tabulated in an appendix. The imetlhodl of presentatioin of surface-form is very striking: throughout the book there are parallel illustrations of each part, one being an actual photograph of the part in a well-developed subject, the other an anatomical drawing which reveals the structures underlying surface prominences and depressions. The surface projecti,ons of deeper structures are also shown superimposed on photographs. In fact, everything possible is illustrated by photographs , thus facilitating the study of the living model, who never seemiis to look like the usual diagram! A similar plan is followed in the sections on the trunk, head, and neck, but supplemented by descriptions of the usual methods of investigation, clinical and instrumental, ranging from palpation and percussion to accounts of the information to be obtained by the use of specula, sigmoidoscope, cystocope, etc. The radiographs in these sections include examples of all the standard techniques, and, in addition, repr,oductions and explanations of other positions and procedures-such as oblique views of thorax and sialograms-valuable, but less commonly seen, and often nmisinterpreted by the student. Especially noteworthy are some very fine radiographs showing the rugze of the normal stomach, and contrasting the appearances of the J-shaped and "steerhorn" type under varying conditions. The actual production of the book must be regarded as a triumph of collaboration between publishers and authors. The paper has a pleasant surface-smooth, perfectly suited for the reproduction of radiographs, yet with a matt finish very restful to the eyes. A few blank leaves are included for the reader's own notes. Professor Hamilton and his colleagues deserve the thanks of all their readers for a very fine piece of vwork. We offer them our hearty congratulations. AN innovation in hospital services in Belfast is the opening of the new pay-block of the Royal Victoria Hospital. This is an important addition to the hospital, and it is following the policy of the British Voluntary H,ospitals' Association and of the British Medical Association, of "paying wards for paying patients." It has been built from funds received from the residual estate of the late Mr. Henry Mus-grave, at a cost of £50,000, and is to be known at the Musgrave Clinic. The building consists of forty-four bedrooms and two four-bedded rooms, with an operating-theatre and an X-ray department. Each floor of the building is planned as a separate unit, xvith a suite of service rooms consisting of a sister's rcoom, …


Block matching algorithm (BMA) for motion estimation (ME) is the heart to many motion-compensated video-coding techniques/standards, such as ISO MPEG-1/2/4 and ITU-T H.261/262/263/264/265, to reduce the temporal redundancy between different frames. During the last three decades, hundreds of fast block matching algorithms have been proposed. The shape and size of search patterns in motion estimation will influence more on the searching speed and quality of performance. This article provides an overview of the famous block matching algorithms and compares their computational complexity and motion prediction quality.


Sale mode and return policy are the two important aspects of modern B2 Centerprises concerning to win the market.In this paper,a return combination model based on refund and return cost-sharing is built to deal wit the problem of returning in advance sale and normal sale integration mode of B2 Centerprises.Through simulation analysis,we have found that in order to maximize profits in the constraints of the advance selling discounts and return combination,these enterprises should take the following three strategies respectively.For low-price goods,agenerous refund policy can be adoped to control enterprises cost-sharing.For high-price goods,it's better control enterprises' refunds and improve the cost-sharing ratio of return.For middle-price goods,it is suggested adjust return combination strategy reasonably based on market refund preference and return preference.


The effect of different cotyledon cut\|off and seed fullness(or maturity) on the growth and development of peanut seedlings were observed in the paper.The results showed as follow.The amound of the cotyledon cut\|off at the time when cotyledon emerged from soil after sowing did not affect the formation of the first pair of primary branches, but it greatly affected the formation of the second pair of primary branches.With the increasing amound of cotyledon cut\|off, the number of branches,the plant height of eight leave stage,the length of the first and the second pair of the primary branches and the single plant biomass were all decreased.However,the growth of both the first and the second pair of the primary branches was slow with low\|fulness seeds.The plants were thin and small, the plant height, the number of branches,the length of branches and the biomass all were significantly lower than those of fulness seeds.It was suggested that whether the first pair of branches appeared nomarly or not are correlative with seed fulness, while the appearence of the second pair of branches in time or not were based on the vegetative growth condition before six leaves, which depended on the size of seeds and amound of storage substances.So, it was showed that seed size and maturity had close relation to seedling quality.


This paper is devoted to the existence of positive solutions of a Dirichlet problem with critical exponent and a singular potential. Under various assumption on the domain O; which include some kinds of unbounded domains, we prove the existence of ground states and of symmetric solutions. r 2002 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.


The power dependence of third harmonic generation from p-Si at an incident frequency of 40 cm-1 has been investigated,using an alternative design of waveguide high pass filter. Significant deviations from the expected cube dependence ofharmonic energy on incident energy were observed. at 300 K and 4.2 K.


Abstract Let Bn denote the unit ball in ℂn, n≥1. Given an α>0, let ℱα(n) denote the class of functions defined for z∈Bn by integrating the kernel (1−〈z,w〉)−α against a complex Borel measure dμ(w), w∈Bn. The family ℱ0(n) corresponds to the logarithmic kernel log (1/(1−〈z,w〉)). Various properties of the spaces ℱα(n), α≥0, are obtained. In particular, pointwise multiplies for ℱα(n) are investigated.


Sequential rupture of tendon is a rare condition. We describe a case of 46-year-old male with previous history of bilateral tendo-Achilles tear presents with right side quadriceps tendon rupture. Alkaptonuria is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by the absence of homogentisic acid oxidase enzyme. excessive accumulation of homogentisic acid causes Arthropathy and tendinopathy in musculoskeletal system and also affect multiple organ system.


A method for making a seamless knit belt including forming two longitudinal rib sections that are formed from a different material than the body of the belt. The rib sections are formed during the tubular knitting process and then the body of the knit composite is run through a polymeric treating system. After the body is treated, the rib sections are trimmed from the edges and the resulting product is a coated seamless knit belt.


An experienced pathologist can often predict the behavior of a tumor from its micro scopic appearance. N. T. Kouchoukos, L. V. Ackerman, and H. R. Butcher (Washing ton University, St. Louis, Missouri) tested the reliability of such predictions for primary breast carcinomas treated by radical mastectomy. The only information available to the pathologist was the size of the primary tumor. The predictions were compared with the microscopic findings in the axillary nodes and with the survival of the patients. The accuracy of predicting axillary nodal metastases did not exceed 70'% except for noninvasive tumors. The incidences of axillary nodal metastases (hf fered significantly between the less-well-differentiated mammary carcinomas with pushing borders and those with infiltrating borders. However, the incidence of nodal metastases in the former group was high enough to prevent accurate assessment of the status of the axillary nodes from study of the borders of the primary tumors. Survival rates after radical mastectomy correlated with the cellular growth patterns of the primary tumors but not with the character of the tumor borders. The survival rateswereadversely affected bythepresence ofaxillary metastases onlyamong those patients treated for the less-well-differentiated Type III and Type IV tumors. Radical mastectomy with axillary dissection but without sacrifice of the pectoral muscles would have removed the tumor-bearing lymph nodes in at least 83 of the 89 Type I and Type II tumors. These tumors constituted over 20@ of the mammary carci nomas treated by radical mastectomy in a five-year period. On the basis of this study1 a more conservative approach to the Type I and Type II tumors appears to be justi fied. [June]


Behavioral responses of male and female Rhyzopertha dominica L. (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) to odors from pulverized wheat seeds, peanuts, cowpeas, potato tubers, acorns, and twigs from cedar and pine were compared in dual‐choice, still‐air bioassays. We investigated the reproductive success of R. dominica on five of the seven plant tissues (wheat, peanuts, cowpeas, dried potato tubers, and acorns). A field experiment was also conducted to investigate responses of dispersing R. dominica to semiochemicals emitted by live males placed on different plant species. Results showed that both sexes of R. dominica responded to plant volatiles, but responses were strongest to seeds of wheat, a plant species judged to be most suitable for beetle development due to the number of progeny produced on the plant species. Similarly, insects reared on wheat were heavier than those reared on less suitable materials. In general, behavioral responses by males to plant volatiles were faster than responses by females. Responses of conspecifics to aggregation pheromones produced by males feeding on different host materials were skewed toward females although both sexes were attracted. Male R. dominica feeding on wheat recruited more conspecifics than beetles feeding on less suitable hosts (acorns, cowpeas, peanut, and potato tubers).


In order to have low-latency real-time response to applications such as Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications in Intelligent Vehicle System, edge computing as a paradigm has been proposed to put computing resources near the data origin. The limited computing resources in edge devices results in degraded object recognition results. To resolve this problem, high-level sensor fusion is a promising solution, which make uses of object-level information from multiple sensors to increase the accuracy. However, general high-level camera-radar fusion method does not work well in street information collection scenario. In this paper, we identified the key challenges in low-latency street information collection scenario and developed a multipath-resistant camera-radar sensor fusion method to increase the performance of sensor fusion method in such a scenario. Extensive experiments have shown that our system can increase 45% of detection rate and reduce 13% of error on edge devices comparing with a state-of-the-art method.


s or indexing language: Terms at the foot or head of the citation detail content or subject headings. Are any of these better terms?closer to the desired topic?to use for searching? The terms are another indication of what the article is about. If we can encourage students to read these, they will be more able to judge the utility of the article. Of course, an abstract is even better, given the same caveat. Author: What is the author writing about? What is his reputation, if any, in the field? Does he have credentials? What agenda is he following? For example: if one could compare articles by Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes about eco nomics, Marx's would be very different from that of Keynes. Title of journal or magazine: What is the reputation and point of view of the magazine? Again, extreme examples: Mother Jones as a publication is political ly almost diametrically opposed to the stance of National Review. Depending on the students' needs, either might serve as a source, but they need to be aware of a publication's purposes beyond providing information. Publisher: Who publishes a book or a journal may have influence on its content and its authority. This is considered as a factor much more often by faculty and graduate students than by undergradu ates, but it is worth mentioning. What is the level of coverage? Subject specificity, depth, and breadth of cover age are all important considerations. Who contributed or contributes to it? Where is it indexed? Who are the editors? Timeliness: Does the student need the most recent information, retrospective information, or just "anything on the topic"? Availability: Is the book or article in the library? If not, can the student afford to wait, or does she need a source that is currently on hand, even if it isn't quite as good? The handouts (in the boxes) give some explanation of these points, and can be used as a teaching aid and as a spark for discussion about the distinguishing marks of the jewels within the vast array of pub lications. Admittedly, nothing in the handouts covers how to tell a "good" periodical from a poor one: that is some thing that can be judged by the use of cer tain directories, such as Katz's Magazines for Libraries, by recommendation of li brarians or faculty, or by examples in class and examination of issues by the in dividual. Discretion or the ability to eval uate material as having relative rather than absolute truth is a function of the in dividual student's cognitive (Perry 1970; McNeer 1991) and sociohistoric status (Anderson and Adams 1992), but it is also a matter of exposure, experience, and training. If students are seeking articles from magazines or journals, then they need to know that how often a particular index is updated will affect its usefulness. If a stu dent wants an article less than a month old, or another wants articles from the McCarthy era, neither of them is likely to find any in most of the CD-ROM indexes


 Abstract — In the article offered fractional kinetic model of networks with generalized memory. On the basis of fractional kinetic model network with hyperchaotic systems, embedded in a percolation structure, realized task topologically synchronization. While tracing control and stability. Criterion – ―proximity‖ capture average return time Poincare. Show s a visualization of results.


A CO 2 laser, operating at 10.6μm, has been used to promote the growth of topotaxial layers of the chalcocite phase of cuprous sulphide in cadmium sulphide thin films immersed in an organic solution of a cuprous salt at ambient temperature. Cuprous sulphide growth is initiated by the laser beam which passes through the liquid and raises the surface temperature of the CdS allowing ion exchange to take place without changing the surface topography. An investigation into different combinations of organic solvents and cuprous/cupric salts has revealed that cuprous iodide in acetonitrile or propionitrile yields the fastest growth rates. The results are compared with those obtained from junctions fabricated using lasers operating in the visible frequency range.


Objective:To investigate the influences of Tangbikang on the serum nerve growth factor(NGF) concentration and NGF mRNA expression in sciatic nerve in rats with diabetic penipheral neuropathy(DPN).Method:70 SD rats were randomly divided into two groups:normal control 10 and diabetic penipheral neuropathy 60 by weight.Diabetes was induced by intraperitoneal injection of STZ,55 mg.kg-1.The diabetic models were affirmed upon blood glucose ≥16.7 mmol.L-1.And the diabetic rats were randomly divided into five groups:model group,methycobal treatment group,Tangbikang different dose treatment groups.After drug administration for 8 days,all the rats were sacrificed at week 8;The blood serum was obtained and NGF were detected;The sciatic nerve NGF gene was detected by the Real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction(PCR).All statistical calculations were made using the SPSS16.0 statistical package.Result:After the treatment by the middle and high dose of Tangbikang,the NGF level(P 0.01,P 0.01) in the blood serum increased greatly.The expression of NGF gene incresed(P 0.01).Conclusion:Tangbikang can increase the NGF protein and gene expression to play an important role of peripheral nerve protection.


Although the Renminbi (RMB) appreciated by more than 25% against the US dollar in nominal terms between 2005 and 2011, China's exports continued to grow, leading to a surplus, representing approximately for 10% of its GDP. This paper assesses the major explanations for the surge of China's exports and trade surplus and tackles the issue of whether an appreciation of the RMB would help the US to reduce its trade deficits. After conducting simulation exercises on the multi-country macro-econometric Fair model, this paper offers some new explanations for the unexpected surge in China's trade surplus, namely a low overall price elasticity and a high domestic income elasticity for the tradable goods in both countries, and a consequential sluggish price pass-through process of the RMB appreciation on the US market. It thus questions the effectiveness of RMB appreciation as an instrument to restore the trade balance between China and the US.


The Fredholm integral equation where the kernel is semidegenerate has many applications. The solution of this integral equation may be studied as a function of the upper limit of integration x, while t remains fixed. It is shown that the solution satisfies an initial-value problem. This reformulation is well suited to numerical solution by analog and digital computers.
The present paper is one of a series on initial-value methods for Fredholm integral equations. Its considerations are of practical significance since an arbitrary kernel may be approximated by a degenerate kernel to a desired degree of accuracy using standard techniques. Furthermore, the important cases in which the kernel is a Green's function and in which the integral equation is a Volterra equation are both covered by this treatment.


The National Higher Education widespread university language teaching and learning of mother tongue teaching function of attention to the shortage of university language teaching should be the mother tongue teaching function is also weakening.University language teaching to strengthen mother-tongue teaching is urgent.How effective strengthening university language teaching in the mother-tongue teaching,this article will practice the reform point of view of their will to explore.


In this paper,from the construction of double-slot miller especially applied in widespread european type of wooden windows,the problems of the construction of double-slot miller was analyed and the construction of double-slot miller was improved,the main factor impacting bearing life of principal axis of double-slot miller was discussed.


Cocoa bean winnowing has a function to separate cocoa nibs from shell after roasting process of dry bean. Nibs are further processed into fine cocoa liquor by refining process. The aim of this experiment was to evaluate working performance of a home-scale winnower to separate shell from nibs with minimum shell parchment content in cocoa nibs. This experiment was conducted in Postharvest Laboratory at the Indonesian Coffee and Cocoa Research Institute using roasted cocoa bean grade A according to standard of SNI 2323:2008/ Amd1:2010 with shell content of 15% originated from Forastero cocoa. Working performance of the home-scale winnower was evaluated based on shell parchment content in the output, its capacity, energy consumption and power transfer efficiency value by several air suction rates as variable. Data were analyzed using regression and variance analysis to evaluate the influence of the rate and to determine the optimum machine operation. Results of regression and variance analysis from winnowing experiment with air suction rate of 0.54 m/s; 0.63 m/s; 0.72 m/s and 0.90 m/s indicated that shell parchment content in cocoa nibs and power transfer efficiency value were affected by the rate. The optimum machine performance was obtained on 0.72 m/s of air suction rate with total winnowing capacity was 2.615 kg/hour, energy consumption of 132 Watt, power transfer efficiency value of 61.01% and shell parchment content was 1.06%. Shell parchment content in cocoa nibs was appropriate regarding to the SNI standard with maximum content of 1.75%.


The main targets set for economic growth in the World Bank's 1990 report is to provide a permanent and sustainable poverty eradication strategies on the development. Used for this purpose today, the most effective strategy comes at the beginning of micro-credit system. Microcredit, in particular in the area of the individuals, and its opportunities to increase the credit to the users of the production process and ensure active participation in the society starting from the women's economic initiatives, but it cannot be considered as a micro-economic factors in the economy to facilitate an effective financial mechanism. Many studies in the literature have revealed that women's contribution to family income of households in poverty has created an important support. In addition, micro-credit system encourages women to create their own jobs, as the GNP (Gross National Product) of the countries contribution to increase employment opportunities. There are opinions arguing that, making use of the contact with communities in the potential female workforce satisfactory for women to create job opportunities to gain income is able to provide initial capital to the existing banking system, because in many countries' negative socio-cultural conditions, competing with men is much difficult. Micro-credit system, in the respect of changing countries socio-cultural and socio-economic structures is an important contribution. Microfinance occurred in recent years by rapid developments in Turkey since 2000, progress has been very professional. Our work in the field of micro-finance started operations in 2002, the Evaluation of Women's Work Association of Business Economics and the Grameen Bank realized Maya model adapted for Waste Prevention Foundation of Turkey should apply micro-finance. Micro-finance practices in the world and Turkey also compared practices. Turkey's application of micro-finance in banks' credit policies that support marketing activities related to marketing and sales strategies was examined by size. Also, emerging areas in Turkey, especially in the south-east region, the application of micro-finance loans contributed to the development of this geographical area were assessed. Studies of marketing and financial aspects of micro-finance were examined, the economic dimension of these practices by the country's social, cultural, political development has also been found to contribute significantly.


Abstract The dislocation structure in aluminium (AA1050) has been investigated after tension at 300°C (∼0·6T M) at a strain rate of 0·1 s−1 to a true strain of 0·15. The grain orientation dependence of the morphology and of the crystallographic planes of extended planar dislocation boundaries is similar to cold tension. It is demonstrated that crystallography has a stronger influence than the macroscopic stress on the boundary plane. Effects of strain and temperature increases are briefly illustrated and discussed.


The planning for tourist interpretation system is an important part of a tourism planning. This paper takes Yinlusong in Daowu Mountains as an example, introduces the definition and classification of tourist interpretation system, expaunds the significance of planning for tourist interpretation system, and discusses its basic principle, modes and ideas.


By taking Zhanjiang gulf bridge as the research object, a full scale model test for cable-girder anchorage, as the key part of bearing safety of cable-stayed bridges, was made to further investigate the mechanism of cable force transmission and the regularity of stress distribution to evaluate its security and reliability, and the experimental results were compared with 3-D nonlinear simulation ones based on FEM ( finite element method). The research shows that there exists a large concentration of stresses on welded lines between the tensile anchor plate and the anchor tube, but the distribution of stresses become uniform gradually far away from the welded lines. The cable-girder anchorage has well property and safety of load-bearing. However, the concentration of stresses in some components of the structure should be paid more attention to in the design.


Objective To compare the efficacy difference between point injection at Jiajǐ(夹脊 EX-B 2) and oral medication in the treatment of intractable post-herpetic neuralgia(PHN) in the trunk.Methods One hundred and thirty cases were randomly divided into an point injection group and an medication group,65 cases in each one.In point injection group,according to the invasion site of herpes zoster,Jiajǐ(夹脊 EX-B 2) of corresponding segments and the meridian points on skin lesion areas,such as Fēngchi(风池 GB 20),Tiānzhu(天柱 BL 10),Feishū(肺俞 BL 13) and Geguān(膈关 BL 46) were selected and injected with the mixed solution of compound Betamethasone(administered only in the first injection),Vitamin B12 and Lidocaine Carbonate,2 mL on each point,once per day.In medication group,Diclofenac Sodium sustained release tablets,75 mg were administered,twice per day.The clinical efficacy was compared 10 days later between two groups.Results The total effective rate in point injection group was 100.0%(65/65),which was better than 66.1%(43/65) in medication group(P0.01).Conclusion Point injection mainly at Jiajǐ(夹脊 EX-B 2) is effective significantly on intractable PHN in the trunk,which is superior to Diclofenac Sodium sustained release tablets.


Experimental investigations were conducted in a 25-mm-bore ram accelerator using open-base projectile, which was designed to obtain higher acceleration by reducing the mass. Single stage operations were conducted in a reliable starting mixture, 2.8CH4+2O2+5.7N2. Depending on the entrance velocity, delayed start was observed. The immediate successful start was obtained with entrance velocity over 1.3 km/s. Introduction A ram accelerator is a device that can launch a relatively heavy projectile. Various investigations have been conducted to achieve a high muzzle velocity in this device. A long ram acceleration tube and a high acceleration rate can increase the muzzle velocity. However, in practice the facility length is often limited. Therefore, in order to achieve high muzzle velocity, the present paper tries to increase the acceleration level. Bruckner et al. discussed the effect of unsteadiness in calculating thrust. They evaluated unsteady terms in each conservation equation and concluded that the effect of the projectile acceleration, which was lower than 4×10 g, on the thrust could be negligible. Thus, quasi-steady-state analysis has often been used to predict thermally choked ram accelerator performance. However, operational characteristics at higher acceleration have not been well studied, thereby requires further investigations. Investigation of high acceleration operation using reduced mass projectile is in progress at Shock Wave Research Center. In this paper starting characteristics of reduced mass projectile will be presented. Experimental facilities Figure 1 shows the schematic of the ram accelerator (RAMAC25) at Shock Wave Research Center (SWRC), Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University. The inner diameter and the length of the ram acceleration section were 25 mm and 6 m, respectively. A single-stage powder gun was used as the pre-launcher, where a projectile was accelerated up to about 1.3 km/s. Single-base smokeless powder (NY-500, Nippon Oil & Fats Co. Ltd.) was used as the gun propellant. 4.0m 6.0m 2.5m Pre-acceleration section Ram acceleration section Deceleration section


ObjectiveTo compare spontaneous, interview-based, postconcussion symptom reporting to endorsement of symptoms on a standardized questionnaire. ParticipantsSixty-one patients referred to a concussion clinic following mild traumatic brain injury. ProcedurePatients recalled their current symptoms and problems via open-ended interview and then completed a structured postconcussion checklist. Main Outcome MeasuresOpen-ended interview and the British Columbia Postconcussion Symptom Inventory (BC-PSI). ResultsOn average, patients endorsed 3.3 symptoms (SD = 1.9) during open-ended interview and 9.1 symptoms (SD = 3.2) on the BC-PSI (P < .001). Approximately 44% endorsed 4 or more symptoms during interview compared with 92% on the BC-PSI. The percentage of patients endorsing items on the BC-PSI compared with interview was significantly greater on all 13 items. It was common for patients to endorse symptoms as moderate-severe on the BC-PSI, despite not spontaneously reporting those symptoms during the interview. ConclusionsClinicians need to be cautious when interpreting questionnaires and be aware of the possibility of nonspecific symptom endorsement, symptom overendorsement, symptom expectations influencing symptom endorsement, and the nocebo effect.


This research aims to analyze the business development strategies of Rattan entrepreneurs at home industry centers in the Trangsan Village, Gatak District, Sukoharjo Regency. This type of research is a qualitative descriptive ethnographic approach. The subjects of this study were rattan entrepreneurs, with five speakers namely Mr. Pungky, Mr Suryanto, Mr Rofi'i, Mr Eko and Mr Sardjito. Data collection techniques used in this study were observation, interviews and documentation. Data analysis techniques in this study include data collection, data reduction, data display and conclusions drawing. The validity of the data in this study uses source triangulation. The results of this study indicate that the strategies applied by rattan entrepreneurs are divided into four things, namely production strategy, marketing strategy, human resource strategy, and financial strategy. In developing their business, rattan entrepreneurs face various obstacles. The production process applied is still using simple tools, and lack of labor. The marketing strategies applied by entrepreneurs are generally almost the same, namely by determining the marketing mix. Then in the strtaegi Human Resources namely the lack of Soft Skills
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owned by the workforce, while in the financial strategy the entrepreneurs still use manual recording and there is one UKM that does not make financial reports.


AN analysis of 6,102 patients in 32 double-blind and 18 nondouble-blind investigations fails to show an association between adrenocorticosteroid treatment and peptic ulcer. So concludes a review of what the authors call the "non-association of adrenocorticosteroid therapy and peptic ulcer". 1 Conn and Blitzer combed the world literature from 1950 to 1975 for prospective investigations of steroid or ACTH therapy in the treatment of any disease in adults, selected at random to have either steroid or no therapy. They excluded uncontrolled investigations, studies limited to the topical use of steroids, studies which were not randomized and those in which patients were arbitrarily assigned to receive steroid or non-steroid therapy. The physical task of analysing this volume of data is in itself impressive when we consider that the conditions treated ranged from acute meningitis with a fewdays' therapy to chronic liver disease and multiple myeloma with therapy lasting beyond a year. All steroid doses were converted to prednisone equivalents. The results were even more impressive. In the double-blind investigations peptic ulcers were reported in 1% of controls and in I· 4% of steroid-treated patients, a result not statistically significant. In the non-double-blind investigations there were again more peptic ulcers in the steroid group, but once more the differences were not significant. When the two groups were combined, again no significant differencesemerged. When the data on perforated peptic ulcer were examined there were only two patients with perforated ulcer in the control group and two in the steroid group. In those with haemorrhage from proven ulcer, there were ten cases in the steroid group 'and four in the placebo group but the difference was not significant. Among patients with haemorrhage of unknown site, that is, in whom ulcer was unproven, there were more patients with haemorrhage in the placebo group than in the steroid-treated group; this difference was present both in the double-blind and in the non-double-blind groups, and when these two groups were combined the differences were significant at the o· 02 level. In the 50 studies reviewed there were only two in which the difference in frequency of the occurrence of peptic ulcer was significantly greater in the steroid than in the placebo group. The first of these was the double-blind study of the Copenhagen Study Group for Liver Disease.! In this study one in 165 patients in the control group developed an ulcer compared with six of 169 in the steroid-treated group. However, it was pointed out that, amongst the 10% of patients who had active peptic ulcer at the time of admission, almost a half improved and an additional quarter remained unchanged regardless of treatment with steroids or placebo. The other study was the non-double-blind study by Black et alii" of the nephrotic syndrome, in which six of 61 nephrotic patients on steroids compared with none in 64 untreated patients developed ulcer. Conn and Blitzer point out that both these studies showing an


This is a spotlight on research story. The research, supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, indicates that separate destructive processes work to disassemble thick and thin muscle filaments, the protein-composed muscle-cell structures that generate strength by pushing past one another when muscles contract.


Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are hollow cylindrical carbon materials with unique physical, mechanical, and electrical properties. Furthermore, CNTs cut to about 10 nm can spontaneously insert into cell membranes and artificial lipid membranes. Consequently, CNTs are attracting attention for their potential use as protective membranes for sensors, drug delivery systems, nano-dipolar electrodes, and other applications when combined with lipid membranes. CNTs with hydrophobic surfaces can interact with the hydrophobic membrane core to induce membrane deformation. Although changes in membrane morphology are one cause of cytotoxicity, the effects of cut CNTs on membrane morphology are not well understood. In this study, we exposed CNTs to artificial cell membrane vesicles (giant unilamellar vesicles), which are used as a cell model, and evaluated the changes in membrane morphology for each CNT concentration by fluorescence microscopy.


Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a major health burden that requires new techniques, less invasive and more reproducible than conventional tissue biopsy for patient monitoring. Because of intra-tumor heterogeneity, clonal evolution and selection, tumors often develop resistance to treatments, especially to antiEGFR targeted therapies indicated in RAS non-mutated metastatic CRC. ''Liquid biopsy'' is a minimally invasive method, based on analysis of tumor-specific material in peripheral blood samples of patients. In this review, we described the role of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) as a biomarker in the management of patients with CRC at early and advanced tumor stages. Recent studies underline its promising clinical applications for diagnosis, detection of recurrence after surgery and monitoring for tumor response or therapeutic resistance in metastatic setting. This results and innovating detection techniques (ddPCR, optimized NGS such as NGS-BPER or methylation analysis) offer new perspective but still need to be standardized and validated through further studies to permit the use of ctDNA in daily routine. n


The location of the pterion in relation to the middle meningeal artery (MMA) is of interest for pterional craniotomy. The aim of this study was to determine the anatomical relationship between the pterion and the MMA in 94 dry adult skulls. Transillumination was used to visualize the anterior MMA grooves and the frequency with which they entered specific bony territories. Pterion morphology was found to be 82% sphenoparietal, 14% epipteric, and 4% frontotemporal. A sex difference between type and occurrence of pterion was found (P < 0.01). The sphenoid ridge was found to be significantly closer to the pterion center point bilaterally in females (right P < 0.022: left P < 0.026). Eighty percent of the vessel grooves were involved with the pterion. There was a high incidence of a sphenoid to parietal direction across the pterion region when compared with other configurations (P < 0.001). The MMA was located behind the sphenoid, parietal, and temporal bones but rarely behind the frontal bone. We found the MMA travelling posterior to the entire pterion in one-fifth of cases. These findings suggest that the anterior branch of the MMA is not always associated with the pterion and has highlighted specific areas of vascular risk for pterional craniotomy.


Tearing in the Hellenic slab below the transition between the Aegean and Anatolian plate is considered to have significantly affected Miocene tectonic and magmatic evolution of the eastern Mediterranean by causing a toroidal flow of asthenosphere and a lateral gradient of extension in the upper plate. Some studies suggest that this lateral gradient is accommodated by a distributed sinistral lithospheric-scale shear zone whereas other studies favor a localized NE-SW striking transfer zone. Recent studies in the northern Dodecanese demonstrate that the transition zone between the Aegean and Anatolian plate is characterized by Miocene extension with a constant NNE-SSW sense of shear accommodating the difference in finite extension rates in the middle-lower crust. Neither localized or distributed strike-slip faults nor rotation of blocks about a vertical axis have been observed.

In this work we focus on the geology Kalymnos located in the central Dodecanese. Based on our new geological map, three major tectonic units can be distinguished: (i) Low-grade, fossil-rich late Paleozoic marbles, which have been deformed into S-vergent folds and out-of-sequence thrusts. This fold-and-thrust belt is sealed by an up to 200 m thick wildflysch-type deposit consisting of low-grade metamorphic radiolarites and conglomerates with tens of meters-scale marbles and ultramafics blocks. (ii) Above this unit, amphibolite facies schists, quartzites and amphibolites are tectonically juxtaposed along a several meter-thick thrust fault with low-grade ultramylonites and cohesive ultracataclasites/pseudotachylites with top-to-N kinematics. (iii) At highest structural levels, a major cataclastic low-angle normal fault zone localized in Verrucano-type violet slates separates Mesozoic unmetamorphosed limestones in the hanging wall. The sense of shear of the normal fault is top-to-SSW. All units are cut by brittle high-angle normal faults shaping the geomorphology of Kalymnos, which is characterized by three major NNW-SSE trending graben systems.

New white mica Ar-Ar ages suggests that the middle units represent relics of a Variscan basement, which was thrusted on top of a fold-and-thrust belt during an Eo-Cimmerian event. Zircon (U-Th)/He ages from the Variscan basement are c. 28 Ma, indicating that the lower units were exhumed below the Mesozoic carbonates during the Oligocene-Miocene. Since Miocene extension in the northern Dodecanese records top-to-NNE kinematics, we suggest that back-arc extension in the whole Aegean realm and transition to the Anatolian plate is bivergent, and tearing in the Hellenic slab did not significantly affected the extension pattern in the upper crust.


This paper summarized the calculating graphs and formulas of the bearing capacity on cross section of the reinforced concrete rectangular component, set up a common calculating graph, and on the basis of this, a calculating instrument was designed This instrument embodies most vividly the relation and difference of calculating formulas of the bearing capacity on cross section of different reinforced concrete It was well received by the teachers and students and other colleges


This article is the result of a doctoral thesis research conducted in several colonial archives about Jesuit Missions on the eastern frontier of the New Kingdom of Granada during the 17th and 18th centuries. The objective is to understand how the lay colonists interacted with the Missions, through the case study of Santiago de las Atalayas, a frontier city founded by the inhabitants of Tunja in 1588 on the foothills of the territory of Casanare where Jesuits were actively working at the same time.


The decreasing total fertility rate has been a major public concern in Taiwan. Except the "5-year-old Children Education Subsidy" (starting from 2011) and the "Special Deduction for Preschool Children" (starting from 2012), the central government has failed to provide a complete and effective measure to boost the dropping birth numbers. On the other hand, local governments, however, promote child births with policies of a wider variety. Among them, the most popular and welcome policy is to distribute cash maternity allowance to child births in the jurisdictional area. Nonetheless, the effectiveness of using one-time-allowance to promote birth rate has never been seriously studied. With data from 23 jurisdictional area of Taiwan in the period from 1998 to 2010, panel regressions are used to investigate the relationship between total fertility rate and the distribution of cash maternity allowance by local governments. In order to resolve the potential endogeneity problem in the regressions, local government revenue is used as an instrument. The regression results suggest that there is positive correlation between total fertility rate and the amount of cash maternity allowance, but the effect is small. For women who want to have children in the first place, each NT$1,000 cash allowance raises total fertility rate by 0.0057.


In the past decade, polymer membranes have been employed in industry, space technology, and biomedical processes as a medium of separation or purification of mixtures that are otherwise difficult to separate. The first quantitative results on the transfer of dissolved gases through a silicone rubber membrane were published by Robb.' Since then, Hwang et al. have studied the transfer of dissolved gases through membrane into liquid.*


With flexibility by all parties, the North Korean promise to terminate its nuclear-weapons program could usher in a new era


The epidemiological significance of agglutinins against Group III atypical mycobacteria was studied by testing a panel of sera with nine different M. intracellulare antigens. Five of them represented "common" types most frequently isolated from clinical specimens; the other four represented "rare" types never isolated from such specimens. Agglutinins were detected in human sera more frequently against the "common" types than against the "rare" types. The greatest proportion of reactive sera and the highest titres were found with the serotype Chance antigen. In bovine and porcine sera there was no difference in the occurrence of antibodies against the "common" and "rare" serotypes, and the serotype Chance antigen did not exhibit any exceptional reactivity. The observations are compatible with the view that the antibodies in human sera to a considerable extent result from immunization by the mycobacterium type used for serological testing or a closely related type.


Building automation systems have enabled advanced applications for reducing energy consumption and providing comfort in living and working environments. This incurs increasing engineering complexity, raising the need for automated engineering approaches in the future. As a consequence, a high quantity of detailed formal models of building automation component functionality needs to be created by component manufacturers. However, this task is not yet sufficiently supported by design tools, which renders it very arduous and error-prone. As a possible solution, this paper aims to provide a foundation for developing appropriate support functionality. Based on a detailed analysis of available knowledge sources for modeling support, exemplary suggestion services are discussed and evaluated. These web-based services can be integrated in legacy modeling tools in order to reduce the overall effort of the component modeling process by 60 % to 70 %.


Heartburn is a very common condition. When medication fails to relieve symptoms, surgery may be considered as a treatment option. The studies in this dissertation describe the quality of life following surgery, which appears to be good in both the short term and the long term. A literature study describes the optimal surgical treatment. As the surgical techniques to treat heartburn are difficult to master, we designed a new technique that leads to more reproducible results and that is easier for novice surgeons to perform. The clinical benefits of this technique must be examined further.


Parkinson's disease (PD) is
 a common neurodegenerative disorder within the elderly population with
 cardinal motor symptoms including bradykinesia,
 rigidity, tremor, and postural instability. The degeneration of dopamine (DA)
 neurons in the substantia nigra
 pars compacta (SNpc)
 leads to depletion of DA in the putamen, the input
 structure of the basal ganglia (BG) motor loop, and imbalances in neuronal
 network activity, which can be measured as increased neuronal frequency
 discharge rate and burst activity, together with enhanced beta band
 oscillations in the subthalamic nucleus (STN) and
 other BG components. In advanced stages of the disease DA replacement therapy
 leads to fluctuations and dyskinesias, which are
 nowadays effectively treated by high frequency deep
 brain stimulation (DBS) of the STN or the globus pallidus internus. Recently,
 more attention has been paid to non-motor behavioral and psychiatric
 disturbances caused by PD itself, by DA medication or by DBS. Bilateral 6-hydroxydopamine
 (6-OHDA) injection into the dorsolateral rat
 striatum, i.e., the rat equivalent of the putamen
 in humans, leads to retrograde degeneration of DA neurons in the SNpc. In a first approach we behaviorally tested rats
 with 6-OHDA-induced lesions for learning and memory, and for motivation.
 Additionally, we tested these rats for deficient sensorimotor
 gating, measured as prepulse inhibition (PPI) of
 the acoustic startle response, induced by the DA receptor agonist apomorphine and the N-methyl-D-aspartate-receptor
 antagonist dizocilpine. This model is often used as
 an endophenotype for certain neuropsychiatric
 symptoms. Rats with 6-OHDA lesions showed learning deficits and marginal
 motivation deficits. They also showed enhanced sensitivity for a dizocilpine-induced PPI deficit, while the PPI deficit
 induced by apomorphine was not affected by the
 lesion. We concluded that the PD rat
 model with bilateral 6-OHDA lesions may be used to investigate certain
 aspects of psychiatric disturbances in PD. In a second approach we therefore
 investigated the effect of STN DBS on deficient PPI induced by the DA
 receptor agonist apomorphine. We found a
 lesion-independent beneficial effect of continuous bilateral STN DBS on PPI.
 However, in combination with low dose DA medication, as it is usually applied
 in PD after DBS, it rather worsened sensorimotor
 gating, which suggests that STN DBS interacts with DA action. With respect to
 functional neurosurgery, STN DBS may improve certain aspects of psychiatric
 disturbances, but may have a different impact when combined with DA
 treatment. The STN
 is not only regarded a key structure in the BG motor loop, but also comprises
 areas of the BG associative and limbic loops, which could account at least
 partially for the behavioral effects seen in the previous studies. In a third
 approach we therefore investigated, whether neuronal activity would differ
 between the medial STN associative-limbic part and the lateral motor part,
 and whether selective 6-OHDA lesions of the dorsolateral
 striatum, the entrance region of the BG motor loop, would have a different
 effect on these subregions. In sham-lesioned controls the neuronal discharge rate and burst
 activity was higher in the lateral compared to the medial STN. After 6-OHDA
 lesions the burst activity was enhanced with no difference in the medial and
 lateral STN. Similar effects were found for other neuronal activity measures.
 In addition, in 6-OHDA-lesioned rats the oscillatory alpha and beta band
 activity was enhanced, with no difference between the medial and lateral STN.
 In summary, we found important differences of neuronal activity between the
 associative-limbic and the motor part of the STN, indicating a functional
 segregation of this region. However, selective 6-OHDA-induced lesions of dorsolateral striatum similarly affected STN subregions, indicating that manipulation within the BG
 motor loop is integrated with the other loops, either within the STN itself
 or upstream of this region.


If it is possible to identify and understand reasons
why some people
are able to respond without prejudice and the underlying
mechanisms of prejudice reduction, then appropriate
intervention
programs and educational approaches may follow. This
book
provides a review of the related literature of
classic and
contemporary theories of prejudice, prejudice
reduction curriculum
in education, a review of Facing History and
Ourselves (FHAO)
research, a review of empathy with regard to
prejudice reduction
programs in education, and a review of the literature
examining
people's ability to respond without prejudice. This
study examines
the effects of participation in an FHAO inspired
curricular program
on students' internal and external motivation to
respond without
prejudice and on their levels of empathy. Analysis of
findings
suggest that being taught by an FHAO trained teacher
has an impact
on students' thoughts and perceptions about
prejudice, racism, and
empathy. The analysis helps shed some light on
people's motivation
to respond without prejudice, prejudice reduction
techniques, and
the FHAO program and should be useful to educators,
administrators, and researchers.


[1] From a Cluster survey of the magnetotail during 2001–2007 we select 49 episodes of thin current sheet observations ending with plasma sheet activity onsets. The onsets were defined as flow bursts and/or electric current decrease and/or Bz increase after a period of local quietness (in many cases with signatures of growth phase). Such onsets at 17–20 RE of radial distance were accompanied mainly by tailward flows with negativeBz. At 11–17 RE, earthward flows dominated, except the premidnight sector, where flows of both directions were observed. Tailward velocities were often rather small, within 200–300 km/s. We interpret such tailward flows as reconnection pulses occurring on the closed field lines in the stretched magnetic configuration. Ten activity onsets were not accompanied by plasma flows (faster than 100 km/s). Preonset current density was larger on average in the premidnight and midnight sector in comparison with the postmidnight.


To investigate genetic diversity and maternal origin of Luning,Miyi and Caoke chicken breeds in south western Sichuan province,PCR amplification,DNA collection and sequencing were used to obtain the partial sequence information of mitochondrial DNA(mtDNA)D-loop region from 30 samples of each chicken breed,then DNAMAN,MEGA5,DnaSP,Network were employed to analyze the sequences.The sequence information of 589 bp fragment of mtDNA was obtained from 90 samples,and a Haplotype network and a hierarchical cluster tree of breeds were established.Sequence analysis revealed little genetic differentiation among Luning,Miyi and Caoke chicken populations.Those maternal origins were presumed to be from Gallus gallus gallus species in Indochina peninsula,Thailand and Sumatra.


The Expanding Pathways for Educational Development and Information Technology Experiences (ExPEDITE) Project is creating a smooth transition to an information technology (IT) career for students in West Virginia. This National Science Foundation funded project brought together a secondary school system, community and technical college, university and companies in the technology industry to create a model for addressing the growing need for IT professionals.
 The ExPEDITE project was designed to meet the growing workforce demand for IT professionals, and improve the technology education of students and the educators who prepare them. Based on comprehensive research and an evaluation of career skills and workforce needs, the project partners are enhancing current secondary and higher education IT related programs. They are developing and approving articulation agreements between secondary school, community college, and university. The project team has developed and implemented a comprehensive IT internship/mentoring program for students, secondary teachers and college professors. They have also developed and are using IT awareness materials to attract and retain students to IT career paths. The team has created an IT career continuing education course for online dissemination to secondary school counselors and teachers. The ExPEDITE project processes are reproducible and effectively provide pathways for secondary and post-secondary students to learn IT skills while exposing them to expanding IT career opportunities.


AbstrcatThe drama about Xiang Yu appeared on the stage long long ago. It develops through the ancient times, modern times and contemporary. During the development changed and became different characteristics.


Bit error rate computation for optical communication systems incorporating equal izers and under both noise and intersymbol interference (ISI) is discussed. An ac curate method based on a saddlepoint approximation is used for the computation. Previous work based on saddlepoint approximation has considered only the use of ba sic integration-and-dump detection. When ISI is strong, this simple detection method is unsatisfactory. Instead, a raised-cosine filtering is often used to achieve minimal ISI. This thesis considers both integration-and-dump and raised-cosine equalizers. The use of equalizers other than integration-and-dump complicates the computation be cause of the complexity of the moment generating function involved. Two different input pulses are considered to study the effect of ISI. Results show that when inter symbol interference is strong, the use of raised-cosine equalizers can reduce intersym bol interference and improve the performance of the system significantly.


The aim of this study was to analyze the students ́ participation in violent behavior in a sample of 1498 adolescents attending 5th and 6th grades (elementary school) and the three levels of middle school in public schools of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, México, using a structural model. We utilized self-report questionnaires with Likert-type answers, measuring school violence, family function and attitude toward institutional authority. Results revealed that violent behavior in school were negatively related with a good family function (high scores of family union and support). Good family function related indirectly and negatively with violent behavior through attitude towards institutional authority and rules transgression. Finally, we discuss the findings.


Based on the method of seismic landslide scale(volume) type which is divided into five levels,By the mathematical method discuss the landslide epicenter distance of two macroscopic epicenter(Yingxiu,Beichuan) intensity I0≥XI extremely earthquake region(10 counties) in Wenchuan earthquake area.The distribution of earthquake slope and the landslide epicenter distance corresponds with sine,Gaussian and exponential decay laws.The maximum earthquake landslide epicenter distance is 120km,and the minimum landslide epicenter distance is nearly 0.25km.The result shows that the landslide scale and distribution scope induced by the earthquake have relationship with the landslide epicenter distance.


Person search aims to find the target person among a large gallery set of real scene images. Candidates should be detected and cropped before recognizing their identifications. The detection process results in a great variance of object image scales. To address this we propose Pyramidal Feature Fusion Network that integrates the top-down mid-level features to provide multi-level feature outputs. Furthermore, we propose to apply each of the mid-level features independently in ranking and we design a ranking algorithm named Scale Voting that votes among these ranking results from different feature levels to get the final ranking order. In this approach, we can make better use of the diversity and consistency information that is hidden in different mid-levels of features. The proposed algorithm achieves the state-of-the-art performance on prevalent person search datasets.


In this paper, a design method for a logistics transportation robot based on a modular conveyor rack and path planning considering the environment of a logistics center is proposed. The driving part of the logistics transportation robot is designed and the working method of lifter for the transportation function is explained. The design of the modular conveyor rack is also described and an algorithm for a logistics transportation robot using a modular conveyor rack is suggested. The A * algorithm is improved by using the concept of rotation cost and the initial state of the transportation robot's characteristics. We experimented with a four-step transportation algorithm for a logistics transportation robot using a modular conveyor rack and showed that the proposed method can be used successfully in a logistics center. In addition, we verified the effectiveness of the improved A * algorithm considering the rotation cost and the initial state of the robot.


As a result of online shopping's rapid development, more goods and services are being delivered directly into residences. The number of people who shop online using e-commerce platforms also increases with the Covid-19 pandemic and causes an increase in freight trip generation. This research aims to analyze the factors that affect freight trip generation and develop a freight trip generation model for home deliveries. Data collection is done using questionnaires with 273 people who reside in Jabodetabek as samples to understand the individual characteristics, household characteristics, and the number of freight trips generated by each residential unit. Collected data is analyzed using the multiple linear regression method into a multiple linear regression model. The result shows on multiple linear regression modeling only the home type, household income, and the number of vehicles have significance towards the model. This research can be used by city transportation authorities as a reference to predict the impact of urban area's development on freight trip generation.


The Intrinsic Aspects of Baopuzi is an important work about Taoism written in the Dongjin Dynasty. It embodies many spoken phenomena of the Xijin and Dongjin Dynasties. This paper explains ten entries from the book in terms of textual explanation and collation.


Draft structures in convective clouds are examined with reference to the results of the NASA Amazon Boundary Layer Experiments (ABLE IIa and IIb) and calculations based on a multidimensional time dependent dynamic and microphysical numerical cloud model. It is shown that some aspects of the draft structures can be calculated from measurements of the cloud environment. Estimated residence times in the lower regions of the cloud based on surface observations (divergence and vertical velocities) are within the same order of magnitude (about 20 min) as model trajectory estimates.


PURPOSE
The treatment of acute corneal hydrops due to keratoconus has so far been limited to awaiting the spontaneous resorption of corneal edema, supportive care, and finally keratoplasty. A recent publication describes the surgical reattachment of Descemet Membrane (DM) facilitated by pre-Descemetic sutures and anterior chamber air/gas filling. Here, we present a novel microscope-integrated intraoperative optical coherence tomography (MI-OCT)-guided technique for the immediate reattachment of DM in corneal hydrops due to keratoconus in 2 male patients with small central DM defects.

METHODS
Case series of 2 consecutive patients with acute corneal hydrops due to keratoconus. The novel technique consists of the MI-OCT-guided puncture and drainage of intrastromal fluid pockets combined with anterior chamber sulfur hexafluoride-fill and pre-descemetic sutures using a commercially available MI-OCT (iOCT; Haag Streit Surgical, Wedel, Germany).

RESULTS
After uneventful surgery, corneal edema showed fast resolution and DM was reattached to the corneal stroma. In both patient's central corneal thickness decreased after surgery and visual acuity improved.

CONCLUSIONS
MI-OCT guided micropuncture of stromal edema combined with compression sutures and SF6 tamponade is a new therapeutic option in acute corneal hydrops with small Descemet membrane defects.


In Geographies of Learning. Theory and Practice, Activism and Performance, Jill Dolan notes a persistent tension between academics and activists, one that positions "those who purportedly 'do' (as if one could 'do' without thinking)" against "those assumed only to 'think' (as if thinking could ever be merely so)." Ironically, this conflict sometimes manifests itself even in those disciplines that owe their institutionalization as academic fields of study to their ties with and histories as social movements advocating for social and political change. Not acknowledging this problem, Dolan suggests, often results in "expert" and "vernacular" knowledges working at cross-purposes when they might more productively align themselves in order to produce progressive policies. Moreover, leaving this antagonism unresolved can lead to "an unwitting alliance between radical activists and conservative scholars against progressive scholarship" (1). While the friction Dolan identifies can indeed impede the productive exchange of information between intellectuals and their activist counterparts, I would argue that for those of us who claim to be both academics and activists, it is necessary to focus on the particular ways in which this divide manifests itself in the teaching of multiethnic literatures as one that positions lived experience against critical examination, identity against identification. Furthermore, I believe that the spaces between these distinct positions are of paramount importance and must be maintained in order to accomplish the laudable goals that Dolan sets for higher education. Specifically, such goals include turning theory into practice and encouraging both our students and ourselves to make political commitments in the process of becoming better thinkers. Clearly, the space of the classroom and our pedagogical practices constitute a foundation from which we might not just envision but engineer the productive (ir)resolution of conflict and difference. As I suggest in this essay, the practice of multiethnic literatures produces both remarkable opportunity and anxiety. For those of us who commit ourselves to working in what some have disparaged as "victim studies," the issues of authority and legitimacy that were so contestatory while programs like Ethnic Studies were being established in institutions of higher education have taken on new forms. These challenges, less openly hostile and confrontational, are nonetheless still, and perhaps even more, operative at a time when public consensus about the goals and values of "diversity" +has seemingly been achieved and identity politics are derided as a kind of naive and idealistic posturing that refuses the theoretical insights produced by poststructuralism. (1) Given this context of covert challenges to those of us who teach multiethnic literatures and claim such texts as our professional field of study, the importance of formulating specific pedagogical practices through which a responsible model of knowledge production can be disseminated cannot be overestimated. In this essay, I argue for the need to frame explicitly in our teaching of multiethnic literature an ethics of knowledge and offer a set of strategies, derived from the literature itself, that can help us teach our students to be ethically oriented towards the study of alterity. The ethics of knowledge I propose here foregrounds the roles and responsibilities of authors, readers, and critics in the production of knowledge about those who are culturally different from themselves. Such an ethics would also address the humanistic impulse that many of our students are taught to celebrate--a valorization of similarity--and ask questions about the valuation of differences. In explicitly pursuing an ethics of knowledge, I argue that many of the traditional goals we set in order to evaluate pedagogical "success" (goals that include "mastering" the material, cultivating points of identification in order to effect intellectual inquiry, and producing in our students the pleasures that motivate academic enterprise) must be re-conceptualized if not actively countered. …


Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are released into the sewage pipes and ultimately wastewater treatment plants during manufacturing, use, and end–life disposal. AgNPs in wastewater treatment plants aggregate or dissolve, and may affect the microbial community and subsequent pollutant removal efficiency. This study aims to quantitatively investigate the fate of AgNPs in synthetic high ammonia nitrogen wastewater (SW) and sludge from an up–flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) anammox reactor using a nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA), dynamic light scattering (DLS), transmission electron microscope (TEM), and atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). Results showed that 18.1 mM NH4+, 2.11 mM Mg2+ in SW caused less negative zeta potential (ζ−potential, −18.4 vs. −37.4 mV), aggregation (388.8 vs. 21.5 nm), and settlement (80%) of citrate−coated AgNPs (cit−AgNPs) in 220 min. The presence of 18.5 mM Cl− in SW formed AgCl2−, AgCl(aq) and eventually promoted the dissolution (9.3%) of cit−AgNPs. Further exposure of SW−diluted AgNPs to sludge (42 mg L−1 humic acid) and induced a more negative ζ−potential (−22.2 vs. −18.4 mV) and smaller aggregates (313.4 vs. 388.8 nm) due to the steric and hindrance effect. The promoted Ag dissolution (34.4% vs. 9.3%) was also observed after the addition of sludge and the possible reason may be the production of Ag(NH3)2+ by the coexistence of HA from sludge and NH4+ from SW. These findings on the fate of AgNPs can be used to explain why AgNPs had limited effects on the sludge−retained bacteria which are responsible for the anammox process.


Introduction Nonadherence to inhalation therapy is very common in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Few data are available to support the role of community pharmacists in optimizing inhalation therapy in COPD patients. Since 2007, the Kitano Hospital and the Kita-ku Pharmaceutical Association have provided a network system for delivering correct inhalation techniques through certified community pharmacists. The effects of this network system on clinical outcomes in COPD patients were examined. Methods A total of 88 consecutive outpatients with COPD at baseline and 82 of those 4 years later were recruited from the respiratory clinic of Kitano Hospital Medical Research Institute. Measurements included the frequency of COPD exacerbations, patients' adherence to inhalation therapy using a five-point Likert scale questionnaire, and patients' health status both prior to this system and 4 years later. Results Usable information was obtained from 55 patients with COPD at baseline, and from 51 patients 4 years later. Compared with baseline values, a significant decrease was observed in the frequency of COPD exacerbations (1.5 ± 1.6 versus 0.8 ± 1.4 times/year, P = 0.017). Adherence to the inhalation regimen increased significantly (4.1 ± 0.7 versus 4.4 ± 0.8, P = 0.024), but health status was unchanged. At 4 years, of 51 COPD patients, 39 (76%) patients who visited the certified pharmacies showed significantly higher medication adherence than those who did not (4.6 ± 0.6 versus 3.9 ± 1.0, P = 0.022). Conclusion The network system may improve COPD control and adherence to inhalation regimens.


The arginine metabolic pathway in macrophages is required to ensure continual efferocytosis and inflammation resolution. The arginine metabolic pathway in macrophages is required to ensure continual efferocytosis and inflammation resolution.


The invention discloses an equi-biaxial bending in-situ loading device based on X-ray computerized tomography and a using method. The equi-biaxial bending in-situ loading device comprises an upper clamping block, a lower clamping block, a strain sensor, a loading screw and a displacement sensor, wherein the upper clamping block and the lower clamping block are fixedly arranged through supporting columns in a vertically parallel spacing mode. A loading sample, a cushion block and the strain sensor are sequentially arranged on the upper surface of the lower clamping block from bottom to top, and the loading sample can freely slide between the cushion block and the lower clamping block. The loading screw penetrates through a screw hole to abut against the upper surface of the strain sensor, and the displacement sensor penetrates a hole to abut against the edge of the upper surface of the strain sensor. The load of the device only acts on the inside of the loading device and does not act on a sample table, and three-dimensional microstructural evolution of samples under the equi-biaxial bending effect can be researched on line.


Abstract : In 1991, a joint service study on alternative paint removal processes was started in DoD. In the same year, Congress directed the Secretary of the Air Force to study and submit a report on existing paint stripping technologies including an evaluation of their potential for reducing the amount of hazardous waste produced during the stripping process. Also in 1991, the Air Force tested a turbine wheel system that strips paint from aircraft. In 1992, the Senate requested the Inspector General, DoD, to review the conduct of the Air Force study of paint stripping technologies and the Air Force test of the turbine wheel system.


In order to solve the feeding problem of W-band printed antenna and improve the gain of the array antenna element, a waveguide-microstrip transition feed device is designed to feed the Fermi tapered slot antenna. This transition device of four steps gradient method is used in the waveguide to achieve impedance transformation between waveguide and microstrip antenna. The simulation results of CST Microwave Studio@ show that the reflection coefficient is lower than −10dB in the frequency range of 75.7 GHz to 110 GHz, the gain at the typical frequency of 94 GHz reaches 16.7 dB. The measurement results are in good agreement with the simulation results. The antenna can be applied to the antenna array of passive millimeter wave imaging system.


The relevance of candidate image research as an element of political impression management has been scrutinized and contested, as it has been the case for candidate image research in many other scientific domains. For decades the emphasis of political science research was on more conventional topics such as the influences of political ideology, the impact of political rhetoric, the role of political structures and institutions. Nevertheless, with the birth of mass media and maybe even more so with the more recent introduction of social media, the emergence of a predominant visual culture has put candidate image at the centre of political impression formation processes. The managing of political impressions deserves particular attention and profound research. In this article we present an overview of relevant theories and research linked to candidate image within political impression management. The article will firstly discuss how the trend towards perception politics emerged and will revisit the role of perceptions and the formation of politically relevant impressions. Secondly, this article will focus on the politically suitable appearance and the concept of candidate image as an important part of both offline and online political impression management.


A recent clinical study has focused on: 1- the interaction between genetic variants of glutathione S-transferases M1 and T1 (GSTM1 and GSTT1) and smoking on the risk of cardiovascular diseases, 2- the potential capacity of GSTM1 and T1 genotypes in modifying the effect of smoking on inflammation and endothelial function. In this study, we investigated whether carriage of these 2 polymorphisms altered the smoking impact on biological indices of inflammation and cellular adhesion. White blood cell count (WBC), albumin, C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukine-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), L-selectin, E-selectin, P-selectin and intracellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) were measured in 189 non-smokers and 76 smokers (aged 20-55 years) genotyped for the GSTM1 and T1 polymorphisms. Accounting for age and sex, smokers lacking GSTM1 had a higher WBC count, CRP and ICAM-1 levels as compared to the other groups; interaction term between smoking and genotype being significant (p≤0.05). Conversely, non-smokers lacking GSTM1 had a higher levels of TNF-α; the test for interaction being significant (p≤0.05). No significant interaction was found between smoking and GSTT1 genotypes, considering the 9 biological indices. However, significantly lower levels of IL-6 were noticed for non-smokers with GSTT10 null allele (p≤0.05). Our study confirms previous results showing that GSTM1 polymorphism could modulate the interrelationships between smoking and biological markers of inflammation and endothelial function.


Prototype ATLAS muon system transparent Si optical sensors (ALMY) have undergone further testing at Fermilab. A detailed study of the long term behavior of a multi sensor straight line monitor (SLM) has been made. * Student from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA


shared tragic family stories along with her experiences from her unconventional scientific career. Greene indeed gives life to one of the forgotten women in science, shedding light on Alice Stewart the epidemiologist, the persistent researcher, the anti-nuclear advocate, the exceptional colleague. As author and literary critic, Greene adopts a literary style and her story reads often as Stewart's personal and unfiltered account of the politics of radiation risks, one of the most stumbling issues of the twentieth century. I read The Woman Who Knew Too Much not as a historical biography but as a literary memoir, a valuable source for the historian who would wish to dig into archives or the press of the time in order to place Stewart's claims in their historical context. As such The Woman Who Knew Too Much is a valuable contribution to the history of radiation protection and a prized source for the gender analysis of this history. MARIA RENTETZI National Technical University of Athens


The iterative algorithm presented by Lim, Yang and Koh is extended for the design of cosine-modulated pseudo-QMF banks. The algorithm is simple and efficient, and results in savings in the amount of computation and design time. Design examples are included to illustrate the method.


A review of "Metal Detecting and Archaeology", Edited by Suzie Thomas and Peter G. Stone. The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, England 2008.


An active passive vibration isolation platform (VIP) based on 4PUS-PS* parallel mechanism was proposed. The movement characteristics of the mechanism and the hardware design of control system were discussed. Considering the application background, we developed the software of control system. The whole control strategy applied the architecture of "IPC+EtherCAT". First of all, the whole distribution scheme was proposed and the system's deliver approach of the data was analyzed. Then, the hardware of the control system was built. Based on the five-layer architecture of the software which was carried out in the whole control plan, the presentation layer achieved human-computer interaction; the control system realized the whole process control and determined the control strategy of the system; the model layer conducted function encapsulation and function integration of the hardware; communication layer managed communication mode and information routing; the hardware layer completed its hardware configuration management and diagnosis. Also, the key control strategy and the key functional modules of the control system were analyzed in this layer. Finally, the movement control and vibration isolation test were conducted.


ac.uk Abstract -Intheearly seventies, itwasclear thatprimarytheproteins found inbloodorintheliquid compartments aminoacidsequence andits local solution environment hold ofcells (cytosol), orboundtocell membranes. Manyof mostoftheinformation necessary forprotein folding. Sincetheproteins, whichcoatthesurface ofcells, actually have then, scientists havebeentrying tosolve thebioinformatics partoftheprotein anchored inthecellmembraneand problemby constructing thetertiary three-dimensional protruding intotheinterior ofthecell. Thepartofthe structure ofprotein fromtheprimary aminoacidsequences X... X byusing computational biology. Success ofseveral genome protein, whichmakescontact with thecellmembrane, iS sequencing projects putconsiderable momentuminaneffortcalled thetransmembrane domainorthemembrane toanalyze these bio-chemically uncharacterized sequence. A spanning region. Longbefore theadvent ofgenomics, it handful ofmethods aredeveloped tosolve theproblem of wasrealized thattheparts ofproteins whichhaveto globular proteins prediction because oftheeasy availability of contact membranes tendtobe madeof fat-loving thedatabuttheprediction ofmembrane protein structures is (hydrophobic) aminoacids since themembranes ofcells akeyareathatremains mainly unsolved. Theproblem of arelargely madeoffat.Itisnowwellestablished that a prediction ismade topologically more complexby the majority oftransmembrane domainssharea common presenceof several transmembrane domainsinmany structure ofaa-helical arrangement of21-26hydrophobic proteins, andcurrent tools arefarawayfromachieving aminoacids. Transmembrane (TM)proteins areoneofthe significant reliability inprediction. Butfroma pharma- mo undersmembrane of proteins in ohe economical perspective, though itisthefact thatmembrane mostunderstudied groupsofproteins inbiochemical proteins constitute -75%ofpossible targets fornovel drugs research because ofthetechnical difficulties ofobtaining butMPsareoneofthemostunderstudied groups ofproteinsstructural information abouttransmembrane regions. inbiomedical research. Inthis paper wepresent novel neuralThree-dimensional structures ofproteins derived byX-ray networks (NNs) architecture andalgorithms forpredicting crystallography havebeendetermined forabout15000 membranespanning regions fromprimary aminoacidsproteins, butonlyabout80ofthese aretransmembrane sequences byusing their preference parameters. proteins (despite thefact that TM proteins mayaccount for


The topology optimization using the homogenization method is to find optimal layout of microstructures which satisfies design demand in the neighborhood of an arbitrary point in a given design domain. The homogenization approach is to compute proper mechanical properties of those microstructures in terms of integral averaging by accepting the periodicity assumption and characteristic function. In this paper, we described a stiffness homogenization theory that is able to avoid the complication of the homogenization approach and reduce the computation cost by considering the topology optimization process in consistence with the finite element analysis. The method can be applied more flexibly to individual or simultaneous optimization of the topology, shape, size and material layout. We discussed a stiffness homogenization during meshing the space structure with different kinds of elements in detail. An optimal criterion for the minimum weight design problem, as one of typical optimization design problems, was derived and the computational algorithm was presented. Numerical results of an example were compared with previous methods, which show the validation of the method.


Most urologists commonly encounter and recognize pus in the preputial space as posthitis or balanoposthitis. However, penile abscess with involvement of the corpus cavernosum is an uncommon condition, which might present in association with penile drug injection, after penile trauma or as a rare complication to bacteremia. Drainage of the penile abscess is a part of the treatment, and often yields material for conventional diagnostic methods to detect a microbiological causative agent and aid to identify the relevant antibiotic regimen. Surgical debridement of the penile abscess might be necessary to minimize the risk of recurrence, and surgery is indisputable in the presence of accompanying necrotizing fasciitis (Fournier). In the current case, a penile abscess seemingly occurred in the absence of a detectable microbiological cause. Because of severe penile pain, the patient agreed to undergo penile amputation. With the patient under general anesthesia, the authors carried out sonourethrography, which allowed detailed characterization of a complex abscess with fistula formation to the urethra. Examination of the total penectomy specimen revealed the rare diagnosis of penile xanthogranulomatous granuloma. Xanthogranulomatous granuloma or xanthogranulomatous inflammation is an acute and chronic inflammation possibly initiated by hemorrhage, suppuration and necrosis. A very large number of clustering foamy macrophages and other inflammatory cells characterize the xanthogranulomatous inflammation. Within urology, we know it best from xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis, but it has also been found in the urinary bladder and in the testes. Overall, this type of inflammation has been reported from a widespread range of anatomical locations. The present study is an interesting piece of work that shows how it might be possible to evaluate the infected and traumatized male urethra by ultrasonography. The authors used urethral gel installation, and employed both a transrectal probe and a transcutaneous probe to evaluate the entire length of the male urethra. This study shows that an experienced ultrasonographers perception and interpretation of fistula localization and communication corresponds well with the pathological findings of the penectomy specimen. The authors relevantly discuss the limited generalizability and reproducibility of ultrasonography. The current singlescan case study did not offer additional data on reproducibility of the same examiner at different time-points or even between different examiners. Data on reproducibility is of interest if the modality is planned for several consecutive scans in a follow-up regimen. Many clinicians would lean towards magnetic resonance imaging for fistula follow up for the reason of reproducibility and the possibility to compare stored images from the same section. A comparative study between ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging in an animal model or 3-D printed jelly model would be very interesting. In the current case, sonourethrography had no role in clinical decision-making, as the patient was already under general anesthesia and ready for penectomy at the time of scanning. However, the authors should be acknowledged for their attempt to further diagnose and learn from this rare case, and especially for taking the time to publish and share their interesting experience. Sonourethrography has the potential to elucidate urethral pathology before a clinical decision is made, and is readily available for clinical follow up of conservative drainage treatment. To establish an evidence-based hierarchy between modalities, the authors and others are encouraged to carry out studies on the potential of ultrasonography in evaluation of urethral pathology.


Emporiatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the management of the health problems of international travellers. The necessity of travel medicine is a result of the rapid expansion in international travel. Globalization facilitates the spread of diseases and it increases the number of travellers who will be exposed to different health environments. Emporiatrics is important because it is concerned about the impact of tourism on health for better safety of travellers.


Herein, we present a one-pot microwave-assisted preparative method for water-soluble carbon dots (CDs) in an immiscible system. CDs demonstrated uniform morphology, high quantum yield and excitation-independent fluorescence emission. Moreover, we first reported the observation of thermally activated delayed fluorescence from CDs.


Introduction: Patients (pts) with high-risk multiple myeloma (HRMM) experience early disease progression post autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT). The median progression free survival (PFS) for HRMM pts undergoing ASCT with lenalidomide (len) maintenance ranges between 27 and 42 months in high risk pts and 22 months in ultra-high risk, defined by two or more adverse cytogenetic abnormalities such as: gain(1q), t(4;14), t(14;16),t(14;20), or del(17p)( Chakraborty et al, Leukemia,2018 and Jackson et al, Lancet, 2018). Elotuzumab, a humanized IgG kappa monoclonal antibody against SLAM-F7 (CS-1), is approved in combination with len and dexamethasone (ERd) in pts with relapsed MM (Dimopoulus et al, BJH, 2017). It directly activates natural killer (NK) cells and mediates myeloma cell death by antibody-dependent cell mediated cytoxicity. We hypothesized that administration of ERd as post-ASCT consolidation will enhance an immune-competent phenotype, by restoring NK cells and effector T-cell populations at a time of maximal disease de-bulking, and will ultimately improve outcomes among pts with HRMM.
 Methods: Thirty-one HRMM patients who achieved stable disease or better were treated beginning at 30-90 days post ASCT with ERd (29/31 pts) or elotuzumab/pomalidomide )/dex (EPd) (2/31 pts) between September 2016 and February 2019. With institutional review board approval, electronic medical records were reviewed for baseline characteristics, treatment history, adverse events (AE) while on therapy as defined by common terminology criteria for adverse events (CTCAE), and survival outcomes. Treatment with ERd or EPd was administered for 4 consecutive 28-day cycles per standard dosing regimens with a tapering or discontinuation of corticosteroids per investigator discretion with cycles 3 and 4. HRMM was defined by any of the following: ISS or Revised-ISS stage 3, CD-138 selected FISH with del 17p, 1q21 gain, t(4;14), t(14;16), and t(14;20), cytogenetics with 13q del or complex karyotype, and/or high-risk gene expression profile score. Ultra-HR pts were defined by having both del 13q and 1q21 gain by FISH based on recent unpublished COMPASS data. Minimal residual disease (MRD) was evaluated upon achievement of very good partial remission or complete remission using 10-color multiparametric flow cytometry. PFS was measured using the log-rank test. Response criteria was defined per International Myeloma Working Group criteria.
 Results: Baseline characteristics of all 31 patients are shown in Table 1. Thirty-four percent were ISS-3, 71% (22/31 pts) had high-risk FISH, of which 19% were ultra-high risk (6/22 pts). Seven pts (22.6%) underwent tandem-ASCT pre-consolidation. Of the 8 pts who had GEP testing, 2 (25%) were high risk. Best response to treatment by cycle is depicted in Table 2. Consolidative ERd/EPd deepened response compared to post-ASCT with 71.4% vs 19.4% achieving stringent complete remission (sCR). Post-consolidation, 19.3% vs 12.9%, pre-consolidation, achieved MRD negativity. With a median follow-up of 24.8 months, median PFS was 31.4 months (Figure 1). There was no significant association between median PFS and variables such as tandem ASCT and ultra-HR using multivariate cox regression. Although all pts experienced at least one AE while on therapy, only 1 patient (3.22%) experienced a grade 3 AE. Hematologic AEs included: anemia (48%), neutropenia (45%), and thrombocytopenia (52%), while the most common non-hematologic AEs included: fatigue (32%), malaise (23%), and back pain (19%). One patient experienced a serious AE (SAE) which was PCP pneumonia requiring hospitalization, resulting in early discontinuation from therapy. There was no treatment-related mortality.
 Conclusion: ERd or EPd as 4 months of fixed duration consolidation therapy post-ASCT resulted in a median PFS of 31.4 months amongst pts with HRMM, similar to or perhaps surpassing historical reports of HRMM pts receiving lenalidomide maintenance until progression. This therapy may offer comparable, if not superior, outcomes while having the advantage of allowing for significant time without therapy and perhaps improving quality of life and financial toxicity. This study is limited due to its retrospective nature. Larger prospective studies evaluating fixed duration ERd/EPd in HRMM patients post ASCT should be conducted.

 Rowley: Allergan: Equity Ownership; Fate Therapeutics: Consultancy. Goldberg:COTA: Equity Ownership; Bristol-Myers Squibb: Consultancy; Cancer Outcomes Tracking and Analysis (COTA) Inc.: Equity Ownership. Siegel:Janssen: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Takeda: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Celgene: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Amgen: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau. Biran:Bristol Meyers Squibb: Research Funding; Amgen: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Janssen: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Celgene: Consultancy, Honoraria; Takeda: Consultancy, Honoraria; Merck: Research Funding.


Objective:To explore the regulation of cholinergic agonist carbachol on the interstitial cells of cajal (ICC) in rat bladder.Methods:Rat bladder was isolated by collagenase digestion.Bladder ICC like cells were cultured in vitro.Ca~(2+) i variation was assessed on Fluo-3 AM dye loaded cells underwent cholinergic stimulation using confocal laser scanning.Results:The cells with C-kit positive,shape of long spindle and apophysis in the rat bladder tissue plate and cultured cells in vitro were identified as ICC-like cells.Cells were did Fluo-3 calcium load and confocal laser scanning.ICC-like cells have intermit calcium sparks with no stimulation.The spontaneous calcium sparks in ICC-like cells was significantly increased with the different concentrations carbachol was used.Conclusions: Spontaneous calcium sparks can be enhanced after cholinergic stimulation in ICC like-cells of rat bladder.It suggest that carbachol may excite ICC-like cells by cholinergic receptor on ICC-like cells.


We have obtained a model-independent solution of the problem of nd scattering in the doublet state. The solution reveals qualitative characteristics of a three-nucleon system at low energies and correlations between the parameters of the doublet scattering amplitude.


The cardiovascular effects produced by 3,4‐methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; 'Ecstasy') contribute to its acute toxicity, but the potential role of its metabolites in these cardiovascular effects is not known. Here we examined the effects of MDMA metabolites on cardiovascular function in rats.


Support for dynamic reconfiguration permitting changes to the structure of an application while it is in operation is becoming more and more important for distributed applications. One use of such a reconfiguration facility would be to dynamically change the structure of an application in order to improve its performance. In this paper we describe the design and implementation of a dynamic performance improvement scheme that is based on controlling clustering of persistent objects. Our scheme provides a means of dynamically reconfiguring storage structures of application objects, from no clustering (all objects treated as independent), to maximum clustering (all objects grouped together), including any intermediate level of clustering, to suit a given pattern of usage.<<ETX>>


Rainfall variability is a major factor influencing the agricultural productivity and sustainability in the tropics (Virmani, 1994). The development of improved crop production technology in rainfed areas to increase food production requires quantitative understanding of the temporal variation of rainfall during crop growth.


Objective To study the effect of childhood abuse and big five personality on depressive symptoms of college students,and to provide theoretical basis for the intervention.Methods 2 374 students clusterly sampled form 3 colleges in Jiangsu province were assessed with personal report of childhood abuse(PRCA),Beck depression inventory(BDI) and the revised NEO five-factor inventory(NEO-FFI-R).A path analysis was conducted by using Analysis of Moment Structures(AMOS) version 7.0.Results Childhood abuse was significantly positively correlated with nervousness(P0.01),and was significantly negatively correlated with extraversion,friendliness and cautiousness(P0.01).Childhood abuse and nervousness were significantly positively correlated with the depressive symptoms(P0.01).Extraversion,friendliness and cautiousness were significantly negatively correlated with the depressive symptoms(P0.05).Nervousness,extraversion,friendliness and cautiousness acted as intervening variables to regulate the influence of childhood abuse on depressive symptoms.Conclusion Big five personality regulates the effect of childhood abuse on depressive symptoms in college students as mediated variable.


Based on the Yabiluo RCC gravity dam and through simulation calculation and comparison analysis,the effect law of cold wave on surface stress is systematically researched by the 3-D FEM,and surface protection criteria for the Yabiluo RCC gravity dam is put forward,which provides reference for the design and construction of similar projects.


Device for opening a closed, locked or unlocked lid (103) of a luggage compartment (101) of a motor vehicle, in which the luggage compartment (101) is attached to an actuator (102) due to the actuation of the lid (103) of the luggage compartment (101) if necessary, unlocked and the lid (103) is opened, characterized in that the motor vehicle further comprises a remotely operated locking system and that, upon actuation of the actuating element (102), the remote-controlled locking system is activated in such a way that the cover (103), if necessary, unlocked and opened becomes.


I N THE june 1944 JOURNALISM QUARTERLY was published my article entitled "The Press Must Act to Meet Postwar Responsibility." The article was based on a speech I had made in April 1944 before the National Newspaper Promotion Association under the title "Public Relations for the American Daily Newspaper." The article dealt with stated policies of American newspapers and how they practice them; the attitudes of the public toward the press; the issues that the public considers to be important; and recommendations on public relations for the daily press. It pointed out that danger signals existed for the American press. From an interpretation of authoritative surveys, it suggested that the press has failed to gain the broad public acceptance which its function in a democracy demandsthe function of a disseminator of accurate, complete and unbiased news and an instrument of social leadership. It concluded that, unless steps were taken to remedy thie condition, not only does the press stand to suffer but the progress of the nation itself might be impeded. The article evoked considerable public interest, in this country and in England. The London " orld'$ Press News, on September 7, 1944, devoted a page to it, and commented:


This invention is directed to a method for identifying nucleic acid ligands by the SELEX method wherein the participation of fixed sequences is eliminated or minimized.


The adjusted mechanical alignment (aMA) technique is an extension of conventional mechanical alignment (MA), which has rarely been reported. The purpose of this study was to evaluate mid‐term outcomes of navigation‐assisted total knee arthroplasty (TKA) using aMA.


ABSTRACT In this paper, a dynamic response analysis of a floating offshore wind turbine is performed during the rotor rotation under wind and wave loads after the turbine was installed on a floating platform. The floating offshore wind turbine is modelled as a system that consists of the floating platform, a tower, a nacelle, a hub, and three blades. Flexible multibody dynamics is employed in constructing the equations dealing with motion for the floating offshore wind turbine in the dynamic response analysis. The tower and the blades are constructed as flexible bodies by using the three-dimensional beam element. The external forces acting on the floating platform included the hydrostatic force, the hydrodynamic force, and the mooring force. Then, aerodynamic force was calculated based on the blade element momentum theory, and was applied to the blades. Using the wave and wind conditions that are generally required to operate a 5-MW offshore wind turbine, a numerical simulation was performed to determine the dynamic response of the floating offshore wind turbine, and the results are compared with the calculated dynamic response and stress based on a wind turbine analysis code that is open to the public.