The utility model discloses a digital multifunctional flashlight. The digital multifunctional flashlight comprises a flashlight body (1), a lamp holder (2) positioned at one end of the flashlight body, a control circuit (3) which is positioned in the flashlight body and used for controlling the lamp holder (2), a battery (4) connected with the control circuit, and a control button which is positioned on the side wall of the flashlight body and used for inputting a control instruction into the control circuit, wherein a light emitting diode (LED) flash lamp (6) which is controlled by the control circuit is arranged on the side wall of the flashlight body. The digital multifunctional flashlight integrates a flashlight, an audible and visual alarm, a glass crushing hammer, a rope cutter and a suspended fixing device, and has a simple, compact and rational design; and the circuit has an ingenious and advanced design. The digital multifunctional flashlight can be always prepared at home and in a vehicle, can be used for illumination at ordinary times and has an audible and visual alarming function and a flashlight lighting function in an emergency; and if stuck in the vehicle or a room, a user can relieve constraint and escape from the vehicle or the room by using the glass crushing hammer or the rope cutter. Furthermore, the digital multifunctional flashlight can be often prepared in places such as a bus, a metro, a train, a ship, a small shop and the like.


Examines the complexity of migration by analysing causes and effects, impact on place of origin and destination How does being a 3rd Culture Kid shape identity?


Artificial Intelligence constitute a continuum of attempts to model adaptive, learning and cognitive abilities in all the varying degrees of complexities we know from biology and psychology. The purpose of present research paper is to design cognitive cellular automata agent with conflict-level spatial problem-solving abilities. Such an agent will have the capability to reason, learn and plan in a manner similar to human being. The agent architecture has a fuzzy inference system to implement the "perceive-reason-act" decision cycle of a mobile cellular automata reflex agent. In essence the agent is expected to execute an Observe-Orient-Decide-Act (OODA) loop. A cognitive model is developed to compute the best-next-move at each time instant for the goal oriented, rational and utility-driven mobile cellular automata agent. Experiments are to be planned and conducted to evaluate the problem solving abilities of such an agent when immersed in a conflict situation.


Along with science and technology development,multi-media teaching in the English teaching is expanded gradually,how to use multi-media technique reasonably has already become a problem which is eager to be solved in English teaching.This essay surveys on the methods and usages of English teaching with multi-media at present,to attain the best efficiency of the usage of multimedia in English teaching.


H igh valued biochemicals can be harnessed from palm oil mill effluent (POME) via microbial process apart from bioenergy e.g. methane or hydrogen. The potential pollution source of POME can be transformed into business opportunities by recovering and utilising the readily available nutrients for microbial fermentation into various bio-products. This bioconversion pathway makes use of the nutrient rich organic residues in POME as a substrate for specific microorganisms to consume and grow while concurrently produce biomass and some of the targeted bio-products.


The chip/pulp residence times within a primary-stage TMP refiner were found to range from 3 to 15 seconds depending on the process conditions. For 'normal' TMP process conditions, pulp remained within the refining zone for approximately 0.5 seconds and within the refiner system (ribbon screw to blow valve) for approximately 3 seconds. Altering the process conditions demonstrated that: - Increased specific energy input and production rate both caused the refining zone residence time to increase. - Increased refining consistency did not change the refining zone residence time. Refining intensity at a given energy input did not correlate with pulp freeness and long fibre content (Bauer McNett) when determined directly from measured residence time and energy data. In contrast, the refiner plate-gap correlated well with the pulp quality.


In Ling-shu,Huang Di Nei Jing,the text describes twenty-five classes of yin-yang person with twenty-five jan-ending adjective phrases,but only DunDun-Ran was used twice,resulting in today's belief that one of these two occurrences might be a mistake.In the Ming dynasty,when Zhang Jie Bin was annotating Huang Di Nei Jing,he wrote that even though the phrase has two occurrences in the treatise,each has its own meaning.This paper integrates the knowledge obtained in ancient Chinese phonology since the Ming and Qing dynasties.Due to the fact that the Dun-Dun-Ran of the Hand Greater-Yin Meridian does not rhyme with the rest of the rest of the treatise,it is believed that the phrase is indeed a mistake.


11561 Background: Breast cancer is the first most common cancer in the US, the first cancer in the developing countries and it is the same in our area. Methods: It begins with a retrospective analysis from our cancer records and then it continues with prospective work from an influence area up to 1,000,000 people. Results: The group accrued 7,500 cancer patients from January 1995 to December 2006 with final analysis group of 888 patients; 99% female; median age 55 (range 25–93; SD 12.743); urban area 93%. Clinical symptom was mass (87%), best diagnosis method was test by themselves (84%), second neoplasia in 4% with contralateral breast cancer (62%), ductal carcinoma (90%), RE(+) 27%, RP(+) 27% and HER(+) 3% in only 10% of the patients; invasion lymph-vascular(+) 17%, MRM surgery 61.5%, conservative surgery 19%, mean resected nodes 13 and mean positive resected nodes 4, familiar first degree antecedent 10%, postmenopausal stage 62%, clinical stage zero (1%), I (3%), II (30%), III (29%), IV (6%) and inflam...


This paper proposed a channel estimation algorithm which has less complicacy and good performance.Simulation results of one transmitted and one received antenna in spatial channel model show that the giving method has almost 2 dB loss in bit error rate with the ideal channel estimation,but it has lower complexity than maximum likelyhood,that is linear versus exponential.


The tendency for high vowels such as [i] and [u] to have higher fundamental frequencies (FOs) than low vowels such as [a] has been found in every language so far in which it has been sought. These include 31 languages representing 11 of the world's 29 major language families (as defined by Crystal, 1987). While the size of the intrinsic FO (lFO) effect varies from study to study, the differences seem to derive from differences in the study design, especially in the number of subjects. The effect appears larger for female speakers when expressed in Hz, but it is, instead, larger for males when the results are expressed in semitones. The size of the language's vowel inventory did not significantly affect the size of IFO. One other universal, though, is that the effect disappears at the low end of a speaker's FO range. The consistency of intrinsic FO across languages argues that the effect is truly intrinsic; that is, it is not a deliberate enhancement of the signal but rather a consequence of successfully forming a vowel.


We present the case of a 14‐year‐old girl in whom a myelodysplastic syndrome was diagnosed 9 months after surgical resection and chemotherapy for an ovarian germ cell tumor. Cells from her marrow were characterized by trisomy 8 and an isochromosome 12p, a marker that appears to be unique to germ cell tumors. The presence of the same two anomalies in her original tumor was demonstrated by fluorescence in situ hybridization study of interphase cells in paraffin‐embedded tissues and thus provided strong evidence that the two neoplasms had a common clonal origin. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


An important problem of the analysis of fMRI experiments is to achieve some noise reduction of the data without blurring the shape of the activation areas. As a novel solution to this problem, recently the propagation-separation (PS) approach has been proposed. PS is a structure adaptive smoothing method that adapts to different shapes of activation areas by generating a spatial structure corresponding to similarities and differences between time series in adjacent locations. In this paper we demonstrate how this method results in a more accurate localization of brain activity. First, it is shown in numerical simulations that PS is superior over Gaussian smoothing with respect to the accurate description of the shape of activation clusters and results in less false detections. Second, in a study of 37 presurgical planning cases we found that PS and Gaussian smoothing often yield different results, and we present examples showing aspects of the superiority of PS as applied to presurgical planning.


Distribution of eddy current density for three types of coils of excitation of moving surface eddy current probes, in particular circular, rectangular, orthogonal-rectangular shapes was calculated according to the formulas of "exact" electrodynamic mathematical models with allowance for the speed effect. Calculation time from 8 to 20 hours was established for a circular excitation coil with dimensions of testing zone 50´50 mm at speed u x =40 m/s. The calculation time was from 8 to 9 hours for a rectangular excitation coil at a speed of movement in direction of two components u x , u y =20 m/s with the testing zone dimensions of 80´48 mm. The calculation time was more than 7 hours for an excitation coil of orthogonal rectangular shape with dimensions of the testing zone of 15´35 mm at a speed of movement in direction of components u x , u y =40 m/s; and for the testing zone dimensions of 12´24 mm for u x , u y =40 m/s it was longer than 9 hours. It was found that the computational complexity of calculation of distribution of the eddy current density with the use of "exact" mathematical models was rather large when changing even two spatial coordinates in the testing zone. That is, the direct use of "exact" mathematical models when calculating the values of distribution of the eddy currents density in the points of the controlled zone is inappropriate taking into account the considerable resource intensity of the computational process. The necessity for using a mathematical apparatus of surrogate optimization was substantiated for designing eddy current probes with a uniform distribution of eddy current density in the testing zone. This study is useful for non-destructive testing specialists in the field of mechanical engineering. The study results can be used in designing eddy current probes with improved metrological characteristics, in particular homogeneous sensitivity, localization of the probing excitation field, improved noise immunity, possibility of eliminating the edge effect manifestations in testing


PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the non-linear characteristics and stability of the rolling bearing–axle coupling system under the excitation of the axle/wheel speed of railway freight cars, so as to put forward a rationale for judging the vibration law and running stability of railway freight wagon.Design/methodology/approachConsidering the effects of eccentric force of the railway wagon axle, the non-linear resistance of the wagon and non-linear support forces of axle box rolling bearings, a centralized mass model of rolling bearing-axle coupling system of railway freight wagon is presented on the basis of the theory of rotor dynamics and non-linear dynamics. Then the Runge-Kutta method is adopted to solve the non-linear response of the proposed system, and numerical simulation including bifurcation diagrams, axis trajectory curves, phase plane plots, Poincaré sections and amplitude spectras are analysed when the axle rotating speed is changed. Meantime, the relation curve between Floquet multiplier and axle rotating speed, which affects the stability of coupling system, is plotted by numerical method based on the Floquet theory and method.FindingsThe simulation results of the dynamic model reveal the abundant dynamic behaviour of the coupling system when the axle rotating speed changes, including single period, quasi period, multi-period and chaotic motion, as well as the evolution law from multi-period motion to chaotic motion. And especially, the bearing–axle coupling system is in stable state with a single period motion when the axle rotating speed changes from 410 rpm to 510 rpm, in which the running speed of railway freight wagon is changed from 62 km/h to 80 km/h, the vibration displacement of the coupling system in X direction is between 1.2 mm and 1.8 mm, and the vibration displacement of the coupling system in Y direction is between 1.0 mm and 1.45 mm. Meanwhile, the influence law of axle rotating speed on the stability is obtained by comparing the bifurcation diagram and Floquet multiplier graph of the coupling system.Originality/valueThe numerical simulation data obtained in this study can provide a theoretical evidence for designing the running speed of railway freight wagon, utilizing or controlling the non-linear dynamic behaviours of the proposed coupling system, and ensuring the stability of railway freight wagons.


The rapid growth of the car wash industry today results in the need for wastewater reclamation. Thus, this paper aims to investigate the effect of using car wash wastewater on concrete properties in terms of mechanical properties. The basic characteristics of wastewater were investigated according to USEPA (Method 150.1 & 3 00.0) while the mechanical properties of concrete with car wash wastewater were compared according to ASTM C1602 and BS EN 1008 standards. In this research, the compressive strength, modulus of elasticity and tensile strength were studied. The percentages of wastewater replaced in the concrete mix ranged from 0% up to 40%. In addition, the results also suggest that the concrete with 20% car wash wastewater achieved the highest compressive strength and modulus of elasticity compared to other compositions of wastewater. Moreover, the results also recommended that concrete mixed with car wash wastewater has better compressive strength compared to conventional concrete.


(Fam Med 2008;40(2):85-6.) Family medicine's core values of continuing, comprehensive, compassionate, and personal care provided within the context of family and community have shaped the identity of generations of family physicians. For years, we have been teaching our students and residents how to practice medicine that reflects these ideals. Continuing to teach these standards will ground our learners in the "care principles" of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH): personal physician, physician-directed medical practice, and whole-person orientation. While we have been teaching about some "infrastructure principles" of the PCMH, these areas provide new teaching challenges: coordinated care, quality and safety, enhanced access, and payment for added value. In the era of competency-based education, we need to articulate the competencies necessary for functioning in a PCMH and to develop curricula for providing learners with the knowledge and skills required for that environment. The Competency-based Curriculum Workgroup of the STFM Special Task Force on the Future of Family Medicine has developed modules that address the chronic care model, informatics, performance improvement, advanced access, and group visits. These modules are available on the Family Medicine Digital Resources library at www.fmdrl.org. In addition, faculty members throughout the country have uploaded their resources to help their colleagues teach about the PCMH principles. Use the following search terms on www.fmdrl.org to locate the teaching resources: Personal physician—each patient has an ongoing relationship with a personal physician trained to provide first contact and continuous and comprehensive care. Search: personal physician, continuity of care. Physician-directed medical practice—the personal physician leads a team of individuals at the practice level who collectively take responsibility for the ongoing care of patients. Search: team. Whole person orientation—the personal physician is responsible for providing for all the patients' health care needs or taking responsibility for appropriately arranging care with other qualified professionals. This includes care for all stages of life, acute care, chronic care, preventive services, and end-of-life care. Search: chronic care model, comprehensive care. Care is coordinated and/or integrated across all elements of the complex health care system (eg, subspecialty care, hospitals, home health agencies, nursing homes) and the patient's community (eg, family, public and private community-based services). Care is facilitated by registries, information technology health information exchange and other means to assure that patients get the indicated care when and where they need and want it in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner. Search: informatics, coordinated care, integrated care, registries, information technology, health information. Quality and safety are hallmarks of the medical home. Search: performance improvement, quality of care, safety, quality improvement, performance measurement, medical home. Enhanced access to care is available through systems such as open scheduling, expanded hours and new options for communication amongpatients, their personal physician, and practice staff. Search: advanced access, access, open scheduling, communication, electronic communication. Payment appropriately recognizes the added value provided to patients who have a PCMH. Search: pay for performance, reform.


The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has a critical shortage of water resources. Water use per capita is among the lowest in the world and urban population continues to grow, increasing water demand. The government of Jordan has been quick to recognize the potential of wastewater reuse to expand the existing supply of water. Today nearly all the wastewater generated within the Kingdom is reused after appropriate treatment and blending with higher quality water. Planning is underway for further optimization of recycled water. The successful utilization of recycled water within Jordan has been made possible by the development and evolution of a sound legislative and legal foundation. There are several sets of standards that have paved the way. These include the first law regarding the operation of municipal sewer systems, which was first established in 1955, and the original public health standards first enacted in 1971. The reuse of wastewater is now regulated by several sets of standards: including one governing the discharge of toxic materials to sewers and others that established standards for reuse of wastewater and the processing and use of sludge. Progress in wastewater reuse in Jordan has been significant. Initiatives are underway to further enhance the framework of laws and standards for improved integration of the treatment requirements for the wastewater with the likely reuse of the treated effluent in order to minimize the treatment costs, ensure public health and preserve the environment. Further evolution of the legislation may also allow for more flexible decision-making processes, and higher-value uses of treated wastewater. The paper traces the history and development of wastewater regulatory laws and the agencies that control wastewater within Jordan. The authors trace the development of the law underlying the wastewater agencies and the related standards and rules, and they provide some insights into the opportunities for the future evolution of Jordan's wastewater reuse laws and standards. 1 Irrigation & Wastewater Re-Use Specialist, Directorate of Environment, Ministry of Water & Irrigation, Amman, Jordan 2 Head of Environmental Study Section, Directorate of Environment, Ministry of Water & Irrigation, Amman, Jordan 3 Director of Wastewater Projects Directorate, Water Authority of Jordan, Amman, Jordan 4 Wastewater Re-Use Team Leader, Water Resource Policy Support Project, Ministry of Water & Irrigation, Amman, Jordan WASTEWATER REUSE LAW AND STANDARDS IN JORDAN


Abstract Gases, which include fumigants and controlled atmospheres, have a range of physical properties that make them ideal for controlling insects in relatively dry, porous matrices. Insecticidal gases range from reactive gases with high toxicity to inert atmospheres with lower toxicity. The concentration of the gas and the duration of exposure are usually the primary factors that determine the efficacy of a gas as a means of killing any insect species. These two fac tors sometimes have an equal effect and sometimes one or the other is more important. Other factors that will influence the efficacy of the treatment include temperature, relative humidity, the presence of other gases, and the age and developmental stage of the target insects. This paper draws on published literature and some recent laboratory studies to show that there are many factors that need consideration before deciding on a "fumigation" strategy for an object. These may go well beyond the obvious one of the safety of the object that needs treatment.


volume of this kind, McEachern has done a good job of explaining the imagery, form, and theology within the Psalter. For example, in discussing Psalm 23 he says: "Psalm 22 is a song of deep anguish. Psalm 24 is a hymn of triumph. The twentythird psalm is a bridge over troubled waters, joining the two . . . Psalm 23 reminds us that God is with us in the valley of deep darkness as well as in times of joy" (p. 42).


Abstract : The use of the resonant cavity method for measuring electron densities and collision frequencies in the ionized wakes of hypervelocity pellets is described. The equivalent circuit obtained from a normal mode analysis of the cavity fields and their interaction with the wake plasma is used to determine the plasma parameters in terms of measurable properties of the cavity. The range of validity of the method is discussed, along with a sensitivity and accuracy analysis.


A short description of the work of Jack D. Ives is presented, as a tribute to this protagonist in the development of geoecological studies in mountain areas. His research in arctic and mountain environments (particularly the Rocky Mountains and the Himalayas) has provided a new global perspective, in which human activities and the organisation of human societies are the major factors explaining the complexity of mountain environments.


My teeth are asleep and kind. They bleach like limestone, crumble like slate. The old plates are merely lungs, long dormant, having breathed once, twice, long ago. My chest had lifted, my shoulder blades cracking together, pulled up and back. Volcanoes fell down my throat, swallowed into peace, their rumblings lost to other voices, the voices of ghosts who expose my fault lines with paths of asphalt and tar. KEYSTONE


Two ionic liquids triethylammonium oleate and  triethylammonium stearate were synthesized from fatty acids and triethyl amine using two different methods (one step and three step methods). The yield triethylammonium oleate rearch 68.8-74% (one step method) and 86.3% (three step method) and of triethylammonium stearate rearch 68.7-74.1 (one step method) and 83.5% (three step method). The one step method spends more time but less chemicals and brings higher yield. FT-IR and 1H-NMR spectra of ILs obtained from both method was measured. The results showed that synthesis method doesn't affect on the structure of the products and ILs obtained from one step method has higher purity.


We investigate the effect of coal mining on per capita personal income growth, using county level data from the Appalachian region of the United States. Nearly all previous empirical studies of the so-called resource curse have employed international data, and serious issues of endogeneity and omitted variables bias have limited the ability of researchers to draw firm conclusions. The Appalachian region's relative uniformity of history, culture, political institutions, topography, and transportation facilities mitigates these problems. Preliminary reduced-form results obtained from a simple model estimate a moderate to high (5% 10% per decade) and statistically significant negative effect of commercially exploitable coal resources on income growth rates. There are also indications that the "curse" scales up with the size of the resource. We discuss possible channels of the resource curse in an Appalachian context, describe our empirical design, present and analyze our preliminary empirical results, and indicate our intended direction for further investigation. This version of this paper was prepared for a seminar at the University of Canterbury, and is very preliminary. Please do not cite or circulate. email@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com. We are grateful for support from an Erskine Fellowship at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.


This paper measures the conditional performance of China stock investment funds using a nonparametric approach (stochastic discount factor). Assuming no arbitrage, the approach does not depend on the particular assumptions of an asset pricing model. This SDF can measures the performance of such portfolios relative to the performance of dynamic trading strategies involving trading volume, the empirical result is significant in better understanding the fund performance in China′s capital market.


The agricultural use of wastewater generated in the processing of cashew nuts enables the rationalization of water use, as well as the minimization of pollution and environmental degradation. The study aimed to analyze the effect of service pressures in the distribution uniformity of drip irrigation units applying treated wastewater from cashew nut industry. The experiment was conducted in split-split plots scheme having the service pressures (70, 140, 210 and 280 kPa) on parcels, the emitters models (G1, G2 and G3) on subplots and the evaluation periods (0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140 and 160 h of operation of the irrigation units) on subsubplots. The treatments were distributed in a completely randomized design with three replications. The coefficient of uniformity of distribution of irrigation units, as well as the physical, chemical and microbiological characteristics of the effluent were determined every 20 hours of operation the irrigation units to totalize 160 h. The combination of dripper G3 and service pressure of 140 kPa provided excellent levels of distribution uniformity of effluent on irrigation units operating with treated wastewater of cashew nut industry. For application of treated wastewater from cashew nut it is not recommended the use of drippers with low flow rate (? 1.6 L h-1) and labyrinth of greater length (? 58 mm).


Background : The systemic administration of fluconazole (Fluc)–a widely used anti-fungal drug–can lead to significant antifungal responses in some ICU patients with invasive fungal infections. A limitation of this antifungal therapy is the hepato-toxicity associated with fluconazole infusion. The toxic effect of fluconazole could be reduced by administering vitamins as adjuvants, but this area of research remains unexplored. Methodology : In this study, the toxicity reduction potential of the prominent class of organic micronutrients that includes B1, B2 and B3 vitamins were analyzed. Biochemical parameters and histopathology specimen, specific to liver and kidney, were examined to monitor the effect caused by fluconazole and its possible reduction by the micro nutrients in the Albino Wistar rats. Results : Fluc+B1+B2+B3 brought the ALP level near to normal but surprisingly vit-B1 control is observed with highly increased ALP (P <0.0001). Fluc+B3 and Fluc+B1+B2+B2 retained the level of direct bilirubin with considerable adequacy (P<0.05), whereas AST and ALT level were controlled by vit-B2 and vit-B3 individually, though combination of three vitamins was not significant. Histopathology results of liver and kidney samples supported the hypothesis of this study. Conclusion: Under the given set of conditions it is apparent that the vit-B1, B2 and B3 combination may prove to be a beneficial chemotherapeutic agent in reducing the assigned fluconazole toxicity.


The aim of this paper is to present a method of nonparametric and parametric secondary path model identification for adaptive active noise control systems with low-power non-Gaussian excitations of the form of a higher-order discrete-time multisine random process and data processing based on cross-higher-order spectra. Properties of the discussed method are illustrated by simulation experiments devoted to secondary path identification for feedforward and feedback active noise control systems. Its robustness to nonlinear distortions implied by data acquisition system and adaptation procedure is proved.


By employing a version of industrial slush casting to conventional silicone rubber moulds and simultaneously applying internal pressure, accurate epoxy resin casts may be obtained, varying by less than 1.0% from the original. This is made possible by the construction of a machine which rotates the moulds through all axes.

When applied to fossil crania these moulding and casting methods not only accurately reproduce the external morphology, but when access permits, simultaneously copy the endocranium. The dimensional accuracy is reproduced throughout for any given measurement.

By using a variety of colouring methods these casts also produce replicas which closely approximate the appearance of the original.


Campus officials throughout the country are revising policies, procedures and training for those who handle reports of sexual misconduct, including sexual violence. It all comes in response to efforts to comply with the Violence Against Women Act, the April 2011 "Dear Colleague Letter," and Office for Civil Rights Investigations.


THE exact standardization of desiccated thyroid is A difficult as it is not a pure chemical substance. Within U.S.P. specifications, thyroid-gland preparations vary in physiologic activity. A number of more purified compounds have been introduced to make the administration and standardization of thyroid medication more exact and therefore more predictable.1 Through the work of Harington,2 Kendall, Pitt Rivers, Hems and Clayton, pure L-thyroxine became available for general use.3 There has been general agreement about the equivalent dosage of desiccated thyroid and sodium levothyroxine needed for a similar clinical effect. Starr and Liebhold-Schueck4 considered that 0.1 mg. of sodium levothyroxine . . .


In this article, finite-time annular domain stability and stabilization of Itô stochastic systems with semi-Markovian switching are investigated, where the switching frequency is time-varying, and satisfies a unfixed polytope. A new inequality called reverse differential Gronwall inequality is proposed to address less conservative sufficient conditions for testing the finite-time annular domain stability, and its superiority to modified Gronwall inequality is analyzed. Moreover, sufficient conditions for the existence of state feedback and observer-based finite-time annular domain stabilizing controllers are obtained. In the sequel, a <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mathscr {L}$</tex-math></inline-formula>×<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$N$</tex-math></inline-formula>-mode algorithm is presented for bridging the relationship between the adjustable parameters and the range of transition rates. Finally, an example is provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed methods.


We report the observation of a continuous rotation of the polarization in Mn0.95Co0.05WO4 under magnetic field. At zero field, this compound shows a transition into the spiral magnetic and ferroelectric phase at 12.2 K, which is the ground state, with the polarization oriented along the b-axis. Increasing b-axis magnetic fields rotate the ferroelectric polarization continuously toward the a-axis, indicating a rotation of the spin spiral plane. This rotation extends over a large field and temperature range. At a constant magnetic field of 3 T, the polarization also rotates from the a-axis at the ferroelectric transition toward the b-axis upon decreasing temperature.


Inspired by the principle of the Vernier scale, length mismatching was used to control the lengths of supramolecular DNA polymers.


The invention relates to an aircraft (1, 100, 200) having two main landing gear and a compartment (2) for the storage of these two trains. Compartment (2) has two doors (5, 6) movable in rotation between an open position and a closed position. The movement of these two doors is controlled by an operating system comprising two transmission channels each connecting one of said doors (5, 6) to an actuator comprising an arm (7) and a rotary cylinder (8). Each transmission chain each has a relay member (17) pivotally mounted on a structural element (3) of the aircraft (1, 100, 200), a first member (18) between the arm (7) and 'relay member (17) and a second element (19) between the door (5, 6) and said relay member (17)


Optical plastics filled by nano‐sized magnetic particles may have relevant applications in magneto‐optics. Here, an in‐situ method for the preparation of magnetic nanoparticles embedded in polystyrene by thermal decomposition of iron mercaptide is described. Transparent ferromagnetic and superparamagnetic nanocomposites have been produced using iron (II) and iron (III) mercaptides. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 51: 2774–2777, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.24733


Symposium 15: Other conditions and diabetes Is neuropathy in patients with diabetes always caused by diabetes? There are diverse types of diabetic neuropathy, being the distal polyneuropathy the most frequent complication in diabetes. A 10% of the patients with diabetes exhibit neuropathy at the moment they were diagnoses with diabetes, while that percentage elevates to 40%-60%, depending on the use of electrophysiology or clinical criteria.


Stability of recorded magnetization of hard disk drive (HDD) is influenced by external environments, such as temperature and magnetic field. Small scratches are frequently formed on HDD medium surface upon contacts with the magnetic head. The influences of temperature and mechanical scratch on the magnetization structure stability are investigated for longitudinal and perpendicular recording media by using a magnetic force microscope. PMR media remained almost unchanged up to about 300 °C for the area with no scratches, whereas the areas near and under mechanical scratches started to change around 250 °C. The magnetization structure of LMR media started to change at about 100 degrees lower temperature under mechanical scratches when compared with no scratch areas. A quantitative analysis of magnetization structure variation is carried out by measuring the recorded magnetization strength difference estimated from the MFM images observed for a same sample area before and after exposing the sample to different temperatures.


The device collects the heat energy in the exhaust gas of the car, and realizes the recovery and utilization of the heat energy according to the unique heat energy collection device and the highly efficient linear opposed generator. Through the experiment, it is obtained that the exhaust temperature of the fuel car after doing work can reach about 600-800°C, and if it is a turbocharged engine, the exhaust temperature can reach more than 900°C. Investigations and studies have shown that only 20% to 45% of the energy released by automobile fuel combustion is effectively used, and the rest is dissipated as heat. Among them, the energy carried by engine exhaust accounts for 50%-60% of the total dissipated energy. Therefore, we recover the exhaust gas of the car and convert the low-quality thermal energy into high-quality directly usable electrical energy and use it reasonably. In this work, a set of automobile exhaust heat energy recovery device is designed to modify the automobile exhaust pipe part. In the scheme, the exhaust pipe manifold is converted into a spiral structure, and the opposite linear generator is designed. We use the spiral structure to heat the high-temperature thermal energy in the exhaust gas, heat the internal water to high-temperature, high-pressure saturated steam, and then send it to the opposite linear generator cylinder. Our design makes use of the exhaust sequence of the engine, opposites each other, and works back and forth to achieve the purpose of energy recovery [1]. In this scheme, only the exhaust manifold needs to be modified, and no other consumables other than water are needed during operation. The recovered energy can be used for automobile driving and storage. At the same time, the absorption of high-temperature exhaust gas will also reduce the emission of nitrogen oxides. Through this scheme, energy recovery and the elimination of harmful gases can be achieved at the same time, and the purpose of energy saving and emission reduction can be achieved [2].


Previous studies showed that leucine-rich repeat (in FLII) interacting protein 1 (LRRFIP1) was proposed as one regulator of the toll-like receptor (TLR) pathway signaling. The activation of LRRFIP1 protein may regulate TLR pathway signaling culminating in the production of a range of inflammatory markers, and its gene expression was influenced by a functional polymorphism in the exon region. The genetic basis of the ischemic stroke has now been largely determined, so the aim of the study was to examine the role of LRRFIP1 genetic variants in the ischemic stroke (IS) risks in a Chinese population. We conducted a case-control study with 239 IS patients and 240 controls. SNP rs3769053 of LRRFIP1 gene was analyzed for association with risk of IS in Han population. The distributions of genotypes in LRRFIP1 gene were slightly different between IS groups and health controls. And then we evaluated the association between LRRFIP1 gene (rs3769053) polymorphisms and IS with multivariate logistic regression. We found that neither TC (OR=1.353, 95% CI: 0.457-4.008, P=0. 585) nor TT (OR=1.309, 95% CI: 0.850-2.016, P=0.221) genotype was significantly associated with the risk of IS. In summary, our study reveals that the LRRFIP1 gene polymorphism (C→T) may not be a risk factor for the development of IS in Chinese Han population.


Introduction: The project of life is an important psychological formation whose realization rebounds in the health and the person's well-being. It has been studied in Cuba in young supposedly healthy people, not being this way in those whose mental health is affected. Objective: To characterize the possible assumed projects of life for young subjects with schizophrenia. Methods: It was carried out an exploratory study that used qualitative and quantitative methods of investigation. The sample was of 19 young schizophrenic patients that were admitted at least once to be rehabilitated in the acute services of the Havana Psychiatric Hospital since the year 2013 until January of 2015. To identify associations among variables were used Chi-squared test and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. Results: The main future projects are linked to the profession, the material necessities, the family and the health; those that coincide with the main current motivations. Among the main characteristics of the future projects appear: absence of affective bond, in first level of the hierarchy the profession, temporariness of non-defined term, partially structured strategies and external obstacles. Relationship existed among the perception of the family relationship and the quantity of projects that had the patients (p = 0.013). Conclusions: The presence of future projects were identified in this sample of young rehabilitated schizophrenic. The results can guide future interventions from a psychosocial point of view so that apparently besides the psychopathological limiting conditions social ones are added to obstacle self-realization of the patients.


Two variable-order, varlable-step size methods for the numerical solution of the initial value problem for ordinary differential equations are presented. These methods share a common philosophy and have been combined in a single program. The two integrators are for stiff and nonstiff ordinary differential equations, respectively. The former integrator is based on backward differentiation formulas of orders one through five, each of which is stiffly stable, while the latter is based on formulas of Adams-Moulton type of orders one through twelve. Both use a Nordsieck history array; generating polynomials to compute coefficients; and Milne-like estimates of the principal part of the local truncation error to control error, step size, and order. Some numerical results are given.


Fe films with different thicknesses as underlayer on Si(100) substrate were deposited by magnetron reactive sputtering,and stoichiometric polycrystalline Fe3O4 films without a buffer layer on the Fe underlayer films were prepared by controlling the thickness of the Fe underlayer and oxygen flow rate.The structural and magnetic properties of the Fe3O4 films were determined by X-ray diffraction and magnetometry.The results reveal that at the oxygen flow rate of 1.5 mL/s,Fe3O4 films with good stoichiometry and high crystallographic quality on the 15 nm Fe underlayer could be grown after vacuum annealing.When the fabricated Fe3O4 film was used in the giant magnetoresistance(GMR) multilayer,the predicted high GMR effect was not achieved due to the mismatch of the resistivity of the multilayer.


We consider a two-valued function $u$ that is either Dirichlet energy minimizing, $C^{1,\mu}$ harmonic, or in $C^{1,\mu}$ with an area-stationary graph such that Almgren's frequency (restricted to the singular set) is continuous at a singular point $Y_0$. As a corollary of recent work of Wickramasekera and the author, if the frequency of $u$ at $Y_0$ equals $1/2+k$ for some integer $k \geq 0$, then the singular set of $u$ is a $C^{1,\tau}$ submanifold and we have estimates on the asymptotic behavior of $u$ at singular points. Using a nontrivial modification of the argument of Wickramasekera and author, we show that the frequency of $u$ at $Y_0$ cannot equal an integer and therefore must equal $1/2+k$ for some integer $k \geq 0$. We then use the asymptotic behavior of $u$ and partial Legendre-type transformations based on those of Kinderlehrer, Nirenberg, and Spruck to show that the singular set in this case is in fact real analytic.


Imidazoline compound BL11282 possesses a pure glucose-dependent effect on insulin release and, therefore can be considered as a promising antihyperglycemic agent for type 2 diabetes. The data obtained show that: 1) overnight pretreatment of pancreatic islets with BL11282 desensitizes subsequent islet response to this imidazoline; 2) overnight pretreatment with BL11282 is accompanied by an increased islet response to subsequent high glucose concentration; 3) desensitization of islet response to BL11282 does not eliminate subsequent islet response to glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), however, significantly decreases the fold stimulation of insulin release by this peptide. The latter effect points out to the importance of GLP-1 in insulinotropic activity of BL11282. Our results support the involvement of cAMP-GEFIIRim2 pathway in BL11282-stimulated insulin secretion.


A novel design of Elliptic Curve Cryptography(ECC) IP,using hierarchical method,new point operation scheme and enhanced Montgomery multiplier,is proposed based on ECC over GF(p).It can perform ECC point scalar multiple,point double and point addition/ subtraction operation and support RSA.The IP,under a frequency of 100 MHz,can fulfill 120 and 18 times of point multiple per one second respectively on 256 bit and 521 bit elliptic curve suggested by NIST.The design has passed ASIC synthesis and FPGA verification.


Infinite-horizon Kalman filtering is re-examined and generalized to include a class of nonstationary and nonergodic disturbances. This revision is achieved by defining a generalized infinite-horizon filtering problem using a flexible functional analytic signal description. It is shown that the solution to the generalized filtering problem is equivalent to the solution of the corresponding standard filtering problem with noise covariance matrices having in the generalized problem a different, more general, meaning than in the standard problem. In the generalized problem these covariance matrices are majorizing matrices that have a precise meaning even in the nonstationary and nonergodic signal case. This result justifies in a nice way the wide practice of interpreting the noise covariance matrices in Kalman filtering as design variables.


Are the electrolyte composition further comprising at least one salt and at least one compound, wherein the at least one compound, "a" is 3 from 1, "b" is 1 or 2, 4 ≧ " a "+" b "is ≧ 2, X-is halogen, R is, be a particularly alkoxy or substituted alkoxy among portion, further, R Also the electrochemical device using the electrolyte compositions described.


Government of Nepal has realized that wind energy could become a major source of alternative energy to solve energy crisis in the country as well as serve the purpose of energy mix. Various studies have identified several locations with potential for wind power generation in Nepal. The integration of wind power plant to the national grid, however, raises concerns regarding the power system stability. The voltage stability of the grid is a key issue, the effect on which increases with the increase in wind power penetration in the grid. This study performs voltage stability analysis due to high penetration of wind power in Integrated Nepalese Power System (INPS). Both steady state and dynamic stability study is performed using the power system simulation software DigSILENT/PowerFactory for different types of wind turbine generators.


Objective: to analyze the relations of power that are established in the practices of Home Care. Method: qualitative, analytical study, based on Foucauldian power referral, with data obtained through 109 visits to home care teams. Observations on the production of care were made; interviews were also conducted with Five patients / caregivers and ten professionals. The data was analyzed from the perspective of Discourse Analysis. Results indicate that the relationships that cross the production of care at home are characterized by involvement, empathy, bonds and welcoming, but also reveal the disciplinarization, control and standardization that affect care in the home. Conclusion: there are moments of production and interdiction of care that simultaneously compose two plans of the effects of power relations in home care. Descriptors: Home Care Services; Power (Psychology); Social Control; Informal. RESUMO Objetivo: analisar as relações de poder que se estabelecem nas práticas da Atenção Domiciliar. Método: estudo qualitativo, analítico, apoiado no referencial de poder foucaultiano, com dados obtidos por meio de 109 visitas às equipes de atenção domiciliar. Realizaram-se observações sobre a produção do cuidado; também, foram feitas entrevistas com cinco pacientes/cuidadores e dez profissionais. Os dados foram analisados na perspectiva da Análise de Discurso. Resultados indicam que as relações que atravessam a produção do cuidado no domicílio se caracterizam por envolvimento, empatia, vínculos e acolhimentos, mas, também, revelam a disciplinarização, o controle e a normatização que afetam o cuidado na atenção domiciliar. Conclusão: há momentos de produção e interdição do cuidado que compõem, simultaneamente, dois planos dos efeitos das relações de poder na atenção domiciliar. Descritores: Assistência Domiciliar; Serviços de Assistência Domiciliar; Poder (Psicologia). RESUMEN Objetivo: analizar las relaciones de poder que se establecen en las prácticas de la Atención Domiciliaria. Método: estudio cualitativo, analítico, apoyado en el referencial de poder foucaultiano, con datos obtenidos por medio de 109 visitas a los equipos de atención domiciliaria. Realiz observaciones sobre la producción del cuidado; también, se realizaron entrevistas con cinco pacientes / cuidadores y diez profesionales. Los datos fueron analizados en la perspectiva del Análisis de Discurso. Resultados: indican que las relaciones que atraviesan la producción del cuidado en el domicilio se caracterizan por involucración, empatía, vínculos y acogidas, pero, también, revelan la disciplinarización, el control y la normatización que afectan el cuidado en la atención domiciliaria. Conclusión: hay momentos de producción e interdicción del cuidado que componen simultáneamente dos planes de los efectos de las relaciones de poder en la atención domiciliaria. Descriptores: Servicios de Atención Domiciliaria; Poder (Psicología); Controles Informales de la Sociedad. Masters, Federal University of Minas Gerais / UFMG.Belo Horizonte (MG), Brazil. E-mail: email@example.com ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1919-9729; PhD, Postgraduate Program in Nursing, Federal University of Minas Gerais / UFMG.Belo Horizonte (MG), Brazil. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3924-2122; PhD, Federal University of Minas Gerais / UFMG.Belo Horizonte (MG), Brazil. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9183-1982 ORIGINAL ARTICLE SilvaYC, Silva KL, Brito MJM. Power relationships in home care: tensions... English/Portuguese J Nurs UFPE on line., Recife, 12(4):897-907, Apr., 2018 898 ISSN: 1981-8963 https://doi.org/10.5205/1981-8963-v12i4a110272p896-907-2018 In this study, it is sought to discuss some issues related to power relations in the field of Home Care. This proposal is a challenge not only to overcome the classic object of health research and hegemonic organizations, but to contemplate the caregiver intrinsically involved in the care relationship. The option to embark on this path has to do with the current reality of the health system associated with the epidemiological and demographic circumstance through which Brazil goes through. In 25 years of existence, the advances of the Unified Health System (UHS) with positive impacts on the health of the population are considerable. However, there is a long way to go for the consolidation of the System, by means of the dichotomous overcoming between the prescribed and the accomplished in the service to the population. One of the challenges is related to the epidemiological change resulting from the triple burden of infectious diseases, chronic diseases and external causes, as well as the variations in the demographic issues arising from the rapid aging of the population. This scenario interferes in the type of death and morbidity and demands the identification of new forms of organization of the services offer. In order to offer a comprehensive, humanized, continuous care, consistent with the demographic and epidemiological profile of the population, different care strategies are discussed. Among these, there are the actions of Home Care (HC), as a modality of care service that contributes to meet the emergency demands of the system, focusing on the production of active and humanized care. Currently, the public offering of HC services is regulated by the Federal Government through the "Melhor em Casa" program. In the Program, HC is defined as a modality of care that aims at multiprofessional assistance with a support team at home care. The Program composes the Health Care Network and must be integrated with other services through the establishment of care flows, clinical and access protocols and regulatory mechanisms, in a solidary and complementary relationship. HC is an alternative to hospital intervention in order to reduce the demand or length of hospital stay, complications resulting from long hospitalizations, and hospital care costs. The reordering of health care practices, proposed for HC, occurs through the awareness of intervention, the strengthening of strategies, mechanisms and innovative practices operating as facilitators in coping with the disease situation. It is necessary to emphasize the relevance of the attentive listening of the situations experienced by the user constituting the involvement among the participants involved in the process. It is worth emphasizing that the reality of the doctor-patient relationship, established in the context of hegemonic institutions, is strong and historically determined. It is believed that the incorporation of HCS, in a strategic way, enables a more equanimous professional-patient relationship in order to contribute to a greater strengthening of the relationship, since the program strategy, together with the change in care, there is a closer service to the family group as a whole, and consequently, the strengthening of trust, identification and bonding in the face of encounters between the agents involved in the relationship. Advances in the production of health care are still evident in the reductionist view of the practice of health care, which indicates the importance of advancing care models that go beyond the biological and prescriptive aspects of the disease. In this logic, one must seek the rupture of the historical conception established on health care as tax, prescriptive or even coercive and punitive practices. In order to understand this logic impregnated in health practices, Foucault's reference was used, in this study. Power presents itself as a relation of forces that is everywhere: in the street, in the family, in the affective relationships and in the social micro-relations present in everyday life. Power is revealed in the strategies that permeate the daily lives of the people present in all the places and holding the faculty of producing knowledge by the restlessness. Power relations have a development and inventiveness that is their own. Power should not be conceived as a property, but as a strategy, and its effects of domination should not be attributed to "appropriation", but to dispositions, maneuvers, tactics, techniques, and workings. 29 Power is a central point, represented by an open, more or less coordinated beam of relations. Power relations do not act on others, but on their actions. These actions reflect on a set of strategies that prevent the actions of others. INTRODUCTION SilvaYC, Silva KL, Brito MJM. Power relationships in home care: tensions... English/Portuguese J Nurs UFPE on line., Recife, 12(4):897-907, Apr., 2018 899 ISSN: 1981-8963 https://doi.org/10.5205/1981-8963-v12i4a110272p896-907-2018 Strategies are considered as the trajectory or the choice of the means employed to achieve an end. In a strategic relationship, the player moves according to what he thinks about how the others will act and also designates the set of procedures to deprive the enemy of his means of combat: a way to deprive him of the fight and obtain the victory. 13 In the relations of power, tactics must also be considered, that is, subterfuges, interstices, fugues, being constituted historically, established within social practices and exercised in different formats. Given this, they can be crystallized, denied and / or incorporated by strategies. In the specific case of HC, it is understood that its systematized conformation is relatively recent and has as its proposal the production of care in an integral, humanized way, offered in the home and in the conviviality in the reality and culture of the users, even if surrounded by relations of


The present invention, Schizosaccharomyces pombe and (Schizosaccharomyces pombe) as a host, Pediococcus (Pediococcus) genus derived from D- lactate dehydrogenase gene and Lactobacillus (Lactobacillus) genus derived from D- lactate dehydrogenase gene is incorporated, and the sheet portion of the gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe host gene cluster encoding pyruvate decarboxylase is deleted or inactivated, it relates transformants.


Wire + arc additive manufacturing components contain significant residual stresses, which manifest in distortion. High-pressure rolling was applied to each layer of a linear Ti–6Al–4V wire + arc additive manufacturing component in between deposition passes. In rolled specimens, out-of-plane distortion was more than halved; a change in the deposits' geometry due to plastic deformation was observed and process repeatability was increased. The Contour method of residual stresses measurements showed that although the specimens still exhibited tensile stresses (up to 500 MPa), their magnitude was reduced by 60%, particularly at the interface between deposit and substrate. The results were validated with neutron diffraction measurements, which were in good agreement away from the baseplate. This paper is part of a Themed Issue on Measurement, modelling and mitigation of residual stress.


Introduction and aim: Medical Education journey in Saudi Arabia started from about 50 years ago, however, it witnessed a lot of changes and rapid development in the last 10 years especially with the increase the number of medical colleges. Medical Education in Saudi Arabia seems to follow the same international pattern regarding the change process. There is a great need for a rigorous approach for evaluating the effectiveness of this changes and the process of its management. The aim of this study is to evaluate medical education change in Saudi Arabia from Faculty Staff Members' point of view. Method: The research was conducted through a cross-sectional study using a survey and grounded theory, as a mixed methods strategy. Results: The challenge that has the highest perception was the shortage of well-trained Faculty Staff Member. The strategies for implementing change are categorized into three categories: Curriculum reform, faculty development and improving learning environment. Conclusion: Change could be implemented through curriculum reform with the help of qualified Faculty staff members in presence of an enabling learning environment and supportive organizational measures. In Saudi Arabia, a variety of strategies was used for implementing change in medical education, without any preference to specific one.


Each year more than a million Americans suffer heart attacks and strokes. Most of these events result from the sudden thrombotic occlusion of a coronary or cerebral artery at the site of an atherosclerotic plaque ([Corti et al., 2002][1]). Tissue solely supplied by the occluded artery becomes


This paper investigates the dynamics of income inequality in a panel of 19 countries over the period 1984-2012, focusing on the role of corruption. Applying a fixed-effects model to both the top income shares and the Gini coefficient, the results suggest that higher levels of corruption are associated with higher levels of income inequality. However, this result is not robust to all different regression specifications. Additionally, corruption and the level of financial development show to affect income inequality in a different way for Latin American countries, confirming previous empirical results that income inequality dynamics are different for this region. Finally, the effect of corruption on income inequality is dampened by increased levels of government spending.


The article presents methodological, diagnostic and technological (procedural) components of the formation in younger schoolchildren of cognitive universal educational actions (PAP) of the setting and solution of the problem. The methodology of forming the components of «problem setting» and «problem solving» is disclosed in the article from the perspective of the system approach. The diagnostic component presents the diagnostic tactics (criteria, indicators, model of formation levels) of the PDS «problem setting» and «problem solving» in younger schoolchildren; There is provided didactic-methodical instrumentation for determining possible levels of UDM formation, problem setting and problem solution at the control stage of the experiment (qualitative and quantitative analysis of the execution of complex diagnostic tasks by junior students). The procedural component shows that compliance in the educational activity of the primary school with the principles of technology of intellectual and developing education, provision of visualization of problem situations, implementation of speech control of the process of setting and solving the problem through the development of speech logic in children increases the efficiency of the process of formation of education of students of the primary school in the younger schoolchildren in the ability to formulate and solve problems. The study carried out and the analysis of its results make it possible to draw a conclusion on the expediency of implementing in the educational activity of the primary school a designated didactic strategy, which helps the teacher to master the universal didactic tools of teaching younger schoolchildren to solve the educational problem and solve it.


Locking device with a rotary latch having fold-side rotary-latch lock which is engageable with a rough-side in a recess belonging to the locking device bolt engaged, wherein the catch engages around the bolt in the locked position of the locking device and an ejector device for pivoting a between a closed and open position, pivotally mounted on a housing hinged flap, in particular a motor vehicle tailgate, in a partially open position of the flap after release of the closing device by a spring arrangement as Auswerferkrafterzeuger, characterized in that the rough side recess covering in a partially open or open flap ejector is provided a the having pivoting action of the spring arrangement (9) on the flap during the closing movements of the same at least reducing drive (12).


Dyslipidemia occurs commonly in type II diabetes mellitus. Although all classes of lipoprotein may be involved, the most common lipid abnormality is increased triglycerides levels. The metabolic abnormalities associated with diabetes per se can have marked effects on serum lipids. In liver and adipose tissue, insulin has a key regulatory role of both lipid and carbohydrate metabolism pathways. If insulin secretion or action is abnormal, changes in fat and glucose metabolism will result. However, which changes will occur, is largely determined by the type of diabetes, the degree of insulin deficiency and the relative glycamic control. In many type II diabetes mellitus, it is likely that the etiology of dyslipidemia are multifactorial. There are three possible mechanisms that cause dyslipidemia in diabetes mellitus more atherogenic, i.e. glycosylation, oxidation and carbamylation processes. Since dyslipidemia and other risk factors for vascular diseases (obesity, hypertension, smoking) are frequently present, the approach to management must be broadly based. Association between diabetes mellitus and triglycerides, including relationship between disturbances of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, provide the rational use of the antilipidemic agents, diet and sport. Key Words: diabetes mellitus - dyslipidemia - insulin - atherosclerosis - hypolipidemic agents


ABSTRACT The definition of a point's location in volume by Cartesian, spherical and cylindrical coordinate systems requires three dimensions (x, y, z), (r, θ, ϕ) and (ρ, ϕ, z) accordingly. It is obvious that superfluity, only two dimensions and the constant (a point's height or plane thickness) are enough because, when the plane is transformed into a roll, the third dimension appears. It is easy to convert a three-dimensional space to a two-dimensional one if you know the thickness of the spatial layer and the equation of equivalence between 3D and 2D spaces. This work discusses several advantages of conformal transformation methods to convert different volume objects into a ribbon, based on its symmetry and the spiral coordinate system for roll powder sintering (RPS) [Shulunov, V.R., 2014. A high performance, high precision, low cost rapid prototyping and manufacturing technology. AUSMT Copyright ©. International Journal of Automation Smart Technology, 4 (3). doi:10.5875/ausmt.v4i3.718, Shulunov, V.R., 2015a. A roll powder sintering additive manufacturing technology. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 789–790, 1212–1216. © Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.789-790.1212, Shulunov, V.R., 2015b. Several advantages of the ultra high-precision additive manufacturing technology, © Springer-Verlag London. International Journal of Advance Manufacturing Technology. doi:10.1007/s00170-015-7533-0] additive manufacturing technology. RPS requires slicing a 3D object with Archimedes spiral scanning. The proposed methods can be used to transform 3D objects into 2D objects.


The development course of solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber(SSBR) was brief introduced.The functionalized SSBR prepared by using functionalized initiators and capping agents was introduced on details.It was pointed out that the functionalized SSBR is an important raw material for tires,the functionalized star type SSBR derived from the combination of functionalization technology and coupling technology will be an essential area of SSBR research.


To realise the energy transition, every renewable source shall at least partially contribute to the demand–supply balancing, including customer-owned controllable loads and energy sources. Their commonly small size and spatial occurrence suggests addressing volatility issues locally, using local flexibilities to mitigate their impact. This calls for simple and effective signalling that enables interaction among local stakeholders, including local producers and customers. According interfaces and information formats appear to not yet exist. In this article, we propose a traffic-light-like system that enables the local grid operator to trigger situation-aware customer behaviour, supporting grid stability when needed and, in return, allowing customers to fully exploit temporary grid capacity when no safety or stability issues persist. The applied intuitive deduction method based on existing coordination mechanisms and objectives indicates, without proof, that the proposed granular traffic light system can enable the distribution grid flexibility required to facilitate more renewable energy being produced and inserted by local customers, to relieve grid levels above from transporting and equalising volatile energy shares, and to improve the economics of distributed renewable energy sources.


Alice Schafer died in September 2009 at the age of 94, and this issue of the AWM Newsletter collects tributes in her honor. After receiving her undergraduate degree from Westhampton College in 1936, Alice taught high school mathematics to earn enough money to pursue graduate work at the University of Chicago, where she married Dick Schafer as they were both finishing their Ph.D. theses in 1942. When Dick went to the University of Michigan as an instructor, women "couldn't" be on the faculty there. But the department chair, T. H. Hildebrandt, was so in need of instructors that he offered Alice a position. When a colleague saw Alice walking down the hall carrying a mathematics text, he said to her, "Hildebrandt must have been desperate." "He was," she replied. After teaching at eight different colleges and universities, Alice finally solved the "two-body" problem in 1962, when Dick was at MIT, by taking a position at Wellesley College, where she became Helen Day Gould Professor of Mathematics and Department Chair. Ellen Maycock recalls that Alice's high expectations and support were crucial to Ellen becoming a mathematician. In 1969, Alice started a discussion group of women mathematicians in the Boston area, which became a core part of the Association for (Alice insisted on "for," not "of") Women in Mathematics when the AWM was founded in 1971. Alice was the AWM's second president, and personally did the legal work to obtain its tax exempt status. She also recruited future AWM presidents. Bhama Srinivasan and Linda Rothschild each recall having her reluctance overcome by Alice's force of personality and promise of help and support. While Bhama was hesitating, she finally got an evening call from Alice, who said, "That's it, girl. You are it. Now have a drink and go to bed!" After Alice retired from Wellesley, she continued to teach at Simmons and Marymount until she was 81. In 1985, she was elected a fellow of the AAAS and, in 1998, she received the Gung-Hu Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics from the


in an effort to solve the unsolvabl.e. Dr. Robertson has wisely been content to give the different arguments and point out their weaknesses. The appendix, which contains excerpts from The Famous Voyage, The World Encompassed, and the declarations of John Drake, places in convenient form before the student all the existing evidence, and with the precedent discussio•n will enable him to form his opinion, which may, perhaps, be as accurate as any. F. W. H OWA3⁄4


This paper presents a search for generic short-duration gravitational-wave (GW) transients (or GW bursts) in the data from the third observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. We use coherent WaveBurst (cWB) pipeline enhanced with a decision-tree classification algorithm for more efficient separation of GW signals from noise transients. The machine-learning (ML) algorithm is trained on a representative set of the noise events and a set of simulated stochastic signals that are not correlated with any known signal model. This training procedure preserves the model-independent nature of the search. We demonstrate that the ML-enhanced cWB pipeline can detect GW signals at a larger distance than the previous model-independent searches, and the sensitivity improvements are achieved across a broad spectrum of simulated signals used in the analysis. At a false-alarm rate of one event per century, the detectable signal amplitudes are reduced up to almost an order of magnitude, most notably for cosmic strings. By testing the pipeline for the detection of compact binaries, we verified that it detects more systems in a wide range of masses from stellar mass to intermediate-mass black-holes, both with circular and elliptical orbits. After excluding previously detected compact binaries, no new gravitational-wave signals are observed for the two-fold Hanford-Livingston and the three-fold Hanford-Livingston-Virgo detector networks. With the improved sensitivity of the all-sky search, we obtain the most stringent constraints on the isotropic emission of gravitational-wave energy from the short-duration burst sources.


Oral propranolol is commonly the first-line treatment of infantile hemangioma. However, oral delivery of propranolol is limited by systemic side effects, particularly in infants. Topical application may be a more patient friendly alternative while concurrently affording targeted delivery to the site of the skin lesion. Unfortunately, dose-dependent skin irritation is typically observed when propranolol is applied topically. Of additional concern, irritation is often exacerbated by organic solvents required to formulate propranolol. To address these concerns, we present novel formulations of propranolol as amorphous melts. Propranolol melts were successfully synthesized, and their physicochemical properties were tuned suitably for transdermal delivery using dialkyl sulfosuccinates as the counter species. Melts used in this study possessed the ability to penetrate skin when applied neat, without the need of any addition of solvent. Moreover, skin irritation potential of the lead melt was reduced compared to...


T he Trinity1 (ill. 41), painted in 1577 to 1579 for the attic of the main altarpiece in the church of Santo Domingo el Antiguo in Toledo, is considered a typical example of El Greco's use of visual sources. Scholars tried to find out motifs or formal schemes, El Greco once should have adopted from originals or through copies, and then, from such observations, deduced the painter's stylistic choices taken from or "influences" of notable masters.2 Modern comments recognize in the composition of El Greco's Trinity at least three visual models: Albrecht Dürer's Trinity -woodcut3 (ill. 42) from 1511; Michelangelo Buonarroti's Florence ‐Pietà4 (ill. 43), executed from 1547 and abandoned, unfinished, in Rome after 1555; Taddeo Zuccari's Lamentation with Angels5 (ill. 44), painted in Rome in the


T O T H E E D I T O R : Dr. Goldberg, in his article on preventive medicine and screening in the elderly,1 did not comment on screening for lung cancer. I believe that middle-aged and elderly high-risk patients (ie, those who smoke or have a history of asbestos exposure or both) should be screened for lung cancer. Lung cancer is the number-one cause of cancer death for men and women in the United States, accounting for more cancer deaths since 1930 than all other cancers combined. The 5-year survival rate is less than 15% and has not changed appreciably in the past 2 decades. Randomized trials consistently demonstrate that chest x-ray screening gives significant advantage in stage distribution, resectability, and long-term survival in high-risk patients. If lung cancer is detected in its earliest stages, up to 70% of cases can be cured by surgery.2 Three large, randomized, controlled trials of screening for early lung cancer—the Mayo Clinic, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and Johns Hopkins trials—showed the benefits of screening in high-risk patients. These trials, sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, were perceived as negative because they failed to show a significant reduction in mortality. However, there is criticism that the Mayo Clinic trial underestimated the ability of chest x-rays to reduce the risk of dying of lung cancer.3-4 The assumption that mortality is the best measure of the effectiveness of screening was criticized as well.5 Moreover, the Mayo Clinic trial compared 4-monthly chest radiographs and sputum cytology against routine Mayo Clinic practice: annual chest films and sputum cytology in high-risk patients, defined as men aged 45 years or older who smoke one package of cigarettes or more each day.6 It was felt unethical not to offer annual screening to high-risk patients. I contacted the Mayo Clinic and found that the recommendation of screening high-risk individuals at least annually remains in effect today. An evidence-based synthesis supports the conclusion that chest films should become a standard for those at high risk for lung cancer.5.7 Low-dose computed tomography (CT) is a better screening tool for lung cancer than chest radiographs.8'9 In the Early Lung Cancer Action Project, the prevalence rate of malignant lung nodules detected by C T in 1,000 smokers over the age of 60 was 2.7%. Of these 27 CT-detected cancers, 26 were resectable. Until low-dose CT is widely available, I believe that chest x-rays should be done annually in high-risk patients (ie, smokers), along with sputum cytology in patients at highest risk (ie, smokers with asbestos exposure). There is strong evidence that screening for lung cancer improves survival. Reports from Japan indicate that survival significantly improved after a national screening program was launched. In one Japanese report,10 the median survival time in patients with non-small cell lung cancer was 1,220 days if the cancer was discovered on screening vs 248 days if the cancer was discovered by its symptoms; the 5-year survival rates were 44-4% vs 11.3%, and the 10-year survival rates were 34-9% vs 7.5%. For patients with small cell lung cancer, the median survival was 584 days if the cancer was discovered on screening vs 257 days if it was discovered by symptoms; the 5-year survival rates were 21.2% vs 4.8% and the 10-year survival rates were 15.9% vs 2.3%. In another study,11 the 5-year survival rate increased to 54.4% with screening. Even if lead-time bias (length bias) played a role in the perceived increased survival with screening, even if we merely diagnosed the disease earlier without increasing the life span, the effort is worthwhile. Even if the patient with lung cancer is destined to die, he deserves a good death. And it makes tremendous difference if he has a few weeks, a few months, or a few years left before he faces death. A recent study12 identified six components of a good death: pain and symptom management, clear decision-making, preparation for death, completion, contributing to others, and affirmation of the whole person. Completion included faith issues, life review, resolving conflicts, spending time with family and friends, and saying good-bye. Even if we could not offer cure with screening we would give patients time to meet their psychological, spiritual, and social needs. I dedicate this comment to Dana, my cousin who died within a few weeks after being diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer.


This thesis is directed towards the autonomous long range navigation of wheeled robots in dynamic environments. It takes place within the Aircobot project. This project aims at designing a collaborative robot (cobot) able to perform the preflight inspection of an aircraft. The considered environment is then highly structured (airport runway and hangars) and may be cluttered with both static and dynamic unknown obstacles (luggage or refueling trucks, pedestrians, etc.). Our navigation framework relies on previous works and is based on the switching between different control laws (go to goal controller, visual servoing, obstacle avoidance) depending on the context. Our contribution is twofold. First of all, we have designed a visual servoing controller able to make the robot move over a long distance thanks to a topological map and to the choice of suitable targets. In addition, multi-camera visual servoing control laws have been built to benefit from the image data provided by the different cameras which are embedded on the Aircobot system. The second contribution is related to obstacle avoidance. A control law based on equiangular spirals has been designed to guarantee non collision. This control law, based on equiangular spirals, is fully sensor-based, and allows to avoid static and dynamic obstacles alike. It then provides a general solution to deal efficiently with the collision problem. Experimental results, performed both in LAAS and in Airbus hangars and runways, show the efficiency of the developed techniques.


In 1991, the "Wahlke Report" recommended elements of a curricular structure that would best promote student learning. In particular, the report noted that there should be a capstone experience at the end of the senior year that requires students to survey their whole learning experience. The report stated that this integrative effort could be promoted using one or more of several different methods, including a senior seminar, senior thesis, series of colloquia, and/or comprehensive examinations. This paper seeks to answer the questions, have political science departments arrived at any "best practices" in creating the content of capstone experiences for undergraduate majors? Which suggestions offered by the Wahlke Report are being followed more than others? Are capstones performing the integrative function they were intended? Previous research has examined the extent to which departments use capstones as a method of assessment. However, no study has yet examined the content of these capstone experiences in a systematic way. This paper examines a sample of four-year colleges and universities to determine the content of their capstone experiences. The data are available through the schools' online course catalogs. The findings can tell us a good deal about how the discipline promotes synthesis and students' abstract reasoning skills.


A temperature controlied heating element was used to heat samples of glassfibre/ polypropylene composites, which were subsequently clamped together in a hydraulic press, thus forming a weld. Lap-shear strengths of the welds were determined using a tensile tester. The heating temperature was controlled at temperatures of 180, 200, 220, 240, 260 C. The effect of including 2 neat polypropylene films in the weld stack was tested. The melting time, setting time, melting pressure, setting pressure, and surface preparation were all held constant. The highest lap-shear weld strengths were attained with a melting temperature of 260 C, with two neat polypropylene films in the weld stack.


This paper presents a new fluid mathematical model for the numerical simulation of a hydraulic system that can work in cavitation. The fluid model proposed allows to obtain physical properties, such as density, bulk modulus, void fraction and sound speed, of a liquid-vapor-gas mixture so that the mixture itself can be treated as a homogeneous fluid. Thanks to the relationships proposed by the authors, it is possible to study a fluid system while in any operating condition (i.e. in cavitating or in non-cavitating conditions) using the same fluid-model and a unique set of equations. The model takes into consideration the evolution of the vapor and gas bubbles as a consequence of pressure and temperature variations, and its parameters are the physical properties of the mixture components, i.e. liquid, vapor and dissolved gas. The model was applied in the numerical analysis of diesel injection systems. The conservation laws that describe the fluid flow along the pipes were discretized by means of a semi-discrete finite volume method of second-order accuracy both in space and time. The algebraic system obtained was finally solved by means of a predictor-corrector fully implicit iterative method. The algorithm described was tested for several injection-system operative conditions. Such conditions involve high pressure as well as cavitation phenomena.Copyright © 2003 by ASME


This paper discusses the Glencoe Storm Sewer Upgrade Project in Calgary, Alberta. The proposed tunnel is 2920 mm in diameter, stretching along 27th Ave SW from 15th St SW to 20th St SW with a total length of 935 m. Its depth varies from 16 m at the working shaft to 42 m at the retrieval shaft. The tunnel will reduce surface flooding by providing temporary storage of stormwater runoff during major storm events. The focus of this paper is project planning. The planning phase includes scope definition, contract setup, cost estimate, team assembly, equipment and material procurements, risk analysis, constructability review, geotechnical investigation, Safety and ECO Plan development, and scheduling and productivity simulations. The challenges presented in this project are the unfamiliarity with the local conditions and the uncertainty of the projected productivity and completion date of the project. Those issues were modeled and mitigation strategies were established using simulation technologies


Patients (pts) with Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL) treated with Hyper-CVAD and ponatinib achieve deep responses and long-term overall survival (OS). The sequential combination of low-intensity chemotherapy mini-Hyper-CVD (mini-HCVD) and ponatinib followed by blinatumomab (blina) and ponatinib may further improve outcomes while reducing the toxicity of intensive chemotherapy and the need for allogenic stem cell transplantation (ASCT).


Introduction. Among phenotypic variants of osteoarthritis (OA), a special place is occupied by OA with a comorbidity. A therapy of a pain in OA patients with the comorbid for diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) should be carried out with account for its effectiveness and safety. Objective. Perform comparative analysis of the clinical and laboratory characteristics of gonarthrosis and their therapeutic dynamics in moderate comorbid risk groups. Methods. The clinical and laboratory characteristics of gonarthrosis were studied in 386 women (mean age 61.3 ± 7.8 years), of which 162 ones had DM2. We evaluated several characteristics of the pain, which were summarized in the rating of pain (R_P). The level of C-reactive protein (CRP) in the blood serum was determined. An analysis of 75 samples of a synovial fluid (SF) obtained by a puncture of knee joints (KJ) in patients with severe synovitis was performed. An open-label controlled short-term trial of the analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity of diclofenac sodium in gonarthrosis was performed in 30 people in the euglycemic group and in the comorbid one according to DM2. Results. R_P for concomitant DM2 was 22.2% (p = 0.0001) lower than for isolated gonarthrosis, but the concentration of CRP in serum and SF did not differ between groups. The glucose level in the SF with concomitant DM2 was 46.6% (p = 0.0001) higher. NSAIDs were used according to the needs of more than 75% of patients, but women with concomitant diabetes mellitus type 2 used non-selective drugs 1.9 times (p = 0.008) more often. The efficacy and safety of the drug containing diclofenac sodium was comparable in the euglycemic group and in the concomitant diabetes mellitus type 2 group, but patients with comorbid DM2 achieved an effect of 23% less quantity NSAIDs. Conclusions. The use of drugs containing diclofenac sodium in 87% of patients provides an analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect with the satisfactory tolerance and the low drug demand, including in patients comorbid for type 2 diabetes.


Introductioq The authors have obtained giant straingauge factors of about 2W0 and 1200 using cold drawn and then tension annealed CoSiB amorphous wires (a-wire, for short) with 20 I UI and 30 p diameters respectively (made by UNlTlKA LID.). The wires are magnetized with a high frequency current or a sharp pulse current to generale the stress-impedance (SI, for short) effect [1][2]. We have also reported stress sensors using a pair of amorphous CoSiB wires fixed to a plastic cantilever beam combined with a CMOS IC multivibrator circuit (31. This type sensor has a high sensitivity and a high linearity in the range of -0.75-1.25 gr with a resolution of 2.5 mgr. However, the cantilever type sensor is not applicable lo detect distributed stresses as gas and liquid, because that two a-wires must be fixed on both sides of the plate. In this paper, new stress sensors with a beam with both ends built in and a diaphragm are presented in which a pair of a-wires are fixed on a single side of the substrates. A blood vessel pulsation is stably detected using the diaphragm type SI sensor with a CMOS IC multivibrator. Exoeriments and discuss ion Fig. 1 illustrates a beam with both ends built in type stress sensor head with induced stress distribution. When a weight (W) is loaded on the center of the beam, the a-wire@ (CoSiB with U) p diameter and 7 mm length) fixed on the central area of the plastic plate ( 45 X 15 X 0.4 mm) receives a compressive stress in longitudinal direction, while the a-wire @ fixed on a edge area receives a tensile stress in longitudinal direction. Fig. 2 shows measured results of SI characteristics of the a-wire @ and @set in a CMOS IC multivibrator sensor circuit as shown in Fig. 3. The rising time of the pulse current applied through @and @is 15 ns which corresponds to a sinusoidal current with about 30 MHz for the magnetization. Fig. 4 shows the output voltage Eout versus weight W characteristics of the SI sensor which shows a resolution of about 10 mgr in a linear range of -1-4 gr. Fig. 5 represents a detection of blood vessel pulsations of wrist artery in (a), and carotid artery in (b) using a flexible diaphragm.


The directed use of modern calculation methods in engineering practice makes it possible to take a fresh look at gas flow processes in gas-cooled turbogenerators that are already into operation. This paper introduces the gas cooling system simulation of 300 MW turbogenerator with the gap-pickup rotor for obtaining the detailed gas flow in the ventilation system. Reynolds equations and finite volume method are used for simulation. Based on the numerical simulation results, the valuable distributions of velocity vector in stator and rotor ducts are presented. The explanation of temperature reducing effect of stator winding according to indications of Resistance Temperature Detectors (RTDs) was suggested that locates in the zone of longitudinal gas separation barriers in air gap of generator.


Let X be a Spinℂ manifold with boundary, such that the Spinℂ structure is defined near the boundary by an almost complex structure, which is either strictly pseudoconvex or pseudoconcave (and hence contact). Using generalized Szegő projectors, we define modified ∂̄-Neumann boundary conditions, ℛeo, for spinors, which lead to subelliptic Fredholm boundary value problems for the Spinℂ–Dirac operator, ðeo. To study the index of these boundary value problems we introduce a generalization of Fredholm pairs to the "tame" category. In this context, we show that the index of the graph closure of (ðeo, ℛeo) equals the tame relative index, on the boundary, between ℛeo and the Calderon projector. Let X0 and X1 be strictly pseudoconvex, Spinℂ manifolds, as above. Let φ : bX1 → bX0, be a contact diffeomorphism, S0, S1 denote generalized Szegő projectors on bX0, bX1, respectively, and ℛ0eo, ℛ1eo, the subelliptic boundary conditions they define. If X1 is the manifold X1 with its orientation reversed, then the glued manifold X = X0 ∐φ X1 has a canonical Spinℂ structure and Dirac operator, ðXeo. Applying these results we obtain a formula for the relative index, R-Ind(S0, φ*S1), As a special case, this formula verifies a conjecture of Atiyah and Weinstein [(1997) RIMS Kokyuroku 1014:1–14] for the index of the quantization of a contact transformation between cosphere bundles.


This article empirically explores the interrelations of three variables-sex, marital status, and the confidant relationship-and their joint effects on quality of life. It draws on a stratified rand...


Eighty six castor genotypes were evaluated to estimate heritability and predicted genotype mean for seed yield and its component traits. The genotypes were planted at three locations using incomplete block experimental design with three replications. The results revealed significant effects of genotypes for most of the traits evaluated. Significant interactions of genotypes by locations were observed for six traits including 100 seed weight and seed yield. Genotypic coefficient of variation and phenotypic coefficient of variation were high for number of branches per plant and 100 seed weight. Heritability for the studied traits ranged from 0.21 to 0.92. High genetic advance as percentage of mean coupled with high heritability were observed for most of the traits. Thirty six out of eighty six genotypes evaluated presented predicted genotypic seed yield mean above the general mean. These results revealed moderate to high possibility for improvement of five out of ten traits evaluated.


Photocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) to valuable products is one of the promising approaches to mitigate climate change and provide chemical fuels. The structural design of photocatalysts has been therefore directed to enhancing the CO2 conversion efficiency and selectivity. Herein, we report that the metalated porous polycarbazoles, made by facile one‐pot oxidative polymerization and successive transition metal impregnation, can effectively convert CO2 into carbon monoxide (CO) with high selectivity under visible light irradiation. The high porosity of the porous polycarbazoles provides enhanced CO2 adsorption and the incorporated metals facilitate the CO2 activation. The type of metal ions influences the CO selectivity by altering surface reaction kinetics for CO2 reduction. Our approach proves that the photocatalytic CO2 reduction ability and selectivity of porous conjugated polymers can be improved by decorating functional metal species to modulate the adsorption and activation behavior of CO2 molecules.


Placental immunity is critical for fetal health during pregnancy, as invading pathogens can be transmitted from the maternal blood to the fetus through this organ. However, inflammatory responses in the placenta can adversely affect both the fetus and the pregnant mother, and the balance between protective placental immune response and detrimental inflammation is poorly understood. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane-enclosed vesicles that play a critical role in placental immunity. EVs produced by placental trophoblasts mediate immune tolerance to the fetus and to the placenta itself, but these EVs can also activate detrimental inflammatory responses. The regulation of these effects is not well-characterized, and the role of trophoblast EVs (tEVs) in the response to infection has yet to be defined. The Gram-positive bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) infects the placenta, serving as a model to study tEV function in this context. We investigated the effect of Lm infection on the production and function of tEVs, using a trophoblast stem cell (TSCs) model. We found that tEVs from infected TSCs were immunostimulatory, activating macrophages to a pro-inflammatory state. Surprisingly, this activation made RAW 264.7 macrophages more susceptible to subsequent Lm infection. Increased susceptibility to infection has not previously been reported as an effect of EVs. Proteomic analysis and RNA sequencing revealed that tEVs from infected TSCs had altered cargo compared to those from uninfected TSCs. Together, these results suggest an immunomodulatory role for tEVs during prenatal infection.


The present research sought to establish how cultural settings create a normative context that determines individuals' reactions to subtle forms of mistreatment. Two experimental studies (n = 449) examined individuals' perceptions of high- and low-ranking individuals' incivility in two national (Study 1) and two organizational (Study 2) cultural settings that varied in power distance. Consistent across studies, the uncivil actions of a high-ranking perpetrator were deemed more acceptable than the uncivil actions of a low-ranking perpetrator in the large power distance cultural settings, but not in a small power distance cultural setting. Differing injunctive norms (acceptability), but not descriptive norms (perceived likelihood of occurrence), contributed to cultural variations in the level of discomfort caused by incivility. In addition, perceptions of descriptive and injunctive norms coincided, but differed markedly in their associations with discomfort. We discuss the practical and theoretical implications of these findings.


This design uses pre-oxidation process to improve the coagulation flocculation effect and reduce residence time in small devices,so that a higher capacity can be achieved,in which the small area and rapid speed of flotation tank substitutes the ordinary sedimentation tanks,and the coagulation-sedimentation treatment agents and disinfection agents with good effects at low temperature are selected.


Based on radio telemetry, habitat distribution of 32 individual capercaillie Tetrao urogallus was compared with habitat availability at various levels of scale At forest stand level, capercaillie preferred large patches of late succession stages, and selected for moderate canopy closure and high abundance of feeding trees Hens and cocks selected home ranges with high proportions of old forest, and range size was related to old forest fragmentation Winter survival was high independently of habitat selection In cocks, habitat use was affected by social spacing, home range size and use of old forest were age-dependent, and habitat composition of winter ranges indirectly related to survival and mating success in spring Topography influenced habitat selection, as the birds preferred gentle slopes At the landscape scale, the distribution of bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus was the key to capercaillie habitat use, indicating that habitat requirements in autumn and spring influenced selection of winter ranges The study confirms that capercaillie in central Europe select habitats according to structural features typical of the boreal forests of the species' main distribution range However, spatio-temporal variation in resource abundance at the landscape scale sets significant limits to suitability of alpine capercaillie habitats


The problem and several restricted factors of agriculture application of sewage sludge are analyzed at home and abroad. Meanwhile, this paper points out that the several restricted factors of agriculture application include mainly: hazardous chemical matters and heavy metal, receptivity of farmers and consumers to the product of sewage sludge, perfect policy and criterion standards, disposing charge of sewage sludge. The several restricted factors of agriculture application should be resolved if sewage sludge is used safely and environment.


The wheat varieties viz., AKW-381, AKW-1071, AKAW-3722, AKAW-2997.16, AKAW-4627, PDKV WASHIM, AKAW-4210-6 were grouped on the basis of chemical test Peroxidase test, NaOH (0.5%), KOH (0.5%), GA3 (100 ppm) and 2-4 D (5 ppm). The study revealed that these tests could be effectively used for varietal characterization and determining the varietal purity of wheat in testing laboratories as the cultivars showed distinct response to these chemical test.


In this episode of Annals On Call, Dr. Centor discusses health disparities and COVID-19 with Dr. Utibe Essien, the Director of the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion at the University ...


Over three decades ago, Carol Gilligan's seminal book In a Different Voice provided feminist theorists with a powerful new approach to address the shortcomings of traditional moral theories. With a focus on concrete situations, an ethics of care can attend to the specifics of moral dilemmas that might otherwise be glossed over. As feminist reflection on moral and political philosophizing has progressed, another challenge has emerged. Recent feminist scholarship proposes non-ideal theories as preferable action-guiding theories. In this paper, I examine Kittay's call for a version of care ethics as a naturalized ethics that comes from lived experience, in order to draw out the salient characteristics of the caring agent. This allows me to show how Kittay's