Objective To observe the influence of high-voltage electricity on rats' angiotensin Ⅱ(Ang-Ⅱ), capillary function and to explore the therapeutic effects of pentoxifylline(PTX). Methods One hundred eighty SD rats were divided into control group, electrical burn group and treatment group in a simple random method, with sixty rabbits in each group,and each group was divided into six phases. Rabbit models of high-voltage electrical burn (HEB) both in electrical burn group and treatment group were reproduced with voltage regulator and transformer, while the control group withact electric shock. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to check out three groups Ang-Ⅱat 15 minutes before HEB,5 minutes,1 hour,2 hours,4 hours,8 hours after HEB, and measure the diameter of mesentery arteriole and veinule. Results (1) The Ang-Ⅱ values increased at 1 hour, 2 hours,4 hours,8 hours after HEB in electrical burn group(P0.05), compared with that before HEB,and increased gradually after HEB, the peak value being(8.39±3.29)ng/ml at 4 hours after HEB, decreased at 8 hours after HEB and the value was (6.78±1.79)ng/ml,which was bigger than that before HEB(P0.05). The Ang-Ⅱ values of treatment group were smaller than electrical burn group after HEB(P0.05),and the Ang-Ⅱ values of treatment group at each phase were bigger than control group and before HEB(P0.05), the value at 5 minutes after HEB was bigger than electrical group(P0.05), which was (4.40±1.43)ng/ml. The values at 1 hour, 4 hours after HEB were respectively(4.09±1.62),(5.00±1.88)ng/ml, which were smaller than electrical burn group. (2) The arteriole diameter of electrical burn group was smaller than before HEB at 5 minutes, 2 hours,4 hours,8 hours after HEB(P0.05),the peak value being (5.6±2.2)μm at 5 minutes after HEB. The arteriole diameter of treatment group was bigger than electrical burn group at 2 hours,4 hours,8 hours after HEB(P0.05). (3)The veinule diameter of electrical burn group was smaller than before HEB at 5 minutes, 2 hours,4 hours,8 hours after HEB(P0.05), the peak value being(16.3±5.4)μm at 5 minutes after HEB. The veinule diameter values were smaller than control group at each phase after HEB(P0.05); The veinule diameter values of treatment group were bigger than electrical burn group at 4 hours,8 hours after HEB(P0.05).Conclusion High-voltage can cause rats serum Ang-Ⅱrise and mesentery arteriole, veinule contraction; but PTX can inhibit the serum Ang-Ⅱcontent and expand mesentery arteriole, veinule.


Radiofrequency (RF) energy has been successfully used to treat tachycardia and liver cancer through hyperthermic ablation. However, this therapy is limited to treating small volumes because of the high current density near the RF electrode, which leads to excessive temperatures in this region.
 We have developed an RF therapy that uses saline injection into the tissue surrounding the electrode to increase heat transfer in this tissue to heat significantly larger volumes. This paper shows the results of a finite difference thermal model of this therapy. Results indicate that saline-enhanced RF ablation can treat tissue volumes that are 33 times larger than those created by RF alone.


Wood, with its high strength-to-weight ratio, exceptional toughness across the grain, ease of working and attractive appearance, continues to compete successfully in many applications with man's synthetic polymers and composites.


allows the bypass procedure to drain at least one-third of the functioning liver; and (iii) ipsilateral liver atrophy is absent. Surgical techniques adopted to bypass the obstruction depend on the tumour location, which includes either segment III or right sectoral intrahepatic cholangiojejunostomy. Surgical palliation to the left liver is a far commoner procedure. This is because the left hepatic duct has a long extrahepatic course that makes dissection and anastomosis much easier. Together with the left portal vein and hepatic artery, this triad lies just under the base of segment IV. On the other hand, the extrahepatic course of the right main duct is short; therefore, a biliary enteric anastomosis to the right extrahepatic duct would result in early tumour invasion and subsequently, obstruction. In a study carried out by Memorial Sloan-Kettering of 58 patients with either cholangiocarcinoma or gallbladder cancer, whom were treated with either a segment III or a right sectoral hepatic duct bypass, the group experienced an overall procedure-related morbidity of 45% and a 30-day mortality of 11%. In terms of bypass patency, there was a greater actuarial patency in patients who underwent segment III cholangiojejunostomy. In our patient, a curative resection is not possible due to bilateral disease. A left cholangiojejunostomy would not adequately provide relief to the obstruction, as the volume of the liver is insufficient. A right sectoral biliary enteric bypass could have been an option in this patient; however, in the presence of segment V disease, the patency of this anastomosis is doubtful. Therefore, an intrahepatic approach to segment V was necessary in order to relieve the patient from recurrent biliary sepsis.


One of the DGT e-government is the DGT website.. The DGT website contains the latest information on taxes , announcements, tax applications, the latest laws and regulations, press releases, DGT activities, customer service, and information about the DGT organizational structure. The existence of the website is expected to facilitate communication between taxpayers and the tax authorities as well as a means of facilitating the public to get the latest information related to taxation in Indonesia. However, some people still complain about this website service, one of which is that the website is still difficult to access. This complaint can potentially reduce user satisfaction. Therefore, this study aims to determine the effect of service quality on user satisfaction of the DGT website with e govqual modification. The dimensions used to measure this service's quality are efficiency, trust, reliability, citizen support, and system quality. Students are one of the DGT website users. Therefore, the population in this study were active undergraduate taxation students. The sampling method used was a random sampling system. This study uses an online survey to obtain data. The statistical tool used in this research is the SmartPLS program. This study's results indicate that each of the e govqual dimensions and its significant modification forms the system quality variable. And system quality variables affect user satisfaction.


Abstract Despite the meteorological community's long-term interest in weather–society interactions, efforts to understand socioeconomic aspects of weather prediction and to incorporate this knowledge into the weather prediction system have yet to reach critical mass. This article aims to reinvigorate interest in societal and economic research and applications (SERA) activities within the meteorological and social science communities by exploring key SERA issues and proposing SERA priorities for the next decade. The priorities were developed by the authors, building on previous work, with input from a diverse group of social scientists and meteorologists who participated in a SERA workshop in August 2006. The workshop was organized to provide input to the North American regional component of THORPEX: A Global Atmospheric Research Programme, but the priorities identified are broadly applicable to all weather forecast research and applications. To motivate and frame SERA activities, we first discuss the conc...


This review is intended to give a wide scope on the uses of ion-exchange resins as catalysts or catalyst precursors in organic synthesis, for the preparation of fine or intermediate chemicals. Twelve families of reaction have been covered and presented according to the molecules to be synthesized, regardless of the anionic or cationic nature of the resins; thus, ∼300 references have been selected from January 1980. In acid-catalyzed reactions, the contribution of both Lewis acidity and Bronsted acidity are mentioned, and, when available, some aspects related to the stability or the recycling of the catalysts are reported. In base-catalyzed reactions, the importance of the thermal stability of anionic resins has been underlined. A table that is included as an appendix provides some data on the resins quoted here.


The Department of Psychiatry in its present form has developed since 1968, when the psychiatric branch of the Psychiatrische und Neurologische Klinik (Psychiatric and Neurological Clinic), the traditional type of a West German university hospital comprising psychiatry and neurology in one chair, became autonomous with the establishment of an independent chair of psychiatry. This was an early step in the separation of psychiatry and neurology, a situation which is now to be seen in all German universities. Moreover, during the last decade almost all psychiatric university departments have been more or less sub-divided into sub-specialities. This process has been carried to its furthest extreme in West Berlin which now has departments of clinical psychiatry, geronto-psychiatry, social psychiatry, psychosomatics, child and adolescent psychiatry, neuropsychopharmacology, psychophysiology, student mental health, and forensic psychiatry. The lines of demarcation have been drawn according to somewhat divergent (historical, personal, conceptual) criteria, so that the individual departments differ in size, research interests and research facilities. More than 10 professors, 15 senior doctors and about 50 assistants (physicians, psychologists, sociologists, mathematicians, chemists and engineers) make up a critical mass, but centrifugal forces are often dominant and restrain the optimal use of all facilities for real interdisciplinary collaboration in the sense of what has been described as the 'agricultural' approach to research (Shepherd, 1981).


The delineation of a new disease is a hazardous undertaking, aberrant types of already known conditions having often been mistaken for new entities. This is particularly true for disease of the skin, since the skin's repertory of clinical reactions to an injurious stimulus is both limited and erratic and histologic pictures are often nonspecific. An example of the resulting confusion is the disorderly status of conditions such as recalcitrant vesicopustular eruption of the hands, described under so many different titles by various authors 1 that a schematic diagram is needed to keep track of the various subtypes, which generally cannot be clearly differentiated from each other. Recognizing these pitfalls, we feel that where a previously undescribed characteristic symptom pattern has been repetitively seen and does not merge into any other known cutaneous disorder, it probably deserves recognition as a new and separate disease. The dermatosis which we believe to be


The accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology(FNAC) of the lymph node was investigated through a review of 176 FNAC cases and the corresponding biopsies. We chose 157 FNAC cases after the exclusion of 19 inadequate ones. Sensitivity of malignancy was 94.0%, specificity 100%, false negativity 6.0%, and false positivity 0.0%. The overall diagnostic accuracy was 96.8%. Sensitivity of metastatic carcinoma was 98.0% and that of malignant lymphoma was 87.9%. False negative cases included one metastatic carcinoma and four malignant lymphomas. The aspirates of metastatic carcinoma with false negativity exhibited a diffuse smear of keratin debris without viable cells, which led to the difficulty in differentiation from benign epithelial cyst. The cases of malignant lymphoma with false negative diagnosis were two Hodgkin diseases, one Lennert's lymphoma, and one peripheral T cell lymphoma in the histologic sections. On the analysis of 39 cases of tuberculosis, 17 cases(43.6%) were diagnosed as tuberculosis, 4(10.3%) as granulomatous lymphadenitis, 3(7.7%) as necrotizing lymphadenitis, and 15(38.5%) as reactive hyperplasia or pyogenic inflammation. Sensitivity of tuberculosis was 53.9%. In conclusion, lymph node FNAC is an excellent non-invasive diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of metastatic carcinoma. The diagnostic accuracy of malignant lymphoma could be improved with flow cytometry or polymerase chain reaction for antigen receptor genes. For the FNAC diagnosis of tuberculosis, AFB stain, culture, and PCR would be helpful as adjuvant techniques.


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Mobile robots are increasingly replacing people in particularly dangerous situations and those at risk of losing their lives or health. One of such applications are military and preventive activities, where mobile robots are not only used for reconnaissance and patrol operations and the development trend is focused on the increasing use of mobile robots on the battlefield. Therefore, this type of equipment must meet the requirements and standards guaranteeing safety for the user and the environment. The paper presents a set of requirements for the production and use of autonomous combat vehicles put up by organizations such as the Defence Department, the European Union and NATO.


An adaptive finite element (FE) method for the solution of three-dimensional elasto-static problems is described. The computational domain is represented by an assembly of tetrahedral elements and the mesh adaptation is achieved by a 3D bisection method using an error estimator procedure coupled with an automatic 3D mesh generator. The performance of the method is demonstrated using a number of examples. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Previous attempts at using image source computer models to determine sound pressures in rooms or large enclosures have had mixed results. One evident feature of these studies is that the maximum number of reflections simulated from each room surface is critical. An investigation was conducted using measured data for three rooms and computer simulations to evaluate various means of predicting the necessary number of reflections for accurate modeling. Schemes have been presented in the literature for predicting the necessary number of reflections for specific levels of accuracy. These tests have indicated that such formulas are highly inaccurate. There have also been remainder formulas presented in the literature for correcting computations with a limited number of reflections. The remainder formulas currently available were found to be unable to accurately compensate for model errors in analyzing actual rooms. Where others had indicated a maximum of only three or four reflections need be considered, these ...


Objective: To explore the pathogenesis of coronary artery lesions in Kawasaki disease( KD) by detecting expression of CD40L on T-cells from patients with KD. Mothods: Blood samples were collected from 26 patients with KD before and after intravenous immunoglobulin(IVIG) treatment. Sixteen age-matched febrile sixteen children with various diseases were studied in parallel as controls. Fifteen age-matched normal control fifteen children were studied as controls. CD40L expression on T-cells was detected by flow cytometry, and soluble CD40L(sCD40L) levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results: CD40L expression on CD4+T-cells was significantly higher in patients with KD than that in the febrile control(FC) group(66.26 ± 6.71% vs 58.11 ± 6.35%) and normal group (66.26 ± 6.71% vs 46.96 ± 4.27%). CD40L expression decreased significantly 2-3 days after IVIG administration(66.26 ± 6.71% vs 58.86 ± 7.49%). sCD40L levels were also significantly higher in KD patients than those of FC (17.36 ± 5.72 vs 12.17 ± 4.28 ng/ml) and normal group (17.36 ± 5.72 vs 7.48 ± 3.59 ng/ml), but were not affected by IVIG treatment (17.36 ± 5.72 vs16.46 ± 5.12 ng/ml). In KD patients, CD40L expression on CD4+T-cells but not on CD8+T-cells or sCD40L was correlated with the occurrence of coronary artery lesions. There was a significantly positive correlation between CD40L expression on CD4+T-cells in patients with KD and CRP(r = 0.553 , P 0.05). Conclusion: CD40L might play a role in the immunopathogenesis of KD. IVIG therapy might downregulate CD40L expression and may benefit to recovery of KD vasculitis.


Films for PL spectra measurements were prepared by spin-coating (2000 rpm) of polymerkhromophore solutions on quartz substrates. For systems with PN we used 1 wt.-% of polymerlPSA in methylene chloridelodichlorobenzene (ratio 1:9 or 1:l). All other systems were prepared from I wt.-% polymeriPSA in methylene chloride. To avoid impurities, we used solvents with HPLC grade. Later we precipitated all polymers in methanol. The last purification step was filtration of the polymerlchromophore solutions through a 2 Fm filter. Devices were prepared with the same solutions as described above by spin-coating (2000 rpm) onto IT0 substrates. A thin aluminum layer (typically 150 nm) was vacuum cvdporated ( P < 9 x 10" mbar) on top. The thickness of the active layers was determined with the Dektak3ST surface profiler lrom Veeco Instruments. Absorption spectra were recorded with a Perkin Elmer type Lambda 9. PL (excitation at 380 nm) and EL spectra were recorded with a Shimadzu type 1509. All characterization was performed at ambient atmosphere and temperature.


abstract Based on the analysis of IBGE data on the labor market before and during the pandemic, as well as on relevant literature, this article contemplates three dimensions: (i) a brief overview of the context of the economic and employment crisis, of the changes that resulted in the 2017 labor reform and of labor market indicators in the period prior to the health crisis;(ii) labor market indicators in the context of the pandemic, which signal impacts on labor;(iii) the challenges imposed on labor unions resulting from the intensification of the neoliberal agenda of the last four years The article shows that the health crisis caused by Sars-CoV-2 has increased the fragility of the labor market, which had already been in a process of deterioration in the last four years in Brazil It hit the working class of various economic sectors in striking and diverse manners, and unevenly in the different regions of Brazil


From the very beginnings of the trade union movement, labor organizations have wrestled with the problem of how to secure access to quality health care for their members and for working people generally. After successive failures by Congress to enact a comprehensive national health care program, labor unions won the right to collectively bargain over health care benefits. The system of employer-provided health insurance that developed is now in crisis as costs race out of control and employers reduce the scope of coverage, leaving millions of Americans without health insurance. As the Clinton administration moves forward with its promise to overhaul the nation's health care system, the labor movement is working to ensure that the administration's proposal guarantees access to all Americans, keeps cost under control, and includes a progressive financing mechanism that does not place an undue burden on working families.


In the present study, we have investigated the possible CNS (Central Nervous System) depressant and analgesic action of the methanol extract of Aphanamixis polystachya leaf. Its CNS depressant activity was evaluated by using thiopental sodium-induced sleeping time, hole cross and open field tests. The analgesic activity was also investigated for its central and peripheral pharmacological actions using hot plate and tail immersion test and acetic acid-induced writhing test in mice respectively. The extract decreased the motor activity and exploratory behavior of mice in hole cross and open field test (p < 0.001). Moreover, the extract significantly maximized the duration of sleeping time when administered with thiopental sodium (p < 0.001). The extract, at the dose of 250 and 500 mg/kg, produced a significant (p < 0.05, p < 0.001) increase in pain threshold both in hotplate and tail immersion methods in a dose dependent manner. The results were comparable to the reference standard Nalbuphine. In acetic acidinduced writhing test, the extract (500 mg/kg) produced a maximum of 75.9% inhibition (p < 0.001) of writhing reaction compared to the reference drug Diclofenac-Na (10 mg/kg) (78.1%). These results suggest that the extract possesses strong CNS depressant and analgesic activity in mice.


Aspirin is one of the safest and least expensive over the counter drugs (OTCs) used in the treatment of head ache, general pain or fever, for the prevention of strokes and for diseases such as rheumatic fever, gout and rheumatoid arthritis. The aim of the study was to assess the in vitro quality control parameters of ten brands of aspirin tablets (BP 300 mg) sourced from community and hospital pharmacies in three Nigerian cities by evaluating their organoleptic and physicochemical properties such as identity test, weight variation, hardness, friability, disintegration time, dissolution rate and drug content. Results obtained revealed that all the ten brands of aspirin were identified and had uniform organoleptic properties. Two samples (C and H) failed the uniformity of weight test as the percentage deviation of their individual weights from the average was outside the BP 2005 stated range of ± 5.0 %. Three samples (B, F and I) failed the friability test with percentage losses of 2.48, 2.06, and 4.3 respectively. One sample (sample I) failed the disintegration time test as it took more than 15 mins for it to disintegrate. The percentage drug content of all the samples was within the official range of 95 – 105 %. In conclusion, routine quality control studies on all drugs circulating in Nigeria should be accertained.


A full-duplex millimeterwave over fiber ring system consisting of two simple basestations is presented. The basestations are addressed using individual wavelengths. Bit error rates below 10-9 are achieved for 156 Mb/s down- and uplink data within the 60 GHz band simultaneously.


This paper explores some of the ways in which sexuality can intrude into the psychotherapeutic relationship and present both opportunities and risks to our work with adolescents. It highlights some of the complexities of this area of the clinical encounter, exploring the particular difficulties encountered by both patient and therapist when sexuality emerges in the transference and countertransference. While we are well aware of the centrality of sexual development during adolescence, far less has been written about the way in which sexuality and the erotic transference emerges and impacts on both patient and therapist. Given the profoundly unsettling nature of this area of work and its capacity to disrupt our thinking and psychic equilibrium, it is easy to underestimate how much we are drawn to avoid, negate and defend ourselves against registering such experiences. Through the discussion of clinical material with two adolescent patients, this paper explores some of these dynamics, addressing some of the technical dilemmas that frequently challenge us in this area of work. These include questions about whether and when it is therapeutically important and effective to take up and interpret the emergence of sexuality more directly in the transference and some of the risks to our patients when we 'play safe' and fail to do so. Most importantly, this paper aims to facilitate further thinking and discussion about an important but uncomfortable and easily neglected area of our work.


Background: Turner syndrome (TS) is a sex chromosome anomaly (monosomy-X) associated with congenital heart disease (CHD) with need for surgical intervention in childhood. A previous report from the Pediatric Cardiac Care Consortium (PCCC), a multi-institutional US-based registry of interventions for pediatric heart diseases, identified differential risk for perioperative mortality only for selected CHD among patients with congenital heart surgery (CHS). TS patients are at increased risk for later cardiovascular conditions including aortic aneurysms, hypertension and ischemic heart disease. The long-term survival outcomes in TS children with history of CHS has …


Many fire tests have been developed to evaluate the flammability performance of a lining material. According to the test methods, specimens are usually mounted vertical as a wall or horizontal as a floor. The only exception is the ISO 9705 room corner test in which ceiling material is installed beneath a ceiling. This study was accordingly designed to discuss the test results of ceiling materials in the ISO 9705 room corner test with the testing capacity of the other commonly-used tests to evaluate the feasibility of the other tests to rank materials mounted beneath a ceiling. Materials used were gypsum board and particle board, which were ranked in the best and the worst classes by the cone calorimeter, a commonly used testing apparatus. Our results showed that the fire behaviors associated with materials tested in the other tests can not completely perform those tested in the ISO 9705 room corner test. A penetration occurred in the gypsum test and led to a severe fire although flashover was not observed. The results from the other tests primarily considered the potential of a material leading to flashover. The penetration of flames through ceiling materials cannot be assessed in the other tests. A modification of an existing test is recommended when ceiling materials are tested.


Autonomous underwater vehicle is an effective tool for humans to explore the ocean. It can be used for the monitoring of underwater structures and facilities, which puts forward more accurate and stable requirements for the system operation of the autonomous underwater vehicle. This paper studies the system and structural design, including the parameter identification design and control system design, of a novel autonomous underwater vehicle called "Arctic AUV". The dynamic mathematical model of the "Arctic AUV" was established, and the system parameter identification method based on the multi-sensor least squares centralized fusion algorithm was proposed. The simplification of the mathematical model of the robot was theoretically derived, and the online parameter identification and motion control were combined, so that the robot could cope with the influence of the arctic water velocity and external turbulence. Based on the hybrid control scheme of adaptive PID and predictive control, the accurate motion control of the "Arctic AUV" was realized. A prototype of "Arctic AUV" was developed, and system parameter identification experiments were carried out in indoor pool water. Hybrid adaptive and predictive control experiments were also carried out. The validity of the parametric design method in this paper was verified, and by comparative experiment, the effect of the control method proposed in this paper was better than the traditional method.


This article reviews research relevant to the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists' (ACGIH's) suggested wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) adjustment to threshold limit values (TLV®s) for workers in vapor barrier encapsulative protective clothing. This adjustment was recommended to be 10°C according to the 1990 ACGIH guidelines but was not included in the 1991 guidelines. Six studies were reviewed comparing heart rate and rectal temperature increase over time. The studies were matched based on the ambient WBGT and the workload performed by the subjects. Results show that a TLV adjustment of 5°C is not large enough, and 14°C appears to be too much. The findings of this research review support the suggested WBGT TLV adjustment of 10°C when wearing encapsulating protective clothing.


Geology and archaeology, in manifold ways, are closely connected with each other; they have deep historical roots of cooperation. One of the major, earlier aspects of this dovetailing concerns the development of the Homo Sapiens, based upon the appearance of the primates. Therefore we often realize that archaeological finds from the Palaeolithic are exposed in museums of Natural History next to the geology of the Cenozoic period. In addition, one of the decisive methods archaeology has adopted from geology: It is the principle of stratigraphy, the investigation and evaluation of layers as a basis to establish chronologies.


b y L u g e n e Po lze l l a )f concern for educational achievement B curriculum is little interest in the educational needs of brighter students. Budget cuts have made programs for the gifted in public schools practically obsolete. Still, these able students remain in the classroom, sitting in the background, bored with the slow pace, questioning their own spe cial needs as learners, and often feeling isolated and alone. Schools today are seriously limited in their ability to meet the needs of these able children. Some teachers, on the other hand, are particularly sensitive to the unique aspects of gifted children and plan an openended curriculum. Often parents need to become directly involved in order to encourage experiences that match the interests and learning styles of their gifted children.


The suitability of Ni3Al intermetallics as reinforcements for Al-base materials for tribological application has been investigated. For this purpose, an Al/Ni3Al (5 wt%, 10 wt% and 15 wt%) composite is prepared by powder metallurgy techniques and tested on a pin-on-ring apparatus. The effects of the applied load (83-150 N) and temperature (25-150°C) at a constant sliding velocity of 0.4 m/s on the wear behavior of Al-Ni3Al composites and wear mechanisms during dry sliding are investigated. The worn surfaces are examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS). It is found that the wear resistance of Al-Ni3Al composites decreased with increasing load and with an increasing fraction of reinforcement Ni3Al particles. With an increasing fraction of Ni3Al particles, the wear resistance of the composites increased at higher test temperatures, but not at lower test temperatures, and generally with increasing test temperatures, the weight loss of composite materials increased slightly. It is also observed that a significant amount of Fe-rich oxide particles become incorporated into the Al matrix during wear, forming a tribolayer.


Reliable binding of vitamin B12 by intrinsic factor (IF) is essential in the hemoglobin-coated charcoal radioassay for serum vitamin B12 as described by Lau et al.4 The fact that some IF preparations bind less B12 in the saline IF control tube than in those tubes containing serum can result in a falsely low measurement of unknown sera. This may be avoided by the simple substitution of 0.5 ml. of 5 per cent human albumin solution for the saline in the IF control tube.


Robust regression analysis is an analysis that is used if there is an outlier in a regression model. Outliers cause data to be abnormal. The most commonly used parameter estimation method is Ordinary Least Squares (OLS). However, outliers in models cause the estimator of the least-squares in the model to be biased, so handling of outliers is required. One of the regressions used for outliers is robust regression. Robust regression method that can be used is M-Estimation. By using Tukey's Bisquare weighted function, a robust M-estimation method can estimate parameters in a model, for example in malnutrition data in East Java Province 2017 to 2012. This study aims to compare the robust method of M-estimation and OLS method on data with several different levels of significance, which is 1%, 5%, and 10%. The predictor variables used in this study were the percentage of poor society, population density, and some health facilities. R2 is used to compare the OLS method and the robust method of M-estimation. The results obtained that robust regression is the best method to handle the model if there are outliers in the data. It was supported by almost all results of the value of R^2 on each data that M-estimation has a higher value than the OLS method.


This paper investigates an electromigration (EM) hardened design optimization for integrated circuit inductors. Inductor layouts that utilize a metal reservoir and a stack via/metal have improved EM performance and heat dissipation. The improvement can be converted to inductor scaling and RFIC die size reduction. High-frequency measurements indicate that the new inductor layout design does not affect the inductor-Q and circuit power gain. Computer simulation farther validates the robust performance of the scaled inductor and the RFIC circuits.


This is primarily a discussion on the subject of obtaining testimony and documents abroad through formal discovery methods in the U.S. federal courts. The focus will be on formal discovery methods, since nearly anything can be done by stipulation. I will refer to cases in the federal courts, because that is where a great deal of international commercial litigation takes place, and most of my experience has been in this area. In particular, I intend to examine the cases in which the attorney represents the foreign party, because this situation best illustrates the problems. However, you should bear in mind that almost anything said in that context will be applicable in reverse if you are representing the domestic party.


Objective:To investigate the effect of captopril and Shenmai injection (参麦注射液) on congestive heart failure (CHF).Methods:Set up two groups,63 cases(treatment group) treated with captopril and Shenmai injection,62 cases(control group) treated with western medicine,made a comparison in the effective of treatment.Results:The markedly effective rate was 74 60% and total effective rate was 93 65% in treatment group but they were 33 87% and 72 58% respectively in control group.In comparison between two groups the differences were significant(both P 0 01).The markedly effective rate was 64 00% and total effective rate was 88 00% in treatment group of intractable heart failure,in comparison between two groups in intractable heart failure the differences were significant ( P 0 01 and P 0 05).The two groups were followed up for 0 5 to 1 5 year,the another attack rate was 11 11% and 34 92% in treatment group but they were 32 26% and 59 68% respectively in control group.In comparison between two groups the differences were signiticantly decreased (all P 0 05).Conclusions:The curative effects of captopril and Shenmai injection on CHF are obvious in aspects of improving the clinical features,the another attack rate,and the prognosis simultaneously in patients with CHF.


Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura is a disease from the group of thrombotic microangiopathies, the early diagnosis of which is a real challenge in clinical practice. The article presents a clinical case that clearly illustrates the multisystem nature of the damage against the background of thrombotic microangiopathy, specific parameters of diagnosis, and emergency therapy Timely initiation of specific treatment significantly increases the chances of survival in this category of patients.


RICHARD POSNER, writing in 1969, asserted that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was significantly impaired in its task of promoting the public interest by the commission's dependence on Congress.' To make this point Posner employed a model of antitrust pork barrel. He emphasized that each member of Congress is obligated to protect and further the provincial interests of the citizens of the jurisdiction that he represents. Specifically, "the welfare of his constituents may depend disproportionately on a few key industries. The promotion of the industries becomes one of his most important duties as a representative of the district."2 Moreover, because the power to control the FTC is so unevenly distributed among members of Congress, the potential exists for each member of powerful subcommittees to exercise "a great deal of power to advance the interests of businesses located in his district however unimportant the interests may be from a national standpoint."3 Posner concluded that FTC investigations are seldom in the public interest and are initiated "at the behest of corporations, trade associations, and trade


This paper describes a new measurement uncertainty analysis for scattering parameter measurements of waveguide devices in the frequency range from 750 GHz to 1.1 THz. The measurement uncertainty of Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) has already been analyzed from uncertainty of primary standards and repeatability. However, estimated uncertainties of waveguide VNA measurement over 110 GHz were underestimated in the case of comparison by two measurement systems at terahertz frequency. Other uncertainty contributions are connection torque deviation and effect from IF cables between VNA and frequency extension modules. By using new uncertainty model, results from two systems agreed within the uncertainty.


The invention discloses a charcoal-based microbial soil conditioner. The charcoal-based microbial soil conditioner comprises, by weight, 80-85 parts of charcoal, 10-13 parts of a composite microbial flora and 1-2 parts of an oxidized starch adhesive, and the composite microbial flora comprises photosynthetic bacteria, actinomyces, lactic acid bacteria, microzyme, Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus thuringiensis. The invention also discloses a preparation method of the charcoal-based microbial soil conditioner. The combined effect of charcoal and microbes alleviates soil acidification, reduces the unit weight of soil and increases the permeability and the water content of soil; soil organic matter formation is promoted to improve the validity of mineral elements; and the abundance of microbes at the rhizosphere of crops is cultivated to improve the rhizospheric environment of plants in order to make pathogen microbes difficultly grow and breed, so the insect diseases of crops is reduced, and soil heavy metal pollution is alleviated and restored.


(57) ABSTRACT Provided herein is an anhydrous cosmetic composition com prising at least one organic structuring agent, at least one modified Starch, at least one wood meal, at least one Surfac tant, and at least one anhydrous liquid phase. Also provided is a method for cleansing and/or conditioning keratin materials, comprising applying at least one of the anhydrous cosmetic compositions to the keratin materials.


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Objective To investigate the expression of Tiam1(T-lymphoma invasion and metastasis inducing factor 1) and VEGF(vascular endothelial growth factor) in human non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC) tissues and their relationship with microvascular density(MVD) in cancer tissues and with the biological behaviour of NSCLC.Methods The specimens were collected from 71 patients with NSCLC and 16 cases of benign lesions of lung who were diagnosed pathologically and operated at the department of cardio-chest surgery.Immunohistochemical S-P technique was used to detect the expression of protein of Tiam1 and VEGF.The microvessel density in tumor was counted by immunostaining with CD34.Results The positive rate of Tiam1 and VEGF expression in non-small cell lung cancer was 60.6% and 67.6% respectively,and which was 6.3% and 18.8% in lung benign lesions respectively,and the positive rates of expression of both factors in non-small cell lung cancer were significantly higher than those in lung benign lesions(P0.05).The expression of Tiam1 and VEGF was closely related to clinical stage and brain metastasis of non-small cell lung cancer(P0.05).But the expression of Tiam1 and VEGF was not correlated with age,sex,histology and differentiation of non-small cell lung cancer(P0.05).The value of MVD of non-small cell lung cancer and lung benign lesion was(47±10) and(13±5) respectively,and there was a significant difference between the two groups(P0.05).Conclusion Tiam1 and VEGF are more highly expressed in non-small cell lung cancer than those in lung benign lesion tissues,and they were positively correlated with brain metastasis and clinical pathological stage.The expression of Tiam1 and VEGF is positively correlated(r=0.550,P0.05).Thus the high expression of Tiam1 and VEGF is involved in non-small cell lung cancer development.Tiam1 and VEGF can be used as a major marker for detecting biological behavior and prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer to judge the angiogenesis,invasion and brain metastasis prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer,and they can be used as a new approach to treat non-small cell lung cancer.


A system and a method for analyzing malicious traffics in the internal network are provided to perform a proper countermeasure by discovering the malicious traffics from the internal network in real-time. A switch(100) connects the traffics among computing devices in the network and mirrors traffic data according to the traffics. A sensor(200) processes the mirrored traffic data of a packet level to the traffic data of a session level and outputs the session level traffic data. A security server(300) monitors, collects, and accumulates the traffic data received from the sensor, updates an analysis rule based on the accumulated traffic data, and informs a manager of information according to incident generation if an incident which the real-time collected traffic data violates the analysis rule is generated. A manager terminal(400) outputs the received information for the incident generation and the traffic data according to a command of the manager, and inputs various kinds of command of the manager.


Objective To investigate influence of splenectomy on immune function of patients with liver cirrhosis and hypersplenism. Methods Blood was tested before and 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks after the splenectomy. Levels of immunoglobulin G (IgG), immunoglobulin M (IgM), immunoglobulin A (IgA),complement C3 and T cells subsets in peripheral venous blood were determined in 84 patients with liver cirrhosis and hypersplenism before and 1 weeks, 2 months after the splenectomy. Results The postoperative levels(at 3 days, 1 week and 2 weeks)of RBC, WBC and PLT of the patients increased significantly compared to those before the surgery(t = 5.79,11.67,5.85,5.21,9.92,8.37,8.58,7.49, 11.44, P0.05) .The levels of CD64+, NK cells, IgG and complement C3 of the patients considerably increased 1 week after the surgery, and the differences compared to those before surgery were significant(t=3.61,3.91,2.97,3.16, P0.05),which were much more apparent after 1~2 months (t= 4.93,6.11,3.89,3.27, P0.05). Conclusions In patients with liver cirrhosis and hypersplenism, splenectomy has obvious improvement on humoral and cellular immunity.


Modern Information Systems based on Web technologies (Web-based Information Systems - WIS) typically generate hypermedia presentations according to the user needs. Hera is our model-driven methodology specifying the design cycle and the architecture framework for WIS. To avoid additional expensive programming the functionality of generated hypermedia presentations is limited to following links. However, modern e-commerce applications require more sophisticated user interaction. In this paper we discuss extensions of the Hera methodology regarding the design of such interactive WIS. We explain the main ideas of the extension on the example of a virtual shopping cart application, as a typical pattern appearing in e-commerce applications.


At the end of the last century it was established that the different nerve cells along a neuronal path do not come into direct physical contact with one another, but that there are narrow gaps between them, called synapses (Sherrington, 1897; Ramón y Cajal, 1906). Elliot (1905) made the basic experimental observation that the propagation of nerve impulses across a synapse might be mediated by specific chemical agents (see Fig. i). Such substances are now called neurotransmitters, and some 20 different compounds putatively responsible for synaptic transmission in different parts of the nervous system are known at present, e.g. a few recently isolated polypeptides. The most extensively studied transmitters are acetylcholine and the catecholamine group, consisting of dopamine (a), noradrenaline (b), and adrenaline (c).


Really statistical (RS) explanation is a hitherto neglected form of noncausal scientific explanation. Explanations in population biology that appeal to drift are RS explanations. An RS explanation supplies a kind of understanding that a causal explanation of the same result cannot supply. Roughly speaking, an RS explanation shows the result to be mere statistical fallout.


The lifetimes in the decay of compound nuclei formed in the fusion reactions {sup 12}C + {sup 28}Si {r_arrow} {sup 40}Ca and {sup 19}F + {sup 28}Si {r_arrow} {sup 47}V are measured to be (5--10){times}10{sup {minus}18} s using the blocking of evaporation residues in Si {l_angle}100{r_angle} single crystal. Similar measurements using low energy alpha particles evaporated in the decay of {sup 40}Ca yield lifetimes in the same range. However, the shape of the blocking pattern for the high energy {alpha} particles in the same decay is similar to that for the elastically scattered particles indicating a lifetime shorter than 10{sup {minus}18} s. These results, along with our earlier measurements in {sup 44}Ti and those reported by others, show that the lifetimes for the later stages of the compound nuclear decay are nearly the same for nuclei in the mass range 40--160 and are relatively insensitive to the initial excitation energy.


The prevailing belief in regard to scorpion stings seems to be correct: dangerons, but seldom fatal. However, there are scorpions and scorpions. Moreover, much depends upon the season and the part stung. Generally speaking, a sting in the dry season is much worse than one in the rainy season, because the venom becomes concentrated during the period of lesser activity. And for obvious reasons a sting in the head, neck or trunk of body is worse than one in the extremities.


Background and Aims: Prevalence of factor VIII inhibitors in patients with hemophilia A varies from study to study, ranging from 15% to 30%. The important risk of inhibitor development is factor VIII mutation responsible for hemophilia A. Few studies have reported factor VIII mutations in Africa. The aim of this study was to review on FVIII gène mutations of severe hemophilia A in Africa and those associated with inhibitor development.
Study Design and Methodology: A systematic review was carried out using the electronic databases Pubmed, Science Direct, Index Medicus Global and African Journals online and the key words "hemophilia A", "inhibitor", "genetic" and "Africa". Studies written in French or English on the African continent and published between 2012 and 2023 were included. Publications relating to acquired hemophilia and duplicates were excluded. In the end, 17 articles were selected.
Results: The factor VIII mutations involved in severe hemophilia A in Africa are variable, consisting of intron 22 inversion, large or point deletions, nonsense and missense mutations and splicing abnormalities. Among the latter, numerous previously unrecorded mutations have been identified, and a single case of intron 1 inversion has been found in Algeria. Prevalence of factor VIII inhibitors in severe hemophilia A in Africa varies between 7,8% and 30%. Genetic abnormalities associated with inhibitors include intron 22 inversion, large deletions such as exon 1-13 deletion, nonsense mutations and c.1010-2A>G mutation.
Conclusion: A better knowledge of the factor VIII mutations involved in severe hemophilia A in Africa will help improve patient management.


An analytical technique, based on a generalization of the Stappaerts method which takes into account asymmetry elements, is proposed for discharge electrodes designing. In particular, compact electrode profiles are proposed for laser cells with current return bars and for double‐head lasers.


Silage fermentation, a sustainable way to use vegetable waste resources, is a complex process driven by a variety of microorganisms. We used lettuce waste as the main raw material for silage, analyzed changes in the physico-chemical characteristics and bacterial community composition of silage over a 60-day fermentation, identified differentially abundant taxa, predicted the functional profiles of bacterial communities, and determined the associated effects on the quality of silage. The biggest changes occurred in the early stage of silage fermentation. Changes in the physico-chemical characteristics included a decrease in pH and increases in ammonia nitrogen to total nitrogen ratio and lactic acid content. The numbers of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) increased and molds, yeasts and aerobic bacteria decreased. The bacterial communities and their predicted functions on day 0 were clearly different from those on day 7 to day 60. The relative abundances of phylum Firmicutes and genus Lactobacillus increased. Nitrite ammonification and nitrate ammonification were more prevalent after day 0. The differences in the predicted functions were associated with differences in pH and amino acid, protein, carbohydrate, NH3-N, ether extract and crude ash contents.


Reading is a fundamental ability required of everyone by modern society. To become literate is the first step to all other academic achievements, and to be illiterate or a poor reader can result in life-long professional barriers and social challenges. No wonder, then, that so many psychologists, educators, and health professionals share in their determination to learn more about the factors associated with success and failure in reading development. Their goals are to determine, in a timely manner, who is at risk of developing reading problems and to devise efficient ways to either prevent or to overcome reading impairments.


The data of yearly water-demands of Chinese cities are relatively few and complex.In this paper,a grey neural network model,GNNM(1,1),is put forward by taking advantages of a few data-requirement in grey system and controllable precision in neural networks to predict the yearly water-demands.By practical application in S city the model is proved to be effective and practical.


Objective: To examine   the link of authoritarian parenting style and aggression among adolescents.
Material and Methods: Data was collected from institutes (high school and intermediate colleges) located in Peshawar, Islamabad, and Rawalpindi. For the study, Parenting Authority Questionnaire (PAQ) and Buss and Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ) were used.  For current study the sample (N=200) of boys (n=98) and girls (n=102).
Results: The study findings indicated that both variables (authoritarian parenting style and aggression) significantly correlated in desirable direction (r =.23**). However, results showed the non-significant gender differences on both variables of the study.
Conclusion: Findings highlighted that dominating, harsh and controlling parenting style (authoritarian) stimulated aggressive acts or behavior in youth which promoted more extreme cases in Pakistani society.


Nanotechnology is considered as an emerging technology due to the possibility of advanced well-established products and to create new products with totally new characteristics and functions in a wide range of applications. It represents the design, production and application of materials at atomic, molecular and macromolecular scales in order to produce new nano-sized materials (Hahens et al., 2007) and it is mainly concerned with synthesis of nanoparticles of variable size, shape, chemical compositions and controlled dispersity with their potential use for human benefits (Elumalai et al., 2010).


The purpose of this paper is to present a brief résumé of a rather comprehensive study concerning circuit-breaker operating mechanisms and to describe a new type of mechanism which depends on a combination of gas and liquid for its energy supply and transmission medium. The authors believe the new design is a definite improvement from the standpoint of overall cost and reliability, particularly for circuit breakers which now require heavy-duty spring or compressed-air operators.


This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article published in Fluid Dynamics Research. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it. The Version of Record is available online at https://doi.org/10.1088/0169-5983/48/2/021001.


With rapid development of new composite material and manufacturing, innovative engineering solutions are supplied to the advanced nacelle, such as integrated propulsion system(IPS), carbon-fiber composite inner skin by single-piece molding process,which offers a reduction in fuel burn and less noise produced by engines. The advanced nacelle has an O-duct thrust reverser demonstrator whose composite structure is in the form of an "O" as opposed to the traditional "D-duct". A comparative study is to be conducted to investigate the differences between the latest O-duct and conventional D-duct in numerical approaches. To focus on the quantitative analysis of thrust reverser's operation, this paper mainly uses CATIA/Digital Mock Up(DMU) to simulate under deployment and stowed conditions of two different thrust reverser. After comparing the structural weight, the design models of blocker door are built for kinematic analysis of relevant mechanism and simulation. The results show that simplified design and elimination of multiple interfaces generates weight saving, O-duct improves airflows within the engine, meanwhile D-duct has excellent cost effective and maintainability.


[Objective] This study was to elucidate the cellular and molecular mechanism of the development of heteromorphic leaves of Populus euphratica Oliv. [Method] By employing SDS-PAGE and 2-demensional electrophoresis (2-DE) techniques,proteins in various heteromorphic leaves from the same adult tree of P. euphratica were isolated and separated to the electrophoresis technique suitable for the separation and analysis of proteins in leaves of P. euphratica tree. [Results] There were significant differences in the expressions of proteins in various heteromorphic leaves of P. euphratica tree. SDS-PAGE pattern showed that bands of proteins with molecular weight of 57.2,13.2,30.2,23.9 and 33.3 kDa were remarkably different. 2-D electrophoresis pattern presented that proteins in leaves of P. euphratica tree mainly belong to acidic proteins distributed at pH value of 5.0-6.5 and with molecular weight of 20-40 kDa; totally 73 different protein spots were observed,of which 51 were up expressed and other 22 were down expressed in the serrated ovate leaves. [Conclusion] Based on these results,we speculate that regulated gene expression in leaves of P. euphratica tree results in the generation of different shapes of leaves,in order to adapt to the surroundings better.


The aim of this paper is to show the linearization of optical sensor. Linearity of the sensor
response is a must in optical tomography application, which affects the tomogram result. Two types of
testing are used namely, testing using voltage parameter and testing with time unit parameter. For the
former, the testing is by measuring the voltage when the obstacle is placed between transmitter and
receiver. The obstacle diameters are between 0.5 until 3 mm. The latter is also the same testing but the
obstacle is bigger than the former which is 59.24 mm and the testing purpose is to measure the time
unit spend for the ball when it cut the area of sensing circuit. Both results show a linear relation that
proves the optical sensors is suitable for process tomography application.


As a result of several decades of peat extraction, the area of cutaway peatlands in Finland totals ca. 50,000 ha. Furthermore, some 2000 - 3000 ha of peatlands are abandoned annually from active peat extraction. Forestry is considered to be their main after-use option. However, since cutaway peat is generally rich in nitrogen, but poor in phosphorus and potassium, soil amelioration measures are needed for successful vegetation and afforestation. Soil preparations bringing mineral soil into peat surface or recycling of ash containing P and K are alternative ways for soil amelioration. We studied the initial effects of soil preparation and ash fertilization on soil CO2-effluxes and colonisation of cutaway peat by vegetation. Oppositely to the previous studies, this study shows that carbon released from the residual peat may be so high that the ash-fertilized cutaway peatlands still act as sources of carbon even after afforestation. However, even though the CO2-effluxes following ash fertilization or soil preparation may occasionally exceed the carbon sequestration into growing tree stands, afforestation mostly compensates the CO2-effluxes if also we take into consideration the below-ground biomass. In conclusion, our study shows that although ash fertilization enhances the CO2-effluxes into the atmosphere, it has beneficial effects on the environment by enabling rapid colonisation of vegetation on these sites which would remain vegetationless for decades without soil amelioration.


We present a technique to overcome the random transfer function of fiber-optic direct detection coherent optical time-domain reflectometry (C-OTDR). For this purpose, a standard optical fiber was treated by UV light in order to introduce local strongly scattering segments of definite size and distance to each other. Dynamic strain measurements were performed to demonstrate the sensory benefit in comparison to a non-manipulated fiber section. Our results show, that the modified fiber section exhibits a significant boost in strain sensitivity and in addition reduces the sensor dead time in a temperature-unstable environment as compared to a standard fiber.


This research paper presents an overview of key points, which in the future will help to build a system for a solution of the climate problems in this country. For this purpose, we inspected the situation in Macedonia, analyzed previous tests, and made a review and comparison with organizations in the world. Our main goal is to describe the system (Data Warehouse) which will be a blend between such organizations, and will enable researchers to analogously import data, conduct monitoring - as a key tool for research and observation. In parallel, the system will digitally take the results obtained from the organizations; it will analyze, process, and filter to eventually allow users to monitor the outcome of that research.


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academic administrators that 'the electronic resources available through their libraries via database subscriptions are of a higher quality and reliability and can better support the teaching and research mission of the institution than resources commonly found via generic search engine'. He identifies a number of questions likely to be posed by institutional administrators concerning the need for continuing the library services, and he shows that librarians must be ready with valid arguments and convincing explanations. Fundamentally, how does the university library contribute to attracting, educating and retaining students? The first and third areas are particularly attractive to administrators, and the second concerns to academic staff and students. Philanthropy by alumni and the wider public has a long history, but survival may now depend on how effectively this is sourced by both library and institution. This is not merely to maintain past practices, for the library will also have to redesign its own business models for areas such as journals, e-books and user polices. In Australasia perhaps the biggest problem is that the private philanthropy which led to the establishment and enriching of many nineteenth-century academic libraries has not been maintained. At the same time twenty-first-century governments on which much of the financial burden subsequently devolved have increasingly viewed universities as a fiscal liability rather than a national asset, so that once again external sources of funding have become a necessity. This book's argument is that seeking both tied grants and the building of capital from philanthropic resources is essentially a function of the library itself; it cannot rely entirely on the institution's allocations. In turn, this means that libraries must demonstrate their value to students (future alumni), to academic administrators (holders of institutional purse-strings) and to external bodies with money to spare.


The first‐order quantum corrections to the equations of state of an almost‐classical N‐particle system are calculated to all orders in the particle density by expanding the normalized Wigner distribution function in powers of h2. In this way one avoids the expansion of the partition function, which has the unsatisfactory property that the correction terms diverge in the thermodynamic limit. Similarly, the first‐order quantum correction to the pair distribution function is derived.


Abstract Woodhouse's scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii texana) is a relatively understudied subspecies inhabiting juniper scrub and woodland in central Texas. We estimated density and examined habitat associations at the eastern edge of their breeding range. Scrub-jays were strongly associated with intermediate proportions of juniper land cover at a 100-m scale and showed lower density in areas of greater mixed oak-juniper woodland and greater urban land cover at a 1-km scale.


We consider the Penrose process near the naked singularity in the Reissner-Nordstr¨om metric. Particle 0 falls from infinity and decays to two fragments at some point r 0 . We show that the energy extraction due to this process can be indefinitely large in the limit r 0 → 0. In doing so, the value of the particle charge can remain bounded, in contrast to the previously known examples of the Penrose process in the electric field with unbounded energy extraction. The effect persists even in the limit of the flat pace-time.


Semiarid grasslands in northeastern Mexico contain endemic plants and animals, and are an important refuge for resi- dent and migratory animals. Here, as in other semiarid areas, biological soil crusts (BSC) are a key component of the ecosystem. However, fi ndings about their effect on the germination of vascular plants are contradictory. We asked whether seed germination of some native plant species would be inhibited by the presence of BSC as it has been found in other studies; in turn, we evaluated the effect of fi ve lichens (Endocarpon pusillum Hedw., Placidium sp., Psora cerebriformis W.A.Weber, Psora decipiens (Hedw.) Hoffm., Xanthoparmelia chlorochroa (Tuck.) Hale), one cyanobacteria (Nostoc commune Vauch.), and one hepatic (Oxymitra sp.), from the dominant BSC of the area on the germination percentage (germinability) and speed of germination (t 50 ) of three native plant species: Frankenia gypsophila I.M.Johnst., Muhlenbergia arenicola Buckl., and Sartwellia mexicana A.Gray. Germination tests were carried out in an environmental chamber at 26 °C and at a constant humidity of 60% with 12:12 hours light and darkness. BSC did not affect germination percentage of the three evaluated plant species when compared to bare soil. Speed of germination ranged between 3.5 and 5 days and there were no differences between substrates.


Social security may generally be defined as protection provided by the society to its members. The present study has been undertaken to examine the performance of the Employees' State Insurance Corporation. More specifically, the study attempts to study the perception of employees on ESI hospitals in Dindigul. The efforts are to be made on the part of the Corporation to enhance the level of awareness among the insured persons about the ESI Scheme. The Corporation should also make sure that all the insured persons covered under the ESI Scheme are getting the printed educational material about the Scheme in a language known to them. The Corporation can adopt a policy whereby the insured per- sons can seek treatment from the hospitals of their choice, at least, in some cases requiring specialist care, ensuring reimbursement by the Corporation. The Employees' State Insurance Corporation is a statutory body established as per the provisions of the ESI Act, 1948, to admin- ister and execute the ESI Scheme in the country. The Employ- ees' State Insurance Act is a major legislation on social security for workers in independent India. The Employees' State Insur- ance Scheme as per the ESI Act provides social protection to employees in the organized sector and their dependents. The Scheme, engineered to suit health insurance requirements of employees, provides full medical care to insured persons and their dependents, as well as, cash benefits to compensate for loss of wages or of earning capacity in different contingencies. The present study has been undertaken to examine the perfor- mance of the Employees' State Insurance Corporation. More specifically, the study attempts to study the perception of em- ployees on ESI hospitals in Dindigul. SELECTION OF SAMPLE For selecting the respondents (insured persons) for the study, multistage sampling framework was followed. In the first stage, the enterprises were selected from the two branch offices in Dindigul and Palani of the ESI Corporation were selected. In the second stage, insured persons were selected from the sample en- terprises. SELECTION OF SAMPLE ENTERPRISES The required numbers of enterprises for the study (60) were selected at random from the two branch offices, in the ratio of the total number of enterprises in the branch offices of Dindigul district. Thus, 36 enterprises from Dindigul branch office and 24 from Palani branch office were selected. The enterprises selected consist of both factories and establishments. They were selected in the ratio of the total number of the factories and the estab- lishments in the respective branch offices. Thus, the enterprises selected consist of 38 factories and 22 establishments.


In this study, the effects of sublethal nitrite and sublethal ammonia on experimentally infected Nile Tilapia's haematological and immunological parameters have been investigated. The groups were K: control group, Group A: ammonia exposed group, AB: infected with Edwardsiella tarda and exposed to ammonia, Group N: nitrite exposed group, NB: infected with E. tarda and exposed to nitrite, B: infected with E. tarda. The LC50 value of nitrite, ammonia and E.tarda were determined and were 8.318, 1.304 and 1.2x10 7 respectively. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate, haematocrit and haemoglobin, were significantly decreased in AB and NB compared with the Group K. Plasma lysozyme activity increased significantly, as did phagocytosis of the head kidney respiratory burst activities and plasma glucose concentration in Group AB and NB were higher than those in Group K. There were slightly higher mean values of plasma lactate in AB and NB than in K. In conclusion of this study suggest that sublethal concentration of nitrate and ammonia with infection have some degree of influence on the haematological and immunological characteristics of Nile Tilapia.


FIELD: ventilation. SUBSTANCE: control device (12) of air flow (A) in ventilation pipe (10) includes the following: rotary air valve (24) which can occupy the specified open positions and which, when in closed position, shuts off air flow (A) in ventilation pipe (10), and actuator for rotation of air valve (24), which is connected to air valve (24); at that, actuator is located inside ventilation pipe (10). Air valve (24) has elastic flat bent body under action of pre-tension, which, when in open positions, is borne against two support areas of reference points (26, 38 or 85, 86), which are located diametrically opposite and relative to vertical axis (S) in ventilation pipe; at that, those support point areas act as points for turning of air valve. EFFECT: improvement of air valve efficiency without actuators located outside. 15 cl, 18 dwg


Analysis on morphology and function of rectus abdominis and iliopsoas in sitting-up from back lying and pointed angle with hang. It points out the difference in biomechanical characters between them and explains the elements of different abdominal muscle contracted.


High dimensional integrals are usually solved with Monte Carlo algorithms and quasi Monte Carlo algorithms. We are doing numerical testing which compare low discrepancy and Monte Carlo algorithms. It is well known that Sobol algorithm has some advantageous over the other low discrepancy sequences, that's why we use this algorithm for our numerical example. The obtained relative error confirms this superiority of the presented Monte Carlo and quasi Monte Carlo algorithms even when small number of sample points are used. It is very interesting that the presented high dimensional integral gives very low relative error even for computational time less than one second which shows the great importance of the developed algorithms.


Hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) increases the risk for the development of heart failure with systolic chamber dysfunction. However, the exact mechanisms and hence best therapeutic approach to prevent this transition process is uncertain. One potential mechanism is through excessive β-adrenergic receptor (-AR) activation, but the risks of β-AR blocker therapy may outweigh the benefits. Since activation of -AR augments function of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, I therefore explored whether mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) blockade prevents the transition from hypertensive LVH to systolic chamber decompensation produced by excessive β-AR activation, and the mechanisms thereof. The role of hypertensive LVH as a predisposing factor to systolic chamber decompensation post-myocardial infarction (MI) is controversial. In the present thesis I therefore also evaluated this question. The effect of spironolactone (SPIRO, 80 mg.kg.day), an MR blocker, on LV chamber remodelling and function was evaluated in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) in whom decompensation was induced by administering a low dose of the -AR agonist, isoproterenol (ISO) for 4.5 months. ISO administration resulted in an increased urinary aldosterone excretion and LV cavity dimensions, a right shift in LV diastolic pressure-volume relations, and a decreased LV relative wall thickness without further enhancing an increased myocardial norepinephrine (NE) release in SHR. ISO reduced LV systolic chamber function (decreased LV endocardial fractional shortening and the slope of the LV systolic pressure-


The results obtained by cadaveric renal transplantation in Australasia compare well with those reported from the rest of the world, but there is still a significant mortality associated with the procedure, particularly within the first year after operation. Better results in terms of survival can be obtained by regular dialysis therapy alone, but the quality of survival is not comparable with that after a successful renal transplant. In an attempt to improve the overall results, an Integrated system has been adopted in Queensland, dialysis and transplantation being regarded as incidents of equal importance in the treatment of individual patients suffering from terminal renal failure, rather than as ends in themselves. Fifty‐six patients have been treated in the programme to date, 19 by dialysis followed by transplantation, and 37 by dialysis alone. There have been four deaths during the dialysis phase, and three following transplantation. The early results obtained both in survival and in rehabilitation appear to justify continuation of this Integrated concept.


There are some disadvantages in the Challenge from WTO in our businesses. So according to the situation of our country the adjustment and reform on the government function and market enviornment should be made in order to meet the needs of the regulations of WTO.


Observational studies suggest HIV and human papillomavirus (HPV) infections may have multiple interactions. We reviewed the strength of the evidence for the influence of HIV on HPV acquisition and clearance, and the influence of HPV on HIV acquisition.


"Epistemic governance" refers to the cognitive and knowledge-related paradigms that underlie a social system. In this volume, the authors apply the concept to higher education. In a comprehensive review of recent literature, they define key terms and concepts, arguing that a good, effective and sustainable governance of higher education is not possible unless the epistemic structure and knowledge paradigms of higher education are addressed directly. Effective governance of academic institutions is particularly important, given their essential role in generating and disseminating knowledge. The authors consider the practical and policy implications of the epistemic approach for promoting quality assurance, quality enhancement, and quality management of higher education, and their impact on university administration and academic career development.


In the introduction Sir George Pickering sets out his case with all the skill, elegance and precision that we have come to expect from him. His points are crystalline polygenic inheritance, continuous distribution of arterial pressure, structural disorders the result of the pressure, and proportional to its degree. The evidence is set out clearly in subsequent chapters, and points of difference with his critics indicated; perhaps some ofthem are lightly rebuked. Besides this there are several additional chapters separate from the main thesis, but strongly to be recommended. For the reviewer, that on arterial disease stands first, and the account of Charcot's microaneurysms and their subsequent history and importance seems as fascinating as the main thesis of the book. Other excellent chapters and essays are those on nephritis and nephrosis, polycystic disease of the kidneys, coarctation of the aorta, and aldosteronism. The last part of the book is on the diagnosis and management of patients with high blood pressure, and is full ofpractical hints and wise advice. There is a comprehensive list of anti-hypertensive drugs, many of which have passed from common clinical practice. Lastly, there is an excellent list of references which ifnot complete must be almost so. There are one or two minor points for discussion. Does Sir George really mean that all new patients in whom hypertension is diagnosed should have aortograms? Cannot renal blood flow, as estimated by 1311-labelled hippuran, serve as a useful screening procedure? Can estimations of blood aldosterone and renin levels really be so easily arranged? Your reviewer's experience is to the contrary. Some of the drugs recommended in Chapter 17, and sympathectomy, seem of more historical than practical value. Even so, it is a book to be widely recommended to students, to specialists, to clinical and laboratory research workers. Few could read it without profit, and there is hardly a topic discussed without some quite new point being raised. It is a book to intrigue, to encourage and to instruct; perhaps a few will be infuriated, but this is the stuff of progress. CHARLES JOINER


Applications in computer networks often require high throughput access to large data structures for lookup and classification. While advanced algorithms exist to speed these search primitives on network processors and even custom application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), achieving tight bounds on worst case performance with standard memories often requires a very careful analysis of all possible access patterns. An alternative, and often times more simple solution, is possible if a ternary CAM (TCAM) is used to perform a fully parallel search across the entire data set. Unfortunately, this parallelism means that large portions of the chip are switching during each cycle, causing large amounts of power to be consumed. While researchers at all levels of design (from algorithms to circuits) have begun to explore new ways of managing the power consumption, quantifying design alternatives is difficult due to a lack of available models. In this paper, we examine the structure of a modern TCAM and present a simple, yet accurate, power and delay model. We present techniques to estimate the dynamic power consumption and leakage power of a TCAM structure and validate the model using a combination of industrial TCAM datasheets and prior published works. Such a model is a critical first step in bridging the intellectual divide between circuit-level and algorithm-level optimizations. To demonstrate the utility of our model, we present an extensive analysis of the model by varying various architectural parameters and describe how our model can be easily extended to handle several circuit optimizations in the TCAM structure. In addition, we present a comparative study of SRAM and TCAM energy consumption to directly quantify the many design options which will be very useful for network designers to explore various power management schemes.


The removal of Mn (II) ion by saponified garlic peel (S-GP) was investigated using batch adsorption. SEM and FT-IR were employed to investigate the physical and chemical properties of S-GP. The adsorption was evaluated as a function of initial metal ion concentration, contact time and temperature. The maximum adsorption capacity for Mn (II) was 0.51 mol/kg, and the adsorption process followed the Langmuir model. Pseudo-second-order models fitted the experimental data well and kinetic parameters, rate constants, equilibrium sorption capacity and related correlation coefficients at various temperatures were calculated and discussed. A possible adsorption mechanism based on a cation exchange was proposed for the adsorption of Mn (II).


Objective To explore the effect of Jiaweisinisan on liver fibrosis. Method The rat model of liver fibrosis was induced by Dimethylnirtosamine (DMN), and treated with Jiaweisinisan for the experimental group and with colchicine tablets for the positive control group. After the four week treatment with Jiaweisinisan, the serum levels of ALT, ALP, GGT, TP, ALB, HA and C-IV were determined. Hydroxyproline(HyP) level in the liver was detected. Histopathology of the liver was also observed. Result After treatment with Jiaweisinisan, the serum levels of ALT, ALP, GGT, HA, C-IV and the HyP from hepatic tissue decreased significantly, while the levels of TP and ALB were increased. The pathological lesion of hepatic fibrosis was also significantly improved in post-treatment. Conclusion Jiaweisinisan has an obvious effect on liver fibrosis in the rat liver fibrosis model.


Using quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) simulations we determine the magnetic phase diagram of the anisotropic two‐band Hubbard model within the dynamical mean‐field theory (DMFT) in the important intermediate‐coupling regime. We compare the QMC predictions with exact results from second‐order weak‐ and strong‐coupling perturbation theory. We find that the orbital‐selective Mott transition (OSMT), which occurs in the fully frustrated case, is completely hidden in the antiferromagnetic (AF) ground state of the model. On the basis of our results, we discuss possible mechanisms of frustration. We also demonstrate the close relationship of the physics of the two‐band Hubbard model in the orbital‐selective Mott (OSM) phase to the Falicov–Kimball model. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


India is land of art and culture. Every state of India is leave for its indigenous cultural heritage with its dance, music, architecture, art and drama etc. In worldwide, India is famous for their culture and tradition with their oldest archeological work. The traditional dance style was formulated from that archeological work. One form of traditional dance called classical dance are the vibration of the mind and soul. It is the extremely traditional to following the strict rules by the Bharatha Muni (saint) in the Natyashastra which is the great oldest surviving Natya text in the world. India's all traditional dances originated from their respective culture or traditions. India has eight classical dance forms such as; Bharatnatyam, Odissi, Kuchipudi, kathak, Kathakali, Mohiniatyam, Manipuri and Sattriya. Odissi is one of the eight classical dance forms of India. It originates the eastern part of Odisha state. It is the oldest surviving dance style of India's sacred Hindu shastra and mythology on the basis of archaeological evidences in society. It is particularly distinguished from other classical Indian dance forms, Origin and history. Presently not in India but also in whole world the traditional dance has reached in upper head of society. Exponents believe that Indian classical dance has a caliber of creating a new and disciplined life style in society.India's oldest scripture "Natyashastra" was a purely Natya text on the stage craft in the world. According to Bharatha Muni's Natyashastra explained three major features Nritta, Nritya and Natya. The concept of Nritta, it is a pure technical dance style followed the rules set down by Natyashastra with sense of rhythms and graceful movements. Nritya or Abhinaya is a beautiful and designed different gestures or movement of dance (Sonali, 2012). Folk dance is a pure social dance form of is recreation by a group of people and reflects the traditional life of the people of a certain country or region. It involves a group of happy people following dance instructions, costumes, music and song from an experienced caller. Folk dancing is great exercise and a fun full recreational activity for people of all ages. Folk dance isa pure village traditional and social dance form in India. Odisha is one of the states in India, who has stand by pure "anchalika" and village folk cultures. Natyashastra's one concept named Natyarasa, it is an element of abhinaya part called Nabarasa (nine types of rasa). Natyashastra revealed that Nabarasa (emotional expression) is a human state of mind. Psychologically if person is strongly mature regarding his emotions, then the state of mind can easily controlled by it and others. Dance is by its nature the expression of different emotions, feelings and opinions through the movement and manipulation of the body, its need in everyday life to evaluate their ideas, creativity, positive relationship, communication and social interaction in society and to create new things or images for new generation as coming living life is more satisfy.Maturity is one of the vital aspects of everyone's life. Maturity as defined by Finley (1996) is "the capacity of mind to endure an ability of an individual to respond to uncertainty, circumstances or environment in an appropriate manner". The chief index of emotional maturity is ability to bear tension. Dance is a one type of act or projective technique to help dancers/individuals vent out his or her feelings in society. This concept strongly supported by facial feedback hypothesis which states that facial movement can influence emotional experience (Darwin, 1872; James, 1890). The emotional state plays in an individual's subjective emotional reactions deal with conflict situations encounter and how these emotional abilities might influence subjective wellbeing. Especially, a study of health belief, health perception, and well-being and life satisfaction oriented activities according to limited dance tradition prosperity. …


Semigroups which are unions of groups are said to be completely regular. They form a variety when considered as semigroups with an operation of inverse. The variety of bands and the variety of completely simple semigroups are subvarieties. The present paper reduces the word problem for the free semigroups in each subvariety Ύ of the join of the variety of bands and the variety of completely simple semigroups to the word problem for certain groups in Ύ. In particular if the word problems for the latter have a solution so does the word problem in Ύ. Semigroups which are unions of groups are said to be completely regular. A completely regular semigroup S is provided in a natural way with a unary operation of inverse by defining a~x for a E S to be the group inverse of a in the maximal subgroup of S to which a belongs. This operation satisfies the identities


A MeDalPhos-ligated gold(III) metallafluorene complex, generated via C–C oxidative addition of biphenylene, reacts with CO to produce 9-fluorenone. Experimental and computational studies show that this proceeds via a hitherto unknown migratory insertion of CO into a Au(III)–C bond. This process is more energetically challenging compared to other M–C bonds, but once achieved, the product is comparatively stable with respect to retro-carbonylation. Exploiting migratory insertion of CO into Au–C bonds may extend the range of products that are accessible using gold chemistry.


Stance detection is an important research direction which attempts to automatically determine the attitude (positive, negative, or neutral) of the author of text (such as tweets), towards a target. Nowadays, a number of frameworks have been proposed using deep learning techniques that show promising results in application domains such as automatic speech recognition and computer vision, as well as natural language processing (NLP). This article shows a novel deep learning-based fast stance detection framework in bipolar affinities on Twitter. It is noted that millions of tweets regarding Clinton and Trump were produced per day on Twitter during the 2016 United States presidential election campaign, and thus it is used as a test use case because of its significant and unique counter-factual properties. In addition, stance detection can be utilized to imply the political tendency of the general public. Experimental results show that the proposed framework achieves high accuracy results when compared to several existing stance detection methods.


Abstract Fifteen soil–cement mix designs, cured for up to 270 days, were tested on sand and peaty sands from a Waterfront Toronto Brownfields site having a total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPHC) concen...


Central problems in sheep and dairy cattle production are reproductive failure due to embryonic/fetal mortality and low birth weights, especially in prolific breeds, and reduced milk yields which adversely affect neonatal survival and economy of production. The sheep placenta expresses lactogenic (ovine placental lactogen, oPL) and somatogenic (ovine placental growth hormone, oGH) hormones. Our research has focused on the biological roles of oPL and oGH in function of the uterine endometrium during gestation and the mammary gland during pregnancy and lactation. Major conclusions were that: ( 1 ) immunization of prepubertal ewes against oPL resulted in increased birth weights of their lambs and their milk production during lactation; (2) neither oPL nor oGH had an antiluteolytic effect on uterine endometrium to affect lifespan of the corpus luteum; (3) only sequential exposure of the progesterone stimulated uterus to oIFNt and oPL or oGH increased endometrial gland proliferation and secretory protein gene expression; (4) oPL signals through a homodimer of ovine prolactin receptor (PRL-R) and heterodimer of oPRL-R and growth hormone receptor (GH-R); (5) exogenous recombinant oPL and oGH stimulated mammogenesis and milk yield during lactation; and (6) mutation of oPL and oGH was used to define specific biological effects and a rational basis for design of a specific receptor agonists or antagonists. This project was very productive in elucidating basic biological effects of oPL and oGH on intracellular signal transduction pathways, uterine development and secretory function, as well as mammogenesis and lactogenesis. We determined that immunization of prepubertal ewes against roPL increased birth weights of their lambs, especially those born as twins and triplets, as well as enhanced lactational performance. These studies significantly extended our knowledge of uterine and fetal-placental physiology and provided a foundation for new strategies to enhance reproductive and lactation efficiency. Based on these results, the major achievements were: 1) creation of a practical and cost effective management tool for producers to increase reproductive performance, neonatal survival, and milk yield of ewes in commercial flocks; and 2) define, for the first time, biological effects of oPL on endometrial functions and gene expression by uterine gland epithelium.


With the aim of taking into account all optical aberrations, a personalized pseudophakic optical model was designed for refractive evaluation using ray tracing software. Starting with a generic model, all clinically measurable data were replaced by personalized measurements. Data from corneal anterior and posterior surfaces were imported from a grid of elevation data obtained by topography, and a formula for the calculation of the intraocular lens (IOL) position was developed based on the lens equator. For the assessment of refractive error, a merit function minimized by the approximation of the Modulation Transfer Function values to diffraction limit values on the frequencies corresponding up to the discrimination limits of the human eye, weighted depending on the human contrast sensitivity function, was built. The model was tested on the refractive evaluation of 50 pseudophakic eyes. The developed model shows good correlation with subjective evaluation of a pseudophakic population, having the added advantage of being independent of corrective factors, allowing it to be immediately adaptable to new technological developments. In conclusion, this personalized model, which uses individual biometric values, allows for a precise refractive assessment and is a valuable tool for an accurate IOL power calculation, including in conditions to which population averages and the commonly used regression correction factors do not apply, thus achieving the goal of being both personalized and universally applicable.


Assembly level instruction trace routines have been used for years by programmers as a debugging aid. However, most of these have the disadvantages that they are usually 1) very slow and 2) not amenable for use with operating system development. This paper shows how the standard ROM resident instruction set of the H-P 2100 was replaced by a new WCS resident set that contains instruction trace routines with physical I/O. The trace routine was designed so that either all instructions could be traced, or only instructions from a specified area of memory; since the specified area may be modified while the program is running, the user has the flexibility to choose how his program will be monitored. Because all the routines are in firmware rather than software, degradation in speed while the trace executes is not nearly as great as it is for software trace routines. Also, since the trace routine requires no system support, such as I/O or loaders, it can be an effective tool for use in operating system development.


This body of research sought to identify often overlooked social, cultural and behavioural contributions to the measured frequency of foodborne illness among university students studying Public health in Makkah City, Saudi Arabia. Data was collected from 215 students through two surveys and monthly reporting of foodborne episodes over one year. A higher frequency of reported episodes was associated with some socially and culturally -influenced food access, preparation, storage and preferences in exploratory regression models. The methods and findings of this research can assist future studies to guide health promotion practices aiming to reduce foodborne illness.


This interrogation begins with a question — Is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's series, You Can't Ask That, an educational documentary, or instead, is the series a 21st-century version of the freak show? The answer, as can be said about most discussions pertaining to disability, is not a simple binary. Although the series can be lauded for creating a public space for the experience of persons with disabilities to be heard in the world, the framing of disability in the series is fraught with ableism.


The banking industry like other industries have its own competition, uncertainties, new technological advancement and changing market conditions. Customer Satisfaction is one of the key area's banks have to focus if it wants to be attained long-term success. In this study we have examined the level of satisfaction of the customers towards the services rendered by public and private sector banks. The main aim of the study is to evaluate the determinants of Customer Satisfaction in Banking Sector. For this a descriptive research was carried out to analyse the data collected from 105 customers of both public and private sector banks. The inferences from the results depict the factors that are crucial for enhancing customer satisfaction. Based on the inference's suggestions are given to help banks improve their service quality.


The reaction of brominated isophorone compounds with sodium methoxide in methanol has been investigated and mechanisms for these reactions are discussed. 4-Bromoisophorone gave exclusively 2-methoxyisophorone, while 2,4,6-tribromo- and 2,4,6,6-tetrabromo-3-bromomethyl-2-cyclohexenone afforded 2,4-cyclohexadienone compounds.

However, the reaction of 2,4,6- and 2,6,6-tribromo-3-dibromomethyl-5,5-dimethyl-2-cyclohexenone took a total different way with formation of resp. a bicyclo compound and Favorskii rearrangement products.

These results were rationalized in terms of zwitterionic species instead of the classical nucleophilic substitution.


The support for multi-user multi-source multimedia streams in Internet of Things IoT requires an optimal distributed scheduling scheme, ascertaining the reasonable links for transmitting each stream with QoS requirements. Moreover, since IoT is energy-sensitive, therefore, energy saving is a critical issue for IoT. In this paper, we investigate the combination of the energy saving and distributed scheduling in a united convex optimisation formulation and propose energy-aware distributed scheduling scheme based on cross-layer design. We first develop an energy-aware distortion model which describes both the distortion resulting from the coder and transmission. Then, an optimal distributed scheduling scheme is realised by adapting the transmission rate with the transmission range and minimising the overall energy consumption. Moreover, extensive simulations are provided, which demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed energy-aware distributed scheduling in the context of IoT.


The texture information is easy to be polished when denoising the images,especially the linear structure of the texture is easy to be damaged.A method is put forward that smooth sub-image by using modified method of combination of P-M diffusion and coherence enhancing diffusion in wavelet domain,the different wavelet sub-bands are diffused with the improved method and reconstructed,then the denoising image is obtained.Numerical experiments show that the proposed method have better effect on texture image denoising,especially on keeping the texture information,the linear structure and smoothness of the texture.


This paper will discuss developments in liquid crystal (LC) television displays, mainly for pocket-size TV sets. There are two types of LC television displays. One is a simple multiplexing type, and the other is an active matrix type. The former type is an easier way to fabricate large and low-cost LC panels than the latter. However, it has serious drawbacks. The contrast gets lower as the duty ratio gets higher. Therefore the TV image of this type inevitably has rather low contrast and resolution. On the other hand, the active matrix type, which consists of active elements in each pixel, has several advantages in overcoming such problems. The metal oxide semiconductor transistors and the amorphous or polycrystalline Si thin-film transistors (TFTs) have possibilities in this application. A full-color LC display, which can be realized by the combina-tion of color filters and poly Si TFT arrays on a transparent substrate, was proven to have excellent color image, close to that of conventional CRTs. Here, several examples of LC television displays, including color, are shown. Some of them are already on the market, and others will be soon.


The present invention is an improved pharmacokinetic profile, and fed / fasted imatinib mesylate variability is reduced or about nanoparticle composition a salt or derivative thereof. Nanoparticles imatinib mesylate particles of the composition have an effective average particle size of less than about 2000 nm, it is useful in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia, gastrointestinal stromal tumors, and related diseases.