Abstract : This report details the results of a literature search of three possible historic sites and a Phase I field survey of eleven district Project Areas in and adjacent to the city of Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota. The literature search included state, county, and city records, monographs and secondary sources, primary documents and records, and photographs in the city of Rochester, the Minnesota Historical Society, and the Olmsted County Historical Society. The majority of the Project Areas have been heavily disturbed by urban development and natural erosion and deposition. Archaeological potential, on the whole, is low. The proposed levee designated for Project Area 1 will run between structures which comprise a National Register of Historic Places site. According to Corps sketch maps, this levee, as currently planned, will destroy one of the stone structures entirely. Relocation of the levee is recommended.


The Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent national lockdown have created lots of impact on the lives and livelihoods of people living in India. The impact of Coivd-19 lockdown is very high on North Andhra Villages because many migrant workers in the urban areas are represented from North Andhra villages. This study was conducted in seven north Andhra villages to know the approaches, strategies and best practices adopted by the villages during the Covid-19 lockdown period. It is a qualitative study that adopted an exploratory research design. The purposive sampling method has been adopted and collected the data from 44 villagers through a semi-structured interview schedule. The study found that the closure of industries, schools, companies and the imposition of lockdown and regulations for controlling the spread of Covid-19 brought many problems to the Individuals, families and at large the community itself. The people in the villages were scared to come out of the house and feared that the disease might contact them. Some felt lonely. The health care professionals, the Government of Andhra Pradesh and the Government of India have continuously supported the people in India with various support services. Overall, this pandemic and the lockdown have taught a new lesson to human beings.


In this study 235 ninth graders from ten German middle track classes were asked about their preference for solving tasks with multiple solutions, uncertainty orientation and treating tasks with multiple solutions in their everyday mathematical classes. Preference for solving tasks with multiple solutions and uncertainty orientation were assessed before and after a five-lesson teaching unit promoting modelling competency with either one solution or multiple ones as well as in the control group. The findings show that (1) preference for solving tasks with multiple solutions is connected with students' uncertainty orientation and treating these tasks in the classroom, (2) after the teaching unit, a group where multiple solutions were treated indicated the stronger preference for solving tasks with multiple solutions.


The study was aimed at evaluating the antifungal properties of the ethanolic extracts of Jatropha curcas seeds and various fungicides; benlate, captan, difolatan and dithane M-45 against the causative agent of bole rot of coconut seedlings; Ceratocystis paradoxa. Five different concentrations of J. curcas seed; 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% were tested against C. paradoxa using the pour plate method. The extract of ethanol of the Jatropha seed showed a maximum zone of inhibitory potentials at 100% (0.5mm) and 75% (0.5mm) compared to others which did not produce zone of inhibition. The various fungicides were also tested for antifungal properties at different concentrations; 500ppm, 1000ppm, 1500ppm and 2000ppm against C. paradoxa. Amongst the fungicides tested, benlate and captan had higher zones of inhibition of 0.5mm and 0.5mm respectively for all the concentrations. This result therefore confirms the efficacy of benlate (0.5mm) and captan (0.5mm) as well as 75% and 100% concentration of ethanolic extract of Jatropha curcas seeds as the best selective control measure in management of Ceratocystis paradoxa. (Jonathan S.G., Udoh M.E., and Olawuyi O.J. In -vitro evaluation of the efficacy of Jatropha curcas Linn. and fungicides in the control of Ceratocystis paradoxa (Chalara anamorph) IMI 501775 associated with bole rot of Cocos nucifera Linn. Seedlings. Rep Opinion 2012;4(12):48-60). (ISSN: 1553-9873). http://www.sciencepub.net/report. 10


—Cancer-causing genes are genes in which mutations cause the onset and spread of cancer. These genes are called driver genes or cancer-causal genes. Several computational methods have been proposed so far to find them. Most of these methods are based on the genome sequencing of cancer tissues. They look for key mutations in genome data to predict cancer genes. This study proposes a new approach called centrality maximization intersection, cMaxDriver, as a network-based tool for predicting cancer-causing genes in the human transcriptional regulatory network. In this approach, we used degree, closeness, and betweenness centralities, without using genome data. We first constructed three cancer transcriptional regulatory networks using gene expression data and regulatory interactions as benchmarks. We then calculated the three mentioned centralities for the genes in the network and considered the nodes with the highest values in each of the centralities as important genes in the network. Finally, we identified the nodes with the highest value between at least two centralities as cancer causal genes. We compared the results with eighteen previous computational and network-based methods. The results show that the proposed approach has improved the efficiency and F-measure, significantly. In addition, the cMaxDriver approach has identified unique cancer driver genes, which other methods cannot identify.


High resolution angle-resolved photoemission measurements have been carried out on (La_1.4-xNd_0.6Sr_x)CuO_4, a model system with static stripes, and (La_1.85Sr_0.15)CuO_4, a high temperature superconductor (T_c=40K) with dynamic stripes. In addition to the straight segments near (pi, 0) and (0, pi) antinodal regions, we have identified the existence of nodal spectral weight and its associated Fermi surface in the electronic structure of both systems. The ARPES spectra in the nodal region show well-defined Fermi cut-off, indicating a metallic character of this charge-ordered state. This observation of nodal spectral weight, together with the straight segments near antinodal regions, reveals dual nature of the electronic structure of the stripes due to the competition of order and disorder.


This study examined the relationships between gender, ethnicity, locus of control, manifest anxiety, social desirability, and symptom perception. The sample consisted of 284 males and females, Japanese Americans and Caucasian Americans who were students at the University of Hawaii. They were administered the Symptom Severity Scale (SSS), Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale, the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale, and the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale. On the SSS they were asked to rate a variety of hypothetical symptoms for how serious a problem the symptoms would be if they had them. The symptoms were from six ~ priori categories: behavioral, affective, somatic, cognitive, interpersonal, and existential. Two way (2X2) analyses of variance revealed that females rated symptoms concerned with feelings of a lack of self-imposed direction in one's life as more serious than did males. Females also tended to rate some interpersonal items as more severe than did males. In spite of these differences, there was no overall gender difference in symptom severity rating. Factor analyses revealed a Lack-of-Cognitive-Control Factor which was prominent for Caucasian Americans but absent for Japanese Americans. Caucasian Americans also


Physicians who practise healthy habits play a key role by helping their patients to adopt healthy lifestyles for primary prevention of chronic diseases. The health of general practitioners (GPs) is important because they serve as health role models and because they are more likely to counsel their patients about health behaviour change if they practise healthy habits themselves. One of the strongest predictors of health promotion counselling by primary care physicians is practising a healthful behaviour oneself – it is clear that many physicians report difficulty counselling patients about behaviours they themselves do not practise.1,2

Health promotion counselling by providers is more effective than outsourcing counselling to a specialist or health coach, in part because patients view GPs as the most trusted source of health information. Since physicians are key health role models and advisors who often meet with patients during potentially impressionable times, their own health behaviours may affect their ability to engage their patients in healthful behaviours.3 In fact, the majority of people cite their physician as their primary source of information regarding healthy lifestyle decisions and are more likely to adopt a healthy behaviour when their physician recommends it.4

Currently, GPs in the UK report spending an average 16% of practice time on prevention, and 79% report educating patients about lifestyle risk 'most' or 'all of the time'.5 This is superior to US estimates but is still not optimal. Data from the 2000 US National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey revealed that only 15.7% of office visits to primary care providers included health counselling on diet, physical activity or stress reduction.6 While this is worryingly low, barriers to increasing counselling rates are significant. One identified barrier to greater health promotion counselling is that providers report difficulty counselling patients on behaviours that they struggle with themselves.2 Combined with the other main barrier that UK GPs report – a lack of time7 – this raises concerns about the new 48-hour working week limitations, as these changes may affect both personal and professional health promotion activities. It was recently determined that the average primary care provider would need 7.4 hours of each day in order to meet all the preventive services' recommendations for all patients – exclusive of health promotion counselling for chronic disease states!8 Clearly, GPs will struggle to provide optimal care, unless additional changes to the healthcare delivery system are made.

Yet these findings also underscore the importance of GPs' influence as role models of healthy behaviours, as 'practising what we preach' may be an effective and efficient strategy to increase health promotion activities among patients. Practising healthy behaviours oneself is strongly correlated with counselling patients on that behaviour.1 This holds true regardless of the provider's actual health status. In fact, physicians who were attempting to improve poor habits counselled patients significantly more often than physicians who were not trying to change their own behaviour.9 Correlations between personal practices and counselling rates have been found consistently across prevention and health promotion topics.1,10 For prevention and health promotion topics ranging from dietary fat intake, sunscreen use, mammography screening, physical activity, smoking, alcohol use and others, we have demonstrated strong personal–clinical correlations. The impact of personal practices has also been demonstrated in observational conditions with medical students and standardised patient models: even just being encouraged to have healthy personal practices increases medical students' rates of health promotion counselling.11

Importantly for busy GPs, we have found that simply talking to your patients about your personal practices improves your health promotion delivery. Providers who disclose their healthy personal health practices are perceived as more credible and motivating.3 This has been shown by others as well: rates of prevention counselling increase and patients become more receptive to health promotion counselling from physicians who demonstrate healthy behaviours themselves.12 Kreuter et al. found that when physicians discussed health promotion with their patients, even when the patients had already received printed materials on the same topic, those that were directly counselled by their physician were 35–55% more likely to quit smoking, make changes to their diet and begin exercising compared with those who only received literature encouraging the same thing.13

Rates of health promotion counselling among physicians can be increased through provider-centred health promotion. In our four-year controlled trial that addressed lifestyle behaviours over the course of medical school, student physicians made improvements in their personal health practices, and self-reported counselling on the topics improved as well. By senior year, control males reported twice the tobacco use reported by males in the intervention (43% vs 22%, p=0.02), although they had previously reported very similar levels (31% vs 29%, p=0.8). Diet and exercise counselling were strongly positively related to the intervention, alcohol was inversely related to the intervention and tobacco practices showed modest effect.14

Physicians can positively influence patients' health habits by counselling them about prevention and health-promoting behaviours. Physician counselling is strongly related to one's own health practices, so addressing providers' own health behaviours is key to substantially increasing health promotion counselling in general practice. Providers benefit from interventions that help them adopt healthier lifestyles – this benefit is not only for their personal health, but for the health of their entire patient population, which is likely to profit from more efficient and effective health promotion counselling.


Today modern simulations solutions in the wind turbine industry have achieved a high degree of complexity and detail in result. Limitations exist when it is time to validate model results against measurements. Regarding Model validation it is of special interest to identify mode frequencies and to differentiate them from the different excitations. A wind turbine is a complex device and measurements regarding any part of the assembly show a lot of noise. Input excitations are difficult or even impossible to measure due to the stochastic nature of the environment. Traditional techniques for frequency analysis or features extraction are widely used to analyze wind turbine sensor signals, but have several limitations specially attending to non stationary signals (Events). A new technique based on autoregresive analysis techniques is introduced here for a specific application, a comparison and examples related to different events in the wind turbine operations are presented. Keywords—wind turbine, signal processing, mode extraction.


I.Preface / Introduction II.Iran 1960 - 1961 III.Afghanistan 1961 - 1963 IV.London 1963 - 1965 : Learning the Ropes V.Brussels (European Communities) 1965 - 1970 : The Approach March VI.Brussels (European Communities) 1970 - 1972 : The Accession Negotiations VII.Brussels (Commission) 1973 - 1976: Chef de Cabinet VIII.London 1977 - 1979 : Oil Diplomacy IX.London 1979 - 1984 : The European budget battle X.Washington 1984 - 1985 : Company Town XI.Brussels European Community 1985 - 1990 : At the heart of Europe APPENDIX XII.United Nations New York 1990 - 1995 : New World : Order or Disorder? APPENDIX XIII.British Special Representative for Cyprus 1996 - 2003 : Mission impossible? XIV.Member of the UN Secretary-General's High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change 2003 - 2005 : Reforming the UN XV.The House of Lords and other things 1995 - 2011 : Coda XVI.The Quest for a Role XVII.Envoi


Effect of high temperature on pollen germination and seed setting of five rice cultivars during heading period was investigated.The results showed that the pollen germination rate of Huanghuazhan under high temperature for 4 d was above 70%,and its seed setting rate under high temperature 7 d was about 50%,while the other cultivars had lower pollen germination rates and seed setting rates.Therefore,Huanghuazhan is a heat-tolerant cultivar.


Objective
To investigate the effect of dendritic cells and cytokine-induced killer cells(CIK) on immune function and blood lipid metabolism in patients with renal cell carcinoma.

Methods
Sixty-two cases of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma were collected from March 2013 to January 2016, of which 31 cases were treated with routine treatment(control group), the other 31 patients were treated with CIK cells on the basis of routine treatment(study Group), two groups were compared before and after treatment of T lymphocyte subsets and natural killer cell (NK), serum interferon gamma (IFN-γ), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interleukin 2 (IL-2), interleukin 6 (IL-6), interleukin 10 (IL-10) and serum lipids.

Results
Before treatment, the levels of CD3+ , CD4+ , CD8+ , CD4+ /CD8+ , NK cell ratio had no statistical significance in the two groups(P>0.05); After treatment, NK cell ratio, CD3+ and CD4+ , CD4+ /CD8+ was significantly higher than those of the control group(P 0.05); After treatment, IFN-γ, IL-2, IL-6 in the study group were significantly higher than the control group(P 0.05). After treatment, those in the study was significantly higher than the control group(P<0.05).

Conclusion
CIK treatment of renal cancer patients can significantly improve the immune function of patients, but the CIK treatment can not impact on the metabolism.

Key words:
Dendritic cells; Killer cells; Kidney cancer; Immune function; Blood lipids


The invention relates to a sensor especially for a motor vehicle component, the sensor being capable of measuring a physical property of a component: - with a first sensitivity when the physical property is in a wide sensitivity range, - with a second sensitivity when the physical property is in a low-sensitivity range, the first sensitivity being greater than the second sensitivity.


We report a 57-year-old woman with left breast cancer with lung, liver, and leptomeningeal metastasis. She received methotrexate (MTX) intrathecal injection for initial therapy, but neutropenia occurred and her neurological symptoms improved only mildly. She received intrathecal trastuzumab of 20 mg bi-weekly, and neurological symptoms improved gradually, especially dysphagia and consciousness. However, neurological symptoms worsened two months later. Intrathecal trastuzumab of 85~100 mg was given weekly, and neurological symptoms improved again. No obvious side effect was observed, and persistence of tumor-negative CSF cytology was noted after that. We also review the literature regarding intrathecal trastuzumab for leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.


A popular method of bounding the memory requirements of queries over data streams is to use a sliding window, where old data are continuously removed as new data arrive. One problem that has not been addressed previously concerns indexing the results of sliding window queries. This is a noteworthy problem because data stream systems often materialize common sub-expressions or final results of similar queries, therefore it is important to allow the queries efficient access into a relevant subset of the materialized result. In this paper, we design and evaluate indexing methods that take advantage of the temporal order in which old answers expire for efficient maintenance and querying of the results. Our techniques allow sharing of indexed results among similar queries, adapt to fluctuating stream arrival rates, and are experimentally shown to perform updates over twice as fast as the existing sliding window indices.


Recognizing that nonmalingering criminal subjects often elevate both the Infrequency (F) and Infrequency Psychopathology (Fp) scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2), Megargee (2004) developed the Criminal Offender Infrequency (Fc) scale, which includes items infrequently endorsed by criminal offenders. This study compared MMPI-2 F, F(p), Fb and Fc elevations of criminal defendants who classified as malingering or not malingering using the Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS). Results of Logistic Regression Analyses suggested that the Fc scale performed better than F(p) and Fb, and at least as good as F in the detection of malingering in this forensic sample. Sensitivity, Specificity, Positive and Negative Predictive Validity Values for F, Fp and Fc are provided.


Cardiovascular disease is one of the dangerous non-communicable disorders or diseases that has become one of the causes of death worldwide. Various studies have been conducted to prevent cardiovascular disease in the world. This study analyzed cardiovascular disease medical record data from the Kaggle public dataset by implementing correlational analysis combined with association rule mining to identify variables that are the predominant cause of cardiovascular disease. Correlational analysis can analyze the interrelationships between variables in a dataset, but not in depth. Association rule mining can identify the interrelationships of variables in the form of frequent item sets, which can be calculated for their support and confidence values. The result of this study is a combination of correlation analysis with association rule mining that can identify predominant variables to cause cardiovascular disease. Found that the variable gender=woman, height=short (<165 cm), and age=middle (45-60 years) are more likely to be affected by cardiovascular disease. The variable gender=woman with height=short indicates a 76.07% probability of developing cardiovascular disease.


Here we demonstrate the fabrication of nanometer-sized gaps by assembling single coreshell nanoparticles between metallic nanoelectrodes. Protein coated SiO2@Au coreshell nanoparticles are synthesized and positioned between fluorescent molecules-covered electrodes in a controllable way using dielectrophoretic trapping, forming nanogaps sandwiched between nanoparticle and nanoelectrodes. Preliminary photoluminescence measurements show that enhanced molecular fluorescence could be detected from the fluorescent molecules inside the nanogaps. These results pave the way for realizing electrically driven molecular fluorescence based on nanogap electrodes.


Nontyphoidal Salmonella species are the leading bacterial cause of food-borne disease in the United States. Whole genome sequences and paired antimicrobial susceptibility data are available for Salmonella strains because of surveillance efforts from public health agencies. In this study, a collection of 5,278 nontyphoidal Salmonella genomes, collected over 15 years in the United States, were used to generate XGBoost-based machine learning models for predicting minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) for 15 antibiotics. The MIC prediction models have average accuracies between 95-96% within ± 1 two-fold dilution factor and can predict MICs with no a priori information about the underlying gene content or resistance phenotypes of the strains. By selecting diverse genomes for training sets, we show that highly accurate MIC prediction models can be generated with fewer than 500 genomes. We also show that our approach for predicting MICs is stable over time despite annual fluctuations in antimicrobial resistance gene content in the sampled genomes. Finally, using feature selection, we explore the important genomic regions identified by the models for predicting MICs. To date, this is one of the largest MIC modeling studies to be published. Our strategy for developing whole genome sequence-based models for surveillance and clinical diagnostics can be readily applied to other important human pathogens.


The idea behind procedural content generation (PCG) in games is to create content automatically, using algorithms, instead of relying on user-designed content. While PCG approaches have traditionally focused on creating content for video games, they are now being applied to all kinds of virtual environments, thereby enabling training of machine learning systems that are significantly more general. For example, PCG's ability to generate never-ending streams of new levels has allowed DeepMind's Capture the Flag agent to reach beyond human-level-performance. Additionally, PCG-inspired methods such as domain randomization enabled OpenAI's robot arm to learn to manipulate objects with unprecedented dexterity. Level generation in 2D arcade games has also illuminated some shortcomings of standard deep RL methods, suggesting potential ways to train more general policies. This Review looks at key aspect of PCG approaches, including its ability to (1) enable new video games (such as No Man's Sky), (2) create open-ended learning environments, (3) combat overfitting in supervised and reinforcement learning tasks, and (4) create better benchmarks that could ultimately spur the development of better learning algorithms. We hope this article can introduce the broader machine learning community to PCG, which we believe will be a critical tool in creating a more general machine intelligence.


A realistic model is presented that allows rapid calculation and display of both exact, three‐dimensional, magnetic flux density lines and the associated trajectories of spherical and ellipsoidal magnetic particles suspended within a viscous liquid. The particles may be saturable and subject to the spatially nonuniform, magnetic flux densities produced by an array of arbitrarily positioned, rectangular, rare‐earth, permanent magnets. An iterative technique based on the model is applied to the design of a miniature magnetic separator used in a commercial diagnostic blood assay for HIV (AIDS) infection.


On basis of the results from three-dimensional physical experiments of formation and evolution of fold, following knowledge is obtained: symmetrical fold may be formed under symmetrical compression stresses when direction of action stresses are perpendicular to boundary of deformational body with ductile and brittle-ductile material with the same layer thickness. The style of symmetrical fold spread over symmetrical model center along x-axis, but structural deformation of fold is characterized by nonuniform along x, y and z axis. The angle between axis of fold and loaded boundary is about 30°, this character is closely related to nonhomogeneous gliding of bedding and nonuniform displacement of material particle. The structural deformation is different in shallow and deep layer. Ramp fold-thrust may be developed on bottom of model. Core thickness of fold is larger than flank thickness of fold. Length of model shortened 27% than initial length in the end of experiment. Thickness of fold highest point in the model thickened 36% than initial thickness. The stresses propagate from loaded boundary to unloaded stresses boundary under unidirectional compress stresses. Fold may be formed by action and reaction force, but deformation is obviously near loaded boundary. Fold-thrust developed on the bottom of the model with uniform of stress propagation direction. Buckling of layer is characterized by low-angle to high-angle with increase of depth in the experiment.


The article discusses the processes of searching for the national identity in the Republic of Moldova in the post-Soviet period. The conditions in which the reforms took place in the country are analyzed. The factors influencing the directions and prospects of further development of the Moldovan society are investigated. It is shown that the transformation process, which was initially assumed to be democratic, took place in an atmosphere of socio-political crises and conflicts, fluctuations in domestic and foreign policy. This process had a non-linear wave-like character. The construction of statehood in the country was accompanied by the emergence of ideological, political and cultural divisions in the political elite and in the masses of Moldovan society, which were then intensified, then softened with a certain periodicity. It is noted that the Republic of Moldova is practically the only state in Europe where the crisis of national identity is the determining factor in the polarization of the views of political forces. It was concluded that the incompleteness of the process of national identity in Moldova is intensified by the action of external factors, as a result of which the state is subject to the influence of more significant subjects of international politics.


Until just a month ago, it was clear a challange against chronic diseases It is useless to extend life if you cannot increase the quality, both in a social and more strictly sanitary sense Today, due to Covid-19, much of the resources and attention are concentrated on the hospital phase In addition, people make fewer visits, resulting in their health worsening But if it is in the territory that we must continue "to hold on" for the fight against chronic diseases, it is always in the territory that we can win the "battle" against the infectious emergency, favoring home management as much as possible Furthermore, it has been shown that patients with obesity-related diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, have an increased risk of developing complications if affected by Covid-19 But obesity itself can be a risk factor for the development of complications related to the pro-inflammatory state The problem is that most Healthcare Systems do not consider it a disease and are therefore not focused on its management At this point the battles against Coronavirus and chronic diseases are faced with widely overlapping tools and organizational models This document proposes the Chronicity Plan relaunch and the investment in the figure of the family and community nurse Copyright © FrancoAngeli


Background: This study aims to contrast the side effects of treatment with sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) and placebo in insulin-treated adult type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) patients. Methods: Double-blinded randomized controlled trials that compare the above outcome were searched in electronic databases. Next, the risk of bias in eligible studies was assessed, and comparable outcomes were compared by a random-effects meta-analysis. Results: Seven eligible papers comprising about 3,900 participants were studied. All trials suffered from an unclear risk of detection bias and performance bias. In comparison with the placebo group, the risk of genital infection (RR = 3.22, p < 0.001, 95% CI 2.31–4.49, I2 = 0%) and diabetic ketoacidosis (RR = 2.66, p = 0.002, 95% CI 1.45–4.89, I2 = 0%) was higher in the SGLT2i-treated group. Conclusion: SGLT2i treatment increased the risk of genital infection and diabetic ketoacidosis in adult insulin-treated T1DM patients.


The embodiment of the invention discloses a method and device for connecting a Wi-Fi loudspeaker box to wireless networks. The method is achieved based on the Wi-Fi loudspeaker box with a wireless access point. The method comprises the steps that after connection is established between the wireless access point and a mobile terminal, the wireless networks are scanned; the wireless access point sends the names of the various scanned wireless networks to the mobile terminal, and the names of the wireless networks are displayed by the mobile terminal; the wireless access point receives the name of a target wireless network selected by a user and a password input by the user through the mobile terminal; the wireless access point is connected with the target wireless network according to the name of the target wireless network and the password. According to the method and device for connecting the Wi-Fi loudspeaker box to the wireless networks, the name of the target wireless network and the password are received through the mobile terminal, connection between the wireless access point and the target wireless network is achieved, and the application range of the Wi-Fi loudspeaker box is enlarged.


ABSTRACT The three aims of this systematic review are to describe: (1) use of the term fundamental motor/movement skills (FMS) in published articles; (2) the quality of definitions; and (3) relative use of process- and product- oriented assessments to measure FMS. The inclusion criteria included: (a) peer-reviewed article, (b) printed in English, (c) published between January 2000 and 31 December 2015, (d) presence of either the term "fundamental motor or movement skill" in the title and/or abstract, and (e) FMS were a measured outcome. There has been an increase in the number of publications on FMS in recent years, with the majority of studies conducted in Australia (n = 41, 33%). Approximately 24% of studies (n = 30) did not provide any explicit definition of FMS. A majority of studies reported the use of process-oriented measures (n = 98, 79%) compared to product-oriented measures (n = 23, 19%), and few studies used both (n = 6, 5%). We recommend that researchers provide: (1) an operational definition of FMS that states FMS are the "building blocks" (or similar terminology) of more advanced, complex movements; (2) specific categories of skills that compose FMS; and (3) at least one specific example of a FMS.


Historians have often approached the history of the Holocaust the systematic mass murder of European Jewry by the Nazis with a kind of awe seldom found in professional historical writing.l "The Holocaust refuses to go the way of most history," writes Nora Levin, author of a survey of the subject, "not only because of the magnitude of the destruction the murder of six million Jews-but because the events surrounding it are still in a very real sense humanly incomprehensible. No one ltogether understands how mass murder on such a scale could have happened or could have been allowed to happen. The accumulation of more facts does not yield this understanding; indeed, comprehensibility may never be possible."2 Even terminology has prompted the removal of this subject from normal scholarly discourse. During the late l950s and 1960s, "Holocaust"


Ad hoc networks have many features that make them attractive for the use in many applications. However, there are many unsolved problems in ad hoc networks; securing the network being one of the major concerns. The dynamic and cooperative nature of ad hoc networks present substantial challenges in securing these networks. In this paper, we focus on the role of Certification Authorities (CAs) in securing ad hoc networks communication. We introduce the concept of certification authorities and their selection, we survey and classify the certification schemes and give a brief overview on the revocation schemes. We conclude and end this paper by discussing some challenges and research issues in the certification and revocation in ad hoc networks.


Visual interpretation is considered the gold standard for amyloid scans in clinical practice. However, dichotomous classification of amyloid deposition by visual reading always results in bias due to rater experience. Therefore, there is a need for a more lenient and flexible amyloid‐equivocal classification in clinical practice. A total of 461 participants were included in this study. Amyloid and glucose positron‐emission tomography was performed, and neuropsychological tests were evaluated. A disease‐specific deep‐learning method was used to identify amyloid equivocality. Amyloid deposition, glucose metabolism, and cognitive performance were analyzed and compared among amyloid‐positive, amyloid‐negative, and amyloid‐equivocal groups. Clinically diagnosed Alzheimer's disease individuals and subjects with normal cognition were used to create amyloid biomarker cut points to support the definition of equivocal amyloid deposition. A total of 139 amyloid‐equivocal individuals were identified by deep learning methods. They displayed intermediate amyloid deposition between that of amyloid‐positive (standardized uptake value ratio [SUVr]: 1.25 ± 0.10 vs. 1.47 ± 0.20, p < 0.001) and amyloid‐negative (SUVr: 1.25 ± 0.10 vs. 1.18 ± 0.07, p < 0.001) individuals. No difference in glucose metabolism or cognitive performance was observed between amyloid negativity and equivocality. Furthermore, the SUVr for the whole cortex, the precuneus, and the frontal lobe served as auxiliary criteria supporting the diagnosis of equivocal amyloid deposition. We also established a guide to assist in the interpretation of amyloid equivocality by visual reading with auxiliary criteria including two cut points and deep learning methods.


The information about the northern range boundary of the steppe-runner Eremias arguta (Pallas, 1773) has changed in recent decades. Based on the reliable recordins in 2001-2020 from 12 locations the northern range boundary between Volga and Ural was specified. It runs through the Engelsky District of the Saratov Region, through the Stavropolsky, Kinelsky, Bogatovsky and Borsky Districts of the Samara Region, through the Buzuluksky and Tashlinsky Districts of the Orenburg Region of Russia. The northern limit of the range should be considered the Volga above-floodplain slope in the left-bank part of the Stavropolsky district in Samara region. All specimens encountered had body coloration typical of Eremias arguta deserti (Gmelin, 1789). The locations of steppe-runner are confined to open spaces treeless and without a dense herbaceous vegetation on the southern sandy slopes.


Objectives: This study was conducted to estimate the mean ideal number of children and to determine the overall prevalence of childlessness, one child, two children, as well as three children and more as the ideal number of children in Iran. Further, the study investigated the effect size of the relationship between social factors and ideal fertility. Materials and Methods: To this end, a systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted on all studies on ideal fertility that were published from January 2000 to February 2018. Totally, 37 qualified papers and two national surveys were selected with a total sample size of 37,079 women. The degree of correlation between the ideal fertility and variables was calculated using Spearman's correlation, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and r by using MedCalc 17 software. Results: The pooled mean ideal fertility by the random effect was 2.25 in Iran. The results of the Cochran test and I2 statistics showed considerable heterogeneity regarding the prevalence of the ideal number of children (Q=1722.0911, P<0.0001, and I2 =97.62%). In addition, the proportions of childlessness, 1 child, 2 children, along with 3 children and more as the ideal parity were 0.83, 15.99, 56.092, and 22.26, respectively. The pooled correlation coefficients demonstrated that age, actual fertility, and the economic costs of children are the most important predictors of ideal fertility. Conclusions: Despite the differences in the actual fertility level in different regions of Iran, two children is the the predominant pattern of the number of desired children. This result implies a convergence of fertility ideals in Iran. If desirable conditions for childbearing are provided, fertility could be maintained at the replacement level.


The method of self-deconvolution is applied to the resolution enhancement of electron spin resonance spectra (ESR). The component lineshapes of ESR spectra are basically Lorentzian, but they often carry strong Gaussian perturbations. Deconvolution with a finite impulse response operator filter to enhance the resolution of Lorentzian and Gaussian ESR band envelopes is discussed and a more general function is derived for Gauss-Lorentz convolute (Voigt) lineshapes. The method is applied initially to the simulated isotropic ESR spectrum of the ethyl radical in the liquid state and to a simulated anisotropic spectrum of a crystalline powder. Application to real spectra is illustrated by the anisotropic spectrum of bis(acetylacetonato)-copper(II) [Cu(AcAc)2] in ethanol solution at 140 K in order to resolve the hyperfine lines. The perpendicular component of this spectrum is notable for its poor resolution.


The aim of this study was to examine language abilities and their correlation to reading comprehension in 12 year old children with mild to
moderate sensorineural hearing impairment. Eight children with mild to moderate hearing impairment were tested in listening comprehension, grammatical comprehension, receptive vocabulary, phonological short term
memory, word finding, semantic relations, reading comprehension, comprehension of written words and decoding of words and non-words. The results were compared to results from a comparison group. The children with hearing impairment had significantly lower results in phonological short term memory and decoding. No significant difference was found between groups in reading comprehension. Reading comprehension correlated significantly
with semantic relations and listening comprehension. Due to the small sample,
the results must be interpreted with caution. This study is a step towards further knowledge about whether a mild to moderate hearing impairment affects language development, including reading comprehension, in 12 year
old children.


Archimandrite Macarius (Gluharev) biography is considered. His work on the establishment and operation of the Altai Spiritual Mission, the mission with new baptized.


An actuator (10) for the automatic opening and closing of a motor vehicle tailgate comprises a cylinder provided with a piston (11) and an elastic member (13). The piston (11) is biased into movement by a fluid contained in a chamber of the actuator and the spring element (13). The change in length of the cylinder is intended to ensure the opening and closing of the tailgate. The elastic member (13) is configured to have a progressive stiffness as a function of the position of the piston (11). Also disclosed is a system for the automatic opening and closing of a motor vehicle tailgate.


The saturable mechanism of tyrosine (TYR) uptake by the membrane of red blood cells incubated at 37 °C has been studied in normal subjects and psychiatric patients. This uptake is markedly inhibited b


Abstract : Dikes are used extensively on large, meandering rivers to help maintain navigation channels. Dike fields alter flow velocities and sedimentation patterns, thereby affecting river morphology and the amount and quality of aquatic habitat. Some investigators have theorized that sedimentation induced by the dike fields constructed on the lower Mississippi, largely since 1960, is altering river morphology and aquatic hatibat in a manner similar to the changes that have been observed in the lower Missouri. Others are of the opinion that dike fields on the lower Mississippi do not typically fill completely with sediment, and the pools they contain have increased the amount of slack-water habitat. Low-water photographs taken in 1962 and 1976 and comprehensive hydrographic surveys done in 1962-64 and 1974-75 were used to measure morphologic changes in diked and undiked reaches. River surface area between river miles 320 and 954 was classified as main channel, secondary channel, slough, chute, or pool. The 1962 and 1976 areas in each category were measured from the photographs. River stage at time of photography averaged about 2 ft (0.6 m) lower in 1976, so 1976 measurements were adjusted for stage differential, based on width mesurements taken from the hydrogaphic surveys. Results were summarized for diked and undiked reaches.


With many large scale civil engineering construction projects being undertaken, there is a possibility to find large concrete pours in thick members. Due to the hydration process, temperatures in concrete will increase during early stages and when the temperature exceeds 70 0 C, Delayed Ettringite Formation (DEF) can take place. DEF can have adverse long term effects when moisture is present leading to severe cracking of the concrete as it ages. Thus the key to prevent DEF is to control the maximum temperature that concrete could reach during early stages. Mineral additives like fly ash can play a major role in this regard. This paper presents several strategies to mitigate DEF, including the selection of limiting values for member thicknesses that could be cast with different mixes and grades of concrete in different climatic regions in Sri Lanka. ENGINEER, Vol. 48, No.02, pp. 1-13 2015


We propose a new chaos-synchronization method based on incoherent feedback to the pumping power by using the value proportional to the difference between the peak heights of the electrical amplitude in two laser outputs.


Commentators from the Old Scholiast onward extract from these two clauses the one meaning that the pedagogue will not be recognized. They complain that a man's hair going white does not suffice to disguise him, and offer some unconvincing reinterpretations and emendations of The change of mood and tense is also odd; at O.C. 450 ff. which Jebb quotes in support, there is a change of meaning and intensity to justify it.


1 newly-discovered method of synthesizing PGE1 (prostaglandin E1) is explained and diagrammed chemically. Recrystallization of the synthetic product produced material identical in all respects with natural PGE1. The synthetic product showed the same infrared spectrum and chromatographic values as racemic and natural forms of PGE1. The biological activity of the synthetic product was found to be .1% of that of the naturally-occurring PGE1 in the stimulation of smooth muscle contraction. This is the 1st report of a total synthesis of PGE1. Research continues on improvements in this synthesizing method and on discovering other synthetic approaches to PGs.


: Stroke is an important disease leading to death and disability of our nationals, causing a great economic burden to society and families. Limb motor dysfunction is a common complication after stroke, which seriously affects the recovery process of patients, and more effective treatments are still being searched for in clinical practice. Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), as a well-established neuromodulation technique, has been mainly applied to the treatment of refractory epilepsy, refractory depression and other brain diseases. In recent years, it has been found that VNS can be applied to limb movement rehabilitation in stroke patients. Percutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (t-VNS) is more easily accepted by patients because of its non-invasiveness and economy, therefore, clinical trials and basic research on t-VNS for limb movement disorders after stroke have been gradually carried out at home and abroad. Although percutaneous vagus nerve stimulation and traditional Chinese medicine auricular acupoint therapy belong to different systems, they have similarities in the treatment of stroke, and the theory of vagus nerve stimulation may provide a new idea for traditional auricular acupoints. In this study, we will summarise the clinical studies on percutaneous vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of post-stroke limb disorders in the past few years, and combine it with the theory of traditional Chinese medicine auricular acupoints to explore its therapeutic mechanism.


Transistors attractive for neuromorphic computing should offer tunable plasticity, ultrahigh apparent mobility, steep subthreshold swing for low power consumption, or memristive conductance for in-memory computation. However, current transistor structures only offer one or two of the above characteristics. Here, we derive a concise model to describe the complex transient ion-dynamic capacitance in transistors and reveal that the aforementioned characteristics could all be achieved at different operational modes on demand in a single transistor. We experimentally veri�ed such multimode transistors with tens of nanometer thin �lms. The multimode transistor enables an unprecedented neural network that can switch as needed between conventional arti�cial neural network (ANN), reservoir neural network (RNN) and spike neural network (SNN) for image recognition in near-sensor computing. The study unambiguously unveils ion-dynamic capacitance can be the universal origin for various attractive transistors, and signi�cantly expands the programmability of transistors to realize new analogue computing concepts.


This study conducts a factor decomposition of the COVID-19 infection rate and mortality in 44 countries. The international comparison reveals socio-cultural tendencies in infection rate and mortali...


Drought or moisture stress is one of the most significant environmental stresses causing huge loss to the agriculture worldwide. Vegetables are more sensitive to drought as compare to many other crops. Improving yield under drought is a major goal of plant breeding. An understanding of genetic basis of drought tolerance is a pre-requisite for plant breeders to evolve superior genotype through conventional breeding methodology. Drought is often accompanied by relatively high temperatures, which promote evapotranspiration and affects photosynthetic kinetics, thus intensifying the effects of drought and further reducing crop yields. Traditionally, plant breeders have addressed the problem of environmental stress by selecting for suitability of performance over a series of environmental conditions using extensive testing and biometrical approaches. Progress requires the introduction of traits that reduce the gap between yield potential and actual yield in drought-prone environments. An attempt has been made in this review to compile the scattered information on concepts, genetics, and traditional breeding approaches of drought tolerance with suitable illustrations. A comprehensive list of genes responsible for drought and examples of species and genotypes of vegetables with drought tolerance has also been provided.


Best practices of farmers using modern digital technologies demonstrate high results achieved both in crop production and in animal husbandry. Efficiency is expressed in increasing the yield, labor productivity, reducing costs, and what is more, in preserving soil fertility and protecting the environment. However, the need to digitize managerial and analytical processes based on Big Data, Data Science implementation and the ability to interpret the obtained analytical material and make qualified decisions based on a scientific approach are often missed the memo. In light of this, the purpose of the study was to analyze the readiness of various company unit categories employed in the agro-industrial complex of Russia to use big data and process it. Based on the results obtained, a matrix for determining the potential for the transition of companies to the use and analytics of Big Data was built. According to the results of which, it can be argued that, on average, about 45% of the analyzed companies have a high potential for the transition to digital development, and an average level of potential is 24%. In the context of the categories of farms, the results for the surveyed agricultural cooperatives, traders and exporters are higher than the average indicators.


In computer vision, stereoscopy allows the three-dimensional reconstruction of a scene using two 2D images taken from two slightly different points of view, to extract spatial information on the depth of the scene in the form of a map of disparities. In stereophotogrammetry, the disparity map is essential in extracting the digital terrain model (DTM) and thus obtaining a 3D spatial mapping, which is necessary for a better analysis of planetary surfaces. However, the entire reconstruction process performed with the stereo-matching algorithm can be time consuming and can generate many artifacts. Coupled with the lack of adequate stereo coverage, it can pose a significant obstacle to 3D planetary mapping. Recently, many deep learning architectures have been proposed for monocular depth estimation, which aspires to predict the third dimension given a single 2D image, with considerable advantages thanks to the simplification of the reconstruction problem, leading to a significant increase in interest in deep models for the generation of super-resolution images and DTM estimation. In this paper, we combine these last two concepts into a single end-to-end model and introduce a new generative adversarial network solution that estimates the DTM at 4× resolution from a single monocular image, called SRDiNet (super-resolution depth image network). Furthermore, we introduce a sub-network able to apply a refinement using interpolated input images to better enhance the fine details of the final product, and we demonstrate the effectiveness of its benefits through three different versions of the proposal: SRDiNet with GAN approach, SRDiNet without adversarial network, and SRDiNet without the refinement learned network plus GAN approach. The results of Oxia Planum (the landing site of the European Space Agency's Rosalind Franklin ExoMars rover 2023) are reported, applying the best model along all Oxia Planum tiles and releasing a 3D product enhanced by 4×.


Air data system is a key equipment on the fighter. Its work state will influence volatile safety directly. Air data system Simulator is a simulation system of computer that possesses the function of air data system. It may take part in integrated test of avionics instead of air data system. Based on analysis operation principle of air data system, it is more detailed introduced in the paper for hardware structure and software design of air data system simulator.


The performance of a single input, single output, individual bladecontrol system, designed to attenuate the helicopter rotor vibration usingpiezoelectric crystals (PZT) embedded in the blade structure, is studied. Theresults indicate that an efficient control of the blade lower damped modes,which significantly contribute to the unpleasant vibration of helicopters,may be achieved with a "smart" adaptive controller.


Stratified stable layered mantle convection in a three‐dimensional (3‐D) spherical shell is investigated for a range of depth of layer, intrinsic density contrast between the layers (Δρ), and heating mode. Three heating modes are studied: internal heating, bottom heating across core‐mantle boundary, and both combined. For each heating mode, layers were investigated centered at depths from 500 km to 2500 km in 500 km steps and with Δρ from 1 to 5% in 1% steps. We did not find stable layering for Δρ of 1%. Cases with no bottom heating were stable with Δρ of 2%, but Δρ of at least 3% were required by cases with a component of bottom heating. All cases with Δρ of 4% or more were stable. We found that the stability of the layer is strongly dependent on the buoyancy ratio B (B = Δρ ÷ ραΔT, where Δρ is the chemical density increase across the boundary, ρ is the density in the upper layer, α is the thermal expansivity and ΔT is the radial temperature difference across the whole system) with a dense layer becoming unstable B ≈ 0.5. We characterize the height and length scale of the undulations and the area of the interface. Deformations of the interface are largest for cases in which interface is in the midmantle and for cases with small density contrasts. We find that the heating mode does not affect the thermal structure of the layered system, which can be explained with energy balance considerations. The amplitude of the interfacial deformation is found to be unaffected by the heating mode and can be predicted using B. Our results suggest the interfacial thermal boundary layers require large temperature contrasts; therefore the lack of evidence for thermal boundary layers in global seismology studies between 500 and 2500 km depth suggests interfaces at these depths are unlikely.


Coarse cereals also known as nutricereals contain several bioactive components that provide many health-promoting and disease-preventing properties. This paper presents a review of the effect of processing on the various antioxidant compounds present in coarse cereals. Polyphenols, phenolic compounds, flavonoids, tannins, avenanthramides, vitamins, and phytoestrogens are the major categories that contribute to the antioxidant properties of coarse cereals. As per the literature, processing technologies like fermentation, boiling, malting, hydrolysis, soaking and germination, heat treatment, microwaving and extrusion, etc, have a significant effect on these antioxidant compounds present in coarse cereals. Coarse cereals and their processed products could be of potential benefit to human health, but extensive research is required to optimize the dietary recommendation for realizing these health benefits.Keywords: Millets; flavonoids; polyphenols, processing techniques


All papers published in this volume of IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering have been peer reviewed through processes administered by the Editors. Reviews were conducted by expert referees to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal published by IOP Publishing. • Type of peer review: Single-blind The Fourth International Conference on Civil Engineering Research (ICCER) adopts the single-blind peer review in which the reviewers are aware of the identity of the author(s), while the latter is not informed about the identity of reviewers. This is preferred to keeping our reviewers anonymous which therefore allow them to critique work without being influenced by the authors, providing them with more space to judge research more objectively. • Conference submission management system: WP (WordPress) Abstract. The website (iccer.ce.its.ac.is) is specifically developed and designed for the first time by means of interactive tools to provide convenient access to committees to organise the filing system as well as reviewers and authors to review and submit the papers respectively. • Number of submissions received: 111 papers • Number of submissions sent for review: 111 papers • Number of submissions accepted: 94 papers • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 84.68% • Average number of reviews per paper: 2 • Total number of reviewers involved: 36 • Any additional info on review process: In addition to single-blind review, similarity and plagiarism detection checks by means of commercially available iThenticate software are also taken into account to verify the originality of written work. Papers will be reverted to authors as if the similarity index is beyond the limit specified. As if this encountered, authors are obliged to provide further amendments and send the revised version of their work to the editor. • Contact person for queries: Dr Trihanyndio Rendy Satrya, E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Dr Asdam Tambusay, E-mail: email@example.com


We investigated the dynamics of LSFL (Low Spatial Frequency LIPSS) evolution on the titanium alloy surface. To create them, 12 W picosecond 1.064 μm laser with a pulse repetition rate from 50 kHz to 500 kHz was used. For different laser repetition rate (500, 150, 100 and 50 kHz), the ranges of LSFL periods and peak Fluence of pulse (Fp) for which the maximum period is reached were determined. We also determined the laser parameters at which the resulting LSFL have good quality and uniformity, regardless of the initial surface roughness.


presented at the Sixth International Conference on Early Literature in New Indo-Aryan Languages, which convened between 7 and 9 July 1994 at the University of Washington, Seattle. The conference followed previous meetings held at Leuven/Louvain (1979), Bonn (1982), Leiden (1985), Cambridge (1988), and Paris (1991). Twenty-eight papers, by some of the worlds foremost scholars of South Asian devotional literature, are contained in this volume. Topics that are treated include hagiography, oral traditions, text criticism, and metaphors. Although many papers deal with devotionalism in Hinduism, other papers are concerned with Islamic, Parsi, and Christian traditions as well. This volume will be of interest to students of Indian languages, religion, history, culture, and civilisation.


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Several passivation schemes on 4H-SiC MESFETs have been studied. Two main configurations are compared. MESFET structures with thin passivation layer or no passivation layer (Configuration 1) exhibit high breakdown voltage but also current instability after high voltage Vds stress. Thick SiO2 passivation covering the gate (Configuration 2) improves the current stability but yields lower breakdown voltage and higher gate leakage current. Surface trapping effects are considered as the main cause of the observed phenomena. Introduction Transistors based on wide band gap semiconductors have been studied for about 10 years for RF and microwave power amplifiers. Today, the most promising prototype structures, such as III-N HEMT [1], SiC SITs and SiC MESFETs [2], provide good RF power performance, paving the way to industrial applications such as base station, or radar transmitters [3]. Still, the reliability of these new devices remains a weak point on the way towards industrialization. One key concern resides in the fact that, today, the same insulator materials optimized for the previous silicon and GaAs technologies are used for passivating the new wide band gap devices, although they are submitted to electric field five to ten-fold higher. Another key issue is related to the wide band gap semiconductor surface or interface with insulators. This surface exhibits large density of surface states, inducing charge trapping effects related to carrier injection [4,5]. Surface charges can have electrostatic influence on the device channel, and may induce DC and / or RF-dispersion, together with limitation of RF power performance. Recently, surface states instabilities as well as the effects of passivation on III-N HEMT devices characteristics, have received an increasing attention [6, 7]. On the other hand, only limited literature is available so far on surface effects in SiC MESFET [8,9]. In this paper, we report on the effect of the passivation on the stability of SiC MESFET characteristics. Two main variants have been studied and compared. First, MESFET with no passivation or a thin insulator ( 200nm) covering the device (Configuration. 2). Devices in Config.1 will generally exhibit high breakdown voltage but unstable DC characteristics. In contrast, a device in Config.2 will generally exhibit high stability but lower breakdown voltage. Device structure and processing HTCVD Semi Insulating substrates were mainly supplied by OKMETIC except one HPSI substrate from CREE Research. The epitaxy, supplied by OKMETIC on all wafers, includes a P-type buffer layer (Na ≈1-3 x10 cm), a N-type active layer (Nd =1-3x10 cm) and a N+ contact layer (Nd >1x10 cm). Standard process consists in MESA isolation by RIE etch and a 250nm deep recess, also RIE etched, to define the channel in the active layer. In order to protect the active layer, and prior to ohmic contact metal deposition, 50nm thick insulator is either grown by 6 hours wet oxidation (resulting in SiO2), or deposited using PECVD (SiO2 or Si3N4). We call this thin insulating layer "prepassivation". Then, ohmic contacts are made, consisting of 100nm Ni based metallisation e-beam evaporated after self-aligned RIE etch of the prepassivation thin layer, and metal lift-off. After annealing (950°; 5min), good morphology and electrical characteristics of the ohmic contact are reproducibly achieved (Ra∼2nm, ρc=2x10 Ω.cm). The same kind of lift-off process is used to deposit the multilayer gate Ti(50nm) Pt(50nm) Au(500nm) with 2.5μm Lgd spacing. At this stage, the transistor is completed and can be measured (Config.1). Then, thick passivation is deposited, either mineral SiO2 or Si3N4 layer using PECVD, or BCB polymer from Dow Chemicals deposited by spin-on technique and annealed [10]. At this stage, the device has reached its final state (Config. 2, see figure 1). Table 1 summarises the different combinations studied for "prepassivation" and "passivation" layers Fig 1: Main passivation schemes: config.1 (thin mineral protection or free SiC surface), and config.2 (thick passivation covering the gate). Table 1: Prepassivation and passivation combinations explored in this study. Also indicated, the breakdown voltage measured before and after thick passivation. "WO " indicates the presence of a "walk out" phenomenon: Sample Substrate Prepassivation (50nm) BVgd1 Passivation BVgd2 X_59 HTCVD (OKM) Thermal Oxide >250V PECVD SiO2/ Si3N4 (400/50nm) 80-180 X_84 HTCVD (OKM) Thermal Oxide >250V PECVD SiO2/ Si3N4 (400/50nm) 110 X_85 HTCVD (OKM) Thermal Oxide >250V PECVD SiO2/ Si3N4 (400/50nm) 140 X_60 HTCVD (OKM) PECVD Oxide >250V PECVD SiO2/ Si3N4 (400/50nm) 200 X_62 HTCVD (OKM) PECVD Oxide >250V No X_82 HTCVD (OKM) PECVD Si3N4 >250V PECVD Si3N4 (200nm) 120 (WO) X_83 HTCVD (OKM) PECVD Si3N4 >250V PECVD SiO2/ Si3N4 (400/50nm) 190 (WO) X_86 HPSI (CREE) PECVD Si3N4 200V PECVD SiO2/ Si3N4 (400/50nm) 150 (WO) X_61 HTCVD (OKM) No >250V BCB 180 (WO) Measurements and experimental results Current stability for Vds 10s). This relaxation cannot be described with one time-constant. PSiC Buffer Semi-insulating SiC Substrate N+ Epi (200nm) N+ Epi (200nm) Ti/Pt/Au Schottky Gate Ni Ohmic Contact


Staggered work hours in a city have been introduced to mitigate commuting congestion. However, it may lead to decline in mutual dealing chances between firms, and there is a possibility that total productivity in the city decreases. In this paper, we construct a model in which work start time choices by firms and departure time choices by commuters determine total productivity and commuting congestion in the city. Analyzing of the model, we show that 1) multiple equilibrium patterns of time choices can occur, 2) the equilibrium pattern where work start time is staggered is desirable if congestion tax cannot be levied, and 3) the equilibrium pattern where work start time is concentrated is desirable if congestion tax can be evied.


The invention relates to an overturn prevention device, an overturn prevention method and a concrete mixing truck and is characterized in that the overturn prevention device comprises a controller and an inclined angle sensor, wherein the inclined angle sensor is arranged on the frame of an engineering vehicle and electrically connected with the controller; the controller performs overturn prevention treatment according to the inclined angle, collected by the inclined angle sensor, of the engineering vehicle and the angle preset in the controller. According to the overturn prevention device, the inclined angle sensor and the controller are combined; the specific inclined angle of the concrete mixing truck during running can be accurately and timely measured by virtue of the angle measuring function of the inclined angle sensor and directly transmitted to the controller; overturn prevention treatment is performed by the controller, so that overturn accidents are effectively avoided.


The interaction between head contractor and subcontractor in modern construction often contributes to the degree of success or failure of any large-scale construction project. In this paper, previous research on the relationship and interaction between head contractor and subcontractor is examined in order to establish how these relationships will affect the overall performance of a project. Based on the review, research questions on how to best manage the interaction and relationship between these two vital project participants are proposed and future research direction discussed.


Duties of beneficence are said to allow for leeway to discharge them. By distinguishing between two different types of leeway, Mejia (2020) identified three structurally different duties of beneficence. In this Commentary I deploy those distinctions to clarify the nature of a fourth type of duty of beneficence, one prompted by a global pandemic, a duty with a peculiar, and seldom recognized, conceptual logic. I provide some guidelines that should orient managers when they take themselves to be fulfilling such a duty on behalf of shareholders.


AbstractThe utiliz tion of saline water for irrigation requires its dilution with sweet water. This is carried out in so-callEd "distrilution" networks, which differ from conventional water distribution systems in that they contain mixing junctions. Mixing can take place in an open tank at atmospheric pressur , or in a pressurized line. Both methods are discussed, and various possible designs for the mixing junction and its control system d scribed. A compu er program, intended as d sign aid, for simulating steady-st te flows in the juncion is discussed. Finally, an existing mixing junction is described, and its control simulted on a hybrid computer.


Relative technologies about three-dimensional and Real-time animation based on physics are discussed in the article three-dimensional visual impression and interaction are realized by Java3D.Numerical operation and interface design is realized by javax.vecmath,AWT and Swing package. Multithread and the method based on impulse make animation Real-time.V-Clip can realize Fast and robust polyhedral collision detection.


Insights on the internal mechanics of a living cell provide a working understanding of its physiological processes, structure and how it interacts with its environment. This leads us to different breakthroughs in cell biology and medicine. Here, we developed and established a low cost protocol of characterizing cell mechanics. We found that the cellular membrane and the cytoskeleton of a yeast cell are uncoupled based on the significant difference of the shear moduli measurements using surface-attached probes versus inherent intracellular lipid granular probes. This demonstrates that yeast cells are structurally different from mammalian cells.


In order to train fuzzy neural nets fuzzy number weights have to be adjusted. Since fuzzy arithmetic automatically leads to monotonic increasing outputs a direct fuzzification of the backpropagation method does not work. Therefore, other strategies like evolutionary algorithms are being considered in the literature. In this paper we suggest a backpropagation based method of adjusting the weights. Furthermore, we show that by using the proposed method convergence can be guaranteed.


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The booming Information Technology sector in India has changed the employee-employer relationship. This article investigates the relationship between career stages and work values, organisational commitment and job satisfaction of employees to gain new insights. 190 employees at various career stages were administered three standardised reliable and valid questionnaires on work values, organisational commitment and job satisfaction. A significant difference in cognitive, affective, and instrumental values was seen across career stages. In addition, career stages were found to have no impact on organisational commitment and job satisfaction.


A new filter-trust-region algorithm for solving unconstrained nonlinear optimization problems is introduced. Based on the filter technique introduced by Fletcher and Leyffer, it extends an existing technique of Gould, Leyffer and Toint (SIAM J. Optim., to appear, 2004) for nonlinear equations and nonlinear least-squares to the fully general unconstrained optimization problem. The new algorithm is shown to be globally convergent to at least one second-order critical point, and numerical experiments indicate that it is very competitive with more classical trust-region algorithms. 1 Computational Science and Engineering Department, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX, England, UK. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com 2 Current reports available from "http://www.numerical.rl.ac.uk/reports/reports.shtml". 3 This work was supported by the EPSRC grant GR/S42170 4 Department of Mathematics, Facultés Universitaires ND de la Paix, 61, rue de Bruxelles, B-5000 Namur, Belgium, EU. Email : email@example.com & firstname.lastname@example.com 5 Current reports available from "http://www.fundp.ac.be/∼phtoint/pht/publications.html". Computational Science and Engineering Department Atlas Centre Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Oxfordshire OX11 0QX March 8, 2004. A filter-trust-region method for unconstrained optimization 1


The goal of this research is tofigure out the level offarmer response and the influencingfactors on rats control by Tyto alba. The used basic method was analytical descriptive- by survey technique. Sedayu Sub-District in Bantul District was chosen as research location because of the rats controlling programme has been newly started in Sedayu SubDistrict. Sample of farmers was selected by simple random sampling. The respondents were choosen from 60 farmers from 4 villages in Sedayu Sub-District. The research results of this research showed that farmers response to rats controlling by Tyto alba was in high category. Factors that influence the rats controlling were knowledge to Tyto alba and perception. While age, education level, farming experience, position on farmer group, knowledge to Integrated Pest Control (IPC), intensity to join extension, motivation, land size, and field extension workers' role did not affect the farmers response.


The aim of the article is to highlight the problem in the question: is framing a tool that contributes to discriminatory behavior and excludes refugees? This required a critical look at framing as a linguistic tool of persuasion and manipulation that influenced the shape of public debate, resulting in, the radicalization of the language of communication about the refugees anddiscriminating and excluding them from social life. The pos-sibilities of using the semantic field method in analyzing the effects of framing present in public communication about refugees and creation on that basis of the refugee defini-tion in the aspect of their social perception and understanding are also presented in the article.


Nanorods/nanoparticles TiO 2 with mesoporous structure were synthesized by hydrothermal method at 150 °C for 20 h. The samples characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM, SAED, HRTEM, and BET surface area. The nanorods had diameter about 10-20 nm and the lengths of 100-200 nm, the nanoparticles had diameter about 5-10 nm. The prepared material had average pore diameter about 7-12 nm. The BET surface area and pore volume of the sample are about 203 m 2 /g and 0.655 cm 3 /g, respectively. The nanorods/nanoparticles TiO 2 with mesoporous structure showed higher photocatalytic activity (I 3 − concentration) than the nanorods TiO 2 , nanofibers TiO 2 , mesoporous TiO 2 , and commercial TiO 2 (ST-01, P-25, JRC-01, and JRC-03). The solar energy conversion efficiency (η) of the cell using nanorods/nanoparticles TiO 2 with mesoporous structure was about 7.12 % with Jsc of 13.97 mA/cm 2 , Voc of 0.73 V and ff of 0.70; while η of the cell using P-25 reached 5.82 % with Jsc of 12.74 mA/cm 2 , Voc of 0.704 V and ff of 0.649.


The copolymers [CH 2 C(R 1 )(CO 2 R 2 )] x -[CH 2 C(R 1 )(CO 2 R 3 )] y (R 1 =H, Me, R 2 =(CH 2 ) 3 CO 2 PhCOOPhOMe, R 3 =(CH 2 ) m OPh COOPhCONHC • H(Me)Ph m=2,6, (CH 2 ) 5 CO 2 (cholesteryl)) are studied. It is found that by regulating the backbone flexibility, the nominal temperature range for the existence of the cholesteric mesophase can be increased by about 20K, which has been shown to be adequate to facilitate the formation of uniform Grandjean texture


We report the electrochemical behavior of various layered oxides in Li cells. A series of LiNi y Mn y Co z O 2 materials (with z =1-2 y ) was synthesized by "chimie douce" and investigated as positive electrodes in rechargeable lithium batteries. Electrochemical performances of LiNi y Mn y Co z O 2 oxides are tested cell using non-aqueous 1 M LiPF 6 dissolved in EC-DEC. Charge discharge profiles are investigated as a function of the rate capability, the voltage window and the synthesis parameters of the cathode. A relation is found between the gravimetric capacity and the cation disorder of materials as indicated by magnetometry analysis.


We report on electron trapping in the channel of pentacene field-effect transistors due to electron injection over large energy barriers. Using scanning Kelvin-probe microscopy, one observes temporary and permanent electron trapping in the transistor channel for both n- and p-type organic field-effect transistors driven in ambipolar mode, proving the ability of electrons to be injected from Au contacts into pentacene despite a large energy barrier. The trapped negative charge carriers are determined to be the origin of hysteresis in n-type devices and appear to be the source of threshold voltage shifts for p-type transistors.


Objective: To detect the treatment effects of severe otitis media with effusion with adenoidectomy and myringotomy.Methods: 36 cases of severe otitis media with effusion , which had been treated with conservative methods for long time , were studied. All patients had got otoscope , nasal pharynx X-ray screen, nasoendoscope ,hearing and tympanogram examination and were followed up 6 months to 3 years after operation. Results: 26 cases′ hearings recovered within 6 months while their tympanograms showed that tympano- pressures ranged from 40-80mmH 20. Other 6 cases′ hearing also restored except one or tow frequencies of audiograms decreased 10-20 dB. 4 casas still had slightly conductive hearing loss. Nasal pharynx X-ray films of all cases showed that the track of nasal pharynx were wide and the enlarged adenoids disappeared. Naso-pharynxscope exams indicated that the openings of eustachian tubes were normal.Conclusion: The mainly reason of otitis media with effusion is oppressed by the enlarged adenoids, and nasal pharynxscope exams is the effective way to find it. Hearing level can restored rapidly.After the myringotomy, adenoidectomy can avoid the recurrence of otitis media with effusion.


BACKGROUND While the employment of mothers has received considerable scholarly attention, the potential role of coresidence with kin for fostering mothers' work remains underdeveloped. OBJECTIVE We assess the relationship between kin coresidence, as well as the gender and employment status of kin on mothers' employment, and hours of work. Further, we compare Brazil and Peru, two South American, upper-middle-income countries with divergent patterns of household structure. METHODS Using nationally representative surveys from Brazil and Peru, we estimate linear probability models and Tobit regressions predicting mothers' employment and hours of work. RESULTS We find a positive association between kin coresidence and mothers' work outcomes. This association differs by the gender and employment status of kin. Our findings show the association between kin coresidence is stronger in Peru than in Brazil. CONCLUSIONS Scholarly work has shown that mothers shoulder most of the unpaid family work, imposing constraints on their opportunities in the labor markets. Coresident kin can help ease these diverging demands. Our results also suggest that the social norms that shape household arrangements may also influence support provided by coresident relatives. 1 University of Texas at Austin, USA. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com. 2 University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA. Email: email@example.com. Aragao & Villanueva: How do mothers work? Kin coresidence and mothers' work in Latin America 918 https://www.demographic-research.org CONTRIBUTION Our results highlight the importance of family structure to our understanding of mothers' work outcomes. Surveys designed to track kin support from members outside the household remain geographically scarce and are often limited to specific time periods. A focus on family structure allows us to take advantage of large, nationally representative data to explore the specific connection between kin coresidence and mother's economic outcomes for a wider set of contexts.


Second harmonic components generated from the contact surfaces of the solids are detected. Second harmonic components do not depend on contact area under the constant pressure and second harmonic components can be suppressed by applying the pressure to the surfaces are experimentally clarified. The collision vibration generated in a gap can be suppressed by using a double-coated adhesive tape for a binder. Condition of solid contacts can be evaluated using second harmonic components of the ultrasonic waves.


This paper introduces an extension of Answer Set Programming (ASP) called Hybrid ASP which will allow the user to reason about dynamical systems that exhibit both discrete and continuous aspects. The unique feature of Hybrid ASP is that it allows the use of ASP type rules as controls for when to apply algorithms to advance the system to the next position. That is, if the prerequisites of a rule are satisfied and the constraints of the rule are not violated, then the algorithm associated with the rule is invoked. 1998 ACM Subject Classification I.2.3 Deduction and Theorem Proving


Honeycomb-patterned film was prepared by casting chloroform solution of hydrophobic polymer and dye-containing amphiphilic copolymer under humid conditions. The confocal laser scanning microscopy image shows that amphiphilic copolymer is localized around the pores of the honeycomb-patterned film.


According to the chronic diseases' characteristics of long course, high incidence and strong concealment, this paper designed a portable health information collection system, which can collect blood pressure, ECG, blood glucose and other health information related to cardiovascular risk factors in the high degree of portable with not to be restricted on the use scene, so as to facilitate the daily monitoring of patients in primary hospitals and families. Thus, the current situation of primary medical resources shortage can be alleviated and the purpose of health care and disease prevention can be achieved.


The invention relates to a device for obtaining, for the detection and, optionally, for the analysis of cells in a biological fluid with a microfluidic system comprising a) at least one microfluidic channel with a small cross section, which is coated with cell-specific binding molecules entirely or partially and no fluid flow comprises dividing flow obstacles, b) at least one device for generating a uniform and variable liquid flow through the microfluidic channel, and optionally c) at least one device for analysis of the genetic information of the cell, as well as a process for obtaining, for the detection and, optionally, for the analysis of cells in a biological fluid, which is characterized in that one passes a) a sample of a biological fluid through a device as defined above with a defined speed V Ellen be bound to the cell-specific binding molecules, b) speed, the sample of the biological fluid and / or a suitable liquid defined by the device with a (different) V


Processing an image in the RGB color space, with a set of RGB values for each pixel is not the most efficient method. To speed up some processing steps many video compression and communication techniques use luminance/chrominance color spaces, such as YCrCb, making a mechanism for converting between formats necessary. Therefore, techniques which efficiently implement this conversion are desired. This paper presents a novel architecture for efficient implementation of two such color space converters (CSC) suitable for field programmable gate array (FPGA) and VLSI. The proposed architecture is based on distributed arithmetic (DA) ROM accumulator principles. The architecture has been implemented and verified using the Celoxica RC1000-PP FPGA development board. The implementation approach exhibits better performance when compared with existing implementations.


The disposal of lake sediment is a major problem in dredging and lakeside construction projects. Due to its poor mechanical properties and contamination, sediment is difficult to use directly in resource appli¬cations. Previous research has found that alkali-acti¬vated reactions can improve the mechanical properties of silicon- and aluminum–rich solid waste. In this study, the basic physical and mechanical properties of dried sediment from a lake in Wuhan, China, were analyzed. Orthogonal tests, compressive strength measurements, and X-ray diffraction spectrum and scanning electron microscope analyses were used to investigate the solidification effects of three types of alkaline materials used alone or in combination with the lake sediment: straw ash, calcium lime, and sodium silicate. In the single-doped samples, calcium lime had the best curing effect, with a maximum seven-day compressive strength of 1.31 MPa (190 psi). When the compound-doped samples were cured to seven days, the maximum compressive strength was 7.18 MPa (1040 psi). Furthermore, with the compound-doped materials, sediment solidification was aided by suitably alkaline conditions and large quantities of active sili¬con-calcium components. As a result, the microstruc¬tures of the cured compound-doped samples were more compact and their overall mechanical properties were greatly improved.


Electrons and photons offer complimentary strengths for information processing. Photons are excellent for communication, while electrons are superior for computation and memory. Cognition requires distributed computation to be communicated across the system for information integration. We present reasoning from neuroscience, network theory, and device physics supporting the conjecture that large-scale cognitive systems will benefit from electronic devices performing synaptic, dendritic, and neuronal information processing operating in conjunction with photonic communication. On the chip scale, integrated dielectric waveguides enable fan-out to thousands of connections. On the system scale, fiber and free-space optics can be employed. The largest cognitive systems will be limited by the distance light can travel during the period of a network oscillation. We calculate that optoelectronic networks the area of a large data center (105 m2) will be capable of system-wide information integration at 1 MHz. At frequencies of cortex-wide integration in the human brain (4 Hz, theta band), optoelectronic systems could integrate information across the surface of the earth.


and how to evaluate this parameter is far less certain (4-6). The usual method of visually inspecting an image of a flooded field for visible nonuniformity lacks sensitivity and precision. The use of minicom puters interfaced to cameras has been growing in popularity. As problems of comparison lend them selves well to computer analysis, it appeared that this would be a useful method of attacking the prob lem of quantitatively evaluating camera field uni formity.


Advances in programmable logic are moving these devices from the category of "specialty devices" to "standard devices" that are used in almost every digital design. As the devices have become more complex, the design software needed to design with them has become more complex, the design software needed to design with them has become more sophisticated. In fact, in many cases choosing the right design software is as important as choosing the devices themselves. Many engineers would even argue that choosing the right software is more important than the silicon since the software can be the factor which limits the usefulness of the silicon and quality of the design.


Excerpt The agent responsible for secondary (non-idiopathic) thrombocytopenia can be readily identified if the patient has been exposed to only a single chemical. In some instances, however, the pu...


Potential evapotranspiration (PET) was estimated by applying Penman-Monteith Method recommended by FAO with climatic data from 96 stations during 1961 to 2000 in Xinjiang. The spatial and temporal variations of the potential evapotranspiration in Xinjiang are analyzed. The whole potential evapotranspiration has decreased in all seasons. The average annual evapotranspiration rate decreases by 29.87 mm/decade. Superimposed on this general decline are fluctuations with above average rates in the 1970s and 1980s. Decreasing PET rates are more pronounced in spring and summer as compared to autumn and winter. Through correlation analysis, the major climate factors that affect the temporal change of the potential evapotranspiration are analyzed. Changes in relative humidity and to a lesser degree wind speed and sunshine duration were found to be the most important meteorological variables affecting PET trends in Xinjiang while changes in temperature played an insignificant role. Negative evapotranspiration trends are thought to a general decrease under global warming scenarios.


The use of laminated composites in aircraft structures is not totally new. However, the idea of using woven fiber glass as reinforcement in primary structural members is not widely addressed as compared to unidirectional fibers. In an effort to characterize the dynamic behavior of a woven laminated composite subject to dynamic loads, modal testing is performed experimentally on a cantilevered laminated woven glass fiber/epoxy composite flat plate which resembles an aircraft wing with aspect ratio of 5. To that end, the effect of stacking sequence and fiber orientation of the laminated composite plate on the modal properties is assessed. 6-layer laminated composite configurations with various stacking sequence and fiber orientation are fabricated so as to generate variable stiffness plates. The modal test employs the single roving hammer technique to obtain the frequency response of the plate and the results of the first five modes against the fiber orientation and stacking sequence are analyzed.


We propose a new robust adaptive region growing method (RoAd RG) based on two local parameters: the local mean value of the intensity function and the local mean value of the norm of the intensity gradient. This approach enables a better spread of the region growing inside the region of interest while avoiding the merge of outlier pixels. We tested our method on a synthesized noisy image, and demonstrated that RoAd RG gives better result than non adaptive or not fully adaptive methods. We applied positively our method to 3D [18F]fluoride ion PET images for segmenting bone structures, and showed its superiority compared to a non adaptive method.


This study presents an analysis of 95 lesson play scripts—hypothetical dialogues between the teacher and a student—written by 32 preservice teachers (PSTs). Writing lesson scripts was part of the assessment design activities to elicit and respond to students' thinking. The findings present the types and frequencies of teacher talks/moves in fraction-related tasks during a stage of lesson plays, such as launch, active elicitation, and closure. Our analysis indicates a wide range in the number of turns taken by the PSTs, while there is little correlation between the number of turns and effectiveness at eliciting and responding to student thinking. The study also confirmed that some unproductive talk moves were still present in the lesson play context, although the PSTs had plenty of time to craft a script. This study drew implications of PSTs' prior perceptions, experiences, knowledge, and needs in mathematics teacher education regarding the ways to create learning opportunities for them to elicit and respond to student thinking.


Chittoor district was one of the most imperative producers and leading exporters in terms of tonnage of granite stone in Andhra Pradesh State over the past decades. Chittoor district traditionally exports large quantities of raw blocks, rough slabs and standard tiles of granite. Because, copious of granite resources, attractive and qualitative raw granite products, cheap labour, interested entrepreneurs, are available in the Chittoor district. Chittoor district is a national leader in terms of granite production. Granite stone exports from Chittoor district, comprise mainly granite cut blocks, granite slabs and tiles. Hence the granite stone industry is more profitable in the Chittoor district, at the same time the granite quarrying and processing industry has creating a number of issues and problems in relation to labours. So the labours are facing some problems and working under the inauspicious conditions. This paper highlighted the issues of labour occurred in granite stone quarrying and processing industry in Chittoor district.


To assess the reliability of cerebral blood volume (CBV) maps as a substitute for diffusion‐weighted MRI (DWI) in acute ischemic stroke. In acute stroke, DWI is often used to identify irreversibly injured "core" tissue. Some propose using perfusion imaging, specifically CBV maps, in place of DWI. We examined whether CBV maps can reliably subsitute for DWI, and assessed the effect of scan duration on calculated CBV.


Background Long life does not inevitably mean more healthy years; older women have an increased risk of disabilities, diseases and adverse life events. Nevertheless, many older women experience hea ...


Caatinga has a semiarid climate with strong seasonality and long periods of drought, which should require adaptations in the species in the region. Hence, we studied how the freshwater turtle species Phrynops tuberosus, a very water dependent animal, deals with these adversities. The present study aimed to evaluate the influence of seasonality on nesting sites, hatching period and to report and discuss the use of secretive habitat by hatchlings for the freshwater turtle species P. tuberosus, from central hinterland of the state of Ceara. Data collection occurred in the Cedro water reservoir, located in Quixada-CE, Brazil, between October 2011 and September 2012. We measured nests (n = 30) and hatchlings (n = 24) of the studied species. Nests were always found in shaded areas. Hatchlings were more abundant in the rainy season and showed cryptic behaviour. We observed that the life history traits of these animals were related to the rainy season in the region.


Having developed fast since the modern times,scientific utopianism in 20th century,encountered suspect and criticism from different perspectives,such as suspects within utopian horizon,criticism on technological society and reflection on technological civilization.The shift from multidimensional construction to multidimensional deconstruction in these centuries discloses that scientific utopianism has gradually transferred from critical and transcendental social ideal to conservative and benefit-defending ideology,from revolutionary leading power to reformative technological response.This provides many important revelations for technological progress and social development today.


International organizations are complex, composite legal entities. They have been established by States but, endowed with separate international legal personality, aspire to lead an autonomous life at arm's length from their creators. Nevertheless, in order to properly carry out the normative and operational mandate allotted to them, they tend to rely, at least partly, on their member States: for example when performing military operations, or imposing sanctions against terrorists. In addition, member States continue to play a prominent role in institutional decision-making, as most, if not all, international organizations possess organs in which the member States — or a number of them — decide on action to be taken. This 'interwovenness' of international organizations and their member States begs the question of who bears responsibility when institutional activity offends international law: for example, when un peacekeepers violate human rights in carrying out their mandate, when the un Security Council fails to offer a remedy to blacklisted presumed terrorists, or when an international development bank's lending conditions provoke a member State to, for instance, disrespect international environmental law. The law of international responsibility does not have a ready answer to this question. The International Law Commission's ('ilc') 2001 Articles on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts ('asr')1 intentionally left the question unanswered. The ilc's 2011 Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations ('ario')2 attempted to fill this gap by delineating the criteria on the basis of which member States may be found responsible in connection with the acts of international organizations (in particular in


The follow-up of high risk infants discharged from the Neonatal intensive care units is a highly important health issue in order to early recognition and treatment of morbidities. The families should be informed about the medical problems and possible complications of the babay and a check-list may be prepared for the families. Corrected age should be used for the early evaluation of Preterm infants. Postnatal growth retardation is common especially in infants < 1500 grams. Feeding the infants with a high-calorie, low protein formula may result in adequate weight gain but calculation of lean body mass is a better measure for the evaluation of these infants. Klinik Tıp Pediatri Dergisi Cilt: 9 Sayı: 4 Temmuz Ağustos 2017 Derleme Review Follow-Up Of Hıgh-Risk Infants Yüksek Riskli Bebeklerin İzlemi Prof. Dr. Fahri OVALI İstanbul Medeniyet Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Neonatoloji Bilim