In this article, I examine in unprecedented detail little-known Victorian craftsman William Coombe Sanders' remarkable sheepskin Frame Resembling Carved Wood with Lobster and Crab Motif, now at the V&A, but first exhibited at the International Exhibition in London in 1862. The article asks three questions: What might we learn, from Sanders' craft, about the likely mid-Victorian reception of Gibbons's closely related marine works? How might we better understand Sanders' and Gibbons's work in the context not just of Victorian craft and design, but natural history and early twenty-first-century critical animal studies and vegan theory? And what might Sanders' Gibbons-like relief teach us about the status of animals and humans in the longer history of still life as a genre?


BACKGROUND: Bronchial occlusion (BO) using silicon spigots (SSs) has been reported to be effective for intractable bronchopleural fistula. Here, a new BO method using a guide sheath (GS) and curette was devised. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the usefulness of BO using a GS and curette. METHODS: The study enrolled 12 consecutive patients who underwent BO (under mild sedation) between October 2014 and January 2016. The devices used were an 1T-260 bronchoscope, and an SG-201C GS, which was customized by cutting it 30 mm from the proximal end to make it compatible with a CC-4CR-1 curette (all Olympus Ltd., Tokyo, Japan). The SS attached to the curette tip was inserted into the target bronchus. Then, the SS was left in position by pulling the curette back through the GS, while holding the SS with the GS. The success rate and procedural time were investigated.
 RESULTS: BO with SSs was performed on 74 target bronchi (3 to 9 bronchi/patient). The success rate of target BO was 97.3%(72/74). The required time for BO per SS ranged from 5.0 to 12.3 (mean 7.3) min. This method enabled easy insertion of the SS, even in the upper lobe bronchus, in which it was difficult to completely insert the bronchoscope tip, and the SSs were clearly visible during placement. No complications were observed. CONCLUSIONS: BO using a GS and curette was a useful technique, in particular, when approaching the upper lobe bronchus.


The invention relates to artificial feed for Lygus lucorum and a feeding method thereof. The feed raw materials include eggs, sucrose, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, 50% honey water, yolk, wheat germ, soybean meal, soya lecithin, complex vitamin, and so on. The feeding method comprises selecting a preservation box as a feeding box, and placing a matched grid into the feeding box; wrapping the artificial feed with parafilm, placing on the grid, inoculating Lygus lucorum nymphs at temperature of 25-28 DEC C, humidity of 60-80% and illumination L:D = (15-16):(9-8), and feeding while replacing feed every week. The Lygus lucorum fed with the inventive artificial feed has high survival rate (higher than or equal to 70%), high average egg laying amount of single female Lygus lucorum and long shelf life (one month). The feeding method reduces feed replacement frequency to once per week, saves times and labors, and greatly saves feed cost. The inventive feeding method can obtain a large amount of standard test Lygus lucorum with identical ages and nutrition conditions.


In this paper we present photometry in two bands of 17 rich clusters of galaxies with redshifts between 0.17 and 0.39. Fifteen of the clusters were studied on J and F (or in one case N) plates taken at the prime focus of the KPNO and CTIO 4 m telescopes. Objects were photometered in an area of 55 arcmin/sup 2/ centered on teh cluster and in an equal-sized area far from the cluster. Two clusters were observed in V and R with the KPNO videocamera on the 2.1 m telescope, covering a field of 6.3 arcmin/sup 2/.


seemingly inconsequential blow to the chest is a frightening occurrence known as "commotio cordis" or "concussion of the heart." Although commotio cordis is considered rare by some authors, it represents one of the most common mechanisms of sudden death in sport seen in young athletes. Commotio cordis is generally understood to mean "instantaneous cardiac arrest produced by non-penetrating chest blows in the absence of heart disease or identifiable morphologic injury to the chest wall or heart". 3 Most cases report accidental death of otherwise healthy children or adolescents after chest impact during recreational or competitive sport or, less commonly, during road traffic accidents. Such fatalities receive extensive media coverage, provoke legal debate, and may stimulate research into the public health aspects of this condition—for example, the capacity of protective gear to prevent commotio cordis or the possibility of developing safer sporting equipment.


Eight industrial lipases were tested for cutinase activity on apple (Malus pumila cv. Golden Delicious) cutin and compared with cutinase from the fungus Fusarium solani f. sp pisi. The analysis of released cutin monomers was performed by normal‐phase h.p.l.c with an evaporative light‐scattering detector. Calibration curves of cutin monomers were established for quantification of cutinolytic activity of the industrial lipases. The pH optimum for cutinase activity of the lipase preparations was approx. 8.0. A high concentration of detergent was necessary for expression of cutinase activity. The most active lipase was found to be Amano PS‐800, which was capable of hydrolysing 16% of apple cutin.


In this paper, several interrelated technologies are utilized to demonstrate how the magnetic gradients that attract particles used in magnetic particle testing can be tested and quantified. These technologies generate findings that are remarkably consistent with each other and with standards that have been established to characterize particle sensitivity. The ketos tool steel ring and its use will be reviewed. Observations and calculations associated with the ketos ring will then be compared with recent developments in magnetic encoding technology, as such technology can be applied to the evaluation of magnetic particle testing materials. The technologies that are addressed in this paper are visual testing, the hall effect magnetic field measurement of ketos tool steel rings and NIST standard reference material rings, finite element method testing for magnetic field and gradient analysis, magnetic encoding, mathematical modeling of magnetic encoding and magnetic force microscopy.


The NEMLAR project is a European Commission supported project with partners from the EU and from Arabic speaking countries in the Mediterranean region. The project aims at surveying the stat-of-the art- of language resources and tools for Arabic in the region, at developing a BLARK definition for Arabic, and at starting development of language resources or updating of existing language resources. The project also aims to create visibility for Arabic language technology, through a newsletter and through an international conference. 1. Motivation There is abundant evidence that language technologies can only be developed using large bodies of language resources (LRs) for language modelling, as test beds, for evaluation, example bases, and terminology source. The need for LRs applies both for research and for commercial applications. Not only raw data, but also 'derived' LRs, e.g. annotated corpora, lexica and grammars, as well as tools for manipulating data form part of the material of interest. The production of such LRs also enables the linguistic cultural heritage of a community or nation to be preserved in an age of digital access and storage. This is the reason the NEMLAR project was started. There is a strong interest in supporting the Arabic language, in the region, in Europe and elsewhere. The project runs 20032005.


Abstract This paper presents the topological transversality coincidence theorem for general multivalued maps who have selections in a given class of maps.


The shocking events of September 11 appear to have brought a self evident need for a rapid redefinition of prevailing Canadian foreign policy priorities. They have moved to the compelling centre of public attention and the policy agenda the issues of combating terrorism, its financing, perpetrators and supporters, of securing Canadians and their civil liberties in their North American homeland, of mobilizing military and political investments for the global campaign, and of sustaining the prosperity required to realize these objectives over the long haul.


Background: Recent studies showed that individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders and their relatives have problems to express and recognize emotions but there is a lack of studies concerning alexithymia levels and relationships between parental alexithymia and depressionanxiety symptoms in these groups. Objective: We aimed to determine alexithymia, depression, anxiety levels of parents in children with pervasive developmental disorders and ADHD, also examine if there is a positive correlation between child's neurodevelopmental problem's severity and parental scores. Methods: Parents of 29 AD, 28 PDD-NOS and 29 ADHD children have recruited the study. Sociodemographic data form, TAS-20, BDI, STAI-I and STAI-II were applied to groups. Results: Our results demonstrated that alexithymia symptoms are higher among parents of children with AD than others but unexpectedly, also these symptoms were higher in ADHD parents than PDD-NOS groups'. In addition, there were unexpected differences according to alexithymia subtypes while only the difference in maternal TAS-1 scores (difficulty in describing feelings) were statistically significant. Parental depression, state anxiety scores were increased as the child's symptom severity increased, but trait anxiety symptoms were higher among AD and ADHD group than PDD-NOS. In all groups, maternal depression and anxiety scores were higher than paternals and differences were significant for depression and A cc ep te d A rt ic le This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. anxiety types among AD, and for only anxiety types among ADHD parents. We noticed that AD group had the strongest correlational relationship between parental depression-anxiety and alexithymia statements. Conclusion: Alexithymia, depression and anxiety levels are necessary to remember while studying with parents of children with neurdodevelopmental disorders.


Background Context. Fluoroscopic-guided lumbar puncture typically provides rapid access to the subarachnoid space.  Despite advances in equipment and imaging, new challenges have arisen as the face of the world population changes.  Purpose. In the patient with difficult body habitus, the procedure can become more difficult.  Such patients often require longer procedure times, increased fluoroscopy time with subsequent higher radiation dosages, and often multiple skin punctures, with the potential for a higher complication rate.  Study Design/Setting .  Our radiology department is regularly called upon to access the subarachnoid space in our fluoroscopic suites for entities including, but not limited to raised intracranial pressure, suspected infection, demyelinating disease and intrathecal chemotherapy. We describe a fast, effective and simple method for gaining access to the subarachnoid space in such patients with more challenging body habitus. Results. This technique has been used successfully in at least 30 such cases.  Conclusions. The use of a radiopaque localizer grid is a fast and easy way to access the subarachnoid space in patients with difficult body habitus, significantly decreasing overall procedure time and radiation dose.


The biofortification, process of nutrients creation for food crops, provides a sustainable strategy for rural populations in developing countries. Crops are created for greater levels of micronutrients, by using conventional and transgenic breeding methods. Recent studies provide evidence that biofortification is a promising strategy to combat nutritional deficits. Being a basic and common food of the population of developing countries, the flour got a significant attention as appropriate matrix for biofortification.


Objective: To observe the clinical curative effect of quadruple intervention therapy in the treatment of cerebral damage syndrome patients.Methods: 145 children conformed to the criteria of the diagnosis of brain damage syndrome were selected,using quadruple intervention therapy intervention,60 days was a course,between each 20 days treatment course there was a rest for 20 days.After a period of treatment all the children had Gesell intelligence test and GMFM gross motor evaluation,observing the improvement of the situation after treatment and making covariance analysis according to the intervention of children age group,to discuss the effects of intervention time and the score before treatment on the prognosis of children.Results: After the intervention,the scores of five area in the Gesell intelligence test and three scores of GMFM compared with before treatment were statistically significant(P 0.05) at the level of α = 0.05,the scores were improved after quadruple intervention therapy.Intervention time and the scores of Gesell test can affect the prognosis of brain damage syndrome children.Conclusion: The quadruple intervention treatments on brain damage syndrome children have a good effect,and early intervention can improve the prognosis of children.


of Monograph presented to the Coordination of the Course of Engineering of Production as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for the graduation in Engineering of Production. FAILURE PREVENTION IN NEW BORN PROJECTS – A FMEA APPLICATION Itamar Antonio de Souza


We study the mixing time of systematic scan Glauber dynamics Ising model on the complete graph. On the complete graph $K_n$, at each time, $k \leq n$ vertices are chosen uniformly random and are updated one by one according to the uniformly randomly chosen permutations over the $k$ vertices. We show that if $k = o(n^{1/3})$, the high temperature regime $\beta<1$ exhibits cutoff phenomena. For critical temperature regime $\beta = 1$, We prove that the mixing time is of order $n^{3/2}k^{-1}$. For $\beta>1$, we prove the mixing time is of order $nk^{-1}\log n$ under the restricted dynamics.


An exhaust system for a combustion engine-operated vehicle with a system for removal of condensate 141 has a first acted upon by exhaust 160 conduit portion 110, at least one second pressurized with exhaust 160 conduit portion 120 and at least one suction line 137. The suction pipe 137 is at least one second line portion 120 and the first line segment 110 disposed between the bottom 124 of, and has an opening 135, which is adapted to be overflowed from flowing in the first conduit section 110 exhaust 160th


In order to use fly ash as an admixture for concrete, it is necessary to add an alkali activator and it is necessary to remove unburned carbon. Thus far, surface treatment using plasma has been carried out, but plasma has a problem of generating ozone when oxygen is used as an active gas. Ozone not only oxidizes the surrounding material but also harms the health of the experimenter. Therefore, in this study, we have studied the removal of unburned carbon by using arc discharge. An SEM analysis was carried out to confirm the removal effect of unburned carbon. Physical properties were confirmed by measuring the ignition loss, specific gravity and fineness. In addition, compressive strength and flexural strength at three days of age were measured to confirm the hydration reactivity change. Experimental results showed that the unburned carbon was removed, the ignition loss and specific gravity were decreased, and the fineness was increased. Also, the compressive strength was increased with surface treatment fly ash using arc discharge. Therefore, it is considered that arc discharge can be employed to treat the surface of the fly ash.


7.8-Dioxa[6]helicene exhibits arrested chirality in the crystalline state. The asymmetric unit contains 8 different, stacked helical molecules of which two are disordered. The molecules appear in homochiral (3 x 1 x () strings. Further analysis indicates that there can be domains of enantiomeric excess and a dipolar structure reminiscent of 1-D Ising behaviour.


Radiation-induced normal cell toxicity (RINCT) is a major factor to consider while treating any ailment with radiotherapy. Clinical irradiation of tumors necessitates an understanding of the potential efficacy of radiation protective agents in reducing radiation damage to healthy tissues and their effects on tumor tissue radiosensitivity. Ferroptosis is a relatively new form of iron-dependent cell death that has been linked to a variety of disease pathologies. The key mediators of ferroptosis have been identified as lipid peroxidation and iron metabolism. Lipid peroxidation is the result of a reaction between reactive oxygen (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) with phosphatidylethanolamine-containing polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). Ferroptosis inhibitors have been demonstrated to have anti-inflammatory effects in animal models of disease. It was recently shown that ionizing radiation (IR) generates severe ferroptosis, a critical component of RT-mediated normal cell toxicity. These findings support the use of ferroptosis inhibitor treatments for the treatment of radiation normal cell toxicity. Targeting lipid metabolic substrates and controlling ferroptosis by radiation could reduce toxicity and improve clinical outcomes. In this study, we address the relationships between radiotherapy and various types of radiation-induced cell death, and we discuss the interactions between ferroptosis and other kinds of controlled cell death generated by radiotherapy, and we investigate combination treatment options targeting ferroptosis in radiotherapy. This review will be a foundation for future research on ferroptosis in radiotherapy. Additionally, the relevant patents on ferroptosis inhibitors with various therapeutic potentials have been discussed.


The abbey of Notre-Dame of Nanteuil-en-Vallee is a monastic site located between Poitiers and Angouleme (France). The site was dismantled during the French Revolution: the abbey church and part of the complex served as a quarry and as a source of building materials for the surrounding buildings, as evidenced by the many visible uses in the village.
Seven excavation campaigns carried out between 2011 and 2017 allowed archaeologists an important study of the monastic complex. Those archaeological operations have identified many phases of construction and occupation since the gallo-Roman antiquity to the present day.
An almost exhaustive sampling of lime mortars has been carried out within the structures accessible and observed since 2011. More than 200 mortar samples were therefore taken from the various buildings and masonry of all periods. The study of architectural binders and their comparison allows us to identify masonries and construction phases. But one of the objectives is also to observe changes or constancy in the practices, recipes and supply logic in the choice of materials for the manufacture of lime mortars. The work carried out in recent years at IRAMAT-CRP2A shows that lime mortar also provides chronological information by using Single Grain Optically Stimulated Luminescence (SG-OSL) technique.
In a first step, 14 lime mortar samples were taken for SG-OSL dating: 3 samples from the "Tresor" whose chronology remains problematic, and 11 from the masonries observed during the excavations of 2017 and immediately covered. These first samples will allow us to test the sensitivity of the grains and to consider, or not, SG-OSL mortar sampling on the whole stratigraphy in the nave of the abbey church.
In order to question the supply and the use of the building materials, the abbey of Notre-Dame of Nanteuil-en-Vallee gives us the opportunity to study the raw materials used in a large chronological sequence from gallo-roman Antiquity to the present day.


Remote "Monitor and Control" systems are being increasingly used in various areas including security, transportation, manufacturing, supply chain, healthcare, biomedical, etc. A unit system with hardware and software components, sans network support, for providing limited monitoring and control for industrial automation was proposed in our earlier work. In this paper, we extend that architecture to address the issues faced by large-scale wireless industrial automation-networking, communication architecture, modularity, extendibility and fault tolerance. The RF link of the wireless interface is reconfigurable to accommodate different RF modules (Bluetooth, 802.11, Zig-bee, RFID) providing over-the-air (OTA) plug-n-play capability. The application integration platform maintains a component level description of the system and is interfaced to a spatio-temporal visualization tool, imparting flexibility for implementing complex systems, where nodes can be addressed individually or on a group/cluster basis. Experimental results of the reconfigurable wireless interface and simulation results of network organization and healing are presented.


Objective:To study the effect of hemoperfusion(HP) combined with hemodialysis(HD) on the patients with uremia. Methods:24 maintenance hemodialysis patients were randomly divided into the test group(n=12) and control group(n=12). The hemoperfusion connected with hemodialysis in series was used in the test group and the hemodialysis in the control group. Anticoagulant is heparin. The hemodialysis blood flow rate was 200~250 ml/min, dialysate flow rate was 500ml/min. The time of pruritus relief and the level of SCr、BUN、PTH、β2-MG in the blood were measured before and after treatment. Results:The relief of skin itching and the clearance of PTH and β2-MG were significantly higher in the test group than the control group(P0.05).Conclusion: The treatment of hemoperfusion connected with hemodialysis in series can effectively relieve skin pruritus and clean the middle-large molecular substance.


A direct-field acoustic test (DFAT) was performed on a Sandia system in order to verify survival due to an acoustic environment of 146.7 dB OASPL. The DFAT technique' performed by surrounding a test article with a wall of speakers and controlling the acoustic input with a closed-loop control system' was chosen as the test method in order to meet a critical schedule. In choosing this test method, other challenges became apparent, such as how to obtain the high-intensity acoustic levels and what occurs to that environment inside the bagged frame constructed to maintain a contamination-free system. In addition, the vast amounts of data measured during a single test necessitated a way for the test director to quickly visualize the acoustic environment, saving time and provide insight for input adjustments if necessary. Finally, even though the specified acoustic environment was successfully obtained, the results illustrated some drawbacks of the current DFAT method. This paper will detail the DFAT setup used ...


This article, the second in the series 'Racism matters', looks at the impact of COVID-19 on maternity care in the UK and more specifically how this affects women from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) background, with a focus on Black mothers. What are the challenges these women face in maternity daily? What can midwives learn from the findings of The Mothers and Babies Reducing Risk through Audit and Confidential Enquiries (MBRRACE) report?


In ear recognition problems, sparse representation based classification (SRC) has shown good performance. The dictionary used for sparse coding plays a key role in SRC. Traditional SRC methods mostly use the holistic features of the training samples to construct the dictionary for identification. But this will bring heavy computational load because of the large dimensionality of the dictionary. Therefore, a structured dictionary construction method is proposed in this paper, which is based on the Fisher discrimination criterion. Each atom of the dictionary has correspondence to the class labels. At the same time, the Fisher discrimination criterion is applied to get the coding coefficients, which have the characteristics of small within-class scatter and big between-class scatter. Meanwhile, considering that the ear images we get in practical application always have different rates of occlusion, we propose to learn a compact occlusion dictionary with Gabor features, since Gabor features are more robust to pose variation and partial occlusion. So the whole dictionary is composed of two parts: the Fisher discrimination dictionary and the Gabor occlusion dictionary. Then we apply this dictionary in sparse representation based classification (FGSRC). The experimental results on two ear datasets have shown that our proposed FGSRC performs better than existing ear recognition under partial occlusion based on SRC; In the case of ear recognition under natural occlusion, our method also shows good performance.


In the present study, Mg alloys were prepared with different strontium contents and investigated for applications as resorbable implants (screws, plates, stents etc.). Microstructural characterisation and phase analysis were performed by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy. Alloy with 0.5 wt-% strontium results in a microstructure with fine grains (179 ± 22 µm) and the highest second phase precipitates (area-fraction ∼1.55%). The immersion and electrochemical measurements were performed at different times in Hanks' solution. The corrosion rate decreased with increasing strontium amount owing to precipitate barrier and protective corrosion products. In vitro biocompatibility test was carried out by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide assay. The cell viability decreases with an increase in strontium content owing to presumably higher fraction of the Mg17Sr2 phase.


Received June 30, 1950 THE chromatographic examination of vegetable drugs is only now beginning to receive detailed study, and so there are few references to this method as applied to senna or other anthraquinone-containing drugs. Ernst and Weiner' used a column of magnesia, and stated that, because of its alkalinity, it had the advantage of causing the emodin-containing layer to be coloured red. Gibson and Schwarting2 in a paper on the chromatographic isolation of the trihydroxymethylanthraquinones of cascara sagrada used a mixture of 3 parts of celite and 1 part of magnesia as the adsorbing agent. They had difficulty in differentiating the anthraquinone zones, and therefore carried out comparative experiments using dilute chloroform solutions of the pure anthraquinones which they anticipated would be present. On chromatographing a chloroform solution containing the three pure substances, emodin, aloe-emodin and isoemodin, continued washing of the column with chloroform over a period of a week was required before differentiation of the initial red layer was evident. Cropper3 recommended heavy magnesium carbonate as an adsorbent for hydroxyanthraquinone derivatives. No work appears to have been published concerning the behaviour of simple anthrones on chromatographic columns.


: Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides host robust excitons with a valley degree of freedom that can be optically accessed and manipulated for quantum information processing. Here, we demonstrate enhancement and spectral control of valley exciton emission in MoS 2 via coupling with dielectric metasurfaces composed of arrays of Si nano-disks. By varying the disk diameter, we tune the frequencies of Mie scattering modes of the disks to match the exciton frequency in MoS 2 . Photoluminescence (PL) intensity of MoS 2 is enhanced by over 30 times on the metasurface in contrast to that on flat sapphire substrate, attributed to enhancement of both excitation and emission resulting from the metasurface optical near field coupling. The MoS 2 emission spectra are also markedly modified via the coupling of neutral excitons, trions and defect bound excitonic states with the metasurface Mie modes. Finally, we show how the metasurface enhances the valley polarized PL from both excitons and trions by over an order of magnitude at cryogenic temperatures (100K). The observed disk-diameter dependent enhancement shows excellent agreement with the calculated Purcell factor of our metasurfaces. Our study provides a Si-compatible photonic design to improve the recombination dynamics of valley polarized excitons and trions for a variety of on-chip valleytronic applications.


Once again, priceless antiques and lovely ladies spell danger for the irrepressible Lovejoy. Despite attempts to involve him in a barely legal dating service and a thriving trade in fake Stone Age tools, Lovejoy's antiques business is going under. Then he receives a mysterious invitation and sets out for London, and the seductive, treacherous world of sex, antiques, high fashion--and into the muddy waters of murder.288 pp.


The present study considers a when-to-schedule policy in online production scheduling, which can be applicable to the timing of rescheduling under a dynamic environment with unforeseeable events. This paper extends our previous work and proposes a new hybrid policy for rescheduling introducing rescheduling driven by a cumulative delay and a forced rescheduling to maintain the quality of a current schedule. We examine, through some computational experiments, some properties of the proposed policy by applying it to single-machine dynamic scheduling problems with disturbance where we minimize total tardiness as well as total frequency of rescheduling. It is also demonstrated that the proposed policy can outperform a typical periodic rescheduling policy with less frequency of rescheduling under parallel machine dynamic scheduling.


ABSTRACT This paper is devoted to an elementary introduction to the homogenization methods applied to topology and shape optimization of elastic structures under single and multiple external loads. The single load case, in the context of minimum compliance and weight design of elastic structures, has been fully described in its theoretical as well as its numerical aspects in [4]. It is here briefly recalled. In the more realistic context of "multiple loads", i.e. when the structure is optimized with respect to more than one set of external forces, most of the obtained theoretical results remain true. However, the parameters that define optimal composite materials cannot be computed explicity. In this paper, a method to treat numerically the multiple loads case is proposed.


Cognitive and metacognitive strategy training is becoming an increasingly popular trend in the field of Learning Disabilities. Most strategy training is designed to increase students' skills in order to enable independent learning and performance in academic and social settings. To be effective, students must generalize the training. Some common teaching practices appear to interfere with goals of independence of action and generalization. This paper examines these teaching practices in relation to theories of motivation, showing how and why they may inadvertently impede trainee's strategy generalization. Ways for teachers to counteract such practices as well as implications on research needs are discussed.


With the rapid development of economy in China, building consumption rises gradually which makes energy crisis worse. Such a situation poses a serious chanllenge to our constructing harmonious society. Effective measures should be taken to promote building energy saving so that not only human beings and nature could develop harmoniously but also the construction of harmonious society could be promoted in China.


A server system acting as a repository of objects available to a variety of unrelated distributed clients is likely to require a means to restrict access based on the identity of the requesting client. Identification and authentication protocols are often missing from currently available distributed object systems. The Authenticator pattern describes a general mechanism for providing identification and authentication to a server from a client. It has the added feature of allowing protocol negotiation to take place using the same procedures. The pattern operates by offering an authentication negotiation object which then provides the protected object only after authentication is successful.


Purpose
This research developed a model to understand and predict housing market dynamics and evaluate the significance of house permits data in the model's forecasting capability.

Design/methodology/approach
The research uses a multilevel algorithm consisting of a machine-learning regression model to predict the independent variables and another regressor to predict the dependent variable using the forecasted independent variables.

Findings
The research establishes a statistically significant relationship between housing permits and house prices. The novel approach discussed in this paper has significantly higher prediction capabilities than a traditional regression model in forecasting monthly average prices (R-squared value: 0.5993), house price index prices (R-squared value: 0.99) and house sales prices (R-squared value: 0.7839).

Research limitations/implications
The impact of supply, demand and socioeconomic factors will differ in various regions. The forecasting capability and significance of the independent variables can vary, but the methodology can still be applicable when provided with the considered variables in the model.

Practical implications
The resulting model is helpful in the decision-making process for investments, house purchases and construction as the housing demand increases across various cities. The methodology can benefit multiple players, including the government, real estate investors, homebuyers and construction companies.

Originality/value
Existing algorithms and models do not consider the number of new house constructions, monthly sales and inventory in the real estate market, especially in the United States. This research aims to address these shortcomings using current socioeconomic indicators, permits, monthly real estate data and population information to predict house prices and inventory.


A sharp and asymmetric line shape is numerically predicted in a novel and compact plasmonic waveguide system. This system consists of a groove and a ring resonator coupled with a metal-insulator-metal waveguide. Due to the interaction of the narrow discrete resonance and a broad spectrum caused by the ring resonator and the groove, respectively, the transmission spectrum exhibits a sharp asymmetrical profile. Simulation results show that the spectral line shape can be easily tuned by changing the parameters of the structure. The physical features contribute to a highly efficient plasmonic nanosensor for refractive index sensing with the sensitivity of 1160 nm/RIU and a figure of merit of 3200. This plasmonic structure with such high figure of merits may find important applications in the on-chip nanosensors.


Gamma rhythms are associated with external and internal sensory processing. Within the conceptual framework of "top-down" and "bottom-up" processing, this suggests that gamma represents a format common to both camps. As these oscillations facilitate communication in the temporal domain, they may represent a mechanism by which top-down and bottom-up processing can interact. A breakdown in this interaction may lead to hallucinations.


gearbox (10) with parallel shafts and gears comprising a solid primary shaft (20) and a hollow primary shaft (30) concentric each carrying at least two fixed gears (21, 22) and (31, 32), and two secondary shafts (50, 60) carrying idle gears (81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87) characterized in that the first secondary shaft (50) is provided with a pinion (51) a bridge ring (70) and in that the second secondary shaft (60) is connected to the bridge ring (70) via a flexible member (75)


This paper analyzes how human capital depreciation a ects occupational gender segregation. Prior studies are generally biased because, given an occupational depreciation rate, female workers endogenously choose the duration of leave. I address this problem by proposing an alternative depreciation measure utilizing involuntary job displacement shocks. Using this depreciation proxy along with additional pecuniary and non-pecuniary occupational attributes, I estimate a conditional logit model of occupational choices separately for male and female college graduates. My results show that women have a stronger distaste than men for occupations with high human capital depreciation.


The global business climate has for many years been changing increasingly faster and some organizations have started to focus on becoming more agile to cope with this issue. In this report, the factors that a number of selected Swedish executives find to affect business agility the most are investigated and categorized into a business agility assessment framework. An abductive research approach has been used to obtain the results. In order to find out the validity of the model and to quantify the main categories and sub categories relative importance, a survey answered by 32 managers at different levels in top performing Swedish companies was used. The findings showed that the categories: corporate foresight; internal and external collaboration; information technology; and organizational factors, all with additional sub categories, where the ones that the executives thought to be the most important for organizations to focus on in order to be able to respond when change is necessary. Corporate foresight was the main category that got the highest result, but the single most important sub category was found to be internal cross-functional collaboration. The findings in this report can be used by e.g. consultancy firms as a base for developing a business agility assessment tool, which can be used to analyze clients and be able to illuminate areas of improvement. Key-words: Business agility, corporate strategy, assessment tool, consulting framework The Royal Institute of Technology Rickard Axelsson Master of Science Thesis Björn Blomqvist


[ The European Union (EU) represents a rather unique phenomenon on the international scene today. In order to try to clarify the role of this entity in regional fisheries organizations (RFOs), this chapter briefly addresses some of the salient features of this regional organization on the international level when compared to other international governmental organizations, before turning to the specific issue of fisheries. The uniqueness of this organization on the international level is approached starting from three adverbs typifying that special character, namely strange, solitary and chameleon-like. The specific role of this organization in RFOs is also addressed through an analysis first of the external regulatory competence of the organization in this respect, followed by a description of its participation in different RFOs as well as the required competence to negotiate treaties in order to do so. The chapter examines the repercussions on the high seas freedoms of such EC participation. Keywords:European community (EC); European Union (EU); international organizations; regional fisheries organizations (RFOs) , While a fragmented array of international declarations, action plans, and multilateral environmental agreements may have implications for transboundary fisheries governance, three global treaties and various soft law documents provide the bulk of guidance. The three primary conventions include: the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC); the 1993 Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas; and the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United nations LOSC of 10 December 1982 Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (UNFA). Core soft law documents and initiatives include: the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries with its related guidelines and international plans of action; UN General Assembly resolutions and processes; and the International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-sea Fisheries in the High seas. Keywords:international law; transboundary fisheries governance ]


In this paper you will find an overview of systems and energy storage techniques and a comparison of the important characteristics of them. Delocalized electricity production and the introduction of variable, fluctuating sources (renewable energy: solar, wind turbines, etc.) increase the difficulty of stabilizing the power network, mainly due to a supply-demand imbalance. It is therefore convenient to generate the energy, transmit it, convert it, and then store it if need be. More than ever then, the storage of electrical energy has become a necessity.


Various desulphurization solvents, operation conditions, process flowsheet and and main equipment etc. were probed ito in detail for desulphurization units. Design parameters of desulphurization units were introduced for refining dry gas and LPG.


This chapter explores the practice of employing prisoners to perform business services for the public and private sectors. The International Centre for Prison Studies reports that there are 6,291,179 prisoners worldwide. The United States (US) has the greatest number of inmates with 2,193,789 prisoners and the highest incarceration rate at 737 inmates per 100,000 people compared to all other countries. Given that 95% of US inmates will one day be released and given that 70% of released inmates become repeat offenders (FPI 2012), any intervention that can help released inmates re-enter society successfully must have positive impacts on the individuals, their families and communities. Prison employment programs have been one such intervention method. In this chapter, we aim to study a special type of prison employment program: the hiring and training of prisoners to perform business services using a computer, otherwise known as "digitally enabled" business services (Carmel et al. 2013).


To ensure high availability, redundancies such as active/standby controllers have been adopted on production SDN networks. However, the complex functionalities embodied by a SDN network make it difficult to ascertain the presence of failures. Not all failures will exhibit as component crashes to be captured by heartbeat-based failure detectors. We propose a novel failure detector for SDN network based on transparent monitoring of control-plane messages and real-time modeling of network state. By detecting deviation of the model, the proposed failure detector is capable of detecting a wide range of failures. The detector does not depend on specific SDN applications or controllers. We implemented a prototype for OpenFlow-based [3] SDN network and provide the preliminary results confirming the feasibility of a control-plane based failure detector.


This paper tackles the problem of usability and security in access control mechanisms. A theoretical solution for this problem is presented using the combination of automatic rule learning and user interaction. The result is the interactive rule learning approach. Interactive rule learning is designed to complete attribute-based access control to generate concise rule sets even by non-expert end-users. The resulting approach leads to adaptive access control rule sets that can be used for smart products. Keywords-adaptivity; usability; access control; rule learning. I. INTRODUCTION Smart products are a new class of devices that bridge the gap between the real and the virtual world. They pro- vide a natural and purposeful product-to-human interaction and context-aware adaptivity. Smart products need to have knowledge about the application and environment that they are immersed to fulfill their tasks. Thus, they also need access to private / confidential information, such as users' preferences. Moreover, smart products can exchange pri- vate / confidential information among each other to complete collaborative tasks that require information from multiple sources, such as the booking of flight tickets and hotels. Smart products can be part of highly dynamic environments, where devices can appear and disappear in non-predictable ways. behavior is very common nowadays, especially regarding login passwords, browser cookies, virus scanners, and file access controls. The administration of secure features in computational systems by non-expert end-users is already a challenge. Such a fact can be easily shown by the massive number of computers that are part of bot nets (3), which is, in most of cases, caused by inability of such users to keep their systems up-to-date or to change default settings. Smart products add more complexity to such scenarios by increasing the administrative burden to the end-users. In this paper, the usability aspects of security solutions are analyzed and a mechanism that allows more user-friendly access control rules generation is proposed. The initial analysis is used to identify usability gaps in basic security mechanisms that can be applied for smart products. Such an analysis shows that there are already sufficient solutions that can applied for confidentiality, integrity, and authentication services, but no appropriate access control solutions exist nowadays.


The change of the plane of oscillation of a Foucault pendulum is calculated without using equations of motion, the Gauss–Bonnet theorem, parallel transport, or assumptions that are difficult to explain.


The treaty On the Soul (DA) and the connex treaties (Parva Naturalia) expose a theory of phantasia, often translated as « imagination » or « representation ». In the DA, Aristotle maintains that it is impossible to think without phantasia, yet this text offers little precision on the exact signification of his affirmation. An elucidation may however be found in another text, the Posterior Analytics II, 19, which focuses on the acquisition of knowledge, that is, the first universals implanted by perception and the first intelligible principles. This text, as we will firstly demonstrate, has to be read in the frame of the theory of phantasia, which will show that the acquisition of klowledge depends on phantasia. Thus and secondly, it will be clearer what it means that it is impossible for the intellect to think without phantasia. Key-words : Aristotle, imagination, phantasia, « sense-image », appearance, phantasma, On the Soul, induction, intellection, Posterior Analytics II, 19.


Condition monitoring of power devices is highly critical for safety and mission-critical power electronics systems. Typically, these systems are subjected to noise in harsh operational environment contaminating the degradation measurements. In dynamic applications, the system duty cycle may not be periodic and results in aperiodic degradation measurements. Both these factors negatively affect the health assessment performance. In order to address these challenges, this article proposes a health state estimation and remaining useful life prediction method for power devices in the presence of noisy and aperiodic degradation measurements. For this purpose, three-source uncertainties in the degradation modeling, including the temporal uncertainty, measurement uncertainty, and device-to-device heterogeneity, are formulated in a Gamma state-space model to ensure health assessment accuracy. In order to learn the device degradation behavior, a model parameter estimation method is developed based on a stochastic expectation-maximization algorithm. The accuracy and robustness of the proposed method are verified by numerical analysis under various noise levels. Finally, the findings are justified using SiC metal–oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) accelerated aging test data.


The study was conducted at the animal house of the collage of Veterinary medicine university of Basrah, the objective of this study to know effect ketamine drug as anesthetic agent in rabbits and comparison between several types of general anesthetic systems in rabbits and study the combination with Diazepam and fentanyl , in this study used (32) adult domestic rabbits from both gender , the average of body weight (1000-1900) grams , the rout of administration by intramuscular , were divided equally and randomly into four groups (8) rabbit in each groups .We were studied the induction time, surgical anesthesia time and recovery time also we were studied some physiological parameter (heart rate, respiratory rate and body temperature), also we were recorded (Degree of Analgesia, Eyes Reflexes and Degree of Muscle Relaxation).We were recorded data of this parameter before I.M administration at (Zero) minute and after I.M administration depending the following time (5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60) minute, until response the rabbit to external stimuli.The biochemical test are (ASTand ALT).


A treatment protocol was developed and piloted to examine whether perception of the sacred dimensions of their lives can be enhanced for people with social anxiety, and if so, whether that has therapeutic benefit. A 10-session manualized group treatment was developed to increase perception of sacredness in various domains of daily life. The treatment is described, as are preliminary results from two pilot groups. The small sample size limits quantitative analysis, but qualitative follow-up interviews, single-case analysis, and case material indicate decreased anxiety over time. Enhanced sense of sacredness appeared useful in broadening attentional focus, interrupting dysfunctional thought patterns, and generating behaviors incompatible with social anxiety. Focusing on sacredness instead of symptoms allowed participants to form supportive interpersonal relationships within the group, providing a corrective experience of social interaction. Although health professionals rarely discuss religion and spirituality with their clients, participants in these pilot groups welcomed the opportunity to do so.


Descartes's Fictions traces common movements in early modern philosophy and literary method. This volume reassesses the significance of Descartes's writing by bringing his philosophical output into contact with the literary treatises, exempla, and debates of his age. Arguing that humanist theorizing about the art of poetry represents a vital intellectual context for Descartes's work, the volume offers readings of the controversies to which this poetic theory gives rise, with particular reference to the genre of tragicomedy, the question of verisimilitude, and the figures of Guez de Balzac and Pierre Corneille. Drawing on what Descartes says about, and to, his many contemporaries and correspondents embedded in the early modern republic of letters, this volume shows that poetics provides a repository of themes and images to which he returns repeatedly: fortune, method, error, providence, passion, and imagination, amongst others. Like the poets and theorists of the early modern period, Descartes is also drawn to the forms of attention that people may bring to his work. This interest finds expression in the mature Cartesian metaphysics of the Meditations, as well as, later, in the moral philosophy of his correspondence with Elisabeth of Bohemia or the Passions of the Soul. Some of the tropes of modern secondary criticism—a comparison of Descartes and Corneille, or the portrayal of Descartes as a 'tragic' figure—are also re-evaluated. This volume thus bridges the gap between Cartesian criticism and late-humanist literary culture in France.


The nuclear density gauge (NDG) is currently the state-of-the- practice device used for quality control of compacted subgrade materials used in transportation construction. However, many transportation agencies have growing concerns over these devices because of the increasingly stringent storage and maintenance requirements of a device with a radioactive source, and with the costs associated with personnel training. These concerns have led to the development of non-nuclear devices as potential replacements for the NDG. The Electrical Density Gauge (EDG) is a non-nuclear device that calculates the dry unit weight and moisture content of soil by means of electromagnetic wave propagation theory. The device requires a soil-specific calibration process where soil moisture and density are correlated to electrical parameters. These correlations are referred to as soil models. Unfortunately, the manufacturer recommended procedure tends to be cumbersome and very labor-intensive. This paper presents a new, less labor-intensive calibration procedure. Calibrated soil models were generated using the manufacturer recommended procedures and the new proposed procedures. Models were then tested for accuracy using a large soil test box, which simulated field conditions. In general, it was found that the new procedures outperformed the manufacturer recommended procedures.


Magnetic recording is the storage of information achieved through changing the magnetization of a recording medium using a magnetic field generated by the recording head. At the end of the nineteenth century a start was made to use magnetism and magnetic media to store information. The first demonstration of magnetic recording was at the World's Fair in Paris in 1900. From this time on, the magnetic recording medium has gone through dramatic improvements. The steel wire was replaced in the early 1930s by small spherical Fe particles and later by cubic Fe3O4. Since then great improvements have been made by changing the material and the shape and size of the particle.

In 1949, γ-Fe2O3 acicular particles with a length of 0.5 µm and an aspect ratio of 10 were used. Compact cassette tape made from CrO2 particles was introduced in 1966. From the early 1950s thin magnetic films have been proposed as a magnetic recording medium. Since then extensive research has been carried out and many thin-film media have been proposed made by electroless and electrodeposition, vacuum evaporation, and sputtering. At present many recording media are prepared by vacuum deposition technologies; mostly hard disk applications for magnetic recording as well as magnetooptic recording. Sony presented the first evaporated tape for video application in 1989. The so-called ME tapes have also been made for audio applications. An enormous amount of research is being carried out on the new hard disk media, mostly produced by sputtering, in order to obtain high densities. Since 1977 much research has been carried out on media proposed for the application of perpendicular magnetic recording.

Keywords:

High density recording;
Recording materials;
Magnetic properties;
Magnetic recording;
Magnetization reversal;
Thin-film media;
Morphology;
Microstructure


Objective. Tocharacterizetheneuralcircuitryinvolvedindepressionassociatedwithsystemiclupus erythematosus (SLE), we used single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) to study regionalcerebralbloodflow(CBF)inpatientswithSLE. Methods. SPECTwith 99m Tc-ethylcysteinatedimerwasperformedin30depressedwomenpatients withSLE,in14womenpatientswithSLEandwithouthistoryofneuropsychiatricdisorders,andin 25 healthy women controls. Magnetic resonance imaging was done for all subjects for diagnostic purposes.Analysis of CBF patterns was performed using statistical parametric mapping. Statistical significancewastakenatuncorrectedp<0.001atclusterlevel. Results. There were no significant differences between depressed and nondepressed patients with SLEforanyrheumatologicvariable.Incomparisontohealthycontrols,depressedpatientswithSLE hadsignificantlyreducedCBFinbilateralfrontalandtemporalcortex;globalmaximumwaslocat- ed in the left precentral gyrus. There were no significant CBF differences between nondepressed patients with SLE and controls. Compared to nondepressed patients with SLE, depressed patients withSLEhadsignificantlylowerCBFin2clustersthathadtheirlocalmaximaintherightprecen - tralgyrusandintheleftsuperiortemporalgyrus.ThedurationofSLEcorrelatedwithdecreasedper - fusionintheleftmiddleandsuperiorfrontalgyrus. Conclusion. Depressed patients with SLE have CBF reductions in discrete temporal and frontal regions that may account for depressive symptoms. (First Release July 1 2010; J Rheumatol 2010; 37:1844 -51;doi:10.3899/jrheum.100121)


Herein, we present an easy, well tolerated method for direct measurement of intracompartmental tissue pressures using readily available and relatively inexpensive equipment. This provides objectivation of intracompartmental pressures in situations in which the physical findings are less reliable and allows recording of changes in pressure during the period after the injury occurs. Although final decision for operative decompression should be based on clinical findings as well as on the direct measurements, the increased availability of this monitoring system could allow us to understand better the pathophysiologic basis of compartment syndrome. This would make earlier detection or even prevention of this condition possible.


Accelerator blend containing composition for injectable cement, the accelerator mixture comprises: (A) 10 to 35 wt .-% of a compound selected from aluminum hydroxide and aluminum hydroxysulphate, (b) 0.1 to 10 wt .-% of an acidic substance, which is selected from the group consisting of C (C) 50 to 90 wt .-% water.


Swiss lever escapement is almost always used in all mechanical watches,which is one of the most critical components in a mechanical watch.However,its dynamics has not been fully studied.This paper presents a method for dynamics analysis and simulation of the Swiss level escapement.First,the Swiss lever escapement mechanism is introduced and its motion in a half-period is divided into four sections.Then the dynamics model is developed using impulsive differential equations and the simulation result is obtained by MATLAB.A watch called Seiko7009a is taken as an example.The simulation result shows the dynamic behavior in terms of the relationship among displacement,angle and time.The spring constant and balance wheel inertia that governed the timekeeping accuracy are also discussed.


UPLanD intend to promote an interdisciplinary approach to town and regional planning, landscape and environmental design as an effective form of the governance - sustainable and eco-efficient - of processes for the protection, enhancement and development of urban contexts. The first issue of third Volume of UPLanD intended to dwell on the subject of resources' conservation considering that after an era of irresponsible use and that of ideological conservation is the time for an overall rethinking of the strategies with which sustainability is pursued. Because if it is impossible to continue to waste resources, it is often too late to simply protect what is left. Soil, landscape, water, air, biodiversity, climate: in many areas of the planet the level of compromise is such that only a virtuous process of regeneration can bring the system back to a condition of "sustainable" equilibrium. Furthermore the fact that 54% of world population already live in cities and by 2050 two more billion inhabitants will be added, shape this issue in a predominantly urban dimension.Lack of sustainability generates many consequences. Among these, climate change is perhaps the most relevant. Cities, besides contributing to the causes of climate change, suffer its negative effects, with strong impacts on the quality of life of inhabitants. It is here, in fact, that the hazards resulting from the phenomenon, given the high levels of vulnerability and exposure, generate the most significant risks.


DOOR ON A DEVICE DESCRIPTION FORM OF MERE MCU VERSION BOND-OUT AND A microcontroller GIRL VERSION NO BOND-OUT GIRL MCU to emulate. TO THIS END, THE MOTHER IS CONNECTED TO MCU MEMORY PROGRAM MEMORY WITH EXTERNAL CONNECTION PIN. THE GIRL MCU CONTAINS SOME TREATMENT ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONAL PROGRAM MEMORY AND INTERNAL PROCESSOR ELEMENT. WHEN EMULATION, THE GIRL RECEIVES MCU CONTROL SIGNAL EMULATION. SAME EFFECT OF A TURN OFF THE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE PROCESSOR AND MEMORY OF PROGRAM ON THE ONE HAND, AND THE PARTY ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONAL TREATMENT ON THE OTHER. FINALLY, TWO MICROCONTROLEURS CONNECTED ONE TO ANOTHER AND AN EXTERNAL PROGRAM MEMORY IN A MANNER SUCH AS A SERIES OF PINS STANDARD AND PROCESSOR MCU MOTHER, AND THAT THE TREATMENT THAT MEMORY AND EXTERNAL PROGRAM EXTERNAL GIRL MCU, BE ACTIVE.


Theincidence ofmicrobes inthenasal cavities ofworkers inthree paper andboardmills was investigated. A total of234personsexposed tomicrobial aerosols andsplashes frompaper machine wiresanddebarker drumsformed theexposed group.Thecontrol groupconsisted of294workers fromthedryworking areas:the winding andpacking sections. Chi-square analysis was usedtotestthedifferences inthefrequency ofmicrobial incidence andvarious symptomsbetween theexposed andcontrol groups.Thenasal cavities ofmany workers, particularly workers inthedebarkers, proved tobecontaminated byKlebsiella pneumoniae, other coliforms, yeasts, andmolds; usually only one microbe was involved, butsometimes twoor several species were found. Nasal bacteria andyeasts were largely derived fromthemillanddebarker air; themicrobes intheaircame mainly fromprocesswaters. Lackofassociation ofnasopharyngeal symptomswitheither exposuretoaerosols or nasalmicrobial contamination was interpreted as an indication ofhostdefenses that were adequate to protect workers fromharmful microbial colonization inpapermillenvironments.


ABSTRACT IMPACT forces of peaches striking a rigid surface were analyzed as a means for prediction of firmness and, hence, maturity. The impact force characteristics C2 (peak force/(time to peak force)^) and F295 (295 Hz spectrum magnitude) were highly correlated with fruit elastic modulus and penetrometer measurements of flesh firmness, and poorly correlated with mass and radius. These characteristics could be used to distinguish immature and mature peaches from threshold mature fruit, but the firmness sorting resolution was affected by variations in impact location. A band-pass filter circuit was constructed and tested to automatically sense the desired frequency components of the impact force signal.


In the period 1803–61 the English legislature created a hierarchy of offences against the person, which survives to the present day. The new laws were a response to growing fears about interpersonal violence in nineteenth-century England. Drawing upon an extensive range of contemporary trial reports, this article assesses the impact of this legislation in the assize courts. It argues that, despite the attempts that were made to rationalise and homogenise the application of the law in this period, trial practices continued to play a key role in shaping the content of the law. Judges, jurors, prosecutors and witnesses nullified and mitigated the law according to their own conceptions of the bounds of acceptable violence. This limited the extent to which the criminal law could be used as a means of advancing universal standards of conduct. It also suggests the need to reconsider the conventional notion that the repeal of the 'bloody code' in the 1830s marked the point of transition from an essentially personal, discretionary system of justice to one based on uniformity, certainty and proportionality.


In this paper, we use a neoclassical investment model to study the effects of imperfect information on the lending behaviour of financial intermediaries. We start by developing intuition in partial equilibrium. We model a rational financial intermediary with limited knowledge of the current state of the economy. In response to a noise shock, the intermediary lowers the interest rates on risky loans and extends relatively more credit, both of which are unaffected under perfect information. This credit boom is driven by informational rather than financial frictions and accompanied by higher aggregate default and decrease in credit spreads. We further show that these noise-ridden credit booms also survive in the general equilibrium version of the model.


Objective Through performance testing of biological safety cabinet,to understand its performance,so as to improve its safety.Methods Six required items are tested according to the standard of Biological Safety Cabinets.Results The six required items can meet the technical requirements,the biological safety cabinet is qualified.Conclusion Quality control of medical equipment is of great significance.


We propose two methods to calibrate the parameters of the epidemic‐type aftershock sequence (ETAS) model based on expectation maximization (EM) while accounting for temporal variation of catalog completeness. The first method allows for model calibration on long‐term earthquake catalogs with temporal variation of the completeness magnitude, mc. This calibration technique is beneficial for long‐term probabilistic seismic hazard assessment (PSHA), which is often based on a mixture of instrumental and historical catalogs. The second method generalizes the concept of mc, considering rate‐ and magnitude‐dependent detection probability, and allows for self‐consistent estimation of ETAS parameters and high‐frequency detection incompleteness. With this approach, we aim to address the potential biases in parameter calibration due to short‐term aftershock incompleteness, embracing incompleteness instead of avoiding it. Using synthetic tests, we show that both methods can accurately invert the parameters of simulated catalogs. We then use them to estimate ETAS parameters for California using the earthquake catalog since 1932. To explore how model calibration, inclusion of small events, and accounting for short‐term incompleteness affect earthquakes' predictability, we systematically compare variants of ETAS models based on the second approach in pseudo‐prospective forecasting experiments for California. Our proposed model significantly outperforms the ETAS null model, with decreasing information gain for increasing target magnitude threshold. We find that the ability to include small earthquakes for simulation of future scenarios is the primary driver of the improvement and that accounting for incompleteness is necessary. Our results have significant implications for our understanding of earthquake interaction mechanisms and the future of seismicity forecasting.


There are many factors that impact the efficiency of belt drive transmission,including elastic sliding,bending and air damping,etc.But the main factors are elastic sliding and bending.Based on the force analysis and calculation of belt drive transmission,the approximate formula for belt transmission is concluded.Through simulating the concluded formula and comparing to the experiment curve,the correctness of the formula is proved.It can provide a theoretical reference for belt design.


Channels with streamwise ribs have been studied for decades in chemical engineering, environmental and sanitary engineering, aeronautics, astronautics, biology and geology. Some designs have been used for close to a century in water treatment plants. Longitudinal ribs along channel walls have been successfully tested for the increased heat and mass transfer rates. In alluvial channels, long-lasting three-dimensional large-scale turbulent vortices may yield the development of longitudinal ridges on the mobile bed with preferential sediment transport in between. Herein a detailed hydrodynamic study was conducted in an asymmetrical rectangular channel equipped with a sidewall streamwise rib. Both free-surface, velocity and boundary shear stress measurements showed strong secondary currents of Prandtl's second kind. The sidewall rib and channel asymmetry contributed to very-strong secondary motion, associated with turbulent dissipation. A key feature of the channel design was the provision of a well-defined highly-turbulent low-velocity zone (LVZ) beneath the rib. The configuration might be applied to hydraulic structure design, but uttermost care must be considered. A number of practical considerations showed major technical challenges, and in many instances, alternative designs should be preferred, particularly in hydraulic structures. Altogether this detailed investigation demonstrated how the introduction of a seemingly simple streamwise shape, i.e. square rib, may induce a major change in hydrodynamic properties, in comparison to a simple rectangular channel flow.


Let T be a p-hyponormal operator on a Hilbert space with polar decomposition T = UITI and let T = ITjtUITjr-t for r > 0 and r > t > 0. We study order and spectral properties of T. In particular we refine recent Furuta's result on p-hyponormal operators.


Characters on computer keyboards are typically printed using one of the two different processes, namely tampographic printing and laser marking. Tampographic printing is time consuming (app. 3-5 mins.), requires skilled workers and employs difficult-to-handle chemicals. On the other hand, the laser marking process is rapid «1 min.), relatively cheap, avoids the need for chemicals and can be carried out with fewer, less skilled operatives than required for tampographic printing. Data from a keyboard production company indicated that there has been a sudden decline in the percentage (from 60% in 2001 to less than 10% in 2003) of laser marked keyboard users over recent years due to a lack of initial contrast of white characters on a dark plastic and poor durability. Under usual office conditions, characters that are used more regularly e.g. 'e' or's', can be erased in less than 3-6 months. Further, generating a durable high contrast laser mark on dark coloured polymers has also long been an issue. The thesis initially reports on an investigation into the reasons for lack of initial contrast and subsequent discolouration of laser marked and tampo printed characters. This is followed by the development of a range of plastics compounds based on ABS and containing a series of different additives. Criteria for selecting additives that would respond appropriately to a laser are also proposed. The compounds were laser marked under a 1064nm Nd:YAG laser at different power, frequency and speed settings. Plaques of the material were manufactured and laser marked in a grid-like pattern to study both the effect of frequency and speed of marking. The mechanisms associated with the laser-material interaction during the marking process were also investigated using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Microscopy was also employed to observe the morphology of the marks left by the laser. Finally a unique test regime was designed to characterise the durability of the laser markings under conditions that attempt to simulate those experienced in practice. Results show that aluminium trihydroxide generated superior contrast and exhibited enhanced durability characteristics when compared with nine other micro-additives. Nano-additives, such as nano titanium dioxide portrayed better contrast and durability performance when compared to


In the past, wear at the disc and pads interface of disc brakes has rarely been accounted for in
a 3-dimensional finite element (FE) model for studying brake squeal. Thus, its effect on disc
brake squeal is only possible to investigate through experimental methods. In the present
paper, wear over time at the pads interface is simulated using a modified wear rate formula.
Confirmation of the proposed wear formula is made against experimental results.
The surface topographies of two brand new pairs of brake pads are measured. The contact
tests using pressure-indicating films are carried out in order to capture static pressure
distributions. The same brake pads are tested under several braking applications. For each
braking application, the static contact pressure distribution is measured. The results are used
to compare with the simulated results predicted by the FE model. To do so, the detailed 3-
dimensional finite element model of a real disc brake is developed and validated through
appropriate analyses.
The paper also investigates squeal generation in the above braking applications using
complex eigenvalue analysis that is available in a commercial software package. The
predicted results are then compared to the squeal events observed in the experiments.


A macrocyclic dibenzocoronene tetracarboxdiimide containing two benzo-21-crown-7 groups has been synthesized. It shows liquid-crystalline behavior and selectively binds Pb(2+) or K(+) to form 1:2 complexes in solution. The complexation leads to a significant increase of fluorescence; the surface organization of discotic columnar structures, in the solid-state, can be controlled by selective ion binding.


The reflectivity of an ideal metal is calculated for infra-red light by a quantum-mechanical method. It is assumed that the conduction electrons in the metal absorb light by a photoelectric process which takes place near the surface, that these electrons behave as if they are free and that the light within the metal decays according to the formula given by the classical skin effect. Two types of wave functions are assumed for the electrons, corresponding to the assumptions of specular and diffuse reflection of the electrons at the surface of the metal. The absorptivity (1-R, where R is the reflectivity) in the case of specular electron reflection is found to be AS = (Ne2/2πmν2) ν03/c3; for diffuse reflection, AD = fraction three-quartersν0/c. These results are the same as those obtained by Holstein and by Dingle using different methods which are essentially classical. Since AD gives the better agreement with experiment, it is concluded that the `diffuse reflection' wave functions are a better approximation to the exact electronic wave functions that the `specular reflection' wave functions which have been used in previous work on the photoelectric effect and reflectivity.


One of the objectives of manufacturing industry, is to increase the efficiency in their processes using different methodologies, such as statistical modeling, for production control and decision-making. However, the classical tools sometimes have difficulty to depict the manufacturing processes. This paper is a comparative study between a multiple regression model and a Radial Basis Function Neural Network in terms of the statistical metrics R2 and R2 adj applied in a permanent mold casting process and TIG welding process. Results showed that in both cases, the RBF network performed better than Regression model.


In February, workers in a Tennessee Volkswagen plant voted against union representation, something that William Lazonick and Tony Huzzard say is unfortunate. They write that to compete on the world stage, a strong employee voice in the workplace matters. Using case-studies of automotive companies in Germany, Sweden and the U.S., they argue that compromises between the financial interests of shareholders and the productive interests of employees can lead to considerable success. High-performance workplaces, characterized by "high road" jobs in which productivity improvements and pay increases go hand in hand, are critical to sustained competitive advantage.


We suggest a new idea of Editorial Network – a mixed extractive-abstractive summarization approach, which is applied as a post-processing step over a given sequence of extracted sentences. We further suggest an effective way for training the "editor" based on a novel soft-labeling approach. Using the CNN/DailyMail dataset we demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach compared to state-of-the-art extractive-only or abstractive-only baselines.


Electrospark deposition is a newly emerged surface technology,which is characterized by its unique technological advantages,energy and material saving,and environment friendly.It is widely used not only in tools,dies,cutting tools,mining,metallurgy,automobiles,medical equipment and other general industrial areas,but also can be applied to nuclear reactors,helicopters and military aircraft engine parts and components of the surface treatment.This paper mainly focuses on the features of electrospark deposition and gives typical examples of the adoption of the technology in surface wear resistance,anti-corrosion,anti-oxidation.It also analyses the current situation of the application of the electrospark deposition in china and the gap in research and application of electrospark deposition at home and abroad and calls for the joint effort to promote this technology.


"One of the reasons for exploring single molecules is to ask whether there is different behavior from one copy of a molecule to the next copy," says W. E. Moerner, a physical chemist at Stanford University. "We want to see if there's any hidden heterogeneity." Each molecule experiences its own environment that influences its behavior. In addition, some molecules, such as enzymes, have different behavior at different times, something that gets smeared out if one measures only ensemble averages.


This ethnographic study compares and contrasts performative masculinities of the maledominated heavy metal (HM) and hardcore (HC) subcultures. Conclusions derived from this research indicate the following: identities associated with HM and HC conflate masculinity with working-classness; HM and HC identities (and thus masculinities) are merging at present; participation in HM and HC enclaves can serve to symbolically marginalize constituents, and this symbolic marginalization can result in repercussions in the lived world outside of subculture; the hegemonic masculinity of HM and HC subcultures is double-edged masculinity, meaning that it supports the male-dominated structure of mainstream culture without empowering HM and HC males in an extra-subcultural sense; and that despite these negative ramifications, HM and HC participants still find the shared identities and community interaction of these enclaves to be empowering. INDEX WORDS: Heavy metal, Hardcore, Subculture, Masculinity, Performativity, Gender, Class, Ideology, Rock music, Identity, Double-edged masculinity, Proud pariah "DOING IT FOR THE DUDES": A COMPARATIVE ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF PERFORMATIVE MASCULINITY IN HEAVY METAL AND HARDCORE SUBCULTURES


We provide a nontrivial example illustrating analysis of a Bayesian clinical trial. Many of the issues discussed in the article are emphasized in a recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidance on use of Bayesian statistics in medical device clinical trials. Here we present a fully Bayesian data analysis for predicting hearing thresholds in subjects who cannot respond to usual hearing tests. The article begins with simple concepts such as simple linear regression and proceeds into more complex issues such as censoring in the dependent and independent variables. Throughout, we emphasize the substantive interpretation of the analysis. Of particular interest is interval estimation, predictive probability for outcomes in future patients, missing data, model checking, and the assessment of frequentist properties of the Bayesian method.


Use of orally administered medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) 10 mg 3 times a day for 90 days was undertaken to assess its effect in patients with endometriosis. Subjects were 24 patients with symptoms of premenstrual pain suggestive of endometriosis. No patient had a large palpable adnexal mass. Patient interviews and pelvic and breast examinations were done before treatment at 30-day intervals during treatment and 30 days after treatment. Routine hematology urinalysis and blood chemistries were evaluated at the same periods. Endoscopic examinations were done before treatment and after 90 days of MPA therapy. Plasma progesterone was measured by radioimmunoassay at 2-week intervals during treatment and for 4 weeks after treatment. Endometrial biopsies were done in the pretreatment cycle and again on the last day of treatment. Symptomatic relief was total in 24 cases and improved in 3. In 1 case premenstrual pain recurred 11 months after treatment. Of 22 patients who had follow-up endoscopy examinations 15 had complete healing and 7 showed improvement. Plasma progesterone values showed ovulatory suppression during therapy and prompt restoration of ovulatory function later. Other examinations showed no significant changes. There were not drug-related side effects except occasional spotting. The MPA therapy was considered as somtimes palliative only but effective and preferable to other forms of medical management of endometriosis.


The article proposed methods and mechanisms on the basis of which the task of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of managing the maintenance of pipelines of engineering networks will be solved. For the analysis, sections of pipelines of the heat networks of the city of Voronezh were selected that have different conditions and modes of operation. Based on the statistical analysis of the data, factors affecting the operational reliability of each section of the pipelines under investigation were selected. At the first stage, the systematization and unification of the selected factors was carried out, and, in order to identify groups of pipeline sections with the most similar operational parameters, they were divided into classes. The division into classes was implemented by cluster analysis methods. At the next stage, one of the agglomerative methods of hierarchical cluster analysis was chosen, the Ward method, which allows achieving the minimum variance within a class of factors with homogeneous properties. The achieved results make it possible to determine the factors that have a significant impact on the operational reliability of pipeline sections of engineering networks, as well as to identify areas with a fairly high level of pipeline failures


In this paper, general concept of a new method as 'Integrated information and prediction Web Service WaterPUCK' for investigation influence of agricultural holdings and land-use structures on coastal waters of the southern Baltic Sea is presented. WaterPUCK Service is focused on determination of the current and future environmental status of the surface water and groundwater located in the Puck District (Poland) and its impact on the Bay of Puck (the southern Baltic Sea) environment. It will highly desired tool for land-use and environment management. WaterPUCK combines several different components and methods such as retrospective analyses of existing monitoring data sets, in situ measures and the application of various models to estimate main mechanisms and threats responsible for the pollution transport from the
agricultural holdings and land-use structure to the surface and groundwater and potential predictability of environment change of the Puck District and the Bay of Puck ecosystem. WaterPUCK Service will integrate
several models, such as a surface water model based on SWAT, a groundwater flow model based on MODFLOW, a 3D-ecohydrodynamic model of the Bay of Puck called EcoPuckBay and an agriculture calculator called CalcGosPuck. The WaterPUCK Service is constructed as part of the project with the same name 'WaterPUCK'.


an interaction of two-level media with a symmetric polychromatic field is considered in the limit of small field amplitudes. Corrections of the third order and above allow us to describe a nonlinear response to the field and a multimodal interaction. The obtained absorption spectra were compared with numerical solutions of density matrix equation in the rotating wave approximation


Selcuk which is one of the most important places of ancient times hosts visitors who come to see the Virgin Mary House which is accepted as sacred for the Christians. In Virgin Mary House which is also accepted as holy for the Muslims a religious ceremony is hold in every 15th of August and these ceremonies attract intense attention. This research, in which the spatial analysis of Virgin Mary House and its close environment which is one of the most important places of culture and belief tourism were done, was discussed in four main parts; definition of the subject, data collection, findings and analysis and evaluation and synthesis. In the fieldworks, the research area which came to the forefront with its religious – touristic properties was analyzed in terms of physical, socio- cultural, visual and sensory aspects by using the original analyzing forms and solutions were offered to increase the spatial potential. The research was also supported with the field observations. As a result of the research, the meeting level of the users' expectations according to either servicing or functionality of the spatial features of Virgin Mary House and its close environment was determined and solutions were offered.


Particulate b -glucans enhanced NF-j B expression in cell-lines co-expressing Dectin-1A-TLR4 and Dectin-1B-TLR4, while soluble b -glucans only synergistically acted on Dectin-1A-TLR4. This was different with Dectin-1 co-expressing TLR2 and TLR5, which inhibited activation after particulate and soluble b - glucan stimulation. The co-acting effect of extracellular TLR2, TLR4 and TLR5 and Dectin-1 by particulate and soluble b -glucan on cytokine production was confirmed in THP-1 macrophages. Dectin-1 activation by particulate b -glucans during TLR2 and TLR4 but not TLR5 blocking was shown to enhance the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-a in THP-1 macrophages. This effect was stronger with particulate than with soluble b -glucan. The data demonstrate that b -glucans is an immune regulatory ligand for TLR2 and TLR4.


Abstract : The von Neumann bottleneck imposes severe limitations on programming languages. This thesis points out that although the hardware limitations imposed by this bottleneck are being overcome, its constraints will remain in programs as long as there are assignments statements in their code. We assert that functional programming languages allow us to harness the processing power of computers with hundreds or even thousands of processors, and which allow us to solve problems which are time/cost prohibitive on a uniprocessor. We discuss a mechanical method for transforming imperative programs into functional programs. We feel that the mechanical transformation process is very inexpensive, and that it might be the best way to make imperative library programs into functional ones which are well suited to concurrent processing. Originator supplied key words include: Parallel processing, Functional, Concurrent processing, and Multiprocessor.


The increasing important role of smart phones in our life is a phenomenon. Smart phones handle more and more tasks like web-browsing, e-mailing and human entertainment. The people are addicted to their user. The popularity of them drives the attackers to implement advanced attack techniques against them. One of the best techniques to prevent some these advanced attack techniques is to ensure the security of mobile network. The communication in a mobile network does between mobile station and network. During of it, both components exchange important security data. In order to ensure and research the security of a mobile network, we designed and implemented an information system that monitors a mobile network. The information system is consists of an application that is running in a smart phone , named SIM Monitor, and an application that is running in a server, named SIM Analyzer. The purpose of SIM Monitor is to record security characteristics from network and SIM or USIM card of subscriber and the purpose of SIM Analyzer is to aggregate the above data and extract some important security information for network of subscriber. The extracted results provide the researcher to monitor the security characteristics of mobile network and find possible weak points of it.


Airway epithelial mucous cells and mucous glands under the airway epithelium secret small amounts of mucus which is modulated by MUC2, but over production of mucus are mainly modulated by MUC5AC under pathological conditions. Expression of MUC5AC makes the airway mucus hypersecretion, vicidity improved, aggravates airway obstruction. It is deficiency in overcoming mucus hypersecreion so far. Thus, the modulation of MUC5AC is of significance in both mucus hypersecretions and improvements of clinical symptoms.

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Airway epithelium;  Mucous cell;  MUC5AC


Abstract R. S. Lambert and R. J. DuBois (Anal. Chem., 43, 955, 1971) reported a method for the determination of nitrate ion in the concentration range of 1.5 to 9.0 mg/I in saline waters. In this method, the nitrate ion is reduced to a nitrite ion and a diazo coupling is made to form a species for suitable spectrophotometric determinations in 5-cm cells. This method has been adapted for use on fresh-water samples with nitrate ion levels ranging down to 10 mcg/l. The concentrations of reagents, and the volume of the sample have been changed. These changes, with the use of both 10-cm and 5-cm cells, have provided excellent results over a range of 10 to 5000 mcg/l. The method was quite successful for routine analysis in view of its facility of use and precision provided.


Standardized difference scores are intuitive indexes which measure the effect size between two groups. Compared to a t&test or Wilcoxon rank&sum test, the y are independent of sample size. Thus, their use can be recommended for comparing baseline covariates in clinical trials as well as propensity&score matched studies. In this paper, we show how to calculate sample standardized differences for continuous and categorical variables and how to interpret results. We also provide a SAS macro which performs the calculation without using the IML procedure.


T he widespread use of antibiotics in recent years, particularly penicillin, has considerably modified the forms and stages of syphilis and, subsequently, the clinical features of neurosyphilis. However, the disease has not been eliminated and its typical forms have often been replaced by atypical or masked ones, causing diagnostic problems. There are references of acute polyradiculoneuropathy, optic neuropathy, trochlear palsy, multiple cranial neuropathy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, myositis, migraine and psychiatric disorders secondary to neurosyphilis. We describe a patient with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, which when examined during the course of hospitalization revealed neurosyphilis. This combination has not been reported before. The possible relation between the 2 diseases is discussed. A 62-year-old male sailor, referred to the Neurology Clinic of Athens University, complained of numbness and tingling on both sides distally in the feet, which had commenced 3 years before admission. A progressive expansion of the inferior surface of the calf and then in the whole area of the lower extremity was observed. Nine months before admission, the patient had difficulty in walking, with progressive weakness. The patient complained of intermittent lightning limb pain, characterized by early onset, a lightning or stabbing sensation, predominant nocturnal occurrence and unfixed location and duration. His family history did not reveal any neurological conditions. A detailed neurological examination was performed, which revealed a symmetrical reduction in muscle power in both arms and legs with difficulty in walking mainly on the tips of the feet. Using the Medical Council Research scale (based on grade of 5): arm abduction, flexion and extension-5, wrist extension and flexion-4, finger extension-4, abductor pollicis brevis-4, 1st interosseus dorsalis-3, hip flexion and extension-5, knee flexion and extension-4, foot dorsiflexion and plantar flexion-3. Atrophies were visible only in the small muscles of the distal leg. Deep tendon reflexes were symmetrically diminished (1+) in the upper extremities and absent in the lower extremities. Plantar responses were flexor. There were no fasciculations or sphincter disturbances. Touch sensation was impaired in a glove-and-stocking distribution to the wrist and ankles. Vibrational and positional senses were normal. Other causes of peripheral neuropathy—such as diabetes, sarcoidosis, leprosy, alcoholism, hepatitis B or C, HIV infection, lymphoma, thyrotoxicosis, Lyme's disease, inflammatory bowel disease, vitamin B6 intoxication, malignancy, connective tissue disease, toxic exposure, nutritional deficiency and family history of neuromuscular disorders—were excluded by several appropriate clinical and laboratory investigations. Routine hematological tests and chest x-ray were normal. Complete serological tests—including erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein, complement 3, complement 4, anti-nuclear antibodies, anti-DNA antibodies, rheumatic factor, cryoglobulin and immunoelectrophoresis—were obtained and found to be normal. Serum and urine specimens were tested for monoclonal protein. Serum antibodies to myelin-associated glycoprotein, GM1 and GQ1b were not present. West Nile virus and Lyme antibodies were negative. Computed tomography of cerebri, magnetic resonance imaging of cerebri and magnetic resonance imaging of the thoracic spine were normal. Lumbar puncture showed elevated cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) protein (0.86 g/L) and mild pleocytosis (23 leucocytes). Electromyography was performed. There was electromyographic evidence of chronic denervation and signs of active denervation. Nerve conduction study showed prolonged distal latencies, reduced motor conduction velocity and low amplitude of compound motor action potentials in the upper and lower limb nerves. Sensory nerve testing showed moderately prolonged distal latencies, reduced conduction velocities and low amplitude of sensory nerve action potentials. F-wave latencies were prolonged in the ulnar, median, peroneal and tibial nerves. The electrodiagnostic findings fulfilled the criteria for the diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy (CIDP). Biopsy of the sural nerve was performed. Histology revealed subperineurial edema and mild inflammation. There was myelinated fiber loss and evidence of thinly myelineted fibers (de/remyelination) with occasionally onion bulb formation. There was evidence of axonal degeneration in some fibers. A teased fiber preparation revealed demyelination and remyelination in 50% of the fibers, and axonal degeneration was found in only 4% of fibers. Based on the criteria by the European Federation of Neurological Societies and the Peripheral Nerve Society, we diagnosed him to have chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. The patient was initially treated with human immunoglobulin (400 mg$kg21$d21, intravenously, 5 days), improving the sensory symptoms for about a month, with subsequent relapse, in smaller intensity. There was no improvement of the lower limb weakness and the lightning limb pain. Due to the partial response to immunoglobulin, treatment with oral prednisone was followed, starting at a dose of 1 mg$kg21$d21 for 10 days and a slow reduction by 5 mg every 2 weeks was recommended after a clinical response. Bradipsychism and mild impairment of cognitive function (mini mental status examination: 25) were noted during hospitalization. After this observation, combined with the presence of lightning limb pain and in correlation with the poor response to treatment as well as his profession, the authors discussed the possibility of syphilis. In laboratory testing, he was found positive for syphilis infection (VDRL+++, fluorescent treponema antibody test+) and negative for HIV infection. Due to these laboratory results, a subsequent lumbar puncture took place and it yielded positive results for antibodies against spirochete Treponema pallidum (positive CSF fluorescent treponema antibody test-abs and CSF VDRL tests, and TPHA was 1/2560). After this, the patient was additionally treated with intravenous penicillin G. Three months after starting corticotherapy and neurosyphilis treatment, the patient presented improvement of limb weakness and dramatic improvement of lightning limb pain. Syphilis is a chronic infection, which is mainly sexually transmitted and caused by the spirochete T. pallidum. The progress of the disease consists of different stages, primary, secondary, latency and tertiary. The 1st stage involves skin symptoms at the site of initial inoculation. The 2nd stage is characterized by a wide range of clinical signs and symptoms. Syphilitic meningitis may occur at a rate of 1% to 2% alongside the classic symptoms even at the 2nd stage. The typical manifestations will present mainly in the tertiary stage (NS) and they include syphilitic meningitis, meningovascular syphilis and parenchymal syphilis, which in turn are differentiated in paretic NS and dorsalis tabes. In recent years, the use of antibiotics, especially penicillin, has led to a sharp decline in the incidence of neurosyphilis in Greece. Furthermore, the reckless misuse of antibiotics for any infection in conjunction with the inadequate treatment of syphilis


Everything must be connected, monitored, and networked: this is the core tenet of the Internet of Things (IoT). This popular idea is most commonly achieved through the use of wireless systems, a term that could reference any of the following: active or passive RF identification (RFID) tags, wireless medical implant devices, wireless sensor networks, and other low-power IoT solutions. The plethora of terms used is due to the large application space and rapid pace of development in this field. We will mainly use the term RFID when describing these wireless systems.


This article presents the results of the study areas of information management system in the management of transport infrastructure of Moscow. As a result of the analysis of the fundamental problems in this area was presented a set of measures to improve the transport situation in the city, in particular, creating innovative data center using cloud technology and storage, information systems support for the scheduling of transportation and modernization work of Intelligent Transport Systems. In accordance with the proposed solutions for the development of an information management system in the management of transport infrastructure of the city of Moscow was proposed feasibility study of managerial decisions. Scientific novelty of the results of the study is to establish a systematic approach to the process of management of the transport infrastructure of the city of Moscow with the help of modern information technology. The practical significance is to identify the objective conditions for the implementation of complex engineering systems to improve the management of transport infrastructure of Moscow.