Calcium imaging has rapidly become a methodology of choice for real-time in vivo neuron analysis. Its application to large sets of data requires automated tools to annotate and segment cells, allowing scalable image segmentation under reproducible criteria. In this paper, we review and summarize the most recent methods for computational segmentation of calcium imaging. The contributions of the paper are three-fold: we provide an overview of the main algorithms taxonomized in three categories (signal processing, matrix factorization and machine learning-based approaches), we highlight the main advantages and disadvantages of each category and we provide a summary of the performance of the methods that have been tested on public benchmarks (with links to the public code when available).


Complex endoscopes which utilize optics with less than 1.5 mm diameter have an elevated risk of failure. Therefore, to ensure functionality and minimize risk proper design, optomechanical analysis and modelling must be performed while taking into consideration current manufacturing capabilities. Our endoscope is designed to perform Optical Coherence and Multiphoton Microscopy (OCM and MPM) which are powerful endoscopic imaging techniques used to characterize tissue. Separately each imaging technique has limitations when used by itself; however, this design combines these two modalities into a single optical system to work in synergy achieving both high sensitivity and specificity for diagnosis at the point of care. The optical design features two optical paths with different numerical apertures (NA) through a single lens system with a scanning optical fiber. The dual path is achieved using dichroic coatings embedded in a triplet that functions in a telescope like fashion. A high NA ~0.44 path is designed to perform OCM and MPM while a low NA ~.18 path is designed for the visible spectrum to allow navigation of the endoscope to areas of interest. We present the optical design of the endoscope, optomechanical considerations, manufacturability, stress and temperature effects. All these factors may be a source of problems in such small optics utilizing rare materials such as ZnS MS lenses. While very tight tolerances were the driving factor for the manufacturability of this system, temperature and stress must also be evaluated to obtain a better idea of the durability of the endoscope at the point of care. While it is challenging to evaluate the real performance of multimodality endoscopes, the models ensure that the system is designed for the expected imaging techniques, providing acceptable imaging across the entire field of view. Finally, we will give insight on what lessons were learned during the design, analysis, lens manufacturing, and assembling processes of the endoscope to provide a baseline of parameters to take into consideration when designing such complex small optical systems.


Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology is being increasingly used in a wide variety of applications ranging from remote sensing, to delivery and security. As the number of UAVs increases, there is a growing need for UAV to UAV detection and tracking systems for both collision avoidance and coordination. Among possible solutions, autonomous "see-and-avoid" systems based on low-cost high-resolution video cameras offer important advantages in terms of light weight and low power consumption. However, in order to be effective, camera based "see-and-avoid" systems require sensitive, robust, and computationally efficient algorithms for autonomous detection and tracking of UAVs from a moving camera. In this article, we propose a general architecture for a highly accurate and computationally efficient UAV to UAV detection and tracking (U2U-D&T) algorithm from a camera mounted on a moving UAV platform. The system is based on a computationally efficient pipeline consisting of a moving target detector, followed by a target tracker. The algorithm is validated using video data collected from multiple fixed-wing UAVs that is manually ground-truthed and is publicly available. Results indicate that the proposed algorithm can be implemented on commodity hardware and robustly achieves highly accurate detection and tracking of even distant and faint UAVs. Open source code for the U2U-D&T algorithm is available at: https://github.com/jingliinpurdue/Fast-and-Robust-UAV-to-UAV-Detection-and-Tracking.git.


The literature on corporate identity management suggests that managing corporate
identity is a strategically complex task embracing the shaping of a range of
dimensions of organisational life. The performance measurement literature and its
applications likewise now also emphasise organisational ability to incorporate
various dimensions considering both financial and non-financial performance
measures when assessing success. The inclusion of these soft non-financial measures
challenges organisations to quantify intangible aspects of performance such as
corporate identity, transforming unmeasurables into measurables.
This paper explores the regulatory roles of the use of the balanced scorecard in
shaping key dimensions of corporate identities in a public sector shared service
provider in Australia. This case study employs qualitative interviews of senior
managers and employees, secondary data and participant observation. The findings
suggest that the use of the balanced scorecard has potential to support identity
construction, as an organisational symbol, a communication tool of vision, and as
strategy, through creating conversations that self-regulate behaviour. The
development of an integrated performance measurement system, the balanced
scorecard, becomes an expression of a desired corporate identity, and the
performance measures and continuous process provide the resource for interpreting
actual corporate identities. Through this process of understanding and mobilising the
interaction, it may be possible to create a less obtrusive and more subtle way to
control "what an organisation is". This case study also suggests that the theoretical
and practical fusion of the disciplinary knowledge around corporate identities and
performance measurement systems could make a contribution to understanding and
shaping corporate identities.


In a paper on Cerebral Disease written many years ago, and read before the Westminster Medical Society, I remarked that the only true basis of the classification of the diseases of the nervous system was to be sought in Pathology, and that in all fatal cases a diligent post-mortem examination should be instituted. In making this remark, however, I admit that in the present state of our knowledge the seat of disease in the nervous centres cannot always be precisely determined by the scalpel of the anatomist, even when aided by the magnifying powers of the microscope. Nevertheless, the attempt should always be made, and it is almost a truism to affirm that no person can be qualified to give a positive opinion upon a fatal case of cerebral disease unless such an investigation has taken place. In accordance with these views, I have, in all cases where I found it practicable, made post-mortem examinations of the patients I have attended during life, as well as of many others where, to satisfy my own mind, I have examined the bodies of those who had died suddenly before medical aid could be obtained. From a diligent series of enquiries of this description , I have collected a large amount of materials, some of which are of a negative character, and others are in contradiction to nosological systems and theories; but others, again, have thrown so much light upon cerebral disease, and have often cleared up so much obscurity, that I feel grateful that such opportunities for enquiry have been presented to me, and I earnestly advise others to pursue a similar course, and to record the phenomena they observe. To one who has been taught by the practical lessons of the dead-house, the artificial distinctions laid down and insisted upon by nosographers are comparatively unimportant; and although it is of course necessary to retain such terms as apoplexy, epilepsy, &c., yet these and similar words merely help to define certain groups of symptoms, which often depend upon causes wholly distinct from one another, and sometimes opposite in their nature. Thus, convulsions may arise from dentition, from inflammation of the cerebral membranes, from


Three mutant genes, st, mi, and h, were discovered in an axolotl male received from Mexico City. All three are recessive to their normal alleles, and appear to segregate independently. Larvae homozygous for st (for stasis) suffer blockage of the circulation at hatching or shortly after, and the majority soon die; any surviving live only a few weeks at most. The mi/mi (microphthalmic) can be identified at the feeding stage. None survives more than a few days. The h/h (hand lethals) live until the digits have appeared on the forelimb. They may then be recognized by the thumb-like orientation of digit 1. Transplants from st/st embryos into normal produce normal structures which persist indefinitely. Those from mi/mi and h/h donors do not survive. The structures (forelimb, gills) derived from h/h donors grow for a relatively long time, and their final death and degeneration result in defects leading to death of most of the recipients. Parabiosis is of no benefit to st/st or h/h mutants and leads to the death of the normal twin; mi/mi mutants undergo a gradual absorption by the normal twin.


Results of an O I 1304A radiative-transfer model indicate that it is highly unlikely that holes in the Dynamics Explorer-1 (DE-1) dayglow observations are caused by either absorptive material imbedded in the atmosphere or to a depletion of atomic oxygen in an atmospheric column. An alternative explanation of absorbing clouds between the spacecraft amd the emitting atmosphere is not precluded by the theory. In addition, observations from a far-UV experiment on Orbiting Geophysical Observatory-4 (OGO-4) are examined for events comparable to the DE-1 holes. Some 200 events would be expected from the OGO-4 N2 Lyman-Birge Hopfield (LBH) band data if the holes are atmospheric phenomena lasting on the order of minutes. Alternatively, if the holes are the result of passage of absorbing clouds across detector fields of view, 30 events would have been expected in OGO-4 data; however, their short occurrence time would make them difficult to detect, on the average. No evidence of holes was found in the OGO-4 data.


This study aims to determine the level of effectiveness and contribution of land and building tax revenue for rural and urban areas (PBB-P2) to Regional Original Revenue (PAD). The method used in this research is descriptive research with a case study method. The data used in this study are secondary data in the form of realization report of the Land and Building Tax on Rural and Urban (PBB-P2) in 2014-2018 and Blitar District Revenue realization report in 2014-2018. The results of this study indicate that the level of effectiveness of the Land and Building Tax on Rural and Urban (PBB-P2) has effective criteria while the contribution has less effective criteria.


Abstract Field and pot experiments were conducted in Greece to study the occurrence of resistance in silky windgrass to acetolactate synthase (ALS)- and acetyl-CoA synthase (ACCase)-inhibiting herbicides. Twenty-four populations of silky windgrass were examined in whole-plant response experiments. High levels of field-evolved resistance to chlorsulfuron (0% to 28% control in terms of fresh weight reduction) with the recommended field rates were confirmed in most silky windgrass populations. However, other ALS inhibitors, such as pyroxsulam and a premix of mesosulfuron-methyl and iodosulfuron, provided adequate control (76% to 100% in terms of fresh weight reduction) of most populations, except eight silky windgrass populations that were found to be cross-resistant to all ALS-inhibiting herbicides tested (i.e., chlorsulfuron, commercial mixture of mesosulfuron-methyl plus iodosulfuron, and pyroxsulam). Conversely, most silky windgrass populations were controlled effectively (90% to 100% in terms of fresh weight reduction) with the recommended field rates of ACCase inhibitors cycloxydim, clethodim, and pinoxaden, but five populations were also found to be resistant to clodinafop-propargyl (10% to 68% control in terms of fresh weight reduction). The ALS gene sequencing of the eight silky windgrass populations, with cross-resistance to ALS inhibitors, revealed a point mutation at the Pro-197 position, causing amino acid substitution by Ser or Thr in the ALS enzyme. Overall, chlorsulfuron and clodinafop-propargyl were selecting agents of field-evolved multiple resistance to ALS- and ACCase-inhibiting herbicides in five silky windgrass populations. As the available postemergence-applied chemistries/modes of action registered for grass weed control in cereals are rather limited, adopting integrated management practices and implementing proactive and reactive measures to delay the evolution of resistant populations is essential. Nomenclature: chlorsulfuron; pyroxsulam; mesosulfuron-methyl; iodosulfuron; cycloxydim; clethodim; pinoxaden; clodinafop-propargyl; Silky windgrass, Apera spica-venti (L.) P. Beauv.; wheat, Triticum aestivum L.


the article presents developed models of the influence of indicators of economic, separately construction and tourism spheres on the total amount of capital investments in Khmelnytsky region. For each group of indicators, from 5 to 9 singleand multi-factor models that reflect the degree of influence of certain variables on capital investments in the region. The developed models made it possible to conclude that the investment sphere depends on the economic, construction and tourism indicators of the region. Some models have shown a low level of correlation, other built models of investment processes are qualitative, adequate and reflect the real impact of the selected factors on the resulting indicator and can be used for further forecasting.


In modern era use of Wireless Ad-hoc NETwork (WANET) increases rapidly in every sector of life. The main issue of this network is energy efficient multipath routing because nodes are operates with insufficient capacity of batteries. This in-sufficient capacity is constantly change network environment with route discovery and maintenance. Hence, the present paper proposes Route Discovery and Route Maintenance (R2DM) method for energy efficient multipath routing. The basic idea of this method is to select the energy efficient multipath from source to destination and transmit data packet along all paths, as long as at least one of the paths does not fails, destination node will receive the packet.


The introduction of modern therapies with immunomodulators and biologics has had a great impact on the care of Crohn's disease. The international gastroenterological community is now debating two main treatment algorithms. Those advocating the first, generally referred to as 'rapid step up', start with conventional drugs and if there is a lack of response then move up step by step towards biologics. On the other hand, the proponents of the more aggressive 'top down' therapy start with biologics and then add conventional drugs as needed [1]. There are many questions still to answer, for example which of these algorithms is best, should biologics always be used in combination with immunomodulators ('combo treatment') and for how long should biologics be continued. Despite the improvements brought about by these new regimens there are numerous reports showing an unchanged demand for surgery for Crohn's disease, and in some cases even an increased risk of needing surgery for perforating small bowel disease [2]. It could then be argued, at least in the case of ileocaecal Crohn's disease, that surgery is the true 'top down' treatment algorithm. This is especially true since we know that surgery in patients with malnutrition and/or with perforating disease carries a significant risk of anastomotic dehiscence and intra-abdominal septic complications. These risks may warrant a two-step procedure with resection and temporary stoma followed by a closure of the stoma when the patient is considered fit. Earlier surgery could have avoided all this. In order to improve the care of our Crohn's patients we need to work in close collaboration with our gastroenterologists, radiologists and nutritionists to optimize the timing of surgery – doing the right procedure on the right patient at the right time. Just as medical therapy is seldom the only treatment for ileocaecal Crohn's disease, surgery alone will rarely be the sole treatment. The risk of having repeat surgery after a primary ileocaecal resection is 4 25% after 5 years and 12 57% after 10 years [3]. But surgery alone has in some cases been a very successful treatment and we have known for some time that a group of patients will do well with a single resection with almost no medical treatment [4]. The question we really need to answer is how to find those patients with a high risk of early relapse, with an inherent risk of multiple resections and finally gut failure, and by contrast those patients with a very low risk. The first group should of course get early and aggressive maintenance therapy as soon as possible postoperatively, whilst the latter might do without any medical therapy and its possible side effects and over-treatment. We know that some factors increase the risk of further surgery warranting more active postoperative prophylaxis. Amongst these are smoking, young age and penetrating disease [3]. Another sign of increased risk for relapse of symptoms, and in the long run repeat surgery, is early postoperative endoscopic lesions [5]. This is often used to determine which patients are offered maintenance therapy. There is some discussion, however, favouring a perioperative induction of maintenance therapy, and if we could find better and faster ways of selecting the right patient we might improve the long-term outcome in ileocaecal Crohn's disease. Plexitis at the ileal resection margin of the resected specimen [6–9] may be such a marker, but there is no consensus on how to classify plexitis and disagreement on whether to focus on the submucosal or myenteric plexus. The presence of plexitis has been seen in the resection margin of otherwise non-inflamed bowel in Crohn's disease, and this might mandate an increased resection margin. On the other hand it could be that plexitis is present patchily or even throughout the whole gastrointestinal tract of a subset of the more severely ill patients with Crohn's disease. In such cases a wider resection would be of less value than early postoperative maintenance therapy with immunomodulators and/or biologics. In this issue a new method of preoperative risk assessment is presented based on the well-known sign of fat-wrapping in Crohn's disease [10]. Li et al. evaluated the visceral fat area at the umbilical level on a preoperative CT scan and found a correlation with both early endoscopic and clinical recurrence. This finding would give us a new marker available preoperatively but it needs to be repeated in further trials. MRI enterography is the gold standard in many parts of the world for preoperative evaluation of the small bowel, both for the radiological quality of the investigation and in the avoidance of radiation. Fat-wrapping is also most apparent around the inflamed bowel segment and perhaps the visceral fat in this area could tell us more of the postoperative risk than a measurement at the umbilical level. Today the multidisciplinary treatment conference is increasingly important and invaluable for risk evaluation. Joint management by gastroenterologists and colorectal surgeons should be the rule and we need to optimize


paper proposes evaluation model based Learning Content Management System (LCMS) in the university city of Riyadh. The survey was conducted literature and practical web development methodologies to determine the readiness of LCMS University in the city of Riyadh. Framework is evaluated by a valuation model of e-learning anti-hunger program, proposed by Francesco Colace in 2006. Evaluation model was evaluated four main features (management and collaborative approach, interactive learning objects management and adaptation of the path of education). Involves every feature, in their determination, some sub- features. The results of the evaluation model as follows: The sum of the weights of the framework proposed in management feature is 16.7/25, collaborative feature is 9/10, in the adaptive learning path is a 5.5/10 in interactive learning object is 5/5. Sum of the weights of all the features are 36.2/50. Then, the results were compared with each other. Weighs the sum of all of King Saud University and the University of Prince Sultan was 41. While the total weights of King Faisal University, IMAMU, YU and NAUSS was 40, 37.36 and 32, respectively. The evaluation process shows that the proposed framework satisfied with the objectives and tasks required for this work.


We report the case of a 40-yr-old man who presented with recurrent hemorrhage of the upper GI tract who was found to have hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm and amebic liver abscess. Our patient is unique in having hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm and amebic liver abscess diagnosed simultaneously, the association of which has not been previously described.


This article deals with Operations Programming diagnosis within small and micro-enterprises (Pymes) in Peru, Lima's Parque Industrial Villa El Salvador's wooden furniture sector. A proposal of a continuous improvement of operations programming is set upon, out of the information compiled and the Restrictions Theory application.


From its birth in 1933, Air France built its success on quality and innovation. The group Air France-KLM is now one of the major air transportation actors worldwide. The company's main activities' are: passenger transportation, cargo and air maintenance. This case highlights Air France's recent shifts in strategic focus and associated attempts at change. The change initiatives and subsequent actions are briefly described taking into account various actors' point of views. The aim of this case study is to understand how the company has identified and managed change in a highly competitive environment. More specifically, the reaction of a group of employees (pilots) to one particular change initiative and the consequences of associated managerial decisions are explored. The case will challenge students to examine these using concepts of change management.


A new wound dressing made of gelatin and Ag, was evaluated for the management of tissue reconstitution in rats. The gelatin–based dressing, with metabolic stimulation properties that favored the recovery of the skin was made of stiff sheets to supply the repairingtissue with mechanical support. The gelatin sheets enhanced the development of collagen fibers and subsequently cell proliferation at the level of stromal and vascular elements. A protocol based on the utilization of natural biomaterials in the presence of low concentrations of a biocidal was proposed which could control microbiocidal activities principally in burned and debilitated patients.


Abstract,
       The purpose of this research is to know the development of financial performance of PT Kalbe Farma Tbk and PT Kimia Farma Tbk and to compare their financial performance analysis of both companies.
       This research is quantitative descriptive. The data used form of financial statements of PT Kalbe Farma Tbk and PT Kimia Farma Tbk period 2014-2016. Data analysis using financial ratio analysis, consisting of liquidity ratios, solvency ratios, profitability ratios, and activity ratios.
       The results showed, Liquidity Ratio of the Current Ratio of PT Kalbe Farma Tbk and PT Kimia Farma Tbk had good financial performance, the Cash Ratio and Quick Ratio PT Kalbe Farma Tbk had good financial performance and PT Kimia Farma Tbk had poor financial performance. Solvency Ratio from Debt To Equity Ratio and Long Term Debt To Equity Ratio PT Kalbe Farma Tbk and PT Kimia Farma Tbk have good financial performance. Total Debt To Total Assets Ratio PT Kalbe Farma Tbk has good financial performance and PT Kimia Farma Tbk has poor financial performance. Profitability Ratios of Gross Profit Margin at PT Kalbe Farma Tbk and PT Kimia Farma Tbk have good financial performance. Net Profit Margin, Return On Total Assets, and Return On Investment PT Kalbe Farma Tbk and PT Kimia Farma Tbk have poor financial performance. Activity Ratios for Receivable Turnover, Inventory Turnover, and Total Assets Turnover PT Kalbe Farma Tbk and PT Kimia Farma Tbk have poor financial performance. Fixed Assets Turnover PT Kalbe Farma Tbk has a poor financial performance and PT Kimia Farma Tbk has a good financial performance.


According to modern concepts, intravascular coagulation of blood is of dominant importance in the pathogenesis of myocardial infarction. Development of DIC syndrome in patients with acute myocardial infarction is associated with the entry of a significant amount of procoagulant material into the bloodstream, which leads to a disorder in the hemostasis system with formation of microthrombi in arterioles, capillaries and venules of various organs with or without violation of their function. At the same time the fibrinolytic system is activated, which is accompanied by the cleavage of fibrin and fibrinogen and the appearance in the blood of products of their degradation (PDF).


The operation of Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) has changed the hydrological situation of Yangtze River and its connected lakes. Based on the hydrodynamic model, the influence of TGR operation from 2009 to 2014 on the Poyang Lake has been evaluated. It is found that TGR impoundment reduced the discharge of the Yangtze River and the water level of Poyang Lake, brought the decreasing of the backflow phenomenon. Especially in October, the discharge and water level of Hukou station (HKS) decreased by 9.6% and 1.09 m respectively, and this effect could be up to the Kangshan area. Meanwhile, TGR operation has also increased the water level of HKS by 0.1~0.56 m from December to May, which only affected the vicinity of Duchang. In addition, TGR operation also increased the maximum water level of HKS from April to June by 0.1~0.34 m, and that from July to August decreased by 0.22~0.4 m which is beneficial to reducing the flood control risk of Poyang Lake. But TGR impoundment changed the water exchange process between Yangtze River and Poyang Lake, and advanced the dry season, which had a certain impact on the water supply and ecological environment of the lake area.


The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether financial analysts with superior earnings forecasting ability can be distinguished on the basis of ex post forecast accuracy. I explore the question by estimating and comparing average accuracy across individuals, and by considering whether the observed distribution of analyst forecast accuracies differs from the distribution expected if their relative performances each year were purely random. Overall, I do not find systematic differences in forecast accuracy across individuals. Financial press coverage suggests there are superior financial analysts. For example, Institutional Investor's annual "All American Research Team" includes analysts rated by money managers as superior on a variety of criteria, including earnings forecasting, ability to pick stocks, and the quality of written reports. Clearly, financial analyst services other than forecast accuracy are valued by their clients. I focus on only one activity, earnings forecasting, for two reasons. First, forecast data are available, quantitative, and can be evaluated against observable earnings outcomes. Services such as insightful, well-written research reports are harder to evaluate quantitatively. Second, academic use of analyst forecasts as earnings expectations data in capital markets empir-


Solubility (30mg.cm-3) of α-cyclodextrin in water at pH7 and 30°C in the presence of the equimolar amount of adamantane-1-carboxylate [1] is much smaller than that (170mg.cm-3) in the absence of 1. In contrast, solubility of β-cyclodextrin (65mg.cm-3)in the presence of [1] is larger than that (21mg.cm-3) in the absence of 1. The enhancement of solubility of β-cyclodextrin by [1] is ascribed to the conformational change of β-cyclodextrin by the inclusion of bulky [1] into its cavity, which promotes the interactions between the hydroxyl groups of β-cyclodextrin and the solvent water molecules.


A 47-year-old man with malignant lymphoma and secondary membranous nephropathy was admitted to our hospital due to fever and dyspnea. He was diagnosed as having Pneumocystis pneumonia, and treatment with sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim was begun. His renal function gradually deteriorated during the course of the treatment, and hemodialysis was thus initiated using the cellulose triacetate membrane dialyzer. Hemodialysis was stably performed at first two sessions, but pneumonia worsened. In spite of no changes in the hemodialysis settings and conditions, milky fluid appeared on the venous side of the hemodialysis circuit, when the blood was returned with 0.9% saline at the end of the third session of hemodialysis (Figure 1). The fluid in the arterial side of the circuit kept clear. We stopped returning of the blood immediately. The results of lipoprotein electrophoresis of the fluid revealed that it was rich in chylomicron and very lowdensity lipoprotein (Figure 2). Laboratory examination showed his serum triglyceride level of 523mg/dL. In addition, serum level of C-reactive protein at the third session of hemodialysis was extremely elevated (28.5mg/dL), as compared with 5.9mg/dL at the first hemodialysis session. We considered that lipoproteins, including chylomicron and very low-density lipoprotein, were trapped, accumulated, and agglutinated on the surface of the cellulose triacetate membrane dialyzer during hemodialysis and they were released by 0.9% saline at the end of hemodialysis. In support of this, results of previous studies showed that, as compared with the polysulfone-based membrane, the cellulose triacetate membrane was able to adsorb many apolipoproteins, including apolipoprotein A-I, A-IV, C-II, C-III and E, which are the components of lipoproteins [1,2].


The Philippines, as an agricultural country, produces an excessive amount of rice straws. Burning of these huge amounts of rice straw is also discouraged due to the harmful effects in the environment such as air pollutions and the like. A good way of disposing the huge amount of rice straw is to recycle and use them as components of sound absorbing composite wood boards that may be used to improve the acoustic quality of the room. The composite wood board, with a size of 2' by 3' with a thickness of 1", is produced with the use of wood chips and rice straw with urea formaldehyde resin as the binder using the same wood-based board manufacturing methods. The sound absorption coefficient was determined by using Sabine's Equation by recording the reverberation time at various sound levels with use of a sound level meter. Through measurements, it is estimated that the absorption coefficient of the composite wood board ranges from 0.011 to 0.188 which is somewhat similar to that of the absorption coefficient of masonry walls


The present invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine preparation for preventing and treating acute mountain sickness - bezoar rossica sheet and its preparation method. It comprises the following parts by weight of the raw material group: Cistanche extract parts 150-350, ICCB 50 to 200 parts, and an appropriate amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable adjuvant, made into a tablet press suitable for the production process. The present invention products to traditional Chinese medicine theory and scientific literature as the basis of modern pharmacology science test is based on the development. The present invention product of acute mountain sickness have a good preventive and therapeutic effects, stable and reliable product quality, safe and nontoxic.


Selection Criteria The paper presents a systematic review of the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) literature for HNSSC patients treated by radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy and without surgery. A hybrid quality assessment tool was applied to develop the final inclusion criteria of eligible manuscripts. The electronic databases EMBASE and MEDLINE were searched for articles from those databases' beginnings through 2012. MeSH categories for the search were ''quality of life,'' and ''head and neck neoplasms'' and ''carcinoma'' and either ''radiotherapy'' or ''radiation,'' excluding the terms ''esophagus,'' ''thyroid,'' ''sarcoma,'' lymphoma,'' and ''melanoma.'' Eligibility criteria included studies on adults, written in English, using non-surgical treatment only that included radiotherapy with and without chemotherapy, having over 50% of subjects with HNSCC diagnoses, and use of a validatedHRQoL instrument. After a title review to determine initial eligibility, references not previously identified in the electronic search were hand searched. Abstract review and, when necessary, the reading of the full texts of the papers remaining after the title review plus the identified handsearched articles were conducted to determine eligibility. One reviewer performed the eligibility assessment and discussed unclear cases with a second reviewer; a third reviewer arbitrated unresolved disagreements. Two hundred seventy-six reports were identified in the databases; title review eliminated 151, while an additional 24 papers were added by hand searching, for a total of 149 reports for detailed eligibility assessment. Of these 149, 53 met all inclusion criteria. Study designs of eligible papers included cross-sectional, prospective, and pre-post methodologies; no clinical trials were identified. Final inclusion of articles for review included the quality evaluation. Two investigators independently reviewed the eligible articles performing a quality assessment using a 13-item tool derived by the authors from two relevant papers. Eighteen papers met the 9-of-13-item inclusion threshold, of which meeting the validity criterion for HRQoL instruments was a requirement. A third reviewer acting as final arbiter resolved any disagreements.


BACKGROUND
Field-evolved pyrethroid resistance has been confirmed in western corn rootworm (WCR) populations collected from the United States (US) western Corn Belt. Resistance levels of WCR adults estimated in lab bioassays were confirmed to significantly reduce the efficacy of foliar-applied bifenthrin. The objective of the present study was to investigate the impact of WCR pyrethroid resistance levels on the performance of common soil-applied insecticide formulations (23.4% tefluthrin; 17.15% bifenthrin; and 0.1% cyfluthrin +2.0% tebupirimphos). Field trials were conducted in 2016 and 2017 in three Nebraska, US counties, (Saunders, Clay, and Keith) where distinct levels of WCR susceptibility to pyrethroids (susceptible, moderately resistant, highly resistant) had been previously reported in adult and larval bioassays.

RESULTS
All soil insecticide treatments effectively protected maize roots from a pyrethroid-susceptible WCR population at Saunders. In contrast, the efficacy of bifenthrin and tefluthrin soil insecticides was significantly reduced at Clay and Keith, where pyrethroid-resistant WCR populations were reported. At Keith, where an additional failure of the cyfluthrin + tebupirimphos soil insecticide was observed, WCR laboratory dose-response bioassays showed a consistent ~5-fold resistance level to the active ingredients bifenthrin, tefluthrin and cyfluthrin.

CONCLUSION
The efficacy of common soil insecticides used in the US for WCR management was significantly reduced in populations exhibiting relatively low levels of WCR pyrethroid resistance. Using a multitactical approach to manage WCR within an integrated pest management framework may mitigate resistance evolution and prolong the usefulness of WCR insecticides within the system. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.


In this paper, a 1-bit wideband electronically reconfigurable reflectarray (RRA) in Ku-band is proposed. In order to achieve the wideband and reconfigurable characteristics, the stacked microstrip structure and a 1-bit "microstrip line-slot line-microstrip line" phase shifter (MSMPS) were introduced in this design. A novel "receiving-phase shift-transmitting" unit cell was gotten by connecting two stacked microstrip structures using MSMPS. Due to the receiving and transmitting parts are perpendicular to each other, the polarization rotation characteristic was demonstrated. To avoid the blockage of the feed horn, it was placed above the reflecting surface array with an offset angle of 25° to the normal direction. A $16\times16$ obliquely-fed RRA was designed and fabricated. The measured 1-dB gain bandwidth of the RRA is 15.4%. The measured results show that the fabricated prototype can achieve beam scanning from −20° to 50° in the elevation plane, and ±50° beam scanning in the azimuth plane.


On September 29, 1965, at 0510 a purposely defected, partially molten fuel rod in the rupture loop test facility of the PRTR reactor failed. Flashing released a fission product aerosol to the containment vessel. This release resulted in about half of the noble gases reaching the containment vessel atmosphere. A radiochemical study provided information on the behavior of some 15 fission products and plutonium in transport, through the reactor and its containment vessel. Relatively little fractionation occurred in the dissolution and aerosol formation. About 99% of the fission product aerosol was removed in the condensate from air coolers which processed about 6% of the containment atmosphere per minute. The ratios of the solid fission products deposited on surfaces in the containment vessel were similar to those in the fuel rod, except for Ce/sup 141/ and Zr/sup 95/-Nb/sup 95/. The ratio of radioiodine to other fission products was about ten-fold higher on the walls and ceilings than on floor surfaces on the first two days following the incident but after six days the ratios were comparable. The deposition per unit of surface area of the radioactive aerosol was about 4 to 5 times greater on the floors than on wall ormore » ceiling surfaces. The observed deposition per unit area on metal surfaces was much higher than on painted surfaces. 30 tables.« less


In this paper we review the present status of z-pinches, and predict what the future holds. Although nobody can predict the future, the past 30 years have taught us some lessons that can be applied to the next 30 years.


In order to enhance the sewage treatment efficiency,a novel and highly effective sewage treatment facility named intermittent cycle up-flow sludge blanket( ICUSB) reactor was introduced.The simultaneous phosphorus and nitrogen removal by the reactor for treating actual domestic sewage was investigated.The results indicated that when the influent concentrations of COD,TN,TP and DO were 240 to 330 mg / L,50 to 70 mg / L,4.0 to 6.5 mg / L and 0.4 mg / L respectively,simultaneous removal of COD,ammonia nitrogen,SS,TN and TP could be achieved by the reactor.The removal rates of COD,ammonia nitrogen and TP were above 90%,90% and 82%,respectively.A clear effluent with low SS content was obtained.The effluent concentrations of COD,BOD 5,ammonia nitrogen and TN met the first level A criteria specified in the Discharge Standard of Pollutants for Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant( GB 18918-2002),and the effluent TP concentration met the second criteria.


This study aims to know the implementation of "pembiayaan bagi hasil" conducted by the islamic financial institutions including the type of financing given outcomes, the problems during the implementation from the islamic financial instituitons and partners view. This study is a qualitative research with multi-case studies approach, the research examines two or more subjects, background, or storage of research data. Stages of research conducted field study/survey is used to find the problem of financing system in Islamic Financial Institutions and their partners. The result shows that overall of seven islamic financial institutions have "pembiayaan bagi hasil" and Musyarakah financing as one of their products in providing services to their business partners. But it its implementation, there are three main problems, they are  the lack of financial statement reports, the side streams, and asymetry of information. From the problem, researches gives some solutions, the first is the partner need a mentoring about financial statement report periodically, raise public awareness about honesty culture, and improve the quality and quantity of human resources on islamic financial institutions.
Keyword: Profit Loss Sharing, Islamic Financial Institutions, SMEs


The article focuses on the ESG factors determining the activities of most companies in recent years. The relationship between ESG principles and the business reputation of a modern company has been indicated. Business reputation is found to be formed under the influence of a number of factors, among which a responsible attitude to the environment, social responsibility and the quality of corporate governance have come out in the first place in recent years. The analysis proved that the ESG principles are firmly entrenched abroad, the number of companies with an ESG rating is growing exponentially, and their profitability is increasing. It has been stated that the Russian business has not yet included ESG principles as mandatory parameters of active investment strategies. The emphasis is put on the relationship with stakeholders, since it is the stakeholders who evaluate the company's activities from the standpoint of the degree of satisfaction of their needs. The conducted analysis has proved that an assessment includes not only profit maximization and dividend growth, but also the results of social and environmentally responsible practices of companies. It has been inferred that there is a relationship between the sustainable development of the company, its business reputation, the creation of ethical values and taking into account the interests of stakeholders in the company's strategy. It is emphasized that ESGs become an instrument of active investment strategies and a tool that determines the business reputation of the company. The practice of responsible ESG investment has been illustrated, the role of institutional investors in the dissemination of this practice has been highlighted.


In this article, an option theoretic model is applied to develop a Deposit Insurance Scheme under asymmetric information environment. By introducing double liability as an option into the deposit insurance scheme, our model solves the Deposit Insurer's adverse selection problem. With appropriately designed deposit insurance premia and double liability obligations, we demonstrate that separating equilibria exist. The introduction of double liability into the current deposit insurance system adds additional cost to the system to make the insurance scheme more effective. Macey and Miller (1992) suggest that such double liability is a very useful tool for preventing the incentive problem typically created by current deposit insurance schemes. Based on Jackson (1993), Macey and Miller (1993) and Grossman (2002), no consensus exists to explain whether double liability can replace the current deposit insurance system. There are two companion issues that must be considered. The first is the preservation of the safety of the financial system. The second is the incentive created by current deposit insurance schemes for managers to take extra risk. This is an attempt to create a model in which both the deposit insurance premiums and double liability issues are integrated in a manner that preserves incentive compatibility, while embracing risk-sensitive deposit insurance policy.


Even though androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is the most common type of alopecia, factors associated with AGA severity have been poorly investigated.


Introduction and purpose: Acute heart failure (AHF) is the term used to describe the rapid onset of, or change in, symptoms and signs of HF. In most cases, AHF arises as a result of deterioration in patients with a previous diagnosis of HF. Prognosis in acute heart failure depends on numerous factors. In our prospective study we investigated the influence of the most frequent co-morbidities on 1 year prognosis in patients with AHF.

Methods and results: In our prospective study we included 603 consecutive patients (60.7% men) with AHF treated in Intensive Care Unit. The average age was 71.5±10.4 years. 29.9% had acute coronary syndrome, 27.9% dilatative cardiomyopathy, 23.9% arterial hypertension and 18.4% valvular disease as an etiology factor for HF. 66.7% of patients had HF with reduced LVEF (37.4±13.7%), the average duration of HF was 1.7±1.1 years. Cardiovascular comorbidities: arterial hypertension (80.6%) and atrial fibrillation (47.3%) were the most frequent. The most prevalent non-cardiovascular comorbidities were diabetes (54.7%), chronic renal failure (CRF: 43.3%), acute infections (32.8%), anaemia (26.4%), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD: 23.9%), depression (10%), hypothyreosis (8%), hyperthyreosis (7.5%), stroke (7.5%) and alcoholism (5.5%). The majority of patients had > 1 co-morbidity (32.8% patients had 3 and 31.8% had 2 associated comorbidities). Arterial hypertension, atrial fibrillation and CRF were most frequently associated. During 1 year follow up mortality was admittedly high: 42.8% (10% died in hospital, 12.9% during 6 months after hospital discharge and 19.9% until the end of follow up period). Logistic regression analysis included all relevant factors (age, gender, echocardiographic, clinical, biohumoral parameters) and co-morbidities. We found that higher mortality rate was associated with alcoholism (13.1 fold increase), COPD (5.52 fold increase), CRF (5.1 fold increase) and the number of co-morbidities (5.07 fold increase) as well as with female gender, low LVEF and NYHA class. Co-morbidities did not have influence on in-hospital mortality.

Conclusion: In our study we found that majority AHF patients had 3 jointed (non)cardiovascular comorbidities which were associated with significantly higher mortality after hospital discharge. Meticulous diagnosis and treatment of all co-morbidities should be the routine part of clinical evaluation in AHF since it could improve long-term prognosis. However it seems that we are far from its practical implementation.


Proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) is proposed to decompose and reconstruct multidimensional electroencephalo-graph (EEG) signal. With this method, EEG signal can be represented by orthonomal basis, eigenfuction mode and main coordinate component. The eigenfuction mode is deterministic functions of spatial information, and the main coordinate component is the random function of real time information. In this modal decomposition way, EEG signal can not only be compressed in a certain least squares optimal sense, but also be predicted for any random scalp position.


Agarwood oil is regarded as the one of the most valuable essential oil due to its odours
and applications in the perfumery industry. The essential oil was extracted by different extraction methods: i.e; hydrodistillation (HD) and supercritical fluid extraction (SFE), and analysed via gas chromatography flame-ionization detector (GC-FID) and gas chromatography mass spectrometer (GC-MS). This research aims to identify the optimum extraction condition for isolating agarwood essential oil and to profile chemical constituents via SFE. The effects of different parameters such as pressure, temperature, volume of modifier and static time were investigated. The optimum parameter; pressure of 41.37 MPa, temperature of 60 °C, 48 mL of modifier and 30 minutes of static time. The recovery of essential oils were as follows; 0.20 % for HD, 0.65 % for SFE without modifier and 1.73 % with modifier. Fourty three compounds were identified in the hydrodistilled oil with agarospirol (13.57 %), tetradecanal (6.63 %) and pentadecanal (4.9 %) as major compounds. However for SFE, it composed by fourty seven compounds with eudesmol (13.68 %), oxo-agarospirol (4.54 %) and 2hydroxyquaia-1(10),11,15-oic acid (3.24 %) for non-modifier meanwhile with modifier ; eudesmol (11.53-13.75 %), hexadecanol (4.58-5.00 %) and dehydrojinkoh-eremol (2.42 -2.91 %). Data shows that SFE with 41.37 MPa, 60 °C and 48 mL ethanol, gives higher recovery meanwhile nonmodified SFE and conventional extraction yields were comparable.


In this study, biomechanical stability of the newly developed revision total knee arthroplasty (rTKA) was evaluated through strain and stress distribution analysis within the implanted proximal tibia using a three-dimensional finite element (FE) analysis. 2000N of compressive load (about 3 times body weight) was applied to the condyle surface on spacer, sharing by the medial (60%) and lateral (40%) condyles simulating a stance phase before toe-off. The results showed that PVMS within the revision total knee arthroplasty and the proximal tibia were less than yield strength considering safe factor 4.0 (rTKA: less than 10%, Cortical bone: less than 70%, Cancellous bone: less than 70%). The materials composed of them and the strain and stress distributions within the proximal tibia were generally well matched with those of a traditional revision total knee arthoplasty (Scorpio TS revision system, Stryker Corp., Michigan, USA) without the critical damage strain and stress, which may reduce the capacity for bone remodeling, leading to bone degeneration. This study may be useful to design parameter improvement of the revision total knee arthoplasty in biomechanical stability point of view beyond structural stability of revision total knee arthoplasty itself.


Both active and passive submillimetre-wave stand-off imaging systems are under development for security imaging applications. The drivers for operation at higher frequencies have been the desire for better image resolution, smaller optics package, reduced susceptibility to specular reflections from the human skin and capability for stand-off imagery. In this paper we summarise our efforts on devices, components and systems which could eventually pave the way for fast, real time, high-resolution imaging systems for the submillimetre-wave range.


The network framework of media's assets administrative system of television operating center of new Beijing is mainly explained,and the designing the technological characteristic of the up/down load system of new centre is recommended emphatically.


This paper presents a non-linear per-bin adaptive equalization in orthogonal multi-carrier data transmission system with the Nyquist-type sub-channel spectral shaping. Previously introduced linear equalization is augmented by three decision feedback filters to improve performance in presence of narrow-band interference (NBI), and to enable exploitation of implicit diversity of multipath fading channels. Adaptation properties of per-bin DFE equalization are analyzed by computer simulation. The bit error rate performance comparison between conventional OFDM and the OQAM-based multi-carrier systems is provided, and the potential advantage of using spectrally well shaped orthogonal subchannels in advanced wireless applications is pointed out.


Group testing pools multiple samples together and performs tests on these pooled samples to discern the infected samples. It greatly reduces the number of tests, however, with a sacrifice of increasing false negative rates due to the dilution of the viral load in pooled samples. Therefore, it is important to balance the trade-off between number of tests and false negative rate. We explore two popular group testing methods, namely linear array (a.k.a. Dorfman's procedure) and square array methods, and analyze the optimal group size of a pooled sample that minimizes the group false negative number under a constraint of testing capacity. Our analysis shows that when there is reasonably large testing capacity, the linear array method yields smaller false negative number and hence is preferred. When the testing capacity is small, square array method is more feasible and preferred. In addition, we consider testing a closed community in a period of time and determine the optimal testing cycle that minimizes the final prevalence rate of infection at the end of the time period. Finally, we provide a testing protocol for practitioners to use these group testing methods in the COVID-19 pandemic.


Thailand has a total land area of 513 115 km2 and a population of 61.1 million people (1998) with an annual growth rate of 1.1 percent (World Bank 2000). The economy consists of a diverse mix of agriculture, manufacturing and service industries. Rapid urbanization has taken place since the 1980s. The population density is about 120 persons/km2 (RFD 1998) and 23 percent of the population live in urban areas.


In general there is no set of observations conceivable which can give enough information about the past of a system to give complete information as to its future.

Norbert Wiener


Results are presented on the characterization and testing of lattice-mismatched 0.55 eV InGaAs/InP thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cells. A robust cell fabrication technique amenable to high throughput production is presented. A versatile light and dark I-V set up capable of fast screening of the TPV cells and an innovative approach for screening high performance cells are presented. We also report on the effect of lattice-matched InAsP and InAlAs back surface field layers on the performance of the TPV cells.


Abstract Phaeographina buxi is described from Buxus sempervirens to the south of the Pyrenees. It lives in canyons and geomorphologically similar habitats with a rich assemblage of epiphyllous lichens. The tropical genus Phaeographina is reported for the first time on the European continent.


The spent noble metal-containing titanium zeolite catalyst used in the liquid phase epoxidation of olefins with hydrogen and oxygen in the presence of a buffer, heating the spent catalyst at a temperature of at least 250 ° C. in the presence of an oxygen-containing gas stream and subsequently reproduced by forming at least 20 ° C. reduced to reactivate the catalyst at a temperature of in the presence of a hydrogen-containing gas stream.


r. K, age 34, has been hospitalized 4 times in 5 years for acute exacerbations of schizophrenia caused by medication nonadherence. This time he reports he discontinued antipsychotic therapy because he was "tired of taking medications every day." He spent 2 weeks in the acute inpatient psychiatric unit and restarted olanzapine—titrated to 15 mg/d—to which he responded well. When he presented to our outpatient clinic for follow-up, Mr. K reported adhering to his medications and denied positive symptoms. He complained of mild daytime sedation but no other side effects.


Karyotypes parameters in four selected Turkish bean genotypes (BT, HK, VN, and EL) were studied. Genotypes (4 levels) and chromosomes (11 levels) were compared in factorial experiment based on completely randomized design with five replications. Genotypes showed significant differences in long arm, short arm and total chromosome length and divided into three separate groups. Genotypes BL and HK were placed together in a separate group, probably showing the weaker kinship with the other genotypes. Also, the significant differences in all recorded parameters were observed among chromosomes of each genotype. All genotypes were diploid 2n = 22 with no satellite and differed significantly in karyotypic parameters. The most and the least chromatin length (34.24 μm and 15.65 μm) were observed in BT and EL genotypes, respectively. Also, all genotypes showed high chromosomal symmetry and categorized in Stebbins's Class 1A. The karyotype of genotype BT was found to be more symmetrical than others.
Bangladesh J. Bot. 51(2): 281-288, 2022 (June)


This paper reports on the AlGaN/GaN Schottky diodes (SDs) and high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) grown on a semi-insulating SiC substrate. The electronic devices demonstrate an improved performance in comparison with the ones processed on a sapphire substrate. Both the SDs and HEMTs show much smaller leakage current density and a higher ION/IOFF ratio, reaching values down to 3.0±1.2 mA/cm2 and up to 70 dB under the reverse electric field of 340 kV/cm, respectively. The higher thermal conductivity of the SiC substrate leads to the increase of steady current and transconductance, and better thermal management of the HEMT devices. In addition, a successful detection of terahertz (THz) waves with the AlGaN/GaN HEMT is demonstrated at room temperature. These results open further routes for the optimization of THz designs which may result in development of novel plasmonic THz devices.


Extracting and recognizing the 2-Dimension face feature are briefly expressed,combined with the investigation results on principle component analysis and kernel principle component analysis,which advantages and shortcomings are compared. The experiment finds that the KPCA algorithm on face recognition shows the good performance of lower error,resolves the problems of dimension and small sample system,and recognizes face accurately and quickly.


Strength and elongation are two important parameters for evaluating the durability property of needle felt which is now widely used for the air pollution control. It is necessary to measure them as reasonable as possible. The paper researches on the effect of sample size on the strength measurement of needle felt. The results show that sample width of 5cm and sample length of 20cm are suitable value for strength measurement of needle felt and sample length has a bigger effect on strength measurement of needle felt than sample width.


OBJECTIVE The purpose of this program is to understand the percentage popularity of knowledge about the iodine shortage diseases and drinking water fluorosis after related health education at the county level of Puyang City,and to provide the evaluation of education effects.METHODS The method is carried out,according to the requirements of "Education Program for Endemic Diseases of He'nan Province,by surveying knowledge of endemic diseases with pupils and housewives corresponding to the necessary items required by this program.Then,the intervention effects are evaluated two months later after teaching pupils and housewives in counties,towns,villages and schools with the knowledge of endemic diseases.RESULTS The results show that after this education,pupils' knowledge about the iodine shortage diseases increase from 49.89% to 95.27%;Housewives do from 55.21% to 92.72%.At the same time,after this education,pupils' knowledge about the drinking water fluorosis increase from 47.22% to 89.89%;Housewives do from 46.89% to 87.67%.There are about an increase from 2.80% to 97.79% of pupils that are able to tell their parents about the iodine shortage diseases after this education;There are about an increase from 59.01% to 98.42% of housewives that know when to put iodine salt in their cooking;An increase from 39.20% to 74.45% of pupils is seen to be willing to drink water of low fluorine,while housewives grow up to 88.89% compared to the former 74.32% before this education.CONCLUSION Our conclusions are that health education is effective in strengthening peoples' knowledge of endemic diseases,and their living styles improve greatly.In enhancing the popular education through public medium,the education-intervention mode of 'pupil to family to community' should be established towards this effort.


Using the WKB approximation, we generalize Ulrich's solution to the optimum coupling efficiency of a prism‐waveguide coupler, so that it can be applied to a waveguide with an arbitrary refractive‐index profile. As an example, we give an analytic solution to a waveguide having an exponential refractive‐index profile.


In 1512, on December 30, the first edition of Fray Juan de Ortega's Arithmetic was published in Lyon. The last chapter, titled "Rules of Geometry", deals with lower approximations of 14 square roots. In later editions of the Arithmetic on 1534, 1537 and 1542 in Seville, these values are replaced by upper approximations. Twelve of them verify the Pell's equation, and so they are optimal. At this moment nobody knows the way they were obtained. In this paper we show how these approximations can be obtained through a method consistent with the mathematical knowledge at that time.


Objectives-Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a common complication in patients undergone middle ear surgeries under general anaesthesia. The purpose of this study was to compare antiemetic efficacy of prophylactic palonosetron in comparison with ondansetron, administered intravenously in patients undergoing middle ear surgeries under general anaesthesia. Methods-In this prospective, randomized, clinically controlled study 60 ASA grade-I & II patients of either sex, aged between 18 to 50 years, scheduled for middle ear surgery under general anaesthesia were randomly allocated to one of the two groups, group O (n=30), received Inj. ondansetron 8mg I.V., and group P (n=30), received Inj. palonosetron 0.075mg I.V. before induction of anaesthesia. Postoperatively incidence of nausea, vomiting, complete response and need for rescue antiemetics over first 24hrs after surgery were evaluated. Results-The overall incidence of nausea, vomiting once and vomiting more than once, in first 24hrs was higher in ondansetron group than in palonosetron group i.e. 56.66%, 20%, 3.3% and 30%, 3.33%, 0% respectively, and significant statistically (p<0.05). Only 40% patients in group O while 73.3% in group P showed complete response (p=0.009). Number of patients requiring rescue antiemetic were more in group O than group P (p=0.044). Haemodynamically no any major changes were observed in either group. Conclusion-Our study concludes that prophylactic palonosetron 0.075mg IV is more effective than ondansetron 8mg IV for prevention of post operative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing middle ear surgeries under general anaesthesia.


In this review, we apply the method of backward iteration to chaotic maps of the interval to illustrate how both the f(α) spectrum and its underlying statistical mechanics follow directly from the dynamics in statistical equilibrium. The sizes of intervals in the coarse-grained phase space are expressed directly in terms of finite-time average Liapunov exponents, representing the reverse of the information flow that is the underlying cause of deterministic chaos. The transfer matrix formulation follows directly from the method of backward iteration when addresses generated from symbolic dynamics are assigned to tree-branches. The inverse temperature is interpreted in terms of classes of initial data of the dynamical system. Finally, the usefulness of the thermodynamic formalism is illustrated by showing how the pore distribution of sandstone can be modeled by a certain two-scale Cantor set on an octal tree.


According to the theoretical analysis of the CDD image restoration model,this paper points out the cause for why the model has the slow speed of repair and removes the factors which make the speed slow.Introducing the impact filter that has the enhanced edge role to revise,the paper puts forward to a new method of image restoration.Experimental results show that the algorithm has improved the speed of image restoration and obtained the better visual effect.


Brake install is big parts in belt conveyor,it′s function is important to stabilization and safety of conveyor,functional perfection and stabilization is objective to large-scale belt conveyor.


This paper tests various Political Business Cycle theories in a New Keynesian model with a monetary and fiscal policy mix. All the policy coefficients, the target levels of inflation and the budget deficit, the firms' frequency of price setting, and the standard deviations of the structural shocks are allowed to depend on 'political' regimes: a pre-election vs. post-election regime, a regime that depends on whether the President (or the Fed Chairman) is a Democrat or a Republican, and a regime under which the President and the Fed Chairman share party affiliation in pre-election quarters or not. The model is estimated using full-information Bayesian methods. The assumption of rational expectations is relaxed: economic agents can learn about the effect of political variables over time. The results provide evidence that several coefficients depend on political variables. The best-fitting specification is one that allows coefficients to depend on a pre-election vs. non-election regime. Monetary policy becomes considerably more inertial before elections and fiscal policy deviations from a simple rule are more common. The results overall support the view of an independent Fed that avoids taking policy decisions right before elections. There is some evidence, however, that policies become more expansionary before elections, but this evidence seems to disappear in the post-1985 sample. The estimates also indicate that firms similarly delay their price-setting decisions until after the upcoming Presidential election.


Abstract Two strains of Rhodothermus marinus from Iceland, three strains of Rhodothermus sp. from the Azores, and 'Thermus thermophilus' HB-8 were grown in basal salt medium 162 with yeast extract plus tryptone (medium A); yeast extract plus sodium glutamate (medium B); yeast extract alone (medium C) and glutamate alone (medium D). In medium A and C, branched-chain iso-C15 and iso-C17 fatty acids were the major fatty acids, iso-C16 and normal-chain fatty acids were minor components. In medium B, the relative proportion of iso-C16 increased to high levels, and was the major component of the Azorean Rhodothermus strains. In medium D, with glutamate as sole source of carbon and energy, normal-chain C16 constitued the major component, and normal-chain fatty acids reached about 50% of the total fatty acids.


The Covid-19 disease is a highly contagious disease that causes respiratory tracts and lung infections, where some of the cases can lead to fatalities. Malaysia recorded the first Covid-19 case on January 25th, 2020. Although the government at the time considered the disease was not a threat, as the days went by the cases started to increase. The total lockdown measure, also known as the movement control order (MCO) was declared by the new Government of Malaysia following the surge of Covid-19 cases in early March 2020. The new prime minister, following a change of government, announced that schools were to be closed, offices and non-essential business activities were told to cease operation, and people were ordered to stay in their homes. As a newly industrialized country, with little economic activities, there were significant drops in the energy demand in Malaysia. This paper analyzes the change in the power demand and energy consumption trend in Malaysia before, during and after the Covid-19 total lockdown.


With the rapid growth of Phoenix, islands of nonpaved streets causing dust and bottlenecks developed. Property owners adjacent to these low-volume streets were not willing to pay for the cost of construction. Alternate pavement designs were developed that use asphalt rubber on a variety of bases. Asphalt rubber at a rate of 0.50 gal/sq yd (2.3 cu dm/sq m) and then crushed stone chip are applied directly on native soil, soil cement, crushed aggregate, soil cement-asphaltic concrete, old asphaltic concrete, or old portland cement concrete. Asphalt rubber has given the pavement increased serviceability over the variable types of bases. This type of construction has thus far provided as many as 8 maintenance-free years; the existing surfaces would otherwise have required major reconstruction. The asphalt rubber has given the low-cost, low-volume streets an added pavement life that is still being measured.


This study aims to determine the effect of the use of electronic money (e-money) on the level of consumption of students at Samawa University Sumbawa Besar. The type of this study was associative. The type of data used is quantitative obtained from primary sources through a questionnaire. The population in this study were 619 students of the Faculty of Economics and Management. The sample determination was carried out using a purposive sampling technique so that the number of populations that met the requirements to become the research sample was 93 people. Data analysis is carried out with simple linear regression analysis techniques, partial hypothesis testing (T-test), and determinant coefficient test (R2). The results showed that the use of electronic money (e-money) had a positive and significant effect on the level of consumption of students at Samawa University Sumbawa Besar. The effect of the use of electronic money (e-money) on the level of consumption of students at Samawa University Sumbawa Besar is 10.1%, while the remaining 89.9% is influenced by other factors that are not examined in this study, such as income, product prices, tastes and education.


An optimized power control algorithm based on differential game theory is proposed. According to the dynamic nature of network, differential game theory is applied to investigate the power control of the cognitive radio network in the proposed algorithm. The time continuity of the network is considered. The power control strategy selections of the secondary users (cognitive users) are modeled as a differential game model. Both the current income and the long-term significance of the strategy of the users are taken into consideration. Based on the proposed model, the open-loop Nash equilibrium solution is obtained. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can effectively control the transmit power of the secondary user to reach a steady state, maximize the revenue of the users and improve the performance of the system.


The invention discloses a satellite solar wing occlusion testing method, comprising: determining, by an analysis, a test power curve after output power loss under a working condition that a variety of solar wings are occluded, storing an occlusion curve in the form of discrete points into a solar cell simulator, and completing solar wing occlusion testing project in combination with a matching ground testing device. The invention is suitable for a current situation that the structure of the satellite is complex and a large expandable antenna is applied to the satellite, makes compensation for satellite power system testing in the working condition of solar wing occlusion, enhances the comprehensiveness of the satellite power system testing, and thus has great application and promotion value.


Background: Multifetal gestation is a high-risk pregnancy associated with increased maternal and fetal complications. The rate of multiple pregnancy has dramatically increased during the past decades, along with the diffusion of assisted reproduction technology (ART). The present study aims to investigate maternal and perinatal outcome in multifetal gestation.Methods: The prospective study was carried in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology, B. J. medical college, civil hospital, Ahmedabad from August 2019 to July 2020. All cases of multifetal pregnancy either admitted from antenatal clinics or from labor room as emergency cases were included in the study.Results: Out of total 7786 births during this period, 103 were twin pregnancies and 3 were triplets. The incidence was 1 in 73.5 births. Maternal complications observed were anaemia in 27.3% patients, preterm deliveries in 58% patients, PROM in 20.7% patients, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in 13.2% patients, APH in 1.8% patients and PPH in 4.7% patients. No maternal mortality occurred. Fetal complications like gross congenital anomalies in 6.13% cases, single fetal demise in 8.49%, growth discordance in 7.53%, fetal growth restriction in 5.18% cases and 82% babies were low birth weight. Still birth rate was 8.01% and perinatal mortality rate was 12.3%.Conclusions: Early detection of high-risk cases, timely referral, frequent antenatal visits and early hospitalization with optimum obstetrics care and intensive neonatal care set up are necessary to improve maternal and perinatal outcomes.


Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine work outcomes preferences of Jewish, Muslim and Christian employees. The study attempts to explain the similarities and the differences among the ethno-religious groups.

Design/methodology/approach

The Meaning-of-Work (MOW) questionnaire was conducted on 898 Jews, 215 Muslims and 103 Christians working respondents. The work outcomes were: status and prestige, income, time filling, interpersonal relations, serving society, interest and satisfaction.

Findings

Significant differences were found between the three ethno-religious groups, especially between Jews and Muslims, regarding the preferences of work outcomes and their rankings. The findings can be explained mainly by cultural differences.

Research limitations/implications

There is the unbalanced proportion of Jews, Muslims and Christians in the study.

Practical implications

This study provides a better understanding of the three ethno-religious groups and their valued work outcomes. This knowledge can help in the planning of material and non-material rewards systems and methods suitable to the different ethnic groups. Implementing "Diversity Management" programs in organizations based on the variance among sub-groups can maximize the potential of the organizational human resources.

Originality/value

There are no other studies that compared the work values of Jews, Muslims and Christians, in or out of Israel. This study explores the work outcomes preferences of the three ethno-religious groups in Israel and the causes for those differences.


We consider an overlapping generation model where the consumption
commodity is produced by means of a constant returns to scale technology
that uses both private and public inputs. Congestion is addressed by sharing
the rents of public capital between the private factors (labor and capital). We
analyze what happens to the equilibrium when there is an exogenous increase
in the stock of public capital. The impact of such an increase is decomposed
into three different effects that work through factor prices and the higher level
of taxation required for finance the public investment. One key parameter is
the fraction of the rents created by the public capital that goes to labor.


Spatial analysis of the Mountaineer Block C Folsom tool assemblage is presented to investigate how a dwelling structure may have influenced where prehistoric people decided to work. Although no statistically significant difference in the toolkits from inside and outside contexts was found, patterns of significance were detected among individual tool types, particularly scrapers and projectile points. These tool types were apparently utilized more often in certain locations. We offer comparisons from the ethnographic and ethnohistoric records of modern hunter–gatherer behavior at campsites, and suggest significant differences in tool distribution occurred when activities were dictated by amount of space required and when processing byproducts would have contaminated indoor spaces. An overall lack of difference in indoor/outdoor tool assemblages supports the idea that dwellings did not necessarily determine use of space by prehistoric peoples, and activities and sets of activities were carried out in both indoor and outdoor spaces.


Firms are turning their eye towards social media analytics to get to know what people are really talking about their firm or their product. With the huge amount of buzz being created online about anything and everything social media has become 'the' platform of the day to understand what public on a whole are talking about a particular product and the process of converting all the talking into valuable information is called Sentiment Analysis. Sentiment Analysis is a process of identifying and categorizing a piece of text into positive or negative so as to understand the sentiment of the users. This chapter would take the reader through basic sentiment classifiers like building word clouds, commonality clouds, dendrograms and comparison clouds to advanced algorithms like K Nearest Neighbour, Naïve Biased Algorithm and Support Vector Machine.


Three aetideid copepods collected from the East Sea of Korea are described: Bradyidius angustus (Tanaka, 1957), Gaetanus minutus (Sars, 1907), and Aetideus acutus Farran, 1929. The former two species are new to the Korean copepod fauna. The sequences of cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 were determined to be the molecular characteristics of these three species.


Currently, housing complexes apply ubiquitous technology to various home networks for convenience of residents and are increasingly more interested in activating community facilities. The ubiquitous system of households in a town house has been much developed but less applied to community facilities within a complex. This study examined new programs and learning spaces which advanced technical and environmental factors are incorporated into, with ubiquitous technology applied. Examine ubiquitous services applied to community facilities as residents are more interested in extensive education and larger learning spaces and to consider learning spaces that can support services for teenagers through U-education, U-library, and U-consensus. And quality of learning space and service system which ubiquitous technology applies to, so it could be much easier for teenagers to get learning information and better enjoy a cultural life.


: Intuitionistic fuzzy set theory was introduced by Atanassov as an extension of fuzzy sets [1]. The algebraic structures like groups, rings, modules, etc. were generalized to intuitionistic fuzzy sets by different authors. Some properties of them were studied [4, 9, 11, 14, 15]. In this study, we generalized the action of a group on a set to intuitionistic fuzzy action. We obtained some basic results.


Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) are increasingly adopting machine learning (ML)-based approaches to detect threats in computer networks due to their ability to learn underlying threat patterns/features. However, ML-based models are susceptible to adversarial attacks, attacks wherein slight perturbations of the input features, cause misclassifications. We propose a method that uses active learning and generative adversarial networks to evaluate the threat of adversarial attacks on ML-based IDS. Existing adversarial attack methods require a large amount of training data or assume knowledge of the IDS model itself (e.g., loss function), which may not be possible in real-world settings. Our method overcomes these limitations by demonstrating the ability to compromise an IDS using limited training data and assuming no prior knowledge of the IDS model other than its binary classification (i.e., benign or malicious). Experimental results demonstrate the ability of our proposed model to achieve a 98.86% success rate in bypassing the IDS model using only 25 labeled data points during model training. The knowledge gained by compromising the ML-based IDS, can be integrated into the IDS in order to enhance its robustness against similar ML-based adversarial attacks.


In this paper, we apply the finite element method (FEM) to model and compute the capacitance and inductance per unit length matrices of symmetrical coupled microstrip lines with different dielectric constants and without. We mainly focus on modeling shielded symmetrical coupled microstrip lines and open symmetrical coupled microstrip lines, respectively. Also, we illustrate the meshing and the potential distribution of the transmission lines for the models. We compare some of our results with those obtained by other methods and found them to be in good agreement.


A novel enzymatic method for the determination of calcium ion (Ca2+) is described. The principle of the assay is to determine the degree of activation by Ca2+ present in a given solution of a Ca2+-dependent enzyme, phospholipase D, which is subsequently assessed in terms of the amount of choline produced. For the latter determination, choline oxidase and peroxidase are used in combination, leading to the color production, which can be simply quantified by measuring the increase in absorbance at 500nm with time. The present method is highly Ca2+-specific, accurate, and reproducible, giving results in reasonably good agreement with those obtained by the Ca2+-selective electrode method. The results of the enzymatic method are not influenced by any change in pH of the serum samples that may occur during the storage of these samples.


1. The aim was to clarify the kinetic and cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes involved in l -deprenyl metabolism by liver microsomal preparations from African green monkeys, an animal model extensively used in the study of Parkinson's disease. 2. CYP levels and monoxygenase activities were similar to those observed in microsomes from other monkey strains. The enzyme kinetics of both l -methamphetamine and l -nordeprenyl formation were characterized by a high- and low-affinity component. For l -methamphetamine, the apparent K m 1 and K m 2 were 1.07 ±0.01 and 350 ±2.7 µM, and V max 1 and V max 2 were 4.70 ±0.01 and 8.9 ±0.02 nmol min <1 mg protein <1, respectively. For l -nordeprenyl, K m 1 and K m 2 were 0.96 ±0.05 and 168 ±15 µM, and V max 1 and V max 2 were 3.34 ±0.02 and 3.91 ±0.02 nmol min <1 mg protein <1, respectively The ratio V max / K m for both metabolites was 2 orders of magnitude higher for the low K m component than for the high K m, suggesting that the former component is the major determinant of l -deprenyl N-dealkylation. At 15 µM l -deprenyl, both ketoconazole and 8-methoxypsoralen significantly inhibited l -methamphetamine and l -nordeprenyl formation, indicating that CYP3A and CYP2A enzymes were involved in both reactions. At 500 µM l -deprenyl, however, inhibition studies suggest the involvement of CYP1A and 2D enzymes. 3. The metabolism of l -deprenyl by monkey liver microsomes is very efficient, indicating that CYP-dependent metabolism is relevant and could contribute to neuroprotection in primate models of Parkinson's disease.


The grooveless rolling technology was developed for high speed wire rod at Xinjiang Bayi Iron and Steel Corp.after it was successfully applied for bar.The characteristics,test schemes,parameters design of this technology were specifically described,and its economic benefit was analyzed.


We present results of investigations of the application of a priori information and sparse or limited-view algorithms to simultaneously improve imaging quality and timeresolution in photoacoustic tomography. Modified versions of existing MRI/CT algorithms such as constrained backprojection and keyhole imaging are evaluated as well as a new Wiener estimation methods for extrapolation of missing data from reference data sets. Simulations indicate the effectiveness of the approaches for accurate tracking of dynamic photoacoustic events for data sets with limited views (< 90 degrees) or tomographic views with up to 1/64 of the full data set. We present experimental data of contrast uptake and washout using a 512-element curved transducer with 1:8 electronic multiplexing that demonstrates high-resolution tomographic imaging with a temporal resolution of better than 150 milliseconds using these methods.


The story began on a downtown Brooklyn street corner.An elderly man had collapsed while crossing the street.and an ambulance rushed him to Kings County Hospital.There.when he came to now and again.the man repeatedly called for his son.


For certain physics experiments, deeper is better. Since it opened in 2010, the China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL)—in a hollowed-out cavern along a tunnel in Sichuan province—has been the world9s deepest underground laboratory. Two thousand four hundred meters of rock have shielded its experimental chambers from background radiation that might mask the extremely subtle traces of dark matter, the universe9s postulated missing mass. CJPL9s observational capabilities were limited by its mere 4000-cubic-meter size. It is about to grow to 120,000 cubic meters, making it the world9s second largest underground lab and positioning it to make breakthrough contributions to fundamental investigations into dark matter, neutrinos, and conditions in the early universe.


Abstract Context: Kidney-related pathologies have increasing prevalence rates, produce a considerable financial burden, and are characterized by elevated levels of oxidative stress (OS). Objective: This review examines relationships between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and markers of OS and antioxidant status (AS). Methods: A systematic review of MEDLINE-indexed clinical trials, randomized controlled trials and comparative studies that examined OS and AS was performed. Results and conclusion: Several markers emerged as well-suited indicators of OS and AS in CKD: malondialdehyde, F2-isoprostanes, lipid hydroperoxides, asymmetric dimethylarginine, 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine, protein carbonyls, advanced oxidation protein products and glutathione-related activity.


The reaction of Cd(DF 3 ) 2 .glyme with TlPhCl 2 forms TlPh(CF 3 ) 2 , If TIPh(OAc) 2 is the thallium source, TlPh(CF 3 ) 2 is generated in 2 h; however, the isolated yield is lower because acetate reacts with Cd(CF 3 ) 2 .glyme, resulting in CH 3 COF. The interaction of Cd(CF 3 ) 2 .glyme with Tl(OAc) 3 produces TI(CF 3 ) 2 OAc. The possibility of utilizing (trifluoromethyl) thallium (III) species in oxidative trifluoromethylation reactions was screened by employing several classic low-valent metallic species a substrates


In today's highly competitive and dynamic global business environment with vastly extended supply chains, companies can often be confused by the many logistics options and sources available to them when seeking to implement a highly visible supply chain management (SCM) solution. It is therefore important for a company to know the determinants of logistics function outsourcing. The purpose of this study was to examine the determinants of logistics function outsourcing in Pharmaceutical Companies in Kenya. The study also sought to establish the effect performance metrics, suppliers' competence, supplier-firm relationship and information systems on logistics function outsourcing in Pharmaceutical Companies in Kenya. This research study used a descriptive research design. The target population of this study was all the 231 staff working in supply chain departments in 31 Pharmaceutical Companies in Kenya. This research study used a purposive sampling method to select the head of supply chain departments and their assistants. The sample size of this study was therefore 62 respondents. The study used primary data which was collected by use of questionnaires. Content analysis was used in processing of qualitative data and results was presented in prose form. The quantitative data in this research was analyzed by use descriptive and inferential statistics by use of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Descriptive statistics such as mean, frequency, standard deviation and percentages was used to analyze the data. On the other hand, correlation analysis was used to establish the relationship between the dependent and the independent variables. Data was then presented in tables, charts and graphs. The study established that information system contributed most to logistics function outsourcing followed by suppliers' competence, supplier-firm relationship while performance metrics had the least effect on logistics function outsourcing. To the top management of pharmaceutical companies, this study recommend that they should ensure that their organisations make use of performance metrics, consider suppliers' competence, supplier-firm relationship and information systems before outsourcing logistic functions. To the government of Kenya and policy makers, this study recommends that they should formulate policies on performance metrics standards. Key Words: Logistics, Outsourcing, Dynamic, Global Business


Pingyin county located in the transition zone between the western offshoot of Taishan Mountain and the plain of western Shandong province.It is high in the southern part and low in the northern part.It belongs to the weathered hilly and mountainous region with a shallow cut structure.Karst is well developed in and around the county,which may have certain influence to local living houses and production.In order to find bad effects caused by collapse and other geological hazards,the distribution of underground karst,solution cavity,other bad geological bodies and approximate thickness of the Quaternary system in this area have been investigated by using high density resistivity method.This method can gain a good application effect.


TWO TYPES OF GREEN-LIGHT-TYPE CROSSING PROTECTION USED IN THE STATE OF INDIANA ARE DESCRIBED. THEY HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AT LOW TRAFFIC DENSITY RURAL ROADS, AT CROSSINGS WITH POOR SIGHT DISTANCES AND AT PRIVATE CROSSINGS. IMPROVED ACCIDENT RECORDS HAVE BEEN NOTED AT THESE CROSSINGS. INSTALLATION OF BLINKING-LIGHT SIGNALS IN MISSOURI HAVE LED TO ELIMINATION OF ACCIDENTS AT 4 CROSSINGS . CONFUSION IN THE MEANING OF THESE SIGNS, HOWEVER, HAS BEEN NOTED.


Gas path fault diagnosis involves the effective utilization of condition-based sensor signals along engine gas path to accurately identify engine performance failure. The rapid development of information processing technology has led to the use of multiple-source information fusion for fault diagnostics. Numerous efforts have been paid to develop data-based fusion methods, such as neural networks fusion, while little research has focused on fusion architecture or the fusion of different method kinds. In this paper, a data hierarchical fusion using improved weighted Dempster–Shaffer evidence theory (WDS) is proposed, and the integration of data-based and model-based methods is presented for engine gas-path fault diagnosis. For the purpose of simplifying learning machine typology, a recursive reduced kernel based extreme learning machine (RR-KELM) is developed to produce the fault probability, which is considered as the data-based evidence. Meanwhile, the model-based evidence is achieved using particle filter-fuzzy logic algorithm (PF-FL) by engine health estimation and component fault location in feature level. The outputs of two evidences are integrated using WDS evidence theory in decision level to reach a final recognition decision of gas-path fault pattern. The characteristics and advantages of two evidences are analyzed and used as guidelines for data hierarchical fusion framework. Our goal is that the proposed methodology provides much better performance of gas-path fault diagnosis compared to solely relying on data-based or model-based method. The hierarchical fusion framework is evaluated in terms to fault diagnosis accuracy and robustness through a case study involving fault mode dataset of a turbofan engine that is generated by the general gas turbine simulation. These applications confirm the effectiveness and usefulness of the proposed approach.


The promotion of the quality of service requirements results in the hotel technical skilled personnel requirements will also be improved, and with the modern management mode, personnel training has been greatly changed. This paper starts with the necessity of training technical talents in hotels, and briefly studies the existing problems and how to train technical talents in the modern management mode. In modern society, with people's consumption level rising, the product quality requirements are also rising, but the concept of product quality performance advantage is no longer limited to the product itself, the extension of the value and service have become part of the product quality. Among them, the quality of service has become an important factor in determining the choice of people's consumption. In the background of the increasingly fierce market competition, the hotel service quality is active or passive, and cultivating technical talents has become a pressing matter of the moment for the hotel enterprises. Necessity for Hotels to Train Skilled Personnel No matter what the economic background or political background, personnel are scarce social resources, and talent determines whether an enterprise has the strength and competitiveness, and all the business activities of enterprises and the profit rely on talent and high technology talents to support, so not only the wine shop needs to cultivate technical talents, all enterprises and institutions need to maintain the rapid development of society of cultivating technical talents. Necessity of the development of Education. From the perspective of education, China's Ministry of education as makes professional hotel management a pilot in Colleges and universities in the establishment of hotel management specialty in China was first established in Guangdong University of Business in 2006, and until 2013, a nationwide university hotel management is only 35.[1] It is because of the late start and the relatively slow development, China's colleges and universities in the hotel management professional personnel training mechanism is not fully developed, and the training mode and method is relatively scarce, and the content of the curriculum setting is not reasonable, so the discipline development, it is necessary and urgent to maintain education to adapt the development of the industry with the trend of training technical personnel. Necessary requirements for the development of the industry. Mentioned above from the perspective of education, training technical personnel maintains education to adapt to the development trend of the industry, while from the perspective of the development of the industry, China's hotel industry is the current group, the scale of the development trend, the rapid development of industry is the opposite side. [2]According to incomplete statistics, the increase of average annual demand for talent of the hotel industry is far more than the number of related personnel employment increase. However, the demand for diversified talents in hotels requires the cultivation of diversified technical talents to maintain the normal operation of the hotel enterprises and the sustainable development of enterprises and industries.[3] Necessary requirements of social development. The rapid development of the hotel industry, on the one hand shows the rigid demand of the industry, and on the other hand, it shows the rapid development of the society. The hotel industry needs to understand business, understand the management and high correspondence and industry technical personnel to support the development of the industry, whether it is a part of social development, all belong to the development of education or hotel industry. Therefore, from the perspective of social development, it is also one of 7th International Conference on Mechatronics, Computer and Education Informationization (MCEI 2017) Copyright © 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Advances in Computer Science Research, volume 75


Car sharing, an innovative mobility service complementary to the local public transport, helps, through the sharing of a fleet of cars among users, to reduce individual and social costs of private transport, at the same time avoiding the rigidity of traditional public transport as well. This paper intends to explain the nature and development of car sharing through three key directions: 1) the critical analysis of literature, through which it was possible to identify how car sharing is still not very extensive; 2) the overview of the Italian context; 3) the analysis of car sharing service in detail, through a case study of the experience in the city of Genoa. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the few existing studies on car sharing in an effort to increase academic and managerial attention on this sustainable mobility service.


It is generally admitted that the phenomenon of ultra-narrow reflection on high index contrast binary gratings under plane wave normal incidence is caused by destructive interference in the transmission medium between two grating modes propagating up and down the grating walls and grooves, and reflecting and coupling at the top and bottom boundaries. It is shown here that the hypothesis of normal incidence obscures the complex modal interplay actually occurring in this phenomenon: destructive grating mode interference does take place, but it is more complex than assumed, and it must be completed for an intelligible phenomenology by the basis of modes propagating in the segmented waveguide that the binary grating represents, and diffractively coupled by the latter. This ultra-narrow reflection effect is given a deeper and broader modal representation that explains the nature of concomitant features, and may give way to an insightful generalized coupled mode analysis.


We propose a modified complex lapped transform domain motion estimation (MCLT-ME) algorithm to estimate motion in video sequences. The proposed algorithm is based on phase correlation of the current window region and the corresponding window region, and provides a better performance in motion estimation than CLT-ME, full search and three-step search algorithms.


We presented a report on an appropriate inspection and test method for static control shoes using ithe test procedures described in JIS and EC standards, with the title, "Control of Static Charge on Personnel (Part 1)" at the 5th ESD Symposium of Japan in 1996. The work has continued in this examination of the effect of static dissipative floors for control of static charge on personnel in combination with conductive shoes. It is obvious that both dissipative floor and conductive shoes must be used together to control static charge generation on people. However, much of the industry relies on individual test methods for floors and shoes without considering the performance of the combined materials.