1. A method for producing rubber mixtures in a mixing process of mixing in several stages, and if necessary, these steps may be divided into several substeps, comprising mixing the following components: - one or more rubbers, - one or more hydroxyl group-containing oxidic fillers, - one or several sulfur containing organosilicon compounds and / or one or more gidroksipolisulfidnyh compounds, - one or more reversible protective agents selected from the group: 1,6-bi (N, N-dibenzylthiocarbamoyldithio) hexane (CAS-Nr .: 151900-44-6), 1,3-bis ((3-methyl-2,5-dioksopirrol-1-yl) methyl) benzene (CAS-Nr .: 119462-56-5) and 1,6-hexamethylene-bis (thiosulfate), disodium salt, dihydrate (CAS-Nr .: 5719-73-3), individually or as mixtures thereof, are administered in mixture in the first mixing step, - one or more additives for vulcanization, - one or more additives to kauchukam.2. The method of claim. 1, characterized in that a protective reversing means is a 1,6-bis (N, N-dibenzylthiocarbamoyldithio) hexane (CAS-Nr .: 151900-44-6) .3. A method according to claim. 2, characterized in that one or more protective reversing means at the first mixing step is added in at least two sub-steps, preferably in at least two portsii.4. A method according to claim. 3, characterized in that the catalyst contains from 0.1 to 20 wt.% Reversible protective agent, preferably from 0.2 to 10 wt.%, And particularly preferably from 0.3 to 3 wt.% Protective reversing means, in each case based on the amount kauchuka.5. A method according to claim. 3, characterized in that the mixing process is carried out in at least two stadii.6. A method according to claim. 3, characterized in that h


Based on the analysis of xi'an's water resources, this paper constructs the evaluation index system of Xi'an's water environment carrying capacity. The coefficient of variation method and the bearing capacity model of each evaluation index were used to calculate the weight of each index and the bearing capacity of each index, and then the bearing capacity of the water environment of Xi'an city was calculated according to the original value of each index and the method of "module addition", and then the variation trend was analyzed, the deficiency was pointed out and the improvement measures were put forward.


Urinary tract infections (UTIs) and bacterial resistance to antibiotics is global health problem and a threat to public health in many countries.


A study of pheromone polymorphism in Zeiraphera diniana Gn. (Lep., Tortricidae) 2. Pheromonal response types in F1 hybrids between three host races


Introduction. The language of (ε, δ) (or, briefly, LED) is a common tool in defining basic concepts in Mathematical Analysis such as limits and continuity. In this note we consider some issues in the definition of continuity by using LED and their possible application in teaching of mathematics. We also consider some not very popular concepts of limits and derivatives for functions defined on countable or even finite sets.


In order to investigate the influence of the properties of casein phosphopeptide(CPP) on its calcium-holding capacity, the content of CPP, nitrogen and phosphorus content, molecular weight distribution, amino acid composition and content were determined using 7 kinds of commercial CPP products. The correlation between physical and chemical properties and calcium holding capacity was analyzed. The results showed that the CPP content and N/P of 7 kinds of CPP products were 1.30%~18.50% and 12.70~46.80, respectively. The content of total amino acid of 7 kinds of CPP products were 70.50~901.00 mg/g, and proline was the most abundant amino acid among those CPP products. The molecular weight of those CPP products were 10 kDa showed a highly significant negative correlation with the calcium-holding capacity of CPP samples(correlation coefficient −0.985~−0.975, P<0.01), while CPP samples with similar molecular weight distribution and higher content of isoleucine(correlation coefficient 0.766~0.768, P<0.05) and phenylalanine(correlation coefficient 0.758~0.759, P<0.05) showed a stronger calcium-holding capacity. This study provided a theoretical basis for evaluating and improving the quality of CPP products.


Submitted for the DFD10 Meeting of The American Physical Society Nanofluidics: Ionic transport through a nanochannel1 ALESSANDRO SIRIA, LPMCN-Lyon, ANNE-LAURE BIANCE, LPMCN Lyon, CRISTOPHE YBERT, LYDERIC BOCQUET, LPMCN-Lyon, LIQUID@INTERFACES TEAM — Nanopore based membranes find nowadays interesting applications such as water treatment [1] and power energy conversion [2]. We consider a single micrometric glass channel. We show how surface effect can modify the channel trasport properties. We measure the ionic conductance through the channel as a function of the electrolyte concentration showing a saturation effect in the very low concentration regime. Such effect is due to the surface correction to the channel conductance [3]. The effective surface charge obtained by the conductance measurements, is largely higher than what commonly measured for glass surfaces [4]. Introducing a moderate hydrodynamic slippage of the fluid at the solid-fluid interface allows us to obtain surface charge values in agreement with what presented in literature. A quantitave agreement with independent measurement of electro-osmotic mobility and streaming current allows us to fully characterize the slippage effect on the channel electokinetic properties. [1] H. Liu et al., 64 (2009) [2] F.H.J. van der Heyden et al. Nanoletters 7, 4, 1022 (2007) [3] D. Stein et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 3, 035901 (2004) [4] L. Bocquet et al. Chem Soc, Rev. (2010) 1This work is supported by ANR program MIKADO. Alessandro Siria LPMCN-Lyon Date submitted: 07 Jul 2010 Electronic form version 1.4


The polymer−silica interaction in elastomeric materials composed of 1,4-cis-polyisoprene rubber and silica was studied by magic angle spinning NMR. The relaxation times in the hydrogen domain are informative about phases at the nanometer scale when a spin propagation phenomenon, due to strong dipolar couplings in the solid, prevails. However, magnetization diffusion is quenched in a rubbery phase where spin−spin relaxation rates are slow. The problem was overcome by promoting spin diffusion below the glass transition at low temperature. The interface was then observed under high-resolution conditions by the reciprocal points of view of 13C and 29Si nuclei. In particular, a fast transfer of magnetization from the polymer to the silica surface was observed by cross-polarization dynamics following the nonprotonated silicon atoms. Bidentate coupling agents and vulcanization promote a better interaction with the silica surface. The morphological modifications of the silica particles after processing could also...


The detection rate of early gastric cancer (EGC) in the West constitutes 10% of endoscopically diagnosed gastric carcinoma cases. In contrast, Japanese endoscopists recognize 50% of gastric cancer at an early stage [1]. In these cases, endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) technique is considered as the first option for accurate histopathological assessment and alternative therapy to surgery if certain criteria are fulfilled [2]. However, in the West the technically demanding nature of ESD and the relatively low frequency of diagnosed EGC have limited the use of this technique in a few tertiary centers.

In our hospital, a 64-year-old man was referred with a diagnosis of a 0-IIa 4.5 cm intramucosal cancer at the posterior wall of the lower part of the gastric body (Fig. 1A). CT-scan and EUS staging revealed no lymph node involvement. Unfortunately, the patient presented a heart attack episode a few days later. He successfully underwent urgent placement of 5 drug-eluting coronary stents with concomitant clopidogrel and aspirin anticoagulant medication. Six months later, he discontinued clopidogrel and underwent ESD of the lesion, as an expanded criteria case, under aspirin use [3]. The procedure was deemed as technically demanding due to the impossibility of an endoscopic retroflexed approach and the size of the lesion. In addition, diffuse fibrosis of the submucosal layer hampered the ease of dissection. IT-2 Knife and Hook-Knife (Olympus, Tokyo, Japan) were mainly used (Fig. 1B). Procedural time exceeded 6 h. The histology of the en bloc dissected specimen revealed a well differentiated intramucosal-type cancer with negative vertical and horizontal margins with no lymphovascular infiltration (Fig. 1C).

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(A) Marking of the lesion after Indigo Carmine chromo-endoscopy. (B) Dissection of the submucosal layer with the aid of IT-2 knife. (C) The dissected specimen, orange needles indicate the oral side


Objective:To prepare aciclovir eye ointment and establish a quality control standard. Methods:The eye ointment was prepared with yellow vaseline , wool fat and anhydrous. RP-HPLC was applied to quantitative analysis. Results: The average recovery rate of aciclovir was 98. 47% ,RSD was 1.20%(n=5). Conclusion: The preparation of aciclovir eye ointment was simple, its property was stable and its quality can be controlled for the clinical use . The determination of content was accurate and rapid by RP-HPLC.


Seasonal rhythms underlie most ecological phenomena, but the seasonality of butterfly assemblages in the monsoonal tropics of the Top End of northern Australia remains unquantified. I counted butterflies along a 2.9-km transect through the Casuarina Coastal Reserve near Darwin in northern Australia on 23 occasions during eight census periods over a 14-month period. Both the number of taxa and number of individuals peaked during the wet season, but the latter peak continued into the early dry season. The dry season troughs in activity were about 50% by taxa and 35% by number compared with wet season peaks. Eight taxa demonstrated clear seasonal peaks, four in the wet season, two in the late wet - early dry season and two in the dry season. Much remains to be learnt about the seasonality of butterflies in the Australian monsoon tropics.


AbstractPredictability of East Asian cold surges is studied using daily data from the hindcasts of 45-day integrations by the NCEP Climate Forecast System version 2 (CFSv2). Prediction skills of the CFSv2 in forecasting cold surges, their annual variation, and their physical links to large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns are examined. Results show that the climatological characteristics of the East Asian winter monsoon can be reasonably reproduced by the CFSv2. The model can well capture the frequency, intensity, and location of cold surges at a lead time of about two weeks. Obviously, fewer-than-observed cold surge days are found in the predictions when the lead time is above 14 days. The spatiotemporal evolutions of high-, mid-, and low-level circulation patterns during cold surge occurrences are all accurately indicated in the CFSv2 prediction. Except for precipitation, the other variables associated with cold surges, such as geopotential height, wind, sea level pressure, and surface air tempera...


Srikaya leaf (Annona squamosa L.) is a plant that contains several active compounds including flavonoids, saponins, alkaloids and tannins which have antibacterial properties. Transparent antiseptic extract of srikaya leaf (Annona squamosa L.) has antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus. This research method is an experimental study with physical and chemical evaluation of the preparation as well as testing of antibacterial activity using the paper disc technique diffusion method at concentrations of 1%, 2%, 3%, negative control and positive control. The results of the study at concentrations of 1%, 2% and 3% met the physical and chemical requirements as well as the antibacterial activity test with a concentration of 1% inhibition zone 15.6 mm (Strong), 2% inhibition zone 19.6 mm (Strong) and 3% zone of inhibition 21.2 mm (Very strong). It was concluded that for a concentration of 3% with an inhibition zone diameter of 21.2 mm (Very strong) the most effective.


Although the natural environment is spectacular the geographic isolation of the community poses its own challenges – especially for young people. Some of the challenges that existed before I started working in the area included the lack of access to public transport, little youth specific information in terms of health and well being, limited access to sport and recreation opportunities (unless you played football and netball) and little organised entertainment or activities outside the school setting.


The aims of this study were to calibrate the collection depth for RMS and, using the calibration, to evaluate the in-depth phase transformation induced in a dental 3Y-TZP ceramic by hydrothermal aging, simulating LTD. Objectives 10x and 80x affording spatial resolutions of ~3 and ~1 μm, respectively, were used. Probe size was controlled by the confocal pinhole aperture. The collection depth of each probe (objective – pinhole combination) was calibrated on a wedge-shaped pure tetragonal zirconia specimen. Pure tetragonal samples of a dental 3Y-TZP were aged in vitro in an autoclave, in Ringer solution, at 130°C, under 0.6 MPa, for 10, 15, 20, 25, and 90 h. Two specimens were used for each time interval and two unexposed specimens served as controls. Monoclinic volume fraction (Vfm) was determined by X-ray diffraction and by in-depth probing with RCMS. Probes based on 10x objective penetrated up to 68 μm, whereas those based on the 80x were limited to 5 μm. Aging induced significant increase in Vfm, ranging from 30% after 10 h to 80% after 90 h. After 90 h aging, the 80% Vfm extended to at least 20 μm from the surface. A maximum Vfm was identified at 2.5 μm subsurface depth in 10, 15, and 20 h aged specimens.


Background and Objectives-Differences in the activities or concentration of certain enzymes in cancerous cells and their normal counterparts have been well documented. The purpose of this investigation was to determine and compare the activities of arginase and rhodanese in selected normal and cancerous human tissues. Methods-Cancerous tissue specimens were obtained from surgically resected organs and normal tissues were obtained from fresh frozen corpses in the Forensic Medicine Center, Shiraz, Iran. Rhodanese was assayed by the modified method of Sorbo and arginase activity was based on urea determination. Results-In most cases, the activity of arginase in the cancerous tissues was higher than the normal tissues, but in the stomach cancer, the increase was significant (p<0.05). The comparison between the activity of rhodanese in the normal and cancerous tissues revealed variable results; the activity was higher in the breast cancer group while it showed significantly (p<0.05) reduced activity in the lung cancer. Conclusion-The results presented in this study indicated that arginase activity was higher in the cancerous tissues than their normal counterparts and this might be consistent with the role of arginase in ornithine biosynthesis. Different patterns of rhodanese activity in the malignant tissues and its reduced activity especially in the lung cancer has no satisfactory explanation in the medical literature.


Remembering the Spectacle of Disaster after 9/11 9/11 and the Visual Culture ofDisaster, by Thomas Stubblefield. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2014. 236 pages. $70 hardback, $26 paperback.The events of September 11, 2001, were characterized by an impressive degree of spectacle transmitted to a global audience via multiple media platforms. From the live televised impact of United Airlines Flight 175 into the South Tower to the toxic dust cloud enshrouding lower Manhattan and to the eventual militarized invasion of the Middle East in the years that followed, the excess imagery of 9/11 lingers in public memory and exerts its influence on visual culture.In 9/11 and the Visual Culture of Disaster, Thomas Stubblefield provides readers with an alternative examination of the events of 9/11 by investigating numerous visual works-photographs, graphic novels, books, films, and physical structures-that emerged after the disaster. He explores the tension between visibility and invisibility, the way visual mediums confront their destined symbolic death, how images are remembered in both public and private memory and spaces, and how the events of 9/11 helped the world acquire a vocabulary for reading ideas and concepts relating to disaster. In the process, he opens up innovative approaches to the study of 9/11 and visual culture.How is a camera operator (analog or digital) interpellated to respond to disaster? Stubblefield reflects on how immediacy was fulfilled by the digital on 9/11, allowing photographers-and spectators-to record images and regard their indexical subjects at a later time. He borrows Susan Sontag's notion in On Photography that-as he puts it-the camera "effectively removes its operator intellectually and even emotionally from the reality before the lens" (30). This idea brings up questions about the representation of the subject/object captured in the shutter of a lens and how the distancing effect is activated when the photographer avoids a present moment of tragedy and disaster. Stubblefield references Martin Heidegger's argument that the world can be understood through an image and Guy Debord's statement that the world is now recognized as a representation (50). In taking these opposing views into consideration, Stubblefield highlights the tensions inherent in how spectators make sense of the world through photographs. For example, he explains that spectators favor the digital camera over the analog camera because the former yields easy access and circulation, whereas the latter leads to deferral (52). For spectators, making sense of the world (disaster and tragedy) must be immediate, and digital cameras mediate both the world as understood as an image and the world recognized and framed as a representation.Stubblefield addresses various examples of post-9/11 art as a guide to assist readers in understanding how the language of disaster on 9/11 transformed the landscape of visual culture and how art made slight and careful references to the tragedy. This is not to say that Stubblefield neglects pre-9/11 events; in fact, he draws on aspects of New York City's past that captivated photographers. For example, he uses psychoanalysis to explore and complicate the phenomenon of falling bodies. Among other theories, he draws on Sigmund Freud's interpretation of falling bodies as a sensation felt in early childhood games of being tossed up in the air repeatedly and also on Jack London's notion of falling as a form of memory passed on through generations, in which the mode of survival of early primates depended on how they swung from tree to tree (50). Stubblefield seeks to explain why falling intrigues the human mind, comparing the now historically ingrained picture The Falling Man, photographed by Richard Drew, to the recent images of On the Beach by Richard Misrach. Stubblefield examines the interruption of formal diegetic space in Misrach's work, arguing that bodies that have washed ashore on the seemingly tranquil beach, in a dimensionless space, "mimic[] the trauma conveyed by the images of 'leapers'" on 9/11 (77). …


A series of multinuclear cyclotriphosphazene ligands were synthesized and used as artificial nuclease enzyme model.All of these new compounds were confirmed by MS,1H NMR,31P NMR,13C NMR and IR.Preliminary studies on the cleavage of pUC19 DNA in the presence of metal complexes were performed.The results strongly suggest that the pUC19 DNA can be cleaved efficiently by these ligands.The effect of DNA cleavage with ligand 5b was also studied under different cleavage time.


This paper is based on a small evaluation study on the effectiveness of the long-arm practice teaching model for DipSW students. Staffordshire University has developed a pool of experienced long-arm practice teachers which enables them to provide placements in a wide range of settings. This article describes how the pool was established, and goes on to discuss its effectiveness, through the responses of the long-arm practice teacher, the job supervisors and the students involved. It concludes with some recommendations for good practice.


Purpose
This paper aims to provide a theoretical conception that establishes growth rate dynamics for co-operatives and studies Moroccan co-operatives' start-ups and closures, by analyzing the co-operatives' growth rate speed of adjustment (SOA).

Design/methodology/approach
This paper documents the basic patterns of entry and exit flow for agricultural, artisanal, housing and fishery co-operatives; highlights, with econometric tests, whether co-operatives' growth rate is mean reverting or a unit root random walk; and estimates the growth rate adjustment speed, using a quadratic interval reverting model to capture both the upward and downward speeds of adjustment.

Findings
The empirical results indicate that co-operatives' growth rate is significantly mean reverting for all sectors. Also, it concludes that the upward and downward adjustment speeds are significantly different within and between sectors, with negative indicator for artisanal co-operatives. The paper discusses these results, which are of interest to academics and policymakers.

Research limitations/implications
The study does not investigate the causes of the growth rate SOA. Further, in-depth work with the results of this study would help scholars and policymakers to get close to the accurate research questions that characterize the mean reverting and affects the adjustment processes for Moroccan co-operatives.

Practical implications
The suggested model – with upward and downward adjustment speeds– could be valuable for policymakers' strategies on co-operatives' emergence.

Social implications
The paper moves policymakers closer to social work and socio-economic trends to explain the empirical regularities of co-operatives' dynamics. The model could be of value to avoid a volatile rate of entries and exits, to ensure continuity, to avoid fast failure of co-operative memberships and then to achieve the social inclusion.

Originality/value
The paper provides empirical evidence and results for co-operatives' start-ups and closures adjustment speed and determines the conditions in which government policy must be clarified and specified. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this paper is the first empirical analysis for the co-operatives' SOA over entry and exit dynamics.


The article investigates clerical practice of recording data from the tales of military servicemen of the Moscow ranks in the boyar lists of 1663-1667. It has been found that in the 1660s there was a three-year lag between the tsar's decrees on the submission of tales by the servicemen leaving for regimental service. It is shown that the tales structure obligatorily includes those parts (elements) the information from which is taken into account by the boyar lists. The paper proposes a new interpretation of the meaning of the mark d beside the names of military servicemen in the boyar list of September 1663.


This paper documents the features and the design of XMTSim, the cycle-accurate simulator of the Explicit Multi-Threading (XMT) computer architecture. The Explicit Multi-Threading (XMT) is a general-purpose many-core computing platform, with the vision of a 1000-core chip that is easy to program but does not compromise on performance. XMTSim is a primary component in its publicly available toolchain along with an optimizing compiler. Research and experimentation enabled by the toolchain played a central role in supporting the ease-of-programming and performance aspects of the XMT architecture. The compiler and the simulator are also important milestones for an efficient programmer's workflow from PRAM algorithms to programs that run on the shared memory XMT hardware. This workflow is a key component in accomplishing the goal of ease-of-programming and performance. The applicability of the XMT simulator extends beyond specific XMT choices. It can be used to explore the much greater design space of shared memory many-cores by system researchers or by programmers. As the toolchain can practically run on any computer, it provides a supportive environment for teaching parallel algorithmic thinking with a programming component. XMTSim is the highly-configurable cycle-accurate simulator of the XMT computer architecture [38, 39, 48, 49]. It is tuned to approximate the behavior of major on-die components of XMT, such as the cores, interconnect and on-chip caches. Additionally XMTSim features a power model and a thermal model, and it provides means to simulate dynamic power and thermal management algorithms. We made XMTSim publicly available as a part of the XMT programming toolchain [7,9], which also includes an optimizing compiler [45]. Detailed information on XMT architecture and the programming model can be found in [30]. XMT envisions bringing efficient on-chip parallel programming to the mainstream, and the toolchain is instrumental in obtaining results to validate these claims, as well as making a simulated XMT platform accessible from any personal computer. XMTSim is useful to a range of communities such as system architects, teachers of parallel programming and algorithm developers due to the following four reasons: 1. Opportunity to evaluate alternative system components. XMTSim allows users to change the parameters of the simulated architecture including the number of functional units and organization of the parallel cores. It is also easy to add new functionality to the simulator, making it the ideal platform for evaluating both architectural extensions and algorithmic improvements that depend on the availability of hardware resources. For example, Caragea, et. al [8] searches for the optimal size and replacement policy for prefetch buffers given limited transistor resources. Furthermore, to our knowledge, XMTSim is the only publicly available many-core simulator that allows evaluation of architectural mechanisms/features, such as dynamic power and thermal management. Finally, the capabilities of our toolchain extend beyond specific XMT choices: system architects can use it to explore a much greater design-space of shared memory many-cores. 2. Performance advantages of XMT and PRAM algorithms. A number of publications [6, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 41] list the performance advantages of XMT compared to exiting parallel architectures, and also document the interest of the academic community in such results. XMTSim was the enabling factor for the publications that investigate planned/future configurations. Moreover, despite past doubts in the practical relevance of PRAM algorithms, results facilitated by the toolchain showed not only that theory-based algorithms can provide good speedups in practice, but that sometimes they are the only ones to do so. 3. Teaching and experimenting with on-chip parallel programming. As a part of the XMT toolchain, XMTSim contributed to the experiments that established the ease-of-programming of XMT. These experiments were presented in publications [23, 40, 44, 46] and conducted in courses taught to graduate, undergraduate, high-school and middle-school students including at Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria, VA. The curriculum at Thomas Jefferson High School has featured XMT programming since 2008; more than two hundred of its students have already programmed XMT and in 2012 forty of these high-school students demonstrated Ph.D. level parallel programming [14]. In addition, the XMT toolchain provides convenient platform for teaching parallel algorithms and programming, because students can install and use it on any personal computer to work on their assignments.


Effects of adding a small amount of poly(methyl methacrylate)-block-poly(vinyl acetate) (PMMA-b-PVAc) to poly(methyl methacrylate)/poly(vinyl acetate) (PMMA/PVAc) blends with a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) phase diagram on the kinetics of late-stage spinodal decomposition (SD) were investigated by time-resolved light scattering at 160°C. It is found that the coarsening process of the structure was slowed down or accelerated upon addition of PMMA-b-PVAc depending on the composition of the block copolymer and the blend. The effect of the block copolymer on the domain size were interpreted as compatibilizing and incompatibilizing effects of the block copolymer on PMMA/PVAc blends based on the evaluation of changes in the stability limits of PMMA/PVAc with the addition of block copolymer using random phase approximation (RPA).


This paper explores "diversity" as a discourse, and thus as a mechanism of power. Specifically, this paper invites a critical interrogation into the racial logics of diversity and how political power of government and its policies have been constructed through race, which in turn binds the racialized body against the changing landscape of the City.


The combination of the different proteases,used for hydrolyzing of the porcine collagen,and the antioxidative peptides were selected from hydrolysates based on the scavenging effect of the free radical DPPH·,and their amino acid composition of the peptides was analyzed.The results showed that the combination of pepsin,papain and bromelain was optimum for hydrolysis of the collagen,and three kinds of the antioxidative peptides were purified.The assay of their amino acid compositions indicated that they contained the key amino acid for the antioxidation,such as Met,Lyr,His,et al.


The Capper-Volstead Act provides a limited exemption from antitrust liability for agricultural producers who market the products they produce on a cooperative basis. Without Capper-Volstead, farmers who agree amon g them selves on the pric es they 'll accept for their prod ucts and other terms of trade would risk being held in violation of antitrust law. Even with the exemption, agricultural producers are not f ree to un duly enhance the prices they charge, consolidate with or collaborate in anticompetitive conduct with nonproducers, or engage in conduct with no legitimate business purpose that is intended to reduce competition.


In this paper,we present a cloud service model of multilingual home-school communications(MHSC)with the Drupal framework to provide a friendly learning environment for the students from transnational marriages.The transnational marriage is a phenomenon with ever-increasing in Taiwan and around the world.For a student who has a transnational foreign mother,home-school communication is often an obstacle because the foreign mother has language difficulty understanding the delivered messages in the communication book from teachers.In order to improve parent-teacher communications for the transnational families,we designed and constructed the cloud service platform with online multilingual communications and translation service functions,such that teachers can prepare different sheets of multilingual messages for home-school communication books and foreign mothers can read the messages from the teachers in their native languages through the web interface.


NJ is well known, standard descriptions of tadPOles are usually baled Upon larvae well along in development since only by this means 18 It POSSible in many cases to de11mlt characteristics sufficiently invariable to be used successfully in keys. At that. some tadpoles 80 clceely resemble others that some doubt often remalns even with the best of keys based upon tadpoles nearing metamorphosis. Young tadpoles often cannot ~ determined at all and older ones. especially after some time in alcohol or t011Jla11n. are at beat cUttfcult to Identity.


In Indonesia cervical carcinoma is the most common cancer in women and one of the leading cause of mortality. High risk human papillomavirus (HPV) is the major risk factor of cervical cancer. This study aims to know the role of IL-6, CD4+ and CD8+ T-lymphocyte for the risk of cervical carcinoma infected by HPV52. This study was a case control study, specimens of cervical carcinoma patients infected by HPV type-52 as the case group and HPV type-16 or 18 as the control group. HPV genotyping used SPF10 primer and type specific E7 primer by LiPA. Immunohistochemistry method was used to know expression of IL-6, CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocyte. Pearson's c2 test was applied with statistical significance was set at the 2-sided 0.05 level. The odds ratios (OR) were calculated for the risk, with 95% confidence intervals on SPSS 16.0 for windows. PCR examination was performed in 185 paraffin-embedded tissue. The risk of high IL-6 expression in cervical carcinoma infected by HPV type-52 was statistically significant 6-fold higher compare with cervical carcinoma infected by HPV type 16 (OR = 6.00 ; CI 95% = 1.13-31.99; p = 0.03; p < 0.05) and HPV type 18 (OR = 6.00 ; CI 95% = 1.13-31.99; p = 0.03; p < 0.05). The risk of low CD4+ T lymphocyte expression in cervical carcinoma infected by HPV type 52 was statistically significant 6-fold higher and 7.43-fold higher respectively compare with cervical carcinoma infected by HPV type 16 (OR = 6.00 ; CI 95% = 1.003-35.91; p = 0.04; p < 0.05) and HPV type 18 (OR = 7.43 ; CI 95% = 1.23-45.01; p = 0.02; p < 0.05). The risk of low CD8+ T lymphocyte expression in cervical carcinoma infected by HPV type 52 was statistically significant 13.5-fold higher and 11-fold higher respectively compare with cervical carcinoma infected by HPV type 16 (OR = 13.50 ; CI 95% = 1.42-128.26; p = 0.01; p < 0.05) and HPV type 18 (OR = 11.00 ; CI 95% = 1.16-103.94; p = 0.02; p < 0.05). No significance different between cases and controls group in mean-age, parity and sexual activity (p > 0.05). In conclusion, this study found that high IL-6 expression, low CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocyte expression were the risk factors of cervical carcinoma infected by HPV type 52.


Some time in late 1898 or early 1899 Ford Madox Ford came across Emile Zola seated on a bench in Hyde Park. Ford, still in his mid-twenties, was already a published biographer, novelist and poet. Zola, who died in 1902, was in his late fifties. He had fled to London after being convicted of criminal libel for his role in the Dreyfus Affair and sentenced to prison. On Zola"s previous visit to the city, in September 1893, he had been positively feted: "The Lord Mayor received him at the Guildhall; an elaborate firework display illuminated his portrait in the sky above the Crystal Palace; and editors and writers hosted soirees in his honour" (Cummins 130). At one point, he was conducted on a gruesome tour of the scenes of Jack the Ripper"s crimes in Whitechapel. "As to London, which I visited for the first time," he told the Guardian on his return to Paris on that occasion, "the big city made an indelible impression on my mind. Its beauty is not in its monuments, but in its immensity; the colossal character of its quays and bridge, to which ours are as toys" ("Emile Zola Interviewed"). This time, exiled from his homeland, the city"s immensity did not have the same exhilarating effect on him. He arrived at Victoria Station, with almost no possessions, in July 1898. Soon after he left London on a series of "suburban peregrinations" that his friends insisted would help him "achieve total obscurity" (Brown 752). He spent an anxious few months in England, sporadically afflicted by nervous seizures. Ford recalls the occasion on which he happened upon Zola in Hyde Park in his autobiographical memoir, Return to Yesterday (1931). There he records that Zola "had been gazing gloomily at the ground and poking the sand with the end of his cane" (Return 214). "No gloom could have ever been greater than his," he adds in a drily melancholic tone (Return 214). According to Ford, Zola listlessly complained that on the ground beside the bench, in the course of the morning, he had found as many as eighteen hairpins carelessly dropped by negligent nursemaids: "A city so improvident must be doomed" (Return 214). Ford, who appears to relish the precision of the number eighteen, implies that this behaviour is positively compulsive. "He had, at any rate during that stay in London, many phobias," he continues (Return 214). Ford then proceeds to describe another occasion, presumably at about this time, when a mutual acquaintance asked him to convey Zola to some address in a hansom cab. Zola scarcely spoke during the journey, on the assumption that Ford could not speak French. "But eventually I found that he was counting the numbers of the registration plates of the cabs that were in front of us," Ford notes:


This article examines the dilemmas that public managers face in dealing with controversial off-duty speech and/or organizational affiliations by their employees. While public employees have First Amendment and, often, civil service protections against retaliation from superiors for their off-the-clock conduct, agency executives and managers have disciplined or dismissed employees because of expression and/or group affiliations deemed incompatible with the mission of their agencies. This article examines the pertinent case law, as well as the ethical conflicts over allowing diverse viewpoints in the workforce while at the same time managing organizations that implement policies that have particular purposes that are incompatible with some viewpoints. The possibility that the disciplining of employees, or the failure to discipline them, may affect public trust in government is explored.


General "polymer crystals" essentially both crystalline and amorphous regions. It is well known that crystalline polymers construct hierarchical structures ranging from lamellae on the nanometer scale to spherulite on the mesoscopic scale.1–3 The polymer crystals in these crystalline polymers are generally formed by the folding of the main chain. In many cases, since these folded parts and interspherulite chains form the amorphous region, crystalline polymers are essentially intermingled states of the crystalline and the amorphous regions. Therefore, crystalline polymers are not a suitable candidate for use in plastic optical fibers (POFs) and film-type optical waveguides (FOWs) because of the occurrence of light refraction at the crystalline/amorphous interface. Consequently, amorphous POFs lack heat resistance and dimensional stability. However, if the construction of extremely homogeneous crystalline POFs is realized, "crystalline" POFs with excellent heat resistance and dimensional stability can be developed. The heat-resistant POFs will efficiently demonstrate their optical ability in a circuit exposed to a high temperature of more than 125 °C; so far there have been no products of heat-resistant POFs that can sustain temperatures higher than 125 °C. If the heat-resistant POFs are realized, light wiring in automobiles will also be achieved; the heatresistant POFs will not only connect the AV equipment but also connect the control system around the engine. As a result, the overall body of an automobile will become lighter. This future technology is based mainly on "crystalline fluorinated polymers" having a high crystallinity. Generally, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE; –(CF2-CF2)n–) and its copolymers easily form rigid helices in order to yield extended-chain crystals. It seems difficult for PTFE to form a lamellae structure because of its rigid molecular chain.4–8 In addition, since tetrafluoroethylene copolymers obtained by the incorporation of several comonomers exhibit extremely fast crystallization rates,9 their spherulites generally cannot be observed until they are sufficiently large. Therefore, PTFE exhibits a high degree of crystallinity of over 90%.10–12 Poly[tetrafluoroethylene-co-(perfluoroalkylvinylether)] (abbrev. EFA (alkyl = ethyl) or PFA (alkyl = propyl))13 has a unique role in the plastics industry due to its inertness, heat resistance, and low coefficient of friction in a wide temperature range. Generally, fluorinated compounds and fluoropolymers have excellent chemical resistance, oil resistance, and oiland water-shedding resistance.14–17 They have been used as rubbers at high temperatures and in several lubricating fluorine manufactured products.


Abstract Micromixers are the microfluidic devices able to rapidly mix more than two liquids, with low pressure drop and high mixing efficiency (εmixing). In this study, the effect of Reynolds number ratio (Rer) and aspect ratio (AR) of heart-like biometric micromixer applied would be investigated by a numerical simulation and experimental confirmation. Results show that the heart-like biometric micromixer resulting from the coupling effect of the split and recombination (SAR) and biometric design can produce a high mixing efficiency, low pressure drop and short mixing path under a case of low Reynolds number. Two dimensional results also find that a flow mixing efficiency of εmixing=0.89 and an optimal mixing index of Midx=115 could be achieved at a flow condition of Rer=0.75 and Re2=0.1 of the middle-inlet channel I2. In additional, the three dimensional results indicate that a high flow mixing efficiency of εmixing=0.84 and the lowest pressure drop of 164.2 Pa was obtained at the flow conditions of Rer=0.9 and AR=10 when the middle-inlet channel I2 was Re2=0.1. These findings will be useful to improvement the efficiency for micromixcers of biometric design in the future.


Abstract Yb11Hg54 is a new member of a series of amalgams with composition close to MHg5. Its crystal structure was solved and refined on the basis of single crystal data. The structure model was confirmed with a Rietveld refinement. Yb11Hg54 has the first crystal structure in this family in which no disorder effects such as mixed occupation, split positions or superstructure formation is observed. It therefore can be regarded as a parent structure for all other amalgams. The crystal structure of Yb11Hg54 can be derived from the Gd14Ag51 structure type, the aristotype of this family. We give a detailed crystal structure description for Yb11Hg54 and discuss it in the context of the further known crystal structures closely related. A ranking within this structure family can be established by calculating features for the structural complexity for all structures, including the individual disorder phenomena.


...........................................................................................................................v LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................ viii LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................x LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ..................................................................................................... xi CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION...............................................................................1 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW .........................................................................................9 CHAPTER 3: METHODS.................................................................................23 CHAPTER 4: MATERNAL GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN AND OFFSPRING'S WEIGHT AT 1 YEAR OF AGE IN RURAL GUANGXI PROVINCE, CHINA: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF BIRTH WEIGHT...............................................................................................................40 CHAPTER 5: BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES AND ALLERGIC CONDITIONS AND ASTHMA AMONG A COHORT OF 6-YEAR-OLD US CHILDREN...................................................................62 CHAPTER 6: BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES AND POSTPARTUM WEIGHT RETENTION AT 12 MONTHS AMONG A COHORT OF US MOTHERS...............................................................89 CHAPTER 7: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS...............................................................114 REFERENCES ..................................................................................................................... 121 APPENDIX ASUPPLEMENTARY TABLES ASSOCIATED WITH CHAPTER 4 ........................... 147 APPENDIX BSUPPLEMENTARY TABLE ASSOCIATED WITH CHAPTER 5 ............................. 151 APPENDIX CSUPPLEMENTARY TABLES ASSOCIATED WITH CHAPTER 6 ............................ 152 viii LIST OF TABLES Table 2.1 The 2009 IOM recommendations for total and rate of weight gain during pregnancy, by pre-pregnancy BMI ....................................................................................11 Table 4.1 Sample characteristics of study participants according to gestational weight gain status ..................................................................................................................................55 Table 4.2 Crude and adjusted analysis between total maternal gestational weight gain and weight-for-age Z-scores and weight-for-length Z scores...................................................57 Table 4.3 Crude and adjusted analysis between adequacy of GWG using IOM guidelines and weight-for-age Z-scores and weight-for-length Z scores. ...........................................58 Table 4.4 Direct and indirect effects of the association between GWG and weight-for-age Z-scores at one year mediated through birthweight-for-gestational age ...........................60 Table 5.1 Descriptive characteristics of participants of the Infant Feeding Practices Survey II according to exclusivity of breastfeeding.......................................................................82 Table 5.2 Prevalence of allergic conditions and asthma at 6-Year-Old According to Breastfeeding Practices ......................................................................................................84 Table 5.3 Adjusted odds ratio for allergic Disorders and asthma among 6-Year-Olds US children According to Exclusivity of Breastfeeding ..........................................................85 Table 5.4 Adjusted odds for Allergic Disorders and Asthma among 6-Year-Old US children according to breastfeeding duration .....................................................................86 Table 5.5 Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) of allergic conditions and asthma with background characteristics........................................................................................87 Table 6.1 Descriptive sample characteristics of the Infant Feeding Practices Survey II according to breastfeeding intensity categories during the first six months ....................108 Table 6.2 Mean maternal weight retention at 12 months according to breastfeeding intensity in the first six months of life, stratified by mother's prepregnancy BMI .........110 Table 6.3 Adjusted analysis between breastfeeding intensity and weight retention at 12 months, stratified by prepregnancy BMI .........................................................................111


Rotavirus infection is one of the significant causes of death in infants and children under five years of age in Thailand and worldwide. In this paper, a deterministic model for rotavirus transmission in children under five years old in Thailand incorporating with hygiene care control and maternal immunity is developed. The basic reproduction number (Rv) is derived and becomes a threshold indicating the stability of both disease-free and endemic equilibrium points. Through the analysis, the results show that the disease-free equilibrium point is locally asymptotically stable when Rv 1 and satisfies the Routh-Hurwitz criteria. Further, numerical simulation demonstrates that both hygiene care and maternal immunity to the infection due to breastfeeding should be encouraged as a strategy to control rotavirus infection.


The presence of the little known Orobanche alba subsp. major in Hungary, not treated in existing Hungarian botanical literature, is discussed in context of the known range of the taxon in Europe. The actual distribution in Hungary is also shown based on data including the herbarium of BP. A brief taxonomic history with synonyms and its morphological and phenological features of the subspecies are also provided.


: For a complete and cocomplete monoidal-closed category V and a Set -monad T suitably extended to V - Rel , we show that the category of ( T, V )-categories and ( T, V )-functors is infinitary extensive.


This paper presents an application of state estimation to the problem of monitoring distributed generation in distribution systems. The proposed method provides a tool to check whether the current levels of distributed generation installed on a distribution feeder is consistent with the values expected by the system operator. If that is not the case, statistical hypothesis tests are performed to identify the generating units whose outputs are inconsistent with the measurements taken along the feeder. In addition, the method can also provide estimates for the unknown generated power outputs. Simulations carried out with the IEEE 34-bus test feeder are used to illustrate the proposed method's performance.


To evaluate the potential efficacy, safety and tolerability of aleglitazar as monotherapy or add‐on therapy to metformin or to a sulphonylurea (either alone or in combination with metformin).


The raison d'être of meiosis is shuffling of genetic information via Mendelian segregation and, within individual chromosomes, by DNA crossing-over. These outcomes are enabled by a complex cellular program in which interactions between homologous chromosomes play a central role. We first provide a background regarding the basic principles of this program. We then summarize current understanding of the DNA events of recombination and of three processes that involve whole chromosomes: homolog pairing, crossover interference, and chiasma maturation. All of these processes are implemented by direct physical interaction of recombination complexes with underlying chromosome structures. Finally, we present convergent lines of evidence that the meiotic program may have evolved by coupling of this interaction to late-stage mitotic chromosome morphogenesis. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Genetics, Volume 57 is November 2023. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.


primary industry (the industry has not been identified due to the existing stage of the process) talked to me about the impact of disputes in the industry. They talked about high costs, time delays, declining credibility, poor relationships, lack of durable outcomes and the reduced ability of the industry to achieve its goals. My initial thought was, 'I know something about applying dispute systems design (DSD) theory to organisations. But what about its application across an entire industry? How do we start? Who do we talk to? What approach should I take?' This article discusses our (the Conflict Management New Zealand (CMNZ) design team's) response and the process we have been through over the last eight months. We cannot provide any actual results in this article as the Conflict Assessment report is about to be presented to industry leaders and we do not want to compromise this process.


ABSTRACT. The study focuses on lynching in Bahia (Brazil) through police narratives published in the local press (A Tarde), from 1997 to 2001. Due to the characteristics of empirical evidence an attempt was made to reconstruct the popular action through the scene concept, inspired in the theories of social dramaturgy (Goffman, 1999) and the hermeneutic phenomenological theory by Ricouer (1996). The scenes reaffirm the possibilities of unfolding acts of lynching as a popular reaction, a practice against crime and criminals. However, that reaction is presented in the press texts as a practice against the "dangerous classes" that is represented by society as popular segments, contributing to reproduce real or symbolic exclusions. Key words: lynching , criminality, violence. * Mestre em Saude Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia. Docente da Universidade Sao Francisco de Barreiras. # Doutora em Saude Publica, Universidade Federal da Bahia. Professora Adjunta do Instituto de Saude Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia.


In this paper, we will describe an experiment in helping students begin to self-assess their learning processes through a simple homework activity tied to examinations. This exercise was developed to provide students with an opportunity to work on their meta-learning skills, where they reflect upon learning instead of simply focusing on contents and carrying out assignments. Since awareness is considered to be the first step in growth in some models of human development, self-assessment may be one of the keys to helping students be better prepared for exams. Students performed the self-assessment of their exam performance by reflecting on their graded exams and completing a questionnaire that asked them to comment on the following: (1) how were points lost, (2) what additional information was needed to solve the problem correctly, and (3) was that knowledge known at the time of the exam? The self-assessment was assigned in two sophomore level courses in the electrical engineering department.


This paper describes the extension of earlier work on the elastic scattering of neutrons by tritons and 3He to proton scattering over the energy range 1 to 14 MeV. Cross sections and phase shifts are calculated assuming central two body interactions, of various exchange types and of Gaussian radial form. Comparison with experiment favours the Serber rather than the symmetrical type of exchange interaction. Detailed agreement between the calculated and experimental cross sections is however lacking at the lowest energies.


The United States has over 115 different state and federal government agencies regulating financial services, which encompasses banking, securities and insurance firms and products. Various commentators have noted that at least part of the blame for the financial crisis of 2007-2009 in the United States was due to the regulatory gaps that existed between these agencies and the regulatory arbitrage in which some financial service firms engaged. They have suggested that the United States would benefit from consolidating its regulatory structure either along the lines of the "twin peaks" model employed by Australia or the single regulator model employed by the United Kingdom. Opponents of consolidation, however, have argued that consolidated regulatory structures, particularly the single regulator model used by the United Kingdom, did not insulate nations from the current financial crisis. This article examines: (1) how the regulatory structures in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia influenced how each nation regulated financial services prior to the crisis, (2) to what extent the different regulatory structures affected the types and severity of the financial shocks each nation experienced, and (3) how the regulatory structures are influencing what regulatory reforms are considered necessary to avoid or minimize similar problems to the ones confronted in this crisis in the future. The evidence from this examination suggests that Australia was able to avoid many of the problems that arose in the United States and the United Kingdom and that this was at least partly due to its twin peaks regulatory structure. As a result, the United States probably would benefit if it enacted reform proposals that moved the United States closer to a twin peaks model like the one employed by Australia.


Glycine is a simple amino acid that is vital to the proper functioning of the body, but its roles during ontogeny are not well understood. Glycine levels are precisely regulated through the glycine cleavage system (GCS), a complex molecular machine that produces one‐carbon units for later metabolism and folate production. Elevated glycine levels due to congenital mutations in GCS components, such as glycine dehydrogenase (gldc), cause devastating human birth defects and the rare disease nonketotic hyperglycinemia (NKH). NKH patients suffer from pleiotropic symptoms including seizures, apnea, lethargy, severe mental retardation, and early death; therefore, it is imperative to elucidate the downstream pathological mechanisms of glycine accumulation, which are to date largely unknown. Our lab, and others, have recently reported gldcdeficiency and glycine addition cause developmental changes in various tissues. Here, we interrogate the role of gldcin renal ontogeny. Whole mount in situ hybridization (WISH) revealed that gldc transcripts were highly expressed in multiple tissues, including the central nervous system and embryonic kidney, recapitulating both mouse and human expression studies. We found that formation of nephron cell populations in the kidney was disrupted in gldcdeficient and glycine treated embryos, where the distal early (DE) segment was increased at the expense of the distal late (DL) segment. These alterations led us to hypothesize that gldc is essential for distal segment patterning, a process that is regulated by interplay between the Iroquois (irx) transcription factors and transcription factor AP‐2a (tfap2a). To test this hypothesis, we have begun to analyze the spatiotemporal expression domains of irx3b and irx1a, which are conserved regulators of intermediate and distal segment development. Using WISH, we found that gldcdeficient and glycine treated animals exhibited an increase in the expression domain of irx1a, coinciding with the changes in DE specific solute transporter gene expression patterns. Taken together, these studies indicate that gldc has essential roles in regulating segment pattern during distal nephron development.


Summary form only given. The Business Process Execution Language for Web services (BPEL) has emerged as the de-facto standard for cross-organizational business processes and business interaction protocols for connecting Web services. At the beginning of BPEL, people mainly focused on automated business process execution. Although intended as a language for connecting Web services, BPEL has been applied by ambitious people to realize a wide variety of process-aware intra-organizational application, which gives the heavier burden on BPEL than ever. Faced with emerging wider scenarios (complex human activity, various non-Web service APIs, etc), original BPEL has difficulties for fulfilling the new requirement. Human activities have complex and dynamic impact on business process execution. BPEL was designed for automated service-to-service interactions, and did not define mechanisms interacting with people in its current version. Considering most modern business processes commonly involving some extent of human-intensive workflow, inability of specification is actually serious, and in some cases fatal. To complement the lack of BPEL on human-driven workflow, and coordinate work performed by human-driven workflows and automated processes, this paper presents a novel four-step procedure. In the first step, we distinguish human activity from automated process among business process, and treat them as external process and internal process, respectively. While the former supports a more event-driven, flexible and dynamic human-driven workflow with unstructured data, the latter, as lower part of the former, supports sequential, predefined and static approach with structured data. In the second step, we utilize state machine to model the human-driven workflow. The state machine provides a flexible and efficient way to model the more loosely defined nature of human workflow. In the third step, we transform the state machine-style workflow to the BPEL-style process. In the fourth step, we integrate external BPEL-style human-driven process with internal sequential automated process into a complete BPEL process. The latter is invoked by the former as a single Web service via standard 'invoke' activity in BPEL, or as a sub-process via extensive 'call' activity in BPEL-SPE. This procedure has been implemented in DartFlow - a service composition platform for the sharing of the TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) knowledge and services


Variations in precipitation pattern under climate changes influence water availability that have important implications for plants water use and vegetation sustainability. However, the water use characteristic of the main tree species under different temporal-spatial of water availability remain poorly understood, especially in high temporal-spatial heterogeneity area, such as subtropical monsoon climate region of China. We investigated water use characteristics of the most widely and common natural trees, Mallotus philippensis and Celtis biondii , in edaphic and rocky habitats. We measured the δD and δ 18 O values of xylem and soil water and water potential of plant leaves during the wet season in 2020. The results showed that the two species mainly absorbed soil water from shallow layers and switched for deeper layers during the late of the wet season in both habitats. But the plant water sources were different in edaphic and rocky habitats when the antecedent precipitation was much high, deep layers soil water in the former and still shallow layers in the latter. The two species had no significant differences in water uptake depth, but notably distinction in the diurnal water potential ranges. M. philippensis maintained less negative predawn and midday water potential, whereas C. biondii showed higher diurnal water potential ranges. Besides, the water potential of C. biondii were negatively associated with antecedent precipitation amount. These results indicate that there is significant eco-physiological niche segregation but no ecohydrological segregation co-existing species in communities. Besides, antecedent precipitation amount and habitat differences were the main factors influencing the plant water uptake depth. While the relationship between leaf physiological traits and water availability was affected by the species types, rather than the habitats. Furthermore, during the long drought in growing season, there are probable divergent responses of M. philippensis and C. biondii , such as growth restriction and hydraulic failure. But when the precipitation is heavy and long, these natural species could increase the ecohydrological linkages between ecosystem and the deep-layer system in edaphic habitat.


With telecom carriers now making decisive moves to replace circuit-switched networks with packet-based technologies, the need is building for next-generation operations support systems (OSSs) designed specifically for the new carrier architectures. The emergence of next-gen OSSs comes at a time when carriers clearly want to avoid the back-office morass caused by legacy software systems. Carrier demand for flow-through automation within and across all OSS functional boundaries is now increasingly magnified by efforts to use a host of new technologies to create new revenue streams, as well as by efforts to cut operational costs.


Snow in Boreal and Arctic ecosystems plays an important role in the determination of energy, water and carbon fluxes in the winter. The interaction between the surface energy budget, snow cover and vegetation are poorly understood and can be inaccurately represented within hydrological and climate models. Given the climatic warming predicted for the Arctic and subsequent changes in the snow cover duration and vegetation cover, it is important to improve our understanding of these land surface processes at high latitudes. This presentation describes meteorological and field observations taken to quantify the radiation balance of the sparse deciduous birch forest canopy, with a seasonal snow pack in Abisko, sub-arctic Sweden. Analysis of above and below canopy radiation measurements, combined with hemispherical photography and detailed snow surveys, are demonstrated to accurately quantify the radiative balance of the snow pack beneath the sparse deciduous canopy. During the spring snow-melt, the sun angle is low in these high latitudes, the dark leaf-less branches cast shadows across the snow surface and direct radiation may not reach the snow pack until the middle of the day. The exact time and duration depends on the time of year and the spatial distribution of canopy gaps. Several examples of this shading process have been analysed and are presented. JULES (Joint UK Land Environment Simulator) is the land surface model used in the Hadley Centre GCMs (HadCM3 and HadGEM). JULES has been modified to account for this temporal variation in the radiative penetration through the birch canopy. The impact on the duration of snow cover has been quantified using both idealised and realistic radiation time-series based on the field and meteorological measurements. The model shows that the time to snow melt is extended due to this shading effect, making the model results more realistic with respect to the in situ data. The performance of the land surface-snow-vegetation interactions of JULES can be improved by using these representations of the land-surface radiation in the climate-sensitive Arctic regions.


It is well known that an elastic compression wave develops during ignition of launch vehicles or rockets. This wave travels up the vehicle's structural stack, and creates significant shock loading on sensitive payloads at the top of the structure. For smaller vehicles, such as sounding rockets, having the capability to assess the effect of engine ignition structural shock in a simple and inexpensive manner is essential. This paper presents a mathematical and computational procedure to evaluate the amplification in steady state axial load and its associated bending moment due to transient loading from the rocket engine at ignition. Both liquid and solid rocket cases were simulated. The body of the rocket is discretized into a small number of elements which are connected by springs. The resulting system of coupled differential equations is solved using a 4th order Runge-Kutta algorithm, and the amplification factor due to the ignition shock is computed as a function of time after ignition. Maximum amplification factors, often in excess of 4, and bending moments for the various body elements are found to vary with location and time. An approximate result for the frequency to which secondary structure will be exposed is presented.


The aim of the thesis is to analyze development of inflation from 1990 to 2005 in the selected countries – the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic to the impact of the crucial economic milestones in its improvement. The theoretical causes of inflation and deflation and the definitions of terms associated with inflation are also discussed. The diploma thesis is divided into three fundamental parts. The first part comprises the theoretical background of the notion of inflation, the characterization of inflation and deflation and the description of the causes which affect the basic types of inflation (demand pull inflation and cost push inflation). The second part of the analysis is focused on the research of the basic trends of inflation levels in the countries of the former Czechoslovakia. This section also includes a comparison of inflation in selected period and deals with the use of monetary policy of the central banks in both countries. The third part is regarded as a general summary of inflationary tendencies and macroeconomic effects in specific types of inflation.


At the end of last year the presidency of the Republic of Chile sent it's National Congress a draft law as part of a measure package with the purpose of strengthening the country's democratic system, improving the regulation of electoral campaigns and the attributions of the control organ.This analysis aims at the diverse aspects of the presidential law draft, that intends to restructure in a unique way the political financing system and the its regimes.This article will point the pros and cons of the aspects of the proposed reform.


The ability to communicate is an important feature of multicellularity (Hervé et al., 2005). The coordinated integration of extracellular, intracellular, and intercellular mechanisms promotes the maintenance of homeostasis in higher organisms. Direct intercellular communication is mainly mediated by gap junction channels, which are formed by members of the connexin protein family in vertebrates. Connexins (Cx) are look like plaques that at the cell plasma membrane surface regulate electrical signals and the passage of ions, small biological molecules ( 1000 Da), including sugar, nucleotides, amino acids, second messengers such as Ca2+, cyclic AMP and inositol triphosphate, as well as metabolic precursors, between neighboring cells. Gap junction intercellular communication (GJIC) are critically important in many biological activities, including morphogenesis, cell differentiation, growth


Well-managed pastures can provide a relatively inexpensive and high-quality feed source for horses in Vir-ginia. In contrast, poorly managed pastures are less adequate nutritionally and can reduce environmental quality. Proper pasture management starts with forage establishment. The establishment phase of forage production is critical since all other management practices depend on a healthy sod. Forage establishment begins long before the actual seeding. Successful forage establishment requires a great deal of planning and attention to detail. Control weeds. Perennial weeds must be controlled prior to seeding. This is especially important if a mixture of grasses and legumes will be established. There are no herbicides available for controlling grassy or broa-dleaf weeds in grass-legume mixtures. In most cases, pasture herbicides are designed to kill either broadleaf weeds (legumes included) in grasses or grassy weeds in legumes. The use of herbicides and cropping sequences that include winter-annual (small grains) and/or summer annual (pearl millet, foxtail millet) smother crops prior to seeding can prevent the accumulation of weed seed. Broadleaf weeds can be controlled in pure grass stands using selective herbicides (herbicides that affect only broadleaf plants). Reseeding restrictions need to be taken into account when applying these herbicides. In situations where both undesirable perennial grass and broadleaf weeds are present, or when a total burn-down is desired a nonselective (affects both grasses and broadleaf plants), translocatable herbicide such as glyphosate should be applied prior to seeding. For more information on herbicides for pastures see Pest Management Guide: Field Crops, Virginia Cooperative Extension publication 456-016. Adjust soil fertility prior to seeding. Test the soil in pastures and apply the recommended amounts of lime and fertilizer prior to seeding. Soil acidity is a major factor limiting forage production in Virginia. Cool-season grass pastures should be maintained at a pH of 6.0 to 6.2, while grass-legume mixtures should have a pH value of 6.2 to 6.4. Acidic conditions reduce nutrient availability , root growth, and nitrogen fixation of legumes. Lime not only corrects soil acidity, but also supplies calcium and magnesium while reducing the availability of toxic nutrients such as aluminum and manganese. Lime should be applied six to 12 months prior to seeding to allow adequate time for it to react with the soil. In conventional seedings where more than two tons of lime per acre are required, one-half should be applied and disked in before plowing and the remainder should be applied after plowing …


Background:  Extra‐fine particle formulations of hydrofluoroalkane‐134a beclometasone dipropionate (HFA‐BDP) exhibit clinical effects comparable with conventional particle formulations of chlorofluorocarbon beclometasone dipropionate (CFC‐BDP) at half the dose. There is little data comparing their effects on inflammation. We have evaluated the effects of HFA‐BDP and CFC‐BDP on pulmonary and systemic markers of asthmatic inflammation.


FIELD: electricity. SUBSTANCE: as catalytic layer the anode comprises composite material made of platinum compounds and hydrogen-containing molybdenum bronzes of H x MoO 3 composition; where x accepts values from 0.2 up to 0.4. EFFECT: improved current stability for methanol electro-oxidation in time, essential reduction of anode operating potential at methanol electro-oxidizing up to 0,4-0,6 V, resistivity to CO admixture in hydrogen. 2 cl, 3 dwg, 2 tbl, 10 ex


Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the phytochemical composition, antifungal activity of Mentha piperita essential oil (MPE) against Fusarium sporotrichioides. Methods: The phytochemical composition was conducted by gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC MS) analysis and mycelia growth inhibition was determined by minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC), the morphological characterization was observed by scanning electron microscopy. Finally, the membrane permeability was determined by the release of extracellular constituents, pH, and total lipid content. Result: In GC MS analysis, 22 metabolites were identified such as menthol, l menthone, pulegone, piperitone, caryophyllene, menthol acetate, etc. The antifungal activity against targeted pathogen, with MIC and MFC 500 μg/mL and 1000 μg/mL, respectively. The MPE altered the morphology of F. sporotrichoides hyphae with the loss of cytoplasm content and contorted the mycelia. The increasing concentration of MPE showed increase in membrane permeability of F. sporotrichoides as evidenced by the release of extracellular constituents and pH with the disruption of cell membrane indicating decrease in lipid content of F. sporotrichoides. Conclusion: The observed results showed that MPE exhibited promising new antifungal agent against Fusarium sporotrichioides.


A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of compliance on personal protective equipments among 240 workers in three different divisions involving steel production division, direct reduction iron division and the mechanical division at a steel factory in Terengganu. A series of guided questionnaire were issued to all the workers in the three divisions to measure the prevalence of compliance to five types of personal protective equipments which consist of safety helmet, mask, eye-protective gear, ear-plugs and safety boots. The prevalence compliance to safety helmet, mask, eye protection gear; ear-plugs and safety boots was 67.1%, 35.3%, 32.0%, 41.1% and 99.2% respectively. There was a significant relationship (p<0.05) between the compliance to safety helmets with type of work being done and for ear-plugs, relationship with compliance were significantly associated with type of work done, duration of use and fit-testing. Findings of this study also supports the hypothesis that compliance was associated with unimpeded movement, unaffected productivity and unhindered work task (p<0.05). Age and tenure in service have no significant relationship with compliance. Knowledge on safety and health issues were shown to relate to compliance with safety helmets (p<0.01). It is suggested that the management embark on risk assessment programs to be able to explicitly determine the suitability of personal protective equipment being used in regards to type of work, specifications and comfort of workers.Management should also take a firm stand by developing a policy that supports compliance of personal protective equipments.


Photochemical oxidation of dissolved elemental mercury, Hg(0), affects mercury chemical speciation and its transfer at the water–air interface in the aquatic environment. The mechanisms and factors that control Hg(0) photooxidation, however, are not completely understood, especially concerning the role of dissolved organic matter (DOM) and carbonate (CO32–) in natural freshwaters. Here, we evaluate Hg(0) photooxidation rates affected by reactive ionic species (e.g., DOM, CO32–, and NO3–) and free radicals in creek water and a phosphate buffer solution (pH 8) under simulated solar irradiation. The Hg(0) photooxidation rate (k = 1.44 h–1) is much higher in the presence of both CO32– and NO3– than in the presence of CO32–, NO3–, or DOM alone (k = 0.1–0.17 h–1). Using scavengers and enhancers for singlet oxygen (1O2) and hydroxyl (HO•) radicals, as well as electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, we found that carbonate radicals (CO3•–) primarily drive Hg(0) photooxidation. The addition of DOM to the sol...


In the context of the Academy of Vine and Wine of the GiESCO, a sensory analysis of 31 Pinot noir wines from different climates and regions worldwide has been organized. The results concern the general methodology and the characterization of the elements of typicality of the wines. A more precise study of the influence of climatic factors will be performed on such basis. Details are available in the reference 'PAV, 2014, n°7, 15-35'


We present PastVision, a proof-of-concept approach that explores combining thermal touch sensing and object detection to infer recent actions by a person which have not been directly observed by a ...


PNPSK modulated CW-Radar-Systems may be affected by short range reflections. Due to the very high interference-power-level caused by unwanted reflections nonlinearities or other hazardous effects occur in the receiver front-end and the signal processing circuitry. Under such conditions even matched filter receivers may fail, or show at least degraded performance. Range resolution can be affected and ghost targets are possible. These near-clutter effects can be reduced by using a spatial filtering technique based on FSK-Modulation. A range window with triangular shape is produced. Its influence on the mean signal- and interference-power-level at the receiver input is calculated and discussed. An example for the realisation of a system is given. The presented principle is suitable for any kind of primary modulation.


This paper focuses on power system stability issues arising under adverse network conditions requiring support from wind farm (WF) electronic converters. The specific instability mechanism investigated refers to a WF participating in emergency reactive support to enhance long-term voltage stability of a weak transmission network. During this support the WF converter may be operating under maximum current limit, in which case it is shown that the WF can become unstable. An aggregate WF equivalent model for voltage stability studies is derived, so as to simplify power system modeling. Protection schemes are proposed to avoid the above-mentioned instability, taking into account the WF converter and pitch control operation. Finally, a typical feeder connecting a WF taken from the Hellenic Interconnected System is simulated as an illustrative case study and the efficiency of the protection schemes proposed is determined.


The term 'cyclopean' appears frequently among the literature associated with British dam building history, especially that component which focuses on masonry and concrete dam variants. However, the term is sometimes used in different ways to describe different concepts or – it is proffered here even more confusingly – to describe an identical concept differently. This is not to suggest that this is 'wrong' per se, but rather that definitive usage of the term cyclopean is hard to discern, so ambiguity is encouraged. The primary aim of this discussion therefore, is to investigate the term 'cyclopean': initially in broad historical terms; and subsequently, regarding nomenclature of British dam building history specifically. The product of this exercise is a proposed unambiguous timeline of British masonry and concrete dam evolution (c. 1800–2000), with commensurate nomenclature for use of the term 'cyclopean' within that context. The practical benefits of this include provision of a more decisive basis, upon...


Modern Active Electronically Steered Antennas (AESA) are operating in different platforms and systems. Inside EADS/CASSIDIAN the focus on X-Band antennas today is in airborne and fighter nose radars, in satellite based SAR antennas (Synthetic Aperture Radar) for earth observation and ground surveillance and security radars. Active antennas are assembled with hundreds or even thousands of T/R modules. This paper will describe an example of a so called standardized module solution based on LTCC package technology. State-of-the-art modules are assembled with active components like MMICs realized in GaAs technology, e.g. Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) and High Power Amplifier (HPA), Silicon based devices and passives. Assembly technologies are optimized for high yield series production inside CASSIDIAN MicroWave Factory. New semiconductor technologies, like GaN (Gallium Nitride) are enablers for a new T/R module generation. GaN/SiC based MMICs with higher power density compared with GaAs based devices are technolo...


Objective was to evaluate the content of the patient's dental record. Ten records of active patients, at least two years old with minimum three treatment procedures, maintained at the University of Pittsburgh's School of Dental Medicine were reviewed. Two dentists trained in biomedical informatics compared the contents of the records to a Baseline Dental record (BDR) developed in an earlier study. Total of 187 data-fields were identified from the dental record forms and an average of 137 data-fields were documented. 66 data-fields (35%) were classified as administrative and 121 (65%) as clinical. Out of 121 clinical fields, only 68 data-fields could be cross-mapped to the BDR. The remaining 53 data-fields were updated to the BDR as explicit datafields. 17 data-fields were defined and updated to the BDR as implicit data-fields. Absence of appropriate data-fields in the dental record contributes to the incomplete documentation of patient information by the dentists.


Objective:To observe the therapeutic effect of Anti-virus Capsules (AC)combined with Radix Astragali for recurrence of genital herpes.Methods:Forty- three qualified patients were randomized into two groups:the control group received Lizhuwei(Valaciclovir)and the treatment group received AC combined with Radix Astra- gali.Results:The difference of recurrence rate after treatment was significant in the two group as comapred with that before treatment(P0.01),but was insignificant between the two groups(P0.05).The difference of mean time for the cure of skin lesion was significant in the two group as comapred with that before treatment(P0.01),and was also significant between the two groups after treatment(P0.05).Conclusion:AC combined with Radix Astragali is effective for promoting the cure of skin lesion,and can prevent the recurrence of genital herpes.


The next major evolution of the INCOSE Competency Framework (ICF) is Version 1.0. This paper describes the major sections of the ICF Version 1.0 document. The main section of the document is the competency framework structure which has evolved into five competence groups and 36 core competence areas across five levels of proficiency. Because this is a role‐based competency framework, another major section is a guide to role definition that describes the typical roles systems engineers may assume. This paper also describes how the Competency Framework relates to the Systems Engineering processes as described in the INCOSE SE Handbook, 4th Ed. A subsequent section of the ICF Version 1.0 document provides use cases for the framework with a detailed look at recruitment, candidate assessment, education program improvement, resources for professional development, curriculum alignment, and career path development. The document also includes a section that explains how to tailor the competency framework to suit using organizations. The paper concludes by exploring the next steps to successfully publish and review Version 1.0 of the new INCOSE Competency Framework.


This paper presents a design method for graphical user interfaces. The method is based on semantic specification. Based on formalized style rules and guidelines, a user interface design proposal is derived from the functionality of an application. The advantages of this method are: The automation of parts of the design process, automatic design evaluation, and automatic mapping to multiple user interface toolkits. The paper proposes a specification language for graphical user interfaces. This language will ease the transition from the functional design of an application to the user interface design by a semantically driven designer of user interfaces. The paper gives an Ada example of the use of the language.


This work studies the impact of optimal postannealing on the 1.0 eV GaInNAsSb solar cells for application to high‐efficiency multijunction solar cells. Compared to our past report in which reasonably good solar cell performance was achieved for devices annealed at 850 °C, further optimization was carried out in order to lower the temperature. Both the light current–voltage and internal quantum efficiency (IQE) characteristics reveal that significant improvements of the device qualities can be obtained with the lower annealing temperatures. For the optimal anneal condition, >90% of the IQEs was achieved with the 3.0 μm thick GaInNAsSb solar cell devices.


A ten-year longitudinal study provides strong evidence that aggression is a learned behavior. Especially important in the acquisition of aggressive habits are the models of behavior to which the developing child is exposed. Boys and girls respond differentially because of different learning conditions.


Virus contamination as a consequence of human handling can occur at any stage of food production or processing. This chapter reviews evidence of the role of food handlers in the transmission of norovirus and hepatitis A virus, their current knowledge of and compliance with food hygiene practices. The new Codex Guidelines for the Application of the General Principles of Food Hygiene to the Control of Viruses in Food are summarized. The possible application of risk analysis of critical control points to control of viruses is discussed.


The geologic and drilling situations are complex in high dip formation. Specially, the circulation loss occurs high frequency, it restricts the drilling efficiency badly. The circulation loss trouble has to be overcomed to get safe and fast drilling. It is the key to know the circulation loss mechanism, but the level is on qualitative analysis and half fix quantify stage, it is necessary to study the mechanism more. In this paper, a sealing off lost circulation model was established based on non-Newton fluid flow method and grain randomness moving law in the crack. Based on the distribution of fracture and characteristics of drilling, the lost circulation pressure propagation law and sealing off strength character of drilling fluid and sealing fluid in fracture were studied. The researches offer theoretic foundation for prevention and sealing off circulation loss in complex high dip crack formation.


This article discusses the use of assistive technology (AT) in the context of three current international trends in the field of intellectual disability (ID) that are significantly impacting the delivery of services and supports to persons with ID: the provision of systems of supports based on the individual's assessed support needs, the increased use of AT, and the expectation that interventions will be founded on evidence-based practices. These three trends are described in reference to a social-ecological conceptualization of disability and a multidimensional model of human functioning. The article concludes with a list of potential research questions that integrate a framework of human functioning, supports, AT, and evidence-based practices.


This report describes the work done by the Applied Meteorology Unit (AMU) in developing a database of days that experienced rapid (< 90 minutes) low cloud formation in a stable atmosphere, resulting in ceilings at the Shuttle Landing Facility (TTS) that violated Space Shuttle Flight Rules (FR). The meteorological conditions favoring the rapid formation of low ceilings include the presence of any inversion below 8000 ft, high relative humidity beneath the inversion, and a clockwise turning of the winds from the surface to the middle troposphere (approx. 15000 ft). The AMU compared and contrasted the atmospheric and thermodynamic conditions between days with rapid low ceiling formation and days with low ceiling resulting from other mechanism. The AMU found that the vertical wind profile is the probable discerning factor between the rapidly-forming ceiling days and other low ceiling days at TTS. Most rapidly-developing low ceiling days had a clockwise turning of the winds with height, whereas other low ceiling days typically had a counter-clockwise turning of the winds with height or negligible vertical wind shear. Forecasters at the Space Meteorology Group (SMG) issue 30 to 90 minute forecasts for low cloud ceilings at TTS to support Space Shuttle landings. Mission verification statistics have shown ceilings to be the number one forecast challenge. More specifically, forecasters at SMG are concerned with any rapidly developing clouds ceilings below 8000 ft in a stable, capped thermodynamic environment, Therefore, the AMU was tasked to examine archived events of rapid stable cloud formation resulting in ceilings below 8000 ft, and document the atmospheric regimes favoring this type of cloud development. The AMU examined the cool season months of November to March during the years of 1993-2003 for days that had low-level inversions and rapid, stable low cloud formation that resulted in ceilings violating the Space Shuttle FR. The AMU wrote and modified existing code to identify inversions from the morning Cape Canaveral, FL rawinsonde (XMR) during the cool season and output pertinent sounding information. They parsed all days with cloud ceilings below 8000 ft at TTS, forming a database of possible rapidly-developing low ceiling events. Days with precipitation or noticeable fog bum-off situations were excluded from the database. Only the daytime hours were examined for possible ceiling development events since low clouds are easier to diagnose with visible satellite imagery. Follow-on work would expand the database to include nighttime cases, using a special enhancement of the infrared imagery for identifying areas of low clouds. The report presents two sample cases of rapidly-developing low cloud ceilings. These cases depict the representative meteorological and thermodynamic characteristics of such events. The cases also illustrate how quickly the cloud decks can develop, sometimes forming in 30 minutes or less. The report also summarizes the composite meteorological conditions for 20 event days with rapid low cloud ceiling formation and 48 non-events days consisting of advection or widespread low cloud ceilings. The meteorological conditions were quite similar for both the event and non-event days, since both types of days experienced low cloud ceilings. Both types of days had a relatively moist environment beneath the inversion based below 8000 ft. In the 20 events identified, de onset of low ceilings occurred between 1200-1800 UTC in every instance. The distinguishing factor between the event and non-event days appears to be the vertical wind profile in the XMR sounding. Eighty-five percent of the event days had a clockwise turning of the winds with height in the lower to middle troposphere whereas 83% of the non-events had a counter-clockwise turning of the winds with height or negligible vertical wind shear. A clockwise turning of the winds with height indicates a warm advection regime, which supports large-scale rising motn and possible cloud formation. Meanwhile, a counter-clockwise turning of the winds with height indicates cold advection or sinking motion in a post-cold frontal environment.


Affective Disorders. With this series British psychiatry makes a very valuable contribution towards under standing and unifying diverging concepts of world psychiatry today. I read some of the papers with extra pleasure and profit. To these belong Smythies' on the neuro physiology of anxiety, where he develops his bio chemical hypothesis of schizophrenic psychoses and shows the possibility that simple aberrations of the humoral transmission in the central nervous system may result in schizophrenic symptoms in stead of innocent anxiety reactions. Levi's chapter on the neuro-endocrinology of anxiety places its emphasis on the pattern of catecholamine excretion during emotional arousal, but also contains theoreti cally interesting and practically important obser vations on the influence oflong-term stress on erythro cyte sedimentation rate and serum levels of iron and protein-bound iodine. Lader has a critical survey of psychophysiological investigations in patients with anxiety states, and reports his own careful studies. Slater and Shields relate genetical aspects as a background to presentation of the Maudsley series. Bowlby's review of his works on separation anxiety and affectional bonds makes a fine and consistent piece of research. Among the chapters on therapy, Cazullo has a review on drug treatment and Gelder has an excellent survey of his desensitization therapy. Gelder's and his collaborators' work should be a prototype for research in psychotherapy through


ABSTRACT The Cine‐Ortho method is compared with a standard regimen for improving base‐in and base‐out vergence ranges at far. No significant difference was found between the two types of training. Base‐out ranges were significantly improved by either method, but there was no significant improvement in basein ranges in three training sessions.


ABSTRACT The digestive tube of the tick Amblyomma cajennense is responsible for the digestion during feeding on the host. This study analyzed the midgut of unfed, partially engorged, and fully engorged fed females as well as three infestations in rabbits. In A. cajennense, the digestive tube is long and from the midgut, two pairs of diverticula ramify and lead to a blind end. In some midgut regions were observed for the first time in ticks, structures termed here "nodules." The midgut of unfed females possesses a pseudostratified epithelium composed of digestive and generative cells. In partially engorged and engorged females at 1st infestation and partially engorged at 2nd infestation, the epithelium becomes stratified. In partially engorged females at 2nd infestation, the epithelium exhibits a third cell type: secretory cell. So the intestinal epithelium undergoes several changes during the feeding process in ticks at subsequent infestations. As infestations progress in the same host, the latter becomes more resistant and female ticks require more days to complete their feeding cycle, which in A. cajennense is 25 days.


Although all learning ultimately takes place in the brain, it is often forgotten that it is through the body that the brain receives sensory information from the environment and reveals its experience of the environment. Postural control refl ects integration of functioning within the central nervous system (CNS) and supports brain–body functioning. Immaturity or confl ict in brain–body functioning affects the brain's ability to assimilate and process information and to express itself in an organized way.


Support Vector Machines in a Real Time Tracking Architecture Benjamin Castaneda Supervising Professor: Dr. Juan C. Cockburn The standard approach to tracking an object of interest in a video stream is to use an object detector, a classifier and a tracker in sequential order. This work investigates the use of Support Vector Machines (SVM) as classifiers for real-time tracking systems, combining them with Kalman Filter predictors. Support VectorMachines have been proved successful in a variety of classification tasks such as recognizing faces, cars, handwriting and others. However their use has been hampered by the complexity and computational time involved in the training and classification stages. In recent years new methods and techniques for training and classification of Support Vector Machines have been discovered making pos sible their utilization in real-time applications. These methods have been explored and im proved resulting in a framework for fast prototyping and development of real-time tracking systems. New optimal and sub-optimal methods for parallel SVM training based on biased and unbiased versions of the Sequential Minimal Optimization algorithm are presented. They provide a trade-off between time performance and accuracy. Time performance in the classification stage is significantly improved by reducing the number of support vectors with almost no loss in accuracy. New methods to allow the reduction with different kernels are presented. The effectiveness of the approach developed is demonstrated in a face track ing problem where the objective is to track the lips and eyes of a subject in a video stream in real-time.


We give an elementary introduction to a recent diagrammatic extension of dynamical mean field theory (DMFT) coined dynamical vertex approximation (D$\Gamma$A). This approach contains the important local correlations of DMFT, giving, among others, rise to quasiparticle renormalizations, Mott-Hubbard transitions and magnetism, but also non-local correlations beyond. The latter are at the very essence of many physical phenomena in strongly correlated elecectron systems. As correlations are treated equally on all length scales, D$\Gamma$A allows us to describe physical phenomena such as magnons, quantum criticality, and the interplay between antiferromagnetism and superconductivity. We review results hitherto obtained for the Hubbard model in dimensions d=3, 2, and 1.


It is discussed that by using RS-485 communication standards in the test of hydrological cable,the frequency transformers on the horizontal and vertical channels are controlled by computers to realize dynamic speed regulation and direction control to improve the working efficiency and the level of observation and control.


Thin films of Ba(Zr0.15Ti0.85)O3 were crystallized in situ at several different oxygen background pressures and temperatures. The optimal temperature and pressure for obtaining films with smooth surface morphology and good electrical properties was found to be 675 °C and 300 mTorr, respectively. Films grown at this temperature were found to have a Pr of 3.31 μC/cm2 and an Ec of 93.5 kV/cm. Low field dielectric measurements and C-V measurements were performed in order to study the dielectric behavior of the films. A tunability of ∼45% was recorded on the films.


Models developed by DuPont or reported in the literature are described, which help the package engineer to design new package structures by optimizing package performance, minimizing cost, and ensuring the film or laminate can be fabricated on converting equipment. A case study is presented to illustrate how the use of these tools can speed up new package development.