Life and Work of Pauline Viardot Garcia , Vol. 1, The Years of Fame, 1836–1863 , by Barbara Kendall-Davies. 2nd ed. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013. xxx, 599 pp.

 The Life and Work of Pauline Viardot Garcia , Vol. 2, The Years of Grace, 1863–1910 , by Barbara Kendall-Davies. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012. xxiv, 401 pp.

Pauline Viardot (nee Garcia, 1821–1910) was musical royalty. Daughter of the tenor Manuel Garcia pere (1775–1832) and sister of two renowned musicians—the vocal pedagogue Manuel Garcia fils (1805–1906) and the mercurial mezzo-soprano Maria Malibran (1808–36)—Viardot was the youngest heir to an artistic kingdom. Her place within this dynasty helped to secure her fate as a highly influential musical and cultural figure of the nineteenth century. Not only did she become a beloved star of the operatic stage, she also developed into a distinctively versatile musician excelling in every art available to the prima donna: singer, composer, collaborator, entrepreneur, costume designer, and teacher. Her unparalleled talents, combined with her ability to surround herself with a legendary social circle (she knew virtually everyone), have made Viardot one of the most studied prima donnas of the nineteenth century. Barbara Kendall-Davies's Life and Work of Pauline Viardot Garcia joins the growing literature on this artist, a biography that does not presume to be scholarly but that nevertheless represents one of only a few full-length English-language accounts.1

Kendall-Davies's interest was sparked in the mid-1990s when, a talented singer herself, she became passionate about Viardot's compositions and was inspired to write about her. Her first project, an exploration of Viardot's tours to England, was published in 1998 in the Cahiers Ivan Tourgueniev—Pauline Viardot—Maria Malibran , followed by …


When intervalley mixing effects are large enough, they induce a sharp shallow deep instability for a substitutional impurity. We show that this is the case in GaAs for the ground state associated with the L valleys, which becomes located in the forbidden gap under hydrostatic pressure or in GaAlAs alloys, whereas the donor states associated to the Γ and X valleys remain shallow. This result accounts for the behavior of the so‐called DX center.


We utilize generalized unitarity and recursion relations combined with effective field theory(EFT) techniques to compute spin dependent interaction terms for inspiralling binary systems in the post newtonian(PN) approximation. Using these methods offers great computational advantage over traditional techniques involving feynman diagrams, especially at higher orders in the PN expansion. As a specific example, we reproduce the spin-orbit interaction up to 2.5 PN order as also the leading order $S^2$(3PN) hamiltonian for an arbitrary massive object. We also obtain the unknown $S^3$(3.5PN) spin hamiltonian for an arbitrary massive object in terms of its low frequency linear response to gravitational perturbations, which was till now known only for a black hole. Furthermore, we derive the missing $S^4$ Hamiltonian at leading order(4PN) for an arbitrary massive object and establish that a minimal coupling of a massive elementary particle to gravity leads to a black hole structure. Finally, the Kerr metric is obtained as a series in $G_N$ by comparing the action of a test particle in the vicinity of a spinning black hole to the derived potential.


Two-dimensional rectangular layout is according to the number of rectangular pieces and the size of the area of the rectangular pieces into the plate. Depending on the iteration of population in genetic algorithm, better utilization rate of plate is obtained. However, due to the characteristics of vertical and horizontal rows of rectangular pieces, relying on the sequence of rectangular pieces alone as the gene cannot guarantee the genetic diversity of the population, and leads to premature algorithm. In view of the special characters of rectangular layout, Double Genes improved genetic algorithm is proposed according to the order of rectangular layout and its own placement characteristics. In order to improve population diversity, Angle genes were added on the basis of rectangular sequencing genes. In view of the particularity of double genes, double random crossover operators and double mutation operators are proposed to improve the population diversity and randomness of genetic algorithm. Experimental results show the effectiveness of the improved algorithm.


It is our great pleasure to welcome to you 2015 edition of the ACM Cloud Computing Security Workshop (CCSW) held October 16, 2015, in conjunction with the 22nd ACM Computer and Communication Security (CCS) conference in Denver, Colorado, USA.

The paradigm of cloud computing is revolutionizing today's information communication technologies, impacting and redefining how data is stored, retrieved, processed and shared. Cloud services provide an elastic, scalable, large-scale environment typically marked by a high degree of resource virtualization and sharing among tenants. While the economic benefits of cloud computing are widely recognized, this new computing model creates security and privacy requirements different from traditional environments. With the wide adoption of cloud computing paradigm, security, privacy, and availability of the involved operations, components, and systems are becoming of increasing importance.

The CCSW workshop focuses on the security challenges and research opportunities raised by the recent developments in cloud computing. The goal of the workshop is to explore the security and privacy challenges that are raised by cloud computing, and foster development of new ideas and solutions that can be transitioned into practice.

The 2015 CSW workshop received a total of twenty-one high quality submissions, out of which six were selected by the program committee through a rigorous reviewing process. We are delighted to have three keynote talks that bring new perspectives and practical problems from industry to the research community related to issues like security and privacy of data stored in the cloud, economic impact of security, and risk management in cloud settings. The three invited speakers are:
Mike Reiter (University of North Carolina, USA)
Chenxi Wang (Ciphercloud, USA)
Bruce Grenfell (Concur / SAP, USA)


A mail survey of Appalachian hardwood product exporters was conducted in the fall of 2008 to analyze the export practices for Appalachian hardwood products, specifically the volume of hardwood products exported to the Chinese market, their preferred species, and potential and existing trade barriers between US producers and Chinese customers. Results of the survey showed that the most frequent export destinations of Appalachian hardwood products were Europe, China, Canada, Mexico, and Japan. In 2007, approximately 11.4 million board feet (MMBF, Doyle scale) of hardwood logs and 145.3 MMBF of hardwood lumber were exported to China by the respondents. Approximately 37 percent of the respondents who exported hardwood products to China exported red oak logs, followed by white oak, black walnut, black cherry, and hard (sugar) maple. The top species of hardwood lumber exported to China were red oak, white oak, yellow poplar, black walnut, hickory, cherry, hard maple, and soft maple. Respondents indicated that transportation freight costs and payments are the limiting factors when considering expanding business overseas. The continued decreasing hardwood price has put more pressure on hardwood products exporters to maintain profit margins. Because of the current economic downturn, hardwood production in the Appalachian hardwood region has declined by more than 40 percent. Exports of hardwood products to China will be affected to some extent. However, it is expected that China will remain an important overseas market in the near future.


Indonesia is the third coffee producer in the world. These coffee exports are the second largest of Indonesia's national income from plantation sector after crude palm oil. These national incomes have to be maintained. Yet, Indonesia produces low grade quality coffee and difficult to compete on international market. Indonesia has to take a foreign policy to solve that problem. Then, Indonesia ratified International Coffee Agreement 2007. Indonesia has national interest on that policy. This research describes Indonesia's national interest ratifying International Coffee Agreement 2007.
This research uses Snyder's foreign policy theory and Donald E Nuchterlain's national interest theory. The method that is used in this research is qualitative research. Some of the datas are obtained from books, journals, articles, internet and other media. This research focuses on finding Indonesia's national interest on ratifying International Coffee Agreement 2007.
Coffee exports are very important for Indonesia. Though Indonesian coffee has low grade quality, it gives big national income for Indonesia. Indonesia's national interests on ratifying International Coffee Agreement 2007 to be Perpres No. 63 tahun 2008 are to increase Indonesia's coffee quality and to maintain national incomes. Indonesia gets transfer of technology and being helped to find new market to export coffee by International Coffee Organization.
Keywords: International Coffee Agreement, national interest, foreign policy.


s: This study aimed to determine the indications that signify internet dependency among the senior high school students (SHS) in Batangas State University. This study determined the impact of internet dependency in relation to the cognitive, behavioral, and affective state of the students. The descriptive type of research was used in the study to gather pertinent data and information regarding the impact of internet dependency among SHS students. One hundred ninety six (196) students in SY 2017-2018 were used as the subjects of the study. There is a significant relationship between the profile of the respondents in terms of sex, number of hours in using Internet in a day, and frequency of Internet usage in a week and indications that determine internet dependency, while there is none with age. On the other hand, there is a significant relationship between indications that determine internet dependency and its impact. Male students are more likely to use Internet than female students. Majority of the students use internet greater than six hours a day and 7 times in a week. It can be attributed that the senior high school students frequently displayed indications of Internet dependency. In terms of cognitive aspect, majority of the respondents agreed that internet dependency led to having a short attention span, attitude problems (short-temperance, irritability, etc.), changeable perception, poor decision making, and uncertainness or being unsure to oneself. Based on behavioral aspect, majority of them agreed that internet dependency has an impact in behavior when it comes to having time mismanagement, unproductivity, loss of focus, and neglect of responsibilities. In terms of affective aspect, majority of the student-respondents concurred that internet dependency can bring lack of desire to other things, anxiety or depression, and isolation. A detailed plan of action was proposed to give students a constant reminder on how to use the Internet properly.


In much of modern radar, sonar and wireless communication it seems more reasonable to model measurements as signal-plus-subspace interference-plus-broadband noise, than as signal-plus-colored noise. This observation leads naturally to a variety of detection and estimation problems in the linear statistical model. To solve these problems, one requires oblique pseudo-inverses, oblique projections, and zero-forcing orthogonal projections. The problem is that these operators depend on knowledge of signal and interference subspaces, and this information is often not at hand. More typically the signal subspace is known, but the interference subspace is unknown. In this paper we prove a theorem which allows these operators to be estimated directly from experimental data, without knowledge of the interference subspace. As a by-product, the theorem shows how signal subspace covariance and power may be estimated. The results of this paper form the foundation for the rapid adaptation of receivers which are then used for detection and estimation. They may be applied to detection and estimation in radar and sonar and to data decoding in multiuser communication receivers.


This paper addresses the cost of packet switching nodes in terms of component cost. It investigates the node cost difference between four different packet switching nodes: an optical packet switching node with electronic header processing, an electronic IP packet switching router and two all-optical packet switching nodes. The cost of these nodes is calculated as a function of the traffic load in the network. The study shows that although originally, all-optical packet switching nodes are far more expensive than the other technologies, the cost difference decreases with increasing traffic. Introduction The transport of IP packets through an optical network is possible in different ways. The first packet switching networks put IP packets directly on the optical wavelength. Every intermediate node on the packet's path converts the packet back to the electronic domain to make the routing decisions. Because these Optical Electronic Optical (OEO) conversions at high bit rates are very costly one decided to only convert the packet's header in intermediate nodes. The payload of those packet remains in the optical domain during the packet's itinerary. Recently, the concept of all-optical packet switching is proposed. A packet traverses through the optical network in an all-optical way, [1]. No costly OEO conversions are necessary in intermediate nodes because the header (label) of the packet is examined all-optically and intermediate nodes decide all-optically where to forward the packet. A drawback of this approach is that the all-optical node requires an enormous amount of hardware to perform the necessary label reading/replacing actions on the packet's label, [1]. This also influences the nodes cost. This paper focuses on the cost of the four proposed packet switching node architectures. It compares them and maps how they relate to each other when the traffic load increases. The packet switching node architectures Although all the packet switching nodes that are addressed in this paper use different switching technologies, they all belong to an optical network architecture. Optical networks are built out of fibers. These fibers interconnect the different network nodes. By virtue of Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) several wavelengths are multiplexed into one fiber, increasing de bandwidth capacity of that fiber. The first packet switching node is an electronic IP router. Thanks to WDM, IP packets are wavelengthmultiplexed into one fiber for transportation. At the nodes, the wavelengths are demultiplexed and the IP packets are converted on a packet-by-packet basis to the electronic domain. The electronic IP router then decides to which output port to switch the packet. The packet is then again re-converted to the optical domain and wavelength-mutliplexed into the fiber which leads to the next node on the packet's path. The second node is the Electronic Header processing node. In contrast to the first packet switching node, this node only converts the packet's header to the electronic domain. It is also called an optical packet switch because the payload of the packet is switched optically. Moreover, it remains optically during the whole packet's journey through the optical network. Because the header of the optical packet is relatively short compared to the payload (in number of bits) it can be modulated at a lower bit rate. Thus, although OE conversions still need be made, they are at lower bit rate, so less costly. The example node that is used in this study is the node proposed by the WASPNET project, [3] The third and fourth packet switching approaches are all-optical approaches. They form a logic next step in the evolution of packet switching nodes. Although logic, the development of all-optical components to perform the necessary routing functionality still is mature. Moreover, the design of all-optical node architectures encounters new problems (e.g., the lack of optical memory causes the nodes to be hardly scalable [1]). The LASAGNE project, [1], proposes two different all-optical nodes. The first's routing principle is based on the Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) protocol. It sets up Label Switched Paths (LSP). A LSP is a route followed by all packets sent from a particular source to a particular destination node. Packets belonging to a particular LSP are distinguished by a label. This label has a local meaning on a link of the packet's path and it is 'swapped' (changed into another label) in each intermediate node of the packet's path. The first alloptical node possesses the necessary all-optical components to perform the label swapping functionality and thus route the packet all-optically. The fourth packet switching node, the second alloptical node, makes use of the label stripping principle to route the packets through the network. Here also, packets carry a label. Now, the label is a concatenation of different smaller local labels. Each of these local labels is BroadBand Europe Bordeaux, France 12-14 December 2005 Paper T03B.05 – Van Caenegem R. Page 2 of 4 responsible for the correct routing in a particular intermediate node of the packet's path. It refers to the output port in that node the packet has to be routed to. When used, this local label is removed. The Cost Functions The total cost function of a node possesses an optical cost part and an electronic cost part. The optical cost is defined by the number of Fiber-to-Chip Couplings (FCCs) for each of the optical components in the node architectures. This choice is based on the assumption that packaging and more specifically the number of interconnections to the outer world dominate the cost of optical components. The cost functions are calculated by the method proposed in [4]. To address the electronic cost of a node we counted the number of OEO conversions. We assume that the reference cost of 1 can be set to the cost of one OEO conversion at a bit rate of 155 Mb/s. For higher bit rates the cost is defined according to the following relation: Bit Rate x 4 Cost x 2.5 (1) Table 1 shows the parameters that define the cost functions. Before summing the optical and electronic cost we multiply the electronic cost by P. In the following, we will plot the cost in function of the parameter P.


This study investigates the vibration characteristics of a wire-bonding piezoelectric transducer and ultrasonic horn for high-speed and precise welding. A ring-type piezoelectric stack actuator is excited at 136 kHz to vibrate a conical-type horn and capillary system. The nodal lines and amplification ratio of the ultrasonic horn are obtained using a theoretical analysis and FEM simulation. The vibration modes and frequencies close to the driving frequency are identified to evaluate the bonding performance of the current wire-bonder system. The FEM and experimental results show that the current wire-bonder system uses the bending mode of 136 kHz as the principal motion for bonding and that the transverse vibration of the capillary causes the bonding failure. Because the major longitudinal mode exists at 119 kHz, it is recommended that the design of the current wire-bonding system be modified to use the major longitudinal mode at the excitation frequency and to minimize the transverse vibration of capillary in order to improve the bonding performance.


Summary. By use of postal questionnaires women who had undergone laser treatment to the uterine cervix without analgesia or anaesthesia were asked to comment retrospectively on their recollections of the pain that this caused. One hundred (42%) of 239 who replied had found the pain 'moderate' or 'severe', 102 (43%) thought it 'very slight' or 'mild', and 37 (15%) said they felt no pain at all. No greater sensation of pain was reported with higher intensity treatment. A total of 58 (24%) suggested that they would wish for some form of anaesthesia if they needed to have the same treatment again.


a patient with Alzheimer's disease, many caregivers . feel isolated and unsupported. This collection of stories and poetry helps to remind one that these are universal feelings and combines humor as well as the compassion inherent in the caregiving process. In addition to the stories, there is a section that describes Alzheimer's disease and gives some background information and some theories on causation. Also, there is a bibliography of additional books to read, as


Background

Up to 20% of older patients admitted to Emergency Department (ED) are readmitted within 30 days after being discharged. Geriatric assessment in ED has shown to be associated with preferable discharge rates and reduction of readmission rates in older patients.
Methods

Subjects of this prospective study were ≥75-year-old home-dwelling citizens (N = 1234) who underwent comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) during their first visit in Urgent Geriatric Outpatient Clinic (UrGeriC); 535 were discharged and, of those, 110 had a revisit to UrGeriC or an admission to ED within 30 days after index visit.
Results

Of those 535 discharged patients, 110 (21%) had a revisit to UrGeriC (42 patients, 38%) or an admission to ED (68 patient, 62%) within 30 days after the index visit in UrGeriC. The most common reason for the index visit, as well as for the following visit was nonspecific complaint. Over half of those who were admitted to ED during the office hours and almost all of those who were admitted out of the office hours could have been treated in UrGeriC instead of ED.
Conclusions

According to our study, it seems that 20% of older patients seek urgent medical help within 30 days after the index visit even after a multidimensional CGA. Frontline geriatric services are needed to better respond to the complex needs of rapidly increasing proportion of frail older patients presenting to ED.


Interleukin I (ILr) is an idammatory hormone released by macrophages and epithelial cells. Apart from its properties of causing fever, inducing the acute-phase response to injury and stimulating the immune system, it has also been reported to cause protein degradation in skeletal muscle. This may explain the increased net protein catabolism which occurs after injury and during infections. It is of interest to explore whether it is possible to modulate IL I production pharmacologically. It has been suggested that compounds which affect arachidonic acid metabolism are capable of altering ILr release (Kunkel & Chensue, 1985). We have further investigated this effect by incubating a human promonocytic cell line, U937, with a stimulus for ILr release and various compounds which affect production of prostaglandins or leukotrienes. The drugs used were: indomethacin, a cyclooxygenase inhibitor; BW755C, a combined cycle and lipoxygenase inhibitor; Dazmegrel, a thromboxane synthetase inhibitor; iloprost, a prostacyclin analogue; and prostacyclin. U937 cells were preincubated with the drug at various concentrations for I h, toxic shock syndrome toxin derived from Staphylococcus aureus was added to stimulate ILI production, and the incubation was continued for 24 h. The medium was dialysed and samples were passed through an ultrafiltration membrane with a molecular weight cut-off of 30000 daltons to remove interfering substances. ILI was assayed by incorporation of [3Hlthymidine into murine thymocytes. investigated the time course of F2,6P2 increase after inoculation with live Escherichia coli. Using the same septic model, control and septic fasted animals were killed at 15, 30, b , 9 0 and 180 rnin post-inoculation and livers were rapidly freeze-clamped. Little difference between fasted control and septic animals was observed at 15 or 30 rnin (0.751 (SD 0.185) and 0.740 (SD 0.207) pmol/g) but by 60 min F2,6P2 The magnitude of negative energy balance in a childhood infection and its nutritional implications were quantified during a study of twenty black Kenyan children admitted to hospital with acute measles. The energy contents of a 24 h duplicate food intake and a 24 h collection of faeces and urine were determined experimentally. The metabolic rate was determined by Aow-over indirect calorimetry. An identical control study was carried out after monitoring convalescence at home. Full anthropometry was carried out in hospital. Apparent energy balance (EB) was estimated as the difference between the metabolizable energy intake (MEI) and the energy expenditure (EE) during resting metabolism. The mean 24 h ME1 during measles represented 25% of the mean ME1 in the control study, while mean EE was similar in the two studies. The mean level of EB was 67 (SEM 30.0) kJ/kg per 24 h in controls; during measles it was -169 (SEM 21 '7) kJ/kg per 24 h. The data were also used to estimate the maintenance energy requirement. In controls, the level of postprandial metabolism was 13% greater than the resting rate; this significant ( K o . 0 5 ) difference was absent during measles, when the postprandial metabolic rate was marginally lower than the resting rate. During convalescence there was a significant improvement in mean weight/age and weighdlength and a significant deterioration in mean lengtwage standard deviation score ( K o . 0 1 in each case, paired t test). Measles is characterized by a fall in energy intake, a sustained level of energy expenditure and no postprandial enhancement of the metabolic rate. During convalescence satisfactory weight gain is accompanied by faltering in linear growth. In well-fed rats treated with the Eschm'chia coli lipopolysaccharide endotoxin (LPS), the catabolic response of muscle reflects decreased protein synthesis and increased proteolysis, while in the liver protein synthesis is increased as part of the acute phase response (Jepson et al. 1985). Because of the sensitivity of muscle protein synthesis to changes in food intake the decreased protein synthesis could be an indirect response since exposure to LPS depresses food intake, although this is not marked and insulin levels are not depressed. We have therefore evaluated the response to LPS in the fasted state. This also allows investigation of the dependency of the increased hepatic protein synthesis on dietary protein. Food was removed from four groups of six young male rats. Two groups were injected with the LPS (3 mg/kg, subcutaneously) and two groups with saline (9 g sodium chlorideh). After 24 h, one treated and one control group were killed 15 min after the injection of a large dose of ['Hlphenylalanine and protein synthesis measured in muscle and liver. The other two groups were treated with a second dose of LPS or saline and killed at 30 h with a similar measurement of protein synthesis. Plasma insulin levels were also measured and the results are shown in the Table together with the results of our previous measurements in well-fed rats. A regulatory effect of previous iron intake on the subsequent retention of Fe from test meals has been reported in rats (Fairweather-Tait et al. 1985) and it may be exerted at the intestinal mucosa. The effect of guar gum on the regulation of Fe absorption was investigated because it is known to alter both mucosal cell proliferation and enzyme and carrier activity in the proximal small intestine (Johnson et al. 1984). of the to compare the effect of human and bovine LF on Fe absorption from a small amount of FeSO,, using rats as a for and to test whether the initial degree of Fe saturation Little is known about the nutritional implications of modem techniques of food processing such as extrusion cooking, which is used widely in the production of instant and snack foods, breakfast cereals and crispbreads. The availability of iron and zinc from extruded and non-extruded maize was therefore compared with ferrous sulphate and zinc chloride.


ObjectiveTo investigate the activity of tissue plasminogen activator(t-PA) and plasminogen activator inhibitor(PAI) in patients with hypertensive disorder complicating pregnancy.MethodsThe activity of plasma t-PA and PAI were detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA)respectively in 40 cases with hypertensive disorder complicating pregnancy(HDCP group),20 nonfertile women(unpregnancy group)and 20 pregnant women(pregnant woman group).ResultsThe level of plasma t-PA was higher in HDCP group and pregnant woman group than that in unpregnancy group(P0.001),but there was no statistical significance between HDCP group and pregnant woman group(P0.05).The level of plasma PAI was higher in HDCP group and pregnant woman group than that in unpregnancy group(P0.001),the level of plasma PAI was higher in HDCP group than that in pregnant woman group(P0.01).The level of PAI in patients with eclamptism was higher than that in patients with gestational hypertension or eclampsism(P0.05),and it was higher in patients with eclampsism than that in patients with gestational hypertension(P0.05).ConclusionThe level of plasminogen inhibitor increases in patients with hypertensive disorder complicating pregnancy.


The extended Q-range small-angle neutron scattering diffractometer (EQ-SANS) at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), Oak Ridge, is designed for wide neutron momentum transfer (Q) coverage, high neutron beam intensity and good wavelength resolution. In addition, the design and construction of the instrument aim to achieve a maximum signal-to-noise ratio by minimizing the background. The instrument is located on the high-power target station at the SNS. One of the key components in the primary flight path is the neutron optics, consisting of a curved multichannel beam bender and sections of straight neutron guides. They are optimized to minimize neutron transport loss, thereby maximizing the available flux on the sample. They also enable the avoidance of a direct line of sight to the neutron moderator at downstream locations. The instrument has three bandwidth-limiting choppers. They allow a novel frame-skipping operation, which enables the EQ-SANS diffractometer to achieve a dynamic Q range equivalent to that of a similar machine on a 20 Hz source. The two-dimensional low-angle detector, based on 3He tube technologies, offers very high counting rates and counting efficiency. Initial operations have shown that the instrument has achieved its design goals.


The aim of the study was to determine the existing differences by gender in the indicators of internalizing problems regarding the body image perception of Mexican adolescents. A descriptive and transversal study was developed. The participants were students from four public middle schools in Guadalajara Mexico. The instrument used was an online survey constituted by a sociodemographic section, an internalizing problems indicators scale (α = .85) and a body image perception scale (α = .70). Parental consent was obtained using a waiver of active consent. The survey was applied online, during school hours at the computer labs. Descriptive statistics were calculated for the sociodemographic data and the body perception scale. Z-scores were determined for the internalizing problems scale, being categorized into a three level rank. Statistical differences were estimated by gender using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The sample included 2080 adolescents with a mean age of 13.6 years (SD 1), of which 51% (1059) were female and 49% (1021) male. 18.1% of the participants that describe themselves as about the right weight, followed by 13.9% that do it as slightly overweight, indicating that they are trying to lose weight. Regarding the differences by gender, 16% of the males and 17.9% of the females have high indicators of internalizing problems. Taking into consideration the body image, the males that describe themselves as very overweight and the females that do it as very underweight are the groups with higher indicators of internalizing problems. In summary, there are important differences between males and females in the internalizing problems indicators regarding the body image.


Distribution characteristics of conductive EMI currents by lightning in the structure was presented in this paper. To analyze a distribution of conductive currents, both experiment using the real size structure model and simulation using CDEGS HIFREQ program were performed. Test conditions which was possible to be appled to an installation method were considered. In results, some installation methods were effective at reducing conductive EMI currents flowing along vertical and horizontal rods in structure.


ABSTRACT Eastern and Western U.S. and Australian oil shales were retorted in a fixed-bed, bench-scale retorter, using nitrogen and carbon dioxide as sweep gases. The resulting shale oils were chemically characterized by GC/MS techniques. Shale oils extracted by nitrogen and carbon dioxide retorting processes were found to have different chemical compositions, even when applied to the same oil shale samples. The extraction process dependent nature of shale oils is fully assessed in this paper and the information may be used for comparison among various extraction processes as well as for choosing appropriate upgrading processes for the crude shale oils.


In this paper, we prove the boundedness of multilinear Calderón-Zygmund operators on product of grand variable Herz spaces. These results generalize the boundedness of multilinear Calderón-Zygmund operators on product of variable exponent Lebesgue spaces and variable Herz spaces.


It is scientifically proven that reducing the particle size in metal powders leads to a noticeable improvement in the materials properties. The shape of powder particles and their nanoscale are of great importance in sintering technologies for the formation of dense homogeneous alloys, as well as in additive manufacturing. A negative feature of nanoparticles is that they can stick together and form agglomerates and aggregates. (Research purpose) The research purpose is in proving the influence of ultrasound on the dispersion of metal powders, as well as studying the issue of preventing sticking of particles of powder materials with the help of surfactants. (Materials and methods) The article presents conducted tests at the Lomonosov Moscow state University. Authors used three brands of powder obtained by electroerosive dispersion (T15K6, Lc38mts2 and Brazh9-12), a high-class portable digital ultrasound device of the Logiq-E series, a scanning electron microscope of the DESK-TOP AURA series, and a Spectro-photocolorimeter "Spekol-210". (Results and discussion) A suspension of metal powders in distilled water was subjected to ultrasound for 1, 5 and 10 minutes. The percentage of particles of three fractions was studied on a scanning microscope: 40-150; 150-300 and more than 300 nanometers. Polyethylene glycol PEG-35 was introduced into the suspension in different proportions to study the effect of surfactants. Solutions were studied using a spectrophotometric method to determine the adsorption of surfactants on the filler. (Conclusions) The effect of ultrasound on the dispersion of metal powders has been proved. It was hypothesized that conducting the process of electroerosive dispersion in an ultrasonic field can provide a better quality powder material. Studies with the use of surfactants have shown the prospects of their use for adsorption modification of metal fillers in order to improve the adhesion properties.


Buya Hamka explained that humans have 3 basic strengths, namely the body, soul, and mind to be able to achieve happiness in this world and in the hereafter. Education is an effort that humans can do to achieve this. Education will experience changes and developments in accordance with the development of science and technology. Entering the era of society 5.0 or the era of intelligent society, there are competencies that must be possessed in order to be able to follow the development of science and technology and stick to religious values. This study aims to determine the concept of Islamic education according to Buya Hamka and its relevance to the era of society 5. This study uses library research. Sources of data used in the form of books by Buya Hamka and several other sources relevant to the research. The results show that the concept of Islamic education according to Buya Hamka which leans towards the term tarbiyah which consists of the process of transfer of knowledge, character education, and potential development is relevant to the era of society 5.0


Introduction: The Flexor Carpi Ulnaris (FCU) is a part of the palmar the forearm muscle group and one of the most important muscles for upper limb functioning - is responsible for flexion and adduction of the hand at the radio-carpal joint. There are clinically significant but rare anatomical variations of FCU. The variability of the FCU has not been described up to now, and no typology of the muscle based on its more variable terminal attachment has been created.
Aim of the study: Determination of FCU muscle typology based on available fetal material.
Material and methods: A total of 114 human fetuses (53 female, 61 male) between 117 and 197 days of fetal life were eligible for the study. Preparations were carried out using classical anatomical techniques based on a previously published procedure. Thanks to that significant anthropometric landmarks were visible for the gathering of metric measurements. Metric measurements were taken and statistically analysed using R-Project software.
Results: A new typology was created based on variable muscle insertions. Additionally, the presence of an atypically located, additional, separated muscle belly was described. A comparison of measurements of the left upper limb in relation to the right upper limb showed significant differences for forearm length to the anthropometric point of the stylion radiale, limb length, total FCU length and FCU length which means that the left limb is longer than the right limb. A comparison of FCU insertion types between left and right upper limb showed there's no significant difference between counts of each type.
Conclusion: The FCU is a muscle that is easy to palpate and may therefore act as a topographical marker for healthcare professionals. Knowledge of its variability is not only of theoretical importance but also has clinical significance. The current publication demonstrates presence of variability in FCU terminal attachment. Certainly, this topic requires further research and continued work on a detailed understanding of forearm anatomy in the fetal period.


The restoration of missing teeth by fixed prosthesis is an important aspect in dental practice that involves a wide range of treatment options of varying complexity. The challenge may be complicated by the total occlusal convergence (TOC) angle and the marginal geometry. The likelihood of the marginal fitness is directly related to the tapering degree and finish line variants. The aim of the study is to evaluate the marginal integrity of different occlusal convergence angle and marginal geometry of the fixed prothesis. In this study, a total number of 70 Nickle-chrome crowns were fabricated from 10 standardized stainless steel dies which would simulate a tooth preparation for a cast metal crown of a mandibular first molar at each of the following tapers: 4y, 8y, 12y, 16y and 20y convergence angle with different finish line such as 90 degree shoulder and chamfer. The produced cast crowns were luted with Fuji I on the spare stone dies. After removing the excess cement around the crown margin by using a sharp lab knife and cleaning the restoration margin. The cast were sectioned through the centre of the crown into two equal halves with water-cooled diamond saw. The cast surfaces were finished under running water through fine 240-600 grit sand paper toward the crown to eliminate flashes. After this procedure, the specimen was placed under the eyepiece mounted on a reflecting microscope with 40X magnification and the images were taken with digital camera. Finally, the marginal gaps were measured by using Image J software and analyzed with student t-tests, ANOVA by using linear regression test and SPSS15. This study revealed that the marginal gap of the chamfer was significantly smaller to the shoulder margin. In addition, the lower TOC angles have greater marginal fit.


Introduction: The social representations about health are the result of the articulation between representations and experiences about health practices. Analyzing the problem of obesity from the perspective of social representations would allow us to understand this issue from an approach that has not been tackled until now. To analyze the problem of obesity from Social Representations viewpoint would enable us to understand it with great potential from an approach that has not been used until now. Objectives: To analyze social representations theory and its application in health and disease processes and obesity in particular. Methods and Material: We searched for documents related to Social Representations and Obesity in different databases for the last six years. Investigations found were analyzed in the thematic area of interest and country of origin. Results were reviewed for their main contributions to the study area. Results: A total of 1822 articles in the field of Social Representations and health were found, the main titles of research were primary health care, medical practice, school health, child health, cancer, HIV or AIDS, high blood pressure, diabetes, sexuality and dietary practices. Concerning social representations and obesity: this is attributed to imputable aspects of the problem to the person (bad habits, lack of exercise, eating junk food and lack of will). Studies found in obese young people identified obesity as a disease that generally refers to causes such as inadequate food intake and sedentary lifestyle, some even claim to be victims of bullying. It was found that obesity in children is not a disease, but a phenotypic expression and considered undesirable. Conclusion: This theory constitutes an interesting option for the study of meanings that people construct or have and their links to obesity.


The article is devoted to the study of theoretical approaches to the interpretation of the essence of the category of human capital and the definition of conceptual provisions of strategic management of human capital in enterprises in modern economic conditions. The article considers the main provisions of traditional, alternative, extended and other approaches to the interpretation of the term "human capital" by foreign scholars. Perspectives on the essence and content of human capital are presented by some Ukrainian scientists. The article is devoted to the study of theoretical approaches to the interpretation of the essence of the category of human capital and the definition of conceptual provisions of strategic management of human capital in enterprises in modern economic conditions. The article considers the main provisions of traditional, alternative, extended and other approaches to the interpretation of the term "human capital" by foreign scholars. Perspectives on the essence and content of human capital are presented by some Ukrainian scientists. The target orientation of the research of the substantive essence of the category "human capital" is determined, which is to assess the possibility of its development and the ability to manage it taking into account the external and internal environment of the enterprise. It is proved that human capital should be considered as a new effective resource, the use of which contributes to the socio-economic development of the enterprise and the state, investment in human capital provides long-term socio-economic multiplier effect for all market participants. It is determined that strategic human capital management is aimed at ensuring the efficiency of economic activity and sustainable development of the enterprise through the effective formation, development and use of human capital. It is noted that strategic human capital management should be considered in the context of strategic management of intellectual capital of the enterprise. The place and role of strategic analysis and evaluation of human capital quality in strategic human capital management of the enterprise are outlined. The specific features of strategic human capital management of the enterprise are considered, in particular, such as time length, orientation on the principle of balance of human capital flows, consideration of each employee of the enterprise as his strategic partner. It was concluded that strategic human capital management contributes to the added value of the enterprise, increase the level of corporate culture, and improve the image of the enterprise.


In this note, we formulate a ``one-sided'' version of Wormald's differential equation method. In the standard ``two-sided'' method, one is given a family of random variables which evolve over time and which satisfy some conditions including a tight estimate of the expected change in each variable over one time step. These estimates for the expected one-step changes suggest that the variables ought to be close to the solution of a certain system of differential equations, and the standard method concludes that this is indeed the case. We give a result for the case where instead of a tight estimate for each variable's expected one-step change, we have only an upper bound. Our proof is very simple, and is flexible enough that if we instead assume tight estimates on the variables, then we recover the conclusion of the standard differential equation method.


This paper studies the trajectory tracking problem of heavy vehicles. The vehicle kinematics equation is established. The linear time-varying model predictive control theory and the nonlinear model predictive control theory are applied to trajectory tracking of the vehicle respectively. The vehicle responses are simulated using MATLAB. The results show that the tracking result is more accurate and stable, the control effect of trajectory tracking using nonlinear model predictive control theory is more ideal. In addition, the sensitivity analysis of the influencing factor of nonlinear model predictive control is carried out. It is found that different wheelbases will have a slight impact on the effect of the nonlinear model predictive controller.


Marketing approach rarely moves ahead without self-interest. This inculcates a strong link between customer orientation and strategies followed for public sector marking. In case of China, due to huge population, there seems a greater challenge to maintain quality services and public satisfaction. Taking into account the extensively developed railway network, we conducted a survey of customers utilizing train services in China with an aim to document train service effectiveness in relation to satisfaction and perceived customer orientation. The evaluation was based on questionnaire specifically prepared to analyze public sector marketing effects on shaping views of train customers who travel within China through railway network. Results enabled us to construct a model that clearly indicates speed, comfort, cleanliness and flexible train schedules have strong positive impact train users. Marketing focus on purchase of tickets such as online buying and information about train schedules inside stations has inspired huge population to prefer travelling through train than any other means. Our findings show that well planned customer orientation before public service marketing will create a customers need which can be set as political objective to enhance customer satisfaction by taking control of that need as in the case of China high speed train. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n3s1p155


This essay (1) comments on the main features of the course in the history of public address as it has developed, (2) characterizes the outlook of speeches and speechmaking that has been engendered as a result, and (3) offers a rationale for the inclusion of this course in the contemporary speech communication curriculum.


The utility model discloses a plate cutter realizing automatic detection. The plate cutter comprises a base, a lower mold plate and a probe, wherein the lower mold plate is arranged above the base, and the probe used for detecting a circuit board to be tested is arranged on the lower mold plate. The plate cutter is characterized by further comprising an upper mold plate, a drive device and a cutter part, wherein the upper mold plate is connected with the drive device for controlling the upper mold plate to move vertically; the cutter part is arranged at the bottom of the upper mold plate; a cutter groove corresponding to the cutter part in position is arranged on the lower mold plate; an air cylinder is adopted as the drive device; the bottom of a piston rod of the air cylinder is connected with the top of the upper mold plate; and plastic columns used for compressing the circuit board to be tested are respectively arranged at the bottom of the upper mold plate and the two sides of the cutter part. With the adoption of the plate cutter disclosed by the utility model, the problems in the prior art that the detection efficiency of the circuit board is low, the labor intensity of an operator is high and the burden for an enterprise is heaven are solved; and the plate cutter is simple in structure, is convenient to use, can cut the whole circuit board while detecting each independent circuit board.


Arginine kinase (AK) was isolated from the body wall muscle of the primitive sea anemone Anthopleura japonicus by Ultrogel AcA34 gel filtration, DEAE-32 chromatography and elution on a Cosmogel-SP column. The denatured molecular mass as determined with SDS}PAGE was 80 kDa, twice that of the usual AK subunit, indicating that this AK has an unusual two-domain structure. The native form was eluted on a Superose 12 column with the same retention time as that of rabbit homodimeric creatine kinase, indicating that Anthopleura AK is a monomer of 80 kDa. The isolated enzyme gave a specific activity of 100–120 μmol of P i }min per mg of protein in the pH range


This paper numerically investigates thermo-flow characteristics of offset strip fins to obtain a correlation of heat transfer and pressure drop. The flow is divided into three regimes, i.e. laminar, transition and turbulent. The predicted j and f values from the SST k-w turbulence model agree with previous correlations with the error less than 20% in transition and turbulent regimes. Prandtl number is varied from 0.5 to 40 and a correlation to predict heat transfer and pressure drop for offset strip fins is suggested.


An integrated approach using geological, seismic, geotechnical and well log data have been used to investigate the presence of shallow gas in the Oseberg, Brage and Troll fields. This study has been motivated by the low rate of success in the prediction of shallow gas from the interpretation of seismic reflection anomalies alone. The main conclusion is that the integrated approach offers a broader database and a more rational approach to evaluate the shallow gas within the frame of a geological model rather than from scattered "reflection anomalies" in seismic profiles.


The rate of homopolymerization of maleimide has been measured in dimethylformamide solution at 60°C. in the presence of azobisisobutyronitrile; it has been compared to that of N-n-butylmaleimide. The overall rates of polymerization are equal to Rp = k[M]1.1–1.2 [In]0.8 for maleimide, and Rp = k'[M] [In]0.5 for the N-substituted imide. The difference of behavior has been interpreted on the basis of an intramolecular tautomery of the terminal group of the maleimide growing chain and the formation of a resonance-stabilized succinimidyl radical. The relative ease of polymerization of these monomers and of maleic anhydride has been discussed. In the presence of sodium tert-butoxide at 20°C. in dimethylformamide solutions, maleimide polymerizes with hydrogen isomerization. The percentage of N-substituted isomerized units was evaluated at 70–75% by measurement of the rate of hydrolysis in 0.005N sodium hydroxide and comparison with succinimide and N-butylsuccinimide. N-n-butylmaleimide undergoes ring opening together with anionic polymerization in the presence of sodium tert-butoxide at 20°C. and butyllithium at -40°C. Unlike the radical-initiated polymerization, it was impossible to obtain anionic copolymers of maleimide and N-butylmaleimide with acrylonitrile and methyl methacrylate.


Growth, recruitment and mortality rates of a population of giant clams (Tridacna gigas and T. derasa) were monitored between 1978 and 1985 in a 2.7 ha study area on Michaelmas Reef, Great Barrier Reef. The initial 1978 census revealed the presence of 1166 T. gigas and 44 T. derasa. For T. gigas, the Fabens method provided growth-parameter estimates of L∞ = 85.7 cm, K = 0.07 and to = 0.732 year. The generated von Bertalanffy growth curve was a relatively poor fit to an empirical growth curve. A better description of growth was obtained for younger clams by using a forced value of L∞, = 80 cm, yielding K = 0.105 and to = 0.145 year. There was marked variability in the growth rate of individual clams, which has implications for the aquaculture industry. Average annual mortality rates in two census intervals (1978 to 1980-81 and 1980-81 to 1985) were 3.4 and 10.7% respectively. A comparison of the calculated size structure (assuming constant recruitment) with the observed size structure clearly suggested that recruitment was not constant and had declined drastically from a peak in the 1950s. For the much smaller population of T. derasa, the Fabens routine yielded estimates of L∞ = 46.91 cm, K= 0.108 and to = -0.188 year. The average annual mortality rate was 4.4%. Trends in recruitment could not be determined because of the small sample size. This study has highlighted the need for follow-up studies of this and other populations of giant clams if we are to understand more fully the processes of growth, recruitment and mortality in wild stocks and the implications for stock management and aquaculture.


Much has been written in recent years on end user computing, based on assumptions concerning the motivations and attributes of end users. Most of this research has been descriptive in nature with little theoretical basis. The empirical study described in this paper was intended to assess factors affecting the intensity of participation in end user computing, while at the same time grounding the research on a firm theoretical base.Theory suggested three major groups of variables affecting intensity of participation in end user computing - organizational factors, top management leadership, and individual factors. Examination of survey data indicated that organizational and top management factors played no part in determining the intensity of EUC while there is a strong relationship between individual factors and intensity of EUC. The individual factors found relevant were reasons for using EUC, use made of the outputs, rank in the organization, years of experience with computers, and the type of hardware used.


DC motors are commonly started with the starter because in the beginning of it; due to the absence of back EMF heavy current will pass through it which may burn the DC motor. Various method are employed for limiting the current into safe value such as voltage level variation, addition of the external resistance etc. the three & four point starter are employed to the machine which add up the external resistance to the circuit which bring the current in the safe value limit . In this paper a simulation model is proposed which shows that all the resistances gradually removed from the circuit, as the back EMF is generated. In this paper automatic 3 point starter method is proposed which gives automatic function of starter of DC motor. Keywords— DC motor, Back EMF,Three Point Starter.


Amebiasis caused by Entamoeba histolytica is a third leading causes of death in worldwide. Little is known about its occurrence of parasite in subjects with cancer patients after receiving chemotherapy. This study aimed to determine, the frequency of E. histolytica in cancer patient admitted to oncology department in Kirkuk Teaching Hospital . Fresh stool specimens collected from 93 patients, detected by the E. histolytica / E. dispar olyclonal ElLISA tests. Solid tumor form were the predominant type (65/93;69.8%)while the hematological cancer form were 30.1%(28/93, according to type of stool the high rate was demonstrate in semi –solid stool while according to color of stool was demonstrate in yellow colored stool. Cancer patients with E. histolytica / E. dispar were mostly from urban area then from rural area . E. histolytica / E. dispar positive cases occurred in patients whose their family were ≥6 individuals. And The high E. histolytica /E. dispar were demonstrated positive cases in illiterate individual


Ti3SiC2 powder was fabricated using Ti,Si and TiC mixed powders by the mechanical activation assisted self-propagating synthesis method with the aid of Al. It is found that the mechanical activation process can reduce particle size to less than 10 μm,promote reaction activity and induce self-propagating reaction to form intermediate phases. The powder with single Ti3SiC2 phase can be synthesized below 1 350 ℃ with the Al addition and mechanical activation. The reaction mechanism is believed to be that Al acts as deoxidizing agent to boost Ti3SiC2 main phase synthesis by inhibiting oxidation of other elements. In addition,Al melts first in the reactants to form local tiny molten baths,which accelerates the diffusion of the reactants to form TiCx and Ti5Si3 intermediate phases,thus promoting the synthesis of Ti3SiC2 powder subsequently.


This study aims to examine the effect of good corporate governance mechanisms on the profitability of banks in Indonesia. The population of this research is the banking sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in 2013-2018. The sampling method is purposive sampling, there are 186 banking companies used as samples. The analytical method used is multiple linear regression method. The results of this study indicate that the independent board of commissioners has a positive effect on bank profitability. The board of directors, the audit committee, and institutional ownership has no effect on bank profitability. The size of the company has a positive effect on bank profitability.


Most triggers at the SSC will involve multiple jets or jets plus leptons or missing p/sub T/; cross sections for these are calculated. Events containing W/sup +/W/sup -/ pairs will be an important signature at the SSC and provide a good test of its trigger system. Properties of such events are given. 6 refs., 20 figs.


ABSTRACT Ultra-low specific speed axial turbines for cooling tower have some issues, such as low head, low efficiency, and turbulent internal flow. According to the orthogonal experiment and CFD analysis, it was found that the blade width was the main factor affecting the head, while the numbers of stay vanes and blades were the main factors affecting the efficiency. To further optimize the hydraulic performance of ultra-low specific speed axial turbines, six models of ultra-low specific speed axial turbines with different blade widths were designed. CFD numerical simulations showed that at different flow rates, with increasing blade width, the head gradually decreases and the efficiency shows a trend of first increasing and then decreasing. For the ultra-low specific speed axial turbine designed in this paper, when the blade width is 35 mm, the water head is 6.75 m, which meets the requirements of cooling tower turbines on head. At this blade width, the turbine achieves the highest efficiency of 81.15%, its flows are uniform, performance is stable. The internal flow field and pressure distribution of the runner are in better agreement with the design indexes of an ultra-low specific speed axial turbine. Thus, a high-efficiency ultra-low specific speed axial turbine suitable for cooling tower residual energy recovery is preferably selected.


This paper presents a design and FPGA implementation of a 16-bit microprocessor core, so called "MIB-16" using VHDL. The microprocessor can directly access to the memory which consists of 16-bit words, addressed by a 16-bit word-address. Instructions are all multiples of 16-bit words, and are stored in this memory. There are 16 general purpose registers (R0-R15), a program counter (PC) and a condition code register (CC). The microprocessor can execute 16 instructions such as add, subtract, multiply, divide, load and store. The complete design is realized and verified on Xilinx Spartan-3 Evaluation Board. "MIB-16" is suitable especially for educational purposes and for FPGA based industrial digital system-on-chip ASIC solutions as being an easy to use basic microprocessor core. Whereas, professional VHDL or Verilog based microprocessor core libraries offered by the FPGA vendors are expensive, more complex to be modified, and consume too many resources in an FPGA chip.


The invention starts from an induction energy transmission device (10), in particular powered hand tools induction energy transmission device, with at least one coil unit (12) which is provided in at least one state to a transfer of energy to at least one external coil unit (14), and with at least one control and / or to a position and / or presence detection to evaluate at least the control unit (16) which is provided at least to a coil quality parameter. It is proposed that the control and / or regulating unit (16) is provided at least to evaluate to a position and / or presence detection in addition at least one coil coupling characteristic.


An assessment of the nutritive value of the waste slurry of the African locust bean, Parkia biglobosa as an energy source in practical diets for tilapia was carried out in glass aquaria. Five diets (35% crude protein) were formulated in which yellow maize was replaced at varying level with parkia slurry waste as follows: Diet 1, (100% slurry), diet 2, (100% yellow maize); diet 3 (75% slurry, 25% yellow maize), diet 4 (50% slurry, 50% yellow maize), diet 5 (25% slurry, 75% yellow maize). Growth performance and nutrient utilization of the fish were based on average daily weight gain (ADG), specific growth rate (SGR), feed conversion ratio (FCR), and protein efficiency ratio (PER). Good growth and feed utilization efficiencies were obtained in all diets, however diet 5 had significantly better growth and food utilization with the highest average daily weight gain (ADG) of 0.60, SGR (2.32) and PER (3.05% per day). Difference in SGR were not significantly different between all diets. The result showed that parkia slurry was better utilized by tilapia fish in diets 3 and 5 where their replacements were neither wholly nor equal.


From the view of the original intention of the setting up arrestment system,the essential purpose of arrestment is to assure lawsuit.However,it is degrading to an assistant of investigation.Based on current arrestment executive status of China,this paper analyzes the root cause of that status of arrestment on its theory,legislation and judicatory.The attitude to arrestment needs correction urgently.It should be claimed that human right protection is the true target instead of fighting crime is.Clarifying purpose of arrestment can reduce its improper use.


Abstract Marangoni drying is widely employed in integrated circuit manufacturing to remove water from the wafer surface. The organic vapor blown at the meniscus induces a strong Marangoni effect, which strips the entrained water film induced by the wafer's withdrawal from a deionization water bath, and realizes ultra-clean drying of the wafer. The present work implements a numerical investigation of the terminal residual film and free surface flow in the water entrainment region during Marangoni drying based on a trans-scale model containing the thin water film, meniscus, and bulk region. The results show that the terminal thickness of the water film is 30 nm, which approximately agrees with the previous experimental and numerical results. In addition, the stagnation point moves away from the thin film region compared with that of wafer withdrawn in the absence of the Marangoni effect. The magnitude of free surface velocity in the thin film region after drying depends only on the withdrawal velocity, and is irrelevant to the Marangoni number. The analyses of the entrained water film thinning and surface flow provide useful guidance about controlling the drying process.


Background: Expression of HAMP, the key iron-regulatory gene, is modulated in fatty liver disease, but the mechanisms are unknown. Results: Palmitic acid (PA) regulates HAMP mRNA levels via PKC and binding of HuR to AU-rich element in HAMP 3′-UTR. Conclusion: HuR is required for post-transcriptional HAMP regulation by PA. Significance: Post-transcriptional HAMP regulation by lipids could play a role in fatty liver disease. Iron is implicated in fatty liver disease pathogenesis. The human hepcidin gene, HAMP, is the master switch of iron metabolism. The aim of this study is to investigate the regulation of HAMP expression by fatty acids in HepG2 cells. For these studies, both saturated fatty acids (palmitic acid (PA) and stearic acid (SA)) and unsaturated fatty acid (oleic acid (OA)) were used. PA and, to a lesser extent, SA, but not OA, up-regulated HAMP mRNA levels, as determined by real-time PCR. To understand whether PA regulates HAMP mRNA at the transcriptional or post-transcriptional level, the transcription inhibitor actinomycin D was employed. PA-mediated induction of HAMP mRNA expression was not blocked by actinomycin D. Furthermore, PA activated HAMP 3′-UTR, but not promoter, activity, as shown by reporter assays. HAMP 3′-UTR harbors a single AU-rich element (ARE). Mutation of this ARE abolished the effect of PA, suggesting the involvement of ARE-binding proteins. The ARE-binding protein human antigen R (HuR) stabilizes mRNA through direct interaction with AREs on 3′-UTR. HuR is regulated by phosphorylation-mediated nucleo-cytoplasmic shuttling. PA activated this process. The binding of HuR to HAMP mRNA was also induced by PA in HepG2 cells. Silencing of HuR by siRNA abolished PA-mediated up-regulation of HAMP mRNA levels. PKC is known to phosphorylate HuR. Staurosporine, a broad-spectrum PKC inhibitor, inhibited both PA-mediated translocation of HuR and induction of HAMP expression. Similarly, rottlerin, a novel class PKC inhibitor, abrogated PA-mediated up-regulation of HAMP expression. In conclusion, lipids mediate post-transcriptional regulation of HAMP throughPKC- and HuR-dependent mechanisms.


Use of representational tools and activity that helps students to understand decimal size and decimal place value and which encourages the use of fractional language to describe decimals, is discussed. Use of the game, Colour in Decimats, to introduce students to the Decimat as a model for representing decimals is explained.


The aim of the study was to demonstrate the immunohistochemical expression of the wnt/b-catenin pathway in oral carcinoma cells (OSCC), through a literature review. For this, a search was performed in the PubMed and SciELO databases with the keywords "β-catenin", "oral squamous cell carcinoma", "OSCC" and "Wnt signaling" with the Boolean AND operator. The inclusion criteria adopted were articles published in English, in vitro, in situ articles or clinical trials from 2010 to 2021 that relate the canonical WNT signaling pathway with oral squamous cell carcinoma and the exclusion criteria considered were duplicate articles, literature review and that did not address the issue. After reading the title, abstract, and full content of each of the studies, 110 articles were selected. IncRNA compounds, enzymes, hexachlorophene derivatives and lignin isolated from Taiwania were able to suppress growth and metastasis by inhibiting the WNT/β-catenin pathway. Cancer stem cells, PON2 type enzymes, nicotine intake, cytokine TNF-α and FAD1 gene are able to increase growth and metastasis by inhibiting the same pathway. Therefore, the expression of these biomarkers can influence the prognosis of cancer cells and help practitioners to explore new possible therapeutic effects in OSSC by modulating the Wnt/β-catenin pathway.


OBJECTIVES
Determine significant associations between patient frailty status and odontoid fractures across common traumatic mechanisms of injuries (MOI) in the elderly.

DESIGN
Retrospective review.

SETTING
Single, academic-affiliated hospital with full surgical servicesPatients/Participants: Patients >65 years old with traumatic odontoid fracture were included.

INTERVENTION
Non-operative management (soft/hard collar, halo, traction tongs, minerva) and/or operative fixation.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS
mFI, MOI, concurrent injuries, inpatient LOS, reoperation and mortality rates.

RESULTS
70 patients were included (80.6±8.5yrs, 60%F, 88% European, 10% Maori/Pacific, 1.4% Asian, CCI 5.3± 2.2, mFI 0.21±0.15). The most common MOIs were Falls (74.3%), high speed MVAs (17.1%), low speed MVAs (5.7%), and pedestrian vs car (2.9%). Patients with traumatic falls exhibited significantly higher mFI scores (0.25) compared to low speed MVAs (0.16), high speed MVAs (0.08), and pedestrian vs car (0.01) (p=0.003). Twenty-seven patients with odontoid fractures were Frail, 33 were Pre-frail, and 10 were Robust. 92% of Frail patients had traumatic fall as their MOI, as opposed to 73% of Pre-frail and 30% of Robust patients (p<0.001). Pre-frail and Frail patients were 4.3 times more likely than Robust patients to present with odontoid fractures via traumatic fall (OR: 4.33 [1.47-12.75], p=0.008), and frailty increased likelihood of reoperation (OR: 4.2 [1.2-14.75], p=0.025) and extended LOS (OR: 5.71 [1.05-10.37], p=0.017). Frail patients had the highest 30-day (p=0.017) and 1-year mortality (p<0.001) compared to other groups.

CONCLUSION
Patients with traumatic odontoid fracture from falls were significantly more frail in comparison to any other MOI, with worse short and long-term outcomes.

LEVEL OF EVIDENCE
Level III Retrospective Cohort Study.


This article explored how quality of care and attitudinal and behavioural issues of the potential users merge together to influence adoption of family planning methods. Data were collected from providers of health services, clients, and non-clients of family planning services in two districts in rural Tanzania. Although family planning services are generally available, the range of options available at the primary healthcare level tends to be limited, which limits the ability of users to switch methods. Proper management of clients was also found to be weak. Inadequate information on modern contraceptives, misunderstandings on possible side effects and problems of male inclusion stand out as important demand side constraints to adoption. Deliberate efforts to ensure integrated family planning services at primary healthcare and improvement of the infrastructure to allow for privacy, and skills to manage clients appropriately can considerably help boost adoption. The potential of community health workers in delivering services like injectable contraceptives should also be tapped.


BACKGROUND
Current approaches for establishing public health guidelines on the recommended range of weight gain in pregnancy are subjective and nonsystematic.

OBJECTIVE
In this article, we outline how decision-making on gestational weight-gain guidelines could be aided by quantitative approaches used in noninferiority trials.

DESIGN
We reviewed the theoretical application of noninferiority margins to pregnancy weight-gain guidelines. A worked example illustrated the selection of the recommended range of pregnancy weight gain in women who delivered at the Magee-Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, in 2003-2010 by identifying weight-gain z scores in which risk of unplanned cesarean delivery, preterm birth, small-for-gestational-age infant, and large-for-gestational-age infant were not meaningfully increased (based on noninferiority margins of 10% and 20%).

RESULTS
In normal-weight women, lowest risk of adverse perinatal outcome was observed at a weight-gain z score of -0.2 SDs. With a noninferiority margin of 20%, risks of adverse outcome were not meaningfully increased from the -0.2-SD reference value between z scores of -0.97 and +0.33 SDs (which corresponded to 11.3-18.4 kg). In overweight women, the recommended range was much broader: -2.11 to +0.29 SDs (4.4-18.1 kg).

CONCLUSION
The new approach illustrated in this article has a number of advantages over current methods for establishing pregnancy weight-gain guidelines because it is systematic, it is reproducible, and it provides a tool for policy makers to derive guidelines that explicitly reflect values at which risk of adverse outcome becomes meaningfully increased.


A water balance for a landfill in the South-West of Sweden has been performed. The waterbalance is based on measured values of leachate and calculated values of potentialevaporation using Penman's equation. The calculations include a period of 6 years (1995-200 I). During this period, the yearly precipitation was 6 I 0-1180 mm in the Halmstad area. Itwas concluded that the total storage of leachate in the landfill and in the ponds increased withtime. If increasing tendency will proceed then the amount of leachate generated might behigher during the next years and similar to results found in the literature. There is a need forthe more physical based model, the Hydrologic Evaluation of Landfill Performance (HELP)model, for calculation in order to take into account the top cover soils and vegetationinfluence.


Abstract. The northern margin of the Ligurian Basin shows notable seismicity at the Alpine front, including frequent magnitude 4 events. Seismicity decreases
offshore towards the Basin centre and Corsica, revealing a diffuse distribution of low-magnitude earthquakes. We analyse data of the amphibious
AlpArray seismic network with focus on the offshore component, the AlpArray ocean bottom seismometer (OBS) network, consisting of 24 broadband OBSs
deployed for 8 months, to reveal the seismicity and depth distribution of micro-earthquakes beneath the Ligurian Sea. Two clusters occurred between ∼ 10 km to ∼ 16 km depth below the sea surface, within the lower crust and uppermost mantle. Thrust faulting
focal mechanisms indicate compression and an inversion of the Ligurian Basin, which is an abandoned Oligocene–Miocene rift basin. The basin
inversion is suggested to be related to the Africa–Europe plate convergence. The locations and focal mechanisms of seismicity suggest reactivation
of pre-existing rift-related structures. Slightly different striking directions of presumed rift-related faults in the basin centre compared to
faults further east and hence away from the rift basin may reflect the counter-clockwise rotation of the Corsica–Sardinia block. High mantle S-wave
velocities and a low Vp/Vs ratio support the hypothesis of strengthening of crust and uppermost mantle during the Oligocene–Miocene
rifting-related extension and thinning of continental crust.


Monetary policies make their impact through three different channels, namely, that of interest rate, credit, and exchange rate. Because of structural differences in the characteristics of local economies and finances, policy impact shows salient regional variations. Using data dated from 1978 to 2010, this paper applies the SVAR model to empirically analyze eight different regions. Our study shows the existence of significant regional effects with regards to China's monetary policies. Further regression analysis points to credit as the primary channel of policy impact and exchange rate an important channel while interest rate produces almost no impact on the regional effects of monetary policy. Regional differences in enterprise structures, economic openness and industrial structures all contributed significantly to the regional effects of monetary policies, whereas regional differences in financial development and local government intervention have no significant influences on the regional effects of monetary policy.


Public open space performs an important role to enhance the quality of community living as well as being beneficial in maintaining the ecosystem. It is also having a prominent role in disaster risk management applied to densely populated settlements. Nevertheless, social awareness about the essential role and the use of green open space is still a concern. The aim of this paper is to present the results of the identification of potential public open spaces conducted by residents in densely populated urban villages. This study is conducted by the Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) methods, which was carried out in collaboration with the local community group, to asses the potency of green open space at Nagrikaler, Purwakarta Regency, Indonesia. The result shows that community empowerment in optimizing public space, requires a critical awareness process for the local community to maintain environmental sustainability and social interaction. It is also shows the mapping of green open space at the village. The results from this study is being used as guidelines for designing green open spaces with community architecture methods based on the needs of the local community.


This paper has analyzed the characteristics and development of document and information resources under network environment and their effects on the document acquisition of university libraries,and put forward suggestions on the operating mechanism of university libraries.


According to Barthes, the perfect text is presented in multiply nets and also intertwined with others without to compromise his structure. These nets or connections made the text offered a universe of significance and significant, with is, there is no beginning, it's reversible, it have lots of entrances and it impinges on the traditional notion of reading practices and linear writing. By this mean, this paper has the focus on demonstrate in which way the hypertext causes "uncanny", based on Freud's concept of "uncanny" presented on his essay Das Unheimlich (1919), with the propose to comprehend how the relation text/reader has been changing and causing distinct dynamism sensations related to the inertia of the paper, as we can observed in O Jogo da Amarelinha (1963), by Julio Cortazar, and also in texts with fantastic themes, as in E.T.A. Hoffman and Edgar Allan Poe, not in a sense of scare, but in the provocative and foregrounding meaning, that creates significant causes and effects in the digital literary practices connected to the cyberspace.


We estimate source, path and site effects of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, the foreshocks and aftershocks using the spectral inversion method. We use 37 events with MJ larger than 4.0 and the focal depth < 20 km around the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake in 1997 to April 19, 2016. The spectral inversion method and the data selection criteria are basically same to those by Satoh (2010), but we use JMA-95 type records and KiK-net records at the borehole as well as K-NET and KiK-net records at the surface. The used data are Fourier spectra of S wave parts of horizontal components with PGA < 200 cm/s and the hypocentral distance < 60 km at the strong motion stations in the fore arc. We remove the data with hypocentral distance < 30 km for the main shock because we assume the point source. For the main shock the data around OIT009 which are contaminated by an aftershock just after the main shock are removed by above criteria. The estimated frequency (f) dependent Q is modeled to Q=62f, which agrees with that estimated using the moderate earthquakes around Kumamoto by Satoh (2010). The short period spectral level A is estimated to fit the estimated source spectra to omega squared model in the frequency of 0.2 to 5 Hz. Figure compares the M0-A relations of three largest strike-slip earthquakes estimated in this study with those of previous crustal earthquakes. M0 by F-net is used. The A of the main shock is almost the same to the relation for crustal earthquakes by Dan et al.(2001). The A of the largest foreshock (MJ6.5) is a litter larger than the relation by Dan et al.(2001). The A of the two earthquakes are the largest among previous strike-slip earthquakes but smaller than the relation for dip-slip earthquakes by Satoh (2010). The A of the second largest foreshock (MJ6.4) is smaller than the relation by Dan et al.(2001) and almost the same to the relation for strike-slip earthquakes by Satoh(2010). There are no clear differences of M0-A relations between strike-slip and normal-slip earthquakes among 37 earthquakes. The observed PGVs of the main shock and the largest foreshock are compared with GMPEs. We assume the fault plane and Mw based on Koketsu et al.(2016). The GMPE by Satoh(2008) is derived from data observed in the fore arc of crustal earthquakes from Niigata prefecture to western Japan by considering the difference between strike-slip and dip-slip earthquakes. The attenuation of Satoh's GMPE is different near and far from the fault distance of 70km. The attenuation of Satoh's GMPE almost reproduces the observed PGVs, but the absolute values of observed PGVs of the main shock (Mw7.0) are a little larger and those of the largest foreshock (Mw6.1) are obviously larger than the GMPE within the fault distance of 60 km. This result is consistent with the A estimated in this study. Although KMMH16(Mashiki), KMM006(Kumamoto) and EEB(JMA Kumamoto) are located within 10km, the seismic intensity is 6.4, 6.0, and 6.0 during the main shock and 6.4, 5.9, and 5.9 during the largest foreshock, respectively. The empirical amplification factors at three stations have the peaks at 4Hz and are almost the same less than 5Hz. The surface-to-borehole spectral ratios and H/V of strong motions at KMMH16 during the main shock and the largest foreshock are obviously different from weak motions. At KMM006 and EEB the differences of H/Vs between strong and weak motions are smaller than those at KMMH16. Therefore causes of the difference of the seismic intensity at three stations are thought to be source effects and the nonlinear site effects depending on nature of soil, but not the 1-D effects due to deep structures. Acknowledgments: We use K-NET, KiK-net records and F-net CMT solutions by NIED and JMA-95 type MIS34-P71 Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016


This study aims to analyze and design an inventory accounting information system application to improve internal control in MSMEs Filo CR. In addition, add a recording system or feature to help facilitate the raw material inventory control system and internal control. The type of research carried out is applied research using research and development (R&D). where applied research is conducted to apply the findings to solve problems. The research findings contribute to knowledge building in various functional areas of business. In addition, this research aims to develop and provide an output or product that can apply and benefits businesses in the coffee production MSME sector. This research is expected to provide a solution and contribute to the control of coffee raw material inventory by the criteria for the production and quality of accountable and transparent financial reports


This paper presents in which conditions instability problems arise when Generalized Predictive Controller is applied to a multivariable system with unstable transmission zeros. The four tank process is a nonlinear multivariable process commonly used to study this kind of process. The paper shows how the instability problems are produced by cancellations of unstable transmission zero with an unstable pole, which lead to a loss of internal stability of the feedback system. A guideline about tuning GPC for this kind of processes are also presented and controller performance is judged using the nonlinear multivariable system.


The precise cause of the myelopathy associated with cervical spondylosis is not known. Protruded discs, osteophyte formation, spinal canal narrowing, and zygapophyseal joint degeneration have all been pathologically described in cervical spondylosis, yet the relative roles of each of these findings in the production of clinical signs is unknown in the majority of cases.1Since the basic pathophysiologic process is in doubt, it is therefore difficult to explain how either one or a combination of degenerative changes could unilaterally affect the corticospinal tract in the cervical cord. We did not intend to suggest that paramedian disc protrusion was the sole cause of the myelopathy but rather that this may have been a contributing factor because of the striking unilateral nature of the signs. In addition to narrowed intervertebral spaces, the roentgenograms in case 1 were felt to show substantial sclerotic changes of the vertebral margins as well


This paper expatiates the present sitnation of GIS development and introduces its the progress of its basic fanction and GIS development trend.


The approaches for studying the pathogenic fungi of pest including the collection, treatment and storage of dead pests, isolation and purification of pathogenic fungi, pathogenicity test of fungi, screening of quality strains, identification, rejuvenation and storage of pathogenic fungi were introduced in detail.


. In this study, we introduce some modular subgroups and we calculate parabolic class numbers of those groups. In addition to this, we gave a nice formula for the parabolic class number of Γ 0 ( n 2 ).


Based on Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion,the dynamic strength characteristics of undisturbed loess in Xining,Lanzhou,Xiji and Xi'an are studied through dynamic triaxial test. The regional characteristics ofstandard of consistency state of other soil types. This can explain the special traits ofclassification of consistency state.Key words: Guizhou red clay; water content ratio; liquid index; equivalent range of liquid void ratio,natural moisture content,plasticity index and dynamic shear strength with different vibration frequencies and natural conditions are analyzed. The research results show that the dynamic shear strength of loess increases when consolidation stress rises under the same water content condition. However,the increase trend is not direct proportional. From northwest to southeast the cohesive force of loess decreases and the change in internal friction angle trends to disperse with the cumulative effect of vibration frequency. Initial void ratio and water content of loess under natural state rise from northwest to southeast,and the dynamic cohesive force enhances. On the contrary,internal friction angle decreases with the change of characteristics.With the increasing trend of clay content of the disturbed loess from northwest to southeast,the dynamic cohesive force increases and the internal friction angle decreases in the different amplitudes. These conclusions enriche the evaluation theory of loess regional dynamic characteristics and it is a universal method to reduce the cost of different loess regional classifications.


Terminal current noise calculations are performed for a SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistor in a wide range of collector-emitter bias conditions. The generalized hydrodynamic (HD) model with a local temperature approach for avalanche generation is used. The parameters of the local temperature model are calibrated by matching the avalanche multiplication factor to results obtained by full-band Monte Carlo simulations. The noise figure calculation results are compared with experimental values and overall good agreement is obtained. The hydrodynamic and a drift-diffusion (DD) model are used to investigate terminal current noise due to impact-ionization. The behavior of the current noise spectral intensity is found to be different for the two models. The Fano factor of the collector current fluctuations is well described by the avalanche multiplication factor in the case of the DD model, whereas the HD model evidences no correlation between the Fano factor and the avalanche multiplication factor. The collector terminal electron transfer functions are used to discuss the difference.


High performance polymer blend of poly(ether ether ketone) (PEEK) and poly(ether imide) (PEI) was examined for their free volume behaviour using positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy and dynamic mechanical thermal analysis methods. The fractional free volume obtained from PALS shows a negative deviation from linear additivity rule implying good miscibility between PEEK and PEI. The dynamic modulus and loss tangent were obtained for the blends at three different frequencies 1, 10 and 100 Hz at temperatures close to and above their glass transition temperature. Applying Time-Temperature-Superposition (TTS) principle to the DMTA results, master curves were obtained at a reference temperature To and the WLF coefficients c01 and c02 were evaluated. Both the methods give similar results for the dependence of fractional free volume on PEI content in this blend. The results reveal that free volume plays an important role in determining the visco-elastic properties in miscible polymer blends.


Objective To investigate the differential diagnosis value of 2D ultrasound and color Doppler which were utilized to diagnosis small breast cancer and hyperplastic nodule of mammary glands.Methods 2D sonogram and characteristic color Doppler of breast cancer and hyperplastic nodule of mammary glands were analyzed retrospectively.Separate criteria of tumor blood flow signal was Adler subjective grouping.SPV and RI of tumor were quantitatively analyzed by polse Doppler.Results 2D sonogram of small breast cancer and hyperplastic nodule of mammary glands all displayed obscure boundary,ratio in length and breadth1,cornua on the surface of tumor,calcification focus and pone echo attenuation.Sensitivity of each index in malignant tumor was higher than in Hyperplastic nodule.There was statistical significance between small breast cancer and hyperplastic nodule of mammary glands(P0.05).Manifestation ratio of internal blood flow in breast cancer was 100%(46/46) and grades of blood flow were Ⅱ~Ⅲ.Manifestation ratio of internal blood flow in hyperplastic nodule was 25%(18/72) and grades of blood flow were 0~Ⅰ.Conclusion If 2D ultrasound and color Doppler were utilized to diagnosis small breast cancer and hyperplastic nodule of mammary glands,the differential diagnosis radio would be elevated and 2D ultrasound and color Doppler would be higher clinical value to utilize.


The Physeteridae family is one of the basal branches in odontocete cetaceans. At the present, it is only represented by three species belonging to the genus Physeter and Kogia, although it includes numerous extinct genera as Scaldicetus. From a systematic point of view, Scaldicetus is one of the most common and problematic group of the extinct subfamily Hoplocetinae during the Neogene. It is considered a polyphyletic genus and its taxonomic use has been relegated to the identification of isolated teeth. Two dental pieces identified as Scaldicetus found in two late Miocene units of the western sector of the Guadalquivir Basin (south of Spain) have been analyzed in this work. The sedimentological and palaeontological analysis of the facies indicates littoral to open marine environments with profuse potential preys for Scaldicetus. The morphological characteristics and the heterogeneous palaeobiogeographic and ecological distribution


Detection of explosives has always been an important fact for homeland security. Terahertz spectroscopy and imaging is an emerging, promising candidate in this field. We use time domain THz spectroscopy and we demonstrate that a methodology based on chemometrics is successful for discrimination of explosives and prediction of their concentration in complex samples made by mixture of products.


Cohomologies of certain Lie algebras with an Abelian ideal Yu A Bakhturin and D Pagon ON CONIC BUNDLE STRUCTURES V G Sarkisov ON RESIDUES IN ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY V G Lomadze SYMMETRIC SPACES OF CORANK 1 V V Astrahancev WHAT IS THE HAMILTONIAN FORMALISM? A M Vinogradov and I S Krasil'shchik Quantum computations: algorithms and error correction A Yu Kitaev IRREDUCIBLE REPRESENTATIONS OF COMPLETELY SOLVABLELIE ALGEBRAS OF POSITIVE CHARACTERISTIC V V Panyukov On the group K0 of a continuous family of algebras Aθ


The authors would like to thank Martin Sharman, Jerry Harrison, Marc Le Menestrel, Thomas Koetz and Julian Rode for their fruitful comments on earlier versions of this text and support in various forms. Our gratitude also goes to all the colleagues who contributed to this paper through informal discussions. Last but not least, thanks to Laurence Tubiana and IDDRI for initiating and supporting this work. Any error and the views presented here remain the authors' sole responsibility. For any reaction or question, please contact: firstname.lastname@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com


Introduction:
 Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has been used during cardiac arrest (CA) to non-invasively measure cerebral oxygenation. Studies have suggested that survival and neurological outcomes can be predicted using cerebral oxygenation, however, the physiology underlying cerebral oxygenation during CA is poorly understood. This exploratory study examined the behavior of cerebral blood flow and oxygenation in response to standard CPR (SCPR) and CPR with Active decompression and lift (ACD) and an impedance threshold device (ITD).

 Methods:
 Ventricular fibrillation was electrically induced in eight domestic swine. Following six minutes of untreated VF, SCPR (100 cpm at 20% anterior-posterior distance) was performed for six minutes. ACD+ITD was performed for an additional six minutes at the same rate and depth as SCPR, but with an additional 20% anterior-posterior distance of active lift. Cerebral blood flow was measured via microspheres and cerebral oxygenation was measured using NIRS. Animals were classified as responders if cerebral oxygenation increased within two minutes of initiating SCPR. Cerebral oxygenation did not change or declined during SCPR in non-responders.

 Results:
 Six out of eight animals were classified as responders. Cerebral blood flow and oxygenation increased with ACD+ITD compared to SCPR in responders but failed to increase for non-responders. Cerebral blood flow and oxygenation were lower during baseline (BL) in non-responders (Figure).

 Conclusions:
 ACD+ITD appears to improve cerebral blood flow and oxygenation. Changes in cerebral oxygenation during CA appear to be associated with measured changes in cerebral blood flow. NIRS may be clinically useful in estimating oxygenation and blood flow during low blood flow states and monitoring physiological responses to different interventions. Failure of improvement in NIRS during CPR may predict poor outcomes and/or the need for additional interventions guided by NIRS.


In this paper we construct Mabuchi $\mathcal{L}^{{\rm M}}_{\omega}$ functional and Aubin-Yau functionals $\mathcal{I}^{{\rm AY}}_{\omega}, \mathcal{J}^{{\rm AY}}_{\omega}$ on any compact complex three-folds. The method presented here will be used in the forthcoming paper \cite{L1} on the construction of those functionals on any compact complex manifolds, which generalizes the previous work \cite{L}.


Disclosed is a bracelet capable of accommodating a scrubbing solution. The bracelet is in a hollow ring structure, the scrubbing solution is stored in the hollow structure, the bracelet is provided with an opening provided with a cover, and the bracelet is made of soft plastic. The scrubbing solution, liquid soap or other liquid can be fed into the opening and then the cover is closed for sealing. During usage, the cover is opened, the bracelet is squeezed, and the scrubbing solution can flow from the opening, the usage is convenient, the scrubbing solution is stored in the bracelet in advance, the bracelet is sleeved on a wrist, and the bracelet is convenient to carry.


At present, the issues related to overcoming technical backwardness, economic growth rate, increase in labor productivity, modernization of the industrial complex, formation of digital economy are coming to the fore in Russia at the present time. Under the circumstances, a crucial role is played by the industrial sector as a driver of scientific progress and social development. However, the current situation is not conducive to the development of industrial sectors and new technological modes. Moreover, it can lead to a de-industrialization. Technological upgrading and the transition to sustainable development in current situation depend on the speed of manufacturing production and the transition to a more efficient production models with a greater added-value and knowledge content. Modernization of conventional industries and the development of technological sectors will be a crucial factor for economic growth. However, the volatile situation of industrial sectors, the limits of resource-based sectors is capacity, prevalence of factors relating to the fluctuations in the global economy the posed challenges on the way.


The main objective of this paper is to establish that it is not efficient to use weighted fair queueing (WFQ) with a static allocation of bandwidth for the different traffic classes in a differentiated services environment and to propose an extension to WFQ, based on prediction techniques of realistic traffic models, in order to provide it with the necessary adaptability to cope with the dynamic nature of Internet traffic. We call our proposed scheme dynamic predictive weighted fair queueing (DP-WFQ). Its performance is evaluated via simulations. In addition to WFQ, our proposal is also compared to other algorithms, such as WF2Q and LTO-WFQ. Our results show the superior performance of the new algorithm in terms of the number of transmitted packets, buffer overflows, and delay.


Results of biochemical tests of 172 patient data (among them 84 men data and 88 women data, resp.) before and after administration of statins were studied. All monitored patients are characterized by lipoprotein metabolism failure or other kind of lipidaemia. The calculations were performed using several chemometrical methods pursuing visualization of most important biochemical parameters and classification of the patient blood samples by means of up-to-date software packages. The dependences of the content of most common biochemical parameters upon the treatment of patients by statins were elucidated in detail.