Comparative cytogenetic studies based on conventional staining, CBG-banding, RBG-banding, and Ag-NOR staining, were performed on three species of Liolaemus: L. occipitalis, L. lutzae and L. wiegmannii. The three species have 2n = 34, with closely similar karyotypes and an XX:XY mechanism of sex determination. The cytogenetic analysis allowed the detection of differences among the macrochromosomes of the three species and some other features characteristic of each species. The karyotype of L. occipitalis and the banding patterns of L. lutzae and L. wiegmannii have not been reported previously.


With the vigorous development of the modern largescale traffic engineering construction,the design idea of the city overpass ground landscape is being changed from pure beautiful form to the whole beautiful environment.Through the introduction of the concept of wetland,the man-made wetland ecosystem,the domestic-and-foreign man-made wetland technology as well as the wetland park related content,with analysis of the Heping Road overpass ground landscape design of Hubei province Wuhan TianXinzhou bridge,it emphatically studies and discusses the construction,the details of technical processes and the embodiment action of man-made wetland garden in the overpass ground landscape.It points out the ecological,economic and social benefits,which the manmade wetland ecosystem would bring in the city ground landscape plan design,and aims at the present domestic several problems to put forward the proposal.


Interpolative expiessions for the phase shifts in pi -N interactions in the energy range up to 600 Mev are considered. Each s- and p-wave phase shift is treated individually. The Fermi-type phase shifts found in individual experiments at various energies were taken as the points to be fitted by the interpolative expressions. Polynomial fits with two, three, and six parameters were calculated by a least squares fitting program for the dominant (3,3) phase shift. To indicate the behavior of the phase shift expressions that were obtained, the real parts of the forward scattering amplitudes were calculated and compared with the results of dispersion relation evaluations. (C.E.S.)


A network for providing a telecommunications service with automatic speech recognition to a telecommunications user, including a switch in communication with a telecommunications device for detecting a trigger specific to the telecommunications service in response to a communication from the telecommunications device, and an intelligent resource server in communication with the switch for receiving the communication from the telecommunications device via the switch, for playing an audible message for the telecommunications user in response to receiving the communication, the message prompting the telecommunications user to modify a status of a simultaneous ring service associated with the telecommunications user, and for automatically recognizing a predetermined keyword spoken by the telecommunications user in response to the audible message.


A case‐control study of risk factors for carcinomas of the tongue, gum, floor, and other specified parts of the mouth was conducted in 3 metropolitan areas in Brazil: São Paulo (South‐east), Curitiba (South), and Goiãnia (Central‐West). We analyzed information on demographics, occupational history, environmental exposures, tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking habits, as well as diet, oral and other health characteristics obtained from interviews with 232 cases and 464 hospital non‐cancer controls matched for 5‐year age‐group, sex, hospital catchment area and trimester of admission. Tobacco and alcohol consumption were the strongest risk factors irrespective of the anatomical site. The adjusted relative risks (RR) for ever vs. never smokers were: 6.3, 13.9, and 7.0, for industrial‐brand cigarettes, pipe, and hand‐rolled cigarettes, respectively. A strong correlation was seen between number of pack‐years and risk. The RR for the heaviest vs. the lowest consumption categories (>100 vs. <1 pack‐years) was 14.8. Risk levels generally decreased to those of never smokers after 10 years had elapsed since stopping smoking. The risk associated with alcohol was mostly evident for wine (cancer of the tongue) and "cachaça" (all sites), a hard liquor distilled from sugar cane. Other important risk factors were drinking "chimarrão" (a type of maté), use of a wood stove for cooking, and frequent consumption of charcoal‐grilled meat and manioc. Oral hygiene characteristics represented correlates of disease risk. A significant protective effect was observed for consumption of carotene‐rich vegetables and citric fruits, but not for green vegetables in general.


Introduction Deep x-ray lithography and electroforming allow the production of tall, high-aspect-ratio structures with a high degree of precision. One of the important applications for high-aspect-ratio microformed metal structures is mammography. In mammography, an ideal diagnostic image is produced by local reduction in the x-ray intensity as a result of attenuation without scattering by the breast tissue. Because of the large amount of scattered radiation, image contrast is lowered, making diagnosis of diseased tissue subjective and difficult. The quality of mammogram images can be significantly improved by using an antiscatter grid that is transparent for primary radiation and opaque to scattered radiation from all directions [1-4]. In this report, we summarize our results in developing an antiscatter grid for mammography by using deep x-ray lithography and electroforming. The results were presented at international conferences HARMST 2001 [5, 7] and MEMS 2002 [6] and have been submitted for publication. Our goal is the fabrication a freestanding copper grid that is 2.5-mm tall with 25-μm-thick lamellar walls oriented toward an x-ray point source and with periodicity of 550 μm in two directions. This is a challenging task because a very-high-aspect-ratio structure has to be fabricated, and no technique exists to obtain a focused grid (i.e., one in which all lamellar walls are oriented toward a point placed away from the grid plane). To obtain gradually slanted lamellar walls, we are developing a dynamic double-exposure technique. Another novel approach deals with using rigid graphite as a substrate and plating base. This allows fabrication of high-aspect-ratio, freestanding copper structures, which was not possible by using conventional methods.


This paper investigates the automatic recognition of conflict escalations during spontaneous conversations. In our previous work, we studied if the level of conflict in a segment of conversation can be automatically inferred by means of prosodic and conversational features. This work investigates the possi-bility of automatically recognizing if the conflict is increasing, i.e., escalating, or not. The dataset used for the study consists of political debates where short clips are classified into escalation, de-escalation and constant labels. Results show a Weighted Accuracy (WA) equals to 69.6% and an Unweighted Accuracy (UA) equals to 49.5% thus revealing lower accuracies compared to the simple conflict detection task (WA 86.1%, UA 71.1%). While the task appears more difficult compared to conflict detection, results are significantly better than chance level showing the feasibility of this approach. Furthermore, the paper investigates the use of a speaker diarization algorithm to extract features in a completely automatic fashion highlighting some limitations of diarization system.


Identifying a framework to achieve quality improvements is essential for any business. This article describes a flexible yet practical approach used at Good Samaritan Hospital, a 500-bed acule care teaching institution in Dayton, Ohio. The case study tracks the hospital's efforts to improve performance in the processes used to care for orthopedic joint replacement patients before, during, and after surgery. The lessons learned at Good Samaritan can be applied to any organizational selling.


ABSTRACT The literature on post-communist democracies has traditionally suggested that expensive media-based campaigns are key to electoral success. Using data from the 2011, 2015, and 2019 Estonian Candidate Study, this article provides an up-to-date evaluation of how important monetary and non-monetary campaign efforts are in shaping candidates' electoral performance in a post-communist democracy. It finds that, while campaign spending continues to influence candidates' electoral fortunes, candidates need to significantly outspend their rivals to enjoy a meaningful increase in their vote share. There is also emerging evidence that candidates are starting to electorally benefit from devoting more time to promoting their candidacy.


Electronegativity is one of the most enduring concepts in chemistry, which, on occasion, has been referred to as the third dimension of the periodic table. All this without a secure theoretical basis for this concept. It has now been found that the ground-state energy of the valence electron of an atom in its promotion state provides this theoretical basis. It can be calculated from first principles by simulated compression of the atom to the point where the valence electron decouples from the core and behaves like a free particle in an impenetrable sphere. This calculated energy represents the atomic Fermi level, which is the electronic chemical potential of a single atom in its valence state. All empirical statements about electronegativity are readily reconciled with this theoretical concept which, in addition, closely reflects the expected periodicity. 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The purpose of this paper is to present a framework that increases knowledge sharing and collaboration in Higher Education Institutions. The paper discusses the concept of knowledge management in higher education institutions, presenting a systematization of knowledge practices and tools to linking people (students, teachers, researchers, secretariat staff, external entities) and promoting the knowledge sharing across several key processes and services in a higher education institution, such as: the research processes, learning processes, student and alumni services, administrative services and processes, and strategic planning and management. The framework purposed in this paper aims to improve knowledge practices and processes which facilitate an environment and a culture of knowledge collaboration, sharing and discovery that should characterize an institution of higher education.


1.1 The Tax System as a Measure of State Autonomy A central element of federal constitutional systems is their financial organisation. Anyone who wants to determine the degree of autonomy of the member states inevitably has to address the question of the financial autonomy of the various regional authorities.2 In this chapter, we will first analyse the constitutional framework with regard to the margin left to the subnational units in Switzerland in the field of taxation. We will show that they hold a considerable degree of autonomy, which leads to a number of consequences, among them a remarkable disparity between the cantons in terms of individual charges for taxpayers. In the following step, we will examine the system that Switzerland has set up to alleviate these inequalities, i.e. the constitutional rights of individual taxpayers (illustrated with cases decided upon by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court) and other constitutional limits of cantonal tax autonomy on the one hand, and the system of fiscal equalisation on the other hand. While fiscal equalisation aims to correct the disparities on an institutional level, taxpayers can directly invoke the individual constitutional guarantees and principles provided in the constitution.


1. One hundred and ten cases (288 bones) of chondroma of the hand were reviewed. The lesions were classified into two types (monostotic or polyostotic) and five forms (central, eccentric, associated, polyostotic, and giant).2. Eighty-seven hands (136 bones) with follow-up of more than two years afte


The aim of this paper was to investigate the language used in communicating with South Africans born in Zambia and Tanzania during the years of ―the struggle‖ and now repatriated – the returnees. From 1991 the children of the freedom fighters that migrated into exile in the 1960s to avoid the apartheid rule, returned. Some settled with their children in Khayelitsha near Cape Town, but they have found it difficult to fit in. The surge of foreign nationals from Africa who subsequently encountered xenophobic attitudes and allegations of corruption, drug smuggling, contributing to unemployment of South African born citizens and being carriers of HIV/AIDS has contributed to the returnees ―new struggle‖ for integration and adaption as they often share common ancestry, linguistic and physical attributes with foreign nationals. They are denigrated as ―amakwerekwere‖, ―my friendoh‖ or ―amagweja‖. This has happened despite them learning the local indigenous language, isiXhosa. Since the study is phenomenological, a qualitative research was appropriate. In datacollection, interviews were arranged with the returnees in their homes. Critical Discourse Analysis, sociological and historical accounts and sociolinguistic research revealed complex socio-cultural issues of the Xhosa world, which may have complicated the returnees' integration experience. The returnees seem to be leading a secluded solitary life as if exiled at home. The study found that in exile the returnees were at times tagged as outsiders, as ―wakimbizi‖, ―the Mandelas‖, ―amagorila‖. On arriving home in the country of their exiled parents, they were again, painfully and unjustifiably, subjected to discrimination and marginalisation. The Xhosa speakers who form the majority of those formerly disenfranchised and marginalised in the Western Cape, and who were expected to be the hosts if not guardians of the returnees, seem not to understand and appreciate the role of the newcomers. That they were instrumental in the mobilisation of objections worldwide against apartheid, racism and human injustice seems to be forgotten. Rather than using their power and heritage to end xenophobia and ensure returnees are part of the future South African social fabric, they are found to be hostile and discriminatory.


Frazil ice evolution can lead to river ice jams that often result in disastrous flooding. A 2D numerical model incorporating the ke turbulence model was developed to analyze the formation and evolution of frazil ice. Numerical simulation was made to determine the water temperature and frazil ice concentration distributions in open rive channels. The model was based on the heat transfer between the crystals and the turbulent flow. Nucleation and flocculation were simulated by considering mass transfer between frazil particles. The frazil crystals were assumed to be thin circular plates based on field observations. The results show that larger particles concentrated near the water surface with the total concentration increasing with distance and that the temperature recovers from a minimum value, which agrees with theoretical analysis. These results demonstrate that the model can satisfactorily simulate frazilice evolution in rivers.


The proposed work describes the process of eliminating the real-time noises that gets added during an electrocardiogram (ECG) recording. The real-time noises were taken from MIT-BIH noise stress database and added to clean ECG records, taken from MIT-BIH arrhythmia database. The noisy ECG signal is decomposed using discrete wavelet transform (DWT) algorithm. The signal decomposition is carried out by selecting the mother wavelets that looks similar in shape to an ECG signal. The Mean Square Error (MSE) between the mother wavelet and the clean ECG signal is calculated to choose the wavelet that gives the least MSE. The existing S-median threshold technique is made adaptive in this paper, by opting for threshold values that gives the lowest MSE with respect to cleaner levels. The proposed method is flexible to any decomposition levels and is applicable to both individual and composite noisy signals. The noise-free levels are retrieved back using soft thresholding. The proposed technique is evaluated on two different noise levels to verify its effectiveness. The comparison is carried out with existing thresholding techniques and the proposed method shows highest SNR improvement and lowest MSE values among others. The simulations are performed in Matlab and the time domain results are included to show the removal of unwanted noise with preservation of the important ECG features and its baseline.


A 60-year-old female patient with a 3-year history of nausea underwent oesophagogastroduodenoscopy. Red lesions were found in the cervical oesophagus: one of 2 cm and the other < 1 cm. These lesions were biopsied and the larger lesion showed typical gastric mucosa. Following 40 mg/day omeprazole for 3 days all symptoms disappeared. Treatment was stopped after the patient remained symptom-free for 4 weeks.


As one of the most challenging topics in the field of artificial intelligence, soccer robots are currently an important platform for humanoid robotics research. Its fields cover a wide range of fields, including robotics, artificial intelligence, and automatic control. Kinematics analysis and action planning are the key technologies in the research of humanoid soccer robots and are the basis for realizing basic actions such as walking. This article mainly introduces the real-time evaluation algorithm of human motion in the football training robot. The football robot action evaluation algorithm proposed here designs the angle and wheel speed of the football robot movement through the evaluation of the angular velocity and linear velocity of the center of mass of the robot. The overall system of the imitation human football robot is studied, including the mechanical system design. The design of the leg structure, the decision-making system based on the finite state machine, the robot vision system, and the image segmentation technology are introduced. The experimental results in this article show that the action of the football training robot model is very stable, the static rotation movement time is about 220 ms, and the fixed-point movement error is less than 1 cm, which fully meets the accuracy requirements of the large-space football robot.


Tennis enjoys a considerable following in India, although it is limited to urban areas but still it is counted among the most popular sports in India. India has produced a number of tennis players, who have achieved international recognition. However, Coaching for this sport is expensive making it unaffordable for many. A method for creating virtual coaches is presented which uses tenser flow posenet algorithm. A database is developed which contains the images of top tennis players. After applying machine learning algorithms on it, the data is able to segregate good posture from the bad ones. The player is provided with an option to compare his game with the game of top ATA players and the end result is shown in visual format to make it more user friendly. The system works


We present an automatic application protocol signature generating framework for Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) techniques with performance evaluation. We propose to utilize algorithms from the field of bioinformatics. We also present preprocessing methods to accelerate our system. Moreover, we developed several postprocessing techniques to refine the accuracy of the results. Finally, we propose a DPI system, based on approximate string matching, and find it a viable, novel alternative for the refinement of exact string matching algorithm's results.


We usually think of anorexia nervosa (AN) and other eating disorders (ED) as primarily psychological conditions. However there is a surprising amount of evidence suggesting that autoimmunity has something to do with it. Some autoantibodies can have a direct effect on brain neurons causing obvious behavioural disorders, as a seen in PANDAS (paediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections): indeed some PANDAS-type cases have been reported to have acute-onset anorexia. Two large population based studies from Scandinavia throw some light on this puzzling association. The first, from Sweden, used their national registers to link people with intestinal biopsies that were unequivocally positive for coeliac disease (CD) with a formal diagnosis of AN (by ICD-8, 9 or 10 criteria), before or after the CD diagnosis (Mårild K et al. Pediatrics 2017. doi:10.1542/peds.2016-4367). Nearly 18 000 CD cases (median age at diagnosis 28 years) were compared with 90 000 matched population controls: new CD cases were significantly more likely to have already been diagnosed with AN (OR 2.2; 95% CI 1.4 to 3.3). After CD diagnosis, cases were significantly more likely to develop AN (HR 1.5; 95% CI 1.1 to 2). In Denmark they have similarly comprehensive national registers, and in a whole population study researchers linked diagnoses of a broad range of autoimmune conditions in children and adolescents with a diagnosis of any of three eating disorders (using only ICD-10 criteria): AN, bulimia nervosa (BN) or 'ED not otherwise specified' (EDNOS) (Zerwas S et al Pediatrics 2017. doi 10.1542/peds.2016-2089). The cohort contained 931 000 young people born between 1989 and 2000. Considering autoimmune disorders (which included CD and diabetes), they found a significantly increased risk for all three eating disorder categories (HR for any ED 1.5; 95% CI 1.3 to 1.8). For rarer disorders which they categorised as 'autoinflammatory', the risk was similar. The association for males was much stronger than for females, even though they were fewer in number and hence showed wider confidence intervals. The association was stronger for autoimmune disorders with gastrointestinal manifestations. In this study they went further and looked at family history: if either parent or a sibling had an autoimmune disorder they found significantly increased risk of EDNOS (but less so for AN and BN). There was also a weak association for cousins, suggesting that there was a significant genetic rather than home environmental influence. So both these studies show strong evidence for a bidrectional association, but we should not leap to conclusions about causation. There are many reasons why eating disorders should be more common in any of these autoimmune conditions, not least the psychological effects on an already vulnerable young person of suffering a chronic disease in themselves, or a family member. Also, it is easy to see how even relatively mild gastrointestinal symptoms in someone with CD or inflammatory bowel disease, before or after diagnosis, might tip them into anorexic behaviour. Neither of these papers, nor the editorial (doi: 10.1542/peds.2017-3060), are suggesting any form of immunological treatment for EDs. But they do urge us to consider an ED in our autoimmune and CD patients, and to ensure that young people newly presenting with an ED, especially boys, are adequately investigated for these disorders.


Through this study, thermal conductivity of polymer hybrid composites filled with natural particles will be studied experimentally. In this study, A modified hot wire method is used to measure the thermal conductivity of the composites consisting of polyester matrix filled with neutral particles of date and olive up to 15% by weight ratio. With the increase in the density of natural materials, date kernel powder and olive powder additives to polyester to form the compounds filled with it, there is an irregular increase in the thermal conductivity. With increasing the temperature, thermal conductivity decreases to give good insulated composite material.


Infrasound, i.e., low-frequency noise in the frequency range of 10–200 Hz, produced by rotating wind turbine blades has become a matter of concern because it is harmful to human health. Today, with the rapid increase of wind turbine size, this kind of noise is more worrying than ever. Although much effort has been made to design quiet wind turbine blades, today there is still a lack of effective techniques to reduce infrasound emissions from existing blades. To fill this gap in technology, a biomimetic technique that can be readily applied to reduce infrasound emissions of existing wind turbine blades is studied in this paper using both numerical simulation and experimental testing approaches. The numerical study of the technique is based on the analysis of the sound field distribution near the blade, which is derived by performing both aerodynamic and acoustic simulations of the blade. The experimental study of the technique is based on laboratory tests of two scale models of the blade. Both numerical and experimental studies have shown that the shedding vortices behind the blade can be successfully suppressed by semi-cylindrical rings wrapped on the blade. Consequently, both infrasound and the overall sound pressure level of the noise produced by the blade are significantly reduced. Although the rings fail to show good performance in reducing high-frequency noise, it is not a problem for human health because high-frequency noise is weak and moreover it attenuates rapidly as distance increases. The research also showed that the proposed technique can, not only reduce the infrasound produced by the blade, but can also improve the power coefficient of wind turbines.


This article designs some evaluation factors of soft environment for tourism investment,and investigates six representational tourism investment enterprises in Zhangjiajie by conducting a questionnaire survey for those.By SPSS 17.0 software analysis,the result of it,as a whole,is still unsatisfactory,so the municipal government should pay urgent attention to the construction of market environment,strengthen the construction of the policy and regulatory environment,continue to reinforce the construction of administrative environment,and emphasize much of the follow-up construction of social and humanity environment.


This study investigates the cross-tier base station (BS) cooperation in non-uniform heterogeneous networks where the distribution of pico BSs (PBSs) is modelled as Neyman–Scott cluster process. The authors propose an edge aware cross-tier cooperation scheme to improve the performance of edge hotspot users that have weaker signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR). Taking consideration of various user behaviours, non-hotspot users are only served by the nearest macro BS whilst the hotspot users with better SINR are only served by their serving PBSs. The edge hotspot users who suffer from high cross-tier interference operate in the cooperation mode. Stochastic geometry is utilised to derive the SINR and energy efficiency performance of the proposed scheme, which is compared with other classical schemes such as full cooperation (FC) and traditional non-cooperation scheme. Numerical results show that compared with the FC scheme, the proposed scheme can maximise the energy efficiency of the network by an optimal cooperation threshold, when SINR coverage is larger than a threshold. The authors also find that user behaviour have little effect on the tradeoff between SINR Coverage and energy efficiency, unless spatial aggregation coefficient is very small.


In avionics equipment maintenance, electronic equipment failure or mal function caused by PCB that happens frequently. Due to the complexity of large circuit network cross linking, it is hard to solve such a troubleshooting by point to point. Advanced avionics, such as GNS430, VHF155A, G1000 integrated avionics system are using SMT technology. Because of PCB's greatly fine line and the ultra-fine pitch components, it is highly difficult for electronic equipment test. Video optical detection technology for PCB detection technology is developed rapidly in recent years. It gradually began to replace the original visual detection and electrometric method, and it has a high fault resolution.


This paper introduces an improved implementation of Artificial Immune Recognition System (AIRS) to solve the automatic off-line handwritten signature verification. Conventionally, the AIRS training provide a set of memory cells that are used with a k-Nearest Neighbors decision to classify test patterns. In order to improve the verification ability, we propose to substitute the k-NN classification by a trainable decision function using SVM classifier. In addition, for signature characterization, new gradient local binary pattern features are introduced. Experiments are conducted on CEDAR and GPDS-300 corpuses. The results show that the proposed algorithm overcomes the conventional AIRS-kNN by more than 9% in the average error rate. Also, it gives similar and sometimes better performance than the state of the art.


Binding of the mitochondrial chaperone TRAP1 to client proteins shapes cell bioenergetic and proteostatic adaptations, but the panel of TRAP1 clients is only partially defined. Here we show that TRAP1 interacts with F-ATP synthase, the protein complex that provides most cellular ATP. TRAP1 competes with the peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase cyclophilin D (CyPD) for binding to the oligomycin sensitivity-conferring protein (OSCP) subunit of F-ATP synthase, increasing its catalytic activity and counteracting the inhibitory effect of CyPD. Moreover, TRAP1 inhibits opening of the permeability transition pore (PTP) formed by F-ATP synthase and effectively antagonizes the PTP-inducing effect of CyPD, which elicits mitochondrial depolarization and cell death. Consistently, electrophysiological measurements indicate that TRAP1 and CyPD compete in the modulation of channel activity of purified F-ATP synthase, resulting in PTP inhibition and activation, respectively, and outcompeting each other effect on the channel. Moreover, TRAP1 counteracts PTP induction by CyPD, whereas CyPD reverses TRAP1-mediated PTP inhibition. Our data identify TRAP1 as a F-ATP synthase regulator that can influence cell bioenergetics and survival and can be targeted in pathological conditions where these processes are dysregulated, such as cancer.


The objective of this work was to study specific effects of total P concentration, pH, ionic strength, and equilibration time on P partitioning between solid and solution phases of Ca- and K-kaolinite and -montmorillonite suspensions as model systems of soils containing these minerals. Phosphorus concentration in the solution phase (C p ) stabilized within 24 to 48 h after introducing P into the system


In this article a historical‐geographical analysis of the gender dimension of the urban division of space is developed. This is done by means of a discussion of the effect of three different, but interrelated themes; the gender division of labour, urban policy, and the actual processes of the feminization of poverty. It is argued that gender division of space is connected to the changing interrelationships between production and reproduction. With help of Danish examples it is shown how the contradictions between the two have had to be overcome by the women all along capitalist urbanization, and how this has had manifest spatial implications. It is concluded that this insight is a necessary condition of the understanding of urban division of space.


Expectation and requirements for future wireless communication systems continue to grow and evolve. Long-Term Evolution (LTE) is a recent effort taken by cellular providers and equipment vendors to step into wireless broadband market. The key enhancements target an introduction of new all-IP architecture, enhanced link layer and radio access. In LTE, one of the recurring problems is the bottlenecked backhaul links, connecting the cell sites with the core network. The basic idea behind the Base Station Application Optimizer is to replace the traditional base station with a smart entity, capable of analyzing and optimizing the user data in the application level. In particular, such unit can prevent unnecessary data from travelling though the bottlenecked backhaul network. The benefits of such entity are reduced latency, jitter and network deployment costs.


Each mechanical properties parameter obtained and its data analyzed through investigation to mechanical properties test of Grade X80 high grade longitudinal submerged arc welded pipe.The investigation indicates mechanical properties of new developed Grade X80 pipeline steel has meet the requirement of API SPEC 5L,however the welding procedure need further optimize to improve the impacting toughness of weld seam.


Electronic fetal heart rate (fHR) monitoring is standard in clinical practice to detect deviations from the normal fHR pattern. Typically, an ultrasound (US) transducer, operating in a pulsedwave Doppler mode, measures the periodic motion of the fetal heart, from which the fHR can be derived. However, as the fetus moves through the birth canal, the fetal-heart location (fHL) changes continuously. Consequently, the clinical staff needs to manually track the fHL and reposition the US transducer accordingly. In this research, a new flexible US patch with multiple elements is designed; it allows measuring the fHR over a large range of possible fHLs. Further, a method for dynamic combination of the receiving channels is presented, with the aim of improving the Doppler signal and, therefore, the accuracy of the fHR estimation.


Polychaeta is the benthos organisms that have an important role in nutrient cycling, decomposition, mineralization, magnification and caterers to the seabed. This study aimed to determine the density and spatial distribution of Polychaeta in the Coastal of Tangerang, Banten. The research was conducted from April to August 2014 along the coast of Tangerang, Banten. It consists of 52 stations are divided into three different locations (Kronjo, Cituis and Tanjung Pasir). The research found 5454 specimens in 25 species of Polychaeta. The highest density found in the Tanjung Pasir location (151 Ind/m2) followed Kronjo location (105 Ind/m2) and the lowest on the Cituis location (25 Ind/m2). Spatial distribution based on claster Bray-Curtis analysis showing the Kronjo location form one group (76.47%), Cituis up into five groups and Tanjung Pasir form one group (72.6%). Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) relationships distribution of the fraction on sediment with Polychaeta showed Sternapsis scutata, this Polychaeta deposit feeders dominate on the mud substrate and Exogone naidin, Capitella capitata, Scoloplos armiger, Aphrodate aculeate and Glycera capitata. Polychaeta are predators dominate the sand substrate, while Ophryotracha puerilis is cosmopolitan Polychaeta spread at each location and station. Keywords:


Lanthanide complexation chemistry has been studied intensively and progress has been stimulated by applications as bioactive probes for magnetic resonance, luminescence, in drug delivery and in cancer therapy. Trivalent lanthanide ions (III) form complexes with various organic molecules and supramolecular assemblies have been carried out in the solid and solution state which is of great importance scientifically, biologically and commercially. The design of organic ligands in the optimization of the specific properties (optical, luminescence, paramagnetic, biological) of the lanthanide complexes for biomedical applications received more attention in the last decades. Found on the physical and spectral properties, lanthanides have numerous applications, such as fluorescent probes in biological assays. The major aim of this mini-review is to present recent research of novelty lanthanides compounds with biological and biomedical applications.


We present a quantum-classical determination of stable isomers of LiArn, clusters with both an electronic ground state and excited states of the lithium atom. The Li atom is perturbed by argon atoms in LiArn clusters. Its electronic structure obtained as the eigenfunctions of a single-electron operator describing the electron in the field of a Li+Arn core, the Li+ and Ar atoms are replaced by pseudo-potentials. These pseudo-potentials include core-polarisation operators to account for the polarisation and correlation of the inert core with the valence lithium electron (Rhouma et al., 2002). The geometry optimisation of the ground and excited states of LiArn (n = 1–12) clusters is carried out via the Basin-Hopping method of Wales et al. (Wales and Doyle, 1997; Wales and Scheraga, 1999). The geometries of the ground and ionic states of LiArn clusters were used to determine the energy of the high excited states of the neutral LiArn clusters. The variation of the excited state energies of LiArn clusters as a function of the number of argon atoms shows an approximate Rydberg character, corresponding to the picture of an excited electron surrounding an ionic cluster core, is already reached for the 3s state.


Dr. A. C. Thaysen (Chemical Research Laboratory (Department of Scientific and Industrial Research), Teddington, Middlesex) : How can i t be explained that cellulose is, according to Kellner, equivalent to starch in food value when only one-third of its carbon is recovered during digestion in the form of organic acids? Obviously part a t least of the remaining two-thirds of the carbon must be used in the production of other nutritionally important substances such as protein and fats, formed during the growth of the intestinal microflora and subsequently utilized by the host.


Calculations are reported of the threshold and energy characteristics and of the kinetics of evolution of frequency-degenerate parametric oscillation in photorefractive crystals with a nonlinearity governed by spatially fluctuating photogalvanic currents.


The software industry still struggles with adverse effects of a weak alignment between requirements and testing. The Software Pattern Metamodel (SoPaMM) aligns requirements and test patterns under the influence of agile practices. However, these patterns will be more beneficial for professionals if development activities are supported by a software tool. This paper presents the behaviour-DRivEn Application Model generator (DREAM) tool, automatically generating requirements and test specifications from SoPaMM-based patterns. We show how DREAM supports requirements elicitation and specification, test case elaboration, and software documentation using a patterns catalogue for electronic health record systems.


Milk protein genetic polymorphism has a major influence on the composition of milk, and on its processing properties, including yield of cheese (see Schaar et al. 1985; McLean et al. 1984, 1987; McLean, 1987). However, there appears to be little information on the effects of milk protein genetic variants on syneresis of cheese curd. The effect of casein composition on syneresis was studied by Pearse et al. (1986), who found that syneresis was affected only by the level of β-casein. Syneresis is an essential requirement in cheese making from renneted or acidified milk, but is undesirable during the storage of products such as yogurt. Milk for yogurt manufacture is preheated to minimize syneresis and to give maximal firmness of the yogurt coagulum (Tamime & Deeth, 1980). Pearse et al. (1985) showed that the reduction of one-third in the extent of syneresis caused by heating artificial micelle milk (AMM) containing βlactoglobulin (β-lg) in natural concentrations was due to sulphydryl-mediated complex formation between β-lg and micellar κ-casein which appeared to interfere with the micelle–micelle interactions responsible for syneresis. The results presented here were part of a study which investigated the effects of κcasein and κ-lg genetic variants and concentrations on syneresis of curd formed from renneted heated AMM.


An autonomous GPS array is being implemented in the Transantarctic Mountains, sponsored by NSF and NASA, for the purpose of measuring uplift resulting from post-glacial rebound (PGR). The rebound of the solid earth due to unloading of ice since the Last Glacial Maximum is expected to dominate the measured uplift for most of West Antarctica, dwarfing the signals due to present-day ice sheet mass balance changes and tectonic motion, as long as mantle viscosity is greater than about 10(exp 20) Pa-s. Predicted uplift patterns have been calculated for a range of model scenarios, which illustrate how the uplift pattern might distinguish between different-sized ice sheets and deglaciation histories as represented by the competing models. The scenarios considered by James and Ivins (1998) include ICE-3G, CLIMAP and a variation of the CLIMAP model by Denton et al. For these models, peak uplift rates occur in the Transantarctic Mountains, and differences between models is often large there. Thus, the Transantarctic Mountains are an ideal place to obtain uplift measurements to constrain deglaciation models.


"Precious is your name to the sons of freedom" sing Puerto Ricans everywhere. For the more than one million islanders now living in the mainland of the United States, the song never fails to evoke sadness and longing. But the freedom referred to has evaded Puerto Rico for nearly 500 years, almost 400 of which were spent under the rule of Spain. Roberta Ann Johnson's book gives the non-Puerto Rican reader the best and most sympathetic understanding of why that freedom has not yet been achieved. Why this is so is such a tangled tale that even Johnson's meticulous scholarship and lively prose cannot provide an unequivocal answer. After threading her way through the long and intricate history of Spanish and United States colonial rule (chapters 1 and 2), she observes (p. 77) that "Puerto Ricans writing about independence usually assume independence to be desirable (or inevitable)." This assumption is shared by many non-Puerto Ricans, including Cubans (p. 155). But when all the rest of Spanish America was fighting for and achieving independence during the period 1810-1824, "Puerto Rico remained as loyal as the docile lamb on its crest" (p. 76). Its one violent effort to break out of bondage to Spain, the Grito de Lares in 1868, was put down after two days. The 1950 uprising, initiated by the Puerto Rican Nationalist party, was more spectacular but equally unsuccessful, leading Johnson to remark that "building a mass movement for independence is almost an impossible task. . ." (p. 86).


steel-grips.com 2015 23 Hoda El-Faramawy, Saeed Ghali Influence of chromium additions and true strain rate on hardness of austenitic manganese steel The influence of solution annealing heat treatment on the microstructure and hardness of Hadfield steel containing up to 3.16% chromium and 0.15% nitrogen was investigated. Furthermore, the effects of chromium additions on the hardness and microstructure of austenitic manganese steels in the as-cast and heat-treated conditions have been studied. The true stresstrue strain response of nitrogen alloyed austenitic manganese steel with chromium additions in the as-cast and heat treated conditions under compression loading was also studied. The microstructural observations on the as-cast and heat-treated steels with chromium additions revealed the stability of austenite phase in the as-cast state deformation with precipitation of carbides and carbonitrides on the grain boundaries. These precipitates increase by increasing true strain and chromium content.


[Objective]The research aimed to provide the reference for scientific management and adequate fertilization in Hulu River Area.[Method]By taking the distribution map of soil,the chemical composition of soil and DEM as the data source,the effect of terrain to soil was studied through carrying out correlation analysis between the chemical composition of soil and the topographical parameter.[Result] The terrain led to the discrepancy in the chemical composition of soil by affecting the redistribution of precipitation and temperature.And the most remarkable topographical parameter that was influential in the chemical composition of soil was found out.[Conclusion] The research had guidance functions for rational applying fertilizer and help to make the scheme for improving the soil.


SUMMARY Avian influenza is a highly contagious avian viral disease notifiable to the World Organization for Animal Health that causes huge economic losses and poses a great threat to poultry farms worldwide. A total of 60,697 serum samples from poultry and 581 serum samples from wild and synanthropic birds were submitted to the Reference Laboratory for Avian Viral Diseases of the FGBI "ARRIAH" (Vladimir) from 34 regions in 2017–2018 in the framework of monitoring carried out by the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of the Russian Federation. Antibodies to type A avian influenza virus were detected with laboratory tests in backyard poultry in the Smolensk Oblast and Republic of Crimea, antibodies to A/H5 AIV were found in backyard poultry in the Altai Krai, Rostov and Kaliningrad Oblasts, antibodies to A/H9 AIV were found in backyard poultry in the Primorsky Krai. Antibodies against A/H9 AIV were also detected in non-vaccinated chickens kept at two poultry establishments located in the Primorsky Krai in 2018. The immunity in backyard poultry in the Russian Federation Subjects covered by scheduled preventive vaccination against A/H5 AIV was found to be insufficient. Obtained test results indicated that the virus circulation in bird populations in the Russian Federation and persistent risk of avian influenza spread to poultry establishments and backyard poultry.


We will apply the successive approximation method for proving the Hyers–Ulam stability of a linear integral equation of the second kind.


Electric Vehicles (EVs) are the best alternative to deal with fossil fuel and air pollution crisis. These vehicles have an electrical propulsion system which is connected to an Energy Storage System (ESS). Internal combustion engine propulsion system (parallel hybrid EV), engine-generator (series hybrid EV), or fuel cell system (fuel cell hybrid EV) may also exist in an EV. High performance ESS is needed as a result of electric power requirement. The batteries, conventional ESS, have high energy and low power specifications for use in EVs. Another candidate for EV's ESS is ultra-capacitor (UC). The ultra-capacitors have very low energy and high power specifications. In recent years, some designs have been proposed to combine batteries and ultra-capacitors to develop a hybrid energy storage system (HESS) with high energy and high power specifications. In this kind of ESS, the power fluctuation of the battery is reduced and the life of the battery is increased. In this study, the behavior of a heavy duty EV with an ESS is compared with a HESS one. This comparison is done in 5 different driving cycles which have different level of aggressiveness. The results show that the vehicle performance, the energy saving characteristics and the battery life criteria improvement values are related to the aggressiveness characteristics of driving cycles.


This article integrates research on gendered organizations and the work-family interface to investigate an innovative workplace initiative, the Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE), implemented in the corporate headquarters of Best Buy, Inc. While flexible work policies common in other organizations "accommodate" individuals, this initiative attempts a broader and deeper critique of the organizational culture. We address two research questions: How does this initiative attempt to change the masculinized ideal worker norm? And what do women's and men's responses reveal about the persistent ways that gender structures work and family life? Data demonstrate the ideal worker norm is pervasive and powerful, even as employees begin critically examining expectations regarding work time that have historically privileged men. Employees' responses to ROWE are also gendered. Women (especially mothers) are more enthusiastic, while men are more cautious. Ambivalence about and resistance to change is expressed in different ways depending on gender and occupational status.


In this paper, we propose a new hybrid system for extracting a speaker embedding vector. More specifically, the proposed system employs a multi-level global-local statistics pooling method in order to aggregate the speaker information within short time-span and utterance-level context. In order to evaluate the proposed system, a set of experiments on the NIST SRE 2016, Short-duration speaker verification (SdSV) Challenge 2021, and VoxCeleb datasets were conducted, and the proposed hybrid network was able to outperform the conventional approaches trained on the same dataset. Moreover, our experiments showed that the proposed system is able to achieve stable performance even when using a relatively smaller dataset, which highlights the efficiency of the proposed system in extracting the speaker-dependent information.


FIELD: printing. SUBSTANCE: concentrate of fountain solution for offset printing contains citric acid and alkaline agent. The alkaline agent is used as 12-aqueous sodium phosphate at a ratio of components, wt %: citric acid 3.5 - 6.5; 12-aqueous sodium phosphate 10 - 14; water - the rest. EFFECT: reduction of toxicity of the solution while maintaining an acceptable quality of offset printing.


Preface Jessa Lingel Part I: EMERGING SCOPE 1. Introduction Bharat Mehra 2. What is "LGBTQ+" Information? Interdisciplinary Connections Bharat Mehra 3. LGBTQ+ Terminology, Scenarios and Strategies, and Relevant Web-Based Resources in the 21st Century: A Glimpse Donna Braquet Part II: NEW ROLES AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY LIBRARIAN 4. Health Sciences Librarians in the Field: Pioneers for LGBTQ+ Health Gregg A. Stevens, Tony Nguyen, Martin Morris, and Emily Vardell 5. Archiving History and the Educational Mission in Chicago's The Legacy Project: Challenges and Opportunities for LIS Gabriel Gomez 6. Coming Out of the Closet: Librarian Advocacy to Advance LGBTQ+ Wikipedia Engagement Rachel Wexelbaum Part III: RECOGNIZING THE NEEDS OF EMERGING COMMUNITIES 7. Finding the "B" in LGBTQ+: Collections and Practices that Support the Bisexual and Pansexual Communities Melinda F. Brown and Deborah L. Lilton 8. Lines of Sight and Knowledge: Possibilities and Actualities of Trans and Gender Non-Conforming Youth in the Library Jeanie Austin 9. The Role of Public Libraries in the Lives of LGBTQ+ Youth Experiencing Homelessness Julie Ann Winkelstein Part IV: CREATING COMMUNITIES COMING TOGETHER 10. Beyond Dewey: Creating an LGBTQ+ Classification System at the LGBTQ Center of Durham Kai Ewing and LGBTQ Center of Durham 11. Bringing the Trans and the Local Community Together: The 'Trans Identities and Gender' Project Eric Sancho Bru, Ian Bermudez Raventos, Paul McIntyre Part V: LOOKING AHEAD: EMERGING QUESTIONS 12. Moving into the Mainstream: Is That Somewhere We Want to Go in the United Kingdom? John Vincent


Human herpesvirus‐6 (HHV‐6) is unique among human herpesviruses because of its ability to integrate into chromosomes. This entity, termed chromosomally integrated HHV‐6 (CIHHV‐6), is often mistaken for active infection and treated unnecessarily. The clinical significance of CIHHV‐6 in transplant recipients is not defined. Herein, the clinical characteristics of 7 liver transplant patients with CIHHV‐6 from our recent study, together with 14 other published cases of CIHHV‐6 were reviewed. Of the 21 cases, CIHHV‐6B was reported most commonly among solid organ transplant recipients, while CIHHV‐6A was mostly seen in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell recipients. None of the 21 patients developed clinical symptoms related to HHV‐6 after transplantation. However, antiviral therapy was administered to 5 asymptomatic patients mistaken to have HHV‐6 infection because of their very high HHV‐6 DNA levels, 3 who developed symptomatic cytomegalovirus disease, and 1 with graft‐versus‐host disease that was mistaken for HHV‐6 infection. In patients who received antiviral therapy, there was no apparent decline in HHV‐6 DNA load, although change in viral kinetics is difficult to discern in the setting of high baseline HHV‐6 DNA load. Clinicians should be aware of this entity of CIHHV‐6 so that antiviral therapy can be considered in the proper clinical context.


Since socialization is a learned process, it has been hypothesized that through a group experience individuals might be assisted to develop improved interpersonal relationships, improved self-confidence, and more relevant work attitudes and, thus, might be assisted to improve their employability. A questionnaire was devised in order to study the utilization and practice of group guidance in an Employment Service setting.


This paper investigates the current state of small and medium business in Ukraine. The protracted nature of the war in Ukraine significantly destabilizes the activities of the subjects of this sector and leads to the deterioration of its development indicators. In particular, a decrease in quantity of active entities small and medium business, a decrease in the rate of registration of new entities, a shortage of own working capital in most small and medium enterprises will have a negative impact on the national economy. The main obstacles to the recovery and development of business activity during the period of validity of state of war are identified. It is the lack of financial resources; continuation of hostilities; interruptions in electricity, water and heat supply; destruction of logistics; increase in production costs; insufficient quantity of paying customers. The peculiarities of state support of small and medium business in Ukraine during the war are considered. The problems hindering the development of national small and medium business in the conditions of war are identified. It is the absence of a program document on the development of the small and medium business sector; low level of access to finance by small and medium business entities; insufficiently developed state financial support programs for IT startups; inefficiency of industrial parks. Proved, that the prospects of the development of small and medium business largely depend on ensuring the implementation of an effective state policy to stimulate its development. In this context, the priorities of the state policy in the sphere of stimulating the development of small and medium business in the conditions of the war in Ukraine are substantiated. It is the development of the State program for promoting the development of small and medium business in Ukraine, coordination of strategies and programs for the development of small and medium business at the state, regional and local levels; attraction of money from international financial organizations and international donors; creation of conditions for increasing the level of access of small and medium enterprises to finance; expansion of state grant support for IT startups; implementation of mechanisms of tax benefits for entities that resume their activities in the de-occupied territories; expansion and creation of new industrial parks with developed engineering and transport infrastructure, creation of favorable conditions for the development of small and medium business within the industrial park.


Abstract Seven different studies comprising 1,481 lightweight steers and heifers provided with 10 different vitamin E amounts (0 to 2000 IU/animal daily) were compiled for a meta-analysis of the relationships between supplemental vitamin E and stressed receiving calf performance. The statistics of interest were estimated relationships between vitamin E supplementation and DMI, ADG, G:F, and percent morbidity. For the slope coefficients estimated, a whole unit change in the independent variable (X) represented a 100-IU change in vitamin E intake per day. Based on the data used to generate the estimates for these analyses, no predictive relationship exists for vitamin E supplementation and DMI, ADG, or G:F (P ≥ 0.45). However, for percent morbidity the predictive model suggests that for every 100 IU increase in vitamin E intake per day, a 0.35% decrease (P = 0.08) in morbidity would be expected. The data discussed herein provides evidentiary support for vitamin E supplementation to newly received calves at high risk of morbidity. However, because the entire data set is bounded between 0 and 2,000 IU/d of vitamin E intake, predictions regarding the linearity beyond 2,000 IU should be avoided.


The different kinds of technology and resources that we can find nowadays show that the citizens of the twenty-first century are faced with a variety of options for learning through technology. Words such as e-learning and blended learning are not unknown to the public. However, we must take into consideration that technological innovation needs to be supported by appropriate pedagogical and methodological innovation. The creation of digital content and resources for these environments cannot be left out of the pedagogical planning needed to promote the teaching-learning process. This article presents a review of different types of learning that can occur in the network and presents a number of interesting ideas and proposals for the design and implementation of digital materials in university teaching, where Web 2.0 tools and new trends, such as learning objects, cannot be avoided.


The entangled photon pairs (biphotons) produced from parametric down-conversion (PDC) in a χ(2) crystal are the key element for several quantum information and communication schemes. Recent theoretical investigations [1–2] have revealed the peculiar structure of the biphotonic correlation characterizing the entanglement of twin beams in the space-time domain. The biphotonic correlation in type I PDC is characterized in the near field by a X-shaped geometry, which turns out to be non-factorable in space and time, offering thus the relevant possibility of manipulating the temporal bandwidth of biphoton entanglement by acting on their spatial degrees of freedom. The name "X-entanglement" was coined to describe this geometry [1]. An other key feature which emerged is the extreme spatial and temporal localization of the biphotonic correlation, on the micrometer and femtosecond range, respectively.


SRL lifetimes of the jet‐cooled S1 H2CO molecules with low J' and K' values have been studied for the excitation of v'4=1 and 3, v5=1, and v'6=1. The v4 excitation leads to considerably faster S1 u S0 radiationless decay than the v'5 and v6 excitation, showing the vibrational mode specificity and correlation predicted by the molecular dissociation theory.


Trichoderma spp. is known to offer a beneficial relationship with the plants. They are used as inoculants for biocontrol, biofertilization and phytostimulation with their abilities to produces different bio-active compounds and elicitors which interact with roots of the host plant directly increasing plant growth potential and tolerance to various abiotic stresses. With their abilities of mycoparasitism and their antagonistic affect within the plant, they are able to induce defense-related genes and protect the host plant from microbial infection. They are also known to induced systemic resistance in the plant and also induce tolerance against abiotic stresses such as drought and salinity through increase root growth, nutritional uptake and inducing protection against oxidative stress. Recently, the genome of seven Trichoderma species has been sequenced and there is a great prospect in developing transgenic plant which may offer effective tolerance against changing climatic condition. In this review, we provide an updated overview of Trichoderma interaction and their tolerances against various abiotic stresses by different strains of Trichoderma.


they might bave different opinions in Vienna from Erlngen In Erlangen Ooolidge tue were now used exclusively, and withi them the unit ski dose was obtained in a little over twenty minutes. He was of opinion that in some cases constitutional reaction was severe, but he thought it was never anything so. severe as it was after operation. Generally speaking, there was no difference between x-ray and radium treatment, and the indications for radium treatment were exactly similar to those for x-ray treatment; the contraindications also were identical. The advantage radium had over x ray was that screening was much more effective. The constitutional symptoms were much more marked in X rays than in radium. The PRESIDENT had read of collapse and anaemia following the Erlangen treatment, and he inquired if these were usually present, and also if prophylactic transfusion was often done. He believed that the a rays often stimulated potential cancer cells, and his feeling was that when a growth had been satisfactorily and entirely eradicated post-operative x rays were dangerous for. this reason. He thought the treatment of fibroids by x rays was incorrect, unless in exceptional circumstances. There was no method of, excluding malignant degeneration, and he had published several cases of inoperable malignancy following the x-ray treatment of fibroid. The difficulty in insisting on hospital patients returning for radium treatment in cancer of the cervix made the results of the treatment difficult to complete. Dr. PEPPER, in reply, said that undoubtedly constitutional effects were produced after the application of Zi rays, but they did not last, and often the patients were able to return home in two or three days, whereas after operation they could not return for three or four weeks. Emanations were not used in Vienna, as they had such a considerable stock of radium; gas tubes were also used entirely, as they were much cheaper than Coolidge tubes. Dr. R. E. TOTTENHAM exhibited a modification of the Rotunda siphon douche, which he stated was cheaper than the Rotunda siphon douche, and had the advantage that if any part of the rubber gave way it could be renewed without purchasing a whole new douche. Sir ANDREW HORNE showed two specimens, the first a malignant ovarian tumour, and the second a fibro-cystic tumour. Dr. GIBBON FITZGIBBON showed a specimen of a septic uterus. Dr. A. H. DAVIDSON read a paper on a case of traumatic subcutaneous emphysema complicating labour. Dr. L. L. CASSIDY read a paper on a rare case of maldevelopment of the female genital organs, and showed specimens.


Although leptin and its receptor (ObR) have emerged as important cancer biomarkers, the role of the leptin system in brain tumor development remains unknown. We screened 87 human brain tumor biopsies using immunohistochemistry and detected leptin and ObR in 55.2% and 60.9% cases, respectively. In contrast, leptin and ObR were absent in 14 samples of normal brain tissue. The presence of leptin correlated with ObR with overall concordance 80.5%. The leptin/ObR system was highly expressed in glioblastomas and anaplastic astrocytomas, while lower expression of both markers was noted in low‐grade astrocytomas and gangliogliomas. The association between leptin/ObR and the degree of tumor malignancy was highly significant (P < 0.001). Using double immunofluorescence of glioblastoma tissues, we found co‐expression of leptin with ObR and with the proliferation marker Ki‐67 in 87% and 64% of cells, respectively. The leptin/ObR‐positive tissues also expressed activated forms of STAT3 and Akt. In line with this finding, ObR‐positive glioblastoma cells responded to leptin with cell growth and induction of the STAT3 and Akt pathways as well as inactivation of the cell cycle suppressor Rb. In summary, our data demonstrate that the leptin/ObR system is expressed in malignant brain tumors and might be involved in tumor progression.


The number of single-person households in our society is steadily increasing as account for 27.23% of the total number of households nationwide by 2015. According to the income level of single-person households, as of 2016, annual income of less than 10 million won is 44.1%, which is a low income group. As a model of residential supply of these groups, the Share House has appeared and the number of households has been steadily increasing, suggesting saving of rent and improvement of the quality of residential environment. However, there is no specific system for the classification of Share House, the standards for facility safety, and regulations on the protection of tenants' claim a rights. Therefore, this study suggests the necessity of establishing a system to protect the rights of resident of Share House.


Permanent urethral catheterization is a predisposing factor for urinary tract infection. They need to be followed up and cared carefully. Patients with permanent urethral catheter should be followed up carefully regarding to urinary tract infections and urethral damage secondary to catheters. We are presenting a 83-year-old male patient with an enormous urethral destruction due to long-term catheterization.


The Mid Atlantic Clean Energy Application Center (MACEAC), managed by The Penn State College of Engineering, serves the six states in the Mid-Atlantic region (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia) plus the District of Columbia. The goals of the Mid-Atlantic CEAC are to promote the adoption of Combined Heat and Power (CHP), Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) and District Energy Systems (DES) in the Mid Atlantic area through education and technical support to more than 1,200 regional industry and government representatives in the region. The successful promotion of these technologies by the MACEAC was accomplished through the following efforts; (1)The MACEAC developed a series of technology transfer networks with State energy and environmental offices, Association of Energy Engineers local chapters, local community development organizations, utilities and, Penn State Department of Architectural Engineering alumni and their firms to effectively educate local practitioners about the energy utilization, environmental and economic advantages of CHP, WHR and DES; (2) Completed assessments of the regional technical and market potential for CHP, WHR and DE technologies application in the context of state specific energy prices, state energy and efficiency portfolio development. The studies were completed for Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland and included amore » set of incentive adoption probability models used as a to guide during implementation discussions with State energy policy makers; (3) Using the technical and market assessments and adoption incentive models, the Mid Atlantic CEAC developed regional strategic action plans for the promotion of CHP Application technology for Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland; (4) The CHP market assessment and incentive adoption model information was discussed, on a continuing basis, with relevant state agencies, policy makers and Public Utility Commission organizations resulting in CHP favorable incentive programs in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware; (5) Developed and maintained a MACEAC website to provide technical information and regional CHP, WHR and DE case studies and site profiles for use by interested stakeholders in information transfer and policy discussions; (6) Provided Technical Assistance through feasibility studies and on site evaluations. The MACEAC completed 28 technical evaluations and 9 Level 1 CHP analyses ; and (7) the MACEAC provided Technical Education to the region through a series of 29 workshops and webinars, 37 technical presentations, 14 seminars and participation in 13 CHP conferences.« less


Analyzes first the principle of circuit and the influence of the resistance of power supply on X-ray machine in order to clarify the influence of the power quality on the photograph quality of X-ray machine.And cites an example and puts forward the specific some methods how to lighten the influence of power's resistance on X-ray machine.


Decentralized approaches for Web services discovery, such as peer-to-peer, become more and more attention - getting in the scientific community. In this paper, we propose a peer-to-peer framework, which adopts an enhanced skip graph named Servicelndex as the overlay network for service discovery. To guarantee discovery efficiency, Servicelndex schemed WSDL-S (Web services semantics) as semantic Web services description language and extracted its semantic attributes as indexing keys in skip graph. Also a multi-layer P2P overlay network was constructed to aggregate similar keys and keep load balancing on peer nodes. The evaluation showed that the Servicelndex system performs considerable service discovery efficiency.


Two hundred ducklings represent two different genotypes White Pekin and Mule ducks (a sterile hybrid from the interspecific cross of a Pekin duck and Muscovy drake) were used in this study to determine influence of breed of ducks (White Pekin vs. Mule), feeding regime (early feed restriction regime by Skip-a-day program vs. free feeding) on Behaviors, Productive performance, Immune response, corticosterone, fear response and economic parameters of the Mule and Pekin ducks. The obtained results showed that Rearing Mule ducks under skip-a-day program for 7 days led to increase of wall exploratory behavior and decrease of aggressive behavior. Moreover, it had a higher body weight from 3rd to 7th weeks of age in addition a higher weight gain from 4th to 6th weeks of age compared to White Pekin ducks. Induction of feed restriction regime improved walking behavior, wing and leg stretch, wall and floor explorations. Moreover, it motivated occurrence of catch-up growth and improved immunity, but it increased aggressive behavior of ducks. The economic analysis showed that total costs of the ducks fed ad-libitum were greater than those fed on restriction regime. In addition, total veterinary management costs were not statistically significant among Mule and Pekin breed and either ad-libitum or restricted feed regime ducks. With reference to the profitability measures, the results obtained showed that the Pekin ducks achieved higher net return than the Mule ducks. Furthermore, the benefit-cost analysis revealed that the restricted regime ducks data were lower than the ad-libitum duck groups.


Larval stages of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi rely on metazoan prey, such as Acartia tonsa nauplii and copepodites, to support high growth rates. However, M. leidyi larvae 2.0 mm, nauplii REs plateaued at a mean of 91.03 ± 1.70%. All larvae 2.5 mm reached a maximum copepodite RE of 63.75 ± 3.01%.


Web 2.0 and the consequent revolution influenced not only the technologies but also the way of thinking of end users, now "participating" in the creation of contents and more and more of applications. Mashups are applications that integrate contents, behaviors and interfaces of diverse resources, whether public of proprietary and are based on a simplified development process, based on the reuse of ready-to-use components. In the last years, in order to allow end users to create mashups, many tools have been proposed but the most of them had not a long life. With this research, we want to define models, composition methods and implement tools for end user development of mashups.


Background
The traditional criterion for the diagnosis of implant loosening in total hip arthroplasty (THA) was once defined as a radiolucent line of >2 mm in width, based on plain radiography. Recent progress in imaging technology has allowed for the identification of complete radiolucent lines of ≤2 mm around the whole prosthesis as the basis for diagnosing component loosening in the absence of component migration. This study aimed to compare the sensitivity and specificity of digital tomosynthesis with metal artifact reduction with those of radiography and conventional computed tomography (CT) for detecting radiolucent lines of ≤2 mm surrounding cementless femoral stems of different widths.

Methods
The medullary canals of 4 cadaveric femurs were broached to 13 mm in diameter. Cylindrical cementless femoral stems with diameters of 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 mm were sequentially inserted into each femur, creating 5 groups of radiolucent lines 2.0, 1.5-1.6, 1.1-1.2, 0.5-0.6, and 0 mm in diameter, respectively. Imaging by tomosynthesis, radiography, and CT was conducted for each radiolucent line model. The width information of the radiolucent line models was used as a reference standard for calculating sensitivity and specificity: observations in the group of 0 mm were used for calculating specificity, and those in the other four groups were used for sensitivity. The differences in sensitivity and specificity between the imaging methods were compared with chi-square test, and the 95% confidence intervals of improvements in the sensitivity and specificity of tomosynthesis compared with radiography and CT were calculated using mixed effects models.

Results
The overall sensitivity of tomosynthesis (63.3%) for detecting radiolucent lines ≤2 mm wide was significantly higher (P<0.017) than that of radiography (20.5%) and CT (50.2%), an improvement of 58.2%±3.1% (95% CI, P<0.001) and 21.7%±7.1% (95% CI, P<0.001) compared to radiography and CT, respectively. The sensitivity values for detecting radiolucent lines in all four groups by tomosynthesis and CT were significantly higher than those of radiography (P<0.017). Tomosynthesis also had significantly higher sensitivity than CT (P<0.017) in detecting radiolucent line ≤1.2 mm wide. The specificity of TMAR, radiography, and CT for detecting radiolucent lines was 87.5%, 92.5%, and 82.5%, respectively, with no significant difference (P>0.017).

Conclusions
Digital tomosynthesis with metal artifact reduction had significantly higher sensitivity than radiography for detecting radiolucent lines ≤2 mm wide surrounding cementless femoral stems. It also displayed higher sensitivity than CT for detecting radiolucent lines ≤1.2 mm in width. With a higher rate of detection for radiolucent lines narrower than 2 mm, tomosynthesis has the potential to improve the accuracy of early diagnosis of cementless THA stem loosening in clinical practice.


Preface Introduction: anthropology without history or anthropology in history? 1. The anthropological circle: i. Two axes and four poles ii. Evolution, culture, symbol iii. Evolution, culture, function iv. Symbol, function v. Symbol, function, culture vi. Culture, symbol 2. Some questions concerning the current state of anthropology: i. The philosopher's questions ii. Meaning, non-meaning and structure: Claude Levi-Strauss iii. Symbol and function: Victor Turner iv. Instances and determination 3. From moral crisis to intellectual doubt: i. The object of anthropology ii. Ethnocentrism and anti-ethnocentrism iii. Scientific practice, militant practice Conclusions: i. New sites, new stakes ii. Here, today iii. Social logics iv. A myth, a necessity: interdisciplinarity Index.


Purpose – Branding issues and corporate social performance (CSP) are growing in importance for both companies and customers. In place marketing, places could be branded as each place should define and communicate its competitive advantages effectively and adapt to fit the needs of place customers. On the other hand, in Egypt, a major challenge for marketers is retail banking which is experiencing significant changes and entails the marketing of intangible services rather than tangible products. The purpose of this paper is to provide a useful starting point to consider retail banks as place brands, and advise place brand managers about how to integrate their values with CSP and branding issues.Design/methodology/approach – The study is quantitative in nature, focusing on the relationship between CSP measures and place branding through enhancing brand equity. A total of 220 self‐administered surveys were distributed among bankers and investors of two Egyptian‐based retail banks listed in the CASE (Cairo an...


At present, the rapid development of urbanization in China has brought about the relative shrinkage of agriculture. The distribution of cultivated land and population is not balanced, and how to maximize agricultural output value is the main concern. Wind is an important factor in the growth and production of crops. However, in the simulation of wind field analysis, the traditional NetCDF format wind field reanalysis data has too large a time series interval, is relatively single, and cannot be dynamically displayed in a short time series, and the arrow method will cause ambiguity. To solve this problem, based on the 3D virtual earth, this paper proposes a new 2D wind field dynamic visualization method combining the OSGEarth and WRF model, which realizes the short-sequence dynamic visualization simulation of the wind field in the geographical environment and solves the ambiguity problem of the arrow method. It has important guiding significance for mastering the spatial geographic information of agricultural areas and seed dispersal forecasting.


Abstract Under the new situation, the speed of economic development continues to accelerate, and under the influence of the modernization process, the transportation industry is more closely linked with the economy. To promote the sustainable development of the transportation industry, it is necessary to establish a scientific and effective economic statistics strategy to achieve steady economic growth. This paper designs a segmented time-varying parametric state space model based on the state space model to construct an economic statistical system for the transportation industry. By integrating and breaking the original design model, the structure, function, and statistical process of the system are optimized. The system is introduced into the transportation industry to analyze the application effect. According to the data, the economic revenue of the railroad transportation industry reached 464.293 billion yuan at the end of 2021, 45.48 times more than that of 10,208.81 billion yuan in 1986, and the market share increased from 23.23% in 2000 to 31.19% in 2021. The market share of waterway transportation industry, on the other hand, rose from 29.07% in 2000 to 32.87% in 2021. The share of capital investment in waterways and civil aviation continues to change in a downward trend from about 11% in the previous period. The economic statistics strategy can improve the economic efficiency of the transportation industry, so that the whole industry can gradually adapt to the current level of economic development and the needs of people's life.


Fast synchronization of generators and microgrids will be a critical technology in future power systems with high penetration of nondispatchable power resources. Existing synchronization methods rely on generator controls and their performance is limited by the generator characteristics. Speed of microgrid synchronization is further limited by the communication link among generation units. These factors lead to a slow and sometimes faulty synchronization, predominantly because of the phase mismatch during interconnection. This paper frames the generator synchronization problem as a phase-locked loop (PLL) design problem and introduces a voltage-source converter (VSC) based synchronizer for implementing the PLL-based active synchronization method. The VSC-based synchronizer is connected at the point of common coupling and it relies only on local measurements for control. It ensures zero phase error during interconnection by taking the advantage of the fact that the phase is not regulated in the generator controls. Relation between the synchronizer rating, control design, and synchronization speed is developed using describing function analysis of frequency and phase control loop gains. The operation and performance of the VSC-based synchronizer is demonstrated using simulations of a 555 MVA, 24 kV synchronous generator.


Unix started as a CUI (Command User Interface) operating system. XWindows provided a very convenient GUI (Graphical User Interface) so that multitasking could be done and desktop environments could be created on the Unix platform. Many Unix like systems exist. GNU/Linux is a user friendly, freely distributable, Unixlike system under GPL which used Xfree86 as X. IndiX had modified this Xserver to enable Indic languages on GNU/ Linux. However, as there may not be further Xfree86 developments in GPL, more and more GNU/ Linux distributions are switching over to Xorg (new group formed by the developers to continue Xserver developments under GPL). In this presentation, we will be discussing some of the issues that need to be sorted in order to make the versatile IndiX system work with latest Xserver (Xorg), so that the newer devices can be supported.


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In this work the effect of changing the anode of polymer solar cell on their performance was experimentally investigated .The cells were fabricated from ITO which act as a cathode beside MEH PPV ,Ecrchrom Black T and Rohadamin B dyer . The anodes which c are AL, GL ,AU with atomic number 13 , 47 and 79 were used . It was found that the efficiency of the solar cell of AL, GL ,AU electrode for Ecrchrom dye are 1.66, 1.59 , and 1.58 Respectively the efficiency for Rohadamin , Ecrchrom Black T dye are 1.49, 1.48 and 1.46 respectively these results shows clearly that the efficiency increases as the atomic number decreases this conforms with the fact that energy gap increase with the atomic number.


We show that on a bounded domain $\Omega\subset R^N$ with Lipschitz continuous boundary $\partial \Omega$, weak solutions of the elliptic equation $\lambda u-Au=f$ in $\Omega$ with the boundary conditions $-\gamma\Delta_\Gamma u+\partial_\nu^a u+\beta u=g$ on $\partial \Omega$ are globally Holder continuous on $\bar \Omega$. Here $A$ is a uniformly elliptic operator in divergence form with bounded measurable coefficients, $\Delta_\Gamma$ is the Laplace-Beltrami operator on $\partial \Omega$, $\partial_\nu^a u$ denotes the conormal derivative of $u$, $\lambda,\gamma>0$ are real numbers and $\beta$ is a bounded measurable function on $\partial Omega$. We also obtain that a realization of the operator $A$ in $C(\bar \Omega)$ with the general Wentzell boundary conditions $(Au)|_{\partial \Omega}-\gamma\Delta_\Gamma u+\partial_\nu^a u+\beta u=g$ on $\partial \Omega$ generates a strongly continuous compact semigroup. Some analyticity results of the semigroup are also discussed.


Objective To explore the rational treatment of pregnancy complicated with hysteroma during Caescrin section and influence of hysteroma on labore process.Methods To conduct retrospective analysis on 56 cases.Results The finding rate of the disease is low during pregnency,the finding rate is high during Caesarin section amoug 56 cases.40 case were done Casearin section,among which 29 cases were done hysteroma elimination simultaneously,11 case were done simple Caesarin section.There's no significant difference between the two group's mean operation time and bleeding amount(P0.05).16 cases vagina labor the second process time is longer than that of the normal control,the difference is significant(P0.05).Conclusion The pregnancy complicated with hysteroma has many complications,the second labore process is long,Caesarin rate is high.


The primary source of patient dissatisfaction in ophthalmic clinics is waiting room time. At one clinic, a study was conducted to determine whether redesignating preliminary workup tasks affected waiting room time. Previously, technicians and the ophthalmic registered nurse performed workups by taking histories, checking vision, reading glasses, performing refractions, conducting tonometry and slit lamp examinations, and dilating patients' eyes. Because the technicians' refractions were often inaccurate, the nurse or the doctor had to redo the refraction, prolonging waiting room times. Workup tasks, beginning with refractions, were transferred from the technicians to the nurse, which increased patient satisfaction and staff efficiency.


The regeneration of xylem elements in bridging transverse stem wounds has evoked considerable interest (11, 20, 21), and recently the role of indoleacetic acid (IAA) in this process was demonstrated (7). The association of protein-bound sulfhydryl groups with differentiating wound-xylem elements has been reported by the author (17). During the course of that research certain experiments were suggested that would elaborate possible correlative influences on the nature of wound-xylem formation. The present paper discusses the results of these correlative experiments and reports the results of some preliminary experiments involving the effect of chemical inhibitors on wound-xylem development in Coleus.


Model studies were conducted to determine the conditions that might give rise to supersonic neutral winds in the high‐latitude thermosphere and that can produce neutral streams in the polar wind and plasmasphere. For the supersonic neutral wind study, we used a time‐dependent, three‐dimensional, global thermosphere‐ionosphere model. Simulations were conducted for different seasonal conditions, solar activity levels, cross‐polar‐cap potentials, and convection pattern shapes. Supersonic neutral winds were found to occur at altitudes above 200 km for cross‐polar‐cap potentials greater than about 150 kV, although most of the supersonic winds occurred between 300 and 600 km. The Mach number of the neutral winds was typically less than 1.5, and the supersonic winds were generated within 3 h after enhanced plasma convection. These winds were primarily located in the midnight‐dawn sector of the polar cap, and their dusk‐to‐dawn extent was of the order of 150 km. Also, during enhanced convection, the ion outflow in the polar wind increases because of the elevated plasma temperatures, and this leads to enhanced ion‐neutral charge exchange reactions, and hence, to the production of neutral streams in the polar wind (Neutral Polar Wind). Likewise, on closed magnetic field lines, the upflowing ionospheric ions can charge exchange with the background neutrals, and this produces neutral streams in the plasmasphere (Neutral Plasmasphere Wind). Coupled models of the ionosphere‐polar wind‐exosphere and ionosphere‐plasmasphere‐exosphere were used to elucidate the basic characteristics of these neutral streams. An important result is that the neutral O streams typically do not have sufficient energy to escape in both the polar wind and plasmasphere, and they rain down on the global thermosphere (Neutral Rain). The downward streaming neutral O atoms pass through the exobase at 500–600 km and provide a source of momentum and energy for the thermosphere. The results presented here correspond to a focused modeling study that was presented at the Ionospheric Effects Symposium (May 2008).


A method for manufacturing coarse liquor, which maintains the concentration of sugar, prevents over-fermentation, and controls the generation amount of the carbon gas is provided. A method for manufacturing coarse liquor comprises: a step of fermenting starch raw material which is not steamed using yeast to obtain ferment; a step of adding water and yeast and brewing; a step of homogenizing the materials; a step of heating the homogenized material and deactivating the saccharification enzyme; and a step of adding water, saccharide and yeast. The method further comprises a step of adding water and starch raw material and dipping. The heating the homogenized material is to heat treating at 60-80°C for 10-30 seconds.


The paper deals with aspects of mathematical modelling that is necessary for successful development of modelling and simulation technology. Several ongoing research efforts aim at improving automation of parallelisation for performance optimization of the Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) software. An Application Processing Interface (API) allows the user to send commands to a graphics processing unit to draw objects on a display. The power of graphics processing unit is used by the simulation. Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) hardware designers have been developing unified processors which are increasingly resembling high-performance parallel computers. CUDA programming is an example of the well known single-programmultiple-data (SIMD) parallel programming method. This kind of programming is a popular method for massively parallel computing systems. When the mathematical models of aircraft control are appropriately designed, the simulation maybe implemented on the GPU. Mathematical models of the automated aircraft control are the systems, in which the regulation can simulate the program on the GPU. The design of mathematical model is analysed at the end of the paper.


This treatise deals with teen-agers' tendencies in selecting clothes, upon the recent liberalization measures of dress restriction. in regard to girl students' uniforms inmiddle and high schools, effective 1983. Results of my poll of 430 inquirees on the subject is outlined as follows; The surveyees have a preference for wearing box-style upper garments with a round-neck line and ribbon/tie collar. They also prefer to wear shirt cuffs mainly in set-in sleeve style. A straight skirt silhouetting the body line is anticipated to be longer in length than the knee line by 2 or 3 cm's. A dressy or sporty look would be most welcome, too. The ensemble of blue jeans and T-shirt blouse would be usual wear during school attendance. The reason why they like to choose trousers is considered to stem from the unisex look in fashion rather economical and practical purposes. Clothes material tends to be natural fabrics, single-colored and non-patterned. Color needs to be in a subdued mood, tuned with the same color and of neutral tint. In styling, emphasis is to be placed on femininity. In particular, the middle school girls wish to intensify 'Har-mony' in style while the high school misses are concerned with 'Individuality.'


This article discusses how legislative performance in Latin American democratic transitions is assessed. In contexts where legislatures have resumed the formal circuit of public decision- making, congressmen have become increasingly active in promoting law reforms. However indicators used so far assess legislative performance based on the number of bills presented by legislators, making no distinction between irrelevant and transcendental proposals. Considering such methodological lack, this article suggests an assessment tool that can be applied to the Mexican case –with the view of extrapolating it to other Latin American presidential contexts– to classify legislative performance according to the relevance, depth, and transformative capacity of bills proposed by the parliamentary representatives.


Due to the Recycled Concrete Aggregate(RCA)always inevitably mixed with brick bat,it will affect the properties of recycled aggregates.In order to solve this problem,it is necessary to have certain standards to limit the content of bricks,make its content within a certain range,which can satisfy the use of performance requirements.This paper studies the different brick content of Recycled Concrete Aggregate and asphalt mixture basic physical and mechanical performance,including water absorption and crushing value,Marshall test and single axis compression test,etc.With some research results both at home and abroad,the RCA asphalt mixture Marshall test performance is analyzed.The research shows that with the increase of the content of brick,RCA bibulous rate and crushing value continuously improve, corresponding indicators of Marshall test also has different rate reduced.Finally,according to RCA in practical use,the paper puts forward some suggestions.


A mobile, diode array NIR spectrometer was integrated into the spout of a self-propelled
forage harvester to measure crop moisture. Spectra and moisture reference samples were collected in
2004 and 2005 for the development of static (in-lab) and dynamic (on-harvester) moisture calibrations.
Moisture prediction models for whole-plant-corn-silage (WPCS) developed using static data had a root
mean standard error of cross validation (RMSECV) of 1.12% using five principle components (PCs)
while a calibration developed using dynamic data had a RMSECV of 3.28% using four PCs. Alfalfa
validation results produced RMSECVs of 2.50% using four PCs and 3.74% using three PCs for models
using static and dynamic data, respectively. Dynamic data were predicted with calibrations developed
using static data with similar error but more spectral information was required. A static alfalfa model
predicted dynamic data with a root mean standard error of prediction (RMSEP) of 3.41% using three PCs
compared to the dynamic model's RMSECV of 3.74% using three PCs. Similar trends were found with
WPCS models. Predicting data independent of type of crop resulted in the utilization of more PCs but
with higher RMSEPs than the cross validation results of predicted dataset. The sensor and associated
calibrations were able to predict forage moisture well, although more diverse data and further calibration
development is needed to improve sensor accuracy to the desired range of ± 2 percentage units.


FIELD: transport, package. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to containers for fluids, e.g. inks, to be used in jet printers. Proposed container comprises top, front, bottom, rear and two lateral walls. Ink feed orifice is arranged on bottom wall, while electric contact for connection with electric connector is arranged in mounting section. Container incorporates storage of data used by main unit connected to said electric contact arranged nearby bottom and front walls and inclined thereto. EFFECT: reliable operation and protection of electric contact against spillage of ink. 8 cl, 22 dwg


The paper discusses different abstract state-space representations for a class of linear distributed parameter systems of hyperbolic type defined on a one-dimensional spatial domain. It starts with the homogeneous state equation including the unbounded formal state operator. Based on the semigroup approach, some theoretical results of well-posedness and internal stability for the considered systems are given here. Next, the boundary and observation operators are introduced, taking a typical boundary inputs configuration as well as pointwise observations of the state variables. Consequently, the homogeneous state equation is extended to the so-called boundary control state/signal form. Finally, the most classical state-space representation involving typical (A, B, C)-triple of state, input and output operators is considered together with the definition of the Pritchard-Salamon class of infinite-dimensional systems.


The Galactic gamma-ray diffuse emission (GDE) is emitted by cosmic rays (CRs), ultra-relativistic protons and electrons, interacting with gas and electromagnetic radiation fields in the interstellar medium. Here we present the analysis of TeV diffuse emission from a region of the Galactic Plane over the range in longitude of $l\in[43^\circ,73^\circ]$, using data collected with the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) detector. Spectral, longitudinal and latitudinal distributions of the TeV diffuse emission are shown. The radiation spectrum is compatible with the spectrum of the emission arising from a CR population with an"index"similar to that of the observed CRs. When comparing with the \texttt{DRAGON} \textit{base model}, the HAWC GDE flux is higher by about a factor of two. Unresolved sources such as pulsar wind nebulae and TeV halos could explain the excess emission. Finally, deviations of the Galactic CR flux from the locally measured CR flux may additionally explain the difference between the predicted and measured diffuse fluxes.


The aim of this study was to describe nurses' opinions regarding assessments of oxygen requirements and which modes of cognition they used about oxygen treatment in ventilated children aged 0–3 years. The method was survey design with descriptive statistics. The sample included 90 nurses from intensive care units within all university hospitals in Norway. The questionnaire covered use of physiological, clinical, and technical observations in assessments, and the Nursing Decision-Making Instrument was used to map the mode of cognition. Respondents perceived they used many of the physiological criteria except for the haemoglobin–oxygen dissociation curve, pulse and blood pressure. Most respondents used clinical and technical criteria to assess oxygen needs, but more than half would exceed 10% oxygen at each regulation. They considered written guidelines to be necessary. A majority demonstrated a flexible use of analytical and intuitive modes of cognition in the decision-making processes. The results indicate that assessment of children's need for oxygen may be based on insufficient information, and written guidelines should be developed.


We describe the application of several surface profile filters as an enabling tool in the dimensional measurements of an engineering artifact, namely, a fuel cell plate. We recently reported work on the development of a non-contact system for dimensional metrology of bipolar fuel cell plates. That system comprises two laser spot triangulation probes that acquire profile data across a plate. While the non-contact system provides rapid measurements (measurement speed of 100 mm s−1 to 500 mm s−1), the data are noisy and cannot be used directly to obtain features of interest such as channel depth and width. In this paper, we show how different surface profile filters such as the spline, morphological, and robust filters, can be employed to identify and suppress outliers and to produce a mean line that serves as a substitute geometry from which we can determine features of interest. Further, we compare the non-contact probe data against contact probe measurements made using a coordinate measuring machine. Surface profile filters are again useful in correcting the reference data for tip size and also in removing any free form deformation in both data sets prior to parameter evaluation and comparison.