Background and aim: The progressive and constant aging of the global population together with the economy crises and the social variations within family contexts increasingly leads to the use of external resources (Home Care Workers, HCWs) for health care within one's own family of origin. Purpose of the study is to describe Italian Home Care Workers' (HCWs) living and working conditions and understand the interactions with outcomes of the patients and informal caregiver. Methods: Observational study with cross sectional design to evaluate the interaction of HCWs without specific training on patients and informal caregivers' outcomes. Results: understand Italian HCWs' condition and interaction between these conditions and outcomes of patients and informal caregiver. Conclusions: understanding how HCWs' conditions can affect outcome about patient and informal caregivers, represents a fundamental step in order to increase QoL of these families. (www.actabiomedica.it)


In the context of the growing importance of the creative industries in the economy and emerging questions about a place of public, cultural, social, economic and innovative policy, an important question appears: what is an essence of the concept of the creative industries? The idea of integration, support and building an identity of the institutions, which activities are based on talented and creative work, has its origins in the United Kingdom and Australia. It is now entering Polish market and arouses interest in policy-makers, academics and practitioners. Still, for many people, the term seems to be vague and arouses a lot of controversy. The article shows the discourse on the creative industries, especially the ongoing debate between: European (mainly British), Australian and American scholars. Furthermore, arguments of critics and defenders of the concept are also presented. The arguments derived from the tradition of the criticism of mass culture which represent the current research on economization of culture are compared in this text. There are three main grounds of the dispute: the definition of the concept, the essence of the concept of a new sector and application in practice. Furthermore, two main phases in the discourse and the pragmatics of the creative industries are also presented: the transition from cultural industries to creative industries and emphasizing the importance of innovation and networking. The study used a critical analysis of the content of not only Polish but also foreign public documents, industry reports and scientific papers. The methodological conclusions drawn from the emergence of a new interdisciplinary research area are also presented. These findings specifically relate to Poland which is entering a crucial phase of policy development in the field of the creative industries. The need for an action is systematized: definitional, classificational and critical analysis of achievements and mistakes of the countries implementing policies to support the sector, as well as the need to adopt it to the local conditions. In the context of relatively limited academic reflection on the issues in Poland, the need of interdisciplinary analysis is also emphasized.


The process of atomic excitation and ionization accompanying orbital electron capture by nuclei is treated on the basis of the general theory of $\ensuremath{\beta}$-decay using a configuration space representation for both nucleons and leptons. Quantitative expressions are obtained (a) for the total number of double holes produced in the $K$-shell due to $K$-capture accompanied by excitation or ejection of the other $K$-electron [Eq. (15)], and (b) for the total probability of electron ejection in orbital electron capture together with the ejected electron momentum spectrum [Eqs. (17)-(18)]. A discussion is given of the possibilities of experimental verification of the theory developed.


Development of chronic bronchitis is accompanied by progressive fibrosis of the bronchial wall. Synchronously, reactivity of phagocytic cells of the alveolar tissue changes. During early (chronic catarrhal bronchitis) and developed (chronic granulating bronchitis, chronic purulent bronchitis, and chronic catarrhal-fibrotic bronchitis) stages in the development of chronic bronchitis, structural signs of activation of phagocytic cells, and an increase of proliferative and metabolic activity of the alveolar macrophages were noted. However, this activation is followed by their depression in chronic fibrotic bronchitis. Data obtained show that in the development of chronic bronchitis, activation followed by depression of cell effectors takes place in the respiratory tissue.


Thirty one accessions had 100-seed weight of 23.8 to 71.8 g and protein contents from 20.4 to 30.3%. There was little variation in cyanide content. Tannin contents varied tenfold among the accessions and increased with colour. Copyright © 2003 Whurr Publishers Ltd


The Carneades software system provides support for constructing, evaluating and visualizing arguments, using formal representations of facts, concepts, defeasible rules and argumentation schemes. This paper illustrates features of Carneades with a prototype legal application for analyzing open source software license compatibility issues in particular cases. The Carneades system provides a unique combination of features that make to our knowledge applications of this kind possible for the first time.


The next two major data acquisition events in planetary exploration are outlined. They are the encounter with Uranus in January 1986 and with Neptune and its large moon Triton in 1989. A discussion of the Galileo mission and the suspended VOIR mission to Venus is given. Cost considerations and future plans are presented.


This paper illustrates the application of computational design using Rhinoceros software and Grasshopper plugin to investigate a real accommodation with respect to the solar radiation reduction. The paper also introduces the basic concepts of Building Information Modelling (BIM) utilization in construction. The multidisciplinary BIM model show that the Computable BIM Model can be used for Architecture, Structure, Mechanical - Electrical -Plumbing (MEP) to help architects, designers do sustainable design such as acoustic comfort, lighting design on effective cost manner with many rapid design options from the conceptual design phase, to facilitate wind load simulation, predict structural behaviour under fierce conditions, to estimate heat load, HVAC systems performance for energy saving and sustainable design.


Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has a strong and well-organized social structure. Family is the basic unit of this social structure, which has a hierarchal structure. The head of the family (Mashar) has a significant position in a family in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Therefore, the head of the family (Mashar) influences the socio-economic and political decisions of the family members as well as the politico-socio attitudes. The study presents the impact of the head of the family (Mashar) on the vote choice of an individual. The results show that the head of the family (Mashar) has a strong stimulus to shape electorate vote choice on polling day. The study conducted in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The targeted population for the study was registered voters (Eighteen years or above male/female) of different National Assembly constituencies. A multi-stage probability sampling technique is used for data collection.


An apparatus for detecting disorder of a water level sensor is provided to detect disorder of the water level sensor, and to prevent water overflow by comparing a set value of water supply amount with variation amount of output of the water level sensor before and after water supply. An apparatus for detecting disorder of a water level sensor comprises a water supply unit(161), a discharge unit(171), a water level sensor unit(110), a flow rate measurement unit(120) and a controller. The water level sensor unit senses a water level of a water tank. The flow rate measurement unit measures water supply amount by the water supply unit. The controller judges existence of disorder of the water level sensor sensing a water level during water supply by using the water supply amount measured by the flow rate measurement unit.


The need for information systems and information technology is currently increasing, can be seen from the use of IS / IT to carry out important activities of an organization. Information and data are important assets for organizations that must be protected and kept confidential, to support the sustainability of an organization. With the rapid development and the increased use of technology, the opportunities for risk to information and data are also getting bigger. If an information system is not maintained, there will be the risk of disrupting the business processes of an organization. These risks can be in the form of financial losses decreased productivity and even damage to the reputation of an organization so they loss the trust of the public. As one of the universities in Manado that has quite a lot of students, the Institute of Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Manado have several information systems to increase the productivity of faculty, assistants and students, one of the systems is Academic Information System (SISKA). But there are several problems right now in IAIN Manado information system such as data loss, downtime system and some more. Therefore, this research tried to reduce the impact by implementing DRP. In this research two strategies were introduced that could help IAIN Manado implement DRP and preventive components on the main site as an initial precaution. All strategies are based on DRaaS in Microsoft Azure to help IAIN Manado ensure the availability of their systems.


Multidimensional cosmological model describing the evolution of one Einstein space of non-zero curvature and n Ricci-flat internal spaces is considered. The action contains several dilatonic scalar fields and antisymmetric forms. When forms are chosen to be proportional of volume forms of p-brane submanifolds of internal space manifold, the Toda-like Lagrange representation is obtained. Wheeler-De Witt equation for the model is presented. The exact solutions in classical and quantum cases are obtained when dimensions of p-branes and dilatonic couplings obey some orthogonality conditions.


In this paper, we have proposed a novel supercontinuum (SC) light source which can emit a broadband spectrum in the mid-infrared (MIR) region ranging from 760 nm to 6675 nm. The proposed 3-mm-long inversely tapered shaped waveguide is optimized numerically adopting the parabolic tapering approach. Structurally, the waveguide is comprised of silicon nitride (Si3N4) as core material and silica (SiO2) for upper and lower claddings. The proposed structure is tuned for pumping only in the anomalous group-velocity dispersion regime through varying waveguide width along the pulse propagation direction. The predicted SC spectra between the proposed design with the designs which have no tapering at all (typical uniform waveguide) in terms of MIR expansion and spectral flatness is compared. Simulation results show a good spectral flatness throughout the spectral region covered apart from broadband spectral bandwidth predicted in the MIR. All geometries considered here are excited at 1.55 μm wavelength with an ultrashort pulse of 50-fs duration and a moderate peak power of 10 kW.


The data in this research note demonstrate that while the overall proportion of passenger vehicle drivers with alcohol in fatal crashes is lower in older age groups, the median blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is generally higher for those age groups. However, for motorcycle operators the age groups with the highest level of alcohol involvement also have the highest median BAC levels. This research note identifies differences between age groups and within vehicle types, based on the proportion of drivers with positive BACs (BAC≥.01) by showing differences between passenger vehicle (passenger cars, SUVs, pickup trucks, and vans) driver and motorcycle operator BAC levels across age groups. Passenger vehicle drivers in the age groups 20-29 and 30-39 had the highest proportion of drivers with positive BAC levels. However, motorcycle operators in the age groups 30-39 and 40-49 had the highest proportion of drivers with positive BAC levels.


Abstract In the spring of 2016, university students with little to no research experience volunteered to assist with surveying for a larger project on college success. Volunteers discussed their field experiences through written statements and semistructured interviews. Eighty log sheets and 14 in-depth interviews serve as the qualitative data for this study. We followed Braun and Clarke's (2006) Thematic Analysis approach and reviewed the log sheets for key themes. Based on the initial analysis, semistructured standpoint interviews with student volunteers explored the development of a nascent research-based identity. Findings suggest that students' research-based identity construction was a process that moved from low role-efficacy to emerging role-efficacy through the use of benchmarking and justification strategies that helped overcome negative emotions surrounding an initial sense of low role-efficacy with survey research tasks. We discuss how identity construction unfolded over time and suggest implications for this research.


Ride is one of the attributes of vital importance in modern passenger vehicles. This
is closely connected to the suspension system of the vehicle, which often consists
of passive springs and dampers. For these passive systems there are methods and
metrics to evaluate their performance but for semi- and fully active suspension systems
there are not well-defined methods and metrics. The objective of this thesis
is therefore to develop a method to objectively quantify the performance of semiand
fully active suspension systems. The goal is to answer the question: "What is
a good semi-active or fully active suspension system?".
The evaluation of the suspension systems is done in three ways; using simulations
in IPG CarMaker, objective testing of physical cars and through subjective assessments
of the same cars. The results are then processed using MATLAB to find any
desired metrics. Here a correlation study is also carried out to see what objective
measurements correlate best to the subjective scores. From the results, it is evident
that the road used for small amplitude primary ride and flat surface secondary ride
in simulations does not produce results comparable to the physical tests. For the
large amplitude road some correlations are found, for instance between the objective
heave movement and subjective comfort rating. For secondary ride on rough surface
the objective pitch RMS correlates to subjective choppiness rating. These results
are not certain as the standard deviation in them is significant and data for more
cars and drivers would be required to increase certainty. However, this shows that
it is possible to find objective metrics to describe the performance of a suspension
system, including active ones, and thereby estimate a subjective rating from a value
of the objective metric.
To conclude; the method proved functional in the sense that it helps translate subjective
assessments of a vehicle's ride quality with semi- and fully active suspension
into objective, quantifiable metrics. While having testing procedures stricter and
defined in greater detail could have produced stronger correlations, as well as having
larger data sets in the form of number of test cars, test drivers and procedures, it
can still be considered a proof of concept. Moreover, it forms a good basis and a
useful tool for further work in creating a fully effective ride evaluation method.


Welding is one of the more common methods of joining to create useful structures. It is commonly used in ground, marine and air transportation equipment, bridges, pressure vessels, machines, etc. Welding is a complex process and one of the most essential processes for the economy of any nation. It is one of those processes which enables industries to be set up, agriculture to thrive, power generation, and reliable communications, among a host of applications.


This symposium brings together a set of studies that explores how organizational actors communicate strategically to manage and influence external stakeholders' interpretation of their identity and actions in an attempt to create value in financial markets. Building on a variety of related theoretical traditions (e.g., impression and symbolic management, framing, sensemaking, etc.), this symposium advances several novel mechanisms that contribute to our understanding of how strategic communication works to shape evaluations in financial markets. More broadly, this symposium continues the ongoing conversation surrounding the critical role of communication in organizational and institutional analysis. The Use of Strategically Ambiguous Language in Earnings Forecasts Presenter: Ivana Naumovska; INSEAD Presenter: Edward Zajac; Northwestern U. Compensatory Reframing and Stock Market Reaction: A Case of Failed MA Seattle U. Presenter: Derek Harmon; U. of Michigan Can You...


The distance-correlated (continuous) within-die (WID) process variations of transistor parameters appears to be approximately scaling with process generations. Furthermore, shrinking clock cycles and the scaling of functional block dimensions in complex chips (e.g. CPUs), cause a shortening of interconnect distances. These effects mitigate correlated variations' impact on delay changes across a die. Temperature has a small effect, and supply distribution can be well-understood and designed. Furthermore, uncorrelated (random) variations (e.g. RDF, & LER) currently have a small impact on speed-setting paths, and even multiplying their effect (as processes shrink), would not make them very significant. Coupled with methods for estimating the shift in the maximum operating frequency (F/sub max/) of a die (due to variations), it is shown that variations will continue to have a small effect on product speeds through the mid-term future.


The regression model a means to analyze the relationship between response variable and the predictor variables. Logistic regression model is used when response variable is qualitative. The appropriate model obtained after parameter estimation, significance test and compatibility test models. The goal of this research was to determine the effect of age, years of service and gender of participants exams towards graduation. The case study certification exams government procurement of goods and services to wave II Pusdiklat BPS RI  Year 2015. The data used as many as 194 people. The processing results show that age has a significant influence on level the graduation certification exams of government procurement of goods and services. The more participants certification exam government procurement of goods and services for less than 35 years of age , the increasing tendency to pass.


Foeniculum vulgare Mill. (Apiaceae) is commonly known as "fennel", a small genus of annual, biennial or perennial herbs distributed in central Europe and the Mediterranean region. It is widely cultivated throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the world for its aromatic fruits, which are used mainly as a culinary spice [1]. Fruits and essential oil of F. vulgare are used as flavoring agents in food products, in cosmetic and pharmaceutical products. The essential oil is accredited with antioxidant, antimicrobial, antithrombotic, antidiabetic activities, among others [2]. In this present work, it was aimed to determine the antimicrobial activity of the pharma grade F. vulgare essential oil. trans- Anethole (68.2%), fenchone (12.8%) and limonene (6.5%) were confirmed as the main constituents; the analysis was performed by GC/FID and GC/MS, simultaneously. Antimicrobial activity of the essential oil was tested against Escherichia coli NRRL B-3008, Bacillus cereus NRRL B3711, Salmonella typhimurium ATCC 13311 and Streptococcus sanguinis ATCC 10556 by a broth microdilution assay [3]. Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations (MIC) were found to be: 6.25, 6.25, 3.12 and 12.5 mg/mL, respectively, suggesting that the antimicrobial activity of the essential oil was relatively low against the tested pathogens. In addition, lethal concentration (acute toxicity) was determined using the in vivo animal alternative Caenorhabditis elegans test [4]. Lethal concentration (LC 50 , 50% of killed nematodes) for the essential oil was determined to be <25 mg/mL.


In the buildings to residential use for the most part, the supply of the electrical user installations is distributed by the public distribution network in low tension, according to the so-called TT system. In such a system, the protection against the indirect contacts is realized by means of the connection of the masses to earth of every building -different of the neutral earthing- and te predisposition of opportune devices to interrupt the supply automatically after verification of a current dispersion in a position to produce on the masses a dangerous tension of contact. The technical norm admits other systems for the protection against the indirect contacts (double or reinforced isolation, supply to lowest tension of emergency, electrical separation of networks, etc.) ; these protection systems can coexist with that one over described.


Access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) are human rights and play a fundamental role in protecting health, which has been particularly evident during the SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) pandemic. People experiencing homelessness face frequent violations of their human rights to water and sanitation, negatively affecting their health and dignity and ability to protect themselves from COVID-19. This research aimed to identify barriers to safe water, sanitation and hygiene access for people experiencing homelessness in Mexico City during the COVID-19 pandemic. A survey of 101 respondents experiencing homelessness was conducted using mobile data collection tools in collaboration with El Caracol A.C., an NGO that contributes to the visibility and social inclusion of homeless people in Mexico. We report findings according to the following themes: general economic impacts of COVID-19; experiences with reduced access to WASH services due to COVID-19, challenges in accessing hand washing to follow COVID-19 public health advice; and coping mechanisms used to deal with reductions in access to WASH. We discuss the broader implications of the findings in terms of realization of the human rights to water and sanitation (HRtWS), and how people experiencing homelessness are left behind by the existing approaches to ensure universal access to water and sanitation under SDG 6.


Recent commentaries on Australian higher education note that employers are looking for graduates with more than mere subject competence, they require people who are also analytical, creative thinkers, attuned to the need for life-long learning, flexible, good communicators and sensitive to social contexts. In short, employers are looking for graduates who are educated rather than just trained. By the time the students take the Computers in Society subject, they are looking to enhance their employability by developing their own communication skills. Up to this point many had viewed communications subjects as unnecessary distractions that took time away from the technical component which they considered as the only true part of their course. This paper describes the incorporation of a Fully Refereed Student Seminar on Computers in Society within an undergraduate subject. The students' commitment to honing their communications skills, via a public presentation of their technically-based research topics, was pushed to the limit as the proceedings were to be published through the State and National Libraries and the Australian Computer Society. The conduct of the seminar and the involvement of and benefits to the students are all discussed.


: Detection of the wormhole attacks is a cumbersome process, particu-larly simplex and duplex over the wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Wormhole attacks are characterized as distributed passive attacks that can destabilize or disable WSNs. The distributed passive nature of these attacks makes them enormously challenging to detect. The main objective is to find all the possible ways in which how the wireless sensor network's broadcasting character and transmission medium allows the attacker to interrupt network within the distributed environment. And further to detect the serious routing-disruption attack "Wormhole Attack" step by step through the different network mech-anisms. In this paper, a new multi-step detection (MSD) scheme is introduced that can effectively detect the wormhole attacks for WSN. The MSD consists of three algorithms to detect and prevent the simplex and duplex wormhole attacks. Furthermore, the proposed scheme integrated five detection modules to systematically detect, recover, and isolate wormhole attacks. Simulation results conducted in OMNET++ show that the proposed MSD has lower false detection and false toleration rates. Besides, MSD can effectively detect wormhole attacks in a completely distributed network environment, as suggested by the simulation results.


The aim of this study is to analysis the mathematics self-efficacy levels of pre-service science teachers and pre-service elementary classroom in science education. The data of the study were collected through the self-efficacy scale towards the use of mathematics in science which was developed by Can, Günhan and Erdal (2005). The scale is made up of eighteen items, five-level Likert type items. There are three factors in the scale, namely "self-perception in mathematics", "implementation of mathematics" and "math skills". The data obtained were analyzed using the SPSS 16 and the total scores and factor scores of the participants were determined. According to analysis, it can be seen that preservice science teachers'' and pre-service elementary teachers' mathematic self-efficacy levels in science education are in the average 4.08 that means the range is "often". According to this finding, it can be said that preservice teachers have high level of mathematics self-efficacy in science education.


Nowadays, the consumption is the most significant factor in the economy. The consumption requires different items, which must be produced by the industry. Production processes are realized mainly on workplaces, so their importance is inevitably. This paper presents an overview about the planning process of material handling machines, especially for the production workplaces. The research, shown in this paper, targets to develop a model, which can help to select the most suitable material handling equipment for different production workplaces. The topic presented in this paper deals with the building of selection algorithm for the exclusion of non-applicable equipment types. To show the useability of the concept an example will also be presented.


This paper deals with the case study of dump slopes stability analysis of an opencast mine near Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. The study considers cohesion, angle of internal friction of soil samples and pore water pressure distribution in mine slopes. Factor of safety has been calculated by numerical modeling software OASYS using different slope angles. The outcome of study will be helpful in managing dump height.


A new compound, named gentianopfluorenone (1), along with three known compounds,1-O-β-d-glucopyranosyl-5-hydroxy-3-methoxyxanthone (2), 1-O-[β-d-xylopyranosyl-(1 → 6)-β-d-glucopyranosyl]-7,8-dihydroxy-3–methoxyxanthone (3), and apigenin (4), were isolated from the whole herb of Gentianopsis paludosa. On the basis of spectral and chemical evidence, the structure of 1 was elucidated as 4,4a,6-trihydroxy-5-methoxy-fluoren-2,9-dione. Compounds 2–4 were isolated from the plant for the first time.


Past studies have linked nut consumption to decreased risk of CVD & all-cause mortality, but have not systematically evaluated less common causes of death.


Ge/SiO_2 film is deposited on p-Si(100)substrate by two-target alternation RF magnetron sputtering technique.Carrier transport mechanism of Au/Ge/SiO_2/p-Si structure is studied by using its(I-V) curve.The analysis shows that Schottky emission mechanism and ohmic conduction contribute to the current in the film under the lower forward biases and the lower reverse biases respectively,while the current is induced mainly by Frenkel-Poole emission mechanism and space-charge-limited current under the higher forward biases.


The primary intuition behind the ART model is that object identification and recognition generally occur as a result of the interaction of 'top-down' observer expectations with 'bottom-up' sensory information. The model postulates that 'top-down' expectations take the form of a memory template or prototype that is then compared with the actual features of an object as detected by the senses. This comparison gives rise to a measure of category belongingness. As long as this difference between sensation and expectation does not exceed a set threshold called the 'vigilance parameter', the sensed object will be considered a member of the expected class.


The present invention relates to a compound semiconductor integrated circuit includes a substrate, at least one compound semiconductor electronic device, a first metal layer, a protective layer, several layers of the second metal layer and at least a dielectric layer, wherein the first metal layer comprising gold and does not contain copper, and at least partially electrically connected to the electronic element compound semiconductor; the protective layer covers the electronic component of the compound semiconductor, and at least a first portion of the metal layer; the layer number of the second metal layer each layer comprises at least a copper metal layer and several layers of the at least one second metal layer is electrically connected to a portion of the first metal layer; a second metal layer according to any one of the preceding two adjacent layers of a dielectric layer was separated; the number of metal layers used to form a passive element.


CATS has been developed as a user interface to allow users at client sites to access and use the ACT (analysis of complexity tool) of McCabe and Associates easily and automatically. It produces various detailed reports based on the ACT tool, and in addition it establishes and updates a complexity-tracking database at the user site. CATS has been implemented at various pilot sites. It has been used both intensively to increase test coverage for a given module and extensively to identify areas on which to focus test and assessment efforts. By using CATS, developers, testers, and managers can obtain key information on software structure, focus their efforts on those areas where defects are more likely to reside, more quickly understand and incorporate re-engineered or legacy code, and estimate the level of effort required for a project.


SEVERAL studies have been made of the haemodynamic changes during labour and vaginal delivery (Hamilton, 1950; Hendricks and Quilligan, 1956; Hendricks, 1958; Adams and Alexander, 1958; Cunningham, 1966; Winner and Romney, 1966; Hansen and Ueland, 1966). Throughout labour circulatory phenomena occur which are the result of each single uterine contraction together with the cumulative effects of the events of the first and second stages. The circulatory sequelae of parturition are determined by the interaction between the blood loss at delivery, the relief of supine caval occlusion by the gravid uterus, the elimination of the choriodecidual space from the circulation, and the possible pressor effects of oxytocic drugs (Kerr, 1968). Delivery by elective Caesarean section eliminates the factors associated with the first two stages of labour but introduces other variables-particularly the greater average blood loss and the effects of anaesthesia. A number of important clinical problems are associated with these haemodynamic changesthe difficulty in controlling hypertension during and after labour, the pressor effects of ergometrine, and the choice of method of delivery of patients with heart disease. A better understanding of the underlying behaviour of the circulation both at parturition and at Caesarean section would assist in their solution; the difficulty is not so much the shortage of data as the contradictions between reports, perhaps due to inadequacies of methodology (Lees et al., 1967a). There is very little information about the haemodynamic consequences of Caesarean section (Zimmerman, 1950; Adams, 1961).


At age 6, Dorothy Jean Furlong knew she wanted to be a preacher. That was the beginning of a lifetime of ministry service that included four decades of serving Foursquare's historical Bible colleges on the East and West Coasts. Now in her 90s, she shares what she learned from Foursquare's founder, Aimee Semple McPherson.


ABSTRACT A new cloud-point extraction (CPE) method was developed for the pre-concentration and simultaneous determination of Sb(III) and B(III) by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). The method was based on complexation of Sb(III) and B(III) with azomethine-H in the presence of cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) as a signal-enhancing agent, and then extraction into the micellar phase of Triton X-114. Under optimised conditions, linear calibration was obtained for Sb(III) and B(III) in the concentration ranges of 0.5–180 and 2.5–600 μg l−1 with LODs of 0.15 and 0.75 μg l−1, respectively. Relative standard deviations (RSDs) (25 and 100 μg l−1 of Sb(III) and B(III), n = 6) were in a range of 2.1–3.8% and 1.9–2.3%, respectively. Recoveries of spiked samples of Sb(III) and B(III) were in the range of 98–103% and 99–102%, respectively. Measured values for Sb and B in three standard reference materials were within the 95% confidence limit of the certified values. Also, the method was used for the speciation of inorganic antimony. Sb(III), Sb(V) and total Sb were measured in the presence of excess boron before and after pre-reduction with an acidic mixture of KI-ascorbic acid. The method was successfully applied to the simultaneous determination of total Sb and B in selected beverage and dairy products.


The automatic description of multimedia content was mainly developed for classification tasks, retrieval systems and massive ordering of data. Preservation of cultural heritage is a field of high importance for application to this method. Our problem is classification of architectural styles of buildings in digital photographs of Mexican cultural heritage. The selection of relevant content in the scene for training classification models allows them to be more precise in the classification task. Here we use a saliency-driven approach to predict visual attention in images and use it to train a Convolutional Neural Network to identify the architectural style of Mexican buildings. Also, we present an analysis of the behavior of the models trained under the traditional cropped image and the prominence maps. In this sense, we show that the performance of the saliency-based CNNs is better than the traditional training reaching a classification rate of 97% in validation dataset. It is considered that style identification with this technique can make a wide contribution in video description tasks, specifically in the automatic documentation of Mexican cultural heritage.


This paper presents a formulation accounting for the effect of delayed drainage phenomenon (DDP) on the breakthrough of contaminant flux in an aquitard, by considering the movement of soil particles, porosity variation, hydraulic head variation, and transient flow during the consolidation. The water flow equation in an aquitard was based on the Terzaghi's consolidation theory, and the contaminant transport equation was derived on the basis of the mass balance law. Two cases were used to illustrate the effect of DDP on the contaminant transport in an aquitard of small deformation. It is found that the breakthrough time of contaminant in an aquitard is very long, which is mainly ascribed to the low permeability of aquitard and sorption of soil particles. It is also found that the increase of depletion, which is in general induced by the increase of thickness and specific storativity and the decrease of hydraulic conductivity, enhances the impact of DDP on the contaminant transport in an aquitard. A larger delay index (τ0) of DDP gives a greater delay breakthrough time (DBT) of solute transport in an aquitard, which controls the difference of the breakthrough time of contaminant transport in aquitards with and without the occurrence of DDP. For the cases where advection plays a dominant role during the process of solute transport, τ0 is almost linearly correlated with DBT, and the ratio of DBT over the breakthrough time without consideration of DDP also approximately shows a linear relationship with the ratio of specific storativity to porosity, given a fixed drawdown in the adjacent aquifer with the sorption being ignored.


MEMS detection structure for a dual-axis accelerometer MEMS resonator (16) (1; 1 ') having: an inertial mass body (2; 2'), by means of an elastic fixing element (8) to the substrate (30) to suspended over the substrate (30), an elastic element (8) in response to the respective inertial mass to achieve an external linear acceleration (ax, ay) (2; 2 ') along part of said inertial mass (2; 2' ) coasting plane (xy) of the main extension of the first detection axis (x) and a second detection axis (y); and at least a first resonator element (10a) and at least one second resonator element (10b), and a second detector having a respective longitudinal axis (y) extends along a first detection axis, respectively, (X), and coupled to the inertial mass by an elastic element (8) of the respective resilient element mechanically (2; 2 '), in order to subjected to a respective axial stress (N1, N2), respectively, when the inertial mass along a first detection axis (x) and a second detection axis (y) movement.


To clarify the meaning of relocation among aging Hansen's disease survivors; to discuss care aiming to manage the negative effects of relocation and promote adaptation to new dwellings.


This paper is about a novel design of flexible dielectric waveguides that can be employed as multi-purpose connecting lines in test and measurement setups for mm- and sub-mm-wave frequencies. The waveguide design presented here differs from prior art basically in two features: the application of a protective tube composed of standardized segments and the use of strings for supporting and centering the dielectric ribbon waveguide within that tube. Following the proposed design allows building a waveguide that can be bent and twisted simultaneously while exhibiting only small changes in its electrical behavior. Besides the novel design we present experimental results that demonstrate its suitability for various mm-wave test applications.


Three kinds of purity gum were used to prepare emulsion orange flavor.The particle size,distribution,stability and emulsion flavor application were discussed.The results indicated that with the increasing of viscosity of pure gum,the average particle size increased,but the stability decreased.The absorption value of emulsion flavors reached the maximum in different temperatures after 20 days,and no more change after 30 days.This indicated that 20℃ was much more suitable for flavor storage,and pure gum B \ C present better stability.pH value less than 3 was much more suitable for these three emulsion flavors.Emulsion flavor with pure gum B present best stability at pH 4.0,and emulsion flavors with pure gum B and C were much more stable than pure gum A at pH 3.0.All three emulsion flavors turned to stable after 20 days at pH 2.0.


Fv‐4, a gene controlling susceptibility to ecotropic murine leukemia viruses, was linked to both Pre‐1 (prealbumin) and Igh‐1 (immunoglobulin heavy‐chain constant region) loci on chromosome 12 in mice. The gene order was Fv‐4‐Pre‐1‐Igh‐1, and the estimated frequency of recombination between Fv‐4 and Pre‐1 was about 20%.


We conduct a fixed-target runtime analysis of (1 + 1) EA with resampling on the OneMax and BinVal problems. For OneMax, our fixed-target upper bound refines the previously known bound. Our fixed-target lower bound for OneMax is the first of this kind. We also consider linear functions and show that the traditional approaches via drift analysis cannot easily be extended to yield fixed-target results. However, for the particular case of BinVal, a relatively precise fixed-target bound is obtained.


An increasing concern in poultry nutrition is the effects of mycotoxins in contaminated grain. Several new products have come onto the market that chemically bind these toxins preventing mycotoxicosis. However, many of these products have not been tested for safety if accidently overfed to broiler breeders. In order to simulate a feed mixing error at a feed mill, Improved Milbond-TX® was overfed to broiler breeders to see if this would cause any negative effects on bird performance. A typical corn-soybean based diet supplemented with Milbond-TX mycotoxin binder at three different levels of inclusion (0%, 0.5%, and 1%) was fed to 300 broiler breeder hens. Data were collected on egg production, egg weights, hatchability, fertility, and chick weights from 24 to 35 weeks of age. Eggs per hen housed were not significantly different between the three treatments. The differences in egg weights, hatchability, fertility, and chick weights were also insignificant among the three treatments. We were able to conclude that overfeeding Improved Milbond-TX had no negative effect on bird performance and is safe to feed at a level of up to 1%. * Michael Schlumbohm is a senior with a poultry science major. † Judy England is the project/program manager for Dr. Coon. § Rueben Kriseldi is a May 2014 graduate with a major in poultry science. ‡ Dr. Coon is the mentor and a professor of Poultry Nutrition in the Department of Poultry Science Center of Excellence for Poultry Science.


We develop a new family of convex relaxations for $k$-means clustering based on sum-of-squares norms, a relaxation of the injective tensor norm that is efficiently computable using the Sum-of-Squares algorithm. We give an algorithm based on this relaxation that recovers a faithful approximation to the true means in the given data whenever the low-degree moments of the points in each cluster have bounded sum-of-squares norms.
We then prove a sharp upper bound on the sum-of-squares norms for moment tensors of any distribution that satisfies the \emph{Poincare inequality}. The Poincare inequality is a central inequality in probability theory, and a large class of distributions satisfy it including Gaussians, product distributions, strongly log-concave distributions, and any sum or uniformly continuous transformation of such distributions.
As an immediate corollary, for any $\gamma > 0$, we obtain an efficient algorithm for learning the means of a mixture of $k$ arbitrary \Poincare distributions in $\mathbb{R}^d$ in time $d^{O(1/\gamma)}$ so long as the means have separation $\Omega(k^{\gamma})$. This in particular yields an algorithm for learning Gaussian mixtures with separation $\Omega(k^{\gamma})$, thus partially resolving an open problem of Regev and Vijayaraghavan \citet{regev2017learning}.
Our algorithm works even in the outlier-robust setting where an $\epsilon$ fraction of arbitrary outliers are added to the data, as long as the fraction of outliers is smaller than the smallest cluster. We, therefore, obtain results in the strong agnostic setting where, in addition to not knowing the distribution family, the data itself may be arbitrarily corrupted.


An acoustic absorber includes a core of acoustically absorb ing material having two major Surfaces, and a facing for covering the core on at least one major Surface. The facing comprises a porous flash spun plexifilamentary film-fibril sheet having a coherent Surface and comprising a plurality of pores having a pore diameter between about 100 nm and about 20,000 nm and a mean pore diameter of less than about 20,000 nm. The use of the facing improves the acoustic absorption of ambient soundata frequency below about 1200 HZ. The facing provides a barrier to moisture and particles including microorganisms so that the absorber is Suitable for use in environments in which cleanliness is critical.


Evidence points to the need for a coherent, well‐communicated manufacturing strategy which establishes the best possible link between the competitive needs of the business and what needs to be done at the operational level in order to provide the business with a sustainable advantage over the competition. Presents a process of manufacturing strategy development which links the strategic needs of the business to the operational level in order to determine the operational areas of strategic concern in the company. Examines the effectiveness of a company′s capabilities, using a methodology for identifying the main impeders to improvements being made with respect to these particular areas of strategic concern.


To investigate the potential usefulness of Faschingbauer's (1974) abbreviated MMPI with parents of emotionally disturbed children referred for residential treatment 180 MMPI profiles were scored for this short form and scores compared with norms from the standard MMPI. While correlations were significant, many mean scores on the Faschingbauer were significantly different from those on the full MMPI. Modest correspondence between the two formats on indexes of psychopathology, profile peaks, and validity criteria was found. Use of this form is not justified with the present population.


To elucidate the mechanism underlying the suppressive regulation of hST8Sia I expression in retinoic acid (RA)-induced SK-MEL-2 cells, we characterized the promoter region of the hST8Sia I gene. Functional analysis of the 5'-flanking region of the hST8Sia I gene by the transient expression method showed that the -1146 to -646 region, which contains putative binding sites for transcription factors c-Ets-1, CREB, AP-1 and NF-κB, functions as the RA-repressive promoter in SK-MEL-2 cells. Site-directed mutagenesis and ChIP analyses indicated that the NF-κB binding site at -731 to -722 is crucial for the RA-induced repression of hST8Sia I in SK-MEL-2 cells. In addition, the transcriptional activity of hST8Sia I suppressed by RA in SK-MEL-2 cells was strongly inhibited by extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK) inhibitor U0126 and protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor GO6976, as determined by RT-PCR and luciferase assay of hST8Sia I promoter containing the -1146 to -646 regions. These results suggest that RA markedly modulates transcriptional regulation of hST8Sia I gene expression through the PKC/ERK signal pathway in SK-MEL-2 cells.


Alu elements represent one of the most successful mobile elements found in any genome. They have reached a copy number in excess of one million copies, making up more than 10% of the human genome. The level of amplification required to reach this high copy number has created an enormous number of insertion mutations resulting in human disease and genome evolution. They also add extensive diversity to the genome by introducing alternative splicing and editing to a wide range of RNA transcripts. In addition, after insertion Alu elements contribute to a high level of genetic instability through recombination. This instability contributes to a significant number of germ-line mutations and may be an even bigger factor in cancer and/or aging.


Combining with the actual situation of Beijing railway hub,this paper researched the station type selection of Beijing Fengtai passenger station,based on the work amounts undertaken by the station,verification of the size,put forward the conjunction field and breakout field two station plans,through the analysis on the applicability of two kinds of schemes,finally selected the breakout field layout scheme.


Optical imaging methods have revealed the spatial arrangement of orientation columns across striate cortex, usually summarized in terms of two measurements at each cortical location: (i) a 'best' stimulus orientation, corresponding to the stimulus orientation that elicits a maximal response, and (ii) the magnitude of the response to the best orientation. This mapping has been described as continuous except at a set of singular points (also termed 'vortices' or 'pinwheels'. Although prior work has shown that vortex patterns qualitatively similar to those observed in visual area 17 of the Macaque cortex can be produced by either band-pass or low-pass filtering of random vector fields, there has been to date little further topological characterization of the structure of cortical vortex patterns. Nevertheless, much theoretical work has been done in other disciplines on mappings analogous to the cortical orientation map. In particular, a recent theorem in the optics literature, termed the sign principle, stat...


Through the investigation on the characteristics, plant composition and niche breath of major brush type in Huajiang gorge , the results proved that there were four types of brush and the vegetation in this area was secondary brush and pioneers. This paper put forward suggestions of rehabilitation in Huajiang gorge.


This study aims to determine the effect of product differentiation, trust in a brand, and the celebrity endorser of the willingness to buy bandage woman merk laurier in the Padang city. The sample's of this study was that consumers who used and will used a bandage woman merk laurier in Padang city, which amounts 100 respondents. The sampling technique was purposive sampling. The type of data was primary data through questionnaires. The data analysis of the method used multiple linear regression analysis. The hypothesis test was by using T-test statistics to demonstrate the influence of the independent variables on the dependent variable partially or individual.
Results of this study found that the product differentiation, brand trust and celebrity endorser significantly positive effect at on buying interest laurier of consumer's in Padang
Keywords: product differentiation, brand trust, celebrity endorser, buying interest


The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between organizational trust and knowledge sharingamong their multigenerational employees. On the other hand the purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptualmodel to examine the relationship with antecedents of trust, organizational trust and knowledge sharingbehaviors with the moderating effect of multigenerational demographic.The Literature of Knowledge sharing behavior, Knowledge Management, trust and related theories assist asstarting-points for developing the conceptual model. Based on the vast literature review, all the dimensions ofvariables have been identified and discussed in depth.This study attempts to reduce the existing gap in literature regarding the relationship between organizational trustand knowledge sharing among employees with differences in generations. It is anticipated that this study to havea significant contribution to the advancement of KM research literature and provides managers and scholars toget to a better insight on the relationship between the established trust among multigenerational of employeesand their knowledge sharing.


The measurement of blood pressure (BP) is an essential step in clinical practice. It is used to determine the patient's BP, which reflects the condition of the patient. Recently, there is a solution for extracting, non-invasively and with no contact, a blood pressure indicator from electrical signal like Photoplethysmography (PPG), called remote-Photoplethysmography (rPPG). This rPPG signal can be used to estimate from a video clip several vital physiological indicators for humans, especially, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and mean arterial pressure (MAP). This paper proposed a computer method for blood pressure approximation from an input video. A chrominance method, or CHROM, was used to extract rPPG signal from a given video before forwarding it to estimate SBP and DBP values by LSTM-NN. Afterwards, MAP value was determined from SBP and DBP values by a weighting score technique. Experimental results showed that CHROM achieved the lowest mean absolute error (MAE) at 14.04, 8.37, and 9.78 for the SBP, DBP, and MAP, respectively, when compared among NN, RNN, and GRU.


A common gear unit, the gear plate 1 by the number 1, the eccentric disc 2, the roller 3, the holder 4, the gear plate 5,6 double gear plate 6, second roller 7, the second holder 8, the end composition cover 9, the gear plate 1 and the left gear dual gear plate, the gear plate 6 with the plate right gear dual gear sets are formed eccentric gear pairs. After using the positive difference between a set of teeth of the eccentric gear pairs, a tooth difference of zero, a negative difference between the three kinds of gear teeth configuration, under the premise of the same gear unit obtained large, wide reduction ratio, the present reduction 's deceleration ratio range of 12 to 40,000. Thereby achieving a simplified structure, the unified structure, a compact, cost reduction goals.


We present a case of a laryngeal neurinoma in a patient with neurofibromatosis 2. A 39-year-old man presented to our hospital with multiple complaints including progressive bilateral hearing loss, dizziness, dyspnea, dysphagia, and a 9-year history of right lower leg weakness. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated multiple lesions including bilateral cerebellopontine angle tumors, a foremen magnum tumor, multiple tumors of the spinal cord, a laryngeal tumor, and several retrocervical tumors. Fiberoptic laryngoscopy revealed a large submucosal supraglottic tumor. The laryngeal tumor was visualized through microlaryngoscopy and excised with a KTP laser directed through a quartz fiber. © 1999 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.


Multiple family therapy (MFT) is an increasingly popular treatment approach for adolescents suffering from anorexia nervosa and their families. This paper describes the ingredients and different phases of this treatment, and outlines its indications and contra-indications. Relationship patterns in families containing anorectic teenagers are examined, with a special emphasis on identifying areas for change in family relationships. Results with regard to the overall acceptability of the approach are presented.


Baby condition is a condition that is vulnerable to environmental changes, especially weather changes. Knowledge of a mother in maintaining baby health should also be considered, especially in terms of nutritional intake. A healthy baby's condition affects the baby's growth and development. The creation of a decision support system should be preceded by collecting and analyzing data according to need. In this study using baby feeding variables, namely Body Temperature (37.70c), Fuss (2.4), Restless (4.5), BABSering (3.7), BABEncer (5.6), Bloating (3.5), Nausea (3.7), Vomiting (3.2 ), Stomach Pain (2.7) and Itchy Skin (2.8). The results of the calculations will result in defoliation as follows: Measles (1.48), Septis (1.48), Diarrhea (1.48), ISPA (7.36), Enteritis (0.77), Miliaria (1.48), OMP (1.48) and Varicela (1.48). The range of fuzzy values ranges from 0 to 1, so the results obtained that the baby has enteritis or stomach problems. The calculation of defuzification obtained result of 8.1, so the condition of the baby is very sick and should be handled immediately by bringing to the medical personnel


Blue catfish, "Ictalurus furcatus," and channel catfish, "I. punctatus," (strain unknown) ♀ X Rio Grande strain blue catfish ♂ hybrids (HRG), and channel catfish (the same unknown strain) ♀ X Tombigbee blue catfish ♂ (HTB) were exposed to 0, 5, 10, and 20 mg/L nitrite to determine percent methemoglobin and enzymatic activity of NADH-methemoglobin reductase. Channel catfish of an unknown strain were exposed to 0 and 20 mg/L nitrite and compared to blue catfish, HRG catfish, and HTB catfish. Percent methemoglobin increased with increasing nitrite concentration for all groups of fish. Percent methemoglobin at 5 mg/L nitrite in blue catfish was significantly lower (P < 0.05) than those of HRG catfish or HTB catfish. Channel catfish had significantly (P < 0.05) higher NADH-methemoglobin reductase than blue catfish, HRG catfish, and HTB catfish. At all the levels of nitrite, there was no significant difference between blue catfish, or HTB catfish for NADH=MH-b reductase.


the zoo or garden or diorama. Absorption with these simulacra and the sense of control they afford may be an alternative means of cxercise appropriate to the apperceptive changes required by a service and information economy.Computer-based systems extend the possibilities inherent in the zoo and garden much further. The ideal simulation would be a perfect replica, now controlled by whoever controls the algorithms of simulation - a state imaginatively rendered in films llke The Step-ford Wives or Blad.erunner and apparently already achieved in relation to certain biogene- tically engineered micro-organisms. Who designs and controls these greater systems and for what purpose becomes a question of central importance.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the way in which library and information science (LIS) issues have been handled in the formulation of recent UK Higher Education policy concerned with research quality evaluation.Design/methodology/approach – A chronological review of decision making about digital rights arrangements for the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), and of recent announcements about the new shape of metrics‐based assessment in the Research Excellence Framework, which supersedes the RAE. Against this chronological framework, the likely nature of LIS practitioner reactions to the flow of decision making is suggested.Findings – It was found that a weak grasp of LIS issues by decision makers undermines the process whereby effective research evaluation models are created. LIS professional opinion should be sampled before key decisions are made.Research limitations/implications – This paper makes no sophisticated comments on the complex research issues underlying advanced bibliom...


THE INVENTION CONCERNS A DEVICE FOR COLOR IMAGE READING. THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS ELEMENTS PHOTOELECTRIC 7, 8 FOR CONVERTING LIGHT BEAM FROM COLOR IMAGE OF AN ORIGINAL SIGNALS ELECTRICAL COLOR SEPARATION, IDENTIFICATION DEVICE DV COLOR THAT PRODUCES MULTIPLE SIGNALS COLOR C1, C2 EQUAL TO COLOR FULL COLOR IMAGE AND DEVICE USING CORRECTION SIGNAL COLOR SPECIAL TO CORRECT TO OTHER COLOR SIGNAL SCOPE. REPRODUCTION OF COLOR IMAGE .


We report the synthesis and measurements of magnetic, transport, and thermal properties of polycrystalline Nb0.18Re0.82, which has a superconducting transition at Tc ~ 8.8 K. The non-centrosymmetric alpha-Mn structure of the compound is confirmed by X-ray diffraction. Using the measured values for the lower critical field Hc1, upper critical field Hc2, and the specific heat C, we estimate the thermodynamic critical field Hc(0), coherence length {\xi}(0), penetration depth {\lambda}(0), and the Ginzburg-Landau parameter {\kappa}(0). The specific heat jump at Tc, {\Delta}C/{\gamma}Tc = 1.86, suggests that Nb0.18Re0.82 is moderately coupled superconductor. Below Tc the electronic specific heat decays exponentially, suggesting that the gap is isotropic. Our data suggests that the triplet admixture is weak in the polycrystalline form of compound. However, the estimated value of the upper critical field Hc2(0) is close to the calculated Pauli limit indicating the need for single crystal measurements.


The correlations between literacy and development are universally recognised, though not always fully understood. Since the individual is the locus of all learning as well as the agent of all development actions, psychological approaches to the study of the relationship between literacy and development should be promising. The essential question in the psychology of development is: What type and quality of human psyche is relatively more amenable to generating and sustaining development, both at the personal and societal levels? The essential question in the psychology of literacy is: What effect, if any, does literacy learning have on the psyche of the new literate? Finally, at the intersection of these two research and theory traditions lies another question: What is the role of literacy in development? Formulated in practical terms, we can ask the question: At this historical time, in the midst of the International Literacy Year, 1990, is development in the Third World possible without the universalisation of literacy in the region?


The thesis describes the theme park development status and layout in the city of China,mainly discusses and analyzes the setting of theme parks,and puts forward planning requirements of theme park setting at overall city planning phase,with a view to guarantee rational theme park arrangement.


Kalakand is one of the indigenous milk product obtained by heat desiccation/concentration of whole/standardized milk with subsequent addition of sugar and proper coagulant. The present investigation was made with an attempt to develop Kalakand by addition of Wood apple pulp at different level of concentration using buffalo milk. The data collected on different aspects were tabulated and analyzed statistically using the methods of analysis of variance and critical difference. The pulp combination was incorporated at 0 per cent, 5 per cent, 10 per cent and 15 per cent level (replacing chhana). Physical analysis was conducted through organoleptic tests and chemical analysis was done through proximate analysis. According to the analysis, treatment T3 with 15 per cent wood apple pulp combination was found to be the best. Thus, product acceptability judged by organoleptic evaluation and therapeutic value, the treatment can be rated as T3>T2> T1>T0.


Under the knowledge economy and following the principle compatible with socialistic market economy,Harbin Institute of P.E. has undergone a series of reforms.With the reforms,its strength is enhanced.It is more characterized.The school has developed.


Dry storage is emerging as an important alternative to wet storage for management of LWR fuel. Dry storage is modular, passive, and can be implemented on a relatively short lead time, once it has been licensed. Thus, it is attractive for United States utilities which are nearing the limit of wet storage capacities. Dry storage of irradiated fuel has already been licensed in several countries. In the United States, dry storage concepts, including dry wells, silos (sealed concrete casks) and vaults, have been tested by the Department of Energy (DOE). Actions are also underway, in cooperation with utilities, to conduct additional unlicensed tests on metal storage casks at DOE facilities and to demonstrate licensed dry storage in metal casks and concrete silos at utility sites. It is anticipated that the demonstrations will confirm that there are no technical barriers that could prevent implementation of dry storage at reactor sites when needed.


Finding a product with high quality and reasonable price online is a difficult task due to uncertainty of Web data and queries. In order to handle the uncertainty problem, the granular Web shopping expert, a new type-2 fuzzy online decision support system, is proposed. The Web shopping expert based on the interval type-2 fuzzy inference system provides reasonable granular decisions for online users. This general framework can be used in other online e-business applications


: Background: Worldwide, around 1 million individuals develop cancer each year; this figure is expected to increase to 15 million in 2020. India has cancer related deaths around 7, 84,821, of which males are 9.81%, females 9.42%, Study in India show that if a patient is female, 73 % of the overall difference in cumulative expenditures [₹ 32,446 (PPP$12978)] is explained by gender difference in expenditures among patients suffering from common cancers. This gender differences, among common cancers vary by different demographic and economic characteristics. So, the present study is planned to study presence, magnitude and determinants of the expenditure differences with reference to gender. Objective: Materials and Methods: The present community based cross sectional study is carried out in regional cancer hospital with objectives of studying to study the presence and magnitude of the expenditure differences, to study the factors associated with expenditure inequality, to calculate the average expenditure of female cancer patients with reference to gender with the help of predesigned questionnaire, we assessed socio-demographic data. (chi square, ANOVA, Tukey Post Hoc, t test was applied wherever required. P <0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results: There is significant "gender" discrimination seen with total expenditure and at various levels of treatment (like IPD, OPD, Medical, Non-medical etc) in terms of expenditure.


Web Application Performance Testing and Optimization Methods are researched in this paper.A purpose-based performance testing method is proposed and its test process is explained.


BACKGROUND
Add-on therapy with prostacyclin in pediatric refractory pulmonary hypertension poses a challenge, especially when considering continuous intravenous administration in younger children. A search for alternate routes of drug delivery has led to the clinical investigation of stable and long-acting prostacyclin analogues, such as subcutaneous treprostinil. We reported two pediatric cases of pulmonary hypertension treated with subcutaneous treprostinil and reviewed the literature on treprostinil use in children.

METHOD
The literature review used three electronic databases and a combination of terms (treprostinil, pediatric, pulmonary hypertension, prostanoid, etc.). We also searched for pediatric clinical trials on treprostinil registered on international clinical trial registries.

RESULTS
The reported cases highlighted the multifactorial nature of pulmonary hypertension in pediatrics: a female child with a giant omphalocele, and intra and extracardiac shunts; and a male premature child with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia and long-term pulmonary hypertension. The literature review identified 19 studies reporting treprostinil use in 421 children with various types of pulmonary hypertension (groups 1 and 3). Subcutaneous treprostinil was the most administered formulation, at a mean dose of 40 ng/kg/min. Overall, 12 clinical trials on treprostinil for children with pulmonary hypertension were registered on the clinical trial registries. Most authors concluded that subcutaneous treprostinil was effective, well tolerated, and represented an alternative to intravenous epoprostenol.

CONCLUSION
Subcutaneous treprostinil may be a useful adjunct in the therapeutic algorithm for children with severe pulmonary hypertension, refractory to oral drugs, and after a complete check-up for all pulmonary hypertension etiologies.


Aim:
Engagement in gamified applications can be increased by effectively meeting end-user preferences for game content. To design this tailored content insight in user preferences is necessary, obtained from user classification models. This pilot study aims to explore the hypothesised relation between personality traits and preference for game characteristics that is the basis for a new user classification model, deduced from the Five Domains of Play theory.
Methods: An online questionnaire consisted of the 10-item Big Five Inventory to determine personality, and five questions on the preference for game examples to determine game preference.

Results:
216 participants completed the questionnaire (M=39 years, SD=17). For the group of participants younger than 60, four out of five personality traits correlate significantly but weakly with their corresponding game preference domains (r=0,13-0,30, p<0,05). For the participants older than 60, no significant correlations were found.

Conclusion:
Personality and game preferences are weakly related in persons younger than sixty years old, while no relation was found for the older participants. For the latter, this may be due to a lack of gaming experience. We therefore propose to extend research towards a field study by providing actual games to play on beforehand.


A novel energy efficient heterogeneous networks (HetNet) deployment scheme is proposed in this paper. Unlike the traditional deployment, we consider the scenario with picocell eNodeB (PeNB) at the edge instead of under the umbrella of macrocells in HetNet. In the novel scheme, one PeNB with directional antennas is deployed on the border of neighbor macrocells which is equivalent to a combiner of PeNBs to associate MeNBs around. Compared with the traditional scheme, we have proved that the novel scheme performs better in fairness and efficiency, in terms of coverage area (proportional to offload rate), spectrum and energy efficiency for both edge users and overall users. Meanwhile, the technologies that try to reduce the difference and imbalance of the transmit power in HetNet obtain more inherent gains in the novel scheme, such as cell range expanded (CRE). Our results show that, the scheme proposed is also a spectrum and energy efficient heterogeneous deployment scheme that the energy efficiency is increased from 20% up to nearly 60%


Corbicula fluminea is a common macrozoobenthos in the freshwater of the Hongze Lake, which plays an important role in the cycle of mass and energy fluxes of fresh water ecosystem. However, the wild source of C. fluminea has sharply decreased recently due to over-fishing and water pollution. The genetic diversity of C. fluminea in the Hongze Lake has not been widely investigated. The present study analyzed the genetic diversity of C. fluminea population in the Hongze Lake using mitochondrial DNA cytochrome coxidase subunit Ⅰ(COⅠ) gene molecular marker. The mitochondrial DNA COⅠgene fragments were amplified and sequenced from 50 individuals of wild C. fluminea in the Hongze Lake. The contents of A, T, G and C in the 614-base pair fragments of COⅠgene were 22.6%, 42.4%, 21.0% and 14.0%, respectively, and the content of A+T was significantly higher than that of G+C. Sixty-seven polymorphic sites were detected, accounting for 10.9% of the total sequences, and of which sixty-three were parsimony- informative sites and four were singleton sites. Fifteen haplotypes were defined in 50 individuals of C. fluminea. The mean haplotype diversity, nucleotide diversity, and the average number of nucleotide difference in the C. fluminea population were 0.870, 0.045 and 27.370, respectively. The genetic distance among fifteen haplotypes ranged from 0.002 to 0.095. Neighbor-joining(NJ) and maximum-parsimony(MP) trees divided fifteen haplotypes into two clades, suggesting that C. fluminea populations had significant genetic difference. Mismatch distribution analysis showed a multiple type, and Tajima's D value(2.724) of neutrality test is positive but significantly different, demonstrating that C. fluminea in the Hongze Lake hadn't experience a recent population expansion. These results suggest that the genetic diversity of C. fluminea population in the Hongze Lake is high, which provides scientific information for the conservation and sustainable exploitation of C. fluminea.


Postpartum contraceptive use is one effective strategy to prevent unintended pregnancy and increase birth interval length. The southern United States maintains disproportionately high rates of unintended pregnancy and short birth intervals. Given the limited research in this area, this study sought to evaluate whether factors associated with postpartum contraceptive use differed by birth interval length in the southeastern United States. This article examines factors associated with postpartum contraceptive use among women with short and moderate-to-long birth intervals using the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System in Mississippi and Tennessee. Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate factors associated with postpartum contraceptive use among women with short and moderate-to-long birth intervals using population-based data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment and Monitoring System. Methods Because only Mississippi and Tennessee include a question about birth interval length on their Pregnancy Risk Assessment and Monitoring System survey, this analysis was limited to women from those states who reported information on this variable (N = 2198). Demographic, lifestyle, and reproductive data, including information on postpartum contraceptive use, were obtained from surveys and birth certificates. Logistic regression was used to obtain odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results Nearly 90% of women reported currently using a form of contraception during the postpartum period. In the unadjusted model, among women with short birth intervals, there was no association between alcohol consumption during pregnancy and postpartum contraceptive use (OR 1.03, 95% CI 0.15–7.31); however, smoking during pregnancy was associated with a decreased odds of postpartum contraceptive use (OR 0.70, 95% CI 0.25–1.96). Among women with moderate-to-long birth intervals, alcohol use during pregnancy was associated with a decreased odds (OR 0.71, 95% CI 0.28–1.80) and smoking during pregnancy was associated with an increased odds (OR 1.18, 95% CI 0.60–2.30) of postpartum contraceptive use. Regardless of birth interval length, women with no health insurance had a decreased odds of postpartum contraceptive use when compared with women with health insurance (short birth interval: OR 0.89, 95% CI 0.32–2.49 and moderate-to-long birth interval: OR 0.85, 95% CI 0.52–1.39). Among women with short birth intervals, non-Hispanic black women had a decreased odds of postpartum contraceptive use (OR 0.14, 95% CI 0.03–0.64) and women who were unmarried or had a history of preterm delivery had an increased odds of postpartum contraceptive use (unmarried: OR 5.81, 95% CI 1.26–26.69 and preterm delivery: OR 4.19, 95% CI 1.42–12.37, respectively) after adjustment for confounders. Among women with moderate-to-long birth intervals, individuals who identified as Hispanic/mixed race/other had a statistically significant decreased odds of postpartum contraceptive use after adjustment (OR 0.43, 95% CI 0.18–0.99). Conclusions Findings underscore the importance of postpartum medical visits for all women, regardless of birth interval length. Certain groups of women may need additional counseling regarding the importance of using contraceptives to prevent another closely spaced or unintended pregnancy.


Plants continue to be a good source for developing effective anticancer agents. In this study, in vitro various biological effects of crude ethanolic extract from flowering parts of Urospermum picroides collected from the Mugla province of Turkey were investigated for the first time . Daudi, A549 and HeLa cancer cell lines and BEAS-2B normal cell line were used to identify the cytotoxic effect of the extract using MTT assay. The effect of the extract on cell cycle progression was detected by flow cytometric analysis. The level of VEGF, IL-1α, IL-6 and TNF-α secretion in the cells treated with the extract were measured using ELISA The extract caused a higher cytotoxic effect on Daudi cells with an IC 50 value of 85.64 µg/mL than the other cells tested. The IC 50 values in HeLa and A549 cells were determined to be 135.35 and 234.8 µg/ mL , respectively. The selective cytotoxicity was considered between Daudi and BEAS-2B (109.80 µg/ mL ) cell lines. In addition, the effect of the extract on cell cycle progression changes according to cell line used. Moreover, the extract decreased the level of secreted VEGF in treated A549 cells by 31%. In addition, the extract resulted in a significant decrease in the secretion of IL-1α, IL-6 and TNF-α cytokines in A549 and Daudi cells compared to the untreated cells. These findings suggest that the flowering parts of U. picroides may be a potential source for anticancer agents.


The present utility model was released capsule brewing mechanism this mechanism is one of the stand body; One removable coffee box apparatus is installed in a chamber at the bottom of the stand; It contains a single handle and a single pierced capsules (Capsule piercing) securely fixed on the panel surface of the body stand unit; Installing an upper piercing needle on the bottom of the extraction vessel; It includes a single crank sliding device for a connection between the handle and the extraction vessel. Press the handle down and makes use of a slider crank mechanism and the handle is rotated along the rotation axis to move the capsule to the extraction vessel vertical motion. Capsule extraction vessel is pressed down through the rail when the upper piercing needle is first piercing the upper surface of the capsule piercing the bottom of the coffee capsule, and then to constant pressure. The coffee liquid can be extracted in a vertical piercing of the hollow needle. In this utility model it can realize the function of piercing the capsule to the rotation of the hand to mouth handle.


It is common in Sweden to discharge infants early from a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and provide hospital‐assisted neonatal home care (HANHC), as an alternative to hospital care, for infants with a persisting need for specialised care. This study assessed the safety of HANHC by reviewing hospital readmissions.


An instance of the symmetric traveling salesman problem (STSP) is pyramidally solvable if there is a shortest tour that is pyramidal. A pyramidal tour is a Hamiltonian tour that consists of two parts; according to the labeling of the vertices in the first part the vertices are visited in increasing order and in the second part in decreasing order. It is well known that a shortest pyramidal tour can be found in ${\cal O}(n^2)$ time. In this paper it is shown that the STSP restricted to the class of distance matrices

is pyramidally solvable. Furthermore, it is shown that ${\Bbb D}_{NEW} \not\subset {\Bbb D}_{DEMI}$, i.e., that ${\Bbb D}_{NEW}$ is not contained in the class of symmetric Demidenko matrices ${\Bbb D}_{DEMI}$ that was, until now, the most general class of pyramidally solvable STSPs. It is also shown that ${\Bbb D}_{DEMI} \not\subset {\Bbb D}_{NEW}$.


The history of a country always helps in the development of making modern society. Japanese classical handwritten/literature dataset Kuzushiji-MNIST and Kuzushiji-49 recently introduced in public domain by Center of Open Data in the Humanities (CODH). The availability of the datasets invite the researchers in different domains. The hidden treasure of information in these datasets resolved and worked by many researchers. The research on these datasets can be helpful to explore and analyze the detail of Japanese era/literature, which ultimately helps in the development of modern society. In this study, Deep Convolutional Neural Network (DCNN) with DropBlock regularization is used to recognize the hiragana characters in Japanese historical script.


In this paper a thermodynamic modelling of a spark ignition engine has been developed using a turbulent combustion model. The model presented is capable of examining in cylinder processes for the determination of indicated parameters and NOx emissions, to optimize performance effecting engine parameters time and cost effectively.


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The previous chapter examined the practices andmethods for sharing particle physics data and identified the key challenges and lessons learnt in the process. This chapter turns to consider the practice of the digital sharing of clinical trial data. Clinical testing of new pharmaceuticals is governed by rigorous ethics and research protocols. In this chapter, I examine how these protocols are being applied to shared data resulting from clinical trials. The examination starts by identifying the drivers for the open sharing of clinical trial data. This is followed by discussion of the role of various stakeholders in driving the data release, focusing especially on pharmaceutical regulatory agencies. I then describe the stages of data release as they have emerged in recent years and compare these stages to those at CERN. The final section discusses the challenges arising in open sharing of clinical trial data. I pay particular attention to privacy concerns—to managing the risks of data misinterpretation and to the motivations for researchers to curate and to share data and collaborate with colleagues.


The invention relates to an intelligent fault diagnosis early warning and alarming method for a vehicle. A vehicle audio host machine is integrated with a communication module; state information of the vehicle is sent to a call center by the vehicle audio host machine; when the call center diagnoses that the vehicle fault happens, early warning prompt information is sent to the vehicle audio host machine by the call center; and when a dangerous state signal of the vehicle is detected by the vehicle audio host machine, a special emergency rescue call number of the call center is automatically called and the position information and state information of the vehicle are sent to the call center at the same time.


Objective:To establish a method for determination of the contents of osthole in Fuyanping Suppository.Methods:HPLC method was selected to determine the contents of osthole. The chromatographic conditions included Kromasil C18 column, methanol-water (80:20) as the mobile phase,the wavelength of detector at 322 nm,the flow rate 1.0 mL/min and the column temperature at room temperature.Results:The calibration curve of osthole was linear over the range of 0.0352 ~0.5632 μg/L (r =0.9999) and the average recovery was 99.95%% (RSD=2.08%). Conclusion:This method is simple, accurate and reliable,which could be used for determination of the osthole contents in Fuyanping Suppository.


The purpose of this paper is to analyze the aerodynamic behavior of a conventional car in conditions of heavy rainfall. The degree to which the rain impacts car's aerodynamics and ways to improve its behavior have also been investigated by applying methods of computational fluid dynamics. A CAD model of a real production car was inserted in ANSYS Fluent package in order to simulate the external flows of air and rain by using the Discrete Phase Model (DPM). Through the calculations and analysis of the flow field outside the car, we can evaluate the aerodynamic characteristics of the car (drag and lift coefficients) and proceed to optimizations through the design of aerodynamic components.


A fundamental question in recent "theory of mind" research is how to interpret a seemingly robust dissociation between young children's performance on different kinds of tests for false belief understanding. 3-year-olds' poor performance on classical, "direct" false belief tasks is well-documented. Yet a range of "indirect" tests reveal sensitivity to agents' false beliefs in much younger children. It is natural to think that the two kinds of tests bring to light two kinds of understanding: "explicit" vs. "implicit" understanding. But how should we understand this distinction? And why should "implicit" understanding of false beliefs only be available in connection with "indirect" tests? Our project in this chapter is to address these questions by further developing a hypothesis advanced elsewhere (Perner and Roessler, 2010). This is the hypothesis that young children are teleologists : they make sense of intentional actions in terms of justifying reasons provided by "worldly" facts (not by mental states). We begin by spelling out this account in more detail. We then argue that mastery of the concept of belief (or possession of an "explicit understanding" of belief) involves giving a twist to the teleological scheme of explanation. What is critical is the ability to engage in hypothetical or suppositional reasoning about justifying reasons. This account, we contend, is in competition with both a "theory theory" and a "simulation theory" of belief understanding (though it has some affi nities with certain versions of the latter). In the fi nal, fourth part of the chapter we bring the account to bear on the dissociation problem. The difference between "direct" and "indirect" tests, we argue, turns on whether successful performance requires understanding the normative underpinnings of the causal role of belief (as in direct tests) or merely requires a set of generalizations regarding the causes of behavior (as in indirect tests ).


The present study describes forced degradation of benidipine as per ICH prescribed guidelines Q1A (R2) and Q1B. Benidipine was degraded under hydrolysis (neutral, acidic, and alkaline), hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidation, and UV light-mediated photolytic degradations. A total of fourteen degradation products were found in all degradation studies, which includes in four hydrolytic degradation products, eight oxidative degradation products and four degradation products in photolytic degradation products. A selective stability-indicating method using XBridge BEH C18 (250 × 4.6 mm, 5 μm) with gradient elution program using ammonium acetate (10 mM, 4.8 pH, acetic acid) and acetonitrile, was developed. The flow rate was maintained at 1 mL min-1 . All degradation products were well separated on developed HPLC method and characterized by using LC-MS/MS data. As the method shows great utility in identifying and separating of benidipine and its degradation products with sufficient resolution, it can be used in different laboratories for the quality control of drug in daily routine analysis and stability studies.


Objective To analyze the clinical features of poisoning from common nerve poison snake bites and summarize its pre-hospital care strategy in Guangxi province.Methods A total of 102 patients hospitalized due to bites from king cobra or bungarus multicinctus from 2007 to 2012 were divided into groups A(bitten by king cobra,n = 35),B(bitten by bungarus multicinctus,n = 67).Pre-hospital emergency measures,treatment time,time of respiratory muscle paralysis onset,injury classifications,clinical manifestations,ventilator treatment,prognoses,mortalities in or out of hospital were compared between 2 groups.Results There was no significant difference in gender,age,pre-hospital emergency measure,treatment time between 2 groups(P 0.05).The proportion of critically-ill patients was higher in group A than in group B(80.00% vs.58.21%,P = 0.028).Both groups had systemic symptoms,but the incidences of local selling,multiple organ dysfunction syndrome(MODS) were higher in group A than in group B(8.57% vs.0,P = 0.015;20.00% vs.5.97%,P = 0.030),and time of respiratory muscle paralysis onset shorter 〔(3.8 ± 2.2) h vs.(7.1 ± 8.4) h,P = 0.042〕,the curative rate lower(77.14% vs.95.52%),mortality rate higher(22.86% vs.4.48%),and out-of hospital death rate higher(11.43% vs.1.49%,P = 0.027).Conclusion The patients who were bitten by king cobra have severer condition,shorter time of respiratory muscle paralysis onset,higher incidence of MODS and out-of-hospital death rate as compared with those who were bitten by bungarus multicinctus.Physicians should be fully aware of the importance of ventilator-assisted breathing therapy and strengthen the education about pre-hospital strategy for nerve poison snake bites.


Africans live in a state of chronic, recurrent, or episodic emergency (World Health Organization [WHO] 2006). Emergencies include periods of unrest and displacement caused by political upheaval, predictable or unpredictable environmental events, and shortor long-term armed conflict. Regardless of duration, the impact of emergencies on fragile health care infrastructure in the developing world is often devastating, leaving people with acute injuries queuing for care provided by rescue organizations and those with chronic illness foregoing care entirely.


[Objective]To explore and assess the method and efficiency of indwelling tympanal catheterization with the aid of electronic nasopharyngolaryngoscope through the eustachian tube in treating secretory otitis media. [Methods]A catheter was inserted into the tympanum through the eustachian tube under electronic nasopharyngolaryngoscopic visualization and it was kept for 7 days. Air and medicine were injected every other day. 138 ears were treated and followed up for 3~18 months.[Results]Of the 138 ears treated, 71 ears (51.45%) were cured and 49 ears (35.51%) improved and the remaining 18 ears (13.04%) failed to response to the treatment.[Conclusions] This technique is easy to operate and it has good effect in treating secretory otitis media. No major complication occurred.


An cardinal aspect of the important thought of Three Representing is to represent the forward orientation of Chinese advanced culture."Forward" is a developmental direction of the past and the future,which contains the question of approaching the past of Chinese culture,that is,Chinese traditional culture.In the visual threshold of building up advanced culture,we should adopt the attitudes of enhancing and transcending towards Chinese traditional culture,and adhere to the unity of cultural elements and cultural structures,the combination of Marxism and Chinses traditional culture,the integration of traditional culture and modern civilization and that of the nation and the world.


The objective of this article is to analyse the financial
literacy knowledge of law students. The study was conducted at
the Faculty of Law at Masaryk University. The empirical survey
included the financial literacy questions related to personal
finance and budget, debts, numeracy, price literacy,
information literacy and consumer protection. Furthermore, the
law students' preferences were individually analysed. The
results of the study show not only the gaps in knowledge in
some of the examined areas, but also highlight the financial
literacy topics where the law students scored more
successfully.


Episodes of increased air pollution are associated with higher cardiovascular mortality. The adverse effects of air pollution have been attributed to particulate matter, especially ultrafine particles. This study addresses the hypothesis that ultrafine diesel exhaust particles (DEP) exacerbate myocardial ischaemia reperfusion (I/R) injury secondary to induction of a systemic inflammatory response. Wistar rats (n=5–6/group) received DEP (0.5 mg) or saline vehicle by intratracheal instillation. 6h later I/R was induced either in vivo or ex vivo in isolated buffer perfused hearts. Lung inflammation was confirmed 6h after DEP instillation by increased levels of neutrophils, total protein and IL-6 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. However, there was no evidence for systemic inflammation as assessed by plasma cytokine levels (IL-6, TNF-α, and CRP) or by neutrophil priming (CD11b expression) or activation (CD62L expression). In vivo , systolic blood pressure was significantly higher in DEP-instilled rats (129 ± 7 mmHg) than in saline controls (92 ± 3 mmHg, P ex-vivo . Histological examination confirmed the absence of inflammatory infiltrate in hearts prior to I/R. Prior exposure to pollution in vivo thus renders the heart more vulnerable to I/R injury, either in situ in the body or ex vivo when the heart is isolated from systemic mediators and cells. Systemic inflammation does not appear to be necessary for this 'priming' effect of DEP. The role of autonomic activation in promoting cardiac arrythmia in vivo after DEP instillation and in determining the ability of the heart to withstand subsequent I/R injury merits further investigation.


The prescription of drugs is the first step towards the factual realization of a therapeutic goal. In order to arrive at this step the physician deals with three conceptually distinguishable levels of


Subsurface photodisruption is shown to be an effective tool for cutting beneath the surface in human sclera. Using a dehydrating agent to reduce scattering by index matching, photodistruption is possible anywhere in the volume of the sclera. We examine incision in human sclera in vitro using scanning electron microscopy. We found a disorganized material filling the incision and penetrating into the adjacent tissue.


Universal base functions (UBF's) which are generalizations of universal logic functions are defined. An (n, m, r)-UBF can be implemented as a single module (UBM) with n+m inputs and 1 output. An arbitrary n-variable switching function fn (X) is then realized on the fixed UBM by realizing a suitable set of m r-variable functions with which to drive m inputs of the UBM, the remaining n inputs being driven by X. The fan-in of a UBM for r ≥2 is shown to be considerably less than that of a universal logic module (a special case corresponding to r = 1). Specific UBF's are proposed for r = 2 in which m is on the order of 60 percent of the value obtained by using the UBF defined by the familiar Shannon decomposition formula. This is close to the theoretical lower bound on m. The use of UBM's provides a new way to realize an arbitrary function or set of functions, completely specified or otherwise, by assembling a small number of circuits selected from a small set of standard logic modules of limited fan-in. For the case r = 2, the number of two-input devices required to drive the m inputs of the UBM is often considerably less than m. DON'T CARES can be used to advantage to reduce this number still further.


Chemical peeling agent containing the component (A) and (B), the compound (A) of the general formula (1), wherein, B represents a residue of an alcohol group, AO represents an oxyalkylene 3-18 carbon atoms, a represents number of 1 or more, m is 4 or more, n-1 or less than 0, the molar amount of ethylene oxide adduct of ethylene oxide chain moiety and m represents 40% or more of the total number of molecular weight, (B) a phenol compound.


Currently, transfering a huge amount of video data from on premise to the public cloud is very slow. In this article, the researcher uses a set of self-developed software written in Python, C, and Bash to improve the speed of data transmission and analysis of drone-generated videos taken in eight different cities on the American continent to the public cloud of Amazon Web Services. The author uses several tools, compression, parallel threads execution, and the autoscaling feature of the public cloud vendor to tune the process of transmission and analysis in 78% of the speed compared to the common sequential transmission and single node option.


The human monocytic cell line U937 and human alveolar macrophages were used as in vitro models to explore the role of miR88 and miR99 in the chronic abnormal activation of the body caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The functions and underlying mechanisms of miR88 and miR99 were studied by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction, transwell, and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays. HIV-1-infected cells released miR88 and miR99 into the extracellular space through exosomes, and miR88 and miR99 promoted the release of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα), interleukin (IL)-6, and IL-12 by activating inflammatory factors, such as TLR8, on the surface of macrophages. HIV-derived microRNAs miR88 and miR99 performed these functions by binding to TLR8 and stimulating the release of pro-inflammatory factors from macrophages, such as TNFα, IL-6, and IL-12; these factors may be involved in chronic abnormal immune activation induced by HIV infection.


We present 0.15-arcsec (25-pc) resolution MERLIN observations of neutral hydrogen absorption detected towards the nuclear region of the type 2 Seyfert galaxy NGC 5929. Absorption is detected only towards the north-eastern radio component with a column density of (6.5 ± 0.6) × 1021 cm−2. Based on comparison with an HST WFPC2 continuum image, we propose that the absorption is caused by a 1.5-arcsec structure of neutral gas and dust offset 0.3 arcsec south-east of the nucleus and running NE–SW. A separate cloud of dust is apparent 1.5 arcsec to the south-west of the nucleus in the HST image. A comparison of the centroid velocity (2358 ± 5 km s−1) and full width at half-maximum (43 ± 6 km s−1) of the absorbing gas with previous [O III] observations suggests that both the neutral and ionized gas are undergoing galactic rotation towards the observer in the north-east and away from the observer in the south-west. The main structure is consistent with an inclined ring of gas and dust encircling the active galactic nucleus (AGN); alternatively it may be a bar or inner spiral arm. We do not detect neutral hydrogen absorption or dust obscuration against the radio nucleus (column density < 3.1 × 1021 cm−2) expected by a torus of neutral gas and dust in unified models of AGNs for a type 2 Seyfert galaxy.


Capegooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.) belongs to the family of Solanaceae. Its somatic chromosomes number 2n =24. It is the only important annual herbaceous, minor tropical fruit crop of India. The crop has potential for use as nutraceutical (Ramadan and Morsel, 2007) besides as a fresh fruit. It is known by various names like Mokai, Bhutka, Rasbhari, ground tomato, ground cherry, husk tomato etc. The crop is native to South America (Klinac, 2012). In agriculture production system the crop holds significance particularly for its seasonal and quick growing nature, non-perennial occupation of land and comparatively dwarfs nature. Notwithstanding beneficial aspects, the cultivation of capegooseberry is restricted to a limited area in our country.