holy Quran of the above said translators are not good and proper, these translations status are also not according to the status of Allah and his Prophet Muhammad P.B.U.H, where as "Kanzul Iman" by Ahmed Raza Khan Brelvi is very clear, authentic and such faults and mistakes are not found in it.


This book describes an implementation of a wireless charger for USB consumer devices. The smart charger is able to automatically sense the presence of a nearby electronic device and detect its internal battery level. When the battery level of a USB device in proximity is dropped below a certain preset threshold, the smart charger will be initiated through an ultrasound communication system and start to charge the device. The charging process will be stopped automatically once the battery is fully charged. The automated charging capability avoids excessive charging power and makes the proposed charger eco-friendly. It is also a worry-free charge since users do not have to plug in a charger.


This work proposes a complete and consistent set of cross sections (CS) for electron collisions with water gas molecules to be published in the IST-Lisbon database on LXCat. The set is validated by the electron swarm analysis technique. The anisotropic angular distribution of electrons in rotational collisions is considered by means of the Born approximation in a two-term Boltzmann solver (LisbOn KInetics two-term Boltzmann solver (LoKI-B)) and a Monte Carlo simulations code (LoKI-MC), both freely available as open-source codes. The inclusion of electron anisotropic scattering in rotational collisions significantly improves the agreement between calculations and measurements of the electron drift velocity, reduced mobility, characteristic energy, reduced Townsend ionisation coefficient, reduced effective Townsend coefficient and reduced attachment coefficient. The MC simulations are deemed more accurate and shown to yield similar results as LoKI-B with the proposed set. The use of LoKI-MC also validates the set of CSs against parameters that cannot be obtained by LoKI-B, such as the longitudinal diffusion coefficient or the bulk transport coefficients.


We investigated a SiC-based hydrogen gas sensor with metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) structure for high temperature process monitoring and leak detection applications. The sensor was fabricated by Pd//SiC structure, and a thin tantalum oxide () layer was exploited with the purpose of sensitivity improvement, because tantalum oxide has good stability at high temperature as well as high permeability for hydrogen gas. In the experiment, dependence of I-V characteristics and capacitance response properties on hydrogen gas concentrations from 0 to 2,000 ppm was analyzed at room temperature to . As the result, our sensor exploiting a dielectric layer showed possibilities with regard to use in hydrogen gas sensors for high-temperature applications.


A new scheme is proposed for the dual-band operation of the Wilkinson power divider/combiner. The dual band operation is achieved by attaching two central transmission line stubs to the conventional Wilkinson divider. It has simple structure and is suitable for distributed circuit implementation.


: The study aimed to offer a set of recommendations which education administrators and management practitioners may refer to as guide for the continuous delivery of quality and relevant education. It hopes to be a critical endeavor to review the still vast and unchartered territory of administration and governance of education in the country, especially on how state universities and colleges have fared in the implementation of RA 10931. The results indicated that the implementation of RA 1093, inclusive of SY 2021 and 2022, was basically successful despite of fallbacks. Notable was the shift from CHED UniFAST to DBM GAA which indicated a prompt resolution in pursuit of excellent governance, and in implementing such a law. Even if the law has been passed and implemented, fallbacks and flaws are inevitable. Identifying the challenges and issues that emanated from these flaws is a positive and welcome attitude among the implementers and process owners, as well as stakeholders. Free education leads to building knowledge economy, as long as the academic institutions would strive hard to provide proper values dispositions among the members of the institution. Based on the findings, the study recommends that SUCs continue to harness the implementation of RA 10931 by enhancing collaboration and lessons learned through established networks. The enhancement can be backed up by a more aligned practices vis-à-vis with the unique operations of each school like school calendar synchronicity among SUCs for this will give way to easier process management to external stakeholders connected to RA 10931. SUCs could also lobby for revitalizing the IGP, or the corporatization of state colleges and universities, for the purpose of augmenting budget capability which will give way to more benefits not only to the students but as well as to faculty and all personnel.


114 wheat varieties in Heilongjiang province were analyzed with a set of 12 microsatellite markers,46 allelic variants were detected,the total number of alleles ranged from 3~8 with an average of 3.8 alleles per locus.The average of genetic distance(GD) is 0.7331.The average GD of the wheat varieties breeding by different institutes are different and ranged from 0.5713 to 0.7447.The planting year of the cultivars were also considered,the average GD of the wheats were decreased with the planting time.Clustering analysis on Nei's distance divided 114 wheat varieties into 3 groups and 9 sub-groups,which revealed the relationship of Heilongjiang wheat varieties.


The fermentation condition of sea cucumber(Apostichopus japonicus)feed by Saccharomyces cerevisiae was optimized in this study.The effects of water content of dry feedstuff(50%,60%,70%and80%),temperature(20,25,30 and 35 ℃)and time(1,2,3,4and 5d)on fermentation were determined.The fermentation treatments were inoculated with 10%(V/W)of S.cerevisiae seed solution.The evaluation indexes of fermentation included sensorial characteristics and physicochemical indexes of feed in the fermentation process.The results showed that the physicochemical indexes including dry matter recovery(DMR),crude protein(CP)and the percentage of amino acid nitrogen to total nitrogen(AA-N/tN)reached the highest,and the percentage of ammonia nitrogen to total nitrogen(NH3-N/tN)maintained within a low level on day 3in 25℃,70% water content group;at the same time,the sensorial characteristics including smell,color and viscosity achieved the best in this group.These findings indicated that S.cerevisiae can be used as one of candidate strains for sea cucumber feed fermentation,and the optimum technological parameters(water content,fermentation temperature and fermentation time)were 70%,25℃ and 3days.The research may be helpful for the development and application of sea cucumber new type feed.


Cladding-pumped Raman fiber amplifiers (RFA) have been proposed as gain media to achieve power scaling. It is well-known that the onset of the modal instability (MI) phenomenon is a limiting factor for achieving higher output powers in Yb-doped fiber amplifiers with good beam quality. In this paper, we present an analytical approach to the investigation of the MI phenomenon in high-power, cladding-pumped RFAs. By utilizing the conservation of the number of photons and the conservation of energy in the absence of loss, the nonlinear equations for the propagation of the pump power and the total signal power can be decoupled from one another. Decoupling lead to exact solutions for the pump power and transverse modes signal powers. Further we investigate various MI suppression techniques including increasing the seed power and gain-tailored design.


This case study considers a patient presenting for assessment who is diagnosed with atrial fibrillation with a fast ventricular rate. Treatment options are considered and the pharmacology of the potential options is discussed. Consideration is also given to legal ethical and concordance issues.


In the business world, capacity and resource planning involves the management of production and service resources such that the enterprise is able to respond to the needs of its customers. Choices regarding the quantity, location, type and organization of these resources have a direct impact on the financial success and survival of the corporation. As markets, competition and customer requirements change organizations are often faced with reinventing their production and service systems to adapt to these needs. Contemporary production systems such as lean manufacturing and classical industrial engineering efforts have created many tools and techniques to address the issues of capacity and resource planning. These tools and techniques can be adapted, some more successfully than others, to the management of resources in engineering technology academic operations. Variability in freshman and transfer enrollment, online learning technology, laboratory and project intensive coursework, retention efforts, the demands of sponsored research and a variety of other issues create a challenging environment for those responsible for providing the resources necessary for effective and efficient operation of an engineering technology department. This paper outlines the use of capacity and resource planning tools and techniques to manage the current operations of an academic department and to plan for likely future scenarios. Techniques and topics include hoshin planning, production strategy options, aggregate planning, Monte Carlo simulation, capacity/flow models, theory of constraints, and heijunka production leveling. This variety of classical and contemporary production tools and techniques are presented and adapted to use in academic operations. Sample applications are presented and findings include highlights of techniques found to be particularly effective as planning and management tools.


Speech made by USP's President, Jacques Marcovitch, during the Distance learning: sharing experiences workshop, organized by USP's Polytechnic School. The President stresses the importance new technologies have in education, noting that a distance learning project cannot leave out the teacher and his unique capacity for reflection. He also emphasizes that introducing these technologies cannot be submitted to intervention by commercial interests that represent the unwanted sterilization of the curricular standards and the de-qualification of the teachers. Education must prepare agents of change and build the citizens.


Large manufacturers in Western Europe, North America and Japan show similarities and differences in their manufacturing strategies. A survey of nearly 1,500 large manufacturers in these areas shows that they all place major emphasis on new products, quality and the use of computer power in manufacturing. The differences in the pattern of strategic directions and priorities for manufacturers in each area are observed, and the implementation of manufacturing strategies discussed. Vulnerable elements in the pattern of dominant manufacturing strategies are observed. In the 1990s Japanese manufacturing management is likely to be focused on balancing the need for change with the need to preserve existing capabilities and strengths. The Americans will focus on fundamental approaches to quality control and sophisticated computer‐based information systems. European manufacturers will focus on the need for structural changes in the organisation, workforce and technology. All regions will be faced with a shortage of people with the various skills required to implement new technologies.


The method for printing from a stationary ink-jet printhead having a plurality of the ink surface is disclosed. The method includes printing the relatively upstream side and the step of passing the print head and supplying the print medium to the downstream side in the medium feed direction to form the image formed by the image data of the print head onto the print medium and and the step of printing the moisture pattern formed by a plurality of dots to be printed at a sufficient frequency to on the printing medium from each of the print surface of the print head, maintain the hydration of the respective nozzles in the print head It includes. Wherein the first pattern of the moisture from the first ink surface is printed at a frequency higher than the second moisture pattern from the second ink surface, the first ink surface is located at the furthest upstream in the print head.


A strain gauge technique for determining the expansivity and elastic constants of solidified gases and liquids is described. The gauge is frozen into the solid during formation and the change in dimensions deduced from the resistance variations observed when a known stress is applied. Preliminary measurements on ice indicate that Young's modulus may be determined to ±1%.


The main characters in Journey to the West are designed to show the author's intention and will, as each character is endowed with its Buddhistic significance and its mission of representing the theme.The five main characters are made a whole in the light of the five-element theory and the generation-inhibition doctrine.Meanwhile,the Tang Priest is compared to the Vital Spirit;Sun Wukong (Monkey) to the Heart-Ape;Zhu Bajie(Pig) to the Feelings;Friar Sand to the Nature; and the White-Dragon Horse to the Mind-Horse. The main reason is that in light of the five approaches to Buddhist practice,the success of the Vital Spirit who devotes himself to Buddhism and eventually becomes a Buddha, is achieved by virtue of the Heart-Ape and the Mind-Horse, and the transformation of the Nature and the Feelings.On the design of these characters is placed the author's ideal of transforming the society and the national character. Therefore ,this is a novel of strong intention and Buddhistic significance.