The invention discloses an incision surgical knife which comprises a guide pipe, an elastic element, an operating handle, a first guide wire and a saccule, wherein the guide pipe is in a hollow structure, is provided with a side hole, a groove, a thread eye and a gas injection water injection hole which are sequentially arranged from the front end to the terminal end; the elastic element is embedded in the groove, and the rear end of the elastic element is fixed with the guide pipe; the operating handle is sheathed outside the guide pipe and can slide along a guide pipe shaft; the first guide wire is arranged in the guide pipe, the front end stretches out from a guide wire hole and is fixed with the front end of the elastic element, and the terminal of the first guide wire is fixed with the operating handle; and the saccule is fixed at the top of the guide pipe in a sealing way, and the side hole is arranged in the saccule. The operation incision knife provided by the embodiment of the invention is designed specially for full resection of mucous membrane in minimally invasive surgery, thus full resection on a large-area mucous membrane can be rapidly and effectively carried out in an operation, viscera except the mucous membrane can be effectively avoided, peripheral viscera can not be damaged, surgical risk is reduced, and success rate of a surgery can be improved.


Michael B. Shimkin, M.D. Associate Editor Sir Alexander Haddow, who became director of the Ches ter Beatty Cancer Research Institute in London in 1946, at the age of 39, and retired 20 years later, contributes an invita tional autobiographical essay. He recounts warmly his early student days in Scotland, but touches reservedly upon his long career in cancer. It would have been interesting, for ex ample, to know more about A. J. Murray, director of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, who by 1936 had become "¿ a complete sceptic concerning cancer research.― The im portant contributions of Haddow and his staff to carcinogen esis and to chemotherapy extend over four decades. Haddow himself played a major role in international cancer affairs during the whole period. Among his concluding remarks are that research direction needs a light rein, that good re searchers must be left alone, and that small teams, of up to four, are the most productive. (December) The span of cancer research history is extended by Howard Temin in his Clowes Lecture on the origin of the genes for neoplasia. Temin has been evolving his "¿ protovirus― hypothesis of cancer, which states that genes for neoplastic transformation arise in an organism as a result of misevolu tion of a normal system of DNA to RNA to DNA information transfer. The changes are cumulative and finally result in nu cleic acid sequences producing an infectious virus. The virus then exists apart from the cell and can infect other organisms. The discovery in 1970 by Temin and Mizutani, as well as by Baltimore, of "¿ reverse transcni@tase―was a signal contribu tion to molecular biology that elucidated the mechanism by which RNA viruses can convert their genetic information into DNA. This seems compatible with some aspects of the protovirus hypothesis, yet it is also not contradictory of the other most popular current cancer hypothesis, the Huebner Todaro "¿ oncogene.― Both appear as modern variants and extensions of the old somatic-mutation and virus-infection schemes. The important new dimension is that there are now technics by which the proposals can be tested. (November)


An original design of the CLIC damping ring demonstrates the parameters required for the linear collider together with the highly compact lattice (the circumference of the ring is only about 365 m). However, this design can hardly be implemented in a real machine because of such drawbacks as the lack of space between the magnetic elements to accommodate other accelerator components, serious problems with the evacuation of the high radiation power from damping wigglers and strong gradient of quadrupoles and sextupoles, which can hardly be achieved in the frame of the existing magnet technology. From this point of view this design can be considered as an ideal solution and an aim to be approached. In this paper we explore a possibility to design alternative solutions although with a larger size but with the same performance and with the realistic technical parameters. Geneva, Switzerland June 2010 CLIC – Note – 849


Airborne pathogens have been considered as highly infectious and transmittable between humans. With the pandemic outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an on-site diagnostic system-integrated airborne pathogen-monitoring machine is recommended by experts for preventing and controlling the early stage β-coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spread. In this work, a small-volume rotating microfluidic fluorescence chip-integrated aerosol SARS-CoV-2 sampling system was constructed to satisfy the demand for rapid on-site sample collection and detection of SARS-CoV-2. The rotating microfluidic fluorescence system with small volume has very high sensitivity in the detection of SARS-CoV-2 (detection limit of 10 copies/μL with the shortest Ct value of 15 min), which is comparable to reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The precision variation coefficients within/between batches are very low [coefficient of variation (CV) % ≤ 5.0%]. Our work has passed the comprehensive inspection of the microfluidic chip performance by the Shanghai Medical Device Testing Institute [National Medical Inspection (Design) no. 4408] and successfully tested 115 clinical samples. The integrated system exhibits 100% specificity, high sensitivity (10 copies/μL), and good precision (CV % ≤ 5.0%) in the rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2, thus realizing rapid monitoring and diagnostics of SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid on-site.


approved: Weng-Keen Wong Image classification is a difficult problem, often requiring large training sets to get satisfactory results. However this is a task that humans perform very well, and incorporating user feedback into these learning algorithms could help reduce the dependency on large amounts of labeled training data. This process has already been leveraged in text classification, through the incorporation of labeled features. Labeling features provides a much more informative form of feedback than existing vision feedback systems like active learning and relevance feedback. In this paper, I adapt the Generalized Expectation Criteria to incorporate labeled features into the more complex CRF model used for images. Experiments are performed using oracle selected features as a first step towards showing the potential benefits of this kind of user feedback for image classification. c ©Copyright by Travis Moore November 21, 2013 All Rights Reserved Incorporating Labeled Features into Image Classification using Generalized Expectation


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The developing of the MEMS technology makes it possible of the widely use of mini inertial measurement systems(IMS),which in return promotes the research of the low-cost IMS.This paper introduces a mini IMS which employs DSP TMS320LF2407 as its central processor,including the hardware structure and the software scheme.And the test result from the prototype system was present.Compared with most of the current IMSs,this system features minimized weight and size,reduced power wastage,better extensibility and low cost.


A virus was isolated from soybean plants showing yellow vein symptoms that were collected in a field of an experimental station located in the central part of Thailand in 1982. The virus was a new virus of soybean based on particle morphology, host range, stability in crude sap, and so on. It was designated as "Soybean yellow vein virus" (SYVV). The occurrence and distribution of SYVV disease were limited to a field where soybean was cultivated in rotation with sorghum. Numerous rod-shaped virus particles (about 500-550 nm in length and 15-20 nm in width) were detected in the dip preparations of soybean leaves infected with SYVV. Chenopodium arnaranticolor and C. quinoa showed distrinct chlorotic local lesions on the inoculated leaves. and only soybean was recognized as a systemic infection host of SYVV. Aphis gluycines (0/6()) and Bemisia tabaci (5/50) failed to transmit SYVV. The dilution end point. thermal inactivation point and longevity in vitro of SYVV were, 10-:i _ 10-\ 35-40°C (10 min) and 2-3 hours at 4°C respectively. Attempts to obtain a purified preparation of SYVV were made. After sucrose density gradient centrifugation, the peak fraction identified in the relative absorbance curve with ultra-violet light (254 nm absorbance zone) showed the highest infectivity and also contained numerous rod-shaped particles. Introduction A virus was isolated mechanically from soybean plants showing yellow vein symptoms, that were collected in a field of Phraphutthabat Field Crop experimental Station located in the central part of Thailand in 1982. The occurrence and distribution of SYVV disease were limited to a field where soybean \Vas cultivated in rotation with sorghum. The diseased soybean plants (cultivar SJ5) were collected from the field. The virus was a new virus of soybean based on particle morphology, host range, stability in crude sap, and so on. It was designated as "Soybean yellow vein virus" (SYW). Results of studies on SYVV are presented in this paper. Materials, methods and results The virus was isolated by sap inoculation from naturally infected soybean plants showing yellow vein symptoms, and maintained by sap inoculation or grafting for tests in the laboratory. 1 Symptoms and host range The inoculated soybean plants (cultivar SJ5) showed mottling or slight yellow banding symptoms on the upper leaves at three weeks after inoculation. Later the yellow vein symptoms in the infected plants, were more distinct and associated occasionally with vein necrosis (Fig.I). * ** ** (1) ** (2) Plant Pathologist Tropical Agriculture Research Center. Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan, Tsukuba Science City. Yatabe, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan. Plant Virology Group, Division of Plant Pathology and Microbiology. Department of Agriculture, Thailand. Bangkhen, Bangkok 10900, Thailand. Present address: University of Adelaide. Adelaide, South Australia, 5001 Australia. Present address: Thai Monsanto Chemicals Co. Ltd., Srilom, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500, Thailand. Fig. 1 Symptom on soybean 'SJ5'. Host range tests of SYVV were performed by sap inoculation to 16 plant species of 6 famiiies and back inoculation to Chenopodium arnaranticolor as the local lesion host of SYVV. The ,·irus infected three plant species of two families (Table 1). Chenopodiurn amanmticolor was used as a differential plant of the virus (Fig.2). Only soybean was recognized as a host showing systemic infection in host nrnge tests. The reactions among three soybean cultivars, ·Tsurunoko', 'S]4'. and 'SJ5' were tested by sap inoculation of SYVV. 'Tsurunoko' was found to be the most susceptible soybean culvivar to S'r'VV (24% infection ratio). Table 1 Host range of soybean yellow vein virus


Background:  At present acute appendicitis is leading cause of acute surgical abdomen. Treatment of choice for non-complicated appendicitis is appendicectomy. Delayed presentation of appendicitis cause lump formation in 2-6% case. Traditional treatment of appendicular lump is conservative treatment followed by interval appendicectomy. Our study was done to make a better management plan for lump patients. Methods: In this retrospective study 52 patients having appendicular lump randomly divided in two group, Group 1 conservative treatment followed by interval appendicectomy after 6-8 weeks and group 2 immediate surgery. Highest incidence of appendicular lump was found in age group of 21-30 year. Average hospital stay in group 1 was 12 days as compare to 4 day in group 2. Results:  Immediate surgery in our study suggest better management plan for appendicular lump in term of less hospital stay, less economic burden, no need of readmission in hospital and no major complication. Conclusions:  Early exploration for appendicular lump is preferred option rather than conservative treatment followed by interval appendicectomy.


Kampung chicken or Buras chicken is a type of local chicken that is widely known and kept by people in all corners of Indonesia. With the development of science and technology, the livestock sector has made a major contribution through genetic improvement to produce a new generation which later emerged as kampung chicken livestock. This study specifically analyzed the production performance of kampung chickens using different protein and energy feeds with a research duration of three months from October to December 2022. The study used a completely randomized design (CRD) consisting of 5 treatments and 4 replications. The treatments included: P0 = Feed + 21% protein and EM 3300 kcal, P1 = Feed + 20% protein and EM 3100 kcal, P2 = Feed + 19% protein and EM 2900 kcal, P3 = Feed + 18% protein and EM 2700 kcal , P4 = Feed + 17% protein and EM 2500 kcal. Data analysis using ANOVA and Duncan test. Findings The use of different levels of protein and energy metabolism of feed in kampung chickens has a significant effect on feed consumption, body weight, and feed conversion given


Abstract Objective The present study investigates whether public organic food procurement policies have the potential to induce changes in the school food service environment. Design A comparative cross-national survey was conducted in public primary and/or secondary schools in Finland, Germany and Italy. The school food coordinators completed a web-based questionnaire on their attitudes, intentions and actions towards organic school food provision. Setting In Germany, 122 out of 2050 schools in the state of Hesse responded. In Finland, 250 out of 998 schools across the country responded. In Italy, 215 out of 940 schools from eight provinces responded. Subjects School food coordinators in the sample of schools in the three countries. Results The German and Finnish school food coordinators separately most agreed with the promotion of healthy eating habits (P < 0·001) and organic food (P < 0·001) by schools. The Finnish schools were most likely to adopt a food and nutrition policy (P < 0·001), a health-promoting school policy according to WHO principles (P < 0·001), to have a playground (P < 0·001), to involve physical activity themes in teaching (P = 0·012) and to have a canteen (P < 0·001). The Italian schools were most likely to involve the food and nutrition policy in pedagogical activities (P = 0·004), to serve nutritional school meals (P < 0·001) and to recommend children to eat healthily (P < 0·001). In the three countries, the non-organic schools were less likely to adopt a food and nutrition policy (P < 0·001), a WHO health-promoting policy (P < 0·001) and have a canteen (P = 0·017) than the organic schools. Conclusions The study suggests that there is a gap in the effects of public organic food procurement policy on building a healthier school food environment.


Variance analysis of the data of an orthogonal experiment to study different processing technologies and formulations for the production of natural drinks made from Houttuynia cordata Thunb showed that the optimum formulation was 35% of the clear juice of H cordata, 5% of sucrose, 2.2% of honey, 0.4% of citric acid, 0.3% of potassium citrate and 57.1% of water. In a small-scale production experiment, it was concluded that the optimum stabilizer combination was 0.12% of CMC-Na + 0.10% of sodium alginate.


It is a basically difficult problem to judge the project indicators in physical training. Aiming at the problems of traditional methods being affected by subjective factors and random fuzziness, a physical training method combined with dynamic deep learning is proposed. The new method can realize the dynamic learning of newly increased data, and have fast algorithm execution speed. The method is applied to physical training in order to improve the dynamic deep learning performance and obtain the ideal connection weight, use the free learning algorithm to optimize dynamic deep learning algorithm; finally, extract the weights of all grades from sports students and convert into the indicator information. The experimental results show that the method can accurately reflect the size of physical training indicators and have strong practicability.


With the development of e-commerce, both advertisers and platforms pay more and more attention to the effectiveness of ads recommendation. In recent years, deep learning approaches with a mulit-task learning framework have shown to be effective in such recommendation systems. One main goal of these systems is to estimate the post-click conversion rate(CVR) accurately. However, higher click-through rate(CTR) for a product does not always lead to higher conversion rate(CVR) due to many reasons (e.g. lower rating). In addition, the overall performance of the recommendation system may not be optimal, since the usage of multi-task models (the CTR and CVR tasks) is often sensitive to the relationships of the tasks. In this paper, we propose a deep neural model under the Mixture-of-Experts framework (MoE), call ES-MMOE, in which a sub-network is used to promote samples with high CVR. The model can also be trained with the entire space by taking advantage of the Entire Space Multi-task Model (ESMM) model. Extensive experiments on a large-scale dataset gathered from traffic logs of Taobao's recommender system demonstrate that ES-MMOE outperforms a number of the state-of-the-art models, including ESMM, with a relatively large margin.


Seismic geophysical methods are the most developed methods in exploration geophysics. Although the methods are very costly, they have the highest resolution among geophysical methods. There are two types of seismic methods depending on the refraction or reflection of seismic waves from the interfaces between different subsurface layers: seismic refraction method and seismic reflection method. The methods are widely used in oil and gas exploration as well as engineering applications. In addition, they can be used in mineral exploration.


Sustainable development is dependent on policy learning that should lead to fundamental reframing. Social and technological innovations should emerge and evolve through processes of co-evolution. In most industrialised countries, including the EU, strategies for sustainable development have strongly emphasised the environmental component and rather neglected issues of public finances. The economic crises from 2008 onwards have changed the sustainability agendas in the public sector. This study analyses how the public sector can respond to demands for learning, innovation and balanced economy. Finland is used to provide example of the processes and challenges within the frame of sustainable development strategies. The links to the EU are of particular importance. The conclusion is that to progress sustainable development needs organised processes that provide broad and integrated views of all relevant aspects but also experiments that can challenge existing consensus and that cannot be fully assessed and evaluated in advance.


As the flight of people and industry from the cities was turning into a tidal wave in the early 1970s, urban pundit George Sternlieb told an interviewer bluntly that "the problem of the city is a crisis of function. What actually does the city have to offer to keep people?" he speculated, and then he continued, "The answer today is: very little."1 Ever since the tide had begun to turn against the cities after World War II, how to find a new function, rebuild their economies, and regain the prosperity they once had was the challenge that preoccupied public officials and the business and civic leadership of America's older cities.


IntroductionThe knowledge about the plants has followed the evolution of man through the ages. Primitive civilizations soon realized the existence, alongside the edible plants of other gifted toxicity. In prehistoric man fed up mushrooms, which became part of the diet. The picking and using wild mushrooms in food is a traditional activity in many European countries, their harvesting and confusion with edible mushrooms continues to happen. In Portugal, poisoning by mushrooms are a recurrent occurrence, despite the low incidence. Portuguese population in the collection and consumption of wild mushrooms is usually restricted to rural areas. There are about 5,000 species of mushrooms 52 of which are toxic and may be fatal to humans. Poisoning by mushrooms or micetism, can be life threatening. Of all mushroom poisoning, amatoxins intoxication is extremely important, accounting for over 90% of the fatalities. It is characterized by an asymptomatic incubation period and can have serious consequences such as acute liver failure. Amatoxins intoxication is a recurring problem in the world and the species Amanita Phalloides is the most toxic. The toxic dose is very low, as little as 0.1 mg / kg for adults and can be lethal. Based on previous studies, it is estimated that the mortality from P. Amanita ranges between 10-20%. We can notice the lack of national and international scientific literature about the subject. MetodologyThe analyiss of the processes depending on the code 988.1 (mushroom poisoning) and posterior data treatment with SPSS. Objectivesit was performed a retrospective study on cases of suspected Amanina Phalloides poisoning in the last 20 years (1190-2013) in the General Hospital of Saint Intoxicacao por cogumelos Amanita Palloides no Hospital Geral Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas de Abel Salazar Pagina 4 Anthony, emphasizing symptoms to presentation, time between ingestion and onset of symptoms, the annual distribution , changes the hepatic and renal treatments carried out and the final outcome. Results12 cases were identified, which would be true for only 7 Amanita Phalloides poisoning, although no patient at the research has taken place alpha-amanitin in urine. There was heterogeneity in the sample (from 8 to 73 years), a seasonal pattern with a peak in November (43%). On admission the majority presented a case of nausea, diarrhea and abdominal pain. The elapsed time from ingestion to the onset of each symptom was approximately 13 h (nausea) and 15 hours (diarrhea and abdominal pain). The mortality rate was 0% in this population. Elapsed time from ingestion to onset of diarrhea less than eight hours is a bad prognostic factor; this situation corresponds to the two patients undergoing liver transplantation transplant patients. The developmental profile of prothrombin time (PT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and bilirubin proved important for diagnosis, and the TP an important prognostic factor. The AST and ALT levels tend to rise earlier than bilirubin. In more than half of the sample was given penicillin and acetylcysteine, and silibinin only in 42.9%. Two patients eventually underwent liver transplantation. ConslusionBefore analyzing these results emphasize the importance of the need for more knowledge about the subject and the early identification of poisoning by Amanita Phalloides. Inadequate and late intervention can result in death.


Objective:To evaluate the anxiety and depression status in spouses of patients with breast cancer,and analyze the related factors.Methods:The self-designed questionnaire including self-rating anxiety scale(SAS),self-rating depression scale(SDS),and sociology of population data was used to investigate 110 spouses of breast cancer patients.Results: The incidence of anxiety and depression in patients with breast cancer was 43.36% and 40.9.1% respectively.There was a significant difference comparing with the norm of china(P0.01).The related factors included age,educational level,pay forms,the monthly income of family and tumor stages and so on.Conclusions:The anxiety and depression incidence in spouse of patients with breast cancer is relatively higher.Psychological intervention to spouse should be strengthened in the perioperative period of patients with breast cancer.


Abstract Introduction: Monogenic forms of diabetes are increasingly being identified within the diabetes population. However, many patients live years with an inaccurate diabetes diagnosis before receiving genetic testing. Monogenic Diabetes (MDM) is a heterogeneous form of diabetes caused by a single gene mutation or abnormality. This includes maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY), neonatal diabetes (NDM), and syndromic forms of diabetes, currently affecting approximately 2% of all people with diabetes (1). In some cases, an MDM diagnosis can drastically change a patient's treatment options and increase their health knowledge (2). The self-reported Diabetes Quality of Life Brief Clinical Inventory (Brief DQOL) has been shown to be a useful tool in assessing the impact diabetes has on various aspects of an individual's life (3,4). Administering this survey to participants with a suspected and known MDM may shed light onto potential differences in quality of life between the groups. Objectives: To collect and analyze diabetes-related quality of life information in patients with suspected and known forms of MDM Methods: Subjects with known or suspected MDM were consented for participation in the University of Chicago Monogenic Diabetes Registry (http://monogenicdiabetes.uchicago.edu/our-research/registration) via phone or in-person screenings. Questionnaires were scored using guidelines from the DQL Administrators Manual with DQL scores ranged from 5, indicating the highest quality of life, to 1, indicating the lowest quality of life. Individual average quality of life scores were calculated by averaging scores across all 15 questions. Results: Seventy-four participants completed a Brief DQOL questionnaire at the time of enrollment. Two questionnaires were excluded due to insufficient information, leaving 72 questionnaires eligible for analysis. There was no significant difference (p=0.98) in average DQL score for participants with suspected MDM (n=59, mean: 3.88, std dev: 0.46) and those with a known form of MDM (n=13, mean: 3.87, std dev: 0.46). When comparing average group scores on individual questions such as "How satisfied are you with your current diabetes treatment?" and "How satisfied are you with the time you spend exercising?" there were no statistically significant differences between the groups (range p=0.14, p=0.96). Conclusions: While no significant differences in overall quality of life between those with a suspected and known MDM diagnosis were found for this cohort, a larger study may yield different results. Studies have shown that patients with an MDM diagnosis can experience a change in their diabetes management and autonomy over their health. It is important to capture this change to better advocate for genetic testing coverage and increase MDM information dissemination.


During germination of brown rice,there were a large number of microorganism growths, resulting in food safety risk.The present paper investigates the effect of ultraviolet radiation(UV ) on the bacterial count in germinated brown rice.The germinating brown rice was treated with UV(30 W, 3 min,at a distance of 25 cm) every 6 h,from 24 h to 48 h,resulting in a distinct decrease of bacterial count( 105 cfu/g ),and the germinating rate did not decrease remarkable,the content of GABA slightly increased,and sensory quality improved.


Chevron's new approach to reducing trapped annular pressure uses a water-based spacer fluid that shrinks by 20%, creating room for thermal expansion.


We develop a microscopic approach to nucleation in microemulsions based on density functional theory. Using a simple free energy functional to describe amphiphiles (consisting of fused hydrophilic and hydrophobic spheres) interacting with water molecules, we explore the phase diagram and calculate the free energies of small clusters of amphiphiles. Our calculation reveals the existence of stable micelles and vesicles, as well as the potential critical nuclei (free energy maxima) that occur along pathways to their formation.


The BeleniosVS electronic voting scheme offers an attractive mix of verifiability and privacy properties. Moreover, using the ProVerif protocol-verification tool, BeleniosVS has automatic machine-aided analysis of (end-to-end) verifiability in 96 different threat models with the machine-aided analysis finding proofs in 22 cases and finding attacks in the remaining 74 cases. The high number of threat models covered by ProVerif delivers a much richer security analysis than the norm. We revisit the BeleniosVS scheme and propose several refinements to the ProVerif security model and scheme which increase the number of threat models in which the scheme has verifiability from 22 to 28. Our new ProVerif security model also implies end-to-end verifiability but the requirements are easier to satisfy. Interestingly, in all six improvements, both the changes to the security model and one or more changes to the scheme are necessary to prove verifiability.


The author depicts a join vision of past and present mechanism of protection for the insured person. At the same time, he analyzes new legal institutions such as electronic commerce; non traditional mechanism of distribution; and the social character of insurance law. In addition, the author evaluates insurance financial aspects and the challenges that these represent in the long run.


We study the current-driven kink instability with a three-dimensional MHD spectral code, under conditions appropriate for the convection zone of the Sun. Our goal is to determine whether the kink instability can explain the unusual morphology of certain "δ-spot" active regions. The characteristics of these δ-spots are unusually large tilt upon emergence, subsequent rotation, compactness during their lifetime, magnetic shear that develops along the neutral line of their vertical magnetic field, and unusually high flare activity. We find that highly twisted tubes perturbed with a single unstable kink mode evolve to a new helical equilibrium with finite amplitude. This kink would produce an active region that emerged tilted and then rotated and so is suggestive of δ-spot behavior. It would not, however, produce other characteristics of δ-spots such as compactness and shear. We then investigate the kink instability in tubes perturbed simultaneously with several unstable modes at different wavelengths. These tubes develop a concentrated kink at the point at which the modes interact constructively. We show that such a concentrated kink would first emerge highly tilted, rotate during its subsequent emergence while remaining compact, and develop strong shear along its magnetic neutral line, in agreement with δ-spot observations. In addition we find that very strong concentrated kinks develop a current sheet at which the magnetic field reconnects, causing field lines near the center of the tube to become knotted. This reconnection could be related to the high flare activity of δ-spots.


The coherent excitation of overlapping atomic states by ion projectiles has a strong effect on the angular distribution of Auger electrons. Therefore, the measurement of the angular anisotropy of outgoing Auger electrons is suitable for the quantitative studies of the influence of the coherence. In our experiment the Ne target was bombarded with 700-2000 keV H{sup +} and 2000 keV He{sup +} projectiles. The angular distributions of KL{sub 2,3}-LLL{sub 2,3} Auger electrons emitted from the decay of the coherently excited 1s2p doubly vacancy states of Ne were measured. The anisotropy parameter of the Auger decay was deduced from the measurements and compared with theoretical results calculated using the multiconfiguration Dirac-Fock method. The results indicate that one should go beyond the LS coupling scheme even at this relatively low atomic number element, but also suggest that only partially overlapping states need to be taken into account.


Six concentrations each of KNap and NAA along with a control were tested on cowpea cv. Bari Falon- 2. Results showed that irrespective of treatment differences, dry matter of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) increased during 60 to 105 DAS. Concentrations above 50 ppm NAA increased plant height. The dry matter and yield increased with the increasing of the concentrations of KNap and NAA up to 1250 and 50 ppm, respectively. No significant differences of dry matter accumulation, grain yield and almost all the yield attributes were observed in between 1250 ppm KNap and 50 ppm NAA. The highest values of dry matter/plant (54.52 g), pod length (13.15 cm), number of pods/plant (10.29), number of seeds/pod (10.61), 1000 seed weight (122 g), seed yield/plant (15.51 g), seed yield/ha (1630 kg) and harvest index (37.32 %) were obtained due to application of 1250 ppm KNap. Yield attributes had significantly positive correlation amongst them.   Key words: Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata, Plant height, Dry matter, Yield DOI = 10.3329/bjb.v36i2.1500 Bangladesh J. Bot. 36(2): 127-132, 2007 (December)


Learning emotion embedding from reference audio is a straightforward approach for multi-emotion speech synthesis in encoder-decoder systems. But how to get better emotion embedding and how to inject it into TTS acoustic model more effectively are still under investigation. In this paper, we propose an innovative constraint to help VAE extract emotion embedding with better cluster cohesion. Besides, the obtained emotion embedding is used as query to aggregate latent representations of all encoder layers via attention. Moreover, the queries from encoder layers themselves are also helpful. Experiments prove the proposed methods can enhance the encoding of comprehensive syntactic and semantic information and produce more expressive emotional speech.


— Internet-of-things (IoT) is the significant integration of electronic devices, vehicles, buildings, and other articles to collect, capture and exchange the data. The project proposes an effective system that can be implemented using IoT (Internet of Things) for controlling and monitoring of office and home electronics applications using World Wide Web. The smart office referred to as a wireless automation system that can be supposed to be implemented in existing office area environments, without making any changes in the infrastructure. The proposed system is designed to control and monitor electrical appliances using a smartphone via bluetooth as communication protocol and also raspberry pi as server system. The office monitoring system prototype includes a gateway with user interactions capabilities, this experiment demonstrates that the proposed gateway work efficiently by transmitting and receiving instructions from different protocols, a Graphical User Interface (GUI) allows user to interact with the ambient environment settings.


Fetal lower urinary tract obstruction (LUTO) is a rare congenital anomaly, resulting from obstruction of the urethra. Early-onset, prolonged anhydramnios results in pulmonary hypoplasia (PH) and fetal or neonatal demise. Vesicoamniotic shunt (VAS) placement aims to restore amniotic fluid volume (AFV) and promote lung development1. Urinary ascites (UA), resulting from bladder perforation or rupture, can be a temporary complication, resolving within 2 weeks, though occasionally it may persist, limiting the ability to perform VAS. Peritoneal–amniotic shunt (PAS) may be considered in persistent cases as an alternative to VAS. We sought to assess the outcome of cases affected by LUTO with persistent UA and anhydramnios that were treated with PAS. This was a retrospective cohort study of cases with fetal LUTO and persistent UA requiring intervention at our center between January 2013 and January 2020, approved by the institutional review board (H-37494). All patients with LUTO underwent comprehensive ultrasound evaluation (GE Voluson E8 or E10, GE Healthcare, Zipf, Austria). Severe LUTO was diagnosed in the presence of a distended bladder, hydronephrosis and/or hydroureters and anhydramnios. Renal function was determined by morphological appearance of the kidneys on ultrasound, urine biochemical analysis (sodium, calcium, chloride, osmolarity and beta-2-microglobulin) and bladder refill after vesicocentesis2. Cases with multiple gestation, presence of other major fetal structural abnormality or abnormal karyotype were excluded. PAS was offered in cases with LUTO and persistent (≥ 2 weeks) UA. Ultrasound-guided amnioinfusion followed by insertion of a double pigtail catheter (Rocket (Rocket Medical


The horizontal swimming patterns of groups of Acartia hudsonica were tracked and described using a video-computer system. The patterns were compared in the presence of clones of bioluminescent and nonbioluminescent Protogonyaulax tamarensis. Bioluminescent dinoflagellates increased the number of high-speed swimming bursts by the copepods and thus decreased the amount of slow-speed swimming characteristic of their grazing behavior. With bioluminescent dinoflagellates, swimming paths were less circuitous and swimming speeds higher. This behavior may tend to move copepods away from bioluminescent dinoflagellates in nature. Both changes in swimming behavior should result in reduced grazing by the copepods on bioluminescent dinoflagellates.


Developed and emerging equity and goods markets have become more integrated in the aftermath of the subprime crisis. The effects of a relatively high degree of integration have been largely investigated by the most recent international finance and international business cycle (IBC) literature. Main results are: i) cross-country equity market returns tend to be highly correlated; ii) international equity prices are affected by global rather than local risk factors; iii) business cycles are more correlated across countries; iv) more efficient international risk sharing environment. However, some empirical findings suggest that international stock market prices are still affected by domestic factors and equity and goods markets are still segmented across countries (Bilson et al., 2001; Bekaert et al., 2011; Bacchetta and van Wincoop, 2013, among others). This dissertation (composed by two papers) is aimed at examining the role of different degrees of integration on international equity market prices and crosscountry movements in real and financial flows. In particular, it focuses on the determinants of the equity risk premium across countries and on the international diffusion of shocks in presence of complete markets. The first paper (co-authored with L. Prosperi) studies the role of two important global risk factors (i.e. global liquidity measures) on both developed and emerging stock market prices (i.e. excess returns). The paper focuses on a period characterized by a steep increase in the level of economic and financial integration (i.e. 2000-2010). In a conditional two-factor linear model, we find that i) emerging markets generate higher average unexpected excess returns (i.e. Jensen's alpha) than developed markets (alpha puzzle); ii) global liquidity measures, VIX and Open Interest, statistically affect the market price of risk and the quantity of risk, suggesting that both excess return and risk quantities are time-varying (beta puzzle). On the one side, we show a one period two country-two investor model with asymmetric quadratic costs (i.e. additional investment cost in frontier/emerging


Among the most popular creations of ancient Greece are the little terracotta figurines known generically as "Tanagras"-those figures of young women who nonchalantly enjoy their fans, their sunhats and their own charms. They take their modern name, as is well known, from the small Boeotian town of Tanagra2 where they first came to light in the seventies of the last century. When they reached the Paris market, they took the collectors by storm. Soon the supply of originals ran out and the forgers so zealously undertook to fill the need that they undermined the market. By the beginning of the twentieth century few purchasers had either the purse or the courage to buy Greek figurines and the Tanagras fell into the unsympathetic hands of scholars. With a dangerous past and no credentials, these little figures also alarmed the academic world and only recently have been reconsidered as important documents in the history of taste.


The authors have analyzed general and/or branch and basic strategic industrial developmental features in the Republic of Croatia, and with this made efforts to enable the increase of comprehension of the sustainable development dynamics of the Adriatic coastal region, through three key developmental challenges: conservation of the natural scenery and biodiversity, conservation of cultural heritage and introducing tourist industry. The results of the opinion pool have been presented, carried out among a hundred of key developmental protagonists, from government administration and institutions significant on the national, regional and local level, international financial and developmental institutions, as well as companies, on the subject of financing sustainable development of the coastal, high seas and island region. Along with the identification of present projects and programmes, by which the realisation of the sustainable development postulates at the Adriatic coastal region, high seas and islands, as well as the amount of the annual financial investments is being encouraged, the results of the opinion pool have shown that there is a series of obstacles to financing a sustainable development - institutional, legal, financial, but in the last few years a significant progress in each field of activity has been present. The conclusion is that there is not a unique strategy of the sustainable development of the Adriatic coastal, high seas and island region, by which it could be possible to comprehensively conceive branch developmental challenges and their sustainability, as well as effective planning of financial resources of the future programmes and projects.


The CIM (common information model) is an abstract information model that can be used to model an electrical network and various equipments used on the network. By using a common model, utilities and vendors can reduce their integration costs, which should allow more resources to be applied toward increased functionality for managing and optimizing the electrical system. As a part of smart grid, the SPG (smart power grid) was built on Jeju Island. The SPG consists of IDAS (intelligent distribution automation system), substation automation system, intelligent transmission system, and active telemetrics system. To integrate these systems which have different operating systems and platforms CIM standard was used. But IDAS has many functions and advanced algorithms not defined in CIM. In this paper, the authors introduce how to develop and extend the CIM model for managing the IDAS.


Loop diuretics can be used as an addition to combination antihypertensive therapy only if the patient has chronic kidney failure or chronic heart failure. However torasemide has the properties of antihypertensive drug. The study showed that torasemide as a component of triple combination antihypertensive therapy caused normalization of blood pressure in patients with uncontrolled arterial hypertension without significant decrease in serum potassium level.


Purpose:  To determine the repeatability of an unequal staircase technique (Garcia‐Perez Staircase, GPS) to measure corneal mechanical threshold using the CRCERT‐Belmonte Aesthesiometer, and to compare this with a previously‐reported psychophysical method (Method of Constant Stimuli, MOCS).


Noncontact high-accuracy techniques are very actual in real time in medicine and biology. An analysis of laser light fluctuations may indicate a state of a muscle tissue. In the study spectral characteristics of a dynamic speckle field scattered by skin over a muscle are investigated in detail. Among them: a power of fluctuations, a ratio of spectral amplitudes for two different harmonics, an average frequency of fluctuations, a spectral highwidth, and so on. A variation of these parameters during tonus changing are discussed. The power of fluctuations has the largest dynamic range.


This article briefly describes the development of continuous fiber reinforced metal matrix composite technology.On the basis of the classification for the current continuous fiber reinforced aluminum matrix composites molding process,the basic elementary principles and methods of the advantages of different preparation technologies and problems were also introduced.It mainly introduces the effect of fiber coating and fiber arrangement and dispersion technology in the preparation process about aluminum matrix composites wettability,interface structure and material properties.Further more,the direction of continuous fiber reinforced aluminum matrix composites technology and the key issues of engineering was prospected.


On account of aircraft stealth performance and other factors,the top of an aircraft cockpit is now a metal structure rather than the traditional hatch structure.In the course of ejection,the technology of explosive cutting is used to cut the metal structure into a "hatch",and then the "hatch" is jettisoned to clear the ejection path.This technology is used in B-1B and B2.This paper uses a metal pad to simulate the top of an aircraft cockpit.The relationship between the capacity of the cutting device and the thickness of the metal structure,the effect of shock noise on the crew in the course of cutting,and the damage protection of the crew from the explosive remainder are analyzed and studied by test.The effect of shock noise on the crew in the course of cutting is compared with the requirements of national military standards.This research can provide some groundwork for future engineering application of explosive cutting.


The present study investigates the isolation of microbial strains from oil contaminated areas and real bilge water as well as their ability to biodegrade targeted both hydrocarbons frequently detected in bilge water and bilge water itself. According to the results nine microbial strains were isolated with similarity higher than 99%. Degradation experiments indicated excellent removal of both n-hexadecane and n-dodecane for all the tested concentrations which varied from 89.0 to 99.7%. Regarding real bilge water degradation, a COD removal up to 48.9% was observed. Considering the difficulties arising during bilge water treatment, the obtained data are very promising to utilize isolated native bilge waste microorganisms in treatment processes targeting in their as high as possible effectiveness.


The syntheses of four distinct derivatives of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC), intended for subsequent coupling to proteins and for use as hapten–protein conjugates for the production of anti-THC ...


Rotational mobility of 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl spin probe in blends of high-nitrogen - content cellulose nitrate with polyvinyl butyral is studied in a wide range of temperatures and compositions. Samples were prepared by extrusion, with ethyl alcohol used as a solvent. Cellulose nitrate and polyvinyl butyral form a microheterogeneous structure with modified domains of individual components


This report deals with the reception of asylum seekers in Austria between 2011 and 2019. In the federal Austrian system, competences in the area of reception are divided between the federal governm ...


The Einstein and Rosat observations of X-ray emissions from Jupiter are summarized. Jupiter's soft X-ray emission is observed to originate from the planet's auroral zones, and specifically, from its equatorial region. The processes responsible for these emissions are not established. The brightness distribution of the Jovian X-rays is characterized by the dependence on central meridian longitude and by north-south and morning-afternoon asymmetries. The X-rays observed during the impact of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 are believed to be impact-induced brightenings of the X-ray aurora.


This special issue has explored a range of means of 'generalising' or 're-situating knowledge' through the intensive, dialogical, examination of single cases. The papers elaborate aspects of the methodology of dialogical case studies without asking the traditional question: 'of what is this a case?' In this concluding article, we look across the papers to draw out methodological considerations for dialogical single case studies, comparing how the papers deal with four key dialogically informed methodological concerns: the primacy of self-other interdependencies; dynamics; ethics; and modes of writing. We then turn to the question of generalising, or re-situating, knowledge. Across the papers, three different, but overlapping, approaches to re-situating knowledge are taken, implying alternative possible questions: (i) How does the case participate in epistemic or narrative genres? (ii) How does the case contribute to a genealogy? (iii) In what ways is the case generative? We offer these concepts and questions as methodological prompts for case study researchers to conceptualise their knowledge-making as a dialogical endeavour.


This study was conducted to determine the effect of depreciation on profitability as measured by ROA. Where the object of the research is the Regional Water Company Lebak. Condition of Lebak PDAM is still included in the unfavorable conditions in which the company has not been able to fulfill all obligations of operating expenses. The level of profitability is still very low, One of the factors that influence these conditions is the depreciation expense increased significantly. In this study the authors used the calculation of ROA (Return On Assets) to measure the level of profitability. This was done to see the extent to which the effectiveness of the company's fixed assets existing receipts in generating profits as much as possible. Based on the results of that there is the influence of the depreciation of the profitability ratio on the Regional Water Company (PDAM) Kabuten Lebak, where variable X is calculated based on the proportion of the burden deprasiasi and Y is calculated using the ratio of ROA. that is equal to 69.22% and 30.78% are influenced by other factors.


women of constant sorrow, lonely pilgrims whose hopes of a heavenly reward are tempered by the most severe doubts about their own worthiness" (141). Their withdrawal from the warmth of Baptist fellowship and their unyielding defense of fivepoint Calvinism also made them an easy target for cultural stereotyping. Missionary Baptists regarded— and much of American society still regards— Hardshell Baptists as ignorant, impoverished, or worse. They are a veritable collection plate for the biases of those would-be "sophisticates." Guthman is on somewhat less steady ground in his discussion of the African American– founded and – led National Primitive Baptist Convention of Amer i ca, whom he characterizes as unique guardians of West African religious traditions that were carried by the slaves who converted to Chris tianity. Africaninfluenced praxis can be found in nearly all black Protestant denominations. The book concludes with a flawed chapter arguing that the "high lonesome" sound of Appalachian roots musicians, such as Roscoe Holcomb and Ralph Stanley, has preserved the Primitive Baptist ethos and reintroduced it to wider American culture. Unfortunately, Guthman undermines his own argument. Holcomb is a problematic representative of the Primitive Baptists; although he was raised Old Regular Baptist (a close cousin to the Primitives), as an adult he joined a Holiness church, whose theological ancestors are the Arminianinfluenced Methodists. The case of Ralph Stanley almost fits Guthman's model. Stanley is a lifelong "No Heller," a member of the six hundred or so Primitive Baptist Universalist group that broke away from the Primitive Baptists, yet shares its basic precepts. But then, the author describes Stanley's music as "a repre sen ta tion. It is a fantasy, an imagining, of an OldTime Baptist meeting house. . . . It recalls an entire history of Calvinistinspired Protestant dissent" (140–41). That argument seems too much of a burden for even an American icon like Ralph Stanley to shoulder. Jane Donovan West Virginia University


Introduction: Smoking kills more than 8 million people each year worldwide. The rate of morbidity from illnesses linked to smoking is increasing steadily. The adverse effects of smoking on oral health are well documented. The ability of medical and dental students to assist people in quitting smoking is crucial. Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate smoking habits, the level of knowledge and attitudes of medical and dental students towards smoking, as well as the role of dental professionals in prevention of smoking. Methodology: A cross-sectional study, including 150 medical and dental students from the Khyber Medical University, housing officers and dentists from the Hayatabad Medical Complex and Peshawar Dental College, was conducted and data was collected by a pre-designed questionnaire. The questionnaire asked about the patient's smoking and quitting habits, their medical and dentists' experiences with smoking cessation and their readiness to follow dentists' recommendations for quitting. Results: Most of the participants were medical students (81/150) and males (99/150). Majority of them were from 18-30 years old.


To analyze and sum up the high risk factors of multiple pregnant perinatal fetuses' death. Methods: 285 cases of multiple pregnant perinatal fetuses from Jan. 1986 to Mar. 2003 were collected to summarize the main perinatal complications and prognosis. The complications of 2 453 cases of single pregnant fetuses from 1993 to 2002 were control group. The correlated factors of multiple pregnant perinatal fetuses' death were analyzed. Results: ①The common complications of multiple pregnancy were: Premature delivery, premature rupture of caul, pregnancy induced hypertension and anemia. Comparing the control group, there were significant difference (P0. 01); ②The mortality of multiple pregnant perinatal fetuses was 58. 6‰(34/580) and higher than that of control group. The fetuses' death and neonate' death were 50.0% respectively. There were 4 cases with deadly abnormality, 3 cases with transfusion syndrome and 10 cases with uncertain causes in the dead perinatal fetuses. There were 2 cases with deadly abnormality, 15 cases with premature delivery and 31. 5 weeks of average pregnancy. The main causes for infants' death were: premature combined with pulmonary hemorrhage, neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS),infection and heart failure. Except abnormality, perinatal fetuses' weight had close relationship with death of perinatal fetuses. There were not significant difference of complications. but significant difference of perinatal fetuses' mortality (P0.05) between routine antenatal examination group and ruleless antenatal examination group. Conclusion: Multiple pregnant perinatal fetuses' complications was more than that of single pregnancy, premature delivery was the main influential factor of multiple pregnant perinatal fetuses. Strengthening antenatal healthcare had great significance in prolonging gestation, increasing fetuses' weight. decreasing neonatal complications to reduce the mortality.


Multibody simulations of pedestrian impact scenarios as well as pedestrian accident reconstructions have been used and improved through the years to enhance the pedestrian protection (Lestrelin 1980, Wismans 1982 to Van Hoof 2003, Yao 2005). In these years, pedestrian multibody models have been developed and validated extensively but there has not been a uniform approach to the pedestrian-vehicle contact interactions. In general, the reference values used for the stiffnesses of the impacted cars were individually obtained for each car through testing (Mizuno 2000) or through FEM simulations (Van Rooij 2003). This paper aims to define and supply to the research community appropriate and wide test based estimates on the stiffnesses of the European vehicles front parts for pedestrian simulations through the development of a set of stiffness corridors based on the pedestrian subsystem tests from European New Car Assessment Program (EuroNCAP) Based on the 425 tests that EuroNCAP has made available for APROSYS SP3 sub-project, this paper defines procedures to derive the vehicle stiffness out of these pedestrian tests. Moreover, these methodologies are applied extensively to these 425 tests to build a set of stiffness corridors for the different vehicle front parts areas. Finally, some guidelines are included in the paper to use appropriately the obtained corridors to simulate properly the different current European vehicles.


2013 N-Alkyl-N-(3-carboxypropyl)nitrosamines are known to selectively induce urinary bladder tumor in rats and mice. To detect DNA damage by N-alkyl-N-(3-carboxypropyl)-nitrosamines, we evaluated their mutagenicity using the Ames assay in S.typhimurium and E.coli under oxidative conditions of chemical model for cytochrome P450. The activation system consisted of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(1-methylpyridinium-4-yl)porphyrinatoiron(III) pentachloride (4-MPy) plus an oxidant. The N-alkyl-N-(3-carboxypropyl)-nitrosamines; N-methyl-N-(3-carboxypropyl)nitrosamine (MCPN), N-ethyl-N-(3-carboxypropyl)nitrosamine (ECPN), N-propyl-N-(3-carboxypropyl)nitrosamine (PCPN),N-butyl-N-(3-carboxypropyl)nitrosamine (BCPN), were treated with 4-MPy andt-BuOOH in acetonitrile for 30 min at room temperature, the reaction mixture was extracted with dichloromethane, and the organic phase was assayed for their mutagenicity inSalmonellatyphimuriumTA1535 and Escherichia coli WP2 uvrA. The dichloromethane extract derived from the reaction mixture of MCPN, ECPN, PCPN or BCPN with 4-MPy plust-BuOOH was mutagenic in both of the strains, indicating that N-alkyl-N-(3-carboxy-propyl)nitrosamines were oxidized to direct-acting mutagens by the 4-MPy plus t-BuOOH. The mutagenicity of oxidized BCPN extract in S. typhimurium YG7108 was higher than that in S. typhimurium TA1535, suggesting that the mutagenicity derived from BCPN was due to DNA alkylation. Furthermore, the DNA seemed to be butylated, not 3-carboxypropylated, exerting the mutagenicity of BCPN in the presence of 4-MPy and


This paper deals with the notion of desire in L?vinas? philosophy, with
 special attention to the question of its metaphysical character. By relying
 upon the early works of L?vinas as well, the author deconstructs the notion
 of desire by pointing at its contradictory relationship to the concept of
 needs. Attention is devoted to certain phenomenological interpretations
 (Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Michel Henry) and to the dialectical
 understanding of desire (Hegel) that enables us to seize the specificity of
 L?vinas? viewpoint. At the end of the paper the author discusses the
 possibility of an ethics of responsive desire within the phenomenology of
 alterity.


Introduction Contributors African American Literature in a Multicultural Society Reader's Advisory Services by Connie Van Fleet Trends in African American Publishing by Alma Dawson Collection Development by Alma Dawson African American Literature Crime and Detective Fiction by Connie Van Fleet Frontier Literature by Jackie Jones Historical Fiction by Ola Riley Inspirational Literature by Melanie Simms Life Stories by Connie Van Fleet Mainstream Fiction by Karen Antell Romance Fiction by Dana Watson Speculative Fiction by Kari Moore Resources Reference Lists Indexes


This paper is devoted to the identification of parameters which influence the emergence of failures in the production process in industrial production. The selected assembly line is semi-automatic, which means that an entrusted operator is required to operate some workplaces and other operations work automatically. During running the processes of the assembly line, various types of failures occur. These failures can be divided into six groups according to the severity of the impact of their occurrence on the operation of the assembly line. In the data files, which we work with, files are containing records of the occurrence of these failures. There are types of failure records that require immediate line stops up to type of records indicating only alarms and warnings. Therefore, it is convenient to be able to predict in advance the emergence of the failures in the running process. In the production process, there are also failures, which occurs more often and therefore need more attention. The results of our article were compiled on the basis of reference data provided from the selected assembly line, which represented the assembly of the rear axle wheel unit line. The work is focused on the analysis of real data from the production process, which, in contrast to the data obtained through the simulation model, capture the real state of production. From the obtained results it is possible to predict the emergence of accuracy of outstanding failures. Besides that, it is able to predict the accuracy of each concreate failure. As an illustration example, we choose one failure, which occurs most often and predicted its emerging in the specific day time. On the data analysis and failure detection, we used several methods, but in this article, we would like to devote to the deep drill-down analysis and present the results from this concreate method.


With the successful application of general total station in measuring without prism,four monitoring projects including vault crown settlement,periphery displacement,surface subsidence of shallow hole section and clearance of excavation section are implemented by high-precision total station.Combined with the practical examples,diversified application of general total station in measuring without prism is expounded during tunnel information construction.


That the British Medical Association calls on all practil ion2rs to refrain from applying for or accepting, any p( s. or office of any kind in connexion with the National Insuranice Act (except in regard to sanatorium beniefit provided this is carried on in accordance with the wishes of tlle Association) until such time as the Government has satisfied the Association that its demands will be niet. SANATORIUM BENEFIT. The State Sickness Insurance Committee also directs -attention to the following resolution adopted by the Annual Representative Meeting, I9I2: That, with reference to the foregoing re3olution, before any practitioner undertakes anv work in coniiexion wvith the sanatorium benefits of the Act, the condlitions and dluties of suclh apointment* shall be sublmitted to the Council for its approval. "Appointm-ient " means any professional work.


We demonstrate a simple and compact, all-fiber thulium-based CPA system, delivering 136 fs pulses with ~6 nJ energy at 50.8 MHz pulse repetition rate.


The reactions of LnCl3
(Ln = lanthanide cations), L- or D-tartaric acid and molybdate in acidified aqueous solutions gave rise to the enantiopure left- or right-handed double helical coordination metal compounds, {A[Mo2VIO4LnIII(H2O)6(C4H2O6)2]·4H2O}n
(Ln = Sm, Eu, Gd, Ho, Yb, Y; C4H2O6
=
L- or D-tartaric acid; A = NH4 or H3O; MoLn represent all complexes), which have been characterized by single X-ray crystal structure analyses, IR, FT-Raman, TGA, XRPD, electric conductivity, EPR and magnetic susceptibility studies. The TGA and XRPD studies for compound MoGd suggest that the backbone is "collapsed" with the removement of aqua ligands and crystallization water molecules. However, it is easily reverted to the original compound after being immersed in water, as confirmed by similar XRPD patterns. The electric conductivity studies for these compounds reveal they are semiconductors. As aforementioned, the conductivity behaviors for the dry sample and reversed sample of MoGd are also very similar, in line with the XPRD results. Study of the magnetic susceptibilities reveal that the magnetic behaviors for MoGd, MoDy, MoHo and MoYb obey the Curie–Weiss law.


This chapter highlights the importance of financial education, its link with financial decision-making process, comparative status of different countries, and efforts to improve current situation. Unfortunately, there is no standard definition for neither financial education nor measures to quantify it. Therefore, this chapter first aims to provide a comprehensive definition in order to explain how financial knowledge affects the decision-making process. Then, financial literacy measures from previous studies over different countries would be discussed to show financial illiteracy problem is global. Lastly, solutions and recommendations would be discussed at three different levels: younger people, individuals, and national strategies.


The present invention provides a symmetric plasma processing chamber. Embodiment of the present invention allows embodiments provide extremely symmetrical electrical, thermal conduction chamber design and gas through the chamber. By providing such a symmetrical form having an improved uniformity over the surface of the substrate in the chamber of a plasma naturally disposed in the processing region of the chamber. The improved symmetry and of other additional chamber (and the ability of the gap between the gas inlet and the substrate to be treated such as to provide between the upper and lower electrodes manipulation) compared to traditional systems allows uniform plasma processing and better control.


The upgrade of CP systems adopted in Gui-Guang Ⅱ HVDC project is presented,comparing to Gui-Guang Ⅰ HVDC project.Pole control,station control and DC protect systems are expatiated.The hardware project used in Gui-Guang Ⅰ is realized with the high speed digital multi-microprocessor system SIMADYN D and SIMATIC S5 of SIEMENS,the design is almost same,only hard circuit between cubicles is improved for maintenance.In software project,the SIMADYN D system is configured with STRUC G,which is a graphical editor and suitable for configuration,diagnosis and documentation.The software of SIMATIC S5 system is written in the STEP5 programming language,which is specially designed for control tasks,and for the 6MD66 bay control units the software DIGSI is used.Some control functions are added for avoiding bugs which are discovered during operation of Gui-Guang Ⅰ HVDC project.


A hard‐particle model is introduced. For this model it is possible to calculate the thermodynamic limit of both the pressure and the entropy at high (solid‐phase) densities. The model embodies both the simplicity associated with a nearest‐neighbor lattice‐gas interaction, and the realism of a continuous configuration space.The volume of the system is divided into V cells, with particles in nearest‐neighbor cells interacting as hard parallel squares (cubes, in the three‐dimensional case). When written in terms of the cell occupation numbers the configurational integral for this system bears a superficial resemblance to a lattice‐gas partition function. It is possible to calculate the maximum term in the lattice‐gas partition function explicitly. This makes it possible to establish tight bounds on the continuum configurational integral; these bounds show that the free‐volume form of the pressure and the entropy is exact at high density.At close packing, where the upper and lower bounds coincide, the absolut...


One of the most important difficulties in using neural networks for a real-world problem is the issue of model complexity, and how affects the generalization performance. We present a new algorithm based on multiple comparison methods for finding low complexity neural networks with high generalization capability.


The theory of optical holography and Fourier optics have been applied to the-analysis of diffraction images and interference fields in testing aspheric surfaces with Computer Generated Hologram (CGH). A new viewpoint which considered the null interference to be an indefinite range field in the testing set-up is proposed. The experimental results support above conclusion.


Reported here are preliminary results of a study undertaken for the KALIPER project. Respondents from the participating schools described their experiences of curriculum change, including the sources of pressure to initiate change, the nature of the change process, and the outcomes. The findings suggest that, although there are some common pressures affecting all the schools, curricula have evolved in a variety of ways in different settings. Factors influencing the schools include, among other things, the image of library and information science (LIS) on campus, the multidisciplinary nature of information as an intellectual domain, the variety of backgrounds of faculty members, competition to control the educational turf within the domain of information, and the role of the library profession vis-a-vis other fields within the domain.


The Renaissance is brilliant feat of the intellect of human,while it also inherits some obsolete thought of the Middle Age.From the analysis of the view on the property in the course of the Renaissance and of its relationship with the Middle Age,we can conclude that the humanists opposed the asceticism of the Middle Age,at the same time,they were affected by the dogma of the Middle Age.Therefore,the conflict between the view of the property of the Middle Age and the Renaissance arose.And,it shows the inheritance of the Middle Age and the Renaissance.


Let M and N be connected Hermitian manifolds of dimensions m and n with Hermitian metrics hM and hN, respectively. Then the space ℓ(M, N) of continuous mappings between M and N endowed with the compact-open topology is second countable so that a metric can be furnished in ℓ(M, N) which induces the compact-open topology. A sequence {fn} in ℓ(M, N) converges to a n f in ℓ(M, N) in this topology if and only if fn converges to f uniformly on compact subsets of M. It is then an easy consequence of the Cauchy integral formula to show that the space ℋ(M, N) of holomorphic mappings f:M → N is a closed subspace of ℓ(M, N). In this paper, generalizing the classical notions of normal functions, Bloch functions, regular sequences and P-point sequences of one complex variable to the mappings in ℋ(M, N), see also [25], we obtain various relations which exist between these notions.


In the present work, we have experimentally investigated the stability and hysteresis behaviors of CuO-water nanofluid when submitted to a repeated heating and cooling process. Data has shown that for a low particle volume concentration, 1.6% in particular, the hysteresis phenomenon did not occur for the temperature range considered. For a higher particle concentration, 5% in particular, the hysteresis behaviour was clearly observed when fluid temperature exceeded 52°C approximately. Beyond this critical temperature, the nanofluid viscosity has increased, and such an increase even continued with a decrease of temperature during the cooling phase. Subsequent measured viscosity and observations in laboratory after the first occurrence of the hysteresis phenomenon have confirmed that the alterations on the particle suspension and on the nanofluid stability appear indeed permanent. Such alterations were found to worsen with further heating/cooling cycles.


It is shown from model atmosphere calculations that cool, hydrogen-rich degenerate stars may readily be confused spectroscopically with subdwarfs. Many faint, cool, high-proper-motion stars currently classified as subdwarfs may thus turn out to be cool degenerates. Empirical studies of white-dwarf cooling times which do not take this into account may be in serious error. (AIP)


Aims To report progress among Parties to the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in developing tobacco dependence treatment systems in accordance with FCTC Article 14 and the Article 14 guidelines recommendations. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Electronic survey from December 2011 to August 2012. Participants One hundred and sixty-three of the 174 Parties to the FCTC at the time of our survey. Measurements The 51-item questionnaire contained 21 items specifically on treatment systems. Questions covered the availability of basic treatment infrastructure and national cessation support systems. Findings We received responses from 121 (73%) of the 166 countries surveyed. Fewer than half of the countries had national treatment guidelines (n = 53, 44%), a government official responsible for tobacco dependence treatment (n = 49, 41%), an official national treatment strategy (n = 53, 44%) or provided tobacco cessation support for health workers (n = 55, 46%). More than half encouraged brief advice in existing health care services (n = 68, 56%), while only 44 (36%) had quitlines and only 20 (17%) had a network of treatment support covering the whole country. Low- and middle-income countries had less tobacco dependence treatment provision than high-income countries. Conclusion Most countries, especially low- and middle-income countries, have not yet implemented the recommendations of FCTC Article 14 or the FCTC Article 14 guidelines.


"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there." (1) Certainly judges and lawyers did many things differently in 1975, the year of the first National Conference on Appellate Justice. They carried out legal research by poring over digests and reporters, not by scrolling down a screen and following a hyperlink. They dictated briefs and opinions for their secretaries to type rather than drafting their work on personal computers. They communicated by letter and telephone, not email. They waited days or even weeks before they could read a new Supreme Court decision. And when attending a conference, they had to stand in line at a pay phone to call their offices. The political and societal setting was also different. Richard Nixon had recently resigned as President in the wake of the Watergate scandals. With the signing of the Helsinki accords, Communist regimes in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe seemed more firmly entrenched than ever. Only fifteen percent of the newly graduated law students were women. CNN and Fox News did not exist, and talk radio was in its infancy. One thing that has not changed since 1975 is the function of appellate courts. Today, as in the past, that function is twofold: to correct error or unfairness in the work of subordinate tribunals and to publish opinions that will serve as precedents for the decision of future cases. How have the changes in technology, society, and politics affected the way in which appellate courts carry out the tasks of review for error and lawmaking? That is one of the questions that led four prominent legal organizations to sponsor the 2005 National Conference on Appellate Justice. (2) An important part of the Conference was the breakout sessions in which small groups of judges and lawyers discussed specific issues about the operation of the appellate system. Each group had a discussion leader--a distinguished judge or an experienced appellate lawyer--who was primed to pose questions to the participants to elicit their own perceptions. Each group also had a Reporter--a prominent academic--who was prepared to report the responses. (3) The reports were submitted (some with remarkable promptness!), and they fill a very large three-ring binder. In this Conference Report, I present a summary and synthesis of the main points that emerged from the discussions. (4) To set the stage, I will say a few words about the planning and organization of the 2005 Conference, with emphasis on what might be called (in Hollywood fashion) the 1975 prequel. I. A TALE OF TWO CONFERENCES The first National Conference on Appellate Justice was organized by a group called the Advisory Council for Appellate Justice. The Advisory Council was an ad hoc group composed of some of the most eminent figures on the appellate scene. Most of its members were lawyers and judges (state and federal), not academics. What prompted the 1975 Conference was a widely held belief that the nation's appellate courts--and particularly the federal appellate courts--had reached a state of crisis. There is ample evidence of this perception. The leading academic study at that time, published in 1974 and distributed to participants in the 1975 Conference for background reading, had the title Appellate Courts: Staff and Process in the Crisis of Volume. The author was Professor Daniel J. Meador, already one of the foremost scholars of appellate systems. The foreword was written by Justice Louis Burke, a member of the California Supreme Court and president of the National Center for State Courts. Justice Burke referred to "the present serious crisis in this country's appellate courts." (5) As other Conference materials make clear, this assessment actually rested on two complementary concerns. One is captured by the title of Professor Meador's book: the crisis was a crisis of volume, and the concern centered on the effect of volume on the process of deciding appeals. …


Abstract Following the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic, the restrictions imposed by the Member States (MSs) of the European Union (EU) led the tourism and commercial air transport industry to face serious financial difficulties that required airlines to apply for state support. In March 2020, the European Commission adopted a State Aid Temporary Framework (TF) for the COVID-19 period to simplify the process of granting aid, allowing the MSs rapid economic interventions. Claims regarding the approval of State aid to certain airlines reached the EU General Court (EGC), on the grounds of violation of the fair competition principle. It became clear that the processes enabled by the TF dispensed unequal treatment to airline companies and that the flexibility of the TF created competition imbalances. In spite of these events, little attention has been given to the way its application ignores the requirements of EU State aid control and other procedural justice and fairness principles, by failing to ensure neutrality and equality. This article addresses the matter using a standard legal interpretive approach to explain the imbalances created by the regulation. It presents a systematic review of the current regime, identifies the TF inefficiencies affecting competition principles, and argues for specific adjustments that could enhance its transparency. These contributions are useful to improve the existing framework and help prepare for a better management of future crises.


This paper presents several designs of vehicle-installed antennas suitable for GSM-DCS-UMTS mobile telephone applications. One requirement is for a good impedance match across the bands, 7% at 925 MHz (890-960 MHz), 10% at 1800 MHz (1710-1880 MHz) and 12.5% at UMTS (1920-2175 MHz) and this presents considerable difficulties for many antenna structures. In each case the antennas are fed by a single coaxial feeder unlike many other designs previously reported which have separate feed points for each band. All the above types must meet certain radiation characteristics. The most important are omnidirectional azimuth coverage, high efficiency and high bandwidth. All the above antennas are very sensitive to external conditions (human body proximity, weather) and dependent on the mounting area (in-car, rooftop).


Aiming at the forming speed of sheet metal, this paper discusses the influence of technological parameters on the quality of the rocket frame. Using 3D software SolidWorks to establish the geometric model of the plate and the upper and lower rolls required in the cold roll forming process, and introduced it into the finite element analysis software ANSYS/LS-DYNA to analyze the change of stress and strain of the plate during the forming process. By comparing the stress-strain nephograms of sheet metal at different forming speeds, it can be seen that with the increasing of forming speed, the maximum Mises stress of the sheet is gradually increasing, and the maximum stain of the sheet is gradually decreasing. Introduction During the cold roll forming process, the selection of process parameters plays a crucial role in the molding quality of the final product [1,2]. The deformation and stress of the sheet during the cold roll forming process are very complicated and belong to the nonlinear deformation process [3,4]. At present, many domestic enterprises are relying on experience in the cold roll forming processes. Before actual production, a large number of experiments are often performed, which will generate a large amount of waste products, increase production costs, and waste resources. Aiming at this phenomenon, this paper uses the LS-DYNA analysis module of the finite element analysis software ANSYS to investigate the influence of process parameters on the quality of the frame of the rocket frame by taking the forming speed, forming angle and thickness of the sheet as examples. The Rocket Frame and Roll Parameters In this paper, the simulation analysis of the cold roll forming process of the rocket frame is carried out. Figure 1 is a specification of the rocket frame. Figure 1. Parameters of the rocket frame The material of the rocket frame is 7A09, which is a hard aluminum alloy with a tensile strength of 490 MPa, a yield strength of 370 MPa [5], and the roll material is Cr12MoV. Table 1 and table 2 are their specific parameters. International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Big Data Analysis (MSBDA 2019) Copyright © 2019, 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 91


Abstract : It is the purpose of the paper to show that, under the assumptions usually made in economic literature, the determination of a preference scale relating to many commodities can always be accomplished by means of comparisons involving the variation of only two commodities at a time.


At central excitatory synapses, the transient elevation of intracellular calcium reduces N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor activity. Such 'calcium-dependent inactivation' is mediated by interactions of calcium/calmodulin and -actinin with the C terminus of NMDA receptor 1 (NR1) subunit. However, inactivation is also NR2-subunit specific, because it occurs in NR2Abut not NR2Ccontaining receptors. We examined the molecular basis for NR2subunit specificity using chimeric and mutated NMDA receptor subunits expressed in HEK293 cells. We report that the intracellular loop immediately distal to the pore-forming P-loop M2 (M2–3 loop), as well as a short region in the C terminus, are involved in NR2-subunit specificity. Within the M2–3 loop, substitution of residue 619 in NR2A (valine) for the corresponding NR2C residue (isoleucine) reduced inactivation without affecting calcium permeability of the channel. In contrast, a Q620E mutation in NR2A reduced the relative calcium permeability without altering inactivation. Mutation of three serine/threonine residues in the M2–3 loop also reduced inactivation, as did substitution of the intracellular C terminus of NR2A for NR2C. We speculate that the M2–3 loop of NR2 modulates calcium-dependent inactivation by interacting with the NR1 C terminus, a region known to be essential for inactivation. NMDA receptors are heteromers of NMDA receptor 1 (NR1), NR2, and, in some cases, NR3 subunits. Several characteristics of native NMDA channels, including magnesium sensitivity, glycine affinity, and desensitization, depend on both NR1 and NR2 (for review see McBain and Mayer, 1994; Dingledine et al., 1999). The molecular mechanisms responsible for NR2-subunit specific differences in receptor function are complex and not well characterized. For example, block by magnesium ions is largely determined by residues in the NR2 pore domain (M2) (Burnashev et al., 1992; Mori et al., 1992; Sakurada et al., 1993; Williams et al., 1998; Wollmuth et al., 1998), but regions outside of M2 are modulatory (Kuner and Schoepfer, 1996). Likewise, calcium-dependent inactivation (Legendre et al., 1993; Rosenmund and Westbrook, 1993) also depends on NR1 and NR2. Whereas the interactions of two intracellular proteins, calcium/calmodulin (Ehlers et al., 1996) and -actinin (Wyszynski et al., 1997), with the C-terminal region of NR1 are necessary for inactivation (Zhang et al., 1998; Krupp et al., 1999), the coexpressed NR2 subunit is permissive (Krupp et al., 1996). This effect of the NR2-subunit is not caused by the small differences in the calcium permeability between the different NR1/ NR2 heteromers (Krupp et al., 1996), suggesting that domains within NR2 influence inactivation. To determine domains in NR2 that influence inactivation, we expressed NR1/NR2 heteromers in HEK293 cells. We found that the valine residue at position 619 in the M2–3 loop of NR2A is critical for NR2 subunit specificity. A point mutation that switched this residue in NR2A (valine) for NR2C (isoleucine) reduced inactivation without affecting calcium permeability. Mutagenesis of serine/threonine residues in the M2–3 loop of NR2 also affected inactivation. In addition, the proximal portion of the intracellular NR2 C terminus had a small modulatory effect. Materials and Methods Molecular Biology. The following NMDA subunit cDNAs were used: NR1–1a (GenBank accession number U08261), NR1–4a (GenBank accession number U08267) (Hollmann et al., 1993), NR2A (GenBank accession number D13211), and NR2C (GenBank accession number D13212) (Ishii et al., 1993). Most NR2A/2C chimeras have been described previously (Krupp et al., 1998), except for 2C 2 i A (NR2CM1–I630AQ620–V1464), 2C2 iiA (NR2CM1–E631AN621–V1464), and 2C3A (NR2CM1–L643AV633–V1464). Chimeras and mutants were generated using the strategy of gene splicing by overlap extension polymerase chain reaction (Horten et al., 1989) using Pfu polymerase (Stratagene, La Jolla, CA). All NMDA subunit cDNAs and chimeras This work was supported by National Institutes of Health grants MH46613 (G.L.W.), NS28709 (S.F.H.), the McKnight Foundation (S.F.H.), the John Adler Foundation (S.F.H.), fellowships from the Human Frontiers program (J.J.K. and B.V.), a Bundy Foundation award (B.V.) and a CJ Martin NHMRC of Australia award (B.V.). B.V. and J.J.K. contributed equally to this work. ABBREVIATIONS: NMDA, N-methyl-D-aspartate; NR, N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor; HEK, human embryonic kidney; Mx, membrane region, where x is 1, 2, or 3; DRB, 5,6-dichloro-1-D-ribofuranosylbenzimidazole. 0026-895X/02/6103-595–605$3.00 MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY Vol. 61, No. 3 Copyright © 2002 The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 1330/966217 Mol Pharmacol 61:595–605, 2002 Printed in U.S.A. 595 at A PE T Jornals on Jne 3, 2017 m oharm .aspeurnals.org D ow nladed from were cloned into pCDNA1/amp (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA). Truncation mutants were generated by introduction of a stop codon at the appropriate position. Amino acid numbers for mutations in wild-type subunits are as given in Ishii et al. (1993). For mutations in chimeras, we used the amino acid numbering of the embedding wild-type subunit. All clones were confirmed by restriction analysis and sequence analysis. To identify cells expressing NMDA receptors, HEK293 cells were cotransfected with cDNA coding for the lymphocyte CD4 receptor. The CD4 cDNA, kindly provided by Dr. John Adelman (Vollum Institute, Portland, OR), was inserted into the JPA vector. For detection of successfully transfected cells, 1 l of Dynabeads M-450 CD4 (Dynal, Norway) was added in 1 ml of medium to each 35-mm dish. The dish was then gently swirled for 15 to 20 min


This paper presents a power amplifier (PA) design to improve linearity by using a novel power cell compensating the main nonlinear sources from the power devices and to improve the overall efficiency by a dynamic DC biasing circuit. An over-voltage protection circuit to ease output mismatch induced problems is included in this PA design. As a case study, this power amplifier is implemented with InGaP/GaAs HBT operating at 1880 MHz. The CDMA standard is used to evaluate its linearity and efficiency. The P1dB is improved from 30 dBm to 32 dBm and the cumulated output current is much improved in a wide output power range. The ACPR and ALTR at 28 dBm output power level are improved by 5 dB and 12 dB with the novel PA respectively. The over-voltage protection circuit works well under output mismatch conditions.


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The book contains 35 top-notch chapter-reviews on recent methodological developments in the area of synthetic fluoro-organic chemistry based on fluorinated synthons approach. Special emphases are given to the synthesis of biologically relevant compounds (alcohols, amines, alpha- and beta-amino acids, peptides), industrial-scale production of highly versatile, synthetically useful fluorinated synthons, as well as asymmetric synthesis of fluorinated synthons. The book has been designed to be a comprehensive snap-shot of current research activity in the field reviewed by internationally renowned leading experts from academic and industrial laboratories around the world. The topics covered in the book range from synthesis of small fluorinated molecules to peptides and macromolecules for crystal engineering. Substantial amount of data reviewed in the book have never been published. In particular cutting-age technology from industrial laboratories, summarized in the book, will give the reader unprecedented prospective on commercial availability of variety of structurally diverse fluorinated synthons which will be on market in the nearest future. Taking into account the significant impact that fluorinated compounds have made on nearly all aspects of modern life this book is expected to be a current prime reference in the field and might be of interest to diverse readership.


Process Safety and Environment Protection Research Group Priority Energy Research Centre, School of Engineering The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, AUSTRALIA Phone: +61 2 4921 6176, Fax: +61 2 4921 6920 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com ABSTRACT A comprehensive kinetic mechanism, which combines the GRI (Gas Research Institute), hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) and modified CF3I/CBrF3 inhibition mechanisms is developed and used to study the flame structure, and disclose the key reaction pathways (based on bromine/iodine atom fluxes), influencing methane and methanol fuelled flames. The mechanism is tested against burning velocity and flame structures data obtained from the open literature.


The heroism and idealism of Zhang Chengzhi is a life experience of a special era and accumulation of traditional cultural education.In his "North River",like many of his other works,he has described the colour of heroism and idealism.It,however,appears bit lonely and helpless in the times.Zhang Chengzhi expresses his loneliness and anger in his own manner.


Background: TGs are considered to constitute an important risk group for the transmission of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus.  High levels of STIs are predominant among TG sex workers due to unsafe sex practices. A study was conducted to describe the prevalence of sexually transmitted infection among Transgender who attended the outpatient clinic of Dermatoveneroleprology department for over 7 years and describe the contributing factors associated with sexually transmitted infections among transgender as there is a scarce data available about it. Methods: Retrospective study carried out on 123 transgender who attended the sexually transmitted disease clinic at Government Vellore Medical College and Hospital during the period 2008-2015. Results: Most of the transgender have active sexual life. 44% of them were having unprotected sex. Anal sex practice is more prevalent (88%). 25% reported one or other symptoms of sexually transmitted infection. 10.5% were reactive for syphilis and 11% reactive for HIV. Conclusions: A high reported prevalence of sexually transmitted infection exists despite many intervention policies adopted by the health system time to time. Implementation strategies to promote awareness among Transgender to access health care at the earliest time of appearance of symptoms and also periodical check-up may help to diagnose sexually transmitted infections at the early stage. Awareness and behavioral change on safe sex practices are the important needs in preventing sexually transmitted infections.


This article measures the amount of income and the degree of risk of financial investments. Analysis of the relationship between income and risks in financial investments is based on the theory of multipurpose linear programming. In the process of using study data obtained using MATLAB software. This approach requires an analysis of the investor's profitability assessment at a constant level of risk and minimized risk with the search for a profitable one. The results of the study are the basis for the formation of a diverse portfolio in the presence of various risks in financial investment. The monitor calculations presented in the article are generated by the application model to define a generic portfolio.


Jones and Smith 1 coined the term fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) to label a pattern of altered growth and morphogenesis observed in a group of children born to alcoholic mothers. This pattern of dysmorphia included a cluster of facial anomalies (e.g., short palpebral fissures), growth retardation, and evidence of central nervous system (CNS) involvement (e.g., microcephaly and developmental delays). In the years following the publication of the Jones et al. paper, it became evident that the expression of this syndrome varied considerably as a function of differences in exposure (e.g., quantity, frequency, timing) and genetic factors. Since clinicians were reluctant to diagnose those individuals with partial expression of the syndrome, Clarren and Smith 2


The method for performing an electronic signature using a public key encryption method, based on the identity of one or more group members that are included in the same group are provided. Digital signature method according to the present invention includes the step generating a group parameter, a member registration step, the digital signature stage and the verification step, a member registration step, the identity information and the identity of the group member in the group applying a predetermined hash function, identity using the information digest value, and transmits the information to the members of the secret key generation member secret key information and the creation of group members to members of the group. Can securely manage an electronic signature from the attack, such as counterfeiting and conspiracy by the present invention, it is possible to separate the functions of the group administrator.


Aim: To evaluate the suppression of the apoptosis induced by cisplatin in BGC-823 human stomach cancer cells by rh-bFGF. Methods: Using the apoptosis model in BGC-823 human stomach cancer cells cisplatin induced, we studied the change of cytomorphology and the rate of apoptosis cell when pre-cultue or co-culture with recombined human basic fibroblast growth factor(rh-bFGF) in vitro . Results: rh-bFGF can inhibit cisplatin-induced apoptosis in BGC-823 human stomach cancer cells either pre-culture in 12 hours at 1 ng/mL and 10 ng/mL, or co-culture with cisplatin in 12 hours at 1ng/mL. Conclusion: rh-bFGF can inhibit the apoptosis in BGC-823 human stomach cancer cells induced by cisplatin at some concentration range in vitro , it maybe associate with the effect that rh-bFGF influence the cell cycle. [


Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. (NAFLD) is a leading etiology for chronic liver disease with global public health impact, affecting over 25% of the global population. NAFLD is associated with significant morbidity and mortality from cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), solid organ malignancies, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, and obstructive sleep apnea, resulting in significant healthcare resource utilization and decreased health-related quality of life. NAFLD cirrhosis is a leading indication for liver transplantation in the United States. Lifestyle modification to achieve weight loss remains a first line intervention in patients with NAFLD. Herein we summarize evidence-based interventions for lifestyle modification in the treatment of NAFLD and provide Best Practice Advice (BPA) statements to address key issues in clinical management.


The context of this note is as follows. One considers a connected reductive group G and a Frobenius endomorphism F: G → G defining G over a finite field of order q. One denotes by GF the associated (finite) group of fixed points.


The field of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) explores the design and use of collaboration technologies to support learning systems, such as school classrooms or small groups of people building knowledge together [4]. I hope that CSCL environments can be designed that make possible and encourage groups to think and learn collaboratively [1]. In my research, my colleagues and I look at logs of student groups chatting and drawing about mathematics in order to see how they build on each other's ideas to achieve more than they would individually [2].