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Abstract Background Insulin Resistance (IR) predisposes to cardiometabolic disorders, which are common in schizophrenia and are associated with excess morbidity and mortality. The mechanisms of association remain unknown. We aimed 1) To use genetic data to examine the direction of association between IR and related cardiometabolic risk factors, and schizophrenia; 2) To examine whether inflammation could be a shared mechanism for IR and schizophrenia. Methods We used two-sample uni-variable Mendelian randomization (MR) to examine whether genetically-predicted IR-related cardiometabolic risk factors (Fasting insulin (FI), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), triglycerides (TG), low-density lipoprotein, fasting plasma glucose, glycated haemoglobin, leptin, body mass index, glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes) may be causally associated with schizophrenia. We used the most recent summary statistics for genetic variants associated with schizophrenia and IR-related cardiometabolic risk factors from publicly-available large genome-wide association studies (GWAS). We used bi-directional MR to examine direction of association. To examine whether inflammation could be a shared mechanism for IR and schizophrenia, we first conducted a sensitivity analysis by performing MR using only cardiometabolic genetic variants that were also associated with inflammation, at genome-wide significance. Second, we used multi-variable MR (MVMR) to examine associations between cardiometabolic risk factors and schizophrenia after adjusting for genetically-predicted levels of C-reactive protein. Results In analyses using all associated genetic variants, genetically predicted levels of leptin were associated with risk of schizophrenia (OR=2.54 per SD increase in leptin; 95% CI, 1.02–6.31). In analyses using inflammation-related variants, genetically predicted levels of FI (OR=2.76 per SD increase in FI; 95% C.I., 1.31–6.17), TG (OR=2.90 per SD increase in TG; 95% C.I., 1.36–6.17), and HDL (OR=0.56 per SD increase in HDL; 95% C.I., 0.37–0.83) were associated with schizophrenia. The associations completely attenuated in MVMR analyses controlling for CRP. There was no evidence of an association between genetically-predicted schizophrenia liability and cardiometabolic factors. Discussion The IR phenotype of FI, TG and HDL could be associated with schizophrenia over and above common sociodemographic and lifestyle factors. This association is likely explained by a common inflammatory mechanism. Interventional studies are required to test whether inflammation could represent a putative therapeutic target for the treatment and prevention of cardiometabolic disorders in schizophrenia.


Introduction: Splotches, or airblast features, on the surface of Venus are primarily caused by the atmospheric pressure wave created by the disintegration and incineration of intermediate sized impactors (meteorites or comets of ~200 m to 3 km diameter depending on composition and velocity) above the surface due to Venus' thick atmosphere [1]. They were documented and mapped globally in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data from the Magellan mission (1989-1994) [2]. Of the 401 cataloged splotches, 138 are also visible from earth via the Arecibo Observatory radar system [3]. While Magellan observed Venus' surface transmitting and receiving linearly polarized S-band radar (usually horizontally polarized transmit and receive, or HH), the Arecibo system transits circular polarized S-band, and receives both same sense (SC) and opposite sense circular (OC) polarization radar reflections from Venus' surface. We analyzed the differences in radar return signal for select splotches on Venus between Magellan (HH) and Arecibo (SC and OC). Using Arc GIS (Geographic Information System), we then created profile graphs of each splotch on both Magellan and Arecibo images and evaluated the differences in splotch shape, brightness, and location on all three maps. Radar returns are affected by surface properties including surface roughness at the scale of the radar wavelength (12 cm for S-band), composition, and stratigraphy, and the different polarizations of Magellan and Arecibo radar observations may reveal more details about the origins, relative ages, and evolution of splotch features. Methods: Using Arc, GIS we co-registered geographically the 2015-Arecibo SC [5] map (at 1.5-2 km/pixel) to the Magellan global HH radar map (75 m pixel) (Fig. 1). We then labeled all splotches cataloged by [1] and created a list of which were visible on both maps. Next, using the list of splotches, we selected several for a more detailed investigation. Selection was first based on location. Arecibo spatial resolution decreases away from the sub-earth point, and radar incidence angle is very high near sub-earth, and low near the horizon. The region intermediate to sub-earth and the edges of the Arecibo has a good compromise between viewing geometry and spatial resolution. Next, we narrowed our selections down to those which had the largest qualitative differences between Magellan and Arecibo. This could indicate that each radar was responding to different properties of the features. We initially selected seven candidates for more detailed investigation using the highest Arecibo resolution (0.89 km/pixel) and both SC and OC polarization, beginning with North-South and East-West profiles of radar return across the target splotches in all 3 data sets [5]. Initial analysis of three of these seven are shown here (Figs. 2-5). Observations: The Magellan global map tends to have higher dynamic range than the Arecibo maps. Both


SUBTITLE: THE LATEST GENERATION OF SYSTEMS IS THE RESULT OF ONGOING REFINEMENT OF BOTH ELECTRONIC HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TO ENHANCE SYSTEMS RELIABILITY.


Abstract What does church membership mean for women? Texts like Galatians 3:27-28 imply equality; experience contradicts this. Underlying the controversy are assumptions about women's nature as women. Baptismal practice suggests women's equality but experience denies it. Part I examines experience: in lay ministry, in marriage, and as economically marginalized. Turning from experience to theoretical analysis, there are two answers to the question of women's nature: women are inferior, or women are equal. Part II studies the two models at work in the dialogue held between representatives of the Women's Ordination Conference and the U.S. National Conference of Catholic Bishops as participants addressed the question: "What is woman?" Finally the two models are operative in the testimony given in the national hearings for the bishops' pastoral on women. Part III analyzes the reports of the national hearings, uncovering the correlation between model, methodology, and whether a group's feminism leads it to social or issue critique.


This home movie excerpt documents a drive through downtown Abilene and Clyde, Texas wth the narrator pointing out sites of interest. In Abilene, he observes Grace Cultural Center, the Cypress Restaurant, the Paramount Theatre, and Abilene Civic Center. In Clyde, they drive through a residential area and through the main part of town pointing out the feed store, firehouse, library, justice of the peace, Western Auto, the funeral parlor, Motts, the bank, West Texas Utilities, a post office, a medical clinic, Wayne's Barber Shop, the Clyde Cafe, and the junior high and high school campuses. They also stop at First Med Clinic, an extension of Hendrick Medical Center.


The invention discloses a method for detecting the prestress concrete pipe pile horizontal stress and belongs to the filed of foundation. The method comprises the following steps that a steel bar framework of a prestress concrete pipe pile is manufactured; a concrete prestress sensor precast block is manufactured; the middle part of the steel bar framework is provided with a support element vertical to a vertical shaft of the steel bar framework; the concrete prestress sensor precast block is placed in a sealed box body; concrete is cast into the steel bar framework and is respectively cast to the top and the bottom of the support element, and the prestress concrete pipe pile of a pre-buried concrete prestress sensor is placed in a high-temperature and high-pressure autoclave for maintenance; and the stress of the prestress concrete pipe pile is detected. The method has the advantages that the problem that the concrete prestress sensor cannot be pre-buried in the concrete pipe pile in the prior art is solved, the detection efficiency is accelerated, and the detection precision is improved.


Driven by deep dissatisfaction with the economic and social condition of the black family, Daniel Patrick Moynihan hoped, with the release of his 1965 report, to stimulate a national discussion linking economic disadvantage and family instability. Although Moynihan focused on the structural causes of the fragmentation of the black family, critics associated his report with the "culture of poverty" thesis, which implies that poverty is passed from one generation to the next through learned behavior. A number of those critics emphasized Moynihan's suggestion that the problem "may indeed have begun to feed on itself." From 1948 to 1962, the unemployment rate among black males and the number of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) cases were positively correlated, but after 1962, the number of new AFDC cases continued to rise even as black male unemployment declined. "With this one statistical correlation, by far the most highly publicized in the Report," states historian Alice O'Connor, "Moynihan sealed the argument that the 'pathology' had become self-perpetuation." Still, Moynihan's main concern in the report involved black exclusion from opportunities that fortify economic self-sufficiency. Unlike conservative analysts, he combined economic and cultural explanations for the persistence of poverty. Nevertheless, the controversy that surrounded the report undermined for decades serious research on the complexity of the problem. A 1987 study by one ofthis article's authors, William Julius Wilson's The Truly Disadvantaged, rekindled the debate with its discussion of institutional and cultural dynamics in the social transformation of the inner city. Research undertaken since that time has reinforced the need for more coordinated, government-directed efforts to dismantle structures that reinforce racial and class-based biases and inequalities. To this end, Moynihan's call for an expansion of such things as youth employment opportunities, improvements in high-quality education programs, greater housing options, and a broadening of income supplements to combat inequality is as pertinent today as it was in 1965. Concentrated Disadvantage and Socialization in the Inner City The Truly Disadvantaged chronicles the rise of poor black single women with children, the decline in marriage among the poor, the increase in concentrated urban black poverty, and escalating joblessness among young black males. It links sociodemographic changes in the inner city to shifts in the labor market, the outmigration of higher-income black and white families, and the concomitant decline in services available to poor black families left behind. The analysis suggests that in such neighborhoods, many households lack the resources necessary to sustain stable family life, but it links that fact to structural factors such as persistent exclusion from employment opportunities, social networks, and institutions that are essential for economic mobility. [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Both Moynihan and subsequent researchers have acknowledged the critical significance of the family as the primary socializing influence on children and youth. The data show that the percentage of children growing up in single-parent homes has continued to increase (see "Was Moynihan Right?" features, Spring 2015, Figure 1). Trends are similar for all races and classes, but the percentages remain highest among families in poor, minority neighborhoods. Indeed, the issue is so acute that law professors June Carbone of the University of Minnesota and Naomi Cahn of George Washington University have recently opined that "marriage has disappeared from the poorest communities" in the U.S. The numbers by themselves are stark, but when considered in isolation, they do not provide a comprehensive understanding of the major social and economic forces buffeting inner-city black families. In particular, the dramatic mismatch between skill level and employment opportunities among black males has further undermined marriageability in the inner-city black community. …


We give a definition of an integer-valued function [Formula: see text] derived from arrow diagrams for the ambient isotopy classes of oriented spherical curves. Then, we introduce certain elements of the free [Formula: see text]-module generated by the arrow diagrams with at most [Formula: see text] arrows, called relators of Type ([Formula: see text]) (([Formula: see text]), ([Formula: see text]), ([Formula: see text]) or ([Formula: see text]), respectively), and introduce another function [Formula: see text] to obtain [Formula: see text]. One of the main results shows that if [Formula: see text] vanishes on finitely many relators of Type ([Formula: see text]) (([Formula: see text]), ([Formula: see text]), ([Formula: see text]) or ([Formula: see text]), respectively), then [Formula: see text] is invariant under the deformation of type RI (strong RI[Formula: see text]I, weak RI[Formula: see text]I, strong RI[Formula: see text]I[Formula: see text]I or weak RI[Formula: see text]I[Formula: see text]I, respectively). The other main result is that we obtain new functions of arrow diagrams with up to six arrows explicitly. This computation is done with the aid of computers.


Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) are widely employed in sensors, biomedical devices, optic sectors, and micro-accelerometers. New reinforcement materials such as carbon nanotubes as well as graphene platelets provide stiffer structures with controllable mechanical specifications by changing the graphene platelet features. This paper deals with buckling analyses of functionally graded graphene platelets micro plates with two piezoelectric layers subjected to external applied voltage. Governing equations are based on Kirchhoff plate theory assumptions beside the modified couple stress theory to incorporate the micro scale influences. A uniform temperature change and external electric field are regarded along the micro plate thickness. Moreover, an external in-plane mechanical load is uniformly distributed along the micro plate edges. The Hamilton's principle is employed to extract the governing equations. The material properties of each composite layer reinforced with graphene platelets of the considered micro plate are evaluated by the Halpin–Tsai micromechanical model. The governing equations are solved by the Navier's approach for the case of simply-supported boundary condition. The effects of the external applied voltage, the material length scale parameter, the thickness of the piezoelectric layers, the side, the length and the weight fraction of the graphene platelets as well as the graphene platelets distribution pattern on the critical buckling temperature change and on the critical buckling in-plane load are investigated. The outcomes illustrate the reduction of the thermal buckling strength independent of the graphene platelets distribution pattern while meanwhile the mechanical buckling strength is promoted. Furthermore, a negative voltage, -50 Volt, strengthens the micro plate stability against the thermal buckling occurrence about 9% while a positive voltage, 50 Volt, decreases the critical buckling load about 9% independent of the graphene platelet distribution pattern.


CNS and / or novel chemical conjugates of psychotropic drugs and organic acids in the treatment of proliferative disorders and diseases, and its use is disclosed. Organic acids to reduce side effects induced by the psychotropic drugs, is selected so as to exert to enhance the therapeutic activity of the psychotropic drug, and / or antiproliferative activity. .BACKGROUND


Four species of Xylaria were collected from Guizhou and Hainan provinces in China. Morphological and phylogenetic analyses (based on β-tubulin, rpb2 and α-actin genes) revealed two new species (X. sylvatica sp. nov. and X. wuzhishanensis sp. nov.) and two known species (X. atrosphaerica and X. cubensis). Xylaria sylvatica is distinguished from X. spinulosa by lacking long thorns on the stromatal surface, and larger ascospores (23–28.5 × 7–9.5 μm vs. 19–23 × 6.5–8.5 μm) with a sigmoid germ slit. Xylaria wuzhishanensis differs from X. schweinitzii by its semi-globular or irregularly globose stromata, from X. atrosphaerica by its larger ascospores (23–30.5 × 7–9 μm vs. 17–25 × 6–10 μm). Their descriptions and illustrations are provided.


The aim of this thesis was to contribute to the evidence base for the relation between the neighbourhood environment and the health of residents. In the general introduction, three main objectives were presented. The first was to better assess causal inference by studying the health impact of changing neighbourhood features. The second objective was to study the health impact of connected and interacting neighbourhood processes. The third objective was to investigate for which population groups and under which circumstances the neighbourhood environment is most relevant for health. The research described in this thesis adds to the accumulating evidence that the neighbourhood environment influences health. Changes in several social neighbourhood characteristics were found to be associated with health. These results provide additional support for the existence of a causal relationship between perceived neighbourhood safety and social cohesion on the one hand, and health on the other. This thesis further showed that deteriorating neighbourhood characteristics seem to influence self-rated general health sooner than improving neighbourhood features. Furthermore, it is important to examine interrelated neighbourhood characteristics and processes simultaneously. Neighbourhood processes occur simultaneously and these processes can reinforce or obstruct each other's impact on health. Considering these concurrent neighbourhood processes when studying the associations with health prevents that incorrect conclusions are drawn about the relevance of specific neighbourhood characteristics for health. Finally, we found some evidence that characteristics of the residents as well as the neighbourhood context influence the health impact of the neighbourhood environment. Neighbourhood green space was not found to have an overall impact on health. However, zooming in on a highly urbanised context and low socioeconomic groups, revealed that neighbourhood green space was related to health.


Two types of diet, glucogenic and lipogenic, were equally tested to 24 broiler chicken in completely randomized design for four weeks to evaluate their effects on body weight, feed intake, feed conversion ratio (FCR), carcass, and whole carcass weight. Diets were designed to contain 1.05% and 7.0% of palm oil, as glucogenic and lipogenic ones, respectively. Both diets were formulated as isoprotein (22%) and isocaloric (3050 kcal/kg) to overcome the environment temperature of 25.830.40C, around the poultry housing at campus. The birds were weighed at the beginning, weekly, and at the end of the diet application. The difference of these body weights were calculated as body weight gain (BWG). Feed intakes were accumulated weekly to the end. The FCR was calculated as the ratio of feed intake to body weight gain. Carcass and whole carcass were then compared to their body weight gain for each diet. Results showed that even though there were no significant differences (p>0.05), however, BWG in glucogenic diet chicken were 2.3% higher than that of in lipogenic diet birds. While, the feed intake in lipogenic diet chicken were significantly higher (p<0.05) than that of in glucogenic diet birds. Accordingly, the FCR was also significantly higher (p<0.05) in lipogenic diet of broiler chicken. None of carcass variables was significantly different, however, the glucogenic diet birds were 10.6% heavier than that of the lipogenic diet birds. Having higher in BWG, carcass weights, and carcass ratios, yet, lower in Feed intake and FCR, it can be concluded that glucogenic diet fed to broiler chickens was more efficient in overcoming the environment temperature, therefore the production performance was better than that of lipogenic diet.


In this current 'Modern Era', our daily lives are surrounded by data and data everywhere.The fields of science, engineering and technology are producing data at an exponential rate leading to tons of data every day, With such voluminous data , for properly managing, analyzing and extracting the desired meaningful information from it, we need the concept of 'Big Data'. Today Big data is not limited to the field of Information Technology sector, Now various public and private sector industries generate, store and analyze big data in order to improve their services ,Healthcare industry is also one of them. In healthcare industry various sources of big data include hospital records, medical records of patients, results generated by various digital devices that are part of Internet of Things (IoT). So it becomes very important to efficiently manage, interpret and analyze such huge amount of data as it has the potential of completely revolutionizing the modern healthcare, The main purpose of this paper is to emphasize on the integration of big data and healthcare and their future prospects. Apart from the analysis of data in healthcare, this paper also focuses on the strengths and drawbacks of big data compared to the conventional techniques available.


Molten salts as thermal energy storage (TES) materials are gaining the attention of researchers worldwide due to their attributes like low vapor pressure, non‐toxic nature, low cost and flexibility, high thermal stability, wide range of applications etc. This review presents potential applications of molten salts in solar and nuclear TES and the factors influencing their performance. Ternary salts (Hitec salt, Hitec XL) are found to be best suited for concentrated solar plants due to their lower melting point and higher efficiency. Two‐tank direct energy storage system is found to be more economical due to the inexpensive salts (KCl‐MgCl2), while thermoclines are found to be more thermally efficient due to the power cycles involved and the high volumetric heat capacity of the salts involved (LiF‐NaF‐KF). Heat storage density has been given special focus in this review and methods to increase the same in terms of salt composition changes are discussed in the paper. Methods of concatenating energy storage systems with nuclear power plants are also discussed with different types of nuclear reactors like MHTGR, PAHTR, VHTR, etc. Nanomodifications of molten salts are done to improve heat transfer properties and efficiency of the transfer. The best dopants for such modifications were found to be TiO2, SiO2, MWCNTs, etc. Future challenges for large scale deployment of molten salts viz., high volume expansion ratio, low thermal conductivity, incongruent melting, corrosion, etc., are listed and discussed. Corrosion of molten salts and its mitigation has been discussed in detail for developing next‐generation storage systems and its remedies are also discussed.


This investigation is the most recent of a series of heuristic studies of patients attending special clinics for sexually transmitted diseases (Wells, 1968, 1969, 1970; Wells and Schofield, 1970). Apart from the general interest and value of building up a broad picture of the social and psychological characteristics of that vast body of patients, studies of certain groups, such as prostitutes and highly promiscuous women, have a special interest in terms of their epidemiological significance and problems of management. The present study on male homosexuals contributes


Abstract From the Solvency II perspective, the capital requirement for operational risk is based on the application of a standard formula. The limitation imposed by this approach as well as the definition of operational risk by establishing certain types of activities (i.e. internal processes, people, systems, etc.) as generating causes does not allow, at least for the time being, the establishment of an effective way of managing the operational risk regardless of the type of strategy chosen. Any human operator involved in the risk identification and evaluation processes, within most of the organizations, would use the logic of the included middle based on Boolean binary values (i.e. true/false, 1/0, etc.). This article attempts to logically analyze the methodological impact that would result from using a logic of the included middle which accepts that an identified operational risk and an unidentified operational risk may coexist at the same time, in a risk profile, provided that the identified one is actual and the unidentified one is potential, reciprocal and alternative but never up to the 100% limit. The included middle in this approach is the transition state, which is perfectly possible in terms of defining the topological properties of the time in which the identified operational risks analyzed are assessed. The novelty of this approach is based on the fact that the logic of the included middle, which we include in research as a concept and as a tool, was one of the nudging factors that underpinned the development of the wave mechanics (e.g. Schrodinger's Cat Paradox) and some of the quantum physics theories later, and its use has never been tested in risk management.


This article examines the adaptation of the French rhotic in Berber. In loanwords borrowed from French, the uvular fricative is systematically interpreted as a coronal tap, despite the fact that Berber has phonemic /ʁ/ and /χ/. It is argued that this phenomenon is determined by phonological rather than phonetic factors. It is shown that Tashlhiyt Berber speakers, including monolinguals, are able to identify the French r as a sonorant, based on their native phonology, where many co-occurrence restrictions are analyzed in terms of sonority-sensitive dependency relations between the most sonorous segment and its neighboring segments.


MU-MIMO is a high-speed technique in IEEE 802.11ac and upcoming 802.11ax technologies that improves spectral efficiency by allowing concurrent communication between one Access Point and multiple users. In this paper, we present MuVIS, a novel framework that proposes MU-MIMO-aware optimization for multi-user multimedia applications over IEEE 802.11ac/ax. Taking a cross-layer approach, MuVIS first optimizes the MU-MIMO user group selection for the users with the same characteristics in the PHY/MAC layer. It then optimizes the video bitrate for each group accordingly. We present our design and its evaluation on smartphones and laptops over 802.11ac WiFi.


Students interact with a variety of texts each day, most of which contain visual as well as written information. TV, movies, video games, magazines, ads-all are a part of their daily lives. Students are seldom taught how to read these images, however, and can easily miss messages that are being sent to them. This unit will help eleventh-grade general English students understand those visual texts by analyzing how they interact with written text. By observing how professional graphic novels, websites, and advertisements utilize visual text, students will prepare for writing their own short graphic novels in groups. Workshops geared toward research methods, narrative storytelling, illustrative design, storyboarding, and advertising will give students hands-on experience in using visual texts to convey meaning. This unit gives students professional examples and firsthand experience with texts that combine both visual and written elements, supplying the knowledge they need to understand and interpret the variety of texts they come into contact with outside of the classroom.


Objectives Probe into the curative results of a minimally-invasive technique plus tubule-embedding for drug-injection in repairing the zona-Ⅱ flexor tendon injury of fingers. Methods One hundred and fifty-two fingers of ninety-two patients were treated with the minimally-invasive operation of tubularly injecting sodium hyaluronate to primarily repair their zona-Ⅱ flexor tendon injuries,then advising the patients to take active and passive exercises after the operation. Results One hundred and two fingers got excellent curative effect,35 got good one,the both accounted for 90.1% of the total fingers. Conclution New injuries of zona-Ⅱ flexor tendon receiving the minimally-invasive operation and taking early active,passive exercises must get a satisfying result.


Although considerable progress has been made in the management of schizophrenia, much remains to be achieved in meeting the therapeutic needs of patients with this illness. Conventional antipsychotics have revolutionized treatment, but a substantial proportion of patients derive inadequate benefit and many suffer from adverse effects. Compliance with medication remains an enormous problem. With a number of new drugs soon to be available, it is hoped that valuable alternatives can be provided, increasing the possibility of good therapeutic response and increasing the benefit-to-risk ratio


Concentrating on byproduct gas system with multiple pipeline networks, this paper established a mathematical model for byproduct gas scheduling (BGS) problem in iron and steel enterprises with consideration of supply priorities of consumption units. A decomposition algorithm is employed to transform the original model into an integer programming and a linear programming. The genetic algorithm is introduced as the solution mainframe to solve the integer programming problem and the linear programming problem iteratively. The result of practical-data-based experiment indicates that the proposed model and algorithm are feasible and effective.


Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of balloon dilatation combined the interventional therapy with microwave and local drug-infusing for endobronchial tuberculosis.Methods The 106 inpatients with endobronchial tuberculosis were randomly divided into therapeutic group treated with balloon dilatation combined with interventional microwave plus local drug-infusing therapy and the control group treated with interventional microwave therapy.Results Nine months after treatment the sputum negative rate in patients of therapeutic group was 100 %.Both the improvement rate by X-ray and bronchoscopy were 93.2% and the one-year-follow-up prospective efficacy rate was 95.5%.All of which were higher than the controlled group(P0.05).FEV1 increased from 1.3±0.7L and dyspnea index decreased from 2.2±0.7 to 0.8±0.6(P0.01).No severe complications were found in these patients.Conclusions Bronchoscopy-assisted balloon dilatation in combination with microwave and local drug-infusing therapy is safe and effective for treatment of endobronchial tuberculosis.


The effects of post-deposition annealing (PDA) on the formation of polarization-charge inversion at ultrathin Al2O3/Ga-polar GaN interfaces are assessed by the analysis of energy band bending and measurement of electrical conduction. The PDA-induced positive interface charges form downward energy band bending at the Al2O3/GaN interfaces with polarization-charge inversion, which is analyzed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Net charge and interface charge densities at the Al2O3/GaN interfaces are estimated after PDA at 500 °C, 700 °C, and 900 °C. The PDA temperatures affect the formation of charge densities. That is, the charge density increases up to 700 °C and then decreases at 900 °C. Electrical characteristics of GaN Schottky diodes with ultrathin Al2O3 layers exhibit the passivation ability of the Al2O3 surface layer and the effects of polarization-charge inversion through PDA. This result can be applied to improvement in GaN-based electronic devices where surface states and process temperature work important role in device performance.


This paper presents a new, axiomatic approach to information flow in sequential and parallel programs. Flow axioms that capture the information flow semantics of a variety of statements are given and used to construct program flow proofs. The method is illustrated by a variety of examples. The applications of flow proofs to certifying information flow policies and solving the confinement problem are considered. It is also shown that flow axioms and correctness axioms can be combined to form an even more powerful proof system. Keywords and Phrases: information flow, information security, security certification, parallel programs, axiomatic logic, proof rules.


On November 9, 1882, the crème de la crème of Gilded Age America's intellectual, political, and cultural spheres gathered at Delmonico's restaurant in New York City to celebrate the achievements of Herbert Spencer and to bid him farewell before he returned home to England. Using the guest list of the fete, author Barry Werth examines the explosive growth of Spencer's adaptation of Darwinian evolutionary concepts to human societies in the Gilded Age and reveals how the philosophy became influential in post-Civil War America. The author does an excellent job of tracing the connections between Spencer and the nation's academic, business, political, and cultural elite. However, his lively prose and fascinating insights cannot mask the serious problem that calls his ultimate argument into question.


The transmission and scattering of acoustic wide‐band planar pulses by a fluid‐loaded plate is investigated using Fourier transform and Timoshenko‐Mindlin plate theory. It was shown that the transmitted and scattered time‐dependent pressure fields can be expressed as a convolution of the time history of the acoustic pulse with an appropriate time‐dependent impulse response which is also a function of the incident angle of the pulsed wavefront relative to the plate. The impulse responses for the transmitted and scattered fields are simply related and can be expressed as the inverse Fourier transforms of the associated angle‐dependent harmonic responses. An investigation of the pole zero structure of the transform as a function of the incident angle indicates that the impulse response, and hence pulse distortion, exhibits a significantly different behavior for different angles of incidence. Normalized impulse responses are then presented to illustrate the various characteristics of the impulse responses as ...


Worldwide, the incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) increased substantially in various countries, which could be attributed to the rising rate of lifestyle, metabolic, and environmental risk factors due to globalization, urbanization and westernization.1,2 Nevertheless, the value of population-based, CRC screening has been challenged by recent evidence.3 It was opined that CRC screening may offer limited value at the population level, mainly due to its modest impact on decreased CRC mortality based on findings from the NordICC trial, the first pragmatic, randomised controlled trial of colonoscopy screening.4 According to the landmark study, which included data from 84,585 healthy subjects aged 55–64 years recruited from three European countries between 2009 and 2014, the risk ratio (0.90, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.64–1.16) and absolute risk reduction (−0.03, 95% CI −0.11–0.05) of mortality from CRC were not statistically significant. This finding has initiated an update in a clinical practice guideline—which now recommends CRC screening among people aged 50−79 years with a high 15-year risk of developing CRC (e.g. those with risk > 3%) only—but not the general population at lower risk.5 Whilst we agree that the death rate is one of the principal considerations, we believe this topic should be revisited from another perspective.


One important function of a size is to bind together the fibres in the yarn. The breakdown of inter-fibre adhesion during mechanical flexing has been studied, using the stiffness of the yarn as an indication of the adhesion present.


Review(s) of: The Riches of Ancient Australia: An Indispensable Guide for Exploring Prehistoric Australia by Josephine Flood, third edition 1999 University of Queensland Press $43.75.


In this work, an artificial neural network is designed for predicting the heating and cooling loads for buildings. The paper develops two neural models that make use of a dataset with 8 input attributes with the output as a numeric value of the heating and cooling loads of the buildings. The predictive abilities of the neural nets are compared with linear regression under conventional validation, 5-fold validation and 10-fold validation. Obtained results show that both neural models obtain encouraging results and can be dependably deployed in building loads determination.


A reliable tool for simulations of confocal microscopes shall be developed to enable improved model-based dimensional metrology. To simulate measurements on rough surfaces the boundary element method (BEM) simulation tool SpeckleSim, developed by the ITO of the University of Stuttgart, is combined with a Fourier optics based image formation. SpeckleSim, which calculates the light-structure interaction by solving the Maxwell equations, is compared with the well-known FEM based solver JCMsuite and the FDTD based solver Ansys Lumerical. As an example, a rectangular shaped line is used as an object. Due to different boundary conditions the results show as expected small deviations, which require further investigations. First comparison results and the general concept of the image formation method will be presented.


Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is defined as the rapid loss of kidney function. Patients with acute kidney injury are unable to filter waste products from their body. The integrity of renal epithelial apico‐basal polarity is critical for many aspects of kidney function, including reabsorption of solutes. Loss of epithelial cell polarity occurs in several kidney disorders, including acute kidney injury. Partitioning defective 1 (Par‐1) is a member of the Par polarity protein family that localizes to the basolateral aspect of cells. Studies of Par‐1a+/−:Par‐1b−/− and Par‐1a−/−:Par‐1b+/− newborn mice determined that Par‐1 contributes to proximal tubular development. Complete loss of Par‐1a/b (Par‐1a−/−: Par‐1b−/−) leads to death early in fetal development of mice. Par‐1a and Par‐1b are expressed in developing nephrons and their expression decreases in adult nephrons. Tubular injury in mice correlates with increased expression of Par‐1a and Par‐1b. In our research, we hypothesized that Par‐1a/b polarity proteins are protective in the setting of acute kidney injury. In order to test this, cisplatin was injected intraperitoneal into Par‐1a/b global knockout mice at 5 weeks and they were sacrificed 3 days after injection. Cisplatin is one of the most widely used chemotherapy drugs that has been recently found to contribute to nephrotoxicity, especially on the signaling pathways leading to renal tubular cell death and inflammation. Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) staining was performed to assess tubular injury. Controls were non‐injected Par‐1a−/− and Par‐1b−/− mutants and injected wild type littermates. Ki‐67 staining was performed to identify cell proliferation. The level of tubular injury and cellular proliferation was examined by light microscopy. Our data showed that Par‐1b knockout mice were more susceptible to renal tubular injury than controls. Par‐1b knockout mice also had decreased cellular proliferation after cisplatin injury. Our ongoing experiment is testing the role of Par‐1a in AKI. In conclusion, Par‐1b polarity proteins contribute to renal tubular epithelial response to injury. Either decreased or delayed cellular proliferation may contribute to the increased tubular injury in Par‐1b−/− mice.


An unstable paramagnetic Pb(III) hot ion was identified in γ-irradiated polycrystalline lead tetraacetate by ESR hyperfine spectrum of 207Pb isotope. ESR parameters are as follows: (gx, gy, gz)=(2.0063, 2.0077, 2.0035). (Ax/gxβ, Ay/gyβ, Az/gzβ)=(12819, 12827, 12854 (gauss)).


Objective To investigate the changes of plasma ET-1,TM and vWF in the patients with OSAHS complicated with hypertension by the treatment of continous positive airway pressure.Methods The concentration of plasma ET-1 was measure by radioimmunoassay and the concentration of plasma TM,vWF were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.To treat the patients with OSAHS complicated with hypertension by nCPAP for a week and to analyze the change of all about.Results Plasma ET-1,TM and vWF level in OSAHS complicated with hypertension were higher than those in controls.there were significantly decrease in plasma ET-1,TM and vWF after a week with nCPAP ventilation (P0.05).Conclusions The results show the plasma ET-1,TM and vWF level in OSAHS complicated with hypertension were increase and decrease with the use of nCPAP.This finding supports the role plasma ET-1,TM and vWF as one of the factors invoved in pathophysiological process of OSAHS complicated with hypertension,and might contribute to blood pressure increase of OSAHS.


The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) was established by the Food Security Act of 1985. Since its inception, thousands of acres of cropland in stream riparian zones have been converted to conservation buffers through the planting of trees and native grasses. The objectives of this study were to determine the phosphorus (P)–sorption characteristics of the surface soil in a 13‐year‐old CRP buffer and an adjacent continuously cropped production area from which the buffer was created and to assess differences in P‐sorption maxima and P‐buffering capacity between the sites. Phosphorus sorption was modeled with both the simple Langmuir and the two‐surface Langmuir equations. There were significant differences in all P‐sorption parameters between the cropped area and the buffer over most of the depth increments studied. The cropped area soil had higher sorption max (Smax), binding energy (k), and P equilibrium buffering capacity (PEBC) than the buffer soil. However, the buffer had higher equilibrium P concentration (EPC). These findings imply that it may not be appropriate to assume that a buffer will act as a P sink simply because it is not receiving P fertilization. Any assessment of buffer or filter strip effectiveness for P retention should include an examination of the P‐sorption properties of the soils present.


In July 1918 it was the considered opinion of Lord Northcliffe that propaganda and diplomacy were incompatible. When, only five months earlier, Northcliffe had accepted Lloyd George's invitation to take charge of the newly created department of enemy propaganda, his appointment, coupled with that of Lord Beaverbrook as Britain's first minister of information, had held out the promise of a new phase in the efficiency and co-ordination of Britain's conduct of official propaganda in foreign countries. It was then, in February 1918, that the Foreign Office had finally been forced to relinquish its control over such work. However, the creation of the two new departments had produced an intolerable situation. After three years of inter-departmental rivalry and squabbling over the conduct of propaganda overseas, Whitehall closed ranks on Beaverbrook and Northcliffe and united behind the Foreign Office in opposition to any further transference of related duties into their hands. Now, after five months of continued obstruction, Northcliffe expressed the view that: As a people we do not understand propaganda ways…Propaganda is advertising and diplomacy is no more likely to understand advertising than advertising is likely to understand diplomacy.


DURING THE 1770S, hundreds of predominantly Scots-Irish settlers trespassed onto Indian territory north of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. There they formed a squatter republic, annually electing a tribunal of "Fair Play Men" who distributed land to newcomers and kept order under a set of rules sometimes referred to as the Fair Play code. During the American Revolution, the squatters sided with the patriots, and Pennsylvania's republican government assumed control of the region. After the Revolution, the legislature granted the squatters the right to purchase the tracts they had occupied by filing pre-emption applications, which, if successful, would prevent the general public from buying the plots in question. An applicant could then request a warrant for the purchased land, pay for a survey, and receive a patent after the surveyor returned his records to the land office. Most of the squatters could not afford to buy their own lots and chose instead to sell their rights to the improvements they had made to the land. Those who sold tended to move away. Other squatters had the means to stay in the region after the Revolution, and several of them became leading members of their community.


The mesoporous silica/Nafion composite was synthesized by co-condensation of Nafion solution and tetraethoxysilane using hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide as template in alkaline aqueous solution.The composite was characterized by FTIR,TGA and N2 adsorption-desorption.The acid-catalytic performance of composite was studied also.The results indicated that the meso-structure of the composite was retained,and the Nafion had been successfully incorporated into the skeleton of silica.The composite showed high acid-catalytic performance toward the addition reaction of benzaldehyde and ethylene glycol.


A finite element model for 205/55R16 PCR tire was proposed, and current material parameters and tire structure mechanics modeling methods in ABAQUS software were used to simulate and examine the deformation characters in some cases, including mounting/inflating, static loading and steady rolling. The comparison of parts of simulation results with measured data showed that the FEA model met tire design need.


In this paper, To combat against the atmospheric turbulence induced fading over FSO link a spatial diversity technique is used to design the transceiv er. Cooperative diversity is proposed and analyzed in noncoherent FSO communications with intensity modulation and direct detection (IM/DD). The error performa nce is derived in semi analytical and closed form expressi ons in the presence and absence of background radia tion respectively. Performance analysis is carried out i n the four strategies over both Rayleigh and lognor mal fading models. This analysis may recommend the usage of the FSO links in the higher layers. After depth anal ysis, a technique is adopted from the possible solutions to mitigate building sway and atmospheric effects at the network layer.


The utility model relates to a femur sub-condyle fixing board, belonging to the auxiliary articles for treating femur lower end fracture above a knee joint surface 7-15 cm. According to the utility model, a body part for fixing a bone fracture near end to be flat is connected with a head part for fixing a bone fracture far end into an integration, the body part is opened with a plurality of combining holes; the head part turns up to the inclined lower part from the lower end of the body part in a circular arc shape and becomes an inner fovea fan shape, the head part is provided with four fixing holes which are distributed in a fan shape. During surgery, four screw nails pass through the fixing holes of the head part to connect the head part of the femur sub-condyle fixing board with the root of the femur condyle at the lower side of the bone fracture position into an integration; then combining holes selected by the body part are penetrated by a plurality of screw nails to connect the body part of the femur ssub-condyle fixing board with the bone at the upper side of the bone fracture position. Because of one section of distance provided between the head part of the femur sub-condyle fixing board and the knee joint of the femur, accordingly, the knee joint capsule need not to be opened and can not be damaged during surgery.


Aiming at the general problems in the teaching of safety management science,the course content is constructed with behavior science as the basis and human behaviors as the mainstream,and the independent course system is formed.Then,the more practical management theories and methods are put forward from the whole organization to the individuals.To make students grasp the two accident prevention strategies about "organizational safety management diagnosis " and "behavior-based safety",China University of Mining Technology(Beijing) takes the lead in setting up the experimental course,designing its content and equipments which has acquired the national patent,and building special laboratory.The experiment of the "organizational safety management diagnosis" is detailed.Through this experiment,students can simulate the enterprise's roles and consider how to carry through safety management,prevent accidents effectively from different angles.And students can synthesize and review the total course knowledge through deeply analyzing the data obtained from the experiments.


Elizabeth Rosser, acting Executive Dean, Deputy Dean for Education and Professional Practice, and Professor of Nursing at Bournemouth University, discusses how nurses can be encouraged to be politically engaged.


A field experiment was carried out at the Experimental Farm, Faculty of Environmental Agricultural Sciences, Rafah, North Sinai Governorate, Suez Canal University, during two successive winter seasons 2011/2012 and 2012/2013; to study the response of 5 canola cultivars to nitrogen bio-chemical fertilization regimes in respect to yield and yield components under North Sinai conditions. Application of nitrogen fertilizer T1 (100% mineral) significantly increased yield/plant, seed yield kg/fed. and oil yield, while, (75% mineral) and (50% mineral) gave the highest 1000-seed weight at both seasons. Serw4 with 100% mineral nitrogen fertilization regimes gave the highest seed yield per plot and high oil percentage. Generally, it could be concluded that the canola cultivar Serw4 and 100% mineral nitrogen fertilization regime gave the heighst yield and can be recommended under North Sinai conditions.


Abstract To maintain proper function and an erect posture, the spine compensates by changing the amount of kyphosis or lordosis at each region. However, in the setting of severe spinal malalignment, the compensatory motion of the spine may be inadequate, and may lead to compensatory spinopelvic and postural changes, which increase energy for standing and ambulation. Sagittal alignment has been shown through numerous studies to affect patient reported outcome scores. The goals of sagittal alignment are SVA


FIELD: food industry. SUBSTANCE: present invention relates to a food additive to be administered to children. Alternatively, the food additive contains a protein source, a source of vitamins and minerals, a carbohydrates source as well as a lipids source including a source of docosahexaenoic acid, linoleic and linolenic acids. The ratio of ω-6:ω-3 fatty acids in the said food additive is 6:1 or less. Alternatively, the food additive contains protein, carbohydrate and lipid components; the lipid component includes 10% - 50% of canola oil, 5% - 40% of soybean oil, 5% - 40% of high-oleic sunflower oil, 5% - 40% of middle chain triglyceride oil, 1% - 20% of corn oil and 0.1% - 10% of a docosahexaenoic acid source. EFFECT: food additive having a ratio of ω-6:ω-3 of fatty acids 6:1 and less improves the immune system functions, the heart-vascular system activity, bone tissue quality and has a favourable effect on mental processes. 14 cl, 9 tbl, 3 ex


In this study, we assess the importance of exports and global value chain (GVC) participation for economic growth. Using novel methods and an extensive data set, we decompose GDP growth in the Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) to show that in a large part of the period of transition and integration with the EU, exports have played a predominant role in shaping economic growth. We also show that exports have been the major factor driving the convergence of the CEECs with their advanced counterparts. We employ panel methods to analyse the determinants of growth of exported value added and show that the major growth drivers in the analysed period of 1995–2014 are GVC participation, imports of technology and capital deepening.Jel classificationC23, F21, O33


In today's context (competition and knowledge economy), ML and KM on the supply chain level have received increased attention aiming to determine long and short-term success of many companies. However, demand forecasting with maximum accuracy is absolutely critical to invest in various fields, which places the knowledge extract process in high demand. In this paper, the authors propose a hybrid approach of prediction into a demand forecasting process in supply chain based on the one hand, on the processes analysis for best professional knowledge for required competencies. And on the other hand, the use of different data sources by supervised learning to improve the process of acquiring explicit knowledge, maximizing the efficiency of the demand forecasting, and comparing the obtained efficiency results. Therefore, the results reveal that the practices of KM should be considered as the most important factors affecting the demand forecasting process in supply chain. The classifier performance is examined by using a confusion matrix based on their accuracy and Kappa value.


OBJECTIVE
To study the correlation of nucleotide polymorphism in the ubiquitin-specific protease 26 (Usp26) gene with idiopathic male infertility and its action mechanism in spermatogenesis.

METHODS
Based on the WHO criteria (4th ed.), we selected 41 patients with idiopathic infertility from 150 infertile males, and enlisted 50 normal fertile men as controls. We examined the selected patients for mutations using polymerase chain reaction-single strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) analysis, and determined how and where the mutations occurred by gene sequencing.

RESULTS
Low sperm concentration and poor sperm motility were found in the 41 men with idiopathic infertility. Nine (22.0%) of them exhibited changes in the Usp26 gene (P = 0.01), including compound mutations of 364insACA and 460G > A in 8 (19.5%, P = 0.01) and 1 044T > A substitution in 1 (2.4%, P > 0.05). The above three variations led to changes in the coding amino acids. No other changes were found in the remaining patients and normal fertile controls.

CONCLUSION
The nucleotide polymorphisms of the Usp26 gene might be closely related with idiopathic male infertility, and exert negative effect on the testis function.


A sensitive and selective polarographic method for the measurement of sulfur dioxide in a wide variety of pharmaceutical materials is presented. It is based on the combination of its reducibility and volatility.


Measurements of the temperature dependence of the nuclear quadrupole resonance frequency νQ and spin–lattice relaxation time T1 of the 35Cl nuclei in powdered samples of K2PdCl6 are reported. The data are qualitatively similar to earlier results for K2PtCl6 and are analyzed in the same manner. The temperature dependence of both νQ and T1 are dominated by the F1g rotary lattice mode of frequency ~ 41 cm−1. The data for K2PdCl6 and K2PtCl6 are compared and the parameters characterizing the NQR behavior tabulated. It is suggested that the quantitative explanation of the rather small differences observed might provide a challenging problem for a molecular orbital theorist.


From around 1990, it has been suggested that our internal defense system is composed of two distinct ele-ments ; local innate immunity principally arranged on surface areas to establish barriers against various patho-gens, and systemic acquired immunity mainly seen in systemic compartments to survey and control internal damage and disorders. The former innate surface barrier is chiefly regulated via species-restricted CD 1 antigen-presenting molecules, through lipid/glycolipid antigens presented mainly by dendritic cells (DCs) and lacking antigen-specific memory through gene-rearrangements, while the latter acquired barrier is controlled by individually restricted MHC molecules and gains antigen-specific memory through gene-rearrangements. Surprisingly, it had been revealed more than 2,000 years before in the ancient Chinese medicine textbook, Ko-tei-nai-kei , that our defense system is also classified into two categories, named "defense-qi" and "nutritional-qi", and shown that the former "defense-qi" is arranged at the surface of skin to control our sweat and interact with "muddy" substances, while the latter "nutritional-qi" is situated on and within blood vessels and produces purified nutrients from food, drink and other exogenous substances. In this review, based on our recent under-standing of immunological progress and the modern concepts of immunity, the possible relationship between "defense-qi" and innate immunity as well as "nutritional-qi" and acquired immunity are discussed.


Two types of Cu(Ⅱ) complexes were synthesized by hydrothermal reaction,:(1)Cu1Na1C9H16O12monoclinic, space group I12/a1(15), a=13.524(2), b=11.221(1), c=18.410(2), α=90°,β=96.06(1)°, γ=90°, V=2 778.16(57)3, Z=8;(2)Cu2C18H20O18 monoclinic, space group P1 21/n1(14), a=8.570(1),b=18.855(1),c=6.845(3),α=90°,β=92.87(2)°,γ=90°, V=1 104.68(50)3,Z=2.


Background :Obesity is a complex multi factorial disease; genetic, metabolic, social, behavioral, and cultural , it has dramatic negative effects on overall health and related with decrements in overall spects of quality of life whether it is physical, psychological, or social. Objective to assess the extent to which weight affects the quality of life in obese persons and to assess which aspects of quality of life are most effected by weight. Design; A descriptive cross-sectional study of 170 persons randomly selected (as convenience sample) from three major hospitals in AL-Hilla city south of Baghdad from 1 st of March to 30 th of May. All patients included were have BMI more than30 kg/m 2 . Data obtained included IWOQL questionnaire (obesity-specific QOL questionnaire) ,measurement which included (body mass index ,waist circumference , waist to hip ratio ,body fat percentage) , were analysed by SPSS program version 17. Results; The study included 170 obese persons, (35%) are male and (65%) are female with mean age (39.48 +_ 9.65), years old. of those (34.7%)were have good quality of life while or (65.3%) were have poor quality of life.There was significant relation between QOL and BMI (p value=0.000), according to domains (self confidence and sexual life)were more impaired in female p value was (0.000) and (0.02) respectively and (physical function,work)were more impaired in male p value was (0.01) and (0.000), older age were more impaired in(physical function,sexual life,work) p value was (0.000), (0.018), (0.006) respectively ,younger age more impaired in self confidence value (0.o18) (58.5%) of study population were have no physical activity ,(56%) of study population were have sleeping time less than8 hrs,(54%) were sitting on computer screen or watching TV more than 3 hours. Regarding dietary habits;(55%)of study population were eating irregular meals,(71%)eating breakfast daily,(58%)eating snack >3times/wk,(27%) were eating snack before bed time,(45%)were often eating fast food,(46%)were drinking water less than 2L/day. Statistically, there was significant relation between QOL and (irregular meal p value=0.042)and(nocturnal snacking pvalue=0.031) Conclusion; increasing BMI has negative effect in on physical ,psychological ,and social aspects of life, it is effected by;age(older age more impaired in physical function,work and sexual life ,younger age more effectedin self- confidence), gender (female in self-confidence and sexual life ,male in physical function and work), bad medical history , sedentary and unhealthy life style ,unhealthy eating habits can effect on quality of life in obese individuals.


The ocular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are common and they can vary from patient to patient. However, necrotizing anterior scleritis without inflammation (scleromalacia perforans) is a rare and serious opthalmic complication, and it is typically associated with long-standing RA. Although the etiology and pathogenesis of scleromalacia perforans are diverse and they are not completely understood, ophthalmic surgery is one of the well known causes of scleromalacia perforans. Patients with systemic autoimmune disease such as RA have an especially higher risk of scleromalacia perforans after opthalmic surgery. Because scleromalacia perforans is a potential threat not just to eyesight, but to life as well, early diagnosis and prompt treatment are required for its successful management. We experienced a case of scleromalacia perforans that developed after scleral excision of pterygium in a 58 year old woman who had a 7 year history of RA, and this was well treated with an early screral graft. We report here on this case along with a review of the relevant literature.


With the developing of 3D mobile phone, there are more and more dual images which seen from slightly different angles caught by two mobile phone cameras. The images caught by mobile phone camera usually have lower resolution (LR) than the images caught by normal camera. To solve this problem, this paper proposes a robust Bayesian SR method to recover high-frequency information from dual LR images, which solves the registration, interpolation, kernel estimation, restoration, and post-processing problems simultaneously. It's noticed that the blur kernel (Gaussian blur kernel) of the proposed SR processing is recalculated in iterations, other than a constant kernel as usual. Our experimental results show great visual improvement and a suppressing of high-frequency artifacts.


Simple Summary HER3 is a known driver for oncogenesis and therapy resistance in solid cancers. PET imaging could be a useful tool to non-invasively detect and monitor HER3 expression and aid in the selection of patients for HER3-targeted therapy. PET tracers based on therapeutic antibodies have thus far shown limited success in reliably imaging HER3-expressing tumors in clinical trials. Smaller-sized tracers specifically designed for imaging might be needed for higher contrast imaging and sufficient sensitivity. Our group has previously studied the use of radiolabeled affibody molecules for imaging of HER3 expression. In the present study, we compared four different types of potential PET tracers for imaging of HER3 expression in a preclinical model. We demonstrated that the affibody-based tracer, [68Ga]Ga-ZHER3, could provide overall superior imaging contrast to antibody- and antibody-fragment-based tracers shortly after injection. Our results indicate that HER3-targeting affibody molecules are promising agents for PET imaging of HER3 expression. Abstract HER3 (human epidermal growth factor receptor type 3) is a challenging target for diagnostic radionuclide molecular imaging due to the relatively modest overexpression in tumors and substantial expression in healthy organs. In this study, we compared four HER3-targeting PET tracers based on different types of targeting molecules in a preclinical model: the 89Zr-labeled therapeutic antibody seribantumab, a seribantumab-derived F(ab)2-fragment labeled with 89Zr and 68Ga, and the 68Ga-labeled affibody molecule [68Ga]Ga-ZHER3. The novel conjugates were radiolabeled and characterized in vitro using HER3-expressing BxPC-3 and DU145 human cancer cells. Biodistribution was studied using Balb/c nu/nu mice bearing BxPC-3 xenografts. HER3-negative RAMOS xenografts were used to demonstrate binding specificity in vivo. Autoradiography was conducted on the excised tumors. nanoPET/CT imaging was performed. New conjugates specifically bound to HER3 in vitro and in vivo. [68Ga]Ga-DFO-seribantumab-F(ab')2 was considered unsuitable for imaging due to the low stability and high uptake in normal organs. The highest tumor-to-non-tumor contrast with [89Zr]Zr-DFO-seribantumab and [89Zr]Zr-DFO-seribantumab-F(ab')2 was achieved at 96 h and 48 h pi, respectively. Despite lower tumor uptake, [68Ga]Ga-ZHER3 provided the best imaging contrast due to the fastest clearance from blood and normal organs. The results of our study suggest that affibody-based tracers are more suitable for PET imaging of HER3 expression than antibody- and antibody-fragment-based tracers.


The invention relates to an operating method of a CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Compact Disc) module in an EMANE (Carrier Sense Multiple Access)-based network simulation tool. The method comprises the steps of taking a network simulation tool EMANE of a simulated mobile ad-hoc network as a base, expanding a wire network simulation function to the network simulation tool, and building the CSMA/CD module of an MAC (Machine Aided Cognition) layer of a wire network of the EMANE. The network simulation tool expanded is capable of building a virtual network scene including a wireless network, a wire network and a mobile network.


In order to enhance cell culture growth in biosensors such as those for glucose detection must be developed that are capable of monitoring cell culture processes continuously and accurate. Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) is used to obtain cell images with nanometer level resolution by analyzing the interference pattern by the mixing of reference and objective light to determine glucose concentration in doped double distilled water and create a glucose signature spectrum in salt-sugar solution. We demonstrate ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging of in vitro biological cells and an improved deflection angle measurements formal and back projection method is used to reconstruct the two-dimensional glucose concentration performs refractive index distribution. Slopes of OCT signals decreased substantially and almost linearly with the increase of glucose concentration from 2.5 to 15 mg/dl. Phantom studies demonstrated 1% accuracy of scattering- coefficient measurement. Our theoretical and experimental studies suggest that glucose concentration can potentially be measured non-invasively with high sensitivity and accuracy with OCT systems.


The current situation of domestic and international on the monitoring methods and technologies on the durability of concrete structure were summarized and compared.The principles and characteristics of various methods were analyzed.Moreover,the applications of new technologies on the durability monitoring technology of concrete structure were introduced and several problems should be solved were point out.


Abstract The multifunctional Tritium Removal Facility (TRF) has been designed for the heavy water research reactor PIK in Russia. Along with the extraction of tritium and protium from a heavy water reflector of the reactor, the TRF provides the processing of heavy water waste and the production of tritium-free heavy water. The combined electrolysis catalytic exchange process and hydrogen cryogenic distillation are used at the TRF. A number of investigations have been made to obtain data for the TRF design. At present, the facility is under construction and a detailed design is being completed. The possibility of processing heavy water waste to produce heavy water simultaneously with the extraction of tritium and protium from the heavy water reactor will improve the functionality and economic efficiency of the TRF. The basic technological scheme of the facility and the main modes of its operation are presented along with the progress of the construction of the facility building and engineering systems.


In a recent study of Landau-Ginzburg model of string field theory by Gaiotto, Moore and Witten, there appears a type of perturbed Cauchy-Riemann equation, i.e. the ζ -instanton equation. Solutions of ζ -instanton equation have degenerate asymptotics. This degeneracy is a severe restriction for obtaining the Fredholm property and constructing relevant homology theory. In this article, we study the Fredholm property of a sort of differential operators with degenerate asymptotics. As an application, we verify certain Fredholm property of the linearized operator of ζ -instanton equations.


In the last ten years, the number of students from Tajikistan studying at Tomsk universities has been steadily increasing. Statistics of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation shows that this process is typical for a number of other Russian regions. Migrant students face the challenge of adaptation and enculturation in the host community. An important part of this process is getting a good command of the Russian language. Some of the graduates will stay in Tomsk or will move to other major cities of Siberia that attract migration processes and are the multimodal migration hosts. They will become Russian citizens, start their own families here. Treating these "new Russian Asians" not as migrants, but as a part of the civil society will strengthen the solidarity of the nation and will facilitate the solution of administrative problems. Successful social experience of university graduates will help to switch the Youth Bulge phenomenon - the pressure of a large number of young people in Tajikistan on the socio-economic situation in the country of origin and in the host community - to a positive track. Those who will be unable to successfully fit into the host community may experience at first symbolic, and then physical ghettoization. Disappointment and frustration may encourage them to seek "social justice" through participation in criminal groups and radical religious organizations. Individual in-depth interviews, which are the primary method of gathering information in the framework of this research project, are considered in terms of the status and other attributes of the interaction between a respondent and an interviewer.


A simplified theory of the three-port junction circulator is given. This theory is applicable to all three-port junctions which rely on the splitting of a pair of degenerate modes and gives the two circulation conditions of the three-port junction circulator in terms of the elements of the equivalent shunt resonator. This is done by first developing the degenerate normal-mode description of the resonator and then modifying it to allow for the known splitting of the resonant frequencies. The loaded-Q of the junction is also given. All the results obtained are consistent with the classical junction behaviour.


Going to war is one thing, being prepared for it quite another. Preparation requires that the men be organized into units, housed, fed, clothed, armed, and equipped. The coming of the Civil War created nightmarish logistical problems for the various states as far as arming and equipping the new volunteers. Nobody was prepared to meet the requirements for so large a number of men. Illinois, like other states, scrambled to provide for the 259,092 men who ultimately volunteered. The first call was for six regiments, although the state authorized raising "ten regiments of infantry, one regiment of cavalry, and one battalion of light artillery."1 War caught the state of Illinois in a condition of woeful unpreparedness. The military force of the state existed only on paper, for all practical purposes. According to Illinois Adjutant General Allen G Fuller, the state had "no available, efficient, armed and organized militia," at the outbreak of the war. Fuller doubted whether there were even thirty organized companies throughout the state, but admitted that eventually these provided a strong nucleus for the new regiments.2 In fact, volunteers responded with enthusiasm to redress the insult to the flag. But how to clothe and equip them? One expression of this problem, attributed to Lincoln, ran "the ore is still in the mine from which the guns are to be made and the wool on the sheep for the clothing."3 As far as armaments were concerned, the state arsenal housed no more than 362 U.S. altered muskets and 297 horse pistols. Additionally several hundred mostly unserviceable weapons and accouterments were distributed among the militia companies. Governor Yates passed legislation to purchase arms, and unsuccessfully requested assistance form the arsenals at St. Louis, Missouri; Dearborn, Michigan; Albany, New York; Springfield, Massachusetts; and even London, Canada. Despite the shortage of arms, accouterments, and uniforms, volunteers swarmed into the service. The first company, The Springfield Grays, assembled in Springfield on April 15, quickly followed by others all over the state. On April 21, at the urgent request of the governor who feared for the safety of Cairo, a force of four-hundred men left Chicago on the Illinois Central Railroad, armed with fifty muskets borrowed from a Milwaukee militia company. The rest of the men brought an assortment of shotguns, pistols, antique revolvers, squirrel rifles, and "anything that looked as if it would shoot." These were brought from home, borrowed, purchased, or acquired by any other means. Additionally, four pieces of artillery and forty-four horses accompanied this ragtag force.4 The so-called Cairo Expedition was successful in making the all important town at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers safe, but it also underscored the woeful state of Illinois' militia and volunteers. Many of the weapons borrowed from the Milwaukee militia were later found to be loaded with multiple rounds, and, therefore, unserviceable until the excess rounds could be extracted. This showed an unfamiliarity with the equipment as well as a failure to perform routine maintenance. The first recruits poured into Springfield, debarking from overcrowded railway cars and assembling on ill-prepared campgrounds. The men milled around for hours before being assigned quarters, and then were directed into old cattle stalls. The first recruits bunked six deep in stalls formerly occupied by a single bovine. A curtain was provided to affect some measure of privacy, or at least the facade of a military tent. Little or no provision was made to properly feed, clothe, or house the men. Luxuries like blankets or other equipment were not to be found.5 The recruits of the 13th Illinois were not impressed with the cattle pen accommodations nor the lack of uniforms and equipment. "The Scriptures are authority for the statement that 'No man goeth to warfare at his own charge. …


If weather conditions become rough, vessel motions with an increased amplitude are excited due to the presence of waves. The sagbend region of a suspended pipeline catenary may experience high loads due to these motions. When the loads become too high, the pipeline integrity cannot be guaranteed. In such case, the pipeline is lowered to the seabed to prevent buckling and excessive damages to the pipeline. The pipelay operation is to be resumed later on when pipelay conditions have been improved. This process is called Abandonment a Recovery (AaR). It is essential to lay pipe as efficiently as possible to reduce the time spent offshore. This study investigates the influence of the vessel motions with regard to pipeline integrity. This results in two objectives that are intertwined with one another. The first objective is to investigate the influence of vessel motions on the dynamic pipeline behaviour and integrity during installation operations. The second objective is to develop a method that will define a vessel motion based criteria for pipeline Abandonment a Recovery operations with respect to pipeline integrity. Two methods are proposed to create ´statistical prediction´ curves to quickly assess the pipeline integrity. This requires the generation of multiple pipeline installation models during project preparation. These methods are applied to various combinations of water depths and pipe properties. The dynamic behaviour of the pipeline is very sensitive to changes of these parameters. A shallow water and a deep water case are used for the analyses of the results and for the validation of the methods. The pipeline integrity is assessed by predicting the maximum strain, the DNV buckling check and fatigue damage for a pipeline during installation based on stinger tip motions.


Preface Introduction 1. Hegal's political philosophy reconsidered 2. The proletariat: the universal class 3. Homo faber 4. Alienation and property 5. Praxis and revolution 6. The revolutionary ialectics of capitalist society 7. The French Revolution and the terror: the achievements and limits of political revolution 8. The new society Epilogue Bibliography Index.


Diode laser action has been obtained at 8.5μ with PbSe. This laser is of potential interest for terrestrial communications since its emission is in the 8-to-14-μ atmospheric window, a spectral region of high atmospheric transparency where attenuation due to scattering by haze is low. Fabrication techniques are described which are based on controlling carrier type and concentration by adjusting the Pb:Se ratio. Below threshold for laser action, the emission exhibits two spectral peaks, one near 8.5μ which increases superlinearly with current and another near 10.1μ which increases slowly with current. Laser action associated with the 8.5μ peak is observed above a threshold Current density of 2000 A cm-2. From measurements which did not resolve the cavity mode structure, the emission peak was found to shift to higher energies in a [100] oriented magnetic field at the rate of 7.1 \times 10^{-8} eV per gauss, or 17 Mc/s per gauss. This is the expected shift if the emission is associated with band-to-band transitions. The threshold current decreased to a fraction of its zero field value in a magnetic field of approximately 10 kilogauss, then increased slowly with higher fields.


Subsaturating (approximately physiological) concentrations of [1-14C]dolichol were supplied in vitro to soybean embryo microsomes, to enable the formation of [1-14C]dolichyl phosphate ([1-14C]Dol-P). By including saturating amounts of nonradiolabeled UDP-GlcNAc, GDP-Man, and UDP-Glc individually or in combination in the assay, the extent to which newly formed [1-14C]Dol-P is directed into [1-14C]dolichyl pyrophosphate ([1-14C]Dol-PP) – GlcNAc, [1-14C]Dol-PP-(GlcNAc)2, [1-14C]Dol-P-Man, and [1-14C]Dol-P-Glc could be followed. The addition of UDP-GlcNAc did not appreciably decrease the rate of accumulation of free [1-14C]Dol-P, whereas GDP-Man and UDP-Glc reduced the free [1-14C]Dol-P content of the assays by about 20 and 50%, respectively. The appearance of Dol-P-Man and (or) Dol-P-Glc accounted entirely for the decreased amounts of free Dol-P present. Even in the presence of all three nucleoside diphosphate sugars, about 40–50% of the total [1-14C]Dol-P formed remained in the free phosphate form. The earl...


Medical services that are billed at physician reimbursement levels but are performed by nonphysicians are drawing extra scrutiny from the federal government because they may be vulnerable to overutlization and expose patients to subpar care.


'manorial', 'customary', or 'self-sufficient' basis to a predominantly 'capitalist' or market-oriented one, based on 'progressive' or 'large-scale' farming. A fourth concerns the consequent disinheritance of the poorer peasants, their reduction to the level of wage-labourers, and the acute problem of local poverty, which gave rise to the well-known 'Agrarian Revolution at Cotesbach' in 1607 and the pamphlet warfare between John Moore and Joseph Lee. Readers unfamiliar with the district may find it easier to begin with the last chapter, summarizing Dr Goodacre's conclusions, before wading into the rather dense detail of the main text. The distinctions drawn throughout the book between ' open' and ' enclosed' parishes, 'ordinary' and 'progressive' farmers, and 'manorial' and 'capitalist' forms of economy give the author's argument a firm framework. But we sometimes tend to lose sight of the human diversity behind such abstractions, and the individuality of the villages under scrutiny. There is not much here about family life, and still less about the role of women, which are surely crucial matters in any peasant economy. Yet Dr Goodacre has written a pioneering work which leaves the reader with many points to consider in turning to other areas.


This paper describes an integrated environment for group decision support in re-engineering process, based on dynamic constraint networks model for knowledge representation, object-oriented programming technique and intelligent agents approach for cooperative decision making. The environment described provides users with facilities for transformation requirements specification and multi-level configuration and layout design of the production system. Different design problems are treated as agents with embedded constraint satisfaction and consistency support facilities, re-engineering process is then represented as cooperative multi-agent procedure with local, delegated and shared problems solving.


Abstract It has been known for some time that the longest wavelength absorption band of anthracene arises from the transversely polarized 1La ← 1A absorptive transition (1). The angular momentum forbidden 1Lb ← 1A transition, which is invariably at least ten-fold weaker than the former transition in the acenes has been predicted, on theoretical grounds, to be submerged in the 1La ← 1A absorption envelope (2). That the 1Lb ← 1A transition of anthracene does not lie much higher in energy than the 1La ← 1A transition was demonstrated by Baba and Suzuki (3) who proved that although the long-wavelength absorption band of 1-anthrol originated from the 1La ← 1A absorption, as anticipated, the long-wavelength absorption bands of 2-anthrol and its conjugate anion originated from the admixture of charge-transfer from the β-hydroxy group into the longitudinally polarized 1A ← 1Lb transition of anthracene.


In a recent article 1 Dykes and Meier discussed some of the clinical data published since 1938 on the efficacy of pharmacologic doses of ascorbic acid in the prevention and treatment of the common cold and both clinical data and data obtained from intact animals that relate to the possible toxicity of ascorbic acid. They pointed out that in several studies the subjects receiving ascorbic acid had less illness than those receiving the placebo, but they criticized most of the studies with respect to some details of design or execution and concluded that there is little convincing evidence of a protective effect large enough to be clinically important. They also stated that many hypothetical adverse reactions to the intake of large amounts of ascorbic acid have been suggested, but that there is little evidence about the possible incidence of such reactions currently available. The conclusions reached by Dykes and Meier have been widely misrepresented in press releases, newspapers, and magazines. For example, it has been said, on the basis of their paper and another paper published at the same time 2 , that "Vitamin C will not prevent or cure the common cold". 3 In fact, their conclusion was that "Until such time as pharmacologic doses of ascorbic acid have been shown to have obvious, important clinical value in the prevention and treatment of the common cold, and to be safe in a large varied population, we cannot advocate its unrestricted use for such purposes." Moreover, some significant studies in this field were not mentioned by Dykes and Meier, and some important aspects of the studies discussed by them were also not mentioned by them. My conclusions , presented below, from the thorough analysis of the existing information , are somewhat different from those of Dykes and Meier. Dykes and Meier mention that the evaluation of efficacy may be made uncertain by its partial dependence on subjective reports by the patients. The number of colds is especially unreliable because of uncertainty as to whether or not to record as a cold a mild indisposition lasting only one or two days. I consider the average number of days of illness per person (the integrated morbidity 4) to be the best quantity to use in determining the relative efficacy of ascorbic acid and placebo. This quantity, which can be assessed in a reasonably objective way (by signs recorded by the physician, number …


Seasonal sampling data – from November 2008 to January 2011 were analyzed to determine the age and the growth of Metapenaeus affinis (jinga shrimp). The males presented 2-year modes, while females one more. The CL∞ and the k values were estimated to be 49,75 mm and 0,68 years-1 for females and 35,42 mm, 1,33 years-1, for males. The φ' value for the females was 2,84, while for males 3,22.


In the end of 2007, Air China Limited (hereinafter "Air China") and Shanghai Airlines, formally joined Star Alliance at a ceremony held in the new Terminal Three at Beijing Capital International Airport. With the addition of the two Chinese airlines, Star Alliance now has 19 member carriers operating 17,000 daily flights to 897 destinations in 160 countries.……


In this paper, a LC tank circuit has been designed, fabricated and tested, to study the temperature dependence of the quality factor in the LC-type passive wireless temperature sensors. The performance of the wireless signal transmission is studied by a group of inductances and by studying the impedance characterization of the LC tank. A theoretical model of temperature dependence of quality factor is established, and is found to be in good agreement with the experiment results. The quality factor Q as a function of temperature, expressed in Q-factor shift per temperature difference, is 0.0246/ °C, which compares well to the theoretically determined slope of 0.0275/ C. Up to 2.5% change in quality factor per C change of temperature is demonstrated. Both the resonance frequency and the quality factor Q of the LC sensor are strongly dependent on temperature.


This study tries to give improvement directions of the law of oil spill focusing on the view that satisfying remuneration for victims should be considered. And it looks through the existing remuneration system provided by P&I Club and IOPC Fund. It also covers with issues related to remuneration in order to find the best for victims. The major contents of this study are as follows. First, the present law of compensation security to Marine oil pollution accident should be revised. Maximum value of remuneration needs to be raised and subjects liable to pay reparation need to be expanded. Second, in case the damage is widely different comparing to similar cases in foreign countries, it's hard to get complete remuneration from international corporations responsible for reparation. That's the reason the national emergency system for oil pollution must be established. Third, this study says the law that certainly defines a liability subject and that the liability is not necessarily caused by fault should be enacted. Last, it suggest that victims should have their object income data to facilitate establishment of the law of compensation for damages from marine oil pollution. To calculate proper remuneration, government should consider to choose one of public organizations as an investigator to damages and should collect accurate statistics relating to fishery. Furthermore, compensation system which can provide rapid reparation to victims needs to established by founding professional maritime organization of arbitration.


INTRODUCTION In August 2002, United States Food and Drug Administration announced a new initiative, Pharmaceutical Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) for the 21


Fe-Mn-Si master alloys, specifically designed to create a liquid phase below the conventional sintering temperatures, have been used as a vehicle for introducing oxidation sensitive alloying elements into low alloy steels. By combining plain water atomized iron base powder, with 0.6 wt. % graphite and small additions (≤ 4 wt. %) of different master alloys based on the Fe-Mn-Si system, sintered steels with less than 3 wt. % of alloying elements were prepared. After pressing at 600 MPa, green compacts were sintered at 1120oC or 1250oC for 1 hour in N2-10H2 atmosphere. Final oxygen contents were below 0.1 wt. % for sintering schedules at 1120oC and 0.02 wt. % for sintering at 1250oC. The best combination of properties is achieved by the use of small master alloy particles (< 10 µm) and high sintering temperatures, which provide UTS values of 600 MPa combined with 3 % elongation and impact energy of 30 J.


Following the spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19), there is a growing requirement for online class at universities and other educational institutions. Information Media Center (IMC) at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), provides Google G Suite for Education, which can be used by all faculty members and students of our university. G Suite provides a service called Google Meet, which can be used for remote meetings. However, since Meet is somewhat inferior in terms of functionality as a web conferencing system, it is expected to have some barriers for the smooth class management by faculty members. Therefore, IMC considered that Cisco Webex Training could be a choice for effective online class use. First of all we discuss the functionality of Cisco Webex Training in this paper. A product version of some web conferencing systems such as Webex can be easily implemented for a large-scale environment by working together with a university's integrated authentication system. However, in order to do this, it is necessary to renovate the existing authentication system. It also coincides with the end of the fiscal year in Japan's budget period. In this situation, online classes are also an important issue that needs to be implemented quickly for COVID-19 measures. From these situations, renovations and cost incurrence for coordination should be kept to a minimum. Therefore, IMC starts preparations for a small-start implementation of the system. First, we built a system that allows users to open an account for the Webex system by signing up, and then users can start the service by self-service when they need it. This system consists of a combination of the Webex system and the various services included in G Suite, and is ready for use when both services are available. In this paper, we also provide a brief description of the process of building the system and the details of the system. By proposing an introduction method that is different from the linking the authentication system normally used to deploy the Webex system, we can propose a new use case for the university community.


The output of this bachelor thesis is the preparation of educational materials for patients undergoing interstitial breast brachytherapy. In theoretical part lf the thesis general basics of education are presented, breast anatomy is briefly described along with breast cancer origin and treatment options with a focus on the brachytherapy. The practical part of the thesis evaluated anonymous questionnaires filled in by the patients, who underwent the treatment.


The current emphasis on cybersecurity worldwide, demonstrates the importance of this topic. This poster describes a unique NSF funded project that aims to create cybersecurity education opportunities at Virginia Tech (VT). It is a collaborative effort among faculty and graduate students in the Engineering Education, Computer Science (CS), Electrical and Computer Engineering (includes two majors, Electrical Engineering (EE) and Computer Engineering (CPE)) Departments, and the Hume Center in the College of Engineering at VT. The goal is to integrate cybersecurity modules into eight required CS and CPE courses, from freshman to junior levels, utilizing Jeremy Bruner's spiral-theory-based1,2 curriculum model. A spiraling theme of "handling threats to software for securing information" is chosen that will be returned to repeatedly as learners advance in their knowledge and intellectual capacity. Cybersecurity goals of the Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, Authenticity, Anonymity, Assurance (CIA/AAA) triad, as appropriate for various academic levels, are adopted to develop the cybersecurity modules. Each module engages students in an authentic activity that reinforces the cybersecurity concepts. The project includes an engineering education research component, which is focused on evaluating the effectiveness of the curriculum in enhancing students' knowledge, skills, and motivation in cybersecurity concepts. The first year of the project has been completed by introducing cybersecurity modules into four courses (CS: Introduction to Software Design, and Software Design and Data Structures, and CPE: Engineering Problem Solving with C++, and Data Structures and Algorithms) impacting ~1600 students. The details of curriculum development, implementation and, preliminary findings of the research will be presented.


A study was carried out on the chemical dosimetry of gamma radiation. This method is based upon the oxidation of ferrous sulfate to ferric sulfate and allows the measurement of radiation doses from 4000 to 40,000 r with an accuracy of 2%. A 1.5 to 2.0 x 10/sup 4/ M solution of FeSO/sub 4/(NH/sub 4/)/sub 2/SO/su b 4/. 9H/sub 2/O was used which was stabilized with 10/sup -3/ M NaCl and 0.4 M H/sub 2/SO/sub 4/. The quality of oxidized iron can be determined exactly by combining the residual non-oxidized iron with orthophenanthroline to the complex compound ferroustriorthophenanthroline (ferroine), and the optical density can be measured with the Beckman spectrophotometer. If D is the optical density and d is the distance traversed through the solution by the gamma rays, then the radiation dose can be determined from the molar extinction coefficient by the formula, epsilon = D/dSTAFe/sup 2+/!. Various graphs show the dependence of the optical density on (a) pH, (b) the amount of complex formed, and (c) the dilution. A table shows the extinction coefficient at various distances from a 2100-c Co/sup 60/. The results of the measurements were extremely satisfactory in spite of the inclement climate in whichmore » they were carried out, i.e., high temperature and humidity. (OID)« less


Evidence from animal and human studies indicates that abnormal lipid profile may contribute to renal disease progression. The effect of dietary fat level on renal function, electrolyte balance, cholesterol, triacylglycerol, and sex hormones was examined in 54 male and female adult rats. The rats were fed either low/high fat diet (3/20 g/100 g diet) for 12 weeks. In rats fed the high fat diet (HF), the kidney weight/ body weight ratio was significantly increased in comparison with low fat diet (LF). Rats fed the LF diet had significantly lower mean of feed intake and body weight gain percentage compared with both HF and control groups (p<0.05). HF diets enhanced cholesterol and triacylglycerol significantly in male and female rats, and this increase was associated with a significant increase of testosterone and estradiol levels relative to controls. Uric acid, urea nitrogen and creatinine were increased significantly in HF diet groups for male and female rats. The results indicate that uric acid was increased 100% relative to the control group in male rats when switched to HF diets. In the female group uric acid was increased 35% relative to the control, and for urea nitrogen, 53.4 and 9.6% increase was observed for male and female rats, respectively. Lipid profile in the female group was better than male rats. Significant increase in sodium ions was detected in the serum of male and female rats fed (HF) high fat diets, and the opposite was noticed in potassium ions levels of male and female rats fed HF. Microscopically, examined kidneys of HF diet rats revealed two types of histopathological alterations in both sexes.


The present invention relates to a wind power plant, having an asynchronous machine is used to determine the azimuthal position of the wind power plant housing. The present invention describes a driving device for determining the azimuth position of the housing of the wind power plant, wherein said drive means eliminates the gap is given to each member of the target position for clearance without causing a desired braking torque and elimination of the interaction between play. According to the invention, the second asynchronous machine having a rotor / stator arrangement (22, 24), a second rotor / stator device and the first rotor / stator arrangement (12, 14) electrically isolated, wherein the second rotor / stator arrangement the rotor and the shaft are also connected. The rotor / stator apparatus is supplied with direct current in the desired direction in order to produce the desired braking torque, and the second rotor / stator apparatus is supplied with alternating current, which generates a rotational moment in the direction of rotation, to initiate the drive means.


Abstract To develop novel oligothiophene‐based liquid crystals involving hydrogen bonding, new terthiophene derivatives containing a stearylamide group, N,N′‐distearyl‐5,5″‐dicyano‐2,2′∶5′,2″‐terthiophene‐4,4″‐dicarboxamide (DNC18DCN 3T) and N,N′‐distearyl‐5,5′‐dipropyl‐2,2′∶5′,2′‐terthiophene‐4,4″‐dicarboxamide (DNC18 DP3T), were designed and synthesized, and their thermal behavior examined. Although DNC18DP3T did not exhibit liquid crystallinity, DNC18DCN3T was found to form smectic A phase.