Due to the tradeoff between field of view and resolution, the ability of traditional optical telescopes to obtain high-resolution wide field images is limited. This work presents a design for a scanning optical telescope that can produce high resolution images over a wide field of view. This is accomplished by scanning one of the telescope's optical elements. Inherent in such a design is the introduction of optical aberrations as off-axis scanning occurs. The deformable mirror technology is implemented to adaptively correct these aberrations such that on-axis resolution is achieved at off-axis scan angles. The optical design layout is optimized in software to minimize on-axis wavefront aberrations. This paper presents results involving two deformable mirrors based on different technologies: the AgilOptics mirror based on electrostatic actuators and the Imagine Optic mirror based on electromagnetic actuators. Both mirrors are similar in size (about 15mm aperture), but the Imagine Optic mirror has significantly larger actuator displacement, though at a higher cost. The static telescope design has a field of view of 0.49-degrees which is increased to 20-degrees with the AgilOptics mirror and 40-degrees with the Imagine Optic mirror.


ABSTRACT The objectives of this study are to investigate climates that could facilitate innovative use of information systems (IS), and to examine how psychological climate and individual goal orientation interact to promote employees' innovative IS use. A total of 174 questionnaires were collected from enterprise resource planning (ERP) users from nine firms in China. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to test the research hypotheses. The empirical results suggest that (1) psychological climates (psychological autonomy climate and psychological innovation climate) are positively associated with IS users' innovative use, (2) avoidance orientation weakens the relationship between psychological autonomy climate and innovative use, (3) learning orientation weakens the relationship between psychological innovation climate and innovative use, and (4) learning orientation strengthens the relationship between psychological autonomy climate and innovative use. This study contributes to IS literature by identifying psychological climate as a critical antecedent of innovative use. The findings also fulfil an identified need for more empirical studies of the combined effect of individual and environmental factors on employees' innovative behaviour in the workplace, especially in the context of IS innovation.


The invention discloses a laser phase change preparation method of a high-temperature and abrasion resistant coating layer of a circulating fluidized bed. The method comprises the following steps: (1) the sand blasting roughening is performed for the surfaces of parts of a circulating fluidized bed boiler; (2) the sand blasting roughened surfaces are washed by acetone and ethanol in sequence, and are dried; and (3) the roughed and cleaned surfaces are bonded with Cr3C2-NiCr-WC particle layers by nitrocellulose; the thickness of the particle layers is 0.5-1.5 mm; laser is used for joining; and the laser phase change process comprises the following conditions: 1200-2000 W of laser power, 600-1000 mm/min of scanning speed, 4-8 mm of light spot diameter and 15-25% of joint rate. When the coating layer is used for the circulating fluidized bed boiler, the coating layer can resist high-temperature corrosion and high-temperature abrasion; and the coating layer is firm without falling.


This paper provides an overview of speciication and implementation of an ASIC running under the acronym UTCLIENT that supports external clock synchronization by hardware. It incorporates an adder-based clock to maintain local time, facilities to timestamp packets containing synchronization data, interfaces to GPS receivers and provides moderate application support. This novel clock is distinguished by its ne grained rate adjustability and hardware support for linear continuous amortization.


Purpose To probe the imaging features of hiatus hernia in the elderly. Methods 22 cases of patients with suspected hiatus hernia were studied with chest film, barium meal of alimentary canal and CT respectively. Results The positive rate were 31.8% (n=6 cases) in chest film, 92.8% (n=14 cases) in barium meal of alimentary canal and 100% (n=ll cases) in CT. 10 cases were reducible hiatus hemia, and others were non-reducible including short esophagus type(n=5 cases), paraesophageal hernia type(n=2 cases) and mixed type(n=5 cases). Conclusion There is a high positive rate in chest film for diagnosing the non-reducible hiatus hemia. Barium meal of alimentary canal should be the best method for diagnosing hiatus hernia because of its accurate typing and high positive rate, and CT play an additional role for the suspected hiatus hernia.


The Satan in the prologue to the book of Job should be seen as part of a bureaucratic divine realm as it was understood in ancient Syria-Palestine. Understanding the behaviour of the Satan is aided by referring to the portrayal of selected deities presented in the narratives of Ugarit. It can be shown that the statements and actions of the Satan in Job conform to a behavior one would expect of deities on a secondary level; indeed, the Satan appears, in such a comparison, to be a well-behaved divine character. The author and hearers of the prose prologue in Job may be assumed to have understood that the Satan worked for God and not against God.


A fairly rapid, quantitative, spectrographic procedure using Lu and Cd as internal standards is given for the analysis of Pb, Zn, Co, Cu, Ni, V and Cr in soils and stream sediments. Zinc, an element generally not amenable to spectrographic determination at low concentration, can be determined by the use of a pure argon atmosphere. A new gas-switching technique permits the other elements to be determined in the same burn. Approximately 7 samples can be processed per man/hour for 7 elements, giving a total of 49 element determinations/hour. This technique compares favorably in speed with colorimetric or semi-quantitative spectro-graphic techniques using visual comparison with external standards, and is more quantitative.


This is a multiple case study, holistic and qualitative in approach, excerpted from a PhD thesis, which aimed to understand the construction of comprehensive health care practices in the daily work of Family Health teams and managers from three cities in the Vale do Jequitinhonha region, MG, Brazil. Family Health team members, support staff, and health officials took part in the study, having 48 participants in total. The results shown refer to the category of analysis originating from interviews with managers. They emphasize the importance and complexity of the formulation of municipal health management strategies in the struggle to construct comprehensive health care. The managers, in their daily work, are building their practices and (re)building organizational scenarios, in a procedural and contextual way, in the search for autonomy and participation, which guide at the same time, practices of centralization and subordination in the hierarchical relationships, as well as forms of management based on participation and planning in pursuit of comprehensive health care.


Data preprocessing is critical in data mining process,application fields and industries are different,the methods are also different.Describes the data preprocessing of credit card in customer segmentation and association analysis mining in details.Firstly,selects some tables from credit card database which concerned with analysis topic.For the selected data is handled with problems,such as noisy data,missing values and normalization,data preprocessing,which mainly include data cleaning,integration,transformation and reduction,is well used to process sample data,and obtains training sample data needed by data mining.


Few papers by young academics have been as influential on energy economics as 'The Allocation of Energy Resources' by William Nordhaus (1973). To me, the influence of Nordhaus' work causes mixed feelings. His 'backstop technology' concept is a source of inspiration. Although mainly used as keystone to seal his model, his square choice for nuclear power as backstop supply was unfounded. The enduring influence of 'econometric-engineering' models on public energy policy-makers often precludes a necessary broader decision-making approach.


PURPOSE: An electric element having stacked thin film type cell and the manufacturing method thereof are provided to minimize the space which the element takes and enhance the integration rate of the element by removing the space of the cell. CONSTITUTION: The electric element having stacked thin film type cell which is contacted on said element. The manufacturing method of the element comprises: a step depositing nonconductor on the top of the electric element positioned on a semiconductor substrate to form a encapsulation film in periphery of the element; a step removing the portion of said encapsulation film covering the electrode of said element by photoresistor deposition and selective etching process to expose the electrode; a step extending said electrode to the outer surface of said encapsulation film by depositing conductive material on the etched encapsulation film portion; and a step forming a thin film cell on the top of the element consisted of said encapsulation film and electrode.


In this paper, a person-specific facial expression recognition method which is based on Personal Facial Expression Space (PFES) is presented. The multidimensional scaling maps facial images as points in lower dimensions in PFES. It reflects personality of facial expressions as it is based on the peak instant of facial expression images of a specific person. In constructing PFES for a person, his/her whole normalized facial image is considered as a single pattern without block segmentation and differences of 2-D DCT coefficients from neutral facial image of the same person are used as features. Therefore, in the early part of the paper, separation characteristics of facial expressions in the frequency domain are analyzed using a still facial image database which consists of neutral, smile, anger, surprise and sadness facial images for each of 60 Japanese males (300 facial images). Results show that facial expression categories are well separated in the low frequency domain. PFES is constructed using multidimensional scaling by taking these low frequency domain of differences of 2-D DCT coefficients as features. On the PFES, trajectory of a facial image sequence of a person can be calculated in real time. Based on this trajectory, facial expressions can be recognized. Experimental results show the effectiveness of this method.


Mineralogical and chemical composition of mortar from the floor, ceiling and
 wall of Stibadium B, from the archaeological site of Mediana (Serbia) have
 been analysed using ICP-OES, F?IR and XRD-spectroscopy and chemical
 analysis. The results show that hydraulic lime mortar was used with crushed
 bricks as artificial puzzolanic aggregate. Large contribution of silicon-
 and aluminum-oxides, indicate the presence of quartz and phyllosilicate
 minerals derived from the aggregate, river sand and crushed bricks. Also,
 high content of Pb and Cu was observed in investigated samples.


During the Anti- Japanese War, the rese arch of southwestern minority myth can be said to bloom a particularly bright wonderful work to some extent,which greatly promoted to build the disciplines of myth and to perfect the China's research system of myth, and provided some desirable situation for the Republican Government to formulate scientific policies during the Anti-Japanese War. After the outbreak of the war, Southwest brought together scholars across the country, they introduced fully the western advanced ideas and methods of myth research and applied extensively many other interdisciplinary characteristics of anthropology, sociology, literary theory and practiced really the combination of field operations;At the same time they have also been a certain degree of support for the Republican government and have made important research results. The myth embodied in the history of the origin of human growth,and powered into a primitive mystical strength for a nation during the war.


In order to integrate system resources of State Grid Corporation of China(SGCC) to enhance the capability of decision-making,information hinge,and overall coordination,SGCC constructs an integrated office management platform covering headquarters,provincial companies and other base organizations in the period of "Eleventh Five-Year Plan".Office information are vertically connected,horizontally integrated and highly shared between different units.The system coordinates,promotes and supervises daily work to guarantee all decisions are fully carried out.It establishes regulation system that standardizes project implementation and application,project system that promote orderly development of projects,and technical guarantee system that support normal operation of the system.File center,task center,knowledge center and archive center on the company level are built.


Abstract There seems to be an increase in the use of foreignisms in Finnish business translation: a new linguistic norm, which incorporates foreignisms appears to be developing alongside traditional Finnish usage. Yet how justified is the use of foreignisms in business translations? Here is an analysis of a Nokia document: the author explores the status of this text as translation and offers criteria for justified and unjustified foreignisms in Finnish business translation.


Chromene is considered a fused pyran ring with a benzene ring, which is found in
 many plants and is part of many important compounds such as anthocyanidins,
 anthocyanins, catechins, and flavanones. These compounds are included under the headings
 "flavonoids" and "iso-flavonoids." These compounds are well known as bioactive molecules
 with wide medicinal uses. According to these pharmacokinetic characteristics, many
 researchers are giving more attention to this type of compound and its derivatives. Many
 chromene derivatives have been synthesized to study their biological effects for the
 treatment of many diseases. Furthermore, the researcher displayed wide interest in
 finding new methods for synthesizing chromene derivatives. These methods depend on
 utilizing a new catalyst to increase the yield of this reaction or reduce the time of
 the reaction. On the other hand, new methods were found by using a new reactant and a
 new substrate. This review will present the most recent important methods for the
 synthesis of chromene derivatives as well as an examination of their biological
 activity.


We show that the Seifert-Weber dodecahedral space $\mathsf{SW}$ is an $L$-space. The proof builds on our work relating Floer homology and spectral geometry of hyperbolic three-manifolds. A direct application of our previous techniques runs into difficulties arising from the computational complexity of the problem. We overcome this by exploiting the large symmetry group and the arithmetic and tetrahedral group structure of $\mathsf{SW}$ to prove that small eigenvalues on coexact $1$-forms must have large multiplicity.


The invention relates to a method for producing a two plates (2) comprising bipolar plate (1) for a fuel cell, wherein the two plates (2) on one of the respective other plate (2) side facing the channel-like recesses (8) for forming at least one cooling channel (4), wherein forming a plurality of protrusions (9) on a surface of the channel-like depressions (8). According to the invention, the elevations (9) prior to assembly of the two plates (2) for bipolar plate (1) by a material deposition on the surface of the channel-like depressions (8) and / or by a material deformation of the respective plate (2) are formed. Furthermore, the invention relates to a bipolar plate (1) for a fuel cell.


Reliability of a unit (or product) is the probability that the unit performs its intended function adequately for a given period of time under the stated operating conditions or environment. By a unit we mean an element, a system or a part of a system, or the like. An acceptance sampling is concerned with the decision to accept or reject a lot. The design of the acceptance sampling process includes decisions about sampling versus complete inspection. Management can select the best plan by using operating characteristics values of different sampling plans using lifetime distributions. Chapter 1 comprises of basic concepts of quality control, acceptance sampling, reliability, lifetime distributions and the review of sampling plans which are relevant to this thesis. In Chapter 2, double sampling plan for truncated life test is proposed when the lifetime of the test items follows different lifetime distributions. Probability of acceptance is calculated for different consumer's confidence levels. Probability of acceptance and producer's risk are analyzed with the help of tables and examples. In Chapter 3, a hybrid group acceptance sampling plan for a truncated life test is proposed when the lifetime of the test items follows different lifetime distributions. The minimum number of testers, r is determined when the consumer's risk, the termination time multiplier and the group size are specified. The operating characteristic values for various confidence levels are also obtained. In Chapter 4, a weighted group acceptance sampling plan for a truncated life test is proposed when the lifetime of an item follows different lifetime distributions. The minimum number of groups required for a given group size and the acceptance number is determined when the consumer's risk and the test termination time are specified. The operating characteristic values for various quality levels are obtained. The results are explained with examples. In Chapter 5, a two – stage group acceptance sampling plan for truncated life test is proposed when the lifetime of an item follows different lifetime distributions. The minimum number of groups required is determined when the consumer's risk and the test termination time are specified. The operating characteristic values for various quality levels are obtained. The results are explained with examples. In Chapter 6, a repetitive group acceptance sampling plan for a truncated life test is proposed when the lifetime of an item follows different distributions. The minimum sample size required is determined when the consumer's risk and the test termination time are specified. The operating characteristic values according to various quality levels are obtained. The results are explained with examples. In Chapter 7, a conditional repetitive group acceptance sampling plan for a truncated life test is proposed when the lifetime of an item follows different distributions. The sample sizes required for the acceptance numbers are determined when the consumer's risk and the test termination time are specified. The probability of acceptance with respect to various confidence levels is obtained. The results are explained with examples.


Purple sweet potato pigment extract was concentrated using both membrane separation method and vacuum concentration method. The pigment extract (anthocyanin content 1.6 g/L) was concentrated after 5 hr of continuous operation of a nanofiltration to get anthocyanin content of 10.6 g/L. Total solid content also increased continuously while the flux decreased continuously during the concentration process. Degradation index (DI) changes of concentrated pigment solution were insignificant during the whole concentration process which is indicating that the nanofiltration method does not affect color degradation of anthocyanin pigment. For the comparison test, the same pigment extract was concentrated using a rotary vacuum evaporator at temperatures of 40 and . At both temperatures, pigment content increased in a similar manner during concentration . However, DI value at increased while that at did not change appreciably. Total color difference value changed only slightly by nanofiltration and while changed significantly by . These indicate that a membrane filtration method is more effective in concentrating purple sweet potato pigment extract than a vacuum concentration method by high temperature.


The super-rice fertilization tests were set in the paddy fields of different fertility levels and different locations. In this paper the test date of the rate of fertilizer application amounts(N,P2O5,K2O), the soil available nutrient of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, the relative yield of super-rice were analyzed statistically, and the regression equations were also acquired. The proper mathematical models based on regression equations, and the richness or deficient status index by recommended about the soil available nutrient content and the total doses of fertilizer for super-rice in Lechang were obtanted. Results showed the regressions equation index for alkali-hydrolysable nitrogen, available phosphorus and available potassium were as follows: y(relative yield) = 27.874ln(x)-44.909(R2=0.305 4,n=16), y(relative yield)=13.533ln(x)+39.461(R2=0.305 4,n=16), y(relative yield)=16.734 1ln(x)+13.701(R2=0.814 2,n=16). The regression equations of the total doses of nitrogen(N), phosphorus(P2O5) and potassium(K2O) for super-rice were as follow: y=-7.007 6ln(x)+45.162(R2=0.459 1, n=16), y=-2.082 7ln(x)+12.751(R2=0.618 3,n=16), y=-6.446 4ln(x)+43.613(R2=0.305 4,n=16). The total doses of nitrogen(N) were as follow: 21.30, 21.30-15.01, 15.01-9.98, 9.98 kg/667 m2, when alkali-hydrolysable nitrogen in the soil were: 30.11, 30.11-73.84, 73.84-151.31, 151.31 mg/kg; The total doses of phosphorus(P2O5) were as follow:8.88, 8.88-6.27, 6.27-4.23, 4.23 kg/667 m2, when available phosphorus in the soil were: 2.18,2.18-13.82, 13.82-60.58, 60.58 mg/kg; The total doses of potassium(K2O) were as follow: 29.63,29.63-19.99, 19.99-12.29, 12.29 kg/667 m2, when available potassium in the soil were: 8.75,8.75-38.98, 38.98-128.81, 128.81 mg/kg.


Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) applications are complex and incur significant costs and effort during version upgrades, which are further exacerbated by any customizations. Our temporal meta-data framework for EIS applications avoids or minimizes these upgrade issues by standardizing all update procedures as an updated set or stream of individual meta-data changes. Each change is applied sequentially for all changes between the previous and current meta-data models. Meta-data changes include the core application functionality plus meta-data changes for any local or unique customizations. The automated update process removes the need from developers to produce version specific update programs, and simplifies the end user's meta-data EIS application update processes. Collision detection with third party customizations, known as Variant Logic, can precisely identify any potential conflict in advance, avoiding or reducing compatibility rework effort for customizations.


Background: To study the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus among antenatal mothers and to assess the importance of universal screening to detect gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).Methods: A total of 300 antenatal women irrespective of gestational age were screened for GDM at their antenatal visit during the period of January 2020 to June 2020. All women were screened with 75gm oral glucose load irrespective of last meal followed by blood glucose estimation by glucose oxidase peroxidase method 2 hours following glucose load. A cut-off of 140mg/dl or more were labelled as gestational diabetes mellitus as per DIPSI guidelines.Results: Out of 300 antenatal women tested, 24 women (8%) were positive for gestational diabetes mellitus. During the first, second and third trimesters 12.5%, 33.33% and 54.17% were diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus respectively. The number of gestational diabetes mellitus patients for the age groups ≤20 years, 21-25 years, 26-30 years and >30 years are 2 (8.33%), 3 (12.5%), 8 (33.33%) and 11 (45.83%) respectively. The number of pregnant women tested positive for gestational diabetes mellitus with BMI ≤18.5, 18.6-24.9, 25-29.9 and 30-35 are 2 (8.33%), 4(16.67%), 8(33.33%) and 10(41.67%) respectively.Conclusions: Prevalence of GDM in our study is 8%. About 29.16% of GDM did not have any risk factors. This emphasizes the importance of universal screening for GDM of all pregnant women irrespective of gestational age. There is an increased association of GDM with age, BMI, family history and parity according to our study.


Sera procured from a pollen-immunized and from an insulin-refractory donor have been fractionated extensively by EC and examined for blocking activity as well as for electrophoretic composition. EC, which segregates molecules chiefly according to their electric charge, provided fractions which were comprised largely of proteins of low, intermediate or high mobility. One preparation, for example, consisted 96% of slow-moving or γ2-globulin, whereas another contained 75% of fast-moving γ1-globulin, and a third possessed 58% of β-globulin, while still another was comprised 90% of α-globulins. The remainder of the serum could be salted out so as to provide a final fraction which contained as much as 92% of albumin (see Table II). The foregoing components differed from each other in that they exhibited graduated mobility rates when examined at pH 8.1, the γ2-globulins migrating most slowly while the albumin moved most rapidly.
 When such fractions were mixed in vitro with their respective allergens, a slight excess of the latter could be detected by testing the mixture in sensitized, normal skin. The amount that had to be added to one fraction to be slightly in excess of its blocking power could be compared with the amount required for other fractions, thus indicating their relative antibody content. When blocking power was expressed in terms of the total protein content of the preparation, it was found that activity of successive fractions fluctuated roughly with their γ-globulin concentration whereas no positive correlation with immunologic properties could be demonstrated for other serum constituents. In the first blood taken from the insulin-refractory donor, the γ-globulin of lowest (Top I) and highest mobility (Tops Va, Vb, and VI) were the chief participants in the blocking function, whereas all γ-globulins appeared to be similarly involved in a later specimen. The activity curve of fractions prepared from the pollen-immune donor, K. U., resembled that of the early insulin-resistant sample.
 The blocking activity of the 10 K. U. fractions did not duplicate relationships found among these preparations when their sensitizing antibodies were titrated by the technique of serum dilution (3). Although there was admittedly an area of overlap in the region of Tops Va and Vb, where maximal blocking and sensitizing activity coexisted, there was distinct blocking activity to the left of this area on the activity curve (notably in the Top Fraction, I), whereas important reaginic qualities were encountered to the right of this peak (Tops VI and VII). At the same time it was noted, in examining the electrophoretic data, that over 90% of the area of fractions to the left was made up of slow-moving γ2-globulin, while the β-globulin-enriched preparations lay in the central and right-hand regions of the curve (Tops Va, Vb, VI and VII). Fast-moving γ1-globulins, on the other hand, were concentrated largely in Tops Va and Vb and to a lesser extent in VI. This concentration of both the β-globulins and the γ1-globulins in Fractions Va, Vb and VI made it difficult, at first glance, to decide whether the two types of antibody were related to one or both of these serum proteins. Investigation of the area and activity data for the remaining fractions, however, made it clear that the β-globulins were concerned with sensitizing antibody whereas γ-globulins carried blocking qualities. It was not surprising, therefore, that fractions rich in both these components should also be efficient in both of these antibody functions.
 As might have been expected from the fact that Fractions Va, Vb and VI had been immobilized and isolated at pH 6 and 5.5, the electrophoretic mobilities of their β-globulin and γ1-globulin molecules differed from each other only slightly, so that the complete separation of these two types of globulin poses a difficult technical problem. We have recently attempted to accomplish this by rerunning Fraction Vb of a reaginic serum at a slightly different pH level and were rewarded by the finding that sensitizing antibody and β-globulin content had both been concentrated in Top Vc (4). Similar efforts with blocking serum have not as yet been made.
 The generally lower mobility of the blocking antibody justifies the conclusion that it is an entity distinct from the sensitizing antibody, the latter being associated chiefly with molecules of greater mobility. That some overlapping of the 2 activities occurred in fractions of intermediate mobility, such as Tops Va and Vb, is not surprising. A similar situation was encountered by Kuhns when he subjected human antitoxic sera to zone electrophoresis on a starch column. Whereas the precipitating antibodies migrated in association with a slow-moving component, the skin-sensitizing bodies moved in general more rapidly, with some overlapping at the interface.
 The clinical behavior of our insulin-resistant patient, as well as the outcome of mouse-protection tests, made it apparent that she possessed some means of interfering with the hypoglycemic effect of insulin. Blocking studies showed that her serum carried antibodies which prevented insulin from reacting with sensitized skin. Whether one and the same mechanism accounted for both the hormonal refractoriness and the antiallergenic power of her serum can be only surmised. Although such antibodies might well have engendered the original refractoriness, it is also theoretically possible that some unrelated mechanism was initially involved and that antibody production was only secondary to the unusual amounts of insulin given in an effort to overcome the refractoriness. In favor of the former hypothesis is the fact that the patient's blocking power per ml of serum was more than adequate to account for the large doses she was required to take daily. Whether, in this case, the interference with sugar metabolism was due to a direct union of antibody with the hormonally active groupings of the insulin molecule or was dependent upon complexing with other, nearby groupings which led to steric hindrance was not subject to experimental test. In the rabbit, the latter situation appears to be productive of insulin resistance according to Lowell (11).
 The tendency for B. E. R.-resistant serum to delay rather than prevent hypoglycemic death in the mouse suggests steric hindrance, although the formation of unstable antigen:antibody complexes might be an alternate explanation. The intermittent hypoglycemic shock experienced by the patient, at times many hours after her latest dose of insulin, might rest on instability of the hypothetical antigen:antibody complex, or on the release of insulin from some postulated reservoir.
 The observation that blocking end-points with B. E. R. fractions were the same for unheated as for heated samples rules out the hypothesis that the blocking phenomenon is dependent upon heat-denatured reagin rather than on a separate, blocking antibody.
 The use of serum:antigen mixtures for direct blocking tests in sensitized skin provided, in our experience, a more sensitive and practical means of measuring anti-insulin factor than the reagin-neutralization test with heated serum or the Lowell mouse-protection test—assuming that the same factor is being measured by all three procedures.


Alan Wearne's 'The Nightmarkets' is discussed. 'The Nightmarkets' is a book which establishes no mastery of cadence, of characterisation, of dialogue or of story line, and yet succeeds massively in realising one of the most hubristic ambitions in the history of Australian literature.


The research refers to a Master's Dissertation Project developed in the Nursing Post Graduation Program in Anna Nery School of Nursing / UFRJ. Objectives: to identify managerial strategies used by nurse leaders in the Coronary Care Unit in public university hospitals; to describe the nursing care management carried out by nurse leaders in the Coronary Care Units at public university hospitals; and to analyze the managerial strategies developed by nurse leaders in the nursing care management in the Coronary Care Unit at public university hospitals. This is a multiple case study, with a qualitative approach. The subjects will be the nurses who work in three public university hospitals in Rio de Janeiro and who provide direct care to patients from Coronary Care Units: Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital (HUCFF), Pedro Ernesto University Hospital (HUPE) and Antonio Pedro University Hospital (HUAP). Data collection will be made with the help of semi-structured interviews, and direct and informal observation of the subjects, complying with the precepts established from Resolution number 196/96. The conclusion of the stage of this methodology will be determined by the data saturation criterion. Data will be grouped, classified and evaluated through categories.


In this paper experimental data are given to aid in the design of a rubble-mound breakwater The use of armor damage functions is supported rather than the use of the wave height for the no damage condition Damage curves defined experimentally are proposed, for both rocks and tetrapods, for different wave storm durations and for different placing tech niques A determinant influence of storm duration is found for advanced damage of the armor layers The experiments with different placing techniques showed that stability coefficients based upon the no damage criteria, do not give a reliable picture of the ultimace strength of a rubble-mound breakwater.


I have worked at the Royal Marsden since 2016, and in November 2020 became a sister on the hospital's Bud Flanagan west ward, which cares for patients with haematological cancers. COVID-19 turned the ward's processes upside down and we had to develop new ways of working to continue delivering treatment while keeping patients safe from the virus, navigate the impact of visitor restrictions and support the well-being of the team.


The RDP algorithm uses a simple parity scheme based on EX-OR operations. Each data block belongs to one row-parity set and one diagonal parity set. In a simple RDP array, there are p + 1 disks. The stripes across the array consist of one block from each disk. In each stripe, one block holds diagonal parity, one block holds row parity, and p – 1 blocks hold data. Every row parity block has an even parity of the data blocks in the row, excluding the diagonal parity block. Every diagonal parity block has an even parity of the data and row parity blocks in the same diagonal. In case of double disk failure, each diagonal misses one disk, and there are two diagonal parity sets that miss only one block. Once we recover one block, we can recover a complete row. Using this, we recover another diagonal, and so on.


The objective of this paper is to improve the frequency regulation of an islanded microgrid system consisting of non-battery-backed photovoltaic (PV) systems. Operating the PV system in limited power point tracking (LPPT) mode gives provision for the application of droop control on the PV system active power, which in turn enhances the frequency regulation of the microgrid. The LPPT is a control technique used for extracting the desired amount of power that may be less than the maximum available power from the PV system. Variable rate LPPT is the superior control technique among the available LPPT control techniques, which is employed in the work. The droop controller implemented in this paper provides the required power reference command for the limited power operation of a PV system based on the deviation of bus frequency from its nominal value (50 Hz/60 Hz). A case study is presented to validate the effectiveness of the above-mentioned concept.


Background. Infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae, a common human respiratory
tract pathogen, has been recently associated with cardiovascular syndromes, such
as atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction and stroke. According to the literature
data significantly high percentage of CAD patients exhibited serological markers
of chronic Chlamydia pneumoniae infection. Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA and antigens
were also detected (using variety of methods) in carotid arteries atherosclerotic
plaques. The aim of the study was to evaluate the frequency of Chlamydia pneumoniae
infection in CAD patients by measuring specific serum IgG, IgM and IgA levels
and by detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA in carotid atherosclerotic plaques. Material and methods. 28 patients operated for CAD (8 female, 20 male;
mean age 64.5 years) and 20 control subjects matched for age and sex (4 female,
16 male) without clinical signs and symptoms of cardiovascular and pulmonary disease
were enrolled in the study. Microimmunofluorescence method was applied to evaluate
the level of anti-Chlamydia pneumoniae IgG, IgA and IgM. Chlamydia pneumoniae
micro-IF test (Labsystem) was used. Nested PCR was used for Chlamydia pneumoniae
DNA detection in atherosclerotic plaques, obtained during carotid endartherectomy.
The results were evaluated by means of STATISTICA software programme and considered
statistically significant when was less than 0.05 (p Results. Serologic markers of chronic Chlamydia pneumoniae infection were
detected in 22 of 28 (78.6%) patients and in 6 of 20 (30%) healthy controls. In
36.4% (8/22) of patients with serologic markers of chronic Chlamydia pneumoniae
infection we observed high titers of specific IgG and IgA, which can indicate
reinfection or exacerbation of chronic infection. Interestingly, all patients
in this group presented to have TIA symptoms. Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA was present
in carotid atherosclerotic plaques obtained from 17 (60.7%) patients. Conclusions. Serological signs of chronic Chlamydia pneumoniae infection
occur statistically more frequent in CAD patients compared to healthy controls.
Active Chlamydia pneumoniae infection is associated with TIA symptoms. There is
an urgent need of standardization of PCR methods detecting DNA Chlamydia pneumoniae
in atherosclerotic plaques.


PART ONE: ESTABLISHING THE FRAMEWORK Some Pressing Questions for Cross-Cultural Psychology Improving the Validity of Cross-Cultural Psychology Defining the Way forward Nations as Cultures and Their Consequences for Social Psychology PART TWO: CORE ISSUES The Making and Remaking of Cultures Making Sense of One's World Personality in Cross-Cultural Perspective Communicating with Others Working Together PART THREE: THE WORLD IN FLUX Coping with Difference Cultural Aspects of Intergroup Relations Global Change The Unfinished Agenda


Reports on the occurrence of cannabidiol (CBD, 1) in non-cannabis plants are critically reviewed. The isolation of 1 from Humulus Kriya (sic) was fraudulent and from Trema orientalis and stevia dubious, while the occurrence of traces of 1 in flax needs additional confirmation. The presence of high concentration of cannabigerol (CBG, 3a) and its corresponding acidic precursor (GBGA, 3b) in Helichrysum umbraculigerum could not be confirmed, but this plant deserves additional attention due to the possible phytocannabinoids accumulation in selected chemotypes.


In this master thesis, I investigate four Public Librarys´ program activities. The purpose is to explore what the library program activities contribute to as a part of a well functioning democrac ...


The Basic Radiation Effects Reactor (BRER) is a small fast core surrounded by a segmented radial reflector. The NaK-cooled fast core operates at a thermal power of 1 Mw, with all the reactor heat being rejected to the atmosphere through a secondary heat exchange system. The secondary heat exchange system is another NaK loop which dissipates heat to the atmosphere by means of an air-blast cooler. The reactor core is composed of small-diameter rods of uranium--zirconium alloy, arranged in a close-packed triangular pattern. The maximum core loading is approxi-mately 60 kg of U/sup 235/. Reactor control is effected by moving control rods in the reflector region immediately adjacent to the core. Reactor instrumentation and fuel handling are similar to other heterogeneous reactor systems. Relatively large volumes for experiments are available in the large radial reflector surrounding the core. The physics of the BRER system was investigated, using a 15-group set of cross sections, for a series of reflector materials. The materials studied were lead, aluminum, iron, zirconium, depleted uranium, and natural aranium. Based on the criterion of producing two widely spaced and relatively sharply peaked neutron spectra, these preliminary calculations indicate that a major portion of the reflector would be lead, with an aluminum region starting at some intermediate point and extending to the outer edge of the reflector. (auth)


The paper presents the results of experimental studies of the influence of incoming external disturbances on the flow of straight wing and UAV models at different angles of attack and slip. Using the method of hot-wire anemometry, quantitative data were obtained on the structure of the flow near the surface of the model when it flows around a free stream and in the presence of incident external disturbances. Pictures of the visualization of the flow around models under stall conditionswere obtained. It was found that incident external disturbances under certain conditions can significantly change the flow structure.


Abstract The article starts with the verification of the existence of unclarified an intrinsic relationship between Marxism and Sociomuseology. Presenting the elements of connection between the two, mainly through the mediation of the thought of Paulo Freire, the article points out the possible elements of enrichment of Sociomuseology by the open development of a Marxist Museology. It follows then for the presentation of a new concept of dialectical exposition, constructed by the analogy with the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, demonstrating the first application of the same in the exhibition Front Line: Women and Men fighting for Human Rights. It also presents other concepts that have developed in this process: Museology of the Urgency (opposed to the concept of Alienated Museology), the Militant Museology and the Museology of Guerrilla. Keywords: Sociomuseology; Marxism; Dialectic; Exhibition; Human Rights.


The large-scale engineering projects of clusters is different from programmed of engineering,and it represents a new trend in the domain of construction.The article summarizes the characteristics of the large-scale engineering projects of clusters,selects its management parameters from five dimensions relating to time,space,information,resources and goals based on the slaving principle in synergetic's,and builds its cooperative management pattern to provide direction about theoretical study and practical operation.


This study aims to find an accurate picture of all production activities that run at the Batam State Polytechnic Teaching Factory Laboratory through system and procedure documentation whose results become the basis for designing systems and procedures and producing procedures in the production cycle that have considered internal control aspects at the Batam State Polytechnic Teaching Factory Laboratory. The research method used is descriptive qualitative. This research began with brainstorming with the Teaching Factory manager on the ongoing systems and procedures to get an overview of the existing conditions with survey procedures through interviews with the TFME manager. The next stage is to survey the parts related to production, starting from order acceptance, production, and post-production. The object of research is the production cycle that occurs in TFME involving several procedures, namely production order procedures, purchase requisition procedures, price quote request procedures and supplier selection, purchase order procedures, purchase return procedures, procedures for requesting and releasing goods from the warehouse, production monitoring procedures and cost accounting, procedures for returning goods at the warehouse, procedures for recording working hours and direct labor costs and procedures for finished products and recording of factory overhead charges. The survey results were then documented in procedures and continued with analysis to be carried out to the procedure design stage. The results of the documentation and analysis show that almost all procedures do not pay attention to internal control aspects, which consist of segregation of functions, authorization systems, and sound practices.


THE HOWARD LICHTENSTEIN DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP was established in 1989 to remember Howard Lichtenstein, an outstanding lawyer with a genuine interest in legal education and the training and development of young lawyers. During his 44 years of practice, his primary concentration was in the field of labor law. As a senior partner at the law firm Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn (now known as Proskauer Rose LLP), he was considered an authority on administrative law. In addition, Mr. Lichtenstein was a strong advocate for improving the teaching of legal ethics. The professorship is currently held by Ellen Yaroshefsky. 11 04 :1 /1 7 delivered by


Objective To study the expression of α-SMA in stromal fibroblasts of different pathological grades of OSCC. Methods Fresh specimen of 34 cases of OSCC and 20 cases of controls(including 5 cases of normal oralmucosa, 9 cases of oral leukoplakia and 6 cases of oral lichen planus) were collected and made into freezing slides.The immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of α-SMA and vimentin. Results The mean percentageof positive cases and staining score of α-SMA in OSCC group were higher than control group with statistical signifi-cance(P0.01). Percentage of positive cases and staining score of α-SMA were increased with the decreased levelof cell differentiation in OSCC group(P0.05). The α-SMA positive cells also showed positive for vimentin,whichimplied to be carcinoma-associated fibroblasts with smooth muscle phenotype transformation. Conclusion α-SMA expression in stromal fibroblasts of OSCC could be used as an index of OSCC in its supplementary diagnosis and severity judgement.


The present work investigates the use of a simple m odel for the minimizing of combined sewage overflow (CSO) in a sewer network during rain events. The model is based on a linear description of the transfer phenomena in the condui ts. The cost function used, tries to distribute the hydraulic load homogenously over the network while keeping the inflow to the wastewater treatment plant as close as possible to constant value. The chosen description allows for a linear formulation of the optimisation problem. The approach has been tested on a simulator develop ed for a 24 retention reservoirs sewer network planed for the north-western region of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Furthermore the validity of the simplified hydrauli c model by comparison with the results of a commercial software tool is discussed. Additionally the effects of varying the weighting of the different sub-goals are analysed. The benefits of the proposed approach are shown for a series of different rain events.


In part I, we discussed the chain-propagating and possible competing mechanisms of low-temperature (300−1000 K) dimethyl ether (DME) combustion. Here we consider the chain-branching mechanism that results in explosive combustion, initiated by O2 addition to the ·CH2OCH2OOH intermediate formed in the earlier chain-propagation step. Ideally, chain-branching leads to the formation of two highly reactive ·OH radicals from the ·OOCH2OCH2OOH precursor. Each of these two ·OH radicals can initiate a chain-reaction "branch" with another DME molecule, which, ideally, leads to the formation of four more ·OH, and so on. This exponential increase in ·OH concentration causes an exponential increase in the DME oxidation rate, leading to explosive combustion. Here we show that although the pathway to create the first ·OH from ·OOCH2OCH2OOH in a hydrogen-transfer isomerization step is unambiguous, the formation of the second ·OH from the remaining hydroperoxyformate (HPMF or HOOCH2OC(O)H) fragment is potentially very comp...


This study was conducted to investigated the effect of dietary addition of soybean oligosaccharides(SBOS)on rumen fermentation of growing sheep in vitro by batch culture procedure.There are six addition levels(groups) of oligosaccharides namely,0%(control group),0.40%,0.80%,1.20%,1.60% and 2.00% respectively,each group with 3 replications.The results showed that:SBOS added to the diet could increase concentrations of NH3-N,propionate,total VFA and MCP,and improve NDF digestibility of the substrate,and decrease pH value,acetate to propionate ratio,but no significant difference was found in the gas production,acetate concentration,butyrate concentration.According to MFAEI,the gas production,pH value,MCP content,total VFA concentration,NH3-N concentration and NDF content were assessed synthetically.1.2% SBOS was the optimal level of SBOS beneficial to manipulate rumen fermentation.


Rule induction as a method of constructing classifiers is of particular interest to data mining because it generates models in the form of If-Then rules which are more expressive and easier for humans to comprehend and check. Several induction algorithms have been developed to learn classification rules. However, most of these algorithms are based on 'crisp' data and produce 'crisp' models. This paper presents FuzzySRI, a novel algorithm based on the techniques of fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic for inducing fuzzy classification rules. The algorithm possesses the clear knowledge representation capability of rule induction methods and the ability of fuzzy techniques to handle vague information. Experimental results show that FuzzySRI can outperform other fuzzy and non-fuzzy learning systems in terms of predictive accuracy, comprehensibility, and computational efficiency. It is also shown that FuzzySRI can be successfully applied to an industrial application concerning the automatic identification of machine faults.


BACKGROUND Reports of mucormycosis, an infectious disease that commonly affects immunocompromised individuals, have increased during the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Disseminated mucormycosis associated with COVID-19 is rare but fatal and is characterized by an aggressive clinical course and delayed diagnosis. Our report documents a case of disseminated mucormycosis after COVID-19 infection. This is a rare pathological autopsy report on COVID-19-associated mucormycosis. CASE SUMMARY A 58-year-old man was transferred to our hospital with severe COVID-19 pneumonia. During treatment for acute respiratory distress syndrome, he developed intra-abdominal bleeding that required a right hemicolectomy and ileostomy for hemostasis. The ileostoma and surgical wound developed necrosis followed by sepsis and multi-organ failure, which led to death. An autopsy revealed multiple thrombi associated with Rhizopus oryzae infection, which led to the necrosis of multiple infected organs. CONCLUSION Early suspicion and diagnosis followed by treatment are keys to better outcomes of mucormycosis in patients with severe COVID-19.


The use of songbirds for the pet market is a traditional activity in Mexico. Pajareros are the main users of these birds through subsistence permits. The objective is to diagnose the collaboration between stakeholders related to the use of these birds. The transdisciplinary analysis was carried out between four stakeholders from four different sectors related to the songbirds, at the workshop that took place in Michoacan from November 5th to 8th, 2015. We constructed and analyzed a sociogram which shows all stakeholders and their power relationships. The analysis reflected the factors that benefit and obstruct the collaboration for the sustainable use of the songbirds in Mexico. Finally, the challenges to achieve the sustainable use of songbirds are presented.


The bachelor thesis written on the theme Damage liability in the Czech Republic wants to compare the offers of this type of insurance in selected insurance companies. First part of the theses is aimed at subsumption of mandatory insurace into the insurance system, its development and regularization in the Czech Republic. In the second part there are shortly characterized the basic definitions connected with the damage liability. The third part is focused on comparing selected insurance companies.


In this article, I advance three points, each in service of "extending play" as a critical conceptual category. The article begins with Clifford Geertz's essay "Deep Play," tracing through its lens the possibilities for "deeply extending play." The essay extends Geertz's argument that games and play are in/as/of/through culture. Games and play are not generative of, reflective of, just culture. Rather they are intensely interwoven. I argue that games and play, as conceptual categories, need to be viewed as "experimental systems," and those concepts deserve to be informed by alternative perspectives. Finally, the article returns to the notion of "meaningful play" as mechanism of sense making and cultural negotiations with structures. Meaningful play lies at the core of exploration and encourages a different kind of reading of play(ful) spaces. Meaningful play is part of what makes games and play so fundamentally an aspect of the human (and nonhuman) condition.


Objective To find out the main relevant factors of hospital infection and its orderliness to prevent and control hospital infection more effectively.Methods 26988 inpatient cases in our hospital are investigated.The factors of hospital infection are analyzed by descriptive statistics and logistic regression analysis.Results 1280 cases are infected.The infection rate is 4.74%.The infection rate of Pansong Building is the highest among all departments and the next one is Internal Medicine Department.The relevant factors of hospital infection are age,salvage and length of stay through the logistic regression analysis.Conclusion The cases with elder age,salvage,operation and longer stay are more dangerous than the others.We should take different and general steps to very department to reduce the hospital infection.


To search more Pareto optimal solution set in decision space, this paper uses the non-dominated sorting method in multi-objective optimization problem to perform the research of particle swarm optimization(PSO). A dynamic ring topology and mutation mechanism is proposed to enhance the global search ability of multi-objective PSO algorithm. Based on the random number condition of single particle trajectory convergence, a ring structure is constructed between the subpopulations to improve the local search ability. On the premise of ensuring the diversity of optimal solutions, the stability of the structure among populations is fully considered to ensure the stability of the final algorithm. Finally, through the analysis of experimental data, the effectiveness of improved PSO algorithm in dealing with high-dimensional multi-objective optimization problems is verified, which provides a new idea for dealing with multi-modal and multi-objective optimization problems.


Patients with differentiated carcinomas of the thyroid gland (n = 25) and patients with receptive lymph node metastases (n = 10) who had all undergone total thyroidectomy were marked with 131iodine 48 h before undergoing lymphonodectomy. The thoroughness of the resection was checked by the intraoperative use of a detector. There was a significant decrease in the postoperative areas visible on the scintigrams of a group of patients who had been operated upon without the intraoperative use of a detector. There were also fewer complications in this control group owing to a more subtle operative procedure.


In this article the authors describe pedagogy which rests on commitments to solidarity, activism, and intersectional understandings of personhood and social (in)justices. The authors seek to create accessible classrooms where our many selves and critical consciousness can be in (dis)comforting conversation with one another. Then, they hope to bring activism to the streets.


This paper proposes a coupled 1D-CFD model for calculating column separation in liquid pipelines. ANSYS Fluent is utilized to calculate two-phase flow analysis. Method of Characteristics and Discrete Gas Cavity Model (DGCM) are both employed to conduct 1D transient analysis. The results show that the proposed model, with both 2D and 3D CFD analysis, captures the transient responses of the system that have nearly identical accuracy and are both consistent with the results of a physical experiment. The results of a pure CFD analysis are employed to evaluate the performance of the proposed model in capturing the shape of the vapor cavity. The comparison shows that the results are generally consistent. However, the vapor cavity in the pure CFD model is established and grown on top of a film of liquid, while the cavity in some places fills the whole pipe cross-section in the proposed model. In addition, the results obtained from using Modified Two-Component Pressure Approach (MTPA), an open-channel based model proposed by the authors, also confirm the results obtained from the pure CFD analysis. Some minor discrepancies are found, which may be attributed to the uniform velocity distribution considered at the interface between 1D and CFD zones.


Aims: The creation of an agricultural extension system and its evolution over time is affected by many factors such as history of the country, cultural and community mandates, farming systems, and public policy. There are notable differences in the agricultural extension systems operating around the globe. The purpose of this paper was to review the agricultural extension systems in Nepal, India, and the United States Methodology: A comprehensive review of literature was conducted to identify the similarities and differences in the agricultural extension systems in the stated countries. Relevant documents used included creation legislation for each country, global analysis from organizations such as Food and Agricultural Organization, and peer-reviewed journal articles. The authors' extension experiences working in the stated countries also provided inputs to develop this paper. Results: Differences were observed in the area of extension models, program delivery, outcomes assessment, and research–extension interface among agricultural extension systems compared in this study. The program delivery mechanism of Nepal and India was mainly driven by 'top down expert model'. Contrary to this, in the United States, extension was operating under a learning model. In all three countries many small scale-farmers felt


Excited state decay is examined within the framework of strictly Everett-like formulations of quantum mechanics. Even though these formulations were developed to treat particles and systems of particles as part of a larger system that includes a measurement apparatus, the analysis is carried out in terms of isolated particles because excited state decay measurements are performed under conditions that approximate isolation. It is shown that the time evolution of the wave function describing each particle in a sample of well-isolated identical particles in their lowest excited state must satisfy the same branch topology for all strictly Everett-like interpretations. This topology describes a countably innite sequence of random branching events that occur at a rate B for each particle in the sample. Two more parameters are required to describe excited-state decay measurements. The rst, A, is the expectation value of the excited-state decay rate determined by an observer state measuring the lifetime of a sample of isolated identical particles. The second, ", is the probability that an observer state that branches o an observer state associated with the excited state is also associated with the excited state following the branching event. In strictly Everett-like formulations, " must be independent of time and branch, but there does not appear to be any way to determine its value within the framework of the formulations. Therefore, contrary to Everett's goal, strictly Everett-like interpretations do not provide a complete description of every system. However, it is possible to show that A = (1 ") B, which with the agreement between theoretical and experimental lifetime determinations provides a conservative upper limit of " < 0.1% at the current state of the art. This result is very dierent from the example of a superposition of states originally considered by Everett wherein the probability of each nal state is given by the conventional Born's rule and no new parameters are required.


The article discusses linguistic forms and pragmatic features of the verbal interaction that occurred in interviews with Russian politicians in the last decade of the 20th century. The genre of political interview emerged in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union; it was exposed to different trends in verbal communication, gradually shaping its own discourse norms and structure. The study investigates the ways of expression by communicants their intentions and offers a comparative analysis of the 'talk' and 'attack' interview styles. These two counter types of political discourse dramatically illustrate the inherent features of the Russian culture of communication as a whole.


Regular Papanicolaou (Pap) testing has been the backbone of the most successful cancer reduction program in the public health system. However, it is not perfect. In high-income countries, more than half of the women who are diagnosed with cervical cancer had never had a Pap test or were infrequently screened (1). In the United Kingdom, recent studies have suggested a decline in the routine screening program participation to below its target rate of 80%, particularly among women aged 25–29 years (2). Factors that may discourage women from going for regular screening are lack of time, discomfort, inconvenience, cultural objections, and poor socioeconomic status. In low-resource regions, additional barriers include lack of knowledge and lack of accessible or appropriate screening facilities as well as the prohibitively high cost of screening. Offering a simple, inexpensive, and convenient self-test that respects individual privacy may improve the participation of women who might be otherwise reluctant to undergo screening and those who live in areas with poor access to health care. In the last few years, we have learned that self-collected vaginal specimens from women who have received appropriate instruction produce human papillomavirus (HPV) test results similar to cervical specimens collected by health-care professionals (3). This congruence has supported the concept of introducing HPV selfsampling (Self-HPV) as an alternative means for cervical cancer screening. However, screening is a complex process, and the introduction of a new screening scenario should be carefully evaluated. Fundamental issues that must be addressed regarding the future of Self-HPV as a primary screening method are 1) whether the performance for the detection of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grade 2–3 and cervical cancer (CIN2+) by Self-HPV is (at least) equal or superior to that of the Pap test, 2) whether screening participation rate with Self-HPV will be sufficiently high, and 3) whether comparable results would be obtained outside a research setting.


Pilon injuries without fibula fractures may be associated with increased tibial plafond fracture severity. To evaluate this, we used the rank order technique, with traumatologists blinded to the fibular injury, who ranked the radiographic severity of forty pilon injuries with and without fibula fractures. Pilon injuries with fibular fractures were ranked as more severe than those without. C-type injuries were ranked as more severe than B-type. Fibular fracture was more frequently associated with C-type injury than B-type. The presence of an intact fibula is not predictive of a more severe injury to the tibial pilon. To determine if the absence of a fibular fracture is predictive of tibial pilon fracture severity. Fibular status is not predictive of a more severe injury to the tibial pilon, and is more commonly associated with the less severe B-type injuries. Absence of an ipsilateral fibular fracture in patients with tibial pilon injuries may predict a more severe tibial plafond injury pattern. Presumably, the energy is completely absorbed by the tibia resulting in more severe epimetaphyseal injury. The reverse relationship, however, was identified. This fact may aid in prognosis and treatment strategies. Twenty consecutive pilon injuries without associated fibular fractures were matched 1:1 to an age/gender-matched cohort of pilon injuries with fibular fractures. Initial radiographs were digitized, the fibular image concealed, and then independently ranked (One, least severe; forty, most severe) by three orthopaedic traumatologists according to tibial plafond fracture severity. Injuries were classified using AO/OTA guidelines. Inter-observer agreement was moderate (κ =0.6). Mean rank for pilon injuries with fibula fractures was 24.4 versus 16.7 for those without (t = 0.02). C-type injuries demonstrated a mean of 10.3 for those with fibular fractures versus 8.7 for those without (t = 0.5). Mean rank for B-type injuries was 11.1 versus 24.5 for C-type injuries (t = 0.001). Overall, tibial pilon injuries with fibular fractures are more severe than those without. C-type injuries with or without fibular fractures are equally severe. C-type injuries were ranked significantly more severe than B-type. Fibular fracture was more frequently associated with C-type injury than B-type.


Most laboratories including all our Armed Forces Centers, estimate Low Density Lipoproteins Cholestorol (LDL-C) levels with the Friedewald formula, based on the concentrations of Total Cholesterol, the cholesterol present in High-Density Lipoproteins Cholestorol (HDL-C), and Triglycerides. The use of that formula has severe limitations. This study aimed to compare the estimation of LDL-C levels using the Friedewald formula with direct homogenous method in samples of aircrew coming for medical evaluation at Institute of Aerospace Medicine. The measurements of TC, HDL and TG were performed using traditional enzymatic methods. The measurements of LDL-C were performed using direct methods with no precipitation and the estimation of the LDL-C fraction was also calculated using the Friedewald formula. The mean LDL-C Friedewald (120.09±27.15 mg/dl) was higher than LDL-C Direct (112.35±29.76 mg/dl) in the fasting samples and the difference was statistically significant (p value<0.0034). A similar significant difference was seen in the diabetics. LDL-C direct values in fasting and postprandial samples were similar (p value <0.40) whereas the LDL-C Friedewald was significantly different in the both fed and fasting states (p value<0.033). There was a significant positive bias by using LDL-C Friedewald method in samples with TG<150 and in 150-200 group. The difference became insignificant as TG increased and above 300 mg/dl the bias became negative. The use of calculated LDL-C values by Friedewald formula, for TG<400 can be continued keeping in mind that the calculated method changes the risk stratification of the patient. For all cases of aircrew that are on lipid lowering drugs, direct methods should be used. Also direct methods will be essential in cases with TG >400mg/dl and diabetics who cannot endure long hours of fasting. IJASM 2010; 54(1): 1-6


PURPOSE: To provide a method of manufacturing an interconnected body of an extent of submicrons and the gate of a transistor and such the structure and to etch conductive layers to form two-step sidewalls on the side surfaces of the conductive layers, by a method wherein an insulating layer is formed on a substrate and the conductive layers are formed on the insulating layer. CONSTITUTION: An insulating layer 12 is formed on a substrate 10, then, conductive layers 14 are formed on the layer 12. First photoresist layers are respectively formed on the layers 14 and a pattern is formed and is developed. The layers 14 are etched and, after that, the first photoresist layers are removed. A second photoresist layer 18 is formed on an integrated circuit and a pattern is formed and is developed. The remaining regions, which are respectively formed with an interconnected body or a gate of a transistor, of the conductive layers are partially etched to form two-step sidewalls on the side surfaces of the remaining regions. COPYRIGHT: (C)1993,JPO


Bone tissue is innervated, and peripheral nerve function may impact BMD. Older black and white men and women (N = 2200) in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study with worse sensory and motor peripheral nerve function had lower hip BMD and calcaneal BUA independent of lean mass, strength, physical ability, and diabetes. Poor peripheral nerve function may directly affect bone.


This text considers,the course of learning and creating knowledge is the course of appropriative investment of manpower capital actually.Resoloing the key of different problem in knowledge management that establish one system which is able to inspirit appropriative investment.


seven were blind, of females sixty-nine; and of both sexes, in the same proportion, seventy-three. In 1891 the ratio for both sexes was 69'4. The proportion of the blind to the population varies greatly in different districts. The northern and north-western divisions return figures very much higher than any of the others, 123 and 151 per 100,000 respectively; the division which follows, the south-eastern, only yielding seventy-four. Ross and Cromarty boast 161 blind persons per 100,000; Shetland, 160 ; Nairn only 9'7 ; and Linlithgow, 38. Deaf-mutes, who in 1891 constituted one in every 1894 of the inhabitants, in 1901 formed one in every 1695. On both occasions males predominate. In addition, one in every 4000 in 1901 is shown as deaf alone; females greatly outnumbering the males. The highest ratios are given by the south-eastern division, and by the two northern districts mentioned above; of the counties, Shetland heads the list, with Nairn again at the foot. The difference between the rates of these two counties is extraordin-


In this paper, we present the objectives and features of the payload subsystem of SNSAT, the nanosatellite which is to be launched by SathyabamaUniversity in near future. The payload comprises of the spectrometer and its interface, with the prime aim to detect the concentration of five major constitutes green house gases namely, Carbon Dioxide, Water, Carbon Monoxide, Methane and Hydrogen Fluoride whose wavelength range between 900nm and 2.5μm (near infrared band). It records infrared radiation emitted from the Earth's surface. By absorption spectrometry, absorption and the column density of these gases can be obtained. Linear Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs) photodiode detector array is employed. The array is hybrid InGaAs and CMOS active-pixel readout electronics. Detector has Spectral Resolution is approximately 6 nm. Optics employs 35 mm optics to collimate radiation from a 1 km tile onto a diffraction grating and then focus it onto the detector array. Data packets are processed and transmitted to the OBC subsystem using either RS232 interface or TLL logic at a period of 100ms. The payload is designed to consume less than 1 watts of power.


Over a 10-year period 2407 women were prescribed contraceptives: 2046 used the IUD DANA (Super, Special, Cor, Fix, and Lux), and 280 used hormonal contraceptives (Biogest, Brombiogest, Chlorbiogest, and Norbiogest). 51 women used Depo-Provera and 30 used the domestic Antiko-capiky, both chemical preparations. Pregnancy occurred with the IUDs in 9.03% of the cases, with the hormonal preparations in 2.9% of the cases, with Depo-Provera in .0% of the cases, and with Antiko-capiky in .3% of the cases. The IUDs caused complications in 8% hormonal contraceptives in 5%, Depo-Provera in 15%, and Antiko-capiky in 13%. The findings suggested that the higher the effectiveness of a method in preventing pregnancy, the greater the risk of detrimental side-effects, either directly from the area of the reproductive organs, or from the secondary connective systems. Study of the biochemical, endocrinological, and morphological factors and the physiological functions behind each of the contraceptive-related complications is deemed necessary in order to understand them in regard to each of the mentioned methods.


The present invention relates to annealing treatment technology of strip steel, and in particular to a control method for preventing thermal buckling of an annealing furnace strip steel. The invention mainly solves the technical problem of lagging of video surveillance. A technical scheme of the invention is as below: a control method for preventing thermal buckling of the annealing furnace thermal buckling strip comprises the following steps: collecting initial convexity data of a furnace roller, the basic data of the strip steel basic data and data of operation in the furnace; acquiring a tension value, a temperature value and a convexity value of the furnace roller; calculating the risk of thermal buckling according to the various parameters above; and finally conducting the risk prediction for thermal buckling, and adaptive adjustment of tension and speed. When the risk of thermal buckling of the strip steel enters into a dangerous area, the tension and speed of the strip steel are adjusted to avoid the occurrence of thermal buckling.


Very high power DC-DC converters, capable of processing megawatts of power, are critical components for future electrical aircraft systems based on innovative architectures that integrate storage and source elements. It is critical for such high power converters to achieve very high power density for meeting the challenging power-to-weight ratio of the target applications. In recent years, many researchers have reported their works on high power DC-DC converters for various applications towards making significant progress in this emerging area. However, a thorough review and comparison of the high power capable DC-DC converter architectures in the light of achieving very high power density for future electrical aircraft systems transportation application is yet to be reported. In this work, a comprehensive review of current state-of-the-art non-isolated high power dc-dc converter architectures is presented and their key merits towards achieving high power density are discussed. Based on this study, two potential power converter topologies are down selected and detailed design comparisons are carried out for a common set of electrical specifications. Design guidelines and future works are presented to conclude the work.


Based on a systematic analysis of the energy industry integration and stakeholders summarizing, a game model of government managers and small-scale energy enterprises was built. According to the model, the link between small-scale energy enterprises existence and government management was interpreted, the possibilities and reasons of mall-scale energy enterprises living on were analyzed. Finally, this paper has archived some conclusions about the mall-scale energy enterprises closure reorganization policy in the energy industry integration.


The marketable yield of bell peppers grown on aluminum-painted polyethylene was significantly greater as compared to that obtained from diphenamid herbicide or hand-cultivated treatments for 2 years, and black polyethylene for 1 year. Two plants in a hill planted in 2 rows on a bed significantly increased yields over double rows of single plants or single rows of single plants on a bed. Average fruit weight was greater from plants planted in a single row.


Mark  Feldman, J. C. Bergquis t , L L. Lewis, and F. L. Walls Frequency and Time Standards Group Time and Frequency D i v i s i o n Nat ional Bureau of Standards Boulder.  Colorado 80303 Summary We a r e s t u d y i n g t w o t y p e s o f o p t i c a l l y pumped g l a s s c e l l s w h i c h do n o t c o n t a i n a b u f f e r gas  and have no w a l l c o a t i n g i n w h i c h b e a m l i k e p r o p e r t i e s a re exp lo i t ed . The f i r s t d e v i c e i s a sealed  g lass tube  o f  abou t 1 cm diameter  and 20 cm leng th . A sinal 1 amount o f 87Rb metal i s l o c a l i z e d a t one  end by  temperature  gradients  which  a lso  cont ro l  the vapor  pressure. The c e l l has t h e  p r o p e r t i e s  o f a broad  atomic beam f o r t h e t r a n s p o r t o f o p t i c a l l y pumped atoms from one nd t o t h e o t h e r with c o l l i m a t i o n  g i v e n  b y  t h e  a s p e c t  r a t i o  o f  t h e  t u b e . A t each  end  the Rb "beam" i s crossed  by a l ase r . I n each i n t e r a c t i o n  r e g i o n ,  t h e  l a s e r  o p t i c a l l y pumps atoms i n t o one o f t h e 5 2 S h y p e r f i n e l e v e l s , as  we l l as detects  populat ion  kanges  between  the h y p e r f i n e  l e v e l s .  I n a second  device,  graphi te i n s e r t s  a r e i n c l u d e d i n the  g lass  tube. The g r a p h i t e  s t r o n g l y  g e t t e r s Rb, the reby  p rov id ing c o l l i m a t i o n and s i g n i f i c a n t l y r e d u c i n g s c a t t e r i n g o f l a s e r l i g h t f r o m background Rb atoms. A TE m i c r o w a v e  c a v i t y  i s  p o s i t i o n e d between  the w l a s e r i n t e r a c t i o n r e g i o n s . I n t h e b r o a d beam device we have observed the t r a n s p o r t  o f  o p t i c a l l y pumped atoms  between t h e ends w i t h a S/N r a t i o o f 300:l i n 1 S . A tunable dye  laser was used f o r  t h e pumping  and  signal d e t e c t i o n . I n t h e c o l l i m a t e d beam device, we have obsewed microwave t rans i t ions us ing a d iode lase r f o r pumping and f luorescence detection.


understand the western concept of the nation-state. For them, irrespective of words, treaties were made with individuals and towns, not with 'Mexico'. Equally on the other side, the Mexicans, considering the Apaches to be irredeemable savages, could never overcome a deep-rooted mistrust of them that poisoned, from the outset, every treaty that they signed. But, irrespective of any 'misunderstandings', the Apaches experienced, since the independence of Mexico, increasing scarcities which stimulated them to depend on raids for their livelihood. They were constrained both by the need for alternative supplies of wild animals to hunt, and by the ending of rations provided by the Mexicans. They were encouraged by the fact that the new state proved too weak to sustain appropriate armed forces as a deterrent, or even to impede its own subjects from buying stolen goods from the Apaches often in exchange for arms and alcohol. This book has all the qualities of a good monograph. While focusing on a narrow theme which is well-researched and analysed, it sheds light on the history of the region and of the nation as a whole in this still relatively unknown period. In this sense, Utmost Good Faith fits into the present mould of Mexican regional history that stresses the point that, probably more than in any other period since colonial times, the nineteenth century was one of 'many Mexicos'. Here, the Chihuahua of the early nineteenth century emerges as a violent, insecure and sparsely populated state with weak federal and regional political structures and a crippled and primitive economy. Thus, insofar as the far north is concerned, Utmost Good Faith fits well into the classical image of early nineteenth-century Mexico, as a period of political anarchy, regional differentiation and economic stagnation making obvious points about why these phenomena are often closely associated. Another outstanding feature of this book is its professionalism. It is a piece extremely conscious of its strengths and limitations. The reader is always reminded of the archival material used at every step, advised on the reliability of such material, and told of the existence of other sources that could throw more light on the question in hand, but which the author was not able to consult. This, as much as the content itself, makes Utmost Good Faith a solid and extremely useful contribution to the history of relations between Apaches and Mexicans a field where so much remains to be done.


We proposed an ultra high-speed automatic level controlled optical amplifier with wide dynamic range and 110-ns guard time and 20-dB dynamic range for input power is achieved for the first time.


After the study on the cutting force of surging impulse in the ultrasonic plateau honing process, it was found that ultrasonic plateau honing has features that is either micro-honing or plateau honing. The research on the ultrasonic plateau honing experiment of cylinder liner using coarse honing, which can prove that every selected parameter match the standard of plateau honing. So this study is of great significance to the production of cylinder liner.


An ultra-violet microspectrophotometer is described which permits the measurement of absorption spectra of objects of approximately 1 ?m diameter, in the wavelength range of 240 to 360 nm. The equipment is particularly suitable for investigating biological cells and their component parts. It is possible to carry out measurements with polarized light. The apparatus is designed as a double beam recording system with automatic balancing. The equipment is designed to allow photography with ultra-violet light and the use of an ultra-violet image converter. Dichroism measurements can be carried out also on small object diameters with the aid of a compensator.


The copper enrichment behaviours of several copper-containing steels under conditions similar to those in the thin-slab casting processes are examined. Formation of a molten copper phase at the scale-steel interface can be avoided when the substrate phase is occluded in the scale during steel oxidation. Significant enrichment of nickel in the surface layer of the substrate is a necessary condition for the occlusion of the substrate phase into the scale before the precipitation of a molten copper phase. The critical nickel content above which the occlusion mechanism would be operative is between 0.02 % and 0.07 %. The critical temperature above which the occlusion mechanism becomes operative in the high nickel steels differs when the isothermal oxidation step, following continuous cooling in ambient air, is conducted in different atmospheres. When conducted in ambient air, this temperature is between 1150°C and 1230°C, whereas when conducted in moist air or in simulated furnace atmospheres, it is lowered to between 1100°C and 1150°C. Preferential oxide growth along the grain boundaries of the substrate is another important occlusion mechanism, however, the deep oxide penetrations in the substrate may lead to descaling difficulty.


A simple model of forced magnetic reconnection in a force-free magnetic field is considered, which allows the calculation of the magnetic energy release during the current sheet reconnection. The dependence of this energy on characteristics of the magnetic configuration has been studied, and it was found that the released energy becomes very large when the field is near the marginal tearing stability. A persistent plasma heating provided by ongoing external driving and internal reconnection is most efficient when the time-scales of these processes are comparable. Possible implications of the obtained results for the problem of solar coronal heating are briefly discussed.


Unusual manifestations often lead to misdiagnosis of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). We describe two children with ALL having unusual associations. The first case presented with pseudohypopyon after 18 months into her maintenance therapy whereas the other case masqueraded as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis at presentation.


The main function of the consumption of antioxidants is to strengthen the activity of enzymatic antioxidant systems of our cells and this is intended to prevent or delay oxidative stress caused by the increase of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Since several diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, Alzheimer, Parkinson, cancer etc, have been associated with oxidative stress, antioxidant intake has increased as they are able to scavenge ROS. It is well known that antioxidants provide health benefits; however, it is important to mention that they do not always act in the same way for all ROS.and this is due to the fact that there are two types of ROS: radical and non-radical species.


In the past few years, many applications in high performance computing have shifted from being CPU bound to be I/O bound, as in the area of high-energy physics, multimedia, geophysics, and so on. Thus, the performance cannot be simply scaled up by increasing the number of CPUs, but it is often necessary to increase the bandwidth of the I/O subsystem. This situation is commonly known as the I/O bottleneck in high performance computing. The result was a strong research stimulus on parallel I/O topics. However, the focus was on massive parallel processor (MPP) systems, mainly neglecting clusters of processing units, such as workstations or personal computers. Besides the cumulative processing power, a cluster system provides a large data storage capacity. Usually, each unit has at least one attached disk, which is accessible from the system. Using the network interconnect of the cluster, these disks can build a huge common storage medium. I/O in parallel computing traditionally uses a small number of I/O nodes, which are connected to some storage media (for the sake of brevity, these media will be referred to as "disks" in the following, though other types of media such as tapes or CDs may be used). I/O nodes can be either dedicated or nondedicated. Dedicated nodes process I/O operations only, while nondedicated nodes perform some parts of the computation as well. For a disk read, the I/O nodes read the requested data from the disk and scatter them to the computing nodes that issued the request. Similarly, data are gathered from the computing nodes and written to disk for write operations. Typically, an I/O node uses several disks in parallel (e.g., a RAID system) to increase I/O bandwidth and to ensure data integrity. To improve I/O throughput for these systems, some classical strategies (e.g., two-phase I/O [del Rosario, Bordawekar, and Choudhary, 1993], data sieving [Choudhary et al., 1994], and collective I/O [Bordawekar, 1997]) have been worked out. But the fact that many processors have to share a relatively small number of disks still leads to a severe I/O bottleneck. The advent of cluster computing, which is rapidly becoming more and more popular among scientists (as can be easily seen in the ever-increasing number of cluster systems among the top 500 computers [http://www. top500.org]), has induced some interesting possibilities to reduce the I/O bottleneck. Because each processing unit normally has a local disk, only the data that have to be shared by different processing units need to be sent across the network interconnect. Moreover, increasing the capacity of overall storage can be done in a cost-


Radar cross section is an important parameter to measure the target scattering characteristics.Especially,radar backscattering characteristic of the vessel is useful in the radar power estimation,ship detection and identification in the resonance region.To estimate the scattering characteristic of ship targets in HF band,a calculation method which is based on a finite element modeling is proposed.This method is proved to be suitable for ship RCS calculation in resonance region.Surface modeling software 3D-MAX method is used to model a typical vessel,and the ship model is performed mesh dissection.Finally ship RCS in radar resonance region is calculated.Through analysis of the simulation results,it shows that the radar frequency and azimuth have significant effect in calculation of ship RCS.


In this short review I have endeavoured to be highly selective and have included only those aspects of the subject which can be regarded as advances or growing points. In many instances the wealth of data appearing are scientifically exciting and offer the prospect of major steps forward in the management of ichthyosis. The treatment of ichthyosis from the patient's point of view is far from satisfactory (Editorial, 1978). Temporary improvement in the ichthyotic disorders is relatively easy to achieve, but so often treatment is messy and unappealing to the patient who will frequently abandon treatment altogether. Treatment is based upon the three main hypotheses for the pathogenetic mechanisms acting in the ichthyotic disorders.


The present invention relates to a light having at least one LED (20), a solar module, an accumulator, an electronic charger coupled between the solar module and the accumulator, and a control circuit coupled to the accumulator for the at least one LED (20), a fastening device (10) that is designed to fasten the light to an operating location, and an LED receptacle device (12) designed to accommodate the at least one LED (20), wherein the light comprises a position varying device (14, 16) coupled between the fastening device (10) and the LED receptacle device (12) that is designed to vary the position of the at least one LED (20) relative to the fastening device (10).


The electrochemical behavior of mezlocillin sodium in the basic electrolytes solution of0.2mol/L KCl+0.001mol/LHCl was studied by cyclic voltammetry and Linear sweep voltammetry.Mezlocillin sodium yields a good electrochemical signal on the surface of mercury drop electrode.The reduce peak current shows a direct correction with concentration of mezlocillin sodium between1.0×10 -2 and5.0×10 -4 mg/mL.The detection limit of the method is1.0×10 -4 mg/mL.The Proposed method can be directly applied in the determination of mezlocillin sodium in real samples.


The Last Interglacial period (130-115 ka BP, hereafter LIG) is often considered as a prime example to study the effect of warmer-than-present temperatures on polar ice sheets evolution. As the debate mainly focuses on the causes and tipping point of a potential collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (hereafter WAIS), few investigations examine the consequences of a wais collapse in terms of atmospheric circulation. However, a knowledge of the state of the atmosphere is necessary to use proxy data recorded in ice cores. By analysing a new ice core drilled in Skytrain ice rise and using climate modeling, the WACSWAIN (WArm Climate Stability of West Antarctic ice sheet in the last Interglacial) aims to reconstruct WAIS extent during the LIG. Here, we use simulations from the atmospheric general circulation model HadCM3  with different WAIS configurations. We show that changes in temperature are directly linked to changes in orography through thermodynamic effects, as well as a linear sea ice extent rise over the Pacific Ocean with the WAIS reduction explained by a reversal of meridional winds turning southwards as the WAIS disappears. At the Skytrain ice rise, we show that not only the isotopic thermometer can be applied, but we also suggest that the water stable isotope record imprinted in the ice core will allow us to quantify the wais reduction.


Ganglioneuroblastoma in a 5 year old girl was investigated angiographically.Absence of pathologic circulation and lack of renal involvement favored a benign tumor diagnosis.While good correlation between the overall radiologic-pathologic findings was demonstrated, small foci of maligant cells resulted in disseminated disease.


General Editor's Preface - Introduction - PART ONE EARLIER COMMENTS - PART TWO RECENT STUDIES: Essays from: A.C.Bradley T.S.Eliot G.Wilson Knight W.Empson F.R.Leavis N.Coghill J.Bayley C.Norris A.Brennan K.Newman - Select Bibliography - Notes on Contributors - Index


Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) images represent a unique tool to analyze the morphology of arteries and vessels (plaques, etc). The poor quality of these images makes traditional segmentation algorithms (such as edge detection) fail to achieve the expected results. We present a probabilistic flexible template to separate different regions in the image. In particular, we use elliptic templates to model and detect the shape of the vessel inner wall in IVUS images. The use of elliptic templates forces a global probabilistic approach, that makes use of image statistics inside regions. We present the results of successful segmentation obtained from 12 patients undergoing stent treatment. A physician team has validated these results.


The Lower Triassic Buntsandstein Formation of Europe is well known for its classic red beds of fluvial crossstratified sandstones, however relatively little is written on the diagenetic history and the common iron oxide concretions. Examples of red, pink, orange, brown, purple/black, and white coloration and iron-rich concretions are present in the Buntsandstein in the southeast Iberian Mountain Range of Spain. This includes Serra Calderona outcrops, eroded Buntsandstein cobbles in modern rivers (e.g., Palancia River) and beaches (e.g., Puçol) of Valencia, and nearby areas of cobbles of Vall d'Uixo river (Castellón), and outcrops of Cuenca (Castilla la Mancha) and Teruel (Aragon).


In arXiv:1208.0365 entanglement polytopes where introduced as a coarsening of the SLOCC classification of multipartite entanglement. The advantages of classifying entanglement by entanglement polytopes are a finite hierarchy for all dimensions and a number of parameters linear in system size. In arXiv:1208.0365 a method to compute entanglement polytopes using geometric invariant theory is presented. In this thesis we consider alternative methods to compute them. Some geometrical and algebraical tools are presented that can be used to compute inequalities giving an outer approximation of the entanglement polytopes. Furthermore we present a numerical method which, in theory, can compute the entanglement polytope of any given SLOCC class given a representative. Using it we classify the entanglement polytopes of $2 \times 3 \times N$ systems.


The mechanism of ischemic preconditioning is one of the hottest research points in cardiovascular field recently.The review summarized the characteristics and mechanisms of several ion channels (ATP sensitive potassium channel,L type calcium channel and volume regulated chloride channel) involved in myocardial ischemic preconditioning.


A recent literature survey reviewed all published global registries, evaluating them for patient outcome data and characteristics. Using registry data to define the patient characteristics of refractory patients, the authors characterized the functionally refractory patient in diabetes and provided a predictive model to facilitate the recognition of such a patient in a specialist practice. At the specialist level, the authors have identified common predictive elements of a functional refractory status: insulin usage, greater number of microvascular complications, earlier age of onset and longer durations of diabetes, and greater complexity and number of therapies. This editorial provides a brief overview and commentary of the authors' original descriptive literature review and findings.


Community service as a sentencing alternative is the product of the last three decades. It is used widely in the United States and in other countries. There are many benefits as well as problems associated with it. This paper explores the history, development, theoretical perspectives, and advantages and disadvantages of community service. Several empirical studies are analyzed, and the results of these studies show positive results for the offender, the community, and the criminal justice system.


Organic dye or polymer waveguide laser is a promising next‐generation solid‐state laser device, because they are not only easily and inexpensively fabricated as laser sources, but also have high potential for bio‐sensing for hazardous materials and environments. The active layer and the effective resonator consist of all‐organic materials, which can be processed by solution‐casting or spin‐coating. Here, laser performances of all‐plastic organic waveguide solid‐state laser devices are reported with Bragg mirror and micro‐cavity, both being fabricated by the relief gratings. Waveguide consists of a high quantum yield organic dye of pyrromethene 567 as a lasing emitter and a cellulose acetate (CA) film as a waveguide matrix. The distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) region and the distributed feedback (DFB) resonator as a micro‐cavity are fabricated in the waveguide devices using a negative photoresist SU‐8 by an interference technique. The performances of lasing threshold and slope efficiency for both organic waveguide devices with DBR region and DFB resonator are evaluated. The slope efficiency of 2.01% and the lasing threshold of 45 µJ cm−2 are measured for the waveguide device with DBR region, whereas the waveguide device with DFB resonator gives the slope efficiency of 0.72% and the lasing threshold of 140 µJ cm−2.


In this week's article I would like to share a humbling and inspiring experience I had last Friday, for no other reason than it truly impacted me. I have been been promoting an event that happened last Friday; the launch of the Northern Cancer Support Group. It was started by two sisters who have lost both parents to cancer, their mum less that 12 months ago. The group is primarily for carers and/or loved ones of cancer sufferers (either passed or still living) to give them a place to go to feel okay about what they are experincing and feeling. I was asked to be involved and if I would speak at the launch. I didn't need to think about it for too long and said 'yes, I would love to help'. I felt sure that I could inspire the group with my story, but what happened to me on the day was something I wasn't expecting...


The planting time,choice of the seeds,cultivation and notes are explained of Gastrodia asexual reproduction;The asexual reproduction of Gastrodia in Zhaotong should be promoted by some degree.